Single abilities which are powerful and interesting.
There will also be a small number of Epic Trees, consisting of several Skills.
There will be no Epic Skills available at game start.
Epic skills will have clear requirements or conditions for how to unlock them once they've been discovered so that players can aim for these, if they wish.
These skills still cost XP to purchase.
Hint: Repeatedly sought to become subsumed by your Plane.
Having been touched by perfection you are forever changed. You form becomes more difficult to effect and death shys away. These effects may not be immediately obvious to you.
You are no longer blessed, this means you no longer have the ability to perform medical roleplay without buying any skills and will not be brought back upon death.
Instead should you ever bleed out or be executed take a STASIS. This STASIS lasts until you are out of danger or the encounter ends whichever is longer.
In Erosion you lose all the beneficial effects of this tree.
When you are on full hits you may call IMMUNE to any effect call.
You MUST ignore the first damage call you take in an encounter. Call VOID.
Having been touched by Erosion you are forever changed. These effects may not be immediately obvious to you.
You are no longer Blessed, this means you no longer have the ability to perform medical roleplay without buying any skills and will not be brought back in the same way upon death.
Instead, when you die, your body begins to rapidly decay. Once this process is complete, you are reborn from the ashes. (This takes <narrative coolness> length of time on a LARP).
You retain all your memories, but are a different version of yourself. Your old self has died, and you are regenerated. This is up to you to roleplay as you see fit.
In Perfection you lose the beneficial effects of this tree.
Whenever someone drops to 0 hits within sword reach of you, HEAL 2.
Hint: Comprehensively resisted the pull of your Plane.
Req: Accept a piece of a very powerful Planar entity within yourself.
Once per encounter, you may use this ability: gain one Essence.
Keep track of every time you use this ability, and inform the LARPO at the end of the adventure.
Hint: An Ichorwerker with deep understanding of the Forest has made substantial changes to your body.
You have consumed Black Ichor and been turned into an Elect. Your physical frame is substantially larger and is recognisably inhuman. You have also developed a craving for Black Ichor in its raw undiluted form which is normally fatal or at least incredibly uncomfortable for humans. On the plus side you can smell Black Ichor or those heavily effected by it. On the downside you will find it difficult to resist consuming Ichor if given an opportunity. On any adventure when you have successfully consumed Ichor you gain 2 hits. If you are Forest Touched, consuming Ichor causes you to take a STUN 60.
Emergency fallback: next time you enter your death count in this encounter, you may talk and crawl as if under the effects of Deep Roots.
Activate Secondary Musculature: You may call WOUND or REPEL on your next blow.
Accelerate Reflexes: Gain a DODGE.
You may also use this to perform a freeform feat of power at GM discretion.
Your form has been crafted to resist the Forest. You may treat any affliction of the Forest that you suffer as one potency lower. In addition, once per encounter, you may call MASS FEAR FOREST. If you are Forest Touched, this causes you to take a STUN.
You may turn the Elect conditioning within your mind into a useful tool. Twice per adventure With 10 seconds of concentration, you may enter a state of robotic calm and precision. In this state, your emotions are extensively dampened, your sense of superiority over other humans is greatly heightened, and your desire to remain pure and to share that purity with other, inferior lifeforms is substantially increased. This may be a serious detriment to your effectiveness as a member of a party. While in this state, you are IMMUNE to FEAR and ROLEPLAY and take WOUND and STUN at half duration. Certain afflictions and roleplaying effects may also be temporarily nullified at GM discretion.
You are particularly hated by a given NPC.
They will go out of their way to make your life difficult.


The Japanese yen has bounced around quite a bit recently. Actually, Japanese companies have been taking a battering, as the US dollar drops in value, and the Euro discovers it's got nothing propping it up, so the Yen is the next best safe haven if you can't or for some other reason, won't get gold. In truth, Japan is deep in debt, and needs customers (the US) to buy. If Americans don't buy, then the whole country will whither or remain stagnant. So one could say that Japan needs to economise, why print a 2,000yen note, when you could just keep a restricted production run of 1,000, 5,000, and 10,000 yen notes?
Note that "Nippon Ginko" means "Bank of Japan" (the central bank for Japan).
The Hatoyama Government has made a very public pledge to reduce carbon emissions by 25%. Ambitious, but possible. However, this was made amid a very serious economic downturn, and still the Japanese economy is fragile, and many tens of thousands factory workers are still unemployed. To maintain the economy, keeping money floating and changing hands, the ordinary people are not being asked to pay out so much. Public education is set to become free (a bill will be submitted later this month to parliament), but two important points are being made public in Japanese media. National highway tolls will be cut to just one-thousand yen per section, and "eco-points" (ie: government cashback offers) for all new "ecologically friendly" televisions and other appliances bought.
In previous holidays, we saw that with a decrease to one-thousand yen highway tolls, that there was a significant increase in traffic. Meeting the 25% carbon reduction appears more difficult to attain. However, can eco-points assist in this? Perhaps not. The offer ends on March 31st, 2010.
Our previous television used about 190 watts per hour, and it was an older, 36″ cathode-ray type. The new "eco-friendly" television, at 40″, bought second hand (ex-shop display) uses 170 watts per hour. Hardly a reduction at all. But we do get twenty-thousand yen back from the government, which should cover the electricity bill for the times when I accidentally leave a 40 watt desk lamp on while watching my environmentally friendly television.
Why offer cheaper highway tolls, cash back on electronic products, and free education? Not really to keep the economy turning (at least artificially), but because there's an upper house election later this year. But a High Definition LCD TV is so much nicer than the previous cathode ray tube.


Anaal Nathrakh is a two man Black Metal/Grindcore outfit with strong ties to Napalm Death and the now defunct Mistress. The band name is taken from John Boormans 1981 fantasy film "Excalibur", and means "Serpent's Breath".
The main duo behind the music are Dave Hunt (aka V.I.T.R.I.O.L., vocals) and Mick Kenny (aka Irrumator, guitars and drum programming), although they are occasionaly joined on record and for their few forays onstage by Shane Embury (aka Embryonymous, Napalm Death, Bass) and Steve Powell (aka St. Evil, Theoktony, drums).
In 2003 they came to the attention of the late and great DJ John Peel, who invited them to perform a session for his show in the BBCs recording studios. The success of that prompted them to consider playing occasional live shows, to date they have only played a handful of gigs in London and Birmingham, with a few more recently in Europe and America.


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PatientBond Acquires c2b solutions to Offer Breakthrough Platform for Precision Engagement
Combined capabilities allow PatientBond to improve its clients' business and clinical outcomes coupling Healthcare Consumer Psychographics with Digital Engagement Workflows
ELMHURST, Illinois and CINCINNATI, Ohio – 1/24/18 – PatientBond, LLC, an innovative provider of healthcare consumer digital engagement services, has acquired c2b solutions, LLC, the leader in healthcare psychographic segmentation and consumer insights to enhance healthcare organization strategies and patient behavior change efforts.
"PatientBond has helped healthcare organizations succeed with their patient acquisition, loyalty and clinical outcomes efforts using our configurable platform for digital communications," said Anurag Juneja, Chief Executive Officer of PatientBond. "The two companies have been working together as partners for the last three years, offering innovative solutions jointly in the marketplace, but the acceleration of market adoption over the past six months led to the decision on the formal acquisition."
Psychographics pertain to people's attitudes, personalities and priorities, each of which are core to their intrinsic motivations. These insights are invaluable in developing messaging that influences patient behavior through precision engagement.
For example, PatientBond achieved a 75 to 90 percent reduction in hospital readmissions for complex conditions including Congestive Heart Failure, working with the nation's top health systems. Another example involved working with a national insurer to persuade its clients' employees to complete a biometric screening, resulting in a ten-fold increase in participation over previous years.
Jon Phillips, Managing Director and head of private equity for First Trust Capital Partners and Chairman of PatientBond, said: "This acquisition is an exciting next step for PatientBond and c2b solutions. c2b solutions' proven psychographic segmentation model was developed by healthcare consumer experts from Procter & Gamble and is unmatched in the healthcare industry. We anticipate accelerating growth for the combined company."
c2b solutions founders Casey Albertson and Brent Walker will assume roles with PatientBond to continue their customer development and consumer insights work.
PatientBond will exhibit at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) trade show, March 5-9, 2018 in booth #10107.
About PatientBond
Founded in 2011, PatientBond's mission is to leverage Healthcare Consumer Insights and Innovative Technology Solutions to help its clients better navigate the rise of consumerism in healthcare and the shift to value based reimbursements by building a tighter bond with their patient/member population and improving overall health outcomes. PatientBond's highly configurable, digital communications platform supports a diverse set of workflows focused on improving patient acquisition, patient loyalty and health outcomes through differentiated and proven applications, resources and capabilities. PatientBond is a portfolio company of First Health Capital Partners, LLC. Information about PatientBond is available at http://www.patientbond.com.
About c2b solutions
Based in Cincinnati, c2b solutions was founded by former P&G executives to help organizations enhance their healthcare strategies and initiatives through proprietary consumer insights and proven marketing methods. c2b's proprietary psychographic profiling tools allow for classification of healthcare consumers into groups providing a high level of predictability of individual motivations, communication preferences and behaviors. For more information, visit the c2b solutions website at http://www.c2bsolutions.com.
Topics: Patient Engagement, precision engagement, patient payments, acquisition, health outcomes, loyalty, Marketing, News

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That day we were admiring the beauty of Tatras seen from our flat on 17th floor in Katowice city. Such clear air happens once a year in the mid of the winter after frizzy night when the air is very very dry. It must be in the early sunrise time when the sun is behind the peaks, casts the shadow on the slope and brightens the sky above.
Tatra mountains are located 140 km away in straight line from Katowice.
The high antenna seen in foreground is actually the highest structure in Poland. It's 358.7 meters tall and was built in 1976.


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DC and Marvel duke it out in "Slugfest"
Kai Ryssdal Oct 2, 2017
https://www.marketplace.org/2017/10/02/dc-and-marvel-duke-it-out-slugfest/
Like the Incredible Hulk (Marvel) and Superman (DC), the comic book publishers have very different personalities. DC is more "buttoned down" and Marvel is "free flowing." Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
In the new book "Slugfest: Inside the Epic 50-Year Battle Between Marvel and DC," journalist Reed Tucker details the long rivalry between these two comic book behemoths. Tucker talked to Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal about the companies' early years and where the future of the comic book publishing industry will go. What follows is an edited transcript of their conversation.
Kai Ryssdal: You point out in your prologue here that it was not all that long ago that comic books in this economy were about as marginalized and irrelevant as they could be.
Reed Tucker: It's so true, and that's what I think is just so incredible about what's happening now, where comic books have basically become mainstream pop culture. You know, if you think about them and even back in the '50s, we were holding Senate hearings investigating basically the danger of reading comic books. So they sort of went underground for a while, and in the '70s and '80s, they had comic book stores, but they were often in sort of these grotty strip malls, and you know, they were dark, dusty places and not very welcoming. So to see comic books come out into the light, into the mainstream like this, and they're now multibillion-dollar businesses when it comes to TV and movies, to me is kind of astounding.
Ryssdal: But also, and you make this point as well in the beginning of the book, 50, 80 years ago it was DC and Marvel. Today it's DC and Marvel at the billion-dollar levels.
Tucker: Exactly. You know, I'm trying to think of other businesses that just had two main competitors, and really the only one I can think of off the top of my head was the cola wars. You know, you've got Coke and Pepsi, and they've been battling each other for years. But, yeah, it's astonishing that no other company has really been able to break in.
Ryssdal: They were, in the early days, anyway, completely contrasting examples of I guess corporate culture, right? D.C. you say was more sort of buttoned down and then Marvel, once Stan Lee gets in there, is more free flowing.
Tucker: Yeah, that's exactly right. People think of comic book industry as being this fun kind of jokey place to be, and there's all these stories of comic book fans visiting DC in the '60s and just being really, really let down when they got into the office, because it looked like, you know, they were selling insurance in there. You know, there are people wearing suits, there's kind of a hushed tone, it felt very conservative. Meanwhile, Marvel, in part because they didn't have as much success as DC had early on, and it didn't have as much money, their offices were much more DIY. Somebody told me, one of the writers, that when he walked in there in the '60s the only thing in there was Stan Lee and a $10 couch. So in part that has directed the culture at both of the companies.
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Ryssdal: Am I being a false romantic if I lament the demise of the actual comic book in favor of what has become much more mass entertainment with these movies, or is that just the way the business has to be, man?
Tucker: You know, they have almost gone away many times over the years, even as far back as the '70s. You know, when Warner Communications first started taking over D.C., those executives would come in, they would look at the ledgers of the comic book publishing business, and they would say, "Why are we still publishing comic books?" And the publisher would say, "Well, we're doing it because it's almost like a laboratory where we try out new ideas, we create new characters, and down the line, those characters are going to be very valuable."
Ryssdal: Do you think, even though as we've been talking about they have become these cultural behemoths, that DC and Marvel are going to be around for a while in the comic book publishing business as opposed to the intellectual property business?
Tucker: It's a good question. You know I asked a lot of people who work in the business and they could all envision a day where there is no more comic book publishing, that these characters are just you know sort of IP libraries that are mined for TV and movie projects going forward. I guess in our favor if you want to see comic books stay around, what I've been told is one of the reasons that they keep publishing them is to keep the trademarks alive for some of these more obscure characters. So I don't think it's going to go away, but it just depends on who's in charge and who's looking at the numbers, I suppose.
Ryssdal: Do you have a favorite character in comic books?
Tucker: Well, I always liked Batman growing up. Part of that was because, you know, he's cool and he was kind of darker than some of the other DC heroes, you know, that I owned Underoos of, like Superman or Wonder Woman.
Ryssdal: Wait, you had Wonder Woman Underoos?
Tucker: I think it was given to me by Santa Claus one year, but I didn't ask too many questions.
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Centre or coffee tables dress and complete the look of a whole room or setup. This piece of furniture serves both the purpose of décor as well as practicality. For this reason, coffee tables need to be sturdy and take the punch! These ideas will show you how to make your very own customized coffee table that is at the wow-level.
Making a coffee table includes having a top and legs or supporters. You can make the top from almost anything. Reclaim old shutters, paneled doors halves, pallet coffee tables, or simply an industrial cable bobbin and styled into some unique tables. An old window can make a contemporary glass top of a box table and casters. Vintage suitcases can double as box tables also. Take a discarded tire, drill holes and attach round planks, cover with rope and add small legs. Log table is another idea that has a rustic feel to it. Gather some birch branches or any other thin log and fix them by either giving it a rope band in the centre or nailing them on a support beam. Place a glass top and casters.
You can achieve a very stylish table with creates. Join four crates with the side of one touching the back of the other and opening side out. Place them on a bottom plank with small legs or caster. Convert the centre slot into a plant pot. You can make a table out of an old chest or split a barrel in half and place a top on it. You can experiment with hairpin, crisscrossed, steel, or Grecian Billiard ones. The possibilities are there waiting for you!


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News about NZX
Experienced Verifone, banking executive appointed CIO at the NZX
By Rob O'Neill | 22 December, 2020 08:05
In the wake of announcing increased investment in its IT systems and capabilities yesterday, the New Zealand Stock Exchange has also found a new chief information officer.
DDoS attack: NZX accepts need to invest in systems and skills
The NZ Stock Exchange is recognising the need for further investment to improve the stability and resilience of its technology.
NZX will not release report into DDoS attacks, shares summary
The NZ Stock Exchange is keeping an independent review of the massive denial of service attacks that took the market down in August under wraps.
Plexure Group aims to start trading on ASX on 25 November
By Rob O'Neill | 13 November, 2020 07:35
New Zealand-listed mobile engagement software developer Plexure Group aims to start trading on the ASX on 25 November under ticker PX1.
NZX: CIO resigns, international search for replacement launched
By Rob O'Neill | 29 September, 2020 11:15
The chief information officer of the NZ Stock Exchange, David Godfrey, has resigned and will leave the company at the end of 2020.
SAP gears up for APJ leadership shift
Long-standing outsourcing partnership poised for review at Corrections
Gelsinger's return to Intel 'is like Steve Jobs' second tour of duty at Apple'
Malwarebytes hacked by SolarWinds attackers
A look inside the comprehensive remote training and certifications options now available via the AWS partner network
Cisco tags critical security holes in SD-WAN software


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It comes with an interactive menu so you can choose the episode you like with chapter skips and a play-all feature to play the whole disc.
The screenshots are taken on my 60" LCD TV with a iPhone playing on a standard Blu-ray player.
The series follows the supernatural adventures of Ethan Morgan (Matthew Knight), a geeky freshman and Seer who has visions from contact with the paranormal, his best friend Benny (Atticus Mitchell), who is a spellmaster, and his younger sister's babysitter Sarah (Vanessa Morgan), who is a vampire. They are often aided by Rory (Cameron Kennedy), their dorky friend, and Erica (Kate Todd), Sarah's best friend, both of whom are vampires.
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Solskjaer urges United to find ruthless streak after surviving Rochdale scare
Sergio Romero's save sent United through on penalties.
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Manchester United's young players need to quickly learn to kill off games after Rochdale gave them a scare in the Carabao Cup.
After Sunday's chastening Premier League loss at West Ham, things were almost compounded as 16-year-old Luke Matheson stunned Old Trafford by cancelling out fellow teenager Mason Greenwood's effort to secure a 1-1 draw.
Sergio Romero saved the day by denying Jimmy Keohane to secure a 5-3 penalty shoot-out victory, saving United from an embarrassing third-round exit to the plucky League One side.
Romero's save sent United through (Richard Sellers/PA)
It was a let-off for Solskjaer's men and a further reminder of the need to make their chances count, having converted just one of their 31 shots on the night.
"We go 1-0 up in many games," the United boss said.
"Today it's again go 1-0 up and you think 'go on then, get the second' which is the key now and that is learning curve for these boys as well.
"We need to go for a second.
"At this club you don't just sit back and hope that's enough good. If you settle for good enough, that's not what we want."
This performance raised more questions than it answered, but 17-year-old Greenwood was one of the few positives after wriggling free to score in front of the Stretford End – just as he did in the Europa League against Astana last week.
"He has two great feet and (took the) penalty with his right, so he must be a nightmare for defenders having him one on one in the box," Solskjaer said.
"He can go both ways, which is for me fantastic and you can just see he has got quality and he will get his share of games.
"But he is young, we'll allow him to grow slowly but surely."
Yet Solskjaer is not afraid to throw the 17-year-old in at the deep end and would have no problems starting him in fourth round draw when United head to Chelsea.
United survived a scare (Richard Sellers/PA)
"If you want to win it, you have to beat the best," the manager said.
"We play them first game of the season this year. We played them in the FA Cup last year and it slots into a couple of weeks with loads of travelling."
The Carabao Cup draw means United will have four successive away games, with trips to Norwich, Partizan Belgrade, Chelsea and Bournemouth as October turns to November.
"That's how it is," Solskjaer said. "And we have got to make the best out of it – and I am sure we are because that's the type of group this is, that's the type of club we are.
"We are not going to say 'argh', we're going to relish it and look forward to it."
As for Rochdale manager Brian Barry-Murphy, the overriding emotion was pride after going so close to one of the most famous wins in the club's history.
Brian Barry-Murphy was proud of his players (Richard Sellers/PA)
"I think the lads are drained, really," he said. "I think they feel like they shouldn't be celebrating but they are.
"They're a very young group of guys and challenged themselves to put on a performance that they thought we were capable of producing.
"We kind of displayed our personality I felt throughout the game and that was the most rewarding thing for me, for what the lads displayed of themselves."
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Joseph C. Wilson, credited as the "founder of Xerox," took over Haloid from his father. He saw the promise of Carlson's invention and, in 1946, signed an agreement to develop it as a commercial product. Wilson remained as President/CEO of Xerox until 1967 and served as Chairman until his death in 1971.
Looking for a term to differentiate its new system, Haloid coined the term Xerography from two Greek roots meaning "dry writing". Haloid subsequently changed its name to Haloid Xerox in 1958 and then Xerox Corporation in 1961.
Before releasing the 914, Xerox tested the market by introducing a developed version of the prototype hand-operated equipment known as the Flat-plate 1385. The 1385 was not actually a viable copier because of its speed of operation. As a consequence, it was sold as a platemaker to the offset lithography market, perhaps most notably as a platemaker for the Addressograph-Multigraph Multilith 1250 and related sheet-fed offset printing presses. It was little more than a high quality, commercially available plate camera mounted as a horizontal rostrum camera, complete with photo-flood lighting and timer. The glass film/plate had been replaced with a selenium-coated aluminum plate. Clever electrics turned this into a quick developing and reusable substitute for film. A skilled user could produce fast, paper and metal printing plates of a higher quality than almost any other method. Having started as a supplier to the offset lithography duplicating industry, Xerox now set its sights on capturing some of offset's market share.
The 1385 was followed by the first automatic xerographic printer, the Copyflo, in 1955. The Copyflo was a large microfilm printer which could produce positive prints on roll paper from any type of microfilm negative. Following the Copyflo, the process was scaled down to produce the 1824 microfilm printer. At about half the size and weight, this still sizable machine printed onto hand-fed, cut-sheet paper which was pulled through the process by one of two gripper bars. A scaled-down version of this gripper feed system was to become the basis for the 813 desktop copier.
The company came to prominence in 1959 with the introduction of the Xerox 914, "the most successful single product of all time." The 914, the first plain paper photocopier was developed by Carlson and John H. Dessauer; it was so popular that by the end of 1961 Xerox had almost $60 million in revenue. Revenues leaped to over $500 million by 1965.
The company expanded substantially throughout the 1960s, making millionaires of some long-suffering investors who had nursed the company through the slow research and development phase of the product. In 1960, a xerography research facility called the Wilson Center for Research and Technology was opened in Webster, New York. In 1961, the company changed its name to Xerox Corporation. Xerox common stock (XRX) was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1961 and on the Chicago Stock Exchange in 1990.
In 1963 Xerox introduced the Xerox 813, the first desktop plain-paper copier, realizing Carlson's vision of a copier that could fit on anyone's office desk. Ten years later in 1973, a basic, analogue, color copier, based on the 914, followed. The 914 itself was gradually sped up to become the 420 and 720. The 813 was similarly developed into the 330 and 660 products and, eventually, also the 740 desktop microfiche printer.
Xerox's first foray into duplicating, as distinct from copying, was with the Xerox 2400, introduced in 1966. "2400" denoted the number of prints produced in an hour. Although still some way short of offset speeds, this machine introduced the industry's first Automatic Document Feeder, Slitter/Perforator, and Collator (sorter). This product was soon sped up by fifty percent to become the Xerox 3600 Duplicator.
Meanwhile, a small lab team was borrowing 914 copiers and modifying them. The lab was working on a project called the "Long Distance Xerography" (LDX) project. The aim was to be able to connect two copiers together via the public telephone network, such that a document scanned on one machine would be copied out on the other. The LDX system was introduced in 1964. Many years later this work came to fruition in the Xerox Telecopiers, seminal to today's fax machines. The fax operation in today's multifunction copiers is true to Carlson's original vision for these devices.
C. Peter McColough, a longtime executive of Haloid and Xerox took over as CEO from Joseph Wilson in 1968.
In 1968 the company consolidated its headquarters at Xerox Square in downtown Rochester with its iconic 30-story Xerox Tower. In 2007 the headquarters was moved to Stamford, Connecticut, but most of the office staff remained in Rochester. In 2009 Xerox decided to sell the property, and the sale was completed in 2013, with Xerox continuing to lease space for the remaining approximately 1400 employees.
Xerox embarked on a series of acquisitions. University Microfilms was purchased in 1962, and Electro-Optical Systems in 1963.In 1969, Xerox acquired Scientific Data Systems(SDS). It renamed the division Xerox Data Systems (XDS) and produced the Sigma line and its successor the XDS 5xx series of mainframe computers in the 1960s and 1970s. XDS was sold to Honeywell in 1975.
Archie McCardell was named president of the company in 1971. During his tenure, Xerox introduced the Xerox 6500, its first color copier. During McCardell's reign at Xerox, the company announced record revenues, earnings and profits in 1973, 1974, and 1975. John Carrol became a backer, later spreading the company throughout North America.
In the mid-1970s Xerox introduced the "Xerox 9200 Duplicating System." Originally designed to be sold to print shops, to increase their productivity, it was twice a fast as the 3600 duplicator at two impressions per second (7200 per hour). It was followed by the 9400 which did auto duplexing and then by the 9500 which offered zoom reduction.
In a 1975 Super Bowl commercial for the 9200, Xerox debuted an advertising campaign featuring "Brother Dominic," a monk who used the 9200 system to save decades of manual copying. Dominic, portrayed by Jack Eagle, became the face of Xerox into the 1980s.
Following these years of record profits, in 1975 Xerox resolved an anti-trust suit with the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which at the time was under the direction of Frederic M. Scherer. The Xerox consent decree resulted in the forced licensing of the company's entire patent portfolio, mainly to Japanese competitors. Within four years of the consent decree, Xerox's share of the U.S. copier market dropped from nearly 100% to less than 14%.
In 1979 Xerox purchased Western Union as the basis for its proposed Xerox Telecommunications Network (XTEN) for local-loop communications. However, after three years the company decided the idea was a mistake and sold its assets to MCI at a loss.
David T. Kearns, a Xerox executive since 1971, took over as CEO in 1982. The company was revived in the 1980s and 1990s, through improvement in quality design and realignment of its product line. Attempting to expand beyond copiers, in 1981 Xerox introduced a line of electronic memory typewriters, the Memorywriter, which gained 20% market share, mostly at the expense of IBM.
In 1983 Xerox bought Crum & Forster, an insurance company, and formed Xerox Financial Services (XFS) in 1984.
In 1990 Paul Allaire, a Xerox executive since 1966, succeeded David Kearns, who had reached mandatory retirement age. Allaire disentangled Xerox from the financial services industry.
Development of digital photocopiers in the 1990s and a revamp of the entire product range again gave Xerox a technical lead over its competitors. Digital photocopiers were essentially high-end laser printers with attached scanners, known as Multi Function Machines, or just MFMs, which were able to be attached to computer networks. Xerox worked to turn its product into a service, providing a complete document service to companies including supply, maintenance, configuration, and user support.
To reinforce this image, in 1994 the company introduced a corporate signature, "The Document Company", above its main logo and introduced a red digital X. The digital X symbolized the transition of documents between the paper and digital worlds.
In the mid-1990s LA County Superior Court turned to Xerox for help in replacing nearly 500 aging copiers throughout LA County, but Xerox refused to consider leasing. The County instead went to Konica and introduced the concept of leasing of copiers for the first time in the industry. Xerox was shut out of the County for the next two years.
In April 1999 Allaire was succeeded by Richard Thoman, who had been brought in from IBM in 1997 as president. The first "outsider" to head Xerox Thoman became a victim of internal politics, and he was forced to resign in 2000.
After Thoman's resignation Allaire again resumed the position of CEO and served until the appointment of Anne M. Mulcahy, another long-term Xerox executive. Xerox's turnaround was largely led by Mulcahy, who was appointed president in May 2000, CEO in August 2001 and chairman in January 2002.She launched an aggressive turnaround plan that returned Xerox to full-year profitability by the end of 2002, along with decreasing debt, increasing cash, and continuing to invest in research and development.
In 2000, Xerox acquired Tektronix color printing and imaging division in Wilsonville, Oregon, for US$925 million. This led to the current Xerox Phaser line of products as well as Xerox solid ink printing technology.
In September 2004, Xerox celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Xerox 914. More than 200,000 units were made around the world between 1959 and 1976, the year production of the 914 was stopped. Today, the 914 is part of American history as an artifact in the Smithsonian Institution.
In November 2006, Xerox completed the Acquisition of XMPie. XMPie, the leading provider of software for cross-media, variable data one-to-one marketing, offers solutions to help businesses create and manage highly-effective direct marketing and cross-media campaigns.
In October 2008, Xerox Canada Ltd. was named one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc., which was announced by the Toronto Star newspaper.
On May 21, 2009, it was announced that Ursula Burns would succeed Anne Mulcahy as CEO of Xerox. On July 1, 2009, Burns became the first African American woman to head a company the size of Xerox.
On September 28, 2009, Xerox announced the intended acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services, a services and outsourcing company, for $6.4 Billion. The acquisition was completed in February 2010. Xerox said it paid 4.935 Xerox shares and $18.60 cash for each share of ACS, totaling $6.4 billion, or $63.11 a share for the company.
In May 2011, Xerox acquired NewField IT for an undisclosed sum. NewField IT developed the Asset DB toolset which is widely used across the managed print services (MPS) market along with MPS market-leading consulting and software services delivering a large impact for this relatively small acquisition.
In December 2013, Xerox sold their Wilsonville, Oregon solid ink product design, engineering and chemistry group and related assets previously acquired from Tektronix to 3D Systems for $32.5 million in cash.
The laser printer was invented in 1969 by Xerox researcher Gary Starkweather by modifying a Xerox 7000 copier. Xerox management was afraid the product version of Starkweather's invention, which became the 9700, would negatively impact their copier business so the innovation sat in limbo until IBM launched the 3800 laser printer in 1976.
The first commercial non-impact printer was the Xerox 1200, introduced in 1973, based on the 3600 copier. It had an optical character generator designed by optical engineer Phil Chen.
In 1977, following IBM's laser printer introduction, the Xerox 9700 was introduced. Laser printing eventually became a multi-billion-dollar business for Xerox.
In the late 1970s Xerox introduced the "Xerox 350 color slide system" This product allowed the customer to create digital word and graphic 35mm slides. Many of the concepts used in today's "Photo Shop" programs were pioneered with this technology.
In 1980, Xerox announced the forward looking 5700 laser printing system, a much smaller version of their 9700, but with revolutionary touch screen capabilities and multiple media input (word processing disks, IBM magcards, etc.) and printer 'finishing' options. This product was allegedly never intended to make the commercial markets due to its development cost, but rather to show the innovation of Xerox. It did take off with many customers, but was soon replaced with its still smaller and lower cost 2700 Distributed Electronic Printer offering in 1982.
In 1970, under company president C. Peter McColough, Xerox opened the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, known as Xerox PARC. The facility developed many modern computing technologies such as the graphical user interface (GUI), laser printing, WYSIWYG text editors and Ethernet. From these inventions, Xerox PARC created the Xerox Alto in 1973, a small minicomputer similar to a modernworkstation or personal computer. This machine can be considered the first true Personal Computer, given its versatile combination of a cathode-ray-type screen, mouse-type pointing device, and a QWERTY-type alphanumeric keyboard. But the Alto was never commercially sold, as Xerox itself could not see the sales potential of it. It was, however, installed in Xerox's own offices, worldwide and those of the US Government and military, who could see the potential. Within these sites the individual workstations were connected together by Xerox's own unique LAN, The Ethernet. Data was sent around this system of heavy, yellow, low loss coaxial cable using the packet data system. In addition, PARC also developed one of the earliest internetworking protocol suites, the PARC Universal Packet (PUP).
In 1979, Steve Jobs made a deal with Xerox's venture capital division: He would let them invest $1 million in exchange for a look at the technology they were working on. Jobs and the others saw the commercial potential of the WIMP (Window, Icon, Menu, and Pointing device) system and redirected development of the Apple Lisa to incorporate these technologies. Jobs is quoted as saying, "They just had no idea what they had." In 1980, Jobs invited several key PARC researchers to join his company so that they could fully develop and implement their ideas.
In 1981, Xerox released a system similar to the Alto, the Xerox 8010 Star. It was the first commercial system to incorporate technologies that have subsequently become commonplace in personal computers, such as a bitmapped display, window-based GUI, mouse, Ethernet networking, file servers, print servers and e-mail. The Xerox 6085 Star, despite its technological breakthroughs, did not sell well due to its high price, costing $16,000 per unit. A typical Xerox Star-based office, complete with network and printers, would have cost $100,000.
In the mid-1980s, Apple considered buying Xerox; however, a deal was never reached. Apple instead bought rights to the Alto GUI and adapted it into to a more affordable personal computer, aimed towards the business and education markets. The Apple Macintosh was released in 1984, and was the first personal computer to popularize the GUI and mouse amongst the public.


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John Legend On Fashion Trends
"It's About Dressing For Girls"
Jeremy Berger
John Legend's bagged six Grammy Awards on his trip to the top of the neo-soul world, working with serious talent like Kanye West, will.i.am and Raphael Saadiq along the way. His new album of vintage cover tracks with The Roots, Wake Up!, comes out today.
AskMen caught up with John at New York's Bowery Ballroom music venue to talk about the collaboration and about a different side of his performance — fashion. He explained what it means to dress for the show, what he wears around his neighborhood (East Village, NYC), and what fashion trend he'd like to run out of town (sorry, Ed).
John Legend on fashion
How did you dress before you became famous? How has it changed?
I used to work for a management consulting company, so I dressed differently — business casual, probably a lot of things from Banana Republic. My wardrobe now is definitely more expensive, but I always dress for the occasion.
What's your uniform — the outfit you put on that you're most comfortable in and could wear every day?
Usually I'll wear a T-shirt, hoodie, jeans, and sneakers if I'm going to the studio or hanging out in the East Village, where I live.
Is dressing for a gig like dressing for work?
It's dressing for a show, which is different from dressing for work. At work, you want to stand out but not in extra-funky ways. At the core, it's about dressing for girls — who are most of my fans — and you want to dress up for them. You just want to feel like you're on top of your game.
What is the most important garment in a man's wardrobe; the one big-ticket fashion item that is worth its price tag?
I like cool jackets — a nice fall or winter coat. You can get a lot of use out of it, and you'll wear it frequently, so it can really set the tone of your uniform for the season.
Let's talk about the state of the modern male wardrobe; what are the most common male fashion mistakes?
We all make mistakes. Unfortunately, mine are captured on film. We all feel like we can get away with something, like you'll wear something that looks OK in the mirror if you adjust it just right, and then it doesn't work when you're moving around or performing. Here's something I don't like: I hope we can end the whole Ed Hardy nonsense, the tattooed T-shirt thing — that's just not good.
Who are your style icons?
Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.
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You've worked with a lot of different producers — Kanye, will.i.am, Dave Tozer — what's different about working with The Roots?
I've never done a full album with one syndicate of producers. This album has a very signature sound; before they weren't as unified in their concept. And The Roots are one of the best bands in the business. They brought out the best in me vocally.
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Walking While Black in Pittsburgh
By Sean Schafron
Published Feb 4, 2010 10:11 PM
Around 11 p.m. on Jan. 12, another tragic incident demonstrated the racist establishment's brutal punshment of the crime of "walking while Black" in Pittsburgh.
Jordan Miles, an 18-year-old viola player and honors student at the prestigious Creative and Performing Arts High School (CAPA), was walking from his mother's home to his grandmother's home where he frequently stayed, when he was inexplicably and brutally attacked by three white Pittsburgh police officers.
According to the police report, Miles was standing against a building "as if he was trying to avoid being seen." The police said they observed something under the young man's jacket which they thought to be a gun but turned out, according to their report, to be a bottle of Mountain Dew.
Miles maintains he had nothing in his jacket and seldom even drinks the beverage. He relates a different and more terrifying story. As he was walking he noticed a white car with three men inside. They jumped out of the vehicle and shouted, "Where's the money?" "Where's the gun?" and "Where's the drugs?" Afraid of being robbed, Miles turned towards his mother's home when he slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk.
Before he could get back up, Miles reported, "That's when they started beating me, punching, kicking me, choking me." It wasn't until about 15 minutes later, when uniformed officers arrived in a police van, that Miles realized he was being arrested. The attackers never identified themselves as police, and when he was handcuffed Miles assumed he was being abducted.
The officers have been identified as Richard Ewing, David Sisak and Michael Saldutte. All three failed to appear at Miles' Jan. 18 hearing on charges of resisting arrest and aggravated assault.
Miles had no criminal record prior to the attack.
Pictures taken and released by his mother, Terez Miles, show the young man's face covered with bruises, with his right eye swollen shut and a bald spot where officers tore dreadlocks from his head. "My son is 150 pounds and 5-foot-6. There was no need for this degree of violence and brutality for someone of this stature," she said. He was treated twice at West Penn Hospital for his injuries.
The media picked up on this horrific story, prompting Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl to state, "The incident was very troubling to me, and we're taking it very seriously." Ravenstahl also told reporters, "It seems as if there was a tremendous amount of force used." However, not only have the offending thugs not been fired or even suspended, they were merely taken off of plainclothes duty and reassigned in uniform.
With nationwide attention increasing, the FBI opened a fact-finding investigation to determine if Miles' civil rights were violated.
The public outrage against this crime has been swift. On Jan. 26 about 60 CAPA students were joined by concerned residents and activists on a march through downtown Pittsburgh chanting, "Justice for Jordan!"
Outside Pittsburgh City Council chambers, Black Political Empowerment Project Director Tim Stevens spoke passionately as many of Miles' schoolmates and others pushed back tears. "I cannot fathom how the Pittsburgh police could, in any reasonable way, defend the beating, stomping, choking and kicking of an unarmed, 5′6″, 150-pound teenager by three armed police officers. Simply moving the police officers from their former undercover status to uniform status does not properly handle this very troubling situation. These officers are still on the street to possibly brutalize other innocent, nonsuspecting citizens."
Believing her son was racially profiled, Miles' mother may file a civil rights lawsuit once the criminal case is resolved. Pittsburgh's NAACP chapter has called for the three brutal officers to be fired and for all charges against Miles to be dropped. Chapter President M. Gayle Moss said, "He had robbed no one — no bank, no establishment, hijacked no car or caused anyone any harm. He was simply walking while Black."
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A view from The Citizens Foundation in Pakistan: Neha Raheel on school closures and the pandemic
Posted on July 1, 2020 by drkarenedge | 3 Comments
This week's post features an e-mail interview with Neha Raheel, (@NehaRaheel), Manager, Learning Experience & Assessment Design, Partnership Schools, at The Citizens Foundation (TCF) in Pakistan. Neha was also recently selected as a WISE Emerging Leader for her work at TCF. As described in an IEN post in 2019, TCF was launched by six friends in Karachi Pakistan who saw education as a key to addressing a wide range of social problems. Since establishing five new schools in 1996, TCF has developed a network of over 1600 schools in Pakistan.
This post is the sixth in a series that includes views from Chile, from Japan, from the Netherlands, from Scotland, and from Liberia. The "A view from…" series editors are IEN's Thomas Hatch and Karen Edge, Reader/Associate Professor in Educational Leadership at University College London's Institute of Education.
IEN: What's happening with you, your family/friends, and co-workers?
Neha Raheel: The lockdown in Sindh (one of Pakistan's provinces, located in the southeastern part of the country), where I currently live and work, was announced on March 23rd, 2020 (initially for a period of 15 days, which extended till early June). The government began to lift the lockdown gradually in the first week of June, despite the number of cases being on the rise. Currently, education institutions, marriage halls, beauty parlors, cinemas, etc. remain closed while businesses have been allowed to operate between the hours of 06:00 am – 7:00 pm (five days a week) in certain parts of the country. The government also began putting several localities under "smart lockdowns" as the number of cases was surging. However, some of these localities have now started to re-open, and the government has announced that it will be making a decision regarding the re-opening of government schools and educational institutions on July 2nd.
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TCF, as an organization, had announced that at the discretion of the Heads of individual departments, we were allowed to begin working from home from March 16th onwards, so my colleagues and I have been doing so since then. My team and I work on curriculum and assessment design for TCF's Public-Private Partnership schools (340+ schools adopted by the organization from the governments of Sindh and Punjab, with a mandate to improve access to, and quality of education).
Work from home has presented a whole host of challenges for us. We started this project by working with a team of content developers: part-time employees whose main task was to help us create lesson plans for the Teacher Guides that we are currently designing for our Partnership schools (a majority of our Partnership contracts mandate us to use the government's syllabus, instead of the one designed by TCF for its flagship schools). These content developers do not always have access to technology (they create handwritten content for us, which is then typed at the Head Office). The quality of the lesson plans has always been heavily reliant on feedback; which pre-COVID, was given and discussed in weekly in-person meetings. Since these meetings can no longer take place in person due to the lockdown, we have been struggling with shifting the feedback sessions to take place over phone calls (a lot of people who work part-time with us do not have access to a laptop/computer or a stable internet connection at home). We also had a lot of drop-outs from the project because the women that we work with simply could not cope with the demands of managing their caregiver duties with a part-time project. As a result, we had to innovate and come up with an alternate recruitment and onboarding strategy. We are now relying heavily on the grace and magnanimity of a team of volunteers who graciously have agreed to assist us with our work on various projects (1100+ people have applied to volunteer with our department in the past month, alone). We are still grappling with the task of working remotely, not only within the team, but also with our volunteers.
IEN: What's happening in the communities where you work?
NR: Especially where our Partnership schools are housed, TCF works within communities with some of the lowest average incomes in the country and, as such, the digital divide has prevented us from using traditional education technology-based solutions for distance learning. TCF has, instead, been working on creating multi-grade content for a national TV channel: creating a televised show that focuses on student wellbeing (including physical movement through the yoga/exercise section of the program), joy, and basic literacy and numeracy skills (storytelling section and guided activities/assignments). Students also send in their artwork and assignments to TCF in response to the content broadcast in the program. TCF is also piloting a magazine to assess the effectiveness of paper-based Self Study Materials. The aim is to try to be as inclusive as possible and to try to reach as many students as we possibly can, especially those who are most impacted by the digital divide and learning losses.
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At the same time, we are also thinking ahead to what will happen when schools eventually reopen. As such, my team's biggest project this year is creating Teacher Guides for our Partnership Schools, with the purposes of improving the quality of teaching and learning activities in what are often rote learning based and teacher-centered classrooms; to reduce teacher workload of lesson planning (the majority of our teachers spend the entire day in the classroom, teaching all subjects and, as such, do not find time to research and create learner-centered lesson plans); and to serve as a developmental tool, building teacher capacity. These Teacher Guides are being made for the post-pandemic/post-lockdown world that our teachers and students will return to. The trauma-informed approach to education tells us about the importance of bringing joy, safety, trust, and hope in the lives of learners who have been through a trauma. As our students deal with potential losses of life, learning, and/or livelihood, our focus has primarily been on designing interventions keeping the principles of teacher and student wellbeing at the front and center: we are thinking deeply about how to restore stability, joy, hope, and trust in their lives, while being cognizant of the large learning losses that most of our students will likely face. The curriculum in these Guides, along with the restructuring of the school day, will allow us to include engaging learner centered activities, brain breaks and movement-based activities (to energize students, provide them with processing time, and bring a sense of joy in their lives); opportunities for guided and free play, and meditation and mindfulness activities. We are also mindful of the loss of connection, anxiety, and stresses that students might face in their absence from school (which is more often than not a safe and joyous space for our kids) and we hope that classroom routines such as mindfulness, meditation, yoga, play, storytelling, collaborative pair/group work, gratitude journaling, and understanding, acknowledging, and knowing how to express one's feelings will restore that sense of connectedness and will bring back joy and hope in the lives of our students when they return to school.
As our students deal with potential losses of life, learning, and/or livelihood, our focus has primarily been on designing interventions keeping the principles of teacher and student wellbeing at the front and center: we are thinking deeply about how to restore stability, joy, hope, and trust in their lives, while being cognizant of the large learning losses that most of our students will likely face.
IEN: What do you/your community need help with?
NR: The digital divide is becoming increasingly tied with learning losses and is likely to result in a widening of the already prevalent achievement gaps in our country. At the policy level, we need to think about ways of lessening the impact of the digital divide on student learning (perhaps beginning with a drive of providing students/communities with access to electricity/basic tech/internet). At the same time, we are drawing our inspiration from several innovative (and low/no cost resource based) initiatives, such as the remote learning work being done by Pratham, India and Teach for Pakistan's WhatsApp school. TCF is a not-for-profit and, as such, relies heavily on the philanthropic donations of people from across the world. To be able to continue fighting the good fight, we need people to keep donating for the cause, and also (if possible) volunteer their expertise for the various programs that we have. TCF is also actively thinking about the potential increase in drop-out rates once schools open (as evidenced by the drop-outs following the Ebola crisis), especially with relation to the gendered nature of the drop-outs. A question that we are currently thinking deeply about is: How can we re-engage students whose parents might find an extra set of earning hands to be more useful than continuing their education? As we continue working on our television program and pilot our magazine, we would appreciate any and all advice/resources/connections that would help us create, curate, and disseminate content.
IEN: What resources/links/supports have you found most useful?
NR: There are several websites that are providing their content/lesson plans/lesson activities free of charge, including but not limited to the following:
Learning Activities and Play Ideas for Pre-K-II:
a. Pre-Kinders
b. Play Ideas
c. Steamsational
d. DREME TE (Math activities for early years)
Lesson Plans/Unit Plans (for all grades):
a. National Geographic Education
b. Teachnology
c. PBS Learning Media (also includes videos)
d. The Teacher's Corner
e. Scholastic
f. Harvard Graduate School of Education's Virtual School Lesson Plan Database
a. Storyweaver
b. Bookdash
c. Global Digital Library
Mindfulness/Meditation Exercises
a. Kids Relaxation
b. Mindful Teachers
c. Teach Starter
IEN: What are you reading, watching, listening to that you would recommend to others?
NR: Twitter has been a great source of connecting with educators from across the globe and has allowed me to watch/read/listen to the ways in which educators are responding to the crisis. Some of the accounts that I have found to be most useful include, but are not limited to: Teaching Tolerance, Social Emotional Learning, WISE, Design for Change, Pratham Education Foundation, Rising Academies, Math and Movement, CASEL, Recipes for Wellbeing, Karanga, SELinEdu, and many more. Webinars and conferences, so many of which have become freely available, have also been a great source of information (e.g. WISE Words, the T4 Education Conference, RISE Webinars, Catalyst 2030; Karanga's Global SEL Conference, Education Disrupted, Education Reimagined, Elevating Education in Emergencies: Securing Uninterrupted Learning for Crisis-affected Children, etc.).
IEN: What have you found most inspiring?
NR: Videos/comments/thoughts from TCF school leaders and teachers have allowed me to stay connected with the communities where we work and have also inspired me with their messages of resilience, hope, gratitude, and positivity. Reading about stories of inspiring teachers from different parts of the world has been an additional source of inspiration. Doing a daily virtual gratitude journal with my team members has brought several moments of positivity and gratitude to my life: reading each other's responses and thoughts about simple and positive moments brings smiles to all of our faces. Playing games (including a Harry Potter themed escape room) and doing mindfulness check-ins with my team as we all navigate work from home and feelings of isolation and anxiety/uncertainty has been both grounding, as well as inspiring, as we all try to collectively navigate the new reality. More so than anything else, my dog (we rescued her a few months prior to the pandemic): the amount of joy and hope that she brings in my life is unparalleled.
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This is the 8th post on my"How To Practice Mindfulness" series. I hope you are finding this interesting and helpful in some way. I'd love to hear your feedback, and if you'd like me to write about a specific subject, please let me know in the comments below.
Only recently, I started practicing yoga regularly. Actually, it was a few months ago, that I gave yoga a second try and saw so many improvements, mentally, and physically, that I hope to be able to always create time in my day to practice this ancient discipline. Here's an good article on bringing mindfulness into your yoga practice, if you are interested in a more experienced approach.
Mindfulness and yoga are interconnected. To me, they are two sides of the same coin. Once you find a good yoga teacher (hello! Yoga with Adriene) that guides you, not only through the postures and flows, but more importantly, through the whys of each movement, you start to understand how the thinking mind needs to be in tune with what the body is saying. I feel that, through yoga, you learn to find balance, first with postures, then somehow, you take it off the mat and into everyday life. Ultimately, all this contributes to your overall well being, in that your body heals and becomes stronger.
Have a look at this video if what you want is a yoga meditation class. Or this one, if you are looking for a power yoga class, or maybe this one, to get a yoga for weight loss experience.
You'll notice that they are all Yoga with Adriene videos. Why? Because it's her classes that I follow regularly. Finding true vocation and skill within the same person is golden, and I think Adriene encompasses both. I feel like I'm sharing a gem here when I recommend her to you. I truly hope you give her videos a try. I think I can safely say that you will #findwhatfeelsgood.
Have you ever done yoga? If so, what's your favorite part of a yoga class?
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Two voices discuss Ender's sister. One says Valentine is a problem because Ender loves her and may not want to leave her behind. The other speaker seems confident that Ender can be tricked into leaving home. If tricks do not work, the second speaker says, it is always possible to tell Ender the truth.
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At breakfast, Ender cannot eat. He worries about facing Stilson and Stilson's friends at school. Around him, his family bickers good-naturedly. Suddenly the table beeps, signaling that someone is at the door.
Ender's father checks the door's video surveillance and sees a member of the International Fleet waiting outside. "I thought it was over," Father says.
The man from the fleet tells Ender that Stilson is in the hospital. He asks if Ender enjoyed kicking Stilson when he was down. Ender says that he did not. He explains that he had to hurt Stilson badly to stop future bullying. "You took away the monitor," Ender says. "I had to take care of myself, didn't I?"
Father argues with Ender's reasoning, saying he should have asked an adult for help. The fleet officer ignores this and introduces himself as Colonel Graff. Graff explains that he needed to see what Ender would do after the monitor came off to see what kind of person he is. He offers Ender a place at Battle School.
Mother is appalled that Graff wants to reward Ender for putting another boy in the hospital. Graff says he does not care about what Ender did; he just had to know why Ender did it.
Mother and Father do not have any choice but to let Ender go to Battle School. When Ender was conceived, they signed a form stating their willingness to let him go. If they had not done so, the government would never have allowed Ender to be born. Ender, however, has a choice.
Ender considers his options. He does not want to leave his parents or his sister, and he does not like fighting. The idea of becoming a soldier does not appeal to him. However, he worries that Peter might try to kill him if he stays.
Speaking to Ender alone, Colonel Graff explains that if Ender goes to Battle School, he will be away a long time. Ender and Valentine will no longer know each other when Ender returns, and this will be sad because the two kids love each...
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