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Head over to 13Deals.com where you can score this Tactical MOLLE Backpack for $25.99 (reg. $74.99!). Even sweeter, you can use the code TACTICAL23 and the price will drop to $19.99 with free shipping!
These Tactical Everyday Carry packs provide a way to carry all your gear in a high quality, rugged backpack you’ll want to keep with you. These packs feature a compact design but with plenty of storage and pockets. The rear of the pack has loops for attaching additional equipment or storage. The wide, padded shoulder straps disperse weight for more comfort.
Awesome! My husbands camelback backpack was just stolen out of our car and we needed a new for PT gear-even better I had a $9 credit with paypal!
This would make for an affordable BOB.
What is bug out bag?
Perfect! I was waiting on a deal like this for BOB. Thanks!!!!
Hi Susan! The code TACTICAL23 is still working for me.
scored one for my husband for Christmas! thanks!
I got one too for my hubby. He thinks that I think a BOB is a bad/stupid idea, boy will this prove him wrong. Hehehe. I even got black to match my truck.
do you know if this is waterproof or water resistant?
It doesn’t appear to be. From what I can tell this is a knock-off version of a Maxpedition bag — which doesn’t mean it is bad by any means! However, their bags are treated and heavy duty to resist water while the knock offs tend not to be, to save money. It isn’t a bad bag, I have both the name brand and several versions of it from various companies.
If it isn’t waterproof you could always treat it yourself to make it so.
When I try to checkout it just moves back to the top. Is that happening for anyone else?
you have to unclick all the extra deals they want you to order. same thing happened to me.
In case of a Zombie Apocalypse, massive riots, nuclear attack, etc, it’s a bag to evacuate the area with survival gear.
I did my when I used to lived in California! Not worrying about Zombies!! But earthquakes!!! I had the basics; flashlight,batteries first aid kit, list with Fam. Phone numbers, copy of birth certificates, passport, and MRE’s, not I was not crazy believe me incase of an emergency you have no time to gather all these! We had several earthquakes and the last one was on 2010 close to the border of Mexico and that was scary a 7.2 magnitude!
Here’s a good option for those looking for a budget friendly BOB. Has excellent reviews too.
They have them on Amazon too for $21.42. The reviews say its kinda small, more of a child size?? I think I’ll order a couple for my kids 72 hour kits.
Do you know how long this is good for?


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The potentially devastating impacts from unconventional gas development on water and air quality as well as the global climate deserve much more scrutiny.
The potentially devastating impacts from unconventional gas development on water supplies, air quality and the global climate deserve much greater study and scrutiny. The emerging red flags of concern raised by scientists conducting research into unconventional gas threats clearly indicate that a precautionary approach is necessary. Despite the uncertainties, one fact is clear: the U.S. unconventional gas industry is currently exempt from many of the needed transparency, oversight, monitoring, and enforcement statutes designed to protect public health and safety. That must change.
A more accurate accounting of the true costs associated with unconventional gas extraction is critically needed before a national commitment is made to another dirty fossil fuel as an interim “bridge fuel” or longer-term energy option.
As this report outlines, industry lobbying and misinformation campaigns have confused the public and lawmakers and effectively limited much-needed federal oversight of unconventional gas operations. This industry pressure has contaminated the political process and stifled meaningful public participation in the debate about our energy future.
Meanwhile, troubling new findings from independent scientists, academics and concerned citizens shed light on many negative impacts of unconventional gas drilling that were previously unaccounted for. Lawmakers and oversight agencies should take into consideration the warnings from experts highlighted throughout this report—from Dr. Daniel Botkin, Dr. Theo Colborn, Dr. Ronald Bishop, the Cornell team of Dr. Robert Howarth and Dr. Anthony Ingraffea—and others. What these experts caution against is the threat of irreparable harm that the unconventional gas boom poses to water and air quality, human health and a rapidly destabilizing global climate.
If the United States truly endeavors to transition to a clean energy future, its dependence on all fossil fuels must be phased out as rapidly as possible. Opportunities to restructure our energy systems and to create a sustainable energy future present themselves every day. We ignore these opportunities at our own peril, as they are likely to be fewer and further between as scarce fossil fuel supplies grow increasingly difficult and expensive to bring to market.
Right now the dirty oil and gas industry is asking the public to commit to decades more reliance on a dwindling fossil fuel enterprise that, in turn, is virtually guaranteed to pollute our water, air and land, and further provoke a mounting global climate crisis.
A national moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for unconventional gas until independent scientific studies are conducted to verify that fracking is not responsible for adverse outcomes on drinking water, public health and the global climate.
The federal government, not the states, should strictly oversee setting and enforcing standards for unconventional gas drilling. Federal oversight of the unconventional gas industry is critical, since the states have not demonstrated the capacity to hold drillers accountable for contamination of water supplies, growing air pollution problems and the potentially devastating climate change implications of fugitive methane and other emissions. Federal agencies should employ existing federal statutes that don’t currently apply to gas drilling, and review the need for any new standards necessary to protect public health and the environment.
Greater scrutiny is needed on common drilling practices such as cementing procedures, wastewater handling and storage of harmful drilling chemicals.
Congress and federal agency officials must immediately require mandatory industry reporting of lifecycle emissions of gas drilling operations to ensure relevant and reliable information is accessible to the public, especially independent experts.
They must also require mandatory disclosure of fracking fluid chemicals, including the exact chemical recipes used in each operation.
Drinking water contamination threats – particularly of private wells near fracking operations, as well as municipal sources drawn from waterways impacted by unconventional gas drilling directly and via inadequate fracking wastewater treatment prior to discharge into these waterways.
Uncertainties about the extent of methane emissions and leakage from drilling operations, storage tanks and pipelines carrying gas.
Threats to pristine Western lands such as Colorado's Roan Plateau from unconventional gas drilling.
Questions about the migration of fracking wastewater injected underground in several areas of the country.
Mandatory baseline surface and ground water testing be conducted in surrounding areas prior to exploration and development of fracked gas wells.
Disaster and emergency response plans submitted and approved by relevant agencies to deal specifically with fracking-related blowouts and other mishaps.
Mandatory reporting of methane leakage and other emissions from gas operations.
Mandatory disclosure of all fracking chemicals used in each operation so that regulators and emergency responders know what is in use at each site at all times.
Beyond these necessary steps to rein in the unconventional gas boom, lawmakers must immediately reconsider their emphasis on promoting unconventional gas for America’s future energy needs – which is, essentially, a commitment to further fossil fuel dependence.
Federal investments of taxpayer dollars must look beyond the 'bridge' temptation and instead focus on the rapid scale-up of truly clean, renewable energy sources. Any federal investment in new unconventional gas infrastructure inherently means diverting dollars that could be better spent transitioning America off fossil fuels permanently.
DeSmogBlog is thankful for the generous time, input and feedback provided by Dr. Daniel Botkin, Dr. Ronald Bishop, Dr. Anthony Ingraffea, Dr. Robert Howarth, Renee Santoro and Dr. Maurice Dusseault.
We also owe tremendous gratitude to Jessica Ernst, a source of unlimited knowledge, energy, and inspiration.
And to Kevin Grandia, former Managing Editor of DeSmogBlog, for initiating this research project and inspiring this report.
The Myth that Gas is "Clean Energy"

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In this course you’ll learn how to market with heart-based intention, instead of agenda, while utilizing therapists’ best skills of listening, empathy, and sensitivity.
Although marketing is important for business owners, it is actually a versatile topic that can be applied widely across many different scenarios, including advocacy, education, and information-sharing. You’ll learn about market research, ethical considerations, the psychology behind what makes clients choose your services, and how to systematically use a marketing plan to build something bigger than yourself.
As music therapists continue to make our mark as leaders in healthcare, this course is vital to our growth as a profession. Learn how to position yourself as a leader, speak with confidence, understand your prospects and clients, and connect deeply to your community.

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Just 3% of the under-18-year-olds cited prime minister or president as their first choice of job when they are older, compared to 18% who aim for singing stardom as solo singers or as members of a band.
Prime minister came at the bottom of the list.
Young people in Britain today would much prefer to be pop stars than politicians, according to recent research.
The national survey quizzed 2,000 young people, who placed the top job in politics and power at the very bottom of their future ambitions lists.
The survey did highlight considerable scientific ambition too, however, as 15% say they want to become a scientist who makes a famous discovery.
“It’s heartening to see this fairly even split across art and science subjects amongst our young people which bodes well for the future. However, the sharp rejection of politics is worrying.
The poll also revealed that 15% of young people aspire to be a famous actor or actress, while 14% would like to be a famous athlete or sports star. 9% would like to be an astronaut, and the same number a brilliant surgeon or doctor.
Boys are more interested than girls in becoming an astronaut (11% compared to 8%); a doctor (11% compared to 7%); or a famous athlete or sports star (15% compared to 13%).
Girls are more interested in becoming a scientist who makes a famous discovery (16% compared to 13%); or a famous actor (15% compared to 13%).
There is little difference between genders when considering the prime minister’s job (3%); or becoming a famous singer or band member (18%).
A spokesperson for ACS International Schools concluded: “While you would expect an emphasis by young people on fame and fortune achieved via the creative industries, the extent of interest in the sciences as a career choice is very encouraging too. They also seem to have a realistic grasp on the qualities needed to succeed in their chosen field.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


text: It’s official. Isaiah Rashad is the newest addition to TDE. After dropping the single earlier in the week, he releases the video to I Shot U Down. Hip-Hop’s strongest crew just got stronger. Check it out.

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Giovanni Curmi Higher Seconday School, Naxxar, recently launched its 2018-2019 prospectus containing details of the academic tuition it is offering during the coming academic year. The school offers students the possibility to tailor their choice of subjects according to their individual needs and career choices.
Apart from the various subjects offered, the school is also introducing new programmes entitled E-Twinning, Education for SustainableDevelopment, Leadership Skills, Mind Yoga for Wellness and Achievement, Photography, Practicing and Entrepreneurship Skills and The Art of Drama to enable students to acquire soft skills such as creativity, leadership, motivation, teamwork and communication.
In addition to their academic subjects students will also have the opportunity to enhance their language skills through the new Foreign Language Proficiency Programme. This is MQF Level 3 accredited programme, which is equivalent to a SEC ‘O’ Level, will be offered in French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Students who form part of national sport teams will be able follow flexible, tailor-made timetables to enable them to combine their sport training schedules while pursuing their chosen academic course.
In September the school will also launch an app to facilitate communication with students on matters such as upcoming events, important notices and school policies.
Interested prospective students and their parents or guardians are invited to attend an information talk in the school hall on July 11 either at 10am or at 6.30pm.
The prospectus may be viewed at the school website below.


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Last Friday, I celebrated the funeral Mass of Father Jim DeAdder at his family parish of St. Michael in North Andover.
Father DeAdder was a very learned man who had three doctorates, including a doctorate in civil law from Suffolk University. He became a member of the faculty of Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary in Weston from its earliest days and also taught at Emmanuel College as well as other Catholic institutions in the region. He went on to serve as rector of the Pope St. John Seminary for more than 30 years. He retired in the late 1990s and had been living at Regina Cleri for about the last 20 years. In fact, he was one of the longest residents they had there.
We were happy that so many of his family members, former students and friends were with us for the Mass, including former rectors of Pope St. John XXIII Bishop Peter Uglietto, Msgr. Connie McRae and Msgr. Dennis Sheehan, who served as our homilist.
Sunday, I went to Boston College to participate in our Quo Vadis Retreat for high school-aged young men.
So this retreat is very much geared around helping young men answer this question of “Where are you going?” through four days of group activities, games, talks and prayer. It is an opportunity for them to deepen their faith and to reflect on what their vocation in life is.
The retreat began on Thursday and the nearly 60 retreatants and their families gathered for the closing Mass with me on Sunday at the chapel in St. Mary’s Hall. It was wonderful to be with them as the concluded this very important experience.
On Thursday, I celebrated the funeral Mass for Jim Mooney at Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church in Newton.
Jim was a member of our Archdiocesan Finance Council for many years and was also on the board of the Clergy Funds and a trustee of the Catholic Schools Foundation. He was also a proud alumnus of Holy Cross College. He and his wife Joan were great supporters of Catholic causes over many, many years and so I was very pleased to be able to celebrate his funeral Mass. Concelebrating with us was Holy Cross President Father Philip Boroughs and Jim’s cousin Father Charlie Higgins, who was our homilist.
Before the Mass, were heard a lovely reflection offered by his son, Jim III. Both his son’s reflection and Father Higgins’ homily underscored how Jim’s Catholic faith had formed him and guided him to be such an extraordinary husband, father and community leader. It was truly a very edifying and beautiful experience.
Thursday evening, we had our annual Vianney Cookout for the priests of the archdiocese. We hold this gathering each year around August 4, the Feast of St. John Vianney, the patron saint of priests and particularly of parish priests. It is an opportunity for the priests together during the summer to pray and enjoy a meal in a relaxed atmosphere.
For many years it was held at St. John’s Seminary, but for the last couple of years it has been held at Pope John XXIII National Seminary. We are very grateful to Father Kiley for hosting us.
As we always do, we began our gathering with Evening Prayer followed by a barbeque.
As I mentioned, the cookout is always held near the feast day of St. John Vianney, and this year happened to fall on August 2, the Feast of the Portiuncula, which is a very special feast for all the branches of the Franciscan order.
St. Francis had a great devotion to the Holy Land and went there on pilgrimage himself, but he realized that most people would never have that same opportunity. So, he asked the pope to grant the same graces and indulgences that they would receive for making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to those who made a pilgrimage to the Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels (also called the Portiuncula) in Assisi. The request was granted by Honorius III and later was extended to those who made a pilgrimage to any Franciscan church or oratory.
Those who go to Assisi can still visit the tiny Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels, which is now inside the Basilica that was built over it. Since many may not be able to make it to Assisi any time soon, I always like to remind people that in our own archdiocese we have a beautiful replica of the Portiuncula on the grounds of the Cardinal Cushing Centers in Hanover. It is in that chapel that Cardinal Cushing is buried.
I encourage all of you to visit it sometime if you have the opportunity.


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Bruce and his wife, Trudy, run Cedar Rim Nursery, a popular garden centre and nursery in Langley, B.C. It is a family business, started in 1978 by Bruce and his parents as a hobby and a means of summer employment. He and Trudy, whose parents also owned a popular Langley garden centre, bought out both of their parents in 1987 and have since run the garden centre and nursery. Over the years, it’s become a much larger operation – a one-stop shop – where landscapers and gardeners are treated to between 6,000 and 8,000 varieties of rare specimen trees, perennials, shrubs and annuals, and such complementary products as specialized fertilizers, soils, pots, insecticides and fungicides.
Cedar Rim Nursery, of Langley, B.C., is a one-stop shop where landscapers and gardeners are treated to between 6,000 and 8,000 varieties of rare specimen trees, perennials, shrubs and annuals, and such complementary products as specialized fertilizers, soils, pots, insecticides and fungicides.
Ten of the site’s 30 acres are devoted to retail sales. The nursery operation comprises about 20,000 square feet of heated greenhouses for annuals and about two acres of coldframes plus another eight acres for outdoor material. The wholesale operation involves some 100 acres in total.
As “Purveyers of Unique Horticultural Specimens,” Cedar Rim is known for its wide selection of products, and for going to great lengths to meet requests from customers by sourcing plants and trees from its own nursery and rare items from across Canada and the United States. It grows about 70 per cent of what it sells, and, because the business has access to a huge inventory of plants, it can get them to customers right away. What it does not stock, it can find in short order. A customer can landscape a yard in about a week.
Ironically, despite its wide selection of plants, Bruce marvels that he occasionally feels as if they don’t to have anything people want. Armed with Internet knowledge, which is not always pertinent or accurate, Cedar Rim’s increasingly tech-savvy customers often come to the centre with obscure requests.
This is where the centre’s outstanding customer service comes in. Staff are interested not only in what customers want, but also in what is best for them. People may know exactly what they are after, but often they need guidance, explains Bruce. Sometimes gardeners will request plants not suited to the climate of southern British Columbia. They may need to be steered to a comparable plant that will perform better in B.C.’s relatively damp, long growing season.
Staff are interested in building relationships. “We know our customers have made a concerted effort to come to us; it is not convenience that brings them in, so we have to offer them something special,” says Christina Charles, the centre’s manager in charge of perennials, annuals and hard goods. “Our customer service goes beyond polite greetings and helpful garden advice: we tend to develop relationships with our customers, knowing many of them by name and focusing on their specific plant interests and needs.” This genuine interest, she suggests, keeps customers coming back and recommending the garden centre to their friends.
To offer something extra to these regular customers, the centre initiated a loyalty program a few years ago. It offers customers incentives, such as weekly discounts, sneak previews of new items and advance notice of sales. “We had this large customer base, and felt we were in danger of losing some to big-box stores or other competitors simply because the market has become more saturated and pricing extremely competitive,” says Charles. The Garden Club now has about 3,000 members it reaches via twice yearly mailouts, and weekly or biweekly e-mails. It has proven to be Cedar Rim’s most effective and least expensive advertising tool.
The centre focuses on the 45 to 50-plus age group. Bruce says baby boomers have driven the business over the years, from their first purchases as young adults building homes and starting families to their retirement and interest in gardening for leisure. Athough this group is the centre’s mainstay, Cedar Rim makes a special effort to target 25- to 35-year-olds, shoppers who are keenly interested in hands-on gardening, and particularly in growing food crops such as vegetables and fruit trees. Recalling high interest in food crops in the late 1970s and early ’80s, he wonders if this is a cyclical trend.
Staff is kept hopping with gardeners of all ages during the centre’s peak season from March to mid-August, when Cedar Rim employs about 50 people, many of them full time, during that busy period. When business is slower, the centre maintains 12 to 14 employees. The company pays a little more than the going rate to hold on to quality workers.
“Our brand has become our incredible plant selection, artful displays and great customer service,” says Christina Charles, Cedar Rim’s manager in charge of perennials, annuals and hard goods. “We tend to develop relationships with our customers, knowing many of them by name and focusing on their specific plant interests and needs.
When time is short and staff are busy, great signage sometimes picks up the slack. “Signs are your silent salesmen,” remarks Bruce. They provide concise information about species traits and requirements that serves both customers and staff. “Colour laser printouts are a must,” he continues, and the affordability of colour printing these days makes it easier to offer attractive signage. Staff create the signs, posterboards and labels in house through the Horticopia online customization program, which gives them more control and consistency in the brand they present to customers. They use laser-printed UPC labels and codes, but expect to switch to radio-frequency identification, or RFID, eventually.
Cedar Rim carries a line of garden fountains, among them classic wall fountains, oriental-style water pots and whimsical wooden water barrels, and offers an extensive line of pond necessities and accessories.
Cedar Rim has found it useful to designate one staff member to take the lead on creating eye-catching signage, updating its website and Facebook page, and working with media outlets to create advertisements. The nursery makes use of traditional media, such as local newspapers and radio, and burgeoning social media, such as its website and Facebook, to promote its products and educate its customers. Taking advantage of the web has become much more urgent over the last few years, particularly in the last year and a half. The website, www.cedarrim.com, offers users several resources: articles tell readers “How to Landscape for a Quick House Sale”; guides describe everything from azaleas to tropical plants; and links to local landscapers help match up Cedar Rim’s nursery customers (the landscapers) with its retail shoppers who, increasingly, prefer to have the help of professional gardeners. From the website, users can link to the Cedar Rim Facebook page and its YouTube instructional videos.
When asked about plans for the future, Bruce says he would like to offer more workshops and events. His overall goal is to keep running a healthy business, serving customers, and mostly having a lot of fun.
When time is short and staff are busy, great signage picks up the slack, by serving as the centre’s “silent salesmen,” providing concise information about species traits and requirements.
Cedar Rim has been cited several times by the local newspaper, The Langley Advance, as Best of the Best in the nursery category, but, although it is nice to be recognized, Bruce says that’s not what motivates him. “You’re in business to make a profit and to take care of your people.


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Rotana Hotel Management Corporation has announced the official opening of its new hotel in Abu Dhabi, located in the heart of the Capital Centre business district.
The Pearl Rotana Capital Centre features 315 modern and spacious rooms and suites offering scenic views overlooking the stunning Arabian Gulf.
Located only a few steps away from the National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), and 20 minutes from Abu Dhabi‘s international airport, the hotel offers five exclusive dining options, modern and comfortable accommodation and convenient business and leisure facilities.
With easy access to Abu Dhabi’s prime business area, the hotel’s extensive meeting and conference facilities are elegantly designed to complement the hotel and come equipped with the latest technology for meetings and presentation. Pearl Rotana’s restaurants bring new food and beverage venues to the Abu Dhabi dining scene, with signature dishes from The Warehouse wine & tapas bar and Dino’s Bistro Italiano.
Dino’s Bistro Italiano is a casual Italian eatery that the whole family will enjoy. Its menu takes diners on a journey through the very best of Italian cuisine, including an open pizza station from the wood-fired oven and pasta made fresh on site by the talented culinary team. With a cosy and relaxing ambience, it will be the new hotspot for grabbing a business lunch on weekdays or a family-friendly brunch every Friday and Saturday.

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text: Pomegranate Cream is a highly concentrated, highly effective balancing and healing moisturizer for normal and dry skin types. This cream is based on Organic Pomegranate seed oil, a potent antioxidant that counteracts free radicals that destroy the collagen and elastin fibers in the skin. Shea Butter and various valuable natural oils restore, hydrate, nourish and protect the skin. Treatment eventually results in improved elasticity, reduced wrinkles, balanced moisture and oil contents, relaxed skin and smoother and healthier appearance.

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Looking for the Best Bidet Seat that will fit your needs?
To tell you this Bidet Toilet Seat or that Bidet Toilet Seat is the best of all would not be truthful on my part, because all Bidet Toilet Seats have pluses and minuses and everyone has different needs. One Bidet Seat which would be great for one person may not be a good fit for another.
So why should you listen to what I have to say? What makes me an expert in Bidet Toilet Seats? When I started this business four year ago, I wanted to make sure that the Bidet Seats I sold had at least some minimum standard of functionality and quality backed by companies that give great service as well as a price range that would fit everyone’s needs.
For the last four years I have talked to thousands of people about their needs for Best Bidet Seat. I have tested all the units I sell, so I understand very well how they all work. Because I am very easy to talk to, people feel comfortable talking to me about the problems they are having. This makes it much easier for me to make recommendations that would be best from them.
With all of that said, let’s get into what I would consider some of the best Bidet Toilet Seat on the market today. If you are looking for a durable unit which has a great cleaning nozzle and all of the most common options available at a great price, then I would recommend the Bio Bidet BB 1000. Although this unit has a stored water heater tank, the efficiency of the nozzle makes this a non-issue, but it gives you the most bang for your buck.
If you are looking for a Bidet Seat with a very sleek look, tankless water heater (unlimited warm water) and full-featured, wide spray adjustment and you don’t mind the extra cost, then I would recommend either the Coway BA13 or the USPA 6800. These are both great Bidet Seats, and because they come with a wide spray function, they are especially great for people who often get diarrhea.
The Infinity XLC 3000 and the Infinity XLC 2000 Bidet Toilet Seats both have the tankless water heater and the real plus is, no cold water in the beginning and always warm in the beginning. These units also have a sitz bath and an alternating cold/warm water option that could be really helpful for people with medical issues. The units also have a very nice design and the price is a little higher, but it is well worth the money. These are the only units that I carry which have a full 3-year warranty from the maker.
I am just touching the surface here on some of the Best Bidet Seats and if you have more questions, you can always call me at (866) 928-8491.

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The conference venue is S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) in Andheri (W), Mumbai. The SPJIMR Campus is spread over an expanse of 45 acres in the heart of Mumbai city, the commercial capital of India and a global financial hub.
The campus is located opposite the famous Andheri Sports Complex and is in close proximity to restaurants, shopping malls, entertainment and recreation areas, hospitals and medical centres. The area is well connected with main express highways, easily accessible and close to the rail hub of Andheri and metro station.


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Hello millennial, more and more of us will learn in the future from robots.
Yes, the science of learning in the millennial generation is really changing both the relics and stereotype of the past. This is not only told in the transforming nature of knowledge, it is equally attestable from how learning is taking place, nowadays.
Education is no more what it used to be.
In this 501words.net‘s article, I will teach you steps on how to acquire modern knowledge through self-directed learning with simple hacks, and, perhaps, how to get mileage from that — with less rigour.
From research, 66% of all adults, 16+, are functional on either one social networking site or another. While there’s a bandwagon of unwholesome users who abuse the opportunity, a score of others are making a big deal of it. For those with a sense of purpose, the social media has never ceased to be a fountain of knowledge.
You can start from facebook, the biggest social network with more than a billion users. Turn it a classroom by joining educational groups and start learning something new, daily. Personally, I love Medium for how it’s collections are arranged and well-tailored; the publications over there are always eye-openers.
Sometimes, the books we read determine who we are and what become of us, but mostly, in reality, books make no impact if there is nothing from within.
Want any change? Your mind is the starting point.
The note, here, is that nothing would’ve appeared different about the millennial age suppose there were no pace-setters. The fact is, it will be hard to make it in this generation for an old mind.
There’s no doubt whatsoever in the effectiveness of online education. In fact, the most amazing pride of e-learning is how it has become the newest bride of classic universities. To mention but a few, edX is an online learning platform owned by MIT and Harvard University. It’s one of the largest providers of MOOC that’s worth the trust. There are hundreds of similar platforms such as Coursera (the most popular provider of MOOC), Khan Academy and MIT Open Courseware.
More ostensibly, the digital age drops at disposals a rare opportunity to juggle more, acquiring relevant skills and becoming deservingly versatile. With Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), access to education has never been this easier.
Either you’re learning from the classroom or through the Internet, writing is one of the best ways to implement knowledge and grow more doing so. More so, it’s a swift medium to ascertain authority. Check around, writers are great influencers of all times.
In the learning context, students are encouraged to publish their views about any topic (take from International Relations or Medicine for instance) on social media. Doing this, they will engage and be engaged thus getting broader perspectives on the subject matter.
Beyond, this is a right track to unlock creative potential and attain unrestrained success.
Now, you’ve established a writer personality. What an incredible way to learn more and make greater impacts. To this end, you’ll naturally have something to share with the little world around you. This explains why you should start blogging.
The statistics vary but there are approximately over 152 million blogs on the internet in which about 172,800 blogs are created daily by an ocean of people who, for different purposes, make efforts to make their voice known in the noisy world. Does that mean anything to you?
Well, if you haven’t decided yet, this resources is not only about why you should, it is also about how to.
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People say “keep the circle small” but there are actually many reasons why you should keep it a little big.
Collaborate with others, in order to gain more ideas, knowledge, opportunities, or rather accelerate your career. Networking is key in the digital age.
Each day, learn something new, and just as important, relearn something old.


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Dinner and discussion with the former Prime Minister of Slovakia Iveta Radicova. Exeter College, 5th February 2013.
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industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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And I figured it was another one of those articles touting high paying jobs that don't really exist. Or if they do exist are special cases. But I had to read 2/3 into the article to find the real answer on this one and its simple, the welder in question Mr. Friend : "... typically works 72 hours a week" and "His base pay is more than $25 an hour..."
I think its a bit misleading to have a title for an article like that and then bury the detail that he works 72 hrs a week. Thats like working 2 jobs. Most people working hourly jobs with overtime can make a lot of money but few jobs have that kind of opportunity for overtime.
Then theres also this little detail, his employer "sent Mr. Friend to work for a month on an oil project in Ghana". People willing to travel can often find better compensation. I don't know much of anything about Ghana but it doesn't appear to either much of a hot tourist destination nor a warzone.
Welding can be a pretty good job. Its got pretty fair wages and it can be in fairly high demand. Overtime can be common as well. So I don't fault the idea that welding can be a pretty well paid job, I think that the fact that you'd have tow work 72 hrs a week to get that $140,000 is very key and shouldn't be buried in the 2nd page of the article.
I think the real message of the article is that : If you work a ton of overtime then you can make good money. But thats not news.

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The nourishing substances from juice are able to reach the living cells by means of bloodstream. These are accounts where allergies have been treated with juicing.
Most fruits such as lemon, orange, apple and watermelon juice have alkalising effect on the body. This means that though they may have acidic taste, but their reaction in the body is different.
Alkaline is a neutraliser in the body. Since most fruits has alkaline effect, it’s good they are consumed in juice form for better effects.
In the next edition, we shall be treating types of juice and what it does to the body.


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For anyone who has ever been to my mom and tom’s house, you know that our lot sits directly next to a horse farm. It is very common to take a peak outside our kitchen window during the day, and see an enormous Clydesdale grazing. I have to say it is incredibly soothing to watch those horses, run, eat and play all day long. It makes you wonder sometimes who has a better understanding of life, us or them?
I know for me, I spent a lot of time angry today about losing my mom. I think of how many horribly unhealthy, drinking, smoking, fat older woman I see scarfing down a footlong sub from subway, and it just makes me cringe. My mom was always healthy. She always exercised, watched what she ate, and was always making a conscious effort in improving herself, physically and mentally. I know it is wrong of me to pass judgment on these woman, but sometimes I just can’t help it. How dare they still be here, and my mom not!
And then I see the horses. They’re not angry, bitter, mad, or sad. I know most people will say, they’re too stupid to feel that way. Are they? Maybe they just get it. Maybe they understand the cycle, the natural way of life better than we do. So they don’t get mad when someone dies, they don’t crumble in mourning…they just continue on with the cycle of life. Despite all our intelligence, I have to think sometimes we could learn a lot from animals. Animals are in tune with the cycle of nature, they deal with death everyday, and they seem to really understand how life works. Humans seem to muddy things up with emotions, intellect, and egos. Now don’t get me wrong, emotions are wonderful things, and denying yourself them is to deny the feeling of life. But don’t forget, we’re all here together, part of a cycle, and there’s no sense in not getting out and enjoying a day grazing in the fields.
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Dan, this is Heather, from Cup o’ Joe in GV. Firstly, I thank you for inviting me to your personal thoughts. I’ve taken in much of what I’ve read for my own growth. (I’m always in search of growth….) You have truly fed me. So, thank you.Secondly, horses do feel when a stall-buddy dies. Hence the need even for stall-buddy. Horses get lonely, become attached to stall-mates, and mourn and mope from depression when they leave. They do spend days unhappy, looking and waiting for their buddy to reappear. I am reminded of “Tuesdays with Morrie,” the book that will be handed out whenever I die, one of my favorite books because of the messages I find every time I open the book. Morrie gives himself 5 minutes each morning to mourn his condition, and then moves on to live a full life and rejoice in each moment. So, it’s all about balance. But then again, I believe the meaning of life is balance (and relationships, but that doesn’t support this particular reply). Balancing acknowledging and honoring our emotions with moving on and through those to live fully.It sounds as though you are truly trying to balance these opposing feelings. I commend you, and amd learning from you, and again thank you.Shalom, my friend.


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Check-in technology at Parkview Church keeps kids safe and integrates well with management software.
Over the years, technology has been introduced to churches to manage membership, financial data, volunteers and pretty much every other aspect of church life. Now, with security becoming an increasing concern in our society, software solutions are evolving for churches with children in mind as well.
Nestled in the quaint college town of Iowa City, IA, Parkview Church’s history can be traced back to the 1930s. Today, with a regular congregation of about 2,800, the church continues to serve its members in a multitude of ways.
As Parkview has grown, the number of families that attend the church has also increased. With the growth in children came new challenges to keeping them safe while attending Sunday school, youth classes or other youth-related activities.
The church staff spent many hours looking for top-notch security programs for churches and found that with church software, it’s often best to use a product that integrates with a church’s membership management software. The church settled on Church Community Builder to fulfill its needs.
The program is a socially-driven solution that offers everything from membership management and event calendaring to small-group communications, online giving and child check-in functionality.
Lary says in order to make the transition easier, Parkview implemented mobile kiosk stations, which can simply roll wherever they need to go. “In order to save money, we obtained used and refurbished laptops and printers, and have them in rolling kiosk stations,” she says.
In order to keep children safe, Parkview uses an alphanumeric security code. Parents have to show their badge in order to check out their child. Another aspect is keeping the security fresh. A new code is entered on each badge every week so that if someone finds a badge in the trash or on the ground, the code wouldn’t be good for the following week.
By implementing new technology and state-of-the-art software, Parkview has taken a huge step in setting up security measures to make sure all kids are safe.


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Telegraph Media Group is hiring Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android developer advocate Mike Jennings away to lead its mobile engineering team – one of two appointments as the news publisher beefs up its wireless commitment. Canadian-born Jennings had been with Google since 2006, first as a software engineer, then traveling around Europe to help developers understand the new platform, including giving Android its first demo on European turf.
He will work for Maani Safa, who, after setting up Telegraph Labs, is also being promoted to head of mobile. The paper now has a mobile web version and launched an Android app in October.

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Is there one rule for criticising Christianity and another for Islam?
When rugby player Israel Folau posted on Instagram in April that, in line with his Christian beliefs, gays who don’t repent are going to hell, he was widely pilloried. It was never clear from the ensuing media storm whether the defenders of gay rights thought Folau simply shouldn’t have said such things in public or whether he shouldn’t believe them in private either. Criticisms of his post included that he risked sparking suicidal feelings among young gays.
Yet, when Lauren Southern set up a stall in a public square in Britain in February with posters declaring: “Allah is gay, Allah is trans, Allah is lesbian…” to draw attention to Islam’s negative attitudes to the LGBT community, she was the one who was pilloried, especially by the political left. Her stall was shut down by the police because the constabulary feared violence might erupt. No word, then, about how Islam’s attitudes to gays might drive some of them to suicide.
Later, Southern was denied entry to Britain on the grounds that she had distributed “racist material” in Luton — even though Islam is not a race and she was targeting religious beliefs, not individuals.
The fact she had been barred from entering Britain on account of her street theatre in Luton has been repeatedly cited in the free-speech debate engulfing New Zealand as a reason for also denying her entry here, or at least a council-owned platform to speak from, with her actions invariably described as having been racist.
Southern may indeed have racist views but it’s hard to see how her stall in Luton was an example of them. Perhaps the word “racist” is used because it is powerful in a way that “anti-religion” is not. Describing Southern as “a fierce critic of aspects of Islam” sounds eminently reasonable — perhaps even laudably brave — while “racist” is a comprehensive slur.
It is very hard to reconcile the reactions to these events — Folau’s post and Southern’s stunt — in any satisfactory way. We might conclude that it is simply a case of one rule for criticising Muslims and another for criticising Christianity — which, as it happens, was the point Southern was trying to make in Luton in what she described as a “social experiment”. She had observed that it seemed acceptable to ask if Jesus Christ was gay (as an article in Vice had done recently) but not Allah. So she set out to test her hypothesis — and was quickly proved right.
There is another possible underlying commonality in both instances, of course — that no one wants attention drawn to the fact that most religions have views that would be condemned in many non-religious settings as bigoted. Following this interpretation of events, Folau’s fundamental error was to state in public a tenet of his religion — that homosexual acts are sinful and deserving of eternal punishment.
His post wasn’t motivated apparently by personal animosity but simply, he said, as a “loving” warning after he was asked what fate was reserved for gays in God’s plan. Many thought he should have just kept quiet about it.
No one wants to know what ugly viewpoints are festering in churches and religious groups up and down the country because a stand might have to be taken against them. And that becomes problematic because freedom of religion is as fundamental a right as freedom of speech.
Consequently, there is a vicious reaction when anyone breaks that tacit understanding, whether it’s a rugby player like Folau or a provocateur like Southern.
Like Folau bringing attention to Christian doctrine, Southern got into trouble by drawing public attention to the fact that Islamic teaching is mostly hostile to gays.
The problem is illustrated in various other domains, including in the debate about legalising assisted dying, where there is a tacit agreement that religion mostly won’t be mentioned. In public hearings before the Justice select committee, groups representing the Catholic church have couched their objections in entirely secular terms — citing danger to the vulnerable and the disabled, for instance — but rarely if ever expressing the church’s belief that only God is entitled to give life or take it away, which is the bedrock of their opposition.
None of the MPs on the panel ask submitters how much their religious beliefs have determined their views or whether any amount of evidence from jurisdictions where assisted dying is legal would make them change their minds if it was shown to be safe (as it has been repeatedly). Instead, the debate continues with a parade of quasi-religious organisations stating their opposition in secular terms without the slightest acknowledgment from anyone that there is an elephant in the room called religion.
Hanson had obviously broken the code that dictates religion can operate covertly in opposing human rights issues such as assisted dying but that it is considered highly inappropriate to point it out. It’s a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
Lauren Southern also apparently broke that accord in Luton, with regard to gay rights and Islam. So, instead of being hailed as having publicly exposed the hostile views Islam holds towards gays and its intolerance to criticism, she was vilified and barred from entering the UK.
Insult or criticism? And does it matter which? New Zealand is a secular state and — alongside the right of the religious to believe what they wish — we have wide latitude to insult or criticise them. We have done that for decades with respect to Christianity — from screenings of Monty Python’s The Life of Brian to the Virgin in a Condom artwork at Te Papa, despite protests agitating to have them banned.
Religious beliefs deserve no more protection from criticism, insult or mocking than any set of beliefs, whether political, scientific or any other kind. Islam is not a special case, despite its attempts to make it one. Southern was brave enough to point that out.
And it is deeply ironic that at a time when the Labour-led government is planning to remove blasphemous libel from the Crimes Act, Hazim Arafeh and many on the left want to effectively reinstitute a de facto version of the same law by deeming criticism and mocking of religion to be unacceptable, often under the wide umbrella of “hate speech”.
It will be interesting to see what submissions are made when the bill comes before a select committee. When Labour MP Chris Hipkins introduced an amendment to remove the anti-blasphemy law in 2017, the National Party and the Maori Party voted against the move.


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Family of three (19yr old daughter, father, mother) will be going to France in May for 10 days (2 days are travel days). We will be flying into CDG and are considering renting a car at the airport (would the trains be better?) and driving into Normandy for 4 days then returning to Paris for 4 days. I need some help in finding a home base in Normandy from where we will visit D-day beaches, Honfleur, Rouen, and Mont St Michel. I'm not sure what will be the best place to stay. Also need suggestions for hotels. On the way back to Paris we are thinking about visiting Versailles then going into Paris. Should we drop the rental off somewhere other than in Paris? I'm not happy about driving into Paris itself after all I've read about the insane driving. While in Paris we need to find a reasonable hotel with triple room. I would like to pay no more than $150 USD if at all possible. Clean, quaint, quiet, non-smoking, friendly staff, and near reasonably priced cafes and boulangeries preferable. Am I asking for too much? Finally getting to visit after 30 years of wanting and waiting! Any help is appreciated.
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If you're really concerned about driving into or out of Paris, I'd go from the airport into Paris and then take the train to Rouen and pick up a car there (after a visit of a couple of hours or so - it's a great town). Or you could take the train to Caen.
For a base in Normandy, I'd suggest Bayeux. There are plenty of good hotels there, it was pretty much spared the bombings in WWII so it's retained much of its original character, it's a charming easy-to-get-around town, and it's very accessible to the WWII sites. We stayed at the Chateau de la Bellefontaine there a few years back and loved it, though there are plenty of other good hotel choices.
In Paris I often stay at the Hôtel de France on the Blvd. de la Tour Maubourg. It's not fancy, but a room is within your budget and has triple rooms, the staff are very pleasant, it's in the 7th, which is a nice residential/commercial neighborhood with plenty of cafés and restaurants nearby, and it's clean and comfortable.
If you're planning to visit Versailles on the way back into Paris, just drop the car off in Versailles and take the RER into town.
I want to add that most Novotels and Mercures (same company) in France have rooms that can sleep 4. The two extra beds stacked up together as a sofa when not in used.
They may charge about 10 EUR more per adult, but sometimes not. Children get to stay for free, though probably not a 19-year old.
Strongly urge you NOT to try getting a car at CDG and driving out unless you are VERY experienced driving in France. It is terrible, very poorly signposted and in seasonal traffic can take 2 hours just to get to the motorway headed to Normandy. Very easy to RER train into Paris and connect as already suggested to Caen, a major town wehre you can arrange a car. Caen is better placed than Rouen for the type of visits you seek. Also, consider Deauville, fabulous victoriana seaside town, overrun in summer but should be fine in May. I lived there for a year, it is magical adn very good access to all you wish to see. Bon voyage!
Another note Mont St Michel is on Normandy Brittany border (in dispute!) and is a fair drive from the other items you want to see. Research carefully to catch the tides (it is an island linked to mainland by a causeway) and maybe do this first before you are too tired.
We left CDG on a Sunday morning, labor day weekend in September. There's no traffic around Paris towards Normandy, and the road signs are pretty clear to me. But having a Michelin atlas and looking up directions on viamichelin.com beforehand also helped.
One more thing. With 4 extra days in Paris, you can do Versailles from there during those days. Just go straight to your hotel in Paris after your roadtrip.
My experience was different. We rented a car at CDG, left the airport without trouble, and 1 1/2 hours later were at our hotel in Les Andelys, Normandy. Rouen was about another hour on. We stayed there for a night, then continued on for another night in Honfleur. Driving in Rouen was not fun, but the city is well worth a day. If you decide to go, you might want to park near the river as the driving gets difficult in the center.
In Honfleur we stayed in a triple at Le Cheval Blanc, which was about 220€. It's on the harbor. We moved so often because we couldn't find one one central location for this area.
However, Bayeux makes a good base for both MSM and D-Day. On a day trip to Mont St Michel (about 90 minutes away), you could also visit the outstanding castle at Fougeres.
The D-Day beaches are minutes away from Bayeux, but make time to see the town itself. Viewing the Bayeux tapestry was one of the high points of our trip. We stayed at the Hotel D'Argouges, which again I think was roughly in your budget. Nice smaller hotel about a ten minute walk from the cathedral and the heart of the restaurant district -- easy parking on the premises.
We did the exact same trip a few years back and rented an auto at CDG and drove to Bayeux. It is just a few miles from the beach and you can drive to Mont St Michel for the day. It is not a hard drive to Caun and then its just a few more miles to Bayeux. It's all turnpikes so be prepared to pay every few miles. When we returned to Paris we drove back to the airport and then took the Rossey bus (may have spelled that wrong)into Paris. We also stay at the Hotel de France when we are in Paris so I would recommend it.
The only problem we had was after a long flight and then driving we were very tired.
Would I do it again, yes. But I would not be opposed to taking the train to Bayeux.
If you need any more help I may be able to give you some suggestions.
Its a great trip and a great time to go.
We had no trouble renting a car at CDG and driving into Paris, 5 yrs ago, but then it was mid-august so everyone was gone and they don't give out parking tickets in August in Paris. My husband loved driving around Paris and I navigated (no not that right the other right!). It wasn't bad on the freeways at all. Then we drove out to the D-Day beaches as we have family out near St. Laurent. If I were you I'd stay in Bayeux. The tapestry IS amazing. There is a nice farmers' market, and a small lace museum. A very nice small city(?). The American cemetary is very impressive. and touching. The huge tableau of the 2 WWII theaters is an amazing piece of art. Point du Hoc is also quite impressive. The bomb craters are still there. If you are American, as I am, and have little concrete connection to today's war or previous wars, in my opinion it is good to see those concrete manifestations that the rest of the world is more directly connected to. The area was also saw much activity in the 100 years war. On another note, there is also a nice small wetlands park called Les Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin (or something like that). We really enjoyed driving round on the back roads and walking alon the beaches. Good cheese, good calvados (stop at a local farm with a sign). Good sea food. Have a wonderful time.
Last year in early June, we rented a car from Europcar at CDG and drove to Giverny to spend the night since it wasn't much of a drive. It was very easy to exit CDG and the French roads were very easy to navigate with excellent signage. Of course you need a good map. We drove around Normandy, Brittany and the Loire Valley for almost 2 weeks and thoroughly enjoyed it. So much so that we plan on driving around the south of France in late May.
As for returning the car, we returned it to CDG and took a cab for 40 euros into Paris for a few days.
is it worth driving from Paris to Normandy/Mont St Michel if we can only spend 24 hours there? Thanks!
To answer the last question--no, I don't think that is worth it. You can do a one day bus tour of Normandy from Paris.
As for driving from CDG, it is not difficult--you are on the northern edge of Paris anyway when headed for NOrmandy.
A possibility of returning the car is to make a trip to Chartres or Versailles and turn in the car there and train in (will be a little expensive for 3), or turn the car in at Orly and taxi to your hotel. The return at Orly is quite straightforward--drive into the parking structure that houses the rental car agencies, park, get a trolley for baggage and walk across the street to the taxi queue. About a 25E taxi ride to Paris.
Do the rental companies (AutoEurope) allow you to pickup in CDG and return to Orly? Without an additional fee?
You can drop off anywhere in France without extra fees.
But there's extra charge renting from CDG, in my experience.
Two summers ago, we basically did a rendition of your trip...We picked up a car at CDG, drove and spent the night in Honfleur. After a day there exploring, and a lunch in Deauville, we drove to the Caen museum. We spent 2 or 3 nights in Bayeux, took a WWII tour with Roel Klinkhammer. He was very informative. Then we spent one last night at Mont. St. Michel. We later returned to Paris, but you obviously could return at this point, dropping off your car at Versailles, and taking a train into town.
We picked up at CDG and dropped off at Orly, I think at Gretchen's suggestion. (If so, thanks.) Only problem was a traffic jam approaching Paris, but it was during a notoriously busy weekend in August.
Regarding the dropoff charges. When we were renting that time--pickup at CDG and dropoff at Orly--the total charge was less than if we had dropped at Chartres or other combos I tried. There is some sort of surcharge for CDG, but on the whole, it seems to work out. Train fare, etc.--all need to be considered.

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Jennie Jones is at the bar!
Our guest in the Calypso Bar this week is champagne lover, Welshwoman-turned-Westralian, and author of the wonderful new romance, “The House on Burra Burra Lane,” Jennie Jones. Jennie, welcome to the Calypso Bar!
Just ten days after her fresh start in the isolated Snowy Mountains, Samantha Walker trips over a three hundred pound pig and lands in the arms of Dr. Ethan Granger — and the firing line for gossip. It was hardly a ‘date’ but sparks of the sensual kind are difficult to smother in a community of only 87 people. Now there’s a bet running on how long she’ll stay and what she’ll get up to while she’s in town.
Ethan has his own issues — Sammy’s presence in his childhood home brings with it painful recollections of family scandals and a bad boy youth. When the gossip around them heightens, his life is suddenly a deck of cards spread on the table for all to see. Then Sammy’s past catches up with her… and it looks like all bets are off.
Leaving your idyllic rural setting for a while, let’s talk about your desert island essentials. What book could you not bear to be without?
Merriam-Webster’s Thesaurus – although it would be redundant if I didn’t have a computer on the desert-island to write a new story because I have terrible handwriting. But just think – I’d be rescued one day and the heroic helicopter pilots or seafaring navy seal type guys would be astounded at my knowledge of synonyms, idioms and antonyms. (How to be Rescued by a Hot Guy by Using the Right Words).
Hmm. Workaholic much? You’re on a desert island: relax! But it’s good news for your readers, anyway! I’m loving the thought of your rescue heroes. Does that mean your essential desert island companions aren’t hunky heroes? Who would you like to be stranded with?
Something for everybody in that party! Kate Hepburn is one of my all-time favourite role models. What would you all be drinking, do you think?
Champagne’s never boring! Throw in a strawberry? We can do that! And given our elegant island company, why not an equally elegant champagne punch? This one even has a nod to a pina colada!
Pour all your liquid ingredients in a punch bowl and decorate with sliced fresh pineapple and orange and plenty of fresh mint. And don’t forget those crushed fresh strawberries!
Now, what’s on your desert island playlist?
Gracie, are you sure you want me on your desert-island? I’d pick the original West End cast version of Les Miserables (although HJ – Hugh Jackman – did a stellar job in the movie), a selection of forties, fifties and eighties songs, and just so I could cry myself to sleep if feeling lost and unloved (when not at the Calypso bar with Gracie), I’d watch Lara Fabian sing Caruso live on YouTube. She has the most extraordinary range in her voice and her interpretation of words is exquisite. She is the best – alongside Barbara Streisand and Judy Garland – check out those two singing Happy Days /Forget Your Troubles on YouTube – I get goose bumps every time I listen. Every time.
Les Mis, Streisand, Garland… I think we’d make perfect desert island companions, Jennie! Now, where can we find you and your book when you’re not hanging out in the Calypso Bar?
I have my author website, and my Facebook page. And you can find buying links for The House on Burra Burra Lane here.
Trust you to beat me to the Bar, JJ.
Hooray! Great to find you in the bar Jennie Jones! But please forgive me if I won’t really be bopping out to your music!

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Scouting began in Great Britain with the first scout camp held in 1907 by Lord Baden-Powell. Baden-Powell had written a book for boys about scouting and reconnaissance based upon his army experiences in India. He saw the benefits of scouting as a means to build character in young boys. The scouting movement was launched.
It didn’t take long for scouting to reach the shores of the United States. Boy Scouts of America (BSA) 1 of Wichita Falls was formed in short order in 1913. The goal of scouting has been a priority since the beginning. The scout movement supports young people “in their physical, mental, and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society” (“Scouting”, Oct. 2015, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouting).
One way scouting encourages youth to try their hands at different activities is their scouting badges. Badges are given to participants to recognize their achievements in specific areas. The remainder of this article will be a look at the badges now available for scouts to work towards. Each badge takes a commitment. They are worn with pride when received.
There are more than 80 badges available for Scouts to work towards. In this article and others to follow, badges will be described to provide the reader with an idea of the skills and commitment it takes to be awarded each badge.
To encourage Scouts to be safe on water and to enjoy water and marine environments. Badges are awarded for completing one activity and 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 35 and 50 sessions. Some of the activities deemed appropriate are sailing, canoeing, and kayaking.
To obtain this badge, the Scout must identify and organize a fundraising initiative that focuses on promoting Scouting nationally. Or the fundraising provides funds for the needs of the Scout troop such as new equipment or building repairs. Alternative fundraising can be carried out for another recognized charity.
Included in obtaining this badge is the requirement to present a plan to the Scouting organization. There must also be an exit report detailing ideas learned with full details of the activities completed for the money raised.
When I went through Scouts, no one had even dreamed of Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Now there is a badge that focuses on caching GPS to others. This, in a small way, is a good example of how Scouting has adapted to stay relevant. Yet they still maintain the values that have made Scouting such an important part of millions of lives over the past 108 years.
• Walk on a compass bearing, using the GPS and a map.
• Plan a route using an Ordnance Survey map for a distance of a minimum of 2.5 miles. A minimum of 10 waypoints and completion of the route using the GPS waypoints must be included.
• Sign up to a geocaching website.
• Exhibit your knowledge of caching by submitting a minimum of two caches to the caching website so Scouts can find the caches.
• Demonstrate your understanding of safe and environmental practices relating to geocaching.
• Find a minimum of five geocaches using GPS. At least 3 of the caches must be “multi-caches” with a minimum of two waypoints.
• Build a pioneering model to scale.
• Take the lead in building an outdoor pioneering project. Examples are: an hourglass tower or an aerial runway.
• 10 knots, bends or hitches.
• The use of simple block and tackle.
• Taking an interest and participating in naturalist activities, such as birding.
• Share skills with others and record the natural world around a group of young people.
• Investigate the impacts of human activity on our environment such as deforestation, pollution, and high intensity farming.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of natural history by knowing the names of local animals and plants.
• Know how to prevent heat stroke, dehydration, and hypothermia.
• Show that you can build a fire using different techniques.
• Demonstrate the use of international distress signals using a whistle, mirror, and flashlight.
• Describe actions required to prepare for not being found for a period of time as well as how to keep safe until you are found.
• Be able to identify edible plants and understand the risks associated with eating non-edible plants.
• Prepare a meal cooked over an open fire.
• Make a survival item that you would most likely require when lost.
• Demonstrate how to filter and purify water.
• Demonstrate being able to find direction during the day and at night without a compass.
• With two other Scouts, take part in a minimum two-day survival exercise. Construct a shelter, cook all meals over an open fire, and cook without utensils or aluminum.
That wraps up the new badges for 2015 for Scouting. There are at least 70 other badges to cover in these next few articles. All badges are designed to ensure a standard of skill in a particular area for the Scouting community. All the activities for earning badges have one goal. The Scout member must “Be Prepared” for many eventualities by building strength of character in every person who passes through the Scouting door.


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(1) After a number of recent battles, in which quite a few hundred people have been slaughtered, the sensitive politician might want to avoid the use of bellicose imagery.(2) For eight years the policy of containment has worked and despite the bellicose rhetoric being bandied about last week, it will probably continue.(3) At the time, the government was very bellicose about a military campaign.(4) I sometimes ask people the question: what do you do when you serve a bellicose president who wants to go to war?(5) The bellicose atmosphere in both cities cannot be ignored: stances are being hardened and war seems more or less inevitable.(6) The Presidents's bellicose posture arose from weakness, not strength.(7) I've known many fighters, and most of them tend to be rather bellicose .(8) Heritage-rich nations and tribal groups alike sound bellicose in defence of heritage whose attrition they are impotent to prevent.(9) The Presidents's language has certainly reflected this - as the days have gone by, his speeches have become more and more bellicose .(10) But other less bellicose , parallel approaches should still be considered.(11) It was a particularly bellicose speech, and living in occupied West Berlin, within a mile of the Wall, it had a particularly scary resonance.(12) And people in charge of both governments have become more bellicose by the day.(13) When reason is abdicated and replaced by the bellicose creeds of opposing religions, peace is impossible.(14) Yet it is also a fact that the Administration has quietly backed down from a number of its most bellicose threats.(15) In contrast, moderate voices are rarely heard and often relentlessly overruled by barrages of bellicose opinions.(16) By game time, fans were a bellicose , red-faced, shouting mob.
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text: Ride from Ipswich MA to Topsfield, a charming New England village. A private driveway is used to connect Pineswamp and Topsfield Roads, then continue along beautiful Perkins Row takes you through the Ipswich River Sanctuary before arriving in Topsfield. The long route adds a loop through parts of Ipswich and Boxford west of Rt. 1. Both loops return through Bradley Palmer State Park to Ipswich. You may wish to stop at Foote Brothers Canoes to enjoy an hour or two of self-guided canoeing or kayaking on the Ipswich River. From Topsfield, you can add on the Topsfield-Danvers Rail Trail passing through the Great Wenham Swamp. Note: Pineswamp Rd. in Ipswich connects with Topsfield Road by use of a private driveway. The alternative is to take Topsfield Rd. from Ipswich to Topsfield.


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Justification for Self-Care - Mindful Teacher. Mindful Students.
"Practicing loving kindness meditation is like digging deep into the ground until we reach the purest water. We look deeply into ourselves until insight arises and our love flows to the surface. Joy and happiness radiate from our eyes, and everyone around us benefits from our smile and our presence. If we take good care of ourselves, we help everyone. We stop being a source of suffering to the world, and we become a reservoir of joy and freshness. Here and there are people who know how to take good care of themselves, who live joyfully and happily. They are our strongest support. Whatever they do, they do for everyone."
Sometimes I am this kind of person. On days where I walk down the street (or down the halls of my school) and look each person I pass in the eyes and smile with my heart, I know I am in the flow of things. I'm not rushing. I'm in the present moment. I'm there. Ready to listen. Not caught up in my own to-do list, thought process or story. It is so much easier to be this kind of person right now, in the summertime, when I'm not working and my to-do list is much shorter. There is vastly more space in my days and much less stress. I'm savoring each slow day. I don't even need mindfulness practices so much right now.
About two weeks before I have to go back to work, I typically start to feel anxious about returning to the grind, having my kids back in school and getting back on the hamster wheel. But each year, as I study mindfulness and work on myself, I get a little better at the job of taking care of myself, so I expect to do even better with staying present and mindful during the school year. This summer, when August approaches, I aspire to transmute this anxiety through exercise, time in nature, quiet time, and quality time with my family.
Please comment if something in this post resonates with you and take good care of yourself today!


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In this week's Risk & Repeat podcast, SearchSecurity editors discuss the Efail vulnerabilities in PGP and S/Mime protocols, as well as the rocky disclosure process for the flaws.
The unveiling of the Efail flaws in encryption client software led to spirited debates about the rocky disclosure of the vulnerabilities and who, ultimately, was responsible for them.
The vulnerabilities, which were discovered by a team of academic researchers in Germany and Belgium, affect some client software that implements two popular protocols for email encryption in Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) and Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/Mime). The Efail flaws could allow threat actors to obtain the plaintext of messages encrypted with the affected client software.
The researchers' technical paper pointed to faulty email clients rather than the protocols themselves, which sparked a debate about who was responsible for the Efail flaws. While some infosec experts argued the developers were on the hook, others such as Matthew Green, professor at Johns Hopkins University's Information Security Institute, criticized organizations like GnuPG for not taking a more active role in addressing the problem. Additionally, a broken embargo for the branded vulnerabilities led to questions and concerns about coordinated disclosure processes.
Was there an overreaction to Efail? Who takes the majority of the blame for these vulnerabilities? Did the Efail disclosure actually fail? SearchSecurity editors Rob Wright and Peter Loshin discuss these questions and more in this episode of the Risk & Repeat podcast.
Who should take most of the blame for the Efail vulnerabilities?
To highlight the root of the problem, consider a closed system end to end secure mail provider with an OpenPGP standard compliant backend. Because they have complete control, they can easily see and coordinate every step of the mail sending and receiving process. Every sender and every sender is using their system. I doubt any such closed system had any problems with EFAIL. "Proton Mail" is one such system, and they are safe. On the other hand, that only helps those who use that particular closed system - e.g. it does not allow secure OpenPGP communication between a Proton Mail user and and someone outside that system. The Proton Mail website indicates they use a different method - a dropbox with a one time password, to pass messages from Proton users to outside the system.
Now consider the the case of non-closed OpenPGP mail systems. The target is different - communication between any two parties regardless of the flavor/version of the OpenPGP based mail system. The reward is higher (wider communication) but the difficulty/costs is higher (ensuring compatibility between all those different flavors/versions).
It so happens that the OpenPGP standard has required since at least 2003 every message to use an MDC (modification detection code), but there are multiple flavors of that code. The OpenPGP standard is quite flexible about algorithm flavors - that is necessary for a standard that has to meet many different needs.
Because of this difference in MDC format many systems silently dropped support for checking the code. That was the failure exploited by EFAIL. That failure was also a design choice made to maximize accessibility and development speed. That same choice was repeated many times over in many different flavors of mail clients - so in that sense it was predictable behavior in an distributed ecosystem without a central overseer.
Closed mail systems don't exactly compete with non-closed mail systems because their users have different needs. More likely, drop box and other non-mail forms of delivery are the fallback.
One idea for the future of open protocol standards and open software would be open accreditation to accompany the standards / software. Mailers would be obliged to pass various practical tests to get the accreditation. E.g., after a fresh default install, does it follow the complete standard protocol; does it warn every time if a required safety check (like MDC) is not met. The accreditation board should publish compliance records so that users choose safe mailers. That's not an extreme goal if it's considered as an essential component of open standards and software.
Something which is NOT a solution is obscure hard fails. An example would be designing the GnuPG module to hold all encrypted data in module memory before release and blow up if there was a problem with the MDC. Bad software design is not a substitute for good organization design.


text: With Eye Splice on one end, fabricated with Extraction Component on other. Developed together by Columbian Rope and U.S. Army Engineers creating the military standard MIL-F-44422, Dec 1990. The “Original Fast Rope” system affords a unique method to extract multiple personnel efficiently and safely from normally inaccessible or difficult situations. Used for both infiltration and extraction of personnel quickly without time loss. Two men per standard extraction loop.