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Mini-Golf Tournament – deadline for signup is April 12, 2017. All registrations must be received in advance no later than April 12th!! Please send your registration form and check payable to Crescent Ski Council to Terri Tokaz at the address listed on the form. Important – everyone must pre-register!!
Tennis Tournament – first-come basis. Space is limited to the first 16 players. Only those pre-registered can play in the tennis tournament. Please complete the registration form and check for $18 to Cameron Andrews at the address on the form. Deadline for signup is April 7, 2017.
Golf Tournament – deadline for signup is April 7, 2017. Cost is $55, which includes greens fees, golf cart & cart attendant tip & lunch buffet. Space is limited to the first 40 golfers. Please complete and send your registration form and check to Dave Salisch at the address on the sign-up form.
Reminder: we also have a table decorating contest – one table per club. The Saturday Night Party Theme as we advised previously is "Out of Africa" or "African Safari." Think Safari, Tarzan, Jungle, Serengeti, Drums, Tribal Dancers, Medicine Men, and we can't leave out Indiana Jones!! Rules as follows:
The deadline for website judging is past (March 13th). The video judging form is posted on Crescent's website. Deadline for the video entries is April 3rd.
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-Extended treks are available as two or more shorter treks
-Discounts may be applicable for groups of four persons or more
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A number of Tours are offered that vary in duration and routes. All treks are designed to explore and give insight into the natural history and wilderness areas of the district. The routes can link several ghost towns or be a circuit in the open savannah, or follow a river with waterholes for swimming and fishing.
Trek duration can be overnight or as long as 28 days. The long treks or our expeditions are themed to retrace parts of the routes taken by the region's earliest explorers, Ludwig Leichhardt and Edmund Kennedy. These two treks are conducted annually during the actual dates travelled by those explorers.
The employment of our donkeys enable walkers to enjoy the surroundings without carrying a heavy rucksack, relax with a modicum of luxury in camp, enjoy tasty wholesome meals cooked over a campfire and the donkeys are great companions during the walk.
Our prices reflect the inclusions and location of the trek. A guide to our prices is below:
Local day walks, includes a ploughman's or picnic style lunch and traditional drover type morning tea: from $185.00 per person;
Camping and extended treks: from $220.00 per person/ day (meals and camping equipment less sleeping bags, included); and
Safaris and Pathfinder Treks: from $250.00 per person/ day (meals and camping equipment less sleeping bags,included). This price reflects the costs of transporting and positioning the pack team to/ from the start and finish points.
Due to a significant increases in costs of keeping the donkeys we have had to review and adjust our prices in 2012.
These treks start with an overnight "introductory" walk and can be extended by exploring further downstream along the Wild River. We start from our farm block where we keep our donkeys, and follow cattle and wild horse tracks along the river through tall forest Red Gums to camp at a suitable waterhole.
An introductory walk, two days, one night camping. Picnic lunches, dinner and camp breakfast, morning "smoko" of billy tea and traditional cake are included. We return along the same route.
A three-day walk, an extension of the Wild River Ramble. We camp in a rocky gorge on night two and finish at the Junction where we meet a vehicle that returns the party to Kalinvale.
A further extension this five-day walk explores the Silver Valley, including ghost towns, mining history and a rock art site before climbing over the Great Dividing Range to the Living ghost Town of Irvinebank. where there is the opportunity to visit Loudon House, and enjoy a:"coldie' at the Tavern before returning to Herberton by car. This trek is inspired by the story of an adventure with The mysterious Jungleman as told by Ion Idreiss in his book Back O' Cairns.
A circuit that links up five mining ghost towns in seven days. Setting off from Kalinvale we head west to find a pioneer wagon road intended to give a share of trade from the 1872 Palmer River Gold Rush to Cardwell. We follow this to the Walsh River where we camp near Natural Bridge. We can swim in the clear granite rock pools. We continue on Clarke's track the next day, then branch off to find the town of Rocky Bluffs with the ruins of a smelter a stark reminder of the endeavours of the pioneers. We will explore the main street that is said to never had a wheeled vehicle traverse due to the forbidding terrain. We zigzag out of the Walsh River the next morning and follow the old tramway to Stannary Hills, once a thriving tin mining town. We camp on Eureka Creek and the next day retrace the steps of pioneers to Irvinebank for a "coldie and visit Louden House Museum. We camp on the town common. Day six we ascend the Dargo Range, a section of the Great Divide" and follow old mule roads to Silver Valley and the ruins of Newelton and Lancelot, where silver was found in 1883. The next day we can view some ancient rock art before slipping over the watershed into the Wild River Valley and home to Kalinvale.

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bible thumper hypocrite
It is the shame that most of the church goer that I know are nothing more than a bunch of hypocrite. Sure, they may have been know the bible; question is, are they willing to practice what they pitch and if they did, they have ignore the quote in John chapter eight verse seven when Jesus told the Pharisee after they comdemn this woman caught in the act commit adultly when Jesus tell them "He who is without sin, cast the first stone." Another thing about the bible thumper is that the only thing that different between them and the pharisee is their name.
For example, I know one woman in Riverside, California who think that she is the Christian but I know that she is not. She condemn men as if she is better than the men who think that they are so immature compared with the women. She forged her own sister name as the birth mother after she gave birth to the child outside of marriage and when her sister found out about it which was 30 years later, this woman have told her that she did not remember signing the paper, it was their mother who put your name on the paper. Her sister did not buy that lie because she know that the hospital did not send the paper to the parent of the woman who give birth regardless of how old they are. Another thing, my cousin, Tina Disney, have condemn her own niece for being pregnant outside of marriage and she (Tina Disney) is the one who is born outside of marriage.
Another thing, they have never practice what they preach. For example, they told you not to steal, lie and covet anything that they don't belong to you and yet, they are the one who done that behind everybody back. As you notice, they always attack you for disagreeing with you and that because they don't like to be judge for what they did in their own life and they are the one who think that they have the right to condemn you for what you did.
This woman that you see in the picture is nothing more than liar and the thief. She not only lied to her own son after she forged her sister name as his birth mother, but she stole money from her sister in 1995.


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Early maps and charts, previously owned by a Brazilian banker convicted of money laundering, surfaced for sale at Chiswick Auctions last week.
Bidders were concerned they might not have proper title to the works – the source of which was not mentioned in the catalogue.
The maps offered by Chiswick were believed to have been consigned by an art storage firm that took possession of them in lieu of debts owed following the conviciton of Edemar Cid Ferreira. The founder and former president of Banco Santos had illegally used the bank's money to acquire his collection.


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1.) Sydney Lucas, Ring of Keys
A bold, yet effective fashion choice.
7.) Chita Rivera performing Kander & Ebb's final musical at the young age of 82 years.
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A year-and-a-half after opening its doors, the Turk's Head remains a distinctive little treat of a pub.
It was the former top bar of neighbouring Whitelock's – the oldest pub in Leeds – now serving as a sister venue and function room.
But it complements this with its own distinctive, plush feel in contrast to the other's classic charm.
A slogan on the window reads: "Serving the discerning drinkers of Leeds since 1715".
Why, thank you.
In those days market traders and merchants thronged to the pub(s) and on a good day (in fact, most week nights even) a similar atmosphere is evident at Turk's Head Yard now.
The night we go is a more sedate affair, though after walking through the tunnel where the pub's name is advertised next to the airport terminal that is Trinity, I'm glad for the peace and quiet.
Staff members are bright, personable and accommodating throughout.
Twelve keg options, two cask lines, more than 40 bottles cans as well as spirits, cocktails and wine are usually on offer.
My friend goes for a gin and orange juice (£4.40) and is pleased to discover that the house option is Whittaker's – a nice change from the usual ones offered at most places.
It seems to go down nicely.
I opt for a cask pint of Northern Monk's flagship Eternal Session IPA (£3.95, 4.1 per cent), which looks lovely.
It's clearly kept in good nick and was pulled to the standard you'd expect, though ultimately too hoppy for my own taste.
Initially we sit on one of the long benches in the alleyway yard it shares with it's big sis pub, and it's always fun to be there.
However I'm actually rather pleased when the drizzle starts to turn heavy, as it gives me a chance to properly take in the beautiful interior. The seating area and curtains are coloured in quite striking royal blue and teal, a nice accompaniment to the wooden floor and great marble tables.
A poster for the upcoming Leeds International Beer Festival is proudly hung up.
For seconds I go for Thornbridge's Melba (five per cent), a peach beer that smells like peach and tastes like beer and comes in 2/3 of a pint for roughly the price of a full one.
My friend tries half a Cherry Weisse, by the Hawkshead Brewery (3.5 per cent), which smells like beer and tastes like nothing much, I'm told. The round came to £6.
None of this is the pub's fault of course, it's great that they offer a range to try from. Though I'd recommend waiting maybe until payday to visit, as some of the more expensive bottles are £15.
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Wild rice salad with cherry tomatoes, broccoli, tofu, and mange tout
It's an ongoing joke between my dad and I that the hospital where I was born majorly messed up, accidentally giving me away to the wrong family. The first piece of evidence is me being gigantically taller than my smaller, petite family members (and not to mention other Malaysians in general). There's also the fact that I do not look like either one of my parents, while my sister is an exact carbon copy of my mom. However in my dad's eyes, the ultimate test of being an 'Aziz' – how much you enjoy rice and meat. And unfortunately for him, I'm a fan of neither.
I have never really been a rice person, which is strange thing to say considering I am Asian and this is our holy staple to any meal. Don't get me wrong, I do eat rice on occasion, but it is never my first choice for a carb fix. Maybe I find rice bland, but the same thing can be said for most other carbs. Furthermore, the beauty of rice is its ability to act as a blank canvas, heroing the flavours of its accompanying dishes. Oddly though, I can happily live without nasi lemak (Malaysia's national dish of coconut rice and condiments), nasi goreng (fried rice), nasi briyani, nasi campur (mixed rice) and all the lauks in the universe, or the veggie fav banana leaf meal. But deny me of my noodles, pasta, or even (brown) bread and my world will start to fall apart! When I was living alone, a small 500g pack of rice would easily last me a full year. I was probably one of the very few Malaysians that refused to own a rice cooker – why waste limited London kitchen counter space/storage when you can cook rice on the hob with a normal pot!
Surprisingly in the last year I have developed a new appreciation for rice with the discovery of the brown and wild variety. Now many who are white rice purists will scoff at the notion of brown/wild rice as 'hippy food' that tastes like cardboard. However as someone who has never been hooked on white rice, I actually prefer the nutty, earthy, slightly smokey flavours and texture found in brown/wild rice. The alternative variety also has far more nutritional benefits than its white counterpart. White rice starts off brown and is processed/milled/polished to death to completely remove the bran/germ layer, reducing its original fiber and vitamin content. Brown rice on the other hand still retains its wholegrain status, since only the first outer layered is removed through milling, thus holding on to its vital nutrients. Another benefit is that brown rice has a much lower glycemic index to stabilise your blood glucose levels, keeping you fuller for longer (while reducing the risk of diabetes in the long term). Think this is great? Well wild rice is even better. Not technically rice (it is scientifically classified as aquatic type of grass), wild rice surpasses other grains in protein content, minerals, B vitamins, and folic acid. It has twice the protein content of brown rice (8 times the protein of white rice) while only containing 83 calories for 1/2 cup cooked!
I find that the chewy texture of brown/wild rice makes it more enjoyable when served cold, which is something that cannot be said about white rice. This makes it the perfect accompaniment to a salad, just like the dish below. In London, I absolutely loved Biona's Organic Wild Rice mix, where a single pack contained a combination of brown, wild, and red rice. Please, please, please will a supplier start distributing Biona products to Malaysia? I may just consider experimenting with a brown/wild rice nasi lemak and see if I can convert the nation. Move over Village Park Nasi Lemak!
Wild rice salad with cherry tomatoes, broccoli, tofu, and mange tout
The Ingredients
Wild rice mix (I used the last of my Biona packet! Brown rice or multigrain rice can easily be found in Malaysia in the organic section of most supermarkets – you can buy the brown/multigrain/wild (or black) rice individually and combine this yourself.) broccoli, pan fried tofu, cherry tomatoes, mange tout, and almond flakes.
The Preparation:
1. Cook rice mix (1 cup of rice to 3 cups of water) until the black husks have split and rice is slightly al dente. Wild rice takes slightly longer to cook than regular. Like I said, I think rice can be easily be made without using a rice cooker. The trick is to cook it on the hob uncovered and when it looks 3/4 done, place the lid on to steam the rice and lower the heat.
2. Blanch broccoli and mange tout in boiling water.
3. Sautee almond flakes until this has slightly browned.
4. Mix rice, broccoli, mange tout, sliced tofu, halved cherry tomatoes, and almond flakes.
5. Serve with dressing of choice (I find that the sesame Japanese dressing is lovely with this).


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There's one man who falls under a heading of famous trombone players who know me if I remind them how. One of the first pieces I had published was an article in the April 2008 ITA Journal. Some day everyone at the home will be hearing about the day I spent talking to Buster Cooper about Duke Ellington.
Buster Cooper spent ten years with Duke Ellington and for that reason alone qualifies as American musical royalty. The first time we met was during a Florida vacation. Cyn and I went to hear him at the Garden (downtown St. Pete where he still plays every Friday night) after reading an article about him in the St. Petersburg Times. I had known about Buster from reading Kurt Dietrich's Duke's Bones, about the great Ellington trombone sections, and had his only album but didn't know he lived in St. Pete. When we got the chance to say hello, it was like he'd known us all his life.
|Mark Feinman(l) and Buster Cooper at the Garden
That's how Buster is with everybody but, then, Buster Cooper knows everybody. Mention anyone in jazz in the last 60 years and Buster's got a story about them. He's played with people like Frank Sinatra to Josephine Baker, Ella Fitzgerald to, well hell, everybody.
When I approached Buster about the ITA article, he invited me to his home where we spent the better part of a day talking. I didn't have to ask a lot of questions and mainly sat back and listened. Ever since, I've been dropping his name and telling friends the stories he made me shut off the recorder for. Some day I'll have to figure out how to post what came out of that day but right now it's only available to ITA members. Of the things I've written, it's still my favorite.
For a while after the article came out, I could go to hear Buster and feel cool because he'd make a big fuss over me. Then we didn't see each other for a while, I grew a goatee and put on a couple of pounds and when I finally saw him, could tell that he couldn't place me. After a few hints he made me feel cool again and every meeting after that (and I reminded him who I was) he made a point of telling me how much he loved my article and if I had friends with me he made them feel cool, too. That's Buster.
One of the biggest regrets I have is that before we left the states, I never worked up the nerve to sit in with Buster. (One of the many ironies of my life is that even with my career, I'm so easily intimidated.) There was always some local player at Buster's gigs and, if you were lucky, some well known jazz musician dropping by to sit in. He's gracious and no matter who you are always makes sure you've got your chance to shine. In fact, one of the best musical evening Cynthia and I ever had was the night we stopped by and two great local guitarists, LaRue Nickelson and Nate Najar were playing with Buster.
The only album Buster's ever recorded he shared with the late Thurman Green. This cut, Straight Up from the now hard to find E-Bone-ix, is a pretty good showcase for Buster. He takes the first solo and a lot of his musical signatures are there. He makes his statement cleanly, intelligently and without any excess and swings like hell.
Next time anyone in St. Pete sees Buster, tell him I said hello - and don't forget to tell him who I am.
Bonus Video - Buster w/ Duke Ellington Orchestra


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People like to act like you're stupid or paranoid if you think the Second Amendment is for the people to protect themselves against tyranny. But what about the Venezuelan people currently being murdered and brutalized by their government?
They deserve the right to protect themselves against tyrants who shoot them down in the streets while the civilians protest peacefully. They deserve the right to shoot back when some jack-booted thug with the power of the government on his side kicks in their door. The choice is that, fight back with the same tools the government has to oppress, or how it stands now, innocent people being cut down in the prime of their lives by the government purported to protect and serve them.
Because right now the Venezuelan people cannot go to school, cannot invest in a career, cannot plan for their future. How can you pursue happiness when your path is blocked by tear gas at best, and more often a bullet to the head. This scene has been repeated countless times throughout history, and this needs to be said plainly. Anyone who thinks there is never a need to protect yourself against tyrants in government is just plain ignorant. I usually remain civil, but I can't escape the fact that you are dumber than dirt if you think people should be disarmed, and the only ones with guns should be in the government. Venezuela is just the most recent and obvious example of this scenario playing out, as it has time and time again.
But this, but that, but nothing. There is no reason for a population to be disarmed by a government with guns, because we can very clearly see the result of that. And yes, I am saying that I would rather see the protesters shoot back at the Venezuelan government. And if you try to convince yourself that this would make things worse, that just more bloodshed would come from these Venezuelan civilians protecting themselves, then you have a friend in Neville Chamberlain. Imagine if mere thousands of people died resisting Hitler in the early stages of his dictatorship, instead of allowing the murder of 12 million civilians, and millions of soldiers in the process of WWII.
Hindsight is 20/20, but one thing I know: no one should have to go through what the Venezuelan people are currently going through. No one should have no recourse to protect themselves and their families. No one should have to hope that their protests get attention, in order to stave off the bloodshed initiated by their government.
And who are the Venezuelan civilians trying to make aware anyway? What is the end result of awareness? Will awareness crush the Venezuelan Army when they yet again march against the people in the streets? Armed resistance is the only solution.
What can awareness bring? Do the people want a foreign government to intervene to save the people of Venezuela? And why then is it better for "official" good guys with guns to fight the "official" bad guys with guns? What I am trying to get at, is that at some level the people who are protesting are looking for a savior, someone to push back against this brutal crackdown by a brutal regime. I am simply saying, people need to be empowered to never need a superman. Because if that was me in that situation, I wouldn't want my only recourse to be holding a sign, and telling the world what is happening. I would want to fight back.
And what if there is no one in the world to tell? What if all the governments are the same, and no one will come to the aid of the people being murdered in the street?
So you want to talk about a need for guns? Was it not enough when the Venezuelan murder rate skyrocketed to the highest in the world that maybe people needed guns to protect themselves? Is the government murder of a growing number of civilians enough?
Or are we more comfortable seeing the people of Venezuela submit to the authority and go back to living without toilet paper, and without electronics? Should they just bend to the authority and accept a life of oppression and slavery to the state? Does that make you feel better, when the deaths aren't in the street but quietly at home out of the reach of the video cameras?
The only solution is for the Venezuelan people to fight back, and long ago their ability to fight back was taken from them by the government. The same government who is now using their own guns to murder innocent people who want nothing more than to live their lives in peace. Now tell me again how I am paranoid for wanting to remain armed to the teeth? Explain to me one more time why I should give up my right to defend myself, and submit to a government monopoly on firepower?
I am pissed off that in 2014 we have to sit here and watch civilians die at the hands of their government because of appeals to emotion, idiotic sentiments, and logical fallacies on the benefits of gun control. This is true inequality, when peasants with rocks are cut down by men with badges and guns. You can pray for the people of Venezuela, but what they need right now are large capacity assault rifles.


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Can Themba was perhaps the most talented of the writers associated with Drum magazine and Sophiatown in the 1950s. He was born in Marabastad (Pretoria) in 1924 and won the first Mendi Memorial Scholarship to study at Fort Hare. He graduated with a first-class degree in English in 1947 and taught at Madibane High School in Western Township (Johannesburg). In 1953 his short story "Mob Passion" won Drum's first short story competition, and Themba resigned his teaching post to work as a reporter on Drum and subsequently on Drum's sister publication, The Golden City Post. His exploits as a hard-drinking, fast-living journalist and man-about-town were legendary, and his house in …
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The Constitution dictates that in addition to being a citizen and a U.S. resident for at least 14 years, a presidential candidate must be at least 35 years old. Calling the last requirement "age discrimination," 27-year-old South Floridian Ryan Lipner is plowing forward with his quest for the presidency, and on September 19, he sent a letter to the Florida Division of Elections stating his intention to run for the highest office.
Lipner says that he became a "presidential candidate" in both 2004 and 2008 (when New Times previously caught up with him
) and that he truly feels he should be president and is not pursuing this as a joke or making a mockery of our democracy. Lipner is known for his obsession with Hallmark stores as a teen and for opening branches without the company's permission, leading him "to grand theft, bankruptcy, imprisonment, and possibly insanity -- all before his 18th birthday,"according to a 2001 New Times story
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Paysafecard Accepting Mobile Casinos
Paysafecard and online casinos go very well together. Casinos probably account for many of the 4,000 web-shops that this payment method claims are offering its service. You've probably seen it before, but maybe you didn't know exactly how it works.
Under the Microscope
Let's take a look at Paysafecard in more detail. Firstly, this is not strictly an 'e-wallet', like PayPal, Neteller and Skrill.
You do not link it with your existing bank accounts or maintain a balance other than the dwindling original amount on your Paysafecard (between £10 and £100). You can combine up to 10 smaller Paysafecard stubs, if you like, into one, or you can put together a £1,000 card from the start.
But that's about it! Your Paysafecard is a terminal, temporary account that you use online for the most part. You can take as long as you like to spend your cash; however, if you take over a year then there will be a £2 per month charge deducted from your balance.
How It Works
So, Paysafecard is instead considered a 'cash voucher', which you use online. It is the equivalent for the Web of paying with cold, hard cash at a normal shop (when you're just handing over some currency anonymously).
Your main concern may be simply how to join. Actually, in this case there is no 'joining' involved — you're not required to give personal information to the company. Just like cash, if you've got any then that enrols you for using it!
In contrast to using a credit card, you do not divulge any information about yourself when spending your current balance at Paysafecard mobile casino sites — the 16-digit number (normally printed on a card) is your only capital to keep.
To use this system, just buy a Paysafecard voucher somewhere (petrol pumps, newsstands, grocery stores, and so forth) and you're good to go. There is no credit check, or red tape about using it.
Top Paysafecard Casinos
Now that we have cleared up what Paysafecard is, and how people can use this service, let's get a sense of the kind of casinos that offer it. Although we have picked 3 top Paysafecard-friendly casinos, obviously your selection is much, much wider (it's into thousands of choices).
LadyLucks Mobile Casino
LadyLucks is the site that gaming company Probability plc (UK) is most proud of having as a licensed casino. LadyLucks is a massively popular brand in Britain, even though it does not surpass the standard Probability £225 bonus offers, over one's first deposits. You get £5 free to start the adventure. Along with many safe alternatives, Paysafecard is featured here. [Full Review]
Thrills Casino
We will see many more new casinos popping up in 2014, and like Thrills they will be striving to offer something that feels fresh. Thrills is set up differently than splashly, shiny, slick casinos (Casino.com, for example).
Thrills offers a textured look, like a website made of soft, toothy paper, and it scrolls down almost forever — everything on a single page! There are many fun touches as you go. Games are by Net|Ent, and bonus is standard 100% to £100 — Thrills is confident!
Moobile Games
You may want to think of this one as 'Moobile Slots' because those are the only type of game you'll find down on th' farm! These titles have been hand-picked from the Probability portfolio (same system as LadyLucks, just scaled down for fast mobile action).
You'll get the same £225 total package as LadyLucks, and £5 free, inside a very exciting community of loyal Moobilers. [Full Review]
Paysafecard Casino
We think you can rest assured: casino sites that accept Paysafecard are safe enough to join, as long as you stick to your Paysafecard and don't put out too much information during sign up.
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Valrico, Florida Passport Office Information
Residents of Valrico in Hillsborough County, Florida have only a single location from which they can get a passport application sealed at. The passport agent in Valrico can provide you with passport forms or witness your signature and seal your passport documents (if you don't need your passport application sealed then you do not need to visit an acceptance agent). Besides the 1 location there are 265 other locations in the state of Florida from which you can get a passport application sealed at. If you are not needing a passport in Valrico for a least (3) weeks, you can visit the sole passport acceptance agent listed below the map on this web page. If you need it faster than (3) weeks we have provided the closest regional passport offices to Valrico, Florida and Expedited Passport service options for Valrico.
Regional Passport Offices Close to Valrico:These are passport issuing facilities. You will need to make an appointment and present proof of upcoming travel but in most cases, you will be able to get passport renewal, new passports, child passports, or a lost passport replacement Same Day or Next Day.
Miami Passport Agency - 170 Miles, Atlanta Passport Agency - 365.7 Miles, New Orleans Passport Agency - 427.7 Miles, Arkansas Passport Center - 679.9 Miles, Houston Passport Agency - 697.8 Miles
Fast Rush Passport Expediting Service in Valrico, Florida3rd Party Passport Expediting in Valrico FL: Expedited Passports & Visas are the experts for expediting passports in Valrico, if you're in a hurry, this is probably going to be your best option. Passport servces offered for Valrico: Expedited Passport Renewal, Expedited New Passports, Fast Passport Name Changes, Expedited Child Passports, Expedited Lost/Stolen Passport Replacement
How to Get a Passport in Valrico, FloridaGetting a passport in Valrico FL depends on what type of passport application you are needing. The process in these guides assumes that you are applying at a local Valrico Passport Office in which case it will take you 4 to 6 weeks to get a passport in Valrico.
Please select the appropriate guide from the list below to get started:
Passport Office in Valrico, FL
U.S. Postal Service, Valrico,FL
2406 Sr-60 E
Valrico FL, 33594
The single passport acceptance agent (local passport office) located in Valrico is listed below:
- U.S. Postal Service, Valrico,FL
2406 Sr-60 E
Valrico, FL 33594
Other Passport Offices Near Valrico, Florida:Listed below are additional passport offices that are located within 50 miles of Valrico Florida:
Brandon Regional Service Center Satellite Office - Brandon - 3.2 Miles
Brandon Post Office - Brandon - 3.2 Miles
U.S. Postal Service, Falkenburg Branch - Tampa - 4.9 Miles
U.S. Postal Service, Riverview, FL - Riverview - 7 Miles
Plant City Post Office - Plant City - 7.2 Miles
Clerk of Circuit Court - Plant City Branch - Plant City - 7.7 Miles
Lithia Post Office - Lithia - 7.8 Miles
Hillsborough County Clerk of Circuit Court - Tampa - 11.1 Miles
U.S. Postal Service, Wimauma, FL - Wimauma - 14.6 Miles
Tampa Post Office, Main Office - Tampa - 15.6 Miles
Passport Service for Cities Near ValricoResidents of the following closeby cities looking to get a passport should consider using the passport office(s) located in Valrico for document sealing and 3-week passport expediting. Be sure to check other nearby passport offices listed above, as there may be a closer passport office to your city.
Brandon Florida, Dover Florida, Riverview Florida, Plant City Florida, Temple Terrace Florida, Ybor City Florida, Carrollwood Florida, Sun City Center Florida, Lakeland Florida, Lutz Florida, Ruskin Florida, Zephyrhills Florida, Wesley Chapel Florida, Town 'n' Country Florida, Oldsmar Florida, San Antonio Florida, Odessa Florida, Safety Harbor Florida, Pinellas Park Florida, Auburndale Florida


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Reality TV star Kim Kardashian gave her testimony in court regarding her robbery last October in Paris, France.
She made an appearance in court with children North and Saint, to give a detailed account of what went down that night.
ALSO: Kim Kardashian & Kendall Jenner Will Appear In 'Ocean's Eight'
She had earlier met with French authorities, and had told them about how she was gagged and bound in her hotel room.
17 arrested suspects were present in the court room, and Kim was able to identify two of the men that broke into her hotel room.
Almost $10 million worth of jewelry was stolen in the robbery.


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Evelyn Rivera Candelaria
Evelyn Rivera Candelaria is a Senior Solution Specialist within the Solution Assembly and Packaging Department in SAP, driving the cloud and virtualization topic for the last two years. She is in close contact with partners interested in or offering Rapid Deployment Solutions on cloud environments, and directly collaborates with SAP internal teams to develop new options leveraging virtualization and cloud technologies. Prior to joining SAP in 2001, Evelyn worked on the customer side, providing application support for R/3 Material Management and Sales and Distribution modules, gaining insight into how customers consume the software, and how to provide reliable business systems to end-users. This experience was valuable in her role as a Quality Specialist in the development of the SAP CRM and SAP Business ByDesign products.


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- exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- Insurance.
- the hazard or chance of loss.
- the degree of probability of such loss.
- the amount that the insurance company may lose.
- a person or thing with reference to the hazard involved in insuring him, her, or it.
- the type of loss, as life, fire, marine disaster, or earthquake, against which an insurance policy is drawn.
- to expose to the chance of injury or loss; hazard: to risk one's life.
- to venture upon; take or run the chance of: to risk a fall in climbing; to risk a war.
- at risk,
- in a dangerous situation or status; in jeopardy: families at risk in the area of the weakened dam.
- under financial or legal obligation; held responsible: Are individual investors at risk for the debt part of the real estate venture?
- take/run a risk, to expose oneself to the chance of injury or loss; put oneself in danger; hazard; venture.
Origin of risk
Synonyms for risk
- the possibility of incurring misfortune or loss; hazard
- insurance
- chance of a loss or other event on which a claim may be filed
- the type of such an event, such as fire or theft
- the amount of the claim should such an event occur
- a person or thing considered with respect to the characteristics that may cause an insured event to occur
- at risk
- vulnerable; likely to be lost or damaged
- social welfarevulnerable to personal damage, to the extent that a welfare agency might take protective responsibility
- no risk Australian informal an expression of assent
- take a risk or run a risk to proceed in an action without regard to the possibility of danger involved in it
- to expose to danger or loss; hazard
- to act in spite of the possibility of (injury or loss)to risk a fall in climbing
Word Origin for risk
1660s, risque, from French risque (16c.), from Italian risco, riscio (modern rischio), from riscare "run into danger," of uncertain origin. The anglicized spelling first recorded 1728. Spanish riesgo and German Risiko are Italian loan-words. With run (v.) from 1660s. Risk aversion is recorded from 1942; risk factor from 1906; risk management from 1963; risk taker from 1892.
1680s, from risk (n.), or from French risquer, from Italian riscare, rischaire, from the noun. Related: Risked; risks; risking.
- The possibility of suffering a harmful event.
- A factor or course involving uncertain danger, as with smoking or exposure to radiation.
run a risk
Also, run the risk. Be subjected to danger, as in Hiding anything from customs means running a risk that you'll be caught, or Without the right postage and address, this package runs the risk of being lost. [Mid-1600s]
In addition to the idiom beginning with risk
- risk life and limb
also see:
- at risk
- calculated risk
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The results of the daily choral club sessions at the Queen Elizabeth Hall when all the music learned throughout the week is performed in this closing event.
To take part, attend any of the weekday choral club sessions. Confident singers are welcome to join rehearsals on Sunday at the Queen Elizabeth Hal (registration from 10am).
Clore Ballroom
Royal Festival Hall
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Le Va's national 'Growing Pacific Solutions' bi-annual conferences have demonstrated that they are an effective platform to showcase innovative and integrated solutions that meet the needs of our Pasifika families.
As an outcome of Le Va's 2016 GPS Conference , participants identified a need to support the mental health and addiction workforce at regional and local levels to do the same. Le Va responded by co- facilitating GPS one-day regional seminars in Auckland on 28 June, Christchurch on 17 August, and Wellington on 6 September in collaboration with Drua for the Cutting- Edge Conference.
Regional mental health and addiction leaders co-designed GPS, prioritising cross-sector issues important for each region where integrated solutions are necessary. Suicide prevention was high priority.
The World Health Organisation posits that for effective prevention of suicide, coordination and collaboration among multiple sectors of society is required. A top priority of New Zealand's national mental health and addiction workforce action plan is to have a workforce that is integrated and connected across the continuum of care.
With this in mind, Le Va arranged an excellent line-up of speakers from across the continuum, including: community-based approaches, primary care, policy, research, district health boards, and post-vention services from within each of the regions.
The purpose of the GPS Satellite Seminars is to provide a platform, where mental health and addiction workforce are provided with integrated solutions that support services and people to achieve the best possible outcomes for Pasifika people and their families.
Each seminar was made relevant by co-designing the programme with local leadership – alumni of Le Va's Le Tautua leadership programme – to address local workforce needs.
The overarching objectives of the GPS Satellite Seminars were to:
In general, feedback regarding Le Va's inaugural GPS Satellite Seminars has been positive, with keen interest to see them continue in a regional capacity with local flavour. The following infographics and data outline evaluation and processes including:
Identifying integrated solutions across systems and sectors within each region involved careful CollaborAction with Le Tautua Alumni and local service providers. Feedback was sourced both from the local leadership, and the community (via survey monkey) to identify the needs of the community.
With Canterbury again being identified as having the highest suicide mortality rate by region in New Zealand, it was timely and appropriate.
Feedback was strong regarding Suicide Prevention strategies, followed closely by Self-care. Given the current state of play, suicide prevention featured in every seminar even though the Wellington Region seminar also included an Addictions focus to align with the Cutting-Edge conference, working closely with Drua (Pasifika Addiction Network), as requested by the network.
Le Va recognises that addressing mental health issues, in particular suicide prevention, requires a multi-layered approach. Le Va facilitated relationships across boundaries and opportunities for cross-pollination and co-design by first connecting with mental health leaders, including Le Tautua Alumni. Secondly, a survey was sent to networks and community to identify what was needed. Thirdly, connecting with local service providers across primary health, mental health, government, and public health, to provide different perspectives and strategies within each region.
Le Va are grateful for the continued invaluable insight and support of our Pasifika leaders.
The local representation and ability to network was well noted as an area of the seminar that worked well with comments such as:
The GPS Satellite seminars aimed to share innovative clinical, cultural and community practice through representation of a number of organisations, stakeholders and external agencies e.g. MSD, MOJ
Most presentations were received well, although some noted certain presenters were less relevant and engaging than others. Positive feedback included:
Curating knowledge and translate evidence informed policy and practice for the Pasifika workforce is no easy feat. We take our role in providing support, resources, and development to our Pasifika workforce. Generally, the seminars were received well, with feedback such as:
Further comments suggest continuation of the seminars would be ideal:
Read our GPS Satellite seminar presenter's biographies.
Find out more about the GPS bi-annual national conference.


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Business must keep up the momentum to reach 25% women on boards target - Cable
Women representation on FTSE 100 boards continues to increase.
Women representation on FTSE 100 boards continues to increase, but Business Secretary Vince Cable has cautioned that companies must not let up in their efforts to deliver 25% gender diversity to their boardrooms by 2015.
On 2 October 2014, statistics show that:
- FTSE 100 – women's representation on boards has increased to 22.8% - up from 20.7% in March 2014
- FTSE 250 – women's representation on boards has increased to 17.4% - up from 15.6% in March 2014
There are no all-male boards in the FTSE 100 as of July 2014. 20 more boards in the FTSE 250 have appointed at least one woman since March 2014 but 28 all-male boards remain. Today (9 October 2014) Vince Cable and Lord Davies have written to the chairmen of those remaining 28 companies urging them to look again at new talent.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said:
Although our target is in sight, we must keep up the momentum. All companies with fewer than 25% of women on their board need to take firm action now to increase female representation.
Outstanding progress has been made, but we need to see the pace increase within both FTSE 100 and 250 companies to reach our target by 2015.
Companies need to harness all available talent - better balanced boards are vital to securing the future competitiveness of UK.
Lord Davies said:
From a low start at 12.5% in 2011 to 22.8% today, progress of this order is by any standards an amazing achievement. Our goal is clearly in sight, albeit 25% is not gender parity.
Having reached a position where it is unacceptable for the voice of women to be absent from the boardroom, it is disappointing to see there are still 28 all-male boards in the FTSE 250. Every single company needs to address the issue of gender balance in the boardroom and make sure they support UK business in our collective goal.
Latest FTSE 100 figures also show (2 October 2014):
- women account for 27.9% of Non-Executive Directorships and 8.4% of Executive Directorships
- women account for 249 of the 1,094 FTSE100 board positions
- there have been 27 new female appointments in the last 6months; there were 33 in the previous 6 months
- 39 companies now have 25% or more women's representation on their boards, up from 36 in March 2014
- however, 7 companies have moved from above 25% representation to below since March 2014. Overall, there are 17 companies in the FTSE 100 whose women's representation figures have fallen in the last 6 months
- 31.8% of all new appointments in FTSE 100 went to women in the last 6 months, down from 35.5% in the previous 6 months
Latest FTSE 250 figures also show (2 October 2014):
- women now account for 17.4% of overall board directorships, up from 15.6% in March 2014 and 7.8% in 2011
- of this, women account for 22% of non-executive directorships and 5.1% of executive directorships
- 24.3% of all new appointments in FTSE 250 went to women in the last 6 months, down from 33.3% in the previous 6 months
Notes to editors:
- More information about the latest statistics can be found at 'Women on boards reports'.
- The names of the 28 FTSE 250 companies with all-male boards are:
- 3i Infrastructure plc (3i Infrastructure Ltd prior to 07/2008)
- Al Noor Hospitals Group plc
- Bank of Georgia Holdings plc
- BlueCrest AllBlue Fund Limited. (Close Allblue Fund Ltd prior to 06/2008)
- Brit plc
- Caledonia Investments plc
- Centamin plc (Centamin Egypt Ltd prior to 12/2011)
- City of London Investment Group plc
- Daejan Holdings plc
- Domino Printing Sciences plc
- Enterprise Inns plc
- Ferrexpo plc
- Fisher(James)& Sons plc
- Genus plc
- HellermannTyton Group plc
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc
- Hochschild Mining plc
- Hunting plc
- JD Sports Fashion plc (John David Group prior to 07/2008)
- Nostrum Oil & Gas plc (Nostrum Oil & Gas LP prior to 06/2014)
- PayPoint plc
- Perpetual Income and Growth Investment Trust plc
- Personal Assets Trust plc
- Petra Diamonds
- Riverstone Energy Ltd
- Scottish Investment Trust plc
- Synthomer plc (Yule Catto & Co plc prior to 12/2012)
- Telecom Plus plc
- A copy of Lord Davies's Review of Women on Boards annual report can be found at 'Women on boards reports'
- In February 2011 Lord Davies of Abersoch published his report Women on Boards which set out a strategy aimed at ensuring that more women were appointed to boardroom positions. He asked all FTSE 350 companies to set targets for the number of women they expected to have on their boards and executive committees in 2015. Lord Davies recommended that FTSE 100 boards should aim for a minimum 25% female representation on their boards by 2015.
- The Enhanced Code of Conduct was launched by Vince Cable on 1 July 2014. The Code gives recognition to those firms who have been most successful in the recruitment of women to FSTE 350 boards. More details of the Enhanced Code and its criteria can be found at Women on boards - Cable launches enhanced code for executive recruiters.
- In March 2014, an independent report into the transparency of the executive search agencies' Code of Conduct by Charlotte Sweeney was published. More details on this can be found at Headhunter reforms to boost female board appointments.
- The Equality and Human Rights Council has published their guidance on positive steps that can be taken to improve the representation of women on boards. More information can be found at Commission helps companies increase representation of women on boards


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Gratitude-Inspired Thanksgiving Activities for Families
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend." —Melody Beattie
The house smells of turkey and sage as my family eagerly gathers around the table. Like every year before, we join hands and take turns sharing what we are grateful for before tucking into the meal. A feeling of warmth spreads around the circle and just like that, we are full. True, our tummies are still grumbling in anticipation of the Thanksgiving day feast, but what we have in this moment is enough.
Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. For a long time, I thought it was because I had a particular affinity for turkey and stuffing, but I've come to realize it is actually because of my family's wonderful tradition of expressing our gratitude aloud. It makes me feel so present and full of life. Every year, I'm amazed what a little bit of gratitude can do for the spirit.
Now that there are little ones in my family, I've taken it upon myself to spice up our pre-dinner gratitude circle tradition. Over the years, I've discovered some fun, interactive, and engaging gratitude games that my whole family, both young and old, enjoy. So, if you're looking to have a little festive fun before the feast, here are my favorite gratitude-inspired Thanksgiving activities for families who want to fill themselves up with more than just turkey this year.
Gratitude Scavenger Hunt
There's nothing like a little fresh air and movement to work up an appetite for a big Thanksgiving day feast!
A few days before Thanksgiving, type up a list entitled "I found something I'm grateful for…" Below the heading, list items for your family members to find. Get creative and add things like "this is in the backyard" or "this is bright blue." Be sure to leave space for everyone to write what they found next to each item on the list. You can even find a pre-made list online if you don't want to make your own.
Once you've made copies for everyone, hand them out and set a timer for the task that gives everyone enough time to finish (about 45 minutes, depending on the length of the list). Let out your best turkey call when the time is up and have everyone gather in a circle to share what they found. Everyone will have so much fun reading their lists! Plus, it will make everyone aware of all the little things they normally take for granted.
The Thanksgiving Tree Centerpiece
This is an engaging and interactive Thanksgiving activity that connects the entire family and warms everyone's hearts. It takes the classic gratitude sharing circle to the next level by having everyone write what they are thankful for on a paper leaf cut-out and then using these responses to make a beautiful tree!
Since there is a bit of crafting involved in this one, make sure you get started a few days before your Thanksgiving gathering so you have everything in place for the big day.
Here are the steps involved in making a beautiful Thanksgiving tree centerpiece:
- Find a leaf shaped template online (about 2-3 inches in length) and print it out. Use it as a stencil to trace onto red, yellow, and orange construction paper. Cut out enough leaves so each member of the family has at least one.
- Punch a hole at one end of the leaf and tie a string through it to create a loop.
- Gather a bunch of thin branches from outside and arrange them in a vase. Place it in the center of the table.
- Write each guest's name on one side of each leaf. On the day of the feast, set one at each plate as cute place settings.
- Before dinner, have everyone write one thing they are thankful for on the back of their leaf (help the little ones write theirs if need be). When everyone is finished, go around the table and have everyone share what is on their leaf. As they do, they can hang their leaf on one of the branches in the center of the table.
When everyone has had a turn, encourage your guests to take a moment to admire the beauty of the Thanksgiving tree and reflect on how much there is to be grateful for. Not only is this a great way to start the Thanksgiving meal, you'll have a colorful, autumnal centerpiece!
The Gift of Giving Thanksgiving Gift Exchange
Of course, one of the most fun ways to express gratitude is by giving gifts! Having a Thanksgiving-inspired family gift exchange is a festive way to kick off the holiday season while showing your family members how thankful you are for them. Who says you have to wait until Christmas to give gifts?
My favorite thing to do for a Thanksgiving gift exchange is to set a fun theme—such as handmade gifts, fall favorites (think gourmet hot chocolate mixes and spice-scented candles), or pumpkin extreme. Once you've selected your theme, use an online Secret Santa Generator to determine who each person is giving a gift to. You can even use it to send invites, set spending limits, and communicate other details.
To make sure everyone gets something they truly want, have each person make a wishlist for their Secret Santa. Each person can write a heartfelt card to go along with their gift stating all the reasons they are grateful for their giftee.
After the Thanksgiving day feast and before the pumpkin pie, place all the gifts in one room in the house and let the unwrapping begin. The fun part is guessing who your secret Santa is! Of course, to complete the circle of giving thanks, remind everyone to send thank you notes for the gifts.
Thanksgiving Activities for Families to Cultivate Gratitude
Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to give thanks for all the good things we have in our lives. So often we rush through our days, never really pausing to appreciate all we have. While Thanksgiving does provide us with a much-needed pause, it's all too easy to get caught up in the cooking and forget to take time to count our blessings.
No matter which gratitude-inspired Thanksgiving activity you choose, the simple act of consciously giving thanks will undoubtedly enhance your enjoyment of this special holiday. And I hope it will inspire you to continually look for ways to express your gratitude and experience the fullness of life—all year long.
For more fantastic festive ideas for all occasions, check out our Elfster Blog or start an online gift exchange for a fun gift-giving game to play on any holiday. You can also connect with Elfster on Facebook, on Twitter @Elfster, or on Instagram @Elfster.
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brainstorms in sociable media (mas.961
as an æsthetic phenomenon is
existence and the world justified"
- nietzsche
impressionistic visualization of newsgroups as social ecologies
task of designing visualizations for newsgroups is a challenging
one, in part because there are so many possible factors which can
be modeled in the design. There is also a sheer overload of data
for possible inclusion in the visualization -- posts, threads, groups,
supergroups, and super-duper-groups -- creating a complex fractal
system. Netscan is a visualization which attempts to model
the fractal nature of newsgroups, visualizing supergroups as neighborhoods
in a city, where each neighborhood can be recursively deconstructed
into further smaller neighborhoods. Although successful at conveying
the relative sizes of different communities, the chief disadvantage
of this design is that the building blocks are all similar, even
self-similar at varying granularities. One challenge taken up by
the sketch presented below is trying to convey something more about
the milieu and the dynamics of each community,
beyond just relative magnitude.
we have argued that each newsgroup has a social ecology to it, meaning
that it is characterized by a unique system dynamic. We have described
three basic archetypes which can be a useful vocabulary to start
with: 1) information-seeking communities, 2) persona-building communities,
3) and community-building communities.
our sketch, we also choose to visualize communities as neighborhoods
in a city, as the city metaphor lends us the concept of fractalness,
and are also evocative of collaborative social spaces. Rather than
choosing generic base building blocks for the construction of our
city, we use a vocabulary of building blocks to convey first and
foremost, the ecological milieu of a group based on the three aforementioned
information-seeking community is one in which membership is not
stable, tenure is short, and the nature of dealings is akin to opportunistic
bartering of information. There is an aura of business (be it formal,
or informal) to this. Thus, we can visualizing this type of ecology
as a commercial space, as below:
commercial milieu pervades, but does not restrict the visualization
to repeating homogeneous units. Rather, there is an opportunity
for different compositions of commercial spaces to reflect factors
about the history of the space. The community above would represent
a commercial community that has been in service for a while. Tall
buildings are more or less representative of the established and
built-up nature of this community. Suppose that this community mapped
to a supergroup whose constituent groups were at various stages
of development. Skyscrapers represent well-established, smaller
buildings represent fairly established, and primordial agoras and
fairs represent a place just being built. Consider the powerful
contrast in the lifestages of a fairly advanced commercial space
(above) versus a fledgling space (below).
should the development of city structures be visual metaphors for
the lifestage of a newsgroup? In many ways, development suggests
that there is an established process and an established
reputation that a newsgroup exists for some information service
value. Some information-swapping newsgroups which have long been
in existence have some organization, such as FAQs, and threads and
sub-groups constituting a fairly clean and organized partitioning
of the information-space. Other newsgroups such as misc.kids.pregnancy
have established information partitionings inherent in the topic
matter (pregnancy happens to involve a small, fixed set of events
and stages). Although I have argued that the tenure is short in
information-seeking communities, what participants do leave behind
is some notion of process, molding some structure in the
types of questions, responses, and threads.
on, persona-building groups have a social ecology focused around
the satisfaction, entertainment, and catharsis of the members. There
is a sense of competition rather than cooperation, and a sense of
theatrical exaggeration rather than down-to-earth modesty. In such
ecologies, the niche roles played by members can be highly differentiated
from each other as there is a pigeonhole-type competition which
seems to exist. A good visual metaphor for this can be found in
entertainment and amusements, such as a coliseum, circus, casino,
nightclub, etc. Amusements and spectacles convey the ecology's sense
of social indulgence, catharsis, theatrical performance, exaggeration,
and competition. The sketch below could represent an amusement and
spectacles neighborhood.
as skyscrapers and flea markets demonstrate a contrast in the lifestages
of information-seeking forums, the sophistication of the amusements
and spectacles can demonstrate the varying lifestages of persona-building
there are the community-building forums such as cancer support newsgroups.
The primary characteristic of these social ecologies is communion,
and long tenures. I like to think of these neighborhoods as the
residential variety, with plenty of public works, and playgrounds,
which to me represent artifactual symbols of the common good.
People don't move very often, and thus, the long tenure of forum
members. We can conceive of such forums as communities, as pictured
show the contrast of lifestages of such a community, we can think
of a mature community as one with many public works, population
density, and well-manicured houses and lawns.
the proposed visualization design, the emphasis has thusfar been
on helping a person understand the milieu and social ecologies of
groups, super-groups, and super-duper-groups. We have introduced
a vocabulary of three basic neighborhood types: commercial, entertainment,
and residential. We've also introduced the notion of lifestages
and explained how the developmental stage of a community can communicate
the history and organization of a forum. However, we need to further
address how the day-to-day dynamics of groups can be conveyed.
buildings and physical structures in neighborhoods represents the
established order of each forum, then the good maintainence and
up-keep of these structures represents that a newsgroup is healthy
and not in decay or abandonment. The populatedness of neighborhoods
can be represented by an animation of people fluxing within a neighborhood.
The volume of communication and posts within a community can be
visualized as transportation such as planes, roads, and trains.
This is also a possible way to communicate that forums are strongly
linked by cross-posting and common membership.
planning is another give away. Forums which have built up slowly
and evolved steadily will look like an intricately planned and populated
neighborhood like a european neighborhood. Forums which have been
conceived with a cut and dry organization and mission statement
will look like a monoculture california neighborhood. Forums which
built up very quickly around a hot topic and then suffering abandonment
will look like a Calico of sorts. The decay of buildings seems like
a perfect way to represent the decline of a forum's prominence.
A moderated,
very clean neighborhood would map well to a neighborhood with structure
and formality while an moderated spammed neighborhood might look
like the wild wild west, with crimes and decay represented by police
and fires and slums.
versus high-turnover of membership can be represented by animations
of emigration and immigration into a community.
these ecological milieus as building blocks, and given the range
and complexity of social dynamics that can be realized as visual
animations of these neighborhoods, we can think of combining and
composing these neighborhoods into burroughs (to represent super-groups).
We can either tile these building blocks as below, but better yet,
we can take just the major components and only show those (to reduce
information complexity).
our visualization model has focused on a landscape scale of public
newsgroups. Because we have chosen a very fractal-friendly representation,
we can also focus on the happenings of a particular newsgroup at
the conversational scale. At once, we realize that we can leverage
our three socio-ecological building blocks to guide us in deciding
what to visualize.
information-seeking groups, the transaction is commercial. If we
go for an abstract visualization, we can certainly just bubble up
topic keywords representing the information transacted and super-impose
this over the neighborhood. Or we could create transactional animations
within particular structures. In an agora, or in a bank, or a business,
answers and questions are transacted in various ways.
persona-building groups, the development of individual larger-than-life
characters is the emphasis. Perhaps each important person can be
visualized as an amusement or spectacle, such as a circus ride or
sporting venue. Thus the patronage success of the spectacle can
visually codify the reputation of a person.
a community-building group, a person is measured by the contribution
and acceptance of a person into a community. We can visualize members
with tenure as houses in a residential street. The better their
reputation, the more well-manicured and pristine and grand are their
general, there are a plethora of available metaphors for codifying
as much or as little information about a conversation as the designer
desires, be it the abstract superposition of topic keywords over
a neighborhood, or codifying information in the behaviors and activities
of particular buildings and people in a neighborhood.
experience group
computing group
at media dot mit dot edu


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Do not despair that only the rich, powerful, and connected have made windfalls from sub-prime, for the foresight for successful financial planning can be yours as well! Celebrity stock investors of Manhattan employ former Chair People of the US Federal Reserve, while their iconic financial institution neighbors appoint a former British Prime Minister to their Boards, but you can use business management fundamentals to achieve the same financial planning ends. There is never a guarantee that your earnings will match the fairy tale riches of former regulators, ambassadors, and politicians, but the downsides of losses-material and of face-are proportionately lower as well. We can all learn from the calculated moves of sophisticated and successful stock investors, and improve our own financial planning as a specific result. We are pleased to start this new series-participative as always- on how to profit from gross errors of financial governance.
Networking for Exclusive Financial Planning Tips
Networking in stock investment circles is fraught with dangers, since misinformation abounds. Information that truly represents how stocks may behave in future is tightly controlled, and any breach of a stock market circle results in permanent expulsion. However, the more immediate hurdle that faces lay stock investors is how to establish bonds with former regulators, ambassadors, and heads of State? The truth is that no Chair Person of a Federal Reserve, Securities and Exchange Commission, or head of any key government office, works in isolation. Therefore, even if you have no access to people who have been in privileged positions, nothing stops you from consulting with individuals who have been in lower rungs of influential organizations. You can even form investor clubs with them, and make substantial stock market gains! An investor club can be treated as a Trust under US tax laws.
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The individuals and organizations, who have hired former Chair People of the US Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ambassadors, and heads of allied governments, do not depend on these privileged contacts alone for their stock market forays. No one can complete creative financial planning through power meals or lectures alone. One must go through reams of data to validate hypotheses about how the stock market will behave in future. The people who have profited by predicting the sub-prime crisis had to sift through innumerable possibilities, before they stumbled upon the stock investment opportunity presented by financial institutions dealing in loans that customer could not afford. They do not rest of their stock laurels, and work on finding other large losses of the future, to sell short at the right time. Hard work is cut out for the members and consultants of your investor club!
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Huffington Post~ In K-12 classrooms everywhere are children at risk for being misunderstood, medically mislabeled, and educationally misplaced. Not limited to one gender, race, ethnicity or socioeconomic group, they could be the children of your neighbors, your friends, your siblings, and even yourself.
These at-risk children are gifted children.
Contrary to common stereotypes, giftedness is not synonymous with high academic achievement. The gifted student archetype, while expected to be a mature classroom leader, does not fit all gifted students. Some are the class clowns, the lonely awkward child in the back row, the troublemaker. Special needs classrooms are where a number of gifted children end up -- their giftedness left unsupported.
Wasting much of their day in unsuitable classrooms, gifted kids may behave in unacceptable ways. Despite giftedness being akin to a special need, funding for it is scarce and the needs of gifted minority and poor are repeatedly and shamefully overlooked. Visual-spatial learners whose learning methods conflict with typical classrooms are also misunderstood. While classrooms need to be academically challenging, for many that also requires sensitivity to cultural, racial and linguistic diversity. Learning strengths, too. Such solutions are not always generally available.
Dr. William H. Smith, former dean of the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences, stated, "Giftedness can be confused with some psychiatric disorders, obscure other disorders, and it often needs to be included in treatment planning."
But many gifted children are never identified. Gifted identification is mandated in only 32 states, and funded in fewer. Most teachers receive only minimal instruction on the identification and management of gifted children. The term gifted tends to evoke elitism, and serious attention is rarely paid to gifted children who are other than high achieving.
A prevalent belief persists that one cannot both be gifted yet struggling in school. Many parents also discount giftedness when their children's abilities are uneven or counteracted by other difficulties. Yet some gifted children who have unrecognized learning disorders may initially excel in school, until they hit a limit where their compensatory skills unravel.
The 2010 American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Mental Health reported that nearly 37 percent of children and adolescents either met the DSM criteria for a mental health diagnosis or showed some impairment in functioning. ADHD is seen in nearly 1 in 10 children. Autism spectrum disorders are seen in 1 in 50 children.
This is a global crisis. Pediatric primary care physicians diagnose psychiatric conditions andprescribe psychotropic medicine, but rarely feel adequately prepared by their training to do so.
Highly gifted children are a particular diagnostic challenge. They seem to be wired differently and have developmental trajectories that differ from the norm. Many gifted kids experience the world with heightened and vivid intensities and sensitivities that may be a big plus (allowing them to become creative artists, scientists, inventors, and humanitarians) but also can be a big minus (subjecting them to sometimes overwhelming emotions and worrisome and unacceptable behaviors).


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Confessions of a Disorganized Writer: My Writing Routine
Getting Back Into the Swing of Things
I'll tell you a secret: I got burned out on creative writing about seven years ago.
I have loved creative writing ever since I could physically write words on paper–even before then, actually.
Recently I've been feeling the push and the motivation to write again. In all honesty I'm not completely sure where this came from…I just started imagining my future and remembered how I used to dream of being a writer. And then the itch to write again started to trickle into my mind and my hands.
I found the fraction of a manuscript I managed to crank out two years ago for NaNoWriMo (that's National Novel Writing Month, for all you writing newbies out there) and started out slow, with editing. That was all I did for the first couple days. I read back through, at first not even with any intention of working anymore on it. At that point I was just curious what words had spilled out of my heart in November of 2015.
But then I realized, I loved this story. I wanted to know how it ended.
And that meant I had to keep going with it.
So I did.
And ever since then I have been absolutely obsessed with the feeling of putting words on pages, of creating something that sounds nice and flows well and tells a story that no one else has ever told before.
I love the secrecy of it all.
No one has to know this story until I am ready for them to. For now, it is all mine. The characters are mine, the plotline is mine, and the wording is mine. I can manipulate it however I choose.
Then, someday when I am ready for someone else to know this thing I have created, I can send it out into the world.
But for now it's all simple and quiet. I can write with no consequences; I can not write with no consequences. There is no pressure at all. That changes once you are published, but until then, it's all up to you.
And I love that.
Finding a Routine that Works
Along with this rekindled love came the awareness that I am not a naturally organized person. I adore structure, but my life has absolutely zero structure or organization unless I am very intentional about it. My writing routine is the same way. Here's a glimpse into how I make myself stay organized.
Step one
Step one is planning out my week. I use an actual planner–the kind that has a monthly view and a weekly view.
The weekly view is the most important part, as this is where I write down my goals for each day. I try to stay realistic about what I can accomplish each day. For instance, on Wednesdays I work about twelve hours, and sometimes I just really need to sleep in and so usually only 0-1 things get done. Other days, though (Fridays!) I have almost unlimited time.
At first I thought that working like this was going to make me feel stifled. After all, wasn't my writing freedom (from deadlines, expectations from publishers, expectations from readers, etc.) what I loved about the whole thing?
But this step, I have found, is actually crucial. Because a secret that I usually keep from even myself is that I thrive on organization, on planners, on self-set deadlines. I thrive on doing a little every day.
Step Two
It's simple: I just do what I plan to do. Some days slip by without anything getting done at all, and that's okay. That's where grace comes in.
Grace is important. Especially when it comes to extending it to yourself.
If you're curious how I manage to actually get step two done, scroll down to "My Writing Process."
Step three
I write what I actually did each day on the monthly view page. This helps me go back and compare my daily goals with my actual accomplishments, and that helps me shape my future goals. It's also sort of a reward in and of itself. It feels good to write down a list of accomplishments for the day.
Try tailoring your routine to your personality. Do you write best whenever inspiration strikes? Do you, like me, need to force yourself into some semblance of discipline? Do you write best in the morning or at night? Or maybe when the kids are at school? Or driving down the road while you're eating soup?
My Writing Routine
Today I'm going to tell you something that I have never shared before: how I actually write.
I write when I'm the most productive.
This means I sit down in front of my laptop in the morning, while I'm drinking my coffee, because this is when I am the most alert and motivated. Something about a new day and some caffeine really gets my imagination going.
Did I mention that I really need coffee?
For some reason having a mug of coffee to sip as I type is what gets my brain into writing/working mode. If it's later in the day, herbal tea will do. I just really need something warm and comforting. Maybe it makes me feel like a real, stereotypical writer. I don't know.
I get comfortable.
As much as I can, I go to my favorite coffee shop. It has an absolutely incredible set up in the back of the shop for people working by themselves, and I go there whenever I can afford it. If I know I've been going too much, I find a comfortable place at home. DON'T TRY TO WRITE IN YOUR BED, THOUGH. This WILL make you sleepy.
I find inspiration.
Sometimes I click over to a blog post someone has made about the craft of writing and that will inspire me. Sometimes it's a random snippet of a conversation I heard earlier, or a news story. Maybe this step is just a form of procrastination, but at least it's educational, right?
I do the part that I'm most excited about first.
Today is Tuesday, November 28th, and if you'll take a glance up at the picture of my planner above, I have four tasks written down for today. I'm tackling the first, drafting a post, because I really wanted to write this post. I've noticed that if I try to do something I'm not as excited about first, I usually lose my excitement that I originally had and then I stop having fun altogether. It just becomes another obligation. My writing is generally better, and I am a happier person, if I check things off my list when I actually want to do them. Of course, some days you've just gotta get things over with, but usually I can afford to work this way.
I take breaks.
Or, at least, I know I should. I've heard that the 15-5 ratio is ideal: 15 minutes of work, 5 minute break. Over and over and over.
I just start writing.
I don't always feel like it, and neither will you. But I crank out at least ten minutes every day. There are days where I tell myself I'll do ten minutes, and then I find myself still writing two hours later and I still don't want to stop. It's sort of like that old adage, "Put on your workout clothes and drive to the gym, and then decide whether or not you'll work out today."
Are You a Writer?
Tell me about your latest project in the comments! I love reading other people's blogs and/or a little about their books! I would also love to hear about your writing process. It's fodder for #4 up there. 🙂
Until next time,


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Join Ellie Morrison as she catches up with Award-winning interior designer Beth Webb who shares how-to's on designing with velvet…and introduces her new book An Eye for Beauty: Rooms that Speak to the Senses.
Napoleon Bonaparte once said, "A throne is only a bench covered in velvet." It's the fabric of Kings: from velvet capes to gloves and gowns–even when we see a crown–there isn't anything not to love about the luxury fabric. When it comes to decorating an interior, a little bit of velvet goes a long way. Here are three ideas for how to give your home that royal touch:
1. A statement love seat.
2. A plush accent chair.
3. Textured throw pillows.
Beth's new book An Eye for Beauty: Rooms that Speak to the Senses focuses on designing a home to reflect the homeowner and their evolving style. In the lavishly illustrated book, Webb designs each room as an environment that speaks to the 5 senses. Webb explores design in a way that provokes emotion through sight and touch to create the perfect setting for living well. Webb is a lover of clean lines and tailoring, which is all derived from her background in fine arts. Her book provides interior design enthusiasts with the ability to draw inspiration and create spaces that are timeless.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Beth Webb has a masters from Sotheby's in London and started her career as an art dealer. She is the Creative Director of Beth Webb Interiors and has been featured in Elle Decor, Veranda, House Beautiful, and was included in Luxe Magazines Gold List in 2017. Along with her many accomplishments, Webb also serves on the board of the Design Leadership Network and The Florence Academy of Art.
Photography © Beth Webb: An Eye for Beauty: Rooms that Speak to the
Senses By Beth Webb, Rizzoli New York, 2017.
Follow @BethWebb to see beauty daily, through her eyes.