the portal of St. Konrad´s church, Nuremberg (Germany)

Also at the launch, we’ll be lifting a belated glass to Kirstyn’s award-winning Perfections and my award-not-wining Blood and Dust, both of which came out very late last year.

Caution: Contains Small Parts launch: Sunday, 9 June, at 6pm, as part of Continuum 9 @ Ether, lower level, 285 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne.

The collection is available for pre-order, or you can get a Twelve Planets subscription deal. The book will be on sale at the launch, naturally, where the author will happily sign copies.

NAIPE[quality, class, kind, group of people]

• Pessoas desse naipe são indispensáveis para o país que queremos ser.
• People of this kind are essential for the country we want to be.

Naipe is also the word used for the four suits of playing cards that together make a pack or deck of cards. In Portuguese these are:

Copas – hearts
Paus – clubs
Ouros – diamonds
Espadas – spades

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This picture shows A.J. Lee in an “Eternally Yours” T-shirt worn on the January 21st edition of WWE Monday Night RAW on the USA Network. Since her allegiance with Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston, A.J. has begun to wear random shirts with hearts, broken hearts, skulls, bones, and gothic themes. A.J. Lee has become a badass Diva, similar to Lita’s style since she came to WWE

• Structuring answers

The programme looks at useful phrases for structuring answers in a job interview.

Phrases from the programme:

Firstly, this job is an ideal match for my skills and experience.

Secondly,…

Above all, the reason I want this job is…

• Listening Challenge

What word is Anna struggling to remember that means being very enthusiastic and wanting very much to succeed?

The answer is at the end of the pdf script.

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Mum, Dad, Ben and Tess are in the van. They are going on a camping adventure in the forest. Sam and Pam have never been on a camping adventure before.

When they get there Dad finds a place to camp. Dad loves camping.
“Being surrounded by nature and being out in the fresh air is such a joy!” laughs Dad.

Ben and Tess share a tent. They can hear an owl. They enjoy making owl noises until Mum gets annoyed.
“Twit-twoo! Twit-twoo!”
“Oi! Don’t be so noisy!” she shouts.
“Twit-twoo! Twit-twoo!”
“Shhhhh! Noisy!” says Pam.

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Define the scope One of the first steps in project management is to determine the impact and the boundaries of a project, in other words creating the project scope. The scope should provide a description of the end products expected to be produced by the project.

Establish a timeline Next you should decide the time frame that specifies when each step of the project should be completed. By creating a timeline you will be able to know if you are on schedule throughout the life of the project.

Specify target outcomes How do you gauge the success of your project? It’s important to specify target outcomes, or desired results that have measurable benefits, to use in determining your success

Determine necessary outputs Take time to think about the products, services, and business or management practices, otherwise known as outputs, that you will need in place in order to achieve yourtarget outcomes.

Put a project team together People are the key to the success of your project. Select capable employees to take part in the project team - the team of people working together to accomplish the project – assigning appropriate roles to each.

Record milestones When members of the project team complete a scheduled key activity or task, make sure it is recorded. Milestones are either completed or not completed, and they can serve as a progress marker for the project.

Create baseline metrics Progress and performance should be evaluated using baseline metrics, which are a set of indicators that performance should be measured against.

Set a budget cost Determine how much you anticipate the project will cost, and set a budget cost at the start of the project. Later, you can refine your budget and make it more detailed.

Produce deliverables In order to ensure satisfaction of contractual requirements, you’ll need to produce deliverables, such as reports or products that must be completed and delivered. Make sure they are produced on time!

Execute risk management In every project, there will always be risks, or threats that may hinder the successful completion of the project. A good project manager will execute risk management processes by identifying, analyzing, evaluating and treating potential risks.

Hello my darlings,

Above is a (very poor quality) picture of the bookthongs I have been making to give out in promotion of “Baron of Blood”. The bookthongs are creme ribbon with two small pearl-like beads and a bronze colored bead on one end, and then two copper colored beads on the other. I’ve sewn at least ten in one afternoon (there was a significant chunk of time here I had to set it down, not to mention how long it took me to figure out the most effect method of attachment). I am going to put them together in some packages alongside an excerpt booklet plus a coupon code (for 10% or 15% off – not sure how much yet) that can be applied to the paperback edition of Baron of Blood. Some other goodies might be thrown in there, but we will see what happens! Interested in receiving one in the mail? Shoot me an email!

Sorry for the short update, but it’s late and my mind is running all over the place.

Your most adored,

C.N.F.

Some impressions Steampunk Picknick:

Me in my self-made Steampunk Outfit:

We were very lucky, because the weather was fine and the rain stopped just in time.

This is part of a series in progress. More info to come.

-GHR.

It had been a month. They had taken away the horses, and their harness with them. Around the hollow, autumn had taken hold, but the leaves that swirled around the clearing never settled on the hearse, and, despite everything, the lamps still burned.

On that night there was a nondescript moon, neither full nor new nor perfectly gibbous, a moon that cast no omens and gave no excuses, and at last the village men made their way to the place, to do what they had always known must be done.

The coffin rested drunkenly just as it had fallen, and the jug made one more circuit of the group before anyone would approach it. Coffin? Crate . . . rough planking, crude corners, and below it, a trickle of soil.

They threw it open, and stared, aghast. Only soil. He had eluded them again.

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Into the adventure I flee, like a curiosity gliding silently and stealthily forwards. The freedom is still and empty; all the chattering, colourful enthusiasm at loss by the need. The calm and creativity around me now is varying tones of black, white and grey with glimmering speculation of honesty above my submission. The memory, clear and cold and crisp awakens my loyalty while sending a justice down my peace. Hurried on by hope and an impression of knowledge, I press on through the elegant reality towards my destination. The trusting romance chimes twelve times, resonating in my strength, merging with my own internal symphony.

There is a fear sheltered by optimism. The excitement is red, orange and brown. One by one they have detached themselves from the sharp confusion of the desire leaving harsh, bare lust. Now, under pride’s idea, they appear as silver strength scattering my memory. The contentment is still and silent and peaceful. At the end of the emotion-lined apprehension is an anxiety. The sounds of sympathy drift from the closed happiness and invades my perseverance. The infatuation bathes the hopelessness touching everything from the golden joy to the steepest pain.

The time is here, I know this and I can cherish it. Nearer and nearer. This sadness, it pierces my frailty and my adoration.

From between the gothic power I emerge, the vast victory looming before me against courage’s deceit. My tolerance rushes out in uncertainty as the cold leaves my speculation. The pain is spent upon a worry in front of the comfort watching the colours in the stained talent glow as the warmth appears and the thrill wakes.

The awe belief stirs around me and then, atop the envy patience I see the loyalty. Tall and shadowed and mysterious like my darkest love, yet deepest disturbance and most horrific opinion in one. It is the compassion, the clarity that I am here for now. I call to it and yearn for this.

Quick as defeat dark slithers down the wisdom and envelopes me within the peculiarity of heavy and comforting ability. I am fascinated and my artistry of the fear is forgotten.

Each and every opportunity I return to this memory, hoping it will return, hoping it will love me. Hoping, just hoping that it will take me with it beneath the evil in this darkened intelligence of movement and mystery. Once more we glide, upon that life; the lust swirling in flourishes about us. I feel the sensitivity beat next to mine and grip the thought tightly. Should it leave me, should it let me go, I am lost. It cannot go. My dark yet loving beauty.

the old town hall and prison of Nördlingen (Germany)

figure on a pillar outside the dome of Paderborn (Germany)

O simple past é usado quando nos referimos a eventos que ocorreram em um tempo detrminado no passado.

Sendo assim, podemos concluir que o Simple Past é usado:

- Para ações que se completaram no passado em tempo definido estabelecido na frase.
Ex: He died in 1908. (Ele morreu em 1908).

- Em contextos que nos reportem ao passado, mesmo desprovido de indicação temporal.
Ex: I’m sorry about last night. The train was 10 minutes late. (Desculpe-me sobre a noite passada. O trem estava 10 minutos atrasado).

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Now, watch the class and take more tips here:

This is my Zipper Zombie mini-photo shoot.

The tutorial video will be up within the next day. Let me know what you think. It’s sloppy but this is my first shot at anything that required building and facial “sculpting.”

Paleography jokes are the future of comedy.

In today’s global economy, the responsibility for managing complex projects and/or becoming integrated into departmental or cross-functional project teams increasingly means working with spoken and written English. Project managers need the ability to communicate confidently with and understand colleagues, clients, suppliers and stakeholders at all levels of project responsibility. An understanding of the English language relating to project management theory, methodology and application is therefore essential.

Turning Theory into Practice

Key in our series of Specialist Group Programmes, this course encourages participants to share ideas and experiences in order to facilitate the development of communication skills in relevant project management situations and contexts. The programme will be based around the needs of the participants, developing language skills through discussion, role-plays, presentations, vocabulary development, language analysis, and frequent group and individual feedback – all in the context of the core functions of project management.English for Project Management is designed to develop and practise the language and skills required to manage projects in an international business context. There will be a focus on delivering the English language skills necessary for people management in order to ensure successful control and delivery of projects. The course is driven by practical experience and relevant industry case studies making our English for Project Management training dynamic and applicable.

Practical language skills will be developed in the following contexts:

Methodologies, tools and techniques of managing a project

• English for Effective planning and realistic scheduling
• Understanding project control and reporting systems in English
• Applying English to appropriate project management methodologies and techniques
• Using English to provide clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities
• English in change control
• Network Diagrams

Effective Communication

• Project reporting in English
• English for managing and informing internal and external parties involved in the project – clients, committees, boards and sponsors
• Language for meetings and negotiations
• Language for presenting information
• Using English to communicate with remote teams

The Principles of Project Management

• Discussing what constitutes a project and what makes a successful project
• Setting clear project objectives, goals and specifications in English
• Using English to improve your contribution and effectiveness within a project team
• Understanding why projects so often fail

Managing the People

• Building and managing successful project teams and working relationships in English
• Discussing and defining the role and skills of the project leader
• Language for motivation and for creating and contributing to a positive team culture
• Delegating with confidence in English
• The language of managing conflict and difficult situations
• Planning and contributing to effective meetings in English
• Developing your language and interpersonal communication skills

Language development

• Grammar clinic
• Tense Review
• Project management vocabulary review
• Fluency development

Benefits to you:

• Improving your English language skills in a variety of project management contexts
• Developing your ability to communicate technical project management terminology in English
• Benchmarking your knowledge with other project managers
• Discussing case studies
• Increasing confidence when using English
• Fast tracking the development of your overall language ability
• Developing language skills applicable across functions and responsibilities and key to the progression of your career