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Throughout my life, I've been one to appreciate great music when I've heard it. Not the pop crap you get nowadays, but the great and passionate rock'n'roll goodness.
One of my earliest memories and certainly one of my fondest ones, was set in the passenger seat of my dad's truck, chomping down soggy toast that grandma had given us on the way to school. Every single morning, on the way to my grandma's house and then school, my dad would find a new but classic band for me to listen to. I remember listening to my dad speak about the bands with such passion, as I looked wide-eyed at his bearded face as I munched on my over buttered toast.
If you ever have the pleasure of listening to my dad talk about his passion for music, you'll understand me when I say you can truly tell how proud he is to of been apart of that musical era. After all, dad grew up with it on his doorstep, apart of the greebo, rocker, punk times. I have to say, hand on heart, music has built one mighty bond between him and I. Out of everything we share common interest in, music has always won.
We used to listen to all sorts, ever album he has, I've heard at least once. It makes me laugh now sometimes, when my dad puts on something different for a change, and I find myself knowing the words after years and years of not hearing that very song. In fact, it won't just be the song, but the entire bloody album.
Now, I've been pretty lucky on the music front if I may say so myself. At just 11, I attended my first ever concert. It completely stunned me if I remember correctly. I was completely taken back, as car stereo to live show is quite a change in scenery. I can't remember everything about that night, although I do remember a lot, the one thing that stood out was the smile on his face. My mums too. That and the dreadlock weirdo hitting my mum in the back of the head with his hair. Good times, good times.
It's funny because I've always been different, right from a very young age. I don't wear what most girls wear, I preferred mud and football to dolls and makeup and I didn't like the music everyone else liked. Up until year 6, I never had a problem with being the weird kid. I had friends, I was liked but I could still be myself. I can't remember why exactly, but I became ashamed of not being able to sing with my friends, the latest songs of 2012. I took it upon myself to learn to like that music, maybe then I could sing along with them too. Let me tell you now, that did not last very long. A month maybe? Long story short, I hated the music and I hated trying to be something I wasn't.
Pretty quickly after that, more than ever before I was proud of who I was. I went into high school (year 9) proud of being different, and unlike every other girl. My music taste didn't broaden at all, I just got more and more into it. As I said before, I liked my music before and I'm pretty sure I've been a Black Sabbath fan since the age of 5, but after a series of very annoying and unfortunate events in my life occurred, I became more dependant on music than ever.
Falling ill sucks, and boy did I struggle with the whole chronic illness concept for a while. I tell no lie, I still struggle now but not half as bad. I remember being stuck in my bed, with my newly bought iPod I had been given for Christmas, and listening to the same songs on repeat. It wasn't until several months later, after making it out of bed, I started watching the music show 'Kerrang'. Again, like I've mentioned before, I've always been a fan of rock and metal, and everything in-between. However, I got into the programme fairly quickly. I can't remember which happened first, but near enough the same time, dad introduced me to a band called Slipknot. My dad isn't a huge fan himself, although I dragged him to one of their live shows, but he told me how the band's identity was unknown until someone put two and two together. That story alone made me one of the biggest slipknot fans out there.
It was soon afterwards, I got into heavier music than what I was used to, like Motionless In White and Bullet For My Valentine. I went through that kind of awkward stage of trying to be super gothy. I'm so thankful for the lack of photos taken during that time. Never again. My passion for all sorts of different music grew, and my mum and I would listen to it in the car when she carted me around to get some fresh air. My poor mother, some of the stuff I played was bloody awful.
I could talk forever about music. After finding my own feet in the music spectrum, my music taste is kind of how it used to be. I got tired of the whole weird screaming music, and found the type of music I do actually really like. For me and not just because every other weirdo liked that band. I got heavily into Five Finger Death Punch about two years ago, heavy enough while still being capable of understanding the damn words. Luckily for me, I got the entire family into them. We're actually seeing them in December, and its safe to say I'm not the only one excited. Although nothing will compare to my forever favourite band ACDC.
I have a million music memories, shared with all my family, including the million and one concerts my dad and I have ended up at. I'll talk about that another time though. One memory that really sticks out to me, is the day my dad said something along the lines of 'you wouldn't be where you are now without the soul of music'. As cheesy as that may sound to some, he's right. Music has kept me going when many times I've just wanted to sit back and give in. I'll be forever thankful for my dad making music such a huge part of my life.


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Today is the celebration of love, Dragobete. The name originates from two Slavic words "dragu" and "biti" which can be translated into "beloved". Dragobetele is a love tradition in Romanian culture and is celebrated today on the 24th of February. This day is associated with Spring, the season of hope and rebirth. Dragobete traditions vary from region to region. There are a number of Dragobete customs in rural areas, of which are not kept up by modern Romanians. The tradition also says that those who take part in Dragobete customs are supposed to be protected by illness, for the rest of the year.
The best part is hidden in the origin of this custom, in the cycle of nature, especially in the bird's world, these beings are considered by our ancestors to be the most related to the socio-human Universe. In this context is not a coincidence that the bird is considered the representation of one of the oldest deities of nature and love.
Romanians called this celebration "The fiance of birds". It is told that this period, the birds make nests and reproduce, habit taken by humans. It appears that the whole purpose is much more deeper, the birds were considered to be messengers of the gods. The Greek word "pasare" means message of the sky or prediction. Some ethnologists say that the spring engagement of the birds, became in time a celebration of love, the day of marriages and brotherhood, the day of ludic or real engagements of young people. On the other hand, all the attention is focused on birds and women, which is a reference to fecundation and multiplication, both the birds and women are symbols of growth and fertility.Dragobete himself, deity of solar essence is the son of an ancient bird goddess, some ethnologists say.
I wish everyone who celebrates this day only happiness and joy. I hope that you enjoyed this legend.
Even though Valentines day has passed, it may be strange for you to learn that exists two similar celebrations of love. However it is nothing wrong to express your love for your beloved one. Hang on positive feelings near your lovers, and actually we do not need a celebration to express our love but everything is so beautiful when we read and learn those legends and see how love was a primary sentiment in every period of the human history.
Enjoy this #fairytale, and I thought the pictures were suitable for this legend and tradition. The dress was handmade by me and resisted well at the cold temperatures just like me, the pictures being made in the mountain area. If you are wondering how I resisted I can tell you that the air was very nice and we managed to get a great result through the collaboration of Alex Ciolomic from Obiectiv Studio who made my pictures.
Here we are!
You can find more about Alex on here personal blog "Obiectiv Studio", about her work!!
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Hope Locker is an innovative idea that finds a new opportunity for charities to engage with potential donors in everyday life.
Developed by creative marketing agency Proximity London, it intersperses itself between a gym or swimming pool user and the £1 coin typically required to operate the changing room locker with the aim of appealing to their charitable instincts to consider giving it away.
Proximity London is now attempting to move the systeam to commercialisation following a trial with WaterAid, the charity focused on obtaining clean drinking water in the developing world, and which described the results as "encouraging".
Hope Locker 2016 from ProximityLondon on Vimeo.
The trial was conducted in a swimming pool in Richmond, south west London, at the end of 2015 where a touchscreen display was installed inside at least one of the changing room lockers.
Proximity commissioned production agency MediaMonks to rig up the display (in this case an Android tablet) to interact with the coin operation mechanism in the locker.
When someone deposited their coin they saw it apparently dropping into clean water on the display, which carried WaterAid branding and presented the message 'Enjoy your swim'.
When the locker was reopened the message changed to ask "Swallow any water today?"
In the next transition the text changed to "Don't worry, nothing in this pool will kill you" as the water suddenly changed from clean to dirty.
"But, during your 27-minute swim dirty water killed 27 children worldwide."
The screen then told the person how their £1 could help and offered them a choice between donating it and getting it back.
While Proximity and WaterAid declined to reveal how much money the trial had generated, Proximity said it had indicated the idea was commercially viable and as a result it was attempting to roll it out to other venues and it is open to other charities.
It is not clear at this stage how much of each £1 donation can be expected to reach charities using the Hope Locker; Proximity said it was unable to answer because it was in sensitive legal and contractual discussions with media owners and clients.
However, the call to action, with its clever use of context, deserves greater exposure and it will be interesting to see how the agency can adapt it to other environments and messages.
Proximity executive creative director John Treacey said: "The Hope Locker really dials up the empathy, and our trials have shown this to be a powerful spur for donation."
WaterAid's special projects manager Charlotte Forrest added the charity is excited to see how it can be further developed.
"I love this idea," she said. "It's really different and innovative, and there's a clear link to our vision and values as an organisation."


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UFC stunner Paige VanZant releases new sexy snaps from Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition shoot
American has treated her fans with a selection of bikini snaps taken from the beaches of Mexico
UFC superstar Paige VanZant sizzled as she posed in a saucy photoshoot for the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
The 25-year-old American has treated her fans with a selection of bikini snaps taken from the beaches of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
VanZant was back to winning ways when she beat Rachael Ostovich in her New York fight in January.
And it appears she has kept in terrific shape after showing off her incredible figure with a snap on Instagram.
Earlier this week, her 2.2million followers were treated to an image of her wearing a white bikini.
She is the first UFC fighter since Ronda Rousey in 2016 to be featured in the annual Swimsuit Issue.
Speaking to Sports Illustrated, she revealed how she wanted to be beautiful and badass at the same time.
She said: "I was unbelievably shocked that SI Swimsuit called and asked if I would be apart of their magazine.
"I have constantly been having to prove to the world and UFC fans that you can be beautiful and a badass at the same time. Well, now it's my moment to shine.
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"This is my way of not holding anything back. I want people to know that you don't have to choose. You do not have to label yourself as one thing because that's what surrounds you. I'm not scared anymore to show how girly I am.
"To go from an amazing UFC finish win in January, to shooting for 'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit' magazine in February could not be more of a dream come true."
Other females to pose for SI include America's World Cup star Alex Morgan and Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn.


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Tenth Doctor Icons Ladies' T-Shirt (Think Geek)
Available to order in the USA from www.thinkgeek.com
Slip into your comfiest Converse trainers and celebrate the highlights of the Tenth Doctor's tenure in the TARDIS with this cute ladies' tee!
This blue (naturally) shirt features a simplistic black design made up of iconography pulled from the David Tennant era of Doctor Who. His spiky hair, his sonic screwdriver, even the return of K9 are all commemorated – as is that time the Master ran for office. "Vote Saxon" still gives us chills…
As for the banana symbol, just remember the sage advice the Tenth Doctor shared with Rose: "Always take a banana to a party."
Wearing a banana on your shirt is just the next step in party preparedness! Besides, Whovians shouldn't need to find a fruit stand just to have a good time.


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I spent years playing this game for PC. The CD is still in my laptop right now. For those that don't know, SimCity is the originator of being a mayor, placing down your roads, zoning area for buildings, watching them grow and balancing the budget. This isn't for everyone, but to a lot of us, this is huge fun and SimCity 4 is probably the best in the series.
This is all single player, instead of the more current SimCity 2013 that is focused on multi-player. The game can cycle from night to day, but its just a look and doesn't seem to do anything special. You have terrain control like previous versions of SimCity before you start each game.
You start out in a region map of dozens of land plots. Large, medium and small. You pick a plot of land and make your city. You can then save that city, load the region and start up a new city on a different plot of land or go to a previous city. Why does this matter? Because you can trade between cities, you can export and import water, garbage, energy and so on. Not just that, but the sims / citizens can travel back and forth. Such as living in one town and going to another for work. You'll also have pollution effects that seep into other towns as well. This is all single player, so you need to jump between cities. Because two or more towns can thrive off of one another, you can put your heavy polluting industries in an extremely profitable town on their own with no residents living there to complain about how awful it is. There is no need for police, hospitals or schools if no one is living in your industrial city. Then just make some mass transit system for them to get to and from work.
When you play, you have full control from the start with only a few things locked away unlike Cities XL that requires your city to grow before it unlocks things for you. Because you have full control, that may set you up for failure quickly. Highways, big hospitals, deluxe police stations and so on cost big money and until your city is big, you should keep it small. Once your city grows, the game has ways to tell you that your hospital is too small, such as your staff workers will go on strike. How do you know if its too small? Sadly you can't just hold shift and click the building, you need to click the ? and then the building. It seems tedious, but you'll see what the building can handle and adjust its budget. If you can't adjust the budget high enough, its time to make a bigger version of the building or just plop down another building to do the same thing.
You need to keep your budget balanced, everything will cost monthly money, so you either need to cut spending from places like roads, schools, utilities or raise taxes, which might make some businesses, commerce and residents run to away from your city. When you lower taxes, of course people move in, but then your hospitals, schools and so on will be overcrowded, your buildings will grow larger. Its beautiful.
The game will tell you what kind of zones you'll need, such as low, medium and high density residential, commercial, industry and even agricultural. Its your job to plop them down. It has a graph to show you if you need more and less. If you need less, raise taxes for them, or replace the zone with a new zone. Luckily the game makes it easy to replace zones.
There are all sorts of charts and maps, such as pollution, both water and air. Crime, fire safety, land value and so on. If you want to raise land value, put down police, fire, schools and so on. Then add parks and various things to drive value up. Replace dirty industries that pollute with cleaner industries like medium density manufacturing.
You can also click on zoned buildings to see the crime, water, power, pollutants, and even the driving pattern of where the residents go and where the employees come from. Its a very nice feature. Especially if you're trying to reduce traffic. You have control over roads, avenues, streets, highways, trains, subways, busses and so on. Its fun to see just how far people will ride a bus to work. The game has plenty of charts too, in order to demonstrate how far the average drive is, how much garbage you have, the age and education of your population. Its all a lot of information.
On top of that, you have advisers that will tell you what's good and bad about your city. The game sadly uses pop up windows to tell you what's up, but thankfully there is a setting to turn it off, or else before you know it, you'll have nothing but popups. Instead you can look at the ticker at the bottom of the screen and even go into the advisers section to see their specific needs.
After all is said and done, you can then summon a natural disaster (or truckasaurus) to come and destroy your town. Why you'd want to? Just for the laughs I guess.
Because this is the deluxe edition, it comes with Rush Hour expansion pack, which gives you the ability to take over vehicles and drive them on the road. Not first person, but still from the normal almost top down perspective. This content gives you missions that will give you cash and other rewards, but really, it doesn't feel like a great addition. Its just there.
This game is a classic, but after 10+ years, I don't think that its aged very well. After months of playing Tropico and Cities XL, those games just seem to run smoother control wise and have explanation to them. Having a hot key for pause would have been nice. Fires break out in your town extremely frequently, no matter how good your fire coverage is. It just breaks the flow of the game, you need to send your fire fighters out to stop the fire and wait while they put it out. That's just not fun.
There are also a few minor bugs, but some that will crash the game. Since there is no autosave, you can lose an hour's worth of progress if not an entire city.
It is still an enjoyable game and I can recommend it more than SimCity 2013. Is it worth the $10 – $20? No and yes. If you enjoy mayoring sims, you can sink days and months into this game, then its worth it, but you should wait for a $5 sale if not cheaper.


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Megger MTDR300 3-Phase Time Domain Reflectometer
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The Megger MTDR300 Time Domain Reflectometer is a stand-alone 3-phase TDR, designed to find faults in cable networks, using LV and HV methods and techniques.
Used in conjunction with an impulse generator and arc reflection filter, (HV methods) the Megger MTDR300 provides Arc Reflection, Arc Reflection Plus, Differential Arc Reflection, Impulse Current, Loop-on Loop-off and with a dc source Voltage Decay modes of fault location.
The Megger MTDR300 is operated from the mains or from its integrated re-chargeable battery, with operation being via a single jog-dial and an intuitive menu system. The large colour uncluttered colour display aides rapid, accurate and safe fault location.
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An 'off the record' occurrence took place in Parliament yesterday, with regard to my position on abortion, and I can't say what it was.
I can say this though.
It's no secret what my aims and objectives are with regard to abortion.
I want to see the upper limit for abortion to take place to be reduced from 24 weeks to 20.
I want to see a period of informed consent introduced.
I want to see the morning after pill available free over the counter at chemists, in the way it is at a GP's surgery.
I want to see the number of abortions which take place at any date reduced by half.
I am a pragmatist. I accept that there are women who will always want an abortion. My concerns are equally as much for the foetus as the mother.
Therefore, if a woman has decided that an abortion is her final choice and her decision is irrevocable, for her own sake, and that of the foetus, it should be carried out within an expedient time frame.
Many women in the UK, due to NHS deficits, are being made to wait an unacceptable amount of time once they have made the decision to abort. I have been told by someone within one PCT that from next month onwards they will be 'traffic jamming' abortions to tip into the next financial year.
One woman contacted me and said that she had been told she would have to wait seven weeks for an NHS abortion. She borrowed the money and paid privately. She is on benefits.
Abortion is becoming an industry within which people have vested interests.
If you know someone who has made the absolute decision to abort, and has been given what you believe to be an inhumane amount of time to wait before that abortion takes place, then please contact me. In complete confidence, I may be able to help.
It fills me with horror to think that women at ten weeks gestation may be given a six week wait.
Of course, the result of my practical position, as always, is that I will now be bombarded with a few more sack loads of hate mail from both those on the pro life side of the argument and those on the pro abortion side.
I just wish those on the pro life side would think a little more about the woman, and those on the pro abortion side a little more about the foetus, that way, we may make a little progress.


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Revesby Workers' Club's Support to the Invictus Games
Revesby Workers' Club continued support for a wide range of community projects will grow even further in 2018 as we partner with Clubs NSW in support of the Invictus Games being held in Sydney in late October. The Invictus Games use the power of sport to inspire recovery, support rehabilitation and generate a wide understanding and respect for defence personnel who are striving to overcome physical and emotional challenges. The Invictus Games will provide a unique opportunity for the Club to recognise the service and sacrifices of Defence Force personnel and veterans and the healing power of sport.


text: Unlike some winter junkies who actually claim to love the balance a nice summer brings I really can't stand the season and would be totally content to sleep for the next 4 months if I was able to get away with it. That said, this summer has been an improvement by my unplanned purchase of a mid 80's Mistral Maui Windsurfer. It's been nice learning something new, where progress seems to come about in day, rather then season, long increments. Progress has been slowed by light winds but is moving along, hopefully I'll be out in the inlet sooner rather then later.


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Kendriya Vidyalaya Recruitment of 8339 PGTs,TGTs,PRTs, Librarians,Principal posts
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), an Autonomous Organization under the Ministry of Human Resource Development MHRD, Government of India. In latest employment notification, the KVS institute announces job vacancies for various teaching staff posts include Principal, Vice Principal, PGTs, TGTs, Librarian and PRTs in Kendriya Vidyalayas across India to fill 8339 vacancies. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan KVS henceforth reffered to as KVS an Autonomous Organization under the Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India invites Online Applications from Indian Citizens for Filling up the vacancies of Principals, Vice Principals PGTs TGTs Librarians and PRTs in Kendriya Vidyalayas. The Number of vacancies is tentative in Nature.
Kendirya KVS TGT Vacancies KVS PGT Vacancies Librarian vacancies Zone wise State Wise School wise Post Graduate Teachers PGTs Trained Graduate Teachers TGTs Librarians PRTs Vacancies Eligibility Hindi English Mathematics Biology Physics Chemistry Economics Commerce Civics Sanskrit History Geography PGT and TGT Posts Vacancies @ http://kvsangathan.nic.in/
Candidates are required to Apply through Online Application. No other mean/mode of submission of applications will be accepted. The recruitment test will be conducted through offline mode.
Important Dates:
- Online Application Starts on 24-08-2018
- Extended Last Date for Online Application is 23-09-2018
KVS has decided to allow all those candidates who are appearing CTET-2018 to apply for the post of PRT & TGT in KVS Recruitment-2018 subject to the condition that the aspiring candidates shall have to qualify CTET Paper-1 for the post of PRT and Paper-2 for the post of TGT in the ensuring CTET-2018 being conducted by BCSE.
No. Of Vacancies:8339.
- Principal (Group-A) - 76
- Vice-Principal (Group-A) - 220
- Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs) (Group-8) - 592
- Trained Graduate Teachers (TGTs) (Group-8) - 1900
- Librarian (Group -8) - 50
- Primary Teacher (Group-8) - 5300
- Primary Teacher (Music) (Group-8) - 201
Age Limit:
- As on 30.09.2018
- Minimum age for Principal applicants is 35 years, maximum age is 50 years.
- Minimum age for vice-principal applicants is 35 years and maximum age is 45 years.
- Maximum age for PGT applicants is 40 years.
- Maximum age for TGT, Librarian posts applicants is 35 years.
- Age relaxation to SC/ST/OBC/PH & Ex-Servicemen category will be given as per Govt. of India Rules.
- Masters Degree (mini 45% marks) with B.Ed or its equivalent
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Being a newbie iPhone and Mac owner, any related news makes me super excited. And you should too! Apple now lets you pre-order apps from Apple Store for iPhones and Mac OS. Isn't that cool?!?
Apple allowed users to be notified after an app was launched almost a year back. It took them a year to upgrade to the option of pre-ordering apps before the actual launch.
You can only be notified when an app was launched at Play Store. But at the Apple App Store, you can not only be notified of the launch of an app, but you can also download it instantly.
This news is a wonderful news for us, but specifically for the developers. They can put up their apps at App Store 90days in advance. Previously, only the app was complete could it be uploaded to the store. This feature is available for iOS, MacOS and tvOS users.
This feature allows the flexibility of allowing the pre-order to be free or chargeable. For chargeable downloads, you won't be charged until and unless the app downloads in your phone. Additionally, if there is any change in the pricing, you will be charged whichever price is lower.
This feature is very much better than Google Play Store's pre-register feature as it allows one to know about the app before release and not pre-order it.
Read More: Apple Watch Series 3 may receive 20% growth in shipment in 2018
The growth of Apple SiP (System in a Package) component has increased by 20%. This has been reported by an important key Watch Supplier who claimed this after going through the records. No wonder they are expecting their Apple Watch Series 3 to hit 23 to 32 Million units in 2018. (Read More)
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Anna Kendrick & Kate Spade Latest #Misadventure Video Features A Case Of Mistaken Identity
I'm not quite sure how one confuses Anna Kendrick with anyone these days as the Pitch Perfect star's career has been on the fast track with three films currently in the works and blockbusters like Twilight, Into the Woods and The Last Five Years under her belt, but I guess if you don't own a TV or something, it's possible. Not unfamiliar with identity mishaps, Anna Kendrick stars in Kate Spade New York's #misadventure series, in which the actress is mistaken for a personal meditation instructor and gives an impromptu session for comedian Lily Tomlin.
Wearing Kate Spade originals from head to toe, Anna is quick to whip up a semi-relaxing-very-entertaining session for the stressed Tomlin, ending in a giggle and thank you. I will always appreciate Anna Kendrick for her quirky sense of humor, but I think my obsession over her stemmed from her work with Kate Spade in the first installment of the #misadventure series that released in December. Never have I ever laughed so hard at a clothing campaign, or wanted to buy Kate Spade more than I do now. Score one for the designer for recruiting the actress as the face of their campaigns, because who doesn't want to be as cool of a kid as Kendrick?
In an interview with Refinery 29, Kendrick admits that though she's not exactly traveling light in the short film, note the navy and white striped tote bag filled to the brim with just enough room to fit her arm puppy, she'd be most likely to wear "one of those adult onesies" to the airport if it weren't for the paparazzi who'd have a field day. So she probably wouldn't be dressed to the nines in Kate Spade attire for a trip across the country. Understandable. However, if I owned a Kate Spade black hoop skirt or a navy tube top patterned with flamingos like the ones she gets her meditation on in, I would be wearing those everywhere and anywhere. Summer is approaching — and I think I just found my new wardrobe.


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pub fn min_align_of<T>() -> usize
Returns the ABI-required minimum alignment of a type.
Every reference to a value of the type
T must be a multiple of this number.
This is the alignment used for struct fields. It may be smaller than the preferred alignment.
use std::mem; assert_eq!(4, mem::min_align_of::<i32>());
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text: Courthouse Technologies is pleased to announce that the Parker County District Court has signed on to begin implementation of the CHT Jury Platform! The court in Weatherford, TX is subscribing to use and have CHT host our core system, Courthouse JMS along with Courthouse eResponse, our public facing self-service application; Courthouse IVR, our interactive voice response system; Courthouse IDS, our summons image and data capture system; Courthouse SMS, text-messaging service; and, Courthouse SummonsDirect; our summons printing, mailing, and address verification service. The project will replace Tyler Technologies jury management system and will be the 5th county in Texas to enter into agreement with Courthouse Technologies.


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|Die Jahreszeiten
The Seasons
|Oratorio by Joseph Haydn
Title page of the first edition. Translated it reads, "The Seasons / after Thomson, / set to music by / Joseph Haydn. / Score. // Original edition. / [published by] Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig
|Hob. XXI:3
|Gottfried van Swieten
|Based on
|"The Seasons"
by James Thomson
|24 April 1801 Vienna:
The Seasons (German: Die Jahreszeiten), Hob. XXI:3), is a secular oratorio by Joseph Haydn, first performed in 1801.
Haydn was led to write The Seasons by the great success of his previous oratorio The Creation (1798), which had become very popular and was in the course of being performed all over Europe.
The libretto for The Seasons was prepared for Haydn, just as with The Creation, by Baron Gottfried van Swieten, an Austrian nobleman who had also exercised an important influence on the career of Mozart (among other things commissioning Mozart's reorchestration of Handel's Messiah).[1] Van Swieten's libretto was based on extracts from the long English poem "The Seasons" by James Thomson (1700–1748), which had been published in 1730.
Whereas in The Creation Swieten was able to limit himself to rendering an existing (anonymous) libretto into German, for The Seasons he had a much more demanding task. Olleson writes, "Even when Thomson's images were retained, they required abbreviation and adaptation to such an extent that usually no more than faint echoes of them can be discerned, and the libretto often loses all touch with the poem which was its starting point. Increasingly during the course of the oratorio, the words are essentially van Swieten's own or even imported from foreign sources."[2]
Like The Creation, The Seasons was intended as a bilingual work. Since Haydn was very popular in England (particularly following his visits there in 1791–1792 and 1794–1795), he wished the work to be performable in English as well as German. Van Swieten therefore made a translation of his libretto back into English, fitting it to the rhythm of the music. Olleson notes that it is "fairly rare" that the translated version actually matches the Thomson original.[3] Van Swieten's command of English was not perfect, and the English text he created has not always proven satisfying to listeners; for example, one critic writes, "Clinging to [the] retranslation, however, is the heavy-handed imagery of Haydn's sincere, if officious, patron. Gone is the bloom of Thomson's original."[4] Olleson calls the English text "often grotesque", and suggests that English-speaking choruses should perform the work in German: "The Seasons is better served by the decent obscurity of a foreign language than by the English of the first version."[5] Van Swieten's words also show some inconsistency in tone, ranging from the rustically humorous (for instance, a movement depicting a wily peasant girl playing a trick on her rich suitor) to the uplifting (as in several large-scale choruses praising God for the beauty of nature).[6]
The composition process was arduous for Haydn, in part because his health was gradually failing and partly because Haydn found van Swieten's libretto to be rather taxing. Haydn took two years to complete the work.
Like The Creation, The Seasons had a dual premiere, first for the aristocracy whose members had financed the work (Schwarzenberg palace, Vienna, 24 April 1801), then for the public (Redoutensaal, Vienna, 19 May).[7] The oratorio was considered a clear success, but not a success comparable to that of The Creation. In the years that followed, Haydn continued to lead oratorio performances for charitable causes, but it was usually The Creation that he led, not The Seasons.
The aging Haydn lacked the energy needed to repeat the labor of self-publication that he had undertaken for The Creation and instead assigned the new oratorio to his regular publisher at that time, Breitkopf & Härtel, who published it in 1802.[8]
The Seasons is written for a fairly large late-Classical orchestra, a chorus singing mostly in four parts, and three vocal soloists, representing archetypal country folk: Simon (bass), Lucas (tenor), and Hanne (soprano). The solo voices are thus the same three as in The Creation.
The orchestral parts are for 2 flutes (1st doubling on piccolo in one aria), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 1 alto trombone, 1 tenor trombone and 1 bass trombone, timpani, percussion, and strings.
However, some of the key early performances at the Tonkünstler Society in Vienna were for much larger forces (as was the fashion at the time); Haydn led performances for both large and small ensembles. Material surviving from these large-scale Viennese performances indicates the use of tripled wind (arranged into three separate groups, each one similar to the Harmonie wind ensembles of the time), doubled brass and as many as ten horn players, backed up by at least eighty string players and similar numbers of singers.[9]
In addition, a fortepiano usually plays in secco recitatives, with or without other instruments from the orchestra.
The oratorio is divided into four parts, corresponding to Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, with the usual recitatives, arias, choruses, and ensemble numbers.
Among the more rousing choruses are a hunting song with horn calls, a wine celebration with dancing peasants[10] (foreshadowing the third movement of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony), a loud thunderstorm (ditto for Beethoven's fourth movement), and an absurdly stirring ode to toil:
Haydn remarked that while he had been industrious his whole life, this was the first occasion he had ever been asked to write a chorus in praise of industry.
Some especially lyrical passages are the choral prayer for a bountiful harvest, "Sei nun gnädig, milder Himmel" (Be thou gracious, O kind heaven), the gentle nightfall that follows the storm, and Hanne's cavatina on Winter.
The work is filled with the "tone-painting" that also characterized The Creation: a plowman whistles as he works (in fact, he whistles the well-known theme from Haydn's own Surprise Symphony), a bird shot by a hunter falls from the sky, there is a sunrise (evoking the one in The Creation), and so on.
There is some evidence that Haydn himself was not happy with van Swieten's libretto, or at least one particular aspect of tone-painting it required, namely the portrayal of the croaking of frogs, which is found during the serene movement that concludes Part II, "Summer". The version of the anecdote given below is from the work of Haydn scholar H. C. Robbins Landon.
In 1801, August Eberhard Müller (1767–1817) prepared a piano version of the oratorio's orchestra part, for purposes of rehearsal and informal performance. Haydn, whose health was in decline, did not take on this task himself, but he did look over a draft of Müller's work and wrote some suggested changes in the margins. Amid these changes appeared an off-the-cuff complaint about van Swieten's libretto:
Robbins Landon continues the story as follows:
A later letter of Griesinger's indicates that the rift thus created was not permanent.
The term "Frenchified trash" was almost certainly not a gesture of contempt for France or French people; Haydn in fact had friendly relationships with French musicians (see, e.g. Paris symphonies). Rather, Haydn was probably referring to an earlier attempt by van Swieten to persuade him to set the croaking of the frogs by showing him a work by the French composer André Grétry that likewise included frog-croaking.[15]
Although the work has always attracted far less attention than The Creation, it nonetheless has been strongly appreciated by critics. Charles Rosen calls both oratorios "among the greatest works of the century", but judges The Seasons to be the musically more successful of the two.[16] Daniel Heartz, writing near the end of a massive three-volume account of the Classical era, writes "The Hunting and Drinking choruses first led me to study Haydn's music more extensively beginning some forty years ago ... no music has elated me more in old age than The Seasons."[17] Michael Steinberg writes that the work "ensure[s] Haydn's premiere place with Titian, Michelangelo and Turner, Mann and Goethe, Verdi and Stravinsky, as one of the rare artists to whom old age brings the gift of ever bolder invention."[18] Opinions vary as to the nature of the relationship between The Creation and The Seasons – whether they are two separate works or an enormous religious diptych. Van Swieten, at any rate, was certainly keen to follow up on the former's success with another large-scale pictorial work in a similar vein,[19] and some authors have seen the two oratorios as constituting the first and second act of a metaphorical 'vast sacred opera'.[20]


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Ten Advices for your stay
1. Do not hurry, no one has yet managed to see everything in one city, visiting three main sites per day is sufficient.
2. Study the map of the city and metro prior to your visit, do not forget to visit some restaurants, brasseries.
7. Expect more friendly people from what is said of the French.
8. Expect the hotel room to be smaller and less comfortable compared to what you saw on the internet.
9. For walks in town, do not wear tennis shoes, backpack and map. If you do not look too much like a tourist, people will be friendlier.
10. Hold to your right on the escalators, the Parisians are not on leave, the left side is for people in a hurry.


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Math teacher Alyssa Barratt receives district level Horizon Award
Math teacher Alyssa Barratt receives Horizon Award and $250 check
Going above and beyond her fellow first year teachers, Alyssa Barratt was awarded the district Horizon Award for Secondary Teachers. Not all teachers have opportunity to receive this award—only teachers who display excellence throughout their first year of teaching.
"Alyssa has showcased an incredible professionalism and maturity well beyond her years," principal Myron Graber said. "She has consistently exceeded all expectations of our profession, ready to strive for excellence for both her students and for herself each day."
The ceremony was held during Barratt's first hour class on September 17.
"Everyone started walking in," said Barratt. My family was here, my parents, my sister and my daughter were here. People from district office were walking in and the other math teachers. There was even a group of students that I had last year that came and my whole first hour was there."
Barratt wasn't expecting to win this award, and wasn't even notified ahead of time that she had won it.
"I didn't have any clue it was happening," said Barratt. "I was blindsided in my classroom."
To win this award, teachers must be nominated by principal Myron Graber.
"Mr. Graber explained why they were there: because I had won the award and Doctor Lewis had some remarks to make from other teachers," said Barratt.
Within this award, one teacher wins at both the secondary and elementary level. On the elementary level, psychologist Cheyenne Hansen-Marlow from Schwegler Elementary School won.
Barratt has displayed many important characteristics of a successful educator. She is eccentric and supportive of her students in the classroom, making her stand out from her coworkers and ultimately winning her the award.
"I think she just wants everybody to do their best," freshman Audrey Cornell said.
Now that she has been awarded by the district, she is striving for the next level of recognition, which would come from the state.
"I am in an application process now to try and win the next round which would be the regional and state level," said Barratt. "I will find out in February."


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Audience Selection (Engagements)
Why Audience Selection?
Gainsight PX powerful platform is continuously collecting your product's usage data as your users use your product but what good is data without the ability to use it when you need it? This is where audiences & audience selection come into play.
Audience selection can be applied all over the Gainsight PX platform, from our powerful reporting (i.e. cohort / retention, feature adoption, funnels) and down to the real-time user engagement launching (i.e. dialogs, sliders, surveys, etc).
Audience Selection for Engagements
The first step when building a user engagement is to select the audience to target. An Audience can be defined based on either or both the user/account's demographics, feature usage, platform, custom events and/or combined in-app behaviors... and more!
You can use any of the rule blocks as building blocks in forming your criteria. See below for the list of Rule Blocks that you can use as a basis for audience selection, the blocks on the left column are the more commonly used targeting rule blocks
|Inferred Company
|Inferred Location
|Product Mapper
|Account Location
|Query Parameters
|Custom Events
|Platform (OS)
|Browser / Browser Language
When building your audience to target, you can use one or more of the above blocks and combine them with simple or advanced conditional logic. For example, see the screenshot below:
The above engagement is configured to target an audience of Admin Users who have visited the product more than 10 times, they belong to a Premium account and have used the "Timeline MT -> Zendesk" feature more than two weeks ago.
Take notice of the powerful Rule Logic options within each block as well as across each block to allow for powerful advanced targeting based on BOTH user/account profile attributes as well as behavioral.
To learn about all frequently asked questions, refer In-App Engagements FAQs article.


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A French bulldog has died onboard a United plane after a flight attendant forced it to spend more than three hours crammed into an overhead bin, the New York Post reports.
According to one passenger on the New York–bound flight from Houston, a woman travelling with two young children brought the dog onto the plane in a TSA-approved pet carrier. A flight attendant then demanded the family put the ten-month-old puppy in the overhead compartment for the duration of the flight.
"They INSISTED that the puppy be locked up for three hours without any kind of airflow," June Lara, who was on the flight, wrote on Facebook. "They assured the safety of the family's pet so wearily, the mother agreed."
Fellow passenger Maggie Gremminger also took to social media to detail the shocking incident.
"Tonight I was on a plane where I witnessed a @united flight attendant instruct a passenger to place her dog carrier (with dog) in the overhead compartment. The passenger adamantly refused but the flight attendant went on with instruction," Ms Gremminger wrote on Facebook.
"At the end of the flight — the dog was found (dead) in the carrier. I am heartbroken right now. I didn't question the flight attendant, but I could have."
"I assumed there must be ventilation as surely the flight attendant wouldn't have instructed this otherwise. I heard the dog barking a little and we didn't realise it was barking a cry for help."
She said she was "disgusted and traumatised" by the pup's death.
"Pets are family," she added. "How could a trained flight attendant instruct a passenger to place her dog in that bin. It was her job to understand the plane and its rules/limitations."
The incident sparked a flurry of angry comments on social media, prompting the carrier to issue an apology in which they take "full responsibility" for the pup's death.
"This was a tragic accident that should never have occurred, as pets should never be placed in the overhead bin," a spokesman for United said.
"We assume full responsibility for this tragedy and express our deepest condolences to the family and are committed to supporting them. We are thoroughly investigating what occurred to prevent this from ever happening again."
It's not clear why the carrier was not placed under a seat.


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It's been more than two years since we dedicated an entire show to the topic of electric mountain bikes, and a lot has changed since then. In this episode, we talk about how electric mountain bikes have evolved, where current regulations regarding eMTBs stand, and how mountain bikers opinions are slowly shifting.
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Schools in Foggy Bottom
Schools in Foggy Bottom community in Northwest D.C. include schools George Washington University and nearby Georgetown University and several elementary schools in walking distance.
By far, George Washington University assumes the dominant position among schools in Foggy Bottom, with the campus consuming several square blocks south of K Street between roughly 24th Street and 20th Street. The renowned Georgetown University is in walking distance in adjacent Georgetown. The Schools Without Walls Home School Association is also based in Foggy Bottom.
Foggy Bottom is anchored between the Capitol and Georgetown, situated along the Potomac River. Listings near schools in the Foggy Bottom have been declining since October, when there were about 100 properties here on the market, as sales have been increasing.
There are no elementary schools in Foggy Bottom, but residents here are near Thomson Elementary School near Franklin Park and Hyde-Addison Elementary School in Georgetown, two strong schools in the District.
Current listings include a $250,000, 1BR condo at 2475 Virginia Avenue, a $240,000, 640-square-foot studio, also at 2510 Virginia Avenue and a $254,500, 1BR on 24th Street. Apartments and condos dominate the housing market here, and many of them are on the more affordable end of the District's real estate listings.
Properties here lack large yards, but offer a number of amenities that attract buyers, including the proximity to the Mall and Georgetown and very close to several Metro stations, including Foggy Bottom and Farragut West. And of course these properties are close to two of the nation's best university schools in Foggy Bottom.
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Hyde-Addison Elementary School: http://www.hydeelementary.org/


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Grand Opening: State-of-the-Art Indoor Fitting Studio
Chicago, IL _ Premium custom club fitter True Spec Golf has opened their first state-of-the-art indoor fitting studio in Chicago, Ill. This new indoor fitting facility is located a short 30-minute drive north of downtown Chicago in Highland Park, Il.
"True Spec Golf's foundation is built on fitting and building golf clubs that provide a measurable improvement to our clients," said Hoyt McGarity, CEO of True Spec Golf. "Our new studio will provide Chicagoans with the ultimate premium fitting experience."
The Chicago Studio Features:
- Spacious indoor fitting bay
- Foresight GC2 Quad launch monitor
- State-of-the-art Putter Fitting studio
- Fitting Matrix with 30,000+ club head and shaft combinations
- GEARS Golf Biomechanics lab
- 2 Spacious Golf Simulators
True Spec Chicago provides golfers with in-depth knowledge on pairing the right club head and shaft together to make a measurable improvement to your game.
This knowledge is combined with industry leading technology to guarantee the results of every fitting.
"I could not be more excited to bring a truly technologically advanced studio to the Chicago golf community," says Scott Anderson, True Spec Golf Chicago Director. "The combination of our fitting capabilities and a matrix of 30,000+ fitting options will differentiate the experience we offer. Our goal is to assist players in improving their game by providing the most innovative technology in combination with data driven analytics."
Each club fit by True Spec Golf is hand built in their Scottsdale, U.S.A. build shop. Cutting edge technology and the highest-grade components are combined to ensure that clubs are built to the exact specifications that were determined during the fitting process.
Fitting services will include an entire set fitting; driver; woods, irons or putter. Prices range from $125 to $450 per fitting session, based on the fitting type.
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True Spec Golf is the worldwide leader in custom fitting, with 16 studios located on three continents and spanning six countries. We service golfers of all abilities, from the beginning golfer to seasoned amateur tournament players and professional golfers, and every caliber of player in-between. Our expertise has been validated by some of the most well-known PGA, LPGA and Champions Tour players around the world. We strive to offer the best possible experience, providing every player with clubs that maximize their potential and performance.
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Tall 8vo. In illustrated limp card covers. In very good condition. 158pp. Num. photo. ills.; The history of education in Poole, school by school from the foundation of the Free School in 1628.
Title: Schools of Old Poole. South Road and Others. 1628 - 1980.
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Situated within the low income area of Masiphumele in Cape Town, theMAAK has designed a new clinic in partnership with the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (DTHF). Positioned on a site that is already home to an existing clinic facility, the intervention provides increased space for the leading medical work that is being carried out by the organisation. With a primary focus on the social issues of the South African region, the design also intends to form a 'striking and welcoming' architectural expression that forms a balance between 'bold and subtle.
The building is characterised by the saw-tooth roofline that has been designed by the social architects to bring in diffused light whilst also creating an eye-catching exterior. On the main, north-facing elevation, the façade is articulated by aluminium fins that aim to create a proud entrance for DTHF. When viewed from the side, these fins compound to resemble a solid structure, however, upon moving across the site, the fins appear to move apart, affording an element of transparency. From this angle, visitors can see through into the inner workings of the facility.
In comparison to the north-facing façade, the southern elevation is formed to be more understated, yet still retains the saw-tooth profile to conform with the building's overall identity. Within the interior, this saw-tooth shape functions to provide a diffused, south light in the upstairs offices, affording a more comfortable working environment than direct daylight. On the lower levels, light-sensitive lab spaces have been created under the shade provided by the overhanging 'social landing' above. With its bold exterior architecture, the Desmond Tutu clinic strives to create a new face for the impressive work being carried out by the organisation, which strives to help communities across South Africa.
Project name: 'Desmond Tutu Clinic'
Location: Masiphumele, Cape Town, South Africa
Architects: theMAAK
Photography: Anton Scholtz and theMAAK
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The Keyline TKG Kit will have you cloning Toyota® 80-bit transponder keys with ease. Fully compatible with the Smart Cloner 90 Wi-Fi (884 Decryptor Mini), using the Keyline Cloning Tool App, and also the Smart Cloner 90 Standalone (BI884 Ultegra), the latest kit clones Toyota® 80-bit transponder chips. These are contained in keys marked with a 'G' and are used for many Toyota car models.


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Craig's Time to Grow Up Transformation
To be honest, I couldn't figure out what diet or workout Transformation changes to do in this contest.
My Real Food Journey (that I started in April) has been going great. I haven't ordered any new protein bars, and I'm not relying on those snacks to get me through the day.
I haven't had a Coke Zero since Christmas Day, 2012.
My diet is great.
Workouts are fantastic - although that TT Filming will set me back a little...but you'll continue to get my regular updates - along with awesome new TT Workouts every month.
So what could I change?
And then it hit me.
Almost literally.
You see, last Thursday I came about 50 feet (or what felt like a lot less) from death.
It was one of those weird "sunny-rainy-snowy-back-to-sunny" days that only April can deliver.
Around 4pm it seemed fine, and it was time to walk ol' Bally the Pooch before his dinner. Sure, some clouds were coming over the horizon out here on the farm, but I didn't think much of it. After all, we had been rained on every morning all week, and so what was another late afternoon shower.
As we got 50 steps from the house, the rain turned to ice pellets. At 100 yards from home, we heard thunder.
And then - the lightening bolt that struck directly ahead of me. Perhaps 50 feet at most.
Had I not taken an extra 30 seconds to find an old pair of running shoes for the walk, would it have been a direct hit?
Is that the head-shaking way that I would have gone out?
Would this have been the headline in Friday's Stratford Beacon Herald?
"Local man, aged 37, dies after being struck by lightening"
If so, I'd have been very, very disappointed.
That's not how I want to go out.
And so, that left me with the question...
What does that lightening bolt mean?
Was it random? Or should I take it as a sign from the heavens? Was it luck? Or Fate? A simple act of nature? Or a signal to start making changes?
And so I thought about this. A lot. I had plenty of time on the 3 hour drive from Stratford down to Lapeer, Michigan this weekend for filming. And then another 3 hours on the way home (but no time to think while filming, that's for sure!).
Then it came to me.
It's time to grow up.
Time to take life a little more seriously.
I've been extremely fortunate in life.
I was born with virtually no limits on what I could achieve. There has been nothing in the way of my success in life but me.
And so with a little hard work and a lot of luck (and great people supporting me along the way), I've been able to build up this beautiful Turbulence Training world. It really is a beautiful thing what we have here, and on Facebook and with the Certified TT Trainers and the Summit and the Home Workout Revolution and all the future products. It really is fantastic and MORE than I ever thought possible when I starting working on this idea back in 1999.
Not to mention my fitness family of friends. From Joel to Roman (who hit #4 on the NY Times Best Sellers list last week!) to Isabel to Mike Geary to Brad Pilon to Bedros and the 100 or so others that are practically family to me, it's a beautiful thing. I'm a very lucky man.
Plus, there's Early to Rise. This is literally the business of my dreams because it will allow me to help more people than ever before...and more ways than I ever could have done on my own...with a team of incredible people that believe in my vision.
It's amazing.
My work world is everything that I could possibly ask for.
In fact, that brings me to an important update.
We're working on integrating Turbulence Training into the Early to Rise business. Essentially, selling TT to ETR.
But don't worry, nothing will change...well, it will, but only for the better.
We'll be improving all of the sites and products and so on and so forth.
It's an exciting time.
And to be honest, it's going to leave me with a little extra money.
More money than I ever thought I'd have.
And certainly more money than I know what to do with.
Now I'm a little weird with money.
I'm both cheap and wasteful at the same time.
For example, yesterday, while walking the dog, I wore the same coat that I bought in high school. That jacket is over 20 years old. I'm too cheap to buy a new one. I have one pair of jeans. Two dress shirts. And the rest of the clothes in my closet have either been gifts or free t-shirts from supplement companies.
I don't own a car, and I found it torturous to spend $500 on a new bicycle last month (my old one was stolen)...even though it will save me over $500 on taxi fares, gas, etc. in just a few months.
Most of the time I hate spending money.
That said, I can waste it pretty quickly. I like nice hotels. I spend too much money at restaurants (I could have purchased three bikes for what I spent in 2 days in Manhattan...with nothing to show for it.)
So it's time for me to grow up.
And yes, I know, this is a fitness forum...or at least it was.
I think we're LONG past the point of where we are just fitness buddies.
Some of you have been here since 2007 when I first started this membership site. (Wow, saying that makes me realize it is long overdue for an overhaul, and trust me, that is on the list for 2013!).
We're fitness family.
And family helps out one another in anyway that they can.
So this is going to be my "Time to Grow Up Money Transformation Journal".
You can partly thank TT Member Mark Rogers for it.
If you look through the 16th contest (or perhaps it is in the Workout Journals forum), you'll see the really cool stuff that Mark did to document his spending habits (he was doing this as part of the Early To Rise Health-Wealth-Wisdom $100K Transformation Contest - our next one of those starts in August).
I was really inspired by what he did.
And so I'm going to do something similar.
Time to get serious with my money habits and change them for better...and I look forward to getting advice from you on how to track things and even how to put my money to work for me.
Although it's funny, because I'm already building up excuses...for example, I know someone is going to mention a great app...and I'm going to reply, but I don't like apps and they probably won't work on my old Blackberry phone (more proof of my cheapness...i've had this phone since at least 2009 - you hardly access the internet with it - which is one reason why I've kept it so long).
But, I'm using the Four Pillars of Success (Accountability, Social Support, Incentives, and The Deadline).
And I hope you'll help me with at least the first two. The deadline and incentives are covered.
Although I do need some help with specific goals...I'll think about those on today's dog walk.
So there you have it.
That's my main transformation for the next 12 weeks.
(BTW, yes, I'll be sticking with the Real Food and workouts, and will continue to update my workout journal and my diet journal that is carried over from the 16th contest.)
Now, let's talk about YOU.
I invite you to join me on a Transformation Journey.
Yours could be about money. Or it could be another amazing traditional Turbulence Training fat loss transformation like so many others have experienced. Or maybe you could join Peter J. in his "career transformation".
It doesn't matter what you choose to change...I just want you to choose to join us.
Don't wait for a sign from the heavens.
Just do it.
Let's go.
Start now,
Craig Ballantyne
Craig Ballantyne, CTT
Certified Turbulence Trainer
Hi Craig:
Wow, I'm humbled and inspired. Just what I need for a shot of reinvigoration.
PS - I would say "best of luck", but that sounds so helpless and weak. How about, "Make it happen, Cap'n!"
it is very inspiring for me what you write, and I appreciate you are so open with deeper thoughts in this forum. I wish I know you in person.
Probably you know, that ages ago surviving lightening was a calling for being the Shaman for community . And as I see you, you are in kind of the role with your services - transforming, heeling souls, finding way for better life and for ourselves.
I just wanted to share, because anyway I am convinced that everyone is the best master and authority to interpret signs for himself.
But I am also curious about your goal. I understand family (I think) but you mentioned you want to put more attention on money because you put too much on business. And how is it any different if you have so great and prosperous business? I mean I have some ideas, but I was just interested in yours.
Best wishes,
Yes sir!
Feel free to treat me like any other contestant, and give me a kick in the butt to take action when i need it.
Craig Ballantyne, CTT
Certified Turbulence Trainer
The plan with the money is to prevent it from being lost to inflation. That's what I mean by finding ways to put the money to work. Having money sitting in the bank is fine for a short time, but eventually it erodes due to inflation, the invisible tax.
So my goals for the financial aspect are:
1) Have a meeting with my accountant and current financial adviser to formulate a plan for after I sell one of my businesses.
2) Open a new investment account that will be under my direction.
3) Develop an investment code (set of rules/personal philosophies)
4) Buy a small amount of precious metals and store
5) Finish opening up my Hong Kong bank account
6) Finish changes to my will that will cover my businesses
7) Set a new monthly savings and investment schedule
8] Meet with Canadian/foreign tax adviser that I know
9) Ultimately, purchase trophy home that I would love to live in for at least 15 years. I haven't found the right one yet.
I looked at something interesting last week, but ultimately I would not be satisfied with it, and be looking to upgrade within a few years. And I hate moving, so I want to do it once and be done with it for a long time.
Fortunately, I can be patient.
And so I summarize my entire strategy with two words: Trophy Hunting.
This goes for finding the right house, the right investments, etc.
Craig Ballantyne, CTT
Certified Turbulence Trainer
Nice post Craig. But I'm struggling a little bit to understand what you are aiming to achieve in the next 12 weeks as well.
Are you aiming to become tight with your money in all facets of your life now or are you going to try and be less frugal when it comes to none travel related expenses etc? (I would have bought the $1000 bike by the way but that's how I roll). Or are you just trying to find a better balance between your inner saver and inner spender?
Your post has made me seriously (and I mean really seriously this time) contemplate entering this competition. It's a big call for me as I would be leaving behind my Renegade workouts for 3 months so it's not a decision that I'll make lightly.
However if I do join I would use it as a tool to keep me accountable with several things. If nothing else my 21 day sugar detox thread taught me the power of accountability. That thread kept me on track on a number of occasion that I may have otherwise fallen off the horse.
If I do decide to enter it would assist me in the following:
1) I want to finally get down to 10% body fat (something I've gotten very close to but never actually achieved).
2) Inspired by a recent Leo Babauta I want to start to write daily.
3) To log my progress with my journey to start a PT business.
4) Nail down my diet which has the propensity to get off track on occasion.
So there it is. I'll make a decision shortly. These are all things I can achieve without entering a transformation competition but I know myself and think this may assist me.
But anyway no firm decision made yet. Although even writing this has helped with my decision making process.
Thanks for the inspiration.
To be continued.....?
So disregard the 1st part of my last post. You just answered that in great detail.
Each day I'm going to share my daily expenditures...to hold myself accountable to not spending a bunch of money on wasted stuff.
Basically, my personal austerity plan.
The plan is in addition to investing money I already have, that I'll take the money I save on DISCRETIONARY spending and invest it as well. Should be interesting to see if we can turn that into a substantial amount.
I'll even include business expenses for your amusement:
Business Expenses
$3000 - rent deposit for the new Fit Body Boot Camp location I'm opening
$200 - Customer service help desk monthly membership
$5750 - Transformation Contest Winner prize payments
$1050 - Payment to Brian Kalakay, CTT, for his filming this weekend
NOTE: 99% of days are not like today! Fortunately, I received some nice checks in the mail to counter these expenses.
Discretionary Spending
$40 - chiropractor ART => couldn't avoid this because of weekend filming
$20 - taxi from car rental place (after dropping it off) to my apartment
Both were necessary expenditures...and the taxi ride is a business expense, too (as was the rental car - driving to Michigan for filming).
Money Saved today
$3 on a Starbucks water...I decided not to buy a water, and just had some free water at the chiro office.
This $3 in savings won't make me richer...the real changes I have to make are with the money I have...but that decision not to buy the water gave me a little power and momentum to support the goals and vision I've set and am chasing.
Why I rent cars and homes:
1) I hate owning things.
2) After my Maxima died in Feb 2011, I decided not to replace my car. I drive only 5000 miles per year. To buy a car, or lease it, is not worth it...when you add insurance, maintenance, lease payment, etc. At least not now.
3) Plus, I have a really, really terrible parking spot in my apartment. It's awkward, and I've already scraped up one rental car. Thank goodness for my Credit Card insurance plan!
4) I have owned one condo while living in Toronto. The day I closed and moved out was one of the happiest days of my life! Or at least one of the days where I felt the most relief.
I sold for a nice profit after owning for only 2 years and putting $10K into renovations (that were a nightmare!).
I felt that I sold at the top of the market...but prices actually continued to go up for 3 more years. Crazy.
At this time, I have no interest in buying another condo in Toronto. They are too expensive.
Nor will I buy a house. You get nothing for the crazy prices that are charged. My sister purchased a semi for almost a million bucks. Brutal.
So I'm looking for a Trophy House outside of the city.
Great day,
Craig Ballantyne, CTT
Certified Turbulence Trainer
I think the May Meatheads 5x5 workout just might be the last bit of incentive you need to enter the contest.
Craig Ballantyne, CTT
Certified Turbulence Trainer
I will most likely sign up methinks.
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There's a number of reasons you might want to catch the ferry from Lanzarote to Fuerteventura. Maybe you're wanting to visit Fuerteventura, but the flights to Lanzarote are significantly cheaper.
Maybe you're looking to go on a day trip from Lanzarote and experience one of the other Canary Islands. Whatever the reason for travelling between Lanzarote & Fuerteventura, going by ferry is the cheapest, quickest and most convenient way.
In this article we're going to look at the entire process of catching the ferry, the ferry service providers, the ports you'll be travelling to & from as well as the cost and ferry schedules.
Lanzarote Ferry Port
Regardless of the company you choose to travel from Lanzarote to Fuerteventura with, they all leave from the same ferry port, in Playa Blanca. The walk from the centre of Playa Blanca to the ferry terminal is around 10-minutes and is clearly signposted in English & Spanish.
Playa Blanca is on the far south of the island and is a highly popular tourist resort. Hotels and apartments in the region start from just €42 a night.
There's plenty of activities to keep you busy in Playa Blanca including; a trip to Playa Dorada beach, a visit to the Underwater Museum or even a day out at the Castillo de las Coloradas. Ideal if you're planning on spending some time here prior to taking a trip to Fuerteventura.
Fuerteventura Ferry Port
Regardless of the company, you choose to travel from Lanzarote to Fuerteventura with. You'll arrive at the same port in the northern town of Corralejo.
Corralejo is the most popular resort in the whole of Fuerteventura. It's highly popular for extreme watersports including Kite Surfing and Surfing. If you're planning on spending the night here then you can get an apartment for as little as €31 a night.
Ferry Times: Lanzarote to Fuerteventura
Lineas Romero
On a Sunday the 9.30am ferry doesn't run.
Fred Olsen
Naviera Armas
Ferry Times: Fuerteventura to Lanzarote
Lineas Romero
Fred Olsen
Naviera Armas
Ferry Companies
There are three ferry companies you can travel between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura with, they are; Naviera Armas, Fred Olsen and Lineas Romero.
Both Fred Olsen and Naviera Armas charge €28 per person each way when travelling by ferry between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura and offer very similar services.
However, both of these services also provide you with the option to take your car, campervan, motorbike etc. on the ferry with you at an additional cost.
Cheapest Ferry From Lanzarote to Fuerteventura
The cheapest ferry from Lanzarote to Fuerteventura is with Lineas Romero. While they only offer walk-on passengers, the cost is just €15 per person. Children under 3 go free, and those between the ages of 3 and 11 pay just €9.
If you're looking to go back to Lanzarote from Fuerteventura then you can get a return ticket for €29 adults and €16 children. Residents of the Canary Islands get a discount of 75%
How To Book Your Ferry From Lanzarote To Fuerteventura
All ferry companies allow you to book advance online;
There are no financial benefits to booking online. Instead, we found that the only benefit is 'securing' your space on the ferry at that particular time. All ferry companies have an official booking office at the ferry port which will provide you with increased flexibility for your trip.
Times and prices quoted are correct at the time of publishing.


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I have been traveling quite a bit for work and took sleep deprivation to a whole new level this weekend at Ragnar Cape Cod. On Thursday evening I flew from Houston to Boston. Shaun picked me up from the airport a little after midnight and we checked into a hotel nearby. After about 5 hours of sleep, we were up and headed towards Hull for the start of Ragnar Cape Cod. I have never run in a relay before (with the exception of One Run For Boston) and I was looking forward to the experience. I have participated in lots of races — mostly running races and triathlons — but most of these don't rise to the level of an experience. Ragnar was different. It was 28 hours of pretty much non-stop going (other than 2 hours of not great sleep on a hill trying to stay warm with the ridiculous wind whipping around). I'm pretty confident that I don't do well with no sleep, but this weekend proved that I can do really well if I have the support of those around me.
I'm not sure I can put the experience into words, so I'm trying with pictures:
Before the start in Hull — Anne, Me, Rebecca, Ali, Amy and Melissa.
The 10:00 a.m. start under gray skies. Most of the race would be cool and rainy (we struggled with shivering and blue lips). The sun did come out for the finish mid-day on Saturday.
Ali (who ran a marathon the weekend before) booking it into transition #1.
Anne taking off for stage #2. Claimed she was going to "run slow" yet put down 7 min / miles for all of her legs.
Ali checking off out very first box on the Ragnar Van (after stopping to take a selfie) — if I hear the Selfie song one more time I may pummel Shaun.
The hand off between legs 3 and 4. Love the fresh green. We were run-wear opposites. No one told me my first stage would have 500 feet of climbing over a 10K.
The handoff between 6 and 7. Our first stop at the beach (Duxbury). We were freezing.
Ready for night running (and stages 13 through 18). I ran in the dark. Twice. And did not fall. I also learned that headlamps hurt my head and I lost the good blinking butt light (it must have bounced off my ample behind).
Rebecca finishing her final leg. She was rather happy to pass on the baton to me, especially after I tormented her 100 times that morning by reminding her over and over again that I could stay wrapped in a sleeping bag because she had to run 9.4 miles before I had to do anything that morning.
The handoff from stage 28 to 29. I was very concerned with my watch. Stage 28 was a great stage for me. I found a running friend, we held 8 flats and picked off lots of runners.
Finishing up stage 30. I am always happiest when I run (and especially when I'm running well). I haven't strung together this many good runs in a row in forever, so the weekend was super special from a running confidence point of view as well.
Marking off the final stages.
Legs up the Shaun (Shaun was a rockstar all weekend taking care of all of us).
My map of Massachusetts. I was so proud of this drawing.
We don't follow directions well at all (for example I posted hundreds of pictures and used the wrong Ragnar hash tag for all of them).


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Lovers of cerebral sci-fi and outer space horror will find a lot to enjoy in Prey.
I'm smashing coffee cups with my spanner. I've been doing this for almost ten minutes, the floor's covered in shards of white porcelain. But I know, I just know, one of these bastard mugs isn't what it appears to be. I'm in the kitchen of a massive space station, Talos-1, and I'll not be leaving until the mimic reveals itself. Suddenly there is an ear-splitting screech and the next mug on my kill-list transforms into a spidery black monster that lunges at my face. I jump back and start swinging my tool like a madman, knocking over chairs and smashing glass. The mimic hits me; I start taking damage so I switch to my shotgun. I don't have many shells left but I'll be putting one inside this little bastard. I fire, the mimic dies and I collect its guts. I'll be using them later to craft more ammo.
Welcome to the paranoid space madness of Prey, the latest game from Arkane Studios who recently gave us the wonderful Dishonored 2. Prey tells the tale of Morgan Yu (male or female optional), a protagonist who finds themselves part of a strange scientific experiment on a massive damaged space station, Talos-1. Why are you on the space station? Who is experimenting on you? What happened to your memory and while we're on the subject, what the bloody hell are all those inky black monsters about? All these questions will be answered over your 15-25 hour playthrough.
Gameplay-wise Prey is a bit of a mimic itself, aping notable classics such as System Shock, BioShock, Deus Ex and Dead Space. You'll explore the space station in a first person POV, fight mimics and other Typhon, discover secrets via computer terminals, audio logs and the occasional survivor. As the game progresses you can unlock powers possessed by the Typhon aliens. These powers include the ability to mimic objects – so you can finally live that dream of transforming into a coffee cup, hitting enemies with a massive blast of psychic energy and even necromancing corpses to get off the ground and assist you. Using these alien powers will occasionally cause a huge beast called The Nightmare to come and try to kill you, but it's totally worth it. Although the game does include the option of staying totally human, if you're a boring monkey.
As you slowly piece together your past, and what happened to Talos-1, you'll have choices to make. People to save or ignore, sections of the ship to repair or destroy and numerous side quests to complete for needy Talos residents. Without getting too spoilery, these choices will greatly impact your game's ultimate ending, although perhaps not in the way you might have assumed.
Ultimately, Prey's best asset is the space station itself and the fascinating world-building that Arkane have achieved. The game is actually set in an alternate universe where JFK was never assassinated and the space race shifted into overdrive. I lost hours of time reading alternate history books, emails between colleagues and strange, sad little stories told dynamically through notes and environmental cues.
The more you explore the more materials you'll find, which can be used in 3D printers to craft ammo, weapons, medkits and so on. The gameplay loop of exploring, killing a bunch of Typhon, breaking down your inventory items and crafting more useful gear becomes incredibly addictive. Combined with the slowly ratcheting tension of the story, the majority of the game is utterly compelling.
Prey does stumble a little in its final third, however, ramping the difficulty level to occasionally teeth-gritting extremes. Sporadic technical hitches also marred the experience, including one instance where a saved game file became corrupted and I was forced to redo a section that took a couple of hours. None of this is game-breaking, mind you, and Arkane have been patching away as I write this, but it's worth noting nonetheless.
That said, lovers of cerebral sci-fi and outer space horror will find a lot to enjoy in Prey. The confused tension of the early hours, the more impressive monsters and story revelations of the middle section and even aspects of the game's head-fucking ending will thrill and delight. Just make sure you keep an eye on those two coffee mugs over there. I swear there was only one a minute ago…


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Harry Potter Anime Version Fanart
This is just amazing. Props to whoever did this wonderful art. This makes me wonder what it'll be like if the Harry Potter Series is really translated into anime. I bet it'll be epic too! 🙂 Sigh… I believe I'm still experiencing the so-called post potter depression syndrome. Not the chronic type though. Lol. Nevertheless, I need to undergo some Potter Withdrawal treatment soon and get my life back on track soon. Heehee. Suggest any good book to read?
Oh btw, please click on the link below to view the image. You'll never regret it. That is if you're a certified Potterhead! 🙂