When news of the emergence of the Ancient Celestial Palace spread in Tianluo Continent and was spread to an amazing degree in the Great Thousand World, time was still passing silently and swiftly in the Space of the God Sea. In this space, where there was no sunrise or sunset, the concept of time was also reduced to the lowest level.
A stone island stood quietly on the bright red sea. Suddenly, there was a loud and clear sound that reverberated on that stone island. As that crisp sound rang out, a fire spread and permeated the surroundings as it suddenly swept from the stone island. Within moments, it had filled the sky.
That kind of fire had only a faint touch of color, but it contained a very domineering force. As the flames rose, the surrounding oceans gradually boiled up, and even the air was showing signs of distortion.
The majestic spiritual energy of heaven and earth seemed to burn. What was most surprising was that the fire seemed to contain vitality that was domineering and destructive, but at its deepest, it was full of life and mystery.
This strange flame was, of course, the Undying Flame unique to the Undying Bird!
However, the origin of this Undying Flame was not the Undying Bird Sovereign Beast. As one glanced towards it, there was a slender shadow sitting cross-legged quietly on the stone island. This beautiful figure was, of course, Nine Nether. She was greatly transformed compared to when she first cultivated. Her hair had become much longer, and each wisp was aflame, fluttering behind her back like a gorgeous trail of fire.
Moreover, each of those strands of hair seemed to contain a very powerful force that swept out like whips of fire with Nine Nether's thoughts. With that power, even the most powerful Seventh Grade Sovereigns would be utterly defeated.
Clearly, this cultivation had transformed Nine Nether completely.
She sat quietly for an unknown period of time. Her eyes, which had been closed for nearly half a year, slowly opened.
The moment her eyes opened, the whole world seemed to burn, and the space was burned and twisted where her glance converged, as if it were about to shatter. At the center of her forehead there seemed to be strange flame light runes that were gradually glowing brighter as the flames burning on her delicate body grew stronger.
A ball of white gas puffed out of Nine Nether's rosy mouth and suddenly turned into a faint flame, burning the small tree in front of her to ashes. However, when the small tree was burned, the pale white flame did not disappear. Instead, it continued to burn as a wonderful force quietly dispersed. In the ashes of the little tree, a young emerald seedling emerged and showed signs of vitality. Nine Nether peered at the young plant in the ashes, and there was a gleam of surprise in her eyes.
Behind Nine Nether, a gentle laugh sounded, but the voice seemed to contain lethargy and exhaustion. "Not bad. You have mastered some of the essence of the Undying Flame, being able to bring the dead to life. As long as you master this completely, no matter how badly you are injured in the future, you will be able to rely on the Undying Flame contained in your veins to quickly recover."
Nine Nether turned around quickly. She saw a beautiful woman dressed in elegant palace robes, however, her figure was about to dissipate. The latter's beautiful graceful face had an air of lethargy, but when she glanced at Nine Nether, her expression was gratified and pleased.
Looking at her like this, Nine Nether knew that the Spiritual Clone of the Undying Bird Sovereign Beast was at her limit. During the period of cultivation, the Spiritual Clones of the ancestors, the Myriad Spiritual Bird Sovereign Beast and Desolated Sovereign, had dissipated successively half a year ago because of the exhaustion of spiritual energy. Only the Undying Bird Sovereign Beast, with the help of the strange power of the Undying Flame, persisted to this day.
Nine Nether glanced at the beautiful lady's relieved expression as her nose prickled and tears threatened to well up. Immediately, she solemnly kneeled on the ground and bowed respectfully.
In this cultivation, if the beautiful lady had not taught her all she knew, she would not have been so perfect in absorbing and refining the Inherited Blood Essence of the Undying Bird, and she could not have refined the Undying Flame to such a degree.
The beautiful lady in palace robes received Nine Nether's bow graciously. During this period, she was quite satisfied with Nine Nether. From her perspective, Nine Nether was equally gifted. If there was no accident in the future, the probability of her evolving into a real Undying Bird was rather high. In a sense, she regarded Nine Nether as her heir.
"The road ahead is one that you have to travel on your own. Besides, the Undying Bird Clan is small. Although we are also considered as part of the Phoenix Clan, the only rulers of the Phoenix Clan are the real Phoenixes. They have always been afraid and wary of us," the beautiful lady said softly.
In the Phoenix Clan, the real Male Phoenix leads the Male Phoenix Clan, and the real Female Phoenix leads the Female Phoenix Clan, while the Undying Bird was independent. Although the Phoenix Clan treated the Undying Bird Clan with respect and politeness, it was inevitable that there would still be some wariness towards them.
Nine Nether nodded gently. She was a member of the Nine Netherbird Clan. Even if she successfully evolved into an Undying Bird, she would stay in the Nine Netherbird Clan, so she was not interested in running to the Phoenix Clan to fight for power.
As soon as Nine Nether thought of this, the flames surrounding her began to shrink and finally rolled back into her body. As the flames disappeared, her hair returned to normal, but that pair of beautiful eyes grew brighter.
Nine Nether bowed. As her hands gradually clenched into fists, she felt the magnificent spiritual energy fluctuations in her body, and she couldn't help but to smile happily.
Calculating the time, she had been cultivating in the Space of the God Sea for two years, but in the outside world, only half a year had passed. These two years were of great importance to Nine Nether. Not only had she made her own bloodline perfect, but she had also made use of the power of the Inherited Blood Essence of the Undying Bird to increase her own strength from Seventh Grade Sovereign to Ninth Grade Sovereign!
Rising two grades in two years!
Nine Nether was now a true Ninth Grade Sovereign!
If she went back to Daluo Territory, she would immediately be able to get promoted directly to become the fourth King of Daluo Territory!
If such a degree was known to ordinary people, their eyes would pop out in disbelief. After all, under normal circumstances, even if an ordinary Seventh Grade Sovereign wanted to be promoted to Eighth Grade Sovereign, it would take years of effort. Moreover, it took a lot of resources and opportunities to succeed.
Of course, this kind of promotion was also obviously unattainable. If it were not for the Inherited Blood Essence of the Undying Bird, plus this magical place of cultivation in the Space of the God Sea, and a Heavenly Sovereign to guide her personally, it would be difficult to make such progress in the absence of any one of these three conditions.
"This kind of strength, I'm sure I can help more in the future?" Nine Nether smiled, her beautiful eyes looking far away. In the past, she could feel the rapid progress of Mu Chen's power. When she first entered Daluo Territory, she was able to give Mu Chen some help, but with the gradual increase of Mu Chen's prowess, he had surpassed her.
From then on, Nine Nether could no longer help Mu Chen, even in the Land of the Divine Beasts. Mu Chen had basically been turning the tides against all the opponents, and it was as if she were only a spectator.
Nine Nether felt uncomfortable with such circumstances, as she was used to taking care of Mu Chen in the past. Suddenly, she felt like she could not help much, which she was unaccustomed to. Therefore, her vast increase in strength also allowed her to feel relieved.
She knew that Mu Chen had come to Tianluo Continent for the Ancient Celestial Palace, where he was able to acquire the evolutionary method of the Great Solar Undying Body, so everything he did was in preparation for it.
After settling the matters of the Nine Netherbird Clan, Mu Chen would fully prepare for the battle of the Ancient Celestial Palace, and at this time, her strength was greatly improved, so she would be able to lend him some help.
"Speaking of Mu Chen, it seems this guy hasn't shown up in a long time." Nine Nether's beautiful eyes glanced towards the endless ocean, and there was no figure there. It seemed that it had been a year since Mu Chen had directly dived into the sea because there was a more magnificent and refined spiritual energy there.
"Hmm?" Just as Nine Nether pondered, a terrible wave suddenly formed in the distant sea, sweeping up from the ocean floor, and above that wave, a thin figure sat quietly.
"Eh?" Nine Nether looked at the figure that appeared on the wave and could not help but let out a sigh of surprise. She noticed that the spiritual energy fluctuations around Mu Chen had not seemed to increase much. At this time, he still seemed to be a Seventh Grade Sovereign. After nearly two years of meditation and cultivation, his spiritual power had not made any progress?
Nine Nether's beautiful face was full of astonishment. In this kind of land that was great for cultivation, even if someone had poor talent, they would still be able to make some progress. What's more, Mu Chen's talent was impressive.
"This little fellow is smart." As Nine Nether was in doubt, the beautiful woman beside her smiled and said, "Concealing thick into thin, there is more than meets the eye."
Nine Nether was also intelligent, and she understood immediately. "He is deliberately suppressing it?"
The lady in palace robes gently nodded and said, "The harder the suppression, the stronger the rebound will be, but his suppression is about to hit the limit. Next we will see to what extent he can rebound."
According to her original estimate, Mu Chen's cultivation should be able to allow him to break through to Eighth Grade Sovereign. However, she didn't expect this boy to be ambitious enough to suppress the spiritual power in his body for two years. Now, if he released his shackles, his rebound would be quite strong.
It seemed that an ordinary Eighth Grade Sovereign would fail to stop this boy.
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Avery Vise
Claims that disclosure of data related to the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 program will have disastrous consequences for many trucking companies fail to acknowledge that similar data has been available for more than a decade without causing such problems, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration told a federal appeals court Monday, Dec. 6. Moreover, various arguments that the new data is misleading and inaccurate "do not withstand scrutiny," the agency said. FMCSA was responding to a motion for an emergency stay filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last week by three trucking organizations.
The inability to show irreparable harm is one of three principal reasons FMCSA says that the groups haven't met the criteria for justifying a stay. The agency said that it did not need to use notice-and-comment rulemaking because the actions in launching CSA does not establish or amend any law, standard or rule concerning the federal determination of whether a carrier is sufficiently safe to operate a motor vehicle. "It instead establishes a procedure for concentrating the agency's limited enforcement resources where they are needed most." And public interest weighs heavily against a stay because it "would deprive the entire industry of better information on safety performance and impair the Secretary's ability to implement procedures proven to be successful in targeting enforcement resources where they are needed most," FMCSA said.
Although CSA's Safety Measurement System looks at inspection and crash data in a different way than SafeStat, the type of information available to the public is the same, FMCSA said. Even the percentile rankings that have generated the most concerns with CSA are available for safety evaluation areas within SafeStat. And as with SafeStat, the data alone will not be used — at least not now — to establish a safety fitness determination, the agency said.
"The safety measurement system will compile safety data," FMCSA told the court. "But it does not establish or modify any federal safety standard. And though the system will rank carriers' safety performance, the percentile rankings merely reflect a carrier's performance relative to other carriers and emphatically do not reflect a federal determination as to whether the carrier is safe enough to operate a commercial motor vehicle."
The groups suing FMCSA are particularly concerned about the financial consequences to low-ranking carriers as shippers and freight brokers take their business elsewhere for fear of incurring vicarious liability in the event of an accident. "This contention premises a claim of harm on mere speculation as to the voluntary actions of third parties and is at odds with the historical record," FMCSA said. "The Secretary has made similar information available to the public for more than a decade without causing the disastrous economic consequences feared by petitioners."
In addition, FMCSA has "taken great care to bar public disclosure of data that is not fairly indicative of a carrier's safety performance." As with SafeStat, the public won't have access to accident data "because such information, in its current form, does not indicate whether the carrier should be accountable for a particular crash." And in response to concerns raised by public comment, the agency barred public access to the percentile rankings in the cargo-related data category because it may be skewed against certain industry segments.
FMCSA argued that the groups' request would require it to choose among unacceptable options — forgoing the safety enforcement enhancements of the new system; operating a two-tiered information system bound to create public confusion; or removing all public access to safety performance data, "thus crippling the industry's ability to use safety performance data to make important business decisions."
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Transfers/Rumours
Fergie: We Wanted Villa
David Villa is one of the few big name players who can actually be proud of their World Cup performance, with him scoring 5 goals in 5 games.
Villa signed for Barcelona at the beginning of the summer, after United put a last minute bid in for the striker. He seems to be worth every penny of the £35m the Spaniards spent.
"We've looked at a few options," said Ferguson. "We did consider David Villa but he was always going to Barcelona. I just don't believe there is value out there at the moment. I'm very happy with the strength of our squad as it is."
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pooch July 5, 2010
oh and btw im strongly advocating that we dont NEED to buy, other than a goalie to replace the evergreen VDS and possibly a DM in mould of keane or gattuso, but when we do i'd rather up and coming talent than some overpriced and overrated big name. Saf is right, the market is ridiculous at present, and just beacuse someone has a good world cup doesnt mean they can hack it in PM and be worth their transfer fee which will be inflated. I'd also love a schneider or schweinsteiger in the squad but schneider should have been bought last year if at all and either now will be overpriced. Id love aguero or messi to be playing at old trafford but its not realistic.
@wakey
i know this. im not confused. i'm not sure if its 7 or 8 which need to be homegrown though. i think we're over by 1, ie we have about 18 players that are over 21 and not homegrown. Therefore we do need to sell before we can buy "foreign" over 21 talent anyway. So you (and myself) are right, we need to reduce the squad, but i think its only by 1 player, but yes that would need to happen before we buy, and therefore all these arguments about signing villa or not are ridiculous anyway.
wayne July 5, 2010
@costas ok who would you sign who's available right thats going to make a instant huge difference to the team now how much would you pay for him and how much would you pay him? you have to agree regardless of who owned utd there has always been a pay structure in place once one player gets huge wages everyone else goes knocking on the door for a raise,if sir alex wanted to cause a mutiny he could by saying the glaziers are shit heads and won't give him any money to spend and ask the fans to stop going, old trafford would be empty overnight he's more powerful than the glaziers and has no reason to lie,over and over again he's said the glaziers are great owners he has money but chooses not to use it why don't people believe him i don't understand that and i'm just sick and tired of so called fans questioning his integrtity its just wrong he has nothing to gain by lying.now suggesting the glaziers are so broke that they risk pissing rooney off my making a few thousands pounds on book sales i'm sorry the anti glazier movement has reached a level thats just stupid.its pretty easy really put up or shut up find the 1.5bill or start beleving in sir alex and support the club,wait for him to be unhappy sorry my comment is so long i'm just really tired of all this negatvitity thats doing no good to the club
@costas i also think city has a plan to go after everyone utd are interested in and to outbid us in the market and wages its pretty obvious the arabs don't care about money or how many people they sign for stupid amounts of money which makes sir alex's job even harder to get a well established top player
Costas July 5, 2010
@wayne
Not ducking the question, but I don't have the details about who is out there. I can tell you how I envision things though. I disagree on the instant impact thing. We are not Real Madrid in the sense that we don't always look for established players. I liked the piece of business we did with Anderson and Nani back in 2007 for example. Or with Vidic and Evra in 2006. Also, as you said, going after the bigger names right now won't do us a lot of good because that's where we will probably butt heads with City. But they won't go after every player that interests United. Say we made a bid for Ozil before the WC and even now. I don't think they would be interested in him now. The wage structure is a different issue. At United we've done a great job of keeping a good balance, but as times change, I wonder how long we can keep going like this. Look how much someone like Joe Cole is asking for.
Anyway, in my opinion it's pointless to enter into a debate about whether Fergie supports the Glazers or he doesn't. For me, Fergie isn't part of the problem or the solution. He is there to do his job. Just to round up, I will repeat something that I said in the past. For me, it's not about buying for the sake of buying. It's about keeping the squad fresh and young. And right now we have to bounce back after losing the title. And looking at previous summers that followed disappointing seasons, we had a tendency to spend more to battle our weaknesses(Stam and Yorke in 98, Rio in 02, Rooney, Smith and Heinze in 04).
@costas i agree sir alex is there to do a job my problem is people calling him a liar.we've already added fresh faces in smalling and hernandez the summer is not over yet i'm just not a big fan of spending large amounts of money on a rentboy because most of the time its a bust.we don't disagree on the transfer policy but there is tons of fans who want a 40mill player brought in
Gee July 5, 2010
@ Wakey
I didn't mention the Glazers did I, and I said IF we are skint I would prefer SAF told us we were and not start saying who we have gone for but missed out on. The press don't mean shit so he doesn't have to bow to them for fuck all, but as fans he should just tell us what the score is, this no value in the market is tired!! I'm not calling SAF a liar but I think he is being economical with the truth!! Especially when he has spent millions on players in the past with no issue about value, was berba value, was veron value, no but he paid the going rate so what's changed!! And that's why I 'bitch'!! I don't want to spend £110 million coz we don't need to but I do think we need a world class attacking mid, and sticking with the signing young players why not bid for Ozil, £25 to £30 mill for a top class young player is value!! As it was with Rooney. Now if you think we are good enough to win everything next season fair play, I however don't mate, we need a new spark in midfield and we need it now, in my opinion.
King Eric July 5, 2010
Costas - Hello mate, hope you are well. You are right , Silva didn't stay in Spain, but then he WAS offerered a contract probably around 200 grand a week. Greedy fuckers mate that I want nowhere near United. I actually think Fergie will buy someone.
Why do people think that if United want someone we should just go and get them? It doesn't fucking work like that as I keep reiterating. Is the player under contract, is his attitude right, does he want to come to England, does he want to join United, will his club sell?
Gee - I think the answer to your question "was Veron value, was Berbatov value" pretty much answers itself. Hence the reason he may well be reluctant to spunk that sort of money again. Fergie has fuck all to say to fans, his record is one that we shouldn't really question.
@King Eric
how do mate, it's been along time!
I'm not questioning SAF's record at all and never would but first and foremost I support Utd, going back to my original point, I would just prefer him to say nothing about players unless we have signed them and if he doesn't want to sign anyone then so be it, although I would like us to sign another player, I would still back SAF. My issue goes back to the end of last season when SAF himself on live tv said we needed a few players to get the squad back on it's toes and battling for places in the team, then 10 days later he said we have a good squad and we might add one player but we may not. Now that for me is a little strange mate and concerning.
Also SAF was happy to splash the cash in between Veron and Berba so the not willing to spunk that much out again doesn't add up mate. And I really don't buy this value for money business anyway coz the Market is going to get more and more fucked by the likes of the virus and shitty. Like I've already said you have to pay the going rate and we have played or part in pumping up the Market ourselves in the past.
Everything's fine. Hope you are well too. The main problem for me right now is the attitude. Forget about Scholes, Giggs and Nev. I don't think we can find players even with Fletcher and Sheasy's attitude anymore. In their vast majority, players have changed and they go where the money takes them nowdays. As much as some people like to see him get shot or break his leg, Berbatov was one of the last examples of a player putting his desire ahead of his greed on the day he joined us. That's a problem we will have to deal with. Should we offer someone lilke Toure or Silva what they get at City. No. But we have to work harder to find players and snap them up before they fulfil their potential. Hate metnioning him over and over again, but we could have done this with Ozil. Of course he could prove me wrong once he does reach a big club...
Wakey July 5, 2010
@Costas
With the Big Fee players we have bought in the past they have been purchases which SAF felt were worth their fees. What so many people also forget is that Uniteds financial situation didn't suddenly get worse in the 12 months after we splashed £30mill on Berba, if anything the situation improved as markets were rebounding. We also know of 2 big fee offers by United and we have spent significant amounts on 2 players of potential in Smalling and Hernandez. We were also close to signing Costa if it hadn't been for his club getting gready (United were looking to pay 7mill upfront with addons to 12mill. They demanded 12mill and addons. Then turned down an offer of a trial so plug was pulled. Gremio had to then settle for a £5mill offer Shaktar. This is exactly why we shouldn't be spending silly money as we get taken advantage of)
Its 7 I believe. Our HG list is as follows
1) Neville
2) Hargreaves
4) Brown
5) Owen
6) Anderson
7) Rooney
8) Giggs
9) Carrick
10) Scholes
11) O'shea
12) Evans
13) Fletcher
14) Gibson
15) De Laet
While 3 of those will almost certainly retire next summer we have a number of young players like the Da Silva's and Kiko who when they become 21 will be HG
@Gee
Did Veron turn out to be value? No
Has Berba justifed his fee yet? No
However in Verons case he was one of if not the best Midfielder in Europe at the time and he offered a type of play that SAF felt the team needed.
The same with Berba SAF felt he offered a style of play that would have enhanced the squad. Mind you with Berba we were forced to pay more due to a combination of a Norweign Fan Site passing itself off as official, the press not fact checking and reporting it as united, Liverpool pissing Levy off with their Keane tapping up and then City. By all accounts the deal wa nearly done at 22mill, then Liverpool pissed Levy up and he started to play hardball but the deal again was about to be done at 25mill only for the fan site to report it as a done deal which the press reported as an Official united site reporting it which saw Levy get pissed off again which allowed it to get to Transfer Deadline day when City suddenly came into money and bid 30mill. So it was pay the fee or the whole summer would have been wasted.
"sticking with the signing young players why not bid for Ozil, £25 to £30 mill for a top class young player is value"
How do you know a deal for such a player isn't in the pipeline? And on Ozil specifically a good world cup doesn't make a good player. If we went on WC alone then we would have to sell Rooney this minute as clearly he is hopeless.
He was available for just over £4mill in 2008 and we were actually the only major club to express any interest by all accounts. I don't know if we put an actual offer in for him and he turned us down or if it was just an equiry and we choose to pass. Even leading upto the world cup he wasn't be linked with any top club. We certainly shouldn't be spending 25-30mill on his world cup and as he was on our Radar before I'm sure tabs were kept on him so the club will have a better idea than we do on his potential to fit into the team
As I have mentioned to Gee when he was leaving Schalke we DID express an interest in him. I don't know why it didn't go through, perhaps he turned us down but I suspect we didn't take our interest further.
Ozil is a player however who the World Cup has suddenly made him a star but apart from that his claim to fame is his u21 performance aagainst England. I'm not doubting he is quality but I suspect that our scouting team have a more complete and rounded view of him than we do
But we are not the only club that gets taken advantage of are we? Every big club goes through the same troubles when they to sign players. Maybe negotiating a suitable transfer fee isn't David Gill's forte? And I repeat that if we were going to go for a player this season, saying " we have x amount of money in the bank" was not wise. I agree that our economic situation didn't get worse since 2008. Our net spend in the last 3 transfer markets has been + 68 million.
As for Ozil, of course the WC made him a star. No denying that. I won't be smart and say that I knew what player he was beforehand. And the future will show whether he is a flash in the pun or not. It wouldn't have hurt to buy him and see what he is all about would it? Was Tosic for example regarded higher than him?
Gee - Hello mate, how are you? Sorry my last post to you was a bit muddled up. I wasn't for one minute suggesting YOU doubt Fergie.
I've wanted us to sign Ozil for a long time mate, well before the world cup, he has looked good since I first saw him at schalke, he reminded me of a young Kaka. The world cup unfortunately has pumped his value up but that's life, we snapped Hernandez up coz we feared the same thing would happen and we should have with Ozil and we didn't, shit happens!! but from what I've seen of this kid growing up he is gunna be a big deal!! So well worth 25-30 mil in the long run. And how do you know We expressed an interest in him anyway, you sure you don't read to many stories off the net or from the papers or are you indeed a reporter!! Lol!!
@ King Eric
I'm good thanks mate, enjoying the weather and getting plenty of BBQ and beer time in!! How about you pal?
That's alright mate, as with you I would never lose faith in SAF, I trust his decisions totally. I think I'm just getting frustrated that we seem to be standing still and when we come out and say we have bid for this guy or that guy but he went elsewhere it really fucks me off!! I'd rather not know lol!!
PunjabiRed July 7, 2010
Boo Hoo Fergie has no money. Quit your whining, I for one am happy that we can shift our focus on developing and blooding our youngsters this year. Another trophyless season and we can better assess our situation and what holes need to be filled.


To live on purpose is to live with intention. Many folks allow life to happen to them and make reactive decisions based on circumstance or perceived limitations. Circumstance and limitations are real and worthy of examination but do not, truly, have the capacity to cause complete stagnation and suffering in life. We have a very high degree of control over our experience both mental and physical.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Noelle Cordeaux, CEO and co-founder of JRNI, a coach training program and coaching collective. She is also a feminist scholar, coach, speaker, and sexologist who specializes in the relationship with the self. She has carved out a unique niche in the world of coaching, combining positive psychology with clinical sexology to help her clients gain true progress. Noelle holds a B.A. in Literature from Rutgers University and a Graduate Certificate in Executive and Professional Coaching from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Becoming a CEO at age 36 was not part of my life plan. It's hard and there are days when I face my isolating mountain of work with a grim view. Becoming an economic justice warrior was also not part of my plan. I never dreamed that creating jobs in an emerging industry and championing folks to begin second, third, fourth, and fifth careers would become my life's work. But it has, and I have accepted the challenge before me.
I am not a stranger to personal transformation. I have lived many different lives. I suffered from eating disorders at a young age, experienced trauma and debilitating depression in my 20's, fell into an unhealthy marriage that ended in divorce and stumbled out into the world at age 29 incredibly, unsure of myself and reeling from the weight of expectations that are levied on women's bodies and minds. I didn't believe I was fit to make something out of the lumber of my life, let alone build a temple where others could find peace.
I set about seeking. I learned. I read. I fell in love with the science of applied positive psychology and began to understand what it meant to have self-agency and self-efficacy. I was encouraged to do something with my time by a community of mentors who I deeply love and admire. I applied to graduate school and was accepted. I maintained a 4.0 through two masters degrees and in 2013 and began to lend my voice to the online community that would become JRNI and our life coach training program, The Catalyst Coaching Intensive. I was accepted into my dream PhD at age 35 and JRNI was launched in its first iteration later that year. I left my PhD to take the helm at JRNI and brought my young company to profitability within a year.
I am driven by the stories of the coaches we train and by the stories of the individuals who come to our community for support. I could be any one of these folks and they could be me. I'm not unique. I have simply accessed tools, education and community support that changed my life. I believe it's vital to provide others with the education, community, support, and opportunity to do the same. It's also vital to herald that second, third, fourth, and fifth chances are possible, that there are people who care, and that finding meaning (through connection to others) is within reach.
To live on purpose is to live with intention. Many folks allow life to happen to them and make reactive decisions based on circumstance or perceived limitations. Circumstance and limitations are real and worthy of examination but do not, truly, have the capacity to cause complete stagnation and suffering in life. We have a very high degree of control over our experience both mental and physical. It takes guts to face reality and decide to buck circumstance. It takes grit to actually create change; but just like learning any other new skill, once you get the hang of creating change and choosing how you want to exist, it gets easier.
There was, however, a small glimmer of hope that lived inside of me. I knew, intuitively that I had something special to share with the world. People always came to me for help. I have an extraordinary capacity to calm and inspire others. I took a job helping adult students chart their academic course and the flicker that lived inside me began to spark.
After having such a great experience with the adult students, I began to get curious about my gift of helping others. I started googling words like "planning," "helping," and so on. At the time, my belief in myself was so shriveled, the thought of going to graduate school seemed impossible. I am actually grateful for this, because I discovered the field of coaching as an alternative to pursuing clinical psychology.
At the time the coaching field was really undeveloped, so I started to teach myself. Since I had no idea what I was doing, I used myself as a subject. The flame inside me grew hotter. As I started to change, my life changed as well. I developed a sense of agency. "Hey," I thought, "This is working! I can coach people!" For the first time in my life, I had a PURPOSE.
My new found purpose spurred me, and I became determined to become a coach. I was terrified of school. I was terrified of failure. Truthfully, I was terrified to live.
But because I had my purpose, I pushed on anyway. I enrolled in my very first coaching program. Even then I was so scared. If I had the opportunity to tell my younger self that I would one day be the CEO of a coaching company I think I would have been to scared to step on the path. My journey has been one of many small steps, each one proving to me that my legs are sturdy. If you are reading this and feel fear, you do not have to know what the future holds, you just have to believe that you too, are capable of taking one step at a time.
We live in a world of increasing individualism, even when scarcity is making it harder and harder to survive without each other. Walk out onto any street corner and you will see people with their heads down, on their phones, avoiding human contact. Our communities are disintegrating. We are losing sight of the fact that connection to community and tribe is a primal, vital part of being human. We are killing this aspect of our humanity and isolation is killing us. So, too, is a focus on material gain. We know from the science of positive psychology that authentic happiness is actually based on having goals in the areas of friendship, helping others and love.
At my company JRNI we believe there is no such thing as a broken human. We believe everyone is capable of, and entitled to, an authentic and fulfilling life. Our approach to wellness is strongly rooted in economic justice. We are living in unprecedented times where humans are being displaced by automation at staggering rates. The field of wellness is a great economic equalizer. Anyone can be taught intersectionality, empathy, basic coaching skills, and how to hold space for others. Wellness is one of the few market segments that has the capacity to withstand economic volatility as the emerging middle class consumer searches en mass for relief from emotional pain and isolation. We are seeking to train coaches, create jobs, and foster connection and community world wide.
Drink plenty of water. I'm serious here! Staying hydrated flushes your system, keeps you healthy and quite literally quenches thirst. If I'm feeling foggy, or as if I'm not making my best decisions, I know it's time to drink water and get my mental faculties back on track, which helps me stay joyful and connected to the present moment.
Engage in 15 minutes of strenuous exercise every day. For me, this has the same mental impact as antidepressants and keeps me on track with what I need to do. Moving our bodies is a wonderful way to feel present and connected to the earth and to this beautiful world.
Make time to dream about the future out loud. Future visioning is a very powerful applied positive intervention. Sharing your vision with others creates bonding and accountability towards goal accomplishment. This produces very joyful conversations and reconnects me strongly to my purpose. When I know where I'm going, it helps me feel even more excitement for daily life.
Express gratitude. This is different than feeling gratitude for yourself though that is important too. Tell people why and how you are grateful for them. Get out of your own head and connect! When we tell others the ways in which we are grateful for them, it increases our own capacity for joy and happiness.
Savor. I always rely on the sky when I need a dose of inspiration. It is always beautiful, free and accessible. When we take time to experience small pleasures, to really savor things as they happen, we're able to appreciate the larger things that we have to be grateful and excited about.
Don't sweat the small stuff. It is very tempting to give energy to small, irritating things. A coaching technique is to appraise the emotion and decide with intention if it is something to which you wish to give your time. You only have so much time. Use it wisely. Life's too short, and enjoying the time we spend here is a large part of living well.
A documentary called "What the Bleep Do We Know," was the catalyst for all of my personal change. I still adhere to the notion that I can change my reality at any time.
Lewis Carroll, from Alice in Wonderland — Alice: "I try to believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast." If we do not believe in the impossible, life will be very boring indeed!
My job is full time and then some. My project is running my company that offers low cost coach training for individuals and turn-key solutions to organizations that are solving some of society's most pressing problems in the space of healthcare, corporate wellness, health promotion and research. Our coaching products and virtual support groups are designed to reach isolated and vulnerable populations who face barriers to receive support, help them engage in community, and find meaningful direction in life.
There is hope. There is so much hope in the world and kindness. It's right below the surface. We are harnessing the power of a collective of folks who truly give back to society and each other.
I am inspiring a movement towards authentic living and connection through my work at JRNI. We're young, but mighty. We are creating radical change through love and community. And it's working. Join us.
5 Ways To Optimize Mental Wellness During Stressful Family Gatherings, With Noelle Cordeaux.
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My last WordPress blog had over a million hits. I don't know why I quit blogging through here and went to tumblr, especially now since they are banning all things adult related.
I will be updating this blog regularly with my thoughts, reviews, life happenings, fashion, dating, trans-life and more.


Treating all urological conditions in both men and women.
We welcome Private and Public patients.
Dr Hockings is a preferred provider with certain health funds.
She operates at Hollywood Private Hospital and Armadale Hospital and is fully accredited at St John of God, Osborne Park, Bentley and Glengarry.


Stuttgart International Airport approx. 30 km distant.
Change at Stuttgart Main Station for a mainline train heading towards Aalen, or take the S-Bahn urban railway (line S3 to Backnang or S2 to Schorndorf) as far as Waiblingen.
Take Uferstraße/B10/B14 towards Esslingen, take the B14 exit towards Waiblingen. Continue on the B14 and take the Fellbach/Waiblingen Süd exit. Follow signs to Waiblingen-Hegnach. Once you have entered the district of Hegnach, after passing two gas stations, turn left into Esslinger Straße.
Take the A8 towards Munich/Ulm until exit 54 for Esslingen, then continue to exit B10 towards Stuttgart. Continue along the B10 until you reach the B14 exit towards Waiblingen. Continue on the B14 and take the Fellbach/Waiblingen Süd exit. Follow signs to Waiblingen-Hegnach. Once you have entered the district of Hegnach, after passing two gas stations, turn left into Esslinger Straße.
take the Ludwigsburg-Nord exit. Drive across Friedrichstraße on the L1140. Follow this road over the L1100 and the L1140 (crossing the River Neckar) and join the L1142 to Waiblingen-Hegnach. Once you have entered the district of Hegnach, after passing two gas stations, turn right into Esslinger Straße.
at the Stuttgart autobahn junction take the A8 towards Munich. Take exit 54 for Esslingen, then continue to exit B10 towards Stuttgart. Continue along the B10 until you reach the B14 exit towards Waiblingen. Continue on the B14 and take the Fellbach/Waiblingen Süd exit. Follow signs to Waiblingen-Hegnach. Once you have entered the district of Hegnach, after passing two gas stations, turn left into Esslinger Straße.
take exit 54 for Esslingen, then continue to exit B10 towards Stuttgart. Continue along the B10 until you reach the B14 exit towards Waiblingen. Continue on the B14 and take the Fellbach/Waiblingen Süd exit. Follow signs to Waiblingen-Hegnach. Once you have entered the district of Hegnach, after passing two gas stations, turn left into Esslinger Straße.
take the Wendlingen exit and continue on the B313 until you reach the Esslingen exit. Take the B10 towards Stuttgart. Continue along the B10 until you reach the B14 exit towards Waiblingen. Continue on the B14 and take the Fellbach/Waiblingen Süd exit. Follow signs to Waiblingen-Hegnach. Once you have entered the district of Hegnach, after passing two gas stations, turn left into Esslinger Straße.


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Dare to Disagree Meet the people who embrace disagreement as a force for good and see how it has shaped their lives, careers, and relationships.
Connect on twitter with hosts Io @Io_M and Tony @GDC_London and find out more about the Great Debaters Club at www.greatdebaters.co.uk.
Dare to Disagree - meet the defence expert whose job is to play Devil's Advocate to the British Army
Meet Jack Watling, a research fellow for the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the world's oldest defence and security think tank. In this episode, Jack talks to hosts Io and Tony about how learning to debate at school and working as a journalist earlier in his career prepared him to be the person the British Army's top brass call on to challenge and improve their plans for keeping the country safe in the years ahead. He also shares some tried and tested advice on how to manage nerves before a big meeting or presentation and how to work out which arguments are worth having.
Dare to Disagree
Meet the people who embrace disagreement as a force for good and see how it has shaped their lives, careers, and relationships.


"Christopher Walken" by Julian Schnabel.
Graffiti mural by Alexis Diaz.
At the entrance of Lago by Julian Serrano inside the Bellagio, a colossal 1,500-square-foot mosaic map of Milan welcomes guests as they enter the restaurant. It is inspired by Italian Futurism, the sweeping artistic cultural movement of early 20th century Italy. The abstract map is comprised of colored back-lit glass panels that employ a color gradient for contrast separated by bright metal inserts to represent Milan's roadways.
"3D Sculpture of Morimoto" by Mozart Guerra.
"The Age of Bronze" by Auguste Rodin.


A housing society of the Shia Ismaili Muslims in Pakistan's volatile Karachi city near which IS militants today gunned down 45 members of the minority community, had received threats of a major attack a year ago, according to security sources.
The residents of the Al Azhar Housing Society near Safoora Goth had received death threats from unidentified persons one year back, a security source said.
For a few months, the Ismaili community was given proper security but after some time when everything remained peaceful the security was slowly withdrawn, the source added.
He said investigators have also found a pamphlet of the Islamic State at the site of the attack this morning proclaiming the advent of the terror group in Pakistan.
In the latest cold-blooded sectarian violence targetting the minority Shia community, six to eight motorbike-borne assailants opened fire indiscriminately at a bus ferrying over 60 people to a community centre to stop it.
The attackers killed 45 people - 26 men and 17 women - and wounded more than 20 others before fleeing from the scene, police said.


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package org.apereo.cas.pm.web.flow.actions;

import org.apereo.cas.authentication.Credential;
import org.apereo.cas.authentication.MessageDescriptor;
import org.apereo.cas.authentication.support.password.PasswordExpiringWarningMessageDescriptor;
import org.apereo.cas.pm.web.flow.PasswordManagementWebflowUtils;
import org.apereo.cas.web.flow.CasWebflowConstants;
import org.apereo.cas.web.flow.actions.BaseCasWebflowAction;
import org.apereo.cas.web.support.WebUtils;

import lombok.val;
import org.springframework.webflow.execution.Event;
import org.springframework.webflow.execution.RequestContext;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * This is {@link HandlePasswordExpirationWarningMessagesAction}.
 *
 * @author Misagh Moayyed
 * @since 5.3.0
 */
public class HandlePasswordExpirationWarningMessagesAction extends BaseCasWebflowAction {
    /**
     * Attribute indicating password expiration warnings are found.
     */
    public static final String ATTRIBUTE_NAME_EXPIRATION_WARNING_FOUND = "passwordExpirationWarningFound";

    @Override
    public Event doExecute(final RequestContext context) {
        val attributes = context.getCurrentEvent().getAttributes();
        val warnings = (Collection<MessageDescriptor>)
            attributes.get(CasWebflowConstants.ATTRIBUTE_ID_AUTHENTICATION_WARNINGS, Collection.class, new LinkedHashSet<>(0));
        val found = warnings
            .stream()
            .filter(PasswordExpiringWarningMessageDescriptor.class::isInstance)
            .findAny();
        context.getFlowScope().put(ATTRIBUTE_NAME_EXPIRATION_WARNING_FOUND, found.isPresent());
        Optional.ofNullable(WebUtils.getCredential(context, Credential.class))
                .ifPresent(upc -> PasswordManagementWebflowUtils.putPasswordResetUsername(context, upc.getId()));
        return null;
    }
}

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With over 20 years' experience in the telecommunications industry, Emtelle is a leading global manufacturer of blown fibre and ducted network solutions. Emtelle has a proven track record, and a reputation for exemplary customer service.
The history of telecommunications and the nature of Emtelle are intrinsically linked. As Emtelle has responded to changes in technology, market demand and customer expectation, their innovation, expansion, and development have, in turn, helped shape the industry.
Flomatik is an accredited Network Planning partner to Emtelle, with a number of personnel trained and accredited in deploying their contemporary, innovative blown fibre products and solutions, in Carrier, Metro and Access network applications.


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It's 20 years since the First Lego League (FLL) was founded, turning one of the most successful children's toys ever into a scientific tool for learning.
This year's Hydro-Dynamics theme has involved our Year 6 Robotics Club developing a project to address a modern-day challenge: saving water.
Each household on average uses 900 litres of water per day so they have set a target for Infant and Junior School families of saving 150 litres each per week.
As part of FLL, they then built their own Lego Mindstorms robot, incorporating motors and sensors, and programmed it to complete a set of missions as outlined in the league rules.
They were one of 18 junior school teams who converged on Hewlett Packard's Bristol base, performing as 'Girls in Red', where they showed precisely what they had learned.
The robot games are laid out on table-height mats with all structures made out of Lego parts and the teams compete in hectic, two-minute rounds to win points for successfully completed missions.
Mrs Joyce said: "The girls designed, built and programmed their own robot to carry out the required manoeuvres for missions such as pipe laying, flushing toilets, or building a fountain.
"This competition enables so much learning: programming, problem-solving, teamwork, and perseverance.
"When things go right there's a huge sense of achievement – but it's not about winning and losing – in the First Lego League it's about friendly competition and sharing knowledge."
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Encouraging our children to immerse themselves in quality story-telling, where time and effort is invested, will reap benefits.
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Year 6 win U11 Hockey Tournament in tense final match.
Dinosaur WOW Day at the Junior School
A 'roaringly' successful day of exploration.
Running for heads and hearts
The Junior School hear how running can make you feel good about yourself.
Juniors visit Cheltenham Literature Festival
Year 4 pupils had a fantastic day out at this famous literary festival.
Explorative STEM Week at the Junior School
A week full of inspiration and invention
Headteacher's blog: Nurturing the soul
Lisa Brown discusses the importance of a balanced curriculum which values creativity and nurtures the soul.
Students speak to the Bristol Zoological Society
Following months of data analysis, six students present their scientific findings to the Bristol Zoological Society and members of the public.
Active Travel Week at the Junior School
A walking bus, rewarding breakfast and happy shoes!
Redmaids' High alumna out in the world
Valued alumna reminds us of the wide-reaching benefit of an international education.


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Rapper killer Mike has launched a bank for African Americans
Faced injustices experienced by members of the African-American community in USA, An activist decided to take action. He Killer Mike (From his real name Michael Render), A well-known rapper and activist in society for his positions and activities for the empowerment of blacks. He announced a few hours ago CNN His desire was to start a bank reserved exclusively for African Americans: Greenwood.
The bank, which is fully digital, aims to support black entrepreneurs and help them succeed in their projects. Killer Mike has repeatedly condemned the plight of black entrepreneurs in the business world. Due to the limited access to credit and financial assistance from banks, many blacks have to defend themselves, where many other categories have easy access to finance. "I want the working class to understand that this is a platform దు do not break you… It is a platform for a young man trying to get a piece of an American dream... a black bank, or platform like Greenwood, means that a black man must go for his haircut every week. If I have a client who comes four times a month, it's not just four cuts at cut 25, it's four more sales opportunities whether it's a brush, scarf or hair butter.The rapper told CNN.
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As the artist explains, Greenwood is a bank designed for black society and black society "For young families, for young people who want their share in the American dream". The bank name was not randomly selected. Greenwood actually indicates Tusla Business District where the racist assassination of wealthy black industrialists took place (read here), Almost 100 years ago. Launched in October, the site already has over 400,000 registration requests.
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Tracing its origins to 1932 at Dallas Love Field, Dallas Airmotive, a BBA Aviation company, got its start repairing and overhauling aircraft piston engines. Today Dallas Airmotive focuses on servicing turbine engines used by business and general aviation, government, military, airline and rotor wing operators around the world. As a leading independent OEM-authorized turbine engine repair and overhaul organization, we have forged bonds with turbine engine manufacturers that go back more than 60 years. Working with these OEMs, we are proud to have developed many of the repair and overhaul techniques that are standard in the industry today. Over the years, we have continued to add engine authorizations, services and capabilities that encompass the majority of turbine-powered business and general aviation aircraft flying today, with support that extends to every corner of the globe.
If you are looking for a rewarding career with a time-tested leader in the aviation industry, we encourage you to apply for this challenging and gratifying career opportunity by clicking above.
Performs assigned tasks in the set up and operation of equipment to rebuild parts required for further processing in returning to service components and engines for which the Repair Station is rated, according to their ability and certification to perform such work, following all health and safety practices and requirements.
* May conduct a preliminary evaluation in "as received condition" of any part delivered for repair documenting the state of preservation and apparent defects.
* Upon completion of a specific task the incumbent will maintain notes and sign off the paperwork/records using his/her initials indicating the item is ready for handoff/turnover to other repair station personnel.
* Responsible for keeping a clean and orderly work area and ensuring that FOD preventions practices are followed in their work area.
* Inform and advise employees in lower rated jobs to perform specific assignments to accomplish repair/overhaul.
* Maintain DAI image and relate in responsible manner to customers, manufacturers and government reps.
* Utilize electronic databases in order to retrieve information regarding aircraft parts inventory, manufacturing models, serial numbers/pertinent information to ensure correct engine documentation on the tags and clearance check forms. Uses carts and racks in order to transport turbine engine parts.
* Notify supervisor regarding any discrepancies such as improper routing, blue print and diagram variances, or improper tag documentation as needed.
Should have one to three years (1-3), with three to five (3-5) years preferred of related experience in related area, including actual experience and training in measuring instruments and gauges as outlined above as well as mathematics, blueprints, etc.
* Ability to express or exchange ideas verbally with peers, clients, and public. Ability to get along with co-workers and peers.
* Maintenance of regular attendance and punctuality within customary tolerance.
* High school graduate preferred. Must understand shop math, blueprint reading and some knowledge of geometrics.
* Must be able to coat a set of two test panels and three bond specimens, consecutively, in one continuous operational sequence, using the same set up and procedures so that the coatings on all five pieces in the set, pass the bond strength test and cut test (no failures).
* Must be able to read and interpret decimals, fractions, blueprints, manuals, directives, drawings and some basic knowledge of metals and its properties.
* Previous experience in a QC Inspector role preferred.
* Shop Work: exerting up to (25-50) pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
* Work involves walking, sitting, driving or standing for brief periods of time.
* Near clarity of vision is required for close up engine and chart/document analysis.
* Reaching: extending hands and arms in any direction.
* Handling: seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hand(s). Fingers are involved to the extent that they are an extension of the hand, such as to turn a switch or shift gears such as picking, pinching or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.
* Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word to impart oral information to convey detailed spoken instruction to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly.
* Hearing: perceiving the nature of sounds by ear.
* Engine shop environments, including: hoists, heavy parts, hazardous chemicals and fluids with use of precision instruments, stringent housekeeping and work area safety regulations and practices to observe and maintain.
* Environment may include brief periods of elevated noise exposure due to engine testing.
This job description shows typical requirements of a position within this job classification. This description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Individual positions may vary slightly in functions, job dimensions and requirements. Candidates whose disabilities make them unable to meet these requirements will still be considered fully qualified if they can perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation.


THE SMALL THINGS: In which I wave at the sky.
A view is a very fine thing, I do love to have a view. I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be one of those women in the chemist. It might be nice to try it for a week or so, but I fear I am destined to be earthy as well.


Dr. Natasha B. Leighl, M.D.
Natasha Leighl is a medical oncologist at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada, and Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
After receiving her MD from the University of Toronto, Dr Leighl completed residencies in internal medicine at the University of Calgary and in medical oncology at the University of Toronto. She subsequently completed a Fellowship in Thoracic Oncology with Dr Frances Shepherd at the Princess Margaret Hospital, a Fellowship in Clinical Oncology with Professor Martin Tattersall at the University of Sydney, Australia, and received her MMSc in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Newcastle, Australia.
Dr Leighl's main interest is in developing new treatments in lung cancer. She is a member of the Lung Disease Site Executive and co-chairs the Committee on Economic Analysis in the NCIC Clinical Trials Group. Dr Leighl is currently Web Editor of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Section Co-Editor of The Oncologist and Current Oncology and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. She has served on several committees including as Lung Track Leader for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Cancer Education Committee, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Medical Oncology Examination Board and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) Career Development and Continuing Education Committees. She is currently President of Lung Cancer Canada and has recently been awarded the OSI Pharmaceuticals Foundation Chair in Cancer New Drug Development at the University Health Network, University of Toronto.


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The County High School Law of 1901 established a precedent for twelve years pf public-school education for rural Oklahoma youth. The measure was Oklahomans' second effort to provide their children with more than eight years of schooling. In Oklahoma Territory (O.T.) after 1890, rural education at first comprised "subscription schools," paid for by pupils' parents. In the Indian nations, various schools and academies operated under tribal governance or in connection with religious missions. The 1890 Organic Act for O.T. directed each county to set up school districts and build schools as part of its organization for governance. In 1891 the territory's legislature enabled counties to create a high school for every six-mile-square township; that law was repealed in 1893. The existing rural schools, then called "common schools," offered classes through only the first eight grades.
In 1901 the Oklahoma Territory legislature passed a county High School Law. This act gave every county with more than six thousand residents responsibility to establish one county high school for the entire county, in addition to the existing common schools. As money and transportation were lacking, only four counties—Logan, Alfalfa, Creek, and Okfuskee—successfully set up such a facility. Logan County expanded the existing Guthrie High School into a twenty-three-room building attended by 422 pupils from all around the county. Alfalfa County gained a high school, situated at Helena, originally in Woods County but attached to Alfalfa when the map was redrawn. The school had six teachers and 185 students. Creek County established a high school in 1909 at Mounds for more than 100 students, but with no new building. Okfuskee County High School opened at Paden in 1909 with only a few dozen in attendance at an existing facility. The legislature also built regional schools at Tonkawa (University Preparatory School, 1901), and at Claremore (Eastern University Prep School, 1909). Both were co-educational.
All of these schools offered either a three- or four-year program of study. The curricula were college preparatory (English, history, mathematics, foreign languages, science) but following the precepts of John Dewey's Progressive Education movement, also included vocational education in agriculture, domestic science (home economics), commercial practices (business methods), and teaching. Graduates of a three-year school earned a teaching certificate and admission to a state normal school; graduates of a four-year program could be admitted to the state university or the state agricultural and mechanical university.
Throughout the territorial period and past 1907 statehood, counties' governments and voters consistently rejected tax levies for school construction. In some cases, a growing number of villages and small towns opened a three-year high school, obviating the need for a county-wide school. Transportation of children to one central location was also an issue. By 1908, 184 of 353 village, town, and city school districts offered some level of high school education. The 1901 County High School Law was repealed in 1909. However, in 1911 the Legislature passed a law that applied only to Cimarron County for a county high school at Boise City.
Nevertheless, Oklahoma's Constitution did mandate free public education and compulsory school attendance from age eight to sixteen. Immediately after statehood, increasing population led counties to establish many rural common school districts. For another three decades the counties' common schools, serving grades one through eight, remained the basic educational opportunity for most rural children. In the 1910s and 1920s some counties were able to create rural consolidated districts, enabling larger schools. By 1916-17 such combined facilities enrolled 2,578 rural high-school pupils (less than 1 percent of a total student enrollment of 387,135 in 5,586 rural districts), compared to 22,927 high-schoolers in cities and towns with independent school districts (17.5 percent of a total enrollment of 130,714 in 197 districts).
Thus, up to the time of World War II rural schools enrolled many more students as urban schools, because Oklahoma was an overwhelmingly rural state, and fewer rural students had access to a high-school. In all cases, the number of schools and teachers and the quality of buildings and curricula serving an urban or rural area depended on the amount of funding available from all three levels of government.
Frank Balyeat, "County High Schools in Oklahoma," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 37 (Summer 1959).
"A Brief History of Oklahoma Schools," in First Biennial Report of the State Board of Education (N.p.: State Board of Education, 1912).
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This is the second in a 3-part series on financial planning and social security.
Once the "income gap" has been determined, the next step is to determine if your accumulated or projected assets are adequate to fill this gap. The goal is to determine the amount of annual living expenses that must be covered by your investable assets such as individual retirement accounts (IRAs), savings, and personal investments.
When this goal amount is divided by the size of your investable asset portfolio, the result is the rate of return you need to achieve. For example, if a person's retirement income needs are $40,000 per year and they receive $20,000 in social security benefits, then their income gap is $20,000.
Assume they have a total investment portfolio of $500,000 that consists of an IRA, certificates of deposit (CDs), savings, as well as some personal investments. Their portfolio will need to return 4% per year to match their annual need.
The possibility of outliving your assets may be a very real concern. How long your retirement assets will last depends on a number of factors, including the amount you spend, your life span, and the return on your investments.
We welcome the opportunity to meet with you for a complimentary review of your goals to make sure you are on the best road for your retirement journey. We invite you to schedule a meeting with one of our experienced financial planning experts by calling 1-800-899-8858 or visiting us online at HillsBankWealthManagement.com.
Please visit our blog, HillsHelps.com, next Wednesday for part 3 of our 3 part series, "Financial Planning: How Much Will I Need to Save?" You'll learn how long your retirement assets will last.
Part 2—Financial Planning for Retirement: How Much Can I Spend?
Part 3—Financial Planning for Retirement: How Much Will I Need to Save?
Mark Ahlers is Vice President, Trust Officer at Hills Bank's Marion location on 7th Ave. Mark's area of concentration and expertise includes administering portfolios for non-profit organizations (foundations and endowments) and personal trust, as well as financial and retirement planning for individuals. Mark also administers employer-sponsored retirement plans. Mark is a graduate of Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. Prior to joining the bank in 2006, Mark worked in the Trust and Wealth Management Division of a Midwest-based bank. Mark can be reached at mark_ahlers@hillsbank.com.
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adidas Gamedayplus warms you up for the Champions League again
This week will again see the return of the world's biggest stars, when the Champions League hymn rings again. Adidas have, like in previous Champions League rounds, been out and spoken to some of their remaining Champions League players. Check it out here.
Adidas have in the last couple of week introduced quite a lot of new faces; among them are Arsenal's Kieran Gibbs and Theo Walcott. The first of the two aforementioned turned out to be quite good (Or bad, depending on how you look at it) at decrypting other fan clubs songs. How many would you have guessed (If you hadn't have been given the answer right away)?
Get in the Champions League spirit with the new Champions League ball from adidas.
And while Kieran Gibbs got to test his music knowledge, Koke shared his thoughts on being an Atletico Madrid player. Here, last year's Champions League final obviously stood as the clearest memory. Do you think Koke and Atletico can improve last year's finish and grab the trophy?
The adidas host Roman Kemp also had the dubious honour of being completely humiliated by the SkillTwins, who adidas had invited to show off five ways to embarrass your opponent. Do you have a better trick up your sleeve?
We have some real treats on the menu for this week's Champions League round of eight fixtures. Which game are you looking forward to the most and who do you think will make it to the quarter finals?


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The Pyramid Texts
The History of Egypt for Kids - The Pyramid Texts
The Civilization, Culture & History of Ancient Egypt and facts about Pyramid Texts
Ancient Egyptians - Pyramid Texts
A comprehensive guide and fact sheet about Pyramid Texts. Discover fascinating facts and information about ancient Egypt and the culture of the ancient Egyptians.
The forerunner to the Book of the Dead
The Pyramids at Saqqara
The Egyptologists who 'discovered' and translated the text
The text is created in 'utterances'
The Pharaoh's text
The theme of the text
The context of the text on the pyramids
An overview of the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
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Pyramid Texts
The ancient Pyramid Texts were created during the period of the Old Kingdom (2686 to 2181 B.C) and, together with the Coffin texts of the Middle Kingdom, evolved into the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.
Ancient Egypt - Pyramid Texts Fact Sheet
Fact 1 on Pyramid Texts:
The pyramid texts are versions of ancient religious compositions which the priests of the college or school of Annu at Heliopolis succeeded in establishing as the authorized version of the Book of the Dead in the first of the dynasties in ancient Egypt.
The Pyramid Texts were inscribed on the walls of five pyramids at Saqqara, the ancient necropolis (burial ground) of Memphis in Lower Egypt. When these small pyramids were built and inscribed the age of the great pyramids of those at Giza, had passed.
The five pyramids at Saqqara with Pyramid texts are those of the Kings Unas of the 5th Dynasty, and King Teti, King Pepi I, King Merenre and King Pepi II of the Sixth Dynasty.
The five pyramids at Saqqara were constructed, and evidently inscribed, between the years about 2350 to 2175 B.C. However, it is likely that many of these texts came into existence before the final union of Upper and Lower Egypt, and possibly long before that date at about 3000 B.C.
The religious text was first written on papyrus rolls and then transcribed on to the walls of the pyramids, thus creating the 'Pyramid Texts'.
The 'pyramid texts' were royal texts, and there is no evidence that the ancient Egyptians took them for themselves and used them in their own tombs.
The majority of the text related to solar and celestial subjects with comparatively little reference to the ancient Egyptian underworld, however the focus was on religious and funerary subjects.
Auguste Mariette (1821 – 1881) was the French Egyptologist who 'discovered' the inscribed pyramids at Saqqara.
In 1880 it was Gaston Maspero (1846 – 1916) another French Egyptologist, working under the direction of Auguste Mariette, who discovered the first set of writings in the Pyramid of Unas.
Fact 10 on Pyramid Texts:
Further discoveries were made in 1920 and 1936, when the Swiss Egyptologist, Gustave Jequier (1868 - 1946), discovered sacred writings in the pyramids of the three queens of Pepi II: Oudjebten, Neit and Apouit and published his findings in 1894.
Picture of all of the Giza Pyramids
Discover fast, interesting fun facts about the pyramid texts for kids with some amazing, cool and quick information about ancient Egypt and Egyptians. Ideal for children, homework, schools, teachers and kids of all ages! Find fascinating fun facts about the text on the Pyramids for kids and the history, culture and civilisation of the ancient Egyptians and ancient Egypt. Interesting, fun facts about the Pyramid texts for research, schools, students and kids of all ages.
Learn about these ancient writings the fast and easy way via the following Fact sheet.
Fact 11:
The Pyramid Texts were inscribed onto the limestone walls, in vertical columns, in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script.
Utterances: The text consist of approximately 759 utterances. The term 'utterance' is used to describe the spells which make up these texts because it is likely that they were uttered, or spoken, by priests during the royal mortuary and funerary rituals.
No one pyramid contained all of the 759 utterances or magical spells. Each pyramid contains a unique selection of the text.
The main focus in the Pyramid Texts is the resurrection of the king and his ascension to the Afterlife.
The text honors the sun god Ra and also Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the Underworld.
The only scientific edition of the hieroglyphic texts of the inscribed pyramids was made by the German Egyptologist Kurt Heinrich Sethe (1869 – 1934), in 1908-1910.
The oldest version of the text consists of 228 spells and comes from the Pyramid of Unas, the last king of the 5th Dynasty.
The content can be described in seven separate parts consisting of:
1) A funerary ritual of mortuary offerings, connected with resurrection of the deceased king
2) Magical formulae to ward against harm and evil
3) A ritual of worship
4) Religious hymns
5) Mythical formulae, identifying the deceased king with certain deities,
6) Prayers and petitions on behalf of the deceased king
7) The greatness and power of the deceased king in heaven
The Pyramid texts of the Old Kingdom combined with the Coffin Texts of the Middle Kingdom were combined and modified to form the Theban Book of the Dead of the New Kingdom.
The spells contained in the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead became available to any Egyptians wealthy enough to have a papyrus created that they could study before death and that could be entombed with the deceased to help him through the terrifying dangers he would encounter in the Underworld
Facts and Information about Pyramid Texts
Sacred writings of the ancient Egyptians for kids and schools
Pyramid Texts for kids, schools, homework and research
Pyramid Texts from the Pyramid of Teti I in Saqqara
The following picture shows the Pyramid Texts from the Pyramid of Teti I in Saqqara. The pyramid texts had no illustrations, unlike the Book of the Dead.
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Travels of the Secretary-General
Photographs from official travels of Ban Ki-moon, eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations. All images Copyright of UN Photo/ Rick Bajornas
Photographs from official travels of Ban Ki-moon, eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations
All images Copyright of UN Photo/ Rick Bajornas
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Des Moines, United States. Oct. 18, 2012. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) is applauded as he walks to the podium to deliver the keynote address at the 2012 World Food Prize award ceremony in Des Moines, Iowa.
Des Moines, United States. Oct. 18, 2012. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers the keynote address at the 2012 World Food Prize award ceremony in Des Moines, Iowa. He paid tribute to Prize laureate and scientist Daniel Hillel for his work helping millions of farmers grow more crops per drop of water in some of the driest places on earth.
San Marino. Mar. 31, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon passes the Military Honour Guard of San Marino. Mr. Ban's wife Yoo Soon-taek follows behind him.
San Marino. Apr. 1, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and his wife, Yoo Soon-taek, accompany the newly-elected Captains Regent of San Marino, Antonella Mularoni and Denis Amici, on their procession from Valloni Palace to site of their inauguration. The Captains Regent rotate every six months as the heads of State.
San Marino. Apr. 1, 2013. Secetary-General Ban Ki-moon visits The Second Tower of San Marino. The tower was erected over the remains of an ancient Roman fortress and was subsequently incorporated into the city walls of San Marino in the XVI century.
San Marino. Apr. 1, 2013. Secetary-General Ban Ki-moon visits The Second Tower of San Marino. The tower was erected over the remains of an ancient Roman fortress and was subsequently incorporated into the city walls of San Marino in the XVI century.
San Patrigano, Italy. Apr. 2, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) visits the San Patrignano drug rehabilitation centre in Italy to meet residents and those who work at the centre.
Italy. Apr. 2, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is pictured during his flight from Rimini, Italy to Barcelona, en route to Andorra on official travel.
Barcelona, Spain. Apr. 2, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travels by helicopter for his first visit to Principality of Andorra.
Andorra. Apr. 2, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon passes a television showing joint press conference with Antoni Martí Petit, Head of Government of the Principality of Andorra.
Andorra. Apr. 2, 2013. The Secretary-General tours the Old Parliament House (Casa de la Vall), ringing the bell that signals the opening of official sessions.
Monaco-Ville, Monaco. Apr. 3, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tours the aquariums at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, during his two-day visit to Monaco.
Monaco. Apr. 4, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife Yoo Soon-taek visit the Grimaldi Forum, a congress and culture center in Monaco.
Madrid, Spain. Apr. 4, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) holds a joint press conference with Mariano Rajoy, President of the Government of Spain.
Madrid, Spain. Apr. 5, 2013. On the day marking 1,000 days to the end of 2015 – the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks by skype with Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani champion of the right of girls to have an education.
Madrid. Spain. Apr. 6, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks on the telephone with Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China. He congratulated the Minister on his recent appointment.
Mr. Ban and the Minister discussed recent developments on the Korean Peninsula and shared deep concern about the escalating tensions there. The Secretary-General said he was committed to doing whatever he could to de-escalate tensions. He said he was confident that the Chinese leadership would also do its best to help calm the situation and help Pyongyang to reverse course.
Madrid, Spain. Apr. 5, 2013. Secretary-General of WTO, Taleb Rifai presents the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with a caricature of himself at a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations World Tourism Organiztion (UNWTO)
Madrid, Spain. Apr. 4, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marks the 1,000-day milestone with members of the Spanish National Youth Council and the European Youth Council, as well as volunteers of the UN Millennium Campaign.
Madrid, Spain. Apr. 6, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prepares to kick off a football match between Real Madrid and Levante in Madrid. He is showing a T-shirt under his shirt. The white T-shirt has the number 1,000 written on the back, signifying the number of days remaining to take action before the deadline of the anti-poverty targets -- the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Madrid, Spain. Apr. 6, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon waves at the crowd before kicking off the Real Madrid-Levante football match at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. Mr. Ban was wearing a white T-shirt with the number 1,000 on the back, signifying the number of days remaining to take action before the deadline of the anti-poverty targets -- the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The Hague, Netherlands. Apr. 7, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) visits the International Court of Justice. Pictured here with Judge Peter Tomka (first from left); Judge Dalveer Bhandari (second from left); Ms. Patricia O'Brien, USG Legal Affairs (second from right); and Judge Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor (first from right).
The Hague, Netherlands. Apr. 8, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (at lectern) addresses the opening of the Third Review Conference of the States Parties of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
The Hague, Netherlands. Apr. 8, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Nooreinde Palace.
The Hague, Netherlands. Apr. 8, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) addresses a joint press conference with Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Vatican City, Rome. Apr. 9, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
Rome, Italy. Apr. 9, 2013. The SG meets with Mario Monti, Prime Minister of Italy.
Yokohama, Japan. Jun. 2, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gives an interview to the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun.
Yokohama, Japan. Jun. 2, 2013. The fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V), which commemorates the twentieth anniversary of TICAD and the fiftieth anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), takes place in Yokohama from 1 to 3 June 2013.
Paris, France. July 14, 2013. On an official visit to France, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attended with French President François Hollande and other dignitaries a military parade celebrating the French national holiday, Bastille Day. UN Blue Berets took part in the parade.
Paris, France. Jul. 15, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) at the point of his meeting with Abdou Diouf (left), Secretary-General of the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) and former President of Senegal.
Paris, France. July 15, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre right) meets with Jean-Marc Ayrault (centre left), Prime Minister of France.
Paris, France. Jul. 15, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with François Hollande, President of France.
Paris, France. Jul. 15, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) addresses a joint press conference with François Hollande (centre ), President of France, at the Elysée Palace
Aqaba, Jordan. Aug. 15, 2013. Secretary-General arrives by helicopter from Amman to Aqaba to meet with King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Rammallah, Palestine. Aug. 15, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre right) lays a wreath at the grave of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Rammallah, Palestine. Aug. 15, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) meets with Mahmoud Abbas (centre right), President of the State of Palestine.
Jerusalem, Israel. Aug. 16, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre right) meets with Shimon Peres (centre left), President of Israel.
Jerusalem, Israel. Aug. 16, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.
The Hague, Netherlands. Aug. 27, 2013. Secetary-General Ban Ki-moon takes a phone call during a meeting with his delegation.
The Hague, Netherlands. Aug. 28, 2013. Secetary-General Ban Ki-moon (second from left) at the Peace Palace, in The Hague, with King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (right); Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (left); and Steven van Hoogstraten, General Director of the Carnegie Foundation, which owns and manages the Peace Palace.
The Hague, Netherlands. Aug. 28, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon between meetings at at Peace Palace, The Hague.
The Hague, Netherlands. Aug. 28, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Peace Palace, seat of the International Court of Justice, in The Hague.
The Hague, Netherlands. Aug. 28, 2013. Secetary-General Ban Ki-moon (second from left) after the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Peace Palace, in The Hague, with King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (left); Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (right); and Steven van Hoogstraten, General Director of the Carnegie Foundation, which owns and manages the Peace Palace.
The Hague, Netherlands. Aug. 28, 2013. The Secretary-General and Mrs. Ban visit the grave site of Yi Jun in Nieuw Eykenduynen Cemetary
The Hague, Netherlands. Apr. 28, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the ministerial conference on the peaceful settlement of disputes that was held as part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Peace Palace in The Hague. The conference was chaired by Frans Timmermans, Minister for foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Leiden, Netherlands. Aug. 28, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers the 2013 Freedom Lecture at Leiden University, in the city of Leiden, the Netherlands.
Leiden, Netherlands. Aug. 28, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon waves goodbye after delivering the 2013 Freedom Lecture at Leiden University, in the city of Leiden, the Netherlands.
Amsterdam, Netherlands. Aug. 28, 2013. With the Syrian crisis high on his agenda and en route for an official visit to The Hague, Secetary-General Ban Ki-moon consults with world leaders by phone, from an automobile at Amsterdam Airport.
Vienna, Austria. Aug. 29, 2013. Secretary-General speaks with press after the ceremony where he received the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Province of Vienna, from Mayor Michael Häupl (left) at the city hall in Vienna.
Vienna, Austria. Aug. 29, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) speaks to journalists following his meeting with Heinz Fischer (right), President of Austria, and Chancellor Werner Faymann.
Vienna, Austria. Aug. 29, 2013. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon waves as he departs Vienna, Austria.
Munich, Germany. Aug. 29, 2013. With the Syrian crisis uppermost on his agenda and having cut short an official visit to Austria, Secetary-General Ban Ki-moon consults with world leaders by phone from Munich Airport, on his way back to New York.