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For detailed information about the data items collected refer to the Data Item List on the Downloads tab.
Information from the SDAC will be used by a wide range of public and private sector agencies, in particular the Department of Health, Department of Social Services, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Disability Insurance Agency, the Productivity Commission and state and territory government departments with responsibility for planning support services for older people, people with disability, and carers.
The 2018 SDAC is the ninth national survey, following similar surveys in 1981, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2012 and 2015. The SDAC was conducted in two parts: the cared-accommodation component, which ran from June to August 2018, and the household component, which ran from July 2018 to March 2019.
A summary of findings, including a broad set of tables in spreadsheet format was available on the ABS website on 24 October 2019.
Subject to standard error and confidentiality constraints, a series of tables in spreadsheet format will be produced for each state and territory and will be released in early 2020.
For individuals who wish to undertake more detailed analysis of the SDAC data, detailed microdata was released on 24 October 2019. A basic Confidentialised Unit Record File (CURF) and TableBuilder product will be released, subject to the approval of the Australian Statistician.
The 2018 SDAC was designed to provide reliable estimates at the national level and at the state level for each of the funding states (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia).
The sample for the household component was selected at random using a multi-stage area sample of addresses from the ABS's Address Register. The sample for the cared-accommodation component was selected from in-scope health establishments from the Address Register. The sample consisted of approximately 31,000 private dwellings and 1,200 health establishments. After sample loss and non-response, the final sample achieved included approximately 21,900 private dwellings and 1,100 health establishments.
Estimates in this publication are subject to both sampling and non-sampling errors. Sampling error is the error associated with taking a sample of dwellings rather than going to all dwellings in Australia. In this publication the sampling error is measured by the relative standard error (RSE), which is the standard error expressed as a percentage of the estimate, and the margin of error (MoE), which describes the distance from the population value that the sample estimate is likely to be within for a given level of confidence. Non-sampling errors can occur in any data collection, whether based on a sample or a full count such as a census. Sources of non-sampling error include:
Every effort is made to reduce the non-sampling error by careful design and testing of questions, training interviewers, follow-up of respondents and extensive editing and quality control procedures at all stages of data processing.
Estimates, RSEs and MOEs in this publication have been assessed to ensure the confidentiality of individuals and dwellings contributing to the survey. Estimates in this publication have been randomly adjusted using the statistical process of perturbation to ensure confidentiality of respondents. In most cases, perturbation will have only a small impact on the estimate, while ensuring the information value of the published data as a whole is not impaired.
Results from the five previous household surveys on this topic were published in:
Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, 2015 (cat. no. 4430.0)
Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, 2012 (cat. no. 4430.0)
Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, 2009 (cat. no. 4430.0)
Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, 2003 (cat. no. 4430.0)
Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, 1998 (cat. no. 4430.0)
Data from the first three disability surveys (1981, 1988 and 1993) can be obtained by contacting the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.
Most of the content of the nine disability surveys conducted by the ABS is comparable. There are differences, however, as more recent surveys have tried to get better coverage of disability and of specific tasks and activities previously thought to be too sensitive for a population survey.
Only a small number of minor changes were made to the content between the 2018 and 2015 SDAC.
For further information on the comparability of data items between SDAC 2015 and 2018 and new 2018 data items see the 2018 SDAC Data Item List.
This publication contains tables and a summary of findings to assist with the interpretation of the results of the survey. Detailed Methodology, a Technical Note on Reliability of Estimates and a Glossary are also included, providing information on the terminology, classifications and other technical aspects associated with these statistics.
Estimates and associated RSEs and MoEs for proportions are available in Excel spreadsheets, which can be accessed from the Downloads tab. Subject to standard error and confidentiality constraints, a series of tables will be produced for each state and territory. These tables will be available from the ABS website in early 2020.
Detailed microdata was released on the ABS website on 24 October 2019. It is expected that a TableBuilder and a basic CURF will be produced from the SDAC, subject to the approval of the Australian Statistician. Organisations will be able to register for access to the basic CURF in early 2020. For further details, refer to the Microdata Entry Page on the ABS website.
Special tabulations of SDAC data are available on request for a fee. Tabulations can be produced from the survey subject to confidentiality and sampling variability constraints.
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Ti plants are tall and have many garden forms, differing in leaf colors. When a tree lives in open ground, it very quickly becomes a palm tree. But as an indoor ornamental flower, with proper care, C. terminalis retains leaves to the very base and grows very slowly, not blooming in a flowerpot.
Commonly known simply as the Ti plant, Cordyline terminalis is an evergreen flowering plant of the asparagus family. Its homeland is the tropics of Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, northeast Australia, and the islands of the Indian Ocean and Polynesia.

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show celebrates 40 years
The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been entertaining us for 40 years now and the Stanley Center for the Arts is honoring the special occasion with a viewing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and a Rocktail Party at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30 at Stanley Center for the Arts located at 259 Genesee St. in Utica. The Rocktail will kick off the night with live music from local glam band Wicked, costume contest and dance number from Team Larry from “Bee Tish” and “No Behavior” Dance Crew. Make sure you stick around – Wicked will be signing autographs during the night. Tickets are $15 and will include a prop kit – while supplies last. To purchase your tickets, call 315-724-4000 or visit TheStanley.org or Ticketmaster.com. They will also be available at the box office through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Source: Creeping Sharia, June 12, 2018
That’s 60 more Muslims than WAPO reported were running in April. (link at end)
Source: Saima Farooqui running to become first Muslim in Florida House | Miami Herald
Using an umbrella to keep the summer rain from soaking her hijab, Saima Farooquipeered down at a list of registered Democrats near her Coconut Creek home.
In what has been called a “Muslim blue wave” — or a Muslim-led referendum on Trump’s kind of rhetoric — over 150 American Muslims across the nation have filed to run for public office this year, according to the national Muslim civil rights group Emgage.
“I feel like the demographics have changed but the representation has not,” Farooqui said Sunday afternoon before she and her family walked the district knocking on doors. “That’s where I really felt a strong necessity of going out and doing something.”
Since the Muslim holy month of Ramadan began in May, Farooqui has been fasting and campaigning. The first-time candidate is hoping to earn a spot in the Florida House of Representatives representing District 96, which covers a large swath of Broward County that includes Parkland, home of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
For the most part, she says, the strangers she has met throughout the district are friendly and supportive of her run. But the reactions to her traditional headscarf and her slight accent haven’t been all good. One of the last times she knocked on the door of a conservative couple in her Broward County district — she hesitates now as she walks by homes with pickup trucks and oversized American flags — they kicked her off the property and nearly let their dog loose, her husband said. Farooqui fled running.
“You have to have a strong heart,” her son said. “You have to deal with people getting in your face for no reason.”
There were an estimated 3.4 million Muslims living in the U.S. in 2017, up from 2.3 million in 2007, according to the Pew Research Center.
She currently serves as the secretary of the American Muslim Democratic Caucus of Florida and as the vice president of the Coconut Creek Democratic Club.
School safety is a major pillar of her platform, which also mentions “common sense gun control” and anti-discrimination policies. She will face off against incumbent Democratic Rep. Kristin Jacobs, the former mayor of Broward County, in the Aug. 28 open primary. There are no Republicans running for the seat.
Jacobs has raised $26,639 as of the current filing period, and is certainly the favorite in this bout. Her political contributors include Walmart and NextEra Energy, the corporate parent of Florida Power & Light.
Jacobs and Farooqui had breakfast together a few weeks ago and expressed admiration for each other.
“She seems like a very nice person who was gracious and even told me that she and her husband and her friend all had voted for me and were very supportive of the things I have done while in office,” Jacobs told the Miami Herald. “I believe it is fair to say that we both respect this process and recognize that by no means is this ‘my’ seat and that it belongs to the voters and the people who live here.”
Farooqui qualified for the primary via petition — collecting the requisite 1,083 signatures rather than paying a qualifying fee — and her canvassing crew consists of her son, college-aged daughter and husband.
They walk rain or shine and have faith that their mobilization of Muslims in the area may help her over the hump. A friend of the family serves as “de-facto” campaign manager, although Farooqui says everyone helps.
Read it all. Then think forward 25 years or more. Muslims have a plan. Do you?
As for the supposed Muslim civil rights group, Emgage, they are a sharia rights group and are pushing sharia candidates across the U.S.
- Islamic invasion: More than 90 Muslims, nearly all Democrats, running for public office across the U.S.
- Ongoing Islamization of America – Muslims Going Hyper Political
- Muslim Brotherhood’s U.S. Political Infiltration on Steroids
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And check out the short video clips in these two tweets:
Muslims tell us their plan, and they are targeting poor, black communities across America to establish their vision > #sharia. Watch below & full video at link https://t.co/tmImz3kW9M pic.twitter.com/7UxgoiaGQu
— Creeping Sharia (@creepingsharia) June 7, 2018
Watch: Undercover video shows how Muslims in the US really feel about Americans https://t.co/Aex5MXokmw #sharia #tcot #leo #lnyhbt pic.twitter.com/ov2hss4QdI
— Creeping Sharia (@creepingsharia) May 25, 2018

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Ringedalsfossen innermost in Skjeggedalen – at one of the rare moments when the waterfall appears in its full splendour. This was one of the most impressive waterfalls in Norway. (Svein Nord)
Den Norske Turistforening (The Norwegian Tourist Association)(DNT) built this road as a riding track in the years 1898-1904. At that time it was DNT’s biggest road project. The waterfalls in Skjeggedal were great tourist attractions, which DNT later managed to have protected from power development. The DNT emblem, painted in gold and red, was cut into the mountain wall at Rjukande waterfall. It is 2.5 m high and still clearly visible.
The tourist road is built on the south side of the valley. It leads through deciduous forest and large scree areas below the dramatic mountainside and ascends steeply in hairpin bends at Rjukande waterfall. The view down into the canyon is enthralling. In times of the great tourist traffic there was a café at Svelgarhaugen, remains of the walls are still visible. At Lonena a large, solid bridge leads over the river to the public road. The bridge has been restored. The continuation of the road follows roughly the same route as the tourist road and the former path. Up to 1932 this was the only cart road up to Skjeggedal. All transport for the reservoir construction had to come on the cableway and along this road.

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|Republic of Ceresnia
Republika Čereska (Ceresnian)
and largest city
|Recognised national languages||x, Cheranavian, Razarian|
|Ethnic groups (2013)|
|Government||Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic|
|-||President||Jan Bukovič (acting)|
|-||Prime Minister||Mikolaj Vujčič|
|-||Lower house||House of Representatives|
|-||Duchy of Cera||1178|
|-||Tsardom of Ceresnia||1268|
|-||Kingdom of Ceresnia||1342|
|-||Union with Cheranavia||1 March 1413|
|-||Grand Duchy of Ceresnia||3 August 1684|
|-||Kingdom of Ceresnia||9 March 1782|
|-||Ceresnian Commonwealth||23 May 1924|
|-||Communist Ceresnia||1 August 1947|
|-||Republic of Ceresnia||2 July 1989|
|-||Joined the Esquarian Community||1 January 2000|
327,610 sq mi
|GDP (PPP)||2017 estimate|
|GDP (nominal)||2017 estimate|
|Gini (2011)|| 34.8
|HDI (2015)|| 0.791
|Drives on the||right|
|ISO 3166 code||CE|
|a.||The .ec domain is also used, as in other Esquarian Community member states.|
Ceresnia (Ceresnian: Čeresko [ʈ͡ʂɛrɛskɔ] ( )), officially the Republic of Ceresnia (Ceresnian: Republika Čereska), is a sovereign state in Northern Borea. Ceresnia is a unitary state divided into 12 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 848,506 square kilometres with a largely boreal climate. With a population of over 35.7 million people, Ceresnia is the thirteenth most populous member state of the Esquarian Community. Ceresnia's capital and largest city is Trafov. The country's other major cities are Gralov, Rogovsk, Targopol, Belogrod, Nemskov, Levopol, Kopanovo, Ždanov, Čjažov, Černiki, and Švitna.
The presence of Cerites, a Slavic ethnic group who originated in northwestern Borea, in the area of present-day Ceresnia can be traced back to the early 8th century AD. They organised the state into duchies. The duchies were united as one state of which Česlav became the first king by 975, elevating Ceresnia to the status of a kingdom by forming Cera, the first Ceresnian kingdom, and converting to Christianity. It retained its sovereignty for over three centuries, before being organised into a Duchy in 1178 and a Tsardom in 1268 after Orthodox Christianity arrived in Ceresnia from Velkia. The Tsardom was disestablished following the 1342 catholicisation of Ceresnia by the Sarozny dynasty who subsequently ruled Ceresnia for some three centuries, engaging in a union with Cheranavia.
In 1684, the two entities forming the union engaged in a war, which Ceresnia won. The Sarozny dynasty were overthrown and Cheranavia was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Ceresnia, which granted Ceresnia the largest territorial claim in its history for some 100 years until Cheranavia seceded in 1782 and a series of Cheranavian uprisings sparked a second war which ended in a ceasefire granting Cheranavia independence and reforming Ceresnia as a Kingdom. Ceresnia established itself as a democratic state in 1924 following the abdication of the King. In 1947, the Silent Revolution saw a communist state established in Ceresnia and Eduard Kazukov installed as head of state. In the aftermath of Kazukov dying in a plane crash in 1977, political tensions rose, with opposition parties, notably the Civic Movement, emerging, and in 1989 Ceresnia established itself as a presidential republic.
Ceresnia remained a largely agrarian country until the disestablisment of communism in the late 1980s, undergoing rampant industrialisation along with the "shock therapy" reforms carried out by Pavel Perak in the mid-1990s. Ceresnian GDP growth has been substantial since its establishment, with one of the highest per capita incomes in Borea. The country provides state-funded welfare, free education, and a universal health care system for citizens. With an expanding history, Ceresnia has developed a rich cultural heritage, including many historical monuments and protected areas. Today, Ceresnia is a developed country, maintaining high standards of living, quality of life, safety and economic freedom. Ceresnia is a member state of the Esquarian Community and Cenba.
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The source of the name Ceresnia and the ethnonyms includes endonyms (the way Ceresnian people refer to themselves and Ceresnia) and exonyms (the way other peoples refer to the Ceresnians and Ceresnia).
Endonyms and most exonyms for Ceresnians and Ceresnia derive from the name of the Cerite tribes, which were the first Slavic tribes to inhabit Ceresnia. The tribes' name itself most likely evolved from the word "cera", which means skin or leather in Ceresnian. This probably originated from the leather tents that the Cerite tribes were renowned for building.
During Late Antiquity, numerous ethnic groups populated the region which came to be Ceresnia. The times and routes of the native Slavic settlers in these areas lack written sources, however Bandkeramik and Baltic cultures are said to have inhabited Ceresnia, confirmed by numerous archaeological finds.
Slavic peoples arrived in Ceresnia around the beginning of the 8th century AD.
Tsardom of Ceresnia
Grand Duchy of Ceresnia
Kingdom of Ceresnia
On 8 May 1947, Silent Revolution (…) which left Ceresnia unofficially divided into a northern state known as the Ceresnian Free State, administered by a democratic government, and an autonomous southern state known as the Ceresnian People's Autonomous Republic, administered by a communist government. In 1947, South Ceresnia would invade North Ceresnia and declare a fully independent Ceresnian People's Republic. The operation, carried out by the United Ceresnian People's Party's demand, was led by Eduard Kazukov, who was the self-declared General Secretary of the Central Committee of the party. Kazukov would then proceed to lead the country for 32 years – the longest a Ceresnian head of state ever ruled – until dying in a governmental plane crash on 9 June 1977 in which 8 other Ceresnian officials also died.
After Kazukov's unexpected death, the stability of the political situation in the country began to plummet. Zigfrid Urban temporarily served as Acting General Secretary of the Central Committee of the party from June to August 1977. In August, Robert Gnapov was chosen to become the next General Secretary. After Gnapov's abdication in February 1980, Tomaš Pisk took over his duties. Pisk was generally regarded as a controversial figure due to his gross human rights violations and the reintroduction of the death penalty during his tenure as General Secretary. In November 1980, a mere eight months after inauguration, Pisk was shot in the left underarm in an assassination attempt, the perpetrator of which remains unknown. Pisk was put on medical leave, with duties transferred to Zigfrid Urban. In late December, Pisk's condition worsened, forcing him to completely give up his office to Urban. At first, however, Urban did not accept this order, with some documents specifying the position as vacant from 16 to 21 December. On 18 December, major riots occurred all over Ceresnia, with key governmental buildings bombed, and guerillas attempting to assassinate officials. Ceresnia was in anarchy for three full days. With Urban forced to assume office and take action, the government soon declared him as the General Secretary to avoid a coup d'état. On 23 December, Urban declared martial law, which was in action for two whole months, until 23 February 1981, when the situation was determined to be completely stabilized. However, some witnesses suggested that thousands of people were killed during martial law, by Urban's command.
In 1982, an opposition party for the United Ceresnian People's Party was formed – the Civic Movement. Members of the Civic Movement, which was a right-wing party, demanded for Urban to be put to trial for war crimes. In 1984, the founder and chairman of the Civic Movement, Pavel Perak, brought Urban's case into court. The case was however put on hiatus until November 1988, when the court found Zigfrid Urban guilty of war crimes, however he was not ousted due to this being planned for the coming year. On 1 January 1989, Urban's body was found in his residence at 12 Ulica Hmenna. He committed suicide by disinfectant ingestion. Albert Popkov was designated as his acting successor.
With Albert Popkov serving as Acting General Secretary until 16 March 1989 came talks with the Civic Movement and the following first and only democratic election in the history of the Ceresnian People's Republic. The only candidates were Popkov himself and Oleg Meda. Meda won by a landslide, gaining 87,4% of popular vote, and declared that his office would be renamed from "General Secretary of the Central Committee of the United Ceresnian People's Party" to "President of the Ceresnian People's Republic".
On the day of his inauguration on 2 July 1989 Meda announced, in order: the disestablishment of the Ceresnian People's Republic; the establishment of the Republic of Ceresnia; the demolition of 12 Ulica Hmenna; the disestablishment of the United Ceresnian People's Party. On 2 July 1992, after serving three years of his first term, Meda gave up his duties to Pavel Perak, Chairman of the Civic Movement.
After the definite introduction of democratic elections and a presidential republic, Ceresnia experienced an increase in human rights, political freedoms, internet freedoms and economic standards. Ceresnians voted to join the Esquarian Community in 1999. Ceresnia became a full member on 1 January 2000.
In 2016, long-time former president Pavel Perak once again won the presidency, however it was discovered by opposition press that Perak had manipulated the election results in his own favor, triggering a political crisis that would last for months until finally resulting in Perak being impeached and removed from office.
One of the northernmost countries of Esquarium, Ceresnia
Law enforcement and emergency services
Ceresnia's economy receives a fair income from tourism. After joining the Esquarian Community in 2000, the number of tourists in Ceresnia almost doubled.
Some of Ceresnia's most visited landmarks include x
Energy in Ceresnia is dominated by nuclear power, comprising about 50 percent of the country's total power needs. In 2015, 51.1 percent of electricity was produced by nuclear power; 40 percent by combustion and steam coal power plants; and 8.9 percent from renewable sources such as hydropower. The largest power resource in Ceresnia is Hrobylska Nuclear Power Plant, which is also one of the largest plants of Esquarium, located by the lake Bratvan.
Ceresnia is planning on gradually reducing its dependence on the highly polluting brown coal as an energy source and focusing on the more popular and growing market for nuclear energy. Natural gas is procured from Evroseian companies, mainly Evronefta, extracted from rifts located near the Hladraga inlet and imported by a major pipeline. Gas consumption, approximately 90 TWh between 2010 and 2012, is almost triple electricity consumption.
South Ceresnia has some gas and oil deposits, the products of which are transported to neighboring Cheranavia via a minor pipeline. However, no other countries rely on Ceresnia as a source of gas and oil.
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Largest cities in Ceresnia
Statistical offices in Ceresnia (2013)
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is a bestselling psychological, philosophical and a very personal account of modern relationship that may ring familiar in most of the readers’ internal narratives. I love it! Gladly, I did not have as complicated relationship with the smooth pace of the book as the author ascribes to love.
With an almost microscopic analytic view Alain de Botton weaves with a surgical precision a typical evolution of a love story towards one of the conclusions that “love taught the analytic mind a certain humility”.
Yet, there is much more, the book On Love is a rare marriage of a writing talent enhanced by the author’s scientific savvy. In such, it recalls the narrative style of another popular author and sociology fan Malcolm Gladwell and the theme is coupled with science also the recently published Anatomy of Love by Helen Fisher, PhD. [soon to be reviewed at lamuseblue].
As a debut novel written with a talented pen of the classically educated de Botton, On Love blooms through his irony, the teachings of philosophy, the analysis of the self (I – Confirmation), Psycho-Fatalism, the blind naivety towards suffering and betrayal through the Jesus Complex, the concept of beauty, intimacy, idealisation of the loved object, the bias of romantic fatalism (destiny and chance brought us together) and the vanity of romantic terrorism. Indeed, “once a partner has began to loose interest, there is apparently little the other can do to arrest the process”.
The fatal wounds of some arguments are dashed when “delays in explanations give grievances a weight that they would lack if the matter is addressed as soon as it has arisen.” Yes, we do this, perhaps unconsciously.
Why we suffer from the “Fear of Happiness” aka anhedonia?
De Botton pulls a direct answer touching on the acceptance of living in the present. Describing his life as the process of “anticipation in the morning, anxiety in the actuality, and pleasant memories in the evening”. We are irrational in our emotional behaviour, intuition and some thinking, but we cannot avoid that in order to preserve our humanness. The Stoics would deny love to themselves and like hermits close their minds to limit them to their self-observation and to the rational deductions of other human affairs, such as a friendship based on an intellectual hedonism (happiness). Love for the Stoic was a distraction from more honourable deeds such as philosophy, governance and education. De Botton is critical of this Stoic view by ushering humans into the theme of love between each other. Let it be it irrational. “Do we not sometimes fall in love in order to escape the debilitating cynicism to which we are prone?”
As much as this is a novel, impressive factual resources are pinned in the text. The concept of equal sharing in Marxism enters his love story, so does the dilemma of a person in a certain relationship that must be faced: the incompatibility of an immature love with liberalism.
Love is as much about:
as it is about the butterflies in the stomach.
I was captured by the little book’s red cover at an airport on my way to London, where the story is set. As most humans, the “nature of love” puzzles me. It comes and it goes. I am talking about the immature love, its foolishness, that is explored by the author. As opposing to a mature, grounded and long lasting love, strongly based on the pillar of friendship, empathy and wisdom, the up and downs of the immature love are as exciting as a ride on a rollercoaster. You go up in elation and down in fear. The pain, desire and cruelty of an unequal relationship emerge from the story between the narrator, an architect working in London, and a self-deprecating Chloe. For Londoners many stages of the love story will ring familiar rendering the read more smooth.
Sheila Heti, a NY Times bestselling author of How Should a Person Be?, captured the core of the book in her new introduction: On Love is “a guide through the landscape of contemporary romance”. Dating today often starts on the planes, while traveling, is carried through the work place to our city apartments, that we rarely are willing to share with an intruder, and all of that resonates in Alain de Botton’s novel. The story peaks on a betrayal in the form of cheating with a better achieving work colleague, blitzed catastrophe, thoughts of suicide, …
and then he meets Rachel.
Love Lessons close the book with an optimistic entree into the author’s more recent book on mature love. On Love illustrates through its story the greatest paradoxes of love. The book won’t answer why we fell in love so easily, although some cues to the puzzle emerge throughout – perhaps it is inherent in the irrationality of love, the fire of emotions that burns so intensely that we cannot use the reason to get the riddle of love solved.
The length of each chapter is appropriate and condensed so the reader doe not get easily bored or tired of the book. You will be drawn back to finishing it, eagerly devouring each page with an involved interest, while inserting your own ideals and doubts about love.
The very well written and realism cum irony employing book amuses, but also sketches not just through the originally paired words, but also includes drawings of some models of beauty, and wisely chosen quotes by the well-read author.
“Proust once said, classically beautiful women should be left to men without imagination.”
What a relief for any ageing woman!
OTHER BOOKS BY ALAIN DE BOTTON:
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT
KISS & TELL
HOW PROUST CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
THE CONSOLATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY
THE ART OF TRAVEL
LA MUSE BLUE ON LOVE:

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The Pirate Who's Afraid of EverythingBook - 2015
Meet Shivers, the scaredy-est pirate ever to sail the Seven Seas. Along with his best friend, Margo, and his loyal fishmate (yes, you read correctly), Albee, Shivers battles a giant squid, discovers hidden treasure, and gets pooped on by a pigeon to save his parents from the clutches of evil. (Yep, that's right: EVIL!) You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll never eat snails again. So put on your pantaloons, batten down the hatches, and join Shivers on his first (but still very dangerous) adventure. -- From back cover.
Publisher: New York, New York :, HarperCollins Children's Books,, 2015
Copyright Date: ©2015
Characteristics: 178 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Alternative Title: Pirate who is afraid of everything
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The show will air this coming Tuesday, October 10, the same day that the rapper will release his latest LP Rotten Apple.
The G-Unit soldier specifically requested that tattoo artist Chris Garver craft an exclusive piece for him depicting the "best and worst of New York City" that covers the rapper's entire back. The tattoo features an extremely detailed picture of New York scenery with the words "Rotten Apple" scrolled across the Queens bred emcee's upper back. The body art also includes an artist's rendition of the Statue of Liberty, but instead of holding a torch, the figure is holding a gun.
During the show, Banks also touches on several topics including his mother being one of his biggest influences as well as discussing the day he was shot, lamenting that, "It's not like the movies."
"Miami Ink" airs on TLC on Tuesday, October 10.
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NHAI Jobs 2020: Apply for 163 Manager (Technical), Deputy General Manager & Other Posts @ www.nhai.org!! Job Seekers Alert…! The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) invites applications for the 163 posts of Manager (Technical), Deputy General Manager & Other. The officials want to hire candidates for the post of Manager (Technical), Deputy General Manager & Other with Central DA on Direct recruitment basis through GATE 2020 scores in the discipline of Civil Engineering. Inviting Online applications from Eligible and interested candidates to apply for NHAI jobs. Candidates can start applying their applications from 02nd November 2020. The last date to apply for NHAI Recruitment 2020 is 01st January 2021.
NHAI Recruitment 2020-21
Applicants who are willing to serve anywhere in India may only apply. All the candidates can check their eligibility details from the below sections. Once they determine if they are eligible for NHAI Deputy Manager Jobs, then start to apply online through the below link. To know more about the National Highway Authority in India, candidates can click on the website link. Applicants can apply ONLINE only. The procedure to be followed
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Overview of NHAI Jobs 2020
|Name of the Organization||National Highway Authority of India|
|Number of Vacancies||163 Posts|
|Name of Post||Manager (Technical), Deputy General Manager & Other|
|Starting date of application||02nd November 2020|
|Closing date of application||01st January 2021|
|Job Category||Central Government Jobs|
|Job Location||Across India|
Details of NHAI Vacancy 2020-21:
The details of the vacancy as given in the NHAI Recruitment 2020 is as below
|Name of the Post||Number of Vacancies|
|Deputy General Manager (Technical)||97|
|General Manager (Technical)||10|
|General Manager (Finance)||02|
Eligibility Criteria for National Highway Authority of India Recruitment 2020
Candidates interested in NHAI Jobs can check their eligibility with the details below to apply online.
- Applicants should hold B.E (Civil)/ Degree in Commerce / Accounts from a recognized university.
Read the official notification for more details on NHAI Careers.
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- Open the NHAI notification using the link below
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Important Dates for NHAI Manager Jobs 2020-21:
|Starting Date to apply online||02nd November 2020|
|Last Date to apply online||01st January 2021|
Important Links for NHAI Recruitment 2020-21:
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|Apply Online Link||Apply Here|
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About National Highways Authority of India
National Highways Authority of India was set up by a demonstration of the Parliament, NHAI Act, 1988 “An Act to accommodate the constitution of an Authority for the advancement, support and the board of national parkways and for the issue associated therewith or coincidental thereto”. It has been dependent on the National Highways Development Project, which along with other minor tasks, has vested in it 50329 km of National Highways for advancement, upkeep, and the board. National Highways are the blood vessel streets of the nation for between state development of travelers and products. They navigate the length and width of the nation interfacing the National and State capitals, real ports and rail intersections, and connect up with outskirts streets and remote interstates.
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Pagny’s announcement comes just as new centrist President Emmanuel Macron is cutting taxes to make the country more attractive for investors and high income earners.
Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire has urged Pagny to set up in France while Defence Minister Florence Parly questioned the singer’s patriotism on Thursday.
“Everyone makes their own decisions. I think that those who love their country stay in France,” Parly told the France Info radio station.
After unveiling the first annual budget of the Macron era on Wednesday, Le Maire explained that controversial tax cuts for the wealthy were designed to stem the exodus of entrepreneurs and millionaires.
A host of businessmen and entertainers have quit France for the United States, Switzerland, Belgium or even Russia, including filmmaker Luc Besson, celebrated actor Gerard Depardieu and ageing rocker Johnny Hallyday.
Pagny, who has written lyrics slamming French tax authorities, was prosecuted for fraud and tax evasion in 2005 and ordered to pay a fine of 15,000 euros ($20,000).
The 55-year-old told Le Parisien newspaper last weekend that he planned to move to Portugal because the country did not have wealth or death taxes and did not tax royalties for 10 years.
“Lots of artists are starting to move there,” said the singer, who divides his time between France and Argentina, his wife’s home country, where he owns a large ranch and pays most of his taxes.
Macron has repeatedly urged France’s tax exiles to return, seeking to draw a line under the term of his Socialist predecessor Francois Hollande who introduced a 75 percent super-tax on the wealthy.
“Come home! France is the land of conquest,” Macron said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York last week.
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Workfare isn’t fair, it contravenes the Human Rights Act and shouldn’t be tolerated.
Workfare is partly voluntary. However, if you pull out after a week, you lose benefits effectively making it forced work with no pay. And with the schemes only paying expenses, Workfare is minimum wage exempt. As much as it may sound desirable to some to get people back into the workplace in this way, allowing governments to have this much power sets a dangerous and unacceptable precedent for everyone.
Companies may look to benefit from unpaid employees. Some may see it as a way of increasing the staff numbers but not increasing the wage bill. Many may want to genuinely help young people, but the workfare system is open to this type of abuse from very large, very wealthy companies.
With so many companies pulling out of Workfare, it must send a clear message that something isn’t working.

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So when it came to making an actual pouf, like Pickle's, I was nervous. I'm not good with the circular knitting needles, so those patterns were out. I decided to go the way of Wise Craft's sweater cozies for candle holders and try to crochet them. I loved the way her cozies looked, so I thought I'd just try that crochet stitch, essentially just the Half Double Crochet done millions of times! And as luck should have it, I received about 10 pounds of yarn from Brad's Aunt Cathy that I've been needing to knit up.
Left: Wise Craft's sweater cozies // Right: Caron One Pound of Yarn
10 skeins of one-pound skeins of yarn, that is. So I thought I'd finally use one in pursuit of adorable-ifying this lame-o pouf. This is more than enough yarn to make this pouf and it's a bargain if you get it at the store- around $8 for a whole pound of yarn! [Caron One Pound Yarn at Jo Ann's]
Be forewarned: I'm not an expert crocheter. The first time I learned to crochet, I asked my mom how as she was on her way out the door to work. She said, "Oh, it's like this," and showed me how to make a basic chain. She said, "And you just keep doing that into each stitch over and over again." So I was like, okay, let's try this and I attempted to crochet a scarf that day. When my mom got home, I showed mom, and she said "How'd you make that?" to which I responded "I crocheted it!" -- to which she responded, "Oh I didn't know what I was doing earlier." Soo I never really learned how to do this correctly. I figured that this project would be a good opportunity to finally learn how.
Wisecraft said she taught herself to crochet by watching YouTube videos, so I took the same approach in my quest to learn to crochet. I liked the look of her candle cozies, so I thought I could just vaguely follow her pattern and theorized that I could round it at the top by decreasing the stitch count. [Crocheting into every other stitch- instead of every one- exponentially decreases the size of the pouf and rounds it into the shape of the circle.]
The basic stitch is the Half Double Crochet [HDC], but in this pattern you're going to HDC into every stitch - not every third like the video shows (unless otherwise noted). [PLEASE NOTE: Crafting videos are ALL pretty creepy. I didn't purposely pick a terrible one.]
So I finally have learned to crochet properly- thanks to this creepo video- and am ready to give you my crocheting tutorial -- for your own crocheted pouf :)
For my pouf, I doubled up on the yarn. Every skein has one end of the yarn wound around it and the other on the inside, but you can access both ends. I just took them both from the same skein and crocheted them together as one.
For Your Own Crocheted Pouf Cover:
Sides of the pouf:
Round 1: make a chain that fits the bottom of your pouf nicely, tightly, snugly.
Round 2: HDC into every stitch.
Repeat Round 2 until it is as tall as your pouf is.
Top of the pouf:
Round 1: HDC into every other stitch
Round 2: HDC into every stitch
Repeat Round 2 three times.
Repeat Round 1 once. Repeat Round 2 three times.
Carry out the pattern until you get to this point - 2.5" in diameter circle remains to be crocheted up.
Repeat Round 1 until the hole is totally closed.
Pull the yarn through the loop and weave it into the pattern.
Voila, a crocheted pouf!
And it's on color scheme :)
Hope you enjoyed my little project. I'll be around, crafties.
Ah, yes- an interpretive photo of my cat. My brother thoroughly enjoyed playing with Photo Booth on my computer when I first got it. There are at least 200 pictures of him on here.
Have a good one!

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Robert De Niro takes down Donald Trump with series of most toxic insults
"He's a dog, a pig, a con, thinks he's gaming society. I would like to punch Trump in the face."
By India Today Web Desk: Veteran Hollywood actor Robert De Niro is the latest famous face to join the anti-Trump campaign which labels him the worst candidate for the job to become the president of the United State of America. In a series of toxic insults, the Goodfellas actor called the presidential nominee a dog, a pig and a con artist.
Watch the video here:
And that was the good part, he launched into more calling him an idiot, and quoted Colin Powell calling Trump a national disaster and an embarrassment to the country. He also humiliates Trump for not doing his homework and for not caring.
Even though De Niro's insults went viral, fellow actor Jon Voight has come to Trump's defence saying what De Niro said about a Presidential nominee was shameful. This comes shortly after Avengers director Joss Whedon brought together a 'shit ton of famous people' to urge the electorate to make their vote count by NOT voting for Trump.
Trump has been at the recieving after a video surfaced where he makes sexist remarks including one which says, "Being a rich man you can get away with anything. Grab them (women) by the p***ies." Absolutely not something would want to hear from a presidential nominee.

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2 cups favorite Bloody Mary mix (spicy preferred)
2 cans (14 ounces each) diced tomatoes with green chilies (or 28-ounce can diced tomatoes with juice)
2 cans (14 ounces each) kidney beans, drained and rinsed well
4 tablespoons (or more if you like) favorite chili powder, divided
For serving (optional):
Sliced green onions
HEAT the oil in a medium pot. Add the onion and sauté about 8 minutes until it becomes lightly golden brown.
ADD the beef and cook until it browns, breaking it up as it cooks.
STIR in the Bloody Mary mix and heat on medium-high, stirring and scraping up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Add the tomatoes, beans and 2 tablespoons of the chili powder. Stir well.
BRING to just a boil and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cover slightly and simmer 30 minutes. Just before serving, stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons of chili powder. Serve with desired toppings.
Nutrition information based on regular canned diced tomatoes and using lean ground beef: Per serving: 366 calories (32 percent from fat), 13 grams fat (4 grams saturated fat), 31 grams carbohydrates, 32 grams protein, 647 milligrams sodium, 72 milligrams cholesterol, 9 grams fiber.

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Strum Like The Fab Four: Beatles Ukuleles - Pay Tribute to the Iconic Band! Embrace the musical legacy of The Beatles with our collection of Beatles ukuleles. Each ukulele is beautifully designed with iconic album artwork, band logos, and imagery that celebrate the timeless melodies of the Fab Four. Crafted with precision and quality, these ukuleles are perfect for Beatles fans and music enthusiasts alike. Whether you're a seasoned ukulele player or a beginner, our Beatles ukuleles will transport you to the magical era of the 1960s. Shop now and strum like The Beatles, creating your own musical journey!


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So why did you marry Dad?’ my daughter asked. ‘Well, over time I got to know him and he made me laugh, and . . . and I knew deep down that, that . . . even though we were really different . . . he was a good person.’
Without skipping a beat, she said, ‘He’s not that good, he’s in jail!’
After fourteen years of marriage Mel Jacob’s life looked as perfect as the roses perched above her white picket fence. The nice house in the suburbs, two great kids, a good husband. Until …
Her life took an unexpected detour when her seemingly saintly husband was jailed for two years. In Sickness, in Health … and in Jail follows Mel’s funny, moving and insightful journey as she navigates single parenthood, prison visitations and nosey neighbours. Mel’s revealing account is the story of the family left behind. It chronicles the grief, the stigma and the conversational minefields of her husband’s whereabouts, as well as the logistical problems of making a baby sibling for her two children, and why it’s not appropriate to tell people that Daddy’s in jail. In Sickness, in Health . . . and in Jail is a funny and touching account of grief and love and forgiveness.
Mel Jacob's work has appeared in the following publications; The Good Weekend, Sunday Life, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Brisbane Times, Kidspot, and performed on Radio National, The MCA and The Australian Museum. Her manuscript The Mothers' Group was shortlisted for the Harper Collins manuscript award and her short film, Mischief a finalist for the Riverina Short Festival (Comedy). She lives in the Blue Mountains with her husband and two kids. This is her debut book. Learn more about her at www.meljacob.com.au
Even though the memoir obviously involves the prison experience, the universal themes of having your life derailed, and making mistakes and having to pull yourself out of a situation are what holds the narrative together


Roon is a pricey but elegant way to get high-quality music streaming throughout your house. The company works with streaming services Tidal and Qobuz. Now, Sound United brands Denon and Marantz have announced that 68 products from the two companies are set to receive Roon Tested accreditation.
The company’s “product” is software that acts as a server as well as an extensive database of info and links about bands and albums. This is advantageous if you have a multi-room music system consisting of various Roon Tested devices. Roon is robust because it runs a local “core” on one of your PCs, so it responds quickly to commands.
Oddly, the company will not offer a monthly subscription. It’s also worth noting that you will need a subscription to a music service (Tidal or Qobuz) in order to make room work with online streaming. After the free trial, you can choose between annual payment of $119, or if you really love Roon and trust the company has a business model that will last, a lifetime payment option is available for $699. Either way, you have to fork over some bucks to get the product.
Here is the full press release including list of products that will offer Roon Tested compatibility:
Vista, Calif. (March 23rd, 2020) — Sound United LLC, parent company to Denon, Polk Audio, Marantz, Definitive Technology, Classé, and Boston Acoustics, today announced several Denon and Marantz products received Roon Tested accreditation. This certification enables music lovers to seamlessly stream music from Roon server or Roon Core devices to 68 Denon and Marantz products for a visually rich, and easy-to-use listening experience.
“A critical aspect of the listening experience is learning more about your favorite artists, song writers and bands. It makes the music more intimate and alive,” said Brendon Stead, senior vice president of product development at Sound United. “In the past this intimacy was delivered by the record or CD covers and has been missing from digital online music. Roon helped pioneer this type of experience in the world of streaming music. We’re very excited Denon and Marantz is now Roon Tested so our enthusiastic listeners can continue discovering more about the music they love.”
Leveraging credits, artist relationships, genres, lyrics, concert/tour dates, artwork, and more, Roon adds a new dimension of music exploration to user libraries. By merging Roon Tested devices from Denon and Marantz with local digital music files and high-resolution streaming services like TIDAL and Qobuz, listeners receive a cross-platform networked music ecosystem with server apps for Roon Nucleus, Mac, Windows, and Linux. Control is managed via apps for Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, with networked audio output capability to any Roon Ready, Roon Tested, AirPlay™, Chromecast, Mac, Windows, iOS, or Android device on the network.
“We’re excited to have worked with the Sound United team to ensure the best possible experience of Roon with dozens of Denon and Marantz products. Few brands in audio have the storied histories of Denon and Marantz, and we’re honored to be a part of their future,” said Rob Darling, Directory of Strategy at Roon Labs.
Another benefit to the Roon interface is its unique approach to TIDAL and Qobuz streaming integration. Now Denon and Marantz users can enjoy their personal content libraries seamlessly merged with their high-resolution streaming favorites so searches and playlists will include content from both sources.
Denon and Marantz are offering a free 60-day Roon trial coupon for a limited time. Interested users can learn more at, or .
Roon Tested Devices:
Network CD Receiver
Integrated Stereo Amplifier
Network Audio Player
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Denon link https://usa.denon.com/us/roon-tested
Marantz link https://www.us.marantz.com/en-us/roon-tested
Roon User Guide https://kb.roonlabs.com/Roon_User_Guide


Please refer to our back to school Resources page for: book rental, orientation, immunization information and more.
Reminder: Student immunization records are required. Parents should submit student immunization records to the school or contact the school nurse to confirm pending immunization appointments.
NEW 2014-2015 Immunization Requirements affect incoming Kindergarten, 6th, and 12th grade students.
Two doses of Hepatitis A vaccine (Hep A) are required for all students entering Kindergarten AND One dose of a meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4) is required for incoming 6th grade students and one booster dose of MCV4 is required for students in grade 12.
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We are pleased to announce that the Warrick County School Corporation has earned the highest category placement in the Indiana Department of Education’s annual accountability of schools. Warrick County has earned an “A”.
The “A-F” school grading category is part of the Indiana’s school accountability program known as P.L. 221 based on student performance on the ISTEP tests as well as improvement on those tests.
We want to thank all teachers, students, parents, staff, and community members for all your hard work!!
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Our fundraiser was a huge success! Thanks to everyone who sold, bought, and helped with cookie dough! The kids and school will benefit greatly with these funds! Money should be collected as you deliver the product. Checks should be made payable to Lynnville Elementary. Money is due to school on or before October 30, 2014.


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Riding high off of the success of “Maintain” featuring NAV, Belly this week unleashes another new tune, here alongside his pal and fellow Canadian artist, The Weeknd. “What You Want” is in turn slated to appear on Belly’s forthcoming Midnight Zone project.
This of course isn’t the first time that Belly and The Weeknd have worked with one another. Previously, they teamed up on “Might Not” from Belly’s Up For Days mixtape.
You can watch the official lyric video for Belly and The Weeknd’s “What You Want” below.
For more from Belly, see underneath.
In other music news, Azealia Banks just dropped off a sultry video for her “Anna Wintour” track.”


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The Cramer-Krasselt duo of copywriter Andrei Chahine and art director Ryan Stotts are the winners of Optimus’ second annual “One Shot” contest.
The script’s subject, non-profit ShelterBox, which provides emergency aid for victims of natural disasters, will be produced in October by Optimus’ production arm, ONE, and air as a 30-second PSA.
“We received some great entries this year,” says Optimus president Tom Duff, “which were a testament to the wonderful young creative talent in our community.”
The contest was open to agency and freelance creatives with less than five years industry experience and designed to provide the winners with quality work for their reels.
Winners Chahine and Stotts are both 28 and both have been with Cramer-Krasselt for two years. “We work on just about every account,” says Chahine, the writer of the now-airing Ad Council PSA on emergency preparedness.
Stotts, a graduate of the prestigious Virginia Commonwealth University Brand Center, had previous agency experience, spending two years at Boston’s Fort Franklin before coming to Chicago.
Chahine’s route to his first agency job at C-K was considerably different. He was a Chicago jazz pianist who has played R&B and hip hop for stars like Kanye West and R. Kelly, and a self-taught adman.
“I was obsessed with advertising and how it worked in our culture. It pushed all the buttons in my brain,” he says of the two years he spent studying the ad business.
His persistence paid off with an introduction to Madison Ave., when he won a summer internship at McCann-Erickson. As for working at Cramer-Krasselt, “I consider myself super lucky to be here,” he says.


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Apple Battles Patent Trolls on Two Fronts
Sometimes, even titans of the technology sector have to band together to fight patent trolls. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has reportedly teamed up with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Nokia (NYSE:NOK), and a dozen other major tech, telecom, and Internet companies to stand against patent trolls like IPCom GmbH, a German patent assertion entity that apparently holds a critical telecom patent that is used by many of the world’s largest tech companies.
The patent in question relates to how mobile networks give priority to emergency calls. The technology described by the patent gives mobile phones used by emergency services like police, firefighters, and paramedics priority access across multiple networks if the networks are already experiencing high traffic. According to IPCom, the technology is mandatory under UMTS and LTE cellphone standards — its easy to see how critical the patent could be during a crisis.
Allegedly violating the patent is no small crime, either. IPCom is demanding 1.57 billion euros (about $2.1 billion) from Apple for exactly that — and has sued a number of other companies including Nokia, Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD), and HTC Corp. Apple will be forced to address the issue in regional court in Mannheim, Germany.
This is not the first, and probably won’t be the last time that Apple has been sued by a patent troll, and the tech industry at large appears to be at the end of its rope on the issue. Top tech companies from around the world are pressing courts in the U.S. to revisit patent law and patent disputes, particularly the way fees are collected.


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These four wisdom masters are a MUST for your listening library. They are the shoulders on which so many eco-warriors stand. The truth is that so often we want to turn away from conversations about the environment and our connection to it. However, you’ll find these voices compelling, poetic, and deeply inspiring. They are specially selected from the New Dimensions archive.
The environmental movement stands on the shoulders of one of the American West’s leading advocates, the late Edward Abbey. Here he admonishes us to make a difference, “to oppose injustice, to defy the powerful, to speak for the voiceless.” With wry humor and candor, he points to the serious environmental crises caused by “simple greed” and “stealing from our children.” Read more »
This farmer, ecologist, and writer speaks of enduring values, the wholeness of life, and the interdependence of all creatures (including humans). Berry’s self-discipline and ethical sense come through as he leads us from the microcosm of his Kentucky hill farm to the macrocosm of a sane and reasoned planetary vision based on personal integrity, faithfulness, and love. Read more »
Shepard intimates that, in contrast to the modern technological world, wildness is part of our heritage. Even though suppressed, its lure is constant. He spent a lifetime exploring the wonders of the wild. He reveals the dangers of domesticating animals. He tells some great stories about bears and encourages us to recognize our kinship with all life on the earth. Read more »
Jensen notes: a principal problem with Western thought is that it views the natural world as a metaphor and nature as a commodity. He argues that the key to change and life sustaining action is rooted in seeing nature as sentient – a being worthy and deserving of personal relationship. Read more »


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At the Augusta Fire Department’s remembrance ceremony of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, local government officials spoke about the importance of remembering this day.
“We do this every year because this is a day that we cannot forget,” Augusta Fire Chief Chris James said.
On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people, including 343 firefighters lost their lives. James wanted to make sure people don’t forget that first responders are still dying from health issues caused by the attacks. He also wanted to make sure that the community understands that Augusta has first responders who also risk their lives, just as their brethren did that day.
“We want you to know that you have the same kind of first responders right here in Augusta,” James said. “We work everyday and train everyday to do one thing, and that is to serve our citizens. To show up when our citizens are at their worst moment and make things better.”
A bell was rung and a prayer was said to acknowledge each plane crash into the World Trade Center 17 years ago. The ceremony took place at Fire Station #8 on the 1000 block of Highland Avenue, and similar ones were held throughout the city at different fire stations.
Augusta Commissioner Andrew Jefferson said at the ceremony he hopes events like this bring the country together. Similar to Jefferson, District 22 state Sen. Harold Jones II reminded people of the dominant spirit shown by first responders, who sacrificed their lives to save people on Sept. 11.
“As everyone else was running from action, we know our first responders were running to it. They showed us on that day to be strong, to be courageous,” Jones said. “As we got ready to tackle this new event that happened in our lives, they were the shinning light that gave us hope that we could get through it.”
Augusta Commissioner-elect Brandon Garrett also spoke about the importance of honoring first responders who put their lives on the line every day. He said the attacks changed the nation.
“It was one of those things that changed the course of our nation’s history,” Garrett said. “We are still fighting the same battle today. If we don’t take time to remember, why we are where we are today, then we’ll continue to make those mistakes going forward.”
After the ceremony, James recalled where he was when the attacks happened. At the time, James was the training chief and in a class on terrorism. Before Sept. 11, classes on terrorism would focus primarily on the Oklahoma Bombing of 1995.
“Terrorism and how we train changed right there that day. We went from focusing on Oklahoma City bombing type of training, to spreading our view on what type of things folks would do to commit a terrorist attack,” James said. “It changed our focus. It made us widen our thought process into what type of things people may do and what things we need to do to prepare.”
James said the fire department plans to continue hosting the remembrance ceremony every year. He said officials will assess this year’s ceremony and see how it can be improved.


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The last two weeks I have been developing a couple of mutators for Unreal Tournament 3 and although my simple mutator, only about 20 lines of code mind you. It went without a hitch for the first large portion, actually coding the mutator’s effects, but I have tripped up quite badly as of late in trying to get the mutator to work over the internets. This is going to be a journey through a few of my notes on UT Development and quite possibly some thoughts on the matter of comparing HL2 with Source.
I finally set up the automatic backup for every portion of my site, including the wiki and forums. I spent about 4 hours configuring the app to run itself properly and email me like I want it to and so forth, but now its on autopilot so woo hoo!
Secondly, some of you may have already noticed a release was made this past week. I know its simple but I would love to hear your thoughts on the mutator as it is my first and as such is extremely simple.
I have also been doing quite a bit of work on the wiki in the last week. It looks like I am going to be able to get back into my books and tutorial writing sooner than I had expected, and since everything I do is backed up, it will be that much more fun to do it without worrying about my fucking host being dumb again.
Yesterday I spent some time cleaning up my WordPress plug-in and boy did it go well. I replaced my previous YouTube and Google video plug-ins with a single plug-in that just plain kicks ass. Please feel free to go jump into the software releases and check it out.
In other news, I have been hard at work coding my first UT Mutators. Unfortunately I don’t know UScript nearly as well as I know CPP or PHP. I’ve had a couple hiccups and will hopefully sort them out by tonight, as I really want to start releasing them.
Alright folks, Its time to get in gear. This is a call out to anyone and everyone who is interested in working in UT 2007 that I may or may not know. Mike Whitfield and I are already rolling in the UT-iverse and looking for folks who are going to be working in UT 2007 not necessarily along side us but networking. Just as I did with HL2 I plan to do the same or similar things for UT, only this should go a bit smoother as I have had experience with UScript and will probably be abe to pull some shit together quicker.
That said, We need to talk about the future of gneu and how UT development is going to be impacting it.
About two months ago I had a meeting with Matt & Reiji to the tune of trying to decide what we are going to do with our game. Many topics were thrown about and eventually we decided on going the ogre route and building it independent, but there was something electric in the air. Something about the idea of making mods made our eyes light up, at least mine. You guys don’t really know Reiji too well, but it takes something truly special to get him to let his eyes sparkle at all. We asked ourselves… “What do we do when UT3 comes out?” There are obvious marketing and distribution benefits associated with mod development, considering that if you find that niche it draws people to your site. They see your mod or in the case for UT – Mutator – an ask the all-important question… What else have they done?
Mike Whitfield, unblogged, has taken the opportunity of this release to get the gneu movement rolling and we have an SVN Setup and rolling, I will soon compile a list of possible mutators and mods and democracy will drive our momentum, possibly. We still make final call and will probably choose whatever looks fun to us at that time.