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Dancers travel to North Carolina for the American College Dance Festival
Contributed photo: A group of students traveled with assistant professor Mark Santillano traveled to Elon, N.C.
Each year, a dedicated few Mercyhurst dance students climb into a van and head off to the American College Dance Festival Association's Regional Conference.
This annual celebration of dance in the academic world began in 1973 as part of an initiative to support and recognize the hard work and influence of collegiate dance programs.
In past years, Mercyhurst students have traveled to locations such as State College and Baltimore to share excellence in dance with other programs from around the nation.
Last year, Mercyhurst hosted the conference using all three of its theaters, the Student Union and other spaces around campus to accommodate approximately 480 dancers who came from 39 universities for the conference. This year, assistant professor Mark Santillano and 10 students drove to Elon University in Elon, N.C.
Santillano has been the organizer of the ACDFA trip for the past 10 years and has served six terms on the association's board of directors.
"The conference gives students a terrific opportunity to see what their peers and other institutions are doing. It also allows for so much sharing of information through classes, films and guest artists," said Santillano.
The guest artist for the 2011 conference was Lehrer Dance of Buffalo, N.Y.
As participants in the conference, students are given the opportunity to take classes with esteemed professors and masters from all around the nation, offering a huge learning potential.
"I learned a lot and gained perspective," said senior dance major Sarah Mastrocola.
In addition to providing another chance for students to take classes with experts, the conference includes four adjudicated performances wherein students and professors can submit works to be performed.
A panel of adjudicators sits at each performance and gives feedback to the dancers and choreographers. The panel also selects pieces to be presented in a final gala performance to close the conference and two dance works are chosen from the gala to perform at the American Dance Festival held during the summer.
This year Mercyhurst took "Grasping at Constructs" choreographed by Mastracola, as well as "Sister Seas" by Santillano.
By allowing the sharing of artistic expression and excellence, the American College Dance Festival and students at Mercyhurst are able to celebrate themselves fully as dancers and as students.
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PROOF: Media for Social Justice and the University Of Dayton's Human Rights Center launched the latest PROOF exhibition, "Ferguson Voices: Disrupting the Frame" at the Roesch Library at the University of Dayton in January 2017. Part of the Moral Courage Project, the exhibition features photographs from Mark Katzman.
The people of Ferguson have a story to tell – and one that the majority of those in the United States have not heard or fully understood.
This story is even more urgent today.
The death of Michael Brown sparked outrage and launched a movement due to what many have known to be true throughout America's history: For too long people of color have been systematically targeted and criminalized.
Ferguson isn't the only community where disenfranchisement and inequality is manifest, but it has become a symbol. "Ferguson is everywhere" became the rallying cry in the days, months and years since Michael's death. Unwarranted traffic stops, fines and arrests of people of color are a regular experience for those who either grew up in or still live in the area. But these truths are not unique to Ferguson; they are replicated across the country.
The stories and images captured in Ferguson Voices: Disrupting the Frame are a testament not only to the systemic discrimination that the Ferguson protests laid bare, but also to the power of transformative action taken to foster community, accountability and justice.
The Moral Courage Project, a collaboration between students engaged with the University of Dayton's Human Rights Center and PROOF: Media for Social Justice, is an attempt to spotlight and honor those who responded to the August 9, 2014 death of Michael Brown.
Click on the icons below to learn more about Ferguson through the stories of those who were there.
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It's the final weekend of the Eden Project's spectacular Journey into Space programme and some surprises await visitors on their last blast into orbit on September 2–3.
A supersize Eden astronaut who has been touring Cornwall over the summer is set to make a special appearance by the Biomes on Saturday and Sunday. Prizes will be given out for the best pictures taken of the giant space traveller.
There is a chance to go on an amazing Mission to Mars with Maddie Moate, children's presenter of Cbeebies Do You Know? and YouTuber, who is doing two shows a day this weekend featuring rockets, robotics and the smells of space. Part of the Meet the Experts programme, Maddie's talks are included in admission and are first come first served.
It will also be the final chance to see Eden's extra-terrestrial visitor this weekend and everyone can have fun coming up with ideas of how to bid an alien good bye.
To get a taster of floating in space try the amazing Virtual Reality Experience We Are Stars before it ends next week. Usually £7 per person, this weekend visitors can get two tickets for the price of one (available in person on site only).
There is also just enough time to take an incredible journey through the Solar System, train at the Astronaut Academy and see a Renault space exhibition on electric cars.
For refreshment there is a galaxy of cosmic-themed food including lunch at the Solar Grill, Space Freak Shakes and Ice Creams.
And the Eden shop will be putting on some final weekend offers on the popular Space merchandise range.
Chris Pritchard, Eden's programme producer, said: "Whether you've already explored Space this summer or not – come and see us as we've got some extra special space surprises exclusively lined up for this weekend only.
The astronaut appearance is subject to weather conditions.
See full details of ticket prices on www.edenproject.com.


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Star Wars Episode IX is proving to be extremely dramatic - and filming hasn't even started yet!
Lucasfilm have had a busy week behind the scenes, getting things squared away for the upcoming conclusion to the new Star War trilogy - Star Wars:Episode IX. JJ Abrams was hired, Colin Treverrow was fired, and the release date has been pushed back to December 24th 2019.
Stephen King goes at IT again
Stephen King's seminal work about a group of put-upon children who overcome their fears - personified as a demonic clown - and later revisit their childhood traumas as adults has been adapted once before, in a 1990 TV mini-series.
Thor Movies Change Direction. I Like it!
There is a zippy celebrity cameo right off the top of Thor: Ragnarok, the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Our title hero (Chris Hemsworth) has just returned from vanquishing some monstrous demon-thingy and is back home on planet Asgard celebrating his victory, when he comes across a group of local thespians putting on a play about his own past adventures.
What the Holy F Was That?!
Mother! stars Lawrence and Javier Bardem as a newlywed couple living in the middle of nowhere. Their marital bliss is interrupted when two unexpected guests — a man (Ed Harris) and his wife (Michelle Pfeiffer) — arrive at their doorstep.


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Speculative Producing - Building Artifacts as Practical Futurism
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I just listened to Eurydice Aroney's radio piece, "The Dribble Down Effect" – (listen at http://www.thirdcoastfestival.com – Re:Sound #44)
The story is a "mockumentary" done in the style of a radio documentary you might hear as a 30-minute special on NPR. While parts were definitely funny, it didn't seem to be presented as a slapstick humorous production (a la Chris Guest's movies).
Instead, this was speculative fiction reported on in a very serious manner, peppered with the sound collages you come to expect from well-engineered radio stories. This particular story was about childcare in the near future. Robots watch kids (cheaper than university-educated babysitters), children have implants that provide biodata like "I'm hungry," and society faces all sorts of questions about class differences, feminism, and the ever-present abundance of overbearing parents.
In fact, this was truly science fiction in 2002, as technology presented in the show was not widely available. Disturbingly (?), in 2008, just about every innovation mentioned in the program has been demonstrated by governments, universities, companies, or even the diy-garage inventor. It's easy to see that given a little more tinkering time, everything in the piece could arrive in the next few years.
That got me thinking about what it means to be plunging the fringes as an amateur futurist. I have friends who are educated and trained futurists (Garry, for example). They have a toolbox of systems analysis that can find patterns in our world that would indicate trends in the observable future (i.e. they think 10-20 years ahead and not 1000 years. "In our lifetime"). When Garry talks about energy, I trust him because he spends his days researching and prospecting the domain while applying his pattern-matching experience.
This activity happens all the time in thinktanks. They get paid to speculate and present the future so organizations can create strategies that might improve their success (whatever that might mean)
However, I also like the idea of domain experts (ex. architects, fashion designers, software engineers) involving themselves in near future speculation by creating representative artifacts of the future.
I'm interested in what the amateur futurist, who is not necessarily involved in thinking about trends directly, would create given an appropriate creative prompt. For example, industrial design firms often go through this exercise ("What does the vacuum cleaner look like in 2020"). Their designs might not actually function, but they will build representative mockups and create websites and commercials as if they really did exist.
Nikhil Mitter describes speculative design as
an emerging practice based research methodology that promotes designed objects as tools for critical reflection.
He goes on to say of "research objects" (i.e. the artifacts of exploration)
A presentation of form as research has the advantage of implementing all the resources afforded to material objects such as imagery, sound, tactility, presence, feedback, interaction, duration, and behavior.
I believe that this begins to approach the notion of directed tinkering as an enabler of critical thinking. You are not just hacking to hack, but you are hacking to understand a problem.
At the same time, I think most shadetree-engineers who are playing around with microcontrollers and robots would probably not think about their work this way (frankly, they wouldn't use the word "work" to describe their benchtop experiments).
I wonder: is it possible or worthwhile to set up channels for problem solving in the form of creative prompts for hackers?


The Youth Ambassador European & Asian Group proudly presents an afternoon of spell-binding performances from Taiwan. The group's visit to Sweden takes place within the framework of "The 2014 International Youth Ambassador Exchange Program" organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the REPUBLIC OF China to promote cultural exchange.
The Youth Ambassador European & Asian Group will showcase the rich multicultural diversity of Taiwan through art, music and drama. Their spectacular performances show off different aspects of Taiwan's cultural heritage, with traditional and contemporary features such as aboriginal and temple fair dances, traditional Chinese instruments and songs, modern street dance and physical dance theatre and much more.
Welcome to enjoy the performance!!
Taipei Mission in Sweden welcomes "Team-Win Lion Dance Theatre" to Sweden! "Team-Win Lion Dance Theatre" performs the combination of traditional Chinese culture of lion dance, drumming, electronic music and modern theater technology. Team-Win Lion Dance has often been invited to perform abroad. Now, "Team-Win Lion Dance Theatre" will be in Stockholm for 2 performances. Welcome to participate these events wit us.
Due to limited seating capacity, participant to this event is by admission ticket only. Please register your participation via Vi Taiwan before 14th Aug.


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Schotterspione, auch Eisspione oder Eis-Crews, englisch Gravel Cars oder Gravel Crews, sind im Rallye-Sport Teams beziehungsweise Fahrzeuge, welche bis zu einer Stunde vor dem offiziellen Start einer Wertungsprüfung die Strecke nochmals abfahren, um diese auf ihren Zustand zu kontrollieren und Änderungen – insbesondere hinsichtlich Schotter, Eis und Nässe – gegenüber den Erkundungsfahrten festzustellen. Dabei wird der sogenannte Aufschrieb aktualisiert, welcher den Rallye-Fahrer beziehungsweise dessen Copiloten über die Streckenbeschaffenheit informiert, um die Sicherheit der Fahrer zu erhöhen sowie Kosten durch Unfälle und Schäden zu reduzieren. Oftmals werden als Schotterspione erfahrene Rennfahrer eingesetzt, da es einiger Erfahrung bedarf, um beispielsweise einschätzen zu können, an welchen Stellen die Strecke bis zum Start noch frieren oder auftauen könnte.

2004 wurden Schotterspione im Rahmen der World Rally Championship durch die FIA verboten, um Einsatz- und Transportkosten zu reduzieren, nach Protesten der Rennfahrer wurden diese aber wieder zugelassen. Aus der Veranstaltungsausschreibung geht hervor, ob Schotterspione beziehungsweise Gravel Cars vor dem Start zugelassen sind oder nicht.

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The company found that they were reacting to yield problems rather than preventing them. The engineers in Asia were using their own tools for analysing data ftp'd to them from Europe and the US. It was a tedious task trying to correlate performance across manufacturing stages which might prevent issues in the future. Releases were often delayed through an absence of data.
In May 2010 they purchased FloorVision (the predecessor to yieldHUB), replacing ad-hoc tools.
Years later they use yieldHUB and have around 100 users from Fab, Probe, Test, Quality and Reliability have the production data they need in one place. They can share analyses in one click with remote colleagues, reducing decision times for releasing a product from one or two days to just minutes. They can correlate the final test and wafer probe performance in seconds and can set personal alerts for any deviation from expected product performance in production.


Can you tell I have hiked up a mountain recently? I'm currently traveling in the Czech Republic and last week we hiked to the top of Lysá Hora Mountain. It's a steep climb up 1324 m. The climb is worth the experience and view, but it's hard slogging to get out of the valley, up the quad-burning climb, to the mountain top.
Ministry and leadership situations can make us feel stuck in the valley. It can be hard to see the way out and the right path to take. It is so easy to get stuck and be indecisive which was to go. It's easy to lose perspective. It's hard to see if you are still leading in step with God's desires and purposes. It's difficult to see if you are moving in the right direction. Valley's can be very confusing.
As ministry leaders, we need time on the mountain top, time outside of our ministry and situations to step up and try to take a bird's eye view. While I've been on this ministry trip in Europe it has afforded me time to look at my life and ministry from the mountain top view. It is good to get out of the valley. Each day I've been working through two or three questions that help me reflect on my life and ministry from the mountain top view (I've also heard it called "balcony time").
May I encourage you to step outside of your regular routine and take some time to reflect from the perspective of an outsider looking at the whole picture of your situation, life and ministry? You don't need to travel all the way to Europe, you could simply travel to a coffee shop a few neighbourhoods away or a nearby hiking trail.
Here's the various questions I've been using during my mountain top time. I try to be really honest with myself, seeking to gain a realistic, whole picture view of my situation, life and ministry.
1. What are the bright spots in my life and ministry?
2. What is not going so well in my life and ministry?
3. How am I actually doing at fulfilling my mandate and vision?
4. What is wearing me out?
5. What is giving me life?
6. In this next season, what primarily needs my attention?
7. What, more firmly, do I need to say "no" to?
8. How is my heart and soul?
9. What has my posture and attitude been like in this season? What do I want it to be?
10. Where have I been slacking off in my leadership and responsibilities?
11. Where is my imposter (shadow mission) sneaking in and tempting me off course or tempting me to forget my true identity?
12. What longings or temptations are surfacing in my life? What does it look like to surrender these to the Lord?
13. What is the big picture?
15. How am I joining God in my neighbourhoods and networks? Where do I need to lean in more?
a. What rhythms do I need to keep healthy, thrive in current reality and hear from the Lord?
b. What two or three things especially need MY focus?
As you can tell, these are tough questions. They force me to get rid of my own pretenses and false images. They force me to take a hard look at reality, starting with myself.
Let me be honest, it has been really hard taking this mountain top time this past week.
I've found myself trying to avoid answering these questions I'd written out for myself before this journey. I've found myself inventing other things that need my attention instead of the question at hand.
I've found myself trying to make my answers sound better than they really are, even when the conversation is just between God and myself.
I've discovered my own self is the hardest person to face.
It's so easy to create an alternative reality, even an alternative self, when you are in the frantic pace and limited perspective of the valley.
It is hard to get to the mountaintop perspective. It is hard to pull myself out of the valley and force myself to take a good hard look all around.
However, the fresh perspective is just what I needed.
Climbing the mountain, asking the tough questions, is difficult work. Just ask those who climbed the mountain this week whose legs are still aching! Taking this time to get out of your current situation and ministry will not be easy – you'll have to work for it, and the toughest person you'll have to fight is yourself. Force yourself to take mountain time, look all around, ask the tough questions and trust God to bring His fresh perspective. You will be a better leader, and person, for it.
Friends - Get to the mountain top. Take a look around!


Kuningan Day is celebrated every 210 days, ten days after Galungan Day and it marks the end of Galungan festival. The Balinese believe that Kuningan day is the day when their ancestors return to heaven after visiting the earth during Galungan. They will make offerings from yellowed rice to be given to the ancestors on their farewell day.
The offering will placed in a small "bowl" made of coconut leaves. The yellow rice is the symbol of human's gratitude towards God for all the life, joy, wealth, health and prosperity. The bowls that decorated with a small figure of shadow puppets represents angels that bring joy and wealth to earth.
It is also said, the celebration should be done before noon, before gods and goddess return to the heavens to continue their asceticism.
Siwarâtri or Nigh of Shiva means a night of holy devotions or a night of smelting sin. During this day, Balinese Hindu will going to the temple for praying. They will also doing three kinds of brata which famous as "Brata Siwaratri".
Mekotek is a tradition from Munggu Village which is held every 6 months, 10 days after Galungan, at the feast of Kuningan day. The aim of this ritual is to asking for salvation. Mekotek is an ancestral heritage that was carried out from generation to generation.
This tradition is deployed with a wooden pulette stick that has been peeled and the length is about 2 - 3,5 meters. Before the ritual begins, the participants will perform prayers and thanks for the plantation results. After that, all the participants will be divided into groups of 50 people each and they will march to the water source in Munggu Village with the stick. Along the way, the wooden sticks that are carried will be pitted over the air forming a pyramid. The participants who have the guts will rise to the top of the group of wooden sticks and will give command to the group. The command given by the person at the top of the stick is crashing into a group of sticks belonging to another group.
Mekotek ritual is also accompanied by 'gamelan' to encourage the participants.
Apart from the majority of Balinese Hindus, the Chinese New Year celebration in Bali is also celebrated royally. The Chinese New Year traditions in Bali even already melded with the Balinese culture. Many Balinese elements like penjor or canang which commonly used as a means to worship the gods for Hindus is also used by Chinese people in Bali. For them who are hereditary living in Bali, Balinese culture seems have attached to them.
Tumpek Krulut is a series of Tumpek Day which is celebrated every 6 months. On this day, the Balinese Hindu will hold a ceremony to worship the God in its manifestation as the Lord of Iswara for the creation of sacred voices in the form of percussion or 'gamelan'. The aim is that the gamelan has a beautiful sound or 'taksu', and can give a sense of beauty, balance, and harmony for anyone who heard it.
If you're spending Valentine's Day in Bali this year, you are lucky! There are plenty of beautiful dining spots on the island. Whether you want to treat that special someone with a dinner by the sea with sunset view or maybe with an exquisite spa session, Bali has it all. Of course, also singles have been taken into account when planning Valentine's Day activities on the island.
2019 kicked off with the amazing news to start a NO to the plastic bag by the Bali's Governor. This will have a big impact on the plastic pollution in the near future. For now the work is not done yet. It is rainy season again and the Bali is covered with waste, every where. Time for third annual Bali' Biggest Clean up.
This year, Bali's Biggest Clean up will clean up additional trash hotspots around the island, from our beaches to the mountains, through our rivers and jungles. We calling on all Bupatis & local government authority's, schools, NGOs, local businesses, and hotels to organize or join clean-ups in their area.
If you interest to get involved in this event, you can sign up on here. In addition, some of places can be reached by Kura Kura Bus. So, save the date and join a clean up near you.
Melasti is one of Hindu' religious ritual which will be done 2 to 4 days before Nyepi. Balinese Hindu will be praying in the water resources such as rivers, beaches or lake which is symbolized as holy water (Tirta Amerta).
The purpose of the ritual is to cast away the negative energy In the nature and themselves, and also to purify all the religious tools or pratima. If you are in Bali 2 or 4 days before Nyepi, you will find the mass wearing the traditional custom and also bringing special umbrella which is called as 'Tedung' and they will heading to rivers, lakes or beaches.
Pengrupukan is a ceremony that aims to drive away Bhuta Kala or negative energy from the home, courtyyard and surroundings. This ritual is performed the day before Nyepi.
On the Pengrupukan, there will be 'ogoh-ogoh' parade which will be carried around the neighborhood. Balinese believe ogoh-ogoh is symbol of Butha Kala, so when they finished the convey, the ogoh-ogoh will be burned. Several shops, restaurants and streets will also be closed when the parade takes place.
Nyepi or Silent Day is a Hindu New Year celebration based on Saka calendar. Unlike the other New Year, this new year is done with solitude for 24 hours from 06.00 am today until 06.00 am the next day. On this day everything will shut down, except for the hospital. You will not find any activity on the road, shops, restaurants, and also the airport. Balinese Hindus also will perform Catur Brata Penyepian to introspect theirself.
The day after Nyepi is Ngembak Geni. One of the most unique traditions, Omed-Omedan or The Kissing Ritual, is a festival you won't miss in this day.
Located in Sesetan, Denpasar, this tradition involves 2 groups of young people who will go down the streets. The two groups will face each other on the village main road and with a signal from the elders, the two groups will come closer together and the leading participants from each group will hug each other and kiss. Each group will pull the two of them away while the villagers will also pour water on them.
The Bali Spirit Festival embodies the core mantra of Balinese Hinduism - Tri Hita Karana - to live in harmony with our spiritual, social, and natural environments.
Through the traditions of yoga, dance, healing and world music, the Bali Spirit Festival attracts over 5000 people from all over the world every year. The 7-day, 8-night Festival offers you a wide range of events to choose from between 8am – 11pm each day over 1 week, in 2019 from March 24 - 31, such as interactive workshops & seminars, a lively community market & healing center, a children's activity zone, yoga classes and vibrant night time programs of live Bhakti music concerts, ecstatic dance and DJs, set among the picturesque rice-fields of Ubud, Bali.
Founded in 2015, the Ubud Food Festival Presented by ABC is three days of cross-cultural culinary discovery with Indonesian food as the star. In its five years it has grown into Indonesia's leading culinary event. Showcasing the nation's diverse cuisines, extraordinary local produce, and culinary heroes both emerging and established, UFF celebrates the archipelago's rich culinary heritage and the exciting future of its food industry.
Balinese Hindu believes that Saraswati Day is the day that Sang Hyang Widhi blessed us with knowledge/wisdom with the purpose that mankind can conform him/herself to nature. The Saraswati Day celebrated by Balinese every 210 days and always befall on Saturday.
Saraswati manifested in the form of a beautiful goddess with white dress (as a symbol of wisdom, free from sins), with 4 arms carrying musical instrument (music is the object/result of senses), holy bible (bible as the manifestation of knowledge), lotus (representing the magnificence) and sit atop a swan (swan can distinguish food in the mud, to separate good amongst evil) which considered one of the holy animal.
Pagerwesi Day is celebrated every 6 months (210 days). On this day, Balinese Hindu will worship Sanghyang Pramesti Guru, one of God's manifestations believed to be the teacher of the universe and mankind. Pagerwesi comes from the word Pager which means fence or protector and Wesi which means iron. Pagerwesi can be interpreted as a strong life grip like an iron fence that keeps the knowledge that has been used in the function of sanctity, can be maintained and always be a guideline for human life so as to avoid the darkness.
Tenganan Festival is an annual tradition in Tenganan Village. This festival is also known as 'Perang Pandan' or 'mekare-kare'.
On this festival, male villagers will perform "1 vs 1" duel rituals using rattan shields and a handful of prickly pandan leaves in the prepared arenas located in the center of the village. This ritual is dedicated to the god of war and the sky in Hinduism, Lord Indra.
In the arena, the brave men will alternately pair up to "fight" each other, and then "rub" each other's bodies with sharp spikes of pandan leaves. Surprisingly, each participant showed no pain. The wound is only treated with a herb, a mixture of turmeric and vinegar, and miraculous, those wounds will dry out in minutes.
In addition to the "war", you can enjoy delicious traditional pastries that are sold in village stalls. You also can do shopping handcrafts such as wood carvings, masks, or even buy traditional 'gringsing' cloth.
Bali Kites Festival is an annual international kites festival which will be held at Padang Galak beach, Sanur. Hundreds of giant traditional kites (about 4 meters wide and length about 10 meters) will be flown in the competitions between teams from each 'banjar' in Bali. Each team consists of about 70-80 people and own their 'gamelan', flag bearers, and flyers.
Bebean (fish-shaped kites), Janggan (bird-shaped kites with a long tail up to 100 meters), and Pecukan (leaf-shaped kites) are the three traditional kites flown during this festival. In addition to its unusual size, the traditional kite is also equipped with a vibratory sound instrument made from an 'ental' tree called 'guwang'. Guwang will produce a buzz voice that can be heard from a distance.
Galungan is the second-most important Balinese celebration after Nyepi and takes place every 210 days. The festival symbolizes the victory of good (Dharma) over evil (Adharma) and encourages the Balinese to show their gratitude to the creator and their ancestors.
During Galungan, Balinese Hindus usually busy making preparations for the ceremony. They will make cakes, creating 'penjor (a long curved bamboo pole which is decorated with fruit, coconut leaves, and flowers), decorating the temple, and other preparations. There will also be many ceremonies taking place so it's a wonderful time to be visiting to experience the local culture.
Kuningan Day also falls on August 2019 . On this day, there will be a ceremonies like the previous Kuningan Day. Also, don't forget to watch the Mekotekan ritual if you miss it in January.
Ubud Village Jazz Festival is a music festival situated in the artistic surroundings of Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. Since 2010 Yuri Mahatma, a musician, a composer and a music teacher, and a founder of Underground Jazz Movement together with Anom Darsana, the director and owner of ANTIDA Music Productions, had worked together for some routine projects of jazz concerts, each time with different theme.
UVJF is an annual international jazz festival and empowered by communities. Since 2013, UVJF putting a smile on the faces of 5,000 people, irrespective of age, ability, creed or wealth.
August is a special month for the Indonesian. In this month the Indonesian will celebrate their independence from the Dutch colonialists precisely on August 17th. Every year on this month will be filled with celebrations and interesting events that you can find in every corner of the island.
From the first day of the month, you probably notice the red and white flags or ornaments displayed and installed everywhere. Students till government employees also begun to prepare themselves to carry out the flag ceremony when the day of independence comes. Traffic will begin to be diverted because part of the road will be closed to be used as traditional events such as 'panjat pinang', cracker eating competition, sack running, and many more!
Sometimes there will also an events or invitations for social work (social services) such as cleaning the environment, visiting an orphanage, or helping disadvantaged people. This is a great way to help your community and show the civic pride.
The Sanur Village Festival is a yearly event that is held in the coastal village of Sanur. The first festival was held in 2006. The festival has a different theme every year with its message "The New Spirit of Heritage".
The Sanur Village Festival will host many programs that you can choose to take part. You also can enjoy the atmosphere of beauty and friendliness of the people of Sanur.
Lovina Beach Festival is an annual festival which will take place on the black beaches near the villages of Kalibukbuk and Kaliasem. The villages itself is a quite and less visited area in the north part of Bali.
Lovina Beach Festival will last for 3 days. Various activities will be held at this festival such as handicraft exhibitions, buffalo race competitions, 'mekorot' festival, music entertainment, spinning top and cultural performance.
Balinale International Film Festival is an international film festival in Bali. More than 100 movies from 30 countries will take part in this event. The films aired on Balinale are short films, documentaries and independent story films that will open up the mind of anyone who watches them. In addition, the festival also offers the Indonesian culture and location for international directors as a place for their film.
The Bali Vegan Festival is an annual three-day festival. The festival is open to everyone. This vegan marketplace will be a meeting place for participants to discuss ideas, challenge, and support one another. The festival tickets, which gives access to all other venues will be discounted for locals.
With interactive workshops, live music, yoga, ecstatic dance and more, participants will have the chance to network, brainstorm, and design together a more empathic world, a path no one should walk alone.
Over five full days, leading writers, thinkers, artists and performers from across Indonesia and all over the world will gather to celebrate knowledge and the arts, education, wisdom and science.
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival will include arts and music, panel discussions, workshops, literary lunches and dinners, book launches and more.
Makepung Buffalo Races were traditionally held to mark the end of the rice harvest, and attract crowds of cheering locals. The betting can also get quite frantic!
Only the best looking water buffaloes are chosen to compete. The teams will divide into two sides, the eastern division and the western division. Before the races, the bulls' horns are painted and brightly colored garlands are placed around their necks.
Buffalo races are held every Sunday from July to November. Since this is the last race of the year, it's a unique event not to be missed.
Last year, Pemuteran Bay Festival held on December 12-15, 2018 in Pemuteran Village, a small laid-back village in North Bali. The village has become increasingly popular with visitors in recent years. Last year's festival titled " Spirits of Rwa Bhineda" was a success since it brings a positive outcome for the tourism in the area. This year, the fest.
Balinese people also excited to embrace the Christmas. As you know, Balinese people also respect other religions and celebrations. You will find Christmas decorations in everywhere when you are in Bali. What a good thing on Christmas is "A Huge Range of Special Offers" offered by hotels, restaurants or even shopping malls. So when you are in Bali you can enjoy your holiday with those great deals.
New Year's Eve is one of the biggest celebrations in the entire world as well as in Bali. Balinese people are also excited waiting to embrace the New Year come. They will prepare all the things from music, families' party, and fireworks.


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Very clique-ish workplace
Probably a great place to work if you fit in immediately. However, if you are not on board with your specific departments culture right away, it can be very hard to advance. It is a very political environment, with some councilors and staff treated very differently than others based on community viewpoints. Management can be inconsistent with requests and quick to anger. Change is resisted quite a bit at higher levels.
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Productive and fun workplace
I enjoy what I do daily. It's a very flexible and accommodating workplace. Always learning new things. Great supervisor and work team. An inclusive and diverse work place.
Employee in Town of Caledon
on 5 June 2021
Don't waste your time. There is so much red tape, nothing ever gets done...management will throw you under the bus in a heart beat to make themselves look better when it counts.
Work/life balance is non existent especially if you work from home. There is no morale and no culture.
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on 13 April 2021
Management Requires More Oversight and Accountability
It is heartbreaking to see what the Town of Caledon has become. If I could describe the Town of Caledon it would be like this: Imagine a place filled with people who all parade around their massive egos to compensate for their inferiority complexes.
If you are not apart of the Management team and are just some lowly worker, good luck. Workers at the Town of Caledon are limited in their own ability to make decisions, take the initiative, or have the ability of free thought or expression whatsoever. Workers, you could have upwards of 5 supervisors alone, some you will never once encounter or never have known you even had that many supervisors.
You could present an idea to your first supervisor; get the go-ahead and you would think their approval is enough. Then, you come into work the next day and be told by your next supervisor that the idea you came up with is unacceptable. You will not be given a reason why, but you will be presented with the excuse that you did not go through the proper "Chain of Command." You will be thinking to yourself, "Why do I have all these supervisors if they can all be undermined by the one above them?" Trust me you are not the only one. The truth is, since the idea was not first thought of by your supervisor, that whole inferiority complex will kick in. And the only way that a supervisor can make themselves feel better is by belittling workers.
The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered the realization that many people apart of the Town of Caledon's Management team are incompetent, overpaid and expendable. From the very start of the pandemic, there was little leadership or communication for frontline workers. Part-time staff deemed "unessential" were simply laid-off and many full-time staff were relocated to present to the taxpayer that while town facilities were closed, taxpayer's money was still being spent responsibly. However, the spotlight was shinning in the wrong direction. Front Line Staff were put underneath a microscope, they still had to show up to work for their 8- or 10-hour shift with the new responsibility of disinfection on their shoulders.
There was no standardization or uniformity across the town. You had different standard operating procedures created and cleaning supplies ordered for different facilities. Even to this day it is still a free-for-all, you are simply walking into a building with a blindfold wrapped around your head. So, the question is, what exactly were Managers (who like to think of themselves as the brains of the operation) doing during the first lockdown? The answer is many were and are still abusing the "Work-From-Home" dynamic as a way of not coming into work at all.
In addition, back in December 2020, Senior Management announced changes to the organizational structure for the Town of Caledon, named: "Reimagine Caledon." In theory, the idea was to create smaller working teams within departments to improve collaboration and communication as well as reduce redundancies. However, if you took a closer look at this new "plan", it was quite misleading.
First, several General Managers (five in fact) were promoted to "Directors" to lead these newly formed departments. These Directors were already making over $100,000 to begin with and it did not look like they would be taking a pay cut. On the contrary, all of them probably got a raise. Second, in some instances, these Director promotions created vacancies for their old positions to be filled. This resulted in more promotions where the next most senior manager was promoted upwards. Salaried positions were just magically being created out of thin air but were entirely not necessary.
You have individuals in Senior Management who have had their workloads slashed, yet they are still making hundreds of thousands of dollars. How is this responsible? And yet, the Town made the decision to open all recreational facilities, despite not being able to run at 100% capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Operational costs alone were through the roof and more importantly, Front Line Staff were stretched thin to keep up with the operation as well as increased disinfection and deep cleaning of facilities. Yet, when the discussion was made to bring on more part-time staff to assist with the increased workload the same excuse was used, "it's not in the budget because the Town isn't generating enough revenue."
Thousands of dollars were being thrown into salaried positions, for people who would never step foot outside of Town Hall (only for when there was a photo-op). When we needed Front Line Staff more than ever to ensure the safety of our co-workers and patrons, the thought was merely pushed aside. As a Front Line Worker and for someone who lives in Caledon, this disturbed me.
It is unfortunate that the Town of Caledon is so much "smaller" than our neighbours in Peel Region because Caledon will continue to misappropriate funds from residents. Maybe if more people who lived in Caledon worked for the Town, they would not be so quick to take advantage of a terrible situation. If there ever is an end to this pandemic, it will be the families struggling to get by who will be left with the bill to pay.
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Bleak, Dismal. The culture that has been fostered at the Town of Caledon is toxic and unsustainable. It will come crashing down on them sooner or later.
How often do raises occur at Town of Caledon, ON?
Raises never occur for people working part time
How should you prepare for an interview at Town of Caledon, ON?
Just like any other. Think of a personal experience if you can to answer a question.
How did you get your first interview at Town of Caledon, ON?
Applied online. Received an email notification for an interview.
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Do you have experience
What is Town of Caledon, ON holiday leave policy? How much holiday leave do you get per year?
Most employees are pt/casual pt/contract, and so no vacation time; it's the way they get around having to pay people and to reward people for their hard work - the municipal environment is the most toxic environment in the world! they don't even get it as all ft employees who have benefits and get 6+ wks of holidays a year don't get that 90% of the workforce is min wage and can't get more than 0-15hrs per week.
What is Town of Caledon, ON sick leave policy? How many sick days do you get per year?
As a crossing guard you don't receive benefits. So sick days are days without pay.
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The content in the history sub-strand provides opportunities for students to develop historical understanding through key concepts including sources, continuity and change, cause and effect, perspectives, empathy and significance. The Year 3 curriculum provides a study of identity and diversity in their local community and beyond, past and present. Students develop understandings about the heritage of their local area (sources, continuity and change), including the importance of Country/Place to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples (significance, perspectives, empathy), and how and why their community has changed (continuity and change, cause and effect). Students explore the historical features and diversity of their community as represented in individuals and their contributions, symbols and emblems of significance (significance) and the different celebrations and commemorations, locally and in other places around the world (significance, perspectives, empathy).
Year 3 Case Studies focus on the four main inquiry questions as set out in the national curriculum.
How has our community changed?
Activity 2 How do we find out what causes changes to a place?
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What contributions have groups and individuals made in a community?
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Activity 2 What is a community?
Activity 3 What were Aboriginal communities like?
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Q: How to make lasting changes to config.xml in Ionic project Following Google Firebase's instructions (step 7) I'm trying to add the following to my config.xml file (in an Ionic project):
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    <host name="my-app.firebaseapp.com" scheme="https">
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But each time I emulate the app the inserted code gets removed. How can I add the required code to the config.xml and keep it there without Ionic (or Cordova) removing the modifications.

A: the simple solution for this is to run a cordova clean before running any further ionic build/run.

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Bed bugs bite at night. The bite marks will depend on the reaction of the person being bitten normally occurring on the upper parts of the body chest and neck areas are most popular. They are large enough to see without any magnification; they can grow up to 1/4 inch long. Bed bug infestations have been on the increase due to travel at home & overseas, The sale of 2nd hand furniture also accounts for a lot of infestations. The Bedbug infestation may have spread from an adjoining building or from some furniture or suitcase recently brought into the house, second hand clothing may also spread infestation. Bedbugs feed entirely on human blood at night when the victim is asleep. After feeding they crawl back into their hiding places which are in cracks and crevices in furniture, bed frames, cupboards, mattresses, electrical equipment, curtains, light fittings etc.
Bed Bugs are one of the hardest insects to treat and treatments will only work if the preparation has been done correctly. The bed sheets must be removed & washed. The room(s) to be treated must be vacuumed & cleaned. The treatment will fail if the room is full of clutter. The rooms must be clear of toys, books, boxes, cds, posters etc. Be careful not to put these objects into other rooms as you may spread the infestation. Objects in the room that cannot be either washed or sprayed with the insecticide (books, shoes, cds, dvds etc) can be put in a freezer overnight. This should be done before putting objects back into a treated room. Bed bugs usually infest bedrooms that are slept in, But I recommend treating all rooms in the infested property. If you are going to replace a bed or mattress wait until you are sure the treatment has worked & all bed bugs have been eradicated.
We treat the infested and surrounding areas with insecticides that are the strongest and most advanced available. All are biodegradable, almost odourless, non tainting & do not corrode or stain. The areas where the Bedbugs will be expected to crawl as well as their harbourages will be treated. This is completely harmless to mammals.
After treatment do not let domestic animals walk on treated surfaces until dry and if bare skin comes into contact whilst wet then wash. Do not vacuum the carpeted areas that have been treated for at least two weeks. The walls, bed frames or any other treated surfaces must not be washed for at least two months. All bedding must be laundered. The treated room(s) must be heated and occupied at night as this encourages the Bedbugs to crawl over the treated surfaces. Be prepared to see some bed bugs for at least 2 weeks after the first treatment. After this time another good clean must be done before the second spray.
Two sprays should be sufficient to deal with the problem. I guarantee bedbugs gone only after the 2nd spray providing the full & correct preparation and post spray advice has been carried out. This guarantee is for one month after the 2nd spray & only valid if the 2nd spray has been carried out within three weeks of the 1st. Insecticide treatments will only work on clean surfaces.


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On 26 March 2019, GTDEE team members, Mr. Markus Hoffmann and Dr. Kamonsak Suradom organized the introduction of Mercedes-Benz apprenticeship programme Batch 2019 under GTDEE programme together with Senior Trainer of Mercedes-Benz (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Ms. Vorrarat Ketkrai to the students at Lopburi Technical College. Many interested students attened the event.
On 26 March 2019, GTDEE Project Senior Consultant Mr. Katiphot Kanoknorrasade together with HR Business Manager of Celestica (Thailand) Ltd. Ms. Wannee Plangpramool and her HR team visited Eastern Technological College (E.Tech) and Thai-Austrian Technical College for seeking an opportunity to have a cooperation in apprenticeship programme.
On 21 March 2019, GTDEE members, Mr. Panuwat Jaitham and Ms. Apinya Amporn organized the pre-selection BMW apprentices Batch 2019 in Automotive Mechatronics which held at Eastern Technological College (E.Tech). The 6 students in Automotive Mechatronics profession attended the event.


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« David Archuleta ~ No Matter How Far is Here!
DAVID ARCHULETA ~ LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN!
Mckenzie did an awesome job highlighting David's accomplishments during his first year away on his mission. She does a great job of promoting David. I saw this tweet and was blown away by this amazing labor of love.
On March 28, 2012, American Idol star and Platinum recording artist David Archuleta left on a 2 year Mormon mission.
In his absence, David's team has successfully managed to keep his music career thriving by regularly releasing projects prepared before he left and by effectively harnessing the power of modern technology and social media to fully engage with fans around the work and to enlist their aid in keeping his name prominently in the public eye.
What David Archuleta and his team have accomplished this past year is something even fans doubted could be done. To an outsider looking in, David seems busier than ever before and certainly more busy than some artists actively pursuing their music careers. This is a testament to his incredible preparation before leaving, a marketing strategy effectively tailored to promote an artist not available to promote his work, and the undying support of one of the most committed fanbases in the world.
Preparing to release DVD of Nandito Ako – the miniseries he filmed just before leaving.
Pick up David Archuleta's New CD, "No Matter How Far" out March 26, 2013 and released by E1Music. Available on ITunes, Amazon, Walmart etc.
Request his debut single "Don't Run Away" at your radio stations.
Forevermore and Tell Me from David Archuleta's CDs "No Matter How Far" and "Forevermore" released by Ivory Music and Video.
Nothing Else Better to Do from David Archuleta's CD "No Matter How Far" released by E1Music.
Somewhere Only We Know from David Archuleta's CD "Begin." released by Highway Records.
This entry was posted on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 1:09 AM	and is filed under @DavidArchie, Anniversary, Appreciation, David Archuleta, fan video, Mission, Musical icon, The Voice. Tagged: #DA2014, David Archuleta, Gotta love him, missing him, Mission, No Matter How Far, Standing by him, the Voice, We'll Be Here. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
Good post, DJA! Glad to see it now and that I'm really not nuts! 🙂 lol Love that video…David has done so much for us! THis year should fly by, I'm sure he has more "eggs in his basket"! And I can't wait to see what "color" they are! 🙂 I know I sound like a broken record, but he is just the best!
Now we see it…now we don't…now we see it again… So Jan's and I are not going nuts! LOL!
I really love this video. It's a labor of love. It makes me cry. It makes me miss David more. It also makes me proud of a person who's becoming a legend on his own right for all the accomplishments he has achieved while away on a mission.
Thanks David for loving us back. Thanks to the Archie Team and fans who undyingly support David. Love, love, love is everywhere in the "House of David".
We can add McKenzie's video to a growing museum of fan made artifacts relating to David. Well done!
Angelica sent me this video to add to Unplugged. I will post it here at The Voice today because it's timely.
Abrra 365 days left, baby!
What a great video…and an amazing reminder of all that David has done for us this pat year.
One year to go! Happy "Hump Day", David! May it be a great year for you and all of us!
We made a promise to be here when he returns and he's returning the favor by giving us lots to keep us going. He's done everything he could think of to help us keep that promise and let us know it will be worth the wait. He really is one of a kind.
I'm not sure who planned all this out, who's idea it was, but it was genius!
Just watched the video at #3. Here at my desk. Hope no one needs anything from me for a while. Gee whiz, what ever happened to those warning labels we used to get.
Wow Dja, thanks for the great post! What a "labor of love" McKensie's video is,you are so right!
okay, that video at #3,just kilt me.
The words to that song! jsfkjfhajkjfhakjsfjffjh!
(**reminder to self** )saturday night…Unplugged… bring box of tissue.
OMGosh! #3 video is something else! I agree with you Dayzee! And while watching it with this big smile on my face, there's David on the side bar smiling back at me! Good thing we only have a yr to go, I'm kinda going bonkers! 🙂 Will be a welcome sight on Unplugged! Who is the singer?
The video maker did not indicate the song or the singer in her description. I don't have a clue about either.
That's Rascal Flatts singing their song "Forever" in the video in comment #3.
It seems the song is called "Forever" by Rascal Flatts. It certainly is beautiful and so is that video.
Oh, sorry, I see Bebe already posted the information. Maybe I can ask that you please remove my post? Thanks !
Thanks, Bebe and Steno! I knew that the song sounded familiar. 🙂 Rascal Flatts are really good and it's a perfect song!
I'm so excited for the official countdown of the days and the counter we will have on the right sidebar near the months!!! Abs 365 days FTW!
Mackenzie did a great outline of all that David has accomplished. When you put it together like that, it's hard to fathom one person being so busy while preparing to leave on a mission.
I'm leaving your post up. Thanks for finding the info, too!
One year down One year to go!!! Anyone burning any ties???
I'm so grateful for all David's done for us and love Mckenzie's highlights video! I'm also so excited for what's to come!!
Love the new COUNTDOWN at the end of the article!!!
Loving all this and that VIDEO!!! OMG those pics were stunning! ONE YEAR TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That video by McKenzie is fabulous! I want to send the link to Bob Lefsetz – he's always bemoaning young singers who don't know how to use social media, maintain a fanbase or (hehe) sing. He needs to get his head into this! He probably won't comment, though, because he has a bias against American Idol.
Thanks for posting my video! So glad everyone likes it. Please feel free to retweet it or share it with others.
Marlie7, you should send it to Bob. I tweeted the video to a to a number of media outlets a few ago saying that it showed how David Archuleta used social media to sustain music career during Mormon mission. That is pretty incredible and shows the power of social media in 2013. Unfortunately, nobody picked up on it. I think Archies all know what an incredible year David had. It would be nice if non-fans did. May even help his career by generating some buzz amongst general public.
McKenzie – I did send a letter and the link to Bob. That video is amazing and I thank you for sharing it with us!
Mckenzie, Welcome to The Voice!
I'm glad I've learned to do new things with my PC.
I've learned to capture images of the videos of David. There is an image that I have mentioned many times.
I feel that this picture haunts me.
In May 2008, at age 17, David had a star on the chest and another in his head.
Gladys, I can understand why that picture would haunt you. David and his mystical glow and/or light show.
A great documentary by McKenzie of David's accomplishments while absent. No matter where he is, no matter what is happening, he is still connected with his followers. I really feel he realizes how much we need him and what a difference he has made for so many. Thanks to all who help keep these things available and appreciated. If anyone deserves our support it is that fellow I see grinning on the sidebar.
You did a fabulous job on the video! It's an incredible documentary of his accomplishments this past year. I can't imagine the hours of work involved! It really is amazing to see it put together like that.
I can't say thanks enough to David and his team and all of his supporters/fans for everything we've gotten over the last year. We really are lucky fans.
Mckenzie, Thanks for stopping by!!! I can't tell you enough what a wonderful job highlighting David's accomplishments. I hope that somehow someone will catch the unique and amazing history that is being written as we speak by David Archuleta, Elder Archuleta and his dedicated fans. What a story!
Marlie, let us know if Lefsetz responds.
David is currently #121 on itunes and Crystal at #67. Grab one from itunes or anywhere else available if you haven't yet.
Abrra, Those fan videos are also part of that history in the making. I don't believe there is a more video'd and photographed person than David out there.
Gladys, that is something. Star over and on a star hmmmm.
Dayzee, We are truly in a surreal journey and truly lucky.
I tried to find a sidebar one that counted days that would work but no luck. I did find several that work in the main area article. Can you guys see the countdown timer?
I am going to add your screen capture picture to the sidebar when I update it very soon.
Thanks for the welcome everyone! I do lurk here often lol! It's great. I especially love Gladys' reports from David's performances in Chile.
Thanks, I welcome to you, as the girls welcomed me, 5 years ago. This is a beautiful place.
Gladys♥, love that picture of David you posted, it will look lovely in the sidebar, Abrra.
Glad that you have lurked here often and are now commenting! As the fanbase widens, our online family becomes bigger so we get so excited to have new commenters!
Your video is a real inspiration to the fanbase. Thank you for all the work it took to complete.
That's the plan; to put the COUNTDOWN at the end of every article until David comes marching home again. Hurrah!
Look closely in the background. That is the TV that David watched Les Miserables and began his love of music. He is the right age as shown here dancing with his older sister, Claudia.
Hmmm what else can go into the David Archuleta Music Museum?
Dja, thanks for the countdown post. We are literally down to months now!
I beg your pardon, I'm banging my head against a wall with my hands on my chest, but I can not resist to this picture.
McKenzie, You already know how much I love and appreciate the Video but I'll say it again……………..Thank You so much!!
Happy Easter to all at The Voice Love the Countdown Clock !!
McKenzie, wow, yes, a labor of love! Thank you so much for that incredible video recap of the year. Even though I am totally aware of everything he has done this past year, it blew my mind seeing it compiled together like that!
Just watched #3 video, sure tugs at the heartstrings.
Love the video by McKenzie – Its great to have all our memories in one video. Great for a keepsake! Can't wait for Year 2! By the way, David will be home for Easter next year; Easter's April 20, 2014!
Gladys, can't blame ya! 🙂 Safe travels and hope to hear some good David news.
Gladys, Safe travels! Pensando en ti.
Martha, It will be here before we know it. I was reading that with the change of age you can begin your mission missionaries are being sent home before the exact two years, could be as early as January. Wouldn't that be awesome?!


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ABAO-OLBE (Bilbao Association of Friends of the Opera) begins the commemoration of 1.000 opera performances in Bilbao Fidelio Ludwig van Beethoven, German opera composer only. This work, belonging to the heroic period of Beethoven, It is considered one of the most solid pillars of genuinely German opera. The following days 24 -no function 1.000 -, 27 Y 30 November and 3 from December, with the exclusive sponsorship BBVA Foundation, sponsor of ABAO-OLBE, up on stage this title, a plea of conjugal love, the loyalty, fidelity and freedom, returning to Bilbao season after twenty two year absence.
This masterpiece of Beethoven suffered in the process of continuous composition revisions have resulted in three different scores and four different overtures. In the version presented in Bilbao you can enjoy two overtures, of "Fidelio" and "Leonore III" as symphonic piece.
The argument of this first musical drama of modern story about man and society is based on the story of Leonore, a woman who embarks, disguised as Fidelio, in the adventure of finding her captive husband and save. To give life to the main characters whose interpretation requires very special skills and great vocal training, ABAO-OLBE features the debut of two specialists in the Germanic repertoire, Russian soprano Elena Pankratova as 'Leonore' and the British tenor Peter Wedd as 'Florestan'. Joining them complete the lineup debuts under Belgian Till Faveyts como 'Rocco', German soprano Anett Fritsch como 'Marzelline', the return of tenor Bilbao Mikeldi Atxalandabaso as 'Jaquino', debut bass baritone Austrian Sebastian Holecek as 'Don Pizarro', the return of the low-baritone Latvian Remove Egils as 'Don Fernando', the debut of tenor Manuel Gomez Ruiz as 'Prisoner uno' and the return of low Felipe Bou as 'Prisoner two'.
In the musical section, Bilbao again after a successful address Billy Budd in 2009 teacher Juanjo Mena, great connoisseur of this repertoire. Topping the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Mena faces a score that qualifies as "A masterpiece of completely unique and innovative transcendent vision". It underlines the importance of the orchestra increases to the point to mark the voices that must be theatrical intensity for greater dramatization. This section complete Bilbao Opera Choir, directed by Boris Dujin, protagonist of one of the highlights of the opera to give voice to the "chorus of prisoners".
On the stage, symbolic production, conceived by the National Theater Award three times, José Carlos Plaza, in Bilbao will be directed by playwright Gregor Acuna-Pohl. The apparent edge of freedom is placed on an empty space delimited by two large metal blocks. Changes in these blocks correspond to the great musical moments of the opera. A very clean scenery, strong and essential that helps to understand the humanistic and timeless message Fidelio.
The wardrobe Pedro Moreno, winner of two Goya awards for "The Dog in the Manger" Pilar Miró and "Goya in Bordeaux" by Carlos Saura, It focuses on the feelings of the characters and the struggle between the outer repressive force and inner strength of the human soul, with many details as oxide clothes jailers or inspired by Chillida drawings of women, while the protagonists are shown in white as a symbol of freedom and purity.
The function of Fidelio of Saturday 24 November will be broadcast live and free via streaming for everyone, through websites ETB Y ABAO. The Association joins this way, with the support of the public body EITB, the possibilities offered by new audiovisual technologies and social networks for the dissemination of culture and opera.
The Basque public television chain reissue delayed the function Sunday 2 December at 9:00 H is a ETB 2.
Luis Gago, stars in the second conference cycle introduction to opera organizes ABAO-OLBE, prior to the premiere and free of charge, in the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, in order to know the most important aspects of each title of the season.
Luis Gago has been Deputy Director and Head of Radio Programs 2 (RNE), Panel member of serious music of the European Broadcasting Union, Coordinator of the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Theater Editor. He has made radio programs for the BBC and is the author of numerous articles and monographs, Book Bach (1995) and the Spanish version of the New Harvard Dictionary of Music. usually prepared Castilian subtitles for the Royal Opera House, the Inglés National Opera and Digital Concert Hall of Berlin Philharmonic. He is editor and music critic Books Review, music critic of El País and codirector, along with Tabea Zimmermann, the Chamber Music Festival of the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn.
The appointment is Friday 23 of November in the Auditorium of the Museum of Fine Arts (access door by Chillida) to 19.15 hours. Free entry until complete seats.
Horizons of excellence in opera singing It is a result of the long history of collaboration between ABAO-OLBE program and the BBVA Foundation, who share the vision of generating activities that ensure access to a quality culture for all. As part of this shared sensibility, the project Horizons of excellence in opera singing It is designed through a program that combines meetings and dialogues between experts, artists or professionals linked to the opera, to delve into a new space for cultural development through reflection on the lyrical art, and its role in today's culture.
Within the celebrations of the historic season "ABAO 1.000 opera performances in Bilbao", he 21 of November to 17:30 pm in the Auditorium of the Museum of Fine Arts held a meeting being the conductor Juanjo Mena and deputy director of El Correo, Coca Caesar.
The next 24 of November, coinciding with the first function Fidelio and ephemeris 1.000 opera performances, the fourth edition of the initiative is held Fair Saturday with which ABAO-OLBE, driving movement, collaborates since its inception. Fair Saturday emerged as an innovative movement, open and participatory process that aims to place art and culture at the heart of society and highlight its ability to transform the world every cultural event devoted to an NGO or social project. This time the Bilbao Association will donate part of the proceeds of that function Fidelio has the NGOs creating Futures, which among other things develops an educational program in Senegal.
The BBVA Foundation, whose distinguishing feature is the impulse to scientific knowledge and cultural creation, Music articulates its program as a complete tour of the various ways in which society can benefit and enjoy this art, own space on the web www.contrapunto-fbbva.es A) Yes, It promotes the creation of new work with composition commissions and enables preservation and dissemination through recordings in collaboration with seals and interpreters frontline. Promotes live music through concert cycles, for free, put within reach of ensembles and soloists public reference in the contemporary repertoire. Organizes lectures and issues publications to better understand the work of certain authors or immerse themselves in the study of certain compositional periods and implements research projects and highly innovative creation with Leonardo Grants in Music and Opera.
Organizes specialized symposiums on management of orchestras, collaborates with musical ensembles and theaters across the country-from the Teatro Real and the Teatro de la Maestranza the Gran Teatro del Liceu, through the Bilbao Association of Friends of the Opera and the Symphony Orchestra of Madrid and recognizes excellence through Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Music and Opera and Composition Prize AEOS-Fundación BBVA, in collaboration with the Spanish Association of Symphony Orchestras.


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L'altra faccia dello specchio. Per una storia naturale della conoscenza è un libro di Konrad Lorenz pubblicato per la prima volta in lingua tedesca nel 1973, vale a dire nello stesso anno in cui il padre dell'etologia ricevette il premio Nobel per la medicina.

In questo libro Lorenz sintetizza le proprie idee filosofiche: l'evoluzione è vista come un processo diretto verso una sempre maggiore consapevolezza del mondo. Dimostra inoltre come, dall'organismo più semplice al più complesso, l'attività principale degli esseri viventi consiste nella raccolta di informazioni attraverso metodi creati nel corso dell'evoluzione intesa come storia naturale dell'organismo.

Lo specchio, per Lorenz, è l'essere umano che, con il suo comportamento, riflette ciò che conosce con i sensi. L'altra faccia dello specchio è "l'apparato fisiologico, la cui prestazione consiste nel conoscere il mondo reale" ed il libro tratta proprio della costruzione, attraverso una folgorazione evolutiva, di questo apparato fisiologico e della vita spirituale che ne deriva e che pone in essere una forma di vita mai vista prima nel mondo naturale: la cultura umana.

Contenuti
La vita come processo cognitivo:
La formazione di nuove caratteristiche dei sistemi:
Gli strati dell'essere reale:
I processi dell'acquisizione di informazioni a breve termine:
Modificazioni teleonomiche del comportamento:
Il messaggio di ritorno del successo e l'addestramento attraverso il premio:
Le radici del pensiero concettuale:
Lo spirito umano:
La cultura come sistema vivente:
I fattori che preservano l'invarianza della cultura:
Le prestazioni che servono a demolire l'invarianza culturale:
Formazione dei simboli e linguaggio:
La non programmazione dell'evoluzione culturale:
L'oscillazione della prestazione cognitiva:
L'altra faccia dello specchio:

Edizioni
L'altra faccia dello specchio. Per una storia naturale della conoscenza, trad. di Claudia Beltramo Ceppi
Adelphi ("Saggi" n. 10), Milano, 1974
Bompiani ("Tascabili" n. 276), Milano, 1982
Adelphi ("gli Adelphi" n. 24), Milano, 1991

Collegamenti esterni

Saggi di Konrad Lorenz
Etologia


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December ~ Get Your Jingle on!
Miss Audrey MacPhee (Associate Head of School) and I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you in 2018!!
Wasn't I just writing about November?! How is December already coming to an end? As I say goodbye to 2017 and usher in 2018 (and the second half of this school year), I am beyond grateful—to have a loving, supportive, and healthy family; to work in a place like Saint Joseph's Episcopal School; to be greeted throughout the day with the kindest of words and sweetest of smiles from our wonderful students; to laugh every single day with colleagues and friends (and students!); and, above all, for God's blessings. I wish each and every one of you the merriest of Christmases and the happiest of New Years; I can't wait to see you all in January!
Congratulations to our students—and one of our faculty/staff members—who earned St. Francis Awards at the beginning of the month: Kristoffer H. (JK), Lizzie C. (Kindergarten), Liam A. (First Grade), Hannah C. and Kingston S. (Second Grade), Emily C. and Ethan H. (Third Grade), Zoe H. and Gabi M. (Fourth Grade), John L., Trey P., Alivia P., and Luke W. (Fifth Grade), Cash D. and Ryan F. (Sixth Grade), William T. (Seventh Grade), Alex R. (Eighth Grade), and the wonderful Mrs. Arts! For those who do not know, individuals and classes are nominated by administrators, teachers, parents, and/or students for showing the grace and dedication of Saint Francis to their friends, to our school community, and to animals, to name a few. We honor nominees monthly during a Friday Morning Prayer service.
Congratulations to Mrs. Emily Carter and Miss Maha Bouhamdan for three successful Christmas shows! The Reichert Center Christmas Musical, the Lower School Christmas Show with A Charlie Brown Christmas, and the Festival of Lessons and Carols were all beautifully performed, showcasing our students amazing gifts and talents! I am extremely proud of everyone and of our Performing Arts program that provides a stage (literally!) for our students to shine.
I can't say enough about how wonderful Santa's Workshop was this year! Very special thanks to Meredith Housman for being our "Head Elf" and chairing this event! I'd like to also give a special "thank you" to the wonderful volunteers who helped wrap gifts, set up the Parish Hall, help students shop, and/or clean up after the event ended: Audra Agramonte, Kelly Alexander, Michelle Ambrozy-Sasko, Clara Bednar, Sarah Callaway, Marjan Campanelli, Andrew Carter, Abigail Catalano, Chris Chiodo, Trang Dao, Nathalie Doyle, Justine Evelyn, Erika Flynn, Kristine Gobbo, Angela Hammett, Gary Housman, Kelley Johnson, Jennifer Lee, Misty Louthan, Tallon Louthan, Jen Marangos, Regina Marcus, Crystal Murray, Tejal Neelakanta, Jen Pisciotto, Deidra Pitts, Emily Rehak, Cherie Spencer, Lori Stenson, Jaclyn Tafaro, Marjorie Territo, Colette Turner, Kim Webb, and Andrea Whitworth. Special recognition must go to Kitty Taylor, Mrs. Ream's grandmother and Eighth Grader Alex and Fifth Grader Maggie's great-grandmother, who helped with set-up by sorting gifts (among other things)—all at 92 years young! This event wouldn't have been the same without all of you!
The annual Angel Tree Dinner is a community service tradition in Eighth Grade. This year, students prepared, cooked, and served a delicious Christmas dinner to close to 150 homeless and underprivileged! Special thanks to all of you for donating the ingredients: Christmas cookies, fruit cocktail, green beans, Cream of Mushroom soup, and dinner rolls. (Ham was supplied by an anonymous donor.) It's events like these that truly make St. Joe's the unique and amazing place it is!
This month at our Early Childhood Academy (ECA), students held its annual Winter Gala. Christmas carols were sung, and fun activities were completed with teachers and special guests. As always, give Dolores a call at (561) 278-7735 if you need more information on anything ECA-related. They do such amazing things with our littlest ones!!
Thank you to those who have so graciously contributed to our Jaguar Fund. We are currently at 50% participation! Please, please get your donations in before Friday, January 12th, especially if you'd like to attend the Thank You Celebration aboard the Lady Atlantic—which is scheduled for Friday, January 26th!
Looking ahead to January, school resumes from Christmas Break on the 8th, Parent/Teacher Conferences will commence on the 12th after a 12:00 Dismissal, Unity Day will be celebrated on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (the 15th), our yearly Open House is scheduled for the 16th, and the end of the Second Quarter is on the 19th. Finally, on the 26th, our annual PO fundraiser, LAPS, will occur—with the Jaguar Fund Thank You Celebration happening that evening.
Two recent projects—one in Middle School and another in Third Grade—have brought the STREAM philosophy to life! When different subject areas relate to each other and to the real world, this effective cross-curricular approach allows our students to learn in exciting and beneficial ways!
The Middle School's Hispanic Food Festival asked students to research a Spanish-speaking country and to create a PowerPoint and display board with their discoveries. On the day of the Festival, students became a part of their countries by donning cultural garb and/or themed outfits reminiscent of what they researched. The final touch was providing food samples to visitors to immerse them into the culture of each country.
In Third Grade, students recently held Christmas Around the World, where—like their Middle School peers—they had to research a country and create a display board with what they discovered. The catch here was the focus on how each country celebrates Christmas! Along with themed clothing, students offered visitors delicious treats related to their specific country's customs and traditions.
Special thanks to Señora Loredana Quong and Mrs. Maggie Midden for facilitating these projects and for asking our students to "think outside of the box".
As we enter Thanksgiving Break, I can't help but feel enormously thankful for our Saint Joseph's Episcopal School community. The faculty/staff, students, and parents truly add something special to my life, and for that, I am eternally grateful. I hope you and yours have a fantastic Thanksgiving, full of family, friends, fellowship, and delicious food!
What a fun event last month's Trunk or Treat was! Very special thanks to the Development Team (Kelly DuBois and Janet Sanchez) for facilitating a spooktacular night, which surpassed last year's earnings! Thank you also to Heather Johansen for donating and running the evening's bar—which also included donations from Bo Eaton! It seemed that everyone had a wonderful time, and I must congratulate again the winners of Best Overall Trunk, the Fedele family, for their Jurassic World-themed display. I look forward to next year's event already!
Chipotle Night on the 8th was a success, yielding close to $500! Special thanks to our Parent Organization for working with Chipotle and for planning this event. As I waited in line, it was wonderful to see the entire restaurant completely filled with St. Joe's families! The next PO event is a Movie Night on Friday, December 1st. Elf will be shown on the field—weather permitting. RSVP to Kelly at (561) 732-2045.
Congratulations to our students—and one of our parents—who earned St. Francis Awards at the beginning of the month: Barby L. (First Grade), Matthew P. (First Grade), Lily C. (Second Grade), Cain D. (Third Grade), Taylor W. (Third Grade), Hailey M. (Fifth Grade), Maggie R. (Fifth Grade), Morgan W. (Fifth Grade), Mason F. (Sixth Grade), Michael F. (Sixth Grade), Eric McCabe (Parent), and the Seventh Grade class! For those who do not know, individuals and classes are nominated by administrators, teachers, parents, and/or students for showing the grace and dedication of Saint Francis to their friends, to our school community, and to animals, to name a few. We honor nominees monthly during a Friday Morning Prayer service.
This month at our Early Childhood Academy (ECA), students celebrated Thanksgiving with songs and a slice of apple pie! Students are also busy preparing for their December event, the annual Winter Gala. As always, give Dolores a call at (561) 278-7735 if you need more information!
Looking ahead to December, one can feel quite overwhelmed… We have three Christmas concerts (Reichert Center on the 5th, Lower School on the 6th, and Middle School's Lessons & Carols on the 13th), Santa's Workshop is from the 13th through the 15th (with shopping occurring on the 14th), and students in Grades Five through Eight "show what they know" on Midterm Exams from the 20th through the 22nd.
In our SmartLab, a new sign now adorns the wall above the Facilitator's desk. It illustrates the philosophy of the SmartLab—and STREAM in general. Ms. Cunningham designed it herself, and we are very proud that we're teaching our students how to learn and to be lifelong learners! It all starts with a question or a problem needing to be solved; then, utilizing problem solving, communication, creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and self-direction, it becomes an idea or a solution!
As the first month of school comes to an end, I must say that Saint Joseph's Episcopal School is a pretty exciting place! We've launched our STREAM initiative, and we are encouraged by wonderful families and a true commitment to our Christian education and mission.
As we implement our strategic plan for the 2017-2018 school year, Mr. Swaney, our Board of Trustees President, asked me to note that success is not a time to become complacent; rather, it is a time to become hyper-strategic. Everyone is working hard to create a secure and promising future of significance during these changing times. Let each of us—faculty, staff, trustees, families, donors, and volunteers—commit ourselves to the magnificent work of educating students. Together, may we realize that each act of hospitality, each gesture of gratitude, each act of engaging a student is part of that magnificent work. If we all understand this, then this year of change will truly be a time of opportunity as we work together to make God visible to the world through the creation of a future significance for Saint Joseph's Episcopal School.
I hope you read the updated Parent/Student Handbook, which was sent via e-mail and can also be found on our website by clicking here. If you haven't, please do so at your earliest convenience. Some changes to be aware of are Distinction/High Distinction qualifications (page 9), Early Dismissal procedures (page 13), and chronic absences/tardies and how they may affect retention, promotion, re-enrollment, etc. (page 15).
Our new SmartLab is finished! Ms. Cunningham is in the midst of on-site training this week, learning about all of the exciting things we'll be able to implement very soon. Look forward to a "Technology Night" in the near future, where we will showcase, among other things, this phenomenal addition to our campus!
Prior to Friday's official ribbon cutting ceremony, students have been enjoying a "soft open" of the new playground over the last week and a half. Based on the feedback (and pictures and videos!) I've received, everyone loves this new addition! Again, I cannot thank the Playground Committee—under the leadership of Jen Pisciotto—enough for their determination and hard work in seeing this through. And, another special thank you to all of the donors and to all of the remarkable volunteers who helped with construction, mulch-spreading, and everything in between. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to officially unveil our playground on Friday.
At the Early Childhood Academy, we celebrated Man in My Life Night last Friday. Dads, grandpas, and uncles joined in Circle Time, sang songs, ate a yummy snack, and saw firsthand how wonderful our ECA teachers are! We're looking forward to October's Lady I Love Night, a night to honor the special women in our students' lives, on the 21st; RSVP to Dolores at (561) 278-7735. The ECA's yearly Pumpkin Silent Auction will commence on Friday, October 20th, at 7:00 AM, running through Wednesday, October 25th at 3:00 PM. Pumpkins will be on display in the ECA Office on Thursday, October 19th.
As we approach October, please be mindful of the following: Episcopal Schools Sunday, which honors Episcopal school teachers and students, is this Sunday, October 1st, at the 9:30 service; the Middle School Retreats will take place from Tuesday, October 24th, through Thursday, October 26th; and, the annual Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat events are on Friday, October 27th. There is certainly a lot to look forward to next month!
To celebrate our new initiative and brand, a lovely banner with this year's theme—"Full STREAM Ahead"—greets you as you drive into the main parking lot. It's hanging above the walkway that leads to our new SmartLab, the Computer Lab, and Pastor Lynne's Sacred Studies classroom. A lot of STREAM-related active learning will occur in these spaces!
To show my gratitude and appreciation to our amazing faculty/staff members for embracing this vision for Saint Joseph's Episcopal School—and for all that they do for our students on a daily basis, I gifted them with new STREAM Team shirts! I'm thankful for their support in this exciting new endeavor, and I can't wait to spotlight the wonderful student-driven activities, experiments, and real-world learning that they will incorporate into their classrooms.
As the first week of the 2017-2018 school year comes to an end, I can't help but reflect on the happiness and joy felt amongst students, parents, and faculty/staff! What a pleasure it was seeing everyone throughout the week! It's nice to feel like you've come "home" after several months on "vacation".
Many thanks to those who facilitated and attended the New Parent Cocktail Party last week! It was great to mix and mingle with our wonderful new families. Please reach out to new parents and students in your child(ren)'s grade(s) often to make sure they feel the SJES love!
How about our new playground?! Doesn't it look amazing? Many, many, many thanks to all of the volunteers who gave their time and talents to the construction and maintenance of this endeavor: Kristina Bosch, Mike Farmer, Georgia Handy, Joe Ilcus, Jen Marangos, Eric McCabe, Chris Peck, Jen Pisciotto, Alvise Pugliese, Tracee Sama, Fred Shaw, Shane Tuner, and Nicholas Vidulich! And, our "Mulch-a-Palooza" night last week was a nice way to start the school year; thank you to those who raked, shoveled, cleaned, and more: Steve Alexander, Mike and Sarah Callaway, Pat Coyle, Gerard and Jessica Glynn (and Keira's Grandparents!), Stewart and Stacy Joslin, Lina Lacy, Misty Louthan, Eric and Amy McCabe, Lenny and Jen Pisciotto, Paul Stanley, Kim Webb, John Whitworth, and Eric Wilson. The official ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at our Back to School BBQ next Friday, September 8th, at 5:30 PM!
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please reach out to the Office, to specific faculty/staff members, and/or to me directly.
Since the school year has officially begun, I think it's important to elaborate on the significance of our STREAM philosophy. Many schools nowadays have adopted the STEM or STEAM initiative… Since religion is an important part of our identity and brand, what better way to identify Saint Joseph's Episcopal School than as a STREAM (Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) school?!
Under this philosophy, it isn't so much about the technology we have or the amazing SmartLab we're building. It's about how we will continue to challenge our students in innovative and stimulating ways. At the forefront of this initiative is building students' 21ST century skills—critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration, to name a few. Teachers understand the importance of student-driven learning, where students use a variety of methods to solve real-world problems at their individual level and/or pace.
As we move "full STREAM ahead" into our sixtieth year, we want students engaged in active learning by participating in meaningful learning activities—all the while thinking about what they are doing. It's our mission and vision to build lifelong learners whose minds, bodies, and spirits are nourished in a safe, Christian climate.


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