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Breakfast bar in the modern kitchen design
The main advantage in the design of the kitchen with the breakfast bar is a wonderful possibility of dividing the space into the functional areas.
How to choose the breakfast bar?
First of all, the breakfast bars may be produced of different material: wood, wood laminate, laminate, metal, stone, glass. However, corian is most frequently used for coating. The breakfast bars may also differ by their forms: rectangular, multi-faceted or streamlined.
When choosing the breakfast bar for the kitchen you should take into account the size of the premises, as, for instance, for the small kitchen interior the too long construction, which will touch the ceiling, is unacceptable. This will look quite absurd.
Color also plays an important role. For instance, for the classical variant, the bright monotone model may become an attention-grabber of the interior due to its color. The light colors are good because they will not overload the premises. And for the premises with the low ceilings the glass breakfast bar with the chromized tube as a support will be a perfect solution
Corner kitchen with the breakfast bar
If the kitchen is corner and L-shaped, with the help of the breakfast bar it may turn into more comfortable and cozy L-shaped premise. Thus, the attractive comfortable premise is arranged, surrounded by the working surface on three sides. And if the kitchen is not very big, it would be reasonable to purchase the mini- breakfast bar, preferably with no upper shelves, with the chromized support. Such construction will harmoniously support the corner kitchen set and will perfectly substitute a bulky dinner table, becoming a practical solution.
If the kitchen is U-shaped
The main differentiating feature of the U-shaped kitchen is that all furniture and equipment are placed along the walls, to be more exact, three walls. This allows free movement around the premise, on condition of appropriate placement of all interior elements. In this case, the wall breakfast bar will be an ideal solution represented by the construction with the elongated table top, or adjacent to the wall. Such model of the breakfast bar does not overload the interior leaving much free space. The breakfast bar in the U-shaped kitchen is a harmonious continuation of the working surface.
If you purchase the high bar chairs, this construction will be a little lifted. And if you choose ordinary-sized stools, the breakfast bar should be a little lowered with regard to the table top.
Kitchen design – island with the breakfast bar
If the premise is spacious enough, especially, if this is an apartment-studio, it would be quite a successful solution to place the breakfast bar right in the middle of the kitchen, which will create the so-called island. Most frequently this is also the place for the sink with the cooking panel hidden due to the breakfast bar construction. This means that you may cook the food right in front of your guests watching the process.
The island breakfast bar may be both open and closed. The closed breakfast bar is equipped with multiple shelves and cupboards and is more functional, however, it looks quite bulky in contrast to the open construction, not overloading the kitchen and looking smoother.
Design of the parallel kitchen with the breakfast bar
This interior presupposes that furniture and kitchen equipment are located along the opposite two walls. This economizes the space essentially, especially if it is narrow. However, you should remember that the free space between the walls should be at least meter and a half. Thus, you will receive the two-row kitchen: the breakfast bar on one side, and the working surface – on the other. For such variant, the closed variant equipped with multiple shelves and cupboards will be an ideal option. As such construction is an inalienable part of the functional and stylistic point of view, it should be in the same color gamma as the rest of the kitchen furniture.
Quite frequently in the parallel kitchen, the breakfast bar substitutes the dining table, which, in its turn, economies perfectly the place, for instance, for accommodating the necessary equipment in the small premise.


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Barrie never seems to have much luck where the weather is concerned and for his opening walk on the new autumn/winter programme for the group, the forecasted weather for that day was dismal to say the least with heavy showers of rain expected for most of the day.
Having already swopped two walks around in the programme, he had to make a decision and instead of his planned route taking in Mynydd y Glog, he opted for a bus ride from Garwnant up to Storey Arms for the walk back along the Taff Trail.
Only two companions in the shape of Rachel and Sue D were lured out to join him and it was their intention to walk whatever the weather might chuck at them!
In actual fact, the weather forecast was completely wrong and instead of a 90% chance of rain falling it was more a case of a 90% of no rain at all.
Parking at Garwnant Visitor Centre before catching the bus up to the Storey Arms in order to walk the 6-mile journey back along the Taff Trail, they found that although it was extremely wet underfoot, the day remained mostly dry with just three short sharp showers.
At one point on their journey the Taff Trail took a sharp left turn off the forestry track and because of the lack of a waymarker it would have been very easy to just walk straight on, especially for those not being familiar with the route, however this has now been reported so hopefully will be rectified in the not too distant future.
They found at one point that the path was very overgrown and believed that they may have made a mistake and wandered off the main path, but locating a Taff Trail waymarker confirmed they were still on the trail and arriving back at Garwnant after three hours of walking, a hot cuppa in the café rounded off their trek.


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Regulatory Guillotine
On August 2, AMCHAM's Legal Committee welcomed key leaders to provide background informational on the Regulatory Guillotine and its objectives, process, and potential outcomes.
The ongoing Regulatory Guillotine Project, with the support of the Royal Thai government, aims to cut or amend certain regulations to improve the ease of doing business in Thailand. The research team, led by Dr. Kanate Wangpaichitr and Dr. Napatsorn Semson, invited our members from private enterprise to share their recommendations, for licenses and permits to be reviewed.
In 2017, the Royal Thai Government initiated a deregulation program to cut and amended certain regulations to improve the "ease of doing business" ranking for Thailand. Phase 2 of the Regulatory Guillotine Program will start soon and there is an opportunity for the American Chamber members in the private sector to participate. Phase 2's focus was on reviewing national license and permit requirements with the objective to eliminate redundant licenses and streamline burdensome and complex procedures to promote efficient business activity and economic development.
For AMCHAM members, there is a form to fill out and submit. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Khun Tomwit at firstname.lastname@example.com. To access the Regulatory Guillotine Form, please click here.


text: I consider myself a prophetic intercessor and worship dancer. I can walk into a situation and discern in the spirit what's happening and also God's heart for what He wants to do. I believe in intercessory dancing and that our body's know how to worship and pray when words fail. Once I see the situation or person through God's eyes I will stand on Truth and war it out in prayer and worship for that person or situation…I will always fight for truth and love. I believe there are no lost causes. I believe God is an equal opportunity lover.


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Dear Community,
Due to the coronavirus, we are rescheduling our First Ever New Mexico
Externship. Please check back soon for new dates!
For online EFT support and offerings, please email
Stay safe, be well and we look forward to being in touch soon!
Transform the way you work with Couples and earn 28 ceu's at this 4 day intensive training! The Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Externship, developed by Dr. Susan Johnson, is an immersion into the science and power of attachment, emotion and relatedness that can shift the way you understand couples in distress, and change the way you work with families and individuals. This is an experiential and didactic training that will help your success in your clinical practice as well as strengthen relationships in your own life!
This is an official EFT Externship, endorsed by the Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT).
March 18, 19, & 20, 2020: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm
Day 1: EFT-The Model, The Research & The Map
Day 2: EFT Stage 1
Day 3: EFT Stage 2 – Change Events (Withdrawer ReEngagement & Pursuer Softening)
March 21, 2020: 9:00 – 3:30 pm
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*Registration begins at 8:30 am each day with coffee, tea and light snacks.
*Lunch on your own.
About Dr. Robert Allan
Dr. Robert Allan has more than two decades of experience helping couples, individuals, and families improve their most important relationships, health, and well-being. He has been practicing psychotherapy since 2004 in a variety of settings including community mental health, hospitals, employee assistance programs, and private practice, and is an Assistant Professor of Counseling at the University of Colorado Denver. In his private practice, he works with individuals, couples, and families dealing with issues such as anxiety, depression, infidelity, adjustment to life transitions, trauma, addictions, and couples struggling in their relationship as well as others.
About Dr. Lisa Palmer-Olsen
Lisa J. Palmer, Psy.D. is a licensed marriage and family therapist in San Diego California. She is a Certified EFT Trainer and Supervisor and is a Founder and one of the Directors of the Emotionally Focused Couples Training and Research Institute at Alliant International University. Lisa completed her dissertation research on how to train and teach Emotionally Focused Couples therapy to professionals. Dr. Sue Johnson, the founder of EFT and Dr. Scott Woolley were part of her dissertation committee. Dr. Palmer-Olsen's primary clinical and research interests are in the areas of couple and family therapy; specifically with those couples and families dealing with trauma and attachment related struggles. She is an AAMFT clinical member and approved AAMFT supervisor. Dr. Palmer-Olsen is also co-founder and clinic director for the Alliant Couple and Family Clinic (ACFC), San Diego-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit therapy clinic.
Note: Lisa's full participation requires a minimum participation of 25 registrants.
General Registration Before 2/1/2020: $750
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Refund requests will be honored up to 30 days. All refund requests will be subject to a $100 processing fee. No refunds within the 30-day cancellation, but transfer of funds to the following externship year or core skills registration will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Email Jen Siladi at email@example.com.
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Earn While You Learn! This Externship can earn you 28 Continuing Education credits. The training virtually fulfills the biennial continuing education requirement for license renewal for social workers, licensed counselors, psychologists and marriage and family therapists.
To participate, you must have the training and educational qualifications to legally practice as a professional mental health practitioner in the area I live OR be currently enrolled in formal training to be a professional mental health practitioner.***
***Participants must be familiar with and abide by professional and legal confidentiality requirements regarding all client information shared in the training. Certification in EFT is offered by ICEEFT based on completion of all requirements and demonstrated competence in the model. Completion of training does not guarantee competence or certification. Enrollment in this training constitutes an agreement to hold harmless The San Diego Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy, the Training and Research Institute for Emotionally Focused Therapy (TRI-EFT), and all presenters and trainers from any and all claims, actions, and judgements, including all costs of defense and attorney's fees incurred in defending against the same. I have read and agree to follow the terms for participation.
Confidentiality: You must agree to keep confidential the personal identifying information of case material shared in the training. I agree to not record any part of this training in any format (audio, video, or visual). Personal written notes of non-confidential material are permitted.
Reference Materials for Study:
"The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection" BY Susan M. Johnson, 2nd Edition, 2004
"Becoming an Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist: The Workbook" BY Susan M. Johnson, et al, 2005
EFT for Dummies written by Jim Furrow and Brent Bradley, 2012


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John Holt & Queen Ifrica – Ghetto Queen
Societies have a way of evolving…adopting to change and making the most of a bad situation but unfortunately two decades of the PPP has put Guyana under the international spotlight of crime, terror, corruption and confusion. GT now has more confusionists than there are compatriots. The latest addition and edition is the Queen of the Ghetto who wants to be Auditor General. More and most embarrassing is that she is not making a secret that she is more-man than her Finance Minister husband Dr Ashni Singh and he cannot get a word in…not even sideways. All that will happen is that the net of suspicion, interrogation and incarceration will be spread wider and deeper. As a ghetto queen, she will return to her authentic status in society.
Commonsense should inform Ms Singh's moral and cultural ideals but as a committed and convicted bully she is storming into a theatre of disrepute and ill-repute like if they do-she. The old-boys network has no barriers strong enough to keep her at bay…literally and metaphorically. ASOMELYKAM.
Guyana now has more investigative teams visiting any time of year than it has delegations of cross-cultural development planners. Guyana also has more citizens locked up in more countries than it has incarcerated in its local jails. Coming out of jail gives some status and stature. ASOMELYKAM.
Jamaica used to wear the crown and badge of cultural and criminal cartoons but the chutney and poonani revolution has catapulted GT into the number one spot. Not even Trinidad can compare even though they baad too. Every week, in every territory, Guyanese are found with cocaine in their stomachs, birds in their sleeves, marijuana in the hachar and diamonds lining their uteruses. Salts and senna pods is the most frequently used irritant to bring down the swallowed stuff concealed. Some parents even give their children a solution of cocaine and other drugs and extract by unconventional ways when they get to their destinations. As a matter of fact this summer on any flight see how many children on board fast asleep. You guessed right?
Every international outpost has trained operatives to spot GT traffickers and other cultural and criminal cartoons. Both Presidents Jagdeo and Ramotar have been trying recently to make the case that corruption like snow, rain, hurricanes and fires is a natural phenomenon. I beg to differ.
This type of logic, this type of reasoning makes them both cultural and criminal cartoons and if better cannot be said or done, worse will continue.
Almost simultaneously too, they both want to be seen and revered as "fathers of the land" apparently for being generous to deportees, fraudsters, gangsters and permitting money laundering by all the banks. Guyana is also known abroad for consuming the most expensive whiskeys and cognacs all year round. A bottle of JOHNNY WALER-DOUBLE BLACK has a sticker price of US 55.00; a pensioner only gets US 50.00 and one of the sacked CEOs in GT has a revolving account of US 5,000 weekly at his BLUE IGUANA citadel and watering hole. ASOMELYKAM.
Perhaps in at a later date I will get all the needed figures and stats to support the argument that more Guyanese of Indian ancestry are locked up overseas for fraud, forged instruments, drug dealing, smuggling of drugs and human trafficking. Some embassies have stopped giving legal support to its citizens when caught up in corrupt practices. Barbados, Canada, Suriname, Brazil among others have suspended reciprocal arrangements. Some have even moved their embassies. You need a Canadian passport, you have to go to Trinidad and apply. That is how GT bad. You want to go to India, you have to fly to Pakistan or some Middle East country…that is how bad GT bad. Even the mother country is denying and in denial. In some known cases the posted ambassadors and honorary consuls are more corrupt than the folks whom they purport to represent.. ASOLMELYKAM.
The ambassadors in India, Brazil, Spain and even Toronto are no peach. As a matter of fact the current Consul General in Toronto is the wife of the deceased former Minister of Agriculture who was gunned down in a hail of bullets a few short years ago. No investigations have been made public surrounding his death but the PPP rushed to elevate the wife to a position of trust and privilege; business as usual. No wonder every week Guyanese are detained, deported and denied certain rights at Canadian ports of call and access. Too many shady characters and shades of characters are in frontline positions.
My Canadian sources tell me that when flights are expected from Guyana or connecting countries, security operatives don their bullet proof vests and tighten their surveillance. All cell phone conversations at these facilities are both recorded and video-taped because of the high incidence of smuggling, graft, fraud, improper documentation and other related issues.
One of my favorite people in Ottawa who worked for 45 years with the federal government and had a death in her family in Jamaica almost did not make it. She apparently had an expired passport and the usual protocol is that she has to furnish three references to get same day processing. Initially she had difficulty finding three creditable character references and when she did, they could not call; the processing agency had to call them and that is what almost tripped up the emergency visit to bury a relative in Jamaica.
Every bank in the Diaspora questions Guyanese nationals in all their financial and employment transactions. Just a few short days ago the New York Transit authority had to review all its hiring, promotional and compensation arrangements because an operative…a Guyanese national of East Indian descent was selling, on the side, application forms for promotion and hiring. The operative was also passing on the proficiency exam papers to her most favored candidates. Talk half – leff half.
President Ramotar is ill informed about Guyanese and their attitudes both at home and abroad. Projecting the problem on to black people and accusing the opposition of being on a crusade to paint East Indians as both corrupt and corrupting is a lame excuse.
The story has been told too of a warehouse Guyanese manager who pulled the fire alarm bell on the job and urged everybody to evacuate (about 60 adult workers with an average of 14 years service…all black and Hispanic). Once they got outside in the demarcated area, they were all handed pink slips signaling the closure of the company.
Stories abound too of East Indian home health aides forging and converting financial statements (checks) of their bed ridden clients. Others have also been converting the medications and allotted food-stuff for their own benefit. The collateral word is called "runnings". Wherever they go, they indulge and neither Jagdeo nor Ramotar is doing anything about it. Perhaps as beneficiary-in-chief `they both get paid to keep his damn mouth shut; if nine ent know, ask ten.
Also read: Opposition misrepresenting Fin. Minister's wife appointment – Luncheon


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The Conversion of Saint Paul from the Liturgical Year, 1904 We have already seen how the Gentiles, in the person of the Three Magi, offered their mystic gifts to the Divine Child of Bethleh… View »
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WASHINGTON – Please attribute the following to CTIA® Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Scott Bergmann.
"We thank Chairman Pai and the FCC for taking this important step to make more spectrum available for 5G wireless services. This auction is a critical opportunity for the deployment of next-generation networks, representing the largest amount of contiguous spectrum available in the millimeter-wave bands. Combined with the additional mid-band spectrum the FCC is reviewing, this auction will help meet the growing demands of today's wireless users and ensure the U.S. continues to lead in 5G."
About CTIA
CTIA® (www.ctia.org) represents the U.S. wireless communications industry and the companies throughout the mobile ecosystem that enable Americans to lead a 21st century connected life. The association's members include wireless carriers, device manufacturers, suppliers as well as apps and content companies. CTIA vigorously advocates at all levels of government for policies that foster continued wireless innovation and investment. The association also coordinates the industry's voluntary best practices, hosts educational events that promote the wireless industry and co-produces the industry's leading wireless tradeshow. CTIA was founded in 1984 and is based in Washington, D.C.


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Positions/Postes : Research Assistant, Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute
Source: Selkirk College.
Applications are invited for the position of Research Assistant, for the Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute.
The position will assist in undertaking applied research with and for and thus report to the BC Regional Innovation Chair in Rural Economic Development and will be a critical member of the Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute (RDI) research team. This is a two year, full time position with the potential for extension pending funding.
This posting closes on Tuesday, March 08, 2011.
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Puppy Raiser Orientation
Dec. 2020 Puppy Raiser Info Session
Thank you for your interest in puppy raising with Guide Dogs of America! We look forward to sharing more about our program as you prepare for your puppy. This orientation will be held at 10:30 a.m. in the auditorium of the Visitor Education Center, located at 13479 Glenoaks Blvd. Orientation will last approximately 1.5 hours.
Thank You!
Stephanie Colman, Puppy DepartmentDate: 12/05/2020 (Sat.) Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT Location: Visitor Education Center
13479 Glenoaks Blvd., Sylmar, CA 91342


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A couple of weeks ago, my hubby installed an AMAZING jewelry safe/mirror in our bedroom. It's a wall mounted mirror that opens up to store all of my jewelry. Every girl needs one of these.
Now that it is up, there's a perfect space next to it for some additional storage for purses and boots. So I'm in the market for some creative solutions. I think I will include some closed storage, but I also love the idea of some clever ways to hang my purses on the wall for easy accessibility.
I'm loving some of these ideas. I particularly love the pegboards and slatted solutions because you can hang as many or as few items as makes sense for you. Plus you can paint them with designs or colors that match your walls for some lovely art.
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Little Adventure on the Prairie is quite possibly the worst game you'll ever pay for. The Finger Guns Review;
Can you remember the height of the Newgrounds Flash game craze in the late 90's, early 00's? It was a wild time. The website hosted some sublime flash games like Assassin and Alien Hominid that were completely free to play. Some of these games went on to become sucsessful boxed games for consoles too. Oh course, back in the day Newgrounds wasn't packed with classics and there were hundreds of turgid messes churned out by would-be game developers looking to find an audience. The reason I bring this up is because playing "Little Adventure on the Prairie" reminds me of those flash games from that era. And not the good ones either.
The title 'Little Adventure on the Prairie' gets one thing right. This game is little. 12 levels long, split into 3 separate themes, the 2D game challenges you to walk along an environment to defeat between 10 and 15 enemies that walk directly at you. You play as an unnamed blue haired protagonist that wields a sword using one singular attack. This title will take you between 20 minutes and half an hour to complete. The rest of the game's title is a bold face lie because there's no 'Prairie' to speak of and this game can in no way be described as an 'adventure'.
Little Adventure on the Prairie is a steaming pile of barely functioning mechanics, rough copy/pasted textures and ill-conceived ideas. The list of issues I have with the game would take longer to write than it did for me to complete the game – but here's a sample. The background art doesn't line up with one another – you can see the seams of one piece of art work lined up against the next. Your character can jump and get caught mid-air on an invisible box surrounding each enemy which means you just float there until the enemy dies. There are gaps in platforms which work as pitfalls for your character but enemies simply walk across. Textures simply disappear as you walk across them and are replaced with a grey box. The combat mechanics are entirely nonsensical – it seems like only the end of a sword causes damage which means you can swipe through an enemy a number of times and they don't take any damage. There are certain floor tiles which cause damage but there's no prior warning about it. The three tracks in the soundtrack are about as appealing as listening to someone have a drilling and root canal filling at the dentist. There's no way to block incoming damage and the amount of damage done by an enemy attack seems entirely random. The character animation on both the hero character and the foes are so lacklustre, they make it look like a puppet show performed by someone who just polished off their 12th Jagerbomb. I needn't go on because I think you get the picture.
Little Adventure on the Prairie is the worst game I've ever paid for and even though it cost less than a Grab Bag of Monster Munch, I still feel like I'd been robbed. This is another title that's riding the wave of Sony's lack of PS Store quality control by offering you a Platinum trophy you can 'earn' in the space of half an hour but unlike the rest, this one is barely functional. Save your money and revisit some of the tripe that ended up on Newgrounds instead. At least they're free. We only ever give out 0/10 review scores to games we couldn't finish because of game breaking bugs here at Finger Guns and because I did manage to force my way though its 30 torturous minuets, I'll have to settle with giving it this instead…
Little Adventure on the Prairie is available now on PS4, PSVita (review version) and Nintendo Switch.
Developer: Infinite Madaa
Publisher: Infinite Madaa
Disclaimer: In order to complete this review, we purchased a copy of the game. For more information, please see our review policy.


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New research released this week reveals that the number of US CEOs to depart in 2018 was an alarming 25 per cent higher than in 2017.
In a tight labour market and a constantly changing business environment, CEOs are departing their jobs at numbers not seen since the recession. The outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported that more than 1,450 US CEOs left their posts in 2018, the second highest number on record after departures peaked at 1,484 in 2008.
"There's a lot of uncertainty as we begin 2019. While the job market is strong, with low unemployment and strong hiring numbers, the stock market is in near-constant flux; trade concerns loom in many industries, including manufacturing and technology; and the regulatory environment may change with a new Congress," said Andrew Challenger, Vice President of Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
The 25.2% jump from the 2017 total of 1,160 was predominately due to retiring CEOs (403), resignation (283) and those that stepped down into other roles in the company (355), usually a board chair position.
PepsiCo CEO, Indra Nooyi, announced her retirement in August after 12 years at the helm of the beverage behemoth – she was one of 40 'food' CEOs to depart in 2018. The government/non-profit sector had the highest turnover by far, with 276 exits, followed by the financial sector (154) in the number two spot and technology (152) coming in third.
The #MeToo movement was keenly felt across business in 2018, with many boards facing pressure to enforce company policies regarding misconduct, even at the highest levels. Eight CEOs left amid sexual misconduct allegations, including CBS Corporation CEO Leslie Moonves who was forced to resign after a dozen women accused him of inappropriate behaviour and sexual assault dating as far back as the 1980s.
Another four CEOs left due to allegations of professional misconduct. Intel Corporation CEO Brian Krzanich resigned in June after the board learned he had a consensual relationship with an employee, which violated company policy. He is now CEO at CDK Global.
Twenty-three CEOs were terminated by their boards, with Challenger noting "boards are anticipating a changing environment and putting leadership in place who are capable of succeeding in it".
Challenger, Gray & Christmas began tracking CEO departures in 2002 and rely on SEC filings, company press releases and news reports to tally its results. It only includes American companies that have been in business for at least two years.


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As far as we know, human beings are the only life forms on the planet with conscious awareness – the ability to know that we know and to be aware that we are aware. We're able to perceive both our inner and outer environments and we can make conscious choices about where we direct one of our most valuable gifts: our attention.
As many great wisdom traditions teach, whatever we put our attention on expands in our experience. We can focus on grievances, shortcomings, and pain, and those qualities will grow in importance to us. Or we can instead choose to shift our attention to beauty, love, and laughter, and we will perceive their expansion in our life.
When I'm practicing medicine, I realize a feeling of love as I relate to those seeking care. I find that as I direct my attention and shift my perception towards love and connection, the layers of my mind, intellect, and ego become less rigid, more elastic, and relatively transparent. This has the effect of allowing the love and spiritual energy we all possess to be communicated in a more authentic, less refracted way.
A Shift of Perception
I've recently begun co-facilitating the Chopra Center's Free to Love/Healing the Heart workshop with my partner Trista Thorp, and we've had the opportunity and honor to witness participants as they shift their perception from constriction to expansion, from fear to love, and from grievances to miracles.
In a guided five-step process developed by Chopra Center co-founder Dr. David Simon, they let go of the emotional pain, conditioned beliefs, and stories that are no longer serving them. In essence, they are gently shifting from an old way of perceiving themselves, their past, and their lives, to a new perception that allows for possibilities and fulfillment that previously seemed unavailable.
At the beginning of the workshop, I ask participants to do a simple exercise that is amazingly profound. After a group meditation, they pair up and spend a few minutes looking into another person's eyes. I ask the participants to become aware of the emotions and feelings they are experiencing. Then I ask them to close their eyes and bring their awareness to their hearts, that place of love, compassion, empathy, and humility. Then I have them once again look into the eyes of the person before them and pay attention to the emotions and feelings they are aware of now that they have shifted their perception towards love.
Most often they realize they are really seeing with their heart and soul the divine expression before them. There are often a lot of tears as people recognize the inner beauty and wholeness radiating from their partner's eyes. This is known as the practice of Namasté, a Sanskrit word that means "the divinity in me honors the divinity in you and we are one."
Exercise: Seeing with the Eyes of Love
We may have been taught that giving love is important and loving ourselves is selfish. But self-compassion – truly loving ourselves for who we authentically are, both the light and the dark – is actually the surest way of cultivating and communicating the love within us with others.
The partner you have in this exercise is yourself. You can try it right now using a mirror to look into your eyes as you ask yourself to become aware of the emotions and feelings you have. Now close your eyes and orient your perception towards your heart, becoming aware of its love, compassion, empathy, and humility. Then open your beautiful eyes and see yourself with your own sweet heart. Can you feel the difference? The one thing you shifted was your perception towards the field of love, from your head to your heart. I encourage you to take a few minutes each day to practice this exercise, honoring your own divinity, and putting your attention on having love and compassion for yourself.
Extending Compassion to the Ego
Life can be challenging, and most of us have a tendency to judge ourselves when we make mistakes or suffer setbacks. Offering yourself positive regard and love as you look into your eyes will naturally begin to soften the ego's criticism. Try extending your compassion to the ego, recognizing that it is like a fearful child who only resorts to bullying and control out of a desperate need to feel safe and secure.
Once you begin to honor the divinity within, everyone around you will also begin to look different. You will find it easier to realize your intentions because when you orient yourself in the field of love, constrictions naturally dissolve.
If your current perceptions aren't bringing you the love, happiness, and fulfillment you desire, I invite you to experiment with your gift of conscious awareness, noticing where you are putting your attention, and making conscious choices to shift your perceptions. Don't put it off. As the Sufi poet Rumi writes, "Time is a factory where we all slave away, earning enough love to break our own chains." None of us knows how long our existence on this planet will last, and we don't want to wait. We have the ability to experience our spiritual loving essence in a way that promotes compassion, empathy, and self-awareness.
Why not do it now?


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Until now a plug and play remote starter for a BMW was non-existent, but ADS has come up with a solution, so that you can cool your car down in the summer heat, and warm up and defrost your vehicle on those icy mornings.
Available in mid August, BPG Autosound will be able to remote start your 2005 and newer BMW with or without the Push to Start, using the new ADS BM1 moudule.
The installation is done with a T-harness for simple, warranty friendly installation, in addition, drivers will not need to give up one of their car keys to act as a bypass.
The new BMW and Mercedes devices are able to remote start the car from the factory key fob by pressing the lock button three times.
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Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has scrapped a multi-billion pound scheme for a barrage stretching from Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset to Cardiff which would have generated enough electricity for 5% of the UK's homes.
The barrage – a similar construction to a dam – would have cost more than £30bn and has been talked about for decades.
Wildlife campaigners will welcome the scrapping of the scheme, but it is a further blow to those advocating further use of renewable energy. Two renewable energy quangos were abolished last week and a £60m initiative to upgrade ports in the north east to cope with wind turbine cargoes is also hanging in the balance of Wednesday's Spending Review.
A case study on the barrage found that there was no strategic case for major public sector investment in a large-scale energy project in the Severn estuary. It found it would be very costly to deliver and very challenging to attract the necessary investment from the private sector alone.
The Severn Tidal Power feasibility study showed that a tidal power scheme in the estuary could cost in excess of £30bn, making it high cost and high risk in comparison to other ways of generating electricity. The report did recommend that a Severn tidal project should not be ruled out as a longer term option if market conditions change, but noted significant uncertainty over complying with regulation and that a scheme would fundamentally change the natural environment of the estuary.
Mr Huhne said: "The study clearly shows that there is no strategic case at this time for public funding of a scheme to generate energy in the Severn estuary. Other low carbon options represent a better deal for taxpayers and consumers.
"However, with a rich natural marine energy resource, world leading tidal energy companies and universities, and the creation of the innovative Wave Hub facility, the area can play a key role in supporting the UK's renewable energy future."


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Gauteng Government has announced the Latest Nursing Training Programme 2020 in South Africa. The Nursing Training Opportunities are rare in South Africa, and it is the best chance for you to apply for the Nurse Training Programme 2020 available at Government Department of Gauteng.
The Nursing learnership Programme 2020 can boost your experience and expertise in the Nursing Field, so if you are looking for Nursing Learnerships 2020 / 2021, you have come to the right place. You can now apply for the Nursing Learnership Opportunities available in Gauteng, South Africa to get special nursing training. The Nurse Training will also be available for the upcoming batch.
The Nursing Training Courses 2020 / 2021 have been offered by a lot of Nursing Schools in South Africa, and it is the necessary course for you to avail the Nursing Jobs available in South Africa. It is also expected that you may get more better Nursing Jobs and Career Opportunities right after successful completion of your Nursing Training for 2020. You can have a look on the Nursing Training Jobs available in South Africa before submitting your application at the recruitment department of Gauteng Government.
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Applicants are invited to apply to the Gauteng College of Nursing to study towards the Diploma in Nursing in 2020 at one of the College campuses: • Ann Latsky Nursing Campus Chris Fani Baragwanath Nursing Campus. SG Lourens Nursing Campus. Bonalesedi Nursing Campus.
Must be a South African citizen, who resides in the Gauteng Province in possession of one of the following school leaving certificates:
A Senior Certificate, a National Senior Certificate or National Vocational Certificate Primary Health (Level 4).
The following subject criteria are required:
Senior Certificate: English HG D or SG C, Biology HG D or SG C, Mathematics HG D or SG C and M score of 17 National Senior Certificate: English Level 4. Life Sciences Level 4. Mathematics Level 4 or Maths Literacy Level 5, and an APS of 27 or more (Life Orientation counts half the score). Current Grade 12 learners must meet the National Senior Certificate requirements in their Grade 11 final results "National Vocational Fundamental Subjects (English First Additional Language. Maths/Maths Literacy, Life Orientation) and 60% in Vocational Subjects (SA Health Care System, Public Health, The Human Body and Mind and Community Oriented Primary Care).
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Closing Date: 31 Dec 2019
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If you comply with the eligibility criteria and other requirements provided by Gauteng Government for Nursing Learnerships 2020 / Nursing Training Programme 2020, you can Apply Online by following the above mentioned method. The Nursing Training Jobs in South Africa have been offered by different Nursing Schools / Training Institutes, and you should not miss the Nursing Careers. You should apply online by submitting your job application to get experience in the Nursing field.


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This success story cannot happen in Canada without doctors licences being at risk from our very conflict of interest laden health care system that crosses federally to the provinces, then remarkably closely to the United States private organization the Infectious Disease Society of America that is rife with anti-science rhetoric and conflict of interest. Has Canada been the victim of medical fraud? Perhaps.
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|Can anyone please advise whether Kwiecien is likely to be a variation of Kwietniowska? Many of the records I have found are for Aniela Kwietniowska, but there are also a few for Aniela Kwiecien who would appear to be the same person (same husband, parish etc) but I would like to be certain.
Also, what are the likely origins of the name Blaszkiewicz?
Many thanks.
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|I think that Aniela Kwiecień and Aniela Kwietniowska is the same person. She had the same husband and lived in the same village. In the XIX century in Polish acts often the same surname was written differently. The surname of that woman in the records that I found on Geneteka was written in different ways: Кветнiовская, Квецень, Квѣтневская, Квѣтнiовская, Квѣциньская, Квѣцень.
Until 1918 in the Russian alphabet there were two letters Е and Ѣ, which meant the same sound. For Russian words there were some rules, when to write E, when Ѣ, for example, the word "бѣлый" you need to write with Ѣ, but for Polish names and surnames there were no rules, and priests wrote it differently.
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|Hi Sophia and Natalia
Thank you both so much for your explanations. I was being a bit cautious - even though I thought they were the same person. You are both very knowledgeable. I am actually familiar with the Russian alphabet and can pronounce it - just don't know what it means! And I certainly can't make much from the handwritten text, so your help has been invaluable.
Would either of you know the meaning/origins of the name Blaszkiewicz, or should I post a separate query?
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|A terrific short story about the Chrismas I treated a homeless girl to a sleigh ride and a picnic, and reunited her with her mom and dad. Please read it, it will warm your heart.
The Greatest Sight On Christmas morning, I woke up at 7am and looked out the window. Through the snow misted pane, I saw a poor, helpless girl crying. She had hair the color of sunset, but it was hard to see because the girl was covered with snow. From the way she was shivering, I could see the girl didn't have much clothes on. Through the window, she looked about 6-7 years old. I wanted to help her. I got dressed as quickly as I could. I tiptoed down the stairs, skipping the creaky ones, and went into the cold garage. I wanted to get my sleigh, just in case the girl was too tired to walk. After I opened the front door, I immediately closed it. Too cold. The girl was probably freezing. I ran back upstairs to get my blankets and more coats. I looked at my watch, 7:45am. I groaned. My mom always wanted me to eat breakfast by 8am. I grabbed some bread, a box of cereal, two cartons of juice, and a packet of chocolate chip cookies. Seven fifty-one. Good My parents and my older sister didn't wake up until 10:30am. I had plenty of time. First I wrote a note. "Went out sledding. Be back by 1pm. Love, Jennifer." Perfect. I went outside to look for the girl, "Uh-uh" I said to myself. She wasn't there. I looked around and saw footprints. I followed her to a bush. I looked in. The girl stared at me. I stared back. Then I said, "Hi. What's your name? My name's Jennifer, but you can call me Jen or Jenny." The girl said in a soft voice, "Mine's April. You can call me April. Who are you?" "I'm a friend, a good friend. You cold? Or are you hungry?" I asked April. April considered the question before answering. "Both. Hungry and cold," she said. "Guess what I brought for you." "Food?" April guessed. "Food, blankets, and guess what else? A sleigh ride for April." I said merrily. I felt like Santa Claus. April's eyes got rounder and rounder. "Really?" she gasped. I nodded. April scrambled out of the bush. When she saw all of the stuff I packed, she shouted with joy. "Yippie!" She shouted. "When can I get in? When?" I pretended to think deeply. "Hmmm....you can get in 2 days later." April's face fell. "Or now." As soon as I said the word, "Now," she jumped in. I put the food on the ground for a moment to tuck April in. Then I gave her a carton of juice, two slices of bread, and opened up the cereal, so she could eat it like popcorn. Then I gathered the rope in my hand, and pulled her to the park. April laughed the whole way to the park. As we entered the park entrance, I said, "Now Princess April and her magnificant horse, Jenny, is entering the Crystal Castle." The park did look like a crystal castle. Everything shined in the sunlight. "Wow," breathed. "It's beautiful." I continued to pull her into the great park, to my favorite picnic spot by the Swan Pond. "We are going to have the best picnic ever!" I declared to April. And we did. After we finished the whole loaf of bread, all of the juice, and half of the box of cereal, I took out the cookies. When April started her thrid cookie, I asked her where her parents were. After a moment of silence, she started her story. "Well, I lost them when I was 5. I am now 6 years old. I was walking my dog, Queenie, in front of my house. Then she started to run towards somewhere I didn't know. And then she broke loose, and ran away from me. When it started to get dark, I cried and cried. I think I fell asleep against a tree. I hid from people. I ate Queenie's biscuits at first because I was so hungry. Then I ate grass. Sometimes I begged for money for bread. It continued like that until today. I want my mommy!" April's eyes got moist. Then tears fell down from them. I put my arms around her and said, "don't worry, "I'll find your mommy and daddy." I cradled her until she fell asleep. Then I put her gently back into the sled. I led her to a police station. I talked softly to the officers. By the time April woke up, the situation seemed much brighter. The police found her parents and called them. They were coming to get their little "devil." Even though they said, "devil," I could hear in their voices that they were very, very glad and relieved. In fact, when they saw April, they cried in delight. Little "Devil" changed to little "Angel." When they were in a tight group hug, my eyes filled with tears. It was the greatest sight I have ever seen. Tweet
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Strategic Planning Committee
29/08/2019 1.00 pm
Reception Room - Town Hall, Huddersfield
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Simply put, webcasting is like showing a television program, only in this case it is done through the internet directly onto your computer. Webcasts are usually live, happening in the same way as the Last Night of the Proms, X-Factor or a football match would be broadcast on tv. However, they are archived for 12 months and available to watch back afterwards. Archived webcasts are usually available 24 hours after the meeting.
Once webcasts of meetings are available, links to them will become available on each of the meetings web pages. Go to the meetings page by clicking here and then select the Committee you require and then the meeting date. You will then be able to follow the link to view the webcast of that meeting (under the Venue and Contact Officer's name).
If you are watching the recorded webcast, click on the agenda item of interest and the webcast will go straight to that part of the meeting.
Opening up Council meetings to the public
Webcasting council meetings are just one way to improve citizen participation, increase engagement and improve communications.
We regularly webcast a number of our meetings including Full Council, Cabinet, and all our Planning Committee meetings.
In the bottom left of the live webcast screen, you will have the opportunity to send us your comments, by clicking on the 'feedback'button.
You can also contribute to Twitter discussions of any live meeting by using the hashtag #kirkcouncil.
The Webcast Player allows you to watch, pause and stop live and archived webcasts. If you've watched videos on YouTube or Facebook before, the controls will be very familiar.
Webcasts that haven't started yet display a Timeline, and if the meeting has Agenda points, these will be listed here in their planned order of inclusion. If there are no Agenda points, the Timeline only displays the webcast starting time.
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Webcasts may also include supporting documents and weblinks which you'll find under the Resources tab; you'll find supporting slides under the Slides tab; photos and biographies under the Speakers tab; and you can tell us what you think of the webcast via the form under the Feedback tab. Some webcasts may also display extra custom tabs where you'll find maps, surveys and other content.
The main home page displays an overview of live, future and recent webcasts in a panel on the right of the page. If the feature has been turned on, this panel may also display two 'We recommend' webcasts. You can watch any of these webcasts by clicking on them.
To see every webcast, click on the Webcast library button and scroll through the list. Alternatively, find specific webcasts by using the Search box, which lets you search by title, description, agenda points or date.
In addition, most webcasts are tagged with a key word or phrase when they're created - for example 'Scrutiny' or 'Council Meeting' - so you can easily find all the webcasts that relate to a particular topic by clicking the relevant tag; tags also provide visual clues - the larger the word in the Tag cloud, the more webcasts you'll find that are tagged with that word.
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Archived webcasts enable the viewer to navigate to any point of the webcast using index points or by dragging the horizontal scroll bar below the video window.
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Here are six destinations around the world that you should visit this year for an unforgettable yoga retreat.
2019 will inevitably lead to goals and new resolutions, and we're willing to bet that yours will include at least one of the following: "get in better shape", "travel more", or "start meditating"—-or maybe all of the above. So, we'd like to help you with that: here are six yoga destinations around the world where you can go for an unforgettable retreat at any time of the year.
1. Rishikesh, India
India, the birthplace of yoga, seems like a fitting place to start. Last year, the ashram in Rishikesh along the Ganges River where the Beatles famously spent two months in 1968 reopened last year. This time was crucial for their career as they released the legendary White Album shortly afterward. The restored ashram does have some touristy components, including a souvenir shop and a cafeteria, but you can also see where fans of the Fab Four wrote messages and painted murals dedicated to the band over the decades that the ashram was abandoned. Of course, there are also classes available where you can Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation.
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The Ganga river is one of the most sacred rivers to Hindus. It is also a lifeline to millions of Indians who live along its course and depend on it for their daily needs. It is worshipped in Hinduism as the goddess Ganga. I felt honored to practice yoga right next to, and in, these mineral rich Himalayan waters. . Amazing Photo by @holisticnicole .📸 by @jakemacetaichi ……………………. DM , TAG or use HASTAG #uttarakhandtraveller to feature Follow 👉 @uttarakhandtraveller Follow 👉 @uttarakhandtraveller Follow 👉 @uttarakhandtraveller #yoga #yogi #india #spirituality #ganga #rishikesh #Uttarakhand #himachal #Valley #travelrealindia #himachalpradesh #himalayas #travelgram #india #incredibleindia #travelphotography #travel #mountains #nature #wanderlust #traveller #portrait #landscape #beautiful #wanderer #_soi
2. Somerset, England
On to the charming English countryside in Somerset where a stone cottage with wood interiors and cozy furnishings offers 24 rooms amidst 42 acres of quiet and unspoiled nature. In this setting, you can take part in yoga, meditation, and mindfulness workshops, as well as organic and vegetarian cooking workshops. Website.
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3. Colli Piacentini, Italy
A center similar to the Somerset estate can be found in the hills surrounding Piacenza, situated among ten hectares of cliffs, woodlands, and meadows: the Miri Piri bio-architecture center, a building restored according to the principles of bio-building combined with those of Feng Shui. In order to minimize the environmental impact, only five materials were used, all-natural and recyclable (stone, wood, seasoned mortar, brown cork, and bio-bricks), and all the furniture is handmade. These features make Miri Piri the perfect backdrop for yoga and Ayurveda seminars as well as for Taichi, martial arts, bio-dance, and vegan cuisine.
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4. Ibiza, Spain
Ibiza, the famous Isla Bonita, is also a great retreat for lovers of yoga and meditation, faithful to its roots from decades ago when the island was a welcoming destination for hippies dedicated to oriental disciplines and free love. Today, everything on offer here is much more glamorous, even when it comes yoga and meditation—but who said that you're more likely to find inner peace in a cave rather than on a beautiful finca with a sea view, surrounded by green nature, with a private chef preparing nutritious meals for you from produce grown right there on the spot?
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The best start to our days on retreat – waking up to these views 😎👙⠀ ⠀ Beyond excited to be back in the home of the original Our Retreat location – IBIZA! Bring on back-to-back #yoga #Pilates #barre and #fitness retreats on the White Island with @thestrengthtemple and then @lottiemurphy_ and @emilyspriggs_. Bliss! ✨💫⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #wellness #wellnessretreat #fitspo #instafit #ourretreat #instagood #wellbeing #healthyhappylife #yogaretreat #pilatesretreat #fitness #explore #lifestyle #holiday #getaway #travel #workout #wanderlust #escape #yoga #yogalover #fitnessretreat #fitnessholiday #fitretreat
5. Praia do Rosa, Brazil
Praia do Rosa is considered one the world's most beautiful bays as well as a unique energy center, the only one of its kind: it lies right between the ocean's salty waters and the fresh-water cascades in the middle of the pristine nature of the Atlantic Forest. Here you'll find Morada Darshan, a center that offers yoga classes, seminars, retreats, and courses to become certified instructors. Plus every year, from August to November, you can watch the migration of the humpback whales, which often stop in the bay to give birth to their calves—an event you really have to experience for yourself.
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Finalmente cheguei a minha linha de chegada e resolvi o segredo da minha alma: eu sou aquele a quem me dirigi as orações, a que eu estava pedindo ajuda. Eu sou o único que eu tenho procurado, eu sou o mesmo pico da minha montanha. Eu vejo a Criação como uma página do meu próprio livro. De fato, eu sou o único que produz os muitos, da mesma substância que eu tomo de mim. Desde que tudo é eu, não há dois, a criação é eu mesmo em todo lugar. O que eu concedo a mim mesmo, eu tomo de mim mesmo e dou a mim mesmo, o único, porque eu sou o Pai e o Filho. Quanto ao que eu quero, não vejo nada além dos meus desejos que fluem de mim. De fato, eles são o conhecedor, o conhecido, o sujeito e o trono. Três em Um é o que eu sou, e o inferno é apenas um banco que eu coloquei no meu próprio rio, quando sonhei durante um pesadelo. Sonhei que não era o único e comecei a dúvida, que seguiu seu curso, até que acordei. Achei entao que eu estava brincando comigo mesmo. Agora que estou acordado, eu tomo meu trono e domino meu reino que sou eu mesmo ….. O Senhor por toda a eternidade … (Traduzido de um antigo texto egípcio) (testo in italiano Sul Facebook ) #risvegliospirituale #despertarespiritual #saggezza #luce #sabedoria #luz #kriyayoga #yogananda #babaji #masters #meditacao #meditazione #meditate
6. Bali, Indonesia
Bali is one of the true classics when it comes to yoga retreats and seminars. The breathtaking nature surrounding the ashrams serves as a perfect backdrop for the search for the true inner self—and then, after the retreat, you can immerse yourself in the incredible Balinese culture.
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So many of our daily activities only require forward-facing movement, meaning that your sides end up neglected. Don't forget to show your sides some love! Whether done from a seated or standing position, side bends have some amazing benefits. Side bends bring balance to your entire body. They lengthen the abdominal muscles, hips, and thigh muscles, while improving flexibility in the spine.


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An infusion of PELOTON inspo messages adds youthful whimsy into this classic-yet-au-courant military jacket that looks fresh over workout wear or a match made in heaven with your favorite jeans. A drawstring waist keeps the look flawless and feminine.
Fabric: 97% cotton/3% spandex
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Mr. Blue Jay you have got a bad rep
All that annoying Cah cahing, fighting
And bullying we see.
Might it be a facade?
Is it possible,
You are more similar to me?
Not that I bully and fight, but
For those who delve deeper
Find hidden, buried treasures inside.
A place where warmth
And the love infused heart resides?
What are you protecting Mr. Jay?
Some things which transpired in the past.
Caused that cruel exterior you convey?
What might help you to move beyond?
To embrace the freedom to sing
A joyful tune,
An uncommon song?
My wish for you is, something,
Which shall interrupt your ugliness,
Allowing you, to
Present thou shine above all the rest.
The Blue Jay Reference the CornellLab of Ornithology
This common, large songbird is familiar to many people,
with its perky crest; blue, white, and black plumage;
and noisy calls. Blue Jays are known for their intelligence
and complex social systems with tight family bonds.
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It helps to be cute and fuzzy. This animal hat is perfect for kids whose favorite animal is a Tiger! With big ears, large embroidered cartoon eyes, and drooping paws, this animal hat is ready to be worn anywhere and everywhere! This is great on its own, but could be even better with the other costumes and accessories available in our store!
- Classification:
- Costume Accessories
- Color:
- Orange
- Contents:
- Orange Tiger hat as featured
- Theme:
- Animals
- Character:
- Tiger
- Occasion:
- Halloween


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Regional News of Saturday, 15 June 2019
Source: ghananewsagency.org
Four suspected Chinese illegal miners have been arrested by Operation Vanguard personnel in Dominase-Nkwanta in the Amenfi West District in the Western Region.
The suspects, Zhun Yun Sheng, 31, Zhong Jun, 30, Wei Xui Wu, 29 and Liin Lital, 26, together with two excavators that were found at the site have been handed over to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM).
A statement issued to the Ghana News Agency by Captain Andy Sowatey, Public Relations Officer of Operation Vanguard, said two pump action rifles, a side arm, live cartridges and personal effects are currently being held in evidence pending further investigation.
The statement said in other operations conducted over the past two weeks from Operation Vanguard's Forward Operating Bases, one other Chinese and six locals suspected of mining illegally have also been arrested.
Four excavators have been seized and six others immobilized. Both the Chinese suspects and the seized excavators were handed over to the IMCIM. The locals have however been granted bail pending prosecution.
"A total of 170 Changfan machines were also destroyed within the same period", the statement said.
Send your news stories to and via WhatsApp on +233 55 2699 625.


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Together Should Be
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Elohim to her children
Mother of Mary Strong and Brave Courageously vulnerable Matriarch to the Nave Abandoned and alone In foreign land of the … More
The Dove
The shivering is constant. The permafrost tearing deep into my soul. "So cold," I think, "So dark. Why so dark?" … More
Surrendered Sadness – Poetry Contest Finalist
ChristArt Poetry Contest Finalist – July 2016 Surrendered sadness Alone and afraid Humanity calloused Nefarious played Fully paid price Righteous … More
Melody rain
Alone in dark Purple haze Rhythm stark Wished daze Pain of head Mind turning Night of dread Stomach churning In … More
Gamine's smile
Alone he weeps, Alone she cries; Apart they seek, Their hearts spell lies. His speech smooth butter, Her heart cast … More
Alone and afraid
Grey curtains swaying Steps heard, lone cold trembling soul Faces sought, eyes unseen
Baring the soul
Alone in the mind Fear far behind With love to grasp No tremor for asp Deep in the grey Forever … More
Grasp Controlling
Grip tightening Angel unlistening Air depleting Grasp controlling Soul wanting Pace pulling Space securing Heart pouring Alone at last Restraint … More


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Please make sure the following requirements are met:
- Windows Phone 8.1 (please be aware that Microsoft doesn't support Windows Phone 8 anymore and it can't be considered safe due to lacks of security updates)
- Installed OpenVPN software
- A CyberGhost account
Info: Here's how to create a CyberGhost account online
Info: Here's how to manage your CyberGhost account
- A CyberGhost subscription
Info: How to purchase or upgrade a subscription
Info for prepaid subscribers: How to enter an activation key
Step 1
Visit your CyberGhost VPN online account and login with your Premium Username and Password
Click on 'My Devices' and in the 'Add a new device' section > click 'Others'.
Click Configure new device and in the new window, choose your desired protocol, in our example: L2TP and your preferred country and server group, as described below.
Also type in a Device name to assign to your device, then configure the parameters for the new device.
FYI: The Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) allows operations of multiple tunnels and can be considered as very safe. For authentication it uses PAP/CHAP, but it lacks its own encryption, which is why CyberGhost uses L2TP in connection with the encryption technology IPSec as 'L2TP/IPSec'
- Country: Since native protocol connections may only be used with exactly one server you now have to choose the country you want to surf from; the server to be used in this country will be chosen by CyberGhost automatically.
- Server group: Depending on the chosen country as well as the availability of different server types as an attribute of your current plan you can also define a server group to use:
After setting up your preferred settings, save them with 'Save and download configuration'.
To view the L2TP credentials that are generated for you on the configuration dashboard, press View Configuration.
Once the new page is opened, your connection credentials are generated for you but make note of the following information:
- Server group: This is the address of the country (server) you want to be connected with, e.g. '12345-1-ca.cg-dialup.net'. Note: This address changes with every country you have chosen in the step before. The actual single server to be used will be chosen automatically by CyberGhost.
- User name: A solely for this protocol generated user name. This is NOT your regular CyberGhost account user name, it's used only to authenticate with our servers via Manual Configurations.
- Password (you need to check the "Show Password" option in order to see it): A solely for protocol usage generated password. This is NOT your regular CyberGhost account Password, it's used only to authenticate with our servers via Manual Configurations.
- Pre-Shared Key
Please download the configuration file. For that please click on 'Download configuration' and download the config file to your computer (it's recommended that you create a special folder for the config, somewhere accessible like your Desktop).
Step 2
Now, in your Windows Phone, tap on 'Settings' ...
Tap on 'VPN' ...
Tap on the 'plus' sign to add another (or your first) VPN connection:
Step 3
Now specify your connection details (for some you need to scroll down):
- Server name or IP address: Tap into the text field and type in the server address of the country you want to connect with (just as it is shown in your account management), e.g. '1-ro.cg-dialup.net'. The address includes encrypted information about your plan, the server group chosen and the domain name; the protocol to be used will be detected automatically when connecting to CyberGhost. If you want to connect to different locations, you need to adjust the target destination according to a different country and note down that 2nd, 3rd, 4th ... address as well.
- Type: Tap on the drop-down list and choose 'L2TP with IPSec'.
- Connect using: Tap on the list and choose 'user name + password + preshared key' for a L2TP connection.
- User name: Tap inside the field and type in the user name created in step 1. DO NOT use your regular user name!
- Password: Tap inside the field and type your special L2TP password, generated for you inside your account management (this is NOT identical with your regular CyberGhost password). To avoid typos, please activate the 'Show password' option.
- Preshared key: Type in 'CyberGhost' and mind the capital letters! Again: To avoid typos, please activate the 'Show password' option.
- Connect automatically: 'On'. This feature makes sure that your phone will automatically connect to the VPN when needed.
- Send all traffic: 'On'.
- Profile name: You can name the profile any way you want. However, if you want to add more countries later on, it's best to include the country right from the start and maybe even the server group in use, e.g. 'CyberGhost US Default'.
Ignore the 'advanced' settings (those options don't need to be adjusted) and finally tap on 'Save'.
A tiny padlock right above your connection icon informs you that your traffic is encrypted.
For fine tuning now tap on 'Allow VPN over cellular data' and activate this feature so you are also safe when leaving WLAN and entering the Internet via cellular data.


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Action & Philanthropy
Community Service
The community service programme is part of both the MYP and the IB DP curriculum and requires students to take an active part in the communities in which they live. The emphasis is on developing community awareness and concerns and acquiring the skills to make an effective contribution to society.
This enables students to enhance their personal and interpersonal development through experiential learning. At the same time, it provides an important counterbalance to the pressures of the rest of the academic programme.
A good community service programme should be both challenging, enjoyable, and a personal journey of self-discovery. Each individual student has a different starting point, and therefore different goals and needs, and for many their activities include experiences that are profound and life changing.
Please see below our Comunity Response regarding Action and Service.
Philanthropy Projects
While dozens of charities have been supported over the years through the students' community and service projects, a few have garnered significant financial backing from VIS, including:
In 1991 Lucy Kurien was working in Bombay as a social worker. One evening she rejected a pregnant woman asking for help. That very night, the husband of the woman, in a drunken rage, set her on fire. She died and with her the seven month old fetus. It was then, that she decided she had to create a home for abused and traumatized women and their children.
Today MAHER (meaning "Mother ́s Home" in Marathi) is aNGO that has gone on to help more than 1,700 women and 1,600 children, while developing a model of compassion and empowerment to help uplift impoverished villages and slums.
It is VIS' flagship charity project, which we have been supporting since 2004. Over 200,000 euros have been raised and three homes for children have been built with our steady support.
We are proud to say that our efforts have given 80 children in India an education and a new, dignified life. For more information, please see www.maherashram.org.
Each year the primary school students collect food, clothing, shoes, toys, school supplies, and toiletries to donate to Project Centipede, which personally distributes the gifts just before the December holidays to the children and their caregivers in Romania, India, Hungary, Ukraine and Austria. For more information, go to www.centipede-vienna.org.
Students for Students is an organisation that raises money for students attending the Hill Preparatory School in Uganda, which specialises in integrating disabled children with non-disabled children. VIS students ask sponsors to donate 10 euros per month or just give a donation to support the students in need. In 2013, our students raised enough money to fund the entire year tuition for two children.
This unique library opened in September 2015 to provide books in over 40 languages to the diverse population of migrant and refugee families in Vienna. The library is located in the 15th district and is becoming a hub where students can engage in literacy-based learning in their home languages. The VIS community has been actively involved since the library's inception; firstly by collecting thousands of books during the CIS-sponsored 'Turn the Page Challenge' book drive; secondly, by undertaking the demanding task of sorting and cataloguing the books; and, currently, by running a weekly Mentor Reading Programme with students from public schools.
For more info: www.whoiam.at.


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You've watched p*rnography. So have I. We've all come across it. It's hard to avoid. But we don't talk about it.
It may be twice a day (red light) or twice a month. Maybe twice in your life, by mistake. But we all know the landscape of online filth.
Not that it need be filth. Sex is natural, wonderful, intense, the pinnacle of joy. But p*rn, err, usually is…filthy, unpleasant, even wrong. Let's talk about that.
NB: We hate asterisking out letters to disguise words. There's nothing wrong with these words. But search engines can define you as something else when they're used 'wrongly'. We don't want to be defined as NSFW or blocked as a p**n site. So, we're using *s. Thanks!
You'll have seen the Top Ranked and Most Played. Or the unranked bilge, the hardcore horror shows, the weird, the wonderful but mostly unpleasant.
Why is p*rn always all brightly lit, bash bash splash, gynaecological male power-play?
What the hell happened to the erotic? To romance, subtlety, gentleness, tease and build?
For me, a woman in a posh bra and fancy suspenders giving a saucy, confident wink, is a sexual fission reaction. Not…well, I don't even need to describe the p*rn stereotype. We all know it.
Greasy, wet, shiny, plastic, athletic, kinetic, grabbing, slamming, wide open, harsh, muscular, weird.
Taking a snapshot of modern p*rn, you'd assume men are machines, intent on bludgeoning their victim into submission. That an orgasm is an expression of victory. That the other person is a recipient, not a partner.
This whole 'men just want to f*ck a hole' and women need gently persuading to be that hole is sick, stupid, destructive and wrong.
Men and women want sex for affection, closeness, romance, escape, kindness and fun. Even men like a hug and caress. Men especially want these things. We crave them.
Also, men and women sometimes want to just f*ck. It's not about romance or the build. It's just lust and immediacy. That's ok.
What's not ok is the inability to find the sort of sex that loving, caring couples have.
For me (most of us?), the best sex is equal, passionate, sensitive, real.
I and other parents worry about what our kids will find online. Men banging away at supplicant women, then, always, the humiliating money shot.
Is this what men go for? Am I the outsider here, denying my animalistic dominative urges?
I don't want my son to think his partner is there for him. Or my daughter to think she is there for them.
I want my son to understand he has power. The power to hurt, humiliate, ignore or be selfish. Or the power to create an incredible, unforgettable mutual experience. The ultimate human connection. The best feeling two people can have. To GIVE, not to TAKE is the real pleasure.
Modern p*rnography is full of rape, violence and subjugation. It's mixed in with the 'normal' stuff. Hell, it IS the norm. Where did that come from? In societies that value free expression, is that right? Do I want my son to happen upon that stuff, giggling but also shocked as a 10 year old? Because that's what me and other parents fear.
I want my daughter to understand she has power too. To say no, make demands, be the equal, expect better, to educate, to take and give pleasure as she wishes, to feel safe and secure. That is a given, there is no compromise on these.
P*rn does not offer these messages. This is how many kids learn about sex.
My mum was always been very progressive about sex. She was giving me the lie of the land long before I found it embarrassing, or was frankly, interesting. She taught me that the pinnacle of sex is when it is an expression of love. That stuck with me. She was right. I yearned for that and made it my aim to find it. I'm very lucky that I have.
Many of us didn't have these chats, or would want to. Many don't feel comfortable talking about sex at all, let alone with their kids.
So where is this going to come from? P*rn?!! Hell no. Schools? They can't show anything. P*rn is a far more intoxicating experience than a lesson.
Sadly, p*rn's message is disrespect. One way traffic. No love. Nothing erotic. Legs apart, slam it in, spaff it out. Its grim. It's not great sex or the sex I want to see in the world.
Men love the erotic. The sarcastic remark over dessert. A dirty laugh. Gently brushing against someone's arm hair in the cinema. Imagining what's beneath the fabric. Playing the game. The build. The kissing, caresses and undressing.
There is no erotic p*rnography. If there is, it's not getting ranked, in a world where online ranking changes attitudes and psyches.
Mainstream p*rn is dark. Most (!) videos seem to be labelled "Brother f*cks stepmom so hard….". You get the idea. So now incest is a thing?! A commercial tool? Jesus wept.
Online p*rnographers are way ahead in ecommerce. They have huge datasets and it pays to mine them. Is the data saying the incest thing is a go?! I'm hoping this is just the sex industry equivalent of clickbait. Just say ANYTHING to get the click.
But still, people are clicking on this shit. I've a horrible feeling its teenagers. Boys who've not yet built their sexual identities. Boys to men who are developing their tastes and attitudes to sex from the grimmest, unrepresentative, disrespectful crap out there.
Let's bring back low lighting, silk sheets, give and take, wobbly bits, hair (that's a whole other blog), affection and real couples.
I'm not volunteering. My wife sure as hell isn't. Would you? Didn't think so. I don't blame you.
What's the answer? Can you help? Does gay p*rn have the same problem? What does that mean? Do you agree or disagree? Am I just being a big wet blanket? So many questions.
Please comment. Stick the odd asterisk in if you're feeling kinky. Enjoy.
I'm knackered. Frustrated. Annoyed with myself. How about you?
Let's say well done to ourselves. We need it.
We need your voice to help us make our film.
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