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Introducing a brand new vehicle platform that allows for available hybrid technology and excellent fuel economy1, up to eight-passenger seating, a quiet interior and roomy cargo space. The ultimate family vehicle.
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Really well presented and interesting. The man knows his swords and he’s into the presentation. A great resource for writers!
It should come as a surprise to no one that the circumstances Scholagladitioria lists in his video favor the rapier because that’s exactly what the rapier was designed for. Take a specialized weapon into a situation that the weapon was specialized for and you’ll find the circumstances favor that weapon. Also, watch the video because there’s a lot of interesting information there about design elements for different swords.
1) The points where Scholagladitoria talks about reach with weapons. In the past some of our followers have had difficulty wrapping their heads around the idea of reach, such as the machete versus the longsword and how that affects the fight. This is mostly due to a lack of experience and the access to actual hold the blades in their hands, sometimes imagination can be difficult without concrete examples. Anyone who spars with a naginata versus a katana or unarmed versus a knife will recognize the difficulties right away, but it can be difficult when it’s just your imagination. I think this video makes some really good points about that aspect of combat.
2) The cross-guard hand protections. One of the big issues I see in a lot of fight scenes is that writers tend to place an over focus on going directly for the body’s vitals (throat, chest, heart, and head specifically) and ignore the process of opening up the defenses to get there. The points he makes about attacking the hands, arms, and legs are important because your hands, arms, feet, and legs are the means by which we use to defend ourselves even when we’re using weapons. In fact, when we’re fighting unarmed those are our weapons and initiating attacks to take away those options make the final killing blow easier.
3) There is no 100% or “best”. There are always going to be circumstances which heavily favor one weapon over another because that’s just the way humans work. It’s easy to assume “advantage = never” but you shouldn’t because that’s not what it means. You’ll always face situations where you’re at a disadvantage in real life and your characters will end up facing situations where they are at a disadvantage within your stories. They should because it makes things more interesting. All an advantage means is that you or your characters either need to work harder to overcome it or change their approach. Look at a situation and try to figure out how your character can take it and turn it to their advantage. One of my favorite examples of this is looking at the sets on the Highlander tv show, specifically for where, when, and in what spaces they choose to film their fights. A katana is a weapon primarily used for cutting, which means it strikes on a wide arc. Put it in a situation with limited space like a modern hallway, doorway, or room with a lot of clutter and it may end up getting stuck in things when the wielder tries to attack. This can create opportunities for a disadvantaged character wielding a knife or one who is unarmed to attack while the katana wielder tries to get their sword out of the dry wall.
It’s a matter of learning to use your terrain and set pieces in your scenes as opposed to being overly focused on what weapon does what with X plus stats.
4) This is a good time to remind our followers who are working on characters that are professional combatants i.e. they fight for a living that professional warriors of every time period learned to fight with a variety of weapons so they could transition between them depending on the situation. There’s a nasty habit developed by Anime and other sources where a character is only supposed to carry one weapon and be skilled at one type of fighting as opposed to many types of combat that feed back into each other. While this is helpful for defining a character’s relative position within The Five Man Band, it’s not particularly useful for creating a well-rounded fighter. Most martial arts involve training in different kinds of weapons as the trainee increases in rank and it’s always worth remembering that the collection of Japanese martial arts that subscribe to the Samurai Code of Bushido were, for the most part, all intended to be learned together as part of a whole.
5) Follow Tamora Pierce and Art-Of-Swords here on Tumblr and Scholagladiatoria on Youtube because they are awesome, also check out the Schola Forum for more discussion by HEMA martial artists on these topics.
I hope everyone is having a happy Nanowrimo!
Previous PostWould any other dancing styles/techniques have things that transfer well/decently into capoeria? I ask since a character of mine is a dancer, but when he needs to fight its that sort of fighting he breaks out; I would like to keep consistency however, not having him hop from ballet to spin kicking. Or better yet, are there any other fighting styles that try to ‘trick you’ like capoeria does, or use dancing like movements?Next PostI don’t understand everyone’s obsessiveness about dancing and fighting? Am I the only one?

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The new version of SIEM is supplemented with a unique connector that allows working with the time tracking module. The connector has preset rules for detecting activity of employees out of official working hours and also warns about activity of long-absent users. The connector configuration is very simple. The data source is SearchInform DLP agents that track employees' working hours.
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SearchInform Event Manager is a system for collecting, monitoring, and analyzing security events from corporate systems in real time. The program collects information from various sources, analyzes it, detects incidents and notifies security experts about them. The system allows you to get results immediately after installation as it has a wide range of preset rules and does not require a basic revision.

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Rated 5 out of 5 by Active mom from Just right! Perfect for cool weather. Nice, thicker than T-shirt cotton fabric. It feels like a lightweight sweater. Very soft and comfortable. Good, long sizing in body and sleeves if you are tall. I ordered size small, taupe gray heather, and love it! Size small fits just right (size 34 chest, about 5'8" tall, 130 lbs).
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Articles by "Sushant Singh Rajput"
Sushant Singh Rajput is an Indian film and tv actor. He began his career with television serials, which includes an award-winning overall performance within the soap opera Pavitra Rishta (2009–2011) and as a participant in dance truth shows. He then entered films with a role as one of the three male leads within the drama Kai Po Che! (2013), for which he obtained essential acclaim in addition to 3 Male lead Debut awards. His different exquisite films in view that then have been as the male lead of the romantic comedy Shuddh Desi Romance (2014) and as the titular detective inside the mystery Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015), both of which had been produced by Yash Raj movies. In 2016, Rajput regarded in Neeraj Pandey's biographical sports activities drama M.S. Dhoni: The Untold tale, wherein he essayed the role of Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the film became a business fulfillment and earned him a unanimous vital acclaim. billing.


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Quite similar to the normal house cat in Europe is the European Shorthair. It is a recently recognized breed of cats that was created to distinguish the Scandinavian cats of Europe from those of United Kingdom. A shorthaired feline breed, it is distinct from the British and American Shorthairs. The cat's origin dates back centuries. It is said to have descended from Egyptian cats and then brought over to Europe. Since then it has been widespread in towns and villages of Europe. The point of origin here is believed to be Sweden. With time the European cat developed a physical structure somewhat different from its English cousin. Therefore after much deliberation it was given official recognition in the early eighties though it is still not recognized by most bodies around the world.
A sturdy and well built feline, European Shorthair is a muscular animal. Chest and shoulders are broad and strong. Coat is double layered and somewhat coarse and thick, in possible adaptation to the cold winters of Scandinavia. A number of colors occur though blue and black are most frequent. Head is rounded and so are the widely set eyes and ears. Eyes are also accepted in a variety of colors including blue, green or yellow. Jaws and neck are well developed. Tail and legs are relatively long.
European Shorthairs are quite similar to the average street cat in Europe and are thus often confused with alley cats. Theirs is a pure breed though that has been developed over the years and has established attributes. They are not all alike though in many ways since they have been developed from so many different individuals and often have varying personalities and behavior.
Temperament of European Shorthairs is thus somewhat unpredictable owing to their diverse ancestry. They are generally calm and easygoing cats overall. They are well behaved normally and go well with all members of the family, including children. Other pets are not a problem for these tolerant felines. European Shorthairs are versatile cats that are well suited at most tasks. They are good hunters and love to play. Still they are relaxed and affectionate. Intelligent and curious, these cute felines adjust well to all sorts of environments, making them amongst the predominant house pets in Northern Europe.
It's so hard to tell the different between some cat breeds based on their appearance.

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• Mario Mathias graduated in Chemistry and Industrial Chemical Engineering.
• He also graduated in Industrial Marketing.
• worket im fluropolymers for very importante americam and British companies.

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Sensory integration can loosely be defined as our ability to register and react to input from our environment across all sensory domains. However, the three particular senses that most affect our sensory integration are the touch (tactile), pressure or body awareness (proprioceptive), and movement (vestibular) senses. Oral motor input, such as biting, sucking, blowing or chewing, affects two of these three senses and is often used (mostly unknowingly) by people of all ages for altering our state of alertness.
With respect to sensory input, depending on the item being used, biting and chewing can meet the sensory needs of two of the three sensory categories (tactile and proprioceptive) and can therefore be a very powerful therapeutic tool. In addition, biting and chewing can be both alerting and calming and are therefore a useful modality for children (or adults) who are both hyper- and hyposensitive to sensory input.
Different textures, flavors and temperatures can be used to enhance the experience. For example, crunchy items tend to increase alertness, while softer, smoother textures show a tendency to increase the calming effect. Flavors such as sour, spicy and bitter will also enhance alertness, whereas sweeter flavors, or flavors such as mint, tend to produce a calming effect. Similarly, warmer temperature will tend to have a calming effect, while colder temperatures tend to be alerting.
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Discussion in 'Windows' started by mayjune, Jul 7, 2009.
i have to open a new tab and then only i can open it in new tab, can't i directly do it without leaving the current page?
I havent tested but was just a suggestion.
Installed it and looks good.
There are lots of things that can be added.
2. Search forums apart from the Google one. We have Guests search on without any image verification already.
3. Member search can be on forum search rather than Google.
BTW its really a kool thing and also I searched and found this and so planning to add if we all agree.
Created the thread : http://www.go4expert.com/showthread.php?t=18425 specifically for the toolbar version uploads and change-log reports.
(1) Please explain, what feed urls I must add (nimesh and I can definitely do that).
(2) OK. Forum Search can be done .. point taken.
(3) Member Search through forum search ?!? I don't think the forum search can direct us to the Member's profile. It can of course show us the member's threads, articles and posts.
Anyway .. I'll continue to work on and improve my toolbar. After all .. I have done so much effort on that.
You can add all the feed urls for each forum.
Also I am not planning to create toolbar but if people like to have I can still think off.
I doubt the thread is in the right forum ( Windows ). Not this one. the other one.
Never knew about it !! Thanx !
Which forum do you suggest then ??
@Saswat: I used 1.0 and 1.1, but I was disappointed by ver 1.1 for one reason.
My habit it to keep few tabs open all the time.
few that I want to read and few which I use very frequently.
So even if I close firefox, they are saved in history and comes back when I restart the firefox.
can't we have tabbed browsing as i requested?
downloading ...will tell you about it after i checked it out for few days since you have made quite a lot of changes from before..
Then, should I start numbering 1.2.1 instead ??
I had never faced it, and as MayJune mentions, the bug seems to be gone !
But that was a lot of effort .. shabbir should have told me how to submit a search using search.php and memberlist.php.
I had to spend a LOOOOOONG time studying their behaviour.
But after studying the page-source + some experiments with the forum + a bit of intuition, I made it.
Phew .. hard work !
HTML Submit can always be done looking at the source code.
Right or Left click both have same Link error..
Also that feature to keep the menu open with right click is very handy, well thought! I think it was out of your experience while self testing it..
yes one more thing, at the side of search bar it says "Search G4EF" - but i don't know what option its selected, i have to click on it to know, so to reduce clicking, display the current option next to it, saving clicks and makes it faster.. and if you could add a shortcut to change seaching option too, as i know lot of people love to use more keyboard then mouse (like me) so if i can access all of G4EF through keyboard that would be just "AWESOME"
and yeah, Add another direct link to this article as "Bug/Comment on Toolbar" (something like that) so that if we ever find a new bug or have some new suggestion, we can just directly jump to this page..
A typing mistake ! Now corrected.
Another typing mistake ! Now corrected.
shabbir should take care of this. The links are correct, but there is some problem with feed burner.
I will surely try that.
Thanx And, yeah it was.
Ver.1.4 Coming up soon ..
So .. this is the new bug-report and feature request thread.
OK. I have added CTRL+ENTER behavior for the search box.
Added CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+G as shortcut to the Toolbar Menu.
I don't think CTRL+ENTER behavior on main menu items is necessary. So, I didn't add it.
You can navigate the menu by using the short-cut and then with arrow keys.
OK. Now the button shows the selected option.
I had to add a long sequence like CTRL+ALT+SHIFT so that FF and other keyboard short-cuts don't interfere with toolbar.
All bugs resolved and all requested features implemented !!
Excellent, very well done saswat..


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South African Shiraz; could it be Sparkling?
South Africa makes world-class sparkling wines. Often from the original Champagne grapes, in the Champagne Method and in a similar range of styles. White sparklers and the increasingly popular rosés fill the shelves, but only a few producers seem brave enough to include an MCC style that has found more favour ‘Down Under’.
One of the first wines to open the exciting world of wine to me was Sparkling Shiraz. It is big in Australia and I enjoyed the Barossa Valley Estates E&E’s Black Pepper version (the 1998 scored 95points and had a 12 year drinking window!).
Not so popular a style here, it seems.
Strange, perhaps when you consider our sizeable plantings of Shiraz and the considerable success with it. Or perhaps that is the reason there is little made in a Sparkling version, it sells well enough without extra CO 2.
Sparkling Shiraz can be made in a carbonated style, or a full-on MCC, and will take bottle aging. All decent MCC’s require time on the lees, a year at least and for Vintage, probably nearer two or more, though Shiraz might not benefit from too much lees aging. Economically, that means a higher bottle price and requires a different potential market.
The carbonated version, though, does not have to be grape based CocaCola. Take Stellenbosch Vineyards Four Secrets brand, which had time on skins, 50% new oak, a warming 11.5% alcohol and a seductive 21grams/L sugar. For R70 this was a serious wine, involving serious winemaking. Such a shame it has been discontinued with lack of demand the reason.
Stellenbosch Hills do a carbonated Pinot Noir version, but it really is a sparkling Rosé, like many others, and at 35g/L residual sugar it is obviously a crowd pleaser and a long way from the dry, gutsy Australian style. It sells well though, with demand at home and overseas.
JC Le Roux offers the successful La Chanson brand, another low (7.5%) alcohol, decidedly sweet version (75g/l RS), with some Shiraz in it, carbonated and easy on the palate, but still a long way from a brut MCC Shiraz.
I am assured that there is a market for Sparkling Shiraz. Camberley, outside Stellenbosch, only make around 3000 bottles a year, yet only half of that might reach the tasting room (the rest pre-ordered) and that goes within weeks of release. It is not on tasting at their tasting room normally, as demand can see them open 8 bottles over a weekend.
Camberley have offered the wine for a decade, and only produce a vintage MCC version. It stays on its lees for 18 months and is not made from grapes deemed too inferior for their flagship Shiraz, but from tanks drawn from the same must. Running off some juice helps concentrate the remaining (more skin-juice ratio) which is perhaps the original reason Rosé Champagne began. The demand for their sparkling means that around a third of the harvest might go to the MCC. Camberley don’t need to push the wine, either. There is no back label, no style indication on the front, though it is Brut. “We would rather explain it to guests”, says Giscard in the tasting room. He adds they don't usually say much, just let people taste.
It is a unique taste, the 2015 Camberley is lighter, even slightly red berried, with a strawberry pot-pouri perfume, and fresh prickle. Too big for Rosé, but not overly peppery and an easy match across food groups. “Try Tuna, or smoked Salmon”, says Giscard. Perfect with turkey at Christmas. The 2009 was bigger, bone dry, more robust, almost an Aussie style as theirs tends to be more obviously Shiraz. Better vintages are reflected in the wine; the 2009 stayed rich and luscious for many years.
Kloovenburg Vineyards get close to my wish list, their Blanc de Noir Brut is a dryish (13g/l RS) Swartland Shiraz based sparkler, carbonated, but with four months on the lees to give it some depth. The look, though, is more Rosé than the antipodean style, if only it were Noir de Noir.
Like at Camberley, people are often hesitant to taste a Sparkling Shiraz at first, but as Hagen says, they ‘love it when they taste it’. Despite the RS in Hagen’s wine he maintains firmer tannin structure so that the wine is more versatile, and need not be only considered a dessert wine, in fact I have enjoyed it most chilled right down and before eating and the drier the better.
The carbonated style is fun, but certainly no joke and the MCC Shiraz is serious indeed. With the range of superb MCC producers in SA, and the need to always attract new customers, plus the quality of our Shiraz I wonder why the full-bodied, dry, bottle fermented Shiraz hasn’t taken off. Even the BVE Black Pepper Sparkler is no longer available.


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The Rural-Agri Innovation Network (RAIN) is looking for twenty volunteers to help a Laird Township producer plant trees in efforts to restore a shoreline along Bar River.
The “Riparian Awareness and Action with Algoma Producers and Communities” is funded by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. This project will restore the Bar River shoreline in planting shrubs and trees along the river bank as well as installing fencing to ensure cattle cannot access the river bank in the future.
Riparian zones are areas of land adjacent to rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands, comprised mostly of water plants, saturated soil, and associated ecosystems. The zones are critical in terms of preventing soil erosion. This project will benefit fish habitat, water quality and the producer to be environmentally sustainable.
A workshop open to the community and volunteers will be held on May 18th 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Bar River Community Centre for information on proper tree planting, and techniques to identifying erosion.
Potential planting date is Friday June 15th, with a second planting sate (if needed) on Saturday June 16th.
Depending on the number of volunteers, this will determine the time allotted in total to complete the planting portion of the project. It is estimated that between 15-20 hours of volunteer work can be earned throughout the process. Any volunteers are welcome and high school students are encouraged to apply to help earn volunteer hours. The workshop and planting dates will be convenient for student participation. Carpooling and volunteering with a friend is encouraged, as transportation is not provided.
To sign-up as a volunteer, please fill in this online form.
For more info or to register for the workshop, contact Mikala Parr, RAIN Research Technician, at 705 942 7927 ext. 3046 or mparr@ssmic.com.


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Canada to Mexico! Here's my guidebook to help you do it.
My guide to growing edibles year-round in a mild climate.
Sixty of my favorite day rides around Seattle and environs.
My guide to growing heritage vegetables in your garden.


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Emergency Care Journal is the official Journal of the Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC). The journal is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to improve the quality of care by publishing the highest quality science for acute medical care and related medical specialties. The journal welcomes submissions from international contributors and researchers of all specialties involved in acute medical conditions. Emergency Care Journal publishes Original Articles, Review Articles, Opinion Reports, Case Reports, Images in Emergency, Letters to the Editors, Commentaries, Book Reviews, Editorials and other educational information related to the practice, teaching, and environment of emergency medicine. In addition to general topics, ECJ also publishes articles on out-of-hospital emergency medical services, pediatric emergency medicine, injury and disease prevention, health policy and ethics, disaster management, toxicology, and related topics. Although most of published research is clinical, there is also strong interest for basic science research pertinent to emergency medicine, thus including all clinical, diagnostics and therapeutic areas of medicine involved in the emergency care management.
PAGEPress is currently working with the major databases and online resources, such as Scopus, Clarivate Web Of Science/InCites, Pubmed/Medline, PubMedCentral, Google Scholar, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), IndexCopernicus, Chemical Abstracts Service, to track the Emergency Care Journal articles. PAGEPress is also working closely with Scopus and Clarivate products to ensure that citation analysis of articles published in this Journal will be available as soon as possible.


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A visit to the Doñana’s marshes is only complete when you get to enjoy the sighting of one of these birds. They resemble terns and fly as agile as swallows, feeding often in flight like them but being closely related to waders. Long, pointing, narrow wings, deeply forked tail, short legs and a short bill with a bright red patch at its base along with and a thin black line framing a cream-coloured throat patch, a nice set of features to build a beautiful looking bird.
Its unmistakable repetitive call blows the whistle and make us look automatically up in search of them, you always hear them before you see them. Normally in groups, as soon as they come around they fill the skies over the marshes with their sharp cries and their skilled pirouettes. Beatles, dragonflies, ants and wasps are in their diet but if someone has to be really alert are grasshoppers, their favourite dish, they catch them easily flying low over the ground.
They nest in colonies, often locating the nests over cow dungs, and defend them actively from black kites and other flying predators. If one approaches the area they react in a very alarmist way, making quick flights over our head, then they land and pretend to be injured or walk quickly and stop suddenly to raise the wings aggressively accompanying their movements with their typical moans and cries. Brave birds they are, but also very elegant. A hidden secret in their design are the large reddish patches that decorate the underside of their wings, only visible in flight under the right light or when they land. It is not uncommon to find them on the road that crosses the marshes and be able to see them at a very short distance, starting to fly again only when our vehicle is only a few meters away.
Rare in Europe, they only breed in the south of the continent, locally in Greece, the French Camargue and the Danube Delta. The biggest populations breed in Spain, at Albufera in Valencia, Ebro Delta and mainly in the southern marshes of Doñana. Strictly migrant, they come back every spring from their winter grounds in the subsaharan area and they are very wellcome every year as one of the most elegant and beautiful birds of Doñana’s Marshes. They are starting to go now, we will miss them very much, but many are still around just in case you want to come and see them.

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We work with occupiers and investors to deliver the lowest possible rates liability for your business.
We are able to provide a practical and reliable rating service across the main property types that will enable an occupier to determine if the rating valuation is correct and the opportunities for an appeal. If there are savings available then we will ensure that they are secured on your behalf.
Contact your council if you have any questions about your bill, for example you want to pay in instalments.
Contact the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) instead if you think your property’s ‘rateable value’ is wrong.
You may be able to get business rates relief from your local council. This is sometimes automatic, but you may need to apply.
However, there are strict legal requirements for these exemptions.
If you think your business’s property should be exempt you need to appeal to the VOA.
This is its open market rental value on 1 April 2008, based on an estimate by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA).
You may get a temporary reduction in your business rates if your premises are affected by severe local disruption (eg flooding, building or road works).
You won’t pay business rates on properties with a rateable value of £6,000 or less until 31 March 2017. This is double the usual rate of 50%.
The rate of relief goes down gradually from 100% to 0% for properties with a rateable value between £6,001 and £12,000.
If your rateable value is £10,500, you’ll get 25% off your bill. If your rateable value is £9,000, you’ll get 50% off.
You can get small business rate relief if the rateable value of each of your other properties is less than £2,600.
You’ll keep getting any existing relief for one year when you get a second property.
Even if you don’t qualify for small business rate relief, your business rates will be calculated using the small business multiplier instead of the standard one. This is the case even if your business uses more than one property.
The multiplier shows the percentage (pence in the pound) of the rateable value that you pay in business rates. You can see a list of current multipliers on the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) website.


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This is one of the most well-known standards of all time. It’s usually done in Bb major/Gminor or G major/E minor, although when I was researching recordings of this tune I found recordings in C minor, A minor, D minor, Bb minor, B minor, F minor with an 8 bar vamp on F minor after the form (Chet Baker), F# minor, and C# minor.
Welcome to the Learn Jazz Standards YouTube Channel! In this video I talk about all of the things we offer on our YouTube Channel and how we can serve you best in becoming a better jazz musician!
In this lesson, you will learn to play the melody of Autumn Leaves, combined with chords to fill up the gaps. Next, you will learn a guitar solo over the chords of Autumn Leaves, and the scales needed to play that solo. Learning the melody is an important part of studying any jazz standard.
5/28/2012 · And, playing jazz guitar standards means studying the Great American Songbook. As a jazz guitar teacher, I’m often asked which tunes beginning guitarists should learn when starting their exploration of jazz. In this article, you learn 10 must-know easy jazz standards that every beginning guitarist should study.
Jazz Standards are songs that are often used as vehicles for improvisation. If you get into playing jazz it is expected that you will learn many songs, especially if you get into jamming or doing shows, it will be expected that you know all the popular tunes and can improvise around them.
Easy. Well that concludes this Autumn Leaves beginner jazz guitar lesson. Spend some time exploring each chord and its unique scale and alterations – you will set your self up great to learn other tunes faster that way because jazz standards all use the same chords, just in a different order.
4/20/2011 · If you understand the construction of these forms and can hear the different sections, your work at learning all these tunes will be significantly easier. AABA. One of the most common forms for jazz standards is the 32 bar AABA format, 8 bar A sections and an 8 bar bridge.
9/7/2014 · Me too, so I decided to do some research and came up with this list of 20 jazz standards often called at jam sessions (in NYC). Why did I choose these Jazz Standards? I have heard all these tunes called many times at different jam sessions around NYC so they are a good place to start for preparing for your first jam session.
9/14/2017 · These christmas jazz piano tunes are perfect to entertain your family and friends over the holidays! Here is an overview of the Pro jazz standard lessons: Autumn Leaves Jazz Piano Tutorial - Autumn Leaves is one of the most famous standards in the jazz repertoire. If you turn up to a jam session you can be sure that this number will be called!
Hi Im Frank Vignola and welcome to the Essentials: Jazz Standard Soloing Learning how to solo and improvise over jazz standards is a rite of passage for all jazz guitarists. Were going to examine and solo over many of the most popular progressions found in the jazz songbook. Well work through 10 soloing studies playing over the changes to 10 very popular jazz standards.
9/4/2011 · Hi, I'm a proficient bass player but have never got to learn walking bass properly and would like to start playing in a Jazz band. Are there any Jazz walking bass books out there that teach how to construct the lines for Jazz standards like Autumn Leaves etc for double bass? It would also be good if they tought how to walk for blues songs aswell.
In 1956 Columbia Pictures produced a film entitled Autumn Leaves starring Joan Crawford and Cliff Robertson. It is a generally well-reviewed tale of a spinster marrying a young man who has mental problems as a result of his ex-wife’s (Vera Miles) affair with his father (Lorne Green).
1000+ Jazz Standards with hand-made harmonic analysis by well-versed jazz musicians. Every function, chord-scale, modulation, pivot-chords were greatly discussed to create the best possible harmonic interpretation of the progression.
Autumn Leaves is a great piece of music to write a solo guitar arrangement for no matter what stage you’re at in your development as a jazz guitarist. Before you learn a chord melody for Autumn Leaves, make sure you know the melody as single lines first to avoid getting lost or tangled up in big chords.
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The claim is made in this DVD’s 8-page booklet that it outdoes its predecessor, GoldenEye, in special effects, and though it undoubtedly does, the earlier movie was a lot more fun, a lot of this in the antics of “the next girl”, Xenia Onatopp, not to forget Robbie Coltrane’s hilarious cameo as a Russian mobster. Somehow, the mood of Tomorrow Never Dies is more sombre, though the action never stops as Bond and his Chinese sidekick ride motorcycles and leap off tall buildings.
I guess this movie is not quite a laughing matter to journalists, its villain a mad combination of Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch figures, a megalomaniacal press baron who uses the latest technology to pit nations against each other, while writing headlines even before the events he has planned occur. I’m sure some audiophiles got a quick laugh out of the fact that his name was “Carver”.
However, Tomorrow Never Dies is definitely a feast for the eyes on any big-screen TV, especially the South China Sea scenery, though the camera never lingers anywhere for long. And if there’s a sub-plot to savour in this film, it’s the ongoing rivalry between M, played crisply by Judi Dench, and her military counterpart, a nasty MCP Commander-in-Chief. And, if anything is more than forgettable in Tomorrow Never Dies, it has to be the scene where Bond is having his Danish, so to speak, when Moneypenny phones, hears what’s going on, and calls him back to London, concluding, “I always knew you were a cunning linguist, James”. I guess I was especially amused because I once used just that phrase in the late 70s to describe a CBC announcer who bragged about speaking 5 languages.
The picture and soundtrack are first rate here, with a lot of jets and choppers coming from behind the viewer in the former instance, and a very detailed and colorful anamorphic widescreen picture in the latter. I also watched the pan & scan version right through and found its close-up immediacy even more involving as the fast-moving images continuously filled the 51″ screen.


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Lowering the average age of his squad has left Martin Allen less concerned about the strain of a three-game week.
Chesterfield, who drew 1-1 with Wrexham on Saturday at the Proact will travel to Sutton United tomorrow night.
And to complete a hectic seven days, they go to high flying Harrogate at the weekend.
The Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday schedule took a toll on more experienced players of Allen’s squad earlier in the season.
He’s not too worried about the fixture frequency now he has youngsters like Laurence Maguire and Joe Rowley playing regularly.
“Less of a concern, yes,” he said.
“I’m certainly not a person, I hope everyone recognises, to make excuses.

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Judy Watson watched as the California Poppy Reserve was established in the 1970s just five miles from her home. She was looking forward to cherishing its vistas forever.
But today Watson is among area residents and nature lovers who fear that the state park's annual blaze of orange blossoms will be overshadowed by "green" — energy, that is, in the form of sprawling solar panels and gigantic industrial-size wind turbines.
"The whole area will be changed forever," said Watson, 70, who lives in Kings Canyon at the base of verdant Portal Ridge.
Two solar projects have already been approved for unincorporated Los Angeles County. Eight other renewable energy projects have been proposed. Of these, NextEra Energy Resources of Juno Beach, Fla. and Portland-based Element Power US, want to build facilities that would become the county's first utility-scale wind turbine facilities, towering hundreds of feet high.
The Antelope Valley may not have the shimmering sea views of Santa Monica or the luxury real estate of Beverly Hills. But what it does have is wind. Lots of it. And unlike many other blustery places, the gusts are reliable and display impeccable timing.
"The western Antelope Valley boasts both the highest and most consistent winds in almost all of Southern California," said Nat Parker, project manager for Element Power's proposed Wildflower Green Energy Farm. "Between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. the winds reach their highest peak, and it falls in line with when the electrical grid has highest demand."
County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, who represents the unincorporated Antelope Valley, said this region "has the potential to become the nation's leader in green, alternative energy innovation and production." But he emphasized that community support is key to the success of these projects.
Steve Stengel, a spokesman for NextEra, which is proposing 90 turbines on about 7,000 acres in the northwestern Antelope Valley, noted that this area has been identified by the California Energy Commission as suitable for large-scale wind and solar power developments.
State lawmakers have set a goal of obtaining 33% of California's electricity from alternative clean power sources by 2020, and NextEra is attempting to help the state meet this mandate, Stengel said.
But the wind turbines would be in plain view and earshot of residents of nearby communities such as Kings Canyon, Antelope Acres, Portal Ridge and The Lakes. The residents fear that if one such project is approved, others will inevitably follow.
"We believe the area can support some industrial-scale solar panels, but we don't believe the whole western Antelope Valley should be covered with them, and we don't believe wind turbines belong anywhere out there," said Margaret Rhyne, who is part of a grass-roots effort to limit construction of such facilities.
Critics argue that erecting wind turbines atop ridges near homes would spoil views, cause noise and devalue properties. Faulty wind turbines could spark wildfires, and the machines blades could obstruct firefighting aircraft and kill birds, they say, and the structures would damage wildlife habitats and migration corridors.
On a recent tour near the sites proposed for the Antelope Valley wind turbines, longtime locals Jeff Olesh, Vern Biehl and Kathryn Porter stopped atop a ridge to point out uninterrupted views of Lake Hughes, Elizabeth Lake and Leona Valley. The landscape blended into shades of green and yellow. Portions were blanketed with chamise or peppered with yucca plants and elderberry bushes. Tri-colored blackbirds flitted overhead.
"This is what we're trying to save," said Olesh, a retired mechanic with a home in Portal Ridge.
Officials at Element and NextEra have presented their plans to community members and say they've done their homework.
Parker said Element had conducted wildlife and avian studies, monitored migration patterns and surveyed species such as butterflies and bats. The conclusion was "no fatal flaws to the site that make it untenable," Parker said. He said his company also would dedicate 320 of its 4,000 acres to permanent conservation.
NextEra's Stengel said the effect of the turbines on wildlife would be "minimal" and on nearby communities "negligible."
As objections increase to the prospect of alternative energy facilities consuming large parts of the Antelope Valley, county regional planning officials are seeking local input for the updated Antelope Valley Area Plan to help determine sites for future wind and solar farms.
"We want it to happen," said Mitch Glaser, a supervising county regional planner, but only in "compatible" locations.


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In the last year or so, I can't tell you how many times I've heard "we were close to a deal and then so and so left" or in this environment more likely "got laid off." We hear a lot about the direct hit that shrinking sponsorship budgets have on sponsorship projections, but one secondary issue you've most likely encountered is the loss of corporate side sponsorship professionals as companies downsize their workforce. What does this mean for you? Quite often, this means you have to start the sales process all over again from square one - convincing a new set of decision-makers within your partner organization. In some cases (esp. when the position isn't immediately replaced), you're starting at Sponsorship 101, educating on the basic benefits of sponsorship as an effective component of the marketing mix. Of course, in an ideal world you've been educating up and down the ladder for some time, but in either case you'll probably have some teaching to do.
One of the issues organizers have encountered recently is the loss of contacts at companies that have provided funding in the past. In one instance, the contact at one company that had been a longtime supporter was downsized, leaving Festival of the Arts without a contact familiar with the event.
"You find yourself in a whole new education process if you can't find someone who will listen to you," David Mix President of the Festival of Arts said.
The sad truth is, you never know when your advocate will become the next victim (which is one reason we launched a jobs section).
It's more important than ever to expand your network, share relevant information online and start building relationships, which will lead to new deals! No one formed a relationship without first making a contact - as far as we know ; ) . Are you using all the tools at your disposal? We say there is no better time to start than today!


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What does Anadhi mean, details, origin, short & easy attributes?
Anadhi is baby boy name mainly popular in Hindu religion and its main origin is Hindi. Anadhi name meanings is Lord Krishna, Who does not have any end, Without beginning. Anadhi is written in Hindi as अनधि. Other similar sounding names can be Aantya, Ainiti, Anaadi, Anaadih, Anadh, Anadi, Anayat, Aneet, Aneeta, Anhati, Anhiti, Anida, Anit, Anita, Annada, Anwit, Anwita, Ayanti, Indhu, Indiya, Indu, Iniat, Inoday, Unnat, Unnati, Yanti, Yonita.
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One aspect of the Greek crisis which will affect many readers is the reduction in the amount of cash in a bank deposit which is protected. The Bank of England announced that the current guaranteed amount of £85,000 will be cut to £75,000 on 1 January. This has led to predictable outrage, with Andrew Tyrie MP, who chairs the Treasury Select Committee with distinction, being one of the leaders of the attacks.
The provision of any sort of bailout involving banks raises tricky questions. At the height of the financial crisis during 2008, the then Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, agonised over the so-called moral hazard problem. Once you rescue a bank with state funding, the incentives to banks to ensure their own liquidity and solvency in the future might be weakened. King eventually decided that bailouts were essential. A strong consensus of economists agrees with this view, although there are prominent names who dissent.
Without the deposit guarantee scheme, bank customers would certainly have much stronger incentives to discover for themselves the creditworthiness of any particular bank. In general, the principle that the onus is on the consumer to find out about the risks of a purchase is widely accepted. Sellers cannot misrepresent their offer, but otherwise it is up to the buyer. This applies even to really big ticket items like houses.
The whole idea of protecting bank deposits, on this view of the world, is just another manifestation of the nanny state culture. People are grown ups and should take responsibility for their own actions. There is a lot to be said for this view in most cases. But the bank guarantees are different.
Way back in 1969, George Akerlof of Berkley published a paper for which he eventually received the Nobel Prize. It is called “The market for lemons”. He didn’t mean the actual fruit, but ‘lemon’ in the sense of a dud purchase. Akerlof illustrated his remarkably deep theoretical model with the example of the used car market. If you see a classified ad for a second hand car and go to look at it, you can kid yourself that you know what you are doing by kicking the tyres like Del Boy. But the plain fact is that the seller knows a lot more about the actual quality of the car than you do. Economists love jargon, and this simple concept became known as ‘asymmetric information’.
Markets themselves are often used to try to correct such imbalance. When you buy a house, you also buy the services of professionals like lawyers and solicitors. They supply you with the information needed to make you almost as knowledgeable as the buyer. Even they can’t tell you the dog next door barks at night. But with banks, dogs might bark all day and they are still very difficult for experts to hear. Regulators, central banks, finance ministries all missed the fact that in 2008 many banks were essentially bust. They all suffered from asymmetric information. Deposit guarantees are a Good Thing and should not be reduced.


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JONAH, TEXAS. Jonah is on State Highway 29 and the San Gabriel River, seven miles east of Georgetown in central Williamson County. In 1857 James P. Warnock and Joseph T. Mileham erected a mill on the San Gabriel River, and a community gradually formed around it. The site went by several different names in the 1860s and 1870s, including Water Valley and Eureka Mills. When residents applied for a post office in the early 1880s, proposed names were rejected by postal officials until someone suggested that the town was a "Jonah" as far as choosing a name went, and that name was submitted and accepted in 1884. Jonah was a thriving community of 200 by 1896, when it had two each of mills, cotton gins, general stores, and doctors. The Jonah school (known as Water Valley School in 1883) had 100 pupils and two teachers in 1903. In 1921 Jonah was hit by a severe flood that destroyed a church and a bridge, and in 1927 fire destroyed much of the town, but its businesses were rebuilt. The population of Jonah declined to 120 by 1933, rose to some 200 in the 1950s, and then declined again in the 1970s. In 1988 Jonah reported a population of sixty and one business. Its population through 2000 was still recorded as sixty.
Handbook of Texas Online, Mark Odintz, "JONAH, TX," accessed April 20, 2019, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnj08.


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Today, marketing is more than trying to get in front of customers. Our goal is to find out what consumers are looking for and help get that product or service in front of them. Here are some of the advantages that Digital Marketing brings to the table.
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David Leventhal established Lion Valley Vineyards in 1994. His six acre vineyard was located not far from Hillsboro, with terrific Mount Hood views.
He was a disciple of the Burgundian method of making Pinot Noir. This includes very dense planting (over 4000 vines per acre) and low vine yields. He honed his winemaking skills during the two years he spent working in Burgundy.
Leventhal built an attractive gravity-fed winery, tasting room, gift shop, and personal residence. His first Pinot Noir vintage was 1994.
The former address of Lion Valley Vineyards was 35040 SW Unger Road, Cornelius, OR 97113.
Lion Valley Vineyards was purchased by Gary Andrus and his Gypsy Dancer label in 2003.


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A lot of attention recently has been given to the use of the term ‘witch-hunt’ in American politics. As you probably know, the term became common vernacular in America after the famous McCarthy trials of the 1950s, where Sen. Joseph McCarthy accused many government officials of being Communists. After hearing more detail about the Salem Witch Trials, why do you think this term resonates in the American political conscience?
The common narrative in American history is that the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) accelerated a growing divide between Britain and the American colonies. Through this telling, the American Revolution seems inevitable following the French and Indian War. Do you think the war between Great Britain and the American colonies was unavoidable? Was independence the only logical conclusion?

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The Libera Boys Choir with a sweet rendition of God Rest You Merry Gentlemen.
Dear Lord, I give you my hands to do your work; I give you my feet to go your way; I give you my eyes to see as you see; I give you my tongue to speak your words; I give you my mind that you may think in me; I give you my spirit that you may pray in me. Above all, I give you my heart that you may love in me. I give you my whole self, Lord, that you may grow in me, so that it is you who lives, works and prays in me.
Heavenly Father, open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to You. For Jesus Christ is surely the gate of the Lord, and those that confess His holy name shall surely enter through it.
I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. No matter how weak I may be, I will always remember your words, that the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone of your church. This is your doing, and it is marvelous in my eyes.
This is the day that the Lord has made; let me rejoice and be glad in it.
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; So that, at the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal.
The Lord bless us and keep us. The Lord make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us. The Lord lift up his countenance upon us, and give us peace, this day and evermore.
Birth of John the Baptist by Murillo, c. 1660.
Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.
And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father, but his mother answered,"No; he shall be called John." And they said to her, "None of your relatives is called by this name."
And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called. And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And they all wondered.
And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea, and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him.
The events recounted by today's Scripture follow the chronology of Luke but are a bit misleading as to the timing of events. John was actually born about six months before Jesus (and the feast of his birthday is celebrated on June 24). Nevertheless, his birth is properly part of the Christmas celebration, because of the parallels between them and because of the amount of interaction between John's mother, Elizabeth, and Mary during their pregnancies. His birth is part of the Christmas story.
John the Baptist had a specific role ordained by God as forerunner or precursor of Jesus, who was the foretold Messiah. The New Testament Gospels speak of this role. In Luke 1:17 the role of John is referred to as being "to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord"; in Luke 1:76 as "thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways"; and in Luke 1:77, "To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins."
Jesus replied, 'To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have abused him as they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.' Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist."
Isaiah 7:14: Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.


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April 7, 2013, while vacationing in Colorado with his wife and friends.
Professor, mentor, scientist, and athlete, Steve Arch was a monumental presence in the biology department for four decades. Born in 1942 in Los Angeles, the first of two sons of postmaster Ernest Arch and Elaine Wagner, he grew up in Reno, Nevada. Standing six feet two and weighing in at 255 pounds, he was a natural athlete. He threw shotput and played lineback and fullback for Stanford University in his undergrad years. His prowess on the gridiron drew the attention of professional clubs, and the Chicago Bears invited him to training camp. He decided instead to build on the AB he had earned from Stanford in 1964 and went on to complete a PhD at the University of Chicago. Following the passage of the Civil Rights Act, he traveled to Mississippi to register disenfranchised voters. He also stood toe-to-toe with National Guardsmen at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Among his many achievements during this time was his marriage to Elizabeth, his girlfriend from his sophomore year in college, whom he met in biology lab.
At Reed, he specialized in cellular neurophysiology, working primarily with the sea slug Aplysia californica. He lectured widely around the United States and the world, and published and presented many papers. He was appointed the Laurens N. Ruben Professor of Biology in 1995 and served as department chair in 1994–96.
“He had the most elegant scientific mind I have encountered,” wrote Melanie Deal ’87.
At home, he was a master of the kitchen, cooking nightly dinners, baking sourdough, canning and pickling, and brewing beer. He also was a voracious reader and loved spending time outdoors, particularly at the family’s house in Neahkahnie on the Oregon coast.
He is survived by Elizabeth, his wife of 49 years; his daughters, Xan and Tori; his grandson, Leo; his brother, Dennis, and family; and many loving friends.


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Modeling tree-ring growth responses to climatic variables using artificial neural networks. 2000. Zhang, Qi-Bin; Hebda, R.J.; Zhang, Qi-Jun; Alfaro, R.I. Forest Science 46(2): 229-239.
Modeling the nonlinear and complex relationships between climate and tree-ring growth is of significance in dendroclimatic studies, but difficult to implement using traditional linear regression approaches. To overcome this difficulty, the technique of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) was employed in this study to develop the growth response models using the climate/growth database for Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii [Mirb.] Franco) on southern Vancouver Island, Canada. The results show that the ANN models are able to extract nonlinear growth response patterns from the observed climate/tree-ring datasets, and to generate more accurate predictions than multiple linear regression approaches. The ANN-extracted climate-growth relationships can be displayed by scenario analysis; for example, when all other input variables are held fixed at their means, the limiting effect of April-July precipitation on tree growth decreases with increased precipitation. The main difficulty of applying ANN technique in dendroclimatology is the problem of overlearning (i.e., the ANN learns too many specific climate-growth patterns and loses the ability to generalize between similar climate-growth patterns). This problem can be alleviated by carefully designing the ANN, such as reducing the number of input variables, choosing a variety of training/testing sets, designing partially connected architectures with a small number of neurons in the hidden layer, and using early stopping during training process. The reliability of the derived ANN models is assessed by validation on independent testing datasets. The main advantages of the ANN technique over traditional dendroclimatic approaches are its ability to capture nonlinear climate-growth response, and its nonreliance on preassumed functional relationships for describing the observed datasets. The ANN method introduced in this article is sufficiently general to be applicable to many forest ecological modeling applications.


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Julie Church-Thomas has been with Professional Case Management since 2007 and currently serves as Vice President of a division of PCM, PCM Trials. Ms. Church-Thomas founded the division in 2008 and has played an integral role in development and implementation of a unique staffing model, marketing and public relations efforts, business development and operations. She has a strong background in nonprofit management, public relations, marketing, fundraising and business development. She has worked in various industries and has experience in publishing, community redevelopment and hospital public relations. Prior to joining the PCM team, Mrs. Church-Thomas served as the Executive Director of a nonprofit organization for 10 years.
Ms. Church-Thomas received her bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Colorado.


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Ijmuiden is connected to England via the port of Newcastle. On average, there are 7 crossings per week between Ijmuiden and England, which are operated by DFDS. Crossings from Ijmuiden to Newcastle usually take around 16 hours 30 minutes.
The above information is a basic summary on the services between Ijmuiden and England. We recommend using our Ferry Search to find live ferry information and the latest prices.
The city, founded in the late 12th century as a small fishing village, has grown to become the largest city in the Netherlands. This exciting city is known for its many canals with the elegant canal houses which have led to Amsterdam being called the "Venice of the North".
Amsterdam has a rich and diverse cultural heritage. Tourist attractions in Amsterdam are the Rijksmuseum, which features a magnificent selection of Dutch paintings from the Golden Age, the Anne Frank House in the center Amsterdam where Anne Frank wrote her famous diary during World War II and Artis Zoo, the oldest Zoo in the Netherlands.

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There's a lot of confusion about how retirement savings accounts work, even among those who are more well-prepared for retirement.
That's what TD Ameritrade concluded after a 2019 survey that The Harris Poll conducted for them asked U.S. adults with at least $10,000 in investable assets to answer questions about 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs).
1. What's the contribution limit for employees who participate in a 401(k) in 2019 (excluding catch-up contributions)?
Just 19 percent of respondents selected the correct answer: $19,000 .
In 2019, employees who participate in a 401(k) will be able to contribute as much as $19,000 per year , up from $18,500 in 2018. And that extra $500 could help you more than you may think.
As personal finance site NerdWallet points out, thanks to compound interest, setting aside an extra $500 a year — or about $42 a month — could mean up to $70,000 more in your retirement account.
Even if you aren't maxing out your 401(k) and contributing $19,000, "increasing your savings rate by a percentage point or two every year — and any time you get a pay raise — will make a big difference to you in retirement," says NerdWallet's investing and retirement specialist Andrea Coombes.
TD Ameritrade found that many people are similarly confused about the IRA contribution limit for 2019 : It's $6,000 ($7,000 if you're age 50 or older). Only 35 percent of respondents answered correctly.
The correct answer is true , which only 40 percent of respondents selected.
As long as you have earned income, you can contribute to a traditional IRA. For 2019, you can contribute up to $6,000 a year , or $7,000 if you're 50 or older. "The deduction may be limited if you or your spouse is covered by a retirement plan at work and your income exceeds certain levels," the IRS notes.
And there are restrictions around Roth IRAs, too: There's an income cap , for example, which the IRS sets each year based on modified adjusted gross income (MAGI). For 2019, a single person with a MAGI of $137,000 or more and a married couple making more than $203,000 cannot directly contribute to a Roth.
3. What is the deadline to contribute to your 2018 IRA?
Just 22 percent knew that you can contribute to your 2018 IRA through April 15, 2019 , the tax filing deadline.
A quarter thought you have to contribute to your 2018 IRA before 2019, but you actually have until the tax deadline to fund an IRA and reduce your taxable income.
You do have to note whether you want your contribution to apply to your 2018 taxes or your 2019 taxes, though, so if you want to take advantage of this tax-reduction strategy, specify that you are making a tax-year 2018 contribution.

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Have you ever played the game of Chinese Whispers? I’m sure you have. Though perhaps not intentionally.
Chinese Whispers is a game where a group of people form a line or circle and a message is passed from person to person using only whispers. When the message reaches the last person that person says it out loud. The words inevitably become distorted and meaningless, completely different to how the originator intended it.
Leaders can prevent the same thing happening in their business by taking ownership of their communications.
The responsibility of communicating a message lies with the communicator. In the game of Chinese Whispers, the communicator is the first person in the line and they almost always end up feeling frustrated. That’s because they leave it to other people to convey their message down the chain. When this happens errors can occur, and in the workplace this is how gossip and rumours are spread.
It doesn’t matter who your audience is or how important the message you have to deliver, planning and preparation is key. In fact, the more time you spend preparing, the more likely you are to land your message effectively. So whether it’s a daily team briefing or a shareholder announcement, you should plan and prepare in exactly the same way.
How will you share information to ensure it’s clear and understood?
As a leader you’ll no doubt have a variety of different communications methods at your disposal. Email is the most common channel people turn to. It’s often an easy one to hide behind and not always the most appropriate option.
This list isn’t exhaustive but it demonstrates the importance of choosing the most appropriate means to convey your message effectively to your specific audience. For example, great leaders will choose to welcome a new team member in person. This way you can open the channels of communication and make your new recruit feel at ease. Give them an opportunity to ask questions so they leave feeling confident and can come to you with any concerns. Imagine being welcomed by your new employer via email. Your message just wouldn’t have the same impact and could leave a bitter taste.
How will you check what has been understood?
In Chinese Whispers, messages become distorted because people cannot hear the words properly. Sometimes people deliberately change the message to be clever or make the game more fun. Messages can also become confused when people are anxious, impatient, or emotionally involved. Could this be happening in your organisation?
When introducing new procedures or training people to do new tasks it is crucial to stop and check your audience’s understanding at regular intervals. This is vital to embed knowledge, build confidence, and ensure the message is clear. If the information hasn’t been understood in the way in which you’d intended, it’s time to go back to the preparation stage and ask yourself if you’ve focused sufficiently on the who, what, where, when, how and why.
It is far more productive to communicate effectively and get it right first time, rather than find your message has been misunderstood. So often things go wrong further down the line as a result of leaders not choosing the right way to communicate their message.
When you are confident in your own communication skills, you will deliver every message appropriately and drive efficiency in your organisation.
Would you benefit from developing your communications skills?
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Vision: The Academic Advising Center (AAC) provides leadership that is developmental and cultivates academic excellence and healthy decision making, through innovative advising practices. AAC assists students in attaining their career and academic goals and promote an academic advising environment of trust, comfort, and genuine care. AAC work collaboratively with other student services, faculty, and staff for the benefit of our advisees.
Mission: The mission of the Athletic Mentoring and CHAMPS Life Skills Program is to support the successful academic transition, matriculation, and graduation of student-athletes. The Athletic Mentoring component monitors, and improves the academic standing and progress of student athletes. The CHAMPS/Life Skills component enhances and supports student-athletes’ development in the areas of personal development, career planning, community service, and academic excellence.
Vision: The Athletic Mentoring and CHAMPS Life Skills Program ensures the academic, personal, and social success of student athletes.
The University Counseling Center provides students, faculty, and staff with counseling services for each client’s particular needs. We make available to clients career/academic assessment and counseling to facilitate their career choices; provide a professional response to clients in emotional crisis; provide faculty and staff with consultation and support; assist in developing the emotional, physical and psychological well-being of all clients; advocate for student needs; and support the efforts of students, faculty and staff in improving the university environment. We provide coaching, academic document review, and recommendations for students with disabilities. We provide academic advising opportunities for students in the A.A. and B.A. Liberal Studies majors.
All services provided by the University Counseling Center are free and respect the applicable confidentiality laws and ethical guidelines of the APA (American Psychological Assocation), ACA (American Counseling Association) and IACS (International Association of Counseling Services).
Counseling services are an integral part of the educational mission of the institution and support the mission in a variety of ways, such as consultation, teaching, preventive and developmental interventions, and treatment. The counselors provide clinical and counseling services to clients who are experiencing stress due to academic, career or personal problems which may interfere with their ability to take full advantage of the educational opportunities before them. Counselors are also involved in providing consulting services for faculty and staff; student needs advocacy, program development, teaching, outreach programming, retention activities, and research and evaluation that support the efforts of faculty and staff in enhancing the university environment.
The Learning Center (LC) at Mansfield University is committed to helping students achieve their academic goals. We are dedicated to providing a success-oriented learning environment that focuses on the essentials of what is needed to succeed in college. Our student support programs are designed to assist students in maximizing their academic potential.
We provide peer tutors, writing center tutors and supplemental instruction study sessions. Each of these student support programs focus on course content as well as collaborative student learning processes that are designed to actively engage the learner.
The Learning Center at Mansfield University provides helpful study strategies and tips on-line. We also hold a series of workshops to assist in enhancing your study skills and learning strategies.
The Writing Center is an integral part of the University’s Writing Across the Curriculum program. Peer-writing tutors help students develop effective writing and editing strategies that support the formal writing instruction presented in various courses throughout the curriculum.
The Office for Students with Disabilities (SSD) is the main advocate for students with disabilities who request academic accommodations at the University. It is our goal to assist you in gaining appropriate and reasonable accommodations, enhancing your ability to pursue a meaningful college experience.
After submitting pertinent documentation, we will attempt to address all reasonable accommodations appropriate to the student’s needs. Current accommodations include, but are not limited to, special residence hall living requests, on-campus transportation, early academic scheduling, a variety of testing accommodations, note takers, readers, interpreters, assistance in acquiring “Books on Tape,” and relocating class sections to aid access.
Students are encouraged to contact the coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities in South Hall to discuss any accommodations. Early notification is critical when seeking physical or academic course material accommodations.
The Department of Academic Initiatives houses the federally funded and competitive TRiO Student Support Services grant (which has been established at Mansfield University since 2005).
The Department of Academic Initiatives provides extensive student support for the students enrolled in our programs. We offer a variety of programming and services to our students, including academic and personal growth workshops, financial aid and financial literacy workshops, cultural and social activities, tutors, peer mentors, career counseling (including preparation for graduate school), and activities focusing on leadership and service. We are dedicated to providing personalized services to our students to help them gain the skills they need to graduate from college and to reach their personal and professional goals.
Mission Statement: The mission of the department is to increase the persistence and graduation rates of students enrolled in our programs by offering academic, personal, financial, and career support to help students develop the values of the Mansfield Creed (Character, Culture, Scholarship, and Service). The staff members work diligently to empower the students to become critical thinkers who take responsibility for developing strategies to succeed not only in college, but in their professional lives beyond college. We work closely with programs across campus to facilitate student success. In doing so, our department helps foster an institutional climate supportive of the success of underprepared college students.
The Campus Bookstore is a non-profit organization operated by College Community Services, Inc. governed by the students. The store is open from 8 AM to 4 PM Monday - Friday and 10 AM to 1 PM on Saturdays during the fall and spring semesters. During the summer sessions, the store is open 8 AM to 4 PM Monday through Friday. Also, during the first week of classes, the store is open extended hours, as posted, to aid students in purchasing/renting textbooks, dorm supplies, health and beauty aids, class supplies, clothing, class rings, graduation attire, etc. The bookstore is located on the second floor of the Alumni Hall Student Center. Textbooks are located on the upper level of the store while supplies, clothing MU logo items, stationary, health and beauty aids, etc., are all found the the lower level. Reserve your books online at mansfieldbookstore.com and have the first chance at used textbooks. Or rent your books new or used online at mansfieldbookstore.com.
The Career Center provides students and alumni with a wide range of services, including career exploration and development, career interest inventories, resume and cover letter writing and critique, job search techniques, practice interview sessions, on-campus recruitment interviews, and career fairs. A career library of websites, printed, and software-based information covering career options, employer organizations, employment trends, internships, job listings, and graduate/professional schools is maintained through the Career Center. Job and internship opportunities are posted electronically through the Career Center using College Central Network©, an online job board utilized by all 14 PASSHE System University Career Centers. Current students and alumni can register for this free service at www.collegecentral.com/mansfield. The Career Center sponsors several workshops and special events throughout the academic year.
The Career Center administers testing services for Mansfield University and the general public, including CLEP (College-Level Examination Program), DSST (Dantes), Miller Analogies Test (MAT), and test proctoring.
The Career Center is located on the Ground Floor of Alumni Hall or may be called at 570-662-4133. For more resources, information about the Career Center and our calendar of events, please visit us online at http://career.mansfield.edu.