Learning is both a creative and technical process, and it involves a lot of factors to be successful. A parent, for example, is a stakeholder for their child's success. While there are about learning that are implemented by schools, when you're trying let your child achieve their full potential, it's great to leverage strategies for learning that will reflect on their future.


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No fluoride affected villages in Telangana: KTR
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Telangana state has emerged as a fluoride-free state with zero affected areas along with the Gujarat and Uttarakhand
Telangana state has emerged as a fluoride-free state with zero affected areas along with the Gujarat and Uttarakhand. The number of fluoride affected areas in Telangana during 2015 was 967 but the number has come down to zero with the successful implementation of Mission Bhagiratha programme launched by the state government.
The government launched the scheme to provide safe drinking water to the people of fluoride affected villages in the state.
Announcing it on his Twitter handle, the state minister KT Rama Rao said that there are zero fluoride affected areas in Telangana according to an official statement in parliament by Government of India. "No of Fluoride affected villages at the time of formation of #Telangana was 967. After the successful implementation of the MissionBhagiratha, the number has come down to Zero. This is an excerpt from an official statement in parliament by Govt of India." the minister tweeted.
Nalgonda in Telangana was the worst affected district by fluorosis, a crippling disease that affects bones and teeth due to the excessive intake of water having high fluoride content. Over one lakh people are suffering from the Villages such as Munugode, Nampally, Marriguda and Devarakonda have high fluoride content in water.
*Original article online at https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/no-fluoride-affected-villages-in-telangana-ktr-646304

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The TASC Lab focusses on the psychological factors associated with the achievement of excellence. In particular, we are most interested in academic excellence. For the most part, we are particularly interested in how self- and other-perceptions influence the achievement of excellence. Led by Dr. Valanne MacGyvers, a team of graduate students and undergraduate students are engaged in a number of research projects, some large and some smaller. Most projects will include mindset as a variable of interest.
Lab Activities and Organization
Dr. MacGyvers organizes weekly meetings with small teams of researchers involved in particular projects. These meetings are intensely work focused and move projects forward. About once a month, a full lab meeting is held to address issues of concern to all the project groups, as well as to socialize and have some fun. The end of the semester features a party with food and fun as well as awards for lab participants and graduates. Students may expect to work with Dr. MacGyvers rather closely.
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A longitudinal study of achievement and retention in University undergraduates, examining the role of mindset and other social cognitive variables in college achievement.
A longitudinal study of graduate student retention and support.
An examination of perceived parental support, internal attachment models and the identity formation of the late adolescent, with particular attention to the interpersonal identity of the adolescent.
A study of the impact of the Internet on adolescent sexuality and sexual educations, with a particular emphasis on the influence of sexually explicit media encountered on the internet during adolescence.
A study addressing how much knowledge about autism has become common knowledge and whether those who have stronger empathic dispositions are more knowledgeable.
A study looking at the issue of gender in toy selection.
A study looking at mindfulness training as an intervention for cyber-distraction.
A study of the relationship between empathic disposition and attitudes toward breast feeding.
A study of perceived parenting styles and leadership
A series of studies developing a measure of attitudes toward public breast feeding
A series of studies developing a parent-report measure of dispositional empathy in young children.
Gender differences in the perception and understanding of everyday objects.
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Treats and retreats at the Four Columns Inn in Newfane, Vt.
By Victoria Abbott Riccardi Globe correspondent,April 18, 2018, 1:21 p.m.
The Four Columns Inn has hosted celebrities, including Nicole Kidman and Mick Jagger. Victoria Abbott Riccardi for The Boston Globe/Liza Weisstuch Photo
It was my little dog, BiBi, who lead me to the Four Columns Inn in Newfane, Vt. See, I was headed to this small town for a bout of dog training and needed a place to stay. Four Columns Inn was the only option and had two dog-friendly suites. So, I booked one and drove 2½-hours north of Boston to this gracious, white-columned retreat, unaware that Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, Michael Douglas, and Mick Jagger been guests there.
Set on 138-acres, Four Columns Inn opened in 1960, first as a guesthouse and then as a lodge. In 2015, Charles Mallory, founder and CEO, Greenwich Hospitality Group, purchased the lodge, which had been shuttered for two years. Maintaining the property's historical bones, he completely refurbished it, resulting in 15 luxuriously appointed rooms, a private home that sleeps nine, a superb restaurant, spa, fitness center, outdoor pool, and gorgeous, landscaped grounds.
BiBi and I arrived around teatime and checked in. We were the only ones in the small front lobby, adjacent to an airy salon for reading and games. After getting our key, we headed to our room near the main house on the first floor "for the convenience of your four-legged friends." My room, like most, had a gas-lit fireplace, high-speed Wi-Fi, a modern shower, and a soaking tub. (Some rooms have jacuzzi tubs.) The towels hailed from Italy, as did the Bvlgari amenities, supplemented with homemade soap from nearby West Townshend Botanicals . I had a King poster bed topped with crisp French sheets; I'd brought BiBi's dog bed from home, although the inn would have supplied her with one upon request. A bevy of locally sourced snacks was available to me; BiBi received a water bowl, waste bags, and dog treats. All rooms come with a full breakfast.
Eager to explore the grounds, BiBi and I headed out for a walk. The weather was warm and flowers bloomed around the property, including by the stone-terraced swimming pool and along the front pond leading down to Smith Brook. Garden beds near the pool overflowed with fresh herbs, greens, and veggies destined for Artisan Restaurant, Tavern and Garden. French-born executive chef Frederic Kieffer oversees the kitchen; Erin Bevan, who worked with several Boston chefs, including Jody Adams, is the chef de cuisine. Whatever ingredients don't come from the inn, it sources from area producers. To wit, the meltingly tender semolina cakes I had for dinner in the votive-lit, post-and-beam dining room, featured Putney-based Parish Hill Creamery cheese, wild mushrooms gathered that morning, and garden tomato marmalade. A salad showcased the inn's luscious tomatoes, crisp radish, and zucchini, as well as fresh herbs and edible flowers, including pansies, and Jump-ups. The duck arrived with grilled local peaches and a cornmeal cake, the grain coming from Four Star Farms in Northfield, Mass.
For more casual dining, guests either can eat off the main dining room in the Tavern, which has its own bar and more casual menu and dress code, or outside in the Garden, a beautiful patio space overlooking the flower patches and pool.
The Spa, tucked inside the inn's former chicken coop, may be a diminutive, but delivers big results in terms of relaxation. It has a private steam bath and shower and treatments include Ashiatsu, Craniosacral Therapy and various massages, most incorporating fragrant body scrubs made with the inn's herbs, like the lemon verbena sugar scrub I purchased at reception. During warmer months, treatments can be enjoyed outside in a private, tent-like area by the inn's back pond.
Breakfast is served in the Tavern and features pancakes, French toast, oatmeal with nuts, berries, and Vermont maple syrup, along with local yogurt and granola. One also can order eggs, courtesy of the inn's chickens, which I enjoyed in an omelet with local spinach, bacon, and smoked cheddar cheese. Rosemary potatoes accompanied the eggs, along with tiny blueberry muffins and toast with homemade blueberry jam.
As far as sightseeing, the town of Newfane has little more than a public green and white congregational church. However, Brattleboro is only 10 minutes away by car and numerous cultural and natural attractions are nearby.
Four Columns Inn, 21 West St., Newfane, Vt., 802-365-7713, fourcolumnsvt.com. Room rates from $185. Guests with pets pay a $50 pet fee with a small percentage going to local animal shelters at the end of the year.
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CHAMA: New Mexico's Mecca for Year-Round Fun One of the best-kept secrets in New Mexico is the enchanting Village of Chama. With an elevation of 7860 feet, Chama is nestled high in the Southern Rockies, just a few miles from the Colorado border. Fishing local mountain snow fed trout streams and lakes is a leisurely pleasure and for a real experience try Salmon sagging in November and ice fishing during the winter. Hikers and mountain bikers find many trails including the Continental Divide Trail nearby. The Sargent's Wildlife Area surrounds Chama with meadows and trails for hiking and horseback riding. Hunting adventures with reliable guides are close to town. Chama has a lively Western-style business district with lodging, RV Parks and cozy dining establishments. The Village of Chama is the perfect destination for anyone seeking scenic outdoor recreation. Cool times in cool pines are the epitome of summer fun in Chama's cabins and vacation ranches. Oh, yeah, and it's an absolute mecca for winter sports, too! Surrounding mountain passes have a reliable base of snow all winter. The varied terrain of the mesas and mountains make the area around Chama ideal for winter recreation. Cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, snow-shoeing, everything but downhill skiing is abundantly available in Chama's gorgeous mountains. For information visit www.chamanmt.com or www.chamavalley.com.


And when it comes to Psalm 23, this most beloved psalm, looks can also be deceiving. I mean, when we think of this image of the shepherd leading his sheep to lie down and rest beside "still waters," doesn't it seem like one of the most peaceful, calm, restful word pictures in all of scripture?
But don't be fooled: because just below the surface of this psalm lies a world of danger and death. And this shepherd may seem as sweet and gentle and harmless as a "Precious Moments" figurine, but don't be fooled! He's like Ronda Rousey! He's a fearsome fighter. He's brave. He's tough. He's strong. He needs to be because he is responsible for protecting his defenseless flock from all kinds of dangers: lions, bears, cougars, wolves, wild dogs, and deadly snakes. And he's armed: that rod that he carries around is used to fight off attacking predators.
Real-life shepherds were not like this.
Remember when young David makes the case to King Saul that, despite his youthful appearance, he's well-qualified to go and fight the giant Goliath? Why is he qualified? Because he was a shepherd who was used to fighting lions and bears.
Our God is like that! The Lord our shepherd is a fighter… for us. On our behalf! This is one reason I've called this sermon series "Fight Songs." Because even a psalm like Psalm 23, which seems so peaceful, is a fight song: because the Lord our shepherd is fighting for us.
I know a young United Methodist pastor right now who's battling cancer. And like so many clergy, myself included, he has been a victim of really bad, non-biblical theology in seminary. So much so that he doesn't believe or expect that God will do anything—that God will intervene in any way—to actually destroy these tumors and cancer cells in his body… That's what the chemo and radiation are for, he says, and God has nothing to do with it. He said in a recent blog post that it's enough for him to know that God is with him. It's enough for him to know that God is with him.
Between you and me, I don't believe him. I mean, I think he's convinced himself that this is true. I believe he's done so because he doesn't want to take the risk of believing that God can actually heal him; I believe he's built up this theological rampart to protect him from being disappointed or let down if God doesn't give him what he asks for. So he doesn't ask God for what he really wants. Instead, he just asks God to do what God's going to do anyway—which, from his perspective, is to just to be with him.
To stick with my analogy, God our shepherd is also like Ronda Rousey in the sense that God might just say "yes" and give us what we ask for if only we ask! Jesus teaches us repeatedly to ask!
But I do the same thing sometimes! Even in my prayers today, I'll sometimes say, "Lord, be with Uncle Frank as he faces surgery." And we all do this, right? "Lord, be with Charles… be with Shirley…" I hear it all the time. It comes so naturally to us.
But most of the time, if I'm honest, it's not enough to know that God is merely with me. I need to know that the Lord my shepherd is in my corner fighting for me! Because I need him to be! Because I can't fight my battles alone! Because if it's left up to me, I'm doomed! Enough of these "be with me"-type prayers! They're meaningless! Yes, God will be with this person we love; but God wants to do so much more than that!
Did you see the news last week: 300 miles off the coast of Georgia, our state, a Russian spy ship was found to be spying on our Navy's East Coast ballistic missile submarine fleet—it was just like the good old days of the Cold War! Remember, years before 9/11, when we just had one main enemy to worry about? Things seemed so much simpler back then. But the point is, we do have enemies in the world. Now we have all terrorists everywhere who want to kill us. We need the Lord our Shepherd to protect us!
We have enemies in our personal lives. They may not want to literally kill us, but they want to harm us in other ways; and they would be more than happy to watch us fall flat on our faces—to fail miserably—and if we do, they would delight in telling everyone about it! Some of us think that good Christians don't have enemies, but that's not true. Good Christians love their enemies, but that mean they have to have them first!
But these human enemies pale in comparison to our biggest enemy of all, which is Satan and his fellow demons: what the Bible calls "the cosmic powers over this present darkness, the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." They exert a harmful influence in our world. They cause harmful, destructive things to happen. And they have the power to take existing problems or challenges in our lives, and twist them around, and make them so much worse! "We do not wrestle against flesh and blood," Paul says. We think we do, but, no: Look beneath the surface, Paul says, our main struggle is always against an Enemy we can't see. Good thing we have a shepherd on our side fighting for us!
So God is our protector, this psalm says. But guess what? He's also our provider.
Notice verse 1: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." In other words, we have everything we need in God alone. This is implied in David's words about the sheep lying down in green pastures. Sheep are only able to lie down and rest when they've eaten their fill—otherwise they'll keep eating. Then in verse 5, David says, "My cup overflows." The point of all this imagery is that in God—if only we're trust in him and be faithful to him—in God we have everything we need.
When will I ever learn, indeed? But I believe that a psalm like this one can help us learn!
If you have your Bible—and your should—turn to Psalm 23 and notice how verses 1 through 3 speak of God in the third person: "The Lord is my shepherd… He makes me lie down… He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul…" And then notice that there's an abrupt change in verse 4: "You are with me"; "your rod and your staff they comfort me"; "you prepare a table in the presence of my enemies." There's no logical reason why David couldn't have continued in third person: "he is with me"; "his rod and his staff, they comfort me…" That would have made sense. But he switches to talking directly to God.
I think it's because if we really spend time thinking, really thinking, about who God is—his love for us, his mercy toward us—it will naturally lead to prayer. That's what starts happening in verse 4: David starts to pray. As one pastor said, we shouldn't spend too much time thinking about God—doing theology—without also talking to God. Theology and prayer go hand in hand.
And I believe this is a good pattern to follow in our private devotional life. Do theology first and then pray. And you may say, "Well, I'm not a theologian." But you are—if you're a Christian, you're at least an amateur theologian. And you do theology when you read the Bible. Because when you read the Bible what are you doing? You're reminding yourself who God is, and who we are, and how we relate to one another. That's theology. And after you do that, then you're in a good place to pray. If you're going to be a successful Christian in this world, you have to nourish both your head and your heart every day through Bible-reading and prayer.
Friends, if this isn't happening on a regular basis, then something is wrong with your faith! If this isn't happening, then it's possible you're not even a Christian at all. If this isn't happening, I'm urging you to repent and change while there's still time! But even if you are a Christian, and you are saved, you're not going to find the kind of peace and security and refreshment for your soul that the Lord our Shepherd wants to give you unless you're making God's word and prayer an everyday part of your life!
So here's the pattern I've followed for at least a few years. When I wake up in the morning, I read scripture—and I always begin with the psalms, then I read an Old Testament chapter, followed by a New Testament chapter, and then I pray. And I keep track on my smartphone what chapter I'm on. As I do so, God has this way of speaking to me, through scripture, about things that relate directly to what's going on in my life—something I need to hear, something I need to learn. And I'm like, "Thank you, God! I needed to hear that!" And this gratitude naturally leads to praise and thanksgiving, which naturally leads to more prayer and praise. You begin to see how faithful God is in your life; you begin to see that his promises are true; you begin to see that everything you need comes from God!
So head and heart go together. Theology and prayer go together. Don't neglect them!
Here's something new I learned in my preparation for this sermon: Often, the only place for sheep to find sustenance in the hot, arid climate of the ancient Palestine was in these shadowy valleys—the "valley of the shadow of death"—because water wouldn't evaporate as quickly there and grass wouldn't dry up and die as quickly. It was necessary, in other words, for shepherds to lead their sheep into these dark places: for their own sustenance, for their own survival.
What does that mean? It means that being in the dark, shadowy valley—where predators like bears and lions are more prone to attack—is as normal a part of the life of a sheep as being in the sunny green pastures. And in our lives as followers of Jesus, our Good Shepherd, we're going to routinely find ourselves in dark, shadowy valleys as well! What are these dark, shadowy valleys in our lives? Could be any number of things! Anything that causes us to doubt, to be afraid, to be discouraged.
See, we Christians often think we're doing something wrong when we find ourselves in the dark valleys of life—that our own sin has brought us to this place. But that's not necessarily true, this psalm says: the dark valleys are going to happen even when we're doing everything right.
In fact, remember what I said earlier: we have a spiritual enemy, the devil, who's out to destroy us. I've often found that when I find the strength and courage and grace to be more faithful to Jesus in my life, that's exactly when Satan hits me the hardest—that's often when I find myself in the dark valley again.
Powerful, challenging words. Talk about being in the "valley of the shadow of death"!
When I think about my own painful, frightening experiences down in the valley, I find this thought very comforting: I have been created, God has created me, in part, through these things that I most wish hadn't happened. I am the man I am today—and I'm a better man today—because I've been down in that valley.
Maybe you're in a valley right now? Trust the shepherd! He'll lead you through it, and he's using this valley, right now, for your good! And when you reach the green pastures on the other side, whether in life or death, it'll be clear that it was for your own good!
1. The idea in this and the next few paragraphs was inspired by John Piper's excellent sermon on this text.
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You ought to go to seedbed.com, click on the "store" link and check out the new book that is coming out next month called "Soundtrack" by J. D. Walt. It is about singing the Psalms and they actually provide an online soundtrack. Walt originally wrote this for Lent 2014 as a series in the Daily Text at seedbed.com; it is absolutely amazing. It was a game-changer for me.


A working parish church undergoes restorations to ensure its communal significance.
St Catherine's is a working parish church in Essex in a central community location with a significant historical build, an important survival from the 12th century. Situated on the edge of a modern settlement it takes a prominent location within the Metropolitan greenbelt.
Its restorations to ensure its communal significance, will see it used for wider purposes like choral and music groups, school groups and exhibitions or open days.
The proposals were for an extension of the Grade 1 listed building to provide for an ensure its place within the community, currently an existing place of worship and an important landmark structure in its locality.
The simple free standing structure with no interference on the existing structure, beyond limited repair and unblocking of stonework. The new elements were designed to allow focus to remain on the existing building. The parishioners were consulted to set out requirements for the building which was to provide some basic amenities such as a kitchen and toilet facilities.


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Between the Buried and Me è il primo album in studio del gruppo musicale statunitense omonimo, pubblicato il 30 aprile 2002 dalla Lifeforce Records.

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 Nick Fletcher – chitarra
 Will Goodyear – batteria
 Jason King – basso
 Tommy Rogers – voce, tastiera
 Paul Waggoner – chitarra

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 Jamie King – produzione, registrazione, montaggio, missaggio
 Alan Douches – mastering

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Construction profession peers laud Grau's outstanding contributions as educator and researcher
Posted by Joe Kullman | Jun 30, 2017 | Faculty
Above: As an educator, David Grau has developed and implemented innovative instruction strategies. As a researcher, he is providing the construction industry improved methods for cost-effectively planning and managing projects. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU
David Grau has been named the Construction Industry Institute's 2017 Outstanding Instructor and Outstanding Researcher.
The awards recognize the assistant professor of construction management and engineering in Arizona State University's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering not only for his teaching but also for developing creative instructional methods, his service as a mentor to students and the contributions of high-impact research to the construction professions.
Grau came to ASU in 2013 with more than a decade of industry experience in design and construction coordination, along with experience in industrial, systems and computer engineering.
Those qualifications "make him unique in the field of construction engineering and enable him to develop and implement innovative and particularly effective instruction strategies," wrote Professor G. Edward Gibson Jr. in nominating Grau for the CII award.
"David adopts an active learning strategy in his instruction," Gibson wrote of Grau, "so that students learn by applying, analyzing, collecting, touching, playing, observing and collaborating, as opposed to passively listening in the classroom."
David Grau will be formally presented the Outstanding Instructor and Outstanding Researcher awards on August 1 at the CII Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. Photographer: Tim Trumble
Grau teaches in the Del E. Webb School of Construction, a part of the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, for which Gibson is the director. It is one of the six Fulton Schools of Engineering.
He is also on the faculty of ASU's Barrett, the Honors College and a Senior Sustainability Scientist with ASU's Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability.
Grau teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, including Building Construction Methods, Materials and Equipment, Construction Productivity, Construction Industry Best Practices and Research Methods.
Gibson points out that Grau has developed all of the materials and teaching strategies for the Construction Productivity course, using information from CII publications and teaching tools from two CII research teams.
Through that course Grau is also introducing students to the industry's evolving concept of "constructability," which focuses on the importance of incorporating construction expertise into the early design stages of construction projects.
"Students learn what constructability is, and what the benefits from its effective implementation are," Gibson writes.
Outside of the classroom, Grau is the faculty adviser to the ASU student chapter of Engineers Without Borders, which aids disadvantaged communities through engineering projects, and he mentors students who are embarking on their first forays into research through the Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative.
Grau is also making an impact with his research efforts. He is "at the forefront" of applying computer and systems engineering to civil and construction engineering practices, according to Gibson.
He notes that Grau is particularly well known for envisioning and implementing advanced radio-frequency identification tracking systems being used by construction organizations throughout much of the world.
The CII is recognizing him with its Outstanding Researcher award for his achievement as the principal investigator on the project "Improving the Accuracy and Timeliness of Project Outcome Predictions," conducted in 2013.
That effort, according to the CII's award judges, has since proven to have successfully identified that barriers to making accurate predictions relating to costs, management, scheduling and performance of construction projects stem mostly from "organizational behavior factors" rather than from faulty forecasting algorithms and numerical methods.
Grau was nominated for the award by Professor Edward Back, head of the University of Alabama's Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering.
Back wrote that the work by Grau and his research team managed to not only "assess and quantify the importance of predictability, but also explained the cause-and-effect processes underlying the endemic inability to predict early in the project delivery process."
He emphasized that the research resulted in the development of two tools — a Predictability Index and a "Four-Casting" assessment of the construction management process — that ensure more accurate project predictions through proactive rather than reactive forecasting and assessment practices.
The CII is a nonprofit consortium of more than 130 leading owner, engineering-contractor and supplier firms from both the public and private sectors.
"It is a true honor to be the recipient of this prestigious and competitive CII award," Grau says. "It brings a high level of recognition from leading owner and contractor organizations in the U.S. and abroad."
He credits much of his professional achievement to the guidance of "my current and past mentors" and to the Fulton Schools leadership for "their unconditional support to advance my research and instruction experience, knowledge and skills."
Grau will be formally presented the Outstanding Instructor and Outstanding Researcher awards on August 1 at the CII Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida.
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Should I Go Back to Work After Retirement?
Retirement is not a destination, it's a journey—often a lengthy and adventurous journey. Some retirees find this out the hard way when dividends from their investment portfolios and even Social Security no longer meet their income needs.
So what do you do when faced with financial challenges in retirement? You can either cut your expenses or increase your income. More retirees are choosing the latter, increasing their incomes by going back to work after retirement. Some call this the second act but another nickname is the revolving door retirement.
Pushing through the revolving door from retirement back to work is not quite as simple as it sounds. If you are driven to work doing something you love, then go for it. However, if you are deciding whether a revolving door retirement makes sense for you, be aware there may be tax consequences, Social Security consequences, and increased spending on your part. Here's what you should consider before going back to work in retirement.
If you have been out of the working world for a few years, you may not recall how much you used to spend getting dressed for the office, commuting there and back, and eating and drinking while there. Expenses for things like clothing, commuting costs, and meals eaten out of the house can add up quickly, so be sure to weigh them against your potential income. Or consider finding a work-at-home or close-to-home job where these factors are not relevant or will not significantly cut into the income you earn.
If animals or other people have come to rely on your daily care, you may also have to pay for a surrogate, such as a dog walker or day nurse.
The other side effect of increasing your income is potentially bumping yourself into a higher income tax rate. Remember, one of the benefits of taking distributions from a 401(k) or IRA in retirement is that you are likely in a lower income-tax bracket and therefore paying less tax. Earning a ton of income in your retirement years can impact your tax rate and how much you pay for retirement account distributions.
The Social Security questions get a little tricky, depending on your age and whether you are already collecting benefits. Let's start there. If you are collecting Social Security but have not reached the normal retirement age (currently somewhere between age 66 and 67 if you were born after 1943), going back to work will cost you, at least for now. For every $2 you earn over the annual limit (which is $17,040 in 2018), you lose $1 in benefits. Before you reach normal retirement age, the annual limit rises (to $45,360 in 2018) and you lose $1 in benefits for every $3 earned.
When your birthday month comes and you have reached full retirement age, you receive full benefits regardless of your earnings.
If you start receiving Social Security after reaching full retirement age, you receive full benefits regardless of your earnings.
If you started receiving Social Security early and go back to work within a year, you can stop receiving benefits, pay back the year's worth of benefits, and regain the opportunity to get full benefits later on.
If you are covered by Medicare, you should consider whether a new employer's insurance benefits will change your coverage. When individuals age 65 or older are covered by group health insurance because they are working or a spouse is working, the group plan typically pays first, before Medicare benefits kick in. This can depend on the size of the company you work for.
Of course, if you are younger than age 70 and earning income, you have the opportunity to put a portion aside in a retirement account, such as an IRA or 401(k). When the revolving door stops at full retirement, you could have a little more savings waiting there for you.


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The Trusted Release "Love and Suicide"
By DiamondKesawn on September 14, 2020@DiamondKesawn
The Trusted are Southend-on-Sea natives Dave Batchelor, Dale Holt-Mead, Fin Cunningham and Tom Cunningham. Initially starting out in secondary school, the band bonded over their mutual appreciation of a strong melody and atmospheric, edgy pop. Sharing an enthusiasm for 21st century Brit-rock led by the likes of Catfish and the Bottlemen and The 1975, as well as classic late '70s new-wave icons such as The Clash and Elvis Costello, The Trusted thrive off their unique fusion of post-punk energy and storytelling.
Their latest EP Love And Suicide is a mini collection of songs about raw human emotions and trying to define one's sense of purpose in this complicated world. Each song is inspired by how people react to all those complex situations that get thrown at us daily. Kicking off with "The Innocent" – a song about naivety and blind ambition, the track showcases jangly guitars, upbeat drums and rich vocals, emitting a potent and feel-good sound, bursting with vibrancy and charisma.
"Horizontal Mind" is a song about arrogance and single mindedness." It's a heavy dive into how selfish behaviour and egotism can lead to loneliness, heartache and conflict. The band share, "If 'The Innocent' is about the beauty of wanting to reassemble the world, then 'Horizontal Mind' is the bitter self-critical extreme of that idea. I guess the change in style between the songs is symbolic of the human mind, it doesn't walk in straight lines." With colourful melodies, crashing drums and a catchy lead guitar line, "Horizontal Mind" stays true to the band's brand of youthful punked-up indie rock.
The title-track "Love And Suicide" is a song about existentialism and the fear of the unknown. The four-piece explain, "This track is like the collapse of all the ideas put forward across the last two songs. It's the realisation that we are not the centre of the universe and that at some point, we've all got to face certain things, like death." It's also a song about 'fake news,' 'life after death' and what it means to be alive. I guess, thematically, it's all over the place but that kind of highlights the fact that 'Love And Suicide is a four-and-a-half-minute emotional breakdown."
Possessing an irresistible charm, the song highlights singer Tom Cunningham's impressive vocal range, adding depth and emotion to every word he sings. The EP comes to an end with "Wild Love." A song about running away and trying to escape pain and reality. After everything that happens throughout the EP, the character eventually ends up wanting to drop everything and leave town. The final track emits an essence of 'running off into the sunset', delivering the perfect conclusion.
The band have garnered hundreds of thousands of plays on Spotify alone, along with support from major radio stations including BBC 6 Music, BBC London, BBC introducing, BTTV and Amazing Radio. The band have successfully brought their recognisable new wave-esque, alt-rock to the stage. With an increasing number of prestigious live shows under their belts, fans have not been left disappointed by their hypnotic and mind-blowing live sets. Prestigious gigs in London and across the UK have been followed with two successful tours of Northern Italy where the band now have a huge following. Love And Suicide is currently available worldwide, off of Kerry On The Cake records.
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Year after year, a somewhat secretive gift exchange takes place between VILE and ACME. While Chase Devineaux was always wary of the occasional mishap, he wasn't one to deny a decent ceasefire.
The name he drew this year was Neb's, and in some distant memory, he recalled knowing the girl was in search of something unknown.
A bracelet of labradorite beads -- something he had heard from an old Indian healer were stones that promoted mind power for those seeking -- and while he isn't a firm believer, he's seen enough in his day to consider that certain things may aid certain people even if no one else understood.
Neb sat on the roof of the San Franciscan apartment building she lived in, a small box in hand. Down the hill the Accolade rose, a beacon of justice and the citadel of her supposed nemeses. She enjoyed living in its shadow, if only because it reminded her of a life that technically never was. They could not remember her, even as déjà vu, for she'd been careful then to keep her face covered.
"I wasn't sure you would, but you are one of the four who should, after all."
The woman removed a labradorite bracelet from the box and held it cupped in her hands, then held it up to the light.
She didn't know his train of thought behind the bracelet, but it immediately sparked her own. In the dim of her hands the stones were grey and unassuming, but when the light touched them they came alive with ethereal blues and greens, so much like that which woke beneath her skin as she worked.
Neb slipped the bracelet onto her left wrist and admired how the colours shifted below the protective grey. Then she looked out upon the coming fog and smiled.
"We'll meet again someday, old man..."
To @Lee Jordan my greatest foe. I give you the gift of humble pie.
*LOL* Oops why am I laughing at that gift!
@Kid Kidman: a paint set and a book about landscape painting from Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting.
@Invader: a combination of carpet sweeper and handy vac with charger no plugs require.
@Julie Justice and @Lucy each getting a big bar of Hershey's Chocolate Bar,a $500 gift card to Amazon.com and a $500 gift card to Pier 1 Imports.
@Joe Kerr: a $250 gift card to the Olive Garden.
*Jade tasted the cake* Whoa! That is the first cake I have ever tasted,Chase,Sophie Thanks a million!
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Native Americans in the U.S. Southwest developed sophisticated skills in astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before non-Indian peoples entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the "Great House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological evidence of ancient southwestern astronomy and calendrical reckoning, and interprets how these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American rituals.
This program is cohosted by Cochise College – Center for Lifelong Learning. This is an in-person event.
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart has worked in Arizona and New Mexico since 1975 for federal and state governments, private companies, and nonprofit organizations. He is the executive director of Tucson's nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, which he founded in 1993 to provide educational and scientific programs in archaeology, history, and cultures. Mr. Dart has received the Arizona Archaeological Society's Professional Archaeologist of the Year Award, the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society's Victor R. Stoner Award, the Arizona Governor's Archaeology Advisory Commission Award in Public Archaeology, and other honors for his efforts to bring archaeology and history to the public.
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Drew Speight (left) and Payton Porter (right) examine the camera while Nathan Walker (far left) and Andrew Poplin (far right) interact in front of the green screen wall.
West Stanly teacher converts classroom into digital studio
By Chris Miller
Published 9:10 am Thursday, February 27, 2020
The students in John Thompson's digital media classes at West Stanly High School don't have to go far when they want to shoot a school commercial or work on a short film — they just have to go to the neighboring classroom, which has been converted into a digital studio.
After years of teaching digital media and multimedia and web design courses while also collecting various film equipment (cameras, lighting), last school year Thompson convinced the school to help fund a new studio. With the offering of a new Adobe Video Design course, he wanted to offer the students a place where they could actually shoot videos.
Dubbed by students as "The Vault," the studio is equipped with a 20-foot by 9-foot green screen — technically a green wall, several types of cameras, acoustic tiles, blackout curtains, a boom mic and lightning gear. Several movie posters, such as "Jaws" and "The Godfather," adorn the walls to give the room a cinematic feel. There is also a charging station for the cameras and storage space for all of the equipment.
The cost of setting up the studio was less than $1,500, Thompson said.
The digital studio is equipped with a green screen along with several cameras and lighting gear. (Picture provided by Chad Whitley)
"I wanted it to be as professional and real-world like as it could be," said Thompson, who's offering a video production class for the first time this semester. Before the digital studio, Thompson only had a makeshift fabric green screen, which often had wrinkles.
He said West Stanly is the only county high school that has a digital studio.
Last school year, Thompson spent time researching what would be needed to create a digital studio. He made trips to local production studios in the area, including TA Films in Mooresville and Fox Sports' studio in Charlotte, to learn about how best to construct and light the green screen wall. Thompson also met with Jennifer Moxley, head of Sunshine Media in Charlotte, and a Stanly County Schools graduate, who is planning to visit Thompson's students and help get the studio's lighting set up.
Thompson and a few students met last summer to clean out the classroom and paint the green screen wall that Charles Edwards' cabinet-making class helped to construct. They also set up the lighting and added sound baffles, which help to absorb sound and improve acoustics. The digital studio was finished around Thanksgiving.
"Everything that's been done in there has been done by students," Thompson said. "They got a sense of pride because they built this and helped me design it."
His digital video students recently filmed a commercial advertising Xello, a career exploration website, to inform students of the different CTE classes offered at the school — the first big video project that was filmed in The Vault.
Thompson wants to utilize the studio to shoot more commercials along with movie trailers, special effects videos and short films. He also wants to use the studio as a way to promote other classes and groups at the school, such as upcoming productions from Wes Tucker's theater classes.
"It's so much easier when it's time to say, 'Hey we need to shoot some footage,' and we just go next door and everything's pretty much already set up," Thompson said.
His students have also enjoyed the new digital studio.
"I like doing stuff for other people, like the commercials that we do," said sophomore Drew Speight, who is in Thompson's advanced digital media class.
"Doing the commercials for other people is very fun because a lot of times you have free rein to do what you want," said junior Payton Porter.
Porter's favorite part of the class is filming while Speight most enjoys editing.
Porter, Speight and other students do all the filming and editing that goes into creating the videos. Thompson usually just gives the students the script for a video and then they take over.
"We will continue to tweak and make changes and additions as necessary, but we are proud of how the studio has progressed and our students are really excited about using it," Thompson said.
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Chris Miller has been with the SNAP since January 2019. He is a graduate of NC State and received his Master's in Journalism from the University of Maryland. He previously wrote for the Capital News Service in Annapolis, where many of his stories on immigration and culture were published in national papers via the AP wire.
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Cinnamon Muscovado is the leader of Team CHML and partner of Vanilla Legume. She is a first year student at Shade Academy, in the year below RWBY and JNPR. Her emblem is a lollipop shaped like a Sugar Gliders head and her aura is cinnamon brown.
Cinnamon is a young woman with wavy auburn hair pulled back in a messy ponytail that reaches her mid-back. She has dark brown eyes and a pale olive complexion. She is slim, with a gymnasts build focusing on flexibility and speed. Her face is pointed, with a button nose and large eyes. A pair of Sugar Glider ears are visible peaking out from her hair.
She wears a white crop singlet with cinnamon brown edging and her emblem on the back in pink. Arched over her emblem is her last name in blocky, black lettering. She also wears a white, inverted box pleat skirt, with the inside of the pleats being cinnamon brown, over dark brown mini shorts.
Short, white fingerless gloves, white elbow and knee braces, white ankle socks and running shoes with dark brown laces finish the outfit off, along with a dark brown utility belt worn on an angle around her hips.
Cinnamon was born in Mistral as an only child to a middle class family. Her parents were often described as married to their jobs, as they ran a small, local patisserie and made all their products themselves. Consequently they weren't around much to raise Cinnamon beyond the basics, and her early youth was lonely. When she was old enough to help around the shop, doing things like washing non-breakables and cutlery (except the knives), or wiping down counters and tables, she threw herself into the job wholeheartedly, glad to be able to spend time with her parents beyond a few minutes snatched here and there, or when they were bone tired after work. Her parents spoilt her slightly to make up for their lack of time, often baking extra batches of sweets and desserts for her or spending what money they could put aside on things that she wanted. She grew used to being able to get her own way when it came to her home life, though Cinnamon knew that her parents workplace was not somewhere she could get her way.
When she was eleven, still helping out around her parents patisserie, though with the customer side rather than the cooking side of things, she signed up for a Pen Pal Program offered by the CCT. Though they did offer a pairing program, where she would be given the details of one child her age, she instead signed up for the quartet program, which would put her in contact with a child her age from each of the other kingdoms. She was put in contact with Honey Clover, Maple Arboretta and Vanilla Legume.
When she was thirteen, Cinnamon enrolled in Sanctum to become a Huntress after listening to tales from Vanilla, who had always dreamed of being a Huntress. Her own natural excitement and habit of throwing herself head first into things meant that she didn't think the course through, and once enrolled she refused to drop out even at the urging of her parents. Her Sanctum life was then spent mostly on the side lines cheering other students on during the combat tournaments, and obtaining only middling grades and combat effectiveness - enough to pass, but nothing spectacular.
At the end of the girl's first years at combat school, they arranged to go to the Vytal festival which was being held in Atlas, to meet for the first time and stay at Vanilla's house. Cinnamon was extremely excited at the prospect and afterwards declared that the next year, when the summer holidays rolled around again, they would all come to stay at her place in Mistral. Her parents supported the friendship, hoping that the other girls would be able to dissuade her from pursuing the career of a Huntress, but were sadly disappointed when they found out two of them were enrolled in combat schools and the third was being privately trained in dust use.
When the girls were all almost 16, they entered into a four-way romantic relationship with each other. The first months were full of drama as expected of a group of girls entering a polyamorous relationship while they found a balance between each other.
Cinnamon graduated Sanctum with middling grades, and when Maple had a throw-away idea to team up at Beacon, she leaped on it. Cinnamon was the driving force behind organising the girls to teaming up, setting each other member of the quartet on a job, and designing the uniforms for each girl herself, with input from the others.
When Beacon was destroyed, the girls were all together enjoying the Vytal festival. They managed to stick together and watch each other's backs during the invasion, and were even more determined not to be split up after that. In the following months they discussed their options, and the decision was made to attend Shade Academy instead.
Particularly hyperactive and cheerful, even for a cheerleader, Cinnamon is a morning person if ever there was one and rarely seen without some sort of sugar laden food or drink in her possession. Her preferred morning drink isn't coffee, but hot chocolate with six large spoonfuls of extra sugar. She is addicted to lollipops and quite often carries a bag of them around with her at all times. She is always cheerful and optimistic, throwing herself into everything she does wholeheartedly.
Marzipan is a pair of cheer leading pom-poms, the frizzles of which unfold and extend out to become a cat-o-nine tails each via a button on the handle. The tails are imbued with ice dust, allowing her to summon spikes on the tails for extra lashing and scouring attacks or piercing damage when in pom-pom form, and firmer grip when using it as a grappling device.
She often uses one of the nine tails to pull enemies towards her as a grapple, then punches them with the other ice-serrated pom-pom. The nine-tails also act as a flaying device for distance enemies she can't pull, though she never uses both extended forms at the same time. When in close combat, Cinnamon the pom-poms like boxing gloves to deal quick damage, dodging in and out of close range combat and never staying in the same place for long. She prefers to dodge rather than block attacks.
Cinnamon's semblance is Effulgence, or the ability to absorb, store and convert light into pure physical speed or strength. Pure sunlight fills her metre the fastest, which is visually represented by her hair glowing until it turns white, with moonlight filling her metre at a slower rate while artificial or fire light is absorbed the slowest. She does not remove light from the area while filling her metre, and she cannot absorb more light while boosting her speed or strength.
While using her semblance, she can choose to spend her metre slowly for small increases to her natural strength or speed, or all at once for a large increase to her strength or speed. Increasing both strength and speed at once significantly decreases the effectiveness of her semblance.
Cinnamon is a spice as well as a shade of brown. Muscovado is a type of brown sugar.
Cinnamon is addicted to lollipops and can often be seen eating one.


Pictured (L-R) before DAVIE's performance at the MFM's award ceremony are: BMI's Dan Spears, Sinclair Broadcast Group SVP and CAO Dave Bochenek, Turner Broadcasting SVP and Deputy Controller Cindy Pekrul, BMI songwriter DAVIE, MFM Board Chair and Damon Strategic Consulting President Robert Damon, Bonneville International Corporate Controller Melissa Mitchell, MFM President and CEO Mary Collins and Manship Media CFO Ralph Bender.
BMI music took center stage at a recent gathering of media financial executives in the Washington, DC area as BMI showcased two of its emerging singer-songwriters at Media Finance Focus, a three-day conference hosted by the Media Financial Management Association (5/21-5/23) at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City. R&B crooner DAVIE and up-and-coming country artist Julia Cole both performed in front of the top financial executives from the radio, television and cable industries. DAVIE and his music appeared in a Wild Turkey International TV campaign with Matthew McConaughey, and his songs have been placed in EA Sports Madden NFL 18, as well as on ESPN and NBC network programming. Julia Cole, fresh off a stint on the current season of American Idol, was recently named one of CMT's New Artist Discoveries.


Regardless of the social platform, partnering with the top influencers can do wonders for your game. Should you have the available budget to do so, their partnership allows you to capitalize on their huge reach, influence and charismatic personality.
Put simply, when you're working with a larger budget you can realize bigger concepts with top influencers. You will expose yourself to great possibilities, but also pitfalls that don't necessarily exist with smaller influencers.
There are many factors that contribute to a channel's success, with one major contributing factor being their ability to make extraordinarily creative and engaging content.
As a channel grows, their access to resources that help execute larger than life creative concepts also increases. Promoting your product in a video, that goes beyond the usual scale of the channel and thus can be expected to drag a lot of viewer attention, be it via special stunts, events, etc., will pay off via the extra reach. This is true for German gaming YouTuber Ungespielt, who created a video promoting Summoners War where he integrated the game into a spectacular trip on which he went to fly via jetpack.
Another example of an influencer going above and beyond the normal Let's Play, was when Gameinfluencer partnered with German YouTubers Der Heider and Klengan to compete in a showdown hosted in Amsterdam. Both influencers were flown to Amsterdam for a Nvidia Shield face off and attended the launch party for the new console. They both created separate videos for their own channel, both of which were part travel vlog and part Let's Play.
Next, if driving community engagement is an objective, then you should explore the possibility of developing a special contest with a popular channel. Interactive contests have proven to result in higher user retention and greater brand buzz; plus the big channels have the power to easily draw in huge numbers of participants.
Dan and Phil, for example, hosted a contest in partnership with The Battle Cats where they invited their followers to design and submit their own "Battle Cat" character.
With over 3,000 submissions, increased installs and retention, the contest proved to be a outstanding success for the publisher.
Another enticing possibility of working with a big influencer is that there is a greater chance of his or her video hitting trending lists.
Thanks to aggregate "Top" and "Trending" features on platforms like Twitch or Twitter, big influencers who already receive high view rates often see their videos go viral whenever their content makes it into a top list.
Twitch, for instance, categorizes the most watched games on its homepage under "Top Live Channels," which gives the game extra visibility and pulls in more and more viewers.
While the possibilities of working with top influencers are bountiful, pitfalls do exist. Although through proper due diligence and knowledge of the nuances that come along with their partnership, these unexpected and hidden dangers can be avoided.
With top influencers the process of completing a contract often is extensive.
Though the process of executing a final contract can be time intensive, it's vital to be meticulous in its' creation. It's wise to consider all of the elements — e.g. exclusivity, user acquisition rights, cross-channel promotion, etc. — you hope to receive from the partnership before even approaching the influencer as there's likely a cost associated with each. Knowing what you want from the outset makes the process more straightforward.
A second pitfall can occur when you're toeing the line between the influencer's need for creative control and what you, as the brand, need to see or hear in the video. To avoid this pitfall, it's recommended that a detailed video brief be created covering the "dos and don'ts" when promoting the game. Allow the influencer to use the brief as a guide when proposing and finalizing his or her video concept.
And lastly, influencers are human so it's possible that they could make a public statement or act in a way that could harm your brand should an association exist. Before putting all of your eggs in one basket, complete a round of due diligence so that you have a deep knowledge of who you're working with and what they stand for. Moreover, it's advised to have a character clause in the contract to protect yourself from any irreparable harm.
While their partnership can be costly, top influencers can do a great deal for your game in terms of branding, community growth and more. Before moving forward, we recommend carefully considering the possibilities as well as the pitfalls to ensure that the cooperation pays off ten fold.


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Essendo cresciuto nel San Paolo, ha giocato nelle giovani del club con talenti del calibro di Adriano e Kaká. Non ha però mai effettuato il debutto nella prima squadra della società paulista. È stato poi ceduto nella seconda divisione brasiliana, al Ceará, ma anche qui non verrà schierato neanche una volta. Dopo questa esperienza negativa, Figueiredo è sbarcato in Europa, precisamente in Svezia, dove è stato invitato ad un provino dall'. Dopo circa quaranta giorni, la società ha deciso di non offrirgli un contratto, in quanto non ritenevano il giocatore valido per una spesa di un certo livello. Ha fatto quindi un provino con il GAIS, che gli ha velocemente proposto un contratto triennale. Al termine della sua prima stagione, ha segnato 15 reti in 28 partite, una media che gli ha fatto guadagnare nuovamente l'interesse dell'AIK, che questa volta non se lo è lasciato scappare. Tra il 2006 e il 2007, Figueiredo ha giocato 44 partite di campionato per il suo nuovo club, segnando 17 reti. A settembre 2007 è stato ceduto in Qatar, all'Al-Rayyan, squadra per cui ha firmato un contratto quinquennale. Nel 2009 si è trasferito al  con cui ha vinto il titolo nazionale nel 2010 e dove è rimasto fino al 2012. Le sue ultime parentesi da giocatore sono state in Turchia e in Danimarca.

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