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Happy Halloween!
Halloween flashback:
This was taken in 2003. He was 7 months old and pretty much the cutest baby on the planet. 😉
His cheeks aren't quite that pinchable anymore!
Silly old bear!
So. The consensus is I should participate in NaBloPoMo – you'll see the badge on my sidebar now that I've officially joined. You can expect an entire month's worth of photos, and bullet posts, and other miscellaneous crap! If I bore you – just remember it's your own fault. Hee hee.
7 Responses to "Happy Halloween!"
Lisa on
October 31st, 2008 11:39 am
Oh how adorable!
Every year I think about participating in NaBloPoMo. I should do it this year!
Good luck with your efforts.
Meg on
October 31st, 2008 12:46 pm
What a difference a few years makes, eh?
very cute pictures-
margaret on
October 31st, 2008 1:14 pm
Very cute pictures. I spent alot of time looking through old pictures recently and am amazed at how much they've changed.
I guess I should make up my mind about NaPOBlMo soon huh?
margarets last blog post..Trunk or Treat
Candy on
October 31st, 2008 3:17 pm
OMG He STILL IS the cutest baby on the planet!!!
Happy Halloween! We heart you
Desiree - Mother Musings on
November 1st, 2008 11:32 am
That is the sweetest picture!!
Good luck with NaBloPoMo.
Now, if I can get my lazy behind off this couch to get my camera, then I could upload our Halloween pictures.
Sam on
November 2nd, 2008 11:59 am
Awww, what a cutie!! It is a shame that cute cheeks like that never stay pinchable!! 😉
Sams last blog post..NaBloPoMo
mumma boo on
November 3rd, 2008 4:16 pm
He's too cute! How could you not pinch those cheeks?!
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In the Arkansas Law Review, along the lines of "failing to disclose their own negligence".
New tort for doctors proposed
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1 Education for Life – the best investment into a happy and flowering future
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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." (Nelson Mandela)
"I think education will be one of the first issues that will come up on the agenda when dialogue begins again on the political level. Both sides are aware today that it's important to do something to change education. In Oslo it was neglected. We see it as a problem that in Oslo and even in the Geneva Initiative there was no chapter on education. We feel that education should be a major issue in any upcoming peace agreement." (Dan Bar On)
If there is anything in which we all can agree these days, it is the fact that our present way and system of education is a great failure. Despite of this fact, a parent truly loving his child, definitely wants to see him grow and blossom into fullness of life and spirit, that is to become a valuable and happy person, able to lead a self-sustaining life granting him inner peace and fulfillment.
As youth is not only the seed of our lives, but also the future of our nation, fostering profound education is the most effective and worthy investment into this future. A young generation that is guarded and guided with true love and understanding, wisdom and good example as to develop an inspiring vision and creative perspective for its life will certainly grow into a natural and mature attitude towards life and will easily take the yoke of responsibility on its shoulders for building up the country on a sound basis of economic, social, cultural and spiritual values, which altogether form the ground and backbone of our society.
Speaking about education, we all know, that we do not mean mere book learning nor just imbibing secular knowledge into the head of a student, but rather a holistic preparation of him for life in its entirety. Such preparation is based on kindling the light of his spirit as well as a keen interest in the quest for purpose and meaning, awakening of our G-d-given gifts, fostering an awareness of values, developing a compassionate heart, a sharp goal-oriented intellect, a strong and decided will, the right discipline and last not least a wake and active sense for responsibility and justice.
Maturity includes these five aspects: an awareness of the purpose of life, good character, the ability to use ones inborn faculties and skills, attainment of (practical) knowledge and a well-working conscience. On this ground there will also naturally grow an inner aspiration of self-realization and a feeling for the sanctity and brotherhood of life. Only the coincidence of good character and know-how in one person can grant success, right orientation and happiness in his life. And it is education alone that can provide for such condition and it is none other then us – parents and teachers – who can sow the seed of such life and upliftment into the souls of our children.
"To learn is to face transformation. To learn the truth is to enter into relationships requiring us to respond as well as initiate, to give as well as take. If we became vulnerable to the communal claims of truth, conversion would be required. Our knowledge of the atom would call us to the patient work of peacemaking, not mindless acts of war; our knowledge of human nature would call us to the difficult task of cooperation, beyond our easy instinct to compete; our knowledge of nature would call us into careful nurturing, not careless exploitation, of the earth. But we find it safer to seek facts that keep us in power rather than truths that require us to submit. Objectivist education is a strategy for avoiding our own conversion. If we can keep reality "out there," we can avoid, for a while, the truth that lays the claim of community on our individual and collective lives." (Parker J. Palmer in: To know as we are known)
Referring to our identity as a Jewish nation, education will need to walk in the spirit and footsteps of our for-fathers. As Josef was carrying on the inheritance of his father Jaakov (even in the land of Egypt), so we all should abide in the heritage (covenant) of Israel and bear witness of the spirit of Avraham, Isaak and Jaakov. In the same way, Ishmael should be integrated as natural part of our family. As heirs of our fathers to this precious land, we should always remember the promise and oath of JHWH, our Lord: "When you return to the land that I have promised to your fathers, then keep my word and commandment. ... Do not forget that I have given it to you not because of your virtues or merits, but because of my promise to your fathers and because I had mercy for you, for you are a stubborn people!" (Deuteronomy 9. 1 - 6) This word is a challenge for all of us. If we want to survive as a nation and prosper, we should pay respect and obedience to Him, who is the source and Lord of the entire creation as well as the root and origin of our soul. He who dwells in righteousness shall lack nothing, and it will be the meek, who shall inherit the land.
In order to cope with the fact of our present reality and as a response to our needs, there have been developed different private attempts and organizations dedicated to foster such a working model of education. Some of them we are embracing and sheltering under one umbrella.
One of the most profound attempts to bring about improvement in education is "Living Values". "Living Values" is an official international association, started in 2001 and led by Ester Khavous of the "Brahma Kumari Group in Tel Aviv". It fosters awareness of human values in schools and society in general in accord to the UN organization of the same name and is also recommended by the Israeli Ministry of Education.
The call for values is currently echoing throughout every land, as educators, parents and even children are increasingly concerned about and affected by violence, growing social problems, and the lack of social cohesion. Educators are, once again, asked to address problems, which have arisen within their societies.
Living Values Education Program (LVEP) is a comprehensive values education program. It offers a wide variety of experiential values activities and practical methodologies to teachers and facilitators, parents and caregivers to enable children and young adults to explore and develop 12 universal values. They are:
Unity | Simplicity | Responsibility | Happiness | Humility | Honesty | Respect | Peace | Love | Tolerance | Cooperation | Freedom.
In addition to programs for classrooms and parent groups, LVEP offers special materials for street children, children affected by war, and children affected by earthquakes.
Implemented in 74 countries educators report positive changes in teacher-student relationships and in student-student relationships both inside and outside the classroom. Educators note an increase in respect, caring, cooperation, motivation, and the ability to solve peer conflicts on the part of the students. Aggressive behaviors decline as positive social skills and respect increase. LVEP helps educators create safe, caring values-based atmospheres for quality learning. (See: Diane Tillman: Theoretical Background and Support for Living Values: An Educational Program; www.livingvalues.net)
So far the most approaches towards a reform of the educational system are mainly adaptations or remedies to cure some of the unpleasant symptoms of our social reality.
In order to bring about a sound holistic approach towards education and life, and to achieve optimal results in education as an entire molding of person and character, we know we have to go even beyond these efforts and to strive for the development of a total new and all-encompassing Curriculum. Such an all-encompassing Curriculum based on a holistic vision of life alone and covering our entire School System in Israel only can meet the needs of our present day society and bring about a real profound change and betterment in education and life perspective altogether.
As mentioned above, such an approach needs to bring about an awakening of the awareness of the sanctity of life in the first place and an understanding of life's fundamental meaning and purpose. And we need to teach by example! That means we have to realize within ourselves and by our attitude what we want to teach to others. If we do not live what we teach, then there is no credibility in what we teach or say. Our words only attain power, by our living example.
It was none less then Einstein who stated: "All education is based on example – and if not by a shining one, also the negative does its work." Obviously he had not the best experience with education himself, but relying on his intuition and inner discrimination he was able to compensate the lack by his own understanding. But that is not what we can expect by an average youth or student. It is us – parents and teachers as well – who mold the child's character and understanding. And in education we have to do this with inner authority and compassion, with strictness and empathy (Gevurah & Hesed), using both in a balanced way.
Further we need to have a clear image of the nature of man and the purpose of our own life, a clear goal, enthusiasm, love for people and youth respectively and a vision of what we want to attain and plant. The soul is a field waiting to receive good seed and nourishment in order to bringing forth a rich harvest of flowers of gifts and skills as well as fruits of virtue and good character. Character is the highest attainment and the basis of contentment, success and happiness and the seed of our future destiny. As one sows, so he shall reap. If we sow love, joy and appreciation, we also will reap love, joy and appreciation. And if we are able to keep a pure heart, we will even see God and rejoice in His Glory.
Further we have to restore the image of man to its original dignity as an image of God, which is based on equality of freedom of choice that He has bestowed onto us. By our free choice we can become "like" G-d, or – in the other extreme – we may become devils.
In order to have a profound foundation ourselves we need to investigate and discover ourselves – the divine as well as the dark sides deep down in our souls, the true self and the ego – and to learn to sharply discriminate the one from the other. Only then we can become masters of our thoughts and feelings and not stay the victims of their unconscious uncontrolled play.
For building a new educational system, we need not begin from zero, but have pioneers who have already paved the way. And in this manner we can draw a lot from the models and experiences of all those, who have been dealing with education in profound terms before us, as there are the models of great humanists as Alexander von Humboldt, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Maria Montessori, Rudolf Steiner, Rabindranath Tagore, Carl Rogers, Paramahansa Yogananda and many others.
In fact, to bring about an effective change in our present unhappy ways of thought and life, our whole society needs to get involved in education. And as we can immediately realize, it is at least the parents that need to be integrated in the process of change and attainment.
Therefore as said above – in long run – we need to develop an entirely new Curriculum for all stages of schooling and education in this country. Within its scope some important adaptations have to be considered.
We learn so much about physics, chemistry, biology and many other interesting subjects which we hardly need in life, but we do not learn anything about ourselves, about the nature of our soul, the operation of our mind, the use of thought and will-power etc.
So some portion should be rendered to enhance a minimum knowledge and understanding of our human nature; by doing so we could do pioneer work in the world;
Some adapted issues should deal with questions as:
1 What is the meaning and purpose of life;
2 What is the structure of inner man;
3 What is the dynamics of the soul: sensation, thought, feeling, desire, will-power;
4 The higher (divine) and the lower (animal) nature of man, and the permanent
struggle between them;
5 The third faculty: the responsible "I" and its power of discrimination, inner
choice and decision;
6 How to overcome weaknesses (anger, greed, jealousy, …) by virtue;
7 To introduce and explain a set of perennial human values;
8 To foster character building and wakeful awareness etc.
Also we should consider the results and consequences of brain research.
If we want to promote some really profound and all-embracing idea of education that deals with our human nature in its entirety and totality, we should bear witness of our holistic vision in a more accurate way. It was already more then a century ago that educators were starting to care more particular of the spiritual and psychological side and needs of our human nature and especially with the progress in brain research there was the discovery of the two complementary operating hemispheres of our brain which further-on brought some intriguing conclusions concerning the apprehension of our mental abilities and education. Since we had the mentioned models of great educators as Alexander Humboldt, J. H. Pestalozzi, John Dewey, Maria Montessori, Rudolf Steiner, Rabindranath Tagore, and Carl Rogers all of whom fostering an integral and more right-hemispheric model of education, concerned with the development of the holistic, intuitive, transcendental, spiritual and artistic side of man as well, instead of reducing us to just linear and verbal operating "computers", we should also adapt to this other side of our human existence. That means that we definitely should include these aspects in our building a real humanistic approach for the educational perspective of our future by coping also with the intuitive, transcendental side of man. As we are of a double origin - one being physical, one transcendental - we not only need to satisfy our physical and economic living conditions as well as developing our rational, verbal and intellectual (that means our left-hemispheric) abilities, but also to reach out for the realms of our divine destiny by developing our God-given conscience, our power of discrimination, the faculties of holistic understanding, imagery, music, artistic creativity and even a sense for the mysterious and mystic in our lives.
What is an Integral Education?
Integral education is an education, which is regarding man in the wholeness and unity of his human nature as body, mind and soul, equally participating in spirit and matter, and as an individual and social being at the same time.
Education to be complete must have five principal aspects relating to the five principal aspects of our human nature: the physical, the vital, the mental, the psychic and the spiritual. Usually in their development, these aspects succeed each other in a chronological order with the growth of the individual. This however does not mean that in education too one should replace the other, but rather all should continue, completing each other, till the end of life.
A) The Physical Education
The aim of all culture is permanent improvement in our qualities as man. If our seeking is for a gradual perfection of our being, the physical part cannot be left aside, since the body is the material basis and instrument, which we have to use. As an old adage says: "The body is the means of fulfillment of our destination".
If we comprehend the ultimate aim of education as gradual realization of our indwelling divine nature, our ideal is divine life, life accomplishing its own spiritual transformation here on earth within the framework of time ad space. In the course of such training the body too undergoes a transformation towards perfection in all that it is and does. It may even in the end be suffused with light and beauty and bliss from Beyond and be transfigured into a celestial body.
The fruits of a wholesome and methodical program of physical education may be:
1. A sound and healthy body: This is a vast subject on which a good amount of knowledge has already been accumulated; The means include the acquisition of good habits in food, sleep, hygiene, and the use of physical exercises to regulate the various functions of the body. Bodily defects and malformations can be reduced or even cured by appropriate methods of corrective exercises;
2. Strength and fitness;
3. Development of Physical Skills: We should learn to use our hands in many ways, for handicrafts, skilled work, using all kinds of physical tools, in arts etc.
4. Training of the senses: A quick perception of eye and ear and a quick response of all the parts of the body to any call made upon them, a wonderful coordination and mastery over the reflexes as for instance in gymnastics and balancing;
5. Self-mastery and discipline, courage and confidence: To control one's impulses, reactions, weaknesses is a very important gain brought about by the practice of athletics, sports and games. We must mention here that the regular use of physical exercises has a healthy influence on the control of sexual energy also;
6. Co-operation, impartiality and fair dealings with others.
B) The Vital (or Emotional) Education
The vital aspect in man is that, which is made up of sensations, emotions, desires, passions and instincts, energies of action, will of desire, emotional reactions like lust, fear, greed and anger, in one word all that builds our lower nature. (Netzach of Nefesh)
Our vital nature embraces a vast kingdom of forces acting and reacting upon one another, the very nexus of man's unconscious life and the motivating power of his action – for good or for evil.
The learning to deal with this complex of forces is of the utmost importance for the building up of character.
The key to a strong, straightforward and harmonious character is to awaken in the child the will to overcome his weaknesses and eliminate his defeats. The aspiration towards improvement in attitude ad character exists in every human being, but too often the conditions in which the child lives, at home and elsewhere, the moral and mental environment are so antagonistic to the tiny little flame of aspiration that it easily dwindles and dies out. This aspiration has to be gently kindled and helped to translate itself into deciciveness.
Only what man admires and accepts, becomes part of himself; the rest is a mask. He conforms to the discipline of society as he conformed to the moral routine of home and school, but considers himself at liberty to guide his real life, inner and private, according to his own likings and passions.
The best method of suggestion is by personal example, daily conversing and through the mental, psychological and spiritual food received day by day. Despite the attraction of modern media good books are of utmost importance. These books should contain, for the younger student, the lofty examples of the past given, not as moral lessons, but as things of supreme human adoration, and, for the elder student, the great thoughts and aspirations of great souls, literature, which sets fire to the highest emotions and prompts the most lofty ideals and noble aspirations in their soul ad minds. This is a kind of good company, which can seldom fail to have its effect as long as sententious sermonizing and double moral is avoided, and is getting the highest inspiring effect, if the personal life of the teacher is itself molded according to the great things he places before his pupils. It cannot, however, have full force unless the young life is given an opportunity, within its limited sphere, of embodying in action the moral impulses, which rise within it.
To this general education of our vital nature, there should be added as early as possible, the cultivation of a sense of discrimination, the capacity to choose and take up what is good, true and of value, beautiful and harmonious, simple, healthy and pure. As the child grows in his capacity of understanding, he should be taught, to add aesthetic taste and refinement to power and precision and develop a wakeful awareness and working conscience. He must be made to appreciate and love truth and justice, as well as all that is beautiful, lofty, healthy and noble. In this way the youth will develop a sense of ethical awareness linked with aesthetic culture, which will save him from degrading influence later on in his life.
The Divine is Purity as well as Beauty and it is by the cultivation of both – the ethical and the aesthetic – that the hearts needs are getting fulfilled. On such grounds the ethical and aesthetic being of man can easily rise towards its divine possibilities.
C) The Mental Education
The greatest mistake is to make an accumulation of factual knowledge, i. e. erudition, the crowning end of education. This error distorts the whole process of education itself. Instead of learning how to acquire knowledge, the student is asked to store in his memory the knowledge gained by others, so as to keep it ready at hand – at least for the time of the examination.
The real gain that one can expect from a well organized and thorough mental education has an individual aspect and a social or collective one.
The individual aspect is culture. Culture is not erudition, it docs not depend on the amount of knowledge, but on the wav knowledge has been assimilated, integrated, transformed into a synthetic Weltanschauung, which can serve as a base to a still higher vision and understanding. In fact, it has aptly been said that "culture is what remains when all (we have learned) has been forgotten" (Edouard Herriot). Culture is not acquired by forcefully memorizing, but by keeping a wide interest and a mind open to all sources of knowledge (books, magazines, lectures, exhibitions, human contacts, etc.): whatever is retained and assimilated will he welcome: it may be deep or shallow according to one's capacity.
The collective aspect of education is utilitarian and functional. It is connected with the professional life of the individual and his relations with his fellow-beings. Hence schools need to develop professional skills, like clear perception of problems, the abilities for grounded yet quick decisions, implementation of know-how according to international scientific standards, as well as invoking a spirit of invention and innovation in the young people.
Yet the acquisition of know-how and mental skills is not enough. We also need people with self-esteem, psychological independence, leader-qualities plus social competence. We know through a lot of unpleasant experiences how much intern friction and incalculable costs are caused within companies and organizations by a lack of leadership and team qualifications.
Thus mental educations should provide:
1. the capability of penetrating and innovative independent thinking, as a precondition to solve problems, set up methodologically grounded projects and to discover the secrets of life;
2. the capacity to gather old knowledge, i.e., how to use the various means of documentation (text-books, reference books, technical magazines, etc.) to find out what is already known on a subject; how to grade and organize that knowledge so that it can be made available to oneself for ready reference and to others;
3. the capability to find out new knowledge, i.e., to engage successfully in research work; how to face a problem, to analyze and get at the core of it; how to use imagination in the search for analogies and structural similarities; how to formulate and test hypotheses;
4. the capacity to use and apply knowledge (old and new) to specific cases and to deal with concrete situations; how to reach optimal decisions; how to get on with fellow-workers and engage in team work, understand others and make oneself understood.
D) The Psychic and the Spiritual Education
Till now we have dealt with the education, which can be given to all children born upon earth; it is concerned with purely human faculties. But, as The Mother says, one need not stop there:
"Every human being carries hidden within him the possibility of a greater consciousness beyond the frame of his normal life through which he can participate in a higher and vaster life. Indeed, in all exceptional beings it is always this consciousness that governs their life, and organizes both the circumstances of their life and their individual reaction to these circumstances. What the human mind does not know and cannot do, this consciousness knows and does. It is like a light that shines at the center of our being radiating through the thick cover of our external personality.
With psychic education we meet the question of the true motive and meaning of life, the very discovery to which should lead us to the consecration of individual life to the universal. This aspect is generally associated with mystic feeling and religious life, because it is the subject of religions. But it need not be necessarily so: the mystic notion of God may be replaced by the more philosophical notion of truth and still the discovery will remain essentially the same."
In our education it is the child's mind, which has to be consulted in its own growth. Therefore the work proposed to a child must be suited to his mental age and outlook, and he must be allowed to do it according to his own capacity and speed. A child who is given a work corresponding to his needs as a growing being, accepts it readily and does it with attention and joy.
From this it follows, that the child must be given individual attention and be allowed to proceed independently. It is the child and not the teacher that sets the pace.
There are some aims in education which usually are overseen:
1. So it should be the teacher's aim to train the ear of the students – and their tongue if the talking is on both sides. This is an indispensable part of the teaching of languages and we do give it its due place here.
2. The aim is further to supply a needed subject. This aim is perfectly justified, but usually the need arises in one or a few students at a time and the delivery must be made to those students alone; to the others it is useless and boring. Therefore, at least at school level, the resort to lectures of this type will arise rarely. For adults, the case is different, as we shall see later.
3. The teacher talks to his students with the view to inspire and give them guidance.
Steiner defined 'three golden rules' for teachers: "to receive the child in gratitude from the world they come from; to educate the child with love; and to lead the child into the true freedom which belongs to man."
And Mother Alfassa has added: "Teachers who do not possess a perfect calm, and unfailing endurance, an unshakable quietness, who are full of self-conceit will reach nowhere. … One must have the right attitude in order to be able to exact from one's pupils that same attitude. You cannot ask of a person what you do not do yourself. It is a rule."
In order to being able to grant a positive reform in our educational and schooling system, we firstly need teachers who are prepared to pick up that task and secondly a newly adapted curriculum and educational plan serving as a matrix and carrying ground of such a system. Finally all success is depending on the qualification as well as the educational competence of the teacher. He should be a guide, friend and example for the student, imbibing him with true values and molding his character by the soft power of this example and his vivid inspiration.
The first step has to be the design of a schooling-plan, meaning the choice and structuring of subjects to be taught in different braches and grades of the school system. There fundamental psychological and pedagogical principles have to be taken into consideration. For the final Curriculum development, meaning the setting up of the variety of modules for the specific subjects and stages in accord with the study plan, we are about to build a professional team to work out a fit form for it, which may be introduced and implied in the actual educational system throughout the country. In doing so, we can be in touch and exchange with the present reform of education in India as a pioneering system as for human values and the apprehension of the sanctity of life and could even become an example for the entire Western world.


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Professor Evan Stark
Professor Evan Stark is a forensic social worker, author of Coercive Control (Oxford, 2007) and a lecturer who has taught at Yale and Rutgers University and held appointments at the University of Essex, Bristol University and the University of Edinburgh. Professor Stark's award-winning book was the original source of the coercive control model when the Home Office widened the definition of domestic violence and he played a major role in the consultation that led to the drafting of the new offence.
Professor Stark wrote of the Conference:
'The new offense of "domestic violence and coercive control" represents an entirely new way of responding to VAW in the UK that challenges everyone involved in ensuring justice for offenders and safety and support for victims to rethink their approaches.
For the first time since the Magna Carta guaranteed equal justice for all, violence against a partner has been recognized as a specific offense in the UK. The new offense defines partner abuse as a course of conduct rather than just as a single act and includes economic exploitation, stalking, isolation and arbitrary controls of a person's life as well as physical and sexual violence.
It acknowledges what abused women have been telling us for decades, that abuse is about independence and other basic rights and liberties, not just physical injury and so is everyone's issue, not just a problem for women to work out. Particularly if coupled with parallel initiatives such as those being undertaken in Wales and Scotland, the new offense has the potential to sharply reduce serious and fatal partner assaults and to greatly enhance the present and future prospects of the tens of thousands of women and children who are the primary targets of domestic violence and coercive control.
But rolling out the new law will not be easy.
To do so effectively, there must be the same commitment to protect our citizens from subordination and abuse in their homes and relationships as we have to protect our citizens from oppression abroad. And there must be "champions," professionals and practitioners who step forward to take the lead in facilitating change.
Developing this commitment must begin now, with dialogue about how each professional and practitioner is affected by the new law and the types of collaborations in our villages and towns that can support the new and improved response.
The Conference on Coercive Control is an opening salvo in this much needed dialogue and a great way to open Domestic Violence Month.'
Coercive Control is available on Amazon both in paperback and Kindle versions.


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A fabulous free month of activities has been lined up for children aged between 5 and 12 throughout August with the Junior Rangers Club.
Events have been organised by West Lancashire Borough Council Parks and Countryside Ranger Service in parks across the borough.
Children can learn outdoor survival skills, enjoy arts activities and find out more about the animals and plants that live in our parks.
They can even have the opportunity to do their John Muir Discovery Award which helps them to discover, explore, conserve and share experiences of a wild space. They must attend at least four sessions to achieve the award. To read more about this award visit John Muir Award (external link). Contact Anne Faulkner, urban park ranger, on 01695 570258 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for more details. You must register with Anne for the award.
Councillor Yvonne Gagen, portfolio holder for Leisure said: "Children can enjoy exciting activities in the Junior Rangers programme this summer and learn a lot about nature and wildlife. The events are free so book on and come and join the Junior Rangers."
All the Junior Rangers' activities take place between 2pm and 4pm and they start with Natural Art at Coronation Park, Ormskirk on Monday 1 August. There are further art events at Beacon Country Park on Tuesday 16 August and Wednesday 24 August.
The junior rangers can learn more about Outdoor Survival skills at Beacon Country Park on Tuesday 2 August. They can then turn into investigators at Urban Nature Detectives sessions on Wednesday 3 August at Stanley Coronation Park, Skelmersdale, and Richmond Park, Burscough, on Wednesday 10 August.
For a full list of Junior Rangers Club events, and where to meet on each day, please visit junior rangers.
Booking opens seven days before each event and is essential to avoid disappointment. For more details on events, and to book places, please email email@example.com or call 01695 622794. Children under eight must be accompanied by an adult when attending a junior rangers' event.
For more information about volunteering opportunities with the Ranger Service please contact 01695 622794. You can also find out more about parks and countryside events by following the Rangers on Twitter @WLBC_Rangers or on Facebook (external link).
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Police: Ind. woman OD's on heroin with 4 kids in car
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HARRISON, Ohio —
Harrison paramedics used Narcan to revive a Lawrenceburg woman who allegedly overdosed on heroin with four children in the car.
Officers said Lacie Sexton, 26, was found unresponsive Sunday behind the wheel of her car in the parking lot of a Speedway gas station.
According to court records, Sexton operated a vehicle while under the influence of heroin, with four children in the car.
Police said all of the children were under the age of 10 years old.
Paramedics used Narcan to revive Sexton.
She was charged with four counts of child endangering and booked into the Hamilton County Jail.
Sexton was being held on $8,000 bond. She will be arraigned Tuesday morning.


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Eruptive And Sedimentary Evolution Of The Pliocene Grad Volcanic Field, North-East Slovenia
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AbstractMiddle to Upper Pliocene (~ 3 Ma) Grad Volcanic Field (SW Pannonian basin system) encompasses an area of about 3 km2, of which some 1.7 km2 belong to the outcropping volcanics. Pyroclastic and syn-eruptively reworked volcaniclastic deposits are the most widespread in occurrence. Remains of an autobrecciated lava flow, a residual neck and their peperites are partially reworked by a large debris flow. Volcanic activity occurred in a continental depositional environment dominated by alluvial fan and braided river systems. Streams draining from the north-west to the south-east were infilling a rapidly subsiding Radgona Depression. The style of volcanic activity was mainly explosive and was reinforced by hydrovolcanic processes. Three volcanic centres probably existed, and they migrated spatially and temporally from the north to the south over a distance of some 5.6 km. The rocks of the northernmost volcanic centre are fairly eroded and contain abundant, up to 10 cm sized lherzolite xenoliths. The largest crater developed about 2.5 km to the south. From an early maar stage, a tuff-cone, and subsequently, a tuff-ring evolved. The crater was filled with eroded pyroclastic material and stream load. A new vent became active some 500 m to the south. Initial stage was mainly magmatic and produced pyroclastic flow and fall deposits. Late-stage eruptions were predominantly hydrovolcanic (phreatomagmatic and phreatic), and built up a small tuff-cone having some 300 m in diameter. Trachybasaltic and subordinate basanitic magmas erupting in the Grad Volcanic Field are geochemically distinguishable from the neighbouring occurrences in the South Styrian Basin and the South Burgenland Swell. Relatively lower abundance of TiO2, MgO, Sc, V and Cu, and higher abundance of MnO, P2O5, Zn, Sr, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ba, Ta and U indicate somewhat different source and/or evolutionary pattern.
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- Polona Kralj
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- Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2011
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Polona Kralj. 2011. Eruptive And Sedimentary Evolution Of The Pliocene Grad Volcanic Field, North-East Slovenia. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. (!) .


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Week 4: beginning 27 June 2017 Sports week
Our CIP and Topic will be linked to sport week, so we will be learning about famous sportmen and women and about the Olympics.
In Maths we are learning to solve problems, in terms of building something with specific characteristics, so it would help us to develop a deeper understanding of a set of instruction.
Friday is sports day, and we are looking forward to have an amazing day at Cassiobury.
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Maths week: during this week we will be specially focus in Maths through our whole day. WEdnesday morning we will be very happy to have parents joining us for our morning activities.
In Topic we are learning about transport in water and about safety.
In Maths lesson we will be focusing in telling the time.
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Answer: Well first let's define PV. It stands for photovoltaic. Photo means light, and voltaic means electricity. So photovoltaic refers to the generation of electricity from light.
So what then is a PV panel? First let's quickly define what a solar cell is. A solar cell is a special piece of silicon that can transfer the sun's energy into an electric current. A PV panel then is a thin, flat, wide unit of connected solar cells packaged neatly together in an anti-reflective, protective coating (like glass). PV panels can then be wired together on your roof to convert the sun's energy into usable electricity for your home.
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It is commonly thought that those who eat plant-based diets may be more prone to iron deficiency, but it turns out that they're no more likely to suffer from iron deficiency anemia than anybody else. This may be because not only do those eating meat-free diets tend to get more fiber, magnesium, and vitamins like A, C, and E, but they also get more iron.
The iron found predominantly in plants is non-heme iron, which isn't absorbed as well as the heme iron found in blood and muscle, but this may be a good thing. Avoidance of heme iron may be one of the key elements of plant-based protection against metabolic syndrome, and may also be beneficial in lowering the risk from other chronic diseases such as heart disease.
The data linking coronary heart disease and the intake of iron, in general, has been mixed. This inconsistency of evidence may be because of where the iron comes from. The majority of total dietary iron is non-heme iron, coming mostly from plants. So, total iron intake is associated with lower heart disease risk, but iron intake from meat is associated with significantly higher risk for heart disease.
The same has been found for stroke risk. The researchers also found that higher intake of heme iron—but not total or plant (non-heme) iron—was significantly associated with greater risk for type 2 diabetes. There may be a 16% increase in risk for type 2 diabetes for every 1 milligram of heme iron consumed daily.
Cancer studies show a 12% increased risk for every milligram of daily heme iron exposure. To characterize the mechanisms underlying meat-related lung cancer development, researchers asked lung cancer patients how much meat they ate and examined the gene expression patterns in their tumors. They identified a signature pattern of heme-related gene expression. Although they looked specifically at lung cancer, they expect these meat-related gene expression changes may occur in other cancers as well.
We do need to get enough iron, but only about 3% of premenopausal white women have iron deficiency anemia these days. However, the rates are worse in African and Mexican Americans. Taking into account our leading killers—heart disease, cancer, and diabetes—the healthiest source of iron appears to be non-heme iron, found naturally in abundance in whole grains, beans, split peas, chickpeas, lentils, dark green leafy vegetables, dried fruits, nuts, and seeds.


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As a joint initiative of the Monaro Folk Society and the Canberra Mandolin Orchestra (CMO) a grand concert will be held at the Albert Hall in the afternoon of the Colonial Ball (Saturday 1 September 2018). The concert will have an overall Australian flavour with a number of pieces featuring music related to the history of social dance in Australia. The program will also feature demonstrations by expert dancers. Tickets are $20 and $15, available at the door or online at www.eventbrite.com (fees apply) or call 0407 431 332. We're also on Facebook ! The 37th annual Colonial Ball will be held on Saturday 1st September 2018 at the Albert Hall in Canberra. Click here for more information.
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"Sequins go all the way back to the ancient Egyptians (who also introduced eyeliner to the human race)... They became a fashion hit in the '70s with the invention of the sequined disco tube top."
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Bursa Bezistan
This monumental object was built in 1551 by
, Great vizier of Sulejman the Magnificent. Object was used for selling the silk, which was produced by the founder himself in Bursa. Brusa bezistan has a rectangular basis (29.5 x 20.5 m), built of stone and covered with six big domes and two smaller domes.
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A piece in The Irish Times today begins by talking about the death of Donna Fox, crushed to death by a truck as she cycled through Dublin.
The piece is, altogether, 724 words. But almost half of that, 288 words, is given over to a rant about "cyclists who win no sympathy from motorists".
(Sorry for the long quote, but it's necessary to show the sheer stupidity).
And a long extrapolated quote is used as a caption:
Even the headline is extraordinary - I would think that it endangers people cycling in Dublin: "Why cycling safety is a two-way street". What? I'm only entitled to cycle in safety if all cyclists keep all traffic laws?
The tastelessness of this piece, apart from the utter stupidity, is typical of the way cycling and "cyclists" - as if we are a single body of people - are written about in Ireland. Is there any way to tackle this?
Getting really sick of the divide and rule that is been pushed from somwhere (gov, Press I don't know), it's everywhere workers v unemployed. Public vs private sector, cyclists vs motorists. Landlords vs tenants the list goes on.
Do I need to go on ? I'm in a job that hasn't had a pay rise in 10 years. Im not putting the rent up on small property I rent probably the cheapest rent around even up here.
CanT we all relax and get on a bit more ?
Probably totally OT for the cycling forum sorry.
Damn straight. It's Trumpism Irish-style, the politics of envy - with the envy, weirdly, mostly being directed downwards. Scotes! Scroungers! Why should I pay for libraries, mate, I don't read!
John Lanchester had a brilliant piece some years back about this (to search for it, the best way is to look for "the shít we're in"!) from which my favourite line is "the trouble with the poor is that they have too much money".
Newspaper print populist stories as it sells papers. As motorists are the largest group they will print stories that appeal to that market. Hence the commonality in these articles that seem imo to have anti cycling bias and pro driver bias.
The fact that studies show that cyclist behaviour has little effect on accidents. But that it's mainly driver behaviour that causes it. Would not be popular with drivers so they won't publish those facts very often. It's also why enforcement of cycling laws won't have much of an effect.
There is an issue that law breaking probably has an impact on anti cycling sentiment.
Just because some one has been cycling for 30yrs doesn't mean that have done any research on the facts and statistics of accidents. The lack of any link to such studies is a credibility problem for such opinion pieces. It's the usual victim blaming.
It takes the focus of poor driving and the lack of infrastructure and investment.
** whataboutery alert **
I've never seen a piece on motorway funding mention the high percentage of motorists who speed, use mobiles, etc.
If lawbreaking has an impact on sentiment, ok, let's start posting photos and videos of drivers using mobile phones, zipping through lights after they've turned red, whipping right around no-right-turn turns, close-passing cyclists, speeding, parking in cycle lanes, failing to indicate in time or at all, dooring, suddenly deciding they want to park on the other side of Dame Street and hanging a speedy U-ey, using bus lanes, taking to the wrong side of solid-white-line roads to pass cyclists then swinging across in front of them to turn left, blaring music that must make them unconscious of the road and its other users…
People only notice the few cyclists who act like brats because they have been fed the idea that "cyclists" break road rules.
Perhaps if they realised how little drivers keep the same rules it might soften their cough for them?
As I keep on saying, so much motorist law breaking is so normalised it isn't even seen as law breaking. Try driving around at the speed limit and see the build up behind you, or everyone passing you out if it's dual carriageway or motorway. Everyone (eventually) stops for traffic lights. For those couple of minutes, they might see a cyclist break a red to take a left. They'll have a give out, maybe a rant live on twitter. And then when the lights change they'll get back up to a cruising speed above the speed limit without a second thought about law breaking... If they try and enforce the speed limit, it's all shooting fish in a barrel!
In San Francisco, cyclists reacted to one of these "Cyclists All Break Red Lights" rants by a mass protest in which they stopped at every light and stop sign. Traffic ground to a halt! (Nobody's mentioning this in the comments on the IT piece.)
In Idaho and in Paris, cyclists can use red lights and stop signs as 'Yield' signs, going through when it's safe to do so.
Are you suggesting this is a media driven campaign?
In my opinion, all your points are valid in relation to drivers; there are "brats" driving around in cars as you describe.
Dooring is basic stupidity/carelessness, parking in a cycle lane is lack of manners / inconvenient, but these are hazards for everyone. The u-turn, speeding antics are likewise hazards for everyone, not restricted to cyclists.
However, driving on footpaths? driving on the wrong side of the road? driving across pedestrian crossings? driving incorrectly on a one way street?
How many times have you seen it?
Cyclists do it all day, everyday.
Numbers driving through red lights compared to cyclists doing likewise? One in five I reckon, is being extremely generous.
Numbers of drivers overtaking in a dangerous fashion compared to cyclists "sharing" occupied lanes, overtaking on the left of a vehicle indicating left / in tight spaces?
One for one? I don't think so.
There isn't a media driven campaign. The behaviour of a significant proportion (more than 50%) of cyclists is a big pain, sometimes dangerous to others - pedestrians, cyclists and motorists - and that is why there are so many negative articles and comments.
I don't see major inaccuracy in the article and I don't see a problem with the timing.
@Billgirlylegs You haven't been looking at the statistics. The Road Safety Association, scarcely a cyclist-friendly group, did a big study (25,000+ cyclists) of how many cyclists go through red lights recently: 1 in 8 was the number. Nothing like the numbers you're claiming.
How many cars go through? My own, amateur, estimate would be that three or four cars tend to zip through after the lights have gone red on most light-changes. And this is really dangerous.
A cyclist (say 150kg of human on a 15kg bicycle) who goes through a red light is endangering only himself or herself (if that) in virtually all cases; usually s/he has checked that there's nothing coming. A car (say 2 tons) is a weaponised metal projectile, and going much faster. If it hits you, you're going to be badly hurt.
Some figures on cars hitting people:
- If someone is hit by a car at 65kph they are 90% likely to be killed
- If someone is hit by a car at 50kph they are 50% likely to be killed
- If someone is hit by a car at 30kph they are 10% likely to be killed
Cyclists should be allowed to proceed slowly through pedestrian crossing reds (like the flashing amber for motor vehicles - go ahead if it's safe to do so). They should also be able to turn left on red.
All of a sudden, the only major thing motorists have to throw at cyclists is out the window; not to mention the fact that the above makes sense given that a bicycle is not a 2 tonne vehicle.
Also, more to the point, none of this would be an issue if there was a bit more patience from cyclists and motorists. Your time isn't that valuable, get over yourselves. !
i threw that in as a comment on the article for you.
you can't cite things that cars *cannot* do as something they *do* not do, can you?
Id like to see the stats, if you have them ?
Anti cyclist seems to be the last minute "feck it I need a piece for my column" setting for 'journalists' ....
There are stupid motorists, and there are stupid cyclists, its just motorists can kill, so I reckon the onus is on them to not kill someone due to their careless driving !
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BAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden's mission to promote national reconciliation in Iraq was rebuffed Friday by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, who told him that the issue was a domestic Iraqi affair and that U.S involvement wouldn't be welcome.
Biden was beginning a two-day visit to Iraq after President Obama appointed him this week as his special representative on dealings with the Persian Gulf nation. His assignment, the White House said, is to work with Iraqis "toward overcoming their political differences and achieving the type of reconciliation that we all understand has yet to fully take place."
But Biden's meeting with Maliki was a reminder that although the U.S. maintains about 130,000 troops in Iraq, its influence is waning rapidly now that the clock is ticking on the timetable for the departure of all American combat troops next year.
Days earlier, Iraqis had celebrated the withdrawal of U.S. forces from their cities as a "day of national sovereignty." And though Biden's visit was welcomed as evidence that the United States doesn't plan to completely disengage from Iraq, Maliki made it clear that he does not want U.S. officials to be as closely involved in Iraqi politics as they have been.


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Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Graphing Circle Functions
The graph of the equation
is a circle with what radius?
Rewrite the equation of the circle in standard form
as follows:
Since and , we complete the squares by adding:
The standard form of the equation sets
so the radius of the circle is
Example Question #13 : Circle Functions
Determine the graph of the equation
Ellipse, centered at
Circle, centered at with radius
Hyperbola, centered at
Circle, centered at with radius
Circle, centered at with radius
The equation of a circle in standard for is:
Where the center and the radius of the cirlce is .
Dividing by 4 on both sides of the equation yields
an equation whose graph is a circle, centered at (2,3) with radius = .5
Example Question #14 : Circle Functions
Give the radius and the center of the circle for the equation below.
Look at the formula for the equation of a circle below.
Here is the center and is the radius. Notice that the subtraction in the center is part of the formula. Thus, looking at our equation it is clear that the center is and the radius squared is . When we square root this value we get that the radius must be .
Example Question #2 : Graphing Circle Functions
Determine the equation of a circle whose center lies at the point and has a radius of .
The equation for a circle with center and radius is :
Our circle is centered at with radius , so the equation for this circle is :
Example Question #991 : Algebra Ii
What is the radius of the circle?
The parent equation of a circle is represented by . The radius of the circle is equal to . The radius of the cirle is .
Example Question #1 : Graphing Circle Functions
What is the center of the circle expressed by the funciton ?
The equation can be rewritten so that it looks like the parent equation for a circle . After completeing the square, the equation changes from to . From there it can be expressed as . Therefore the center of the circle is at .
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Prolong the Life of Industrial Roller Shutter Doors with These 3 Easy Tips
Industrial roller shutter doors are a great way to protect your property, but they don't last forever and at some time or another you are going to have to replace them. However, with some judicious care and attention, you can seriously prolong the life of your shutters, saving on the costs of replacing them earlier than really necessary.
It is fair to say that industrial roller shutter doors don't just stop working overnight, there has usually been signs that something is wrong for a while and no one has paid attention. So if you have industrial roller shutters fitted in your business, then here are 3 easy tips to make sure that your shutters are always in good working order.
1.Don't ignore problems: If your industrial roller shutter doors are slow to respond, stick, judder or are starting to make lots of noises when they are operated, there is likely to be a problem that needs to be addressed. The longer you leave these issues, the worse they will become and if ignored for too long, your shutters can stop working.
2.Check your shutters daily: Industrial shutters are there for your protection and for ease of access, so make sure that you check them every day. Look for damage to the shutters and make sure that the hardware is free from dirt or debris that could put a strain on the motor or clog the guide rails. If you have motor driven industrial roller shutter doors, also check that the shutters can still be manually operated.
3.Regular services: Your business heavily relies on the operation of your shutters and if they are not in good working order, then your business will suffer. Regular services help to maintain the good operation of your shutters and can pre-empt small problems turning into costly repairs. The regularity of the services depends on how often the shutters are operated, but if opened and closed 50 times a day, then we recommend you have your roller shutters serviced every 2 months. For less frequent usage, for example 15 cycles a day, then a 6 monthly service is appropriate.
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I met up with Edwina and Denise, who explained how much many customers value the history of this grand hotel and so the lobby was one of the things that had not been significantly altered when the hotel had a major refurbished in 2005 (eg the 'ridiculous chandeliers' Dame Edna Everage made jokes about are still there).
They took me up to view some suites. We viewed an Oriental suite and the Tamar suite. The Oriental suite was luxurious for their bottom level suite and the Tamar one panelled and intend to resemble the inside of a private yacht.
Both suites had beautiful bedrooms and stunning bathrooms. The Tamar bathroom was art deco and reminded me of my stays at Claridge's in London. The only disappointment was that you get Acqua di Parma bath products in suites, my tip would be to ask for the Hermès products from the regular rooms.
Then we went to see the pool. I was surprised to find this was indoor and it looks a bit like a Mayfair nightclub, or maybe more one in a posh ski resort with its large video screen. It was impressive but I would find it too small to swim in enjoyably.
We then went to the Mandarin Cake Shop, which was already decorated for Christmas and had some impressive chocolate sculptures that Edwina thought I would enjoy (eg teddy bears). I was then presented with their soft toy for the year of the sheep/ram/goat and a Mandarin fan.
I have decided to call my latest member of the soft toy 'gang' William (after William Jardine, the founder of the Bermuda based major shareholder of Mandarin Oriental), also my older brother's name.
Before leaving I took a look at the Captain's Bar, which friends say is a bar to visit.
5 out of 5 'teddies' - the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong is clearly one of the world's great hotels and a place people who value history, and refined luxury, should pick in Hong Kong.
Having stayed at the Oriental in Bangkok, I could not come to Hong Kong without a quick visit to the Mandarin. I was surprised to find the 1960s style lobby unchanged since my last visit more than 10 years before, when I came to Hong Kong on a business trip from Bermuda.
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Issy surely lives the best of both worlds...I must put these places on my bucket list. I visited Ibiza, Barcelona and Palma De Mallorca in August and was thinking of going Italy next year but after reading your blog think I need to visit either Thailand or Hong Kong.
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You could try to teach at a local continuing education program or educational programs for adults. One issue there is that they more than likely want to learn compared to possibly bachelor and high school students. Nonetheless, it could probably give you a clue as to whether you have the patience for teaching, especially if you end up teaching a more remedial thing like "basic computer skills" or something.
As for grad school, I think it's a mixed bag. If you're doing it for job advancement and it's proven that such a grad degree can provide better job opportunities, go for it. Certificates might be a more affordable option, though, if there is any available that can help. Grad school is good if you want to go into that academic direction, which you don't seem to want to do, except for maybe teaching.
In the end, though, I would say it really comes down to what YOU want and why YOU want it. I've had the usual argument with people who just graduate from undergrad who go into grad school that they should get real life experience first (and that I think they're using grad school as a cop out, unless they want to become a physicist or something that DOES require an advanced degree), and that one just gets tired. But you do have real life experience, so it sounds like an interesting prospect for you, if anything, as something that will provide a fuller life for you.
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thanks for the feedback.
I'm such a drifter, I'm always a little startled that for some people going to grad school was a bit of "avoid the real world" tactic... it makes sense, but still it always seems like a deliberate act to me.
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From my experience, people lack confidence in their trade and feel that it's great way to network. In my opinion, I think the majority of people who I talk to have issues if they don't see that they're good at their trade (friends of mine that have intentionally developed skills in a trade are generally quite good at that trade). As for the networking issue, for some reason, I think some people think that professional networking occurs automatically at grad school or something.
In other words, the whole thing is an act of magical thinking that people sometimes do, and a good amount of people do it on a level hidden from themselves because they have developed the introspective abilities to observe their automatic thought processes.
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I meant, they have NOT developed the introspective abilities.
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Ha! Northweaster's digital media program is actually what I'm looking at for a masters degree. I have to get one eventually to continue teaching and that one really appeals. Though I'm probably still a year away from starting it.
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Dollar Reservoir, The Highlands, Tahoe City
Dollar Reservoir is just a short walk from the Highlands Subdivision
Dollar Reservoir is just a short hike from the Highlands. You can access trails to the reservoir from the Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area Lodge. The lodge is located on Village Drive. As we get into winter the trails will be groomed for skate skiing and striding. Ski passes can be purchased at the Lodge.
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It's almost Easter, that time of the year when everyone eats far to much chocolate and spends Sunday watching bad television or if you're lucky enough; getting some well earned time on your video game. You'll get to learn what we did with our Easter next week but until then. Here's what the NintendPals and Pals have played this week.
Tony Miller – Senior Editor of Nintendo-Okie
I'm still slowly playing through Twilight Princess. On my way to the Water Temple right now and this game just confirms my thoughts from the first time I played it. It's the best of the 3D Zelda games. The dungeon design is superb, the bosses are creepy at times. It's a beautiful game, especially with the slightly redone visuals. it's not quite as washed out as the original. It's good. It's really good.
Other than that I've actually been playing a lot of Pokemon Shuffle. I keep coming back to that game over and over, and I don't like match 3 style games. Pokemon Shuffle just has its hooks in me.
James Haden – YouTube Editor for NintendPals
So I made level 25 so far on Overwatch; some of the games have been intense and I've also been playing as some different characters…Lucio, in this screenshot, is a support character so he supplies speed boosts or healing to his team mates within line of sight…Or his ultimate being a massive shield barrier which can absorb considerable damage to begin with but dissipates over time…He can also deal some damage; managed a 5 kill streak with him…
So yeah, the game has been out for a while now and already elitists are starting to fill the game slots…" I carried the team " or "n00b team players " does happen to enter the chat at times…I've always been the type of person to just ignore this kind of chit chat, unless its directed at me in a bad way… Of course the flip side is that people can vote you on how well you played; I've had some epic votes ( more than 5 different people coting you as MVP ) so I feel I'm doing fairly well…I've moved from playing Reinhardt so much and started to branch onto other characters based on roles…My Attack character is McCree, Defense is Widowmaker, Tank is Reinhardt and Lucio, my Healer…I will try different characers after my holiday…so a short update today in between working and getting ready for holiday.
Myles Foale – Cohost of NintendPals and European Editor
This week I have played exactly 3 games. Twilight Princess; I'm now over 20 hours deep and still loving it. I wasn't a huge fan of the water temple that I mentioned last week. But that's more because of me not liking water based levels in any game. The story is great, the music is beautiful and the gameplay is so addictive. Easily one of the better Zelda games that have ever been made.
Next up; Mario Maker. Not much to say here. Made some levels, played some levels. Fantastic game that continues to evolve and improve.
And finally, Shovel Knight. Now I don't think I can overstate just how much I love this game. I played it to completion originally on the 3DS and it was one of my favourite games of the year in that year (2014 I think). I have since purchased it on Wii U as I no longer own a 3DS. I've been playing it in-between TPHD and have 1 level left to complete. I thought that my experience might be slightly diminished the second time through (I very rarely play through games more then once) but this is not the case with Shovel Knight it's still extremely fun to play through a second time and I found new things in levels that I missed the first time round. I honestly think it is the very best "indie" game ever made and it's one of my favourite games of all time. It's endlessly charming and is challenging without ever become a rage inducing, pad smashing experience.
Hopefully I'll finish the main game today so I can move onto the Plague Knight DLC which I only spent a small amount of time with on the 3DS.
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So I went to this Vegan Food Festival at De Hallen the other weekend called Viva Las Vega. It was pretty small, with a few stalls lined with Vegan products, not just food. Vegabond had a stall and the people working it were so helpful. I asked if they sold barley grass juice powder for smoothies and she said no but that she could order it in for me. It's such a good store for picking up random vegan favourites that you can't get everywhere like nutritional yeast powder. They also have a little cute cushioned area by the front window where you can eat lunch. I haven't tried there yet bit definitely will at some point.
They also had a few skin care stalls. Throughout my teens I always had quite bad spots which wasn't helped by the fact that I had a major addiction to chocolate. I definitely noticed that my skin was highly sensitive and irritated by the foods I ate at that time. Since going vegan, my breakouts have reduced but I have really bad scarring and uneven skin tone. I met a Dutch lady that made her own 100% natural skincare oils and she assured me that she had a product that would work for me. I purchased the Skin Purifying Oil for €9.95. She advised me to apply three drops day and night and gently massage it into my face after cleanses when the skin is still slightly damp. It hasn't really taken affect yet but I'm going to give it time, fingers crossed it works!
My friend had already recommended me to try the vegan Dutch Weed Burgers at De Hallen so this was my final stop at the festival. I was a bit weary of the fact that the patty was made from seaweed because I find that things that taste/smell like fish make me feel a little sick (I have to hold my nose when I eat nori rolls), but it didn't at all and was actually pretty good. I would't rave about it or anything but it was definitely an enjoyable vegan burger.
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Drake Interplanetary claims that the Cutlass is a low-cost, easy-to-maintain solution for local in-system militia units. The larger-than-average cargo hold, RIO seat and dedicated tractor mount are, the company literature insists, for facilitating search and rescue operations. While it's true that Cutlasses are used throughout known space for such missions, their prime task and immediate association is with high space piracy. Cutlasses, often operating in groups, menace distant transit lanes to prey on hapless merchants. A single Cutlass can ravage a mid-sized transport and a pack operating as a clan can easily take down larger prey. STOL adaptations allow these interceptors to operate off of modified transports or pocket destroyers; the most common warships that make up pirate caravans.


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In a conversation some years ago, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was comparing different levels of commitment to civil rights. "Think of a ham-and-egg breakfast," he said. "The pig makes a much bigger commitment than the chicken."
After I stopped laughing, I saw his point. And now President Obama has reminded me of it.
It is too kind to give the president credit for even a shaky commitment to a stable world order. Through hesitancy, dithering and denial, he didn't even bother to fiddle while Rome burned. He golfed and went to fund-raisers.
Now that much of the whole planet is burning, the president says he's ready to lead the counterattack. But his record makes it impossible to believe he suddenly sees the light and is committed to combatting Russian aggression and the Islamic State. And that's just for starters — Iran's game-changing nuclear program is waiting in the wings.
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Mayweather vs. Canelo 2013: Alvarez Is Overhyped Heading into Saturday's FightSeptember 12, 2013
The fight between Floyd Mayweather and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has gained a lot of hype over the past few weeks, but Alvarez is being too overhyped heading into Saturday night.
To be fair, every fight is overhyped to a degree. That's how boxing makes money. No one would pay to watch a fight if it was marketed as a bout that wouldn't be that close.
Yes, we see this all of the time, but in Canelo's case, it feels that the hype is a bit too much for a fighter whom we haven't ever seen on this big of a stage.
This doesn't mean that Canelo is a bad fighter. He's not. In his 43 career fights, he has never lost, going 42-0-1. Of those 42 wins, 30 have come by way of knockout.
At the same time, you have to look at the fighters that he has fought. He defeated an aging Shane Mosley back in 2012 and gave Austin Trout his first career loss, but he has few major wins outside of those two. He also has no fights against elite fighters, so this will be his first truly big test against Mayweather.
If we break down the two fighters' most recent fights, we can see some things that don't exactly go in Canelo's favor.
In Canelo's last fight against Trout, he landed just 29 percent of his punches, according to CompuBox. He clearly focused on power punches, landing 43 percent of them, but he landed just 14 percent of his jabs. In fact, he failed to land a single jab in the seventh or 10th rounds. With how quick "Money" is, Canelo will need to find ways to land more than just 29 percent of his shots.
For Mayweather, his numbers looked better against an arguably better fighter. Robert Guerrero held his own for the majority of the fight against Mayweather, but he was unable to keep up with him by the end.
According to CompuBox, Mayweather landed 41 percent of his total punches along with 60 percent of his power punches. He did especially well in the eighth and ninth rounds, landing over 70 percent of his power shots.
It is also true that many have criticized Canelo's stamina heading into this fight, and that will play a big role in the later rounds. Mayweather tends to drag fights out, and with how quick and elusive he is, this could be a big problem for Canelo.
We all know how good of a fighter Mayweather is, and Canelo is pretty good as well. But still, does anyone actually expect Alvarez to take down the best boxer in the world?
Canelo is getting too much hype, but that's the nature of the sport. He is good, but he's not good enough to defeat Mayweather.