Josh Skolnick, CEO and founder of Monster Tree Service, is like most successful entrepreneurs: he's a planner AND a doer. For instance, the new corporate headquarters Monster Tree Service just opened in Doylestown, PA contains plenty of space to accommodate infrastructure Skolnick needs to support his current franchisees and attract new owners. He realizes he MUST have the players in place to execute his vision and swiftly turn Monster Tree Service into a household name from coast to coast.
That's where Valerie Bowser comes in. Valerie is the National Director of Talent for Monster Tree Service. She's been on the job less than four months, but has hit the ground running – finding and placing top personnel, to work as arborists, managers, plant health specialists, and more, for franchise owners.
Recently, we interviewed Valerie to see how she is enjoying the responsibility of matching people to opportunity, with Monster Tree Service.
Monster Tree Service (MTS): You have had an extensive, successful career in recruiting, and managing talent acquisition, as well as implementing programs for those specific areas. So, what intrigued you about Monster Tree Service?
Valerie Bowser (VB): It was a unique opportunity to "paint my own canvas," if you will. Josh realized he would have to compete for top talent and build a pipeline of candidates to stay ahead of the competition. He has tasked me with building the talent acquisition matrix from the ground up. Not many people get the opportunity to do this!
MTS: You have only been on the job since November of last year, so what have you been able to accomplish in that short time frame?
VB: One of the things I really focused on when I came to work here is having a greater social media presence. Running ads in the newspaper is just not nearly as effective as it used to be. That's why I immediately started implementing such job search platforms as, LinkedIn, Indeed, Google Jobs, and other widely read websites.
I've also just recently partnered with U.S. Jobs.com, a national clearing house for jobs. Our search for great talent will now extend to every state's website, as well as military Veterans. It's a terrific way to get the Monster Tree Service brand a ton of nationwide exposure, as well.
MTS: Does an applicant have to have a background in tree service?
VB: Not necessarily. Josh wants me to find quality people, regardless of their background. He's confident our extensive, complete training programs can help anyone become a contributing member of any Monster Tree Service team, in any of our locations.
MTS: You have worked for a similar company before. What is the Monster Tree Service difference?
VB: First, there is NO OTHER COMPANY LIKE MONSTER TREE SERVICE! It is the first and only franchise tree service company of it's kind. That really appeals to people looking to make their own mark in the world, while working as part of a team.
I also believe Monster Tree Service's holistic approach to taking care of trees really resonates with clients. The franchisees and their trained staff want to do all they can to save a tree, unless it's in imminent danger of causing injury, or property damage.
MTS: What's it like working directly with CEO/Founder, Josh Skolnick?
VB: It's very exciting, because he's a true visionary, constantly seeking out every opportunity to make life better for his franchisees. For example, he hired me to help franchisees get off the ground quicker because my expertise is recruiting. That helps the owners save time and money while allowing them to focus directly on what they're great at!
MTS: Which leads me to this question: how do you find the best candidates?
VB: Well, it helps to be passionate about what I do, but I'm also a CIR-Certified Internet Recruiter, so I know how to use the web more effectively and efficiently than someone just posting jobs, and scrolling through resumes. That passion and experience allows me to find people others just don't see.
Also, I'm really into relationship building. It's not a "transactional thing" with me. I want to really get to know a candidate, giving them as much information as I can to help them make a positive decision about coming to work for Monster Tree Service. Even if they choose not to do so at the time, the very least they will do is give me a great endorsement to someone else, or eventually, circle back to me. That's a "win-win"!
If you are interested in an opportunity to be involved with the country's first, and fastest growing professional, tree service, Monster Tree Service wants to talk to you! You, too, could be creating a healthier, more beautiful environment, with greater potential for success as a member of an Monster Tree Service team.
For more information about careers with Monster Tree Service, please visit https://www.whymonster.com/about-us/careers/.
And for more information on franchise opportunities with the nation's ONLY franchised tree service businesses, please visit www.monstertreefranchising.com.


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About PEAKURBAN
PEAKURBAN was formed in 2016 when some former colleagues shared a dream of creating a leading, relationship based civil engineering consultancy.
We believed there was a gap in the market for PEAKURBAN to leverage the experience and talents of the team and provide a boutique, client-centric service offering with the same standard of capabilities as the large firms. We felt that there was a great opportunity to build a business where trust, responsiveness, personalised service and an unwavering commitment to value creation underpinned the way we worked. Developing outstanding relationships with our clients is what drives us each and every day.
The PEAKURBAN Name
It was important to us that whatever we called our company was meaningful and reflective of what we wanted to be known for. Equally, it was also important to us that our name was connected to the market that we operate in. PEAK was chosen to represent achievement at the highest level – the ability to go further, do the impossible and exist in an elevated state. URBAN was chosen as it represents the market sector that we serve. Our branding was designed to symbolize our commitment and approach to the highest levels of client service and our commitment to excellence.
Since PEAKURBAN started in 2016 we have grown our team significantly, expanded our service offerings and developed strong, trust based relationships with many of Australia's leading property developers.
We are committed to growing our business in the future through the attraction and retention of great staff, application of our technical and commercial smarts in delivering creative solutions and continuing to develop strong, trust based relationships with our clients.
PEAKURBAN is a civil engineering, town planning and surveying consultancy.
Working with leading Australian and international property developers, PEAKURBAN offers an integrated selection of capabilities and services including site acquisition and due diligence advice, master planning and urban design, development applications and approvals, detailed engineering design, tender and contract documentation and contract administration.
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When trying to view a HTML email on Iphone, get the following Message "This message cannot be displayed because of the way it is formatted. Ask the sender to send it again using a different format or email program. Multipart/Alternative" - This Only occurs when StoreGrid application sends a mail to any of my dreamhost email accounts/Domains. All other HTML mails to these Domains are viewed OK. If a send a mail from StoreGrid to another Email account hosted under Gmail I can view the same mail OK on my Iphone. Further more if I use outlook to view the mail on Dreamhost its OK.
The only combination I get this error is when Storegrid sends a mail to a domain hosted on dreamhost email servers and viewed by Iphone.
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Les Quatre Etoiles were formed by four prominent singers and instrumentalists, Nyboma and Wuta Mayi (or Wuta May) as vocalists, Syran M'Benza on lead guitar and Bopol Mansiamina on rhythm guitar. Being composed of accomplished musicians with a longstanding career in various other groups as well as in solo performances, Quates Etoiles is often referred to as an African supergroup. The band was formed when all four members had settled in Paris in the early 1980s. A separate page of this site is dedicated to Nyboma, but also Wuta Mayi has a long career to show for. He has been singing in various groups such as Orchestre Jamel National, Orchestre Bamboula, Orchestre Rock-a-Mambo and Franco's TP OK Jazz. Guitarist Syran M'Benza has played in Orchestre Somo Somo, Orchestre Lovy du Zaïre and Sam Mangwana's African All Stars, to name but the most important ones. He also recorded several solo albums. So did Bopol, who has played with Tabu Ley Rochereau's Afrisa and Orchestre Ya Toupas.
The repertoire of Quatre Etoiles is, apart from new compositions, based on reinterpreting former hits of each of the four members, remoulded in a modern Paris-flavoured soukous using Paris studios and high tech production. One could argue that the music of the Four Stars has become a shallow and commercial version of what has been played before in Kinshasa, but this would not do justice to the songs Quatre Etoiles recorded. As can be expected from Nyboma and Wuta Mayi, the singing is excellent, and the guitar of Syran M'Benza of rare beauty.
The Quatre Etoiles were successful for several years, but as the soukous rage had been long replaced by ndombolo fever, most members regrouped again in the more acoustic approach of the rumba revival band Kékélé, under the artistic direction of producer Ibrahima Sylla.


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You thought you were a calm and peaceful person… until you had kids. Now, there are times when you feel you are an angry mom with a few common triggers and you feel guilty.
Don't fret, there's a big reason many mothers get angry and the solution might be easier than you think.
And the nearby power strip.
My 12-month-old stood by giggling, trying to eat the ice. The ice that was in the cup that he spilled. He spilled the cup because I left it on the bedside table even though he always spills the cups I leave on the bedside table. I have stubbornly refused to stop leaving cups on the bedside table because that's exactly where I like my cups to stay.
After that, I had to laugh at my ridiculousness and the unrealistic expectations I put on my baby. It taught me one very important thing.
One real reason moms get angry at our kids is because we expect them to act grown up.
It's impossible to be a calm mom all the time. But if we stop and count how many times their "childishness" makes us angry, we may just become less angry. If we realize, accept, and embrace the fact our children are going to do a lot of inconvenient things, we become less frustrated.
We think they should listen to us without hearing a reason.
Of course, our children need to learn to listen to our instructions for their own good. What we don't realize is that giving explanations and teaching our kids the "why" behind our requests gains far more cooperation than yelling or power struggles.
We mistake developmental milestones for bad character.
I once googled "is my toddler a sociopath?" True story. As kids age, they start pushing the boundaries, learning our family values, and trying new things. Throwing things out of the high chair, asserting their will, and even lying are developmental milestones. It doesn't mean these behaviors go unchecked, but you should expect them. If you expect perfect behavior, you will feel frustrated and angry at every eye roll or tantrum.
We expect them to stuff their emotions.
Did you know you have an emotional basement? Well, so does your child. Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers have Big Emotions and Grand Feelings and most things are The End of The World. This is not because they are destined for the therapist's couch, but because they are small humans learning how to process the world around them. If every tantrum, meltdown, interruption, or backtalk makes you mad it's a sign you are taking their behavior personally.
We give them too much freedom, then disagree with their choices.
No one wants to micromanage every aspect of their child's day, but when we grant them too much freedom they do things we don't like. This will be the case until they leave the house. Color on walls. Hide daddy's wallet. Empty the toothpaste. And that's just small children.
Our kids are going to push our buttons. Sometimes, we will be like volcanoes exploding after centuries of dormancy. We will have to learn patience. They are going to make us mad.
Not because they are bad kids.
Not because they are spoiled kids.
But… because they are kids.
Instead of letting the inconveniences and frustrations of the early years make you angry, think about the good. Focus on the cute moments. Know this season is fleeting. Expect the unexpected, and embrace the childish moments. Soon enough… they won't be children anymore.


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Donald Trump at Regent University's 2016 Presidential Candidate Forum (C-SPAN)
By Dara Coleby Delgado
What Did Trump Know? The Presidency, Prosperity, and Pentecostals
I submit that Trump intuited that Pentecostals, especially those with an affinity for prosperity, revered the materially "blessed." Consequently, his purported wealth and public persona made him particularly desirable, if not enviable.
Since announcing his run in 2015, Donald J. Trump has enjoyed almost unwavering evangelical support. Included in the evangelical lot of those who believe that "God wanted Trump to be president" are Pentecostal-Charismatics.
In "President Trump's Hidden Religious Base: Pentecostal-Charismatic Celebrities," Erica Ramirez and Leah Payne observe, "Not everyone considers Pentecostals and Charismatics to be evangelicals, but they are to this president." Why did Trump need to categorize Pentecostal-Charismatics as evangelical? What did he, or his team, understand about this group, and what might this preference disclose about politics, race, and religion in the United States?
Without question, the Trump campaign knew that American evangelicalism formed a spurious alliance with the Republican Party in the 1970s. Anthea Butler notes that this shift rendered evangelicals, as a group, "not just religiously or culturally white" but also, "politically white." By aligning with the Republican Party to sustain cultural whiteness, evangelicals became a powerful voting bloc and a formidable lobbying presence on Capitol Hill.
But in their collective overt appeals to Pentecostals as evangelicals, the Trump campaign proved savvy and highly pragmatic. By taking a cue from the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), who first coupled Pentecostals with evangelicals in 1942, Trump significantly extended his political reach among conservatives—because while Baptists are fully 15.4 percent of the adult US population, for example, there are something like 10 million Pentecostals and charismatics in the US. This isn't always obvious in ways that demographers track denominational categories. But somehow Trump's campaign circuit targeted several non-denominational megachurches, whose memberships sometimes reach into the tens of thousands and make up a big slice of the evangelical pie.
If the world of megachurches is a challenge to trace, it might be even harder to navigate from within. Yet, Trump seemed almost drawn to Pentecostal-Charismatics and their sumptuous houses of worship. Most likely he was drawn to Pentecostals-Charismatics' affinity for him: for their ready appreciation of his affluence and wealth. Of course, Pentecostal-Charismatics' affinity for wealth and affluence did not begin with Trump: a whole sector of Pentecostalism runs on the prosperity gospel. The prosperity gospel emphasizes divine health and wealth as the reward for extraordinary faith. It provides ecclesial jargon for the neo-liberal values of American evangelicals.
In a capitalist society, the prosperity gospel perpetuates the cultural myth within the Protestant work ethic, insisting that health and wealth are the exclusive benefits of those who attend to some esoteric formula of hard work, thrift, and resourcefulness. It thereby ignores problems around access, privilege, and structural/systemic oppression. Preferring instead narratives of personal success (sans socialist ideas of collective care, communal responsibility, and shared resources), the prosperity gospel, much like the evangelical doctrine of salvation, is woefully individualistic. Trump readily became emblematic of this popular theology.
Critically, like evangelicalism as a whole, adherents of the prosperity gospel are not all white. Take, for example, Darrell Scott, the pastor and co-founder of the New Spirit Revival Center, "a Bible-based, Non-Denominational church with a Pentecostal/Charismatic persuasion" in Cleveland Heights, OH. Scott is a Black evangelical who so embraces the unholy merger of Christianity and American capitalism that he promotes a disturbing "bootstrap" philosophy—one that reduces the state of Black America to wealth-building sans a critical examination of the impact of systemic racism in this country. In 2015, Scott was introduced as part of Donald Trump's Transition Team.
Though Scott pastors a predominantly Black church with a Black Pentecostal religio-racial aesthetics, in joining Trump's team, he performed what Butler calls "Christian Blackness,"—the performative expectations and values of the Religious Right vis-a-vis the Christian Coalition of the late 1980s.
Noting Scott's surrogacy for Trump, David Wiegel asked "What makes a Black Cleveland Pastor back Donald Trump?" Yet, I am more inclined to ask another question: why did Trump take an interest in Scott? In truth, at the time of their first meeting at Trump Tower in 2011, Scott was a fledgling televangelist with aspirations of being a leading megachurch pastor. Essentially, Scott lacked appreciable religio-social capital in the Pentecostal-Charismatic arena and the Black Church in particular. In other words, in the Black Pentecostal world, Darrell Scott was no T.D. Jakes.
Recalling the details of that first meeting, a flattered Scott claims to have found Trump to be "a prayerful Christian" and not the irascible business tycoon portrayed on television. Moreover, he said that he left this first meeting believing that Trump was "someone who would fight with [him] to defend his community and his faith."
In Scott, Trump found a black ally for whom his partnership could make a material difference. By 2015, Scott's wife Belinda was a failed reality TV star, but in exchange for his steadfast, if not recalcitrant support of a Trump presidency, Scott gained access to previously unimaginable platforms and media outlets. Eventually, he assumed an advisory role as a member of Trump's executive transition team and, later, an opportunity to co-found the National Diversity Coalition for Trump.
Amidst the growing number of Pentecostal surrogates, the media coverage of Trump's evangelical base, and the burgeoning scholarship around the history of evangelicalism in America and its political influence, no one seemed to inquire about what Trump knew about Pentecostals as a distinct voting bloc and how he imagined someone like Scott advancing his appeal among its Black constituency?
I submit that Trump intuited that Pentecostals, especially those with an affinity for prosperity, revered the materially "blessed." Consequently, his purported wealth and public persona made him particularly desirable, if not enviable. He also understood—what Wiegel and others did not—that Pentecostals like Scott tout morality, but immorality itself is never really a deal-breaker. From the biblical King David to televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, practitioners of prosperity theology are trained to believe that "sin" does not preclude one from a protagonist role in the divine narrative. Being categorized as the anointed/most blessed one, divine protagonist Trump would not be disqualified but rather readily absolved.
Beyond believing that the anointing which is evinced by material blessing includes impunity, Trump-supporting Pentecostals of the prosperity sort also believe that the anointing is transferable. Because blessings are contrived as a matter of proximity, endorsing Trump meant being aligned with God's favor. Sadly, this cast of religionists, eager to be prosperous "like Trump," failed to consider how in doing so, they became co-conspirators of the injustices fashioned in our inequitable and capitalistic society.
Following the November election, several Pentecostal-Charismatics either have repented of their false predictions or nuanced their original claims. Still, there are those whose loyalty to Trump remains unbroken. In choosing to double down on their allegiance to Trump, Pentecostal-Charismatics have joined the fray of other supporters in normalizing false political propaganda and conspiracy thinking—with theories ranging from the precarious state of American religious freedom to the events of January 6.
Scott, in particular, took to his iHeartRadio program to assert that on January 6, Congress set up Donald Trump. According to Scott, their goal was to impeach Trump to prevent him from holding public office again. He went on to say that "The Capitol riots were pre-planned, and they knew days in advance that it was coming. The Capitol Police were told to hold back on the response[;] they were given a stand-down order. This was no coup, it was no insurrection, it was no attempt to overturn the election. They were told to stand down. It was a setup."
Here, Scott is acting as Trump's protector; in doing so, he is proving to the former president that election results aside, he is an uncompromised surrogate who will attend to the Trump cause even if it means defying reason or logic. But why? I contend that Scott's discourse reflects a larger gendered [Black] Pentecostal hermeneutic given to a radical practice of obeisance to male authority. Often summed up by paraphrasing Psalm 105:15—"touch not my anointing and do my prophets no harm"—this form of radical deference to God-ordained authority shows up as a form of Pentecostal anti-Donatism that shies away from holding leaders accountable for their actions as long as they continue to do the work of the ministry on behalf of the church.
In the classical sense, the Donatist controversy focused on the unity and holiness of the church. In opposition to Donatism, St. Augustine maintained ex opere operato: "by the work having been performed." In short, anti-Donatists like St. Augustine felt that the sacrament's validity does not depend on the sinlessness of the minister but the celebration of the sacrament. Moving away from the context of origin to our contemporary religio-political climate where Trump is King Cyrus, we can understand Scott's claim that Trump was set up as an extension of his reverence for Trump as both most blessed and commander-in-chief. By saying that Trump was "set up," Scott solidified his conviction that everything Trump did as president was above reproach—including but was not limited to inciting a riot.
Today, in the post-election and post-January 6th shadows of the Trump Era, the roll call of evangelicals who paved the way for a Trump White House very rarely, if ever, includes Scott. Generally, that honor goes to Scott's white counterparts. For all of his work, he is now little more than a footnote in this larger story. Although he still pastors, his political impact has been reduced to 140 characters on Twitter and a poorly publicized memoir.
Is Scott's less than subtle erasure from the annals of the Trump Era because of his ineffectiveness at getting the former president the Black Pentecostal-Charismatic vote? Or, is it because he was just one [Black] pawn among many in the political game of evangelical chess? Whatever the case, failing to include Scott in this chapter of America's religious history is a grave mistake.
For all of his vitriol and lambasting and the shame he brought to the legacy of Black evangelicals, Scott is symbolic of a small but noteworthy voting bloc of Black evangelicals. To disregard his role during the Trump Era is to miss an opportunity to interrogate Black Pentecostal-Charismatics as a distinct group with particular political sensibilities.
Dara Coleby Delgado is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Black Studies at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA. Coleby Delgado is a third-generation Pentecostal, reared in the Apostolic/Oneness tradition. In 2019, she completed her doctoral work in theology at the University of Dayton. There, Coleby Delgado examined the life and work of Bishop Ida Bell Robinson, founder of the Mount Sinai Holy Church of America, using a social-historical frame that employed both feminist/womanist theology and Critical Race Theory. Currently, Coleby Delgado is working on her forthcoming book on the same topic. In addition, she is a 2018-2019 AAUW Dissertation Fellow, and she has written about Pentecostals in scholarly journals and popular news outlets alike.
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Pentecostals-Charismatics, Political Theology, and the Capitol Riot
Symposium Essays
By Lisa Gasson-Gardner
Feeling fresh, feeling novel: What Charismatic-Evangelical Christian Practices Can Teach Us About Truth in the U.S.
Intense feeling is characteristic of Donald Trump's political presence. The Trump rally, replete with chanting, screaming, and a long, rambling speech is an affect-laden performance. For people trained in charismatic-evangelical communities, Trump's intense performance feels true.
By Leah Payne
The Trump Shall Sound: Politics, Pentecostals, and the Shofar at the Capitol Riots
Almost a quarter of a century after that night in Pensacola, Trump supporters brought their shofars to a "Jericho March" at Washington D. C. in a manner resembling that decades-old revival meeting. Like the Brownsville attendees who cheered for Gideon's victory, the Jericho March called to mind a biblical story of Joshua at Jericho, another conquest with the sound of a shofar.
By Daniel Ramirez
Pilgrims or Settlers? Pentecostal Politics at the Crossroads
Pentecostals' political commitments reflect processes of memory and amnesia, assimilation and identity… the stronger the memory of sojourning, migration and exile, the healthier the entrails of compassion for the soujourner's wellbeing; the greater the distance from the memory of a wandering past, the greater the buy-in to a nationalistic Malthusian ideology that, among other things, paints the sojourner as law-breaking menace to the host society.
By Erica Ramirez
Pentecostals and States of Exception
Where these elements at Azusa Street helped believers create a sacred liminality that transcended racist law, in Pentecostalism today the Holy Spirit is often co-opted to anoint pastors as sovereigns who occupy states of exception as God's anointed.


The 2011/12 tax year starts today, meaning everyone gets a new tax-free cash Isa allowance. But don't delay using it as it every day you stall you're losing interest.
Every UK citizen over 16 years old can now deposit a maximum of £5,340 into a cash Isa during the current financial year, an increase from last year's £5,100 allowance (see the Top Cash Isas Guide).
But last year's pot is closed so if you missed yesterday's deadline it's gone forever.
Consumers should consider cash Isas as their first port of call when saving, as they are normal accounts where the interest is always tax free, unlike a conventional savings vehicle.
The top easy access Isa rate from the AA pays 3.35% compared to the top standard easy access deal from Santander that pays 3%. After tax, that's 2.4% for a basic rate taxpayer (see the Top Savings Accounts guide).
On a £5,340 balance you'd earn £179 over a year in the Isa compared to £128 in the standard account – £51 more.
Even if you've opened a cash Isa in previous tax years, you can now do it again. Alternatively, if the account allows, you can top up last year's balance with the new maximum.
But make sure you're not languishing on a pitiful rate (see best buys below).
The restrictions with cash Isas are that you can only save up to the £5,340 limit in this tax year, you can only open one to deposit new money in per tax year and you must be 16 or over.
You can open another account to transfer money from old Isas.
Our top-pick easy-access Isa is Santander's Flexible Isa (issue 3), which pays 3.3%, although some existing customers get 3.5%. It tracks base rate for a year so if the rate rises so too will the return on your savings.
Barclays's 3.25% Golden Isa is the next best base rate-tracking product. However, the AA's Isa pays a higher 3.35% but it doesn't guarantee to track base rate.
The current top easy-access Isa that allows transfers from old Isas is Halifax's Isa Direct Reward which pays 3%, or 3.2% to some existing customers. It does not guarantee to track base rate (see the Top ISA Transfers guide).
All the top easy access savings products come with bonuses that usually last a year so ensure you ditch and switch when your deal expires.
If you're prepared to lock your cash away for a set time you get a guaranteed rate with a fixed Isa.
Be warned that you face heavy withdrawal penalties for taking the money early. And while the initial rates are often higher than easy access deals you will not benefit if base rate rises.
The current top two-year fixed cash Isa is from Santander at 3.7%, with a minimum deposit of £500. For five years, the top option is Birmingham Midshires at 5%, again with a minimum deposit of £500.


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Q: Where to download Festival TTS voice Where can I download the voices available in Festival demo page?

A: If you are using Ubuntu Linux, detailed instructions on how to install other voices are here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=677277.
The instructions could be transferable to other Linux versions.

A: An other perharps useful resource is here for MBROLA / CMU / HTS voices.
Note that not all the available voices work with Festival 2.4 and some are only compatible with version 2.1. This seems to be the case for the Nitech HTS voices, probably the best ones available. The CMU voices are a good compromise though.

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On September 14, PayPal sponsored and participated in a Diversity in Tech & Media event as part of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's Annual Legislative Conferences in Washington, D.C.
The event brought together Members of Congress, industry professionals and civic leaders to recognize the work being done to bring more diversity to the tech and media industries as well as the progress that still can be made.
PayPal VP of Global Government Relations, Richard Nash, presented two awards during the event. The first was the Leadership and Diversity award honoring Congressman G.K. Butterfield (D-NC). The Congressman unfortunately was in his home state of North Carolina preparing for the impact of Hurricane Florence on his district. However, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) accepted the award on his behalf.
Richard also presented the Diversity and Inclusion advocate award to Alma Acosta, Executive Director of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Overall, the event was a great success in bringing together thought leaders from around D.C. and across the country to celebrate greater inclusion in the workforce.


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Since 1938, Commonwealth Figure Skating Club (CFSC) has provided figure skaters of all levels with the opportunity to experience the camaraderie, personal development and confidence building that the sport of figure skating has to offer.
Whether a skater is just beginning in a Learn to Skate program, performing in one of the Club's annual exhibition shows, testing their skills or competing in industry events, each skater is welcomed into CFSC as a fellow skating enthusiast. We look forward to sharing our passion for figure skating with you!
Commonwealth Figure Skating Club ("CFSC") was originally incorporated on November 10, 1938. The club was reincorporated on October 15, 1980. CFSC has been a Member of United States Figure Skating Association since 1938.
The mission of CFSC is to encourage the instruction, practice and advancement of its members in moves in the field, free skating, pair skating, dancing, synchronized skating, basic skills and all types of figure skating, to encourage and cultivate a sprit of camaraderie among ice skaters, to sponsor, to produce or cooperate in the production of figure skating competitions, exhibitions or shows, and generally to perform such other acts as may be necessary, advisable and proper or incidental to the realization of the objects and purposes of CFSC, and to carry out the general policies of the United States Figure Skating Association.
CFSC is a Section 501(c )(3) Massachusetts nonprofit corporation.
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EVO: Derived from the prefix "exo-," meaning "outside of" (exoskeleton, exosystem). Shaw Exo is short, sweet, cool, futuristic, and works great as a graphic "bug" on TV, computer and mobile device screens.
"Above and beyond" the parameters of the competition and most definitely outside the box, Exo is the perfect name for Shaw's network of the future. Available now.


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The era of Rock 'n' Roll exploded in the 1960s with the introduction of The Beatles and the ensuing "British Invasion…" and greats like Frank, Dean, and Elvis were left in the rear view mirror of pop music. For years, most every rock band hitting the scene either bore a close resemblance to the bands of the '60s from the garage band ensembles to the Fender, Rickenbacker, and Gretsch electric sound with lots of 7th chords, not to mention two and three part harmonies.
While music evolved over time, that look and sound was the underlying influence in much of the new artists hitting the scene until the era of disco, Madonna, and rap started to take pop music through another transition. But no matter how powerful the new sounds and looks were with young audiences, there seemed to be a longing at every turn to hear that sound again; and that longing led to a new explosion of rock which started with '60s tribute bands like Beatlemania and The Fab Four. A new excitement arose to hear the note for note renditions of the awesome Beatles songbook. Now there are many tribute bands paying homage to their favorite bands of the '60s, '70s, '80s and beyond.
While other forms of music continue to enjoy popularity, there seems to be an undying love for garage band formats with electric and acoustic guitars and drums making up the foundational composition of how they produce their music.
GGM is excited to share with its readers a female fronted "garage band" The MonaLisa Twins originally from Austria but moved to Liverpool in 2014, featuring twin sisters Mona and Lisa Wagner whose love for the '60s era and sounds has influenced them as musicians with emphasis on rhythm and lead with a great backbeat from the drums. Their sound is unique in today's music landscape but bears a striking resemblance to the sounds of perhaps the most influential decade of our past, the 1960s.
We had an opportunity to catch up with Mona and Lisa to learn more about their backgrounds, musical influences, their two albums of original material, including their recent release ORANGE, an album with '60s style song-writing, great guitar licks, and awesome harmonies. Below is our conversation with the Twins…enjoy!
"We believe the world could do with a lot more 'Orange' and a whole lot less 'clockworK.'"
Your new album ORANGE is your second album and it's been receiving great reviews. I'm so impressed with the music and lyrics on this album. Share with us your inspiration and vision for ORANGE.
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L: The vision behind ORANGE is summed up in the title, so it might be interesting where it originated: At one point we had more or less recorded all of the songs, and we started working on the artwork. We had many ideas about possible album titles but none would do our vision behind it justice. As fate had decided, one night we were watching the Stanley Kubrick movie "Clockwork Orange." We were curious about its title's origins and looked it up: It refers to a person who "has the appearance of an organism lovely with colour and juice but is in fact only a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil or the Almighty State." An old London saying. And that's when the idea for calling the album ORANGE was born. This one summed up perfectly well what we were trying to capture with our music: We believe the world could do with a lot more "orange" and a whole lot less "clockwork."
M: Musically, we had ventured out into territory that we hadn't before. We had a strong vision as to what the overall listening experience should be like and the kind of emotions we would want our audience to feel. We knew that in order to serve the songs best, in many cases we'd have to add more than the 'two-guitars, drums, and bass' arrangement of our debut album to the mix. There was a powerful beauty in keeping it simple back then when we were 16 years of age, but for this release some of the songs were begging for more complex instrumentation: strings, piano, banjo, some brass and loads of quirky little details. From minimalistic to big orchestra sounds – whatever it takes to tell the story best.
While we were very aware not to repeat ourselves from our debut album, we also took care not to break what we are about. Melodic songwriting, bright guitars, and lots of harmonies will always be a big part of what we do. And, hopefully, lyrics that speak to the orange side of you. About life, love, the ups and downs, and how important it is to not take oneself too seriously.
"To have him play on ORANGE was a dream come true!"
John Sebastian joined you on one of the singles "Waiting for the Waiter." How did that collaboration take place?
M: Many years ago, when we first moved to the UK, someone we used to work with sent John Sebastian a few of our videos. We were hoping for a press quote or just some positive reply but back came the words: "They're fabulous, sure as you're born! I would seriously enjoy playing on their next project." Most people know John for fronting and songwriting for the Lovin' Spoonful ("Summer in the City," "Do You believe In Magic," …). However, he is also a phenomenal blues harp player and has played on records with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Doors, Gordon Lightfoot, and many others.
L: Obviously we were over the moon to hear from such a musical hero of ours. Two years later, when we were starting to write for ORANGE, two songs just begged for some harmonica playing. Instead of doing it ourselves, we decided to take him up on his words. He was all up for it and recorded the tracks at his local studio in Woodstock which he then sent over. A few months later, we even got him to fly over to the UK, so he could feature as the mysterious stranger at the bar in the official music video for the single. To have him play on ORANGE was a dream come true!
ORANGE has such a wide variety of music. Tell us about the recording process, the musical instruments you recorded with, and any other musicians involved.
M: Besides John on blues harp, everything else was played and recorded by the two of us and our dad Rudi. It always turns out that way. We usually enter the recording process thinking we'll be asking other instrumental specialists to play on it, but when we're in the middle of a session we always get super excited and ambitious. Every time we started working on demo tracks for other players – string parts for example – we would get so into it that we might as well could do them ourselves. That's how Lisa got into playing cello, which isn't something she did much before. Our dad is a great bassist and pianist, we both play guitar and I play the drums. We all took care to expand our skills over the years to have all the basic instruments covered so that it is much faster and less expensive to produce a record.
L: It's also a great way to force yourself to branch out into new playing styles. With "In It For Love" for example, I envisioned these jazzy chords and guitar lines that I had no idea of how to play. That's when Google and YouTube become your best friends. A few days of researching and practising techniques and I was able to come up with something that matched the ideas I had in my head.
Where did you record the album?
M: We are incredibly lucky to have a recording studio in our own home. Our dad used to run a very successful studio back in Austria. When we all moved to the UK in 2014, he took the equipment with him and rebuilt it in our new place here. We use it exclusively for our own projects now and couldn't think of a more perfect set up.
L: Our dad also co-writes, produces and arranges all our music, and to be able to just go downstairs at 3 am on a Tuesday night to record a new idea or some guitar lines is a real luxury and a musician's phantasy come true.
There's so many great songs on ORANGE. If you had to pick one that speaks to you the most, which would it be and why?
M: I think we both agree that "In It For Love" really sums up what we think life is all about. There are some more philosophical, introspective and maybe sociocritical moments on this album, and as much as we think it is important to talk about these things, we wanted to bring it all "back to basics" with that song. It's short and sweet and the title speaks for itself, we're in this for love.
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It differs from your debut album When We're Together which was released in 2012. How do you feel you have grown musically over the years?
L: 'When We're Together' feels very youthful to us, perfectly capturing the period of when we recorded it. We were only 16 when we started working on it. We're now 23 and have grown personally and musically. We had the pleasure of playing a Saturday night residency at the Cavern Club every Saturday for two years and got to tour with Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel. While there were many other inspiring moments like opening for guitar legend Albert Lee or working on lots of studio productions, we feel that it was those two things that made us develop most as playing musicians. Performing in a hot, sweaty Cavern for two hours every weekend, with a crowd that expects you to nail those George Harrison and Chuck Berry solos keeps you on your toes. Touring with Steve Harley and playing with his amazing band on the other hand required a more nuanced, sophisticated approach that really taught us to listen and improvise. Playing guitar solos with Jim Cregan every night, who also played, produced and wrote with Rod Stewart for many years, pushes you to up your game.
It was a while between those two albums and you were quite busy during that time, although you did release the MonaLisa Twins Plays Beatles and More. Can you fill us in on what you've been up to?
L: We'll promise not to let our fans wait for another 5 years until the next one. But it's not like we were twiddling our thumbs during that time. As you said, we released a cover compilation album with some of our most popular YouTube Covers, of which there are nearly a hundred on our channel now. We went through periods of intensive work on our YouTube channel, we moved from Vienna (Austria) to Liverpool, we played the two-year Cavern Club residency, the Steve Harley tour and loads of live shows while building our online business. We're only a four piece family operation, and as much as we love the song, sadly there aren't 'Eight Days a Week.' Throw a bit of personal and behind-the-scenes business meandering into the mix and five years fly by in a heartbeat. We really can't complain though, we're truly blessed to be able to live and work on our dreams. We wouldn't want it any other way.
Many young women your age are listening to Top 40, but you both have such a love for the '60s music and that songwriting style, and it's apparent throughout all of your music. It's great that you're bringing this style of music to a younger generation. How did that love develop?
M: Our love for the '60s developed in our early teens when we first discovered the entire back catalog of The Beatles. Our dad got given the new remasters of all their albums on a hard drive by a friend. Out of curiosity and boredom, we started clicking on random mp3 files. It hit us hard. Our love and borderline obsession for the band rapidly grew from there and our personal Beatlemania started. We infected our best friend in school and started learning every Beatle song and fact there was. Did you know "Martha My Dear" from the White Album was inspired by Paul McCartney's sheepdog? Then we discovered more and more music and bands from that era, and our love for the '60s was born.
"Bless YouTube and online tutorials."
Both instrumentalists, can you each tell us a little about your musical background and the instruments you play?
L: We both started playing when we were 11 years old – Mona took drum lessons in high school and I did guitar. Only a year later we started going to each other's lessons and were learning both instruments. When we stopped school at the age of 15, we kept on teaching ourselves by studying our favourite songs and musicians. Bless YouTube and online tutorials. I have always been the lead guitarist and Mona, with her drumming background, mainly plays rhythm. We both have our strengths and have learnt to play off each other when we're performing. Over the years we've picked up a few more instruments – I also play the ukulele and a little bit of cello. Mona still records all drum and percussion parts and plays blues harp. We even have a cross flute at home that is still waiting to get discovered.
With over 100 music videos under your belt and millions of YouTube views, how important is social media for a musician in today's environment and how do you approach staying in touch with your fans through social media?
M: We think social media is both a blessing and a curse for society. It has helped us enormously with finding our audience and we're the first to say that we wouldn't be close to where we are now in our career without YouTube and even Facebook. They are great platforms for people to discover you. Having said that, as time goes on, even those outlets make it harder for you to naturally grow your audience without spending money with them. That's why we are doing an awful lot through email. We have a very active and big mailing list and love staying in touch with everyone this way, and we always have something special going on there like giving away free downloads for everyone who signs up. Speaking of, please feel free to sign up here: https://monalisa-twins.com/mailing-list-simple/
To learn more about these talented young ladies and their new album ORANGE, visit their website at www.monalisa-twins.com.
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CJ Rooney November 27, 2017 at 9:43 am
Awesome interview! That's sweet how John Sebastian remarked about their work. Definitely need to be listening more to their music!
Michael Triba December 1, 2017 at 11:08 pm
You will love it all CJ; covers and originals and especially their originals! My best advice is to get on their website and buy all their CDs and their DVD. To preview their works, subscribe to their YouTube channel and watch all 100 some of their videos. Great times!
Phil Matthews November 30, 2017 at 5:30 pm
Brilliant interview, I have all the music that they have released as well as a team shirt. I can't wait for a chance to see them live & if possible meet them.
Michael Triba December 1, 2017 at 9:21 pm
Very, very nice interview Mona and Lisa, and maybe your best to date (except for your 22 minute life story, that is). I love the fact that you identify which of you is "speaking" as we can see in your video interviews. Wow, I can't believe I have now been on this phenomenal ride with you for 20 months now! I hope to never, ever fall off! MLT2 Michael
christopher Wendel December 3, 2017 at 8:12 pm
These Girls really are AWESOME and very very Talented! Their vocal harmonies are absolutely mind blowing! I have listened to everything they have done (Originals and Covers) and they ARE the real deal! Not only are they very Pretty, their personalities are sweet, funny and heartwarming! Their videos are cute and very creative. They will go far in my book. I too can't wait for Mona and Lisa to tour The United States (especially Florida since I live here). I'm doing my part to FB post their videos as much as I can without annoying my friends. I want The World to know about The Monalisa Twins as I Truly want to see them as Sucessful as they can be. They truly deserve it with all their hard work!
markus stadler May 11, 2018 at 10:41 am
Monalisa Twins? The music sensation of the millennium, no doubt. I have been a music addict as long as I can remember… and, as many in my generation, spent incredible amounts of money on vinyl records… and of course I am a proud owner of the orange one! The concert DVD! The CDs! Mona and Lisa: In musical terms, you are everything to me. Keep up your excellent work… and keep on surprising us with cello skills on "yesterday". Heavenly vocals and amazing harmonies! Overwhelming lyrics! Your own compositions! Your music should be sent out in the universe… so that even the extraterrestrials get something positive from our planet they can really love…
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2017 Notre Dame Football Season	September 17, 2017 // 2 years ago
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This morning my dad and I joined 22 other intrepid adventurous enthusiastic very wet birders in a Lake Region Audubon Society field trip to the Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands, a private property owned by SFWMD and accessible to birders only on select occasions. Thanks so much to Cole for putting the trip together! There are some neat rare birds at the Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands, and my dad and I enjoyed every (dripping) minute of our trip.
I had an awesome time at the wetlands last winter for the Christmas Bird Count. So I anxiously watched the weather forecast over the past week as they predicted rain for this morning. A few days ago, it was a 90% chance of rain all day today. Then the rain moved through faster than expected, so it was supposed to clear up right at our start time of 7:30. My dad and I decided to take our chances. As usual, Mother Nature didn't listen to the weather forecasters, and it was drizzling most of the morning. But we had a great time anyway. How can you not enjoy seeing dozens of Black-necked Stilts and American Avocets?
This Double-crested Cormorant stood patiently on a post while the rain fell around him. It was a very dreary morning. Nearby, Caspian Terns flew around, Wood Storks were feeding in the waters, Limpkins squawked as they crossed the berm roads, and a lone Roseate Spoonbill stood quietly observing the scene. Down at the water's edge of Lake Hancock, Black-crowned Night Herons flew around. We were disappointed not to see any American White Pelicans. Last year they simply covered the marsh waters. I'm hoping they will show up for the Christmas Bird Count in December!
The American Avocets were the most popular birds this morning. Their numbers in the wetlands were up from last year's count (as were the Black-necked Stilt numbers). My dad and I left the group of birders and drove the roads by ourselves, looking for good photo ops. At one point I happened to glance down and there was an avocet right at the water's edge, very close to the berm. Perfect! We hopped out and both got great images of the bird feeding before another bird startled him and he flew off annoyed. Silly birds!
Great photographs under difficult lighting and distance conditions! I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself yesterday. I was the guy who offered you and your dad a lift toward the end of the morning. What a neat place!
Sounds like a great place. Can't wait for them to open, although it sounds like it will be a while.I need to sign up for the January trip. I can't believe there are avocets across the lake and they never come over to the Bar. One of these days I will cross them off my list.
Hurry up and sign up before the spots are all gone! My dad and I are signed up in January too. It'd be fun to see you there.
If I was an avocet I think I'd stay at the outfall wetlands, away from the crowds at Circle B!
Thanks Lynette. It was great to see you and Jeff yesterday. Hopefully the weather at the CBC will be more cooperative!
This looks like a great place. Glad you had a good time despite the rain.


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Pakistani workers' number entering Korea during 2022 exceeds 1,600
Zubair Qureshi
The year 2023 is set to mark the 40th anniversary of Korea-Pak Diplomatic relations and various events in the field of public diplomacy are being envisioned by the Korean Embassy in Pakistan to celebrate the anniversary in a befitting manner. This was said by Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Suh Sangpyo at a reception he hosted for the senior media persons at a local restaurant.
The End of the Year reception turned out to be lively interaction and the ambassador spoke on a wide range of subjects ranging from the Korean-Pakistan trade relations to the contributions of the Pakistani workers abd diaspora in Korea.
While commending the potential of the Pakistani skilled workers, Ambassador Suh Sangpayo said the number of the Pakistani workers who entered Korea through the Employment Permit System in 2022 has exceeded 1,600 as of the end of November.
However, he said the number of people entering the country this year far exceeds the number of people entering in the previous years.
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Suh Sangpyo has proposed to his government to additionally incorporate the construction sector as a viable occupation alongside the existing manufacturing sector within the Employment Permit System in order to employ more Pakistani workers and to give them enhanced opportunities to find employment in Korea.
As a result of the continuous efforts of the Embassy and the EPS Center, the quota for Pakistan has been significantly increased this year, and the number of applicants for the EPS-Topik is also expected to foresee a significant increase of up to 1,600 people.
Within the Employment Permit System (E9), 16 nationalities are employed in Korea, and over the past 18 years, foreign workers have played a strong role in alleviating the labor shortage of Korean SMEs and towards contributing to the balanced development of the Korean economy. They include Pakistan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, China, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, East Timor.
In particular, Pakistani workers have given a good impression to Korean business owners, with their due diligence and sincerity to their work and employers. It is expected that more people from Pakistan will be employed in Korea in the coming years.
Employment Permit System (E9) is a system that allows small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Korea that are unable to find local workforce and allows them to legally employ non-professional/semi-skilled workers from abroad by obtaining an Employment Permit from the Government of Korea.○
According to the embassy of South Korea, the Pakistan EPS Center is cooperating closely with the Overseas Employment Corporation of Pakistan (OEC) for the prompt entry of Pakistani workers who have been unable to enter Korea for the past two years due to the impact and restrictions brought on by COVID-19. The center currently aims to achieve its target of 2,000 Pakistani workers to enter Korea this year, said the Korean embassy in a press handout adding, in total, approximately 13,000 people have entered Korea from Pakistan in the past 15 years since the establishment of the Pakistan EPS Center through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in 2006.
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Sundance London 2017 Review: Bitch
By Anneka Honeyball	on	 June 18, 2017 Film
Marianna Palka's exceedingly bizarre family drama defies expectations - and will also certainly divide opinion.
Every year, Sundance has that one entry that is very specifically set to fuck with its audience; a weird indie venture into something so bizarre, we can't help but be intrigued. This year, with Marianna Palka's Bitch, the institute made no exception.
If you wanted to get real simplistic with the plot, the film could easily be described as the story of a distressed housewife who, buckled under by the pressures of motherhood, becomes (in essence) a dog. Under this impression, you would be forgiven for thinking this might be funny – kind of weirdly brilliant, even, but Bitch is a lot more complicated than that, defying expectations in exceedingly perturbed ways.
Though a little convoluted, the film is at its heart, a family drama that seeks to deconstruct and shed light on traditional gender roles within the family unit. Jill (Palka) is a mother of four who is clearly becoming more and more unhinged as the daily routines of nurturing a family weigh down upon her. Meanwhile, her husband Bill (Jason Ritter) is oblivious to his wife's gradual mental breakdown, absorbed by his work and the steamy affair he is having with his secretary.
But then, Jill mysteriously disappears, causing a fairly funny chain of chaotic events as Bill attempts to cover her motherly duties. Later, the kids find Mom prowling in the basement, having seemingly taken on the psyche of a vicious canine. Calling in Jill's sister (Jaime King) for support, Bill finds himself in a situation that calls on him to reevaluate his life and become a better father and husband to his family – all while his wife sits skulking in her faecal-covered den. Bizarre doesn't even cover it, but in its own weird way, it works.
The performances in the film certainly lend towards the film's subversive poignancy. Palka is riveting in her role as Jill, evoking a fearsome sense of beastly rage as she prowls over the screen. The way in which she holds her body is particularly impressive, as she realistically captures the raw, rigid movements of a wild animal. Ritter is also good in his role as Bill, who evolves throughout the story, giving the actor several opportunities to play with the character. Meanwhile, the child actors that make up the rest of the family succeed in portraying very annoying, whiny children – making Jill's transition to a canine state of mind seem just that little bit more understandable.
The film is very graphic, opening with a very disturbing scene of Jill trying to hang herself from the ceiling with her husband's belt. Everything about this opening, from Jill's desperate gasps for air amongst the dead silence, to the cold cinematography of the scene, makes for very uncomfortable viewing. And though it isn't particularly pleasant, Palka must be commended for carrying that vibe of uneasiness throughout the film.
A strange and eerie watch, Bitch certainly won't be to everyone's taste, but it remains weirdly fascinating all the same.
Bitch (2017), directed by Marianna Palka is distributed by MarVista Entertainment (Certificate 15)
Anneka Honeyball
Editor [2016 - 2017], News Editor [2015 - 2016]. Current record holder for most ever articles written by a single Edgeling. Also Film & English Student and TV Editor for The National Student. Main loves include cats, actors and pasta.