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How Business Owners Take Cues From Interest Rates
06/01/2018Frank Shostak
According to the Austrian Business Cycle Theory (ABCT) the artificial lowering of interest rates by the central bank leads to a misallocation of resources because businesses undertake various capital projects that prior to the lowering of interest rates weren't considered as viable. This misallocation of resources is commonly described as an economic boom.
As a rule businessmen discover their error once the central bank—that was instrumental in the artificial lowering of interest rates—reverses its stance, which in turn brings to a halt capital expansion and an ensuing economic bust. From the ABCT one can infer that the artificial lowering of interest rates sets a trap for businessmen by luring them into unsustainable business activities that are only exposed once the central bank tightens its interest rate stance.
Critics of the ABCT maintain that there is no reason why businessmen should fall prey again and again to an artificial lowering of interest rates. Businessmen are likely to learn from experience, the critics argue, and not fall into the trap produced by an artificial lowering of interest rates. Correct expectations will undo or neutralize the whole process of the boom-bust cycle that is set in motion by the artificial lowering of interest rates. Hence, it is held, the ABCT is not a serious contender in the explanation of modern business cycle phenomena.
According to a prominent critic of the ABCT, Gordon Tullock,
One would think that business people might be misled in the first couple of runs of the Rothbard cycle and not anticipate that the low interest rate will later be raised. That they would continue to be unable to figure this out, however, seems unlikely. Normally, Rothbard and other Austrians argue that entrepreneurs are well informed and make correct judgments. At the very least, one would assume that a well-informed businessperson interested in important matters concerned with the business would read Mises and Rothbard and, hence, anticipate the government action.1
Even Mises himself had conceded that it is possible that some time in the future businessmen will stop responding to loose monetary policy thereby preventing the setting in motion of the boom-bust cycle. In his reply to Lachmann he wrote,
It may be that businessmen will in the future react to credit expansion in another manner than they did in the past. It may be that they will avoid using for an expansion of their operations the easy money available, because they will keep in mind the inevitable end of the boom. Some signs forebode such a change. But it is too early to make a positive statement.2
Do Expectations Matter?
Now, a businessman has to cater for consumers future requirements if he wants to succeed in his business.
So whenever he observes a lowering in interest rates he knows that this most likely will provide a boost to the demand for various goods and services in the months ahead. Hence, if he wants to make a profit he would have to make the necessary arrangements to meet the future demand.
For instance, if a builder refuses to act on the likely increase in the demand for houses because he believes that this is on account of the loose monetary policy of the central bank and cannot be sustainable, then he will be out of business very quickly. To be in the building business means that he must be in tune with the demand for housing.
Likewise, any other businessman in a given field will have to respond to the likely changes in demand in the area of his involvement if he wants to stay in business.
If a businessman has decided to be in a given business this means that the businessman is likely to cater for changes in the demand in this particular business irrespective of the underlying causes behind changes in demand. Failing to do so will put him out of business very quickly.
Hence, regardless of expectations once the central bank tightens its stance most businessmen will "get caught". A tighter stance will undermine demand for goods and services and this will put pressure on various business activities that sprang up whilst the interest rate stance was loose. An economic bust emerges.
Furthermore, even if businessmen have correctly anticipated the interest rate stance of the central bank and the subsequent changes in the growth rate of money supply, because of the variable time lag from money changes to its effect on economic activity it will be impossible to establish the accurate timing of the boom-bust cycle.
Due to the time lag, prior changes in money supply could continue to dominate the economic scene for an extended period. (Given that the time lag is variable, it is not possible to ascertain when a given change in the money supply growth rate is going to start to dominate the economic scene and when the effect of past changes in money supply is going to vanish).
We can conclude that correct expectations cannot prevent boom-bust cycles once the central bank has eased its interest rate stance.
The only way to stop the menace of boom-bust cycles is for the central bank to stop the tampering with financial markets.
1. Gordon Tullock, "Why the Austrians are wrong about depressions", The Review of Austrian Economics, vol 2, 1987. Also see Ludwig M. Lachmann, "The role of expectations in economics as a social science", Economica, February 1943. Also, Salerno's Comment on Tullock and Tullock's reply to Salerno.
2. Ludwig von Mises, "Elastic expectations and the Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle," Economica, August 1943.
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«На плечо!» () — третий немой кинофильм, снятый Чарли Чаплином для компании First National Pictures.

Съёмки фильма
Фильм снимался во время Первой мировой войны. Производство фильма началось 27 мая 1918 г., закончилось 16 сентября 1918 г. Чаплин планировал снять фильм в пяти частях. Начало должно было изображать «жизнь дома», середина — «войну», а конец — «банкет», на котором все монархи Европы чествовали Бродягу за пленение кайзера. Была снята часть «жизнь дома», начались съёмки «банкета», но они не вошли в фильм.

Своего героя Чаплин одел в солдатский мундир, сшитый явно не по размеру, нацепил ему на пояс массу «самых необходимых» солдату вещей, включая терку и машинку для взбивания яичных желтков, и отправил его за океан на поля сражения Европы. Фильм имел большой успех, особенно среди солдат.

Во время съёмок «На плечо!» Чаплин ещё снял короткий пропагандистский фильм «Облигация», действие которого также происходит во время Первой мировой войны и разворачивается вокруг облигации займа свободы, спасающей жизнь одного солдата.

Сюжет
Новобранец Шарло находится в тренировочном лагере американской пехоты.

После тренировок он ложится спать в палатке и видит сон:

Шарло попадает на передовую во Франции. Повсюду взрываются бомбы, новобранец вспоминает о мирной жизни. Приносят почту — Шарло не получает писем. Он читает чужое письмо через плечо солдата. Приходят посылки Красного Креста. Новобранцу достаётся кекс и сыр Лимбургер. Шарло надевает газовую маску и выбрасывает сыр в германские окопы. Начинается дождь, окопы заливает водой. Солдаты спят ночью в воде.

На следующее утро во время атаки Шарло берёт в плен 13 германских солдат. Офицер спрашивает его: «Как ты сделал это?». Новобранец отвечает: «Я их окружил!».

Шарло хватает германского офицера и шлёпает его по заднице, как ребёнка. Германские солдаты радостно аплодируют. В роли германского офицера — Лойал Андервуд, его рост был ещё меньше роста Чаплина.

Новобранец с друзьями отправляется на секретное задание в тыл врага. Шарло в костюме дерева спасает от расстрела своего друга. Он убегает от германского патруля и прячется в полуразрушенном коттедже, хозяйка которого — молодая француженка. Приходит германский патруль и арестовывает девушку. Её уводят в германский штаб. Шарло отправляется спасать хозяйку.

В это время в штаб приезжают кайзер, кронпринц и фельдмаршал фон Гинденбург. Новобранец берёт их в плен и на автомобиле кайзера приезжает на американские позиции. Все поздравляют Шарло, и тут его будят в палатке тренировочного лагеря.

В ролях
 Чарли Чаплин — Шарло, новобранец
 Эдна Пёрвиэнс — французская девушка
 Сидни Чаплин — сержант, друг Шарло / кайзер
 Джек Уилсон — кронпринц
 Генри Бергман — германский сержант / фельдмаршал фон Гинденбург / человек в воспоминаниях Шарло
 Альберт Остин — американский солдат / германский солдат / бородатый германский офицер
 Том Уилсон — сержант в тренировочном лагере / германский солдат с топором
 Лойал Андервуд — германский офицер
 Джон Рэнд — американский солдат

Интересные факты
 Германские солдаты в фильме ходят в прусских шлемах «Pickelhaube», образца 1842, хотя в 1916 году германская армия начала переходить на стальной шлем М16, образца 1916 года.
 Шлемы американских солдат в фильме стилизованы под котелок Бродяги. На вооружении армии США в то время стояли шлемы М1917 — образца 1917 года. Они были практически полностью идентичны британскому шлему MkI.
 Германский патруль в фильме вооружён лёгким пулемётом Lewis, принятым на вооружение армией США в 1917 году.
 В роли кайзера и американского сержанта снялся старший брат Чаплина — Сидни Чаплин.

Художественные особенности

… благодаря мастерству художника самая безудержная буффонада оказалась здесь в органическом единстве с реалистическим замыслом, ибо вся трагикомическая эксцентриада покоилась на чрезвычайно правдивом психологическом основании… Чарли совершал свои невероятные подвиги во время сна в палатке, благодаря чему зрители воспринимали их не «всерьез», а как шутку, пародию на голливудские военные «боевики», как остроумное высмеивание выдуманных героев и их неправдоподобных подвигов. Художественному единству фильма способствовали также брошенный тут и там легкий намек, легкая насмешка, которые выявляли подлинное отношение автора к своему Чарли и его поступкам… «На плечо!» был первым в истории кино подлинно антивоенным художественным фильмом.

Примечания

Ссылки

 Фильм в интернет-архиве
 Кадры из фильма, включая не вошедшие сцены. Британский институт кино.

Кинокомедии США
Кинокомедии 1918 года
Фильмы Чарльза Чаплина
Фильмы о Первой мировой войне
Чёрно-белые фильмы США
Фильмы США 1918 года

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Rewind the Film is the eleventh studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was recorded in 2013 and released on 16 September 2013 by record label Columbia. The sound is very different from previous records and is more acoustic-driven. It features guests Lucy Rose, Cate Le Bon and Richard Hawley.

The album debuted and peaked at number 4 in the UK Albums Chart.

Production

Rewind the Film was recorded in the Manics' Faster studio in Cardiff, Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire, and Hansa Studios in Berlin. In a statement, the band announced, "(If) this record has a relation in the Manics back catalogue, it's probably the sedate coming of age that was This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours."

Rewind the Film is the first of two new albums the Manics recorded in 2013. In February 2013, the band announced via Twitter, "MSP were in the great Hansa Studios in January with Alex Silva (who recorded The Holy Bible with us). Berlin was inspirational... Sean been playing a french horn in the studio today – sounding wonderful."

In May 2013, the Manics announced that they were in the process of recording two new albums simultaneously, with 35 new songs being recorded, with some of the rest of the material were featured on their next album Futurology. Vocalist/lead guitarist James Dean Bradfield told the NME, "We've nearly finished mixing this [the first album]. It's much more acoustic based – I think there's one electric guitar on the entire record. But it's not Campfire Street Preachers, we're not banging boxes or anything... The lead track sounds like a mix between "Rocks Off"-era Stones and Vegas-era Elvis." Bradfield also revealed, "I can tell you that both albums will be very different from each other in terms of style... One will be more acoustic and gentle in nature with lots of horns and a real atlantic soul element to it, while the other's going to be way more spikey with lots and lots of electric guitar on there."

After recording the new material, the Manics embarked on a three-date concert tour of Australia and New Zealand in June–July 2013, in tandem with the British & Irish Lions rugby union tour of Australia. The Manics did not perform any new songs during this tour; bassist/lyricist Nicky Wire explained,

During "The Lions Tour," the Manics tweeted a photo of a CD with "Manic Street Preachers Rewind The Film 18/6/13" written on it. They also posted the message, "Manics fans might want to listen to 6music Monday morning." The song "Rewind the Film", featuring former Pulp guitarist Richard Hawley and based on A Little Girl Lost by David Axelrod, premiered online and on BBC Radio 6 on 8 July 2013. The new album's title and release date were announced officially on the Manics' official website on the same day.

In June 2013, Richard Hawley discussed how he came to work with the Manics:

Other guest artists on Rewind the Film include Lucy Rose on the track "This Sullen Welsh Heart" and Cate Le Bon on the track "4 Lonely Roads." The Manics revealed Le Bon's involvement in March 2013, posting, "The brilliant Cate Le Bon has given us a stunning vocal on a new Manics track-Four Lonely Roads-her voice is so pure+beautiful. Very excited." James Dean Bradfield claimed that guest vocalists were brought onto the album as he felt his own voice wasn't good enough for all of the new songs: "I've got a sneaking feeling that I've been singing our songs for so long it's hard to find something new as a vocalist. It's easier as a drummer or a bassist to find a different direction, but if you try to change the sound of your voice, you end up sounding like a dick... And I felt my voice, at this point, was underselling some of the songs. There's no point in having an ego about it. I don't care if someone else is going to sing (the songs). I've had enough props and glory."

The Manics revealed to the NME that the Rewind the Film track "30-Year War" is an anti-Margaret Thatcher song written long before the former Prime Minister's death in 2013. James Dean Bradfield described "30-Year War" as the most "angry" track on the album, and Nicky Wire said, "It starts with the miners' strike and moves through Hillsborough, and it's a critique of the attack on the working classes over the last 30 years. It's the most spiteful, angry track on the album, and it's almost the link to the other record – it sounds like Lodger-era Bowie."

Nicky Wire provided a detailed track-by-track review of Rewind the Film for The Quietus, published online on 4 September 2013. Wire also said, "We wrote '3 Ways to See Despair' for Morrissey but we were too scared to ask him. He's the one person I couldn't bear rejection from. I can take it from most people."

In July 2013, BBC Radio 6 revealed that the second album recorded by the Manics in 2013 is titled Futurology and has a tentative release date of June 2014. Regarding that album, James Dean Bradfield has stated, "It's a lot spikier and shinier. It's much more band-based, a tiny bit of Krautrock influence. It's not like The Holy Bible but there's a bit of the same intent and threat. Lyrically, it's got a European fascination. The landscape of Europe, the malaise of Europe, the malaise of us Brits not feeling part of it. We're not talking like the Tories, don't worry – there's not a song where we opt out of Europe. The lead track is me singing half in English and half in German." Nicky Wire told the NME, "I think by next March or April, we'll have it all ready... It's not just chucking something out; it's really fully formed. It's the next step on from The Holy Bible and Journal for Plague Lovers. It's quite intense but synthetic as well."

Music
Dorian Lynskey called "Rewind the Film" the "acoustic-based album they'd been talking about making for 20 years".

Release

Rewind the Film was released in standard and deluxe versions. It was also released digitally and on vinyl.

The deluxe version of Rewind the Film includes a second disc, featuring demo versions of all twelve album tracks, plus live versions of "There by the Grace of God", "Stay Beautiful", "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough", "The Love of Richard Nixon" and "Revol". All live tracks were recorded at the Manics' "A Night of National Treasures" concert at The O2 Arena, London on 17 December 2011. Also released from the same concert were live versions of "Let Robeson Sing" (as a free MP3 download on the Manics' website in June 2013), and "Tsunami" (as a B-side on the "Show Me the Wonder" single).

The album sold around 20.000 copies in the first week of sales, which resulted in debuting and peaking at number 4 in the UK Album Chart, in Ireland the album charted at number 5 and reached the Top 40 in Finland, Germany and Norway.

The Manics supported Rewind the Film with a 7-date tour of the UK and Ireland from 13 to 29 September 2013.

The first single from Rewind the Film, "Show Me the Wonder", was released on 9 September 2013, a week ahead of the album. "Show Me the Wonder" premiered on the Manics' official website on 22 July 2013. Referencing the song on their Twitter account, the Manics posted, "I think 'show me the wonder' is the 1st ever manics single without JDBs electric guitar on-xx."

In an interview for Digital Spy, Nicky Wire said, "'Show Me the Wonder' came late. It was very natural, we were listening to loads of Elvis, '70s Vegas Elvis, and James just thought he'd come up with a radio hit single. We still think like that, we're not particularly snobbish about it. It's the one song on the album that is very uplifting. It has been a radio hit so I've got to give it to him! It came very late and I think we were a bit nervous about it. But it's got a kind of '70s class about it that sort of fits in. Just about." Wire stated that the album's next single would be either "As Holy as the Soil (That Buries Your Skin)" or "Anthem for a Lost Cause". It was subsequently announced that the second single from Rewind the Film would be "Anthem for a Lost Cause", which was released on 25 November 2013.

Reception

Upon the release of the album, it was praised by music critics, receiving very positive reviews. At Metacritic the album holds a score of 80 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 18 reviews.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said that Rewind the Film is "achieving an appealingly woozy, early-hours-of-the morning vibe", giving the album a score of 4/5, concluding with "Occasionally, Nicky Wire's lyrics drift back toward free-floating angst – "my ecosystem is based on hatred" is a line that feels perpetually adolescent—but the combined effect of the sometimes tortured words and the gentle, never-conflicting currents of folk, anthemic rock, cinematic instrumentals, and mannered pop create a welcome impression of a group that acknowledges that they've entered a comfortable middle age but are happy to fight against complacency however they can."

Clash magazine also reviewed Rewind the Film very positively, giving the album a score of eight out of ten stars. Gareth James wrote, "After opening with the line "I don't want my children to grow up like me" free of any accompaniment, the electric guitar is banished, while Cate Le Bon and Richard Hawley guest elsewhere. The biting nostalgia of middle age runs throughout the lyrics and the band's desire to produce something akin to Automatic for the People is largely fulfilled." Awarding the album a 7/10 rating, Jamie Fullerton of the NME described it as "a subtle, satisfying record that showcases their continuing ability to soar, albeit without digging anywhere near as deep as their politico-punk-pop totems, 1992's Generation Terrorists and 1996's Everything Must Go. Musically, it's their safest album yet... Legacy-wise, though, it could be their most unsafe album."

The album hails the beginning of chapter 3 in the history of the band (the first having ended with Richey Edwards' disappearance, the second – with the National Treasures singles collection release and the December 2011 concert in The O2 Arena), according to Niall Doherty of Q. "Rewind the Film emerges hazy and delicate, as if creators have just awoken from a long, deep sleep, distant memories of themselves coming back slowly in focus," the critic wrote, giving it a 4/5 rating.

Track listing

Personnel

 Manic Street Preachers

 James Dean Bradfield – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
 Nicky Wire – bass guitar, vocals, drums (5)
 Sean Moore – drums

 Additional personnel

 Loz Williams – keyboards (1, 4–8, 10–11); production, additional production (4, 10); engineering, mixing (1, 5)
 Guy Massey – mixing (2, 4, 6–11)
 Alex Silva – production (4, 10); additional production (9)
 Dave Eringa – mixing (3, 12)
 Lucy Rose – vocals (1)
 Gavin Fitzjohn – horn arrangement (2, 7); baritone and tenor saxophone (2); trumpet (2, 7)
 John Rey – piano (2)
 Richard Hawley – lead vocals (3); Hawaiian guitar (3)
 Andy Walters and Joanna Walters – violin (3)
 Barnard Kane – viola (3)
 Nathan Stone – cello (3)
 Tim Tautorat – celeste (4); string arrangement (10); violin (10); keyboards (10)
 Cate Le Bon – lead vocals (5)
 Sean Read – horn arrangement (7, 8); trumpets (7, 8); saxophone (8)
 Nick Nasmyth – keyboards (12)
 Tim Young – mastering

Charts and certifications

European Charts

Certifications

References

External links

Rewind the Film at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

Manic Street Preachers albums
Columbia Records albums
Folk rock albums by Welsh artists
2013 albums
Albums produced by Alex Silva
Albums produced by Loz Williams
Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios


Sometimes I still can't believe I'm a grown up.
The other day I called Shawn on my way home from work and we talked about what we needed to have ready for our tax meeting in a few weeks, whether he had checked our PO box to see if our renters had mailed us our rent check for the month, when we should buy our plane tickets for our Hawaii trip this summer, and whether I had emailed over the contract and invoice to a potential client for our videography business.
Was it really only 10 years ago that Shawn was asking me to senior prom? And only 6 years ago that we were graduating college? And it's already been over a year since we got married?
I can't believe how much we have already accomplished.
This might be the funnest time of my life. Shawn and I are in this great "in between" time where we are finally getting our careers and passions figured out like real grown ups should, but still young at heart and plan spontaneous weekends away at Lake Tahoe for Christmas.
When I was little being a grown up seemed so daunting. So many responsibilities, so many bills to pay, so many balls to be juggling at once.
I thought being a kid was fun, but…dare I say it…being an adult is even more fun. Earning things on your own. Working toward dreams. Even buying myself a pack of gum when I'm filling my car up for gas just because I can.
This pork chop dish is the perfect metaphor for life as a grown up. When you're a kid you think pork chops with store bought applesauce is just about the tastiest dish you can imagine.
Oh no little one. It gets better. A lot better.
The grown up version are these delicious bone in pork chops, moist and full of flavor. Instead of a jar of applesauce, these pork chops are topped with tart apples and savory shallots braised in white wine and flavored with vanilla bean seeds and butter. And now that you're a grown up, of course you love those brussels sprouts that you turned your nose up at when you were a kid. Were they ever really as bad as you thought?
And just like being a grown up, it's a little more work, but in the end it is worth every minute of extra effort.
1. Preheat a cast iron or heavy bottom skillet over medium high heat. Use 2 teaspoons salt and 2 teaspoons pepper to season both sides of the room temperature pork chops. Add in 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter, and cook the pork chops about 8-10 minutes per side, until golden brown. Once cooked, remove pork chops and tent with foil on a plate.
2. With the heat still at medium high, add in the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter, the apples, shallots, and remaining teaspoon of salt and pepper. Cook about 4 minutes until the shallots turn translucent and the apples begin to turn golden brown in parts. Add in the 2 cups of white wine, vanilla bean seeds and vanilla bean stalk. Cook until the apples are tender and the wine has reduced to about 1/4 cup, about 6-8 minutes. Add in the 1 tablespoon heavy cream (optional).
3. Serve the pork chops topped with the vanilla apples, shallots and pan juices while still warm. Will keep in an airtight container for 1 week.
order=honor, haha! Apparently too much DayQuil for me today.
What a lovely post and so well said Natalie! Who knew so many things would change, many things for the better once you became an adult:) These pork chops are definitely better than I remember the ones I ate growing up. Pinning. They look so tasty and flavorful with the tender cooked apples and so so mouthwatering!
There are good things and bad things to being all grown up, the sad part is you can never be a kid again. The great part is the ability to do as your please. And these pork chops look and sound absolutely spectacular. Apples with vanilla bean and white wine! sounds amazing!!!
Thanks Kathy! I bet as soon as you have a kid it's like relieving childhood all over again. Definitely looking forward to that : ) You must make these pork chops for your family, I bet they will love them.
This grown-up version of pork chops and apples is the only version I want to know. I am in love with the photo of the wine bottle over the steamy pan of apples and shallots. We love pork at our house, but I find that we don't have it as often in the rotation as beef or chicken. Not sure why. I must change that!
I agree, being an adult is fun! There are times here and there (cough, cough tax season) that I find myself longing for the days of playing Barbies allllllllll afternoon, and when the only worry I had was what I would have for an after-school snack. But I love now that I've had enough life experience to be able to reflect on experiences, set goals, surround myself with positive people, and strive to be my best self. I guess that's the wisdom gained in growing up!
You're so sweet Ashley! Didn't that photo turn out good? That's the first time I've done an "action" shot without Shawn's help. I was mighty proud that the picture actually came out in focus! Ha! I don't make pork that often either, we're definitely a chicken family. But it's nice to mix up once in a while.
These pork chops look so so good, I love apples with pork! And the vanilla bean, that sounds really good!
Thanks Kelly! We have our tax meeting in 2 weeks. Hoping we don't owe too much, fingers crossed. Maybe we'll even get a refund this year, *knock on wood*. We hire a tax guy to do everything for us. Helps me sleep at night knowing we're not missing anything.
Aww you guys sound like a great couple! I married my middle school sweetheart lol and things change. As we age we take many more roles and have to become responsible. One thing that never changes is the love that keeps people together!!
I love this recipe but I don't eat pork. I want to taste the apple vanilla flavor so bad so I'm going to try it with lamb chops!
I bet this would be delicious with lamb chops! Or even chicken.
Pork chops and apples are something that I never got as a child, but your version looks like it belongs at a 5 star restaurant. I would definitely pay a pretty penny to eat this meal. Gosh you make being a grownup sound so fun and all I think about is the bills I have. I am going to think about being a grown up in the simplest way from now on!
If you've never had pork chops and apple sauce you're in for a real treat Shaundara! You must make this for dinner sometime. Apples and pork chops taste amazing together. I'm definitely a "glass half full" kinda gal, which helps me not freak out about things like taxes coming up, ha!
Ooh, these pork chops look amazing. I'm always looking for new pork chops dishes and this is going to have to go into my rotation!
This recipe sounds fantastic! I'm not often a huge fan of pork chops because, when prepped by yours truly, they tend to dry out too much . . . but those look moist and delicious. Yum!
I agree – being a grown-up is more work but way more fun! And this dish looks ahhh-mazing. Those brussels look like the perfect side dish, too!
Haha. I totally have that "when did I become an adult" convo with myself all the time. At times I definitely don't feel like I'm an adult, but I just keep going along with it! The apples and vanilla are such great additions to this dish. I'll have to make this for my boyfriend who loves pork!
This sounds so great, Natalie! I'm a little scared of being "grown up" like you said, it's so daunting! But if I get to eat things like this then I think it'll be ok! Also, I would never have thought to add vanilla in there, great idea!
Thanks Lou! Don't worry, someday you'll be writing a check to pay your mortgage and it will hit you, "Whoa, I think I'm a grown up now." You'll do great. And the vanilla makes this so delicious!
Being a grown up certainly has its advantages, but it's nice to goof off every once in a while.
I love pork chops but they have never look as good as yours!
Awwh I really enjoyed this post, Natalie!
pork and apples go so well together! yum!
Goood post. I learn something new and challenging onn blogs I stumbleupon on a daily basis.
Making this for dinner tonight sounds delicious love pork.Many thanks.


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The whole lot I just said is doubly, triply true for basic abilities instructors, apart from a handful of programs in English or mathematics. So the burden for developing teaching competence falls on the institutions hiring new faculty. And let's be sincere, quite a lot of those institutions aren't that committed to educating both. Some campuses have packages that provide sources for instruction, however they are typically low-standing and under-utilized operations. As a neighborhood college vice president I interview in Back to School places it, We don't domesticate knowledgeable identification around instructing." It's in the midst of this mess that we have to contemplate good professional improvement for primary abilities instruction. More than the identify of a specific place, I can give you a number of the traits I think should be part of the mix.
It's one thing for youngsters to be launched to the process of reading through SSP, but it is another thing altogether for that initial educating to be related to the use of preliminary decodable texts. Decodable texts are just about what it says on the packet: books that include phrases which can be easily decodable by starting readers. Such books present opportunities to consolidate emergent data of sound-letter hyperlinks, in order that these change into more automated for the start reader.
Are you searching for ways to deliver the most recent NASA science and mission information into your classroom? Schooling specialists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California have the sources to help you do exactly that! The Teachable Moments" blog brings collectively information, activities and schooling tips on the newest happenings at NASA.


A communication system must have adequate electrical protection in order to meet the reliability standards for commercially acceptable service and to keep down maintenance expenses. This report characterizes, from the viewpoint of electrical protection and coordination, the conditions of the electrical environment to which communication facilities are exposed. It gives consideration to both present and anticipated future conditions, and covers such topics as the effects of lightning, interference from power networks, electric shock, earth potential gradients, corrosion, over-voltage in AC power utilization circuits,her and electromagnetic pulses.
Characterization of the Electrical Environment is a current reference on the design factors required to ensure reliable performance of communication facilities under field operating conditions. It will be useful as a manual for practicing engineers in telecommunications, and as a tutorial textbook in engineering schools in North America, Europe, and elsewhere.


Last night/early this morning 50 people were murdered, and 53 others were injured in a nightclub in Orlando, FL. 50 people had their futures stolen from them because of a hateful man who felt it was his right to kill because he disagreed with their lifestyles.
Today is not a day to express your disagreements with the LGBT community. Today is not a day to pretend this kind of hatred doesn't exist. Today is not a day to push your political agenda.
Today is a day to grieve with those who have lost their family and friends. Today is a day to hug your loved ones tight. It is a day to pray and plead with the Lord for comfort and peace. It is a day to remember those victims. It is a day to love.
Last night 50 people who were made and loved by God were killed. He loved them like he loves you. They were His beloved creations, and likely some of them never got to know and love Him back. They were robbed of the chance to proclaim His name. If I have learned anything in the last year, I learned that Christ feels with us. He knows what their families are feeling and he hurts with them. He wants to comfort and give His peace that surpasses understanding. This tragedy is horrible and painful, but HE is still here. Our lack of understanding does not change the truth of who God is.
Join me in praying for the people of Orlando and the families of those who are no longer with us. Pray for God's comfort and peace to be with them. Pray for the state of our nation and for guidance in the coming days.


Kindergarten Day celebrates birthday of Friedrich Fröbel who was born in 1782 and started the first kindergarten in 1837, in Germany.
Despite being popular in Germany, the Prussian government outlawed the schools in 1851. Froebe died a year later and it wasn't until 1860 that the Prussians relented and allowed the schools to continue.
Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (or Froebel) ( April 21, 1782 – June 21, 1852) was a German pedagogue, a student of Pestalozzi who laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities. He created the concept of the "kindergarten" and also coined the word now used in German and English. He also developed the educational toys known as Froebel Gifts.
In 1840 he coined the word kindergarten for the Play and Activity Institute he had founded in 1837 at Bad Blankenburg for young children, together with Wilhelm Middendorf and Heinrich Langethal. These two men were Fröbel's most faithful colleagues when his ideas were also transplanted to Keilhau near Rudolstadt.
He designed the educational play materials known as Froebel Gifts, or Fröbelgaben, which included geometric building blocks and pattern activity blocks. A book entitled Inventing Kindergarten, by Norman Brosterman, examines the influence of Friedrich Fröbel on Frank Lloyd Wright and modern art.
Friedrich Fröbel's great insight was to recognise the importance of the activity of the child in learning. He introduced the concept of "free work" (Freiarbeit) into pedagogy and established the "game" as the typical form that life took in childhood, and also the game's educational worth. Activities in the first kindergarten included singing, dancing, gardening and self-directed play with the Froebel Gifts. Fröbel intended, with his Mutter- und Koselieder – a songbook that he published – to introduce the young child into the adult world.
These ideas about childhood development and education were introduced to academic and royal circles through the tireless efforts of his greatest proponent, the Baroness (Freiherrin) Bertha Marie von Marenholtz-Bülow. Through her Fröbel made the acquaintance of the Royal House of the Netherlands, various Thuringian dukes and duchesses, including the Romanov wife of the Grand Duke von Sachsen-Weimar. Baroness von Marenholtz-Bülow, Duke von Meiningen and Fröbel gathered donations to support art education for children in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Goethe. The Duke of Meiningen granted the use of his hunting lodge, called Marienthal (the Vale of Mary) in the resort town of Bad Liebenstein for Fröbel to train the first women as Kindergarten teachers (called Kindergärtnerinnen).


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Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child announced Friday, March 13, 2020, the appointment of Kelly Dun, the school's first Director of Enrollment Management. She will oversee student admission, financial aid and retention efforts, as well as manage the Admission Office's three full-time staff.
Ms. Dun brings nearly 30 years of experience in secondary education, both as a classroom teacher and as an administrator, and she has a wealth of experience and knowledge about enrollment management in a broad variety of school and organizational contexts.
"Kelly was the clear choice throughout the search process," said Oak Knoll Head of School Timothy J. Saburn. "Kelly's extensive experience and proven track record in enrollment management made her the ideal leader for our Admissions Office. She understands the Oak Knoll community, our guiding principles and our mission to develop strong minds and humble hearts."
Ms. Dun is currently the Assistant Head of School for External Relations at the Newgrange School in Princeton, NJ. She opened and established the mid-Atlantic regional office of the Give Something Back Foundation, an organization devoted to expanding college access to first-generation families. She led enrollment management at North Yarmouth Academy and The Tatnall School and spent 16 years at Princeton Day School, serving as Director of Admissions, Director of Financial Aid and Director of Enrollment Management.
"I'm incredibly excited about joining the Oak Knoll community," said Ms. Dun. "The chance to contribute to such a vibrant, focused and nurturing learning environment represents an unparalleled opportunity to contribute to a school that I have long admired from afar."
Ms. Dun co-chaired The Enrollment Management Association's Admission Leadership Council for six years, was the chair of the New Jersey Association of Independent School's Admission Steering Committee for seven years, and has been a frequent presenter at national, state and regional conferences. She serves as a volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate for New Jersey-area foster youth and is a member of the Board of Trustees at Doane Academy. She earned a B.A. in Spanish from the University of New Hampshire and her M.Ed. from the University of Pennsylvania.
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India Tightens Rules to Implement Countrywide Lockdown Amid Mass Exodus of Migrant Workers
10:52 GMT 29.03.2020(updated 11:52 GMT 29.03.2020)
New Delhi (Sputnik): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged migrant workers to follow the lockdown, as it is essential to protect the country from the coronavirus. Over the last four days, thousands of workers across the country have been marching on the streets as the 21-day lockdown has left them jobless due to the closure of factories.
The Indian Home Ministry has issued stern guidelines to police and authorities across the country to stop people from breaching the lockdown as millions of workers have started to walk towards their homes in rural areas during the past four days.
"Directions were issued that district and state borders should be effectively sealed. States were directed to ensure there is no movement of people across cities or on highways. Only movement of goods should be allowed", a statement issued by the ministry on Sunday reads.
The ministry noted that, by and large, there has been an effective implementation of guidelines across the country; however, "there has been movement of migrant workers in some parts of the country".
"Those who have violated the lockdown and travelled during the period of lockdown will be subject to minimum 14 days of quarantine in government quarantine facilities", the Home Ministry ordered.
Despite promises to make adequate arrangements for food and shelter for the poor and needy people, including migrant labourers, thousands of them are still leaving the place of their work. The Modi government has also instructed all 35 states of the country to ensure the timely payment of wages to labourers at their workplaces during the period of the lockdown without any cuts.
"House Rent should not be demanded from the labourers for this period. Action should be taken against those who are asking labourers or students to vacate the premises", the government ordered.
Since the announcement of the 21-day lockdown by Prime Minister Modi on 24 March, migrant workers have been commuting on foot from Delhi towards their home states, citing shortages of food and money due to the closure of business establishments.
Modi said the extreme measures were needed despite hardships to the poor to halt the spread of the coronavirus in India. The Indian Health Ministry has confirmed 867 active coronavirus cases while 25 people have lost their lives in the pandemic.


Decades ago, it was apparently just one Yankee fan's treasured memory: a 1934 Exhibit card featuring four greats who at some point added their signatures. Within a few weeks, it's expected to fetch a small treasure when the 4-in-1 card featuring Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez and Bill Dickey sells through Heritage Auctions.
Still bearing some hand-written player notations and scrapbook residue on the back, the card is expected to bring at least $50,000 when bidding closes October 18. The current high bid, with the buyer's premium added, is already over $19,000.
The autographs, authenticated by PSA/DNA, have all been applied with the same blue fountain pen ink, with Heritage scoring each at 5-10. The Ruth and Gehrig signatures are the strongest of the quartet. Aside from the issues with the back, the card remains in solid shape, with only a small amount of corner wear.
All four players shown on the card were eventually elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The 1934 season saw Gehrig enjoy a Triple Crown season in which he batted .363 with 49 homers and 166 RBI. Somehow, he finished only fifth the MVP voting in 1934.
The card is one of hundreds of items up for bid in the newly launched Heritage catalog auction, which closes over a two-day period October 18-19.


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Note that this meeting has been postponed and an alternative date will be provided shortly.
The council part of the meeting will commence at 14:00, all members are invited to participate and this part of the meeting is minuted.
At 15:00 the general meeting and discussion will commence with the objective of expanding on the issues arising from the council meeting. The meeting closes at 17:00.
If you have a subject that you would like included on the agenda, please let the chairman or secretary know in advance of the meeting.
If you are unable to attend in person, you can join by phone. If you do intend to join by phone, please advise the council 48 hours in advance to ensure suitable equipment is available.


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Pedro Armando Causil Rojas (San Andrés en Providencia, 14 april 1991) is een Colombiaanse inline-skater en langebaanschaatser.

Causil is, op Andres Muñoz na, de meest succesvolle inline-skater van Colombia. En dat in een land waarin het skaten, na het voetbal, een hele grote sport is. Hij grossierde medailles op de Centraal-Amerikaanse en Caraïbische, Zuid-Amerikaanse en Pan-Amerikaanse Spelen, en ook op Wereldkampioenschappen.

Inline-skaten is geen Olympische sport, en daarom maakt de sport onderdeel uit van de Wereldspelen. In 2009 en 2013 won Causil in totaal drie gouden en twee bronzen medailles. Hij staat daarmee in de top 10 van meest succesvolle skaters op de Wereldspelen, een lijst die aangevoerd wordt door 1. Bart Swings en 2. Chad Hedrick. Beide zijn bekend van het wel Olympische langebaanschaatsen. Hedrick werd zelfs Olympisch en wereldkampioen op de 5000 meter en allround. Maar hij stond al van jongs af aan op schaatsen, en Swings was ook een stuk jonger toen hij de overstap maakte. Daarbij komt nog dat er in Zuid-Amerika geen schaatsbaan staat, en dan wordt het lastig om perfect te leren schaatsen. Geen wonder dat Causil twijfelde over een overstap.

In februari 2014 stonden zowel  Michel als  Ronald Mulder op het podium van de Olympische 500 meter in Sotsji. Zij lieten zien dat ook inline-sprinters een succesvolle overstap kunnen maken. Causil was meteen overstag. Op 10 december 2017 plaatste de sprinter zich voor de 1000 meter op de Olympische Winterspelen in Gangneung.

Resultaten inline-skaten
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In 2015-2017 deed Causil niet mee aan de Inline WK's omdat hij zich volledig concentreerde op het langebaanschaatsen.

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Velscope – A New Way to Examine for Oral Disease: VELscope Vx technology is changing the way oral mucosal examinations take place. The VELscope Vx adjunctive device is effective for the enhanced visualization of oral mucosal abnormalities.
The VELscope Vx handheld device emits a harmless, bright blue light which is used to inspect the mouth and tongue. The device is sensitive to abnormal tissue changes and the distinctive blue-spectrum light causes the soft tissue (oral mucosa) of the mouth to naturally fluoresce. Healthy tissues fluoresce in distinct patterns that may be visibly disrupted when tissue undergoes an abnormal change (which can occur in the oral mucosa for a multitude of reasons) such as when associated with dysplasia or oral cancer.
SOPROLIFE The Blue Revolution – Soprolife is more accurate in identifying the development of occlusal and/or proximal carious lesions. The mode potentially speeds up the decision making process in treatment planning and enables safer options for the patients by possibly reducing the number of x-rays. Hard dental tissues will autofluoresce when exposed to the Soprolife's specific wavelength of blue light and a patented process within the camera is able to display, in real time video, ho the existence of caries (cavities) affects a tooth's fluorescent signal. Affected areas are easily noted by changes in colors on the video display.
Dental Loupes: Greater visibility provide the ability to see 2.5x greater and on a larger scale. This allows quality of work to improve because the teeth are much larger in viewing.
Amalgam Separator: Ecofriendly! – Mercury is liberated from the process of routinely replacing the silver fillings with natural looking, metal free restorations. With harmfull effects of mercury being discharged in local water streams we wanted to avoid this pollutant contaminating our water resources and made a conscious choice to install Hg5 Amalgam Separator. It provides containment of mercury and amalgam from dental waste lines and is ISO 11143 certified at greater than 99% efficiency.


Our professionals are equipped to provide air duct cleaning services and can help local residents, at their convenience. You can depend on our company in California to clean air ducts, dryer vents and the HVAC unit. We remove dirt, lint, debris and mildew, repair ruined duct joints, replace and clean filters, and replace ducts.
Once you have air ducts installed in your home or place of business, they will need to be cleaned on a regular basis in order for clean air to continuously flow through the premises. Are the air ducts on your premises currently in need of cleaning? Do you happen to reside in the La Habra area? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then you should contact our company for more information. We offer air duct cleaning services for both commercial and residential properties, in addition to other services related to the maintenance of air ducts. We take great pride in the work that we do, and will always show you professionalism. We are the company that you should call to take care of your air ducts. Call our Air Duct La Habra Cleaning Company today.
By allowing us to come to your home to perform our air duct cleaning services, we will be able to deodorize and sanitize the air, so that all evidences of moisture, mildew, foul odor, mold, and bacteria are eliminated from the air you breathe.
Not only do we offer air duct cleaning services for commercial and residential properties, but we provide cleaning services for dryer vents and dryer ducts as well. Whether your dryer is located at your commercial laundry or your home laundry, Air Duct La Habra Cleaning is the company that you should contact. We will work to ensure that your dryer is lint-free, by providing services such as air duct coating and repair, and the repair of all types of dryer vents. Watch as your dryer starts to work more efficiently, as all the lint is cleaned out from the vents.
With our expert air duct cleaning services, we can save you from wasting money on lost energy. Our company doesn't just clean ducts but also cleans dryer vents, the whole ventilating system and HVAC unit, and, of course, the filters which must block dust from entering your bedroom. Trust us with each and every service! We have a remarkable, very committed team and the capacity to remove not only the dust accumulated in the ducts but also allergens. We ensure the good quality of the air flow inside the ducts and eliminate indoor allergens. Our company offers air duct maintenance in an effort to help customers enjoy clean environments free of contaminants every day. We also perform excellent dryer vent replacements and fast repair of the HVAC unit. We also replace ruined filters and the duct holes.


Distance from Tijuana to West Covina is 194 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 121 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Tijuana and West Covina is 194 km= 121 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Tijuana to West Covina, It takes 0.22 hours to arrive.


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Phillies Vs Nationals: Jayson Werth Makes His Return To Philadelphia
By Jason Brewer May 3, 2011, 4:33pm EDT
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(Sports Network) - Citizens Bank Park took on a symbolic meaning Sunday night when the unified crowd broke out into chants of "USA! USA! USA!" upon learning of the death of the face of terrorism from the last decade.
Two nights later and it is likely back to business as usual for the Philadelphia Phillies, who are prepared to greet former teammate and current Washington Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth for the first time in the City of Brotherly Love.
The opener of this three-game homestand marks Werth's first return to Philadelphia since he signed a seven-year, $126 million deal with the Nationals this past offseason. Werth hit .282 with 95 homers and 300 RBI in 543 regular-season games with the Phillies from 2007-10, helping them win just the second championship in team history in 2008.
Philadelphia did get its first look at Werth down at Nationals Park on April 12-14, winning two of three to give it a win in 32 of the past 42 meetings. Werth hit .273 in that series, stealing a base and connecting on a home run while scoring three runs.
Werth will try to reverse Washington's luck in Philadelphia as it has lost 18 of its past 21 trips to Citizens Bank Park, which became a scene of triumph on Sunday night even though the Phillies lost a 2-1 contest to the rival Mets in 14 innings on Ronny Paulino's RBI double in the extra frame. The crowd became more animated and loud throughout the game once the fate of Osama bin Laden, architect of the September 11 terrorist attacks, had been killed.
"I was wondering why everyone was chanting, 'USA,'" Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino told his team's website. "It was the buzz around the dugout that Osama had been killed. I think everybody on the field was wondering what was going on."
The Phillies were coming off an 18-win April that set a club record, surpassing the 1993 team, but began May by having a three-game win streak stopped. Still, it was just the team's third loss in 11 games.
The Nationals come into this game looking to move above the .500 mark for the first time since they were 9-8 on April 20. They have won four of their last five overall to climb to 14-14, winning the finale of Sunday's four-game series with the Giants, 2-0.
Tom Gorzelanny hurled eight scoreless innings and was backed with RBI from Mike Morse and Jerry Hairston Jr. The left-hander only gave up three hits and struck out four.
"He was outstanding and we had good defense behind him," said Washington manager Jim Riggleman. "A real clean game."
Riggleman hopes that veteran Livan Hernandez can duplicate Gorzelanny's outing tonight, though the right-hander's efforts last time out weren't terrible either. Hernandez gave up three runs -- two earned -- on seven hits over a season-high eight innings, striking out five on Thursday to beat the Mets and win for the third time in his last four starts.
Hernandez is 3-2 with a 3.23 earned run average in six starts this year and improved to 12-10 with a 3.52 ERA in 28 games versus the Phillies after beating them on April 12 with 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball in which he fanned a season-high six.
Hernandez draws a streaking Cole Hamels, with the Phillies hurler having won three straight decisions and two starts in a row since his season debut debacle back in early April. He defeated Arizona last time out on Wednesday, giving up three run on four hits with eight strikeouts over seven innings of work in an 8-4 win.
The 27-year-old lefty, now 3-1 with a 3.13 ERA on the season, is 9-3 with a 2.73 ERA in 18 career starts versus the Nationals and did not face them back in D.C.
Phillies Complete Sweep Of Nationals With 7-3 Win
Jayson Werth Doesn't "Deserve" Your Boos, But It's Ok To Boo Him Anyway


Each of the two pictures represents one half of a word. Can you guess the word? Combine the words and solve the puzzle! Honey + moon ... honeymoon! Can you solve all the puzzles?
Each puzzle contains two pictures for two different words. Mix them and you'll get something new. What's the word? Fire + dough ... bread! White + black ... grey! Can you solve the rest of the puzzles?
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Due to the tremendous response for BlogrCart White2 Blogger store shopping cart ready template, we have installed an automated theme tour to help users to get more insights for this specific template.
Since that BlogrCart White2 comes pre-installed with many e-commerce featured functionalities, sometimes it would be hard to know what add-on functions has been incorporated.
This 2 minute theme tour shows the many features that BlogrCart White2 Blogger store template has to offer. The demo itself is packed with the many e-commerce like functions which store owners can customize without touching a single code!
We hope that the team at +Irsah inDesigns could have time to install this feature to the other Blogger store templates & themes demo in our collection. It helped build momentum for BlogrCart White2 Pro downloads version - and certainly would help out the other themes in our collection as well.
If you like us to add this function to your existing Blogger blog, contact us here & we would gladly assist. Setting up a web/blog tour makes it easy to showcase your website's features to 1st time visitors, and display what your website (or Blogger store) has to offer.
It helped our Blogger store theme/template downloads (and off course sales), and can wonder what it can do for your on-line Blogger store?


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20.21 Season
Storytellers Series: Louise Profeit-Leblanc
By Louise Profeit-Leblanc
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February 3, 10, 17, 2021
Recommended for Ages 9-12 (Gr. 3-6)
Premiering in October, this brand new Storytellers Series spotlights oral storytelling traditions across cultures. The series will be made available to schools with options pre- and post-show workshops.
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Louise Profeit-LeBlanc
"T's Däna"- Beaver Woman
Louise is a member of the Nacho N'yak Dun First Nation of Mayo, in Northeastern Yukon. She is a mother, grandmother and a Story-Keeper. She presently lives in Wakefield, Quebec with her husband Bob. Louise comes from a long line of traditional storytellers and her repertoire consists of her own personal stories and more specifically ancient stories relative to her homeland, the Yukon. These stories depict how the land was made, how her people lived and survived for thousands of years. Many of these stories refer to how everything in nature, exists in balance but more importantly depict morals and teachings how we all can learn to live harmoniously with each other, while caring for the land, the water and all living things. She is grateful of the privilege of having been passed down these stories by her Elders and honoured to be able to share them with all generations and people of all backgrounds, for the last 45 years.
She has travelled extensively sharing these stories at many International venues Storytelling festivals, universities and colleges, where she also has provided storytelling workshops using examples of stories to inform the audience of the importance of oral tradition for the healing of the nations.
Louise is also a visual textile artist, poet and short story writer and continues to demonstrate the necessity of utilizing the power of art and story, to heal, educate and provide opportunities for others to express their culture and strength through the arts. Louise volunteers her time serving in many capacities and sharing Traditional knowledge with children, mothers at schools and community centres. She also provides storytelling workshops and is a member of the Storytellers of Canada-Conteurs du Canada.
She recently accepted to be on the board for the "Bearing Witness Canada" chapter for this region, established to assist in educating the public about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report and has recently offered a workshop on "Seven Valleys Towards Reconciliation" for the organization to help commemorate National Indigenous Day. Louise strongly believes that "the purpose of justice is for the appearance of unity" on the planet.
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TSG to roll out Sophos UTM to its entire customer base
TSG has chosen Sophos UTM as its default offering for customers. Over time, the company, which is a long-standing Sophos partner and has offices around the UK, will be making the security platform available to its entire 4,000-strong customer base. TSG will also be integrating its current Sophos and other endpoint customers into UTM.
To support this decision and to benefit from the massive uptake in UTM in the market, TSG has committed significant resources to fully certify eight UTM engineers and eight UTM architects, the only Sophos partner currently in the UK to have such a volume of technical resource assigned to deploying and supporting Sophos UTM. At the same time, over 20 of TSG's sales professionals have also been fully trained in the product, to ensure they can provide the best possible advice and consultancy to potential new Sophos UTM customers.
Steve Cox, CTO at TSG, explains why TSG has chosen to roll out Sophos to all of its customers: "We have worked with Sophos over a number of years and have always been impressed with the blend of ease of use, best technology and best protection their products provide. With the launch of Sophos UTM last year, they now deliver a fully integrated platform which allows us to more easily and effectively manage security for our broad customer base, reducing costs for us and our customers. We evaluated a number of solutions and Sophos is the only vendor to offer UTM and endpoint in single console."
He adds: "The other key factor in our decision to standardise on Sophos was its vision and strong roadmap for UTM, with integrated MDM and encryption, a new management console and an innovative per user per month pricing strategy all on the horizon."
James Vyvyan, regional VP of UK&I at Sophos says: "We're delighted to deepen our partnership with TSG. Like Sophos, they have a very strong customer service ethic and a genuine commitment to technical training. The team at TSG has just completed an intensive technical training programme, which will position them as one of our most qualified UTM partners. We continue to see strong growth in UTM as organisations of all sizes are increasingly moving an integrated approach, and Sophos is committed to integrating the newest technologies to provide the most complete security for our partners and customers. The combination of TSG's expertise and great service backed by the Sophos technology will therefore allow us to offer a compelling IT security proposition, particularly to SMEs in the UK."
Sophos UTM allows companies to protect their users wherever they are. With an essential network firewall at its heart, it protects everything from the network and web and email gateways to endpoint computers.
It can also be deployed in a variety of ways – as a hardware appliance, installed to a server, virtualised or in the cloud. And because it's modular, companies can plug in the features they need whenever they need them, allowing them to grow their protection alongside their business.
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Intermediate+ Word of the Day: brass
brass (noun, adjective) /bræs/ LISTEN
Part of the brass section of an orchestra
Brass is a metal alloy of copper and zinc. By extension, brass is any utensil or decorative object made of brass and, in music, brass is the sum of all the wind instruments made of brass, like trumpets, horns, and trombones. The brass is also a military term used to describe high-ranking officers. Informally, brass is an excess of self-assurance or impudence. As an adjective, brass refers to anything made out of brass or any piece of music composed for brass instruments.
This instrument is made of brass.
This section of the work is to be played entirely by the brass.
The soldiers aren't happy about some of the decisions the brass have made, but they have to obey orders.
I can't believe you had the brass to do that!
There was a collection of brass ornaments in the shop window.
Louis Armstrong recorded many famous brass songs that everyone knows today, like "When the Saints Go Marching In."
Words often used with brass
be brassed off (UK): be really annoyed. Example: "Honestly, everything has gone wrong today. My car broke down and I got into trouble at work for being late. Then I had to walk home in the rain. I'm really brassed off."
get down to brass tacks: get to the most important things. Example: "OK, that's enough small talk. Let's get down to brass tacks now."
In UK English, particularly in the North of England, brass is also a slang term for money. It is used a little less these days than it once was, but you may still hear it or come across it in old books. Example: "I'd buy that house, if only I had the brass." It is also sometimes heard in the Yorkshire dialect expression "Where there's muck, there's brass," meaning that money can be made from doing unpleasant, dirty jobs that no one else wants to do.
Brassed Off is a 1996 movie about a brass band in the north of England. You can watch the trailer here:
Brass can also be used as a verb, meaning 'to coat or cover something with brass,' though it is not common.
brassed (adjective), brassy (adjective)
Brass dates back to before the year 1000, as the Old English noun bræs (Middle English bras). It originally meant 'a yellow alloy metal made with copper,' and the name could be used for any alloy that included copper, especially bronze (a copper and tin alloy). Its origin is unknown, and there are no related words outside of English. This has not stopped linguists from proposing theories, though. Some think that brass could be related to the French verb brasser (to brew), and others propose a relation to the Old Swedish brasa (fire). Another theory links it to the Latin ferrum (iron), also of unknown origin. Because brass as we know it today (an alloy of roughly two parts copper to one part zinc) was first made by the Romans, use of the word in ancient literature, including English translations of the Bible, should usually be understood to mean 'bronze.' In fact, the noun brass was still used more generally, for any copper alloy, until the 16th century, long after the metal was commonly used. The figurative sense 'hardness durability' appeared in the late 14th century, and this sense evolved into the slang for 'impudence or excessive assurance' in the early 17th century. The sense 'the brass instruments of an orchestra or band' dates back to the early 19th century, while the slang sense for 'high military officials' is from around the year 1900, a play on the material of their badges. The adjective, meaning 'made of brass,' dates back to around the year 1400, and comes from the noun. The expression get down to brass tacks first appeared in the late 19th century in the US. The verb, meaning 'to coat or cover something with brass,' dates back to the mid-19th century, and also comes from the noun.
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