This is my annual permission slip, my gift to you. I give you permission to NOT do your entire to-do list. I give you permission to stop when you are tired, eat when you are hungry, say NO (remember; 'no.' is a full sentence.) and comfort yourself when you are melting down. I give you permission to do whatever it is you need to do with it!
This is a wonderful, busy, happy time of year, but it is also exhausting! One of these days I am going to follow through on my mission to make the last month of the year mandatory hibernation time. I think it is unholy that in the coldest temperatures, with the least amount of daylight we force ourselves to do more! See more people ('probably many we don't even like?), prepare and eat more food and get less sleep. It's criminal!
I'm not telling you to quit or give up. I'm hopefully bringing your awareness to situations that are truly affecting you emotionally, physically and spiritually. If you feel like crying, throwing things, yelling more than you usually do, I'm here to validate that you are perfectly normal!
If you need some real, practical how-to's you can always read my 3 B's blog. But please, for the love of yourself, think of some things that you can drop. Think of how you can make what you must get done now fun for you. Think of some ways you can take care, really take care of yourself – more baths, more sleep, less guilt, good food and definitely some kind and loving thoughts toward yourself.
You are most likely the center of creating beauty and joy for all of those you love. You will continue to be your fabulous self this time of year and into the new. I grant you permission to hope, to recharge, to surround yourself with kindness, generosity and love. May all be well with you.
The busy holiday season is upon us. I have experienced 'over-the-top' holiday seasons and the chillest of chilled. No matter what kind of holiday I have in mind, I have found that things go so much better for me (and my sanity) when I first make a few, simple intentions and then plan.
My suggestion before you begin holiday planning is to set your intention—pre-plan.
What do you want to feel this holiday season?
What kind of experience do you want to create for yourself and your loved ones?
Once you have an idea of your desired feelings and experiences, sit for a couple minutes and imagine feeling those feelings and experiencing the experiences.
Put all of the ideas bouncing around in your head down on paper. You will be amazed at how much energy this frees up. There will be great satisfaction when you get to cross the items off your lists.
Step Two: B, B & B.
Bag it, Barter it or Better It.
Take that awesome list and consider each item against the intended feelings you identified. Which items line up with your intentions? The ones that don't; 'Bag' them - ignore, delete or throw them out.
Once those are eliminated, review the remaining list. If the items line up with your intentions but you really don't want to do them, you can 'Barter' them. Negotiate with a friend, a co-worker or a relative to exchange goods, services and or money, if they will take care of this item for you.
Instead of pushing yourself through tasks that need to get done, even if they line up with your intentions, Better them! Give yourself a treat while you are doing your tasks (one of my standard treats: Starbuck's coffee. Makes me whistle while I work.) OR reward yourself immediately upon completion of something on your list—a nap, reading, a bubble bath—make it celebratory/congratulatory. We do not differ from animals who respond well to praise and treats. By rewarding yourself, even for doing things that are 'necessary,' we will have more energy and enthusiasm in our daily lives.
You can experiment with applying these ideas and tools to holiday events, invitations and obligations as well. These steps and tools will add energy and enthusiasm to your holiday planning and enjoyment.
I feel I have lived much of my life with my brakes on. Maybe you can relate? A combination of my childhood experiences, my naturally skeptical essential self and the bizarreness of human behaviour in general, have developed within me, no small amount of resistance behaviours. I take everything with a grain of salt. If I'm told something is 'good for me,' I demand wildly dramatic results before I'll get on board and agree. Consequently, I am quite slow to learn things. My aha moments take a while and they require clues from numerous sources, over a period of time.
I'm discovering, this opposing force is me! And I am opposing reality. I, like you, maybe, was taught to overcome, push through and conquer resistance with discipline. That works well when you're body-building or training for a marathon. In personal growth, resistance is a message. When I feel resistance now, I see it as a clue that there is information trying to get my attention.
At it's very core, resistance, to anything, is our ego's way of protecting us. We have carefully constructed all kinds of barriers to being hurt emotionally, physically and psychically. Anything that comes along that feels remotely like it can alter our current state – even if that state is terrible, it is a familiar state, and we love familiar way more than uncertainty – is met with resistance. But, what if the thing we are blocking, even though it will upset our current state, is exactly what we need in order to grow and expand?
I have held off my growth and expansion heroically. For years. I am a master at protecting myself from things that may feel uncomfortable. But, guess what? I'm tired. Resistance is hard. My resistance is relentless. My resistance is like a gang of guerilla war-farers, cleverly and consistently finding ways to sabotage me and my life, like the masses overthrowing dictators. When I sit down with these freedom fighters and thank them for their protection, I can see what is hiding behind them. Reality. Meaning what's actually happening, not what I perceive through all my defense filters is happening. Reality always has the information I need to become a better me. A more helpful, useful, contributing, happier me.
What does letting go of resistance look like exactly? It means hearing the negative feedback. It means doing the action I'm scared to do. It means being honest about what's not working in my life. It means dying to who I think I am and becoming who I really am.
I have not mastered resisting reality, by any means. I am still getting my bearings–attempting to drive with my foot off the brake – not quite on the gas yet. My resistance always at the ready to battle reality, temporarily.
I watched a television program about grown men who collect old washing machines and dryers. These men, from all over geographically, gather together and do laundry! Another show featured salt and pepper container collectors. One couple had every wall of their home lined with cabinets containing salt and pepper shakers. They regularly gathered with other collectors at huge conventions for all sorts of collectible, rare and truly strange salt and pepper shakers.
These things make me happy for several reasons. 1) seeing people passionate and happy makes me happy 2) seeing what simple (strange?) things makes other people happy makes me feel much better about what I think is important. 3) It reminds me that we get to decide what is important!
If you are any way connected to social media, being able to maintain a good, healthy sense of perspective about your life can be a big challenge. In social media land, in the land of advertising, in Hollywood, everyone seems to be enjoying life in a much grander way than you. Even the people sharing their struggles seem so much more enlightened in their pain than you.
The older I get the more I realize that we, as a species, really do not know (wt..) we are doing. All of it is made up. We are influenced by so many things and the worst part is that we are unaware of 99.9% of the influence. The influence is micro—our current circumstances, our family, friends, schools, clubs, networks, etc. And it is macro—history, government, cultures, media, the internet, etc. And again, the older I get the more I see there are so many things I truly do NOT give a flying fig about, but make others dizzy with joy.
There are no happiness life hacks. Life brings us pain, uncontrollable, unforeseen circumstances despite our best defenses. We haven't figured out the secret to avoiding failure. If beauty and money were a guarantee of great relationships, then Brad and Angelina would be together. If working hard guaranteed success, we wouldn't have poverty ridden single parents. In fact, failure is still our most powerful teacher. We are wired to feel discontent. Because the universe we live in is ever expanding, we are always expanding. It's the discontent that has been and will continue to be the catalyst for our greatest inventions and the way we most effectively evolve.
How do we not become self-obsessed or conspiracy-theory driven nut balls? Put some effort into figuring out what you, alone, without judgement, really value. What does success and happiness look like to you? Why? Align as best you can with what you find personally of value and pick something to focus your energy on that truly engages you. Then, endeavour to overcome any obstacles and problem solve until you succeed. Then, you guessed it, do it again! Remember, happiness is just one feeling and like all feelings is not constant. It comes and goes and why it happens changes.
Most of all, try not to care so much about what others think.


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2019 Fellow awarded Fulbright research grant to Spain
Jenna Mazza (2019 Schaeffer Fellow) graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.A. in International Relations and a B.A. in Spanish. Jenna completed her Schaeffer Fellow internship with the Los Angeles District Attorney's office. She is a 2020-2021 Fulbright U.S. Student Program recipient of a Study/Research grant to Spain.
Learn more about Jenna's application experience below:
What motivated you to apply for Fulbright? Why Spain?
I double majored in International Relations and Spanish, so as I started thinking about post-grad options I knew I wanted to push myself to truly become bilingual while working on social justice issues. I'd always had the idea of applying to fellowships in the back of my head, as a lot of my professors emphasized it as an alternative to the "traditional" first job path. When I started thinking about potential Fulbright research proposals that would align with my experiences and interests, I reached out to the professor that had taught my summer course on Spanish migration in Valencia. 4 years after that course he's now my advisor for my Fulbright research!
What steps did you take to prepare your application?
Once I knew I wanted to research forced migration in Spain, I looked into what was unique about Spain's migration flows and policies, read a lot of academic papers, and reached out to some practitioners in the field. From that, I was able to narrow my application "argument" to why I needed to be in Barcelona specifically.
What are your goals for immediately after you complete your Fulbright?
After completing my Fulbright I'll be pursuing my MSc in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies at the London School of Economics (I've deferred my acceptance due to Fulbright). After that I hope to pursue a career in international development at the intersection of gender and forced migration policy.
What advice would you provide another Schaeffer Fellow (current Fellow or alum) who is interested in applying for something like Fulbright?
I'd advise everyone, no matter if they are interested in a post-grad fellowship or not, to conduct as many informational interviews with people who have interesting-sounding jobs as possible. I received this advice during my Schaeffer Fellowship and I found it so helpful to learn about careers, jobs, and experiences I hadn't previously envisioned for my career.
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We just finished what some said was our best Messiah performance. Thank you to everyone who attended and offered their support to make this a memorable concert.
As we prepare for the holidays we want to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.


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Film Review: The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Considering the mercurial nature of Ang Lee's career, which has seen him direct everything from costume dramas (Sense & Sensibility) to superhero movies (Hulk) by way of Oscar-winning dramas (Brokeback Mountain) and 3D extravaganzas (Life of Pi), it shouldn't be surprising that The Wedding Banquet, Lee's second film, also refuses to be pigeonholed. Its writer-director has refused to get stuck working in any single genre, so why should the film itself?
The Wedding Banquet starts out as a pretty delicious farce. Wai-Tung Gao (Winston Chao) is a Taiwanese man who has been living in New York for ten years. He's built a life for himself as a successful businessman and landlord, but his very traditional parents keep asking him when he is going to settle down and start a family. Not an ideal situation, but one which is made more complicated by the fact that Wai-Tung is gay, is in a stable, long-term relationship with his boyfriend Simon (Mitchell Lichtenstein, who would later go on to write and direct the vagina dentata horror film Teeth) and is afraid to tell his parents for fear that they will disown him. When his parents sign him up for a singles club, and Wai-Tung has to start going out on dates to avoid embarrassment, it seems that the weight of the lie might be becoming too much to bear. Sooner or later, his parents will find out, or he will have to tell them.
Fortunately, a solution comes in the form of Wei-Wei (May Chin), an artist who rents an apartment from Wai-Tung. Wei-Wei's visa has expired, and without a green card she is in constant danger of being sent back to China. So, in order to keep Wei-Wei in the country and to get Wai-Tung's parents off his back without confrontation, they decide to get married. Problem solved, right? Of course not.
Mr. and Mrs. Gao are overjoyed by the news, and almost immediately hop on a plane so that they can attend the wedding. Not only do the young couple have to go through with the wedding, they have to put on an act for the Gaos. Cue lots of nervous pretending and awkward conversations as the lies start piling up the closer it gets to the day of the wedding.
Despite the potential for La Cage aux Folles-style hijinks inherent in the premise, Lee and his co-writers, Neil Peng and James Schamus, use the set-up as a way of investigating the generational divide between Wai-Tung and his parents, and by extension that between other Taiwanese and Chinese families, rather than just focusing his sexuality. Everything Wai-Tung does to make the whole charade pass as quickly and painlessly as possible - such as getting married at city hall in a small ceremony and avoiding the traditional lavish wedding banquet - is construed as an attempt to be incredibly modern, ignoring traditions that have developed over thousands of years. This in turn creates tension between Wai-Tung and his parents, both of whom think that it is disrespectful for him to have a wedding that does not conform to the old ways. Besides which, since Wai-Tung is their only child, the wedding would be as much a celebration for his parents as it would be for him, and not having any of the usual trappings is a slap in the face as far as they are concerned.
After a chance meeting with an old family friend provides them with a venue, Wai-Tung is compelled to agree to a wedding banquet, one complete with hundreds of guests, many of whom feel hurt by not being invited to the wedding itself. Suddenly, the little lie that promised to solve everything snowballs into a huge, all-consuming problem.
Although the film seems to be setting up the banquet as the climax, it actually occurs about halfway through, and proves to be less of a resolution to the story than the catalyst for the film's shift in tone. Everything leading up to the banquet is fairly gentle and genial, whilst the event itself is chaotic and destructive, and everything afterwards winds up being fraught with tension and angst. After the banquet, the masquerade of Wai-Tung and Wei-Wei's marriage begins to fray the relationship between them, as well as Wai-Tung's relationship with Simon, setting up events and emotions that spend the second half threatening to burst through.
It's a change of tone that is incredibly well-executed, and the reason it works is because Lee takes the farcical elements of the story to their breaking point, finding the exact moment at which each character realises that they can't take anymore. The shift from farce to melodrama could have felt awkward and out of place, but it is so deftly handled that the two tones wind up complementing each other; the comedy of the first half introduces all of the characters at their best and makes them likable, so seeing them start to snap at each other actually has a profound impact. At the same time, the whole story is underpinned by a melancholy streak as all of the characters have to lie or be lied to. This means that even the comedy has a solid dramatic bedrock that pays off when the truth threatens to come out.
Yet Lee doesn't let everyone off the hook by wrapping everything up neatly. In the end, the lies that started the story have been replaced by an even more complicated series of lies, but they're ones that the characters are just about comfortable living with. It's a nuanced and satisfying resolution to a deeply compassionate film, one that has sympathy for every single person involved. At the time that he was working on the screenplay, Lee had been unemployed for several years as he tried to find work after film school, and his wife had to support their family during this time. This was considered embarrassing in Taiwanese culture, and whether or not Lee intended the story of The Wedding Banquet to echo his real-life experiences trying to pursue his dream in a way which ran counter to tradition, it's not hard to see how he might have had an affinity with Wai-Tung's situation.
That empathy runs throughout the film (and is something which can be seen in most of Lee's other films) and is one of the main reasons why the film resonates so strongly. It's a film that cares about its characters, made by someone who cares. Even as it highlights the differences between members of the same family, it never forgets that they love each other, without ever suggesting that love is necessarily strong enough to overcome those differences. It's a very human film, and as such is as funny and painful as the people who populate it.
By Edwin Davies
Labels: 1990s, 1993, Ang Lee, Cinema, classic, comedy, drama, farce, film, film review, Taiwan
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CoD fans, get ready to drool over these three new high resolution screenshots. Although the game's trailer was underwhelming, these new screenshots look promising. CoD: MW3 promises destructible environment and to be bigger, better and more polished than before. The game will be released on November 8th for PC, X360 and PS3. This year's FPS military battle will be massive. Enjoy the screenshots after the jump.
The pic MW3-Gas-mask is so niceee, like COD4. omg f***** Awesome!


PRWeek can reveal that the Department for Energy & Climate Change has cut its comms budget by nearly 95 per cent since it came into existence, amid wider fears that the department is reducing its funding more than necessary.
The department, created in 2008 to deal with global warming, has seen its overall external budgets for comms drop from £10m in 2009-10 to £800,000 in 2011-12.
The figures, released by Freedom of Information as part of PRWeek's ongoing 'State of the Public Sector' series of reports, reveal that the planned overall external comms budget for this financial year is just £530,000.
The department has also reduced comms staff by 18 since 2010-11, from 43 down to 25.
The news comes as DECC has been forced to defend a £400m underspend in its overall budget from last year, after concerns were raised by some green businesses that the Government had cut back unnecessarily on climate change spending.
Gillespie called on the Government to 'actively and energetically' promote the Government's Green Deal initiative, suggesting it is at risk of failure by 'disparate and dissolute communications'.
Forster director Peter Gilheany added that it is now up to green businesses and NGOs to 'pick up the slack and start communicating much more passionately and engagingly' with the public.
A DECC spokesman responded by stating: 'It should come as no surprise that we are focusing our resources where they are most needed and where they will have the most effect - that goes for comms too.
Despite the cuts, press officer salaries have been boosted from £351,734 in 2011-12 to £433,149 in 2012-13.
The department has never used public relations agencies, although the biggest public information campaign handled by DECC has been its three-year 'Act on Co2' campaign, which cost £20.7m.
The department's most senior comms officials are head of corporate comms Paul Dee and head of news Nick Turton, who both earn between £58,200 and £117,800.


It sure is cold outside, but the view from my living room was very pretty yesterday.
I've been mostly reading news from Mexico today. The papers there have been filled the past few days with revelations that the DEA made deals with top Sinaloa cartel members to provide information about rival cartels in exchange for immunity and the freedom to continue their illegal activities. This is about the case of Jesus Vincent Zambada-Niebla, awaiting trial in Chicago. I'm not sure why the Mexican papers are just picking it up now — it was news in the U.S. in 2011. The reporter does a good job though, and includes references to some of the pleadings. Here's a long post I wrote about the case and the DEA's "snitch and carry on" policy. It's an interesting question whether Humberto Loya-Castro, the Sinaloa lawyer who became a DEA informant and provided information about rival cartels for years to the DEA, and who set up a meeting in Mexico City between the DEA and Zambada-Niebla, at which Zambada-Niebla claimed the DEA offered him the same deal as Loya — become a snitch against rivals and continue on without fear of busts — was not so much an informant as an agent of the Cartel doing business with the U.S. Government.
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Education through Four Generations
I was lucky in my education. I was born at a time when economic background didn't matter – if you had ability and could pass the Grammar School entrance examination, you could access a good education and even go to University. It paved the way for the working classes to more easily climb the ladder of success and enter the professions. I was brought up in a "one up one down" terraced cottage with outside WC…but was quick and eager to learn. When I entered the grammar school at the age of 11, my father had already decided that I would have all the opportunities that he had missed and that I would stay there for the full seven years, even though the standard school leaving age was then 15. I was able to stay in school until 18 and take my "A" level exams. I completed studies in one of the Professions Allied to Medicine…and was later to gain a first class honours in my BSc degree course.
My father had not been so lucky. He passed the grammar school entrance exam in 1934, but his parents could not afford to buy his uniform or books. The Education Act 1918 (known as the Fisher Act) had determined the standard leaving age for all as 14. This and later Acts were the first to plan for an expansion of education up to the age of 18.
However, unable to take up his grammar school place, Dad had to go to the Eastborough Elementary School, where he did well and became Head Boy before leaving to take whatever job he could, soon after his fourteenth birthday.
After a difficult start at a pawnbroker's shop, Dad eventually joined his father at Aldham's Mill in Dewsbury, as a woollen spinner. Only World War II saved him from spending all his working days in the mill. Somehow, someone in the army recognised his inherent intelligence and his abilities with figures and he was plucked from the ranks to serve in the Military Government in Hamburg after the war until he was de-mobbed…not bad for a boy with little formal education and zero qualifications.
So he left the Army with references which would soon enable him to gain employment with the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Company. There, in spite of having no formal qualifications, he raised himself, by hard work, to become head of their cash office and Treasurer for the local branch of NALGO (National Association of Local Government Officers)…but he always regretted not being able to take up a grammar school education.
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My Paternal Grandparents
My paternal grandfather was born into poverty in 1895.
The Elementary Education (School Attendance) Act 1893 raised the minimum leaving age to 11. This act was amended in 1899 to raise the school leaving age to 12 and ensured that even poor children received a basic education.
So, Grandad left school at the age of 12 and went straight into the mill and became a spinner, where he remained, apart from his WWI Army service, for the rest of his working life.
My paternal grandmother, born in 1898, was a bright child. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many churches, among them Methodist Chapels, sought to care for the needs of the congregation, including the elementary education of children. Methodists started up schools wherever they went and examinations of children in the Sunday School had become a standard part of their practice by the early 20th century. Often the examination was done in the presence of the congregation and the successful children were presented with certificates.
Today, I was looking at Grandma's prize book, gained in 1911, when she was just 13. It was awarded by the United Methodist Churches and was for passing the Connexional Young People's Examination. The fact that my Grandmother received a book in addition to, or instead of just a certificate, may have meant that she was singled out among the best students…I hope so.
She kept this presentation book, "A Peep behind the Scenes" by Mrs O.F. Walton, all her life. It was the only book that she actually owned and so it must have been very special to her…and she loved reading all her life. Grandma didn't read the classics, but she did love a good romance, the sort of "Mills and Boon" of her age, I suppose. There was a place in Dewsbury Market Hall, where second hand books could be bought and later returned for a 50% refund, only for the price to be reduced and sold on again…thus Grandma and I used to go to the market once a week to select our new books in exchange for returns and I became an avid reader too.
My Paternal Great Grandfather
My paternal great-grandfather Edward, born in 1873, was one of the first generation of children for whom the state took responsibility for their education.
The 1880 Elementary Education Act made school attendance compulsory for children from the age of five up to the age of 10. Before then, although education was already governed by earlier Acts of Parliament, it was school boards who determined local rules and education was still only compulsory in about 40% of schools.
This 1880 Act removed the uncertainty of whether children would receive any formal education…and my great-grandfather would have been one of the first children to be able to take advantage of this Act and the certainty of five years of compulsory education. Many new schools were built around this period, including the infants school where I attended. Since my great grandad had lived in the same village, I think he may have attended this school too.
In the late 1800s, education wasn't free, except for the poorest children, like my great-grandfather Edward. He would have left school at 10, but, as his father was then the publican at the Royal Oak in Earlsheaton, I am sure that Edward was also put to work in the family business from a very early age.
Running a pub didn't suit Edward's father, who had a run in with the law through some dodgy dealings at the pub and his commercial venture didn't last long. Both Edward and his father were destined to work in the woollen mill, their wages being badly needed to help to support the growing family family, Edward being the eldest. This was the inevitable fate of working class children with only basic education. Edward did aspire to something more and later was to set up his own tripe shop business, situated in Wakefield Road, Dewsbury. Later in life he became a private gardener to a local mill owning family. In spite of his lack of education my great grandfather was a man of great dignity, who always wore a three piece suit, starched collar and tie and when he went out, wore a bowler hat.
Rise from Poverty
One of the pleasures of tracing our family history is to look at the lives of our ancestors in the context of the period in which they lived. In my family, through looking at four generations, we can see a typical rise out of poverty, simply through having access to an education. I was one of those generations, though I will always be proud of my own working class roots and of those who went before me. They were destined to live a difficult life for want of an education. Those who were able and adventurous enough were to set up their own businesses, others had skirmishes on the edge of the law, but they are other stories.
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This week, I'll be featuring awesome things related to St. Patrick's Day!
First, check out this adorable St. Patrick's Day Themed Party!
and then maybe make this wreath to hang on your door!
Or, engage their creativity and have them make a leprechaun trap!
and while you're having fun in the spirit of things, why not fool your kids with some other leprechaun mischief?
Just check out all this mischief!
And during snack time, let them play with their food!
and while you're having fun with all that, maybe your little girl will let you do this to her hair!
Most of all, have fun with your St. Patrick's Day!


The support, DJ Ralph Myerz, was totally unspectacular. Someone playing records, wow. Uhem. He left at nine sharp, ten minutes after nine the lights went out, the Russian Dance came on, and the audience went wild. Omen entered the stage and started with Aldri vodka, Violeta – and within seconds I knew that deciding for a first concert of the tour in Norway was the right thing to do. Aldri vodka will surely work as first song in Europe as well – but it will be entirely different. Here, everyone was into it from the first second. Everyone sang along, screamed along, waved their arms in the quiet part and started headbanging in the rock part. And at that time, Kaizers had been on stage for only a couple of minutes. Incredible!
During Philemon Arther & the Dung it was time for another "Wow!" moment: the Jackal like a priest in front of the audience screaming along every single word. Goose bumps! Just like in Svarte katter, where we got another elaborately celebrated megaphone solo of Helge (who, as the "local guy", was in the center of attention anyway).
The encores started with the Begravelsespolka, which is just as awesome without the orchestra. I just don't have the slightest clue how the Jackal and Omen managed to get the energy for the tap dance. =;-) Drøm videre Violeta and 170 and off they went – or no, actually the Jackal disappeared before the ending of 170 already, and Hellraizer got to give the final beating to the barrel.
However, that would have been a very weird ending – I already had the Berlin gig in the back of my mind – but it turned out that it wasn't the ending after all! They did come out once more and played Ompa til du dør. So that was the final song then. And you definitely can't complain about that after more than two hours and 15 minutes!
Actually, I had decided to skip the Skambankt tour this fall. Not because I didn't want to see any Skambankt concerts (of course I want to!!), but because the dates were so inconvenient for me, and 'cause I'd been to Norway five times this year already… Then Skambankt announced that they would play Slukk meg on this tour, and I decided to take a closer look at the dates after all. =;-) ... read on!
Actually, I expected not to see Kaizers at all this year – but suddenly, in February, they announced the album Våre Demoner and the corresponding tour! First thought: Naaaah… that's way too complicated, four days, four concerts, travelling to another Norwegian town every day… second thought: I CAN'T miss out on that!
After so many great concerts, there must be one that's kinda stupid, that's what you would assume at least. And Bergen promised to be "the one": I had gotten only two hours of sleep the night before, and I was on the road all alone – but then you can catch up on some sleep in the afternoon at the hotel, and accidentally I bumped into several nice fellow fans before the concert, so I wasn't all alone anymore (hi and takk for sist!).


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A former Skills Funding Agency boss will take over as chair of the work-based learning specialist JTL, nine months after another major provider he had been overseeing went into administration.
Geoff Russell will take over from Dr Ian Livsey when his term in office ends in December.
Mr Russell, who was chair of major Derbyshire-based provider Positive Outcomes when it went into administration in March, left the top job at the SFA in 2012 having held the post since 2010.
JTL is rated 'good' by Ofsted, and was allocated £24.8 million by the Education and Skills Funding Agency for 2016/17.
It describes itself as "the leading provider of apprenticeships in the building services engineering sector".
The registered charity currently has more than 6,500 apprentices across England and Wales and works with more than 3,000 employers.
In its 26 years in business, JTL has enabled more than 37,000 young people to gain their qualifications.
Positive Outcomes Ltd had an SFA contract worth more than £11 million around the time it went into administration. According to its most recent Ofsted inspection report, published the previous June, it had around 4,700 learners, the majority of whom were apprentices.
Mr Russell, who was also chief executive of the Learning and Skills Council from March 2009 until the SFA was set up, was previously an audit partner at KPMG for 14 years including a spell at the Treasury.
JTL's chief executive Jon Graham said he was "delighted" to be able to welcome Mr Russell to the business.
"Ian has done a great job for the business over the past six years and we're fortunate to be able to appoint someone of Geoff's stature and level of experience to succeed him," he said.


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Can we live without deadlines? or a better question, how many did lines a man can handle concurrently? I have like 6 or 7 deadlines to achieve these days. 4 or so at work plus my masters and other family commitments. I wonder how some people manage to do so many things in so little time!. I wish i will find a clue one day. The sad thing is that i hardly have time to follow the drama in the Egyptian political scene. The national party guys and their leader (Mubarak) are trying to convince us that he can undo in 6 years the damage he made the previous 24 years. I wonder if the guy even considers honoring his deadlines!
While using iframes I had to manage my call backs from within the returning page (i.e. server output needed to know about the client side control structure, and needed to resend some post operations data other than a mere success or failure message). Now it's totally client side! Using callback functions (with their closures! you dont get to lose the request initiating environment!!) is so very sweet to work with!
All you communicate is data now. And I even dont use XML, JSON is my winning card here and it integrates oh so easy with the front end logic (our back end code is written in C, thanks for whoever wrote libjson, a life saver for us).
Our national (operated by the governoment) press went hectic these days. Every body and his mother is waving flags for Mubarak and his party. What makes the joke so ironic is that while they praise the president (shame on them) the cut the other competitors down to size (shame on them again). The funniest thing was the so called "Resala" which is released by "Al-Ahram" newspaper (the largest in Egypt). It is posting daily that the competitors' wives are against their running for presedency.! Why dont we hear the opinion of Suzan Mubarak then? or the journalists dare not speak to the first lady?


"In the coyuntura, we have not yet won. Each act carries risks we must weight. Not all our alliances will hold. Repression can escalate alongside bribery. Some of what we want to build can't yet be built. We point ourselves toward those dreams, but the conditions don't yet exist to make them happen. Standing there in the mud, our job is to keep talking about stars while we shovel slush, add gravel, pass around hot thermoses."
My job is to help map the stars and keep us pointed toward them, to help plot a course across muddy ground that takes into account the need for starry inspiration and good, strong shoes.
I will ask again and again, what would it look like to win? How will you know when you get there? What is your biggest, most impossible seeming dream? Anything less is unworthy of our efforts.


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TWeakPtr<SEditableTextBox> SPerforceSourceControlSettings::PasswordTextBox;

#define LOCTEXT_NAMESPACE "SPerforceSourceControlSettings"

void SPerforceSourceControlSettings::Construct(const FArguments& InArgs)
{
	FPerforceSourceControlModule& PerforceSourceControl = FModuleManager::LoadModuleChecked<FPerforceSourceControlModule>( "PerforceSourceControl" );

	bAreAdvancedSettingsExpanded = false;

	// check our settings & query if we don't already have any
	FString PortName = PerforceSourceControl.AccessSettings().GetPort();
	FString UserName = PerforceSourceControl.AccessSettings().GetUserName();

	if (PortName.IsEmpty() && UserName.IsEmpty())
	{
		ClientApi TestP4;
		Error P4Error;
		TestP4.Init(&P4Error);
		PortName = ANSI_TO_TCHAR(TestP4.GetPort().Text());
		UserName = ANSI_TO_TCHAR(TestP4.GetUser().Text());
		TestP4.Final(&P4Error);

		PerforceSourceControl.AccessSettings().SetPort(PortName);
		PerforceSourceControl.AccessSettings().SetUserName(UserName);
		PerforceSourceControl.SaveSettings();
	}

	FSlateFontInfo Font = FEditorStyle::GetFontStyle(TEXT("SourceControl.LoginWindow.Font"));

	ChildSlot
	[
		SNew(SVerticalBox)
		+SVerticalBox::Slot()
		.AutoHeight()
		[
			SNew( SBorder )
			.BorderImage( FEditorStyle::GetBrush("DetailsView.CategoryMiddle") )
			.Padding( FMargin( 0.0f, 3.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f ) )
			[
				SNew(SHorizontalBox)
				+SHorizontalBox::Slot()
				.FillWidth(1.0f)
				[
					SNew(SVerticalBox)
					+SVerticalBox::Slot()
					.FillHeight(1.0f)
					.Padding(2.0f)
					.VAlign(VAlign_Center)
					[
						SNew(STextBlock)
						.Text(LOCTEXT("PortLabel", "Server"))
						.ToolTipText( LOCTEXT("PortLabel_Tooltip", "The server and port for your Perforce server. Usage ServerName:1234.") )
						.Font(Font)
					]
					+SVerticalBox::Slot()
					.FillHeight(1.0f)
					.Padding(2.0f)
					.VAlign(VAlign_Center)
					[
						SNew(STextBlock)
						.Text(LOCTEXT("UserNameLabel", "User Name"))
						.ToolTipText( LOCTEXT("UserNameLabel_Tooltip", "Perforce username.") )
						.Font(Font)
					]
					+SVerticalBox::Slot()
					.FillHeight(1.0f)
					.Padding(2.0f)
					.VAlign(VAlign_Center)
					[
						SNew(STextBlock)
						.Text(LOCTEXT("WorkspaceLabel", "Workspace"))
						.ToolTipText( LOCTEXT("WorkspaceLabel_Tooltip", "Perforce workspace.") )
						.Font(Font)
					]
					+SVerticalBox::Slot()
					.FillHeight(1.0f)
					.Padding(2.0f)
					.VAlign(VAlign_Center)
					[
						SNew(STextBlock)
						.Text(LOCTEXT("AutoWorkspaces", "Available Workspaces"))
						.ToolTipText( LOCTEXT("AutoWorkspaces_Tooltip", "Choose from a list of available workspaces. Requires a server and username before use.") )
						.Font(Font)
					]
				]
				+SHorizontalBox::Slot()
				.FillWidth(2.0f)
				[
					SNew(SVerticalBox)
					+SVerticalBox::Slot()
					.FillHeight(1.0f)
					.Padding(2.0f)
					[
						SNew(SEditableTextBox)
						.Text(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetPortText)
						.ToolTipText( LOCTEXT("PortLabel_Tooltip", "The server and port for your Perforce server. Usage ServerName:1234.") )
						.OnTextCommitted(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnPortTextCommited)
						.OnTextChanged(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnPortTextCommited, ETextCommit::Default)
						.Font(Font)
					]
					+SVerticalBox::Slot()
					.FillHeight(1.0f)
					.Padding(2.0f)
					[
						SNew(SEditableTextBox)
						.Text(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetUserNameText)
						.ToolTipText( LOCTEXT("UserNameLabel_Tooltip", "Perforce username.") )
						.OnTextCommitted(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnUserNameTextCommited)
						.OnTextChanged(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnUserNameTextCommited, ETextCommit::Default)
						.Font(Font)
					]
					+SVerticalBox::Slot()
					.FillHeight(1.0f)
					.Padding(2.0f)
					[
						SNew(SEditableTextBox)
						.Text(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetWorkspaceText)
						.ToolTipText( LOCTEXT("WorkspaceLabel_Tooltip", "Perforce workspace.") )
						.OnTextCommitted(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnWorkspaceTextCommited)
						.OnTextChanged(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnWorkspaceTextCommited, ETextCommit::Default)
						.Font(Font)
					]
					+SVerticalBox::Slot()
					.FillHeight(1.0f)
					.Padding(2.0f)
					[
						SAssignNew(WorkspaceCombo, SComboButton)
						.OnGetMenuContent(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnGetMenuContent)
						.ContentPadding(1)
						.ToolTipText( LOCTEXT("AutoWorkspaces_Tooltip", "Choose from a list of available workspaces. Requires a server and username before use.") )
						.ButtonContent()
						[
							SNew( STextBlock )
							.Text( this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnGetButtonText )
							.Font(Font)
						]
					]
				]
			]
		]
		+SVerticalBox::Slot()
		.AutoHeight()
		[
			SNew( SBorder )
			.BorderImage( FEditorStyle::GetBrush("DetailsView.CategoryMiddle") )
			.Padding( FMargin( 0.0f, 3.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f ) )
			.Visibility(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetAdvancedSettingsVisibility)
			[
				SNew( SImage )
				.Image( FEditorStyle::GetBrush("DetailsView.AdvancedDropdownBorder.Open") )
			]
		]
		+SVerticalBox::Slot()
		.AutoHeight()
		[
			SNew( SBorder )
			.BorderImage( FEditorStyle::GetBrush("DetailsView.CategoryMiddle") )
			.Padding( FMargin( 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f ) )
			.Visibility(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetAdvancedSettingsVisibility)
			[
				SNew(SHorizontalBox)
				+SHorizontalBox::Slot()
				.FillWidth(1.0f)
				[
					SNew(SVerticalBox)
					+SVerticalBox::Slot()
					.FillHeight(1.0f)
					.Padding(2.0f)
					.VAlign(VAlign_Center)
					[
						SNew(STextBlock)
						.Text(LOCTEXT("HostLabel", "Host"))
						.ToolTipText(LOCTEXT("HostLabel_Tooltip", "If you wish to impersonate a particular host, enter this here. This is not normally needed."))
						.Font(Font)
					]
					+SVerticalBox::Slot()
					.FillHeight(1.0f)
					.Padding(2.0f)
					.VAlign(VAlign_Center)
					[
						SNew(STextBlock)
						.Text(LOCTEXT("PasswordLabel", "Password"))
						.ToolTipText(LOCTEXT("PasswordLabel_Tooltip", "Perforce password. This normally only needs to be entered if your ticket has expired."))
						.Font(Font)
					]
				]
				+SHorizontalBox::Slot()
				.FillWidth(2.0f)
				[
					SNew(SVerticalBox)
					+SVerticalBox::Slot()
					.FillHeight(1.0f)
					.Padding(2.0f)
					[
						SNew(SEditableTextBox)
						.Text(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetHostText)
						.ToolTipText(LOCTEXT("HostLabel_Tooltip", "If you wish to impersonate a particular host, enter this here. This is not normally needed."))
						.OnTextCommitted(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnHostTextCommited)
						.OnTextChanged(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnHostTextCommited, ETextCommit::Default)
						.Font(Font)
					]
					+SVerticalBox::Slot()
					.FillHeight(1.0f)
					.Padding(2.0f)
					[
						SAssignNew(PasswordTextBox, SEditableTextBox)
						.ToolTipText( LOCTEXT("PasswordLabel_Tooltip", "Perforce password. This normally only needs to be entered if your ticket has expired.") )
						.Font(Font)
						.IsPassword(true)
					]
				]
			]
		]
		+SVerticalBox::Slot()
		.AutoHeight()
		[
			SNew( SBorder )
			.BorderImage( FEditorStyle::GetBrush("DetailsView.AdvancedDropdownBorder") )
			.Padding( FMargin( 0.0f, 3.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f ) )
			[
				SAssignNew( ExpanderButton, SButton )
				.ButtonStyle( FEditorStyle::Get(), "NoBorder" )
				.ToolTipText( LOCTEXT("DisplayAdvancedSettings", "Display advanced settings"))
				.HAlign(HAlign_Center)
				.ContentPadding(2)
				.OnClicked( this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnAdvancedSettingsClicked )
				[
					SNew( SImage )
					.Image( this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetAdvancedPulldownImage )
				]
			]
		]
	];

	// fire off the workspace query
	State = ESourceControlOperationState::NotQueried;
	QueryWorkspaces();
}

FString SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetPassword()
{
	if(PasswordTextBox.IsValid())
	{
		return PasswordTextBox.Pin()->GetText().ToString();
	}
	return FString();
}

FText SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetPortText() const
{
	FPerforceSourceControlModule& PerforceSourceControl = FModuleManager::LoadModuleChecked<FPerforceSourceControlModule>( "PerforceSourceControl" );
	return FText::FromString(PerforceSourceControl.AccessSettings().GetPort());
}

void SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnPortTextCommited(const FText& InText, ETextCommit::Type InCommitType) const
{
	FPerforceSourceControlModule& PerforceSourceControl = FModuleManager::LoadModuleChecked<FPerforceSourceControlModule>( "PerforceSourceControl" );
	PerforceSourceControl.AccessSettings().SetPort(InText.ToString());
	PerforceSourceControl.SaveSettings();
}

FText SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetUserNameText() const
{
	FPerforceSourceControlModule& PerforceSourceControl = FModuleManager::LoadModuleChecked<FPerforceSourceControlModule>( "PerforceSourceControl" );
	return FText::FromString(PerforceSourceControl.AccessSettings().GetUserName());
}

void SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnUserNameTextCommited(const FText& InText, ETextCommit::Type InCommitType) const
{
	FPerforceSourceControlModule& PerforceSourceControl = FModuleManager::LoadModuleChecked<FPerforceSourceControlModule>( "PerforceSourceControl" );
	PerforceSourceControl.AccessSettings().SetUserName(InText.ToString());
	PerforceSourceControl.SaveSettings();
}

FText SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetWorkspaceText() const
{
	FPerforceSourceControlModule& PerforceSourceControl = FModuleManager::LoadModuleChecked<FPerforceSourceControlModule>( "PerforceSourceControl" );
	return FText::FromString(PerforceSourceControl.AccessSettings().GetWorkspace());
}

void SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnWorkspaceTextCommited(const FText& InText, ETextCommit::Type InCommitType) const
{
	FPerforceSourceControlModule& PerforceSourceControl = FModuleManager::LoadModuleChecked<FPerforceSourceControlModule>( "PerforceSourceControl" );
	PerforceSourceControl.AccessSettings().SetWorkspace(InText.ToString());
	PerforceSourceControl.SaveSettings();
}

FText SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetHostText() const
{
	FPerforceSourceControlModule& PerforceSourceControl = FModuleManager::LoadModuleChecked<FPerforceSourceControlModule>( "PerforceSourceControl" );
	return FText::FromString(PerforceSourceControl.AccessSettings().GetHostOverride());
}

void SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnHostTextCommited(const FText& InText, ETextCommit::Type InCommitType) const
{
	FPerforceSourceControlModule& PerforceSourceControl = FModuleManager::LoadModuleChecked<FPerforceSourceControlModule>( "PerforceSourceControl" );
	PerforceSourceControl.AccessSettings().SetHostOverride(InText.ToString());
	PerforceSourceControl.SaveSettings();
}

void SPerforceSourceControlSettings::QueryWorkspaces()
{
	if(State != ESourceControlOperationState::Querying)
	{
		Workspaces.Empty();
		CurrentWorkspace = FString();

		// fire off the workspace query
		ISourceControlModule& SourceControl = FModuleManager::LoadModuleChecked<ISourceControlModule>( "SourceControl" );
		ISourceControlProvider& Provider = SourceControl.GetProvider();
		GetWorkspacesOperation = ISourceControlOperation::Create<FGetWorkspaces>();
		Provider.Execute(GetWorkspacesOperation.ToSharedRef(), EConcurrency::Asynchronous, FSourceControlOperationComplete::CreateSP(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnSourceControlOperationComplete) );

		State = ESourceControlOperationState::Querying;
	}
}

void SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnSourceControlOperationComplete(const FSourceControlOperationRef& InOperation, ECommandResult::Type InResult)
{
	if(InResult == ECommandResult::Succeeded)
	{
		check(InOperation->GetName() == "GetWorkspaces");
		check(GetWorkspacesOperation == StaticCastSharedRef<FGetWorkspaces>(InOperation));

		// refresh workspaces list from operation results
		Workspaces.Empty();
		for(auto Iter(GetWorkspacesOperation->Results.CreateConstIterator()); Iter; Iter++)
		{
			Workspaces.Add(MakeShareable(new FString(*Iter)));
		}
	}

	GetWorkspacesOperation.Reset();
	State = ESourceControlOperationState::Queried;
}

TSharedRef<SWidget> SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnGetMenuContent()
{
	// fire off the workspace query - we may have just edited the settings
	QueryWorkspaces();

	return
		SNew(SHorizontalBox)
		+SHorizontalBox::Slot()
		.FillWidth(1)
		.VAlign(VAlign_Center)
		[
			SNew(SHorizontalBox)
			.Visibility(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetThrobberVisibility)
			+SHorizontalBox::Slot()
			.AutoWidth()
			.VAlign(VAlign_Center)
			[
				SNew(SThrobber)
			]
			+SHorizontalBox::Slot()
			.FillWidth(1)
			.VAlign(VAlign_Center)
			[
				SNew(STextBlock)
				.Text(LOCTEXT("WorkspacesOperationInProgress", "Looking for Perforce workspaces..."))
				.Font(FEditorStyle::GetFontStyle(TEXT("PropertyWindow.NormalFont")))
			]
			+SHorizontalBox::Slot()
			.AutoWidth()
			.HAlign(HAlign_Right)
			.VAlign(VAlign_Center)
			[
				SNew(SButton)
				.OnClicked(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnCancelWorkspacesRequest)
				.Content()
				[
					SNew(STextBlock)
					.Text(LOCTEXT("CancelButtonLabel", "Cancel"))
				]
			]
		]
		+SHorizontalBox::Slot()
		.FillWidth(1)
		.Padding(2.0f)
		[
			SNew(STextBlock)
			.Text(LOCTEXT("NoWorkspaces", "No Workspaces found!"))
			.Font(FEditorStyle::GetFontStyle(TEXT("PropertyWindow.NormalFont")))
			.Visibility(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetNoWorkspacesVisibility)
		]
		+SHorizontalBox::Slot()
		.FillWidth(1)
		[
			SNew(SListView< TSharedRef<FString> >)
			.ListItemsSource(&Workspaces)
			.OnGenerateRow(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnGenerateWorkspaceRow)
			.Visibility(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetWorkspaceListVisibility)
			.OnSelectionChanged(this, &SPerforceSourceControlSettings::OnWorkspaceSelected)
		];
}

EVisibility SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetThrobberVisibility() const
{
	return State == ESourceControlOperationState::Querying ? EVisibility::Visible : EVisibility::Collapsed;
}

EVisibility SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetNoWorkspacesVisibility() const
{
	return State == ESourceControlOperationState::Queried && Workspaces.Num() == 0 ? EVisibility::Visible : EVisibility::Collapsed;
}

EVisibility SPerforceSourceControlSettings::GetWorkspaceListVisibility() const
{
	return State == ESourceControlOperationState::Queried && Workspaces.Num() > 0 ? EVisibility::Visible : EVisibility::Collapsed;
}

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Optimizing yoour website is one of the required steps that allow you to increase the performance and the site load speed. In this how to article you'll learn some techniques for optimizing your website by compressing the images for a web site.
The first thing you have to do is to resize your images. Using large size pictures and resizing them directly with the img width and height html properties allow you to have the images in your desired size, but a lot of bandwith will be wasted. In this case in fact the images with the original format will be uploaded from the server to the browser and only then the browser will resize them. For this reason you have to resize all the images directly server-side. You have always to remember that the larger the image the larger the required bandwith. Having the images already stored in the desired size is a main step. If you want to resize images you can use any graphic software, photoshop is one example.
Photoshop is a great tool that allows you to resize your images very easily and efficiently. To resize images in photoshop, you have just to open your image, then go to the Menu under Image - Image size. In this new view you can set the new width and height sizes. By default the width and height lock mode is enabled, this means that when resizing one dimension, the other will be resized too. In this way your image will not be distorted.
You can save then your image in the jpg or png format.
The next step you have to do is the image lossless compression. This is a very useful step that will reduce your image disk-size of 20-40% with a lossless compression. There are several free online services that allow you to do a image lossless compression. One of this online service is the tinypng one. You can find this online service at this link: tinypng.com. Here you can upload your images and tinypng will return the compressed formats that you can download and use.
A further step to improve your website performance is to enable the browser image caching. In apache you can do it very quickly with the htaccess directive using the mod_expires module.
In expiresdefault you can set the cache expires time.
The use of techniques will considerably improve your site performance. In the next article we'll see other tecniques that can further improve your website load speed by enabling a dinamic page caching and image embedding.


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Scopalio verrens is een spinnensoort in de taxonomische indeling van de struikzakspinnen (Clubionidae).

Het dier behoort tot het geslacht Scopalio. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 2001 door Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold.

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An LKG-12 school founded in 2003, Dhirubhai Ambani International School prepares students for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), Cambridge IGCSE and the IBDP examinations. Current enrolment is 1058, with 204 taking the IB Diploma (college profile). The school has 150 teachers, with most of them having experience at leading schools in India and international schools worldwide.
From day one, the focus has been on building a world-class school with an Indian mind, an Indian heart and an Indian soul - a school that offers a blend of nationally and internationally acclaimed educational opportunities. DAIS aims to provide an educational experience that engenders excellence and children's all-round development, in an environment that fosters the joy of learning. The School's motto "Dare to Dream. Learn to Excel" encapsulates our aspirations and the commitment and drive required to bring about excellence in every facet of the School's endeavours. In order to know more about our School please see the message from the Chairperson, Our Vision, Our Mission and Our Objectives.
Our staff come from all parts of the World and also from different parts of India. Most of our Expatriate staff come from areas where IBDP is taught. We have staff members from North America, Europe and Africa. We also have Teachers teaching the IB curriculum come from other parts of India as well. For our National Curriculum (ICSE), we have Teachers come from Mumbai and its suburbs and also from other parts of India as well (Teaching at DAIS).
Expatriate staff are generally hired on a two year contract with attended benefits provided for extending contracts. Indian staff are hired until their age of superannuation. Staff are provided opportunities to learn and grow in their profession and the School invests in their Professional Growth and Development.
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But why the heck are we putting up with this garbage, and allowing the scum to advance what is clearly a globalist agenda.
Brown in his speech at the Lord Mayors banquet said new world order several times. It is no suprise to me that his behaviour in sneaking the treaty in is linked to his globalist views, and the instructions he is following.
One has to realise that Brown and his cohorts are lieutenants for greater powers striving for one world government.


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Posted on February 16, 2017 May 1, 2017 by Michael Millmore	Posted in Dave Jordano - Detroit: Unbroken Down, ExhibitionsTagged Dave Jordano, Exhibition, Side Gallery, The Darkness in the Light
'Detroit: Unbroken Down' is a long term project by photographer Dave Jordano. Jordano grew up in Detroit and although he has not lived there for 30 years his affection for the place is evident in the pictures. There is a sense of belonging for his home town: rather than perpetuating a 'ruin porn' aesthetic which concentrates on crumbling, empty and abandoned subjects, he focusses on the resilience and creativity of many of the people living in the city. This is not a sanitised portrayal however, Detroit has experienced the damaging effects of deindustrialisation more than most in America's 'rustbelt.' Quoted in the introduction to the exhibition Jordano states:
"Most Detroiters wear their pride for their city like a badge of courage, defying all odds, openly admitting that if you can survive here, you can survive just about anywhere. The project bears witness to the fact that Detroit is not a story about what's been destroyed, but more importantly about what's been left behind and those who are coping with it."
These are powerful and impassioned words, and the images show an empathy and respect for the subjects portrayed. The majority of photographs are environmental portraits which are clearly made in collaboration with the people depicted in them. (Although there are some candid street portraits I found these to be less successful.) The notes accompanying many of the images suggest how much the city has changed since Jordano lived there, however, there is a clear sense that by engaging with the local area he is attempting to document, understand and then communicate this knowledge.
Here are some of the images from the exhibition that resonated with me:
Cynthia with Family, Dubois Street, Poletown, Detroit 2010
Without Cynthia and her family, this image could be read as a record of the 'ruin porn' Jordano refers to in his exhibition notes. With the family standing on their porch however, the picture becomes about the bonds that keep family together – rather than the eye concentrating on the ramshackle, rundown appearance of the house with connotations of disregard and disrepair the meaning is transformed into people held together and working to make a life against whatever odds are stacked against them. The makeshift repairs to the property show a necessary and pragmatic approach to living.
The flag in the image contains many connotations, at first I wondered why the family would display the stars and stripes and show patriotism to an ideal that apparently does not support them. The notes accompanying the picture explain that the flag is displayed as an act of memorial to Cynthia's son-in-law who was killed in the Iraq war. With this added context the initial negative feelings about the flag takes on further significance and poignancy. The duality of pride and the need to remember the ultimate sacrifice of the son-in-law and fact that the symbol itself has directly led to his death is troubling.
William, Eight Mile and Woodward Avenue Overpass, Detroit 2013
Depictions of homelessness in documentary photography have almost become a cliché which in the worst case can spill over into voyeurism and exploitation. Jordano avoids these potential pitfalls with this image of William, a man who according to the exhibition notes prefers to live on the streets in this highly visible part of Detroit (except for the winter months when he stays in a hostel.) The notes state that William keeps a "very neat house" and there is a sense of pride and dignity that emanates from the portrait. I am left with the feeling that William's choice to live in this way rather than being a sad and lonely existence, the default way homelessness is shown, becomes a liberating way of living – by rejecting the traps of modern capitalism and living a life not defined by money it could be argued that William is truly free.
Robert Standing in His Doorway, Detroit, 2011
The photograph of Robert standing in the doorway of his home is a complex an ambiguous image. In the foreground we can see a large, expensive looking chandelier and furniture that looks expensive. Clearly times have changed significantly however from a past which appears to have been quite affluent – the room is untidy and in a state of disarray and disrepair. Thoughts move quickly to how the building has reached this state of decline – what has happened to Robert for his fortune to change so apparently dramatically? Has he gone off the rails? Is this even his house? A snap judgemental view could be that it is his neglect or fault that things have reached this point. The notes provide context for what has happened here, but unlike many of the other images in the exhibition which contain elements of positivity, the future for Robert is much less assured and certain. We learn that the picture shows Robert's deceased parents house which he has inherited, he is a freelance music producer and is struggling to find work. The house has no running water or heat which led to Robert boarding up the windows and moving out over the winter. This indicated that the house was empty and it was subsequently looted – which explains the disarray in the scene. The looters stole copper piping which led to the basement flooding, and, in the final irony, a $4000 water bill. The future for Robert seems uncertain and difficult which contrasts with the way William in the previous image lives and shows the difficulty of existing despite Robert having skills as a music producer and assets. Despite this the odds seem hopelessly stacked against him.
Hakeem in his Room, Eastside Detroit, 2012
Hakeem's story is one of hope and redemption. After losing his business and splitting with his wife he converted to Islam and found salvation. He bought a run down house for $500 and now makes a living fixing cars. The picture here shows Kareem in a room in his house he uses as a place of meditation and reflection. The writing on the walls are inspirational quotes and phrases of wisdom he has collected and which he uses as a highly visual way of guiding his moral and spiritual life. Robert no longer sees himself as a victim but rather someone who believes adversity builds character. I spent a great deal of time reading the phrases on Robert's wall, but rather than the content I was most affected by the way he has written them on the wall. The various coloured pens, differing tones of paint which show how some quotes have been erased to be replaced and the sheer amount of work on show all lead to a picture about Hakeem which is inspirational in that it is clear that this system of self reflection is something he needs to do to keep himself on the straight and narrow.
Calvin, Eastside, Detroit 2011
The first thing that I was drawn to in this image is the inquisitive look of Calvin's dog and the way it stands between his legs, paws resting on his owners feet. Here animal and owner are shown as companions with a clear bond, the expression of both Calvin and his dog suggest a wary friendliness which is ambivalently both inviting while suggesting that they remain on their guard – perhaps a necessary sate of mind for living in Detroit. The exhibition notes quote Calvin in a way that could be a metaphor for this particular world view, "there are no bad pit bulls, only bad owners."
Injured Man Walking, Poketown, Detroit 2010
This image has the appearance of a more traditional street photograph, and although interesting in its own right I find it jars with the other pictures in the exhibition. Unlike other images that have been shot in collaboration with the subjects this photograph appears to be a candid shot (backed up by the fact that the caption is 'injured man walking' rather than letting us know the man's name.) The elements of the scene that seem to have attracted Jordano to photograph it are the utility pole with stuffed animals, (a memorial to someone who was killed on that spot) the painted wall and graffiti. The inclusion of the sole human figure in the shot seems calculated rather than serendipitous – I imagine Jordano setting up his camera and waiting for someone to enter the frame before pressing the shutter at the exact moment that they become juxtaposed with the word 'shit' spray painted on the wall behind them. More than that, there is a potential cynicism with the man shown being a 'type' rather than a fully formed person with a back story – an approach quite at odds with other pictures in the series that are at pains to humanise the people photographed.
Looking through the exhibition comments book before I left, I was struck by an impassioned attack on Jordano and some of the images shown. 'The Darkness in the Light' is an ongoing portrait series made in tandem with 'Detroit: Unbroken Down' but concentrating specifically on women who are caught in a vicious cycle of substance abuse and prostitution. A few of these images are shown as part of the exhibition and the accompanying text makes it clear that the pictures are from this offshoot series. Their difference is also apparent due to their minimal captioning featuring only the first name of the subject, location and date, which contrasts with the extensive notes from the other pictures. For me, this showed both a respect for the women photographed while not leading the viewer into making definite assumptions about the women featured. From his website Jordano states that he aimed for the viewers reading of the images to be ambiguous and for alternative possibilities for the women shown to be considered. The exhibition critics however felt that the lack of text meant that Jordano was suggesting these images, and the women in them, are less important than the men in the other photographs. While I can understand the feeling expressed I do not believe it is a fair or accurate assessment of Jordano's work and indeed his intent. The reaction however is an interesting one as it is the captions and not the photographs that have led to this assessment, for these particular visitors the ambiguity that Jordano hoped to achieve proves problematic rather than liberating and leads to conclusions about the photographers intent being made.
The main things I will take from 'Detroit: Unbroken Down' are how knowledge of a particular area, repeated visits and collaboration can invest photographs with an integrity that cannot be faked. Jordano's attempts not to emulate the 'ruin porn' mode he dislikes while not sanitising the reality of the poverty that exists in Detroit is something to be admired and something on my mind as I think about my relationship with my local area and how I choose to photograph it working towards assignment 1. The long term project that has emerged from his Detroit visits seem to have evolved and developed through the work itself which reminds me of the need to photograph with an open mind and unbiased eye.


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One day I am going to grow wings.
One day my life will be richer for the hardships of today, my wounds transformed into wisdom, and those that have hurt me will be revealed as my teachers, guides that directed me onto the path that led to a better destination.
One day today's struggles will be the source of smiles not sorrow, as missing pieces of the jigsaw are added to reveal a glorious expanse of sky framing a small grey cloud; I will look back on today and hold my head up high knowing that through the changes that life forced me to make, my values remained constant.
One day the loneliness I feel today will be revealed not as a time of silence and sadness but of recovery and renewal; the absence of a relationship revealed to have offered the opportunity to deepen my relationship with the one constant I will ever have in my life.
One day I will find you; the frayed strands of my life will be embroidered together, disparate segments joined to create a beautiful whole. Our paths will converge when each of us is ready and we will continue our journeys through life together, the painful lessons of today deepening the bond we share.
One day today's confusion will be today's clarity, and today's past will emerge as the platform from which I reach my highest peaks.
One day you will think of me and say, 'my life was brighter because you were a part of it'.
One day my words, born of hurt and disappointment, shall bring you comfort.
One day I am going to grow wings, and as my heart sings my soul will fly.
Thank you, glad you like it and pleased it has given you a lift!
Lovely, although when my melted brain read the first line, I thought you'd written, "One day I am going to grow wigs," and I thought, "Like a chia pet head?" BTW, stumbled across your blog from Suzie Speaks.
Read this thanks to Suzie Speaks. 🙂 Lovely post. I've lived those words, and in some ways still live some of them. My husband chose to end our a marriage a few years back. I felt such embarrassment and shame at the time he walked away from myself and our children. (I read your post about divorce). I felt embarrassment about what our neighbors thought. But,….that was a while back. It hasn't been easy. It's been a struggle, but just keep looking forwards. Life does and will get better!
I think one thing for me is to be patient in letting things work out (including myself!) – it's definitely something I've become better at!
Been there done that, and still doing it! It's tough. After my divorce, I moved back to South Carolina to be near my Mom, other family, and friends. I thought it was the right move to make, but it turned out not to be. However, God, Fate, Destiny, The Universe had other plans for me, and disregarded my attempts to leave South Carolina. I was less than patient or appreciative of this. 🙂 But, finally, after living in South Carolina for seven years, I have only recently moved to Florida. I LOVE it! And am happier than I've been in a long, long time. So, the saying "Good things come to those who wait" is true. And life wasn't horrible in South Carolina. It just wasn't what I had hoped. However, I did make some lifelong friends there, so…..
Thank you! Take care! You are doing great!
I loved this really honest post from Matthew – please don't comment on or like my reblog… Hop on over to his site and say hello!
Thank you so much for your kind cements, they're much appreciated 🙂 Thank you for reading!
Don't forget now, too many spend their time waiting for something better and miss the present. It's all we have.
And hang on to these words until you get there!
Thank you! Yes, that's a big reason for why I write, knock some sense into me haha!


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This unit on teaching special groups was very interesting for me. Going in to it, I was hoping that there would be a section on teaching online groups individually or in a group. However, I really enjoyed the section on teaching English to business students because I didn't realize that the teacher doesn't need any background in the business industry. I believe that teaching beginners would be very fulfilling because of the improvements that can be seen, and I think the hardest group would be monolingual group because of the temptations that the students would have. In this unit, I learned about the do's and don't with children and the important discipline that is involved with children. I think it is also important when the unit said to START firm, and gradually relax the environment so that the students know that you are in control. This will be a challenge for me because I like to gain confidence before being firm with someone. However, I am prepared to teach varying groups of English learners and I am very excited to do so!


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The Pixel 3a was also recently leaked on Google's own website. May 7 is most likely the day Google will reveal the Pixel 3a line, according to a teaser posted on the Google Store.
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But can they live with trading away Wilson instead? The only ERFA who did not sign his deal Monday was receiver David Moore. Rodgers is back atop the quarterback pay scale after signing an extension a year ago that averages $33.5 million.
Earlier this week, prices of the Google Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL surfaced online. Rumors have said the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL could launch at Verizon this spring. No, nor the Google Pixel 4 - that's another mill. Remember, it's thought the new Pixel 3a lineup will feature a new purple-ish colour option at launch, so the page could be hinting at that.
Google also announced that it's adding several MCU characters to its collection of Playmoji, including War Machine, Thor, Black Widow, Rocket and Captain Marvel, which will join Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Nebula and Okoye in Playground. That source doesn't give a date for when T-Mobile will begin offering the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL - in fact, we don't even get a release window for the phone at T-Mobile.


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With Innovation Breakfast Series, Foundation Finds New Approach to Economic Development
Eileen Ellsworth
Since 1978, the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia has facilitated philanthropic efforts to respond to critical needs in our region. In more recent years, however— especially since the launch of our Innovation Fund in 2012—the Community Foundation has also worked to seed new, innovative approaches to community economic development.
Philanthropy has a growing role to play there, especially for the "hard-to-employ" segment of the workforce. Grants from the Innovation Fund have helped launch and promote the first ever cybersecurity courses in local public middle and high schools; the first coding-immersive elementary schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia; grass roots invention; and local entrepreneurship. In other words, grants from the Innovation Fund have helped build a future workforce that will contribute to the growing vibrancy of our local economy.
The launch of the Innovation Fund in 2012 was a wonderful place to begin this work. But nothing has helped us further refine our thinking about the role of philanthropy in innovative economic development more than our Innovation Breakfast Series.
We launched the Innovation Breakfast Series in 2015 and have held five events to date. In chronological order, we have framed and promoted the events as follows:
The Intersection of Philanthropy and Innovation
Lessons Learned on Innovative Philanthropy and Economic Growth
Building an Innovation District in Northern Virginia
Community Wealth Building – A New, Inclusive Systems Approach to Economic Development
High Skills, High Demand, High Wage – Skills-Based Education Comes of Age
Since its launch, we have welcomed more than 800 attendees to the series. Each breakfast has been remarkably well attended and draws attendees from all sectors of our region, including government and elected officials, business leaders, and nonprofit/foundation leaders.
There are several reasons for this:
First, the idea that philanthropy can help create a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse economy remains a relatively new and fascinating concept, one which resonates in Northern Virginia.
Second, we have taken care to highlight both local and national voices at the events; people with astonishing stories to share about how philanthropy has helped to reinvent their local economies while promoting more equitable and inclusive models of economic development. The events not only inform, they inspire.
Third, we host the events early in the morning, from 8:00 am – 10:00 am, so people can network and get back to work at a reasonable hour. Many of our attendees have praised the convenience of the series.
The Innovation Breakfast Series has enlightened us, inspired us, and encouraged us. It has sparked cross-sector collaborative approaches to workforce development for the hard-to-employ segment of our workforce, particularly in the wake of our "Community Wealth Building" event, which featured Ted Howard, the creator of the Evergreen Cooperatives in Cleveland, and Yanique Redwood, the President and CEO of the Consumer Health Foundation in Washington, D.C. It has also positioned our Community Foundation as a regional thought leader. We now regularly participate in economic development discussions and are frequently asked to share our experience and ever-growing understanding of the role philanthropy can and must play in building a community that works for everyone.
Philanthropy's impact in this realm seems limited only by the imagination of funders and their willingness to bring forth inspiring ideas that catch on, attract others, and create positive change in their communities.
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