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Lighthouse school shines following inspection
(CNS): The Lighthouse School was described as "a good school" by education inspectors this month after it was rated 'excellent' in several categories and 'good' in the majority of areas inspected. It was rated satisfactory in just two areas and none at all were rated poorly. As government schools largely struggle to get past a […]
New health bill to provide for living wills
Cayman News | 14/03/2019	| 24 Comments
(CNS): Government has published a bill to address advance decisions about healthcare, particularly relating to end-of-life care and for those who become mentally ill, as no such law currently exists in Cayman. The Health Care Decisions Bill is expected to be debated at the next meeting of the Legislative Assembly, scheduled for 3 April, and […]
Norwegian Air asks Boeing for compensation
(CNS): The European budget carrier Norwegian Air is the first airline to make a public demand of Boeing for compensation over its grounded fleet of eighteen 737 Max 8 jets in the wake of a second fatal crash of the same model in less than five months. Norwegian is the first airline to say publicly […]
HMCI tests ability to deal with tsunami on busy day
(CNS): Officials from Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) took part in a regional tsunami exercise on Thursday to test how the country could respond to a tsunami warning following a massive 8.47 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Panama. Danielle Coleman, the director of HMCI, said the agency wants to critically examine the response and […]
Damage to planet 'dire' says UN report
(CNS): A dangerous combination of climate change, pollution, mass extinctions and a growing human population are described in the latest disturbing report from the United Nations, as world leaders met in Kenya for the 4th Environmental Assembly this week. The report states that "damage to the planet is so dire that people's health will be […]
UK politics in turmoil as MPs debate Brexit delay
(CNS): British politics remained in turmoil Thursday as MPs began debating a delay to leave the European Union on the scheduled date of 29 March after they voted against a 'no deal' Brexit in the House of Commons on Wednesday. But the series of votes yesterday led to more resignations and rebellions from Prime Minister […]
Fire fighters douse small landfill blaze
(CNS): Government officials have confirmed that a small blaze at the George Town landfill on Tuesday has been extinguished after firefighters, who were on the scene immediately, were able to douse the flames of the surface fire. The fire crew monitored the landfill throughout Tuesday night and Wednesday, when the officer in charge confirmed the […]
New deputy to act as fire chief
(CNS): The home affairs ministry has confirmed that Brevon Elliot, who was promoted just this month to deputy chief fire officer for aviation, will take over as the acting chief fire officer from Witney Tatum, as the search for a new CFO on a one-year contract continues. Elliot is the first of the new senior […]


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Fourteen weeks after we started in Newcastle the league stage of the 2017 Premier League Darts is set to come to a close in Aberdeen.
Michael Van Gerwen, Peter Wright and Gary Anderson have all sealed their places at the 02 in London next week with the final spot almost sewn up as well.
Phil Taylor, in his final Premier League campaign, looks set to claim the last place, with only Dave Chisnall able to stop him.
In the open fixture of the night Chisnall faces James Wade, knowing he has to win to have any chance of qualifying. For Chizzy to finish fourth he needs to win, Taylor has to lose and he has to overturn a ten leg difference.
Chisnall has been in fantastic form recently, unbeaten in his last five Premier League games, a run which has lifted him from bottom of the table to fifth. He also had darts to beat Van Gerwen and Anderson before drawing both matches. He will fancy his chances against the Machine who after a strong first phase to the league has looked out of sorts recently.
Taylor may have already qualified by the time he takes to the Scottish stage, but if not he has to get passed his friend and long time rival Adrian Lewis. If he avoids defeat Taylor will keep alive hopes of the fairy tale ending at the O2. Even a 7-4 defeat would seal the qualifying spot for the Power who has won the Premier League title four times. He has put himself into a great position by producing one of the performances of this seasons competition by crushing an out of sorts Van Gerwen last week.
At times Taylor has looked a different player from week-to-week, which is not surprising due to him easing off his schedule. However, last week he showed he has got that top level performance still in him and he could be the one lifting the trophy in London.
Away from the battle for fourth there is also a surprising fight for top spot. Michael Van Gerwen has been top of the table for the majority of the campaign, and still is, but Peter Wright still has a chance at claiming the lucrative top spot. After never reaching the finals night before he sealed his place at the O2 two weeks ago and a lot of people will fancy him to lift a second major trophy after claiming the UK Open earlier this year. He faces Raymond Van Barneveld who has fallen away in recent weeks, having been in contention for a top four spot throughout. It all points towards a win for Snakebite to pile on the pressure on Van Gerwen in the last match of the night.
Van Gerwen is always striving to be number one and he will not want to finish the league phase in second place. He has now only won two of his last five Premier League games and in one of them had to come from behind to steal a point against Chisnall. Last week he never got going against Taylor who just wanted it more and he suffered another set back at the weekend. He reached the final of the European Darts Grand Prix in Germany but was crushed 6-0 at the hands of Wright, as he continued to his fantastic year.


The lists of candidates qualified for bachelor's degree programmes will be announced before 13 July 2019. Each candidate will see their status in the IRK system.
The lists of candidates qualified for master's degree programmes will be announced before 19 July 2019. Each candidate will see their status in the IRK system.
Foreigners can submit/send the originals of the documents starting from May.
If there are still slots available after the first round of registration is over, there will be announced the additional registration on 16 July 2019 for full-time bachelor's degree programmes, on 20 July 2019 for full-time master's degree programmes and on 25 July 2019 for all part-time programmes.


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Meet Macron's Renaissance woman
Nathalie Loiseau is running for much more than just a seat in the European Parliament.
By	Maïa de La Baume and Rym Momtaz
Updated 5/18/19, 12:29 PM CET
Nathalie Loiseau | Marlene Awaad/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Beware of Nathalie Loiseau.
Emmanuel Macron's standard-bearer in the European election only became a politician a couple of years ago. Formerly a diplomat and top civil servant, Loiseau appears more like a matronly primary school teacher than a seasoned campaigner ready to lead the French president's charge to wield more influence in Brussels.
But don't be fooled. The former European affairs minister is strong-willed and ambitious, aiming to become much more than just a member of the European Parliament, according to multiple people who know her.
Loiseau wants to lead a new group in the Parliament to be formed by Macron's La République En Marche (LREM) party, the ALDE family of European liberals and other parties, according to ALDE and En Marche officials.
Such a role would make Loiseau a key Brussels power broker, as the head of a group that is projected to be the third largest in the Parliament. That group would also be essential to forming a majority in the Parliament broadly in favor of further European integration.
"It's clear that a new group needs to be led by a new personality" — Sandro Gozi, veteran Italian politician
An En Marche campaign official said Loiseau is "campaigning to play a key role in the European Parliament," which "could mean heading up the new group or becoming president of the Parliament." An ALDE official said, "Loiseau has spoken of leading the future group."
A French high official said Loiseau could also become France's next European commissioner if Michel Barnier, the former French minister who is now the EU's Brexit negotiator, does not become president of the Commission. But that option appears to be an outside bet.
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"That is not an option the campaign is considering today," the En Marche official said. "If Emmanuel Macron decides to nominate her, that's different. Right now, she's only working on the Parliament."
Loiseau, who did not respond to several requests for comment for this article, would have a strong claim to lead the new group. LREM, with Loiseau as its lead candidate, is projected to win 21 seats in the European Parliament election, which would make it the largest single party in the new formation.
French President Emmanuel Macron | Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
"It's clear that a new group needs to be led by a new personality," declared Sandro Gozi, a veteran Italian politician who is running on LREM's list of candidates for the European Parliament election.
"We need someone to embody this new pluralist, progressive project, and she has the necessary qualities to lead it," added Gozi, who got to know Loiseau when they were both European affairs ministers in 2017-2018.
Diplomacy to politics
Taking such a prominent role would cap a remarkable transformation for the 54-year-old, who has never held elected office or been a member of a political party. Loiseau spent decades behind desks at embassies overseas and in the French foreign ministry before becoming the first female boss of the elite École Nationale d'Administration (ENA), which trains France's top government officials.
Before Macron tapped her to become European affairs minister two years ago, the closest she had come to a high-profile role was as spokeswoman of the French Embassy in Washington in 2003, when France refused to join the United States in the Iraq War.
She completed the transition from technocrat to politician in March when she declared she was ready to lead the LREM's European election campaign, which the party has named Renaissance.
Having previously insisted numerous times that she was not a candidate for the post, Loiseau made the announcement in a clumsy manner — in the middle of a TV duel with far-right leader Marine Le Pen. That misstep and others that followed have prompted commentators and critics — even within her own party — to question whether Macron made the right choice in picking her to front the campaign.
"She has been one of the most present and accessible EU affairs ministers in history" — Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, French MEP
At En Marche's campaign launch rally in March, 3,000 supporters filled a 19th century converted brick warehouse in a Paris suburb, brandishing flags of the EU and member states and proudly donning the "Renaissance"-emblazoned totes party officials had given them, but Loiseau's lack of campaigning experience was clear. Even though she was playing to a partisan crowd who cheered her on, and chanted "We are going to win," her 40-minute speech was largely monotonous. She got the biggest applause when she mentioned Erasmus, the EU's university exchange program.
By contrast, the audience gave a warmer reception to Pascal Canfin, the No. 2 on the list, and an experienced politician.
During the campaign, Loiseau has struggled to deal with the scrutiny that inevitably accompanies a run for public office.
Last month, she came under fire when a French newspaper revealed that while at university, she ran on a student election list that included far-right candidates.
Loiseau responded with a video in which she said "it is revolting" to accuse her of being close to the far right, saying she hates "all that the far right represents."
"I made a mistake 35 years ago, I accepted out of friendship to run on a list with people from the right, Gaullists, but also the far right, but I didn't know, and I should have checked; I regret it," Loiseau added.
Pascal Canfin, second on the list, got a warmer reception than Loiseau at the campaign launch | Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images
Although the election took place long ago, the idea that a student at France's elite political science university would not know the political background of a fellow candidate struck many observers as unconvincing.
Loiseau has also been accused of normalizing homophobia in a comic book about Europe that she wrote with her son. The book addresses diversity and differences in attitudes toward gay marriage, showing a young Polish boy saying: "Two boys getting married in Poland? Never in your wildest dreams."
Loiseau responded by posting an excerpt from the book in which she praises her "gay brothers" for their fashion sense and sense of fantasy.
An Elabe poll released last month showed only 18 percent of respondents have a positive view of Loiseau, 35 percent have a negative view and 47 percent have no opinion.
Minister to MEP
Whatever her flaws as a politician and campaigner, Loiseau won high marks from colleagues for her attention to detail when working as European affairs minister and representing France in the Council of the EU.
Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, a center-right French MEP, sad Loiseau was closely involved in efforts to reform the rules under which people can work in another EU country while following employment and tax regulations back home. The reform of these "posted workers" rules was a key priority for Macron.
Loiseau also frequently attended plenary sessions of the Parliament, something that could stand her in good stead in her next job.
"She has been one of the most present and accessible EU affairs ministers in history," Morin-Chartier said.
Luís Marco Aguiriano Nalda, Spain's secretary of state for the European Union, described Loiseau as a "very solid, coherent and clear" colleague, who was also equipped with "the appropriate sense of humor."
That humor was on display when Loiseau joked earlier this year that she had named her cat "Brexit" because he "wakes me up every morning miaowing to death because he wants to go out, and then when I open the door he stays in the middle, undecided, and then gives me evil looks when I put him out."
A pamphlet lies on the floor during the LREM campaign launch in Paris in March | Marlene Awaad/Bloomberg via Getty Images
But if she takes over a key role in Brussels, Loiseau will have to prove that she is a big hitter in her own right, rather than just an emissary of Macron.
"Macron has always believed that the real lead candidate is him," said a French high official who knows Loiseau.
The official added that the French government's approach to European affairs is "fragile" and "stems a lot from the president himself." The official also questioned whether Loiseau is a true EU enthusiast. "She doesn't have personal ideas about Europe," the official said.
Under Loiseau's leadership, the Renaissance list has struggled to gain momentum, its poll numbers have either stagnated or slightly slumped over recent weeks. With only three weeks to go before the election, the prime minister and cabinet are hitting the campaign trail. Macron himself is expected to get involved, according an Elysée official, although he wouldn't detail exactly how.
Morin-Chartier said Loiseau's weakness is that she has never worked in Brussels, nor been immersed in the procedures and conventions of the European Parliament.
"There is the ambition of a person, and then there's the way the European Parliament functions," she said. "When you enter the chamber for the first time, it's not simple. Not everybody reaches the firmament straight away, even if you have been a minister. Loiseau knows the Council extremely well; the Parliament's internal machinery is another issue."
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What you need to know about Guilford County's rent & utility assistance program now available to eligible residents
The program is available for all eligible residents in Guilford County, including those who live in the cities and other municipalities.
Author: Marissa Tansino (WFMY News2)
Published: 11:30 AM CDT July 9, 2021
Updated: 4:21 PM CDT July 9, 2021
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — Starting Friday, July 9, Guilford County is accepting applications for rental and utility assistance, including those who live in the cities and municipalities in the area.
The program aims to help people struggling from the impact of COVID-19 and offers assistance for those eligible with their rent, internet, and utilities for their primary home. Utilities eligible for assistance include electricity, water/sewer, trash removal, natural gas, propane, fuel oil, and internet.
To be eligible for the program, a person needs to fall under all of the following:
Live in Guilford County or the other municipalities in Guilford County.
Qualify for unemployment or have experienced a reduction in household income, incurred significant costs, or experience financial hardship because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Be at risk of homelessness or housing instability
Has not received rental assistance from any other federally funded program
Rent and utilities were current as of March 13, 2020
Household income is less than 80 percent of the average area income and less than 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.
Driver's license or an official document indicating proof of residency
Copy of lease, rent statement, and/or utility bills showing the past due amount
Paystubs, letter of termination, furlough paperwork of unemployment benefits to show proof of household income and financial hardship for the previous two months
According to Guilford County's website, the household income is the combined total of all adults over the age of 18 living in the home. If you live alone and are responsible for paying the rent and utilities, the county said you also eligible to apply.
To prove you're experienced financial hardship because of COVID-19, you should provide documents that show proof of unemployment benefits, a reduction of income, increased expenses, or proof of other financial hardship. This can be for one or more people living in your home.
Tenants will need to get their landlord involved in the process as well. Landlords will be asked to complete documentation during the application process. The county said anyone with questions or concerns can call the customer service line at 336-641-3000.
The approved money will go directly to the landlord, property manager, and utility company. The amount of assistance a person gets will vary from household to household depending on the circumstances of each case.
The county said the program helps with past due rent and utility bills up to 12 months, but an eligible person can apply in the months following as long as funds are still available.
After a person submits the application, the county said they should expect to receive a phone call or get something in the mail notifying them they've either been approved or denied assistance.
Guilford County's program is separate from the HOPE program, but Guilford County Department of Social Services Economic Director Randal Hoover said if people are denied or an application doesn't go through with a different program, they can apply for Guilford County's.
Hoover said it usually takes a month to get the money to the landlord or utility company.
"Our turnaround for processing the applications is about two to three weeks. From there once it's completed it goes to our finance department who issues the funds to the landlord, so I would say maybe 30 days would be the goal for the turnaround," he said.
Hoover said the county has been trying to contact landlords directly to make sure they have all the information they need.
"Typically we've been contacting the landlords for the customer and explaining more about the program and the processes and try to work around getting the documentation that we need for the landlord," he said.
Hoover said the county is asking landlords and companies to allow 30 days to go by for the money to come and be as patient as possible.
Hoover said the county has $7.25 million in this round of funding. "We've expended about $2.1 million thus far so we feel like this will take us through several months and we are expecting additional funding beyond this in the future," he said.
The program started in February of this year. Hoover said they've processed about 1,400 applications so far.
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1. Your latest book 'In pursuit of a lesser offence' dealt with complexities in marriage life. Your other two books dealt with?
-My debut novel, 'In Pursuit of infidelity,' was published by Rupa and co. in 2009. As is amply clear from the title, the book tries to explore man – woman relationship outside marriage and its impact on married couples. My second book, 'In Pursuit of Ecstasy,' was also brought out by Rupa and co. in 2011. The book revolves around teenage life, drugs and explores the delicate relationship between youth and parents. And the third 'pursuit,' as you already mentioned deals with contemporary issues of marriage and was published by Alchemy and was released earlier this year.
2. The thought of coming up with the 'Pursuit' series popped up after the success of your first book or you had thought of it from the very beginning?
-The idea to turn it into a series came only after the success of my first novel. But I was clear in my mind that each book should tell a different story. The only things similar between all the three is the theme and the common sounding titles. Also, if you read the title of the books carefully, you will notice that all three of them has word which begins with a vowel each: The first one has the vowel "I" (in the word Infidelity), the second has the vowel "E" (in the word Ecstasy) and the latest one has the vowel "O" (in the word Offence). This was deliberate move.
3. Share your experiences of being in the literature world.
-I became an author by chance. The journey is still young but I'm learning and enjoying myself. Also, I'd always enjoyed reading and continue to do so. Although, now I read books more to study and absorb the finer nuances of creative writing.
4. Which would be the next book in 'pursuit' series? What will be the core of that book?
6.Sum up your life in the form of a poem.
7. A message for your readers.
Thank you for giving such a wonderful answers and your precious time.Wishing you a very bright future.


Here is my problem… I constantly battle with myself between my love for clothes and my love for travel. It's not easy to admit… My name is Minh and I am a shopaholic globe-trotter!!! I still have not won the lottery and still not found myself a millionaire!!! (Note to self: book that Klosters/ Cap Ferrat/ Klosters/ Portofino weekend break!!!) So this summer, I preferred to slash my clothes budget, go funky and casual but travel way more. For this Autumn/Fall, something more elegant but still affordable. So back to the classics. No need to break the bank by buying expensive brands, if you know what to look for and how to mix and match the basics, who will guess the price tag!!!... Spend less, live more!!!


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There are generally three ways in which states agree to be bound by to international treaties (also referred to as conventions, protocols etc.):
1) Full Signature - Very uncommon, basically the state signs up to the new treaty and agrees to be bound by its terms at the same time - a move for the main proponent of a treaty or a state which has much to gain from its going ahead.
2) Signature subject to Ratification - Probably the most common type of way to proceed: a state signs a treaty to show its support in principle for a treaty but does not wish to be bound by its terms until it feels the time is right, when it will ratify the convention.
3) Accession - This is normally for the 'latecomers' if you like - they come along and see other who have signed and already moved to ratification and skip all the nonsense and just 'accede' to the treaty, agreeing to be bound by all its terms straight away in one step.
In some states once the treaty has been consented to fully it automatically becomes binding on a national level, national courts must abide by it. In other states a national law must be passed in the normal way by parliament, containing the text of the convention.
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7 Fun Casino Facts You Probably Never Heard
by Josephine
Casinos have a long history of making and ruining people's lives. There are unbelievable stories from the jungles of gambling which have proven to be a big punch on the illegality of casinos as they are looking at only as a bad addiction. The most famous casinos from Japan and America have some of the most interesting facts that you probably never heard.
Founder of FedEx gambled in Vegas to save his company from drowning
He did it! The founder of FedEx saved his dying company by gambling in Vegas and winning 27,000 dollars in blackjack. When the company almost crashed and had only 5000 dollars left, Frederick Smith decided flying to Vegas all he had. This was probably not the wisest decision they could take, but his gamble paid off for the company to be the world's top courier service today.
You can voluntarily ban yourself from casino
If you have fallen for the addiction of gambling and cannot get away from it on your own, ban yourself. There are several states which offer the law of banning yourself. It becomes a criminal offence to step foot on the game floor once you have banned yourself. You can do it for a year, 5 years or for a lifetime. The law goes strict and can never back out once you have signed the agreement.
Gambling addicts require diapers
You will have no idea how big the gambling addiction is until you witness wet floors inside the casino, and it is not just regular water. The addiction can grow to such extent that the gamblers refuse to leave from their table if they are on a winning streak. Some come prepared with diapers, while some who turn lucky all of a sudden have no option but to pee in their pants to stay in the game.
The sandwich was invented in a casino
The legend goes back to 1765 when John Montagu used to be a huge gambler. He didn't want to leave his seat to go and eat, so he asked his waiters to bring him some meat between sliced bread. And that is the story of the birth of the sandwich.
The world's smallest casino is in a cab
The world's smallest casino does not have an address, rather it is a medium to reach one. The Grosvenor Casino in London is a mobile casino in the back of a cab, which has a gaming table, dealer, bar, and a TV. The promotional even lets riders play a game to donate to their charity.
Las Vegas is not the gambling capital of the world
The city of Macau is the largest gambling city in the world and best Vegas in its revenue by up to 5 times. While Vegas makes most of its money out of penny slots, most of the money generated in Macau comes from high rollers making huge bets on VIP games.
The first casino license in Las Vegas was issued to a woman
The history of Las Vegas is very complicated, and the casino industry was not even in the map of the city until 1920 when the first legal casino license was issued to a woman named Mayme Stocker for the Northern Club. She opened the casino under her name and offered the only five-game legal in Vegas- Stud poker, draw poker, lowball poker, 500, and bridge.
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We will finish outstanding jobs via printing paper books on-demand and ebooks.
We work on self-published works of authors. We do not act as agent for an author to a standard publishing company.
We obtain permission to reprint works that are out of print.
From March to June 2012, we subscribed to Adobe InDesign Software as a Service (SaaS) for a small monthly fee compared to high price for a full licence. This will help us to finish editing my father's book on Mt Margaret Mission in a few months compared to years trying to save for a full licence. We found out about SaaS subscription of Adobe Creative Suite in the Australian Financial Review in March 2012.
The one danger of storing a large book on a laptop is it can crash. Backups are essential and have to be rotated or backed up to the cloud.
Storing research material from my father's library has been very costly as little sales are progressing to pay for it due to 2 laptop crashes and backup crashes so we moved books from expensive storage to my flat.
In May 2013, to publish a book long waiting for software and tools, and from experience setting up a wiki for Digital Publications Indexing SIG, we imported word processing files and JPEG images into MediaWiki then used an EPubExport extension to export to EPUB which we uploaded via USB cable to a Nokia smartphone running FBReader EPUB reader and Android smartphone running SlickReader. This saved us having to buy a new Windows laptop to run InDesign. Later in December 2016, we got a Windows 7 PC to run InDesign to finish the book.
'Bible to thousands' by S Preston Walker, 81pp, was published this way to make it easier to distribute and read electronically.
In July and August 2016, we sold copies of 'Bible to thousands' EPUB book to Christian workers and missionaries overseas and locally.
To begin, we started to edit, modify and manipulate PDF files so they are for different readerships e.g. iPad, iPhone, netbook, PC, Web.
Ebook publishing is exploding with the plethora of digital handheld devices such as smartphones, iPads, iPhones, ereaders and digital publishers.
In February 2017, we corrected errors in EPUB by modifying MediaWiki EPubExport Extension in PHP and testing it against EPUB validator.
As of 2013, legal deposit of digital books is quite difficult. SLQ will only accept PDF and Word. NLA will only accept PDF. Copyright law reform is not due till 2015. Paper is easier.
Since end of 2011 to 2017, through our being volunteer Webmaster and Web Indexing Award Judge of old Digital Publications Indexing SIG of American Society for Indexing, we are ready to publish in EPUB and Kindle format. I added a podcast area and in a few days I found many articles and downloads for ereaders (MP3, video, iBook) which I listed and explored. The Indexer March 2012 is a digital indexing edition. Since Feburary 2012, ASI Digital Trends Task Force (DTTF) is working on an indexing standard for ebooks with International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF).
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Your dog's tail is a barometer of his emotions. Do what you can to keep it happily wagging.
Play! Dogs, of course, love to play. Set aside time each day for play sessions. Apart from the obvious benefit of having fun together, play also provides an outlet for your dog's energy.
Go On Walks Take your dog on frequent walks. He will enjoy exploring the neighborhood and will benefit from the exercise. Make sure that you have a good strong leash and that you maintain control of the dog at all times.
Talk to Your Dog Your dog won't understand your words, but he will enjoy the sound of your voice. Talking to your dog will make him feel involved. You can also use different voice levels to praise or correct your dog's behavior.
Give Treats Your dog will always appreciate a treat, and treats can be used as a supplement to his regular diet, as well as an excellent training aid.
Switch Out Toys Keep your dog entertained by rotating his toys. Put "old" toys out of sight for a month or two and then bring them out again - your dog will enjoy them just as much as when they were new.
Give Your Time You are the center of your dog's world. You may be tired after a long day at work, but your dog has spent the day anxiously awaiting your return. Reward that loyalty with your time. Pet him, talk to him, play with him, laugh with him. Let your dog know you value his company.
Find the "Spot" Scratch your dog's belly often. If you find the "spot," so much the better.
Leave the Radio On Try leaving the radio or television on when you leave your dog alone. The noise will keep him company.
Plan Activities With Your Dog Include your dog in family activities. Take him to the park or on outings to the beach, or to special activities such as the "Dog Olympics" or dog parades. Your dog will love being out and about with you.
Give a Massage Dogs love to be petted, and recent studies have shown that structured massages may be beneficial to your dog's health and behavior. They may also be very relaxing for you!
Love Your Dog Your dog will love you no matter what. Return the favor.
Your dog will want to be with you at all times, but for most people that simply isn't possible. Help your dog get used to being alone. Leave him each day with a minimum of fuss. When you come home, greet him calmly. This will teach him that your leaving is not something to be concerned about.
1 or 2? Which is Right for you?
Dogs are pack animals by nature and generally enjoy the company of other dogs. Your dog may benefit greatly from having a companion to play with. Be as conscientious about getting a second dog as you were about getting the first; multiple dog ownership isn't for everyone, and some dogs do better as an "only."
You aren't a dog owner just at Christmas, or on the weekends, or in the afternoon, or when you have spare time. You aren't a dog owner just when the dog is behaving, or when he's a cute fuzzy puppy, or when he's winning awards. When you bring a dog into your family, that dog is yours for life. If you can't keep that commitment, don't make it. And once you've made it, don't break it. Your dog's life depends on you.
Dogs need to know who's boss - and that boss should be you. You and your dog will be much happier together if you establish yourself as the leader of the pack.
Don't let your dog's incessant barking annoy your neighbors. Teach your dog not to bark without real provocation. If your dog's barking is causing problems while you're away from home, try a silencing collar.
Should the dog be the supervisor?
Children and dogs can be great companions, but they also require supervision when playing together. Your dog may be "good with kids," but what if he encounters a kid that is not good with dogs? Very small children should never be left alone with a dog, no matter how stable his temperament or his size.
The Cascade Northwest Bullmastiff Club joins the AKC in encouraging pet owners to spay or neuter their dogs as a responsible means to prevent accidental breeding resulting in unwanted puppies.
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Victory in Iraq
A long while back I said something to the effect that we won in Iraq the day we crossed the border, that ultimately victory itself would be defined by how long we needed to stay and by how perfect we want to leave Iraq. There are still some strides to make, some terrorists to kill, and stability to build but it's close enough to perfect for me to celebrate this day.
Here's a previous essay during May of last year when the surge and the idea of it was under heavy assault, where I defended it due to the terrible consequences of defeat. I'm glad the majority of them are not going to come true now, however we do have the dems in control:
Abandoning Children
It's ridiculous, but it has happened. The Democrats sent the surrender-now bill to the White house for veto. They are political posers positioning for next election, and playing with lives in the process. They toy with the blood and lives of our troops and the future and the lives of the Iraqi children, those they would have us abandon tomorrow.
<<< Do you think this girl would live long if we pull out tomorrow? What about the woman in the famous picture holding up the purple-dyed finger?
The political poseurs rarely think beyond the next news cycle and what theater they can create for it. The deepest thinkers and policy wonks of the democratic party rarely think beyond the next election cycle.
Right now however you must face reality and put the past aside — whatever your opinion or political persuasion is, put it aside a moment and think ahead. What will happen in Iraq in a year, two years, five years, ten, if we leave right now? What will the outcome be for the children of Iraq?
Immediately following pullout sectarian strife will ignite in Baghdad like a tenderbox, with Al Qaeda operatives happily supplying the fuel of blown-up mosques and markets filled with human charnel.
There will be a genocide, and it will start with the Sunnis in Baghdad. Without a controlling civil authority strife will spread out in waves from Baghdad, and the 14 provinces which are now peaceful will succumb to violence, feuds, and turf wars as every faction tries to grab the oil lands.
Within a year there will be a humanitarian crisis of tremendous proportions as the masses flee the strife-torn country. The UN will be calling for aid in the billions, and children in the camps will be dying from heat, deprivation, and brutality. Will this girl have shoes in the refugee camp, or will her feet be bare and blistered, her mother raped and gone?
How much in aid will the US have to spend if that occurs? If Iran invades, (and they would love to,) would we have to go back anyway? Do you think Syria might have interest in the north of Iraq, and what land they could take?
The Turks have their army massed on the border of the Northern Kurd provinces of Iraq, and they've been waiting since last summer for pretext or cause to invade. With the US out, what would stop them? Would they race to the oil fields, killing all Kurds in their path? Would these Kurdish children live five years past the pullout?
If you think this is wild imagination, let's for a second do what the democrats do, and compare this to Vietnam. Here's the Wiki entry on Vietnamese boat people, lets not mention the millions killed inside Vietnam post-war for the moment, or the killing fields of Cambodia.
Viet Nam Boat People
Events resulting from the Vietnam War led many people in Cambodia, Laos, and especially Vietnam to become refugees in the late 1970s and 1980s, after the fall of Saigon. In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge regime murdered millions of people in the "Killing Fields" massacres, and many attempted to escape. In Vietnam, the new communist government sent many people who supported the old government in the South to "reeducation camps", and others to "new economic zones." An estimated 1 million people were imprisoned without formal charges or trials. 165,000 people died in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam's re-education camps, according to published academic studies in the United States and Europe. Thousands were abused or tortured: their hands and legs shackled in painful positions for months, their skin slashed by bamboo canes studded with thorns, their veins injected with poisonous chemicals, their spirits broken with stories about relatives being killed. These factors, coupled with poverty, caused millions of Vietnamese to flee the country. In 1979, Vietnam was at war (Sino-Vietnamese War) with the People's Republic of China (PRC), and many ethnic Chinese living in Vietnam, who felt that the government's policies directly targeted them also became "boat people." On the open seas, the boat people had to confront forces of nature, and elude pirates.
Would-be middle-class refugees from Saigon, armed with forged identity documents, would travel 1,100 km to Danang by road. On arrival, they would take refuge for up to two days in safe houses while waiting for fishing junks and trawlers to take small groups into international waters.
The boats, most usually not intended for navigating open waters, would typically head for busy international shipping lanes some 240km to the east. The lucky ones would succeed in being rescued by freighters and taken to Hong Kong, some 2,200 km away. The unluck ones would face a two-week long perilous journey in rickety craft.
[Editor's note: The Wiki article does not speak of the hundreds or thousands who drowned in their effort to escape because it's an unknown and there's no documentation to cite to support any figure. Using common sense you can figure out that many probably did drown and die from deprivation]
The plight of the boat people became an international humanitarian crisis. The UNHCR, under the auspices of the United Nations, set up refugee camps in neighbouring countries to process the "boat people" and was awarded the 1981 Nobel Peace Prize for its work. There were untold miseries, rapes and murders on the South China Sea committed by Thai pirates who preyed on the refugees who had sold all their possessions and carried gold with them on the trips.
You must always consider the children when it comes to crisis like this first; the children and what their future will be. If we pull out now, the future for the children of Iraq becomes a darkened bloody nightmare. Are you sure you have the stomach or the guts to surrender and face the guilt?
Islamic vs. Islamist
As the Democrats continue to posture and bluster about progress in Iraq and by neglect propose surrendering to Al Qaeda, the Sadrists, and Cowardice, it's time to continue delving into the potential outcomes of surrender. [Editor Update: More on the planned Al Qaida State in Iraq at LGF.]
We covered the consequences to the children of Iraq in my earlier post, this post will continue to look at the longer-term geopolitical and global economic consequences.
In countries that the US has conquered, the ones best off were occupied for long periods, and have standing US bases by reciprocal agreements between governments. They are allies, have strong economies, and they are democratic with large measures of protections to civil liberties. Yes, I speak of Japan, Germany, Italy, South Korea, and Spain (referencing Puerto Rico.)
In countries where we left immediately without alliances or where we retreated, things did not go as well. Viet Nam is a prime example, but you could also count East Germany and North Korea in the mix of countries where we retreated and did not establish an alliance or bases. Afghanistan is another fine example – a little nation-building there would have benefitted us much more than the "Peace Dividend" Reagan left us with and that congress squandered to buy votes in later elections.
So judging from the past the future looks bleak for Iraq if we don't establish an alliance and small but continuous military presence there.
Facing reality if there's a power vacum in an Islamic country there will be a power struggle, and we've gone into the potentials of neighbors interferring already in the previous post. Whether it's Al Qaida still trying to establish a base by murdering fellow muslims, sectarian strife, the Kurds trying to take all of the oil fields, or the Sadrists, it doesn't matter –if we pull out the balloon will go up and the neighbors will jump in.
The effect to the oil supply, and the world economy is hard to calculate, but it's a safe bet that prices would rise. Iran might jump in, or might wait to pick up the pieces. Either way they are positioned to block and control access to the Persian Gulf, and their military has extensive plans for this drawn up already.
There are Islamic governments, and there are Islamist governments. Islamic governments exist in Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt, and Bangladesh. All of these are fragile, like feathers upon the sand awaiting the deathwind of Jihad.
The Islamist countries always wish to expand their boundaries and to establish Muslim shariat rule across the world, much as the Soviet Union wished to establish Communism across the globe. The Islamists learned well from the Soviets, and they always have agents in the other countries, inciting them to become Islamist instead of Islamic.
The expansion of the Muslim brotherhood throughout the Islamic world, and their popularity, is proof enough of this. The Islamist nations attempt to remake their neighbors in their image, but really this is an ancient game of tribal ascendency that even predates Islam. Extreme shariat and Jihad just happen to be a very good tools to use in this pure power struggle. [see previous essay "Ancient Enemies"]
There are two Islamist governments in the region: Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Arab Sauds are much slyer and more subtle than the Persians about exporting jihadism, but they do it nonetheless.
The method is to pick at sores: the divisions in sect, class, and race within the muslim world. The Islamists export radical cells to all countries to build mosques and madrassas to incite the young. Eventually they destabilize or even topple the existing government, turning the country to their use while remaining unharmed and out of the fray themselves. This is why the muslim world remains in chaos and behind the rest of the world.
If you are working to destabilize Pakistan, you pick at the sore of Kashmir, if it's Palestine it's easy to point at Israel, or the US as Satan — especially if you don't want the focus to be on you.
Neither Iran nor Saudi Arabia would allow Al Qaida to take Iraq, and they might go to war for control when push comes to shove mid-country as the Shia battle the Sunni. It would be the 8 year Iran-Iraq war over again, but on a much larger scale.
With the region in chaos, oil prices high, and maritime trade interupted, what would follow?
Extreme duress would be experienced by citizens of all countries in the region from interupted food supplies and disrupted economies. There would be famine in Bangladesh and Africa again. The third world countries that have recently pulled themselves out of the ditch of extreme poverty would fall back into it from the collapsing world economy.
Other nations would excercise their expansionist options hoping to be ignored in the larger strife. Sudan would press more strenuously in Darfur, and it's likely that Hamas and Hiz'Allah would take more shots at Israel, perhaps with Iran or Syria joining in.
Do you think there might be effects from this in Pakistan and Afghanistan?
What about Libya? What would they do? Algiers — what would happen there? Where would the Islamist states focus next? What would demands increase to? Would we see World War IV? In the chaos what would happen in North Korea? Venezuela? Bolivia? What would China and Russia do?
Now picture all of those potentials with Democrats controlling congress and the presidency. Think you can handle it liberals?
Your ascendency if even a quarter of this occurred, (and some of these scenarios are very likely,) wouldn't last two election cycles. You would become known forever as the party who surrendered in two wars and who ushered in two genocides.
That's why if you are a liberal partisan it's time you came to your senses, to let things play out, to stop heeding the radicals within your party. If it was a mistake to rush to war, it would be an even greater mistake to rush out of it. Doing so will hurt all of your causes in the end and kill millions again.
Of course most democrats don't think beyond next election cycle, so I don't expect the logic to sway many of them.
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Samanera Pañha — The Novice's Questions
What is one?
All beings subsist on food.
"There are these four nutriments for the establishing of beings who have taken birth or for the support of those in search of a place to be born. Which four? Physical food, gross or refined; contact as the second, intellectual intention the third, and consciousness the fourth."
What is two?
Name & form.
"Mental & physical phenomena"
What is three?
The three types of feeling.
"Pleasant, painful, neither pleasant nor painful."
What is four?
The four noble truths.
"Stress, the origination of stress, the cessation of stress, the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress."
What is five?
The five clinging-aggregates.
"Form, feeling, perception, fabrications, consciousness."
What is six?
The six internal sense media.
"Eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, intellect."
What is seven?
The seven factors for Awakening.
"Mindfulness, analysis of qualities, persistence, rapture, serenity, concentration, equanimity."
What is eight?
The noble eightfold path.
"Right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration."
What is nine?
The nine abodes for beings.
"Seven stations of consciousness and two spheres:
There are beings with singularity of body and diversity of perception, such as the Radiant Devas. This is the third station of consciousness.
There are beings with singularity of body and singularity of perception, such as the Beautifully Lustrous Devas. This is the fourth station of consciousness.
There are beings who, with the complete transcending of perceptions of [physical] form, with the disappearance of perceptions of resistance, and not heeding perceptions of diversity, [perceiving,] 'Infinite space,' arrive at the dimension of the infinitude of space. This is the fifth station of consciousness.
There are beings who, with the complete transcending of the dimension of the infinitude of space, [perceiving,] 'Infinite consciousness,' arrive at the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness. This is the sixth station of consciousness.
There are beings who, with the complete transcending of the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness, [perceiving,] 'There is nothing,' arrive at the dimension of nothingness. This is the seventh station of consciousness.
The dimension of non-percipient beings and, second, the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. These are the two spheres."
What is ten?
Endowed with ten qualities, one is called an arahant.
"The right view of one beyond training, the right resolve of one beyond training, the right speech of one beyond training, the right action of one beyond training, the right livelihood of one beyond training, the right effort of one beyond training, the right mindfulness of one beyond training, the right concentration of one beyond training, the right knowledge of one beyond training, the right release of one beyond training."
(This Article was taken by " The Buddhist" facebook page)


How Can Twitter Lists Be Used Strategically?
I just got my invitation for twitter lists this morning, and got really excited to explore how to use them effectively. I started to put together some lists that I thought would be useful, (Big Thinkers, Emerging Media Trends), and then discovered Listorious, an aggregator of all the best twitter lists. Even better. I did notice that the top lists have a bunch of people in common, so 'lists' have essentially been a way to separate the wheat from the chaff, and see who the crowds have decided are the most important people saying things that matter.
I decided to make a "meta-list", combining all the top people from all the top lists that mattered to be. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that there is a 500 person limit for the lists, so I'll have to go back in and pull some people and add others… it'll be a work in progress. But, it's a combination of people from the Newmedia, Thought Leaders, Tech Pundits, Most Influential in Tech, MediaWonks, and Social Media Must Follow, among many others, I'm sure.
I think it'll be interesting to see how the information that's been filtered can be used, analyzed, and remixed to make ever better collections of "quality content" and "experts", and leverage these combinations to spot emerging trends or see the big picture in a new way.
I saw someone tweet that Lists is like an RSS feed aggregator. The difference is, Lists isn't just a blast of one-way information – there's conversation going on, and you can dip in whenever you like.
How can Lists be set up strategically? Can they be viewed as user-generated forums? Now you have the ability to put many (seemingly?) unrelated people in the same "room"…. this could be a powerful thing if everyone in the room agrees to cooperate/collaborate. Could we start assembling really smart people, the movers and shakers, into these loose, non-hierarchical spaces, in order to have a huge, focused collective discussion? Could we focus in on a topic or a problem to tackle? Have a conversation intended for a set starting point and duration, and then move on?
A lot of twitter can be an echo chamber, but now instead of using hashtags, we can hyperfocus into forums ("lists"). Could this work?
Venessa, nice to meet you. I confess I've been very busy with client work the last few weeks and only began exploring Twitter lists in the past 48 hours.
What I find most interesting is this new format has changed social media in a fundamental way — removing the human ego from the center. In the (very recent) past, all social graphs revolved around an individual at the core; now the individual user is removed, and social graphs can float as bubbles in the ether, evolving over time (just as your own list of thinkers will change).
Networks of people with no ego at the center driving the connections create some intriguing moral questions. Will stalking others be easier, if you now follow people without them realizing it? Can someone defame your name, if they put you on a list of, say, Really Bad People (think of the ugly names of lists posed in the next presidential election!)? Will list-chasing by wannabe thought leaders create a new currency for self promotion? Will companies such as IZEA, which have polluted social media with paid posts and paid tweets, now game the list system by encouraging payments to insert brands or advertisers into popular lists? Will the ability of anyone to promote others to lists create a new sentiment analysis scoring system, providing more intelligence to data miners as they can now see what markets of people think about the individuals or brands in their lists?
I have no answers. The fundamental issue is people are learning how to manipulate the connections inside human networks for the first time, where in the past they could only control the message. Will be fun to watch.


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When The Abuser Is The Government
Karla Pérez González has been the victim of a new type of harassment, this time incarnated in a campaign of character assassination. (Courtesy)
14ymedio, Generation Y, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 4 May 2017 – I was in the third grade and the teacher chose the most aggressive girl in my class to be the room monitor. She was given carte blanche to control the other children. Later, the abuser rose to a position in the Federation of Middle School Students and joined the Union of Young Communists. Today she is an active part of a Committee for the Defense of the Revolution. She is corrupt and violent, but highly valued by the authorities in her area.
Cuba's National Center for Sexual Education (Cenesex), led by Raul Castro's daughter Mariela Castro, has launched a campaign against homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools. The initiative includes the family in order to "understand what it is about, to help the girls and boys, the teenagers, the young people, and all the staff of the school," says the sexologist.
Mariela Castro says that the level of abuse in schools on the island is "fairly low," an affirmation that demonstrates – at the very least – her lack of connection with the Cuban reality. Without reliable official figures, any investigation of the subject must appeal to the personal experience of individuals and this is when the stories and testimonies of bullying in the educational environment surface.
The high schools in the countryside, promoted by former president Fidel Castro, were a reservoir of these abuses, many of them carried out under the impassive eyes of the teachers
The high schools in the countryside, promoted by former president Fidel Castro, were a reservoir of these abuses, many of them carried out under the impassive eyes of the teachers. Suicides, rapes, systematic robberies of the most fragile, accompanied by power structures more typical of prisons than an educational institution, were the daily bread of those of us who attended these schools.
I remember the spring of 1991, when a student threw himself off the water tower of the People's Republic of Romania High School in what is now Artemis province. He had been harassed by the taunts and pressures of several classmates. We were all crowded together in the central hallway during the evening's recreation hour when we felt the thud of his body landing on the concrete.
His harassers never paid for that death, it never became a data point in the statistics of student victims of bullying, and a family had to bury a son without being able to put a name to what had happened to him: abuse. In the weeks after that death another student slit his wrists – fortunately he didn't die – and a group of twelfth grade students beat up a tenth grader for "having feathers," i.e. being effeminate.
However, abuse in the schools doesn't end there. There are many ways to harass a student and not all of them come from his or her classmates, nor are they motivated by sexual stereotypes, strict gender roles or group bravado. Ideological violence, exercised by power and with the consent of the school administrators, is another way to inflict psychological damage.
A few weeks ago, a journalism student at the Central University of Las Villas was the victim of institutional abuse that will leave permanent psychic and social scars on this young girl, just 18. To make matters worse, it was the leaders of the University Student Federation who behaved toward Karla Perez Gonzalez as the school abusers, like the leaders of a gang or the thugs of the hour.
The former student has been the victim of a new type of harassment, this time embodied in a campaign of character assassination that would be laughable if it weren't aimed at destroying her self-esteem and turning her into a non-person
Since her expulsion, the former student has been the victim of a new type of harassment, this time embodied in a campaign of character assassination that would be laughable if it weren't aimed at destroying her self-esteem and turning her into a non-person. To do something like that to a student of such a young age is an act of rape from power, persecution dressed up in the robes of school discipline.
The abusers, protected from above, end up feeling that they can destroy lives, denounce innocents and beat others as long as they are protected by an ideology. A system that has fomented political thuggery in its schools and its streets cannot confront bullying in all the complexity that the problem presents.
Noisy campaigns to fill foreign media headlines and the collection of large funds from international organizations is not the solution for all the Cuban children who have to deal, right now, with the physical blows, the ridicule of their classmates or partisan indoctrination in their schools.
Author Yoani SánchezPosted on May 4, 2017 May 5, 2017 Categories 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez
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Today I figured I would tackle a sketch that I did awhile back. I was torn on the color scheme and just figure lets just see what happens. Am I pleased with it? uh not sure. I don't think I am painting at my best. Then what is my best? I don't think I am close to figuring that out yet. I have several paintings that I have done in the past that I just love how it came out and then others not so much. I guess that is just how it goes.
It was one of those days that I just wanted to paint, and the sketch was already there so I figured why not. While painting this picture I had a moment wishing I was just sitting on the chair just pondering about what my goals are in this challenge, deciding on if I love to paint, or is it short lived, should I paint the chair red, or another color, should I keep making vines or not….hahaha….squirrel! Next I even had a moment that I thought I should just stop painting this picture. At one point I was happy with it but then I messed up an area and had to fix it. I should have taken a photo of it before I messed it up, oh well. I heard in my head just keep going. I still think I may go back and fiddle with it.
I have painted all week with watercolor. On one hand I have been enjoying it and still undecided on which I like better and on the other it has been a learning experience. I need to get my hand into some oil painting soon. For now I will continue what I am doing.
What I realize is that daily painting takes work. Coming up with something that is quick and easy is beyond challenging. Committing some time to painting each day when you have such a busy schedule or when you are completely unmotivated is hard. Is this what creating a routine is like? Am I right on schedule? Once I start painting I am fine, and I enjoy it. The world around is just quiet. I find that even though there are so many ideas out there, you kind of have to feel like painting it. I keep saying to myself just keep painting small things. I guess I should have put more planning into daily painting, sketched a bunch of pictures prepping for this challenge. I noticed that the paintings that I don't sketch and do freehand are the ones I like the most. I only got back into sketching and painting this year so I can't beat myself up over what I am producing. Especially if I want to complete something in just a few short hours.
Commitment is doing the one thing you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it has left you….Found this on the internet…said it was from ~unknown Love it!
Wow so true. And I think that when you stay loyal to your commitment and follow through then you transform words into a reality…..deep, yea!
So does commitment unlock doors to your imagination? Anything can happen, right?
I truly believe that the biggest commitment is the one you keep with yourself! Stay true to your words, and yourself.
Wow, did I just now ponder about my commitment to this challenge? hahaha Who knows where today will take me.
Well Day 16 is done! Moving on….check check!!!


The Black Swan Theory is used by Nassim Nicholas Taleb to explain the existence and occurrence of high-impact, hard-to-predict, and rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations. Unlike the philosophical "black swan problem", the "Black Swan Theory" (capitalized) refers only to unexpected events of large magnitude and consequence and their dominant role in history. Such events are considered extreme outliers.It is noteworthy that in his writings, Taleb never uses the term "Black Swan Theory"; instead, he refers to "Black Swan Events"


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TSX Blog
Delivering Experiences That Go Beyond Our Imagination
By Mark Schulze
Updated: Apr 11
Mark Schulze joined TSX earlier this year as Chief Strategy Officer. Read on for his thoughts about creating experiences that people love and how technology will shape the future of entertainment.
The future is bright here at TSX, and we're at the forefront of this incredible, pivotal moment for artists and technologists. Once we're live, we'll be able to surprise and delight fans, where everyone can be someone special and have a personalized and unforgettable experience.
I have been a student and teacher at the forefront of many technological changes. I watched our communication transition from mail to email and digital birthday cards. I've seen music and entertainment go from Hi-Fidelity and low convenience to hyper convenient Bluetooth speakers and music on demand from Pandora, Spotify, and Apple. Meanwhile, the transition of payments, while stark, is only beginning. Looking back at the inventions of the last few years and seeing where we are today, times clearly are changing, but the truth is we are just changing with the times.
For me personally, it has always been about creating experiences that people love and enjoy.
I started at AOL in the early days, when it was the only online outlet for people, and worked on online shopping, communities, and local. I saw first-hand how organic message boards and chat rooms brought people together on the web and in real life. Later, I worked at Intuit to build Quicken.com and took Intuit online. I went on to run both Product & Engineering at the Match Group, where I became interested in data and behavioral analysis. I've also had my hand in co-founding companies: Quantcast, a global advertising technology company, and Clover.com, the largest open-architecture point of sale solution aimed at small & medium-sized business owners.
We assembled a world-class team and were lucky enough to build Clover into the largest merchant-facing app marketplace in the world, with over $215 billion in payments processed annually. While building the fastest growing payment company in history was exciting (we grew from $0 in volume to $50 billion in 4 years), there's still nothing more rewarding than those moments when you realize that you did something that positively impacted their life, and that's what really drives innovation and me personally. Whether it's a small business owner or the end consumer, we're giving more freedom and control over their experience.
Music is one of the foundations of humanity. There's nothing more basic. If we connect people with music in new and special ways while allowing them to share that experience with the people that they're with – that's a truly fundamental human need. If we can provide that effectively in a new way that goes beyond radio, beyond Pandora, beyond the basic concert experience connecting artists and fans on a new level, now, that's a fantastic opportunity.
At TSX Entertainment, we are sitting at the crossroads between fintech, entertainment, and consumer experience. As we look toward the Metaverse and NFTs, I can't help but believe our vision and mission at TSX allows us to be positioned to drive these trends with our next-level entertainment and retail experience. We will combine the digital and physical worlds to deliver an unprecedented range of customer engagement that goes beyond our imagination.
Our vision is that payments at TSX Entertainment will be invisible. Our revolutionary app will forge the gap between e-commerce and live retail, utilizing elements of facial recognition, geofencing, near-field communication, and new techniques I will be excited to announce at a later date. We're looking toward a future with Integrated communication, payments, and a frictionless experience.
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The value is compassion. We'll talk about feeling sorrowful for the trouble of others.
For ecology we'll talk about how flowers are adapted to the environment where they bloom and what changing the environment does.
Outside we'll hunt an Easter egg using the terms "hot", "cold", "warm", etc. You could reinforce this game at home.
The songs we'll be singing are Oh, What a Beautiful Morning, Zippity-do-dah, Edleweiss, and Yellow Rose of Texas.
Our art activities are marble eggs, shaving cream bunnies, bluebonnets, mosaic eggs, chicks, and baby ducks.
Creative dramatic activities will be to imagine Apple Seed John and what it must have been like in The Legend of the Bluebonnet.
For body development, we'll work on flexibility using yoga poses. For motor development we'll work on proprioception exercises with rescue team, crossing the line, boxcar push, and bat wings.
Prepare an environment where the child can function independently. This means to allow the infant to be unfettered by infant seats, play pens, strollers, and cribs. It means small tables and chairs, implements that fit tiny hands and stature, and quality tools like good pencils, real scissors, rakes that don't break, and pitchers that really pour.
Create spaces that invite the child. Materials must be available for when the child is interested, not taken down and made available when the adult wants. This means art material, intellectually stimulating books and toys, music that the child can play or turn on, and snacks that the child can chose freely. All that is available to the child must be artfully placed on shelves or tables and never be cluttered or overwhelming.
Show the child how to do the work. We must show slowly and obviously, sometimes many times, how to achieve the object of the material. Mostly this is done with as few words as possible. If the child does the work differently from the way shown, it's okay. If the materials are being abused, they must be put away until another time and another demonstration.
Invite the child into our own worlds. What we enjoy or spend our time doing, our children want to do. Our students see everything, and they are driven to learn to function in our society. They want to help cook, do laundry, wash the car, garden, and work the computer. Our preschoolers have antennas about everything their parents say, do, and feel. When we react with enthusiasm to things like books, charity, and exercise, our children mimic us. When we react negatively to things like math, teachers, and other drivers, our children mimic us. If you want a barometer of your own actions, look at your child.
ª Be patient and stay out of the way. Montessori educators present material and learning many times and many different ways. Sometimes the internalization of true learning comes before we finish the lesson. Other times, the 'click' doesn't come quickly. So we continue to present in other ways and we wait. Buddhists call this 'click' enlightenment, and they wait. So we wait and watch. When it happens, it's a beautiful thing.
Johnny Appleseed vs. The Legend of the Bluebonnet – Still about thinking skills: In our Wild flowers enrichment curriculum is the story of Johnny Appleseed and we're also going to tell The Legend of the Bluebonnet. The children will be asked to consider which one might be true. Why do they think that? It's important that our children learn to think critically. For questions you could talk about while around the dinner table or in the car, check out Dr. Gregory Stock's The Kids' Book of Questions.
Pillowcase – Regulations require us to keep bed-rolls from touching so we are asking every child to have a large pillowcase with their name on it to put their bedroll into while to be stored for the next day.
Dates for the Calendar – We'll have parents/teacher conferences the week of April 23, beginning with infant class on the 23, and 24. The toddler class will be on April 25 and 26 ending with the primary class on April 27 – May 2. Graduation will be Thursday May 24, at 3P.M.