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Oh wowza. How do I begin? Well, I definitely wish I knew about this place way sooner. To be quite honest, everyone in Edmonton really should know about it. My dad was sharing some Edmonton diner history with me, like how there used to be plenty on Jasper Ave. It's unfortunate that a lot of these places are all gone now and being replaced with many franchise and common chained restaurants. Now, this was my first time eating at Route 99, so I haven't experienced plenty of their menu, but eventually I will. I have high hopes that I'll feel the same way about this diner.
|Donair Burger with tomatoes, onions, lettuce and tzatziki sauce
Alrighty, so this is the lovely Donair Burger. Not going to lie, I'm quite excited to share my thoughts about this burger because it brings back one of my favorite memories. Now, this is kind of a random, long-shot question, but ever try a donair from Mr.D's Greek Deli at the Pike Market in Seattle? (http://mrdsgreekdelicacies.netfirms.com/) Those of you who have, you know what I'm probably thinking, best donairs ever! Those of you who haven't well I'll just tell you a little something something about them. First, my mouth is watering right now just thinking about them. Second, their donairs are so refreshing. Now, I'm not hating and saying the local donair places aren't good here. They are, but personally I feel like it's all the same; heavy, spicy, greasy donair meat with standard pita bread, tomato, lettuce, onions, cheese and sweet sauce/tzatziki sauce. Mr.D's donairs...woahh. Their ingredients are the same, but oh so different. Major factor, the meat that they use. They have the regular beef and chicken, but also have lamb. Fresh vegetable ingredients and their tzatziki sauce....oh my Lord. Let's just say this, describing it is one thing, but experiencing it is another. Back to the point, the burger. This reminded me of all of that delicious experience that I had and each and every part, up to the tzatziki sauce, was amazing. Tzatziki sauce is very important to me because I'm not a big fan. The only places that I'll ever have it is at Mr.D's and now Route 99. I've tried grocery ones, ones from one of the Banff restaurants...don't like it.
This may not seem like a big deal, but I definitely noticed that even their Caesar salad tasted better than places like The Keg. I could be wrong about this, but from what I tasted it seemed like they mixed in lemon juice instead of dropping a slice for customers to squeeze it on themselves. Also, my dad suggested it could be because they make their own Caesar salad dressing. I'll keep it in mind and ask the next time, but I thought that was a nice small detail that needs recognition.
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'Inspiration' ~ noun.
Creativity, enthusiasm, genius, imagination, influence, motivation, muse, spur, stimulus.
With the publication of the latest (March 2015) statutory guidance for Careers guidance & inspiration in schools it becomes more and more obvious that schools can no longer rely on a brief careers interview in Y11 to fulfil their duty in this regard. Indeed the inclusion of the word inspiration in the title is a very broad hint that the "duty" of the past will no longer be sufficient.
Who wouldn't rather be inspiring than merely fulfil their obligations?
For all but a lucky few extremely well resourced & staffed schools, this will mean that it cannot be the role of just one person or department, but rather involve ALL staff, SLT, and even dragging local business people off the street. Well, inviting them in, anyway.
My previous blog on this subject https://dhsbteaching.org.uk/2015/01/20/careers-in-the-classroom/ encouraged the start of subject teacher involvement; here are a few hopefully more specific ways you can engage, and inspire.
Firstly, most subject teachers will also have some kind of pastoral responsibility as a form tutor, house leader or similar, and in this role will have to deal with many everyday catastrophes and quandaries. This should naturally extend itself into career guidance, albeit of a general nature, and also referrals to a specialist as appropriate. I often get requests for careers interviews from HoH for a student who is not necessarily wanting specific advice but may be generally unfocussed and in need of suggestions and possibilities. Many teachers are parents of teenage children, too, bringing their experience of all the coexisting confrontation and communication breakdowns…
Teachers will often have had careers experiences of their own before coming to teaching, and will certainly have gone through the trials and tribulations of choosing a degree subject and a university. At my school I regularly update a spreadsheet of subject/specialism and university/college which is shared with Y12 – if one of them is considering a particular place this immediately gives them a new source of guidance. We also have as a warm up activity for Y10 a powerpoint of "previous lives" – which member of staff used to work at the Foreign Office? Who was a cheese expert and also a parachute instructor? (That wasn't me, although the cheese sounds good…)
Probably even more relevant in this age when we are told that most of us will enjoy several separate "careers" rather than the old job for life scenario.
Teachers also need to introduce links to the business world within their subjects; easier in some than others, I know, but do-able for all. Why not challenge each Head of Department to arrange at least one employer visit/workplace trip over the year, and report back. Immediate evidence of real world engagement and not too heavy a burden for anyone.
I recently took a group of students to a local building development, just for a couple of hours, and they were fascinated to hear real people (as opposed to teachers) telling them of the range of opportunities, the rewards available, and the employability skills needed, which leads us neatly to my final point.
As well as subject specific links such as the use of scientific processes in forensic medicine or development of new pasty products for a food manufacturer (both of which we have undertaken with local employers over the past couple of years) there are also those generic employability skills such as communication and team work that can be cross curricular. We are developing, with other local secondary schools, an Employability Passport – a kind of in-house D of E award – to realise, recognise and reward some of these skills, which will have the backing of local employers, council and universities. If a student can act as a leader whilst overseeing a school production, or fulfil peer mentoring duties with younger students for a year, these activities are surely as valuable as a grade at GCSE?
These four elements will need, as I have stated previously, to be given the full backing of senior leaders. They are those ultimately responsible for the fulfilment of the statutory duty, after all.
The teachers? They are too busy being inspiring!
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Made this little puppy for one of the ladies in my bible studies class for her son who is having a hard time with his daddy leaving for navy duty. I pray that it will bring him comfort.
I tried experimenting with making homemade caramel. It didn't work quite as I had hoped. The caramel kept sliding off the apples. However, they still tasted great and the girl scouts devoured them!


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This year we decided to plant a garden and thought more of it as a test run but it's been growing and producing really well. We both have a new found love for gardening and find it very gratifying. We've learned a lot already and we're making notes for next years garden.
Learned too late what to do for our cauliflower plant. Til next year!
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Richard Robert Zaun, 81
A longtime resident of Jordan, MN, Richard Robert Zaun, age 81, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 1, 2018 at the Belle Plaine Lutheran Home. Family and friends are welcome to attend a graveside service honoring Richard's life on Saturday, January 6 at 2 pm, at Spirit Hill Cemetery. Pastor Elden Eklund will lead the service. A complete obituary will be published in the January 11, 2018 Times.


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Increasing a vehicle's fuel economy by 1 mpg can save a 300-vehicle fleet as much as $54,000 per year. Fleet managers can take action today to start decreasing fuel consumption in executive vehicle fleets.
A fleet manager can't control the market forces driving average national fuel prices to $4 per gallon in some markets, eating into the company's bottom line. However, there are some things you can do right now to soften the impact of volatile fuel prices and squeeze as much fuel savings as possible from the company's vehicle fleet.
Consider these scenarios based on improving fuel economy by just 1 mpg (from 22 to 23 mpg) at $3.65 per gallon:
■ At 15,000 miles per year, annual fuel savings per vehicle is $108.
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■ At 25,000 miles per year, annual fuel savings per vehicle is $180.
If a fleet operates 300 vehicles at 25,000 miles per year, and is able to attain an extra mile per gallon in savings on each vehicle, annual fuel costs can be conceivably cut by as much as $54,000 for the 300 units.
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According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), aggressive driving (such as speeding, rapid acceleration, and braking) can lower fuel economy by 33 percent at highway speeds and by 5 percent on city streets. Save fuel by holding drivers accountable to observe speed limits and avoid harsh stop-and-go driving.
2. Eliminate Unnecessary Idling
A typical executive vehicle can waste 0.2 gallons of fuel per hour while idling, according to the EPA. Therefore, unnecessary idling, even just one hour per day, can waste as much as $189 per year, per vehicle, based on $3.65 per gallon.
A fuel savings calculator is provided by the Argonne National Laboratory, one of the U.S. Department of Energy's oldest and largest national laboratories for science and engineering research. To access it, visit: www.transportation.anl.gov/engines/idling.html.
3. Maintain Optimal Tire Pressure
According to the EPA, fuel economy can be improved up to 3.3 percent by keeping tires inflated to the proper pressure. The government says under-inflated tires can lower gas mileage by 0.4 percent for every pound per square inch (psi) drop in pressure. For example, if each tire on a vehicle was under-inflated by just 10 psi, the result would be 16-percent drop in fuel economy. (Check the label on the driver's side door jam or consult the owner's manual for the proper tire pressure for the vehicle.)
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Sun, 17 January 2010 at 7:02 pm
Matthew Morrison & Cory Monteith - Golden Globes 2010 Red Carpet
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The land of forgotten crafts…
Sometimes their are craft projects that I get really excited about….
Sometimes I get so excited I go straight out to buy the required materials….
Sometimes I start these projects at my very next possible opportunity….
Sometimes I don't get the appropriate amount of time to finish these projects in one setting….
Sometimes I start this process right back at the top BEFORE I finish the last project….
Sometimes this drives me crazy….
Sometimes I'm okay with it as long as I have another project to be excited about….
Sometimes I wonder if I will ever actually finish craft projects I was once VERY excited about….
Enter the Land of Forgotten Crafts!!! (It's a scary place let me tell you, enter IF you dare! )
Exhibit A: Felt Heart Wreath….
When I started this it was uhhh January and I was right on track for having this ittle girl on my front door by February…. above is as far as I got. My problem was I was WAY to precise when cutting the circles AND packed them way too tight together. It did give it a very cute full look but lets be realistic I wasn't going to make the amount of red circles I needed to complete it. My idea to rescue this poor wreath from The Land of Forgotten Crafts was to take out
all my original hard work the felt circles and put them back in more sparse as well as cut the remaining amount of red felt that I had left. So here I go…
(Click pictured below to make them bigger)
If you would like to see the tutorial I used it is HERE. The things I did different was, mark little dots on the wreath so I could space the one row perfectly. Then after the first row go back and add another and so on. That way its more even… before it was wayyyyy bottom/right heavy.
Okay, one craft rescued from The Land of Forgotten Crafts MANY more to go….


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There are many versions of AGFA Isolette, I will be reviewing AGFA Isolette I, which I own, here. It is a medium format wonder! Due to its collapsible nature it is the most convenient middle format camera to take with you ! I LOVE my Isolette :D
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The Isolette is a bellows camera and its compact nature coupled with the fantastic AGFA lenses makes it a very efficient medium format Lomography camera for quick sniping of great shots! Just press the button to unfold the camera and shoot as if it was your Smena 8M! It is full of manual camera goodness including multiple exposures and bulb setting for long exposures !
The greatest problem is to find one in good working condition. The bellows and the shutter are sensitive to the ravages of time and most often than not these are ancient relics found in attics, exposed to not-so-ideal conditions. These problems can be fixed however, it just takes some time and someone knowledgeable. I was lucky with my Isolette and it works perfectly.
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Benini Sculpture Ranch welds steel to landscape
In the hilly scrub country six miles west of Johnson City, where the creeks are dry but thirsty cedar and live oak thrive on taproot springs, and the occasional tribe of Angora goats wanders, a steel sentinel guards the turn off U.S. 290 to Flat Creek Road.
This is LBJ country, longhorn country, but this steer looks like what might happen if a bull mated with a Harley.
It is constructed of welded chrome and rusted steel, solid and lethal, reflecting the hot Texas sun.
"Marathon" greets the thousands of guests from all over the country who make the trek each year to the Benini Studio and Sculpture Ranch, an artistic utopia easily accessed by cattle guard.
On 145 wild acres once owned by Lyndon Baines Johnson — LBJ's "Deer Ranch" — the Italian artist Benini and his wife, Lorraine Benini, have created a sculpture sanctuary featuring monumental outdoor works by regional, national and international contemporary artists. Among those artists is Bettye Hamblen Turner, the sculptor from the West Texas town of Miles who transmogrifies scraps of metal into realistic facsimiles of livestock, such as "Paladin," another steel steer on the ranch, or "Hi-Ho," a chrome horse.
"Frankly," says the white-bearded Benini, 70, who is originally from Imola, a town in the province of Bologna, in north-central Italy, "we moved to the Hill Country in the pursuit of privacy and to enjoy the landscape familiar to me via the 'far West' American movies of the 1940s."
That was 11 years ago. The Beninis, who then lived in Hot Springs, Ark., refurbished a stone and cedar house with a panoramic vista from Rattlesnake Mountain and converted a 12,000-square-foot quonset hut, rumored to have been the hangar for LBJ's helicopters, into a large gallery space for their art and books. They began placing their personal collection of sculpture around the ranch.
"That's how the whole thing started," Benini says. "While I enjoy living with the work, I also know the incredible amount of work on Lorraine's shoulders. Selfishly, I maintain my routine of painting all night and attend to the ranch in the daytime hours."
"The artists love their work outdoors in the big Texas sky," Lorraine says.
One of those is Rhode Island figurative artist Walter Horak, who calls the "human form my metaphorical language" and finds "the expressive potential of the human form endlessly compelling."
"It's a rare venue for sculptors in terms of its magnificent setting," says Horak, whose works at the ranch include "Transit," a bronze featuring a male figure, arms outstretched, balanced on the shoulders of another, arms outstretched, head bowed, atop a cylindrical pedestal. "Even rarer are the Beninis' vision and generosity. Their support for artists is unmatched in my 30-year experience showing in galleries throughout the country."
Visitors to the sculpture ranch can walk or drive caliche roads around the property, encountering new works at literally every turn.
Pat Musick's viking ship (or is it a baby dinosaur?) made from old scrap wood is tucked into the shadows of a live oak, while Scott Sustek's works "Supernova" and "Moon Gate" bear the full brunt of the sun. John Weber's kinetic metal flowers grow from the hilltop, petals rotating like a child's whirligig, while the wind spins several of Jim LaPaso's stainless steel creations that dot the landscape. The tall figures of Won Lee's "Mediators" remind the viewer a little bit of Giacometti, while Bobby Hamric's colorful cubes from his "Happiness" series are aptly named.
There are around 100 of them in all, by 45 artists from as far away as Korea and Paraguay — and Blanco.
"These are all friends," Lorraine says. "We've known most of these artists for years. They range from Harvard grads to self-taught."
Benini's own "Five Bucks, One Blue," an installation of a herd of five realistic deer of cast aluminum grazing under a huge tree, one of them painted blue, is subtly suspended from the ground.
"You know why?" Lorraine, behind the wheel of a gas-powered golf cart, asks. "Because during rutting season, real bucks come up and fight them and knock them down. But we've found that if you suspend them, and they can sway a little, the bucks leave them alone."
To be considered for the sculpture ranch, artworks have to be tall enough to be clearly seen, about 10 feet, Lorraine says, and "strong and heavy enough to withstand the Texas winds up here." Even metal works have been blown down the hill before.
Almost all the sculptures are for sale, with prices ranging in the thousands of dollars, except for those that the Beninis have acquired themselves for permanent exhibition.
"Benini doesn't believe in making money off of other aritsts, but sometimes artists insist we take a percentage of their purchase price, and that goes into an acquisition fund to buy more sculpture," says Lorraine, 63, who manages her husband's career.
A writer and filmmaker with a degree in anthropology, Lorraine has been with Benini for 33 years, since she met him while covering one of the nearly 200 one-man shows on his résumé for a Florida newspaper.
"Benini likes to say that the interview isn't over yet," she says with a smile.
Raised in Italy, Benini worked in the cruise industry before "jumping ship" in New York in 1965, Lorraine says. He eventually landed in Freeport, Grand Bahama, but spent time all over the world before settling in Texas. He had his first solo exhibition in Milan in 1962.
"Having left home at 15, I supported myself by selling small landscapes that I painted by the road as I had seen others in Italy do," Benini says. "No ambition involved — just a survival instinct that served me well in my younger years. The lessons and uncertainty of this kind of life helped me later on to negotiate a life of creativity in the field I had instinctively chosen. The exposure to literature and life in 10 different countries rounded out my formative years into a deep understanding of the universality of man."
He is more painter than sculptor, and the large gallery and studio space on the ranch, with its curved metal roof and stone façade, holds more than 45 years of his work.
It's a unique opportunity to witness the evolution of a single artist, from nudes in a hard-edged style in the '70s (he used nothing but yellow in 1973-74), to later futuristic geometric paintings on canvas attached to shaped aluminum sheets, to an explosively colorful series called "Courting Kaos." Lately, Benini has been making powerful abstract works of red splashed with gold and pink he calls the "Face of God" series.
Until 1987, the rose was a frequent image in Benini's work, perhaps, Lorraine says, because his grandmother had a rose garden in Italy with "flowers so big he could bury his head in them."
"But it is," she adds, "a perfect symbol to explore line and color as an artist."
Benini isn't saying, but he does believe "that living fully a life of choice naturally combines the realms of brain and heart and completes oneself. Such knowledge ultimately manifests itself into the work."
For more information, a map and directions, visit sculptureranch.com


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Not too long ago, I heard from a client who we were helping through a name change. He was frustrated with his team because they were whining and complaining about a possible name change and how it could affect them. In one of the funniest Brand Champion moments, he sends out an email to his team calling them "pink thong wearing she-makes," and told them that they should stop their whining, be patient, and allow us to get through the process. When I read the email, I about peed my pants from laughing so hard, but he was right; that is what Brand Champions do.
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3) Determination – The will to succeed is huge for a Brand Champion and it takes determination to lead a team to win. All business leaders and Brand Champions will face challenges, but it takes an unrivaled determination and will to win in the face of any and all challenges. Determination is one of the qualities that all Brand Champions share.
4) Improvisation – Brand Champions all have to improvise and have the ability to adapt to challenges. When your brand takes off, improvisation will play a huge roll. Challenges will arise where your improvisation skills will be tested. You must adapt and stay ahead of the pack that's coming after you.
5) Leadership – One of the main purposes of a Brand Champion, and vital to the organization, is the ability to provide leadership. Brand Champions must guide their companies to fulfill their brand promise so they can be leaders in their market space. They need a leader who can drive them to be the best brand as well as embrace challenges and change.
6) Boldness – Just like my client who called out his team for whining, crying, and complaining, being a Brand Champion sometimes requires you to be bold and decisive. Since brands can't stay static, you have to evolve and grow as a company along with your brand. If you want to make that happen, it requires a Brand Champion to be bold.
One of my favorite phrases we like to say around here is, "Branding ain't for sissies." A brand Champion must possess nerves of steel, presidential qualities, a positive attitude, determination, improvisation, boldness, and decisiveness. You must stay ahead of the pack, own your space, be the best, and produce results. Practice and hold these values true and be your company's Brand Champion!


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Before doing this program, I had gone through 12 years of seeing different holistic & integrative practitioners (as well as getting a Master's degree at an integrative health school) and had reached a dead end on my health journey. I was still not feeling as energetic and vital as I knew was possible in my mid-40's.
I had been listening to the Women's Wellness Radio podcast and really liked what Bridgit and Ann had to say and had a feeling they were offering some cutting edge lab tests that my other functional medicine doctor didn't use.
The gut test found several things other tests hadn't and the hormone test gave so much more information than the previous hormone tests I had done. Ann's functional diagnostic nutrition coaching has been brilliant and even though I am still on the journey, every month I am feeling more and more vibrant!
I've had a long lifetime of being sick and "figuring out" what is wrong with me. Being a Holisitic Health Coach myself, and looking up to both practitioners, I jumped at the chance to work with them. I was happy to go through the protocol to get to the root cause of my issue. I had ended up having SIBO which had never been a diagnosis for me.
Finding that out was so helpful for me to start truly healing my body. It also gave me a very eye-opening insight to why I haven't gotten pregnant. I feel happy knowing where I'm going with my health and confident moving forward. I would actually do another program right away to keep the momentum going. Thanks, Ann and Bridgit.
Working with Bridgit and Ann has been a great experience. I've spent countless frustrating months trying to fix myself through various diets, supplements and appointments with my doctor.
Putting my health concerns in their hands and having them guide me through appropriate labs, targeted supplementation and lifestyle modifications has been such a relief. I now feel like I am on a clear path to being back to myself again instead of throwing darts at a moving target.
I love the insight and knowledge I am gaining from the program! It has been wonderful to have the one-on-one coaching and encouragement as I work to heal my gut issues and manage my PCOS symptoms.
I love how both Ann and Bridgit took the time to listen and figure out what my goals were. The approach they take with running lab work first and then designing a protocol based on my specific needs is beneficial. Part of my protocol has involved cutting out dairy, gluten, and other foods I react to.
I love how both Ann and Bridgit are available through the Charm portal to answer any questions that arise between visits and to provide encouragement when things seem overwhelming. If you are concerned about the price tag, don't be. They are wonderful at working with you to find supplements and tests that fit within your budget as well as determining which supplements will be most beneficial.
I love the way that both Ann and Bridgit listen to my feelings and concerns. I've seen too many practitioners who brushed off my thoughts, didn't take me seriously, and didn't help me overcome any of the health problems I was facing.
Being part of this program has been refreshing because not only do I feel listened to (so I can stop blaming myself for it being "all in my head"), but I've actually seen more progress with my health than all my other efforts combined.
Before I started I had been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and a lot of hormonal imbalances. Gradually, as I've been working with Ann and Bridgit, I've started having more energy. Of course I still have angles to work on, but these past few months have been SO exciting because I feel like doing things again!


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Monday, 18 May 2009
Interview: Model for Memory
Model For Memory is the brainchild of Robert Gardner a.k.a Ed Electrode, a young man who lives in the South of England.
He says that MFM was: BORN OUT OF A LOVE OF THE MINIMAL IN 2007 TO PROVIDE SOUNDS RANGING FROM ICE COATED MINIMAL ELECTRONICA TO SHUDDERING REVERBED WALLS OF NOISE.
He has been creating music for three years but has just kickstarted his live career playing at Worship in Shoreditch Church alongside the likes of Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man and Selfish Cunt. He is set to play at 1-2-3-4 festival this summer.
You are Model for Memory and recently you played a gig at Shoreditch's Worship festival which is legendary in it's own right, how was that for you?
For me it was an amazing experience. I performed in a sonically unique and inspiring environment, met fascinating people and was on a list of bands that are due to go down in history, along with the festival itself.
I hear since Worship you have been asked to play 1-2-3-4 festival, this festival could potentially make or break your career. How do you feel about the pressure you'll be under to deliver a good show and how did you handle it at Worship?
Hmm, that's a hard one, you just have to practice enough until it becomes second nature, then on top of that you can go crazy. I think the sound that I produce at 1-2-3-4 will be different in referral to the audience and the venue.
At Worship, being my first live outing, I was terrified, but you kind of hide behind the sound to begin with, gauge the reactions of the crowd and base the performance on that.
Your music is dark, compelling and sometimes terrifying, what inspired you to make this sound and how do you go about it? Do you have a particular process when writing songs?
Well, I experiment with sound a lot and if i'm not happy with even one factor in a piece of music, I won't finish in it and it goes onto the scrapheap. The way I craft sound is mainly through analogue synthesis, sampling and working closely on drum beats etc. I suppose it's a bit of a free for all, for example, if i'm messing around and I hear even one tiny sound which sounds right out of hundreds that i'm experimenting with then that is the focus for me and I work from there. I use a lot of effects as well.
You always seem to be dressed well, is this just coincidence or do you spend time making sure you look right for the role you are playing as MFM?
The image of the performer is the image that the crowd take away and associate with you. I put quite a lot of thought into it and dress to the music. But as a personal rule of thumb, I am always well dressed. A day badly dressed, is impressions wasted.
I take it you are a strong believer in first impressions then?
Absolutely. Those first seconds are important, and more often than not, you can't change them. This is why I get so annoyed when other musicians are so closed off to other musicians. If you want people to think you are pretentious and bigger than you really are, then make yourself inaccessable.
What about in day to day situations? When you encounter friends of friends and so on?
Even then it's just as important to make sure you are who you are and not to cover that up. You're more likely to be liked for who you really are, rather than your "first impressions persona", which can often be quite intimidating.
You have several sideprojects, who are they and do they bare any similarities with MFM? Tell us all.
I have several side projects. I've got Les Garcons Morts but I don't think it sounds at all like my work as MFM, however it retains some of the elements, it can be dark and fairly sinister and some of the motives behind songs come from similar inspiration. Next is Massacro Favoloso.We started out as a DJing outfit, but we now have plans to produce some beautiful coldwave/minimal synth stuff.
You believe in accessibility for fans when it comes to bands they love, if you became as famous as some bands and people are, and had to spend all your time doing intense touring, constantly stopping for photos and autographs and had the paparazzi following your every move, how will you cope? And how will you continue to be the nice guy?
Honestly, I don't really know the answer to that one. In a nutshell the best thing to do is to treat a fan like a friend, because they are gonna be pretty put out if someone they look up to is a total arse to them.
The Paparazzi is a different story, if i want to be photographed then so be it, but if i was in a situation where I was really not in the mood or i was stressed, then i would be pretty angry.
Now for a pretty generic question, influences? But not just bands, films, people, books, parties... ? Where band's are concerned, the range is very wide. My original motivation for starting electronic music was Throbbing Gristle, Kraftwerk, D.A.F and Suicide. Weirdly im influenced by places a great deal. Walking home late at night down a street lit by clinical orange lights, and the inspiration is right there. Where films are concerned i was majorly enthralled by Fritz Lang's Metropolis.. Eraserhead, Blue Velvet etc.
The austerity of Kraftwerk appeals to me the whole strong image, but i'd only ever use that on an album cover. Playing live, i feel like vaulting around the stage like a crazed technician.Right, I think that's about it, any wise words for our readers, anything else you want to add?
Never be afraid of critics, adversaries or people who think they are superior to you.
Thankyou very much for your time Robert!
To hear some of Model For Memory's songs go to:
And don't forget to look out for him at this year's 1-2-3-4 festival!
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The Surrey & Hampshire Canal Society. The Basingstoke Canal
The Society was formed in 1966 to save the privately owned waterway and campaigned for restoration under public ownership. This was achieved in the early 1970's when the Hampshire and Surrey County Councils purchased the derelict waterway. 32 miles of the restored canal were open in 1991. The Society continues to work on the canal and safeguard the canal's interests. The Ottershaw Society supports the aims of this group.
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This past Sunday afternoon some lucky history buffs got to meet a 188-year-old Vergennes icon. Adorning his classic brown suit and tie and capped off with his fez, Mr. William Grove Bixby gave a tour of his namesake, the Bixby Memorial Library.
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Of course the original Bixby is dead. In fact he died way back in February of 1907. But his legacy is very much still alive in the Little City.


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This website is dedicated to Paul King, formerly of the eighties' band King,
and later VJ on MTV Europe and VH1.
On this site you'll find information, articles, pictures and more.
On the "Biography" page, you'll find a short biography briefly describing his background and career, starting with the Reluctant Stereotypes and his success with his band King in 1985, his shortlived solo career and his move to television as a presenter at MTV and VH1.
On the page named "Reluctant Stereotypes", you'll find more in-depth information and some articles about his time with the Reluctant Stereotypes.
The page "King" offers you a lot of articles and links to a pictures page, all about King, the band that had success with the single "Love and Pride" and other hit singles such as "Won't you hold my hand now", "Alone without you", "The taste of your tears" and "Torture", in 1985.
On "Solo" you'll find some articles and information about Paul King's solo album "Joy" and single "I know" from 1987.
On the "Discography" page, there's information on King and Paul King's albums and singles, including all lyrics to the songs.
Articles, information and lots of pictures from Paul's VJ career will be found on the "MTV Europe" page, which deals with his presenter years, 1989 until 1994. (The pictures are on this separate page.)
After that, he moved over to VH1 and became less visible for non UK viewers. All information available to me from that time on (1994 until now) will be shown on the "VH1" page.
There are also various other pages which may be of interest:
* King Video: on this page you'll find pictures from the music videos from King and Paul King solo;
* Interviews and Transcripts: TV and radio interviews and other transcripts;
* MTV Pictures: lots and lots of pictures of Paul King as a VJ (from the MTV era);
* King - Single Luck: a separate page with the transcript of a programme from 1999 where Paul King, Mick Roberts and Perry Haines (their manager) - among others - are interviewed about the success, rise and fall of King, with an emphasis on the hit single "Love and Pride";
* Clean Your Soul, a separate page with a transcript of an episode of MTV's Most Wanted, called "Clean Our Souls", in which Paul King himself destroys a music cassette of "Joy";
* a "Links" page;
* a page with contact information;
* MTV Extra: additional and general information about MTV Europe 1993-1994 such as a list of programmes and of the VJs.
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A Highlands Ranch mother has been arrested on suspicion of prostitution after authorities received complaints that prostitution might be occurring at her home.
Sims, who is free on bail, told television station KDVR she operates three businesses out of her house — wedding and event planning, manicures and pedicures, and she's a licensed massage therapist.
"There's nothing illegal going on in my house," she told the station. "As far as I'm concerned, I'm a single parent taking care of three kids."
Don't the police have anything better to do than harass a single mother who appears to be doing everything she can to make a living from her home in an effort to have more time with her children? Also what is this child abuse allegation? Was she actually abusing these kids, or is it that the police see having children around an environment where prostitution is happening is child abuse in and of itself? The real problem here is not whether she was just giving a massage or a little more, the real problem seems to be that she was working from her home, upsetting nosey neighbors who did not like the fact that she had a regular rotation of visitors. No matter the motivation for those who called the police on this woman, nobody was actually harmed by her actions, nobody can prove any damage done to them, and thus as far as I am concerned no crime has been committed.
After I wrote the original post I found the RMN story on this and it suggests I was right, it was nosey neighbors and no actual child abuse, except that children were around:
Neighbors had complained of too much traffic at the house on the 10000 block of South Cedaridge Court, Douglas County sheriff's spokeswoman Cocha Heyden said. Sheri Sims, 39, also was arrested on two counts of child abuse because she had two children under 18 living in the house.
How old are the "children" anyway? All it says is "under 18". This lady has 3 children and two of them are "under 18" and it is implied that one of them is over 18. So is it abusive for two adults to be having sex in one room, while teenagers are elsewhere in the same house? Or does the abuse come from the process of money changing hands?


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Sunday, November 16, 2008
The Forecast is Podcast
4 comments:
- maggie said...
Nice blog, very informative!
- November 17, 2008 at 10:03 AM
- AmandaK said...
I love those common craft videos! They are simple, informative, and entertaining. After all of this talk about Podcasts, I really need to learn how to use these darn things!
- December 10, 2008 at 9:36 PM
- Ericka said...
Thanks for the examples (CNN, ESPN) and good points about what makes podcasts so effective (anytime, anyplace). And thanks for being so darn resourceful by providing that link common craft!
I was just thinking, I wonder how much podcasts really play a role in PR, I mean, whoever is over podcasts for a company might be more of their marketer and advertiser than PR representative.
Although I guess if done right, podcasts can really make a company personal (like doing interviews over a podcast to show the personal side to the CEO or staff or athlete); that could be really good for company representation and customer relations... so I guess in that way it would be really good for PR !
- December 12, 2008 at 1:07 AM
- Akwesi Antwi said...
I think podcast is the new "thing." The days of waiting or missing your favorite radio or TV programs are gone.
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What does usage mean?
Definitions for usage
ˈyu sɪdʒ, -zɪdʒus·age
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word usage.
Princeton's WordNet
use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise(noun)
the act of using
"he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
custom, usage, usance(noun)
accepted or habitual practice
the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written
"English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French"
The manner or the amount of using; use
Habit or accepted practice
The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, determined by a lexicographer's intuition or from corpus analysis.
Origin: From and usage.
Webster Dictionary
the act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage
manners; conduct; behavior
long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method
customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
ū′zāj, n. act or mode of using: treatment: practice: custom.—ns. U′sager, one of the non-jurors who maintained 'the usages'—mixed chalices, oblation in prayer of consecration, and prayer for the dead. [Fr.,—Low L.,—L. usus.]
The Roycroft Dictionary
The consecration in time of something that was originally absurd.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'usage' in Nouns Frequency: #2533
Anagrams for usage »
agues, gause
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of usage in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of usage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of usage in a Sentence
They confirmed his usage on Saturday but were unsure if it had continued.
Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of.
People up here are also very conscious about water usage and the expense of water in this area.
Rounds Chief Executive Dany Fishel:
The focus for 2015 is on an expansion of the platform and increasing usage, and revenue will follow.
Among those who have been interrogated by police in the past year, condom usage rates are clearly lower.
Images & Illustrations of usage
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Translations for usage
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- Brauch, Gebrauch, Verwendung, Benutzung, AnwendungGerman
- کاربرد, استفاده ازPersian
- käytäntö, puhetapa, käsittely, kielenkäyttö, käyttöFinnish
- coutume, usageFrench
- szokás, gyakorlat, használat, szóhasználatHungarian
- 使い方, 用法, 習慣Japanese
- വിനിയോഗംMalayalam
- anvendelse, bruk, bruksområdeNorwegian
- uso, empregoPortuguese
- использование, применение, обычай, традиция, употребление, обращение, обыкновение, привычкаRussian
- विनियोगःSanskrit
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Sabre enhances booking experience for travellers in Australia and New Zealand through PayPal technology integration
Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) will integrate PayPal's advanced payment solutions into Sabre Explore, a white label online booking platform used by small to mid-sized retail leisure agencies extending their presence online.
Through this integration, consumers will have an enhanced booking experience when purchasing air travel from a Sabre Explore-enabled travel agency website by allowing them to pay securely using their PayPal account. Aside from providing an alternative payment method, it also gives travellers increased security and fraud protection with PayPal's Buyer Protection guarantee, 24/7 monitoring and enhanced data privacy technology.
"Over half of air bookings in Australia and New Zealand are now made online, and travellers' expectations around payment security continue to rise. While they seek variety in payment methods, they are also demanding for extra security guarantees. It's important that small-to mid-sized operators, like the agents who typically use Sabre Explore, are not left behind when it comes to offering the right payment technologies to match these heightened expectations," commented Director for Sabre Southern Region, Richard Morgan.
"With the rate of change we're seeing today, in both consumer demands and new technologies emerging, it's important we're just as focused on enhancing existing solutions – in this case Sabre Explore – as we are on introducing new ones to the region. An effective way to do that is by partnering with complementary technologies, like PayPal," added Morgan.
Optimised earlier this year, Sabre Explore was designed to support leisure agents seeking to launch, extend or enhance their retail presence online.
The integration of PayPal to Sabre Explore will complement existing payment methods available which include credit card, cash, cheque, Bpay, Bank transfer and Alipay. A globally recognised payment method, PayPal is used and accepted by over 188 million users in more than 200 markets around the world.
The PayPal payment solution is available now to all agencies using Sabre Explore.


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Wednesday, 23 March 2011
There is no leaves on the trees and there is still spots of ice left, but it is a little warmer. Morran and Loppan doesn't have to get cold waiting outside the bakery.
Homer Simpson finds bliss at the bottom of an escalator.
Mills & Boon - Oli + Alex. Both links found through Suprbo.
7 comments:
- Annton Beate Schmidt said...
you've just made my day!! thanks!
- 23 March 2011 at 12:02
- Liv said...
fina foton!
- 23 March 2011 at 17:03
- M. said...
Beautiful!! What camera do you use?
- 24 March 2011 at 00:03
- gracia said...
I have a soft spot for photos of dogs patiently waiting. Makes me long all the more for a dog.
Enjoy your spring days.
- 24 March 2011 at 01:52
- Anne said...
Blue and sunny skies here in Paris - I'll send some your way! Lovely snapshots!
- 24 March 2011 at 04:19
- Camilla Engman said...
Cellphone with app.
Yes the two dogladies are so sweet, waiting and waiting. And so happy when you get back to them.
Anne I think it worked, the sun is shining :)
- 24 March 2011 at 04:24
- Angela said...
I love art! What moves me inside is pictures of nature.
- 27 March 2011 at 12:02
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Discussion in 'New Member Introductions' started by Booble, Dec 1, 2007.
Hi, seems you are mostly from the States, I'm 100% straight 8" x 5.75" uncut.
always good to see a fellow brit, there are a few of us on here as well as all the americans
Hey, Booble, welcome.
yeah - there are a few of us brits on here. pm me if you wanna chat anytime
Greetings from Newcastle.
welcome booble
Booble. I like that name.
Hi mate welcome from one more in east london If you ever come down to london we will see you well here .. OK mate so let as know and Good luck here and enjoyed Cheers be good
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BOSTON � What may have been the greatest comeback yet came up a little bit short for the Celtics Friday night.
In a season full of rallies, Boston did it once again on Friday as it erased a 26-point deficit against the Indiana Pacers and took a lead in the fourth quarter.
But hopes for an impossible rally ended there as the Pacers had the last laugh in the final three minutes of the game and fired back for a 97-91 victory.
The Celtics were up one on a pair of Kyrie Irving free throws with 4:01 to play before the Pacers shot back for the seven-point lead.
Terry Rozier hit one of two free throws for a five-point game with 1:32 on the clock before Myles Turner was fouled on a top-of-the-key jumper and hit the free throw for an eight-point game with before Irving came back with his three-point play to make it 94-89 with 1:04 to play.
Al Horford couldn�t grab the rebound on a Turner miss on the ensuing possession and the Celtics were forced to foul with 35.2 ticks remaining. Turner hit one free throw and Irving drove for a 95-91 game with 28.5 seconds to go.
Thaddeus Young was fouled on the inbounds and hit two shots before Irving missed a long 3-pointer and the Pacers dribbled out the clock.
Irving scored 21 points, Jaylen Brown scored 16, Jayson Tatum had 15 and Horford 10 points and eight rebounds for Boston.
Victor Oladipo scored 35 points with 10 rebounds for the Pacers.
Horford�s basket with 5:10 to play fully erased the 26-point deficit as the Celtics drew even at 80-80. Oladipo put the Pacers back ahead two, then Horford�s 3-pointer briefly gave Boston the lead when Oladipo scored for an 84-83 game.
Irving�s free throws then made it an 85-84 Boston lead into an Indiana timeout with 4:01 on the clock.
A Myles Turner put-back slam had the Pacers back ahead, and a Bojan Bogdanovic free throw on a defensive three seconds had Indiana up 87-85, before Oladipo scored inside for a four-point game with 2:17 on the clock.
Irving missed a 3-pointer with two minutes to play and Oladipo�s basket had Boston back down six with 1:37 to play.
Down 21 at the half, after trailing as many as 26 in the first half, the Celtics rose from the grave yet again in third quarter as they outscored the Pacers 34-17 and closed all the way to within 76-72 on a Rozier 3-pionter at the buzzer.
Brown scored 12 points in the quarter as the Celtics used intense defense and far more focused offense to close the cavernous gap.
A 14-7 run early in the third had Boston within 66-52 on a Horford basket with 8:44 to go. The Celtics hovered around the double-digit mark for the next six minutes before Brown�s drive made it a 72-63 game with 2:44 to play and his 3-pointer had Boston within eight with 1:36 on the clock.
Free throws from Rozier and Semi Ojeleye had Boston down seven into the final 4 seconds of the quarter when Rozier dribbled three quarters of the way down the floor before burying the 28-footer at the buzzer.
A Tatum basket got the Celtics within four on the opening possession of the fourth quarter and it remained a one- or two-possession game all the way down to a Pacers timeout with Boston down two with 6:51 on the clock after a Daniel Theis basket made it 80-78.
The Celtics played their worst first half of the year as they went 26 during a listless performance that triggered boos from the Garden crowd during one succession of Indiana offensive rebounds in the second quarter.
Boston was down 14 through one quarter after shooting just 23.1 percent � and going 0-of-6 on 3-pointers � in the first 12 minutes.
The second 12 minutes were worse as Indiana opened the quarter on a 22-10 run for its largest lead of the half. The Celtics showed a bit more spirit in the final minutes of the half � getting as close as 19 on a Tatum three-point play � before hitting the half down 59-38.


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John O'Shea knew Old Trafford would be a different place once Alex Ferguson left – but he never imagined it would become the Theatre of Nightmares.
And the ex-Red claims the players in the Manchester United dressing room must be going crazy trying to figure out what's gone wrong with the champions.
O'Shea spent 12 seasons at United, winning five Premier League medals, and never once saw the club hit double figures in league defeats in a season.
But they've already lost 10 times this season under David Moyes, set several unwanted records, and will miss out on Champions League qualification for the first time in 19 years.
And they're 14 points behind bitter rivals Liverpool.
From the less than comfortable position of Sunderland's relegation battle, O'Shea has watched on in shock, and hopes his former team mates can turn things around.
"I thought they'd struggle a bit with the manager leaving, but no-one could have foreseen them struggling so much," he said.
"Look at Liverpool. They've turned seventh place into a chance of winning the League and the position United are in now is seventh place.
"It's an incredible turnaround and something I'm sure United are worried about. They have to be.
"At the time I was at the club, every time we lost a game it was a crisis. And that was just one game.
"Multiply a few games and it's a hell of an effect that is has around the place."
O'Shea shared a dressing room with many of the faces still turning out for United and the Irishman admits there will be lots of soul- searching going on inside Old Trafford in an attempt to make sense of life after Fergie.
"They've had the one voice for so long and next thing that's changed and I can imagine subconsciously they're doing the same – they're training the same, they're preparing the same.
"So they'll ask 'why isn't it happening?' Why are they not getting the same results?" he asked.
"You can imagine they're racking their brains because the majority of the squad won the league."
O'Shea argues injuries to Robin Van Persie and Wayne Rooney affected the team's results at key moments, but adds that they've lost the battling qualities they once had to overcome such obstacles.
"I don't think they've been helped by the injuries to Rooney and Van Persie at the time. It was a crucial period," he claims.
"If you took Suarez and Sturridge out of Liverpool, or Aguero and Dzeko out of Man City – that type of firepower out of a team – it's tough.
"OK, maybe through the years they've been able to cope with it whether it be sneaking 1-0 wins in injury time or whatever the case may be, they've found it more difficult to do that this season.
"Those 1-0 wins that they were sneaking are becoming 1-0 defeats. That's where everything seemed to be going against them. The players will be hurting.
"You know the type of players they are – where they've been challenging all along. It's going to be a big test for everyone to overcome it."
Summer will be the defining period for the club and manager, as far as O'Shea is concerned, when all eyes will turn to the club's hierarchy.
Will they adopt the current trend for quickfire managerial switches or will they show the same patience Ferguson was offered?
O'Shea said: "I think they're going to give him the time. But, as many have said, why are Manchester United going to be different to the rest of the teams?
"That's obviously the question being bandied about so much but I think they've proved in the past that they have been different and they got their reward for it."
Sunderland's captain insists he will go down with the ship if it sinks.
John O'Shea is reluctant to think of life outside the Premier League, but the Black Cats skipper admitted he would help them fight their way back into the top flight if they're relegated.
The Waterford man's contract expires at the end of next season, and he admits he has no get-out clause in the case of relegation.
"I'd be more than happy to do everything I can to get Sunderland back up, if that was the case, but we're not thinking like that," said O'Shea, during a trip to Dublin.
"We're confident we can stay in the league and it wouldn't be an issue either way.
"Look it's something we don't want to contemplate, but it's possibly eight games away now. That's something we have to realise very quickly if we want to stay in the Premier League.
"There'll be a relegation clause in terms of wages, but that's part and parcel of the game, and there were no problems when I was signing for Sunderland. I wasn't thinking about those things – you're thinking of battling for top half of the table, not relegation."
O'Shea was on top of the pile in 2011 when he won the Premier League with Manchester United, but he has had to adjust his expectations every season since.
The Black Cats face a huge task to escape a tight relegation battle this season, but the 32-year-old admits his former club could help his cause when the sides meet next month.
"Is there more belief playing United now? Definitely... definitely," he admitted.
"Purely because of the hype around the place and the pressure that's on the manager there, the players there, you could definitely sense it.
"United will be wanting to be finishing the season as strong as possible, but they're not going to be challenging for the top four unless there's a very strange run of results.
"It will be a chance to go there and it's been proven now they're home record has been nowhere near good as previous seasons.
"Their away record is up at the top. It shows they have struggled at home. We have to use that to our advantage."
» John O'Shea was in Dublin to launch McDonald's/FAI Future Football Programme.
John O'Shea has told Stephen Ireland to put up or shut up.
The Ireland centre half has listened to months of speculation over the Stoke midfielder's possible return to the international scene, but has said it's time to make the call once and for all.
"Is it time for a yes or no? Simple as that, yes," O'Shea said. "It is fairly straightforward. I am sure Martin (O'Neill) would love to know either way too.
"If he is going to pick him, is he going to show? It is fairly straightforward in my eyes.
"If you want to play then just say 'yeah', or if you don't, say 'no'."
Ireland (below) stated recently that he thinks he's ready to return, having played more consistently at Stoke under Mark Hughes, but added that he had not dealt with the issue despite speaking to O'Neill and his No.2 Roy Keane.
"I've had some brief contact with them, but nothing major about my future or returning," Ireland said. "That'll be in the near future. It's something we can have a chat about, we'll have to assess it then."


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Standard Reflection E3
February 11, 2013
E3 – Exemplify an understanding of professional responsibilities and policies.
Teacher's relationships aren't merely limited to the students that they teach, but also their peers, administration, and the parents and community that all have participation in their school. Part of this relationship is the understanding of how the school is run, and how each teacher has a responsibility to uphold the standards and help the school and students run smoothly. This is to the benefit of the entire school, students and teachers alike. Understanding and correctly practicing these responsibilities and polices makes the classroom and school a better learning environment.
Part of almost every teacher's responsibilities lies in taking attendance. This simple act may be something that some teachers do quickly and without pausing for a moment, but some teacher may have to spend large amount of time on. It helps some teachers learn names, it helps some set routines, and some may have fallen into a routine themselves. However, this simple exercise is extremely important. Attendance has a number important connections associated with it. For one, it keeps the teacher in contact with their peers and the rest of the school. If a particular student is gone, the school will know by that teacher's attendance record, and this helps everyone adjust and address it accordingly. It also keeps students safe, and a student in school is statistically less likely to get into all sorts of trouble outside of the school. Keeping them to this standard makes sure they understand their responsibilities and hopefully gives them structure that helps them succeed. Attendance also helps parents keep track of their students, and the school can get into contact with them, as well. It also may become a legal issue.
During my internship, I made many mistakes regarding taking attendance, but each helped me to improve and perform my responsibilities more adequately This was mostly due to me overlooking quiet students, students trying to take advantage of me, and me being very busy and making mistakes during attendance taking. In one instance, every teacher for one student overlooked that she was not attending school that day. This list of teachers included me. I felt extremely disheartened by this, but I talked to a more experience teacher that had also made the mistakes and he let me know that sometimes teachers make mistakes, but we do our best to correct them and learn for next time. That really helped me take initiative to improve my understanding and practice of these responsibilities and how to improve for future experiences.
Being a teacher includes taking on these professional responsibilities that insures that the school community runs safely and provides a welcoming, safe, and effective learning environment for students. Knowing how the school addresses these areas so that I am aware and able to implement the chosen policies is an ever changing part of the job.
Undertaking the responsibilities of a teacher is immense. When I first started my internship I was very intimidated. Now these responsibilities have become a part of my routine, but I'm still making improvements. Sometimes students will make it difficult to fulfill these responsibilities, but that is why the policies are there to aid the teacher and the students able to learn and teach more effectively.
Students benefit from teachers understanding their professional responsibility. When a teacher is helping the school perform, the students see the benefits through a better learning environment. Every student should be safer and feel more welcome because of it. This does not work for every students situation, but each policy and responsibility is designed to make the best of it.


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As Thanksgiving here is so huge Christmas takes a back seat so it literally jumped out and slapped me on the first of December. Social media was crashing with pictures of Christmas Trees, Jumpers and nativity's. Here I went to bed with left over Halloween Candy in the shops and the next day BOOM Christmas threw up...everywhere. The weather got straight on board too and we are having "Unseasonable cold spell"...I really thought Uggs in the shops here were a joke but the past few days its been the same temperature as home and people are outraged they have had to turn off their ceiling fans! The lights are insane here, the neighbourhoods get together and put them all over the place its so magical to see palm trees lit up. Some of the decorations would only ever be found in America as you will see below not to mention I love how places wrap their pictures like presents to jazz the place up but its nice to start to feel festive.
We are returning to UK on Saturday and not sure if we will return for now, depending on the work situation so we have just been thoroughly enjoying our last few weeks....obviously this has meant eating so much American delicacy's I literally could explode and need to go on a diet as soon as I touch English soil but I've thoroughly enjoyed every minute. One of my favourite things we have done here and I wish we had known early was to go to the cinema 5mins from our flat, its like nothing at home it all leather arm chairs and tables and you get a menu and a buzzer then order what you want and its brought to your seat including alcohol...lush! We also took a trip out to Galveston which is the coastline about an hour outside of Houston. I must admit I assumed it would be some gorgeous white beach and I was thinking of my Dad the whole way as he loved Glen Campbell and the song "Galveston". However its part of the gulf so the beach is a revolting dishwater colour and with the pier, also picking a freezing day we literally could have been at Blackpool! Still blew out the cobwebs, relived childhood on the best Carousel I've ever seen and tipped my hat to you Dad.
They don't do the chocolate advent calendars here like home, Archie has been a bit outraged at that and that we haven't got a tree here, telling his teacher all about it...who is devastated that he is leaving and literally said we can leave him with her #OK So we got an Elf on the shelf to get things going until we are home, He has taken a shine to one of Chris's friends out here called Barry...maybe because he has been teaching him the drums on the i pad... anyway you can guess what the Elf is called...Barry the Elf. We are having an absolute hoot with it, Archie keeps giving him things to eat "from him, not Oscar" as if to score brownie points and Barry's been getting up to some adventures in the night! We are all looking forward to getting home and getting all our tat up.
We will without a doubt miss Houston, this has been some crazy adventure, I cant say we have loved every minute of it, its harder than I imagined to have no family and a routine but I have loved all it has given us and every experience. I have just started to do that thing where you drive home without a clue how you got there, just as its time to come home and I remember unpacking all our things but it feels like 4 years ago not just 4mths ago. I don't know how I will adjust to flushing my own toilet again, driving with an actual gear stick or not having "drive through" everything including ATMS but I'm sure my own bed, a proper Roast and going anywhere and them know what a cup of tea is will ease that; seriously I've started drinking Hot Chocolate because its easier than explaining and I hate Coffee. I haven't got time to miss Houston though because Christmas is according to several people on Facebook just 14 sleeps away and I know this will send shudders through you people (weirdos) who bought and wrapped your presents in October but I haven't done a thing. Seriously not a thing. I don't even know what Santa will get the kids...or the HUSBAND?! I haven't even thought about Christmas cards, a tree, decorating, food, wrapping etc and between you and I for all Barry the Elf has promised I cant see him being much help. So I'm off to pack some more and worry about hair pulling in Argos, midnight food shopping and running out of cello tape on Christmas Eve...that sort of thing!
Merry Christmas Y'all.
Ash xox
Small decoration budget?!
Winter Warmer.
Best Decorations ever.
Sock Tree.
Barry the Elf...
Cinema Date.
Had to happen!


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Hot Tip: Do More With Your Coffee Grounds
If you're anything like us, there is at least one cup of coffee between you and the front door every morning. We've been collecting our coffee grounds to help out some of our plants that like acidic soil — but as it turns out, used coffee grounds have even more to offer…
As this article from Natural Home points out, coffee grounds can be used for more than just adding nitrogen to your soil. Try it as an exfoliant, for instance, or even as a dish scrubbing tool.
And if you've got more grounds than you can use, think about starting a compost pile or sharing with your neighbors.
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Malaysia is one of the few destinations in South East Asia where golf remains accessible, unlike Japan and China where demand for golf has pushed green fees sky high. You can enjoy a round of golf surrounded by the cool hills or tea plantations or alternatively head down to the fringes of the South China Sea in this country of over 200 courses. Top names like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Greg Norman and Max Wexler have all brought out the best features of the local environment whilst incorporating their own unique styles and features when designing golf courses in Malaysia.
It is not only the surroundings which will enhance your Malaysia golf holiday - the facilities and service which you will encounter across the country is sure to exceed your expectation. Two of the most highly rated courses are the Mines Resort Golf & Country Club and Saujana Golf & Country Club, both of which offer the height of luxury, both on the course and back at the Club House. Malaysia offers the ideal climate for a golfing vacation and combined with the seemingly endless calendar of events, festivals and shopping fairs, will entertain both the golfers and non golfers in your party.
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Spa Fields
2 July
There is a cold, wet park in Clerkenwell,
one corner grey with concrete and metal,
blue and black graffiti, sandwiched between
the tennis courts and the rest of the city.
Not so inviting on a cold wet evening as a warm-lit bar
or glass of wine at home, safe on the other side of town,
but perfect for a tale of gang warfare and rain,
magic and music, friendship and flight; the perfect place
to listen to a poet's smooth-tongued guile,
lilting flute and drum conjuring unknown worlds.
The language flows like lava, molten caramel
and rain drops dancing. It is exultant, pulling you in
to listen to a strange, bloody and blacked-eyed fairytale,
carried along on its own beat, conjuring music,
bankers, city stench, love and sculpture, street fights,
age old troubles and delights,
and all closer to home at last than you might think
or wish.
Knight Watch played at Spa Fields as part of the Almeida Festival from 2-3 July; and plays at other locations throughout the summer.


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|Giving your brand a story really matters. But what IS a story?
"[Stories] are not only the arbitrary sum of our dreams, and our memory. They also give us the model of self-transcendence… a way of being fully human."
- Susan Sontag
I went to LeBook's Connections event in New York City last week and there was an interesting panel on story-telling and advertising - or brand story-telling - which is all the buzz these days and so many people say that they are brand story-tellers or experts in story-telling.
What was interesting is that each person on the panel talked about story-telling in a different way and used it to mean something else. When I first came to advertising, almost no one (except for one really genius creative director I worked with) talked about story. It was funny because I came from the world of journalism, poetry and fiction-writing - fresh from not-quite-finishing an M.F.A. in creative writing, publishing a novel and Robert McKee's famous story structure class. All I really knew was the story. I was drawn to Olivier because instead of asking me to come up with concepts, he used to say, "Write me some stories." And instead of coming up with concepts, I came up with word pictures that evoked both emotion and familiarity as well as surprise and sensuality leaving you with a sense that there was more to come.
These "stories" - actually, tiny snapshots from a story because you had to fill in the beginning from your own memory and fill in the end from your imagination - became fragrances, jeans, drinks, fashion and beauty campaigns, some of which are still icons today.
But the real question is - how do stories work?
At the time, I was asked to make a document which listed the most crucial points for a fragrance or fashion campaign. So what I wrote (because story-telling was not a thing then) was this list.
Here's what I mean: A great ad communication - any lasting piece of art work - makes you FEEL something. If it can tap into a universal emotion - love, loss, pain, jealousy, abandonment, security, serenity, euphoria - it will last long beyond its life as a brand messaging. Think about the famous Coca-cola advertising - I'd like to build the world a home - or the Benetton AIDS campaigns. They can still give you goosebumps or bring you to tears. In fact, to do that, the image or communication doesn't even need to be beautiful. It needs to work harder than just giving you something nice to look at. Eye-candy is delicious, but like all candies, you forget it as soon as you're finished with it. Have too much and it makes you feel sick. The image in itself isn't as important as the story that the brand lets you tell yourself. But then, even if you can evoke an emotion - how do you make it last?
All great stories - from the first stories ever told - begin with archetypes: the mother, the sister, the friend, the father figure, the brother, the lover. It sounds intellectual but what it means is the familiar. A great piece of communication leverages something you already know. As McKee's story structure explains, you open with something ordinary, you set up an every day logic that everyone can relate to. The alarm clock (the voice of authority - or your mother), the kitchen or sofa (the sense of home), the piece of music that opens with something that sounds vaguely like something else. When you use an icon or an archetype, you save time because your audience fills in the details. They add their own emotion and story to yours - that means that they invest something of themselves in it - so the story becomes theirs, too. When you invest in something - take part ownership of it - you like it even more. That's a song that keeps playing over and over in your head.
Because a beautiful - composition-wise - image is not enough without resonance. That's where story comes in. When I worked on ad-cepts - "pretend" ads that one makes for a client using existing images for inspiration, I used to like to use "swipe" (the images) that came from movie stills. I liked them better than simple fashion editorial because there was a sense of story inherent in each image. You looked at them and you had a sense that there was something that came before and something that came after. Maybe you'd even already seen the movie so the image had even more to it. It's what makes Cindy Sherman's images so compelling. Because you recognize a story - there is something familiar, there is something archetypal, there is something before and after that you can fill in, and there is something surprising that makes you want to look at it again.
The other thing about resonance is that there is something in the image that connects with some part of you. You recognize something of yourself in it - that's how you know the brand is talking to you. Or your tribe. If the story doesn't resonate with you - I'm not a corporate businesswoman, for instance - I know that the brand isn't speaking to me. But, when I have to go to job interview, I know the brand to go to for my outfit or make-up or bag. That's why resonance is important - you don't need to be all things to all people. Your story needs to be clear about ONE thing - so that it creates lasting resonance.
Which bring us to coherence. If your story is about business, you need a really good reason to switch to a story about swimming, let's say, or amusement parks. Your story has to ring true. When you write a novel or a play, you know your characters inside and out. Even when you start with a character who is 25, you know what her childhood was like and what kind of student she was in preschool. You also know what she would never do. And if you make her do it anyway, she'd better have a really good reason and you will have to slowly lead your audience there, or you will lose everyone. So your brand or your product needs a really good reason to switch tracks.
This is really the thing that makes the song keep playing in your head. This is what story structure says carries the story forwards. It's all that stuff that feels familiar, that path or people you know intuitively, you understand innately and that - we as story-tellers - take somewhere else. That surprise makes you want to explore the end of the story. You want it to keep going. You keep playing it again and again in your mind. That's why little kids watch movies again and again. On the other hand, it's not a huge crazy ridiculous surprise - for instance, imagine a folk song that morphs into heavy metal - (look at coherence) but it's still unexpected.
Often - especially in fashion or beauty, which is image-driven advertising - a visual idea on its own is not enough to give it resonance and emotion, it needs the right words. The words add a layer of complexity which make the story deeper and more resonant.
But back to the first question - everyone is telling you about being a story-teller (and honestly, lots of them have no idea what they are talking about) - why does it matter?
A story connects with the viewers as humans. A real story elevates and values our experiences, helps us see them differently.
A story gives your brand or product a narrative context to exist in.
A brand or a product with no story, no history to ignite, leaves a consumer confused. Or worse, uninterested. And that is a bad place for them to be. It's almost as if your product exists in limbo.
Today, we are so inundated with advertising and communication that without a good story - one that really connects with us but also feels new as well as familiar, believable as well as surprising, compelling as well as intriguing - a brand will not be able to hold your interest longer than it takes you to turn a page, swipe left, or click onwards.
That's where story comes in. Because with a sense of story or history - one that connects with you in some way, the communication is not just a picture or words, it is something that becomes a part of you.
Want to help build connection with your audience? Make sure that you tell stories. Really tell stories.


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John Isner of Tampa, Fla., and Nicolas Mahut of France are playing what already is the longest match on record in tennis history.
Their first-round match at Wimbledon has lasted more than 9½ hours — breaking the record of 6 hours, 33 minutes set in a 2004 French Open match.
Isner and Mahut have played more than 110 games across more than 6½ hours in the fifth set alone. They resumed playing Wednesday at the start of the fifth set; the match was suspended because of darkness Tuesday night after four sets.


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Associate Professor
Department of Human Genetics and the College
John Novembre is a computational biologist whose research focuses on problems at the intersection of evolutionary and human genetics. His work addresses how patterns of genetic diversity among individuals can be used to uncover the genetic basis of complex phenotypes, such as heritable disease risk and adaptive traits; reveal patterns of population structure and evolutionary history; predict the genetic risk and ancestry of a single individual ("personalized genomics"); and illuminate evolutionary processes from a mechanistic, genetic level. A major portion of his research involves developing novel methods for analyzing population genetic data. Much of this work has focused on population structure, particularly spatial patterns, as well as ancestry-based analyses. He is also studying human population structure and evolution, and the translation of advances in population genetics to non-model organisms.
Novembre has co-authored publications appearing in Nature Genetics, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, and Genome Research. He is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and was honored as a Searle Scholar. He received a postdoctoral fellowship in bioinformatics from the National Science Foundation, as well as a predoctoral fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Novembre holds a PhD in integrative biology, with an emphasis in computational biology and genomics, from the University of California, Berkeley.
Novembre joined the University of Chicago faculty in 2013.


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CF Air Compiler
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Author: Terrence Ryan (All RIAForge projects by this author)
Proof of concept application that shows how AIR applications can be generated from a ColdFusion application.
It utilizes cfhttp to construct proper html file from cfm files.
It utilizes cffile to grab the included js and css from CFIDE.
ColdFusion 8
Subversion Access:
You may access this project's Subversion repository with your client here: http://svn.riaforge.org/cfair.
To view files and changelists associated with this repository, go here: http://cfair.riaforge.org/index.cfm?event=page.svnbrowse.
You may download the latest set of files from Subversion as a zip file.
Anonymous users have read access to the repository while the administrator has write access.
This project is sharing its code via Subversion. Subversion is an open source source control method. You may find more information about Subversion here: http://subversion.tigris.org/
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