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Please note that some of the numbers in this presentation may vary from time to time, depending on who you ask and what criteria they use in deciding which languages count as "Bibleless". Continuing surveys often revise figures up or down as new dialects are discovered, or smaller groups become assimilated into their national culture and stop teaching their tribal language to children. For current numbers, see the Ethnologue.
Pastor invited me to tell you something about Bible translation and what I am doing in it.
This is a church service, so we will begin with Scripture.
It should be a familiar passage to you, so you don't need to look it up in your Bibles.
"And they read in the book of the law of God of course, and put the chair, from a way that entered the lecture."
Pastor, you know Spanish, Yes or no, did I translate it OK?
No, it was a horrible translation. It completely lost the meaning of the verse.
Do you understand what happened here?
You can't read the Scripture up here, and I botched the translation into your language.
and even fewer can tell them accurately what it says.
That's approximately equal to population of the United States.
How can they come to faith if they cannot hear or read the Bible and understand it?
The 300 million people with no Bible in their language speak over 2000 languages.
cannot understand what a person speaking another one of them is saying.
Less than 500 of those languages have a complete Bible.
Perhaps 2000 have at least the full New Testament.
There is Bible translation going on in about 2000 more.
but some of those languages are dying out, with less than 100 native speakers.
Others are in a culture where just about everybody reads and understands a trade language. The Native American languages in the States today are like that. Everybody knows English, some of them also know a variant of their ancestral language.
That leaves a little more than 2000 languages, an average of more than 100,000 people speaking each language -- the size of Springfield, 2000 times -- who have no way to hear the Word of God in their own language, not even John 3:16.
How many churches in America of 1000 members support two or more full-time pastors? They have nobody, no Bible, nothing.
This verse is important enough, I want you to really understand it.
Ezra the Scribe and his associates stood up on a pulpit of wood and read from the Bible -- and TRANSLATED it, so the people could understand what it says.
The Jews had spent 70 years in Babylonian exile, as prophesied by the prophet Jeremiah.
How many of you remember what it was like 70 years ago?
I wasn't even born 70 years ago!
Most of the people listening to Ezra read the Bible, were born and raised in Babylon.
Do you know what language they spoke? Aramaic was the language of Babylon.
sometimes better than his English. It's the language he grew up in.
The Bible they were reading was in Hebrew.
Hebrew is a different language.
Ancient Hebrew was never again spoken by people in their homes after the Babylonian exile.
Even Jesus spoke Aramaic. He could read Hebrew, but he spoke Aramaic.
Genesis chapter 9 lists the sons of Noah, right after the Flood.
In the next chapter, we are told that Shem had five sons, Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Arphaxad and Aram were brothers.
Arphaxad lived 35 years, then became the father of Shelah. And after that he lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Shelah lived 30 years, then became the father of Eber. Eber became the father of Peleg. Peleg the father of Reu, the father of Serug, the father of Nahor, the father of Terah.
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.
You all know who Abram was.
Abram was the first Hebrew.
and the language Hebrew came from Abram the Hebrew.
We have nine generations there, 290 years. Aram and Arphaxad grew up together and could understand each other, but Abram left home.
From Abraham to the return from Babylonian exile was about 1500 years.
A thousand years does something to the language.
You are all familiar with this language, it's a page from the Bible in English.
Some of you try to read it every day.
This page was printed in 1611. After 400 years it's pretty hard to understand.
We can go back farther than that.
This is the first page from the first edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
It was written more than 600 years ago, hand-copied before printing was invented.
Can you read it? It's pretty hard.
I don't know about you, but it still doesn't make much sense to me.
This is 600-year-old English, completely unintelligible to us.
Now look at the difference between Aramaic and Hebrew.
almost 2000 years of language change.
That's three times as long as from Chaucer to us.
a couple hundred years before Nehemiah, when Sennacherib was attacking Jerusalem.
He sent his messengers to urge them to surrender.
The Assyrians spoke Aramaic, but the Jewish people watching from the top of the wall understood only Hebrew. Hezekiah's officers request that the Assyrian officials speak Aramaic, so that the people watching from the top of the wall would not understand the threat to their safety.
But the Assyrians wanted them to understand. The Assyrians wanted them to be afraid.
We have an interesting language incident in the New Testament, too.
Paul was arrested in Jerusalem and taken to the Roman fortress. He speaks to the colonel in Greek.
This is after the exile, the people only speak and understand Aramaic, which you can see here.
Greek was the language of educated people, like Paul and the Roman officers.
In Germany today everybody speaks German, but the educated people also speak English.
In Mexico, everybody speaks Spanish, but the educated people also speak English.
English today is like Greek was in the first century. We live in Athens, so we don't notice it.
especially the educated people responsible for copying and preserving it.
We have it in English today because 500 years ago God's people translated it for us.
And again more recently because our language changed.
But what about those other 300 million people? The ones with no Bible in their language. What are we going to do for them?
Let's look at what it means to translate the Bible into a new language.
everything that you can think or say in any language, it's somewhere here in the oval.
Each language divides up the universe of ideas into words and grammar for saying those ideas.
others are very precise and cover only a small space.
Of course there are also many overlaps that don't show up well in this simplification.
...can have very different meanings, depending on how it's used in context.
or whether a gambler is particularly lucky.
words like "car" and "van" and "bus" and maybe even "pickup" and "motorcycle".
On the other hand, we don't have a lot of words for "ice".
If we want to describe a particular kind of ice, we use adjectives and descriptive phrases.
cuts up the universe into words very differently.
so they have a large number of very precise words to describe different kinds of ice.
Now suppose I want to talk about the slippery ice.
I might have in mind some general blob of meaning like the green splotch here, not overly precise.
Because I speak and think in English, it turns out my idea fits nicely into the English word "ice".
...which word do I use?
Language is like that, there is no exact correspondence of ideas to words between languages.
they end up sounding funny or foreign.
This is my favorite bilingual joke.
An American goes to South America and tries to learn the language by total immersion. He gets a small apartment then goes out to find furniture for it.
Here he has found a small table appropriate for his needs, so he gets out his dictionary to ask the vendor "How much?"
He looks up "how" and the dictionary tells him "como"; "much" is "mucho".
So he points to the table and proudly says "Como mucho."
A few of you know enough Spanish to realize that he said "I eat a lot." If you want to ask how much something costs in Spanish, you say "Quanto cuesta."
The shopkeeper thought that if this guy eats a lot, maybe he would prefer a larger table.
The point is, you can't just substitute words.
BibleTrans, the software I developed, does not do word substitution.
Instead, we break up the meaning of the Bible into small precise concepts, like this grid here.
This is generally more precise than most languages.
Remember that vague idea I had about slippery ice?
If it were an important Bible term, it might cover several BibleTrans ideas, the way it did for Yupik.
... whatever is appropriate for the context.
Machines are lousy at making these choices.
People do this all the time when we speak.
We pick the word that expresses the exact idea we have in mind.
Or maybe we fail to do so, and people misunderstand us.
must make decisions about which BibleTrans idea best represents each idea the Author of the Biblical text had in mind.
There is a pretty good fit. Not perfect, but reasonable.
A computer could almost make that decision, if it understood ideas.
But computers don't understand anything.
They only do what they are told to do -- even if you didn't want to tell it to do that.
So we have real people make those decisions too. These people are called linguists. They learn a language like Yupik, and then decide which word in that language best fits the Biblical idea they are trying to translate.
There are a thousand or so of these people around the world, each one working in some language with no Bible.
And 2000 more languages with nobody at all.
Then when BibleTrans comes to that idea, it can make the translation accurately.
This is the general idea behind BibleTrans.
Now let's see how it works with real Bible ideas.
Here's part of a familiar verse.
It was originally written in Greek, so I'm afraid you'll have to suffer through a short Greek lesson.
We will focus on one Greek word, cosmos, which is translated into English as "world".
depending on the context and who used it and so on.
That's right, you knew that Greek word all along.
It means the universe, all there is or was or ever will be -- except of course for God.
Greek isn't so hard, is it?
the planet earth, the ground we walk on and everything in it.
That's why the King James translators used the word "world" for it.
There's a completely different idea rooted in the same Greek word.
You all know about cosmetics? Same Greek word, totally different meaning, like that green snake.
But that's not how we usually understand it.
We don't read that verse to mean that God loved the physical earth, either.
And especially not that God loved putting on make-up.
No, John 3:16 is about God loving all the people of the world.
There are other senses for this same Greek word, used in different parts of the New Testament.
they use different English words to accurately translate the different senses of the Greek.
That's what translation is all about, and computers can't do it. Not even my software.
each separate idea in the Greek text.
Computers work well with numbers.
So we encode cosmos in John 3:16 as domain 9, concept 23 "people of the world."
God loved the people of the world.
Every language has some idea, some way to say "people of the world."
but they can say it and everybody who speaks and understands that language knows exactly what you mean.
who created the universe and everything in it.
I didn't make them up.
...in their book, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains.
All this is very structured, which in the computer is numbers and links.
The software lets you edit the details in the database by dragging and dropping concepts, so it goes pretty quickly.
is deciding which numerical concepts to use to encode each idea in the Greek text.
I paid a grad student to encode the whole book of Philippians. It took her most of a year to do it. $8000.
It still needs work. There are mistakes that need correcting. I don't have the budget for that.
She was an expert in Greek exegesis and translation; I'm not.
Translation happens in two steps.
We have been looking at the understanding part of the process.
It's very difficult, and computers just don't do it well at all.
BibleTrans works because people do the understanding and encoding part.
Very skilled, highly trained people.
we can make a thousand new Bible translations in a thousand new languages in just a year or two.
That's the second part of translation, generating the output sentences in the new language.
This is the part that BibleTrans does well.
but all the tedious work of actually translating the whole Bible verse by verse can be done by computer.
the actual meaning of the Greek text.
some 7000 concepts, how to say that idea in his language.
and arrange the parts of a sentence in the order that the language requires them.
with exceptions for questions and stuff like that.
Similarly, a noun phrase has an article, then whatever adjectives are needed, followed by the noun.
When you plug in specific words for these items you get correct phrases and sentences.
Here God is the subject, "loved" is the verb, and "the world" is the direct object.
then the root noun, in this case "world".
Other languages have a different word order.
...where it belongs in that language.
...where it belongs for Awa.
...and drag it right off the line.
English doesn't inflect much, but we do inflect pronouns by gender, number, and case.
because the information is right there in the verb ending.
BibleTrans uses tables to encode information like pronoun and verb inflections.
This table is for modern English pronouns.
The King James Bible made a distinction between singular and plural in 2nd person pronouns.
"Thee" and "thou" are not special holy words for speaking to God, they are just singular.
Plural is "ye" and "you".
and then tell it which pronoun to use when the person is referring to himself or to the person he is speaking to.
You can go to my website and download it onto your computer and run it in your own home.
What you see here is the computer upstairs actually translating John 3:16 into English.
You won't get flowery King James English out of this, but the meaning is quite accurate.
I tell people it comes out a little like the instructions you get with a Korean appliance.
Then you have native speakers -- they don't need to be trained linguists or Bible exegetes, just fluent in their own language -- clean up the clumsiness.
For my next demo, I will translate the same verse into the Papua New Guinea language Awa. You can see it applying special rules to get the tone marks right. Awa is a tone language. I think "mother-in-law" and "pig" are the same spelling, just different tones. I sat down with Ed and Aretta Loving, the linguists who did the Awa New Testament, and asked them how to arrange their sentences, and how to say each idea, then I put the rules into the computer. Awa is a very difficult language, but Aretta tells me this is a pretty good translation. Not exactly the way they did it, but close.
Some 70 or 80 years ago William Cameron Townsend started the modern Bible translation movement and Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Translating the New Testament into a previously unwritten language took maybe 25 years -- some more, some less, depending on a lot of factors.
First you had to learn the language. That's red in this chart.
Then you needed to devise a suitable alphabet and build a dictionary for it. That's yellow.
Then you have 7942 verses of the New Testament to translate by hand, here shown in green.
Finally you need to test it out with native speakers to be sure they understand it correctly, and fix the mistakes.
At the end of 25 years, the poor translator is exhausted. So he retires and goes home.
Today the process goes a little faster.
The linguists are better trained in linguistics, so they can learn the language more quickly.
We have exegetical aids to facilitate the translation.
These folks are trained by Wycliffe, so they can do it much faster, perhaps in half the time.
They work harder at checking the translation, so that still takes a long time.
or more likely he sort of retires and works in the home office until he's old enough to retire for real.
Now of course these translations don't happen in nice blocks of time like that.
In reality, the guy learns language for a while, and writes some dictionary as he goes, alternately learning and writing.
Pretty soon he thinks he can try a verse or two -- and discovers how much he doesn't know.
so his young church has something to read while he's working on the rest.
BibleTrans does not help with the language learning, nor the dictionary work. Those are the same.
But it takes a big chunk out of the translation part. You still need to check the result -- perhaps even more carefully.
But the local church leaders can be trained to check the readability of the translation.
After five or eight years, the professional linguist can move on to another language.
He could see three New Testaments to completion in the time it took Cameron Townsend to do one.
If he works with national church leaders, he could do ten or twenty translations.
He does the part that needs a trained linguist, and they do the part that needs fluent speakers.
The BibleTrans software works today. It could be improved, but it works.
The hard part is encoding the Bible into the unambiguous numbers representing the exact meaning of the Bible text.
To do the job right will take ten or more man-years.
getting the meaning exactly right.
It takes a lot of concentration.
We need to get it right if a thousand Bible translations are going to depend on it.
Finally, once the database is ready, we need to train linguists in how to use it.
Let me say some more about that Bible encoding job.
where they would have been if they'd just stayed there working on it.
But how do they explain this to their supporting churches?
we could hire qualified people to do the job right.
I personally don't know anybody who does.
God gave me very good computer skills.
He did not give me the administrative ability to assemble and motivate a team committed to making computer-assisted Bible translation happen.
He must have other people in mind for that part of the task, and I don't know who they are.
That's what I've been doing with Bible translation since 1995.
You can go to my website and find more information.
Q. What's the next step?
A. I'm stuck. I need other people involved, and I don't know how to make it happen.
Q. What about Bible translation organizations, such as New Tribes and Wycliffe?
A. Wycliffe is the largest. They are the world's experts in linguistics in general, and Bible translation in particular. They know good machine translation can't be done. And they are right! But BibleTrans doesn't do it that way.
A handful of Wycliffe people have seen BibleTrans working and say they believe it could do the job: Alan Buseman, Aretta Loving, the Hohoulins, Elizabeth Miles. Getting through to the decision-makers is something else.
New Tribes Mission teaches their translators to start with Genesis. We have a lot more work before BibleTrans is ready to do the Old Testament.


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We went to cooking school tonight at in Tavola to make a four-course Italian meal under the guidance of our most entertaining chef, Alessandro.
We learned that only Eggplant and Zucchini Parmesan are authentic Italian dishes. Every other kind of Parmesan dish, including Chicken Parmesan, is an American invention. Round zucchinis only grow in Tuscany.
Alessandro taught us some great cooking techniques, including how the Italians make their chicken so tender and juicy.
Our four-couse meal consisted of Zucchine alla Parmeigiana (zucchini Parmesan), In Tavola Cannelloni with Salsa di Besciamella (crepes stuffed with ricotta, spinach, chicken and veal with Bechamel Sauce), Chicken and Mushroom with Marsala, and Torta al Cioccolato ( chocolate flourless cake).
We enjoyed the lovely meal we had prepared in a room that was built one hundred years after the birth of Christ.
This entry was posted in Italy 2015 on September 30, 2015 by debbie.
Firenze’s must-see sight is the David, Michelangelo’s glorious, 17-foot-tall statue at the Accademia. So, taking our friend David to see the statue David was a perfect way to start our day.
We enjoyed a wonderful lunch at All’ antico Vinaio. Our charming waiter recommended the grilled vegetable, meat and cheese board which was beautiful as well as delicious.
The amazing meat and cheeses on the board are the same ones used in the restaurant’s sandwich shop across the street. The sandwich shop is Trip Advisor’s #1 rated sandwich shop in all of Europe. A National Geographic crew set up next to us in the restaurant to film a segment about the sandwich shop.
In the afternoon we went to the Uffizi, home of the greatest collection of Renaissance art in the world. Julia had a moment with one of the living statues before we entered the museum.
Standing outside on the terrace level of the Uffizi, we had a beautiful view of the top of Palazzo Vecchio, the old town hall of Firenze.
Touring the Tuscan countryside, wine and olive oil tasting, an authentic Tuscan lunch in a small village, and a day with a charming Italian sommelier created a perfect day in Italy. Castello di Gabbiano, a winery housed in a castle was the first stop on our “Castle and Chianti” wine tour from Italy and Wine . We had taken a Brunello wine tour from this company five years ago and knew we wanted to do another wine tour with them on this trip.
The sommelier showed us around the lovely estate and described their wine-making process. We tasted Chianti, Chianti Classico, and Chianti Classico Reserva and learned the governmental regulations for each. We also tasted ten-year-old balsamic vinegar.
After our first tasting, we went to lunch in a tiny Tuscan village. Tuscans place great importance on eating seasonal, locally-grown food. Many restaurants put asterisks next to dishes that may contain frozen ingredients when fresh are not in season. We ate black cabbage pasta (because it is black cabbage season) and white bean and bread soup.
My favorite stop of the day was at San Michele a Torri, an organic farm and winery where we tasted the three different classifications of Chianti, a Super Tuscan, VinSanto (a sweet dessert wine), olive oil and dried meats, all made on the farm. Out of hundreds of olive oils produced in Tuscany, theirs is one of only twenty-two to get the highest rating.
In addition to providing great Italian wine instruction, our sommelier/tour guide Hillary gave us wonderful insight into Italian culture, such as: Italians love Americans and still greatly appreciate what the USA did for them in World War II. Holocaust Remembrance Day was established by the Italian Parliament in 2000 as a “Day of Memory” of the Italian persecution of the Jews. There are forty-one American universities and a large American population in Firenze. Italian men spend more time on their appearance than Italian women. Firenze is a culture of craftspeople, making many beautiful products by hand.
We had no specific plans the day before our wine tour. Wanting to share some of our favorite places with our friends, we started the day with a seven-mile hike up to Piazalle Michelangelo for a beautiful view of the city. We could see pink shirts everywhere as thousands of runners participating in Corri La Vita to raise money for breast cancer research ran along the river and over the bridge. After lunch at Trattoria Marione, we came outside to find many families waiting to get in for Sunday lunch.
We had another great dinner at Oesteria de Pazzi, where David and Julie got to meet Paulo, the charming, singing owner.
This entry was posted in Italy 2015 on September 28, 2015 by debbie.
Wine from the Chianti Rufina area arrived in Firenze today just as it has since the 14th century. Friends David and Julie arrived yesterday, and we all went to Piazza del Signorina to watch the procession. Paul and David almost missed the procession because they made a little detour to the wine shop on the way to the piazza.
First the wine was blessed in Piazza del Duomo, and then the procession made its way down the middle of one of the busiest shopping streets in Firenze to Piazza del Signorina.
Dressed in 14th century costumes, drummers, horn players, flag throwers and gentle folk carrying big flasks of wine marched to the steady beat of the drums.
The highlight of the procession was the arrival of the Carro Matto ( “crazy cart”) pulled by two white oxen. The traditional Chianti bottles and straw baskets have always been made in Firenze, and the Carro Matto festival celebrates the wine-making tradition and re-enacts how the wine was brought into the city. The basket covering the bottle provides thermal insulation for the wine and protects the bottles from breaking. The bottles are strung together in a pyramid shape for transport.
I loved the character and dedication in the cart driver’s face.
After the procession reached the piazza, speeches were given (unfortunately we couldn’t understand what they were saying) wine was presented to the dignitaries, and flag throwers demonstrated their amazing skills. Then the procession regrouped and made a stately exit from the piazza.
It was so amazing to watch an event that has been going on for over five hundred years. And it was extra special to have our good friends here to share this wonderful event with us.
After dinner we strolled the piazzas and talked with a young chalk artist. She started her work this morning and will complete it by 10:00 tomorrow night. The finished work will include pictures of the Mona Lisa, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, and Charlie Chaplan. It will be washed off the pavement tomorrow night.
This entry was posted in Italy 2015 on September 26, 2015 by debbie.
Ever since we discovered “Firenze, The Walking City” published hiking routes, we have taken some great walks. Yesterday we hiked our longest, about nine miles, and favorite route of all. The path wound up hills and through beautiful villas and small communities.
Luckily, we took our umbrellas because about half way through our hike it started to drizzle.
At first the rain seemed cozy and made the hillsides look different from our previous walks.
It started raining harder, but we felt like adventurers and kept on going. We had to keep going because there was no place to stop. As we got close to home, it started to pour and we heard thunder and saw lightening, We were soaked by the time we got home, but we felt great.
After drying out, we went to Mangia, our favorite pizzeria, for lunch and chatted with the wine manager. He comes from a long line of wine makers and gave us quite an overview of Italian wine.
Before going home, we went to Galleria del Chianti, Paul’s favorite enoteca (wine shop), to get some wine that we wanted to try. The owner is always helps us make good selections.

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At a cup of coffee, in a subway or at lunch, there always is time for a few fresh game trailers. That’s why we decided to collect them all together, so you won’t have to go through a pile of news.
IO Interactive showed their new video for the upcoming episode 5 of Hitman. It’s no secret for people familiar with the game that the developers switched to a “series” propagation model (say hello to Telltale games, we are longing for endings). There will be a special edition in January that will collect all episodes in one piece. Camera can be moved in the video.
Bungie released a new DLC for their great game. Destiny: Rise of Iron gives us a lot of everything, as usual. New weapons, campaign, reids. We can’t wait until weekends already!
Get ready to kill nazi again. Sniper Elite 4 revealed a new gameplay video. It’s going to be funny, stabbing the brain through the helmet. Fortunately or not, February 14 we will be playing For Honor, but the moment we are tired of vikings, samurai and knights, we will definately go to Italy!

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Alege: mit Tabasco, with anchovies, with artichokes, with aubergine, with bacon, with bell pepper și mai multe.
All salads are served with dressing of choice and two pizza breads.
Alege: with American dressing, with garlic dressing, with vinegar and oil dressing, with yogurt dressing și mai multe.
All pizzas are served with tomatoes, cheese and oregano.
Alege: with anchovies, with artichokes, with aubergine, with bacon, with bell pepper, with broccoli și mai multe.
Alege: mit Artischocken, mit Blattspinat, mit Broccoli, mit Champignons, mit Ei, mit Fleischsauce și mai multe.
All pizza sticks are served with pizza cheese filling.
Alege: Gnocchi, Macaroni, Spaghetti, Tortellini sau with Parmesan cheese.
Alege: with French fries, with fried potatoes, with rice sau no side dish.
All meat dishes are served with chicken.
All spare rib dishes are served with veal.
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We begin by recognizing our friends celebrating their birthday in the month of August: Ron, Eunice, Jerry, Sharon, Tanya, Roger, Dennis and Larry.
July has been a busy month for us! We had our second picnic of the summer, went on outings, enjoyed live music and even had a water balloon toss! We took outings on scenic drives, to Ginny’s for some ice cream, to Wal-Mart for shopping, out to eat at Culver’s, to a concert in the park and to the County Fair in Tomah. At our picnic this month we got to have some delicious burgers on the grill and enjoy a nice sunny afternoon outside eating and visiting with friends and family. One of the highlights of the month was the water balloon toss. It was not a nice sunny day but many of us still enjoyed going outside and throwing water balloons around. Our activity director Linda even brought her son and a friend to catch water balloons with us!
A group of us was able to go to the County Fair and got to experience some favorite summer traditions including eating funnel cake and kettle corn and seeing all of the farm animals.
Some other memorable activities we did this month are our monthly breakfast club, playing Family Feud, a photo booth at our music and art program and of course visits from one activity staff, Elaine, with the ice cream truck.
We always want to thank our musicians that come play for us. This month that included the Mennonites, the Counter Parts Band, Nell, Prairie Dog Rehab, Paul, Tim, Frank, Laurel, Myron, and Dianne & Dianne who came to do a patriotic sing-a-long with us! We also thank our many volunteers including our pet therapy dogs who came to visit, Josie and Keota, the Loin’s Club, our bingo volunteers and many more. One of our activity staff, Nicole will be leaving us in August and we wish her well!
We are looking forward to another fun summer month here at Rolling Hills. We will be having our third picnic of the year, enjoying root beer floats, going fishing, welcoming more musical guests, and going on outings including another concert in the park!
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First penny Bun I've seen this season!! walking in Cumbria last Friday 3rd August!!
Usually arrive earlier up here but like everywhere has been really dry! No sign of any Chanterelles yet though!!
at a guess we need a bit more rain and a few degrees cooler round here to get em going.
the birch boletus a bit along the road usually precede em by a couple of weeks and no sign of them yet either.
as an aside last winter was rather odd for cold weather ones, imho too warm to start and then cold a bit too late .
Found a chicken of the woods last Friday. Perfectly tender, but I had to move on before eating it, left with Mrs. Slim in the fridge.
I will be visiting a site I know where there is chicken of the woods in about 3 weeks, so will look out for it. I will leave it where it is though. As it has been very dry here it might not have come out yet though.
left with Mrs. Slim in the fridge.
Is she not a bit cold?
Sorry, I'll get my coat!
anyway , weeks later site 2 had a flush so i have a kilo or so in the dryer, site one is usually a week later than site 2 so i still have hope for at least a few this year.
not a very good year, i recon i got less than 4kg and only 2 batches for drying.
the good news is that although i missed the flush a trio of birches i inoculated last year had some of the biggest ( well wormy and slimey when i found em ) ceps i have ever seen.
a small aside, although there are quite a lot of autumn shrooms there are a lot less than the last few years and while some old pals are missing there are quite a few i have never noticed before and ain't ided yet.
Apart from the magpie inkcaps, which aren't edible, we haven't had that many yet. I have found a few in odd places, but not that many yet.
Had a few parasols this year but nothing else. I long for giant puffballs but haven't seen any here for years, I was rather shocked when I first saw them, but (apart from chanterelles) they are almost my favourites!
Interesting observations - speaking personally, it's been the most spectacular year for Ceps for many years. Not much in the way of other shrooms (except other boletes). Last two or three years have been pants, so very welcome.
I couldn't agree more with JP. Absolutely spectacular year. I've been dyingto post pictures,but not had much time. Will do so soon. Any pictures you fancy sharing JP et al?
blewits delux at the mo.
Not for foraging, but it seems to have been a good year for magpie inkcaps too. Saw some on a roundabout near us. I think they are generally uncommon, but seem to have taken to the area round our firewood cutting and also the recently laid woodchip on the roundabout.

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text: The collection of resources and articles on this page may look exhaustive, but really are just a spit in the ocean. They serve as a starting point, selected to inform, inspire and connect. For entrepreneurs and established businesses alike, water is an opportunity: Everyone on the planet needs water every single day; there are no substitutes; demand only increases. From financial models to filtration tech, infrastructure to industry, agriculture to aquaculture, recycling to retrofits, and urban planning to global shipping, the need for innovative solutions has never been greater. Not only do savings drop to the bottom line, but in a world reeling from climate change with more extreme weather and rising sea levels, we cannot afford not to be smarter about water. The links below are divided into categories, but the aggregate is designed to encourage "peripheral vision": to make it easier to see possibilities. Water is a subject with no beginning, no end, and near boundless potential for business.

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Post punk noisemakers TRAAMS have announced that fans will only have to wait until Spetember 16th to hear their full length effort.
Releasing new single 'Flowers' as a taster for their upcoming album, the band offer tightly-wound guitars and fun, springy basslines alongside lead singer Stu Hopkin's raw, rankling vocals perfect for jerky elbows-and-knees indie dancing in the sun.
Catch them as they set off on a mini UK tour beginning with a date at the inimitable Tramlines festival on the 20th July.

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Years ago one of the tips booklets given out by the Dale Carnegie folks suggested that the best way to keep meetings short was to remove all the chairs from the meeting room. Standing for the whole meeting was sure to keep things shorter.
Bank board meetings often generate sniggers—look at Sam over there, dozing off in the middle of the financials, again, or the like. But most directors and trustees have busy schedules, and, if they are going to commit a piece of them to a meeting, they want the gathering to be an effective one.
But there’s much more to a productive board meeting than bodily comfort and total consciousness. Doing the right things the right way in the right time—that’s the ticket.
During ABA’s recent National Conference for Community Bankers, ABA BDB sponsored a director peer group session moderated by Jeff Gerrish of Gerrish McCreary Smith, PC, and Robert Todd, chairman of Bridgewater Savings, Raynham, Mass. It was a session chock full of give and take from the moderators and the audience, who provided many of the solutions they themselves have come up with for boardroom challenges. One of the most common topics raised in the meeting was how to make board meetings more effective and efficient.
One client bank of Jeff Gerrish traditionally held board meetings that lasted four hours. Four hours seemed like a long time to the attorney. He asked why it took such an eternity to handle the board’s usually routine business.
“Well, we start at 8:00 in the morning, and we always end at lunch,” one director told him.
“Well, you could probably hold it to three hours and end at 11:00,” said Gerrish.
“Oh, but we always end at lunch,” he was told.
The board thought that was great, and now it has three-hour meetings.
The challenge is, with more and more landing on the board’s plate to chew on, finding ways to hold the meetings down to a reasonable amount of time has become critical. Solutions discussed in the session included: improved meeting agendas; the role of board committees; the appropriate place and time for staff presentations; helpful tools; and the role of advance preparation.
Take one comfort: Your bank is very likely not in the spot that one of Gerrish’s clients was in, again, because of tradition.
That bank’s board meets weekly. Gerrish asked the CEO what his typical week was like.
Gerrish thought this obvious micromanaging could be cured by shifting the board to a monthly meeting format. But they wouldn’t budge—the board had been having weekly board meetings for 50 years and not one director wanted that to change.
Too often, Gerrish said, boards spend most of their meeting time “driving with the rear-view mirror.” That is, typically a good deal of the meeting is taken up with looking at the past. “Do you really need the CFO standing in the front of the room reading the entire financial statement to you?” Gerrish asked.
A solution to spending the meeting on one long recap is the “consent agenda.” Simply put, the consent agenda is a short agenda of items that have been covered in the board packet. This might include the financials; minutes of the last meeting; committee reports of an noncontroversial nature; routine items that rarely change—basically anything that truly requires no discussion, absent an objection or significant question. The chairman simply announces the consent agenda, and it is approved unless someone speaks up.
“You have to review your own present agenda and decided what makes sense for your bank and board to put on the consent agenda, all with the goal of streamlining the meeting,” said Gerrish.
What’s more important is to understand what doesn’t belong on there, and why saving time is so important. Gerrish believes the priority ought to be matters of strategic importance and matters involving significant risk to the bank.
Several listeners said their boards chopped out blocks of time by limiting discussion of such items to the airing of any variances from plan or norm.
At that gathering, board members agree in advance to focus on one major issues—say a significant loan category that needs consideration.
“In this way you focus on key areas, and you are not stuck at that meeting with all the governance items,” the listener said.
One board member said his bank maintains a strategic planning committee, which meets monthly. “They discuss not only issues that have been discussed on the main board’s planning agenda in the past, but also any new issues that come up,” the director explained. The full board maintains a regular agenda item each month to talk about strategic planning, as well, and feeds off the committee discussion.
Somewhere along the line, some boards have forgotten this basic, and the directors ignore the committee reports and recommendations.
“Empowering committees” was a phrase heard from some in the audience who recommended doing so to make board meetings more efficient. Actually, it would seem that this is a return to the original concept of committees.
One listener said his bank had a process for making committee work meaningful. First, board members who are not on a committee may, if they know of a matter due to come up at a committee meeting, attend to find out what’s going on. Second, unless the committee’s report indicates that there was dissension on a matter, it generally will not come before the entire board for new discussion.
Several members of the audience have streamlined meetings by improving the way they distribute advance discussion materials. Instead of mailing them, their banks use electronic solutions. Some of these are secure internet portals, and others take other forms. The operative part is that there’s a degree of trust and faith involved.
Not faith in the technology—faith in the directors.
“Hmmm, like when you see the director walking into the meeting ripping open his or her board package just before the meeting begins?” asked Gerrish.
The director said the online portal was particularly helpful for directors who travel frequently for their own businesses. Now, no matter where they are, they can keep up.
Another director’s bank has equipped the board with iPads, enabling them to quickly page through documents during meetings rather than waiting for PowerPoint presentations to be made. Gerrish said he’s seen some banks equip their boards with laptops the same purpose.
Bank Directors Briefing has been published for directors by veteran banking journalists of the staff of Banking Exchange for more than 32 years. If your board is looking for a new boardroom publication, we’d love to hear from you. Email the editor, Steve Cocheo, at [email protected].

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text: Multilateral, regional and national development banks have the mandate to support national and subnational development efforts, especially targeting projects that may have difficulty accessing private sector capital at commercial rates. Development banks can provide grants, equity, debt, and risk mitigation measures, like credit enhancements, guarantees, and insurance as well as technical assistance and capacity building programs. Development banks can provide investments for either public or private sector entities, depending on their mandate.


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It’s important to understand the role that an Identity platform plays in modern enterprise IT. In the past, Identity and Access Management systems were an afterthought. They were put into place after making many of your other architectural decisions. With the move to web, cloud and mobile, IAM has become a key variable in hardware and software deployment, as well as in operational strategy.
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Faez Nasr, an MSF watchman who lives in Sa’ada city, sits in the rubble of what was his parents’ house. His father was injured in the explosion and his mother died while driving him to hospital.
Indiscriminate bombings and chronic shortages of supplies and staff have led to the closure of more than half of Yemen's health facilities.
Recent outbreaks of diseases such as cholera and diphtheria and an upsurge in fighting have exacerbated the already dire humanitarian situation in Yemen.
More than three million people have been displaced since the war started in 2015.
With an estimated 20 million in need of humanitarian assistance, our activities in Yemen are among our most extensive worldwide. In 2018, we worked in 13 hospitals and health centres across the country and provided support to more than 20 health facilities across 12 governorates.
A hospital worker salvages the remains of undamaged medication and equipment left in the emergency room after the 15 August Saudi-led coalition airstrike on MSF's Abs Rural Hospital in Yemen.
Warring parties have destroyed much of the country's public infrastructure, including health facilities. Following the imposition of a blockade by the Saudi-led coalition (SLC) in 2015, import restrictions coupled with high inflation have crippled Yemenis’ access to healthcare and other essential services. Furthermore, many of the country’s 50,000 health workers have not been paid since August 2016 and have consequently left the public health system, forced to look for other sources of income.
March 2018, Khamer, Yemen: MSF physiotherapist Elizabeth carries out physiotherapy on a young patient in surgery to reduce their pain.
Since the beginning of the conflict in March 2015, MSF teams and facilities supported by MSF have treated more than 80,000 patients wounded by violence across 12 governorates. According to the Yemen Data Project, more than 16,000 air raids have been recorded in the last three years - roughly 15 a day.
Ayman (right), 3 years, with his father Hamoud (left), 38 years old, and his mother Karima, 32 years old (centre), Saada governorate in Yemen, Haydan, March 2018. Hamoud borrowed 10,000 Yemeni Rials to pay for transportation to Haydan Hospital after his son fell from the first floor of their home.
Even where medical facilities are operational, most people are no longer able to afford the transport costs to go to them. This means they are unable to seek timely care, and easily curable health conditions are turning deadly when left untreated. Women often give birth at home and seek care only when complications occur. Malnutrition among children also remains high.
This is the second time within few weeks Reda brings her son Muhatasein to the MSF cholera treatment centre. Reda’s life is a daily fight to feed her six children, especially since her husband left them seven months ago. To come to the CTC, Reda had to wait to collect enough money.
We opened 37 cholera treatment centres and oral rehydration points and admitted 101,475 patients in response to a cholera outbreak in 2017. As a result of the war it is even harder for people to access clean water, dispose of waste and get medical care. As the cholera epidemic subsided, we began to see cases of diphtheria, a disease eradicated from most countries thanks to systematic childhood vaccinations. The last case in Yemen had been recorded in 1992.
Emergency room in Aden hospital.
MSF teams performed 19,728 surgical interventions in Yemen during 2017. We saw an increase in the number of patients admitted to the emergency surgical hospital we run in Aden, not only from the frontlines, but also due to an upsurge in violence within the city.
There are more than 4,400 patients with renal failure in Yemen who are struggling to get weekly dialysis sessions to stay alive.
Since 2015, four of Yemen’s 32 kidney treatment centres have been forced to close. The 28 remaining centres are running out of essential supplies, so treatment is often interrupted. Between 2015 and 2017 we imported more than 800 tons of dialysis supplies and provided over 83,000 dialysis sessions for some 800 patients. More than 4,400 renal failure patients remain in urgent need of care.
What are our teams seeing today?
The Yemeni health system is in a state of near-collapse: the population has very limited access to health facilities, either because they are damaged or not fully functioning. The direct consequences are the recent resurgence of outbreaks of preventable diseases such as measles, a highly contagious viral disease and one of the leading causes of death among young children.
Surgeon Bernard Leménager guides us around the MSF field hospital in Mocha set up during the battle for Hodeidah, a city a couple of hours' drive from Mocha. It’s the only functioning surgical facility between the frontline and the hospitals further south in Aden.
MSF teams treated over 100 war-wounded in the city's Al Salakhana Hospital in the space of just a few weeks in November 2018.
Dr Chris Hook, from the MSF-supported Al Salakhana hospital in Hodeidah in November 2018: "The people that are left are mainly people who don’t have really anywhere else to go. It’s difficult for them to leave and we’ve seen patients who suffered injuries as a result of an attack as they tried to leave."
Around one-third of our humanitarian and medical assistance is for populations caught in armed conflict.
Although easy to prevent and treat, cholera affects up to 4 million people worldwide per year, resulting in up to 140,000 deaths.
There are many reasons for flight, including war, persecution, conflict, natural disaster, destitution and repression. With health and well-being jeopardised, the lives of the most vulnerable can be at risk.
More than 224 million children around the world last year suffered from malnutrition. It is the underlying contributing factor in nearly half of the deaths of children under five years of age.
Médecins Sans Frontières has been providing surgical care for people in precarious contexts for decades.
Attacks against medical facilities and health workers, whether deliberate or indiscriminate, are part of generalised violence and atrocities committed against civilians in armed conflict. They deprive populations of health services, often when they need them the most.


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‘System Cascade’ is a standard single wall flue header kit that’s designed to fit on all boiler manufacturers ranges of cascade boilers designated as suitable for the boiler / flue configurations: Type B22, B22p and / or B23, B23p.
All kits are compatible with the Poujoulat single wall flue or Poujoulat twin wall insulated flue to connect the header kit to the chimney riser.
It is available in 7 diameters (Ø130, Ø150, Ø180, Ø200, Ø250 & Ø300, & Ø350).
This 2 x boiler kit is the starting set of components allowing to connect 2 x line set-up boilers pre-fitted with non-return-valve in a common header (cascade).
This additional cascade kit is an addition to our starter cascade kit allowing the connection of an extra 1 x line set-up boiler pre-fitted with non-return-valve in a common header (cascade).
The centres can be further extended with the addition of another length(s).

industry_corpus2: Power & Energy


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The television landscape is in a permanent state of disruption, and the viability of local content is at risk. Australian children’s television is the most vulnerable form of Australian content. It does not command the same level of financial or promotional support that prime-time drama and feature films do.
It does, however, have the best story to tell and provides the greatest public benefit.
Like it or not, the media influences the way we think about ourselves and the world around us. This is true for media-literate adults, and it’s certainly true for children. The stories we see explored on screen inevitably contribute to our understanding of what is ‘normal’, what is valuable – and conversely, what isn’t valuable. It is so affirming for children to see stories that are genuinely representative of their own experience of the world: to know that stories like theirs are worth telling. And for Australian kids, this means Australian content.
Quality local children’s series such as Little Lunch provide kids with characters, settings, and events that they can really identify with. In fact, Little Lunch is so relatable that many adults connect to this playground series as much as children do. Everyone remembers the novelty of rainy day timetables and the searing pain of the beep test. And everyone loves seeing these familiar experiences played out on screen.
It is key for children to see characters who not only look like themselves, their family and their community, but who sound like them too. Ludo Studio’s hugely successful animated series Bluey is a great example of local content that manages to do both well. With its cattle dog characters speaking in broad Australian accents, and a soundtrack that includes squawking rosellas and droning cricket commentary, Bluey looks and sounds unmistakably Australian. Our kids deserve access to distinctive content like this which genuinely reflects their language, community and culture.
Recognisable and relatable stories make it easier for children to really comprehend the content they’re watching. They better understand – and learn from – characters when they can refer back to their own experiences. And with relatable stories, children can use their prior knowledge to reliably predict the way events will unfold.
Little J and Big Cuz is another outstanding local animation for preschoolers. This Logie award-winning series was initiated by the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER) to support the transition to primary school for Indigenous children and their families. Set in the dusty outback, the series follows five-year old Little J and his cousin as they explore the world around them.
Little J and Big Cuz helps its young audience prepare for school life by exploring the routines and expectations of primary school. When Little J accidentally loses Aaron, the class mascot, he models taking responsibility for mistakes, apologising, and working together to solve problems – all essential skills for the classroom. The series is also instructive for a wider Australian audience, as it shares aspects of Indigenous histories, cultures and perspectives.
Quality local content is just as important for older children and teens, helping them to rehearse strategies for coping with life’s challenges and disappointments. In the series Lockie Leonard, 12-year old Lockie struggles with his transition to a new town, a new school, and his mum’s hospitalisation due to depression. The series’ sensitive depiction of depression helps its tween and teen viewers to process personal experiences with mental illness, just as Paper Planes teaches them about perseverance, and Mustangs FC forefronts leadership and teamwork.
These age-appropriate portrayals model social and emotional skills for children of all ages, and give parents and teachers a springboard for discussion and learning.
3. Representation matters – especially for children.
When Australian children see their lives reflected on screen, they experience recognition, affirmation, and gain positive role models; the characters and stories help them to imagine all the possibilities for someone who looks and sounds like them. But our nation’s kids are not a homogenous group. For this reason, it is key that a diversity of children’s lives is represented in a diversity of Australian stories, on all the platforms children turn to for entertainment, whether that’s traditional television or new online services.
Diverse and positive media representation is not only affirming for individual children, but to the wider community. This is because the television shows we watch influence how we think about others, as well as how we think about ourselves. Quality local content exposes children to a range of faces and voices that is genuinely representative of their community. Becoming engaged in a television drama is an opportunity to try on someone else’s shoes and consider what it’s like to be them. And in doing this, it encourages understanding and acceptance of others in ‘real life’. In this way, Australian children’s television builds empathy and kindness among the child audience.
4. It contributes to national identity.
Locally produced children’s content can have a significant and positive impact on our collective national identity. It builds a sense of community and citizenship among the audience, contributes to our perceptions of Australian life, and creates shared childhood memories.
Look no further than Round the Twist: you would be hard pressed to find an Australian 30-something that can’t sing along to the iconic theme song, or debate the series’ best episode. Similarly, Dance Academy spoke to a generation of Tara fans, and today’s young teens – who are growing up with Little Lunch on-demand – can likely tell you whether they’re more like Rory or Debra-Jo.
And actually, access to locally made content for children is also a human right. The United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child requires that information of social, cultural and linguistic benefit be made available to children through the mass media.
5. It builds the local screen industry.
While it’s not usually front of mind when watching kids’ TV, we can all feel good about supporting the local television industry as we enjoy home-grown programs like Bluey. This new series was created and produced wholly in Australia, with Brisbane’s Ludo Studio employing local graduate students for more than half of the project’s workforce. Likewise, the Melbourne-based production Mustangs FC was committed to creating opportunities for females both in front of and behind the camera. The six young women cast in lead roles were new to television, and the series 1 crew consisted of 61% women – a huge achievement on a television crew.
Productions like this help to build a sustainable local film and television industry. Many outstanding Australian performers, writers, directors, producers and other crew got their start in children’s television production. Did you know that Margot Robbie and Liam Hemsworth first performed together, before they were famous, on The Elephant Princess? The sector creates jobs and economic activity all around the country.
However, the major beneficiaries of a creative and robust local children’s screen industry are the children’s audience themselves. And through passionate advocacy for #OzKidsTV we hope to secure this for them.


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CRISPR Therapeutics AG. (11/21/18). "Press Release: CRISPR Therapeutics to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences". Zug & Cambridge, MA.
A live webcast of the Piper Jaffray fireside chat will be available on the "Events & Presentations" page in the Investors section of the Company's website at https://crisprtx.com/events. A replay of the webcast will be archived on the Company's website for 14 days following the presentation.

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Our first dinner in the Animator's Palette was the Golden Mickeys dinner, which is served in whatever restaurant you are dining in the night of the Golden Mickeys. Mik enjoyed the toasted cheese ravioli appetizer and Yachtsman Steakhouse Grilled NY Strip main course. I enjoyed the Sweet and Sour tofu, although it was kind of light on the sauce.
For dessert Mik had the Golden Chocolate Award, which is chocolate mousse and chiffon cafe with ganache. He really enjoyed it. I had the Golden Mickeys Sweet Temptations, which is a trio of desserts. It included a small version of the Golden Chocolate Award, Creme brûlée, and Raspberry Cheesecake. The creme brûlée wad nothing fancy, but the cheesecake was quite good.


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Chapter 1 describes the culture and conventions of mainstream American popular music of the 1920s, a decade during which publishers along the Alley generated song hits through the distribution and cross-promotion of songs across multiple media platforms, including sheet music, phonograph records, radio broadcasts, and musical accompaniment to motion pictures. The most successful song hits belonged to the genre of the popular ballad, and they featured brief, melodic, and repetitive musical phrases (or “hooks”). Song hooks suited the practices of musical accompaniment to silent cinema of the period, and they fulfilled dramatic functions of film narrative at the same time that they prompted a vogue for motion picture “theme songs” that sold through sheet music and phonograph records. By the late 1920s, as Hollywood's major studios converted from silent to synchronized-sound film production, both the music and the film industries perceived theme songs as vital commercial products.
Chapter 3 shows how Hollywood's earliest sound films adapted conventions of the musical stage in order to privilege the discrete presentation of songs over norms of narrative coherence. Through the 1910s and 1920s, vaudeville and Broadway shows featured live star vocalists who presented songs as accentuated, discrete moments of performance within narrative contexts, and whose repeated song presentations across a given show resulted in the vocalists becoming associated with particular songs. The “star-song attraction” translated into contemporaneous studio advertisements and was bolstered by the cross-promotion of motion picture songs with sheet music, phonograph records, and radio. It also was made manifest by early sound films whose narratives were engineered in ways that highlighted discrete, modular units of song performance. Extended analyses of Applause (1929) and Weary River (1929) demonstrate how such films could capitalize on the cachet of (allegedly) singing stars: Helen Morgan in Applause, and Richard Barthelmess in Weary River.
The musical heroines of George du Maurier’s 1894 Trilby and Gaston Leroux’s 1911 Phantom of the Opera do not make sound recordings, yet the promise of phonography’s cultural value haunts both novels. Each features a woman who has been compelled by a nefarious masculine force to sing, a shadowy being who appears to endow her with mystical powers that contemporary readers understood even less than the phonograph. Trilby and Christine Daaé are not mere ventriloquist’s dummies; they themselves possess uncanny bodies that make their astonishing music possible. Both books point forward to an era where phonography can preserve the voice, while using terminology reminiscent of critical discourse on the castrati. Far from enabling these women to sing, then, the monsters in these stories are surrogates for the phonograph and exist as a guarantee that the operatic voice cannot be destroyed.
This chapter covers three areas largely ignored by scholars concerning revues: music, dance styles, and scenic effects. The role of the music coordinator and lead composer for each Passing Show (a role usually filled by Sigmund Romberg) is examined, with a look at contracts and job requirements. The roles of other employees, such as orchestrators Frank Saddler, arranger Robert Russell Bennett, and conductor Oscar Radin, are considered. The use of dance in all its forms—ballet, popular, and eccentric styles—is included. The chapter considers specific dance routines, their placement in the revues, and their content, which could often be controversial. The newest fads such as the tango, the hula, and the shimmy are mentioned. Also explored is the placement and deployment of scenic effects within the context of The Passing Shows, the use of new technologies, and how they were made.


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Tamarac Lakes North is an established community of 223 single family homes conveniently located between I-95 and the Florida Turnpike.
Situated along Prospect Road, just north of Commercial Boulevard, the neighborhood is minutes from the beach, shopping centers, the Uptown Fort Lauderdale Business District, Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and the Cypress Creek TriRail station.
Amenities at the Tamarac Lakes North include a community swimming pool, lawn service, sprinkler service, a clubhouse for community-focused events and tree-lined sidewalks that meet accessible design standards. Tamarac’s Caporella Park is located just down the street from the neighborhood.
The Tamarac Lakes North, built in 1968, is a Homeowner Association (HOA) community and governed by deed restrictions, by-laws and rules and regulations. The association’s documents are available online to provide residents with easy access to important information and forms.
The Tamarac Lakes North HOA Board of Directors encourages residents to become active participants in the homeowners association.
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text: We subscribe to the idea that we live in a universe filled with creators. With that said, not all creators are created equal, and sometimes they move on after a while. That's why we want to make sure our site administrators have complete control over who has access to their RebelMouse pages. We've launched a new user interface within our users dashboard that allows you to efficiently remove authors from your site. And during this process, you can also reallocate posts from one user to another in bulk. Here's a look at how it all works.


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Looking for a Gibsons Spa Vacation? Well, we can help! There are numerous vacation rentals and bed and breakfasts in the Gibsons area that qualify as "Spa Vacations".
There are no resorts or major hotel chains in the area, so your choices are limited to private vacation homes and bed and breakfasts.
Our Gibsons Bed & Breakfasts directory has phone numbers and weblinks to many local bed and breakfasts.
Some of these private accommodations have in house spa services including massage, facials, esthetician services and more.
Many of them are waterview or waterfront and have outdoor hot tubs as well.
In suite fireplaces, soaker tubs, luxury linens and surroundings. If you browse their websites, you are sure to find the perfect Spa Vacation Package.
Gourmet breakfasts, private continential breakfasts, or in room kitchens are some of the options you will find.
Gibsons Business Directory has a comprehensive listing of local businesses for you to visit during your stay.
Local Activities both indoor and out are plenty in the area. From strolling the local beaches or visiting one of the local restaurants for a fabulous meal, you will truly enjoy your visit to this quaint seaside community.

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Americans, Y U NO VOTE!?
Seriously, though, Americans, it's your right as a citizen, use it, and vote from what you know by watching debates, and reading, not just gossip or hype your friends/family put on facebook, or any political jokes.
I refuse cause I hate both contestants, and don't give that 3rd party crud, they never win to begin with.

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Panoramic view of French Beach.
The hike to French Beach opens onto a long, quiet pebble beach surrounded by rocks. The beach overlooks Durrell’s Arm with Durrell Museum looking back at you from the across the ocean.
Take Twillingate’s Main Street in the direction of Durrell and eventually the road stops at the trail that leads to French Beach and French Head (a bit more than 5 kms from the T-intersection of Route 340 and Main Street). Four-wheel-drive vehicles can continue on the trail, closer to the beach. However, there are a few parking spots at the entrance to the trail.
In summer wild flowers such as buttercups, irises, chickweed, crackerberries and fireweed create endless carpets of colour along the trail.
Keith and Heather Nicol in conjunction with the Central Newfoundland Destination Marketing Organization, created these informative short videos showing the trails that lead from French Beach to Spiller’s Cove and on to Codjack’s Cove.
An easy walk to French Beach.
Wild irises along French Beach.
French Beach – view from the rocks.
Looking down on French Beach.
French Beach on a summer day.
Bluebells on the rocks at French Beach.
Pink hues of fireweed at French Beach.


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Thank you very much 2010.
You well and truly left your mark.
And I just want you to know it was a completely unexpected gift to end what was a superb holiday season.
Something shiny, colourful and which took me completely by surprise.
I would like to tell you it was the result of doing something exotic and adventurous but the truth is I got it because I offered to hang my daughter’s clothes out.
I know, how could that simple yet well intentioned task have gone so wrong?
My daughter lives in the inner city with a small balcony which masquerades as a backyard. So, given space limitations, she has a retractable clothesline.
Child’s play she said when I asked her how to use it.
I stretched the line out and attached it to the opposite wall.
I hung up a sheet and …..then….. BAM.
The clothesline retracted and smacked me hard in the face.
Who knew a clothesline could become such a dangerous projectile weapon?
I screamed. OK and screamed and screamed…..and screamed …..
Heads poked out of windows from apartments and shops all around to see what the noise was about.
Possibly a new spate of gangland warfare?
Oh dear. Sadly they were disappointed by the sight of a middleaged woman dancing in agony around the balcony, hand clutched tightly to her face believing she was now blind in one eye.
This city has something of a reputation in the underworld department. And it goes without saying that I have something of a reputation in the drama queen department. Particularly when hit in the face by a wayward clothesline which was clearly holding out for an extended Christmas break and didn’t want to go back to work.
I am just thankful that it’s summer and it’s not at all odd to be wearing dark glasses on a permanent basis. I could do without the pitying stares from people unsure if my injury was caused from having some very bad cosmetic surgery (given the bags and wrinkles remain) or if I was on the receiving end of someone’s ugly anger management issues. Who would guess a clothesline was the culprit?
Regardless of black eyes, 2011 is off and running. I am full of anticipation and plans. I have earmarked this as my year of living differently (get that Mr Universe? That would be D-ifferently not D-angerously….).
I have moved to Melbourne for a few months to experience one of the greatest cities in the world with more cities to come over the next year.
That’s the plan. And you can be sure there will be some stories to tell. Strangely, there always is.
Happy 2011 everyone and my wish for you is that those pesky, tightly coiled and highly strung clotheslines leave you and yours well and truly alone this year. And that you stay well and truly clear of them of course…….
OUCH!!! See? Housework and exercise are dangerous dangerous dangerous and should never be done by amateurs.
Wow though... glad I don't use a cloths line! I would have screamed (and screamed and screamed) as well. What an interesting (and painful) way to start the new year.
So glad you are ok, Lilly, what a way to start the New Year! Hearing about all the flooding in Australia and thinking of your country with prayers.
I've heard a lot of black eye excuses, but this one must be true. No one could make that up.
Happy 2011, Lilly. Your stories are always told in the funniest most wonderful way!
Happy New Year, Lilly! May this be your best year yet!
thanks for sharing - if that is your eye, it looks painful.
Too bad you didn't watch "Christmas Story" beforehand but then again that was a toy BB gun not a clothesline.
Thing about accidents - they are typically NOT your best example of skill and grace. Did you slap a cold steak on it and pretend to be Lady Gaga?
Well I guess you can see well enough to write the post - which has much more grace and skill than you clothes hanging activity.
all the best - the future so bright you need to wear shades.
Hello Lilly. Happy New Year.
You have a grown-up daughter? Wow. Luckily the accident didn't hurt your eye. I've been to Melbourne and it is a great city. So homey and comfortable.
Yikes! That looks really painful Lilly. I am so sorry, but now that you have the crazy part of the year out of the way-- The rest will be a walk in the park (fingers crossed).
Congrats on your move and all your exciting plans. I look forward to living vicariously through your adventures.
Happy New Year to one of the really great bloggers and friend. All the best to you and your family.
I told you I didnt have a comfortable feeling about that rockstar looking person with tattered shirts. And Melbourne clothesline people clearly have something to learn from third world experts.
If your daughter has a small balcony, why must they have a clothesline that moves left to right or vice versa? Vertical makes more sense. I too have a small balcony, actually called a "Drying balcony" , and instead of fast automatic surprises, we have an entire set of lines (with clothes) that we move up and down; down when we hang the stuff, and up when we are finished hanging. The stuff is tethered up there by a rope which i attach somewhere below, by using my non-trivial biceps and triceps. So far the eyes are fine. Maybe you need to plan a trip here, and we can get a piece like that for you to take back , so Jordan can throw the violent clothesline out.
Having described all the engineering, I need to ask you if you have tried applying sandalwood paste below the eyes. It is supposed to be cooling, medicinal, and smells good. And may add the one missing color : yellow ochre.
I hope the stuff heals soon and heals well.
I thought I heard someone screaming but didn't realise they were in Melbourne!!!
You poor bugger and who is ever going to believe that story when you tell them!
Enjoy beautiful Melbourne my dear friend and take care and stay safe.
Ohhh, way to have the year go out... with a bang! Ouch. Hope you are on the mend! I would love to have a life where I could pick up and move every once in awhile... you are uber cool and I can't wait to see what adventure finds you!! New Year's blessings to you!
That is so well,,,,funny. I can just picture you. It must have hurt the schock of it would be worse than anything. Heavens we feel enough pain already when doing housework without any more thrown in for good measure.Hope you have the best fun exploring the world in 2011, you totally deserve it.
Keep those dark glasses on until it heals. The shock must have been worse than the actual injury. Not one you would be expecting at all. Ouch! Have the best fun, Melbourne is indeed a beautiful city. One of the best! I cannot wait to find out where you will go next.
@ joanie - you are so right, housework is for the professionals and i learnt my lesson and have given it up for 2011!!
@ aleta - um not sure i could get away with that kind of makeup, he he. Mmmm, we all have dryers here but do like to dry our clothes outdoors when its sunny. Although I think I will be sticking to clothesdryers while living in my new abode anyway.
@ Christine - yes there has been terrible flooding at the top end of Australia which has been terrible. The weather patterns are strange all over the world it seems.
@ Richies - yep its true, unfortunate but true. And if I didnt have witnesses who were laughing at me at the time no-one would have believed me...yes they were laughing until they saw blood trickling down my face then they changed their tune, ha ha.
@ Kay - thank you Kay you always say th enicest things which make my day!
@ Lisleman - yes thats my eye and other than a small cut it was not that painful. What was painful was the memory of the smack in the face - it made such a loud noise and came out of left field. Its just bruising otherwise and will go away. No I didnt slap a cold steak on it but ice wrapped up in a towel. It bought the bruising out quicker supposedly. Thank goodness my sight is ok - no injuries other than a small cut just under the eye but as my daughter says any sign of it will be hidden in a wrinkle anyway - yes, she said it bless her.
Enjoy Melbourne, the terrible restaurants, the dingy bars, the boring musicals and the AFL :) Can you tell I'm jealous?
A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU, DEAR LILLY!
May 2011 be everything you want it to ne, and more!
Ouch ouch ouch! Here's to a pain-free 2011!
Poor little Lilly! I know that hurt and it must have scared the ##$$% out of you. I have had one black eye in my life ~ hit with a softball during a game on a team I was part of in my mid-40's! Glad those days are behind me.
@ Ugich - well now you have me curious and I would like to see your clothesline. How about a post on it? Perhaps its similar to ones you see in New York that you wonder how the hell they got their clothes up there? I would like to plan a trip your way definitely. Yes, the sight is fine and other than a small cut its just bruising - I out ice on it straight away and the bruising came out and is nearly gone apart from one stubborn patch - no problems just a little careless on my part to assume I knew what I was doing!
Because it is winter for me, and particularly frigid tonight, and I have never visited this blog before, I was anticipating that a slip on ice or something of that nature led to the injury !
I hope the healing is swift and I thank you for your writing...It certainly is graceful, as someone else commented !
Greetings from Rhode Island, U.S.
I think you should go with "my boyfriend socked me in the eye for mouthing off."
How long does it take for a black eye to disappear? Just imagine all of the conversation starters taking place.
Looking forward to hearing about your adventures in Melbourne.
Yeah... nasty that... you weren't listening to cricket commentary at the time, were you?
Melbourne was inundated with english accents, happy ones at that...oh dear whenever I saw the red and white colours anywhere I knew it was the Barmy Army and time to cross the road....what fun they had...at our expense of course..I love the rivalry mind you but it's hard being a loser lets face it!!
I wasn't able to comment on today's post so I have to do it here. You are the best, Lilly. Your posts are like solid chocolate Easter bunnies. Every bite, a treat!
Gosh! I haven't seen many Easter things up yet here in Hawaii, just Valentines Day. I imagine they'll get to it the hour after Valentines.
Oh no you have to put comments back on you are hilarious, Jesus Christ indeed!


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Sept 4, 2017 — Due in part the cameo appearance of a former Google executive, San Diego Venture Group saw record attendance at its annual Venture Summit last week. The crowded two-day affair was markedly different from previous years, signaling the local startup scene is picking up steam.
This year, the summit attracted 700 attendees and over 120 venture capitalists from startup hubs across the country, including many visitors from Los Angeles and San Francisco.
“These were real, active VCs who are writing checks as opposed to individuals who write one check a year,” said Mike Krenn, president of the San Diego Venture Group.

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Star Wars Vintage action figure Luke Skywalker initially realeased in 1977 on 12 back card. Part of the first 12 release from Kenner to support Star Wars, A New Hope.
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Sometimes I think homemade lemonade is a dying art. There are so many options for lemonade on the market today…powdered mixes, frozen concoctions and the refrigerated bottles. And then you have the different flavor and color options, but I’m on a mission to bring back good, old-fashioned lemonade. You know what I’m talking about, the sweet, slightly tart and freshly squeezed kind. Not all lemonade is created equally, I think this version is simply the best! You just can’t beat this refreshing beverage on a hot summer day!
1. In a large saucepan, combine sugar, 1 cup water and lemon peel. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved, about 4 minutes.
2. Remove from the heat. Stir in lemon juice and remaining water. Pour into a pitcher and refrigerate until chilled. Serve over ice. Yield: 2 quarts.
Did you make this and bring it to someone’s house before? I have a faded memory of drinking it!

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The Karachi Education Initiative (KEI) is a not-for-profit entity registered under Section 42 of the Companies Ordinance. The KEI is the sponsoring and fund raising entity of the Karachi School of Business & Leadership. Sponsor Directors, representing some of the leading industrial and financial groups in Pakistan, have pledged a contribution of at least Rs.100 million (USD 1.2 million) on behalf of their respective organizations to provide the core funding for the KSBL. They have also committed to raising a permanent endowment to facilitate the education of meritorious students at KSBL, as well as for the provision of resources, facilities and buildings required to create a world-class institution.
The KEI’s vision has moved from idea to reality at a remarkable pace. It initially consulted with the Global Business School Network(GBSN), an international network of top-ranked business schools based in Washington DC. An International Advisory Board (IAB) was formed, composed of academic luminaries from fourteen leading business schools world-wide. With the guidance of IAB a Strategic Plan for the KSBL was developed.
The KEI then established a partnership with the Judge Business School (JBS), University of Cambridge and a Strategic Collaboration Agreement was signed in April 2009.


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Shivakumara Swami, a much revered seer in Karnataka, died today. Shivakumara Swami, who was a seer at the Siddaganga Mutt, was on life support at the mutt, which is located in Tumakuru. He was said to be suffering from a lung infection. He was 111 years old.
Following Shivakumara Swami’s death, the Karnataka government declared a three-day state mourning. CM HD Kumaraswamy said that also announced a one-day holiday for all schools, colleges and government offices in Karnataka.
Shivakumara Swami was a renowned Lingayat seet who was known as a “walking god” among his followers. He headed the an education society that runs more than 1100 educational institutions in Karnataka.
Shivakumara Swami joined the Siddaganga Mutt in 1930. He became the mutt’s seer in 1941 after the death of his ‘guru’ Uddana Swami.
In April 2008 then President APJ Abdul Kalam visited the mutt to open the 100th birthday celebrations Shivakumara Swami. There, Kalam praised Shivakumara Swami for being on a “tireless mission of socio-economic development and eradication of inequalities in education”.
Reactions to Shivakumara Swami’s death poured in from different quarters of the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered Shivakumara Swami for being at the forefront “of ensuring better healthcare and education facilities for the marginalised”.
“He represents the best of our traditions of compassionate service, spirituality and protecting the rights of the underprivileged,” PM Modi said in a tweet.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi also tweeted his condolences. “I am sorry to hear about the passing of Shivakumar Swami Ji, Pontiff of the Siddaganga Mutt,” Rahul Gandhi said.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa said that with the death of Shivakumara Swami, the country “has lost a great personality”.
“His passing away is a great loss… He lived a full life that is unparalleled in history,” Yeddyurappa said.


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In 1906, a young Lebanese immigrant named Joseph Sayklly pursued the American dream by opening his own shop on Ludington Street in Escanaba, on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Together with his wife, Mary, and their nine children, Joe built Sayklly’s into a thriving local landmark. Folks stopped by to take home a bag of Sayklly’s famous candy or lingered at the soda fountain to savor treats made with hand-cranked ice cream (and maybe flirt with a sweetheart). Some of the biggest sellers in the early days, like peanut brittle, hand-pulled taffy, hand-dipped chocolates, peanut clusters, and fudge, are still sold today.
This is a wonderfully moist flavorful sweet bread that has spices that play gently across your palate while the exotic heady aroma of cardamom stimulates your senses. Part bread, part coffee cake be sure to pick one up to enjoy while in Delta County.
This bread is a light brown dense flavorful bread that gets its unique characteristics from the rye flour and a touch of molasses that adds a sweet smoky character to this regional bread. Served with real butter or a butter alternative, Limpa Rye is a must have while in our area.
The pasty is a traditional Upper Peninsula food, it is the original fast food of miners and lumberjacks alike. Made with beef, potato, onion, rutabaga, and carrots wrapped in a light flaky dough with a crimped edge in the shape of half moon.
The pasty originated in Cornwall, England and was brought to the area Cornish miners. The mythology of the food is that miner’s wives took everything left over from Sunday dinner and wrapped it in a pastry shell for their husbands and sons to heat up on the end of a shovel using their miners’ lanterns. Pasties are readily available through out Delta County with every restaurant having their own “secret” family recipe that has been handed down through the generations.
This type of sausage arrived with the Norwegian and Swedish settlers and with the abundance of potatoes that are grown in our area it seems a perfect dish. For every 15lbs of potatoes in the sausage there is only 6 lbs of meat.
Walleye, whitefish, and perch straight from the Bays are served in a variety of ways by a wide variety of restaurants in Delta County. The Friday night fish fry is a community tradition, and as much an occasion to socialize with friends as it is to enjoy the bounty and benefits of living in a waterfront community.
The origins of this dish remain a mystery, possibly Scandinavian, and it is not served in any restaurant. This dish is served in households and at many deer camps during the Holidays. The dish is raw hamburger, chopped onion, a raw egg, and lots of spices all mixed together served raw on crackers. We do not recommend serving this dish as eating raw meat or eggs can be hazardous to your health, we just wanted to share some UP extreme cuisine.


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An AvWeek headline this week posed a question that once had an easy, one-word answer: No.
The question was, per David A. Fulghum and Bill Sweetman: "Are there alternatives to the F-35 program?" But in post-super committee America, where the Air Force daydreams about growing its fleet with a service-life extension program for the Wright Flyer , things aren't as clear cut as they used to be.
Back in the old days we used to say, c'mon, there's just too much riding on this to seriously contemplate it going away. It's the largest defense program in history. It's the future of fast-jet flying for three U.S. military services and a host of international clients. It's got an economic footprint across the country. All the right people in Washington have a stake in pressing forward, even as its schedule slides and its costs creep up.
Problem is, Washington does strange things. Difficult as it was to believe the capital would trap itself in a "Guns of August" crisis of process, that is what has happened: Congressional deadlock lit a slow fuse set to burn until early 2013, when a budgetary detonation could obliterate nearly $1 trillion in planned DoD spending growth over the next 10 years. The Pentagon, having shut its eyes and plugged its ears in hopes that would banish this monster, made no plans for what to do in exactly the scenario that has materialized.
The White House doesn't want this bomb to go off, but under the bizarre logic of the moment, it has vowed to stop Congress from blowing out the fuse, in hopes that its continued burn will motivate lawmakers to get the kind of deal they couldn't to begin with -- which set the whole thing in motion in the first place. Plus there's a nice little sideshow this week in which the Democratic president is in a showdown with the Democratically controlled Senate over detainee provisions in the defense bill.
So in other words, things that may have once made sense now don't. All the reasons the F-35 was guaranteed to survive may no longer apply. Secretary Panetta himself dangled the program over the hotel balcony in his warning to Senate lawmakers about what might go away under sequestration. There are no brakes on this thing. At one point, we were supposed to get a thoughtful, soup-to-nuts strategic review that would show the way toward a new defense posture for Austerity America, but nope, nothin' yet. Maybe this lack of any clear way forward is why people keep using the word "decline."
Strictly speaking, the answer to Fulghum and Sweetman's question probably still is "no," in the sense that DoD can't just whip up another advanced fifth-generation fighter for U.S. and international militaries. There is a school of thought that it doesn't need to -- that upgraded versions of today's F-16s and F/A-18s can do just fine for the medium term. The international clients would be screwed, especially the British and Italian navies, but the way Europe's economy is headed these days, buying new fighter jets might be least of their worries.
If the F-35 went away, Lockheed Martin would be devastated, but it would probably survive -- it makes a lot of other stuff -- though tens of thousands of people would be out of work in Texas, California and many other places around the country. Many of the jets in the arsenal today might end up as static displays, guarding the gates of Air Force bases. Others would go to the boneyard. For the record, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum already has an early F-35 in its collection.
With or without the F-35, it's difficult to imagine how the services would cope post-sequestration, because it's hard to sift through all of this fall's warnings and melodrama and determine what was real and what was tosh. One thing is clear, though: Although canceling the F-35 might save DoD money, it would not eliminate the Pentagon's need for a brand-new airplane. At some point, even the newest-model Vipers and Super Hornets will wear out, and even the austerity military of tomorrow will conclude that it can't just keep upgrading airplanes first designed in the 1970s.
Maybe by the time that happens, America will be flush again and it can afford to try to salvage the "Joint Strike Fighter" concept, or maybe it will start from scratch with a brand-new airplane. (If, aerospace industry advocates would jump in here, there are any companies around that could do the job.) Or maybe, knowing us Americans, the Pentagon and Congress of that era will repeat the exact same mistakes they made in our era and foul up another attempt at a new joint program.
Is it worth the risk to save money now? Or should DoD try to protect the F-35 no matter what, given its long-term importance? What do you think?

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This blog is quickly becoming almost totally bunting themed. I actually promised myself I wouldn’t post about bunting for a while BUT I finally solved one of my biggest problems with it: my bunting is made of paper, and is therefore an inside-only type of decoration. Well, not anymore!
Behold my all-weather, all-cheerful, all-plastic bunting! And ignore my nasty backyard, it was never properly fixed up after last year’s sinkhole incidents. I was hoping the property management would repair the damage they did by killing half the grass with a big pile of dirt but so far nothing has been done. LAME. Anyway, at least I brightened it up a bit!
Love it! It definitely makes your yard look more cheery!
That little car is so cute! Way cuter than the big red car with a face down here in the US. Is there a website where I could buy this car?
It’s actually not mine, I share the yard with a bunch of other apartments. I think it’s by Little Tikes but it’s a few years old.

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I make mistakes daily, letting generalizations creep into my thoughts and negatively affect my behavior. These mistakes have taught me that the first step to successfully choosing kindness is being more mindful about it, letting go of impatience and intolerance along the way.
When you're nice, you're not bullying people. But when you're kind, you stand up against the bully.
It takes strength to be kind; it's not a weakness.
Empathy is one of our greatest tools of business that is most underused.
We're all human, and part of being human is showing respect and support for others' life choices.
No matter if we're in a contentious situation or simply engaging in an everyday interaction, we should aspire to have the strength to be kind always. If each of us shared this aspiration, we'd all be better off.
Civilized discourse demands critical thinking, self-reflexiveness, sober-headed analysis.
Relying on the power of kindness is a sensitive undertaking. The challenge is to inspire people to be kind more often without tainting the selflessness that comes from doing something nice with no ulterior motive.
One of the magical things about kindness is that it's what we nerds call a 'happiness aggregator.' People confuse kindness with being nice. And they're very different. You can be nice and be passive. But kindness requires action.
Growing up, I heard a lot about strength. My dad - a Holocaust survivor - embodied it, though he would never say that about himself. Not only did he survive one of the most horrific events in history, but he never lost hope along the way, crediting acts of kindness with keeping him alive.
Emotional intelligence is a very important skill set, not just to be happier but also to succeed professionally.
Few times in history do totalitarian or authoritarian regimes successfully repress their people for more than two generations, and zero times in history do these regimes last much longer than that, relatively speaking.
For me, empathy is an existential question - it's about the survival of the human race. That is, it's imperative for us to overcome the challenges we face.
I can't tell you exactly why my work ethic is the way that it is, but I know that I will always work harder than anyone else I know.
Politics is, by its nature, not my favorite thing because it's more about dividing people, not bringing them together.


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text: Our evening parent/teacher conferences will be held this year at Pequea Elementary on Thursday, November 10th. All of our teachers will be at Pequea Elementary during that afternoon and evening to accommodate parents who have children in multiple buildings. While our teachers may be available to meet at other times, either before or after school on Wednesday, November 9th, this is the only time that we are able to schedule back to back meetings for parents that who currently have children in different buildings. This is a complicated year, it’s important to get your forms in as soon as possible so we can begin scheduling. I appreciate how everyone is willing to work together to make this a wonderful school year. If you have any questions, please let us know. Thank you.

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