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Job description
The Attractions Attendant may work in any number of Attractions at Great Wolf Lodge, including but not limited to the Arcade, Ropes Course, MagiQuest, Moonstone Mine sluice, Bowling, Rock Wall other attractions within the Family Entertainment Center. Attractions Attendants ensure customer safety and satisfaction while participating in Attractions entertainment.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Communicates with guests for transactions, to process registration and complete orders.
- Educates guests on the Ropes Course, Rock Wall and other physical experiences, proper technique and use of equipment, and safety guidelines
- Educates guests on game play and wand operation for MagiQuest
- Maintains the daily operation of the MagiQuest game; documents and/or escalates any game operation or effects issues to Retail Manager on Duty
- Perform preventative maintenance and minor troubleshooting of equipment to ensure customer satisfaction
- Ensure the daily operation of the attraction adheres to operating procedure guidelines
- Outfits participants with correct safety equipment, makes adjustments, and properly attaches equipment
- Inspects all safety equipment to ensure proper function
- Ability to assess and assist in possible emergency situations and help scared participants
- Ensures the daily operation adheres to operating procedure guidelines
- Provides outstanding customer service and engages in suggestive selling
- Assists in merchandising functions including display and store design, inventory receiving, stocking, and merchandise pricing
- Performs cash-handling functions, including point-of-sale (POS) system, registers, and daily reporting
- Ensures attraction adheres to the highest standards of cleanliness, presentation, and service
- To work on the Ropes Course, candidates must successfully complete ropes course and annual training covering operating procedures and technical competencies
- Assists in other retail outlets/attractions as needed
Basic Qualifications & Skills
- Must be 18 years or older to work the Ropes Course; 16 years or older to work in other Attractions areas
- Some High School education or equivalent
- Must be comfortable being at heights of 30 feet or more for extended periods of time
- Flexibility regarding scheduling based on business demands
- Experience utilizing basic math skills with ability to add, subtract multiply and divide
- Proven customer service skills and communication skills; able to read and interpret English language manuals relating to safety, operations, and procedures
- Successful completion of a criminal background check and drug screen
Desired Qualifications & Traits
- Previous experience demonstrating strong customer service
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize a variety of tasks with minimal direction
- Previous experience with cash transactions and Point of Sale systems
- Proven teamwork skills
- Enthusiastic and energetic
- Comfortable working in varying weather conditions
Physical Requirements
- Ability to lift up to 30 lbs.
- Able to sit and/or stand for long periods of time and climb multiple flights of stairs multiple times daily
- Ability to bend, twist, and stretch
- Ability to work in a loud environment with flashing lights
- Capable of fully extending arms overhead
- Dexterity to pinch/squeeze with force
- Candidates with a history of neck, back, shoulder, wrist, arm, and/or knee injuries may have difficulty with this position
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $15.00 per hour
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Bloomington, MN 55425: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Preferred)
- Night Shift (Preferred)
Work Location: One location
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By Shadrack Nyakoe
Leaders from various political groups have censured Mp for Kapseret Oscar Sudi and Jonathan Ng'eno of Emurrua Dikkir for uttering unprintable epithets on former First Lady Mama Ngina persona.
Kenya Africa National National(KANU) leaders have threatened to throw out Ng'eno's membership lest he comes out to apologize.
Imenti Central Mp Gideon Mwiti has categorically warned MPs against disrespecting president Uhuru Kenyatta.
He said that politicians must not let raw emotions destroy the national fabric.
Politician Stanley Livondo popularly known as 'Money Bag' has called Jubilee party to expel Sudi from the party and Dp. William Ruto to resign following his open defiance to the head of state.
"We have noted that Ruto has been traversing the country making utterances that amounts to threats and ridicule to the president. We are two years to general elections and can't sit back watch our country slide back to the brink of precipice in 2007/2008," said Livondo.
Nairobi women leaders led by nominated member of county assembly Catherine Okoth and Mary Alivisa want Sudi and Ng'eno to apologize to Mama Ngina and the president.
They said it's illiteracy and ignorance that would lead a man to insult women.
They wanted to be respected as women also.
"Granted, we are in a heated politicasl crucible, but this is no excuse for some Kenyans to exceed the boundaries of decency in their attempt to score points against perceived political opponents real or imagined," said Alivisa.
The women urged for restraint and temperance in political discourse and Kenyan politics not to degenerate into an abyss of cacophonous.
Sudi stood his ground this week not ready to apologize as he purports he spoke reality of the situation.
Ng'eno was arrested on Monday in court and arraigned in Nakuru Law courts charged of two hate speech counts.
He was yesterday released on one million cash bail with an alternative of two million bond as the case will be heard on 12th October 2020.


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Our classes are available "instructor-lead" in a classroom setting and "online" too.
Depending on the class and state/court jurisdiction requirements, you may not have an online option available. BEFORE YOU PAY for any class online, with any provider, confirm with us [or the court] if an "online option" certificate is accepted. More and more Judges are requiring in-person classroom attendance for "traffic school" classes, anger management and co-parenting/family stabilization classes. Just because a class is offered "online", does NOT mean that the certificate will be accepted by YOUR Judge. All weapons training, prep for Florida Real Estate license exams, the GC test-prep and financial services/insurance/securities classes are only available "in person" at our Tampa location.
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Greeneville in Greene County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Ellen "Nelly" VanVactor
Free Black Female Landowner
Ellen "Nelly" VanVactor was one of the first free women of color to own real estate in Greeneville. Throughout Tennessee, there were few landowners of her race and gender prior to 1830. Born a slave in Virginia in 1780, Nelly arrived here in 1818 with Benjamin VanVactor as well as her children. Benjamin's housekeeper, Nelly inherited his estate in 1822, by which time she had been freed. She bought her first real estate the following year. By 1837 she owned six town lots.
Nelly and her family lived on the northwest corner of Summer and Irish streets. Her daughter, Erie, and Erie's two sons were emancipated in 1822. Nelly's son, Alfred VanVactor Thompson, was born free in 1818. Well educated, he was trained as a tailor by Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), who later became the seventeenth president of the United States. Alfred emigrated to Liberia in 1842, subsequently returning to the U.S. and becoming a successful Ohio tailor. Nelly lived in Greenville until 1856.
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 1C 93.)
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Location. 36° 9.905′ N, 82° 49.789′ W. Marker is in Greeneville, Tennessee, in Greene County. Marker is on N. Main Street (U.S. 321), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Greeneville TN 37745, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Big Spring (a few steps from this marker); Robert Kerr (within shouting distance of this marker); Greeneville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Greenville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Capitol of State of Franklin (about 500 feet away); Death of John Morgan (about 500 feet away); General Morgan Inn (about 500 feet away); Andrew Johnson (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greeneville.
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So you've created your views in Drupal. You supposed that they would bring you calmness into peaceful life. And then you get a new request from your customer -- I want these views to be rendered inside tabs, I want them ten or more per page, and I want them to load dynamically. If you're not a stunned Drupal-only developer, but just a normal guy or gal with a pile of development knowledge, you'll probably try to render your view programmatically using views_embed_view() or similar, then return it to the client side, which is after all some jQuery .click() event with a .post(), and you'll hope for the best.
We minimize users interaction.
Unfortunately we still find today a lot of weird web forms. How often do you find these annoying date input fields, where you see a plain text box with a nice example text explaining you the correct format, e.g. dd-mm-yyyy or such?
So you thought Google Chrome is almost perfect, bullet-proof, iz-da-browser, and, what say you? Sure, it would be unfair, almost untrue to claim the opposite, however, there is a neat bug, and you could argue that it's not a bug but a feature, and I could argue back, and... you got it.
But since the people who wrote the Chrome are from Venus and Mars, just like you and me, their main belief is that user's experience should be comfortable, easy, and fun. You could think that I'm getting paid for this implicit advertisement, but I'm not. What they did to Chrome is this: they taught him to automatically fix errors that a programmer presumably created. And since they're awesome, all this error fixing is of course super fast, it's realtime.
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Some patience is required to successfully install the Redmine. But some people are just like me - don't have it, especially when doing something for fun on their free time. If you encountered similar issues (and probably you did, if you googled for this article) - read next on how easily this can be fixed.
Contemporary web technology is rapidly evolving together with the demand for online services and more attractive, more functional and faster websites are born. Some fifteen years ago, when the old yahoo.com looked approximately like most of the websites, and people were uneasy with the noisy sound of connecting modems, most of the websites were less interesting than they are now. Because today, it's even hard to find a website, where you will see "Under Construction" message with the same digging dude everywhere - a common practice in those times (why declaring that something is broken or not fully working?). But now everything virtually physical is available through the Internet - information services like news are easily accessed, every respectful business will happily provide all available data about their products and happily supply goods on your buying-request or will provide any relevant information. In this reality the competition dictates it's own rules, and so the web technologies with qualified professionals and the demand for them -- all together evolve. With the growing demand grows the supply too. There are plenty of tools for web development, both free and non-free. There are lots of amazing designers, and plenty of charismatic salespeople who will promise you exactly what you want and/or need in exactly the right time, and if you'll buy it right now you'll get a "WOW" discount. All of that good stuff looks like the direct relation of the amount of money or professional time spent on the website, which is an indispensable service just like Bill Gates promised many years ago. How does one choose the right people, and the right technology when there is a plethora of them? How one doesn't get lost in the completely foreign world? The short answer would probably be - you'll need some map that you can understand and trust and you won't be lost. In this article, I'm going to start outlining such a map.


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Danfulani reportedly tears Prof Ango Abdullahi apart in a letter to Governor El-Rufai
- As Nigeria continues to face tension over the quit notice handed the Igbos in the north, Dr John Danfulani is making several demands from Governor Nasir EL-Rufai
- Danfulani, the chairman of the Centrum Initiative for Development and Fundamental Rights Advocacy, also tongue-lashed Ango Abdullahi
- He further reminded Governor Nasir El-Rufai about the alleged shoddy way the issue of herdsmen was handled in Kaduna state
The chairman of the Centrum Initiative for Development and Fundamental Rights Advocacy (CEDRA), Dr John Danfulani, has asked Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state to prove his impartiality by ensuring the arrest of Professor Ango Abdullahi and others supporting the quit notice to Igbo people in the north.
Legit.ng reports that Professor Ango Abdullahi declared his support for the quit notice issued the Igbo people by some northern youths recently.
Though, Governor El-Rufai had recently ordered the arrest of the groups that issued the three-month ultimatum to the Igbo people, there are beliefs that his instruction had not been carried out.
In a letter to Governor El-Rufai on Saturday, June 10, Danfulani, a former lecturer of Kaduna state university recalled how the coalition met at Arewa House "and reeled an illegal, morally bankrupt and politically suicidal ultimatum directing Ndigbos living in Northern Nigeria to relocate to their states of origin. They promised dire consequences for any Ndigbo that ignore their deadly directive."
Read a major part of the lengthy letter below:
On Wednesday the 7th of June 2017 you repudiated and nullified their 6th June 2017 ultimatum and directed security agencies to trail, nap and prosecute them for using Kaduna state as an assembly plan and launching pad of their felonious project. Your position was fully supported by other northern governors.
A day after your rebuttal, arrest, and prosecute directive, the miscreants and apostles of doom resurfaced and reinforced their 6th June 2017 position and unabashedly lambasted you and your other colleagues that distanced themselves and their people from their doomsday ultimatum.
READ ALSO: Northern Elders Forum backs quit notice issued by northern youths
As all men and women of pure conscience, goodwill, and peace were condemning the infamous quit notice to Ndigbos, on Friday 9th June 2017, Prof Ango Abdullahi, a village head in Zazzau Emirate of Kaduna state - a veteran nepotist, a first class irredentist, a regional warlord, and a confused ethnic-supremacist, used the platform of Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and supported the evangelists of destruction of peace and unity of Nigeria.
After Prof Ango Abdullahi's unwarranted gibberish, the secretary-general of NEF, Dr Paul Unongo distilled the air by asserting in unambiguous terms that the gerontocratic regional champion and ethnic-supremacist has no mandate to speak for their group. From Dr Unongo's statement, there is no second guessing that the District Head didn't speak on behalf of the conclave of self anointed northern Nigeria elders.
Dr Unongo's declaration suggests that Prof Abdullahi is an imposter that illegally used the platform of esteemed club of NEF to support a felonious and morally bankrupt ultimatum. Therefore, Prof Abdullahi is their comrade-in-crime, his name must be included in the list of those to face arrest and prosecution. And the old Prof should be in the net with immediate alacrity.
After reading your resolved of 7th June 2017 we wrote a commendation letter to you and encouraged you to walk your talk to deter others nursing the ambition of hatching events that will trigger another civil war in Nigeria. Since then, we have glued our eyes to news bars and pay attention to electronic media without hearing the news of any arrest, let alone prosecution of these jackals of disunity.
Effecting arrest of these people shouldn't be a Herculean task, for obvious reasons. First, somebody with a specific address applied for the venue of the event. Second, somebody approved and received payment for the usage of the venue. Third, somebody gave somebody the key to the venue of their meeting. Four, the same process unfolded when they addressed another press conference that reinforced their earlier position. Some radio and television stations even conducted interviews with them via the telephone. With these multiple leads and footprints, arresting them should be a matter of minutes or hours not days. Thus, we are struggling to know why they are still walking free.
Mr Governor, we are entertaining this fear because of what happened in the cases of Audu Maikori/Luka Biniyet (in February of 2017) and Alh Haruna Usman versus Nigeria Army (in March of 2017). These two incidences border conscious or unconscious making of statements that were not anchored on realism on ground. Despite similarities of these incidents, you disgracefully c*m selectively acted on Audu/Biniyat's case and deliberately looked the other way on Miyatti Allah versus Nigeria Army's case. No special wisdom is needed to know why you adopted two dispositions on cases with similar ingredients. Ethno-religious sentiment guided your decisions,period.
Similarly, you went on a live television programme (Hard copy Channels TV) and tagged the leadership of Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) an umbrella organization of all Southern Kaduna ethnic groups bigots because of their loud cries against the semi-genocide perpetrated by a Fulani Militia you openly accepted communing and compensating in foreign climes.
The same you wore a deaf ear when Miyyati Allah and their kingpins acknowledged masterminding killings in some villages of Southern Kaduna. You refused to use your power of idioms and phrases coinage to reel-out a judgement on them.
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It is clear from these cases that, you are practicing a species of apartheid system in Kaduna. A political setting where one's ethnicity and religion determines which right he/she enjoys. No wonder all the people you have thus far arrested and persecuted pillared on your shallow intellectual definition of hate speech, bigotry and fanatism, are all Christians and mostly people from Southern Kaduna. This is illegal and morally debasing because you took an oath on 29th May 2015 to treat all manner of persons equal as engraved in our 1999 constitution (as amended).
You cannot 'Make Kaduna Great Again' by institutionalizing an apartheid system in a democratic clime. And by suppressing, repressing, crudely subjugating and maltreating people who don't share your faith or exploitative elitist political ideology.
History and posterity shall never be kind to you. Don't ever lose sight of the fact that the wicked goddess of vengeance has a long memory that never forgive nor forget. Kindly keep in mind that you must account (in local and international courts) for most of these heinous acts when your tenure and immunity expires by 10am of 29th May 2019.
Legit.ng reported earlier that as the tension caused by the three-month quit notice to Igbo people resident in the northern part of Nigeria continues to rise, there are pressures on security agencies to arrest Professor Ango Abdullahi, one of the elders of the region.
The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), a pressure group in the region has demanded for the arrest of Professor Abdullahi, spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), for supporting the notice.
The group also demanded the arrest of the members of the coalition that put the country in its current state through the notice to the Igbos.
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Beware NPEs – ITC says no to exclusion order for an NPE who obtained ongoing royalties in district court
On August 1, 2012, in Certain Video Displays and Products Using and Containing Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-828, Order No. 9, ITC ALJ Essex held that an ongoing royalty awarded in the EDTX precluded an NPE, Mondis Technology Ltd., from obtaining an exclusion order from the ITC. The EDTX had awarded post-verdict (or ongoing royalties) to Mondis against respondents Chimei Innolux Corp. and Innolux Corp. ("CMI"). CMI argued in the ITC that the ongoing royalties constituted a license. Mondis argued to the contrary, but Judge Essex rejected Mondis' arguments.
Judge Essex found that by taking ongoing royalties Mondis had surrendered the right to exclude, which is the essence of a license. Key points that supported the decision:
- The accused products/infringement allegations in the ITC were "co-extensive" with the district court's judgment. This distinguished the ITC case between Paice and Toyota, where Paice sought an exclusion order on vehicles not included in the district court's ongoing royalties order.
- Mondis had not sought an injunction at the district court. The only post-verdict relief was ongoing royalties.
- Deeming post-verdict royalties "ongoing royalties" rather than a "compulsory license" does not make the remedy of ongoing royalties any less of a license.
An important lesson for NPEs surrounds the sequencing of district court and ITC actions. If an NPE can gain jurisdiction in the ITC, it may wish to proceed there first and obtain an exclusion order. Then it may wish to proceed in district court and obtain damages for the products that entered the U.S. prior to the exclusion order, foregoing ongoing royalties and opting instead for the previously awarded exclusion order. Here, however, Mondis proceeded in the reverse order. It obtained its award from the district court, and then pursued an exclusion order on the same products in the ITC.
With the Mondis decision on the books in the ITC, NPEs should be careful in how they sequence their cases and the relief that they seek. If they prefer an exclusion order, accepting ongoing royalties without attempting to get an injunction in district court will likely lead to the same outcome that Mondis suffered—no exclusion order.
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The music business has a payment problem.
Streaming payments from record labels and publishers to artists have the most focus but man, those live promoters ain't no angels either.
Twisted Sister is going to the courts to get paid their appearance fee for a festival in the States. Non payments or small payments is a systemic issue in music. Lack of transparency around those payments is another issue. Breaking contracts to suit the organization with the cash is common. Getting DIY bands to pay to play is another.
But then again, promoters also don't get it easy.
Councils and Venues all around the world have been accused of exorbitant and extortionist fees for events that cripple the live industry. Then you have the unions to deal with. And then you have the ticketing companies putting their fees onto ticket prices and the secondary ticket market is another industry putting more fees and making millions in the process.
And so many of these organizations employees are flying first class or private on the backs of artists.
The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame business model is built on the hard work artists and songwriters put in, yet it's an exclusive club based on who is cozy with who.
Steve Miller spoke truth in his acceptance speech. Miller took offense to how he and his wife get a ticket to the show and for anyone else (like his band members) it was $10K. Miller had to make his own way there in second class while RRHOF execs fly private. But its songs from artists that give income to all of these organisations.
The RIAA is a lobby group that is funded by the record labels, distributors and publishing companies. Money meant for artists and songwriters gets funneled into this lobby group. The politicians who the RIAA lobbies to write and introduce bills then end up as RIAA employees when they lose office. What a brilliant concept for some?
And it's the artists that are shafted once again.


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Dallas Mentoring Program Embraces Texting, Social Media To Stay Connected With Mentees
Mentoring has always been about developing a one-on-one relationship. As technology has changed, so too has that relationship between mentor and mentee.
One of the country's largest mentoring organizations – Big Brothers Big Sisters — has evolved to help professionals with busy lives and kids who like spending time online.
Beyond face-to-face
On a recent day after school inside the cafeteria at Irving High, dozens of mentors and students sit across from each other waiting for instructions. All of the students here are in AVID, a college and career readiness program. They're also in Big Brothers Big Sisters' Mentor 2.0 initiative.
One of the goals of Mentor 2.0 is to prepare kids for college. Mentors have to be college graduates and must meet with their mentees every six weeks.
Most of these students will be the first in their family to pursue college. Like Nataly Gutierrez, a junior at Irving High School. Her mentor, Shatara Lemons, is a Dallas police officer.
"What was the most valuable for you in your college experience?" Gutierrez asks.
"Time management," Lemons responds with a laugh, "learning how to manage my time, get my work turned in."
This kind of interaction is crucial for Gutierrez. She's the oldest of four and says she always wanted a big brother or big sister.
"I can't always express some things to my mom cause my mom, she dropped out of high school her freshman year," she explains. "And so, sometimes I can't always ask her about, 'Oh, what do I expect in college because she didn't even go to college."
More frequent interactions
What's different about this student-mentor relationship though is that it goes beyond traditional face-to-face meetings. In fact, most of the weekly interactions between Gutierrez and Lemons are online.
And that, Lemons says, is what really appealed to her.
"The program is good for me because I'm busy," she says. "I work all the time, so…technology is awesome."
The Dallas-area chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters was the first in the country to launch Mentor 2.0. Today, it's in 13 cities around the country.
Gutierrez says she wasn't sure the mostly online nature of this program would work.
"At first, I thought, 'Well, this is probably not really going to help because she doesn't really come but just once a month,' and now I'm like, 'I can text her, and we can contact each other.' And it's really helpful because I feel like I have a bigger sister."
Their online interactions are guided by a curriculum that emphasizes going to college.
Freshman year, kids learn about setting goals and priorities, like making sure their homework is done. Sophomore year, they learn how to start looking for colleges. By 11th and 12th grades, students are learning what a college degree is worth and how to complete a college application or financial aid form.
Evolving with today's teenagers
William Chinn is president of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Dallas. He says this online format helps reach more kids.
"We have most of our kiddos in South Dallas and most of our mentors in North Dallas. So the technology that we're leveraging enables a mentor and a mentee that can be a little bit further apart these days to stay in touch through social media, through an email and a secure platform, and also have that one-on-one physical meeting once a month over dinner at a high school that the dinner attends," he says.
Chinn says it was important for the 90-year-old organization to evolve, and meet kids where they're at.
"These days, our kiddos are really comfortable getting on social media, and they still can make pretty rich emotional connections through those media, and we've been ignoring that for a while."
Even though most of their contact is online, Lemons and Gutierrez have developed a strong bond. Lemons says she can relate to the challenges of growing up. Her mom was a drug addict, and her parents separated when she was young.
"I didn't have a mentor growing up. I felt like I needed that mentor, that outlet, someone I could possibly come and talk to because you can't always go to your parents. They don't always understand. And to have somebody, an adult, second voice for someone, that was very important for me to possibly be that outlet for someone," she says.
Lemons and Gutierrez have realized they have more than a few things in common.
Gutierrez says she wants to go to the Air Force, just like Lemons, who served for 10 years. And she wants to go to college to become a detective, something Lemons is currently studying.
"When I first met her, I was like, 'Oh my God,' I was like, 'She's a mini me.'"
After their in-person meeting, the two take a selfie. And they agree to connect again soon. This time, online.


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paddy power ireland backed vote landmark legislationby Joker 06.10.2017 0 comments
The Irish government last week announced that it will hold a referendum at some point next year on whether to alter the country's stringent law on abortion.
Voters are expected to go to the ballot in around May or June to vote on whether Ireland should retain The Eighth Amendment of the Irish constitution, which gives both a pregnant women and an unborn baby equal right to life.
Irish women could currently face 14 years jail time if they are found guilty of having an illegal abortion, but they're legally allowed to go abroad for the procedure.
The already highly charged campaign will only be intensified as the precedes the Pope's visit to Ireland, however this hasn't stopped Irish bookmaker Paddy Power pricing up how Ireland will vote.
Head of PR at Paddy Power, Feilim Mac An Iomaire told SBC: "We certainly don't expect any backlash in relation to this market, Paddy Power have a long history in political betting and have offered odds on every Irish referendum since the company's foundation back in 1988.
"Currently our odds suggest that a repeal of the amendment is likely as the vast majority of polls have showed that the public favour such a change.
"Also, the Irish electorate voted overwhelmingly in favour of allowing same sex marriage in 2015 which suggests that the Irish electorate if far more liberal than it was in 2002 when the last referendum in relation to abortion was narrowly defeated."


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Visual History of Koch Conservatism, from John Birch to Cato
Reprinted from Alternet.
Want to explain to your friends and relatives how the Tea Party is corporately-financed and "grassroots" right-wing activity is not spontaneous? Here's a graphic to get you started.
This infographic on the Koch brothers' long history of ultra-conservative activity and financial support for the most extreme of right-wing activity comes to us via The Other 98%.


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Not a lot of structure today. I'm just going to blab a bit. Care to listen? Currently I am reading We Don't Die: A Skeptic's Discovery of Life After Death by Sandra Champlain, one of the books from my Five Books for Summer 2013. I just finished a section that the author wrote about her journey into remote viewing, and bells went off in my head (not the paranormal kind) telling me that this was a great topic for a blog! According to the International Remote Viewing Association (IRVA) website, Remote Viewing is the "mental faculty that allows a perceiver (a 'viewer') to describe or give details about a target that is inaccessible to normal senses due to distance, time, or shielding". This is a practice that can apparently be learned by anyone and does not require a psychic or medium because it doesn't involve channeling or the help of a spirit entity of any kind. It is also different from the practice of astral travel or astral projection because a "viewer" apparently "remote views" in a fully aware and awakened, conscious state. Remote viewing doesn't have to be what a group of people do in a secret room while trying to obtain secret information from other countries, but can also simply be trying to correctly identify what's in your mailbox before opening it, or even describing the details of the next page in a magazine before flipping it.
In reading both the author's suggested exercises and the "how to" link from the IRVA site, I was reminded of the exercises in the books Astral Projection by John Magnus and definitely Know Yourself by Patricia Hayes. When I read Astral Projection a few years ago, I remember very clumsily attempting to astrally get out of bed (without the use of my body, of course) to identify objects on my night stand and attempting to read out of the book that was there. I remember even being disturbed by the fact that it was possible for anyone to astral travel into my home. What?! I wasn't very far into my spiritual shift at that time and so this book seemed really heavy and far out. I do recall having some intense dreams during the time that I read this book, but I just wasn't ready for astral travel yet. It's on my list of books to reread at some point.
Know Yourself is out of print and very hard to find (check for used copies on Amazon or eBay), but it's almost written as if it's a text for a course on psychic development. Patricia Hayes collaborated and learned from Arthur Ford in the 1960s and 70s and has since founded Delphi University with her husband. Delphi offers courses in Healing, Metaphysics, Psychic Training, Transpersonal Psychology, and Spiritual and Intuitive Development. Boy would I LOVE to get my hands on any of her Delphi texts or materials.
In thinking about remote viewing, I also think back to exercises from the channeling course I took from psychic medium Marilyn Painter. Trying to correctly identify items in a paper bag. Holding a stone or crystal and feeling and describing the energy it has… psychometry stuff.
I can't say that I've been incredibly successful with a lot of things like this that I've researched and tried over the last several years, but remote viewing is one that seems so interesting. Of course, in books they make these things sound SO SIMPLE! Even so, I think I'll find a partner and experiment sometime.
I've strayed a bit from astral travel today… I followed my mind where it wanted to go. Want to get right back on topic? Check out the video below. It is a video about remote viewing that can be found on the IRVA website. But before I go… have you experienced or tried remote viewing?
ESP Trainer (Big Séance)
How To Experiment with Remote Viewing (paranormal.about.com)
Russell Targ (ESPResearch.com)


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Bluffton's Giles signs with Columbia College
Lonnie Roberts has a lot of work ahead of him.
The Bluffton High girls basketball coach likely won't have any seniors on the roster when the Lady Bobcats try to defend their region co-championship next season.
But last week, Roberts was just content to enjoy the success of one of those players he wishes he didn't have to replace. Bluffton senior Jennifer Giles signed Monday to play basketball at NAIA Columbia College.
"This is the fruit of her labor - all the practicing with her dad, going to the rec center, all the extra running she did," Roberts said. "It indicates the kind of year she had for us."
Giles had a huge senior season for the Lady Bobcats, who made the second round of the Class AAA tournament after tying Hilton Head for the Region 7-AAA title. The fourth-year starter at point guard led Bluffton in scoring and was selected to play in the state North-South all-star game in Myrtle Beach.
It was at the all-star game that Columbia coach Maria Audas decided to offer a scholarship, Giles said. Giles took a visit to the school about three weeks ago and committed a week later.
"All my life I've been working for it," Giles said. "I've always worked hard, probably since I was 12 when I knew that this was what I wanted to do."
Roberts said that Giles' play caught his eye at about the same time, back when she was at H.E. McCracken Middle School. He said that she's made a steady progression since she joined the varsity as a freshman.
"For the past four years, and even watching her as an eighth-grader, she's always been someone who was going to do everything she needed to be successful," Roberts said.
Giles credited Roberts for helping her find a place to play in college. She became the fifth Lady Bobcat to earn a college scholarship since the school opened in 2004, Roberts said.
"I owe a lot to him," Giles said. "He's always been working with me, every step of the way. He started sending out videos, and the coach at Columbia called and said she was interested."


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This week was Cinco de Mayo. Fortunately, Mexican food is one of my favorites! I made a chicken enchilada casserole with black beans and corn for our small group. This is the enchilada sauce I used.
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons flour
6 oz tomato paste
4 cups chicken stock
1 chipotle pepper
1 tablespoon adobo sauce
4 tablespoons chili powder
3/4 teaspoon granulated garlic
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon oregano
3/4 teaspoon salt
Combine the chipotle, adobo sauce, and 1/2 cup chicken stock in a blender and blend until the chipotle no longer has any chunks in it. Chipotles are smoked jalapenos and the adobo sauce is what they are packed in.
In a small bowl, add the chili powder, garlic, cumin, onion powder, oregano, and salt. Set aside.
Heat the oil in a medium sauce pan. Add the flour and whisk while cooking for 1-2 minutes. Add the tomato paste, 1/2 cup chicken stock, and the spices. Bring to a light boil, add the chipotles and begin adding the remaining chicken stock 1/2 cup at a time whisking well after each addition. Return to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 5-10 minutes until the sauce is slightly thickened and coats the back of a spoon.
This can be used immediately or cooled and refrigerated for up to one week.


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There are plenty of other bloggers who've done far more exhaustive listings of UK resources (see for example Tilly, Katie, Karen and Kathryn). BUT since I regularly get asked by friends where to go, here's a little list just for you 🙂
- Liberty (shop & online) – mock Tudor, timber-framed palace of dreams. I have been going here with my Granny for as long as I can remember and it still makes me beam. Sadly the fabric/haberdashery section is much smaller than it once was, but it is still well worth a stop to fondle the incredible prints. Fabrics are pricey, so look out for sales.
- Cloth House (shop & online) – whitewashed walls, scrubbed wooden floors, vintage spools and rolls of muted-tone cotton and linen carefully disarranged. Not cheap, but excellent quality, specialising in natural fibres
- The rest of Berwick Street (shops) – If you're doing Liberty/Cloth House, be sure to check out the rest of Berwick Street's fabric shops. I particularly like The Silk Society for its gorgeous partyfrock fabrics and super dooper friendly sales staff.
- MacCulloch and Wallis (shop & online) – I hesitate to put M&W on here as the staff are (in my experience) consistently just.so.RUDE!! However, if you need specific haberdashery items or, say, 10m of Bremsilk in a particular shade, they may be the only show in town that have what you need. Just don't expect to trade sewing stories.
- Joel & Son Fabrics (shop & online) – Cloth-merchants to the queen, don't you know. And in fairness it shows. Eyewatering prices, jawdropping quality. Brocades and silks and lace, oh my.
- Sew Over It (shops & online) – Lisa Comfort is a force to be reckoned with: Two beautiful shops (one in Clapham and a new one in Islington), plus an online store, her own pattern line, a packed programme of sewing classes and a blog to boot. Amazing. One thing I like about the site is that it links between patterns and fabrics, so you can find the perfect combo.
- Ray Stitch (shop & online) – My first experience of a sewing cafe, this place has a special corner of my heart. Packed full of pretty prints and lovely notions, the staff are friendly and knowledgeable. Downstairs is a teaching space, where (on non-class days) you can rent out the machines by the hour. You might even get a cup of tea if you smile sweetly 🙂
- Guthrie & Ghani (shop & online) – Not technically London, but I have to put this one in. You may remember Birmingham-based Lauren from the Great British Sewing Bee. She is now the proud proprietor of a beautiful fabric shop and teaching space in Moseley, in the most incredible building, which she and her husband renovated themselves! In addition to the fabrics, this is a great place to go for a good range of haberdashery items and, having ordered from her online shop, I can say that Lauren is every bit as friendly, efficient and helpful as you might imagine.


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5 seconds on Friday – winter has arrived
Weekly photo challenge: Between – family relationships
5 seconds on Friday…Happy snap
Don't count the days….
News just in on an amazing effort... Doctor Betty, the doctor who delivered me over 50 years ago in Murwillumbah, has only just retired from medical practice aged 90!! I'm sure I won't be still working in my profession at that age but I take my hat off to anyone who obviously loves their work …
How many different versions of 'me' are there?
Don't panic! I'm not suffering from multiple personality issues (perhaps I am says another part of me!), but this week's writing challenge asks the question, how many versions of 'you' exist and what would happen if they collided? This is an interesting subject as I work in an environment where I can't really be 'me'. …
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Ever get the feeling that space aliens are swirling over your head and trying to ruin your life (or at least your column)?
Well I have.
Enter Orlando's own Brian Morton, the self-proclaimed Crop Circle Guy, and his own brand of localized paranoia.
With a website (www.cropcircleguy.com), a band with a drag-queen theme (The Collective Obsession) and a seemingly endless list of peculiarities, Morton is trying to make his own big-circle mark in these parts -- some multipronged presentation involving synth pop and aliens -- and he's contacted me to do it. Big mistake? Perhaps.
Morton, who's too old for this at 42, seems an enticing proposition on paper. His press kit (yes, he has one) includes a CD, a videotape, and a fictitious bio. The CD evokes lo-fi Joy Division, the video is pure backyard, lo-fi minimalism, and the bio contains a lot of gibberish about aliens.
But I'll quote from it anyway. It's a slow week.
"This is the story of The Collective Obsession," it reads, "and how inner turmoil, too much hype and corrupt and incompetent management led to the most famous false start in rock and roll history."
There's a reference to mistaken drag identity, and something about music-industry expectations, and the rest bores me, quite frankly.
Speaking with Morton in person, however, proves to be an unexpectedly clammy affair. For all of his published pomp, Mr. Circle is something of a nervous, slightly frightening character.
"For the last 10 or 12 years, I've been writing an autobiography," he waxes. "And some pretty unusual, weird things have happened to me in my life. For instance, my younger brother was born on September 2, and that's my grandmother's birthday. ... Then my sister got leukemia in 1973, and she had three last wishes before she died. One was Disneyland, her second wish was to meet Carol Burnett, her third wish was to meet Jerry Lewis. The weird thing about that was, those would have been my three wishes."
Oh dear. While the ailing-sister angle begs a respectful breezing over, the Carol Burnett thing lodges in the throat like an old stiletto heel. I save my theories of synchronicity for amphetamines, Pink Floyd and "The Wizard of Oz", thank you. Jerry Lewis and Carol Burnett are just a step too far.
"I grew up in the Mormon church. We had to get up really early on Sunday morning to go to church, so we couldn't stay up late enough to watch Carol Burnett," he drones on. "I always wondered how people got to be comedians. And my theory was, 'Just watch, and see how it happens.'"
Read, and see how it doesn't.
"We went to Disneyland, and my sister met Carol Burnett," he Disneylands. "Carol Burnett was really good to our family, and before my sister died, she'd take her to the studio. Then she helped pay my way through college."
Our own little Tim Conway is by now inducing a slight pang of nausea in yours truly. Please stop.
"I spent 1979 to 1985 doing bit parts and extra work in LA," he doesn't. "The first part I ever got was as an extra in a Jerry Lewis movie, which was like 'wow.' And then my sister died on my grandfather's birthday and a few years later, he died on her birthday. It kept piling up."
In the back of my throat, anyway. Can we please get to the crop circles?
"In 1991, the crop circle phenomenon started becoming quite popular on the news and on "Hard Copy" and stuff," he copies hard. "The very first time I saw it on TV, the only way I can describe it is, in the movie, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," when he kept trying to build that mountain out of potatoes, that's the way I felt."
Richard Dreyfuss, Carol Burnett, and mashed potatoes. You win. "Were you abducted by space aliens?" I quiz.
And just then, as if by kismet, a cuckoo clock goes off in the background. I couldn't ask for better timing than this, dear reader. I've reached my journalistic peak.
"Well, my theory about the crop circles -- I've never really talked about this to anybody ... " he says, but his words are lost in the phone line and the din of the cuckoo. I make out something about "a wing, a prayer and a promise."
"When I finally figured out my crop circle theory," he nonsenses, now that the clock is silent, "I sent it to the Mormon church, trying to figure out if they could help me with it." (Good luck there.) "The theory I got it from was a certain book in the Book of Mormon, called the Book of Ether."
He drains my soul.
"I ended up getting excommunicated."
"Crop circles?"
"No, because I was a homosexual. There was no way that a homosexual could figure something like this out. So by excommunicating me, they could just wash their hands of me, and say 'he's a crazy ex-Mormon.'"
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Nov 09 2015
Dartmouth Food Festival 2015
At the end of a gloriously sunny October it's time for Dartmouth Food Festival once more but this year, as the crowds flock to the town, there is a completely new festival experience in store; Japan arrives!
In the past I have joined in the Festival fun in lots of small ways; volunteering at the Information tent, skivvying for celebrity chefs in Kitchen Theatres, running errands for stall holders. Once I was even interviewed by the famous Matthew Forte about the merits of our Whiteface Dartmoor lamb! But this year is very different; I simply go to watch and learn. Six months ago our son, Tom, and his business partner, Noriko Kawamura, came over from Japan to help with lambing, huge fun for us and a steep learning curve for them! None of us had thoughts of the Food Festival. But you can never tell where a chance meeting and a cup of coffee may lead! Nolly is a talented and experienced cook so I thought it would be fun to introduce her to my friends, Holly and David Jones, owners of the terrific Manna from Devon Cookery School in Kingswear, South Devon. David was Food Festival Chairman for many years and it is David and Holly who are responsible for the amazing success and growth of the festival. Coffee enjoyed, contact made, lambing skills accomplished, Tom and Nolly flew back to Toyota. Emails were exchanged; ideas and photos flew across the world, plans evolved. Tom contacted us and said he and Nolly would be over for the Festival. He mailed again, he'd be bringing a farmer friend as well; then again, there would be several colleagues from the Smiles Tokyo Restaurant chain. Another e mail, the Katsuobushi man and his daughter would be coming too, oh, and a photographer and his girlfriend; Japan was on its way. The festival began on Friday and the first sushi workshop had already sold out weeks before, Saturday's too. Nolly taught everyone to make Temari Sushi: small spoonful's of sushi rice are squeezed and shaped into a ball and decorated with all sorts of toppings. In Japan Temari sushi is made for the Girls Festival in March as a special supper treat. In the past dampened cloth was used to shape the balls but cling film is quicker and less messy. The rice balls are traditionally topped with raw fish but this time Nolly used smoked salmon, sweet corn, prawns, mange tout, nori or thinly fried Japanese omelette. There are no end of possibilities. The Cookery Theatre on Saturday proved to be a huge crowd pleaser too. Taizo Inaba, the Katsuobushi man held centre stage as Tom translated the story of bonito sentence by sentence! Taizo runs a wholesale company in Harumi, the Katsuobushi district of Tokyo near the famous Tsukiji fish market. He is one of the top traders in Japan and reputed to have a specialist eye for the fish; he can tell just by looking at a hard piece of dried, cured katsuobushi or bonito how the fish died and whether it suffered in trawler nets. He can tell when it was caught and how and whether or not it has been frozen. Fish that suffer in the trawler nets don't taste good just as animals stressed at the abattoir release adrenalin which adversely affects the quality of the meat. Ninety nine percent of tuna is caught in trawler nets but Taizo will only buy line caught fish.
For thirty five years he has bought from the family of Makoto Miyashita who prepare the katsuobushi. First the fish is filleted, boiled and boned, then dried over a wood fire. Next the outer burnt layer is removed and the fish is reshaped. It is dried for three months coated, rather like cheese, in a layer of mould to prevent bacteria. The whole process takes six months. The finished dried bonito looks more like a piece of wood than a fish! A grater rather like a wood plane is used to grate the hardened blocks of fish into delicious flakes which can be used as a garnish on many dishes. But more importantly it is the essential ingredient in the famous Japanese stock, Dashi, the building block of Japanese cooking which forms the base of so many recipes including the ubiquitous miso soup.
Dashi has been popular since the Edo period in Japan (1603-1868) when top quality konbu seaweed from Osaka and dried bonito from Tokyo first became available right across the country. The market stall run by the Smiles team looked wonderful too. They did a roaring trade each day but Sunday was amazing. People flocked to buy the ingredients they had learnt about in the workshops and demonstration on the previous days and everything sold out!
Sunday evening was time for a party at home to celebrate all the hard work that had led to the huge success of the weekend and the wonderful warm and enthusiastic welcome Japan had been given at the Festival! We all sat down around a huge table eating a fusion of English, French and Italian food! I cooked Orvieto chicken followed by Tarte au Pomme and finished with all sorts of European cheese. Tom's head spun as he translated for the exhausted Japanese! All in all it was a tremendous weekend!
Have a look at the slide show!
slide show from Paul Vincent on Vimeo.
Temari Sushi
2 cups of sushi rice
1/3 cup rice vinegar
2tbsp sugar
2tsp sea salt
2tbsp lemon juice (optional)
Toppings of your choice:
e.g. Smoked salmon, Raw fish, Sweetcorn, Omelette, Nori (dried seaweed)
Rinse the rice thoroughly in a sieve under running water. Put the rice into a heavy saucepan, cover with water, put a tight fitting lid on the pan and bring to the boil. Turn down immediately and simmer gently until the water is absorbed. Remove from the heat and allow the rice to stand for at least 5 minutes. Meanwhile dissolve the sugar and salt in the vinegar over a gentle heat. Put the freshly boiled rice into a bowl. In Japan this is always a wooden bowl. Gently stir the vinegar mixture into the rice with a wooden spatula being careful not to crush the rice grains. Fan the rice with a Japanese rice fan or a piece of cardboard! Put a piece of cling film in the palm of your hand and place your sushi topping in the centre. Now place a golf-ball size amount of rice on top and squeeze gently into a ball. Remove the cling film and there is your Temari Sushi ball. Serve with a tiny dab of wasabi (remember it's very strong!) and a dash of soy sauce. Delicious! Soy Sauce: Soy sauce is made from the fermented paste of boiled soya beans mixed with grain, either barley or wheat, and salt. It originated in China in the 2nd century BC and was brought to Japan by Buddhist monks in C7th.
Here is soy sauce being made by the traditional manufacturer, Yamoroku on the island of Shodoshima in the Inland Sea of southern Japan.
A 6 inch/15cm length of dried Konbu seaweed
A handful of dried bonito shavings ( katsuobushi)
Place the konbu in a saucepan with 2 cups (500ml) cold water. Bring almost to the boil, remove the seaweed and throw in the dried bonito shavings; simmer for 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and let it stand for a further 8 minutes. Strain, allow to cool and store in the fridge. Use within a couple of days.
Miso Soup
Heat 300ml of dashi in a medium sized saucepan and bring slowly to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer for five minutes. Whisk in 2 ½ tbsp. good quality Miso.
Miso is made from fermented soya beans. In Japan there are many different sorts of miso but here in the UK we must make do with what we can get. Avoid fancy flavourings and go for the most basic, if possible pure soya bean. Miso soup can have any number of things added to it; tofu, tiny mushrooms, potato matchsticks, dried wakame (seaweed). The possibilities are endless; experiment and enjoy this delicious traditional Japanese soup!


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The Rome Declaration of World Food Security states: We consider it intolerable than more than 8000 million people throughout the world, and particularly in developing countries, do not have enough food to meet their basic nutritional needs. This situation is unacceptable. Food supplies have increased substantially, but constraints on access to food and continuing inadequacy of household and national incomes to purchase food, instability of supply and demand, as well as natural and man-made disasters, prevent basic food needs from being fulfilled. The problems of hunger and food insecurity have global dimensions and are likely to persist, and even increase dramatically in some regions, unless urgent, determined and concerted action is taken, given the anticipated increase in the world's population and the stress on natural resources".
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends: supporting national and regional early warning systems through food-security assistance schemes that monitor food supply and demand and factors affecting household access to food; carrying out national policy reviews related to food security, including adequate levels and stability of food supply and access to food by all households.
Agri-Energy Roundtable (AER) was founded in 1980 as a mechanism to explore the nexus between agro-food and energy exporting nations and the myriad of issues entwining these subjects in the quest for balanced food security.


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A bit about me..
I began doing photography as a hobby even though it was expensive for me, I pursued my dream. Now a decade later, I'm establishing my small personal business, and all I want is for my customers to keep smiling and relive those moments.
*Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?
I'm a real passionate individual when it comes to photography. I take my time to come out with the best image possible and one that the customer would love. I like to discuss with my clients any poses or ideas they have as well.
Photography is always evolving. so I try to use some of my earnings to always upgrade my equipment, gear and lenses for never ending improvements as this company grows, and quality improvement.
*What do you like most about your job?
The best thing I love about my job, is to bring happiness and emotions to those customers whenever they look back at those photos.
*Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?
I'm always discovering and exploring different aspects of photography to learn more techniques and how it really works, so I can always improve my work and please my customers.
Over a decade since I owned my first DSLR and improving techniques,
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Great Rockstar series
The cover didn't draw me in, I think it looks more like a photo than a book cover. I was drawn by previous books and the love of the characters.
Loved Lyric and Slim. A friends to lovers story with great characters.
A sweet read with humor, banter, hotness and a little bit of angst thrown in.
Told in dual pov's with a plot that mainly focuses on the characters relationship rather than a rock-star lifestyle and what goes with it.
In this book felt there was two many spoilers regarding previous books telling the story of the band members and their relationships. Each book could easily be read as a standalone,
I haven't read book 3 and just feel to much was revealed.
Lasting lyric was sweet and it was good to see two people who are meant for each other finally come together and the journey to seeing that happen was fun.
A great series with fun, likable characters & hot cocky rockers.
I would love to meet Lyrics troubled brother in his own book, her other brother and sister too, children of famous movie stars now I would jump to read their stories.
It was a spark neither one of us saw coming....
It was a love neither one of us expected...
It's a competition of wit and intelligence. Our attraction undeniable and our chemistry magnetic. Very much different in our upbringings, so naturally the odds would be stacked against any kind of romance..
I'm the rock star and she's every bit the good girl. We respect each other, but push each other's buttons. Our friendship is unconventional, but something inside of me tells me that Lyric is my perfect fit.
It only takes one moment to change everything, one moment to turn my whole world upside down. What happens when you fall in love with your best friend? Are you prepared to handle the emotions?
She'll be the one lyric I can't shake...
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10 Inspirational Books That Will Change Your Life For Good
May 5, 2019 12:00 AM EST | 9 min read
We had a lot of fun creating this reading list of books that will change your life for our amazing readers at Everyday Power Blog.
Every now and then we need some inspiration, advice or situation to help us fulfill our potential and allow us to live the life we were destined to live.
Here are 10 of the best books to help you fulfill you potential and get your life back on track.
Inspirational Books That Will Change Your Life
10. The Traveler's Gift by Andy Andrews
David Ponder loses his job as an successful executive. Faced with financial uncertainty, David embarks on an amazing adventure that will help him discover the "Seven Decisions of Success."
"You have been created in order that you might make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world." ― Andy Andrews
"It is not enough to recognize what is right and true. One must control the impulse to do what is wrong and easy." ― Andy Andrews
"The Traveler's Gift effectively combines self-help with fiction . . . sustaining momentum while simultaneously passing on instructions for positive thinking . . . an exemplary job at providing positive suggestions for overcoming life's obstacles." – Publishers Weekly
9. You Ain't Hungry Until I'm Starving by Vid Lamonte' Buggs Jr.
Simultaneously touching and gritty, "You Ain't Hungry Until I'm Starving promotes peace and equality by offering unique insight into some of the most complicated issues of our time. Never one to shy away from the harsh realities of life, Vid instead chooses to redirect our human confusion and frustration toward finding amicable solutions that express the best of humanity. This book serves to fulfill our deepest inner cravings and provide much needed nutrition of the soul.
"You Ain't Hungry Until I'm Starving" is a unique and deeply personal collection of thoughts, essays, emotions, stories, introspection and poetry. Vid Buggs tackles everything from life, love, and faith, to society, living, striving, overcoming challenges, breaking down barriers to make a positive impact on the world, and more. Thought-provoking and inspirational, it's the type of book I'll return to over time. Reading it made me feel like I had just spent time with a wise and beautiful soul who had given me a wonderful gift – a glimpse into his thoughts and being" – Linda Coss, author of Food Allergy
8. The Secret by Rhonda Bryne
Modern-day teachers come together to explain how using the Laws of the Universe will unlock the power that is within you so you can have a life full of prosperity.
"Be grateful for what you have now. As you begin to think about all the things in your life you are grateful for, you will be amazed at the never ending thoughts that come back to you of more things to be grateful for. You have to make a start, and then the law of attraction will receive those grateful thoughts and give you more just like them." ― Rhonda Byrne
"There is no such thing as a hopeless situation. Every single circumstances of your life can change! " ― Rhonda Byrne
Also check out our collection of The Secret quotes.
More Books That Will Change Your Life
7. The Noticer by Andy Andrews
Jones is a mysterious man who shows up around the town of Orange Beach in the most interesting ways.
Jones has a gift of "noticing", which helps anyone who listens to his advice, live a life of fulfillment. Becoming a noticer will change your life forever.
"If one makes a mistake, then an apology is usually sufficient to get things back on an even keel. However-and this is a big 'however'- most people do not ever know why their apology did not seem to have any effect. It is simply that they did not make a mistake; they made a choice…and never understood the difference between the two." ― Andy Andrews
"My life – my personality, my habits, even my speech – is a combination of the books I choose to read, the people I choose to listen to, and the thoughts I choose to tolerate in my mind" ― Andy Andrews
6. As A Man Thinketh by James Allen
This classic is an inspiration and self-help literary essay by James Allen.
He challenges the reader to make their circumstances better by first improves themselves. Within is where true fulfillment is found.
"A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind." ― James Allen
"A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition." ― James Allen
More Books That Will Change Your Life
5. The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn
This book helps the reader understand that life is a game and whatever you give to the universe, you will receive from the universe.
Written in the 1920s, this jewel has influenced millions of people to find their purpose.
Books like "The Secret" and "What the Bleep Do We Know" are off-springs of this classic.
"The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy."
― Florence Scovel Shinn
― Florence Scovel Shinn
"People think by running away from a negative situation, they will be rid of it, but the same situation confronts them wherever they go. They will meet the same experiences until they have learned their lessons."
― Florence Scovel Shinn
― Florence Scovel Shinn
Motivational Books That Will Change Your Life
4. The Richest Man In Babylon by George S. Carson
Hailed as one of the greatest personal wealth books of all times, this classic has advice for those that are trying to gaining their overall potential.
"Learning was of two kinds: the one being the things we learned and knew, and the other being the training that taught us how to find out what we did not know?"
― George S. Clason
― George S. Clason
"Will power is but the unflinching purpose to carry the task you set for yourself to fulfillment." ― George S. Clason
3. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
An inspiring tale of a boy named Santiago that is seeking his treasure.
On his journey he finds a lot more than his treasure. Santiago must fulfill his greatest potential to discover what he has been looking for.
"Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time." ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
"People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of." ― Paulo Coelho
2. Man's Eternal Quest by Paramahansa Yogananda
This book was given to me by a friend and as soon as I opened up the pages, my spiritual journey begun.
"It is not your passing thoughts or brilliant ideas so much as your plain everyday habits that control your life….Live simply. Don't get caught in the machine of the world— it is too exacting. By the time you get what you are seeking your nerves are gone, the heart is damaged, and the bones are aching. Resolve to develop your spiritual powers more earnestly from now on. Learn the art of right living. If you have joy you have everything,so learn to be glad and contented….Have happiness now." ― Paramahansa Yogananda
"Be afraid of nothing. Hating none, giving love to all, feeling the love of God, seeing His presence in everyone, and having but one desire – for His constant presence in the temple of your consciousness – that is the way to live in this world." ― Paramahansa Yogananda
" For all who have ever sought to understand the enigmas of life, for those who have held within their hearts an uncertain hope about the reality of God, and for seekers who have already turned toward the Supreme in their quest, this anthology of talks by the author of Autobiography of a Yogi offers illuminating insights and encouragement. In its pages, Paramahansa Yogananda explores little-known and rarely explained aspects of such subjects as meditation, life after death, health and healing, the unlimited powers of the human mind, the equality of man and woman, and the inter-relatedness of all life." -amazon.com
1. The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
26 poetry essays that discusses everything from life, death, pain, pleasure, love and much more.
"Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow." ― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
"If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were." ― Kahlil Gibran
"Cadenced and vibrant with feeling, the words of Kahlil Gibran bring to one's ears the majestic rhythm of Ecclesiastes . . . If there is a man or woman who can read this book without a quiet acceptance of a great man's philosophy and a singing in the heart as of music born within, that man or woman is indeed dead to life and truth."- Chicago Post
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Location: Denver, United States Currency: USD US$ United States Dollar
A list of currency exchange, ATMs and banks' branches in Denver Airport (DEN). See locations, phone numbers, working hours and services.
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Public Service Credit Union ATM
– Jeppesen terminal, Lvl 5, Doors 511, 512, 510, 506, 504, 505, 605, 604, and 610
– Lvl 2, Gates A32, A39, A48, B22, B29, B37, B38, B43, B54, B85, C39, and C47
Phone: 303-639-2830
Hours: 7 days a week, 24 hours a day
Services: check balance, withdraw money, transfer funds
Public Service Credit Union
Jeppesen Terminal, Level 6, West
Hours: Open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; closed on Sundays
Full service banking location offering travelers' checks, savings and checking accounts, loans, and other services
Currency Exchanges
World Wide Money Exchange
Type: Currency Exchange
– Jeppesen Terminal Lvl 5 West
– Center Core of B Gates
– Center Core of A Gates
Phone: 303-342-0190 / 303-342-0613
Hours: Mon – Sat, 6.00 am to 8.00 pm; Sun, 7.00 am to 8.00 pm
Services: foreign or domestic traveler's checks, exchange 85 foreign currencies and cash American Express, Western Union, notary, postage services
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Denver Airport (DEN) is an international airport located in Denver, Colorado, United States. It's located about 25 miles (40 km) driving distance from downtown Denver. It covers an area of 33,531 acres & is equipped with six runways. It first opened in February 28, 1995. It's the hub for Frontier Airlines, Great Lakes Airlines, PenAir, United Airlines, and the fFocus city for Southwest Airlines.
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John McCain said that a free press was central to a functional democracy, even if news organizations' stories challenged those being held accountable
Washington Post By Amy B Wang February 18, 2017
Sen. John McCain, Republican from Arizona, spoke out Saturday in defense of the free press after President Trump lashed out against the news media several times over the past week, at one point declaring it
"the enemy of the American People!"
Such talk, McCain said on NBC News in an interview set to air Sunday, Feb 18, 2017, was "how dictators get started."
"In other words, a consolidation of power," McCain told "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd from Munich. "When you look at history, the first thing that dictators do is shut down the press. And I'm not saying that President Trump is trying to be a dictator. I'm just saying we need to learn the lessons of history."
The 80-year-old Republican senator was responding to several tweets by Trump over the past week, in which he repeatedly attacked the media as "fake news." In one widely shared tweet Friday, Trump said the press was "not my enemy" but that of the American people.
In it, Trump tagged the New York Times, CNN and broadcast news networks NBC, ABC and CBS.
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!
4:48 PM – 17 Feb 2017
In the backlash to the tweet, #NotTheEnemy began trending, with people sharing stories about journalists who had dedicated their lives to, and in some instances, paid the ultimate price for reporting the news.
Lizzie O'Leary
✔ @lizzieohreally
My dear friend Chris Hondros. He was killed covering the war in Libya. Great photog. Better person. #NotTheEnemy
11:52 AM – 18 Feb 2017
✔ @mccdoe3289
#NotTheEnemy What would they think about being called the enemy?
11:37 AM – 18 Feb 2017
Eileen AJ Connelly
The memorial wall for journalists killed on the job at the Newseum. #NotTheEnemy
2:21 PM – 18 Feb 2017
In the Meet the Press interview, McCain told Todd that a free press was central to a functional democracy, even if news organizations' stories challenged those being held accountable.
"I hate the press. I hate you, especially," he said to Todd, who laughed. "But the fact is, we need you. We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital."
"If you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and, many times, adversarial press," McCain added. "And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That's how dictators get started."
These days, it is difficult not to notice McCain, whose dissenting voice can be heard – and is often amplified – criticizing Trump. In the four weeks since Trump's inauguration, McCain has made headlines rebutting White House press secretary Sean Spicer and ripping Trump's worldview in a speech in Munich without ever mentioning the president's name
Even before the inauguration, McCain was emerging as one of the few Republicans who was not afraid to criticize Trump, blasting the president-elect's reported consideration of reinstating waterboarding as an interrogation technique.
"I don't give a damn what the president of the United States wants to do or anybody else wants to do. We will not waterboard. We will not torture."
McCain said that to applause at a November summit, emphasizing certain words with a point of his finger.
"My God, what does it say about America if we're going to inflict torture on people?"
McCain's repeated criticisms of Trump have triggered the president's wrath, most recently after McCain questioned the success of a deadly military raid in Yemen.
Trump, who once dismissed McCain's time as a POW, saying "I like people who weren't captured," hit McCain on Twitter over the Yemen raid.
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
Sen. McCain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission to the media. Only emboldens the enemy! He's been losing so . . .
8:26 AM – 9 Feb 2017
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
. . . long he doesn't know how to win anymore, just look at the mess our country is in – bogged down in conflict all over the place. Our hero..
8:31 AM – 9 Feb 2017
McCain reminded both Trump and Spicer that he knows slightly more about war and heroism than they do.
"Many years ago when I was imprisoned in North Vietnam, there was an attempt to rescue the POWs . . . Unfortunately, the prison had been evacuated. But the brave men who took on that mission and risked their lives in an effort to rescue us prisoners of war were genuine American heroes. Because the mission failed did not in any way diminish their courage and willingness to help their fellow Americans who were held captive. Mr. Spicer should know that story."
This week, McCain appears on the cover of the Feb. 20 issue of New York magazine, where he candidly discusses operating in the Trump administration in a nearly 5,000-word profile by Gabriel Sherman, the magazine's national affairs editor.
In one particularly strongly worded exchange, McCain does not hold back on how he views the severity of alleged Russian interference in the American presidential election.
"The severity of this issue, the gravity of it, is so consequential because if you succeed in corrupting an election, then you've destroyed the foundation of democracy," McCain told Sherman. "So I view it with the utmost seriousness. I view it more seriously than a physical attack. I view it more seriously than Orlando or San Bernardino. As tragic as that was, the far-reaching consequences of an election hack are certainly far in excess of a single terrorist attack."
Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said later, would not stop "until the cost of going forward is too high."
As for why his Republican colleagues were not more vocal about demanding investigations of Trump's Russian connections, McCain told Sherman: "I frankly don't know. It's not a chapter of 'Profiles in Courage.'"
In the wide-ranging profile, which covers everything from Supreme Court justice nominee Neil Gorsuch to Trump's poll numbers, McCain also defends the news media in relation to leaks that have come from the Trump administration.
"In democracies, information should be provided to the American people," McCain told Sherman. "How else are the American people going to be informed?"
The dramatic headline on the cover of the magazine – "McCain vs. Trump: Just how far will the senator go?" – is in many ways an oversimplification of their relationship, a facile understanding McCain himself pushes against throughout Sherman's piece. At one point, McCain dismisses the idea that he could be swayed by Democrats seeking to protest Trump's agenda.
"These are the same Democrats that shredded me in 2008," McCain told Sherman. "I get along with the Democrats, but please, I'm not their hero. They're trying to use us. We will work with them, but have no doubt, their agenda is not our agenda."
And McCain's criticisms of Trump could hurt Democrats in other ways, The Post's Dave Weigel notes in his analysis of the latest crop of McCain-centered headlines:
Pushed by their party's base, Senate Democrats have been moved from generally supporting Trump nominees to mostly opposing them . . . But right now, progressives view the Democratic Party warily. They can ill afford a story line in which Republicans such as McCain (or Evan McMullin, or Joe Scarborough) are the real leaders of the opposition.
Still, McCain told Sherman he was not concerned about Trump's administration becoming an "authoritarian regime."
"I just don't think it's possible in our society," he said in the profile. "There's too many checks and balances. The danger is not Trump perverting our Constitution or taking too much power; the danger is the polarization of America."
Links to the story:
Washington Post – McCain said: "That's how dictators get started"
The Presidency of Donald Trump – John McCain reminds both Trump and Spicer that he knows slightly more about war and heroism than they do
New York Magazine – John McCain takes on the President
#TrumpsAlternateUniverse #HoldHimAccountable #HoldTrumpAccountable


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Delanty, Gerard, Heidrun, Friese and Wagner, Peter (2001) War and Social Theory: Reflections After Kosovo: Introduction. European Journal of Social Theory, 4 (1). pp. 5-10. ISSN 1368-4310Full text not available from this repository.
The involvement of European states in a war conducted on European territory at the end of the twentieth century has had significant repercussions in social theory, and in particular in the social theory of modernity. On the one hand, it has reminded social theorists of the fact that war and violence have by and large been neglected in the theorizing of modernity - despite some previous attempts to correct the dominant image of largely peaceful processes of modernization and democratization. On the other hand, the war has provoked politico-intellectual interventions of a breadth not witnessed for a considerable period. Significantly, the positions on the NATO intervention into the conflicts in Yugoslavia cut across the apparently firmly established boundaries of intellectual debate.
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1941 Dodge Half-ton Street Rod Pickup, All steel body, Custom Bed, Chevy V-8
1941 Dodge Other Pickups Half-ton Street Rod Pickup
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1941 Dodge Half-ton Street Rod Pickup
All steel body pickup with custom bed and Cadillac taillightsSmall block Chevy V-8 with World Performance Product Heads, Holley carburetor Three-speed automatic transmission with B&M ratchet shifter New set of Auto Meter gauges Optima YellowTop battery Power steering and power brakes 15-inch wheels Brand new head unit and two stereo speakers
MotoeXotica Classic Cars is pleased to present this aggressive and rarely seen 1941 Dodge Street Rod Pickup. Retaining its steel body, this very rare truck is a hybrid – its Mopar foundation is supplemented with several GM elements.
Finished in red, this all steel body pickup shows extremely well with only minor imperfections visible upon close inspection, such as a crack to the lower front valance. The glass panels are present and in good shape. The vehicle lights are intact and clear. All the trim is present, complete and displays normal wear with a bright finish. The body panels are all straight and the front and rear bumper deletions add to the aggressive look and stance. The custom 15-inch wheels represent well with only slight signs of marring and curb rash. The slim vertical taillights and bezels give the truck a modern flair! The truck has an Optima YellowTop battery. It rolls on Marshall Venture ST tires, 235/60R15 in front and 275/60R15 in back and these tires surround Chevy steel chrome rally wheels with caps.
Under the hood is a powerful Chevy small block V-8 with World Performance Product Heads and a Holley carburetor, which sounds mean after you turn the ignition key. The engine is mated to a three-speed automatic transmission, complete with a B&M ratchet shifter.
Inside, the custom red and black vinyl seats look great. The carpet, interior rear window bezel and inner door panels are new. Truck has new dashboard air vents, a new stereo head unit and two speakers. The matching dashboard is a continuation of the striking exterior of the truck and looks fantastic. Truck features a Chevrolet four-spoke steering wheel and a full set of Auto Meter gauges.
Nineteen thirty-nine brought a complete redesign with streamlined styling. Dodge introduced the concept of Job Rated, aimed at getting the customer the truck that fit the job for which he was buying it. The 1939 styling continued through 1947 as the focus went on engineering and production. In 1940, engineering started on a military four wheel drive truck, leading to the first stock light-duty four-wheel drive pickup in 1946; these were made in a massive new truck plant. Dodge also made their first diesel truck, using their own diesel engines, making them one of two automakers to use their own diesels before World War II (Mack had started doing so in 1938).
Dodge had good reason to brag about their trucks; while some competitors upgraded their smaller, lighter vehicles to create 2-ton-and-up models, Dodge made many more changes to make their bigger trucks tougher and more durable.
Competition to this picked in 1941 included Ford's pickup truck, Chevrolet's AK-series truck and GMC's C-series truck.
This Dodge has a very aggressive street rod stance and is powered by a beefed-up Chevy small-block V-8. GET OUT AND DRIVE!
Current mileage on the odometer shows .8 of a mile. The car is being sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear mileage exempt title.


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In the mid-term ministers' fancy lightly turns to thoughts of civil service reform. The current government is no different. In recent months, various figures in the Coalition have expressed growing frustration about the performance of the civil service. And so it comes as no surprise that Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, announced at the beginning of August that he would commission a review of government structures in other countries and multilateral organisations. This review would include examining various governments' operation and accountability, identifying best practices and making recommendations for how these could be adopted in the UK. It's a competitive bid, all for the princely sum of £50,000.
You can read the Cabinet Office's proposal here. It's certainly ambitious. The Constitution Unit was mentioned as one of the possible contenders for the bid, which was very flattering, but unrealistic, for reasons we set out below. And it has recently emerged that a number of other think tanks have also politely declined to submit a bid.
It's worth thinking about the practical aspects of the proposed review. The terms of reference are very, very broad. The successful external consultant is expected to look in detail at six different countries' bureaucratic systems at a minimum; and to look not just at the relationships between ministers and the bureaucracy, and how policy advice is provided, but successes and failures, public and parliamentary accountability mechanisms … the list goes on. Some of these six countries—New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, France, the United States, Sweden—actually have very different systems with very different experiences. The review also insists on examining the European Union (why?).
The vast scope of the proposed review means that the external organisation would need a substantial number of staff already in place, or else a very, very quick recruitment process. That would exclude a good number of organisations (like the Unit, for instance). And the comparative nature of the review also means this large project team would probably need to be already familiar with the countries in question. So not just a large team, but a large expert team. Experts or consultants cost money. That sum of £50000 begins to look less and less realistic.
Moreover, the final report is meant to be ready within two months. That is a very short time indeed. As a point of comparison, the IfG—one of the biggest, most well-staffed think tanks in the UK—is taking one year to examine many of the issues raised by the Cabinet Office proposal.
The final kicker is that the external consultant is expected to meet regularly with the Minister so that he can discuss progress and 'provide direction' for the project. This, coupled with the implied requirement of familiarity with comparative public administration across six countries, the short time within which they are expected to deliver, and the low sum of money being offered, raises real issues of neutrality and impartiality. The terms of reference suggest that Maude already knows what he wants, but that he needs an 'external' consultant to somehow legitimate it.
A final point. Francis Maude is asking for too much, too quickly. If these are the kinds of goals he thinks are realistic, is it any surprise that he and his colleagues are disappointed by the performance of the civil service?
EDIT 28 September 2012: since this blog post, Maude has announced that the Institute for Public Policy Research has won the £50,000 contract.


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