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Beau Geste secures the triple
Although several boats are still racing, Richard Bamford's Swan 38 Dolfijn retired this morning. This means that at tonight's prizegiving Karl Kwok's Farr 80 Beau Geste will be awarded the RORC Caribbean 600 trophy for best yacht overall under IRC, the line honours trophy for monohulls and Class trophy for IRC Super Zero.
"I have never cleaned up as well before so it feels really good," said Karl Kwok upon hearing the news. "There may have been a lack of wind, but we kept on going all the time and when the wind was with us we had flat water and some fantastic sailing. Beau Geste has a great spirit, I have been friends with Gavin Brady for two decades and we sit down and decide who we will have on board. Friendship is very important to me, we choose the best sailors but also the right people. I have to say a big thank you to Gavin Brady and the two watch captains, Jonno Swain and David Endean but all of the crew did a great job.
Beau Geste races all over the world and I would like to invite all of the competitors we come across to do this race. The sailing is as good as can be and I have enjoyed it immensely."
Winner overall of the CSA division and second place overall under IRC is Richard Oland's Southern Cross 52, Vela Veloce.
"We had a close battle with Privateer who beat us by less than a minute in our last encounter, so beating them this time was a bit of payback," admitted Oland. "Privateer are good sports and I am sure we will share a beer with them tonight. Although I have done a lot of cruising here, this is the first time I have raced in the Caribbean since the 60s. The boat comes from New Brunswick, Canada and it amazes me why people don't come down here and enjoy these water.
Winner of IRC Super Zero Canting keel, third overall under IRC and second under CSA was Ron O'Hanley's Cookson 52 Privateer. "We have never raced against another Cookson 50 which we were really looking forward to, but Privateer is a newer boat with some differences and we weren't really racing close to Lee Overlay Partners," commented Vela Veloce boat captain Scott Innes-Jones. "We had a really good fight with Vela Veloce. This is the first time we have competed in a RORC race and I would like to give a big thank you to the organisers; this has been a very well run event."
Third overall under IRC and CSA was Adrian Lee's Cookson 50, Lee Overlay Partners. Dockside Lee was still full of admiration for the race: "Very different to last year, but we have enjoyed it just the same, this was as much a challenge but for different reasons, keeping the boat going and concentrating the whole time were so important. The last few miles were agonizingly slow but we kept cool under pressure and to be honest, we were delighted just to finish. Congratulations to Beau Geste on an excellent performance."
Only one boat, AAG Big One has finished since Lee Overlay Partners came in last night. The breeze virtually shut down, right across the race course, causing many yachts to retire. 'H' one of the Blesma crew described the scene on board as Spirit of Juno made the decision to stop racing. "The skipper went to every guy and asked him for his view, everybody had their say but when he turned the engine on, it was a sickening feeling. We just ran out of time and needed to get back for flights home. We have developed as a team and really got to grips with the physical side of things but we need to work more on the tactical side, we will be back for sure. The RORC Caribbean 600 is unfinished business."
Antigua is usually blessed with easterly trade winds and the unusual weather is extremely rare. However, the competitors in the RORC Caribbean 600 did have the sensation of surfing through the Caribbean sea in sublime conditions, at least some of the time.
The RORC Caribbean 600 trophy and other prizes will be presented at tonight's prizegiving,, to be held at the Antigua Yacht Club. It should be a big night, after the ceremony, there will be an Antigua-style barbeque and full bar with famous Antiguan band, Itchy Feet playing live on stage until the early hours.


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The luminaire of a flat panel light consist of a Diffusor plate, a Light Guide plate, Reflective paper, EVA, LED Strips, a backboard and an aluminum frame. The arrangement has been shown in the image below:
But which part do you think decides the flat panel's lifespan? How does it age after years of usage? To find realistic answers, our team planned a market research trip to the USA and walked into a big supermarket in the USA. Below is a collage of the photos we took:
Taken on 15 April, 2016, the lighting products had large yellow spots on the surface. Of course customers didn't like it.
Why the problem with flat panel lights?
Normally, a Light Guide Plate is an acrylic panel typically made from pure PMMA resin. PMMA is extremely transparent, light transmission can reach 92%. On the bottom of the panel a matrix of lines can be etched, dots can be printed, a combination of both, or particulates are added into the panel itself. The purpose of all methods is to direct light out the front.
But there is an another material which has a similar appearance and function which is called PS, it can easily turn yellow when under high temperature conditions. There is a significant difference between PMMA and PS materials – PS is much cheaper. Flat panel light with a PS guide plate will see a color change in just half a year. While customers suffer, LED suppliers profit from creating and selling panel lights with PS materials.
Below are real pictures of panel lights built with PS light guide plate after 6 months of use. PD plates are popular in the market because of its low price. As you can see, the PS material has turned yellow and has acquired dark spots. This decreases the power conversion efficiency and also the appearance of the lighting.
Below images show our panel lighting build using PMMA light guide plates after 6 months of usage. PMMA materials have the advantage of anti-aging and higher light transmittance in comparison to the PS material.
The plate color and light transmittance will stay clear and bright with little change even after several years of use.
In fact, SeniorLED provides 5-year warranty of no color change when you choose our LED panel lights. Our commitment to top quality LED manufacturing has helped us become the top distributor and supplier of China.
Send us an email at email@example.com to discuss your lighting requirements with our team of engineers.

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Big East notebook: New bowl deals on agenda
THE COMMISH -- On the job for just one month, Big East Commissioner John Marinatto already has some difficult tasks on his desk. For starters, he's in the midst of negotiating new bowl deals for his conference.
Marinatto gave few specifics, saying only he and his staff "are trying to create the best possible situation" for the Big East's postseason. One of the biggest issues with the current arrangement, as some in the league see it, is that the Big East's second-place team may (or perhaps is likely) to get bumped from the Gator Bowl in favor of Notre Dame.
Marinatto says he wants to protect the league but also keep the Big East in good standing with Notre Dame.
"We're very happy with our association with Notre Dame. We help them and they help us," Marinatto said.
"We need to try and find a way, and we've talked about this, in order to protect our second-place team in the year that they go to our No. 2 bowl or our No. 1 bowl outside of the tie-in to BCS. There are a number of options on the table."
BCS BITES -- With the new BCS deal set to expire after this season, the Mountain West Conference's position in the mix is in doubt. The Big East's role, Marinatto insists, isn't in question.
"The Mountain West has petitioned for a seventh automatic berth in the BCS," Marinatto said. "It hasn't attempted, in any way, to detract from the fact that we're one of the six.
"So, more power to them. If they accomplished what we've accomplished over four years, then they've earned a seventh automatic berth. But we're very confident and happy that we are where we are. I'm not worried where we stand."
END GAME -- Despite losing a likely starter in Marcus Campbell for academic reasons this season, UConn coach Randy Edsall said he doesn't envision a position switch -- i.e. a small defensive tackle moving over or a large linebacker moving down -- to compensate for the loss. Edsall is confident in the group of defensive ends he has now.
"I think we've got some good depth there," Edsall said.
Senior Lindsey Witten is obviously a starter, and the coach expects big things from the Cleveland native.
"I think Lindsey's got to have a big year," Edsall said. "It's Lindsey's time to step up and shine."
But Edsall also thinks Mike Cox, A.J. Portee, Trevardo Williams (Central High), Teddy Jennings and Jesse Joseph, not necessarily in that order, can make up for the loss of Campbell.
"These are all kids that have a chance to get on the field and play," Edsall said.
EXTRA POINTS -- Edsall won the golf event held Monday at Newport National as part of the league's media day. His team was 9-under in the scramble held at the lengthy, links-style course. ... Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly, whose defending Big East championship team lost 10 starters on defense, says the Bearcats' biggest offseason loss was punter Kevin Huber. "He helped us win games last year," Kelly said. "When you lose a guy that impacts the game the way Kevin Huber did, that concerns you. He changed games." ... West Virginia coach Bill Stewart has what some view as the best team in the Big East. But what worries the second-year coach? "That our leadership doesn't jell early," Stewart said. "Football's all about chemistry. That's my biggest concern. I know we have great young men." ... USF has major non-conference games against Miami and Florida State on tap this season. Coach Jim Leavitt hopes his team keeps its eyes on the prize. "It's big," Leavitt said of the in-state games. "But we have to make sure our guys know that we can lose all our non-conference games and still win a Big East championship."


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The NFL is widely admired for its parity. But could it do a better job promoting fairness, especially when scheduling games?
The answer, according to a new mathematical analysis by University at Buffalo engineers, is yes.
The study, "Alleviating Competitive Imbalances in NFL Schedules: An Integer-Programming Approach," is one of eight research papers that will be presented today at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston, Mass.
The paper's authors are Niraj Pandey, PhD candidate in UB's Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), and Kyle Cunningham, who earned a bachelor of science degree from UB in 2014. Co-advisors are ISE's Murat Kurt, PhD, assistant professor, and Mark Karwan, PhD, Praxair Professor of Operations Research and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor.
In the NFL, teams competing against an opponent coming off a bye-week or Thursday game are at a disadvantage. This is because the opponent, among other things, has more time to recuperate and make coaching adjustments.
Several teams, including the New York Giants and Buffalo Bills, have filed complaints with the NFL in recent years concerning the issue.
The UB engineers examined NFL schedules from recent years. They found a disparity among teams that played against opponents coming off a bye or Thursday game.
For example, from 2002-14, they found that the Bills played more games against rested opponents (26) than any other team. From 2003-13, they found that the Atlanta Falcons played more teams coming off a bye (17) than any other opponent.
(Note: Several of the engineers are diehard Bills fans. The study is motivated, in part, upon eradicating scheduling rarities the Bills and other teams face. No person or organization, including Bills, has funded the research.)
"Most of us and our colleagues love sports, and this intellectual curiosity-driven research was a fun way to use our technical skills to see how we could address an important issue in the world's No. 1 revenue-generating league," said Karwan. "Besides, our hometown Bills were one of the biggest victims of scheduling anomalies!"
To address the issue, the engineers created a mathematical model called a mixed-integer linear program. The model is similar to what the NFL uses, however, it differs because it focuses solely on scheduling with fairness. It does not, for example, take into consideration television ratings and other matters.
By applying the model to the 2012, 2013 and 2014 seasons, the engineers found that:
· Bye week disadvantages could be eliminated.
· Disadvantages due to Thursday games could be kept "reasonably low" for each team, while avoiding undesirable road game patterns and long-distance travel in short weeks.
· No team has to play against more than two more-rested opponents per season.
· Games between divisional opponents can always be separated by at least two weeks, and at least one game can occur in the second half of the season.
· The model is stable enough to create hundreds of schedules for future NFL seasons in a matter of minutes.
"In a league of 32 teams, where a 17-week season can be easily called short, the sequence of games is naturally more decisive on where teams end up in late December. The anomalies we found in recent schedules are what drove us to find a better solution and tune them for fairness," Kurt said.


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NIH Distinguished Investigator
Cell Biology Section
Building 30, Room 426
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Dr. Kenneth Yamada's research focuses on discovering novel mechanisms and regulators of cell interactions with the extracellular matrix and their roles in craniofacial development and disease. Understanding the underlying mechanisms of these fundamental processes can provide new approaches to tissue regeneration and therapy for diseases such as cancer. Dr. Yamada's group explores how coordination between the three-dimensional (3D) extracellular matrix of connective tissue or basement membranes, integrins, signal transduction, and cytoskeleton mediates or regulates key biological processes – cell adhesion, migration, matrix remodeling, tissue morphogenesis, and cancer cell invasion. Dr. Yamada's research emphasizes the characterization of the dynamic movements of cells and their extracellular matrix as tissues are remodeled in 3D in real time. The biological systems studied include human primary cells migrating in 3D, human tumor cells and tissues, and mouse organ development (salivary glands, lungs, and kidneys). Dr. Yamada also emphasizes training and mentoring the next generation of scientists.
Dr. Yamada received BA, MD, and PhD degrees from Stanford University. He was a section chief at the National Cancer Institute for 10 years and a section chief at NIDCR since 1990. Elected a Fellow of the AAAS in 1991, Dr. Yamada received the first Senior Investigator Award of the American Society for Matrix Biology in 2004, Distinguished Scientist Award of the American Association for Dental Research in 2008, and promotion to NIH distinguished investigator in 2011. Besides past service on the Councils of several professional societies, Dr. Yamada is currently an editor of The Journal of Cell Biology and serves other editorial roles at multiple journals. Dr. Yamada has published more than 400 highly cited papers. Dr. Yamada served on the NIH Cell Biology Study Section and currently serves on the NIH Committee on Scientific Conduct and Ethics, NIH Steering Committee Diversity Working Group, and various other NIH committees.
- Petrie RJ, Harlin HM, Korsak LI, Yamada KM. Activating the nuclear piston mechanism of 3D migration in tumor cells. J Cell Biol. 2017 Jan 2;216(1):93-100.
- Wang S, Sekiguchi R, Daley WP, Yamada KM. Patterned cell and matrix dynamics in branching morphogenesis. J Cell Biol. 2017 Mar 6;216(3):559-570.
- Artym VV, Swatkoski S, Matsumoto K, Campbell CB, Petrie RJ, Dimitriadis EK, Mueller SC, Bugge TH, Gucek M, Yamada KM. Dense fibrillar collagen is a potent inducer of invadopodia via a specific signaling network. J Cell Biol. 2015 Feb 2;208(3):331-50.
- Doyle AD, Carvajal N, Jin A, Matsumoto K, Yamada KM. Local 3D matrix microenvironment regulates cell migration through spatiotemporal dynamics of contractility-dependent adhesions. Nat Commun. 2015 Nov 9;6:8720
- Cukierman E, Pankov R, Stevens DR, Yamada KM. Taking cell-matrix adhesions to the third dimension. Science. 2001 Nov 23;294(5547):1708-12.
- Sakai T, Larsen M, Yamada KM. Fibronectin requirement in branching morphogenesis. Nature. 2003 Jun 19;423(6942):876-81.
- Onodera T, Sakai T, Hsu JC, Matsumoto K, Chiorini JA, Yamada KM. Btbd7 regulates epithelial cell dynamics and branching morphogenesis. Science. 2010 Jul 30;329(5991):562-5.
- Endo Y, Ishiwata-Endo H, Yamada KM. Extracellular matrix protein anosmin promotes neural crest formation and regulates FGF, BMP, and WNT activities. Dev Cell 23: 305-316, 2012.
- Kutys ML, Yamada KM. An extracellular-matrix-specific GEF-GAP interaction regulates Rho GTPase crosstalk for 3D collagen migration. Nat Cell Biol. 2014 Sep;16(9):909-17.
- Petrie RJ, Koo H, Yamada KM. Generation of compartmentalized pressure by a nuclear piston governs cell motility in a 3D matrix. Science. 2014 Aug 29;345(6200):1062-5.


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A year ago today I signed a lease on my yoga studio. It was a huge leap but I was struggling to find space that wasn't huge and expensive to hold classes. There is a serious lack in spaces for small classes in Edinburgh. Everywhere was more suited for holding 20 person classes and I only wanted to do 4 or 6 people at a maximum.
I'm almost hesitant to say it but it seems to have worked. I've got several others hiring out the space for classes and my classes are busy. I could teach more classes but with other commitments I don't want to over commit and end up burned out.
It was a leap that I wasn't 100% sure about but as I've regretted not taking other leaps then I decided that this time I would do. I'm glad I put my faith in doing this and that my hard work has paid off. Here's to the next year of studio ownership.


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The Netherlands has a novel approach to treating dementia. And it's called "Dementia Village."
The reality of Alzheimer's Disease
I wrote a bit earlier on Alzheimer's Disease (AD), a type of dementia. I discussed how Alzheimer's is a progressive, ultimately fatal, disease that causes a number of problems including memory loss, confusion and some others.
Millions of Americans have Alzheimer's, and other millions will get it. (And there are other kinds of dementia people suffer from as well.) There is no good treatment to stop or even slow the progress of Alzheimer's.
Let's take a look at what could happen to the "average" Alzheimer's patient.
Currently, diagnosis is almost always made after the patient begins to display symptoms. Often it starts with memory loss. At first, the patient may just need to leave himself reminders to do things like keep appointments, refill prescriptions and pay bills on time. With progression, he may need someone else to help provide reminders. He may become disoriented and get lost. He may become more irritable and withdrawn. He may start to hear voices, or see people who aren't there, and may become suspicious of family members. He may eventually need help with activities of daily living (ADLs) like bathing, dressing, eating and using the bathroom.
As the disease progresses, he'll usually need more and more assistance from others. Often these others are family members, a spouse, children, siblings and other relatives or friends. As the dementia worsens, he may need someone available around the clock to make sure that he doesn't wander off or injure himself (some patients, but not all, may spend a good part of the night wandering around the house, while sleeping during the day — making it even more stressful for family members). At this point, it sometimes becomes too much for the family members to take care of him. They may need to hire an outside caregiver to help the patient and provide a break for the family. With continued progression, the patient may need to be placed in a nursing facility.
The nursing staff in such a facility has a limited amount of time to spend with each patient. Patients with dementia (and not just Alzheimer's patients) can easily require a lot of time per patient. One reason may be that the patient with dementia often gets up and wanders. The nursing staff then has to guide him back to his room. The patient may be interested in TV or a movie, but often only for a short time. Then, becoming restless, he'll be on the move again. In a nursing facility, the number of things available to distract or entertain dementia patients is limited. The patient, and staff, can become frustrated.
Dementia Village
There is an alternative care setting available in the Netherlands. It's called "Dementia Village" (De Hogeweyk).
Dementia Village is an area set up in a small town, where Alzheimer's patients, and other patients with dementia, live and receive care. Instead of being set up like a nursing facility, the patients live in apartments, on landscaped grounds. The "village" also has a supermarket, and other shops, a theater, bingo hall, coffee shops, a cinema and other places for the patients to visit. The whole area is discretely walled off so that the residents can't wander off the property.
The residents live 6 to 8 each in a large apartment. There are several different themes for the apartments to try to make them more home-like for the patients. The nursing staff, during their shifts, actually lives in the apartments with their patients. They're not at a nurses' station that may be far away from the patients' rooms. The nurses and nursing assistants wear street clothes.
They encourage the patients to interact with each other and the staff in the apartment. The patients who can, are encouraged to help with tasks like cooking, cleaning, bed making and other things that they would normally be doing at home. The patients are free to leave the apartment and meet with other patients, or visit them in their apartments, go shopping, have coffee at a cafe, get their hair styled, see a movie or do anything else that the "village" offers.
All of the shopkeepers and other employees at the village are trained to deal with demented patients. For example, if a patient says he is buying dinner at the supermarket, and then selects inappropriate foods, the shopkeepers will remind him of what he needs to buy. Or the merchant can call the apartment where the patient lives and a nursing assistant will come to help.
Visitors are permitted to see the patients any time, and can stay for as long as they want to stay. They can visit in the apartment or take the patient out into the village to play bingo, watch a movie, go for a walk or do something else. Administrators at the village say that they are disappointed that not as many visitors come as they would like. That may be in part because it can be difficult to visit a relative who no longer remembers you, or who forgot your last visit entirely.
The cost for living in the village is approximately what it would be to live in a nursing facility. Most of the cost is covered by the Netherlands' version of Medicare.
Some other countries in the EU are looking at opening similar villages as long-term care facilities for those with dementia. It may be something that might get copied in the US, as well. Certainly this seems like a more comfortable and humane way to treat dementia patients than to keep them in a nursing facility.


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Spheres of Control
A couple months ago, I described the "Mind the Gap" framework that I use when thinking about a coaching situation. This is one of the tools that I use to process what I hear a coachee saying that allows me to gain deeper insight and understanding into a situation. Here's another simple framework that's very useful--I didn't develop the idea, (and I don't know who did) I just created the graphic. It's called the Sphere of Control.docx
This concept posits that the things we're worried about or that we complain about fall into three domains: things we have control over, things we can influence, and things that are outside of our control and influence. When I hear a coachee talking about something that he is unhappy about, I listen through this framework and try to identify where this issue would fall.
Try This Exercise
Before I explain how I use this in coaching, here's an activity for you to try. Think about your work life, your personal life, or both and list your complaints about this area--as many as you'd like. For example: I don't exercise enough, my rent is high, I hate waking up at 5:30a.m., and so on. Then code each of these complaints as either, "Within my control," "Within my influence," or "Outside of my control and influence."
Now, reflect on these questions:
- 1. What category did the majority of your complaints fall into?
2. Read the complaints that are outside of your control and influence and notice how your body feels. See if you can feel the emotional impact showing up on your body--perhaps you shoulders feel tighter, your breathing might shallow, and so on.
3. Of the complaints outside of your control, are there any that you can look at differently so that you can have more control over them? For example, if you were just told that as the head of the English department you needed to attend a twice a month evening meeting on the Common Core transition, you might feel like you have no control over this mandate. Perhaps you could talk to your principal about a rotating schedule where you'd attend some, but not all, of the meetings? Or perhaps you could request a stipend for attending? Sometimes we can find ways to influence what feels like something outside of our control, or at least to have a voice in it.
4. Of the complaints outside of your control, are there any that you'd like to let go of? Imagine putting them into a balloon filled with helium and then watching the balloon rise into the sky and disappear.
5. Look at the complaints that are within your sphere of influence and control. See if you can identify one concrete action you could do to address each one.
How I Use This Framework
When I listen to a coachee talking about challenges she's facing, I use this framework to pay attention to where she's expending her energy. If I hear that she is focusing on the sphere outside of her control and I recognize the signs of mental and physical drain, I will ask her to do the exercise I just described above, or I might just call her attention to this (especially if we've discussed this before).
Here's an example of what I say:
"I'm hearing you talk a lot about how frustrated you are by the district's adoption of the new math curriculum and the mandate that it replace what you've used for many years. I hear that you're really frustrated by this decision and you feel like you have no control over what you're asked to do in the classroom. You've been sharing your feelings about this with me for almost 15 minutes now. I'm wondering if you'd like to transition into talking about something that's within your sphere of influence or control, perhaps into how you'll make this new curriculum accessible to your English Learners? I'd like to suggest that our conversation shift in this way because if you put your energies into something you have more control over, you'll feel better."
I always carry around a copy of these spheres, printed in color (because that helps our brain remember things). I often pull it out and use it to help a client understand the concept and make decisions about where she wants to focus her energy.
When It's Time to Go
If I am working with someone and I regularly hear him complaining about issues that are outside of his control, and if he's unable or unwilling to explore shifting his energies, then sometimes we explore whether the issues are related to a clash with his core values. For example, I worked with a principal who felt that he was asked, year after year, to modify his school's approach to teaching and learning in a way that deeply undermined the school's vision and mission. The school had been founded by educators and parents who sought an alternative to the standard public school, and after some years, the principal felt that district leaders weren't in support of this alternative. He constantly complained about hiring policies, curriculum mandates, PD requirements for administrators and much more--all things he had no control over.
As we dug deeper and what emerged was that he felt that his core values and those of his school were being eroded, he recognized that he could do nothing about the changes at the district level and he resigned. Sometimes a coach can be instrumental in helping a person recognize that his energies are being drained in the "outside of my control" domain, and that what's needed may not be a shift in perspective or a letting go and refocusing, but a change in position.
Things aren't always cut and dry as far as what's within or outside of our control. Sometimes there are things that are outside of our control that we really can have some influence over; the boundaries are murky. This is worth exploring with a client--as long as the focus is always on looking for opportunities to shift into a place of empowerment.
Use Your Energy Where It Counts
This framework is about taking responsibility for our feelings, our choices, and our lives. It helps us move away from blame and into our own power. The bottom line is this: we have a finite amount of energy. The things that we can't change drain us, but we do have control over how we respond to them. Can we reduce the amount of energy that goes into our frustration about those things? Can we shift that energy into something we have more control over? The key is to use our energy where it counts. The more we focus on what's in our control, the more effective we'll feel. The happier we'll be. The more we'll be able to tackle what's within our sphere of influence. And for those of working in schools and towards a vision of a transformed education system, if we focus on what's within our control and influence, there's a greater likelihood that we'll positively impact children.


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Entwined is a beautiful game about a bird and a fish that are in love but can't be together. Learn to guide these two souls simultaneously then unite and transform them into a magnificent Dragon.
Over the course of nine unique lifetimes can you become Entwined forever?
- Innovative new game mechanic that draws you into a state of 'gaming Zen'
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Rev. Galen Guengerich suggests that the unique spiritual practice of Unitarian Universalists should be gratitude. In practicing gratitude we become aware that we are utterly dependent on the interconnected web for everything even language which gives us the power to think and be conscious. Practices of gratitude begin with just taking notice and being mindful of the blessings and the grace that bombard us on a minute to minute, hour to hour, day to day basis.
David Markham, UU A Way Of Life, 06/14/14
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Saturday, June 14, 2014
Thought For The Day - "I am grateful for..."
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- Chris O'ConnorJune 14, 2014 at 9:36 PM
Is it dorky to write that I'm grateful for your articles on gratitude? I think Galen Guengerich is on to something, suggesting that this virtue be a guiding path for Unitarian Universalists.
Thank you for showcasing this work.
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Its time for the carnival 2019 festive party!!
What is carnival festival and where it is famous?
Carnival festival is mostly celebrated in the southern part of America; especially it is famous in Brazil. Carnival is a western Christian and Greek orthodox festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent.
The Carnival is often the most popular celebrations usually held over three days before the Ash Wednesday, but the festival often extends to the full week. This Carnival festival includes music, dancing, costume party and parade.
Have you planned for the carnival party? Is your baby is celebrating this carnival festive party for the first time?
Then you should plan for a best costume for this festive party and rock the party. This year's festive party is going to be a most memorable party in your life. Have your baby started to crawl? If so, why not you can go for dinosaur costume which makes your cute little one into amazing one.
Since this is first carnival party for your cute little baby, you can go for the world famous dinosaur theme for this festive.
Get your scrapbooks ready for this carnival festival. Frame each and every moments of your toddler dinosaur and make a precious trove for your cute little baby.
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They lived between 243 and 233.23 million years ago. Dinosaurs can be divided into two categories. They are avian dinosaurs or birds and non-avian dinosaurs, which are all dinosaurs other than birds.
Dinosaurs ate probably the most ferocious animals to have ever walked on the earth, so naturally we think they are the perfect way to have some costumed fun.
The best thing about dinosaur is that they appeal to so many different ages. From toddlers to adults, everyone can appreciate how cool dinosaurs look and act.
Cute dinosaur costume for toddler and babies won't turn your little one into a terrifying, ancient creature instead they will be the cutest dinosaur in town. Because there is nothing scary about this soft and cute dino costume.
This cute dinosaur costume comes in variety of colors and variety of types. They are toddler Triceratops costume, Toddler T-Rex costume and toddler spiny dinosaur costume.
Hurray! There is only one king of the dinosaurs here and it's your cute little one! With this cute dinosaur costume you will finally be able to understand that your cute little one is always running around like a dinosaur on the loose. It turns out that your little bud might be a dinosaur of at least half dinosaur.
You might not be able to create your own dinosaur theme park by dressing your cute little one yp in this cute dinosaur costume, sure your baby will be a pretty adorable dinosaur running and crawling around here and there, making you to believe you are living in a jungle or in dinosaur park. That's how you get a dinosaur in your home!
Don't forget to capture all the sweet moments of your cute little one. Freeze every sweet memories of your little bud. Enjoy the carnival party, rock it and have fun!


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Nielsen: Philadelphia Watches a Ridiculous Amount of TV
Nielsen — as in the New York-based company that measures what we as Americans watch on TV and what we buy — just released its latest report, Local Watch, which compares the viewing habits in local television markets throughout the United States. And, wow, Philadelphia, you sure do watch a lot of TV.
According to the Nielsen report, Philadelphians between the ages of 25 and 54 watch 5 hours, 44 minutes of television each day. Only Pittsburgh, Detroit and Tampa outdo us.
And of that age group, African Americans in Philadelphia watch more TV than their counterparts in every major television market except Chicago. The average in that demographic in Philadelphia is nearly eight-and-a-half hours of TV per day.
Other interesting statistics from the report:
• Philadelphians tend to prefer live TV over time-shifted (aka DVR) viewing and video-on-demand, with 68 percent of the prime time television viewing in Philadelphia happening through live TV. Only Pittsburgh has more, with 70 percent. Compare that to Dallas, where only 44 percent comes from live TV, with DVR-watching actually exceeding live TV.
• Philadelphians don't think Smart TVs are very smart. Only 10 percent of households have them. In San Francisco, that number is 17 percent. In Pittsburgh, it's 8 percent.
• 72 percent of Philadelphians over the age of 12 have smart phones, the same as in New York City. Orlando tops that list at 82 percent, while Seattle, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Cleveland sit at the bottom, all under 70 percent.
• 42 percent of Philadelphians own a tablet computer, the same as in Los Angeles. Washington D.C., San Francisco, Atlanta and Boston are all over 50 percent.
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Here is a selection of photographs from our first outing as AFPU cameramen attached to the 1st (Airborne) Recconnaisance Squadron living history group and part of their excellent 'Arnhem Perimeter' display at the English Heritage 'History in Action' show staged at Kirby Hall in Northamptonshire in 2000. The display captured what it must have been like for the troops around Arnhem in those desperate days
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The Far Side of the World
This is the deck of HMS Surprise, the actual full-rigged sailing ship used in the movie MASTER AND COMMANDER. The movie also used miniatures and a full-scale ship-in-a-tank near Rosarito, Mexico. She was originally named HMS Rose when launched in 1970, and is 179 feet long.
"What an incredible technological age we live in"--a favourite line.
Like many of you, I will be awaiting the shuttle launch with baited breath, and wishing them all Godspeed. Many of us were inspired towards science by dreams of someday travelling the Universe. I hope that today's scientists do not get catty and turn on each other. We need space exploration, manned and unmanned.
In the meantime, there are wonders beyond our dreams. Imagine describing the entire Universe with one equation! Even Captain Picard hadn't discovered that yet. Despite the naysayers, most of the world stands with me in exploring Space.
The photo below was taken by Al Sorkin, who was Master at Arms for the Peter Weir movie. He instructed Russell Crowe and the cast on the finer points of swordplay. I met Al back in May 2005.
The posts will come less often in the next few weeks because I will be VERY far away. More pictures soon!


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Film Info:
After four years of escorting to pay for college, a young graduate has a chance at his dream job but realizes this means leaving behind a client he has fallen in love with.
Written By: Tommy Craven
Directed By: Tommy Craven
Genre: Drama
35 Minutes
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It's no big secret that the choices we make in life dictate our future, for better or worse. No matter your situation, the action you take today guides your tomorrow. The problem starts and ends when the choice isn't so obvious. Do we cover our needs for the present or try to cover our future selves? Sometimes we get lucky and the two scenarios compliment each other; most times however, such as the scenario presented in "Getting Off", our choices become much more difficult to make. For me, writer / director Tommy Craven has beautifully illustrated such a scenario. Current needs Vs ones potential future, and as the credits roll you may find yourself asking how you even considered this film was about anything else. Sure, we have some interesting characters, some situations that range from common to the "A weird thing happened at so-and-so's place last night", but in the end "Getting Off" is really about one thing. Life choices. Remove the filler, as interesting as it can be, and that's what's left. Option A or option B. In the end, this flick is about those choices we all have to make, and it's put together in a way that is both thought provoking at times, and completely entertaining throughout.
Technically, I have no complaints about this movie, which is quite unusual for an indie flick. The video and audio are all done quite well, and it's all been put together in a way that easily progresses the film in a smart and sensible way. I would like to write that the cast themselves have done a great job. The lead and supporting actors all feel natural and unscripted, easily allowing us, the viewers, to actually believe what we're seeing onscreen. For an independent film this is no small task. I'm always so happy when things fall into place character-wise. The great job putting these fine folks together to make a movie is well worth mentioning, and so I did.
When it's all said and done, "Getting Off" is well above average in every respect. It's a no holds barred kind of film with it's visuals, so it's not for the faint of heart. If you can get past that however, a great story is being told by a great cast and crew. Tommy Craven has taken something that we all know, even if we choose to pretend not to, and turned it into an entertaining half hour. "Getting Off" never comes across as cheap or low budget, and although not so much a life lesson in itself, it's still well worth the time. In hindsight, this is also one of those rare pieces that could have benefited from a feature length send-off. Still though, for the half hour it plays, it owns the screen.
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Nigerian award-winning music producer, singer and founder of Mavin Records, Don Jazzy dashed a fan N100,000 for retweeting one of his tweets Saturday.
Don Jazzy, born Michael Collins Ajereh, stunned twitter followers when he awarded one of his followers – @Bmillions1 – the sum (about GH¢1,000) for being the first person to retweet a dot (•) he tweeted.
On Saturday at about 13:37hrs, the producer updated his twitter handle with a tweet which contained only a dot (•).
While many of his followers, who normally retweet his tweets, felt it was either an error or of no importance, @Bmillions1 retweeted it some few minutes after.
Lucky retweet
To the astonishment of followers, Don Jazzy tweeted that: U HAVE JUST WON YOURSELF N100,000 for just being the 1st person to RT my "•" RT @Bmillions1: Nth to tweet??? "@DONJAZZY: •"
He followed that tweet with a request asking the lucky fan to send him his bank details directly into his inbox.
The Oliver Twist producer did fulfil his promise as the fan tweeted: "Thank U very much @DONJAZZY for the 100k… Thanks bro….God bless"
Don Jazzy in a response also tweeted: "Amen. u welcome bro."
The incident generated a retweeting buzz on the producer's twitter handle as scores of his followers were engaged in a retweeting frenzy tweeting his tweets including the dot (•).


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The Quirks of being Adopted by God
I. Awe [1a]
That's exactly what you find in verse 1. At the beginning of this chapter John just marvels at the thought of being adopted into God's family. He says, "See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are."
Now, if you've ever been amazed at something. Perhaps there was a fantastic sunset. I remember a few years ago we were on vacation in Erie, PA. We were right on the lake, and we got to see the most dazzling sunset. The sky turned a myriad of colors. And I remember my wife just kept saying, "Look at that. Look at that." She was just astounded by the beauty of it.
Here you have the same thing. John says, "See!" or "Behold!" or "Look at this!" It is the language of pure awe. And the way he phrases this backs this. When it says, "See what manner of love," understand that the editors of your Bibles are helping to smooth out the language to make it more understandable. Literally it reads, "of what country of love is this." John's saying that this love is so awesome—being adopted into the family of God is so radically amazing—that he can't even express it with normal everyday language.
If someone walked in here today and started speaking to you with a thick accent, what would you think? You're going to say, "You are not from around here, are you?" That person would be from a whole other country. They are so different. They are so foreign to our everyday experience that we marvel a bit at them.
This is what John is doing here. God's love is so different. Being adopted into his family is so amazingly profound that he says, "Look at it! It is out of this world!"
And this is the experience of every child of God. The thought that God would take a sinner like you—that he would take one of his greatest enemies, and bring you into his very own family, and lavish upon you all the rights and privileges that belong to an heir, this should cause you to stumble back with awe and say, "Look at that love!"
But not only will your adoption produce awe. It also produces alienation.
II. Alienation [1b]
Look at the second part of the verse. John says, "The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him." I like what the ESV Study Bible says on this verse. It says, "There is a built-in friction between those who know and serve Christ and those who do not."
Since you have come into the family of God, you have been excommunicated (or extracted) from the family of the devil. You are estranged because you know Christ and your faith radically alters your life. Your likes and dislikes are different.
It is odd sometimes too because people you used to fraternize with on a regular basis. You used to fraternize with the world, but all of a sudden you find yourself being somewhat distanced from people who were close friends.
During this time of year I hate going to play basketball in the mornings. Its not because I dislike basketball. I love playing. I look forward to it every time. But this time a year it takes forever to start a game. I want to start playing, but they love to shoot the breeze and talk about the playoffs. They talk about Lebron doing this and the Celtics doing that. This team will beat that team because of this guy who can do this move. They love talking about it. Me and another guy are just left standing there waiting for them to finish. It's because we don't know anything about professional basketball. And so for a few minutes we experience a bit of alienation from them. They know the NBA; we don't. So until they are done sizing all the teams up, we find that we don't have any real association.
That's the way it is with you who know Christ. Once you become a member of his family you will find that you don't always in.
I want you young people to understand this. There are going to be times when you find yourself in awkward situations. You will be with some people—maybe even some friends of yours, and you will feel like you are a complete oddball. They might even look at you strange, almost as if you are from another country. It may even come to the point where they treat you like you are from a completely different planet!
And there is some truth to that. Because when you love Christ you will be something of an alien. You are alienated because your life has been changed by your membership in God's family.
And you need to understand that you shouldn't change in order to fit in. That is not what you are to do. Never conform in order to be accepted. Just accept the fact that you are different. Be willing to be different. Be willing to endure the scorn that may accompany your differences. But above all know that your differences are due to the fact that you belong to God.
You are a member of God's family. That produces awe. It produces alienation. But you'll notice that our text says that it also produces anticipation.
III. Anticipation [2]
In verse 2 John talks about what is in store for us in the future. He says, "Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is."
John is talking about the resurrection. He says, "Yes, we are God's children now. But we have not yet experienced the fullness of this adoption." At some point Christ is going to come again and it will be consummated. We will be resurrected—that's what he's talking about when he says, "What we will be has not yet appeared." We are still waiting for the finalization, so to speak.
When my wife and I adopted our two children there was a probation period. We had to wait for 6 months before we could formally finalize our adoption. They were our children, but there was something that we were anticipating. It was that court date where we appeared before the judge. Once we did that the adoption was completed.
That's analogous to what is being said here. We belong to the Lord. We are members of his family right now because of the shed blood of Christ and faith in him. But, in a sense, we are waiting for our adoption to be finalized. We know that there is a date where we will be called to appear before the Judge of all the Earth. He will come again in his flesh, just like he did 2000 years ago. And on that great day the finishing touches will be applied to our adoption: we will be resurrected and be given glorified bodies.
But it's not just the resurrection that we anticipate; we also anticipate the relationship that accompanies it.
The verse goes on to say that "we will see him as he is." In other words, Christ will no longer be at a distance. We will be able to look at him. Presently we are only able to see him with the eyes of faith. But then we will be able to be see him with the eyes he has given us. We will be able to enjoy his very presence!
Do you remember what it was like before you were married? Do you remember being apart from your beloved? It was tough, wasn't it? You wrote letters. You talked on the phone. And every once in a while you got to see each other. That was different, wasn't it? Seeing each other was a thousand times better than talking on the phone. Even now, with the advent of Skype and face to face calling over the internet, it does not compare with seeing each other in person. But you anticipated that meeting. You looked forward to it. You counted down the days. You couldn't wait to see her or be near him.
That's what every Christian feels in his heart. He anticipates that great day with great fervor. It's just burning in you, and you cannot wait for that time.
I know that there are people who say that there is no such thing as a second coming of Christ. But that just shows that they are not true Christians. Every true Christian not only knows that it is true, but they have a deep yearning for it embedded in their hearts.
Once you are a member of God's family you will find that it only produces awe or alienation or anticipation. But you will find that it also produces action!
IV. Action [3]
In verse three John says, "Everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure."
John is thus saying, "You become what you are." Once you enter the family of God, your life will change. You don't go on acting the way you did before you entered his family. Your life changes. You start living like you are one of God's children. You purify yourself by purging the sin that characterizes your life.
It sounds like the basis for a Walt Disney movie, doesn't it? You can see it can't you? You have a little girl who grew up in a rough neighborhood. She didn't have anyone teaching her her manners. So she's a little rough around the edges to say the least. But then she becomes a part of royal family. She's adopted by some regal king and brought into his house. When she enters that family she knows she's not supposed to act the way that she did back at her old bungalow. She's got to start living like a king's daughter should. She's got to purge her old lifestyle. She can no longer run around in dirty clothes. She can't put her elbows on the table at dinner time and slump over her plate and hog it down. She's got to be more refined now.
That's the way it is when we are adopted into the family of God. Once we become a part of his household, we have to start living like the king's children. We must seek to do away with the those habits that are not keeping with God's law. We have to purify ourselves.
The logical question that I have to ask here is, "How is your adoption affecting you? Are you acting differently now that you are a member of God's family?" You fathers, can your children see in you the love of God that we spoke of earlier? Do they come to marvel at the affection that you show them? As a father your love for them ought to reflect the tender firmness that God has shown you.
You ladies, do you find that you are purifying your life? When your husband makes a bad decision, do you support him lovingly? Or is it a time for you to peck away at him? Wives shouldn't be like vultures who prey upon the the open wounds of the afflicted. The rolling of the eyes, the "I told you so's," the comments to friends about the latest failure all should be purged.
And young people. Do you find that your actions are reflecting your status as a child of heaven? Are you allowing yourself to be a ruffian, or are you seeking to be more refined in the way you life, as is characteristic of a child of royal stature?
Sometimes obedience to God's law can sound burdensome and legalistic. But when you see yourself in this light, it changes things. When you understand that you now belong to the most regal family in the world, you will understand that obedience is not a heavy yoke. It is one that is only befitting of your new status.
You all know that two of my three children are adopted. And you have witnessed over the years that there is no difference between them in my eyes. If you camped with us this weekend, you saw that I disciplined them with the same firmness. At night I took the same amount of care to tuck them in and make sure that they were comfortable in the tent.
This is exactly the way the Lord treats us when we come to trust in Christ. He bestows all his fatherly affection upon us. He tenderly looks after us with his special providence. This is a glorious thing. The blessings of which cannot be fully expressed in human terms. And thought it may make us to be outcasts (or aliens) in the world's eyes, we know that it is wonderful thing to be a member of this family. May God grant that it does change the way we act.
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The premiere in Madrid of ' Luci mie traditrici' some years ago opened the gates of Sciarrino´s space to me. I delight in the sparenes, levity and little imposing qualities of his music.
Oh yea, ya can't step on my Sciarrino Thread!! It being so popular.I was disappointed that the Kairos Complete String Quartets comes to only @40mins.! I mean, couldn't they have added all three solo string pieces? I have a nice amount of Sciarrino, but I might enjoy that 2cd Orchestral Works on Kairos.merge!
(I recall Nic from the old days on Usenet r.m.c.c. and r.m.c.r.).
T.D. = Tom Deacon? Surely not!!!!The only contact I've ever had with Nic Hodges was about 5 years ago now, when he sent me a recording of Finnissy's trio.
Where's a good place to start w/ this composer?
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#FreefromChristmas Biscuits (Dairyfree, Eggfree, Glutenfree & Vegan)!
These lovely little #FreefromChristmas Biscuits are glutenfree & nutfree and suitable for vegans! Make these simple sugar cookies with ground ginger, plain or switch out the icing sugar for a flavoured one to suit every occasion! The soft dough is easy enough for little hands to handle and can be re-rolled as many times as you like OR kept in the fridge for a week for all those last minute festive get togethers!