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Questions for oral or written reply can be put to the President, the Deputy President and Ministers, and gives Members of Parliament the opportunity to monitor the Government's service delivery. However, much of the time the answers leave South Africans with more questions and few answers. Here is a small sample.
When was someone finally going to ask this one?
H O Mkhaliphi (EFF) asked the Minister of Home Affairs whether his department issued Atul Kumar Gupta with a South African passport. She also asked whether Rajesh Tony Gupta got a South African passport and what about Shivani Gupta, the holder of ID number 700510 1418 186?
Yes, indeed. In fact, Atul got five passports, Tony got eight. But Shivani S Gupta, the holder of this ID number 700510 1418 186, has never been issued with a South African passport. However, the same person, with ID number 700510 1418 087 has two active passports.
Where ever did we get the idea that the Guptas were above the law?
What will happen to the vulnerable?
Evelyn Wilson (DA) asked the Minister of Social Development whether her department's nonprofit organisation directorate was informed of Limpopo's decision to cancel contracts with over 400 NPOs for home-based care for poor and vulnerable citizens for the 2018-19 financial year, not to mention their more than 15 000 home-based care workers.
The Minister's answer was: "Refer to the Department of Health."
Careful, Minister. We don't want another Life Esidimeni tragedy.
TVET students kept waiting, and in the dark
Andricus van der Westhuizen (DA) asked the Minister of Higher Education and Training about progress on the bids for the construction of 10 new technical vocational education and training college campuses. Bidding closed on 17 June 2016.
Not a single contracting process has been completed, which means the 4,657 students who could have gone to college will now just have to wait. Indefinitely, perhaps.
Little progress in Public Service Commission disciplinary cases
Sarel Marais (DA) asked the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans how he was getting on with the 175 disciplinary proceedings regarding financial misconduct reported by the Public Service Commission and how many have been completed.
A grand total of 21 cases had been completed by the end of February 2018. Clearly, there is still a long way to go.
No wonder electricity costs are so high
William Madisha (Cope) asked the Minister of Public Enterprises what meter-reading costs Eskom.
Eskom paid R70.4 million to meter reading contractors in the financial year 2016/17 and costs for the current year, as at January 2018, was R60.7 million. That's an average cost to Eskom for meter reading of R28.57 per urban installation, R50 per rural installation and R61.73 for the average farm.
The meter readers are in better financial shape than Eskom itself.
Damn, we badly need more dams
Makoti Khawula (EFF) asked the Minister of Water and Sanitation how water levels in dams have fared in our democracy, in other words since 1994.
The detailed excel spreadsheet listed minimum and maximum water levels of about 30 dams, which makes this a very difficult question to answer. But what we find from the facts is that of the 30 dams, six new dams have been built since 1994. That's encouraging – even if we really need many more dams.
Dodged that bullet
Deidre Carter (Cope) asked the Minister of Energy what he was doing in Russia in February this year at a meeting with the Russian Minister of NaturalResources and Environment.
Yes, we would all like to know if there are any plans still on the cards for nuclear energy. But no luck. "I wish to inform the Honourable Member that as a recently appointed Minister of Energy, I am not privy to the requested information."
Lights still out, but if you wait until 2021 you may be connected
Ngwanamakwetle Mashabela (EFF) asked the Minister of Energy why Mqanduli village in Lower Thyolo in the Eastern Cape is still without electricity 24 years into our democracy, and when will all households have access to electricity.
Here is good news at last. Well some good news. A project for Mqanduli is underway, targeting 500 connections in the 2017/18 financial year. Of these 289 connections have already been completed, and another 211 connections will be completed within the next three months. Another 420 connections are planned for the 2018/19 financial year, and the balance of the houses will be done in the 2020/21 financial year, if – and here's the catch – funds are available. Of course.
What's the plan to improve basic education?
Ian Ollis (DA) asked the Minister of Basic Education which provinces will see a decrease in their provincial education budget, by how much and how is it going to affect them?
The Eastern Cape, Free State and North West Provincial Education Departments have a budget baseline reduction in the 2018/19 financial year of R325.2 million, R34.8 million and R81.8 million respectively. It gets worse in 2019/20. Eastern Cape's basic education budget will drop by R776,969; Free State by R193,605; KZN by R5,192; Mpumulanga by R311,2423; and North West by R248,321 excluding Sports Development as its not part of the approved Provincial Education Budget.
If you want to read more, here are the programmes that will be affected by the budget cuts, per province
- Administration: R353 million (2018/19), R337.5 million (2019/20) and R139 million (2020/21);
- Public Ordinary Schools: R67.5 million (2018/19), R366.7 million (2019/20) and R220.5 million (2020/21);
- Infrastructure Development: R15.1 million (2018/19), R184.4 million (2019/20) and R118.4 million (2020/21); and
- Examination and Education Related Services: R18 million (2018/19), R30.3 million (2019/20) and R1.5 million (2020/21).
- Administration: R768 thousands (2018/19) and R18.7 million (2019/20);
- Public Ordinary Schools: R108.5 million (2018/19) and R61.4 million (2019/20);
- Early Childhood Development: R12.4 million (2018/19), R41.3 million (2019/20) and R40.5 million (2020/21);
- Infrastructure Development: R88.7 million (2019/20) and R55.6 million (2020/21); and
- Examination and Education Related Services: R5.1 million (2019/20) and R14.8 million (2020/21).
Public Ordinary Schools: R272 million (2018/19) and R299.2 million (2019/20); and
- Infrastructure Development: R18 million (2018/19), R283.4 million (2019/20) and R198.5 million (2020/21).
- Public Ordinary Schools: R60.3 million (2018/19) and R86.3 million (2019/20);
- Infrastructure Development: R550. 5 million (2019/20) and R472. 5 million (2020/21); and
- Examination and Education Related Services: R83.8 million (2018/19), R95.9 million (2019/20) and R109.7 million (2020/21).
- Administration: R18.7 million (2018/19), R23 million (2019/20) and R 36.8 million (2020/21);
- Public Ordinary Schools: R94.8 million (2018/19) and R82.6 million (2019/20);
- Early Childhood Development: R9.5 million (2019/20);
- Infrastructure Development: R119.1 million (2019/20) and R76.5 million (2020/21); and
- Examination and Education Related Services: R32.8 million (2018/19), R39.3 million (2019/20) and R41.6 million (2020/21).
Did you really expect an answer to this one?
B Masango (DA) asked the Minister of State Security how much was budgeted for and how much spent on his private office, and what did his employees earn?
Well, wouldn't you like to know? But you can't. "Information relating to the financial and employment details of employees of the State Security Agency (SSA) forms part of the broader operational strategy and therefore remains classified and privileged."
Don't convert this to rands
Michael Waters (DA) asked the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation what is the monthly rental of South Africa's High Commission and Consulates in the United Kingdom.
We taxpayers pay a monthly rental for South Africa House of £1,560.00. South Africa House is composed of six floors above ground and three floors below ground. Oh, and for the Consulate at 15 Whitehall we pay £64,220.89. This is for the Department of Home Affairs Offices. It's four floors in all.
Money well spent in belt-tightening times
N R Mashabela (EFF) asked the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation what role, if any, does South Africa continue to play in fighting for the sovereignty and freedom of Western Sahara?
"South Africa pursues a pan Africanist foreign policy, which amongst others seeks to promote the decolonisation of the African Continent. To this end, since 2004 South Africa recognized the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as a full member of the African Union (AU). South Africa has been consistent in her support for the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination and independence. South Africa's support is consistent with the United Nations (UN) Declaration on Decolonization … emphasized the inalienable right of the indigenous people of the Western Sahara to total independence … South Africa further supports the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination."
In short, we spend R10 million in humanitarian aid to assist in the provision of emergency shelter, nutrition, medical care, child protection and education in the Western Sahara refugee camps located in south-west Algeria as well as an annual R1 771 000.00 for technical support to the SADR Embassy in Pretoria. In addition, South Africa is to sponsor an SADC solidarity conference on Western Sahara during the course of this year.
Are there really still sex offenders teaching in our school? We don't know
Ian Ollis (DA) again asked the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services how many offenders are listed in the National Register for Sex Offenders (NRSO) in 2018.
From 1 January 2018 to 27 March 2018, there were 487 convictions recorded in the National Register for Sex Offenders (NRSO), bringing the total number of convictions recorded in the NRSO to 28,670.
"Should any provincial education department wish to ascertain whether or not the name of any teacher appear in the NRSO, it must apply in writing to the Registrar of the National Register for Sex Offenders for the prescribed certificate."
PG G Moteka (EFF) asked the Minister of Labour about jobs created under the Expanded Public Works Programme. How many are there and are they paid above a poverty wage, (or are they still being paid R 11 an hour)?
The Minister of Labour replied "The Expanded Public Works Programme is a programme that falls under the Department of Public Works' remit therefore I would not be qualified to respond to this question."
That could have been embarrassing for the Minister of Labour.
Here's an interesting one
The Leader of the Opposition asked the President of the Republic what is his current salary and what does it cost the State to employ him as President of the Republic? He also asked whether the President intends to reject a proposed salary increase for the 2018-19 financial year.
"The salary of the President of the Republic is determined by a motion of the National Assembly. The current salary of the President is reflected in the Government Gazette no. 41211 of 27 October 2017."
The answer therefore is at this time we don't know what the President earns. The Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers, an independent commission established to make recommendations concerning the salaries, allowances and benefits of defined office-bearers, has not made any proposals with respect to the 2018-19 financial year. "The question is therefore premature."
The internet is full of guestimates though, varying from R2.8m to R3.6m a year. According to the Government Gazette last year President Ramaphosa earned R2 989 845 per year.


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"Free Flying" Featured at the NYSSMA Electronic Music Composition Showcase
Senior Jack McMahon's composition, "Free Flying," has been selected as a featured work for the Electronic Music Composition Showcase at the NYSSMA Winter Conference in Rochester, New York, which runs November 29 through December 2, 2018. The honor is a tribute to McMahon's hard work and talent as well as the growing Music Technology program at John Jay High School.
"Jack is a fantastic student and has honed his skills in composition over the years with great success," said Amy Geiger, music technology teacher at John Jay High School. "His work was one of eight selected out of hundreds of submissions. I am so proud of Jack and his outstanding accomplishment!"
"Making music is fun," said McMahon, a four-year student in John Jay High School's music technology track. "Last year my friends made a computer game and I created the sound track." He's also taking Mobile App and Game Development this year and plans to study computer science in college and minor in music technology.
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The hub of the music technology program is room G112, a vaulted classroom which houses eighteen iMac workstations and a recording sound booth.
Jack McMahon and several other Advanced Music Technology students came in this past summer to help the Technology Department set up new iMacs and M-Audio Code 61 keyboard controllers as well as install new versions of Finale and other compositional software programs.
"Students are able to work with Abelton Live, Logix Pro X, and our updated ear-training software, Musition and Auralia. ProTools is also available for students to use in our recording sound booth, where students can sing and play acoustic or electronic instruments in a live-recording setting," said Geiger.
"The lab was also equipped with new multimedia presentation technologies which will allow finished compositions to be played to the entire class in production quality sound," said Chris Nelson, Director of Technology.
The next improvement on the horizon is new audio monitoring equipment—an upgrade funded by the Forever Molly and Gregory Fund under the KL Foundation.
JJHS's Music Technology Concert on January 22
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"Free Flying" will also be performed closer to home—at John Jay High School on Tuesday, January 22, at 7:00 p.m.—at the district's first ever Music Technology Concert.
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"I call this musical piece "Free Flying" because of its fast paced and excited mood," said Jack McMahon. " I wrote this composition in B major with a 164 bpm. The piece starts off with a slow melody that is an incomplete version of the main melody of the piece played on a bell piano. Using an auto filter, I faded in an arpeggio consisting of eighth notes with the same instrument."


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Saturday, June 27, 2015
To Celebrate or Not to Celebrate, Isn't Even a Question
Posted by AnonyMouse at 11:43 PM
Labels: #MuslimSexEd, homosexuality, LGBTQ+, muslims in the west, respect
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Maybe you're not going out and actively beating up gay people, but you're supporting ideas that make discrimination against gay people possible, and that lead others to think that abuse towards gay people is ok. People like you are the reason that gay/transgender people feel ostracized from their community. People like you are the reason less attention is paid to violence against gay and transgender people. It's the same way how you might not personally be a rapist, but if you talk about how a woman "deserves to be raped" because of what she was wearing, you encourage rapists. People like you are justifying that abusive behavior towards gay people that you speak out against. There's no happy middle ground here.
You are hateful and homophobic, even if you've found a way to justify it to yourself. Don't expect people to treat you nicely when your attitudes enable discrimination against their friends and family.
Here is a great Quora response (the end especially) that talks about the damage of teaching children that it's wrong to be gay: "If you teach your children that being gay is wrong, regardless of what you [are] teaching them about bullying, you are putting at risk gay children who often will end up committing suicide, some of whom are barely 11 years old."
And alternatively, since you probably won't change your mind: you saw the recent ruling, and moreover increasingly Muslims have become more accepting of LGBTQ+ people. How does it feel to know that the world's turning against you, that soon your hateful views will be treated like ancient history, and there's nothing you can do to stop it? :)
- 1:39 PM, June 28, 2015
- AnonyMouse said...
Not sure how you view my beliefs that homosexual acts (not identity) is wrong, as being hateful and homophobic. I abhor violence against LGBTQ+ individuals (or anyone else because of their race/ religion/ identity/ sexual orientation/ gender identity) because it's WRONG, and I would never justify it.
Nor do I believe that it's wrong to 'be gay' - from my own Islamic perspective, I view the sexual acts themselves as being sinful (just as any sexual acts outside of marriage, even for straight folks, is considered sinful).
And, quite frankly, whichever way the world turns, I have my own life and beliefs and I wish everyone else well in living their own. To you your way, and to me mine.
- 1:52 AM, June 29, 2015
- Unknown said...
You're not hateful or homophobic. Don't let stupid fools tell you otherwise.
- 4:53 PM, July 03, 2015
- Mama of Leo said...
Well, to be honest, I am a committed Muslim and an employee of an NGO. Our NGO defends LGBTI people's rights. And always I find myself splitting into two on the inside when this issue is discussed. I was never able to formulate my attitude in words, but now you have collected my thoughts and put them into words!
Yes, this is how we should think. We should never find justifications for these acts. But still, this does not mean that being harsh to them is justified, not to mention killing them!
So yes, I DO NOT celebrate gay marriage. But I would defends a gay's life with my own if he was to be killed for him being gay!
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama among World's 100 Most Influential People: TIME
April 30, 2009
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April 29, 2009,
Dharamshala -- TIME, one of the most celebrated
and widely read magazines in the world, listed
His Holiness the Dalai Lama among the world's 100
most influential figures in its third annual poll.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama received a total vote of 651,945 and is ranked 61.
His Holiness was listed among the world's 100
most influential people, under the category of
influential leaders and revolutionaries, in the 2008 poll.
In 2006, TIME listed His Holiness the Dalai Lama
as one of five Asian heroes in 60 years since the
magazine began publishing an Asian edition.
The winner of the third annual TIME 100 poll and
new owner of the title World's Most Influential
Person is moot. The 21-year-old college student
and founder of the online community 4chan.org,
whose real name is Christopher Poole, received 16,794,368 votes.
Since moot launched 4chan.org in 2003, the site
has given birth to Internet memes as diverse as
Lolcats and Rickrolling. 4chan averages 13
million page views a day and 5.6 million visitors
a month; by some estimates it is the second
largest bulletin board in the world. (See the TIME 100 finalists.)
US President Barack Obama is ranked 37.
Three Indians -- Congress party President Sonia
Gandhi, movie mogul Ronnie Screwvala, the brain
behind world's cheapest car Nano Ratan Tata -- also feature in the list.
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Peter Ter Kulve, executive vice president of Unilever Group's Southeast Asia and Australasia Region, is visiting a local shop selling Unilever's products
Today, Xuan Hoa primary school in northern Vinh Phuc province's Phuc Yen town is quite different from other days. Among hundreds of pupils playing in the playground, there are many people with orange-coloured T-shirts who are zealously painting the school's fences, collecting rubbish and teaching pupils how to wash their hands with soap in a correct way. Many are also white-washing the trees' feets to prevent pestilent insects.
"We are proud to bring happiness to the school and pupils," said Peter Ter Kulve, executive vice president of Unilever's Southeast Asia and Australasia Region. "Pupils are buds for future development and they need to have a clean learning environment."
He said Unilever's activity at this school was one of many activities of the group's Community Day , which was part of the company's Sustainable Living Plan.
Also today, Unilever has many other community-oriented activities. Led by Peter, Unilever's members have visited schools and households in the town and the nearby Minh Tri commune in Hanoi's Soc Son district. Here Peter has physically presented gifts for local farmers.
Efforts for community
Some 250 of the top regional executives from Unilever, one of the world's leading fast moving consumer goods corporations, have converged in Hanoi to help boost living standards in communities in some provinces including Bac Ninh, Vinh Phuc and suburb Hanoi.
The executives, coming from across South East Asia and Australasia spent the day visiting local markets, consumers, and working in primary schools on a range of initiatives, such as upgrading toilets in schools, teaching children good hygienic behaviors to prevent diseases such as hand washing with soap, teeth brushing, and cleaning key community spaces. The Unilever personnel also spent time educating small scale traders about how to better serve their customers.
This community outreach programme is the latest in a line of sustainability initiatives led by Unilever in Vietnam. In October last year, the company set a record by collecting the largest number of Vietnamese handprint pledges to support "A free disease Vietnam". The effort was part of the "Hand washing with soap for a healthier Vietnam" run in partnership between Unilever Vietnam Foundation, Lifebuoy brand, the Vietnam Ministry of Health and Unicef to celebrate the Global Handwashing Day in Vietnam.
Peter said sustainability was central to the success of the company in Vietnam, and around the world. "Under the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, we've committed to doubling the size of our business, whilst halving our environmental impact and increasing our social impact. Today is one way we can demonstrate our leadership in sustainable growth, by both spending the day here doing the right thing and also by holding our annual leadership conference here in Vietnam, a country that has huge potential and fantastic communities and a great future."
"Unilever Vietnam is committed to growing sustainably in Vietnam, and aim to do well by doing good," echoed Unilever Vietnam chairman JV Raman. "We will continue to serve the people of Vietnam the products that will improve the quality of their lives."
Core of business development
Raman noted that the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan was at the core of the company's business model.
The plan is a ground-breaking company-wide action one spanning Unilever's entire supply chain and aiming to result in three significant outcomes by 2020. They include doubling Unilever's growth while halving the environmental impact of its products, sourcing 100 per cent of Unilever agricultural raw materials sustainably, and helping over one billion people take action to improve their health and well-being.
"We are living in a fast-changing world and facing lots of challenges, which will have a major impact on our lives, our children's lives, the lives of our consumers and our business" he said.
He said by 2020, there would be another billion people on the planet. While this opened up opportunities for Unilever's brands to meet changing consumer needs, it also meant people would be faced with even more acute challenges on health, hygiene and nutrition, on drinking water and sustainable resources, on climate change and better livelihoods.
Those challenges required businesses to operate differently to respond to the challenges in the context of diminishing natural resources, and require businesses and governments to work more closely together.
"At Unilever, we have recognised that growth at any cost is not viable. We must find a new way of doing business that decouples growth from environmental impacts, while increasing the positive social impact of our brands," Raman said.
He said in the context of diminishing resources, businesses had a very important role to play. If enterprises were not sustainable, they could not succeed in the future.
"It's very clear because we cannot borrow the resources of future generations to spend it today.
That was the genesis when we launched Unilever Sustainable Living Plan here more than a year ago. In other word, growing sustainably is not a choice anymore, but a business imperative," he said.
Peter stressed: "We are very excited about the plan journey. Not only Xuan Hoa primary school, but also many other ones from many localities nationwide are closely with us in implementing this programme. We look forward to working closely with the Vietnamese government, with our customers and partners, with our consumers and with our employees for the common goal of making Vietnamese lives better".
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President Trump ripped into the New York Times after the newspaper questioned his new deal with Mexico to avoid the tariffs he threatened to impose in retaliation to illegal immigration.
On Friday, Trump announced an agreement between the U.S. and Mexico that "indefinitely suspended" tariffs that were scheduled to hit all imported Mexican goods on Monday. The "U.S.-Mexico Joint Declaration," released by the State Department, outlined measures that would be taken up by Mexico to reduce the surge of immigrants on their way to the U.S., including the "deployment of its National Guard throughout Mexico, giving priority to its southern border."
"But the Mexican government had already pledged to do that in March during secret talks in Miami between Kirstjen Nielsen, then the secretary of homeland security, and Olga Sanchez, the Mexican secretary of the interior," the New York Times reported, pointing out that Mexico had already agreed to several other aspects of the deal months before Trump's tariff threat.
Trump lashed out in response Sunday morning, calling the Times story "another false report."
"We have been trying to get some of these Border Actions for a long time, as have other administrations, but were not able to get them, or get them in full, until our signed agreement with Mexico," he tweeted. "For many years, Mexico was not being cooperative on the Border in things we had, or didn't have, and now I have full confidence, especially after speaking to their President yesterday, that they will be very cooperative and want to get the job properly done."
Trump noted that one newly agreed upon provision that was not mentioned in the announcement would be disclosed "at the appropriate time."
The U.S.-Mexico deal also called for an expansion of the Migrant Protection Protocols across the entire southern border and allows asylum-seekers who enter the country illegally or without proper documentation to be returned to Mexico where they will wait to have their asylum claims adjudicated.
"But that arrangement was reached in December in a pair of painstakingly negotiated diplomatic notes that the two countries exchanged. Ms. Nielsen announced the Migrant Protection Protocols during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee five days before Christmas," according to the New York Times.
"There is now going to be great cooperation between Mexico & the USA, something that didn't exist for decades," Trump said in his Twitter thread. "However, if for some unknown reason there is not, we can always go back to our previous, very profitable, position of Tariffs - But I don't believe that will be necessary."
Beyond unnecessary, imposing tariffs on Mexico would likely be unpopular among Republicans, who were divided on Trump's threats before the announced deal, concerned about higher costs for consumers and potential harm to U.S. farmers and businesses.
"I support nearly every one of President Trump's immigration policies, but this is not one of them," Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said last Thursday in response to the president's tariff plan, which was scheduled to go into effect Monday before Trump announced the suspension.
"This is an historic night!" Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., responded sarcastically to the U.S.-Mexico deal, using Trump's words. "[President Trump] has announced that he has cut a deal to 'greatly reduce, or eliminate, Illegal Immigration coming from Mexico and into the United States.'"
"Now that that problem is solved," Schumer said, "I'm sure we won't be hearing any more about it in the future."
In response to Trump's blast, The New York Times said in statement on Twitter, "We are confident in our reporting, and as with so many other occasions, our stories stand up over time and the president's denials of them do not. Calling the press the enemy is undemocratic and dangerous."
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How Does Past Life Regression Work?
Articles Inspirational articles from Hay House authors
How Does Past Life Regression Work?The key is to slow down your brainwaves...
Consciousness is like a multi-storey building. Everyday awareness is akin to one of the floors. When we're on that level, we can see only what's on that floor.
To find out what's on the other floors, we have to change to another level of consciousness. Regression provides a stairway between the floors.
It always begins with relaxation techniques to slow down the brainwaves. To do this, the therapist will talk in a calm, slow voice. They will often use images of soothing scenery and physical relaxation. Repetition and counting down also work well.But all of this only works if the person is willing. If someone doesn't want to be relaxed, then nothing can force them into it.
As our brainwaves slow down, our consciousness changes. This is how we move to the other levels.
In the grand structure of our psyche, there are four main levels of consciousness: beta, alpha, theta and delta. They each have their own light, medium and deep levels. We go in and out of all of them every day and night as we move between waking, working, relaxing and sleeping.
We know this because these different states have been researched and measured using electroencephalograms – EEGs for short. Our brainwaves produce an electrical impulse and, to trace it, sensors are placed on people's heads, connecting them to EEG monitors. A wavy line on a graph then reflects their changing levels of consciousness. As they relax, so does the line on the graph, which becomes softer and smoother the deeper they go.
The four main stages of consciousness
Beta: This is everyday consciousness. We're in a light beta state when we're doing a routine task that requires our attention but isn't too demanding. Medium beta would be when we're studying, or trying to fix something.
A more intense focus – trying to hurry through heavy traffic for example – will take us to higher levels of beta. This level can also bring feelings of stress and anxiety. The beta line on an EEG graph is shallow and spiky, like a choppy sea.
Alpha: This is more relaxed. We slip into a light alpha state easily and naturally when we're daydreaming, listening to music or staring out of the window. The EEG graph line has bigger and more rounded curves, which look like a peaceful rolling sea.
Meditation or regression will take us to deeper levels of alpha. When we get there, we're at the gateway to the subconscious. At this level we can access material that's normally hidden from the everyday mind.
Studies have shown that past-life information becomes available when brainwaves measure around 7 to 8 cycles per second – which is the medium-to-deep alpha state.
Theta: We pass through theta just before going to sleep and in the first moments of waking up. The deeper states of lucid dreaming, trance and visionary experiences become available at this level.
Delta: This is deep sleep. In delta, we can access higher consciousness directly, and may be out of the body altogether. When we return to lighter levels of consciousness, we have dreams translating those experiences. Dreams are vital to us. When deprived of dream sleep, people experience mental breakdown and eventually, death.
We move naturally between these four levels of consciousness all the time. Being able to do this is important for our psychological and physical health and wellbeing.
Editor's note: delve deeper into this topic - Discovering Your Past Lives Made Easy by Atasha Fyfe is out now.


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Season 2015
On this "BEST OF" edition of ONE Central Florida .A Historic 19th century steam train.
Best of 2015
A behind the scenes look at dolphin care and training at Marineland.
Dolphin Encounter
Ripley's, Trading Hope, 2nd Harvest...
From shrunken heads to pieces of the Berlin wall...you won't "believe" what's in this...
Ripley's, Trading Hope, 2nd Harvest...
Ride on a Central Florida attraction that takes you back in time...
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Dancing Happy, Motorcross, Boat Tour
In this edition, 12-year-old Georgia Berbaum founded an organization that...
Dancing Happy, Motorcross, Boat Tour
Vietnam Remembered, Venom, Cowboy Shooters
April 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the official end of the Vietnam War.
Vietnam Remembered, Venom, Cowboy Shooters
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Tangelo Park Transformation
On ONE Central Florida, pinball is making a comeback in the Sunshine State.


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Weird War Z Arrives!
I'm delighted to announce my Weird War Z rules based on the excellent Two Hour Wargames' reaction system are completed and ready for playtesting. And as my previous post shows, the models for this are coming along nicely.
However, the rules are nothing like the final result I had originally expected to write. Let me explain.
When I stumbled across Studio Miniatures' Die Verdammten, I was immediately hooked on the idea of an alternate weird war two setting for some Zombie wargaming. This seemed doubly fortuitous as I was at the time sourcing miniatures for All Things Zombie. 2014 was shaping up to be a very good year in my gaming history! It seemed an obvious choice to get some more miniatures (what a shame!) and simply play a second world war setting with the ATZ rules and simply add in the weapons profiles from NUTS! What could be simpler?
Famous last words.
The rules I have completed are an amalgamation of three sets produced by Two Hour Wargames. Chain Reaction 3.1, the original 2005 Origins Award winning All Things Zombie, and the 2005 edition of NUTS! Yes, 2005 was another very good year for my gaming!
How did this happen? Let me explain…
I'm a massive fan of the Two Hour Wargame reaction system. I came across them when I decided I wanted to play a more realistic game. I had been jaded by the IGO UGO mechanic that pervades most systems to this day. It didn't represent the ebb and flow of battle I had read about. I also wanted a system that took away the absolute command and control of many rule sets. This was why I really like the PIP system of DBA, DBM and their derivatives.
So when I found NUTS! I was immediately sold. So too was everyone I introduced to the game in the following months. Soon more and more THW rule sets were added to my collection.
Why then did this end up a mix of so many rulebooks?
Well, ATZ is all about surviving after the apocalypse has struck and the whole world has gone mad. Pockets of survivors try and eke out an existence in a world dominated by Zeds. Now, that's fantastic, but the game mechanics don't deliver a World War Two Setting when the apocalypse is only just beginning. It quickly became apparent that whilst I needed a lot of ATZ rules for, well…the Zombies, I needed more of the reaction system created in NUTS! Soldiers needed to act like soldiers in 1945 and not like 21st century survivors. So many of the rules that made it into WWZ are lifted right out of NUTS!.
But not all of them. Particularly when it came to damage. In NUTS! You basically only have a 1 in 6 chance of causing an Obviously Dead regardless of the Impact rating of the weapon. This will keep the game going and not in quite as bloody a manner as ATZ. Whilst this is good, if I allowed the Pop Goes the Weasel and special Shooting at Zombies rules into WWZ alongside the NUTS! Damage tables, it would clearly make it an awful lot easier to kill Zeds than any living troops. Which didn't sound either right or true to the horror genre itself. So to keep the Zed rules in, I had to make it easier to kill humans by allowing all the ATZ damage tables in. Admittedly this makes the game a lot more bloody, but that seems right for the setting. As I've said before, setting is everything!
Into this mix comes CR3.1, particularly in terms of post battle REP increase or decrease. I did this simply because I like the more streamlined approach it gives. There's less book keeping involved. Plus, the chance to detrimentally affect REP due to failure seemed to fit the atmosphere of this game too.
Another area of departure was the enemy reaction section. I didn't need PEF's (Possible Enemy Forces) as this rule was catered for by the In Sight rules for encountering terrain in NUTS! And whilst All Things Zombie gives all the necessary rules for determining the action of the Zeds in the game, it didn't explain how the various humans would react in the game.
I resolved this by adding in a number of new charts that reflected the actions of civilians, Volkssturm, Hitler Jugend, Volksgrenadiers and Heer Infantry dependant on the prior actions of the players and the varying proximity of Nazi Zeds. CR3.1 was a great help in pulling this section of my rules together.
So the final rules are something a lot more than adding a few NUTS! weapons lists to the ATZ rulebook. It's been great putting it together, seeing which worked best for my specific setting. Of course, the true test of the pudding is in the eating, and that means handing them over to my gaming group.
I'll let you know how it turns out when we get everything together to let us play it!
All that remains is for me to thank Ed Teixeira for creating such a wonderful set of rules I have been able to plunder to create my own.


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Fresno State was a great first trip for the Frosh pathway students. The students were able to work on team building skills like trust, perseverance and risk taking. The students also got to tour the FSU Business College and had a chance to talk with current business students at the University.
Frosh trip to Fresno State
September 16th, 2015
CSU Humbolt was in today to speak to our Frosh and Soph pathway students. CSU Humbolt has a beautiful campus and offers a large number of exciting degrees, internships and extra-curricular activities. Thank you for coming by today.
September 09th, 2015
Jennifer Solis from FAST Credit Union was in today to talk with our pathway students about Accounting processes of a credit union and the importance of being financially literate.
Business, Finance & Technology Pathway Students
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Whole Life Challenge
Good evening, bloggers. Tonight I shall inform you of what is ahead of me for the next 56 days: the
Whole Life Challenge
, which starts on 9/15. I am a member of my local
chapter, a fitness center which operates using a blended model of personal training and group classes. The work outs of the day (WODs) are high-intensity and focus on strength training, endurance, cardio, and flexibility. In other words: we pick up concrete stones, dead lift heavy shit, run/row/sprint, climb ropes, get all chalky, and generally fuck shit up. GRUNT.
My local affiliate, along with many others, is participating in the Whole Life Challenge - a social contest/game which involves participants keeping track of their "score" in maintaining different lifestyle areas. We can subtract points for "cheat" moments when we eat or drink a no-no item or slack on our daily physical activity. There is a scoreboard for the entire challenge and within my fitness group, so there's a definite competitive edge.
How did I become involved in such a challenge? Um, I'm still asking myself that, actually. If you're not familiar with CrossFit, they are huge proponents of the paleo diet, or - as some lovingly refer to it - the "caveman" diet. Lots of meat, eggs, fresh fruits & veggies - that's it. Oh, and some clarified butter (wtf?). So, obv's, my veganity often doesn't fit with the accepted model of nutrient choice. When the WLC was first advertised I thought "Hmm, a paleo challenge. Nope." and went skipping along. It wasn't until last week that a fellow veg*n athlete told me to check out the challenge's website information for vegetarians and vegans. So I did - and my curiosity grew from a spark into... well, a much larger spark.
Here is the general lowdown on the challenge:
8 weeks of daily recording of "points" earned.
Points are earned in different areas: 3 for diet, 1 for physical activity, 1 for stretching/mobilization, and 1 for an omega-3 supplement. Total of 6 points possible per day.
No grains or starches. Legumes and sweet potatoes are acceptable and veg*ns are permitted pseudograins: quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, and wild rice.
No corn or soy. Veg*ns are permitted fermented soy products: tempeh, miso, natto.
No sugar or natural/artificial sweeteners. Stevia is permitted.
No dairy (check!). Except butter is permitted... sigh.
No alcohol, soda, or juice. Lemon and lime juice accepted.
No artificial or processed ingredients or foods.
At least 10 minutes of anything that gets your heart pumpin'.
At least 10 minutes of stretching, yoga, or soft tissue work with rollers/balls.
Omega-3's: EPA & DHA:
Daily dose of these nutrients. The challenge recommends fish oil, yet recognizes veg*ns' option of algae-based omega-3's (which is where the fish get theirs, anyway, duh!). I'm using
Weekly chances to win bonus points by participating in weekly challenges or recording brief daily reflections.
Pre- and post-recording of a predetermined baseline workout plus body measurements.
Whew! Pretty intense, huh? Also, there are prizes for "winners", but it will definitely be more about the experience.
Some may be wondering: "So... just what the H are you supposed to eat?", but let's remember that this is the very question posed to vegans by many omnis. Of course, though, this was my first question to myself. No grains - at ALL? No soy?! My interest in this challenge can be best summarized by this quote from Danette Rivera, the vegan contributor on the website (follow WLC link at top of post for entire article):
"I also asked myself why I was so set on the notion that I could not survive without soy or grains. I don't necessarily subscribe to the isoflavones panic nor am I convinced by the hard pitch against brown rice, but if there are some reported cases where grains and soy causes inflammation or digestive irritation, why would I not use the challenge to explore this personally?"
My style of eating in the last few weeks can be summarized in two words: comfort and convenience. Due to stress and fatigue brought on by work and an increasingly demanding semester in my graduate program my diet has taken many hits lately. I have been seeking/craving creamy, carby, heavy comfort foods and have spent hardly any time in the kitchen preparing dishes with fresh fruits and vegetables. My growing interest in the challenge quickly transformed into excitement as I perused gf/sf vegan blogs, old, dusty cookbooks, and learned what the hell amaranth is. There's LOTS I can eat!
For starters, I'm going to dust off my Vita-Mix and put that bad boy to good use: fruit smoothies, green smoothies, veggie juices, dressings, sauces, soups, dips, hummus...
Is there anything healthier than a giant, nutrient-packed salad? The possibilities are endless with salad: toppings, dressings, protein add-ins, colors, textures, sweet/salty/tangy flavors...
The mighty avocado. Nature's answer to all cravings creamy and rich. Not only will these be enjoyed with salt & pepper (YUM), but also experimented with as chocolate mousse, dressings, and other possibilities.
And did I mention hummus? This will be an opportunity to perfect the homemade garbanzo dip.
My days will also include plenty of downward dog. And whatever this is called.
I can't end this blog post without mentioning the potentially triggering nature of this challenge for individuals who have dealt with disordered eating, like myself. The very nature of the challenge may mimic the obsessive and/or competitive (albeit mostly internally so) thoughts and behaviors of someone with disordered patterns and I would caution anyone who would consider participating in this challenge or any other like it deeply evaluate his or her motivation to do so. Personally, the notion that this experience could negatively affect my progress in this regard came as an afterthought. While evaluating my own motivation and excitement I took note of some recurring themes: My excitement was about the process, the challenge to experiment with new foods and old favorites in the kitchen, to see my
cholesterol levels
in the end, and to transform my
I am eager to see how much more healthy I can become - mind and body - as evidenced by the speed with which I can perform the baseline work out in the end, how many good habits I can retain, and how my energy and confidence will improve.
I hope you will follow me on this journey. There will be some experimental recipes & some returning favorites to showcase, as well as some new products to review. Also, the WLC will be taking place through the month of October -
Vegan MoFo
, bitches! So that means a potential for
It's going to be a great couple of months - how are YOU going to challenge yourself?
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Ravenel and Hollywood are small towns in Charleston County located about 10 and 20 minutes respectively south of Charleston along Highway 17. The area is largely rural with some very nice subdivisions scattered about the area. Hollywood and Ravenel are primarily residential communities for those who work in Charleston.
Points of interest are Champney's U-Pick Blueberry Farm, the Charleston County Caw Caw Interpretative Center, and the Plantation at Stono Ferry which includes beautiful homes, golfing and equestrian center. The nearby ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge Area.
As always, your thoughts, questions, or comments are greatly appreciated. Let me know if I can help with any of your Charleston SC real estate needs or questions.
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When Jacob Blackstone sees his former flame holding a baby with the Blackstone blond curls, the Southern millionaire knows the child is his. But why would down-on-her-luck bartender KC Gatlin keep Jacob's heir a secret? Now the bachelor who wanted a family on his own terms must rush to convince the fiercely protective beauty he's daddy material.
KC must tell Jacob the truth about why she kept his son from him or risk losing her beloved baby. When the gorgeous mill owner suggests a trial run at domesticity, she can't resist. But is true love part of this baby deal?
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KC Gatlin's Theme song: Stronger, Kelly Clarkson
Jacob "Jake" Blackstone's Theme song: Losing My Mind, Daughtry
Romantic Times Review, 4 stars
"KC Gatlin and Jacob Blackstone's scorching affair ended when Jacob's grandfather threatened to destroy her family. Now that the old man is dead, KC moves back home, knowing she needs to tell Jacob he has a son. Though he is livid when he finds out, Jacob comes to live with KC temporarily to help care for his child. He just needs to convince KC that he's serious about becoming a real family, while juggling the demands of a mining business that's being sabotaged from within. Jacob and KC have a number of issues to work through, both knowing that actions speak louder than words. Their tug-of-war for control is a front for complicated emotions and insecurities, but they come together with passion, honesty and trust."
Harlequin Junkie, 4 stars
"A well written second chance romance. Jacob Blackstone discovers he has a child and that the mother of his child has been keeping him a secret .Down-on-her-luck bartender KC Gatlin was involved with Jacob before she left town but now she is back with Jacob's son!
Now the bachelor who wanted a family on his own terms must rush to convince the fiercely protective beauty he's daddy material. KC must tell Jacob the truth about why she kept his son from him or risk losing her beloved baby. When the gorgeous mill owner suggests a trial run at domesticity, she can't resist. But is true love part of this baby deal?
I liked reading The Blackstone Heir by Dani Wade and it sure was enjoyable to see Jacob and KC come together once more ,this time forever. The best part of the story was that the story had a little bit of everything. Their love was not easy and they had to face some obstacles and clear a lot of things between them to move forward. Obstacles does not mean angst in this case and on a whole, it was a smooth story with some bumps on the way.
KC was an awesome mother and a great heroine because she was willing to stand up for her son and despite being down on her luck,she did not cower before the hero. Jacob was a likable hero and despite some of the faults he had, I loved him.The characters had an awesome chemistry and there was never a dull moment in their romance.
Overall, The Blackstone Heir by Dani Wade is for everyone who loves Harlequin Desire because it does not fail to deliver."
Chapter 1, Scene 1 ~~
"Hello, beautiful."
KC Gatlin heard the bell of a store door as she walked past on the sidewalk, but it simply registered as background noise. That voice, on the other hand, landed like a grenade on her senses. She could still hear the same words, the same deep sigh as she opened her door to him for the first time. Only this time he sounded not just sexy, but surprised.
Turning slowly, she found herself face-to-face with a man she had hoped not to see for many long, long months. The expectation was unrealistic, she knew, considering she once again lived in the same town as his family. The town he came home to visit often. His appearance now marked the approach of sure disaster, even as it brought into sharp focus how much she'd craved a glimpse of his tall runner's build and the unique blend of blonds in his close-cropped hair.
"Jacob Blackstone," she said, stalling while her brain struggled to come up with the flirty, easy responses for which she was known. They made her great tips as a waitress and bartender. But now, when she needed flippancy the most, it remained scarce. "What're you doing here?"
Stupid. There was a very logical reason why he would be here: to check on his invalid mother, Lily Blackstone, now that his grandfather was dead and his brother Aiden had moved home. KC had just hoped to catch a few months' breather before facing her past. Facing her mistakes.
"I mean, what are you doing on this end of town?" At least that question made sense. After all, Blackstone Manor was on the other side of Black Hills. But her fears, along with the steady, sober gaze of her former lover, had her brains whisked around like scrambled eggs. She had to get a handle on the panic jangling along her nerves.
He held up a small shopping bag. "Bandages. I needed to pick some up on my way home from work."
"Are you hurt—wait, home from work?" She tilted her head back for a better view of Jacob's face. She'd loved his height when they were together; how it sheltered her, protected her. Too bad that feeling of security had been nothing but an illusion.
"Yes, from the mill." He didn't look away, his gorgeous amber eyes with their unusual swirl of dark chocolate boring into her. She wanted a break from his unrelenting stare…and paradoxically wished she could bask in his attention. While her reactions ricocheted inside her, he went on, "I guess you haven't been home long enough to hear the news?" His voice rose at the end in a question, along with his brow.
"I guess not. I just moved back this week." Her stomach slowly turned over. Once. Then again. Why had her family not told her before she came home? The answer was obvious: they wanted her here, with them. She might never have returned if she'd known Jacob was now a permanent resident of Black Hills again.
She and Jacob had met on a plane to Black Hills—she'd been coming home from visiting her aunt in Seattle and had made a connecting flight in Philadelphia, where Jacob had been flying from to check on his mother. They'd seen each other every time he'd come to town since. Then reality had caught up with her in the threats of Jacob's grandfather and she'd gone to live with her aunt. A world away from this fascinating man and what they'd shared together.
She'd thought returning to her family would be safe now that James Blackstone was dead and gone. His threats to take away the livelihood of three single women unable to defend themselves—and a lifetime of proof that he'd do it—would finally be over. She'd known she would have to handle Jacob eventually, but had hoped to have more time. Much more.
She had a feeling he was about to burst her bubble.
"I've moved back to Black Hills to help Aiden run the mill. He has to split his time between here and New York, and with all the problems at the mill, we wanted a fulltime presence."
"Yes, I heard that there were some odd things happening over there," she murmured. Full-time? The Lord must be punishing her for the secrets she kept.
Speaking of secrets… She tilted her head to the side as unobtrusively as possible to get a glimpse of the sidewalk behind Jacob. Her mother and grandmother were due to come out of the general store any minute. While she knew she had to talk to Jacob soon, she would prefer not to do it on the sidewalk in front of Parson's Pharmacy with the whole town looking on.
At least she had one thing going for her: Main Street was lined with miniature Bradford pear trees that would keep any busybodies from getting a clear view from the surrounding stores. In late spring, they were packed with white blooms that afforded even more privacy. Maybe no one would see more than just two neighbors greeting each other.
If she caused a scene on the sidewalk, Jacob would probably have a conniption. Months of him not taking her anywhere in public in Black Hills had taught her that much.
In the year they'd dated, Jacob had never introduced her to his family, never taken her out on a date. They'd spent evenings at her house, cooking, watching movies and making love before he went home to Philadelphia. She'd gone to visit his apartment there once, hoping to learn more about the city he loved enough to leave his family behind. Maybe a little about his work as the head of a large manufacturing company. But they'd never made it out of the apartment. KC had craved a real love all her life, after being abandoned over and over again as a child. Jacob wasn't looking for love… Still, she'd wanted him, so she'd forced herself not to need more from him.
His actions had made it obvious he wasn't interested in a long-term relationship, so she'd ignored her secret yearning for more. She'd been too afraid of losing him to insist. Responsible, steady guys usually didn't look at her twice—after all, she worked in a bar. But it wasn't just his incredible looks, smart, confident attitude or how good he'd been at rocking her world. Until she'd disappeared, Jacob had been attentive, caring and sexy—everything she'd ever wanted. But never committed—which was the one thing she'd needed him to be.
"Waiting for someone?" Jacob asked, folding his arms across his chest.
Oh, how she remembered that stance. He mostly resorted to it when he was disapproving or uncertain and didn't want anyone to know it. She'd jokingly called it his Dom stance, though Jacob didn't need power games to keep the bedroom interesting. His tightened muscles and locked legs exuded a commanding aura that sent shivers down her spine. Jake had strength in spades, but she hadn't trusted him to use it for her, to keep her. Her childhood had taught her it wouldn't happen.
She must have gotten lost in her thoughts, because Jacob bent closer, looming over her. "A new man, perhaps?"
A man? She'd thought she could be happily done with the whole species for quite a while, until today. Jacob Blackstone had jump-started her tingling all over again. That intense gaze sent her heart racing and mouth watering. "Um, actually, my mom is on her way. Just checking for her, that's all."
Wow, this was so far from her usual easy conversations that she felt as if her secret was screaming from her guilty heart. Still, she could use his assumptions to her advantage.
"But yes, I do have a new man in my life." Jacob didn't need to know in what capacity after all. Anything to keep him at arm's length as long as possible.
"Is that why you changed your number…after refusing to answer your phone for weeks?"
Whoa. Not the direction she'd anticipated. But then, Jacob Blackstone had never failed to surprise her. There were whole areas of his life she knew absolutely nothing about.
"Look, Jacob, I'm really sorry. That was very bad of me." But she'd been carrying a heavy load with no idea what direction to go. A reason, not an excuse. She'd finally run far away, only returning once James Blackstone was dead. If she'd known Jacob would return, too—but no. Keeping secrets from him forever wasn't fair. She simply needed time. Time that was now draining away with the speed of sand in an hourglass.
"I just want to know why," he said, toned shoulder muscles flexing beneath his dress shirt. How did a CEO maintain such incredible physique…and stamina? She had to remind herself that it hadn't been enough, that she needed a man who would fight for her, no matter what anyone else thought.
"Did you think I couldn't handle the news that you wanted to break it off?" he asked.
"I… " Across the street, KC noticed a group of familiar women strolling down the sidewalk. Black Hills was a relatively small town. Everyone knew most everyone else.
Standing on Main Street talking with Jacob was the equivalent of standing on a stage. She needed to escape before someone started paying attention—
Or her mother and grandmother made an appearance.
"I just… Well, I didn't know how to tell you I wasn't interested anymore, actually." Clunky, but the truth. Knowing she'd chosen the cowardly way out, she still forced herself to sidestep him, then back away. "And you never seemed to want to deal with any deeper stuff, so…really, Jake, I'm just, well, sorry."
Then she turned and walked away, praying she could sidetrack her mother and grandmother before they proceeded to parade her baby down Main Street. She couldn't let Jacob learn about his son that way. Because he'd take one look and realize the main reason why she'd disappeared, if not the whole truth. As much as his arm's-length attitude had confused her, he didn't deserve that.
Which meant instead of the months she'd convinced herself she had to introduce Jacob to his son, she only had a matter of days. And she probably needed to figure out how to do that sooner rather than later.


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Steve Clemons is a very sharp guy, so I found his reactions to the debate tonight to be a little strange. Let me clarify: I sympathize with a lot of his reactions, but I don't know why a progressive realist thought he was going to hear things from Obama that would please him. His frustration with Obama sounding like "McCain-lite" is understandable (even if this is nothing new about Obama), and I suppose I have shared this same frustration for over a year. My fruitless crusade against the Obamacon delusion has been founded on the conviction that Obama's foreign policy views are staggeringly conventional and in agreement with neoconservatism more than not. Still, I sometimes wonder what his admirers among foreign policy thinkers expect him to say that causes them such displeasure when he restates positions he has held for months and years.
One of the things that critics of Obama on the left seem to be complaining about tonight is how imitative of McCain on foreign policy he was, but what else was he going to do? It's not as if he was ever a contender for Dennis Kucinich voters, so why would he start talking like Kucinich? Maybe it helps that I concluded that Obama was a hawkish interventionist a long time ago, so none of this disturbs me any longer. It is what it is. I have found the small consolation that he is at least a slightly more cautious hawkish interventionist, so that's something. Some of his progressive admirers still seem to bristle when he states positions on Iran, Russia or Palestine that he has more or less always held since entering the Senate.
For instance, Clemons says:
It turns my stomach that Obama is defending Saakashvili.
Yes! I have the same feeling whenever anyone defends Saakashvili, but that is what will happen when you insist on a MAP for Georgia and your running mate is chummy with old Misha. Of course neither candidate will acknowledge that the Georgians escalated the conflict. The establishment is foursquare behind NATO expansion, "democratic" solidarity and standing up to Putin, and perhaps no one more so than Obama's running mate. The electoral calculation behind this position seems to be that there are not enough ethnic Russian-Americans in this country who will take anti-Russian posturing ill, so there is basically no political downside to railing against Russian perfidy.
Democrats probably have even less incentive to minimize their anti-Russianism because a lot of the ethnic Russians who are here, including immigrants and second- and third-generation Americans, seem to favor the Democrats anyway for a number of other reasons. Yes, it is unfortunate that Obama felt compelled to back away from his original statement on Georgia that called for restraint on both sides, since restraint on both sides is necessary to end a conflict. McCain wouldn't know much about ending conflicts, though, since starting them is more his area of interest. Even so, the candidate who backed the bombardment of Lebanon is someone who is either susceptible to pressure or already inclined to backing hawkish policies in many parts of the world.
Add Clemons to the small list of Obama supporters who thought McCain prevailed in the debate. However, even here I think his high expectations for Obama (" I thought Obama would trounce McCain") made Obama's performance, which I think was far and away his best debate performance all year, seem worse than it was. If there was anything wrong with Obama's performance, it was that he holds foreign policy views that are so close to McCain's on issue after issue that it will often sound to an audience as if Obama is always submitting to McCain's will. What really happened in the debate, though, was that Obama was gracious enough to acknowledge when he and McCain agreed and McCain was disrespectful and contemptuous throughout despite the remarkable convergence of their positions on the U.S. role overseas.
Of course, that is imperative for McCain. If he cannot scare the public into thinking that Obama is a lightweight McGovernite who loves dictators, he has absolutely nothing left to offer as an alternative. Obama has already locked himself into a certain set of hawkish positions, and there is now little advantage in becoming less hawkish. He has already changed enough positions for one year, and if there is one constant it is that Obama never changes his views to adopt a more anti-establishmentarian or marginal position. As long as people keep perpetuating the idea, or the hope, that he is some kind of dove who represents some significantly different vision of America's role in the world there will continue to be this shock and dismay when he restates the views he has held all along. Meanwhile, it will be possible for McCain and his backers to frame Obama as copying and following McCain, when the unfortunate truth is that Obama came to many of these terrible positions all on his own long before the election season.


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Standard Range ATV 1.5 x 1.26 Tipping Off Road Box Trailer with Cage
Standard Range
$1200.00 inclusive of GST
Standard Range ATV 1.5 x 1.26 Off Road Tipping Box Trailer (1500mm x 1260mm) with cage.
- 70 x 50mm main chassis Chassis.
- 70 x 50 x 3mm drawbar.
- Wind up Jockey Wheel, galvanized and fitted with grease nipple.
- Rear tail gates both folding down.
- Fitted with Turf Tyres.
- Internal deck size is 1500mm x 1260mm.
- Tie down rails around the out side of the tray.
- Fitted with a 800mm cage( from the deck) opening at the rear only
- The deck is full tipping for easy unloading.
- GVM of 600 Kgs.
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Our purpose is to live the Way of Jesus by:
- caring for one another and the stranger,
- welcoming all who are searching for spiritual meaning,
- putting our spirituality into action through working, praying, and giving, and
- restoring people to healthy relationships with God and each other.
We are an inclusive community that celebrates the many ways God has made us. Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, we recognize you as a child of God and invite you to participate in our worship. As part of the Episcopal Church, our central act of worship is the Holy Eucharist, which enables us to participate most deeply in God's love for us, as we experience it in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
We are a faith-based Christian community and find unity through the Book of Common Prayer and the Creeds we affirm together in worship. These are shared with all who come to worship with us.
Though it is common for many churches to list core beliefs as a matter of fact, we find that this approach does not really fit our faith community. Beliefs can easily be misunderstood and are oftentimes not well-received by people who are unfamiliar with them. People ask, "do I need to agree with "X, Y and Z" before walking through the door?" That's a good question. "Can people belong to the same faith community and have varying beliefs?" For us, the answer to the second question is "yes". Many people are approaching Christianity for the first time. Instead of coming to us with strongly held personal convictions, they are making a spiritual journey of discovery.
At Saint Thomas, we've decided to meet people on that journey and provide them a place where they can safely express doubt, ask questions, agree and disagree, and have an opportunity to grow into the Christian faith. We view faith and beliefs as a formative process. We invite people, like Jesus did, to come and experience Christianity. This is done through developing spiritual practices, teaching, learning, and sharing fellowship with one another. People will come to their own conclusions through these experiences. What we find is that we encounter one another and Jesus Christ in a wonderful way. Through our interactions, we grow together.
In late 2018, after over 18 months of work on the Dream Project by the entire parish community under the leadership of the Discipleship Strategy Group, followed by a vestry mini-retreat, St. Thomas was grateful and excited to unveil our beautiful new mission statement:
St. Thomas is joyfully on the way!
We are becoming whom Jesus calls us to be:
a spiritually-centered community
dedicated to creating connections
with God, each other, and our neighbors,
so that we might walk together with love
toward justice, compassion, and hope.
In addition to our parish mission, The Episcopal Church of the United States has embraced the Anglican Communion's Five Marks of Mission:
- The Mission of the Church Is the Mission of Christ
- To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom
- To teach, baptize and nurture new believers
- To respond to human need by loving service
- To seek to transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and to pursue peace and reconciliation
- To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth
– Mark 12:29-30; 31 (New Revised Standard Version)
– John 13:34-35 (New Revised Standard Version)
– Matthew 5:43-45 (New Revised Standard Version)
In Jesus' commandments, we find that our most esteemed value is to love, beginning with "our Lord our God", extending to ourselves and to those around us, even those who challenge us. These are our greatest commands and everything stems from them. These commandments form the basis of our faith, guiding our beliefs, mission and values. They are embodied in our Baptismal Covenant, the commitment we freely make to join the faith community.


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Since 1981, the Oncology Nursing Foundation Congress scholarships have supported registered nurses interested in improving cancer care by developing their personal knowledge and sharing this new knowledge with others as a result of attending Congress.
In 2019, the Oncology Nursing Foundation awarded more than $120,000 in Congress scholarships. Subsequently, more than 100 nurses were sent to the ONS 44th Annual Congress in Anaheim, CA.
Recipients will receive an educational grant for up to $1,200 to apply toward ONS Congress registration, travel to and from Congress, and per diem Congress expenses. All Foundation awards, grants, and scholarships are based on funding availability. The deadline to apply for The Oncology Nursing Foundation scholarships for the ONS 45th Annual Congress was December 1, 2019.
Throughout the year, the Foundation organizes review teams for various Foundation awards. No experience is required, but assignments are made based on the volunteer's demographic information which will match the purpose and eligibility qualifications to those who apply for the scholarships
Applications are reviewed online. Internet access and a computer are necessary for the review process.
Click below to discover who went to the ONS 44th Annual Congress in Anaheim, CA through a Foundation scholarship.
Janyce Sguassabia Oliveira, Salvador
Anna Choquette, Raleigh, NC
Samantha Nafziger, Tomball, TX
Melissa Farney, Swartz Creek, MI
Korinne Ashlock, Goodyear, AZ
Regina Danielle Baldwin, Greensboro, NC
Beverly Balthaser, Charleston, SCCarrie Belmore, Suwanee, GA
Lynnette Bird, Federal Way, WA
Sabrenna Bourque, Marysville, OH
Amanda Box, Atlanta, GA
Caitlin M. Brecklin, Butler, WI
Jordan Briggs, Issaquah, WA
Aida Brito, Hillside, NJ
Christin Brown, Columbus, OH
Grace Campbell, Allison Park, PA
Cindy Cao, Brookline, MA
Carol Carter, Flowery Branch, GA
Sandra Case, Louisburg, NC
Janie D. Charamuga, Sacramento, CA
Suzanne Chasse Davis, Kenduskeag, ME
Nerissa Cheng, Gahanna, OH
StacyAnn Crawley, Burlington, WI
Stephanie Dailey, Surprise, AZ
Rebecca Damron, Winston-Salem, NC
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Joecelyn Densing, Encino, CA
Myrline Desormeau, Pawtucket, RI
Sarah Donnell, Marshall, WI
Sylvia S. Estrada, Alhambra, CA
Nicole Evans, Grove City, OH
Whitney Farowich, Seattle, WA
Crystal Fleischhacker, New London, MN
Jenna M. Forsythe, Fair Lawn, NJ
Daphne Fratis, Marysville, CA
Taylor Fusto, Atlanta, GA
Carolyn Goldstein, Chicago, IL
Julie Hamilton, Simpsonville, SC
Amber Hammer, Raleigh, NC
Laura Haskins, Ann Arbor, MI
Meghan J. Hession, Amesbury, MA
Marisa High, Simpsonville, SC
Jacqueline Howland, Schenectady, NY
Cindy Jeffers, Columbus, OH
Tamika Johnson, Gainesville, GA
Becky Jones, Medina, OH
Stephanie Jones, Austin, TX
Lisa Kohanski, Euclid, OH
Shelly Lac, Reno, NV
Nadine Lagangan, San Antonio, TX
Jongwon Lee, Albuquerque, NM
Yufen Lin, Durham, NC
Magda Louis-Juste, Mirebalais, HT
Samara B. Lucas, Northridge, CA
Meghan Lundvall, Cody, WY
Raymund Kernell Mañago, Mandaluyong, Philippines
Laiken Matlock, Lubbock, TX
Katherine Matza, Pacifica, CA
Kerry McLaughlin, Lima, NY
Shae, McLin, Port Vincent, LA
Laresa Meadows, Brighton, MA
Christine Miller, Turnersville, NJ
Anne Miller, Olmsted Falls, OH
Shavonda Neal, Powell, OH
Timiya Nolan, Dublin, OH
Lisa O'Connell, Charlton, MA
Shannon O'Leary, Rochester, NY
Sandy Page, Midlothian, TX
Katrina Parkhurst, Townsend, MA
Jennifer Paxton, Atlanta, GA
Allison Perrine, Fairfield, WA
Heather Pruim, Manhattan, IL
Alyson Quinn, West Boylston, MA
Chelsea Lee Richardson, Charleston, SC
Gabriela Rodriguez, Joliet, IL
Natalie Rua, Norfolk, VA
Deborah Anne Ryan, Portland, OR
Jill Sable, Atlanta, GA
Angela Scholl, Garner, NC
Megha Shah, Hoffman Estates, IL
Tara Denise Sigidi, Brooklyn, NY
Beverly Sloan, Hamburg, PA
Sarah Smith, Minneapolis, MN
Sandy Sonnessa, Wake Forest, NC
Julie Space, Erie, PA
Teresa Steklac, Chelsea, MI
Julie Strohminger, Centerville, OH
Rebecca Swanson, Thomasville, NC
Kylie Elizabeth Thews, Appleton, WI
Lisa VanWormer, Delanson, NY
Deborah Kirk Walker, Hamersley, WA
Tiffany Whetzel, Ransom Canyon, TX
Corinne L. White, Lake Hiawatha, NJ
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Trollcon/2012/Call for Participation/en
Trolls. For some, they are funny; others are annoyed by them. Some can enjoy some good trolling, others are embarressed. Trolling can be destructive, but it is also a creative process, which emphasises mistakes and misunderstandings, and helps accelerate the development of our society.
This duality gives us the reason to take a more detailed look at the phenomenon of trolling. That's why the Mannheim hackerspace RaumZeitLabor wants to invite you to the first international Trollcon, in Mannheim. For two days, we will take a look at open questions surrounding the trolls, such as: Are trolls allowed to do anything? Where does trolling end, and destructive behaviour start? Is the something like ethics for trolls?
The hackerspace RaumZeitLabor is the ideal location for this conference, as many of its creative members have been engaged in very different fields of trolling research. A large number of events and activities, started by our members, have been getting attention throughout the region and beyond.
We are honoured to have a keynote by the well-known researcher Stefan Krappitz, who wrote his diploma research paper on the topic of 'troll culture'.
If you want to participate and share your creative and insightful talk at our conference, feel free to send your topic and an interesting abstract, as well as some information about yourself in our submission system before September 10th. We will get back to you until September 15th and let you know if your entry got accepted.
Trollcon will take place in the rooms of the Mannheim hackerspace RaumZeitLabor. Participation is free, as we hope to finance the event with donations.


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Portfolio reviews have been an interesting question to me. They show how creative executives are so well insulated for the most part that you have to maximize your possibilities to being heard by dropping some cash and a weekend just for the opportunity to meet them. It's business speed dating with the greater sense of desperation.
The thing is, you're going to have to drop cash to meet these people anyway. There's yourself or by proxy cold-calling, emailing, sending promos, etc. to possibly get through the barrier. They're getting bombarded daily by people who like money just as much as me… Hell, probably even more. It's the equivalent of my spam folder and the digital Everest of sexual stimulation drugs that stain it.
Anyway, I've done two reviews thus far. What I've seen from them
is an instant rise to billions of dollars is that most of the people recall me, frequently by name and works, when I come across them in other situations. It's important once you meet with these professionals to use the momentum in attempting to communicate with others as well as utilizing the understanding of tone that you might have gathered about that individual and their company. I ran into one lady at a huge agency who came up to me, gave me a hug, and said that she had received my email but will get to it within the next few weeks. That came without any prompting from me. Sometimes things take a long time for the results you want.
The cost of doing business…


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Our fifth volume, Earth, is inspired by the place we all call home. Earth presents a collection of journeys and happenings from all corners of the globe with the core ambition to inspire and encourage a positive narrative around our planet and its future. We are slowing waking up to the severe reality of the climate crisis that falls on us to make change. In the earth issue we celebrate ordinary people across the world doing extraordinary things.
Earth takes inspiration from the four elements - earth, air, fire and water. After a tsunami hit Sri Lanka in 2004 many locals developed a deep-rooted fear of the ocean. We speak to Sea Sisters who, through surfing, help women to reclaim the ocean as a safe space and reconnect to their environment. To gain an insight into the complexities of renewable power, we interview a sharp all-female collective working in the thriving wind energy sector in Denmark. Closer to home in the UK, we catch up with an inspirational businesswoman who founded a candle business after a traumatic event forced them choose positivity and light as the way forward. Finally spoke to business owner who, after being born and raised in the UK, decided to up-sticks and build her own sustainable home, vegan restaurant and detox ministry in the Jamaican countryside.
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