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System Substitution
"Small trees had attacked my parents' house at the foundation." Like in the Tree of Knowledge story, note the forced out native-born in the story, like the North American Indians, comparable to Eve and Adam.
System substitutions again, by Abraham. Note the circumcision, only after he went and fathered a child through his wife's handmaid. So in the science of consequences, his first born son was a slave. If you did Algebra I.
In an apparition, there was suddenly the unexpected banishment, like an accidental death? And these stories just seemed to be repeating themselves. With the hovering ghosts of ingratitude toward Hagar, Sarah at least banished her handmaid and her son. The thing that got between two women might have had something to do with the methods of shared prayer if not shared belief.
Narrative tension is primarily about withholding information. In a story when both Abram and Sarai had the same father but different mothers, what has become of the command given to Adam to cleave? "Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." Though Abram had left home in his calling, here he was still cleaving to his half-sister perhaps out of the prejudice that he had about the outside world.
In any relationship, there is the issue of undivided support.
In an act that failed to distinguish, Abraham had fathered a child. And in the science of consequences, there is another separations and a split. In a perspective which challenged, to provide a fierce undivided support for a split child – did Ishmael belong to Abraham or to the mother? And so in the relationship, based upon cleaving, there is still the issue of support. So what is this perspective about a handmaid leaving the father of her son? If Ishmael belonged to Hagar, what of his relationship with Abraham, his master?
In a story when neither Adam nor Eve had a father or a mother, what is this new perspective for Ishmael about leaving a father? And I am drawn to the opening line in the National Book Award winner, The Round House: "Small trees had attacked my parents' house at the foundation."
So another author captures the story of beginning – in the conflict of the Native-born with the outside, with only the one post-Apple- Age-command given to Adam, about cleaving.
With the fear in the story, doubt was always the center of either mystery or faith which moved THESE STORIES beyond the power of imagination. If you get the small details wrong, with all the fear in the story about land and women and suffering, you will get the big picture wrong – affecting if not your money, if not your land, then at least your kids. And in growing up, based upon my parochial education, let me say that the Christian world in the Americas never gave a second thought about Ishmael until sometime after September in the first year of the New Millennium.
Spirit. It is the size and shape of ghosts which get through things. Feel the Post Traumatic Stress when a father sets a captive free. It seems fair to say that the lesson of the Emancipation Proclamation is that a society ignores the formation process of Creation by solely setting a captive free. So note another separation like between Abram and Lot, only this time between Abraham and the mother of his first born son. And were you sensitive enough to a chronology over a lifetime to realize there was a significant period of time when Abraham never knew for sure – with his human doubts – whether he would have any other son? Abraham who had negotiated with his God over saving 100 people in Sodom, in contrast to his ancestor Noah who failed to negotiate with God when he knew what was coming…. the father of faith, told what was coming. Before the discovery that God might be negotiated with. Note the conflict over power in the story, when surrounded by so many of your kinsmen, the very same human condition, whether as the last person on earth — or the first — and feeling so all alone? Living with exception to these kinsmen, with Sarah and all the strangeness of Sarah through the things not physically shared – the torture of her barren-ness for the inability to carry the God of Abraham to the next generation through a child. Locate the personal boundaries in the story, with violations of individual if not communal boundaries in the story of Hagar.
The all-knowing story-teller, working for The Academy of Private Detection, before answering the question whether the G*d of Abraham would live through and/or beyond Ishmael, had some exploring to do of the people without power in this chapter of the story? Chosen, like in a mate, if the G*d of Abraham would survive for his son, with the involvement of political and Spiritual powers? Through story, image is defined by others, especially in the way of Ishmael's handmaid-mother. What is apparent to me in my religious tradition somehow acquired through Abraham is that every tradition of the Abrahamaic religions – Judaism, Christianity, Islam – has a need for both a story and a real living human body in order to pass on the method of prayer.
From age to age, from east to west, WHERE you come to feel a Living G*d, it is story that shapes the way you think, as you come to know in the ritual of seasons, with at least this quasi-religious timetable, where to find a Living G*d. So in these stories locate the system substitutions again and again by Abraham, which over and over is repeated in the system substitution of his sons and grandsons. You learn these days in Algebra I about system substitution …and there is a theology of failure. Note the actions of substitution after Abraham realized his mistake.
The chronology in the life of Abraham started with the Call. The place in the story was always important – like the PLACE of origin – though Abraham acquired his wisdom over time because he just kept moving. So would Ishmael? There is something missing in the life of Ishmael. It is the hole that often can represent Spirituality. Note the reluctance of the narrator if not the Author of Life to state the self-evident about the inequality which threatened stability, based upon the PLACE and TIME that you were born into, with the displaced ghosts. In the beginning, like just another speck of dust – you. And when your father banished your mother over the conflict over the unconditional. And your father was gone from your everyday life. But in the case of Ishmael, not until he reached an early teen-age year.
Note the unconditional in this story, for those willing to keep moving, to start over – and the chronology which led to the idea of "unconditional love." What transpired just before this banishment was the circumcision, after Abraham had gone and fathered a child through his wife's handmaid. So in the science of consequences, his first born son, in the eyes of the world if not in the eyes of Abraham, was a slave.
In the ghosts of the religions of Abraham, stories do affect the way you pray … thoughtfully. In Ghost stories, this hole left in this birth of Ishmael is comparable to a hole left after a death. Remember, that thou art dust, visible and invisible. Long after you forget, one winter morn the quiet spirits of your ancestors show up again on your windshield after the morning frost melts ….and you notice that dust and it meaning, years later. When there is something in the hole that is now missing. As inequality threatens stability, in the construct of ghosts , there is the hole. And the construct of each and every ghost is still dust, from the dust of PLACE and TIME. Discussing the placement of Spirit in the hole – in the silence of Creation – the seen and the unseen construct of ghosts is still dust. Forever buried dust?
Did you grasp the resentment in the story? Why did Sarah even have a handmaid? Why did a childless woman need a handmaid? Was Abraham bringing back the spoils of war, as a sign of her worth … to prove her True worth …. like a Valentine from long ago? What had come between Sarah and the ideals of her handmaid over who she was: over identity and belonging, and over who this G*d of Abraham and of Sarah was? In having to still prove your worth at this age was there the lack of respect from outsiders to both Abraham and Sarah, without children? Did Hagar know the same feeling, as a handmaid? Was the wife of Abraham hostile that Abraham had taken in an arranged relationship – only a temporary one – a handmaid, against the mores of the people he had grown up with? Did Abraham and Sarai think that they could contend with a son born into slavery? When did the insight into the uncaring nature of others — a missing hospitality — begin that grew out of concepts of pride?
Order, before there was any law … in the beginning. Chosen first, but elite? Was the first born son better than the others? In the serial stories there are the personal and/or nostalgic associations. Not for the light-hearted, the debate is over goodness in what, for so many, were just kid stories … over whose sacrifice was best, in the debate over how to worship God which began as Abel, "for his part, brought the fatty portion of the FIRSTLING of his flock." In the theme of "firstborn" and of chosen, with inheritance, as you assembled the children to hear the stories … about the the beginning of.
Did you ever follow the chronology which led to the idea of "unconditional love," in the placement of the story of Sodom and purity — about intimacy — just after Ishmael had been born to Hagar? There is always the conflict over belonging to the G*d of Abraham, because Abraham himself was so divided in his love (over issues of purity), perhaps over to whom his new son belonged? Did you note the constant strife between the herdsmen — the stories over and over about shepherds — and now between Sarah and Hagar, which always exists in relationships? In the silent themes of PLACE, bloodlines, and the fertility which determine power and freedom, at this point in the Book of Genesis, Ishmael was the bastard son of Abraham, after Hagar had sacrificed her purity to her masters. When you were living as a conquered people and a conquered nation – with all the silent invisible hostility – Hagar had conceded forever not only her status but that of her son? But with the far off hope that something would one day change?
To connect the dots about Hagar, about intimacy, about unconditional love, Abraham has sacrificed his purity in the same way Adam had, to appease Eve. As your life becomes a formula, with personalities, plot structures, and noble character within, in order to develop comfort, with consistent shapes, often reaching consensus over right and wrong if not goodness over evil, there was this this hole left from this birth of Ishmael? When there did not yet exist a rule of law. And so the innocence of Abraham sacrificed, in order that Sarah might have a son.
"The story begins with Creation which, as we have seen, is the story of the acts of distinguishing one thing from another. It ends by alluding to the most crucial distinction of all …" wrote Daniel Mendelsohn in THE LOST.
And so the story of Abraham, with the tension caused when you just forget. I forgot that Sarah's name meant "princess." I also forgot that Hagar was actually the daughter of the Pharaoh who presented his daughter as a gift. And an apparition mostly is an opening of light, if you did your Algebra I. And if it is Thursday, I am working on Algebra I and system substitution, but finding Abraham in the stories about sacrifice and human bodies, and their connection to unconditional love. How to communicate deep feeling of flesh and blood nomads in search of something, while unknowingly dealing with a tragic hero — in the story of the Father of Faith, concerning his God and the relationships of Abraham, moving slowly toward the proper way of worship … through stories about sacrifice and human bodies? "Mostly they are the same lives. The same stories, over and over," wrote David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker. When we endow our lives with stories. Mostly the same stories, generation after generation. When your relationships at their foundation were so alive, but with a great restlessness. When you prayers were so alive….and you wanted others to then have the same experience. Even if sometimes you had to hood-wink a son.
Locate the VICTIMs by the end of the Book of Genesis. As Ishmael goes missing. And in a role passed to Isaac – who had to appreciate his own father's pain about a missing son – and then in the story of Joseph, it is Jacob, who is the ultimate VICTIM of hood-winking in response to "Where is the Lamb" question. In these stories of the missing. Like Israel, surrounded by people who he could never really trust, even his eldest son of Leah. And did you witness in the stories of Jacob & Sons, all of the Violence over trying to be One? Again. And so the invisible God of Jacob, so distinct from the God of Abraham. If you ever spent the time to try and see. And did you notice a greater suffering as the living VICTIM went missing, for over twenty years, in a witness of the unseen? With so much emotional attachment … to first Jacob, and then his son, Joseph? And the long-forgotten first born son, Ishmael?
And so this birth right, connected to the invisible if not to the missing. And it took me about ten years after first writing on all this that I realized that the Pharaoh wanted something deep inside that he came to admire in Sarah. Yes, locate the importance of the binding in the hole left in the relationships, in stories about not only unconditional love … with God's intervention in the holes, but about Spirit.
COPYRIGHT PHOTO of a Moreton Bay Fig Tree COURTESY OF, belonging to, HO TONY of New Zealand. Touch to enlarge the photo, to locate the Spirit in the tree. Is Abraham near the root?
#The Night Watchman
Speaking of "system substitution," the trial of Jason Rezaian, the reporter working for the Washington Post in Iran was not much different than the news stories from 2011 involving Dorothy Parvaz or even the arrest of Shane Bauer. Yes, when we endow our lives with stories. Through stories about sacrifice involving human bodies? "Mostly they are the same lives. The same stories, over and over," wrote David Remnick, the current editor of The New Yorker, a one-time reporter for the Washington Post. Mostly these are the same stories, generation after generation. When your relationships at their foundation were so alive and you wanted others to then have the same experience. Because of a great restlessness you were born with, that seemed to move the next generation.
Larry Gillick, livelydust.


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May 4th. It can't already be May 4th?!
If this was your thought when you looked at the calendar this morning, I know how you feel. The first quarter of the year flew by, and summer is somehow already at our doorstep.
One of the best parts of summer has to be summer vacations. But if you looked up and realized it's already May and you haven't yet started saving for your vacation, don't freak out just yet and grab the credit card. There are a few ways you can add some quick cash to that vacation fund still.
Do some weekend jobs
Think about all the people you saw talking about spring cleaning. How many of them actually followed through and did it? There may be plenty of people who wouldn't mind a little extra help getting their house ready for the outdoor season, and they probably wouldn't mind paying someone to do it. Post a status on Facebook that you're looking for houses to clean, and you may find yourself racking up $50 to $100 (or more) per house.
If cleaning is not your thing, think of your strong suits. Can you offer childcare for date night? Design a website for a small business? Use your skills to help others and earn some extra cash at the same time!
Create a bill for your vacation fund
When you're figuring up your budget for this month and the next couple of months, add a line for vacation. Make this a non-negotiable category, and apply some money to it just like any other bill. The only difference is instead of paying somebody else, you're paying your savings account!
It's not too late to change this month's budget if you've already made it too. Just swap out a few of those negotiable categories such as eating out or entertainment to funnel some funds to the vacation savings.
- Related post: What to do When You Budget and There's Nothing Left
Sell the stuff you don't need
This one knocks out two birds with one stone: you get the guilt of procrastination and clutter off your mind, and you add some cash to your vacation fund. We sold a MacBook my husband bought for school and didn't need anymore on the Facebook marketplace. This added a huge chunk to our savings!
Go through your house and round up some items you know you could easily sell. Old cell phones, laptops, cameras, beauty products such as perfumes/colognes, and name brand clothing are all good examples. List them on Facebook garage sales, Poshmark or similar sites for clothing, or eBay.
Temporarily pause some other goals
As much as I'm a firm believer in paying off debt, I'm also a believer in experiences and family memories. While $1,500 or so could make huge progress on paying off debt or building up an emergency fund, it would also be put to great use by taking your family to the beach. Just do everything in moderation, and keep costs down as low as you can.
Plan the $5,000 trip to Hawaii or Disney Land for when you're debt free and have that fully funded emergency fund. That will be an occasion to celebrate!
I know there are many opinions on this, and most personal finance experts would probably tell you not to take a vacation while paying off debt. There are many experiences you can have this summer for free or low cost. You can go camping, visit out of town family and check out their city, or make the park your second home for the summer.
If you're torn, just do what's right for your family. If you decide not to take a vacation this year so you can focus on paying off debt, don't feel guilty. A debt free life is one of the best gifts you can give to your kids!
Delay as long as possible
If you can wait until August or even September to take your vacation, do it. This not only gives you more time to save for your trip, but also prices can be a lot lower in late summer. We took a trip to Destin, Florida last summer the week before school started, and we paid probably a third of what it would have costed in June or July.
Be flexible with your dates if you can. Start looking at rentals now to get a good idea of what prices look like at different times.
I hope that you've gained some good ideas on saving for your vacation, even if it's only a few months away. Whatever you do, I don't want you to go into anymore debt just to go on vacation. Don't even consider than an option, and you'll find yourself coming up with lots of ways to save the money instead.
Do some side jobs, create a vacation line in your budget. Sell stuff you don't need and pause your other goals. Delay your trip if possible. These are all great ways to quickly save up for vacation and take that trip you've been dreaming of!
What's your favorite way to get some funds together for vacation? Where do you plan to go this year? Let me know down in the comments!

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Happy 60th Birthday to one of the funniest, most generous, creative & prolific writers I know!
(who doesn't look a day over 35 & I'm told by a close relative, does not have a single grey hair yet!)
With each new book she writes,
her stories get you more & more involved,
until you've fallen in love with each of her characters and
feel like you know them,
Her kitchen adventures are just as entertaining, too.
You never know what type of culinary concoction she'll whip up for her extremely popular "Foodie Friday" blog party each week.
She is really an outdoor girl, at heart,
with precious poochies & farm animals...ducks & goats, a mule, some lambs & chickens galore.
Although this year, I think she should have stayed indoors more!
(mosquitoes & ticks seem to LOVE her as much as we do!)
In honor of ML's big birthday bash, I set a very autumnal tablescape with all the rich, deep colors of fall to celebrate her birth month of October.
Browns & orange with deep purples & reds...all the colors of the leaves at this time of year...at least, up here in the northern half of our country, anyway. I don't know about her state of Tennessee.
I mixed the good crystal & china with some decorative salad plates from Walmart.
Michael Lee was the first person to make me feel like that was okay to do.
She uses Big Lots white dishes along with her exquisite heirlooms all the time!
I pulled out the Dollar Tree "Happy Birthday" wine glasses...these have every color
in the rainbow & match any tablescape beautifully.
They're so fun & festive...they just make you smile!
The wooden napkin rings have carved leaves on them & they match the brown chargers.
The heavy cream linen napkins echo the cream china with gold rims... ("Eternal" by Lenox).
The centerpiece is VERY special to me!
This cut glass basket was my Mother's...
it was a wedding gift & is almost 80 years old.
It sat on top of her refrigerator for as long as
I can remember.
I think my Mom kept it up high so it would be out of the reach of her 8 kids! LOL
Before she died, my Mom gave it to my oldest brother,
who now lives in Kerrville, TX.
His wife recently sent it to me to treasure & pass on in the family.
Thank you Chuck & Liz!
To say I was thrilled is an understatement!
I told Ms. C. all about it & explained to her how she would eventually get to own it & how she would have to promise to be very careful with it.
Family & heirloom treasures are very important to Michael Lee, too & something she incorporates into all her novels.
The tales of various family cooking adventures in "Consuming Passions" are hilarious!
I have filled my basket with beaded fruits that remind me of my childhood as well, as we had a neighbor who used to make these types of fruits by hand.
The pillar candles, in my Ralph Lauren candlesticks,
have a wonderful mulled cider fragrance to them that fills the house with the scent of autumn.
Familiar scents can trigger waves of nostalgia & this is a very nostalgic post, full of family & memories, just like
ML's books.
I was surprised at how perfectly the beaded grapes echo the patterns on the plates.
I hadn't noticed that until after I took the photos.
I love those little bits of serendipity that the camera finds!
A double decanter wine carrier, holds two bottles of white wine so we can celebrate Michael Lee's birthday properly.
In hindsight, I think CHAMPAGNE would be more appropriate!
(but the wine bottles matched the color scheme so well)
Now, if you've read ANY of Michael Lee's books, you'll know that PEACHES
figure very heavily in many of her stories.
A frequent main character in her books, Teeny, is after all, a very Southern Belle...like Michael Lee!
Instead of making her a Birthday Cake...
(I've already tried her recipe for Vanilla Peach Coffee Cake here )
I peeled & chopped those peaches,
added 1/2 C. of sugar & 3 tablespoons of flour to them.
Plopped them into a pie shell & this time,
I wasn't taking any chances on trying to get fancy with cut-out leaves...
(remember THIS DISASTER?)
I just used my cute little pie bird from Sur la Table.
Doesn't he look like he is singing
"Happy Birthday to Youuuu"?
Perfect Peach Pie for a Sweet Southern Belle!
(peach was my Dad's favorite pie, ya' know)
Thank You, Michael Lee, for all the ideas & inspiration
you've provided over the years!
Be sure to stop by Michael Lee's wonderfully entertaining blog, Rattlebridge Farm, to wish her "Happy Birthday" & see what she is cooking up for the next decade of her life.
Also, try to find time to visit all the other participants who are doing special blog posts to honor Michael Lee today. They are the following:
Jain~ a quiet life
Kitty~ Kitty's Kozy Kitchen
Sarah~ Hyacinths for the Soul
Sam~ My Carolina Kitchen
Rett~ The Gazebo House
Jenna~ The Painted Apron
Lynn~ Happier Than A Pig In Mud
Linda~ More Fun Less Laundry
Debbie~ Mountain Breaths
Jacqueline~ Purple Chocolat Home
Pattie~ Olla-Podrida
Pam~ Sidewalk Shoes
Mary~ Home is Where the Boat Is
Susan~Between Naps on the Porch
Thank you to both Jain & Mary for organizing this very "NOVEL" virtual surprise party for Michael Lee.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ML…may you have many, many more happy & healthy years to celebrate in your beautiful new home."
I'm joining Yvonne at Stonegable for Tutorials, Tips & Tidbits,
Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for "Tablescape Thursday",
Michael Lee for "Foodie Friday",
Cuisine Kathleen for "Let's Dish" & The Tablescaper for "Seasonal Sundays".


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Leeds Rhinos will be a huge task - Richard Agar
Last updated on .From the section Rugby League
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats coach Richard Agar accepts his side face a "huge task" in their play-off eliminator against Leeds Rhinos.
The Wildcats won their last seven regular season games to set up a trip to fifth-placed Leeds on Saturday.
Agar told BBC Radio Leeds: "There's no better side at getting to Grand Finals than Leeds Rhinos.
"It's going to be a huge task for us and we can't underestimate our achievement in reaching the play-offs."
But Agar said: "Now we're there we want to throw everything at them and hopefully produce a great game."
Bradford's defeat against Catalan Dragons meant Wakefield had already secured their place in the top eight before beating Salford on Saturday.
The former Hull FC coach praised the influence of half-back Tim Smith on the team's run of victories.
Smith, 27, joined the Wildcats from NRL side Cronulla Sharks last November and agreed a one-year contract extension in July.
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Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe Appoints Minister For Whatsapp & Facebook In His Cabinet
I don't know if most Africans is dump or ya wuru ehe emere ha eme. If you think you have had it all, someone somewhere will pull one string that will amaze you. But to think a President can do this kind of thing, is indeed alarming.
Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, has created a ministry to punish "rats" who make use of the cyberspace to attack his government. Appointed as Head of this new Cyber Security, Threat Detection, and Mitigation Ministry is Patrick Chinamasa who is a former Finance minister.
Zimbabweans have joked about the development, claiming Chinamasa's appointment makes him the "Minister of WhatsApp and Facebook".
However, Chinamasa's first job, it seems, is to get rid of, or regulate the use of Whatsapp and Facebook, raising serious concerns over freedom of expression, access to information and a clampdown on social media messaging.
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Zimbabwe actually did, in fact, issue new rules on using WhatsApp, in the country. The rules order groups to be registered and for the administrator of the group to have government level clearance.
It can be argued that Mugabe issued these new rules in order to tone down the rate of inflation in the country via rumors but one can't but wonder if it isn't to maintain Mugabe's 37-year reign, so he could clinch another victory in 2018 presidential elections.


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Welcome to the exciting and fast paced world of Forex. As obvious to you, this is a large universe chock full of trades, techniques and technology. It is incredibly competitive and often seems overwhelming for newcomers. Our tips can provide you with some great suggestions.
Pick one currency pair to start and learn all about it
You can't expect to know about all the different types of pairings because you will be spending lots of time learning instead of actually trading. Choose one pair and learn everything about them. It is important to not overtax yourself when you are just starting out.
While it is good to learn from and share experiences with other forex traders, trading is an individual affair, and you should always follow your own analysis and judgments. While you should acknowledge what other people have to say, do not make decisions from their words alone.
It is important to have two separate trading accounts when you first begin. One will be your real one and the other will be a demo account to use as a bit of a test for your market strategies.
Beginners in the forex market should be cautious about trading if the market is thin. Thin markets lack interest from the general public.
To maintain your profitability, pay close attention your margin. Trading on margin will sometimes give you significant returns. However, if you aren't paying attention and are careless, you could quickly see your profits disappear. Margin should only be used when you have a stable position and the shortfall risk is low.
Stop losses are an essential tool for limiting your risk
After an investment falls by a specific percentage ,determined by the initial total, an equity stop order halts trading activity.
Do not get greedy when your trades go well, and after you lose a trade, you should not attempt to get your vengeance. It is extremely important to stay level headed whenever you are dealing with the Forex market.
Never open up in the same position each time
Some traders make the mistake of beginning with the same position and either commit too much money or they don't invest enough. If you hope to be a success in the Forex market, make sure you change your position depending on the current trades.
You are not required to pay for an automated system just to practice trading on a demo platform. You should be able to find links to any forex site's demo account on their main page.
Traders need to avoid trading against the market unless they have the patience to commit to a long-term plan. If you are beginning, you should never try to trade opposite the market.
In the world of forex, there are many techniques that you have at your disposal to make better trades. The world of forex has a little something for everyone, but what works for one person may not for another. Hopefully, these tips have given you a starting point for your own strategy.…


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For Now & Forever
When you are in the market for diamond jewelry, Rogers and Hollands has a wide assortment of necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and other baubles. Whether you prefer gold, silver, or other precious metals, we have something that will awe you and your friends. Our large variety of engagement rings will be the perfect start of your new union as well.
At Rogers and Hollands, we carry collections filled with engagement rings and wedding bands. For a traditional look, our solitaire diamonds are ideal. We carry a number of carat weights to fit all budgets. If you prefer a more contemporary appearance, consider something like our "Nora Halo" ring. It offers a larger center stone surrounded by an angelic band of smaller bling. This ring mixes white and rose gold, so it will blend with all your other jewelry pieces. To give you the opportunity for something unique, consider designing your own ring.
If you are celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or other special occasion, we have jewelry pieces that make excellent gifts. Our inventory is filled with a rainbow of gemstones. Many settings are offset by diamond accents, which add richness to all designs.
Diamond rings do not always have to be a sign of marriage. We carry "just because" items that are very ornate and add pizzazz to the hand. Besides rings, we offer sparkling necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. For example, our "Diamonds by the Yard" necklace will dazzle around your collar. At the same time, our "Diamond Square Link" bracelet is a modern twist on the classic tennis styling. You do not have to save these pieces for special events. Feel free to wear them everyday.
Rogers and Hollands has many stores conveniently located so that you can drop by and take advantage of our large inventory of diamond jewelry. When you are shopping in the Orland Square Mall, stop in and choose something that makes you happy or an item that will send her over the moon. Each piece has the potential to become one of your family's most treasured heirlooms.


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Oakland, Berkeley, And East Bay News, Events, Restaurants, Music, & Arts
A garden hose hooked to a pressure washer drips into a rivulet of oily water that's making its way to the street. At Berkeley's Shipyard Labs, Mike Thielvoldt is peering over the shoulders of Shannon O'Hare and Bill Smythe as they clean a contraption that looks like a cross between an 1800s buggy and a Victorian steam car. In fact, that's exactly what it is: O'Hare and a team of fellow engineers and tinkerers have lovingly built the vehicle they call Kristie's Flyer to run on steam.
In two and a half weeks, Thielvoldt, O'Hare, and Smyth will compete in Escape from Berkeley, an interstate road rally for vehicles burning alternative fuels — anything but fossil fuel. But right now, on Saturday September 23, they're partners in crime, discussing the innards of a steam engine.
The Shipyard is Willy Wonka's factory with motor oil and rust instead of chocolate and sugar. On a concrete- and asphalt-covered yard about the size of two standard Berkeley lots, a metal industrial building is obscured by a three-sided square of shipping containers. On top and in front of these containers, each of which serves as a workshop for someone, every imaginable industrial material is stored in piles and drifts: pipes and tubes, chains, ladders, dollies and hoists, lumber, scrap metal, and old windows. They're joined by dolls, masks, toys, an 1890s bicycle, an antique coal heater, and a mirrored disco ball. And then there are the sculptures, most of them welded from scrap iron. They rise up in a jumble on top of the container that fronts the street: a scrap metal skeleton in chains, a spider, and a spinning weathervane of eyeballs looming over Murray Street like the guardians of Hades.
Inside the main building are the types of heavy and dangerous tools you need to shape such rough and tough objects. Packed into the yard are more of the results: a green metal vehicle about eight feet high and twelve feet long that you might think was a pickle-mobile if it weren't for the circular appendages on top. There's definitely a Shipyard Look: brawny, raw, playful, cartoonish, and rugged.
Established in 2001, when Jim Mason plopped some metal shipping containers in a vacant lot, the Shipyard houses studios and workshops for Burning Man artists and, increasingly, people fooling around with alternative fuels. Mason wants the Shipyard to help spearhead a shift away from making large-scale sculptures for Burning Man. Instead, why not apply all that ingenuity and creativity to solving a huge environmental problem?
In a manifesto on the Shipyard web site, Mason wrote, "I think energy is going to become, or at least has the potential to become, a creative idiom of pleasurable hacking, creativity and self-expression."
Escape from Berkeley — full name, Escape from Berkeley (by any non-petroleum means necessary) — is his most ambitious demonstration of that idiom to date.
Steam Bohemians
The Neverwas Haul crew is an exception to the Shipyard aesthetic. O'Hare, Kimric Smythe, Peter Luka, and Matt Snyder like to play with Victorian imagery, and they also like Victorian technology.
From the back, Kristie's Flyer looks much the same as it did a hundred years ago: an antique wooden carriage with a brass oil lantern hanging from the rear. From the front, it looks like a cross between a motorcycle and a child's steam train. There's a single metal-spoked wheel, an engine bristling with gauges and valves, and a smokestack made out of black pipe topped off with a brass spittoon.
The steam-powered carriage will burn vegetable oil to boil water. As the water turns to steam, it expands and creates pressure. The pressure feeds into a piston steam engine, driving the piston up and down. The piston drives a flywheel mounted on one side. The flywheel stores energy and also turns the front wheel via a direct-drive chain. Kimric and the crew built the steam engine from scrounged parts, using schematics and directions from their library of hundreds of books found in flea markets and thrift stores.
The crew bought the carriage at an antique store, then O'Hare modified the body, making it wider, stronger, and prettier. Its new, four-foot diameter wooden wheels, with a thin, solid rubber tire, were made for the Amish, a religious group that doesn't use motors or electricity. When asked how far the vehicle can travel, O'Hare responded, "It's never exactly 'traveled.'" Kristie's Flyer, named after the love of Kimric's life who died unexpectedly, has been trucked to fairs and events, but has covered only a couple of miles under its own power.
Kimric's father, Bill, is cleaning engine oil off the machinery parts. "Everything has to be ornate," he said. Bill is not an official part of the race team, but he tends to show up with miscellaneous loot he's scrounged from various places, including his yard. Today, he's brought a pile of brass gewgaws bought cheap at the thrift store in Scotts Valley, where he lives. Before long, the base of a candle holder becomes a decorative top for a steam tube.
His son is tinkering with the steam engine. "I'm just fucking panicked about getting this done," Kimric says as he methodically tightens a pipe. When asked what still needs to be accomplished, he begins to steam himself. "Talking about what needs to be done would just add to the stress level. I do one thing and then remember the next thing I have to do. I'm designing it as I go."
Kimric is a tall man with silver hair and Nordic eyes. He repairs accordions for a living, and learned his way around fireworks by rigging the Burning Man sculpture, beginning in the early days when the party first moved to the desert. He's known for dangerously exciting performances, like the time he donned a fire-retardant suit covered with fireworks and became a walking pinwheel display.
He and O'Hare, both denizens of Oakland, got together when Kimric needed a carpenter for a wooden clock tower he and the rest of the crew were building for Burning Man 2005. O'Hare, who has traveled the country building castles for Renaissance Faires, worked with a company that did casino environments, and now works as a carpenter and landscaper, building things like intricate doors and gates. The next year, they built the Neverwas Haul, a fantasy vehicle for Burning Man. The three-story Victorian house on a travel trailer base is clad in gingerbread, with a turret, a library, and lace curtains blowing out of the sash windows.
Their admiration for 1900s-era steam engines and ornate detail puts these guys in the category of steampunk, a science fiction and cultural genre that extrapolates from the Victorian era. "I always loved the aesthetics of the Victorian inventions, especially the ones that didn't exist, like Jules Verne's submarines and flying machines," O'Hare said. But he eschews the steampunk moniker. "I consider myself a steam bohemian," he said. "I'm more anarchistic, classier, and more artistically inclined." He looks like a Victorian mad scientist, with tufts of curly hair escaping from under his baseball cap, and a billy-goat beard showing gray.
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Fair trade, terracotta foot massager. Heart shaped, and made from terracotta, with bobbles across the base and a handle to hold. Simply rub in circles on the base of your foot to massage. Perfect for quiet moments of self care. For best results massager feet after drying them after a warm bath.
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Windows 10 Updates Can Boost Productivity
If you are running the latest version of Windows 10, you should know about some new features that can help you and your team boost productivity. These features were rolled out last month in the latest major update but are somewhat buried. Here are a few to check out.
Feature: Timeline
What Is it? Timeline allows you to access files – documents and media – that you previously worked on up to 30 days ago.
How to Use It: In the task bar at the bottom of the screen, click on the new Task view icon to the right of the search window. You will see all of your recent activities. The default view of Timeline shows snapshots of the most relevant activities as small windows you can click on. You can slide the scrollbar on the right to get back to past activities. You can pick up what you were doing in Microsoft Edge or Office 365 on your iOS or Android device.
Shortcut: You can also open Task view by pressing Windows key + Tab.
Feature: Focus Assist
What Is It? If you are working on an important project or task, Focus Assist can help you focus by blocking notifications, sounds, and alerts, for a distraction-free environment.
How to Use It: Type "Focus Assist" in your search bar. You can set up automation rules so Focus Assist turns on and off by itself at certain times and days or nights. If there are certain people or apps you want to be interrupted by, you can easily prioritize these notifications. When Focus Assist turns off, you can receive a summary of all notifications and alerts you missed so you can respond. Make sure you enable this feature by checking the box next to "Show me a summary of what I missed while Focus Assist was on" at the bottom of the Focus Assist menu.
Shortcut: You can toggle Focus Assist on and off manually.
Feature: Dictation
What Is It? It's about time Microsoft introduce something like this to help us multi-task and be (somewhat) hands-free. Besides recording and transcribing what you say in to a Word doc, you can also control your computer by speaking to it, such as starting programs, opening menus, clicking buttons, and more.
How to Use It: First, you need to set up your Windows 10 device to recognize your voice. Type "Speech" in the search window and click on the option that says "Start Speech Recognition." Select the type of microphone you're using, such as a headset, desktop microphone, or what is built into the computer. After you walk through the prompts, and conduct a short audio test, make sure the toggle is set to "On" where it says "Dictate text and control your device using your voice."
Once it is set up, just place your cursor in any text field, either directly within Windows 10 or in a Microsoft app, like Word, and Press the Windows key + H and start speaking into your computer's microphone.
Shortcut: You can also use your voice to use Cortana, Windows 10's digital assistant, for things like getting facts, setting reminders, sending emails, opening apps, and more.
Feature: Nearby Sharing
What Is It? Instantly share files – like documents, websites, photos, and videos – with other nearby Windows 10 devices, via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
Shortcut: You can share content when you're in a supported app – like Photos, File Explorer, or Microsoft Edge – by right-clicking on a file and choosing "Share." You'll see a list of devices in Bluetooth range (with the "Nearby Sharing" feature enabled). The recipient can be notified in the Action Center and will be prompted to accept or decline.
New Microsoft Edge Features
- Full-screen reading mode: By clicking or tapping on the book icon in the URL window, followed by the double-arrow icon (Shortcut: hit F11 on your keyboard while your browser is open). You can now save .epub books you've downloaded for free or purchased in the Microsoft Store, add bookmarks and manage them all in Microsoft Edge by clicking on Favorites > Books.
- Auto-sync books: Purchased books from the Microsoft Store are also synched and available in the iOS version of Microsoft Edge. (Coming soon to Android.)
- Turn off some sounds: With the new "Mute-a-tab" feature, you can choose which open Microsoft Edge tabs you want to hear notifications. Click or tap on the "Sound" icon to mute and unmute a tab that is playing audio.
- Improved "Autofill" form option: If you're the only one who using your computer, have your address, credit card (but not the CVV number), and other info saved, and then auto-fill into relevant web forms. To enable this, click the three-dot icon (…) in the upper right-hand corner of Microsoft Edge and select Settings>View Advanced settings>Autofill settings. Toggle the switch for "Save passwords," "Save form entries" and "Save cards."
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Open Knowledge International is a global non-profit organisation focused on realising open data's value to society by helping civil society groups access and use data to take action on social problems. Open Knowledge International does this in three ways:
1.) We show the value of open data for the work of civil society organizations; 2.) We provide organisations with the tools and skills to effectively use open data; 3.) We make government information systems responsive to civil society.
Open Knowledge International is a worldwide network of people passionate about openness, using advocacy, technology and training to unlock information and enable people to work with it to create and share knowledge.
- They develop the Global Open Data Index
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That's not trite pop-culture, it's a fact.
Except most of us, we're not aware of it. We aren't aware of ourselves.
So we blame, condemn, judge, reject – anything to avoid looking at ourselves.
When in reality, what we see is what we are.
That's how perception works.
Now, if you're of a more scientific bent, you might disagree.
You might consider outside reality to be an objective presence, something that exists independently of you.
And while that's probably true, it's equally true that whatever reality you perceive, you are the one doing the perceiving.
And that means that you colour what you perceive.
There's no other way.
You assign meaning to what you perceive.
One man might find it chilly today, while the other says it's nice and mild out.
Same reality, two perceptions.
Sorry for the existentialist-philosophical side track btw. Regular programming will now resume.
So you as the perceiver are the determining factor in how you perceive.
Which means that the world you see is a reflection of you.
How you perceive something tell you something about how you're configured.
Which is another way of saying: wherever you go, there you are.
And that notion is SO helpful, because you can learn a ton about yourself from how you perceive stuff.
And, you can change yourself, which causes you to perceive a different reality.
Somebody wrongs you? They probably have a reason for thinking that it's right, even if they're mistaken. So you get to ask yourself why it would be right, in their opinion.
Things don't work out the way you want them to? The you get to consider it a learning experience that enables you to give it another go, only in a better way.
Stuff taking too long, success too slow on the pickup? Then you learn that you're being impatient, and you get to change your expectations.
What it comes down to is reframing:
However you perceive something, there's always another way that you can CHOOSE to perceive it.
But only always.
With the key word here being 'choose'.
Because at any given time, remember that you're the one who is the reason for how you perceive something.
And if you don't like what you perceive, the only possible way to create change, is to change your perception.
So never forget:
Wherever you go, there you are.
Getting people to see that, and to discover how utterly malleable reality becomes once you get a grip on changing your perception, is what makes coaching so much fun.
So if you're ready to change yourself and your perception and your reality, let me know.
I promise you a fun ride of discovery and change.


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Why I switched from Blogger to WordPress and how I did it
10,000 Words has officially been moved from Blogger, the blogging service this blog has used since July 2007, to WordPress. The switch was made both out of necessity (Blogger will not support FTP publishing after May 1, 2010) and the desire to provide a richer resource for you that the old blogging platform simply could not support.
The major reason for the switch is that coming soon, 10,000 Words will no longer be a solo project and will solicit and provide content from a multitude of voices (official announcement and details to come). There will be more posts and an increased diversity in the topics covered on this blog. Even with the upcoming improvements, 10,000 Words will continue to focus on practical, usable resources for journalists and technologists.
When I first started the blog I never imagined it would have the reach it does today so I wasn't very picky about a blogging platform. The site has had two major redesigns since it was first established, but this is the first major back-end overhaul.
So how did I make the switch?
First, I started off with this incredibly helpful post that outlined how to convert an XHTML/CSS site to WordPress. The process required stripping the existing 10,000 Words template of all the Blogger tags and breaking the site down into PHP-compatible chunks. I then used WordPress' Import from Blogger tool to transfer all the old Blogger posts into WordPress.
To maintain all the old hyperlinks (Google is major source of traffic for 10,000 Words), I used a plugin to maintain the Blogger links in WordPress. Some of the formatting in the posts changed after the moved so I used the Search and Replace plugin to make minor alterations to all the posts at once.
The entire conversion process collectively took about a week to complete. That said, there may be some minor kinks to work out so if you see anything wrong on the site please send an email to editor [at] 10000words.net.
I'm pretty psyched about the upcoming changes to this site and thank you for sharing in the experience. I especially thank those who have been with this blog since its humble beginnings and promise there are more great things on the way.


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Select small group departures (averaging 24 Tauck guests), or classic departures, and the year you would like to travel.
Multiple-night stays at three hotels ranked among the 15 "World's Best" hotels by the readers of Travel + Leisure – The Oberoi Udaivilas, The Oberoi Rajvilas and The Oberoi Amarvilas (where you'll have Taj Mahal views from your room)
On-Tour Air included (5 flights)
Two nights in Jaipur, highlighted by a visit to the Amber Fort and a Maharajah evening featuring dinner and entertainment
A boat ride on the River Ganges, providing an opportunity to experience revered cultural traditions centuries old in Varanasi
Exclusive insider visit to a chef's private home in Kerala and a cooking demonstration for an authentic taste of daily life
Houseboat and river cruises, and a martial arts demo
Kathakali dance performance in tropical southern India
Active components such as hiking, bicycling and walking longer distances may be included, and hills and/or uneven terrain may be encountered on several days. Guests should be able to walk two to three miles and stand for long periods of time with no difficulty.
Often robust – may include long days, active sightseeing, early starts, evening activities, significant travel times.
Experiences of a lifetime
In Udaipur, an auto-rickshaw ride around the city's bustling spice and vegetable markets offers insights into everyday life in India's "City of Lakes." As you roam the markets, you'll see local women in brightly colored saris sitting among the stalls, surrounded by baskets brimming with their fresh produce, and a colorful array of curries and spices.
Southern India's Kerala region has often been referred to as the "Venice of the East" for the lovely, palm-fringed canals found throughout its small coastal villages. Hop aboard a traditional thatched-roof riceboat-turned-luxury houseboat for a luncheon cruise through these scenic waterways, en route to Kumarakom in Lake Vembanad.
In Udaipur – a city renowned for its palaces and Rajasthan-era grandeur – the palatial Oberoi Udaivilas embodies the opulence and romance of a royal era on the shores of Lake Pichola, projecting an ambiance of regal splendor. In accommodations like these, it's natural to feel like royalty.
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So just say: We have a poll, post your vote?
Yeah, just post your poll in this section then tell everyone here to vote on it: Link
My bad for the belated response.
i made an account on the site
but ic ant read the boards....
You should be able to see the voting boards now.
Your account just needed to be upgraded.
Why is there a new AMMO site?
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NEW YORK, NY – 28 Apr, 2017 –
Introducing Malinche.
Performance and art opening by Maria Fernanda Leaño.
Invitation only for press and list guests.
Date: 05.05.17
Time: 7-10PM
Address: 393 Broadway New York
Attached link with press info and highly resolution photos:
How did you get here? – Through a portal; I was transported to the past, the future and then I travelled from a present to another; It was a mirror, I opened the portal by looking straight into my eyes until I got lost inside my pupils, then I left, and now, well, here I am. The other Malinche in Mirrors are portals.
Created and curated by performance and experimental artist Maria Fernanda Leaño this show consists on performance art, installations, neon signs, 3D art, paintings, collages, portraits of the character in collaboration with talented Mexican and American Photographers, videos, virtual reality, etc, all of them related to Mexican social and political situation and popular beliefs internally and internationally.
Step inside this Magical Realism virtual reality, as you enter the exhibition, you become part of an interactive live book happening here and now, performed by the artist, it has a beginning but yet no end, now, you're also part of this tale as you go inside the rabbit hole into Malinche's story.
This exhibition is a peaceful reaction to the recent political situation between both countries; U.S.A and Mex (border siblings)
La Otra Malinche is a nowadays version of Malinalli, better known as "La Malinche" she was the lover and translator of General Hernan Cortéz who came to The Americas (the continent) specifically to Mesoamerica in 1519 after Columbus, he defeated the Aztec empire with the help on his Aztec mistress. She is a controversial un comprehended character in Mexico, sort of like an Eve in Mexican history.
Mexicans call people that consume American products or move to USA "Malinchistas" as in traitors who prefer foreign stuff other then Mexican made products.
People love to hate Malinche, either way, she is the mother of the Mexican mixed rase, she gave birth to her son Martin, half European, half Aztec, and with him, she gave birth to a new civilization, Mexicans.
Welcome inside Maria Fernanda Leaño' solo art exhibition "Introducing Malinche" meet her alter ego, dive into la otra Malinche's world and art.
Malinche Art was born from the initial project Mirrors are Portals, a coffee table book that I am working on and I'll launch soon narrating and sharing visuals (photos, paintings and collages) about the story of a girl called Maria, the reincarnation of La Malinche a historical Aztec character, but in a nowadays world, as the project grew sow this the art, so I decided to introduce the character (which I created and I channel her) I started performing the character, intervening art and posing in photographs acting her for the visual book, and now the book took life of its own, it is a story happening now, it has a beginning but yet no end. And as you watch her be, you become part of the story.
About the artist:
Maria Fernanda Leaño studied in (Antonio Caso primary school) in Guadalajara Mexico and at (instituto Alpes San Javier), (Le Rosey Switzerland) in high school, in college she studied Journalism (Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara) oil painting and drawing in Florence Italy, writing and Hispanic Literature (Sogem México).
One day out of the blue she quit her job as a magazine editor in Mexico and relocated to New York four years ago, where she studied Journalism and Photography (Parsons) Art journaling intensive (Pratt institute) Drama (Lee Strasberg) and Guerrilla Filmaking (Downtown community television center).
Introducing Malinche is Maria's first Solo in NYC and sixth art exhibition (first one was for a Televisa TV Network in Mexico 2008) (Marina Puerto Vallarta 2010) (Club de industriales México 2005) (Rectoría UAG Jalisco Mex 2008) (Playa del Carmen Mex 2012).
Welcome to Malinche's world and enjoy the ride.
Maria Fernanda Leaño
Photos by Maria Elena Valdes
Special thanks to Malinche Art Team:
Richard Conde
Melissa Edmond
Marlon Arboleda
Mariah Marquez
Media Contact
Company Name: Malinche Art
Contact Person: Maria Fernanda Leaño
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 9175656718
Country: United States
Website: www.malincheart.com


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After the excitment of 'The Teams' the GB kids had their weekend of racing. A 2 day event with 3 races, and the highest points scorer taking the title. Ministox World Champion Mad Max Hertzog is seeded into the championship already but Phoebe and Frankie JJ must qualify.
Just 187 cars turn up for this weekend at Paradise Valley Springs, yes thats right 187!
All 3 get the opportunity for a short practice before the meeting starts. Phoebe goes well, JJ & Max however suffer with a couple of problems. Frankie's car sounds like a bag of spanners, which turns out to be a bolt hitting the propshaft. Max pulls onto the infield, trouble with the ignition switch. Thankfully both problems are easily fixed.
All 3 are put into groups of 26 drivers and are all in different groups which makes it easier for us to watch.
So Phoebe is out first. She starts near the back and finishes a credible sixth place, a great start.
Out next is Frankie he starts well but spins out. He manages to continue and finish.
It's Maxs turn now. He struggles with the car which is down on power compared to the others, but he does his best and finishes.
Their following races go pretty much the same. Phoebe manages some decent results and finishes sixth overall from her group, just missing out on the big race by 1 point.
Frankie enjoys his racing but fails to qualify and Max keeps going the best he can. Max gets called up to the box for the 3rd time which was a bit OTT? Even the lady who delivered the messages about him going to the box was getting embarressed and mentions that it was getting a bit silly…
So the evening finishes with all three kids and cars in good shape ready for tomorrow.
Phoebe & JJ still get the opportunity to race so thats good. Phoebe's first 2 races go smoothly, finishing both with decent places. However on her 3rd race she get walled on the first bend, so much for non contact! Still, she's not bothered and gets out of the car with a big cheesy Wainman grin on her face!
Frankie JJ enjoys competing against his cousin Brennan Dorrell (371) as they both race for fun without the pressure of the championship. Fantastic to witness nephew Brennan win a race whilst we were visiting. Well done Brennan.
Max does his best with a car that seems a little under powered, again he is called to the box, yawn…. He's glad to load up the car and finish!
So that's that really, we all had a massive amount of fun! And a great experience! Maybe if they'd have had a little more time to get used to the cars and done a couple of meetings before hand they might have had better results, who knows?
Massive thanks go to all who helped and the guys who supplied us with the cars – if you come to England we will do our best to return the favour!


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A Syrian doctoral student wins second place in the Russian Language Olympiad
Reem Jawdat Salman, "a young Syrian graduate student", recently won the second place in the Russian Language Olympiad for foreign students studying in Russia, during the final competition that took place at San Petersburg University.The participants were 7199 male and female students , 500 of them moved to the final stage with a high competition between participants from 131 countries around the world.
Salman's excellence did not come out of the blue, as during her university studies, she obtained annually al-Bassel certificate for academic excellence and in the summer of the third year she obtained a mission to Tanta University in Egypt as part of a training and recreational program during which she managed to obtain three certificates from the Presidency of Tanta University and from the University's Faculty of Arts.
Reem dedicated her success to the heroes of the Syrian Arab Army.
Lama Razzouk


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Generate traffic and sales through relationships, referrals, and other networking opportunities. Communication with our buyers to ensure their satisfaction, knowledge, and understanding of process from sale through closing.
1. Make initial contact with prospects through referrals, demonstrated interest, or show home visits. Qualify prospects' interest and ability to purchase homes through effective discovery questions and listening to clients needs.
2. Conduct sales presentation for prospective customers. Follow up with phone calls and e-mails. Prepare home purchase agreements and construction contracts. Assist with financing, if necessary.
3. Follow up with clients during home construction to make sure their expectations are met per communication policy. Educate clients on floor plan and upgrade options.
4. Track, verify loan process with mortgage companies and verify progress. Keep customers informed about loan status and collect all progress / earnest monies (with sense of urgency) on time.
5. Coordinate with the Controller to secure a time and location at JMS approved Title Company to facilitate the clients closing on the home; verify that all documents are complete, financing is in place, and there are no surprises at closing.
6. Participate in the final house walk-through "JMS orientation" with the client and Project Manager.
7. Verify that Production has presented the new homeowners with a house-warming present from the company (bucket) at orientation.
8. Maintain knowledge of community demographics and amenities: schools, local businesses, employers, parks, recreation facilities, etc.,
9. Oversee maintenance of models and spec homes (check lists); this is your "store-front".
10. Maintain relationships with Realtor community by actively seeking new business and phone call regimen.
11. Participate in regularly scheduled JMS meetings.
12. Manage and oversee all client selections, change orders and pricing requests.
13. Sales person shall attend preconstruction and selections meetings (in office) and all standard client meetings.
14. Open all model homes twenty (20) minutes early, closed after posted hours.
15. Actively manage all MLS listings, open houses and photos online for enhanced data and information sharing / retrieval.
16. Active participation within VIP Realtor Program.
1. Sold active stats reports from MLS weekly
2. Personal phone calls to used home listers
3. Updating prospecting in BUILDER TREND
4. Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE
BA / BS degree – MN Real Estate License.
Minimum five years related experience and/or training; preferably in residential and / or institutional projects or equivalent combination of experience and education.
Attn: Nancy Schoenwetter
6035 Culligan Way
Minnetonka, MN 55345
Phone: (952) 949-3630


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Oh Oh!!! This product is SOLD OUT. Till we restock, have a look at Minnie Mouse 1st Birthday Tutu Dress
Just the gift for your baby princess on her 1st birthday is available for online sale at the best prices in India. These elegant wedding party baby tutu dress for your kid in green shades and flower belt round the shoulder will make your child top any show.
Major Highlight that makes it special: Available with matching green flowery hairband
Targeted age group: 9 months to 6 years old baby girl
Note: Please note these are completely handmade dresses, the exact same piece is impossible to make again/ They may exhibit slight variations in the flowers/colors which gives the dress its individual beauty and character.
Note: Please note these 3 layered Tutu dresses do not come with under-lining, you may make your child wear matching leggings or underskirt beneath the dress.