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My department is doing visits to local high schools, mostly to see what sorts of materials they're using, get ideas for what sorts of materials might be useful for them to have, stuff like that. So I'm going with a group of people to Chelsea High School on Thursday. I just have to walk down to Everett Square and catch the 112 bus for a few minutes, so that's cool. However, I just found out that we're only going to be there from 8:30 until 11:30, so we're expected to show up at the office for the afternoon. Oh well. At least it will break up the day. I figure I won't make it back to the office until 12:30 (unless someone offers me a ride, in which case I'd feel like I should accept, except then they might expect me to offer to pay for gas or parking or soemthing dumb like that), then my usual hour to browse email and such-like, so really I'll only have 3 hours or so to do actual work, so that won't be too bad. (If I get any actual work. None so far today.)
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Ep. 24 How She Is Using Her Platform To Shine Light In The World with Australian Basketball Player Cayla George
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In episode 24 of The 9INE POINT Started With A Dream Podcast, Jacolby Gilliam talks with Cayla George, Center for the WNBA Dallas Wings from Australia about her athletic and entrepreneurial journey with Rehmee and Coco. Cayla shares a insight on how her faith led her to want to start a business that helps shine light into darkness. Rehmee and Coco started out as just a homemade candle she was making for herself that turned into an inspirational home decor business once she gave samples to her teammates. This episode goes through her journey as a basketball player working the ranks in Australia, to playing overseas, the WNBA and her future business goals.
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Well, 2017 tried its best to kill me, which kind of sucks. It also failed to do so, though, which is considerably less sucky. It's actually kind of unbelievable, actually, in the way something seemingly impossible appears inexplicably magical and miraculous when it succeeds. A lot of years have been rough, but 2017 was definitely up there. It never gets easier, either, going through year after year of struggle. You learn to cope fantastically well, of course, and appear more high-functioning than you were at the beginning of your journey. It never gets easier, though; it just gets harder. It gets harder to face a new year, and it gets harder to uphold hope.
The new year is a really conflicting time for me. Instead of the celebration of making it to the end of another year, as if the years were just items on a long to-do list, and marking each one off was a satisfactory task, it's facing the beginning of another uncertain year. I always have hope that the new year will be better than the last, but for the past few years, that hasn't been the case. This is where the hope part comes into play. It's daunting to have a whole new year in front of you. You start to wonder how you're going to make it through if you have to go through anything similar to the past year ever again. I have two things I try to tell myself when I'm fearing for the future or experiencing post traumatic stress from the past: the first is that I never have to redo a past year, and the second is that God can and will get me through anything. I've written before about my faith that the strength God provides us is powerful enough to get us through whatever we're facing, even if it seems impossible, because He makes the unbearable bearable. Even when I'm terrified of thinking even an hour ahead, I have the faith that He has gotten me through 17 years so far, and that He is never going to abandon me for even a moment in the years to come.
This attitude admittedly brings up another problem: I don't want to just go through life taking things one day at a time, gritting my teeth and bearing whatever comes. Sometimes, that's what you have to do to get by. When possible, though, I want to live life to the fullest extent! I want to be so, so full of joy and hope. I want to be the best version of myself for my friends and family and be able to use my talents to honor God, the one who gave me anything good that I offer to this world. It just takes so much energy, though, and it's energy I don't often possess. I used to beat myself up over not being able to accomplish everything I want to. I still do, to be honest. I'm getting better at giving myself grace, though, and embracing whatever period of life I'm in. Sometimes, living is just getting through the day while curled up on the couch in a little ball from all the pain I'm experiencing. Other times, it's crying from laughter while hanging out with friends, getting to write pieces that I'm truly proud of, feeling closer to God than I ever have before, and goofing around with my family. Whatever life throws at me this year, I'm ready to face it, the good days and the bad ones. I'm ready to embrace hope even when it's scary, because even though it can be heartbreaking to hope for something and see it fall through, I know that the hope I place in my God and His plan for me is never misguided, and that's something I can hold onto year after year.


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[Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi heads the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights.]
President Barack Hussein Obama's historic speech at Cairo University last week ignited new hope to re-start relations between America and the world's Muslims on the basis of mutual interest and mutual respect.
The president offered dialogue, diplomacy and engagement. Obama's message reminded me of his book, "Dreams from My Father," which ends: "We need to remind ourselves, despite all our differences, just how much we share: common hopes, common dreams, a bond that will not break."
Muslim Americans appreciated the president's concept of a "new beginning." Islam has always been a part of American's story, the president said. The partnership between America and Islam must be based on truth, not paranoid fantasies.
The promise to combat the demonization of Islam serves justice and constitutional integrity. By referring to Quranic verses, recognizing the contributions of the Muslim community in American social life and defending the right of Muslim women to dress traditionally while enjoying equal opportunities, Obama demonstrated his genuine desire to be a unifying leader.
One day after the Cairo gathering, while Osama bin Laden, Rush Limbaugh and fanatic Israelis united in hate against Obama, a big interfaith crowd met at the Islamic House of Wisdom to listen to internationally known Christian speaker and healer Marilyn Hickey. (More)


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Posted by nnlmscr on July 5th, 2018
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Testing on mice has shown that partial hearing can be restored using drug therapy. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Iowa have been studying a molecular mechanism that underlies a form of deafness named DFNA27. Their findings suggest that a new treatment option might be available for people who are impacted by deafness.
Chief of the Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics at the National Institute of Deafness and other Communication Disorders, and a coauthor of the study, Thomas B. Friedman, Ph.D said, "We were able to partially restore hearing, especially at lower frequencies, and save some sensory hair cells." He went on to add, "If additional studies show that small-molecule-based drugs are effective in treating DFNA27 deafness in people, it's possible that using similar approaches might work for other inherited forms of progressive hearing loss."
This is welcome news for the nearly 50 million Americans who suffer from some form of hearing loss. According to the CDC, hearing loss is the third most common chronic physical condition and is twice as prevalent as diabetes or cancer.
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Could you help get Queenie into school?
You may remember Grace from our recent messages about the flooding in Bwaise when huge storms caused water to rise and it washed filthy water from open sewers into their house with such force it washed away or contaminated their few possessions including clothes, bedding and vital ARV medication.
Because of you we were able to give her a helping hand to get back on her feet.
Queenie is 10 years old but you wouldn't know it from her tiny stature.
Grace, is one of our community volunteers, she first met Queenie around eight months ago when she found her looking after her mum who was so ill and weak she had become bedridden.
Grace visited the family regularly, helped them both get access to healthcare and supported them in their home so Queenie didn't have to shoulder the burden of caring alone.
Sadly, after a long illness, her mum died three month ago.
When her mum was taken to be buried in the village she came from, Queenie was also taken back to live with her elderly grandma, her only known relative.
Grace worried about the little girl and, some weeks after she had gone to live with her grandma, she requested the cost of transport and went to visit her.
What she found was shocking; Queenie was ill so sick she couldn't even sit up.
Her grandmother was unable to look after her and agreed Grace could bring her back to Kampala to get treatment.
Although Queenie is still frail, she is on the road to recovery.
She loves living with Grace, she has given her a stable family life and lots of love and care. But as she is guardian for five other children in her house, her own daughter, orphaned grandchildren and another foster child she needed a little extra help to make sure she can give Queenie the chance to thrive.
With your help we can help enrol Queenie into school next February.
We need someone (or a group of friends) willing to support with a regular donation of £25 a month.
That way we can make a commitment to Queenie in the long-term, ensuring she get the education, skills and support that is vital to her future.
Of course, we'd LOVE and appreciate your help in any way you can offer it.
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We asked five entrepreneurs to discuss a recent time their business faced a sales slump. They explained what went wrong, how they handled it, and what their best piece of advice for busting a slump. Check out their answers below:
Buckle Down
In our business (B2B photography), January and August are when we always experience a significant drop in business, and with salaried employees, you feel it. The best thing to do to prepare for these downturns is to keep some cash in the coffers and use these downturns to spot seasonal trends in the business so as to adjust your marketing or promotional campaigns accordingly.
– Ben Maitland-Lewis of Pretty Instant
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After having a baby recently, I took a few months of maternity leave. This essentially put business development efforts on hold, and sales were sluggish for a couple of months. Upon my return, I picked up business development conversations immediately. Knowing the length of my sales cycle, I was able to predict when that effort would turn into new clients, which allowed me to be more patient.
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Our SEO agency grew organically for the first three years, and then we had to figure out business development after losing a large client due to circumstances outside our control. We focused on generating new business from SEO (search engine optimization), pay-per-click advertising, email marketing and social media. We have fully recovered and now have biz dev channels fueling ongoing company growth.
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Glyn and Emma Moreton update 15/05/2011
Hello there, this is another update to let you know what is happening @ OTCC (Old Town Community Church) and in our lives.
If there was ever a "typical week" here this hasn't been one of them… It has been "full on" to say the least! Events and situations have ranged from surprising and extraordinary through to exhausting and heart breaking. One thing is sure – life is never dull!
In the middle of all the busyness poor old Sam has been very unwell all week with tonsillitis. We always know it's serious when he goes off food! It is amazing though how they can feel really poorly but still use the play station… Hmmm! Carys has been her usual happy, quirky, cheeky self, she is very chuffed at the moment as we have successfully (well the hen successfully) hatched 5 gorgeous chicks – aarrrrrrrr! The balance between family life and being busy and "on call" continues to be a work in progress! We are quite fierce about guarding our family time but when someone is in the middle of severe crisis it can be a real challenge not to cave!
As we look around our estate – even our own road there are so many stories of joy, pain, hope, abuse, anger, weariness, addiction, and heartache. You can drive around and see houses and front doors; but those front doors are just a thin barrier between the world and whatever is going on inside.
This Wednesday also saw the launch of the DOVE group. The DOVE group is a group for women who want to grow in their life (some have been through traumatic experiences like abuse, abandonment, struggle with addictions and dependencies etc.) and want to work towards change. It is the second time it has run and an immense privilege to have 10 ladies going through. It is a safe place to share and explore feelings. It is open to women of all back grounds (as before this is a mixed groups of christians and non – christians) but it is a totally Christian based course. The aim is to get to grips with our story, identify areas for change or growth, get to know and be known by a group of women who can offer friendship and support and ultimately get to know Jesus. Please pray for this! It is amazing but intense and uses a lot of energy and time!
As most of you will remember we have been meeting in our local pub (called "The Drive") which has been going incredibly well and has been a huge blessing to us, and we have heard to the pub!
We today launched our new once monthly event called "Alive at The Drive". This event takes the place of a regular (not that anything we do can really be classed as "regular"!) service and we are calling it "a spiritual experience". There is no preach or set worship so the usual concept of "church" is out of the window for these meetings. We wanted to have something which would be totally seeker / visitor friendly and would help people get to know each other more. We actually had 15 new faces come to be with us today :0)
Our first one today went so well – thank you God!!! We had no idea how it would go and as with doing anything very different there is always a risk involved! In order to work, it required people to engage and participate, and only each individual can decide to do this. To say it exceeded our hopes and expectations would be a big understatement.
We basically introduced the event explaining the idea of having a "spiritual experience". We had tables laid out with different activities for people to engage. The theme of the event was "TO BE KNOWN IS TO BE LOVED, TO BE LOVED IS TO BE KNOWN". Which focused on sharing our stories and allowing people to know more about us. This is a risk as it means being vulnerable and open and beginning to let people in. Thankfully our church is already pretty real and open but this shoved it into a whole other level! We had 6 tables:
1/ spectacles – each person cut out a pair of glasses and wrote on the frames some of the things that affect the way they view the world. Things that people wouldn't automatically know about them. They then wore them and read each other glasses. People were so incredibly honest!
2/ life journey – we had a big map and a load of toy cars. The map had mountains, valleys, hospitals, pubs, fire stations etc. people would use the cars on the map to share a little about the journey of their life – the highs lows, twists and turns . Again – people were SO transparent!
3/ Wailing Wall and thank you picture – we had a brick wall for people to graffiti on their prayer requests and what was on their hearts, and a picture of thanks to write on he joys, blessings and answers to prayer.
4/ Discussion cards – there were 5 cards with different pictures and statements and the table could reflect or discuss what was on the cards (all around love and relationship)
5/ Objects – we put out a bunch of objects (wood, rock, telescope, egg box, cup, sponge and a few more!) and people could choose an object that they felt described how they were feeling or what represented their life.
6/ Silence – we set up a gazebo in the garden and had it as a quiet area with some pictures and seating so people could just sit and "Be".
Whilst the above took place we had music and videos playing inside. We gave 10 minutes on each table and then got people to change to another table and activity. Someone commented "we should have name tags!" and the response was "how funny that normally in church we wouldn't think of that!". So there is something key about meaningful activities that help people to connect in a new way.
We then had an open microphone for 10 minutes for people to feedback anything they had learned / thoughts on the experience – it was buzzing! And then we had karaoke… it actually worked very well as we used songs from U2, Florence and the machine, and other artists who although classed as "secular" on the whole, have a real message in some of their songs. Everyone joined in and although not necessarily an authentic rendition of the songs (!) we raised the roof!
There is a fabulous clip on UTUBE called "woman at the well" which uses the phrase "to be known is to be loved, to be loved is to be known". Whilst our event was taking place the pub was open for an art exhibition. People were coming in to the art exhibition and joining in with us which was fantastic. When we showed the U Tube clip the whole place stopped and afterwards there was a spontaneous round of applause. One of the ladies watching was a shaman and she came and chatted afterwards saying how inspiring she had found the whole thing! Again – thank you God!
So all in all it was a great time and "worked". Afterwards we had lunch in the pub café and the icing on the cake was when one of the waitresses we have come to know well, sat with us and asked us to pray for her. So in the middle of everything we prayed for this girl. What a day!
We really appreciate your prayers and support – whilst this all sounds fab and exciting (and it is!) there is the reality of being a family, tiredness, Please do remember us when you may think of us. Also, you are welcome to come and visit!
May God bless you and keep you and may His face shine upon you and give you PEACE,
Much love and appreciation of YOU!
Emma, Glyn, Sam, Carys, dogs, cat, chickens & chicks


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We are doing well here by the grace of God. Thanks for praying for us always. We are in a pretty dangerous situation, but it just by the grace of God that we are still alive. Ministry is pretty much slowed down as everyone observes the Ebola situation. The only major activity going on now is reaching out in communities to do awareness and help people who cannot afford with sanitary materials for prevention. Tomorrow (Oct 27) I will be making a day's tour to visit about 12 key pastors and their families to distribute rice and small funds to help them take care themselves. This assistance was sent by RREACH International thru Rev. Mundolo.
The SEED farm is going well as you know this sustainable farm has really taken a lot out of me this year. We have had challenges there with faithful and committed workers. I am sure as establish our presence things will fall in place. The farm house is gradually being finished to become livable. Our team is working a slow pace as we observe the situation. Pray that things improve so that we get over with that. We have been able to plant about 10,000 trees of hot peppers. We also have planted 200 heads of plantain and banana. The pastors for the chicken project will be among those I will be visiting to assess their work so far. We will be able to take action steps after the visit.
Will work along on planning for the coming year I believe will be better than this year. Please know that it is going to get better with your help.
Rich blessings,


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Be Crazy in Love with Your Kid/
The image to the right is a random text I sent to my 17-year-old daughter. Why? Because:
"Every child deserves at least one adult who is madly, crazy in love with them."
—Urie Brofenbrenner, child developmentalist pioneer
Sadly, too many children lack this, and it affects them profoundly. Please tell your children often that you love them and give them specifics as to why. They hang on to it years later in ways you may never know. There as some key loving things that my mother said to me as a child and teenager that have shaped the person I am today.
My colleague, Wendi Landon Christensen, LCSW, stated "It's important to share qualities you like or love about them that are NOT based on their behaviors. That's why I love what you listed as the qualities you like in your daughter. All of it is just based on her and not her behaviors. That is true unconditional love."
I agree, that is such an important point and one that I am specifically mindful about in my compliments to children and teens. While it's great to get good grades and there's nothing wrong with being pretty, I want to make sure my kids (and all the kids I work with) know they are valuable for what's intrinsic to who they are (BEING/internal) and not just what they do or look like (DOING/external).
Another colleague, Kendra Kenz Bagshaw, LPC, after reading this post shared the following:
"Thank you for reminding me of this. Just sent a sappy text to my son. His respond made me cry at work."


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One day I'm actually going to have a good race on this track. It is one of the coolest stadiums I get to race in all year, with it's 70s style slatted wood overhand, hard rubber track surface, and crazy light things that they always hand out to the perpetually sold out crowd (and dancing cow mascot. I can't believe i almost forgot the dancing cow mascot… this year he stripped naked and took a dip in the steeplechase pool at the end of the meet). It is a great meet to be a part of. We are paid appearance fees, treated really well and they always do cool things. This year they held the men's pole vault competition a day early in the train station in Zurich. We stumbled across it accidentally and it was a really great atmosphere.
I did not race well today, however. I actually thought it was going to be a good one. I've been pushing surprisingly strong, and my ability to work on my own is better than it has ever been. Ever since I landed here, though, I have felt lethargic, and today i barely ate because my stomach hurt. Still, when I began warming up I felt fresh.
The race is completely weird. As you know it is a pursuit race. Men and women race each other and start at the same time, with the men needing to go 3000m before the women go 2600m. At that short a distance the men have to be going pretty hard the whole time and only catch the lead women in the final lap. I was cold on the start line. What was supposed to be a warm, clear day turned cool with a light rain by the evening. My short sleeves were no longer cutting it, especially as I was a bit wet (yes, I'm a pansy, bite me). As the gun went off i jumped in behind Marcel and Dave (poor story telling sidenote: the men's field was Marcel, Dave, Higuchi, Alhassane, and myself… a pretty fucking fast top three there), but struggled to settle in. My start was slower than i would have liked, and my muscles were very hesitant to work hard. I was also stupid. Being in third position i somehow figured that i would pull the third lap. To me "exhibition race + needing to go fast to catch the women = everyone pulling". Yeah, I'm an idiot sometimes. Dave pulled out with Marcel, meaning I was taking the second lap after barely settling in on the first. I pulled hard, of course, because it's kinda what i do when I conclude they races are meaningless ahead of time (only to change my mind mid race… ALWAYS). After my lap, however, Marcel surged to the front leaving me five meters off the back.
Chest burning due to my shitty ass warmup, I chased my ass off for two laps, holding equal distance with Marcel until he slowed up to try and get someone else to come to the front. I came back on the pack when they slowed, but ended up behind Alhassane, the worst place to be. Marcel eased for half a lap before surging again, promptly dropping Alhassane and causing me to have to jump around him and chase again.
Fortunately, the bell lap came a lap after that, but i was still 20m off the back. I swooped around the first turn, picking up speed, only to have to swerve into lane 4 to avoid hitting Dave, laying on his side in the track after a minor crash. With Marcel and Higuchi too far ahead to possibly catch I was about to call it a night when I caught site of Manuela's shiny new helmet. She was the last of the women to be caught. With 200m to go she had 30m on me, but I had been giving her a hard time before the race and felt like I had to follow through with my words of trash. I threw in a final burst, passing Manuela inside 50m to go and stole 3rd and the 1000 francs that comes with it.
Thus ended my effort, chest burning, arms finally beginning to wake up, and Manuela scowling at me.
One day I will have a good race on this track :)


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Monday, February 5
Proof that Monday sucks (and I talk about the boring ol' weather)
This morning I'm pretty darn sure we woke up on Hoth. Yup, it looks like I'm going to need to slice open a stinkin' tauntaun to keep warm and I'm pretty sure I saw a wampa wandering the parking lot looking for a meal (hey, the lady in 118 looks meaty). Heads up to any Star Wars fans who accidentally tripped upon this site, this is a parenting site (most of the time) so move right along (or stay if you want, feel the love and eat some cookies).
If we could stay in all day, we would, but noooooooo today is the day we have an appointment that we were wait-listed for the past 16 weeks. Murphy's Law rules my life. If we make it back with all our fingers and toes (and noses) we will regal you with stories of our travels. Please send warm thoughts our way.
Current temperature: -16 with a windchill of -29.
9 comments:
- Gabriella said...
I'm dying to get out of the house right now but with this weather I don't think so...keep warm!
- February 05, 2007 10:08 a.m.
How I hate this weather...we did not go outside all day yesterday because of the freaking cold.
I so did not want to go into work today...oh well.
Keep warm.
- February 05, 2007 10:29 a.m.
- Peter said...
Wowza. A reminder of why I left New England, and why my wife refused to expatriate to Canada despite the decline and fall of the American Republic... Even here in D.C., it's like 12 degrees F today.
- February 05, 2007 11:57 a.m.
- ali said...
how i wish i could have stayed home today....
...but no, i was out of the house at 7:45 and then i drove carpool...today should have seriously been a snow day.
- February 05, 2007 12:13 p.m.
- mamatulip said...
Yeah. It's fuckin' cold. I'm all sorts of bitchy today.
(Oh. And it was you who blogged about watching Decent, right? OMG. We watched it last night and nearly shit our pants...)
- February 05, 2007 2:13 p.m.
- Lisa b said...
Its FREEZING
hope you made it back!
- February 05, 2007 4:23 p.m.
- Mimi said...
shiver shiver, shiver shiver. it's so windy here (up the 401 from you) that my front door is whistling. WHISTLING. cold and costly.
boo to your poorly timed waitlist. hope you make it home in 1 (2?) piece(s).
- February 05, 2007 8:13 p.m.
- Heather said...
It is definitely "hand freezes to the leash when walking the dogs" weather.
- February 05, 2007 9:35 p.m.
- penelopeto said...
shivering right along with you sista.
stay toasty.
- February 06, 2007 10:26 a.m.


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Just out from Time Magazine:
Washington's power players have always bragged about being well-wired, but for disgraced former congressman Duke Cunningham, "wired" wasn't just a figure of speech. In a week when legislators are focused on the question of who else might be brought down by ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff's cooperation with prosecutors as he seeks lenient sentencing over his two federal guilty pleas this week, sources tell TIME that ex-Rep. Cunningham wore a wire to help investigators gather evidence against others just before copping his own plea.
As we noted on ThinkProgress yesterday, before this story broke: "The Department of Justice made a plea deal with Jack Abramoff to get incriminating information on members of Congress. Why did they make a deal with a member of Congress, Duke Cunningham? It's likely that there are bigger fish to fry."
More on Cunningscam in this morning's Progress Report.


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Sometimes it may be a challenging task to choose the best platform to build your store. Options for choosing are many, but it depends on your requirements. To avoid mistakes when selecting the right platform, here are five factors you should consider:
Security should be the first consideration. During payments, you will handle different customers' sensitive information like a password. Hence, you need to choose a secure payments option to assure your customers that their data is safe. In this essence, when selecting your online store builder, select the one with total security. A store builder that has SSL (security sockets layer) integration is essential for assurance of protection.
At a time, you may want to modify your online store according to your business needs or changing trends. Thus, Flexible platforms are crucial as they will enable you to customize your store and make it better. Also, modifying your store becomes an easy task.
Facilitate products review and ratings
Nothing adds trust to customers when purchasing a product like reviews and ratings. Customers will have the confidence to buy your products if there are experiences shared by other customers about the product. Therefore, when choosing an online store builder, consider the products review and rating features. By doing so, you will be building trust in your customer that your products are reliable.
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Every entrepreneur can expect difficulties when operating their online store. They may find it difficult to solve the problem alone. Thus, they look for assistance from relevant sources. As an entrepreneur, choose an online store builder that is reliable and that offers 24/7 customer support.
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Customers are using their mobile phones to make purchases. They find this easy and most convenient as they can make purchases at any time. Thus, online store builders that are compatible with the mobile-ready platform should be your consideration. Also, Google will rank your store higher, if it is mobile-ready.
Wrapping up
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text: Enabling Innovation in 2018 and Beyond With the start of a new year, it is always a good time to reflect on the past and plan for the future. 2018 marks the 10th year since FRX Polymers was founded;2018 marks the 6th year since market and applications development began;2018 marks the 4th year since the startup of our Antwerp plant.Looking back, I am very proud what we have achieved: a new product family which is transforming the flame retardant industry and, with the help of our customers, is making the previously impossible, possible. Enabling InnovationAs the world's only polymeric halogen free flame retardants, Nofia solutions not only enable products to meet strict fire safety standards in an environmentally sustainable way, but they also deliver a level of performance properties previously not possible in the world. For instance, Nofia materials achieve a new level of electrical performance in printed circuit boards, deliver unparalleled transparency in polyester and polycarbonate film applications, reduce the temperature increase in intumescent coatings, allow higher tenacity levels in textiles, enable urethane foam to achieve 150⁰C continuous use temperatures, and we continue to uncover new advancements. I am very proud of our high caliber, diversified team of plastic and chemical professionals and the rich sales pipeline of high-value projects that we have built. I am also very grateful for the support of our clients and stakeholders. Our work continues to receive recognition across the globe. As of the start of 2018:We have been named to the Global Cleantech's 100 list of top companies three times and once were in their top 3;We won the Flanders "Investment of the Year Award," the Flanders Cleantech Association's "Sustainability and Internationalization Award" and Belgium's "Business Award for the Environment";We three times won Frost and Sullivan's "Innovation of the Year" award;And in 2014 won the USA Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "Environmental Merit Award."Supporting Safe, Sustainable ChemistryFRX Polymers co-founded pinfa (Phosphorus, Inorganic, and Nitrogen Flame Retardants Association) and serves as Chair of pinfa's North American branch. The organization's mission is to support and educate the industry on innovative, safe, sustainable flame retardant solutions. Like many of our pinfa colleagues, we believe that one does not need to compromise on product sustainability and human health to achieve fire safety. All three attributes can harmoniously co-exist in one product. Looking forward, we are poised to take important next steps as we continue to expand our team globally, double our Antwerp plant, and break into new application areas. Exciting growth opportunities await FRX Polymers as the general public becomes more attentive to environmental, personal health and safety issues, and regulators work to tighten up industry standards, while at the same time, end users demand ever increasing levels of product performance. Driving Change and Value CreationAt FRX Polymers, we don't just sit around and wait for such change, we drive change, we drive growth.We understand the opportunity and challenge of bringing new technology to the market. We therefore support our customers from the start of the innovation process all the way to the end of market activation phase, and we work side by side with our clients to ensure business success and value creation. Reaching out to brand owners and even end users and accelerating down steam adoption of sustainable material solutions are key core competencies.Through strong partnerships and a commitment to continuously innovate, the FRX Polymers team is dedicated to making our world a better and safer place to live, work, and play. As we continue on our journey, we commit ourselves to:Work closely with our partners and end users to advance green chemistry solutions, develop sustainable high-performance products and facilitate new business and market development.Promote quality fire safety standards that minimize the risk of fire, while continuously improving the environmental and health profile of polymeric flame retardant solutions.Create shareholder value, by delivering accelerated sales growth and strong earnings.From everyone at FRX Polymers, we thank all of our customers and stakeholders for your continued support and wish you all a 2018 that is filled with good health, happiness and prosperity!Marc-Andre LebelPresident and CEO CEO BlogEric ReadingerDecember 10, 2017FRX PolymersCEO Blog Facebook0 Twitter LinkedIn0 Pinterest0 0 Likes


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Although Doreen Hoium is fairly new to the real estate business, her extensive knowledge and experience in accounting provides her a unique view of the real estate market and market trends that she is able to share with her clients to help them make the best decisions for their needs and desires. She has been part of the Glacial-Lakes Community for almost six years.
Having lived in many places, she has a strong ability to relate to and communicate with people from diverse backgrounds and understands the needs and concerns of clients who are relocating.
Doreen was born in Benson MN and moved to Escondido California early in her life. She has lived in both Southern and Northern California; Montana; Washington State; Eastern, North Central, and West Central parts of Minnesota. Doreen is a graduate of Madison High School in Madison, MN and attended college at SWMSU in Marshall, MN.
She and her husband Mark, have been married for 26 years. They have raised two children. Bradley of Olivia, MN and Casey of Willmar, MN. Bradley served in the Army National Guard, with time spent as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Casey served in the Air Force as a Boom Operator.
Doreen is great with people of all walks of life. She has served on many committees over the years. She is currently a member of the Family Readiness Group, Beyond the Yellow Ribbon, the Lac qui Parle Historical Society and the Salvation Army. She is also a participant in the Relay for Life cancer walk. In the past Doreen was awarded the Volunteer of the Month award for her work with the Head Start Program. She is a warm and caring person who always has the best interest of others at heart, be it her family, her clients, or any other person in need. Doreen can't wait to help make your real estate dreams come true.
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Most awaited time for couples who wish to convey their feelings for each other is here. Yes, it is time for Valentine's day! Start the day by gifting the love of your life with red roses for Valentines day and then charm her with some bold and magnetic Bollywood style ideas. We have shared with you a few Bollywood inspired scenes that will help you express your feelings.1. Blindfold Surprise
Just like how Ranbir Kapoor surprised Deepika Padukone in Bachna Ae Haseeno, you could make an elaborate plan too. Blindfold your girl and take her to a breathtakingly beautiful place/view. Pop the question you have been waiting to ask her and watch her accept your proposal blushingly. To make it more dramatic, don't forget to take with you red flowers for Valentine's Day.2. Propose in Public
If you are a gutsy person then you should try this typical Bollywood style of proposing. Remember the iconic scene in a dance club from Aamir Khan and Preity Zinta's movie Dil Chahta hai? Such a bold and impulsive proposal in front of a crowd/public can work its magic!3. Food
Impress your girlfriend with your culinary skills this Valentine's Day. Today, a woman loves it when she knows her man can whip up a sumptuous meal for her. Take cue from Aditya Roy Kapur and Parineeti Chopra's movie Daawat-E-Ishq. Food can have a positive effect on a person's mind and heart, so surprise your date by cooking a delicious meal for her. You can also order for some beautiful red roses for valentines and spoil her for choice!4. The Radio Way
Make it more romantic by proposing your crush on air. Inspired by Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta's starrer Salaam Namaste, this can be a wonderful and heart touching moment. However, make sure your crush is tuned in when the radio jockey reads out your message or when you make the call to the radio jockey.5. High Flier Style
Love is in the air! Profess your love on a flying object. Make use of balloons, Kites or drones to make her believe that love is truly in the air. A very cheesy way to win your beloved's heart has been inspired by the movie Queen. Rajkumar Rao attempts to flirt with the vivacious Kangana Ranaut in the movie by asking her out with the help of balloons.6. Dance
If you are a good dancer, then work your charm on your date with your dazzling dance moves! Take your date to a club and get the disc jockey to dedicate a song to your beloved. Ask her out in the middle of the dance floor. She will be floored!This is inspired by the movie Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, where Hrithik Roshan attempts to woo Kareena Kapoor to the tune of You are my Sonia...7. Get Down on Your Knees
Hold a bunch of scintillating red roses for Valentines and get down on your knees in a restaurant to propose your girl. Don't get carried away by the whistles and the applause you will get for your boldness. She will look at you admiringly and accept your proposal in true Bollywood style! This is inspired by the scene from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara where Abhay Deol gets down on his knees to propose Kalki Kochelin. Isn't that cute? Awww...8. Sing a Lovely Song in Your Original Voice
Just like Imran Khan from the movie Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na sings for Genelia D'Souza in his awful voice, you can do the same for your love. If nothing else, she may at the least ask you to shut up! Nothing can be more enticing than to move out of your comfort zone to woo your girl and make her feel special in every way.9. Childhood Friends and a Childhood Spot
Make the most of Valentine's Day and whisk her away (and a few childhood buddies) to your favourite childhood spot. Propose her in the presence of your friends. Be prepared to face the hell they raise later! It will be worth a try. Isn't it?10. Propose in the Local Train
Well, on Valentine's Day, board an early morning local train and steal the idea of proposing from Vivek Oberoi from the movie Saathiya. With local trains plying about regularly, this idea is not too difficult to carry, say you want to live with her for the rest of your life very lovingly. Be sure to take along a bunch of red flowers for Valentine's Day and make it a memorable day for years to come.11. Cricket Field
You must have watched several English movies showing proposals happening in the baseball field or basketball court. Well, we have our own desi version of it. Take Inspiration from Salmaan Khan from the movie Mujhse Shaadi Karoge where he scores a perfect sixer in the cricket stadium. If you're rich enough, book a stadium and propose to her right in the middle of the field. Else take her to watch a cricket match and catch her off guard by popping the question.12. Drop all Your Dreams to be with Her
Go back on your words. Drop all your globetrotting plans and go back to her forever! This daring yet emotional idea should do the trick. An unexpected turn of events will leave her dazed and bring a smile on her face. She will accept you with open arms and whole heartedly.
How to Buy Red Flowers for Valentine's Day?
You can now surprise your loved one by gifting him/her red flowers for valentine' day. It is now easy to order red roses for valentine's day online and get them delivered anywhere in India.


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Currently in Bayelsa state, no fewer than 10 persons including a Medical doctor, have been reportedly quarantined as a result of the Monkeypox virus.
Prof. Ebitimitula, the state Commissioner for Health, confirmed that smaples of the virus had been sent to the World Health Organisation laboratory in Dakar, Senegal, for analysis.
According to World Health Organisation, Monkeypox virus is a rare disease that occurs primarily in remote areas of central and West and Central Africa. It is similar to small pox and can cause a fatal illness in humans.
It can be transmitted through the following:
- Direct contact with the blood, bodily fluids, or cutaneous or mucosal lesions of infected animals. In
- In Africa, human infections have been documented through the handling of infected monkeys, Gambian giant rats and squirrels, with rodents being the major reservoir of the virus.
- Eating inadequately cooked meat of infected animals is a possible risk factor.
Symptoms are
- The invasion period (0-5 days) is usually characterized by fever, intense headache, lymphadenopathy (swelling of the lymph node), back pain, myalgia (muscle ache) and an intense asthenia (lack of energy).
- Rashes appear on the face and often begin to spread elsewhere on the body. The face (in 95% of cases), and palms of the hands and soles of the feet (75%) are most affected. The rashes evolve from maculopapules (lesions with flat bases) to vesicles (small fluid-filled blisters), pustules, followed by crusts occurs in approximately 10 days. Three weeks might be necessary before the complete disappearance of the crusts.
Note that, for now, there are specific treatments or vaccines available but outbreaks can be controlled by
- Avoiding contact with infected patients
- Gloves and protective equipment should be worn when taking care of ill people.
- Regular hand washing should be carried out after caring for or visiting sick people.
- Cook all animal products (blood, meat) before eating.
- Gloves and other appropriate protective clothing should be worn while handling sick animals or their infected tissues, and during slaughtering procedures.
- Health-care workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed monkeypox virus infection, or handling specimens from them, should implement standard infection control precautions.
- Samples taken from people and animals with suspected monkeypox virus infection should be handled by trained staff working in suitably equipped laboratories.


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Model United Nations Concerence
When: March 24-25, 2017
Featuring: General Assembly Special Session on Drugs and Human Trafficking & Crisis Committee: 'Homegrown Terrorism: 2022'
More information & registration: CINCYMUN.ORG
Dear Delegates and Faculty Advisors,
It is a privilege to welcome you to the first annual University of Cincinnati Model United Nations conference! Our conference will be hosted on March 24th and 25th at University of Cincinnati's Main (Uptown) Campus located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Our well-trained staff led by our passionate Secretariat is excited to lead the first conference hosted by our University. Our staff is made up of our competitive Model United Nations team which has a strong history of competing successfully at conferences at the national level. We hope to demonstrate to you why our conference is one of the best in the country.
CINCYMUN will offer two excellent committees. First, is a General Assembly Special Session on Drugs and Human Trafficking. The General Assembly is the main staple of debate in the United Nations. Delegates will be negotiating policies about a topic that is highly important in today's international policy. Second, is a Crisis Committee in which the topic will be "Homegrown Terrorism'. This fast-paced committee will be sure to challenge delegates. Our staff is particularly excited about this committee and looking forward to the creative solutions to be brought forward by the delegates.
Apart from the committee debate that will occur, I believe that another important aspect of Model UN is the interaction with peers. I encourage all delegates to take time to work with and learn from their fellow delegates.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to us with any questions. Our staff and I look forward to seeing you this Spring!
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Let me start by saying that I'm not a wine expert. I'm a medical student who has neither the time nor the money to fully explore the wine world. However, thanks to Spec's, I had the opportunity to discover wines from Argentina. My conclusion? I'm a fan of Argentine wines (at least the ones I tasted).
Maximiliano Hernandez Toso, Managing Director and Co-Owner of Riglos Wines, traveled to Houston to introduce a gathering of wine lovers and buyers at Spec's Midtown to his Argentine wines.
Riglos crafts single-vineyard wines in the foothills of the Andes mountains in the Uco Valley near Mendoza, Argentina. Its vines were first planted in 2002 and its first vintage was released in 2006. Riglos is considered a rising star in the world of wine. If you look at a photo of the vineyard you'll join me in adding Argentina and Riglos to your must-see bucket list. I'm ready to hike the beautiful Andes mountains and to kick back with a glass of fine wine afterwards in the Riglos winery.
Here are the wines we tasted and my notes on each wine:
- Riglos Quinto Sauvignon Blanc 2017 — Very bright, fresh, lemony, acidic, not carbonated but mysteriously tingles the tongue. I've always preferred white wines, and this might be my favorite ever. Sign me up.
- Riglos Quinto Malbec 2017 — Dark fruit? leather? Is this what Malbec can taste like? Dry with a slight tannin, Light for a Malbec which is nice but it doesn't quite have the rounded depth of flavor I like.
Riglos Gran Cabernet Franc (single vineyard) 2016 –Dark savory plumb-y woody taste but with a light feel. I like this. I would buy it if I could spend actual money on wine.
Riglos Gran Cabernet Sauvignon (100% Cabernet Sauvignon) 2015 — Nice fruity floral smell, a deep flavor 'balsamic?' but quite dry with that dry mouth tannin feel. Light feeling on the mouth. Lingering bitter taste. Some people love more tart acidic red wines but I'm not that person.
Riglos Gran Malbec (100% Malbec) 2015 — A little bit sweeter Malbec, still deep with that fruit-woody- leatherish taste but smooth with a clean rich taste. Really nice, my favorite red here. I like it a lot.
Riglos Gran Corte (Bordeaux-style blend of Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc) 2015 — Really interesting taste, it's complicated and rich, but unlike a lot of flavorful reds it is drinkable and appealing without bitterness or tasting like you licked a fancy leather couch.
Here's a link to Spec's selection of Riglos wines and their prices. Thanks to both Specs and Mr. Hernandez Toso for introducing this poor Houston student to the world of Argentine wines.


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Well this morning saw the release of a range of new products and operating systems from Apple.
The new MacBook Pro is amazing along with a range of new hardware. I'm looking forward to testing Mountain Lion the new Mac operating system. However today for me was about iOS6 because it brings with it a hint of what to expect in the next iPhone and although some of the new features are good, it was a little underwhelming.
The first thing which is obvious is that Apple have dumped Google maps in favour of their own Maps app. It is an elegant maps program and I can see the potential for it to do a lot but it still has a little way to go before reaching Google standard. However I will say that it is already better than Bing.
If you use Safari on your other hardware then this update to Safari is great because it syncs browser tabs between devices. This works for me on the iPhone and iPad but on my Mac I use Chrome.
As we all saw in iOS5 when they integrated Twitter into the operating system, we were allowed a much more easy flowing service. Apple have now done this with Facebook and it is clean and works well in my early testing. Even though I would say Android have been doing this for a while, I'd say I prefer the iOS integration sticking to key functions. It will be interesting to see how this goes after some more testing.
Siri I can't comment on yet but I have heard it is greatly improved.
The new Passbook app brings all of your tickets, store cards and payments under one banner, but I haven't been able to test this yet and I doubt (hope I'm wrong) Australia won't get a great benefit from this yet.
Facetime is not an app I use a lot of but in iOS6 it has been upgraded to work over 3G and not just WiFi.
There has been an update to email adding a VIP folder which means you can assign people to an only view important messages.
The phone has had an update too, which gives a quick text option as well as I'll ring you later etc etc. This is a pretty cool feature and I'll update you once I've put it to the test.
The other feature I quite like is the Do Not Disturb feature which stops all text and notifications as well as calls. You can select people that it will still allow calls from and after I've tested this I'll let you know. It will however interpret repeated calls from a number as an emergency and push them through to the phone. This could be a problem and I'll be interested to see if this also happens with Blocked calls.
There are a few other features and after I've had a chance to test things I'll let you know.
Well this morning saw the release of a range of new products and operating systems from Apple.


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The piaffe is one of the most beautiful movements to watch. It is one of the gymnastically most useful movements, and it is in some ways the gateway to Haute École, similarly to the way in which the shoulder-in is the gateway to Campaign School dressage.
Training the piaffe is a rite of passage for the aspiring Grand Prix trainer in a similar way that flying changes are a rite of passage from Elementary School to Campaign School.
At the same time, you don't see good piaffes very often because training it is not that trivial. I often think the piaffe is like a delicate flower that can easily be crushed by too much intensity, too much rider activity, or too much force.
Shana and I wrote an entire chapter on piaffe training in our long reining book (Order through Amazon here), with a focus on work in hand and long reining, rather than riding.
Most horses find it easier to learn the piaffe in hand, without the weight of the rider at first because they only have to manage their own weight.
Here, I would like to give you a systematic overview over the principal methods that I have found useful in teaching the piaffe.
Lead the horse on a journey of discovery that diagonalizing his steps can be more energy efficient than walking or halting. When the horse discovers for himself that half steps or piaffe steps are less tiring than walking or halting, he will be happy to piaffe, and he will remain calm in the process. Utilize the principle of the Economy of Motion: The horse will always seek out the movement pattern that requires the least amount of effort under the given circumstances.
Every horse is a little different. Not every exercise will work for every horse. Most of them have a certain type of exercise that makes sense to them and gives them the right idea. Some of them find it very difficult to diagonalize their steps. They tend to piaffe in 4 beats or in lateral steps.
They often need the cumulative effect of all possible paths over a longer period of time before they find the piaffe "gear".
3 Paths to the Piaffe
I have found that the different approaches to teaching the piaffe can be organized into three basic categories:
- Transitions
- Lateral movements at the walk
- Side to side movements
Legend for the following exercises:
Path 1: Transitions
Stop into all 4 legs
First phase: Walk - halt transitions into all 4 legs (OF, OH, IF, IH) by using the stirrup and rein pressure on the same side when the leg that is addressed is on the ground.
Second phase: Slow the horse down into all 4 legs at the walk (OF, OH, IF, IH) by using the stirrup and rein pressure on the same side when the leg that is addressed is on the ground.
Address each leg twice in a row and energize the horse with your calf or a quick, light vibration with the whip.
This redirects the energy of the movement from a horizontal trajectory into a vertical trajectory, i.e. the strides become shorter and higher.
From a certain point on diagonal steps are more energy efficient than the 4 beat rhythm of the walk. Observe from which horse leg you get the best response. Very often it is a front leg. The reason is that the tempo (steps per minute) of the piaffe is faster than the tempo of the walk.
One easy way of speeding up a certain leg is to shift the weight away from it, whereas if you shift the weight onto a specific leg, it will tend to move more slowly. So, if you shift the weight onto the forehand, the hind legs can lift off sooner and speed up, which helps the diagonalization process. It makes it easier for the horse to get into the piaffe. Once the horse is in the piaffe, you can shift the weight back towards the hind legs again - provided they are strong enough to support the weight in the piaffe.
Stop - and - go
Halt square next to the arena wall. Ask the horse to lift his inside hind leg, advance one hoof's breadth so that each leg moves once, and halt square again. This also changes the mechanics from a long, flat movement to a shorter, higher movement. Do it slowly at first. Don't allow the horse to evade backwards or sideways. Once this becomes easy, ask the inside hind leg to lift off again as soon as it touches down. This will also lead to a diagonalization of the steps.
Walk - halt - walk
This is very similar to the previous exercise. In the Stop - and - go exercise the emphasis is on mobilizing the hind legs at the halt. Here the focus is on stopping briefly from the walk and moving off again. In other words, in the previous exercise the horse spends more time at the halt and here he spends more time at the walk.
Try to initiate the up transition before all 4 legs have come to a halt. If the transitions are snappy enough and follow each other in a quick enough succession, many horses will diagonalize their steps.
Trot - halt - trot
This exercise is based on the the same principle as the last one, but instead of riding walk - halt - walk transitions, you alternate between trot and halt or trot and walk. You can make the exercise more specific and more effective by riding the down transitions into the outside hind leg and then energizing the inside hind leg for the up transition.
This means you half halt (e.g. with the outside rein + outside stirrup) when the outside hind leg is on the ground. The inside hind leg is in the air at the same time. The down transition flexes the outside hind leg, which enables the inside hind leg to lift off more quickly and easily, which you accentuate with your inside leg. The combination of increasing the flexion of the gounded hind leg and increasing the activity of the lifting hind leg leads to a diagonalization.
Reinback - forward
The reinback is a useful tool in piaffe training because it is a diagonal movement, and it flexes the joints of the hind legs more.
It is important that the horse takes slow, short steps back, not fast, long ones.
The horse's torso should move back over the hind legs before the hind legs start moving backward. If the hind legs move back first before the torso has started moving back, the hind legs will simply run away from the weight instead of supporting it more. The more the joints of the hind legs are flexed during the reinback, the more relieved the horse will feel when he is allowed to go forward.
Quick changes of direction between a couple of steps of reinback and a few quick steps forward can lead to half steps or piaffe steps.
Path 2: Lateral movements at the walk
Shoulder-in on the long side
When you ride a shoulder-in at the walk, it is easy to slow down the outside hind leg and speed up the inside hind leg. The outside hind leg is the more carrying one in the shoulder-in. If you shift your weight onto the outside hind leg and slow it down with your weight and your outside stirrup and rein, you can accelerate the inside hind leg with your inside leg or a quick vibration of the whip.
Many horses offer diagonal steps very quickly in this situation because they require less strength than the 4 beat walk rhythm.
Shoulder-in on a volte
The effect increases if you ride shoulder-in on a curved line, like a volte or circle because the hind legs move on a larger circle than the front legs and have to cover a longer distance.
If you activate the inside hind leg as the outside front leg lifts off, you can synchronize the main diagonal with each other. Your seat and half halt keep the outside hind leg grounded a little longer, your inside leg makes the inside hind leg lift off sooner, so that the 4 beat rhythm of the walk changes into the diagonal 2 beat rhythm of the piaffe.
Renvers on the long side
The principle behind this exercise is the same as in the previous one. Here it is the inside hind leg that has to support a larger share of the weight, while the outside hind leg is crossing. The deeper the flexion of the inside hind leg, the more freely the outside hind leg is able to move.
Renvers on a volte or circle
Riding the renvers on a volte or circle intensifies the exercise and increases its effectiveness.
A highly effective combination is to ride a shoulder-in first to engage the inside hind leg more underneath the body, then to shift the weight onto this hind leg by riding a 180 degree walk pirouette or passade, and to finish with a renvers in the opposite direction.
Many horses will offer piaffe steps, if you flex the inside hind leg in the renvers while activating the outside hind leg.
Haunches-in on a small volte
Horses that have a very high natural muscle tone and who push very hard with their hind legs sometimes respond well to a haunches-in on a small volte at the walk. If you slow down the inside hind leg with your weight, while you activate the outside hind leg, some horses will offer diagonal steps.
The small circle in combination with the haunches-in position channels the energy of the movement in a vertical direction, and horses with a high natural muscle tone and high natural energy then re-organize their footfall pattern into a diagonal gait because it is more economic.
Horses with low muscle tone who don't push enough will probably be become tense and unrhythmic in this exercise. They will respond better to one of the other exercises.
You can develop the small haunches-in volte by spiralling in from a larger circle.
To spiral in from a larger circle, take the horse in with your weight, one horse's width per quarter circle. Send the horse forward with your inside leg so that the angle of the horse's body doesn't get too steep. Turn the shoulder with your outside rein. Bring the haunches slightly to the inside with your seat and outside leg.
Path 3: Side to side movements
90 degree turn on the forehand in motion left and right (pillars work)
This exercise is derived from pillars work. You begin by asking for 3 strides of a turn on the forehand in each direction that covers 90 degrees. The horse is bent against the direction of travel, and the inside hind leg crosses in front of the outside one. The first step is relatively large, the second one is smaller, and in the third step, the inside hind leg merely steps next to the outside one.
Initially, allow the horse to take slow steps so that he can think about where his feet are and where they need to go next. After the 3 sideways steps, stop, shift the weight in the new direction, and when the horse is ready, ask him to take 3 steps in the opposite direction. Repeat this exercise a few times. Before the horse feels overwhelmed by it, ride forward and change the subject.
When the horse is able to step sideways calmly and comfortably, try to eliminate the halt so that you sidestep left - 2 - 3 - right - 2- 3. The more regular the rhythm and tempo become, the more balanced and supple the horse will be. At this stage you often see the first diagonal steps appear at the moment when the horse changes direction. Begin with few reprises back and forth and gradually increase their number, as the horse becomes stronger and more supple.
When the horse is comfortable and relaxed in this last phase of the exercise, you can diminish the distance covered by the sidesteps, and you can gradually accelerate the tempo so that the diagonal steps resemble piaffe steps more and more.
This exercise requires a great deal of lateral and vertical suppleness of the hindquarters, so you have to ease into it and let the horse "make friends" with it before you increase the intensity.
Full pass left and right
You can apply the pillars principle to full passes as well. You can halt along the long side and ask for 2-3 steps of full pass away from the wall. Bend the horse against the direction of travel. Stop briefly and shift the weight in the opposite direction. Then full pass back to the wall.
You can either go back and forth in the same footprints, or you can full pass in 2 steps, advance forward 2 steps parallel to the long side, full pass out 2 steps, advance 2 steps along the wall, etc.
When the horse is able to move back and forth comfortably with the halt, try to move back and forth without stopping.
When the horse is able to move back and forth without stopping, speed up the tempo gradually. When the horse settles into a steady rhythm with small steps and he feels like a tractor in a low gear, chances are high that he will diagonalize his steps.
Turn on the haunches/passade left and right
This is the counter exercise to the pillars exercise. Instead of doing turns on the forehand in motion, you ride turns on the haunches or passades to the left and right. Follow the same steps as in the pillars exercise. Start out by asking for 3 steps of passade in one direction, stop, wait for the horse's balance to catch up if he lost it. Then ask for 3 steps of passade in the opposite direction, and stop.
The next phase of the exercise is to move back and forth without stopping.
When that succeeds easily, you can speed up the tempo and reduce the distance that you move back and forth.


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I chose to read Chapter 10, "Initiating Action", which outlines the steps involved in implementing a successful plan. The first part of a systems strategy is "outlining action for change." When creating a plan, Hallsmtih asserts that leaders must take into account all aspects of a community when envisioning an action. The underlying principle of all this is that "Actors combined with Resources produce Change." Next comes the actual action plan, and the author points out that planners need to realize that the original form of a project is likely to evolve over time, and therefore needs to be flexible and possible outcomes need to be incorporated from the start. Once the plan goes into effect, an open flow of information becomes critical in indicating the success of a plan. Finally, the author concludes the chapter by reminding the reader that the actors must have integrity and what they want in the future directs how they must behave in the present.
What struck me most during this reading was the last item I mentioned above, how we must have integrity when creating an action plan for the future. For instance, if a city is in the process of creating a new recycling plan as part of their goal to produce less waste, then they have to apply those goals to the way they behave at that moment. So, the office in charge of carrying out this plan should practice recycling themselves and be vigilant in this- otherwise, in what position are they to tell everyone else in the city to recycle? Taking the small, first steps towards a grander goal and building on those initial successes is key, and furthermore, it gives momentum to the system so that other initiatives are possible.
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July 7, 2015 – For Immediate Release – Special Local Event Advisory – Limited Interview Opportunities
World renowned creator of the field of NeuroMovement® and best selling author of Kids Beyond Limits, Anat Baniel, will be holding a special one-day workshop on NeuroMovement® for Children with Special Needs at Mount Royal University on July 18, 2015.
Anat Baniel is renowned for her success working with people of all walks of life young and old, afflicted with severely disabling diseases or injuries, regain vitality and their ability to pursue their dreams. Her methods are based on current understanding of brain plasticity (brain change) principles from which she has developed powerful practical applications that can be used by anyone.
In particular, she specializes in helping children and infants with developmental difficulties achieve goals never thought possible by their medical professionals. She has helped world class musicians with repetitive motion injuries regain full and active careers and helped athletes to overcome injuries and reach new levels of performance.
Hannah Oullette, Calgary – Case Study – Information Provided by Dan Oullette
My daughter Hannah suffered an in utero stroke and was diagnosed with a right-sided hemiplegia at 8 months of age. We cried when we got the diagnosis. And we spent every waking hour looking for things that could benefit her.
Hannah's 4th birthday was fast approaching and all the traditional therapies, and some non-traditional, had failed to help her. My baby girl was not getting any better, maybe even a little worse, and we were frustrated.
Then we found the Anat Baniel Method (ABM). I was hesitant at first, but after researching it for a few months and also finding great benefit for my own pain and tension, my wife and I decided to go to Marin County in California to give ABM a try.
Within the first couple of days of lessons the difference in the way that the ABM practitioners handled my daughter was palpable. So much so that I put in an application for the ABM professional training! In that first week I saw my daughter begin using and recognizing her arm for the first time in her life! In the past, Hannah could only ride her tricycle a few feet before I would have to give her a push to get going again. When we got home from our ABM trip she got on her tricycle and tore up and down the block unassisted! It was amazing and she was so proud of herself!
That was in February 2010. Since then I have become a practitioner and can use ABM everyday with her, if time permits! We still go to the center as often as we can too because of the remarkable changes that we continue to see when Anat and her team work with our daughter.
Now Hannah is quite active. She does ballet, horseback riding lessons, swimming and she still likes to go for her ABM lessons because she knows how much they help her.
Instead of being frustrated we can now see that Hannah is going to live a full and vibrant life thanks to ABM!
Calgary Workshop Information
The workshop is dedicated to teaching her unique methods about how to help special needs children afflicted with chronic pain and other limitations regain full functioning.
What: NeuroMovement for Children with Special Needs Workshop with Anat Baniel
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2015: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Location: Mount Royal University, Ross Glen Hall, Roderick Mah Centre for Continuous Learning, 4825 Mount Royal Gate Southwest
Contact: Dan Ouellette – 306-715-2354 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Workshop Cost: $297 for the first adult and $197 for the second adult
Anat Baniel's breakthrough methods with children with special needs are recognized and applauded by parents, health professionals, and those at the cutting edge of the neurosciences. Her techniques are being enthusiastically endorsed by leading brain scientists, medical doctors, and others in the helping professions.
She has developed a science-based approach that focuses on the child's brain and its remarkable abilities to change and learn. She uses gentle movements and a carefully developed set of Nine Essentials together to help children with special needs to overcome their limitations.
"With this gentle approach we do not focus on the child's limitations," she says. "Rather than try to force children into developmental milestones they are not ready to do successfully, which can groove in their limitations even deeper, we carefully wake up the child's brain to create new connections, often at a staggering rate, leading to spontaneous, often extraordinary breakthroughs in movement, thinking, self-regulation, and connection with others."
Baniel believes that the greatest potential for transformation, though often difficult to grasp, is not in trying to make children do what they can't, but in finding ways to help each child's brain differentiate and spontaneously discover how to go beyond his or her limitations.
Anat Baniel's Nine Essentials
The Nine Essentials form the core of the unique approach she developed utilizes. Each of the essentials describes one of the brain's requirements for waking up and doing its job well. That is, each Essential helps the brain create new connections and avoid rigidity and automaticity when needing to overcome pain and limitation to thus reach new levels of physical and cognitive performance.
Essential 1 – Movement with Attention
Movement is Life. Movement helps the brain grow and form. The brain is organized through movement. In turn, it is the brain that organizes all movement: the movement of our body, our thinking, our feelings, and our emotions. But movement alone is not enough. Automatic movement—movement done without attention—only grooves in the already existing patterns.
When we bring attention to what we feel as we move, the brain immediately starts building billions of new neurological connections that usher in changes, learning, and transformation.
Essential 2 – Slow
Fast, we can only do what we already know. This is how the brain works. To learn and master new skills and overcome limitation, the first thing to do is slow way down. Slow actually gets the brain's attention and stimulates the formation of rich new neural patterns.
Slow gets us out of the automatic mode in our movements, speech, thoughts, and social interactions. Slow lets us feel and experience life at a deeper, more profound level.
Essential 3 – Variation
Variation is everywhere, and is more than just the spice of life. It's a necessity for optimum health. Variation provides your brain with the richness of information it needs to create new possibilities in your movements, feelings, thoughts, and actions. It helps increase your awareness and lifts you out of rigidity and "stuckness."
By introducing variation and playfulness into everything you do, you awaken all your senses. New ideas occur and new possibilities emerge in your life.
Essential 4 – Subtlety
We have all heard the expressions "no pain, no gain" and "try harder." However, in order to overcome pain and limitation and thrive, the brain needs the exact opposite—less force. For the brain to receive new information, it needs to perceive differences.
By reducing the force with which we move and think, we increase our sensitivity. With the resulting increased sensitivity, we greatly enhance our brain's ability to perceive the finest of differences. These perceptions give the brain the new information it needs to organize successful action and become more alive and vital in both body and mind.
Essential 5 – Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is self-generated; it is a skill you can develop, choose to do and become good at. Enthusiasm tells your brain what is important to you, amplifying whatever that is, making it stand out, infusing it with energy to grow more. It is a powerful energy that lifts you up and inspires you and others.
Enthusiasm lights up your brain, helping to usher in changes, transforming the most mundane situation or task, adding meaning and generating delight. Enthusiasm helps make the impossible possible.
Essential 6 – Flexible Goals
"Keeping your eyes on the prize" is a great way for most people to fail. Freeing yourself from the compulsion to achieve a goal in a certain way and at a certain time keeps you open-minded. You are available to recognize opportunities you might never have noticed had you been fixed on a too rigidly set course. There is no way to know in advance the path that will lead you to achieving your goal.
Know your goal and embrace all the unexpected steps, mis-steps, and re-routes. They are a rich source of valuable information for your brain to lead you to your goal. Flexible goals will reduce your anxiety and increase your creativity, resulting in greater success, vitality, and joy.
Essential 7 – The Learning Switch
The brain is either in a learning mode—the learning switch is on—or not. Healthy young children have their learning switch on and the dial turned on "high." Their eyes are bright, their movement lithe, and they are full of energy. Repetition, drill, and everyday stresses, as well as habitual patterns of thought, exercise, and emotions, all tend to turn the learning switch off. The same happens when a child has special challenges, or a person has suffered trauma or injury.
For the brain to properly do its job, the learning switch needs to be on. Once on, at any age, life becomes a wonderful new adventure, filled with movement, creativity, and new possibilities.
Essential 8 – Imagination & Dreams
Einstein said: "Imagination is everything. It is the preview to life's coming attractions." Through imagination your brain figures out new possibilities before actually having to perform. When imagining, the brain grows new neural connections. Our dreams call upon us from our future. They give us our unique life path to follow and guide our brains to continue growing and developing.
Your imagination and dreams give you the ability to create something that has never been there before, transcending your current limitations and leading you to develop your authentic life path.
Essential 9 – Awareness
Awaring—the action of generating awareness—is to be knowledgeable about what you are doing, sensing, thinking, and experiencing at any given moment. Awaring is the opposite of automaticity and compulsion. It is a unique human capacity that can catapult us to remarkable heights.
When you are aware, you are fully alive and present. Your brain is working at its highest level, noticing subtle nuances of what is going on around and within you, revealing options and potentials, greatly accelerating learning. You are enlivened and joyful, contributing to others, becoming more enlightened, and fulfilling more and more of your human destiny.
Anat Baniel is the author of two books Move Into Life and Kids Beyond Limits.
More information is available at www.anatbanielmethod.com/events.
Video of Anat speaking at TEDx in Berkeley: https://youtu.be/-KZdvYxDZC8
Anat Baniel's work is supported by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, author of My Stroke of Insight, Dr. Martha Herbert, author of The Autism Revolution, Dr. Norman Doidge, author of The Brain's Way of Healing, Dr. Michael Merzenich, author of Soft-Wired, Dr. Mark Waldman, author of Why We Believe What We Believe, and many others.


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this document is 45 pages (but I think it's obsolete) :
Inside Visual Studio 2015, Menu Telerik -> Data Access - > Getting Started (PDF), it's 22 pages. But it seems to be a newer version, speaking about NuGet for DataAccess.Fluent.
Can you publish the last version and add the Release date or a build number so we can track if we're working on the latest one ?
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