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But, if someone were to have asked me yesterday "what is music therapy and how does it work?", I would probably have said that it's about inviting people to be present to each other, and we use the music to help make that happen.
Mondays are long days. For me, I go into work a little later and stay a little later. And, I think we can all agree: it's hard for any of us to transition into a Monday, which is, for most folks, the beginning of the work week. And I would say that it requires even more fortitude to get into the Monday spirit of things after a particularly long Thanksgiving weekend, which, of course, marks the beginning of the (dreaded) holiday season.
While staff frantically decorate the cottages and prepare for Open Houses (where everyone's family is invited to come and visit and there's food and music and merriment and so forth), my clients prepare for the annual anxiety of "will my family be coming to spend time with me this year?"
So, this is a bit of the sense I got when I showed up to work with the group yesterday (Monday) afternoon- "the group" being ten men and me.
Oh, where to begin?
Well, let's see. There was a whole lot of messing with chairs (that would be P), switching of seats (that would be R), tossing instruments, trying to pick up instruments and then getting stuck on the floor and needing help to get up (that would be T), repeatedly rearranging and fixing the curtains so the sun wasn't blinding us (um, well, actually, that would be me), coming in, turning off the lights, and then leaving (that would be K), coming in, crying and starving to death and then leaving (a different K who does use some speech), and on and on, all accompanied by a low moaning (courtesy of J), the periodic fist to the head (of B), and the festive crashing of the tambourine (P again).
Can I get a witness? Anyone? Anyone?
Uuuhmmm. Now what?! (And if any music therapist tells you they know exactly what to do when their clients are all freaking out at the same time...just so you know- They. Are. Lying!)
I managed (do not ask me how) to get my thoughts together enough to be aware of the fact that, while the guys were all there, they weren't really There. Nobody was listening to anyone else in the room, we were all kind of...everywhere, but none of us was present to the experience of being in music therapy.
I pointed this fact out to the guys (who, God bless them, heard me above the drama-filled din), and I asked them, "Gentlemen. What can we do here? How can we use the music? How can we use our thinking, to get ourselves to be here in this room, in music therapy, together? Why don't we just work on that, so that if we do nothing else today, we'll know that we cared about each other enough, that we mattered enough to each other, to notice that we were all here together."
Enter music.
I moved over next to B, because I didn't want him to be hitting his head, and offered him my hand (he took it). He had been vocalizing while he was hitting himself, in a kind of a hum. So, since I couldn't play guitar with only one hand, I invited the guys to find some kind of way to hum with B to help him settle down.
I started to hum (in B's general key), and it didn't take long at all before the men found ways to join in with their voices and actions. J moved his arm, every few measures, up and then down to the beat. P, in spite of his tambourine prowess (and he really does rock on the tambourine) used his voice- which has more of an "oh" and "ah" quality. Yet another K quietly chimed in on the cabasa he was holding. R stopped moving around and sat, listening, with his eyes closed, breathing deeply.
B calmed down and kept singing (but stopped hurting himself), so I was able to make use of both of my hands again. I played a very simple progression on the guitar- kind of an Asus4, Cmaj7, to D/F#, B, E (sometimes major and sometimes minor), and I repeated it as we sang and came together.
It was lovely.
There was smiling. The moving around and in and out stuff stopped. There was presence. We were looking at and acknowledging each other.
We managed to be present in the session and we used the music to make it happen. The definition of music therapy on a Monday afternoon.
And what makes this way of using music so cool is that this particular piece of improvised music could only have happened on this day and with this group for it to have had any meaning. Taken out of context, it might sound okay, but it will never have the same impact as it did yesterday afternoon as we all sat quietly, after we finished, even after we sang goodbye, nobody wanting to leave quite yet, watching the sun set together.


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- Nonstick cooking spray
- 1 pound butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes (about 4 cups)
- 2 medium onions, coarsely chopped
- 8 ounces carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch diagonal slices (about 2 cups)
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- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Black pepper (optional)
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Preheat oven to 400°F. Line large baking sheet with foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
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Bake 30 minutes. Gently stir; bake 10 to 15 minutes or until tender. Drizzle with butter; toss to coat.
Yield: 5 servings.
Serving size: 1 cup squash.
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Calories: 143 calories, Carbohydrates: 30 g, Protein: 3 g, Fat: 3 g, Saturated Fat: 2 g, Cholesterol: 7 mg, Sodium: 167 mg, Fiber: 8 g
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The Peer EFA course is designed to be delivered over 8x two hour sessions, but is split into two parts. The first four weeks focus on the Young People themselves, exploring their own emotional well-being, self esteem, and support networks.
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- Session 1: Introducing the course & setting the scene
- Session 2: How emotions affect us
- Session 3: Self esteem & confidence building
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I didn't know it was possible to drool, seriously DROOL over a house, but we can't help ourselves. This house is AMAZING! Located in East Aurora on Willardshire Road and carrying a $1.25 million price tag, this house was built in 1987 and sits on 25 acres. It is the most expensive home for sale in East Aurora, according to Zillow.
That's not too shabby. The house comes in at $369 per square foot. It has three bedrooms and three baths, a cathedral ceiling in the living room, cherry wood floors, a double-sided fireplace plus an in-ground pool with spa, Koi pond and eight stall custom designed barn. Yeah...we could live in this house. We don't necessarily want to be responsible for maintaining all the land, but we could definitely handle hanging out on it.
The home was listed for sale in 2011 at $900,000. The house may not be the biggest or the flashiest, but it is a gorgeous property. What do you think? Would you take this house? Is there too much land? Is there not enough glitz? Does it need to many updates for your taste? Let's take a look and sound off in the comments!


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Most organizations give considerable focus to ensuring they have the best equipment, technology and systems ... which are all incredibly important ... but far too many organizations neglect the most important element ... their people and their organization culture. People are what make organization's tick.
Place two businesses side by side, outfit them with exactly the same equipment, technology and systems and one will outperform the other. Why? Because of the people and the culture in the business. So how did you arrive at the culture in your organization?
Most organization's cultures come about by default ... not deliberate design ... which is why so many businesses don't achieve their potential
Unfortunately for many organizations' the culture probably came about by default. Driven by the values and beliefs of the core group of people who founded the organization, with probably little, to no, deliberate thought or systematic design of the culture.
In most organizations, much thought and planning is put into the 'technical' side of the business (how the systems and equipment work to enable people to deliver the product or service), but little, to no time, on the most important component -- engaging the hearts and minds of the people who actually make the product or deliver the service.
You could argue that you can't create a culture ... but rest assured cultures do develop, regardless of whether it happens by osmosis, or by design.
The culture of any business, evolves from the:
- People who started the business,
- Mindset and outlook, that leaders who have strong influence, in the organization, have about how the work gets done and the role of people in doing that work
- Way decisions are made and implemented
- Way opportunities, problems and crises are faced
- Organization structure and hierarchy
- Way people are selected, promoted and de-selected
- Rites, stories and ceremonies that are in place
- Reward and recognition systems
Each of these elements (and more), send clear and consistent messages to people, that help them to see what they have to do, to 'get on', in this organization. It is a set of values, that are often assumed, and taken for granted, that help people to know how to behave.
Creating a High Performance Organization Culture isn't just about helping people to feel good (but, it is one of the most wonderful side benefits!), it is about designing the systems and conditions that deliver the results the shareholders and customers want by unleashing the potential of the people who work in the business
What is a High Performance Culture?
A high performance organization culture is characterized by:
- Planned organization design choices
- Minimizing of management control
- Enabling people who do the work to control how it gets done
- High commitment
- Lean, flat, flexible structures
- Delivery of results that outstrip traditionally run organizations
- Commitment to a common vision
- Business focused
- Integration of people and equipment (not people to equipment)
- Leadership committed to facilitating the best in others
- Teamwork and multi-skilling across functions and boundaries
- Delegation of authority and decision-making to the person closest to the task
- Principle based rather than rule based
- Energized people committed to learning and doing their best
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Ryan Gosling plays an LAPD officer moving towards an encounter with Harrison Fords Deckard in a movie whose large scale leaves you hyperventilating
W ith this aesthetically incredible movie, director Denis Villeneuve brings us to a type of Ozymandias minute. It simply needs to be experienced on the most significant screen possible. Blade Runner 2049 is a narcotic phenomenon of ruthless and spooky vastness, by turns satirical, terrible and romantic.
This is the follow up to the 1982 sci-fi timeless , directed by Ridley Scott and based upon Philip K Dick's unique Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? , starring Harrison Ford as a "blade runner", a futureworld police officer whose task is to find and eliminate disobedient almost-human androids referred to as replicants. Il 2017 follow-up just could not be anymore of an accomplishment: a sensational enhancement and enhancement.
Its overwhelming, cortex-wobbling, craniofacial-splintering images exist to set off wonder and even a sort of overjoyed misery at the concept of a post-human future, and exactly what it suggests to think of the wreck of our present type of humankind. Development has actually not completed yet, anymore than it was completed 100,000 anni fa. As so frequently in literature and movie theater, we are advised that sci-fi exists to take on concepts, and makes realist categories look parochial and lightweight. This movie provides pure imaginary insaneness that leaves you hyperventilating.
Blade Runner 2049 is co-scripted by the initial film writer, Hampton Fancher , and riffs on the very first movie. There are poignant theme-variations on memory and weeping in a cityscape and the rain loaded with check in various languages (Russian, Japanese, Hindi, Korean), ghostly VR marketing avatars and flashing business logo designs, playfully consisting of the outdated PanAm.
It mentions movies the very first Blade Runner assisted motivate, such as Cameron's The Terminator , Spielberg's AI Artificial Intelligence , Nolan's The Dark Knight , Andrew Stanton's WALL-E and Spike Jonze's Her . The referrals reach even more back likewise, to the Kubrickian hotel-bar and spaceship, and to the desolate last minutes of Planet of the Apes. You might call that ancestor-worship, were it not that the franchise currently deserves its own forefather status. The follow up somewhat de-emphasises the very first movie's intimate, downbeat noir qualities in favour of something more monolithic and enormous, protecting Ridley Scott's enormously regulated andante pace. There is something manoeuvrable and so sinuous about the drama, and its CGI making is like absolutely nothing I've ever seen.
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Overcoming the Challenges of Integrating New HIV Prevention Information for Gay Men Service Providers
This webinar, hosted by CATIE, presents information and learnings from the Resonance Project, and is intended for service providers who work in HIV prevention with gay men.
With new biomedical HIV prevention information, service providers face complex challenges in providing HIV prevention messages, advice and counselling to community members.
The webinar will highlight how service providers are
- framing new HIV prevention technologies and approaches to enhance communication with service users
- addressing the values that influence their prevention messaging and risk counselling strategies
- helping gay men navigate new HIV prevention information
- helping clients assess their own risk tolerance
The webinar includes an interactive component to allow service providers to reflect and share their personal challenges and successes around this topic.
Download the Resonance Project Community Report (PDF)
About the Presenter:
San Patten lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia where she works as a health research and evaluation consultant. She completed a master's degree in community health sciences at the University of Calgary. San is an adjunct professor in sociology at Mount Allison University, teaches at the University of Alberta (School of Public Health) and is a co-investigator of the Centre for HIV Prevention Social Research based at the University of Toronto. Much of San's recent work is focused on new HIV prevention technologies.
Please note that in earlier KTE opportunities (Positive Lite article, PIF article, webinar), we focused on what gay men and their service providers are saying about biomedical technologies – specifically PrEP and undetectable viral load.
The Resonance Project: Emerging Biomedical Discourses and Decisions within Gay Men's Knowledge Networks is a national community-based research study.
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On Saturday, September 26th, the Presidio Motel hosts this year's Jill of All Trades women's crafts, art, fashion, food, and music faire, an event for crafty ladies to showcase their creations: Jill of All Trades' September 26th proceedings begin at 11am and conclude at 7pm, and the day is free and open to the public.
There will be over 20 vendors, and performers include the following: Cotton Jones, Montino Bourbon, MV & EE, Rey Villalobos, Satori Alliance, Vaughn Montgomery, and Watercolor Paintings.
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I reckon urban planning is the main profession that focuses directly on the amenity, character & livability of places, where people live, work, visit & play.
City Lane, Townsville: planning created this.
My colleague and good friend, Ian Wright, referred me to a recent report from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics, which identifies amenity as a key factor that has shaped the success, form & development of Australian towns. It was a search for amenity that drove (no pun intended) people to the suburbs in the second half of the twentieth century, and it is amenity that is bringing them back to our inner cities in droves now (see what I did there?).
Planning is the profession which is founded in fostering amenity. It arose from dealing with the worst excesses of the industrial revolution, which really eroded the amenity and liveability of cities.
Planning is a public interest profession, based on ensuring the development of our communities benefits the whole community above individual interests. It recognises that there is no guarantee that each individual acting in their own interest will deliver these outcomes, and that intervention in the market is squarely on the agenda to ensure the liveability, amenity and character of our communities along with their economic vitality and environmental performance.
Gold Coast Light Rail: planning made this happen
Planning is the discipline spanning the need to think through our geographical balance and mix of jobs, housing, transport and urban form in a way that promotes the quality, amenity & character of places where we live, work, visit and play. Doing this creates more prosperous (economic), liveable (social) & sustainable/resilient (environmental) communities.
Southbank, Brisbane. A planned place.
It aims to create communities that are fairer (more equitable access to opportunity), and more likely to make us individually and collectively happier & more satisfied with our lives.
Suter Brook Village, Port Moody outer Vancouver. A planned place.
This brings with it risks, and we can probably all quote examples where this agenda has been taken over by vested interests, when groups use the planning system to protect their lifestyle at the expense of better public outcomes. The tension between suburban and urban densities is an obvious case in point. But nonetheless, it is the job of planning and planners to help communities and their leaders work out the best balance on these issue.
So to you who work in the urban planning area and are reading this, take this as a timely reminder that you work where amenity lives! You can do great things to ensure better futures for our communities.
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Skip to comments.Continued Troop Support, Part 3, Olney,MD - Wks. 328 to 331, May 05 to Memorial Day Weekend 2012
Posted on 05/28/2012 7:53:39 AM PDT by trooprally
Part Three and the last of catching up with my back log of missing AARs.
As mentioned in Parts One and Two, a very good way to remember and honor our Marines, soldiers, sailors, airmen and coasties who have given their lives over the past 2 centuries is by getting caught up on the AARs for Olney, MDs Support the Troops Rallies during this Memorial Day Weekend. Part of the freedom we have is being able to stand on any corner in America and have the freedom to express ourselves. The patriots in Olney stand to give voice to our military against those who scorn and disrespect our brave military.
The Memorial Day articles on FR struck a chord with me this year. One in particular mentions that Memorial Day is not so much about death, but about Duty and Honor. In recent history, our military has relied on an all volunteer force. They did not volunteer to die, they volunteer out of duty and honor, to protect our freedom.
On Memorial Day, America honors, respects and are thankful to those who have died. On Veterans Day, America honors, respects and are thankful to the living. Patriots honor, respect and are thankful to all veterans EVERY DAY.
The month of May has been interesting. The first Saturday the moonbats had 2. The rest of the month they were a NO SHOW. We will have to see what June brings.
WEEK 328, May 05,2012
Another big week of patriots. The 9 patriots this week include Veterans Dave (Army- WWII), Halsey (USMC - Korea), Carl (Army- Vietnam), Lurker Jim (Army- Vietnam) and [Mrs] T (Army - early 70s), along with Lurker Bill, Janet, GunsAreOK and myself.
A Big THANK YOU to [Mrs] T for her continuous picture taking.
A lady came by and gave us all a bottle of water. Being fairly warm it was well received.
BELOW LEFT: Halsey, Dave and Janet holding down our left flank. Janet is a close friend of Daves.BELOW RIGHT: Carl holding down our right flank.
BELOW LEFT: Lurker Jim salutes The Gunny BELOW RIGHT: Lurker Bill
BELOW: GunsAreOK and me.
And since we do not see the moonbats for the remainder of May, here they are:
WEEK 329, May 12,2012
Six patriots this week include Veterans Dave (Army- WWII), Halsey (USMC - Korea) and [Mrs] T (Army - early 70s), along with Lurker Bill, Janet and myself.
The moonbats had ZERO.
BELOW LEFT: Halsey and Janet BELOW RIGHT: and Dave
BELOW LEFT: Lurker Bill BELOW RIGHT: and ME
WEEK 330, May 19,2012
Once again, 6 patriots this week. They include Veterans Bill (Army - Vietnam), Lurker Jim (Army- Vietnam), and [Mrs] T (Army - early 70s), along with patriots Lurker Bill, Fraxinus and myself.
BELOW LEFT: Me with Bill. He has stood with us on several occasions. BELOW RIGHT: Me with Fraxinus.
BELOW LEFT: Lurker Jim salutes. BELOW RIGHT: Lurker Bills trademark smile.
WEEK 331, May 26,2012
Memorial Day Weekend. A perfect day for a rally and a perfect time to remember those heroes who have fallen in the service to our county.
Five patriots this week. Veterans were Halsey (USMC - Korea), Lurker Jim (Army- Vietnam) and [Mrs] T (Army - early 70s). FReepers include Lurker Bill and myself.
It was a special day today and it showed.
BELOW LEFT: A car load of patriots on their way to Arlington Cemetery gave us one of their roses. We left it on the corner with the two flags. BELOW RIGHT: This banner, courtesy of Lurker Jim, is the smaller of the flags with the rose. The Honor and Remember mission is to To Establish a Tangible National Symbol of Gratitude as a Visible Public Reminder to all Americans; Perpetually Recognizing the Sacrifice of Our Military Fallen Heroes and Their Families.
BELOW LEFT: Lurker Jim with sign specially printed for Memorial Day. BELOW RIGHT: Me with the other special sign.
BELOW: Lurker Bill with his always appropriate sign.
And (BELOW), for the 3rd Saturday in a row, empty moonbat corner.
HEADS UP - Montgomery County has installed a lot of . They are the BOX type, and they are replacing the camera on poles with the box type.
If you live in northern VA and want a short cut to Olney See Post 39 Here. It's an easy 20 minute drive from the American Legion Bridge.
A special Thanks to a FReeper FRiend for enhancing the original plain type directions.
The Archive of Olney FReeps is here or in the LINKS section of Trooprally's ABOUT Page.
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Last of the back log of AARs.
Hope everyone is continuing to have a patriotic Memorial Day weekend. Praying that Hurricane Beyrl does not do serious damage.
[Mr] T
Thank you all for keeping the vigil. As for the moonbats, I agree with their signs, but I question their idealism. It's just plain dumb to think that war will ever stop until the Lord comes. God bless all the heroes who volunteer to stand in the gap, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
God bless you all!
Wish I could join you more often....
Yep, the moonbats are idealists. The small group on the corner have pleaded for more support but no one came out. Most Quakers in Olney understand that they have the freedom to be conscientious observers, because our military fought for them to practice their beliefs. The
Quakers on the corner are also hypocrites. Quakers belief that they are world citizens with no allegiance to a particular country. Yet they occasionally hold American flags. And they are not very committed which shows from their lack of being on the corner each week and their small numbers. Back in 2006 they averaged about a dozen, almost always out numbering us.
And for the patriots in Olney, you are welcome for the kudos.
[Mr] T
Thanks for the patriots in Olney.
No worry about joining us. A while back you helped many times by standing with the DC Chapter. Now you are helping us keep the freedoms we have. One does what they can, wherever they are. I thank you for that.
[Mr] T
Maryland PING!
Nice to see the last of the reports...right up to the minute! LOL
Thank you FReepers for always being there for us!
Where did that new flag come from? I do not ever remember seeing one like it. I would like one for holidays here too.
The house was covered with flags and banners and even my inflatable Uncle Sam Bear was out there waving to the neighborhood.
Nice of someone to stop and thank you and give you the rose.
Soon I will be able to visit Arlington myself...just a few weeks.
Lurker Jim is the person spearheading the Honor and Respect organization.
We have some desk size flags if you can use those.
The link to the organization is in the thread.
Sounds like you will be in town early this year. Hopefully we can link up.
[Mr] T
You bet we will!
Can I come some Friday and do the event with you?
Sure thing.
See your FRmail
[Mr] T
Got the email...will make the contact.
I have looked at the flag info and found some things I want but the flag is pricey for casual use.
Yep, occasional use makes even reasonable priced things pricy.
You need to get yourself a sugar daddy, or is that sugar grand-daddy. /smiling
[Mr] T
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The administration heaved a sigh of relief after the rains subsided last evening. "Death toll appears to have stabilised," a Revenue Department official said.
About 1.78 crore people in 15 districts have been affected by the torrential rains triggered by cyclonic weather conditions.
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said the damage to crop and public and private property has been unprecedented and would exceed Rs 20,000 crore.
Considering the magnitude of the tragedy and enormous damage to infrastructure and property, he has urged the Centre to term the devastation as a 'National Calamity' and release relief under National Calamity Contingency Fund (NCCF) to the extent of Rs 10,000 crore.
More than two lakh houses in 15 districts have either collapsed or damaged. Agricultural crops in these districts have been completely lost and the road network and power installation have been badly damaged.
The damage assessment is under progress, officials said. Karnataka Government has appealed to the philanthropic public, including industrialists and businessmen, to donate liberally to undertake rescue and relief operations.
"Rescue and relief operations of such a gigantic scale cannot be complete and comprehensive without the cooperation of members of the public and the assistance of philanthropic public", Home Minister V S Acharya said.
Personnel and equipment from National Disaster Response Force as well as IAF helicopters have evacuated marooned families. Defence personnel have dropped relief materials to affected people besides moving people to safety. Army had been providing rations in some areas.
The Indian Air Force pressed into service an AN 32 aircraft from Hyderabad which ferried relief materials and three more such aircraft from Central Air Command, Agra, which did several sorties.
A Dornier from Training Command Bangalore carried relief material besides two Avros flew from South Western Air Command, Baroda carrying 15 boats. Six Mi 8 choppers flew over Hubli, Belgaum and Raichur from Yelahanka and dropped tonnes of relief material during several sorties.
Two Chetak helicopters from Thambaram airbase Chennai flew over Badami, Raichur and dropped tonnes of relief material, while five more Chetaks from Hyderabad flew 35 sorties dropping about eight tonnes of relief material, officials said.
Flood situation improves in Karnataka after rains relent
The administration heaved a sigh of relief after the rains subsided last evening. "Death toll appears to have stabilised," a Revenue Department official said.


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She lives outside Salem, Oregon, and you will often find her chasing waterfalls in her spare time or capturing animals and children on film.
She currently directs the Institute of Integrated Sciences, and The Whole Horse & Equestrian Science Institute, while maintaining a professional practice as a consultant. She is one of the original founders and past-president of IAATH and currently resides in Wellington, Florida.
Her techniques include, but are not limited to specific types of manual and movement therapy, body rebalancing and energetic osteopathy. She has completed the entire course of animal osteopathic techniques and has practiced for the past 8 years on a variety of animals and humans with resounding success.
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Candia is dedicated to supporting the path of helping to achieve global consciousness through her work. She has been a frequent speaker at healing and metaphysical conferences in the Northwest. Her books include: "Soul Rays: Discover the Vibratory Frequency of your Soul" and "Adventures of Jack Starr and his brother Sky".
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Kristin also does heart clearing to release blocked emotional energy and grief to help lighten and heal your heart. She also does clearing utilizing SRT (Spiritual Response Therapy). Kristin resides in Portland, Oregon.


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The contents that are found in Social Sciences and the Industrial Relations Journal are rather useful. It can also make a world of difference for anyone. It sounds unusual to see how such a journal might become appealing. But it also can actually make more of a difference than you might think.
First of all; the Industrial Relations Journal is about social sciences. Hence, focusing on how businesses are managed properly. It delves into the fields of labor markets. As well as social sciences and industrial relations.
Therefore; you're probably wondering just what these social sciences are all about. Simply put, it is about how trade affairs work around the globe. The topics that are included here are important for businesses to understand. As they heavily relate to how different organizational functions are. It is amazing to see how well the information in this guide can work for anyone's needs.
Know About Social Sciences and Labor Functions
Labor groups are interesting parts of social sciences. Which consequently focuses heavily on handling a great variety of topics. Labor groups are organized with regards to managing many functions. Relating to handling work. These functions are often extremely particular. As well as relating to rather unique concepts.
Social Sciences and The Industrial Relations Journal lists plenty of information. Like how to handle labor situations. It looks into how workers mobilize. What they do when looking for new functions and tools for their jobs. Even for better compensation among other points. The topics listed here are especially critical for business leaders. Who want to know how to handle their employees the right way.
Union discussions are especially prominent in this journal. Union workers often engage in many unique actions. They also may have their own political influences. The journal will investigate trends in how unions work. And what inspires them to change what they often do.
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Last month, Rihanna arrived at Heathrow Airport in London wearing a humongous star-spangled backpack. In its immensity, it was akin to the giant sack used to pilfer all of Whoville's gifts in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
"I don't know what she put in it," said Adam Selman, the knapsack's designer, "but it's the perfect weekend bag for the gal on the go."
It was undeniably versatile (she could have used it as a sleeping bag). It retailed for $685 at Opening Ceremony and Browns in London, and sold out.
This wasn't Rihanna's first foray into Cyclopean attire. During Paris Fashion Week in March, she wore a look that her stylist Mel Ottenberg culled from the New York VFiles show that highlighted emerging designers. The outfit's standout component was a foam-padded pleather motorcycle jacket that stretched to the singer's ankles.
In this ensemble, Rihanna attended the Comme des Garçons show on March 1. Synergetic lightning struck. Rei Kawakubo, no stranger to pushing the boundaries of beauty and scale, opened with a blazer so big the model could have shoplifted a TV under it. Other outsize garments followed (many trailing sleeves).
Before the fall fashion shows were over, blown-up looks had appeared on the runways at Prada, Rick Owens, VFiles, Jonathan Saunders, Thom Browne and Gareth Pugh, among others. All of which leads to the question: Why is fashion being supersized? One might think that Claes Oldenburg was collaborating on capsule collections with the fashion cognoscenti.
"Fashion is reactionary," said Valerie Steele, the director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Sensibly, she explained that fashion is moving away from "a close-to-the-body moment." "It's the pendulum effect," she said. "If it's long, it gets short, and if it's short, it gets long."
Simon Doonan, the creative ambassador of Barneys New York, is similarly unsurprised that gigantism is having a moment. "The shrunken silhouette has been dominant," he said. "The teeny jacket and impossibly narrow sleeves. It's logical there is a change."
Melitta Baumeister, who designed the jacket Rihanna wore in Paris, and whose work will sell at Dover Street Market and VFiles in July, said that she was merely playing with proportions. "I want to challenge the viewer's eye," Ms. Baumeister said. "What is normal for a garment?"
Silhouettes expand during boom times, we know. Christian Dior's full-skirted New Look of 1947 was a militant rebound from wartime frugality and rationing. (Contrarily, some saw it as a return to the kitchen for the pants-wearing women who had entered the work force while men were away at war.) Perhaps giant fashion portends a respite from the global financial malaise.
Still, fall's cartoonish catwalk extremes lead one to wonder where they fit in a broader landscape. Are we witnessing a sartorial form of island gigantism, the phenomenon that brought about hulking megafauna like the Komodo dragon and the dodo? Christopher Raxworthy, the associate dean of science at the American Museum of Natural History, described how such creatures evolved.
"Key predators on a mainland weren't there," said Dr. Raxworthy, who has studied an extinct giant Cuban owl, among other plus-size species. "There was no reason to stay small and nimble. You could stay flightless and big and hang around."
Dr. Raxworthy sees a parallel in fashion. "The designers are feeling safe," he said. "Maybe fashion reviewers just aren't as hostile as before."
Huge fashion has surely been with us before. "Think about Louis XIV, gigantic Elizabethan ruffles and skirts," said Mr. Doonan of Barneys. "Anytime people want to telegraph power, gigantic is a way to go."
Many of the oversize garments on the runway skew traditional men's wear, suggesting a feminist co-opting of a masculine form: woman as Amazon warrior. To another observer, the clothes swallow the wearer, reducing her to a childlike state, a full-grown woman playing dress-up. An inflated silhouette doesn't play just with the dimensions of clothes, but with power.
Although Elizabethan farthingale enormity predated her, the reigning queen of colossal fashion was Marie Antoinette, whose wardrobe and towering bouffant epitomized excess.
"She knew what she was doing in those eye-catching costumes," said Caroline Weber, a French literature professor at Columbia and author of "Queen of Fashion," about Marie Antoinette's wardrobe. "But it contributed to her demise. She drew ire because she made herself a conspicuous fashion plate."
Ms. Weber has personal experience with elephantine garb. A favorite piece a decade ago was a pink Junya Watanabe duvet coat (basically a bedspread with a button).
"It made me look like a dogwood in bloom," she said. "A number of students wrote about it in the professor evaluations. One said I wore a sleeping bag to class. I still have it. It's in basement storage because it takes up so much room."
Marie Antoinette's crinoline vastness inspired Victorian-era skirts so grand that escaped convicts could have hidden underneath.
"It's a way of saying, 'I'm important, pay attention to me,' " Ms. Steele said. "You can't ignore a woman whose skirt is eight feet wide."
A cri de coeur for today: Look at me! I'm gigantic!
"We live in an exhibitionist time," Mr. Doonan said. "The best way to get attention is to max out the silhouette. Among people who buy high fashion, you're going to see them going for these giant Comme des Garçons pieces. They're beautiful, and miracle of miracles, they fit everyone!"
Not that you should necessarily wear such a garment. Mr. Ottenberg, the stylist, said: "If you have to ask, 'Can I pull off this enormous coat?' you shouldn't try it."
But dressing in large scale has its peculiar boons. Doing so deflects attention from a problem area and makes you look as if you've lost a lot of weight. When those clothes start getting small again, you're in dire trouble.


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have written about this a lot in my books – this idea of identifying both what you are good at AND what makes you happy AND can make you money. I am always hopeful this will work for all of my students, clients and readers. It is not always so cut and dry, though.
For most people, we "fall" into a profession, industry, job type à what becomes your "career". It is rare to make massive changes without really being brave. Sure, you can quit your job in financial services to become a chef but will you?
Many times, it takes a traumatic event (such as a lay off or a firing) to get someone to radically change gears. This is ok. Some people spend their careers always thinking about what they would have done differently if they could have – this is ok, too.
Careers are what they are and as we get older and get more responsibilities (kids, mortgages, etc), it becomes harder and harder to "do what we love and the money will come". I know I have heard that saying forever and I never believe in it. In fact, I have spent years in the classroom debunking that statement – how it is really hard to just go for what you love and assume the money will come when what you love might be something too random to make money from. Let's say you love drawing – can you be sure you can do that and the money will follow?
I will say that I have learned the hard way that this is actually a potentially true statement but I stand by the fact that for most people it is just something that will not be executed on without a huge push (such as a layoff or a firing). For me, I love to write and I love to teach and with my business, The Next Step, I am making money by doing what I love. It is bizarre and weird that I made this statement work for me and I still have a hard time wrapping my head around it all.
As someone who spent over a decade in Corporate America, I had a plan and executed on it to build my career and once I got to the point I wanted to reach and got to my goal it was at that point I realized it was not fulfilling me and was not making me happy. I always loved teaching; it has been a passion of mine from day one in the classroom back in 2003 and I even attempted to get my doctorate degree, too. I was all over the place – corporate, higher ed and running my own businesses.
It is in running this business and finding my voice that has made me realize that the paths you take can lead you to amazing places if you are brave enough to jump in and do things you never thought you would do. I never thought I would use social media and write books and have a Youtube channel – I certainly never thought I would build out a successful small business as I am doing now- continue to learn with me! Happy Hunting!
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BOSSY NAGY GROUP PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION (BNG) announced today the acquisition of the majority of the assets of Bob Dieleman Professional Corporation. This signals BNG's continued commitment to growth in the Woodstock and surrounding communities.
After almost forty years in public accounting, Bob Dieleman is retiring from the practice he built and nurtured with the help of his team. "While it is difficult to step back from my daily practice, I am excited at the prospect of spending more time with family and friends, and pursuing some personal interests. I will be bicycling across Canada in the summer of 2017, so training for that will be a key focus in the coming months."
"I am delighted to be entrusting the valued client relationships my team and I have developed over the years to BNG. I am proud of the reputation Bob Dieleman Professional Corporation has established in our community as a service provider and an employer. It was paramount to me when seeking a buyer that the successor firm has a stellar reputation, shares our values and is a trustworthy steward of both our client and employee relationships."
"We are delighted to be assuming the majority of Bob's practice and to welcome the Bob Dieleman
team, John Van Lierop, Melissa Couwenberg, Jeff Rozema and George Mathews to the BNG team", said Chad Lamoure, Partner. "We look forward to continuing to provide exceptional accounting and business advisory services to all clients in the same caring manner that Bob did."
Bob will remain involved over the next year or so to support a smooth transition. Bossy Nagy Group is a highly skilled and committed team of accounting and business advisory professionals who share a goal and a purpose: to help our clients build better businesses. BNG is recognized as a leader in the accounting and business coaching field by banks, other financial institutions, law firms and, most importantly, by our clients. We focus on plain-language solutions everyone can understand and act on. In addition to compliance matters such as financial statements and tax preparation services, we help our clients with:
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text: Learning Forward's 2016 Annual Conference in Vancouver, B.C., Canada provides educators with outstanding content and valuable tools to bring the most powerful forms of professional learning back home to the educators with whom they work. Gain practical solutions to the challenges you face in your classroom, school, or district every day. Our conference offers powerful strategies to build school leader capacity.


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Senior Planning Officer (Planning Policy) Grade: H
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- Epping Forest District Council
- Location
- Epping, Essex
- Salary
- £38,500 to £41,301 per annum
- Posted
- 02 Jul 2019
- Closes
- 30 Jul 2019
- Sector
- Local Authority, Other Public sector
- Discipline
- Planning, Policy and Strategy
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
It is an exciting time for Epping Forest District Council as we take our new Local Plan through independent examination towards adoption. The Local Plan sets out ambitious growth for the District, including the delivery of 11,400 new homes and 10,800 new jobs by 2033, including a new Garden Town.
We are seeking a positive candidate with a demonstrable track record in Planning Policy and the ambition to embrace the key challenges and opportunities in delivering the planned growth within our District.
You will play a key role in helping to secure the adoption of the Local Plan and supporting its implementation, as well as its review in due course. You will be working on a range of policy development projects with a variety of partners, stakeholders and developers, therefore strong interpersonal skills are key.
This role provides an exciting opportunity for a candidate with experience in either the public or private sector, who is looking to progress their career within a supportive team that is committed to planning positively to meet growth needs of this very special District.
For more information about what it's like to work at Epping Forest Council read our promoted article here.
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 30 July and interviews will be held on Thursday 15 August 2019.
To apply, please provide your CV and supporting statement outlining how your knowledge, skills and experience match the requirements of the role.


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text: Roundtable is a district monthly meeting typically held the second Thursday of the month at the North Montgomery County Community Building (600 Gerald St., Willis, TX 77378) at 7:00 pm to help unit leaders plan and carry out their own program. Roundtable is a form of supplemental training for volunteers. The objective of Roundtable is to give leaders program ideas, information on events and training opportunities, and an opportunity to share experiences and enjoy fun and fellowship with other Scouting leaders. As a result of the Roundtable experience, unit leaders will be inspired, motivated, informed, and able to provide a stronger program for their Scouts.


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In the final weeks of the U.S. Senate race in Alabama, Breitbart News strained to discredit Leigh Corfman, who accused Republican Roy Moore of sexually touching her when she was 14 and he was 32. The far-right website published non-scoops — Corfman didn't have a phone in her bedroom! Corfman moved in with her father 12 days after meeting Moore! — as if they somehow made her account less believable.
Now, Breitbart editor in chief Alex Marlow tells CNN that he actually did believe Corfman. Here's an excerpt from Oliver Darcy's report:
Marlow also stressed that he was personally uncomfortable with the behavior attributed by The Post to Moore, and noted that he did believe the accusations from Leigh Corfman, who said Moore assaulted her while she was 14 — they were "not perfect," he said, but had "a lot of credibility."
Marlow described Moore, whom Breitbart defended relentlessly, as a "weak candidate" and a "uniquely terrible candidate."
Marlow's sudden candor suggests that Breitbart's coverage of Moore after the accusations was a grand performance. The site's top editor thought that Moore had indeed preyed on a teenage girl and considered the former Alabama chief justice a lousy politician, yet Breitbart sent the opposite message to its audience.
Why? Here's a bit more from Darcy:
Marlow said one of the factors in Breitbart's coverage of the allegations against Moore is that, he believes, the news media was trying to use them to set a bar on sexual misconduct "that President Trump cannot match.""I think they want to create a standard where President Trump, either from past or future accusations, will not be able to match whatever standard is now in place for who can be a United States senator," he said. "Based off not any sort of conviction or any sort of admission of guilt, but based off of purely allegations.""I think that's the playbook here," he added. "And I think it's part of the reason why it was so important for Breitbart to continue our coverage of the way we covered it . . . and for Steve [Bannon], in particular, to hold the line the way he did for — I think part of it is because it's not just about Judge Moore, it is not even just about establishment, anti-establishment. It's about what's coming next for President Trump."
If we're talking about cold calculations, Breitbart's strategy made some sense. But it was just that — a strategy. Marlow's interview with Darcy is one of the clearest indications that Breitbart, at its core, is more of an advocacy organization than a news outlet.
The site's coverage of Moore was not about evaluating his actions or fitness for office but about helping Trump. The goal was to keep the bar for elected officials' conduct low enough for Trump to clear. Breitbart also positioned itself to defend the president against the "past or future accusations" Marlow referenced; after all, it would appear hypocritical to stand by Trump after abandoning Moore.


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[12/17/2014] Nakamura pulls out of Spring Koshien, 15U World Cup will take place in Fukushima
by Gen on Dec.18, 2014 @ 4:35 am, under High School, Spring Koshien
Tags: 15U Baseball World Cup, 87th Spring Koshien, Coaching License
The Japan High School Baseball Federation announced that they received and approved a request from Nakamura High School in Kochi Prefecture to withdraw as a Twenty-First Century candidate for the 2014 Spring Tournament. According to the Federation, a member of the team was caught harassing a student.
Nakamura was one of nine high schools that made it into the final round for the three available Twenty-First Century slots.
Source: Sponichi 12/17/2014
The Baseball Federation of Japan acknowledged that the Third 15U World Cup tournament will take place in Iwaki, Fukushima in August 2016. Source: Sanspo 12/12/2014, Jiji Press 12/12/2014
Coaching license workshops for former players took place in Tokyo over the weekend (December 13, 14). Seven lectures (about seven hours) were held on Saturday, five (around six hours) on Sunday. Another session will be held in Osaka this weekend (December 20, 21).
A total 147 former players attended the workshop. Among them: Haruki Ihara, Daisuke Araki, Toshiro Yufune, Mac Suzuki, Takashi Ishii, Yasuhiko Yabuta, Yasuhiro Ichiba, Kenichi Yazawa, Kunio Jonouchi, Hisao Niura, Keiji Fukui, Mikinori Kato, Shigeki Noguchi, Taisei Takagi, Keiichi Lee, Isamu Kida, Hiroshi Shibahara, Ryosuke Sawai, Mitsuo Sumi, Michio Sato, Mitsuru Okuzono, Makoto Kito, Kaoru Nimura, Ken Hirano, Takehiro Ishii, Kenji Awaguchi, Kazumi Sonokawa, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Koji Otsuka, and Misao Takaura.
Source: Daily Sports 12/13/2014, Sports Hochi 12/13/2014, Sports Hochi 12/14/2014, Nikkan Sports 12/13/2014, Nikkan Sports 12/14/2014, Sponichi 12/14/2014, Sponichi 12/14/2014


text: IS IT best to buy local produce grown in a greenhouse or an imported alternative? Shoppers will soon have a powerful tool to help answer such conundrums: www.goodguide.com. Later this month, the San Francisco-based website will add food from supermarkets around the globe to its existing roster of consumer safety and carbon-footprint ratings for non-food goods. If a food product has a barcode, GoodGuide promises to rate it, revealing what it contains in terms of chemicals, colourings, additives and nutrition, as well as its environmental impact. "You could take 12 hours on 50 different sites checking animal rights, worker rights,


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Bangalore-based singer-songwriter Suraj Mani, one of the founding members of Motherjane who went solo in 2011, recently released a compilation of 11 music videos that he had shot for Music Mojo Season 4, an indie music TV show broadcast by Kappa TV. The songs had been in the making for the past couple of years and Mani would play them time and again in his live gigs all over the country.
"When you release a song with a music video, it appeals more to the audience. So, instead of releasing them as singles, a performance music video seemed the way to go," says Mani. "Also, the live recording quality provided by the Music Mojo team is very close to a studio recording. So, the show was the best possible option for me," he adds. He also let slip that the 11 songs might be compiled into a studio album and released soon.
Mani's musical direction took a radical turn when he left Motherjane. He first started performing as a solo artiste, established himself as a singer-songwriter and released his only album, The Tattva Trip. Now, he also performs and records with his band, Suraj Mani and The Tattva Trip, which consists of Mani on vocals, Dinkar Nayak on bass, John Melvin on drums and percussions, and Naveen Thomas on guitars. The tracks that he did for Music Mojo Season 4 were performed and recorded with the band.
The veteran rocker singles out three tracks from the list as his personal favourites, namely "Mahabali," "You said, I agreed" and "Change." Mani says that "Change" was inspired by the Tibetan unrest of 2012 and that singer Mili Nair encouraged him to write it. "I was sitting in my office that day. All of a sudden, Mili called me and said that she saw a group of Tibetan monks standing and praying at Cubbon Park with an expression of deep sadness. I started watching the news and I was so deeply touched by the event that I ended up composing 'Change'," he says.
Fans know him by many names. Some call him the Singing Sensei, some the Thinking Man's Rocker and others call him the Tattva Tripper. He is also a man of diverse talents. Apart from producing music, Mani also owns Aum-i-artistes, an artist management company, and Suraj Mani Engineers, an engineering company dealing with centralised AC. "Whatever I do, I try to give my 100 percent to it, be it as an artiste or an entrepreneur," says Mani.
A trip to the Middle-East is on the cards for Mani. He will be seen performing in Dubai with his band towards in the second week of April. "I will also be going on a personal trip to Australia at the end of April. If everything goes well then I might perform there as a singer-songwriter," says Mani.
Mani is also currently working on the music video of a new song, but he refused to divulge any more detail. So, can we expect a brand new track from him soon? Let's wait and watch.
Listen to all the tracks here.


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It has been an unusually warm weekend in Illinois after we had a few days of frost. I have been loving the 50's, 60's and 70's in the forecast especially with the kids. Aubrey has had a ridiculous amount of energy lately and Brecken is always standing at the back door ready and waiting. As the weekend came to an end, we went outside for a run around the yard and a few rides down the slide. Aubrey and I played a game of Hide and Seek while Brecken arranged the pumpkins over and over and Dad started a fire in the pit. Oh how I wish winter was like this! Not going to lie, I am one that really hates winter. I don't like being cold and having to bear the wind and ice. I always worry about the animals without homes and the people who work outside. I lose sleep over these things sometimes. Enough of that…..here are some photos from this afternoon. I must mention how I just LOVE the beautiful fiery sunset in the background!
On a side note: I must admit the main reason I wanted to take some pictures tonight was because Brecken is getting his first hair cut on Wednesday. I wanted to remember him like he is RIGHT NOW. I don't know if I will cry on Wednesday, but I sure will be sad knowing this is my last baby getting his hair cut for the first time. Enough of that, for I'm sure I will have a sob story on Wednesday. Here are the kids. There is more of Brecken because Aubrey was going crazy!


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Olympic dreams are hard to smash, especially when Stein Metzger harbors them.
Dealt a cruel twist of fate before the AVP season started when his partner, Mike Lambert, had to undergo a second procedure to repair the meniscus in his knee, Metzger didn't give up hope.
Even though Lambert still won't be able to play for about another month, Metzger is still making plans to make an Olympian effort to catch Sean Rosenthal and Jake Gibb and earn one of the United States' two spots in Beijing.
But he holds no illusions on the difficulty of the task.
"We have no margin for error and we already have a couple errors, so we're going to have to do really well – and then he's coming off an injury, so it looks like our backs are against the wall," Metzger said Friday during the opening round of the AVP Huntington Beach Open. "But crazier things have happened."
Like just before the last Olympics, when Metzger and Dax Holdren made a mad last-minute dash to qualify for Athens, then took fifth place for the highest American finish.
Currently, Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser have 3,780 points, more than 1,400 more than Sean Rosenthal and Jake Gibb. Lambert and Metzger have 1,440.
A duo's best eight finishes determine the qualifying point total. With five finishes under their belt, Metzger and Lambert are aiming for four FIVB Grand Slam tournaments in Berlin, Paris, Stavanger (Norway) and Moscow to close the gap.
"At this point, we don't have the expectations that we had, so there's a lot less pressure on us,"' Metzger said. "We just go out and play our hearts out and let the chips fall."
The top players will leave for Prague for next weekend's FIVB event, which is followed by one in Roseto degli Abruzzo, Italy.
Believe it or not, Metzger even has a Plan C. He is playing now with Mark Williams, and they're going to the next two FIVB events after picking up 240 points in March at Adelaide, Australia.
"If Lambo can't go to these four Grand Slams, Mark and I can go to these two (in the next two weeks) and five more, so we could get our minimum of eight, but we would have no margin for error," said Metzger, the former UCLA All-American and a Manhattan Beach resident. "That would really by a miracle. If Mark and I have our own bad event, we're pretty much done. That would be it for our run. Then it's Lambo or nothing."'
Moving up
While most of the AVP entrants can't wait to play close to home in the Southern California events, no one is more at home at each one than rising star Anthony Medel.
He grew up on the sands of Santa Barbara (where the AVP plays Sept.6-7), went to college at Golden West in Huntington Beach, lives in Redondo Beach (Hermosa Open in June, Manhattan Open in September) and coaches for Joe Fuerbringer's Club Mizuno in Long Beach (July 25-27).
"Santa Barbara will always be my home," Medel said. "It's where I grew up, played high school ball and learned how to play the sport. It's just what I'll always remember."
The 30-year-old is starting to make some noise on the tour since with 6-foot-7 Brazilian Fred Souza. They finished third three times in 2007 and once already this season, but they're still looking for the breakthrough that gets them to a final.
"For us right now it's getting past the semifinals," Medel said. "We've been in four semis and really, once we get there, we need to really just refocus our energies and get through that one more match.
"Yeah, we want to win the whole thing, but want to take it one step at a time. When you get there it's the same game, but it's a whole different feel.
"We've really just got to learn how to push through that one."'
The learning curve continues. With a chance to reach the semifinals today, the fifth-seeded Medel and Souza fell to No. 2 Casey Jennings and Matt Fuerbringer, 15-21, 25-23, 15-10, after leading, 18-16, in the second game.
Still, in 27 tournaments together, Medel and Souza have finished in the top 10 in all but one event.
Still alive
The top seeds in the men's and women's event at Huntington Beach are still on course to play in today's finals.
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh easily won their two matches and will meet fourth-seeded Tyra Turner and Rachel Wacholder in the semifinals this morning.
Sixth-seeded Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan, who upset No. 3 Jennifer Boss and April Ross, will face No. 2 Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh. Boss and Ross are still in the hunt from the contenders' bracket.
Dalhausser and Rogers, the top men's seeds, survived a first-match scare from Jason Ring and former Redondo High star Aaron Wachtfogel before prevailing, 21-13, 19-21, 15-8. Dalhausser and Rogers will face No.4 Gibb and Rosenthal this morning, and the other semifinal will match No. 3 John Hyden-Brad Keenan against No. 7 Nick Lucena and Sean Scott.


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• On gender equality in Cuba
A report on the status of women in Cuba, "Women's Work: Gender Equality in Cuba and the Role of Women Building Cuba's Future," credits the leaders of the revolution with mandating and enforcing rules and laws guaranteeing gender equality and women's rights, which have made Cuba among the highest-ranking nations in the advancement of women.
An article in The New York Times discussing the report quotes María Ileana Faguaga Iglesias, a Cuban cultural anthropologist and historian who argues that the story of Cuba's progress toward gender equality is overstated. She expressed the frustration of highly educated women: "We have to distinguish that access to university studies does not necessarily give us power … What's more, to be in positions that are supposedly positions of power does not necessarily permit the exercise of power."
Still, Cuba ranks high in international surveys on women. The World Economic Forum's 2012 Global Gender Gap Report ranked Cuba 19th among 135 countries, up one notch from 2011, one of only two Latin American nations in the top 20 (Nicaragua ranked ninth). By comparison, the United States fell to 22 from 17 in the survey, which measured the health, literacy, economic status and political participation of women.
• Women on Wall Street
In an interview on the Bill Moyers report, cultural anthropologist Melissa Fisher comments that women could not have entered the U.S. professional workforce in significant numbers without the liberal feminist movement's insistence on the opening up of formerly male bastions, such as finance. In her book Wall Street Women, Fisher charts the evolution of the first generation of career women on Wall Street. She is a cultural anthropologist and visiting scholar in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University.
• Taxing the poor in the U.S.
Writing in The New York Times, Katherine Newman describes findings from her new book, co-authored with Rourke L. O'Brien, called Taxing the Poor: Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged.
Newman is professor of sociology and the dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland [blogger's note: her Ph.D. is in anthropology].
She and O'Brien analyzed the burden of sales tax, state and local income taxes on poor households in 49 states from 1982 to 2008. They found that the more the poor are taxed, the worse off they are, whether they are working or not:
"It turns out that after factoring out all other explanations — like racial composition, poverty rates, the amount spent on education or health care, the size of the state's economy, existing inequality levels, and differences in the cost of living — the relationship between taxing the poor and negative outcomes like premature death persisted. For every $100 increase on taxes at the poverty line, we saw an additional 7 deaths and 78 property crimes per 100,000 people, and a quarter of a percentage point decrease in high school completion."
• Jim Kim headed to India
According to an article in India's The Hindu, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is visiting India from March 11-13 to see the development challenges it faces and to consider opportunities to achieve faster economic growth and a quicker reduction in poverty.
Kim will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram as well as representatives of the private sector and civil society to discuss India's major initiatives aimed at fostering equitable growth. [Blogger's note: I hope they come up with some good ideas about "equitable growth" in India including attention to class/gender/ethnicity — that will be groundbreaking news].
• Take that anthro degree and…
…become U.S. EPA nominee. President Obama has nominated Gina McCarthy to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. McCarthy majored in social anthropology at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. She also got a joint master's degree from Tufts University in environmental health engineering and planning and policy. Those who know her say her pragmatism makes her well-suited to lead the EPA.
• Walls crumbling down
Climate change (as in warming) is not a good match for built cultural heritage. The Telegraph reports, from Shropshire, England: Residents living near one section of a medieval structure were advised to leave their homes temporarily after engineers found that it was unsafe. Parts of the structure date back to 1233, when Ludlow, now better known for its listed buildings and Michelin-starred restaurants, was a fortified border town.
Colin Richards, of the University of Manchester and head of conservation and archaeology for Shropshire, said: "It's amazing that they have stood for 800 years and the climate change that has affected them over the last couple of years has wreaked so much damage."
• Very old English homes found in quarry
A settlement of four houses whose construction has been dated back 6,000 years has been discovered in a Berkshire quarry, putting them among the oldest houses in England. Only outlines of walls and post holes have survived in the sandy soil at the Kingsmead quarry, near Windsor, but the size of the foundations suggests that substantial structures, probably with loft spaces for storing grain and food, once stood there. Radiocarbon results for one of the houses produced a date of about 3,800 B.C.E. to 3,640 B.C.E., and the scientists, from Wessex Archaeology, hope to get dates for the others from organic finds, including charred remains of cooked food and hazelnut shells. [Blogger's note: never underestimate the importance of hazelnuts].
• To eat or not to eat (horses)
The Times (London) carried an article [which doesn't appear to be online] about the British aversion to eating horseflesh. It cites the work of archaeologist Kristopher Poole who says that the demise of hippophagy in the 8th century seems to be the result of a Papal prohibition. Writing in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Poole argues that the central role of horses in early Anglo-Saxon life led to a perception that the animal was connected with pagan beliefs and thus that consumption of horseflesh was un-Christian.
• Here lie chiefs
Several media sources carried articles about how Stonehenge was likely a burial site for "chiefs" at the time.
The new interpretation is put forward by professor Mike Parker Pearson, lecturer at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, on the basis of his analysis of cremated human remains from one of the Aubrey holes, a ring of pits from the earliest phase of Stonehenge. Mike Pitts, an archaeologist, blogger and editor of the British Archaeology journal, who has excavated some of the cremated human remains from Stonehenge, agrees with Parker Pearson:
"I have now come to believe that there are hundreds, maybe many times that, of burials at Stonehenge, and that some predate the earliest phase of the monument … The whole history of the monument is inseparably linked to death and burial…"
• Very old domesticated dog
Analysis of DNA extracted from a fossil tooth recovered in southern Siberia confirms that the tooth belonged to one of the oldest known ancestors of the modern dog. Findings are described in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Anna Druzhkova, from the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Russian Federation, and colleagues from other institutions. The results suggest a more ancient history of the domesticated dog outside the Middle East or East Asia.
• Forensic anthropology for solving cold cases
The Newstar of Monroe, Louisiana, report on a lecture by professor Mary Manhein about how her work in forensic anthropology brings closure to many families.
Manhein spoke at the University of Louisiana at Monroe in celebration of Women's History Month. As the Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services laboratory director, Manhein is responsible for a database of both missing and unidentified persons in Louisiana — the most comprehensive state database of its kind in the United States, allowing for a significant margin of success in the solving of cold cases.
"We impact society by helping families to go on with their lives when we find their loved ones and send them home," Manhein said. "We can do nothing to ease their pain, but we can afford some relief for them in helping to find their missing loved ones." Manheim is athor of The Bone Lady, Trail of Bones, and Floating Souls: The Canal Murders. Manhein said her success in the FACES lab was significant for women in forensic anthropology.
• Nat Geo honors International Women's Day
National Geographic celebrated International Women's Day by highlighting favorite quotations from women explorers: "Whether they are educating young girls in Africa, or searching for fossils in Madagascar with their two young children, we are proud to support their work." One of the women explorers is primatologist Jane Goodall. She founded the Goodall Institute and strives to improve global understanding and treatment of great apes through research, public education, and advocacy.
• More on Chagnon's memoir
The New York Times book review section published two letters to the editor about Elizabeth Povinelli's review of Napoleon Chagnon's memoir, Noble Savages. One letter is from the popular author and B.A. in anthropology, Sebastian Junger who chides Povinelli on not citing directly from Chagnon's book and for not acknowledging that Chagnon may have a reputable database to support his argument about more male fierceness = more male reproductive success (as in more children).
The second letter is from another Chagnon defender who challenges Povinelli to provide better data that show a picture of Yanomamö men different from what Chagnon describes. Povinelli responds with several suggested readings. The New Zealand Herald carried an article about the controversy over Chagnon's research, bringing in voices of the Yanomamö themselves.
It reports that the human rights organization Survival International, which campaigns on behalf of indigenous peoples, has is critical of Chagnon's writings. The group published a statement from Davi Kopenawa, spokesman for a Yanomamö group in Brazil, that contested Chagnon's core conclusions: "For us, we Yanomam who live in the forest, the anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon is not our friend. He does not say good things, he doesn't transmit good words. He talks about the Yanomam but his words are only hostile."
[Blogger's note: last week's anthropology in the news mentioned a letter from Chagnon to The New York Times stating that that preferred English spelling for the group is Yanomamö; now we have a statement from a member of the group who uses the term Yanomam. Which one would you choose?]
• Why aren't humans more like bonobos?
An article in National Geographic looks at bonobos and the differences between them and chimpanzees. Citing the path breaking fieldwork of Japanese primatologist Takayoshi Kano, the article then turns to Richard Wrangham, a biological anthropologist and a professor in the human evolutionary biology at Harvard University, for discussion of why bonobos differ from chimpanzees.


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In the 1980s during anticommunist days, the youth of Prague acted out with wall graffiti in favor of John Lennon's peace and freedom. His songs and lyrics were banned from Prague during communistic rule. But, he was a hero to the young. During the dark of the night, they wrote some of his lyrics, drew a yellow submarine, and expressed their personal freedom on this cement wall. In fact, Lennon's original portrait is still visible from far away under the many cover-ups after his death. The Knights of the Maltese Cross own the wall and decided to keep its colorful graffiti as a symbol of freedom.
Within five hundred feet or so, there are several cheap hotels. The Charles is in the center of Mala Stava, near Old Town Square, and the Charles Bridge; it's full of character. The Waldstein Hotel is just a ten-minute walk from Lennon Wall, and it has kitchenettes. Hotel Red Lion is near Prague Castle and the Royal Mile. U Tri Pstrosu Hotel and Hotel Certovka are very close to the wall and offer complimentary breakfast.
When staying near the Lennon Wall in the Czech Republic, you're close to Kafka Museum and near the Charles Bridge. Stroll the Charles Bridge from Old Town Square to get to the wall. It's a pleasant walk. However, by staying near the wall, you are across Old Town and might miss the hustle and bustle of a well-visited area.
Lennon wall is free of charge. It's worth seeing, so I wouldn't skip it. Stand away from the wall and you'll see his face. Take the Metro Station Green Line A 12, 20, 22, or 23.
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- Carrots
I like carrots, but my children horribly detest them. Therefore, I try on every occasion to use carrots in my cooking in order to help them along. It doesn't always work.
- Apples
My children love and adore apples. They prefer the Honeycrisp variety, which "only" cost $3.69/lb. versus those horrible "Red delicious" apples at $0.99/lb.
- Oranges
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That is what my life feels like. In both senses of the word as well.
The past few days have seen my trying to get ahead of the housework. Yesterday I made a concerted effort to be super productive. I managed to resist all temptation that the computer world brings me and concentrated purely on getting washing washed, folded and put away. I did what seemed like a never ending tower of dishes (one that has seemingly returned today) I even spent some time in the girl's room trying to restore some order there. Oh and naturally I tried to restore some form of order to the general living area.
Despite these efforts though I feel as if little was achieved. Full credit to hubs though, he assured me he could notice a difference. I am also rather disheartened by the fact that by the time kidlets were in bed and I had filled out our census form I was so exhausted that I toddled myself off to bed. The downside to getting up at 5.30am I guess.
On the upside though I did try something new for dinner last night. I made a green Thai chicken curry. Which was a bit yummy. DD1 & 2 weren't exactly over the moon about it but they did for the most part eat without complaint. DD3 is so interested in food that she pretty much eats what ever you put in front of her, especially if it is something new. It was dead easy as well so that was even better. I could tell you how now but I could also just put it in a post of it's own and give you the link (which is what I will do so stay tuned)
So far today has been fairly productive though I have spent some time on the computer. I just had to get my Wordless Wednesday post up. I thought that I was so good getting it done before 11am only to find that some thirty odd people beat me to it. Grrrrrr (not really glad to see so many others are joining in the fun if you want to check them all out head here there are some great photos in there this week) I also managed to get some emails replied to.
What I haven't done though is the most important stuff, which I should get to now but I just really wanted to write.
The urge to write has been growing a lot lately and I hate it when I can't find the time to listen to it. How will I ever become a famous writer if I don't actually write? And when I say write I don't necessarily mean some of the drivel I put up here and try to fob off as words of wisdom.
(short sharp sigh - you know the fed up with is all kind)
Moving along though. No point beating myself up about it all, best just to keep going and try to make changes.


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