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A regional district planner says allowing a 12-lot subdivision on the shoreline of Vaseux Lake is inconsistent with the Regional Growth Strategy.
But the board voted in favour of the proposal last week, ignoring the goal of keeping new development within primary and secondary growth areas. (Vaseux Lake is not one of these areas.)
Planner Evelyn Riechert said the proposal to develop a vineyard and winery, in addition to the residential subdivision does not protect the character of the rural area.
But Brad Elenko, spokesman for the property owner, said the subdivision will not have a negative impact on the environment or the surrounding area.
The intent of the Regional Growth Strategy (RGS) is to manage growth in the South Okanagan.
The proposal in question attempts to develop a vineyard and winery on the agricultural portion of the property, and amend the tourism commercial portion to develop the 12-lot subdivision. The subject property on the east side of Vaseux Lake is approximately 4.4 hectares within the Agricultural Land Reserve.
Riechert said the property is part of the Vaseux- Bighorn National Wildlife Area, and the lake itself plays host to a migratory bird sanctuary, significant for four threatened species.
However, Riechert said the current Official Community Plan (OCP) mapping does not identify the subject property as environmentally sensitive. But the new ecosystem mapping identifies the property as having high environmental values.
Riechert said the RGS Technical Advisory Committee concluded that introducing a 12-lot subdivision into the Vaseux Lake area does not meet the human settlement goals of the RGS.
"Vaseux Lake is not identified as a settlement area or as a growth area," the planner said.
Riechert said the RGS aims to keep urban settlement compact by encouraging and directing development to concentrate where services are located . . . in order to "protect the integrity of rural areas."
The planner noted the RGS does consider some development outside of growth areas, but these are limited to rural "infill" projects that do not significantly increase the number of units to the neighbourhood.
"If a subdivision proposal came forward to create one or two more lots, it may be considered as rural infill because there wouldn't be any significant changes to the character of the immediate neighbourhood."
But the applicant suggests that adding 12 new residential lots should be considered as infill because these lots would represent less than a 20 per cent increase in the number of lots already in the area.
Elenko said the proposal is merely an extension of an already-developed area.
Riechert said the applicant is proposing to construct a private sewage treatment plant to service the winery and residential properties. A well is proposed to service the water demands.
The regional board supported the proposal by a vote of 9-4, but it still needs to clear zoning and OCP hurdles.
Area C director Allan Patton said the proposal is totally contrary to the RGS, and does nothing to preserve the sensitive wildlife habitat that Vaseux Lake is known for.
"I'm not happy one bit. I didn't sleep well last night, actually."
Patton said the vote questioned the true value of the RGS and all the work and taxpayer's money that went into it.
A regional district planner says allowing a 12-lot subdivision on the shoreline of Vaseux Lake is inconsistent with the Regional Growth Strategy.


text: Barako coffee hmm. Must try some time! :D I'm enjoying the old thirties vibe here, both in noise and animation and atmospheric noise too. You even managed the style, even if the giant girl somehow breaks the mold for what they'd show at that day and age. Too sensual? Too blue eyes? Angles? Clothing looking more seventies/eighties? Maybe it's a combination, but it looks good! Starts easily and ends conclusively. Really enjoying these jam entries of yours! And of all so far maybe this was the least abstract (good or bad). Nice work.

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Welcome back to this series: Bullet Journal for the Absolute Beginner. This series is intended to give you the basics of bullet journaling and help you open up that journal and really start using it to its full potential. This is designed specifically for people who have never done bullet journaling before.
Last week, we covered some of the top supplies you will need for your bullet journal. If you missed it, check it out here. Now, it's time to move on to starting your bullet journal – with one more prep step. This involves deciding what you want to put in your bullet journal. It helps to know this beforehand so that you don't mess up your index or have to keep removing pages when you're setting it up. (but also, please don't let perfectionism get you down–I often just open to the first blank page and start my next thing in my journal!


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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed a narrow victory in Sunday's referendum on whether to give him sweeping new powers, but Turkey's opposition said they would contest the result over fears of voter fraud.
In a dramatic finish to the bitterly-fought referendum campaign, the state-run news agency said Mr Erdoğan's Yes camp had won around 51 per cent while the No campaign took 49 per cent with 98 per cent of the vote counted.
…Mr Erdoğan said he would immediately begin looking at restoring the death penalty, a move that would end any possibility of Turkey joining the EU.
…The Yes vote gives Turkey's government the authority to scrap the country's century-old parliamentary system and replace it with a presidential model.
Opponents have warned the new system will send Turkey lurching towards dictatorship as it would concentrate unchecked power in the hands of Mr Erdoğan, who has jailed opponents and cracked down on dissent since a failed coup against him last year.
Somehow I feel like the opposition challenge isn't going to go anywhere.


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Now well my kiln is calling probably to distract me from the bunch of beads I have made up that I haven't done anything with yet.
Not to mention the cuff bracelet obsession that has had me turning base metal into, mmm scrap metal for most of the week.
Also the new hammers are fab bet the neighbours are getting tired of them though. So much to try so little time I just love this hobby!


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Non responsive to service requests. Purchase Code for builder has been disabled, rendering export useless. Flip-flopping from creator on how many exports are possible with a license. If you run a business and need something that is reliable. This is not for you.
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There's no export limit, there was a bug in the builder which was causing that message to appear, as well as the purchase code use to be problematic.
Everything should be fine now.
Thanks for your time.
I purchased the template as I write newsletters for my business. So as you might expect, we send out a newsletter every week.
My first issue: I've used template builders before, and typically you are given the actual builder as part of your purchase. It lives on your computer and you use it as you please. This one lives on themeforest.net. Not a huge deal, but still annoying.
My second issue (AND A BIG ISSUE): After creating several newsletters in the builder, I'm suddenly getting a notice that I only have 58 exports remaining and then I have to purchase another license. I'm sorry, you did NOT state that I only have a certain amount of exports allowed in the purchase. If you did, it's so buried in the text that no one finds it. What??? I can only use this a certain amount of times? Not cool. Had I known that, I wouldn't have exported so many in order to see how they transferred to klaviyo. Actually, I probably wouldn't have bought this product.
My third issue: The builder glitches every once in a while and I can't delete blocks. I have to save, reload the page, then go in and reload the template I just saved. Pain.
So all in all, I can deal with the glitches, and I can deal with the builder being online, but what I'm supremely angry about, is the fact that you've suddenly limited how many of these I can export. I did not purchase a template that I can only modify a limited amount of times.
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Thanks for taking the time to write your review here. The limit of 60 exports per license is indeed new. It's imposed by themeforest, where you actually only have 52 exports or one year available to use the same purchase code.
While I can understand where you're coming from, I think that you can imagine that $22 cannot buy you unlimited, lifetime access to a software that requires constant updates and work. It's simply how software is supposed to work.
So one license brings 60 exports. We might still modify that limit a bit during this week, it's still under discussion, but as I mentioned, Envato regulates only 52!
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I have found this template and the builder to be amazing value for money with an abundance of very attractive design features and (if anything) too many different module options. The builder can be a bit clunky and temperamental and I have lost work a few times, but the live support was good. I am a graphic designer but a novice at building emails, the system is very user friendly. Generally it's great and I am very happy with the purchase.
Overall this is an amazing template and tool. It has some bugs like the the ability to edit a module disappears sometimes and you have refresh and reload the template.
You can't save a current template without a creating another copy.
And the header modules have a logo way too small. I had use a here image to create a larger logo.
not mymail ready. There is no template for mymail included the description should change
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As stated in the description, the template is indeed 100% MyMail ready. You have the option to export unlimited layouts for MyMail. We chose not to include one in the downloadable content because we wanted to give our clients the freedom to create and export the layout they wish to use, instead of forcing them to use something we predefined.
The builder needs improvements
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Thanks so much for your feedback. if there's anything we can help with, please make sure to log a support ticket with our team at http://bigbangthemes.net/contact-us/
Thanks again!
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The Arathorian Empire, or Arathor, was the first human nation that centered its power in the Arathi Highlands in the city of Strom. Founded by King Thoradin to unite the human tribes in the Troll Wars, the empire quickly spread across what today are the Eastern Kingdoms through aggressive conquest by the Arathorian Legion.
Not much is known about Arathian humans prior to their unification other than that they were scattered in small hunter-gatherer groups throughout the continents that today make up the Eastern Kingdoms.
Some speculate that human witch doctors or shamans used very basic elemental magic. Others claim that only alchemical rituals were practiced. With theories arising that humans are the descendants of the brutal and savage vrykyl of Northrend, one can only imagine the barbaric rituals that might have been practiced by early humans.
Kingdom of Arathor and the Troll WarsEdit
As humans slowly discovered agriculture and seafaring techniques, family-tribes began to form permanent settlements along the coast of Lordaeron and the islands of the Baradin Sea. A number of tribes struggled to eck out their own respective niches in the hostile countryside of what today is known as the Arathi Highlands. The Highlands were fraught with raptors and forest trolls, much as they are today. Due to the precarious nature of their surroundings, the human tribes developed warrior-based cultures that prized martial prowess.
Of the human tribes in the highlands, the Arathi were among the most ingenuitive - developing iron weapons and tools that were superior to the forest trolls' stone implements. Concerned that the forest trolls were becoming too great a threat with their superior numbers, the Arathi tribe embarked on a campaign to conquer its rivals through combat and politics. By offering equality and peace to the people they conquered, the Arathi were able to gather a powerful following under their leadership. The fortress-city of Strom was constructed on the Arathian coast, and many humans flocked to its protection as the forest trolls increased in number. The warlord of the Arathi tribe, Thoradin, was named king of the Arathi nation of Arathor in 2718 P.C. (by the King's Calendar). Thus began the count of the Thoradine Calendar that would dominate human date-keeping for nearly two millennia.
The ancient high elves of Quel'Thalas were in open war with the trolls in what is now Lordaeron. On the verge of defeat, they sent ambassadors to Strom to plead for assistance from the Arathi king. In exchange for support, the elves agreed to instruct one hundred humans in the use of magic. Through the military might of Strom, and the magic wielded by the elves and new human mages, the trolls were soundly defeated. This great conflict was later dubbed the "Troll Wars."
The Kingdom of Arathor grew and prospered, yet Thoradin, fearful that his realm would splinter apart if it overextended itself, maintained that Strom was the center of the nation. After many peaceful years of growth and commerce, mighty Thoradin died of old age, leaving Arathor's younger generation free to expand the kingdom beyond the Arathi Highlands.
The Arathorian RepublicEdit
As time and generations passed after the Troll Wars, the people who thrived in the fortress of Strom soon began to adopt what we contemporaries know as typical city life. Trade with the elves and other human settlements in Lordaeron spurred a growing class of wealthy merchants, warriors and landowners that rose above the typical Arathorian populace. Leisure and study time became available to these individuals, with which they reflected on the workings of life, philosophy, and the government of the various workings of the Arathorian state.
Most people of Strom worshiped a number of heavenly divinities that they believed granted boons to those who built monuments and sacrificed animals in their honor - the blessing in question depending on which one they devoted their attention to the most. Many believe that these ancient Arathorian divinities were remnants of the Titan mythos passed on by the Vrykul.
Tensions rose between families of the most prominent of Arathor. With every acre of fertile land in the Arathi Higlands claimed, some houses of Arathor could only expand their influence through taking it from their peers through force or subterfuge. Even the royal house of Arathi was outstripped in underhanded rivalries by other houses in wealth and influence.
In a sudden coup of power in what is estimated to be around 1950 P.C., the heads of the elite families of Arathor surrounded the last king of the Arathi line at swordpoint, demanding that he share the rule of the kingdom with the noble elite. Without choice and his guards overpowered, the last heir resigned his title and rule.
The landed noble and military elite of Arathor collaborated to form the first Arathorian Senate, where the most prominent of the regional divisions of the kingdom stood and voted on matters regarding the republic as a whole. Arathor, then a republic, was ruled by the senate for over 300 years.
The Holy Arathorian EmpireEdit
As the republic grew in scope, the units of its military were stretched further and further apart from one another - adopting their own arms, armor and techniques based upon their geography. The Arathorian Legion expanded aggressively, securing arable land and establishing garrisons far from the walls of Strom. With the increased food production, the army swelled, each of its regional legions growing larger enough that the Arathorian Senate feared that even one legion could take Strom if prompted.
When a multi-legion Arathorian force met a native pagan army in its conquest of Gilnea, the Legate in command of Arathor's forces saw bright lights streaking across the sky above the battlefield. Taking it as a sign of good omen, the Arathorian commander led his forces to a great victory - eventually breaking the pagan army in Gilnea. Returning to Strom, emboldened with the spoils of war and with news of the brilliant light, the Legate marched his full army on Strom - considered to be an act of war due to the size of the multi-legion force.
Greeted as a hero, the commander of the Gilnean victory force rallied the common people of Strom around him as his massive army marched through its streets. What began as one commoner shouting turned into the entire city praising the commander for both his victory and revelation of the heavenly power of the light. The senate, fearing for their lives should they have dissented, fled the city. The commander, whom was a direct descendant of Ignaeus Trollbane, was crowned Emperor of Arathor. Embracing the Holy Light as his channel to his newfound power, the first Emperor of Arathor established the Arathorian Church of Light, which regarded the Holy Light as a gift from otherworldly beings of immense power.
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Saturday was a combined day at EAA 690. Our monthly Young Eagle rally took place and the chapter flew 62 Young Eagles for the day. Our thanks to all of the pilots, ground crew and registration volunteers for a wonderful day!! Some Eagle flights also took place thanks to Bill Bell, John Morgan and Brian Michael, great job guys!!
Down at the Bishop Education Hangar the youth were busy building. The two Pietenpol projects and the BD-6 were worked on Saturday. Some of our youth also helped out with ground crew duties for Young Eagles. A couple of pictures are shared here. For more, head on over to youth.eaa690.net


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In the article, "Understanding New Power" in HBR Dec 2014 issue, the authors Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms talk about the shifting of power in the world. While the old power is held by few (and jealously guarded once gained), is closed, inaccessible and leader driven, the new power is made by many, open, participatory […]
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There's lots of it, but on the whole they are harmless. Oh yes you could get a nasty tickle from a jimmy spinner, Crane fly,
Or bumped on the bonce by an out of control bumble bee. I love to watch people flapping about when one of these things approaches.
You may even manage to raise a nasty stare from a squirrel...
But on the whole, the natives are really quite sedate in their day to day lives.
Then that last statement got me thinking again... twice in one day. Because you see that cute little chap above, the squirrel, not poopie, is not actually a native, he arrived in the mid 19th Century. This is our native squirrel;
Unfortunately this little chap is now under serious threat of extinction, for two main reasons, it's habitat is under threat from us and the grey squirrel, giving the evils above, although not aggressive to the red squirrel, is better at competing for food, it has a wider diet and can eat seeds and nuts before they are fully ripe, unlike the red squirrel.
When I moved South to Kent a decade ago, our garden was home to hundreds of common frogs.
During late March they would descend on our pond and we would hear the deafening cacophony of the frogs chorus throughout the evenings, heralding the onset of spring. A few days later the pond would be a seething mass of frogspawn. I had no need for slug control, the frogs were my slug soldiers, my plants flourished. Then four years ago the chorus began to wane, as did the frogspawn. The following year a mere handful of frogs arrived. My little soldiers were losing their battle. Not against the slugs, who were happily munching their way through my now unprotected plants, but against a terrible virus that was imported with fish intended for garden ponds from Israel and the States. My little friends had no immunity to this terrible virus. The following year only two frogs arrived. This year there were none. They are now being replaced by another import, the bull frog, courtesy of another garden centre craze that went wrong, when so many of them escaped or were released when children got bored with them.
So here we go, I'm on for a hat trick of thoughts. Talking of natives and endangered species, when, if ever does an imported species become native? Is the Bull frog, now a native of this island, in terms of, it has settled in and is happily living here and breeding here? Is the Grey squirrel a native, by virtue of the fact that it now populates every corner of the island and has been in habitation here for almost two centuries. Or is the absolute winner in this contest the Roman snail.
It was introduced here by the Romans, so it's had plenty of time to settle in then, and it now has the double whammy of being on the list of species that is in danger of becoming extinct here, so we accept it's right to be here enough to want to protect it from disappearing from our shores. And why are these little 'suckers' so endangered... escargot, yummy garlic flavoured snot in a shell!!


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The only thing better than knowing that your stiff prick will be deep inside of me, is knowing that you will cum so hard and so deep so I can have your baby. Once you plant your seed in me, you'll need to come back to me again and again to give your baby the protein it needs to grow inside of me. You love everything there is to love about impregnation, don't you. You can't even think straight when you are knocking me up. This is only the beginning, Darling.
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This is a weekly series I'm starting where I share with you ten tracks and three live sets that I am enjoying. The music I select isn't necessarily going to be new releases. I will be sharing with you new and old tracks that have been tickling my fancy that week. Let's dive into this!
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Giving Teens a Safe Space to Tell the Truth, and practice Compassionate Listening...
Circle in Truth is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We administer the Teen Talking Circle Project, TTC Facilitators Trainings, and materials to support new facilitators to start and run Teen Talking Circles in their communities.
The Mission of Teen Talking Circles is to educate, inspire and empower young women and men, foster partnership between the genders, generations and cultures and support youth in positive self expression and social action for a just, compassionate and sustainable world.
Through connection and intimacy in relationship, we heal. Through hearing ourselves, we find our own answers.
Despite our increasingly plugged in, tuned in world, more people than ever are anxious, afraid, sad, feeling disconnected and lonely. Our youth are especially vulnerable to this. It doesn't need to be this way.
This work saves lives.
Growing research indicates that healthy relationships are key for thriving. Yet how to have them, with ourselves and others, isn't something that's taught in schools or the workplace.
Dubbed "The Antidote to Social Media", we offer time-tested methods and warm, welcoming places for teens to practice deep connection, compassionate communication, and how to navigate conflict towards personal and collective growth.
We've been offering these Circles to youth and adults for 25 years and are still humbled every time a participant tells us that this work saved their life.


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2013 California Home+Design Awards
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The winners are in! We opened the envelopes and handed out the 2013 CH+D Awards to 12 talented design teams, out of more than 200 project submissions for this year's awards. It was a rollicking night, as usual, with more than 400 attendees packed in to fete the winners and celebrate California design.
Check out our gallery of the 2013 CH+D Award Winners and browse our photo booth party pictures from the event.
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Villa Vista del Mar resides in the gated beachside community of Playacar Phase 1 and is only a short 15 minute stroll to 5th Avenue. Enjoy miles of soft sandy beach with calm waters directly in front of the home.
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Referred to once or twice and only briefly seen during Rey's lightsaber flashback, the 'Knights of Ren' in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" remain a fairly enigmatic group – mostly defined only by the film's villain Kylo Ren who served as their leader.
There are rumors they will appear in "Star Wars: Episode VIII" as well, but this week 'Force Awakens' director J.J. Abrams revealed that he thinks their backstory is good enough that they could feature in their own standalone movie. When asked by Collider about what specific "Star Wars" spinoff film he'd like to see, Abrams said:
"I gotta say Kathy Kennedy, who's running it all, she seems to be pushing all the right buttons. There isn't something that I'd love to see – I guess the one thing I would say is there's a Knights of Ren story that I think would be pretty cool to tell."
The first two "Star Wars" spin-off films are mapped out with a third targeting a 2020 release.


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No contacts were made today on the 2m repeaters along the route, even Winnipeg was quiet.
I did however pass a milestone, about 11:00 am local time I passed the geographic centre of the country, so I'm officially in Western Canada.
Tonight I'm camping at the Deleau-Sifton Centennial Campground in "Downtown" Deleau. This is a very small village of three houses and 50,000 head of cattle. The campground is free, but donations are welcomed, and is on the former ground of the village school which was demolished in 1965.
Off to Gull Lake Saskatchewan tomorrow, hopefully the repeaters will be a bit more active.
|Deleau School before it was demolished.
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New technology regularly transforms sport — 4K television cameras deliver ultra-clear pictures; slow-mo replays show us the tiniest details; while Hawk-Eye ball tracking helps umpires make the right calls at key moments in cricket and tennis matches.
All of this technology, along with F1-friendly computer sims, heart rate monitors and distributed football scouting networks, has helped to improve sport at the elite level.
Perhaps we can add virtual sports training to the list?
In the United States, Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL) is leading the charge. VHIL developed an Oculus Rift-based VR tech that was spun off to form STRIVR Labs. This startup now provides virtual reality training solutions to high school, college, and professional football teams. Check out their technology in the video below.
VR is particularly useful for NFL quarterbacks, as it offers crafted virtual environments in which players can practice in-game situations repeatedly without getting hit by rushing defensive players.
Sport sims allow players to safely experience different scenarios
The interactive simulations are completely immersive, stitched together from videos recorded at a multitude of camera angles. So players can experience or re-experience scenarios with the psychological pressures that a real game provides and that no tape can replicate.
And for coaches, the exciting thing is that VR allows them to walk a player through a situation, pausing the action mid-frame to talk about the options they face in that precise moment.
STRIVR's client list already includes several college football teams as well as the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers, and Minnesota Vikings. But they're not the only virtual training system in town.
Eon Sports VR has also made headway among the American football pros with its SIDEKIQ head-mounted display (see above) and live-action, 360-degree VR training experiences.
The Icube is arguably the ultimate in virtual training — a $99,999 "multi-sided Virtual Reality environment in which participants become completely immersed through imagery and sound."
Other sports have been slow to pick up VR technology, partly because most sports are far less organised and rigid than American football and thus far more complicated to adapt to immersive VR training sims.
But it's also because VR is best for training decision-making and awareness related to spatial relationships between different players, and that's not such an important factor in sports like tennis, cricket, and baseball.
VR is making inroads into association football too. A Dutch company called Beyond Sports is collaborating with Utrecht University and top Eredivisie clubs Ajax, PSV, and AZ Alkmaar on interactive training scenarios and multi-perspective immersive match analysis tools that work with an Oculus Rift or Google Cardboard headset.
Could virtual reality train the next Wayne Rooney?
In top-flight football, modern data tracking systems can record key statistics plus player and ball positions throughout each match. This data is getting more accurate and complete all the time. Who knows, given enough time and support, technology could train the next Wayne Rooney or Raheem Sterling.
With a VR setup, such as the one Beyond Sports is building, it will enable players, fans, and coaches to relive key moments from any perspective. Such a system will ultimately be able to replay what a player saw, enabling them to analyse why they made a particular decision, why they played a pass (or why they didn't).
This virtual approach could be especially potent for training spatial and situational awareness. These are crucial attributes in football as it's essentially a game of creating and using space to manipulate the ball into a more advantageous position — something that players do by tracking the positions of other players in their heads.
Of course, this VR revolution comes with some downsides. Disorientation and nausea can be a problem, especially if headsets are worn for more than 30 minutes at a time — which means, in the short term, VR is unlikely to replace conventional match replay study sessions and chalkboard tactical overviews.
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Dr Mah Boon Yih has delivered his fifth keynote address entitled WeCWI: Integrating Language Acquisition and Composition Studies towards Literacy Development in the 6th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture & Education (ICLLCE) on 10-11 December 2016 at Liberty Central Saigon Citypoint Hotel, 59-61 Pasteur Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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WeCWI is an e-framework grounded on the theoretical-and-pedagogical principles of language acquisition, composition studies, cognitive theories, and e-learning to promote literacy, language, cognitive, and psychological developments. This study aimed to tackle the writing complexity and deficiency of literacy skills among the second language (L2) learners by reviewing the literature on the integration of language acquisition and composition studies to become a hybrid framework. Three fundamental language acquisition theories such as acquisition-learning hypothesis, input hypothesis, and reading hypothesis were adopted in WeCWI. To develop a tool of web-based instruction (WBI) using WeCWI, instructors are encouraged to publish greater functions and more up-to-date reading materials by utilising the web widgets and hypertext, which offer the direct access to specific online reading materials to the learners. This will also promote reading on voluntary basis in informal setting or free reading, which is the major source of literacy competence in various aspects including vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and writing (Krashen, 1992). Besides, formal reading can also be made available on WBI through posting the targeted reading materials related to the course's learning outcomes. Furthermore, WeCWI adopted Yan (2005)'s six typical writing steps based on Badger and White (2000)'s process genre approach. This approach helps instructors to create the writing tasks driven by specific purposes and forms that enable the learners to be engaged in the recursive writing process through six writing steps: preparation, modelling and reinforcing, planning, joint constructing, independent constructing, and revising. Since guided writing is the most imperative factor on how to develop and formulate abstract ideas (Lan, Hung, & Hsu, 2011), interactive media in the form of web widget or hypertext can be embedded to assist these writing steps. In conclusion, the integration of language acquisition theories and process genre approach into WeCWI empowers WBI towards literacy development.


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Walk Away From The Flames: Stop Burning Yourself
Why is it that we as people tend to want what's bad for us? Is it human nature? Is it sin nature? What is it? Whether it be relationships that we KNOW are absolutely destructive and unhealthy… Or environments that are toxic or overly tempting… Or whether it's gorging ourselves on food that we know is bad for us and we'll pay for it later…. Or wanting what is forbidden, what is not ours? What is it?
Remember in high school or college, there was that guy or that girl who was pretty good looking, smart, funny, charming… but wasn't the "bad" boy or the "hot to trot" girl? What about them? Why do we tend to ignore those who could be potentially good, solid, stable people and instead lust for danger, adventure, the 'high'? But, going for the forbidden is exciting, right?! It's thrilling! It's titillating! Now, to clarify…
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When you are Hurt
How do you deal with the hurt? That's a loaded question I know. We all have our own way we will deal with hurt and depending on the nature of the hurt will determine the severity of our reactions.
We all know that like anything else there are different levels of hurt, but hurt is hurt, right? We can choose to express those feelings to the person or persons who hurt you, rather that is their intent or not, with the hopes that they will correct or fix the issues. But in doing this you leave yourself vulnerable to them. You give them the control and the ability to make you feel better or worse. That's scary isn't it. You can hold it all inside till you can't anymore and then you explode, but then everyone is looking at you like you lost your mind.
I have been guilty of both, some have made me feel better, some worse and yes the explosion was ugly.
So I had to find something that worked better for me, I am finding my best solution to this is to look deeper within myself, to first figure out why this has hurt me. What do I need to change within myself so that this doesn't hurt me again? Sometimes, those are tough choices. Because there are times you feel you can't do anything but walk away for that person and that situation. Don't get me wrong, if someone hurts you have an obligation to yourself to let them know to try to prevent it from becoming a continual problem. Sometimes they will and can make it right, other times they can't or won't. Your feelings are yours, good, bad or indifferent and that is your job! You have to figure out your fix, your fix may not be right for anyone but you, but only you have that control.
Don't take my love and kindness, as a sign of weakness.
Because tomorrow may be a day of no forgiveness.
Cause you are in my heart,
You think you are smart.
You may hurt me today,
Cause that is your way.
But know there are no promises of tomorrow,
So don't let them be full of sorrow.
Today I choose my lines of confinement.
To fulfill my life's assignment.
You are welcome to participate.
But know it is a give and take.
Chapter 1 Ruth-Deal With It by Paula White
I have recently started reading "Deal With It" by Paula White. If you haven't read this book it is about different women of the Bible. The first chapter is about "Ruth"
Ruth was a Moabitess who married into a Hebrew family that had moved to Moab from Bethlehem to escape a famine. After the death of Ruth's husband and her mother-in-law Naomi's husband, Naomi decided to move back to Bethlehem and Ruth followed. Naomi tried to send Ruth back to Moab; telling her to go back to her family, customs, and ways in which she was raised, "I'm going to a place that is unfamiliar to you." Ruth however refused telling Naomi, "your people shall be my people and your God, my God." Ruth was a strong woman who walked away from her past. She willingly left everything she had known for a new life, a better life.
This chapter talks a lot about leaving your past in the past, good and bad. You don't get to choose to leave the bad and take the good, you leave it all. Paula White goes as far as saying when you start a new day you leave yesterday in the past. You know we have all heard leave your past in the past but this took it to a whole new level for me. She also states you can't look backward and forward at the same time, if you try to move forward while looking backwards you'll become unstable and you will fail.
"Leave and cleave" is a Bible principle that applies to every person. You must leave your past and cleave to what God has for you.
Leave your yesterday…and cleave to today.
Leave your failures…and cleave to God's promises.
Leave your old sin…and cleave to the forgiveness God gives you.
Five things about your past and present
1. God does not consult your past to determine your future.
2. God commands you to leave your past and press towards the future He has for you.
3. God always has a future for you.
4. Change your focus.
5. Prepare yourself in the Word.
Naomi was bitter and blamed God for the death of her husband and sons, but their deaths were due to their own actions, they failed to trust or obey God's command to all the Israelites not to go to Moab. The Bible states consequences for sins always come in some form of death.
First and foremost let me say WOW! In reading this chapter, I could relate to this in so many ways. I don't know that I fully grasped the concept of leaving your past in the past. And in doing so, you have to change your whole thought process by letting go of the past angers, hurts, fears and other things you may feel. Believe me when I say I am being tested on a daily basis of letting go and changing my thought process. In doing so I can honestly say my today is better than my yesterday and I look forward to tomorrow because I know it will be better than today.
For you that are walking around with negative feelings, I urge you to let it go so you may find happiness and peace. Smile because God loves you and that is a beautiful thing.
What Are You Really Worth?
How many of us really ask ourselves the question "What am I really worth? And secondly, how many of us really answer that question? Last night when I went to bed I was struggling to figure out what todays blog was going to be about. I woke up at 3 a.m. with the answer, and since then have been trying to figure out the real answers. So this morning I have been cleaning out my closet, so to speak, feeling like I'm at a cross roads; I have to determine if I'm going to continue straight down this road or turn but never do a u-turn.
In doing so I have taken a walk down memory lane to find my own answers to this question. I am worth so much more and I believe a lot of us feel this way, but we are afraid to look in our closets, to give "US" the opportunity to find our own truths and answers because of the back lash. I challenge everyone to open their closet to answer this question for themselves honestly. Over the years we get beat down by life, relationships, responsibilities and the fight, in doing so we forget who we are, what we desire and what plan is set forth for us. I look back over the years and wonder how and when did this happen? I have to laugh, cause with each loss in our life's I think people walk away with a little less of themselves and their expectations.
Example, remember back to your "First Love" I don't know about you but I went into it thinking we were going to conquer the world. Yes a little naive I know, but my point being, there were things that were unacceptable. Cross that line and there was no u-turns, over the years that line has changed and I believe every time I allowed that line to change I lost a little of me. For what ever the reasons being, I allowed this to happen. I feel for me those lines have to exist to help me stay within myself. Lines have to exist in all areas of our life's job, friendships, love, family etc. You have to determine what your limits are and accept them. You need to have expectations, boundaries, honesty with yourself and others, happiness and sadness cause without them you aren't living.
With that being said, I have to be the one to change this. Set those lines back in place and not allow them to be moved. You have to be true to you, and follow your own heart. No one defines who you are but yourself and God. No one or no thing can take your self-worth unless you allow them or it the access.
Everyday with the love, support and guidance of God, family and friends I am rediscovering the little things that identify me. I am thankful that my children are willing to fight for me when I wasn't… and I love you all.
The Abused
As we all know there are all different types of abuse. Some have been the abuser and some have been the victim. I guess if I am to be truly honest I have been guilty of being the abuser in the heat of the moment. But I never feed on it. Looking back on it I have been the victim more so than not. Oh don't get me wrong we have all fallen victim at some point in our lives. I'm talking about the victim whose abuser preys on them.
It angers me to hear people say they must like it, or they would get out of it. If you have been a victim then you understand. If you haven't then you don't have a clue, so could you shut up please. In more cases than not, it's not like they have had a great life and then one morning their world just got turned up side down.
An abuser, any type of abuser grooms their victims. There are stages of the grooming depending on the type of abuse. You have tearing down their self-esteem, support system, feeds on their fears, making them dependant on the abuser, you get the jest of it. Just so you get it, it's a process. So that you understand that victim didn't get to that dark place over night, and they aren't going to get out over night.
To me the physical abuse was easier, because you knew once they blackened your eye or just gave you a good old ass whooping it was over. Then the apologizes, but it's always your fault, if you wouldn't have they wouldn't have had to do this, or they only did it cause they loved you. But that is not love, that is control and them dealing with their own insecurities. It didn't affect me so much on the emotional level. I was lucky, but others aren't so lucky.
It was the emotional abuse that has always been hard for me, cause there doesn't seem to be a break, for you to regroup. Just remember the emotional abuser is much more talented. They seek your weakness and feed on them, they lies, play emotional games, make you feel like your going crazy, they will push you to the edge of the cliff and pull you back. I believe their goal is to keep you off-balance, unsure. To keep you so wound up on the little things that you don't see the big picture. For me, this is the abuse that leaves the most scars.
So I guess my message here is if you fit any of these scenarios, victim or abuser take a step back and look at what you are really doing. If you love or care about that person why hurt them? If you don't, why waste yours and their time when you could both be out there finding happiness. So if you know a victim be patient and supportive, because without your support they may never escape.
I know this isn't a pleasant topic, but it's a real topic.
Sorry there is my soap box.
Matters of the Heart
Tis the season of giving. I am very blessed in my life, I have so much to be thankful for. Over the course of my life I haven't always felt that way.
As I grow older, I seem to appreciate those things that use to be so irritating.
I guess I have been on a mission to find me. Over the last 6 months or so I have climbed out of my box for say, against others wishes. I was told I was going through a mid-life crisis and maybe that is true.
But during this time I have found that I do have the capabilities to feel again. I think we take for granite the ability to love and know love, feel happiness, sadness, anticipation and so much more. I know I settled for a life that was lacking, and in doing so I hurt people… no matter how good your intentions are.
So all I can do is accept my mistakes, learn from them, make peace within myself and continue to live my life to the fullest. Make myself happy, life is too short. Not that I am saying it's all going to be a bed of roses but as long as I can continue growing and feeling I will be ok.
Knowing What Is Right
How do we ever know what is the right choice for ourselves? Because what is right for me may not be right for you.
Just to give you a little background of my self. I have struggled over so many things in my life. One of the main things that has come to light since I lost my father about 9 months ago is my relationship with God or lack of it. I wasn't brought up in a strong religious family, my children weren't either and now I worry about my grandchildren not experiencing those feelings and emotions of having God in their everyday life. Don't get me wrong I believed but I didn't understand. I know I haven't walked the road God would have liked for me too. So here I am at my age trying to figure out what so many of you already know.
And in doing so I feel God has put certain people in my life recently to help me on this journey, to help educate me and to help me grow as a person. I don't know if they are short or long-term. With this there is the fear of not knowing, trusting what I feel and not being in control. I have always been that person that 1+1=2, everything had to add up, make sense and if it didn't then my mind ran away with the situation. I am trying to open my mind up to the bigger picture, that not everything always adds up.
Someone told me that I deserve to be happy and not to live in fear. So today I am acknowledging that because I do know I am deserving. I do believe that God is working in my life and relationships for the better and will not let me stray down the wrong road.
I have a lot more to learn, but today I do know I am deserving of God's love.


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Letter to the Editor: Graffiti on Shirley Canyon trail a disgrace
June 12, 2014
I grew up in Squaw Valley and recently returned for a couple of wonderful reunions. Shirley Canyon holds a special place for me — our summer playground as kids and the final resting place of my parents, Vickie and Pete. When I do return to the mountain, I always make a pilgrimage to Shirley Lake. Although slower now than in my youth, it remains an exuberant and spiritual experience, a place to free my mind and push my body.
But this time was different. My experience was ruined by the presence of blue spray paint that some thoughtless knucklehead has painted on the granite every few feet from the trail head to the lake! Are you kidding me!? What kind of idiot would deface the natural beauty of this special place — any natural place for that matter?
This trail is so well traveled that it would take an idiot to lose their way. Is the journey and adventure in life no longer the point? Are kids to expect that traveling the painted trail is a part o f the wilderness experience? That plastic bottles and Kleenex and candy wrappers can serve the same purpose? Have we gone numb?
Clearly this inconsiderate fool (or fools) has not heard of the time honored tradition of marking a trail with cairns! Oh but that's right — this effort would required finding, lifting and placing stones! What has been done to this beautiful trail is truly a disgrace, and I'm appealing to anyone to get a bunch of folks together and remove the paint.
I bet the ski area would even sponsor the effort, and I'd help find a sponsor. Come on — let's restore the trail to it's natural beauty. Comments? Bring 'em on: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Divorce is often very difficult for parents in Massachusetts, but it is especially tough on children who are faced with unfamiliar realities and big changes. They are often concerned about where they will live, moving to a new home, when they will get to see each parent and if they will be able to keep their things. Naturally, they have a lot of questions. To help the child cope with the high level of emotion and stress that come with divorce, it is important that parents set aside their differences and find the right custody solution for the children that they share.
There are many factors to consider when creating a good custody arrangement. It is not a "one-size-fits-all" issue; what works for one family might be disastrous for another. Though there is a lot of pressure in divorce to make choices quickly and pick the easy solution, it is important that parents take their time with this subject and really consider the needs of the children who are involved.
Do research the different types of common custody arrangements, such as joint custody, sole custody, physical custody and legal custody and consider and how each works both short and long term. Ideally, both divorcing parents keep an open line of communication while they are sorting out their custody arrangements — of course, this is not always the case.
Divorce mediation can be extremely helpful with opening that communication and helping parents to make the best decisions for the entire family. If you are going through a divorce and would like more information on child custody agreements, speaking with an experienced attorney may be very beneficial.


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As I mentioned yesterday, the Army's recent decision to ban Vibram Fivefingers in its formations doesn't come as much of a surprise to those of us that have been "in" for longer than a day. If there is any surprise at all, it's that the Army recognized that there are other "minimalist" footwear options out there and actually referenced the term in their ALARACT message. So what does this mean for those hoping to go "minimal" or those who have recently purchased themselves a pair of VFFs? Are there any alternatives to running in Vibrams?
The short answer is a resounding YES. What's more, Vibrams are generally not the type of shoe that one should immediately jump into anyway. What follows is my own personal view on how to safely make the transition from a classic marshmallow heel shoe that encourages a heel strike to a minimal shoe such as the Vibrams, with special emphasis on alternatives if you happen to be one of those soldiers that are now prevented from using them in formation.
For the record, I'm not a certified anything. I'm not a doctor, physical therapist or podiatrist. I know what has worked for me and many of my running partners and I hope to impart some knowledge based on my own personal experience. This also isn't meant to be comprehensive but rather a primer on just what the heck minimal running is about and why you don't necessarily need Fivefingers in order to adopt the philosophy. There are a number of great resources out there to do some further research such as runblogger.com and the science of sport.
First of all, if it isn't broken, don't fix it. If you are running as much as you would like to, and are doing it pain free and enjoying yourself, then I wouldn't mess with success. As I see it there are two reasons to try to alter your running stride (which, if it hasn't occurred to you yet, is exactly what you are attempting to do if you have purchased a minimal running shoe of some kind): injury prevention / mitigation and enjoyment. From my own perspective, I was in the latter camp. I never had any injury issues but I absolutely hated running. I only did the minimum required to score well on the APFT and many times I preferred to up my score in other areas so that I could skimp on my level of running fitness.
Secondly, the transition is not going to happen overnight and if you attempt to make it happen that quickly, you are going to hurt yourself, I promise you.
Conceptually speaking, the idea behind VFFs is to encourage a barefoot running stride. The shoes themselves posses no magical powers and serve only to keep your feet from catching the odd rock or two and the blisters your virgin feet would be covered with otherwise. When you run barefoot though, something changes. Your stride alters itself to accommodate the new sensation of ground on flesh and will shift naturally to encourage a forefoot strike. Put simply, slamming your heel into the ground barefoot is painful, and your body won't allow you to do it, at least not for very long. Go ahead, take your shoes off and run across the lawn. You'll find that smacking your foot into the ground heel first will jolt you like a yugo rolling over a speed bump and you'll actually have to work in order to do it. After you slide on a pair of Vibrams, the foot is only slightly more armored than it was previously and thus the natural encouragement remains.
Why is a barefoot stride even worth it? This is a question that is at the epicenter of an enormous debate right now but there is mounting evidence that indicates that the forefoot strike encouraged by barefoot running results in far less shock to the body than does heel striking. Check out Harvard's own Dr. Lieberman for more details on this. Less shock equals fewer injuries potentially and thus folks are making the shift. I myself average about 40+ miles per week and have never had any injuries to speak of outside of the natural soreness one might expect.
So, how does one make this transition safely? My answer is slowly. I would start with three separate pairs of shoes: your current pair, a more minimal shoe such as the Saucony Kinvara or road track flat such as the Nike XC Streak, and the Vibram Fivefingers (or just plain barefoot). The idea here is two slowly integrate the last two into your routine until you don't need the first pair anymore. If you are a heavy heel striker currently, which many people are, you will find that your first VFF run will set your calves on fire. The reason for this is simple; you haven't used your muscles in a while. Your joints have taken all of the shock, but now your muscles are doing all of the work. Here is a sample schedule for someone who normally runs about 20 miles or less per week and wants to transition their shoes "downward":
Monday: Shod run 4 miles
Tuesday: VFF or Barefoot around a track .50 miles, and 2 mile shod
Wed: Rest
Thursday: Track flat run, 2.5 miles
Friday: Shod Run, 4 miles
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Shod Run 6 miles
Let your body tell you how to adjust this schedule but don't shift downward any more than 10% per week. For example if 6/20 of your miles are run barefoot or minimally, don't jump to 10 the following week, just add 1 more minimal mile until you feel comfortable. As a point of perspective, I have been doing this for over a year and a half now and have only recently reached the point where every run I do is in track flats or less. Going too fast during this process will likely result in a stress fracture (as happened to me in my first month, from being a moron and doing EVERYTHING in Vibrams) that will set you back even further.
As you can see, the loss of the Vibrams to a soldier isn't really that big of a deal when you step back and take a look at the bigger picture. Track flats, New Balance Minimus, Saucony Kinvaras . .. these are all shoes that not only meet the standard of AR 670-1, but help to encourage that forefoot strike that you worked so hard to achieve. They are also going to keep you out of trouble with your First Sergeant as well.
You're just going to have to leave the VFF runs for the weekend and hope that your improved PT score will be enough to turn some heads and hopefully change some minds.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Transitioning to minimal running without Vibram Fivefingers
As I mentioned yesterday, the Army's recent decision to ban Vibram Fivefingers in its formations doesn't come as much of a surprise to those of us that have been "in" for longer than a day. If there is any surprise at all, it's that the Army recognized that there are other "minimalist" footwear options out there and actually referenced the term in their ALARACT message. So what does this mean for those hoping to go "minimal" or those who have recently purchased themselves a pair of VFFs? Are there any alternatives to running in Vibrams?
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February 12, 2018 at 8:13 am #1202492458
With ratings dropping and Scandal already ending, is there any chance that How to Get Away with Murder just won't return for season 5? TGIT shows have received renewal notices early the last couple of years, but I can see this being on the bubble until ABC sees how Station 19 and For the People perform.
I hope HTGAWM sticks around for at least another season. I can see Station 19 doing well but For the People doesn't look too good.ReplyCopy URLFebruary 13, 2018 at 5:30 am #1202493042
Doubt they will be cancelled. Sure ratings have dropped some from live viewing, but they always make up for that in DVR viewing. But unless something drastic happens, I think HTGAWM will be granted at least 2 more seasons. They will make sure they have a sizeable amount of episodes for syndication first, which i'm sure was the ultimate goal, the minute Viola agreed to do the show. If anything, next season, they will switch their time slot, or perhaps even the night it comes on.
@Luca Gilberti, those are excellent choices. While i'm not saying for certain Vee will get nominated this year, as there is some stiff competition coming from new shows, i'm not really concerned about Mandy Moore. The spotlight seems to be continually on Sterling K. I do think she still has a great shot.
@vinny, I definitely think it will be around.ReplyCopy URLSomeonelikemeParticipantJoined:Nov 15th, 2011Topics:Posts:February 13, 2018 at 5:49 am #1202493047
Will Jimmy Smits be submitted in supporting? If so, he is deserving of a nomination.
I think he would have to be at this point emmyfan. Albeit a longshot, he definitely deserves the recognition.ReplyCopy URLLuca GilibertiParticipantJoined:Jun 23rd, 2017Topics:Posts:February 13, 2018 at 6:16 am #1202493067
I definitely think that it is our job here as well to spread our excitement for these actors. With twitter, Facebook, and so on, we have so many ways to do that. You can write Emails to the Emmys and tag them in your tweets, while many think it may not help, who knows. I am not saying this show deserves to be nominated (I adore it but it is not an Emmy-type show) but these actors are very underrated despite their talent. Supporting actor is a very weak category this year and Jimmy Smits deserves it as much as a David Harbour or Peter Dinklage does. And not even Viola is a lock, she is vulnerable this year even though she's had fantastic material. Also this show has so brilliant guest actors and actresses.
So make sure you try to talk about this as much as you can!ReplyCopy URLMarch 1, 2018 at 5:46 am #1202503247
It first starts with Scandal's episode, "Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself", where Olivia Pope meets Annalise Keating!
Then, the 13th episode of this season airs tonight, "Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania".
Episode Description: As Annalise's class-action case hangs in the balance, a meeting with the esteemed Washington D.C. fixer, Olivia Pope, proves to be crucial in getting the opportunity to argue her case in the nation's highest court. Meanwhile, Bonnie discovers concerning information pertaining to Simon that threatens to expose what really happened during night he was shot.
Who, even THINKS they're ready???ReplyCopy URLMarch 1, 2018 at 6:26 am #1202503253
Always think I'm ready but never really am lol. I really want to see Huck and Frank interact the most. Just to see Huck's reaction to Frank going "Oh I've done this, that, that, that, and the other thing. What about you?"ReplyCopy URLMarch 2, 2018 at 4:38 am #1202503927
What an episode! Actually, they handled the crossover superbly, and Viola & Kerry's chemistry was beautiful! Loving the class action case story, and Viola is playing it for all it's worth! If she receives her well deserved 4th consecutive emmy nomination, i'd be willing to bet she'll submit "Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania", and rightfully so! I loved how they managed to get Cicely back for another episode this season as well.
GRADE: A+ReplyCopy URLM: The OriginalParticipantJoined:Aug 5th, 2014Topics:Posts:March 2, 2018 at 5:04 am #1202503938
The twist at the end make me cringe with anxiety.ReplyCopy URLJustmimusicmonParticipantJoined:Oct 1st, 2014Topics:Posts:March 2, 2018 at 6:12 am #1202503978
WOW one of the things about this episode was it reminded me of the show is at its very best when Annalise is in that courtroom! I absolutely loved the dynamic between Olivia & Annalise. Also even though it happened in the Scandal episode, the scene with them in the hair salon was pure gold! They read each other for filth! LOL
Only 2 more episodes left, and if they keep on this path, they are really going to end this season on a great note!
"Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" Grade: AReplyCopy URLMarch 2, 2018 at 7:47 am #1202504028
This episode…….Mind blown. Only part I hated was Michela and Marcus becuase I kinda ship Asher and Michaela. My grade: A+ReplyCopy URLM: The OriginalParticipantJoined:Aug 5th, 2014Topics:Posts:March 2, 2018 at 12:40 pm #1202504230
This episode…….Mind blown. Only part I hated was Michela and Marcus becuase I kinda ship Asher and Michaela. My grade: A+
They have officially made her out to be a whore.ReplyCopy URLLuca GilibertiParticipantJoined:Jun 23rd, 2017Topics:Posts:March 2, 2018 at 2:41 pm #1202504316
A++ absolutely. It was incredible. What else can I say? Viola, Cicely, and Kerry were just breathtaking.ReplyCopy URLSomeonelikemeParticipantJoined:Nov 15th, 2011Topics:Posts:March 2, 2018 at 3:04 pm #1202504327
When I tell you Viola & Kerry did that! They did it! Both episodes also provided some of the best writing i've seen on both shows to date! Viola's courtrooom scene and the anxiety attack prior was nothing short of spectacular!! Major shoutout to mama Cicely for always bringing the goods. What a great consolation prize for Ms. Washington it would be if she were to get a Guest Actress nomination and possible win for a great turn. I figured she and Viola would be great together. But I must say, they really exceeded my wildest expectations! BLACK GIRL MAGIC was truly in effect!!!
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Can I just say what a incredible privilege it was to see Kerry Washington, Viola Davis and Cicely Tyson on screen together. What a stunning pair of episodes. They could have really fucked this up but my god both were riveting, moving and so enjoyable. Would happily see both Washington and Davis submit in Guest and win because both worked so damn well on the opposite show.ReplyCopy URLJustmimusicmonParticipantJoined:Oct 1st, 2014Topics:Posts:March 2, 2018 at 8:11 pm #1202504435
They could have really fucked this up but my god both were riveting.
They really could've, but thank god, they didn't! Both were handled oh so well!ReplyCopy URL
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Promote The Clay Pot & Offer Signed Copies
To promote my fourth and best poetry collection, I need to print copies--and friends & family want signed copies. Thanks for helping!
Promote The Clay Pot & Offer Signed Copies
To promote my fourth and best poetry collection, I need to print copies--and friends & family want signed copies. Thanks for helping!
I call it Inkandescence
My poetry is about many things happy and melancholy, but always comes back to dwell in those luminous moments when something basically good and real can be glimpsed through the mundane--and, shockingly often, only through the most mundane parts of even the most exotic places and esoteric conceptions.
...so what's the pitch?
I think The Clay Pot is my finest work yet, and I would like your help to promote it. My plan is to print a short run for sending to reviewers and offering as sample stock to independent bookstores, with enough residue for direct sale at readings and signings. To make that possible, I need your help.
As a partial reward for your gracious assistance, I am able to offer you a signed copy of the book for slightly less than the retail price (an offer I do not intend to repeat). If you would like to help me even more, I am eager to return the favor in signed "preview poems," illuminations, and additional volumes. One unique reward is proof copies, including several 2014 short versions of The Clay Pot that prepared the way for the completed edition I've just now published.
If you can help, I will be very grateful. And I'll keep writing, regardless.
Here's a sample:
So green and brown and coarse and tall is tree;
Subjective worlds take place in all their parts,
Made ready for our use by native arts
Assembled in gestation. What we see
Resolves for us like words on leaves make "tree,"
Like swaying branches, flags, the eye that darts
To see what moves the movement, where it starts:
Where tides begin, at land or on the sea.
Creation, we might call it our haste,
Until we search our unremembered days
For voices we knew then, ideally placed
To learn from inside how words pierce the haze.
No, further yet: our worlding bows before
The child's who made his mother, world, and lore.
For more information
Please visit Inkandescence and take a look at my contact page; follow me at pgepoetry on Facebook; and don't fail to take a look at all four of my books:
Risks and challenges
The book is finished and I already have a final copy in hand, so the risks are fairly minimal. I limited the number of hand-illuminated works to prevent my expected busy-ness from being too big an obstacle. I can imagine some communication glitches where you may prefer a certain poem to be illuminated, so delay is possible, but September seems reasonable. At a worst case, I am confident I can try to do something special for you by Christmas. If you keep in touch with me, I will do my best to help you.
The other major risk is that this project will not get enough exposure to "make," so do please promote it!Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Mandatory Conservation and India Potential U.S. Pork Market
by Bob Larson, click here for bio
Program: The Agribusiness Update
Date: January 25, 2018
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**Voluntary conservation, boosted by USDA's cost-share programs, has "proved unable to achieve reduction in emissions large enough to meet water quality goals."
That's according to the American Enterprise Institute which advocates "mandatory adoption of practices that reduce runoff."
As reported in agriculture.com, the AEI says conservation funding, which runs around $6 billion a year, "deserves to be maintained if not increased" in the 2018 farm bill.
India is a small but growing market for imported pork, and its massive population and rapidly expanding economy suggest there's excellent potential for long-term growth.
While U.S. pork does not yet have access to India, U.S. Meat Export Federation's Monty Brown recently visited India to conduct market research and meet with prospective customers.
Brown notes while India has historically lacked modern food retail outlets, this is beginning to change. He also says e-commerce has potential for establishing U.S. pork sales in India.
**Cover crops have many potential benefits which could lead to long-term gains as well as choking out troublesome weeds.
In its fifth annual cover crop survey, the Sustainable Ag Research and Education program and others reached 2,102 farmers to gain information about cover crop use. Farmers reported from across the U.S. with 88% saying they've used cover crops.
According to agweb.com, non-cover crop users shared their concerns about time, labor, lack of economic return and fear that the crop won't terminate properly and become a weed.
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An Agile Project Manager facilitates, coaches and leads rather than plans, controls and directs. Within Scrum, this role is referred to as the ScrumMaster, to emphasise the difference and to remind the person of their new responsibilities. The Certified Scrum Developer has a good grasp of key XP Programming practices and will be able to use the skills from both courses to support Agile development within their development teams and as such is a very useful skill set for a ScrumMaster.
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Itinerary: 5 Days through the Pueblos Blancos
Today we are featuring an itinerary suggested to some of our clients. Their goal is to drive from the Costa del Sol to Seville, taking a slow route through idyllic landscapes, visiting picturesque towns and staying in boutique hotels. So we at Willamette International Travel have planned the following week for them, complete with transportation and hotels. They will be leaving Casares, where they are attending a wedding, and spend a few days journeying through the small white villages in the mountainous regions of Andalucia, before reaching their final destination of Seville.
Pueblos Blancos
The Pueblos Blancos, or "white villages," are fortified hilltop towns, so named for their whitewashed décor in the Moorish tradition. There is plenty to see in the quiet countryside, gorgeous vistas of valleys and cliffs, and a bounty of architectural masterpieces that spans religions and centuries.
Day 1. Casares to Ronda.
Ronda is a city of dramatically perched houses and amazing views of 500-foot gorges. Ronda is the spiritual home of bullfighting and heir to a Moorish and Spanish blend of traditions. Check out the city for some spectacular architecture, from the Plaza de la Ciudad, the church and its former minaret, to the mosaic-decorated Palacio Mondragon and the frescos of biblical scenes and South Americans on the Palacio del Marques de Salvatierra. There are some great walking excursions on the footpaths, which lead you to ruined Moorish mills, waterfalls, the old mansion Casa del Rey Moro, the 18th century Puente Nuevo bridge that runs over Tajo Gorge. This area is also great for birdwatching, cycling, rock-climbing, and horse-riding. One of Willamette Intl Travel's own agents, Pam, stayed here—she says the ancient Roman bridge is still in use!
Day 2. Base in Ronda. Day trip to various towns.
From your base in Ronda, take a day trip around to the various sites. Check out the town of Montejaque and the nearby Hunidero cave; Benaojan, with its Pileta caves and Paleolithic cave paintings; Olvera with its stunning 12th century Arab castle. You can also enjoy a view of Grazalema Nature Park nearby. From here a path to the right leads to Garganta Verde, a gorge with an impressive cave known as Ermita de la Garganta. At Grazalema Park, walk around ancient Roman and Arab settlements and artistic churches.
Day 3. Drive to Arcos de la Frontera. Stop at Zahara de la Sierra.
On the languid drive to Arcos de la Frontera after breakfast, make sure to stop in Zahara de la Sierra, a National Monument town with uneven streets, 12th century Moorish castle, and impressive cliffsides. Pam recommends the slow but scenic route through Parque Natural de Sierra.
Arcos de la Frontera clings impossibly to an outcropping of rock with the Guadalete River at its foot. Navigate carefully up its labyrinth of narrow alleys and old quarters up to the ruins of an Islamic castle. Once a Moorish stronghold, the Reconquista reestablished a Christian presence still evident in the Gothic-Mudejar church, the Gothic Iglesia de San Pedro and the Renaissance Palacio del Mayorazgo. "I drove through this area several years ago," says Pam. "Stayed in Arcos which was beautiful. We had a balcony jutting out over a cliff (we looked down and could see birds flying underneath us!). Lots of little winding streets leading to the top of a mountain with a church, a nunnery, and some houses in the village. Very beautiful."
Day 4. Base in Arcos. Day in Jerez de la Frontera.
The main reason to visit the larger city of Jerez de la Frontera is to check out the bodegas where sherry is made—and fans of the delicate fermented wine must make a stop here. Tours with tasty samples usually run from 9am to 1pm, so plan your time accordingly. The varieties produced here are fino (extra dry and light), amontillado (dry and dark), oloroso (medium, golden), and dulce (sweet). Due to popularity, its best to call ahead for a reservation! The Jerez region is also renown for quality horse-breeding—the Lippizzaner horses, still used at the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, originally came from this area. If you happen to love horses, check out trainers and their mounts at the Real Escuela Andaluza de Arte Ecuestre.
Day 5. Drive from Arcos to Carmona or Doñana National Park.
At this point, you can choose either to head west, to the National Park of Doñana, or northward past Seville to Carmona. Carmona has a fantastic architectural atmosphere, with the polished arches of Plaza de Arriba, archaic Seville Gate, and the lavish and ornate churches. Don't miss the Roman necropolis! The food is also excellent—tapas, chicken soup, gazpacho, curdled eggs, patrirdge, Serrano ham, etc.
If you have the time or just prefer to explore wild nature, head now to the National Park of Doñana, one of Europe's greatest wetlands. In 185,000 acres of marshes and sand dunes, you can spot rare species such as fallow deer, red deer, imperial eagle, flamingo, lynx, umbrella pine, and lavender. Be advised however that you must book an officially guided day tour in order to cross the wetlands.
Day 6. Seville.
Conclude your tour of the magnificent Pueblos Blancos and the Andalucian countryside by heading over to the bustling city of Seville. Celebrate with an idyll afternoon and a glass of sherry.
Willamette International Travel assists clients in customizing their itineraries. We do the research and legwork so you don't have to! Email us at email@example.com or call 800.821.0401 for more information.


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Next Riverfest is Saturday 18th May 2019, from 11am
Riverfest is a fun free community event which takes place every May in the heart of the Isle of Wight, Newport, the Island's capital. The event has all the feel of a traditional village fete, with many free activities for children. Local charities attend promoting the work they do in the community, helping people and the local environment. You can find out about the Island's unique ecology and discover what lurks in the mud in the Medina river, thanks to the crew from the Medina Valley Centre!
You might also wish to have a paddle in a canoe, but look out for the notorious Crew of the Rose Pirates and the Wolfguard Vikings!
There is no entrance fee as the Quay is owned by the IW Council, who support this event by not charging for its use. Riverfest is organised by The Footprint Trust, a local charity, which promotes sustainable living. The event is supported by Community Action IW, Southern Co-Operative, Natural Enterprise, Newport Parish Council, SSE, Vectis Sunrise Rotary.
Young people are at the centre of this event and perform at it and take an active role in many of the organisations taking place.
- Click here for the Riverfest programme (2017) [PDF]Local traders support the event so that you can enjoy local food and drink, ranging from ice cream to vegetarian and meaty delights, along with cakes and sweets. Arts and crafts are also available at very reasonable prices. Renewable technology also features at the event along with information on sustainable transport, such as cycling and public transport. You could also try your skills on a rifle range, have a go on a bouncy castle and test your strength on a traditional fairground striker! Historical boats from the Classic Boat Museum are on show, along with vessels of all shapes and sizes that sail to this popular event. We encourage everyone who can to walk, cycle or sail to Riverfest, leaving their car at home. Buses stop nearby too, and all buses lead to Newport. The event is a short walk from the bus station, and is served by footpaths and a cycle route.
- The event focuses on the historic river Medina, internationally important for wildlife but also a great place to navigate by boat, or walk or cycle along its picturesque banks. Historically, a harbour and quay and a place of boat building and industry. Today boats are still repaired and serviced along its banks and quayside, old power stations and industrial manufacturing have been replaced by new technology focusing on natural energy. The town's name comes from it being the New Port for the original capital of Carisbrooke.
- Travelling to Riverfest
If you're thinking of visiting the Island then make Riverfest part of your stay, fares from the mainland are generally cheaper at off-peak times, prior to the height of the tourist season. Many attractions are open and you can see what else the island has to offer at www.visitisleofwight.co.uk
We are very grateful to the Maritime Volunteer Service and the many volunteers who support the event, without which Riverfest would not happen. If you would like to get involved in fundraising, stewarding, organising etc please do get in touch.
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- Promote sustainable water use and conservation of wetland habitats
- To promote organisations and businesses with an interest in the River Medina and the wider community
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