Being a team leader means knowing the nuances of the teams you'll lead. Here's a primer.
Virtual and Global Teams: What's the Difference?
Virtual teams or geographically dispersed teams share commonalities with their global cousins, but there are also some significant differences that can affect the success of the team. With the proliferation of technology and opportunities to source talent from around the world, understanding the differences in local, virtual, and global teams is a management imperative.
When setting up virtual teams, there are elements both domestic and global teams need to be successful.
Pick the right people: Plan for diversity in specializations, but remember that virtual team members will have multiple reporting lines. Virtual team members must be open to new experiences.
Choose the right technology: It's critical to recognize that work is done by people, not technology. Virtual teams are managed by people and mediated by technology, not the other way around.
Start the team off right: Define the team's purpose and vision, set specific processes for common understanding, and begin by building relationships before jumping into tasks. The team will need clear goals for work and productivity. Although a facilitator could be used to further these objectives, it's important to train the team to self-govern for success in the long-run.
Gain commitment: Make sure all team members understand their roles and responsibilities. It's important that when virtual teams work together, there is a sense of presence. Consider using photos for the people who are online, video conferencing, and other virtual collaboration tools.
Align reward systems: Different work processes require different incentives. Consider a combination of team and individual rewards for goals met.
Develop a rhythm of communication: Expectations of when and where to communicate provides some predictability in an otherwise unpredictable workflow. Mediated communication is also the primary way to build trust in virtual teams which is a difficult objective to achieve.
Developing trust is difficult when you do not know your teammates. You have not met them, after all, and you do not see them work. Managing global teams adds another layer of complexity.
Technology: Considering global teams must rely on technology to mediate tasks, it is important to be aware of the differences in technological connectivity and infrastructure in other countries. Note also that highly relationship-oriented cultures (vs. task oriented like the U.S.) might first resist the use of technology to work across borders. This difference does reinforce the need to pick the right person. Even in relationship-oriented cultures there may still be people that would jump at the opportunity to work on a global and virtual team.
Expressing Leadership: Leadership practices vary among cultures. Cross-cultural conflicts are inevitable on global teams, making the leaders, or facilitator's openness to value the team's diversity and show cultural competence is a must on global teams. Although some leadership behaviors, like "dynamism, decisiveness, and honesty" are common to most cultures, some attributes, like "ambition, formality, risk-taking and self-effacement" are valued in some cultures but not others. The role of leadership to build trust is pivotal. Not adapting to these difference could cause team failure.
Intercultural Competence: Subcultures play a big role on global teams. You might find you have more in common with your marketing counterparts in other countries than you do with your finance coworkers in your home country. It is critical that all team members understand multiple dimensions of cultural differences, so they are armed with strategies and self-awareness techniques to resolve intercultural conflicts.
Global team members need a specific set of knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed.
The qualities and strategies discussed in this section enable team development in any realm, but specifically, they create a foundation for success in global and virtual teams.
Let's start with the premise that not all teams are high performing. If this premise is true where do managers focus to lead their teams to break-through results? There are three areas to prioritize for high performing teams: people, process, and productivity. Often, we jump right to productivity then can't figure out why our teams struggle to perform.
[i] Symons and Stenzel (2007) in their article "Virtually Borderless: An Examination of Culture in Virtual Teaming" for the Journal of General Management.
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Challenges of renovating the Duchess of Sueca Palace
14 of December of 2022
Over the course of its history, the Duchess of Sueca Palace has had many lives. It was a school for the children of the servants of Charles III, the residence of Manuel Godoy and María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, a school, one of the first Civil Guard barracks in Madrid, and housing.
Today, a renovation project aims to give this historic building a new life. The project is full of challenges, and it presents a unique opportunity to work on an interesting project, one that's very different in terms of construction and full of difficulties that we overcome through teamwork.
A door to the past
The Duchess of Sueca Palace is located in the heart of Madrid in Plaza Duque de Alba. It was built at the end of the 18th century, and its name comes from the years during which it was the residence of María Teresa de Borbón and Vallabriga, the Duchess of Sueca and first wife of Manuel Godoy. Today, many know this building because its main entryway is the entrance to the Ministry of Time in the famous Spanish TV series of the same name.
When we started working on the building, three-quarters of it had already been renovated. Our job was to finish up the last part, which presented a serious case of instability at the structural level. Despite its historical importance, the building had been neglected for years, and we had to carry out major works to restore it to its former appearance and strength.
We found it necessary to demolish everything except for a small wooden structure that overlooked the central courtyard. The next step was to rebuild it, remaining as faithful as possible to the construction methods and techniques with which the original building had been erected. The National Heritage requirements and those specific to the project meant that we had to adapt to old methods of building. Therefore, we set out to look to the past and adapt our usual way of working.
The challenge of rebuilding an old building
The first step was to understand what the building's structure was like and how it had been built. We had to analyze the palace, walk around in it, study it, and get to know it. This way, we could determine how the different structural elements were formed, as well as the details of the joints and transitions from one structural element to another: these were primarily very thick brick walls with a high bearing capacity that were made from wood, using girders and overhanging beams as transitional elements.
All this means that this structure differs greatly from modern ones, where there is a tendency to thin, fine, slender structural solutions. The Duchess of Sueca Palace has brick structures measuring two feet, even two and a half in some specific areas. In my 20 years of construction experience, the most load-bearing structures I've had to carry out have been 1 foot. We had to do some research in the department's books to determine the right rig for it to act as a solid body.
The same was true of the wooden structures, which were simple but based on techniques that are no longer used. We had to keep up with a lot of details and find innovative solutions. For example, the height of the floors (up to six meters high) made it very difficult to follow traditional formwork systems.
Thanks to Miguel Ángel León's work and collaboration, as he has significant experience in renovations and woodwork, we came up with a solution based on special formwork boards that we screwed on the bottom with hardware used to stabilize the wooden structure. We did several tests to check the system's resistance, and we imitated the impact of a person's weight. We also added strut lines to have a horizontal network under the system, thereby increasing safety. The result was a success, and we also saved processes, time, and resources.
Challenges in the center of Madrid
The other major challenges of this project are related to logistics. The center of Madrid can only be accessed by medium and small vehicles and at certain times of day, which makes it difficult to bring in machinery and materials. In addition, the Duchess of Sueca's Palace has its own limitations: the only street access is its main entryway. To get to the work site, we had to cross two courtyards, one of which is quite small.
We were limited to using two-axle trucks, which meant looking for companies that could supply materials in small vehicles. All this involved many organization and planning tasks, and it sometimes increased the cost of the project. The wood, for example, had to be sent to a logistics center, and from there, it was transported to the construction site in small trucks that only allowed us to transport 8 to 10 pallets at a time.
The same was true with the concrete mixers. The only ones that could get through the courtyards were ones that could hold six cubic meters. These machines are not very productive for concrete floors, and they're uncommon. The alternative – which we had to resort to in some specific cases – was to pump concrete basically from the street into the construction site.
We also had to figure out how to get the crane inside the construction site. It was like playing Tetris: we thought about it and tried several solutions until we found a way to do it. Processes that are mere formalities for other projects were a challenge for us in this one.
A new life for the palace
Participating in this project has been a very inspiring adventure and, at the same time, quite a headache. It's a far cry from the most typical construction projects, and it requires research, testing new solutions, and looking back and building as they did in the past.
This project has also necessitated the presence of archaeologists. I got to see how they worked and how the conclusions they drew helped imagine the other lives of the palace. The excavations led us to find an ancient bayonet, which they are currently restoring and studying.
Once the construction is finished, the Duchess of Sueca Palace will have a new life that's quite different from the old ones. It is expected to house two social centers, one for families at risk of exclusion and another for the elderly.
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Audi A4 1994 left front door window goes perfectly down but cannot be closed any more. Possible there is a wire broken in the rubber tube behind door and car body. But there are a lot of wires there. Anyone known to this problem?
Well what I realised on my 97 Audi Cabriolet V6 after spending hours trying to close window I opened on evening I bought car..
I narrowed it down to the MAIN switch control in drivers door. So i unclipped each button from the main controller switch on drivers side off and just changed them around.. i.e.. So rear window switches actually controls front and visa versa..
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Climate change is a real and present danger, with current predictions estimating potentially irreversible climate change may occur within a matter of decades. As such, green or eco-friendly measures are constantly being developed, assessed and implemented to create a world in which man no longer acts as the catalyst of his own demise. In terms of altering the effects of global warming, such measures must be adopted by entire populations if any real benefit is to be derived from them.
Therefore, taking steps to address the eco-friendliness of homes is important when viewed in the wider context of the war against global warming. Although cars, aeroplanes and even cattle emit significant quantities of so-called greenhouse gases each year, the typical UK home also chips away at the Earth's protective ozone layer; in fact, British homes make up 25% of the nation's emissions. One of the most effective ways in which homes can be made greener is to invest in adequate insulation, which includes loft insulation,cavity wall insulation and double glazing or even triple glazing – doors can also be more effectively sealed in order to combat draughts.
Smart Meters will be common installations throughout homes in the UK by 2020 but, for those who do not wish to wait that long, energy monitors and readers can be purchased that show the usage of electricity in the house, which will help guide consumers on where and how best to conserve energy. Free monitoring tools such as the British Gas EnergySmart meter are useful for providing more detailed analysis. Homeowners are also advised to cash in their older boilers for brand new shiny models under the Government's new boiler scrappage scheme, whilst other measures that can be employed include purchasing water butts for the garden to store non-potable water, installing dual flush lavatory systems and replacing old shower heads with water-saving alternatives.
I think this scheme is long overdue and well done to mick for starting it all off, what i dont understand is why its not made a permanent scheme, it is far more benefitial for the homeowner and the enviroment than the car scrappage scheme.
Many people are starting to form the opinion that we are not in control of the temperature of the earth, and our attempts to reduce emissions are pointless. While i agree that we are but a small spec in comparison to the earth where we can we should look to reduce pollution. The last couple of hundred years has done a lot of damage to the environment.


The bemisUNDERGROUND's Weekend Fundraiser inspired artists, pleased crowds and brought the Benjamins out in major support of the Bemis Center's curatorial training program. Both artist participation and community response exceeded expectations, demonstrating the high level of backing for the innovative, artist-driven program. Priced at $100 each, over 2/3 of the 100+ artworks sold over the three-day event, with all three works donated by Dave Swensen, whose solo exhibition Separation, Depression, Religion and Control opens in the bemisUNDERGROUND on August 24, selling on the first day – a sneak peek for what's in store for his show!
All in all, more than 300 art lovers came out for the Art Sale and Dance Party co-presented with Tugboat Presents on Saturday night. Several DJs took their turns spinning throughout the evening, while "Red," the live art piece by Doug Hayko whose East of 72nd debuts October 12 in the UNDERGROUND, was a huge hit with fundraiser partiers, who threw paint on a live model lying on a canvas. And people snapped up raffle tickets like crazy for prizes that included a two-night stay at the Hyatt Place Hotel and several hours of tattooing and piercing at Big Brain Tattoo.
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Lorraine Motors Corporation war ein US-amerikanischer Hersteller von Automobilen.

Unternehmensgeschichte
Das Unternehmen wurde 1920 in Grand Rapids in Michigan gegründet. Es übernahm das Werk der Hackett Motor Car Company und setzte deren Produktion von Automobilen fort. Der Markenname lautete Lorraine.

1921 übernahmen David Dunbar Buick, John J. Larkin und A. H. Wyatt das Unternehmen. Buick entwarf ein neues Modell. Es ist fraglich, ob es in Serienproduktion ging. Im August 1922 endete die Produktion. Im Dezember 1922 folgte der Bankrott. Insgesamt entstanden etwa 200 Fahrzeuge.

Es gab keine Verbindungen zur Lorraine Automobile Manufacturing Company und zur Lorraine Car Company, die den gleichen Markennamen benutzten.

Fahrzeuge
Ab 1920 gab es das Model 20-A. Es hatte einen Vierzylindermotor von Herschell-Spillman mit L-Kopf und 35 PS Leistung. Das Fahrgestell hatte 290 cm Radstand. Zunächst stand nur ein Tourenwagen mit fünf Sitzen im Sortiment. 1921 folgten Limousine mit fünf Sitzen, Roadster mit zwei Sitzen und Coupé mit drei Sitzen.

Das Model 21-T hatte einen von Buick entworfenen Motor.

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Ehemaliger Pkw-Hersteller (Michigan)
Ehemaliges Unternehmen (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Gegründet 1920
Aufgelöst 1922
Produzierendes Unternehmen (Grand Rapids, Michigan)

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OnePlus is mere weeks away from unveiling its next flagship smartphone, the mid-cycle OnePlus 6T. The pictures posted on the site showed a white coloured box with OnePlus 6T written over it and inside the box, there was a blueprint image of the phone. In-display fingerprint sensors are rare in smartphones now, a handful of devices from Vivo such as Vivo X20 Plus UD, Vivo X21 and Vivo Nex and OPPO R17 come with an in-display fingerprint scanner.
Even the OnePlus India's latest teaser indicated the presence of the biometric sensor near the base.
When a phone like OnePlus 6T is around the corner, awaiting its launch, there are bound to be a lot of rumours, leaks and speculations popping up across the internet. Now, thanks to an in-depth interview with OnePlus co-founder Pete Lau, we know what the key OnePlus 6T features will be.
The leaked renders reveal that the OnePlus 6T will come with a water drop like notch which already exists on various Oppo smartphones.
Another noteworthy change in terms of the design of the OnePlus 6T is its new teardrop notched display.
The report also revealed that the OnePlus 5T was supposed to feature the technology, but the feature wasn't as fast or efficient as OnePlus wanted, so it killed the project and saved it for a later date.
Given that Lau touched on the phone's only features that OnePlus could reasonably change from OnePlus 6, including the fingerprint sensor, headphone jack, battery charging, and IP rating, we now know nearly everything there is to know about the upcoming OnePlus 6T. The device is expected to launch sometime this month, joining OnePlus' never-settling collection of flagship Android devices. The phone has also grown in size compared to its predecessor which is mainly owing to the bigger battery on the OnePlus 6T.
We expect the OnePlus 6T to come with either a 6.3-inch or a 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with 19:9 aspect ratio.


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Q: Bundle install is failing on docker when building a ruby on rails application I'm trying to create an environment for developing some Ruby on Rails applications using Docker.
I'm following the official guide for a ruby on rails application on the docker website
The following are my Gemfile, Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml.
source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'rails', '~>6'

# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
FROM ruby:latest
RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y nodejs
WORKDIR /app
COPY Gemfile /app/Gemfile
COPY Gemfile.lock /app/Gemfile.lock
RUN bundle install

# Add a script to be executed every time the container starts.
COPY entrypoint.sh /usr/bin/
RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/entrypoint.sh
ENTRYPOINT ["entrypoint.sh"]
EXPOSE 3000

# Configure the main process to run when running the image
CMD ["rails", "server", "-b", "0.0.0.0"]

version: "3.9"
services:
  db:
    image: mysql:8
    restart: always
    ports:
      - 3306:3306
    volumes:
      - dbdata:/var/lib/mysql
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: password
      MYSQL_DATABASE: app_db
      MYSQL_USER: db_user
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: db_user_pass
  web:
    build: .
    command: bash -c "rm -f tmp/pids/server.pid && bundle exec rails s -p 3000 -b '0.0.0.0'"
    volumes:
      - .:/app
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    depends_on:
      - db
volumes:
  dbdata:

The only changes I have made to the guide is to use Rails 6, the latest version of ruby and to use MySQL instead of postgres. When I try to run 'docker-compose build' I get the following error:
ERROR [7/9] RUN bundle install
#17 0.505 /usr/local/lib/ruby/3.0.0/rubygems.rb:281:in `find_spec_for_exe': Could not find 'bundler' (1.17.3) required by your /app/Gemfile.lock. (Gem::GemNotFoundException)
#17 0.505 To update to the latest version installed on your system, run `bundle update --bundler`.

The error message is clear, I don't have the correct version of bundler installed. At the bottom of my Gemfile.lock file I have the following:
RUBY VERSION
   ruby 2.5.9p229

BUNDLED WITH
   1.17.3

I had assumed that my ruby version would have been the latest version and that my Gemfile would have been bundled with > 2.0. I tried adding 'RUN gem bundle install' in my Dockerfile but that did not fix the issue. Is there a correct way I can specify docker to use the latest version of ruby, rails and bundler that are compatible with each other.

A: You can add this line before RUN bundle install in your Dockerfile:
ENV BUNDLE_VERSION 1.17.3
RUN gem install bundler --version "$BUNDLE_VERSION"

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How do you add the social links like on this demo?
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What can I do with structured data in this Kontrast Theme?
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Kontrast (V1.0.0) is best WordPress theme. And Best one for new bloggers. And it can be easily used for mobile, Pc. Thank you very much for your article.
I use the "Kontrast" theme. Really like it, but had a question. In the window with tags I don't see all my tags, only a part. Somewhere there is a limit on the number of tags? Maybe it is possible to change or even remove this restriction.
You always provide High-responsive themes. Especially new mobile themes are good to give compatible to on any device. Mobility also fine.Really Cool design including on any child themes.
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I do have a question about how it handles images – crops of the image center are shown depending on the size as set by the Kontrast theme. Is it possible to show the whole image (just scaled down to fit in the confines of the image area of the theme)? Or to at least adjust the focus of the image if that's not possible?
Thanks again for a great theme, it seems to work really well across different platforms (especially mobile).


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For those interested please let me know ASAP, last years costs were £500 approx for hotels/breakfasts/5 Evening meals/support driver and van and expect similar costs next year.
OK due to issues with travelling to Grenoble and a lack of flights available the plan now is to start and finish the trip in Avignon, the change does not alter the actual route that much and full details are as below. As cam be seen there is a lot f climbing and gives people the opportunity to bag some iconic Tour De France Cols, so don't delay get in touch if you want more details.
100kms/2439M to include MT Ventoux from Maluclene.
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If you pull out before the trip and find someone to take your space they can use your deposit, if you pull out and can not find a replacement the money will go into the Kitty.
All bikes will be able to be taken by van at the owners risk.
The van will transport all bags from Hotel to Hotel.
Costs last year were about £525 which included breakfasts and most evening meals, this should be a guide to costs for this trip.
There maybe space for 3 people to travel both ways in the van depending on numbers.
There is options of how to travel to Avignon -plane or train, this is something that I will not be arranging.
Rooms are generally twin rooms, with some triples.
Only 3 spaces left now.
Don't forget as part of the agreement in coming people are expected to marshal at least one club event during the year, we do need people to help out with the Saturday club crits so why not volunteer to assist, can be done around your racing if you also want to race.


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Common Man Turns 'Citizen Cop' in Chhattisgarh: GP Singh
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh recently launched a mobile application of the State Police Department, called 'Citizen Cop', which will help them report crime instantly and without taking the pain of visiting police stations. Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Raipur Range GP Singh, in an interview with Arpit Gupta of Elets News Network (ENN), says this will help increase people's participation in curbing crime
What is the idea behind launching the 'Citizen Cop' app?
Citizen Cop is a user-friendly mobile-based public safety application that empowers every citizen to become a powerful cop. We have seen that many a time people remain hesitant approaching police stations to report petty crime cases, as they feel it is a lengthy process. But this application would help them report the crime, lost articles and seek emergency help at the click of a button. We have developed this application in response to the concerns and needs of the citizens, so as to enlist their cooperation and participation in creating a safe, secure and crime-free society. With an aim to bring police and citizens together against crime, we have developed this influential tool that empowers common man. It can be downloaded for free on Android phones and iPhones through Google Playstore and iPhone App Store, respectively.
Should we look upon the initiative as the beginning of the era of 'smart policing'?
With the advent of technology, the police department is also going high-tech and hopefully, the Citizen Cop application will prove to be an effective tool for every citizen, to communicate with the police establishment. It will also help in establishing a relationship of trust with and gaining confidence of the citizens. The Citizen Cop app enables user to store four mobile numbers in it. If you are feeling unsafe or need assistance, it will alert all the four people in just one click. They will also get information about your geographical location instantly. So, people will now be more aware of security threats and will be able to save themselves from unnecessary hassles of visiting police stations.
What unique features does 'Citizen Cop' offer?
The mobile app offers 12 unique services, namely Report an Incident, Call Police, Call Administration, SoS Help, My Safe Zone, Fare Calculation, Towing Vehicles, Vehicle Search, News Update, Report Lost Articles, My Close Group and Emergency Call. Using My Safe Zone tool, one can flag a safe zone on Google map by geo-fencing its boundary. Vehicle Search option can help the user get details of any vehicle, like its owner, model information and more. Emergency Call option provides a list of all emergency numbers, while Help Me option has been created especially for women safety. Report Lost Article will allow the user to report any lost article/documents in the State/ City and Towing Vehicle Search provides information regarding location of towed away vehicles.
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Regional Health Command Europe
RAMSTEIN, GERMANY-- Veterinary Medical Center Europe veterinarians trained flight nurses and technicians of the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron on treatment and management of military working dogs last week at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
Military working dog training is a new item on the contingency medical readiness program, a yearly review of a flight nurse and technician's skills, to assure they are up to date with their trainings.
"In today's world, military working dogs are essential to carry out the broad majority of our missions," said Maj. Renee Krebs, a surgeon at Veterinary Medical Center Europe. "We rely heavily on our MWDs for target odor detection, such as explosives and drugs, in combat operations abroad and installation security at home," We need to ensure that flight nurses and technicians know how to properly evacuate them from combat zones and care for them during the flight."
The 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron provides airlift support and aeromedical evacuation to the European and African areas of responsibility.
This was the first time the 86th AES received the training, which helped flight medics and nurses become more familiar with handling and management, evaluation and treatment, and understanding the vital signs of military working dogs.
"We see a move from a clinical to a more battlefield focused mindset," said Capt. David O'Brien, flight nurse with the 86th AES. "This also includes MWDs, since we utilize them during our missions. We routinely pick up [human] patients and care for them during the flight to maintain stability of the patient as we evacuate them to immediate medical care, but military working dogs are less common."
Injured MWDs are typically accompanied by a handler. The training helped the flight care team to gain familiarity with procedures, and to help and assist, rather than hinder, a handler during a flight.
"Evacuating an MWD is a low volume, high risk procedure." said O'Brien.
The training highlighted the difference between medical care and veterinary care.
"Approaching a dog is much different than approaching a human, learning how to pick up on body language and nonverbal hints helped a lot," explained O'Brien. "During flights we check the vital signs of our patients and with the help of hero dog, a dog like mannequin, we were taught how to do that on dogs."
The veterinarians and the 86th AES are looking forward to working together in the future.
"Our goal is to draft real-life cases, medical scenarios, in which we show how we operate and have the flight nurses assist us," Krebs said.
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elements: renunciation, bodhicitta, and a correct view of emptiness.
things and objects appear to our mind is not the way they really are.
object as it really is, does not confuse the truth of reality with appearances.
appearances; we think truth exists in the way something appears.
the reality of phenomena without being confused by looking for truth in appearances.
three together, it is difficult to make any progress in spiritual practice.
conventional reality, when our five senses are actively engaged.
moves from an intellectual understanding to an experiential understanding.
it contains the first bhumi.
understanding becomes deeper. "Bhumi" is a Sanskirt word meaning levels or stages.
levels of the realization of emptiness.
The other nine bhumis belong to the fourth path, the Path of Meditation.
bhumi to bhumi only through the meditative experience.
circumstances. That's considered enough. The individual can abide in that state forever.
But subtle remnants of self remain; so focus on enlightenment; don't stay!
progressing from the Path of Meditation to the Path of No More Learning.
it more effectively diminishes the subtle residue of duality.
exist, but the mind and awareness don't separate from emptiness. So, there is no duality.
reality have also become one. There are no contradictions in the mind or perceptions.
understand how conventional and ultimate reality could become one.
think a cup is all cup, or it is not a cup.
called dharmakaya or truth body.
need to interact with the physical world, rather than abide in the bliss of nirvana.
the ultimate goals of Buddhist spiritual practice.
Question: Nirvana occurs before dharmakaya?
nirvana you have remnants of self, you don't reach out to others, right?
interact with the physical world. As a result, they choose to rest in the bliss of nirvana.
Question: So we're trying to figure out, do you want to skip nirvana?
you have the ability to rest or abide in the bliss of nirvana, but you chose not to do so.
You pass through nirvana, through, yes. You want to continue.
Question: So it's a way station, not a destination.
nirvana. You will reach nirvana to get to the Path of No More Learning.
Question: So the act of turning away from nirvana is selfless.
Answer: Smell it. Love it. Then go.
steps and need to look back. Don't do that; that's attachment.
Question: In the fifth path, are you constantly in a meditative state?
Answer: Yes, constant meditative state.
Answer: Yes, you are in a meditative state, but you can still go the supermarket.
you lose the meditative experience when interacting with the world.
meditative state, is there a need to sit down and meditate?
No, no. There is no time separating the meditative and non-meditative experience.
Answer: No, no, it's not needed.
worrying about enlightenment? Isn't getting through the day enough?
then there's no need to worry about the attainment of nirvana or enlightenment.
If one is fully satisfied with life, there is no need.
we have delusions, we won't have room for everlasting peace.
happiness, then you are right, there is no need for enlightenment. I'm serious now.
examine this, we see the happiness itself becomes the cause of the new problems.
problem. When we're moving from the old problem to the new problem, we get a break.
Answer: Yes, it is the highest goal.
Nirvana is a state of everlasting bliss, a state of total release from our minds.
Enlightenment is blissful awareness of the omniscient mind.
Buddhism, when we talk about duality, there are four types of duality.
The first duality: Seeing the object and the perceiver as separate.
The second duality: We see whatever we see through our generic images.
This prevents us from seeing the unique freshness of an object.
person, so it is difficult to forgive.
past experiences. This can be eliminated by mastering shamata meditation.
responses to the physical, material world.
emotional response of attraction in us.
attractive. That's not the case, which proves attractiveness is not part of the object.
So the third duality is seeing an inherent quality in the object.
separate entities, as two different tastes.
Question: Can you name some of the delusions?
to the realm you are in.
we forget or fail to take care of our inner, emotional well-being.
pleasures and the inner, emotional world.
feeling of joy or sorrow. That realm has 36 delusions.
such as anger or attachment. You are asking what else.
Most of us, we have a habit of looking out for No. 1. This is selfish grasping.
and energy. Every existing phenomenon is either mind or matter or energy.


MOSCOW (Reuters)—Moscow said the European Union should halt talks on a proposed Caspian Sea pipeline to carry natural gas to Europe, characterising the bloc's involvement in the project that would by-pass Russia as "meddling" that could add to tensions in the region.
The 27-member bloc agreed on Monday to kick off negotiations to secure a pipeline deal with Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan – two of the five states bordering the Caspian Sea — to allow gas from the region, which has the world's fourth-largest reserves, to flow directly to Europe.
An agreement would boost the EU-backed Nabucco pipeline project — to build a pipeline between Turkey and Austria — aimed at reducing the bloc's dependence on Russia for a quarter of its natural gas supplies. Russian gas deliveries to Europe have been interrupted as a result of chronic disputes with transit state Ukraine.
"Outside attempts to meddle in affairs in the Caspian… could very seriously complicate the situation in this region (and) negatively affect the ongoing five-party negotiations on the Caspian Sea's legal status," the Russian Foreign Ministry said on its website.
Russia and the other Caspian Sea littoral states — Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan — have been locked in sensitive talks over dividing claims to the sea's huge hydrocarbon reserves currently regulated by Soviet-era agreements.
Nabucco is among several pipelines schemes, including Russia's South Stream project, competing to build a trans-Caspian link with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.
Russia has long-term agreements to buy gas from Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, former Soviet Union republics, which it views as part of its traditional sphere of influence.
Analysts say the Caspian Sea states only produce enough gas to fuel one of the costly new trans-Caspian pipeline projects.
Russia's response is quite expected. Europe must have foreseen it. Of course, Russia would not want Europe to try to break free from Russian monopoly of gas supplies to Europe. Heeding Russia's warning would amount basically saying: "Yes, please continue planning to use gas as leverage on us." Energy security is paramount to any country. Europe has finally recognized Azerbaijan's importance in that regard. And kudos to Azerbaijan for getting their interest. Now Russia can do nothing to Baku. Because at stake would be European energy security. On the other hand, unlike any other country of former USSR, Armenia remains joined-at-hip with Russian. Allying yourself with a losing horse is not a bright idea. Russia is just such a loser. Its only source of major income is its natural resources, like any other developing country. Russia is no match for the West. Don't believe me? See the Cold War result.
Allying Armenia with Turkey is a WORST idea. A country that HONORS leaders who put to death millions of its innocent Christian children & women to death. Even religious fanatical Iran has treated its Christians better.
That's the way Russia. Now you are making sense.
is next! After "Communizm" has fallen, your folks are next on line! So don't mess with the rising Bear!!
Calouste Gulbenkian not only founded but owned mosf of the Azeri oil fields that the Azeris and Communists stole from him. The family of Calouste Gulbenkian should sue the Azeri government and the European oil companies that are working in Azerbajan. An autobiography of Calouse Gulbenkian published by the Gulbenkian Foundation tells the whole history.
I read an article by Zhores Medvedev Men Russia'sOil " temporary or terminal crisis in which he claims that there is oil in the valley of the Terter River in Nagorno Karabagh. The Azeris may know that oil deposits exist there and this may be the major drive for their wanting to steal back Nagorno-Karabagh. The Armenian government should start recruiting some professional petrologists to seriously evaluate this.
Ideally the Russians should provide Armenia with the best Russian equipment so that they can invade portions of Azerbajan to cut off the oil pipeline going to Europe.
The village of Maragha in the Mardakert region of the NKR has oil according to the Aisor newspaper in Armenia. The village of Maragha was the site of the Maragha massacre and Armenian parlimentarian Larisa Alaverdyan stated that the Maragha massacre was done to get remove the Armenians so that the Azeris could get the oil. Armenia and the NKR need to have strong defenses in the Mardakert region especially near the village of Maragha to protect Armenian oil interests.Mardakert is key to Armenia and the NKR's economic growth.
If the European Uniion were smart they would build a trans-Mediterranean pipeline from Libya , Algeria and Tunisia to Europe to supply them oil. Lot cheaper and lot more secure. It is obvious that the European Union has some very incompetant leadership in Spain , Sweden and Italy who support Turkish entry into the EU. If they are that unwise to let Turkey in, then they deserve to get what is coming to them, an Islamofacist invasion of Europe, the exact plan the Turks have had for a 800 years but were unable to accomplish on their own.
I like the Italians but I don't know why they allowed Berlesconi to serve for such a long time instead of supporting a true gentlemen and intellectual like Mr. Prodi who was a very high class man. Berlesconi was involved in one scandal after another and he even has ties to the Mafia and Italian facists involved in all types of criminal activities.


There is nothing more precious across time than friendship, respect and excellence, the values of the Olympic Games. In their birthplace, Olympia, you will have the chance to live the ancient Greek past and revive its depth and spirituality. You will also be able to indulge yourselves in the beauty of the area, as the region of Elis embraces the Foloi Forest, believed to be home to the mythical Centaurs and Dryads, the forest fairies who hosted Hercules while searching for the Erymanthian boar.
You will have the opportunity to attend family-friendly guided tours in Ancient Olympia, participate in "digging" activities with kids, visit the Archimedes Museum of Ancient Greek Technology, as well as live family experiences in nature, such as hiking in the unique ecosystems of lake Kaiafas and the Foloi forest, and mingle with locals in the farms and the wineries of the wider area.


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2022 Brewers Starting Pitching Swoon
By Duhawk Steve on Dec 8, 2022, 3:25pm CST +
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2022 was obviously a very disappointing and frustrating season. Fans came into the season with high expectations, after an easy NL Central title. Still, there was a feeling of pessimism, after a disappointing first round exit from the 2021 playoffs. The team did not make any major off season moves but still had what appeared to be an elite pitching staff and were favored to win the division. It turned out not to be that way. The Brewers failed to make the playoffs by a game and a half and lost out on the division by seven games.
As we enter the meat of another off season that has yet to see any substantial changes to the roster, it is helpful to understand what really went wrong in 2022. The narrative throughout last off season was that the Brewers pitching may be enough to carry them to the playoffs, but their offense was likely to let them down. In the end, it was exactly the opposite.
In 2021, the Crew was 3rd in runs allowed and 12th in runs scored.
In 2022 they were 17th in runs allowed and 10th in runs scored.
The offense actually improved its relative standing over their 95 win NL Central title winning team. The pitching, on the other hand, cratered. Why exactly did that happen? Many would look at the Josh Hader trade and think that perhaps the bullpen was the culprit. However, that does not appear to be the case:
The relievers didn't change all that much:
2021 RP: 4.02 ERA (ERA - of 96) with 27 blown saves for a 3.2 WAR
2022 RP: 3.94 ERA (ERA- of 97) with 29 blown saves for a 2.5 WAR
Instead, it was the starting pitchers that led to the downfall:
2021 SP: 3.13 ERA (ERA- of 75) over 847.2 IP for a 20.2 WAR
So why was their pitching so much worse in 2022 than 2021? Two reasons: (1) injury, (2) regression.
This is where a reader might say, "Obviously, those are always the two reasons." The reader would be right. But I think there is something enlightening within these two broad explanations for the struggles of the Brewers rotation.
First, let's look at the injuries. In 2021, the three-headed monster of Corbin Burnes, Brandon Woodruff and Freddy Peralta combined to start 85 games and throw 488.2 IP. In 2022 that number fell to 77 starts and 431.2 IP. Additionally, the durability of the backend starters was not the same. In 2021 a total of 7 starts were made by people outside the six-man rotation. In 2022 that number was 16.
If you were to give the 2022 Brewers the same injury luck as the 2021 Brewers, their starting pitching rotation would have gone from 3.75 ERA to 3.68 and the starting pitcher WAR would have gone from 12.5 to 13.2.
Wait, that is not nearly the jump I was expecting. It seems like injury luck didn't have nearly as much to do with it as I thought (at least not in the direct way, there are other ways injuries may have hurt the Crew which I will discuss later).
That leaves the second cause: regression. Every Brewers pitcher got worse from 2022 to 2021:
This is the major culprit. The Brewers went from a five man rotation with everyone posting an ERA- under 80 to only three of the five doing so. At the top, the three headed monster went from a Cerebus that could only be overcome as the final labor in an epic quest (16.2 fWAR), to Fluffy a monster, sure, but one that could be bested by simply playing a harp (11.2).
Another main point of regression was in the Brewers sixth starter. Brett Anderson performed admirably in what would end up his final season as a big leaguer (though it appears he has not officially retired). His 101 ERA- and 0.9 fWAR look exceptional compared to Aaron Ashby's 110 and 0.5 last year.
It is interesting to note that while FIP is a better indicator of future performance, all of the pitchers listed above also put up a worse FIP in 2022, with the lone exception being Freddy Peralta who had the biggest inning drop-off (from 140 to 76). Outside of Freddy, only the bad FIPs posted by Adrian Houser and Aaron Ashby point to an ERA that may turn back around.
Using the reverse of the method from part 1 (above):
If the Brewers maintained the 2022 injury luck but had the 2021 level of performance, they would have gone from a 3.75 ERA to 3.17 and a 12.5 fWAR to 19.7.
Comparing the two, you can see that injury luck cost the Brewers about 1 WAR, whereas regression cost the Brewers 7! Some of that regression was to be expected, you don't expect Corbin Burnes to be a 9.1 fWAR pitcher, but to get regression from every spot in the entire pitching staff was certainly disappointing.
Also, as I stated above, some of this regression is intertwined with the injury challenges the Crew faced. In 2021, they were able to go with a six man rotation for nearly all of the season. In 2022, the major injury to Freddy Peralta and untimely injuries to Adrian Houser did not allow them to do so. This may have contributed to some of Corbin Burnes's regression. Furthermore, the stop/start nature of Brandon Woodruff's and Adrian Houser's seasons may have prevented them from performing up to their abilities.
Regardless, for the 2023 Brewers to be successful, they are going to need to have their pitchers look a lot more like 2021 than 2022.
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Entertainment Movie Reviews 27 Apr 2019 Premier Padmini movi ...
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Premier Padmini movie review: Sensibly real
DECCAN CHRONICLE. | SHASHIPRASAD S.M.
Published Apr 27, 2019, 11:02 am IST
Updated Apr 27, 2019, 11:06 am IST
Honest writing apart from sticking to 'reel basics', has resulted in sheer excellence.
Premier Padmini still.
Director: Ramesh Indira
Cast: Jaggesh, Madhoo, Ramesh Indira, Pramod Panju, Sudharani, Vivek Simha, Hita Chandrashekar & others
For ages, various forms of art has been primarily viewed as reflection of what exists in real life. Amongst them, motion pictures enjoys the privilege of showcasing realities along with the work of fiction, most of which are meant to entertain the audience. On the similar lines, here is a movie which serves its purpose through brilliantly etched characters, and hence 'Premier Padmini' marks as one of the most sensible movie in Kannada to hit the screens in the recent past.
Honest writing apart from sticking to 'reel basics', has resulted in sheer excellence. It is coupled with outstanding performances, right from Jaggesh, who is known for his versatility to the rest of the cast especially Pramod Panju as a personal driver.
On the outset, it is the troubled relationships which drives this 'vehicle of life'. In the driver's seat, it is Vinayaka (Jaggesh), a middle aged person, is facing a personal crisis whose marriage is on the brinks of divorce. Whereas, his wife (Madhoo) who has compatible issues with Vinayaka, is eager to start a new life with her new found wealthy partner.
On the other side, a young couple grow closer to each other. In between, a woman who cares for Vinayaka, a neighbour of his keeps things interesting. The crux of it is the cluster of relationships and the harsh realities it comes attached with anticipation and expectations.
The reel beauty of this tale lies in its wonderfully written script, the crisp editing and apt dialogues which elevates the essence of what it intends to focus on - life. Every character has its own relevance and they are well poised, and also justify their stand from their own perspective. There are no antagonists as such but it is referred through circumstances which lead to personal chaos.
Amongst the most intelligent depiction is that of the character of a daughter on how she deals with her life after being physically abused by her own father! Her character rightly says in the movie that bad memories are like 'dead bodies', which needs to be buried or burnt rather than carrying them all along. Life moves on, and so is this sensible tale which certainly moves the audience in the end.
Tags: premier padmini, premier padmini movie, premier padmini movie review, ramesh indira, jaggesh, madhoo
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by mynorthmedia | Feb 21, 2014 | Counties, Events, Towns
On Thursday, February 27th, Traverse City's National Writers Series will host Kelly Corrigan, the New York Times bestselling author of Lift and The Middle Place. Rich Fahle, founder and CEO of Bilbliostar.tv, will join Corrigan on stage to moderate the evening's proceedings. Her recently published memoir, Glitter and Glue, was the topic of an interview that Fahle conducted with Corrigan in 2013, and an excerpt of that interview is featured below. For the entirety of the interview, please visit YouTube.com.
Corrigan: People who read The Middle Place will know that I have this close relationship with my father. If we were strangers and met each other we would be best, best friends.
Fahle: Greenie.
Corrigan: Greenie. I think many people feel that way about Greenie. He is just an easy person to be around. And my mother, conversely, is just a different kind of person. She is not trying to make you like her. She doesn't need any new friends. She has a great routine that she likes to do each and every day. And, for the first 35 years of my life I was trying to change her. Make her more like my father. More lovable. I wanted to change her interface. I got over it. So, Glitter and Glue—the title, comes from this expression my mom always says which is, "Your father's the glitter but I'm the glue." The older I get, the longer I've been married and the older my children get the more I have a sense of how she balanced the equation. You cannot have glitter and glitter. You cannot have, I hope no one has, glue and glue because that would be a little intense.
Fahle: I don't think that Greenie, your dad, could be the glitter without somebody being the glue.
Corrigan: I think people enable each other. I also think people more than enable each other they kind of create each other. You adjust to the reality of you partner in this parenting game. If Edward is really frustrated with one of the girls I'm one that says, "Oh, she's is fine. Trust me. I went on a field trip. They're all like that. They're all crazy." But if I feel like he's not taking the situation seriously enough and I say, "Edward, I think we need to talk to her. I think this is the third lie she's told in three days. I think she could be a deceitful human being." And then he talks me down off the ledge.
Fahle: The wonderful thing about Glitter and Glue is that you get to write about her [your mom]. She's here. She gets to hear it. But that said, glue people aren't always comfortable with their life being on display like that. How does your mom feel?
Corrigan: She loves it. She loves it. I waited a long time to show it to her because I knew from the first two books that things change a lot from each edit. I wasn't entirely sure that she wouldn't fall in love with some chapter that was then going to end up getting cut…by me. And then her saying, 'What about this story. You know. About me and my girlfriends at the beach. Why'd you cut that?" So I kept waiting and waiting and waiting.
Fahle: She knew you were writing it?
Corrigan: Yes. And she kept saying, "When am I going to see this book. I want to see this book." I think she thought I was going to hoodwink her. That I was going to give it to her the day before it went to press. I sent it to her finally. It took her like nine days to get back to me. You don't think she read that thing cover to cover the minute she got it? Everyday I am thinking this can not be good. She got back and said, "I love it. I love it" I said, "You do?" And she said, "I do." Then she just had one correction…
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Das Willibald-Gluck-Gymnasium ist ein staatliches Gymnasium in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz benannt nach dem Oberpfälzer Komponisten Christoph Willibald Gluck und wurde 2015 nach Plänen des Pilsacher Architekturbüro Berschneider + Berschneider errichtet. Im Schuljahr 2018/2019 zählte das Gymnasium 139 haupt- und nebenamtliche Lehrkräfte (inkl. Studienreferendare im Zweigschuleinsatz), 16 bzw. 25 Studienreferendare in der Seminarausbildung und 1272 Schüler in 37 Klassen. Gemessen an seinen Schülerzahlen ist es eines der größten Gymnasien der Oberpfalz und eines der größten in Bayern.

Geschichte
Die Schule ging 1965 aus der "Oberrealschule mit Gymnasium" (Gründung: 1874) hervor, welche sich am heutigen Theo-Betz-Platz befand. An dieser Stelle befindet sich heute das Sonderpädagogische Förderzentrum (SFZ), eine Förderschule für lernbehinderte Kinder.

Als in den 1970er Jahren aufgrund der hohen Schülerzahlen Raumprobleme auftraten, wurde an der Dr.-Grundler-Straße ein Neubau errichtet, der 1977 bezogen wurde.

Aus dem naturwissenschaftlichen Zweig entstand das Willibald-Gluck-Gymnasium, aus dem altsprachlichen Zweig entstand das Ostendorfer-Gymnasium in direkter Nachbarschaft.

Wegen des seit der Gründung andauernden Schülerzuwachses wurde von 1997 bis 1999 ein Anbau errichtet. Im Schuljahr 2006 wurde eine Mensa gebaut, die gemeinsam mit dem Ostendorfer-Gymnasium genutzt wird. Seit dem Schuljahr 2015/2016 findet der Unterricht im Neubau in der Woffenbacher Str. 33 statt. Es wurde ab 2013 nach Plänen von Johannes und Gudrun Berschneider errichtet.

Schulleben
Das Gymnasium bietet ab der 8. Jahrgangsstufe die Ausbildungsrichtungen naturwissenschaftlich-technologisches Gymnasium (NTG) und wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftliches Gymnasium (WSG) an und nahm am Schulversuch Europäisches Gymnasium III teil. Ab der 10. Jahrgangsstufe ist es möglich, eine Fremdsprache abzuwählen und dafür Spanisch zu nehmen.

Es ist eine Seminarschule für die Fächer Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Wirtschaft und Recht, Wirtschaftsinformatik, Geographie, Chemie und Biologie.

Jedes Jahr findet am Donnerstag vor den Weihnachtsferien ein Weihnachtsbasar mit anschließendem Konzert statt. Alle Einnahmen werden für einen gemeinnützigen Zweck gespendet.

Die Schule ist berechtigt, das MINT-EC-Zertifikat an Absolventen zu verleihen.

Statistik
Am Ende des Schuljahres 2018/2019 waren 1261 Schüler angemeldet, davon 61,7 % männlich und 38,3 % weiblich. 59,6 % der Schüler waren römisch-katholisch und 23,6 % evangelisch. Die restlichen 16,81 % gehörten einer anderen Konfession oder Religion an oder waren bekenntnislos.

Als zweite Fremdsprache ab der 6. Jahrgangsstufe wurde Französisch von 50,7 % der Schüler gewählt, Latein von 49,3 %. Ab der 10. Jahrgangsstufe wurden 22,5 % in Spanisch als 3. Fremdsprache unterrichtet. Das Wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftliche Gymnasium mit wirtschaftlichem Profil hatte 54,7 % der Schüler, das Naturwissenschaftlich-technologische Gymnasium 45,3 %.

Das Gymnasium hat eine überregionale Bedeutung, wie die Verteilung der Heimatorte der Schüler zeigt (nur bei mehr als 30 Schülern):

 Neumarkt: 515
 Berg: 118
 Berngau: 33
 Freystadt: 55
 Postbauer-Heng: 117
 Pyrbaum: 79
 Burgthann: 89
 Deining: 62
 Lauterhofen: 36
 Pilsach: 37
 Sengenthal: 34

Partnerschulen
Laut Jahresbericht 2007/2008 hat das Gymnasium folgende Partnerschulen:
 Lyceé Murat, Issoire (Frankreich)
 Institution Sévigné, Issoire (Frankreich)
 Collège Verrière, Issoire (Frankreich)
 Ursuline College, Margate (England)
 Hermitage Academy, Helensburgh (Schottland)
 Minerva Centro Studi, Liceo Linguistico e Artistico Leon Battista Alberti, Piombino (Italien)
Außerdem im Rahmen des Comenius-Projekts:
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BULLETIN 15 APRIL 2012
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR 2
Mass at 10.00 am for Mary Gribben and Lily Dunne
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Chris McManus
Sunday Mass at 12 noon for Gus Slimman
Monday 16 April
Mass at 10.00 am for Father Gabriel - first anniversary
Requiem Mass for Alice Lynn at 10.00 pm in Saint Mary's Church, Saltcoats
Mass at 10.00 am for Father Jerry Sheehy
Mass at 10.00 am for William Main
Thursday 19 April
Requiem Mass at 7.00 pm for Michael McCann
Mass at 10.00 am for Annie O'Hare Paton
Mass at 10.00 am for Francis and Sarah Coulter
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Jane and Archie McFarlane
12 noon to 1.00 pm
7.00 to 9.00 pm Parents and Toddlers
Saint Anne's Guild
Keep Fit
6.00 pm to 7.00 pm
Bokwa
7.30 to 9.00 pm Dancing Class
1.00 pm Private Function
Bill Buckeridge and Tony Dent who died recently;
Kevin Doherty 1979; Ann McEvoy 1980, Kathleen O'Donnell 2011, Francis Joseph Smith 1999, Jean Taylor 2006,
Cliff Atkey 2000, Jean Robertson 2009, Mary Ann Walsh 1955, Noelle Collins 2007, Francis Coulter 1976,
Marie McCarroll 1982, William Main 2007, Jessie Stevens 2000, Joseph Stevens 1993, Robert Tracy 2004,
James McCool 2009, Jane Tumilty 1983, Margaret Kelly 2011, Agnes McCann 1970, Mary McKay 1980,
Rosina Millar 1999, Annie Paton 2009, Ellen Smith 2009, Philomena Doherty 2001, Richard Hunter 2010,
Ida Narducci 2008 and Adam Whiston 1968 whose anniversaries occur at this time and those who are sick.
If a member of your family or a friend is sick, please let us know and give us the details. Father Chambers (01563 533587)
is the chaplain to Crosshouse Hospital and Canon Keegans (01292 263488) is the chaplain to Ayr Hospital. The priest on
call can be contacted through the ward.
If deceased members of your family are not on our anniversary list, please tell Canon Matt, the parish office or contact
WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net.
Last weekend's Offertory collection amounted to £986.70 - many thanks. We are grateful for your generous support of the parish and the diocese to which we pay a monthly levy of £1250.
GOOD FRIDAY COLLECTION FOR THE HOLY PLACES
Good Friday's collection for the Holy Places amounted to £276.10 - many thanks.
BANKER'S ORDERS
Have you thought of using a Bankers Order? It assists us with the safe handling of cash. Banker's Orders for the Parish and Centre amount to an average of £3800 per month. Forms are available.
New collection envelopes for 2012-13 are now available at the stall.
Have you signed a Gift Aid Form? If you pay tax, then every £1 you give to the Parish is worth £1.28 to us. Forms are available.
Would you consider remembering Saint Peter's in your will?
Next weekend's readers are Margaret Munn at 5.30 pm, Robert Cooper at 10.00 am and Ronnie Cairns at 12 noon.
Next weekend's altar servers are Group 2 at 5.30 pm, Group 4 at 10.00 am and Group 6 at 12 noon.
Next Sunday's teas will be served by Saint Peter's School team.
Well done to all the children who worked very hard on the Easter Display and thank you to all the volunteers who assisted. The work is now displayed around the Church and on the Parish website. Next Sunday's Children's Liturgy helpers are Elaine Shaw and Maria Paterson for the pre-5s, Michelle Morton and Ann Cassidy for primaries 1 and 2, Jacqueline Smith and Michelle Millar for primary 3 and Sharon McLaughlin and Lorraine Cullinane for Primary 4. The Children's Liturgy is run by volunteers on a rota basis. We are in need of more volunteers for the coming August session. Anyone can volunteer! As it takes a little time to gain disclosure, we need to think ahead. Please consider becoming a volunteer, especially if your child is currently in Primary 3 as they will be taking part in the Sacramental Preparation next year or if your child will be joining our three to five year olds Liturgy Group in August. If you are interested, please contact the Parish Office on 464063.
SAINT BRIDGET'S CHURCH, KILBIRNIE
Saint Bridget's Church celebrates its one-hundred and fiftieth anniversary this year. As part of the celebration, there will be an exhibition of photographs of the Church and Saint Bridget's School in Kilbirnie Library in the town's Avils Place. It runs for a month starting on Tuesday 10 April. More details can be seen at www.GerardBoyle.com.
There will be a public meeting in Ardrossan Civic Centre on Tuesday 17 April at 7.00 pm to discuss the redevelopment of the Castlehill area and the Castle and to hear of new partnership working with North Ayrshire Council.
CHURCH REPAIRS
We have a lot of maintenance to take care of. We have any number of leaks and the Church needs painting. Brown envelope donations of £180 bring the total to £1739.50.
AYRSHIRE HOSPICE LAND O'BURNS MIDNIGHT WALK
You are invited to join Frank Bruno MBE in the Land o' Burns Sponsored Midnight Walk on Saturday 19 May, Ayrshire Hospice's largest community fundraiser when you will have the choice of completing either the full route of thirteen miles or shortened versions of around nine or four miles starting and finishing at Ayr Racecourse. There will be lots of entertainment before and during the walk and a welcomed revival coffee and bacon roll at the end. For further information or to register for the walk please call the Fundraising Office on 01292 288488 or visit www.ayrshirehospice.org.
USED PRINTER CARTRIDGES AND OLD MOBILE PHONES
There is a large green box in the foyer of the Parish Centre and a small box at the stall where you can place all old printer cartridges and mobile phones for us to recycle. Through recycling these we can raise some much needed funds. Thanks.
SAINT MATTHEW'S ACADEMY PARENT COUNCIL
The Parent Council of Saint Matthew's Academy, Saltcoats requires a clerk for its monthly meetings. The rate is £7.50 per hour and meeting, preparation and writing-up time amount to four hours per month. Meeting are on a Monday evening in the Academy. Full details are available from from Michael Sharkey on SharkeyM@hotmail.co.uk.
WALKING WITH THE POOR
Father Martin Chambers has written a book called Walking With The Poor giving information on his time in South America. The book is on sale at £8 and all proceeds are for his Mission Project.
The 1st Ardrossan Brownies are looking for new members. Girls aged between seven and ten are welcome to join the group which meets in Stanley School on Mondays from 6.00 to 7.30 pm. Please contact Maria Paterson on or phone 07946 143850 for more information. The 3rd Ardrossan Brownies are also looking for new members. Girls aged between seven and ten are welcome to join the group which meets in Saint Peter's Parish Centre on Thursdays from 6.00 to 7.30 pm. Please contact Coral Brady or phone 07950 231241 for information.
Papal Blessings for a wedding, wedding anniversary or a special birthday can be ordered at the stall. The price of the parchment and postage has gone up drastically. We now have to ask £40 for the Blessing. Please leave plenty of time.
NEW MISSAL
New Missals containing the new Rite are now available at the stall £7.99 or £9.99.
LARGE PRINT MASS BOOKS
Mass Books in Polish are available from the stall. Sunday Readings in most European languages can be printed from the parish website.
Are you visiting us for Mass? Please know that you are very welcome. During the 10.00 am Mass there is a Children's Liturgy provided for preschool children, children in Primaries 1 to 3 and a Sacramental Programme for children in Primary 4. After the 10.00 am Mass, tea, coffee cakes and buns are available in the Parish Centre. At all of our weekend Masses, we have a second collection for our Parish Centre debt.
SUNDAY LUNCH FOR SENIOR PARISHIONERS
A Sunday Lunch for senior parishioners will be held on Sunday 22 April at 1.00 pm in the Parish Centre. It needs to be on a 'first come, first served' basis and it is for senior parishioners and carer if required. Tickets are now available to pick up at the stall or the Parish Office. They can be reserved by phoning the Parish Office on 464063. We are glad provide this for our senior citizens at no cost.
SACRAMENTS OF CONFIRMATION AND FIRST COMMUNION
We have chosen three Sundays this year because of the number of children being presented for the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Communion. The dates are Sundays 13, 20 and 27 May at the 10.00 am Mass.


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Spring in 2019 in Northern Virginia brought just the right amount of precipitation, and the air temperature warmed slowly and stayed in comfortable ranges for weeks. Consequently, spring flowers lasted for a long time, unlike years when the temperatures rise too quickly.
One plant that benefitted was Consolida ajacis, also known as rocket larkspur. At Green Spring Gardens, larkspur was a standout in garden beds, and we received many inquiries for the name of "that tall blue, purple, lavender … flowering plant out by the gazebo, in front of the glass house, by the traffic circle, etc."
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Consolida ajacis is native to Europe and Asia but was introduced to North America, perhaps by European settlers, and has naturalized in North America. It is grown as an ornamental plant in flower beds, as a cut flower and for drying. It's not a plant commonly sold in pots in nurseries because it does not transplant well, however, seeds are available through catalogues.
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Two species of larkspur are native to Virginia and, unlike Consolida ajacis, are perennials. The first, Delphinium tricorne, sometimes referred to as dwarf larkspur, is a spring ephemeral that breaks dormancy and flowers in early to mid-spring, then returns to dormancy when temperatures rise. It grows in woodlands where it takes advantage of spring sun before the tree canopy leafs out, but it still benefits from some shade. It has blue, sometimes white, and sometimes blue and white flowers, and it grows one to two feet in height. The second native species, Delphinium exaltatum, also known as tall larkspur, prefers full sun and blooms in summer. It can grow from 4 to 6 feet tall and has beautiful blue flowers. In hot, humid areas it does appreciate some afternoon shade.
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Author Alda Krinsman is the Garden Gate Plant Shop Coordinator at Green Spring Gardens.
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