Please note, MTB hire is only available on our mtb touring tours in Tasmania. Don't forget that you can BYO mountain bike on any tour and save.
How do u book a mountain bike hire in Tasmania ?
Simple, when you book a tour online just add "MTB hire" from the list of extra tour services available on the booking form and it will be added to your tour booking.
Tasmania is regarded around the world as a unique mountain bike destination "Hotspot" with its world class track networks coupled with its amazing wild scenic landscape. From MTB touring on the wild west coast and tranquil east coast to riding the epic x country / downhill style track networks at world quality places like Blue Derby, Maydena Bike Park and the new Wild Mersey MTB Trails. Are you up for an adventure.


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Ha! I'm getting all the questions "Mom, where do sharks poop?" "Mom what are fingernails for?" "Mom...etc. etc. etc." It's hilarious! Sid is also always talking about last New Year's Eve when a certain husband put gefilte fish in the toilets upstairs and it overflowed causing a flood through the kitchen ceiling. Sid recently threw a tissue in the toilet and then got all worried and said "Oh no, is this going to make the toilet boil?"


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Q: A state mutation was detected between dispatches while creating new widget-Reactjs ,Redux Getting error while creating widget list
if i click on widget list for the first time i am able to create the widget       (widget 1).
if i create another widget to it i am getting an error(A state mutation).
if i create another widget , i am able to create widget with out error(widget 3 )
Error:A state mutation was detected between dispatches, in the path ``. This may cause incorrect behavior.
code
addWidget = (widgetType) => {
let newWidget = {};
switch (widgetType) {
  case 'venn':
    newWidget = {
      widgetName: `widget ${this.state.widgetCount}`,
      widgetType: 'venn',
      leftTarget: '',
      rightTarget: '',
      leftTargetValue: 0,
      rightTargetValue: 0,
      position: { row: 0, col: 0 },
    };
    break;
default:
    newWidget = {
      widgetName: `Default ${this.state.widgetCount}`,
      widgetType: 'venn',
      leftTarget: '',
      rightTarget: '',
    };
    break;
}
this.setState(prevState => ({
  widgetsList: [...this.state.widgetsList, newWidget],
  isHidden: !prevState.isHidden,
  widgetCount: this.state.widgetCount + 1,
}), () => this.props.storyboardActions.addWidget(newWidget, this.props.selectedBoard.boardId));
};

Reducer
case types.ADD_NEW_WIDGET: {
  const newBoardList = state.boardList.map((item) => {
    if (item.boardId === action.selectedBoardId) {
      return {
        ...item,
        modifiedAt: Date.now(),
        widgetList: [...(item.widgetList || []), { widgetId: uuid(), ...action.newWidget }],
      };
    }
    return item;
  });
  return { ...state, boardList: [...newBoardList] };
}

Action
export const addWidget = (newWidget, selectedBoardId) => ({
type: types.ADD_NEW_WIDGET,
payload: {
widget: newWidget,
boardId: selectedBoardId,
},
});

A: Edit: Bugs in action creator
Try using action.payload to pass all of your data. You've currently got bugs with your property names, and you're calling the action creator with the params in the wrong order:
// Action Creator
export const addWidget = (newWidget, selectedBoardId) => ({  // <-- Param order
  type: types.ADD_NEW_WIDGET,
  payload: {  // <-- Use payload object
    boardId: selectedBoardId,  // <-- These key names
    widget: newWidget,
  }
});

// Reducer
case types.ADD_NEW_WIDGET: {
  const { boardId, widget } = action.payload;  // <-- Get the data out
  const newBoardList = state.boardList.map(item => {
    if (item.boardId === boardId) {
      const currentWidgetList = item.widgetList || [];
      const newWidgetList = [
        ...currentWidgetList,
        {
          widgetId: uuid(),
          ...widget
        }
      ];

      return {
        ...item,
        modifiedAt: Date.now(),
        widgetList: newWidgetList
      };
    }

    return item;
  });
  return { ...state, boardList: newBoardList };
}

Can I see your storyboardActions.addWidget actionCreator?
I have an idea as to what could be going wrong. The spread operator is a shallow clone, so you aren't guaranteed to be immutable. (Look up cloneDeep for options.)
I'm not positive what is mutating, though. My best idea with the code you've posted is the widgetName, because it's relying on this.state.widgetCount for a unique name, but the setState method is async, so there's technically a chance for it to go awry (I think.)
I've refactored your code a little. I didn't change much, so I'm not counting on this fixing the problem. But separating the bits out like this will give you opportunities to toss in console.logs to hopefully catch where the mutation is happening.
Let me know if this does anything differently:
getNewWidget = type => {
  switch (widgetType) {
    case "venn":
      return {
        widgetName: `widget ${this.state.widgetCount}`,
        widgetType: "venn",
        leftTarget: "",
        rightTarget: "",
        leftTargetValue: 0,
        rightTargetValue: 0,
        position: { row: 0, col: 0 }
      };
    default:
      return {
        widgetName: `Default ${this.state.widgetCount}`,
        widgetType: "venn",
        leftTarget: "",
        rightTarget: ""
      };
  }
};

addWidget = widgetType => {
  const newWidget = this.getNewWidget(widgetType);
  this.setState(
    {
      widgetsList: [...this.state.widgetsList, newWidget],
      isHidden: !this.state.isHidden,
      widgetCount: this.state.widgetCount + 1
    },
    () =>
      this.props.storyboardActions.addWidget(
        newWidget,
        this.props.selectedBoard.boardId
      )
  );
};

Reducer
case types.ADD_NEW_WIDGET: {
  const newBoardList = state.boardList.map(item => {
    if (item.boardId === action.selectedBoardId) {
      const currentWidgetList = item.widgetList || [];
      const newWidgetList = [
        ...currentWidgetList,
        {
          widgetId: uuid(),
          ...action.newWidget
        }
      ];

      return {
        ...item,
        modifiedAt: Date.now(),
        widgetList: newWidgetList
      };
    }

    return item;
  });
  return { ...state, boardList: newBoardList };
}

A: One common error which caused this error for me was, when I was cloning into state from props.
getFields(props) {
  return ((props.resources.fields && [...props.resources.fields]) || []).map(
    field => {
      field.checked = false;
      return field;
    }
  );
}

this.setState({ fields: getFields(props) });

In the above example fields was an array of object. And instead of doing a deep copy, i did a shallow copy with [...props.resources.fields].
Doing a deep copy would solve this issue. So, for my case i did one more level of shallow copy as follows:
getFields(props) {
  return ((props.resources.fields && [...props.resources.fields]) || []).map(
    item => {
      const field = { ...item };
      field.checked = false;
      return field;
    }
  );
}

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Chiara Ferragni, Pomellato's new Ambassador
Influencer, Entrepreneur, and mother-to-be!
Chiara Ferragni, the blond Italian blogger behind "The Blond Salad", has just been chosen by Jewellery house Pomellato as the brand's ambassador. The fantastic fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh clicked Ferragni for Pomellato's latest campaign for which she was selected to highlight the importance of female leadership.
The photographer Lindbergh said about her: "What impressed me most about Chiara—and I was working with her for the first time— is her strong and vibrant personality, she embodies the future of the empowered femininity. She is wholeheartedly and powerfully present, a true influencer and it just came out through my lens."
The Italian jewellery brand Pomellato could have chosen a famous Hollywood star or a supermodel, but they decided to go with a blogger and influencer. Although many people like to mock the word Influencer, nobody can deny their power. And Chiara Ferragni is indeed a powerful woman.
She started her fashion blog "The Blonde Salad" in 2009 and has since, won several Bloglovin awards. She is the most powerful fashion influencer in the world according to Forbes. The blogger has appeared on the covers of several magazines and has even her own Barbie version, that wears shoes of the Chiara Ferragni Collection, of course.
Her blog has turned into a magazine and an e-commerce where she sells her eponymous line of clothes, shoes, and accessories. By the way, her success is so impressive that it became a case study at Harvard Business School.
So let's talk about numbers: Chiara's Instagram account has 11.8 million followers; she is #1 on Forbes's Top Influencers list in the Fashion category, she has over 2 million Facebook subscribers, and she made over $10 million in 2016. But maybe the most important number is that in 2018 she will bring 1 more person into the world. Yes, the new mother-to-be and her beau, the rapper Fedez are pregnant, and already enjoying the new life with a new green card in L.A. Congrats!

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Do I need to migrate my Qube data?
Only data from Qube schema version 37 (present from 6.10-0 onwards) can be brought forward into Qube 7. If you're upgrading a Qube supervisor from a version prior to 6.10-0, you can upgrade only the schema to version 37; see the second phase of "Step Two: Export MySQL data to .csv"
We have seen cases with customers upgrading from Qube 6 to Qube 7 where the supervisor is attempting to connect to the PostgreSQL server on the default port for MySQL. This is due to the database_port being defined in the qb.conf file, but still set to the value for a MySQL server.
One of the major feature updates to Qube 7.0 is the switch of the supervisor's database server from MySQL to PostgreSQL. Accordingly, when upgrading from a pre-7.0 version (such as 6.10-0a) to 7.0 or above, there are extra manual steps that must be taken outside of the Qube Installer (or the RPM/MSI/PKG installer, if you chose to bypass the QubeInstaller), particularly if you require that the old data from MySQL be transferred to PostgreSQL. This step-by-step document will guide you through the straightforward process.
The order of these steps are crucial! Note that there are steps to be taken before upgrading the supervisor.
Then wait for all activities to stop.
The time it takes for the export depends on many parameters, such as your supervisor system's hardware (especially the speed of the database and export destination disk), the number of existing jobs, and number of frames (aka agenda items) for each job. For reference, on a Mac system with an SSD, every 256 jobs, each with 100 frames, took about 6 seconds to process. That would add up to about 4 minutes to process 10,000 jobs.
In this step, you'll be using a script that we provide to dump MySQL data to .csv files into a folder on disk.
Make sure that the MySQL server is running, and that you can connect to it using the mysql client, and that your qube table version is at 37.
On a command prompt, run the upgrade_supervisor program that you just downloaded.
On Windows, you will need to unzip the upgrade_supervisor_WIN32-6.1-x64.zip file first, and run the upgrade_supervisor.bat file found in the unzipped folder.
Check that there weren't any critical errors reported by upgrade_supervisor.
Choose a destination folder on your supervisor for the MySQL csv files. Make sure that your user and the mysql server process both have write permission to this folder and all its parent folders, and that the volume is sufficiently large. Also note that a faster disk, such as an SSD, will help speed up the export/import process.
Do NOT use /tmp, /var/tmp (/usr/tmp), or any subdirectories under them. These OSs give the MySQL service its own private /tmp and /var/tmp folders, which prevents the mysqldump command from running correctly. Creating a subdirectory under /root does not work either, nor will a subdirectory in any user's home directory, since non-root users home directories are usually mode 700, so the MariaDB server can't access it.
Then, install the export_data_from_mysql.py and fix_mysql_column_orders.sql scripts from the next step into this directory as the root user, and run the export script as root.
Download the export_data_from_mysql.py and fix_mysql_column_orders.sql scripts from http://repo.pipelinefx.com/downloads/pub/db_migration_tools/ and copy them into the destination folder.
On a command prompt, go to the destination folder, and run export_data_from_mysql.py. Running it without any argument will create a subfolder in the current directory named "qube_mysqldump" and dump all files into it.
You may override the dump subfolder and DB username, password, and mysql install location. Run "export_data_from_mysql.py -h" to see the list of options.
Sit back. This process can take a long time to complete, depending on how many jobs you have on the system.
Once the process completes, make sure there were no errors reported on the terminal. Also have a look a the dump directory to confirm that there is a subfolder "qube" and a bunch of subfolders like "<number>qube" .
Take a note of the dump directory location, and proceed to the next step, "Upgrade the Supervisor".
Proceed with the upgrade of the supervisor software. Using the QubeInstaller is recommended, but you can also run the individual installer packages (RPMs, DEBs, MSIs, or PKGs), should you choose.
See Upgrading Qube! for details, but come back here after upgrading the supervisor software.
Do this before making any change to your farm, or submitting new jobs.
We have found that the import takes roughly 1/4 of the time for the export. Importing 10,000 jobs with 100 frames on average on a Mac system with an SSD took about 33 seconds.
Once you upgrade the supervisor, you are ready to import data into the new PostgreSQL server.
On a command prompt, go to the folder where you ran the export script earlier. This should be the parent folder of the "qube_mysqldump" folder, by default.
Run the import_data_into_pgsql.py script to import data from the csv files that were generated earlier.
Sit back. This process will also take some time to complete, although it should be significantly faster than the export.
Make sure there weren't any errors reported on the terminal.
Congratulations, you are done. Enjoy the new ride!


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Farmers who use cover crops insist that water disappears faster in their fieldsFarmers who use cover crops insist that water disappears faster in their fields
No one claims it's a substitute for tile, but several years in cover crops may change how well water moves in the soil.
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Mark Kingma may farm primarily sandy soils near DeMotte, but some of them are dark sands with a high water table. He can still have issues with drainage in those types of soils.
A longtime no-tiller, Kingma began trying cover crops in 2010. He now plants several hundred acres of cover crops each fall. While there are several reasons to do this, he's found one advantage that might not be on everybody's list of benefits. He believes that after cover crops become part of the system and soil structure improves, water moves through the soil differently. The big plus is that water gets into the soil faster.
"I saw a real good example of it a year ago," Kingma relates. "I split a farm, and part of it was seeded to a cover crop and part of it wasn't.
"In June the next year we got a 5-inch rain. Twelve hours after the big rain, water was standing on the part of the field where there hadn't been a cover crop. Where there was a cover crop, there was definitely less water standing. It was obvious that more water was ponding on top and slower to move in on the ground where I hadn't used a cover crop."
Farther south, near Rensselaer, Gerrett Dobson reports similar findings. He hasn't used cover crops as long as Kingma, but is beginning to experiment with them more now than in the past.
"I've noticed that as well after big rains," he says. "And it seems to happen every time. I will find much less water standing a few hours after a big rain on fields where I used cover crops compared to where I didn't use them. It's obvious that the water gets into the soil faster in the areas where there were cover crops."
Dan Perkins calls it better infiltration. It's a function of improving soil structure, notes Perkins, with the Jasper County Soil and Water Conservation District. He's also a local watershed director and Indiana Certified Crop Adviser. Better water infiltration typically means less runoff of water after a big rain, he concludes.
Editor, Indiana Prairie Farm
Tom Bechman is an important cog in the Farm Progress machinery. In addition to serving as editor of Indiana Prairie Farmer, Tom is nationally known for his coverage of Midwest agronomy, conservation, no-till farming, farm management, farm safety, high-tech farming and personal property tax relief. His byline appears monthly in many of the 18 state and regional farm magazines published by Farm Progress.
"I consider it my responsibility and opportunity as a farm magazine editor to supply useful information that will help today's farm families survive and thrive," the veteran editor says.
Tom graduated from Whiteland (Ind.) High School, earned his B.S. in animal science and agricultural education from Purdue University in 1975 and an M.S. in dairy nutrition two years later. He first joined the magazine as a field editor in 1981 after four years as a vocational agriculture teacher.
Tom enjoys interacting with farm families, university specialists and industry leaders, gathering and sifting through loads of information available in agriculture today. "Whenever I find a new idea or a new thought that could either improve someone's life or their income, I consider it a personal challenge to discover how to present it in the most useful form, " he says.
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Before we can understand indices, we must first understand stocks. Each stock is a tiny fragment of a company that can be individually owned, but not individually operated. Also called shares or equity, this ownership share represents a percentage of the company - and the holder is thus entitled to that percent of the company's assets and earnings.
Investors commonly purchase a large number of each stock they are interested in, as the more they hold, the greater their ownership of the company. Majority shareholders have a large degree of power in the form of voting rights within the operation of the company. After all, they have financial interest in the business and would be personally affected should the company go through a negative financial period.
An index (collectively called indices) is a measure of a specific section of the stock market. Some of the most famous and most commonly traded indices include the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (or the Dow, in short), and the Nasdaq Composite.
Trading indexes allows investors to benefit from the collective spikes of what is essentially a smaller version of an entire market. Risk is greatly mitigated, as dips of some stocks are quite often carried and neutralized by other stocks who are performing well. In general, each one of these indices is known to generate an overall profit far more often than not, although actual profit amounts vary between years and are influenced by a great number of factors.
The S&P 500 index comprises of a variety of sectors, with the information technology having the greatest weighting. It is closely followed by the financial, healthcare, and consumer discretionary sectors.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON Indices ?
WHY DO STOCK PRICES CHANGE ALL THE TIME?
In combination with demand and supply, a number of market forces affect the values of stocks. Simply explained, an increased interest in a particular, stock or index will tip the scale in favour of "demand", and the price will increase proportionately. Should the opposite happen and many investors suddenly wish to sell, supply will outpace demand, and the price will drop.
These constant fluctuations are caused by real-time market sentiment, often in response to release of company financial reports, incidents that take place, or a public figure making a statement about the company in question. It is also influenced by news coverage, political factors, investor moods, social changes, enconomic factors, and natural disasters.
Other than the above, the market is also affected by the market itself. As many traders sell, others clamour to buy the stocks at the reduced prices. Their personally-motivated efforts serve a greater purpose: helping to stabilise the market until the next influencing factor arrives.
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Available to everyone. Anyone with an internet-connected device can learn to trade and can see profits if things go well. No expensive equipment or specialised software is necessary.
Many things have changed since the birth of the stock market, and all of them in favour of new traders. Where shares were once bought in person by a broker on a trading floor, they can now be bought online in real time, regardless of location.
Purchase or sale orders are still played by brokers, who in turn place them directly with the stock exchange on investors behalf. While this may still sound complicated, the majority of the process is executed electronically and much of it automatically, with algorithms dictating the order of execution.
As a new trader, you will need to create an online trading account with a broker such as One Financial Markets. We recommend that you immediately select "demo-account" (called practice account by some platforms) and practice trading risk-free before despositing any funds. Most platforms offer a tutorial to guide you through their dashboard and trading process step by step.
One of the most commonly encountered questions from new traders is whether they should invest in Forex or the stock market. The short answer is that it depends on your trading style and ultimate objectives.
Trading stocks and indices are generally considered long-term investments, especially when it comes to "blue-chip" stocks which have garnered a reputation for delivering returns. While the stock market is enormous with a huge number of stocks available to invest in, it is dwarfed by the Forex market in trading volume, despite the latter's comparatively limited number of investment choices.
The most common form of Forex trading is short term trades, being opened and closed within 24 hours at either a profit or a loss - or in some cases, at break-even point. Some trades are are as short as a few minutes or even a few seconds, depending on the style and goals of the trader.
Because Forex trades are commission-free, there are no significant downsides to making a large number of trades every day, provided ou know what you are doing and are not acting rashly. Conversely, stock trading involves a broker commission on every transaction. When it comes to stocks and indices, the more is not merrier.
One Financial Markets is a diverse trading platform with indices being one of the options available. Sign up for a demo account today to get a feel for the dashboard, and once you're ready, start trading!


Pity Party at The DollHouse Hunt!
I've got a little something new out for the Pity Party at the DollHouse Hunt! The hunt starts November 1st and everything in this hunt is L$10. My offering is makeup and eyes. The makeup comes in light and dark pink and 3 versions (makeup, lipstick, makeup+lipstick) and comes with Catwa, Omega, Lelutka, AK & LAQ appliers as well as system layers. The eyes come with Omega & Lelutka appliers and mesh, petite & system eyes. If this proves popular I'll make more colors to offer after the hunt is over.


Cook and stir sesame seeds in a small dry skillet over medium-low heat until they are fragrant and toasted, about 2 minutes. Transfer immediately into a small bowl and let cool.
Mix ground beef, green onions, roasted garlic, mirin wine, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, black pepper, salt, and toasted sesame seeds together in a large bowl until thoroughly combined. Divide the meat mixture into 8 portions and form each portion into a large beef patty about 1/2 inch thick.
Pan-fry the burgers in a large skillet over medium-low heat until browned and the meat is no longer pink inside, about 8 minutes per side. An instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the center of the burgers should read at least 145 degrees F (65 degrees F).


Below the dam is a ramp for whitewater boater access to the river.
There are five designated campsites upriver of the dam including a concrete boat launch, vault toilet, picnic tables at some sites and a trash receptacle. There are 15 designated campsites downriver of the dam with a trash receptacle and vault toilet near the concrete boat launch, and an additional vault toilet further downriver. All campsites include fire rings and improved access roads.
Burning pallets is prohibited in and around the Swan Falls area. Violators will be asked to leave.
All camping is on a first-come, first-served basis. Visitors are asked to camp in designated areas only, due to the fragile soil and plant life in the area. Stays are limited to 14 consecutive days. Campers must obey posted campground rules and keep motorized vehicles within the posted speed limit.
Water is available at the restroom in the day-use area, but not at the campsites.
The day-use picnic shelter can be reserved online. This reservation fee is not subject to taxes.
Day-use picnic shelters can be reserved year-round. You can make reservations up to nine months in advance. If you require assistance or accommodation to make a reservation, please call 1-844-472-7275. A convenience fee of $5 will be charged to make reservations by telephone, in addition to the standard $10 reservation fee.
The Swan Falls museum is open to the public, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Saturday between April 15 and Labor Day. Tours at other times may be arranged in advance by emailing us. Scheduling tours outside open hours requires at least two weeks prior notice. See tour guidelines.
Visitors can walk across the face of the dam to reach the south side of the Snake River. New safety guidelines have prompted the installation of a gate that locks automatically at 9 p.m. Anyone on the south side of the river at 9 p.m. will still be able to return, however, the gate will open only in one direction.
An equestrian parking area is available below the dam. No overnight camping. Please do not clean horse trailers in the parking area, or anywhere in the Swan Falls recreation corridor.
Visit the Treasure Valley Back Country Horsemen's website to learn more about equestrian opportunities for this area.
The Bureau of Land Management website has more information about recreation in southwest Idaho, including Swan Falls Dam.
Swan Falls Dam is on the Snake River about 40 miles south of Boise. It was built in 1901 to provide electricity to nearby mines. Swan Falls is the oldest hydroelectric generating site on the Snake River. Idaho Power built a new power plant in the mid-1990s. The old plant is now a museum.


Basil is a delicious and delightful herb that comes in many flavours like cinnamon and licorice. Basil is a non-invasive member of the mint family and is widely used around in cuisines and even for religious ceremonies.
How Do I Grow Basil?
Basil is easy to grow from seed and you can start the seeds indoors about four weeks before the last spring frost.
With your basil seeds, sow more than you think you will need, only 60% of the seeds will germinate. When you are planting your seeds, press them into the soil and sift a little soil over them. Make sure to space the seeds 2-3 inches apart from each other, then thin them out to 4-8 inches apart.
When you're starting the seeds make sure nighttime temperatures are above 10 C because the basil will not survive the cooler temperatures. If you plant basil in containers, you can move the containers indoors to help keep them warm at night.
Make sure to keep your reservoir well watered because basil needs moist soil to flourish, and be sure to keep weeds out of your containers. Plan on harvesting all your basil before the first fall frost.
If you live somewhere with a shorter growing season, we recommend looking for transplants from your local nursery. However, most basil transplants are over seeding, meaning the seedling with likely need to be divided. Aim to plant 2-3 plants per spacing.
Harvest basil by pinching the stems just above the leaf node, where new ones will grow. Harvest basil regularly to encourage continuous production, and to ask the plant to bush out and remain lush instead becoming tall and woody.
Basil gets its best flavor from the smaller leaves that make up the growing tips of the plant, one of the reasons to harvest from the top. Basil doesn't do well refrigerated, so keep fresh basil in a jar of water for a few days. Basil can also be dried or frozen.
You can grow basil successfully indoors in a pot by a bright window. Grow basil with other plants, it thrives and gives you a nicer flavour.


Not only am I a huge video game nerd, I'm also a tabletop gaming junkie! Lately, video games have won out simply due to ease of set up and lack of time to play a long, involved tabletop game. Like most geeks, this has not stopped me from acquiring other games to add to the pile. Here is a list of recent acquisitions that I am hoping to go into great detail on in the near future.
Krosmaster Arena-This is an interesting one. Chibi (super-deformed anime) characters inspired by the video games Dofus and Wakfu in a head-to-head arena combat game. Apparently, this was originally a game WITHIN the video game. The boxed set comes with a basic mix of character types with additional models available in small boosters. In Europe, they are sold in blind purchase boxes. I wouldn't mind some of those myself, but I'll take what I can get. The models are not so much pre-painted as color molded, giving them a very animated look of simple, bright colors that I find rather charming. It uses some 3D card terrain to mix up the battlefield . Dice use is limited, forcing real tactical thinking.
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game-This one has been getting rave reviews! No Dungeon Master needed adventuring with your character and the monsters actions being controlled by decks of cards. Built for 4 players with a 5-6 player expansion already available and decks extending the campaign coming soon. Even my hard to impress friends were excited about this one!
Warmachine High Command-A recent edition to the line of deck building card games where your deck is not fully built at the beginning of the game similar to Dominion. The big difference here is that each player has a separate deck specifically themed to one of the core factions in the Warmachine setting. You further direct the deck based on your choice of Warcasters (the settings epic heroes) and their preferred minions. Each player is looking to score more victory points (by capturing locations or having certain units in play) then their opponents before the game ending card pops out of the communal scenario deck. Surprisingly quick and, unlike Magic or the like, you start with resources enough to do something from turn one. Also, its an expandable card game rather than collectible, so if you want to add more you can, but its entirely optional and you always know what you are getting from an expansion.


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"I Was Often Told That I Will Never Become Anything in My Life." – Kirian's Story
April 17, 2020 Ascentria Care Alliance
Growing up in Honduras, Kirian Vasquez was left to fend for herself at the age of 14. For as long as she could remember, she was told that as a woman, her job was to be a wife and a mother, nothing more. "I was often told that I will never become anything [in] my life," explained Kirian. Desperate to escape, Kirian fled to the United States, where as an unaccompanied minor, she was placed into the care of Ascentria Care Alliance's Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program (URMP).
Kirian grew up in Honduras with her two sisters. When her and her sisters were very young, Kirian's mother went to the United States, leaving them behind. With their mother gone, Kirian and her sisters were left in the care of family members where they experienced physical abuse and neglect. "We were often denied food or given very little food… we were pretty much hungry all the time," Kirian said. "I recall a moment in my life that I [had] to steal food from my own house to feed my sisters and myself. We were beaten very often as well."
Kirian took on the responsibility of providing for her two young sisters.
At just 14 years old, she began living by herself. She would work during the daytime and go to school at night. Meanwhile, in her community, Kirian was unsafe. Crime surrounded her, especially gang violence. One day, Kirian lost her job, and in that moment she had a realization; she realized that if she did stay in Honduras, "…I will be no more than just a woman with kids... There is nothing wrong with that, but it was not the life I wanted for myself. I did not want to get married at a young age and have kids with whomever just because that was the expectation that people had [for] me." Neglected and abused by caregivers and insecure in her home, young Kirian made the difficult decision to flee her country and seek a better life in the United States.
Kirian came to the U.S., not to pursue a dream, but to escape violence and gender discrimination. "I did not have any dream," Kirian shared, "I just wanted to escape the taboo which has been set up for many generations in our society and culture; that a woman needs to marry early and have children at a very young age… I did not want to just be a woman with no education, no future, no room to grow in a society that thought that going to school was a waste of my time." Growing up in Honduras, Kirian was taught that to dream of anything beyond being a wife and mother, such as the dream of having a career, only happened in fairy tales. She came to the U.S. fleeing those beliefs, not yet realizing the opportunities that would be available to her through Ascentria's URMP.
Upon her arrival in the United States, Kirian was placed in the care of Ascentria's Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program. Kirian faced immense challenges in her new community. She recalled, "One of the biggest challenges and struggles that I faced was the language. The language barrier made me feel so frustrated many times, [so] that I wanted to go back to my county and never come back here no matter what." Despite these challenges, the supports offered to her by Ascentria allowed Kirian to push through: "I had a very helpful group of people looking around me to make sure I didn't give up. I had social workers that even though they did not speak [Spanish], they put a lot of effort to not let me sink…Ascentria helped a lot in that [transition] making sure I had everything I needed to focus on my studies at school, and by making sure I felt comfortable at home with the foster family."
As she settled into her foster home, Kirian was enrolled into a local high school. She was surprised to learn that continuing her education was indeed possible. "I never thought that I could go to school here. I thought that only… [rich] kids could go to a high school." Education opened the door for Kirian to dream beyond what she had previously thought possible. "After I entered high school," Kirian described, "I started dreaming of being someone in life. I dreamed of becoming an FBI agent, a social worker, a lawyer, and many other things." From there, Kirian's future was on a bright path.
As Kirian continued to work toward her high school diploma, many mentors in her life encouraged her to consider going into business. She didn't think that was an option, because she didn't believe herself to be smart enough. Despite her doubts, Kirian successfully learned English, graduated high school and was accepted into college. She tried out many different degree programs, including Criminal Justice, Psychology and Accounting. None of these majors felt right for her, until finally she landed on a Business Administration and Management Degree.
Today, there continue to be mentors that encourage Kirian, and who tell her that she will be a successful businesswoman. Despite years of rejecting that idea, Kirian decided to give herself a chance. Over the last year, Kirian worked toward this new dream, and she has proudly and successfully set up her own Limited Liability Company (LLC) in the marble and tile industry. She continues to manage this new venture while working to complete her Business Administration and Management degree. Another major accomplishment for Kirian occured in July 2019; she became a U.S. Citizen. In Kirian's words that was "one of the biggest accomplishments I have had."
Reflecting back on her time in the Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program, Kirian shared, "I am very thankful to all the social workers I had during my stay in the program." She shared an important piece of advice for other youth in the program: "Socialize with people that will make you dream big and become successful. Enjoy being young, be creative, appreciate every advice your foster parents and social workers give you… Always dream big, and believe that the impossible is always possible if you have faith."
There are many children like Kirian across the world. Children that have been abandoned by parents, abused by caregivers, threatened by gangs or forced to drop out of school and work at a young age. Whatever their stories, these children are individuals with hopes, dreams and immense potential. Ascentria's Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program provides these children with the support that they need to obtain an education, build connections in their new community and enter into adulthood with the skills they need to succeed. To learn how you can help, visit www.ascentria.org/urm


WEATHER is playing a big role in the Far East, Asian Subcontinent, Africa, South America and the western USA. Each region is being effected by unusual weather patterns causing many growing areas to take particular caution in the marketing of their crops.
season. It is normally the dry season in Vietnam with hot sunny days enabling farmers to pluck the vines and sundry their pepper. Not this year – the rains and cloudy weather has delayed the harvest and late February/March will begin the harvesting of the 2017 crop. Offers of nearby shipments are not price driven but more so the availability of raw material. Crop estimates continue to be strong and new plantations should offset any rain damage, however certain provinces in southern Vietnam will be unable to maintain the amount of pepper available. Other areas will make up the difference but the southern farmers will suffer in the near term. Indonesia is also experiencing heavy rains which our sources says will affect the size of the Lampong crop in August 2017. Bangka White pepper is feeling pressure from the upcoming Vietnam white pepper production and offers have eased. Even India has had the monsoon season run until November, December and their crop estimates have been reduced. The Indian domestic market consumes much of the Indian pepper crop, and with low prices from Vietnam they will continue to be an importing rather than exporting nation. India's ability to import from Vietnam, process and re-export will be greatly reduced. Malaysia will to supply the Far East with pepper, leaving little for the rest of the market.
SEEDS grown in the Gujarat state is also being affected by unusual rains. Cumin is likely to be affected the most, especially with heavy speculation on the Commodity Exchange. Other seeds are not greatly hurt by the rains. SESAME seed is moving higher as eastern African crops are being affected by unseasonable rains causing a shortage of the oil based sesame seed bought by the Far East.
DEHYDRATED ONION prices are opening higher than last year's low prices caused by a reduction of the growing area, though India consumes most of the raw onions themselves.
It is not known the extent if California's onion and garlic crops are damaged by the rains hitting northern California at this time.


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To BE... Well there's no question of "not to be" when you are in BE, i.e., Belgium.
There used to be a time when you spoke a lot with your co-passengers on a journey. These days though people are almost always buried in their devices, and conversations, if any, seem to get restricted to exchange of pleasantries. So it was a pleasant surprise to start my journey from Fort Wayne with an affable co-passenger. We both were carrying books to read on the flight, but as we exchanged pleasantries, we both realized that it may perhaps be more fun and educative to chat with each other, My co-passenger was an appraiser traveling to Atlanta for a conference. We spoke for the entire one and half hours that we were on the flight. The nice thing was that our conversation didn't seem forced, and we enjoyed learning the nitty-gritties of each other's profession and philosophies.
I met her while I was taking pictures around the Brussels Grand Palace. She must have been standing next to me, but I didn't notice her until she asked me, "Did you notice the missing man?"
"No," I responded, a little puzzled what missing man she was talking about. Was I supposed to notice the absence of some man among the crowd of tourists? Sure. I was missing my childhood friend, Sandeep, who was supposed to accompany me on this trip, but had to cancel his travel plans at the last minute due to some personal exigencies. However, a stranger could not be referring to my missing friend in action.
Then she pointed up towards the array of statues on the wall of the monument in front of us. Lo and behold, there was one statue missing.
"Wow! How did I miss that? I was looking just there and still..." I wondered aloud.
"Oh, I missed it too. My husband pointed it out to me. He notices things well." Her husband nodded in acknowledgment.
"What do you think that man must have done?" she then asked me with a mischievous smile.
The serious me responded, "I think the statue must have just fallen off."
"No, I think that man must have done something bad, something really really baaad," she replied broadening her mischievous smile.
There is perhaps no point sharing our entire conversation, but the lesson I learnt from my conversation with this beautiful woman was the importance of always being playful and jovial.
"Don't take life too seriously, Paresh!"
"Well, I'm trying. That's why I am traveling, ain't I?"
The "serious" travelers I am talking about here are not necessarily temperamentally serious, but they were definitely serious about their need to travel.
1) At Brussels, one my roommates was an Argentinian guy. It was his second day in Brussels, so I thought of taking some advice from him about the places I should visit. As we conversed, I learnt that he walked everywhere on his trips within cities.
"That's my kind of guy!" I thought. I love walking too, and avoid public transport unless a place is really far. What is really far, of course, varies, but so far in a day I have walked upto 15 miles (25 kilometers) in cities and 30 miles (close to 50 kilometers) in nature. My problem is that I had often felt apologetic about my walking, especially in cities, as if I was doing it just to save some money. Sure, I saved some money by walking, but I didn't need to feel apologetic about my walking. Rather I ought to feel proud of my ability and will to walk. My Argentinian roommate taught me that.
2) At Brussels, one my other roommates was an Indian. He was a doctoral student who had just completed his first year at Vanderbilt University, and decided to take three weeks off to travel across Europe before getting busy again in his doctoral program. I thought, "Smart guy! Why didn't I do that on my summer vacations as a doctoral student?"
Instead of traveling around the world, I always traveled across half-the-world to India to spend time with my parents. Not that I was a home-sick. I never was. In fact, I wasn't even home-sick when I left home for the first time after finishing my high school. However, I always saw it my responsibility to visit my parents during my vacations. Of course, I enjoyed my time at home, but now I think I could have also engaged in some backpacking during my earlier years. But then as they say, "Better late than never."
3) At Bruges, my roommate was a young Korean who had been traveling continuously for the last two years. Now here was a man I envied! He shared that the most expensive part of his travel was in USA, and that's because he splurged by watching two NBA games live. I asked him, if he ever felt unsafe during his two years of travel around the world. He said it was in Nepal. He was in Nepal during the recent earthquake that killed about 10,000 people. That he said was the scariest thing he had ever experienced in life. He also added, "Leaving the earthquake aside, Nepal is the most beautiful country I have visited so far in my life." There was no reason to not believe him, but the scientist in me also wondered if recency bias and the Von Restorff effect were at play here.
But what I wondered most about was how did this young man finance his travels. So I asked. He said that he worked in Australia for 8 months, and that gave him the money to travel around the world. I wasn't sure how just 8 months of working helped him cover his travel expenses over the last two years, but I decided to not probe further. "If he says so, it must be true," I thought. One just needs to have the will to travel. I remembered once reading in the news about an old couple from India who were just owners of a small tea-stall in Kerela, and still succeeded to save enough money to travel around the world, primarily because of their determination to do so.
Did you notice the missing man?
I had seen this picture before somewhere on the internet. Glad I found it.
Belgium without Tintin, no way!
The famous statue of the peeing kid. A very small statue though. I couldn't understand why it was so famous. I had seen a much larger statue of a naked kid in Prague last year.
This is now becoming a common sight in most European cities, and I love it.
Race can't divide us: Love in the air!
Look what I noticed in Bruges!
My friends know that well about me.
A walk to the city center of Bruges again in the night.


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Jeff Van Gundy is a matter-of-fact kind of guy. His plethora of basketball knowledge is delivered with an unwavering tone that mimics an uncle who complains about new rules at the family Thanksgiving football game.
It's a great complement to Mike Breen and Mark Jackson on ESPN's NBA broadcasts.
This experience, coupled with his impressive coaching resume, has carved a long career that's paid handsomely.
Jeffrey William Van Gundy's birth date is January 19, 1962 ,and his birth place is Hemet, California. He grew up in Martinez, California and is the son of basketball coach Bill Van Gundy, who served as head coach at Brockport State University and Genesee Community College. Van Gundy attended Brockport Central High School in Brockport, New York.
Van Gundy originally attended Yale University, where he was a classmate of actress Jodie Foster. He then transferred to Menlo College before finishing his collegiate studies at Nazareth College. At Nazareth, he played point guard on the school's basketball team.
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As the son of a life-long coach, Jeff and his older brother Stan Van Gundy followed in their dad's footsteps. Stan went on to coach the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic before coaching and serving as president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons.
Jeff started his career at McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, New York. He left after a year to become a graduate assistant under Rick Pitino at Providence College. He was on staff when the Friars advanced to the Final Four in 1987. He was promoted to an assistant coach the following season and later took an assistant job at Rutgers.
Van Gundy broke into the NBA as an assistant for the New York Knicks in 1989. He served on various staffs under Stu Jackson, John MacLeod, Pat Riley, and Don Nelson.
In 1996, he was named the head coach of the New York Knicks. He famously led New York to a 32-point victory over Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in his second game as the head man.
The American basketball coach had success in New York, reaching the playoffs in every full season as head coach. His highlight came with an appearance in the 1999 NBA Finals, when the improbable Knicks became the first eight-seed in history to reach the championship round. New York lost to the Spurs in five games. He served as the head coach of the Eastern Conference at the 2000 NBA All-Star game in Oakland, California.
Van Gundy abruptly resigned from the Knicks 19 games into the 2001-02 season.
In the summer of 2003, Van Gundy took the head coaching job for the Houston Rockets. He had loads of talent in Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, but the two were plagued by injuries. Houston missed the postseason in 2006 with McGrady and Yao missing a combined 70 games. It was the first time Van Gundy missed the NBA playoffs as a head coach.
He was fired from the Rockets after a first round playoff loss to the Utah Jazz in 2007.
Van Gundy took a hiatus from coaching until he was named head coach of the United States men's basketball team for the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup and the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Gregg Popovich resumed coaching duties for the 2019 FIBA World Cup and will coach the team in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
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The former head coach has been a TV analyst for ESPN and ABC since 2007. He regularly calls primetime games alongside Mike Breen and Mark Jackson.
Jeff Van Gundy Net Worth
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Jeff Van Gundy is worth $16 million.
The deadpan color commentator is rumored to return to the coaching world. Until then, he has a nice cushion of cash to live on.
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Joe is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and lives in Austin, Texas. He believes Ndaumkong Suh should've won the 2009 Heisman and is an avid basketball fan.


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Amazon Studios boss Jennifer Salke will now also run MGM Studios
Jennifer Salke of Amazon Studios poses at the Los Angeles premiere of the film "My Policeman" at the Regency Bruin Theatre on Nov. 1 in Los Angeles.
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By Wendy LeeStaff Writer
Nov. 29, 2022 8:52 PM PT
Amazon Studios is giving its studio chief Jen Salke a much larger Hollywood role.
In addition to running Culver City-based Amazon Studios, Salke has been tapped to oversee the iconic MGM Studios, which Amazon acquired in March for $8.5 billion.
In her newly expanded role, Salke will now oversee MGM's scripted television and film business, as well as its distribution and creative marketing operations.
"Jen's outstanding reputation in the creative community has earned her the respect of Hollywood's top talent throughout the industry," wrote Mike Hopkins, Amazon's senior vice president of Prime Video and Amazon Studios, in a staff memo Tuesday night. "With Jen now having oversight of both studios — along with distribution and all creative marketing — creatives will have a single point of entry for the opportunity to showcase their content across all our platforms."
The promotions come as the competition among streamers continues to be intense as they compete for content and customers. Unlike many other platforms, Amazon Prime Video is one of the benefits that come with Prime membership — which includes other perks such as free shipping and music streaming.
The company made a big bet launching the epic fantasy series "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," spending more than $700 million on the show's first season, including buying the TV rights, according to people familiar with the budget who were not authorized to comment.
As part of its MGM purchase, Amazon also operates premium TV network Epix, which will be renamed MGM+ next year. Chris Brearton, who was running the business side of MGM, is now vice president of Prime Video and Studio corporate strategy, MGM+ and MGM Alternative Television, and will report to Hopkins.
Brearton will be responsible for "accelerating the rebrand and spearheading the growth of the MGM+ premium service, while also working closely with the seasoned MGM unscripted television team to continue their legacy of megahits, such as 'Survivor,' 'Shark Tank' and 'The Voice,'" Hopkins wrote.
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Top reality show producer Mark Burnett, who introduced 'The Apprentice' with Donald Trump and 'Survivor' to U.S. audiences, leaves amid reorganization.
The promotions mark the latest executive change at Amazon since the MGM acquisition.
On Monday, the company said Mark Burnett, MGM's television president for eight years, left the company to resume work as an independent creator and producer. Other MGM executives had also exited after the purchase.
Among other organizational changes to Salke's leadership team: Vernon Sanders, head of TV at Amazon Studios, will now also oversee scripted MGM television with Lindsay Sloane and Rola Bauer.
And Sue Kroll, Amazon Studio's marketing head "will add MGM to her purview," Salke said in a staff memo. MGM's Chief Marketing Officer Stephen Bruno will report to Kroll.
"These are dynamic times for all of us in the entertainment industry," Salke wrote in the memo. "And here at Amazon and MGM Studios, we have the best leaders, creatives, and talent in the business. I am proud to be a part of this amazing organization and look forward to all that we can — and will — do together."
When Amazon announced the MGM deal, the company said it wanted to mine the storied studio's vault for reboots, remakes and other franchise opportunities. MGM has a long legacy of filmmaking, with titles including "The Pink Panther" and "Thelma & Louise."
However, many of the most famous titles MGM produced in its heyday, such as "Gone With the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz," are no longer owned by the company, and many of its best known works have been exploited for attempted franchises.
Times staff writers Meg James and Ryan Faughnder contributed to this story.
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Texans' Rasheem Green on his game: 'Just the tip of the iceberg
A classic rip move created the pathway Rasheem Green wanted. His charge into the backfield sent Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford crashing to the ground for a sack.
A powerful bull rush from Green toppled Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers for another sack.
In the snow, a relentless chase and a hard hit from Green brought down Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles.
It was a breakthrough season for the former USC standout defensive end and third-round draft pick, his final one with the Seattle Seahawks before signing a one-year contract with the Texans worth $3.25 million with $1 million guaranteed.
In the wake of his career-high 6 1/2 sacks, six tackles for losses, 48 tackles and 15 quarterback hits Green expressed confidence and hope that he's primed for bigger things going forward since joining the Texans.
"My style of play: fast, smart and physical," Green said. "I feel like I left a lot of plays out there. I think that was just the tip of the iceberg. I think there's a lot more out there I can achieve with what we have going on here. I can do a little more."
Green, 24, is regarded as an ascending player and a strong fit for the Texans' traditional 4-3 defensive scheme under coach Lovie Smith.
After visiting the Carolina Panthers and Baltimore Ravens in free agency, Green chose the Texans in May after the Texans didn't draft a pass rusher.
"It's nice being here," Green said. "The guys have welcomed me. The culture, the city is great. The team is awesome. I like what we've got going on here and I'm just glad to be a part of the team. With the scheme we run here, I feel it suits me well, too."
Green has the requisite size, speed, strength and moves working in his favor.
He has recorded 94 career tackles, 13 1/2 sacks, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and 27 quarterback hits.
After visiting the Carolina Panthers and Baltimore Ravens in free agency, Green chose the Texans and joined a defensive end group that includes Jonathan Greenard, who led the Texans with eight sacks last season, Jerry Hughes, Mario Addison, Ogbo Okoronkwo and Jordan Jenkins.
It's a competitive situation and a proving ground for Green and several pass rushers.
"How does it make us better individually, I feel like it pushes us to be the best we can be each day," Green said. "We all have personal goals, but, at the end of the day, we have team goals and we're pushing towards that same goal. I feel like the guys we have in the room, we're pushing ourselves on and off the field to be the best that we can be."
A former high school All-American growing up in California, Green declared for the NFL draft after his junior year and finished with 115 tackles and 16 1/2 sacks in three college seasons.
Green has been growing on and off the field. He came into his own after dealing with a speech impediment as a child. That led to him being shy, but he has gained confidence and overcame the issue.
"It made me a real shy person," Green said. "Getting better at my speech has made me a more confident person. That's really helped me on and off the field."
The latest change for Green is adapting to the Texans heat.
"I feel like the temperature isn't too crazy, but is hard to cool off with how humid it is," Green said. "It's nice. My skin feels great. I deal with it. Nothing too crazy, I make sure I get my sleep and that I stretch a lot."
The Texans, coming off a 4-13 season, promoted Smith to head coach as the replacement for David Culley. They're hoping that additions of hungry, talented players like Green can help them engineer a turnaround under Smith and general manager Nick Caserio's leadership.
"I feel like it's nice to be a part of the change," Green said. "It's always nice to be a part of the reason why the franchise turned around. We're just out here trying to get wins."
Aaron Wilson is a Pro Football Network reporter and analyst and a contributor to Sports Talk 790.


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Ex-CIA Director Defends 'Rectally Infused' Food as 'Medical Procedure'
The former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency defended the agency's use of torture during a CNN interview on Thursday.
The Senate's Intelligence Committee underwent an exhaustive investigation of the CIA torture program. The result of the investigation was an over 6,000 page report that detailed CIA torture during the Bush administration. The classified report has not been made public, although a 525 page executive summary has been made publicly available.
Among the torture techniques used was so-called "rectal feeding", which was used on at least five prisoners. As the Senate report details quite graphically: "Majid Khan's 'lunch tray,' consisting of hummus, pasta with sauce, nuts, and raisins was 'pureed' and rectally infused."
"That was a medical procedure," Hayden told CNN's Jake Tapper. "That was done because of detainee health."
"Jake, I'm not a doctor and neither are you. What I am told is this is one of the ways that the body is rehydrated. These were medical procedures."
"You're really defending rectal rehydration?" Tapper asks incredulously.
"What I'm defending is history," Hayden says. "The Democrats on the committee have used one-half ass unwarranted comment in one email to justify the story that you have now bought hook, line and sinker that we used this to abuse other human beings."
Tapper then countered that the CIA admitted the abuses.
Hayden served as the CIA director under President George W. Bush. He also served as the director of the NSA from 1999 until 2005. Since leaving the NSA, Hayden has been a steadfast defender of that agency's post-9/11 expansion of power, which has swept up the phone records and private emails of hundreds of millions of American citizens.
The report also found that "rectal exams were conducted with 'excessive force' on two detainees… one of the detainees, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, was later diagnosed with chronic hemorrhoids, an anal fissure, and symptomatic rectal prolapse."
Medical professionals that we spoke to have never heard of "rectal feeding."
"In people who are confused we tie them to a bed and place an oral feeding tube," said one doctor who wished to remain anonymous due to the graphic nature of the discussion. "And we give them Ensure or something like that, certainly not hummus."
"Food doesn't get absorbed in the rectum; only water and medications. We rarely give some medication as an enema but that's it," the doctor told us. He says that so-called "rectal feeding" is "completely outside the standard of any medical practice."
The Senate report found numerous other instances of torture being used on detainees. Waterboarding was one of the most common methods, with some detainees receiving "at least 183 applications of the waterboard technique," according to the report.
Other techniques included forcing prisoners to stand on broken feet, placing them in ice water "baths", threatening sexual abuse on detainee's mothers, and up to 180 hours of sleep deprivation.
The Senate report found that 26 of the 119 known detainees who were tortured "were wrongfully held," including the imprisonment of an "intellectually challenged man whose CIA detention was used solely as leverage to get a family member to provide information."
The report concluded that the use of torture did not find actionable intelligence, and in fact hurt the nation's intelligence gathering. Hayden and other former Bush administration officials have disagreed with that finding.
Senator John McCain made an impassioned Senate speech earlier in the week in which he disputed the CIA's contention that torture was effective. McCain, who himself was a victim of torture during the Vietnam War, says that the use of torture results in inaccurate information, is inhumane, and violates international treaties that the United States has signed.
Tags: CIA, General Michael Hayden, Jake Tapper, John McCain, President George W. Bush, rectal feeding, rectal rehydration, Senate, torture, torture report, waterboarding
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2019 Special Event Archive
Standing Rock Cultural Arts is honored to present
Halim El-Dabh Day!
A Celebration of Halim El-Dabh
Friday, March 6, 2020. 7:00pm
300 North Water Street Gallery in Kent, Ohio
Halim El-Dabh (March 4, 1921 – September 2, 2017)
Celebrating Halim's 4,099th Spirit Birthday
Professor Emeritus at Kent State University
and Premier Classical Music Composer
of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Videos of past performances.
Bring Instruments, Beverages, And Good Vibrations to help celebrate
the achievements of this incredibly Creative Spirit in our community!
Standing Rock Cultural Arts presents
"22nd Annual Pie Fest"
Pie Festival and Silent Art Auction Fundraiser
Jewelry, Ceramics, Photographs, Paintings, Prints and more. Become an SRCA Member and be entered into a drawing to win a Large Screen Digital Projector!
Saturday, December 7, 2019. 10am-6pm
North Water Street Gallery, 300 N. Water St. in Kent
In conjunction with the Downtown Kent Festival of Lights
Jeff @ 330-673-4970 for info, to donate art or pies.
Or to order a pie.
Now in its 22nd year, it's that time again. Pie Time at the gallery!
Come on down for a slice, or buy a whole pie. We've got apple,
blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, peach, key lime, sweet potato, organic
and vegan pies. We've got pies of all sorts to please your palette, pies
that don't even have a name yet. There will be other donated baked goods
for sale. And we have some fine art by local artists as well. Ceramics,
Photos, Paintings, Jewelry, Collage, and more. Bids starting as low as $5.
REMINDER! OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISING AND MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN ENDS AT 6PM,
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7. BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!
Standing Rock Cultural Arts is pleased to present
A Special Musical and Multi-media Performance by
UZIZI
Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 8:00 pm
300 North Water Street Gallery
in Kent, Ohio
Led by Songwriter Craig Matis
From a story by CoolCleveland.com:
Under the radar but heavily cherished by eclectic music lovers who over the decades have discovered it's musical prowess, UZIZI is one of Northeast Ohio's more creative and artistic groups.
Led by songwriter, band leader and multimedia artist Craig Matis, UZIZI comes to Kent.
"The music is original," said Matis, who is a retired art and music teacher. "I don't know if there are any bands in Cleveland that play like we do, that incorporate world music the way we do. I don't want to brag, but I think that's been the case the entire time we've been around."
UZIZI was started shortly after Matis' 1980 arrival in Northeast Ohio. The shapeshifting act explores an alternative world beat musical aesthetic with percussion and melodies, from Ireland to the Middle East, that seamlessly blend in elements of rock, jazz and folk.
Expanding and contracting like a breathing organism, the group over the last decade has varied from 10 to 18 members, each incarnation providing a slightly oblique UZIZI experience.
The current iteration for the upcoming show features CRAIG MATIS (acoustic guitar, banjo, lead singer), MARK NATHANSON (drums), CHARLES KLEIN (bass guitar), KAITLIN EMMERT (violin/fiddle), JIM VAN CLEEF (lead guitar), BERT STRATTON (saxophone, clarinet, blues harp) JORDAN DAVIS (vocals), MATTIE RODGERS (vocals), DENISE WALTERS (vocals), TERRY GUTGSELL (projectionist)
The show will also feature Original Visuals that accompany the songs.
"I got tired of exhibiting in galleries, but I wanted my work to be seen, so I thought this is another way for an audience to see what I do," Matis said. "Currently it also pertains to a nine-song cycle called "Crossing the Water," which is about my personal journey with raising a child with mental disabilities." "The visuals start in childhood and go through adulthood. The songs talk about anger, having a little patience and small victories. Overall, I find exhibiting work in a gallery is fine and good, but it 's not the same kind of satisfaction I get when I am performing music in front of an audience." When asked if anything surprises him about UZIZI these days, Matis pointed to the recent run of longevity regarding its current lineup. "This last formation has lasted 10 years," Matis said. "Usually every six months the personnel changes, people come and go in this group, but the core has been with me for 10 years. I am very grateful and surprised that it has lasted this long." Musician/artist Craig Matis has been fronting one version or another of his shapeshifting band UZIZI since the early 80s. Back then, its blend of world music, jazz, folk and rock, augmented with visuals based on Matis' own art work, was like nothing else in Cleveland.Learn more...
"Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior's Life and Legacy"
Book Discussion and Signing
Crazy Horse Family Elder Floyd Clown
and Author William Matson discuss and sign their book
based on the family's oral history.
Friday, October 11, 2019. 7-9pm.
North Water Street Gallery
300 N. Water St., Suite H
Kent, OH 44240 - 330-673-4970
Visit the website of the Crazy Horse Family.
Lakota Name: Tashunke Witko Tiwahe
The Crazy Horse Family website is administered by the Edward Clown family (Crazy Horse or Waglula's grandson's descendants) and a representative. Floyd Clown, Doug War Eagle, and Don Red Thunder are family members and administrators to the Crazy Horse Estate.
"We are members of the Crazy Horse Family and the Edward Clown family. ECF stands for the Edward Clown Family. We are here to tell the truth about Crazy Horse and all our grandfathers and grandmothers from the Edward Clown family. For those who seek and appreciate the truth about Crazy Horse and all our grandparents we encourage you to like our page and read all our posts. Wopila!"
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Home » Sponsored » 'They need a paradigm shift': How government can empower citizen-centric digital innovation
'They need a paradigm shift': How government can empower citizen-centric digital innovation
By Partner Content on 16/03/2022 | Updated on 16/03/2022
Citizens' desire for modern digital services has increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Kampus Production via Pexels
According to the UN e-government ranking the UK led the way in digital transformation five years ago, but its performance has deteriorated since. This decline is happening just as citizens expectations of government digital services are rising. At a recent webinar hosted by Salesforce, experts explored how civil servants can create truly citizen-centric public services – and explained the advantages of using existing technology rather than building systems from scratch
It is now clear that citizens expect government services to be provided to the same quality online as they encounter when shopping on their computer or using a bank's digital services. So said Iain Patterson, former CIO and transformation leader in the civil service, when speaking at a webinar looking at how government can empower citizen-centric digital innovation.
Patterson, whose roles in UK government include working for the Cabinet Office, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Student Loans Company, and Post Office, as well as the London 2012 Olympics, highlighted that people now "expect consistency" of digital service from the public as well as the private sector.
Research from International Data Corporation (IDC) presented to the webinar also bears this out. Massimiliano Claps, research director, IDC UK, explained that citizens want modernised digital services, especially post-pandemic. Recent surveys by IDC revealed that this was the public's number one priority in terms of where they would like investment focused in the post-coronavirus recovery.
Massimiliano Claps
However, while UK civil servants have historically led the way on digital transformation with programmes such as the G-Cloud, the Digital Marketplace, and the Government Digital Service's design standards all improving the citizen experience, according to the UN e-government ranking the UK's performance has fallen behind others over the past five years.
This trajectory "reflects what we're seeing in our research as well," Claps said during his presentation on how cloud-based platforms can accelerate the transition to digital services for citizens. "It's the transition from simply putting up a one-stop shop portal or a customer or citizen contact centre, towards being able to redesign the end-to-end service experience."
Such an approach was enabling services to be planned around groups of citizens with similar needs he said, and being used "to anticipate some of their needs and preferences when there are changes of circumstances". This is the direction some governments across Europe, as well as industries such as the UK's financial services are moving in, Claps said, "while the UK government is still dealing, in a few instances, with PDF forms".
COVID-19 has been a catalyst for 'radically transformed experiences'
Paul Pick-Aluas
Paul Pick-Aluas, the head of digital transformation Europe public sector at Salesforce, which hosted the webinar, noted the pandemic had accelerated digital transformation in the UK at national, regional and local levels and proved it's possible to deliver "radically transformed experiences" very quickly. "We saw agencies large and small use data and technology in novel ways and deliver functional solutions at unprecedented pace." He pointed to the JETS programme at the DWP to demonstrate just how fast the civil service could innovate. The programme went live in just 10 weeks, and handled 1,000 referrals in the first three months, he explained. "And there are countless other examples like this, across the UK public sector and globally."
However, while there has been a lot of focus on modernising the front end of service delivery through improved government websites in recent years, more could be done to join services up, the panelists agreed. Front office functions were not always well connected to back-office elements, and few government processes are "truly managed end-to-end," said Pick-Aluas. Taking a more holistic view in the next wave of transformation, and using tools such as automation and AI technologies, would allow the civil service to "build back better through efficient, connected, informed processes".
This was a point Patterson made too. While the front end of government services were very orientated towards being user-friendly and citizen-centric, back-end systems "weren't fundamentally changing in line with that," he said, and therefore remained "restricted in the capacity of change they could make".
Iain Patterson
Moving away from legacy systems and creating a smart back end, with "push not pull" technologies would allow far more synergy and flexibility, he said. "If your car needs taxing, a message coming out from the back end telling you it needs taxing, and allowing you to use your phone to pay, would be far more progressive than getting some sort of warning and then being driven to a website to make the transaction happen." Taking this a step further, smart cars could tell drivers when their vehicle needs an MOT and even book owners into a test centre nearby at a time convenient to them.
One barrier to this type of innovation were lengthy bureaucratic processes but there had been some recent progress in this area. Patterson praised HMRC for very quickly launching schemes to keep citizens and businesses funded through the lockdowns with the temporary suspension of the usual time-consuming checks and processes. "I think an awful lot of lessons probably have been learned. It's now turning that into material practice," he said.
Tools that allow governments to continuously test and innovate
Claps explained that digital transformation teams told IDC that current tools and processes were not helping them to continuously test and innovate. "They need a paradigm shift, using tools that provide out of the box integration, out of the box certification, low code or no code capabilities, so that it isn't only the super deep technical expert who can work on change and transformation," he said. Moving to the cloud would provide these modular and configurable capabilities as well as allowing small- and medium-sized enterprises to work on government contracts on a much shorter timescale. "The outcome will be an acceleration [in] getting to the next step of citizen-centric service innovation," he said, and ultimately eliminate duplication and result in better services for citizens.
Civil servants could learn from the travel and retail sectors which had become much more customer-centric. In particular, the way these sectors used data and insights from customer feedback to continuously improve services in real time was something the panelists felt the public sector was often missing. Enabling feedback to be captured at the point of contact, for example at a customer centre, would allow for continuous improvement explained Patterson. "You can iterate really quickly, within two weeks, a week – fundamentally it's about going faster," he said.
Simon Collinson
Simon Collinson, head of UK public sector at Salesforce, said that once organisations opened up and started engaging more with their audience, whether citizens or businesses, they "get on this virtuous circle," of continuous feedback and service improvement. "You build a wealth of information that comes back and drives that next wave of change," he said.
Pick-Aluas also pointed to retail as a good example of a sector taking advantage of available technology. "The Amazon experience is something to borrow from, even in government service delivery," he said. "I think if you look under the hood there, you might gain some insights into the technology approach that these kinds of companies take."
He also highlighted Uber as an example of a firm creating "very custom tailored experiences" – but only where they need to. Both companies were making use of existing technologies for case management, automation and application programming interface (API) management rather than building things from scratch. "They're very much leveraging platforms. It's only for that specific experience that they go and build something custom. I think this is something that governments still need to catch up to with industry."
Indeed, this government tendency to build bespoke systems from scratch rather than leveraging existing technology was identified by the panel as one of the biggest barriers to deeper innovation.
Patterson agreed that while it's right for the civil service to want to take control of the design and architectural decisions, it still makes sense to use existing tools and platforms where possible. "I think that's where government needs to get to, [using] those common elements. Don't go building everything," he said. "You can't build a better CRM solution than a multi-billion pound software company." There was also a danger of "adding huge complexity and risk" in terms of the cybersecurity threat when building something bespoke compared to something that has "millions, or billions potentially, spent on making sure it's cyber secure," he added.
But while putting the right technology in place will help to develop the citizen-centric services people clearly want, a "mindset shift" for government is also required, concluded Collinson. "The tech is simply an enabler for the change. It's more of a case of what can we, as an organisation, learn by truly understanding the experience of our users, our audience, our endpoints – and how can we use that to be a better department?"
This Salesforce webinar Empowering citizen-centric digital innovation was held on 30 November 2021, with support from Global Government Forum. You can watch the 75-minute webinar via our dedicated event page.
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Top trends in 2023: find out what governments' priorities will be in the year ahead
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Streamlined support: bringing government payments into the digital era
Join this webinar to find out: How modern digital disbursement and collection systems can be developed by government – and how they can be combined with existing benefits and payment methods. The advantages for government in creating more modern systems. How modern benefits systems can be used to respond quickly to emerging crisis around the world.
Keeping services solvent: how government can build a resilient public sector supply chain
In this webinar, experts from Dun & Bradstreet gave an overview of some of the key macroeconomic trends affecting public sector supply chains. Join to find out: - Key factors that determine supplier sustainability, from sales and profits to environmental, governance and social impact - Why sustainability will be a key driver going forward for government procurement – and how organisations can use it to make smarter decisions - How data can help to mitigate all areas of supply chain risk.
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How many times as a parent have you been in a queue in a shop and been harassed by a child who desperately wants you to buy them a magazine just so they can have the free plastic toy. I think magazines are great for children but I want my girls to make a choice based on the content not on the soon to be disposed of and added to landfill toy. Discovering 'Storytime' magazine was a real revelation for me as a parent and a librarian, I felt that it offered a really attractive option which appeals to both children and parents. It doesn't come with a free gift and contains no adverts instead there is plenty to amuse and delight within the covers.
Inside you will find a real mix of traditional tales, fables, myths, legends and rhymes which is so refreshing. There are so many traditional tales to discover which your child may not be familiar with from all around the world. 'Storytime' helps to maintain the storytelling tradition ensuring these stories get passed down to the next generation and don't get lost. Not only does it offer new adventures, each magazine also features a familiar fairy tale children will recognise eg Thumbelina. Each issue contains an extract from a book which helps to introduce children to some fantastic classic books. Children will definitely be entertained by 'Storytime Playbox' which is full of puzzles, arts and crafts to try at home. There really is something for everyone within these gorgeous pages.
Storytime magazine is a brilliant resource for schools with its superbly written stories. It is ideal for Guided Reading sessions or to encourage reluctant readers to engage with reading if they feel anxious about pages full of text. The magazine is of a very high quality. It is much sturdier than a traditional magazine which may not stand up to many re reads in a school environment. I often find that magazines or graphic novels can provide a starting basis for reluctant readers to help develop their love of reading. When you are thinking about how you could utilise it in school there are so many options. You could share the stories with KS1 or use it for creative writing with KS2. I found it very useful when my daughter was studying the differences between myths, fables and legends last year and it offers a really fascinating insight into other cultures storytelling traditions.
With stunning illustrations and beautiful stories, 'Storytime' magazine is a joy to behold. It would be an excellent addition to any home or school.
You can buy 'Storytime' as individual issues in large supermarkets and newsagents or you can order a subscription.
I've been a fan of Storytime since the first copy arrived in the library but I was sent these two copies which I have reviewed today in exchange for an honest review.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2016 by bookloverjo.


Today, when you order "iFlight (Gimmick and Online Instructions) by Bill Perkins", you'll instantly be emailed a Penguin Magic gift certificate. You can spend it on anything you like at Penguin, just like cash. Just complete your order as normal, and within seconds you'll get an email with your gift certificate.
Order in the next 7 hours 23 minutes and it will ship TODAY!
Don't waist your money on this it just doesn't work. You will be disappointed.
Terrible method, terrible gimmick, Great effect! But very poor method. Wouldn't waste $25 on this again.
If I could give this 10 out of 5 stars, I would definitely do so. All of us magicians know that interlace is one of the greatest ring flights of all time but it's only practical if you are wearing suit pants or jeans that are kind of baggy. On the other hand, iFlight is one of the greatest ring flights that you could carry in your pocket i've ever seen in all of my 15 years of doing magic. This ring flight is so organic and so impossible that your spectators won't see it coming. I performed this the exact same day I received it when I had to go to my next gig which was today and everyone was just blown away. This is a trick you will have to practice. I'm a very advanced magician so it took me a little less than 20-25 minutes to practice but for you beginners to intermediate magicians it will take a good couple of weeks to master. If you can misdirect a spectator and are very good at making any small object vanish, then you are golden. I will make a video of myself sooner or later when I get the time to teach a very simple ring vanish with your t-shirt. Imagine vanishing a female's ring in such a way where you wrap the ring around with your t-shirt and the female grabs onto her ring through your shirt and when she lets go the ring completely vanishes. She can completely examine your shirt and the ring appears sealed on the headphones. The headphones can be examines! Keep that in mind. This ring flight is a gem and I will always be using this. I usually don't give a lot of reviews but this one I had to give one after my gig.


Thank you! I appreciate your good will.
Thanks for following my blog too. I look forward to further writings from you.
Why thank you. I rather like how it turned out.
Love your description on the Reflections blogshare of "supervillains who get more worked up about grammar than their "evil schemes" and gods who have been suffering from economic depression for a few hundred years." The writing lives up to it.
Great stuff Oliver. And dark. I'm now a hooked follower.
Sweet. I am pleased to hear it.


The Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes (Mk 32 SVTT) system is a torpedo launching system designed for the United States Navy. The Mark 32 has been the standard anti-submarine torpedo launching system aboard United States Navy surface vessels since its introduction in 1960, and is in use aboard the warships of several other navies.
Most versions (referred to as modifications or mods) are triple-tube sets that can be rotated or trained to face a target. The exception is the Mod 9 sets, which only have two tubes and are fixed in position. The Mark 32 can fire 12.75-inch (324 mm) torpedoes of the Mark 44, Mark 46, Mark 50 (from the Mod 17 tubes onwards), and Mark 54 designs, and can be modified to use other torpedoes (such as the MU90 Impact aboard Royal Australian Navy frigates, or Royal Navy units using Sting Ray torpedoes). The tubes are designed to be fired remotely, but manual firing controls are fitted as a backup to all but the Spruance-class destroyer's Mod 15 sets, as all aspects of the tubes' operation are controlled remotely. The launch is powered by compressed air in a rear flask, which also doubles as each tube's breech, and the torpedoes are fire-and-forget weapons.
The launcher can be made from fibreglass, or with a fibreglass liner encased in metal. The tubes were designed to be weatherproof and capable of storing torpedoes for long periods, but this is only practical with regular maintenance. Each triple-tube set weighs around 2,230 pounds (1,010 kg) unloaded, with variations between mods.
^ a b c d e f g h i Friedman, Norman (2006). The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon Systems (5th ed.). Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. pp. 754–5.
^ Fish, Tim; Grevatt, Jon (24 June 2008). "Australia's HMAS Toowoomba test fires MU90 torpedo". Jane's Navy International. Jane's Information Group.
^ Chant, Chris (2005). Submarine Warfare Today: The World's Deadliest Underwater Systems. Leicester: Silverdale Books. p. 143. ISBN 1-84509-158-2.
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Over the last decade and a half, Bollywood has significantly evolved in creating stylized looks for its characters. For the longest time, most protagonists sported a similar look in every film they signed up for. With Dil Chahta Hai,this traditional mold was broken, making hair design critical to establishing the look of a character as the key identifier to that particular film.
With over a decade and a half of hair experience in Bollywood and on the fashion runway, this year BBLUNT took its vision even further with Kareena Kapoor-Khan revealing its salon in a box through the 'High Shine Crème At-Home Hair Color – Salon Secret'. Available in 7 of the most on-trend shades – Coffee Natural Brown, Mahogany Reddish Brown, Wine Deep Burgundy, Honey Light Golden Brown, Blueberry Blue Black, Chocolate Dark Brown and Natural Black – Salon Secret is finally the answer for hair color at home.
The film chronicles Adhuna's Bollywood journey and depicts how each character in the films that she has styled, drove her inspiration and enthusiasm to create the perfect shade for the new hair color range. Adhuna recreates some iconic looks designed by BBLUNT on 7 of the country's most leading lifestyle and beauty bloggers like Miss Malini as Kareena Kapoor from Don, Shifa Merchant and Jas Sagu as Preity Zinta and Sonali Kulkarni respectively in Dil Chahta Hai, Juhi Godambe and Aayushi Bhangur as Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin respectively in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Stephanie Timmins and Madhura Bhogale as Priyanka Chopra and Anushka Sharma respectively in Dil Dhadakne Do.


That's why people always say that grief lasts forever. That is absolutely not true.
Grief does not last forever — only confusion and fear can last forever.
While these three phases address life after loss, the important things to look at for recovery are what happens to the mind.
The trauma of any event that slams the door shut on an aspect of the past — a divorce or a death — leaves its mark on the brain. We are left with uncertainty. We don't yet know what life will be like. We are afraid to take action and start over. Ultimately it is not the grief that stops us from starting life over, but fear of losing that life all over again.
If an experience is deemed safe, we react in one way; if it is deemed dangerous, we react in a different way. When the amygdalae sense a threat, they trigger the secretion of stress hormones – such as adrenaline, which stimulate the fight-or-flight response, putting us fully on alert for danger.
Unfortunately, after a great loss, the world is uncertain and confusing.
Everything seems like a threat because all you knew –that you were going to be with your love forever, that you were healthy, that you were safe — is now different. After loss, we perceive the entire world as dangerous because the amygdalae instantly compare new experiences with this trauma and what it meant in your life. This wears in the neutral pathways of fear, making the perception of danger easier for your brain, thus causing you to perceive danger where there isn't actually anything to fear. This unconscious habit of fear is what keeps people stuck in grief — stuck in the Waiting Room that is the second phase of life after loss.
big couches and flat screen TVs. You go to your Waiting Room initially to be safe while you adjust to your loss. But soon enough, your brain begins to associate stepping outside of this space as dangerous. We want to avoid pain, so the brain tries to anticipate bad situations before they happen. We stay in the Waiting Room for fear of risking future loss. Unfortunately, the longer you stay, the harder it is to start over.
All of us have to dance with our instincts to figure out when to leap and when to stay put. That's the challenge of being human and having a brain that evolved for survival. Having gone through a devastating loss, the brain feels threatened. It does not like to have its beliefs challenged, because it uses these beliefs to guard against threats to our safety. The life that we are looking at after loss challenges the beliefs we had prior to the loss, so the brain does everything it knows how to do to fight against the emergence of the new life. Our survival instincts are so strong that we can be stuck for years, and need to learn how to ignore perceived threats that come from stepping into the new life, and how to distinguish them from real threats.
You can move out of the Waiting Room by gradually learning to let go of your fear as you practice doing things that are different from your too-comfortable, self-protective routines.
You have to learn to overcome your natural fear of change. This is the basis of my Life Reentry Model, and it allows you take an active and strategic role in redefining your life after loss. It makes you able to create a launch pad from which you can create the life you desire.
Living fully again after loss should be the only way forward. Grief is an inhuman experience taking place in a human body. What happens next is evolutionary.
We can become fearless and driven to create the best life possible because of the losses we have had, certainly not despite them.