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Unfinished Music No.1 - Two Virgins è il primo album solista di John Lennon. Pubblicato in Gran Bretagna il 29 novembre 1968 dalla Apple Records, il disco è ufficialmente attribuito a John Lennon & Yōko Ono.

Assieme ai successivi due album, Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions e Wedding Album, Unfinished Music No.1 - Two Virgins fa parte di una trilogia di lavori concettuali, sperimentali e d'avanguardia pubblicati da Lennon (con il supporto di Ono) nel periodo che precedette la separazione dei Beatles.

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Registrazione
Registrato in una sola notte, il 19 maggio del 1968, l'album venne realizzato in un'unica sessione presso l'abitazione di Lennon, sita a Kenwood, Weybridge. Approfittando del periodo di vacanza estiva dell'allora consorte, Cynthia, John Lennon ebbe modo di invitare a casa sua l'artista concettuale Yōko Ono, conosciuta due anni prima in una galleria d'arte londinese. I due suonarono e registrarono tutta la notte brani di sperimentazione musicale costituiti in gran parte da loop di cassette, da alcuni strumenti (pianoforte, organo, batteria) e da effetti sonori (tra cui riverbero, delay e distorsione), dialoghi e vocalizzi sonori.

Sia Ono e Lennon avevano avuto passate esperienze nella sperimentazione musicale: Ono come organizzatrice di alcuni eventi multimediali a New York nei primi anni 1960, e Lennon con alcune sue composizioni nei Beatles (Revolution 9). Come riferito dagli stessi protagonisti, dopo la registrazione dell'album i due fecero l'amore, dando inizio a una burrascosa relazione che, tra alti e bassi, sarebbe durata fino alla morte di Lennon.

Copertina
L'album destò un certo scalpore sia nei fan che nella critica musicale dell'epoca. Più che il contenuto del disco, però, a destare scandalo fu la sua copertina, che ritraeva la coppia completamente nuda sul davanti e di spalle sul retro. Per fare in modo che l'album venisse distribuito, John & Yoko accettarono quindi che fosse ricoperto da un involucro marrone che lasciava visibili solo i volti ed il titolo. Per la foto, Lennon e Ono utilizzarono una macchina fotografica con l'autoscatto, impostata da Tony Bramwell, e la fotografia fu scattata nell'appartamento di Ringo Starr sito al 34 di Montagu Square a Londra, agli inizi dell'ottobre 1968.

Gli altri componenti dei Beatles furono fortemente contrari alla pubblicazione del disco e, in particolare, riguardo alla scabrosa copertina. A tal proposito Lennon dichiarò: «Furono Paul e George a sferrare violenti attacchi di stampo cattolico. Ci hanno davvero fatto patire le pene dell'inferno!». Quando Lennon propose l'idea della scandalosa copertina al presidente della EMI Sir Joseph Lockwood, questi chiese perché volessero fare una cosa del genere e John Lennon gli rispose che era per "amore dell'arte", e che non vi era nulla di sconcio nell'immagine della coppia, in quanto ritraeva solo "due esseri umani nudi e innocenti persi in un mondo impazzito", due "vergini" appunto, come da titolo del disco.

La versione britannica dell'album presenta sul retro un'enigmatica frase di Paul McCartney: «When two great Saints meet, it is a humbling experience. The long battles to prove he was a Saint» ("Quando due grandi Santi si incontrano, è un'esperienza umiliante. Le lunghe battaglie per provare che fosse un Santo"). Nella versione statunitense la frase di McCartney è stampata sul fronte della copertina sotto la foto di John & Yoko. Sul retro della busta marrone nella quale fu inserito l'album è presente una citazione biblica tratta dal secondo capitolo della Genesi, scelta da Derek Taylor.

Pubblicazione
La casa discografica temporeggiò per la pubblicazione dell'opera, e alcune riviste come New Musical Express e Daily Mirror si rifiutarono di pubblicare spazi pubblicitari per il disco. Alla fine Two Virgins fu pubblicato alla fine di novembre in Gran Bretagna distribuito dalla Track Records, e il 6 gennaio 1969 negli Stati Uniti su etichetta Tetragrammaton Records (n. catalogo T-5001) perché la Capitol Records, abituale distributrice dei dischi dei Beatles in America, si era rifiutata di distribuire il lavoro. In effetti, l'album fu definito "pornografico" da alcune autorità in America, e la Tetragrammaton ebbe delle difficoltà finanziarie in parte anche a causa della distribuzione di Two Virgins. Approssimativamente 30.000 copie del disco furono sequestrate dalla polizia in un magazzino nel New Jersey. Le copie sequestrate furono conservate come elemento di prova in caso di procedimento giudiziario, il che rese impossibile per l'etichetta venderle in quel momento. Lennon commentò in seguito circa lo scandalo suscitato dall'immagine di copertina che la cosa sembrava avere maggiormente a che fare con il loro aspetto fisico piuttosto che con il concetto di nudità esplicita, semplicemente perché non erano ritenuti fisicamente attraenti secondo i canoni estetici vigenti; a posteriori egli descrisse ironicamente la foto come quella di "due ex tossici leggermente in sovrappeso".

L'album vendette solo 5.000 copie in Gran Bretagna, ma raggiunse un sorprendente 124º posto negli Stati Uniti. In conclusione l'album fu accolto generalmente in maniera negativa da critici e pubblico. L'attrice Sissy Spacek, utilizzando lo pseudonimo "Rainbo", incise la canzone John, You Went Too Far This Time (it: "John, questa volta ti sei spinto troppo oltre") in risposta alla copertina dell'album.

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Brani composti da John Lennon e Yoko Ono, eccetto dove indicato
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Lato B

Edizione CD del 1997, pubblicato dalla Rykodisc (RCD 10411)
Brani composti da John Lennon e Yoko Ono, eccetto dove indicato

Formazione
 John Lennon - voce, chitarra, tastiera
 Yōko Ono - voce
Note aggiuntive
 John Lennon e Yoko Ono - produttori
 Brani: Two Virgins Side One e Two Virgins Side Two, registrati nella casa-studio di John Lennon a Weybridge, Surrey (Inghilterra) nel maggio 1968
 Brano: Remember Love, registrato nella camera nr. 1742 dell'hotel La Reine di Montreal, Quebec, Canada il 1º giugno 1969
 André Perry - ingegnere delle registrazioni (brano: Remember Love)

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Collegamenti esterni

  (Pubblicazione LP: 11 novembre 1968)

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Cape Sounion is a promontory located 69 kilometres (43 mi) south-southeast of Athens, at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula in Greece.
Cape Sounion is noted as the site of ruins of an ancient Greek temple of Poseidon, the god of the sea in classical mythology. The remains are perched on the headland, surrounded on three sides by the sea. The ruins bear the deeply engraved name of English Romantic poet Lord Byron (1788–1823).
The site is a popular day-excursion for tourists from Athens, with the sunset over the Aegean Sea, as viewed from the ruins, a sought-after sight.According to Greek Mythology, Cape Sounion is the spot where Aegeus, king of Athens, leapt to his death off the cliff, thus giving his name to the Aegean Sea.[citation needed] The story goes that Aegeus, anxiously looking out from Sounion, despaired when he saw a black sail on his son Theseus's ship, returning from Crete. This led him to believe that his son had been killed in his contest with the dreaded Minotaur, a monster that was half man and half bull. The Minotaur was confined by its owner, King Minos of Crete, in a specially designed labyrinth. Every year, according to the myth, the Athenians were forced to send seven men and seven women to Minos as tribute. These youths were placed in the labyrinth to be devoured by the Minotaur. Theseus had volunteered to go with the third tribute and attempt to slay the beast. He had agreed with his father that if he survived the contest, he would hoist a white sail on his return. In fact, Theseus had successfully overcome and slain the Minotaur, but tragically had simply forgotten about the white sail.
The earliest literary reference to Sounion is in Homer's poem the Odyssey, probably composed in the 8th century BC. This recounts the mythical tribulations suffered by Greek hero Odysseus in a gruelling 10-year sea-voyage to return to his native island, Ithaca, in the Ionian Sea, from the sack of Troy. This ordeal was supposedly inflicted upon him by Poseidon, to whom the temple at Sounion was dedicated. The story recounts that as the various Greek commanders sailed back from Troy, the helmsman of the ship of King Menelaus of Sparta died at his post while rounding "holy Sounion, cape of Athens". Menelaus landed at Sounion to give his companion full funeral honours (i.e., cremation on a funeral pyre on the beach).The Greek ships were then caught by a storm off Cape Malea and scattered in all directions.
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PATAGONIA PARTNERS WITH ARTISTS
Patagonia is partnering with artists across the country to bring environmental focus to the midterm elections. The company just launched a crowdsourced art campaign inviting artists and designers to create a collection of designs to express why they believe the environment is the #1 issue in the upcoming election and inspire people to vote – especially young people. According to a Harvard University study, only 23 percent of Americans ages of 18-29 say they will definitely vote this midterm.
Patagonia worked with top graphic artists Alex Trochut, Natas Kaupas and Eric Junker to produce three new "Vote the Environment" t-shirt designs available at Patagonia retail stores and online today. The campaign is open for anyone to contribute their own designs – part of Patagonia's longstanding series of "Vote the Environment" campaigns to inspire voter engagement around the environmental crisis.
"We've rooted our business in the environment – we want to act responsibly, live within our means, and leave behind a planet we would want to live in," said Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario. "We need leaders who will act on behalf of the future and the planet and we know art can create a sense of pride and urgency and inspire real action for this movement."
The campaign is not a contest, and all submitted designs that meet the contribution requirements will be featured in the online gallery made available for sale as posters to spread the message. Forty percent of any net sales go directly to the artists, and 30 percent goes to support voter registration through HeadCount, a non-partisan organization that uses the power of music to register voters and promote participation in democracy. Posters may also be turned into buttons, stickers, signs, etc. and shared virtually in support of this broader movement.
The new "Vote the Environment" website provides resources allowing people to register to vote in their state, gives information on candidates scored by the League of Conservation Voters according to environmental issues, invites artists to showcase their work and features information about the artists. Five dollars from the sale of these shirts in Patagonia retail stores and online goes to HeadCount.
"We face a great crisis: climate change, extinction, destruction of wild places," said Lisa Pike Sheehy, Patagonia's global director of environmental initiatives. "That's why we must support candidates who push hard for clean, renewable energy, restore clean water and air and turn away from risky, carbon-intensive fuels. We cannot afford to sit out this election."
While the millennial generation does not show a large interest in voting, they consistently express passion and awareness for environmental issues. The "Vote the Environment" designs will allow people to display their support of environment and stress the importance of political participation to keep it protected.
In 2012, Patagonia successfully ran a similar campaign by partnering with the band Wilco to bring awareness to "Vote the Environment." They set up booths outside each concert during Wilco's tour in order to garner 110,000+ registered voters through HeadCount.
Visit "Vote the Environment" for more information. To read Patagonia's recently released Environmental and Social Initiatives book for 2014, click here.
About Patagonia
Founded by Yvon Chouinard in 1973, Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company based in Ventura, California. A certified B-Corporation, Patagonia's mission is to build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm and use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. Since 1985, Patagonia has dedicated 1 per cent of sales each year to environmental causes. More information is available at www.patagonia.com.
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COLD BLOODED KILLER OF 11-YEAR-OLD NY'ANDREA DYER HELD WITHOUT BAIL
by P. J. McNeal, The Chicago Times
CHICAGO – Marcus Starkey, 27, was arrested March 18 in St. Paul, Minnesota and extradited to Cook County to face charges for first degree murder of 11-year-old Ny'Andrea Dyer and attempted murder of an unnamed 18-year-old victim. Dyer passed away on March 22.
When interrogated about the March 1 nighttime shootings, Starkey first denied involvement but later confessed to investigators he was targeting a customer at a Far South Side gas station as a result of being intoxicated and high.
The events of March 1 began when Starkey and an unnamed accomplice decided to venture into the streets in the vicinity of 150 W. 127th St. Around 11pm, the two hoodlums donned masks as they approached the BP gas station at 127th and Wentworth. It is unclear if they intended to rob the station or were just looking to cause trouble.
Meanwhile, an 18-year-old male pulled into the station and parked at a pump to refuel. At the same time, 11-year-old Dyer and her mother sat in a parked car in the gas station lot. As the 18-year-old exited his vehicle to pump gas he noticed two masked men approaching out of the darkness with one pointing a pistol in his direction. Fearing he was going to be robbed the teen victim tried to enter the gas station only to find the doors locked.
Starkey, later identified as the shooter, pointed his weapon at the teen and began firing. Caught in the open, the 18-year-old drew a weapon and returned fire. Surveillance video revealed the teen only fired after fired upon. According to investigators, the teen's discharging of his weapon did not cause the death of Dyer.
The shootout with Starkey ended with a teen wounded several times and Starkey, along with his accomplice, escaping into the night. Leaving a wounded teenager down on the ground, Starkey also left behind a wounded Dyer who was shot in the face and left with a severed spine. Both victims were taken to local hospitals. One victim would survive while Dyer would pass away March 22.
According to investigators, Starkey and his accomplice ran into the night in search of Starkey's car parked in a nearby alley, either north or west of the gas station. Starkey found that his getaway car would not start, prompting both hoodlums to go their own way. Starkey would approach and offer $900 to two Metra workers to drive him out of the area after he claimed he had been robbed. The Metra workers wisely declined to help. However, the Metra facility captured clear images of Starkey that led to his identification as the shooter.
While fleeing his crime, the killer Starkey had also shed a dark colored coat and a .45-caliber Springfield handgun, which matched shell casings found at the crime scene. Starkey would be identified and arrested in Minnesota 17 days after the shootings.
When brought before Cook County Judge John F. Lyke, Starkey's "intoxication and high" defense was quickly exposed as a cowardly act that led to the wounding of a teenager and the tragic death of an 11-year-old girl sitting in a parked car with her mother.
The wounded 18-year-old victim was later charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon; however, his firearm could not be located by investigators.
The killer Starkey was ordered held without bail and is expected back in court April 22.
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In January, Facebook announced the launch of 60 new timeline apps including Pinterest. At the time, Spotify was already seeing a benefit from having users share their playlists on Facebook – their membership rose to 1.4 million subscribers. Less than a month into the launch, the Facebook development team has reported dramatic gains in traffic and user engagement for lifestyle networks.
Pinterest's growth is very explosive. It's arguably one of the fastest growing lifestyle apps and for good reason. It's a very addictive concept and fits nicely into Facebook. Other lifestyle apps are also growing fast and this article is an interesting read on that topic.
Nielsen surveyed tablet owners with kids under 12 and found that 7 out of 10 kids were allowed to use the tablet. This was a 9% increase over the previous quarter.
Kids have a natural aptitude towards using touchscreen tablets and I agree, it's a great learning tool. Expect to see kids get their own personal tablets when the prices for these costly gadgets go down.


Representatives from many communal and religious organisations, including the Consul-Generals of Austria, Germany and Greece gathered at the Sydney Jewish Museum for the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies' (NSWJBD) annual Kristallnacht Commemoration.
Danny Hochberg, Chair, NSWJBD Shoah Remembrance Committee welcomed the 300 guests and said that Holocaust survivors victims and survivors will continue to be honoured.
On 9 November 1938, the first Nazi-legislated riots against Jews took place in Germany and Austria, resulting in mass arrests, killings and deportations, and the destruction of synagogues and Jewish-owned stores.
"It marked the democratisation of violence against Jews. Let us use this day, not only to commemorate but to pledge to be vigilant so that this will not happen again" said Hochberg.
A short film of the testimonies of Joachim Schneweiss and the late Gerald Levy in which they spoke of their memories of living as boys in Germany and how they were affected was shown.
Robyn Bloom, daughter of Gerry Levy, spoke about her father's life in Magdeburg, Germany as a young man where the Jewish community was 1000 years old. He had enjoyed a happy early childhood until the age of nine when race laws changed everything for German Jews. Humiliation was a regular occurrence as everyday freedoms such as travelling on a tram were taken away.
Gerald and his family were fortunate to be accepted as refugees in Australia and arrived in March 1939. Her father became very involved in Jewish community activities in Sydney and in 1994 his contribution was recognised with the award of Order of Australia. On receiving his award from the NSW Governor Peter Sinclair, Levy said to the Governor "that he had never dreamt that a "reffo" boy could attain such distinction.
Memorial candles were lit by Erna Levy, Robyn Bloom, Sybil Schneeweiss, GeeJay Schneeweiss and Joachim Schneeweiss who recited Kaddish, the mourners' prayer.
Introducing keynote speaker, Cheryl Koenig , Vic Alhadeff, CEO, NSWJBD, outlined her many achievements including a lifetime award for outstanding commitment to community and NSW Women of the Year in 2009.
Cheryl Koenig, a Sydney writer and motivational speaker, sees herself as a child of mixed culture with a Jewish Romanian father and a mother who was a 4th generation Australian-born Catholic. "Chicken soup with matzo balls and Vegemite sandwiches" is her description. While raised a Catholic, she was exposed to significant Jewish occasions such as Passover at her grandparents.
"What disturbs my understanding of our common humanity, is who or what kind of society would allow the political and social bacteria of such times – and the cultural indifference – to fester unabated, leaving blameless individuals to suffer the unimaginable. Where were the good people's voices?
"The unspeakable horrors Holocaust survivors endured, ones that we still wince at today, are impossible to imagine. The horror and brutality leave me shamed to be part of a species that could commit such wrongdoing. However, there is also a sense of wonder in understanding how those persecuted and subjected to torture and annihilation of family members could possibly stay intact – stay human – and create new generations of 'hopeful' human beings.
"But valour, daring and imagination form only part of the mosaic that has combined to create a successful representation of life for the many refugees that continue to grace our sandy shores. Hope and resilience were, and are, of equal importance – creating aspirations; a faithfulness to keep hold of the dream, and eventual accomplishment.
" I used to think it was the big events that defined history, but I've learnt it's not. It's the people. The good people who use their voices against prejudice and the hopeful who choose resilience over submission" said Koenig.
In his closing address, Jeremy Spinak, President, NSWJBD, said for many Jews in Germany, the night was the point when "violent rhetoric, racist laws and largely disorganised and vigilante harassment became an organised, state-sanctioned murder".
"Kristellnacht is the occasion when we remember the victims of the night and also remember the 6 million people who were soon to tragically follow.
"Jews all over the world have taken a pledge to never forget and we will not let the lessons of Kristellnacht or the Shoah go unlearned, or take for granted the events that led to that fateful night.
"We will be forever vigilant and fight anti-semitism and will not tolerate it even in small forms so it never becomes accepted as normal". That is why we take today so seriously" he said.
Cantor Josh Weinberger, David Politzer and Robert Teicher provided moving musical tributes.
Australia's B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission notes that this barbaric event still carries many important lessons for today, most importantly that we can ill-afford to close our eyes to anti-Semitism and to any radical ideology. The ADC stated that Kristallnacht is a potent reminder of how evil can proliferate if left unchecked, and how vital it is to fight the scourge of anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance and discrimination wherever they persist.
Dr. Dvir Abramovich, Chairman of the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission, said: "As we join millions of people around the world in sombrely marking the 77th anniversary of the horrific Nazi pogroms of Kristallnacht – "the Night of Broken Glass"– let us remember that the enduring lesson of this dark and monumentally tragic night is that we must always speak out against anti-Semitism, extremism and intolerance.


Kicking off my first post of September 2017, with a fun DIY! I am one of those people that associate apples with September, pumpkins with October, turkeys with November etc, so I just had to make this DIY correlate with that! This DIY, is super easy, fun, festive and cute. I love a hanging wreath on a door. I think it spruces up the front door and is very welcoming. For this DIY, I'm going to be sharing how to create a Festive Apple Wreath! Now let's get into it!
Will need 2 people to do this DIY. Do not do this DIY if you are under the age of 15, due to hot glue + toothpicks. Be safe and have fun!
We began hot gluing the apples to the wreath and then realized the apples were too heavy, so we used toothpicks to attach. See below on how to do this.
Place a tiny bit of hot glue onto the wreath (This will be where you place the burlap).
Take your burlap and place it where the glue is, to secure it.
Wrap the burlap around the entire wreath (Depending on size of wreath you may need more burlap).
Hot glue the end of the burlap to secure.
Do not worry about seeing any green part of the wreath they will be covered by the apples, just make sure to have it covered enough where it isn't showing too bad.
Be extremely careful when using the toothpicks. If you use too much force they will break. Make sure they do not poke through the other side of the wreath.
Take your toothpicks and push them gently into the side of the apple you want to have laying on the wreath. (I used 2-3 toothpicks on the big apples and 1 toothpick for the small apples.
Do all of the big apples (I used 7) first to cover up most of the green peeking through.
Do the same for the small apples, using only one toothpick.
Place them where you like, leaving a good amount of space at the top for a burlap tie to hang.
Put some hot glue on the area left open. This will be where the burlap goes.
Place the burlap where the glue is to secure, then wrap the burlap around the area 3 times until open area is covered.
Fold over the burlap to measure out how big you want the hang tie to be.
Hot glue the hang tie to secure.
We decided to hang the wreath on our stone wall in the kitchen to decorate it. I think this DIY Festive Apple Wreath, came out so cute and was super easy to make! Now that you know how to make a wreath you can do this using almost anything besides apples! Subscribe to TMD via email to receive blog posts straight to your inbox! Never miss out! Stay tuned for more festive DIY's coming this month!


A classic scene from old movies is the private investigator hired to see whether or not a spouse is cheating or not. These days, we carry around our own private investigator in the form of smart phones and social media. According to a survey from the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 97% of those surveyed said they've seen an increase in evidence taken from smart phones and other wireless devices in the past three years.
The most common piece of evidence taken was texts, followed by emails, and finally phone numbers and call history. The top apps used to prove infidelity were Find My iPhone, which reveals the location of an iPhone via GPS, and Snapchat, a picture-sharing app that destroys images soon after viewing.
We do not recommend snooping around on your spouse's mobile devices looking for evidence of infidelity. This shows a lack of trust in your partner that will erode a marriage regardless of infidelity. Most spouses accidentally find the information. If you do find evidence of infidelity in your marriage and want advice or wish to seek a divorce, you'll need a family law lawyer you can trust. If you live in Washington State, the lawyers to trust are the ones at Elise Buie Family Law Group, PLLC. We've helped many couples through their marriage problems, whether through reconciliation, arbitration, or a divorce trial. Find out what we can do for you. Call today.


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This is the story of the Royal Navy battle-cruiser H.M.S. Renown, a famous ship with a long and distinguished operational career. Originally built for the First World War she subsequently served in the post-war fleet and took royalty around the world. Modernized just in time for World War Two, she r... अधिक
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Kakaban Island is a great coral atoll with steep drift wall diving and a landlocked lake famous for its many non stinging jellyfish.
One of the more spectacular places to dive is Kakaban, uninhabited, declared a government nature reserve and reached at only twenty minutes from Sangalaki, Kalimantan. It is surrounded with steep walls, some excellent caves and brilliant coral formations. You will find many reef fish, colorful hard and soft corals and barrel sponges. The currents can be strong with unpredictable upwellings, downcurrents and changing directions which make is great for predators patrolling and hunting for smaller fish.
Kakaban's interior consists of a huge landlocked lake that was formed because of geologic forces and nowadays provides a strange habitat since the water is half salt, half fresh. The lake is over five square kilometers large, sits slightly above sea level and is separated from the ocean by a narrow fifty meter wide ridge. These sheer limestone cliffs are overgrown in dense jungle all the way down to the waterline offering not many places for beaches and shallow reefs to form. It is an excellent place to dive and snorkel since you can find several types of non stinging jelly fish. There are also mangroves that promise sights of file snakes, gobies, seaweed, cardinal fish and algae. The lake has evolved in an ecosystem totally unique for brackish water environments and is therefore a biological paradise for researchers.
Divers will be entertained as it is one of the few places in the world where you can do two completely different types of dives on the same day.


This is simple - just visit the grocery list page and resync the grocery list for the rest of the current week. Then start following the meal plans as soon as you can.
If you miss your grocery shopping day, you might have also missed a few days of the meal plan. Remember to delete stuff you don't eat and add what you do so that the planner knows what to remove from the virtual pantry. Don't worry about telling the planner you ate foods that you never had in the pantry - it will ignore whatever it's not already keeping track of.


(NDIVG) 2018. Among the games competed were volleyball, futsal, basketball, badminton, netball, table tennis, frisbee, tennis, chess and the 5 km night run. Faculty of Dentistry, SEGi University students earned 1 gold medal in Badminton Female double, 1 gold medal in table tennis female double, 1 silver medal in Tennis single (Male), 1 silver medal in Futsall (Male) and 1 bronze medal in the Dental 5K run. SEGi was ranked 7th among 13 dental schools in Malaysia.
L: Chong Yiing Yee (Year 5), R: Lee Sukhin (Year 3) FOD, SEGi University.
Venukumar Sanggar (Captain) (BDS Year 5), FOD, SEGi University receiving the medals and certificates for his team from Datin Dr Mahyunah Masod, Deputy Dean (Student Affairs), Faculty of Dentistry, UiTM.


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State Representative Matthew Lesser Reads to Children at Middlesex Hospital Family Residency Program in Support of Reach Out and Read
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State Representative Matthew Lesser reads Five Little Monkeys by Eileen Christelow to a group of young children (Posted by meghan.blomberg, Community Contributor)
Middletown, CT (May 21, 2015) -- Medical providers at Middlesex Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program are sending families home from checkups with free books and a very important prescription - "read aloud to your children." Today, State Representative Matthew Lesser (D-Middletown) visited the practice, not only to cheer them on, but to practice what doctors preach by reading to a group of young patients.
"I want to thank Reach out and Read for inviting me to participate in this amazing event. The services they provide and the lives they change are truly incredible. Each year, Reach Out and Read helps over 45,000 Connecticut children begin their journey as lifelong readers and learners. I am so grateful to have this program running in Middletown and happy to support Reach Out and Read," said Representative Lesser.
Middlesex Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program participates in Reach Out and Read, a program that prepares America's youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together. Medical providers incorporate Reach Out and Read's evidence-based model into regular pediatric checkups, by advising parents about the importance of reading aloud and giving developmentally-appropriate books to children.
Through Reach Out and Read, each child starts kindergarten with a home library of approximately 10 books and a parent who has heard at every well-child visit about the importance of books and reading. The program begins at birth and books are distributed at checkups beginning at 6-months through age 5, with a special emphasis on children growing up in low-income communities.
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"Having the Reach Out and Read program at a residency program is particularly vital to our region. Not only do the children and families in our region benefit from the program, but the residents benefit as well. They become highly skilled during their four year training at promoting family reading and assessing the child's development as we talk with parents about feeding their child's brain," said Dr. Cliff O'Callahan of Middlesex Hospital. "Many of these residents will be the future Family Medicine doctors who staff the offices in our region of Connecticut. We have the opportunity to teach them about Reach Out and Read right from the start so future generations will continue to benefit from this wonderful program."
Middlesex Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program is one of 73 Reach Out and Read programs in the state serving 250 children and families each year. Through their team of 300 medical providers in Connecticut, Reach Out and Read gives out over 70,000 new books each year to nearly 40,000 children and families Families served by Reach Out and Read read together more often, and their children enter kindergarten with larger vocabularies and stronger language skills, better prepared to achieve their full potential.
"Research shows that if you intervene in the first five years of life and partner with parents, you can dramatically improve the early literacy skills of a child, putting them on the track for success in school and in life," said Reach Out and Read Connecticut Executive Director Christine Garber. "Childhood development experts tell us that the most important thing that parents can do to prepare their children to succeed in school is to read aloud to them every day. "
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The Reach Out and Read model is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the program has one of the strongest records of research support of any primary care intervention. In 2014, Reach Out and Read joined with partners Too Small to Fail, the American Academy of Pediatrics and Scholastic to announce a new commitment to literacy promotion at the Clinton Global Initiative America meeting. Reach Out and Read is also the 2013 Winner of The Library of Congress David M. Rubenstein Prize for their groundbreaking work advancing literacy.
Nationally, Reach Out and Read medical providers distribute over 6.5 million books to more than 4 million children and their families annually at 5,000 pediatric practices, hospitals, clinics and health centers in all 50 states.
More than 20,000 medical providers nationwide currently participate in Reach Out and Read.
Middlesex Hospital is a 275-bed acute care hospital and part of the Middlesex Health System, an independent, not-for-profit, community-based health network of inpatient, outpatient, diagnostic, emergency and rehabilitation facilities. In addition to Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Connecticut, Middlesex Health System has medical centers in Westbrook and Marlborough. It serves more than 265,000 residents in Middlesex County and beyond. For more information about the Middlesex Hospital Family Medicine Program, go to MHFamilyMedicine.org.
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The Pacific Northwest leads the nation in the percentage of families that chose cremation as their preferred method of disposition of the body upon death. The rate is currently around 77%. As of March 2019, only two methods of disposition are allowed in Washington State: burial and Cremation.
But there is a very interesting third alternative that we have been watching for the last 10 years. Hydromation® is the registered trademark of a process called alkaline hydrolyses.
During the mad cow epidemic in the early 1980, universities around the world frantically began studying ways to contain the extremely dangerous prions that cause the disease. Alkaline hydrolysis was one of the methods found to be extremely efficient and safe.
In 2011 we traveled to Athens Georgia to see a large tissue digestor that uses the alkaline hydrolysis method of treating animal carcasses. We studied the systems needed to support the process including large cooling and storage tanks for the sterile liquid waste. The solid remains consist of the bones of the animal, also rendered totally free of dangerous pathogens.
By the time 2013 arrived, we met a Swiss chemist who suggested ways to speed up the process of alkaline hydrolysis to help make it cleaner and more cost effective. He called his process Hydromation®, which is an easy word to substitute for Cremation. Instead of being cremated, a deceased person can be hydromated.
We licensed the process from Gesellschaft zur Vermarktung Geistigen Eigentums GmbH (Ltd. Co.) and have been patiently waiting for the State of Washington to approve Hydromation® as an approved method of disposition. We believe that the cost of Hydromation will be competitive with regular cremation and the environmental impact will be less.
In the meantime, we took a good look at the environmental impact of cremation. Surprisingly cremation has a very small impact on the environment compared to most other human activities, like driving cars and polluting the rivers and oceans.
Read here, "The Truth about "Green" Cremation, Burial, and Hydromation®" for more in depth information.


Now make a loop to the side, twist and hold and make another loop to its opposite side. Now make two more loops in the same way and hold it tightly. Secure the loops made in the ribbon by using a wire. Finally pull out the loops to make a floral pattern and finish.
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We have been developing educational software since the 1980s.
Our key objectives are to only develop applications which add significant value to the teaching and learning process and which also do not duplicate resources already existing in the general market.
As part of this approach our strategy has been to ensure that our products were/are available on as many platforms used in education as possible. In the early days this meant writing the same programs for BBC and RM 380Z (for anybody who remembers that far back) and developing our software using TurboPascal to make it as compatible as possible. Today this approach means we develop for all the major platforms - Apple, Windows, IOS and Android. We don't cover every variation but you can use our programs on phones, tablets and computers of almost every kind.
We also want our products to be as similar as possible between the various platforms, particularly so that any teacher or centrally produced learning guides work in any classroom and also when students try the same thing on their phones. As a result we decided early on that we needed toolsets that made the standardisation across platforms easy to achieve and also meant that updates and bugfixes were quick and equivalent across platforms. Initially we tried to write apps in the relevant development architecture for each platform but found quickly that this resulted in apps that looked different, acted differently and were difficult to maintain as a family. We moved on to investigate and choose a cross platform architecture where we could develop once and publish to each platform from a common code source.
We currently develop and publish with CoronaLabs toolkit. There are limitations, it is designed for rapid game development but it suits us and does not add (at all) to the costs we have. Overall we strongly recommend CoronaLabs not only for ourselves but also as a teaching medium for schools and colleges.


CITY Developments Limited and Hong Leong Holdings's The Venue Residences and Shoppes will be launched for sale at about $1,450 per square foot (psf) next Friday.
An early-bird discount will be offered on the preview day, Oct 18.
Situated along Tai Thong Crescent, the 99-year leasehold mixed development offers 266 residential units and 28 retail and dining units.
The residential units, which are spread across four towers of 260 units and a low-rise residential block of six units, come in various configurations.


The Actisol® Commercial Unit mixes a low volume of insecticide with a high volume of air, atomizing the mixture in a special nozzle. The atomization nozzle produces a high proportion of ideally-sized insecticide particles in a continuous high volume air stream. The aerosol penetrates further to reach target insects in the most hidden recesses of cracks, crevices, and voids. This improved penetration is DEEP HARBORAGE pest control.
Everyone in the treatment area must wear an approved respirator during treatment and when re-entering a treated area when the aerosol may still be present.
Turn off all pilot lights or sources of open flame. Ventilation systems and air moving systems should be turned off. Appliances that routinely create high heat should be turned off. Computers and other electrical equipment should be turned off, covered, or removed from the treatment area.
All non-pest management personnel must leave the treatment area. Cover or remove ornamental plants. Cover and seal all aquariums. Aquarium filters must be shut off and not turned back on until the aerosol is no longer present. Pets, including exotic pets (birds, amphibians, reptiles, arachnids) must be removed. Re-entry for exotic pets is not recommended for a period of 24 hours.
All exposed food must be removed or placed in containers that will prevent contact with the insecticide. Food preparation utensils and surfaces must be covered or cleaned thoroughly before reuse.
Close and lock all entry ways. Professionals may want to consider posting warning signs on doors opening into the treatment site.
Open all doors, cabinets, storage areas, and drawers in the treatment area.
Before reoccupation, thoroughly ventilate treatment area.
Do not use gasoline-powered equipment in grain mills, flour mills, grain storage, or grain processing areas. Grain/Flour dust may be highly explosive. Electric powered units must be certified as explosion proof for these sites. Check with manufacturers for details on certification.
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The Day(s) Nobody Flew
September 11, 2001 was not the first time that all air traffic in the United States was halted.
By Tony Reichhardt
airspacemag.com
You hear it all the time, even from people who should know better: September 11, 2001 was the only time in history that all air traffic in the United States was halted.
Wrong. Sigh.
Air & Space researcher Roger Mola was the first to point out that it wasn't the first time. That distinction goes to Operation Skyshield, a training exercise conducted 50 years ago today (see Mola's article from our Feb/Mar 2002 issue). A NORAD-run test of defenses against Soviet air attack, Skyshield was the largest aviation exercise ever held. On three occasions from 1960 to 1962, all U.S. commercial air traffic was canceled while thousands of military aircraft pretended to go on bombing runs over major cities including New York, Chicago, and Washington.
Mola is currently working on a documentary about Skyshield. See his preview of the work-in-progress here.
About Tony Reichhardt
Tony Reichhardt is a senior editor at Air & Space.
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As you're looking online this month, trying to figure out what movie you should go see at the theater, don't be surprised if you can't find much you really want to go see. A new study reveals that February movies are actually the worst of the entire year.
Perhaps just as interesting as February sucking, is that July, when most big blockbusters hit theaters, actually proved to be the best for movies at 58%, just barely beating out November and December (when the majority of the potential Oscar movies open), which were tied at 57%.
Will this February help buck the trend? There is the fantastic 'LEGO Movie' opening this weekend, which currently has a 98% Rotten Tomatoes rating, but there's also 'Vampire Academy' (which is so bad it doesn't even have a rating at this point) and 'Monuments Men' (35%).
So, while this February might not have a lot of cinematic treasures for you to enjoy at the movie theater, take solace in knowing that this is also the shortest month of the year and before you know it, March will have arrived.


National Donut Day and Coke!
Today is National Donut Day. Celebrated on the first Friday of June, the day was created in 1938 by Salvation Army volunteers who first served coffee and donuts to soldiers on the front lines of World War I. Here is a 1954 advertising dangler from our collection that features a Coke and donuts.


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Writing can be that unique addiction that exhausts you; you write all through the night and read during the day to get inspiration. You assemble letters like a coach sets out with his winning team but you get pummeled like Arsene Wenger.
People tell you that they like your articles but the visible likes are abysmally low and the number of shares needs some high heels to see above a fence that is 1 ft. tall. The comments section is as lively as a bar immediately after breakfast.
Sometimes, they call you a jobless folk sitting behind screens and punching keys without paying attention to the hands of time. It's your abode and you gladly enjoy the pains of your solitude. Gradually, you become the master of words and you know how to send them on errands. Your words birth smiles; they wipe tears and comfort broken souls.
You fill blank screens with millions of words; you search for the right words in the jungle of letters to dress thoughts in beautiful attires. It's a feisty war and a fierce battle to tell stories that touch the heart. You are the real MVP. Every writer out there deserves a medal.
From ideas, you create a catalog of captivating stories. Your numb fingers pierce through writer's block like iron prongs; every piece is a product of resilience. You are just so gifted with words and make them look more than an assemblage of alphabets. From the castles of solitude, you send a storm of letters that resurrects our memories from the ashes of history. Everything comes alive because your pen gives life.
Despite the seemingly boring life of writers, there are some distinctive features that separate this clan of creative artists into a community. We've got some unique traits, it's very easy to tell if someone is a writer.
There is this eerie feeling of all eyes peering at you while reading your published work. Even if it is a Facebook post, you nurse the possibility of your readers judging you and your work. Then, you begin to plot several trajectories of a million thoughts in your head. After observing from the sidelines, you create a long list of folks who love your work and those who just ignore it. Often, those who truly appreciate your work are the conservative ones who never click the like button or drop a comment.
I know you have great people in your life that you can call friends but nothing can be compared to the joy in your heart when you see your favorite books. Books are your best friends; they are treasured pearls. You'd sacrifice new shoes for getting the latest book of your favorite author. Your bookshelf is full but that never stops you from getting a new book.
And perhaps, maybe you are like me, people call me bookish because I carry a book with me everywhere. I have this terrible habit of reading books in the washroom while on the toilet seat. I have met some writers who do the same. We just love books and we can't hide our love.
You love to steal some lone time so you can scribble new stories and write new blog posts. Writing takes time and it usually comes at the price of solitude. Apparently, because you love to spend time with yourself, people tend to decorate your personality as a quiet frame.
At weekends, when a bulk of your friends choose to attend parties, you already have a plan to catch up on your writing adventures. For the worst part, every time there is a debate about being social, you try so hard to convince people that you are very social but they still don't get it.
From close friends to family members, everyone shows appreciation for your work but it could be very difficult to believe that you did a great job. Every time, you cast a glance on your work, you perceive that there is a missing piece and you find every chance to trash the work. This is why you often get utterly amazed when the accolades for your work come in showers as against your expected trickles.
I will assume that you are a saint and you don't belong to the clan of writers that are often inspired by deadlines. You follow the schedules and you hit the deadlines without breaking a sweat. But for some of us, we have suffered a great deal in the hands of deadlines that look like nightmares.
When the deadline is approaching and it's about two days away, you begin to observe crazy mannerisms – staying indoors for two straight days, surfing the net like a spiderman, reading books like a nerd and eating in bed. It's a crazy life but it is because we want to pay a homage to the golden deadline. The battle to crush procrastination is an ongoing process and we believe we are getting better with every passing week.
In conclusion, regardless of your interaction with words, I just want you to know that you are awesome. Either you are a professional writer or you love writing as a hobby, thanks for putting your works out there. Our world is beautiful because of your boldness with words.
Toyota is a popular brand but it's not everyone's favorite. Coca-Cola has stayed with us for more than a century but some consumers will choose Pepsi ahead of Coke. Does that imply that Coca-Cola is a terrible product? No! Simply because your cousin is a fan of Toyota has nothing to do with the market share of Nissan. If you will go far in your chosen field, you must know how to handle rejections and its sibling – criticisms.
As a writer, you may have the power to control many things but the choice of your readers is not one of them. Life will be with fewer worries once you know that you can't write for everyone. Not everyone is going to like you or click a love button for your posts. Just the same way, Coke is not the favorite drink of everyone.
The stark disapproval of your work where you expect a resounding applause can be frustrating especially when your literary work is neglected like a weakened bridge set to become a pile of rubble. Or perhaps you have an inbox clogged with countless rejection letters from editors who felt your work is not good enough. If you have plans to make any phenomenal impact with writing, you must be ready to have your fair share of rejection spell.
From my interaction with writers, many quit writing because they could no longer bear the burden of rejection. The writing instinct could no longer breath under the blanket of obscurity; it undergoes suffocation until it became lifeless. The ability to write blossoms when it enjoys the rain of consistency.
The illustrious stories of some celebrated writers carried a faint shade of the scars they sustained during their period of rejection. This list contains brilliant writers that authored famous works. The world only got to read their inspiring stories because they had the courage to silence the voice of rejection.
Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl was rejected 15 times before it was published.
Carrie by American author, Stephen King, was rejected 30 times before it was published.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by American philosopher, Robert M. Pirsig, was rejected 121 times before it was published.
Dune by American science fiction writer, Frank Hebert, was rejected 23 times before it was published.
The famous writer of detective novels, Agatha Christie, had to wait four years before getting published.
The popular work of J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, was rejected 12 times before it got published.
American novelist and poet, Gertrude Stein, submitted poems for 22 years before having one published.
Gone with the Wind by American author and journalist, Margaret Mitchell was rejected 38 times before it was published.
The Thomas Berryman Number by American author, James Patterson, was rejected by 31 publishers. It won an Edgar for Best First Novel.
Finally, you have no reason to doubt me when I say that you are not alone in the school of rejections. This parcel of inspiration should take away your worries when next you encounter any form of rejection. However, I'd like you to pay attention to some truths about rejection and criticism.
The ten authors listed above produced some of the best literary works that world has ever seen and received massive approval from readers from different parts of the world. But they had their own fair share of the sour grape – rejection topped with some scathing comments from editors. If you want to be a writer, you have to brace up knowing that this is just a phase of life that will soon be over. Expect it, prepare for it and overcome it.
Even if the world of letters is your oyster, a pinch of rejection hurts. It's like the sting of a starved bee. I can imagine how it feels. After enduring hours of solitude before a blank screen, you weaved a beautiful fabric of letters and only for it to be thrown into a trash can.
If you are facing rejection from an audience, it's very important for you not to take it as a personal attack. It could be that your readers don't have interest in your work and not necessarily your personality. Rejection of your work has nothing to do with who you are as a person. Learn to separate the approval of your work from the love for your personality; they are two different entities.
It was a good call for me, I paid a visit to my grammar textbook and became more conscious when I use those words in my writing. This is just one of several instances where comments from my readers have helped improve my work. Approach criticisms with an open mind believing that you will find ways of getting better in your craft.
To navigate through the trenches of rejection without getting hurt, you may treat yourself to a short break. If you feel overwhelmed by the knocks, take a break from active writing for two weeks.
Travel to new places, hang out with friends and explore the literary works of your favorite writers. In this transient moment of recuperation, your wounds will heal and you will find the strength to write again.
In conclusion, rejection's ploy is to stop you from writing but one of the profound ways to soar above rejection is to keep writing. Consistency in writing will break the spine of your rejection letters.
Rejection is the opinion of others about your work and it should not in anyway decide your fate in life. Push hard, press on and walk through the thickets of oblivion to embrace the glamour of the limelight. In the end, it's difficult to silent or kill the writer in you if you write solely for the love of the art and not the cart of praises.
A surgeon without a scalpel has no business in an operating theatre and a sailor without a compass will soon hit an iceberg. In today's fast-paced world where we swim in a sea of distractions, a writer needs more than a pen and a paper to truly survive and stand out. Tools give leverage which translates to speed, accuracy, and efficiency in the execution of our daily projects.
There is a school of thought that believes that writing is effortless and a lazy man's job. This is why you get a weird look anytime you tell someone that you are a full-time writer. Writing is not for the fainthearted but these tools bring ease and comfort while you do what you love – writing. In 2018, there is a bevy of online tools provided by the soothing womb of technology to assist writers. All you need is to take advantage of them.
I hope these tools make life easy for you as much as they have assisted me.
If I was an affiliate marketer for Evernote, I should have raked in hundreds of dollars by now. Ever since I fell in love with Evernote in 2013, I have introduced the writing app to almost every passionate writer that crossed my path. I just can't stop talking about an app that has a variety of features such as work chat, photo editor, PDF viewer, MS Office viewer, voice recorder and many more. You can install the app both on your phone and personal computer; it syncs your work on both devices in seconds. You can create several notebooks depending on the number of projects you are presently working on.
Evernote is a must-have for spontaneous writers who would love to get their thoughts and ideas at the points of conception. In other words, I mean if a scene inspires you, take a photo or video using your Evernote, save it in a note and work on it later.
The most popular writing software is unarguably Microsoft Word but in some instances where you need to collaborate with a teammate on a project, Google Doc is a lifesaver. In December 2017, while working on a project with a friend in the United Kingdom, we had to settle for Google Doc because it allowed us to work on the project at the same time. It's beautiful and amazing! Another feature on Google Doc which I find fascinating is its ability to incorporate Google Search especially when you are looking for external hyperlinks to support your arguments and facts.
If you have read any of my articles on editing, you must have caught a glimpse of my hatred for clichés. I encourage writers to ditch clichés in their writings. This is one of the fundamental laws of writing that I learnt from the sagacious author of Animal Farm, George Orwell. Clichés and redundant statements rip off the wings of your articles, they squirm in places where they are meant to fly. Cliché finder will fish out the clichés in your writing and decorate your work in a stylish fashion.
Asides its growing popularity, it's one of the world's most accurate online grammar checker. After using your checklist for personal editing, Grammarly can assist in adding finishing touches to your article. It does more than just detect spelling errors, it contains explanatory notes that support its suggested corrections. It's a cool way to learn more about English grammar.
In addition to improving the quality of your text, the premium plan has advanced features such as plagiarism checker and vocabulary enhancement. However, the free plan will polish your writing.
If you want your writing to ride on the sophisticated wings of clarity and simplicity, then you need to run into the waiting arms of Hemingway Editor. Hemingway Writing App makes your writing bold, clear and direct. It's two in one; you can use it for writing and leverage its editing features. It calls your attention to overly long sentences, passive voices and needless adverbs. The primary goal of the web application is to make the readability of your text excellent.
If you have ever worked as a journalist, you will agree with me that it could be very challenging to transcribe recorded interviews. Transcribing is a formidable task; it saps your energy and could be nerve-racking. OTranscribe makes life easy for you. The web application is a powerful tool because of its ability to process different audio formats. Let me show you the icing on the cake; it can create text from the YouTube videos and it's all for free.
If you are a storyteller or a novelist, you will appreciate the artistic beauty of Hipstersound. It creates the sounds that characterize a real-life environment such as coffee shop, restaurant, heavy rainfall and many other fascinating scenes. In the comfort of your room, you can feel the pulse of the clumsy coffee shop and allow the garments of your imagination to get wet in the rain.
Just like a thesaurus; it is a library of synonyms and antonyms that can add variety to your writing. It's an online web application and it's free.
Time is one of the most democratically distributed resources in life but very expensive because it's irretrievable. Now, to the scary part: time is running out, you don't have any control over it, you don't have all the time and you don't even know how much you have left on this planet.
When you install RescueTime on your phone and personal computer, it will create daily reports showing your productivity levels. The productivity chart is created using data generated from the time spent on different applications on these two devices. If you binge on Netflix or YouTube, it's recorded as downtime. This can show you the lapses in your time management and hence initiate an improvement strategy.
Productivity comes at a price – discipline and effective management of distractions. Focus booster app was designed based on the Pomodoro technique and it has a proven track record of increasing productivity amidst freelancers, employees, and writers. Focus on a task for 25 minutes and get a break of 5 minutes at the end of each session. When you are done with the fourth session, you can embark on a break of 20 minutes to restrategize and plan your schedule again. I always advise people to do one thing at a time, focus booster will assist in maximizing focus and getting amazing results in a short period of time.
In conclusion, I only recommend tools that I have used personally. These tools will help you in achieving your writing goals in 2018. Let me know in the comments which tools you use in your writing that were not mentioned here. I'd love to check them out!
Editing is the magic button that can make or mar your work; it can show the beauty of your research or reveal the ugly skeletons of your laxity. The choice is yours! How often do you return from the grocery store rebuking yourself for forgetting to get an item you have always craved for? Yes, it happens to everyone especially if you don't fancy the idea of making a list of your needs. It takes about five minutes to create a checklist but we often trivialize its importance. A checklist is a lifesaver!
Are you ready to polish your work? All you need is a toolbox of tweaks and it's embedded in this checklist. It's a goldmine for all who care to learn.
Today, I have made an audacious attempt to give you an ultimate editing checklist that you can use for your writing projects. It's simple to use and void of complex theories of semantics or mechanics. If you are a freelance writer or you write for fun, this checklist will come in handy. You need an editing checklist to save you from unnecessary embarrassment especially when you are in a rush to complete a project.
When you have a piece stained with errors and mistakes, your readers tag you either as unserious or unprofessional. A single error can make a reader lose interest in your writing. It's in your interest to ensure that you present a written piece that reflects your professionalism and diligence. Writers fall into the trap of unpardonable errors because only a few consider editing as a job on its own.
Writing is beautiful and spending a lot of time on research is commendable. What justifies the number of resources you have invested in your writing is the output. However, the output is at the mercy of editing and therefore editing can't be shoved aside. It's the most crucial stage of your writing process.
The checklist will handle the basic things you should watch out for when editing; it will fine-tune the quality of your work. You can download a copy for your personal use in your future writing projects.
– Take a break – this helps you to check the written piece with fresh eyes.
– If possible, use the hard copy (printed on paper) for your editing.
Avoided tricky subject and verb agreement traps, such as "One of the girls are (is) running" or "Neither of the tires are (is) good." I have also done the same for other indefinite pronouns such as everybody, anybody, either, each and any.
Avoided pluralizing nouns that have only a singular form, such as furniture, feedback, cutlery, wheat, happiness, scenery, news, advice, lingerie, information, luggage, and bread.
Spelled out a recurring acronym at the first point of its introduction.
Substituted "said" with powerful and acceptable verbs such as: replied, whispered, answered, asked, commented, shouted, murmured, demanded, and inquired.
Deleted "that" except when it is needed for coherence.
Rewritten lengthy sentences to achieve more clarity.
Replaced all complex and ambiguous words with simple words.
Used strong nouns and verbs instead of overusing adjectives and adverbs.
After attending to the checklist, you can use a grammar spell checker software such as Grammarly or Microsoft Word Spellchecker. They detect some errors but I will advise you to be careful because they could be unreliable. For example, a spellchecker can't distinguish between nights and knights, eight and ate, there and their, and fast and feast – provided each is spelled correctly.
Therefore, it's advisable that you go through the text meticulously until you are satisfied with the flow and clarity of your words. You can use Hemingway as an editing tool for removing complex and passive sentences from your manuscript before hitting the "publish" button.
For extensive studying on editing, I recommend The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White. The book is my grammar bible and I think every serious writer should have a personal copy.
This is a free copy of the editing checklist in a pdf format. You can easily download, print and use for your personal writing projects. Simple and easy to use.
Click this link to get your free copy!