This month, we had the privilege to speak with Susan Wisehart, M.S., LMFT. Susan is a holistic psychotherapist and author of the book, Soul Visioning: Clear the Past, Create Your Future. She has trained with psychiatrist Brian Weiss, M.D. and with Jungian analyst, Roger Woolger Ph.D. She also is a professional speaker and presenter and will be giving her Soul Visioning workshop along with her husband, David Birr at the Theosophical Society in Wheaton, IL, on Feb. 21 and 23, 2019.
This following is only a short excerpt of our conversation with Susan. Subscribe to the Conscious Community Podcast on your preferred podcatcher to hear the entire conversation. Visit www.SusanWisehart.com for more information on this workshop, scheduling a session with Susan or learn about her book.
Janae: Carl Jung is famous for saying, "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." It seems to me (from your book) that you try to help people find these unconscious blocks that have been making decisions for them. One of the first tools you mentioned was learning to trust your intuition. Do you have any advice for people who are trying to learn how to trust their intuition?
Susan: That's definitely true. There's a lot of myths of programming that leads us to disbelieve or mistrust intuition. Ninety-five percent of the mind is unconscious. One of the reasons that I wrote the book, Soul Visioning, is that I saw that a lot of the manifestation models show the power of the mind to manifest and create your life, but there were some things that were missing. One of them was what part of the mind is doing the manifesting—what part of the mind is in charge. If it's not the soul, then the ego can manifest all kinds of things but not necessarily happiness or peace of mind. The second thing that the models were missing is that they do not address the unconscious mind, those programs that are running in the background and hold us back. The language of the soul is the intuition. The more we clear the baggage, the more we remove the blocks to our soul, the more we are in touch with our inner GPS. In my book, I have methods to identify what these sabotaging beliefs are and ways to release them. The clearer we are, the more our personality is aligned with our soul, the more in touch we are with our intuition.
JJ: Yes! I think the first step is learning to love yourself and finding selfless self-love. Do you have any advice for tapping into that part of ourselves?
SW: Our true nature is love. Our true self is our soul. We are each a spark of the Divine. As we become more aware of our patterns and programs that have affected our sense of ourselves and blocked that sense of self; the more we are aware and conscious of these patterns, the more we can clear the blocks to love, because that is our true nature. I do past-life regressions with people to help identify what some of those limiting beliefs and patterns are; hypnotherapy helps to get to the root of that. I think self-awareness is what helps us to understand what's holding us back. When those are cleared and the sabotaging parts are set aside what's left is our essence, that sense of connection to the Divine within us.
Spencer: I think sometimes people misunderstand manifestation psychology and think all you need to do is think positive thoughts. The way I look at it is if you're beating yourself up, you don't love yourself, you don't believe in yourself and you don't have confidence, then you won't get the things in life you want to get. Once you get the point of self-acceptance and self-love and find your purpose, you have to do the physical steps to reach those goals too.
SW: Yeah, like magical thinking, if I say the affirmations and think positive thoughts and do those kinds of things it's magically going to show up, and that's not necessarily the case. If you are in touch with your soul's guidance, with your intuition guiding you, it will guide you to the steps you need to take. Then you have to follow your soul's guidance and direction. You can't think, it's going to magically show up without me doing anything, so I think that's absolutely correct.
JJ: It seems like sometimes people will have an experience during therapy or a spiritual or meditative experience and think they can skip doing all of the shadow work, but that doesn't seem to be true. Can you tell us how you incorporate that into practice?
SW: I think you raised a really good point. I've noticed that some New Age thought systems skip steps, focusing on the positive, and sweeping the disowned parts of ourselves under the rug and not really owning those parts. The problem with that is that it affects us unconsciously; it comes through whether we are aware of it or not. If we're willing to look at the parts of ourselves we don't like that are hidden and buried, and we do that with compassion, it helps us to be fully authentic and present and to reconnect. Sugarcoating it is like putting deodorant on a garbage pile; eventually the stench is going to come through. A lot of people are afraid to look at their shadow, and feel ashamed of it, but we have to have compassion for ourselves.
JJ: Absolutely! I think what you are getting at is the first step to self-love is loving all the parts of yourself.
SW: Yes. The more you have compassion for disowned parts of yourself, the more compassion you can have for others and their shadow parts.


If you're a senior considering downsizing, then you're about to embark on an adventure. Though it can be an emotionally difficult stage of life, it can be equally as rewarding. There's sadness when leaving certain memories and items behind, but transitioning to a smaller home and simpler life also will provide a sense of freedom. And the best part about it? You don't have to do it alone. Here are some tips for downsizing your way to a new chapter.
If you're downsizing in space, you'll need to downsize your belongings, which can be daunting, overwhelming and exhausting just to think about. Dependent on how much time you have, you may start the decluttering process long before you're ready to move. It should be a daily habit, whereby you sift through items and decide what to keep, toss, or sell/give away. You'll need to set criteria for yourself as to how to determine what you're keeping or not, such as: Does it have sentimental value? Does it work? Have you used it in the last year? And do you have space for it? Some items may be harder than others to part with, even though you won't have the space and you don't use it. For the items you're unsure about, give yourself some time and if it's still a struggle perhaps consider hiring a neutral organizer to help you. This process doesn't need to be sad, but rather the goal is to look at the new chapter as a freeing adventure.
At a certain point, you may have thought you found your forever home, but now your four-bedroom, two-bath home may be just a touch too large for you. Moving is difficult at any age, but leaving many years of memories can be especially challenging.
Before searching around for homes, you should assess what you're looking for out of a move. Perhaps you want to move to warmer weather or live closer to family. Maybe you're looking to downsize and use the profit towards your retirement, or you may be looking to think ahead and avoid stairs or long commutes. Whatever the reasoning behind your move, you need to focus on that reason and determine the best location based off of your current and future needs. When choosing the location, always keep in mind the big picture.
You may not need to go any further than your hometown to find exactly what you want. Start by doing some research. Since you may not want to drive everywhere in the future and desire to have walking access to parks, stores, and restaurants, narrow down the locations that have more access to the things you need and enjoy, and start your search in that area. Hiring realtors and using online search databases can give you a good idea of what options are available in your price range. Some seniors have considered building the growingly popular tiny home, for a customizable, cost-effective space that suits their needs.
Downsizing does not have to be a stressful experience. From the very beginning of the process, you don't need to do it alone. While decluttering, you can hire a moving manager to help you go through your belongings and decide what to keep and what to toss. Moving managers can help you keep things in perspective, deter you from getting a storage unit, and help you sell what you decide not to keep.
Realtors can help you navigate the real estate waters. They will help you find homes in the right areas and in your price range, ruling out the duds and saving you the time of looking. Also, include your family and friends because they can be valuable sources of encouragement and assistance.
Downsizing can be done methodically by decluttering daily and deciding early on your goals to avoid the tedious pressures that can pop up. Assistance is available every step of the way. The change you're about to make will leave memories in the past, but the rewards far outweigh holding on to material possessions and old comforts.


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Why Would You Choose Cosmetic Surgery?
There are lots of people that are dissatisfied about their bodies nowadays. In reality, this is not very weird. The media is bombarding us each and every day with photos of perfectly photoshopped guys and also ladies as well as is pressuring us right into thinking that we should look the same way.
In truth certainly, nobody is ideal. Nevertheless, that being claimed, there are still several instances where cosmetic surgery could in fact be an advantage. One instance would certainly be cosmetic surgery in case of a cancer individual that has lost among her busts. Another instance would certainly be a lady who is suffering so much from her marks, that her self-confidence degrees are so reduced that she has difficulty leaving her home everyday.
In such situations, patients are significantly limited in their lives as well as cosmetic surgery could be the remedy to their troubles. Naturally, it stands to reason that cosmetic surgery is not the end-all be-all of options for them. Psychological therapy may likewise be necessary in order for them to live normal lives. Nonetheless, there are great reasons for cosmetic surgery to exist.
It should be claimed that cosmetic surgery offers several benefits yet likewise lots of dangers. Clients ought to constantly recognize the full range of the threats entailed, to make sure that they can make an educated decision on whether to select cosmetic surgery. Their doctor must prepare them for every little thing or anything that could go incorrect.
Indeed, if you are taking into consideration cosmetic surgery yourself, you need to make sure that you choose a specialized cosmetic surgeon. It is of utmost relevance for your results, to pick a cosmetic surgeon you depend on and that is qualified of providing the outcomes you have in mind.
The initial step in discovering a cosmetic surgeon, is by inquiring about friends, household as well as colleagues for references. Chances are that a person in your instant surroundings has utilized a cosmetic surgeon. If so, he or she can provide you an individual account of their encounter, which will help you make the best choice.
Obviously, it is equally as feasible that you understand no person that has used a cosmetic surgeon lately. If this holds true, Google is your friend. Merely search online for a cosmetic surgeon in your location and include the word 'reviews'. This will certainly aid you discover exact evaluations on the very best medical professionals to aid you obtain the outcomes you are searching for with cosmetic surgery.
Ensure to call the doctor and request for a personal visit, so you could get a feeling for just what he or she resembles. This may appear irrelevant, however, it is necessary that you trust he or she and likability plays a big factor.
Also make certain that the medical professional shows you the exact outcomes you could expect. The majority of medical professionals are able to do so with a computer model. This permits you to get an excellent photo of just what you could expect after the surgery. Of program, you additionally wish to make certain as well as ask the length of time it will consider you to recuperate.


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Lifestyle and self-expression Have you noticed that more and more brands position themselves as lifestyle these days? You wander into a store thinking you'll be checking out home decoration items, and instead, you end up browsing seemingly unrelated goods -- books, clothing, food -- at a lifestyle boutique, or lifestyle concept store. It reminds me of my my recent visit to Merci Merci, a concept store in Paris. There, you can even sit down and have a cup of coffee whilst looking at flowery aprons and dresses displayed in the shop. Another one, Cook and Book in Brussels, offers a possibility to express your artsy lifestyle by having lunch while surrounded by art and style books, which one can also buy.
Ways of expressing one's lifestyle have become abundant. As far as selecting products goes, consumers are presented with endless flavors, designs and scents to choose from, mix and assemble into unique combinations which express their unique lifestyles. In fact, so many brands offer mass customization, that ways of self-expression have become all-pervasive. When so many brands are trying to tap into people's needs for self-expression and strive for lifestyle positioning, maybe it's time to find other ways to make your brand stand out from the crowd?
A study published this month in Journal of Marketing (( Competing for Consumer Identity: Limits to Self-Expression and the Perils of Lifestyle Branding, Alexander Chernev, Ryan Hamilton, & David Gal, Journal of Marketing, May 2011)) concludes that by positioning their brands as lifestyle, companies "expose themselves to much broader, cross-category competition for a share of a consumer's identity." ((ibid.)) This goes against the widely accepted belief that lifestyle brand positioning is less likely to bring products and services into direct confrontation with competing brands.
At first sight, the logic of the latter seems clear. Let's say, you are launching a soft drink in a very competitive market. How would you position it? Even if it has an amazing taste, the tendency nowadays is to avoid simply positioning it as a tasty drink. That's just too plain vanilla. Instead, you might want to tap into the lifestyles of your consumers, trying to understand how your drink will allow them to express themselves. By positioning a drink not just as a tasty drink, but something else -- let's say, a way to express one's energy, creativity, sportiness, sense of achievement, etc. -- your company wants to signal that it has a great product to offer. It also wants to avoid somebody else coming to the market with a tastier drink.
However, by positioning your drink as a lifestyle product, you enter into competition with other products as well -- branded and non-branded -- that compete with each other as means of facilitating consumers' self-expression. In fact, your drink may very well be competing with a car, a mobile phone and a local trendy restaurant, all at once.
In the not-so-remote past, the common approach amongst marketers was to take for granted the fact that "consumers' brand preferences are not likely to be affected by their actions in unrelated product categories and/or domains." (( ibid. )) Drinks were positioned against competitor drinks, and cars were positioned in ways that made them differ from competing cars. In contrast to this approach, the study shows that this is no longer the case.
In other words, consumer's choice of a certain brand of mobile phone with lifestyle positioning can be influenced by his or her self-expression activities undertaken prior to making that choice. For instance, writing a blog article, creating a painting or sharing news with friends on Facebook could have already addressed your potential consumers' needs for self-expression before your marketing message has reached them. In other words, self-expression is finite and can be satiated by very many different things, not only branded products.
What should brand managers do?
First of all, it's simply helpful to be aware of the dynamics of self-expression among your consumers. By realizing that your consumers' self-expression is finite, and that your brand competes with other brands, concepts and activities far from your product category, you will be well prepared to create smart brand strategies.
Second, rethink the lifestyle positioning of your product. Does it really make you stand out from the crowd and be truly funky? If everybody is doing it, maybe it's time for another big thing. Like launching a really tasty soft drink.


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Гиллембург-Эренсверд, Томасина Кристина (, 9 ноября 1773 — 2 июля 1856) — датская писательница, баронесса.

Биография
Томасина Кристина Бунтсен родилась в Копенгагене в 1773 г. В 16 лет вышла замуж за датского писателя Петера Андреаса Хейберга и в следующем году родила сына Йохана Людвига Хейберга, будущего поэта и критика. Её муж писал злободневные сатиры, высмеивая современное ему датское общество, вследствие чего преследовался властями, а в 1799 г. был изгнан из страны.

Получив развод, Томасина Кристина в декабре 1801 г. повторно вышла замуж за шведского барона , который был причастен к убийству шведского короля Густава III, осуждён и приговорён к смерти, но ввиду незначительности его участия в заговоре, смертная казнь была заменена лишением всех титулов и высылкой из страны. Он умер в 1822 г.

В 1822 г. Томасина Кристина последовала за своим сыном в Киль, тогда ещё принадлежавший Дании, где Йохан Хейберг был назначен профессором, а в 1825 г. вернулась с ним в Копенгаген. В 1827 г. она анонимно опубликовала своё первое произведение Familien Polonius («Семья Полония») в газете Flyvende Post. Там же в 1825 г. она написала Den Magiske Nøgle («Магический ключ»), а следом за ним — En Hverdags-Historie («Повседневная история»). Успех этих анонимных публикаций был такой, что Томасина Кристина с тех пор подписывалась как «Автор повседневной истории».

В период 1833—1834 гг. Томасина Кристина выпустила три книги «Старых и новых романов», за ними (1835—1836 гг.) последовали три книги «Новых историй». В 1837 г. она опубликовала две новеллы Montanus den Yngre и Nisida, в 1840 г. — Een i Alle, в 1841 г. — Nær og Fjern, En Brevvexling в 1843 г., Korsveien в 1844 г. и To Tidsaldre в 1845 г.

Писательница тщательно скрывала своё авторство, которое раскрылось только после её смерти в 1856 г.

Томасина Кристина изображена на купюре в 1000 датских крон серии 1972 г.

Произведения

 Familien Polonius (1827)
 En Hverdags-Historie (1828)
 Den magiske Nøgle (1830)
 Kong Hjort (1830)
 Slægtskab og Djævelskab (1830)
 Den lille Karen (1830)
 Sproglæreren (1831) — play
 Magt og List (1831) — play
 Fregatskibet Svanen (1831) — play
 Drøm og Virkelighed (1833)
 Mesalliance (1833)
 De Forlovede (1834) — play
 Findeløn (1834)
 De lyse Nætter (1834)
 Ægtestand (1835)
 En Episode (1835)
 Extremerne (1835)
 Jøden (1836)
 Hvidkappen (1836)
 Montanus den Yngre (1837)
 Nisida (1837)
 Maria (1839)
 Een i Alle (1840)
 Nær og fjern (1841)
 Jens Drabelig (1841)
 En Brevvexling (1843)
 Korsveien (1844)
 Castor og Pollux (1844)
 T'o Tidsaldre (1845)

Примечания

Литература
 s:en:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd, Thomasine Christine, Baroness
 s:ЭСБЕ/Гиллембург-Эренсверд, Томазина Христина
 Howitt, William, 1792—1879

Датские писатели
Писательницы XIX века
Писательницы Дании

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I'm looking forward to this game so much more than I thought I would be.
he clearly said marvel respect spiderman weather it be the films the cartoon or the netflix series!!
Tobey Maguire ruined spiderman for me.
Seriously though I thought the kid from Civil War (or the writing) came closest to how spidey should be.
Yup got a lot media hype before predictably being declared rubbish.
A bit more digging around on this has turned up a few things.
first it seems like marvel is going down the same route they did with films and is getting the rights back from studios to control their own properties which is why activision is not involved in this game.
marvel is pushing for quality titles with its newly formed game studio and plan to work with the best developers to make the best gaming titles for its fans.
so we could soon see the likes of x-men , the avengers and even guardians of the galaxy getting the type of games we all want to play rather than last min cash grabs to cash in on films.
A guardians game to tide us over till the next movie!!!
X-men won't happen. Same with Fantastic Four. Sommit to do with 21st century fox.
Lots of licencing deals, like toys, and games too. Look at Marvel Mighty Heroes game. No x-men to be seen.
It all started when Disney bought Marvel.
activision own the rights to xmen games just like they did with spiderman.
just google it and you will see that marvel stopped doing fantastic 4 comics and pretty much the same with xmen, the reason being they dont want to give the characters added exposure which in turn hurts the fox movies.
That's what I'm saying lol. We won't be seeing an x-men game any time soon.


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Bayley's Net Worth
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Bayley's Net Worth:$1.25 million
The real name of Bayley is Pamela Rosa Martinez. She currently signed WWE and performs on the Raw brand under the name Bayley. So, how much is former Raw Women's Champion's net worth?
You might know that Bayley is currently on hiatus due to the injury. Today, let's talk about Bayley's net worth, salary, house, and cars collection. Also, get to know about her career right below:
How much is Bayley's net worth?
Bayley made his debut in April 2008 and since then she is actively participating and working in the wrestling field. It's been almost a decade that she is working in this field. Within such a short span, she grabbed a huge attention and is listed in fan's loved wrestler.
Bayley hasn't revealed the exact figure of her net worth. However, as per sources, she is estimated to have around $1 million as her net worth. According to sources back in 2015, she earned around $1500 per show.
As the fans and followers of Bayley are increasing day by day, we can assume that her salary might have increased. Her annual salary is estimated to be around $200,000. She signed the contract to WWE for three years. So, she will be collecting $600,000 from WWE.
Her favorite wrestler is Brock Lesnar and he is estimated to have around $22 million net worth. In the same way, her favorite actor is Dwyane Johnson and he earned around $1.25 million throughout his acting and wrestling career.
Bayley's House
Bayley owns a beautiful and stylish house in Orlando, Florida, U.S. She is currently residing in the house with her boyfriend, Aaron Solow. The house looks super stylish and is filled with expensive and antique pieces and spreads up to 3313 square feet. The worth of her house is estimated to be around $419,000.
Bayley's Cars Collection
Bayley is fond of cars and loves to collect various models of the cars. She has beautiful and stylish models cars. She owns a Nissan Murano 2006 and the price of that car is around $33, 930.
In the list of her car collection, she also owns 2012 Toyota Camry. The price of Camry is estimated to be around $26,910.
Bayley Career
Bayley started her professional wrestling career in April 2008 at the age of 18. Jason Styles trainer her and she had her first match in September 2008. She first wrestled under the name of Davina Rose and wrestled for Big Time Wrestling for four years from 2008 to 2012.
She signed a contract with WWE in December 2012 and made her debut for NXT in late January 2013. She fought against Sasha Banks and won NXt Women's Champion. On August 20, she lost the women's championship to Asuka.
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Man smashes church altar with sledgehammer, steals 1,500-year-old relics
Photo credit: Subiaco Abbey
SUBIACO, Ark. - An Arkansas man was arrested this week for reportedly breaking into a church while intoxicated, smashing its altar with a sledgehammer, then stealing 1,500-year-old relics.
The Logan County Sheriff's Office in northwest Arkansas responded Thursday to Subiaco Abbey, a Catholic boarding school and monastery for Benedictine monks.
Witnesses said a man, later identified as 31-year-old Jerrid Farnam, went into the Abbey Church of St. Benedict between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. and used a sledgehammer to desecrate the altar. The altar is made of imported Italian marble and has two reliquaries (small, brass-colored boxes) embedded inside.
Farnam is accused of stealing the relic boxes, which contained 1,500-year-old relics from saints, then leaving the church. But "ironically," he came back to the Abbey soon after, and deputies returned to arrest him.
(Photo courtesy Subiaco Abbey)
He was booked on charges of theft of property, criminal mischief in the first degree, residential burglary, breaking or entering, and public intoxication. Those charges could be upgraded because of the age and value of what he destroyed.
"The sheriff reported that the man had wanted to break into the tabernacle, but had looked up at the statue of Mary and decided he couldn't do that to her," Abbey officials said.
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Deputies said they found tools in Farnam's truck that had marble dust on them, along with one of the relic boxes. Investigators later recovered the second relic box, and all items have been returned to the church.
Church officials said they are "fairly confident" they've seen him at the church before. The monks will use a portable altar until the damage can be repaired.
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"Now that the gentleman has been caught and justice will proceed, may we also offer a prayer for him," they said on their website.
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Chemical Bank Donates To Michigan Works' Offender Success Program
The Offender Success program run by Michigan Works is getting a boost in the form of a $15,000 donation from Chemical Bank. Al Pscholka is the vice president of government affairs and public relations for Kinexus Group, which operates Michigan Works in the area and says more former inmates than ever before are trying to reenter society and need the help.
"We're seeing Michigan's prison population get to its lowest level in decades," explains Pscholka. "We've got more and more folks coming back to local communities, and Offender Success helps them make that transition and offers a wide variety of services, whether it's mental health or workforce development."
We asked Pscholka how Chemical Bank got involved.
"They were interested in doing something in the workforce development space, and as we talked about Offender Success, because it did go across eight counties in the counties the bank was as well, it really fit with what they wanted to do. They saw this as a real need."
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This is the primary home and download site for the Jmol Tutorial-Authoring Template (JTAT), which was released in 2008, and updated in 2010 and 2018. Be sure to have a look at the JTAT Demonstration !
Please send any questions about this site to emartz AT microbio DOT umass DOT edu.
JTAT is one of several website-authoring tools for molecular views in Jmol/JSmol . Those known to me are listed below.
Unless otherwise indicated, comparisons are by Eric Martz. Please send suggestions for improvement to the email above.
JmolShell Download a tutorial-development environment to create tutorials that will display in a web browser. Insert molecular views with buttons and descriptions using a text editor. Knowledge of Jmol script language, and a minimal amount of HTML, are required. Considerably more challenging to use than Proteopedia, but you have more control and the product tutorial is more user friendly. The tutorial must be uploaded to a server to provide online access, or the tutorial can be shown offline.
Jmol Application's Export to Web Page: On the File menu of the Jmol application (as distinct from the web browser mode) is Export to Web Page. Jonathan Gutow says: "No knowledge of html or java script is necessary. Some knowledge of Jmol scripting language is helpful, but anything you can do from menus requires no scripting. At present there are two page formats: a Jmol window with scrolling text and buttons on the left side; and a page with snapshots of Jmol images that can be converted to live Jmol by clicking on the images. After Jmol creates the page it can be edited in a standard WYSIWG web page editor to add text and other features."
-Eric Martz, August, 2018. This page was started November 2007; JTAT Demo first added December 10, 2007; JTAT Demo updated January 20, 2008 with Template. Proteopedia, JmolShell, and Jmol's Export to Web Page added May 2008. JTAT Version History.


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You would think after a while a view would be a view.
But as I've mentioned in previous posts about Australian views-I am a woman who once loved my NYC view of a brick wall. So every day our Melbourne view still thrills me.
But then look what else it does.
Can you even see the Times Square moon ball in this photo?
And guess how excited we were to find this photo at The Melbourne Museum from the 1800s?
Ooooo! We're on our way to Perth next!


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Carriera
Nella sua carriera ha vinto sette titoli del Grande Slam, due vittorie nel singolare con un titolo all'Australian Open e uno al Roland Garros, quattro vittorie nel doppio maschile di cui uno in Australia insieme a Rex Hartwig, uno a Wimbledon ancora con Hartwig e due allo slam americano, uno con Vic Seixas e il secondo sempre con Hartwig e una vittoria nel doppio misto a Wimbledon insieme all'americana Darlene Hard.
Al di fuori dei tornei dello slam ha vinto anche gli Internazionali d'Italia 1958 contro Nicola Pietrangeli, la Rogers Cup 1953 e gli Internazionali di Germania, ad Amburgo, nel 1957.
È stato inserito nella International Tennis Hall of Fame nel 2001.

Finali del Grande Slam

Vinte (2)

Perse (1)

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Membri dell'International Tennis Hall of Fame


This season, the shopping centre is focusing on the four major trends that are absolute essentials for fall. In working with local bloggers, intu Potteries aimed to bring these trends to life. Some of the centre's top retailers have picked out a selection of clothes, shoes and accessories based on the four trends for bloggers to model for the online campaign.
And finally, the trend I would be styling: Rust.
As a red-head, deep, rich colours like rust, burnt orange and burgundy are colours I naturally sway towards. I feel these colours have a vintage, 70s vibe which suits me and my personality to a tee! I was very excited to style the trend, and in a way, it felt a little bit like my personal shopping experience. Many of you will know how much I love having other people style me, because it helps me find new cuts and styles that I would have never chosen for myself previously.
A few weeks back, I headed to the centre to see what clothes had been picked out for my photo shoot. A lovely lady from the Urban Decay counter came in and did my makeup for me. She used the Born To Run palette which I have seen Alice Spake rave about here, alongside the 'Hi Fi Shine' lipgloss in Dirty Talk. Of course, I was all set in place with none other than the infamous All Nighter setting spray, which really did keep my makeup put under the lights and outfit swaps!
The four retailers styling me included: Primark, Topshop, Monsoon/Accessorize and Debenhams. I have to say they all did incredibly well and I'm certainly going to be treating myself to an item or two when payday comes around.
The outfit they chose for me was a transitional outfit that could have been transformed into a more seasonal outfit with a pair of tights and heeled ankle boots. However, as it was, it acted as a pretty great choice for a 'drinks with the girls' look.
This faux leather aviator style jacket is very similar to one they stocked last year, and I fell in love with it back then! This year, the temptation may be too strong and it may find its way into my wardrobe. The jumper-skirt combo gives the look a flair of femininity, and I personally like to style the jumper tucked in to accentuate my waist.
In terms of accessories, I already own the matching earrings to this tortoise shell necklace, so of course I am dying to complete the set with this cute pendant.
I love Topshop for picking up those pieces that are made to last, bold statements or items I know I will wear a lot. Recently I bought the beaut pink suit I was styled in for my Personal Shopping blog post, and similarly, I buy a lot of blouses there for those 'jeans and a nice top' events.
I already had a preconceived idea that I would like Topshop's outfit choice the most. I generally liked all of the outfits, but Topshop's was the one where I loved every item.
I am head over heels for this dress! The shirt style gives it an air of class, with the floaty, midi skirt making it fun with flirty slits up the legs. The statement buckle belt wrapped just above the waist elongates the legs and makes the dress extra sassy. The gold metal detailing on the earrings and bag ties it all together and makes it a gorgeously put-together outfit. 10/10 from me Toppers.
I don't ever really find myself in Monsoon/Accessorize, not for any particular reason either. I usually pop in pre-Christmas to scout out any handbags or purses I might put on my wishlist. After the outfit they put together for me, I will have to venture in more often to take a look at their clothing range because it is cute!
The 'trend wall' in the centre, featuring the four trends, includes style tips for each one. For Rust, it suggests pairing it with Olive, Pear and Poppy shades. The rusty toned blouse paired with the olive coloured skirt and fedora makes a gorgeous combo. For me, with the deep pink necklace and blush bag, this outfit is the one that epitomises the trend wall tip.
Common misconception: Debenhams is expensive.
The clothes Debenhams styled me in were extremely affordable as well as high quality. The two brands they put me in were Jasper Conran and Red Herring.
Their autumn look was cosy and casual, the perfect day time outfit.
Can we talk about this tan teddy coat?! This luxe statement coat is to die for and at under £70, it's a total steal. Teddy coats come back into season year in, year out, which I am totally here for because it's like wearing a dressing gown out of the house. As for the jeans, I don't really wear blue, usually opting for black skinnies. However, being styled in them has made me want to find my perfect pair of blue jeans.
For all out AW18 fashion needs, look no further than intu Potteries. Their trend wall will provide all the tips on the hot trends you need, as well as complimentary colours and outfit ideas. Next to the wall is a huge magazine where you can hop in and have your photo as a cover star. To be in with the chance of winning a Topshop Personal Shopping Experience and £100 voucher, tag @intupotteries in your pictures! Happy shopping babes!
Beth I love reading your blog.
I wish we had an Intu in Bristol as I've loved your posts in collaboration with them! I've got to say I actually think the Primark styling is my favourite, the colour of the jumper is absolutely gorgeous and skirt print is something I'd definitely be drawn towards as soon as I saw it. I love the style of the Topshop dress, the slits really give it something extra and you can never go wrong with polka dot! What a fab post!
I had to stop and read this being as I'm a local girl (Leek). Great to know what's out there. I need to get this baby out before I can splash the cash though!!
absolutely love the polka dot dress on you!


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Big Brother recap: Golf, nominees, and a long-term plan
Sun Sep 27, 2020 at 8:57pm ET
Kevin Campbell has been repeatedly nominated on Big Brother 22. Pic credit: CBS
A new episode of Big Brother All-Stars 2 aired on Sunday night and this is a full recap of it. Season 22, Episode 23 dealt with who won the secret Head of Household Competition and who they decided to nominate for eviction.
A lot of highlights were shown at the beginning of this new episode, going back to when Memphis Garrett won the HOH power and then through when the house voted to evict Da'Vonne Rogers.
At the eviction of Da'Vonne, the tandem of Nicole Franzel and Daniele Donato actually voted to evict Kevin Campbell. They then started lying about votes again, even to each other, claiming that they had not voted against Kevin.
Dani, in order to gain favor with Memphis, used her Replay Power. This allowed the outgoing HOH to play in the next HOH Competition. It meant that Memphis could play for the power again.
Cody Calafiore and Nicole were also shown meeting and discussing how they didn't trust Dani very much, with Cody having an odd Diary Room session where he accused Dani of throwing Nicole under the bus if she didn't give Memphis her power.
All of that happened before the first commercial break and before they even got to the Head of Household Competition.
Week 8 BB22 HOH Competition
The challenge involved taking golf shots and the houseguests each competed on their own. They were given three shots and there were two greens. One of the greens was for winning Head of Household and the other green was for winning $10,000.
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Tyler and Dani each got the best number for the cash and split the $10,000 prize. They each secretly got $5,000 and created a lot of drama around the house among people who seemed very envious.
Tyler and Dani on winning the money …
Tyler: that is going straight in Angela's pocket ..#BB22 pic.twitter.com/dpZ3kN9cOV
— ?Cheeto? (@powerofcheeto2) September 28, 2020
As for the best score on the HOH side, that was Cody Calafiore, and he took over as the Head of Household for the second time this season. He now had the opportunity to put two people on the block.
As a reminder, Cody was the HOH in Week 1 and he put Keesha Smith and Kevin Campbell on the block.
Who did Cody nominate for eviction?
Ahead of the nominations, Cody did a DR where he said he was just going to nominate the only people in the house he wasn't aligned with. He said that was Kevin and David. As CBS viewers found out last week, Cody is now in a new alliance with Enzo Palumbo.
Enzo was also shown revealing to Cody that Memphis and Christmas had made a final three with him, much like the deal Memphis had made with Cody and Enzo. Cody was quite surprised to learn that it was also called The Wise Guys.
The segment also laid the groundwork for Cody to go after Christmas and Dani once Kevin and David were gone from the game. Cody and Enzo then re-finalized going to the final two together.
Don't ask for advice if you don't want to hear the answer. #BB22 pic.twitter.com/2xH729VvUZ
— Big Brother (@CBSBigBrother) September 28, 2020
At the Nomination Ceremony, Cody did nominate Kevin and David. It became the fifth time that Kevin has been on the block this summer and he knew he would need to win the Power of Veto to stay in the game. Cody told Nicole that if Kevin came down, he was going to try to backdoor Christmas Abbott.
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That brings an end to the Big Brother recap for September 27. For people who want to read ahead, we have an article on the Veto results and who will be on the block at the next Eviction Ceremony.
I don't know who needs to hear this right now….. but @RachelEReilly was targeted by a large group for an entire season and still won the season. Wanna know how? She won veto when she was nominated and won HOH to leverage power and make moves that would disrupt that group #BB22 pic.twitter.com/Ag0S99RAjG
— Paul Calafiore (@PaulCalafiore_) September 27, 2020
Also, the Big Brother schedule is in for some big changes in the final month of the season. Here is a breakdown of all the episodes and which days they will air on. Take note that there are no more Sunday night episodes this summer.
Big Brother airs Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 8/7c on CBS.
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'Steve Jobs' a masterful invention
Set backstage at three major product launches in the decades before Apple truly took the world by storm, "Steve Jobs" paints a complex portrait of a man who would become a household name and change technology forever. Directed by visionary director Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire") and written by infamously fiery screenwriter Aaron Sorkin ("The Social Network"), the second cinematic attempt to capture the mythical man that was Apple's Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender, "12 Years a Slave) asks one seemingly simple question: can a man who is great at what he does also be a good person?
The answer to this question is not an easy one, but the team behind this film attempts to solve it in utterly dazzling fashion. The film is an absolute triumph from start to finish, with the acting, writing and direction in top form. These three aspects work together so seamlessly that it's easy to forget that the real story behind these events wasn't particularly exciting. Many of the events portrayed in the film occurred without a hitch and without many of the characters present in the script causing tension with Jobs. Sorkin's script certainly takes a large amount of artistic license, elevating relatively unspectacular events to tense and quick-paced scenes of drama, but it's important to remember the purpose of the film is to try and explore what made Jobs tick rather than every little thing he did. This is why the narrative is unusually structured around the reveal events for three of Job's biggest products (the Macintosh, the NeXTCube and the iMac, respectively) instead of the standard biopic format. This three-act structure, which morphs the film into an elaborately beautiful play, allows the audience to watch Jobs' soul unravel behind the scenes of events that defined him most to the outside world. It's an ingenious arrangement.
Like in any good play, the acting is what really shines. Michael Fassbender is unquestionably electric as Jobs. It's no easy task to work from a Sorkin script, especially one as thorny and biting as this one, but Fassbender is more than up to the task. He brings the cruelty, the genius and the intensity needed to bring Jobs to life, finally creating a depiction that is equal to the horror stories that have haunted Jobs' legacy. Kate Winslet's ("Titanic") performance as his long-suffering "work-wife" and marketing executive Joanna Hoffman is equally powerful, providing a vital moral counter to Job's brash and fiery persona. Seth Rogen ("This is the End") and Jeff Daniels ("The Newsroom") also put in stellar work as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and CEO John Sculley, both showing the pain and frustration of working with a man who they admire and respect that in turn does little to show gratitude for them.
What comes out of these powerful performances and the deft writing behind them is a portrait of a man who considers his work to be better than himself, so he thinks of nothing but himself in order to change the world. He struggles with anger and pain over a daughter he doesn't believe to be his, struggles with his past and struggles with the expectations of a world who seems to worship him. The film pays its respects not by glorifying him, but by being as honest about his soul as possible. It inspires one to think differently. That's probably what Jobs would have wanted, no matter what the cost.
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I think it was after reading Manning's "Ragamufiin Gospel" for the first time, almost a year ago, I felt like I was seeing a few things for the first time. One of those things was the NT's theme of loving one another, which is almost totally ignored in the Reformed Evangelical world's books and blogs.
I'm looking forward to picking this book up. Thanks for the recommendation.
Isn't Manning awesome? Ruthless Trust in one of my favorites, though currently I'm reading The Signature of Jesus for the second time. It seems to be the one book of his that stands out the most. And he doesn't seem to repeat anything from his other books.
I do tremendously enjoy his work…I did enjoy 'Signature', perhaps reading it again isn't a bad idea.


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87 min, 35 mm, black and white
Photographs from the film
Photographs from shooting
In an allegoric manner "Early Works" recount a story of young people who took part in student demonstrations in June 1968 in Belgrade. Three young men and a girl, Yugoslava, defy the petit-bourgeois routine of everyday life. Wishing to "change the world", inspired by the writings of young Karl Marx, they go to the country and to factories to "wake up people's consciousness", to encourage them in their fight for emancipation and life worth living. Being in field they face primitivism and squalor, but they show their own limits, weaknesses, incapacity and jealousy. They get arrested. Frustrated because the planned revolution has not been realised, the three young men decide to eliminate Yugoslava, who is the witness of their impotence. They shoot her, cover her with the party flag, burn her body and a dark pillar of smoke going up into the sky is the only thing that remains of the intended revolution.
Directed by: Želimir Žilnik
Written by: Želimir Žilnik, Branko Vučićević
Additional dialogs: Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
Camera and editing by: Karpo Aćimović Godina
Cast: Milja Vujanović, Bogdan Tirnanić, Čedomir Radović, Marko Nikolić, Slobodan Aligrudić
Production: Avala Film, Beograd, Neoplanta film, Novi Sad
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Želimir Žilnik (born in Niš in 1942; currently living and working in Novi Sad) has written and directed numerous feature and documentary films which have reaped many awards at domestic and international film festivals. Žilnik is renowned as an initiator of the "docudrama" genre.


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Multiple day conferences, year-long colloquia, individual lectures, "conversations" between individuals, hands-on workshops, and Museums at Noon talks featuring our graduate students all contribute to the remarkable richness of MSP offerings.
Video recordings of some MSP lectures are archived for viewing in our Media Gallery.
Curatorial Dilemmas: Representing Africa at UMMA with Pamela McClusky
A series of talks by leading curators and thinkers in African art will launch a reimagining process for the forthcoming reinstallation of the University of Michigan Museum of Art's Robert and Lillian Montalto Bohlen Gallery of African Art. Pamela McClusky, Curator of African and Oceanic Art, Seattle Art Museum, will be the second speaker in this series to contribute reflections on her own groundbreaking work in the display of African art.
McClusky established a department for the Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the Seattle Art Museum in the 1980s. It became the museum's fastest growing department, receiving several significant collections, and hosting a vast range of exhibitions. Honoring the depth of the African holdings, she led a collaborative process with African artists, scholars, and advisors to create a national tour, publication and web resource entitled: Long Steps Never Broke a Back in 2002-2004.
During the last decade, she has collaborated on exhibitions such as Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth, Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise, and Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats. When the Seattle Art Museum expanded in 2007, she curated multiple galleries of African art, along with experimental installations that mixed cultural perspectives and cross continental boundaries. In 2012, she led an effort to place Australian art in the permanent galleries and oversaw an exhibition, publication and tour called Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art. Recently, she was the lead curator for Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, a national touring exhibition that combined masks of the past with masquerading of the present, and Mood Indigo: Textiles from Around the World. She is now working on a new design and interpretation of the African collection galleries which will focus on the distinctions between public and private art and the ways they are presented in museums.
Additional featured speakers include:
Thursday, October 19, 7 p.m.: Mary (Polly) Nooter Roberts, Professor, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance and Consulting Curator for African Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Thursday, November 30, 7 p.m.: Christa Clarke, Senior Curator Arts of Global Africa, Newark Museum
Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.
This lecture series is presented in partnership with the University of Michigan African Studies Center, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Department of History of Art, Institute for the Humanities, and Museum Studies Program.
The series is presented in conjunction with the UMMA exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (on view from August 19-December 31, 2017).
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Every programmer knows that the early development of the programmable electronic computer was largely spurred by the crypto-war between the British intelligence services and the German navy in WWII. Less known is that the infamous German Enigma cryptography machines were just a modification of off-the-shelf equipment used by banks in the mid-1930s to encode sensitive data about wire transfers.
Nowadays, the need to encode sensitive information is more important than ever. Consider devices such as USB thumb drives, which can store an entire CD's worth of data in a package the size of a cigarette lighter. Can your data ever be safe if it can all be downloaded in a few clicks and then carried out the door? Encryption of your data gives you one more level of security beyond merely the physical. The good news is that you can encrypt regularly and painlessly with a C++ class library such as Crypto++.
Crypto++ supports a wide variety of platforms, including Microsoft Visual C++ version 6.0, 7.0, 7.1, and 8.0, GCC 3.X and 4.0 for Unix and Windows, MacOS X, and Sun Solaris systems, to name a few. A Visual Studio .NET project file was included in Crypto++ 5.2.1 and imported into Visual Studio .NET 2003 without any problems. The project file creates cryptopp.dll, which is about 1.7MB in a DEBUG build. You may add #define CRYPTOPP_DEFAULT_NO_DLL to use a static library implementation rather than a DLL interface, if you desire.
Unlike many such libraries, the Crypto++ distro doesn't include a lot of convoluted scripts and makefiles. In general, you can simply recompile the source code and make your own library.
The program then prompts for a passphrase, which is used during the encryption/decryption. Let me dissect the code line-by-line to see how it's done.
33       cout << "\nCryptoPP::Exception caught: "
To get the ball rolling, you only need to include the two Crypto++ header files, dll.h and default.h (see lines #3-4). The USING_NAMESPACE() macro allows Crypto++ to work around old compilers whose namespace handling is broken (see lines #12-13). Getting into the main() function, you see that all the code is wrapped in a try/catch block. You can expect Crypto++ API failures to result in throwing CryptoPP::Exception, and you also trap std::exception for good measure.
bool pumpAll,            // "drain" everything at once?
Finally, you get to see the use of the passPhrase as sent down to the default encryptor, and you create a FileSink object that will open the output file and manage the buffering to the output file. Again, you could take manual control of the I/O buffering for performance or other reasons. At the end, you have a BufferedTransformation object with an encryptor and its corresponding Message Authentication Code as derived from the key.
As you can see from the above test (and my own diffs later), the input and output files were identical and the intermediate file was precisely 43 bytes larger than the input or output. I would show you what the encrypted file looked like, but it is just so much random-looking data at that point.
Another easy-to-implement Crypto++ task is RSA signing and verification of files. RSA was named after its inventors Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman in 1977. RSA involves two keys: public key and private key (a key is a constant number later used in the encryption formula.) The public key is known to everyone and is used to encrypt messages. These messages can be decrypted only by use of the private key. In other words, anybody can encrypt a message, but only the holder of a private key can actually decrypt and read it.
Beyond the obvious financial and military applications, cryptography can be used to store any information you would prefer not to leave accessible to everyone and everything. With seven million Americans reporting identity theft every year, any options you can give your users to increase their data security will surely make them breathe easier.
This article has barely scratched the surface of what Crypto++ can do for you. Perhaps its best aspect is that it can keep up with your needs for more sophisticated algorithms, ciphers, and compression, and thus provide a stable vehicle for your app to enter crypto-land.
Victor Volkman has been writing for C/C++ Users Journal and other programming journals since the late 1980s. He is a graduate of Michigan Tech and a faculty advisor board member for Washtenaw Community College CIS department. Volkman is the editor of numerous books, including C/C++ Treasure Chest and is the owner of Loving Healing Press. He can help you in your quest for open source tools and libraries; just drop an e-mail to sysop@HAL9K.com.


The volumes of sunflower oil export in October 2013 grew substantially. The increase of deliveries abroad is primarily caused by the attractive cost of the production, formed on the market during the reporting period.
Thus, the shipment of sunflower oil to India within the pointed period amounted 130.03 thousand tons, while in September the figure was 86.29 thousand tons. The volume of export to Egypt was 64.4 thousand tons (against 13 million tons last month), to Turkey - 11.5 thousand tons (against 8.86 tons in September).
A particular attention should be focused on China as in October 2013 PRC adopted 105,13 thousand tons of sunflower oil from Ukraine, while in September the country exported only 3.59 thousand tons. Such a significant growth of shipments to this area is primarily conditioned by the increased consumption of the product in China. In this country, the domestic production cannot fully satisfy the growing demand. The analysts predict that in 2013/14 MY Ukrainian sunflower oil supplies to China may exceed half a million tons.


I really like this poem because I can relate to it considering I've had some friends with depression and family members. This really spoke to me. Good job !
Thank you, I'm really happy to hear that it hits the right notes for some people.


We are looking for an inspirational Registered Care Manager living close to the Stratford-upon-Avon area of Warwickshire. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a well-established, thriving service and help take the service to the next level.
This role is commutable from Warwick, Coventry, Leamington Spa and surrounding areas.
Our client provides outstanding home care to older adults, helping them remain independent in their own homes and live life to the full. They are passionate about looking after those that need help in the community, and they have an absolute desire to deliver the very best care possible. Their ethos places the people they support at the heart of all they do, providing a minimum of 1-hour call times and continuity of care. The owner's personal experience of caring for loved ones means they know what it takes to provide the highest standard of care.
As their Registered Manager, you will oversee the day to day running of the service in line with regulatory requirements to deliver high – quality person centred care. You will be leading and motivating your team to deliver a high-quality service. You will also be responsible for ensuring the recruitment and retention of staff meets the service demands and enables growth to meet targets. You will promote and support a positive culture, as well as being a positive role model to all.
You will have previous management experience and share their passion for high-quality care. You will be business minded and have excellent leadership skills to motivate a talented staff team.


Kelly Ann Gonzales is the author of VIDEO GAMES (2014), is available via AMAZON, BARNES & NOBLE, and on her publisher's website: XLIBRIS.
Her most recent work is THROUGH AN OPAQUE WINDOW (2018), available via AMAZON, BARNES & NOBLE, and XLIBRIS. The MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW has hailed it as, "A deftly crafted novel by an author who is a master at narrative driven storytelling...a thoroughly reader engaging and unfailingly entertainment of a read from beginning to end.
Featured in the Spring 2018 issue of the PENULTIMATE PEANUT literary magazine for "A SHAGGY, SHAGGY, DOG STORY".
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Visit Kelly's blog, ALPHA FEMALE SOCIETY, for discussions and insights on work-life integration.
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Mae Leonard's new book of poetry makes me think of a patchwork quilt – places, family, history, tragedies and quirky events all woven into a wonderful and seamless whole. I Shouldn't Be Telling You This has just been published by Doghouse Books and was launched at Limerick's On the Nail Readings event where Mae read with the intensity of a sean-nos singer.
The book is punctuated with images of public violence and grief: Veronica Guerin's murder; John O'Grady's 'mutilated hand' and the Curragh search for the missing woman Joyce Quinn at night with 'a threat of snow / sharpening the breeze'.
It is the pieces about family that made this reader have many an intake of breath: an elderly mother 'slipping into a carelessness / in dress and cleanliness'; a man's early morning shave 'erasing stubble / from awkward places'; a sixteen-year old heading to a disco 'in her best mini-dress / an outsize seater / her hair a mess'; emptying out treasures like 'four dead ants' from a trouser pocket on wash day.
Delightful story-poems shot through with a poet's quirky insights.


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Katherine Ryan told Kourtney Kardashian to dump her ex for Prince Harry
Comedian Katherine Ryan spoke to ITV's Lorraine about her meeting with Kourtney Kardashian after meeting the POOSH founder at Jimmy Carr's house
Katherine Ryan chatted to Kourtney Kardashian at Jimmy Carr's house
Katherine Ryan has confessed she once told Kourtney Kardashian to break it off with Scott Disick in favour of Prince Harry.
The comedian, 38, opened up about their first meeting at Jimmy Carr's house.
She admitted that she seized her opportunity to offer the dating advice after she'd had a few tequilas.
Katherine told her amusing story during her appearance on ITV show Lorraine on Wednesday.
She told the host: "I saw Kourtney Kardashian there… and I was so out of line. I love her and I feel very connected to what I see on reality TV and I feel like she's my friend – but she's not!"
Katherine explained that, at the time of the interaction, the POOSH founder was still dating the father of her children, Scott.
But she admits she didn't feel he was right for her and set about letting her know.
Katherine Ryan revealed her story to ITV's Lorraine Kelly
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"I said she needs to split up with Scott," she continued. "I just marched right over there and she was like 'well, he's in my house right now'.
"Like, get a new house, Kourtney. It's over! I tried to pitch Prince Harry as a suitor…this was years ago."
Lorraine agreed with Katherine's potential match making choice, insisting that relationship "could have probably…
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2669, Gemini Sector, Troy System. The Terran frontier between the Kilrathi Empire and the unknown. Privateer takes you to the seamy side of the Wing Commander universe. In the far reaches of space, you live by no man's rules but your own. The fringes are populated by a volatile mix of pirates, miners, mercs, cutthroats, and Kilrathi, all struggling to make a life for themselves.
In this open-ended game you can choose from many paths. You start with a rusted scout ship and a handful of credits in your pocket. It isn't much, but the universe is there for you to explore in search for profitable opportunities. Become a patient, law-abiding merchant, a smuggler far away from the normal space lanes, a pirate preying on the weak, or a professional mercenary hunting down criminal scum. Or just do whatever suits you at the time. At the end of the day, it's all about money and survival. Mostly money.
Are you determined enough to forge your own destiny?
Includes the Wing Commander Privateer: Righteous Fire expansion.
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A Very Special Tour and Tour Guide
My vacation apartment's door (Erdenbach Strasse, Saarburg) is to the left of the garage door.
As I told you in September, I was planning to do some novel writing. In the interests of home safety, I did not mention that I had reserved a vacation apartment in the city of Saarburg Germany as a wonderful way to inspire chapters for my novel. A wise woman once told me that to improve my inspiration, I should go to my home villages, sit on the ground, and listen while they talked to me. I'm a bit too old and my back is too touchy to do that literally, but I found that once I was in Saarburg, ideas for chapters came into my mind very easily - unlike the puzzlement I was experiencing at home.
What I hadn't reckoned with was the number of friends and acquaintances I have made in my past trips to Kreis Saarburg. There was German hospitality being offered to me from the moment I arrived until the day before I left for home. I had pictured myself busily writing most of my days in the city. Instead, I was often having coffee and Kuchen.
On a sunny Sunday, I had a very special tour with a very special tour guide, Ewald Meyer, author of a published history of Irsch and Beurig. He has been helping me ever since the first day I met him in 2002. He was also the person who urged me to come back to Germany, offering to again help me with any local research trips I might want to make.
Ewald Meyer, Tour Guide
The tour began in the Beurig's cemetery. Those who are not family historians will think that a strange place to begin a tour - I did not. Beurig, about a mile from Irsch, is Ewald's birthplace. In the Catholic cemetery I saw for myself the impressive monument to Herr Bürgermeister Bodem which I had written about in Sept. 2009, "Herr Burgermeister Bodem and his angel." The monument was even bigger than it looked in the picture.
We also visited smaller monuments to deceased officials of the Prussian Government, such as the district foresters and game wardens.
A forester's grave monument
Unlike ordinary citizens who had (and still have) only a limited number of years to own their cemetery plots, these 19th century Prussian officials still keep their grave sites and monuments in the cemetery today, even if the family line has ceased to exist.
As we drove through the village of Beurig which is now considered a part of Saarburg, Ewald pointed out Herr Bürgermeister Bodem's very impressive, somewhat Victorian-looking house. Evidently finding favor with the Prussian government could be monetarily as well as socially and politically important. Burdensome taxes were levied on the farmers and dayworkers, but even officials and the well-to-do didn't escape taxation. Houses, including those of Herr Bürgermeister Bodem and his wealthy neighbors were taxed on the number of their chimneys. Clearly, these houses were designed to show the status of their owners; men wealthy enough to have more than one fireplace. The office of the Mayor was near the railroad station on the site of today's employment office. The mayor's office was moved there from its earlier location in the village of Irsch in 1833, shortly after Herr Bodem was appointed Bürgermeister in 1832.
As I described in my July post, (From Bishop's Crosier to Napoleonic Flag), before the time of Napoleonic and then Prussian rule, the farmers, craftsmen, and day workers of Irsch, Beurig and the surrounding villages were governed by the Prince/Archbishop Electors of Trier and then Koblenz. I had known that the peasant classes paid their "taxes" in the form of produce and farm animals, but not the specifics. Herr Meyer explained that after the harvest, usually around St. Martin's Day in November, about 10 per cent of a farmer's crops and animals were sent to their Archbishop. Wagon loads of "taxes" from the villages of the area were sent to the church estate at the edge of the Saar where today's Hotel Keller stands. There they were housed until they could be sent, by barge, to Trier or Koblenz--depending on the location of the Archbishop Elector of the time.
Today's Hotel Keller in Beurig on the Saar
In a year when the harvest was very bad, the peasant farmer paid his dues in the form of Frondienst; that is, as enforced service to a Fronherr or lord in lieu of produce. Probably in this region, the "lord" was a high official of the church or the manager designated by the abbot of a monastery.
From Beurig, our tour went on to the Catholic Church in Irsch. The newly refurbished church retains an altar from the 19th century to one side, but the main altar is modern. Several statues from my ancestors' time also remain in various locations in the church.
Historic Side Altar
Choir view of newly remodeled church
Back on our tour, Herr Meyer pointed out a raised plateau just outside the city limits call the Feuerstatt. That innocent-looking field was the place where four people accused of witchcraft and found guilty by the Catholic church inquisition, were burned in the 1630s. One of the women was a midwife. She would also have used herbs and potions to try to heal disease, making her a prime target for stories of sorcery and probably blamed for the illness or death of a fellow villager. None of those burned were from Irsch; three were from the small wine village of Filzen and midwife Barbelen came from Kommlingen.
We peered at the buildings in the oldest part of the village, known as An der Wey, with narrow streets that resemble alleyways. Here and there, parts of out-buildings made of lime, stones, dab and wattle, have stood the ravages of time and are now combined as part of later reconstructions. It is a blending of old and new that testifies to the age of the village, which shows up in records as early as 957.
We also drove through the district of Irsch which at one time was a separate section known as Biest. It was larger than Irsch until the fire of 1842 in which the area was almost totally destroyed and was rebuilt as a part of Irsch.
As with all tours, an end comes. But I was luckier than most tourists. I was to have "a coffee" with my tour guide. I was invited to the Meyer home where Helena Meyer waited to welcome me.
Coffee and Kuchen with the Meyers
Above is a fruit torte (grapes, mandarine oranges, and raspberries), baked and served by Helena Meyer after our afternoon tour of Beurig and Irsch. It was as good as it looks.
If I could, I would appoint Herr Ewald Meyer as the official historian and tour guide for the villages of Irsch and Beurig and Frau Helena Meyer as a five-star baker of Kreis Saarburg.
Conversation with Ewald Meyer and information from his books, Irsch/Saar: Geschichte eines Dorfes, and Beuriger Lese - und Bilderbuch, co-authored by Bernd Gehlen
Posted by Kathy, the Single-minded Offshoot at Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Labels: Beurig, Biest, Churches, Electors, Irsch, Nikolaus Bodem, Saarburg
Friko 4:48 PM
Hallo there
I was looking for Knecht Ruprecht pictures and came across your blog.
I shall be back soon.
In the meantime I'd like to say that I am a German living in the UK and writing a blog in English.
I have written about my own past and the reminiscences of childhood in Germany on my blog, mainly for my children, but a few of my pieces have been published.
I don't have the time to delve into your blog tonight but I will definitely come and visit you again and will put you into my bookmarks in the meantime.
Perhaps we could follow each other and get to know each other.
Greetings from the UK.


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PCJ LAUNCHES US$40 MILLION ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND EFFICIENCY PROGRAMME
Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica | 2018-05-30 16:00:00
The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) has officially launched the US$40 million Energy Management and Efficiency Programme (EMEP) through which energy efficiency interventions, aimed at reducing the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) energy spend, will be implemented at 80 government facilities across the island.
The primary objectives of EMEP are to reduce electricity and fuel consumption by improving energy efficiency in the public sector through retrofits at government facilities and the improvement of urban traffic management in order to shorten travel times. In addition, the EMEP aims to strengthen the technical capabilities of the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET) to enhance energy planning.
The programme, which is being funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the European Union Caribbean Investment Facility, (EU-CIF) was launched today (Wednesday May 30) at a workshop which was held at the PCJ Auditorium in New Kingston.
The workshop brought together key stakeholders to discuss EMEP's objectives, expectations of the programme's sponsors and donors and the government's perspective on the anticipated outcomes of the programme.
While speaking at the programme launch Winston Watson, Group General Manager of the PCJ said, "While the PCJ has been supporting the Government of Jamaica's objective of diversifying the country's energy mix in the medium term, for the short term we have been actively forging partnerships to access funding for energy efficiency projects which will reduce energy consumption in the public sector and bring some immediate savings."
"With the implementation of the EMEP we hope to transform energy usage in public sector agencies and promote fuel conservation in the transport sector through modern interventions and a more efficient traffic management system. These measures will not only lower our fossil fuel imports but they should also reduce our carbon footprint which will help to preserve the environment," he added.
In giving her opening remarks at the launch, Dr. Malaika Masson, Senior regional Energy specialist and Project Team, Inter-American Development Bank said "The Government of Jamaica is a signatory to the UN Convention on Climate Change and has committed to reducing C02 emissions by 7%. We expect EMEP to avoid 34,000 tons of C02 emissions, marking an important step towards reducing Jamaica's carbon footprint, one which the private sector is encouraged to follow."
Further underscoring the importance of environmental preservation and support for the EMEP, JICA's Resident Representative, Kenji Tobita said, "This project is aligned to the energy sector, emphasizing conservation, one of the priority areas in cooperation between Japan and Jamaica. By implementing this programme we contribute not only to the development of Jamaica but also to the mitigation of climate change."
Head of Cooperation for the European Union-Caribbean Investment Facility, Richard Bardia Divins also indicated his organisation's commitment to the effort to reduce Jamaica's spend on energy. "The prospect of reducing Jamaica's overall cost of energy is something of which we can all be supportive and proud. The European Union is committed to the efficient use of energy and I look forward to the positive outcomes of this programme," he said.
The Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. Andrew Wheatley said, "Over the years, we have made tremendous strides in our energy conservation and efficiency efforts and this programme will continue on the same trajectory as we seek to create a sustainable energy future for Jamaica."
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Company Name : Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica
Company Address : 36 Trafalgar Rd. Kingston 10
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PCJ TO TRAIN 330 PUBLIC SECTOR PROFESSIONALS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY UNDER EMEP
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PCJ REACHES OVER 8,700 STUDENTS FROM 720 SCHOOLS THROUGH SCHOOLS ENERGY PROGRAMME AS IT CELEBRATES ITS 15TH YEAR
PCJ ENERGY PROJECTS YIELD $5.8 MILLION IN SAVINGS FOR ARDENNE HIGH SCHOOL
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Carefully consider the terms of the deal and your personal situation before you make this important retirement decision.
The letter no doubt arrived unexpectedly.
A company you once worked for has an extraordinary proposal for you. You are due a monthly pension when you hit retirement age, but the company is offering to pay you a hefty lump sum right now to buy out your pension.
Do nothing, and your pension situation continues as is. Accept the buyout, and you'll have a large chunk of money to invest toward retirement. But you can no longer expect to get that monthly check the company had promised when you retire.
Suddenly, you have a major financial decision to make that could have a significant impact on your retirement.
Initially, you may even be puzzled about why that company you once worked for is so interested in buying out your pension.
Low interest rates represent one reason. Many of these pensions had anticipated that interest rates would be higher and that the money in the pension fund would be growing at a faster pace. These pension funds invest in equities and bonds just like you might in your 401(k)s and IRAs. According to Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI), as of April 2016, the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans funding status dropped by $25 billion, leaving them underfunded by about 25%. With projected rates of return of more than 7% in order to succeed, you might see how this can become a problem.
Not to mention, people are living longer, too. That's great for you, but it means extra years of monthly payments that the pension folks hadn't counted on.
That combination has led most companies to try to get out of the pension game as quickly as possible. If every pensioner stays in in the plan, they are probably in trouble. They need to cut some costs and some liability.
So what should you do when that lump-sum offer arrives?
First, sit down with a trusted investment adviser who can provide you with some information and a consultation because there's no one-size-fits-all solution for everyone. The specific terms of the deal and your individual situation both play a role in whether you should accept the lump sum or hold steady and wait for that monthly pension check down the road. One of the most important things an adviser can do is provide you with the facts so that you can make your own decision. If an adviser simply tells you what you need to do, then they aren't doing their job, which should be to empower you to make your own decision. Otherwise, whose interests are they looking out for?
Take this example. Suppose your pension is set to be $2,000 a month. That might not sound like much, but it comes to $24,000 a year. Over 25 years of retirement, that's close to $600,000.
If you were going to take an annual withdrawal from your retirement savings you would need close to $400,000 at a 4% annual return to match the pension over 25 years.
So you need to take that kind of information into consideration as you weigh your decision. Is the lump sum large enough, or can it grow enough to provide you a similar annual return as those monthly pension payments would give you?
If it would take an 8% to 10% rate of return on the lump sum to give you a cash flow equal to the pension payments at your life expectancy, then you'll likely want to stick with the pension. On the other hand, if a low rate of return could provide that same cash flow, you might want to go with the lump sum.
Something else to factor into the decision is life expectancy. You can outlive a lump sum, but you don't outlive a pension. At the same time, you can't bequeath that pension payment to your children, but you could leave them the money in the lump sum.
For many people, the answer might be to take the lump sum and put it in an annuity with a guaranteed lifetime income benefit. That way they can guarantee themselves a steady income stream into their retirement years that could actually offer greater income than the pension, along with more flexibility and control over their money.
Another thing to keep in mind is the backing of the payments. While your pension is backed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. up to certain limits, your annuity guarantees are backed by the financial strength and claims-paying ability of the issuing insurer.
Regardless, when you're offered a lump sum, it's your responsibility to educate yourself about your options and evaluate your goals carefully.
Do I have an emergency fund in case of the unexpected?
How much income will I need to protect my spouse in case of death?
Do I even need any more income from my investments?
Do I need that income now or later?
Are there concerns over the strength of my pension?
Do I care what is left behind for my children or charity?
And the most difficult of questions: How long will I live?
This could be one of the most important retirement decisions you make.
Casey B. Weade is an insurance professional and president of Howard Bailey Financial Inc. in Indiana and author of the book The Purpose-Based Retirement. Investment Advisory Services may be offered through Global Financial Private Capital, LLC, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor or Howard Bailey Securities, LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser.


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Minister Resigns Amid PMO Scandal
Jody Wilson-Raybould Will Remain MP In Her Vancouver Riding
By Brett Glover Published: Feb 12th, 2019 1:12pm Last Updated: Feb 12th, 2019 1:28pm
Jody Wilson-Raybould is stepping down.
The now-former Minister of Veterans Affairs has submitted a letter of resignation from cabinet, following allegations she was pressured by the Prime Minister's Office while serving as Attorney General.
A report two weeks ago claims the PMO was lobbied by SNC-Lavalin, a Quebec-based engineering firm, to help the company deal with allegations of bribery. The PMO is accused of leaning on the Justice Ministry and then-Attorney General Wilson-Raybould, to make a deal allowing the company to avoid prosecution.
It's said Wilson-Raybould made no such deal, and was moved from the Justice to Veteran's Affairs portfolio in retribution.
In her letter of resignation, Wilson-Raybould says she will remain as MP for her Vancouver riding, while also consulting with legal representatives on next steps.
Wilson-Raybould's Letter of Resignation
The Federal Ethics Commissioner has begun an investigation into this matter, via prompting from the federal New Democrats.
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Not Much Movement From Barrie Jobless Rate
Deficit Breaking $20 Billion Mark According to Federal Fiscal Update
Andrew Scheer Stepping Down as Head of CPC