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2017-2018 Network Leadership Institute Participants

We are excited to welcome a wonderful group to participate as the second cohort of the Network Leadership Institute!

Jumoke Akinrimisi

Jumoke AkinrimisiJumoke grew up in Providence, RI surrounded by the sights and smells of food from Nigeria and West Africa. A graduate of the University of Rhode Island and the Roger Williams University School of Law, Jumoke has always held an interest in ensuring the wellness within the African community through traditional African foods. She worked for SisterTalk, a Brown University Program focused on improving the health of African and African American Women through traditional foods and faith. Working with the African Alliance of Rhode Island (AARI) has given her the opportunity to continue making a meaningful impact in RI through varied opportunities to create a sustainable food system and increase the growth and production of African foods within the state while also introducing African food and culture to the community.

Rick Amato

Rick AmatoRick grew up in the food industry, starting at age 14, when he cleaned up in his father’s butcher shop. He has over 40 years experience ranging from picking fruit to protein buyer for over 2700 stores nationwide. He has specialized expertise in procurement and merchandising in the grocery and food service arenas. Rick is a third generation butcher, a classically trained pastry chef, and an enthusiastic grower of apples, micro-greens, and figs. He is active with Slow Food in Massachusetts, where he offers a unique perspective about the food industry and its current and future challenges.

Saulo Araujo

Saulo AraujoSaulo is the Global Movements Program Director at WhyHunger. He works to advance initiatives of food sovereignty and agroecology by identifying resources and network opportunities that will strengthen the work of grassroots organizations and social movements. Originally from Brazil, Saulo brings years of experience working with urban and rural families in the United States, and abroad. Previously, he worked as the Latin America Program Coordinator for Grassroots International in Boston, and served as consultant to international funders, including the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. He is trained as agronomist and has a master’s in International Development and Social Change from Clark University. Saulo is a senior fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program.

Sarana Beik

Sarana BeikSarana is the Youth Program Director for Hartford Food System with the Grow Hartford Youth Program. She has many years of hands on experience in different roles within the food system as a mother of three, a farm worker, a permaculturist, an herbalist, a community organizer, and a long time food service employee. She is a fierce advocate of the mothers, children, and communities who are most vulnerable in our current food system and hopes to create sovereign-people-led systems that serve the best health and well-being of the community.

Eliza Dexter Cohen

Eliza CohenEliza is the Food Access Coordinator at the Rhode Island Public Health Institute (RIPHI), where she works to build the evidence base for food security advocacy at the state, regional, and national level. She is the director of RIPHI’s Food on the Move, a community-based mobile produce market that brings fresh fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods across RI. Eliza serves as a member of the Rhode Island Food Policy Council on the Data Committee and Policy Committee. Eliza has studied food systems for the past ten years. She began thinking about farming and food access as a student at the Food Project, a food justice training program for high school students in Boston, Massachusetts. Since then, she has been involved in numerous projects related to social justice and food. As a student at Brown University, she co-coordinated the student-run Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. She has worked on small farms in Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Laos, India, and Argentina.

Jerel Ferguson

Jerel FergusonJerel is Education & Volunteer Coordinator at the Urban Farming Institute. In this role, he organizes and coordinates farm-volunteer workdays for diverse urban groups throughout Metro Boston, to connect folks hands-on with fresh food, and with the labor and land that sustain us. Jerel worked at the The Food Project for 2 years as a Youth Development Specialist for the Greater Boston Region. As founder of Hike4Life, through his nature-based enrichment programs, his love of the environment and the land, sparked his interest in urban farming. Jerel joined The Urban Farming Institute team in May of 2017. Jerel is a husband, and father of three and loves hiking, music, photography, cooking, and intellectual conversation.

Jonah Fertig

Jonah FertigJonah is the Director of Cooperative Food Systems at the Cooperative Development Institute. He works with farmers, fishers, cooks, and food producers to form cooperatives, particularly New American farmers in Maine and the Northeast. He’s on the board of the Cooperative Fund of New England, the Good Food Council of Lewiston-Auburn and the Maine Food Strategy. He co-founded Local Sprouts Cooperative, Maine Farm & Sea Cooperative, the Greater Portland Community Land Trust, the Mayor’s Initiative for a Healthy and Sustainable Food System, the Cooperative Design Lab, and the People’s Free Space. He was a 2016 Democracy at Work Institute Worker Cooperative Developer Fellow, 2017 USFWC/DAWI Chapter Network Fellow and a graduate of the Sustainable Food Systems Leadership Institute. He lives with his partner and two kids at Celebration Tree Farm & Yoga in Durham, Maine.

Julianna Fischer

Julianna FischerJulianna is a Community Organizer with the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA). She grew up on the coast of Southern Maine, working at her family’s seafood restaurant from a young age. She joined NAMA with a background in community organizing around fossil fuels, electoral politics, and a passion for social justice and system change. She has worked on numerous climate campaigns, including opposition to North America’s largest proposed coal export terminal and improvements in oil train safety legislation. Julianna’s work with NAMA is toward building a broad movement for healthy marine ecosystems and fishing communities through market strategies and policy change. She works toward economic justice for small and medium scale fishermen, ensuring seafood has a place in food justice conversations and improving access to sustainable seafood.

Vanessa Garcia Polanco

Vanessa Garcia PolancoVanessa is a visionary and ambitious servant leader. She grew up in in the fertile Cibao Valley of the Dominican Republic. Growing up, local food was not an option, it was the rule. She moved from the D.R. six years ago, and in the U.S. she observed that as a culture we are disconnected from where our food comes from and do not account for the environmental impacts that our agricultural production is having in our environment. She is an active community leader in her new home of North Providence, RI, at the University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension and as a member of the Rhode Island Food Policy Council. She sees sustainability through community development as an interdisciplinary tool to empower individuals to enact behavior change and improve their quality of life and environmental conditions.

Kristina Kalolo

Kristina KaloloKristina is the Quality Control & Markets Manager for the Somali Bantu Community Farming Program, where she assists 130 new American farmers in accessing wholesale and retail markets for their fresh produce. She also serves as the Research & Outreach Administrator for the Cumberland County Food Security Council. Previously, she engaged with her love for local and sustainable food as the Production Manager and Head Chocolatier for Ambrosia of Nantucket, where she grew and wild-harvested botanicals to create artisanal products. Kristina’s people-centered focus on agriculture is rooted in experiences with rural and urban organic farming in Nantucket, Worcester, and currently Portland, Maine. Kristina is passionate about creating an inclusive and socially just food system and wrote her master’s thesis for Clark University on the intersection between feminist and food justice movements.

Jacalin LaFrance

Jacalin LaFranceJacalin is a SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educator with UMass Extension Nutrition Education Program. SNAP-Ed provides a variety of nutrition education programs and resources for adults and youth who receive or are eligible for SNAP benefits. Program implementation includes activities such as nutrition education workshops; nutrition lessons and follow-up activities in schools; food demonstrations at farmers’ markets; interactive displays; a website and blog providing healthy recipes, shopping tips, and meal planning ideas. Jacalin earned a master’s in Health Education with a concentration in Health Promotion from Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH. During the last year of her graduate studies she lived in the White Mountains, working as a Graduate Assistant with the Center for Business and Community Partnerships where she created food literacy outreach program called, Who Grew My Lunch? targeting youth in Northern New Hampshire. The program promoted the understanding of where food comes from, the impacts on health, the environment, and the economy as well as how to grow, prepare, and prefer nutritious foods through a combination of outreach and education.

Lisa Masé

Lisa MaseLisa is a food as medicine educator, a food justice activist, writer, homesteader, and folk herbalist living with her family in central Vermont. She empowers individuals and groups to take charge of their health through learning about the traditional nutritional philosophies from India, China, Japan, and the Mediterranean diet of her native Italy. Lisa enjoys eating local food and crafts recipes to match the season. Learn more on her website.

Ian McSweeney

Ian McSweeneyIan is a leader in the farmland conservation movement in NH. He is the Director of the Russell Farm and Forest Conservation Foundation, serves on the Board of Agrarian Trust, participates in many farmland conservation, farmland access, and farm and food system initiatives, and is a consultant to several national farmland conservation, farmland investment, and organic food systems organizations. Ian's work is focused on assisting landowners and farmers through a customized approach to conservation, transition, transfer, and secure tenure outcomes for sustainable farm enterprises that build community, provide nutrient dense food access, offer farm based education, and add to a local agrarian based economy.

Stacey Purslow

Stacey PurslowStacey coordinates the New Hampshire Farm to School program and New Hampshire Gleans, a network of coordinators working to bring excess farm food to those in need. These programs are part of the Sustainability Institute at the University of New Hampshire. Her 8 years of work on farm to school has helped launch the NH Harvest of the Month program, the NH TEEN Cook Off, Sea to School, the NH School and Youth Garden Network, and the Beacon Communities project. Stacey also serves as the state lead for the National Farm to School Network and volunteers her time with the Master Gardener program and NOFA NH.

Rachel Sayet

Rachel SayetRachel is a Mohegan tribal member from Uncasville, Connecticut. She received her bachelor’s degree in restaurant management from Cornell University in 2007. While attending Cornell, Rachel worked in kitchens and took many culinary classes. Upon graduation, Rachel worked as a personal chef in upstate New York. She later went on to receive her master’s in anthropology at Harvard University. Rachel has been working for the Mohegan Cultural Department since 2013. Since then, she has also been researching Native American foods. She has presented her work throughout the country at conferences and classrooms. Rachel has also begun food sovereignty initiatives at the Mohegan Tribe; partnering with the health department on gardening events, cooking and storytelling workshops for Mohegan youth, and a native cooking show. Her most recent project is the Native Food Discussion Group, created in order to share knowledge about seasonal eating, harvesting, growing, and fishing practices.

Shadeah Suleiman

Shadeah SuleimanShadeah is a senior Clinical Research Coordinator in Gastroenterology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and active in the Harvard Food Literacy Project and the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic. She is also the Program Manager for Stillman's Farm and an event coordinator in The KITCHEN at the Boston Public Market. Shadeah serves on the MA Farm to School Leadership Board and volunteers in Boston Public Schools teaching gardening, cooking, and nutrition, most recently partnering with the BCYF SuperTeens program.

Deborah Thomas-Sims

Deborah Thomas-SimsDeborah is a mother, community advocate, and accomplished Chief Operating Officer. She has served as the COO of Shared Vision since 2015. Prior to that, she served as the Director of the Office of Neighborhood Revitalization for the City of Bridgeport. As a resident of Bridgeport, CT, Deborah has volunteered on city, state, and community-based boards. She currently serves as the Chair of the East End NRZ Pop-Up Market & Cafe, addressing the needs of the longest standing food desert in Bridgeport. The project will compare changes in fruit and vegetable consumption to changes in other neighborhoods. The Market & Café seeks to eliminate the neighborhood’s distinction of being the longest standing food desert. It has been selected as one of 50 members of the AETNA HealthyCommunity50 in the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge and received a $10,000 community seed award. Deborah serves as a member of the East End Neighborhood Revitalization Zone Board, the East End Reunion Committee, YANA (You Are Not Alone), Blessed Sacrament Church, the Young Adult Police Commissioners, and Pax in Terra. Deborah’s greatest achievements are her children. In August of 2016, she was ordained and licensed as a Chaplain.

Becka Warren

Becka WarrenBecka is part of the Valley Food & Farm team at Vital Communities, fostering relationships that keep agriculture a daily part of community life in the Upper Connecticut River Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire. She works with current and future farmers, businesses, schools, and partners across Vermont and New Hampshire to build connections that support farm viability and keep our landscapes working. Becka believes that real connections to our farmers make us happy and builds projects that can take advantage of that simple premise, whether that means introducing workplaces to farm-fresh delivery, facilitating peer-to-peer learning among farm staff, or helping schools use farms as learning resources. She lived in Seattle for many years, where she worked for the Washington State University Small Farms Program, Cascade Harvest Coalition, Seattle Tilth, and area vegetable farms. Becka is also a writer, founding and writing Ask Umbra at from 2000-2009. She lives in Hartland, VT, with her family.


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Fed to Lower Rates to 0%

The consensus among economists is now that the US Federal Reserve Bank will lower its benchmark interest rate all the way to 0%. The Fed Funds Rate currently stands at 1%, and two projected 50 basis point cuts within the next two months would bring the rate to its lowest level ever, where it could remain for as long as one year. Apparently, the concern among economic policymakers is that the sagging economy and falling asset prices will ignite a protracted period of deflation. Given the extent to which the Federal Reserve Bank as well as the Federal Government have already moved to stimulate the economy, it’s unclear whether any further loosening will have an effect. Currency investors remain unfazed about this prospect, perhaps because the rest of the world is in equally dire straits, and foreign central banks are mulling proportionately drastic measures. Marketwatch reports:

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Deputies search for toilet paper thieves

- There is a search for toilet paper thieves.

Cullman County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama released surveillance video in hopes of identifying two men who walked into a restroom and walked out with the toilet paper.

They said the men appear to be driving a red or maroon GMC Envoy. The subjects vandalized the men’s restroom at Sportsman Lake Park located at 1544 Sportsman Lake Road in Cullman. The surveillance video shows the two men enter the men’s bathroom and later exited carrying rolls of toilet paper. The men took the entire toilet paper dispensers, which cost $100 each to replace.

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Several cars vandalized at TWU apartment complex

Over the past two days, the windows of a several cars in Denton were shot out with what police believe was a pellet or BB gun.

An early morning scare on Wednesday at Texas Woman’s University put students and officers on high alert.

Just before 5 a.m. while responding to a report at the Lowry woods complex on the TWU campus, a university police officer's vehicle was fired at with what's believed to be a BB or pellet gun.

“The officer in the car patrolling, he heard some pinging noises off of his car. Then he was lasered with a red light,” explained TWU Public Safety Chief Elizabeth Pauley. “They missed our window by about an inch. Seemed like they were aiming at windows.”

University police called Denton police for backup. And while going after the suspects, a Denton officer had the back window of her vehicle shot out.

Four other student vehicles in the parking lot of the Lowry woods complex were also damaged. But students say they weren't notified until several hours after the incident.

“Didn't have anyone come check on us. We knew nothing about this,” said one student. “I would've at least liked to have been put on lockdown or sent a message to go in the inner parts of my apartment to stay away from the windows.”

University reps say they didn't send out an alert because the suspects had already left campus and determined there was no immediate threat.

Meanwhile, Denton police say they have a person of interest they're speaking with and are looking into whether this incident is related to another one just days before on the 900 block of Panhandle Street where 18 cars were also damaged.

This was not the only Denton police car that was vandalized this week. Denton police are dealing with another report where a unit was spray painted with profanity.  But officers say that's a completely different incident and don't believe that's related.

Police said they do not believe their cars were specifically targeted in the latest incident because other cars were damaged as well.

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Greenland Not as Green as Advertised?

Scientists call new atlas 'misleading'

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Scientists are dismissing a map printed in the newest edition of the Times Atlas of the World that indicates Greenland has lost 15 percent of its ice cover over the past 12 years.

One glaciologist called that "incorrect" and "misleading," saying -- quote -- "we concluded that a sizable portion of the area mapped as ice-free in the atlas is clearly still ice-covered."

The Times Atlas suggests the ice sheet melted at a rate of one-and-a-half percent per year. But another scientist says that measurement could be anywhere between 10 to 50 times faster than reality.

The atlas is published by Harper Collins -- owned by the parent company of this network.

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If you think $16 for a muffin is hard to swallow in these tough economic times, you are not alone.

An internal Justice Department audit found excessive spending on food and beverages at 10 department conferences. Some of the other alleged waste included $10 apiece for cookies, $8 per cup of coffee and over $7 dollars each for beef Wellington appetizers.

During one conference, DOJ spent $65 per person for lunch and $32 per person for snacks.

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And speaking of spending, our neighbors to the north are raising eyebrows over their government's decision to pay a management consulting firm almost $90,000 a day for advice on how to save money.

The Canadian press reports Deloitte Incorporated was awarded a $20 million contract to advise the federal cabinet and senior officials in Canada how to balance the books by 2014.

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Video of gun-toting dad blasting away at daughter's laptop goes viral

Tommy Jordan puts his daughter's laptop out of commission in this image taken from a video he posted online.

Tommy Jordan puts his daughter's laptop out of commission in this image taken from a video he posted online.

A viral video of a father firing his .45 at his daughter’s laptop after she blasted him on her Facebook page has sparked a fiery debate about parenting and tough love.

Tommy Jordan posted the video entitled, “Facebook Parenting: For the troubled teen” on YouTube on Wednesday. By Friday, it was closing in on two million views. Jordan went public with the clip after daughter Hannah posted on Facebook an open letter to her parents griping about what most 16-year-olds would complain about at that age: having to do chores and not having the latest gadgets bought for her.

In the video, Jordan sits on a chair with a cigarette in hand and a printed-out copy of his daughter’s posting in the other. He also has a .45 caliber holstered to his belt.

The angry dad starts off with a message to his daughter.

“Hannah, you were grounded for three months for doing something similar to this and I would've thought that with a father in IT for a living, you would have better sense than to do it again,” he says.

He then reads his daughter’s posting, entitled “To my parents.”

“Since you want to hide it from everyone, I’m going to read for everyone now,” Jordan says on the video.

“To my parents: I’m not your damn slave,” he begins, before reading the profanity-laced diatribe.

WARNING: Video below contains some of the aforementioned profanity and may not be appropriate for some viewers.

After finishing his reading, Jordan announces that he is “going to put a stop to this, and put a stop to it now.” With that, he aims both the camera and his weapon at his daughter's laptop and opens fire.

“It’s about to get a whole lot harder today. I’m gonna post this on your Facebook wall, so all those kids that thought it was cool for how rebellious you were can see what happens.”

The video has caused a rift among those who viewed it over whether the punishment fit the crime.

“I find your reaction to your daughter's alleged self-entitlement colored by ungoverned emotions, of which it is the parent's responsibility to keep at bay, and a profound misunderstanding of punishment,” posted one visitor to Jordan’s Facebook page.

But another applauds the angry computer shooter.

“Sir, you did awesome… and for those that think this was something of another world...they can get over it… you continue to be a great dad...and make sure your daughter sees all these comments of how MANY parents feel the same way about it as you...KUDOS TOMMY!!!,” commented another visitor.

After the video went viral and Jordan was besieged by requests for interviews, Jordan said he'd done enough talking.

“Never again in my entire life will I ever do anything that garnishes (sic) this much attention, both positive and negative. I really wished we'd been prepared or something,” he wrote on his Facebook profile Friday.

"Never again will I have the opportunity to speak to so many people about anything…and instead I'm sitting here stupefied.”

Perry Chiaramonte is a reporter for Follow him on Twitter at @perrych


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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Opportunity: the National State of Education for Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired

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 By Corbb O'Connor. Article source, reposted with permission of the Blog on Blindness from the Louisiana Tech Institute on Blindness.

This weekend, the Institute on Blindness will have the honor of hosting teachers of blind and low-vision students for a two-day conference. The goal is to connect teachers with a local, state, and national professional development network.

Natalie Shaheen, a former teacher of blind students and current Director of Education programs at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, will present the keynote address at the Louisiana Teacher Training Conference on Blindness and Low Vision.

“Our education system is in a time of flux, and this provides us with great opportunities as educators,” Ms. Shaheen said in an interview.

Here are just some of the ideas that Ms. Shaheen will be presenting in her speech entitled, “The National State of Education for Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired.”

Early identification

This time of year, Ms. Shaheen’s e-mail and voicemail inboxes are flooded with calls from parents who are frustrated that their blind sons and daughters don’t have teachers, braille books, or the orientation and mobility skills to navigate the crowded hallways.

“I want to frame these calls as an opportunity for us, both as where we are now and what’s next,” Ms. Shaheen said. “These calls help us all understand what skills these kids need to do what they need to do. When the schools know what the kids need, they can work to provide those services.”

Providing services to kids who are blind or have low-vision may seem to be the norm in your area, but Ms. Shaheen recounted her experience in first grade this way:
“At the beginning of the year, my parents had a meeting with the teachers to make sure they understood that I had poor vision. My parents told them that I had to hold things right up to my face to see them, and—sometimes—I couldn’t see things. And that was that. The school did not suggest any evaluations be conducted, special services provided, or an IEP be written…despite the fact that public law 94-142, the Education of all Handicapped Children Act, had been in effect for over a decade.”
Fortunately, the students whose parents are calling Ms. Shaheen today won’t slip through the cracks or be held back because they can’t read fast enough. The parents, advocates, teachers and administrators have an opportunity to help these students to stand on an equal level with their sighted peers.

In most states, schools are preparing for the common core standards, set to be implemented during the 2014-2015 school year. The accompanying assessments will be partially or entirely computer-based.

“Whether the new testing modules, learning systems, and e-readers will provide the full accessibility needed by students with disabilities in order to showcase their true abilities has not yet been demonstrated,” Ms. Shaheen said.

For the products that are somewhat accessible, Ms. Shaheen cautions us all to remember that not every blind student is going to be a tech wizard or be able to “figure it out.”

“We, the experts in blindness, must teach the administrators, technologists, and salespeople who create, sell, and procure this technology about accessibility and the needs of our students,” she said. “Clunky non-visual interfaces that turn a quick and simple visual task into a slow and arduous non-visual task do not suffice. Accessibility means that the technology, when accessed non-visually, provides a blind user with the same ease of use and the same functionality as a sighted user.”

Students with multiple disabilities give teachers a chance to keep learning.

Particularly in the field of blindness, teachers are expected to be knowledgeable about a wide variety of topics: braille, daily living skills, assistive technology, as well as orientation and mobility. When teachers come across a situation or a topic with which they’re unfamiliar, Ms. Shaheen says that’s another opportunity to learn.

For some teachers, having students with multiple disabilities in their classroom for the first time is the wake-up call that they need to learn more. Teachers can’t possibly be experts about every disability, but they can constantly be working to find new information and incorporate that into what we do everyday.
Ms. Shaheen will host a roundtable discussion at the upcoming teacher conference in Louisiana to foster a dialogue about how to involve, engage, and inspire students with multiple disabilities just as much as the students whose only disability is blindness. We invite you to come join the conversation.

Teachers are needed and appreciated.

Today, the broadcast media lambasts teachers as the problem in education. Ms. Shaheen, though, plans to showcase her appreciation and thanks to today’s teachers of blind and low-vision students.

“I appreciate my fellow teachers and the hard work they do every day for our kids,” she said. “As long as we are constantly learning, reflecting on our practice, and sharing that learning with our colleagues, we can accomplish our goal to empower our students to reach their fullest potential.

Referring to teachers’ jobs “the best job in the world,” Ms. Shaheen said it’s the only job that offers awesome opportunities every day.

“When the students aren’t getting what they need, our assessments show the areas that need more attention,” she said. “When the technology doesn’t work, we can educate. When we don’t understand what a student needs, then it’s our opportunity to learn.”
Natalie Shaheen, M.Ed. is an Ohio native who was born blind. A pediatric ophthalmologist told her parents that, because she was blind, Natalie would never learn to read or write, graduate from high school, or go to college. She graduated with honors from Ohio State University, and has taught blind students from Las Vegas to Maryland. She currently directs national educational programs for blind youth as the Director of Education for the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute.
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Enjoy the music releases of BTS in 2017

If you are getting bored with listening to the same music again and again, then it can be the right time to explore something new and refreshing music by choosing the music bands. Yes, the music bands or team gives wonderful music performance to the people who love to hear the music. Since there are so many music bands that can give you the awesome performance, you can choose the best. In that way, BTS alias Bangtan Boys is one of the most successful group to give the awesome performance. When you have searched over the internet, it is possible to find out the article about BTS members profile, ideal type, names, facts etc in the easiest way.

Know about BTS

BTS is music band in South Korea which is now making storm of music over the world. The talents of this boy band inspire both the Korean and world level fans. Yes, singing and dancing of the boys are extremely wonderful to enjoy.

This group was developed by Big Hit entertainment in 2013. This boys group is also known as various names like Bullet proof boy scouts, Bangtan boys, beyond the scene and more. In this group, there are seven members available and they are getting the excellent fan base among the different people throughout the world. Without any doubts, this BTS is one of the most victorious Korean Pop bands.

BTS Members Profile

So, if you are a fan of this BTS group, you may definitely want to know the details about the members of this group. In fact, this group is having seven members and they are mentioned as follows.

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All these members are extremely talented to give the most adorable music to feel awesome. So, if you are really interested in knowing about the team members of BTS, then there are so many sites and blogs available. Well, this article about BTS members profile, ideal type, names, facts etc and therefore, you can use it easily.


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Leadership Series:
Looking at Leadership

by the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service

Some of the most important people in America are those called volunteer leaders. They are the persons mainly responsible for many of the activities that keep America a great nation. Volunteers devote countless hours to a vast number of programs and projects that help improve the country's social, cultural, and natural environments. The contributions of volunteers toward maintaining democracy and improving community life cannot be adequately measured.

Many volunteers, however, realize they could be more effective leaders if they could take part in training sessions and if they had more guidelines on being leaders. This publication has information and guidelines that might prove useful to volunteers as they fulfill their commitments.

Who is a Leader?

A leader is someone who influences the attitudes, opinions, or actions of others. If a leader intends to influence others, that influence is deliberate or planned. If others are influenced just because of who or what the leader is, that influence is unintentional or unplanned. Everyone influences others, whether positively or negatively, at some point; therefore, every person is a leader at some point.

Effective leaders set good examples for people, originate ideas and actions, delegate responsibilities, listen, attend to group satisfaction, praise, learn, and act natural. Leaders need to know how to work with people, and they need to know some of the personality types found in groups.

Types of Leaders

Formal leaders--those who are elected or appointed to positions of authority and influence in organizations such as civic clubs, community clubs, churches, and hunting clubs. Another good example is the PTA, an organization active in almost every school system in the country.

Informal leaders--those who influence others, not because they (informal leaders) have specified positions but because they have certain characteristics such as wealth, knowledge, ability, social standing, or certain personality traits.

Characteristics of Leaders

Effective leaders, formal or informal, have certain characteristics that include the following:
  • Respected by others
  • Cooperative with others
  • Knowledge and understanding
  • Patience and persistence
  • Push and drive
  • Congeniality
  • Maturity and stability

What Does a Leader Do?

Sets an Example

Every group has its own values, beliefs, customs--a "way of life." The leader upholds that "way of life" by setting an example; that is, the leader reflects the beliefs and values of her/his group.

Effective leaders do not try to do everything for the organization. Leaders recognize the qualities of leadership abilities in others, and effective leaders are willing to provide them with opportunities to exercise those abilities.

Applies Leadership

A leader is one who originates ideas or activities, applying their strengths to being positively effective. A good leader encourages suggestions, opinions, and ideas from other members of the organization.

Attends to Group Satisfaction

Effective leaders know people will not take part in the group if they receive no satisfaction from participation. Leaders, therefore, try to help the organization's members plan programs and projects that provide satisfying experiences.

Effective leaders do not assume they know all there is to know! Leaders are aware of the complexities of working with people, and they spend quality time learning about people and situations.

Effective leaders recognize the value of giving credit where credit is earned. Good leaders are conscious of giving a personal "thank-you" to those who deserve it.

Leaders make their decisions based on the knowledge and understanding of the needs and wants of the organization. Leaders listen to the group to help gauge the group's feelings and moods.

Acts Natural

Effective leaders know that a good way to destroy the confidence of their followers is to put on an act, "to be someone they are not!" The leader has learned to be natural.

What a Leader Should Know

A leader does what she/he knows how to do. For example: If a leader does not know how to follow parliamentary rules of order in formal meetings, it is obvious that leader cannot properly conduct the meeting...cannot properly lead the group.

How To Conduct a Meeting

Knowing how to conduct a meeting is for formal leaders, but informal leaders are more effective if they know the rules of order in conducting a meeting.

What is involved in a meeting? To conduct successful meeting, the leader needs to consider three phases--before, during, and after the meeting.

The leader needs to have two goals when conducting a meeting. First, you want to get something done. This might be reaching a group decision about a project or problem or conducting a forum or panel discussion. A second goal is to have the meeting provide some satisfaction of doing things as a group.

Getting things done is a task performance function of groups. Getting satisfaction from working together is a group maintenance function.

Before the meeting

Give proper notice in advance--Postcards, telephone messages, radio PSA's, newspaper features, and newsletters are means of informing your group.

Create the proper setting--Before the meeting, set up chairs and tables (not 50 chairs for 20 people, or vice versa), turn on lights, set a comfortable heat/cool temperature, and take care of other arrangements that will help members be comfortable.

Equipment for the speaker--Before the meeting, set up and test any equipment such as microphone, slide/film projector, or computer for overheads. Make certain a screen is available and that the podium is at an acceptable height for the speaker. Provide the speaker with information about the group, for example, the size and type of audience to expect or audience age level.

During the Meeting

  • Be at the meeting place early to help welcome guests.
  • Start the meeting on time and end on time.
  • Clearly state the purpose/objective of the meeting.
  • "Loosen up" the group with an amusing story or anecdote.
  • Have precise and relevant information when you introduce the speaker.

After the Meeting

Include the following in your evaluation of the meeting:
  • How did it go?
  • How could I have made the meeting better?
  • How can I improve the next meeting?
  • Did I send a personal "thank-you" to the speaker and to those who helped organize the meeting?
  • Did the organization's secretary or reporter send a wrap-up article to the local news media?

Start and end the meeting as scheduled. Effective leaders prepare and follow agendas. Revise your agenda to suit the program.

A suggested agenda could include the following:

  • Call to order
  • Additional opening exercises
  • Roll call
  • Introduction of guest(s)
  • Reading of minutes of previous meetings
  • Committee reports
  • Old business
  • New business
  • Program
  • Adjournment
  • Social time

Parliamentary Procedures

To conduct the business of an organization, it is best to follow parliamentary rules of order.
  1. The rules are to keep the meeting team-minded.
  2. Rules provide for consideration of one item at a time, avoiding confusion.
  3. The rules assure majority rules as they protect the rights of the minority.

What should leaders know about parliamentary rules? First, leaders need to know the types of parliamentary motions, including the main motion, which introduces a new item of business. The subsidiary motion is related to the main motion, and the privileged motion is a motion to get immediate action in an emergency, to take a recess, or to adjourn.

Secondly, leaders need to know the steps necessary to completing a motion. These steps include the following:

  1. Member stands to address the chair.
  2. Chair recognizes the member.
  3. Member states the motion.
  4. Motion must be seconded.
  5. Chair restates the motion.
  6. Chair calls for discussion.
  7. Chair puts the motion to a vote.
  8. Chair announces the result of the vote by stating, "The motion is carried" or "The motion is lost."

Understanding People

Leaders must have followers; otherwise they are not leaders. Having followers means a leader associates with people, and the more a leader knows about the needs, motives, and ambitions of people, the better she/he can serve as a leader.

If you are a formal leader, you know people will participate in group activities only as long as they experience some satisfaction from group participation. People quit if they do not have pleasant, positive experiences being a group member. The type of satisfaction referred to here is satisfaction that helps people meet some of their needs, which include recognition, security, a sense of belonging, and new experiences.

People need to be recognized as persons. One of the most destructive things that can happen to a human is to be ignored by others. Everyone needs recognition, and effective leaders do what they can to see to it followers are favorably recognized.

A good technique for leaders is to learn what they can about their followers. When the leader meets her/his followers outside the group setting, he or she can ask about personal things such as the new baby, new car or house, promotions at work, a child's school progress...this is a way to help group members fill the need of recognition.

All people have a need for security, physical and emotional. Effective leaders instill confidence in their followers and act in such a way that they trust them...that the group member feels secure in the role of the follower.

To Belong

A need to belong is related to the need for recognition. The need to belong means members want to feel accepted by their peers in their group. If our associates ignore us, we get the feeling we are not wanted. Effective leaders, therefore, do what they can to make their followers feel they really belong to the group. The leader delegates responsibility to the members. Leaders ask for opinions and advice, and they will spend time with members.

New Experiences

A tendency for people to "get in a rut" is an age-old situation. Doing the same thing over and over can become boresome, and they begin to feel a need to change the pattern.

Effective leaders will try new things periodically. What a leader does depends on the situation and the group members. In other words, there should be a pattern in their actions as leaders, but they should not stick rigidly to the pattern.

If leaders can help their followers fulfill some of these needs, through group participation, they help motivate them to action.

Group Roles

Leaders know that people are different. Since people are different, there are different types of group roles. The effective leader needs to know something about group roles, which include the following:

Positive Roles

Encourager--a warm, friendly person who likes cooperation and is good in the group maintenance function.

Orienter--helps guide the group toward its goals, asks questions; for example, "Where are we going? How do we reach our goals? Who should perform this task?"

Facilitator--helps the group tie up loose ends; keeps channels of communication open; provides facts and other information.

Negative Roles

Quarreler--likes to argue; cannot find much that is good.

Talker--monopolizes discussions.

Nontalker--shy and timid; makes little, if any, contributions.

Blocker--opposes change; tries to block actions.

Know-it-all--has all the answers, but many of them are wrong.

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Wednesday, 29th December '10

The Suona Rant

Forgive me for being intolerant and culturally insensitive and all that but this is just RIDICULOUS. The day I decide to run for MP or something this will come back to haunt me.

The suona is the most annoying instrument on the face of this planet.

I've said it back in 2002 about the Chinese Orchestra people who blew with such gusto over that lousy hunk of poor-excuse-for-a-musical-instrument piece of crap, and I will say it again about the idiots who are making that infernal racket at my void deck.

I f*cking hate the suona.

Get a soundproof room, or play it in Sungei Buloh where I can't hear you and the birds will peck you to death out of sheer irritation. Or I will march myself and my splitting headache downstairs to my void deck, where you are making that tuneless, inconsiderate racket, and HIT YOU OVER THE HEAD WITH IT. I don't at this moment care who the f*ck died.

That's right. It's a funeral going on downstairs. But SO WHAT? I know you're sad, and believe me I feel terrible for even being angry at you because I'm sure this is some way of you marking your respect or making sure the dead person is going to go to a good place in the afterlife or something.

But do you have to be so LOUD about it? And if you are going to be loud, can it at least be something pleasant to the ears? I've had people come to stop me and friends from sitting at the void deck chitchatting and laughing because they said we were disturbing the neighbours.

Well, you're disturbing the neighbours too.

We have sick people in this building. My head is this close to bursting from your ear-popping blasting on that ridiculous instrument. My Dad barely gets to sleep because he spends all night in hospital caring for my dying grandmother. I happen to know we have a neighbour on the 2nd floor, mere METRES from your uncaring noise, who is in pain, all day and all night from cancer. Can you really live with making her suffering worse?

So your relative is dead, I get it. Mourn, please. But do it somewhere else. The crematorium has places for this. Or if you want to do it here, please do it quietly.

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Lillian Louise Finley Buch-anan, 82, Gadsden, died Saturday, March 10, 2007.
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Hundreds of the years ago humanity fucked up and totally ran out of their own planet resources. It's a shame and now you have to live on the planet that is inhabited by human-like dogs. Probably some of them are good enough to be fucked by the furry hentai lovers.
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Fal 2016-01-02 20:42:20
This is only a demo.
nobody 2016-01-02 21:06:18
how do i get reference?
reference 2016-01-02 22:18:17
talk to the farmer dog dude and babysit his kids
1337 2016-01-02 23:53:54
It was an ok game, puzzle pissed me off, but an ok game, scenes could be a bit more graphic though
jim 2016-01-03 00:00:14
can i fuck the girl on my ship
wackyfox26 2016-01-03 00:34:43
got the furry end (which I enjoyed) but how do I get the human girl ending?
Anonymous 2016-01-03 01:50:47
Its Bull Shit You Got A 30 day time limit
Shit 2016-01-03 01:57:25
Shiiiit!! This is only a demo, you can fuck only the dog
sjfghk 2016-01-03 02:03:15
haa skyrim reference
Seth 2016-01-03 02:11:00
You can't really fuck the human girl, it's not in the demo yet. Let's give the dog queen her treasure from the cave, then go back to the ship to talk the girl, go with the dog to the 3 places where plants could live, back to girl, and start crying why it's only a demo.
guba 2016-01-03 09:32:03
Stats needed. 40 strength 30 charm 15 knowledge. You can put knowledge to 25 if you want to see the picture you are making during the jigsaw section.
tell 2016-01-03 09:52:32
Bhikkhu 2016-01-04 15:16:37
Good game. Hope to play the complete version soon. :-)
Mick 2016-01-05 18:44:21
Merchant 1- a Stick ? 2- d 3- What ? 4- Your Mother! 5- Tomorrow
Mick 2016-01-05 19:26:01
Roselyn 1- Loryns 2- Manifus 3- Oranges 4- 912 5- I went once 6- I want to kiss you
BLIND 2016-01-06 15:28:19
call me maybe.... 09174816281
dis random guy 2016-01-08 07:27:30
dis is a random guy
Yolasie Nara Nar-Uto 2016-01-29 02:17:05
Sick Game, Loved it except the puzzle.
Death 2016-02-21 03:27:12
Love the game puzzles amazing Doggystyle And i need to know how to get endings 2,4
l 2016-03-17 04:18:44
60 charm 55 strength 15 knowledge
... 2016-04-11 20:47:36
what do you do after you give the bracelet?
George 2016-04-22 16:26:01
Go Back to the dog queen and ask her to show you the places and You need at least 35 charisma to fuck her
me 2016-04-26 18:13:28
the second????????
Cris 2017-11-03 01:49:27
It gets stuck when i want to lift Roselyn in the lake scene
PakoPiko 2017-11-03 02:41:38
Hell yesss! I was waiting for this!
Sheesh 2017-11-03 16:11:21
This game's save function really sucks.
Hugh Mungus 2017-11-03 22:04:51
How do i find the cat genie?
420 2017-11-04 09:27:07
You can fuck the catgirl by giving the bracelet to the cat planet after saying that you're a god.
A 2017-11-04 14:55:05
What for an browser do you Need to Play the game now? With IE id doesn't work. The last demo needed Chrome. So what does we Need now???
Huh... 2017-11-04 19:42:30
You can't fuck the dog girl at the lake. no animation apparently
PakoPiko 2017-11-05 02:24:41
Mmm...yes, definetely there's a new scene on the lake with the dog queen. Just build your strenght up
Mick20034 2017-11-05 13:04:57
I hope it came out of the Alpha pls
Mick20034 2017-11-05 13:05:00
I hope it came out of the Alpha pls
dd 2017-11-06 01:16:21
the lake doesnt loading
Fuego3215 2017-11-08 04:04:41
i'm logged in, i saved, but my game isn't there!!! FIX IT PLEASE!!!!
jim 2017-11-09 07:26:28
none of them work and i'm using chome it goes up to the sex then the loading but that is it it keeps loading.
pissed off 2017-11-11 20:00:12
im on day 30 why the fuck did it crash
pissed off 2017-11-11 20:00:12
im on day 30 why the fuck did it crash
pissed off 2017-11-11 20:00:14
im on day 30 why the fuck did it crash
CriTek 2017-11-17 10:24:45
It's the Alpha version still, meaning it's not close to being released. You can screw the cat too,
pyrouan 2017-11-18 19:00:15
I'm realy waiting that game to be released
MadMAn 2017-11-20 00:19:46
I appreciated the Cowboy Bebop reference
Vidantrex 2017-11-21 21:56:03
You guys realize you can fuck the cat girl, if you give her the bracelet, and not the dog queen, right?
Fistos 2017-11-26 21:16:51
I want to play
asd 2017-11-29 00:05:11
Game is fucking bugged beyond believe. Saving games doesn't work and game stucks in endless loading loop when sex scenes are supposed to start.
jack 2017-11-29 01:13:31
you can fuck the girl on your ship after you go on three dates with the dog or cat you need to talk to the girl on the ship and she will tell you to get the shovel from the storage room but you will also find her diary once you unlock her diary using the periodic table of elements read the diary then go to sleep and you will fuck her like 4 or 5 times
I FINSHED THE GAME 2017-11-29 06:15:12
I got the alison ending lmao
xda 2017-12-19 17:59:34
i cannot access lake scene
xda 2017-12-19 18:57:11
did any one fucked Erin(girl in red) It's fun
anominas perv 2017-12-20 06:26:16
it stops and freezes at the first sex scene
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The party "United National Movement" headed by Mikheil Saakashvili has declared political boycott of the parliament of Georgia, the FilterNews reported. Neither Saakashvili nor his supporters are going to go back to parliament. This was announced by the deputy of the party David Darchiashvili.

According to Darchiashvili, the party considers the prosecution of the former Defense Minister, as well as the new budget, cutting the financing of the presidential administration, the beginning of political repression. In addition, Saakashvili's supporters are going to appeal to international organizations, including NATO and the EU.

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We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: the Cannes Film Festival always seems to turn up some of the best style moments.

And the latest example happened just over the weekend...

Kempt Man of the Hour, James McAvoy, please take a bow.

This is exactly how you Cannes-ify a three-piece suit—the one in question here is a Burberry number: keep the look buttoned-up until you hit the collar and ditch the tie. A Mediterranean backdrop and a starlet on your arm also helps.

Have a closer look at James McAvoy’s Cannes style, after the jump.»

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The last time we checked in on stylishness returning to the big screen, our list of this year’s crop of promising movies ended with The Master. All we had was a short teaser then—director Paul Thomas Anderson has been patently tight-lipped about the film—but the trailer has finally been released. (All part of a calculated media rollout, which began in Cannes last year when a shadowy poster appeared with only the words “Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Project” on it.) We finally get to see Philip Seymour Hoffman in all of his L. Ron Hubbard-ness, donning a navy double-breasted blazer and addressing a yet-to-be-revealed audience. It’s all very intriguing and creepy at the same time—especially with everyone dressed in dusty ’50s-era high-waisted slacks.

We’ve got the trailer here for you, after the jump.»

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Winning Time: An NHL Hall of Famer reflects on the House finale, Steve Jobs and what they’ve taught us about being winners. [Grantland]

Polanski, Kingsley and Bonham Carter: File this three-minute short under “the wonderfully offbeat things that only happen in Cannes.” [T Magazine]

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With the gaze of the fashion set firmly locked on Cannes this week, everyone missed the blaze of dapperness happening just a yacht-ride away in Athens. The Brits sent over aging firebrand David Beckham to light the Olympic torch for London 2012 and bring it home for the ceremonial torch relay across the hosting country. If there’s one thing we’ve always known about the guy: he cleans up well. But this goes beyond that, with the navy kit, contrast spread collar, pocket square and tie clip—a smart move when dealing with an open flame. It came together so well, he was mistakenly introduced as “Sir” more than once.

We would have also accepted the tucked tie in this situation.

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Cannes opened its annual week of pomp and circumstance with a screening of Moonrise Kingdom. And it was as if everything fell into place perfectly. The calculated whimsy, pitch-perfect weather, Bill Murray acting a fool while Wes Anderson et al watched in bemused exasperation. And it all captured the essence of what Cannes is: beautiful people, dressing well, having fun. They nailed it. All of ’em. Together. Joe Cool Willis cracking a smile, Murray being the wily old codger he is, juxtaposed with the buttoned-up Anderson, and to finish: a surprisingly stylish Norton (he really ties the room together). Way to set the tone for the week to come, fellas. Bravo.

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After disappearing late last week without a peep, our intrepid editorial director Randy Goldberg finally resurfaced—telling stories of the Riviera and a close encounter with Sir Robert DeNiro. Of what really went on there, we have only this record… When our friends at Stella Artois asked if I had a couple of days to drop by Cannes, bunk down at Chez Jacques at the near-perfect Carlton Hotel, help close out the Festival and generally use the word Riviera as a verb, I obliged. I brought a tuxedo, a pair of trunks and an appetite for le destruction. As for what I found there, all the rumors are true: yachts made of solid gold, an endless fountain of truly mesmerizing creatures, gala-side dealmaking, Chanel breezes, 30-euro cocktails, le Palm D’Or, flashbulb sunburns, method acting during hotel lobby brawls (that would be Mr. Gosling), enough rose to drown a desperate housewife, and, of course, the gracious hospitality of Jacques D’Azur.

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Ryan Gosling at Cannes

The path from “respected actor” to “movie star” is an elusive, magical thing. But dressing to kill at Cannes is a pretty good first step.

We know, he's been getting a lot of love around these parts, but this trifecta of handsomeness was too good to pass up. The two colorful tuxes are brilliant—each one catching eyes without seeming too prom-worthy—but our favorite is the Schnabel-esque getup on the right. The tropical white pants and blue spectators are both pitch-perfect formal daywear, and the untucked pajama-shirt is the stuff lookbooks are made of.

If he keeps this up, he may be headed for icon territory.

Kempt Man of the Hour: John C. Reilly

This week, John C. Reilly faced two immutable, contradictory truths.

First, Cannes is very glamorous. Second, Cannes is very hot.

His solution takes a page from southern style. He arrived at the 64th Cannes Film Festival wearing a pair of shortwing spectators, a featherweight suit and a panama hat—a throwback, to be sure.

It’s the kind of thing you could imagine Chaplin wearing on his day off, but for a half-comic actor like Reilly, it’s the perfect reminder that he isn’t just appearing in Scottish psychodramas all day.

In other words, it’s the best possible way to dress like a clown. As it turns out, French cinephiles have a soft spot for them.