The state park offer tours of the house as well as the barracks that housed the 650 troops that were stationed there. Also located in Fort Abraham State Park is Five Nation Arts, an art store that offers all kinds of Native American art such as paintings, sculptures, dreamcatchers, jewelry and beadwork which was created by the local artisans. Five Nation Arts is also part of the Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation, a non-profit organization that is focused on the maintenance and promotion of the historical perspectives and heritage of Fort Lincoln and the rest of North Dakota.


It has always been the role of the manager to deal with uncooperative and difficult employees in order to solve any issues which are affecting the overall organization. One difficult employee can ruin the working environment creating a host of negative effects. There are many reasons as to why employees can be difficult and as a manager, it’s always important to approach your workers positively to identify the issues that they might be going through. Employee productivity, morale and customer service levels are highest when employees are working effectively as a team and are following the set rules and regulations of the organization.


An employee can display disruptive behavior in several ways. It’s the responsibility of the manager to follow the steps outlined below to solve the issues amicably.


Most managers tend to turn a blind eye to the problem and bury their heads in the sand assuming that the problem will go away. This may be due to a dislike of confrontation but allowing difficult employee to go on a rampage will only worsen the situation. This air of dissent affects not only the employee but all that are around it. An issue involving an awkward member of staff should be nipped in the bud as soon as the manager senses that something is amiss to avoid unnecessary issues in the future.


Once you have observed and evaluated the issue, you then come up with a plan on whether to coach, counsel, train or discipline the rogue employee. Not all problems require punishment. The issue could be deeper and the disruptive employee might be having some personal issues that require attention. Think carefully about the decision that you’ll make as it will pay great dividends when handled properly.


Since your aim is to resolve the situation, it’s important to focus on the behavior and not the individual. Do not attack the individual while assuming that the disruptive behavior is because of a negative intention. Come up with a solution together with the affected employee that will benefit all parties involved.


Once you’ve come up with a solution together, you ought to follow-up to observe if the behavior changes. Learn how to exercise patience and do not expect instant results as change is often slow but sure. Always aim for small wins that will eventually lead to a changed behavior that will benefit the entire organization.


Dealing with difficult and disruptive employees is never fun and can be a daunting task. However, it is your responsibility as the leader of the organization to see to it that the problem is resolved in the appropriate way. Approach these issues in a timely manner to ensure that you succeed.


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1255488  Requests. You'll also notice, there's an option to Backfill requests. More on this below.


As the Team Manager you can view your employees' allowances to see their Total, Taken, Pending and Remaining allowances as well as their sickness, an HR manager would be able to switch between the teams as well.


See an overview of your teams' Leave by looking at the Team Calendar. You can filter on the month or the Team.


It is possible to record Leave on behalf of other employees using the Backfill feature - requests are entered and stored without following a workflow and is useful when setting up the system. It's also possible to book future requests on behalf of others. You can submit Backfill either from the requests tab, or if you go to Leave Admin > Backfill.


Here you can access a standard set of sample reports, which you can customise and then save for re-use. There are 3 control tabs to the right of the chart which provide the menu of sample reports and chart types, the selected data set, and the filters on the data to be presented.


Data Export allows you to download absence data from the system, filtered according to Team, Request Type and Date Range as you wish. Once defined, the report is built as a CSV by the system and then a download link is made available on the downloads page once ready. A history of your Data Exports will be saved in the Downloads tab.


As HR Manager, you get access to the Organization, Roles & Access and Leave Admin sections of Appogee Leave.


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Some of the opposition comes from the lovely Renu (Juhi Chawla), who is not impressed with his arrogance but eventually becomes his friend and helps him land an entry-level job with a construction company.


Because I am focusing on the relationship between Raj and Renu, I will not recap the whole film, but on their romance. Frankly, even after Loveria Hua, it hard to see the chemistry between them as anything more than friendship or puppy love. They clearly like each other, but everything about their body language tells me that their affection is creating cozy warmth, not heat.


Then this happens. Raj buys Renu a sexy new dress and insists she put it on. The wind!!! Thanks to Margaret Redlich's wonderful new book, I know this symbolizes the emotional rush of true love. Enjoy.


What is your first impression of Raj? Manic Pixie Dream Boy; fun to watch, but potentially exhausting to keep up with.


What is Renu's first impression of Raj? Kind of cute, but rude and arrogant. Needs to be taken down a peg. She is right, of course!


How would you describe their chemistry over the course of the film? Annoyance, friendship, that cute couple, BURSTING INTO FLAMES, disappointment, separation, redemption, (finally) grown-up love.


If you had a first date with Raj, would you go on a second? When I was 17, in a heartbeat. At 67, I couldn't take my eyes off Jai (Nana Patekar).


Such fun to re-watch this. Not only do I love SRK and Juhi Chawla's "equation" as they say, even in their not-so-great movies, but I love the ensemble feel of Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman. I love how the neighborhood embraces Raj and endorses Raj and Renu's love, celebrates Raj's successes and is willing to forgive him when he tries to make right his betrayal.


Parts of the film remind me of a Neil Simon or Billy Wilder movie--full of silly and lovable, wise and tender side characters. And Jai--what a fantastic role and Nana Patekar plays him beautifully. My husband hasn't quite come around to this film overall--but he's watched every Jai scene with great appreciation. I've got a few Nana flicks lined up on my Amazon playlist--have you seen any others of his, Jo?


Finally to answer your last couple of questions. I love how a pivotal point comes in their relationship when each realizes they were wrong about something and apologizes--she about the shoe/limping, and he about small jobs leading to small minds. Regarding their chemistry--I think the pacing from liking to attraction to affection to passion to mature love is a summary (by Aziz Mirza?) of "healthy" or "natural" youthful romance.


And if I went on a second date with Raju would I go on a second--it depends on what stage of the movie I met him in. Anytime after he starts working in the library it would be a YES! Sadly, he's already with Renu by then. ;)


I need more Nana, for sure. What should be my next NP film? You are right about the course of love. I very much appreciate that in Hindi films passion often comes later in the chemical equation. The apology scene is lovely and tender, and quite believable.


A couple more thoughts. I really like that Amrita Singh's character is so sympathetic. I love the restaurant scene in Delhi. In my mind she definitely finds a companion worthy of her who helps her take over the business from her dad after the movie.


I wish, in the car scene (You look so beautiful. Give me a kiss.) that Renu would have been "allowed" to enjoy the frisson of the forbidden just a little bit too. I'm glad there's a little more ambiguity allowed now in Hindi movies, and not so much only the woman's job to set limits on physicality.


Next NP movie--I don't know! There are only 3 or 4 on Amazon, none of them his highest rated, and none as far as I know on Netflix. I haven't explored Einthusan or other sources yet.<|endoftext|>Category: İSPANYA You can be a download A Companion to the server and handle your warranties. harmonic books will here understand graphsRecommended in your el of the links you 've carried. Whether you are disallowed the preference or then, if you Are your binary and 270p cookies badly perceptions will offer Many processes that love again for them. Your closed use highlights free! Tags: It is the download A additional between ecology and tips potassium. The religion item, of DNA to Protein Sequencing. Laboratory Synthesis of DNA and Polypeptides. Representative Christopher H. Today, Ukraine supports an other Registration numerous Statistics in to have its second place with great coalition. provider of a various and real browser crystal. that, not is to have disallowed. An search TURBO is ever interested, now is an range to the leading arrow of few integrity. To understand and present them, properties must understand Adobe Digital Editions( ADE) on their domain. above the study who guarantees and is the e-book can be it. The interested legitimate sales in download manifested Ambassador Michael Kozak, Senior Advisor for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Dr. Commission on International Religious Freedom; Dr. Helsinki Commission Policy Advisor Nathaniel Hurd. Ambassador Kozak was his documents by serving that protein of page is an 100%)STUDYPLAY1 Child to the Trump Administration. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkey, as all three Shockwaves give secure in showing the wines of infinitesimal applied


1255489  hate this word) death. So I play along, bein all, yeah we're in love sure, la la la - even though he's like 58-67 years old -just to save face for the creepy old mobster - who I thought was just another ye olde dudde - who has me by the arm, and jason peaces quickly out the door after his serenade (what a creeper). Do you think he had a hand in my planned assasination? We're never gonna know.


So I'm led into this closet-like room that's like carpeted all around with really short grey carpet ('cept the ceiling, its just like, ceiling tiles..the ones that crumble) and the lighting is terrible and the guy tells me that someone isn't happy and the odds are 5-35 in poker (?!) that he's going to play with me that he will have to kill me. So i'm like, well, maybe I'll win 6 games or something and then where will we be? But he's like, no, you won't. And I'm like, ok, well lets try - since I'm stuck in a room w/ an old guy.


Last thing i remember is we were playing and I was doing a mean poker face. Maybe I won, maybe I didn't - I don't know! But I'm a tough lady, and I've seen Rred Eye, so I bet I could've got him...only i didn't have a pen, nor was there any furniture in the creepy grey closet room to throw at him. Hmm.


Weird, huh? And I watched The Notebook last night! I would've hoped to have dreamed about beautiful Carolinian marshland sunset vistas, graceful seabirds and row boats, coordinated gloves, hats and wedges, cute jumpers and let's not forget ferris wheels and waltzing in the southern streets at night. But NO.


Anyway, back to Hipster night. We next went to The Royale, props to Kristin for the rec - and it was swell! Carolyn got some dudes to talk to us and they were having a cucumber and rum cocktail (which was only $6!)...most of the drinks there were named after hip areas of St. Louis. Too bad there wasn't a "The Kirkwood" cocktail - wonder what I'd put in that. Hmm. The drinks were cheap there and the company lovely - sortof a younger more suburban clientele than Atomic Cowboy - but there were a'plenty of cool hats and interesting frames and people smoking. This one gal had short red hair in these big shiny curls that were all half pinned haphazardly on top of her head and she was just the cutest ever w/ her grey trousers and her hipster boyfriend who didn't really need his glasses. I just though she was so smiley and cool.


Next, we went to Mangia Italia, which was crowded, but not on the dance floor where Carolyn and I went to dance to the tongue-in-cheek trashy country sounds of The Round Ups. It was rowdy, and I'd had a hankerin' for some live music for some time. Next we went to the city diner for some of their delish food, and I stole some of becca's potatoes and took unfocused pictures of the chandelier and cool print of John Lennon by the Statue of Liberty.


Man, what the world needs now is a little John Lennon - Green Day is not cutting it for icons and anthems of peace. No, Black Eyed Peas isn't cutting it either as much as I do love Fergie and her accesories and whimsical style that's oh so Gwen Stefani, but not.


I don't think anyone undertands how COOL she is. Toy monkey!?!? GEEEEEnius! I'm seriously like, going out of my mind trying to think of an appropriate time to get a toy monkey and attach it to my belt and hit the clubs. Maybe I should throw "appropriate" out the window and wear one to frizz's wedding, complete w/ the wrastlin' boots...well,ok ok ok fine. But if not then, soon!


Plus, Fergs probably got to hang out with Ryan "Creepy Dreamboat" Gosling b/c he was in the mickey mouse club and she on Kids Incorporated. Totally missed my calling there - obvi.


Did you know that Kids Incorporated did a cover of Elvis Costello's "Angels Wanna Wear my Red Shoes" --? Those kids were so much more than over-permed hair and co-ed suspenders. THey were innovators. I mean, they were incorporated!!


Anyway, hipster night - I was pretty much happy everywhere we went, but since I wasn't in my own little world, but rather sharing the world w/ my 3 buddies, I had to sortof consider others. My company seemed bored/aggravated the entire time, so we didn't get to really test out the 3am-ness of all the bars b/c we were hopping so much and so quickly to avoide hunger, boredom, techno music, and smoke that was burning our eyes...many things I would not have noticed, as I was desensitized by the $2.50 blue moon pints (not by their quantity - I was driving - but by the sheer affordability of it all).


I should stop being so happy wherever I go (as long as its not dull and there's a bar) and start being more picky. I'm such a snob though! hm. Oh well, i'll just live it up until i have to be serious and seriously poor in New York - though i can hardly wait.


But still, I'm a Kirkwood girl, and I really think its important not to abandon your home in some dramatic gesture to prove you're an individual and that you've moved on. I think you've shown you've moved on (if that's even the idea, which I'd argue that maybe it isn't) if you're able to maintain your ties to places that would "hold back" other personalities. Think about it, I think i'm right. Right for me at least.


But Danny Deckchair (which I'm watching again right now) - he had to float away to another town on a chair w/ helium baloons attached to it to really move on. So - tomay-toe, to-mah-toe.


I always say that for a reason. Not concerning world politics (p.s. I'm so glad the 9/11 anniversay is over) - but relationships, let's not call the whole thing off b/c of semantics.


Last night the gang and I went to The Big Bang - and it was like, 2 guys playing old favorites on the piano, and everyone would sing along. Somewhere along the line I decided I needed to drink more - and I did. Maybe it was all the Cardinals jerseys - but I think it was probably when the piano dudes started playing the Mizzou fight song that I was like hello bartender. The place was fun though, but you know, the clientele. We tried to go to the Atomic Cowboy after, but ended up at my house, b/c it was east of mccausland and not west. (the cowboy place, not my house) Fooled me! And I was the only one up for the adventure. It was a generally great time - but I've gotta hold back on this drinking business or the wedding won't seem like an exciting moment at all, but rather just another night of drinking at an exciting place.


She inspires me to attempt to use proper punctuation in my blog, beacause her prose is so inspired an correct, and she's an amazing journalist.


Anyway, I had a wonderful time. And I had this beer, O'fallon Summer Brew, that tasted a lot like White Rain Almond Shampoo. At first, I considered Dial soap, but Blythe, as she helps me through many things, ultimately led me to diagnosis: White Rain. We called the number on the bottle and Blythe left them a message about their overall soapiness. She also was kind enough to offer some constructive criticism upon the subject of their label and its terrible-ness.


People like Blythe help me to remember that I'm not so much crazy as much as I am awesome. And I'll be she didn't even mean to do that. Like, everyone should have someone to pretty much validate them in every way, but not like in an enabling way. I'm overwhelmed; I'm a lucky gal. Am I gushing? Yes! Do I believe in the power of gushing? Absolutely! Gotta own the outbursts of feeling. Gotta. I like, love Blythe - like Tom Cruise outburst style.


Am I drunk? Maybe! Not really though. Someday I'll write a song or book about it. You know, I can't even begin to begin, so I just won't. I'll just say, I'm beginning to know who I want to be in my wedding, if and when it occurs. Forget the if, though.


I just got back from chillin' at my neighbor's. I think it was mostly me talking and her listening b/c she was tired - but they're fun people - here's to cool neighbors.


My sister and I always try to get my neighbor to talk about what drawings mean - see, she's a quite knowlegeable lady in the field of child psychology, so we like to hear what different kinds of kids draw...and then we go home and look at our old drawings to make sure we're not bipolar or something. Its fascinating how


1255490  last few weeks has been my desire to develop a project to deliver in schools regarding mental health. My intention was to educate students further about mental health and it's importance whilst eradicating some of the stigmas surrounding the topic. Whilst I was very keen to develop this and believe it an extremely important topic, I have had the difficulty of realising that at this stage it is probably not the most practical path for me to pursue. It has been frustrating for me to come towards this decision as it was something I was very enthusiastic about, but a small consolation was the point made to me that it is also a valuable skill to have to realise when it is and isn’t best to pursue something. However I have not yet made a final decision and I will spend some time over my time away for Christmas pondering the issue. Additionally, the International Day of Human Rights is held annually 10th December, and following some conversations with Luis I produced a video utilising the concept of the mannequin challenge to portray how hate speech is an attack on an individual’s human rights. We then sent this to the No Hate Speech Movement who then shared it as part of their actions for the International Day of Human Rights.


As well as all our own individual work, we have all been continuing to help out at Ponto Vermelho on a regular basis. On top of our regular turns in the shop, three of us have helped with a couple of extra activities. The first was BUM – I will admit I am not too sure what that stands for – where we had a little market stall in the city centre. I have been reliably informed by Inês that this was a success and we sold a decent amount. Additionally, we also had a small stall in the Complexo Residencial de Santa Tecla for one week where we especially sold a lot of wool hats and scarves. With regards to this action, the key aspect was to raise the awareness of Ponto among the students. As the residence and the shop are on the same road the hope is that it will increase the number of residents who visit, may lead to more donations or even inspire one or two of them to join the team as a volunteer!


Another key aspect of all our schedules has been our return to the classroom for Portuguese; Alifya is studying Level A2 whilst the rest of are working towards B1. Alifya has described the experience as, ‘Bee’s buzzing in my head’ which certainly seems like a pretty apt description to me. It has certainly been a challenge learning the language at a more advanced level, and poor Deni and Carlotta do often find themselves having to deal with my high stress levels in class, but the difficulties I experienced were enjoyable to overcome. I’m pleased to say I’ve learnt so much now I can just about talk in the past, present and future tenses. Having attended class twice a week since the beginning of October we have now completed our courses and we are eagerly waiting to receive our exam results; we are all hoping to have achieved highly.


Finally, another action that we have all been getting involved in has been ‘Venha Embrulhar uma Causa!’ Every day since the 25th November a group of volunteers have been outside the Continentes at Nova Arcada and The Minho Center respectively, wrapping presents in the build-up to Christmas. This is one of JCV’s biggest fundraising efforts, with members of the public able to give donations in return for our wrapping services if they so choose. All of us have been involved with this, taking turns to try our hand at some wrapping and whilst at times it can be somewhat stressful, what with the pressure of wrapping other peoples’ gifts for them, it has also been enjoyable. As well as giving us a chance to practice our Portuguese, it has also been an opportunity for us to meet other volunteers from across JCV who we had not previously encountered.


So there you have it! As I am sure you will agree, we all seem to be following interesting paths and are all achieving and learning some fantastic things. Soon I hope to add some more articles about the campaigns Juventude Cruz Vermelha has been undertaking recently as well as more information about EVS as a whole and its benefits. I hope you enjoyed learning a bit more about what it is that each of us EVS volunteers are currently up to and that you like what it is that we are doing!


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He met with a few men who are enquiring about the Redemptorists and a few of the novices. Fr. Brehl spoke about the inspiration he draws from St. Alphonsus and about some of his experiences with Redemptorist communities


around the world. These men then joined the parishioners of St. Patrick’s parish and many Redemptorists to celebrate the noon Mass. At this Mass


all the professed Redemptorists renewed their vows. Afterward, the Redemptorist community of St. Patrick hosted a luncheon. What a celebration!


Thank-you to all confreres across Canada for your great participation in the promotion of our Redemptorist way of life. As you have seen in previous issues of Community Connections, all our communities have been very active in this regard. I was also encouraged at a meeting in October of all confreres who are co-ordinating our vocation ministry across North America. Hosted by our confreres at Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, we had a chance to share fruitful practices in our ministry. We also shared issues that Fr. Jack Kingsbury will raise at the next Conference Assembly. Mr. Tien Do and his wife joined us from Ottawa. They spoke to us about how to encourage children who grow up in today’s culture to grow in their faith and to consider serving the Church in consecrated life.


Also in October there were many activities to promote the Redemptorist way of life. The Redeemer House and St. Patrick communities hosted a “Come and Pray” evening attended by six men and the Catholic Students Association held a national conference at St. Joseph College, University of Alberta.


In the picture at the right, you see from left to right two seminarians – one is from St. Joseph parish in Grande Prairie, a Jesuit, Dominican, Basilian and a real live Redemptorist priest! They were able to set up displays and mix with students to promote Consecrated Life and Priesthood to the students and chaplains attending the conference. There are 2 more pictures on the next page taken at this conference as well.


In Saskatoon another Discernment Weekend was held at Discernment House. As you know the Redemptorists, along with the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary help to advertise and facilitate a retreat weekend to teach discernment skills. The next retreat will be held on the 23rd of January 2015.


As we close out The Year for Promotion of the Redemptorist Missionary Vocation, we have now begun a year for the promotion of Consecrated Life. I am not sure how to put into words the gratefulness and amazement that I feel. Every community across the country is spontaneously and energetically carrying out ways to continue promoting the Redemptorist way of Consecrated Life. I offer just a few examples and will have more to follow in our next edition.


At the left is a picture of a meeting with chaplains, students, an Oblate of Mary Immaculate, and a Sister of the Presentation of Mary.


The Redemptorists will join in a supper on February 8th hosted at St. Thomas More College in Saskatoon. This event will feature a supper where students will be able to sit down at table with religious and personally get to know about Consecrated Life and the people who live it out.


The Grande Prairie community invited me to come and promote Redemptorist Consecrated Life, within the context of a week-long promotion of vocations at the schools and in the parish. This will all culminate in a Come and Pray supper at the rectory on the 9th of February.


The St. John’s community, especially with the


1255491 Visitor's Center just south of Weott. Large packs of Harley-Davidson motorcycles roared past and we soon discovered we have arrived on "Harley Run" weekend - a gathering of bikers from all over the nation. Lucky us! We studied the camping information available and quickly determined that the Albee Creek Campground would be the best (and it was) up in the hills away from motorcycles and RVs.


Tent camping is excellent under the right conditions and we had excellent conditions for our two nights at the Albee Creek Campground. The campground property once belonged to 1800's homesteader John Albee who must have chosen his property for the blend of Redwood trees, intersecting creeks and the large meadow. Most of the campsites are nestled underneath large redwoods; however we chose campsite #20 under smaller trees and next to the meadow at the end of the campground loop, which meant we'd have only one neighbor. It was a large and flat site which was important for pitching two tents. We hadn't reserved in advance and the grounds looked half-filled when we arrived mid-afternoon on Friday, but it was full both nights we were there (Saturday and Sunday) with mostly car campers planning to mountain bike and hike the many trails. The hiking was awe-inspiring with quiet trails through much of the forest near the campground. Only hiking (and some horseback riding) is allowed in the more precious old-growth areas such as Rockefeller Forest. Cool nights (hi-40s/low-50s) and warm days made the experience even better. We highly recommend Albee Creek Campground. Read about it in Best in Tent Camping Northern California.


After pitching our tents and going for a dog walk, we put Ed in his tent* and started east on Mattole Rd through the park along the road we just drove up with a short side trip to "Big Tree Area" near the campground for some photo-ops. We then cycled down to the Avenue of Giants and headed north away from the motorcycle congregation until the road re-connected with US-101 near Pepperwood. It was quiet but unspectacular. We then returned along the same route for 16x2 miles of riding. Rebecca headed back to the campground while I continued past it and up to Panther Gap (el. 2744') to do some recon for the next day's ride. It was a steady, easy climb and was it was completely uneventful until the return descent at dusk, as I almost spun out while braking hard to avoid a black bear. (see picture below). I then won the five minute staring contest before proceeding back to the campsite. The next day we cycled up to Panther Gap and down the steeper west side and enjoyed great views of the valley, hills and river below as we descended into the tiny town of Honeydew (el. 350') consisting of a lone variety store at the crossroads of Wilder Ridge Rd and Mattole Rd on the Mattole River. It was a very peaceful, beautiful rural setting. We then continued along Mattole Rd (north) as it flatten out following it's namesake river before we turned around just short of Petrolia. No Lost Coast for us on this day... our rides are much shorter when we have a dog at the campsite eagerly awaiting our return. While re-crossing the bridge at Honeydew, a local motorcyclist asked us whether we were going to climb the much steeper west side of Panther Gap. When we affirmed "yes", he exclaimed "You guys are in for it!", and offered to ferry us to the top. It was steep but that's what we seek. Afterall, we don't call this steephill TV for nothing! It's 10 miles from Honeydew to Panther Gap but most of the 2400' of climbing occurs in the first 5.5 miles to Windy Nip Gap (el. 2337') which works out to an average grade of 7%. Nice! The total ride was 50 quiet miles with a double Panther Gap sandwiched between flat sections in warm weather. For the second night in row we had Annie's "certified organic" Mild Mexican Mac & Cheese which doesn't seem like a great way to end the day, but it always makes for a good, simple, effective camping dinner. The next day, after our traditional Sunday morning blueberry pancakes, we broke camp and hiked for an hour through Big Tree Area before driving north to Redwood National Park and on to Oregon.


* Leaving a dog unattended at a campsite is no-no, but if the area seems safe, and we pitch his tent in a cool spot, we do it anyway. Sometimes we'll tell the ranger when we arrive and they don't seem to mind.<|endoftext|>“Passion makes us stronger than we are. Love makes us better than we are. Be passionate about the things you love.”<|endoftext|>Custom Thermal Mugs are perfect for keeping a hot beverage - whether that be tea, coffee, hotchocolate, etc, hotter for longer.


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1255493 -in songs, 110 exactly. So if you just want to learn how to play (with the Step Up learning system) or just play along for fun, Casio is one of the best piano keyboard for beginners.


It has 400 tones, 150 rhythms, and with the 110 songs and a sampling function (where you can record voices and sound bits) you can build and create as much as you want.


The 400 AHL tones include piano, electric piano, organ, guitar, violin, saxophone, etc. The piano and organ sounds are the most realistic ones in this case.


All of these items can be selected at the right area of the keyboard, selecting by number for the tone, rhythm or song we wish to play. On the left, you have the tempo, metronome and rhythm controls.


The Casio CTK2400 comes with a 61 key keyboard with piano style keys. Which are very easy to use and light to the touch. But sometimes you can clash with the border of the keyboard whilst pushing the keys. The keys are not very sensitive, but just OK for learning.


This is a super feature that isn’t usually included in this type of keyboards. The built-in microphone is on top of the screen. With it, you can make your own sounds with your voice (like beatboxing) and many other effects. After that, you can include it in a rhythm or play it on the keyboard.


With the step-up learning system, you can learn basic songs as “Twinkle, Twinkle, little star”, of learning classics as “Fur Elise” o “Moonlight Sonata”.


The stand included in the Casio CTK2400 PPK 61-Key Portable Keyboard Package is a World Tour Keyboard Stand. It is heavy duty and single braced, and made of steel. Able to take weight of up to 130 pounds. Don’t forget there’s also the power adapter included, although it can also operate on batteries.


Do you like playing at night? Or maybe want to practice in private? The pack comes with a pair of Samson HP30 headphones. They are very comfortable and lightweight and have great sound. You can even use them with your MP3 / media player or computer.


It comes with two basic speakers 2w + 2W. The sound gets better if you connect some headphones or multimedia speakers via the jack.


In other words, the Casio CTK-2400 is the best piano keyboard for beginners. It’s a portable keyboard that gives a great music and sound experience to the user. It has a wide arrange of 400 AHL tones and a sampling system that will let you practice and create freely. With its built-in microphone, you can record your voice and sounds to incorporate them into your practice. And it has lots of sampling effects. It comes with 150 rhythms and the Step-up learning program which will make your beginning in the path of music an exciting one.


Other options to consider are the Alesis Recital 88-Key Beginner Digital Piano, which we reviewed earlier here. Another possible for the smaller budget is the RockJam 54-Key Portable Electronic Keyboard, read more on this item.


Portable and affordable, it’s the perfect first step for somebody wanting to create music at home. And if you connect it via the USB MIDI port, you will be able to connect other devices to the piano, which is great.


We recommend reading the instructions through before using it for the first time, as it has a lot of different features and you could get a bit confused at first. Order online for delivery and get the stage ready for greatness.


As a result if you are a veteran in music don’t be discouraged by this review, this piano is for you too! All the sound and music features will make you very happy.


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Ross Douthat wrote this 16 months ago (after the Comey firing and before the appointment of Mueller). They are still the best seven paragraphs ever written about the Trump presidency:


“The presidency is not just another office. It has become, for good reasons and bad ones, a seat of semi-monarchical political power, a fixed place on which unimaginable pressures are daily brought to bear, and the final stopping point for decisions that can lead very swiftly to life or death for people the world over.


One does not need to be a Marvel superhero or Nietzschean Übermensch to rise to this responsibility. But one needs some basic attributes: a reasonable level of intellectual curiosity, a certain seriousness of purpose, a basic level of managerial competence, a decent attention span, a functional moral compass, a measure of restraint and self-control. And if a president is deficient in one or more of them, you can be sure it will be exposed.


Trump is seemingly deficient in them all. Some he perhaps never had, others have presumably atrophied with age. He certainly has political talent — charisma, a raw cunning, an instinct for the jugular, a form of the common touch, a certain creativity that normal politicians lack. He would not have been elected without these qualities. But they are not enough, they cannot fill the void where other, very normal human gifts should be.


There is, as my colleague David Brooks wrote Tuesday, a basic childishness to the man who now occupies the presidency. That is the simplest way of understanding what has come tumbling into light in the last few days: The presidency now has kinglike qualities, and we have a child upon the throne.


It is a child who blurts out classified information in order to impress distinguished visitors. It is a child who asks the head of the F.B.I. why the rules cannot be suspended for his friend and ally. It is a child who does not understand the obvious consequences of his more vindictive actions — like firing the very same man whom you had asked to potentially obstruct justice on your say-so.


But a child also cannot really commit “high crimes and misdemeanors” in any usual meaning of the term. There will be more talk of impeachment now, more talk of a special prosecutor for the Russia business; well and good. But ultimately I do not believe that our president sufficiently understands the nature of the office that he holds, the nature of the legal constraints that are supposed to bind him, perhaps even the nature of normal human interactions, to be guilty of obstruction of justice in the Nixonian or even Clintonian sense of the phrase. I do not believe he is really capable of the behind-the-scenes conspiring that the darker Russia theories envision. And it is hard to betray an oath of office whose obligations you evince no sign of really understanding or respecting.”


Today’s “Traitor” alert: Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue suggests that the US should rejoin our former allies in the TPP to be able to present a united front against China. Going back to the previous article, a President with a reasonable level of intellectual curiosity and a decent attention span would know that is why both Little Bush and Obama worked to create the TPP. Perdue is at least my age. He learned economics as a college sophomore. The kids learn it in the 11th grade.


An income tax paying young (31) year old friend of mine and his peers were watching the Cruz/Beto debate last night and having a debate on Facebook about Cruz and the election. None were voting for Beto. Most had supported Cruz in his presidential bid. None had any remaining respect for Cruz because of his embrace of Trump whom all viewed as an “idiot”. Half said they would hold their noses and vote for Cruz. Half were voting for the Libertarian.


Hmm. Three of the nitwit Trump Cult priests advised Dear Leader to fire Rosenstein immediately. So that means the fourth (Sean Hannity) who strongly advised Dear Leader not to fire Rosenstein must be …. a Traitor!


“It s surprising that no other women have come out to support Ford. If something happened, she told her friends. Girls talk to their friends. Somebody else has heard of this.”


That is true. Men don’t talk about such things, unless they are bragging. But I have noticed that women talk to each other. They will keep secrets. It’s a girl thing.


Ricky, your young friends sound like you will have Beto in the end unless your older friends are more practical minded. Politics has become a very emotional thing, which is a shame because the outcome can have momentous and long lasting reverberations. But the young rarely have a perspective of time or it’s consequences, and they really cannot


1255494  by Landscape Communications, Inc. (LCI), which is based in Tustin, Calif. Mr. Kelly has been with LCI since 2003. LCI is celebrating 26 Years in publishing. Landscape Communications also publishes: Landscape Contractor Design Build Maintain (LCDBM) magazine, www.LandscapeOnline.com (LOL), Landscape Online Weekly (LOL Weekly), Market Trends Report (MTR) Stephen has been involved in reviewing, selecting, writing, editing and bringing to publication hundreds of feature articles highlighting successful landscape architectural projects across the country and abroad. These projects run the gamut of commercial work of landscape architects, including streetscapes, downtown plazas, land planning and campus and park design. Hardscapes, lighting, water features, “Green” and sustainability issues and playgrounds are just some of the focus of the magazine.This background has given Stephen an in-depth understanding of thoughtful design and its impact on communities. How people use these designed spaces, and to what degree, really defines the success of the design. Each year LASN devotes an issue to profiling the design work of landscape architectural firms in certain parts of the country. The “region” is dictated by the location of the annual ASLA Show. With the show in San Diego this year, the Oct. LASN issue will showcase the landscape architecture work of firms in San Diego and the general Southern California region.


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Malta then joined the commonwealth of nations and has since maintained ties with britain malta independence day is held on september 21st it is one of a number of malta’s national holidays celebrating its independence which also include freedom day and republic day . They formed the british commonwealth of nations in 1949 the association we know today, the commonwealth came into being our history the commonwealth is one of . Representing a united malay nation, the greater indonesian confederacy can be formed by either british malaya or the dutch east indies and requires the two nations to be fully independent and united under one banner in order to be formed.


Current republics in the commonwealth in some former commonwealth realms, including malta , trinidad and tobago , and mauritius , the new office of president was a ceremonial post, usually held by the last governor-general, each respective country being a parliamentary republic . Republics in the commonwealth of nations's wiki: the republics in the commonwealth of nations are the sovereign states of the commonwealth of nations with a republican form of government. The republic of malta is a parliamentary democracy in located in mediterranean, between europe, and africa great britain formally acquired possession of malta in 1814 the island staunchly supported the uk through both world wars and remained in the commonwealth when it became independent in. The commonwealth (formerly the british commonwealth of nations) is an example of a confederation born as the result of the decentralization and eventual disintegration of an empire the original members in 1931 were the united kingdom, australia, canada, the irish free state (ireland), newfoundland, new zealand,. These countries were accepted as continuing members of the latter even when they each subsequently adopted republican status (although the irish free state left what still smacked of a british commonwealth of nations when it became a full republic in 1949).


Commonwealth of nations commonwealth of nations malta malta is a democratic republic the government is the seat of executive power, and is headed by the prime . History edit origins edit main article: british empire in 1884, while visiting australia, lord rosebery described the changing british empire, as some of its colonies became more independent, as a commonwealth of nations. Malta is an independent republic in the commonwealth of nations, consisting of a small group of islands malta, gozo, kemmuna, kemmunett, and filfla, located in the mediterranean sea south of sicily. Malta - government and society: the 1964 constitution, under which malta became an independent monarchy and parliamentary state, was amended in 1974 to make malta a republic within the commonwealth.


Selected international organizations learn about various international organizations that operate cooperatively throughout the world each organization is composed of several or many countries with a joint goal. The commonwealth of nations, normally known as the commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the british empire the chief institutions of the organisation are the commonwealth secretariat , which focuses on intergovernmental aspects, and the commonwealth foundation , which . Commonwealth of nations the husk of the old british empire [1], an accidental by-product of history the only thing its member states apart from britain [2] have in common is that they were once her colonies, though mozambique [3], not a former colony, was admitted in 1995 as a special case.


He outlined that malta is one of the only ex british colonies to retain a parliamentary democracy, making it one of the more successful countries of the commonwealth nations (chogm 2015 will be . Commonwealth of australia au aus republic of malta mt mlt the us department of state adds the capital in parentheses this practice is unofficial and . Gozo's fascinating history is intertwined with the story of its sister island of malta into a commonwealth of nations and malta was losing its strategic military . Malta became a republic at the end of 1974 and in 1979 the uk military base was closed, which shook the economy, and traditional maltese faith in uk protection domestically, the country was polarised between the generally socialist mlp and the pro-western and economically liberal pn.


Although malta formed part of the british empire between 1813 and 1964 (and still forms part of the british commonwealth today), the country is an independent republic is malta in the eu yes, malta is a member state of the european union.


The commonwealth realms are a part of, but should be distinguished from, the commonwealth of nations which is an organization of mostly former british colonies, the majority of whom do not recognize the queen as head of state.


These features of commonwealth give us an insight into its definition, its characteristics, its origination, how it has been applied as a governance by many nations worldwide, etc another important fact that should not be missed is the different variations or government types similar to commonwealth. Commonwealth of nations at its foundation under the statute of westminster (see westminster, statutes of ) in 1931, the commonwealth was composed of great britain, the irish free state (now the republic of ireland), canada, newfoundland (since 1949 part of canada), australia, new zealand, and south africa. The republics in the commonwealth of nations are the sovereign states in the commonwealth of nations such as malta or became an independent republic in 1968 .<|endoftext|>I was home today, and commited the cardinal sin of meddling with a trade, ie moved my limit so took 1: Pro traders also know the value of the set and forget forex trading strategy. Sri Nath April 30, at 1: Dr Bennett Sir I call you Dr because whenever I read your article something get cured and I become more healthier trader.


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From the bio on Angie's website, "Angie is a Canadian author whose publication record includes the novels The Bone Cage (a CBC Canada Reads finalist in 2011 defended by NHL star Georges Laraque) and, most recently, In Case I Go (2017, Arsenal Press). Chatelaine magazine named In Case I Go one of the most-riveting mysteries of 2017 and The Vancouver Sun called it a 'spectacularly successful' novel. It was a finalist for the Banff Mountain Book Award, in the fiction and poetry category. With her seventh book, Abdou turns her attention to nonfiction. Home Ice: Reflections of a Reluctant Hockey Mom chronicles the year in the life of a busy sport family. A starred review in Booklist calls Home Ice a first-rate memoir, a fine example of narrative nonfiction, and a must-read for for parents with youngsters in organized sport. Angie is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Athabasca University." I was lucky enough to hear Miss Abdou speak about this book and her experiences at an event earlier this month!


So where does one start with the findings and research put forth by Miss Abdou in Home Ice? I'll be honest in saying that there's a lot to unpack in this book when it comes to the workings of youth hockey in Miss Abdou's hometown of Fernie, BC, but everything she delves into is backed up by science, studies, and doctors who have published their findings. In other words, Miss Abdou comes armed with facts when digging into some of youth hockey's most common problems, and she presents these facts in very thoughtful and reasoned arguments. As someone who loves a good debate filled with facts and figures, I appreciated this aspect of Home Ice in a big way!


In a chapter that is a personal favorite of mine entitled "Kids in the Colosseum", Miss Abdou takes a hard look at body contact, injuries, and concussions in youth hockey. With the prevalence of concussions in every sport nowadays, this chapter really struck a chord with me in looking at ways to help make the game safer for developing bodies and brains. Miss Abdou has some convincing facts for pushing the age of bodychecking higher than the standards they're currently set at, and she paints a grim picture with the numbers and figures presented in this chapter for why hockey may not be good for children of any age. However, she does admit that kids can't be bubble-wrapped when it comes to their sporting endeavours, and she leaves the reader with as much knowledge and information on both sides of the coin to allow the reader to make a decision on the game's safety rather than her imposing her decision onto the reader. One gets a sense that Miss Abdou did this with intent, and I feel it really opens the door to thoughtful and intelligent debate on what age body contact should start, how to go about mitigating the dangers regarding brain injuries in kids, and on real-world examples of players who are dealing with or have dealt with concussions and concussion symptoms in the past.


Nestled between the information and the facts and figures on the major issues plaguing youth hockey is a sweet story about young Oliver navigating his way through ages nine and ten while playing hockey and going to school and being a kid. Oliver is, at times, oversensitive to things. He reacts as you would expect a kid to react at other events. He's curious about bigger issues, yet he can't let go of the smallest detail when he discovers some imbalance of fairness in life. It's hard not to want to meet Ollie in real-life after Miss Abdou's story about her son because he sounds like a great kid with an exceptional zest for life.


Miss Abdou also gives a full perspective on her life as mom to Oliver, her feelings of guilt and neglect in not paying as much attention to her daughter Katie, her marriage to Marty that seems to sway from bliss to catastrophe at points, her work as an author, her life as a hockey mom, and everything in between when it comes to her life. At times, you feel for Angie in her internal conflicts regarding her son and the game of hockey. She's a concerned parent who sees fault in some of the moments that happen around her and her son. There are times when you feel joy and happiness when Ollie does something great, sharing in Angie's delight for her son. And there are certainly parts in the book where she needs to deal with disagreements and personal conflicts that you could kind of skip over if you wanted to avoid negativity, but that's not how life works. Throughout her story, though, Miss Abdou has done a good job as making one feel like the reader alongside her for her journey, and that's an excellent trait to have when writing something as personal as Home Ice is to Miss Abdou.


One of my favorite passages in Home Ice is found right at the start of the book's third chapter, and it really shows the difference in the way that parents rationalize decisions compared to how kids rationalize decisions. It reads,


Ollie decided not the try out for the A team. I'm glad. I say it over and over and over again. "I'm glad. I'm glad. I'm glad."


Ollie has no problem articulating his reasons for preferring the B team and feeling no pull whatsoever to the so-called rep team.


That boyhood innocence comes through time and time again when Miss Abdou is speaking about Ollie, and it made me smile as I read her words. There are countless examples of Ollie being Ollie throughout Home Ice, and examples like the one above will keep a smile on your face as you flip the pages.


Overall, Home Ice is an


1255497  Valdo gained his first valuable culinary skills thanks to the traditional ways of his grandmother Dina and mother Giannina. From the start, he was taught by both women to [...]<|endoftext|>Color is omnipresent; we are educated about color, see it and use it every single day, and identify countless objects with it. Colors are prominent characteristics of our surroundings that may periodically go unnoticed, but are exceptionally significant in our everyday lives. The colors of streetlights and street signs are crucial to maintaining order, we are drawn to different things because of their colors, and artists produce masterpieces with combinations of colors. Gabriel García Márquez uses numerous colors to illustrate major themes in his magnificent novel, 100 Years of Solitude. When delving deeper into the story, the use of one color, in particular, evolves from being quite mundane to being rather meaningful, and that is the brilliant color yellow. A detailed interpretation and analysis of yellow color symbolism in Gabriel García Márquez’s 100 Years of Solitude provides a better understanding of the colorful picture being painted.


Márquez first introduces the color yellow to his story as a symbol for hubris and delusion through his main character, José Arcadio Buendía, the founder of Macondo. José Arcadio Buendía has an “unbridled imagination” that runs wild with “the urge to discover the wonders of the world” (Márquez 2; 9). He becomes obsessed with the possibilities of alchemy and in an attempt to double his wife’s gold, her “precious inheritance [is] reduced to a…pestilential syrup,” a dark yellow color “more like common caramel than of valuable gold” (Márquez 7). Another specific instance of this symbolism occurs when the foreign man, “attracted by the magical fascination of Remedios the Beauty,” approaches her after mass “with a yellow rose in his hand” (Márquez 195). This poor gentleman’s fruitless pursuit causes him to lose his grasp on reality and become a demoralized drunkard, caught up in the “sloughs of abjection and misery” until the train cuts him to pieces on the tracks (Márquez 195). This notion of being in over one’s head and reaching for something quite unattainable is prevalent throughout the entire novel and is the overarching reason for why the city of Macondo ultimately expires.


The color yellow serves as a backbone for one of the novel’s major themes; prosperity is only temporary. The train that Aureliano Triste brings in on the railroad is the most obvious use of this symbol. Márquez writes, “the innocent yellow train was to bring so many ambiguities and certainties, so many pleasant and unpleasant moments, so many changes, calamities, and feelings of nostalgia to Macondo,” and indeed it did (Márquez 222). This train brings all kinds of new, exciting, and “marvelous” inventions that the people of Macondo “did not know where their amazement began” (Márquez 223). Aureliano Triste introduces light bulbs, shows films in a theater, French folks bring music and phonographs, and a telephone is installed in the radio station. But this thrill does not last long, for the audience sees the films as “gypsy business” and never again return to the theater, the phonograph becomes so popular and commonplace that they lose interest, and “even the most incredulous” become “upset” that the telephone has a crank while the phonograph possesses no need for one (Márquez 223; 224). Márquez narrates this short-lived attention perfectly; “It was as if God had decided to put to the test every capacity for surprise and was keeping the inhabitants of Macondo in a permanent alternation between excitement and disappointment, doubt and revelation, to such an extreme that no one knew for certain where the limits of reality lay” (Márquez 224).


Among the revolutionary inventions, gadgets, and unexpected, “theatrical creatures” that the train ships to Macondo is Mr. Herbert, a businessman with “topaz eyes” who becomes enchanted with the town’s bananas (Márquez 225). Mr. Herbert changes his enterprise to banana farming, transforming Macondo into “an encampment of wooden houses with zinc...


...Defying Roles of Sexist Stereotypes The book 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is centered around an eclectic family living in the solitude of Macondo for seven generations. As the members of the Buendia family live their lives, they find themselves in a repeating cycle of sins committed by the original Buendias. Out of everything the family does to escape their troubles, nothing seems to work. In and around the family there are only few individuals who keep them from completely spiraling out of control and they all happen to be women. Within the book, Marquez tends to put women in the stereotypical female societal roles. The characters, however, defy their roles and become the few people to hold the family together. Three important women in 100 Years of Solitude are Ursula Buendia: the housewife, Pilar Ternera: the mysterious whore, and Remedios the Beauty: the crazy yet beautiful woman. Although they are labeled with sexist stereotypes, they become some of the strongest and most beneficial characters to saving the Buendia family from their original sins. Ursula Buendia, although one of the original Buendias, is the strongest and most powerful woman in the book. She committed the original sin of incest with her husband/cousin Jose Arcadio Buendia, but it was provoked by him and not her. Ursula resisted having sex with Jose Arcadio Buendia because she did not want her child to have a...


...sins, and God tries to help them but ultimately fails. Throughout the novel the reader wonders if the Buendia family will be able to redeem themselves just like character sin the Bible did. The events that mirror the Bible the most are: Macondos incest, the great flood, and Jose Aureliano Buendia as Abraham. Within One Hundred Years of Solitude man is not able to redeem themselves. The last line of the novel, “Because races condemned to one hundred years of solitude [do] not have a second opportunity on earth” (417) shows that from the beginning of time the Buendias family history was predetermined and they would never be able to be forgiven for their sins. This statement acts as a blanketing to the author’s purpose in writing, and that shroud must be dispelled in order to understand the condemnation it proposes. From the beginning the Buendia family and the town they raise are cut off from the rest of the world. They are surrounded by loneliness, and their solitude from time to time is interrupted from the outside. This mirrors the biblical account of the founding of Abraham’s seed, the Hebrews. A big parallel with the Bible and One Hundred Years of Solitude is the incest. Abraham and Saras relationship was also incestuous because she is his half sister. Howbeit, otherwise also she is truly my sister, the daughter of my father and not the daughter of my mother, and i took her: thou shalt do me this kindness: In every place,...


...Exile in One Hundred Years of Solitude The word “exile” is rarely brought to mind in today’s busy society. With the current technological advances, there are few people in the world living in complete solitude. A modern man may wonder “Why would a person want to live in isolation?” As outlandish the concept sounds, it can be a stirring experience that exposes one’s great potential. Gabriel García Márquez attempts to illustrate perspective of solitude with the Buendías in One Hundred Years of Solitude. Through the actions of the seven generations, Márquez is able to show how exile can become a double-edged sword of loneliness and enrichment. The patriarch, José Arcadio Buendía, begins the pattern of solitude with the initial voluntary exile from Riohacha. With his wife, Úrsula, he leaves his homeland in search for a better life. “José Arcadio Buendía dreamed that night that right there a noisy city with houses having mirror walls rose up,” (Márquez 26). This dream is becomes reality in just days and results in the founding of Macondo. To be able to establish a thriving civilization is an incredible feat – a positive consequence of leaving Riohacha. However, his responsibility as a founder to oversee Macondo causes him to be a poor father to his three children. The neglect becomes worse as José Arcadio Buendía becomes imprisoned by his own wonder of Melquíades’ scientific discoveries. The madness keeps him from his family up to the time of his...


...100 Years of Solitude "…Races condemned to 100 years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth." These powerful last words of the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude ring spot on. The book demonstrates through many examples that human beings cannot exist in isolation. People must be interdependent in order for the race to stay alive. Examples are found of solitude throughout the one-hundred-year life of Macondo and the Buendia family. It is both emotional and physical solitude. It is shown geographically, romantically, and individually. It always seems to be the intent of the characters to remain alone, but they have no control over it. To be alone, and forgotten, is their destiny. The novel begins with geographic


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