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Formerly known as Cano-an. Erected a parish on 14 June 1836 with the advocacy of San Vicente Ferrer, and formerly named Canoan was once part of the Siquijor parish. Redondo (1886, 189) describes the church as made of tabique and having a nipa roof, the convento was likewise thatched with nipa and made of wood. The Recollects remained until 1898 and left behind a church and convento both of which burnt and have been replaced by modern constructions.
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June 16-22 and August 11-17, 2019
(The August camp has 7 spaces left as of 7/11/19)
These intensives are 7 days long, with the final day being a half day. Classes are held in the charming, spacious studios of Virginia Commonwealth University and the vibe is urban. With lively neighborhoods and a thriving restaurant scene, Richmond is a wonderful place to experience. If you prefer a smaller crowd, come to the June camp. Both of the Richmond camps provide a performance opportunity; the enormous VCU space transforms into a perfect theater for our show. We will send you home with the online performance video and camp photo.
We have a wonderful group of experienced instructors that differs for each camp. A list for your camp will be provided in your Welcome Packet. Class size varies, but is usually about 15 students per level. Daily transportation between the hotel and the studios will be provided and reserved on site-parking is available. Lunch is provided each day.
"I loved the instruction; my technique has definitely improved… This is such a fantastic & supportive environment."
Program Options
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We work with two local hotels to provide you the best rates and locations available. For all Sun King Dance programs the Delta Hotel, at 555 East Canal Street, Richmond VA (804) 788-0900 offers a special nightly rate for June of $119 + tax per double room and $129 + tax per suite, and a special nightly rate for August of $115 + tax per double room and $124 + tax per suite. This includes a refrigerator and is available for single or double occupancy. Self parking is available onsite for $15 per day. There is free downtown shuttle service available for guests, and the hotel is within walking distance of the studios. For more information, click here. The Holiday Inn Express at 201 East Cary St., Richmond, VA 23219, (804) 788-1600 offers a group rate of $119 plus tax for standard king or double rooms, and $129 plus tax for suites. It has free parking, free hot breakfast, and is within walking distance from the studios. To visit their website, click here. Both hotels will honor your group rate if you extend your stay. Participants are responsible for making their own hotel reservations 30 days in advance to guarantee a room at the group rate. Upon acceptance, roommate connection services will be available through Sun King Dance directly.
Our caterer, Panera Bread, offers a full selection of box lunches, including vegetarian, low carb and vegan choices. Lunch is included with your tuition.
Getting to Camp
Richmond International Airport (RIC) is 15 minutes from the hotels. Taxis from the airport are readily available and Uber operates locally. Washington DC's Reagan and Dulles airports are about 2 to 2.5 hours away. A car is not necessary to enjoy your stay, but it is an added freedom. Richmond is a historic destination, home to numerous museums and Civil War sites. There is also a vibrant restaurant, art and music scene. Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, and Charlottesville are nearby cities of interest.

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Philadelphia Dominatrix Collective-Review from G
The following is a review from sub G
In all my years visiting professional dominas, by far the most explosive, mind shattering experiences were with Philadelphia Dominatrix Domina Lexx Envy. It is why I decided to focus solely on seeing her. After two months she decided to put me in a permanent chastity device and add distance training to fill the gap between our biweekly sessions. To some extent I was a bit surprised when she suggested I should book a double session with her and another dominant lady, as she knew how aroused I got from the idea that I am her total property. She suggested I do not think of it as serving another dominant lady but more of as a test of my loyalty to her. The following account is I believe an accurate record of my sixteenth session with Domina and her partner Mistress X. This was the first time I had a session with two professional dominants simultaneously.
It was a cold winter day in Philadelphia and I was a bit nervous as I walked up the stairs to her familiar dungeon. As I walked in, Domina welcomed me. There was no sign of Mistress X. I felt confused and a bit comforted, thinking maybe that was my test of loyalty. My sessions with Domina are very intimate and the thought of sharing them with another woman bothered me. Moreover, I can barely handle Domina myself, how would I be able to handle two? Remarkably, it never occurred to me to simply ask if we are still on for a double session, all I could focus on was Domina and how amazing she looked. She had long luxurious, brown hair, cascading down her back and shoulders and a beautiful face to match, with a fine bone structure. Not the girl next-door type of face, but the sort of beautiful face that could often look arrogant and scornful, like a top fashion model. Her wide, expressive eyes could fool one into believing you're the object of extreme affection one moment, but then chill your blood with dread with an icy-cold, disdainful stare the next. She had the sort of beauty that gave out warning signals that she could contemptuously snub any unwanted male overture and
I certainly wouldn't have had the confidence to approach her had I seen her sitting alone. In addition, she also had a sensational body, with long lovely legs. Her bare shoulders were quite broad making her sizable, firm breasts appear perfectly proportionate. Her waist was very slim and the tight latex flowed on down to outline the sublime curvature of her hips and backside. She was wearing one of those incredibly sexy, figure hugging, black, shiny latex dresses. With her black leather high-heeled boots and elbow length black satin gloves, the whole effect was breathtaking.
I was ordered to strip and assume the preparatory position – forehead to the floor, hands stretched straight out in front of me, knees spread wide, and buttocks raised –
Domina took her time and seemed to be considering her options. As she walked slowly around me I felt her hands caressing my back, stroking my neck and touching my backsides. It felt so sensational that I simply had to look up. I could see the tight latex straining against her perfectly formed thighs and my eyes rose up to her full huge breasts and to her beautiful face starring down at me. "Assume the position slave!" she ordered with a firm voice. I felt embarrassed, what was I thinking? I just exhibited insubordination. I forced my forehead to the floor almost wanting to bang it against the hand scraped hardwood flooring when I heard a second voice. "I thought you said this slave is well trained?" it was the voice of Mistress X. While curious to know how Mistress X looks like, I managed to resist the strong impulse to look up this time. I felt that a more discrete opportunity for a sneak peek at Domina's partner in crime was just around the corner, but before I could satisfy my curiosity I was swiftly blindfolded and gagged.
"It is now time for you to suffer for my pleasure slave", Domina said with a commanding voice.
As usual, she was diabolically inventive with her impressive arsenal of torture devices.
The next half an hour was dedicated to torturing me, using a variety of electro-torture implements for CBT and NT.
Domina seemed totally indifferent to my increasingly desperate attempts to register some indication that I wanted urgently to communicate my growing discomfort
– the more expressive I got – the more she relentlessly upped the pain level by carefully and precisely, inflicting torment I didn't think possible with some diabolically evil nipple and body clamps. This was followed by severe canning, whipping and flogging that left me shaking.
When my blindfold was removed there was no sign of Mistress X. Was I imagining hearing another voice earlier? All I could see now was Domina's big, flawlessly clear green eyes momentarily displaying feigned sympathy for the ordeal I was experiencing. Then, still acting her deceiving compassionate role, she'd perform brutally cruel acts like pulling me forward, against the testicle rope, tugging on the body clamp strings, making them bite further into and lacerate my flesh even more, cynically implying that all this was upsetting her delicate sensibilities as much as it was distressing me. Throughout my anguish I was also aware from her bright, elated, luminous eyes and deep breathing that she was almost certainly getting some sort of sexual stimulation during these embraces. More especially when she'd rub her latex clad pelvis and hips up and down against the hanging, raw, mutilated flesh she was torturing at will. Every time I felt the pain part is over, Domina introduced a new sadistic device to use.
As I was blindfolded again, Domina told me that she was very pleased with me.
This caused me to have a swift and uncontrollable erection even though I was still in a great deal of pain.
Domina poured soft cold lubricant on my cock. This is the part where I am typically ordered to stroke my cock, but both my hands where still bound.
"I would like to introduce Mistress X" said Domina. "Hello slave!" said Mistress X "Domina gave you exquisite pain and I will give you exquisite pleasure".
Her hands began to stroke my erected cock. But instead of approaching climax, I felt my cock getting softer and softer in her hands.
After a couple of seconds I heard both of them laughing. "He may be truly owned, Domina" said Mistress X.
"There is only one way to find out" replied Domina, as she approached me and was pressing against my body. I could feel the renewed erection.
The pain slowly and miraculously began to mutate into a sort of agonized erotic ecstasy. It was the most exhilarating and stimulating feeling I've ever experienced in my life.
The final overwhelming climax finally came as Domina was leaning against the front of my bounded body. I could smell her perfume and feel the full latex clad curvaceous body of this gorgeously seductive, pitiless sadist forcing herself against mine. The sensation this time of her latex clad hips against my giant erection was just too explosive and I experienced the most mind shattering and glorious orgasm I have ever felt. Huge amounts of spunk flowed all over. It went on and on like never before, and during that period I felt an outstanding pleasure.
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Philadelphia Dominatrix Collective-Review from JV
I recently did 2 double sessions with Mistress Lexx Envy and her sub/Dom partner in evil Lady Orion. I came down all the way from Long Island to Philadelphia to see these seductive beauties. I immediately booked the Second session that very same week because I had such a good time and the second visit was even better. We mostly did ballbusting, tease and denial and foot worship and they executed it with such evil enjoyment and with a professional touch. This was one of the best sessions I have had in the past 7 years of sessions with some top industry dommes. They both are a lot of fun and I was completely comfortable with them and allowed them to try new things and push my boundaries. They have these sexy, cute, wicked smiles, amazing bodies and perfect feet. I can't wait to drive another 3 hours to Philly for these ladies to bust my balls again soon. It was completely worth it and I'd gladly beg at their feet for another chance to serve them.
Philadelphia Dominatrix Collective Reviews: Miss X, Domina Lexx & Arianna
(This section of the Blog contains reviews by real subs of the Mistresses of the Philadelphia Dominatrix Collective)
I've seen Philadelphia Dominatrix Domina Lexx Envy many times over the years,in New York and Philadelphia, and when she told me about her beautiful new sub girl Arianna being available to top me as well as she was training to switch, I couldn't resist.
Then she had offered me the chance to be topped by 3 women, well, this was a dream come true! I arrived for the appointment, jittery and nervous for what was to
come next, delight and anticipation warring in my gut. I knocked and the door was opened just enough to admit me without allowing me to preview what I saw next.
Domina Lexx Envy greeted me, her gorgeous hair pulled back in a ponytail, yet curled so it still exploded around Her beautiful face like a flaming red halo. She wore
a tight, low cut black dress that showed off her amazing breasts and tiny waist, cinched in even smaller then I knew it was with a vinyl corset. Her lovely tiny feet were
slipped into a pair of high, high black patent leather heels- they had to be at least 5″ tall, making her legs look like they went on forever. I turned to be introduced to the
other Dommes I knew were waiting. Mistress X and Ariana stood by the restraint table, both looking like Amazon Goddesses. Mistress X wore a bright red, long-
sleeved dress that was zippered all the way up her neck. Even though the dress covered her lush curves, it was so short that as she moved I got tantalizing glimpses of black
lace underwear underneath. Her legs were encased in thigh high fishnet stockings, her feet in a pair of peek-a-boo open toed heels. She gave me her hand to kiss, towering over me
by almost a foot. I stammered out how lovely it was to finally meet her, which she accepted with only a smile and a slight incline of her head. Long black hair, also tied back into
a thick braid that trailed down to her shoulders and brilliant green eyes made her pale skin look even paler. As she stepped back and Ariana was introduced, I felt all nerves going away.
Ariana was just as tall as Mistress X in her high spike heels, red as the lacy bra I could see peeking out from under her short, dark pink, tight dress. Breasts as large as my Domina's threatened to spill out of her top, full and inviting. Peeks of the thigh high hose she also wore flashed as she walked, and her long brown hair was rich, shiny and thick. Three such
beautiful women, so physically different and yet each one perfect in form. I was in heaven!
They started things by having me bend over the horse, legs spread. Mistress X and Ariana cuffed my hands and feet to it, while I heard the distinctive snap! of latex medical gloves
being put on by my Domina. Ariana walked over to a cabinet and returned a minute later wearing a leather harness and dildo. She lasciviously masturbated it a few times, the walked over to her Domina and awaited instruction. Mistress X came back into view too, also wearing a strap-on; the juxtaposition of phallus and full breasts was deliciously perverted. Domina slapped my ass to bring me to attention, as the other ladies laughed. "Now you slut," she said, "You will please their strap-ons while I see how loose your mussy is. It's been a while since I violated you so we'd better make sure you can still take what I will dish out. Understand, whore?"
"Yes Domina" I got out right as she slid a lubricated,gloved finger into my ass. As she worked her fingers in and out, Ariana and Mistress X came to stand on either side of me. They undid my hands, but left the leather cuffs on. "Stroke my cock, bitch, and make sure you do it good. I want to see how well of a slut you've been trained to be." Mistress X ordered. "And don't leave Ariana's cock out in the cold either, you have two hands, whore, so use them!" I began rubbing their strap-ons as I felt Domina Lexx moving behind me. She laughed and slapped me hard again, and said "You can do better then that, you fucking cunt! Use your mouth! Suck on them like they were the dicks of the football players I know you fucked in high school!" She slapped me again, and slipped a third finger into my ass. Mistress X and Ariana laughed and took turns, shoving
their strap-ons deep into my mouth, goading me about my performance and slapping me across the face when I paused. "Let's see if this little whore can take two in the mouth at once!" laughed Arianna, and they stood side by side, making me lick and suck them both.
"Stand up, bitch!" Ordered my Domina. "I want to watch you suck off Arianna while I have Miss X pound your mussy!" I obeyed at once, and lifted myself up so that Arianna could straddle the horse in front of me. "Ariana, I want to see those big beautiful breasts smother him while he attempts to pleasure your cock." Ariana obeyed her Goddess, pulling her dress down to her waist, her huge breasts bouncing free from her bra as she undid it and tossed it onto a chair. They were huge, full and perfectly tan with lovely pink nipples. I could tell that she must tan topless, no tan lines ruined the beauty of her amazing chest. She laughed and grabbed my face, crushing me into her breasts so tight I couldn't breathe. I found out for myself that her breasts, as huge
and perky as they are, were most definitely real. After a few long seconds, she released me and shoved my face down on her cock as Mistress X circled behind me and shoved her strap-on into my ass.
"This slut's mussy is nice and ready for me!" she remarked to Domina, who laughed in turn and related in detail her past violations of me. She sashayed across the room to a silver bucket with an opened champagne bottle in it. Pouring a glass for herself and the two other women currently riding me from both ends of me, she detailed my sessions with her. As the other girls giggled and made comments about my performances for my Domina, she lifted my head up off Ariana's cock and asked me, "You enjoyed every minute of it though, didn't you, Whore?" "Yes!" I gasped out. SMACK! Domina slapped me across my unworthy mouth and asked, "Yes, what?" "yes DOMINA!!" I said, rewarded with another squeezing of my face between Ariana's magnificent breasts. "That's
what I thought you said, slut!" Domina said, casually sipping her champagne… Mistress X and Ariana were both enjoying themselves as they sandwiched me between them, abusing me like the slut my Domina has trained me to be.
Some time later I was reclined on the table on my back, my head and shoulders resting against the wall, my ass hanging off the edge of the table. Ariana, naked except for her panties and strap-on was
now the one violating my ass, pounding me in perfect time to the music playing behind us. Domina Lexx stood off to one side, Mistress X to the other, both wearing strap-ons and taking turns having me please them. All three ladies were sipping from their glasses of champagne as they took turns casually slapping my face and cock, degrading me both verbally and physically.
Mistress X especially was enjoying tormenting me by describing scenarios of homo-erotic domination and cock sucking, pausing only to make me answer if she was right about me being a filthy whore. Her descriptive dialogue and sultry tone made everything she said so vivid, the laughs of my Domina and Arianna completed my humiliation. Finally my Domina ordered me to lay on my back on the floor, and told me that I had been a very good slut indeed. She allowed me to finally touch and release myself as she straddled me and pulled her underwear aside gracefully and Miss X did the same. The skill of the Mistresses was such that even as they released their hot wet streams all over me, I caught only a glimpse of their beautiful asses… Hot wetness covered me and laughter echoed in my ears as my Domina allowed me to finish, a final slap ending what had been the evening of my life!
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Philadelphia Dominatrix (In Training) Lady Orion's new schedule!
Just a quick note to all of you huge fans of Our new Dominatrix Apprentice Lady Orion:
Our lovely Switch Apprentice now has a new schedule. Lady Orion is now available only weeknights and weekends. Monday through Friday from 6-11pm and any time on weekends at our new dungeon in Philadelphia.
And yes, she is still in Apprentice Mode as of April/May 2016
As always, the more notice the better to book a session with this gorgeous,petite, sadistic FemDom Apprentice!
Kinky Thoughts,
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Philadelphia Dominatrix Collective: Travels: The Philly Dominas are coming to Boston!
Just a quick reminder that The Philly Dominas will be in the Boston area
this weekend, April 29th 2016 until April 30th 2016.
We will return to Philadelphia Sunday evening May 1st 2016 and will return to our normal schedules on Monday.
We have a few openings left, so email us now if you'd like to see us!
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Written by Ann Whitford Paul, this colorful story is a fun, Southwestern adaptation of the story The Little Red Hen. While I'm not always a fan of retelling stories, this one I really liked. Iguana and her friends decide to throw a party on Saturday. Each day Iguana asks her friends, a rabbit, turtle, and snake, to help with a party chore and each day they have a reason why they can't. On the day of the party, Iguana explains can't greet the guests and have it be "their" party since they didn't do any of the work. The friends feel so bad that after Iguana goes to sleep they clean up the party mess and make amends.
I really like how my girls could see how upset Iguana was getting. Every time we read the story, they say "Iguana is getting mad because they aren't helping." What a great message!
I also like that the book introduces Spanish words in a way that is evening to understand. The days of the week and animals' names are all in Spanish as well as some other easy words and phrases. But the English word or a picture is also used so that children can easily see what the word means. It's a fun way to expose children to Spanish, whether you want them to learn the actual words or just see that there are other languages out there.


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As I've already said, in a previous post, I tend to avoid PuG situations where I don't know people. But tonight late on, being on my Horde characters, and on the whole finding Horde players somewhat more mature than those found in the sewers of Alliance PuGs, I thought I'd risk LFD on my level 41 Druid tank. I have a level 85 Druid tank on Alliance, so am used to playing the class. I thought it won't be too much of a trial to do a lower level dungeon on this character: I know the class well, what can go wrong?
Enter: humans.
I found myself thrust into Dire Maul in the middle of a fight, literally. Their previous tank must have left in a hurry. Perhaps a bad sign? OK, got bearings, sorted it, recovered and fought. Told the group, it's been a long time since I was here, guys, really can't remember the way, and I know a lot has changed, so please guide if you do know it. Seemed to be no problem. No one actually answered, but also no one actually swore at me. We went our way through the place, a rogue also saying he was not sure of the way, and we went to a place where something used to happen, but doesn't now, but still all was good. Then there was this one team member. 'Why aren't you keeping up, tank? You are a slacker. FFS'. And so on. At first I said, jokingly, my bear's legs were too short, I was too heavy, but humour simply bounced off this delightful player with no effect. I wasn't deliberately slow, but this guy was zooming ahead like there was no tomorrow. After a few rather heated exchanges I just said, 'look, you are rushing like this is the end of the world or something. Chill, maybe? Wait the 3 seconds for me to catch up?' Then, after more abusive comments, I simply quit group with the remark to the silent other team members, who had elected not to stick up for me, or even to agree with my detractor: 'really can't play with adolescent males, cheers guys and good luck.'
I wouldn't mind if I was crap as a tank. I'm not. I wouldn't mind if I stood in the fire, did stupid things, pulled unwisely and all the rest of it. I am a competent tank. But being competent is not enough now. I didn't rush fast enough in an instance I didn't know. That was all.
All this just goes towards my opinion that Hell is Other People. I love MMOs. I actually do want to play with others, not all the time, but a good part of the time. If I had a lot to learn, fair enough, I'd be armouring my back for the abuse, but even if you know your class and perform well, it's still not enough to ensure an easy, insult free run. Now I'm feeling like I won't poke my head above the ramparts again and dare to PuG on my Horde tank. My thicker-skinned friends tell me I should ignore the occasional knob you get in PuGs, but sadly I find it hard. I want to enjoy playing, and you can never guarantee the team you end up with in a PuG comprises decent human beings. At least this recent event is pale in comparison to the one where I had to endure a whole instance of expletives against me because I tried to help a team member with an achievement.
But I'm still here, still playing. Our guild is tiny on Horde, so if I want to progress PuGs are the only way. I expect my skin will thicken again over the next few days and I might try again. Erm, this is supposed to be fun, a game you play for pleasure, right? I know what my Alliance guild mates will say. 'Why the hell are you bothering?' I'm bothering because I want to believe MMOs have more decent players than sociopaths. I want to believe we don't have to exist in gated communities, i.e. guilds. But, by all the gods, it's hard to keep that belief alive sometimes. Referring back to my earlier post: something has to change, surely?
On a more positive note, have seen the good side of Cross Realm intimacy tonight. Our guild went to Ironforge after our mount runs, and typical Friday night old raid stuff, because someone told us this city was open to Cross Realm. We found players from several different realms there, who were mostly pretty open to interacting, chatting, having fun. At one point we had a little camp of cooking fires, parasols, archaeology toys, other gizmos, and so on, with everyone dancing around them. Made a few new friends too. Really like this aspect of X Realm and hope it stays. Someone told us the quieter cities being X Realm is a bug that will be fixed, but I hope not. There are several things I really don't like about X Realm, but this new sociable aspect in the quieter cities makes up for it. Hope it's here to stay.


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[ Rev. Ian White Maher, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Queens delivered a ministerial charge at Jason Lydon's ordination ceremony on September 19th, 2010. He has given me permission to re-post these words here to enable a larger audience to receive them. ]
I hope I don't offend you by saying, we are cut from the same bolt of cloth. We are both dedicated to the Unitarian Universalist movement, we are both passionate about social justice work, we have both taken non-traditional, somewhat irregular paths to our ordinations. It is an honor to share this ceremony with you and to call you a colleague.
Jason, you are now part of the institution, as horrific as that might sound. You have worked hard to earn this mantle. It is time for you to assume all of the responsibilities that go along with it. We welcome you. Indeed, you are needed.
We are the inheritors of an anti-institutionalist strain of Unitarian Universalism which traces our rebellion back to Emerson's Divinity School Address, perhaps even earlier, which says the church isn't necessary. All you really need is to appreciate the snowstorm that is rages outside the window, he says. But this is not true. The church is necessary. Institutions provide opportunity as much as they negate opportunity. For you and I, and for many of the people who have gathered here to celebrate with you, the question we wrestle with is, who will control the institution?
Speaking to you as a colleague, what I would hope most for you, perhaps selfishly, what I need most from you, is a willingness to move the culture of Unitarian Universalism from the inside.
There is a whole new generation of young ministers. I'm not exactly sure why this generation of young ministers has stuck with the movement, but I do feel a groundswell. And now is the time to position yourself for an appropriate assumption of that power. Now is the time to cultivate the spiritual tools so that you can speak clearly and respectfully and honestly to those who are less radical than we are, both politically and spiritually.
The church has to change. We are insular and often irrelevant. Many members in our older generations are plagued with resentments of how they were raised and the younger generations, well, they leave largely because these resentments have impoverished our spiritual life. I am tired of the young generation leaving the movement, because we are not fed here. A colleague calls us the exodus generation wandering without a home. So many of us who came to see you ordained here today grew up with people, friends of ours, who are no longer churched because there is no place for them. There is no place for spiritual adventurism. I don't think the older generations are trying to trick us into believing that the seven principles are actually theology with this Build Your Own Theology crap. I just think they don't know any better. The seven principles are not theology. They are a substitute for theology. They are for people who want talk about theology rather than live it. It is not necessarily their fault, but we must get inside so we can change that.
I have never seen so many people travel so far for an ordination. We came because you have a bright future. You are dedicated and passionate, willing to sacrifice. But the question is, are you willing to sacrifice that part of your ego that stands you in opposition to the institution, so that you might find a way to change it from the inside?
My ego wants me to be a great prophet. My ego loves seeing pictures of me getting arrested posted on Facebook. My ego loves battling ministers on the interwebs as they tell me I didn't show Sheriff Joe enough love or that my actions violated the concept of love. And I cherish the opportunity to chant down these ministers who I see in the tradition of the gradualists and anti-abolitionists. But that is just my ego. My ministry is to create the spaces so the prophets can come. I'm not the prophet. My ego would wish that I were, but I'm not. And that is okay.
I believe that Unitarian Universalism is a saving faith. That it has the power to create authentic and life-changing experiences and rituals for atonement, redemption and celebration of this very miracle that we experience called life. But we need to create a larger circle so that others may be able to step in. In many ways our work is not glamorous work. Fighting from the outside is sexier, but it will not change the culture nor stop the hemorrhaging of the exodus generation.
There is a Baptist church near my house that offers weekend classes for children. Their sign says, we have Bible lessons, music, art, games, lunch and fun. And there is a young boy with a pair of dark sunglasses and his arms cross his chest showing off a big James Bond style watch with a caption that reads: Agents in Action: challenging kids to live courageously as God's special agents. Now, the last thing I'm interested in is some undercover Christian working for God.
And yet I look at this sign and I say, Why don't we have that? Not that I want to win people over through subterfuge. The truth is more often than not all you need. As Stephen Colbert has said, reality has a well-known liberal bias. But why don't we have a sign inviting young people to follow a prophetic faith which cares for this planet and its people and animals? Where are our classes to train our agents for God?
We don't have these classes because we don't have the people to teach them. And we don't have the people to teach because we haven't done the work to make those teachers. Sometimes is takes years, sometimes decades, sometimes generations for the great prophets to come. The great prophets will come if we create the space.
There is a ministry to your church. This is primary and most important. It is the source of your authority. A minister with no church has very little authority. You must always tend this community. Love them sincerely and with all your heart and they will support you through thick and thin.
And there is a ministry to our larger community particularly those in the exodus generation who need young ministers to demand the older generations deal with their damaged religious pasts so we can have a vibrant and accepting church.
All of our actions are done for the next generation and the generation after that. Do we change some of our language so that we are not discounted? So that we are heard? Is that selling out? Is that being strategic? Only your still small voice can tell you if it is authentic. Do not listen to the ego. We do what we do to put a stop to the hemorrhaging of the exodus generation. We do what we do to create legions of young Unitarian Universalist who live in the world as agents for God.
Your ministry is bright, brother. It is a blessing to know you.
[Rev. Christana Willie McKnight is the colleague who shared the term exodus generation with me]


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A protected disclosure is a disclosure made in line with the Protected Disclosures Act 2012 (this act replaced the Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001).
What is a protected disclosure?
Protected disclosures used to be known as whistleblowing.
A protected disclosure is a disclosure made in line with the Protected Disclosures Act 2012 (this act replaced the Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001).
Purpose of the Protected Disclosure Act
The purpose of the Protected Disclosure Act is to:
- Encourage and facilitate disclosures of improper conduct and detrimental action made in reprisal by public officers and public bodies
- Provide protection for people who make disclosures or who may suffer detrimental action in reprisal for those disclosures
- Provide confidentiality of the content of disclosures and the identity of people who make them.
What kind of protections do protected disclosures have?
Once an allegation has been formally assessed as a protected disclosure, the discloser receives:
- Immunity from civil and criminal liability and disciplinary action for making the disclosure
- Immunity from liability for breaching confidentiality provisions
- Protection from actions in defamation for making the disclosure
- The right to sue for damages or to seek an injunction to stop actions in reprisal
- Protection of your identity and any information that would lead to your identification.
Who can make a disclosure?
Any individual or group of individuals may make a disclosure.
What can I make a disclosure about?
You may make a disclosure about the improper conduct of and detrimental action taken by public bodies or public officers performing public functions. This includes the department, its offices and agencies as well as statutory authorities in the portfolio of the department.
Improper conduct is defined as:
- Corrupt conduct or
- Specified conduct that is not corrupt conduct but that, if proved, would constitute:
- a criminal offence
- reasonable grounds for dismissing, dispensing with or otherwise terminating the services of the officer engaged in the conduct.
How do I make a disclosure?
Protected Disclosures (formerly Whistleblowers)
- Email email@example.com
- Call the Protected Disclosure Hotline on 1300 131 431
- Write to DHHS Protected Disclosures, GPO Box 4057, Melbourne VIC 3001.
- Your manager, team leader, Director or Deputy Secretary
- Any manager, Director or Deputy Secretary
- The Secretary.
Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC)
- Use the IBAC online complaint form
- Call 1300 735 135
- In person: level 1, North Tower, 459 Collins Street, Melbourne.
If your disclosure is about a ministerial officer or a statutory entity or office within the department's portfolio, you should contact IBAC.
More information
You can contact the department's Protected Disclosure Coordinator or visit the IBAC website for more information on protected disclosures.


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Aquassure Accessible Baths received confirmation yesterday that they have secured a spot to pitch to the Dragons on Dragons' Den for Season 10. They have been invited to Toronto for filming in early May. They will be shipping one of their wheelchair accessible bathtubs to Toronto for the show. Continue reading
Aquassure Accessible Baths to Pitch Safer Bathing in the Dragons' Den
Season 10 of Dragons' Den is going to be a little bit more accessible when this Kelowna company gets their chance to pitch.


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Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870)
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PART GControlled Drugs (continued)
DIVISION 1 (continued)
General (continued)
G.01.002 (1) A person is authorized to have a controlled drug set out in any of items 1 to 3, 8 to 10, 12 to 14, 16 or 17 of Part I of the schedule to this Part in his or her possession where the person has obtained the controlled drug under these Regulations, in the course of activities performed in connection with the enforcement or administration of an Act or regulation, or from a person who is exempt under section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act from the application of subsection 5(1) of that Act with respect to that controlled drug, and the person
(a) requires the controlled drug for his business or profession and is
(b) is a practitioner who is registered and entitled to practise in a province other than the province in which he has such possession and such possession is for emergency medical purposes only;
(c) is a hospital employee or a practitioner in a hospital;
(d) has obtained the controlled drug for his own use from a practitioner or pursuant to a prescription that is not issued or obtained in contravention of these Regulations;
(e) is a practitioner of medicine who received the controlled drug under subsection G.06.001(3) or (4) and whose possession is for a purpose referred to in subsection G.06.001(5);
(f) is an agent or mandatary of a practitioner of medicine who received the controlled drug under subsection G.06.001(3) and whose possession is for the purpose of complying with subsection G.06.001(4);
(g) is employed as an inspector, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a police constable, peace officer or member of the technical or scientific staff of any department of the Government of Canada or of a province or university and such possession is for the purposes of and in connection with such employment;
(h) is a person other than a person referred to in paragraph (e) or (f), is exempted under section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act with respect to possession of that controlled drug and whose possession is for a purpose set out in the exemption; or
(i) is a person referred to in paragraph G.06.001(5)(b).
(2) A person is authorized to have a controlled drug referred to in subsection (1) in his possession where the person is acting as the agent or mandatary for any person referred to in paragraph (1)(a) to (e), (h) or (i).
(3) A person is authorized to have a controlled drug referred to in subsection (1) in his possession where
- SOR/97-515, s. 3
- SOR/99-125, s. 1
- SOR/2003-34, s. 1
- SOR/2003-413, s. 1
- SOR/2018-69, ss. 67, 68
G.01.002.1 Section C.01.004 does not apply to a test kit that contains a controlled drug where a registration number has been issued for the test kit pursuant to section G.06.002.3 and has not been cancelled pursuant to section G.06.002.4.
- SOR/80-543, s. 11
G.01.003 In the case of a controlled drug that is dispensed by a pharmacist pursuant to a prescription, section C.01.004 does not apply but the label of the package in which the controlled drug is contained shall carry the following:
(a) the name and address of the pharmacy or pharmacist;
(b) the date and number of the prescription;
(c) the name of the person for whom the controlled drug is dispensed;
(d) the name of the practitioner;
(e) directions for use; and
(f) any other information that the prescription requires be shown on the label.
- SOR/80-543, s. 11
- SOR/2004-238, s. 2(F)
G.01.004 The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and this Part do not apply in respect of a controlled drug that is contained in an agricultural implant and set out in Part III of the schedule to this Part, but nothing in this section exempts such a drug from the requirements of Part C.
- SOR/92-386, s. 2
- SOR/97-228, s. 8
G.01.005 [Repealed, SOR/80-543, s. 12]
G.01.006 Except as otherwise provided in this Part, no person shall sell a controlled drug or preparation that does not comply with all provisions of Parts C and D applicable to it.
G.01.007 No person shall
(a) advertise a controlled drug to the general public; or
(b) issue or publish any other written advertisement respecting a controlled drug unless that advertisement carries the symbol in a clear and conspicuous colour and size in the upper left quarter of the first page of the advertisement.
G.01.008 [Repealed, SOR/80-543, s. 12]
Prescribed Manner of Notice of Application for an Order of Restoration
G.01.010 (1) For the purpose of subsection 24(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, notice of application for an order of restoration shall be given in writing to the Attorney General by registered mail.
(2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be mailed not less than 15 clear days prior to the date the application for an order of restoration is to be made to the magistrate and shall specify
(a) the magistrate to whom the application is to be made;
(b) the time and place where the application is to be heard;
(c) the controlled drug or other thing in respect of which the application is to be made; and
(d) the evidence upon which the applicant intends to rely to establish that he is entitled to possession of the controlled drug or other thing referred to in paragraph (c).
- SOR/97-228, s. 9
DIVISION 2Licences and Licensed Dealers
G.02.001 Subject to this Part, no person except a licensed dealer shall produce, make, assemble, import, export, sell, provide, transport, send or deliver a controlled drug.
- SOR/2004-238, s. 3
G.02.001.1 To be eligible for a dealer's licence, a person must be
(a) an individual who ordinarily resides in Canada;
(b) a corporation that has its head office in Canada or operates a branch office in Canada; or
(c) the holder of a position that includes responsibility for controlled drugs on behalf of a department of the Government of Canada or of a government of a province, a police force, a hospital or a university in Canada.
- SOR/2004-238, s. 3
G.02.001.2 (1) A licensed dealer
(a) shall designate one qualified person in charge, who may be the licensed dealer if the licensed dealer is an individual, who must work at the premises specified in the licence, have responsibility for supervising activities with respect to controlled drugs specified in the licence and for ensuring, on behalf of the licensed dealer, that those activities comply with these Regulations; and
(b) may designate an alternate qualified person in charge who must work at the premises specified the licence and have authority to replace the qualified person in charge when that person is absent.
(2) The qualified person in charge and, if applicable, the alternate qualified person in charge
(a) shall be familiar with the provisions of the Act and the regulations under it that apply to the licence of the licensed dealer who designated them and have knowledge of chemistry and pharmacology and experience in those fields to properly carry out their duties;
(b) shall either
(i) be a pharmacist or a practitioner of medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine, registered with a provincial professional licensing authority, or
(ii) possess a degree in an applicable science — such as pharmacy, medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacology, organic chemistry or chemical engineering — that is awarded by a Canadian university or, if awarded by a foreign university, that is recognized by a Canadian university or a Canadian professional association; and
(c) shall not have been convicted, as an adult, within the preceding 10 years, of
- SOR/2004-238, s. 3
- SOR/2010-222, ss. 1(E), 34
- SOR/2012-230, s. 7
- SOR/2014-260, s. 14(F)
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Cotton candy lemonade has been added to the mix at Everything Pop Food Court located in Disney's Pop Century Resort! DFB author Wendy shares her thoughts…
We're off to visit Everything Pop at Pop Century Resort!
Everything Pop is no stranger to unique treats. It is, of course, home of the King Cupcake!
And Tie-Dye Cheesecake! (Which, FYI, is now served in a circular serving versus a typical pie wedge — see the menu below.)
Now Pop is offering up another fun find… Cotton Candy Lemonade:).
Cotton Candy Lemonade
You'll find this beverage at the desserts counter, and can place your order right under the Ice Cream sign.
I'll be honest… I pretty much figured the Cotton Candy was just a gimmick. You know, something cutesy to stick in the bottom of the cup and on top of the ice. And it IS pretty cute! I mean, how much fun is this??
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Wine is a delicate substance that is constantly undergoing a variety of chemical reactions. Under the ideal conditions, these reactions happen naturally in a timely, predictable manner. However, if they are upset for some reason, your wine will likely spoil. As a result, building the ideal atmosphere for storing wine requires is key to properly preserving and aging it.
While you may know the appropriate conditions for wine storage, being able to create and regulate them is another subject altogether. As you are building the ideal wine storage space, you will need various accessories and pieces of equipment to help you fully control this environment and, therefore, minimize the chances that an environmental factor will ruin your wine.
Keep in mind that the accessories you"ll need will depend on the type of space in which you choose to store your wine. For example, wine enthusiasts with wine cellars will need dramatically different equipment than the occasional wine drinker who only needs to store a few bottles. In this article, we will break down the necessary wine storage accessories according to the size of your storage space.
Storing Wine in Limited Space: Wine Racks and Refrigerators
Many of us don"t have vast amounts of extra space in our homes in which to store a large number of wine bottles. Similarly, few people have the extra money it takes to invest in many bottles of wine. For those with limited space and money, storing wine means finding a space in which to preserve and age a handful of bottles of wine.
If you fall into this category, then the most important wine accessory for you is a wine rack. Wine racks are shelf-like units that hold wine horizontally. Depending on your needs, you can get a wine rack to store anywhere from six to hundreds of bottles of wine. While lower-end wine racks start around $10, more ornate racks that hold many bottles of wine can cost anywhere upwards of $1,000.
Once you have your wine rack, you will need to find a suitable location for it that is out of the light. If your kitchen receives a lot of sunlight, consider storing your wine rack (and wine) in an infrequently used cabinet or closet. This will not only ensure that light doesn"t upset the wine, but it will also prevent other disturbances, such as vibrations from constant jangling.
Another possible accessory is a wine refrigerator (also referred to as a wine cooler). While these will definitely take up more space and energy than wine racks, wine refrigerators are reliable accessories that provide you with the ideal wine storage environment. Wine refrigerators tend to start as low as $100. While you may want a wine cooler that sits below your countertop (much like a mini fridge would), you can also get smaller countertop wine refrigerators that resemble toaster-ovens.
If you have a small kitchen that can"t accommodate a wine refrigerator, keep in mind that you can install these units in any location throughout your home, just as you can with a wine rack. Closets, cabinets, basements and extra rooms all make suitable locations for wine coolers and refrigerators.
Wine Accessories for Larger Spaces
Wine collectors with more money and space can create a wine cellar in their homes. When choosing a location for your wine cellar, pick a room with few or no windows. In general, basements are ideal locations for wine cellars.
Along with extensive racking to hold your copious bottles of wine, you will need other pieces of equipment that will help you properly regulate the storage areas:
- Humidity: While a hydrometer is a device that measures and provides you with a read of the relative humidity (RH) of an area, a humistat is a type of de-humidifier that regulates an area"s RH. Installing both in your chosen wine storage space will allow you to create the ideal RH for your wine (any RH that is 70 percent or more).
- Light: Although wine should ideally be stored in dark conditions that don"t receive any direct (or indirect, if possible) sunlight, you will need to install overhead lighting so that you can see when you are working in your cellar. When choosing lighting for your wine storage area, choose softer lights, such as incandescent lights, rather than fluorescent light. This softer lighting ensures minimal disturbance to the wine.
- Temperature: To properly regulate the wine cellar"s temperature, install a thermostat and AC/heating unit in the storage space. Choosing a room in your home as the cellar eliminates the need for this installation, as it is already likely connected to the home"s AC/heating unit. However, if you are building a wine cellar in your basement or another region without a temperature control system, you will have to install one, especially if you live in a particularly volatile climate.
- Ventilation: To prevent odors from penetrating the cork and spoiling your wine, be sure that your wine storage space is well ventilated. While a temperature control system helps keep air moving, you may also need to install a few vents and fans (on timers) that will adequately regulate air flow in your wine cellar.


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Encore Care Homes is working closely with Dining with Dignity, a specialist training provider, to help meet the nutritional needs of residents who have dysphagia across its three homes – Great Oaks in Bournemouth, Fairmile Grange in Christchurch and Hamble Heights in Fareham.
In practice, this means the catering teams at Encore receive training from a Dining with Dignity chef, who then creates a bespoke workshop plan for the homes, which includes demonstrations on how to prepare nutritious and tasty purée meals which look like their solid counterparts.
These workshops involve all of the care home catering staff and allow them to expand their knowledge of dysphagia and develop their practical skills to prepare suitable meals. Following this, the catering team produce menus which provide residents with a selection of delicious, well presented dishes. Examples of these modified dishes include various vegetables, meat portions and sweet treats such as purée scones.
Dining with Dignity also uses current training techniques to educate the homes further on the risk of choking and how it can be prevented.
Stuart Davey, Head Chef of Fairmile Grange, says: "We believe it is fundamental that all of our residents are catered for. People with dysphagia can struggle to maintain weight and this is why it is essential we work closely with Dining with Dignity, to make sure we are creating well-balanced and tasty meals for our residents to enjoy.
"The overall dining experience at Encore is very important for our residents, so it is fantastic that the specialist chefs from Dining with Dignity are able to show our kitchen teams how purée diets can look appetising and still resemble a solid food dish."


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In terms of checking out you would be able to have a quick know how about the various types of the stress fractures bringing out in foot and ankle. Stress fracture is basically defined as the foot and ankle that would be resulting into pain as well as swelling and so as the tenderness. It also adds up with the small cracks or the severe bruising being found in the bones. These small cracks would lead to worst conditions with the passage of time. This can also be linked with the sudden changes or increases in physical activity. This fracture can take place because of the sustain fall during sports or also if you will drop something really heavy on the foot from the top.
Let's discuss out with the different types of stress fractures of foot and ankle:
Navicular: This condition do happens to take place as because of the incomplete crack in the navicular bone. Navicular does define the bones that are located in the mid-foot. This type of stress fracture will prominently be happening as because of the excessive weight bearing activities over time.
Metatarsal: This type of fracture somehow shows the impact as on top of one or more of the five metatarsal bones that are located in the region of the forefoot.
Ankle: This type of ankle and foot stress fracture is also known by the name of shin splints. It is much intricate to diagnose it. As it affect the intricate area of the body that is daunting to diagnose so it would be better enough to get into consultation with the experienced physician.
Heel: This heel is known as the large bone that is all the way forming the foundation of the back of the foot. This type of the fracture becomes much extra worst as it would be involving to bring some effect on the heel bone. It can even bring about with some of the damage over the areas of the joints or even the cartilage.
All the different types of the stress fractures which we defined here related with foot and ankle have different level of pain consequences. It would be advisable to make it get diagnose before it take the worst shape. You can get in touch with advanced foot & ankle institute of Georgia that hold the experienced team and methods to give you quick diagnose relief.


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The count down to friends and family arriving for the holidays is almost exhausted! Judging by the crowds at Costco today, I am sure you have been busy stocking up on all sorts of yummy treats to make your kitchen warm and memorable this time of year. It is the time for grabbing yummy cheeses, rich pates, decadent chocolates, airy champagnes and whatever else that makes the holidays sing. I bet you have some sweet dinners planned and some amazing recipes to share. There is just something magical about celebrations and food.
I hope this week is filled with laughter in your kitchen. But, we also hope you get a chance to sit and enjoy, as well. Sometimes, you simply have to turn the oven off and avoid washing one more dish! When you find yourself itching for that moment of slowdown, I suggest a leisurely lunch where conversation, not activity, is paramount. Find a restaurant that is big on atmosphere, fine food, and beckons you to linger a while. On the Central Coast, our go-to is Novo!
Sam and I were especially ready for a little down time, now that we just finished our final Christmas parties. It is time to relax a bit and soak up some hang time! Honestly, there are few better places than this sweet restaurant that overhangs the creek and is canopied by trees filled with twinkle lights.In celebration, we kicked things off with some special cocktails from the awesome mixologists at Novo.
Ruby Kiss
deep eddy ruby red vodka / cointreau fresh grapefruit / up
Farmer's Tea
vodka / gin / triple sec / rum / citrus / cilantro pomegranate / up
Next up, we devoured some of my favorites!
novo lettuce wraps
butter leaf lettuce cups, vegetables, house made sauces, roasted peanuts and tombo tuna (gf)
potato samosas
indian spiced potatoes in wonton skins dipped in hot oil with mint chutney and yogurt (vo, s)
I think I could eat these samosas EVERYDAY. The spice of the potatoes are perfectly balanced with the cooling of mint chutney and yogurt. In my book, these are the perfect comfort food!
Who could resist some meat on a stick?
singapore chicken satay
grilled marinated thigh meat, cucumber salad, peanut sauce
Finally, we indulged in one of their creative salads.
Ahhhh, small bites to share, cocktails, conversation, and loads of atmosphere! Novo is such a dreamy restaurant. I love the perfect balance between ambiance and palate. I love this place so much that it is routinely my choice for special occasions….along with random middle of the week lunches. I hope you get a chance to unwind this holiday season….and if you are near San Luis Obispo, you have gotta do some unwinding here!!
Merry Christmas & bon apetit!!


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Officially licensed Harry Potter student hat is the brimless style seen in the movies. Includes Hogwarts school patch.
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This deluxe student hat is constructed of soft velvet. It's sure to make you look like an authentic Hogwarts Student.
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There are many different types of leadership traits that are considered crucial to be a good leader. While some of these traits may be a natural part of one's personality, leadership tools can also be learned. True leadership is the ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve common goals. A genuine interest in helping other people improve their skills, good listening ability, a sense of fairness and excellent communication techniques are some of the different types of important leadership traits.
Good leaders know how to communicate with others in a respectful way that also motivates them. The Golden Rule of treating others how you expect to be treated is one of the most crucial leadership traits because it allows leaders to have empathy for those who work for them. Leaders must be able to get things done through other people, so empathizing with employees when giving out assignments and tasks is usually much more effective than barking out orders.
Having empathy for those who report to them also tends to create fair leaders. Leaders with a strong sense of fairness in the way they treat employees tend to be more influential in getting workers to take the initiative. If workers feel that what they do really matters and they'll be appreciated for it and compensated fairly in return, they're likely to take the initiative and become more productive in their work. Good leaders know how to guide others in correcting bad workplace behavior.
Good listening skills are important leadership traits for several reasons. If leaders don't listen well to those who report to them, the line of communication between them will weaken. Confusion as to what the company expects from the worker may result. Poor work performance may also occur. In order to feel valued, most employees expect supervisors and managers to listen to their concerns and questions with respect.
While being in a workplace leadership position attracts many people to certain careers, true leaders actually thrive and appreciate helping others achieve successes on the job. They don't allow petty jealousies to keep them from motivating and inspiring others to do well in the workplace. True leaders have leadership traits that permit them to model the behaviors they expect in others. They understand their own strengths as well as how to achieve their own workplace success without keeping others down. True leaders appreciate others' strengths as much as their own.
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With its decision to take up racial preferences in admissions at public colleges, the Supreme Court has touched off a national guessing game about how far it might move against affirmative action and how profoundly colleges might change as a result.
But no matter how the court acts, recent history shows that when courts or new laws restrict affirmative action, colleges try to find other ways to increase minority admissions.
The aggressiveness of those efforts, and the results, vary widely by state, but generally they increase minority enrollment — though not as much as overt affirmative action once did. And they have tended to help Hispanic applicants far more than blacks, at least partly because of the demographics of the states where they have been tried.
Texas and a few others, for instance, compare students with their high school classmates, rather than with all applicants, resulting in more enrollment from poor communities. Washington is among the states that give added credit in the admissions process to students who come from poor families or excel at troubled schools.
Other colleges have spent more time recruiting in underrepresented communities. And the University of California system tries to weigh a student's life beyond grades and test scores — which, critics say, sometimes amounts to giving racial preferences without acknowledging them.Continue reading the main story
Even if the Supreme Court limits the options, college and universities will "be seeking diversity by any legal means possible," said Ada Meloy, general counsel of the American Council on Education.
But a decision overturning affirmative action could produce a national pattern of more liberal states going further to mimic the current system than more conservative states. Defenders of affirmative action are most likely to see any new system as unfair to black and Hispanic students, while critics will still see it as unfair to whites and Asian-Americans.
The current nationwide standard is based on two decisions involving the University of Michigan in 2003, when the Supreme Court ruled that public universities could not give an applicant an automatic advantage based on race or ethnicity. But in a decision written by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the court also ruled, 5 to 4, that colleges could consider race and ethnicity as part of a case-by-case assessment of individuals.
Since 2003, the court has shifted rightward, with Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., a critic of preferences, replacing Justice O'Connor.
In February, the court agreed to hear Fisher v. University of Texas, a challenge to the university's admissions policy, fueling speculation that it could revisit the standards it set nine years ago. The Texas system admits the top students at every high school in the state, but also admits additional students with a system that takes race into account.
The court has many options, including leaving things as they stand, finding that universities are interpreting the Michigan case too loosely, altering it, or overturning it completely. And it remains unclear how any ruling would affect private colleges, which rely heavily on federal financing.
Perhaps the best glimpse of a future without the current version of affirmative action comes from the handful of states that have already outlawed the use of race in public college admissions.
After California voters approved such a law, black and Hispanic freshman enrollment at the University of California system dropped by about one-quarter in 1998, the first year the ban was in effect. At the system's most competitive campuses, in Berkeley and Los Angeles, enrollment for those groups fell by almost half.
In the years since, the system has tried several approaches to increase diversity without directly taking race into account, and the numbers eventually rose.
Black students accounted for just over 4 percent of University of California freshmen in the mid-1990s. That fell to 3 percent after the law took effect, and remained there for several years, before climbing close to 4 percent in recent years.
Hispanic enrollment stood at 14 to 15 percent of the total before the ban, and fell to 12 percent in 1998, but quickly began to climb, driven by California's fast-rising Latino population. By 2010, that group accounted for more than 22 percent of the system's freshmen.
"If we had affirmative action as one of our tools, we'd do somewhat better for Hispanics, and we'd probably do significantly better for African-Americans," said Mark G. Yudof, president of the University of California system.
A central part of California's effort has been to compare applicants with other students in their communities, rather than with students statewide, much as Texas does. At each high school, the top 9 percent of students are guaranteed admission to the University of California — though not necessarily to the campuses of their choice — as long as they meet some other criteria.
Officials acknowledge that the aim is race-conscious but that the mechanism is race-neutral.
Florida uses a percentage-based system as well. There, as in California and Texas, the benefits go mostly to Hispanic students because of the large number of high schools that are predominantly Hispanic. Black students are spread among high schools with large numbers of other students.
In California, arguably the most liberal state to have banned affirmative action in admissions, the university system has gone further to increase minority enrollment. The system has expanded, adding a new campus and increasing enrollment at existing schools.
The Berkeley campus, and later U.C.L.A., also adopted an admissions approach called holistic review, reducing the emphasis on grades and test scores while taking a broader look at students' experiences and the challenges they have overcome.
"I do think you're going to see a move toward a more holistic admissions system" in other states, Mr. Yudof said, especially if the Supreme Court rolls back consideration of race. His system is pushing all of its campuses in that direction.
Some of the public universities in Washington State, where voters banned affirmative action in 1998, use a holistic approach, as does the University of Michigan.
Richard H. Sander, a U.C.L.A. law school professor who studies the issue, says that the holistic approach is also loose enough to allow race to be an unacknowledged part of the equation, potentially violating state law. University officials insist that their systems are race-blind.
In Washington, Hispanic and black enrollment at state universities did not change much after the law went into effect, but at the state's flagship, the University of Washington, it fell for a few years, before returning to its former level. At the University of Michigan, minority enrollment fell sharply after the law took effect in 2007, and has not rebounded. Black students made up more than 10 percent of the freshman class a decade ago, and 7 to 8 percent in the years just before the law, but that has dropped to a little over 5 percent in recent years.
As for the Fisher case, Professor Sander pointed to the crucial role of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, widely seen as the swing vote. He predicted that rather than overturn the standards it set in 2003, the court would amend them or alter the way they are carried out, restricting the use of race without eliminating it. "This hinges on Kennedy," Professor Sander said, "and Kennedy usually likes to do half a loaf."Continue reading the main story


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I always feel slightly cowed when I hear a wise or inspired person invoke dance metaphors to describe the essence of life well-lived, because basically, my feet usually feel like lead. Barbara, my wife, is kind to praise the way I move, on the rare occasions when we find ourselves on a dance floor. But that's just the thing. They are rare occasions.
I'm probably the reason for that. Barbara moves with a natural grace. She started learning steps from her father as a girl. She knows the difference between a samba, a mambo and a rumba.
I, on the other hand, don't remember seeing my parents dance, even once. I got farmed out to Aunt Irene to learn rudimentary jitterbug for a junior high sock hop. I sat through the suburban social ritual of "Fortnightlies" at a formal dance studio when I was around thirteen. Having been dragged against my will and having fantasized flight the whole time there, however, I'm unable to remember a single thing my feet were shown during those evenings.
Fortunately for us dance-challenged people, the 1960s, coinciding with my own coming of age, brought easy dancing of two kinds. First, there was a kind of slow dancing you could call "make-out dancing," usually done to Johnny Mathis records in the basement of a friend's home. Standing up and leaning on each other to make out was an enjoyable way to vary, every once in awhile, sitting on a sofa and making out. There was nothing to learn.
Second, there was the completely impersonal shaking of your body to loud music, without the necessity of even relating to your partner. Nothing to learn here, either. I never knew what to call this kind of dancing. I knew names like "the Mashed Potato," "the Swim" and "the Bugalloo," but I rarely knew which was which. When I read in junior high that Lucy Baines Johnson liked to do the "frug" at White House parties, part of me, prematurely senescent, thought, "What's the world coming to?"
Whatever the world was coming to, it was bringing me there, too, year by year. I remember seeing one of the most beautiful and talented girls in our high school doing the Dirty Dog at a Homecoming Dance, and while I enjoyed watching her and the year-older boy she was with, my own way of moving more resembled an asexual seizure.
As time went on, the tamer rock n' roll or "soul music" of our high school years started morphing into music that could make you say "How do you dance to that?" By '67 or '68, music had emptied into an Ocean of sound.
But so had life. Away at college, I had no clue about any kind of behaviour any more, things were changing so fast. I just had to start learning from scratch, by trial and sometimes-calamitous error. Suddenly Dance was one of the more stable cultural forms. Anywhere in the Western world, at least, you could march onto a dance floor with loud music and strobe lights or a crystal globe, ask someone to dance, and have a fair chance the person would accept. The two of you would proceed to gyrate with the completely impersonal movements that continued to reign as the prevailing style, and if anything, had gotten more antiseptic of human emotion as the drum beat had grown louder and the bass more driving. Then you—or at least I— could walk away saying to yourself, "Well, I danced with someone," and wondering, "Did I really?"
By the mid-'60s, the continuing development of music, culture, and pharmaceuticals led—although typically for my backwater upbringing, I never heard about it until the late '60s—to the appearance on both coasts of large, cavernous halls where loud electric rock, light-show technology, and large numbers of flailing, often drug-filled bodies could come together and, as the leader of one band, the MC (Motor City) 5 used to say, "kick out all the jams."
I was twenty years old the first time I set foot in the Fillmore East, in the East Village of New York City, on a night featuring Country Joe and the Fish, with their famously naughty "Fish Cheer"; the aforementioned MC (Motor City) 5; and one or two other bands whose names haven't survived in my memory.
I didn't actually dance that night, but you couldn't be in that environment without feeling something was happening to you. Media operating on the various senses combined to create a sense of something primitive happening! Hippies often spoke of "my tribe" and the famous media philosopher of the day, Marshall McLuhan, had come up with the phrase "Global Village" to describe the contemporary world.
And I felt it, I felt it! I came back to my college in Florida after my month-long Independent Study period in New York City, during a period of my life when I was struggling to come to terms with emotions, and was realizing that during my upbringing I had retreated a great deal into my head. I believed that in New York, I may have discovered the means by which we human beings could Re-charge. These "primitive contemporary" rituals, like dancing to the Doors or the Jefferson Airplane, could reconnect us with our true selves, or at least something beyond the intellect. I envisioned a kind of Baptism in music and lights, in this transformative environment!
I envisioned a lot of things in those days. It took time to test them out, and there were a lot of detours, partly because I also began discovering the "hidden" element that was the foundation for much that was going on, LSD. And that, in my case, led to a big detour.
On the way back from that big detour, I pretty much forgot about the things I'd been envisioning as the '60s became the '70s. I was practically a new plant growing in new soil, much richer soil, conducive to people, and the old new ideas had become irrelevant.
And somehow not only the decade turned, but the millennium, and it became 2011. And two nights ago I attended the wedding party of my niece, Barbara's by blood and mine by being her husband. We had just attended the extremely moving ceremony, out of doors at a resort in Ventura, California, and the love the bride and groom had for one another had likely left no eye in the house dry.
And then we were indoors, in a large banquet room, at a table with people we didn't know and, except for one, didn't seem to have that much to talk about with. And I couldn't hear anyways, except when the room quieted somewhat for the toasts. I began feeling very remote and depersonalized, as if the people at the table and in the room were just pictures of people. Inwardly, I began to despair of being able to connect at this post-wedding event.
The coming of the food provided a temporary focus. After that Barbara had a bit of indigestion and we walked back to our room for a Tums. When we returned, her main course, which required a bit of special preparation because she's allergic to pepper, had just arrived. Having already finished my dinner, I kept her company, but with nothing to do, once again began feeling withdrawn.
By now the DJs had started doing their thing. The loud music from their turntables, blaring through excellent Bose speakers, was penetrating every cell of every body, whether on the dance floor or not.
I realized I had a choice: I could either disappear completely, in reaction to all the stimuli…or I could ask someone to dance, and see whether that would get me more into the rhythm of the evening, which was after all a celebration in honour of the bride and groom, both of whom I cared about.
I decided to give this possibility a shot. While Barbara finished her dinner, I asked the minister, coincidentally from our home town and therefore placed next to us at the table, if she wanted to dance and she said yes. After that I went to the next table and asked Barbara's dad's second wife's daughter (it's complicated), who didn't have a partner at the event. She came out and we moved together in the big mash of people, to the fast song, smiling at one another now and then.
Soon after that Barbara was finished with her food. Although she didn't feel up to dancing when she was so full, we got out on the floor before long. After a few dances, I realized my body was energized, and all that isolation had vanished. Barbara and I continued to dance fast dances—I'm able to do a rudimentary jitterbug, as well as your generic shaking—and slow ones, to songs with slightly more tempo than the old "make-out" music.
A ways through the evening Barbara discovered her deceased dad's second wife wandering around a bit lost, and put her focus on that part of the family, and I found myself alone again. I looked back over to the dance floor. By now, I realized, I felt loose enough to walk over there and just start dancing. The people whose backs I could see at the periphery of the floor were Barbara's cousins and the idea of moving in proximity to them, joining in their energy of celebration, appealed to me. But it wasn't until I walked over there and actually started dancing, that I saw what was really going on.
The little children—sons and daughters of family members, and ranging in age from two to seven—were in the middle of the circle, completely immersed in the music. One boy, whose dad later told me had seen breakdancers on a visit to San Francisco, was prone on the floor, wearing dark shades and spinning around like a bottle! He seemed to have some boundless source of energy as well as leverage! For the next two hours, and possibly an hour before I realized he was there, he continued his acrobatics without a pause!
His sister, a beautiful, precocious little girl now seven, stood in her white flower-girl's dress, moving with uncanny poise, sometimes dancing with "everybody" and sometimes picking one or another of us to honour as her partner for a little while, gladdening our hearts.
A two year old in a red dress was being helped by her Auntie, and kept up the pace as well as anyone—as did the Auntie herself. And a little boy now four or five, who had been a bit slow to be social, was watching his cousins and thoroughly enjoying himself, completely fitting in and free of self-consciousness, as his mom and dad danced nearby. This boy's sister, who is three or four now, was making her own independent moves. So was her great-grandma, standing and moving nearby until a concerned step-daughter (Barbara's mom, the great-grandma, had fallen down and gotten stitches in her head two days before) had brought a chair, and after that she sat in our midst, moving her hands and arms in rhythm.
I don't know if it was the presence of the small children, and the total, angelic absence of the sexual energy that is often a subtext in dance—or simply the spectrum of humanity from two to eighty-two dancing in the same circle—that was responsible, but I suddenly began to feel very free. I began, listening to the heavy beat and the back-beat, and sometimes closing my eyes, to move from inside myself to the heavy, primitive music, feeling completely free in my surroundings! Although I could not sing every word of every song the way teenagers and young adults around me were doing, I could put my body into it and be every bit as involved as they.
Spontaneously, I began doing moves I'd never done before. Often these were highly repetitive, almost mechanical…a shoulder twitched, an arm flung out, my neck and head shaking, for maybe fifty repetitions before I would change to something else. There was an impersonality to such movements, and yet, the energy did not feel dehumanized. I was entering the music, completely connected, and coming out the other side into a free space! As I looked around, it appeared that every other person, old or young, moving in his or her own unique way to these same sounds, was doing his or her own version of the same thing, and we all coexisted in the free place. Barbara came and joined me again, and we continued, all of us.
And that was when, at some point, I realized something, which moved gradually from somewhere dim inside my brain, towards full awareness. It came forward as I felt the lights flashing and moved with eyes closed and the beat of the bass and the drums in my blood.
I realized this was all something I'd been involved with before. This was the "primitive re-charge" that I'd envisioned when I'd visited the Fillmore East more than forty years ago! I had not quite found the release I'd looked for among the denizens of the East Village or in my own "expeditions" on psychedelics. I was finding it here, among these denizens of the suburbs, in the aftermath of a Jewish wedding! I was finding it among the aunts, cousins, nieces, grandmas, and others in the family I'd married into. Here was the place I finally became able to completely lose myself in Dance and Music!
My body continuing to move as the DJ announced the finale and Barbara and I joined with everyone in a mighty rendition of "Twist and Shout," which I do know all the words to, I "disappeared" into it all, and became it all, one last communion with wife, relatives, friends, bride, groom, and Music. And I thought, "Yes, life is, it is, a dance!"
And then, recalling my life-long search through the byways of Bohemia to discover what was finally manifesting here at a Jewish wedding party, I laughed to myself, remembering it's also a mighty—and mighty funny—joke!
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Fatih municipality's support to sports is continuing at full speed. The materials of all amateur sports clubs in Fatih have been provided by the municipality in this year as well as every year. New materials have been distributed to clubs at the ceremony held at Mimar Sinan Stadium with the participation of Dear Hasan SUVER, Fatih Deputy Mayor and Vice Chairman, Gökhan CEYHAN, President of the Amateur Sports Clubs, and the Youth and Sports Center.
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