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Arsenal duo Mesut Ozil and Bernd Leno slammed by German newspaper BILD
PUBLISHED: 12:44 17 December 2018
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Leading German newspaper BILD have slammed Arsenal duo Mesut Ozil and Bernd Leno following Arsenal's 3-2 defeat to Southampton on Sunday.
The paper branded Leno and Ozil as the 'decisive factor' to the Gunners' first loss in 22 games. It was ironically Southampton's first home win since April and Arsenal were simply not good enough on the day.
BILD are notorious for not being the biggest fans of midfielder Ozil, and were criticised after his decision to retire from international football due to racism.
The Gelsenkirchen-born ball player featured for just 20 minutes of the match, coming on when the score was 2-2.
BILD Sport were far from impressed with Ozil's performance, as he made his Premier League return after suffering a back injury.
Southampton's late winner spawned from the midfielder losing possession, for which he was placed in the spotlight of the German media for.
"Even after losing the ball, Ozil made no effort to exert pressure to regain possession directly. Instead Southampton played out unchallenged and started the counterattack."
It was a mistake by Ozil, but not one that couldn't be fixed by the five players behind him. Leno was also heavily criticised for his positioning in the goal, and due to his mistake was called 'the next German buck' by BILD.
One person the paper didn't tear apart was newly appointed Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl. The Austrian had an impressive run in Germany, managing RB Leipzig and most notably Ingolstadt.
Praise for Hasenhuttl's first win in England didn't come without criticism for Ozil and Leno, with the paper leading with:
"Ralph Hasenhuttl ends Arsenal's mega-streak as Ozil and Leno slip up.'
They later claimed that the Austrian should thank the German pair for the victory.
BILD translation by German football expert Rosie Tudball. Follow Rosie on Twitter @rosietudba11.
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Adrian Gropper MD has been a medical device and medical software entrepreneur and advocates for patient control of health data. Adrian has also devised a mechanism to enable patient control of health data, which he calls The HIE of One Trustee. It uses public blockchain, standards and open source software to enable patient-controlled independent health records that can last a lifetime.
We discussed patient-directed exchange, and the 21st Century Cures Act's health data interoperability provisions, the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), and CMS's MyHealthEData initiative, as the developing backdrop against which specific solutions will be built.
Listen live at 8:30 AM, 4:30 PM or 12:30 AM ET, Monday through Friday for the next two weeks at HealthcareNOW Radio. After that, you can listen on demand (See podcast information below.) Join the conversation on Twitter at #HarlowOnHC.
I spoke with Adrian as part of my ongoing series of fireside chats with healthcare innovation leaders – Harlow on Healthcare, on HealthcareNOW Radio. You can catch me live weekdays at 8:30 am, 4:30 pm and 12:30 am ET. As each new show goes live, the last one joins the archive, available via SoundCloud or your favorite podcast app (iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio). Your comments are welcome here. Join the conversation on Twitter at #HarlowOnHC.
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The Harlow Group LLC
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Mike Oldfield
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( 1973 ) - 2009 EU remastered 180g vinyl LP+ download - Mike Oldfield's ambient masterpiece, his 1973 one-man symphony, Tubular Bells, a chart topper in his native England and a Grammy winner in 1975.
Listen to Tubular Bells album on youtube :
Release date: 18-06-2009 (originally released in 1973)
2009 EU reissue on 180g vinyl LP+ download -Mike Oldfield's ambient masterpiece, his 1973 one-man symphony, Tubular Bells, a chart topper in his native England and a Grammy® winner in 1975.Universal Music are proud to present the next batch of Back To Black reissues. Presented as exact reproductions of original LP artwork to retain authenticity, but now on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl.
A Part One 25:30
B Part Two 23:18
Mike Oldfield's groundbreaking album Tubular Bells is arguably the finest conglomeration of off-centered instruments concerted together to form a single, unique piece. A variety of instruments are combined to create an excitable multitude of rhythms, tones, pitches, and harmonies that all fuse neatly into each other, resulting in an astounding plethora of music. Oldfield plays all the instruments himself, including such oddities as the Farfisa organ, the Lowrey organ, and the flageolet. The familiar eerie opening, made famous by its use in The Exorcist, starts the album off slowly, as each instrument acoustically wriggles its way into the current noise that is heard, until there is a grand unison of eccentric sounds that wildly excites the ears. Throughout the album, the tempos range from soft to intense to utterly surprising, making for some excellent musical culminations. Mandolins and Spanish guitars are joined by grinding organs and keyboards, while oddball bells and cranking noises resound in the distance. In the middle of the album, guest Vivian Stanshall announces each instrument seconds before it is heard, ending with the ominous-sounding tubular bells, a truly powerful and dominating instrument. The most interesting and overwhelming aspect of this album is the fact that so many sounds are conjured up, yet none go unnoticed, allowing the listener a gradual submergence into each unique portion of the music. Tubular Bells is a divine excursion into the realm of new age music. ALL MUSIC
Drager(LP,EP,12,7,CD): LP
Qual(120grs,150grs,180grs): 180grs
Speed(33,45): 33
Bonus(cd,single,download): download
Label: Universal -Mecury
Originally released: 1973
This release: 2009


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Premier League
VIDEO: Klopp discusses Liverpool's defence and Fabinho's ability to play centre-back
Jürgen Klopp discusses Fabinho's role in playing centre-back after Virgil Van Dijks injury and how he slots in at the back.
La Liga
Messi and Alba link up and Ansu responds to Valverde in three minutes
Barcelona only took a few minutes to reply to Real Madrid. In a quick passage of play on the left from Jordi Alba, Ansu Fati did like a number 9 to score Barcelona's 400th 'Clásico' goals and make it 1-1.
K-League Classic
VIDEO: Park Chu-young beats Gangwon keeper with nice free-kick
Park Chu-young curled in a well disguised free-kick to help Seoul grab a 1-1 draw against Gangwon in the K League on Saturday.
La Liga
Valverde opened scoring 5 minutes in
Fede Valverde took 5 minutes to open the scoring in the match between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Camp Nou. He received a low pass which left him with Neto to beat and hit a hard shot to make it 0-1.
Liga MX Apertura
VIDEO: Behind the scenes as Tigres win at Cruz Azul
Behind the scenes at the Estadio Azteca as Tigres won 0-2 at Cruz Azul in the Liga MX.
La Liga
How the Barca fans received Messi when he arrived at the stadium
A crowd of Barcelona fans gathered at the gates of the Camp Nou to welcome Lionel Messi, who arrived in his car for the match against Real Madrid. Dozens of fans, with masks on, gathered together to encourage their captain ahead of 'El Clásico'.
VIDEO: Vinicius Jr after Real Madrid's defeat to Shakhtar
Vinicius Jr. talked to the media after the game where he scored the second goal for Real Madrid against Shakhtar Donetsk in the hosts' first game in the Champions League this season.
Premier League
Foden rescues Man City in draw with West Ham
Phil Foden came off the bench to spare spluttering Manchester City's blushes as the England midfielder rescued a 1-1 draw against West Ham on Saturday.
Serie A
Inter's Hakimi: "I'm back" after two negative coronavirus tests
Inter Milan defender Achraf Hakimi on Saturday said he was ready to return to action after two negative tests for coronavirus.
La Liga
Second half started!
Join us for live coverage of 'El Clasico' between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Camp Nou in La Liga. Both sides lost their last La Liga game.
VIDEO: Zidane after Real Madrid's loss to Shakhtar
After the defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk, Zinedine Zidane spoke in the press room at the Alfredo Di Stefano's stadium.
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Nima Aghdam, MD, MS
Georgetown University
Genitourinary Cancer
PV QA 1 - Poster Viewing Q&A 1
Purpose/Objective(s): Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) has emerged as a convenient, effective, and safe treatment option for favorable risk prostate cancer. A benign Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) bounce is a temporary elevation of PSA above prior values. These PSA variations are common following ultra-hypofractionated SBRT (30-40%) and frequently lead to patient anxiety. In this report, we compare our standard PSA surveillance schedule with an alternative longer interval routine to determine its impact on the incidence of benign PSA bounces and timely detection of biochemical failures.
Materials/Methods: Seven hundred and thirty three patients with low (n = 221) and intermediate (n = 512) risk prostate cancer were treated with SBRT to a total dose of 35–37.5 Gy in 5 fractions at a single academic hospital between January 2008 and December of 2017. Patients treated with androgen deprivation therapy were excluded from this study. PSA nadirs, PSA bounces, and biochemical failures were recorded during the first three years of follow up. Any PSA rise of ≥ 0.2 ng/ml with a subsequent return to baseline was recorded as a benign PSA bounce. Any PSA rise of ≥ 2 ng/ml from the nadir without resolution back to baseline was recorded as biochemical failure. The standard follow up schedule "A" involved PSA draws one month after the completion of SBRT, every 3 months for the first year and then every 6 months for the second and third years. The abbreviated follow up schedule "B" was derived from the same data points at 3, 12, 24, 36 months.
Results: Schedule "A" included 4,764 PSA values drawn as compared to 1,955 in Schedule "B" – a reduction of 59%. During years 1, 2, and 3 of follow up, Schedule A identified 167, 93 and 60 benign PSA bounces, respectively. In Schedule "B" PSA bounce identification was reduced to 42, 21, and 25 during first, second, and third year, respectively, - a reduction of 75%, 77% and 58%, respectively relative to Schedule "A". There were no statistically significant differences in the yearly PSA nadirs between the two schedules. Nine biochemical failures were identified during the three-year follow up period. Only one biochemical failure identification would have been delayed six months by utilization of the reduced follow-up schedule.
Conclusion: The ideal PSA surveillance schedule after undergoing SBRT is unknown. A conservative PSA surveillance schedule following prostate SBRT reduces the rate of benign PSA bounces without a significant reduction in the early detection of biochemical failures. The proposed modified early PSA surveillance schedule may reduce patient anxiety and preserve valuable clinical resources.
Georgetown University
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Learning at APCC 2017: Art, Cosplay, Comics, Creation
Attendees at AsiaPOP Comicon Manila 2017 (APCC 2017) can remember some of the celebrity guests that have attended the awesome three-day convention. However, aspiring entrants to various entertainment fields may have stayed for the panels and workshops as well. Creators and icons from various industries have imparted knowledge to APCC 2017. What's-A-Geek! was lucky enough to attend…Read more


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Oracle R12 Procurement is a modular suite of Oracle R12 Applications that incorporates seamlessly with other Oracle Applications including services procurement and purchasing. This application is the self-service requisitioning that controls employee spending and offers an online-based shopping system which allows the employees to create, run, and track their own orders while the purchasing section retains central control. This helps to make sure that preferred pricing agreements and policies are reflected in each transaction. Easy ordering and faultless workflow give better service, while non-sourced or off-catalog spending gets the notice it needs from purchasing experts.
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Internists are doctors who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illnesses and diseases in adults. At an internist's office, a variety of professionals work together to care for patients, and medical assistants form an important part of this team.
The role of a medical assistant in an internist's office is to perform routine tasks that require only minimal amounts of medical training, allowing nurses and doctors to focus on providing more advanced care.
In an internist's office, medical assistants greet patients, lead them to the examining area, check their vital signs and may collect specimens for diagnostic testing, like throat cultures or blood or urine samples. Assistants also set up the examination room before each appointment.
In some internists' offices, medical assistants may perform clerical functions as well, such as answering phones, making appointments, submitting insurance claims, updating and organizing patient medical records and stocking supplies.
In order to perform their role in an internist's office, medical assistants must receive post-secondary education, typically through completing a one-year diploma program at a medical or technical training school or a two-year associate degree program at a junior or community college.
As of May 2008, medical assistants who worked in physicians' offices averaged annual salaries of $28,820, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.


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Howard and I took Friday and Monday off this weekend to
celebrate Columbus Day stain the house! The weather was perfect with sunny skies and highs close to 80 degrees. We actually stained on Saturday and Monday with Friday being our prep day and Sunday being a day for a little fun and a little window sill work.
My father was generous enough to stop by on Friday (thanks Dad!) to drop off his pressure washer. This was very helpful in cleaning the higher parts of the house.
Howard went up on ladder to spray with the Cabot Ready-to-Use Wood Cleaner. This cleaner helps take off any mildew. We applied the cleaner with a handheld sprayer and then waited about 15-minutes per the instructions. Then it was time for some pressure washer fun.
If you do this at home, be careful not to get too close! It does damage shingles as seen here.
After letting the house dry overnight, it was time to begin staining. Howard tackled the high spots.
And I tackled the lower spots. Except where there were a lot of bees and wasps buzzing about.
Which really only left one small corner for Howard to do behind the big bush after tackling the huge garage face.
The result from the street isn't drastically different from how the house looked before at first glance.
A before and after comparison shows a little more difference.
And if you were wondering what happened to the shutters.. well, they were involved in a little bit of an "accident" involving Howard driving over them. Their remains will be out at the curb on trash night this week!
I hope everyone had a good weekend and hopefully got to spend a little more time relaxing then we did!


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Step 2 Mounting the Transmitter Box
The transmitter is the main control for your electric dog fence. It emits a signal that is carried through your boundary wire, creating the line that your dog cannot cross. From the transmitter, you can set the width of the boundary, or how close your dog gets to the wire before the warning and correction start. The transmitter will alarm if there is a break in the dog fence wire, or if the fence is not operational for some reason.
Where to Mount the Transmitter
The transmitter needs to be:
- Next to a Power Outlet: The control box needs to be near an electric receptacle so it can easily be plugged in.
- On or Near an Exterior Wall: So the boundary wire can easily be ran outside.
- Protected From Mother Nature: The transmitter must be kept out of the elements. Particularly, it cannot get any moisture in it at all.
The transmitter should be kept in an out-of-the-way location such as the garage, outdoor shed, or inside of the cabinet of an exterior wall. After initially installing the transmitter, you won't necessarily need to have access to it on a regular basis.
Mounting the Transmitter
The transmitter box should be screwed to the wall, using the mounting screws that are supplied. If you are mounting onto masonry or drywall, you will need to use the anchors to mount the transmitter securely. Since the transmitter is fairly lightweight, you don't need to necessarily mount it directly to a stud.
Weatherproof Box
The transmitter can also be put outside in a weatherproof box. You can find these in the electrical section of your local hardware store. Just be sure that it is large enough to house the transmitter (and surge protector if you have one.) A weatherproof box will give extra protection if you decide to put the transmitter outdoors, underneath a deck for example.
Installing the Surge Protector
If you are in a geographic region that experiences frequent lightning strikes, it is a great idea to have your dog fence transmitter hooked up to a surge protector. Your kit may or may not come with a surge protector. If you decide that you need one, you can order one here.
The lightning surge protector is plugged directly into any grounded power outlet. If you have a surge protector you need to hook up, here is what you do:
- You have 2 ends of wire coming into your house (twisted wire). Instead of taking them directly into the transmitter, you need to put them into the surge protector, in the holes that are marked "loop."
- Take a small piece of twisted wire to connect your surge protector to your dog fence transmitter. Insert one end of the twisted wire into the surge protector where it is marked "TX or transmitter." The other end of the twisted wire is connected to the 2 outer screws on your transmitter, leaving the center screw untouched.
Bringing the Wire Outside
If your transmitter is mounted indoors, the wire needs to be ran outside. If there is an existing opening there, you can just use it to run the dog fence wire outside. You can also run the wire under a garage door, or through a window. Avoid running the wire through a dryer duct. This is because dryer vents get very hot, and this could cause the insulation on the wire to melt. In most cases, the easiest way to get the wire outside is to drill a hole through the drywall, pull the wire through and then put some exterior silicone caulking around the hole to ensure it is sealed properly.


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GovTrack, an independent organization that tracks federal legislation and information about Members of Congress, recently released its annual "Report Card," a special year-end project that reports the legislative statistics of Members of Congress. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa received high marks in a number of categories.
"Accountability, transparency and bipartisanship are necessary for good government and a functional democracy," Grassley said. "My number-one priority is to effectively represent the people of Iowa as their U.S. senator, and these principles shape and guide my work on their behalf every day."
Grassley's GovTrack Report Card results can be viewed here, and excerpts can be found below.
Got bipartisan cosponsors on the most bills compared to All Senators
In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 80 of Grassley's 97 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Grassley caucused with in the 115th Congress.
Got influential cosponsors the most often compared to All Senators
31 of Grassley's bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress had a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee that the bill was referred to. Getting support from committee leaders on relevant committees is a crucial step in moving legislation forward.
Got their bills out of committee the most often compared to All Senators
Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Grassley introduced 40 bills in the 115th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.
Supported government transparency the most often compared to Senate Republicans
GovTrack looked at whether Grassley supported any of 14 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the Senate that we identified in this session.
Got the 2nd most cosponsors on their bills compared to All Senators
Grassley's bills and resolutions had 883 cosponsors in the 115th Congress. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote.
Ranked the 2nd top leader compared to All Senators
Our unique leadership analysis looks at who is cosponsoring whose bills. A higher score shows a greater ability to get cosponsors on bills.
Introduced the 2nd most bills compared to All Senators
Grassley introduced 97 bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress.
Wrote the 3rd most laws compared to All Senators
Grassley introduced 17 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 115th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.


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2004 Toyota Sienna XLE Limited AWD great condition & Loaded!
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For sale, We have a beautiful and great running Toyota Sienna all wheel drive XLE Limited edition with all the bells and whistles! This is the 7 passenger van that has room for the whole family and won't break the bank! Great condition for its age inside and out and is by no means all used up and it drives amazing!
Take a look around the van and you will love the color and the interior, it actually is quite presentable and you know what the say; once you go mini-van you never go back! This is why.
You have lots of room, leather heated seats, seats in the back fold down and there's a world of things you can put back there besides kids and its luxurious in a Toyota reliable way with the heated options and leather and power seats and all power doors and power rear hatch and so much more its hard to image life without one once you've owned one. To top it off this is a AWD model that gets through anything at 25 MPG!
Engine long drives or road trips with this van as it melts the miles away with everyone having their own space to hang out and have the room for all your gear or luggage too!
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3.3L (201) 24-valve MPFI DOHC VVT-i V6 engine
All wheel drive
150-amp alternator
MacPherson strut front suspension w/stabilizer bar
Torsion beam rear suspension w/coil springs
Front/rear gas-filled shock absorbers
P225/60R17 all-season tires
Pwr front/rear disc brakes
20 gallon fuel tank
Roof rack
Color-keyed bumpers w/rear bumper protector
Color-keyed door handles
Fog lamps
Privacy glass
Washer-linked variable intermittent windshield wipers
Windshield wiper de-icer
Intermittent rear wiper
Dual pwr sliding/rear doors
Fold-flat front passenger seat
8-way pwr adjustable driver-seat w/adjustable lumbar support
Removable front or 2nd row center console
Tire pressure warning system
Tri-zone automatic climate control
HVAC filter
HD rear window defogger w/timer
Rear seat audio system
Digital quartz clock
Wood-grain style interior trim
Door mounted armrest w/storage compartment
(4) map pockets
Conversation mirror
Front passenger under seat storage bin
Child-protector sliding door locks
Collapsible steering column
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Corpus Christi, Year B
Readings at Mass are here.
Homilies, Angelus / Regina Caeli
In the Gospel acclamation, John offers us a significant key to interpreting the divine Master's words, by stating what he said of himself near Capernaum: "I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever" (John 6:51).
Thus we find in today's readings the full meaning of the mystery of salvation. If the first reading taken from Exodus (cf. Exodus 24:3-8) refers us to the Old Covenant made between God and Moses through the blood of sacrificial animals, in the Letter to the Hebrews it is recalled that Christ "entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood" (9:11-15).
Today's solemnity therefore helps us to give Christ the centrality which is his due in the divine plan for humanity, and spurs us to configure our lives more and more to him, the Eternal High Priest.
Pope Saint John Paul II (Homily, 29 May 1997)
Thus the Angelus reveals to us its Eucharistic depths. Christ, in the Sacrifice of the Altar, under the appearance of bread and wine, gives us as food his Body and Blood, which by the power of the Holy Spirit was given to him by his Mother, Mary. God the Father, choosing Mary as the Mother of his only Son, united her in a special way to the Eucharist.
Mary, teach us to understand ever more fully this great mystery of faith, so that with joy and gratitude we may always welcome the invitation of your Son: "Take this and eat it, this is my Body. Take this and drink it, this is my Blood".
"We greet you, O Bread of angels, we adore you in this Sacrament.
Hail Jesus, Son of Mary, in the Blessed Host you are true God".
Pope Saint John Paul II (Angelus, 1 June 1997)
The sacrifice of Golgotha was anticipated in the Upper Room: the death on the Cross of the Incarnate Word, the Lamb sacrificed for us, the Lamb who takes away the sins of the world. In Christ's pain every person's pain is redeemed; in his passion, human suffering acquires new value; in his death, our death is vanquished forever...
Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven, blessed them, broke them and gave them to the Apostles to distribute to the crowd (cf. Luke 9: 16). "All", St Luke remarks, "ate and were satisfied. And they took up what was left over, twelve baskets of broken pieces" (cf. ibid, v. 17).
This is an amazing miracle which marks in a way the beginning of a long historical process: the uninterrupted multiplication in the Church of the Bread of new life for the people of every race and culture. This sacramental ministry is entrusted to the Apostles and to their successors. And they, faithful to the divine Master's command, never cease to break and distribute the Eucharistic bread from generation to generation.
The People of God receive it with devout participation. With this Bread of life, a remedy of immortality, countless saints and martyrs were nourished and from it drew the strength to resist even harsh and prolonged sufferings. They believed in the words that Jesus once spoke in Capernaum: "I myself am the living bread come down from heaven. If any one eats this bread, he will live forever" (John 6: 51).
Pope Saint John Paul II (Homily, 22 June 2000)
Christ is the Bread of salvation for man, a wayfarer and pilgrim on earth. This is why on the feast of Corpus Christi the Eucharist is carried in procession through the streets, among the homes and buildings of daily life. In the Eucharistic mystery the Risen One, in fact, has wished to continue dwelling in our midst, so that every human being can know his true name, his true face, and experience his boundless mercy.
Pope Saint John Paul II (Angelus, 25 June 2000)
Christian families in particular, to whom a few days ago the Diocesan Ecclesial Convention was dedicated, draw their life from the Eucharist. Dear families of Rome! May the living presence of Christ in the Eucharist foster the grace of marriage in you and allow you to progress on the path of conjugal and family holiness. Draw from this wellspring the secret of your unity and love, imitating the example of the Blessed husband and wife, Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrochi, who began their days by partaking in the Eucharistic Banquet.
Pope Saint John Paul II (Homily, 19 June 2003)
An important source of strength in the life of Blessed Ivan Merz was, along with the Eucharist, his tender devotion to the Mother of the Lord.
At the conclusion of this liturgy, we too lift our eyes to the Virgin Mary and we join the whole Church in repeating the greeting of the Archangel Gabriel and in contemplating the mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God. We ask Mary to help us "to contemplate the face of Christ and to experience the depths of his love" (Rosarium Virginis Mariae, 1),
Pope Saint John Paul II (Angelus, 22 June 2003)
When, in adoration, we look at the consecrated Host, the sign of creation speaks to us. And so, we encounter the greatness of his gift; but we also encounter the Passion, the Cross of Jesus and his Resurrection. Through this gaze of adoration, he draws us toward himself, within his mystery, through which he wants to transform us as he transformed the Host.
The primitive Church discovered yet another symbol in the bread. The Doctrine of the Twelve Apostles, a book written around the year 100, contains in its prayers the affirmation: "Even as this broken bread was scattered over the hills, and was gathered together and became one, so let Thy Church be gathered together from the ends of the earth into Thy Kingdom" (IX, 4).
Bread made of many grains contains also an event of union: the ground grain becoming bread is a process of unification. We ourselves, many as we are, must become one bread, one body, as St Paul says (cf. I Corinthians 10: 17). In this way the sign of bread becomes both hope and fulfilment.
In a very similar way the sign of wine speaks to us. However, while bread speaks of daily life, simplicity and pilgrimage, wine expresses the exquisiteness of creation: the feast of joy that God wants to offer to us at the end of time and that already now and always anticipates anew a foretaste through this sign.
But, wine also speaks of the Passion: the vine must be repeatedly pruned to be purified in this way; the grapes must mature with the sun and the rain and must be pressed: only through this passion does a fine wine mature.
On the feast of Corpus Christi we especially look at the sign of bread. It reminds us of the pilgrimage of Israel during the 40 years in the desert. The Host is our manna whereby the Lord nourishes us - it is truly the bread of heaven, through which he gives himself.
Pope Benedict XVI (Homily, 15 June 2006)
Indeed, the Eucharist is the "treasure" of the Church, the precious heritage that her Lord has left to her. And the Church preserves it with the greatest care, celebrating it daily in Holy Mass, adoring it in churches and chapels, administering it to the sick, and as viaticum to those who are on their last journey.
However, this treasure that is destined for the baptized, does not exhaust its radius of action in the context of the Church: the Eucharist is the Lord Jesus who gives himself "for the life of the world" (John 6: 51). In every time and in every place, he wants to meet human beings and bring them the life of God. And this is not all. The Eucharist also has a cosmic property: the transformation of the bread and the wine into Christ's Body and Blood is in fact the principle of the divinization of creation itself.
For this reason, the Feast of Corpus Christi is characterized particularly by the tradition of carrying the Most Holy Sacrament in procession, an act full of meaning. By carrying the Eucharist through the streets and squares, we desire to immerse the Bread come down from Heaven in our daily lives. We want Jesus to walk where we walk, to live where we live. Our world, our existence, must become his temple.
On this feast day, the Christian Community proclaims that the Eucharist is its all, its very life, the source of life that triumphs over death. From communion with Christ in the Eucharist flows the charity that transforms our life and supports us all on our journey towards the heavenly Homeland. For this reason the liturgy makes us sing "Good Shepherd, true Bread.... You who know all things, who can do all things, who nourish us while on earth, lead your brethren to the heavenly banquet in the glory of your Saints".
Pope Benedict XVI (Angelus, 18 June 2006)
In truth, Israel showed immediately by making the golden calf that it was incapable of staying faithful to this promise and thus to the divine Covenant, which indeed it subsequently violated all too often, adapting to its heart of stone the Law that should have taught it the way of life. However, the Lord did not fail to keep his promise and, through the prophets, sought to recall the inner dimension of the Covenant and announced that he would write a new law upon the hearts of his faithful (cf. Jeremiah 31: 33), transforming them with the gift of the Spirit (cf. Ezekiel 36: 25-27). And it was during the Last Supper that he made this new Covenant with his disciples and humanity, confirming it not with animal sacrifices as had happened in the past, but indeed with his own Blood, which became the "Blood of the New Covenant". Thus he based it on his own obedience, stronger, as I said, than all our sins.
This is clearly highlighted in the Second Reading, taken from the Letter to the Hebrews, in which the sacred author declares that Jesus is the "mediator of a new covenant" (9: 15). He became so through his blood, or, more exactly, through the gift of himself, which gives full value to the outpouring of his blood. On the Cross, Jesus is at the same time victim and priest: a victim worthy of God because he was unblemished, and a High Priest who offers himself, by the power of the Holy Spirit, and intercedes for the whole of humanity. The Cross is therefore a mystery of love and of salvation which cleanses us as the Letter to the Hebrews states from "dead works", that is, from sins, and sanctifies us by engraving the New Covenant upon our hearts. The Eucharist, making present the sacrifice of the Cross, renders us capable of living communion with God faithfully.
…When, in a little while, we recite the Our Father, the prayer par excellence, we will say: "Give us this day our daily bread", thinking of course of the bread of each day for us and for all peoples. But this request contains something deeper. The Greek word epioúsios, that we translate as "daily", could also allude to the "super-stantial" bread, the bread "of the world to come". Some Fathers of the Church saw this as a reference to the Eucharist, the bread of eternal life, the new world, that is already given to us in Holy Mass, so that from this moment the future world may begin within us. With the Eucharist, therefore, Heaven comes down to earth, the future of God enters the present and it is as though time were embraced by divine eternity.
Pope Benedict XVI (Homily, 11 June 2009)
Corpus Christi, the feast of the Eucharist in which the Sacrament of the Body of the Lord is solemnly carried in procession, is being celebrated today in various countries, including Italy. What does this feast day mean to us? It does not make us think of the liturgical aspect alone; actually Corpus Christi is a day that involves the cosmic dimension, the heavens and the earth. It calls to mind first of all at least in our hemisphere this season which is so beautiful and fragrant, in which Spring is already turning into Summer, the sun is high in the sky and the wheat is ripening in the fields. The Church's feasts like the Jewish feasts are associated with the phases of the solar year, the sowing and the reaping. This is particularly evident in today's Solemnity, at the heart of which is the sign of bread, a fruit of the earth and of Heaven. The Eucharistic Bread is thus a visible sign of the One in whom Heaven and earth, God and man, became one. And this shows that the relationship with the seasons is not something merely external to the liturgical year…
This feast speaks to us in a unique and special way of divine love, of what it is and of what it does. It tells us, for example, that it is regenerated in self-giving, that it is received in self-giving, that it is never lacking nor can it be consumed as a hymn by St Thomas Aquinas sings: "nec sumptus consumitur". Love transforms all things and we therefore understand that the centre of today's Feast of Corpus Christi is the mystery of transubstantiation, a sign of Jesus Christ who transforms the world. Looking at him and worshipping him, we say: "yes, love exists and because it exists things can change for the better and we can hope". It is hope that comes from Christ's love which gives us the strength to live and to deal with difficulties. For this reason let us sing as we carry the Most Holy Sacrament in procession; let us sing and praise God who revealed himself concealing himself in the sign of the Bread broken. We are all in need of this Bread, as the journey to freedom, justice and peace is long and difficult.
Pope Benedict XVI (Angelus, 14 June 2009)
Of course, this evaluation of the liturgical assembly in which the Lord works his mystery of communion and brings it about still applies; but it must be put back into the proper balance. In fact — as often happens — in order to emphasize one aspect one ends by sacrificing another. In this case the correct accentuation of the celebration of the Eucharist has been to the detriment of adoration as an act of faith and prayer addressed to the Lord Jesus, really present in the Sacrament of the Altar.
This imbalance has also had repercussions on the spiritual life of the faithful. In fact, by concentrating the entire relationship with the Eucharistic Jesus in the sole moment of Holy Mass one risks emptying the rest of existential time and space of his presence. This makes ever less perceptible the meaning of Jesus' constant presence in our midst and with us, a presence that is tangible, close, in our homes, as the "beating Heart" of the city, of the country, and of the area, with its various expressions and activities. The sacrament of Christ's Charity must permeate the whole of daily life.
Actually it is wrong to set celebration and adoration against each other, as if they were competing. Exactly the opposite is true: worship of the Blessed Sacrament is, as it were, the spiritual "context" in which the community can celebrate the Eucharist well and in truth. Only if it is preceded, accompanied and followed by this inner attitude of faith and adoration can the liturgical action express its full meaning and value. The encounter with Jesus in Holy Mass is truly and fully brought about when the community can recognize that in the Sacrament he dwells in his house, waits for us, invites us to his table, then, after the assembly is dismissed, stays with us, with his discreet and silent presence, and accompanies us with his intercession, continuing to gather our spiritual sacrifices and offer them to the Father.
Pope Benedict XVI (Homily, 7 June 2012)
The feast of Corpus Christi is a great act of public worship of the Eucharist, the Sacrament in which the Lord also remains present after the moment of the celebration, to stay with us always, in the passing of the hours and days. St Justin, who left us one of the most ancient testimonies of the Eucharistic liturgy, stated that after the distribution of Communion to those present the deacons took the consecrated bread to the absent (cf. Apologia, 1 65)…
In addition, the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord presents to us once again the value of Eucharistic adoration. The Servant of God Paul VI recalled that the Catholic Church professes worship of the Eucharist "both during Mass and outside of it, by taking the greatest possible care of consecrated Hosts, by exposing them to the solemn veneration of the faithful, and by carrying them about in processions to the joy of great numbers of the people" (Encyclical Mysterium Fidei, n. 56).
The prayer of adoration can be personal, pausing in recollection before the tabernacle, or can be made as a community, also with Psalms and hymns, but always giving priority to silence in which to listen inwardly to the Lord who is alive and present in the Sacrament.
Pope Benedict XVI (Angelus, 10 June 2012)
We have no part in him when we are not docile to the Word of the Lord, when we do not live in fraternity among ourselves, when we compete for first place — climbers — when we do not find the courage to witness to charity, when we are incapable of offering hope. This is when we have no part in him. The Eucharist enables us to abide in him, for it is the bond which unites us to him, it is the fulfillment of the Covenant, the living sign of the love of Christ who humbled and lowered himself in order that we remain united. Participating in the Eucharist and being nourished of him, we are included in a journey which admits no division. Christ present in our midst, in the sign of the bread and wine, demands that the power of love overcome every laceration, and at the same time that it also become communion with the poorest, support for the weak, fraternal attention to those who have difficulty in bearing the weight of daily life, and are in danger of losing their faith.
…Thus the Eucharist fulfils the Covenant which sanctifies us, purifies us and unites us in worthy communion with God. Thus we learn that the Eucharist is not a prize for the good, but is strength for the weak, for sinners. It is forgiveness, it is the Viaticum that helps us to move forward, to walk.
And let us not forget: "The body of Christ is the bond which unites you to him: eat it, or you will have no part in him. The blood is the price he paid for your redemption: drink it, lest you despair of your sinfulness".
Pope Francis I (Homily, 4 June 2015)
The Last Supper represents the culmination of Christ's entire life. It is not only the anticipation of his sacrifice which will be rendered on the Cross, but also the synthesis of a life offered for the salvation of the whole of humanity. Therefore, it is not enough to state that Jesus is present in the Eucharist, but one must see in it the presence of a life given and partake in it. When we take and eat that Bread, we are associated into the life of Jesus, we enter into communion with Him, we commit to achieve communion among ourselves, to transform our life into a gift, especially to the poorest.
Today's feast evokes this message of solidarity and urges us to welcome the intimate invitation to conversion and to service, love and forgiveness. It urges us to become, with our life, imitators of that which we celebrate in the Liturgy. The Christ, who nourishes us under the consecrated species of bread and wine, is the same One who comes to us in the everyday happenings; He is in the poor person who holds out his hand, in the suffering one who begs for help, in the brother or sister who asks for our availability and awaits our welcome. He is in the child who knows nothing about Jesus or salvation, who does not have faith. He is in every human being, even the smallest and the defenceless.
The Eucharist, source of love for the life of the Church, is the school of charity and solidarity. Those who are nourished by the Bread of Christ cannot remain indifferent to those who do not have their daily bread. Today, we know it is an ever more serious problem.
Pope Francis I (Angelus, 7 June 2015)
Note: This webpage has many hyperlinks to the Vatican Webpage. The above extracts were compiled for your easy reading.
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Genre: Gen
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Ever wonder who goes behind agents and finds all the stuff they leave behind? Why, a working stuff, of course. My thanks to Sparky for her beta, even while on vacation. Link takes you to AO3
I was sitting there, staring at my tuna sandwich when I heard someone yelling, "Chrissie? Chrissie?"
I looked at it was that nanny. She was carrying one child and dragging the other by the hand. Her hair was all messed up and her face was stained with tears. "What's wrong?"
"I can't find Chrissie!" She looked at me like I'd just graduated from idiot school. As much as I wanted to ignore her panic, I just couldn't. Not when there was a child at stake and not when I could do something about it. I thought back to what I knew about the children. The first two were still young and usually either in a carriage, but the oldest, Chrissie, I'm guessing, was about four and independent. She was a little blonde mischief maker from what I saw. She reminded me of my little brother and he liked nothing better than to play… and I knew in an instant what was going on. Or at least I hoped I did.
I walked a little distance from the nanny and started looking under bushes and behind trees, any place a four year old might think to hide. Finally, I shouted "Come out, come out wherever you are!"
A bush not far away began to shiver and suddenly Chrissie burst out, laughing. "I won! I won!" She ran up to me, her little cheeks all red from joy and clapped her hands. "That was fun."


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What makes me qualified to give anyone financial advice? My last name is not Gates, Buffett, Bezos, or Zuckerberg. I'm not even a 1-percenter.
You are right. I am not an expert in all things finance. I am not a billionaire. But, I have a system that has worked so well for me that I wanted to share it.
The hustle and bustle of the rat race isn't for everyone. I decided to leave that life in my mid-30s using the system I describe in my book. I don't know if you will be able to do the same thing, so I'm going to share how I did it and hope you can find something useful that can help make your financial life better.
Growing Up
I grew up on a family ranch in southwest Montana. We had cows, chickens, horses, sheep, and occasionally pigs. Those animals, and the land that sustained them, did not know about holidays, weekends, vacations, or birthdays. They needed to be tended and cared for every single day.
I don't claim to have internalized that work ethic. But, I do think that my work ethic was heavily influenced by growing up on a ranch. I start my days early. I feel like I cannot put off things to tomorrow if I can get them done today. I feel like I need to accomplish something every single day. And, when I notice that things are starting to get difficult, I put my back into it.
But, I also found that a lifestyle that is so dependent on your work that you can never take a vacation or sleep in on a Sunday was definitely not for me. I have friends that are still in agriculture, and I have nothing but respect for their way of life. I see pictures of them out on a tractor on Christmas morning in sub-zero temperatures with snow blowing all around as they feed the cows, and I respect them even more.
But, it just serves to confirm: that life is not for everyone.
In 1998 I left Montana and headed to Oregon for college. During high school I had worked at a radio station, and thought broadcast was my future.
Then, I went to my first economics class. Econ 101: Principles of Microeconomics. I was hooked. I had never been exposed to anything like this in high school. It was like everything that happens has an explanation. Every choice people make, every competitive action taken by a firm, every policy enacted by a government… they all just lined up behind a handful of economic principles. And, I loved it. (Of course, I now know that the world is infinitely more complicated than Econ 101, but at the time I thought it was the one unifying principle of the universe)
By the end of the first semester, I knew that my major needed to change. By the end of my second semester, I was the university's economics tutor. I ended my time at the university radio station and joined the Business and Economics Club. I held a few offices in the club, including one semester as president.
When I graduated in 2002, it was with a BA in Economics with a business administration minor. I graduated Summa Cum Laude, and was awarded Outstanding Student in Economics.
Financial Advising
My first job after college was as a personal financial adviser.
I absolutely loved the analytical side of the job. I got to sit down with people and really go through their financial life to find ways to help them get more from their money. I helped people set budgets, start investing, understand mutual funds, protect themselves with life insurance, and set up their estates so that they could leave a legacy to their heirs. It was exciting, interesting, and rewarding.
But, the other side of the job was sales. I needed to sell or I could not eat. That meant cold calling friends and acquaintances. Just like most people, I hated that part of the job. I definitely had the best intentions, but could not help but feel a bit slimy sometimes. I had to ask people to share their financial details with me so that I could make appropriate recommendations. And, it turns out that my recommendations always included buying a product from which I would make a commission. Coincidence? I think not.
After about two years in this job, I wanted to focus more on the analytics, and less on sales. So, I researched what that would look like, and I found that working in the company headquarters would provide infinite opportunities to analyze either financial markets or the firm's programs to find ways to better help our clients.
But, the jobs I wanted required more than a bachelor's degree. They either required 10+ years of experience or an advanced degree. Well, I could get an advanced degree faster than I could get 10 years of experience. So, after 3 years of financial advising, I moved to Chicago to go back to school.
Grad School
As I researched graduate schools, I learned something that I had no idea existed: sometimes grad school is "free".
If you have a good academic history and you apply to the right schools, you may be awarded a tuition waiver and either a research assistant or a teaching assistant position. This also generally comes with a small monthly stipend for living expenses and helps many graduate students avoid having to work off campus, and to finish their programs with minimal additional student loans beyond what they incurred in undergrad.
But, even if you do not have to write checks to the business office, graduate school is not free. You don't have to spend very long in an economics course to hear about opportunity costs: the things you have to give up if you choose a certain path. While you are in grad school, you are not out in the work force, earning your full potential.
When I started my graduate work, I intended to get my PhD in economics. However, in the first semester, I had another eye-opening experience. I learned that most of the jobs for folks with a PhD in economics are in academia. In the private sector, at the time, there was almost no difference between the compensation for people with a Masters in Economics versus a PhD in Economics.
So, if I was going to go into the private sector after graduate school, and my salary was going to be pretty much the same whether I had my MA or my PhD, why would I spend the additional two years (at least) in graduate school that it would take to get my PhD? I would have to give up two years salary!
Sure, I was not incurring huge out of pocket education expenses. But, I was expecting that my starting salary was going to be between $50,000 and $80,000 per year. So, if I spent two additional years in graduate school to get my PhD, that would cost me at least $100,000. Maybe even $160,000! Um, no.
There are lots of reasons for going to graduate school, and I cannot comment or judge others for making their own choices. But, for me, I went back to school to advance my career. So, it made no sense for me to drag my graduate program out any longer than absolutely necessary.
So, I enrolled in as many classes as possible, and finished my Masters in 3 semesters, and immediately went to work. I didn't even attend graduation, I was busy.
My Career
My first job with my masters was incredibly interesting. I worked at a major credit card issuer in the department that manages risk. That department has access to a ton of data, and is responsible for setting the secret, proprietary rules that govern whether an applicant will be approved for a credit card and how much the credit limit will be.
The work was fascinating. I got to understand how credit cards work for consumers, how consumers use credit cards, and how credit card companies work.
But, I was not meant to have that job for very long. I was only there for 18 months before a recruiter friend of mine called and said that he had heard about the perfect job for me. I was relatively happy at the credit card company and not really even looking to change jobs. But, he said I should go to an interview, learn about the position, and I would realize that it was like the job was made specifically for me.
He was absolutely right.
The job was in the analytics department at an advertising agency. The department was responsible for determining if the advertising campaigns they were executing for their clients were actually working. In the early days in advertising (in the Mad Men era), spending on advertising was an expense. It was necessary to get the message out, but results were not obvious or trackable.
Then, in recent decades, advertising slowly transformed from an expense to an investment. Chief Financial Officers were starting to require their marketing counterparts to provide them with return on investment (ROI) estimates. For example, if the organization invests $100 million on a new building, they know exactly when they will get their money back. And, the CFO wants to know the same thing for their $100 million advertising budget.
So, advertising agencies had to beef up their analytics chops. And, my recruiter friend was exactly right, it was like the job was made for me. I absolutely loved it. I got access to data that I could never even imagine from my time in grad school. (Side note, if we could ever find a way to get academics access to the troves of data inside our private organizations, we could find the answers to ALL our great questions) I got to lead a team of incredibly bright and curious minds. I got to travel all around the US and a bit in Europe. And, I got to meet and provide advice to decision makers at some of the biggest and most successful businesses in the US.
It. Was. Awesome.
A few years into this job I noticed that when the work got difficult, there were quite a few people that kept their regular amount of effort, some that disappeared, and even fewer who put their back into it. There were tons of late nights that turned into early mornings at the advertising agency. And, over the course of years and a bunch of different projects, there was a handful of people that I kept seeing work on the hard projects. And, those people kept getting promoted.
From that I learned two things.
First, hard work pays off. It may not pay off every single time, but if you really put in the effort to do your best consistently, then you will be rewarded. Just keep it up.
Second, hard work breeds more hard work. Yes, there was a relatively small group of super hard working, high performing people at the advertising agency. And there was another group of people who were quite good at their jobs, that put in a normal-slash-reasonable amount of work. Both groups were paid and praised for their work. The difference was that the super hard working group was asked to take on more and more work. Sure, they were promoted and their compensation increased faster than the other group. But there was a trade-off.
I was at the credit card company for 18 months, and I received a promotion while I was there. I was at the ad agency for six and a half years, and during that time I was promoted four times, including being made the co-department head, managing a team of 30 people with the other co-head.
I was pouring everything I had into my career and it was paying off.
My work life was going great. But, it was my only life. Every plan I made with friends and family between 2008 and 2014 was tentative. I would always say, "I'll totally be there, unless I have to work." There were nights that we would break at 3 am and be back to work at 7 am. Most weeks were six days at the office, some were seven. And, when I was not at the office, I was glued to my phone, and I would drop everything to respond to a message if it came in.
That was the trade off. I could see the cycle emerging in my own life: do work, get paid, buy stuff, get promoted, get paid more, buy more stuff.
At some point, I realized that my spending was entirely too connected to my income. If I continued in that cycle of increasing my income, increasing my debt, and increasing my spending, I would never be able to afford to quit. It was like a drug, once you are hooked on spending, you cannot give it up!
In 2010, after two years at the advertising agency, I was thoughtfully living the financial life you are going to learn about if you read through the book. I decided that I was not going to let my spending increase with my income. I had separated my income from my spending. I was building my credit while reducing my debt. I was getting paid for having money. I was running my personal finances like a small business.
I was lucky to have a job that had enough compensation so I could save a significant percent of my salary. By 2013, I was saving over 52% of my salary. This put me on the fast track. It allowed me to achieve in a few short years what it would take others with lower salaries longer to achieve.
If your circumstance is different than mine was, don't let it discourage you. I think that there are things in my approach that will help anyone get a better handle on their own personal financial situation. Yes, people that start out in a better financial situation will see different results than folks with lower income and higher debt. But, in every case, applying the lessons from Practically Independent will help you become more free. Allow you to live more independent. Allow you to build wealth.
In the middle of 2014, I was able to shift my career again. I set up an online business, replaced my main income with my side hustle, and was able to leave the rat race behind. I'm not going to go into how I set up my side hustle in the book. That is a very specific path that is not right for everyone. Instead, I want to focus on financial advice and tools that are right for everyone. I want to share my practical tips to become financially independent. I am going to focus on tips that will work whether you earn a salary, an hourly wage, commissions, or are self employed.
What's next
My life is dramatically different now than in was 10 years ago. I am able to make plans with friends and family that are not dependent on whether I get called into work. I can prioritize my life on my terms.
Starting in 2014, my life was my own to direct. I could set my own schedule, move at my own pace. So, I decided to learn to paraglide. In the Spring of 2015 I took my first flight.
It. Was. Awesome.
I'm not going to bore you with a bunch of paragliding stories. I'll leave that to Instagram. Instead, I invite you to explore the book, keep an open mind, and hopefully you will find some nuggets that resonate with you and help set you on a path to live your own financially independent life.


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Nowadays, almost every human being has a mobile phone. Only twenty of years ago these devices were used to send messages or to call other individuals in order to arrange a meeting. But everything has completely changed since those years. These days humans prefer to use their phones to interact with other people. This is the main reason why even kids have modern gadgets where they can use the internet or to download entertaining apps. That's why children have become antisocial and prefer talking on their phones instead of going for a walk with their mates. Some teenagers prefer interacting on video chats. These are services specifically for communication which help talk to each other having only a web camera. However, lots of people are sure that these online platforms are dangerous for kids.
Reasons why teenagers should not create personal profiles on video chats
First of all, it is much harder to communicate with other people in reality for those kids who only use the internet for interaction. Even though children feel absolutely relaxed when they have a conversation with their online cronies. However, when they should talk to a person in their school, they forget what they have such a skill. This behavior can lead teens to serious mental health problems when they grow up.
Moreover, a younger generation is inclined to trust even those people who they see for the first time. That is why teenagers can say their private information to strangers when they are talking on a video chat. However, these unknown people can be intruders and use what they have found out about a kid to make a fortune.
Reasons why teenagers should create personal profiles on video chats
But there are still some advantages for those teenagers who use video chats.
One of the reasons why these online resources are perfect for children is that kids can find people with the same tastes there. Many teenagers have hobbies which do not seem to be conventional. That is the reason why they cannot get along with their people around them. However, these days video chats are used by millions of people living different parts of the globe.
Moreover, this is a great chance to find out new information. These websites are filled with users living in different countries. That is why it is easy for a kid to learn many facts about foreigners and their cultures. Furthermore, that's a magnificent way to improve language skills. Teenagers can hear diverse accents and become better at listening and other aspects of languages.


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Campfire Poetry – Poetry Workshop is a 2 hour combined poetry therapy session in an artificial campfire setting; created with a Projector and Screen.
The session is aimed at 7-13 year olds and is centred around two modules from our Poetry E.motion Syllabus; "Akoben" and "Ani Bre A Enso Gya" and are based on Mazza's three-component, multidimensional poetry therapy practice model 1.Receptive/Prescriptive 2.Expressive/Creative 3.Symbolic/Ceremonial; with a unique touch.
Campfire Poetry – Poetry Workshop Overview
- Students are seated in a semi circle to watch Akoben Poetry Performance by Naz Knight.
- Students are then invited to create their own art or performance during a segment inspired by the ValueTales by Dr. Spencer Johnson and Ann Donegan Johnson, and illustrated by Stephen Pileggi.
- The students will perform or display art around the campfire.
- Following the break there will be another performance by Naz Knight – Ani Bre A Enso Gya poetry piece.
- To follow the Ani Bre A Enso Gya theme of all of us being works in progress and how a journey cannot be rushed. Naz Knight will then perform a very basic aromatherapy candle making demonstration. (The students will not be in contact with the wax or equipment. please see risk assessment and specifications). The rationale behind this is that candle making is a slow and deliberate process, that builds to an outcome. We cannot get to the finished product without all the stages along the way; emphasising that accepting where we are on the journey is just as important as knowing where we are going.
- o There is a choice of aromatherapy blends depending on the need of students, I generally use the "Confidence" blend but in some cases "anxiety relieving" or "happiness and peace" blends are more appropriate. I have attached a list in the endnotes
- Student Involved candle making
o The students will be asked to pick a mug, each mug will have the words or phrases above and a definition.
o They will then each be given a wick tab, a wick sustainer and a wick to assemble the core of the candle
o Once completed Naz will pour each candle and leave it to set whilst we undertake the final phase of the session.
- Final Phase "The Moral of The Story Is"
o Open discussion about the Akoben and Ani Bre A Enso Gya stories.
o The candles will be given to the students' responsible adult, with aromatherapy usage instructions.
Campfire Poetry – Poetry Workshop is a Poetry and Expressive Art as Therapy workshop that is designed to raise self- esteem and self–efficacy, explore emotions, raise self awareness, improve social skills and address unresolved emotions.
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Thursday, January 16, 2020
A Taste of Honey @ Trafalgar Studios...
Written by Shelagh Delaney when she was just nineteen, A Taste of Honey is one of the great defining and taboo-breaking plays of the 1950s.
And Bijan Sheibani's production was a delight - coarse, fun and funny.
When her mother Helen (Jodie Prenger) runs off with a coarse, vulgar flashy car salesman, feisty teenager Jo (Gemma Dobson) takes up with a black sailor who promises to marry her, before he heads for the seas, leaving her pregnant and alone. Gay art student Geoff moves in and assumes the role of surrogate parent until, misguidedly, he sends for Helen and their unconventional setup unravels.
A Taste of Honey offers an explosive celebration of the vulnerabilities and strengths of the female spirit in a deprived and restless world. Bursting with energy and daring, this exhilarating and angry depiction of harsh, working-class life in post-war Salford is shot through with love and humour, and infused with jazz - courtesy of an excellent on-stage jazz trio.
Dobson's Jo is a marvel. Prenger's Helen is a joy.
"We don't ask for life, we have it thrust upon us."
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Read full coverage of the Inaugural Meeting in the Winter 2019 e-edition published by America's Newspapers
"Welcome to America's Newspapers," President Chris Reen announced to attendees gathered for the big reveal at the Welcome Reception during the inaugural meeting.
He said the name is "simple, it's to the point, it says exactly what we do. It's uniquely American and preserves our legacy while repositioning us for the future. And, most importantly, it puts the focus and the emphasis on you as our members and not just on us as an association."
Earlier in the day, he told attendees at the Monday morning general session that he is "humbled to have been chosen as the first president of the new association."
"Your new association," he said, "is keeping all of the qualities that we love about SNPA and Inland: the collegial atmosphere, the comaraderie of members, the can-do spirit and the down-to-earth, practical information shared inside and outside of conference sessions.
"To all that, we're adding into our new association a renewed sense of mission, and we're redoubling our efforts to explain, defend and advance the vital role of newspapers in our democracy and civil life."
Special thanks to our sponsors who supported the inaugural conference!


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FILE PHOTO: A United Airlines passenger jet takes off with New York City as a backdrop, at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, U.S. December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department said late Friday it had granted tentative approval to 15 airlines to temporarily halt service to 75 U.S. airports because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Airlines must maintain minimum service levels in order to receive government assistance but many have petitioned to stop service to airports with low passenger demand. Both United Airlines (UAL.O) and Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) won tentative approval to halt flights to 11 airports, while JetBlue Airways Corp (JBLU.O), Alaska Airlines (ALK.N) and Frontier Airlines were approved to stop flights to five airports each. The department said all airports would continue to be served by at least one air carrier.
The Transportation Department said objections to the order can be filed until May 28.
Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Leslie Adler


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The Future Vintage
We Design and Create our collections to last in time. Designs, materials, and fabrics are chosen wisely to fit actual fashion trends, making it so unique, trendy and matching different styles. Later, over time our products will keep their value, quality, and beauty. We are inspired by the notion of 'vintage' because we believe that the handmade must last in time, as long as the craftsmen have attributed their souls and energies to every single piece.
Our approach is ethic. In a world where mass production takes place, we believe in the way of living that can keep our planet safe by wearing clothes that last in time and can be transmitted to next generations as Vintage pieces, made by a human to another human using hands & mind and sharing the love for art & experiences.
"What hands make using natural fabrics and following a manual process is an incredible wealth, which is supposed to last forever"
Our team is very small, few Artisans still work on felt in Morocco. Each Artisan is specified in a kind of items, his hands only create a hat, a bag or a babouche (oriental shoe)…
To bring the wool together and transform it to felt, which is one piece collected by hand without any machine, it really takes time and effort. While watching Artisan working on each item, you can directly feel what he feels about it, they get attached to every creation and they take care of it, the separation is not nothing to them. Craftsmen need money to live in better life conditions, but they still do what they do not only for money, they enjoy every sensation when making their piece. Unfortunately, the new generation is not convinced, because income is low, that's why we want to boost this segment to create better incomes and encourage young people to follow the training program in the disappearing craftsmanship such as felt .
JYANN is a brand with values. We promote the Handicraft chic accessories & clothes made by the Moroccan best Artisans.


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VOLUNTEER counsellors are to offer help to victims of violence in Huddersfield.
They are part of a new project for domestic abuse victims which has been launched to tackle and reduce violent crime in Kirklees.
Twenty volunteers have been trained to provide one-to-one, non-judgemental emotional and practical support to female and male victims and their families.
The Kirklees independent domestic violence advisers, paid for by the Home Office, provide information about the law, reporting incidents to the police, attending court and providing counselling services.
Clr Khizar Iqbal, who chairs Kirklees Safer Communities Partnership, said: "This is part of a wider strategy to reduce violent crime and make our communities safer.
"It includes encouraging more reporting of domestic violence, reducing repeat attacks and bringing the perpetrators to justice."
Domestic violence covers psychological, emotional, physical, sexual and financial abuse between adults who are or have been intimate partners or family members.
Men and women are affected, including those in same sex relationships.
The latest figures for Kirklees show 6,327 incidents of domestic violence were reported to the police between April, 2005, and March this year.
Thelma Singleton, domestic violence strategic co-ordinator with the Safer Communities Partnership, said: "Victims feel vulnerable and frightened of reporting domestic violence and unsure of the help available.
"These trained advisers will provide a listening ear and give impartial advice to make them aware of their options.
"Domestic violence is rarely a one-off incident, but is part of a pattern of abusive and controlling behaviour.
"The abuser seeks power over their victim, resulting in a complete loss of self-esteem, which isolates them from seeking support.
"It is not always physical abuse. It can include systematic put-downs and bullying and excessively possessive behaviour.
"Domestic violence occurs across society, regardless of age, gender, race, sexuality, wealth and geography."
The introduction of the new advisers follows the launch last month of a new approach to target high-risk domestic violence victims and prolific offenders.
The Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference aims to reduce repeat attacks and protect children.
It involves the police and other agencies working closely for the first time to tackle the most severe domestic violence cases and offenders in the district.
If you need support contact The Violence In Interpersonal Relationships Team on 01484 223221.
For online information go to www.saferkirklees.co.uk


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Information Architecture, according to Wikipedia, is "the art and science of organizing and labelling websites … to support usability." According to the same source, User Experience is "the way a person feels about using a product, system or service." Information Architects work to create usable content structures out of complex sets of information. They do this using plenty of user-cantered design methods: usability tests, persona research and creation, and user flow diagrams Information architecture focuses on the organization of data—that is, how data is structured from a user's perspective, as opposed to the system, or technical, perspective. At the level of an entire Web site, or application, information architecture determines what data is on each page and how pages relate to each other. For example, defining a site map is an IA activity. At the level of an individual page layout, information architecture ensures that data is logically grouped and interrelated. Let's explain some basic concepts of information architecture.
We use the term information to distinguish information architecture from data and knowledge management. With information systems, there's often no single "right" answer to a given question. We're concerned with information of all shapes and sizes: web sites, documents, software applications, images, and more. We're also concerned with metadata: terms used to describe and represent content objects such as documents, people, processes, and organizations.
Structuring, organizing, and labeling
It's what information architects do best. Structuring involves determining the appropriate levels for the information "atoms" in your site, and deciding how to relate them to one another. Organizing involves grouping those components into meaningful and distinctive categories. Labeling means figuring out what to call those categories and the series of navigation links that lead to them.
Managing and Findability
Findability is a critical success factor for overall usability in user experience. If end user can't find easily what he is searching through some combination of browsing, and asking then the site fails. If you have user-centered design but not easy process of searching then it is not good enough. You site information architecture must balance the needs of users along with achieving its business goals. It could only achieved by using efficient content management and clear policies and procedures.
Art and science
Usability engineering gives us better understanding for analyzing users' needs and information – seeking behaviors in accurate scientific way. We subsequently make improvements to our web sites. But this practice of information architecture will never be reduced to numbers; there's too much doubts involved and it is also very complex. Information architects must rely on experience, knowing the insight of business, and creativity. For this we must willing to take risk and trust on our experience and business knowledge. This is the "art" of information architecture. Let's discuss some of other closely related disciplines to information architecture.
Graphic design
Graphic designing is an art and skill of using images, symbols or even words used for the communication and achieve certain objectives. Graphic designers use various graphic elements including lines, colors, types, textures, shapes and images and different tools for expression of concepts and ideas in their visual communication. Basic graphic designs include corporate logo, identities to the layout of individual pages, designing brand, design guidelines. There are many graphic designers who are dealing with information architecture as part of their work.
Interaction design
Interaction design is a process in which designers focus on creating engaging web interfaces with the behavior of tasks and processes that users encounter in software and information systems at the interface level. For better user experience and successful interactive we should have good technology and communication principle.
Usability engineering
Usability engineering is a process of applying various scientific methods in user research, testing, and analysis with all aspects of the user experience, inclusive of information architecture and graphic design.
Experience design
Experience design is a group of information architecture, usability engineering, graphic design, and interaction design. There are few "experience designers," as there aren't many people with skills in all these areas.
Software development
Information architects rely on software developer who makes these possible brining ideas into reality. Developers help Information architects to understand what is and what isn't possible. A good collaboration between information architect and software developers is essential.
Content management
Content management and Information architecture are similar kind of work. Information architect draws a "snapshot" of an information system, while CM describes a temporal view by showing how information should flow into, around, and out of that same system over time.
Why Information Architecture Matters
Designing and spending time to create information architect gives you better ROI.
Costs and Value propositions:
The cost of finding information
If people are spending extra five minutes to find answers on your website daily then this poor information architecture will increase your customer frustration.
The cost of not finding information
If people are not finding their require information then your organization is missing a bunch of information which are important in decisions. How many customers do you lose because they do not have the ability to search their desired product on your website?
The value of education
What is the value of educating your customers about new products and services related to the ones they're actively seeking on your web site?
The cost of construction
What does it cost to design and build a web site when you know your website doesn't support findability and does not scale? How much does it cost to redo everything once again?
The cost of maintenance
Similarly, what does it cost to ensure that your site has latest designs and updated changes over time? Do you have trained people who will maintain the website?
The cost of training
If your organization has internal information systems then how much your organization could save by having easy to use information system with less complication? What does it cost to train employees to use system?
The value of brand
It is not important for your customer that how beautiful your web site is, if customers can't find it with other brands. Your brand loses value in their eyes. What does it cost and how much you spend for branding? Information architecture lives beneath the surface. They may recognize the need for proper labels in a navigation bar, but have no clued how a controlled vocabulary could improve the search experience which is part of user experience. For the users, this invisibility is ok and we don't want to force users to see our hard work; we want them to complete their tasks and find information without making it more complex by overwhelming explanations and designs. But invisibility is a major problem when it comes to justifying our existence to colleagues and making the case for investments to decision makers. We must constantly work to help people see the complexity of the challenges we face and the long-term value of our solutions. We must find ways to help people to understand their user needs and behaviour. Figure. Information architecture concepts We must be prepared to identify and define the component systems that support our sites. We must assure our clients and colleagues that an effective searching experience requires not just a good technology or beautify design, but a carefully integrated system of interdependent parts. Figure. Information architecture systems Finally, we must be ready to produce our deliverables. We must learn to design our ideas of information structure in clear and convincing ways. We must help people to find and see which is not visible to them. Figure. Information architecture deliverables Information architecture understands how to create your message for your audience. This requires some sense of what and how your clients, managers and colleagues want to hear it.
Tools of the Trade
Many of the traditional tools or information architecture are analog, despite the digital nature of IA.
Whiteboards are very commonly used during the initial planning stages of IA. They make it easy to visualize content, easy to quickly record ideas, and easy to make connections. They're also great for working with a team, as everyone can (ideally) see what you're recording. Card sorting is another very common tool. Card sorting is a fairly simple technique for gathering ideas from potential users (or from those on your team). Different topics that will exist on your site are put on index or similar cards, and participants organize them into categories based on what they think makes sense. It's a great way to find out how users think content should be organized, particularly on more complex sites. Other analog tools include simple graph paper for sketching out wireframes, site maps, flow charts, and the like.
Digital Tools
While analog tools are commonly used, there are also a number of digital tools that IAs can use. These digital tools are growing in popularity as more and more teams are distributed and working remotely. It's much easier to share and collaborate on a virtual whiteboard when you have users spanning four time zones than it is to share a real-world one. Below are a few tools to get you started. Whiteboard apps can be great for collaborative brainstorming with a distributed team, or even with your client. The best ones offer the same kind of functionality as a real-world whiteboard, but with easy digital sharing.
- Awwapp is a touch-friendly whiteboard that can be used from a tablet, smartphone, or computer. You can draw sketches, collaborate, and share your completed whiteboard. It's compatible with all modern browsers without needing to install anything.
- Twiddla is an online whiteboard meeting tool that lets you collaboratively browse websites together in real-time. It comes with a 30-day free trial.
- Scribblar.com offers real-time collaboration as well as live audio and text chat. It also allows for document upload, which can be a great help if your team wants to share things during a planning session without having to leave the app.
Mindmapping tools are like a step up from a whiteboard, and provide more structure to your notes. They can also be a great way to organize your thoughts and to start categorizing information. While mind maps can be done with pen and paper (or colored markers and paper), digital tools make them easier to edit and share.
- Coggle is a free online mind-mapping tool that makes it easy to create color-coded mindmaps and share them with colleagues. Use it for taking notes, brainstorming, and more.
- XMind 6 is a downloadable mindmapping software for Mac, Windows, and Linux. There are free and premium versions, all of which allow you to create a variety of diagrams, offer tools for relationships, boundaries, summaries, labels, and more, offer the ability to save to Evernote, and share on the Web.
- Bubbl.us offers easy online mind mapping that's intuitive to use. There's a free basic plan, as well as a paid plan (including a team plan), as well as a 30-day free trial.
Wireframing tools are a key tool in the information architect's toolbox. They're often handed off to others in the project team, so creating them in a way that make them easy for others to understand is crucial. While paper wireframes can be a good staring point, digital versions can be a better solution for sharing with others.
- Justinmind Prototyper is a free downloadable wireframe tool that lets you create clickable wireframes for mobile apps. It's a great solution for more complex IA projects where interactivity at the wireframe level makes things easier to understand.
- MockFlow offers free and premium plans for super easy wireframing. It works online or off, gives you interactive clickable sitemaps, and offers HTML download to make it easier to share your wireframes without special software.
- Mockingbird is an online wireframe and mockup creator that lets you create, link, preview, and share mockups. It includes a number of tools that let you forget about the visual design (grids and smart text sizing to start) and focus purely on the structure of your wireframes.
Information architecture is a vital part of creating a good user experience. Well-organized, well-structured content makes your site easier to use and more useful to your visitors.