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OBJECTIVES: We examined the association of household language use and access to care among children with special health care needs (CSHCN). From this study we describe the demographics of children and the prevalence of selected access characteristics according to their primary household language and examine the independent effects of household language on health care access, unmet needs, and family impact while controlling for confounding variables.
METHODS: Data from the 2005–2006 National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs, a nationally representative telephone survey of 40723 CSHCN, were analyzed. Bivariate and multivariable analyses were used to examine disparities and estimate adjusted odds ratios of health care access, satisfaction, and family-impact measures for CSHCN from non–English-primary-language (NEPL) versus English-primary-language (EPL) households.
RESULTS: Nearly 14% of all US children live in NEPL households. NEPL CSHCN were significantly more likely to be Hispanic or other race, be poor, have less educated parents, and reside in metropolitan areas and larger households and yet were less likely to be on cash assistance from welfare. Logistic regression showed that NEPL CSHCN were twice as likely to lack access to a medical home, a usual source of care, and family-centered care. They were 4 times as likely to lack health insurance, and their family members were also more likely to lack adequate insurance. Family members of NEPL children were almost twice as likely to have to stop employment as a result of their child's condition.
CONCLUSIONS: Although limited by program eligibility contingent on immigrant status and state policies, increased referrals to programs such as the State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid can improve access while utilization can be improved by the availability of interpreters, community health workers, linguistically concordant providers, and outreach education efforts of NEPL parents.
According to US Census Bureau estimates, 20.3% of school-aged children in 2006 spoke a language other than English at home, and 8.7% (24.2 million) of people in the United States speak English "less than 'very well,'" or are officially classified as having limited English proficiency (LEP).1,2 Being of LEP has been recognized as an obstacle to receiving health care and can affect the health of specific minority populations, as well as the general population.3–5 LEP speakers report "lack of knowledge" as an access barrier to health services more frequently, and they are less likely to understand their diagnosis, medications, treatment, and follow-up instructions than more proficient English speakers.6–8 Adverse effects of language barriers have been documented in primary care, asthma care, and pharmacy settings.9–11 Studies have shown that, in various circumstances, non–English speakers are less likely to have a usual source of care, to receive preventive services, follow-up appointments, sufficient information, and adequate therapy, and to participate in medical decision-making.12,13 Studies of emergency department use have shown that patients with language barriers may also experience higher admission rates and more diagnostic studies, leading to higher costs for emergency services.14–17 In addition, language barriers have been associated with lacking components consistent with family-centered care, fewer physician visits, lower rates of patient satisfaction, and increased reports of lower quality of care.18–21 English proficiency is also a strong predictor of access to health insurance for children, and children from non-English-speaking families are especially likely to rely on other countries for their health care because of the relative lack of familiarity with and access to US health care systems.22 In fact, English proficiency has been suggested to mitigate the effects of race/ethnicity commonly observed in health care access and utilization studies. Language barriers have even more deleterious effects in vulnerable populations such as children with special health care needs (CSHCN), partly because of the complexity of some children's needs and the increased importance of clear communication between parents and health care providers.23,24 Although the need for and access to interpreters have increased in recent years, the actual implementation has not been optimal.25,26
To our knowledge, no previous study has focused on examining household language use and children's access to health care, unmet needs, and health care experiences among CSHCN. The 2005–2006 National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN) collected the information necessary to accomplish this analysis.27 With our study we aimed to describe the demographics of children and the prevalence of selected access characteristics according to the primary household language reported by the responding parent and to examine the independent effects of primary household language on health care access, unmet needs, and health care experiences while controlling for confounding variables.
To analyze disparities in CSHCN according to language use, we used the 2005–2006 NS-CSHCN, a nationally representative telephone health care survey of 40723 CSHCN aged 17 years or younger. To estimate disparities in the overall CSHCN prevalence and provide socioeconomic and descriptive characteristics of children from English-primary-language (EPL) and non–English-primary-language (NEPL) households, we used the entire screener sample of 363183 children. The survey was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics under the sponsorship and direction of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.28–30 CSHCN are defined as those "who have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally."31 The survey respondent was the parent or guardian who knew most about the health care experiences of the CSHCN.28–30 Substantive and methodologic details of the survey have been described elsewhere.28–30
Using Maternal and Child Health Bureau criteria, the composite medical home variable was measured by a series of questions related to its 5 components: (1) having a usual place for sick/well care; (2) having a personal doctor or nurse; (3) experiencing no difficulty in obtaining needed referrals; (4) receipt of needed care coordination; and (5) the presence of family-centered care.32
Besides primary language spoken at home (English or any other language) (our primary covariate of interest), we used, on the basis of previous research, the following variables as covariates: child's age (0–5, 6–11, or 12–17 years), gender, race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, or other), household income/poverty level (ratio of family income to poverty threshold: <100%, 100%–200%, 200%–400%, or ≥400% of the federal poverty level), insurance coverage at the time of the survey (except when this or inadequate insurance coverage was the outcome variable), child's functional limitation (daily activities never affected, daily activities somewhat or moderately affected, or daily activities usually, always, or a great deal affected), and region of residence (Northeast, Midwest, South, or West).22,23
Income/poverty status was missing for 9% of the households and was imputed by using a complex multiple-imputation technique.33 For all other covariates, there were very few unknown responses, which were excluded from the multivariate analyses. The χ2 statistic was used to test the overall association between each covariate and each of the health care access, utilization, and impact outcomes. Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the association between household language use and the binary health care access, utilization, and impact outcome variables before and after controlling for the selected individual-level sociodemographic factors. Adjusted prevalence estimates were predicted marginals derived from the fitted logistic models. To account for the complex sample design of the survey, SUDAAN software34 was used to conduct multivariate logistic analyses and determine crude and adjusted prevalence.
Table 1 lists the sociodemographic characteristics of children from EPL and NEPL households. Nearly 14% of all US children live in NEPL households. Among children from NEPL households, nearly 80% were Hispanic, nearly 15% lived in households with 4 or more adults, more than 90% lived in a metropolitan residence, and more than 40% lived in the Western region of the United States. Nearly half of these children lived below the federal poverty level, and nearly 40% had parents with less than 12 years of education. Only 7% of NEPL children received cash assistance from welfare, compared with 13% of children from EPL households.
Table 2 lists measures on health care access, satisfaction, and family impact among CSHCN in EPL and NEPL households. Measures with the highest difference in prevalence between the 2 groups were lacking usual source of care, lacking a personal doctor/nurse, lacking family-centered care, and lacking insurance coverage at the time of the survey. Excess burdens on NEPL family members included a higher percentage spending more than 10 hours arranging or providing care for their child's condition; stopping employment; experiencing financial problems; and needing additional income to cover their child's medical expenses. However, a higher percentage of EPL families paid more than $1000 for their child's medical care in the past year.
Table 3 lists the adjusted odds ratios (ORs) of health care access, satisfaction, and family-impact measures for CSHCN from NEPL versus EPL households, controlling for child age, gender, race/ethnicity, household poverty status, region of residence, insurance status, and impact of condition on activity. NEPL children were twice as likely to be lacking access to a medical home (OR: 2.06 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.57–2.67]), lacking a usual source of care (OR: 2.12 [95% CI: 1.42–1.37]), and lacking family-centered care (OR: 2.3 [95% CI: 1.79–2.95]). They were more likely to not receive effective care coordination (OR: 1.34 [95% CI: 1.01–1.78]). NEPL children were also significantly more likely to lack health insurance coverage at the time of the survey (OR: 3.6 [95% CI: 2.46–5.27]), and their family members were also more likely to be lacking adequate insurance coverage (OR: 1.56 [95% CI: 1.24–1.95]). Family members of NEPL children were almost twice as likely to have to stop employment because of their child's condition (OR: 1.87 [95% CI: 1.47–2.39]). The adjusted prevalence of each measure for both EPL and NEPL children are also listed.
Overall, more than 10 million children live in NEPL households that together make up approximately one seventh of the US child population. Our analysis indicates that the prevalence of CSHCN is 3 times as much in EPL compared with NEPL households, and yet the small proportion of CSHCN identified in NEPL households by the current survey had less access to health care and insurance and less satisfactory health care experience. Because fewer services were likely available to their children, NEPL families sacrificed more time and employment opportunities to care for their CSHCN.
The lower prevalence of CSHCN among the NEPL population can be partly attributed to the screener definition of requiring children to use prescriptions, additional services, specialized therapies, and mental health counseling.29 All these components require participation in the medical care system. For NEPL children who were not already in the health care system, it would be less likely for them to be characterized as having a special health care need. Additional possible explanations for the lower prevalence can be a result of the healthy-immigrant effect and the ethnic differences in the cultural perceptions of health. Previous studies have also demonstrated that immigrant populations have lower expectations of health care systems.22,35
Compared with the 2001 NS-CSHCN, uninsurance has declined for both CSHCN from EPL (from 5.2% to 3%) and NEPL (from 21.2% to 13.7%) households.23 However, the risks of lacking a usual source of care and having family employment consequences remain twofold for NEPL children when compared with EPL children. CSHCN from NEPL households in the current survey were less likely to report an unmet health care need compared with those in the 2001 NS-CSHCN (OR: 0.67 [95% CI: 0.51–0.89] vs National Survey in 2001). Although the analyses based on the 2001 NS-CSHCN were based on language of the interview, which included the most linguistically isolated population, the current definition of the NEPL population captured those who responded to the survey in both English and non-English. We may, in fact, be seeing access barriers expanded to a slightly larger, lower-risk population.
Compared with the more recent National Survey of Children's Health conducted in 2003, among the NEPL children, 27% had no insurance at the time of the interview versus only 14% identified among CSHCN in the current survey.8 Thirty-eight percent of all NEPL children had no usual source of care in 2003, whereas 19.3% of CSHCN lacked a usual source of care in the current survey. It seems that the NEPL CSHCN population had a more favorable health care access profile compared with the general NEPL population. On the other hand, the reduced diagnosis of CSHCN among NEPL children is likely associated with less access to care of the NEPL population.
This study has several potential limitations. The survey was conducted in English or Spanish, and translation was provided for 4 Asian languages, thus excluding immigrant NEPL households that could not respond to the survey language options. Those immigrants who responded were likely to be more educated and fluent in English compared with their peers, thus resulting in a likely underestimate of risk for the actual NELP populations in the United States. The lower prevalence of landline telephones among immigrant populations may also have contributed to the underrepresentation of NEPL respondents.36 Unauthorized immigrants who may be at the highest risk of lacking access were likely to not have participated in the survey for fear of exposing their illegal status, although the surveyors did not ask questions about nativity or citizenship status. This selection bias likely excluded the most underserved populations. In 2008, it was estimated that ∼11.9 million of unauthorized immigrants resided in the United States.37 The use of household primary language has also been shown to be not as sensitive as parental LEP in predicting disparities in outcome, yet this was the only language measure in the survey, which likely underestimates the risk of the LEP population.38
Because a large proportion of NEPL parents have low income and are less educated, clinicians who care for such populations should be familiar with resources such as the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Head Start, and school nutrition programs so that appropriate referrals can be made. Eligibility for such programs often varies according to immigrant status, as well as state and local policies.35 Enrolling more NEPL children in Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs can also alleviate some of the access disparities seen in our analysis, whereas utilization can be improved by the availability of interpreters, community health workers, linguistically concordant providers, and outreach education efforts of NEPL parents.
- Accepted August 3, 2009.
- Address correspondence to Stella M. Yu, ScD, MPH, US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. E-mail: syu{at}hrsa.gov
The views expressed are the authors' and not necessarily those of the Health Resources and Services Administration or the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Financial Disclosure: The authors have indicated they have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.
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Did what? I can proudly say I have 4000 hits on my blog! To some people it may not seem like a lot, but never did I think I could make this happen! This blog has been a stepping stone on my journey to health. A place where I can share my thoughts, workouts, my favorite – FOOD, and the most important, it helps to keep myself accountable. I can still remember the first post I ever wrote. I was sooooo nervous to hit publish and put myself out there for whomever decided to give my blog a chance, to either accept me or criticize me. But to my pleasant surprise, I have only been met with positivity and encouragement! To me my blog is like an online journal that everyone can read ;). I love being able to share my journey and help others. I also would like to thank every single person that takes the time out of their day to read my blog, share their comments and recipes. I love when others share some of their knowledge and ideas with me, as I yearning to constantly learn new things. So please continue to share your thoughts, recipes and if you are feeling brave, your TRANSFORMATION PICTURES!
For my smoothie today, I am going to share an oldie, but a goodie. It was the first smoothie I had ever made and stuck with it for a long while. The reason I am going to share it is because another one of my wonderful Aunties messaged me and said "Okay, I don't have a shake for you because I have stayed with the tried true that you showed me in Arizona. We have tried different ones and didn't like them". I am so happy to hear that they loved it and still do! BUT, instead of sharing a smoothie recipe with me, she shared a No-Bake Energy Bite recipe with me, so I will share both below.
Very Berry
1 cup almond milk
1 – 2 cups spinach
1 scoop vanilla whey protein OR 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
1/2 cup frozen mixed berries
1 – 2 tbsp chia seeds/flaxseed
Blend all ingredients until smooth.
No-Bake Energy Bites
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup ground flax seeds
1/2 cup peanut butter (or almond butter)
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup chocolate chips (or carob chips)
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix all ingredients and chill in fridge for 30 minutes.
Roll into balls and keep refrigerated.
I hope you all have a wonderful night and get some good zzzzzz's. My husband, dogs and I are heading to see our families tomorrow for 5 days, and I can't wait!!!!! But we are making a quick stop for an early morning crossfit WoD before we head out!

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Nosirudeen A. Quadri, Senior Research Technician
Recent findings have implicated the enzymes of polyol pathway and their involvement in ischemia-reperfusion injury.
My current research interest is to investigate the underlying mechanism involved in ROS mediated myocardial injury and mitochondrial dysfunction triggered by LAD occlusion and reperfusion injury in the myocardium using murine models, both in the absence and presence of diabetes.
Our initial studies demonstrated that aldose reductase (AR) and ROS is highly upregulated in the murine heart after ischemia reperfusion injury, triggering mitochondrial dysfunction, in part through pore opening. I have over 6 years of experience in conducting studies elucidating the impact of signaling events mediated by mitochondria.
1. N. Reiniger, K. Lau, D. McCalla, B. Eby, B. Cheng, Y. Lu, W. Qu, N. Quadri, R. Ananthakrishnan, M. Furmansky, R.Rosario, F. Song, V. Rai, A. Weinberg, R. Friedman, R. Ramasamy, V. D'Agati and A. M. Schmidt. Deletion of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts Reduces Glomerulosclerosis and Preserves Renal Function in the Diabetic OVE26 Mouse. Diabetes 2010, 59: 2043-2054.
2. T.M. Ravindranath, P. Y. Mong, R. Ananthakrishnan, Q. Li, N. Quadri, A. M. Schmidt, R. Ramasamy*, Q. Wang*. Novel role for aldose reductase in mediating acute inflammatory responses in the lung. Journal of Immunology 2009, 183: 8128-8137
3. L. Shang, R. Ananthakrishnan, Q. Li, N. Quadri, M Abdillahi, Z. Zhu, W. Qu, R. Rosario, F. Touré, S.F. Yan, A. M. Schmidt, R. Ramasamy. RAGE Modulates Hypoxia/Reoxygenation Injury in Adult Murine Cardiomyocytes Via JNK and GSK-3β Signaling Pathways. PLOS One 2010, 5: e10092.
4. Radha Ananthakrishnan, Michio Kaneko, Yuying C. Hwang, Nosirudeen Quadri, Teodoro Gomez, Qing Li, Casper Casperson and Ravichandran Ramasamy. Aldose reductase mediates myocardial ischemia- reperfusion injury in part by opening mitochondrial permeability transition pore. AM J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 296:H 333-341, 2009.


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Inspector John Paul Pumphead is a scientist, bon vivant and all-around father figure to everyone at Pump Products. He studied fluid dynamics at MIT, mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon and good old-fashioned plumbing at the school of hard knocks. The Inspector uses that background to make sure every product that goes out the door meets his high standards for accuracy, quality control, proper packaging and application fit. He and his team of application engineers stand ready to answer questions regarding pump and pump part selections and can assist in pump sizing, troubleshooting, and other pump-related issues.
Nick studied plumbing and heating at Platt Tech in his hometown of Milford, Connecticut and he brings that expertise to his work as an Applications Engineer. When he's not helping customers select the right pumping equipment, Nick enjoys spending his free time outdoors or working on his beloved Chevy Silverado 2500HD. Nick is also a movie buff - he particularly enjoys Fight Club, Deadpool and The Notebook.
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Craig has been with Pump Products since its inception, delivering a level of craftsmanship and professionalism that manages to leave a strong impression without leaving a trace. A Master Plumber and skilled fabricator, Craig specializes in new system design and installation. When he's not in the field installing sewer ejector and storm water systems Craig is remodeling his home.
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The Proselyte join TDB / 12″ out Oct
Playing around the Boston area for five years, The Proselyte have recently managed an enormous sonic overhaul for an upcoming TDB Records release. The band's sound has truly come into their own, offering riffy swagger, bomb-string heaviness and massive multi-layered vocal harmonies on the new LP. It's almost like Alice in Chains discovering the first two Baroness EP's, or maybe the Melvins covering the Beach Boys. They somehow manage to hit fresh, uncharted territory using familiar hallmarks of stoner metal, Seattle grunge and modern melodicism. The recording is warm, lush and as thunderous as the guitars will allow, but the crushing moments are woven through harmonious sun soaked vocal passages and used as a release, not a crutch. This could easily be the first sludge metal soundtrack for hitting the beach.
Entitled "Sunshine", Proselyte's full length will be out Vinyl and Digital formats in October.
"Sunshine" was recorded at New Alliance in Cambridge, MA by drummer/vocalist, Alec Rodriguez and the band features guitarist/vocalist Nicholas Wolf from Phantom Glue. The line up is rounded out by Bradford J. Macomber on Bass and Mitchell C. Belch on Guitar/vocals.
For fans of: Torche, The Melvins, Mastodon, Queens of the Stone Age, Alice in Chains, Baroness


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Hello again everyone! I took an extended break after the final season of Game of Thrones, but I have returned to Cinema Grandcanyonscope! Oh wait, I got rid of that name six years ago because of its wordiness, among other things. Anyway, I'm bringing back a modified version of it. Welcome back to Cinema Canyonscope!
Now that I have gotten that particular piece of business out of the way, the summer movie season wraps up in, well, it has wrapped. An odd thing: we now have a "summer" movie season that really begins in the middle of spring and, for all intents and purposes, ends the first weekend of August. If we loosely define summer as the period between the summer solstice and autumnal equinox…oh no, I'm losing you, aren't I? Absolutely nobody cares that the summer movie season starts around Easter now, do they? Well, this is no way to welcome you all back, is it?
Here are some highlights from Summer 2019 in movies. By "highlights," I mean the movies I actually saw in a theater.
Avengers: Endgame
Is anyone else concerned that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has run out of steam, or at the very least, is currently running on fumes? Old Endgame, lost of old, play and lose and have done with losing! That's the wrong Endgame – or is it?
I enjoyed Endgame, but the film had a disposable quality that I can't shake. Part of that comes from too much familiarity with the main characters, and by that I mean decades of comic book backstory.
The comics weave complex tales filled to the brim with alternate histories, resurrections, and some of the most gonzo storytelling this side of a Phish concert. The key point here is that decades of comic book lore written and drawn by wildly creative individuals developed dozens of complex and interesting versions of the Marvel characters.
In contrast, the folks behind the MCU have cherry-picked the elements of these characters that work best for a wide audience. This makes the Avengers movies wildly successful, so from a business standpoint, it's absolutely the right move.
However, as a comic book fan reared on the wild comics of the 80's and 90's, I can't connect the main characters in the MCU because I already feel more connected to different, more complex versions of the same characters.
Spiderman: Far From Home
Case in point: I like the 90's, thirty-something, broke, tired Spiderman a lot more than I enjoy Tom Holland's portrayal of the character. Holland acts well considering what he's given, and, after all, a young actor like Holland just does what he is told to do, so it's nothing against him. The Spiderman I grew up reading about had an edge to him, and that, to me, made him much more relatable than a Spiderman who, let's face it, is more Dick Grayson than Peter Parker.
Like Grayson, MCU Parker has a wealthy, somewhat misanthropic benefactor with tons of gadgets. That alone ruins the central and defining aspect of the character. Parker is supposed to be an everyman superhero. I mean, c'mon, in every iteration of Parker except for the MCU version, he actively avoids fighting with the Avengers, or any group really. Who are his closest hero allies? Certainly not Iron Man or Captain America, but other grinders like Daredevil.
I have read countless hot takes on how refreshing the MCU Spiderman movies are for not killing off Uncle Ben. While we certainly don't need to see the gruesome murder of family members in every iteration of the character, the fact that it's not even mentioned causes problems. MCU Parker does not feel the same weight on his shoulders, he does not fully understand the great responsibility that goes with great power, and the attempt to ret-con that into his character in Far From Home does not work for me.
That said, it was a fun movie to watch. See, I'm not all negative about it!
Which one of these is not like the other ones…let's see…superhero movie….superhero movie….superhero movie…aw man! Actually, never mind, in Rocketman, the hero is real!
The world knows present-day Sir Elton John as a pillar of his London community, a philanthropist, a family man, a model citizen in every respect. The man has a "Sir" in front of his name and scored a Disney movie (well technically two Disney movies, but let's not get into that)! But it wasn't always this way, it wasn't always this way at all.
I'm not saying that Rocketman is a classic of modern cinema by any means. However, the true, if not entirely factual, story of Sir Elton's triumph over addiction inspired me to revisit Sir Elton's music. Watching the Avengers triumph over Thanos or watching Spiderman triumph over Mysterio inspired me to do absolutely nothing.
Overall, I enjoyed all three movies I saw in theaters this summer while I was watching them. Afterwards, the Marvel movies just didn't resonate with me. I can't blame super-hero fatigue entirely, although I am concerned for the MCU's future. After all, as I mentioned above, isn't Elton John a real-life superhero?
As Aristotle once wrote, spectacle ranks as the least important element of drama. With few exceptions (Iron Man (2008), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Black Panther (2018)), the MCU emphasizes special effects over character development. As the MCU moves on from characters in the "popular among comic fans but not well known to the general public" category to the "obscure even to comic book fans" category, character development will become more important than ever before.
In the meantime, to paraphrase Sir Elton's best friend and go-to lyricist Bernie Taupin, you can't keep me in your special effects penthouse, I'm going back to my character development plough.
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The 25 Greatest Pictures of Animals Riding Other Animals
What are the greatest pictures of animals riding other animals? Generally when little guys hop on the backs of bigger animals, it can be quite humorous. This list will show some of the funniest pictures of animals riding other animals.
A Baby Weasel Rides a Woodpecker (!!)
Bird Riding a Hawk
A Chick Riding a Kitten
A Yorkie Rides a Mastiff
A Snail Rides a Frog
A Mouse Riding a Frog
A Kitten Riding a Rooster
A Pelican Riding an Allegator
A Mouse Rides a Cat That's Riding a Dog
A Monkey Rides a Pig
A Cat Riding a Turtle
Two Dogs Ride a Horse
A Cowboy Monkey Rides His Dog
A Monkey Riding a Parrot
A Cat in a Cowboy Hat Rides a Horse
A Frog Rides a Squirrel
A Monkey Holding Onto a Dog
A Lady Bug Riding a Snail
A Monkey Rides a Ram
A Hamster Riding a Guinea Pig
A Lion Riding a Freaking Horse
Guinea Pig Rides a Turkey
A Bird Rides a Camel
A Monkey Riding a Bull
A Zebra Rides a Giraffe
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*Author's note: I hesitated for two years before writing this piece, thinking I had no business discussing women's issues as a man. That's why I've tried very hard to exclude my own voice here, leaving out my (entirely unqualified) opinions, analysis, or explanations. However, having had the privilege to interview several leading Turkish experts, activists and ordinary women about this issue during the course of reporting other stories, I was left with thousands of words of extra material that I think warrants sharing. Please enjoy. [Photos mine]
Only Power Rules
It's a crisp, clear evening on November 16, 2011. Twenty-nine year-old Mülkiye Demir couldn't be happier as she speeds through the narrow cobblestoned streets of Istanbul's central Beyoğlu neighbourhood on the back of her friend's motorcycle.
Mülkiye is excited because tomorrow she's getting married. She's also happy because earlier that day she sold a large order of books at her job in the Mesopotamia Culture Centre, known by its Turkish acronym, MKM. The left-leaning MKM promotes Kurdish culture and its bookstore sells highbrow works of literature and political philosophy.
Suddenly Mülkiye and her friend are pulled over by an unmarked police car. She's nervous because the police have recently been arresting a lot of people she knows, but she's not scared because she knows she's done nothing wrong. The police ask for their IDs and take them into custody without explaining why.
Ten Days in Duhok
April 1 – 10, 2014.
"You should tell your friend you were kidnapped," says the dark-featured young man I met a short while ago, cigarette dangling from his grinning lips. The car careens down a dusty new highway in northern Iraq. The man has a bulwark of long eyelashes around his murky eyes, and short dark hair with a hint of silver emerging from the edges. "It is April, after all," he says with a wink. As I peer out the window, oil wells, billboards for Turkish and Russian companies, and craggy mountains whiz by.
Return to an Istanbul Smouldering
"Çok ayıp!" I scream at the battalion of riot police, momentarily losing all semblance of journalistic objectivity. "Shame on you!" They resemble fascist astronauts with their black uniforms, white helmets, glass visors, and gas masks. Many of them are practically children. I'd finally lost my temper after a blast of pressurized water from the hulking TOMA water-cannon truck nearby soaked me and my camera and launched my phone from my hand.
The Failure of the European-Style State and "Development" in Africa
"We had escaped a place where evil stared right at you from the sockets of a child's skull on a battlefield, only to arrive in London, where office workers led lives of such tedium and plenty that they had to entertain themselves with all the fucking and killing on the big screen. So, here then was the prosperous, democratic and civilized Western world. A place of washing machines, reality TV, Armani, frequent-flier miles, mortgages. And this is what the Africans are supposed to hope for, if they're lucky."
– Aidan Hartley, The Zanzibar Chest
Sunshine Journalism in Africa
It's recently become fashionable to be "positive" when writing or speaking about Africa. We're told that there's been too much negative media about the continent in modern times. I suppose journalists were supposed to simply ignore the deluge of wars, genocides, tyrants, famines, coups, and failed states because they don't always show Africa as a "happy" place.
The African City
"Even at their best, African cities seemed to me miserable improvised anthills, attracting the poor and the desperate from the bush and turning them into thieves and devisers of cruel scams. Scamming is the survival mode in a city where tribal niceties do not apply and there are no sanctions except those of the police, a class of people who in Africa generally are little more than licensed thieves […] I swore that I would never return to the stinking buses, the city streets reeking of piss, the lying politicians, the schemers, the twaddlers, the crooks, the moneychangers taking advantage of weak currency and gullible people, the American God-botherers and evangelists demanding baptisms and screaming "Sinners!" – and forty years of virtue-industry CEOs faffing around with other people's money and getting no results, except Africans asking for more […] Perhaps that was why I liked rural Africa so much and avoided towns, because in villages I saw self-sufficiency and sustainable agriculture. In the towns and cities, not the villages, I felt the full weight of all the broken promises and thwarted hope and cynicism."
– Paul Theroux, Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town


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Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s I was one of the people working for The Voyager Company, helping create the first widely-distributed, readable, user-friendly aesthetically pleasing ebooks.
I like ebooks; they're much more portable in terms of weight, they're easy to search, and you can annotate them without defacing the book.
I first read ebooks on my Mac PowerBook 180, then on my Palm, then on my iPhone and iPad. I've been reading and producing ebooks a very long time. Mostly recently, I've been reading a lot of ebooks on a Kindle Paperwhite.
The early versions of the Kindle were like reading wet newspaper. The Kindle Paperwhite E-Reader is much much better; while I still prefer to read some books on my iPad, because of the high resolution screen and color, the Paperwhite delivers a reasonable reading experience.
Ebook Formats
This is a curated list of books in several ebook file formats.
You can read Amazon's Kindle format books on Kindle e-readers, or on Windows, OS X/macOS, iOS or Android devices using a free Kindle app from Amazon.
I link to Kobo books where I can; there are free Kobo ereader apps for iOS, Blackberry, Android, Windows and Mac OS, as well as dedicated Kobo ereaders.
I link to books available from Apple's Apple Books; you can read these books with a free app on Macs or iOS devices like iPads, iPod Touch and iPads.
I link to ebooks.com ebooks (which used Adobe's ePub file format) for available titles.
Celtic Studies Ebooks
Cunliffe, Barry. The Celts: A Very Short Introduction.
If you only want one book about the ancient Celts, this is the one.
This is exactly what the title suggests; a very short introduction. While it is compact, it's a thorough survey of Celtic history and culture from a leading archaeologist and expert on the ancient Celts. It's readable, accurate in spite of its brevity, and a good overview for those looking for the current research and theories, as well as a solid introduction for those who have interest but neither time nor money for the larger tomes. You can read my review of Cunliffe's The Celts: A Very Short Introduction.
ebooks.com | Apple Books | Kindle | Kobo
Gantz, Jeffrey. Early Irish Myths and Sagas. London: Penguin Books, 1981. ISBN 0140443975.
Gantz offers his own abbreviated translation of the Táin, as well as most of the central Ulster tales and mythic sagas (The Death Of Aife's Only Son, The Wasting Sickness of Cú Chulaind / Serglige Con Culain, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig / Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó, The Intoxication of the Ulaid, The Exile of the Sons of Uisliu).
These are accessible, readable translations in standard English of texts than can be difficult to find in English in translations that aren't Victorian in style and attitude. Gantz's translation of The Feast of Bricru / Fled Bricrend is the most recent, modern English translation that's readily available.
Apple Books | Kindle | Kobo
Green, Miranda. Bog Bodies Uncovered: Solving Europe's Ancient Mystery. Thames and Hudson: New York, 2015.
Apple Books | Kindle | Kobo
Kinsella, Thomas. Translator. The Tain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1970. ISBN 0192810901.
Simply the most readable English translation going of the Irish national epic, and the associated main mythological tales. Kinsella also offers a brief introduction to the Tain itself and places the various "pre tales" he includes in context. Kinsella makes note of where he has turned to an alternate version from another manuscript, and adds contextual notes to assist in trying to create a narrative in the modern sense from a collection of loosely connected tales.
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In UK, we have another friend taking care of our merchandise sales and ensuring the delivery of goods ordered though the eShop of the website.
In Canada we have another friend who sends the small videos that I make for hippo foster parents. To send them from Zimbabwe takes a long time due to the slow server, so I send them one at a time to him and he kindly sends them on to all of Abe's supporters or all of Tembia's and so on. A video for me to send from here takes about 45minutes but from Canada 98 seconds!
In USA, a marvelous lady succeeded in raising funds to help us buy a second hand four by four drive vehicle to replace our old wreck of a Land Rover.
Another lovely lady in the USA offered to update my hippo newsletters so I write them and then she makes them more user friendly with up to date technology, which here in the bush I do not have access to.
So if you want to help the Trust, feel free to be inventive in ways to participate with us to continue saving these wild hippos and contact me with your ideas.


text: Print Version Nutrition & Food Science, Bachelor of Science Program InformationCredential: Bachelor's DegreeDuration: 1 year at RDC - 3 years at U of A Delivery: Main CampusProgram Cost Estimates: Program Cost EstimatesContact InformationContact Name: Dr. Nancy BrownContact Title: Associate DeanContact Phone: 403.342.3400 OR 1.888.732.4630Contact Email: firstname.lastname@example.com University Transfer ProgramOne Year University Transfer Program: This program is offered in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life, and Environmental Sciences at University of Alberta. For the most current university program and transfer information, see the Planning Guides in Academic Advising. Related CareersNutrition and Food Science involves applying basic sciences (Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry, and Microbiology) to the processing, preservation, and distribution of food. Graduates will find work in all aspects of the food handling industry: Dietitians Government control of food processing Private Industry food processing International Agencies Canadian International Development Agency United Nations Research food handling, processing, and preserving The ProgramThe program at RDC is one year of study toward Bachelor of Science Nutrition and Food Sciences.Students studying Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Alberta can pursue 5 different majors upon transfer. Students starting at RDC will be best set up to transition into either the Nutrition and Food Science General program or the Dietetics Specialization program. If you are pursuing another major in Nutrition, you may experience some added time to finish your degree from the University of Alberta when you transfer. See the Bachelor of Science – Nutrition and Food Science Academic Planning Guide for more information Transfer FeaturesThe courses in this program can be transferred in full to BSc Nutrition and Food Science at University of Alberta. Refer to University of Alberta calendar for the complete listing of courses under the Faculty of Agricultural, Life, and Environmental Sciences. RequirementsAdmission Requirements: Related Link: Admission requirements for specific programs will often refer to Alberta Grade 12 course groups. Visit the Admissions page for detailed group descriptions. 1. Minimum average of 60% with no mark below 50% in: Biology 30 Chemistry 30 ELA 30-1 Mathematics 30-1 Subject from Group A, B, C, or Macroeconomics 30 and Microeconomics 30, or a minimum of five credits in Career and Technology subjects at the Advanced level from the following strands: Agriculture, Community Health, Foods, Forestry or Wildlife. OR 2. Mature Student You must be 19 years of age or older, out of high school for at least one full year before the program starts, and have a minimum average of 60% with no mark below 50% in: Biology 30 Chemistry 30 ELA 30-1 Mathematics 30-1 Note: Applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate English language proficiency in addition to the program admission requirements. Graduation Requirements: You must pass 20 term university transfer courses or a minimum of 60 credit hours, and achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 to receive a Diploma in University Transfer Studies. Program ContentUniversity of AlbertaNutrition and Food Science General Major/Dietetics Specialization Major BIOL 217 (3 credits) CHEM 211/212/351 (9 credits) ENGL 219/ENGL 220 (6 credits) STAT 251 (3 credits) KNSS 244 (3 credits) Free Elective (6 credits) Year 1 Course Descriptions BIOL 217 An introduction to cellular and molecular biology. Topics include: biological macromolecules; membrane stucture and function; cellular structure; bioenergetics and energy flow; respiration and photosynthesis; cell division and the cell cycle; DNA structure and replication; transcription and translation; recombinant DNA and genetic regulation. Prerequisite: Biology 30 and Chemistry 30 Note: BIOL 217 and 218 can be taken in either order. CHEM 211 The first introductory-level chemistry course that focusses on the foundations of atomic properties and chemical reactions. Topics include: stoichiometry, reactions and titrations, ideal gases, atomic structure and bonding, chemical equilibrium, and acids and bases. Prerequisite: Chem 30 and Math 30-1. CHEM 212 The second introductory-level chemistry course that further expands upon the foundations of various chemical reactions and systems by discussing their equilibrium and reaction rates. Topics include: buffers, titration curves, solubility and complex ion equilibria, thermodynamics and thermochemistry, chemical kinetics, and electrochemistry. Pre-requisite: Chem 211. CHEM 351 An introduction to the chemistry of carbon compounds. The molecular structure, nomenclature, reactions, reaction mechanisms, structure determination and stereochemistry of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and alkyl halides is discussed. Important organic compounds related to industry, agriculture and everyday use (polymers, fats, soaps, pesticides, medicinals, etc) are introduced. Prerequisite: CHEM 211 Note: You can only get credit for one of CHEM 241, CHEM 251 and CHEM 351. ECON 201 Scarcity and choice. Methods used in economic science. Specialization, markets, and exchange. Supply and demand. Roles of consumers, firms and resource owners in competitive and monopolistic markets. International trade. Government intervention. Emphasis is on Canadian problems, issues, policies, and institutions. Credit will not be granted for both ECON 100 and ECON 201. Note: It is recommended that you have grade 12 level Math or equivalent as background. ENGL 219 Explore university-level essay composition and the skills related to critical reading, interpretation, and argument. Prerequisite: ELA 30-1 or equivalent. NOTE: Credit will not be granted for both ENGL 219 and ENGL 210. ENGL 220 The course explores a range of literary genres while continuing to focus on deepening the required structural and critical skills related to thinking and writing about literature. Pre-requisite: Engl 219 NOTE: Credit will not be granted for both ENGL 220 and 210. KNSS 244 This course presents an overview of normal nutritional requirements, physiological functions and food sources. It examines the importance of nutritional adequacy in optimal health and disease prevention. Students will learn to evaluate nutritional issues and nutritional status. Note: Not to be taken by students with credit in KNSS 224. 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For a book released August 1, 2009, these early reviews on Amazon are heartwarming to the author, and useful to family history researchers and those looking for an appropriate book. The book may be bought by clicking on the BuyNow button to the right.
Ilario Simonette says:
Bourland's work plan approach makes me confident that I could have produced a much better family history that is accurate and with a lot less pain. Trying to research my family tree and write my family history was not easy, since it was necessary that I travel to the Calabria and Sicily regions of Italy to start the process. Being new to this type of analysis, I was essentially rudderless, became frustrated and quickly realized that I would get nowhere without help. Consequently, I hired a genealogist in Agrigento, Sicily at considerable expense to guide me. Bourland proves that writing a family history does not have be like that. Based on my experience, he proves in a masterful and balanced way that if one has a plan with direction and priorities and uses tools that are available – one can produce results. I'm glad I found this book, and I am using it as a guide as I start the second phase of my research.
Norman S. Mcfall of Troy, New York says on: An Essential Genealogical Guide.
Researching my family's history about a year ago, I had run into a deadend and
accumulated lots of data on randomly organized sheets of paper. Then I came across this book by Bourland. His Work Plan made all the difference. It gave
me a method of organizing and storing paper and photos and provided a path to a
more intelligent method of working. I have followed this method with success
ever since.
Silvia Bettega says: I loved this book!!
This book is a must for anybody interested in exploring the world of genealogy. I considered researching my family background for many years but felt overwhelmed by the task and did not know where to start. This book took the fear out of the job: it is easy to follow, clear, and full of useful resources. I highly recommend this book to all of you who, not unlike me, want to start the exciting adventure of "getting started in genealogy." Thanks, Mr. Bourland.
Robert B. Heath "Bob" of Savannah, GA says:
My Father, born in 1885, knew and wrote about our Family back to 1781. Another relative took it back to 1685. Charles Bourland asked me to study his genealogy approaches and I said "NO, I HAVE IT ALL". But he did not stop and easily found my history back to 1510 in England. His work and approaches have opened new horizons to researching on the computer and taught what to look for in searching my own history by visiting old towns, court houses, genealogy sights, etc. I was so lucky to find Charles Bourland's work.
Dick Bailey of Sarasota, Florida says:
Other books on this subject were far too complicated and difficult to get through. This book suffers from NONE of that. It is "right on" and easy to follow and I highly recommend it.
Margaret L. S. Breese of Haddonfield, NJ says:
Genealogy was a complete mystery to me until I experienced Charles Bourland's new book, "Getting Started in Genealogy, or, How To Leave a Legacy and Have Fun Doing So". His "process" for investigation is outstanding and was not only highly motivational, but completely resourceful. When one inherits boxes of family records, how do you organize them? Charles Bourland's book gives you the easiest and most creative ways to start your family research. For anyone interested in discovering where they came from and all the possible connections involved, "Getting Started in Genealogy, or How To Leave a Legacy and Have Fun Doing So" is a fabulous resource.
Ronald and Madeline Thompson of Ridgefield CT say:
A must for all families that have any interest in their heritage. The author has
penned a wonderful guide which, if followed, will take you on one of the most
interesting journeys of your life. A great gift for children of all ages. Kudos
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Ann Robertson says: An Excellent Genealogical Resource
Mr. Bourland's book, Getting Started in Genealogy, was a big help to me in my genealogical research. He introduced me to resources that enabled me to get past major roadblocks in my searches. His Work Plan helped me reorganize my thinking and gave me the tools to put things together in a way that made sense.


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Funny^ Happy Thanksgiving Turkey Images, Pictures, Coloring Pages – Every year Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. This day was historically a religious observation to give thanks to the almighty God. The day was set in stone by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 and approved by Congress in 1941. And if there are five weeks in November, the last Thursday of November. Thanksgiving Day can be traced back to the 1621 celebration at the Plymouth Plantation, where the religious refugees from England known popularly as the Pilgrims invited the local Native Americans to a harvest feast after a particularly successful growing season.
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Pilgrim Edward Winslow wrote a letter about that now-famous meal in 1621 which mentioned a turkey hunt before the dinner. Some say the choice of turkey was inspired by Queen Elizabeth I who was eating dinner when she heard some good news.She was so thrilled with the news she ordered another goose be served. Some families include breaking the turkey's wishbone as part of their celebration. Two people each take one end of the bone, make a wish, and pull. Whoever ends up with the larger part of the bone gets their wish!
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After the feast families often do additional activities. Some like to take walks after eating such a large meal. Some people take naps. Others sit down together to play board or card games together.Television also plays a part in Thanksgiving celebrations. Many families watch the New York City Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The parade includes marching bands, floats, songs and performances from Broadway musicals, and giant helium-filled balloons! People may also enjoy televised football games.
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Thanksgiving Day is a time to feel gratitude for the good things in life. Thanksgiving is celebrated in the USA with festivity, family reunions, gift giving and lavish feasts. The traditional delicacies like Roasted turkeys, Cranberry sauce, Corns. Potatoes and Pumpkin pie are popular in this festive season. Some people volunteer to serve food at homeless shelters on Thanksgiving Day and others donate to shelters or participate in canned food drives.Some families choose to serve vegetarian Thanksgiving dinners instead of a stuffed turkey. Some people eat vegetarian turkey, which is made out of tofu.
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Textbook costs have been in the headlines since the Student Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) released its survey that found 65% of students said they did not purchase course materials because of the price. It also reported that 82% of students said they would do better in a class with free online access to course materials.
A professor at Temple University understands the angst, but is unmoved. Students of Meredith Broussard's digital journalism class are asked to leave their electronic devices at home and bring the textbook, or at the very least a printout of the class assignment, because she's found that digital-native students really have nothing more than a basic understanding on how to operate the gadgets.
"For a couple of semesters, I patiently endured students announcing their technical difficulties to the entire class," Broussard wrote in an article for The New Republic. "After a while, I realized that I was spending an awful lot of class time doing tech support."
Broussard admitted there's a time and place for electronic devices in the classroom and she likes reading on her Kindle, but she's come to the conclusion that the printed book is just easier to use. Legislative initiatives, like the one in Florida to switch to digital textbooks in public schools by 2015, make her nervous.
"E-books are not the best format for the way the American education system works right now, nor do they allow students equal opportunities for education," she wrote. "When the myriad human-computer interface issues get ironed out, and when e-books are logistically better than print books, I'll be happy to switch over. That day hasn't arrived yet. Sometimes, innovation means sticking with what works."


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"Although this was one of the first films we saw, we did not lose it from our sight throughout the whole festival," revealed the expert jury about Sore Eyes for Infinity by Finnish director, Elli Vuorinen, that has won the Anča Award – the main Fest Anča International Animation Festival prize and EUR 800.
This year's jury comprised Hungarian director Éva Katinka Bognár, programme director of Anifilm festival Pavel Horáček from the Czech Republic, and British director Robert Morgan who had a profile and masterclass at Fest Anča. They said about the winning film: "Using expressive animation, it presents an absurd vision that is nevertheless rooted in reality. The main character observes a grotesque world, until she finds the courage to join it – with a helping hand." This beautiful, honest and colourful story of drawn animation came to life thanks to crowd funding support. It focuses on an optician whose usual day is interrupted by several extraordinary clients, each of whom sees the world in an unexpected way. And that's exactly the strength of this short film.
The jury also awarded the best student film: "We gave the student award to a playful film that races against time, bombarding us with a series of hilarious and inventive ideas about how to clean up your flat." The Anča Student Award and EUR 400 will go to Finnish animator Heta Jäälinoja for Penelope.
In the International Competition of Music Videos, Marcos Sánchez from Chile seized attention with The Unnatural, created for Claire Cronin – the Los Angeles-based poet and musician. The jury comprised Kostas Pataridis (aka Navis – member of the demogroup ASD from Greece), media artist Heidi Hörsturz from Germany, and Beáta Kolbašovská, the Slovak new media artist. This Anča Music Video Award winner – which received EUR 400 – evoked "a deep melancholic atmosphere. It tells a story that takes you on a journey. Minimalistic composition using a distinctive colour palette and strong use of shadows describes the background environment while keeping the action centre-framed. There is a clear progression in the story from characters' introduction to the dramatic ending."
Children in the audience could select the winner of the Anča Kids' Award and recipient of EUR 400 – they were won over by the fairy tale The Little Bird and the Caterpillar by Lena von Döhren, the Switzerland-based German director and animator.
As well as film awards, awards were also given to fledging authors and students who presented their interactive multimedia projects at the Game Days Pitching Session. Ivan and Peťo Galdík won with Zoja – the jury liked that their game project created the impression of an atmospheric journey thanks to its extraordinary visuals and deep personal experience.
The Game Jam competition (fast theme-based creation of games)continued its success from last year. First prize went to the Pixel Federation team's Diet Struggle game.
The next opportunity to see Fest Anča 2017 winning films will be at Pohoda festival in Trenčín on Saturday 8 July at 9pm in the Martinus Literary Tent.
Anča Award
Sore Eyes for Infinity
Director: Elli Vuorinen
Finland, 2016
Anča Award – Special Mention
Dolls Don't Cry
Director: Fréderick Tremblay
Canada, 2017
Anča Student Award
Director: Heta Jäälinoja
Estonia, 2016
Anča Student Award – Special Mention
Director: Jamie Wolfe
Anča Music Video Award
The Unnatural
Director: Marcos Sánchez
Chile, 2016
Anča Music Video – Special Mention
Sex Bruise
Director: Conor Grebel
Anča Kids´ Award
The Little Bird and the Caterpillar
Director: Lena Von Dohren
Switzerland, 2017
Game Days Pitching Session
Directors: Ivan and Peťo Galdík
Game Days Pitching Session – Special Mention
Duschans Schulweg
Director: Peter Račko
Prizes for the winners were awarded by Xbox and Dell.


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Woodwing Villa
Athens, Greece
Design Team
Dimitris Karampatakis, Marivenia Chiotopoulou
In Collaboration With VOIS Architects
Yiorgos Kordakis
Woodwing Villa is a private residence situated in Ekali, in the northern suburbs of Athens. We were asked to design a flexible home that could respond and adapt accordingly to the changing seasons whilst maintaining constant visual connection with the surrounding forested landscape. During the winter months the house functions as a warm, protective shell, enclosing the family within. As the days become longer and warmer the shell retracts, opening up to the garden and thereby expanding the living area to include the terrace and deck. The internal and external spaces merge, maximizing the benefits of both.
Natural materials mature and improve over the years, recording their age through changes in their colour and texture. The traditional 'Kourasanit' render of powdered brick gradually acquires a special patina with time. Similarly, we chose Cedar and American Walnut for the timber-clad surfaces because of the subtle colour change that occurs as they age. Basaltina stone has been strategically placed both indoor and out to enhance the continuity of the ground floor living areas, and Cedar-clad interior walls share the distinctive colour of the pine trees surrounding the house. The carefully selected furniture also has an emphasis on hand crafted, natural materials. The pieces blend contemporary and classic design to create an interior style that is up to date yet timeless.


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The Weatherhead Coaching Certificate guides participants through a sequence of learning experiences that contribute to personal leadership development, and it provides practical coaching skills for inspiring the leadership development of others. Emotional Intelligence (EI), a proven, comprehensive model of the competencies that form the essential core for great leadership, provides the basis for Weatherhead's approach to leadership development.
The underlying principles and learning outcomes of the certificate are grounded in Intentional Change Theory. The work of faculty member Richard Boyatzis, Ph.D., the Intentional Change Process is substantiated by research to describe how adults change their behavior in desired, sustainable ways. Executives trained in the Weatherhead Coaching program learn how to leverage the intentional change process to authentically and effectively support others in achieving their leadership and performance aspirations.
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In 2016, the Center for Credentialing & Education (CCE) approved the current Weatherhead Coaching Certificate as a Board Certified Coach (BCC) education provider. Participants must take the current certificate in full and pass an online, multiple-choice test on the contents of the certificate in order to receive 90 BCC training hours. Learn more about the BCC credential and find answers to common questions. Training requirements vary based on your level of college education - see CCE for details.
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February 24, 2020
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Thursday, August 9, 2018
When life throws you curve balls, just remember things are going to be 'ok'.
It's all how you react to something that determines whether life is good or bad. Did you know that Fess once lived in a beach house that was nearly slipping over the edge of a cliff. Instead of letting it get him down, he sought out the property that eventually became the Fess Parker Winery.
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WHAT'S IN A NAME: Here's a picture of Lowell Thomas Fess with Fess Parker Jr, Lowell's wife Doris, and daughter Lorrie Ann. According to sources, Fess Parker Sr. was named after Lowell's father, Senator Simeon Davison Fess. The photo is from about 1966 at the Neil House Hotel, Columbus, Ohio.
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Revenge for a raped prostitute might sound like less-than-thrilling motivation for an action hero, but it works nevertheless to propel this uncharacteristically character-driven Jason Statham vehicle. The Expendables star here plays Nick Wild, a skid row Las Vegas "security consultant" in Simon West's quality realization of a thirty-year-old William Goldman screenplay. A British special forces veteran who can take care of himself, Nick is also a self-destructive compulsive gambler and drinker who has to grapple with his own shortcomings as well as the gangsters who want him dead. Something of an odd couple dynamic comes into play when Nick is befriended by a nerdy software millionaire (Michael Angarano) looking to be initiated into the world of danger and excitement. Some of the exchanges between these two have a rather phony and forced cleverness; but the script, on the whole, is highly engaging and full of fun and surprises. The cast of familiar faces includes Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis, Anne Heche, and Jason Alexander in minor roles.
4 out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Wild Card is:
6. Misandrist. An abused woman (Dominik Garcia-Lorido) threatens to sever the penis of a cocky misogynist (Milo Ventimiglia).
5. Corporate. A big-titted Latina (Sofia Vergara) squeezes in a quality plug for the junk food complex when she orders a Diet Pepsi. Putting in a good word for the usury industry, Statham's credit card comes in handy when he uses it put a gash on a bad guy's head. He also mentions eating Wheaties as a source of energy.
4. Anti-Christian. Set against the tacky blinking backdrop of one of America's sleaziest, most Judaically resonant metropolises, Christmas is a hollow observance with no meaning. Simon West, in his commentary, relates that "the Christmas theme in the movie meant that I wanted to get some actual Vegas at Christmas footage, but […] unfortunately Vegas doesn't seem to celebrate Christmas that much."
3. Anti-Semitic! "You're not supposed to like Vegas," Nick explains of the city that Bugsy Siegel built. "It's just this creeping virus people catch sometimes."
2. Anti-gun. Nick rejects firearms, demonstrating instead how simple objects like silverware and ashtrays can be used to debilitate armed assailants.
1. Pro-miscegenation and anti-white. Most appallingly, Wild Card contains a scene of flirtation between Nick and an unappealing black hotel maid (Davenia McFadden). "Too bad you got all that British blood in you," she teases him. "If you was black, I'd bed you good and fast." "You can make believe," Nick encourages her. "Nah," she replies. "Don't think this is racial or anything, but I never feel like you people are clean. This is a housekeeper you're talking to, remember? I can tell if a Brit's been in a room [snaps] just like that." This dialogue suggesting that Brits are unclean makes little sense until one listens to Simon West's commentary. "In the original script, the [Nick] character was actually Hispanic," he reveals, "so we had to change the racial stereotyping." Mexicans can no longer conscionably be depicted as dirtbags, but Englishmen are apparently still fair game. Three decades ago, when the screenplay was written, the occasional spot of political incorrectness was still permissible at the multiplex; but, fortunately for public morals, Wild Card was filmed in the current year, so to speak.
With Magic in the Moonlight, degenerate Jewry's auteur laureate Allan Konigsberg (alias Woody Allen) returns to his beloved Jazz Age and to the theme of the enchantment in life and love that began to preoccupy him sometime around A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) – as well as to the contested existence of God, a subject that has obsessed him throughout his career. Colin Firth plays a celebrity illusionist invited to debunk spiritualist Emma Stone. The results, pleasantly enough, are quintessential Woody – witty, romantic, and generally wonderful. Blu-ray was invented to showcase Emma Stone's immaculate, strange, and exquisite face. Highly recommended.
5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Magic in the Moonlight is:
6. Anti-family. Stone's father abandoned her.
5. Class-conscious. "Unlike you, we're members of the working class." Emma Stone's character comes from a much humbler background than those who patronize her services as a spiritualist.
4. Racist! Firth refers to Stone's "confused black little criminal's heart". Konigsberg is hereby sentenced to make amends by appearing in Tyler Perry's next Madea vehicle.
3. Anti-Semitic! "Hoodwinking is what we do," confesses the hero's trusted Jewish magician colleague Burkan (Simon McBurney), who presents himself as an exposer of hoaxes but turns out to have been a conman himself and a traitor to his friend. He is motivated, he concedes, by "envy and resentment".
2. Redpilled. Stone rejects fawning, ukulele-strumming beta male suitor Hamish Linklater in favor of masculine, dignified Colin Firth.
1. Agnostic. "I think Mr. Nietzsche has disposed of the God matter rather convincingly." Or has he? Maintained throughout is a tension between protagonist Firth's rational understanding that spirituality is a fraud "from the séance table to the Vatican and beyond" and his simultaneous longing for some transcendence. Is it true that "happiness is not the natural human condition"? Is willful ignorance really bliss? "You were much happier when you let some lies into your life, Stanley," Konigsberg seems to want to suggest with Magic in the Moonlight.
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Board to Death is Dammie Akinmola's miniature (15-minute) film inspired by a short story, "Death by Scrabble" by Charlie Fish. The movie's title, framing ennui and death wish as a game, signals a playful attitude toward its dark subject matter. Joshua Exposito, an odd choice of leading man whose voice, accent, and moody stare recall Highlander's Christopher Lambert, plays the jealous husband of quintessential femme fatale Victoria Ashford in this neo-noir black comedy.
Wasting no time getting to the grit, the film opens with the insane protagonist staring across a Scrabble board at his smug, smoking wife and giving voice-over narration in the conventional hardboiled fashion. "I'll break the bones of anyone who touches her, anyone who lays eyes on her," her swears. "I'll crack their skulls and smash their teeth on concrete. They'll suffer till their lights go out." He then proceeds to live up to this bloody vow.
The black-and-white cinematography is gorgeous, and director Akinmola, also a composer, has wisely opted to use music sparingly, so that Exposito's crazed whisper commands every inch of the viewer's attention. One only wishes to see Board to Death expanded into a full-length feature, as too many characters are crammed into its too-brief running time for the audience to have any satisfactory sense of the meaning of each character's deserts. If nothing else, the short format and compressed storyline prevent the viewer from ever becoming bored – let alone to death.
4 out of 5 possible stars.
Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Board to Death is:
8. Anti-feminist. The wife is a monster who cruelly enjoys her husband's suffering and the murders he commits. Women's empowerment has complicated and corrupted male-female relations, maddening men and discombobulating their moral compass. She "can't be trusted" because she is "far too strong".
7. Arguably anti-Christian. The murderous maniac protagonist is a churchgoer.
6. Pro-tobacco. In classic 1940s fashion, cigarette smoking is code for sex.
5. Multiculturalist. Peaceful non-white Britons sit with attentive gazes during a Christian service, suggesting that they are positively assimilated participants in Western Civilization.
4. Pro-miscegenation. A mixed-race couple (Carl Muircroft and Latifah Parara) appear to have a healthier and more normal relationship than the leads.
3. Media-critical. In one blatantly postmodern and self-referential scene, Exposito picks a fight against the backdrop of the poster for Board to Death, the very film in which he appears at that moment. Is this to suggest that the character's diet of violent entertainment has shaped his insanity, desensitized him, and incentivized his antisocial behavior? Judging from Akinmola's admission on the movie's website to admiring Quentin Tarantino and his (flippantly ultraviolent) attitude toward life, one can only assume that this critique is unintentional.
2. Anti-gun. A bartender (Cristinel Hogas) keeps a shotgun under the counter, but finds it worthless as protection when the jealous husband seizes it from him and pummels him.
1. Anti-marriage. The husband alleges that his wife is "a demon, a succubus sent to tempt men." Among his final utterances are the words, "Wife. Liar. Killer. Husband. Possessive. Paranoid. Dead."
Roving bands of foreigners ravage a seemingly helpless Britain, pillaging, raping its women, and humiliating or liquidating its men. No, this is not Woolwich in May of 2013, but the eighth century, when Norsemen subjected the island to terror even more frightening, at least in its immediate consequences, than that presented by the swarms of uncivilized welfare rats presently infesting jolly old England. Today the invaders are Third World rubbish of the British government's own invitation, but during the Middle Ages an enemy threatened civilizational cataclysm by military means. Fortunately, back in those distant days, there were Englishmen sufficiently concerned with national survival to resist and struggle for the preservation of their culture.
The awkwardly titled A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day follows monk Hereward (Marc Pickering) as he makes his perilous way, attempting to elude the Vikings and get the Holy Book of Lindisfarne, a relic of great national and spiritual significance, to safekeeping at a northern monastery. During his journey Hereward is joined by the warrior Aethelwulf (Mark Lewis Jones) and Pictish woman Eara (Elen Rhys), who both have things to teach him about his responsibilities to his faith and his people.
The lead performances in this historical allegory, particularly Pickering's, are passionate; and the mist-shrouded Welsh landscape, in combination with a constant sense of urgency and doom, contribute to A Viking Saga's air of earnestness of purpose. The artificial dialogue, always a challenge in bringing to life such a distant period, may strike some viewers as unnatural, and the film does show its budgetary limitations in the paltry smattering of actors purporting to represent a devastating Norse invasion force; but A Viking Saga is, on the whole, a better and more engrossing film than might be expected from its unfortunate title.
3.5 of 5 possible stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day is:
10. Mildly feminist. Eara gets revenge for a rape and helps win the day.
9. Traditionalist/pro-family. "My people have used the land's gifts for a thousand years," Eara says. "My mother taught me as her mother taught her."
8. Drug-ambivalent. A psychoactive plant causes Hereward to have frightening hallucinations, but this also results in his having a spiritually instructive vision.
7. Anti-capitalistic/anti-NWO. The invasion started with coastal trading, an allusion to capitalism and possibly also to the EU as sources of Britain's degradation and loss of sovereignty.
6. Populist. "The church has seen to grow rich and fat while the country starves. Monks hold little respect in the wilds."
5. Antiwar. The Vikings' invasion, like so many wars, is motivated by gold and dreams of empire.
4. Conservative. Pathetic, pale-faced, defeatist victims of plunder, plague, and famine actually suffer from a mental disorder: self-loathing liberalism. "We must embrace the death He brings so we may sit at His side in paradise," one of these medieval progressives explains.
3. Xenophobic and anti-immigration. A quotation from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles at the film's outset reads, "The heathens trampled on the bodies of saints in the temple of God, like dung in the streets." Black clouds are said to have brought this human pestilence. Alcuin of York "was victorious over the darkness of his time. We shall be victorious over the darkness that threatens to engulf our time." (Italics added) Unfortunately, trends today in the UK and Europe, with Islam the continent's fastest-growing religion and soon to be the dominant faith in Britain, indicate that these storm clouds of the present will not be so handily dissipated.
2. Militantly Christian. A Viking Saga opens with naked monks, beaten and humiliated by Vikings, cringing, crying, and imploring God on a beach after being kicked out of their monastery. These are flabby, undignified men, unsuited to the task of protecting the faith. ("We have seen the bravery of the Saxons here. Men who would stain their church with the stench of their own piss rather than fight.") "There are many ways to serve Christ, boy," Aethelwulf tells Hereward. Lifting his sword, he asks, "Does it not resemble the cross?" "Become my wrath," Christ (Gerald Tyler) says in a vision.
1. Nationalistic. "The book isn't everything." The violent defense of the island and nation comes even before Christ's teachings. "Without their book, this nation would fall," a Viking leader observes. The perpetuation of Christianity, then, is but a means to the survival of a tribal and racial identity. "The people of England are as precious as the Word." Jesus is more than once called the "white Christ".


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Milton Chen, Senior Fellow, George Lucas Educational Foundation
Milton Chen is a senior fellow and executive director emeritus of the George Lucas Educational Foundation. Prior to joining GLEF, Chen was founding director of the KQED Education Network in San Francisco and an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Laura Cronin, director of the Toshiba America Foundation, spoke to Chen earlier this month.
Philanthropy News Digest: Your new book, Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Our Schools, is exceptional for a number of reasons. What's most striking to me, however, is how your decision to focus on successes in specific classrooms reveals so much new information about how teaching and learning works. It's a wonderfully hopeful and yet very practical book. Instead of revisiting the current system's flaws, you've become a sort of purveyor of education-related innovations and sensible solutions. How did that come about?
Milton Chen: Education Nation is really my attempt to curate a "best of" collection of education-related stories and films connected to our work at Edutopia. Our approach has always been to light a candle instead of cursing the darkness. Shining the spotlight on innovative schools, classrooms, and other learning environments has been our strategy, one that appealed to George Lucas from the very founding of the foundation almost twenty years ago. I do feel that the solution to our education crisis lies in redesigning our system of public education, not pointing the finger at problems with the old system.
PND: Anyone interested in our nation's schools should read your book and get the full story about each of the six edges of innovation you describe. By way of introduction, can you talk about your chapter on the "Time/Place Edge"?
MC: One of the most exciting areas of innovation is in how learning time and places are expanding. By "learning time," I don't mean simply extending the school day or year with the same old, traditional types of learning that aren't working. As my colleague Milt Goldberg says, "A lousy eight-hour day is worse than a lousy six-hour day." That said, many districts and their partners are finding ways to capture more learning hours for creative, project-based, technology-infused learning during afternoons, evenings, weekends, and summers.
The National Summer Learning Association is at the forefront of the movement to reduce summer learning loss by creating summer programs for students that run five days a week, for six to eight weeks — a "third semester," if you will.
PND: Sometimes humor tells us more about what we need to change than hard data. Can you tell us about your idea for a National Campaign to Teach Basketball From Textbooks?
MC: The hardest "edge of innovation" is the Thinking Edge — changing our thinking about what teaching and learning are all about in the year 2010. Several years ago I proposed a campaign to teach basketball from textbooks based on a story told to me by Roger Nichols, then director of the Museum of Science in Boston. Somehow, we all understand that sports, as well as the arts, are about performance, not about reading the rule book and taking multiple-choice tests.
Knowledge of rules and basic techniques are important, but success is based on how an athlete or an artist or musician applies them. Every high school basketball player knows the double-dribble rule or where to stand when shooting a foul shot. But rules are only the beginning. We instinctively understand this when it comes to basketball, but we forget it when it comes to science, math, history, or any other area of the curriculum. Sometimes, we're not very smart about learning, which is ironic, to put it politely.
PND: In the book, you quote John Gage, former chief science officer at Sun Microsystems, who said: "The problem with Americans is we think of education as a cost. But other nations think of it as an investment." In the current climate, where some states have received significant federal money to make reforms and private foundations are focused on supporting positive change in our schools, what advice do you have for funders?
MC: Foundations should use their funds to leverage the changes needed to create a twenty-first century learning system, especially around innovative uses of information technology. From district operations to home-school communication to classroom teaching and learning, there are many ways in which technology can modernize the system. Education is an incredibly information-intensive activity, but it is amazing how schools and districts have been insulated from information technology.
I point to many of these in my book. The thread they have in common is providing every teacher, administrator, and student with access to these technologies. One of my favorite recent examples is putting Internet routers on rural school buses in Arizona so students could take advantage of their long hours commuting to school and sports competitions. The students took it seriously and used the access for learning time and not just playing games. That's also an example of the "Time/Place Edge" — finding more time for learning in, of all places, school buses.
PND: The Edutopia.org community is a wonderful resource. Can you suggest two videos to get visitors new to the site started?
MC: I've learned that there are many lenses that users come to our site with, from the grade-level lens, to the technology lens, to the project-based learning lens. The one page I encourage everyone — educators, foundation staff, business partners, and others — to look at is our Schools That Work page, which currently offers six case studies of innovation in schools and school districts.
It also includes our newest feature on the Linked Learning model, which involves reinventing the high school experience by merging a college prep curricula with technical education and workplace experience; a profile of the Maine middle school 1:1 laptop program; and a feature on the social and emotional learning (SEL) strategy being tried in K-8 classrooms in Louisville, Kentucky. We hope the films, interviews, and PDFs on the site will be a resource for others looking to introduce educational innovations in their own communities.
— Laura Cronin


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Sulfur dioxide is one of several types of sulfites used to preserve foods, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires that the presence of sulfur dioxide in foods be declared on the product label. Consumers who have a severe sensitivity to sulfur dioxide may run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume these products.
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