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A few years ago, I read about the island of Ikaria in Greece where people "forget to die." They routinely live into their 90s, making people all over the world wonder exactly what is their secret.
Most on Ikaria say they stay up late at night and sleep late in the morning. Unemployment is high, so there's not much pressure to set the alarm clock.
They enjoy a glass of wine with lunch, followed by a lovely nap. They eat lots of fruits and vegetables from their gardens, all dressed with fresh local olive oil, and they shy away from dairy products, except for milk from the neighborhood goats.
In Greece, the secret to a long, healthy life appears simple: wine, olive oil and afternoon naps.
In the U.S., it's money.
A study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Monday identified three Colorado counties — Summit, Pitkin and Eagle — as having the highest life expectancies in the country.
The lowest life expectancies were in Oglala Lakota County, home of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and one of the poorest counties in America.
So what is it about the lifestyles of the rich that makes them live longer?
It could be the Gold Canyon Hanger Steak with creamed horseradish at Sweet Basil in Vail. Or the Hematite and Basalt Stone Massage at the Hotel Jerome in Aspen. Or maybe it's the shop-till-you-drop culture in Silverthorne.
Or not.
Emily Johnson, senior policy and statistical analyst for the Colorado Health Institute, crunched the numbers on smoking, physical activity, obesity and on and on, with no obvious answers emerging. But, she said, when it comes to health and life expectancy, one thing is clear: "The overarching factor is poverty."
In Summit, Pitkin and Eagle counties, there isn't much. The poverty rate is 9 percent, half the average rate across all 64 counties in the state.
"Poverty is a huge thing," she said. It affects everything from diet to educational attainment, from stress to access to basic health care.
Rich folks have a higher rate of attaining college degrees, which correlates strongly with longer life expectancy and better health. In Summit, Pitkin and Eagle counties, Johnson notes, 52 percent of residents have bachelor's degrees or higher, while the statewide average is 30 percent.
Johnson said the rich are much less likely to smoke — only 9 percent of residents in the three ritzy Colorado counties do, compared to 15 percent of residents statewide. They are more likely to be physically active — only 8 percent are physically inactive, compared to 17 percent statewide. And their obesity rate is 9 percent, compared to 20 percent across the state.
We know that children born into poverty often experience higher rates of trauma, which contribute to higher rates of heart disease and cancer in adulthood. So even before they have the chance to make crucial lifestyle choices, risk factors are baked in.
Then, when people living in poverty get sick, their access to health care is often severely limited, especially for the non-emergency services needed to manage chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes or depression. The 2015 Colorado Health Access Survey found that 11 percent of Coloradans below the poverty line are uninsured.
As the U.S. Senate contemplates the American Health Care Act, which could strip $880 billion in federal funding from the Medicaid program, severely reducing access to health care for the poor and the disabled while producing huge tax cuts for the top 1 percent, the yawning gap between the life expectancy of your average Eagle County hedge fund manager and the worker who picks the cantaloupe for the prosciutto e melone he orders for his business lunch will only get larger.
So, I guess if you're not rich, you don't live in Aspen, and you have benefitted from provisions of the Affordable Care Act, your best bet for the future may be a move to Ikaria.
If we leave now, we should get there in time for a nice nap.
Diane Carman is a communications consultant and a regular columnist for The Denver Post.
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I just tried out the tomato sauce with a can of crushed tomatoes instead of whole ones, and it works just fine. Just remember that crushed tomatoes don't usually have salt added, so you'll need to add some.
And just so it doesn't get TOO easy, I also threw in a few whole cloves of garlic along with the onion.


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Components like Zend Auth, Zend Acl etc provide user authentication and implement client libraries to access web applications. Installing Zend Framework is extremely simple. Download and extract the framework, add the /library folder in the distribution to the beginning of the include path. Move the library folder to another- possibly shared- location on the file system.
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As I've mentioned previously, I had hoped that my life path was to become the next Piper Kerman or Elizabeth Gilbert, author of an award-winning memoir that inspires millions and becomes translated into dozens of languages, something that prompts an interview with Oprah, and becomes a critically acclaimed mini-series that reignites Wynona Rider's career as the starring role.
Ryder's real life—one in which she was publicly shamed for kleptomania after having had failure after failure—will have echoed the role she plays on my show. In "real life"—the real life of my dream world—what followed was that Ryder became Buddhist, practicing yoga and meditation after living in India for a while, having called it quits in Hollywood. But then she read the script for my TV show which changed her mind about acting. It spoke to her in such a way that she felt it was meant to be, and now here she is, the most sought-after actor in Hollywood. But this time she looks at it differently; acting is her passion, and it's not about fame or fortune.
In this dream world of mine Seth Rogen will play a rare serious role as the ex-husband, showing the world he can do more than just comedy, as a pot-smoker (because some things never change) and struggling retail store manager who eventually rises above it all to become a famous writer while my character struggles for longer, working at one corporate job after another, making six figures but always searching for peace. Ed Norton plays her crush, a man who can't stay sober and who all the women love but he doesn't know it or believe it, and eventually he commits suicide. Finally my character will understand that her higher power was doing for her what she couldn't do for herself, which was to keep her from getting involved with a man who has an inability to be honest, in a relationship that would've had far more heartache than the rejection she'd have faced before a relationship could've happened. Idris Elba will play my character's boyfriend, a man in which she has a brief love affair, and there will be lots of sex scenes, because no matter how critically acclaimed the show is, sex sells and helps ratings. Kevin Spacey will be a brief love affair until she realizes she doesn't want to date her dad. Finally she realizes her love for Justin Timberlake, a man who she's known for years but always dismissed to the friendship zone. When Ryder's character finally realizes she's madly in love with JT's character, in spite of all those superficial reasons she'd given for not realizing her love for him in the first place, which were really just to cover up fear, the song "Not a Bad Thing" will play in the background.
This dream world is fun to live in. But the reality is that today I'm single. Eventually I'll meet someone. Until then, for today, I am supposed to be working on a copywriting portfolio for a job I think I want. I don't have much of a portfolio and I don't want to work on one, so I'm procrastinating because I'm afraid of failure. If I don't do it, I can know that I failed because I didn't try hard enough. In my heart I don't believe anything I can produce in one night—because the writing samples are due tomorrow—will be enough to land me a job. The few bits I've written in previous positions weren't good enough in my opinion to save, but I do have a couple of pieces that I can submit along with a spec ad I wrote, and while I don't think it will help me get an in-person interview, it will be something I can add to my skimpy portfolio that I'd planned on creating on my own time, which means never.
For some reason this path seems to be the one that the universe has laid out for me, and I can embrace it or fight it. So in this moment I'm going back to the real world and working on my professional writing portfolio. Because all I can do is just do it.


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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
CardMaker and Spellbinders Blog Hop
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Cute card. I love the background.ReplyDelete
That was a neat idea to leave the pieces of the die cut together and add all of it to the card.ReplyDelete
That's a lovely card :)ReplyDelete
I really like all the texture that was added to your card by sponging the inlaid die cuts. Very pretty.ReplyDelete
Lovely, simple use for an elegant die. Great idea for making them more useable. Thank you!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! I love the background, Teresa! :DReplyDelete
Simply beautiful, love it!ReplyDelete
Pretty card! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Teresa, the background looks great this way. How creative.ReplyDelete
I love the use of the die and the soft color of the background.ReplyDelete
Very pretty and also clean and simple. I like it!!ReplyDelete
This kit looks amazing! Thanks for sharing your pretty card and I really like the encouraging sentiment!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining the hop!ReplyDelete
Nice subtle look, easily done for a quick cardReplyDelete
I like the color combination of this card. Very cute. Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
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Loving the mosaic look you've created and the blue tones.ReplyDelete
What a sweet little card! Cool background!!ReplyDelete
So pretty. I like the background.ReplyDelete
I love the inlaid die design with sponging. It gives such a different look from the usual full card diecut background. So pretty and lightReplyDelete
Very pretty card. I love these dies.ReplyDelete
So pretty! I love the texture from that blue background!ReplyDelete
Very pretty. I like the colors you usedReplyDelete
This die is all you need to make a card spectacular.ReplyDelete
Very homey and quaint! TFS!ReplyDelete
I like your idea of cutting and piecing to create your background! Fantastic card!ReplyDelete
You rocked this C & S design. ThanksReplyDelete
A happy card, sending happy thoughts.ReplyDelete
Love the colors.
thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful card, Teresa! I love the blue hues! I really need to pull out my twine and use some on my cards- LOVE how you tied that at the top for a little bit of extra pop! It's fab! Maybe after I've got my studio together... then I can use some;)ReplyDelete
Am loving your creative card using the dies on the gorgeous background. So pretty with the soft blues!!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for your comments, they mean so much to me. Have a wonderful day! Teresa
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Reading is a task being taught at younger ages than ever before. If done for long periods of time, it becomes a task of confinement and stress for children. Whichever method or strategy the teacher uses for the beginning reader, the child has to maintain a still body, a still head and accurate focusing of the eyes. For many school aged kids, the physical task creates stress in the body and eyes. As a result of being contained and having to sustain focus on nearby visual symbols, the body enters into a mode telling the child, "let's get out of here". When the children aren't developmentally prepared for reading, this challenge is enough to make them avoid reading all together or create adverse visual consequences.
Fortunately, there are certain lenses that can lower the stress of the reading task to make it easier for the young learners. Contrary to most glasses prescriptions, these type of reading glasses aren't designed simply to make a blurry image clear again. It is an outdated approach to limit the power of lenses to this benefit alone. These lenses – often called performance or stress relieving lenses – will reduce the chances of entering into a "flight" mode from the confining desk work required. They will often reduce the physical and visual stress that is accompanied by desk work and reading.


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Today, I am honored to say that I've been building this blog for five years.
That's half a decade!
In that time, I've had a number of professional successes and learning opportunities. I've gained life experience, gotten married, and taken chances. I've moved from minimum wage to straight commission to salary to better salary. I've been an entrepreneur and an employee, sometimes exclusively, currently simultaneously. I've gone from having little to having an overflow. I went from looking for an exit to being at a place where I'm looking for a step up.
The Daniels Daily Reader has gone from one consistent reader who now has a blog of her own (and, in an attempt to slightly embarrass Mrs. Daniels, a new last name since five years ago) to hundreds of subscribers, followers, and readers daily. It went from being a free blog to a sizable investment in my business goals. And, possibly most importantly to me, I've inspired others to begin writing about their passions. You don't have to be a writer to write, but, once you begin writing, at that moment, you become a writer.
Thank you all for reading, engaging, critiquing, subscribing, and for just being a part of my journey in professional development. You may not know it but every comment, every hit, every like and share lets me know that my writing is impactful. This has been a great five years and I look forward to sharing many more with you all.
Since it's the fifth year, here are links to the top five posts of all time:
The Art of the Pocket Square
Where to Shop: The 10 Best Stores for Finding Affordable Men's Style
Italian, English, or Modern Cut?
How To: The Job Seeker's Attention-Getting Email Signature
How To: Tie an Eldredge Knot
Though the content and format of The Reader has evolved, the message remains consistent: Make professional development a priority.


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Your "inner weirdo" is the part of yourself that you try to hide or change; the part of you that you've been told is unacceptable; the part of you that you think people judge negatively. It's what makes you feel different, awkward, and unlovable.
Your inner weirdo is actually what makes you unique and special! It's where your power and strengths come from.
Being different means you have something to offer this world that no one else has! This is very special. Your inner weirdo is your power, not your weakness. Each time you are authentic in your interactions, you offer the world something new. No one else has your perceptions. No one else can say things the way you do. No one else can do things the way you do. You have a unique voice and presence. Each part of you is different and perfect: the way you approach things, how you interpret things, how you relate to people, what you like, don't like, what you want, what you need, what you're good at, and what's hard for you. Your personality, which at different times may be over-the-top, depressed, impulsive, rigid, anxious, etc., is special and important. When you embrace yourself and share who you are with the world, you offer an incredible gift that only you can give. The world needs you!
Sometimes, people try to plan how they will speak, how they will act, and what they will do or not do in a particular situation. This increases anxiety because planning to act like you're someone else puts a lot of pressure on yourself. And, when you aren't genuine, you leave people perceiving you as uncomfortable. If you embrace your inner weirdo and let yourself shine, you appear confident, even in your oddness.
People would feel the same way about me if I were trying to behave according to a plan, rather than being with people, in the moment, unafraid to be myself. When you enter a situation knowing it doesn't matter what you say or do because you're awesome no matter what, you can be your authentic self. Only then will you come across as confident in who you are. When you accept yourself and aren't afraid to just be, other people will accept you too. Of course, not everyone will like you, but some people will. And those who don't won't matter. What's most important is that you like yourself, accept yourself, forgive yourself for any mistakes you make, and that you define yourself by who you are, not what you do.
Why try to be ordinary when your true self is extraordinary?


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I'd love to study Mycology
A few weeks ago Amber and I came across this fairy ring... I love nature it's just so amazing
Mandy xx
Love the pun in your title Mandy. :). Your card is perfection - so sweet! As always I'm fascinated by all your layers. Beautiful. The photos are great too!
Such a detailed little beauty, very fun!!
I'm with Cindy great play on words. And a wonderful postcard as always I adore everything about it.
Great postcard Mandy. And thanks for sharing the photo of the fairy ring you and your daughter found. How magical is that?!


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The clue for today's Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate crossword Puzzle is mentioned hereby: "Massachusetts cape", Take a look at the puzzle and find hints in it. With that we will gather related information which we can use to find the answer for the Massachusetts cape clue mentioned in the Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate puzzle. With the list obtained, we can then get the possible solution for the "Massachusetts cape" clue.
Best Answer: COD
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The November Flickr Photo Pool Theme Is…
Hey ladies and gents! It's the start of a new month, and you know what that means… a new Dear Thyroid Flickr photo pool theme! Yep, that's right. The last three months you people have really gone all out and sent in your best, brightest, most unique and expressive pictures for the pool, and we're sure that November will be no different!
So… drum roll please… the Dear Thyroid November Flickr photo pool theme is… "Symptom". , Good one, right? We know you'll go crazy with this one. There are so many visual ways to express the idea of a symptom in thyroid disease. Our symptoms vary so greatly and what affects one person may not affect another. Whether it be weight gain, foot injuries, hair loss… we know you will bring it this month and show us the many symptoms brought on by your thyroid disease. Hey, you can even take it to a more abstract level and submit something totally unrelated to physical appearance altogether.
We can't wait to see what creative pictures you send in this month!! And remember, as always, you're free to submit as many pics as you like. Email them to email@example.com.
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Mix of accurate, incomplete and questionable info
Says "Cost of Mueller's investigation: $3,200,000; Benghazi "investigation": $7,000,000; Trump's golfing trips: $83,000,000; New debt from Republican tax bill: $1,500,000,000,000."
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks
on Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Truth vanishes in a puff of smoke
"Canada Pays Off Entire Federal Debt One Day After Marijuana Legalization"
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks
on Wednesday, October 24th, 2018
Yes, though not purely GOP's fault
"President Trump's Republican Party will create more debt in one year than was generated in the first 200 years of America's existence."
— PunditFact
on Wednesday, September 12th, 2018
Not falling now, not expected soon
"The deficit ... is coming down, and it's coming down rapidly."
— PolitiFact National
on Monday, July 2nd, 2018
Projection is nearly doubling
Says that under Scott Walker, on a percentage basis, Wisconsin is "spending twice as much on debt service for just basic road repair and maintenance" than before he took office.
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Sam van GoolUniversity of Amsterdam
Office F2.16, Science Park 107
|I do research in mathematics at the interface with computer science, and I give talks about it around the world. In addition, I greatly enjoy passing on knowledge to others by teaching mathematics at a variety of levels. I devote a lot of my spare time to music.
|In my research, I apply algebra and topology to logic and computer science. More specifically, I am interested in lattices, finite and profinite semigroups, formal languages, categories, model theory, sheaf representations, logics with uncertainty, and Stone duality.
|I am currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie post-doctoral fellow at the ILLC at the University of Amsterdam, in affiliation with the Mathematics Department of the City College of New York, funded by the European Research Council. The project page: Duality For Logic On Words (DFLOW).
|In September 2017 I gave a three-hour tutorial at TbiLLC 2017, introducing my current research to a broad audience of mathematicians, computer scientists, logicians, and linguists.
|Slides: Part 1 (short) Part 2 (short) Part 3 (short) All Parts (short)
|In April 2018 I was invited to give a 45-minute talk at the Leve De Wiskunde! conference at University of Amsterdam (in Dutch). Slides (with hints and references at the end). Handout.


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*A note on transaction fees
A small £1.50 fee is added to each transaction. This covers the cost of getting your tickets booked, that's everything from the booking software to card charges. We don't charge this to make a profit.
The Day Will Come (Der Kommer En Dag)
Showing Times:
- Wed 15 Feb | 6.30pm
- Thu 23 Feb | 6pm
Director: Jesper Westerlin Nielsen
Starring: Sofie Gråbøl, Lars Mikkelsen, Lars Ranthe
Denmark, 110 mins, 2016, subtitled
From by the creator of The Killing, The Day Will Come is a chilling portrayal of a dark piece of Danish history, starring Sofie Gråbøl.
The year is 1967, and a blooming youth culture is on the rise. In a working-class neighborhood of Copenhagen, two inseparable brothers, Elmer and Erik, are removed from their ill mother and put in the Gudbjerg Home for Boys, a place frozen in time. Here, Headmaster Heck practices his own brand of philosophy and regulation. Unruly boys are transformed into obedient citizens at any cost.
From their very first day, the boys understand that their freedom is lost and a daily struggle for survival has begun. The boys try to live under the radar, but Elmer's vivid astronaut dreams and clubfoot constantly gets him in trouble. The brothers realise they are on their own and a simmering revolt slowly forms. Armed only with a vivid imagination and a fickle hope the boys engage in the frightening battle against Headmaster Heck and his lethal tyranny.


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There was a lot of talk about ISON burning up as it made its way around the sun. The gif below suggests there might be some of it still floating around...
I'm so happy I updated my Star Walk app because the pop-up notifications and the links to the VITO Technology blog kept me pretty tuned in to ISON's journey through our solar system. I was looking at purchasing a telescope right before I got my notification that ISON was visible to the naked eye (via Start Walk) but nothing really caught my eye...and I would've had a tough time seeing it because of all the light pollution and...well...the sun is kind of a LARGE obstacle. My old man and I had talked about going to the mountains for a nighttime viewing of the stars (and possibly ISON during sunrise or something) but November was just TOO BUSY!!! I didn't even get to put in "FADE OUT" on the script I was working on during NaNoWriMo. UGH! I'm not upset, though, because November was a blast! I just wish I could've been able to contribute to the Flickr pool. Oh well. You can check out the photos here!
I think the reason why this was kind of important to me was because I remember being able to see the comet Hale-Bop in the 90's. It was kind of a huge deal for me, my friend, and her neighbors. They bought a fancy camera with a long, fancy lens and had a Comet Party. It was pretty magical and I guess that's what I was kind of expecting for ISON since it was kind of a biggish deal. But I guess not since it wasn't really all over the news or anything. Either way, I'm glad I was still able to track it with Star Walk and their blog - which made it a different kind of magical.
So now that ISON has burned through our Sun, what's up with the Black Knight satellite???


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S. Genini, B. Zangerl, G. M. Acland, W. Beltran, G. D. Aguirre; Disease Associated Changes in Gene Expression in RPGRORF15 Frameshift Mutant Retina. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009;50(13):493.
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To identify genes and molecular mechanisms associated with disease progression in dogs affected with XLPRA2, a canine model of early-onset XLRP caused by a microdeletion in RPGR exon ORF15.
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Expression profiles of diseased and normal dog retinas at 7 and 16 weeks of age were compared using a canine retinal custom cDNA microarray containing ~4,500 transcripts. Data normalization and filtering were performed with GeneSpring, statistical analysis with SAM (FDR <10%).
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At 7 and 16 weeks, respectively, 58 and 18 transcripts were differentially expressed (DE). All 76 transcripts were down-regulated in mutant retinas compared to normals; none of the transcripts was DE at both ages. DE genes included PAX6 (7 weeks) and CRX (16 weeks), which are relevant in brain and central nervous system development, and, like SAG (DE at 16 weeks), are necessary for a correct visual function. Furthermore, genes directly or indirectly involved in apoptotic processes were altered at 7 weeks (CAMK2G, NTRK2, PRKCB1, RALA, RBBP6, RNF41, SEPT5, SMYD3, SPP1 and TUBB2C). SEPT5 and TUBB2C are also related to mitochondrial functions as are other DE genes at 7 weeks (ELOVL6, GLOD4, NDUFS4 and REEP1) and 16 weeks (SLC25A5 and TARS2) of age.
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A list of down-regulated genes in RPGRORF15 mutant retinas at different ages is reported. The results indicate that at 7 weeks (peak of cell death) a combination of non-classical anti- and pro-apoptotic genes appears to be involved, whereas at 7 and 16 weeks (reactive repair phase), expression of mitochondria related genes indicates they may play a relevant role in this phase of disease. Real-time PCR of selected genes is currently in progress to validate DE genes, and to evaluate crucial genes known to regulate progression of photoreceptor degeneration in other similar retinal diseases.
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Cairns business leaders unite to back entertainment precinctUnited: Business leaders Gayle Cargill, Gary Aylward, Rose-Marie Dash, Tim Grau, John Andrejic, Russell Beer, Michael Huelin, Stephen Weller, Graham Caldwell, Pat Flanagan and Stewart Christie at the site of the proposed precinct.
THE business, tourism, arts and education communities are pleading with Cairns regional councillors to proceed with the $155 million entertainment precinct or lose $100 million in state and federal infrastructure money.
The precinct risks being derailed by a core of six councillors who say the city cannot afford the project. Other signatories to the call to action include the airport, the university, leading banks, hotels, motor dealers, legal firms, real estate agencies, developers and tourism operators Mr Beer said he was "overwhelmed" with the response by the community. "We can't afford to lose it," he said. "There is no better time for our governments to bring a major project to reality. "Not only does the economy need the boost, but building costs are as low and competitive as they will ever be. "Given the tough times that the Cairns economy has faced, and continues to face, it would seem almost inconceivable that we could turn our back on such significant funding from the State and Federal governments. "The time for planning and what ifs is over – it's time for action."
In an unprecedented show of unity, representatives from Advance Cairns, Arts Nexus, Cairns Airport, James Cook University and the development, engineering and legal industries will attend the council's entertainment precinct committee meeting today after calling on the council to give the development the go-ahead.
It comes as 219 business leaders and companies took out a full page advertisement in today's The Cairns Post supporting the precinct. Among them are developer George Chapman, retired Supreme Court judge Stanley Jones and former state treasurer Keith De Lacy. Advance Cairns chairman Russell Beer described the action as "a call to arms".
Advance Cairns chief executive officer Stewart Christie said the business community had delivered a loud and clear message to the council. "The building phase alone will provide a much needed economic boost for the region, its presence will diversify our economy," Mr Christie said. "Unless our council proceeds with this proposal, Cairns will lose that money."
Cairns Chamber of Commerce president Anthony Mirotsos said the Gold Coast was ''breathing down our neck – not only as a fly-in, fly-out base for mining but for an entertainment centre as well. "We simply can't afford to walk away from either. If the State money walks, the Federal money walks too," he said.
James Cook University deputy vice chancellor and Cairns campus head Dr Stephen Weller said if successful the project had the capacity to ensure that Cairns remained a viable and diverse regional city. "We believe that it can deliver critical economic diversification to the city," he said. "It will inject significant capital and associated employment opportunities, and provide a major injection into the cultural and entertainment industries of the region."
Arts Nexus president Tim Grau said his members had voted unanimously for the project. "The entertainment precinct is vital and valuable community infrastructure that will not only enhance the community's enjoyment of a rich cultural life in the region, but will provide a significant and ongoing economic boost for the region," he said.
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Research was the reason for the celebration in the Lawrence Street Center Terrace Room on Oct. 4, as the Office of Research Services held its annual awards luncheon honoring research award winners and grant recipients.
"The amazing research and creative work we're celebrating here today demonstrates who we are at CU Denver and our role as a public research university," said CU Denver Chancellor Dorothy Horrell, who spoke at the event. "Thank you for what you do every day. It makes a huge difference not only to this community and institution but to society and the world."
Professor Bob Damrauer, associate vice chancellor for research and creative activities, emceed the event, which drew about 60 faculty members for an hour and a half of eating, talking and sharing. Two faculty researchers gave presentations on their work and answered questions from the audience after.
Why would you put a cricket on a treadmill?
Assistant Professor of Psychology Benjamin Greenwood, PhD, gave a presentation on his collaborative study entitled "Your Brain on Exercise: How Physical Activity Improves Coping with Stress." Greenwood, who received an internal grant for his project, is working to learn how exercise can reduce the incidence of stress-related mood disorders like anxiety and depression.
He and colleague John Swallow, PhD, professor and chair of integrative biology, utilize crickets and rats in their study. They exercise the creatures on tiny treadmills and then measure serotonin and dopamine levels in various parts of the brain that are involved with mood.
Although many think of serotonin as a chemical that makes us happy, there are actually different types of serotonin neurons, some of which promote stress, Greenwood said. He detailed the process through which he and his colleagues are studying neural circuits to draw connections between physical activity and mood – not just in animals but in people, too.
"We're not rats," he said. "For humans, we don't know as much yet."
What can American Indian tribal leaders teach us about government?
John Ronquillo, PhD, assistant professor of public affairs, is a seventh-generation native Arizonan with Native American ancestry. He grew up between two American Indian reservations. For these reasons, his scholarly work, which focuses on innovation in government and nonprofit organization, often ties in issues and themes of Native American people.
At the awards lunch, he talked about his new book, "Leading Native America: Exemplary Profiles in Public Service and Civil Society." Due to be published soon, the book tells the stories of 20 people of Native American heritage who lead and manage nonprofit, private and governmental organizations.
"So much of Native Americans' culture is their ability to focus on storytelling as part of their history," Ronquillo said. With his work, he raises the question of why more tribal government practices are not implemented in the U.S. government.
His book recognizes individual Native Americans – such as Dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law Stacy Leeds, Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement leader Millani Trask, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska Byron Mallott and American Indian Museum Director Kevin Gover – whose powerful stories can contribute to studies of both American Indians and public policy.
"This is not the right community to treat as a collection of numbers," Ronquillo said. "They're grounded in story."


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Is your writing not going well for you? Do you feel like you are spinning your wheels and no matter how hard you try, that story just doesn't do what you want it to? Maybe you have finished the story and are sending it out to editors, agents, or even getting reviews and nothing is looking positive. It may simply be because you are in the wrong genre.
I have been doing some critique work lately with authors and had the chance to read two different pieces from the same author. The first story was...OK. Nothing amazing. I tended to find more things to pick on within the story and never really left satisfied after reading it. Was it bad? No. Was it amazing? No. It was just there.
But then I read another story from this author and it was amazing. It was a different genre and this author clearly rocked it. The voice was there. The writing was not forced. Wow!
After talking with the author, I found that the first story was an attempt at doing something new. This made a lot of sense. The reality of the situation is that the author simply was not comfortable with that new style and was still learning it. The other, the author had mastered.
So, with that in mind, what should you be writing? The answer is quite simple. Look to your own bookshelves.
Now, I know that there are many of you who claim that you read everything out there. The odds are, though, that you do gravitate toward one genre more than another. In other words, if you walked into a bookstore, consider the shelves that you tend to go to first. Consider the aisles that you gravitate to. That is what you should be writing.
So, why is that? Because you full understand the genre. The wording, the styles, the nuances are all things that are running through your blood, so when it is time to write that genre, your brain already has the tools to make the writing successful!
I know that there are also some of you out there who believe that writing in the genre you read would tempt you to plagiarize stories and you would copy more than create your own story. This really is not the case. There will be common tropes, but you simply will not steal ideas. Another way to think of this is what your major was in college. You gravitated to the areas you knew better than others. Sure, you may have had some great teachers in other disciplines, or had classes you really loved in other disciplines, but your strengths really came out on the courses you understood.
I want to also add that authors should also consider doing this when they are deciding which publisher they want to write for. Look to your shelves again. The odds are you tend to read a select group of publishers and shy away from others. So go there!
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The Australian Government has announced a range of reforms to improve the higher education sector. Very few elite students had the opportunity to complete grade 10 and also from these students a handful were able to access tertiary education from overseas. An analysis of the basis on which internationalization of higher education occurs is needed as well as the benefits of the internationalization process. The Go Higher!" campaign reminds students that by 2020, 72{8e04ce58bcfa376ce489b26ba1c654110e92e7925763b0ffd41ff45b85d45886} of the jobs in Massachusetts will require some post-secondary education. It is necessary to take guidance from the education consultant to get help in making the right decisions.
One approach available to higher education organisations will be the creation of a strategic plan that provides an overview of the vision, objectives and strategic tasks required to deliver the improvements required, as well as avoiding the use of LEAN just being seen as 'something else to do'. The American Association of University Professors denounces in the strongest possible terms the decision by the Trump administration to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA).
Especially the higher education sector faces the challenges in recruiting qualified staffs (Villa College, 2014). By creating an environment in which there is both student and community involvement Deborah Meier transformed not only the way the schools in New York City operated but also the way the communities viewed public education. The United States has more institutions of higher learning than any other country in the world.
The second half of this century will go down in the history of higher education as the period of its most spectacular expansion: an over sixfold increase in student enrolments worldwide, from 13 million in 1960 to 82 million in 1995. Sustainable internationalization should be closely aligned to the emerging global trends and events in the education sector.
Getting a four-year education is one way to build confidence not only on a personal level but also on a professional level. Higher education in Spain would be the key to the future development of the country as a skilled and learned workforce would be able to provide the economy the necessary fuel for its recovery. Internationalisation of higher education implies that internationalised institutions operate on new super ordinate levels which has its own legal, administrative and revenue-raising powers.


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The Czech Republic is also called Czechia, its officially approved short name since May 2, 2016.
Based on estimates from the Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook, Czechia's exported goods plus services represent 79.1% of total Czechian economic output or Gross Domestic Product. The analysis below focuses on exported products only.
Given Czechia's strategic location in central Europe, it should come as no surprise that 88.6% of Czech exports by value were delivered to fellow European countries. Smaller percentages were sold to customers in Asia (6.6%), North America (2.7%) and Africa (0.9%).
Given Czechia's population of 10.7 million people, its total $180.2 billion in 2017 exports translates to roughly $16,900 for every resident in that country.
Czechia's unemployment rate was 3.9% as of January 2018 down from 5.3% one year earlier, according to Trading Economics.
Czech Republic's Top 10 Exports
Top 10
The following export product groups represent the highest dollar value in Czech global shipments during 2016. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from the Czech Republic.
At the more granular four-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level, Czechia's most valuable export products are cars followed by automobile parts and accessories, computers then mobile phones.
- Vehicles: US$38.2 billion (21.2% of total exports)
- Machinery including computers: $33.8 billion (18.8%)
- Electrical machinery, equipment: $30.6 billion (17%)
- Articles of iron or steel: $6.7 billion (3.7%)
- Plastics, plastic articles: $6.4 billion (3.6%)
- Furniture, bedding, lighting, signs, prefab buildings: $5.4 billion (3%)
- Rubber, rubber articles: $3.9 billion (2.2%)
- Iron, steel: $3.8 billion (2.1%)
- Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $3.7 billion (2%)
- Mineral fuels including oil: $3.3 billion (1.9%)
Czech Republic's top 10 exports accounted for three-quarters (75.4%) of the overall value of its global shipments.
Optical, technical and medical apparatus were the fastest-growing among the top 10 export categories, up 23.4% from 2016 to 2017.
In second place for improving Czech export sales was exported iron and steel which rose 22.3%.
Czech-made plastics and articles made from plastic posted the third-fastest gain in value (up 17%) followed by machinery including computers (up 12.5%).
Overall Czechia posted a $180.2 billion trade surplus in 2017 up 11.5% from $162.1 billion in black ink during 2016.
The following types of Czech product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country's total exports minus the value of its total imports. In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country's goods or services exceeds or lags the home country's spending on foreign goods or services.
- Vehicles: US$20.7 billion (Up by 11% since 2016)
- Machinery including computers: $6.5 billion (Up by 25%)
- Articles of iron or steel: $2.1 billion (Up by 10.1%)
- Furniture, bedding, lighting, signs, prefab buildings: $2 billion (Down by -1.8%)
- Toys, games: $1.6 billion (Down by -6.3%)
- Rubber, rubber articles: $1.1 billion (Up by 1.3%)
- Wood: $1.1 billion (Up by 11.4%)
- Glass: $961.1 million (Up by 5.5%)
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles: $600 million (Up by 18.1%)
- Railways, streetcars: $566.9 million (Up by 7.5%)
Czech Republic has highly positive net exports in the international trade of automobiles notably cars, auto parts and accessories. In turn, these cashflows indicate Czech Republic's strong competitive advantages under the vehicles product category.
Below are exports from Czechia that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Czechia's goods trail Czech importer spending on foreign products.
- Mineral fuels including oil: -US$5.6 billion (Up by 47.9% since 2016)
- Plastics, plastic articles: -$2.6 billion (Down by -3%)
- Iron, steel: -$2.2 billion (Up by 41.2%)
- Pharmaceuticals: -$2.1 billion (Up by 14.6%)
- Meat: -$968.3 million (Up by 14.9%)
- Other chemical goods: -$956.7 million (Up by 4.1%)
- Copper: -$850.9 million (Up by 19.5%)
- Aluminum: -$761.4 million (Up by 29.2%)
- Fruits, nuts: -$622.2 million (Up by 12.8%)
- Paper, paper items: -$533.7 million (Up by 9.6%)
Czechia has highly negative net exports and therefore deep international trade deficits for oil, encompassing both crude and refined oils as well as petroleum gases.
These cashflow deficiencies clearly indicate Czechia's competitive disadvantages in the international energy market, but also represent key opportunities for the Czech Republic to improve its position in the global economy through focused innovations.
Czech Export Companies
Only one Czech company made the Forbes Global 2000 rankings: CEZ Group (electric utilities) coming in at number 315.
Wikipedia lists other large Czech companies. A selected sample of these companies appears below.
- Škoda Auto A.S. (automobiles)
- Agrofert, A.S. (conglomerate)
- RWE Supply & Trading CZ, A.S. (oil, gas)
- Unipetrol, A.S. (chemicals)
- ČEPRO, A.S. (oil, gas)
- Barum Continental Spol. S R.O. (tires)
- Continental Automotive Czech Republic S.R.O. (auto parts)
- Finitrading, A.S. (metallurgy)
Czech Republic's capital city is Prague.
Please note that the results listed above are at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level.
See also Czech Republic's Top Trading Partners and Czech Republic's Top 10 Imports
Research Sources:
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on February 21, 2018
The World Factbook, Country Profiles, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on February 21, 2018
Forbes 2015 Global 2000 rankings, The World's Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on February 21, 2018
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on February 21, 2018
Trade Map, International Trade Centre. Accessed on February 21, 2018
Wikipedia, List of Companies of the Czech Republic. Accessed on February 27, 2016
World's Capital Cities, Capital Facts for Prague, Czech Republic. Accessed on February 27, 2016


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Dress days like all good fundraisers are easy and simple to organise and fun to participate in. The point to a dress day is to have a change in the dress code for a day, either dressing up or down depending on the where the activity is taking place. Dress days are great activities for work places or at a picnic type event.
You raise funds by charging a fee for both participation and non-participation. Of course you charge more for non- participation, as a kind of penalty for party-pooping. For those who join in , charge around a dollar. For those who decide not to have fun you charge them double.
Always be careful in which theme you decide to adopt for the day. The theme should always be in accord with business and location where the activity will take place. The mode of dress should never interfere with work output nor upset or clash with the image of the hosting organisation or employers.
Dress themes for consideration
Themes and fun are only limited by where event takes place (work or park) and the imagination applied.
Take photos for later enjoyment and maybe later fundraising opportunities .... by
making available the possibility of the non-appearance of certain photos of
individuals on the bulletin board for a donation to the cause. ( hey! blackmail is
such nasty word.....)
About the Author:
Doug Nash lives in Logan City in Queensland, Australia. He has graciously consented to share a fundraising idea with us every month. Although many of the ideas aren't new, each of them has a unique flair that comes from being developed and refined half a world away from ours. Visit his web site at http://www.home.gil.com.au/~dnash/ for more fundraising ideas.


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Monday, 16 June 2014
Just hangin' around!!
26 comments:
- aussie aNNie said...
Gorgeous card, love the swinging rope, awesome idea.luv annie xx
The Journey is the Start
- 16 June 2014 at 06:12
- Rebecca Bradshaw said...
Beautiful, this is such a great image and I love what you've done with the rope!
- 16 June 2014 at 07:02
- debby4000 said...
Fabulous card and what a brilliant image.
- 16 June 2014 at 07:21
- Mojca said...
love the clean look and gorgeous image. hope you had a great weekend. hugs! Mojca
- 16 June 2014 at 07:24
- Sue said...
Gorgeous card Sarah. I love the fun image and brilliant layout.
Thank you for taking part in A Little Bit Crafty Challenge too.
Sue xx
- 16 June 2014 at 07:25
- Kimbo said...
Oh, this is just too cute. A brilliant image and beautifully coloured and I love the string
Thanks for playing along at Cardz 4 Guyz this week and hope to see you again x
- 16 June 2014 at 07:50
- Doreen said...
Such a gorgeous image and design,fabulous card.xxx
- 16 June 2014 at 07:59
- brenda said...
Another lovely image Sarah and the gingham really makes a fresh looking crd.
B x
- 16 June 2014 at 07:59
- Squirrel x said...
Love this Sarah, brilliant job hun, and the string "rope" is inspired. Awesome. Hugs xx
- 16 June 2014 at 08:56
- Julie Beech said...
I love what you have done with the rope swing Sarah, brilliant idea. Thanks for joining us at Cardz4Guyz this week. :)
- 16 June 2014 at 09:44
- Laine said...
Fabulous image and love the gingham DP Sarah. A really sweet creation.
- 16 June 2014 at 10:16
- Sue said...
Love your fabulous image and colouring. Gorgeous card!
Sue xx
- 16 June 2014 at 11:03
- Hazel said...
Just gorgeous Sarah, you can't go wrong with LOTV images. Hazel xx
- 16 June 2014 at 11:19
- ahlers5 said...
Very cute! Love the addition of the rope. Thanks for playing along with us at Cardz 4 Guyz.
- 16 June 2014 at 12:05
- Carol S. said...
I have this stamp, unused as yet! Your card is gorgeous and beautifully coloured. Hugs, Carol S.xx
- 16 June 2014 at 16:41
- Jane said...
Fabulous card, thank you for playing along with us at ALBC & our Childs Play Challenge. Very good luck, Jane x
- 16 June 2014 at 16:54
- Michelle said...
Male / boy cards rock and so does yours Sarah. I love this lotv image. Fantastic card Michelle x
- 16 June 2014 at 18:07
- Annette said...
Lovely LOTV image, with perfectly masculine colours and layout.
- 16 June 2014 at 19:14
- Wishcraft said...
Oh I love how you've used this image Sarah, it looks fab!... Hope I didn't make you spend too much more lol :o) Hugs, Lisa x
- 16 June 2014 at 20:47
- Janice said...
Just perfect Sarah. Love the image and the great CAS design, Jx
- 16 June 2014 at 22:51
- Sue said...
Oh LOTV Sarah my fave stamps lol love the papers you have used its a great male card huggles Sue xx
- 16 June 2014 at 22:53
- MaryH said...
These LOTV images are always so adorable, and your coloring is wonderful. This little fella is obviously enjoying himself. Loved the pretty gingham with the bright blue trimming. Super card & so very masculine. TFS & Hugs
- 17 June 2014 at 00:55
- Janice said...
Adorable image! Hope to see you at Cardz4Guys again!
- 17 June 2014 at 03:02
- Jane Savage said...
Fabby little bloke's card, Sarah! Love the string 'rope' and the distressing around the image! By the way, the toenails are now metallic purple!! xx
- 17 June 2014 at 08:35
- Erica said...
Fabulous card, Sarah. I love the bright colours, you've chosen. I love that he's swinging from the sentiment!
Thanks for joining our Lili of the Valley June Challenge!
Good Luck!
Erica x
- 17 June 2014 at 12:45
- Flo said...
A beautiful card! Soo cute! I love the twine! Thank you so much for sharing your creation with us at Addicted to Stamp! Hugs, Flo.
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Power supplies and batteries
The first problem is that they can introduce hum. Your guitar signal is an AC signal - that is it swings from a positive voltage to a negative one as a wave, just like the power supply from the power point. If a little of the mains (power point) AC can find its way into your signal, you pick up the power point hum frequency. This can be through capacitance or poor filtering. Australia's power supply has a potential of 230V-240V AC @ 50 Hz (50 full cycles per second). Other countries can use lower voltages (around 110-120V) and 50/60Hz, but the principles are exactly the same.
The AC voltage is usually divided by a transformer. This converts electrical energy into an electro-magnetic field, then back into a new transformed voltage, also giving an electrical isolation (the output metal no longer physically touches the input). The output voltage of a transformer will vary however based on the voltage on the input (from the power point) and the load on the output. The mains voltage from the power point isn't stable as the city load is always changing. Not only do we not know the exact number at any time, but it jumps quickly. For example a large electrical appliance turning on in yout home may cause a spike in the supply.
When you buy a simple transformer pack (AC or DC output) it might tell you the voltage output along with a current value measured in milliamps (mA) or amps (A). For example 500mA is equal to 0.5A. This will mean that the output voltage should be at the stated value when that specified current load is applied. You can't over-feed a pedal too much current. The current rating just means how much energy can sufficiently be supplied should it be required. So with so many variables we can't really know very well what the voltage will be or how stable it holds. A transformer power supply with nothing plugged in will read much higher than stated. And if it is only driving a low load then the device will receive that overly high voltage.
Transformers aren't terribly efficeint also. As with any transfer of electricty there is some loss. They will burn off energy just sitting there as the coil winding works similarly to a heater element. This is why they get warm even plugged in away from the device using it. But we probably only need a small one to run some pedals and we won't leave it plugged in all day.
The small kinds of switchmode power supplies give a more exacting voltage output as they aren't greatly effected by loading or voltage input. They can often be run from any country's voltage and frequency and still put out the same voltage accurately. These do not offer an electrically isolated output and are run without any transformer using active electronics. They also operate on their own switching frequncy, which can be a problem, but usually operates outside of the low bandwidth of the human audio range. They are usually magnitudes more efficient than a transfomer and should draw almost nothing when left plugged in but with no load. They don't take up much space nor are very heavy.
The output of a transformer is still AC, just lower voltage. This is then rectified with four diodes so that both the positive and negative voltage swings can be used as a single wave going from a positive voltage to zero. This means that the power supply is now pulsing at 100 peaks per second.
To be made into useful DC for pedals, we need to be able to supply power during the low points of the peaks where the voltage is dropping to zero. To do this we attach a capacitor on the line. The capacitor charges when the peak is high and supplies the stored voltage while the wave is dropping. This is now filtered DC. The larger the capacitor the smoother the DC output as it can hold more charge and drop less voltage.
There's still the issue of voltages not being stable. A pedal can respond differently at different voltages, or even be damaged. The filtering capacitors may never give enough smoothing to eliminate all hum. You can also introduce spikes and pops from the mains AC, for example when a nearby refrigerator kicks in. To overcome this problem you can then regulate the DC with a voltage regulator integrated circuit. By supplying the regulator with a few more volts than the needed output, the voltage can be stabilized very cleanly.
There's also a potential issue with ground loops if you have multiple pedals sharing the same supply. Noise can also be transferred from one pedal to the next if you are sharing the same supply, especially in the case of high current digital pedals or pedal with high frequency switching circuits. Pedals that work with positive grounds can not share the same supply as pedals with negative ground without a convertor, as they will short out the power supply. Generally only old PNP transistor circuits have positive grounds though, and are were only run off battery.
Here's a diagram visually representing every stage mentioned above.
Having a transformer electrically isolates your pedal power supply Earth from your amp Earth, which diminishes Earth loop hum problems. Every pedal does not always needs its own individual isolated power supply and regulator. In most cases you can just have one high quality power supply daisy chained to every pedal without causing noise problems. This might assume however that every pedal has its own adequate filtering, which is not always guaranteed to be the case.
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Thank you the Russian Artists blog for hosting my giveaway!
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Having a crush is like a math equation. Problematic, even.
- 1 x 1= 1 Boy likes girl x girl likes boy= Both agree they like each other.
- (-1) x (-1)= 1 Boy doesn't like girl x girl doesn't like boy= Both agree they don't like each other.
- 1 x (-1)= (-1) Girl likes boy x boy doesn't like girl (vice versa)= Someone ends up disappointed.
It wasn't until after I hit "publish" on the previous post that I realized just how vulnerable it was for me to confess my feelings toward my crush.
It hadn't occurred to me that he might not feel the same way and that I would end up disappointed.
But that's exactly what happened.
When I found out he was talking to another girl, I was obviously disappointed. I found myself falling into the pity party of comparison. I started questioning my worth: What's wrong with me? Am I not his type? Am I not funny enough? Am I not adventurous enough? Am I not WOW enough?
- I tell myself that my worth should be found in Christ and not what others think of me.
- I tell myself that the reason I'm single isn't a punishment from God.
- I tell myself to be okay with God's timing and God's plans, even when things don't turn out the way I want them to.
But then Satan lures me into believing the lie that God's withholding this specific desire of mine because of my sin.
I tend to think that because of my impure thoughts, actions, and motives, God dangles my mystery (mountain) man at arm's length. And the moment I start to become "more holy," God will reward me with a dreamboat who will sweep me off my feet, because I've "earned" it and because I "deserve" to be in a relationship. How selfish does that sound?
God isn't a vending machine.
I shouldn't give to God with the expectation that I will receive a Willy Wonka Chocolate Bar unveiling a golden ticket inside in return for my good behavior.
Instead, I need to listen to God's voice and not Lucifer's lies. I must remember that God loves me and has a plan for my life and to be okay with whatever that looks like. And for this past month, that's learning how to be okay with being in the "Friend Zone."
So you just found out the guy you're interested in is talking to someone else… now what?
It's about to get real.
1) Don't avoid him; continue to be his friend.
Assuming the guy was oblivious to your feelings toward him, your friendship technically hasn't changed. The only difference is you now know he's interested in someone else.
2) Be honest.
Have genuine, honest conversations with him just like you would with any other friend, even if he talks to you about his past relationships.
Hang in there, even if he starts asking you for relationship advice.
And all you want to do is shout, "HELLO, I AM RIGHT HERE!"
3) Know your boundaries and motives.
One text, one double-tap on his Instagram, or one Snapchat is all it takes for your thoughts go down that emotional spiral once again.
4) Be yourself.
Don't compare yourself and try to become more like that girl he's talking to in attempts to win his heart. You want a guy to be attracted to the REAL you, not someone you're pretending to be.
5) Stop chasing.
Stop chasing after the guy and allow him to chase you. If it's meant to be, you'll know if/when you're out of that friend zone and not one of his "bros."
6) Trust in God.
Give the situation over to God and allow His plans to unfold in your life. Trust that your worth is found in Christ and not what your crush thinks of you. Trust that the reason you're single isn't a punishment from God. Trust in God's timing and God's plans, even when they don't turn out the way you want them to.


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Monday, August 27, 2007
Pumpkin Musings
Luckily, I adore the fall. I adore the orange palette, the crisp air, the pumpkins and the gourds, the crisp rustle of dried leaves across the sidewalk.
Whenever I imagine my dream home, I picture it in October. The street is canopied with the same orange and yellow leaves that blanket the front yards. There is a hint of smoke in the air from some neighbor burning his share. There are jack-o-lanterns on the stoops, decorated by the children running wild around the block, savoring the sweet freedom of that space after school ends and before dinner is called.
In my current home, we refer to it as the beginning of "decorative towel season", those months when the towels hanging from the oven door and the rack in the guest bath are only to be touched in case of dire emergency. (read: in the span of time it takes to get from the closet and back, blood loss will result in death.)
This fall, there are a lot of things to look forward to. I will officially be a married woman by mid-October. My daughter is gorgeous and smart and huge; this will be her first real interactive Halloween. This is also the first year we have not been living paycheck to paycheck, hoping fervently that we will have enough money to get groceries. I am not entirely used to it yet, but I am having fun in the meantime.
So, here is to the new season. I hope yours is as good as I intend mine to be.
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- My name is Rima. said...
Awww . . . you make me want to get out my pumpkin applique sweater! (Just kidding, I don't own one of those.) But I do know what you mean about October. I love it, too! But it's funny, I've never pictured a colorful Alaska autumn before. Thanks for educating me. You'll have to post some pics!
- Monday, August 27, 2007 12:44:00 PM
- Jenna said...
I love the Fall, and October especially (well, how could you NOT love the month you were born in?). It truly is my most favorite time of year. I think you will look forward to this time of year even more after your wedding - just more and more happy memories.
- Monday, August 27, 2007 2:23:00 PM
Oh this makes me wish I lived somewhere other than Texas. I'll be in short sleeves during Thanksgiving, quite possibly, but I just love me a cute sweater.
- Monday, August 27, 2007 6:34:00 PM
- Ash said...
Woooooooo! Married! yes to that.
Woooo to halloween, This is like, so my favorite holiday, although this year, my mil managed to ruin that for me.
Wooo, Autumn! We only have two seasons here in florida 1) Damn fucking hot and 2) Hurricane. Though I was raised in pa, so I do know what seasons are.
I have added you to my blogroll, because Rebecca? is like so fabulous!
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007 7:28:00 AM
- Alex Elliot said...
Fall is also my favorite season. I love how the air is crisp and there's a feeling of excitment for the year to come. The latter part definitely is from being a child and being excited about the new school year.
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Seeing as the weather has taken a turn for the worst I have been kept incredibly busy by Freddy and Bridget. Entertaining young children on a rainy day is a tedious task, especially if you are reluctant to sit them down in front of a television screen for hours on end.
Therefore I thought I would share with you the few little things that have put smiles on my little munchkin's faces.
- Build a den: this was easier than I remembered. We put some dining room chairs together and draped a pair of sheets from my double bed over them. A few flashlights, books and yummy homemade sweet popcorn balls the children entertained for a good couple of hours. The liked getting their hands dirty when making the popcorn balls too- mum's little kitchen elves as I like to call them!
- Homemade pizzas: be careful this could get messy! If you really want to push your culinary boundaries you can make the pizza dough yourself however since I can't get that Italian spin technique right I usually buy readymade bases. Lay out all the toppings in separate bowls and let the little ones decorate as they please, Freddy created a slightly Dali-esque clock. I promise this one is fun for every family member!
- Face painting: I have used this book every time. Bridget loves flicking through this book and explaining why she wants to be a Tiger for example. The kids' role play their characters and their wild imaginations take over, it truly is a fun activity.
Good luck with your indoor activities- feel free to leave me a comment, I would love to hear what you and your children get up to on a rainy day!


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Sunderland skipper Lee Cattermole thought his team wanted to win its FA Cup tie against Arsenal more than the Gunners.
Goals from Kieran Richardson and an unfortunate own goal from Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ensured Martin O'Neill's team made it into the draw for the quarterfinals of the FA Cup for the first time since 2004 with a 2-0 victory at the Stadium of Light.
Black Cats midfielder Cattermole felt his side was well deserving of the victory that sees Arsenal's hopes of a trophy this season realistically disintegrate.
"I thought we just continued what we have been doing recently, for the last two months we have been working hard," Cattermole told ITV. "A week ago we were unlucky to lose the game and we knew they were playing in the week and I thought we were strong out there and wanted it more.
"We've had a great run in the last few months but we've got a tough game coming up at the weekend against West Brom and we're in the next round so we'll see who we get tomorrow [when the draw is made]."
First goal scorer Richardson said that O'Neill has reinvigorated the team's season since taking over and hopes the impressive run of losing just three times since his appointment continues.
"Well it's good scoring a goal, especially against Arsenal, and we're in the hat for the next round. The team today was top notch, we pressed the ball very well and we deserved it [the win]," he added.
"Since he [O'Neill] has come he's been a breath of fresh air and we've got a great set-up here and the lads are playing well. Long may it continue."


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There is a wide array of reactions that accompany the death of a celebrity. It's possible to understand a great deal about the impact of the particular celebrity by the nature of the reactions. The circumstances can cause reactions to be focused in a particular direction – unexpected tragedy causing death is met with shock and an outpouring of grief, death in old age is met with reminiscence and retrospective. Each situation is unique, but with the modern ability of every individual to express an instant reaction, there are certain "types" of people that are emerging in the social media sphere that can be counted on to appear with any celebrity death.
1) The "irrational expression of profound grief" person. This individual did not know the celebrity in question, but the reaction they express – typically with a multi-paragraph Facebook post or long series of tribute tweets – is more in line with the loss of the closest of friends. They typically post repeatedly, moving on to posting every YouTube clip of the deceased they can find when the posts just prove not to be enough. They are akin to the person wailing at the funeral louder than the spouse of the deceased. It's not the reaction is inherently wrong, they just seem ridiculous in the manner they choose to express it.
2) The "I crossed this celebrity's path once" person. This person had a brush or interaction with this person and tells the detailed version of the story before expressing their grief. Their are subsets of this person in the form of the "humble brag to show you why my grief reaction is more valid than yours" and the "I just want to share that my impression of this celebrity was very positive, so your grief is valid" person.
3) The "I knew this celebrity" person. This person did actually know said celebrity at a level beyond passing acquaintance. Their expression again includes the subset of "so I'm making this all about me, and send me your condolences at my grief that is so much stronger than yours" and "I want to share my stories and lessen my grief by sharing with others who are grieving." This category often includes actual friends of the celebrity, other celebrities whose quotes are sought out by the press and minor celebrities seeking reflective attention.
4) The "what's the most inappropriate joke I can make?" person. This person usually waits until the news has spread just far enough for everyone to suddenly be interested, and then they drop the most offensive joke they can think of into the mourning of others. The attempt at shock humor for attention is usually based in the circumstances of the individual's death, the reason the person was famous in the first place, or if all else fails by linking them to some other shock/buzz form of humor. The fast and furious jokes at the death of Paul Walker are perfect examples. I'm all for no-limits comedy, but as with other delicate subjects for humor, the greater the risk of the joke being perceived as just offensive, the more substantial the underlying point should be. "Someone died and I know how to make it funny" really doesn't qualify.
5) The "I'm an expert on this person and will now take this opportunity to let you know why you should have known so much more about this celebrity" person. This typically happens with the death of someone whose greatest point of celebrity was sometime in the past. Great artists, singers and actors whose careers peaked before cable television and the internet are the most likely candidates. This person expresses their grief and fandom by showing the rest of us what we were missing all along. They often scoff at those who are not familiar with the celebrity's work.
6) The "I'm a superfan" person. This person is a sibling of the "expert" person, but their expression is usually about a currently relevant celebrity so it lacks the aspect of teaching you about them. They know you know the person's work, but they want to tell you everything they ever loved about the person, often starting with the most known work all the way to the obscure minutia that only the most committed of fans would know. They show how much better a fan they were than you, and often use it to justify the transition into being an "irrational grief" person.
5) The "thousands of people die every day and this person's death shouldn't be more important than theirs" person. You know the one, they usually list a statistic of how many people die daily, or annually, or by the same method as the celebrity. They are attempting to prick at social consciousness and point out what they perceive as an inequity or overreaction to a particular death. They do not believe the reaction and attention is justified. They appear most often in conjunction with deaths of unexpected tragedy, and are often directly reacting to the collective expression of all of the "irrational expression of profound grief" people. They are also being a little bit patronizing, as if saying, "you shouldn't be feeling as strongly as you do about this person you didn't even know."
6) The "there is (insert other world problem or tragedy here) happening, and while this death is sad, should all of the news be about it?" person. This person is really just saying they didn't care that much about this particular celebrity and they are annoyed with the amount of news coverage and discussion being given to it because of the interest of the grief-based reaction personality types. They often agree with and relate to the "other people died today" person. They use the comparison to another national or international issue or tragedy to belittle the grief being expressed by the "experts", "superfans" and "over-grievers".
The reality is, celebrity deaths do a strange thing to us collectively in our culture. The more unexpected, the greater the attention because of the "what could have been" wondering it fires in the imagination. How much more could they have done and been that we would have loved? Heath Ledger, Cory Monteith, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Paul Walker received this for different reasons. The death of elderly celebrities, much less so. We have a strange relationship with celebrities. We love them, we respect them, we revile them, we obsess over them each at different times and for different reasons. We can each fall into different reaction categories depending on our own relationship with the work of the celebrity or perception of them. We expect much from our celebrities, but we don't expect them to die any more than we expect the people in our own lives to die.
The loss of a celebrity becomes a communal opportunity to discuss them and their work and our opinions on them. It also often shows who we are as individuals. I may think your reaction is ridiculous, but who am I to judge it? I never understood the extreme reaction some people have to the death of a celebrity they do not personally know until Whitney Houston died. I did not expect the strength of my own reaction, and then I considered how much she was the soundtrack to my life. I'm sure it looked silly to others. But who cares, right? Regardless of our individual opinions, respecting the right of others to feel the way the feel should not be that difficult because who are they hurting? Belittling them, mocking them or deriding the subject of their grief does not make them grieve less, it just makes you look like a terrible human being.
Each time we lose someone, in our own lives, in our artistic lives or in the public square of art and celebrity, it's an opportunity to reflect on and remember the fragile nature of our own humanity. With the rapid decline in respect for each other occurring online and in social media, when a moment happens that is big enough that we are all aware of it, why can't we all be human together for a moment and let those moments be just that – a moment of humanity – instead of looking for a reason and a way to mock, laugh at or belittle each other for feeling something. Because collectively we seem to be feeling less and less these days, leading to a new sense of pride in our ability to be insensitive.
Sure some people are ridiculous, but given all of the different ways we as a society are ridiculous, this isn't the worst of our offenses and it may just make us be kinder to each other for a moment. Regardless of the reason, that is always a good thing.


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Society's expectation is for us to be effortlessly perfect, and look good doing it. Along the way, we've probably added our own or family expectations to the list, and find ourselves feeling overwhelmed and depleted in trying to succeed at an impossible task.
I continue to stumble along this journey (in fact, allowing the picture above to be on this site was a struggle for me), but I have picked up a lot, and have had great success in supporting others to find clarity, authenticity, and joy to regain their health & harmony!
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Metro Center College Prep Academy/1199 WorkForce Program Holds 13th Annual Career Day
College Prep Academy 13th Annual Career will be held in the NYU Silver Center on March 11, 2017 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm with two featured guest speakers Ana Bolsani (Class of 2018) and Ifeoluwa Lawal (Class of 2018) from NYU Tandon School of Engineering as part of the panel.
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This year the program has added a special Panel for students who are exploring options after high school other than going right into college, which will include representatives from Npower and Year UP.
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Ana is majoring in Computer Engineering with a minor in Cybersecurity. When not rigorously studying, Ana devotes her time to being the Chair of HackNYU, President of both the NYU Tandon ACM-W (Association for Computer Machinery focused on Women) Student Chapter and Patent Pending.
Ife is a Digital Media major also minoring in Game Engineering. When not studying, Ife is involved in multiple extracurricular activities, specifically being the President of both the Performing Arts Club (PAC) and Anime Club, and the Poly Project Student Ambassador.


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Lauren & Eric's elegant winter wedding was a very classic wedding with lots of amazing personal touches. They got married at The Basilica of Saint Mary, followed by a gorgeously decorated reception at Nicollet Island Pavilion. The reception was completely decked out in flowers, and featured personal touches such as a donut bar, a cigar bar, bacon, and cotton candy. It was a pleasure working with so many great people on this wedding. Thank you to everyone who helped make Lauren & Eric's day special!
Wedding Videographer: Better Together Cinema
Wedding Photographer: Half Acre House
Wedding Planner: Blush & Whim
Wedding Ceremony: The Basilica of Saint Mary
Wedding Reception: Nicollet Island Pavilion
Getting Ready Location: Nicollet Island Inn
Cotton Candy: Cotton & Whim
Donuts: Granny Donuts
Wedding Caterer: Mintahoe Catering
Wedding DJ: Instant Request
Reception Cigar Bar: International Cigars
Wedding Florals: Luna Vinca
Rentals & Decor: Frilloon, Linen Effects
Transportation: Total Luxury Limo


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