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February 24, 2016
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If this year's presidential election were decided by the number of musical tributes each candidate has inspired, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) would win in a landslide. Alas, at least for Bernie supporters, becoming the leader of the free world involves more than amassing YouTube hits and downloading free songs on Bandcamp.
With Super Tuesday on the horizon, we scoured the web for some of the best — or at least funniest — Sanders songs we could find. As is our wont here at Seven Days, we mostly stuck to homegrown fare. But because the Sandman is a national phenomenon, we sprinkled in a few notable contributions from the 99 percent around the country.
We begin, well, where (we think) it all began, with "Bernie Damn Sanders" by Michigan-based DJ, rapper and producer Wilfrid Cyrus. If Cyrus' song wasn't the first ode to Bernie, it was certainly among the earliest to emerge after Sanders threw his hat into the presidential ring. It appeared on YouTube in July 2015.
Two things make the video great. One is the song itself. The anthemic hip-hop club banger presents an entertaining contrast to the curmudgeonly U.S. senator. And the hook, "It's Bernie damn Sanders, throw ya damn hand up!" is wildly catchy. It might also describe how ties are broken in certain democratic caucuses. (#BERN!)
The second great thing is that the video was compiled using ancient footage from the archives of Burlington's CCTV Channel 17. It opens with a young-ish Bernie clumsily referencing Rambo and "Sylvester Stallone-y." But it also includes nuggets from decades-old speeches suggesting that Bernie damn Sanders has been pretty damn consistent in his politics over the years.
There can't be a more moving tribute to Sanders than the one his Burlington constituents recorded in January ahead of the New Hampshire primaries. Spearheaded by Brett Hughes and Kat Wright, the slow-Berning, gospel-tinged rendition of Woody Guthrie's iconic "This Land Is Your Land" — reportedly Bernie's favorite song — is simply stunning.
Singers of the caliber of Wright, Hughes, Dwight & Nicole, Francesca Blanchard, Marie Claire Johnson, Kelly Ravin and Stephanie Lynn Heaghney — not to mention the cast of ace backing musicians — are worth the price of admission. But we appreciate that the all-star ensemble included a variant of Guthrie's original verses. Most people are only familiar with the song's opening verse, which is widely misinterpreted, and misappropriated, as a patriotic tribute to the United States. But "This Land" was written in 1940 as a pointed rebuke of Irving Berlin's flag-waving anthem, "God Bless America." Witness the closing verse: "In the squares of the city, in the shadow of a steeple / By the relief office, I saw my people / As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking, / Is this land still made for you and me?"
Many Vermonters have strong personal connections to Bernie. Emma Sky is a Vermont expat and violinist living in Brooklyn. She grew up just down the street from Sanders in Burlington. And when she was born in 1985, the then-Queen City mayor sent her parents, Steve Goldberg and the late Rachel Bissex, a handwritten note of congratulations.
That small gesture serves as the foundation of "Feel the Bern," a song Sky recently penned and recorded with her band, Violint Wednesday. "You sent a card to my parents in 1985 / 'Congratulations, it's a girl!' / They were so happy to live in a place / With a mayor who cared about every single life," she sings, opening the song over a wailing violin.
From there the tune picks up, morphing into upbeat ska-punk. And Sky continues in similarly plainspoken and personalized fashion. "Waterfront open festivals, concerts in Battery Park," she sings. Then, "My parents played at your wedding on the beach / you cleaned up." Then comes the singsong chorus: "Thank you, Berrrrrrr-nie!"
Burlingtonians are well accustomed to seeing Bernie around town. But Sanders sightings are special these days.
That's the premise of "I Saw Bernie Sanders at Al's French Frys" by local songwriter Patrick Heltz. It's a quirky little tune about spying the senator ordering takeout at the retro burger joint. When the cook asks what he'll have with his order, Bernie has an unusual reply: "Income and wealth equality / Fair immigration policy / Get kids in college tuition free / Change politics / Restore democracy."
To which the cook responds: "Bernie, now that's a tall order. / But I meant anything for your burger?"
Search "Bernie Sanders songs" on YouTube, and prepare to disappear down a cavernous rabbit hole from which you might not return. There are hundreds of Bernie-related musical tributes and parodies out there. One of the best, and most viewed, is "Where Ya At? (Future Parody)" by actor Jacob Berger.
As the title implies, the cut is a parody of "Where Ya At" by Future with Drake. And it's just about pitch-perfect. The video features Berger as Bernie rapping atop a building with his crew, which mimics the original Future video. Also like the original, Berger's version is a dis track, taking aim at Bernie's opponents on both sides of the political spectrum, from Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie and Ben Carson.
"Whatta Mensch" by Schmaltz and Schlepper comes to us by way of Weekends for Bernie, a Seattle-based performing arts coalition that hosts weekly Bernie events. "Whatta Mensch" is a play on the En Vogue/Salt-N-Pepa hit "Whatta Man," with three cartoonishly Jewish middle-aged women stepping in for Salt, Pepa and DJ Spinderella. Oy vey.
Julia Kate Davis is a songwriter from Ohio who has recently relocated to Vermont. It didn't take her long to feel the Bern. Her tune, "The Bernie Sanders Song," has attracted more than 23,000 views on YouTube since May 2015.
To illustrate Bernie's democratic socialist platform, Davis uses a relatable metaphor: cake. Here's the opening verse:
"Imagine it's your birthday party and someone brings a cake / It looks so good and you just can't wait for a piece / Time comes to cut it up and something goes terribly wrong / 20 people at the party, 10 don't have any cake at all / Five people just have a bite, four have tiny slices / One greedy bastard has got the rest of the cake in a vice grip."
James Rustad is a Florida-based songwriter and political satirist who honed his chops in Burlington. He is also likely responsible for more Bernie songs than anyone else. As of this writing, he's posted eight Bernie parodies to YouTube, along with several other tunes lampooning the likes of Trump, Cruz, Carly Fiorina and Carson.
But his magnum opus is undoubtedly "Can You #FeelTheBern Tonight?" a parody of the Elton John hit from The Lion King, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight." It's ... well, it's exactly what it sounds like.
The original print version of this article was headlined "Bernie-mian Rhapsodies"
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How to increase small space living
With house and land prices still at a premium and mortgages still difficult to obtain, are we as a population now forced into choosing to opt for smaller, more compact homes?
According to a recent article in HousetoHome we in the UK have the smallest living spaces in Europe. However, there are many advantages of living in a smaller home, not least the cleaning and decorating, but more importantly all the ongoing costs associated with running and maintaining a home.
Increasing the lounge space on your home with the addition of a Conservatory
The ability to save money when energy costs are still rising is a consideration that many of us will be taking. But do we really want to compromise on the materials we use or the open plan living we crave for when socialising in our homes? Perhaps thinking of how we can better utilise certain areas in our homes for more than one function is more important.
As we spend well over 90% of our home life inside, it is important that we feel comfortable in our homes. Extra socialising space in our homes can be achieved with the conversion of a garage or the addition of a garden room or conservatory, which will be of great benefit to our health and well-being.
Adding a garden room, garage conversion or a conservatory to your property no matter how small or large your home is, can give you the additional living space that you need. And because a conservatory is classed as a 'non-permanent structure' it is not subject to the same level of planning control (or cost) as a brick built extension. The style of the room that you add can change the way in which you use and live in your home. It can offer you extra dining, kitchen or lounge space for you and your family to use.
After looking at this remodelled home, it made me appreciate how cosy it must be and how it has fulfilled the family's living needs within 540 square feet.
There are even smaller properties out there and this example goes perhaps a bit too far. This sliver of a house is just four feet wide, and built in Warsaw, Poland by the architect Jakub Szczesny. Although very small, but perfectly formed, it is deemed by Polish law not suitable for permanent residency and is to be used as a city crash pad for visiting artists for a maximum of seven days at a time. For me it is far too small even for seven days and I am sure I would want to spend more time outside than inside.
Whatever size your home may be, we are sure it is perfectly formed, but could you be making more of the potential space you have available?

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Spoilers ahead for anyone who's not caught up with the latest episode of The Flash. Get up to speed with this pre-episode interview here.
In the "Run, Iris, Run" episode of The CW series The Flash, fans got to have some fun, seeing Iris (Candice Patton) suit up, learn what it's like to be a speedster, and maybe even teach Barry a thing or two. And while it was all just temporary, the experience that they each had filling in for the other will give them a deeper understanding and empathy, going forward.
After a screening of the episode at the offices of The CW, Candice Patton and executive producer Todd Helbing spoke to a handful of media outlets about Iris' return to journalism, the girl power present in the episode, getting to wear a superhero mask, how this experience will affect Iris and Barry, whether we might ever see the Purple Flash again, and how dangerous the Thinking Cap could be for Harry (Tom Cavanagh).
Question: Iris is finally getting back into journalism. Why was that important for her to do, at this point in her journey on Team Flash?
CANDICE PATTON: This episode clearly shows that having Barry's powers really made her realize what she's passionate about. She understands that having speed is what gets Barry up in the morning and what' he's passionate about, and I think it reignited for her that she still has to find that. Journalism is a thing that she put to the side to take up the mantle at S.T.A.R. Labs, but it's still a part of her and it's the reason why she gets up.
TODD HELBING: It's certainly something we knew we wanted to get back to, and this episode felt like the most organic time to have this reawakening. Once Barry went into the Speed Force, Iris made the decision to become team leader, and this was the best time to get her moving back down that track.
PATTON: We've still got that article from 2024 that we've gotta deal with.
There's a lot of girl power support in this episode. What did that feel like to you, and to get to be a superhero with that girl power support behind her?
PATTON: I understand the importance of it, being a woman and being a black woman. With the times that we're living in, it's so important for young girls of any color to see diverse women as the heroes of their own story. It's been a long time coming, and we've seen that in little ways, with Iris and Caitlin and the other female characters on the show, saving the day without powers, but there is something cool about going to the movies and seeing a strong, bad-ass female superhero. It gives young girls something to aspire to. I walked out of Wonder Woman with my girlfriend Caity Lotz, from Legends, and we were like, "This is what white men must feel like, every day!," with Batman and Superman. I walked out like, "I wanna crush someone's head!" It's important for young women to walk out of the movie theater and watch these TV shows, and just feel strong and empowered. In a small way, this episode, even though it's a one-off, could do that for someone watching.
What was it like to put on the mask?
PATTON: The mask was a bit of a challenge, and it evolved through trial and error.
HELBING: You decide, "Candice is gonna have powers!," and then you design the costume, but you have to figure out the mask and how to organically fit that into the story. The first version we had her put on, I got this text from Candice that was, "This is not happening!"
PATTON: It was supposed to be Ralph Dibney's mask, but he's a structured man, so that was not cute on my face. We put it on at the fitting and I immediately told Todd, "No." I trolled him, all day, sending him photos of what I thought I looked like, like a Minion. I was like, "Please don't make me look like this on screen." I trolled him all day with photos, until he said, "Okay, let's figure something else out."
HELBING: As a guy, sometimes I don't know what's gonna look the best.
PATTON: Finally, we came up with the Domino mask.
HELBING: It looks great!
PATTON: You just stick some tape on it and stick it on your face. It's not super fun, but it's not a cowl.


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By BONNIE TAYLOR
Record Correspondent
ASHLAND -- Weather for the 17th annual Yesteryear Machinery Club Tractor Show this weekend was good for the most part, but some quick-moving showers had some visitors and exhibitors running for cover.
This year's show, at the Ashland County/West Holmes Career Center grounds, featured Sheppard tractors and Stover engines, but all makes and models of farm machinery were represented.
Sheppard diesel tractors were introduced in January 1949 at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show in Harrisburg, Pa. It was different from most tractors announced at that time because the company offered a full line of three tractors ranging from one-, two- or three-bottom plow. Diesel engines were included and built in-house by the manufacturer.
The tractors were promoted based on simplicity, economy and power. An early company statement said the tractors were "designed to enable the average mechanic to handle servicing and overhauling of the engine with the tools he would normally have on hand in his shop." A full line of implements were also available.
In 1954, a line of industrial tractors was added and the SD-4 was introduced. The largest Sheppard tractor, it included a company designed and built power steering unit that would later be applied to heavy-duty trucks that eventually became the primary product of the Sheppard company. The last new tractors were built in 1956, and in 1963 the manufacturing facilities were rearranged for the sole production of power steering gears.
The Stover Manufacturing and Engine Co. was created by D.C. Stover of Freeport, Ill., in 1862. An established inventor, he progressed from a profitable windmill business in 1895 to the manufacturing of kerosene- and gasoline-powered stationary engines for use on the American farm. Through 1941, Stover made more than 277,000 engines of various sizes and uses; some were licensed to Sears, Roebuck and Co. under the Economy trademark. The company was a diverse entity. Many items, such as bicycles, windmills and barbed wire, were improved upon and added to the large number of products being built by the company.
Events at this year's tractor show included a tractor parade on Saturday, flea market and craft vendors, live entertainment and food. Sunday events included a car and truck show and a 9 a.m. church service in addition to the tractor show.


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The author, who requested to be known as 'anonymous', reflects on her experience of being bi and selectively out.
I am a religious girl and I am bisexual. I told another girl I met through Sunday school and her response was:
"But, that's a sin?"
And I said, "Is it?"
In return she said, "Your parents would hate you if they found out, why would you choose to be a sin?"
And I responded with, "Why would I choose to be something they hate?"
I am currently in the closet, only telling my friends because these days ignorance is less and less among my generation.
However, the older generation, my parents included,
Are pretty against these things.
And even now I still think what I said:
Why would I choose to be something they hate?
I didn't choose.
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INTERVIEW: Positive Impact Awards, Lyndsay McGregor of Sourcing Journal
With more than 55,000 readers, Sourcing Journal is the premiere trade publication for apparel and textile executives focused on sourcing and manufacturing. With daily updates on global market conditions, breaking news stories, top-tier investigative journalism and industry white papers, they make sense of an increasingly complex sourcing landscape.
One of their go to writers and Senior Editor is Lyndsay McGregor who tirelessly covers all aspects of sourcing and fashion news as it relates to the entire industry (and with a heavy lean on sustainability). She's also getting the Media Award for Advancing Sustainability and Ethics at our Positive Impact Awards ceremony this Friday night.
I caught up with Lyndsay to hear what she had to say about the media landscape in terms of sustainable fashion.
DEB JOHNSON: How do you feel media industry interest has grown in sustainability?
LYNDSAY MCGREGOR: It has become one of our most read categories. People tend to search for sustainability a lot on our website and whenever there's a big sustainability feature, it's always one of the most read stories that week. It's good to know that people are interested and that they are paying attention want to be aware of what's happening. I would say just from the trade show floor and going to conferences I definitely think it's a hot button topic and that a lot of brands are really eager to market to consumers.
DEB: It's a little bit of a catch 22 with the companies saying that the consumer needs to show interest and consumer not showing that interest.
LYNDSAY: Yes, it's like you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.
DEB: You talk about the challenges with consumer's lack of interest. What are some other things you are seeing in the industry with sustainability being implemented into products?
LYNDSAY: Honestly I think it's got a lot to do with how much consumers want to pay and price. Brands still want to make a profit they still want their fat margin. So if consumers aren't willing to pay more for sustainable practices like better sourcing, materials, or paying their workers a better wage and making things safer it's not going to work. All of this comes at an extra cost and I think a lot of brands look at the dollar signs and don't think they can make their margins.
DEB: It makes sense, I mean if it wasn't a money issue things would move more easily. Talk about what might change that equation.
LYNDSAY: I think marketing can help but I think it's just that people are not aware. They're not aware of how much water makes a pair of jeans, if they did they'd be shocked. Reformation does a really good job on their website making trendy and provocative clothes and yet still manage to mention how much water and energy it took to make each piece. And it's not preachy. People are so aware of food, paying attention to eating organic and making better food choices because it's something they're putting into their body, but if they thought more about what they are putting ON their body like pesticides in the material they might pay better attention. so I think marketing has to play a bigger and better part in it and getting that effective message across.
DEB: It's interesting the similarities between the food and fashion industry. It's been a long journey over the past 50 years with people talking about eating better food. Will it take 50 years for fashion?
LYNDSAY: I think everything today is happening so much faster. Life is moving at a faster pace than previously so I would hope it wouldn't take that long. And I think we get info every second of every day. 50 years ago people didn't have news on smart phones, now 2/3 of the day you are most likely holding a phone with news at arms reach so I think we have so much more access. Studies that say Millennials and Gen Z care about the storytelling behind the things that they buy and if that is all true, we shouldn't have to wait 50 years.
DEB: You spoke about water earlier, do you have a story about one thing that really shocks you around how garments are made or something exciting going on?
LYNDSAY: I'm constantly shocked. I think the one thing that shocks me all the time about the garment industry is how much the garment workers are paid. When I write stories about garment workers in Cambodia getting a raise and the factory owners against it because it's too much and workers still getting paid $140 a month it bothers me a lot. I don't know about you, but most people in New York would spend that just on dinner for two on a Friday night. We think we're getting a deal on things but in the end, there's always somebody paying the price.
DEB: Do you have any encouragement for young designers?
LYNDSAY: The industry has grown into this monster. For better or for worse, there's awful things happening and really awesome things happenings and it can be equal parts discouraging and encouraging. Designers have such access to technology and knowledge and what not to do to contribute to bad design so I think they can approach it with such a different mindset and do the important things they want to do. My best advice is just to not give up.


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I've been trying to think of something to blog about all day today. It seems like the creativity flows with the ebb and tide. Sometimes I have all kinds of ideas dancing around in my head and the inspiration to write, and other times I just don't feel inspired—even if I have existing ideas! This is one of those times I'm just feeling a little uninspired.
So I'll just share a few random thoughts with you--a piece of my mind, if you will.
- Baby girl has been sick and I feel so bad for her. I can imagine just how she feels and I hate that there isn't much I can do for her. Her fever went down this morning and is back up a little tonight. And now I'm starting to feel like I'm coming down with something too. I'm currently sipping on my trusty natural cold and sore throat remedy.
- My eating has consisted of good moments and bad moments…and today there were probably more bad moments. What is wrong with me?
- The above makes me feel like such a fraud and could be a contributing factor to my not feeling inspired to write. Maybe I should write about other things until I get my act together. Or maybe the whole point is to blog about all of it—the good, the bad, and the ugly—because that's real life.
- I feel like I was never made to be a keeper of the house. I'm pretty terrible at it. Being a SAHM and a house keeper are two different things in my book. Kudos to those of you who do both well.
- I'm working on stopping these negative thoughts ASAP. One tip my psychiatrist gave me was the moment that I have a negative thought I need to tell myself that it's a negative thought and that it's not true. If I dwell on it then it will all spiral down hill. So true.
- Remember the neighbor that came outside and yelled at me? Hubby had to drop something off at their house and brought baby girl with him. When they invited him into the house, baby girl would cry and cry while in the house but was perfectly fine when outside. Do you think babies sense things? Ha
- My poor mother tripped and fell last Saturday and has a separated shoulder and a fracture, etc. She went to the ER and they put her arm in a sling so that she cannot move her arm away from her body. Can you believe that she has had to wait almost a week to see a doctor? That's just crazy. But she goes in to the doctor tomorrow.
- I'm proud of my dad for having lost 50 lbs. and I wish I could get started again!
I couldn't be happier that tomorrow is Friday! Yay! I'm looking forward to hubby being home. Also, I look forward to taking a nap this weekend—haha. So exciting.
That's all for now!


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I like to call this the "Commuter Special." If you commute to work and need to grab breakfast on the "Go" in the morning, this is for you. I get ready in the morning, grab a jar of oatmeal from my fridge and I'm on my way. Once I get onto my LIRR train, I can enjoy my oatmeal and cup of coffee. The strawberries are nice and sweet and tender from sitting overnight next to the hot oats. There is no need for sugar. For those few minutes you are eating these oats, you forget you are on a bus, subway, or train and feel like you are in happy place. Enough said.
Prepare the oats according to my Chia Steel Cut Oatmeal recipe. Chop strawberries and mix into the oats while they are cooking.
Then spoon oatmeal into the bottom of the mason jar, top with strawberries and repeat. Then close the lid on the jar and place in the fridge overnight.


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Like many MMO fans I've spent lots of income and years in the universe of WoW. He did not leave a suicide note rather, on-line game Everquest remained on the screen. Some games makers have unscrupulously attempted to involve adult content in the games for that reason, it is very needed that parents must monitor the games which their youngsters play. A nationwide campaign via tv, radio and web that would alert parents, youngsters, teenagers, and adults to the hazards of excessive gaming would prove useful.
You never require telivision to teach children about sex drugs and murder any longer its imbeded in the games that our moronic parents purchase for bratty kids. There are websites on the internet which permit parents and teachers to develop games with certain intentions in mind. Flexibility is however an additional function that portrays playing on-line greater than anything else.
No matter whether you pick to solo or play co-operatively, you need to battle your way by way of hoardes of monsters, completing quests, all the whilst looting a wide variety of weapons and armors. These games provide an environment for the youngsters to uncover their skills and understand new skills through a set of interactive games. Youngsters who play from a young age learn how to spend attention to missions or quests and how to total them as properly as boost their reading abilities (if the quests are written).
The market place is now reaching a point with so a lot of free of charge games like Planet of Warcraft that it isn't worth it any longer. Games have their personal advantages these may possibly not be so very good for your child's overall health. I play often amongst 9-12 hours a day,,1 or 2 hours of sleep at best,,,cant quit although need to have to do something about it soon.
I believe a huge chunk of video game addicts are the sort of men and women who get treated cruely and unfair and come to comprehend that there's absolutely nothing specific or magical in the world like you see in movies and video games support take your mind entirely off the boring and unfair planet and be in a position to do what you can't generally do. You can play single player games or play sophisticated huge multiplayer games with other players from about the planet.…


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The highly anticipated premiere of Labo received a great reception
Last night Odeon Cinema in North Greenwich, London welcomed the cast and crew of the long awaited premiere of UK Nollywood movie Labo.
The beautiful and extremely talented actress, Doris Simeon shined in coral gown on the red carpet along with the film' star and producer Roseline Sanni-Ajose who was looking radiant in a design by Rooi.
The audience was told to pay special attention to the message in the movie. The title which comes from an old Yoruba saying means 'to look back to home'. The films major lesson was for people living away from their homeland to never forget their culture while living abroad an to train their children in the culture and tradition of their homeland.
There was a brief question and answer session at the end of the movie to engage the audience and allow time for contrastive criticism. The film's director, Femi Fadeyi also thanked everyone from the cast to the audience who took the time to come out to support the film. He also explained that Jide Kosoko could not be there due to prior engagements that he could not get out of.
It was a great first effort by producer Roseline Sanni-Ajose who is nominated for a newbie award for best new actress.
The film will be travelling around the world before the final premiere in Nigeria. Enjoy some of the pictures from the premiere below with a rare appearance by Shola Sobowale.
Text by Mariam Ajibola |images by Michael Tubes


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The first issue of the chronicle and bulletin "Gandhi Smriti" - A Memorial to the Mahatma was launched today (25-06-2014) as an in-house bulletin / magazine of the Gandhian Study Centre [Department of Gandhian Studies] of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi. Principal Prof. Dr. N. Hala Naik released the first issue in a simple function held at the Nutana Ravindra Mantapa of…Continue
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Harmony, Sadbhavana in Indian terms, occupies the most important place in man's life. It is complementary to the supreme human value of Ahimsa and symbolic of friendliness in toto, and, therefore, it remains as the nucleus in the Vedic-Hindu philosophy and way of life. The great Mahamrityunjaya Mantra of the Rigveda urges man for harmony to develop inclusive and wide-ranging friendliness among fellow beings and thereby create an atmosphere of peace leading…Continue
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Globalization [vaishvikaran], is a word derived of the globalize [vaishviki], which further emerges from the globe [vishva], the earth. Globalization is in short a continuously increasing process dedicated in principle to the global unity and welfare of all those living on earth. In other words, the whole world as a single family as per the ancient Vedic-Hindu dictum of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam [वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्] is within its ambit with the sole purpose of…Continue
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During the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 M. K. Gandhi, who was a lawyer working for Muslim Indian Traders in Natal, formed a volunteer Ambulance Corps for the British Army.
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Jessica Burkard of Penngrove, Calif., saw a beautiful companion for her St. Bernard when she found Martha, a 125-pound Neapolitan mastiff.
Her father saw something else: a "train wreck."
The judges sided with the father.
Martha, with her droopy red eyes, uncontrollable drool and baggy skin, is, as one person described her, "so ugly she's beautiful." And on Friday, she was named the "World's Ugliest Dog" at the Sonoma-Marin Fair.
World's #ugliestdog #competition won by 125-pound #NeapolitanMastiff Martha #ugly #dog #iloveit https://t.co/SNnKgTYFpv— Iris Shea (@mrsmamairis) June 24, 2017
Now Martha, whom Ms. Burkard, 29, calls "adorable," has become all the rage on social media and is headed to New York to appear on "The Today Show."
"Never did I imagine that she would be ending up on articles and onstage and on TV," Ms. Burkard said on Saturday.
Before her turn at fame, Martha was like thousands of other neglected large-breed dogs, which face shorter life spans and dietary issues. And when Martha's owner tried to sell her on Craigslist, Shirley Zindler, the founder of the Dogwood Animal Rescue Project, an animal fostering group, came to the mastiff's aid.
Since then, Martha, who is three and a half years old, has been spayed and has undergone two eye surgeries and stomach surgery. Post-surgery, Martha's eyes remained red and droopy, and she can't see out of one of them.
Yet despite her hardships and imperfections, Martha was an endearing "gentle giant," Mrs. Zindler said. At night, Martha snores so loudly that she isn't allowed to sleep in Mrs. Zindler's bedroom. When Martha is not asleep — as she is most of the day — she playfully bosses around the other dogs Mrs. Zindler fosters.
"The first time I saw her, I had to laugh," said Janet Palma, a Dogwood board member. "Her huge feet, the baggy skin on her legs, the floppy skin over her eyes. She's just darling."
Shortly after her rescue, Martha found a suitor in Ms. Burkard, who reached out to Dogwood via Facebook. Two of her St. Bernards had died, and her third, Blue, needed a friend.
She told Mrs. Zindler that she could offer Martha 11 acres at her family's home, where Martha could befriend Blue, explore the banks of a lake and rest underneath apricot and cherry trees.
"She's going to fit right in," Ms. Burkard thought. Mrs. Zindler agreed, and the adoption was set to go.
Then, last week, Mrs. Zindler called Ms. Burkard. The local fair was having a "World's Ugliest Dog" contest, and although the two women found the dog gorgeous, they thought maybe Martha's endearing imperfections could make her a winner. The contest, Mrs. Zindler said, promotes the adoption of dogs that often get left on the streets or in shelters.
For the competition on Friday, Martha slowly climbed onto the stage, plopped down and napped. She snored while the crowd cheered, and the judges named her the World's Ugliest Dog.
"Does Martha know she's that ugly?" an announcer said.
"No," Mrs. Zindler said. "Martha thinks she's beautiful. We tell her every day."


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If you can think of some other questions, why not use the 'contact us' function on this website?
What happens at lunch time?
We play with our friends outside or there are activities to play with the dinner ladies. If you don't want to go outside, there is a quiet club in the library where you can play cards, board games or read.
What do you have for school dinners?
Lots of different meals but my favourite is fish and chips on a Friday!
Are there afterschool clubs?
Yes there are lots of school clubs like fitness club, rugby, football, gymnastics, homework, bike club, board games and drumming clubs. We do have some clubs at lunchtimes too.
Do you have a break time?
Yes we get a morning play for 15 minutes
Do you go on any trips or residentials?
Yes, they are very exciting. The year threes have been to a farm and the year sixes have been to Heatree in Dartmoor for a week. All the classes go on day trips.
Why should I come to your school?
Because it is fun and enjoyable and get a good education!
Do you have a school council? What have they done?
The school council organised a children in need day where we had to dress up as superheroes. They have bought a friendship bench and set up a school newspaper.
What do if I don't understand the work?
You can ask an adult or ask your friends in the class. Our teachers give us challenges so we can pick a bronze, silver or gold activity. Sometimes an adult will help you in the afternoons and do some extra work with you if you still don't understand. We have our steps 2 success on the walls so we know what to do.
How do people say "well done"?
You can get merits and get a certificate in Friday flyers assembly. The year sixes get green points for good learning behaviour. If we show we are using our school values (friendship, respect, excellence and teamwork) we get given a token and go up in Monday's assembly.
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Monday, September 19, 2011
Fall Foliage Deals in New England
New England Inns & Resorts, a collection of more than 250 inns and hotels in New England, has some fall foliage deals up on their website. Harbour Towne Inn in Boothbay Harbor, Maine is offering a leaf and lobster tour, starting at $149 a night, including a bountiful harvest breakfast. If you prefer mountains to the sea, the Bethel Inn Resort in Bethel, Maine, home to Sunday River, is offering rooms as low as $119 a night, including breakfast. At the Daniel Webster Inn in Sandwich, on Cape Cod, rooms are as low $120 a night (including a 25% discount), champagne and chocolates upon arrival, and a $50 meal credit for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Even exclusive Nantucket is getting in on the deal. If you can wait till late October to hit the island, rates at the Jared Coffin House drop to $125 a night, with a $25 dinner credit.


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Later this month thousands of security professionals will gather in San Francisco for the annual RSA Security Conference. The conference's theme this year centers around how Big Data will inform changes to Internet security over the coming years. Always ahead of the curve, our own Umbrella Security Labs is already leveraging the power of Big Data to transform Internet security from reactive to proactive. In fact, yesterday morning we released the Umbrella Security Graph, a new tool that will enable researchers to quickly make powerful connections between malicious Internet activities.
Big Data has massive potential to improve the way security vendors deliver malware protection and botnet containment today, but only if harnessed and analyzed effectively. On Wednesday, February 20 at 10 a.m. PST OpenDNS CTO Dan Hubbard will present the webcast, Harnessing the power of Big Data to predict unknown malware, botnet and phishing threats. It'll be an insightful 40-minute presentation on how security research teams are leveraging graph theory, algorithms and visualization to predict and block unknown threats.


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The One That Works Industrial Air Purifier
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"The One That Works" Salon Air Purifier will help you to maintain a healthy and comfortable environment for your valued nail technicians, hair stylists, salon staff and clientele. It is the only air purifier in production today designed specifically for the professional salon environment. In fact, "The One That Works" Salon Air Purifier has received Nails Magazine's Readers' Choice Award for Ventilation Systems for the past 8 years running, 2005 through 2012!
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Application/Admission Process
We would love to meet you and show you what makes Children's House so special! One hint: our award-winning natural playground is a hidden gem! Please contact us to arrange a tour.
Click Here to Join Our 2020-2021 Wait List
Information packets are available to be mailed/emailed or picked up in person. Initial fees include $75 for class registration and a $400 deposit to hold a place for your child. The $400 deposit comes off of your total tuition.
On the application, you must indicate your desired schedule. We'll need to know how many days a week you want your child to attend and for what time frame. To meet the needs of your family, we offer five days a week, four days a week, three days a week, two days a week with both full and half day options, as well as before care starting at 7:00am and after care until 6:00pm.
Every Wednesday morning from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., we invite you to see our school. See our teachers in the classroom and experience the small community of children enrolled at Children's House Montessori. No appointment necessary.
If Wednesdays are not good for your schedule, call the school office at (302) 529-9259 to arrange a special tour.
Student Forms
We need a current copy of each of the following forms for each student:
Physical Form (Print: Delaware Child Health Appraisal) – Pediatrician should be familiar with this state form
Permission to Administer Medication – valid for all OTC pain relief, creams/sunscreens, etc., not just for prescription medications.
Other forms should be filled out on our Jovial Portal


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NCAOR Recruitment 2013 For Junior Research Fellow.Application are invited for the Posts of Junior Research Fellow in National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research (NCAOR).
The National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research (NCAOR), an autonomous Society under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, is looking for prospective candidates for filling up the following position under the project Geo logical Evolution of Northern Indian Ocean The position is purely temporary and on a project mode, initially for a period of one year.
Company Name: National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research (NCAOR).
Website: www.ncaor.gov.in
Location: Goa.
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Qualification: Masters Degree in Geophysics/ Applied Geophysics/ Geology/Applied Geology/Marine Geology/ Marine Sciences/Physics from a recognized university with at least 60% marks at Graduation and Post Graduation level. Knowledge of Marine Geological/ Geophysical data processing and interpretation and exposure to UNIX/LINUX environments with programming skills, preference will be given to NET/GATE qualified candidates.
Age: 28 Yrs.
Interview Date: 8th April 2013.
How To Apply: Candidates fulfilling the prescribed eligibility conditions are invited to attend a walk-in-interview at NCAOR on 8th April 2013 (Monday). All candidates are required to bring the original documents related to educational qualifications, date of birth, work experience, caste etc. Duly attested copies of all the documents must be submitted with the Biodata. One self attested recent passport size photograph should be pasted in the appropriate place in the biodata.
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Study: Tanning beds definitely cause skin cancer
A new scientific analysis has upgraded tanning beds' cancer risk from a likely cause to a definite cause of the disease.
The report, by experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the cancer arm of the World Health Organization, changes the category for tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation. It concludes skin cancer risk increases 75 percent for those who used tanning beds before the age of 30.
The experts also found mutations in mice when exposed to either UVA or UVB light. Previously, only one type of ultraviolet radiation was thought to be lethal.
Their report, published in the August edition of Lancet Oncology, analyzed 20 separate studies.
"Claims are that tanning beds are UVA light, and that doesn't cause a problem, but the report puts that theory to rest," said Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, who read the findings. "It says it doesn't matter if it's UVA or UVB [light]."
Tanning beds have long been controversial, especially for use by young people. Many teens use tanning beds to get a base tan or before a big event. This study should give them pause, Lichtenfeld said.
Advocates for tanning salons said in a statement Tuesday the information is not new.
"The fact that the IARC has put tanning bed use in the same category as sunlight is hardly newsworthy," said Dan Humiston, president of the Indoor Tanning Association.
"The UV light from a tanning bed is equivalent to UV light from the sun, which has had a Group One classification since 1992. Some other items in this category are red wine, beer and salted fish," he said, adding the ITA had always emphasized the importance of moderation when it comes to UV light from either the sun or a tanning bed.
In Britain, where the Lancet report originates, melanoma is now the leading cause of cancer in women in their 20s.
Shannon McGeever, manager of Perfect Color Tanning Salon in Farmingdale, said overexposure and burning the skin is what causes the damage.
"We teach how to tan properly, and we are familiar with all the different skin cancers and how to recognize and how to prevent them, and we do take the right precautions to make sure we tan people as safely as possible," she said.
Lichtenfeld emphasized that the study says there is no safe use of tanning beds. "This study says UVA causes skin cancer," Lichtenfeld said. "It's a Class One carcinogen. This causes cancer. Period. End of statement," he said.
Dr. Colette Pameijer, a cancer surgeon at Stony Brook University Medical Center, said the report was comprehensive. "They basically summarized all known data on UV radiation and risk for skin cancer in both humans and animals, and their conclusion should be taken very, very seriously," she said.


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July 12, 2014
Who Should Teach Kids Internet Safety?
New Zealand teachers want parents to take more responsibility for teaching children about online safety, a new study shows.
AVG Technologies today published its annual survey on school internet use, that showed a global need to provide teachers with more support and training for educating children about online safety.
The results showed teachers were struggling under the expectations of parents around managing online safety education in school. Seventy-six per cent of New Zealand teachers surveyed said parents relied too heavily on schools to educate children about online safety, and 30 per cent believed their pupils' parents did not know enough about the topic.
New Zealand teachers were behind on global standards when it came to formal internet safety training, with fewer than 20 per cent of teachers saying they were formally trained.
However, 93 per cent said they used internet content in class, and 82 per cent said they discussed online safety on an "occasional" or "frequent" basis.
Almost half of Kiwi teachers agreed they needed better training, and the majority believed internet safety should be part of the school syllabus.
AVG said the findings highlighted the "concerning gap between the knowledge and capabilities of teachers and the expectations of parents".
Technologies security specialist Michael McKinnon said that given the degree to which the internet was used as an educational tool, many schools had put guidelines in place to deal with prevalent issues.
"The gap is that the majority of teachers had not received any formal training in online safety, so these guidelines alone are not sufficient," he said.
National Library Services to Schools development specialist Andrew Cowie, who also runs parenting courses, said parents and teachers needed to meet halfway when educating children on internet use.
Often the best meeting place was at school, he said.
"It's not just about meeting up at parent-teacher conferences, it's actually having a dedicated parents' night where there's discussion about cyber safety and recommendations from the school on how parents can manage technology at home," he said.
Cowie said there needed to be regular dialogue between parents and school leaders about cyber safety.
"We need to provide this," he said.
"Whether the school puts it on, or hosts a third party to come in and talk about these issues, there's a huge gap there right now."
The researchers interviewed teachers who taught a variety of subjects to children aged 3-18. A total of 1760 teachers participated from New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Britain and the United States.
Top sites for teachers, parents, and children to visit about online safety
This article was written by Katie Kenny and appeared on Stuff NZ July 3 2014.


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The government would like to know what you think about the EU's planned geo-blocking restrictions, with a public consultation now open to discuss the ramifications of the future enforcement of cross-border portability rules for digital services.
The updated EU guidelines would make it a requirement for digital service providers to make sure their listings of 1990s TV movies are accessible from anywhere within EU member states, putting an end to the need for a VPN to access French arthouse content when tourists pop over to the UK for a mini break.
Those with opinions on the regulations' definition of the "temporary access" that should be granted while overseas are invited to have a moan, with the consultation also wondering if it's right that it should only apply to paid subscription services where the user's original country of residence can be proven.
If you have any opinions about why it's good or bad, or even just want to vent about current copyright laws to someone who almost certainly won't reply back, all the contact details can be found within the IPOs consultation file [PDF]. [TorrentFreak]
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Organizations that don't learn constantly, adapt continuously and execute relentlessly are more likely to be disrupted by constant change and competition.
Peter Senge, in his book defined a learning organization as:
"where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning to see the whole together."
We have to go beyond formal learning methods if we have to truly build learning organizations in a rapidly changing world. A learning organization is not possible without learning individuals and individuals learn the most with each other in a network and and through their work in an culture that promotes informal learning.
I emphasized culture because it can be one of the biggest bottlenecks in how organizations learn and apply what they learn to create meaningful results. It doesn't matter how much you invest in formal learning, tools and methods, if you do not have a culture where people are encouraged to share without any fear, learning may not come to the fore.
Why do companies struggle to become and remain learning organizations? In November 2015 issue of HBR, I came across an article by Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats titled "Why Organizations Don't Learn" where they outline the cultural and individual biases that don't allow organizations to learn. They also provide useful tips to overcome those biases.
Here is a sketch note I created to distill key biases that prevent organizations from learning. To know what you can do to overcome these biases, I recommend you read the full article at HBR.
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I had a conversation with an important royal personage this week, quite out of the blue, AND, dear readers, he spoke to me for quite some time. I think I am finally in. I'm one spindly paper invitation away from Prince Harry's DiscoBalls Nightclub, Rum-Supping Disco Royal Wedding Rave-Up at Buck House on Friday evening. Watch this space.
"It's a big day for us tomorrow," he said.
"Yes, your Royal Highness, it is." I was very surprised to be having this conversation , as La Bluebird is not usually beckoned into royal circles, because I don't want to dampen their splendour as I am so much better dressed and fruitily glamorous than they are. But there I was in the middle of a park, next to an ornamental fountain, chatting to the Royal Family's biggest and most important person, about the upcoming celebrations.
"I need a good King. It's a very important time."
"Yes, your Royal Highness, it certainly is. How exciting!" I said, thinking about the half-eaten packet of Twiglets I'd left behind on the bench. "Can I have a photo taken with you please?"
He was very obliging, and we stood at the side of the ornamental pond, chatting about America and what he thought the next episode would be in Anglo-American relations.
"We're going to thrash the French out of there," he said. "Do enjoy the rest of your time – please feel free to walk around the parklands here."
Then he wondered off towards a small child who threatened to drop bits of a 99 Flake onto his lovely red tights.
Tights? is that the Royal outfit for Friday? I hear you screeching, people. I bet you are worrying about Prince Balding turning up to his right royal nuptials with a smile and some red tights. SEXY. And ballet shoes. But, calm yourself, Britons, calm yourselves. I need to adequately explain my collision with crowned heads on Monday.
I was in 1536. Edward VI was about to born (although his Royal Kingliness did not know this) and Jane Seymour was about to go into confinement (I don't mean the Dr Quinn medicine lady). Henry VIII, resplendent in a codpiece of royal proportions and a rough, kingly ginger beard, like Prince Harry's cheeky uncle, was meeting his public. Most of his public had paid £15.95 for the privilege and were trying to have pictures taken with him. In the courtyard, the Queen's midwife was being quizzed on what the four humours are.
This was Hampton Court Palace on Monday. This is, in fact, Hampton Court Palace, every day. Visiting with family from the former colony known as USA, we were sucked into a series of bizarre royal role plays. Some poor bastard actor spent the hottest Easter on record wandering around in doublet and hose and a hot hat with ostrich feathers sticking out of it like a right royal plonker. His courtiers were no luckier; their outfits were heavy. black fur capes. Occasionally, Henry VIII's wife would arrive in the courtyard, screaming about her lady in waiting being a right slapper. Henry would approve. Bemused children in tracksuits looked on, accompanied by frazzled-looking parentals. The actors repeated the same script on the hour, every hour, like some awful Tudor Groundhog Day.
Now, strictly speaking, Hampton Court Palace isn't really in London. Unlike North London, South London doesn't seem to have any defined boundaries. We simply are not sure whether London ends and Twickenham begins. Ham? Kingston? Hampton? Its all much of a southwesterly London muchness. In addition, Hampton Court Palace is not easy to find. The entrances aren't signed properly, and I nearly drove into a private golf club, which I thought might be Hampton Court Palace as it looked a wee bit kingly. Finally though, having got through a traffic-free South Circular and rippled over Kew, I arrived and his kingships lordly palace. Quite a place it is, too.
I looked forward to the maze most of all. I couldn't wait to get into it. However, once in, it served as a pretty appropriate metaphor for the royal family. People love to get into it, and think the game will be flighty and flirty and hugely fun but they discover it isn't half as glamorous or interesting as they had envisaged. When they try to make the break for the border, they find the exit concealed, having been hidden away by sly courtiers. Many false starts and dead ends have to be found before anybody gets out with their sanity and the family intact. The clever use of hedgerows has rendered the common citizen powerless. Not that King Henry could have fitted into this maze though, coz he was five feet wide, because he ate like five chickens a day or something. Seriously. He was even leering at my Twiglet packet.
The best guide for a palace is an eight year old child. Thankfully I had temporarily acquired one that morning. Eight year olds are the perfect age for the Hampton Court Palace Activity Book. On the Palace tour, we searched for patterns in the ceiling that revealed passwords, we located the "eavesdroppers" – real models of people's heads that peered out and over from sections of the ceiling down into the Great Hall, we counted the foodstuffs being prepared in the Tudor kitchens were some other poor actors had been roped in to turn a piece of meat cooking on a spit on the hottest day of the year, and paper mache slabs of meat sat on wooden sideboards. In the royal apartments, I accidentally set off an alarm when leaning over a rope to take a snap of William III's crapper, a bacteria friendly toilet with a red velvet cover seating. Snazzy. Hope Harry hasn't found out about it. The 'partay' to end all 'partay's at Buck House will be full of the Glosse Posse aiming their crowned heads at velvet-covered seats for a slash. Now, that's what I call the royal wee.
It was all very grand, the idea of 16th and 17th century Palace living. I wonder how much of it has changed? I cannot make a thorough comparison as I'm not allowed into the royal apartments, not since that time they found me in the middle of the Queen's bedroom one night where I had shouted "Aha! Queenie!" and quite startled the old girl. I got some sort of restraining order or something. Halycon days. I should imagine, though, that Buck House is equally laden with sumptuousness and coated in heraldic glory. And Pippa Middleton. Perhaps that is why the Prince Balding and Kate MiddleClass nuptials seem so unreal. We are being transported into a patchwork quilt of constitutional monarchy past. The state landau coach that will take the heavily protected couple away from Westminster Abbey and towards Buck House was made in 1902. That's even older than Prince Philip. The pageantry and uniformed daftness is so anachronistic as to seem like watching toy soldiers marching across a child's make believe world at playtime. The 4.30am dress rehearsal, early yesterday morning, looked positively ghoulish, with officers angrily bossing people about in the lunatic half-light of an early London morning, with the glare of a 102 bus in the background and shiny faced boy sailors looking terrified in the foreground. If the sailors are on shore in the landlocked SW1 area, exactly who is protecting the darn waves which Britannia is supposed to rule? And what about the poor bastards who may have a nasty episode off the coast of Anglesey and have to deal with a reduced helicopter rescue service, as the King in Waiting is too busy getting hitched? Selfish, I call it.
I am at a crossroads between monarchic heraldry and ribald republicanism. I have been invited to a flag waving, sandwich munching, 1950s-esque street party and a republican lunch. I know what the first would entail but what on earth happens at a republican lunch? Presumably anything except coronation chicken is acceptable, for the menu. But what exactly happens? Do we toast the possibility of no Queen, no happy couple? How can you toast something that doesn't exist? As a beef dinner involves eating beef, does a republican feast involve eating republicans? Am I supposed to get cross about the royal wedding day? And won't that play havoc with my indigestion at lunch? Has no one thought this through?
Hmm. Clearly not. One thing is clear, though. As the rest of us enjoy our day off and sit about watching the telly and putting bets on at William Hill about whether the Queen will wear a yellow hat and a ski mask, think of those poor sods at Hampton Court. It's another day for the actor who can't get any other sort of job, and who has to dress up and pretend to be a Tudor FatBoy for the day. Who, like the Prince of Wales and his son, is just padding around in his current role, waiting for the better job to make itself available. While the 21st century ploughs on, the 16th century is alive and kicking in some northerly corner of Surrey. Get yourself down to Hampton Court Palace for a right fun day out – but don't lose your head! haha. Happy Royal Wedding Day. Save me some cake. I can have it when I get home from the republicans.
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FRANKFORT – The damage caused by vandalism at Lincoln-Way North High School amounted to more than $5,000, authorities said.
Will County Sheriff's deputies have arrested and charged three out of five juvenile suspects who allegedly vandalized the shuttered academic building. Deputies are continuing to search for two other boys who were reportedly involved.
Will County Sheriff's Deputy Chief Dan Jungles said the latest estimate into cleaning up and fixing the damage caused at North was more than $5,000.
He said the suspects were able to get in the building by using a crowbar-like tool to pry their way inside. All five were captured on surveillance footage causing damage on at least two days in December, authorities have said.
Lincoln-Way District 210 spokeswoman Taryn Atwell said sheriff deputies have increased patrols at North and the surrounding area in response to the vandalism. The security at North is no different than at Central, East or West, she said.
The suspected vandals allegedly damaged multiple doors and door frames that were broken, broke a window and caused water damage to the building's science lab.
They also allegedly removed several fire extinguishers and sprayed them throughout the building and auditorium. Clothes and keys were stolen.
North has been closed since the 2016-17 school year to resolve the district's financial crisis. The Frankfort Square Park District has an agreement with District 210 to run activity programs at North, as well as provide maintenance and upkeep of the campus grounds.


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Our Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) are:
Nominated Lead Member of Staff
Ms Jema Fernandes, Safeguarding & Wellbeing Officer
Nominated Deputy Lead Members of Staff
Mrs Fiona Maynard, Headteacher
Mrs Natasha Harrison, Deputy Headteacher
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Mrs HarrisonSt.Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School
Academy Committee member
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St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery has a commitment to safeguarding, and the welfare and wellbeing of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are committed to inspiring, challenging and safeguarding our pupils, enabling them to become:
- Successful learners, who enjoy learning, make progress and achieve.
- Confident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives.
- Responsible citizens who will make a positive contribution, both socially and economically, to society.
This is best achieved when we all work Together towards Success.
We believe that pupils have a right to learn in a supportive, caring and safe environment which includes the right to protection from all types of abuse; where staff are vigilant for signs of any pupil in distress and are confident about applying the/our safeguarding processes to avert and alleviate any such problems.
Safeguarding is about ensuring that everyone is safe from harm – safe from bullying, safe from people who could abuse, safe from discrimination or harassment – and that we all feel safe in our environment.
If you are ever concerned about the safety or well‐being of someone at our school please talk to one of the school's Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This means that we have a Child Protection Policy and procedures in place.
Parents and carers are welcome to read the Policy on request or visit our website. Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a child's welfare. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with his/her parents/carers first unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child's welfare. If a member of staff is concerned about a child's welfare, they will record their concern, and any observations or conversation heard, and report to one of the DSLs as soon as possible the same day.
If a member of staff has concerns which relate to the actions or behaviour of another member of staff (which could suggest that s/he is unsuitable to work with children) then this will be reported to one of the DSLs in confidence, who will refer the matter to the Headteacher (or the Academy committee if the concern relates to the Headteacher) who will consider what action to take.
All adults are also expected to read the DfE guidance: Keeping children safe in education guidance (https://consult.education.gov.uk/safeguarding-in-schools-team/keeping-children-safe-in-education/supporting_documents/Keeping%20Children%20Safe%20in%20Education%20Proposed%20Revisions.pdf)
It should be read alongside statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729914/Working_Together_to_Safeguard_Children-2018.pdf) and departmental advice What to do if you are worried a child is being abused- Advice for practitioners.
Schools have a duty to safeguard children from radicalisation and extremism. This is referred to as Prevent. More information is available HERE
Read our School Safeguarding Policy HERE
Get advice
Telephone: 0808 800 5000
Contact the NSPCC if you want to discuss your concerns and get advice.
Childline (for children and young people)
Telephone: 0800 1111 (free)
The ChildLine number won't show up on your phone bill if you call from a landline or from most mobile networks.
Online Safety
For advice and guidance please visit our E-Safety page
Advice and information about reporting child abuse can be found HERE
Slough MASH (Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub)
If you have any concerns that a child or an unborn baby might be being harmed you can contact Slough's safeguarding team directly. All calls are taken seriously and will be treated in confidence.
Slough Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) deal with concerns about child abuse and can be contacted on 01753 506418/50620
#DITTO is a free online safety magazine from esafety adviser, Alan Mackenzie, aimed at schools, organisations and parents. The content looks at risks, issues, advice and guidance related to keeping children safe online, with a view to enjoying and learning about technology.
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For over twenty years volunteers have planned and worked tirelessly in Crescent Garden, supported by a large group of loyal Friends, to make it the beautiful place it is today. We are immensely proud of our achievements over this time, and hope that you will visit the garden to enjoy its perfection, peace and tranquillity!
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Over the years, the College has built up an impressive infrastructure. It includes a well-stocked Central Library, Department libraries for Science subjects and a Book Bank for needy students. The College has six Computer Labs. and 18 Science laboratories. Its sports facilities include vast playground, an Indoor Sports Complex, Playrooms, Amphitheatre, lift facility and the only Electronic Shooting Range in the University.
The College has an Ultra-modern air-conditioned Auditorium fitted with latest sound and light systems with a seating capacity of 500 persons and an imposing stage. Another attraction is an air-conditioned Seminar Room with a seating capacity of 120 fitted with state of the art sound and projection systems. The College has a hostel accommodating about 200 undergraduate boys and is fitted with solar geysers and 24hrs. power back up. As you enter the portals of this institution, the calm, serene atmosphere of a beautiful campus surrounded by lush green lawns and a magnificent heritage building touch your soul.
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PERSGA Library
The Regional Organization for conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and
The main goal of the library system is to integrate the library's electronic resources in a way that they can be effectively used, develop information resources and services that support research, education at PERSGA region. The system will provide physical and digital infrastructures that will help advance research and education.
PERSGA library divided according to UNEP system. Including (Atmosphere, Lithosphere, Terrestrial ecosystem, Freshwater, Marine Environment, Environmental management Environmental education, pollution, laws, Information system and others). The library also includes PERSGA Publication (Technical series, Reports, Guidelines Legal documents, brochures, CDs and others materials).
PERSGA is developed search engine to facilitate searching for researchers, students and other users using key words. The key word here is seamlessness and easy to use and the search interface works efficiently to provide the needed information.
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Put time into dinner now, and you can make it last forever -- or at least the whole week. Welcome to Halfway to Dinner, where we show you how to stretch your staples every which way.
Today: Kelsey of Happyolks merges eating well with eating on a budget, and she does it all with a sack of potatoes.
After cooking potato after potato, I knew this post must be dedicated to my 21-year-old brother and his housemates. If there is anyone on this planet who would find a column dedicated to a week's worth of potatoes useful, it be would him. For Austin, who loves to cook and play and celebrate life, here is a week of meals for you and your friends so you can eat well, cheaply.
My first potato inspiration comes from Nigel Slater's Tender -- this potato cake is like one giant, amazing latke, and it's not a bad place to start. Slater calls for duck or goose fat but here, I use butter and it is just as good.
Crisp Potato Cake by Happyolks
6 large russet potatoes5 cloves garlic4 tablespoons butter2 teaspoons flaky sea salt2 teaspoons fresh thyme
See the full recipe (and save it and print it) here.
Potatoes, Onions, and Melted Fontina Wintry potatoes find their way into a dutch oven, cozy up next to onions and pockets of nutty fontina, and keep us warm for days.
Mustard Parsley Mash Your standard mashed potatoes wish for this moment. Make a base, and generously swirl it with chopped parsley and your favorite mustard. Eat it by the bowlful.
Herbed Potato CakePart of the beauty of cooking your way through a bag of potatoes is that you have absolute permission to eat potato cakes at your whim and fancy. This straddles the line between tortilla and latke, and gets studded with whatever herbs you have on hand.
Baked Potato with Arugula and FetaBaked potatoes are a crisper-drawer blank slate. We riff on the classic by topping ours with arugula, gently wilted by the steam of the just-cooked spud, and a healthy hand of feta. But the options are endless -- go wild, your potato awaits.
Photos by Kelsey Brown
A New Way to Dinner, co-authored by Food52's founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, is an indispensable playbook for stress-free meal-planning (hint: cook foundational dishes on the weekend and mix and match 'em through the week).
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We've all come to expect turkey as the main dish on Thanksgiving, maybe even Christmas, but did you know you can serve turkey as a dessert, too? In this episode of "The Martha Stewart Show," you'll learn how to make turkey cupcakes (which are not made with actual turkey meat—they just look like turkeys).
A fun take on fall desserts, these turkey cupcakes will delight the whole family and are especially exciting as treats for the kids in your family.


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Classification: Vinho Regional Lisboa
Varieties: Pinot Noir
Vinification: The hand-picked grapes go through a tight selection process in the vineyard and winery. Fermentation is conducted in small (2.500 kg) open stainless steel tanks with daily punch-downs and 2 week Cuvaison. The ageing is in 225L French oak barrels for 8 months.
Consumption: Should be drunk around 18-20ºC. Has a potential of ageing in bottle until 2020.
Alcohol: 13,5%
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The Russian nation's official Church and it's Ministry of Health are working together toward discouraging the choice of abortion AND also seek to support the mothers. In the USA, the two major political parties do one or the other. The Republicans seek to limit abortions, but reduce funding for human services, which also means the defunding of support structures for mothers of newborn children. The Democrats would work toward supporting the mothers, but want virtually no limits on abortion; it's the woman's choice, they say, while ignoring the fact that it is the baby's life. In addition to this political conundrum, the medical profession actually encourages pregnant women to abort babies who they have discovered to have disabilities.
In the Soviet era in Russia, the communist government also actively encouraged abortion, and this became the mindset of the people of Russia, even after the downfall of the Soviet Union. The abortion rates in Russia are the highest in the world. The Russian Orthodox Church considers abortion to be a grave sin, and the people of Russia have been gradually regaining an Orthodox Christian mindset since the overthrowing of the heavy Soviet communist yoke. And this has led to this good news!
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Like the Season Six premiere of HBO's Game of Thrones, "Home" feels built around the ever pressing question of Jon Snow's fate. In both episodes, there are some prior deaths of some lesser characters, scenes of Tyrion being witty and Lannister family time, but nothing matters quite as much as the status of the character we've been wondering about since the end of last season. Both episodes save their revelations for the concluding moments, ending on tags indicating what's to come.
But this week's ending is quite a bit more conclusive than the aged Melisandre, in spite of her suggestiveness: he lives! She's initially skeptical of her own powers, as the incantations yield no immediate results. But Zombie Jon, it turns out, can't awaken with eyes on him (or so it appears), and he takes his first breath of reanimated life once Davos, Melisandre, and Tormund give up hope for his reawakening (as, perhaps, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss want us to do, or so it's seemed through the ostensibly definitive declarations of his death prior to his eyes opening once again).
So Melisandre can do quite a bit more than transform her appearance after all. But what will life be like for Jon in Westeros now that he can freely traverse it once again? He won't have to fight Alliser any more, at least in the immediate future, as Tormund's wildling army and intimidating giant ensure. The scene matches last week's Brienne takedown of Ramsay's men as the season's most exciting and satisfying sequences, and it's hard not to grin as Alliser is forced to back down, even prior to knowing of Jon's fate. As good as Game of Thrones can be at revealing shades of grey in ostensibly irredeemable characters, the show is equally adept (if not more so) at making its villains as detestable as can be.
Speaking of detestable villains: Ramsay manages to get even worse this week, and perhaps in excess. While his murder of Roose is understandable and well established, feeding Walda and her newborn to dogs, and making us listen to their suffering, is at least a bit more sadism than is necessary or warranted. After five seasons of the show being criticized for its treatment of women, "Home" brings yet another scene validating the critiques, and one made all the more excessive by how much cruelty we've already seen from Ramsay. We already know that he's brutal and callous, and his stone-cold face as Walda and her child audibly become kibble doesn't develop his character.
On a more positive note, the episode's other major death of a patriarch leads to the emergence of another potential major female character: Yara Greyjoy. Although a priest begs to differ, she's convinced that her father has been murdered, and she intends to track down the Greyjoy brother responsible for throwing Balon from a bridge. Like all the women of Game of Thrones (and everywhere), though, she faces opposition from men who want to do whatever they can to keep her from power. If the Dorne coup in the premiere is a somewhat anti-climatic (and apologetic) way for Game of Thrones to make amends for its notorious "sexposition" and endless sexual violence, Yara's claim to ruling the Ironborn is a more promising chance for the show to explore themes of women fighting back against the patriarchal powers restricting them.
Increasingly, though, the show's most complex and fascinating woman is one who initially appears to be a cardboard villain in the manner of Ramsay: Cersei. As with the premiere, the most affecting moments of "Home" come from the dynamic between Jaime and Cersei, even if it's only implied through their conversations with Tommen, who evinces a genuine (if youthful) desire to care for her.
His care, in conjunction with Jaime and Cersei's reciprocation, brings Game of Thrones a warmth the show too often lacks at this stage in its existence. Benioff and Weiss have more than established that any terrible thing we can possibly imagine can (and will) happen in their universe, and a more surprising move at this juncture would be to have the Ramsays of Westeros not feed their mothers to dogs. But even if all hope is lost for Lord Bolton, characters like Yara (perhaps with the help of Theon, now that he's leaving Sansa's side) and Jon (perhaps emboldened by his new lease on life) suggest that there may be a glimmer of hope amidst the iron after all.
Max Bledstein (@mbled210) is a Montreal-based writer, musician and world-renowned curmudgeon. He writes on all things culture for a variety of fine North American publications. His highly anticipated debut novel will write itself one of these days, he assumes.
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TRUST: PANDORA'S BOX, the last installment of the TRUST TRILOGY, follows Ethan, Alistair and Sophia as each one of them strives to live happily ever after. But a greedy man, who has uncovered the many secrets and wrong deeds committed by Ethan, Alistair and Sophia, realizes they could be worth millions. Many are invited to join his team. Each one has an agenda. Each one has a target. Things get out of control when Pandora's Box is opened and the demons are let loose. With so many enemies out for revenge, what will the future bring to Ethan, Alistair and Sophia? Eventually, wishes and nightmares come true... Will hope survive? This book is the last installment of the TRUST TRILOGY and contains graphic sex scenes and mild violence. Indicated for mature audiences.
Every time I read one of Cristiane Serruya's TRUST TRILOGY books, I feel like I'm taken on a food trip. Her heroine, Sophia Leibowitz, is such a big foodie her palate adventures always make my mouth water.
So I have to ask Cristiane to share a recipe, something simple that maybe you and I can try at home. Something that is decadent and delectable that it'll feel we're trying a special dish at a 5-star restaurant.
"I have one great love: sweets," said Sophia. "Oh, of course, first comes Gabriela, my gorgeous, sexy Alistair Connor and my family! But I'm assuming this everyone knows.
But it's not every sweet I love. To be on the top of my list it has to be something really special, softy, smoothly and tasty. Mmmm! And with creamy sauce preferably.
So, today, I'll tell you about a recipe I learned from my grandmother, Angelica. It can be found on every corner and it turned out to be as 'common place'. Seems nothing special, then. What is it? A kind of cheesecake with guava creamy sauce over it.
Fruit jellies or sauces have this innate ability to make my mouth water and I lick my lips with just one glance. Cheeseis sinful, lusty and an excess that would make god Bacchus even more proud of his excesses. The curious thing ischeese is nothing more than milk!
Nonetheless, when it's mixed with guava sauce, it is luscious, creamy and fragrant.
Guava hard pasta and Minas cheese is a traditional combination in Brazil. We call it Goiabada com queijo! Cheesecake is an American staple. So this "marriage" of flavors works, again, very well for Brazilians, Americans and, oh! for everyone!
But how could I make it even better, easier to do and lighterso I can eat it and still keep fit? Simple: All I had to do was to take away the carbohydrates and the fat! Because we all know that calories count!
I am in love with my Cheese mousse with Guava sauce, so let's do it:
Ingredients for the sauce:
3 red guavas
½ spoons of sweetener
½ cup of water
Ingredients for the mousse:
1 ½ cup (10 ounces) of ricotta cheese - skim or light!
1 shallow spoon of sweetener
½ glass of skim milk
1 ½ teaspoons unflavored gelatin, without sugar
⅓ cup of water
"First, we will need to cool our silicone or ceramic pan. How to do it? Easy. Put water inside it and wet it all over very well, throw the water away and put it still wet in the freezer.
Clean the guavas very well and, if needed, peel them. Cut them in four halves and put them in a pan with the water and the sweetener. Let them cook for 15 minutes but don't let them become too soft. Let them chill.
In a blender, mix the ricotta, the skim milk and the shallow spoon of sweetener. Process until it becomes a smooth mixture. This takes around 1 minute.
In a ceramic cup, mix the gelatin and the water. Cook it in water-bath for 30 seconds max. Be careful: the gelatin must not boil, just heat it a bit. Mix the gelatin with the cheese cream.
Take out your pan from the freezer; it's already cold at the touch. Pour the cheese mixture into it. Put it back in thefreezer for 40 minutes.
While we wait— Hey!"
Alistair has sneaked behind Sophia's back and tried to reach the pan with the guavas. She slapped his hand right on time.
"Alistair Connor! Don't dare put your finger in this. Out of this kitchen. Right now!"
"Sophia, this smell came waffling through the house and my nose brought me here. I'm salivating!" Alistair flashed her a crooked smile. "Please?"
How cute! "It's still hot, Handsome! You are going to burn your tongue." She winked playfully at him. "I can't stand you having your tongue burnt."
"Then give me a kiss." His smile grew naughtily as he bent to take her lips in a passionate kiss.
A loud ahem made Alistair and Sophia spring apart.
"Ooops, sorry, Supies and Braine! You know how I forget every thing when Alistair Connor kisses me," she said, blushing. And pushed a pouting Alistair out of the kitchen.
"Hmmm… Right. Separate the seeds for their guavas' outer parts and reserve the seeds for a sauce, it's not everyone that likes them. Blend the hard parts until they become a delicious, smooth sauce. Let's put both sauces in the refrigerator to chill.
After forty minutes, take the pan out the refrigerator and carefully run a knife around its edge. Put your serving plate upside down and turn it. If it doesn't drop instantly, shake it gently. It will come down and won't break.
Now, we can just turn the sauce over it and decorate it with mint leaves and voilà! in less than an hour we have done a delicious and light dessert.
"The only thing better than this is Sophia's sinful kiss," said Alistair Connor. "Now, if you excuse us, she is going to feed me this delicacy!"
"Bye, girls! I hope you have enjoyed it!" Sophia exclaimed, chasing Alistair who had fled the kitchen with the dessert.
I live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with my husband and two daughters. I'm a lawyer, who specializes in cases of sexual abuse and violence against children and women. I also have a Masters in Business Law and a BA in Fine Arts.I've always loved to read, write and listen to music. I lived and studied in England, France, Italy and Switzerland. Traveling is one of my passions - as is keeping fit and healthy.After twenty-two years of practicing law, I decided to give writing a go. And - amazingly - it was just the piece that was missing in my life.
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