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EXCELLENCE IN ITS PURE STATE - Beautiful Alamedas***** -
"If you have ever imagined a secret, a hidden and UNEXPLORED JEWEL, and you are looking for THE AUTHENTIC, you have come to the INTIMATE and beautiful right place"
Beautiful Alamedas***** is a GORGEOUS VILLA for 15 people in the heart of the "Riberas de Castronuño-Vega del Duero" Wildlife Sanctuary in the heart of Castile, where we CARE THE ENVIRONMENT, serve ORGANIC BREAKFAST, clean with ORGANIC CLEANING PRODUCTS, and offer ORGANIC SHOWER GELS, as the traveller can visit the ORGANIC FARM with fruit trees, vegetable garden and vineyards.
For the traveller is the best scenario to stay since Castronuño, the name of the village, is STRATEGICALLY LOCATED in the middle of VALLADOLID (56 kms), SALAMANCA (56 kms), ZAMORA (56 kms), TORO (18 kms), TORDESILLAS (20 kms), and MEDINA DEL CAMPO (28 kms), so the villa becomes into the IDEAL HEADQUARTERS to visit the most important CULTURAL AND ARTISTICAL PLACES that surround the area.
The stay makes the difference because of the BEAUTY OF THE HOUSE and the fact that is nearby the Wildlife Reserve to birdwatch, walk, cycle, fish and horse ride.
The villa is DECORATED with PROVENZAL furniture and is SPOTLESSLY CLEAN; white bedding and perfumed towels; comfortable matresses, and details everywhere that make an unforgettable stay; fountains, joyful colours, and a huge garden with a wonderful porch.
The house is provided with a GROUND FLOOR with FOUR ROOMS: THREE DOUBLE (TWIN) ROOMS and ONE TRIPLE ROOM. The four rooms are provided with ensuite bathrooms; kitchen; dining-room; living-room, and, straight, you will find the garden.
A PATIO goes up to a LOFT-SUITE (an old restored loft). It is provided with four beds, ensuite bathroom, kitchen, dining-room, and living-room.
A 500 square metres GARDEN with an enormous PORCH (fountains and wooden furniture.)
A WINE TASTING ROOM and a MASSAGE ROOM which are in the garden too.
A PARKING in front of the backyard door, at "Ronda" street. It has enough room to park cars and 13 bicycles.
Beautiful Alamedas***** is specialized in ORGANIC WINETOURISM, and it has its OWN WINE TASTING ROOM, OWN VINEYARDS AND CELLER, and wine tasting.
Beautiful Alamedas***** organizes GUIDED VISTIS to the vineyards and wineries located in the D.O. TORO, RUEDA and RIBERA DE DUERO, as well as its own ones.
We are located on the D.O. (appellation) TORO, which is one the most prestigious wine producing areas in the world.
ESTEBAN, Maria´s brother, OENOLOGIST and WINEGROWER, will drive you to discover ANCIENT AND TRADITIONAL WINERIES and vineyards all over the area.
The privileged location provides us with the possibility of taking you around the three appellations WITHOUT DRIVING LONG DISTANCES.
TEMPRANILLO OR TINTA DE TORO has been the primary grape grown in the region, and because it is thick-skinned and potent is an early-ripening grape, which means to be character-filled wines noted for their colour, strength, and jammy flavours.
The city of Toro sits high above the banks of the Duero river and it is well known for its medieval architecture and captivating riverside landscape.
We will drive you through this ancient area stopping by its wineries for a tasting that you will find different and special.
BEAUTIFUL ALAMEDAS***** WINERIE and VINEYARDS
ESTEBAN has planted 1,000 vines of "Albillo Real" LOCAL VARIETY, creating an ORGANIC AND BIODYNAMIC VINEYARD with which he is making red and white wine. All OUR GUESTS ARE INVITED TO visit our vineyard, as well as to TAKE PART in the elaboration process like grape stomping, seeing the celler and TRYING OUR DELICIOUS WINE. We also make Wine Country Bike Tours.
The Wildlife Reserve in CASTRONUÑO has been declared as a PROTECTED NATURAL AREA in 1992. The dam has originated one of the most important WETLANDS in Castile and Leon community. Today, it is an authentic SANCTUARY for wild fauna. As the dam was built, an important REEDBED surface has been created through the years along the right margin of the Duero river with several and DISPERSED LAKES. Numerous waterbird species find here one of the last refuges on migrations; spend winter season and, the most important, carry out reproduction. The presence of several threatened nesting bird species, as it is the case of purple heron or "aguilucho lagunero" increases more the value of this spot.
The "SENDA DE LOS ALMENDROS" ("Almond Trees Path") ROUTE begins in the high part of Castronuño and the sinuous path discovers old black poplars with LIANAS, CLIMBERS AND CLIMATIS that border the river until the dam. From several wooden pointviews eagles, storks and ducks can be seen.
WILD PIGS AND FOXES can be also seen at the sunset running fast along the green pastures and going from the oak forest to the river reedbed.
The WILDLIFE SANCTUARY protects many Aromatic species. LAVENDER, THYME, ROSEMARY, or CAMOMILA grow all over the vast oak forest land. Spring brings colours, and among the oaks, lavender grow creating a beautiful violet landscape. Perfumes are flowing on the air bringing UNUSUAL FRAGANCES. These are the PLEASURES OF PARADISE ON EARTH, like in the Andalusian tradition.
The water park La Florida del Duero is 1,5 km far from Castronuño and it is in the heart of the Wildlife Reserve and in the top of a hill where the whole Wildlife Reserve is seen. It has two water slides for adults and kids.
Las Balsas is an organic farm that belongs also to the family that owns and runs Beautiful Alamedas and it is 1,5 km far from the villa in Castronuño.
Las Balsas is four hectareas organic farm full of apple, pear, fig, walnut, hazelnut, cherry, grape and apricot trees with an organic vegetable garden with lettuces, tomates, potatoes, eggplants, peppers, carrots and others watered with spring water.
This water is healthy and crystalline and it is the water that we drink everyday.
We invite you to come and see. We planted everything 35 years ago.
Esteban, Maria´s father, will explain to you all about what you might be interested in knowing, but the only fact of walking through this beautiful and colourful botanical garden will be so delightful for you.
Main specialties are Castilian Stew, bull´s tail with potatoes, gizzards, tripe, roast suckling lamb, sirloin, flan, custards, puddings, piquillo peppers, chorizo, croquets, canapés of octopus and paprika, salmon, blood pudding with pine kernels and wild garlic... prepared in Valladolid and Salamanca like nowhere else in Spain… nowhere else in the world!
We are well known by our mummy homemade delicious breakfasts with ORGANIC CHEESECAKE, CHOCOLAT CAKE, PUDDING, ORGANIC SEASONAL FRUITS from the farm such as organic apples, pears, cherries, plumbs, walnuts and hazelnuts; milk, coffee, tea, butter, marmelade, and jelly.
Salamanca is one the most beautiful cities in Spain. In 1.985 was declared WORLD HERITAGE CITY by the UNESCO. The same fact of walking by Salamanca streets is a film watching as visitors can see massive and impressive cathedrals, convents, museums, stoned streets, gardens, universities and markets.
Houses used to be made of bricks, adobe and wood. Toro keeps being the commercial center of the area. And you will find plenty of SMALL SHOPS with this MEDIEVAL ATMOSPHERE, a very FAMILIAR treatment and such a good quality products. Wine shops are all around the city of Toro offering wines from the surroundings D.O. Toro wineries. Also excellent lentils, chick-peas, beans, asparagus, other spices, and chocolat!! Toro is the perfect place to "tapear". The Spanish tradition to have some small snacks or portions (SPANISH OMELETTE, FRIED SQUIDS, OCTOPUSS, CROQUETTES and other "tapas" like FRIED CHORIZO.
You can "tapear" by the Valladolid Plaza Mayor, or have an amazing dinner at the WONDERFUL RESTAURANTS. You will find the well known "morcones", which are delicious canapés made of a delicious bread and GRILLED LOIN, MUSHROOMS and GREEN PEPPER, cooked with olive oil and a touch of garlic. It has a delicious flavour. Then, you can taste "BROKEN EGGS", and after, a countless of the best Castilian gastronomy: croquettes; "cayos"; FRESH ANCHOVIES; MUSSELS; Spanish omelette; or quail eggs.
All the area behind the "Plaza Mayor" has a special charm; the plazas of "Santa Ana" and "Coca". There, you will find a delicatessen shop called "Casa Brígida", and, walking down this street, a CHOCOLAT SHOP and tea lounge called "El Sueño de Neblí". Around the "Plaza Mayor" there are many TEA LOUNGES AND COFFEES full of TERRACES where MILSHAKES and other can be tasted, and it is also very nice to be there.
This ciy is 28 kms far from Castronuño and it was one the most important MEDIEVAL MARKETS. It keeps being a very important centre where many events take place like the ORGANIC SUMMER FESTIVAL where many local and other Spanish ORGANIC PRODUCERS gather to exhibit their products; Beautiful Alamedas***** organic farm also exhibit their organic vegetable products.
Zamora and Tordesillas have many cultural and artistic places like convents, churchs and cathedrals. Zamora celebrates on October the most important CATILIAN ORGANIC EXHIBITION "ECOCULTURA".
ORGANIC ENVIRONMENT at Beautiful Alamedas*****
MARIA, as a PROMOTER AND PIONEER OF ORGANIC ISSUES in CASTILLA AND LEON, with a MAGAZINE and a RADIO PROGRAM in VALLADOLID, uses ORGANIC CLEANING PRODUCTS TO CLEAN THE HOUSE
MARIA JOSE CELEMIN is a WRITER from Central Spain. "THE GOD OF GREEN VALLEYS" has been her main novel, which describes Beautiful Alamedas***** as it was before its restauration, as well as the organic farm and winetourism, and the Wildlife Reserve.
Maria has released last summer her MAGAZINE about organic issues "SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY" that the traveller will find into the house, as well as the novel. She also conducts a RADIO PROGRAM in Valladolid about ORGANIC ISSUES by promoting the organic producers in Castilla and Leon.
More INFO at the Beautiful Alamedas site.
María José Celemín Díez purchased this villa in 1900
This property was the house of my grand-mother, who from I have heritaged my Faith in life, so when I restored, I thought I wanted the traveller to be transported into a beautiful place from where they remembered the decoration, details, cleanliness, softy linen, the joyful and cheerful colours, fountains, and the magic of the garden. All my being has put to decorate this house. Her spirit is a blessing for my guests, as the spirit of "The God of Green Valleys" is in the river, in the reedbed, the oak mountains, the black poplars that border the river as a jungle with clematis. At sunset, everything is magic and wild porks and foxes come from the mountain to the reedbed to sleep.
For my guests, is delicious to go to the water park, just in the middle of the reserve, as to visit us to the organic farm and see and try the fresh fruits from trees, like prunes, cherries, apples, pears, and all type of vegetables, as hazelnuts and walnuts. My brother and I, we planted helped by my father when we were kids more than 500 trees and we have been able to make this place into a botanical garden worth seeing. A natural spring waters all the place. Last year, Esteban, my brother, planted 1000 vines of a local variety of grape called "Albillo Real", from which he is making a delicious wine that our guests enjoy to drink.
Castronuño has a privileged and strategic position, because it is in the MIDDLE OF SPAIN and very WELL CONNECTED by the Castilian highways. Castronuño is in the middle of main cities as SALAMANCA, 60 kms, VALLADOLID, 60 kms, ZAMORA, 60 kms, MEDINA DEL CAMPO, 28 kms, TORDESILLAS, 20 kms, and TORO, 18 kms.
We are just in the middle of the D.O. Toro, where the most emblematic wineries are all over to visit, not just like a massive wien tourism, but like a personal and familiar one.
Castilian gastronomy is just delicious; You can "tapear" by the surroundings, or have an amazing dinner at the other restaurants. You will find the well known "morcones", which are delicious canapés made of a delicious bread and GRILLED LOIN, MUSHROOMS and GREEN PEPPER, cooked with OLIVE OIL and a touch of garlic. It has a delicious flavour. Then, you can taste "BROKEN EGGS", and after, a countless of the best Castilian gastronomy: CROQUETTES; "cayos"; FRESH ANCHOVIES; MUSSELS; SPANISH OMELETTE; or quail eggs.
All the area behind the "Plaza Mayor" has a special charm; the plazas of "Santa Ana" and "Coca". "Santiago" main street is very nice and, on the opposite side of the "Plaza Mayor", "Platerías" area is so special. There, you will find a delicatessen shop called "Casa Brígida", and, walking down this street, a chocolate shop and tea lounge called "El Sueño de Neblí".
Around the "Plaza Mayor" there are many TEA LOUNGES AND COFFEES full of TERRACES where MILSHAKES and other can be tasted, and it is also very nice to be there.
Because of the OPEN AND INTERNATIONAL MIND OF MARIA, you will find in the middle of "THE REAL SPAIN" a luxuriant villa that could be in the middle of Manhattan.
Experience de real Spain
Beautiful Alamedas is a little gem tucked away in the quiet village of Castronuno. Maria Jose was a wonderful hostess who couldn't do enough to make sure we had a superb holiday. Her care and attention is everywhere in the house which was welcoming and very comfortable. The combination of a special home with Malvasia, a superb gourmet restaurant around the corner, wine tasting, ever changing rural landscapes and the culinary and cultural joys of Toro and Salamanca close by made it the perfect place to experience the real unspoiled Spain. Don't worry about being in the middle of nowhere, Maria will make you feel you are in the centre of the world, she is the best!
Debbie O´Donnell
I had a marvelous time at Beautiful Alamedas, super clean, super cosy and eco-friendly, with a lovely owner in charge :)
I loved this Villa. It`s spacious but at the same time cozy. All the spaces are taken care of to the maximum, every time you find a new detail. With all amenities. It´s a haven of peace and tranquility, even more with its fountains are lit. The cleanliness is meticulous with organic products, as well as the toiletries in the rooms.
Our hostess couldn´t be more friendly and just with everything she does makes you want to come back !! The wildfire reserve, close to the house, surprises you once you enter its gut as well as its beautiful views from the viewpoint. Definitely a great weekend, where without a doubt we'll be back !!
Me encantó la casa rural, es espaciosa pero a la vez acogedora. Todos sus espacios son cuidados al máximo, cada vez encuentras un detalle nuevo. Con todas las comodidades. Es un remanso de paz y tranquilidad, más aún con sus fuentes encendidas. Me encanta que la limpieza sea cuidada al detalle con productos ecológicos, al igual que los productos de higiene personal que hay en las habitaciones.
Nuestra anfitriona no podría ser más amable y sólo con todo lo que hace te hace desear volver!! La reserva natural, cerquita de la casa, te sorprende una vez que te adentras en sus entrañas al igual que sus bonitas vistas desde el mirador. Sin duda un fin de semana estupendo, donde sin lugar a dudas volveremos!!
Hermoso lugar, por un instante pense que estapa en otra época o en otras tierras, me encontre en el hogar, en ese hogar de la niñez, el hogar de mis antepasados, la casa te llama, te acoge y te cobija, cuidada hasta el ultimo detalle, toda ella transmite energia, su decoracion, limpieza y buen hacer hace que te sientas en el hogar y feliz.
Su anfitriona y propietaria un encanto de ser humano, una excelente persona, transmite paz y armonia, todo ello se ve reflejado en cada rincón de la casa, en cada estancia y lugar, cuando llegamos nos encontramos con una Mágica noche, un concierto que su anfitriona ha organizado llamado las tres culturas, uniendo la musica perdida de epocas pasadas, cuando llegamos el dia 23 de junio era la primera edicion de otros tantos conciertos que lleva el programa, lleguamos cansadas, yo personalmente estaba off, fue llegar disfrutar de la musica e inyectarme de la magia de un lugar de ensueño, de la gente de bien, del positivismo de su anfitriona, del cariño y amor con que cuida cada detalle, de su hospitalidad y mi máquina cambio de ritmo, el tiempo empezó a relantizarse y nos sentimos transportados a otra época, mi mente evoco recuerdos de mi niñez, volví a tener fe, mis dudas se disiparon, mi crisis de fe desaparecía ante una exclamación de alhamdulilah, grite su nombre en silencio, me inundó la esperanza, mi sueño reaparecía de nuevo, me deje llevar y apareció de nuevo esa chispa, perseguiré ese sueño inchahalah, haré mi hogar y la morada a aquel que quiera disfrutar de ello, transportare a estos lugares mis raíces y mi tradición Andalucí, mi mezcla beréber y la fuerza de mi abuela Radia, de mi madre Habiba y de esas grandes mujeres, que me han precedido, me gritaron vete y cumple tu camino, haznos tener voz y esencia, gracias de corazón María José Celemín como anfitriona inmejorable, y también gracias a mis acompañantes de viaje, Verónica Mora y Mariajesus
Le séjour au sein de la Casa Rural était l'un de mes plus beaux séjours en Espagne, la maison est un lieu convivial où on se sent à l'aise dès le premier jour. Maria ainsi que toute sa famille sont des personnes adorables, aimantes et très douces. On ne vous remerciera jamais assez pour votre accueil.
Eight Australians wanted to see the real Spain and were drawn to Beautiful Alamedas in Castronuno. The house was beautifully presented in every way and Maria and her family made us feel very special. They gave us advice, told us stories about history, taught us to cook tortillas and educated us on local vineyards and wines. it gave us a wonderful glimpse into Spanish life and culture and we highly recommend this house to everyone. it was a warm and generous experience for us all. We will never forget the joy of staying at this beautiful house.
What a lovely place to spend a few days! The house is spotless, inviting, comfortable, with plenty of space inside and out if you have kids to play and move around. The village is quiet and safe and you can walk everywhere. There is a tourist office/library where you can get free Wi-Fi and plenty of information on activities going on at and around the surrounding villages. A visit to Toro and Salamanca a little further away is a great way of spending the day and learning about the history of Spain while tasting some of the gastronomy of the area, and of course the wine. A bicycle ride around the nature reserve leading the magnificent river is a must. Do bring a picnic and create some unforgettable moments in a beautiful environment. The owner, Maria jose, and her family did more than anybody would expect to make us feel welcome and at home, they are a pleasure to be around. Maria went out of her way to show us around and provided plenty of ideas for excursions and trips. I would highly recommend everybody to experience this part of Spain.
MARIA JOSE CELEMIN is a WRITER from Central Spain. "THE GOD OF GREEN VALLEYS" has been her main novel, which describes Beautiful Alamedas***** as it was before its restauration, as well as the organic farm and winetourism, and the Wildlife Reserve.
Beautiful Alamedas*****, as the organic farm, Al-Kauthar, the Wildlife Reserve has become into a Lost Paradise, a place for welcoming and reception to receive the traveller.
Maria has released last summer her MAGAZINE about organic issues "SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY" that the traveller will find into the house, as well as the novel. She also conducts a RADIO PROGRAM in Valladolid about ORGANIC ISSUES by promoting the organic producers in Castilla and Leon.
III FESTIVAL OF MUSIC "NIGHTS OF AL-KAUTHAR" in CASTRONUÑO.
Events can be seen at www.beautifulalamedas.com
Beautiful Alamedas*****, since July, the 6th to the 10th will become a SHARED VILLA. The suite-loft and a double room of the ground floor are still avalaible for those who are looking for something INTIMATE, magic, hidden and UNEXPLORED, for those who a are looking for a SECRET GEM.
There is a small beach (Duero river). You can walk by there or fish. The Water Slides Pool is in front of the beach.
The NEAREST AIRPORT is 45 minutes driving from the house, it is VILLANUBLA (Valladolid) airport. MADRID is two hours driving from the house. A car is essential. But Castronuño´s taxi can drive everywhere.
SALAMANCA has been declared as WORLD HERITAGE CITY. A jewel. It is 30 minutes by driving to the house by the highway.
VALLADOLID is the capital of Castilla y León and it is also 30 minutes by the highway.
TORO is a beautiful MEDIEVAL CITY and a growing wine area where very important wineries are already established. It is 20 minutes by car.
TORDESILLAS and MEDINA DEL CAMPO are also very artistic places since they took a decisive rol at the History of Spain. They are 20 minutes by car.
Further Details:
MASSAGES: both, 45 or 30 minutes relaxing massages at the house massage room by a qualified masseuse.
PAINTBALL, CARS, FISHING, TENNIS. Game hunting at 'La Rinconada' farm.
BYCICLES ANS WALKING ROUTES. The most used route goes by 'La Senda de los Almendros' bordering the Duero river. Water Park at the Wildlife Reserve.
SUPERMARKET, butcher's shop, fish market, kiosk with press, pharmacy, medical centre; bazaar, taxi, a Catholic church and cashier bank.
LA CASA DEL PARQUE is the center that has the documention of the Wildlife Reserve. A remote control lens at this building allows to watch how birds make their nests. Duero river has created an ecosystem with reedbed along the shore, poplars and irrigated land hectares strech to a holm-oak wood. A fossilized dune outlines on the sky a hat-shaped picture.
Castronuño has a factory where artisan and delicious cheese is made. They have been rewarded in many occasions by Castilian Cincho reward.
|No additional mandatory fees
|Refundable Damage Deposit
Booking Notes:
Deposit amount required: To confirm a reservation, a 50% of the total amount is required by bank transfer. When a reservation has been made, a confirmation will be sent by email.
If you cancel your confirmed reservation before two months of the arrival date, we will refund you the 50% of the reservation. A two months cancellation notice prior to your arrival date will not be refunded.
Changeover Day:
Changeover day is flexible. Contact owner for arrivals and departures.
Breakfast has a 95€ cost.
Organic breakfast has a 125€ cost.
Breakfast does include homemade cakes: cheesecake with raspberry marmalade on the top, sponge cake, chocolate cake, milk, coffee, cacao, sugar, tea and camomile tea, butter and marmalades
Aditional beds and cot:
The price of each additional bed is 45€
The price of the cot is 20€
Christmas, Holy Week and other special days have different prices.
Organic creams included on the price:
Price includes organic shower gel, lemon body butter, mint feet cream, anti-cellulite lotion, shampoo and hair mask at bathrooms
* Approximate monthly price. Actual pricing will depend on the days of the month you stay.


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REI Woodland Hills
REI carries all of the latest outdoor gear, goods, and apparel. ODG created an in-store experience, making customers feel welcomed, comfortable, involved, and informed.
Woodland Hills, CA
By telling compelling stories with the use of found and vintage objects, ODG carried out a 'found objects' strategy for the outfitting of existing stores and future store openings.

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Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist said yesterday that his office is waiting for further investigation before deciding whether to charge a Milton man with fatally shooting his neighbor.
Chase Langley has been released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to return to court Dec. 22.
"It's more important to get this right than to do it quickly," Lindquist said.
Langley was arrested Nov. 23 after several witnesses called police to report that he had shot 34-year-old Edward Christoffersen.
Prosecutors are reviewing the case as possible self-defense.
Few details have been released about what may have prompted the shooting but Police Chief Bill Rhoads said Christoffersen had gone to the Langley home earlier in the day to ask for a ride.
"I guess it went downhill from there," Rhoads said.
Prosecutors are expected to make a charging decision after reviewing the autopsy and toxicology reports.


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Study of Environment, Lifestyle & Fibroids (SELF)
- Moore KR, Smith JR, Cole SR, Schoenbach VJ, Schlusser K, Gaydos CA, Baird DD. Herpes simplex virus-2 seroprevalence and ultrasound-diagnosed uterine fibroids in a large population of young African-American women. American J Epidemiology 183(11): 961-968, 2016. [Abstract]
- Upson K, Harmon QE, Laughlin-Tommaso SK, Umbach DM, Baird DD. Soy-based infant formula feeding and heavy menstrual bleeding among young African American women. Epidemiology 27(5): 716-725, 2016. [Abstract]
- Marsh EE, Bernardi LA, Steinberg MD, de Chavez PJ, Visser JA, Carnethon MR, Baird DD. Novel correlates between antimüllerian hormone and menstrual cycle characteristics in African-American women (23-35 years-old). Fertility and sterility 2016 106(2):443-450. [Abstract]
- Jukic AMZ, Upson K, Harmon QE, Baird DD. Increasing 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) is associated with reduced odds of long menstrual cycles in African-American women. Fertility and Sterility 106(1): 172-179, 2016. [Abstract]
- Harmon QE, Umbach DM, Baird DD. Use of estrogen-containing contraception is associated with increased levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D. J Clin Endocrinol and Metab, in press. [Abstract]
- Bernardi LA, Carnethon MR, Chavez PJ, Ikhena DE, Neff LM, Baird DD, Marsh EE. Relationship between obesity and anti-müllerian hormone in reproductive-aged African-American women. Obesity, in press.
- Baird DD, Harmon QE, Upson K, Moore KR, Barker-Cummings C, Baker S, Cooper T, Wegienka G. A prospective, ultrasound-based study to evaluate risk factors for uterine fibroid incidence and growth: methods and results of recruitment. Journal of Women's Health 24(11):907-915, 2015. [Abstract]
- Upson K, Harmon QE, Baird DD. Soy-based infant formula feeding and ultrasound-detected uterine fibroids among young African-American women with no prior clinical diagnosis of fibroids. Environ Health Perspect 2015.
- Moore KR, Cole SR, Dittmer DP, Schoenbach VJ, Smith JS, Baird DD. Self-Reported Reproductive Tract Infections and Ultrasound Diagnosed Uterine Fibroids in African-American Women. Journal of Women's Health 24(6):489-495, 2015. [Abstract]
- Harmon QE, Baird DD. Use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate and prevalent leiomyoma in young African American women. Human Reproduction (Oxford, England) 30(6):1499-1504, 2015. [Abstract]
- Moshesh M, Peddada SD, Cooper T, Baird DD. Intraobserver variability in fibroid size measurements: estimated effects on assessing fibroid growth. J of Ultrasound in Medicine 33(7):1217-1224, 2014. [Abstract]
- Harmon QE, Laughlin-Tommaso SK, Baird DD. Keloids and ultrasound detected fibroids in young African American women. PLoS ONE 8(12):e84737, 2013. [Abstract]
- Moore KR, Smith JS, Laughlin-Tommaso SK, Baird DD. Cervical neoplasia–related factors and decreased prevalence of uterine fibroids among a cohort of African American women. Fertility and Sterility 101(1):208-214, 2013. [Abstract]
- Wegienka G, Baird DD, Cooper T, Woodcroft KJ, Havstad S. Cytokine patterns differ seasonally between women with and without uterine leiomyomata. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology 70(4):327-335, 2013. [Abstract]
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The Girls' Choir Summer Concert
The Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral
Summer Concert
The Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral presents a selection of music for a summer's evening. The concert will be performed in the beautiful surroundings of the Cathedral's Crypt.
The programme will include a mixture of sacred and secular music and the girls will perform their favourite cathedral anthems, musical settings of poetry by William Shakespeare, in the year of the 400th anniversary of his death, and a selection of songs in a lighter vein.
The Girls' Choir recently released its debut CD recording which is currently on sale in our Cathedral shop. It will also be available to purchase at the Summer Concert.
Summer Concert given by the Girls of Canterbury Cathedral Choir, tickets from Canterbury Ticket Shop, www.canterburyticketshop.com or 01227 787787.


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Elected To Lead A Coalition of 30+ NGOs
Few days ago, I was elected to lead a coalition containing more than 30 NGOs and 10s of individuals working towards promoting and sustaining civil peace in Lebanon. The coalition is called "Wahdatouna Khalasouna" which means "Our Unity is Our Salvation". As the name highlights, the focus of the coalition is bring together a plethora of non-profits, experts, activists and academicians to work on issues that might hinder or threaten civil peace in Lebanon.
Our work as a coalition is to tackle the different themes that have an impact on civil peace including but not limited to: human equality, environment, armed conflicts, reconciliation and post-conflict peace building, youth employment and empower, women in leadership, media biases among others.
The coalition is more than 7 years old and I've been a proud member since its inception. Back then, my own NGO, Aie Serve, was operating for almost 3 years and we believed that as a youth organization we have a stake in this matter and wanted our voices to be heard. So from joining the coalition as an NGO representative all the way to becoming a member of the steering committee in the last round of elections to recently becoming the General Coordinator of the coalition. IT's been an interesting journey and for sure I've learned a lot from the previous leadership of the coalition and will continue to ask for their guidance and support throughout the upcoming years.
So the journey starts this month in setting up the new strategy, framework and modus operandi for the future of the coalition and its projected impact on our society.
For the time being, I invite you to check our Website and Facebook Page and bare with us while we update and relaunch them in the coming few months.
Unsung Hero – Youssef Aziz
It's been quite a long time since I wrote any posts on my blog, but there are certain things that can't be kept silent for too long. This is a message of gratitude to an unsung hero.
I'd like you to meet Youssef Aziz,
a dear friend of mine, an activist, an a true unsung hero in several NGOs I'm engaged with.
This gentleman works behind the scenes, does double the effort than most, has the kindest of hearts and a brilliance that is rare to find.
Topping all of that, he is down to earth and a true believer in the values of the organizations he joins/founds/advises.
What triggered my post is the fact that this week…one of the dear NGOs to his heart, and mine, has been officially shut down. It wasn't shut down by force or by external factors but by an unanimous Board decision, including Mr. Aziz. The choice was tough for all of us, but I know for a fact that it is by far the toughest on him than any of us.
In spite of all that, he's been orchestrating the process, handing all the necessary documents and coordination to ensure a smooth and successful transitioning for the status of the organization.
But his efforts, input and value is not just about this NGO, but rather for the past 9 years I've known him in, he's been the most trustworthy, consistent and resourceful individual in my volunteering experience.
So to you Youssef I want to say, your work shows when the organizations you're involved in succeeds in whatever decisions it takes. To you I say, and bluntly, if it wasn't for you, at least 4 NGOs that you and I know of/volunteer with/advised, wouldn't have succeeded or existed. So what you've done, is setup the infrastructure for those NGOs to be built on, serve others and grow.
On my behalf, and undoubtedly on the behalf of many others, I say thank you for who you are, what you've done and what you continue to do day in day out.
NGO Leadership & Management Competency Model
Hello my dear reader,
I've successfully finished my Masters in Human Resources Management (MHRM) program at AUB. My focus was on Training and Development, thus I developed an NGO Leadership & Management Competency Model. It led to a tentative design of a training program that I will later develop to be offered to NGOs, possibly in partnership with some of the top universities in the region.
I did in-depth literature review on the topic of core competencies for Leadership & Management in NGOs in Lebanon and globally. Following the research, I organized 2 focus groups, bringing in the insights of experienced professionals in NGOs, Training and Development. Based on the findings, I published a survey to further verify the findings and have a wider input from a diverse background of individuals.
This mixed-methods research project resulted in a detailed analysis of competencies and training and development preferences for the target group. Here is a brief report of the findings: NGO Management Leadership Competency Model
Moreover, the above video is a 30min video of the defense I did on the project in front of the jury and here is the link of the article published on the Lebanese Development Network Website: LDN Article.
If you have any suggestions, questions or need any clarifications, don't hesitate to let me know.
Afif Tabsh
NGO Management Competency Model
With the proliferation of NGOs in Lebanon and around the world, there is a growing need to empower their staff and volunteers with the needed skills, knowledge and abilities (KSAs) or what is also known as competencies to do their role properly.
In parallel to that, there are hundreds of thousands of dollars being spent annually on training workshops and courses for NGOs. Yet most of them happen without a structured approach to assess the actual needs and gaps to design the appropriate training/coaching/mentoring programs that best fit their situation.
The aim is to do this study with a multi-stakeholder approach that involves not just the NGOs but also the donor agencies, training providers and academicians.
As a result of the study, an NGO Management Competency Model will be developed. Based on that competency model, potential capacity building programs (training courses, workshops, mentoring programs and coaching sessions) will be designed to cater to the different needs of organizations and their staff and volunteers.
The above concept is not uncommon in certain industries and professions like Human Resources and Project Management professions, so a similar approach will be adopted for the aforementioned initiative.
NGOs 101: What are NGOs?
Many times I get asked: What are NGOs? The answer is usually a bit more complex than you'd expect.
But before going into my own definition, let me share with you some definitions by some renowned sources. So here they are:
- "A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government."- www.UN.org
- "A non-governmental organization (NGO) is any non-profit, voluntary citizens' group which is organized on a local, national or international level." – www.NGO.org
- "A nongovernment organization is an association which is based on the common interests of its members, individuals, or institutions has no governmental status or function, and is not created by a government, nor is its agenda set or implemented by a government." – www.SIL.org
- "Private organizations that pursue activities to relieve suffering, promote the interests of the poor, protect the environment, provide basic social services, or undertake community development" – www.WorldBank.org
Now the problem is, none of the above is complete or accurate, here is why:
- The UN definition misses out that such organizations should have a cause for the benefit of the community and that they should be not for profit. According to UN definition, most private sector companies would fall under the category of "NGOs", which is obviously incorrect.
- The NGO.org definition misses out that they should not be initiated, managed or has members of NGO bodies. Moreover, it limits the to "voluntary" work, while in reality there are thousands of NGOs that have paid staff.
- The SIL.org definition also misses out on the not for profit part, thus once again being an inadequate definition.
- The World Bank definition misses out on many factors. Their definition misses out on the fact that should not be initiated, managed or has members of NGOs, nor that they should be not for profit. Just to name a few that is.
In this context, after further research, discussions and meetings with stakeholders from NGOs, I've managed to identify the components that one can use as a checklist to check if the organization in study is an NGO or not. Here are the components or attributes if you'd like to call them so:
- Is a legal entity founded by natural or legal persons.
- Not initiated nor managed by any government.
- Doesn't accept membership of governmental bodies.
- Works to fulfill community needs rather than profit, i.e. not for profit.
- Can be based on voluntary work, paid staff or both.
Using the above, I can assure you that you'd be able to clearly identify what is an NGO and what is not. You can put them in a definition as follows:
"An NGO is a legal entity founded by natural or legal persons that is not initiated nor managed by any government nor does it accept membership of governmental bodies. An NGO works to fulfill community needs rather than profit, i.e. not profit, and it can be based on voluntary work, paid staff or both."
Thus, the following organizations are not, and should not, be considered as NGOs or labeled as such: UNDP, ESCWA, UNESCO, ILO, OPEC, FAO, Arab League.
I hope that clarifies the issue for you and I look forward to hear your feedback on the definition.
NGOs 101 Series
Considering the sheer number of questions and consultations I get regularly about NGOs, their types, fields of work, definitions, structures, proposal writing, fundraising and the like, I will be posting a series of articles about NGOs to cover such topics.
Here is a quick overview about some of the articles I'll be posting:
• Defining NGOs
• Types of NGOs (by geographic scope)
• Fields of Work of NGOs (by industry)
• Functional Types of NGOs (internal structure)
• Project Management in NGOs (how it differs from those in private and public sectors)
• Fundraising in NGOs
• Proposal Writing in NGOs (how it differs depending on the donor/funding agency)
• Logical Framework Approach/Matrix (what it is, how it came into existence, when is it to be used)
If you'd like to know about other topics related to NGOs don't hesitate to drop me a comment about it.
Stay tuned!


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UPSSSC Stenographer Syllabus 2017
Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UPSSSC) is going to conduct a written test for recruitment to the posts of Stenographer Post. Now this organization is ready to release the UPSSSC Stenographer Syllabus 2017 and also the UPSSSC Steno Exam Pattern 2017. So applicants check your exam syllabus and exam pattern through this page.
Applicants Nowadays Competition Level becomes very high so Competitive Exams gets too tougher. Students facing critical problem of "What to prepare" and "How to prepare" to give their best in their exams then solving these problems applicants search exam paper, syllabus etc. so applicants we know today you will again search syllabus for this recruitment.
Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Service Selection Commission is the authorized board of the state government for the recruitment of subordinate vacancies in the departments of government. Many eligible candidates are going to compete for it so they have registered for it now they are searching for the UPSSC Stenographer Syllabus 2017. This syllabus applicants look out by this official page.
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Applicants we are here to inform you the importance of syllabus. Applicant's syllabus is used for helping the applicants for examination. The syllabus contains all topics related examination. With this help, applicants start preparation and prepare a schedule and timetable for doing better preparation for achieving the goal. This type of examination is particularly based on the hard pattern so applicants check exam your exam syllabus.
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Through exam, pattern applicants check all topics and related total marks through this applicant has known all pattern and topics after that start preparation for the examination. This examination divided into the three section and every section divided into some marks and total marks of this examination is 40 marks and total no of question is 80.
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- The Exam papers consist of Multiple Choice questions.
- The examination will be conducted for 40 marks. Each question .50 marks.
- The total time of the Examination will be 1:30 minutes (90 Minutes).
- There also will be typing test of Qualifying nature and written test.
- There will be a negative marking for each wrong answer. So applicants doing preparation for the examination.
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The selection process will be based on the particular table. The section of the selection is divided into the 4 phases and each phase contains some marks and all details get through this table.
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|Marks of skilled Players
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Patrick Kavanagh
Memory Of My Father - Poem by Patrick Kavanagh
Every old man I see
Reminds me of my father
When he had fallen in love with death
One time when sheaves were gathered.
That man I saw in Gardner Street
Stumbled on the kerb was one,
He stared at me half-eyed,
I might have been his son.
And I remember the musician
Faltering over his fiddle
In Bayswater, London,
He too set me the riddle.
Every old man I see
In October-coloured weather
Seems to say to me:
"I was once your father."
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Becoming a Role Model for Your Children
Every parent is a role model to their children, you can't change that. They are growing up looking up at you and the decisions you make in life. They will try to mimic the behavior that they see from you because you are the only adult they have when they are growing up. Knowing that it is crucial to know what and how to do in life in order to become a perfect role model for your children. If you need some tips on what should a good role model mother do, then continue reading this article and you will find out.
Live Healthily. Living a healthy life is not only beneficial to you, but to your children too. They are more likely to pick up good or bad habits from their parents than from anyone else. Your kids are growing up watching you and how do you live your life. That's why it is important to as a mother make good choices in life such as don't smoke or quit smoking if you are, don't abuse alcohol or drugs. These are some of the important things that you as a mother should avoid doing. Studies have shown that children whose parents are some kind of addicts are more likely to become addicts themselves than kids that have healthy parents.
Self-Improvement. You should never stop improving yourself and your qualities. That is the worst choice you can do in life to give up on self-improvement. You will raise your kids to do that same thing without even noticing and because of that, they won't succeed in life. Never stop chasing dreams and goals, you are always capable of improving and achieving things in life no matter your age.
Maintain Healthy Relationships. Try to have very positive and healthy relationships with everyone. That will give your kid a good example of how to behave with other people in life. As a mother of your kids, you are not even realizing how much do you and your actions are affecting the life of your kids. Your kids will most likely follow your footsteps because you are their role model that they watch every day.
Open Up Your Life. You should be the best friend of your children. You are most likely their only adult friend that they can talk to if they have any problem in life. However, to achieve that kind of connection to earn their trust, you first must open up your life to them. Have them ask anything they want about your life, answer them all and don't lie about anything. If you have made some poor choice in life tell them about it. When they know how something is like they will not try to experience it on their own, especially if you tell them your experiences. They will not judge you, they will most likely understand why have you did it and that way you can earn their trust. In no time, you can expect them to talk with you with much more confidence and trust.


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A hardened form presenting itself boldly to the street is the first impression available to the public. The conceptual basis for this narrow site with six adjoining neighbours, was an internalised inward looking dwelling, that borrows amenity from its surrounding neighbours. As a result of the tight site constraints, a cantilevered first floor volume, hovering over the crushed rock carport and pedestrian entry, sits squeezed between the northern neighbour's glazed black brick garage, and semi-detached terrace dwelling to the south.
The decision was made to borrow amenity from the northern neighbours, and capitalise on views to an existing row of Michelia trees along the shared boundary. This natural and soft screen enabled the inclusion of expansive glazing to this northerly aspect. The abundant tree leaves provide an active role in tempering the heat of summer solar gain, while animating the lower level living spaces with dappled light and shade. Galvanised steel perforated cable trays were repurposed to provide sun shading, curate views towards the nearby public park, and preclude overlooking of neighbours. Like markers of time, the screen animates the bedroom with both stark contrast of striped light, and subtle peppering of perforated light.
A house for down-sizing baby boomers with visiting adult children or a growing young family; the design accommodates the changing living patterns of its inhabitants. The upper and lower levels of the home are conceptualised into two discreet zones. A space on the upper level is scaled larger than a typical bedroom, allowing potential use as a secondary living space or home office. The lower spaces include a study nook adjacent the kitchen's central island bench and rear courtyard, where a physical connection has been made between study nook, social aspects of the kitchen, and views to a backdrop of terraced planting.
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A camping packing list for your inexpensive vacation is fun to assemble.
Camping helps us unwind, recharge our batteries, hike and maybe even catch up on some relaxing reading.
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• Hiking shoes/boots• Back Pack• Tent (sturdy and easy to put up and take down)• 1-2 Pair of jeans or kaki pants• 2 Rugged shirts• 1 Pair Shorts• Bug Spray (Consider Deet)• 2 Lighters (1 for backup)• Swiss Army Knife• Sunglasses• One or two good books to read• Water (Several quarts if you are carrying your own)• Protein Bars (several)• 2 Pair undergarments• 2-3 pair of wool socks• Marshmallows (for Smores) • Sunscreen SPF 30 or higher• Medicines/prescriptions (if required)• Camera/Video Camera & Accessories (optional)• GPS System (optional but smart if you will be hiking deep)• Stove/cooking utensils and food• Cell phone (with charger in case you need to recharge) for safety (assuming you can get a signal)
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Garry Wills: An Important Writer
June 1991By John C. Cort
John C. Cort is a Boston-area writer. He has worked as a reporter, editor, union organizer, and Peace Corps and antipoverty official. He has written over 200 articles and reviews in publications such as Commonweal and The Nation.
Question: Among American Catholics, who is the most important writer of the 20th century?
The nominees are: John A. Ryan, Dorothy Day, John Courtney Murray, Thomas Merton, Flannery O'Connor, J.F. Powers, Walker Percy, Daniel Berrigan, and Garry Wills.
The envelope, please. And the winner is (pause for effect): Dorothy Day.
The interesting part of this exercise is that until I looked up and saw Dorothy Day staring at me from the top of the bookcase, I had decided that the winner might well be Garry Wills. I had not read a book by Wills in 20 years, since Bare Ruined Choirs. But thinking to write something on justice, I was in a bookstore looking for John Rawls when my eye happened to light on Wills's latest, Under God: Religion and American Politics. I thought that might be relevant and took it home.
I was so impressed that I went to the library and took out five more books of his and later six more. The man is a brilliant reporter, with a lively and readable style, and a historian of formidable learning. Of those mentioned above he has, I would guess, received the most enthusiastic acclaim from the secular world. Though I disagree with him profoundly on several subjects, I think he has important things to say to both Catholic and non-Catholic readers. He has been so critical of the Church that one tends to assume that he has left it, but he keeps mentioning that he is still a Catholic and once noted that he reads the New Testament every day. So let's take him at his word.
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Hawke's Bay solo bike rider Bradley Wilson-Dean has made no secret of the fact he wants to be New Zealand's first world champion since Ivan Mauger.
Last week the 22-year-old Karamu High School product proved how serious he is about matching the exploits of Mauger, who won six world championship titles between 1968 and '79, when he helped his Swindon Robins team capture the United Kingdom Elite League title with a one-point victory over the Wolverhampton Wolves. With this victory Wilson-Dean became the first Kiwi to win National League (with Eastbourne in 2015), Premier League (with Somerset last year) and Elite League titles in three consecutive seasons.
"For those who don't know the significance it will be like playing for the Manchester United soccer team and winning the English Premier League while playing alongside David Beckham," proud father and fellow rider Darrin Wilson explained.
"One of his teammates, Jason Doyle, has a 14-point lead with one round remaining in the world championship," Wilson said.
The Robins went into the second leg away at Wolverhampton trailing by four points after their first leg at home. In a thrilling meeting the Robins snatched a 47-42 victory which gave them a 90-89 aggregate score.
"I couldn't believe it because the 1989 and '90 seasons were when I raced for the Robins," Wilson recalled.
What added to the significance of New Zealand champion Wilson-Dean's feat was the fact he hadn't raced at the Monmore Green track in three seasons of racing in England. However, he quickly adapted to the tight turns and scored an impressive seven points including a vital third place in heat 14 to keep the tie in the Robins' favour.
"This is the highlight of my career. Rosco [Robins manager and England World Cup team manager Alun Rossiter] played a major part tonight and kept telling me to go out and do my job. I really can't believe we have won this really and I want to thank all my sponsors who have helped along the way. I want to thank everyone behind the scenes at Swindon too. It's been a great first season for me personally," Wilson-Dean said.
"We knew we had let ourselves and everyone down on Monday at home but we could still turn the tie around and with us getting a 5-1 maximum in that opening ride it gave the team a lift and belief we could cause an upset.
"I think I was running a different setup to the rest of the boys but it was working for me. I did my best from the off and was learning the quickest lines around the place every time I went out and rode. The bike was working off the start line tonight and it felt as though I had the speed to race," he added.
His father predicted his son will only get faster as he gains more experience in the United Kingdom and Europe.
"People say I taught him well. I only purchased bikes and tools for him to do a job. It was up to him as to how well he did it. But it's on occasions like this when all the memories of all those trips we made to the United States and Europe flow back ... all those sacrifices paid off," Wilson said.
His son started out as a motocross rider when he was 4 and switched to speedway when he was 11.
Hawke's Bay-based Speedway New Zealand president David Jones was thrilled with what Wilson-Dean has achieved.
"Bradley is the country's No 1 ranked solo bike rider and the fact he is a third-generation rider, following his grandfather Tony Wilson and father Darrin. We couldn't be more excited for him. We haven't had a Kiwi perform at this level since Larry Ross in the 1980s and Bradley is our first rider from the Bay to race in the United Kingdom since Andrew Bargh did more than 10 years ago," Jones said.
"We look forward to his future feats ... it's exciting times for him," he added.
Karamu High School's head of sport Tom Blake agreed Wilson-Dean was just as big a role model in his sport as another former student, Olympic Games kayaker Aimee Fisher, was in hers.
"Obviously Aimee has the bigger profile because her sport is an Olympic one but if any of our students want to do well in speedway they won't have to look far for inspiration," Blake said.


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Lately my walks through our woods and meadows have left me feeling disappointed. This year's crop of wild fruits seems so meager that I fear the only jelly I will be making will be crabapple. It makes me long for the summers when my children were small and the wild raspberries that grew along the edge of the woods were so abundant their canes bent nearly to the ground. One warm day years ago, after the early-morning dew had dried, my daughter Sarah and I tied our berry baskets around our waists and set to picking the sun-ripened fruit; it was an education, for sure. When Sarah popped a berry into her mouth, I laughed at her puckered face. Clearly we would need to add more sugar than usual to this years batch. By noon our noses were sunburned, our fingers were stained red, and our baskets brimmed with bright berries.
Our bounty of fruit made a crimson mountain when we emptied our buckets into the kitchen sink, where the raspberries bobbed about in cool water as we picked out the stems and leaves. We filled my largest pots to the very top with the glistening fruit, added a few crabapple slices for pectin, then set them on a low flame while we took sandwiches out to the porch for lunch. Soon the smell of the simmering berries wafted through the open window, drawing my honeybees to the screen. They hovered hopefully, eager to find the source of the sweetness.
After lunch, when the berries had released their juice, Sarah held cheesecloth sacks open as I carefully ladled the hot berries into them. Pulling the drawstrings of the jelly bags closed, we hung them from the knobs of the kitchen's overhead cabinets, carefully positioned above large bowls set on a layer of newspaper that lined the countertops beneath them. Plip, plop, plip: Big red drops dripped into the crockery. By evening the bowls were almost full; by morning the dripping had ceased.
We poured the juice into a big pot, added some sugar, and set the mixture to boiling. Soon the kitchen was filled with clouds of sweet-scented steam. Sarah was eager to test for jelling, but I told her that it would be quite a while before the syrup was close to the jelling point.
"I hate waiting for things," Sarah grumbled.
"But when the final product is so sweet, it's worth it, don't you think?" I asked.
She nodded grudgingly. "But why does it take so long?"
"Fruit is mostly water," I replied. "It just takes a long time to boil it all away so that you get the true, rich essence of its flavor." I paused, "Sort of like people."
Sarah looked puzzled. "What do you mean?"
"Think how long it takes for people to grow up," I said. "You don't really know their true nature until they've been on this earth for a fairly long time. For some people, a lot of useless stuff has to boil away before they become truly sweet."
Sarah thought for a moment, then smiled. "Sort of like Anne?"
I NODDED. ANNE LIVED DOWN THE ROAD from us and had gone to school with our older children. All through school, they brought home tales of her meanness. She had been a tease and a bully as a child, then blossomed into true rebellion and sullenness as a teenager. If she happened to be in the yard when we rode by on our bicycles, she acknowledged our waves of greeting by turning her back. She had few friends.
Her parents wrung their hands in despair. Our children avoided her. Finally, after four rocky years of high school, she went off to college. And then a miracle occurred. Perhaps it was leaving home; maybe a professor stirred something in her that had been hidden all those years. Whatever it was, the summer after her freshman year, Anne waved gaily as we drove by her house and greeted us with affection when we saw her at a concert in the park. She plopped down merrily on our picnic blanket and told us that she was working at a local camp for handicapped children that summer. She chattered happily about her love of biology and added that she hoped to become a teacher.
When she rejoined her family, my husband leaned over and whispered, "Who was that young woman and what has she done with Anne?"
I laughed; she obviously just needed some time.
After graduation, Anne volunteered for VISTA in Georgia. The last I'd heard, she was pursuing a master's degree in special education.
SARAH SKIMMED SOME FOAM OFF THE RASPBERRY JUICE. "YUP, JUST LIKE Anne," I said, giving her a hug. "Sometimes it takes a long time for good things to happen and you just have to be patient. And never give up hope."
An hour later, when Sarah wandered back into the kitchen, the syrup had begun to bubble with the sort of heavy, thick burbling that indicated it was close to ready. She dipped a spoon into the mixture and held it over a saucer. A thick stream of juice ran off and hit the plate in a puddle.
"Not ready yet, is it?" Sarah asked.
"Nope," I said. "Let's check again in about 15 minutes."
When we tried again, the single stream had divided into two, but the mixture still ran about on the plate. Ten minutes later, the two streams had formed a wide sheet and fell off the spoon in a broad ribbon. The blobs hit the plate and stayed put.
"Finally!" Sarah said with a happy sigh.
I smiled. "Bring on the jars."
As we ladled out the jelly, I thought about how long it took to turn tart berries into sweet jelly and realized that patience is as much a necessity in life as in cooking. Sweet rewards are granted to those who wait.


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Taiwanese Men Have Higher Rate of Male Pattern Baldness
A survey commissioned by a German pharmaceutical company has shown not only that incidence rates of male hair loss in Taiwan are high, but that shedding very often begins when men are still young.
The study of Taiwanese men suggests that the male inhabitants of this small island off the coast of China frequently show signs of balding before they turn 30, and that they are more likely to do so than men from neighbouring territories such as South Korea.
According to the Taipei Times, more than 60 per cent of men with genetic hair loss say they started experiencing thinning hair before their 30th birthday.
Confusing snippets
The article does contain a few slightly confusing snippets of information: it states, for example, that 60 per cent of Taiwanese men have shown signs of hair loss by the age of 30. What the writer may mean, however, is that 60 per cent of the men who do have Male Pattern Baldness (which they say is 39 per cent of all Taiwanese men) showed signs of losing their hair before they were 30. This would not be all that surprising, as general statistics indicate that up to 70 per cent of all men who are genetically predisposed to lose hair to Male Pattern Baldness will start thinning, and or developing a receding hairline, before they reach their 30th birthday.
Clearly, significant numbers of men from Taiwan start going bald while still in their 20s – or possibly younger still, as the article quotes clinical dermatologist Chao Chao-ming who explains that one of his patients was a 20-year-old male whose hair began falling out at junior high-school and who was almost completely bald by senior high. The dermatologist felt that it was likely to be stress from school exams that caused the shedding.
In fact, the survey mentions that many Taiwanese men feel that stress plays a big part in their hair thinning; 43 per cent feel that this is the main cause.
What is known about genetic hair loss in men is that it is hereditary, meaning that it is pre-programmed in the DNA of certain men. But we do also know that stress can play a part – although exactly how much influence stress has on speeding up the onset of Male Pattern Baldness in those with an underlying predisposition, or accelerating existing pattern hairloss unclear.
Stress and hypertension
A study in Bangalore recently led researchers to claim that stressed out young male city workers who were suffering from hypertension were losing their hair. Additionally, a survey by the British Heart Foundation found that people are smoking more, exercising less and putting on weight because pressures of work are causing them to have unhealthy lifestyles. This, it was noted, can lead to hair loss.
People often overlook the fact that the scalp and hair follicles are affected by how we treat our bodies. Just as a man who drinks heavily and smokes 40 cigarettes a day is unlikely to be running marathons in record times, his lax approach to health means that his under-nourished scalp could be suffering, too, especially if he carries the relevant hairloss genes.
Hair loss treatment for men that is overseen at a well-established clinic explores lifestyle issues such as diet, smoking, stress and fitness as part of the package. There are two clinically-proven, MHRA and FDA-licensed drugs – finasteride 1mg and minoxidil – that can halt hair fall and encourage new growth, but a conversation about overall health is also important. Equally, Hair Growth Boosters, such as Belgravia's one-a-day food supplements Hair Vitalics, a blend of nutrients and minerals that promote a healthy scalp, can be used alongside these pharmaceutical elements for a fully rounded approach.
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What does it mean for a student to travel with Harvard sponsorship?
Traveling with Harvard sponsorship means that the travel involves academic work that qualifies for Harvard credit, is funded in whole or in part by Harvard, or is organized or accompanied by a Harvard faculty or staff member acting in a Harvard capacity.
What's considered University business or a University-related activity?
University business and University-related activities include any activity that can be broadly construed as part of academic or professional work at Harvard, including research, study abroad, attendance at a conference, travel with an officially recognized student organization (including officially recognized treks), or a summer or January internship or work experience if registered at Harvard the following term.
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We rallied the troops and got some friends to register for the Brooklyn Half Marathon. With more than 25,000 runners, it's a tough race to get into and sells out fast so I was glad all our people got a spot! It's a rare Saturday half marathon in the city (most are on Sundays) and the course is flat, making it pretty popular. The course starts at Prospect Park and ends at iconic Coney Island - yes, home of the hot dog eating contest on the Fourth of July.
We picked up our bibs and race packets at a pre-race party on the Brooklyn waterfront a few days in advance. It was a bit gloomy but that didn't dampen the party. They had food trucks, drinks, music, and vendors - the New York Road Runners really went all out and tried to capture the essence of Brooklyn as a borough. They had a fence we could tie our old running shoes to for donations. I wondered how many miles each pair had run.
Some of our friends hung at the beach and went on the famous Cyclone and Soarin' Eagle roller coasters afterward. Scott and I were pretty beat and headed out shortly after brunch. We made up for it though and got a Renew Reflexology foot massage later that night.


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35 weeks pregnant | Perth beach pregnancy photography
Ashlaing requested a beach pregnancy photography session and it was the most beautiful balmy afternoon for it. Pretty sunset skies and first baby excitement is always a beautiful and winning combination.
We visited my old faithful favourite perth beach location and it never disappoints. An old shipwreck just makes for such unique photos and when Ash suggested she wanted to go sit down in the splashing waves she honestly just looked like a pregnant goddess.
I have a whole selection of pregnancy outfits but Ashlaing brought along this particularly amazing pregnancy outfit which she had bought especially for her session with her- and I'm very pleased to say its now in my collection for all my clients, white lacey prettiness!


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Gawker hangs Seth Abramovitch out to dry in race to be offended
GAWKER has sacked writer Seth Abramovitch for writing about Kanye West. Abramovitch said the singer's mother name DONDA, stood for "Dis Original Nigga Dresses Alright".
Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio. tells TheWrap:
"I thought it was a half-assed apology. I basically do not want people working for the site who do not care. I had a conversation with Seth and he told me he really didn't care."
Abramovitch has been hung out to dry. Gawker is a terrific site, and Daulerio has helped to make Deadspin, the site's sister sports-focused organ, a hit. But in sacking Abramovitch and then publicly condemning him, the editor has played it wrong.
Abramovitch responds:
"My apology was completely sincere. After waking up to the vitriol over the post, I looked at the post again and agreed it featured a dumb joke using an offensive term, and that my attempt at edgy humor fell flat. I conferred with my coworkers (Daulerio was unavailable) and they concurred. I wanted it to be clear and concise, and I ran it by the Gawker team to make sure it was sufficient. The consensus was that it was. It was most certainly sincere, and I have no clue why AJ would say I said otherwise. Ironically, it was the very fact that I posted an apology, and didn't stand by my work, that AJ initially cited as the reason for my firing."
The sacking and condemnation cast Abramovitch as unacceptable, a pariah who needed to be gotten rid of.
What he wrote was:
The Top 10 Kanye West Tweets About DONDA, His New Everything Venture.
You think Tom Ford is full of himself? Kanye West shits Tom Fords for breakfast. Then he irons out the shits into cutting-edge fabrics, and frantically cuts, sews, and laces that fabric through the night and into the morning, until he has produced the most unbelievable clothes — nay, FASHION + ART = FARTSHION! — in the universe. And he calls these clothes DONDA. But he calls all that other stuff DONDA, too! DONDA will be your everything. Just you wait and see. And what is DONDA? It's an acronym for Dis Original Nigga Dresses Aight.*
The passage was later added to read:
*DONDA is actually the name of Kanye's deceased mother, not the acronym above, which was meant to be the kind of thing Kanye would make up in a late-night creative writing fit, but has offended many people. So sorry, to everyone who was offended, and for the confusion. Sorries all around!
Even cheats get a fair hearing and backed by their editor in public. In private you get a heavy phone thrown at your face (true – I ducked) and a massive bollocking.
Is Gawker Media that sensitive to causing offence that it seeks out racism and bigotry in such a benign post? It was once much freer. Wonkette, the group's political blog it sold off, wrote about Sarah Palin's 3-year-old special needs son Trig Palin. One line went: "What's he dreaming about? Nothing. He's retarded."
When Jan Moir, the Mail hack, wrote that gays were "unnatural" she kept her job because the Mail loves to be talked about and shitty invective is what the paper does very well.
Daulerio adds:
"It's a horrible joke and I don't want it on the site regardless… That was atrocious to me."
Daulerio was offended. Is he a little too keen to say how offended he is? As he says, it is offensive to "me". The first person pronoun makes a spectacle of the man's feelings. It's easy to make an argument against Abramovitch's comment, made as it was from a weak and brittle substance. But Dauleriro wants to claim to moral high ground, a victim of something that hurts him by proxy. The right-minded person wants the person who caused offence and pain shamed into silence and banished. Is that free speech? Is that what the internet and a site like Gawker wants to stand for?
Abramovitch responds:
"As a longtime Gawker Media employee since 2005, I'm hugely dismayed that Daulerio hasn't respected my privacy or the confidentiality expected in this situation. I'm further troubled that a meeting was called to discuss my termination with other employees of Gawker Media, and that Mr. Daulerio confirmed the termination with The New York Observer and The Wrap, during which he divulged — incorrectly — the alleged contents of a private professional conversation."
The Gawker tagline states "Today's gossip is tomorrow's news". Only gossip is free speech without restraint. Is that Gawker..?
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This is a bit of a rant due to the fact that I think someone has hacked my wi-fi router for their own needs. I was off the internet all day Tuesday and Tuesday night due to the fact I was not feeling good and I just wanted sleep. That was all I wanted... anyway- I went to check my data usage through my cable company and it DOUBLED in 24 hours!
I saw that someone had used 8 gigabytes of data that was not from me and I immediately took action. My cable company has a page where I can check the hour-by-hour usage of data and for the record; I don't file share, download movies or large files off the internet anymore.
I gave up on that a few years back when I heard cable companies were clamping down and I don't wish to be caught- plus I mostly use the internet for YouTube vids of jumbo jets, freeway vids, reading and researching various interests of mine.
First, I changed the password on my router. I made it more secure and double-checked all the settings. Second, I did some research online and did my homework on the subject and found out I had probably been hacked. The only reason I can say I was hacked was because my computer was turned off and unplugged from 7am Tuesday 'til 6a Wednesday. The large data usage was between the hours of 8a Tuesday 'til 9p Tuesday evening.
Someone must have been having a ball at my expense to download 8GB of data!
So, the big thing is finding out who is doing this. I have worked on securing my computer and my Wi-Fi for the past day and more. I have been getting advice from friends and family; which has made my new system secure- for the record I got a Win 8 laptop for Christmas- and a router a year before.
I figure it has to be one of my neighbors or the kids that live around here who figured it out and they figured out how to get aboard my router.
If the mods feel the need to move this from mature topics to the computer section they can- but I felt this could serve as a warning to anyone with their own router- always check the data and watch whoever has access. I also would love to hear if something like this has happened with other ADISCers too.