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This one afternoon, we ventured onto the Ski Lift for sightseeing purposes and on our way back down, we decided to stop into Great Bear which is on the upper floor of the Lake Louise Ski Resort. There's lots of parking outside, but I can only imagine how busy they would be during prime ski season!
We really didn't know what to order, so the first thing that we saw on the menu that was interesting was their Patroller's Pie, which was ground beef with vegetables, topped with mashed potato. We upgraded the side salad to include a bison chilli, and this was the perfect meal for a cold winter day. The patrollers pie was quite delicious although it was a little dry. The chilli was really hearty and quite enjoyable!
We also ordered their Stuffed Baby Yorkies which is something my husband likes as he likes Yorkshire pudding. These were stuffed with shaved Beef with horseradish aioli & au jus on the side. These were little pillows of awesomeness! The Yorkshire puddies were crispy on the outside, light and fluffy inside, with tender beef and gravy! There's nothing not good in this combination!
Overall, the views and atmosphere here was really amazing! The log cabin resort feel, with the ski hills right outside. It was a great time even though we weren't into outdoor sports/activities.
Great Bear Restaurant
The Lake Louise Ski Resort
1 Whitehorn Road,
Lake Louise, Alberta


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text: SOULIGHT Marcelo Mato & Nicolas Borromeo Buenos Aires Soulight is a project belonging to the duo Marcelo Mato and Nicolas Borromeo. They are argentinian based DJs/producers with original tracks and remixes for labels such as IRecords, Look Ahead, DeepClass, Endemic Digital, Deepwit, Soul Industries, among others. Together they developed a style that couldn´t be defined with other name than "Soulight", edging from deep-house to tech-house but always with an emotional touch able to create a special intensity in their music. As Djs, Soulight is resident of Headshot Social Club's parties. These gigs have taken place on the most exclusive places of Argentina and gather an elite public which has been following their sound since the beginning. This residency is one among other presentations in clubs such as: Bahrein, Shampoo, Sunset, Club 74 and several private parties on Punta del Este (Uruguay) These guys, have been introducing their own musical taste and language for since 2010. But they've been involved with music since childhood: Marcelo DJing for over 8 years at the best clubs and festivals in Buenos Aires (Creamfields, S.A.M.C, Pacha, Bahrein) and traveling all over the country, whereas Nicolas, an engineer on music production, had performed and recorded music as a guitarist and keyboard player for several bands, and at various concerts, focusing on such genres as Jazz, Funk, Dub, Reggae and Rock. This let them function as partners with regard to music production. Soulight is working on their LIVE show, expected to be launched this summer in their first International Tour...STAY TUNED! DISCOGRAPHY: SINGLES 2010: Lush EP (Unrivaled Music) 2010: The Chaser EP (Soul Industries) 2011: Own Flight EP (Soul Industries) 2011: City Talk EP (Endemic Digital) 2011: Confessions EP (Look Ahead) 2011: Going Home EP (Soul Industries) 2011: Just Here EP (Endemic Digital) 2011: Dont Leave Me (DeepClass Rec) 2011: Off My Mind EP (TheSounds) 2011: Make Livin´ (Sudbeats) 2011: Last Sun (Endemic Digital) 2012: The Howling EP (I! Records) 2012: Losing U (Form And Function) 2012: Don't Wanna (Form And Function) REMIXES: 2010: Carlos Francisco - Fortaleza Bacana (Unrivaled Music) 2011: Selim Gaston - Tunisia (Endemic Digital) 2011: Dave James - EhEhOhEh (Endemic Digital) 2011: George Vala & Audioprophecy - City in Arms (SP Recordings) 2011: Donjr - City Lights (Unrivaled Music) 2012: Hammez - Mom´s Home (DeepWit Uncovered) 2012: Saytek - Dont Pick Up (Endemic Digital) 2012: The Disclosure Project - Zodiac 2012: Medeew - Monkey (Sex Panda Rec) 2012: Aartekt - One More Chance (Something Different Records) 2012: Andy Soul feat. Matthew Yates - I Never Knew (Soulight Missing Her Remix) 2012: Rafael Yapudjian - Lanca Perfume (Soulight Summer Dub Remix) 2012: Deep Spelle - See You Again (Soulight Toned Remix) 2012: Jini Cowan - Wonderland (Soulight Remix) [Stripped Digital] 2012: Santiago Santamaria - The Fire Within (Soulight Remix) [Um Records] SOULIGHT's tracks World Restart (Original Mix) by SOULIGHT published on 2015-07-14T17:40:44Z Shadow Boxes (Original Mix) by SOULIGHT published on 2015-06-02T15:29:49Z Soulight - Its You (Original Mix) by SOULIGHT published on 2015-01-26T22:13:21Z Soulight - Keep Muvin (Original Mix) by SOULIGHT published on 2015-01-26T22:10:23Z Mockbeat - Never Same (Soulight Remix) by SOULIGHT published on 2015-01-22T18:31:10Z


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City Life is a relational, holistic, community based ministry that desires to see deep change in urban neighborhoods through the raising of indigenous leaders from the young people in that community.
What is City Life trying to do?
Our vision is to empower urban youth to change their community for Christ. We have recently begun partnering with Modesto Gospel Mission to come alongside families in the Airport District. To find out how you can help help bring City Life to your neighborhood, please contact us at Get More Information.
How is City Life trying to do this?
* By keeping a tight neighborhood focus and living in that neighborhood if the Spirit leads.
* By doing relational, holistic ministry with a critical mass of youth from that neighborhood.
* By raising indigenous leaders who don't move out, but stay and give back.


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Tales of the Robin, and Other Small Birds: Selected from the British Poets, for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People
Joseph Taylor
W. Darton, 1815 - Birds - 140 pages
Poems about robins and other small birds, drawn from a variety of sources.
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Page 45 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear ; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year ? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet From birds among the bowers. The school-boy, wandering through the wood To pull the primrose gay, Starts, the new voice of Spring to hear, And imitates thy lay.
Page 12 - Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is; Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.
Page 115 - When first the soul of love is sent abroad, Warm through the vital air, and on the heart Harmonious seizes, the gay troops begin, In gallant thought, to plume the painted wing ; And try again the long-forgotten strain, At first faint- warbled.
Page 116 - Superior heard, run through the sweetest length Of notes ; when listening Philomela deigns To let them joy, and purposes, in thought Elate, to make her night excel their day. The blackbird whistles from the thorny brake ; The mellow bullfinch answers from the grove ; Nor are the linnets, o'er the flowering furze Pour'd out profusely, silent. Join'd to these Innumerous songsters, in the freshening shade Of new-sprung leaves, their modulations mix Mellifluous. The jay, the rook, the daw, 6io And each...
Page 46 - Thou fliest thy vocal vale, An annual guest in other lands, Another spring to hail. Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year ! O, could I fly, I'd fly with thee ! We'd make, with joyful wing, Our annual visit o'er the globe, Companions of the spring.
Page 114 - Is no concern at all of his, And says — what says he ? — Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I too have seen Much of the vanities of men ; And, sick of having seen 'em, Would cheerfully these limbs resign For such a pair of wings as thine, And such a head between 'em.
Page 135 - Hebrides; Who can recount what transmigrations there Are annual made? what nations come and go? And how the living clouds on clouds arise? Infinite wings! till all the plume-dark air, And rude resounding shore are one wild cry.
Page 46 - Starts, the new voice of Spring to hear, And imitates thy lay. What time the pea puts on the bloom Thou fliest thy vocal vale, An annual guest in other lands, Another Spring to hail. Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year! O could I fly, I'd fly with thee! We'd make, with joyful wing, Our annual visit o'er the globe, Companions of the Spring.
Page 117 - Connubial leagues agreed, to the deep woods They haste away, all as their fancy leads, Pleasure, or food, or secret safety prompts; That Nature's great command may be obey'd; Nor all the sweet sensations they perceive Indulg'd in vain.
Page 113 - He sees that this great round-about, The world, with all its motley rout, Church, army, physic, law, Its customs, and its businesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says — what says he ?—Caw.


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Just when you thought Attorney General Eric Holder couldn't get more sordid and arrogant, he has. His testimony last week before the House Judiciary Committee took the scandal plagued Justice Department into territory not traveled since John Mitchell worked overtime to conceal administration wrongdoing nearly four decades ago. Even Chairman Darrell Issa recognizes the comparison is appropriate.
On Tuesday, Americans will have a rare chance to voice their disdain of the corruption and lies flowing from this Justice Department. They will have a chance to speak out against the radical and racialist law enforcement priorities of this Justice Department. Eric Holder comes to Austin, Texas to make a major announcement about voting laws, probably to acquiesce to some loud demand of the NAACP to block state efforts to ensure voter integrity. But a counter-rally organized by Catherine Engelbrecht and True the Vote will greet Eric Holder's appearance in Austin, Texas at the LBJ Library at 4 p.m. America is invited, and here is a flier with details.
You have a First Amendment right to petition your government for redress of grievances. Use it. So rarely has so much been worth grieving.
As bad as Watergate was, it didn't involve hundreds of murders, dead American law enforcement agents, and the illegal distribution of thousands of firearms. How long has it been since an Attorney General appeared before Congress and words such as "contempt" and "impeachment" were used by members as they were last week?
The Fast and Furious scandal isn't the only mess overseen by Eric Holder. His entire tenure has been characterized by racialist radicalism, disguised to some critics as mere incompetence. But it is far worse than incompetence, and to think otherwise is a mistake. From the dismissal of the voter intimidation case against racist anti-Semitic New Black Panther thugs, to the Mirandizing of battlefield captures in Afghanistan, Holder has presided over a systemic radicalization of the most powerful federal agency. This isn't incompetence. It is radicalism.
Many in Washington remain unconvinced of the extent of the destructive radicalism permeating this administration, and particularly the DOJ. In the speeches I give around the country, I lament that I wish Bill Clinton was still President. These are not your grandfather's democrats. These are not just liberals. From bringing cases to force schools to allow child transvestites, to forcing schools to give Muslim teachers almost four weeks paid vacation for an Islamic pilgrimage, radicalism prevails.
Ponder the racialist rot that Eric Holder carries in his wallet. I write in my book "Injustice" about a clipping he has carried since 1971. Holder's clipping says:
Blackness is another issue entirely apart from class in America. No matter how affluent, educated and mobile [a black person] becomes, his race defines him more particularly than anything else. Black people have a common cause that requires attending to, and this cause does not allow for the rigid class separation that is the luxury of American whites. There is a sense in which every black man is as far from liberation as the weakest one if his weakness is attributable to racial injustice.
In "Injustice," I note:
When asked to explain the passage, Holder replied, "It really says that … I am not the tall U.S. attorney, I am not the thin United States Attorney. I am the black United States attorney. And he was saying that no matter how successful you are, there's a common cause that bonds the black United States attorney with the black criminal or the black doctor with the black homeless person."
When you witness Holder's contempt for the rule of law, his disdain for enforcing civil rights and voting laws equally regardless of the race of the victim, and his disdain toward members of Congress, this quote explains a great deal.
This Tuesday at 4 p.m., in Austin, Texas, at the LBJ library, Americans tired of this sort of contempt, this racialist lawlessness, have a chance to let the Attorney General know they expect something better from high office. See you in Austin.


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4-H Military Partnerships
The National 4-H Headquarters, at USDA has established formal partnerships with Army Child and Youth Services, Air Force Airmen and Family Services, Army Child and Youth Services and Navy Child and Youth Programs to support positive youth development education for youth whose parents are serving in the military.
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4-H Afterschool is a special focused effort within the 4-H Youth Development Program that helps 4-H and other youth-serving organizations create and improve after-school programs in urban, suburban, and rural communities across the United States.
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The 4-H Youth Development Program is the only national organization that is federally mandated to conduct positive youth development programs. The program works to improve knowledge and skills of young people (their Heads, Hearts, Hands, and Health) and the quality of life in the communities in which they live.
Another Study Shows Kids Eating More Healthy Food at School, Throwing Less Food Away
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Children of Incarcerated Parents – Fact Sheet
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 2007, an estimated 1.7 million children under the age of 18 had a parent in prison, an increase of almost 80 percent since 1991. The negative consequences for children with an incarcerated parent can be substantial, including financial instability, changes in family structure, shame, and social stigma. However, research also shows that supporting healthy and positive relationships between these vulnerable children, who are the innocent bystanders of adult decisions, and their families has the potential to mitigate negative outcomes.
An interagency group, that includes the Departments of Justice, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Education, and Agriculture as well as the Social Security Administration, has partnered with stakeholders both inside and outside of government to identify opportunities to support these children and their caregivers. This fact sheet describes the efforts of the interagency group.
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I've had the Hailo app on my iPhone for a while now, but it's only in the last couple of weeks that I've started using it, and I'm already a covert!
Available for free on both iPhone and Android smartphones, Hailo will help you hail a taxi more quickly, more easily, and more safely.
When you launch the app, it automatically works out where you are, and also where all the nearest taxis are – and displays them all on a map. If you then decide to book a cab, it'll send out a message to the nearest car, and let you know as soon as it's booked – all within a few seconds – and will continue to track the taxi as it makes its way to you.
The service relies upon taxis signing up to the service, and it seems that more and more of the city's drivers are using it. Over the last few weeks, I've talked to several drivers about their experiences of using Hailo. Without exception, they love it, as it gives them more work – and it's also much cheaper for them than using a traditional radio booking system. Some drivers are using Hailo to supplement the jobs they get over the radio, but in one case a driver told me that he had cancelled his ties to a cab company (and the associated fixed cost of €150 a week – regardless of the amount of work it yielded) and was using Hailo exclusively.
For the passengers too the Hailo app had lots of advantages. As I said, the app can identify where you are – and it's a simple matter to pinpoint the exact address by typing in the house number. You can also specify what size of taxi you want – with options for 1-4 passengers, 6 passengers, 7 passengers, 8 passengers, or a wheelchair accessible cab – and so, if you have a big party, you can filter your search for taxis that meet your requirements.
Another big advantage of Hailo is that you can pre-define one or more credit/debit cards, and select to pay by card as part of the booking. The removes the worry about having enough cash to pay for your journey. Most taxis will take payment by credit/debit card already, but it can seem like a bit of a faff to pay by card, as it takes a while to process. But not with Hailo. As soon as you arrive, the driver can take payment with a single press (and you can decide to tip your driver), and an email receipt is sent out straight away.
When you book the cab, you get told the details of the driver that's coming to get you, including their name, badge number and car registration – which makes it a lot safer, as you know you're getting into the right car. Hailo vets drivers themselves, so you also have that added sense of safety, so that if something does happen during your journey it's possible to trace who your driver was.
And finally, if you accidentally leave something behind in the cab you can report the loss through the app.


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Patient Monitors & Advanced Medical Systems
Today's medical devices are increasingly complex. Enormous computing power is being directed at medical tasks, and entire laboratories are being reduced to reside on a tiny hybrid chip. Minimally-invasive procedures using guidance from advanced diagnostic measures (e.g., LASIK) are becoming common, and technologies are being combined to better understand patient conditions (e.g. PET/CT). Such combinations improve the utility and performance of devices but add considerably to their complexity.
Moving to the Point-of-Care
Another trend in medical equipment is downsizing and portability. Having compact instruments that can be carried or rolled to the patient saves time and effort transporting patients. Making a complex instrument portable or transportable (carts) presents a new set of safety and environmental challenges, but it's something DeviceLab has done over and over.
Patient monitors are an area where DeviceLab excels. These are critical devices that must never fail in a challenging environment. Accurate, timely, and easy to interpret data is fundamental to patient care. We have integrated new sensing technologies for a variety of vital signs and biometric measurements such as visual acuity, ECG / EKG, SpO2, temperature, and respiration.
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DeviceLab works in the world of complex Class II and Class III systems all the time. Our team is experienced in developing large instruments for a variety of medical specialties. We can handle all the details important for hospital equipment, including cabling, isolation, EMC/EMI, materials for disinfection, safety testing, and reliability engineering. We succeed in this area because of our expertise in systems engineering, industrial design, human factors, mechanical engineering, electronic, and software engineering. See our Portfolio page for examples of such projects. See our Services page for details on the software development capabilities of DeviceLab.


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By Elizabeth Holland
An amendment to the Fiscal Year 2015 Defense Appropriations bill that would prohibit the National Security Agency (NSA)'s ability to perform "backdoor" searches passed the House late Thursday on a vote of 292-123. The measure closes the loophole in the FISA Amendments Act that has enabled the search of government databases for information on U.S. citizens without a warrant. Under the amendment, the NSA cannot use its funds to search that database specifically for a U.S. target. The NSA and Central Intelligence Agency are further barred from requiring device manufacturers to install technologies that create "backdoors" in their devices.
The successful vote—in many ways a surprise given the recent politicking over the USA FREEDOM Act in the House—represents the first time either chamber of Congress has voted to curtail the controversial practices of the NSA revealed by Edward Snowden last year. A similar amendment to Fiscal Year 2014 Defense Appropriations to end the NSA's phone records collection program was offered by Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) last August but failed by a narrow 205-217 margin.
AALL continues to focus on opportunities to limit NSA surveillance by improving the House-passed USA FREEDOM Act as it is considered in the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. Earlier this week, AALL joined a coalition of privacy advocates on a letter to Senate and Committee leadership that "plainly express[es] our position that, unless the version of the USA FREEDOM Act that the Senate considers contains substantial improvements over the House-passed version, we will be forced to oppose the bill that so many of us previously worked to advance." The letter suggests a number of necessary fixes to the bill, including changes to the specific selection term and greater transparency provisions. Additionally, AALL has urged the Administration not to renew the bulk telephony metadata program under a Section 215 order which expires today.
We are hopeful that Thursday's House vote will send a clear signal to Senate leaders and members of the Obama Administration that they must approve real privacy reforms to the NSA's surveillance practices.


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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Akira - My Wedding Dress (Part Trois)
42 comments:
The detail is absolutely gorgeous!!!! Lucky you to own such a beautiful garment.ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous fabric!!ReplyDelete
2 years! Hilarity!
I'm sure the fashion police will let that little indiscretion slide. That really is the most amazing dress. I hope my wedding dress is a little something like that.
Adore your suggestions for your future sister in law's dress also. Urgh there is nothing I hate more than boring generic strapless frou frou la la wedding dresses.
Wow the detail is amazing.ReplyDelete
Amazing details.ReplyDelete
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congrats on biting the bullet and getting it cleaned!! must be quite scary, i imagine!! I just had a look through your old posts of the wedding day and the dress and wow, you looked amazing. The dress is just gorgeous. It is out of the ordinary, but not too far out. Perfect, I love it. Congratulations on having such a beautiful dress!ReplyDelete
Brooke xx
Girl, I'm not sure whether I ever cleaned mine! LOL.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousTue Jul 28, 10:14:00 PM 2009
love the details on the dress...ReplyDelete
O vestido é Magnífico!ReplyDelete
E sei bem o que vc quer dizer, estou para lavar um vestido que fui a um casamento desde dezembro!!! Preciso lavar com urgência tbm :)))
Quero ver fotos do vestido completo! Tira um outfit photo for us!
Mil beijinhos!!
wow... crumpled or not this dress is amazing! it was the first thing you commented on my blog about... still can't get over it. a perfect find! i'm glad you found a good drycleaners too, i know good ones but they are very expensive... i let my parents foot the bill most of the time hehehe.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousTue Jul 28, 11:59:00 PM 2009
wow, I love these closeups..so beautiful!! Glad you're finally dry cleaning that gorgeous dress--ha ha, my mom had to take care of all that stuff for me, so I probably would be doing what you're doing now if it wasn't for that :-)ReplyDelete
it is so incredibly beautiful. wow!ReplyDelete
What an exquisite dress, darling! I can see why you don't want to part with it even to have it cleaned!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous detail!ReplyDelete
Your Akira dress is exquisite! Love the phoenix embroidery on it!ReplyDelete
The details are incredible! It really has gorgeous beadings! I would be a bit afraid to clean it for frear it will ruin the dress but if your sister trusts the dry cleaner then it should be okay! xxoxoxoxoReplyDelete
Wow... I did not know Akira until today, and this dress is... gorgeous!!!!ReplyDelete
~ Lolita of modern tmes ~
The attention to detail is just breathtaking. What a beautiful gown for an even more beautiful bride :)ReplyDelete
This is one of the most beautiful gown i have ever seen!! I stillremember vividly abt your first post on your gown and since then I was introduced to Akria, that amazing designer.ReplyDelete
That dress is one of the most unique wedding gowns I've ever seen, you're so lucky to have it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousWed Jul 29, 08:17:00 PM 2009
Such a beautiful dress and my wedding was 4 years ago and I have not dry cleaned my dress yet either......ReplyDelete
wow, beautiful, delicate embroideries ...ReplyDelete
i love the threads that make abstract waves.
that dress is gorgeous.
( La vallée de Chevreuse is next to Versailles. Lucky mother and sisters ! Do you plan to come to Paris soon ?)
wow, what an unusual and beautiful wedding dress. hope it works out for you (the drycleaning)!ReplyDelete
Oh, this dress is so incredible with all the handcrafted work...ReplyDelete
It´s like a couture piece and I can only imagine how beautiful it looked on you.
Guess what... as you wrote about dry cleaners: I found this website here.
Madame Paulette is told to be the best dry cleaner in the world... unfortunately in NYC but they have a worldwide delivery ;)
Happy sunny day to you!!!!
Liebe Grüße!
What an amazing beautiful wedding gown!ReplyDelete
The details are so delicate and lovely! I've never seen such a magnificent wedding gown before - so fabulous!
Lol, I didn't bring my Vera Wang wedding gown to the dry cleaners yet, too!... Hard to find a trusted and reputated cleaner around, so I completely understand the point :)
xoxo, S.
The details are amazing!ReplyDelete
La C.
that embroidery is to die for! gorgeous gorgeous details :)ReplyDelete
Oh the details! Swoon!ReplyDelete
You should just claim to have not been ready to let go of the memories...since scent is highly tied to memory. ;)
I adore your wedding dress so much! The details are amazing xoxReplyDelete
the detail! Soo amazing!!ReplyDelete
These photos are so gorgeous...ReplyDelete
wow, your dress is absolutely gorgeous! To be honest, i haven't cleaned mine either because i only wore it for about an hour!ReplyDelete
I wouldn't want my dress to be ruined by the dry cleaner either! Imagine that! But if your friend had a good result, why not =) It really is a beautiful dress, all the embroidery is just breathtaking!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful garment. If that kind of fabric will be my wedding dress I'll certainly take care of it because the embroidery is soooo adorable. impressive.ReplyDelete
it looks soo beautiful!!! Now i want to get married lol.ReplyDelete
omg this is soooooo gorgeous! i wanted the scrolling down to continue forever. :)ReplyDelete
Oh, so sweet and delicate, I loved these. Sure the whole outfit looks amazing!ReplyDelete
incredible - what a pieceReplyDelete
Oh, it's soo breathtakingly beautiful. (sigh..) It's literally like a piece of art!! ahh...ReplyDelete
Sorry I haven't written for soo long! My vacation was great. I spent every weekend with my sister, brothers and relatives. I miss them so much. I couldn't even spare a weekend for friends. I hope they didn't know that I was home. ^.~ heheh.
I've been back for a month now but had been busy doing some serious cleaning up or shall I say "nesting" and getting ready for the new comer (u-know-who). ;-))
Whenever I needed some inspiration, I'm always here at your blog... :-)) Keep up the good work!
Love your special and unique sense of style. (((HUGS)))
The detail on your wedding dress is absolutely sublime! Just wanted to say I love your blog and you have amazing style and taste! Love it!ReplyDelete
WoW, Tenho estado a ler os artigos relacionados com o vestido de Noiva a apenas posso dizer que é realmente um vestido único e sublime em cada detalhe. Posso afirmar que não é algo que fique bem a qualquer pessoa, mas que ao ver as fotos vejo que foi a escolha perfeita! Tenho uma séria paixão por vestidos de noiva :) só este ano fui a 4 casamentos, e devo dizer que tenho visto muitos vestidos parecidos e por vezes, com os modelos não muito adequados ao corpo de cada noiva - neste caso, isso é competamente diferente, o vestido é maravilhoso, tem linhas simples completadas com detalhes simplesmente perfeitos e executados com uma delicadeza única :)ReplyDelete
(escrevo em PortuguÊs aqui apesar de ser usual comentar em inglÊs, pelo hábito do meu blog, passarei a usar mais a minha língua-mãe neste blog, felizmente ^^)
Muito obrigada, Fleur-de-Lis!ReplyDelete


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This is a general list of musicals, including Broadway musicals, West End musicals, and musicals that premiered in other places.
|A Chorus Line
|A Chorus Line is a Broadway musical that opened at the Shubert Theatre on July 25, 1975 and closed on April 28, 1990 after 6,137 performances. It held the distinction of being the longest running sho ...(more)
|Aida is a musical drama in two acts based on Giuseppe Verdi's Italian-language opera by the same name, which is in turn based on a story by Auguste Mariette. The musical was produced by Hyperion Thea ...(more)
|Annie is a musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie. The music is by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. Famous songs from the ...(more)
|Annie Get Your Gun
|Annie Get Your Gun is a stage musical loosely based on the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley. The music and lyrics were written by Irving Berlin with a book by Herbert Fields and his sister Dorothy F ...(more)
|Anything Goes
|Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The "book" was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It introduced such songs as "Yo ...(more)
|Aspects of Love
|Aspects of Love is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on the novel by David Garnett of the same name. The picture at right is the show's original logo. Roger Moore was contracted to appear in ...(more)
|This delightful, warm and moving Broadway hit was developed by Tony Award winning director Michael Bennett of A Chorus Line fame. Music By Billy Goldenberg. Lyrics By Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman ...(more)
|Barnum is a theatre musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Michael Stewart and book by Mark Bramble. It is based on the life of showman Phineas Taylor Barnum. The show was particularly specta ...(more)
|Beauty and the Beast
|Premiering on April 18, 1994, Beauty and the Beast is currently Broadway's sixth-longest running production, devised and produced by Disney Theatrical, a fully owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Com ...(more)
|"Billy", the musical, is based on the hilarious novel 'Billy Liar' by Keith Waterhouse. It was adapted for the stage by those legends of comedy, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and the writing is st ...(more)
|Blitz! is a musical by Lionel Bart. The play, described by Steven Suskin as "massive", was set in the East End of London during the Blitz (the aerial bombings during World War II). The story drew on ...(more)
|Blood Brothers
|Blood Brothers is a 1983 musical, with book, lyrics, and music by Willy Russell. It is one of the longest-running musicals of all time. The musical is a contemporary nature-vs-nurture tale revolving ...(more)
|Brigadoon is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, first produced in 1947. It tells the story of a mysterious village in Scotland, which appears for only one day every hundred years. Far ...(more)
|By Jeeves
|By Jeeves is a musical based loosely on the stories of PG Wodehouse, by Andrew Lloyd-Webber (music) and Alan Ayckbourn (lyrics and story). It opened originally (as Jeeves) on April 22nd 1975 and c ...(more)
|Cabaret is a 1966 Broadway musical set in Berlin in 1929 through 1930 during the Nazis' ascent to power under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. The musical comprises the book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics b ...(more)


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Emotions = Life
It's our first newsletter of the year and I'm running on a roller coaster of emotions- optimism, thrill, anxiety, stress, and hope. Can you imagine dealing with all of that simultaneously? Me neither!
Emotions are responsible for everything that we do in life. They help us surmount challenges and help us achieve impossible dreams.
In the last newsletter, I shared that Emotional Quotient is more important than having a high IQ. And, I thought to continue on talking about the emotions but in a slightly different way.
What I am about to say next might make you feel that I am a mathematical nerd, but I am not!
This book, Emotional Equations by Chip Conley caught my attention and I can't help sharing it with you. The author has reduced the different aspects of life into a handful of arithmetic equations and oh! so magnificently.
And, you thought mathematics can never be fun. Interested in my banter? Hop on to read some interesting emotional equations.
Curiosity= Wonder + Awe
Curiosity is the lifeblood of evolution.
Conely writes in his book that curiosity typically is an activity without a predetermined purpose. It's the fertilizer of the mind. Albert Einstein said something similar- "I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious."
Curiosity inspires creativity and it is as important as intelligence. I would urge you to watch this funny and surprisingly moving TED talk by Elizabeth Gilbert. She says that your elusive creative genius is inside you. So keep wondering. Nurture it carefully. Find awe at work. Find your circus.
Flow*= Skill/Challenge
(*with the goal of Flow being equal to 1.0)
I will borrow the definition of Flow from the book Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi- "Flow is highly focused state of relaxed concentration that obliterates all else out of consciousness. It is the state of self-actualization or transcendental behavior that is euphoric." Here is the TED talk by the man himself where he talks about Flow, the secret to happiness.
In the context of work, finding flow is when you immerse yourself in an activity that takes you to peak performance. Read this article on how you can reach flow state and apply it practically at work.
Calling= Pleasure / Pain
Have you heard the story of Mother Teresa when she heard "a call within a call" which propelled her to leave her vocations of religious life and devote herself to help the poor?
You may think of calling as some invisible force drawing you to your destiny. Truth be told, calling is nothing like that. It's just about doing amazing stuff with passion. Every single day.
Consider this- when firefighters sign up for their job, they decide their calling (to save lives). They run into burning buildings because they associate pleasure in helping people.
Here's how you can also use this equation in life. Don't worry if you haven't found your calling yet. Just work towards discovering it. Give it a shot! It won't take more than 20 minutes.
Wisdom= √Experience
Gandalf Rocks! And Dumbledore! And, so does my mom!
Wisdom is the square root of experience. That's why we are likely to consider people with more experience to be wiser than younger people. And you thought aging doesn't bring any benefits! Huh!
As your experience increases so does your wisdom; but not exponentially. All I know is that wisdom at the workplace is essential in decision-making processes.
These are a few emotional equations that I had liked. The book has many other equations about life and work. Here is an emotional equation from the very common wisdom that we hear about success-
Overnight Success = Work hard every day * 10 years
Hope you get to pick up the book and make some of your own.
Liked what you read? Forward it to a friend who you know would love reading this newsletter as much as you did.
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MSPs at Risk: You are at serious risk if you are not properly managing your clients' credentials
Written by Jordan True
December 20th, 2017
I ask MSPs: How secure are the clients' passwords you manage today?
As an MSP you must meet special security needs because you hold critical privileged passwords, not only your own organization, but for your clients' as well.
Do you have an accurate answer for these questions, or are there some unknowns in your organization?
- Who, in your company, was the last person to access their passwords?
- After your last IT Admin left, did you change every single one their passwords?
If you don't know the answer to either of those questions with absolute certainty, you'll want to read on. I want you to understand, unequivocally, the importance of privileged account management and what steps you must take now to start managing your clients' passwords correctly. Best part, almost all the steps include automation.
Download our free MSP Guide to Privileged Account Management
Stop what you're doing and lock down your clients' passwords now
The 2017 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) found that 81% of attackers used legitimate user passwords and other credentials to breach systems—up from 63% the previous year.
Think about this: if an intruder compromises just one of your privileged credentials, they'll have free rein to access your business-critical accounts, and worse—your clients' privileged credentials. Now you aren't just looking at having to clean up your own network, but you're liable for your clients' too. Say goodbye to your credibility as an MSP, and to any affected client.
Starting today, audit access to EVERY SINGLE client account
How are you auditing access to your clients' privileged credentials today?
Centralizing your password management will drastically reduce risk
Unless you have a centralized tool, there is no way you can be 100% certain who is accessing which credentials and when. Centralizing your password management will drastically reduce risk. It assures full accountability by associating each of your IT Administrators and privileged accounts with the credentials they accessed.
This becomes extremely helpful when one of your IT Admins leaves. Immediately pull the history of the credentials he has accessed and change them instantly. Now you can provide your clients with a guarantee that all credentials have been changed. If that doesn't give you peace of mind, I don't know what will.
IT Admins wield a lot of power, and hackers know this
IT Admins don't realize the power they hold with the sensitive servers they manage. And you can bet that hackers take full advantage of this.
If you're using Excel spreadsheets for password management you've probably already been breached—you just don't know it
If you're still allowing the use of Excel spreadsheets for password management, you are putting your company and clients' businesses at extreme risk. In fact, you've probably already been breached—you just don't know it. Excel was never intended to be a password manager, and there's nothing a hacker relishes more than a 'secure' spreadsheet full of passwords.
This takes me to my next point: take a least privilege approach to managing access.
Not all admins should have access to all credentials. By using a centralized enterprise password management solution you gain full control. Lock down accounts by granting access only on a case-by-case basis.
An MSP's best friend: automation
Installing a password management solution does not mean death to productivity. Actually, you'll find the exact opposite.
"I used to say, 'I don't want to see passwords written down in your notebook!'" With Thycotic Secret Server, they are more successful at enforcing best practice rules because the solution is a "pleasure to use." -CTO US-based Managed Service Provider
Read the full case study: "MSP adds employee efficiency and cost savings through Thycotic's privileged account manager".
Get a solid system in place and you'll realize how much more you can get done in a lot less time. For one, you don't have manually change passwords to meet compliance and security requirements. Set your vault to automate the process based on your password requirements.
Generate custom reports for your clients
Need to provide detailed reports to your client on meeting security requirements around password security? Generate reports automatically based on password usage and how frequently passwords are changed, directly through the tool. And if certain clients have specific password requirements, set up their report just once, and know you are meeting this mark.
Don't be overwhelmed by password management
Small steps can drastically improve your security posture. Get started with our free MSP Guide to PAM now and see how you can implement a privileged account management plan today.
ALSO READ: The Three Things Every MSP Must Do
Pinpoint risky stored passwords in minutes
Our free Browser-Stored Password Discovery Tool finds those sneaky passwords


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Have no word to tell, but this one and only "the best to happens on you, always!!" hope, to be come true..
-Happy 26th Birthday!!!-
-from Syasya ^0^-
*both are caked by D's Home Cakery
Kamu, Happy Birthday!! Muahhh...
comment rasa dong... :D
no news means good news..
no comment, means YUMMY CAKE!! :D
thanks... hehehe deg2an baca comment nya,,, masih gak pd nih tukang kue nya...
just believe in yourself.. ;)
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We had the perfect vantage point from which
to watch the robins hatch, feed and fly. Nestled in the prickly holly tree just
outside our dining room window, they seemed safely shielded from weather and
predator, alike. Mama bird had chosen well, and given us ample opportunity to
chart their progress –from baby blue eggs to fluffy fuzz balls of feathers.
-Until that day when frantic tweeting,
screeching and the break of feathers through leaves sent me running to the
seeming scene of an attack.
Empty next, panicked squawking and the
nails-on-chalkboard scream of a predator hawk. Upon that flurry of activity—parental
robins vs. hunting raptor—I drew my own conclusion. Even if there were no trace
of baby bird or his brothers.
And another conclusion, too.
As well as she may have built it and chosen
her nest's location, when it came to her babies' exit from it, she got it
wrong. All wrong.
No way were those tiny puffs of air ready to
fly, never mind able to fend off the perils and predators of their hostile home
turf. They were just babies.
I get the desire to kick the kids out of the
nest. Believe me –I do. But not at such a steep price.
Sometimes they're just not ready. And our
push can lead to peril.
After following most of my students from
freshman to senior year, I'm being granted an opportunity to start anew –with
While calling these young adults babies may be
exactly the wrong message to send, I can't help but view them in that light. Not
only because my own "baby" is their age, but also because I've already been
through the stages that pull them to the other side.
Now that I'm starting it over, I know better of their journey. They'll go far. But for now, they really are just babies. Surrounded
by potential friends, they often feel alone. Excited to take on new challenges,
they're still scared to take a first step. When they do take those first movements
forward, they often stumble and fall. Then, vacillating from cocky confident to
illogically insecure, they sometimes cling to doubt even when they should be
most sure. And although they crave independence, sometimes, they still just want
their mommy.
Inevitably, just after the start of fall,
they'll come to me –tired, sad, confused, homesick. Overwhelmed.
In my academic role, I'll offer
encouragement, strategies, some workable advice to get them on-track to meet their
college expectations. They'll nod, agree to give it all a shot.
But in that other, less well-defined role, I'll
try to offer them something else.
I get it now—finally—that it's that "other"
for which I'm really here.
When one of my students was quite justifiably
falling apart, but still clinging to a hold-it-all-together mantra, I gave her
the I-don't-care-about-grades speech. Weird, she probably figured, coming from
her tutor.
But I knew that the last thing she needed
from me was another push in an effort to reach some letter-grade measurement of
her worth.
So instead of asking her about her classes
and coursework, I asked about her. And she told me. A lot.
I like
when my students excitedly show me a paper or text me an A trailed by
exclamation points. I enjoy sharing in their successes. But I also understand
that sometimes sharing in their lives is far more important. And that unless they're
well—physically, mentally, emotionally—it's pretty unlikely that they'll do
Sure, I care about their grades, but mostly
because they do. Interestingly, when I tell them I don't, when I take some of
the pressure off, they do a little bit better. With that one student in pieces,
when I pulled the plug on grade expectation, her grade went from an F to a B+.
No, it doesn't work that way with everyone.
And that's a part of it, too. Some kids are ready for college straight-out-of-high-school.
Some are ready for life straight-after-college. And some leave the nest –just fine.
A day after the attack, I saw a tiny clump of
feathers at the base of our tree –breathing, chirping, hopping. And mom not far
afield, keeping an eye and bringing her now out-of-nest baby a mommy-prepared
Hmm, well at least he's out of the nest.


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Tote bags come in all varieties these days. From canvas totes to beach totes, sports totes, luxury totes, and many more. Buying the right tote bag can make you a happy.
When you are shopping for your dream tote bag, don't just spend on impulse. Take the time to do some research. If you are a little unclear of what will look good, consult a few of your friends who are already into the tote trend. You can look at social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter for ideas, pictures, and reviews of various tote bags.
Getting the right tote bag is all about form and function and where you buy it from. Belk stores have a great collection of handbags and a large variety of brands to choose from. Here are a few practical tips for buying the best tote bag.
Consider your needs
Are you shopping and find yourself needing a tote to carry your goodies? Do you travel and need a tote to carry your tablet and laptop? Tote bags come in all shapes and sizes. Their features revolve around what they are used for and the environment it is used in.
Think about your lifestyle, what you do every day, and what exactly you need or expect from your tote bag.
Think timeline
How long do you want your tote bag to work for you? Every product has a shelf life and depending on how you use them, they may end up in the dumpster pretty early. Beige, caramel brown, navy blue, and black are awesome color choices for beginner tote bags. If you trash your tote bag a lot and have a habit of spilling food on it, get a tote bag in black.
Make a wise investment
Impulse shopping can fill the avid shopper with guilt and regret. Try out a couple totes and save some money. Invest in a tote wisely. Psychologically speaking, when you wait for something and save up for it, chances are you will use it efficiently and productively. It will not be left on the shelves to gather dust for eternity.
Ask around
Asking your tote-fanatic friends is a good idea since they can know a lot about what's hot and trending. Additionally, consider consulting a tote handbag designer. A designer can offer you fresh perspectives and illuminate new buying choices. They know the features buyers look for and know the ins/outs of design. A designer can make your life easier, plus, you get a couple of tote-handbag lessons for free by consulting them.
Window shop
This is mostly applicable to research but checking out the retail outlets in person can be a real time saver. See whether your local outlet sells the tote bag you are looking for. If not, call in a favor from a friend or relative who may be willing to ship the tote to you.
You can try shopping online or wait for a sale to come along. You won't regret it!


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Cancer care remains siloed and often lacks a patient-centric focus and longitudinal support. This is where Beacon Advocates can help.
Beacon Advocates offers customized engagements that address our clients' programmatic needs while taking into consideration budgetary and reporting requirements. Our consulting services range from cancer population analytics to risk mitigation strategic offerings that include building customized care management programs.
Providing Beacon Advocates services will result in an improved cancer care patient experience which will result in cost savings through benefit optimization and community resources; reduction in wait times; improved coordination of care; reduction in the duplication of services and medical errors; avoidable emergency room, in-patient, and readmissions.
- Payer
- Employer
- Provider
As cancer is the highest cost driver within insurance plans, costs are difficult to control given the growing complexities of treatment options within a complex healthcare system. Members with a cancer diagnosis are overwhelmed while they try to navigate the complexities of the disease and its various treatment options within the complexities of the healthcare system and treatment options. Members/patients are caught in the middle and often confused and afraid and in need of a trusted personal advisor to complement their medical team. This is where Beacon Advocates come in.
Beacon Advocates offers a unique solution to ensure patients receive the right services at the right time. Our Innovative Cancer Care Management Solution provides timely access and personalized care coordination services to support becoming more engaged in their healthcare as they are supported independently by an oncology-certified nurse with social worker support to access both community and national resources for financial and emotional support.
We believe our solution offers a significant benefit over traditional phone-based payer care management services because our high-touch services intersect all facets of the healthcare experience which drives successful impacts and drive successful outcomes (clinical, financial, and overall member experience).
Cancer Care Consultative Services include:
- Benefit optimization surrounding cancer care.
- AI development for pattern recognition.
- Data analytics to proactively identify opportunities for engagement.
- Cancer Care Pathway development.
- Customized cancer care program development.
- Cancer care claim audits.
Our Value
Our high-touch service model is an effective and unique approach as our services intersect all facets of the healthcare experience designed to drive successful measurable outcomes (clinical, financial, and overall member experience).
- Increased member engagement with support leads to increased satisfaction and member retention.
- Appropriate diagnostic and treatment regimen
- Identification of patterns of practice.
- Identification of billing inaccuracies.
- Reduction of waste including duplicative services: imaging & laboratory.
- Reduction of avoidable ED/IP visits.
- Increased clinical trial utilization.
Rising cancer-related healthcare costs place burdens on both employers and their employees. Cancer costs are difficult to control given the growing complexities of treatment options within a complex healthcare system. Employers are looking to better manage costs while providing evidence-based treatments.
Employees with a cancer diagnosis are overwhelmed while they try to navigate the complexities of the disease, treatment options within the complexities of the healthcare system while trying to manage life and work. Your employees are caught in the middle often confused and afraid, and in need of a trusted personal advisor to complement their medical team. This is where Beacon Advocates come in.
Beacon Advocates offers a unique solution to ensure patients receive the right services at the right time.
Our Innovative Cancer Care Management Solution provides high-touch, personalized, and confidential care management that helps individuals avoid becoming an unfortunate statistic. Our service model improves patient outcomes and provides a positive return on investment by optimizing costs and helping ill employees continue or return to work more quickly.
Additionally, providing this type of service boosts morale by demonstrating your commitment to and caring for your employees and their families.
Cancer Care Consultation Services include:
- Staff education on the benefits of screening and early detection.
- Benefit optimization surrounding cancer care.
- Analytics – We help self-funded employers analyze their cancer spend, trends and offer cost mitigation strategies.
Our Value
The Value of Beacon Advocate's Unique Approach drives benefits within cost/quality/satisfaction:
- Reduce absenteeism
- Improve health outcomes
- Mitigate rising cancer-related costs
- Increased employee satisfaction and talent retention
- Diagnostic and treatment appropriateness
- Identify patterns of practice
- Billing inaccuracies identified
- Increased clinical trial utilization
Oncology Providers' Problem:
Many of the current value-based arrangements focus on the quality of cancer care coordination services. The reality is that the US is facing a workforce shortage, and many oncology practices have limited staff to provide comprehensive patient care coordination services.
Customized care management programs based on individual provider value-based metrics
- Anticipate patient care needs early
- Patient-home-check-ins
- Alert Providers to health issues
- Coordinate services including home health care
- Promote and monitor treatment adherence (oral therapies)
- Encourage Patient-Reported Outcomes
- Provide emotional support
- Assist with advance care planning
- Offer education and resources
- Access to community and national resources
Our Value
- Increased provider/staff satisfaction due to increased patient engagement and decreased staff workload
- Increased revenue due to improved clinical and quality outcomes
- Reduction of ED/IP and readmission rates
- Reduced patient isolation
Let's discuss your organizational needs and our cost-effective solutions.


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Two problems withkde.sh:
1) sets KDEDIR incorrectly to /usr. Running kdesetup with
KDEDIR as set by the script produces errors, but unsetting
KDEDIR or setting it to "/" fixes them.
2) prepends $(KDEDIR)/bin to PATH even though it is already
a component of PATH.
kde.sh should be fixed to find the correct value of KDEDIR,
then only add $(KDEDIR)/bin to PATH if not already a
component (use 'type -path').
It is proper for KDEDIR to be set to /usr. Why do you think
However, you are right that /usr/bin should _not_ be appended to the
beginning of the path. This will be fixed in an errata.
closed in RHSA-1999:015-01.


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TRANSPORT The school has a fleet of vans to pick and drop children efficiently. The school does not use coasters and buses as you all know the challenges associated with such a system. The routes are well mapped; there are no situation of very early picking and late dropping of children.
All vans are comprehensively insured with well experienced drivers and a supervisor.
All pupils follow rules, parents supervise the vans and report to principal.
The vans run in the vicinity of 7km to 25km distance from school.


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As Agile Coaches, we also work as intensively as possible at the level of teams and individuals – that is, the actual job of Scrum Masters. In this final post I will show what we are doing here in more definite terms.
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Agile Coaches at //SEIBERT/MEDIA – Company Level Tasks Part II: Recruiting und Employer Branding
One large task that the Agile Coaches work on at a company level includes recruiting and external (corporate) marketing. We are convinced that our //SEIBERT/MEDIA employees are our most valuable resource, and therefore the recruitment of new staff is particularly important.
Agile Coaches at //SEIBERT/MEDIA – Company Level Tasks Part I: Education & Training
We want to use our capabilities and strengths to achieve the greatest positive impact on our company and add value to our teams. Our work has moved more and more from the team level to the corporate level. As Agile Coaches, company training and further education is important. But first, here is some food for thought at a more abstract level.
How Scrum Masters Work as Agile Coaches Within the Company
The Scrum development framework assigns a entire series of very specific tasks and responsibilities to the Scrum Master within a team. However, in many companies the Scrum Masters do something quite different. Our colleagues always ask us what we actually do. To answer these questions, I have written a series of blog posts.


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Vashikaran as the name suggests means to hypnotize. Vashi is derived from the word "Vash" means to attract someone, captivate or capture attention of the person. Astrology on the other hand, solves a problem in a very natural way. Astrology is the study of stars and planets.
Vashikaran Specialist in Delhi
These two are different in their own individual ways. This blog will give you a brief idea in general and overall comparison about vashikaran vs. astrology in terms of services.
Vashikaran is an art performed by a vashikaran expert who possesses the knowledge in the field of Vashikaran. Vashikaran is used to improve love life and relationship issues such as breakup, separation between husband and wife. It also helps with career issues like getting you your dream job etc. Vashikaran gives faster solution to a given problem with the help of mantras and shlokas. This method is tricky and virtual which sometimes may have negative impacts or reverse harmful impacts. Also this practice is very powerful. It basically is the exchange of energies.
A vashikaran specialist can deal with these problems- it can bring your lost love back, you can attract a specific person into your life by Vashikaran , vashikaran on husband or wife, to control your boss, relationship and breakup problem, get you love back in life, inter-caste marriage problems, and etc.
Astrology is the study of celestial body and position of stars and studying t/he movements and relative positions of celestial objects. The study of movements and positions of sun, moon, planet and stars is done to predict the future in the belief that they influence human behaviour. Everyone is aware about how astrology works. There are 12 zodiac signs on the basis of birth date for every month. Astrologer who performs this practice needs to be well versed with it. There is no single unified theory to perform astrology related services. This practice is common and is in existence from ancient times.
Astrology takes time to provide results as its natural way of solving various life problems. The results are much dependent upon the calibre of the astrologer. Also the results from it are harmless.
So, the above two are not similar in nature. Astrology is time consuming but organic in nature and at the same time vashikaran shows its results quickly which can be adverse in nature if performed wrongly.


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The Junior Awards Scheme will continue to be run this season, there is a total of 5 achievement levels for junior players to work towards.
The aim of this Awards Scheme is to provide a structured programme for the junior players to work towards while also learning more about badminton techniques, footwork and rules.
GUERNSEY JUNIOR BADMINTON AWARD – Level 1
The award schemes will be run within the junior club and squad set up and assessments will take place as and when the coaches believe players are at the required level to be assessed.
Award Levels
- Split Step, Basic Grip, Thumb Grip, Forehand Serve, Backhand Serve & Overheads.
- Chassis, Lunge, Stroke Cycle, Grip Force, Grip Length, Forehand Serve, Backhand Serve, Overheads, Singles Court, Singles Scoring, Areas of the Court.
- Running Step, Cross Over Step, Grip Ranges, Overhead Clear, Overhead Drop, Forehand Net Shot, Backhand Net Shot, Doubles Court, Scoring Doubles, Lines of the Court.
- Scissor Kicks, Jumps, Overhead Clear, Overhead Drop, Forehand Lift, Backhand Lift, Faults, Doubles Positioning.
- Overhead Smash, Backhand Drop, Drives, Singles Positioning, Doubles Positioning, Court Awareness.


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The Lightkeepers Discussion Guide: Home
Articles, Interviews, and Reviews
'The Lightkeepers,' by Abby GeniThe New York Times, January 29, 2016.
Review: 'The Lightkeepers' by Abby GeniChicago Tribune, January 6, 2016.
The Lightkeepers by Abby Geni ReviewKirkus, October 22, 2015.
Situations of Great Extremity: An Interview with Abby GeniFiction Writers Review, January 14, 2016.
Abby Geni InterviewKirkus, January 14, 2016.
Discussion Questions
(From litlovers.)
1. Describe Farallon: the weather, animal populations (birds, sharks, and rodents), its stream, even the granite bed rock. In what way does the archipelago itself become a character rather than simply a setting in the novel? Also, consider Farallon's history, as well as how it got its epithet— "Island of the Dead."
2. Follow up to Question #1: If you are familiar with the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds(based on a Daphne du Maurier short story), what are some of the parallels between the film andThe Lightkeepers?
3. How would you describe Miranda? Why, for instance, is the isolation of the Farallon Islands suited to her personality? How does she eventually find her way out of her seclusion? In other words, how does she change by the novel's end?
4. Talk about the letters Miranda writes to her mother. What purpose do they serve in the story, and what do they reveal about Miranda (both the fact that she writes them and the content of the letters themselves)?
5. Miranda's relationship with her fellow housemates has "the dynamic of a family, minus any semblance of warmth." How would you describe the various characters in that "family"—Andrew and Lucy, Galen, Mick, Forest, and Charlene—and their relationships with one another?
6. Miranda finds comfort, even relief, from the others in the natural world of Farallon. What are some of the connections she makes with creatures. How does she come to view the biologists and their relationship to nature? What effect do their studies have on island life?
7. Were you surprised by the novel's climax? Do you find it somewhat implausible? If so, does it detract from your enjoyment of the novel?
8. What is the derivation of the book's title—The Lightkeepers. Who, in the novel, are the eggers and who are the lightkeepers?
9. Is there an underlying message within the book? What major issues are raised?
10. Bonus question: For Shakespeare lovers: Miranda's name?
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Suggestions for further reading
A Place of Hiding byISBN: 9780553801309An isolated beach on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel is the scene of the murder of Guy Brouard, one of Guernsey's wealthiest inhabitants and its main benefactor. Forced as a child to flee the Nazis in Paris, Brouard was engaged in his latest project when he died: a museum in honor of those who resisted the German occupation of the island during World War II. It is from this period of time that his murderer may well have come. But there are others on Guernsey with reason to want Guy Brouard dead...
Refuge byISBN: 9780679740247In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by. One event was nature at its most random, the other a by-product of rogue technology: Terry's mother, and Terry herself, had been exposed to the fallout of atomic bomb tests in the 1950s. As it interweaves these narratives of dying and accommodation, Refuge transforms tragedy into a document of renewal and spiritual grace, resulting in a work that has become a classic.
The Song of the Dodo byISBN: 9780684800837Thirty years ago, two young biologists named Robert MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson triggered a far-reaching scientific revolution. In a book titled The Theory of Island Biogeography, they presented a new view of a little-understood matter: the geographical patterns in which animal and plant species occur. Why do marsupials exist in Australia and South America, but not in Africa? Why do tigers exist in Asia, but not in New Guinea? Influenced by MacArthur and Wilson's book, an entire generation of ecologists has recognized that island biogeography - the study of the distribution of species on islands and islandlike patches of landscape - yields important insights into the origin and extinction of species everywhere.


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Hi there. First of all let me just say thank you for visiting my website. I really appreciate it. My name is Thomas Phillips and I'm a 33 year old electrician from Norwich. I live alone in Martineau Lane. Most of my time I spend fiddling around with electronics and tech gadgets. What can I say. I'm the kinda guy that brings his work home. I'm not all work though. I do have other hobbies like fishing, hunting and home improvement. These three things is how I got into satellite radio.
While I was in a family cabin on a fishing trip, where I actually did more repairs on the cabin than fishing, I couldn't find any other signal reception other than satellite radio. I've setup a satellite antenna and ever since then I'm hooked onto satellite radio. That was years ago though. Now I have a satellite radio setup at home as well. That's what I'm going to be talking about here.


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Dalvanna's love of music started back in the early 90s when he and his older brother would jam to dancehall reggae and hip hop as kids in Brooklyn. While his brother appreciated the lyrical side he found himself more intrigued by the beats or "riddims" that were released to various artists to provide their own lyrical perspectives. As he got older his intrigue with melodies expanded into other genres, including classical music. However, it was when he came to Philadelphia that he discovered the sound that he was looking for and he immediately fell in love with the potentiality of electronic music which he felt the inevitable need to be a part of. As he adjusted to Philadelphia's nightlife he has played at many local events and venues from Saint Lazarus Bar and Kung-fu Necktie in Fishtown, Sera Phi in West Philly, and WKDU radio Philadelphia. After joining the ranks of Bangarang's beat corp he has played at our monthly event at the Liaison Room, and most recently our debut at Warehouse on Watts.
Dalvanna fashions himself as an open format DJ but mostly loves to get funky with some deep house and tech house, where you can catch him dancing with the crowd between songs. While the name Dalvanna carries deep meaning to him he prefers to be called Johnny, feel free to greet!


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The "W" Espresso Sporting Club is from the same people who brought you Monsta Cafe in Taman Bukit Indah. The second and new branch has a totally different concept and feel than the former. I personally love the name because anything with three words in its title just sounds classy. For example: the Social Book Club or the Blue Pelican House. Yep I totally just made those names up. Anyways, this new joint has a rustic, sort-of no frills, organic feel to it. I can't quite put my finger on one adjective but one thing is for sure.. It's as hipster as hipster can be. Monsta Cafe has a relaxed vibe to it but "W" is more polished and sophisticated.
One of the co-owner Yuan Feng, is a 25 year-old business graduate from London, who runs the show at the cafe. He is also one of the well-known award-winning baristas around and it shows in his work. Chatting with him shows that he is intense in his vision and he's serious about what he does. He and his team drew up the whole concept of the outlet, located within the Country Garden Danga Bay commercial row.
I was lucky enough to have a mutual friend invite me over for a food-sharing session with a few other bloggers on the outlet's first day of operations recently. The food was prepared by their chef who has experience working at the Fullerton Hotel, Singapore and drinks brewed by Yuan Feng himself.
A notable effort will be their 32-page menu printed on good quality paper, which resembles a magazine. He said that it took them five months to conceptualise, take photos and produce the menu and customers are allowed to take them home because it offers more than just a list of food and drinks. It includes short write ups and interesting illustrations and the edition changes from time-to-time.
A quick look of how Monsta Cafe looks like before we move on to the new branch.
Hello distorted coffee art.
From the opening:
Yuan Feng at work.
Started with coffee demonstrations first.
Our table.
Mushroom soup. I love the surprise raviolis hidden in the soup because a blast of flavours just bursts into your mouth when you chew into it - a welcomed contrast against the smooth mushroom soup.
Exotic fruit and shrimp salad. Refreshing and crunchy!
Grilled chicken on a bed of yam mash. Such a beautiful shade of purple! We were served another version on potato mash as well.
Mom's Topshop basic black top; Cotton On skirt; Marie Claire wedges
There were two more dishes but I had to leave before they were served so these are all the food pictures I have. I must say that the food is flavourful and fresh from what we usually have at these type of cafes. But I should also note that I would have preferred the mushroom soup to have more texture instead of blended like it was served that night. It was a little too smooth for me as I prefer to have bits and pieces of mushroom I can chew on. But overall, it was a good experience.
A memorable quote from Yuan Feng, "People no longer want to just pay for food and drinks, you can get that everywhere. What people want is the experience, to stand out. So we're not just selling food and beverages, we're selling an experience."


text: OCD What Exactly Are Obsessions? OCD Obsessions Are More Than Everyday Worries By Owen Kelly, PhD Owen Kelly, PhD Owen Kelly, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, professor, and author in Ontario, ON, who specializes in anxiety and mood disorders. Learn about our editorial process Updated on December 01, 2020 Medically reviewed Verywell Mind articles are reviewed by board-certified physicians and mental healthcare professionals. Medical Reviewers confirm the content is thorough and accurate, reflecting the latest evidence-based research. Content is reviewed before publication and upon substantial updates. Learn more. by Steven Gans, MD Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD Steven Gans, MD is board-certified in psychiatry and is an active supervisor, teacher, and mentor at Massachusetts General Hospital. Learn about our Medical Review Board Print Caiaimage/Agnieszka Wozniak / Getty Images Obsessions are thoughts, images, or ideas that won't go away, are unwanted and cause extreme distress. Everyone has strange, unusual or even disturbing thoughts that pop up from time to time. Most people continue about their daily routine without giving these experiences a second thought, but if you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), these kinds of occurrences can become both distressing and debilitating. What Are Obsessions? There are many different types of obsessions, including: Worrying constantly about catching a deadly disease and/or that you will contaminate others with your germs Fears about contamination with environmental toxins such as lead or radioactivity An intense fear that something horrible will happen to a loved one Profound worry that you will do something extremely embarrassing, like screaming out an obscenity at a funeral Believing you may hit someone with your car or injure someone unknowingly Aggressive or disturbing ideas, such as thoughts of murdering your partner or child Disturbing sexual and/or religious imagery that might include sexual assault or inappropriate sexual acts A strong need to reorder things until they feel "just right" A fear of harming inanimate objects Obsessions are not simply worries about your everyday problems; they often feel impossible to control, even if you can recognize their irrationality. Often, the obsessions are so debilitating that you have difficulty keeping up at work or maintaining personal relationships. Obsessions can be so distressing that they cause you to try to get rid of them with other thoughts or actions called compulsions. What Are Compulsions? Compulsions are behaviors that have to be done over and over again to relieve anxiety. Compulsions are often related to obsessions. For example, if you are obsessed with being contaminated, you may feel compelled to wash your hands or use hand sanitizer repeatedly. Common compulsions include cleaning, counting, checking, requesting or demanding reassurance and ensuring order and symmetry. As with obsessions, people with OCD usually (but not always) have insight into the irrationality of their compulsions. Obsessions and Thought Suppression Given that obsessions are at the core of OCD, it has been suggested that thought suppression may play a role in causing some of the symptoms of OCD. People with OCD may overreact to dangerous thoughts by trying to push them away, which only causes them to come back worse than before. Of course, this leads to more thought suppression, which leads to more distressing thoughts and it becomes a vicious cycle. For example, as part of a research study, people with OCD were asked to suppress their distressing thoughts some days while allowing themselves to have these thoughts on other days. At the end of each day, they were asked to record the number of intrusive thoughts they experienced in a diary. Not surprisingly, people with OCD recorded twice as many intrusive thoughts on the days they tried to suppress their thoughts than the days when they let their thoughts flow freely. Obsessions and OCD Spectrum Disorders There are a number of other disorders that, while not technically meeting the DSM diagnostic criteria for OCD, have very similar symptoms and are sometimes described as falling within the so-called OCD spectrum. This spectrum captures different clusters of symptoms that are reminiscent of, but not exactly the same as, those of OCD. Often (but not always) the only difference between OCD and a given OCD spectrum disorder is the specific focus of the obsessions and/or compulsions. For example, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a form of mental illness in which the person has obsessive thoughts about a slight anomaly or imagined defect in their appearance. Like with OCD, BDD involves repetitive checking; however, the difference between the two is that people with OCD do not typically focus on how they look. Treating Obsessions Although the obsessions associated with OCD can be debilitating, there are a variety of treatment options that are safe and effective for many people. These include medications, psychotherapies, self-help techniques and in extreme cases, surgical procedures. 2 Sources Verywell Mind uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read our editorial process to learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy. National Institute of Mental Health. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2013. By Owen Kelly, PhD Owen Kelly, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, professor, and author in Ontario, ON, who specializes in anxiety and mood disorders. See Our Editorial Process Meet Our Review Board Share Feedback Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! What is your feedback? 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An eclectic mix of sounds make for an interesting month of music.
Spring is upon us and so is the concert season picking up all over New York City with pop, rock, folk, electronic, R&B and more. Freshen up your nightlife this month with some live music. Jack Antonoff's new band Bleachers takes the stage at Terminal 5 April 9 while alt-rock innovators OK Go dazzle Terminal 5 on March 11. Electro house duo Chainsmokers turn things up with Bebe Rexha April 24 at Terminal 5, and finally Ben Folds brings his singer-songwriter genius to Bowery Ballroom April 27, Music Hall of Williamsburg April 28 and Town Hall on April 30. Here are New York City Monthly's best of the rest for April.
BRIT-nominated R&B siren Jessie Ware hails from the UK and breaks hearts April 1 at Terminal 5. On her second album "Tough Love," Ware co-wrote with industry heavyweights including Ed Sheeran, Miguel, Sam Smith, Benny Blanco, Julio Bashmore, Dave Okumu and Kid Harpoon. Jessie Ware broke through prior to her 2011 singles with collaborations with SBTRKT and Sampha. Ware's debut album "Devotion" spawned a string of hits including "Running," "If You're Never Gonna Move," "Wildest Moments," "Night Light" and "Imagine It Was Us." Her alluring alto voice coasts through a combination of 90s house tracks and luxurious ballads that may remind many of Sade and Whitney Houston. The new title track "Tough Love" has a new wave vibe and sounds like a long-lost cross between Prince and Cyndi Lauper. Ware, who was married last summer coos beautifully on another favorite "You & I (Forever)." Keep your eyes peeled and your ears open for those dramatic vocal moments where the room is sure to hear a pin drop as Jessie Ware's notes soar beyond the ceiling.
The Ting Tings groove into Webster Hall April 8. The UK duo made up of multi-instrumentalists Katie White and Jules De Martino (who both sing) emerged on the scene in 2008 with "Great DJ." They followed up their electro-pop sound with equally-catchy records "That's Not My Name" and "Shut Up And Let Me Go" off their debut record "We Started Nothing," which helped earn them a Best New Artist nomination at the 2010 Grammy Awards. The Tings' two subsequent albums "Sounds from Nowheresville" and "Super Critical" each produced singles like the rhythmic "Hang It Up" and new single "Wrong Club," now a Top 5 Dance Club song on the Billboard charts. "Super Critical" was inspired by a late 2012 trip to Ibiza and this album was co-produced by Duran Duran's guitarist Andy Taylor. The Ting Tings promise a danceable, energetic show with a range of tunes from new wave to disco to funk.
If you are solely a Top 40 fan, you may not have heard of Detroit native/Brooklyn-based Sufjan Stevens. The unique, under-the-radar singer-songwriter and producer has a signature musicality, soothing falsetto and catalog of songs that spans nearly 15 years of material that is cinematic in many ways. Stevens is a modern day renaissance man who has been known to write folk songs and baroque pop while also venturing into electronic and hip-hop. He plays the Beacon Theatre April 11 likely with some of his colorful costumes, in support of his just-released album "Carrie & Lowell," centering on his mother and step-father and delving into "life and loss, love and death." First tune "No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross" is a delicate folk song that cuts deep, and feels particularly poignant with the recent passing of Sufjan's mother. The bouncy "Chicago" with its quirky orchestration should be one big track to listen up for, not to mention the whimsical, dramatic "Age of Adz."
There are a handful of names that come to mind when you think Americana and "American songbook" and John Mellencamp is one of them. Mellencamp has scheduled a rare residency at landmark New York venues with two shows at Carnegie Hall April 20 and 21 and two shows April 23 and 24 at The Apollo. The Indiana native has effortlessly blended genres of folk, rock, blues and soul since the 70s, with his commercial success solidified in the early 80s due to hits like "Hurts So Good," "Jack & Diane" and "Pink Houses." Mellencamp's best quality is perhaps his ability to create songs that are meaningful across generations, conjuring up moments of nostalgia like "Small Town" to celebrating life like on his cover of Van Morrison's 1971 song "Wild Night" which Mellencamp sang alongside Meshel Ndegeocello. Whether he's saluting the 1960s with "R.O.C.K. In The USA," touching souls with the strings of "Check It Out" or reminiscing on young romance in "Cherry Bomb," he's got something for everyone. One thing's for sure, if you check out any of the four shows this month, you will be having anything but a "Lonely Ol' Night" with John Mellencamp and friends.


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Really!!! Just because last year I'd already planted 1/4 of the potager with early crops on March 7, and another 1/4 on March 13….and this year, I've planted zilch, zero, nada; even though my team didn't even make it into the Big Dance; even though the forecast is for even crappier weather in the coming week, I don't care if it's snowing! REALLY! Why?
Because these wonderful treasures arrived in the mail today, and if it were beautiful and warm outdoors, I might feel a bit guilty about staying indoors with an entire pot of tea devouring every photo and sentence. But now, I can read and absorb each and every page; mull over every idea and weigh its merit.
Yes, I've been gardening for over forty years, and I've had the opportunity to design and plant numerous gardens. My potager was months in the sketching/erasing stage before it was built, and I am delighted with it. But, I know I can learn more, I can make it even better, even more productive, even more beautiful. I'm old school. I love books!
I'm still amazed that I can order books on the Internet…..these are all used, and most of them were 1 CENT or 2 CENTS!!! A couple were 99 Cents, one was 1.99, one was a bit more. I think my birthday check from my mother was well spent! Happy, happy hours ahead! Let it snow!


text: Duhaime's Law Dictionary Minutes Definition: The official written record of a meeting. The official record of decisions made at a meeting. Some minutes include a summary (not verbatim) of the discussion along with any decisions (expressed as resolutions). Other minutes are bare-bone and just contain a record of the decisions. Minutes start off with the name of the organization, the place and date of the meeting and the name of those persons present. Minutes are prepared by the corporate secretary and signed by either the president or secretary. They are crucial meeting documents without whch the group has no formal memory, especially for corporations for which they constitute the formal record. Categories & Topics: Duhaime's Parliamentary Law Dictionary Always looking up definitions? Save time with our search provider (modern browsers only) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Law Dictionary, or if you have suggestion for a legal term, we'd love to hear from you!