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Rabat: The Day That Wasn't
After Asilah we decided to make a quick stop in Rabat. We gave ourselves only one full day to explore the city, partially because there didn't seem to be a ton to see and do, and partially because we really wanted to spend as much time as possible in our next stop, the beach town of Essaouira. Because we had so little time, we put together a neat and tidy little agenda that would wear us out and, perhaps as importantly, keep us from spending any time in the room (or as Danielle calls it, "The Dungeon") we had rented on Airbnb. But as the old adage goes, "the best laid plans of mice and men…" And so it went for us. Here's the day that wasn't:
We wake up at 8:00 and eat a nice breakfast courtesy of our Airbnb hosts before heading to the train station to buy our tickets for the next day to Essaouria. Afterward, we visit the Roman ruins at Chellah, have lunch at the Café de 7eme Art, have dinner at The American Club, see a movie, and then grab some dessert while we walk back to our room through the Medina tired but happy with our time in Rabat.
Here's the story of the day that was. Nothing went terribly wrong, but nothing seemed to go terribly right, either. By the end of it, Danielle had taken off her pants in a public park, I had bumped my head on things (hard) twice, Danielle had grown a blister on a blister, we became criminals, and the list of things we didn't do was longer than the list of things we did do.
It's too hot for pants
Things started off alright – we managed to buy our train tickets for tomorrow without incident (though the price was much higher than expected), and we only got lost once while trying to get to the Roman ruins at Chellah, a site I'd been wanting to visit. While we were at Chellah, at about 11am, the temperature was in the low 80s but very sunny. We had walked there from The Dungeon (just short of 3 miles) and we were getting hot. I handle being hot with enviable grace and maturity. Danielle, on the other hand, handles it… well… she handles it like I do the cold: very poorly. After wandering the site for 20 minutes or so, I found Danielle in the far back corner of the place wearing a mischievous grin. She said, "I have an idea."
At first, I wasn't sure what she was talking about – an idea for a good picture? An idea for where to go after Chellah? While pondering her meaning, I noticed she was casually tying both her scarf and her cardigan around her waist. I instantly recalled her repeated complaints on the walk over, "I wish I had known it would be so hot, I wouldn't have worn jeans." That's right, she was turning her scarf and cardigan into a makeshift skirt so she could take off her pants. Two minutes later, it was over – the pants were in my backpack and Danielle was wearing a fashionable, though questionably constructed, "skirt". This was the first "thing that wasn't": Danielle wasn't wearing pants. And she carried on dressed like this for a good 6 hours.
It's for good luck
After Chellah, my pantsless wife and I headed off to the Mausoleum of King Mohammed V to see the changing of the guard. This happens every other hour and we were curious to see what it was like since the guards ride horses. Unfortunately, we arrived a few minutes late, and didn't feel like waiting around for two hours to catch the next installment of the show. We didn't see the changing of the guard.
On the way out of the Mausoleum, a "henna woman" grabbed Danielle. This is a scam that, as far as I'm aware, is unique to Morocco. Basically, a woman grabs your arm and starts applying a henna tattoo without asking, saying "it's free, it's for good luck." They are never free, and this one definitely didn't bring us good luck. When we've encountered this scam before, we've either escaped henna-less or with a small tattoo that we flatly refused to pay for. But this time, the lady managed to get quite a large tattoo on her and wouldn't let go, so we gave her 20 dihrams (about $2.50) to leave us in peace. After complaining that 20 dihrams would not suffice for this "free" tattoo and feigning refusal, she finally caved when I started to get angry and off we went. As soon as possible, Danielle scraped the henna off her arm (the tattoo was ugly). The tattoo wasn't free. And since it was removed before it set, it wasn't even a tattoo at all.
The American Club
There's a restaurant here in Rabat called The American Club that has the peculiar requirement that in order to enter, each guest must have a US passport. We wanted to check it out for novelty's sake, get a bite to eat, and hopefully meet some cool people who could give us suggestions on what else we should see/do during our last 13 days in Morocco. When we first left The Dungeon in the morning, we immediately realized we had left our passports in the room. We were only 100 yards from the room, but for some reason we decided we'd just come back for the passports later and head to The American Club in the afternoon or evening. This was a mistake.
After makeshift skirt Chellah, the un-changing of the guard, the "free" tattoo, and lunch (that actually worked out exactly as planned!), we went to a café to use the Internet so we could figure out where exactly The American Club was. An hour and a half later, we had learned only one thing: it was about 3 blocks from the US Embassy. We couldn't find a website, a phone number, an email address, an address, nothing except a couple blog posts and the fact that five people had checked in there on Facebook. So we went back to The Dungeon to get our passports (this process took an hour) and then got in a cab and asked to go to the US Embassy.
Our driver dropped us off near an embassy, but we are pretty sure it wasn't the US Embassy. We knew we were in the right neighborhood though, so good enough. After asking a security guard if he knew The American Club and getting an emphatic affirmative answer, we asked him for directions. He gave the kind of directions that really instill confidence, saying "right" while gesturing to the left, and so on. After clearing a few things up and getting the general idea, we set off for The Club. We got lost once, for about 20 minutes, but at 6:08pm we found it! Sadly, as we strode up to the place, a security guard came out and burst our bubble: The American Club closes at 6:00pm. If we had just gotten the passports in the morning, we would have gotten there at 5:08pm instead. Dinner wasn't at The American Club.
If you're reading this post because you want to find The American Club, it's here. It is in an unmarked white building that looks just like a house, behind 7 foot white walls. You'll know it's the right place because there's a security guard station out front and it has the only "No Parking" sign in the whole city that's written in English. And it closes at 6:00pm (at least, it does on Tuesdays).
"If they can't use Google, what do they use?!"
Fresh off our latest defeat, we decided to just grab a quick dinner and go see a movie. That would kill off the rest of the night and would be pretty fun – we like seeing at least one movie in each country we visit. We headed back to a park we knew well in the center of town and broke out the phone to Google for movie showtimes. Google turned up nothing, which was actually less frustrating than similar searches for showtimes in Casablanca (type "Casablanca movie showtimes" into Google and see what comes up). We had seen a couple small theaters earlier in the day so we wandered over to see what was playing, hoping for something in French or maybe, just maybe, in English. We found Spider Man playing in French but not until 9:30 which wouldn't work – we didn't want to be rude guests coming back to The Dungeon at midnight. The other theater was playing some drama movie in Arabic. We would have seen an Arabic comedy or something that would be easy to follow, but we thought a complicated plot in a foreign language with no subtitles wasn't the best way to spend our money. We didn't see a movie.
We returned to our park bench with a new plan: let's get Sushi. We found a place on a Yelp-like website with good reviews that was right off the tram line and not too expensive. We worked out how to buy a tram ticket and with the assistance of a fellow passenger, who recognized the looks of confusion on our faces, found our way onto the right tram. Twenty minutes later we disembarked, and Google told us the restaurant was around the corner just two blocks away. Perfect. We took the right turn, verified we were on the right street, and walked to the end of the block where the restaurant should be on the left. There wasn't a restaurant on the left. There was an abandoned house.
We stood on the street corner, our frustration still giving way to bemusement for the time being, and tried to hatch a plan. We Googled some more and walked around a few other corners but there wasn't a sushi restaurant in sight. I started saying things like "ok well whatever, this restaurant here looks ok, let's just eat." Danielle's reply of "NO. We are FINDING this restaurant, and we are EATING sushi" brought me back to the task at hand. After about 10 more minutes on the good ol' internet, we found a screenshot of a map that purported to show the location of the sushi place. The screenshot, however, was super zoomed-in and we didn't know where it was telling us to go, let alone where we were currently standing in relation. Thankfully, there was a mosque noted on the screenshot as well that was allegedly next to the sushi place. Hopeful, we fired up Google Maps and searched for the mosque which, it turns out, was only about 5 blocks away. Defying the day's experiences, we put our faith in Google once more and started walking. Ten minutes later we had arrived at Yoka Sushi.
I fought the law
We ate slowly and enjoyed our meal. The sushi was pretty good and the miso soup was excellent. After a leisurely dinner, we started walking back to the tram. Before we got on the first tram, I verified what time the last tram ran: 10:38pm. We had plenty of time; it was 9:45 when we left the restaurant and 10:00 when we walked up to the tram station. As we got closer, the electronic board that tells you how long until the next train arrives came into focus. It said "Fin de service" which even I can read: end of service. There would be no more trams.
Incredulous, I checked the sign again that listed the last tram time and confirmed it – 10:38pm. We milled about for a minute or two, hoping the electronic sign would update, but it did not and there was nobody else waiting. Dejected, we walked to the street corner and tried to hail a cab. Cab after cab went by, already full of passengers. After about ten minutes, we decided to head back to the sushi place and try our luck at getting a cab there. But just as we turned around, Danielle says "Shit! There's a tram!" Lo and behold, a tram was coming, it was going our way, and it was about to pull into the station. We broke into a full sprint from 100 yards out and reached the station just in time to slip onto the tram. We couldn't believe our luck! Another thing that wasn't: it wasn't "fin de service".
We had been told by our hosts at The Dungeon that we could either buy our tram tickets ahead of time, as we did for our trip out to the sushi place, or buy them on the tram itself as we now planned to do. The original plan was to buy tickets at the vending machine while waiting for the tram, but since it was "fin de service" we didn't, and then we ended up running for and catching the miracle tram. So there we were, on the tram, ticketless, 12 dihrams in hand, ready to buy tickets from the uniformed man holding a ticket reading machine. When he came up to us and we handed him the money, he just shook his head and said something in French which I am pretty sure was "Silly foreigners, you can't buy tickets once you're already on here!"
After a little back-and-forth in our broken French, we learned that we were illegally present on the train, and that the fine would be 50 dihrams ($6.25) each. That was more than 8 times the amount the tickets would have cost us if the damn sign hadn't said "fin de service" and we had bought them, as planned, at the vending machine. We took it like champs, getting our written citations, paying him the money, and being stared at by a tram full of Moroccans. A good time was had by all, and then we were shooed off the tram a few stops before our intended destination, so we got to enjoy a nice two mile walk back to The Dungeon.
Thanks for the memories, Rabat, it's been real. We were definitely ready to put up our feet and relax in Essaouria!


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Soil Erosion combating is essential in order to conserve our valuable Soil Resources:
A. Introduction – Land is also a precious resource. Land is needed for agriculture and occupation. Land is under pressure due to increasing population. Land for agriculture has to be fertile in order to be able to support a good crop. The fertility of land lies in the quality of the soil.
Soil is formed as a result of weathering of rocks. There are also many living organisms in the soil. Soil is, in fact a product of the interaction of living organisms with rocks. Soil has many layers. The topmost layer is called the topsoil and is the most fertile. The removal of this topsoil is called soil erosion.
Soil erosion, in general, associated with deforestation and agriculture. Construction, urbanization, war, mining and other such activities are often significant in accelerating the erosion of the soil, but the prime cases are agriculture and deforestation. It is estimated that soil erosion on agricultural land operates at a rate of about 30t ha-1 per year, which is approximately eight times quicker than topsoil is formed.
B. Effects of Soil Erosion –
* Soil erosion results in the loss of soil fertility and makes the land barren.
* Soil erosion also leads to desertification. Desertification refers to increase of desert areas.
Thus, soil erosion is a major and serious aspect of man's role in changing his own environment. Although there are many techniques available for attempting to reduce the intensity of the problem, it still appears to remains intractable.
C. Causes of Soil Erosion – The main cause of soil erosion is the removal of vegetation. Vegetation removal takes place due to removal of forest covers. Forest protect the underlying soil from the direct effects of rainfall, runoff is generally reduced. Tree roots bind the soil, and the litter layer protects the ground from rain splash. It is thus to be anticipated that with the removal of forest for agriculture or for other reasons rates of soil loss will increase and the mass movements will increase in magnitude and frequency. The rates of erosion that results will be particularly high if the ground is left bare, though under crops the increase will be less marked. Furthermore, unscientific farming has also led to barren lands. The method of ploughing, the time of planting, the nature of the crop, and the size of fields will all have an influence on the severity of erosion. Thus, the removal of vegetation exposes the topsoil to water and wind.
Water and wind cause the topsoil to be removed.
Water Erosion – Removal of topsoil by water is called water erosion. It takes place in the following ways:
- Sheet erosion
- Rill erosion
- Gully erosion
- Riparian erosion
- Wind erosion
Sheet Erosion – The removal of the entire topsoil as a result of heavy rains is called sheet erosion.
Rill Erosion – Runoff water moves across the soil forming small streams. The topsoil is removed only in these rills formed by the water streams.
Gully Erosion – Deep depressions called the gullies are formed by swiftly moving waters causing soil erosion by them.
Riparian Erosion – The banks of rivers lose top soil due to the action of the fast moving rivers waters. These waters remove the underlying soil and this results in the loss of topsoil.
Soil Leaching – The topsoil is fertile due to rich presence of minerals. Sometimes the rain water dissolves these minerals which go down into the soil along with the water. This results in the loss of fertility of the topsoil.
Wind Erosion – The other cause for erosion is wind. It is more in areas where there is less or no vegetation covering the land. The fast moving wind moves the fine particles to other places. The deserts are encroaching the fertile areas in this manner. The wind laden with fine sand deposits the latter and forms sand dunes. Shifting sand dunes are common in dry areas of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Expansion of deserts in this manner is called desertification.
D. Discussion on various aspects of Soil Erosion –
a. Deforestation and Erosion – After the lush vegetation of a rain forest is removed, an area rarely recovers. After deforestation the deforested valleys are eroded away because there is no longer a good root system to anchor the topsoil or decaying plant matter to replenish its nutrients. If the cycle continues, these areas may eventually resemble a desert.
In some cases the erosion produced by forest removal will be in the form of widespread surface stripping. In other cases the erosion will occur as more spectacular forms of mass movement, such as mudflows, landslides and debris avalanches.
b. Soil erosion associated with construction and urbanization – The highest rates of erosion are produced in the construction phase when there is much bare ground and much disturbance produced by vehicle movements and excavations.
c. Gully Formation Due to Soil Erosion – Gully formation, a severe form of soil erosion, is a natural geologic process that can be greatly accelerated by human activities such as urbanization, deforestation, overgrazing of cattle, and poor agricultural practices. Erosion attacks the moisture-bearing ability of soils and adds deposits to waterways. These destructive processes continue at an increased rate on every continent, as overpopulation and industrialization tax the remaining soil.
E. Techniques to check Soil Erosion – Because of the adverse effects of accelerated erosion a whole array of techniques has now been widely adopted to conserve soil resources.
Methods used to combat soil erosion:
i) Revegetation
a) Deliberate planning
b) Suppression of fire, grazing to allow regeneration
ii) Measures to stop stream bank erosion
iii) Measures to stop gully enlargement
a) Planting of trilling plants
b) Weirs, dams
iv) Crop management
a) Maintaining cover at critical times of year
b) Rotation
c) Cover crops
v) Slope runoff control
a) Terracing
b) Deep tillage and application of humus
c) Transverse hillside ditches to interrupt
d) Contour ploughing
e) Preservation of vegetation strips to limit field wid
Tillage Land is prepared for cultivation by a process called tillage. During this process, plows break up the surface layer of soil in order to circulate air and moisture, prepare a good bed for seeds, and remove undesirable weeds and excess vegetation. Plowing is usually done in patterns that follow the contour of the land, an agricultural technique called contour farming. These patterns and lines evident well into the growth of the crop are made horizontal to the slope, or contour, of the land, which minimizes water runoff. When used in conjunction with the construction of ditches and terraces, contour farming can be a very effective method of soil conservation control.
vi) Prevention of erosion from point sources like roads, feedlots
a) Intelligent geomorphic location
b) Channelling of drainage water to non-susceptible areas
vii) Suppression of wind erosion
a) Soil moisture preservation
b) Increase in surface roughness through ploughing up clods or planting of windbreaks.
F. Further discussion on Prevention and Control of Soil Erosion –
* Increase of Vegetation – When the land is covered with vegetation, the roots of the plants and trees interlock and interlace to bind the soil particles. This helps in two ways:
- does not allow the soil particles to be carried away by wind or water
- does not allow free flow of water over the soil which prevent erosion of soil by flowing water
- the falling leaves of the plants get converted to humus by decomposing action of the soil microbes. This enriches the soil.
Several methods can be employed to increase the vegetation cover of land. Some of them are as follows:
* Crop Rotation – The practice of growing different crops at different times on the same land is called crop rotation. This keeps the topsoil covered with vegetation. Rotation of cereal crops with legumes also keeps the soil enriched with nitrogen (from the legumes).
* Reforestation – Slopes are more subject to soil erosion by running water. Growing trees on lands which have lost their vegetation is called reforestation. Trees like Albizia, Cassia, Butia, etc. are suitable for this.
* Strip Cropping – It involves growing of crops in strips. The most common method followed is the contour farming where the strips of crop are at right angles to the slope. Wind-strip cropping is when the strips of crop are place at right angles to the direction of wind.
* Restoring Soil Fertility – Fertile soil supports vegetation. Loss of fertility results in loss of vegetation and this exposes the land to erosion. Fertility of soil can be increased by addition of natural and synthetic fertilizers.
* Control of Grazing – Covering the land with small plants and grasses helps the topsoil to remain in place as the roots of these plants bind with the soil particles. Cattle graze on these plants and expose the topsoil Thus, grazing should be allowed only on the land meant for the purpose and other areas should be protected from grazing.
* Terracing – Fields are cut at right angles to the slope. This slows down the flowing water and allows it to irrigate the crops, as well.
* Dam Building – With the dams the speed and amount of water flowing can be controlled. This will control the soil erosion of the river banks.
* Wind Breakers – Trees are planted across the wind direction to protect against the high velocity winds. These rows of trees are called shelter belts or wind breakers.
G. Conclusion – Ideally, soil erosion control begins with soil erosion prevention, and certain plants are excellent at soil erosion prevention. But when it's too late for soil erosion prevention, you simply have to fix a problem that already exists. Building retaining walls addresses both kinds of soil erosion control issues — both preventing it and fixing an existing problem.
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2. http://www.fi.cnr.it/irpi/soil_links.html
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_conservation
5. http://www.eoearth.org/article/Soil_erosion_and_deposition
6. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;267/5201/1117
7. http://www.ehow.com/how_2078923_prevent-soil-erosion.html


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Numbers often convey to humans a story, but a story relying solely on numbers often fails to convey the human impact.
Hope Arising was founded by 3 women nearly 10 years ago.
Our water project installed 19 miles of pipe and now serves approximately 60,000 people.
Over 9 years, 20 dental team have traveled to Dera and have served an estimated 4,000 patients.
Our eye doctors have delivered more than 500 pairs of glasses and, by treating patients for trachoma, have saved the vision of hundreds more.
Our educational support efforts have paid registration fees more than 400 students to attend multiple years of school, has built 1 school, and built hygienic bathrooms that allow hundreds of young women to remain in class.
Our micro loans have assisted more than 50 women and provided basic business training as they raised these families toward self reliance.
The numbers convey the incredible impact of our volunteers and friends, but the numbers don't really tell our story. The real story can only be understood by knowing the individual.
Meet Tiruworek.
Tiruworek's husband died several years ago – we don't know exactly when. But time and years pass differently in rural Ethiopia. People worry for today. Yesterday is past and tomorrow's arrival is uncertain.
Five years ago Tiruworek and her two daughters lives were defined by uncertainty. How will I eat today? Where will my child sleep tonight? When she could find work, cleaning homes in the village, she earned $2.65 month. One daughter left to live with Catholic missionaries. Tiruworek and her daughter ate less than one small meal each day.
About this time she learned of Hope Arising's new microloan program. Each in a small group of women would receive funds and training to start a personal business. Tiruworek created a plan and asked to be part of our first group of recipients.
After securing a $100 microloan, she established a business weaving baskets, making injera (bread), and selling her wares at the local market. Her life immediately improved. She and her daughter began to eat regularly; her daughter returned to school. Within two years, Tiruworek repaid her loan, saved $242, and relocated her family to a safer home.
Today Tiruworek's life continues to improve. This past month she invited Hope Arising's cofounder, Chantal Carr, to her home. Tiruworek new, royal blue dress and head scarf paled only in comparison to the bright, hopeful smile adorning her face.
Several children and women accompanied her; most had benefitted from her generosity. As they toured her small, clean home, Chantal noted the almost complete injera basket -Tiruworek's latest craft -almost ready for market – sitting on a small plastic table and asked if she could buy it.
"No, it is my gift to you. But first I must finish it," came the generous reply.
Chantal resisted the Ethiopian hospitality. The basket represented more than Tiruworek' success. It told a story broader than one woman's journey to hope; it represented more than the market's price for basket.
The unfinished basket, the creation of Tiruworek's nimble fingers, told a story. Not a story of numbers; a number of real people. Just like the basket, an unfinished story.
Editor's note: Tiruworek's story is an update to the story we originally shared in a 2013 video. Her story is just one example of how microloans improve not only the recipient's life, but also the many lives of the recipient's family and neighbors.
If you would like to help other women like Tiruworek, please consider donating today.


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A proposed law could reduce accidental deaths and suicides from prescription painkillers.
Supporters of the controversial measure include two San Diegans who were featured in an NBC 7 Investigates story about prescription drug overdoses. Those residents are flying to the state Capitol to testify Monday on behalf of the legislation.
More than 1,000 Californians die every year from accidental or purposeful abuse of controlled substances. Those victims include Kristin Greene, a Lakeside resident who killed herself in November, 2013, with a toxic cocktail of painkillers and sedatives.
Documents obtained by NBC 7 Investigates reveal that Kristin had obtained more than 60 prescriptions from nine medical professionals and several pharmacies in the five years before her death.
Her story — and her family's effort to prevent more prescription drug deaths — was the focus of an NBC 7 Investigates report in February.
Kristin's sister, Lisa Bond, said Kristin might still be alive if doctors were required to check the state's narcotics database, called CURES (the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System), before they prescribe controlled substances for new patients.
Senate Bill 482, authored by State Senator Ricardo Lara, of Bell Gardens, would require doctors to use the CURES database or be subject to discipline.
Bond and her husband are flying to Sacramento Sunday to prepare for Monday's Senate committee hearing on the proposed law. They'll be joined at the Capitol hearing by Clark Smith, M.D., a San Diego psychiatrist and addiction expert who also supports the mandatory use of the CURES database.
"I think if CURES were used on a regular basis, we would see tremendous progress in cutting back prescription drug dependence," Smith told NBC 7 Investigates.
Supporters say it will prevent "doctor shopping" by drug addicted patients, like Kristin.
Her sister said if one of Kristin's doctors had refused to write her a prescription, Kristin might have sought help for her addiction.
"Maybe at that point she would have said, 'Hey, listen, I have a problem. I need to get in rehab again,'" said Bond. "Because she can't get the drug. What's she going to do? She needs to take care of that situation. Maybe then she would reach out and say, 'I need to get rehab', or anything. But she wouldn't be able to get all those drugs."
The California Narcotics Officers' Association, the California College and University Police Chiefs Association and several consumer groups, including Consumer Watchdog, also support SB 482.
Opponents include CVS Health and Rite Aid stores and the California Medical Association (CMA).
The CMA says "the premature and overly-broad mandatory check" required by the proposed law would "negatively impact patient care" and "will discourage even appropriate prescribing of controlled substances."
The CMA advocates a more "balanced" approach to the problem of prescription drug abuse: "This bill doesn't achieve that balance and patients with legitimate medical (needs) will be the ones who are disproportionately impacted."


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Sound Attunement Days with Janine Greaves, Heather Cowen and Gabriella
A conversation between us, our bodies, the sounds, the instruments and space
In response to the many questions that arise following on from the making of a bowl or bowls, we are inspired to open up a series of one day workshops in which we will explore some of the many levels and possibilities of how you can work with the bowls you have made and others that you may live with – recognizing these instruments as conscious beings embodying vast vibrational realities.
Some of the areas we may explore will be
- The Ancient Bowls. Who are they?, where do they come from? How do we work with them?
- Learning to read the energy of bowls – ancient and new – gaining a clearer sense of how they each can work and create with you in different ways….
- The new Bowls – a new wave of conscious beings that call in a new vibrational reality
- Develop an energetic communication with your own bowl and begin to tune in and translate the language of sound, giving you greater access to sensing the resonance of other instruments and energies that could include your own body, physical spaces and the wider realms of nature.
- Is it possible for a sound instrument to lose its voice?
- Is my bowl a healing tool?
- My bowl seems to have changed? What's happened?
- How does my bowl impact the world around me?
This day opens the door to the possibilities that we are each able to become more vibrational in our sensing, our being and our bodies.
If you would like to deepen and expand your sound senses and awareness then come along.
Cost for the day £75
Arrive at 9.45am for a 10am start. Day comes to close at 5pm
Bring your own lunch.
no 2018 dates yet
Craft your own Singing Bowl workshops:
Enter the alchemical process of shaping metal into an instrument.
For info and dates go here: https://peace-trails.com/singing-bowls
or: https://www.resoundingearth.org/workshops.html
Sound – workshops: Experience Sound as a Healer and Facilitator of Transformation
Learn about tuning ourselves to become the instruments of healing sound and vibration, practicing our attunement and sensitivity
Explore our main instrument – the voice – for alignment and healing along with other sound instruments
Learn about different ways of healing through sound and vibration and practice the application
We learn to connect with our body intelligence and tune ourselves to our own true frequency in alignment with the Whole, a much needed tool for calibration throughout the many changes at this time.
We will also work with some principles of sound-healing, exploring ourselves as instruments of healing, transformation and creation. We work with our voices to explore our own inner space and the expression of inner truth through sound. Incredible insights can emerge as we allow ourselves to be sung and become the instrument. Many find unexpected openings. We can experience the alchemy of sound, healing with sound in co-creation with Nature, connecting more deeply with our nature and the Earth through the portal of sound and working with intention and the willingness to allow ourselves to becoming an instrument of life.
Sound Weaving Workshop
Weaving consciousness through Sound .
In this workshop we are invited to use our awareness to weave strands of consciousness through the vibrational medium of sound. As we do we can experience ourselves as the instruments through which consciousness creates reality. When we engage with the sounds we experience a circle of attunment which allows us to come into resonance with ourselves with time, space and nature. In this state of resonance we are co-creators of the future world
We can tune ourselves through the voice and sound in recognition that we ourselves are the instruments through which consiousness creates. The more we are in resonance with ourselves, the clearer our creations can be.We also have the opportunity to discover parts of ourselves that are 'out of tune' and allow them to re-tune.
We will work with our voices and with as well as learn to work with the handmade singing-bowls and bells.
Want to host a workshop / talk / experience?
we can offer 'mini workshops' or talks: length: 2h to half day
2) Experience a Circle of attunement through sound.
drop into a heart space, allowing the sound to assist us to come into resonance with time , place, nature….. -co-creating as we become the instruments.
We can tune ourselves through the voice and sound in recognition that we ourselves are the instruments through which consiousness creates. The more we are in resonance with ourselves, the clearer our creations can be.We also have the opportunity to discover parts of ourselves that are 'out of tune' and allow them to re-tune.
5) Abundance ritual : a ceremony of manifestation and Actualization co-creating with the elementals of fire , water, earth and air with sound and frequency.
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What are the workouts like?
The workout sessions are constantly varied. We keep your interest and your curiosity levels high in anticipation of the workouts. Depending on the workout of the day, the coach may direct or lead a group warm up followed by technique review and practice dedicated to skills training and development.
I haven't worked out in a really long time…..
One of the many great things about functional training is that every workout can be scaled or modified to suit any fitness level. What that means is that a new member and a veteran can do the same workout, but the workout is adapted according to each athlete's fitness level. We teach our members how to scale and modify workouts and our coaches always provide modificatons in our regular group classes.
What if I can't do something?
Thank goodness your human! Your Coach will instruct you how to perform a progression of the exercise as an alternative. This could be a modified version of the exercise prescribed or a foundational exercise that will develop the required strength and skill, progressing you toward the prescribed exercise.
Why does membership cost so much?
Whenever you train at The Bar you will always have an experienced coach helping you to get the best out of your workout. We believe that the movements, skills and programming methods that we use provide superior results and require a higher level of coaching than a traditional gym setting.
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I try not to go off "Half-Cocked" and display stuff I cannot back up.
Some of it (as Noam Chomsky says) comes down to "The Internet is Great, but you still need to know what you're looking for", and he of course still argues libraries and the fact that even today, many of the books have not been downloaded to the Internet yet. We are getting there though. Between video and documentation, PDF's and previously Censored writing, and the fact that many did not even try to write, knowing they would be Censored, I argue with Noam that the Internet is a far better Medium.
A major trip with HollowHoax (this Meme), as people who will argue, don't click. They do not research the lies they have been told. They just believe. Without investigation.
I see that with God and Jesus too. They just believe because that is what Mommy and Daddy tol' em, and they go on believing. They don't even read the Bible that they supposedly believe in, as they go to Church and recite the "Lords Prayer". If they did, they would question why their Pastor or Minister gets them to say Trespasses instead of Debts (as it is written clearly in both Matthew and Luke, in the Bible, they are supposed to believe in). Everybody else is saying "Trespasses" and so do they.
They never question WHY someone would change those words, or who it might benefit if they changed the words. They might go through their entire lives only looking at what their Pastor or Minister told them to look at, or they might take his "word for it", as they do no investigation. Certainly the negating of the word "Debts or Indebtedness" being withdrawn for your "hoodwinked repeating pleasure" are not worth consideration, right?
Scratch your head Grasshopper. Who does not want you saying "Debts"?
They never research at all. Everyone else believes, and so it must be true. Just as with the HollowHoax, they never question "Death Camps" or why someone would plan and build one. As if it was necessary to transport people to kill them? Nope. No question at all.
Yet that is what the "Story Spinners" say. They got off the train and some were sent to Gas Chambers (which nobody ever saw) and some to labor. Even when confronted with the Survivors and many of them being Children or those too Old and feeble to work, their claims of these people going immediately to Gas Chambers, as they spin the story, is proven a lie. Yet they still believe it.
Kinda like Trump. Proven a liar and a fraud and an embezzler and with Mob ties along with Rothschild ties, they ignore the facts. They believe the story. Why? Who knows! If he says the Media is the enemy, they believe it, and ONLY because it is their HERO that says it. Like a bunch of sheep going along with whatever everybody else does. Never investigating… they would run from the room screaming with eyes closed and ears covered if confronted with the evidence. They are not only happy but PROTECTIVE of their false beliefs.
Faced with the evidence, even on the Internet, they will not simply "click" as it is against their belief structure. Some of their "Sheep People" claim Ph.D.'s and state that they are right in their thinking. That is enough for them. Yet the Ph.D.'s will not click either. Their entire schooling was from their Zionist (or other people with other Agenda's) Masters, and they too never researched. Just read what they were told to read. Believed the people who said they had read. Believed them without question.
The stupidest Generation might have been my Parents one. Yet this one is not much better. If there are to be future Generations, they will laugh at mine and certainly my Parents, as these hoodwinked people just followed the "Party Line" and did as they were told and never investigated, even when "with the Internet" the truth was merely a "click away" as with your HollowHoax Search Engine for topics in:


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All You Need to Know About Shipping Nationally and Selling Locally
Insight Small businesses can learn how to make global opportunities using e-commerce.
In Canada, small business is big business. According to Statistics Canada, 87.2 percent of Canadian companies operate with fewer than 20 employees. That number rises to 95.3 percent for companies with fewer than 50 employees.
Thanks to e-commerce, the nature of small business is changing, creating broader opportunities for small firms to ship wherever their customers are located.
"You can sell more with the advent of e-commerce and online business," says Ramsey Mansour, Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Marketing at Purolator. "You can now market your small business to pretty much anywhere around the world. But you still have to get the product there."
Trusted relationships
Industry surveys show that, first and foremost, small business owners want trusted relationships with express couriers that understand their business and can connect the dots. Service is also crucial in terms of reliability, coverage networks, and notifications. Greater ease-of-use brings simplicity to complex logistics, helping companies to move forward with agility in meeting the needs and expectations of their customers.
Working with a trusted partner who can simplify a complex process like shipping is a boon to small businesses. For entrepreneurs, working with a courier who doesn't have to hand packages off to a secondary party means improved security, visibility, and efficiency. In the same vein, large, established companies that combine scale with service create productivity, cost savings, and innovation — helping them to enhance the end-to-end customer experience and transform cost lines into key drivers of efficiency and sales growth.
Ship nationally, sell locally
According to Mansour, the definition of speed is getting faster, with consumers defining fast delivery as taking two days or less. Global shipping creates an opportunity for small businesses to share their products worldwide while selling with the responsiveness of a local boutique.
Purolator says small business is the fastest growing segment of its cross-border and international shipping growth. For Canadian small business owners, it's clear that e-commerce provides a platform for them to operate as both national and global players. Businesses, no matter the size, can easily leverage a best-in-class delivery solution like Purolator to help them grow and thrive.


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Rachel Bristow BA (hons) ABSM
Rachel graduated from Birmingham Conservatoire in 1991 with a BA (hons) in Music and a Diploma in Piano Teaching (ABSM). During her time at the Conservatoire she studied violin and piano as well as working at a local nursery leading music and movement classes. Since then, she has been active musician and teacher, conducting and accompanying choirs, teaching both piano and classroom music, and playing for assemblies and productions. For the past 14 years she has had the privilege of singing alto with The Warwickshire Singers, a choir bases in Kenilworth. Rachel loves composing and improvising and continues to develop herself as a musician as she believes a good teacher never stops learning. She has worked with children in many voluntary capacities and has a real fun loving heart, particularly enjoying puppets! Rachel lives in Warwickshire with her husband and two children.


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Indiana's Bicycle Trails
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Where to bike on over 70 Trails throughout Indiana & Kentucky both surfaced (including most rideable Rail-Trails), and Mountain Biking. Don't let the title fool ya, alternate uses include Hiking, Biking, Cross-Country Skiing, In-Line Skating, Snowmobiling, and Horseback Riding.
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M-ATM: Mobile ATMs for Developing Countries (Jan'08 to Dec'12)
Purpose: To perform research development and prototype development of the mobile ATM system.
Donor: The Swedish Programme for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER)
Project Value: 390,252 (Swedish Krona)
Funds Received: 6,611,463.00 (Rs)
Remark:Â 100% complete; Deployment will continue till March 2012 thereafter commercialize the system at SANASA Bank
At present, remote villages and cities in Sri Lanka do not have ATM facilities and people must travel to larger cities in order to withdraw money. This discourages rural people to deposit their earnings to banks and thus affects the rural economy. GSM networks specially provide their services to remote cities and villages in Sri Lanka. Since fixed telephone lines are not available in these areas, most of the rural people use mobile phones. Based on that technology in this project, we developed an innovative application, called Mobile ATM (M-ATM), which provides standard ATM functions based on the GSM network and mobile phones. This will help more than four million mobile uses in Sri Lanka to handle money in their bank accounts and encourage people to save their earnings in a bank.
Three key components in the MATM system are a bank, bank agent and a customer. Bank agent is registered and certified by the bank. A customer has an account with the bank. Both, bank agent and a customer have mobile phones, suitably modified to perform functions of the M–ATM in a secure way. The bank has M–ATM server as the front–end, connected to the bank's back–end financial system.
In order to perform a transaction, a customer with a mobile phone comes to the bank agent with a mobile phone. The customer sends SMS to the bank requesting the money, together with his/her PIN and bank agent's mobile number. The bank verifies both and sends confirmations simultaneously to the bank agent and a customer. The bank agent gets an approval, comprising transaction number (a random number) and the customer gets a confirmation number (a random number). The customer tells the confirmation number to the bank agent. The bank agent sends the transaction and confirmation numbers back to the bank. When the bank receives the confirmation by its agent, money will be deducted from the customer's account and credited to the agents' account. Finally, bank agent pays the money to the customer, who confirms the receipt and in that way completes the transaction.
This approach is all based on using Mobile Phones as financial transaction terminals. It does not need special devices and ATM cards. Anybody who has a phone can participate in the system.
Project Investigator: Dr. T N K De Zoysa
Research Adviser: Dr. C I Keppitiyagama
Research Assistant: Mr. P K M Thilakaratne (1/7 – 31/12; 1/1/12-31/12/12); Mr. N.M.L. Laxaman
- Amila Karunanayake, Kasun De Zoysa, Sead Muftic, Mobile ATM for Developing Countries, The 3rd ACM International Workshop on Mobility in the Evolving Internet Architecture, Seattle, WA, USA, 2008.
- Amila Karunanayake, Kausn De Zoysa, Sead Muftic, Feng Zhang, "Experiences on Mobile-ATM Deployment in a Developing Country", 1st International Conference on Mobile Communication for Development(M4D), Karlstad University, Sweden, 11–12 Dec, 2008.
- Samarasinghe K, Laxaman N.M.L, Munasinghe A, Lokuge I, De Zoysa T N K, An Extensible Mobile Commerce Infrastructure for Sri Lanka: A Deployment Approach, 27th National Information Technology Conference, The Computer Society of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, 9-10 Sept 2009.


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Yearly Archives: 2010
Kristin and Steve 9/4/10
Kristin and Steve contacted me last winter to take care of their wedding. I am so glad we did! We started out in Kristin's hometown Downer's Grove and headed up to Oakbrook for the reception. Here are some pics from the wedding. With every wedding there is a story, and behind that story is another! The […]
Preethy and David 7/10/2010
Had a quick set that I wanted to post. Preethy and Davids E-session and Wedding. I'm glad I had the privilege to be a part of this EPIC wedding. Though the day was long and HOT, their love pulled through! The Engagement Pics! And a few clips for the preview from their wedding!
Maysa & Jeremiah Wedding
We had a great time on that cold drafty day! Please feel free to check out the GALLERY. It is not unlocked as of yet, but check back soon! Now on to the Wedding Book! 🙂
Nuong and Hao's Wedding
Finally had a chance to finalize a few things for Nuong and Hao's wedding. Its a great big family with BIG love. This was the first FAMILY wedding that I have shot and I'm proud and honored that I was there! Special thanks goes out to stephen, the second shooter for the event. It was […]


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The Surgical Warehouse is a local manufacturer and importer of medical consumables and capital equipment. The Surgical Warehouse represents three major international companies who are leader in their respective fields. They are Atramat in wound closure, Spacelabs in patient monitoring and anesthesia and Sklar in surgical instruments.
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All but one of the K-12 school districts in Livingston County installed their own private optical fiber network over the past decade interconnecting the schools within their district. When approached by the county administration to design a fiber network to interconnect various emergency response facilities throughout the county, we leveraged the existing dark fiber installed by the school districts to not only stretch the grant dollars, but also connect the schools to the municipality and emergency response facilities. The expanded network is being used to facilitate emergency response communications, centralize and expand IT services offered by the county and create a county-wide educational network for sharing and improving educational resources.
This phase of the project utilizes existing fiber from three school districts to extend network connectivity to each school, municipal office, police station, primary fire station and primary EMS station in ten townships:
- Brighton Township
- City of Brighton
- City of Howell
- Genoa Township
- Green Oaks Township
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From September 2017 all of our pupil's will be taught in a style that we call maths mastery. Mathematics mastery is a journey that children will acquire throughout their primary school life and beyond. It is about giving children the best chance of developing a deep, long-term and flexible understanding of the subject. At any one point of a child's journey through our school, achieving mastery means having a solid enough understanding of the mathematics that has been taught to enable him/her to move on to more advanced material.
Our shared vision is for children to develop an appreciation for mathematics and see it as a subject where they can explore and be creative. They should be curious and enjoy their mathematical learning; understanding that it will play a significant role in their future. At the end of each year, children should master their age-related expectations and have a firm foundation upon which to build.
The national curriculum for mathematics aims to ensure that all pupils:
In order to support children's development in maths, we have introduced a variety of exciting resources to help motivate, support and challenge pupils in mathematical concepts.
Through our mastery approach to maths our aim is to give children the tools and strategies to move from using concrete resources to being confident at using abstract approaches in their learning. Too many parents share the example where the they have only been taught abstract strategies and without concrete understanding there can be weaknesses in the understanding. We want our children to be confident mathematicians who can prove their strategies are correct and use reasoning across the curriculum.
Problem solving and reasoning are two vital skills in mathematics that promote deep mathematical understanding. These skills can sometimes overlap and may be used hand in hand. For example when starting to solve a problem, reasoning skills may be needed if there are a range of possible starting points. Fundamentally, they are two separate skills and teachers should understand what they are and how they are different.
Numicon is a multi-sensory approach, built on a proven pedagogy that raises achievement across all mathematics ability levels. With problem-solving, reasoning and conversation at its heart, Numicon perfectly embodies the aims of the Primary National Curriculum 2014 for mathematics as it:
In all our classrooms at Millbrook Park we have great teaching assistants who support children with their learning. Children who have gaps in their knowledge are supported through our intervention groups in each phase.
We expect all children at Millbrook Park to have a secure grasp of the multiplication tables. Just like learning to walk before you can run, learning multiplication and memorising the times tables are building blocks for other maths topics taught in school - higher learning such as division, long multiplication, fractions and algebra. Students who do not memorise the times tables will find these levels of maths much more difficult than they need to be. Students who have not mastered their tables will very often fall behind in maths (and other subjects that use maths) and begin to lose confidence. We ask parents for support in helping their children to learn the multiplication tables.
Below are some useful links to help your child practise their times tables.


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Why is that a big deal? Because we use accessibility services ourselves—they're communication lifelines for us. We know what first-class captioning means and how important captioning is to the people who use it. That also goes for sign language interpreting, a service we also provide. Our business philosophy is pretty simple: Treat customers how we want to be treated ourselves.
"From last-minute teleconference calls to multi-day board meetings, CaptionAccess provides awesome customer service and technical support, fulfilling every assignment for CSD nearly on-demand."
"CaptionAccess is unusual among captioning companies in that it advocates and educates for online inclusion in addition to providing services to make it happen."
"When it comes to customer services, being a real team player, and technical assistance, all of the wonderful people working with CaptionAccess are truly professionals. We recommend CaptionAccess to anyone looking for captioning services from professional, accurate, and punctual individuals."
"CaptionAccess does a fantastic job—captioners are scheduled quickly, show up on time, do a wonderful job during the live event, and provide transcripts in 24 hours (often less)."
"As filmmakers, it is our primary goal to connect and effectively communicate with our audience, which is why we chose CaptionAccess to caption both our movie trailer and our feature documentary."
"CaptionAccess has opened my eyes to the value of captioning, transcribing, and generally making the work I do online more accessible. Consider me sold!"
"I feel I can contact CaptionAccess anytime with a difficult captioning project on short notice and they will be there for me."
"As more of us acquire the tools to produce online content, it is critical that we integrate captioning into our programming. Like many things related to accessibility, what works well for people with disabilities works well for just about everybody."
"CaptionAccess really makes a difference for deaf and hard-of-hearing employees. Their services open communication to one of the most import an aspects of work: meetings. And I think it's a bonus that the company is owned by a deaf entrepreneur."
"At corporate meetings, inclusion of CART is so useful in keeping everyone on the same page. Participants can maximize their various skills while having the transcript to review after the meeting, too."


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Joan Whitton
About me
I am a Registered Accredited Member of the BACP (British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy). I work with adults one-to-one, as well as with couples, on a short or long term basis. Felixable daytime & evening appointments are offered.
As an Integrative counsellor I am able to draw on a variety of counselling & psychotherapy models which are used together in a converging way rather than separate pieces which creates a tailor made therapy for the client.
With the support counselling offers, an understanding of how and why situations have an impact will develop and with this awareness you can begin to make positive changes to enhance/improve your everyday life allowing you to live it more fully.
Training, qualifications & experience
BSc (Hons) Integrative Counselling
Further Professional Training includes
Trauma & Abuse
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- Abortion
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Flexible appointments available, counselling sessions usually last for 60 mins although alternative arrangements can be made.
I charge £45 per session for individual counselling
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In the world of Fahrenheit 451, firemen don't put out fires. It's the other way around actually. When they receive a report that a person has been hiding books in his house, they're the ones who set the house on fire. And Bradbury's story focuses on one particular fireman, one Guy Montag, who begins questioning the status quo after his series of encounters with a very precocious and unconventional teenage girl.
Montag eventually takes out the books that he has secretly kept while doing his job. Needless to say, it was a pivotal moment for him, and it's an act that would cost him his job and force him to go into hiding. And this is the point where he meets a band of 'outlaws' who dwell in the outskirts of the city with a single, seemingly profound purpose—to read books and thereby commit them to their memory.
The concept of a person being the living Bible or Anna Karenina or The Origin of the Species is both an ingenious and a romantic one. That person becomes a living repository of the text, one who becomes invaluable in humanity's struggle against oppression and ignorance. In that world, I would like to be the living I, Claudius, Robert Graves's wonderful historical novel, which is still my favorite book of all time.
After reading Fahrenheit 451, you can't help but feel that censorship is not always a good thing. It supposes that people cannot think for themselves and somebody else has to do it for them. Thus, I believe that censorship is insulting. Who are you to tell me what books I should read, what movies should I watch, and what songs I listen to? Just because I read Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting doesn't mean that I'd do drugs and lead a life of waste and deprivation. Also, believing that watching 'Glee' would turn children gay is just plain moronic.
Fahrenheit 451 is one novel that would certainly appeal to the lover of the printed word. In that novel, the government has banned books because they make people think differently. But is that such an evil thing? In that world that Bradbury conjures, people seem to have lost that zest for living. So I guess it would make sense if I find myself trapped in that nightmarish fictional world, I'd rather kill myself.
Read this book if:
- You believe that one cannot have enough books.
- You know that this world would be much nicer if more people read.
- Despite the book's first line, you don't think that 'it's a pleasure to burn'.


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The brother-in-law of Geordie rock musician Sting is being held by the authorities in Angola after his aircraft strayed into a sensitive military area.
John Davies, 55, the half-brother of the singer's wife, Trudie Styler, was detained on January 25, along with the plane's British pilot, Reginald Weaver, and a South African businessman Stanley Valentine.
A Foreign Office spokesman said officials representing the British Consul in Angola talked to the men on January 29, when they were said to be in good health.


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Last week's blog began a discussion on the Yi language, but this week I think you should hear it. Visit
In the video, Aku Wuwu reads the poem "Calling Back the Soul of Zhyge Alu" in the Nuosu (Northern) dialect (translated by Mark Bender of OSU, who is not the speaker in the video). He is wearing a traditional wool cape worn by the Yi people in Sichuan.
The poem, when read by Aku Wuwu in the Yi dialect, is so passionate, and although I don't understand the words, I can sense the emotion from the sound. It would be hard to interpret this poem as a poem of wonder or that it has a sense of peace. Rather, it is a poem of longing and passion.


text: Tidewater Sisters by Lisa Wingate is not an enjoyable book for me. I stopped reading it at the 39% mark because the main character was so weak, codependent, and characterized by poor judgment and negative self-talk. It is frustrating to read how someone ignores good advice from people who care about her, to get swept up in drama.


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If you are looking for an Agent who wants to get to know you and your needs and work extremely hard to meet them, you've come to the right place. I run my business with an emphasis on availability and quality time, which I put into each transaction. Buying a new home is the most personal purchase you can make. Why not have an Agent who recognizes the importance of your time in getting questions answered and jobs accomplished? I have lived in the Triad for years, and in the same community and home since 1992. I understand your new home is more than the top dollar you can spend. It's a extension of you. If you want a Agent who will be there when you need them, and bring you through the process with knowledge and understanding, I look forward to your call. Can't wait to get started on your journey of buying or selling!


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Dubai-UAE: 04 February, 2018 – Noor Bank, a leading Shari'a compliant bank in the UAE, has announced the opening of a new 1,400 square feet branch at the Bahwan Center-Al Hamriya building, Bur Dubai in Dubai, UAE. John Iossifidis, CEO of Noor Bank, officially inaugurated the new premises in the presence of the bank's Head of Retail Banking, Mufazzal Kajiji, senior management and employees of the branch.
With the opening, Noor Bank takes its number of offices across the UAE to 15 and aims to redefine the customer experience through offering best-in-class services at one of Dubai's busy business district. Designed around streamlining the customer's interaction with the bank, the new branch is segregated into different banking zones and features interactive display panels, touch-screens and clear signage to facilitate a hassle-free experience throughout the outlet.
Inaugurating the branch, John Iossifidis said: "While planning to establish a new branch, we carefully evaluated the location. Bur Dubai with its multicultural resident and commercial base offers significant potential for quality banking services. As one of the leading Islamic banks in the UAE, we consider this a significant move that reinforces our commitment to serving our diverse clientele and compliments our efforts to simplify the overall banking experience and deliver innovative solutions to our existing as well as potential customers."
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Over the past four articles, you've seen how to distribute a Docker application across multiple nodes and load balance it. This was performed using Docker Swarm and Kubernetes. These techniques are powerful and increase the availability and fault tolerance of your applications. However, up until now, none of the examples explained managing state.
In this article, you'll take a look at how state can be handled with Kubernetes as well as a little theory for tackling bigger and more complex applications.
What Is State?
In case you're new to this, it helps to identify what state actually is.
When creating the examples in the previous articles, each of the nodes were agnostic of both user and application-based information. The containers created were simply processing handlers. Information went in one end and came out transformed; a simple request -> response transaction.
In the wild, very few applications in their entirety function in this way. While we endeavor to make microservices as stateless as possible, an application on the whole has many elements of state, such as database files, uploaded user assets, user session files, etc.
When dealing with state in a microservice application, state should be reduced to as few services as possible. If multiple services utilize the same data, then that data should be extracted to a single independent service, allowing other interested services access to the data.
Categorizing State
While state can be categorized into multiple types, such as database data, static assets, user assets, log files, user session files, etc., it helps instead to consider the state in terms of availability. At its root, state is usually either remote or local data and exists either ephemerally or physically (in memory or on disk). By grouping data into as few categories as possible, you are then able to reduce the necessary resources required to serve this information.
For instance, providing a stored file resource for logs, user assets and static assets means requiring fewer marshalling services (those services in charge of managing such files) as well as fewer attached storage mediums when spaced over a cluster of nodes.
The caveat of this approach is with regard to black-box data. Databases, for instance, will typically run independently of other services in larger applications and, as they will require direct management of their files, will likely warrant an independent file storage medium.
Ultimately, the strategy you leverage will be unique to your application's requirements. Since application state requirements can vary wildly, this will be an important consideration at every stage of your development.
Managing State: an Example
Any physical state in your application will require file storage space. With Docker, this means using
Kubernetes provides a wealth of functionality for attaching and managing persistent storage using the
PersistentVolume and
PersistentVolumeClaim functionality, which you'll see shortly. The majority of this functionality is oriented around third-party storage mediums, such as GlusterFS, CephFS, Amazon Web Services Elastic Block Storage, Google Cloud Engines Persistent Disk, and many others, most of which are remote storage options. A decent explanation of the supported mediums are provided in the Kubernetes documentation.
For Kubernetes applications, these are considered the go-to options, as they increase the reliability of your application should any nodes become unstable.
Despite this, however, storing data simply and locally is still an important requirement and one that is surprisingly infrequently documented on the web. As such, the example detailed in this article will demonstrate just that.
A note about PersistentVolume and PersistentVolumeClaim
Kubernetes is designed to abstract pods (those services performing functionality within your cluster) and the orchestration of those pods. The same is true of any and all storage or volumes.
For persistent volumes, we have
PersistentVolume and
PersistentVolumeClaim; the former is the representation of your physical storage volume and the latter is the association assigned to any given pod type. I like to think of them as velcro! You attach the spiky strip (
PersistentVolume) to the volume and the fluffy strip (
PersistentVolumeClaim) to your pods. This way, pods can be attached and detached as needed.
PersistentVolumeClaim can be assigned to a single pod type only, and with local storage, a given volume can be associated with pods on the same node only. This means that with storage that can only be attached to a single node, those pods that need to access the storage medium must also be assigned to that node.
However, storage such as AWS Elastic File Storage that can be attached to multiple nodes can have pods exist on any of those nodes. You can, however, assign multiple single-node storage mediums if you require distributing pods across multiple nodes; useful if you're hosting your own GlusterFS or CephFS cluster.
Getting started
This example continues from the previous article, so if you do not have your cluster running with Kubernetes installed, go ahead and do that now.
Ensure the services in the previous article are no longer running. To check, simply run the following:
$ kubectl get pods
If you receive the following error:
The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?
then make sure you switch to the
kubeuser, using
su - kubeuser before executing any
kubectl commands.
You'll create new services for this tutorial and, while it may seem a little contrived, you will find yourself utilizing a similar approach for many applications in Kubernetes.
Attaching storage
Now that your nodes are ready to run services, you'll need to allocate some local storage. Civo provides block storage for this purpose. This storage type is a single-node only medium, so it should illustrate the purposes of this example nicely.
An excellent how-to for attaching the storage is presented on Civo's website, so I will not be reproducing that info. Go ahead and attach a 1GB block storage to
kube-worker1 with the path
Attaching storage to the master node is always a bad idea. Kubernetes prefers not to allocate any services to the master node if possible. If you were to follow this tutorial and attempt to attach pods to storage on the master node, the pod would remain in a
pendingstate. Investigating the logs of that pod would show that the designated node has
taints. This is because Kubernetes allocates the master node as
Now that your storage is attached, you'll need to place a file or two in there. For this demonstration, I added an image called
cats.png. After all, who doesn't like cats? If you wish to do the same, simply run the following on
$ wget http://pngimg.com/uploads/cat/cat_PNG133.png -O /mnt/assets/cats.png
Backend service
With that out of the way, let's get down to building the services. As before, you'll use a PHP service to serve a file, but with a slight twist. The content of the served page will contain an added
img tag, to display our cute little cats image.
< ?php
echo getHostName();
echo "
";
echo getHostByName(getHostName());

And the
FROM webgriffe/php-apache-base:5.5
COPY src/ /var/www/html/
I've already created Docker images for each of the services in this tutorial on Docker Hub, so I'll use those in the following
YAMLfiles, but you're free to upload your own if you wish.
With the Docker image in Docker Hub, you can now create the service. Create a new file on
kube-master called
backend.yaml with the following content:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
name: webserver
app: php-service
srv: backend
- protocol: TCP
port: 80
targetPort: http
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
name: webserver
app: php-server
srv: backend
replicas: 3
app: php-server
srv: backend
- name: php-server
image: "leesylvester/codeship-p5-server"
- name: http
containerPort: 80
This includes both the pod deployment definition and the service definition in a single file. You can then go ahead and create the service, using:
$ kubectl create -f backend.yaml
Now, check that the service is running:
$ kubectl get pods
webserver-5dc468f9bd-8kcf9 1/1 Running 0 1m
webserver-5dc468f9bd-fbz8c 1/1 Running 0 1m
webserver-5dc468f9bd-mw24f 1/1 Running 0 1m
Assigning PersistentVolume and PersistentVolumeClaim
You now have a server for serving your PHP files, but before you can add one for the static assets, you'll first need to inform Kubernetes of the storage medium.
As stated previously, this is done using the
PersistentVolume resource. For the block storage you have attached to
kube-worker1, your
YAML file will look like this:
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolume
name: bls-pv
name: assets
storage: 1Gi
- ReadWriteMany
storageClassName: local-storage
persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
volumeMode: Block
path: /mnt/assets
- matchExpressions:
- key: kubernetes.io/hostname
operator: In
- kube-worker1
This file contains a number of new properties, but each are relatively easy to explain:
- capacity: provides a means to tell Kubernetes how much space the storage has. This is important, because if a pod requests storage that is greater than this, Kubernetes will continue searching through any other attached
PersistentVolumedefinitions until a suitable size is found.
- accessModes: is a little misleading. One would assume this enforces how the storage can be accessed, but it actually acts as a simple guide label for the benefit of storage service providers. Possible options are
ReadWriteMany, and
- storageClassName: can be any of the supported service providers or
local-storagefor, well, local storage.
- persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: dictates if the data stored in the storage medium should be kept when its attached service has been deleted. Options include
Recycle, and
- volumeMode: should be set to
Blockfor block storage or
FileSystemfor local file system storage. Other options exist for service providers.
- local_path: provides the path to the storage directory or mount.
- nodeAffinity: provides the node selection requirements for the associated pods, NOT the volume itself.
PersistentVolume definition is applied cluster wide. The
nodeAffinity requirements are pod specific. Therefore, if you wished to have this apply to pods on multiple nodes, the defined storage would be expected to exist on each of those nodes with the same configuration.
Copy the above
YAML into a file called
persistent_volume.yaml and execute it on
kube-master with:
$ kubectl create -f persistent_volume.yaml
Next, you need to partner it with a claim:
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
name: bls-pvc
- ReadWriteMany
storageClassName: local-storage
storage: 1Gi
name: assets
This definition matches the volume definition with the same
accessModes and a
storage capacity that is equal to or less than the volumes
capacity value.
selector property will allow us to pair the upcoming service to it.
Once more, copy the definition to a file called
persistent_volume_claim.yaml and execute with:
$ kubectl create -f persistent_volume_claim.yaml
You can check if this worked by executing the following:
$ kubectl get pv
bls-pv 1Gi RWX Retain Bound default/bls-pvc local-storage 1m
Labeling your storage
Kubernetes is unaware of the hardware capabilities of each node, at least as far as additional storage, etc., is concerned. As such, you'll need to manually mark the node with the storage. You do this with labels.
Labels can be anything you choose and can be associated with any resource you choose. In the case of the backend service, you labeled it with the keys
app and
srv and the values
php-server and
backend respectively.
Labeling nodes works in the same way. However, in this instance, you'll assign the label directly, without the use of a
YAML file, with the following command:
$ kubectl label node kube-worker1 node_type=storage
node "kube-worker1" labeled
With that done, you can then assign your asset server pod directly to the node with the storage, without needing to identify the node by IP or other such specific notation in the pod definition.
The asset service
With your persistent volume in place, it's now time to create the asset service. This service will be a simple NGINX service that serves any files in a given directory. The
nginx.conf file for this server will look like this:
worker_processes 2;
events { worker_connections 1024; }
http {
server {
root /var/www/html;
listen 80;
location / {
and the
FROM nginx
COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Super simple!
You'll then pair this with the
PersistentVolumeClaim in its
YAML file:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
name: assetserver
app: php-service
srv: backend
- protocol: TCP
port: 80
targetPort: http
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
name: assetserver
app: asset-server
srv: backend
app: asset-server
srv: backend
- name: assetvol
claimName: bls-pvc
node_type: storage
- name: asset-server
image: "leesylvester/codeship-p5-asset"
- name: assetvol
mountPath: /var/www/html/assets
- name: http
containerPort: 80
This file should look similar to the
backend.yaml definition. However, it also supplies a
volumes segment which associates it with the
PersistentVolumeClaim. The definition then references the
volumeMounts for the pod, which is supplied to the associated Docker container as a Docker volume.
mountPath extends the root parameter in the
nginx.conf file. This means that the block storage will be mapped to
./assets relative to the NGINX root.
Also, note the
nodeSelector option. This binds the pod to only those nodes that have the label
node_type with the value
storage, which we created earlier for
kube-worker1. This pod will not, therefore, be assigned to any other node!
Go ahead and copy the above definition to
asset_backend.yaml and execute with:
$ kubectl create -f asset_backend.yaml
Now, check that the node is running:
$ kubectl get pods
assetserver-8746b67d-rlcxh 1/1 Running 0 1m
webserver-5dc468f9bd-8kcf9 1/1 Running 0 3m
webserver-5dc468f9bd-fbz8c 1/1 Running 0 3m
webserver-5dc468f9bd-mw24f 1/1 Running 0 3m
As you can see, only one asset pod has been deployed, which will be running on the node with the block storage.
The load balancer
Finally, you will need the load balancer. As before, this will also be an NGINX service but will distribute to the appropriate backend service based on the supplied URL.
nginx.conf will therefore contain:
worker_processes 2;
events { worker_connections 1024; }
http {
server {
listen 80;
location / {
proxy_pass http://webserver;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
location /assets/ {
proxy_pass http://assetserver/assets/;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
Here, the NGINX instance will route all requests to the PHP server, unless the URL path starts with
assets/, whereby it will be routed to the asset server.
Dockerfile for this instance will look like this:
FROM nginx
COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Copy the definition above to
frontend.yaml and execute with:
$ kubectl create -f frontend.yaml
Checking the running pods will now show all of the services in attendance:
kubectl get pods
assetserver-8746b67d-rlcxh 1/1 Running 0 2m
frontend-5cdddc6458-5ltvw 1/1 Running 0 1m
frontend-5cdddc6458-6rpbv 1/1 Running 0 1m
frontend-5cdddc6458-x9576 1/1 Running 0 1m
webserver-5dc468f9bd-8kcf9 1/1 Running 0 4m
webserver-5dc468f9bd-fbz8c 1/1 Running 0 4m
webserver-5dc468f9bd-mw24f 1/1 Running 0 4m
Checking your handiwork
If you navigate to port 30001 of any of your nodes in a web browser, you should be presented with the page below:
Refreshing the page will update the id of the server shown in the page, informing you that the page was served by a different node. However, the image will remain present, as served by the single asset server.
Taking It Further
As with any example, this tutorial has been a little contrived, but I'm sure it's easy to see the power and potential this route offers.
When applied to a Master -> Slave MySQL deployment, a single block-server storage is more than adequate, allowing the Master to store its necessary files within the attached storage while the Slave nodes manage their data ephemerally. Likewise, utilizing block storage on each node is perfect for GlusterFS and CephFS deployments, where the contents stored are mirrored across nodes for high availability.
The important point to note is that there is no "one solution fits all" with distributed applications. Spending some time to work out what your application needs is paramount before tackling how it should be deployed. Then, it's simply a matter of getting creative and keeping an eye on its performance.


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A Non-trivial Threat to India's Ecological and Economic Security
On 29th August 2014 the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change of the Government of India (hereinafter referred to as MoEF & CC) set up a High Level Committee headed by former Union Cabinet Secretary Mr. T. S. R. Subramanian, IAS (Retd.). This Committee was given a comprehensive mandate: to review all laws and judgments pertaining to environment, wildlife and forest protection, and also those relating to pollution control, and then produce a report with specific recommendations for reforms in law and governance. This enormous and complex exercise of review of laws and judgments, and governance practices, followed by the formulation and presentation of a report with recommendations for amendments to existing laws, was to be completed within 2 months.
The deadline for completion of the Committee's tasks was extended by a month, and the final report was submitted by the Committee to Shri. Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change with Independent Charge on 18th November 2014.1 The report was not made public at that time. However, it was leaked, and it soon became available on various websites of media and environmental and social action groups.2 Soon after, an embarrassed Ministry also made the report available on its website.3
In our critique of the High Powered Committee Report, we find that the entire exercise has been undertaken in a hurried manner, without sufficient inquiry into the relevant factors, without addressing concerns of a range of communities, especially those which are indigenous and natural resource dependent, and without at all considering the importance of consulting elected representatives from Local Government, Legislatures and the Parliament. This report, thereby, is an outcome of a comprehensively democracy deficit effort, and promotes a schema for environmental reforms, which, if adopted could result in widespread chaos in environmental governance and jurisprudence, and also would result in irreversible damage to the environment, cause widespread loss of natural ecosystems and could further fuel fundamental violation of human rights in a country where discontents over environmental decisions are become increasingly contentious.
There are elements in the Committee's report that are worth taking note of and possibly implementing. But these are few and far between, and a bulk of the Committee's recommendations are based on an extraordinary reliance on the capacity of technical bureaucracy to deliver good environmental governance, on market forces to meet environmental management objectives, on a slew of new regulatory and judicial forums to police the system, without actually making an effort to enquire and justify if such comprehensive makeover in the environmental decision making system is essential at all. Neither does the Committee formulate its tasks clearly, nor does it make any effort to clearly explain the basis of its recommendations. In light of which, what the Committee recommends comes across as a set of confusing proposals which if implemented could confound the environmental governance system quite fundamentally.
With this in view, and in the interest of present and futures generations of the country, and also in securing the extraordinary biodiversity of the region that has evolved over billions of years, we urge the Government of India to comprehensively reject the recommendations of this Committee. In the national interest we urge the Government to repeat the exercise ensuring terms of reference are clear and not caged by catch phrases that confound more than clarify, by involving an inter-disciplinary committee consisting of women and men, experienced and expert members, and drawn from various geographies, supported by a deeply democratic process and with sufficient time and space for public consultations nation-wide, so that the outcome would be recalled as a monumental effort that not only secured national interest, but also that of a world precariously edging towards runaway climate change induced impacts.
A copy of the critique of the High Powered Committee Report, entitled "A Non-trivial Threat to India's Ecological and Economic Security" may be accessed at:www.esgindia.org. Comments and criticisms are welcomed.
Leo F. Saldanha
Bhargavi S. Rao
Environment Support Group
[Environmental, Social Justice and Governance Initiatives]
1572, Ring Road, Banashankari II Stage, Bangalore 560070. INDIA
Tel: 91-80-26713559 61 Voice/Fax: 91-80-26713316
Web: www.esgindia.org
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The legend of the Smalls Lighthouse has always captivated audiences. With little more than a trapdoor and a ladder, Martin, Fionn and Simon bring the fireside tale alive and conjure up a stormy narrative of companionship and loss that unfolds between the swelling tides and in the sweeping flashes of the lamp that the keepers tend every night.
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