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Have you ever gotten really excited about something, jumped into it with both feet and arms flailing in the air, splashed into the sea of possibilities, only to discover the water wasn't as crystal clear as you imagined? You waded around a bit, then got over it rather quickly as you let the waves carry you effortlessly back to shore.
Meanwhile others wet their toes in the proverbial ocean of disciplines and slowly make their way deeper until they are in over their heads. You can't even see them anymore. They're immersed. A yacht came to pick them up and is currently sailing them into the horizon as I type this.
You see, some people start new things slowly, and steadily make long term changes that they continue for the rest of their lives. Whether it be an entrepreneurial endeavor, a fitness routine, or a productive habit, they know that real impact occurs when you make small changes consistently over a long period of time without quitting.
I, on the other hand, have always been the short spurts type of gal. Dip my toe? No thanks…I'll jump right in. I'll swim a few laps and almost drown, drink my fair share of sea water as the waves smack me in the face, then do the walk of shame back to my beach chair – hair in shambles, bathing suit half coming off, and I'll be finished. For like, the season. Have you seen a YouTube vlog of mine lately?
Consistency, my dear friends – THAT has been my issue. So I devised a plan for myself; a goal, if you will. I call it the 30 in 30 Challenge. I would dust off my treadmill, remove the drying towels and boxes, and use that bad boy for 30 minutes, for 30 days straight. If I missed a day, I would have to start over at 1. Instastories came in right on time because I posted a 10 second video daily to keep myself accountable. When I started, I didn't know if I could do it. As the days went on, my commitment got stronger. My resolution and healthy fitness habits got stronger as well. Before I knew it, no excuses were big enough to keep me from my decision. Tired? Time of the month? Too late in the evening? Too early in the morning? Hacking up phlegm for like 3 weeks straight? Tough. You're getting on that treadmill.
…and I never missed a day.
Yesterday I completed Day 30. This was never about the scale for me, in fact I broke up with my scale so I can't tell you if I lost any weight. What I CAN tell you is that after 30 days of consistently sweating myself into a tizzy, my mind is clearer. It feels like a fog has been lifted. I am much more positive, productive, focused, action-oriented, and connected spiritually than I was before I started. You say, what's the big deal about 30 minutes of exercise? Some of you go to the gym for two hours a day; you jumped right in and stayed there. That has never been me. I needed to learn to be consistent – to do a little and not stop; to be patient and know that good habits yield results over time.
So now my treadmill is my new bff. I will continue my daily habit of 30 minutes and keep counting the days. If I miss a day, I will start at 1. Let's see how high I can get 😉 Follow me on Instagram for daily instastories (they disappear after 24hrs).
Since the 30 in 30 Challenge worked so well for fitness, I wondered what else I could incorporate into my life 30 minutes at a time. My husband encouraged me to do a 30 in 30 Challenge for writing…so here I am. For the next 30 days I will be writing every day on my blog. Can I write a blog in 30 minutes? Can I think of something to say for 30 days straight? This will be much harder for me than jumping on a treadmill, but I am up for the challenge!
What would you like to incorporate into your life long-term? I challenge you to challenge yourself for 30 days, do it publicly, and hold yourself accountable. It'll change your life.
PS: This blog post took me over an hour…Rome wasn't built in a day.

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HBO's "Real Time" host Bill Maher stood by his earlier remarks about radical Islam on Friday by pointing to the death sentence handed down to a woman who blasphemed Mohammed.
"In Pakistan this week, the High Court in Lahore…ruled that a woman who spoke dirty, I guess, blasphemed the prophet should be put to death" he reported. And "this is not a blogger, this is not a mob in the street, this is a very high court in Pakistan [that] said 'a woman said a bad thing about the prophet, and now she must die.'"
He then sarcastically quipped, "so, yeah, Sam Harris and I were way off on that."
After International Rescue Committee President and CEO David Miliband asked where the anti-blasphemy law originated, Maher responded "the Koran." Miliband said that the law was due to changes in the Pakistani Constitution to institute Sharia Law.
Miliband added "it's one thing to take on a religion, the other thing is to take on the people who are abusing the religion and those are two very different things," to which Maher stated "if that's popular with the people, they're not that different."
After Miliband argued that Pakistan wasn't as bad as Maher was making it out to be, Maher told him "when they open up a lesbian art gallery, I'll go there."
David Frum, the Senior Editor of The Atlantic, claimed that Pakistan's problems were due to the way the country was created. Maher then remarked, seemingly sarcastically, "Right, it's all just about Pakistan."
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I sat in classrooms enough when I was going to nursing school … After working for 30 years, I don't think there is much a 35-year-old instructor can teach me … I don't have time to read journals and go to workshops after I punch out …
I heard these comments from different nurses in nursing homes that I had visited as part of a Quality Indicator and culture change project I am involved in.
Having participated in meetings and presented education to these nurses, I recognized that they not only were not utilizing best practices, but didn't even know what the term meant, and their actions were driven more by completing scheduled tasks and responding to crises than the use of critical thinking skills and goal directed actions.
Their knowledge and clinical competencies had grown little since they completed their basic nursing programs. I wish I could say they were atypical, but these nurses, unfortunately, represent too many of the current LTC nursing workforce.
Baccalaureate and higher degrees are under-represented among LTC nurses. More than half of the directors of nursing, who represent the highest position in the nursing department, hold an associate degree or diploma in nursing; less than one-third hold a BSN.
Certification associated with higher levels of professionalism is held by only one-third of the DONs. With so few nursing leaders in nursing homes holding baccalaureate and higher education, it is no surprise few members of the entire nursing department in LTC settings have college preparation.
Overcoming obstacles
Now, let me clearly state that there are some outstanding nurses in leadership positions in LTC with ADN preparation who perform excellently, have advanced their competencies, obtained certification, read professional journals, and can run circles around many people who have a long list of letters behind their names. And there are realities that have influenced so few highly credentialed nurses being employed in LTC, such as noncompetitive salaries, and administrators' lack of appreciation of various types of nursing preparation.
But that doesn't mean LTC nurses should be satisfied with the current state of affairs.
Currently, in nursing homes, nursing assistants constitute nearly half of the workforce and provide 2.3 hours of care per resident day, compared with 0.5 hours per resident day provided by registered nurses (RNs) and 0.7 hours per resident day by licensed practical nurses (LPNs).
Thus, persons with minimal education provide most of the direct care services. This is all the more reason why it is important that the nurses who are present have sound credentials to provide the leadership, education, coaching, and mentoring to assure that the direct caregivers are providing the highest quality of services.
LTC in the 21st century is significantly different from that of the last century. The resident population has a wide range of medical and psychiatric conditions that once would have been cared for in specialized hospital units.
Today's LTC nurse must know the current best practices for persons with diabetes, congestive heart failure, renal dialysis, dementia, ventilator-support, schizophrenia, developmental disabilities, and a long list of other conditions and treatments.
Time to change
To think that the information learned in nursing school years ago is sufficient to competently provide the nursing care of a today's complex population is unrealistic. (To appreciate the need for ongoing learning, consider that 25 years ago we didn't even have Google, GPS, iPods, debit cards, or flat panel TVs.)
Having college education puts nurses on a level playing field with other healthcare professionals, thereby enabling them to have greater credibility and influence. This education also can offer nurses a wider range of competencies in such arenas as health policy, health care financing, program leadership, quality improvement, and systems thinking that can enable them to serve in positions of influence which ultimately can be of benefit to all LTC nursing.
In the Institute of Medicine's report, "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health," a recommendation for a more highly educated nurse to meet the demands of today's healthcare was offered. This is a recommendation that must be taken seriously by LTC nurses.
Nurses must assume personal responsibility for being lifelong learners and invest in their own continuing education via attendance at workshops, participating in webinars, achieving certification, being active in professional associations, and independent reading and study. LTC nurse leaders, while respecting the diversity of educational backgrounds, should encourage their nursing staff to advance their education.
In addition, while recognizing that there are some outstanding ADN and diploma prepared nurses, LTC nursing administrators need to refrain from promoting the view themselves — and correct others who hold the view — that advanced credentials don't make a difference. Advanced education does make a difference and evidence supports it!
Employers must demonstrate leadership in valuing and supporting education and rewarding educational advancements of staff.
It is time LTC nurses recognize the significant demands, sophistication and value of our specialty by supporting and promoting higher educational preparation of our nurses.
Charlotte Eliopoulos, RN, MPH, PhD, is the executive director of the American Association for Long Term Care Nursing.
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Coventry City manager Steven Pressley admitted his emotions got the better of him after the 3-1 win at Rotherham...
Coventry City manager Steven Pressley apologised for his conduct during the 3-1 win over Rotherham United.
The City manager was sent to the stands straight after Joe Skarz put the Millers ahead in the 35th minute.
Pressley had to watch the rest of the game from the Director's Box and saw his team rally in the second half to claim a 3-1 victory.
Speaking after the game, the Scot admitted his emotions got the better of him during the match and apologised for his actions.
Pressley said: "On my own personal performance, I have to apologise. I got caught up in the game and was very emotional.
"I felt there were decisions which wasn't going our way but I need to behave better than that.
"It's a learning curve really. Not just for the players, but for myself. I think it had been building up over that period of the game."
The City boss has now lead his side to within six points of the play-offs following the win at the New York Stadium.
He added: "After the goal, I obviously kicked a bottle which landed on the pitch.
"It was a mistake on my part. It was just my emotion towards the game and my frustration spilling over.
"I can only apologise for that as I need to be in the technical area, not sitting in the stands. It's not right.
"I'm a young manager and I'm learning all the time. These are moments I have to do better."


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Philosophers have put forward the idea that rationality can free itself from reality and create a rational world separated from reality. The problem with this idea is that rationality is fundamentally paradoxically contradictory. If rationality had been consistent, then it could have created such a world, but since it isn't, it can't. Instead, rationality can only create consistent models of how reality works, not of what reality is. Rationality will thus always be second to reality.
This fact is why rationality can't compete with belief. Both of them are fundamentally paradoxically contradictory.


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The University's Center for the Humanities (CHUM) recently obtained $6 million in endowment money, coinciding with its celebration of 54 years of scholarship. According to CHUM, Director Ethan Kleinberg, the Center applied for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant in an endeavor to secure its financial future.
"[We wanted to] be able to expand our scope and mission," Kleinberg wrote in an email to The Argus.
In 2011, the University received a two million dollar challenge grant from the Mellon Foundation that required an additional four million in endowment funds be raised in order to obtain the full grant. With support from alumni, parents, and friends, CHUM was able to raise the necessary funds over the last two years and is now in possession of the full six million.
The Mellon Foundation offers grants in five core areas: Higher Education and Scholarship, Scholarly Communications and Information Technology, Art History, Conservatives and Museums, Performing Arts, and Conservation and the Environment.
"Our grant-making philosophy is to build, strengthen and sustain institutions and their core capacities, rather than be a source for narrowly defined projects," the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation website reads. "As such, we develop thoughtful, long-term collaborations with grant recipients and invest sufficient funds for an extended period to accomplish the purpose at hand and achieve meaningful results."
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Ruth Weissman noted the significance of the endowment.
"We are very grateful for the Mellon [Foundation's] support and the contributions of matching funds by our alumni," Weissman wrote in an email to The Argus. "The endowment makes it possible to bring in world-class speakers and to support faculty and student fellowships."
According to a Sept. 16 article in the Wesleyan Connection, these funds will primarily assist with the undergraduate curriculum as well as scholarly research and work. In addition, this funding will support the connection of humanities research to the public.
"It is a very good feeling to be able to play offense at a time when many [humanities centers] and humanities departments are on defense," Kleinberg wrote. "Hopefully, the commitment that Wesleyan and the Mellon Foundation [have] made to the humanities will serve as an example to other institutions to make a similar commitment."
Due to this new grant, CHUM is planning on implementing a student research assistant program next year. With this program, all Faculty Fellows will be paired with students to help with their research projects. This program will complement the pre-existing CHUM Student Fellow program.
CHUM Student Fellow Mari Jarris '14 said that her involvement with the center has provided her with a great opportunity to work on her thesis. She expressed enthusiasm about the endowment and what it will bring for CHUM's future.
"This new grant will ensure that the fellowship program will continue," Jarris said.
CHUM also encompasses the Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate, an interdisciplinary program that encourages students to pursue theory-intensive courses in a variety of departments at the University. Jarris noted that the endowment will expand opportunities for students pursuing the certificate.
"The funding for this certificate comes from CHUM, too, so now we will be able to bring in different speakers and have different events [for the In Theory Lecture Series]," Jarris said.
Kleinberg pointed out that this grant will allow for intense intellectual collaboration between faculty members and students.
"We will certainly continue to build on our longstanding traditions," Kleinberg wrote. "We will also build up our work and presence in the new media."
Because of these funds, the center was able to host last week's conference, titled "Exercising Judgment in Ethics, Politics, and the Law: Hannah Arendt's 'Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil', Fifty Years Later." Jarris noted that the center was able to bring in top scholars to speak at this event.
Lucy Britt '14, another Student Fellow, was enthusiastic about the outcome.
"The Center is an amazing center of learning and critical thinking at Wesleyan," Britt said. "I think it is great that the CHUM got a grant to fund the recent renovation and to bring in speakers like Susan Neiman for the Hannah Arendt conference or Judith Butler last semester."
CHUM will also be able to add more programs to its current roster of lectures and conferences. For instance, the center is pushing for more student-run humanities journals and blogs like PYXIS, a print and digital humanities journal.
PYXIS Executive Director Ben Zucker '15 said that he hopes the journal will be helpful and informative.
"We want the journal to come together naturally through close work with CHUM," Zucker said. "It is a matter of finding out how to get students involved to bring out maximum coverage and detail."
The center will also open a new media lab next year. This lab will offer courses in the digital liberal arts. Kleinberg is hopeful that the endowment will allow CHUM to remain a strong presence within the University's academic community.
"At a time when one hears so much rhetoric about the humanities in retreat, Wesleyan's Center for the Humanities is pressing forward," Kleinberg is quoted as saying in the Wesleyan Connection article. "The case for the importance and relevance of the humanities in the 21st century will not be made by pointing backwards to that which has been done, but instead by pointing to that which we are doing."
The Wesleyan Argus
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I've written about this before, in a brief mention for Grapevine 20 years ago, but the sudden frenzy on the part of lawmakers to re-arm America (as if it had ever been disarmed) and weaken some gun laws - well, except for when their own personal safety is involved - brought back a flood of memories for me this week.
In 1982 I almost shot and killed a man. It is one of my most shameful memories, and has informed much of my feelings about firearms ever since.
And there was nothing particularly dramatic about the circumstances. At the time, it seemed a situation I felt I emotionally could not survive, but we've all gone through similar times. The exact details don't really matter.
What matters is that there was a young man whom I felt responsible for the unhappiness in my life, and I had a gun in my hand, a .380 automatic, and I was intent on ending his life.
What is especially shameful is that he was asleep at the time.
I stood over a sleeping human being, a gun in my hand, and felt not the slightest hesitation about pulling the trigger.
In a movie, or a bad TV show, I'd have an epiphany at this point, a spiritual reawakening. A flood of emotions would surge through me, and I'd walk away a better man.
None of that happened.
I simply lowered the gun and walked away, steeped in misery.
Again, if this were a movie, or a badly written novel, I'd reveal that I never held a weapon again in my life, but that would be a lie. I have been slower to anger, and haven't raised my hand in response to anger, even when mightily provoked.
If I learned anything that night, it is how easily anyone can be moved to murder, especially with a weapon so handily designed for it. Intellectual twits like to say that "Guns don't kill people, people kill people," but I just don't know if they've ever had that moment when they have automatically reached for the gun to rid themselves of what they saw as the poison in the lives.
I wouldn't have grabbed a kitchen knife, or a chair, or a pillow to smother him. The gun gave me false courage.
Yeah, well, there's a difference
Some legislators like to tout their military experience when talking about gun control/gun rights.
Killing in the defense of your country, in a kill or be killed situation isn't really the same thing as sitting in the dark, coming to the conclusion that the gun in the drawer is your only solution.
Congress needs to hear from a few more - hell, a lot more - of these people, and less from the NRA and gun manufacturers when it comes time to legislate.
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Same-sex attraction and repentance
Satanist display in Fla. capitol 'offensive'
Black, white Southern Baptists react to grand jury decision
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LMCO is essential
It is impossible to overestimate the importance of the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO) for International Missions. I believe there is no other fund, organization or ministry that will more efficiently and more effectively impact the unreached people of the world. LMCO is the funding behind the men and women who once sat in our pews each week, but are now on the front lines of international outreach. They are sharing the gospel verbally and with their lives, making disciples and planting churches wherever there is lostness.
No single church can do this, but together we can underwrite the work of our missionaries. This is the reason each of us must give sacrificially.
In the last church I pastored we counted the international personnel serving around the world from our congregation. Based on the information provided by the International Mission Board, we calculated it would take about $550,000 each year just to support the missionaries from our church alone. Since our LMCO was less than half that amount, we realized how much we need the cooperation of other Baptist churches. We need each other!
It was exciting to be with pastor Charlie Martin and the Bethel Baptist Church family in Vilas last Sunday. Pastor Charlie and his wife, Stephanie, retired from a large church in Florida to settle in this beautiful community several years ago, and God put him back to work right away at Bethel. He is a tremendous blessing!
The church sits on the edge of Watauga County, almost on the Tennessee border. This is a community that carries some personal connections for me. My great-great-grandfather's family moved to the Bethel community in the mid-1800s. So, my relatives are all over the county. I'm glad to see the gospel is still faithfully proclaimed in Watauga County.
Please continue to pray for our missionaries. If you do not have a prayer guide, visit the IMB website for your daily prayer guide.
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"Nightmoss #3", bred by Paul Barden
This is a sister seedling to "Nightmoss #2" and "#1". All 3 came from the same seed hip, in fact! There were only about 7 seedlings from that sowing, and 4 of them turned out to be worth keeping.....very unexpected. (I think perhaps I should make that cross again some day!)
This plant has been one of the slowest to build up to significant size, but it is also the most shapely of the shrubs of this bunch. It now stands 18" tall, and is well covered in handsome greyish green foliage. It has been disease free for me so far. (Bonus!) Individual blooms are small: about 2 to 2.5 inches across, and reflex to form a pompon shape. There is a moderate, smoky/spicy scent also, very much like the Gallica fragrances....not exactly sweet, but earthy and spicy. It's hard to describe!
I have no intention of naming this rose or releasing it into commerce. It is the least free-blooming of the three, and the blooms last one or two days only before burning to an unsightly blackish color in the sun. It might do better in partial shade, but its too slow a grower and has little to receommend it when compared to other, better varieties.
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The Movies and You
Some people have problems with visitors to their
house who turn their backs when the home movie projector is brought out.
The primary aim of the Victoria Amateur Movie Club
is to turn this kind of reaction into genuine interest.
Some people have problems with visitors to their
house who turn their backs when the home movie projector is brought out.
The primary aim of the Victoria Amateur Movie Club
is to turn this kind of reaction into genuine interest.
"We want people to make a little story with their movie camera using their wife and kids as actors
so the film can be used to interest anybody." said Moris Aldersmith of 7 Vickery, View Royal, one of the directors of the
"The club is out to get beginners — people not already versed in motion picture work," Aldersmith
The purpose of the movie club are:
To promote, develop and encourage interest in the taking of amateur home motion
To mutually assist and aid all members in increasing their proficiency in the art of taking amateur
motion pictures.
To provide social meetings for the showing of home movies.
The movie club encompasses the Greater Victoria
area and has about 70 members, including many husband and wife teams.
The oldest member is Dorthea Mitchell, 96, of 1140 Pandora. She produced one of Canada's
first amateur full length story films in the late 1920s.
Aldersmith described the way most people end up joining a movie club. "The parents figure they would
like movies of their kids, so they go out and buy a movie camera," he said.
From there, people find they like taking films, so they branch out into a wider variety, he said.
After joining a movie club, the amateur cameraman "learns how to stop the pictures from jumping and people's eyes from bugging
out," Aldersmith said.
"We teach them to get continuity in their film."
The Victoria Amateur Movie Club meets at 8 p.m. on the last Monday of each month at the Inn, 1528 Cook. The meetings
are for both business and entertainment and motion pictures are shown by members.
Along with the meetings are two workshop clinics at Aldersmiths house on the first and third Monday
of the month. Involved in the first clinic is the actual teaching of motion picture work to members. Lectures are given by
professionals and there are training sessions on titling and editing.
In the second workshop clinic, members are taught the skills of creating sound to go with their
home movies taking a tape recorder as a medium. More complicated methods of combining sound with film are also used by the
The club, which has been going since the early 1930s has put on two-hour public showing's of their
movies twice a year for seven years.
"In these shows, we get as many people in the club as possible participating with their projectors
and sound tracks." Aldersmith said. Individual shows last from three to 20 minutes.
Most films shown in the public presentation must first receive good marks according to club standards.
"We put on our best in these shows with nobody barred." Aldersmith said.
The movie club sponsors three competitions a year for its members who compete for awards for moviemaking.
In the first competition, participants send their films straight to a developing company with no
opportunity to view and edit their films.
Contestants are allowed to edit their films in the second competition before having them judged.
In February comes the big competition divided into three classes —novice, intermediate, and
open — and entries are judged by another movie club. The results of the contest are made public at the annual banquet
in late February.
The highest film in all classes wins the Best Film of the Year award and trophy for the Greater
Victoria area and goes on to compete for the best club film in Canada. Stan Sharcott of 47 Boyd was the best-film winner this
year for the Greater Victoria area.


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Sen. Brandon Beach, a conservative Republican, was first elected to the Georgia State Senate in 2013. He represents District 21 which includes portions of Cherokee and Fulton counties.
In the Senate, Beach serves as the Chairman of the Economic Development and Tourism Committee and as the Secretary of the Transportation Committee. He is also a member of the Regulated Industries and Utilities, Science and Technology and MARTOC committees.
Senator Beach brings a common sense, solutions-oriented approach to the legislature. During his tenure, he has helped in passing several major tax cuts, while also bringing major improvements to District 21. Senator Beach is committed to serving the people of his district and ensuring that the government does not negatively affect them.
Locally, Senator Beach is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, leading the fourth largest chamber in the metro area. Senator Beach has played an integral role in helping North Fulton grow and prosper in his 24-plus years in Atlanta. Before being elected to the Senate, Beach was elected to the board of the Georgia Department of Transportation by state legislators from the 6th Congressional District in 2008.
Closer to home, Senator Beach is the executive director and one of the founders of the North Fulton Community Improvement District (CID). The group focuses on moving infrastructure projects forward. Under his leadership, the North Fulton CID has invested more than $18 million to help bring more than $91 million in new infrastructure for the District area. Senator Beach is a member of numerous community boards including the Regional Business Coalition, Encore Park for the Arts and the Historic Roswell Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Senator Beach received an undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and a Master's in Business Administration degree from Centenary College. He is also a graduate of the Regional Leadership Institute and a former member of the Alpharetta City Council and the Alpharetta Planning and Zoning Commission. He and his wife, Shuntel, have two children and have lived in Alpharetta for the past 24 years.
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The title gives me some weird ideas, but maybe that's just me. The reviews are really good and the synopsis sounds funny so I really want to read this one.
I don't have to explain this one. I mean, it's Jill Mansell!
Womens Fiction: Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane #1) by Kristin Hannah
After reading Night Road (which was beautiful btw, please read it if you haven't yet) I got very curious about Hannah's other books. This one sounds great so I'm going to read it soon.
Young Adult: Ignite Me (Shatter Me #3) by Tahereh Mafi
Confession time: I haven't read Unravel Me yet. I know, I know, shame on me, but because I know it's going to be awesome, I already put the third book on my wishlist.


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Current Meetings
Meetings • Archived Meetings: 2016-2017
Regular meetings held on second Thursdays, except during summer months, unless otherwise noted. Everyone is welcome, membership is not required.
September 14th, 2017 Section Meeting
Program: Introduction to the New AACE Online Communities: A Window of Opportunity! with speakers Fernando Villanueva PMP, and Eric Cannon, PSP. (Note: Due to Hurricane Irma, this meeting was actually delayed one week until September 21st, 2017.)
This presentation will help educate the AACE International community on their new Web site. Both Eric and Fernando will compare the former way of participating in forums and groups to the new interactive version of joining and participation. In this interactive session, both speakers will show the lists of current online communities and even give examples of what some online communities offer. They hope to engage and promote this to the members at large.
Program: Have You Looked at AACE's Recommended Practices? with speakers John Philbrick PE, CCP, PMP and John P. Orr, PSP.
This program will provide an overview of the AACE Recommended Practices. At latest count, AACE has 74 Recommended Practice (RP) documents. Every member of AACE would benefit from being familiar with the RP documents pertaining to their area of specialization.
This presentation will show where these documents are located on the AACE Web Site. We will also provide examples of the vast knowledge to be gained from the study and use of these documents in establishing the proper practice standard for you and your team. These guidelines also provide a useful basis in supporting your work methods. We will also provide insight into the development process for Recommended Practices.
John Philbrick, PE, CCP, PMP
John P. Orr, PSP
PMA Consultants, LLC, Orlando, FL, 6:30 p.m. Optional dinners at $10.00 per person with advance reservations for in-person attendees. Everyone is welcome. Invite your friends, colleagues, or anyone who may be interested. Both in-person and Webinar attendance are available. For questions, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Fernando is a Senior Director at PMA Consultants LLC. He has been with PMA since 1993 and serves as Project Controls Implementation Manager for the Orange County Utilities Water Wastewater Division Capital Improvements Program. Fernando began his career in cost estimating and scheduling. His career path has led him to work on highly visible projects around the country and abroad. He is a long-time North Florida AACE member, and serves on the Section Board as Director-at-Large. He has also won the CCTS Technical Achievement Award, and the 2016 North Florida AACE Star Award.
Eric works as Scheduling Director for Moss and Associates, a family owned business. Eric has been with Moss for over two years and runs a team of three in-house schedulers and various outside consultants. He manages a commercial portfolio of over 1 billion dollars. Eric started his career 20 years ago as a Scheduling Engineer at Centex Rooney. His career path has led him to work around the country and work on some highly visible projects. Eric has been a North Florida Section member for many years, and also serves on the Section Board as Director-at-Large.
Change is inseparable from construction, yet the owner/contractor cooperation necessary to properly deal with it varies widely from project to project. Specifications require detailed, regular schedule updates and numerous reports, but much of what the contractor generates to meet those specifications is either rejected by the owner, of questionable value, and/or ignored by both parties.
To make matters worse, each party often responds to change in a manner that seeks to protect their interests. Contractors protect profit margin by refusing new risk or seeking high compensation for it. Owners try to control program cost while keeping delivery commitments to the stakeholders. While cost certainty benefits both parties, potential change orders and resolution of potentially costly delay impacts can often languish up to—or beyond—project completion.
This presentation addresses open, unresolved changes and delays by examining past projects' typical practices of schedule updating, Time Impact Analysis, handling Resource-Driven Logic (RDL), and communication of the data generated by these processes. By differentiating between progress and schedule adjustments, distinguishing RDL versus physical logic changes, and emphasizing "LP23" reviews which include Progress-Only update status, we hope to encourage the owner and the contractor to review and discuss the schedule update reports and find solutions which are in the project's best interest, meet their divergent goals, and avoid disputes.
PMA Consultants, LLC, Orlando, FL, 6:30 p.m. Optional dinners at $10.00 per person with advance reservations for in-person attendees. Everyone is welcome. Invite your friends, colleagues, or anyone who may be interested. For questions, e-mail email@example.com.
Program: How to Successfully Use Earned Value on Projects with speaker Joseph A. Lucas, PMP, CSM, PE, CCP.
Earned Value Management (EVM) should be an effective technique for managing project performance. Unfortunately, for many project teams use of EVM becomes a time-consuming and frustrating experience with minimal value. This presentation will explain the essential project planning steps needed to successfully utilize earned value on projects. This presentation will briefly review earned value terminology, calculations and key metrics to monitor when using earned value. The best techniques to determine progress for project work packages will also be explained, along with how to use earned value to forecast project costs. The use of Earned Schedule (ES) will also be reviewed, and how ES augments traditional EVM and integrated schedule analysis will be explained. This presentation will show how to put your projects on the right track for successful use of earned value.
This will also be our annual Holiday Dinner Celebration, featuring a gourmet dinner, presentation of the North Florida AACE "You're a Star" Award, plus other special holiday festivities. Bring your spouse and guests to take part in the fun and fellowship plus professional education and networking.
Location: Residence of John and Carole Orr, 1300 Druid Isle Road, Maitland, FL 32757.
Optional dinners at $10.00 per person with advance reservations for in-person attendees. Everyone is welcome. Invite your friends, colleagues, or anyone who may be interested.
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Program: I-4 Ultimate Scheduling Challenges and Project Update, with speakers Vince Gucwa, Rey Diaz and James Ward.
I-4 Mobility Partners, a public/private partnership (P3), was publicly announced as the successful bidder for the design/build/finance/operate/maintain of the I-4 Ultimate Project on April 23, 2014. Subsequently, the SGL Constructors joint venture team is providing the design/build portion of the project for I-4 Mobility Partners. SGL Constructors is a joint venture consisting of Skanska USA Civil Southeast Inc., Granite Construction Company, and The Lane Construction Corporation. The I-4 Ultimate Project spans for 21 miles through Orange and Seminole Counties, from west of Kirkman Road to east of SR 434. The scope consists of reconstruction of the mainline and interchanges, the addition of 4 express lanes, reconstructs 15 major interchanges, widens 13 bridges, adds 53 bridges, replaces 74 bridges, increases the design speed to 60 mph, and provides operations and maintenance.
SGL Constructors has a team of schedulers assigned to the I-4 Ultimate Project. Planning/scheduling for a 21-mile reconstruction project of this magnitude has been a challenge. This presentation will review the process that was utilized in bringing the schedule from a pre-bid stage up to the present construction stage. The presenters are members of the scheduling team on the project and hopefully can answer any schedule-related questions regarding the project. The software used for the scheduling of the project activities is Oracle Primavera P6, version 16.1 (currently), through a third party host.
The presentation will also include some overview photographs to highlight the changes that have occurred along the I-4 corridor in the three years since construction began on February 1, 2015.
Note: The May meeting concludes our 2017-2018 program year. After the summer break, be sure to join us again in September for a new series of quality educational presentations. Watch this page for upcoming programs for the fall and beyond, and visit our Web site often for the latest Section news and activities. We welcome your ideas and suggestions on possible topics and speakers. Please send to this e-mail address.
*Please note this is two days earlier than our usual meeting date.
The basics of investing will be reviewed, as well as some advanced investing topics for the intermediate or seasoned investors. In addition, a detailed analysis of a selected stock will be discussed, along with advice on how to purchase the stock without going through a stock broker. Possible best investments for the future will also be presented.
Speaker: F. Sam Griggs, CCP, FAACE, Cost Engineering Consultant, Investment Trainer
He is a member of The American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) which is a nonprofit education association that has been successfully aiding "do-it-yourself" investors for over 30 years. He is a very active member of the AAII Investors Workshop which teaches individual investors the basics and beyond. In this capacity, he has taught various classes on individual investments, including High Yield Dividend stocks, REITS and BDC, some of which will be mentioned in the presentation.
Program: Ethics in Project Controls and Project Management, with speaker Dr. Alexia Nalewaik, FRICS, CCP, CCA, Principal, QS Requin Corporation.
*Please note this is two days earlier than our usual meeting date.
PMA Consultants, LLC, Orlando, FL, 6:30 p.m. Optional dinners at $10.00 per person with advance reservations for in-person attendees. Everyone is welcome. Invite your friends, colleagues, or anyone who may be interested. For more details and to register, see Meeting Notice. For questions, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Program: International Estimating, Procurement and Construction Costs, with speaker John McConville, CCP, Compass International.
Mr. McConville will discuss international estimating topics such as field labor rates, construction productivity in different countries, location factors, bulk material and production equipment costs, import duties, inflation, local taxes, unit prices, facility costs, engineering costs and other related subjects.
PMA Consultants, LLC, Orlando, FL, 6:30 p.m. Optional dinners at $10.00 per person with advance reservations for in-person attendees. Everyone is welcome. Invite your friends, colleagues, or anyone who may be interested. For questions, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
John G McConville CCP has over thirty years of Project Management, Estimating, Value Engineering, Planning, Consulting and Training experience in a wide variety of construction sectors, including: petro-chemicals, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, pipelines and offshore facilities. John has worked for extensive periods in the UK, USA, Canada, Norway, France, Germany, South Africa and India.
Compass International is an Estimating Consulting, Publishing and Training firm employing 10 + Project Managers, Estimators and Research Staff with offices in Celebration, FL. Philadelphia, PA. Easton, MD. and Manchester, UK.
Program: Intuitive Math and Cost Estimating, with speaker Dr. Saleh A. Mubarak, PhD, Project Management Consultant.
Speaker: Dr. Saleh A. Mubarak, PhD, Project Management Consultant.
Independent consultant, author, public speaker, and trainer. B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering, specialized in Construction Management. Experience: Over 26 years diversified. Industrial (14 years): private and public sector, in the U.S. and overseas. Positions occupied include project engineer / manager, cost estimator, planner / scheduler, project controls manager, cost manager, training manager. Academic (12 years full-time + 8 years part-time): faculty member / professor, head of department. Taught and created many courses; mostly in the general area of construction project management such as project planning, scheduling, and controls; and cost estimating. Conducted research and published / presented many papers. Also, served on numerous committees and performed a variety of community services.
Extensive experience in continuing education and professional training around the world. Topics are mainly technical but also include many soft skills seminars. Numerous presentations in professional conferences such as PMI-College of Scheduling, PMI, AACE International, Primavera Users Conference. Also, a public speaker in many local, regional, and international events. An authority on project planning, scheduling, and project control; was part of the PMI team that wrote the first Project Scheduling certification exam in 2007.
Author of: Construction Project Scheduling and Control (currently 3rd edition); How to Estimate with Means Data: Basic Skills for Building Construction (currently 4th edition); Many articles, technical and other. An advocate of holistic healthy living and sports, and a featured speaker at the 2016 Space Congress.
John Philbrick is the current Region 3 Director with AACE International. He is Director with PMA Consultants and has 38 years of experience in project management for major road, airport, infrastructure, architectural, manufacturing/process, theme parks, and water/wastewater projects in southern and eastern United States. He has significant expertise in project controls, project scheduling, scheduling (development, analysis, training, implementation), cost estimating, cost controls and claims analysis.
John Orr has more than 30 years of construction management and project controls experience, including expert witness reports and impartial assessments of the validity of construction delay. In the past he has led presentations and training sessions in scheduling and claims avoidance for clients, at AACE Annual Meetings and the North Florida Section of AACE International.
Mr. Orr expanded both his horizon and his audience, with two peer-reviewed technical papers published in AACE's Cost Engineering magazine. He has been selected as a member of the Technical Board of AACE International, serving as subject-matter expert for Planning and Scheduling. He is also a CCTS Technical Achievement Award winner, and was recently honored with the 2017 AACE Charles V. Keane Distinguished Service Award. Mr. Orr's volunteer service to his professional organization has served to advance the standards of practice within AACE International and to mentor other project controls professionals in their work.
Dr. Alexia Nalewaik is the Owner of QS Requin Corporation. She is a project controls director and quantity surveyor with over 20 years of risk management, owner representation, and cost management experience. Her areas of focus include audit, cost management, risk assessment, and performance improvement for capital projects and organizations. She is Past-Chair of the International Cost Engineering Council, and incoming AACE International President-Elect.
Joe Lukas has been involved in project management for over 35 years. He is a Certified Cost Professional, registered Professional Engineer, and Project Management Professional. His work experience spans engineering, manufacturing, construction, project controls, estimating, contracting and project, program and portfolio management. His projects experience includes information systems, product development, construction and manufacturing. Joe also teaches and consults on project management topics and interpersonal skills.
Joe joined AACE in 1989 and held many Section positions in Rochester, NY including President, Nomination VP and Membership VP. Joe has over 50 published articles on project management topics, and is a frequent guest speaker for companies and organizations across the country. In 2008 Joe received the Jan Korevaar Outstanding Paper Award at the combined 6th World Congress on Cost Engineering and AACE International 52nd Annual Meeting, and in 2017 he was the recipient of the AACE Technical Excellence Award.


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You know, I kind of miss the days when no one read this, in a way. It
was kind of interesting writing something that you knew no one would
read. Still, it's interesting having an audience as well. I finished
my first serious song, it just needs some polishing. I have yet to
write a song that isn't the result of some form of anger.
Interesting. Says a lot about my repressed emotions, I think. The
emotion I tend to repress the most is the one which gets expressed.
This has been the cause of a lot of spontaneous decisions in the past,
some of which I have of course regretted, some not. I am quite adept
at living with the consequences of said decisions, whether they were
good choices or not. This, I think, is something that people in my
past have underestimated. Very likely this will continue. I have an
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After yesterday's double run, decided to sleep in…ok, ok, I'm "bad" – I ran in the rain yesterday evening in my "uber and stellar" healthy condition. Perhaps it was a good idea that it poured around km4 and I was forced to call it a day. Also enforced was an early bedtime and it seemed to have done wonders (it's all relative people!!!) because the temps subsided and the leaky nose is not-so-leaky. Currently dealing with a blocked nose.
This morning's x-training kicked off with a short yoga session before Michael and I worked on Chest & Pecs and there were lots of supersets, dropsets and pushups.
Supersets and dropsets of:
a) Freemotion cable seated combo of chest fly and chest press
b) Pushups
Supersets and dropsets of:
c) Cybex Eagle Incline Chest Press
d) Decline diamond pushups (discovery of the day: do the pushups early in the workout if you wanna keep the form…applies to weakling like me)
Single set of:
e) Nautilus Nitro Plus Chest Press (aw…man….ok, this was better than the incline press. Small victory!)
Supersets and dropsets of:
f) Freemotion cable standing chest fly
g) Cybex Eagle Abdominal
Single set of:
h) Technogym cable reverse pull-ups (FTW! I was dead fatigued and yet had to do 4 friggin sets of this!)


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The basic plot of Mardaani goes something like this: a heretofore unknown sex trafficking ring makes a fatal error when they kidnap the adopted daughter of an uncompromising Mumbai cop. As a result, the cop relentlessly pursues the sex traffickers, eventually following them to Delhi. There, at the climax of the film, the cop beats up the head of the trafficking ring and frees all the girls. Sounds like a fairly pedestrian police thriller – and it would be – except the cop is a woman, Shivani Shivaji Roy (played by an at-the-top-of-her-game Rani Mukerji).
And what a woman – smart, strong, respected by her co-workers, unflappable in the face of danger. Shivani lives with her doctor husband and their orphaned niece (I must admit here that I spent the movie thinking she was living with her widowed brother and his daughter, and I liked that version better, but the Internet has informed me I was wrong). Anyway, this was one of my favourite aspects of the movie, that it shows that a woman can be a hardass at work and still be tender at home.
But what I liked best about the movie was the vicarious thrill it gave me. I got a similar feeling from the scene in Chak De India where the girls beat up the guys who had been sexually harassing them in McDonalds. Mardaani is like that scene made feature-length. Early in the movie Shivani slaps around a Shiv Sena-type and then pops her collar – I had to resist the urge to cheer. And the final fight scene between Shivani and head sex trafficker Karan (excellent newcomer Tahir Raj Bhasin) is also deeply satisfying – especially when she lets the trafficked girls finish the job. I was also quite moved by the image of the girls walking away from their place of captivity with their heads held high.
Now, I do have to say – one of the first posts I wrote for this blog pointed out how often "heroine-centric" Indian films focus on rape as the ultimate injustice – leaving issues like politics and business in the male sphere and positioning sexual gatekeeping as the most important issue for women. Mardaani does fall into this trap, unfortunately. But the movie has so much else going for it that I'm happy to consider this a minor quibble. However, I would love to see Shivani Shivaji Roy become a recurring character – I'd love to go to the movies once a year to see her take on a new social injustice. But every movie would have to end with short and curvy Rani Mukerji kicking the stuffing out of some guy.


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5 Mistakes that Worsen Your Back Pain
When your life is forced to slow down due to back pain, you will do just about anything to get it back to normal again. However, there are things that you may be doing that you may not realize is making your back pain worse.
Waiting too long to visit a doctor
We all know that life can get crazy and we ignore our own health while we work hard to provide for others. It is important to remember that your back pain may not go away on its own. It is important to make an appointment to see a doctor or chiropractor if you feel like your back pain has lasted just a little too long.
Refusing to see a back pain specialist
Your primary care physician or general practitioner may be able to help with routine back pain issues. However, they are not trained in spine medicine. This makes it much more difficult for them to pinpoint more complicated issues. Ask your doctor for a referral if your back pain continues to persist even after several weeks of treatment.
Rushing into surgery
While it may seem logical that the worst back pain is handled using surgery, it is important to explore all your nonsurgical options first. If your back pain is due to a problem with your physical anatomy, surgery may be recommended to relieve the situation. However, most other back pain issues are best treated with long-term physical therapy, exercise or a back brace. If you need a back brace to treat your pain, be sure to check with Aeroflow to see if you qualify for a back brace covered through your insurance or Medicare!
Depending too much on imaging results
It is important to remember the imaging results from an MRI or CT scan are not able to measure pain. As a matter of fact, it is possible for all your scans to be normal yet still have difficulty getting out of bed in the morning. Only a skilled physician is able to utilize results from a scan in combination with a physical exam to create an appropriate treatment plan.
Lack of exercise or movement
It is normal for your doctor to recommend several days of bed rest for the acute pain. However, lack of movement beyond a few days may make your back pain worse. Your back and supporting muscles need to remain limber so that you can move properly. This is why many specialists will recommend back braces covered by Medicare or back braces through insurance. The purpose of the back brace is to help you limit your lower back movement while gently moving your body into the appropriate position so as not to make your back pain worse.
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Thursday, 5 June 2014
Carmex - lips savior
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I bought cherry lip balm in tube (u put it the same as lipglosses in tube) about 2 years ago in the summer because I've heard a lot of good reviews on carmex and yeah that's true! it's amazing! it smells sooo gooood u could eat it haha, and it really works on your lips! too bad my dog has bitten mine :( and I couldnt find it in drugstore back then but I'll try to afford it as the summer is again coming on and my lips need some 'fix' after winter... I also must check out lipsmackers I've heard they're also quite good and more flavoured haha I wanna the one with cotton candy... because I've bought bubblegum and it doesnt smell like bubble gum but orbit chewing gum for kids... nice but not that what I was expecting.ReplyDeleteReplies
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"PetroGas" Company was founded in 1998.
The basic profile of the Company is construction and rehabilitation of objects in the oil and gas complex.
"PetroGas" Company implements projects including EPIC (engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning) on construction of trunk pipelines, compressor and pump stations, subsea pipelines, oil and gas treating plants, tank farms of oil products and offshore oil and gas structures.
During implementation of these projects "PetroGas" Company successfully cooperates with design organizations of Turkmenistan, Turkey, India and other countries. The Quality Plan and control procedures are developing for each project. An independent third party inspection authority is engaged for certification of works on such projects. In this respect the Company has been cooperating with Bureau Veritas and Germanischer Lloyd.
Industrie Services Russland, L.L.C. for a long time. All works are carried out in compliance with the QA/QC system on ISO 9001. Thus, the quality system is regulated by international, interstate, national and departmental normative-technical documents, as well as appropriate internal documents of the Company. Over the period of time the Company has established close relations with manufacturing plants of oil- gas equipment and piped production from CIS, Middle East and Europe. The Company continuously conducts marketing for application of innovative technologies in building and usage of modern equipment and materials of the leading world producers.
Among priority directions of the company activity are development offshore oil and gas fields including reconstruction of sea stationary platforms and its pipe manifold. As examples there is a serial of projects on operational sea stationary platforms modernization at LAM-field in Turkmen shelf of Caspian Sea that has caused using of especially strong elements in design of the platforms, which provide their stability under influence of environment adverse factors. The construction of sub-sea pipelines over 70 km total length, rising and cleaning of the working pipeline, reconstruction of oil-loading terminals of Alaja and Ekerem settlement, as well as on-shore EPIC construction of Oil Processing Facility in Hazar, Turkmenistan, can be added here.
"PetroGas" Company has huge experience of successful cooperation with several major Customers, namely: "Turkmenneft" State Concern, "Turkmengas" State Concern. Today the Company is implementing a number of contracts concluded with Dragon Oil (Turkmenistan) Ltd. on carrying- out of works within Turkmenistan Caspian Sea offshore in accordance with which "Petro Gas" Company has been appointed as ЕPIC Contractor (Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Commissioning).
"PetroGas" Company is one of the leaders carrying out a complex of works for oil and gas industry including conceptual and detailed design, qualified engineering, projects management, logistical support and construction.


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1. The terrifying rise of the alt-right movement in the U.S., and president Trump's apparent refusal to downright condemn them, is further polarising society in America. Former President Barack Obama quoted our own Nelson Mandela on Twitter in response to the violence in Charlottesville, and it's the most liked tweet, ever. Read here.
2. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is a "difficult nut to crack," says a former colleague. In the second part of our series on the ANC leadership race, we speak to people who know and have worked with the presidential hopeful to get a sense of how she might lead if successful. Read here.
3. "We still see mining companies as criminals... they make so much money but we live in shacks," says an activist during the five year Marikana Massacre commemorations. Nothing much seems to have changed for people living there, and things are especially hard for the families of the killed miners. Watch here.
4. Can Cassper Nyovest really fill up Africa's biggest stadium -- the 90,000 plus capacity FNB stadium -- or is it just wishful thinking? If he succeeds, it will be the biggest hip hop concert in the world. Read here.
5. Rebel MP Makhosi Khoza, who is facing disciplinary action, says her heart is breaking, watching the very disintegration of the country. "I am being hit hard for the death of conscience amongst senior officials of the ANC who expect us, as followers, to protect them when they steal money earmarked for developing the nation." Read here.
6. That Grace Mugabe is one seriously touchy lady, and that's putting it politely. Here are five other times she got away with physically attacking people while travelling abroad. Read here.
7. Why has no-one actually been held accountable for the Marikana Massacre? No one has been prosecuted and there has been no compensation or reparations, points out Amnesty International. "The response from the NPA? Deafening silence. Yet they were keen to forge ahead with prosecuting 16 mineworkers accused of murders before and after the massacre." Read here.
8. FREE ART! Thought that would grab your attention. Artist collaborative Jana + Koos have just created a free-to-download Google Docs folder, full of free original artworks that you can print and install in your home. Read here.
9. It's a critical week ahead for parents and staff at St John's College which has been embroiled in a racism scandal. Existing policies will be examined and parents say they will take further action if they are not happy with ideas for transformation. Read here.


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Our History
The Catholic Community of St. Mary of Carmel dates back to 1937 when a young missionary priest from Spain, Father Sebastian Valles, O.C.D., began working with West Dallas Catholics from a small building on Chihuahua Street that served as both church and classroom. When the congregation outgrew its cramped facilities, it acquired a "real" church building from Christ the King Parish.
Father Sebastian's dream of opening a Catholic school was realized in 1944 when the current middle school and convent were built. The Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate graciously agreed to staff the new St. Mary of Carmel School, and continue to this day in the ministry of serving the community.
In 1973, St. Rita joined St. Mary of Carmel as a "parish partner," offering financial assistance and shared projects to help meet the growing needs of the St. Mary's community. Traditions were established, buildings were added, and dedicated lay teachers joined the staff.
Several generations of children and their families, along with many dedicated priests, Sisters, and lay teachers have passed through St. Mary's doors since 1944. Each person has added unique color and depth to the tapestry that is St. Mary of Carmel School, and each passing year adds a page to its rich history. The tradition of quality Catholic education continues here, and passes from generation to generation.
The strong educational and spiritual foundation that St. Mary's provides is reflected in the accomplishments of its students and alumni. Graduates attend area Catholic schools such as Jesuit College Preparatory, Ursuline Academy, and Bishop Dunne as well as area magnet schools such as Skyline and Townview. St. Mary's strives to build on its rich history in the future by continuing to prepare leaders in the community.


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Note: Faustina closed in December 2010. The hotel changed hands, and the new owners wanted to install a new restaurant. Multiple operators have run the space since then. As of January 2014, it is Narcissa, a restaurant from Dovetail owner/chef John Fraser.
Most restaurants open around the husks of old ones, as it's a lot cheaper to renovate a space that already has a commercial kitchen. The transformation that turned the failed Table 8 into Scott Conant's Faustina was unusually speedy—taking only about a month. Perhaps that's because its home, in the Cooper Square Hotel, couldn't do without a restaurant for very long.
Conant has had the midas touch for years, from L'Impero to Alto (now run by Michael White), to Scarpetta. We found the latter wildly over-rated (three stars from Bruni), but perhaps it is more consistent now; we have never had the urge to re-visit.
I assumed that Faustina would be a lazy restaurant. Nothing against Conant, but it was obviously thrown together quickly. To our surprise, Faustina is actually very good, and certainly much more enjoyable than our first visit to Scarpetta.
The menu is evolving. The original concept made us shudder: "small plates". Neither of the early reviewers, Steve Cuozzo nor Alan Richman, was happy about that. There's now a section of the menu offering piatti grande, which I'm assuming is new, as no review mentioned it. Richman complained of a menu with nine sections. There are now seven, which is a step in the right direction.
Those menu categories—at least this week—are Bread & Olives ($4–6), Cheese & Salume ($6), Raw Bar ($12–23; selection $68), Piatti ($9–19), Pasta & Risotto ($14–21), Piatti Grande ($31–42), and Sides ($9). Nothing like mixing-and-matching English and Italian.
At the bar, there's a different menu, mostly a subset of the dining room menu with a few extra items. I compared the two: for the dishes on both, the prices are the same. A La Freida burger (what else?) was introduced this week. Given the popularity of bar dining, they might as well have one menu.
As always at such places, one is unsure of how much to order, and doubtful of whether the server's advice can be trusted. We ordered—all to share—a small plate, a pasta, and a large plate, and it was still more food than we could eat.
We liked the hefty Lardo-Wrapped Prawns with rosemary lentils ($16; above left), even if we couldn't taste much lardo. Spaghetti with octopus ragu ($15; above right) justified Conant's well deserved reputation as a pasta champion.
Oddly, both of these were served at once, after which we were advised that our entrée—er, large plate—would take 25 minutes. Apparently it had not occurred to them that the two appetizers—er, small plates—ought to be served as separate courses.
When they said "large plate," they weren't kidding. The Glazed Berkshire Pork Chop ($31; above left) was the largest pork entrée we'd ever seen. The photo doesn't do it justice. With one more side dish, three people could have shared it. From the descriptions, all of the piatti grande seem to be like that—very large portions that a sane solo diner couldn't order.
The server presented the double-chop table-side, then whisked it away to be cut into sections. We're not sure how Italian it is, but it might be the best pork entrée in New York, blowing the Little Owl's to smithereens. A side of herbed fries ($9; above right) was a greasy mess; the evening's only disappointment.
The décor, as Richman noted, could be a hotel anywhere. We never visited Table 8, but we understand it is little changed. The trip to the rest room, as many reviewers have noted, is a trek so long you'll be tempted to leave breadcrumbs to show you the path back home. That's often the case with hotel restaurants.
Servers wear ties and work with brisk efficiency. A sommelier comes to your table unbidden, though the wine list is neither as long nor as varied as it ought to be. Like everything else at Faustina, that could change.
In sum, Faustina is promising indeed. We don't know when we'll get around to returning. Unlike Scarpetta, we'd very much like to.
Faustina (25 Cooper Square (Bowery between 5th & 6th Streets), East Village)
Food: **
Service: **
Ambiance: *
Overall: **


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The current employment market is quite competitive and it's very hard to succeed without qualifications. With an unemployment rate hovering around 7%, it has been crucial to earn diplomas to obtain a good job. But what if you don't have a college degree? One of your option could be to become an EMT.
Do you know how to earn your certification as an EMT? Are you considering work in this field? If you answered yes, then this article is for you. We compiled a piece that will explain to you what you need to know about your EMT certification and other important information about pursuing this career path.
Let's look at what you need to know to earn your EMT certification in the near future:
There are different levels of EMT work.
An EMT is not just an EMT. There are diverse jobs, roles, and responsibilities in this field. The biggest difference is not in pay. It's in the ability to actually "break skin" in the form of giving a needle. This is a sensitive issue when it comes to a matter of life and death.
How does this work?
Paramedics are able to give shots and start intravenous lifelines. They can also use advanced airway management procedures to provide breathing. On top of all of this, a paramedic can also use over 30 different types of medications.
As you can tell, as a paramedic your role is instrumental in provide life-saving assistance. Could you handle this pressure? It takes a special kind of person to take on this serious of a responsibility.
There are different types of training to work as an EMT professional.
Just like there are different levels, there's also different kinds of preparation. Training varies depending on what level you want to get to. We did some research to see how much actual training is involved.
- As a Basic EMT you'll receive 120-150 hours of training.
- As a Paramedic you'll get 1,200 to 1,800 hours of training.
As you can tell, there' s a massive difference in the amount of training and the sheer volume of experience that you can pick up.
Why should this matter to you? It all depends on how quickly you want to enter the field and start earning money. You can become a basic EMT in far less time if this is your goal.
The good news is that you can train on the job and learn as you go. This is one of those rare fields where you obtain practical advice along with the theory. This works best if you're the type of person that needs to do the job to learn and become better.
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You always have to respond to emergencies.
Regardless of what area you want to work in, at the end of the day you're going to have to respond to emergencies at all levels. This requires a high level of perseverance as you have to be ready at all times to deal with very stressful situations.
At the basic level, you're going to have to provide the basic elements of life support to a patient that you pick up in an emergency situation. This alone can be very stressful and draining depending on your personality.
The more advanced levels, where you work as a paramedic, you have to maintain patients after resuscitation and provide further assistance until arriving at the health facility. Those precious minutes make a huge difference and can go along way. Brain damage can happen within minutes.
That's what you need to know about your EMT certification. It's not that complicated. The level that you work on all depends on the amount of training that you put in.
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Traffic problems keep growing in Dayton
We have reported the City of Dayton recently began a traffic study to determine where and how motor vehicle congestion can be eased in the city – especially on Hwy 90. Dayton City Manager Theo Melancon said even with the Liberty County section of SH 99 - the Grand Parkwa y- still in the near future, traffic through Dayton is already noticeably increasing. Mr. Melancon said the rail crossing on Hwy 90 in Dayton gets talked about the most, but there are other areas – such as Brown Road to the south- adding to the city's traffic issues. Mr. Melancon said the increasing use of Brown Road by motorists as a quick route between from Hwy 146 South to FM 1409 is a situation the city must address since that road is too narrow and badly in need of resurfacing.


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Our route crosses Ascot Racecourse. This is Crown Land to which, under the Windsor Forest Enclosure Act of 1813, the public have had continued free access to watch the races – until that is, 2012 when, following an incident involving a jogger wearing headphones (who failed to notice the convoy that follow the horses on the perimeter road) a pass system was introduced for residents on certain racedays.
However walkers with evidence that they intend to follow this well-waymarked section of the Three Castles Path, do not use the perimeter road and should not be affected but held up for a few moments perhaps if racing is in progress, to allow the horses to thunder past.
Nobody should be affected by these restrictions whenever the convoy uses the jump course to follow the horses; this includes the five-day Royal Ascot meeting in June.
NOTE On the second Tuesday in November, the Heath has traditionally been closed to avoid a definitive path from being established. More recently a firework display (2 days) and the Red Bull Air Race has resulted in the Heath being closed for several more days in mid-August.*
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The special waymarks being replaced by Ramblers, acknowledge that we are also following remnants of an historic route - Church Path
In 2005 redevelopment took place to build a new grandstand and realign sections of the racecourse
to give spectators a better view of the New Straight Mile. This also changed part of the agreed route
of the Three Castles Path shown in earlier editions of our guidebook and on OS maps.


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text: On June 17th, Party Center Software's parent company – Agile Software and Marketing – celebrates its 18th anniversary. Our staff is excited to celebrate the milestone with the President, Scott Drummond. Scott founded Agile Software and Marketing in 1998, back when Armageddon hit the movie theaters and My Heart Will Go On (by Celine Dion) was a number one song. Obviously, a lot has changed in 18 years.


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This picture of Maggie the boxer helps remind me every time I look at it that bliss is just a head-out-the-window away. She's got zen written all over her face! That's what I want. Sometimes, a midst the hectic days, the stresses of life, it's easy to forget to relax, rejuvenate and enjoy the ride.
My mantra today: Breathe deeply & Let the wind flow through my hair.
This was a very easy mantra to follow when I was practicing yoga, even just once a week. It centers and grounds you and forces you to focus on the here & now, as opposed to all the other mumbo-jumbo going on in your life outside of the yoga studio. Sometimes, sprawled across my mat in the final resting pose I decide I never want to leave. I want to stay in that steamy yoga room forever because the serenity that comes at that moment is blissful. The yoga for 90 minutes before that time is hard, which is why I've postponed going back for so many months…need to get inspiration from Maggie and get my Zen on. Maybe tonight's the night.


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Denver Nuggets Team Report – January 27
=== Denver Nuggets Team Report – January 27 ===
(Sports Network) – The Denver Nuggets found themselves on the losing end of
a 97-95 decision against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Pepsi Center.
Andre Miller posted his first triple-double of the season with 24 points, 10
rebounds and 10 assists in a losing effort. Earl Boykins had 18 points and
Chris Andersen added a season-high 15 points and 10 rebounds off the bench for
the Nuggets, who have lost three straight.
Carmelo Anthony had 14 points for the Nuggets, who blew an eight-point lead
late in the fourth quarter.
Denver led 90-82 after a jumper by Boykins with 5:16 to play in the contest,
but the Timberwolves used a 15-5 run to close out the game and escape with the
The Nuggets, who did not hit a shot from the field in the final 2:01, played
the game without Voshon Lenard. He sat out the contest with a strained right
quadriceps and is listed as day-to-day.
The Nuggets, who have just two of their last six at home and are 17-8 in their
arena this season. will return to action on Wednesday against the Chicago