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Fiona is an Indigenous leader dedicated to education, reform and empowering change for Indigenous Australia.
A proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Fiona’s love for her family, culture and heritage shaped her career in empowering local change in Indigenous communities.
Fiona first joined the Cape York Institute in 2010 and, prior to her appointment as CEO, held a number of executive positions as Director of Leadership for the Cape York Leaders Program, Chief Executive Officer of Cape York Institute, General Manager of Cape York Partnership, and Chief Executive Officer of Cape York Partnership.
Fiona is also hands-on in a number of Indigenous-led organisations. She is a Leader of Empowered Communities, Board Member of Bama Services and Djarragun College, and Chairperson of Jawun Advisory Group.
She also holds a range of directorships including Non-Executive Director of Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation, Djarragun College, and Cape York Girl Academy. Fiona is also on the Council of the National Museum of Australia.
Fiona’s professional career began with a traineeship at Education Queensland and during her 10 years with the department, she soon advanced to senior management positions. Here she gained a wealth of experience in leadership, management, education and government relations. Fiona also held management positions in aviation and training and employment.
Fiona was the winner of the 2015 Telstra Business Women’s Award – Queensland for Purpose and Social Enterprise. She was also a State Finalist in the 2012 Telstra Business Women’s Awards. Fiona’s enthusiasm, dedication and expertise were also recognised when the Australian Institute of Management named her Queensland Not-for-profit Manager of the Year in 2012.
Fiona was a contributor to the recent book ‘So You Want To Be a Leader’ by author Philip Crisp.
Audrey is a Dhirrtharr Warra woman from Hope Vale and a leader amongst her peers. Audrey started with CYP in 2011 as Opportunity Hub Manager in Hope Vale where she was responsible for 10 team members. Audrey is very passionate about what Cape York Agenda is and what it’s doing to bring back community pride, community integrity and self-worth amongst her family and community members. Prior to being appointed to her current position, Audrey was Manager of Opportunity Products.
James leads an all-Indigenous team under the Cape York Leaders Program. He is a product of the Program, being a member of the inaugural scholarship group in 2007. James has a strong affiliation to Cape York, through his mother with the communities Bamaga, Seisia and Saibai Island. He is passionate about developing Indigenous leaders who are committed to achieving their full potential, talent and confidence to reach their goals.
Sonia is the General Manager of Cape York Employment, the Remote Jobs and Community Program (RJCP) service provider for Region 60 (Aurukun and Coen). Sonia leads her team in stakeholder and employer engagement, as well as in the development of a range of activities to enable job seeker engagement and participation in Aurukun and Coen.
Ranjan is a qualified legal practitioner with extensive experience in the building and construction industry. He has spent a number of years as a General Counsel for ASX listed companies advising them on a range of transactional, operational and litigious matters. He is the General Manager for Bama Services, a wholly Indigenous-owned and majority Indigenous-employed civil engineering, building, landscape construction and facilities maintenance company operating in Cairns and throughout Cape York.
Glenn has over 20 years experience in the hardwood industry with 7 years as General Manager of a timber milling and processing operations in Central Gippsland. He also owned and operated his own businesses in the retail sector and is looking forward to the challenges and opportunities that Cape York Timber presents.
Kathryn has been a teacher for over 25 years, with over 11 years experience in school leadership. Kathryn spent 7 years working at Bentley Park College, the last four years as Principal of the Secondary campus. Kathryn holds the fundamental belief that receiving a high quality education can be the key to overcoming adversity and be the pathway to future success for a student and for their children in generations to come.
Karin is committed to working with the people of Cape York Peninsula to revitalise and maintain our rich cultural heritage and the 159 endangered Paman language varieties of our region. As General Manager of Pama Language Centre, Karin designs and coordinates the delivery of innovative language programs and workshops, the creation of high quality teaching materials and resources, and the recording of Cape York’s precious languages.
Simon’s professional career has spanned more than thirty years. He has a background in accounting, legal and contractual procurement; taxation and tax management as well as economic forecasting and a highly regarded business owner, industry and economic leader and philanthropist.
Simon has owned and operated family businesses in Papua New Guinea and Australia and lead teams of 600+ personnel in PNG and 250+ personnel in his Australian based enterprises.
Matthew is responsible for all financial aspects of Cape York Partnership. He is a key member of the executive leadership team and engages with peers on budgets, monthly reporting and related efficiency measures. He also oversees the IT and administration functions, never losing site that his department is an enabler for other departments to carry out the primary objectives of the Partnership.
Tracey has responsibility for all people based activity for Cape York Partnership, from both an operational and strategic perspective.
The People team provides support to managers through the provision of policies, systems and guidance on staff management practices that aims to ensure staffing outcomes to support the achievement of the goals of the organisation.
Paul has extensive experience in philanthropic fundraising and business development, specialising in social impact and social entrepreneurship. Paul has worked across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region with organisations including Levis, United Way and Caritas.
Shoba is the Principal of Cape York Girl Academy, relocating from Sydney where she has been involved in education for over 25 years– as a secondary English teacher, teacher mentor, Aboriginal Educational facilitator, Learning Support Lecturer and Head of English. Most of her work has been in and around Western Sydney, with students who range from highly motivated in their education to those who have been disengaged. For the past six years, Shoba has been more directly involved in working with Aboriginal students and staff – learning more from them about their experiences of education. Shoba spent a year working as a Teacher Mentor at Yipirinya School, Alice Springs, and then as a HOC in Aurukun. These transformational experiences motivated her to learn more about the Aboriginal Experience in this country and enrol in a Masters of Indigenous Education through Macquarie University, which she completed in 2017. Since then, Shoba has attempted to engage with systems of education and how these can better embed Aboriginal voices and experiences into curriculums so that students feel like they are ‘seen’ and ‘heard’. Shoba strongly feels that this is for the benefit of all Australians. As the principal at Cape York Girl Academy, Shoba and the staff attempt to create this culture so that the students engage with their learning and understand they have choices for their future beyond school, and can contribute positively to their communities and a broader Australia.

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With Hadoop being a great sell story for parallel data processing, the infrastructure guys are trying to squeeze the maximum buck out of it by pooling multiple consumers. No wonder, there is competition among Hadoop jobs and you guessed it higher incidence of errors. In this post, we analyze an approach for fair scheduling tasks by determining health of a node.
We begin by describing Delay scheduling introduced first in DelayScheduling: A Simple Technique for Achieving Locality and Fairness in Cluster Scheduling (2010) by Matei Zaharia , Khaled Elmeleegy , Dhruba Borthakur , Scott Shenker , Joydeep Sen Sarma , Ion Stoica . Thereafter we describe the job scheduling based on Node health degree published in Researchon Job Scheduling Algorithm in Hadoop by Yang Xia, Lei Wang, Qiang Zhao, Gongxuan Zhang.
The justice done by fair scheduling is subject to criticism of being too fair or unfair at times. It has been demonstrated to be suspect to head of line scheduling (allocating the top task in sorted queue to free node) and sticky slots (possibility of being allocated to same node again and again).
The above approach sounds pretty good with the data locality taken care. However, Xia et al did not seem quite happy with it. Their contention has been that what if the nodes are not healthy and error prone? What is the use of fairly scheduling a task on a node which is not fit enough to complete the task?
Xia, Wang, Zhao and Zhang have therefore tried to identity variables that define a node and a task, called characteristic variables.
Take note of step 3 where the sub healthy nodes characteristics are ‘loaded’ to arrive at a fairness determined by health.
We all know schedulers play a major role in architecture of some of the most complex systems as we discussed in one of our earlier post on multimedia search. A lot of text and code has been written on fair and capacity scheduler. This paper definitely describes a unique approach but further tests on high load multi-use clusters can further demonstrate the usage and possible incorporation in future code base.

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The report tells of an Antwerp family court judge who often concludes cases through an agreement reached between family members, without having to issue a court judgment. This judge advocates this mediation approach, as agreements reached among the parties involved are more easily put into practice than court judgments.
Alain Laurent argues that family matters, and even any other conflict, should first be subject to mandatory mediation before resorting to family courts. This would help ease judiciary burden and ensure tax money is spent more effectively, as it is still possible in many cases to reach an agreement without a judge's involvement.

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I've been a busy little elf with the gift knitting lately. Somehow my knitting productivity has increased dramatically -- I credit the decreased sunlight and chilly temperatures. Cuddling up with a cat, some tea, and my knitting seems like the perfect activity.
Brilliant pattern -- very easy lace, it made for perfect travel knitting while we were in Door County last month. You're essentially just knitting a scarf, then seaming the ends together. Next time I would use a provisional cast-on, then work a three-needle bind-off. The yarn is soft and squooshy, and I love the color. This is a birthday gift for my mother-in-law, though I'd really like to keep it for myself. Confessions of a selfish knitter!
Erik is sporting a new handknit hat these days. It is going to fit his large head (ninety-fifth percentile!) for approximately five minutes, so I'm not waiting for Christmas for him to wear it. Stranded colorwork is my knitting bête noire, so I'm glad to finally make some progress.
I was inspired by blanchn's beautiful adaptation of a sock pattern. I love bighorn sheep! I folowed blanchn's notes and cast on 72 stitches, using US 4 needles for the 1x1 ribbing, then I switched to size 7 since I wanted a larger hat. The ribbing's a little tight -- I'd use US 5 next time. I followed her notes other than that, and it turned out super cute. I wish I had used cream yarn for the sheep for more contrast, but Erik hasn't complained.
Lots of hats off the needles lately! I've already blogged about the Saint Anthony cable hats and the Milanese lace topper, but new to the collection are Barnwood, Magnolia, and Betsy.
Magnolia (above) and Betsy (below) are essentially the same stitch pattern -- a nice lace pattern that has an almost cabled look. Magnolia is a free pattern for worsted weight yarn, whereas you have to pay for Betsy, which is written for chunky yarn. The crown decreases are very different. I ran out of yarn on Magnolia and had to do some improvising on the decreases, so it's not quite as pretty as it could have been. The perils of stashbusting! The yarn is Malabrigo Worsted in Bobby Blue.
I had plenty of yarn for Betsy (more of the lovely Orange Flower Twist HW yarn that I also used for two Saint Anthony cable hats), so I followed the pattern as written. Barnwood still needs to be blocked, so full details another time.
and the handknits are emerging! I've been knitting like a fiend as of late. Not only have I been using yarn from the stash, I've been rocking the free hat patterns.
I've made a couple of these Saint Anthony Cable Hats in the past month or so. Erik's sporting an adult-sized hat with the brim rolled up. Honestly, I was hoping to wear it for a modeled shot, but it ended up being a chilly morning at the park. Handknits to the rescue!
I liked the pattern so much that I made a second one right away. The first hat I worked per the directions. With the second one, I used size 8 needles for the first 7 rows, then went up to size 10. I wanted the hat to be just a touch longer, so I added an extra row of ribbing to each pattern repeat. Worked like a charm. The yarn is a dream to knit -- soft, squishy, beautiful colors. Naturally, it has been discontinued. Sigh!
Goofing off at the playground. I'm wearing not only my Aidez cardigan, but also another new hat.
This color must speak to me, since it's the same hue as my Aidez (which is knit from Eco Wool). The pattern was fun and easy. I squirreled up the decreases at the top a bit with an extra stitch somewhere, but it looks just fine nevertheless. I suspect that the designer was using British needle sizing, so I used US size 4 for the ribbing and switched to US 7 needles for the rest of it. I continued the 1x1 ribbing for the first 14 rows, since I didn't like how the stockinette section rolled on so many versions on Ravelry.

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Portfolio Manager Commentary — ITC Holdings Corp. and Royal Gold, Inc.
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A few positions in the Fund have recently approached or exceeded our conservative estimate of their fair value. We recently sold our remaining position in ITC Holdings. We originally purchased shares in October of 2014 and exited the position in August 2016. The Fund’s average purchase price was $35.45 and our average sales price was $43.09, which equates to a stock price increase of 21.5% on the Fund’s investment (not including dividends). We also slightly reduced our position in Royal Gold although we believe that the company is executing extremely well. Royal Gold is still trading well below our estimate of its fair value, albeit the discount is much smaller than what existed at the beginning of year. For that reason, we decided to resize the position to what we feel is a more appropriate weighting within the Fund.
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As of the most recent quarter-end, June 30, 2016, ITC Holdings Corp. represented 1.64% of Fund net assets and Royal Gold, Inc. represented 7.55% of Fund net assets.
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Here are some new tamers and Digimon from the Japanese version. They haven't appeared in the American version yet, but all their Digimon have appeared in either season 1, season 2, the movie or the cards, so It'd be a good idea to work out some crafts ready for their appearence.
Kenta andGardromon (champion). His ultimate form is rumoured to be Andromon.
Thanks to one of the viewers for providing a lot of this info!

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Just over a year ago, I walked away from a well-paying marketing job to launch a freelance writing career, working primarily in the business to business sector. Within two months, my freelance income was paying the bills. In this first year of writing self-employment, I learned many things that improved my business savvy and monthly income. Here are 10 tips I wish someone had given me before I launched my freelance writing business.
When I quit my day job, freelance failure was not an option. My monthly financial needs had to be met and my family life was too challenging to continue working a standard eight-to-five shift. From the moment I made the decision to start my business, I expected to succeed.
Why this is important: I met many potential roadblocks during my first year of freelancing. Attitude from friends and family that, as a work-from-home mom, I was really a stay-at-home mom is one example. It would have been easy to put aside my work to assume the stay-at-home mom role, but my business would probably have failed. My driven expectation to succeed kept me on track.
I typically invoice clients for half of the approximate project cost before getting started. This provides a steady cash inflow, especially during longer jobs, and ensures that my clients have a financial investment in project completion.
Why this is important: During my first months of freelancing, I accepted an assignment and negotiated a fee to be paid upon final approval. Although I delivered first draft copy within a week, the document sat in my client’s e-mail inbox for weeks. When he finally got around to reviewing the copy, he requested minor revisions. I made the changes and returned the document. Then, I heard nothing.
I finally invoiced this client with a note to let me know if he needed additional modifications. Two weeks later I had a check. But the length of time between project start and project payment taught me to request half now, half later.
For most projects, I create a quote that outlines the project scope, deliverable(s), estimated cost, what isn’t included and the payment terms. The client must sign this quote and return by fax before I begin work.
Why this is important: I once took on a sales letter project without outlining the scope. After all, how much work could it be to write a sales letter? As it turns out, much more work than I had anticipated!
My idea of a one-page sales letter was this client’s idea of a four-page direct mail piece. Because I hadn’t outlined a project scope, I felt obligated to deliver his “letter” as requested. I ended up earning less than minimum wage for this job. Now, I get project details in writing.
In the example above, I made assumptions about the sales “letter” assignment based on my own experiences. I didn’t bother to ask clarifying questions.
Why this is important: If I had asked more questions to clarify my client’s expectations and use for his sales “letter”, I would have had a clearer picture of his actual needs and I could have quoted a higher price.
You have an internal guide that, when heeded, will help you make wise decisions around your freelance writing business.
Why this is important: I was working on a project for a client based on a detailed discussion with written objectives. But the writing direction just didn’t feel right. Acting on instinct, I veered from the original scope and created an entirely different document, knowing I might never get paid for this work. However, my client loved the end result and hired me to do additional work. Trusting my instinct paid off!
Even if I have nothing else on my plate and can easily deliver a writing project within 24 hours, I will ask my client if a three- or four-day turn-around time is acceptable. On larger jobs, I often add an extra week or so to the production time.
Why this is important: Flexible project due dates allow you to meet change and challenge by reprioritizing as needed. I recently had a client call with a writing emergency. Because I had delivery date buffers in my schedule, I was able to accommodate this client’s rush needs ñ while earning a premium rate for my trouble!
Repeat business is the easiest money a freelance writer can make. Getting more work is often as easy as asking.
Why this is important: After editing Web copy for a client who had his site redesigned to leverage two new products, I suggested that he hire me to write and distribute a series of press releases announcing his news. He happily agreed. Now I suggest other projects to all my clients.
A hobby is something you do for personal enjoyment, with little heed paid to planning for the future. That’s why, if you’re interested in earning a living at your craft, you must treat writing as a business, not a hobby.
When I started my writing business, I had a clear plan for how I was going to market my services, the number of hours I needed to work each week to meet specific business milestones and how to pay my bills while building a clientele. By creating and following my business plan, I was soon earning enough money to pay my bills.
At the top of my daily to-list are projects that are almost complete. (A finished project means that I can invoice for that work.) Next, are the longer jobs that I need to move forward. Non-paying work tasks are next, such as balancing my checkbook. Finally, I add personal time and household chores.
During the last holiday season, I shirked my work for socializing and shopping. When the new year rolled around, my accounts receivable were in sad shape.
As a freelancer, if you don’t work, you don’t get paid. This doesn’t mean you can’t have lunch with friends or spend an occasional afternoon on leisure. But it does mean that billable work must be completed before the fun begins.
Even if you follow your business plan to the letter, put paying tasks at the top of your list and ask your clients for additional work, peaks and valleys in your workload ñ and cash flow ñ are inevitable. Plan for them!
When I have peaks in my workload, I get up early and work weekends to catch up. I take the extra income that results from the flurry of activity and put it in my savings account. When a work lull rolls around, I indulge in a “paid vacation” by tapping into my reserves and taking a few days off to recharge.
If you are considering a foray into freelance writing or have recently launched your own business, I invite you to learn from my experience. Heeding these 10 tips could pave the way to greater prosperity!
Patty Harder is a freelance writer and marketing consultant in the Seattle area. She is the former editor of Holistic Health News and has written for Better Nutrition magazine, numerous trade publications and a variety of technology clients. She aspires to enjoy continued success as a freelance writer, share the how-to’s of freelance writing with others and to never have another nine-to-five job again! Patty welcomes your comments through her Web site at http://www.writingprof.com/default.html or via email at patty_h-at-comcast.net.

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Someday I'll Sleep Autism Blogs: What I Wore Sunday and My Mixed Feelings on "Cry Rooms"
What I Wore Sunday and My Mixed Feelings on "Cry Rooms"
This morning while I was at Mass, Kendra's post yesterday at Catholic All Year was on my mind. It was the sort of post that I read and then ran into the other room to tell Paul about how I would pretty much be in tears if I'd been in her shoes. As I jiggled Patrick and slipped out the back it came back to me a few times and as I headed back into Mass after the homily, when I felt like I was going to be run over by the stampede of people flowing out Mass, I thought of her words on cry rooms and how she said she'd like to fill them with cement.
I tend to agree (bear with me here).
I have been in a cry room that was exactly what cry rooms everywhere should be... where the focus was still on the Mass and people followed along and participated and the expectation was that the children would be corrected when they were running amok, but in an area where the correction wouldn't disturb others.
But let's face it, that's not usually the norm.
Our current parish doesn't have a cry room. It does have a narthex behind three sets of heavy glass doors which doubles as a sort of cry room for half of Mass... and I've begun to think of it as a cry room because it's treated as one.
These past few weeks I've gotten an up close and personal look at the narthex/cry room... and I've spent quite a bit of time thinking about it, so Kendra's post today (with a link up) about cry rooms was timely.
Patrick has decided that he is no longer content to cuddle with Mommy during Mass and doze sweetly on my chest. He's eight months old and he has plans that don't include sleeping from 9 to 10:30 on Sunday mornings any longer. It also seems that he's decided that walking through the doors of the Church makes him hungry. Ravenous in fact. With his new interest in pinching me and yanking on my scapular while screaming to let me know that he's starving (even if he has eaten right before we left the house), I've found myself retreating out into the narthex a few minutes into Mass to sit on a staircase that's tucked back out of the way.
From my staircase I can still see and hear everything. I'll sit, and grab my nursing cover and get him set up to nurse in the carrier and I'll sway back and forth and hope with all my might that he falls asleep quickly. And by quickly I mean before the homily.
Before the homily things are peaceful in the narthex. Patrick and Sadie and I are all alone back there (Paul's on his own wrangling Mae Bae these days). We can hear the priest and I've actually heard more of the homilies than I'd heard in years. Then the homily ends. And the doors swing open. And social hour starts. A screaming toddler races past me. Another follows behind. Loud voices start talking about toddler development. People are comparing milestones. Kids scream, adults laugh, one man sat loudly humming Ave Maria last week and then broke out into song.
All the while I have my eyes focused on the altar. I'm trying... so hard... not to be annoyed. I'm failing. I'm trying to offer it up... trying to focus... trying to pray... but I still find it's taking everything not to shake my head. And I don't want to be that person. Not at all.
Patrick is still nursing. He hasn't fallen asleep in time to slip back into Mass before the hoards come rushing out. Every time a child screams with laughter (which is like every 10 seconds because these children, who were sitting pretty well in Mass ten seconds earlier know that play time has arrived) he clamps down with his new top teeth... not quite biting... just squeezing in alarm at the very loud sound... and I wince.... but he's practically asleep and I really don't want to wake him up when he wasn't biting on purpose and unlatching him would definitely wake him up and put us back at Go.
You see I love seeing kids at Mass. There's only one time when I really find myself getting annoyed... And that's when Mom and/or Dad check out and let junior have free rein. Kid yelling while a harried parent tries to stop it? I can relate. Mom turning around to talk to someone else while little Sally lays on the floor and kicks the wall as hard as she can? I find myself taking deep breaths and trying not to get angry.
We are still at Mass, right? And why the exodus when the Liturgy of the Eucharist begins, when the kids aren't even misbehaving? Is it in anticipation of possible misbehaving? Or is it because it's cocktail hour on the Lido Deck?
Today I took Patrick and Sadie and we slipped back inside, the bulky cover still over us. He wasn't going to fall asleep out there. Finally, in the moderately quiet church, Patrick drifted off (I say moderately because shortly after he fell asleep a toddler crawled under the pew over to us and started beating her hands on the seat next to Sadie... but hey, I can understand not wanting to take her out into the chaos outside those glass doors either, because I didn't want to be out there and was silently praying that Patrick just stay asleep... In case you're wondering... he didn't).
So I guess you could say that my feelings on cry rooms are kind of mixed. I can see the point. I'm happy to have a place to escape when Patrick's fussing (like the narthex). I'm sure others feel the same. On the other hand, I dream of a world in which cry rooms aren't a place of exiled craziness, where people think that they aren't at Mass any longer... because you are... and while everyone understands that it will be loud, I think that there should be an expectation that you're at least trying your level best to participate in the Mass, rather than turning to your neighbor and saying "how 'bout those Tigers?"
What do you think? As you can tell, my thoughts on cry rooms aren't totally clear (and perhaps they're a bit jaded)... And I pretty much have an internal battle with myself at each Mass, as I berate myself for getting annoyed because I know how hard it can be... I'm right in the thick of it... I understand... or at least I do at times and I try to the rest of the time... but I think that there should be at least some effort on the parents' part beyond simply standing there and talking while the kid runs wild.).
After all that rambling about Mass are you ready for what we actually wore today?
Maggie and Sadie in their dresses at the zoo after a post Mass picnic.
He cries hysterically every time I put him in a button up shirt.
That makes getting dressed on Sunday's fun... but now he's happy because he has a spoon.
I said: "Stand right there. Now quick. Look that way!"
He humored me by following my instructions.
And then it took my camera roughly 60 seconds to snap a picture.
For more outfits and WIWS head over to FLAP. For more cry room musings stop by Kendra's Link Up at Catholic All Year and see what's being said!
Cam! I have to admit, I was a little worried that I would throw a link-up and no one would come, so thanks. I'm thinking the solution here is to have two cry rooms: the "In it to win it" cry room and the "Let's face it, we've given up" cry room. But there should also be a big sign over them that says "Please do not tell parents that this cry room exists. They know. They just don't want to be in here. Hey, is that something in your eye?"
Definitely with a sign! I know that's why I dislike going to the "children's Mass" as it is because I feel like there's an expectation that I need to send Sadie away for Mass with the kids and I don't because I think she should be there at Mass during Mass... but that's likely it's own post!
The old parish we went to had one at the back of the church. One morning, my middle child (who was not even one at the time), was having a tough time, so I took him to the cry room. There were a handful of kids, all playing loudly, and the adults were ignoring their behavior (and the mass, while they checked out their phone.) When the priest began the Eucharistic prayer, the kids started running circles around the two rows of chairs. Rather than chastise them, the adults moved the chairs apart so the kids would have more room, and started to chat with one another. DURING COMMUNION!!! Just thinking about this memory makes my blood boil!
The main reason I haven't been nursing in the pew is because he's sooooo distractible when he first starts nursing and keeps unlatching and looking around and then screaming because he's not nursing... so I take him out until he gets so sleepy that he's not super distracted.
We don't have a cry room. My daughter is 3 months old and absolutely flips out if I dare to sit down in a pew while holding her, so for the majority of the Mass I'm in the narthex trying to rock her to sleep in the Ergo, and keep her from throwing a fit. I see a few other parents with fussy babies as well, and we all exchange the sympathetic glances and smiles. No worries.
Unfortunately, there are three families who also have given up any hopes of sitting in the pews, but they don't have babies. They have children who are-roughly-preschool age, and they let those kids run wild. Shrieking, throwing things, hitting one another, all while the parents (who are apparently deaf) ignore them and carry on conversations with one another. I've found myself in almost the exact same situation as you; trying to stay focused on the Mass, trying veryveryvery hard not to get angry, and keeping myself from blowing up because one of the children, who was racing around, bumped into me and woke up Alessandra, who had finally drifted off to sleep. It's unpleasant, and I resent these parents who have zero interest in at least ATTEMPTING to make their children behave. They just hang out in the narthex and let them run wild.
Anyway! Rant over. :) Side note, I really love your outfit! Those colors are beautiful.
I haven't been at a parish that has a cry room. Or been in one besides one parish where we were attending a baptism. No one was paying attention. Some parents brought loud toys and blankets for their kids to park themselves on. It was horrible.
I have been greatly blessed that my daughter is relatively calm. This is just the way she was born. And we only have one child (sadly due to infertility). But, with that all said, I have taken her out into the narthex and even outside if her screaming had reached a decibel level. But our intention was to get back into the church and listen. We attend the TLM with Exposition on the first Sunday of every month. She makes it through and has mostly since she turned two. I do allow a non-dripy cup of milk at mass on those long Sundays and some quiet books and her lovey. But she has learned not to disturb anyone, mostly. But like I said, it is due to her temprament.
And for the record, I don't find crying babies/toddlers distracting at mass. Just horrible liturgy and priests that use real sign language (like today, it was awful.).
Time for a homily on children's behavior at Mass. On parish I was at; the pastor was in process of removing the cry room as he wanted children to be welcome at Mass (and probably felt that if they were all in the pews; there might not be as much socializing?
Another disruption at some churches is at a 'children's" Mass where they leave to get "liturgy of the word" given in child format. The parents often take the kids and then when they come back may find their seats taken by latecomers. Nice. But it is disruptive and plus it's kind of a Protestant Sunday school deal. At my current parish; this doesn't happen but it does have awesome sacramental prep classes after Mass and on Saturdays!
I found this post interesting because I recognize your church from the pictures and I know that there are lots of people who have started to go there primarily because both priests are such excellent homilists. I don't blame these people; I go there from time to time myself and it's always very encouraging to hear solid teaching delivered in such a beautifully tangible way. But ultimately, no matter how well or awkwardly the homily is delivered, the Eucharist should be the primary focus of the Mass. And I guess it's a wonder to me that people don't know that; that they can recognize the importance of orthodox teaching, even to the point of possibly switching parishes to hear it, be intent to listen to every word of it, but then migrate to the back for the Eucharist?
Honestly for us it's the other way around. Our kids know that they can't leave during the consecration, or the Gospel and if they need to use the bathroom (and they always do amazingly) they need to either wait for the homily or, if the homily is ended, for the end of Mass. (exceptions made for emergencies, we learned the hard way that you can't be hard nosed about the bathroom).
I can deal with crying babies. The only thing that really bothered me was when a kid behind me was chomping on a can of Pringles potato chips during Mass. Because he was leaning forward, the crunching was right in my ear. Plus, the smell of Pringles first thing in the morning made me feel a little queasy. So my husband and I moved down a few pews.
Crying I can handle, but food crunching and strong food chomping is a bit much.
Then there was a time an adult woman took her shoes off and scratched her feet for about fifteen minutes. All I heard was scritch scritch scritch, scritch scritch scritch. And this was at a Latin High Mass!
Anyway, after the Pringles chomping and the foot scratching incidents, a crying baby or babbling toddler doesn't phase me at all!
I agree with you 100%!! We have a weird situation at our church. We have mostly older parishioners, and the young families that do come are very reverent...so the cry room is used as intended when the young families are in there. BUT a lot of the older people sit back in the cry room and sometimes talk or whatnot and that makes it hard to use the way it's intended. I've also been to parishes like you describe - where cry rooms are free-for-alls, and I totally agree that those need to be done away with!


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Our economy is rapidly shifting, and educators, policymakers, families, and business leaders are increasingly recognizing that computer science (CS) is a new basic skill necessary for economic opportunity and social mobility. Meaningful CS education for all students is critical to both building a diverse workforce to support our innovation-based economy and developing computational literacy for all students regardless of their career path. Although technology is one of the fastest-growing job sectors and offers some of the highest salaries, today only 40% of students have access to CS classes in school, and few students self-select into elective courses without prior exposure. There are more than 600,000 high-paying tech jobs across the US that are currently unfilled, and by 2018, 51% of all STEAM jobs are projected to be in CS-related fields.
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text: Here is the remarkable story of a great Saint whose devotion to charity transformed both the Paris of his day and the history of the Church. Born a simple peasant boy, he would become a humble priest whose adventures included being captured by pirates, sold into slavery, and escaping back to France. He would battle valiantly against the Jansenist heresy, save countless foundling children, counsel nobility and royalty, and become the founder of two great religious orders: the Vincentians and the Sisters of Charity. Sure to become a family favorite, this Pro Multis Audiobook is another selection from the classic series The Standard Bearers of Faith by Mother Frances Alice Monica Forbes of the Society of the Sacred Heart.


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Aaron was a major client who had a dream to create an international e-commerce business. From concept to delivery, we created a beautiful brand with over 220 products, which were, in fact, rare diamonds! Built on WordPress, our client wanted another website which was a news website for the diamond industry.
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Take this rare disease survey from the Oregon State University in partnership with the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). This survey is for rare disease patients only.
Running On Air was founded by Mary Rose Kitlowski. Mary has a rare lung disease called Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD). Mary enjoys running. Because of her lung function (about 40% of normal) she has to wear oxygen.
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To hunt this cache you will need to pay a $5 day use fee to the park or have an annual NW Forest Pass. The cache is located near the Eagle Creek Trail in the Mount Hood National Forest. To reach it you will need to take exit #41 from Interstate Highway 84 and follow the signs to the parking lots. The day pass can be purchased at least two of the parking lots. Driving to the furthest parking lot will put you at the trailhead. It will be a 3.5 mile hike to the cache with a slow but steady climb. The trail is narrow in spots and has a sheer drop-off on one side at some locations. This trail is not suitable for young children. You will pass near the subscriber-only cache GCH13E during your hike.The cache is located about 55 feet off the main trail just before the third metal framed bridge. GPS signals can be spotty so you will want to have the clue and the pictures. Please make sure you return the cache to the same place you found it.
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Quit trying to get a seat at the table when God is preparing one for you!
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The first miracle was a wedding miracle. That’s right; you read it correctly. The first miracle performed by Jesus was at a wedding. Jesus made His debut of performing miracles at a wedding. He turned water into wine.
Weddings instill love, excitement and joy. And some stress too. It’s always been a big deal no matter how big or small, private or public, simple or over the top, weddings are a big deal. And that’s a good thing. They are a covenant and a vow. These things should not be taken lightly.
Remember when you are planning your big day that there’ll be unforeseen problems. There always have been and always will be problems that come up. How will you handle these hiccups? I recommend saying a little prayer before your day starts. Then lean into your faith. As I told you, it was at wedding that Jesus performed his first miracle.
Did you know this? Ever wonder why he chose a wedding?
Imagine your wedding being the talk of the town – possibly the talk of the region. You’ve invited all the important folks. You even invited a “highly favored & important" mother, her amazing son and 12 of his friends. These guys were very popular in those days. The ceremony had taken place and the reception was underway. Wine was being shared. Toasts were being made with lots of celebrating and lots of toasting. I am certain it was a festive celebration.
Suddenly no more wine! Wait, what? No more wine! How could this happen? Panic sets in. Lot’s of folks looking at their feet. No one wants to take responsibility for such an oversight. The servants began to search the room for someone who can make this right. Mary shares this with Jesus. By now she knows His capabilities. Everyone knows how important weddings are, even Mary.
Jesus then asks her why would she involve Him. He tells her His time is not yet. But I suspect even He knew how important weddings are. Mary walks over to the servants and tells them to do exactly what her son tells them.
Jesus tells them to fill their best stone pitchers with water – to the brim. Then he tells them to serve the most important guest, the governor nonetheless, first. The governor drinks and is astonished. He calls over the groom. I wonder if the groom knew the dilemma. I like to think he knew and was wondering what was about to happen. The governor thanked the groom for serving the best wine last. The governor realized most weddings served the best first and served cheaper wine for the toasts of the lessor guests.
So what’s all this have to do with your wedding? Glad you asked. If you are lucky (blessed) your wedding will be perfect. But don’t count on it. Hiccups happen at every wedding. But when they do happen, how will you handle them? I suggest you don’t make a fuss. Lean into your faith. Let a miracle happen. After all, the first miracle was a wedding miracle.


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The takeaway seems to be that concussions aren’t the main driver of CTE, the degenerative brain disease increasingly documented in deceased NFL football players and others who’ve suffered repeated blows to the head. Instead, all it may take is a series of minor impacts, even ones that aren’t significant enough to cause symptoms of concussion.
It’s a big story if true. But where did the results come from?
The study, published in the journal Brain, used two methods to come up with its findings: A postmortem examination of four teenaged brains and a study of mice that showed instant changes to the brain after trauma — even without telltale concussion symptoms.
Let’s start with the obvious: Four teenaged brains and some mice can’t support sweeping conclusions about the causes of CTE.
Mice are not people, and observations about a handful of brains are incapable of showing cause and effect.
This doesn’t mean the researchers don’t have an important point to make.
It’s “an important study that presents a new hypothesis which, if true, would have implications for public health,” said Steven Atlas, MD, MPH, a primary care physician and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School who is a contributor to HealthNewsReview.org.
But he also said that the paper presents a hypothesis only — not conclusive evidence.
Such uncertainty was not reflected in the coverage that I saw, most of which buried caveats — if any were mentioned — at the very bottom of the story beneath a blustering headline.
Stories from HealthDay and the LA Times quoted only experts affiliated with the study and didn’t seek out alternate viewpoints.
None raised any concerns about the four teenaged brains mentioned in the story, which also are problematic for drawing conclusions about CTE.
For starters, there’s debate in the scientific community about the definition of CTE and how to diagnose it. Doctors also use different methods for diagnosing concussions.
While findings from such a tiny sample (there were also 4 control brains used for comparison) may yield clues for future research, they provide little if any firm information about whether it was concussions, repetitive sub-concussive blows, or some other factor that ultimately did or did not cause the CTE-like changes that the researchers found in these brains.
Yet most news outlets reporting on this story — including CNN’s health desk, whose piece was headlined, “It’s not concussions that cause CTE. It’s repeated hits, a study finds” — didn’t reflect this nuance.
The news release talks extensively about the damage inflicted by football tackles, and how those impacts can lead to CTE even in the absence of concussions. “The [researchers’] most recent study compared injuries caused by blast waves and blows to the head in the sports field,” the release states.
It’s only in the seventh paragraph of the release that we learn it was mice who were out on the researchers’ gridiron — not human football players.
In fact, it was mice studied in a laboratory who provide the primary basis for the headline claims in the news release and subsequent stories. It seems that some of those mice, when subjected to head impacts, went on to display symptoms of CTE-like impairment despite never showing signs of concussion.
It’s an interesting and potentially important result, but light years from what happens inside a human brain on a football field.
But it’s the journalist’s job to rein in that enthusiasm and bring balance to the discussion — something that didn’t occur with most of the stories that I looked at.
It’s worth noting, as we’ve explained before, that news stories hyping concussion research may have unintended consequences.
Parents now might think that minor blows are going to cause a horrible brain disease. They might wonder whether their kids should participate in sports—or outright forbid them from playing contact sports–at a time when many kids are sedentary and obesity is common.
Thanks so much, HNR, for bringing a sorely needed, fact-based, journalistic counterbalance to the Kardashian science that America’s media industry loves so much. Your work is much appreciated!


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Namasté! I honor the light within you. As we move through the shorter days of winter, I can think no better way to keep that inner light burning than through your commitment to clear your space with practice each day. The form of your practice is less important than your intention to stay present to sensations in your body and your breath. Whether you exercise, meditate, stretch into Yoga asana or relax on your back in Yoga Nidra, staying present to sensation and breath in your practice is the doorway into a clear, calm, and focused mind. As yogis have understood for thousands of years, your body can be the portal into the deepest awareness of your own true nature.
May the awareness you cultivate in these brief moments expand throughout your days and nights.
Why not take advantage of the technology that can sometimes be overwhelming by asking your computer calendar to remind you once or twice a day, at the same times every day, to stop for a few minutes of pranayama breathing, a brief meditation, or a get-out-of your chair stretch? You can even put a favorite pranayama or meditation track on your computer or IPod and set it to play at these predesignated times.
New venues have been added to Amy’s Florida teaching schedule. In addition to Amy’s full weekend program at Discovery Yoga in St. Augustine, January 25th – 27th, she will be making a stop in Bonita Springs at Tess and Jackie Chiodo’s newly opened and expanded Joyful Yoga studio. Amy will offer a three-hour evening program in LifeForce Yoga®, from 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm on January 29th. Added to the March schedule is a Friday evening and all-day Saturday workshop in Tampa. Amy will be teaching LifeForce Yoga® at the beautiful new studio at The Lotus Room, on March 28th & 29th.
Between visits to Studios, Amy hopes you’ll join her, Nischala Joy Devi, Don Campbell, Dr. Masaru Emotu, Joyce Hawkes and others March 16th – 25th at the Sivananda Ashram on Paradise Island in the Bahamas for the 5th annual Easter & Passover Symposium & Celebration of Yoga and Sacred Healing.
Or join her on board the Taste of Health Cruise, sailing the Caribbean, dining on healthy, gourmet vegetarian cuisine, where along with other health, nutrition, and yoga experts like Dr. Sherry Rogers, Marilu Henner, Dr. Neal Barnard, Ann Gentry, Norio Kushi, Ohashi, and Amrit Desai, she’ll offer workshops, yoga classes, and private sessions.
For other workshops and trainings in colder climes, please see the Calendar Highlights below.
While depressive disorders affect over 18.8 million American adults annually, standard treatments work only 30-45% of the time. Clearly alternative treatments are needed and research suggests yoga as one such complimentary treatment as its practice affects the neurotransmitters implicated in mood disorders. For centuries yogis have been psychologists, using the laboratory of their bodyminds to understand their moods. They have handed down prescriptions for maintaining optimal mental health, as presented in such texts as Patañjali’s Yoga Sutras, Svarodaya, and the Vijñânabhairav. During this presentation, Amy and Richard will investigate the modern relevance of these prescriptions for us as Yoga therapists. We’ll explore how Yoga, including asana, pranayama, kriya, mantra, mudra, sankalpa, bhavana, yoga nidra and meditation directly addresses depressive states. We’ll examine what we can offer our students to help them understand and manage their moods. And we’ll practice Yogic strategies designed to meet and balance depressive mood states.
With Patanjali’s prescription for positive mental health as our foundation, our intermediate practice will include pranayama, kriya, mantra, mudra, samkalpa, bhavana, yoga nidra, meditation and asana.
Speakers The Over 30 experts presenting at SYTAR include:S. Veda Bharati, J. Chapman, N. Devi, L. Fishman, L. Kaminoff, G. Kraftsow, J. Lasater, J. LePage, R. Miller, S. Nelson, L. Payne, E. Small, M. Stiles, A. Weintraub, and R. Vernon.
Some of us bring to the mat our strong will, our desire to go for the gold, to hold on at all costs. We may see such tenacity as a sign of strength. But yoga teaches us that true strength arises from the balance of will and surrender. On the mat, we learn the will to hold with the willingness to let go. A study involving 90 adolescent girls at the University of British Columbia has found that the tendency to hold on to unattainable goals may be indicative of future illness.
Join Amy in the Tucson Mountains for a 7 day retreat and training. Those taking the training will receive a Level One LifeForce Yoga® Practitioner Certification. Everyone will receive the life changing benefits of LifeForce Yoga®.
You’ll learn strategies that can help alleviate both depression and anxiety and methods to safely release chronically held tension and repressed emotion in the physical and emotional body.
Amy will lead an evening introduction to LifeForce Yoga® where you can learn how yoga can elevate and balance your mood.
Join Amy at Kripalu for a weekend designed to lift the blues. You learn techniques that stip away the obstacles that keep you from knowing the joy that is your birthright.
Amy leads a seminar on using yogic techniques in clinical settings can help mental health clients improve their moods.
Amy will be leading LifeForce Yoga® Chakra Clearing Meditation as well as an all day intensive following the Expo.
Ask Amy anything you would like to know about using yoga for optimal mental health.
Along with Richard Miller, founder of the Center of Timeless Being, Amy will be speaking on the psycho-spiritual challenge of depression, and leading a LifeForce Yoga® Mood Managment session on Saturday.
Amy is the LifeForce Yoga® Facilitatro leading morning yoga, afternoon meditation and workshops.
Amy will guide a practice of emotion-regulating pranayama, kriyas, and mantras, mood-lifting meditations and guided visualizations, and yoga asanas suitable for all levels.
Amy will be leading workshops and classes during this week-long symposium in the Bahamas.
Learn ancient yogic techniques, like pranayama, meditation, mudra and mantra to lift your mood.
Amy leads yoga classes and workshops on this Carribbean Cruise geared toward healthy living.
Amy brings LifeForce Yoga® to the windy city for this weekend workshop on balancing the mood.
Amy leads a workshop on LifeForce Yoga® Strategies for Chronic Pain and Depression.
MEDIA REVIEW: Moontides, a CD Yoga Practice with Megha Nancy Buttenheim.
Megha, a senior Kripalu teacher and Kripalu YogaDance & DansKinetics trainer, leads this graceful practice, inspired by the lunar cycles in a woman’s life. In 1987, she and three other Kripalu teachers living in the ashram created Chandra Namaskar, a lovely sequence of poses they named the Moon Salutation. The sequence that Megha leads on this CD flows from ardha chandrasana/Half-Moon Pose through standing and squatting poses that stretch and strengthen both sides of the body, including the Victory Goddess, which Megha calls “Devi-asana,” and back to Half-Moon again. On this CD, Megha presents an easy-to-follow modified version that’s easier on the knees, as well as the classical version.
Included in the liner notes are both written instructions and pictures of both versions, as well as the words and translation of the opening prayer.
The Moon Salute is the cornerstone, and the tracks that surround it are equally superb in providing the practitioner with a strong and peaceful foundation to the rest of the day or evening. In fact, unlike most practices, this CD is a perfect end to a busy day.
Megha begins practice with a chanted prayer, playing harmonium and chanting the Student/Teacher Mantra. Singing along is a good way to center yourself for what follows. The next track features approximately thirteen minutes of warm-ups that include the six movements of the spine, practiced in a seated position and a calming Full Moon Breath.
Track four at 26:28 is the Moon Salutation itself and may be repeated. The final meditation track is nearly twenty-six minutes, includes three different fully guided meditations, and ends with Metta/Loving Kindness Meditation.
The tracks can be played separately or together for a graceful flow that honors your body’s limits and its strengths. Megha’s CD, like the popular yoga and dance classes she has been teaching at Kripalu since 1985, is compassionate and inspiring. Her commitment to “living softly on the planet” is manifest in her tithing 10 percent of the proceeds of this reasonably prices CD to Earth Justice.
Music is by Mark Kelso and Todd Norian.
Pamela Miles has worked in integrative health care for 45 years. She’s a Reiki Master, whose excellent book we reviewed in Newsletter #15. Steve Gorn is a master of the Indian bansuri flute. The new CD contains 9 tracks, beginning with basic instructions. Gorn’s bamboo flute interludes, accompanied by the meditative drone of the fretless tamboura are woven throughout.
“Meditation,” says Miles in the welcoming first track, “brushes the tangles out of the mind, rejuvenates the mind, and makes it shine.” She likens the mind to a “subtle organ that needs care” and suggests that you approach the practice with confidence. People feel they fail, she says, only when they have an impossible vision of what meditation is.
Miles spends time helping new meditators explore sitting postures that might work best for their bodies, and then introduces a simple and accessible breath observation practice to begin the meditation experience.
to meditate, is when we need meditation most!
· Shot on-location in Tucson, AZ by Emmy- award winning Director of Photography, Dan Duncan.
This unique DVD showcases the integrative practice of LifeForce Yoga® designed especially for mood management. Invite Amy into your home to lead you through comprehensive breathing techniques, toning, and postures to awaken your physical energy and calm your busy mind.
Shot on location in Tucson, Arizona, Amy invites practitioners into the loving embrace of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Kwan Yin, “she who hears the cries of the world.” In the sacred space Amy creates, students begin to feel and safely experience their bodies and their emotions. The practice culminates with yoga nidra, or deep relaxation, in which participants integrate the experience and return to full wakefulness feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.
iREST YOGA NIDRA Tools for deepening your awareness from the Center of Timeless Being by Richard Miller, Ph.D.
Starting September 1st, The author of “The Secret Power of Yoga” is offering a free weekly, positive-heart felt Yoga Sutra of Pantajali with commentary, via email.
Lynn Michaels, who is concerned about the side effects of the most commonly prescribed antidepressants, the SSRIs, has founded a nonprofit organization and website to educate consumers on the potential dangers of antidepressants. The site safe & natural alternatives to SSRIs, including Yoga.
This organization maintains a vast database of Yoga research, a library, publishes a yearly journal, and a tri annual newsletter with current research and articles. In addition, IAYT maintains a searchable online member database, which folks can use to locate a Yoga therapist/teacher in their vicinity. (They currently do not do any verification of training and experience). If you are a health professional, a Yoga teacher or therapist, or have an interest in Yoga therapeutics, I encourage you to become a member.


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Sport Comment: Last season’s pain makes us want silverware more | City A.M.
SARACENS have already reached one final and tomorrow we hope to book our place in another, but none of it will count for much unless we finish the season with a trophy or two this time.
If ever we needed a reminder not to get carried away then we only have to remember last season, when we finished empty handed despite reaching the Premiership and Heineken Cup semi-finals.
But we go into another clash with Harlequins feeling confident and playing really well, as we showed in our last European match, the 46-6 defeat of Clermont Auvergne.
It was a near-perfect performance and if you’d offered me that scoreline before the game I’d have bitten your hand off. Clermont have long been among Europe’s best teams so the result was a dream come true.
It feels like we’ve hit form at the right time and, though a first European title is just one win away, we don’t have any difficulty at all switching our attention back to domestic fixtures. I haven’t heard anyone at Saracens so much as mention the Heineken Cup final.
In recent years our coaches have tried novel ways to make team-talks memorable, such as bringing in live wolves, but there has been nothing of that sort during this run of big games. My view is that if you need people – or animals – motivating you for a semi-final then there’s probably something wrong with you.
Having come this far we’d be very disappointed to finish the season without some silverware – we want to win trophies and make no bones about that. So far we have put ourselves in a great position. Over the next two weekends we hope to put ourselves in an even better one.
Alex Goode plays for Saracens and England. To buy tickets for Saracens v Toulon in the Heineken Cup final visit saracens.com or call 0844 847 1876.

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At B&L Lock and Safe, we have a big selection of electronic safes in our Houston showroom. We offer only the highest quality safes, which is why we sell AMSEC safes.
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The steps below are provided to help ensure that your computer operates effectively and securely. You can do it by yourself, if you need more information about any of the points mentioned below, you can make a search on the internet and follow the steps. On the other hand, more detailed, assistance may be obtained by consulting a qualified computer repair professional.
Creating a system restore point, will enable restore of windows to an earlier time and recovery from any error that may occur during maintenance.
Delete unnecessary files or programs.
Regular or daily empty of Recycle Bin and delete Windows temporary files. Uninstall programs that you no longer use.
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Shropshire (abbreviated 'Salop' an abbreviated and corrupted form of the old English name "Scrobbesbyrigscīr") is a non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands of England. It borders Wales on the western side, Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east and Hereford and Worcester to the south.
Shrewsbury is the administrative seat of the county, but Telford is the largest settlement with almost 140,000 inhabitants. At nearly 1500 square miles, Shropshire is one of Britain's least populated areas and the county is largely rural. The Shropshire Hills is an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB). The Severn, Britain's longest river, winds its way through lush valleys down to the county town of Shrewsbury.
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust is a world heritage site near Telford and showcases the birthplace of the industrial revolution with sites devoted to amongst others the iron, china, tile, pipe making industries and the famous iron bridge .


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If you have experienced a personal injury, then you need a personal injury attorney. However, you need to know everything you can about creating a lawsuit against someone so that you can get a positive outcome. Read these tips to ease your process instead on only relying on instincts and the instructions of the lawyer.
It is important to make your accident report as detailed as possible. Explain every injury, from simple cuts and abrasions to broken bones. Don’t forget to add to the list as bumps and bruises appear down the road. Also think over what kinds of mental problems you’re facing, like not being able to drive because you’re afraid to.
When meeting with an attorney, ask him questions about your case. They can be about fees and how the process works. Ask anything you need to so you can be comfortable.
If you need an attorney, you should establish a retainer agreement quickly. This is a financial agreement between you and the person you have hired. You should work out a good payment schedule as well as a clause delineating how to sever your professional relationship, if needed, at a later date.
When you are injured, inform all of the necessary parties about your mishap. If you have been hurt on the job, call your supervisor right away. Be sure to call 911 immediately if you are hurt while driving, cycling or walking in or near traffic.
After getting in an accident, never tell the other party that you are sorry for anything. This is a good way for them to prove that the accident was your fault. You should not say you are sorry even if you believe you are responsible.
If you’re handling your case yourself, you must locate every policy that the at fault party owns. There may be a few policies you can make claims against. If the person won’t tell you about their insurance, get an affidavit.
An attorney should be contacted if you’re going to pursue a personal injury case. You must realize that your case is time sensitive as far as organization and proof. As soon as you hire your lawyer, he can begin to gather the information he needs to make your case.
Always seek out medical attention right away. You must document when the incident occurred, the severity of your injuries.A medical professional needs to diagnose it. It may be impossible to prove your case without these documents.
Find out who can be held responsible for your injury. Talk to your boss if you were hurt on the job. You should meet with a lawyer and explain your situation in detail, to find out who can legally be held responsible.


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“Using Twitter instead of command-and-control (C&C) servers is pretty innovative for an Android botnet,” says Lukas Stefanko, the ESET malware researcher who discovered the malicious app.
Malware that enslaves devices to form botnets needs to be able to receive updated instructions. That communication is an Achilles heel for any botnet – it may raise suspicion and, cutting the bots off is always lethal to the botnet’s functioning.
Additionally, should the command-and-control (C&C) servers get seized by the authorities, it would ultimately lead to disclosing information about the entire botnet.
To make the Twitoor botnet’s communication more resilient, botnet designers took various steps like encrypting their messages, using complex topologies of the C&C network – or using innovative means for communication, among them the use of social networks.
“These communication channels are hard to discover and even harder to block entirely. On the other hand, it’s extremely easy for the crooks to re-direct communications to another freshly created account,” explains Stefanko.
In the Windows space, Twitter, founded in 2006, was first used to control botnets as early as in 2009. Android bots have also already been found being controlled via other non-traditional means – blogs or some of the many cloud messaging systems like Google’s or Baidu’s – but Twitoor is the first Twitter-based bot malware, according to Stefanko.
“In the future, we can expect that the bad guys will try to make use of Facebook statuses or deploy LinkedIn and other social networks”, states ESET’s researcher.
Currently, the Twitoor trojan has been downloading several versions of mobile banking malware. However, the botnet operators can start distributing other malware, including ransomware, at any time warns Štefanko.


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my daughter had sudden fever at night (102 F) and we took her to pediatrician two days back. Doctor had diagonised her with pharyngitis and prescribed amoxicillin for 5 days and paracetamol to reduce the fever.
Day 1 - she was getting fever 101-102 F temperature and we used to give paracetemol dose each 3-4 hours to control the temperature.
Day 2 onwards she is having fever of 100-101 and giving paracetamol dose each 8-9 hours time. fever occurrence gap has increased.
Day 3 we went back to doctor and expressed the concern. Dr said baby is improving and continue with antibiotic and no need to worry about fever, just give paracetamol and it will settle down after 2-3 days.
Paracetamol is an antipyretic that can reduce fever by affecting the part of the brain known as the hypothalamus that regulates the temperature of the body. Any fever that does not go away within seven days, especially while taking paracetamol. Should definitely be seen by a doctor. If your doctor won’t do anything about it, then you should seek an advice from a different pediatrician.


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A few weeks ago, the Russian Federation introduced special economic measures in respect of a number of Ukrainian nationals and legal entities.
In particular, sanctions included the blocking (freezing) of non-cash funds, non-documentary securities and property on the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as a ban on the transfer of funds (withdrawal of capital) outside the territory of the Russian Federation.
However, it is worth noting that the first type of said sanctions is "special" and is not explicitly provided for by the lists contained in Laws No. 127-FZ and No. 281-FZ. Moreover, the fact that restrictions were applied only in the form of asset blocking and a ban on capital withdrawal indicates that their introduction had no goal of completely halting business transactions between Ukrainian and Russian entities.
Thus, Law No. 127-FZ permits the use of such measures of influence (counteraction) as a prohibition or restriction on the imports to or exports from Russia of products and raw materials (with the subsequent approval of their list); prohibition or restriction on performing works and services for state, municipal needs, as well as the needs of certain types of legal entities; a ban or restriction on participation in privatization, performing works and services on the sale of Federal property, etc. At the same time, none of these restrictions was introduced, which only confirms the assumption that their adoption did not aim at a complete cessation of economic cooperation between the two countries. It may also indicate that the real goal of imposing sanctions is to support individual sectors of the Russian economy, whose effectiveness does not depend on supplies and cooperation with Ukrainian counterparties.
I should separately mention the list of persons to whom special economic measures have been applied. This is a list of 322 individuals and 68 companies, including those incorporated outside Ukraine (United Kingdom, Switzerland).
Firstly, we should not lose sight of the fact that the sanctions imposed are not limited to this list and are extended, including to organizations controlled by sanctioned persons (businesses). However, personal sanctions imposed by Russia are not as comprehensive as U.S. sanctions, which generally apply to any person providing material assistance, sponsorship, financial, material or technological support to sanctioned individuals or businesses.
Secondly, we should keep in mind that today the mechanism remains unclear for searching for organizations under the control of sanctioned persons (businesses). Besides, there is no list of agencies tasked with dealing with the issue.
It is noteworthy that the legal acts, based on which Russia introduced personal sanctions, contain no clear indication of responsibility for violation of the existing sanctions regime. That is, in the absence of special types of liability, it will be the general provisions on administrative responsibility that will be applied, in particular, provided for in Article 16.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (non-compliance with prohibitions on imports of goods), which provides for a fine of RUB 2,500 for individuals and up to RUB 300,000 for legal entities.
Thus, at present, Russian sanctions are not comprehensive and should not in fact stand in the way of transactions carried out via intermediaries (or chains of the latter), including those located in the territory of a third country. However, such facts of circumvention of sanctions are fairly easily tracked and can serve as a basis for further expansion of the sanctions lists — amendments to those lists will indicate the actual objective of imposing special economic restrictions.


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"Hello, my name is Patrick, and I am a serial chronograph murderer." No, not the very spendy chronograph timepiece you wear on your wrist, the shooting chronograph that registers bullet velocity. Name a brand, and I've whacked it with one payload or another. Killed 'em all, dead.
A few weeks ago, I was at an LE class where we were demonstrating to the assembled students just how ballistic gelatin works. I had a particular load I wanted to test, so I stepped to the line. A friend of mine wanted to get a photo of the event, but his camera (his phone, actually) couldn't do high frame rate, so he wanted a countdown. "Three, two, one '¦ ." On zero, I mashed the trigger. You can fill in the rest.
Shooting chronographs work by housing circuitry that generates a very high-frequency vibration. This is used as its clock. The sensors, called skyscreens, note the shadow of a bullet passing overhead. You tell the program in the mystery box how far apart the screens are, it measures the time elapsed between the two shadow-passing events, and it spits out a speed. So far, no problem. The difficulty arises in sensitivity. You see, depending on time of day, time of year, weather and — I swear — phase of the moon, the screens will be more or less sensitive to a bullet's shadow. In the shade, they pout. Indoors, they get psychotic, as fluorescent lights make them crazy. The allowable area above the screens, where a bullet can pass and be "seen," changes not just from day to day but hourly and even minute to minute.
If you injure a Shooting Chrony, you'll have to submit a photo of the damage. The manufacturer will reply in return with a quote for repair costs.
You can be hunting again and again for the sweet spot where readings come regularly. This is the "chrono dance," and you do it unless you build a special box wired for 120 outlets to hold your screens with incandescent lights over them. That's a box that is hard to schlep to and from the range each time you want to check bullet velocities. I deeply envy range labs that have built-in shooting chronographs such as this.
Add to the dance festivities the varying bore-to-sight distances of different firearms, and you can have bullets passing perilously close to the equipment, even skipping off the edges of them.
The imperative of manufacturing does not always mean the same thing. Some companies use separate sensors, remotely wired to the calculating box with its readout. Others put all of it in one unit: sensors, hardware, batteries, readout. That's when the real fun begins.
The shooting chronograph I killed in that LE class was a Competition Electronics ProChrono Digital. It is one of the "all in one" designs, with sensors, hardware and readout all in one plastic tube. It was drilled end-to-end with a very nice 9mm entrance hole and a larger exit. When we picked it up, parts rattled inside. Sigh.
Replacement parts for Oehler Skyscreens are available at regular price. Even after taking a direct hit, this Model 35P still works.
The shooting chronographs with separate sensors fare a little better but not always. You still have the overhead shades and the legs that hold them. Plus, you have the screens themselves, small plastic boxes about the size of a pack of cigarettes. Some years ago, I was chronographing shotgun loads using a PACT chronograph. It has the electronics on a bench-top box, and the screens, affixed to a rail on the tripod downrange, have attached cables to signal the clock.
I had gone to the trouble of fabricating a plywood screen, a short wall with a hole through it, to keep the muzzle blast from toppling my chrono on its tripod. This worked well, but then I started checking the speeds of the various slug loads.
After a few shots, I got the dreaded "No stop signal detected" showing on the readout. I peered over the plywood barrier to discover a lack of screens, legs and shades. The plastic carnage generated by the sabots was impressive. Yes, the sabots were "only" pieces of lightweight plastic, but they were hard enough and traveling at some 1,400 fps, and they scraped all the chrono hardware off the top of the base rail, leaving it bare on the tripod. The expensive hardware was fine, but the day's work was done, and I still had to buy new screens and shades. The next time I was chronographing shotgun loads, I had an improved plywood shield and spare hardware.
One very compact shooting chronograph design is the Shooting Chrony. It is a steel box that folds up for storage. It has the hardware and screens inside, and you simply unfold it, install the shades and stand it on a tripod, fence post or other stand.
The demise of the Chrony was spectacular. I was checking the speeds of tyrannosaur-level .44 Magnum loads, 315-grain bullets in the close vicinity of the speed of sound. Anyone who tells you he has never crushed the trigger, flinched or yanked a shot out of the group is a big, fat '¦ well, you know. On the fatal shot, the chrono fairly leapt away from me, taking the lightweight tripod with it, snatching the readout box by its cable off the shooting bench. Parts flew, as did bad language. The steel shell was crumpled, and as for the parts that had moments before been inside the shell, they were now scattered dust, drifting in the wind. There was nothing to salvage, not even the steel rods for the shades, as they had been bent by the impact. I couldn't even find the battery.
I've been handloading for more than 40 years, and for most of that time I've had one or another shooting chronograph to use to help fine-tune loads. The earliest one actually required that I shoot it. It used transparent plastic screens, each with a conducting, waffle-like pattern in it, and when you shot the screens, you stopped the two timing circuits. If you didn't shoot the screens, you didn't get a velocity. Since then, however, shooting a chronograph has been a bad thing.
Competition Electronics represents a great value and does not charge more than 50 percent of the chrono price on parts and labor.
If you're checking speeds, use a rest to reduce the chances of a trigger crush pulling a shot low and into your screens or chrono. Pick a spot on the hill to aim at, or use a target, and take the time to get the chrono positioned at a comfortable level. Remember, when you pick up an AR, the bore is 2.6 inches lower than your line of sight. (You know how I know to tell you this, right?) Also, if someone wants to know what his ammunition is doing, shoot it over the chrono yourself. As a friend of mine remarked, "It's Murphy's law, not his suggestion." Let someone who hasn't done it before take a few shots over your chrono, and in a short time there will be one through your chrono.
So, you (or your shooting buddy) have just drilled your shooting chronograph. Now what? In a lot of instances, it's not a problem, and even if it is, the chrono can be repaired. Phone or email the maker, and ask for a repair estimate. Those who make chronos with separate sensors and boxes consider the sensors disposable, and the manufacturer will rightly charge you for them, but the all-in-one makers often offer discounted repairs. Competition Electronics only charged me $28 to fix my friend's shooting chronograph, but I think the company nicely overlooked charging me for the labor involved.


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St. Elizabeth is developing a new model to care for children. It will be an improved way to keep young patients closer to families, keep them in our community - and still deliver good quality pediatric care. A hospital and emergency care unit - specialized separate area - will be located adjacent to the Emergency Department and will be the Pediatric Place at St. Elizabeth - ER and Hospital - just for kids. An inviting and child-like atmosphere will welcome children and their families. Learn more about this important project.
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During a heart attack or critical illness, every second counts. At CHI Health Nebraska Heart, we have four state-of-the-art catheterization labs within 50 feet of the ambulance entrance door. In this amazing facility, the door to balloon time is just 22 minutes--compared to the American Heart Association standard of 90 minutes. We are asking for your support to help create a specialized canopy ambulance entrance area to shield our staff and patients from the harsh Nebraska weather. The newly designed covered entrance will be created to handle two emergency vehicles transporting our most critical heart patients protecting them for these outside elements. Give to Hearts of Hope and help support our patients.
This is the artist rendering for future plans and the current ambulance area that will be remodeled with a new canopy entrance.
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Maserati Granturismo MC Stradale | What Car?
This is the Maserati Granturismo MC Stradale, Maserati's fastest, lightest and most powerful car to date.
It is powered by the 4.7-litre V8 engine that's in the Granturismo S, uprated from 433bhp to 444bhp.
Maserati hasn't revealed performance figures for the Granturismo MC Stradale, but given the increase in power and the weight loss - the car is said to be around 100kg lighter than the Granturismo S - the top speed will be more than 186mph. Despite the increase in performance, the MC Stradale's average fuel economy is the same as the S at 17.4mpg.
The car has some styling changes that mark it out from the Granturismo S, including vents in front of and behind the front wheels, a boot spoiler, rear diffuser and redesigned twin exhausts.
Sources say the car is likely to cost around 20% more than the Granturismo S, which would mean a price tag of around 106,000, albeit at today's 17.5% VAT rate. The car goes on sale next spring, however dealers are taking orders now.

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With our recent blog post in regards to automating vCenter alarms we wanted to open this up for feedback and questions you may have.
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Came across your blog and thank you. I was looking to setup something my self as I am currently doing it manually.
Please send the ZIP file. Without seeing the code the only current question I have is how easy would it be to use the script to add SNMP along with email?
We’ve sent you a link to the download. In regards to your question about SNMP, setting up SNMP triggers for the com.zerto.events in vCenter is possible to automate.
Can you send me the link to download the script please? Would like to customize the alert settings in bulk.
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