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Makepeace, Bernice: DNA Discovers Grandpa John McCubbin's Other Descendants
by Bernice Makepeace
John McCubbin was born in Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the only son of James McCubbin and his wife Janet McEwen. When John was fairly young he went to work for his Mother's uncle David McEwen in Colmonell, Scotland. Needless to say Scotland is known for its rugged hills and sheep can be seen everywhere. According to the Scottish Census of 1871, John's uncle also had two other employees - Joseph Bell (19) and Elizabeth McKelvie (18). The census where I found the above information also stated that David and his wife had a young son Hugh who was only a year old. Another article I was given mentions John McCubbin won numerous awards for sheep that were shown in local areas,
About three years later David decided to sell his farm and come to Canada. John McCubbin also left Scotland at this time. He sailed on the ship WALENSIAN from Glasgow and arrived in Quebec, August 11, 1874.
David McEwen and his family settled around Morganston and John stayed with his uncle for a couple of years according to the letters John's mother sent him. (Envelope records show this.) David and his family did not remain in Canada but I am not sure when he returned to Scotland.
By 1877, John met his wife-to-be and he and Mary Ann Campbell were married September 20, 1877. For the next few years, John was living on various farms. Records show he lived on farms in Haldimand, Percy and Cramahe townships. His sons George and James were born in Percy Township. William was born in Haldimand Township but died when 10 months old. John was born in Percy Township. Agnes Janet, his first daughter was born in Bowmanton, Haldimand Township. Sarah Jane (always called Jean) was born in Percy Township and the last two children - Mary and Thomas were born in Red Cloud, which is in Cramahe Township.
About 1897 the family moved to Warkworth where Grandpa eventually owned about 200 acres (according to his will). Here I know he raised sheep and as well he was breeding Ayrshire cattle and Clydesdale horses. He was a very successful farmer. (His farm house recently sold for $600,000, I am told.)
It wasn't long before John McCubbin became interested in politics. He served as Road Superintendent for numerous years. (One bridge near his farm was called McCubbin Bridge for many years.) He was also Reeve of Percy Township at different times and served as Warden of Durham and Northumberland Counties in 1921 and again in 1926.
My grandfather's wife, Mary Ann, died in 1916. Grandpa married a Mrs. Ada Leonard, who was born in Brighton, ON. This marriage didn't last long from what I learned through a letter that Grandpa had kept. (These letters were mainly from John's mother to him and from them I was able to see the various envelopes with the different names and Grandpa's addresses.)
My grandfather came to live with us (his youngest daughter Mary and her family) after my father's death. Grandpa's health was failing and eventually he went to Toronto General Hospital where he died in 1938.
About a year and a half ago, my second cousin, (descendent of John's daughter, Agnes and Charles Duff in Saskatchewan) sent me an email about having her DNA checked. Her father Donald had also had his checked. It wasn't long before they heard from a member of a McKelvie family. This gentleman stated that his DNA had showed a McCubbin match. He was surprised as there was no McCubbin in his family as far as he knew. After looking at the 1871 Scottish Census, this gentleman determined that John McCubbin must have been the father of Elizabeth's baby John who was born in 1872, in Ayrshire. (Does the DNA result prove that my grandfather was the father of Elizabeth McKelvie son John? Some may doubt it but personally having seen pictures of John McKelvie and John McCubbin, I believe that John McKelvie was Grandpa McCubbin's first born child.)
This information recently discovered would mean that John McCubbin's first child born here in Canada was not his first child. I just wish my Mother was alive to hear this news.
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Q: Как в питоне добавлять элемент в список когда я его создаю с помощью random.choice и принчу? Как в питоне добавлять элемент в список когда я его создаю с помощью random.choice и причину?
Например, я делаю так:
numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4]
other_numbers = []
print(other_numbers.append(ramdom.choice(numbers)))

Оно возвращает None.
Так вот как мне сделать так чтобы я и запринтил этот элемент и добавил его в список

A: Мой вариант выглядит вот так:
import random
numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4]
other_numbers = []
r_number = random.choice(numbers)
other_numbers.append(r_number)
print(r_number)

A: Нужно сначала сохранить сгенерированный элемент в переменную. А потом можно отдельными действиями зааппендить этот элемент, а потом напечатать:
import random

numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4]
other_numbers = []

elem = random.choice(numbers)

other_numbers.append(elem)
print(elem)

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Haunted MTL Original – Monsters – Linda M. Crate
"Monsters" by Linda M. Crate
Judy breathed in heavily. She hated that the council had decided she was the one to do this. When she had become a monster slayer, she never imagined that she would ever have to do anything this difficult.
How did she know that her father would be bitten and turned by a vampire, and become one of the most vicious and dangerous villains in the whole of their village? She remembered the last time she had seen him as a human. He had told her that he would always love her, that she could always count on him, that everything was going to be all right.
The first person he had killed was the vampire that turned him. Her tortured face looked up at Judy from the snow, even still. The contorted features, the eyes forever staring in the heavens in horror.
How a fledgling could kill his master was beyond her. Most fledglings weren't that strong. She must have been a powerful vampire, and underestimated the strength of the one she had turned.
The second person he had killed had been her mother. She couldn't imagine the terror her mother must've felt when the man she loved turned out to be a brutal murderer who cared more about his blood lust than anyone else he had once known.
He hadn't even tried to fight it as some vampires did. Some of them banished themselves from their own families in an attempt to save them, but not her father. He had embraced and accepted the blood sucking demon and become intimately involved with him.
Judy knew he deserved to die for all the harm he had done. But why did she have to do it?
Why did the council need her to prove her loyalty to them this way? She had already killed hundreds of monsters: vampires, werewolves, harpies, banshees, dark elves, dark fae, gorgons, evil dragons, and countless others. She was very good at what she did.
But they insisted that her thousandth kill had to be Bernie. The man whose hazel eyes were her own, the man who taught her how to walk and how to hold a spoon, the man who had first taught her to use magic, the man who had always been her safe harbor. She had always been a daddy's girl. She had loved her mother…but they had never been close the way she and her father had.
How hadn't he fought the beast he had become? How dare he just succumb so easily to the darkness?!
Judy breathed in sharply again, and more importantly, just how was she supposed to do this? Judy thought she might have a mental breakdown then and there, had there not been a louder voice inside of her insisting that she had to prove herself worthy of the council so she could finally have more independence. If she managed this then she wouldn't have to work with any of the fledgling slayers, anymore, she could work with someone more advanced and learn whatever magic they were willing to teach her.
The young witch sucked in another breath. Her mother had been a healer, but she was a slayer. Perhaps, she and her father had been monsters all along and his vampirism just exacerbated what he was always capable of becoming.
She felt torn. She knew the village needed protected from these monsters, and yet she felt guilty.She wasn't so sure this was the right choice, and yet she told herself she couldn't be weak. The council wouldn't have put her on this task if they hadn't believed Judy was strong. And so she sucked in another deep breath and looked at the weapons in her cloak: a stake, a potion that immediately turned to flames when the glass broke, and blades that were made by stringing sunlight and magic together with metal which would slow a vampire but wouldn't completely kill them unless one hit them in the heart.
Judy didn't bother bringing garlic. She knew that if he smelled garlic that he wouldn't come.
She wasn't so sure that he would come to begin with, but Judy had sent a letter out with a carrying pigeon. The pigeon hadn't returned.
"Hello, Sparrow."
Judy felt her heart leap in her throat. She had just barely arrived at the place she had asked her father to come. She saw her shocked face leap up at her in the glass window of the bakery, and her feet nearly lost their footing on the cobble stone street as if there were ice on the ground. There wasn't, as it was mid-summer, but she was really surprised he had come.
"Didn't mean to scare you, Sparrow."
Her father had been calling her Sparrow since she were a child, she always fought back insisting she were more fierce a bird. But that old nickname was a ploy, she was certain, to make her lose her guard. She wouldn't. She was aware of the monster he was.
Judy glared at him. "Hello, father."
"You've come to kill me," Bernie said, with a dark smile. "Go on, then."
Judy looked around her at the deserted street. Using magic she closed off the sector they stood upon. She pulled out her weapons. "Any preference?"
Bernie snorted. "Do you always ask those whom you kill how they want to die?"
"Don't make me sound like a monster, you're the monster."
"We're both monsters, darling, even if we don't share the same fangs."
Judy threw the potion where Bernie had been standing, the vampire jumped out of the way but not before the flames grabbed onto his cloak and it was a fast moving fire that consumed him. "The council's using you just like they used your mother. One day, Sparrow, you'll see the truth." And then he was gone.
Judy scattered the ashes before she flung herself at the ground, sobbing. She had killed her father, but at what price? She watched the wind scatter his ashes.
Linda M. Crate, author.
Linda M. Crate's works have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies both online and in print. She is the author of six poetry chapbooks, the latest of which is: More Than Bone Music (Clare Songbirds Publishing House, March 2019). She's also the author of the novel Phoenix Tears (Czykmate Books, June 2018) and two micro-poetry collections. Recently she has published two full-length poetry collections Vampire Daughter (Dark Gatekeeper Gaming, February 2020) and The Sweetest Blood (Cyberwit, February 2020).
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Juan Manuel Cuá Ajacum (ur. 22 kwietnia 1962 w Totonicapán) – gwatemalski duchowny katolicki, biskup pomocniczy Los Altos Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán od 2021.

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Święcenia kapłańskie otrzymał 13 maja 1995 i został inkardynowany do archidiecezji Santiago de Guatemala. Pracował głównie jako duszpasterz parafialny, był także m.in. wychowawcą w krajowym seminarium (2001–2004), pomocniczym sekretarzem gwatemalskiej Konferencji Episkopatu (2008–2012) oraz dyrektorem centrum duszpasterskiego (2018–2021).

27 marca 2021 papież Franciszek mianował go biskupem pomocniczym archidiecezji Los Altos Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán ze stolicą tytularną Rosella. Sakry biskupiej udzielił mu 24 czerwca 2021 roku arcybiskup Mario Alberto Molina Palma.

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In the English language there are a few regularly misused words. Native English speakers are probably guiltier of confusing these words than ESL students. As a student of the English language, you're undoubtedly more cautious with word usage, opting to use words that you truly know the meanings of.
Impress your American friends by adding these 3 challenging pairs of commonly misused words to your vocabulary. How fun would it be to correct their English next time!
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We are coincidentally engaged to people named Chris.
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Dakota Access Pipeline Would Lock in Emissions of 30 Coal Plants
Sep 13, 2016 1:31AM EDT Home
By Lorne Stockman
The Dakota Access Pipeline would carry oil from the Bakken formation in North Dakota to Gulf Coast refineries and export terminals via Patoka, Illinois. With a maximum capacity of 570,000 barrels per day (bpd), it could carry more than 50 percent of North Dakota's current oil production. Ultimately, the net greenhouse gas (GHG) impact of the pipe would depend on what future actions we take to end our fossil fuel addiction and address climate change.
Happy American Horse attaching himself to an excavator at the construction site of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Aug. 31.Rob Wilson / Bold Alliance
Building a large, new pipeline that reduces the cost of delivering a large oil reserve to market would undermine our climate goals. Meeting the targets set out in the Paris agreement, now signed by more than 180 countries around the world, will not be possible if we continue to lock into new fossil fuel infrastructure like the Dakota Access Pipeline.
In response to the ongoing protests in North Dakota and the concerns raised regarding the approval process, construction of the project within 20 miles of Lake Oahe has been suspended, yet construction activities continue elsewhere on the route. The statement from the Departments of Justice, Army and Interior that ordered the suspension indicates that a review of the process by which the remaining permits can be considered will be conducted including "under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) or other federal laws." Given the White House recently issued guidance on how federal agencies should assess climate impact, it makes sense that a climate test should now be applied to this misguided project.
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— EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) September 12, 2016
How Much Carbon is in the Pipe?
Putting aside broader market impacts for a moment, the total emissions that would be delivered by the pipeline are a factor of the average throughput and the emissions intensity of the crude oil it would deliver. We calculate that at typical utilization rates of 95 percent of capacity, total lifecycle emissions from producing, transporting, processing and burning the products derived from the oil would amount to 101.4 million metric tons of CO2e per year. These emissions are equivalent to 29.5 typical U.S. coal plants or the average emissions of 21.4 million U.S. passenger vehicles.*
How Pipelines Lock In Emissions
The first response of pipeline proponents to estimates of GHG emissions from North American pipelines, will be to claim that the crude will go by rail if there are no pipelines. By asserting that the oil would flow with or without a pipeline, proponents will try to argue that the additional GHG emissions would be zero.
This ignores both the market impacts of shifting from rail to pipe, as well as the potential for climate policy to alter the incentives for oil supply and demand.
First let's look at the difference in costs to shippers between rail and pipe.
According to RBN Energy (behind pay wall), the Dakota Access Pipeline would reduce the cost of shipping Bakken oil from North Dakota to the Gulf Coast by $7 per barrel, with rail costing $15 compared to the pipeline charging $8. These are likely averaged tariffs and the difference may be greater or smaller according to specific contracts, committed volumes over non-committed, length of contract, etc.
This is a 47 percent reduction in shipping costs to the world's biggest refining market, which nowadays also happens to be America's main crude oil export point. There is no doubt that this is an attractive route for Bakken producers to get their oil to major markets at lower cost. And in an oil market that for some time now has seen prices hover between $40 and $50 per barrel, that $7 saving boosts profits and cash flow and can be put toward future investment in more drilling and more production. While the economics in the Bakken are very fluid, making it difficult to estimate with any precision how much more production is triggered by a $7 per barrel increase in netback, it is clear that it can only help producers.
An extra $7 per barrel could be the deciding factor for whether it's worth drilling a new well or not. A good example of the impact a similar increase can have was recently discussed by Bloomberg in response to a presentation by executives at Apache Corporation.
In the presentation, CEO John Christmann explained how a rise in oil prices from $50 per barrel to $60 would enable Apache to drill more than 3,000 more wells at its Permian Basin acreage in Texas, a more than 300 percent increase on the $50 case. These figures may be unique to that acreage but it gives an idea of how an increase in the price a company can expect to receive from its operations can enable it to drill and produce more oil.
Locking in Capital, Locking in Carbon
Another respect in which pipelines impact climate compared to rail is that they lock in oil supply, because they have a higher ratio of capital expenditure (capex) over operational expenditure (opex). The Dakota Access Pipeline is estimated to cost $3.8 billion. In addition, the ETCO pipeline, which is the southern section of the system that would deliver the crude from Illinois to Texas and is mostly comprised of an old gas pipeline, will cost around $1 billion. All together that's a $4.8 billion investment.
Shutting down a $4.8 billion pipeline investment before it's paid off is rare. If markets change due to climate policy, perhaps because of new policies that reduce oil use or rapid market adoption of alternatives such as electric vehicles, companies are likely to keep the oil flowing by cutting tariffs. As long as tariffs are higher than the operating costs of pumping the oil, any capital losses for the pipeline owners will be reduced and any long-term profits increased. So in the climate-action scenario, the tariffs could go a long way below $8—perhaps as low as $1 or 2 per barrel. This will have a powerful effect in maintaining oil flows—and hence emissions—in spite of future climate action.
In contrast, rail terminals are comparatively cheap to build. A rail terminal built to load or unload crude onto and off of rail cars typically costs in the tens to low hundreds of million dollars to build, depending on the size. The capital is paid off quickly but the operational expenses are higher. The reason sending crude by rail is more expensive than pipeline, $7 per barrel more expensive in the case of the Dakota Access Pipeline, is the cost of running the operations. Loading and unloading rail cars, paying rail company freight charges, fuel surcharges, insurance, transporting the crude to and from the rail yard, all of these make rail transport an opex-intensive activity. In contrast to the pipeline, rail operators cannot significantly lower their tariffs, because operating costs are the dominant part of the economics.
The switch from rail to pipe has already played out in the Bakken with the decline in oil prices since 2014. Before the price drop, rail carried around 70 percent of the oil produced in North Dakota. That figure has now declined to less than 30 percent as prices dropped, margins narrowed and pipeline utilization rose to near capacity. Now pipelines carry nearly 60 percent, a figure that is bound to rise if the Dakota Access Pipeline is built (see Figure).
The Shift From Rail to Pipe in the Williston Basin
Oil Change International
The recent price crash illustrates very well the role of pipelines in maintaining high oil production during times of tight margins. If rail had been the only option, some producers would have shut in wells as their operational costs, including sending the crude to market, would have exceeded the price they received. Because pipelines existed as an alternative, existing pipeline capacity filled up instead.
Nobody wants to see a decimation of an industry overnight, with the severe consequences for workers and communities that that entails. But it is a fact that we need to transition to a clean energy economy as soon as possible in order to address a climate crisis that itself will decimate communities and ecosystems forever. By continuing to build infrastructure that perpetuates our use of fossil fuels for decades to come, we are laying the foundations for disaster and not transition.
The Dakota Access Pipeline would be with us decades into the future. Once built and operating, the economic incentives to keep it going will be hard to overcome. Every year it will be the source of carbon emissions equivalent to nearly 30 coal plants. Even though it may be the case that those emissions would anyway occur this year or next year, or five years from now, it cannot be the case that those emissions can occur in 20, 30 or 40 years from now. Building the Dakota Access Pipeline would be yet another barrier to the path to climate safety.
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Around 1893, Arthur Lanyon lost a poker game to Frank Playter resulting in Lanyon's purchase of the northwest corner lot of Euclid and Olive streets in Pittsburg, Kansas. Lanyon completed this house on that lot in 1905. It's made of Pittsburg brick and nearby Carthage, Missouri limestone. An architect "from the east" designed the house in Greek Revival architectural style. The home was given to Lanyon's daughter Rosalie upon her marriage to John Blair in 1918. The home remained in the Blair family until Rosalie's death in 1954. We purchased the house with the intent to open a bed and breakfast. Himmel House welcomed its first guests in December 2002 and has been welcoming guests since. Arthur Lanyon's unlucky poker game eventually led us to a wealth of luck. We feel blessed to meet the wonderful people who enter through our green, front door and relish the opportunity to live in such a beautiful, historic home. Let's meet soon!
We think you'll like Pittsburg. We certainly do.
We have serious small business pride. That means we want a healthy local economy that encourages community engagement. In an effort to maintain a strong connection to fellow Pittsburgians, we partner with other small businesses and recommend local experiences so you can fully enjoy our corner of Kansas.
We're subscribing members of Swartz's Locally Grown Produce community supported agriculture. Darren provides produce early and often with lots of variety and flavor. So, come eat!
What we don't get from Darren, we get at the market. Seriously, come eat!
From time to time, we've been known to offer a local favorite from Harry's Cafe. Their face-sized cinnamon rolls are delicious and overwhelming. Consider it a challenge.
We brew locally-roasted Signet Coffee. Come enjoy a cup.
Beware! You're entering Gorilla Nation. Take a stroll through campus or head to the jungle for a fall football game. Just don't forget your crimson and gold!
We have a state-of-the-art performing arts center that hosts Broadway tours, nationally-recognized speakers and local performers. Enjoy a night out at the theatre!
Pittsburg and Southeast Kansas have a rich history in mining, hence the name "Pit"tsburg. You can discover our community's beginnings at the Miners Hall Museum, learn more about the individual miners who built this town at the Miners Memorial or go hunting and fishing at one of the nearby reclaimed strip pits. Lastly, visit our crown jewel, Big Brutus. He's big and he's worth it.
The fried chicken in Southeast Kansas is tasty enough to lure the Travel Channel's "Food Wars" to town and stir up decades-old rivalries throughout the area. There are six chicken joints to choose from, so you'll have options. Don't ask us our favorite though, we still haven't decided.
Come get your kicks. As you're traveling the historical Route 66, hang your hat at Himmel House. We're a 30ish minute drive from several towns along the route and the Himmel House maintenance man/husband to the innkeeper is our resident hot rod expert.


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New Scheme Attacking Retirement Security Proposed for 2008 Ballot For those who thought the attacks against your hard-earned retirement security ended in 2005, get ready: the "empire" is about to strike back. Former Assemblyman Keith Richman -- a termed-out politician and failed statewide candidate -- has introduced a new and even more mean-spirited version of the pension destruction plan that tanked in 2005. If you'll recall, it was Richman who put forth the idea of privatizing the entire retirement system for new employees, threatening to eliminate death and disability benefits for firefighters and law enforcement. He lost that fight, but some folks just can't let it go. Unlike the previous proposal, Richman's proposed initiative doesn't couch its plan in a desire to "help" new employees. It just punishes them ... and punishes them ... and punishes them some more. Rolls back and caps retirement formulas. For public safety, it's 2.2% at 55. Some public employees would get as little as 1% for every year of employment. Effectively caps maximum benefits ... at 60-70% of salary for 30-years of putting your life on the line. Increases retirement age: Adds five years to minimum retirement age for firefighters and other public employees. Removes benefits from collective bargaining. Employers could impose further benefit cuts on new employees. Attacks long-term employees. Pension based on average of highest five consecutive years' salary (currently one-year highest). Voter approval required on all benefit hikes. "Mr. Richman's persistence in trying to extend his '15 minutes of fame' would be pathetic if his agenda weren't so cruel," said CPF President Lou Paulson. "Rather than work with Governor Schwarzenegger's retirement commission to promote retirement security, Richman would rather just blame firefighters, law enforcement for all of the state's problems." The plan to destroy retirement security has been formally submitted to the California Attorney General to receive a title and summary, with an eye toward putting it on the statewide ballot, either in June or November of 2008. In addition to Richman, co-signers of the measure include Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach and Contra Costa anti-tax gadfly Kris Hunt -- both vocal class warriors and opponents of real retirement security for public employees. President Paulson is currently a director of Californians for Health Care and Retirement Security, the pension protection coalition that succeeded in derailing the proposals of Richman and Schwarzenegger in 2005. In response to that defeat, Schwarzenegger appointed a bipartisan retirement benefits commission. CPF and CHCRS are participating in the governor's commission. Richman claims to have the resources to buy petition signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot. Through CHCRS and on its own, CPF plans to work hard to defeat the initiative, should it make the ballot. "Polls show Californians have no desire to play games with public employee pensions and health care benefits," concluded Paulson. "Mr. Richman's latest effort shows how out-of-step he is with Governor Schwarzenegger, members of his own political party, and with California voters."
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Q: What's wrong with my TensorFlow run cifar10_multi_gpu_train.py My system is :
Linux dl1 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Mar 6 11:36:42 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

and my GPU :

It is ok to run sample models like mnist and cifar10 single GPU version.
so I think my installation of tf is no problem.
BUT, when I run :
python python cifar10_multi_gpu_train.py --num_gpus=4

I got this error :

ValueError: Variable conv1/weights/ExponentialMovingAverage/ does not
  exist, or was not created with tf.get_variable(). Did you mean to set
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A: Is there any code to see?
I personally think this problem is caused because you didn't reuse sharing variables for different inputs in different gpus, check out whether this line tf.get_variable_scope().reuse_variables() is in your loop for each gpu


When I talk about slide design, the number one lesson that I tell people is to throw out the text-heavy slides and to use images instead. And more and more presenters are embracing this change to produce amazing slide decks.
But what happens if the images are so good that no-one listens to the speaker?
Take it from me, no images are that good. It's about balance. If you're not listening to the speaker then it's not because of the images, it's because the speaker isn't interesting enough.
Is my presentation script going to be amazing?
Am I going to grab the attention of the audience and keep it for the whole presentation?
Am I going to make the audience think, give them value, and change their lives?
If you can't answer yes to all three questions then switch off Powerpoint and continue to work on your script until you have crafted a script that will engage and impact your audience.
Once you've done this then you'll never be upstaged by amazing slides.


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Siana is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Siana may also refer to:

Syana Tehsil, in Uttar Pradesh, India
Syana (Assembly constituency)
Siana, Rajasthan, a village in Rajasthan, India
Siana, Greece, a settlement in Rhodes, Greece
Siana (given name)

People with the surname
Jolene Siana, American writer

See also
Siana Cup, a type of Ancient Greek cup
Syana (disambiguation)


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webuyanycar.com reaches 30 million valuations
January 10, 2012 Presswire
webuyanycar.com, the nation's favourite specialist car buyer, announced today that its website, webuyanycar.com, has provided its 30 millionth car valuation.
The company, whose headquarters are based in Rochdale, England, was founded in 2006 and has expanded with branches nationwide. webuyanycar.com have gone from strength to strength despite the recession, and recently exported the concept by launching webuyanycar.com USA.
The company's commitment to being the quickest and easiest way to sell cars, offering prices from £50 to over £100,000, has made them a household name.
A spokesperson said, "We're extremely pleased to see so many people have valued their car online in a fast, safe and easy way. It's even better to see how many of those receiving valuations turn in to happy customers, which has made us the largest second hand car buyer in the country; a record we're very proud of".
Despite being named among the most irritating adverts on television, their adverts have developed a cult following that has led to many fan-made tributes and parodies online, prompting the creation of an official webuyanycar site devoted to their adverts and spin-offs of various kinds.
As more and more people go online to find ways to sell their cars, webuyanycar.com have offered a simple solution that guarantees to buy your car no matter its condition, which has helped them reach this milestone of thirty million valuations. To put the number of valuations into context, there are an estimated 31 million cars in the UK. This landmark is just the latest success story from webuyanycar.com as they continue to go from strength to strength.
webuyanycar.com started in 2006 and offers people an alternative solution to sell their car, without the pressure of going to a dealer, or the hassle of selling it privately. webuyanycar.com offers to buy any car from £50 to over £100K, and only purchases cars from the public. These are sold through commercial channels. webuyanycar.com is an official supporter of the charity Brake.
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A guide to telling stories with interpretive signage and graphics
In Part 2 of our series on telling historic stories, we explain why designing interpretive signage for heritage spaces is an "intensely creative field" of design.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who rush past interpretive signage in a race to reach their destination, and those who are fascinated by reading tales of Sydney's past.
Nick Bannikoff, BrandCulture's Design Director, admits he falls into the latter category. "I'm the kind of person who stops and reads interpretive graphics and interpretive signage whenever I see it," he says.
Interpretive graphics are used to create a narrative about a place, workplace or tourist destination, enhancing the user experience by sharing tales from the past.
Interpretive signs and installations are scattered all over Sydney. Not only does Nick love reading interpretive signs, he also loves designing them. "There are so many ways you can approach heritage interpretation. It's an intensely creative field of design that goes far beyond signage. If you have an open-minded client, you can interpret the history of a place in really exciting ways."
A good example is the site of SES Marrickville, where a community of houses disappeared to make way for Sydney Airport's third runway. Marrickville Council approached BrandCulture to design interpretive and environmental graphics for the new facility, celebrating the site's remarkable history. Set within the garden beds, you'll find the site's original street numbers, immortalising the terrace houses that once lined the street.
"I do have a penchant for discoverable design elements," says Nick. "The street numbers embedded at SES Marrickville's headquarters are so subtle and engaging. If you are designing graphics in the public domain, remember that there are people who walk past every day. I love introducing discoverable elements that don't become stale or tiresome – they're designed to be discovered and appreciated over time."
When designing interpretive graphics, it can be tempting to convey too much information where less is more. "One of the pitfalls of interpretive graphics is that designers try to explain everything that ever occurred in a place. You need to tone it back and figure out what's exciting to different audiences. You can't just pitch your story to history buffs – too often interpretive signage is pitched at just one audience," says Nick.
When done well, interpretive graphics can greatly enhance a sense of place and community. They can also form an important part of a company's cultural identity when incorporated into the workplace, as BrandCulture has done for leading historic Australian brands from Sydney Water to MLC and Westfield.
BrandCulture is currently designing interpretive signage for an exciting residential development. We're also working on interpretive graphics for a new performance space – we'll share more details soon!
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Severe Storms Cause Damage Today
January 11, 2020 January 11, 2020 Staff Reporter	severe weather, tornado
Northeast Alabama made it through the severe storms today, better than other counties in the state. There were 3 fatalities reported in Pickens County, Al. Widespread damage was reported across Alabama today, from trees blown down, power being out for thousands of customers across the state, to structural damage.
Although Dekalb and Jackson Counties were under Tornado Warnings today, there were only a few damage reports from today's storm. A mobile home in the Ider, Al. area had minor damage and a building was damaged near Buttram's Crossroads, near Sylvania, Al.
Jackson County had numerous reports of damage, as an intense storm moved through the county. This same storm had produced a Tornado earlier and caused damaged in other counties to our Southwest.
Damage reports for Jackson County include:
Structure damage on County Road 66 and 43
Damage to a storage building on County Road 152 near Bucks Pocket
Damage to Section High School score board
A roof blown off a house on County Road 144 and trees down
Power lines down along Davis Town Road
Trees reported down at the intersection of County Road 151 and 88
In Cullman and Marshall Counties, the storms caused damage to two different schools. An awning and roof damage was reported at the high school in Holly Pond, in Cullman County and in Union Grove, in Marshall County, substantial structural damage was reported at the high school.
Remember, if you live in a mobile home, or manufactured home, do not wait until severe weather is on top of you to take action. In future severe weather events, when a watch is issued, head to your nearest storm shelter.
Most all news media, and the National Weather Service, have been talking about this event, well in advance, for about a week now and the public has had plenty of time to prepare. This advance notification helped to save lives today. We would like to thank the National Weather Service and The Storm Prediction Center for the great job they do in helping to protect the public during and in advance of these severe weather events.
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This intensive three-day workshop, taught by one of the world's best faculty on negotiation, Ingemar Dierickx, is designed to sharpen participants' negotiating skills, to help them understand some of their own "bad habits", and to enable them to play the negotiating game with greater confidence and superior tactical finesse.


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Scolaro classico, dal 1863 insegnò all'École des Beaux-Arts di Parigi. Fu autore di decorazioni per l'Opéra e per la Gare du Nord.

Fra i suoi allievi ci fu Adrien Étienne Gaudez che in seguito si distinse come apprezzabile scultore con svariate opere per la città di Parigi.

Alcune opere conservate in collezioni pubbliche
 Canapée foudroyé sous les murs de Thèbes, 1832, gesso, collezioni dell'École des beaux-arts de Paris
 Premier secret confié à Vénus, 1839, marmo, Parigi, Museo del Louvre
 Monument à saint Bernard, 1847, bronzo, Digione
 Monument à Napoléon Ier, 1856, bronzo, Auxonne
 Varsovie et Bruxelles, 1863, statue, Parigi, facciata della stazione ferroviaria di Parigi-Nord
 La Seine, 1866, statua, Saint-Germain-Source-Seine, luogo delle sorgenti della Senna
 La Marine de Commerce e La Marine de Guerre, 1867-1868, altorilievo, Parigi, passaggi del Palazzo del Louvre
 L'Aurore, 1867, gruppo in marmo, Parigi, Giardino dei grandi esploratori: Marco Polo e il Cavaliere-de-la-Salle
 La Poésie, o L'Harmonie, 1875, altorilievo, Pargis, facciata dell'Opéra Garnier

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Altri progetti

Insegnanti dell'École des Beaux-Arts
Vincitori del Prix de Rome


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International Calls for a 9/11 Investigation
September 11 Investigation
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Europarlementarian Guilietto Chiesa invited his colleagues and the press to attend the screening and debate of the Italian-produced documentary named 'ZERO, an investigation into the events of 9/11'. Object of the screening was to create political awareness of the faulty official investigation into the events by the 9/11 Commission.
Besides Mr Chiesa, the panel consisted of Japanese parlementarian Fujita, Dr David Ray Griffin, film distributor Tim Sparke & the director and producers of the film.
After his opening statements, Mr Chiesa welcomed his guest speakers, including the producers, director and distributor of the documentary. Mr Chiesa pointed out that he was unable to find any distributor in his native country of Italy and was happy to find a company in the UK, led by Mr Tim Sparke, to handle worldwide distribution of this important film.
'It is important to realize,' he emphasized 'that the movie was made thanks to contribution and donations of hundreds of citizens who feel a new investigation is more than warranted.' No less than 450 people worked on this documentary on a voluntary basis. They never received any kind of payment. Their reward is the movie itself, which they feel is an instrument to create awareness and a means to provoke a political debate in Europe
Since the movie projector didn't work, Mr Chiesa invited the public to ask questions until the technical problems were solved and we could start watching the movie
Question: 'Why did you make this film?'
Chiesa: 'It is obvious that we are now cast in an infinite war, based on lies. And as long as there is no new and independent investigation, we will never have security. There are too many lies for the official narrative to be true. Our film is an instrument to request the re-opening of the 9/11 investigation.'
Question: 'How do you propose to reopen the investigation?'
Chiesa: 'The film is the primary instrument to get the debate going. It is a collection of discoveries, by many respected researches from around the globe (the film features, among others, Gore Vidal, Sibel Edmonds, Dario Fo, David Ray Griffin, Dr Steven Jones, Dr Kevin Ryan, Webster Tarpley, Barbara Honegger, FAA-controllers, USAF pilots, military commanders, physicists ~ ed. note). But they are still questions. The movie doesn't provide the answers. It only lays bare the questions that remain, that were left unanswered by the official investigation and need to be answered by the US government.'
Question: 'Mr Fujita, how did you become involved?'
Fujita: 'I work for several Japanese NGO's and one of those people showed me some videos and books. At first I couldn't believe it. So I saw Loose Change and read Dr Griffin's books. And last year a good friend of mine who has a very high position at the German national bank told me about the put options that were placed on American Airlines and United Airlines. I believed him.
And reading Dr Griffin's book, looking at his reputation, I have every reason to believe him. That's when I realised that every truth finding effort has to be continued. So I gave a presentation in the Japanese parliament (which is extensively covered on YouTube ~ ed. note). But I feel the truthers find their information mostly by internet. The truth should not only go by internet. It should now go political! Networking is very important. We must all work together.'
Question: 'But what can we, regular citizens who go about their daily lives, trying to make a living for them and their families, what can we do?'
Griffin: 'As in any movement, the 9/11 Truth Movement is a minority movement. We must continue to use our networks to make this minority into a majority. We have the upper hand to find the truth, for we have the conscience of the people. And I know that's not an easy feat. I have now written six books on the subject, which is getting good reviews ~ go check it on Amazon. I had a good reputation as an author before as well and now I've just written my sixth book on the subject. But I have yet to get a review in any mainstream publication.'
Question: 'Do you, in your new book, take the same stance, saying that 9/11 was an inside job?'
Griffin: 'My new book is called 9/11 Contradictions. In this book I do not take any position, actually. Reporters have hidden in the past saying either the books were too technical and they're not engineers, so they couldn't comment on the book. In other cases they felt the official story was the only story they could report about, for the risk of being labeled a conspiracy theorist or even worse, getting fired. But with my new book, reporters will not be able to hide behind these excuses. These are only contradictions that they can verify and ask questions about.'
Question: 'What kind of contradictions?'
Griffin: 'Well, one very important one is the alleged Barbara Olsen phone call. Ted Olsen at the time claimed he had been called by his wife twice on 9/11, thus establishing the fact that American Airlines 77 was in fact hijacked by men with Middle Eastern looks. First he claimed it was a cell phone call. Later he changed his story to seatback phone.
But when a German journalist got Boeing to confirm that on this type of flight there were no seatback phones, Olsen changed his story back to call phone. Now, you might think 'oh, so he got it right the first time', but… At the Moussaoui trial an FBI-report showed that there was never any connection between Barbara Olsen and her husband.
No cell phone calls were ever made from that flight (Dr Griffin gave three more examples, contradiction with regards to the whereabouts of General Meyers, the highest ranking military officer on 9/11, the timeline of Dick Cheney's activities and the question about why the Pentagon was not evacuated when the Doomsday plane, shown on CNN, was actually in the air over Washington ~ ed. note)
Question: 'Many people, even today, are still baffled about WTC-7. When can we expect NIST to publish its final report on this collapse?'
Griffin: 'NIST has delayed the publication time after time. In 2004 they said it would be released in 2005, in 2005 they said it would be released in 2006 and so on. Now we are expecting the report in August 2008, but I feel we may yet get another delay.
At this point, people start joking about the fact that the US-government has probably sabotaged the screening of the documentary, since the projector cannot be fixed. We change rooms a few minutes later and the screening of the film begins.
The documentary is probably the most important film made so far on 9/11 as it is very accessible; it is obviously created for '9/11 newbies'. If you want to get a crash course into the 9/11 event and the failures of the commission's investigation, this is the movie you need to see. Some of the highlights for me were the interviews with an FAA-air controller who explained how the hijacking procedures were changed on 1st June 2001, slowing down response, only to be changed back on 12th September 2001.
And the very important discovery that the CCTV-images that were released by the FBI of Atta and his companion boarding Flight AA11 in Boston were actually taken by a CCTV at the airport in Portland, where they took a plane to arrive in Boston! It has also a lot of footage that I had never seen before, including videos taken at the Pentagon shortly after the attack. A must see and clearly a labour of love. Impressive.
After the film, after the several minute long applause finally died away, Chiesa re-opened the debate.
Question: 'Why do we put op with this? Surely the United States are not all that powerful?'
Chiesa: 'But they are. The fact that this group of about 300 people has only 6 Europarlementarians and 2 journalists among them shows that the US is controlling everything. They are all powerful. No politician in the European Parliament can ignore the power ~ or wrath! ~ of the US.'
(True to form, the Belgian media didn't publish or broadcast any of this debate on this or the following day, even thought this debate took place inside the European Parliament ~ ed. note)
Tim Sparke: 'But it's up to you now, the general public. You have to help the politicians to by telling people about this film and talking to your local cinema's and TV-stations. Get the word out. Only then can we create the momentum to get the debate to the political level.'
Question (from myself) : 'In the aftermath of 9/11 and in the period leading up to the war in the Middle East, the Bush administration; President Bush, Condoleezza Rice and particularly Vice President Dick Cheney; have repeatedly lied to the American people and, by extension, to the world. The crimes they have committed are much worse than those in the Watergate scandal. So why are the American people not in an uproar? Why are these people still in power and not in jail? Is it a lack of political will?
Griffin: 'Many people simply are misinformed and kept misinformed by the government and the mainstream media. As for political will, we live in a plutocracy, not a democracy.'
Chiesa: 'For many people 9/11 is simply too controversial. There is a very strong psychological opposition to 9/11 truth. For most people, considering a conspiracy theory…' '…other than the official theory, which is ~ obviously ~ also a conspiracy theory.'
Chiesa: 'Yes, indeed ~ so considering another conspiracy theory about 9/11 is taboo. We must overcome this taboo and we must overcome this total lack of information. We must break this wall of silence. We must break free from the web and fight the mainstream media.
This film is an instrument to do that. We need voices of different levels of society. We need not convince them that we are right. We need to convince them there is a problem that must be investigated… re-investigated. But you have to show them what happened. You cannot convince people by telling them about 9/11. They need to see it ~ hence the film.
At this moment, there is one person in the room who gives criticism on the film, claiming that he feels there are incorrect theories in the documentary. He feels the wing damage in the Pentagon is clearly visible and that Steven Jones' claims about the thermite/thermate are not proven. He also claims that a response by jet fighters during the attack was in fact ordered.
He gave no explanation as to where he got his information. He said he was a Muslim and at the European Parliament as an independent, ready to defend himself against the reaction of the public who had started 'boo'ing. One person's behaviour was unbecoming in my opinion when she shouted 'Who paid you?' While I do not agree with the person's assertions, I do respect his opinion.
The director of the movie went on to explain that in the movie they were not able to show everything in detail (the movie would become too long) and that ~ again ~ it was an instrument to provoke action on the part of the viewer. A few more ~ and rather interesting questions and remarks ~ came from the audience and were addressed by the panel.
By now it was getting very late (partly because of the delay of the movie screening) and Mr Chiesa wanted to wrap up the event by making a closing statement.
Chiesa: 'A new American commission is inconceivable. But a European commission is inconceivable too. We have no jurisdiction. The US-government would never allow it. It would have to be an international group of 'Wise Men & Women' such as previous heads of state, engineers, artists, scholars, first responders, survivors, witnesses and so forth. We realize we still have a long road ahead. But we can create change!'
Griffin: 'I've always said that the truth will come out of friendly countries. If Iran or Korea were to tell us 9/11 was an inside job, we would not believe it. They're just saying that, because they're our enemies. But if Japan, Europe or even an individual European country would say 'We have examined the evidence… The war on terror is a hoax!', then the American press would no longer be able to ignore it. They would have to publish it and then the US-government would be forced to respond.'
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Motivation & Goal Setting Part 1
Safe & Healthy Environments
Cultural, Spiritual and Place Connections
Social & Economic Participation
Maximising Effectiveness of Health Services
Problem-solving & Decision-making Skills
Living Skills
What are Living Skills?
Why are Living Skills important?
'Noticing' what you need
Physical Activity and Fitness
Money + Budgeting
Health literacy + help-seeking
Barriers to self-care
Protective Behaviours
Introduction to Emotion Regulation
Why it is important to be effective in helping young people regulate their emotions
Aims & Considerations for different practice contexts
The practice of assisting young people to regulate their emotions
1. Helping young people to recognise the presence or emergence of strong emotions before they become overwhelming
2. Teaching young people how emotions are linked to thoughts and behaviours
3. Helping the young person to understand how their thoughts, emotions and behaviours affect their lives
4. Helping young people understand how physical health helps in coping better with strong emotions
5. Helping young people tolerate distress
6. Enabling young people to recognise and develop ways of altering unhelpful thinking styles
7. Increasing the experience, and awareness, of positive emotions that can counteract the effects of negative emotions
8. Helping young people regulate emotions that appear to be contributing to interpersonal conflict
Introduction to Distress Tolerance
Aims of this module & when should it be used
Consideration for different practice contexts
The Practice of Teaching Distress Tolerance Skills
1. Assisting young people to understand their distress
2. Provide clear and respectful feedback in response to unhelpful distress coping behaviours
3. Reduce distress though acceptance strategies
4. Reducing distress through distraction from pain
5. Reducing distress through self-soothing techniques
Introduction to Anger Management
Why is anger management important in Youth AOD work?
Considerations for different practice contexts & Aims
Essential Information: What is anger?
Essential Information: The psychology of anger
Essential Information: The physiology of anger
Why do young people get angry?
The stages of an anger-related episode (the domino effect)
Influences on how anger is expressed or suppressed
Why does anger become a problem for some people? Part 1
The Practice of Anger Management
1: Educating young people about anger
2: Helping young people understand their own anger
Helping young people understand their own anger, part 1
3: Finding constructive ways to express anger
Assertiveness skills training
4: Motivation & Goal Setting
5: Dealing effectively with threats and triggers
6: Controlling angry feelings and the impulse to act
Controlling angry feelings and the impulse to act Part 1
7: Facilitating recovery & repair following an anger-related episode
8: Adopt a systemic, resilience-based approach
9: Family-based approaches
Resilience Modules ›
Anger Management ›
4: Motivation & Goal Setting ›
A young person is most likely to seek out new and better ways to manage anger when they recognise that it is having a detrimental effect in their lives. This can occur when anger has a direct harmful effect and also when it interferes with their chances of achieving their goals.
Behaviour change is a process that unfolds over time. It requires motivation and is based on the decision-making of each individual yet can also be influenced and supported by others. At times young people will be coerced to change by those responsible for their care or the criminal justice system.
Anger and the stages of change
The 'stages of change' model is a useful construct that enables practitioners to assess each young person's motivation and readiness to change and is a guide to the approaches that might best facilitate change (see the Intervention planning module).
Anger and the pre-contemplation stage
Young people who are in the pre-contemplation stage are not interested in developing a better understanding of the anger and how to handle it more constructively. This can be the case even when a young person's anger problem is obvious to others. At times a young person's lack of knowledge and experience is mistaken for a lack of interest in changing problematic anger-related behaviour. In other cases, anger-related behaviour is a form of defiance that a young person has no intention of ceasing or modifying, despite recognising that there are negative consequences. Even in these cases it is important to recognise that young people are in a development phase that involves leaning about their emotions and developing their identity. For this reason it is worth:
Building a respectful connection featuring open and honest communication with the young person about anger and the way it is expressed (Note: Take special care not to reinforce any justifications a young person has for using anger to victimise or manipulate others)
Educating the young person about anger and raising awareness of that change is possible (ie. there are a range of constructive ways to express anger)
Modeling constructive ways of managing and expressing anger
Help young person address underlying issues and life stressors to prevent or minimise the regularity of anger problems occurring
Working with the young person to minimise the harm that their anger–related behaviour causes them and others
Strengthening the young person's social networks so that they have feedback about their anger and supports in place should they decide to make changes
Seeking expert assistance where appropriate
Anger and the contemplation stage
Young people who are in the Contemplation stage have typically experienced and can recognise some the problems or costs (see below) associated with their anger and what it means for how they think and behave. These young people are deciding whether or not to change. At the same time as recognising problems, young people in contemplation may still find that their way of managing their anger works for them and so are not ready to change. Some may be unsure whether changing is a viable option and don't feel ready to attempt it. Support and guidance is required as these young people weigh-up the pros and cons of making a change. The most effective therapeutic model that practitioners can draw from to help young people resolve their ambivalence is Motivational Interviewing (MI).
Anger and the preparation stage
Young people who are in the Preparation stage have decided to change but have not yet commenced. A young person's previous efforts to manage their anger better should be discussed to determine what worked well and what didn't. Motivational Interviewing can also be used to elicit from young people:
The specific improvements they would like to see in there life as a result of working on their anger
The incentives that are likely to keep them motivated
The focus is then on setting SMART goals, selecting change strategies and strengthening social networks to support change. Also, expert assistance can be sought where necessary.
Anger and the action and maintenance stages
Young people in the Action stage have set their goals and commenced making changes to their anger-related behaviour. Support and guidance is required for the young person as they enact change strategies. This includes reviewing and resetting goals.
Young people in the Maintenance stage have modified their anger-related behaviour and need useful strategies and supports that enable them to maintain the change. Both young people in the action and maintenance stages can benefit from effective relapse prevention.
The pros and cons of changing and not changing
Building the motivation of young people to learn more about their anger and to manage it more effectively requires practitioners to develop a better understanding of the how each young person's anger and related behaviour works for them and how it is reinforced. This will also give the practitioner an insight into what the young person will lose as a result of changing.
Possible motivation for not changing
Many young people are not interested in changing their anger-related behaviour regardless of how problematic it is. Each young person's unique reasons for not changing will differ according to their whether their anger-related behaviour is explosive or focused on suppression.
Anger explosions can be an effective way of venting tensions and frustrations and provide young people with a rest from feelings of vulnerability. Where these explosions involve aggression, some young people are not prepared to let go of power and control that is associated with intimidating or threatening others. Some young people might believe that this earns them status among their peers. Feelings of righteousness and the illusory feeling of moral superiority that comes with anger for some people can also reinforce a false sense of entitlement.
Young people can find anger suppression difficult to let go of if they don't believe the angry feelings will be acknowledged and respected. Some young people suppress anger because expressing it would be shameful. There are others who can feel that their anger if expressed would be so powerful and uncontrollable that they couldn't trust themselves to keep it in check. These young people might prefer to harm themselves rather than others. Those that engage in passive-aggressive behaviour might not believe that confronting others directly will allow them to exert the same control over other people and in certain situations. This can also compensate for feelings of vulnerability.
Possible motivation for changing
There are a number of compelling reasons why young people would seek to make changes to how they experience and deal with anger. The presence of these reasons doesn't mean that a young person will simply change or even start planning to change. This depends on:
The number or reasons and the importance of each reason to the young person
How important the anger and anger-related behaviour to the young person (what function does it serve and what will be lost if change occurs)
If the young person believes that change is possible and realistic
If the person has the capacity to change (determined by the combination of meaningful internal and external resources and assets available)
Young people place a lot of importance on their relationships, particularly with peers. Chronic anger problems featuring hostility and aggression towards others reduce the likelihood that healthy supportive relationships can be maintained. The Australian Psychological Society explain that chronic anger reduces the intimacy within personal relationships; partners and other family members tend to be more guarded and less able to relax in their interactions with hostile people. Hostility can also prevent young people from turning to others for help or when they do, making the most of help. This is an issue because healthy supportive relationships have been shown to have a protective influence on people's physical and emotional health (Holt-Lunstad, 2010).
Young people of both genders tend to be very concerned about their reputations as their identity develops. In particular, young people want to project a competent identity and do not wish to develop a reputation as someone who cannot control their anger; a person others are not comfortable to be around. This applies for young people prone to anger explosions as well as those that are passive-aggressive or manipulative as a result of unexpressed anger. By taking control of their anger a young person might be able to gain respect for standing up for their own core values, having greater self-respect and increased confidence.
A low frustration point and a tendency to be stressed for prolonged periods can have a negative impact on people's physical and emotional health. Young people are unlikely to be concerned but there is a direct connection between chronic anger problems, heart disease and high blood pressure. This puts people at risk of heart attack or stroke. Some of health problems linked to recurrent unmanaged anger that young people might be more concerned about include:
Digestion problems, such as abdominal pain
Increased anxiety
Skin problems, such as eczema
Assessing the Costs of Anger


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Q: JavaEE vs PHP - why so many people thinks Java is better? I need to valorate what technology use for a web project, the team is composed by 4 developers and the time of the project is 1 year.
I'm more familiarized with php but the client is asking me to do it with JAVA EE.
I always have the same perception with Java and its frameworks:

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*So much xml and class in order to do simple things. In codeigniter I've to use 3 files (model, view and controller) with hibernate + spring + JSF I need more than 10 files!!!

*An abusive use of the server. The javascript code lose importance and it's not good nowadays. Of course we can add javascript code but It seems "java web guys" prefer do the stuff on the server instead of the client.

*Not good-looking application. Richfaces seems like a web of several years ago.

*When I see a java application like liferay, alfresco, they looks heavy and very slowly.

I think I can be a little confused because lots of people and big companies continues using JAVA for the web. Why? it's about integration?
On the other hand Java is faster than PHP, but JAVA's servers need lots of memory (more expensive). In a server with many request we can improve with a language like php with bigger time per process and less memory per process because the server never is collapsed because of memory. Sometimes a JAVA server could collapsed because of memory and the average of response time in a real production environment would be bigger than php.
I'm really pleased with Codeigniter, why so many people thinks Java is better?
Thanks in advance,
Alberto

A: well I'm not using CodeIgniter so my comparison is already incomplete.
Question one would be: why do they ask for Java? Often big companies only offer Java or .Net environments for productive systems so they might not have the people to productively run PHP applications. I know its not complicated but the maintenance people define what they are running.
Ofter people talk on languages and their features but when the first business use case has to be discussed no framework will save you that amount of time to make it count. Most programming language will somehow solve the issue.
Java is not only RichFaces or JSF. There is a lot to choose from. A LOT. Not an advantage.
Stuff often forgotten is the tool support. Java comes along with a JVM that can be analyzed in detail what it does with its memory, garbage collector, threads and so on. Profilers in Java allow you to identify almost any memory leak within a few hours.
Most of the JVM monitoring works in realtime (with about 5% overhead).
Talking about tool: refactoring support is far beyond what PHP IDEs come along with.
You are correct if the first look at Java compared to PHP looks like elephants and horses. (ok the logo of php is an elephant, perfect comparison...). Horses are more flexible to turn around corners but they might not carry that much around.
I think from a language perspective Java is still more advanced than PHP. Namespaces, Classes, Type-Safety. These are somewhat available in PHP but still quite new.
Frameworks like Spring allow you to leverage your application on an architectural level and are more than just libraries.
I'm not the biggest Java EE fan, so I'll not complain on that.
A simple approach for you could be Tomcat+Spring+SpringMVC and a template engine for the GUIs. There is also GWT (Vaadin) if you target higher speed client behaviour (still a lot more out there).
There are lightweight approaches in Java too. I agree the standards in Java do have a more fatty tendency.
In my experience Java has no major drawbacks compared to PHP. The language choice will only affect success of the project if people come with less knowledge than required and spend too much time in learning things. And trying to find the right book about Java could be a project by its own :)
(counting as an advantage)
But I have no doubts PHP would allow you to finish the project.
I would rather look into the goals and requirements before choosing the technology. This often implies or simplifies a decision.
I hope I did answer at least one question here :)


In this image of Tracey Derrick with her two young daughters, she managed to capture so much more than mere words are able to convey… What did your heart bounce back to you when your eyes beheld this trio of warriors?
First up, let's be clear that our precious family members and our special friends cannot be our therapists. The honest ones among them will tell you that they really don't want to be our counsellors either – they just want to be their normal selves – mom, friend, cousin etc.
Then, while we're being honest – most of us try to protect the people we love from the ugly, ungrateful, hurtful, or dark thoughts that we have around the topic of cancer, its treatment or an uncertain future. Which makes it hard to truly share with any one person exactly what we're thinking or feeling.
So suddenly it's very clear that actually, it's pretty tough chatting through our deep emotions with people who are important to us. We might not have the words to say what we're feeling, we might not know what to think. We usually don't even know where to begin with our emotional "stuff" that we're told we have to "deal with".
And that, very simply, is why it is so helpful to meet with a neutral, objective, trained and skilled person when you're feeling scrambled, low, overwhelmed or plain pissed off. It is a huge relief to offload on someone whose job it is not to judge you, but to listen to you. Their job is to calmly provide a safe space where you can say what's on your heart, cry or rant without hurting anyone's feelings.
There will be times when that professional needs to challenge your opinions or perceptions, or may need to provide you with clear information that will help set you on a better path. There are times that your listener may probe a little deeper, or may ask you questions that make you think and reflect more carefully – all this is part of your healing journey.
A social worker with medical or oncology experience will be able to provide emotional support with an understanding of the psychological impact of cancer and its treatment, as well as having insight into some of the practical challenges that people face. Most State oncology departments employ social workers, and some private practices offer this service as well – ask your oncologist and ask again if you're not given names to contact!
Some people are keen to join a support group when facing their illness and treatment. As these groups are run in different ways by different organisations, ask your local clinic about what may be available in your area. Remember that groups run for the purpose of sharing information are not designed to provide in-depth emotional support, so make enquiries about the purpose of the group, and about who runs it to help you decide whether it's a comfortable place for you to be or not.
Social media may also be a source of general support but it's advisable not to risk your in-depth personal emotions in a public forum, or to take advice from people who may not have the professional skills or training to provide psychological support.
My name is Martie Westraad. I am 53 years old and live in Suiderberg, Pretoria.
I was worried and concerned about my breast as I could see something terrible was wrong with my one breast. I first went to CANSA in Rietfontein. They referred me to Pink Drive, who immediately referred me to George Makhuri Hospital in Ga-rankuwa.
I was diagnosed with stage 3 advanced breast cancer in March of 2016 after all the required test were done and started with chemotherapy in June 2016. My next appointment was scheduled for 12th July 2016, however on the 8th July I received a phone call from the breast clinic to inform me that my appointment had been postponed as there was no chemo stock available for my treatment.
They said I should phone again in August to determine whether they have received stock of the specific treatment.
This was very stressful for me as I realised that I cannot miss one chemo treatment and if I do I have to start all over again. My colleagues at work offered to help me financially to pay for the treatment if we could buy it privately, and if it could still be administed. This was a dead end as well, and to crown it all the staff at the hospital were very rude to me.
I decided to phone the Pink Drive as I knew that this is not supposed to happen. I was asked to send an email with all the details, which I did and the next moment the emails started pouring into my inbox from ALL the various organisations that started fighting on my behalf.
I sat back and read …. I did not even know that they all exist. I did not even know that this is possible. That was Friday 8 July. On Monday 11th July I received a personal phone call from the acting CEO of the George Makhuri Hospital, Dr Freddy Kgongwana, to inform me that I must come to the hospital for the scheduled chemo treatment on the 12th July as they have received their stock. I went – and yes I was able to get my treatment on time.
THANK YOU to The PINK DRIVE for initiating this CALL for HELP and to ALL the members of the Advocates for Breast Cancer who got on board and voiced their concern about this.
You really are the "Voice of the Voiceless". Thank you to the Department of Health for dealing with this matter so speedily – is certainly good to know that we can depend on you in our time of need!
The Breast Health Foundation was launched in 2002 to raise awareness of breast health among women through a series of community based education projects and creating awareness via community health facilities.
The projects currently employ six women, themselves breast cancer survivors, who give talks at churches, places of employment and public clinics about breast health, breast self-examination and the importance of early detection. Fourteen years on and there has been a noticeable increase in the number of women being diagnosed early.
Over the years the organisation has, through expansion, based itself in the Vaal/Sedibeng area, Cape Town and Durban. The women based in those areas facilitate educational talks, counselling and patient navigation. These educators are also at the regional breast care centres to assist the patients that have been referred and provide counseling if diagnosed.
To date our community educators have directly impacted 72 811 women through community education projects and have made 291 clinic visits. In total, 2913 women have been navigated and 376 diagnosed with various stages of breast cancer throughout all our active areas.
Bosom Buddies (BB) was established as a project of the BHF, a support group for survivors and their family and friends. The group aims to provide emotional and informative support to all individuals diagnosed with breast cancer and is run by survivor volunteers. The 'buddies' provide support to people affected by breast cancer at point of diagnosis and during treatment. BB hosts public meetings in Johannesburg every seven (7) weeks and speakers are invited to share knowledge and experiences with the buddies.
Buddies for Life, a bi-monthly lifestyle magazine, is published by Word for Word Media on behalf of the Breast Health Foundation. In sustaining the aims of the Breast Health Foundation. All of the persons involved with Buddies for Life are either medical or healthcare professionals, and they have been affected by breast cancer themselves or have been inspired by a breast cancer survivor. Each issue of Buddies contains a section dedicated to the early detection of breast cancer.
provide support in respect of breast health.
offer emotional and informative support.
And through our projects, we have succesfully managed to realise great results.