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MIAMI – Heat forward James Johnson has been assigned to guard the game's top wings for seven seasons.
Nobody has given him more difficulty than Dwyane Wade.
"He's a different kind of animal," said Johnson, who joined the Heat as a free agent last summer after Wade departed. "Personally, my hardest guard ever in this league."
Johnson, at 6-foot-8, has the size to cover bigs in the low post, and is versatile enough to check perimeter players. Johnson said the 6-4 Wade is unique in that he "dissects your defense of how aggressive he is." In other words, when Wade gets into the paint he's taking his opponent to the rim.
"He gets into the gap you don't want him to get in and he knows where to make the play from there," Johnson said. "Of course, he's one of the best finishers at the rim."
Wade returns to the court at AmericanAirlines Arena for the first time as a visiting player Thursday when the Heat host the Chicago Bulls (8 p.m., TNT). Wade spent 13 season with Miami before accepting his hometown team's offer of $47 million for two seasons in July.
Wade entered Wednesday's game in Atlanta with career-lows in scoring, 16.9 points per game, and shooting, .446. All while making $20 million in a single season for the second time in his career.
But by now, Heat players and coach Erik Spoelstra have 'Dwyane Wade fatigue.' The first round of questions during the summer. Then Wade's (and Chris Bosh's) absence were the main topic during the team's media day. The start of the season prompted another round of Wade inquiries.
And now they get to do it all over again for Wade's homecoming.
"Now I'm used to it," Spoelstra said Wednesday. "The first time I saw him in a Bulls uniform, I texted him and said that just looks wrong. But now, like everything, things change and you get used to it."
Few know Wade better than Spoelstra, who has been in the organization for 22 years. Spoelstra helped the young Wade develop his outside shot more than any other coach.
Spo was asked about preparing a scouting report to stop Wade for the first time. He compared it when LeBron James left Miami after four years.
"When LeBron left at least we had the six years of experience before (he joined Miami) scouting against him. Not that we did it well, just that at least we were familiar with that," Spoelstra said. "I've never been on the other side (with Wade), so it will be a new experience."
Several players likely will spend time guarding Wade, including Dion Waiters, Justise Winslow and Goran Dragic, along with Johnson.
Dragic has been in Miami 1 ½ years so he has experience being on the other side. He believes the best way to slow down Wade is to entice him to take jump shots.
"Let him shoot from deep," Dragic said. "You don't want him to get inside the paint. That midrange is his game. If he's starting shooting those long ones it's a little bit different."
Wade is shooting 16-of-30 from inside 10 feet. And although he's had two hot shooting games from outside the three-point circle _ 4-of-6 and 5-of-7 _ he is 21-of-52 from 15-feet and beyond, including missing all but five of his 20 shots from 15 to 19 feet.
"He's not going to shoot six or seven threes," Dragic said. "If he gets inside the paint and takes his midrange shot then it's impossible to guard that.
"And he's one of the best (attacking the rim). The pick-and-rolls how he slips the screens, how he gets by the defender."
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Published by The Orlando Sentinel August 2, 2012 by Bill Herrle | Guest Columnist
It is always an honor to have the president of the United States visit our state. But as he journeys to Florida today to seek our vote, he can expect some hard questions.
Four years ago, then-candidate Barack Obama made a lot of promises. He told us he had the skills and the plan to end the economic downturn that was gripping our country.
With his first term coming to an end and with President Obama asking for re-election, it is worth reviewing how he has lived up to his promises. The president has given us his own review of his performance. Recently at a campaign event, he said of his approach to the economy, "It worked." But has it?
In Florida, we are facing record foreclosures and an unemployment rate of 8.6 percent, even worse than the national average of 8.2 percent.
Obama told us his stimulus would have unemployment below 6 percent by this year.
Last week, the White House lowered its GDP estimate for the year following a dismal growth rate of only 1.5 percent for the second quarter, down sharply from the already poor 2 percent growth rate of the first quarter.
But why did this happen? Why has the president been so unsuccessful? It's because he puts his faith in the government — instead of the people — to get our economy back on track.
Recently, at a Roanoke campaign event the president said, "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." It was a statement that caught fire around the country, and as business owners spoke out in outrage, the Obama campaign countered the words were taken out of context. Here's the context:
"If you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. You didn't get there on your own. I'm always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something — there are a whole bunch of hard-working people out there.
"If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business — you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
These words — and more important, the policies behind them — outline the president's belief that putting faith in government instead of the hard-working men and women of this great nation, is the key to getting our economy back on track. The president believes that if we are to recover from this economic downturn, the government must lead the way.
It's for that reason that his entire approach to addressing the recession was government based. Obama wasn't interested in helping the private sector — according to him, you might remember, the private sector is "doing fine." His main concern was to grow the government. He has done so with aplomb, presiding over four years of trillion-dollar deficits. But the economic recovery he promised has not followed.
Government can do a lot of good, and it can support the growth of the economy. But it can never replace the contributions of American entrepreneurs. It can never replace the story of the American dream that is lived day-by-day by large and small business owners and their employees across Florida and across the nation.
When government forgets its place and our leaders decide that growing the bureaucracy instead of putting our faith in the people is the key to prosperity, we see results like we have had these past few years.
More regulations and higher taxes don't help business, and they won't lead to a recovery. As Obama visits Orlando today, we invite him to come meet those of us who know something about how jobs are created and how they are lost.
Then he might learn that government didn't build this country's prosperity — her people built it.
Bill Herrle is the executive director of the National Federation of Independent Business/Florida.

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Following are a list of the questions most often asked by clients who are coming in for their first massage. If you have a question that's not on this list, our staff will be more than happy to answer it. Just call us up and ask!
How far does one need to undress?
Only to your comfort level. You will be under a sheet and fully draped at all times. Some people remove their underwear, others do not. Some people choose to remain clothed from the waist down. It is entirely up to you. Remember it is important to relax during your massage, so if the thought of being undressed (beneath a sheet) while an LMT works on you makes you uncomfortable, don't push yourself.
If the pressure that the massage therapist is applying to my body is uncomfortable, should I try to "tough it out" in order to receive the maximum health benefit from my massage?
No! It is your responsibility to let the massage therapist know if the pressure is too much. We are here to facilitate healing, not send you away with more stress than when you came in! If you find yourself tensing up against the pressure (either where the pressure is or at another part of your body, it's too much. If you find yourself holding your breath (which many of us do at times without realizing), or if you can't comfortably take deep breaths then the pressure is too much.
Should I try to make conversation during the massage?
This is an hour set aside in your busy day that is all about whatever makes you the most comfortable. If you prefer to talk, talk. If you prefer to zone out, by all means do so. Your LMT is a professional who knows that different people prefer different things when it comes to talking during their massage, and they will take their cues from you accordingly.
What if I fall asleep and drool on the table?
Then you're getting a good massage!
Why does my massage therapist tell me to drink extra water after my massage? Do I really have to?
While some people scoff at the often heard claim that massage releases toxins from the body, (what are these undefined "toxins", anyway, one might ask?) what is indisputable is that massage increases local circulation in the areas that are worked on. Increased circulation speeds up metabolic processes, which includes the process of elimination. All metabolic wastes are excreted in a form of water solutes through the excretory organs. So if your metabolic processes are sped up, and they use a water based solution to eliminate the natural things that we eliminate on a daily basis, then we need to take in more water to return to homeostasis after receiving massage. The bottom line being that staying adequately hydrated is good for all of us, so - yes - drink the extra water after your massage.
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After the storm, the calm. If day one was reminiscent of It's A Knock Out, this was more cricket courtesy of the Open University.
Two wickets from the morning's first four balls did promise a repeat of the previous day's slapstick.
However, post-tea crease occupation in this encounter has so far looked far the most palatable time to be out in the middle, and despite a dogged Derbyshire display, for the second day running Durham made progress in the evening sun.
Their efforts weren't without setback, allied to a large smattering of fresh air strokes and unconvincing edges. But led by Nicky Peng's painstaking attempts to re-discover the form which has cruelly deserted him in recent times, Durham sedately pushed Derbyshire's final innings task into the realms of the distinctly challenging. Times have been largely harsh for Peng since his effortless century in the reverse of this fixture 10 weeks ago.
And while by no means at his flowing best, the 19-year-old showed admirable application to play his way into some sort of nick in the only place possible with his best championship score since his Derby display.
A trio of punched straight drives to the rope augur well for Durham regulars to soon be witnessing the Peng of old, although his 50, only the second of the contest, was brought up with a thick edge past gulley for his eighth boundary of a 118-ball landmark.
That a match, which had progressed past halfway by the end of day one, is not further advanced is down to 59 overs being wiped off thanks to a pre-noon hail storm.
Accompanied by persistent rain which necessitated the assistance of the Riverside's waterhog to remove gallons of water from the outfield, the Feethams groundstaff deserve great credit for keeping the day's inactivity to a minimum. There was enough action crammed into the 20 minutes of play possible before the heavens opened to keep the Durham faithful with sufficient talking points during the four-and-a-half hour stoppage. Many of those spectators were taking to their seats as Graeme Welch's first ball of the morning gained a perplexing leg before decision to see the end of Jon Lewis, an outcome which clearly bemused the Durham skipper as he left the fray with a wry smile.
That, no doubt, turned to a scowl as he tore off his pads just three balls later to the backdrop of Hetton Comprehensive old boy Welch's second early victim. Gordon Muchall failed to celebrate his call-up to the England Academy with any kind of contribution, an ill-advised meaty drive at a fullish delivery seeing the youngster edge behind, having failed to score.
Gary Pratt watched from the other end on both occasions, and the left hander was unlucky to miss out on a deserved 50 following the resumption, appearing well down the track when trapped leg-before by Welch - during a manful 15-over spell of one for 32 - four short of the landmark.
Marc Symington scratted round almost an hour for five and Andrew Pratt continued his desperate run as both departed in the same mode to Tom Lungley's nippy seamers with Derbyshire taking scalps at opportune times to keep them in it.
And when Peng slashed to cover late on to end almost three hours of resistance, it proved another boon to the visitors' hopes of avoiding the unwanted distinction of becoming Durham's first victims of this Second Division campaign.


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June 11, 2017 (GCDC) - Floods have been reported following heavy rains in Amhara, Gambella, Oromia, SNNP and Somali regions. The National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) activated the National Flood Task Force for preparedness and response.
- The Somali Regional Health Bureau, UNICEF and WHO trained 212 front line health personnel in 41 prioritized case treatment centres (CTCs) across the region on the management of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) for severely malnourished children.
- In Somali region, UNICEF prepositioned 4,045 cartons of high calorie biscuits (BP5), to be distributed to CTCs in AWD affected woredas. This quantity will reach 24,270 patients with AWD in the region.
- The AWD situation has largely improved in the Somali region with an 88 per cent decrease in cases from early April to end of May.
- With ongoing rains, water and pasture availability improved in the pastoralist drought affected areas of the country, allowing water trucking interventions to scale down.
- There are grave concerns with regard to a potential break in the food aid pipeline in July and its potential impact on children's nutritional status.
Situation Overview and Humanitarian Needs
The Belg assessment is ongoing in Afar, Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Somali and Tigray regions. The findings will inform the update of the Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) and humanitarian needs until the end of the year. The number of people requiring food assistance is expected to increase by at least 2 million people from the 5.6 million people highlighted at the beginning of the year. The revised HRD will be released in early July 2017. There are grave concerns with regard to a potential break in the food aid pipeline in July and its potential impact on children's nutritional status.
The NDRMC activated the National Flood Task Force comprised of Government sector bureaus, FAO, OCHA, UNICEF and WFP in view of the heavy rains and flood incidences being reported from some parts of Amhara, Gambella, Oromia, SNNP and Somali regions. The task force is coordinating preparedness and response measures including the preparation of flood contingency plan and a National Flood Alert based on analogue year of 2006, on actual flood incidences of 2016 and on the 2017 regional emergency preparedness and response plans. .
At the end of April 2017, there are an estimated 843,367 temporary internally displaced people (including protracted), of which 456,801 are in the Somali region. Drought, conflict and floods are primary causes of displacement. Of the 456,801 displaced people in Somali region, 220,000 people have been displaced in 2017 mainly as a result of drought. The Government of Ethiopia (GoE), with support from its humanitarian partners, is coordinating and providing emergency assistance to those displaced in temporary resettlement sites. With the ongoing Gu rains, a second wave of animal mortality is being reported which will further destitute pastoralist families arriving at existing formal or informal displacement sites. In coordination with the emergency shelter/non-food items cluster for identification of priority needs, UNICEF, in partnership with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society, is preparing to dispatch non-food item kits (containing blankets shelter materials, kitchen utensils, and sleeping mats) to benefit up to 4,000 families. The GoE and humanitarian partners are currently providing food and water as well as health and nutrition services.
However, critical funding gaps remain in all sectors. An increasing number of refugees continue to arrive in Ethiopia with refugees from South Sudan constituting the majority with a total of 376,799 refugees as of 15 May 2017. Since September 2016, following renewed fighting of warring parties in South Sudan, 87,187 South Sudanese refugees arrived in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia.
The Nguenyiel refugee camp in Gambella, which opened in October 2016, is currently at full capacity with roughly 60,000 refugees. A new camp, Gure-Shembola, has opened in May 2017 in Benishangul-Gumuz region, also in the western part of Ethiopia. As of mid-May 2017, 1,116 South Sudanese refugees have been relocated to GureShembola refugee camp while 3,168 refugees are waiting at Pagak entry point, to be relocated after undergoing registration. All newly arriving refugees continue to have access to basic services, including health, nutrition, water, hygiene and sanitation. Source: UN Children's Fund


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Transformation is constant in life. Do not resist the new, but rather welcome the greater good that can be brought about through something you had not previously considered.
If the door to a familiar circumstance seems to be closing, you move towards another door that is opening for you. You see warm inviting light drawing you in. You envision new faces, situations and settings. Your own life and the lives of others are transformed and enhanced by the insights and abilities you have to offer. You picture new friends and new goals in this fresh start.
With each new experience and life lesson, you merge the former you with the new, invigorated self worth you. Picture new doors been opened and new horizons beckoning you. You accept and give thanks for the greater good of the Higher Power that is awaiting you.
Everyone who asks receives and everyone who searches finds and for everyone who knocks the door will be opened.
Choose you this day whom you will serve FEAR or FAITH.
Do not let FEAR direct you. Change your thinking to a positive future for you.
We have had fear from the moment we were born. A gift from family, without there knowledge, you could say, we well could have done without. Our life how ever much we do not wish to see this has been fear driven. The moment you arrived in this world of ours, some bright spark of a doctor or midwife gives you a smack, what do you feel PAIN and now you start to experience fear. What is coming next God I was in the warmth a second ago now I am been put about like a toy yes a Toy all that noise and why the pain[smack]. Fears grow due to many reasons we will go into these and for some of us who develop additions, drink, drugs, overeating etc the list goes on, have shown a gross over indulgence in FEAR.
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Archive for January, 2014
Knitted Mittens
I started these mittens last year and they sat, forlorn, in my knitting bag until now. I finally completed them in just a few hours. These are little ones for a child and they'll go to someone in a Milwaukee Public School who doesn't have any. It's hard to believe, I know, but there are kids who come to school in January in Milwaukee (temperature today is about 15º) without hats, mittens, scarves, boots. I have a client with a contact in the schools to whom these will go.
January, 2014 feels good so far. I'm off to a good start for the year. Exercise, check. Eating right, check. Completing projects, check.
Following through on things feels so good. Why don't a do it more consistently?Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )
Amazon's Modern Day Censorship
Here is the screen on my Kindle for recently blocked Youtube videos – showing its dark gray speckles. I have an email in to Amazon to confirm this was intentional, but as of today, I am not allowed to view any video on Youtube on my Kindle that talks about a certain topic. That is, until I found the wonderful geeks (God love the geeks!) online who will tell you how to get the real Youtube app on your Kindle where YOU decide what to watch without any screening by Amazon. No matter what your views on individual Youtube video topics, I think you should find this censorship by Amazon alarming.
Years ago, as a second grade teacher in a local elementary school, I had a book on Egyptian mummies in my class. It explained how the ancient Egyptians pulled the brain through the nostrils with long metal hooks to embalm separately from the body in jars. Maybe you can imagine how popular this book was with 8 year old boys. It was difficult reading, not really 2nd grade level, but because of its enormously interesting content, every boy in my class and quite a few girls too, were scrambling to get their hands on this book and decipher this fascinating information. This was a reading teacher's dream come true, because the motivation was strong to overcome the difficulty in actually decoding the words.
Then one of the boys' mother came in to complain. She didn't want her son reading this book. I said, "No problem. He won't have access to the book. Your choice." Noooooo…..this was not good enough. She wanted the book removed from my classroom stating, "No one needs to know this information."
Whoa there. You have just stepped beyond valid parental authority to making a decision for other people (about historical knowledge no less) and that is where I draw the line. Even in second grade. Thankfully the principal backed me up and the book stayed on my shelf and now it was even more desirable!
Does Amazon really think they can play overzealous Mama to the American public? And even if they have aims to change the U.S. law, do they think by turning off my ability to watch a video this will somehow be accomplished? What a thought. Big Brother Amazon sets out to rule the nation by restricting information. Infuriating!! Many thanks to the wonderful people at H2 Tech Videos for getting me a fix for this most irritating instance of censorship.Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )
New Year – Actually Doing It Already
I have wanted to draw more and use my kettlebells at least once a week. So the time? Where does it come from? I'm going to try to get it from less blogging and time on facebook. Also less shopping. I find drawing about the most relaxing activity, but it does take effort, probably more than those other things that have been eating up my time. Once I start, though, I'm absorbed so that's the trick. For now I'm going to try drawing on the days I don't exercise. That block of time will be for one or the other. I'm going to see how it goes.
This deer needs a lot of work, but I see them almost daily very close to the house so I get some great shots of them from which I can work. Since the landscape is pretty bleak right now they add some interest. I love their ears!
By the way, the kettlebells have been used 2 weeks in a row. Today was the first day for drawing in 2014. We'll see how long it lasts!Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )
Hiking Alone
Trudging along in the cold
Pumps the blood and keeps me bold.
To hike alone this vacant path
Means watching my back for lunatic wrath.
Yes amid this beauty here
I have to control vulnerability and fear.
Even with defense tools close
Surprise would aid my foes.
So I meld into this placid scene
Prepared, confident, and with senses keened.
This hiking is its own meditation
Random thoughts brought into consolidation.
The beauty, the danger, the focus
Provides me freedom, mental clarity the bonus.
Eating Raw Garlic
I watched a Youtube video about eating raw garlic to prevent and treat winter colds. Bill got a cold so I started using my stash of homegrown garlic. My Joseph Joseph garlic crusher has been getting a lot of use as a result. Every day we've been peeling, crushing, and enjoying it in salsa with a few chips as advised in the video. You have to do something to disguise it because it is some powerfully burning hot stuff!
The guy on the video says eating raw garlic will cut short any cold you pick up so this was going to be a good test.
What do you know!? Bill's cold never got very bad and it was gone in 2 days. I never got it. We have continued our daily raw garlic regimen. I have noticed it gives me a warmth in my chest after I eat it. Quite a nice feeling on these bitter cold Wisconsin days!
Have you ever eaten raw garlic? If so, what is your favorite way to disguise it?Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )
Good Travel Timing and Monet in Paris
We happened to be in Paris in November, 2010, right in the middle of the biggest exhibition of Monet's works to be shown in France in 30 years. 160 paintings were gathered from around the globe; private collections and museums as far away as Russia and Australia. We discovered the exhibit by the absence of Monet paintings at the Musée d'Orsay and the sign telling us that the Monets were all at the Grand Palais for a special exhibit.
So we wandered over the bridge to the Grand Palais to find out that the exhibit was sold out months ago. There was a 1/4 mile line of people waiting for a chance to get in without advance tickets, but after waiting for hours it was still iffy whether they'd get in. We spoke to one of the guards for advice. What could we do to get in, we asked him.
Ha, ha! He told us if we came back in the evening we would only have to wait a short time! So, we came back the next day about 9:00p.m. and almost waltzed right in!
And then our eyes almost popped out. We got to see Monet paintings that we would never see again nor would we have had the opportunity to ever see if we hadn't made it into this exhibit. We saw groups of paintings he did in different light right next to each other. I loved to think how some of these paintings probably hadn't been right next to each other like that since they were with their creator. I got to see some old favorites that I had seen in the Chicago exhibit of impressionism several years back. My heart broke to see his portrait of his wife, Camille, as she lay dying in bed, but I was lifted to see his depiction of a Magpie in the snow. It was great, too, how we were walking through the galleries with no crowds. There were barely any other people there to block our views.
There were only two downsides. We weren't allowed to walk backward through the exhibit which we love to do one time to play our game of picking out the one we'd take home if we could. Also the curators included some Roy Lichtenstein paintings perhaps as a more modern progression of what Monet started, but really, they looked so out of place here. We just ignored them, though, no problem.
This show was an icing-on-the-cake experience for us. We were in Paris, so we were seeing amazing art every day, but to have been there for this show and to have gotten in was truly magical. We will never forget it. Here's another travel bonus: once-in-a-lifetime experiences!Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )
Healthy Air Freshener + A Fix for the Girls
Air "fresheners" enrage me – can you believe that?! It's because chemical manufacturers have hoodwinked the public into believing that saturating the very air we breathe with toxic chemicals is a good idea. We've got everything from scented oils that get plugged in to an electrical device and gelled cones that dissolve to sprays given every natural-sounding name they can think of: garden mist, lavender meadows, fe-breeze. I maintain that when people are diagnosed with a variety of cancers no one ever asks what kind of chemicals have saturated their environment for decades: the lawn chemicals, the laundry detergents, perfumes, shampoos, and yes, air "fresheners." No one looks at the cumulative effects of all this in our systems.
Well, I for one will have none of it! Here is a healthy, fun, easy and cheap true air freshener for you:
1. Put in 10-30 drops of essential oils of your choice (I recommend Aromatics International because they test each batch so they know it's pure and unadulterated.) I used lavender and lime! It smells refreshingly calming.
2. Fill with water. Stick in reeds and then turn over. Turn them once a day. Add more oils when needed, every few days.
Tips: If you choose a container with a tight opening it will keep the oils in longer. Use reeds you buy online (called replacement reeds) or at local garden centers. Or any bamboo rods you have around will work too. Change the oils for different moods or goals. When my husband came down with a cold I added eucalyptus to battle those bugs!
Secondly today I have a little fix I've discovered for sore breasts. Here's what Aromatics International says about Rose essential oil:
Rose absolute – Rose damascena
Rose is known for many therapeutic effects such as hormone balancing during menopause, cooling for hot flashes (use the mist), calming, cleansing, and purifying the reproductive system. It can also be emotionally uplifting and tonic for the nervous system.
Sounds good to me and my girls! This stuff is the priciest of all the oils, but really, I could spend much more on toxic perfumes, so I figure I'm worth it. I used an empty 2 oz. bottle in which I put melted coconut oil and 4 drops of the rose. That lovely little blue ceramic pot there I brought back from Paris, it's La Fermière yogurt which you must have everyday if you get to Paris! Anyway, it makes a nice little container to place my mixture in and fill with hot water just to melt that coconut oil again each day. Then just pour a little out into the palm of your hand and rub all over. It makes you feel so much better and it makes you smell good for a whole day without anything toxic to your system. It has, thusfar in this perimenopause journey, been the most successful treatment for everything! If you try it I'd be very interested to know how you like it.Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )


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Graphis Promotions
New York, NY – Graphis, the leading publisher of cutting edge graphic design books and annuals, has selected Tom Fowler, Inc. to be included in their upcoming Graphis Promotions. This annual will be an exciting full color collection of some of the world's finest, innovation promotions. The piece that will be featured from Tom Fowler, Inc. is the invitation designed and created for Eventra, Milford, CT, a leading Electronic Supplier Relationship Management (eSRM) firm.
The Eventra Exostar Event Invitation is an aerospace industry trade show invitation, designed to be a compelling call to an exclusive event with the use of aircraft-grade materials and an unusual translucent metallic sheet that ties-in Eventra's partnership with Boeing Aerospace.


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66 Rap Battles (MULTIPLAYER!!!!!!! FREE FOR ALL!)
Welcome to rap Battles. You must rap againts someone else and win!
Mario vs Super Mario Glitchy 4 (SMG4)
Rules (Finnaly!)
1. No Swearing :D
2. No teaming (That's for N O O B S)
3. You better not break rule 2!
zuh12-double rule breaking-1 month ban
Anotheraccount-double rule breaking-1 week ban
PvZ fan- INFINITE BAN- Heart Breaking.
Mario vs Super Mario Glitchy 4 (SMG4)
Mario wrote:You think gou got swag? Even if youre a hag? Ha! Well mario's got it in the bag!
SMG4 wrote:Girlfriend? Are you kidding? That's just rude. Considering Your Girlfriend's just a puddle of food.
Rules (Finnaly!)
1. No Swearing :D
2. No teaming (That's for N O O B S)
3. You better not break rule 2!
zuh12-double rule breaking-1 month ban
Anotheraccount-double rule breaking-1 week ban
PvZ fan- INFINITE BAN- Heart Breaking.
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zuh12 06 Oct 2015 10:39 PM hey everyone ima thunderbird u think ur better than me ABSURD!
TrumpWTrumpW 07 Oct 2015 08:20 AM So there's this one guy named Zuh, he subbed to Scamaz at the orchestra.
Pissing people off with full brightness on his phone, (0) contacts shows he's all alone.
People stop to see, Zuh gets down on one knee.
He's bullied by the subs of Kripp, they tell him he can only skinny dip.
Kripp said himself the subs are right, even mentioned Zuh's latest flight.
[Hearthstone] How Good is Zuh? Turns out he's preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetty useless like a Goomba.
It started when he was trying to fly to Cali to stalk the Trump, but the Forsenboys tripped him and he fell off the plane BibleThump.
Zuh found Trump at his castle in San Fran, when he tried to greet him Trump turned and ran.
Coated with puss and Acidic Swamp Ooze, the Naxxramas was a likely place Zuh was trying to take a snooze.
When he came back Trump proceeded to blast Zuh to the ground wth his handlock, a homeless onlooker laughed, pointed at Zuh, and said "your mother was a Murloc!"
Trump decided to tour his girls around town, but Zuh wasn't allowed to come so he was feeling down.
Trump came back, spirits high. He stopped for a moment to stretch his thigh.
He said, "Hey you, fat Sludge Belcher cosplayer! You're as disappointing as a Captain's Parrot from a Webspinner.
Now get out and leave this place bub, 'cause in case you didn't know this is my town scrub."
All the buildings, cable cars, pedestrians- even the San Francisco tide. They raised their Kappas and dongers to rush to Trump's side.
With the power of North Sea Kraken, Trump harnessed the power of the waves and washed away Zuh in a jolt. When Reddit came in to examine the aftermath, where Trump had stood they didn't find a single trace of salt.
zuh12 07 Oct 2015 11:18 AM yo but if u don't love everything Z
soon u feel like u stung by the bee!
DanTDM12 07 Oct 2015 12:12 PM let me jump in!
I don't even bother if zuh is hacking! I'd just report him with swag! But then the mods banned zuh i beat you,your'e no match For me! DanTDM12 is got it in the bag!
DanTDM12 07 Oct 2015 12:13 PM and i can just no ryhme it so it makes it cooler :D
zuh12 07 Oct 2015 08:20 PMgbp11 wrote:the bee!
DetachedMonkey000127 07 Oct 2015 09:53 PM viewzuh12 wrote:yo but if u don't love everything Z
soon u feel like u stung by the bee!
Do you understand the concept of a rap battle? (assisting zuh, not participating)
JakeViperacJakeViperac 08 Oct 2015 04:24 AM let me step right in.
I'd be coming through portals, like i'm immortal,
he's stuck in a loop while I be transforming,
into a ball, of electric force
then I be evolving, and I be growing
he's getting scared, ready with a chair to knock me back,
that doesn't happen, he got whacked in the back
by my reaction attack, I send him back,
to the start....
of time!
DanTDM12 08 Oct 2015 06:45 AM I really will not bother,but you suck Pingas.
I really think you should go the past!
Youre stuck in a infinte loop of spinning.
I really think i win this one!
Judges wrote:Dan:30 Zuh:22 Jake:29 (Almost tied with me xD) Trump:30 (You PWNED Zuh)
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How to Create Lead Vocal Ambience with Reverb and Delay
Cool. Okay, so let's start — we could go two directions from here. We could either build an ambience around the vocal, and maybe really bring the vocals home, we could firm up the low end a little bit more, or we could just start getting the other elements in.
I kind of want to do the vocals.
So let's create some auxes and I'll get these color coordinated here. So this is going to be tight plate, and this is going to be dynamic delay. Cool. Assign some busses. I'll do this as our tight plate, and then this will be our dynamic delay.
So what I want to do is I want to have a bit of a tighter ambience around the vocal to just make it feel a little bit depthier and give it a little bit of polish, and I also want to have a delay that's coming off of the vocal lines, and I want to have it be like maybe sort of an interesting delay, like some kind of a modulated delay.
So let's… Yeah, let's start with the tight plate.
[mix, heavy reverb on vocals]
Okay, cool. So I'm going to take the timing of the bass and mids down.
[mix, adjusting reverb lengths]
And raise up the predelay here.
[mix, adjusting reverb predelay]
There we go. And now we are going to just make less of it.
[mix, adjusting reverb amount on vocals]
Cool. Alright, so for this one, I'm going to use the AIR Dynamic Delay. Set it to quarter notes. Put that there.
[mix adjusting delay settings]
There's actually a nice preset that makes life a lot easier. It says "Only While Silent."
It would be good to get the tempo as well.
[mix, setting tempo for delay]
So, it's kicking in a little too early, so I'm going to slow it down a bit.
Cool. Now I'm going to put a chorusing effect on there. Something to kind of flange it out. This is a good one.
Let's do a little EQ here. Let's take out a lot of the low end.
Turn it down. Throw the delay to the reverb.
Maybe roll off a little bit of the top end too.
Cool. Alright, let's try and get this vocal to feel a little bit more consistent. So what I'm going to do here is I'm going to duplicate the lead vocal track…
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Original soundtrack from second installment of Marvel/Disney franchise for Thor, part of wildly successful team of Avengers. Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins star, Alan Taylor directs. Fighting alongside Thor to save Earth and Nine Realms is Brian Tyler, with his mighty score. Thundering action is keynote! Broadly drawn, heroic main theme anchors, travels on great journey with Thor, remains at his side throughout. Solo voice, subtler colors offer brief respite to battle music but Tyler keeps either harmonic vernacular of main theme or melody itself in spotlight. Coherency is dynamic result. To deliver contrast, composer literally hammers dark, aggressive side of score via driving percussion plus wall of brass. Here, harmonic vernacular becomes agitated, intense yet still retains cohesion with primary ideas. Large orchestra with chorus generates an impressive, powerful work! Intrada & Disney proudly present CD version of exciting score with colorful packaging for collectors! Brian Tyler, Allan Wilson conduct Philharmonic Orchestra of London & London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Original Release Date: 2013
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16-20 February 2015
Enhancement Week (aka 'Opportunities Week') is coming up and you should make sure you don't miss out! Enhancement Week gives you dedicated time and events to enhance your employability, personal development and study skills to help you get the degree you want.
The week will offer you the chance to stretch yourself academically by taking part in fun, challenging and engaging learning experiences. The opportunities on offer aim to help you engage with the real world via team and leadership programmes, training in work based skills (such as IT), trips and visits, employer and alumni presentations and much more…
The week is not a break from your study or engagement with the University. It will enrich your development by focusing on your professional skills in a format that is fun and different. It is a continuation of your course but with a change of pace and focus but essential for future success. Your School/Department has arranged a number of programme-specific activities alongside some University-wide initiatives, including:
- IDEAFEST – How to get started
The IDEAFEST Competition is your chance to launch your entrepreneurship career. If you've got a great idea we can help you realise it
- Student Training and Experience Programme events
STEP sessions will help you hone your study and personal skills (and they count towards the RED Award)
- Extra study spaces
The Library might get a bit crowded this week, so we've freed up some extra spaces for individual and group study
- Just added!
We've got some late sessions including Data Analysis drop-in clinics and School based sessions open to all students
The sessions organised by your School/Department are compulsory (they will appear in your timetable, or your School/Department will have notified you via some other means); the centrally organised sessions are optional, but will give you the opportunity to explore themes and ideas around employability and personal development.
Student Training and Experience Programme sessions
The Student Training and Experience Programme will help you get ahead in your studies and develop key life skills. Sessions that are running during Enhancement Week include:
|Leadership Skills with EY
|Palmer 106
|Excel Essential
|S@iL 108, Library
|PowerPoint Hints and Tips
|S@iL 108, Library
|Logs: Understanding the basic laws
|Room 2s21, URS
|Microsoft Draw
|S@iL 108, Library
|Word Intermediate
|S@iL 108, Library
|PowerPoint Essential
|S@iL 108, Library
Additional study spaces
We have allocated some rooms as additional study spaces for the duration of Enhancement Week. The following rooms will be available between 09:00-18:00 on the days listed:
Monday 16 February
Engineering 318
Systems Engineering G39
Carrington 201
Palmer 102
Tuesday 17 February
Engineering 318
Systems Engineering G39
Carrington 201
Agriculture 1L06
Wednesday 18 February
Engineering 318
Systems Engineering G39
Carrington 201
Miller G05
Thursday 19 February
Engineering 318
Systems Engineering G39
Carrington 101
Miller G05
Friday 20 February
Engineering 318
Systems Engineering G39
Carrington 101
Carrington 201
Recently added events
The Maths Support Centre will be two drop-in clinics for Data Analysis, intended for final year undergraduates who need help with statistics for their dissertations.
Drop-in Clinics for Data Analysis
Tuesday 17 February and Wednesday 18 February
Room 111, Library
Click here for more information.
Some Schools/Departments have also contacted us to let us know that their sessions are available to students from across the University.
"Polite" words in American and British English talk
Are the English always 'sorry'? Do Americans really want you to 'have a nice day'? Find out how usage of 'polite' words differs on either side of the Atlantic and colours our perceptions of Britons and Americans in this talk from Lynne Murphy, hosted by the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics.
Tuesday 17 February
Room 107, Palmer Building
Settlers of Catan
Test your skills against other students and in this game that tests your diplomacy, strategic and economic skills. If you're interested in building a better tomorrow this game will give you the perfect arena to test your mettle!
Monday 16 February
Room G25, HumSS
Click here to book (by Thursday 12 February)
Or, Tuesday 17 February
Room 108, Palmer Building
Click here to book (by Thursday 12 February)
Let us know what you thought of this term's Enhancement Week. Your suggestions will help us to improve Enhancement Week and ensure that it is meeting your needs. You can send comments about School and Department events via your Course Reps, and leave any general comments in the comments box below.


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In a recent Market Track's Shopper Insight Series Survey infographic, Market Track surveyed 1,000 shoppers (500 males/500 females within multiple age groups) and discovered an upward trend of shoppers purchasing groceries online.
The major insight for omni-channel is that 50% of the surveyed shoppers said they would order groceries online if shipping was free. Retailers are already investing in accommodating this trend through drones and mini distribution outlets.
Another finding that's interesting for omni-channel growth is that shoppers state they order online because it saves mostly time and it's easier than purchasing in-store. Although this is comparing e-commerce to in-store directly, when we consider order online, pickup at store or order online and delivery to home via drone, time and convenience is even more convenient as shoppers receive their goods faster than typical e-commerce transactions.
The moral of the story is that shoppers continue to invest their money for convenience, speed and pricing. Manufacturers that ensure their product is available with ease and convenience win. That ease and convenience in the shoppers' mentality means "I can find your product through search" and "I can make a confident purchasing experience in a virtual setting by reviewing your content."
The shopper's decision of whether or not your product appears quickly and your content convinces me happens within an instant when the shopper is online. The answer for manufacturers is simply optimized data and content for every SKU. Without data and content, your product will either not be found or will be ranked low on the list. And without content explaining your product, you will not convince.
Learn more about Market Track and see below for the full infographic:
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Hello to you Monday and a big greetings to everyone who manages or who may have already managed to stop by my spot here at Obzervashunal.
Mondays, as many of you know, has become the designated day of the week for the latest unveiling of me and my buddy Dale's ongoing, K'lee and Dale's Cosmic Photo Challenge.
Each week, Dale and I take turns offering up new and exciting (well, to us they are!) prompts which then become the latest challenge in our series.
This week, it was my turn, and on this Friday past, I chose the following:
Now, our one disclaimer, if you will in regard to these prompts, is we NEVER fully define what you SHOULD do with them. We have always left the door completely open to your interpretation and experimentation. Seems things are always more interesting and fun this way.
We've already got some excellent entries, which you can find both here and over at Dale's site
After a little sifting through my archives, here's what I came up with:
An eight-piece platter of various rest-full and motion-filled subjects ended up being my take on the prompt this go around.
Let me know what you think? And while you're letting me know what you think, maybe you'll also think about joining us on this cosmic adventure? It's not hard, takes a small amount of time, and, well, you just might enjoy yourself. Who knows?
If you are looking to join in, here's all you'd need to do:
Create a bodies at rest / motion-style post like you normally do. Title it some kind of way where … bodies at rest and motion figure prominently.
Once it looks and feels complete, you can create what we call 'a pingback' by copying your new challenge post's URL and pasting it into the comment section of either this post here at Obzervashunal, or at Dale's spot (linked as always above!).
Lastly, be sure to use our #CosPhoChal tag, which will help others find your astounding work much easier.
With that said, here's to a great Monday and an even greater week ahead!
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I'm excited to announce the new Stardust Building Supplies brand. Our transformation marks a new beginning with a renewed logo, website, and most importantly a continued commitment to keeping usable materials from our landfills. We are Stardust!
We collaborated with one of our favorite volunteers, Bill Handley of Unbdot, to create a reclaimed wood heart that doubles as a vase! Learn how to make it and give a gift that comes from the heart.
Last November, the Stardust Building Supplies Board of Directors voted to adopt an advocacy agenda which solidifies our confidence in the value of deconstruction and reuse policies. We are committed to sharing our belief that when building material reuse becomes a standard practice it will create new opportunities for entrepreneurs, the workforce, and improve our quality of life.
Ceramic tile, porcelain tile, tumbled marble tile, white, black, blue, and green tile…We've got a lot of tile! Which got us thinking of some other ways we could creatively repurpose it. Why not a tic tac toe tile board! Here's how you make it!
Currently, more than 300 organizations use the Gifts In Kind program to receive home goods, toiletries, office supplies, and building materials. Deep Within Rehab is one of those organizations. Cindy Humes is the Director of Deep Within Rehab. We had a moment to catch up with her on one of her recent trips to our Gifts In Kind Distribution Center.
In June 2016 Stardust Mesa got a makeover and expanded the warehouse by 17,000 sq. ft, adding a new section called the RE:USE Market. a community partnership that helps raise funds for local organizations by offering space in the warehouse to sell in-kind donations like furniture.
Our inventory changes daily, with prices 50-80% lower than department stores.
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http://kopuamonastery.org.nz/felmor/5163 THURSDAY – 08/31/2017
Wow, tough day yesterday. If you had a winning day at Saratoga yesterday I applaud you because there were some winners you couldn't see coming. Back at it today with full card selections looking for a little redemption.
- Jumpers
- 7-5-4
- 3-1-2
- 6-1-5
- 6-1-7
- 8-9-3
- 10-12-9
- 8-5-6
- 3-5-6
- 6-1-11
Check Twitter for possible tickets later in the day.
Good Luck!
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Children and Young People
The issues
NAAN is engaged with a range of policy issues affecting children and young people. Click on a heading below to read more about our policy priorities relating to children and young people.
Transfers to local authority accommodation
National concordat on children in custody (Home Office)
Detailed flow-chart of the legal framework (NAAN)
Once a child is charged, they must be bailed or detained by police. If they are detained they must be transferred to local authority accommodation (unless it is 'impracticable') to do so, pending the next available court. Both the police and local authorities have legal duties regarding transfers. The law recognises the psyhcological damage that detention can do to a child. It is designed to ensure that children are detained for the minimum time necessary, as per our obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 37). However, in large areas of England and Wales, these legal duties have been systematically ignored for many years.
Contributing factors
In one sense, this is quite a simple issue. The law is the law - and police and local authorities must abide by it just as children are expected to. The primary factor behind this issue is simply a chronic lack of suitable local authorities accommodation (sometimes referred to as 'PACE Beds'). However, there are actually a wide range of potential contributing factors, which are summarised below.
- sometimes ask for secure when it is not justified in the legislation. It can be culturally/psychologically challenging for a police officer to transfer a child to a non-secure environment after having refused bail. Local authorities do not have an absolute duty to provide secure accommodation so this makes it less likelt that a transfer will occur;
- sometimes interpret "impracticable" in the legislation as impractical rather than impossible;
- are expected to interpret unclear primary legislation (the 'risk of serious harm to the public' is only defined in PACE 1984 in relation to certain violent and sexual offences, though they could argue the gravity of a different offence met this threshold);
- believe it will take a long time or be impossible to arrange because they have lost faith in local authority provision (and therfore in effect the law itself);
- think that the accommodation provided will be too far away and not allow a proper rest period and therefore not be in the child's best interests;
- are sometime frustrated with repeat offenders not being detained by courts;
- don't approach other local authorities which may respond more positively (and then arrange for the home local authority to be billed);
- don't always produce the Certificate of Impracticability / Juvenile Detention and deliver to court, so courts are not informed of individual of systemic failures;
- lack clarity and trust around who is responsible for the child arriving at court. The law, YJB, and Police Approved Professional Practice say the responsibility for the child or young person passes from the police to the local authority. This transfer of responsibility includes transfer of the power to detain them and responsibility for ensuring that they appear at court. However, according to the IPCC, the police's duty of care extends to the period after release from police custody and some local protocols say the child or young person remains technically in police custody and as such will not be allowed the leave the placement until their court appearance (except on health grounds);
- interpret the legal exceptions to the transfer requirement (for example those arrested on a warrant) as suggesting that Parliament did not think police cells were that bad for a child;
- do not have satisfactory arrangements for monitoring/accountability.
Local authorities:
- at the time PACE was developed and enacted had secure units, often attached to a non-secure children's home. Now there are only 15 secure children's homes for England and Wales, in which there are rarely more than two or three vacancies. Given referral/answer times of 2-3 hours and two-way travel time, this can make police/social workers judge that it is not in the best interests of a child to be transferred even where it is a legal requirement;
- don't differentiate between refusal of bail and transfer (i.e. believe that if a child is refused bail they present a significant risk and must be kept locked up by police;
- faced with a request for a non-secure PACE bed undertake a risk assessment and conclude a secure bed is needed even when police don't require it;
- feel unable to fund PACE accommodation constantly, just for occasional use;
- may use secure if (a) likely to abscond or (b) likely to injure self or others in other accommodation (a double test beyond the police test to use secure if 12+ and risk to public of serious harm) but haven't built enough secure accommodation (whether out of lack of consideration, choice having considered low demand and high cost, or pure financial limitations);
- are not clear that they have a legal power to detain a child transferred under PACE;
- do not have satisfactory arrangements for monitoring/accountability.
Youth Offending Teams:
- should be involved from the start in identifying possible concerns about bail and liaising with police to offer bail information / support to avoid need for PACE transfer (according to YJB guidance). Where AAs are not YOT staff, there are not always effective, real-time lines of communication back to the YOT;
- should be involved / consulted when a PACE transfer is being enacted.
Appropriate adults:
- do not have sufficient awareness/understanding of children's right to a transfer
- may not be present or otherwise involved at the point in time in which decisions about bail, detention and transfers are made
- may not have effective lines of communication back to the Youth Offending Team
- do not often call police to account in relation to transfers under.38(6) and certificates under s.38(7) or call Directors of Social Services to account under s.21(2)(b) Childrens Act. Where either police or LA has failed, the lack of transfer is unlawful and open to compensation.
Local Safeguarding Children's Boards:
- are not aware of the issue and do not have satisfactory arrangements for monitoring/accountability
- amended the Children Act 1989, via the Secure Accommodation Regulations 1991, in a way which made it more likely that children will be sent to secure accommodation. In practice, as secure accommodation is less common and the local authority duty to provide accommodation is only absolute in relation to non-secure, this is likely to decrease the number transfers. The normal test for secure under Children Act 1989 s. 25 is "has a history of absconding AND if he does so he is likely to suffer significant harm; or is likely to injure self or others if in other accommodation". The 1991 regulations changed this when it is applied in the contect of s.38(6) to "likely to abscond from other accommodation; or likely to injure self or others if in other accommodation" - a much lower threshold.
Our actions
NAAN has: -
- Developed a detailed flow-chart of the complex legal framework to help appropriate adults ensure these children's rights are met
- Given expert witness testimony for pending judicial review of non-compliance
- Been a key contributor as a member of the Home Office working group on local authority transfers, which developed a national concordat to improve compliance
Professionals vs parents
The result is that organised appropriate adult schemes only support around one third of arrested children. But who is best placed to fulfil the appropriate adult role?
Some argue that an unreasonable expectation is being placed on parents. How can they be expected to safeguard a child effectively against breaches of the immense PACE Act and complex Codes of Practice? This is even more challenging given the fact that it's an emotional experience when your child is arrested – perhaps especially if it is the first time or a serious allegation.
In contrast, under the NAAN national standards new appropriate adults should be given 20 hours of training and two shadowing visits to police custody. Whether they are paid or a volunteer, they have a professional relationship with the child rather than an emotional one. Over time, they have opportunity to develop a deep understanding of the PACE Codes and the confidence to challenge police practice.
However, others argue that parental responsibility is a decisive factor. Furthermore, no matter how well a professional AA) is trained, it is unlikely that they will know the child and their individual needs. And of course, there is the argument that the taxpayer does not have to pay for parents.
When considered objectively, academic evidence certainly suggests that parents are not effective appropriate adults. As we highlighted in a recent literature review, the use of family members as AAs for children is fraught with difficulty. Problems with the use of parents as AAs for children include; a misunderstanding of the AA role, the threat of physical violence towards their child, pressure on their child to confess, aggression towards police and their involvement in ongoing family conflicts. Even the best intentioned, most educated and assertive are challenged by a lack of knowledge and their emotional state. Some parents will be naturally compliant or hostile towards the police – neither of which is likely to deliver the best outcomes for a child.
NAAN's view is that, while parents cannot be expected to understand PACE, they should not be excluded from the process (unless they are genuinely inappropriate).
Parents hold knowledge about an individual child that may be critical to ensuring they can participate effectively in the process. Professional appropriate adults have an understanding of custody procedures, rights and entitlements that is critical to providing an effective safeguard.
Rather than making an either/or decision, NAAN would like to see policy and practice develop to support a collaborative model. Such a model would be dynamic, allowing information and responsibilities to be shared across parents and providers. This might involve parents sharing information with a professional before they attend, or even AA services coaching a parent as they take on the role.
24/7 AA Provision
The majority of AAs for children are parents. For some, attending outside office hours will be easier, while others it may be more difficult – for example due to child care commitments. So what expectations should be placed on organised AA schemes?
From a legal perspective, PACE does not specify times during which police cannot conduct interviews or other investigatory procedures. The statutory duty on Youth Offending Teams to ensure provision of an AA does not specify operational hours or any other limit on the duty. Therefore, it is clear that AA schemes for children should have the ability to respond whenever they are needed.
HM Inspectoprate of Contabulary's expectations for police custody require that, "Independent appropriate adult schemes for children and vulnerable adults are in place, operate to relevant national standards and are used". One of the indicators for this is that AAs are available 24 hours a day.
However, this does not mean that schemes are bound to always provide an AA when the police request one in order to carry out an interview or other procedure.
PACE Code C states that, "in any period of 24 hours a detainee must be allowed a continuous period of at least 8 hours for rest, free from questioning, travel or any interruption in connection with the investigation concerned. This period should normally be at night or other appropriate time which takes account of when the detainee last slept or rested."
The AA scheme has a duty to ensure this right is met. In so doing, they may reasonably refuse to enable police procedures where they conflict with the right. Police should not be enabled to interview when a child is not alert. However, this is not justification for a fixed policy of not attending after a certain time. The decision must be made on the basis of the individual child's best interest, after consideration of their particular sleep/wake cycle and level of alertness.
The YOT's statutory duty is to ensure the provision of AAs to safeguard the interests of children and young persons, not the convenience of police officers. The police are under obligation to minimise the time children spend in detention. The ability of schemes to provide or withhold an AA can be a powerful tool in ensuring children's cases are expedited.
Current Youth Justice Board guidance captures the nuance effectively, stating, "This duty applies at any time of day or night. You should consider requests for attendance out-of-hours in line with the best interests of the individual child."
It must also be recognised that, while a small number of AA schemes have informed NAAN that they are operating 24/7 services, many do not currently have the resources to provide such a service. In order to meet the increasing expectations and current legal duties, it is likely that resources will need to be increased above current levels.
17 year olds
NAAN was proud to work alongside other voluntary sector organisations to ensure 17 year olds were recognised as children in police custody – and secure their right to an appropriate adult.
By order of the Home Secretary Theresa May, PACE Code C was amended to this effect in 2013. The status of 17 year olds was improved in legislation with the passing of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 and is due to be fully rectified by the Policing and Crime Bill.
17 year olds make up a very large proportion of all arrested children. Therefore, this very welcome change resulted in a significant increase in demand on children's appropriate adult schemes, which are a statutory duty of Youth Offending Teams.
Under the new burdens doctrine, the Home Office was expected to fund this increased burden on local authorities. As of 2016, no transfer of funds has yet taken place.
NAAN has: -
- Repeatedly raised the issue with the Home Office
- Published a paper estimating the cost to be around £1.5 million per year
Our activities
We seek to use our position on the PACE Strategy Board to highlight the specific needs of children and young people and to safeguard their interests in policy development.
We work closely with organisations involved with children's rights and the criminal justice system, including:
- Children's Commissioner
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February Training
On February 19, 2012, we went back to CCP on a Sunday morning to hold the 2nd team training. Due to last minute invites for the PDA run. We shrinked our expected number of attendees to 6. Active Members (Cath, Gerard, Kaye, Sein, Ian and Mia) had ran 3k around the CCP complex with a bit of uphill training. They changed the original 10k route since the sun was already too high at 7am. (Dapat wag malalate...)
Cool down after the run
I was on bag guarding duties again but Kaye lent me her Top 10 book so I was laughing my ass off while waiting for them to finish their run.
PRC Cheering Squad
After their run, we goofed a little before heading for breakfast in the nearby Harbour square. PDA runners, CJ and Jomari joined us. Enrichard also went with his autographed Top 10 book.
March Training
On March 10, 2012, we went to UP Diliman to hold SSD/LSD running team activity. We scheduled it in a Saturday afternoon just to veer away from our normal Sunday morning runs. I turns out that this was a great idea since this activity became the most attended one with the most number of newbies since our running clinic.
Let's go 5k SSD group
Coach Drew also graced us with his presence so we strictly followed the 5k and 10k route.
Let's do this, 10k LSD group
I was finally able to run in this activity and was tasked to be the sweeper for the 10k runners. I made sure to be the last runner for 10k. For the first round, we ran with the 5k runners and was on our own on the 2nd round. Since I should be the last runner, I did my share of slow running and walking combo. On a turn we sort of got lost since the head of the pack was running faster and we couldn't find them. But since UP is easy to ask around for directions we made our way back to the route. We even got a cone of ice cream on our way to the assembly place which was the UP oblation.
PRC Conquers UP
In PRC tradition, we had dinner together in the UP Technohub place.
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I would like to wish a very Happy Birthday today to my Daddy!
He is the coolest guy I know. He can play the guitar like a rockstar. He wakes up every night in the middle of the night to eat cookies or cakes. He can cook like Julia Child and Bobby Flay combined. He texts us in email format and always ends with "love dad." He is the nicest person in the world, and I don't think he's ever even gotten mad at me =)
All he ever wants for Christmas is "cool t-shirts" and he was the one who taught me that glasses can be cool...
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School spendingAugust 24th, 2012 at 01:03 am
For dd2:
1) $75 high school soccer camp
2) $175 high school soccer participation fee
3) $25 parking permit
4) $56.80 out of pocket for school registration
a) $45 yearbook
b) $25 senior graduation fee
c) $15 asb card (gets in free to home games)
d) $3 student body fee
$88.00 minus the $31.20 I had in my scrip account left us with the balance of $56.80. I had hoped to do better last year with buying scrip but I wasn't so great with it....oh well...every bit helps!
There will be other related "senior" spending I am sure....cap and gown for sure and probably announcements (we will get a small package for that) I am sure once school starts we will be bombarded!
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Vintage Christmas Monday
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Oooh, they are adorable little guys! I can't wait to see more next Monday! Bisous... Julie MarieReplyDelete
Cute, and I adore the background music they are playing! ~ AngelaReplyDelete
I love glittery, dimestore, Made in Japan pieces too. Your elves are really sweet and I love those dressed in pastel colors. Makes me smile. Thanks for sharing. JudiReplyDelete
I remember these guys, but I don't remember seeing any with their little instruments still in attached. They were probably the first thing to get torn off by little prying hands. Happy VCM! xo Joan, the VCM party hostess.ReplyDelete
These little guys are really cute. Happy Day...julieReplyDelete
What mischief in their eyes! As a piano teacher, I like their tie-in with music, too!ReplyDelete
Cute little guys. Thanks for sharing. ~ SarahReplyDelete
How cute are those little guys!ReplyDelete
Seems to be a pixie/elf kinda day!!! I love your little elf cuties!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing.
I love these little musical guys! I have a couple of these, but sadly they don't have instruments. I need to find them, because I haven't seen them yet in all of my unpacking of Christmas stuff!ReplyDelete
Happy VCM!
these guys are very fun.ReplyDelete
Hi Beth! Too cute and vintagey!!!ReplyDelete
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Those little musicians are so cute. And they sound so good! ;)ReplyDelete
love the adorable musicians, especially the mischievious celloist!ReplyDelete
The little guys are real cuties. I remember the dimestore days. I used to love looking at all the counters of pretty and affordable Christmas decorations like yours. Ole the Good Ole Days!ReplyDelete
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Triangular luminaire body made of cast aluminium. Luminaire enclosure made of single-pane safety glass, opens without tools. Light colour: 3000K/4000K. Protection rating I or II.
NOVARA ML: Cable protection hose made of stainless steel mesh. Wall bracket made of steel, galvanised. Inclination of the luminaire adjustable in increments:
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NOVARA ML: Cable protection hose made of stainless steel mesh. Wall bracket made of steel, galvanised. Inclination of the luminaire adjustable in increments:
0°, 15°, 30°. Equipment: LED up to approx. 28W
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Wind catching surface 0,03 m²
Ingress protection IP65
LED lifetime:
L80 B10 / 100.000h - TA <=25° C
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Wall mounted luminaire NOVARA ML
Luminaire Housing made of min. 5 mm thick aluminium special alloy with external cooling fins. Luminaire cover made of single pane safety glass (ESG), with stainless steel frame Glass cover open without tools for easy maintenance. Stainless steel braided cable tube, A2, EPDM, 650 mm. Luminaire tilt adjusts to 0°, 10°, 20°, 30° or 40°. Lateral recordings for the bracket for the boom made of stainless steel (V4A). Air membrane (GORETEX M12X1,5) for optimal pressure compensation. Screws and connecting parts made of stainless steel. Connection: 3 x 2,5 mm² inside the housing.
Wall bracket made of steel (S235JR) for adaptor for pole ø 60,3 mm, material thickness min. 10 mm, fastened on pole by means of 6 setscrews for aligning the bracket, overhanging 235 mm.
Ingress protection IP65. Wind Catching Surface 0,03 m². ULOR 2,3%.
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Equipment: LED-module and EB, dimmable. Exchangeable, rectangular aluminium core printed circuit boards for optimal thermal management with high-power LEDs mounted in grid-like manner and fastened via 2 screws and holders per board. Luminaire intended for operation with constant AC 220-240V according to DIN IEC 38, 50/60 Hz. Surge protection 10kV (1 pulse), 8kV in protection rating I and II. Optics made from PMMA ensure a homogeneous light distribution. Lighting according to DIN EN 13201 is possible dependent on light planning and existing pole spacings. Integrated, electronically controlled temperature monitoring.
L80 B10 / 100.000h - TA -40°C - <= 25°C
L70 B10 / 50.000h - TA >25 - <=50°C
Dimming optionally as follows:
- Without dimming and without CLM (constant lumen management)
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Optic O3, asymmetrical, optimised for illuminance, for main road illumination. Rated input power approx. 15 W without CLM – with CLM start 15 W, end 20 W. 3000 K. CRI min. 70. Protection rating I. Technical changes reserved.
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