Going on vacation soon? Or planning for the future? What do you do with your furry family members who will be staying behind?
Pets get to stay in the comfort of their own homes.
Does your pet have it's favorite spot to take a nap in? It's own daily routine? A pile of favorite toys? One of the best perks of hiring a pet sitter is that you don't have to mess with your pet's routine or happiness. Your pets get to stay in their own homes while you're away and pet sitters will make frequent visits to your house to care for your pets. If your pet suffers from anxiety etc., this is a great option to give you both a little more peace of mind while you're away.
You don't have to worry about your pets getting sick from other pets.
Pets get sick just like humans do. When you board your pets, you are exposing them to a wide variety of germs and illnesses from the other pets on site. Ever heard of Kennel Cough? It's the most common illness that's spread between dogs who are boarded. Just like the common cold has it's peak during winter months, so does Kennel Cough.
Your pets get more one-on-one attention.
When you board your pets they may receive more attention from other pets but they are less likely to receive lots of one-on-one attention. If your pets are used to receiving lots of quality attention from you, they may become distressed when you board them and they don't receive that same level of attention. Does your pet have a favorite toy? Or a favorite "game" to play? A pet sitter loves to know that information and will fill in for you while you're away!
Pet sitting is more customizable and more cost effective.
When you hire a pet sitter you get to completely customize the care your pets will receive. You get to plan how often the sitter comes by, you get to plan the time of the visits, the length of the visits, and what each visit entails. Whether your pet likes to go for long walks, play a game of fetch in the backyard, snuggle on the couch, go for a car ride, or whatever else, they get to do!
You won't have to impose on your neighbors, friends or relatives to look after your pets.
Hiring a pet sitter means that you don't have to ask others to drop in and help you care for your pets!
The next time you are planning a getaway either for the weekend or for a bit longer, consider keeping your pets in their own homes and hiring a pet sitter. Think of it as choosing whether to send your child to daycare or hiring a caregiver for your home. It's really the same idea! The helpers at Your Everyday Helper are happy to help care for your furry loved ones while you're away.
Planning a Graduation Party? Let us Help!
Spring is finally beginning to make it's way back to us! And that means that before you know it, the school year will be ending, and the spring semester will be over. Do you know someone graduating this year? Are you in charge of throwing a graduation party for someone? If so, you're in luck! At Everyday Helper we can assist you from start to finish to make sure that your party is one to remember.
We can help with the planning: Not sure where to start with the planning? We have helped plan some pretty awesome graduation parties in our last 4 years as a business. We can help you plan the guest list, the menu, the location, the setup, supplies needed, and all the other little details in between that you might not think of. We can also take care of the shopping for items needed, we can make the phone calls to reserve the items needed, pick up the decorations, and we can mail out the invitations.
We can help with the cleaning: We offer house cleaning services which are perfect to help you get ready for your party! We'll take care of cleaning your home so that you have one less thing on your plate to worry about.
We can help with the setup: We can help with the decorating, organizing the setup of the party, and we can even take care of picking up any items you may have rented at the local party store!
We can help during the party: Have you ever thrown a party only to have been stuck serving the food, cleaning up the messes, and dealing with all the small details instead of being able to enjoy yourself? That's where we come in. We'll serve the food, keep the food and drinks filled and ready, clean up the tables, empty the trash, and take care of any other things needing attended to during the party.
We can help with the cleanup: By the time the party is over, you're probably tired and ready to just relax. We'll take care of the cleanup from start to finish and leave things just the way they were before the party. We'll take care of the trash, the dishes, taking down the decorations, putting furniture back, and even returning any rented items.
Graduation time is a milestone that should be celebrated with friends and family. A graduation party should be a relaxing and fun time for everyone- including the hosts. At Everyday Helper, we're happy to assist with any of the above tasks and more. Have something in mind you could use assistance with? Send Kelly a message at Kelly@youreverydayhelper.com and let's chat!
Ahhh, Spring is here once again!! You know what that means- time to pull out that Spring cleaning to-do list you've been working on all winter! At Everyday Helper, we have already begun helping many of our clients with those tasks!
Ceiling fans- don't forget to dust the top of fan blades, and clean the light fixtures! Cleaning the allergens off of your fan will help keep your air fresher!
Light fixtures- Yup, time to dig out that ladder and get to work on cleaning all of those light fixtures around your home. You may be surprised how dirty they can get!
Furnace filter- Have you changed yours recently? If so, great! If not, you may want to consider this your reminder to do so!
Appliances- We're talking a good ol' scrubbing on the inside, outside, around, and behind. That means taking everything and every shelf out of your fridge, pulling appliances out to clean behind and under them, and tackling the buildup inside your oven!
Smoke detectors- consider this your reminder to check on your smoke detectors around your home and change out the batteries!
Carpets- Spring is a great time to hire a carpet cleaning service or to rent a carpet cleaner yourself and tackle the house. We track a lot of sand, salt, and dirt into our homes in the winter months- especially if you have pets or kids!
Blinds and window treatments- Spring is a great time to dust off the faux wood, wood, and mini blinds around your home as well as to gently wipe any cloth shades to remove dust buildup!
Windows- now that the days are longer, you'll want to let more sunlight into your home. Check out your windows- they could probably use a good cleaning inside and out!
Still not feeling the excitement about tackling your Spring cleaning to-do list? We LOVE cleaning and we love helping make our client's lives easier! We'd love the opportunity to help you out as well! Just send Kelly an email at Kelly@youreverydayhelper.com to get the Spring cleaning process started!
5 Reasons to Hire a Dog Walker!
Have you ever thought about hiring a dog walker?
Do you work long hours leaving your dog at home alone all day? Is your life so busy that you have trouble finding the time to take your dog for an actual walk around the neighborhood? Or maybe you just brought home a new addition to your family and are worried about what is happening when you aren't at home!
Here's 5 of our top reasons why you should let someone like us at Everyday Helper assist you with dog walking!
1. Your dog needs walked regularly to stay healthy– No matter the age, exercise is as important to your dog as it is to us humans. Better health means a longer and healthier life for your dog!
2. Companionship and Socialization- If you leave your dog alone for long periods of time, your dog becomes lonely, hyper, or ornery. Dogs need companionship and socialization just as us humans do!
3. A tired dog is a good dog- Do you ever come home from work at the end of the day to find your dog full of energy when you're exhausted from a long day? Having a mid-day dog walker means that you get to come home to a tired dog!
4. You don't have to worry if you don't have time to walk– Maybe you're a busy student at the University here in town, or you're a busy professional putting in extra long work days, or you're raising a growing family and constantly on the go. Whatever the situation may be, finding the time to walk can be stressful. We offer dog walking 7 days a week at Everyday Helper- the perfect solution!
5. Peace of mind- one less thing to worry about in your busy life. You don't have to worry about squeezing in that walk before or after work when you're tired and it's dark out. You don't have to worry about coming home to any surprise accidents. And, when you use someone such as Everyday Helper you can rest assured knowing that your dog walker is fully insured and highly experienced!
Having a dog walker is a win-win solution for you dog and for you. Want to know more about how we could help you out with your dog? We'd love to chat! Send us a message on our website and let's connect!
Why Companion Care for Seniors is Extra Important in the Winter!
It's the dead of winter here in Iowa once again. That means lots of cloudy gray days, lots of snow and Ice, and lots of cold temperatures. By this point in the winter, I think many of us begin looking forward to spring once again!
Does the winter bring your mood a bit down? Or do you get a bit anxious being stuck indoors all day? I know both of those things happen to me!
So why is companion care for seniors extra important in the winter?
Studies show that depression increases in seniors age 65 and older by 54% during the winter months in the Midwest.
Seniors are more confined than ever in the winter. The risk of falling on the ice and breaking bones isn't worth it. Braving the cold to go out and about just doesn't seem doable. And for many, being in public places were they're exposed to cold and flu germs that will take a toll on their body isn't a good idea either.
That's where we can help at Everyday Helper. Our team of helpers love getting to go spend time with your loved ones! We'll play board games, work on puzzles, have a conversation over coffee, take care of errands and household chores, and more. We'll come into their homes and spend time with them, help them out, and lift their spirits during the dreary months.
Our companion care service is completely customizable which means that we can assist in almost any non-medical way that could be beneficial to your loved ones. Want to learn more about how we can help? Send an email to Kelly at Kelly@youreverydayhelper.com and let's chat!
Bella is helping us wrap up 2018 as our final pet of the month!
Bella lives with her furry brother, Oliver, whom was our August pet of the month earlier this year. Bella however is quite the opposite of her brother!
While Oliver loves to sleep and can sleep through almost anything, Bella is full of energy! Bella loves to play fetch, go for walks, and sniff around the yard. She also loves to just sit and relax with you when you're watching tv or reading a book.
Bella is very well trained and can go out in the yard without a leash. She knows when it's time to go into her kennel and she knows how to sit still and be a good girl for a treat…or two!
We love having Bella as part of our Everyday Helper family!


More than 100 galahs have died - some "falling from the sky" - after a suspected poisoning near Lake Alexandrina, prompting an investigation by Biosecurity SA.
Local resident Sarah Hope told The Advertiser she had found the galahs dead or in the process of "dying slow and painful deaths" in Milang, Clayton Bay and Tolderol.
"They're in distress and clearing in pain, but they otherwise look healthy," the wildlife carer of 20 years said.
"They are literally falling from the sky.
Dozens of dead galahs have been found at Milang.
Biosecurity SA is testing the dead galahs. Picture: Facebook.
"Testing for non-infectious causes such as toxins are now being conducted but may take several months for results to be available," she said.


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NJ Motor Vehicle Commission Resuming Some In-person Services June 15th
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If you've been waiting to take a road test for a driver's license or you need to visit a New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commision office in-person, your wait is almost over.
At his daily COVID-19 press conference on Friday, Gov. Phil Murphy announced two dates for NJMVC services to resume -- one firm and one tentative.
According to the governor, in-person customer service will resume at MVC offices on Monday, June 15th. Meanwhile, the MVC is hoping to resume things like road tests and issuing new licenses and permits two weeks later on Monday, June 29th.
NJMVC offices have been closed since March 15th as a measure to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the Garden State.
In mid-may, the NJMVC extended expiration dates of licenses, registrations, inspection stickers, and temporary tags that expired between March 13th and May 31st to July 31st. Documents expiring June 30th were extended to August 31st and those expiring July 31st were extended to September 30th.
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YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — The United States has formally asked Armenia to extradite the former head of a Turkish American lobbying group who was arrested in Yerevan on August 29.
The Armenian police detained Kemal (Kevin) Oksuz a week after U.S. law-enforcement authorities issued an international arrest warrant for him. A Yerevan court was quick to allow the police to keep the Turkish-born man in custody for at least one month.
Oksuz used to run the Texas-based Turquoise Council of Americans and Eurasians as well as the Assembly of the Friends of Azerbaijan. The two groups came under scrutiny after organizing in 2013 an all-expenses-paid visit to Azerbaijan by 10 members and 32 staffers of the U.S. Congress.
The Washington Post reported in 2015 that the trip was secretly funded by Azerbaijan's state-owned oil company SOCAR in violation of U.S. congressional rules. The paper said that SOCAR spent $750,000 for that purpose.
The Ethics Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives launched an inquiry into the secret funding around that time. Oksuz reportedly refused to testify in the probe.
An Armenian police statement issued on August 30 revealed that Oksuz subsequently moved to Armenia and set up a company there last year. He is now wanted in the U.S. for lying to the Ethics Committee about foreign funding received by his organizations, according to the statement.
A spokeswoman for Armenia's Office of the Prosecutor-General, Arevik Khachatrian, told the Armenpress news agency on Wednesday that it has received a formal extradition request from U.S. law-enforcement authorities. She did not say when the Armenian side will respond to it.
Under Armenian law, final decisions on extraditing foreign nationals living in the country have to be made by the Justice Ministry. They can be challenged in court.
Armenpress also reported that the police suspect Oksuz's Armenian-registered company called the Sena Group of tax evasion. If charged, he will risk heavy fines or up to five years' imprisonment.
It remains unclear why Oksuz decided to relocate to Armenia, a country that has strained relations with both Turkey and Azerbaijan. Just like other Turkish American activists, he had lobbied the U.S. Congress against recognizing the 1915 Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey.


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Tom and Teresa Presley grew up in military families, so the concept of service started early and has continued a lifetime, or two lifetimes, as their case may be. The Presleys are both retired Air Force veterans. Mr. Presley, after 21 years, retired as master sergeant in April of 2001. In September of 2001, Mrs. Presley retired as a senior master sergeant after serving more than 21 years. Their stories of distinguished service each deserve recognition.
Mr. Presley was born in Germany during his father's military assignment there as a tank commander with the 3rd Armored Division, and later an Army Criminal Investigator (CID). Later, while living in El Paso, Mr. Presley joined the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Law Enforcement Explorer program at the age of 16. These experiences prompted his goal of becoming a policeman, but Mr. Presley did not want to wait until the minimum age of 21. With his parents' approval (required), he joined the Air Force at the young age of 17 and served four years in the Air Force Security Police as a law enforcement specialist. In 1984, while stationed at Clark Air Base in the Philippines, he was encouraged to apply for a new position. After a 10-month selection process, where only one percent of applicants are chosen, he became a Special Agent for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI). For the next 17 years, most of his OSI work involved national security matters. He conducted offensive and defensive counter intelligence operations and investigated felony-level crimes. He was often deployed around the world on short notice and worked many serious and dangerous cases undercover.
In the lead up to the Gulf War, Mr. Presley volunteered to deploy to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. As fate would have it, Mrs. Presley was on the same plane en route to her assignment with the Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Surprisingly, they never crossed paths on the long flight there. Once in Saudi Arabia, it was a different story. The JAG and OSI teams worked closely together, so during a Fourth of July OSI off-duty gathering, the couple first met while on a three-day weekend in Riyadh. Mr. Presley took an immediate interest in her, and when he was offered an undercover assignment in Riyadh, he jumped at the chance.
As the daughter of an Air Force airman, Mrs. Presley was born in Tripoli, Libya, and later enlisted in the Air Force while her family was stationed in Guam. While living in a foreign land was just normal military life, deployment to Saudi Arabia presented a unique set of challenges, given the strict cultural guidelines for women. Mrs. Presley drew a lot of attention while accompanying a JAG officer for a visit to the Royal Saudi Air Force headquarters to discuss legal matters with various intelligence and OSI staff related to Gulf War activities. Being in uniform drew a lot of attention. She later learned she was only the second woman ever to have been inside this highly sensitive and secure facility, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher being the first.
During an earlier temporary duty assignment in the U.S., Mrs. Presley was in Biloxi, Miss., to handle airmen family claims following Hurricane Elena in 1985. While she received a Humanitarian Service Award for her efforts, her greatest satisfaction came from helping the families impacted by the storm, some of which had lost everything. She was touched by the overall upbeat attitude her fellow service members had in spite of their challenges. She was once brought to tears after talking to one family whose young daughter, barely able to look over the top of Mrs. Presley's desk and not understanding the magnitude of her family's problems, simply wanted to find her lost teddy bear.
After many relocations and military life challenges, both Mr. and Mrs. Presley retired from the Air Force. They each served more than 21 years. They were married in December 1992, blending her three kids and his two kids into one large family. Four years after they married, circumstances placed them in the position of needing to step up and raise their granddaughter, Breanna, who is now a fifth-grader at Purefoy Elementary.
Mrs. Presley joined Mr. Presley in Frisco in September 2001. He alerted her to a newly created position within the FPD and she landed the job. Today, Mrs. Presley continues to serve as the manager of the FPD's Records Division. She has been able to demonstrate by example and leadership the value of bending without breaking the rules to help citizens in stressful or chaotic times. Unlike many government agencies with a lot of bureaucratic "red tape," Mrs. Presley's team strives every day to "do the right thing" with compassion and understanding, making work more personally fulfilling.
Together, the couple has served our country and Frisco with more than 70 years of service! In their own humble way, they represent the many heroes in our midst — common people, who, without thought, step forward to do the right thing.


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The Congolese Gynaecologist Who is a Global Advocate for Rape Survivors
Dr. Denis Mukwege is a World-Leading Surgeon, Gynaecologist and Women's Rights Activist
20.06.2018 | by Kezia Parkins
In recent history, the Democratic Republic of Congo has most notably been in the headlines for atrocities that came with the country's civil war, which took five million lives between 1994 and 2003. It was even called Africa's first world war because the conflict drew in several neighbouring countries. Congo is a country rich in resources like diamonds, gold and copper, but, sadly, its wealth in materials has not been properly utilised for the betterment of its people.
In 2006, the country had its first free elections in 40 years, which resulted in Joseph Kabila being elected president. In 2015, at least 30 people were killed in protests fighting against proposed changes to the electoral law that was believed to be designed to allow Kabila to remain in power. With wars continuing to be waged in the east of the country, it is fair to say the republic has experienced more than its share of problems.
A beacon of hope that emerged in 1999 was Dr. Denis Mukwege, who founded the Panzi General Hospital in Bukavu in Eastern Congo to help deal with the atrocities taking place. The region of the country has been ravaged by war and sexualised violence for more than two decades.
The hospital now serves more than 400,000 people located in the Ibanda Health Zone and is supported by the US-based Panzi Foundation. The organisation makes strategic investments to help end violence against women and girls in Congo as well as throughout the world.
Dr. Mukwege specialises in gynaecology and obstetrics. Since opening, Panzi has become more focused on the treatment of victims of sexual violence. He originally completed his studies with a thesis in paediatrics on the vaccinations of newborns against Hepatitis B. His original intention was to move into the field of paediatrics until he saw horrific things happen to women in a maternity clinic in Lamera.
"Women were coming in bleeding day after day, many with severe infections," he recounted in an interview with Glamour Magainze. "A woman had a baby and carried it dead in her vagina for a week. It was terrible. This helped me make a total engagement in a new career."
He then decided to specialise in gynaecology in Angers, France. Later, he moved back to Lemera to train the healthcare staff in obstetrics and gynaecology.
In 2015, he said he had treated over 40,000 victims of sexual violence or extreme brutality. That same year, he earned a PhD from Université libre de Bruxelles for his thesis on traumatic fistulas in the Eastern Congo.
He has spoken out about the situation in Congo at forums all over the world, including the United Nations (UN). According to a report from the Pacific Standard, the Panzi has treated over 85,000 girls and women with complex gynaecological injuries. Dr. Mukwege is still the chief surgeon at Panzi and sees nine to fifteen new patients per day. He is viewed by many as the world's leading expert on surgically repairing damage caused by gang rape.
Unfortunately, his work has not gone unnoticed by the kind of attackers that have targeted many of his patients. In 2012, several armed men attacked his home, held his family hostage and waited for him to return. Dr. Mukwege and his family were unharmed, but his guard was shot dead. The assassination attempt led to him being exiled in Belgium and devastated operations at Panzi.
In early 2013, the doctor returned to Congo with funds that his patients had raised for him by selling onions and pineapples. As he returned to Bukavu, he was greeted with a warm welcome, stretching the entire 20 miles from Kavumu Airport to the city.
Dr. Mukwege has earned international recognition for his work, including the UN's Prize in the Field of Human Rights in 2008, the EU's Sakharov Prize in 2014 and the Seoul Peace Prize in 2016. He was also listed amongst TIME Magazine 100 Most Influential People in 2016, and the Carter Foundation deemed him to be a "Citizen of the World".
In 2018, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with activist Nadia Murad for their "efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict."
The inspiring activist also runs the Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation, an organisation created to "support survivors and use national and international advocacy to achieve lasting, systemic change."
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Multimodal Meaning, Part 3A: What's New About Digital Technologies?
what's new in this technology environment that creates implications for learning.
So we're now up to the third of these in the analysis.
And that is, a phenomen that, phenomenon that I want to call a multimodal meaning.
formed by the invention of print, by Gutenberg, in the 1450s.
went around that like contents, pages and indexes.
is the beginning of it, by 1500 that is in place.
that it really, typography could only deal with language, okay?
a page we really had to make a separate plate.
Which was this whole world of lithography.
were separate sections for writing and separate sections for images, the plates.
interestingly, it doesn't change with the digital, it changes before the digital.
which is in print putting images and text on the same plate.
photographically produced, including the typography.
it happens on a large scale, by the middle of the 20th century.
for the first time, our media for communicating across distances.
So, you know, if we go back to the beginning of writing.
that we can communicate across distance, okay?
So, a big thing happens with digital media.
it wasn't the case with conventional historical lithography.
for us words, can distribute for us images.
distribute for us sound, which is audio recordings.
and also, you can have titles on it as well.
You can have writing on the same thing.
So, this is a phenomenon that we call multimodality.
Now, what are our traditions in schools?
We teach this thing called literacy.
And we have this old-fashioned idea that literacy is letters in words.
In English it's called that, and obviously it's not that in Chinese.
But it in English, it's that and other phonemically based scripting systems.
And we then put words into sentences, and we write paragraphs.
And that's what we consider literacy to be, just the stuff of written language.
Now, let me come to a very practical example.
used else where in this video series now, that's not just a matter of writing words.
label, you know, here's a volcano, there's the cone, there's the lava coming out.
not words and sentences, but it's grammatically an image with labels, right?
modes of meaning, with the same manufactory units.
if I can put it that way, that learners can use, and it's the most revolutionary.
Digital manufacturing allows us to produce alphabetical literacy.
It allows us to produce any kind of sound.
clicking the same kinds of items, the same manufacturing units.
Never before have learners had access to this potential.
It's just an extraordinary capacity.
And we need to know the power of that capacity.
What does it mean to add a video to a piece of text as part of an assignment?
What does it mean to bring audio in?
We talk about speaking, and listening, and writing, and reading.
We talk about them usually as separate domains.
through the devices that all of us have.
For us, it means a tremendous shift in how he understand these modes.
of each mode, and the effect of each mode.
What does it mean to combine them?
particular purpose, whether we want to inform or argue or explain?
How does it help to have a video as opposed to a piece of writing?
piece of audio that's how do these modes come together?
for banking meaning and representing meaning.
imperative for all of us to understand and to harness.
What, what is it that makes this affordance so important to us?
learners to understand how meaning is made with different text types.
about it, what kind of meaning does that produce?
If you write an essay about it, what kind of meaning does that produce?
If you do an analysis of, of it uh,in a debate, what does that mean?
increasingly, and this is very important, the world is making meaning in these ways.
pamphlet, not only in written form but in, with these multiple modes.
experiment produces a different kind of information.
about the effect produces another kind of information.
available to us, in order to be effective representers of knowledge?
And, just in, in terms of, you know, why does it matter.
to engage with multiple modes of representation or meaning.
So, for us to see these things as core to teaching and learning is really vital.


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Job done – that will no doubt be the overriding feeling as Wigan Athletic take to the pitch at the DW for the final time this Sunday. It's been quite the turnaround over the last month, Latics looked to be staring down the barrel following the last minute defeat against Hull but truly turned it around against three of the strongest sides in the division. Where seven points could very well have been nine.
As we're in the mood for reflection let's take a look at this season, the achievement of Wigan Athletic securing their Championship status shouldn't be overlooked. In two of the last five seasons Wigan Athletic found themselves relegated from the second tier. To buck that trend is quite the achievement. Especially when you consider the fact that Latics unlike in previous Championship campaigns are without parachute payments and have one of the lowest budgets in the league.
That isn't to say it has been all plain sailing on the good ship Wigan Athletic, a season in which there was going to be wholesale changes to the ownership structure of the club was always bound to represent challenges. The fact that change was made mid-season meant it was a bigger challenge to overcome.
I think the departure of the Whelan family and David Sharpe in October has been underplayed, but when one family and one chain of command has been in place since the early 90's it must have been difficult for the club as a whole to overcome and get used to that new structure. Credit should go to both Darren Royle and Jonathan Jackson who have managed to oversee a seamless transition, certainly in terms of what we as supporters have witnessed.
Credit should also go to the pair for not panicking when results weren't as expected over the last few months, it's been a difficult season for a number of seasons but the learning curve that the club has been on will stand both Latics and hopefully Paul Cook and the management team in good stead. He and his players have been unwavering in the belief that we will eventually stay up, that belief was clearly with the owners of the club as well and it has paid off.
I don't think it's a surprise that the first season that Wigan Athletic have shown faith in their manager in three Championship seasons is the first season that we have been successful in surviving as a Championship club. Both Uwe Rosler and Gary Caldwell can count themselves very un-lucky to lose their jobs but it does show that consistency is an undervalued commodity in modern football.
Of course at times this season hasn't been good enough – I'm sure Paul Cook and Leam Richardson will admit that, performances haven't generally been poor but individual mistakes have been our un-doing on so many occasions. Our away form clearly hasn't been good enough, and the slow acceptance of it being an issue among the management team. But generally at home we've been strong, apart from two games in December our home form has been fantastic and with a couple more wins on the road we could well have been looking at a finish much higher up the table.
So on to next season, with no takeover to concern the club this summer it should all be about recruitment and indeed retention of our core assets. Principally Gavin Massey and Nick Powell, both have been offered new contracts but I expect the former to be the one to stay with us. Nick Powell is one of the best players we have seen in a Wigan Athletic shirt and I would be delighted if he remains with the club but I'm also realistic in that we can't match the sort of money he could earn elsewhere.
The future of Callum McManaman will also be solved this season. But with his lack of opportunities surely he will be moving on in the summer?
Along with our out of contract players there will be question marks over those who have joined us on-loan this season. Christian Walton has improved in recent weeks, he said after the Leeds game that he felt part of Wigan Athletic now and it will be interesting to see if we can retain his services for a third season. Antonee Robinson is another who has improved greatly in recent weeks, at 23 years of age could he break in to the Everton side? If not he may well be worth a look at – the question is whether we could afford him.
There will of course be a Reece James sized hole in our side next season, how we replace that marvelous young player will be an interesting challenge for Paul Cook and the team.
But that time isn't now, Sunday will be a party and rightly so as Latics get ready to celebrate their Championship status for a further season. We have done the hard bit so let's enjoy the fruits of our labour. Thankfully our friends from Bermondsey don't need anything from the game either – a prospect where it went down to the final game of the season, a few weeks previously wasn't one that held much attraction to me or I imagine many Latics fans.
So looking ahead to the summer, let's see how the first summer transfer window under the control of the Royle family and IEC goes. It's going to be an interesting summer ahead and I look forward to seeing it unfold, as one club up the road in Horwich seems to be on life support our own club seems in robust good health.
Long may that continue.
Sean Livesey
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ictor Hugo is on The Best Writers of. The authors choose their favourite books on the chosen topic. On first glance, these definitions of classic/big books seem to come to the point. We' ve lost a giant - one of the best reporters and writers in American history. Their books deal with the life of the upper and middle classes in England.
Stephen King Stephen Edwin King is an US writer of modern horrors, psychic fictions, tension, science fixtures and fantasies. Much of his most famous books are Carrie, It, The Shinning, The Stan, The Dark Tower, and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, which later became...read more.
I' ve only just begun studying his work ('the first book I ever saw as Carrie') and he's already my favourite one. I like Carrie very much, but I wager that will be changed as soon as I see more of King's work. He' s the most authoritative in both films and literature, with titles like The Shining, It, Different Seasons, The Green Mile, to name but a few, of which I haven't yet seen any, but will soon be, and films inspired by titles like The Shining, It, Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, to name but a few.
and somehow make it work. If he can work on a buffoon who''s not really a bob and who does well, you know he can do it. King is my favourite writer and he earns to be as high as he is on this shortlist.
I' ve been reading many different writers' works, but nothing has caught my eye more than the work of the great Stephen Kings. Whenever I record a royal novel that I have not yet reread, I always find myself in a different state of consciousness. I' m not going back to normality until a few nights after I finish the book.
That'?s why Stephen King is the best writer ever! For me, Stephen King is the only writer who will never run out of good ideas. Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings were certainly astonishing novels, but it seems to me that this is the only good thing they have.
On the other side Stephen King has an enormous amount of tales, I mean 57 volumes! It also contains some novels with a few brief histories. A lot of folks probably reading their works (here just guess) because everyone else is reading them, but it's for me like this quotation:If you are reading the same textbooks as everyone else, you will think like everyone else.
Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973), known under his pseudonym J.R.R. Tolkien, was an English novelist, poets, philologist und lecturer, who is best known as the creator of the classical works of high imagination The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
Although I don't think that Tolkien is the best writer of all time when there's a bunch throwing themselves at this track, like Camus, Sartre, Dostojewski, Tolstoi, Hemingway, etc., I think he definitely crushes Rowling in pure storytelling and fantasy. Out of malice towards Harry Potter I choose Tolkien, not that Tolkien is evil, I just overtook him after I recorded life-changing, stratified textbooks like Nausea, The Stranger, Fiesta etc..
There is no writer who can compare himself to him. The addition of language, poesy, stories in tales and just this great profundity of story gives you the feeling of being in a reality environment. I enjoy reading his technique and his way of typing and he was such a gifted man.
It is astonishing that his writings have proven themselves for over 70 years and most writers are striving for them. He' s a classic. She' the best author I know. I was in Iove with it. This is my favourite film of all times, Harry Potter und the Deathly Hollows Part 1.
All of Tolkien's literature is in a whole tongue! You know, I could spend the whole of my whole fucking lives reading Harry Potter. It'?s like that. You' made me an addiction to a lifetime I'll never let go and never stop. It is interesting that I tried to create a magic novel as her, but I couldn't complete it because she put all kinds of facts and figures into her -Harry Potter- series.
Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an British author and journalist and social reviewer. and more. It'?s up to you. And I think the whole point many of us teenagers and kids think that his textbooks are dull is because the book schools force us to do them. It' s difficult to get lost in the history if you have to stop studying now and then.
But, really, the true beauteousness of a book is that it gives the user a whole new life to live at his own speed. He was a great writer. Having read Great Expectations in my spare mee at my own speed, I found it a feat.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, sometimes translated Dostoyevsky, was a Soviet author, narrator, essays author, reporter and thinker. Dostoyevsky is the author of all times, better than anyone else! Oh, come on, Steve King about her? Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (19 January 1809 - 7 October 1849) was an author, publisher and literature-criticist.
His poems and shorts are best known, especially his mysteries and ghoulis. It is considered a key character of Romanticism in the United States and the USA...read more. E.A.P. is simply one of the greatest American gothic authors. He' the king of horror comedy.
7 C.S. Lewis Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 - November 22, 1963) was a UK writer, poets, academics, mediaevists, literature critics, essayists, amateur theologians, broadcasters, lecturers and apologetics. Ã? more. Reading Narnia, I was falling for love with this book! Oh, man, I always thought his accounts sucked. I was mistaken!
Greatest show ever! C. S. Lewis's favourite book is The Horse and His Boy. I' m trying to become a playwright, I' m trying to make a book and get it published soon. Roald Dahl Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 - 23 November 1990) was a UK based playwright, scriptwriter, poet and combat aviator.
More than 250 million volumes have been published around the globe. I' had the toughest period in the whole wide globe to choose between Dahl, Lewis and Tolkien, but I went with Dahl. He has such a vivid and realistic fantasy and childlike spirit that no other children's book writer can beat it. It is so imaginative that everyone can really appreciate their work.
He gave me books: There are many more great textbooks! Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known under his pseudonym Mark Twain, was an US writer and comedian. His understanding of the ironies and dialects was and is astonishing.
George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950), who used the pseudonym George Orwell, was an British writer, essays writer, journalist and criticist. Many great writers are worthy of being on this mailing lists, but Orwell's work is unsurpassed. In 1984 it is an absolutely masterwork, and the fact that he was writing it on his deathbed illustrates his greatness as an writer.
These are two unbelievably powerful fiction that, over the years, have transformed the attitudes of entire communities and alerted us to the perils posed by some policymakers. Anyone who reads this commentary who has not yet learned of Orwell's works, I invite you to start in 1984 and Tierfarm and to return to this page and choose Orwell.
He' s my favourite playwright, then go Orwell. So Orwell can really get you into the accounts. Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel was an US playwright and graphic artist who wrote famous children's literature under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss. Since then I have loved to study and Dr. Seuss, where my first few novels and helping to evolve my passion for it.
He' s been creating children's tales that will expand your life. It' full of great tales and sketches you can't ignore! Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually called Leo Tolstoy in English, was a famous author from Russia who is considered one of the greatest writers of alltimes.
Get his ledgers. Each of his works carries strong message and the purpose of the world. It' s a pity that many young people come to J.K. Rowling and all the other contemporary writers and neglect more profound, focussed philosophic works like Tolstoy. It' s very embarrassing to see that he is so low on this mailing lists, especially since War and Peace has been celebrated as the greatest novel of all times.
There is no question that Leon Tolstoi is the greatest, the greatest novelist of all time. He' a great novelist. William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an Englishman poets, playwrights and actors who is generally considered to be the greatest novelist of the British alphabet and the world's most outstanding drama artist. Frankly, William Shakespeare is an unbelievable writer/writer; his works make a difference to you, no matter how old you are, provided you have learned to do so.
Trust me, from now on Stephen King is one of the best writers of all times, and his books have influenced me. Don't let one of the most powerful men in the story stay in 13th place because his series'doesn't offer what contemporary societies need', because his works really are what inspire these contemporary histories (well, most of them anyway).
but there' s no way he could defeat Shakespeare in any way in inferiority. It was Shakespeare who was the greatest writer, dramatist, writer and performer of all times. We use a lot of words every day when we speak English.
I say give him an attempt to see Shakespeare's life, and it will alter the way you think about the powers of words. Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was an US author, narrator and reporter.
Heingway produces the. and more. Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus are THE BEST! Riordan is such a gifted author. Not only do his works cover a certain demographic but also a very broad population. One recognizes what a good book is when a broad group of people of all ages reads it.
Even his novels are really amazing and contain a great deal of information. Riordan is always shooting and changing the book, so sometimes you just pant in astonishment and sometimes you want to toss the book out the windows because you love the book so much. Even when reading the Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus you get to know much about ancient Greece's mythologies in a really ingenious way.
So, if you just take a look at some of his textbooks or remember to study them, DO NOT ASSIST! GET THE BOOK AND START LOOKING! BEECHES! I like Percy Jackson. It's my favourite book collection. I' ve seen other works that don't work when I bring the myth to live.
You' re a shame for a book. I strongly suggest that you also study them, because you can find something new while you are there. I' m a very particular character when it comes to reading very particular and the first ones that got my eye on in the book were these.
I' ve reread it so many time that I've learned the whole thing by heart. There are many age groups who can browse his works, beginning with Lightning Theif. As you immerse yourself in the turns and turns in the storyline, you just can't stop it. BEECHES! but Jeff Kinney is definitely not the sixteenth greatest writer in the underworld.
There' s hardly any discrepancy between his works and his inclination to depict Greg as a socialopath has got out of control. He' s not even a novelist. He was quite good and he didn't have many other stories in which he could tell the same tale and give the character different titles.....
The first nine of his books were in Russian, and he gained popularity internationally after he began to write English forums. and more. It'?s up to you. He is the only novelist who explores the spirit of a paedophile who throws himself into the controversy of everyday life while he writes, Lolita, a book that is both celebrated and judged. He is, in my view, the greatest ever playwright.
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 - March 15, 1937) was an U.S. writer who became posthumously famous for his powerful works of fictionalism. Almost unheard of and only featured in cellulose journals before he passed away in extreme poverty, he is now considered one of the most important of the twentieth century...read more.
He writes so powerfully that you can put yourself in the picture. I' ve been informed that the greatest author of our times, Stephen King, was a supporter of HP Lovecraft, and his impact can be felt in the way King is known for - to let you see through the eye of his character, draw you into the storyline and instill a thought or notion.
Lovecraft, please look at one of his many rare booklets, you will not be upset. He' the only writer of old literature who's survived the years. Some of the most approachable writers right now because none of his tales are proprietary, so you can buy large parts of his fonts on eBook media or audio book media for either very cheap or for no costs at all.
Seriously, my favourite writer. This is because most folks can't see it. Those who think Harry Potter is difficult to see. Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett (1948-2015) was an British writer of fiction, especially comedy. His best-known is the Discworld cartoon fancy book line.
There is a deep understanding of the meanings in his works. Yeah, the only writer besides Douglas Adams who can get me to do that. Pratchett's works are well-penned, enthralling, touching, funny and thought-provoking at the same one. I' ve never seen another author's book tick all these box.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a UK author and doctor who is best known for the creation of the fictitious investigator Sherlock Holmes and the creation of tales about him that are widely regarded as landmarks in the realm of criminal novels. He' s incredible, I fucking adore his book! The mysterious category is my favourite and nobody can compete with him in this area.
He' s the best writer. Jane Austen Jane Austen was an British writer who was best known for her five great books, which interpreted, criticized and commented on the lives of the British aristocracy at the end of the eighteenth cent. An astonishing writer, Jane Austen! I' m not a great love-lover, but her tales are so nicely told and her actions so complicated.
Proudness and prejudices were the poorest book to have. Herbert Wells - known as H.G. Wells - was a productive British author in many different styles, among them novel, story, policy and commentaries as well as text books and regulations for wargames. I don't see how you can't choose someone who's ever seen the Wars of the Worlds!
It made the Wars of the World a comprehensive and detailled book that predicted an actually possible result with an astonishing storyline. My favourite is The Outline of Historie! Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, was an British detective author, narrator and dramatist. Absolutely the best mystic author in my mind.
It succeeds in making every ending astonishing and different for EVERY book! One of the greatest and best-known writers in France. and more. It'?s up to you. That Misareblas is the best novel I've ever seen. People remember him for his storylines, his novel...read more. We' re talkin' about the girl who made the Hunger Games, the greatest book of all times!
George R.R. Martín George Raymond Richard Martín (née George Raymond Martín), also known as George R.R. Martín, is an US based novelist, known for his dramatic storyline A Song of Ice and Fire, which was later included in the infamous HBO Game of Thrones game. Though George R.R. is not the greatest novelist of all times and writers like Charles Dickens, Shakespeare and Hemingway publish much more populare literature than him, none of her stories is comparable to A Song of Ice and Fire.
Martin's set is by far one of the greatest of all times, and his imaginative and non-archetypical attitude to the imagination is even higher than that of J.R.R. Tolkien. His work is not only the greatest phantasy show of all times, but also, in my view, the greatest play that combines Shakespeare' s protagonists and playwrights with Tolkien's imagination and an exquisite written art that awakens his work.
At the end, it is still believed that there are a few writers who outdo him because of the greater number of well-made novels, his work of A Song of Ice and Fire continues to be the greatest literary accomplishment of all times. He' s not the greatest author, but the way he describes each of his characters and gives everyone their own worlds and backgrounds is outrageous.
It is incredible that a novelist can think of the GOT depicted realm. He' s so detailed about each and every one of the personalities and is very resourceful with the bookings. He' s my favourite playwright. Each of his novels has a background storyline, each has its own motifs.
A book does not make an artist "the best". Doracula is a very well-penned and interesting history. She' the best female novelist I've ever seen and she must be in the top 10! Did she write a great book, a good book and a silly book and is she the 30 best book?
Verbonica Roth is not the best writer I have ever seen, but her Divergent set was one of my absolute favourites. I' ve only seen this show by the writer, but it was a sensational show.
John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was an US writer of twenty-seven titles, sixteen of which were written in writing, six in non-fiction and five in collection of comics. You' re reading the Divine Comedy. He was one of the most important Italians of all time. Though''Inferno' was sometimes difficult to understand and requires context-related historic information, it is certainly the best representation of hell ever made, crafted by fine allegories.
and more. It'?s up to you. So he started to make textbooks that were'scholars' for years after his death, and he did. He' s the greatest writer who's ever lived, and I don't think anyone will ever surpass him in word of mouth in innovative design, styling and pristine art. He' the one writer who influences every other after him.
33 Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 - June 5, 2012) was an US writer and screenwriter....read more. It was Fahrenheit 451 who dealt with what could become US-social. Probably his best-known work is the dystopic novel "Farenheit 451", but his compilation of shorts, which he has put together in "Der Illustrierte Mann", should be a good reading for everyone.
34 Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) was a Scotch playwright, poets, essayist and travelling writer....read more. In some cases, this man has been described as the best cartoon character of the twenty-first-century. He' s written many fiction and stories, and I would be voting Jeeves and Wooster every single working days on'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'.
And when I am listening to it, I "hear" its tales with an English touch! The Iliad and the Ulysses, which had an immense influence on European civilization, are well known, but very little is known about their ancestor. After all, folks should really enjoy studying the classic books more than they do now because they are actually going to miss some of the best tales of all times.
Irrespective of your interest in legend, you will find something to like about these tales. Reading the Iliad, I was so eaten up by the mythical tale that I began to sense the Greek god's present looking over my shoulders. asaac asimov isaac asimov, née Isaak ozimov (ca. January 2, 1920 - April 6, 1992) was an u.s. writer and biochemist at Boston University.
He'?s an outstanding writer. This is my favourite sci-fi writer. Earn higher, he book The Giver is my favourite book of all times! AMAZNG is the book The Numbers of the Stars! All that he wrote was ill and distorted, yet so bright all at once. He' an amazing writer. Ah, sorry, this is the writer of JAMES BOND.
and the skinny executioner. Readers are always enthusiastic about his novels right to the end. Which Darren Shan is a great novelist, how come he's not in the Top 30? Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (January 29, 1860 - July 15, 1904) was a famous dramatist and shortfictionist.
and more. It'?s up to you. He' s got some really great storytelling. Albert Camus Albert Camus (7 November 1913 - 4 January 1960) was a popular figure in this area. James Patterson James Brendan Patterson is an US writer and Philanthrope. His works include Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, NYPD Red, Witch and Wizard and Private-Norms, as well as many independent thriller, non-fiction and newswork.
Mid term serie of school daniel x Hexe und Zauberer and who knows what comes next! Unfortunately, if you've never seen a book by John Grisham, you'll miss one of the best mystery writers who's ever put a pencil on the table. Its work is beautifully composed so that you always want more and with over twenty scripts you won't have to wait.
Franz Kafka Franz Kafka was a German-language novelist and novelist who was widely considered one of the protagonists of the literary world of the twentieth world. Influence on every great novelist of our day. He is one of the five greatest writers who have ever known. This is the greatest adventurer of all ages!
He' s so good at thinking of things they call the daddy of sci-fi. Come on, I know Stephen Kings is good, but Jules Verne is even more fabulous. He' s doing the Captain Underpants and Ricky Ricotta textbooks!
Pilkey's new dog man franchise, Captain Underpants and the Rick Ricotta book are fantastic! You know, he could have made more great work.
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The most valuable tool for any vocal student is for them to have the ability to hear themselves sing. Since Niko Records Studio is a recording facility, we can approach vocal coaching with the single goal of RECORDING THE SINGER. Some vocal coaching clients are ready to be recorded immediately during their first session. Others may have to work on a few areas prior to being ready.
We help the student be the best they can be. The biggest challenge we encounter is when a singer is having difficulty hearing pitches. For those that experience this issue, please know that in order to correct it, one must spend 2-3 hours daily working on their pitches on their own in order to acclimate their brains to how their vocal chords feel when singing certain pitches. It is a long arduous process and most do not succeed as a result of the time or effort necessary to correct the issue.
Suffice it to say, we will assume that anyone who contacts us for vocal coaching can hear pitches reasonably well.
Piano skills are perhaps the most universally beneficial and necessary for any student who has aspirations to sing or play an instrument. At Niko Records Studio, we believe that not only is sightreading on piano a beneficial skill for any student; we also believe that the ability to play chords on a piano is perhaps the most overlooked area by a multitude of piano teachers.
It is absolutely true that many piano players who have been trained in a 'classical' sense do not have a clue how to play chords for a pop song. If given the melody and the chords only, they would not know what to do. This is what we would like to change. This type of chordal training can typically only happen when an instructor uses an approach that is totally at the student's pace; and straight out of the instructor's head. We call this 'out of the box' instruction. It is unregimented and can only happen at the pace with which a student can move. We've had success with young students going on to be able to play with adults in their church praise and worship bands. Playing chords, along with a strong understanding of music theory, can open up possibilities that perhaps would not otherwise exist.
Proven track record of integrity and trust with young students.
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Because it is important that all students with drive and ambition on their instruments want to do well always, we take special care to give them the instruction they need to develop their skills at their own pace. We have a high success rate helping and placing students in various honor band and orchestra festivals at the county, mid-state and all-state level. In addition, several local music teachers routinely send young students to Niko Records Studio. John Nicolosi majored in trombone in college and specializes in all brass instruments.


Inuktitut (Inuktitut syllabics: ( fonts required), literally "like the Inuit") is the name of some of the Inuit languages spoken in Canada . It is spoken in all areas north of the tree line, including parts of the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador , Quebec , to some extent in northeastern Manitoba as well as the territories of Nunavut , the Northwest Territories , and traditionally on the Arctic Ocean coast of Yukon .
It is recognised as an official language in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. It also has legal recognition in Nunavik —a part of Quebec—thanks in part to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, and is recognised in the Charter of the French Language as the official language of instruction for Inuit school districts there. It also has some recognition in Nunatsiavut—the Inuit area in Labrador—following the ratification of its agreement with the Government of Canada and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Canadian census reports that there are roughly 35,000 Inuktitut speakers in Canada, including roughly 200 who live regularly outside of traditionally Inuit lands.
For more information on the relationship between Inuktitut and the Inuit languages spoken in Greenland and Alaska , see Inuit language.
Kangiryuarmiutun: spoken mainly in the community of Ulukhaktok . This dialect is essentially identical to the Inuinnaqtun spoken in western Nunavut.
Siglitun: spoken mainly in the communities of Paulatuk , Sachs Harbour and Tuktoyaktuk . Siglitun was once the principal dialect of the Mackenzie River delta and nearby parts of the coast and Arctic islands , but the number of speakers fell dramatically following outbreaks of new diseases in the 19th century and for many years Siglitun was believed to be completely extinct. It was only in the 1980s that outsiders realised that it was still spoken.
Uummarmiutun: spoken mainly in the communities of Inuvik and Aklavik . This dialect is essentially the same as Alaskan Inupiatun, and is present in Canada because of migration from Alaska in the 1910s, reoccupying traditionally Siglit lands abandoned during the devastating disease outbreaks of the previous century.
The Inuvialuktun dialects are seriously endangered, as English has in recent years become the common language of the community. Surveys of Inuktitut usage in the NWT vary, but all agree that usage is not vigorous. According to the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre, only some 10% of the roughly 4,000 Inuvialuit speak any form of Inuktitut, and only some 4% use it at home. Statistics Canada's 2001 Census report is only slightly better, reporting 765 self-identified Inuktitut speakers out of a self-reported Inuvialuit population of 3,905. Considering the large number of non-Inuit living in Inuvialuit areas and the lack of a single common dialect among the already reduced number of speakers, the future of the Inuit language in the NWT appears bleak.
Nunavut encompasses the geographically largest part of the Inuit world (not counting the uninhabitable Greenland ice shield), and includes large mainland areas and numerous islands divided by rivers, straits, Hudson Bay , and areas of ocean that freeze only for a part of the year. Consequently, it is unsurprising that it has a great deal of internal dialect diversity.
Nunavut's basic law lists four official languages: English, French, Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun, but to what degree Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun can be thought of as separate languages is ambiguous in state policy. The word Inuktitut is often used to describe both.
Inuinnaqtun is an Inuit language variant spoken in the western part of the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, and at Ulukhaktok in the Northwest Territories . Although it has a number of features distinguishing it as a specific variant of Inuktitut, the most immediately noticeable is the lack of a local tradition of Inuktitut syllabics use. The government of Nunavut considers Inuinnaqtun an official language of the territory, but many consider it simply a Roman alphabet writing scheme for standard Inuktitut. However, the Roman alphabet writing scheme used in Inuinnaqtun uses letters in a manner distinctive to western Nunavut dialects.
Natsilingmiutut designates variants spoken in the part of eastern Kitikmeot called Natsilik. In the Natsilik dialect, it is called Nattilingmiutut. Some people view the Utkusiksalingmiut dialect, spoken today primarily by the Netsilik Inuit in Kugaaruk but traditionally spoken in the Franklin Lake and Chantrey Inlet area, as a separate dialect.
Aivilingmiutut is spoken in the area traditionally known as Aivilik: Southampton Island and Repulse Bay in Kivalliq , and part of the Melville Peninsula in the Qikiqtaaluk Region . This area was settled by Inuit after the disappearance of the Sadlermiut in the late 19th and early 20th century. Some linguists consider it too close to North Baffin to merit separate treatment.
North Baffin (Qikiqtaaluk uannangani) is spoken on the northern part of Baffin Island , at Iglulik and the adjacent part of the Melville Peninsula , and in Inuit communities in the far north of Nunavut, like Resolute and Grise Fiord . This dialect is the one heard in the film Atanarjuat: the Fast Runner.
South Baffin (Qikiqtaaluk nigiani) is the dialect of the southern part of Baffin Island, including the territorial capital Iqaluit . This has in recent years made it a much more widely heard dialect, since a great deal of Inuktitut media originates in Iqaluit . Some linguists also distinguish an East Baffin dialect from either North or South Baffin.
Quebec is home to roughly 12,000 Inuit, nearly all of whom live in Nunavik . According to the 2001 census, 90% of Quebec Inuit speak Inuktitut.
The Nunavik dialect (Nunavimmiutitut) is relatively close to the South Baffin dialect, but not identical. Because of the political and physical boundary between Nunavik and Nunavut, Nunavik has separate government and educational institutions from those in the rest of the Inuktitut-speaking world, resulting in a growing standardisation of the local dialect as something separate from other forms of Inuktitut. In the Nunavik dialect, Inuktitut is called Inuttitut. This dialect is also sometimes called Tarramiutut or Taqramiutut.
The Nunatsiavut dialect (Nunatsiavummiutut, or often in government documents Labradorimiutut) was once spoken across northern Labrador. It has a distinct writing system, created by German missionaries from the Moravian Church in Greenland in the 1760s. This separate writing tradition, and the remoteness of Nunatsiavut from other Inuit communities, has made it into a distinct dialect with a separate literary tradition. The Nunatsiavummiut call their language Inuttut.
Although Nunatsiavut claims over 4,000 inhabitants of Inuit descent, only 550 reported Inuktitut to be their mother tongue in the 2001 census, mostly in the town of Nain . Inuktitut is seriously endangered in Labrador.
Nunatsiavut also had a separate dialect reputedly much closer to western Inuktitut dialects, spoken in the area around Rigolet . According to news reports, in 1999 it had only three very elderly speakers.
Eastern Canadian dialects of Inuktitut have fifteen consonants and three vowels (which can be long or short). Consonants are arranged with five places of articulation: bilabial, alveolar, palatal, velar and uvular; and three manners of articulation: voiceless stop, voiced continuants and nasals, as well as two additional sounds — voiceless fricative. Natsalingmiutut has an additional consonant , a vestige of the Retroflex consonants that were present in Proto-Inuit. Inuinnaqtun has one fewer consonant, as and have merged into . All dialects of Inuktitut have only three basic vowels and make a phonological distinction between short and long forms of all vowels. In Inuujingajut - Nunavut standard Roman orthography - long vowels are written as a double vowel.
Inuktitut, like other Eskimo-Aleut languages, has a very rich morphological system, in which a succession of different morphemes are added to root words to indicate things that, in languages like English, would require several words to express. (See also: Agglutinative language and Polysynthetic language). All words begin with a root morpheme to which other morphemes are suffixed. Inuktitut has hundreds of distinct suffixes, in some dialects as many as 700. Fortunately for the learners, the language has a highly regular morphology. Although the rules are sometimes very complicated, they do not have exceptions in the sense that English and other Indo-European languages do.
Moravian missionaries, with the purpose of introducing the Inuit peoples to Christianity and the Bible, contributed to the development of an Inuktitut writing system in Greenland during the 1760s that was based on Roman orthography. They later travelled to Labrador in the 1800s, bringing the written Inuktitut with them. This roman alphabet writing scheme is distinguished by its inclusion of the letter kra.
The Alaskan Yupik and Inupiat (who, in addition, developed their own system of hieroglyphics) and the Siberian Yupik also adopted the system of Roman orthography.
Eastern Canadian Inuit were the last to adopt the written word when, in the 1860s, missionaries imported the written system Qaniujaaqpait they had developed in their efforts to convert the Cree to Christianity. The very last Inuit peoples introduced to missionaries and writing were the Netsilik Inuit in Kugaaruk and north Baffin Island . The Netsilik adopted Qaniujaaqpait by the 1920s.
The "Greenlandic" system has been substantially reformed in recent years, making Labrador writing unique to Nunatsiavummiutut at this time. Most Inuktitut in Nunavut and Nunavik is written using a scheme called Qaniujaaqpait or Inuktitut syllabics, based on Canadian Aboriginal syllabics. The western part of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories use a Roman orthography (alphabet scheme) usually identified as Inuinnaqtun or Qaliujaaqpait, reflecting the predispositions of the missionaries who reached this area in the late 19th century and early 20th.
In Siberia they use a Cyrillic script.
All of the characters needed for the Inuktitut syllabary are available in the Unicode character repertoire. (See Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Unicode block.) The territorial government of Nunavut , Canada has developed a TrueType font called Pigiarniq for computer displays. It was designed by Vancouver -based Tiro Typeworks.
Mallon, Mick, Inuktitut Linguistics for Technocrats.
, ed: Dirmid R. F. Collis. ISBN 92-3-102661-5.
Kalmar, Ivan Davidson. Case and Context in Inuktitut (Eskimo). Mercury series. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1979.
Schneider, Lucien. Ulirnaisigutiit An Inuktitut-English Dictionary of Northern Quebec, Labrador, and Eastern Arctic Dialects (with an English-Inuktitut Index). Québec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1985.
Microsoft Transliteration Utility - Powerful, free tool for transliterating text between different scripts. Includes a module for transliterating back and forth between Inuktitut syllabary and Inuktitut romanization.
NANIVARA - Inuktitut Search Engine. - NANIVARA means "I've found it!" in Inuktitut.


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Chicago-based HSA Commercial Real Estate completed the sale of a 218,500-square-foot industrial building in the Delany Commerce Center, a multi-phase, 22.7-acre development east of the Tri-State Tollway in Waukegan, IL. The firm developed the distribution center in 2013 in partnership with Washington Capital Management Inc. and divested the building to an unnamed private investor.
The 100%-occupied warehouse building at 2431 Delany Rd. was the first phase in the development. The distribution facility is currently leased to two tenants: Eagle Foods, a manufacturer and distributor of household food and snack products; and Trifinity Partners, a third-party logistics firm that serves major retailers.
CBRE's Mike Caprile, Ryan Bain and Zach Graham represented the sellers in the transaction.
Now, HSA is exploring build-to-suit and speculative development opportunities for the second phase on an adjacent 12-acre lot, which can accommodate up to a 220,000-square-foot industrial or flex facility.


Amanda is an executive coach, team coach, group coach and facilitator. She works with executives, managers and teams in the public, private and not for profit sectors. Her collaborative style brings a presence and sensitivity to her work which allows clients to safely engage in reflective yet challenging conversations which lead to enhanced self- awareness and capability at a personal, team and organisational level. Amanda also volunteers her coaching services in the not-for-profit, schools and youth/children sectors.
Amanda has over 30 years of organisational experience. She became a full-time coach and facilitator in 2003. Her career commenced in 1983 with Ernst & Young where she worked for 20 years in Australia and overseas. After a short time in the audit field, she moved into project work to implement the firm's new technology, knowledge management and change management initiatives. In this role Amanda designed and facilitated training programs; provided coaching and mentoring to executive partners, staff, and teams; and enjoyed collaborating in team-based environments to manage key stakeholder relationships across the firm.
Amanda uses a strength-based, solutions-focused approach combined with adult learning theory, adult development theory, executive coaching frameworks and leadership theories and frameworks combined with the evidence-based research and practices from the fields of appreciative inquiry, positive psychology, and mindfulness.
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The scene of the crash at Scotforth Road.
An eyewitness said a van driver uttered an expletive as he fled from the scene of a crash on Scotforth Road.
It was reported the van driver sped off in his vehicle after the crash.
Police are now looking for the van after the three-car crash in Lancaster left one person injured.
The light blue van drove away from the scene following the incident on Scotforth Road at around noon on Wednesday.
Staff from a nearby hairdressers tended to the OAP until the emergency services arrived shortly after.
Traffic was diverted around the collision at around 11.45am.
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Full / Real Name: Elijah Jordan Wood
Born: 28 January 1981 (40 years old)
Elijah Wood is an American actor best known for his high-profile role as hobbit Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's critically-acclaimed The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
He also starred as Ryan, an introverted and troubled young man struggling unsuccessfully to make his way in the world until he forms a unique friendship with his neighbour's canine pet, in the television comedy series Wilfred, from 2011-2014.
He also played the role of Ben Gunn in Stewart Harcourt's adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, alongside Eddie Izzard and Donald Sutherland. The two-part, four-hour miniseries aired in the UK in December 2011.
Elijah can also be seen in the short Fight for Your Right Revisited directed by Adam Yauch and starring John C. Reilly and Seth Rogen, which premiered at Sundance in 2011.
Elijah also lent his voice alongside Robin Williams and Pink in the sequel Happy Feet 2 which was released in 3-D in 2011. He also voiced the character Beck in Tron: Uprising, in 2012.
Elijah was seen in Galt Niederhoffer's The Romantics opposite an all-star cast including Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel, Anna Paquin, Malin Ackerman and Adam Brody. The film premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
In 2009, Elijah gave his voice to the Shane Acker animated film 9, produced by Tim Burton. The Focus Features film tells the story of a post-apocalyptic nightmare in which all of humanity is threatened. The film was released on 9-9-09 and co-stars Jennifer Connelly and John C. Reilly.
Elijah made an indelible mark in the trilogy of films based on J.R.R. Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings in the lead role of the hobbit, Frodo Baggins. Directed by Peter Jackson, the films The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and Return of the King were all critically lauded as well as being box-office record setters.
In addition, Return of the King won the Academy Award for Best Picture as well as 11 Academy Awards in all, tying Titanic for the record. The series of films also starred Viggo Mortensen, Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellan and Sean Astin.
Additional credits include Oxford Murders, opposite John Hurt; Paris, Je T'aime; Day Zero; George Miller's animated film Happy Feet; Emilio Estevez's Bobby; Liev Schreiber's Everything is Illuminated; Michel Gondry's critically-acclaimed Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind; Lexi Alexander's Green Street Hooligans; Frank Miller's Sin City, co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Miller; Ang Lee's film The Ice Storm; Martin Duffy's independent film The Bumblebee Flies Away; Jeffrey Porter's Try Seventeen; Ash Wednesday and James Toback's Black and White.
Elijah is an active member and supporter of The Art of Elysium, a non-profit organisation founded in 1997 that encourages working actors, artists and musicians to voluntarily dedicate their time and talent to children who are battling serious medical conditions.
The Art of Elysium provides artistic workshops in acting, art, comedy, fashion, music, radio, songwriting and creative writing.
Elijah currently resides in Los Angeles.
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