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Conradh na Gaeilge and Guth na Gaeltachta are very disappointed with what seems to be a rush to push The Gaeltacht Bill, 2012 through the Oireachtas before the summer break, despite being the most important legislation pertaining to the Gaeltacht and the Irish language in almost 60 years.
Dónall Ó Cnáimhsí, spokesperson from Guth na Gaeltachta says: " Dinny McGinley himself, Minister of State for the Gaeltacht, noted recently in the Seanad that this legislation may well be our last chance to save the Gaeltacht and if that is the case, then Guth na Gaeltacht believes it a disgrace not to leave adequate time to discuss The Gaeltacht Bill properly.
"Having waited 55 years for a Gaeltacht Bill to foster and support the Irish language and the Gaeltacht, it makes absolutely no sense at all to us that the Government would not wait even a few more months to enact this vitally important legislation."
According to Donnchadh Ó hAodha, President of Conradh na Gaeilge: "It was obvious from the sheer number of amendments to the legislation put forward at the Seanad Stage that the first draft of The Gaeltacht Bill was seriously flawed, and it seems that neither politicians nor the public will have the chance to properly discuss and debate this Bill before it is rushed through the Dáil.
"The Gaeltacht Bill 2012 will have far-reaching, long-term consequences for the Irish language and for the Gaeltacht in the future, and Conradh na Gaeilge strongly believes that such important legislation should not appear on the Dáil agenda in the final days before it rises for the summer when everyone knows that the amendments it requires will not be properly discussed before it is enacted."
First Draft
The Gaeltacht Bill, 2012 is the first draft of legislation dealing specifically with the Irish language and the Gaeltacht since The Gaeltacht Industries Bill of 1957; debate in the Seanad on The Gaeltacht Bill, 2012 will finish this Wednesday (11 July 2012) and the Second Stage of the Bill will come before the Dáil on Thursday (12 July 2012) before Committee Stage (Stage 3 - 5) will conclude in the Dáil Thursday week, 19 July 2012 - the last day of term in the Houses of the Oireachtas, meaning there will be a substantial amount of legislation to discuss and put through the Houses on those days.
Conradh na Gaeilge and Guth na Gaeltachta strongly believe it would be better to hold off enacting The Gaeltacht Bill, 2012 until the Dáil resumes in September 2012, as opposed to rushing such significant legislation through the Oireachtas before summer break. This would mean that the Irish-speaking and Gaeltacht community would have the opportunity to discuss The Gaeltacht Bill, 2012 in depth, ensuring that the legislation would support the Irish language via a comprehensive statutory language planning process, a purpose of the Bill explicitly expressed in the memorandum.
The Gaeltacht Bill, 2012 also aims to provide for amendments to the board and functions of Údarás na Gaeltachta; Údarás elections must be held no later than 30 September 2012 in accordance with current legislation, though this is no excuse for enacting The Gaeltacht Bill, 2012 without adequate consultation with the public as the time limit for the elections can be extended, as previously enacted under The Údarás na Gaeltachta Bill (Amendment), 2010:
To amend Section 28(1) of The Údarás na Gaeltachta Act, 1979 so that the maximum period of time between elections for An tÚdarás can be extended from five and a half years to seven and a half years.
Conradh na Gaeilge and Guth na Gaeltachta are calling on Minister for the Gaeltacht Dinny McGinley TD to give The Gaeltacht Bill 2012 its due period of consultation and debate and to refrain from rushing the legislation through the Dáil before summer break, but rather wait until the Dáil resits in the autumn.


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Soybean Futures---Soybean futures in the November contract is trading lower for the 2nd consecutive trading session down 1 cent at 8.32 a bushel continuing its bearish momentum after settling last Friday in Chicago at 8.44 as prices are right at a fresh 10 year low.
I've been recommending a bearish position from around the 8.39 level and if you took the trade the stop loss will remain at 8.52 as the chart structure is outstanding at the present time as the risk/reward are in your favor to take a short position in my opinion.
The WASDE crop report was released early in the week stating that we have a carryover level of 845 million bushels which is an all-time record high coupled with the fact that we will produce around 4.7 billion bushels which is another record, as we have too many soybeans at the present time as I still see a lot of room to run to the downside & if you have been following any my previous blogs you understand my price target is 7.50 at the end of harvest.
Soybean prices are trading under their 20 and 100 day moving average as clearly the trend is very weak as I am also recommending bearish positions in corn and soybean oil which were both lower this week as well so continue to stay short as I will be looking at adding more contracts to the downside possibly in next week's trade as I see no reason to be bullish this sector.
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While she is ready to bash her party for its loss of leadership, she seems unaware of, or unwilling to admit to, the compromised history of
In the 20th century, Democratic Party strength rested on a tenuous relationship between the leadership of a Northern urban (largely Catholic) working class and Southern segregationists.
That relationship began to collapse with the rise of the civil rights movement and the passage of the 24th Amendment. Democratic leaders recognized this and moved to distance themselves from their party's progressive elements.
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In the South, the party of Lincoln and emancipation became the party of segregation.
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In the North, former Democrats abandoned their deteriorated old neighborhoods and cities to the poor, and began concentrating on abortion and suburban tax relief.
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You've heard about money-pots and how folks use them to draw wealth, prosperity, and luck into the home. However, today I am going to share with you how to build a money-pot to help your business grow and prosper.
You Will Need:
- Business Logo Printed on Paper
- Container / Pot (see below)
- Money-Drawing Oil
- 10 One Dollar Bills
- Coin Money
- Lodestone & Magnetic Sand
- Silver Dime / Silver Dollar
Preliminary: Preparing Your Lodestone
A pot made of a magnetic metal can drain the magnetism out of your lodestone so be sure to choose a pot that is either not-metallic or one that is non-ferrous (meaning that a magnet will not stick to the container). Prepare your lodestone by washing it with whiskey. Like a mojo-bag, it is traditional to give your lodestone a name since they are both considered to be living things. Dress your lodestone and tell it that it it will now continually draw money to your business.
Working the Root
Print your business logo out on a piece of paper and tear this into a square by hand without using any scissors. If your business does not have a logo, you may substitute your business card. If you don't have a business card, get one, but in the mean time use a regular piece of paper. Using a green (for money) or black pen (black relates to profit in accounting terms, i.e. "in the black) and write your petition over your logo. This may be written in the form of a key word such as "prosperity" or phrase like "money flow to [name of business]"
Alternately, this may be written in the form of a short prayer such as "With God's blessing may money flow to [name of business] now and always, in a steady stream from sources known and unknown so that all our needs are met and more. In Jesus name. Amen." When you are done, turn the paper / card a quarter turn and write your name and title over this nine times.
Dress the four corners and center of the paper with Money Drawing Oil and fold it towards you three times calling wealth, prosperity, and success to your business with each fold. Place the petition in the bottom of your container and fill the container about 3/4 of the way full with change.
Using your pen, draw the success sigil ($$¢¢$$) diagonally in the four-corners of each of the one-dollar bills and sign your name under the Secretary of the Treasury. One at a time place these on top of the change alternating between laying them in an "/" and "\" direction so that when you are done, your money will form an X so that your money will multiply.
Place your lodestone on top of the X of money, feed and feed it a little bit of magnetic sand. Call your lodestone by name and say "As I feed you, so will you now feed me and draw money to my business in a steady stream so that all its needs are met and more. In Jesus name amen."
Finally, place a shiny silver-dime on top of your lodestone. If you desire, you may wish to substitute a silver dollar for the dime. The silver dime is there to protect your money. Should the silver dime become tarnish, then you know that someone is either after your money or working to against you to keep money from coming to you. When this occurs, clean the dime and burn uncrossing and / or reversing candles near your money pot. You may also wish to place a whole, raw egg in your money pot to cleanse your money. Keep the egg there for three days and then carry it to a crossroads where you will toss it into the middle of the street where the two roads meet.
Placement of Your Pot
If your business is in a physical space accessible to the public, you may wish to keep your money pot near your cash-register but out of reach of customers. You don't want folks touching or messing with your lodestone or thinking that they can take change out of your money bucket to pay towards their purchase. If you desire, your money-bucket can be place behind the counter on a wall-shelf out of reach of customers.
If you work out of your home, you might want to keep your money-bucket near your front door to draw money or on top of your cash-box. If you conduct a great deal of business online, you may wish to keep your money-bucket near your computer.
As an aside, I actually know of one business owner who locks his money-bucket in his safe over night. You'll have to decide what is right for you with regards to keeping your money-bucket safe.
Working Your Bucket
The ten dollars will stay in your pot overnight where it will become magnetically charged with your intention and trained to bring more money back to you. After three days, you can spend it in such as way that it will benefit your business by using it to purchase office supplies, towards advertising, etc...
At the end of each day, take the paper-money that you took in that day and place it under the lodestone overnight. Leave any coins that you accepted as payment, tips, or which a customer did not wish to take (sometimes a customer will refuse pennies) in your money pot. This should be allowed to accumulate. Four times a year, at the change of the seasons, convert your coins from your money bucket into paper money, leave this under your loadstone and begin the process of building back up your coins.
The following morning, place the paper money in your register or cash-box. It is a good idea, however, to always leave some kind of paper money under your lodestone at all times to remind it what it should be bringing back to you. This should at least be a $20.00 bill, but you may use whatever you have until you can afford to place a higher denomination under the lodestone. Ideally, your goal should be able to keep a $100.00 bill under the lodestone at all times.
Other Considerations
Here's a technique I borrowed from gypsy folk-magic practices. The silver-dime on top of your lodestone should lay on heads during the waxing moon to draw in money; and on tails during the waning moon to banish poverty.
You may also wish to prepare your business cards in a similar manner as training your money by placing a few of your business cards under the loadstone to attract customers. These may be handed out to customers, pinned on bulletin boards, or left in public places to attract more business to you. If you mail products out to customers, I also suggest that you send at least two cards with each package. One for the customer to keep and one for him or her to give away to someone to someone that they wish to recommend your products / services.
Again, if you desire, you may wish to place dried herbs such as chamomile and cinnamon in the bottom of your pot to increase its power; or dirt from a bank, casino, or other successful business so that your business will take on the success of the business whose dirt you have included in your pot.
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A hot summer day, and the Brown Derby incident
Driving through Temple not long ago, I found myself musing about potato chips, about chicken fried steak at Temple's Bluebonnet Cafe (now gone), about the Temple Wildcats' two-toned football pants (blue in front, white in back).
I also got to thinking about Temple's two-toned populace, black and white when I knew Temple well, no doubt more diverse these days. That memory led me to a day long ago and a scene that's haunted me ever since. Recalling what I saw then also got me to thinking about how things have changed over the years. For the better.
I was 8 that summer and was helping my dad on his potato chip route. We had finished up at a little neighborhood grocery store, one of maybe a dozen stops we had in Temple. Back in the truck, we headed across a bridge over a weed-choked dry creek on an unpaved city street. We pulled up beside the Brown Derby, our next stop. Hopping out of the truck, I squinted against the glaring sun.
The Brown Derby was a beer joint on Temple's East Side, the black side of town, literally on the other side of the wide expanse of tracks in what had long been a railroad town. It was a ramshackle frame building, windowless as I recall, its paint a faded, peeling brown.
Since streets on that side of town were gravel in the 1950s, a pall of dust, particularly in the heat of summer, settled over everything - the buildings, the scraggly trees, the overgrown weeds and tall Johnson grass alongside the road, beat-up cars parked on the street or up on concrete blocks in sun-baked front yards.
We stop, scramble out
The Brown Derby's proprietor - whose name was Brown, I believe - was an old woman, old to me, anyway. She usually had a cigarette dangling from the corner of her mouth, her face wrinkled into a perpetual scowl. She and my dad always talked like old friends, and in a way they were. He had been calling on her once a week, every week, for years.
On the day I'm remembering Dad parks the yellow truck with the green Creamer's Clover Fresh Potato Chips spelled out in cursive on the side panel, and I hop out the sliding door we always keep open as we drive. It's cooler with the door open, plus we can scramble out quicker. We are at the side of the building.
We have walked maybe half a dozen steps when three men lurch around the corner; they have burst through the front door. It takes me a second to realize that two of them are white cops, and between them they have a black man, his head bald like a bullet, like a darker version of the Ike cartoons I've seen in the Waco Times Herald. In his 30s perhaps, he is well-dressed, in a blue suit, white shirt and dark tie. The cops have hold of him by the upper arms and are beating him around the head with billy clubs.
I have never seen the lethal-looking long, black batons, the leather straps wrapped around the cops' heavy wrists. They chop down at the man with hard, quick motions, the batons bouncing off his head, shoulders and neck. They make a grunting sound each time the batons hit.
Red blood, shiny against his dark skin, rivulets down the man's face. Oblivious to us, the cops curse the man and keep swinging, but he won't go down, why I don't know. They have revolvers in their holsters but never draw them.
The man's eyes loll back in his head. He isn't really trying to fight back, but still he won't go down. He never says a word the whole time.
Subdued, taken away
We back slowly toward the truck, my dad shielding me with an arm, and we watch the cops drag the man to a black-and-white patrol car. Finally, his legs give way, and he slumps against the door. The cops push his head down and shove him into the back seat. Then they speed away, leaving a curtain of dust hanging over the gravel parking lot.
Once we get inside, Mrs. Brown tells us the man was making a nuisance of himself, so she called the cops. I remember, even now, the brutality of what I witnessed.
Another summer's day
Passing through Temple the other day, I pulled off I-35 and tried without success to find where the Brown Derby might have been so many years ago. Everything, of course, has changed, including the once-gravel streets.
As I drove around the East Side I thought of another hot afternoon in Temple, maybe the same summer as the Brown Derby incident.
While my dad called on a mom-and-pop grocery store across the dry creek from the beer joint, I played catch in the sun-baked side yard of the store with two brothers about my age. One was left-handed, like me, and let me borrow his glove. The boys' parents - a young black couple, very serious, as I recall - owned the store; the family lived in rooms behind it.
The boys and I didn't talk much as we tossed the ball back and forth, occasionally throwing grounders or flies. What I was thinking, though, maybe for the first time in my life, is how they were just like me. They're black, I'm white, but so what?
"Good catch," we'd say. "Good catch."


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Ravensdale at sunset in Maryport Marina
You know you've become totally obsessed with boating when every break and holiday has a boat-related theme.
When we went to visit family in Wales and the south of England earlier this year we ended up visiting marinas and chandleries and the only souvenirs we brought home from our trip were an outboard motor, a life raft and three tins of antifouling paint.
The Northern Boat Show at Salthouse Dock in Liverpool
One of the interesting old sailing ships on display
And our latest break from Ravensdale, the 13.3m Neptunus 133 cruiser that has been our home for almost eight months, was a trip to the Northern Boat Show in Liverpool on Friday.
We travelled down to Merseyside on Thursday evening and stayed in a Travelodge about 16 miles from the city.
After a very filling breakfast at a nearby Little Chef, we set off for Liverpool waterfront.
We had already booked car parking and put the postcode for the car park in the Sat Nav, but it's a long time since either of us has been in a big city and we had problems finding our way through the traffic.
Once we were safely parked up, we thought things would get easier, but we couldn't find our way out of the multi-storey car park.
We felt like proper country bumpkins when we had to ask several people how to get out of the building.
The old sailing boats contrast with the modern architecture around the docks
As planned the car park was very close to the show at Salthouse Dock, so we only had to cross the road to get to the stands that had been set up along the waterfront.
There was a good range of exhibitors including yacht brokers, boat builders, chandleries and marinas, including Maryport Marina, along with watersport and training course providers, holiday and caravan companies, National Coastwatch and River Canal Rescue.
The Maryport Marina stand
The show was being held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We chose to attend on Friday assuming it was likely to be the quietest day and it seems we were correct in this assumption.
We took along a long list of things we needed or wanted for Ravensdale, along with the relevant measurements, in the hope some of these items might be available at the show.
We were out of luck with most of the things we had wanted.
However, we ordered a new dinghy to use as a tender that is due to arrive in a few days time.
We also bought a pair of binoculars that include a compass and a bottle of Boat Buddy boat cleaner so we can keep Ravensdale looking spick and span.
I loved all the old sailing ships that were on show, but was a little disappointed that most of the boats that we were able to view from the pontoons were narrowboats.
A quiet start to the Northern Boat Show
A different view of the boat show with the Wheel of Liverpool in the distance
It was very interesting to see how the interiors were laid out in the different widths of narrowboats and the wide beam vessels on show.
However, it would have been nice to have been able to look around more cruisers – not because we're looking to change our boat, but because it would have given us an opportunity to look for ideas for projects we could undertake on Ravensdale.
Some of the narrowboats on show at the event
Another group of boats on display at the show
Loved the paintwork on this boat but don't think we will be attempting anything like this on ours
It was lovely to meet up with friends from Maryport Marina, who live in Liverpool, at the boat show and we enjoyed a good chat over lunch.
And, at the end of the day, we managed to find our way back to our car - only because I had written down the details of the level and aisle J - and to get out of the city, despite a road closure, which confused the Sat Nav lady almost as much as it confused us.
Looking around other boats provided an interesting break from our own, but it was nice to get back onboard Ravensdale – our home, sweet home - when we returned to Maryport.
The sunset that greeted us on our return home to Maryport


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Sustainability and transformation fund will give NHS the resources it needs as part of the Five Year Forward View to sustain services.
The money will also help challenged hospitals to achieve financial balance while focusing on changing the way they provide high quality care for patients, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today.
This helps fulfil the NHS's own plan for the future, which the government promised to fund at the election with an additional £10 billion by the end of the parliament.
The transformation fund, which will be allocated dependent on hospitals meeting a series of strict conditions, will give the NHS the time and space it needs to put transformation plans in place. This will make 7 day services a reality for patients and will meet the ambitions of the NHS Five Year Forward View.
The government is committed to the values of the NHS, and in the Spending Review the Chancellor confirmed the £10 billion for the NHS's future plan. The £1.8 billion, part of a £3.8 billion front-loaded funding boost for next year, is designed to help trusts reduce their deficits and allow them to focus on transforming services to deliver excellent care for patients every day of the week. The initiative is only possible because the government has taken tough economic decisions to enable investment in key public services.
NHS staff across the country are already doing their bit to deliver excellent and safe care for patients and this funding will enable them to focus even further on improving quality for patients while making every penny count. Trusts are expected to have a tight grip on finances and investment will be dependent on them meeting a number of strict and non-negotiable conditions set out by NHS Improvement, NHS England and the Department of Health, including:
- agreeing with NHS England and NHS Improvement a strong and measurable recovery plan that shows how the trust will reduce deficits and break even within a reasonable timeframe, as well as a 'control total' for their 2016/17 budget
- developing a plan and reporting regularly on progress towards achieving the savings outlined by Lord Carter as part of his review into NHS productivity
- making further progress to reduce agency spend, along with a trajectory of how much spend will fall and regular reporting against this trajectory as part of the ongoing drive to employ fewer agency staff and more permanent staff to improve continuity of care for patients and improve safety
- agreeing with NHS England and NHS Improvement a credible plan for maintaining delivery of core standards for patients, including the 4 hour A&E standard, the 18 week referral to treatment standard and, for appropriate providers, the ambulance access standards
- setting out a clear and credible plan for achieving 7 day services for patients throughout the country by 2020
Sanctions will be included as part of the funding to ensure hospitals comply with the measures.
The funding will be broken down into 2 parts. A proportion of funding will be distributed to all providers of emergency care, linked to demonstrating initial progress against the conditions outlined above and the setting of agreed control totals with NHS Improvement. A second element will be used to target providers which can deliver additional efficiencies and improvements. Both elements of the fund will put trusts in a stronger financial position to make sure patients benefit from a world-class NHS for decades to come.
The initiative will be led by NHS Improvement, NHS England and the Department of Health, and the 3 organisations will shortly write to trusts with details of how funding will be distributed.
Jeremy Hunt said:
This government is committed to the values of the NHS, which is why we're investing £10 billion in its own plan for the future, including £6 billion upfront by next year. We're offering trusts help to improve their financial position and transform services for patients based on that planned investment, subject to strict conditions. This will allow hospitals to focus their efforts on making the NHS a truly 7 day service, offering the same excellent world class care every day of the week.
Jim Mackey, Chief Executive Designate of NHS Improvement, said:
The NHS is dealing with some significant challenges at the moment. This funding gives NHS providers the hope and possibility of doing things they have been unable to do this year: balance the books and deliver good emergency care performance.
We will be working with them to ensure they get back to the levels of performance the NHS should expect and its patients deserve. Alongside this, trusts need to look at longer term transformations to meet changing patient needs over the coming years.
Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, said:
We've rightly decided to deploy a meaningful chunk of next year's hard won NHS funding growth to help get hospitals back on their feet, and in return patients and taxpayers will expect a return to fundamental performance standards and financial discipline.
As that happens, we need to accelerate care redesign and free up a rising share of the NHS's new investment for critical priorities such as primary care, mental health and cancer services. The NHS's 5 year funding allocations being agreed at the NHS England public board meeting tomorrow aim to do just that.


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Not really.
I tie dyed the t shirt and made it better than new!
Once upon a time, a booth at the Viking Festival sold tie dyed Scandinavian flag t shirts. I wanted a Danish flag tie dye t shirt, but they were out of my size. They haven't been back to the festival since. This idea inspired my t shirt design.
Make a Danish Flag Tie Dye T Shirt
You will need:
- 100% Cotton T Shirt (MUST be cotton or another 100% natural fiber)
- Tulip Tie Dye Kit (Because it worked so well on my tie dye drop cloth shoes)
- Tarp or plastic trash bag (recommended big time!)
- Rock salt and/or uniodized sea salt (In the past using iodized table salt lead to major fails. Don't be me.)
- Spray Bottle and Water
- Painter's Tape
- Scissors
- Cardboard
- Large plastic bag
Make it:
1. Wash the sizing out of the cotton t shirt if you are using a new t shirt. Do not use fabric softener. Allow the t shirt to dry.
3. Place the cardboard inside the shirt. I cut a cardboard box to fit inside my shirt.
4. Dampen the front and back of the t shirt with the spray bottle full of water, carefully spraying around the tape. If the tape lifts up a little bit because it gets wet, it isn't a big deal. This is tie dye after all. Tie dye isn't perfect and that's part of the charm.
5. Fill the premixed (and key to my tie dying success) bottle of red Tulip fabric tie-dye with water and shake to mix the color per the directions in the kit. I used the premixed Tulip dye because it worked so well on my tie dye drop cloth shoes I want to lessen the chance of the epic tie dye fails I've had in the past.
We how are about to (tie) dye salute you!
6. Spread the tarp or plastic trash bag on the ground outside. I recommend you do this outside, even though the squirt bottles makes dying less messy and less permanent dye mistakes on your kitchen floor, it never hurts to err on the side of easier clean up.
7. WEAR THE GLOVES THAT COME IN THE KIT. Unless you want red hands. The dye is nontoxic so that's not the issue. Do you want to walk around town red handed? My guess is no.
7. WEAR THE GLOVES THAT COME IN THE KIT. Unless you want red hands. The dye is nontoxic so that's not the issue. Do you want to walk around town red handed? My guess is no.
8. Squirt the dye on the front of the t shirt, trying to avoid the taped off area. Make sure you cover the entire shirt with red dye.
9. Sprinkle uniodized rock salt and/or sea salt onto the front of the shirt to add texture. The dye will not penetrate where you sprinkle the salt.
11. Place the dyed t shirt in a plastic bag and allow the color to cure. The directions say to leave it in the bag 4-6 hours. I left mine in the bag overnight.
12. Remove the t shirt from the plastic bag. Shake the salt off the shirt and remove the painter's tape.
13. Rinse the excess dye from the shirt with cold water.
14. Wash the shirt in a large load of water with a small amount of laundry soap.
15. Dry the shirt in the dryer to set the dye.
This is a great way to personalize or revitalize hand me down or thrift store shirt for back to school or in my case, Tuesday.
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Editors note: Guest blogger Ardyth Neill is the President of Heifer Foundation. Neill joined the Heifer Foundation in 2001. Since then, she has served as CFO and vice president of asset management. The Heifer Foundation was established in 1991 to oversee and grow the endowment to provide support for the work of Heifer International. Heifer Foundation and Heifer International work together supporting the common mission of ending hunger and poverty while caring for the Earth.
Heifer Foundation? What's that? Who are we? What are we doing here?
Some of you know Heifer Foundation. And for that, thank you! But most don't understand what Heifer Foundation is and, more importantly, its relationship to Heifer International.
Heifer Foundation is a separate nonprofit, charitable organization with a distinctly different purpose than Heifer International. For starters, we're a foundation. That means that we are building an endowment to provide long-term support to Heifer International, mostly through planned giving instruments like bequests, estate gifts, trusts, annuities, stock…things like that. Long-term stuff. In the past we've referred to ourselves as the Heifer savings account, while Heifer International is the checking account. Both accounts are invested in the shared mission of ending hunger and poverty and caring for the Earth.
So what does this mean?
Heifer Foundation provides a way for loyal Heifer supporters to keep giving to Heifer after their lifetime—continuing to pass on the gift for families all over the world. Heifer Foundation is a responsible fiduciary collaborator for our committed donors' foundation and charitable trust needs.
As the President of Heifer Foundation, I meet some of the most amazing people. People who are passionate about Heifer International's mission and are including Heifer in their wills and planned giving. People who desire to leave a lasting legacy.
Heifer International has gone through many changes over the past years, with new leadership and new strategies to create greater impact worldwide. I recently visited Senegal and Nepal to see Heifer International projects and how these changes are manifested through program work. The goal of my visits was to see firsthand how the legacy of Heifer Foundation gifts continue to create lasting impact in families' lives.
Through these trips, I was grateful to see the time-tested, 70-year-old Heifer model of using values-based, holistic community development to bring families out of poverty and into thriving livelihoods. Cornerstones continue to transform lives. Women continue to be empowered. The commitment to sustainability is unwavering. All at a scale never before imagined.
I was delighted to come back and share with both Heifer Foundation and Heifer International donors what I experienced. How women have found their voice. How the Cornerstones continue to bring people together. How, through Passing on the Gift®, families who've received an animal become donors themselves when they pass on the offspring. The newfound dignity and pride is almost tangible as the essence of a Heifer International promise is finally realized. That anyone can have power over poverty.
This holiday season as you're planning your gifts for friends and loved ones, consider expanding your legacy towards ending hunger and poverty through our W.I.L.L. Society. These lasting gifts help secure the fulfillment of Heifer's mission. Learn more about Heifer Foundation and the many ways to create your lasting legacy. Visit our website, join our mailing list, and learn about a variety of confidential, planned charitable giving options for being a lifetime—and beyond—donor for Heifer.
You'll hear more from Ardyth and Heifer Foundation over the next year at heifer.org. Now, hear from Ardyth directly and see how families continue to be transformed.


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Interested in the Facebook initial public offering? Well then, we have an opportunity for you. A webinar dedicated to the subject.
CNBC media reporter Julia Boorstin, who has been following the company for quite some time, will be giving a brief presentation and answering questions about the Facebook IPO this Thursday, May 3, at 2:30 p.m. ET. The event will be hosted by CNBC Anchor Tyler Mathisen.
Investors and techies alike are interested in this coming out party. We're hoping the webinar will give our readers a chance to learn a little more about it in a more interactive and engaging way.
There are limited spaces. You can register here.
Allen Wastler is managing editor of CNBC.com. Follow him on Twitter @AWastler. You can catch his commentary on CNBC Radio. And check out his fiction.


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Alligator skin? Chapped lips? Flaky face? Do the cold months leave you with dry, itchy skin? If you've tried to shake up your beauty regime but you're still finding it difficult to lock in moisture, you may need to look at your diet. Your Winter beauty fx is hiding in your kitchen!!
Beat the Winter and tortured skin with these super beauty foods (your waistline will thank you too)
We all know the never ending list of coconut oil benefits, but did you know eating the actual fruit lends itself to a range of benefits too. The healthy fats found in coconuts and the antibacterial nutritional make-up keep acne flare-ups away and help keep your skin moisturised, which is key for looking healthier and younger.
You might be sick of seeing avocado recipes popping up on your instagram feed, but there's a good reason that our little green friends are so popular. The avocado's blend of healthy fats, proteins and vitamins make it a powerhouse for your body inside and out. The protein helps support the structures of collagen and elastin in your skin, while the fat keeps your skin moisturised.
Not only is it yummy on a cold Winter's morning but oatmeal is rich in antioxidants, vitamins and minerals but, most importantly, fibre which is essential in helping prevent dead skin and alleviating redness. Fibre also naturally boosts the metabolism, and a healthy gut is essential for clear skin.
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes help lock in moisture, give your skin a healthy glow and protect it from damage thanks to their abundance of vitamin A. Dry skin is often a sign that your diet needs more vitamin A, you'll recognise Vitamin A in skin products as retinol. Aside from their nutritional and aesthetic benefits, their high vitamin C content helps fight off winter colds.
Salmon is amazing for your skin as it's full of omega-3 fats, which strengthen skin cells, can protect against cancer and help reduce inflammation. Certain fish like halibut and yellowfin tuna also contain selenium, which preserves elastin in the skin, helping your skin stay supple, smooth and tight. If you're not a fish eater, look for other foods that are rich in omega-3 (like chia seeds, walnuts, flaxseeds, egg yolks) to help preserve collagen, fight inflammation and keep skin firm.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
The vitamin E and good fats of olive oil help moisturize skin, which is why it's a popular skincare ingredient. Luckily, using the fat in your cooking will reap the same benefits.
Carrots are loaded with vitamin C, which is a precursor to collagen production. Collagen is essential for skin elasticity. In addition, the vitamin A found in carrots attacks free radicals and can prevent wrinkles and uneven skin tone.
Dark Leafy Greens
Spinach and dark leafy greens like kale and broccoli are packed with iron, omega-4 fatty acids and vitamins A, B and E, which protect skin and improve your immune system. The phytochemicals and folates also help hydrate skin and keep it healthy.
Nuts & Seeds
Nuts and seeds are power foods that host omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins A, B and E, monounsaturated fats, minerals and antioxidants. Their nutritional density hydrates skin, promotes its elasticity, helps regenerate cells and protects against pollutants and free radicals.
Tomatoes contain high levels of lycopene, an antioxidant which keeps skin fresh and has anti-aging properties. The nutrient levels are higher in canned and cooked tomatoes. Lycopene in tomatoes gets absorbed more easily when tomatoes are cooked and when eaten with a little oil.


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Definition of 'past'
Word forms: pastslanguage note: In addition to the uses shown below, past is used in the phrasal verb 'run past.'
1. singular noun
The past is the time before the present, and the things that have happened.
In the past, about a third of the babies born to women with diabetes died.
2. countable noun
Your past consists of all the things that you have done or that have happened to you.
...revelations about his past.
3. adjective [ADJ n]
Past events and things happened or existed before the present time.
I knew from past experience that alternative therapies could help.
...a return to the turbulence of past centuries.
4. adjective [det ADJ n]
You use past to talk about a period of time that has just finished. For example, if you talk about the past five years, you mean the period of five years that has just finished.
Most stores have remained closed for the past three days.
5. preposition [num PREP num]
You use past when you are stating a time that is thirty minutes or less after a particular hour. For example, if it is twenty past six, it is twenty minutes after six o'clock.
It's ten past eleven.
6. preposition
If it is past a particular time, it is later than that time.
It was past midnight.
7. preposition
If you go past someone or something, you go near them and keep moving, so that they are then behind you.
I dashed past him and out of the door.
A steady procession of people filed past the coffin.
8. preposition [v PREP n]
If you look or point past a person or thing, you look or point at something behind them.
She stared past Christine at the bed.
9. preposition [v-link PREP n]
If something is past a place, it is on the other side of it.
Go north on I-15 to the exit just past Barstow.
10. preposition
If someone or something is past a particular point or stage, they are no longer at that point or stage.
He was well past retirement age.
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verb intransitive, verb transitive
1. Rare
gone by; ended; over
our past troubles
of a former time; bygone
immediately preceding; just gone by
the past week
having served formerly
a past chairman
6. Grammar
indicating an action completed or in progress at a former time, or a state or condition in existence at a former time
the time that has gone by; days, months, or years gone by
what has happened; the history, former life, or experiences of a person, group, or institutionoften used to indicate a hidden or questionable past
a woman with a past
9. Grammar
the past tense
a verb form in this tense
beyond in time; later than
five past four
beyond in space; farther on than
12. Obsolete
beyond in amount or degree; more than
beyond the extent, power, limits, scope, etc. of
past belief
to and beyond a point in time or space; by; so as to pass
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the past history of the world
denoting a specific unit of time that immediately precedes the present one
the past month
4. (prenominal)
denoting a person who has held and relinquished an office or position; former
a past president
5. grammar
denoting any of various tenses of verbs that are used in describing actions, events, or states that have been begun or completed at the time of utteranceCompare aorist, imperfect (sense 4), perfect (sense 8)
6. the past
the history, experience, or background of a nation, person, etc
a soldier with a distinguished past
an earlier period of someone's life, esp one that contains events kept secret or regarded as disreputable
9. grammar
a past tense
a verb in a past tense
at a specified or unspecified time before the present; ago
three years past
on or onwards
I greeted him but he just walked past
preposition▶ USAGE The past participle of pass is sometimes wrongly spelt past: the time for recriminations has passed (not past)
beyond in time
it's past midnight
beyond in place or position
the library is past the church
moving beyond; in a direction that passes
she walked past me
beyond or above in number or amount
to count past ten
17. past it
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Word origin of 'past'
Example sentences containing 'past'
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The sector has enjoyed a boom in the past ten years. Times, Sunday Times (2016)She fled abroad to escape her tormentors and keeps her past a secret from new acquaintances. The Sun (2016)In the past month he has partially refunded a couple who cancelled their wedding. Times, Sunday Times (2016)It turns out that a bloke in his car had got a picture as he went past. The Sun (2016)Those planted within the past two or three years should be relatively easy to lift and move. Times, Sunday Times (2017)Just tell her you want to put the past behind you. The Sun (2016)This past week has honestly been one of the most exciting of my entire career. The Sun (2017)That's something the past ten winners of this race all have in common. The Sun (2016)Too long in the past they've just brought in players here for the sake of it. Times, Sunday Times (2017)Villa have only lost one of their past nine away matches in the league. Times, Sunday Times (2013)Maybe something in your past makes you afraid to fully commit. The Sun (2011)The pair had called rescuers after following his tracks just past the summit where they stopped. Times, Sunday Times (2013)His performances over the past two years have been unbelievable. Times, Sunday Times (2012)Star players from the past may also be invited to make an appearance. Times, Sunday Times (2013)The past weeks have been very hard. The Sun (2010)The past is behind us and we are moving on. Times, Sunday Times (2011)Now buzz off and let me try to learn to count past five. Times, Sunday Times (2015)There are lots of other episodes in my past which put a bigger smile on my face. The Sun (2012)Money moves from the past to the present. The Sun (2016)You can find the precursor of this new wave in the recent past. Times, Sunday Times (2008)Will she confront this woman about the past? The Sun (2008)You can use past experiences to upgrade a current relationship. The Sun (2012)Oxford have lost their past three matches. Times, Sunday Times (2012)This could have happened any time in the past few years or it could all be rubbish. The Sun (2008)Past history suggests this might be a spectacle worth watching. Times, Sunday Times (2012)The number of older women having relationships with younger men has increased dramatically in the past ten years. Times, Sunday Times (2007)But time and again over the past decade our security services have used them to keep us safe. The Sun (2015)She brings the past to life. Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently thereThe Go-Between
As all historians know, the past is a great darkness, and filled with echoesThe Handmaid's Tale
Synonyms of 'past'
Trends of 'past'
Extremely Common. past is one of the 1000 most commonly used words in the Collins dictionary
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Translations for 'past'
British English: past /pɑːst/ ADJECTIVE
Past events and things happened or existed before the present time.
...details of his past activities.
- American English: past
- Arabic: ماضٍ
- Brazilian Portuguese: passado
- Chinese: 过去的
- Croatian: prošao
- Czech: uplynulý
- Danish: tidligere
- Dutch: vroeger
- European Spanish: pasado
- Finnish: mennyt
- French: passé
- German: vergangen
- Greek: περασμένος
- Italian: passato
- Japanese: 過ぎ去った
- Korean: 과거의
- Norwegian: forhenværende
- Polish: przeszły
- European Portuguese: passado
- Romanian: trecut
- Russian: прошедший
- Spanish: pasado
- Swedish: förfluten
- Thai: ที่ผ่านไปแล้ว
- Turkish: geçmiş
- Ukrainian: минулий
- Vietnamese: đã qua
British English: past /pɑːst/ NOUN
The past is the period of time before now.
In the past, there weren't any computers.
- American English: past
- Arabic: الـمَاضِي
- Brazilian Portuguese: passado
- Chinese: 过去
- Croatian: prošlost
- Czech: minulost
- Danish: fortid
- Dutch: verleden
- European Spanish: pasado
- Finnish: menneisyys
- French: passé
- German: Vergangenheit
- Greek: παρελθόν
- Italian: passato
- Japanese: 過去
- Korean: 과거
- Norwegian: fortid
- Polish: przeszłość
- European Portuguese: passado
- Romanian: trecut
- Russian: прошлое
- Spanish: pasado
- Swedish: förflutet
- Thai: อดีต
- Turkish: geçmiş
- Ukrainian: минуле
- Vietnamese: quá khứ
British English: past /pɑːst/ PREPOSITION
after You use past when you are telling the time.
It was ten past eleven.
- American English: after in times
- Arabic: بَعْدُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: para além de
- Chinese: 越过
- Croatian: nakon
- Czech: po
- Danish: forbi
- Dutch: over
- European Spanish: después de
- Finnish: ohi
- French: après
- German: nach
- Greek: μετά από
- Italian: e
- Japanese: ・・・を過ぎて
- Korean: ...을 지나서
- Norwegian: forbi
- Polish: po
- European Portuguese: para além de
- Romanian: trecut de
- Russian: после
- Spanish: después de
- Swedish: förbi
- Thai: ผ่าน
- Turkish: geçiyor
- Ukrainian: після
- Vietnamese: qua vượt
British English: past /pɑːst/ PREPOSITION
farther than Something that is past a place is on the other side of it.
It's just past the school there.
- American English: past
- Arabic: وَرَاءَ
- Brazilian Portuguese: depois
- Chinese: 在…另一侧
- Croatian: pokraj
- Czech: zabudovou apod.
- Danish: forbi
- Dutch: voorbij
- European Spanish: más allá
- Finnish: takana
- French: de l'autre côté de
- German: hinter
- Greek: πέρα
- Italian: di fronte a
- Japanese: ・・・のそばの
- Korean: ~을 지나서
- Norwegian: forbi
- Polish: za
- European Portuguese: a seguir
- Romanian: după
- Russian: позади
- Spanish: pasar
- Swedish: förbi
- Thai: ผ่าน
- Turkish: geçmek
- Ukrainian: за
- Vietnamese: ngang qua
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As you may know, I'm spending this year living in Suva, Fiji volunteering at an NGO. The transition from my home town of Sydney to my new home in Suva has been quite smooth. The limit of my displacement has felt more like moving interstate than moving countries. Suva is the largest city in the south pacific, and in day-to-day life I have a lot less comforts than home, but I could fool myself into thinking I have moved to Townsville (This is easier because I've only been as far north as Gladstone).
Fiji is a country that is doing pretty well in a few of the really important MDGs (Millenium Development Goals), Suva especially so. Most people have access to food and shelter, as well as some level of education. There isn't any malaria and a few of the things to do with HIV and kids etc. are better than some other places people go to help out. Fiji is not Australia though. Life here can be difficult for volunteers and especially the people that live here. The work people are doing in Fiji is based around water and sanitation, gender equality, Non-communicable diseases and Infrastructure. This is a simplistic summary of why people come to Fiji to volunteer.
The volunteer experience in Fiji is varied depending on who you are and your role. I am lucky because my personality fits in well with the Fijian culture and values. They appreciate my laid back style and my focus on relationships, and I'm always up for a bowl of kava, or at least to sit around the bowl while everyone else drinks. Many people working here who are wonderful motivated people can get stuck in the wrong role and find that people are actively working against the stuff they are trying to do to help Fiji. If I was in a place where my natural tendencies were contrary to the culture of the workplace I think it would be very draining to try to operate. This is something many volunteers have to face every day. I feel fortunate to be in a place where I mesh well with my boss and colleagues, and try to support people who are struggling with these issues as it can be hard to deal with day after day.
Socially, Suva provides a bit of a haven from anyone suffering from professional struggles. Volunteers leave behind their social support structures and come to an unknown place with strangers, but socially Suva has quite a big expat population so the fall is cushioned, and personally I have some great friends here. The psychology of this is cyclical for most people. There are weeks when home is really all you are thinking about, and that can get very depressing and demotivating. This happens about once every three months. Then there are times when you are walking down the street with some wonderful friends from about seven different countries and it feels like a nice dream. Regular reality is somewhere in between the two, and different people have different experiences. Some people get so well integrated they stay longer, and others find it very difficult to integrate. It's a similar social change to say… starting high school.
In the city we experience only a few developing world problems. The water goes off sometimes for a few days, usually just after you have exercised yourself into a sweaty mess, and we all seem to get sick more often than back home. There are random outbreaks of diseases like typhoid and one person even got parasitic brain worms. The city is fairly sheltered though. When you go to rural areas for work, the conditions change drastically. The villagers go to a lot of effort to try to give you every comfort you would have in the city but even for the drastically naive it is easy to see there are needs that need to be met. Most people in Fiji wear second hand clothes from Australia, and the condition of these clothes in rural areas is low. Some villages you have to walk for a couple of kilometers to collect fresh water, and many places don't have power except for a few hours by generator. Cyclones and flooding are common and hit hard because the houses aren't always built to be disaster proof. The standard of living varies village to village but healthcare, education and facilities are sporadic. These are also some of the most beautiful places in Fiji, absolute pockets of natural beauty and wonderful people. Suva city actually has the worst weather in Fiji. It's a peninsula and catches all the rain. It rains in Suva most days, whereas almost everywhere else there is a beautiful mix of rain and sunshine.
There are many wonderful things about my life in Fiji, the people and I get on well, everywhere is close to the ocean, there are some cheap and beautiful backpacker places to go for a weekend away when Suva becomes a bit too crazy or rainy and it's always warm. This year has still been challenging for me though, it would definitely have been safer and easier to stay in Sydney. Fijians have taught me well about Fiji, and how it is both a beautiful, amazing place and a developing country in need of love, prayers and support. I hope I have conveyed those lessons accurately to you in this blog, and as I get closer to finishing up my assignment here, thanks for the support you have shown Connie and I while we have been away. It has been important to us especially when life is in a difficult period devoid of hammocks and cocktails.


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245 Dead In Brazil Nightclub Fire: Fireworks Display Gone Wrong
How tragic. A deadly fire took the lives of at least 245 people, when a fireworks display went terribly wrong at the Kiss club in Brazil on Jan. 27.
At least 245 clubgoers have been declared dead after a Brazilian nightclub fire ravaged through the Kiss club in the early hours of Jan. 27.
It was originally reported that 90 people had lost their lives, but sadly, after seeing the extent of the fire, firefighters quickly updated the figures. The total number of victims is still unknown, civil police and regional government spokesman Marcelo Arigoni told Radio Gaucha.
The Municipal Sports Centre is currently being used as an improvised morgue.
Officials say the fire broke out at the Kiss club in the city of Santa Maria, 550km from Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, while a band was performing. The cause of the fire is still unknown, but Sandro Meinerz, spokesman for the police in the city of Santa Maria, told local media that the fire happened while the band was performing, at around 2 AM.
The venue was allegedly at maximum capacity of between 1,000 and 2,000.
Ezekiel Corte Real, 23, told local newspaper Diario de Santa Maria that he helped people to escape. "I just got out because I'm very strong," he said.
Our thoughts go out to the families and friends of the victims. This is such sad news.


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- I would like to add more applications. I have been reading about batteries and more about medical application of radiation. These are always good for motivation. With my better understanding of cognitive load theory, I need to make sure that the applications are clearly separate from core course material.
- I showed a few videos last time. I think it is better to download the videos from youtube if that is possible. The adverts and banners get in the way. I like the videos because they replace physics demonstrations, that we don't have. Also in the end of the course I used explicit questions, to focus their attention on the explicit thing I wanted them to think about.
- The lecture motes had some inbuilt exercises. I need to add more particularly with the new 2 hour long lectures.
- The students seemed to like the two mock tests that I ran. I provided solutions, but I could make the solutions more useful, by linking back to lecture material. Also I will add instructions on how to use the feedback in the self marking.
- There is no white board in the lecture theatre, so I am going to have to use the visualizer, when I write the odd solution to problems.
I am sure that more things will occur to me as time progresses....


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Thursday, February 21, 2013
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Sheryl Crow & Lenny Kravitz - CMT Music Awards 2013 Red Carpet
Sheryl Crow wears a sexy cutout dress on the purple carpet at the 2013 CMT Music Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (June 5) in Nashville, Tenn.
"With Lisa Manning @MandMWSM backstage waiting for the #CMTawards to start," the 51-year-old singer tweeted before the show.
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Lenny Kravitz also hit the red carpet at the show and met up with his pals Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman. He later opened up the show with a performance of "American Woman".
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The journey beyond
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But soar soar on high you must
And do the things in which you trust!
Just wanted to let you know you're in my thoughts. Your daughter is just beautiful. My daughter was killed at age 21 by an elderly lady who ran a redlight. The pain of losing her is unbearable most days. Your Site caught my eye because it was mentioned that your daughter stood up for what she believed in and seemed to always be happy and humorous. My daughter was very similar, always smiling and finding the humor in various situations. Wow I miss her laughter!! God bless you!
I came over this and it made me really sad R.I.P. Stephanie and god be with the family at this time i am so sorry xxxxx
I came across Stephanie's page and I just wanted to let you know that I am sorry about your loss. What a beautiful girl and how lucky she was that she was loved so much by all of you. I just lost my niece Courtney (15) to an accident and I know that the two of them are now singing with the angels in heaven and watching over us.
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The Slant and Bias In Writing Style
What is a Slant?
Once you call an editor and say, "How would you like an article regarding insurance?" he's would say to you, "What about insurance?"
The answer to that question will be your slant.
When you don't have an answer, of if you falter and mutter something like "Well, you know, the 'investments' and stuff," you will hear a click, followed by silence.
You might not even get that far with your writing goal. That's due to the fact that your article query is going through the mail, not over the phone line, and the editor will reject it without even bothering to ask the question. Therefore, your article idea should be slanted before it's presented to an editor.
When we "slant" something, what we're doing is presenting it "to conform to a particular bias." This would make sense to you if you picture different groups of potential readers for your article. You slant your article so that it targets one particular group of readers, one market. If your over-all idea is "Best Tennis Clubs," you could slant it toward the readers of Retirement Living by making it "Learning Tennis After Age 55." If you want to slant it towards the readers of Cosmopolitan, it could become, "Your Local Tennis Club: Where the Boys Are." Or you could slant it towards the readers of Weight Watchers Magazine with "Tennis: Win or Lose, You Lose (Weight, That Is!)."
But the writer does not always select a market before settling on a suitable slant. Just as often, the writer has a slant in mind for an idea and should then determine possible markets for it. As the writer narrows the slant on an idea, he or she also narrows the range of possible markets. If you begin thinking you would like to write something about houses, you can visualize a sale to almost any magazine or newspaper in the world. As soon as you narrow it down to buying a house, you have ruled out magazines for children, for instance, and magazines that are distributed only to condominium dwellers. Make it "Buying a House for Less than $40,000," and you will perhaps lose the interest of people who read Fortune and Town & Country, among others. And by the time you have narrowed it down to "Buying a House for Under $40,000 in the Boston area," you've knocked out every potential market except Boston Magazine, the local papers, and a few regional publications.
Why You Need a Slant
First, if you don't have a slant you do not have an article. Anyone can offer to write about ducks, for instance, but the editor can't give you an assignment unless he knows precisely what you're offering to do. He needs to know what your view of ducks is, what body of duck information you will be providing, and what it has to do with his readers. Think of how you would feel if you were the editor of Animal Lovers Magazine and you gave a writer an assignment to write an article "regarding ducks," and she came back with a piece on how to make roast duck for Sunday dinner.
Next, you may eliminate potential markets as your slant gets more specific, the slant factor turns stronger for the markets that remain. Your suggested article grows closer to being "perfect" for a specific set of readers. Keep this within reason.


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SPARTA, NJ – A Sparta man is facing charges after disrobing in the police station, police say.
On August 17 around 10:45 a.m. Sparta Cpl. Marc Rubino and Police Officer Steven Guido went to investigate a call about Jose Lewis violating a temporary restraining order. Lewis was brought to the Sparta Police headquarters for violating the order, police report.
While sitting on the bench in the cellblock room, waiting to be processed, the 45-year-old took off all of his clothes and began fondling himself, according to police.
Lewis would not let officers cover him with a blanket and only got dressed after the officers agreed to bring him to Newton Medical Center. Lewis was brought to the hospital and then to Keogh Dwyer Correctional Facility pending his court appearance on the contempt of court charge, police report.
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An environmental crusader known as "Mr. Malibu" has apologized to Pepperdine University and retracted accusations that the school is to blame for effluent flowing down Marie Canyon Creek and into the Pacific Ocean.
In exchange, the university has agreed to drop a lawsuit against activist Cary ONeal that alleged libel and "invasion of privacy by placing person in a false light in public eye."
In two videos he posted online, ONeal claimed that a foamy substance pooling on a Malibu beach was sewage released by Pepperdine. The images of runoff were juxtaposed with views of the tiny Malibu Mesa Water Reclamation Facility a few hundred yards upstream.
"I acknowledge that these statements were inaccurate," ONeal said in a written retraction. "Pepperdine does not operate the Malibu Mesa Water Reclamation Facility."


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If you want to find an effective way of reducing your debt, follow Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover. One of the key strategies to the Total Money Makeover is the "debt snowball." Debt snowball is basically listing all your debts from lowest to highest balance. Pay off your lowest debt as quickly as possible while paying the minimum on all your other debts. After your first debt is paid off, start putting those payments toward your second debt in addition to what you were already paying down on your second debt. Thus, beginning your debt snowball. Follow the same routine with all your debts. Some may argue that you should pay down your debt with the highest interest first. The satisfaction of seeing results faster by paying off lower balance debts quickly with the Total Money Makeover is why it is so successful. When people don't see results fast enough, they get discouraged. It's human nature.
Dave Ramsey states you can take control of your debt using these steps.
|$1,000 to start an Emergency Fund
|Pay off all debt using the Debt Snowball
|3 to 6 months of expenses in savings
|Invest 15% of household income into Roth IRAs and pre-tax retirement
|College funding for children
|Pay off home early
|Build wealth and give!
Invest in mutual funds and real estate
I just can't seem to do a routine or method exactly how people tell me to do it. (MODIFIED curly girl method anyone). I think I just can't be that strict because life itself isn't black and white. So many things come up. Other things I would rather do or spend my money on. What may work for someone, may not work for me so I need to change it up so that it WILL work for me. At the same time, I still can't do everything in excess. Any beneficial lifestyle change, no matter how small, is good. Even if you can't change everything all at once, positively tweaking how you live little by little will bring you success without feeling so overwhelmed that you want to give up.


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Ready America 70400 1 Person Cold Weather Survival Kit
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- 6 water packets 4.225 oz
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Ready America 70400 1 Person Cold Weather Survival Kit
How many times have you heard of someone being stranded in a blizzard only to spend days shivering in the cold before help arrives? Be ready for any eventuality with this Ready America 1 person cold weather survival kit.
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This 1 person survival kit includes all the necessities to keep warm, plus an emergency pair of hand warmers, body warmer, wool blanket, survival blanket and more. You can stay safe, and cozy unitl help arrives.
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Don't let an earthquake, snow storm or hurricane catch you off guard. No matter what happens, you can have the food, water, and SOS items you need to get help. 3 in 1 whistle, compass and thermometer, roadside warming triangle, car HELP sign, are all available to help get you noticed.
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- Stores in a convenient backpack
- Includes tools, tape, and more
- Warmers and blankets
- 2400 calorie food bar with 5 yr shelf life
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When winter comes, cold weather emergencies are also a possibility so you should be prepared for them. You can be stranded in your car by the side of the road or at a job site. Blackouts can cut power and heat to your home. These situations can be life threatening, but with this emergency kit they're not.
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Be prepared with a cold weather emergency kit by Ready America. This 1 person kit contains essential lifesaving items including (1) 2400 calorie food bar, (6) 4.225 oz. water pouches, a snow shovel to dig your vehicle out of tight spots, a headlamp, and more.
What More Can You Ask For?
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You ate shit in front of the homeless people. They applauded.
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Google has released a new commercial for the Nexus 7, showing off the features of the device with games and media. While it's a bit of a reach in regards to battery life and Wifi range, it's really well done and puts a happy face on the new 7-inch tablet. We'd like to see more like this from Google. Have a look and see.
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Mary Poppins Atlanta | Fox Theatre
With her magical umbrella, Mary Poppins will fly into the Fox Theatre on April 2 to 7, 2013 to bring to its Atlanta audience the kind of Broadway musical magic it has been known for.
The stage musical will take the audience to Cherry Lane in London during the Edwardian times to meet Mary Poppins, her friend Bert, Mr. and Mrs. Banks, the precocious yet naughty Banks children – Jane and Michael, and the rest of the characters that people all over the world has grown to love for more than 40 years. This stage adaptation of the Mary Poppins series by P.L. Travers and the 1964 movie from Disney features grand stage designs and new awesome dance routines while keeping true to the most important and memorable elements of both the film and the book series. Indeed, this musical is the Practically Perfect choice for the whole family to watch and enjoy.
The show times at the Fox Theatre are at 8 PM from April 2 to 6, 2013 and a matinee performance at 2 PM on April 6, 2013. On April 7, 2013, the performances of Mary Poppins are at 1 PM and 6:30 PM. The performance running time is 2 hours and 50 minutes with 1 intermission.
Review the ticket options featured below for premium seating and sold out tickets. Tickets may be above face value and this site is not affiliated with the venue.
Mary Poppins Atlanta Cast
Mary Poppins – Madeline Trumble
Bert – Con O'Shea-Creal
Mr. Banks – Michael Dean Morgan
Mrs. Banks – Elizabeth Broadhurst
Admiral Boom – Ryan Hilliard
Robertson Ay – Blake Segal
Mrs. Brill – Tregoney Shepherd
Bird Woman – Karen Murphy
Jane Banks – Madison Ann Mullahey, Julianna Rigoglioso
Michael Banks – Eli Tokash, Zachary Mackiewicz
Original Music & Lyrics – Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman
Book – Julian Fellowes
New Songs, Additional Music, Dance & Vocal Arrangements – George Stiles
New Songs & Additional Lyrics – Anthony Drewe
Director – Richard Eyre
Co-Director & Choreographer – Matthew Bourne
Scenice & Costume Design – Bob Crowley
Co-Choreographer – Stephen Mear
Address: 660 Peachtree Street Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30308
Fox Theatre Capacity: 4678


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The Cholula Hot Sauce print campaign is certain to make you giggle. Advertising agency JWT of Singapore created this cheeky campaign.
These ads depict scenarios of livestock in precarious situations, yet the presence of the Cholula Hot Sauce bottle protects the fortunate animals from their demise. The poor animals that weren't lucky enough to be touched by this bottle either end up getting abducted by aliens or fall off a cliff. Thus, the slogan reads, "Rescue food."
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65 Food Ads and Marketing Promos
Personified Food Ads
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Multiplication flash cards start being useful when children are in third grade, or around 8 to 9 years old. This is when multiplication is taught in school.
In third grade, children start learning the fundamentals of multiplication, though some teachers might touch on it sooner. They learn basic fractions, decimals, multiplying and dividing. In addition to learning multiplication, students at this age also learn more complex adding and subtracting, as well as measuring height, weight and volume. There are printable flash cards, ones sold at stores and online flash cards. The online versions are convenient as they are used from a computer or mobile device.


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It's the first Saturday of the month and that means a new challenge at Penny Black Saturday Challenge. This month our theme is...
I've used the very cute Penny Black stamp 'Just Wishing You'.
I've coloured him with promarkers and the background is a crafts too embossing folder with added glitter! I've also used a MB star die.
Our sponsor this month is 1-2-3 stitch with a £10 voucher for one lucky winner.
I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Extra - Anything Christmas
Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Christmas Animals
ABC Christmas challenge - K for Keep it Simple
Thanks for taking the time to visit me today, and for all your comments and encouragement.
Have a lovely weekend.
Lorraine x


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This is an amazing, one-of-a-kind condominium at Papakea. Our oceanfront, 'A' Building, ground-floor, corner unit (A101) has double the living space of most other units at Papakea, with over 1400 square feet total. Included in the extra living area is a large kitchen, a large dining area and breakfast bar, an office nook with a desk, and a wet bar with a wine-fridge and mini-refrigerator. We also have a private double lanai.
The living room includes a comfortable chair and love seat as well as a queen sleeper sofa. We have converted two separate one bedroom units into one large two bedroom unit. The bedrooms are completely separate and very private. Both bedrooms have king-size beds and there are two full bathrooms. The sofa converts into a queen-size bed. Kitchen and bathrooms have been updated. We have a keyless entry system.
We have spectacular panoramic views of the beautiful Pacific Ocean, tropical landscaping with coconut palms, and the islands of Molokai and Lanai. The sunsets are stunning from our unit! Also, the whale watching is fabulous, in season. We are just steps away from the ocean, swimming pool, hot tub, and barbecues.
Our unit has air conditioning, however, with windows open and ceiling fans on, it is a wonderful, fresh, tropical, open air experience. You can listen to the gentle ocean waves at night. We have a fully-equipped kitchen, washer & dryer in unit, free in-room safe, and free wireless Internet access. There is also Satellite TV with DVD, and Stereo. This feels like a home, not a hotel, but with resort amenities.
This is a Non-Smoking unit. No pets allowed.
Papakea is a beautiful, private, oceanfront, beach resort with 13 acres of tropical landscaping, koi ponds, two oceanfront pools, two hot tubs, two cabanas, three lighted tennis courts, shuffleboards, two putting greens, and 12 gas barbecues. We have sandy beaches and coral reefs right in front of our property. This is a popular location for snorkeling, surfing, canoeing, and kayaking. They offer many activities on property as well as an activity guide to help you organize all of your activities on Maui. The staff are friendly and helpful. You will find a true Aloha spirit here.
There is an open air restaurant at the resort next door within walking distance. There are shops, restaurants, delicatessens, and a grocery store just across the road. We are five minutes from Whalers Village with great shopping and restaurants. We are ten minutes from historical Lahaina town with more great shopping, restaurants, history, and art. Papakea is halfway between the world class golf resorts of Kaanapali and Kapalua.
Deposit is made by credit card. We require final payment by by check.
Keywords: 2 Bedroom Oceanfront Condominium


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I SENT A LETTER TO MY LOVE – Buy it here
All her life, Amy Evans has struggled against that unkind gift of fate – ugliness. A squat nose stubbed like a plasticine afterthought on her face, a chin too long and eyes straining to meet each other, form a sad picture that dooms Amy to a life of solitude and lovelessness.
Now in her fifties, Amy lives alone with her crippled brother, both prisoners of the hopes and aspirations of their youth. Then Amy makes a final bid for happiness, a last ditch attempt to meet someone she can love … who might love her. Suddenly her life takes on dizzying new dimensions as she explores untrodden paths of sexual awareness in an all-or-nothing gamble for dangerous and delicious success.
PUBLISHER: Parthian Books
PUBLICATION DATE: 1st February 2008
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Summer, sun, storms and heat, bursts of growth settle for quiet, hot, sleepy days. Mornings bursting with colour and heat, evenings coolness lingers with sun faded colours around a stormy sky. Ts
Christmas decorations are appearing in house and garden.
Vibrant 'Reds' for Christmas;
photos 02/12/2017
Daylily 'Roses in Summer'
Daylily 'Double Bourbon'
Daylily 'Lois Hall'
Daylily 'Pure Indulgence'
Rose 'General Gallieni Tea rose bred in France 1899.
Did I mention that I adore old roses? Ts
4/12/ 2017
and it is raining, raining, raining...
Days hugged in rain and clouds are wonderful. A gift from the heavens to make me not feel guilty, when I am just lazy, looking and dreaming into a wet, grey landscape.
I feel sorry for the birds flying towards the feeding bowls which have become pools with the seeds washed to the bottom.
My little bare shouldered dove arrived, trying to fish out some of the seed, she left disappointed, sorry little dove. Hopefully she might find some scattered seed in the grass.
Cicadas do not sing on a rainy wet day; it's only the monotonous sound of grey, washing and gurgling in little streams down the hill.
Roses look so festive when festooned with diamonds.
...hundreds or thousands ore more drops ...I have never counted them... adorn the petals for now...
The famous 'Christmas' plant Poinsettia grows here to a big shrub and flowers in Winter. It it is very showy with its red leaves which are not the actual flowers. The small flowers are just visible in the middle of the colourful leaves.
Mine need to be pruned now. They could be left to grow as a small tree, but may look sometimes a bit straggly.
Like this one.
Like this one.
Here you can see the small flowers in the middle.
A little bit of Okker Humour.
Christmas in Australia is different to what you know ,
We don't see any reindeer and for sure there is no snow,
No steaming Christmas pudding, or eggnog by the fire. ,
Too much of that there hot stuff, makes us all perspire.
The sun is brightly shining. The sky is blue and bright ,
The waves are breaking on the beach, the tide is just in right ,
I've got my great new surfboard, the barbie's on the beach,
The chops are cooking nicely, the snags are lined up neat,
The temp is in the 40s, the sand is fine and white,
There's coldies in the esky, all has turned out right
Who needs the snow and iced up roads, Santa and his sleigh,
We'll have a red hot Christmas that's the Aussie way.
Sunset 08/12/2017 around 7.00 PM
The Tropical's
Alamanda Caramel. I love this delicious colour.
I am a Ginger fan...is there anything more exotic, tropical than the Kahili Ginger all the way from India.
With fragrant towers of flowers and bold foliage, Kahili ginger, Hedychium gardnerianum, is a dramatic tropical plant. Native to moist tropical forests of the eastern Himalayas in northern India, Nepal and Bhutan. and is a popular landscape ornamental throughout the world in tropical and subtropical area. It is a declared a weed in Queensland so I must watch it that it does not let itself out of the garden😔
Big and wonderful, flowers of the edible cacti fruit Pitaya, growing along the fence in the kitchen garden.
Butternut Pumpkin flowers and fruit soon ready for harvest.
I must say I love the flowers as much as the fruit. (Pumpkin is classified as a fruit not a vegetable.)
...the leafy and shady garden.
Strelitzia nicolai, commonly known as the giant white bird of paradise or wild banana, reaching a height of 6 m and the clumps formed can spread as far as 3.5 m
I love the patterns of sun and shade. Behind the fence is the leafy garden where lizards and other wildlife have a save heaven.
Hopefully see you tomorrow...maybe..
To all, enjoy a wonderful Christmas.
Last December days in the garden 30/12/2017
Rose Marie van Houtte
A valuable rose parent, Marie van Houtte is described as having large, globular flowers of lemon yellow, deeper in the centre, with pinkish lilac suffusing the tips of the petals. Its dark, shiny and occasionally evergreen foliage is a good foil to the light flowers.
This one needs to be in check as it is a substantial seeder.
Caesalpinia pulcherima, dwarf Poinciana, a fine summer plant for the hot climate. It needs frequent removal of the spend flowers to keep it flowering and compact.
Front borders along the drive way are blooming now with Rainlillies. I remove the seed heads as they are seeders as well.
The lovely Rose Perle d'or.
Pentas in different colours always favourites in the hot summer garden.
Tropical Heliconia a summer garden's fave. Also used as good cut flowers.
Iceberg Rose contrasts against the behind the fence darker foliage and wildlife garden.
Bobby's Help is always around to dismantle large palm leaf fronds.
This now is the last entry for this year.
a rainbow this morning; 31/12/2017
I just collected the pot of gold!
I hope you enjoyed the garden over the 12 month of 2017.
My next entries will be in the New Year.
My best wishes for a Happy 2018.
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Page County Care Facility, located in Clarinda, Iowa provides the following services: Assisted Living. Page County Care Facility has a very good hospital, Clarinda Regional Health Center, located nearby, which scored a 87 out of 100 in its most recent Medicare review. The Page County Care Facility's nearest hospital is 1 miles away. The zipcode (51632) in Iowa, where Page County Care Facility is located, has an average safety rating based on recent crime statistics.
Page County Care Facility is an assisted living facility. Assisted living facilities are an apartment-style habitat designed to focus on providing assistance with daily living activities. They provide a higher level of service for the elderly which can include preparing meals, housekeeping, medication assistance, laundry, and also do regular check-in's on the residents. Basically, they are designed to bridge the gap between independent living and nursing home facilities. When thinking about how to pay for care, assisted living facilities are generally less expensive than nursing homes, if assisted living is a viable option for your loved one.
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Nearby Hospitals
Clarinda Regional Health Center823 South 17 Th
Clarinda IA 51632
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Easter Enterprises, Inc.209 E Main
Distance: 0.8 miles
(712) 542-3814
Clarinda Adult Psych Hosp1800 N 16 Th St
Distance: 0.8 miles
(712) 542-2161
Phill Mont Company201 S 16 Th St
Distance: 0.8 miles
(712) 542-6546
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Shambaugh Church Of God24 PO Box
Shambaugh, IA
Distance: 5.9 miles
(712) 542-2759
Siam Church Of Christ754 PO Box
New Market, IA
Distance: 8.0 miles
(712) 585-3788