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Dinar de Nadal i 'CAGA TIO' el Dissabte 3 de Desembre!
22 Novembre 2011
Dissabte 3 de Desembre de 12-3 pm
Lloc: Hopkirk building als Botanics Gardens del West end de Glasgow. Parada de metro Hillhead. La sala esta ubicada darrera de l'hivernacle més antic.
Vine a compartir amb nosaltres el dinar de Nadal del Centre Català d'Escocia! Muntarem el pessebre, compartirem menjar, torrons i ratafia. Després a l'hora del café arem 'cagar el Tio' tot cantant nadales!
Cal portar: Un plat per compartir amb els demés i el que vulguis que et cagui el Tio envolicat i amb el nom. Tambe cal portar gana i ganes de cantar una mica!
Christmas Lunch and "CAGA TIÓ"
Saturday 3rd December, 12-3pm.
Location: Hopkirk building in the Botanics Gardens, West end of Glasgow. Metro stop Hillhead. The room in located behind the older green house.
Come and joint us in the traditional Christmas Lunch organised by the Scottish Catalan Centre. We will set up the Nativity scene, share lunch, the traditional 'torrons' and some 'ratafia'. After lunch we will 'cagar el Tio'
Please bring: A plate of food to be shared with everybody and a small present rapped with the name for the 'Tio'. Here more information about this tradition:
The Tió de Nadal (roughly "Christmas Log"), also known as "Tió" (trunk or log, a big piece of cut wood) or "Tronc" ("log") and popularly called "Caga tió" (pooping log in English), is a character in Catalan mythology relating to a Christmas tradition widespread in Catalunya.
The form of the tió de Nadal found in many Catalan homes during the holiday season is a hollow log of minimum thirty centimetres length. Recently, the tió has come to stand up on two or four little stick legs with a broad smiling face painted on the higher of the two ends, enhanced by a little red sock hat (a miniature of the traditional Catalan hat, "la barratina") and often a three-dimensional nose.
One gives the tió a little bit to "eat" and "drink" every night and usually covers him with a little blanket so that he will not be cold at night. He needs to be always warm.
On Christmas day (el dia de Nadal) or, depending on the particular household, on Christmas Eve, one puts the tió partly into the fireplace and orders it to "poop" (the fire part of this tradition is no longer as widespread as it once was, since many modern homes do not have a fireplace). To make him "poop", one beats him with sticks, while singing various songs of Tió de Nadal.
The tió does not drop larger objects, as those are brought by the Three Wise Men. It does leave candies, nuts and turrons. Depending on the part of Catalonia, it may also give out dried figs. What comes out of the tió is a communal rather than individual gift, shared by everyone present.
After hitting it softly with a stick during the song it is hit harder on the words "caga tió!". Then somebody puts his hand under the blanket and takes a gift. The gift is opened and then the song begins again.


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December 5 2012
A professional display, and four quality taken penalties, saw Coventry City progress into the next round of the Johnstones Paint Trophy.
A larger than expected crowd of 10,000+, and a lack of open gates, meant it was a good few minutes before a fair few supporters were seated and watching the match.
Sheffield United managed only a couple of shots on goal in the first half, probably the best of which came from CCFC old-boy Michael Doyle. Coventry City's players, on the other hand, managed a fair few shots, most of which were ballooned over the bar.
Man-mountain/brick out-house McGuire opened the scoring for the home side on 56 minutes, opting to put Jennings cross into his own net, rather than allowing McGoldrick to add to his tally for the season.
Coventry managed a fair few decent efforts on goal without scoring before a(nother) Murphy parry saw MacAllister equalise for the away side.
A few late Coventry City corners came to nothing, and, with no extra-time played in the JPT, it was down to penalties. McSheffrey, McGoldrick, Baker and Fleck scored for Coventry, while McGuire saw his effort saved by Murphy, and Flynn missed by a fair distance for the away side.
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Ghostsong replied to Starlite's topic in Guilds and ClansI'm looking forward to once again having Starlite as my guild leader and this time I will try to stick around in game longer lol.
HELP Dissolved
Ghostsong replied to Starlite's topic in Guilds and ClansI know I am way late on this but I would just like to thanks Starlite and HELP for helping me through a semi difficult time in EL. I left the game awhile back and have now just returned but if Starlite ever reads this or any of the other HELP folks who actually remember me, thanks for everything.
The RPing in MMORPGs
Ghostsong replied to Entropy's topic in General ChatI totally agree with Dawench, I voted very important as well.
Laws discussed in germany relating to violent video games
Ghostsong replied to Ateh's topic in General ChatI have to agree to some extent with Ent here, responsible education over fear mongering and telling teens etc that all this stuff is just bad and don't do it is the first way to just entice teens to disobey and do whatever they want. If teens are going to drink, show them the hard facts about what happens when they get into a car and what can happen, but don't tell them, don't drink at all because it is bad and that's it. Sure, not all may agree that under age drinking is a good thing, but if it happens, contain it, tell them if they are going to do things like that to hang up their keys and at least be safe about it. As far as Dare, I don't even want to go there because D.A.R.E and the U.S.'s so called drug war have hurt the U.S. more than it has helped it, imho at least.
Laws discussed in germany relating to violent video games
Ghostsong replied to Ateh's topic in General ChatOk, well, as far as the video game censoring goes, I believe (for the sake of compromise) you should just sensor the age, not that I totally age with censors but lets face it, people will whine so some measures should be taken to shut them up, at least a little lol As far as minors having sex with each other etc, This should not be punished by the law. Early education is the best defense against pregnancy, STD's etc. Warning them about real life facts and not what god or gods want you to do and not do, just isn't logical (no offense to religion). Sure, waiting till until you are ready and mature is a good thing, but teenagers will be teenagers and not listen to anyone but themselves, but at least give them a head start and really try and related to them and maybe they will at least be a little safer about it, that is the responsible way to handle it in my opinion. Yes, the U.S. is going through some dark days, we use to stand for something and now we have become a weak country that panders to big corperations that don't give a damn about what happens to the citizens of this country, as long as they make a profit. We use to stand for freedom, now we stand for a lot of things that we use to stand up against. It is sad, hopefully one day we can get back to being a country that upholds its own ideals instead of trashing them and circumventing all of the principals we use to stand for. Just my 2 cents, if you disagree, that is your right…..I hope.
RISE guild is now recruiting members
Ghostsong replied to Ghostsong's topic in Guilds and Clanslol....for the record...I had no Idea that Phoenix_Dragon had already submitted a recruiting post
RISE guild is now recruiting members
Ghostsong posted a topic in Guilds and ClansRISE is a brand new guild and we are currently recruiting anyone interested with a skill of 20 or above not including oa. We are just starting out but we are looking for good honest players to strengthen our ranks and are willing to help newer folks to the game settle in and what not. If you are looking for a guild and would like to join us, please contact Phoenix_Dragon in game to go from there. Here is a list of our rules for our guild. Our rules are simple and straightforward. 1. Have FUN! This is a must. If you are not enjoying yourself in our guild, please let phoenix_dragon or any of the council members know. If nothing can be done to remedy the situation, we will be more than happy to release you from our ranks. Although we will be sad, we all know that it is important to have fun. 2. No Bag jumping, Period. This is in reference to bags that you KNOW belong to someone else. If there are other people around, feel free to ask. 3. TRY to return death bags. This does not mean you HAVE to spam any particular channel (after all, if I am rarely in any 'official channel' and if I die, I just run back to where I died as fast as I can). We ask that you wait 10-20 minutes (depending on how far you are from the underworld exit) for the owner to return. If he does, and can tell you about what was in the bag (ex.: HE's, Leather Armor and a shield) then you return it. (Remember, we are not asking for exact numbers!) If you see someone die, feel free step on their bag and PM them, letting them know that you have it. If no one returns who knows what items are in the bag, feel free to claim its contents. 4. Help your guildies. This does not mean you have to give them everything for free. If you sell them items, sell to your guildies at REASONABLE prices. Also, if a guildie asks what seems to be an obvious, stupid question, do not make fun of them. Answer their question. We were all noobies once, even if we do not (want to) remember. 5. NO SCAMMING! No matter who you scam, this will earn you a one way ticket out of the guild. 6. Obey EL's rules.
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Ghostsong replied to Infamous's topic in General ChatSince I got back in game with this new char, around 4 hours daily (usually) and sometimes like 5-10 mins here and there between what I am doing when I am home etc.
eXe scammed
Ghostsong replied to Starlite's topic in DisputesI am sorry to hear about the loss of your items Star but I respect you a lot for taking the high road no matter what people say or do to you in game. I've said it before, you are one of the nicest, most understanding people I have ever met in game and I am sorry that in this game (as in RL) sometimes people take great advantage of that for their own personal gains, despite what they may do to others because they simply do not care, sad but true. I will say though, that karma does work in mysterious ways. Keep your head up Star.
Why I like HELP guild
Ghostsong replied to buggalugs's topic in Guilds and ClansI am glad that I have joined HELP as well. Starlite took me in after I left my other guild, and I will say that she is one of the most understanding people I have met so far in EL


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* Las opiniones mencionadas abajo son de nuestros clientes de Pierre & Vacances. Puedes visitar la página web de Tripadvisor para conocer todas las opiniones sobre este destino.
«Clean pool, area»
Free sunbeds at pool area was good and at time for our visit easy to book. Small pool for children avaiable. Small whirlpool at property. no supermarket at property - but small market nearby. Bar closing during opening hours of pool area - nothing available for drinking/eating. the sleeping beds in room was poor and too hard. Would also have been good if the furnitures on balcony was equiped with cussions. The same with indoor chairs. Would have been great it the porperty was equiped with places for sport eg. Tennis court, Fitness center or outdoor gym area for visitors to use during stay. surroundings towards the golf course was OK - but other surroundings poor. easy walking distance to center and beach area - within 15-20 min. Car needed to visit most known attractions in Normandy - everything was far away. a lot of good restaurants in Deauville and lot of fresh fish and meatdishes. Cocktailbars with various cards and for payable prices. Bigger supermarkets (Carrefour) in Deauville with access in both walking distance and easy parking access for cars. Trouville is also a great place to go eating both fish and meat. No walking paths round the property.
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Dear fander_290059, Thanks for your opinion. In looking forward to seeing you very soon,
Looks lovely from the photos, but the rooms are in need of a good update and a proper clean under the mattresses (we would not let, nor did the children want to sleep in the chipped hair laden bunk beds)!! You need to taxi or car if you want to go out for drinks/dinner as there is nothing nearby and there is no bar/restaurant on site. The accommodation seemed to be owned mainly by the French. We were the only English family. Lots of dogs on site too both on and off leads. Its a shame, it could be so much more.
«amazing holiday!»
I would recommend this hotel to couples but surely too for families with the amazing pool area. Beach and clubs near by, as well as city and facilities. The reception is open at the needed timings (check in and out) and are very friendly. Even in English they assist with a smile, which you dont find everywhere in France ;)
Immense déception,je déconseille fortement.Propreté et ameublement à revoir au plus vite.Ce centre est vraiment en décalage total par rapport à ceux déjà fréquentés(nous sommes de fidèles clients),d'où notre forte déception.
«Court séjour très cher»
Connexion WIFI trop faible pour lire ses mails et surfer. Piscine avec problème technique, non accessible, non respect de la distanciation des transats, porte d'entrée non sécurisée. Un enfant de 3 ans sait ouvrir les portes tout seul. Le mieux est la fermeture à clefs.


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As part of this process, the Government is consulting on whether the Great Western franchise should be divided in two, and also whether the Bristol to Southampton/Portsmouth service should be transferred to the Thameslink Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise. I stated my opposition to this idea, and mooted the possibility instead of this route being made part of the South Western franchise.
A key problem we have in Salisbury is that the Great Western and South Western timetables are not very well aligned. Someone travelling from Andover to Bath could have to wait up to 58 minutes in Salisbury when changing trains. Placing the London to Exeter and Bristol to Southampton/Portsmouth routes under the same franchise would be of significant benefit. I also stressed the need for a new railway station at Wilton Parkway to benefit both long-distance commuters and those making more local trips into Salisbury or elsewhere in Wiltshire.
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How much time do you have to write?
About two – three hours a day, it depends what time I get up. I like writing in the early morning when there's no pressure from anyone – sometimes from 5am.
Do you keep a working notebook for writing ideas?
Yes. I LOVE notebooks and jumble them up with sketches and found pictures and quotes. They are messy, rumpled objects that I find beautiful. As well as notes, I write short stories or writing exercises by hand because I find that immediacy works best in short bursts of about 2,000 words.
Which writers / genres do you enjoy / follow?
I like books that were either written in the past or are set in the past and even better if they have a romantic thread. I can like anything though. It's more about liking the writing style than anything. I'd much rather read a lyrical book than a plot-driven one. I tend to read more by an author if I've liked one of their books. I love Edith Wharton and Tracy Chevalier (though not every one of their books). On twitter, I mostly follow children's and YA writers as they provide a great community. Matt Haig is good on twitter and a great writer. Loved The Humans.
What type of fiction do you avoid / dislike?
Sometimes there's a lot of hype about a book and I just don't 'get' it. I tend to avoid horror, though I have really enjoyed some Stephen King books and Thomas Harris. There's nothing I totally avoid but I find murder difficult to read.
What are your reasons to write?
I grew up in a large, decrepit house with my two older siblings and our parents, spending vast amounts of time at home, playing dolls with my sister, cricket with my brother, and writing short stories about my toys and cat. I liked being alone in my room, imagining worlds and describing them through poorly-spelled words and felt-tip penned illustrations. Navigating this world meant learning to be highly attuned to every nuance; my family never gave much away. It's made me hyper-alert to what's not been said, to every flicker on a person's face, every muscle tensed. It's made me want to describe these subtleties and make sense of people's inner worlds – or at least try to.
Why write a novel?
I like the challenge. Although I've written three novels before, I haven't totally achieved yet what I'd like. Maybe I never will but I want to try again. I enjoy writing short stories but there's something more absorbing about writing a novel. I like getting lost in that world and the problem-solving needed to get a long piece of writing to work. The first novel I wrote was ten years ago when I had three small children and found the lack of personal time hard. The novel took ages because I didn't know anything about writing one and had simply launched in. But it was addictive and I felt so happy writing it. Over five years, I went on workshops and met lots of other writers. For the next two novels, I was more prepared but still always learning. Last year, the agent I'd had for three years felt together we'd given it our best shot and it was time for me to move on. I agreed but it was quite a knock to my confidence. While I have been dreaming up new story ideas, I've hesitated to really plunge in – but I have missed those highs from writing and feel now is the time to get back to it.
Do you share common interests and ideas with other media?
I am very influenced by TV – either by the visuals or acting. Ideas can come from TV. I really felt inspired by the first series of Stranger Things, for example. I also feel very inspired by dance. I really like watching any form of dance. I draw something from the emotion, I think. And music! I can't – like some writers – listen to music as I write. Music for me has to be listened to as a thing not as a background. I'd love to somehow capture in words an expressive Bach cello or the slightly unhinged lilt of Satie's piano.
What non-writing activities inform your work?
I watch people and listen in on how they talk, what they say. I'm a spy! I sketch people secretly too – on buses or the park. Buses are a great place to people-watch and eavesdrop! Going to the theatre (when they were open…) is inspiring too. I like plays, dance, musicals. The experience often gets my imagination ticking. Walking is the best way for me to come up with writing solutions. If I'm stuck or despondent – or even if I'm not – I'll walk and some inspiration will pop into my head. Art exhibitions or even Instagram (I follow a lot of art accounts) can be a really great way to start off a piece of free-writing. Describing a place or a person the way an artist has painted them can be a really interesting approach and take your writing somewhere new.
In terms of writing, what are your particular strengths?
I'd say I like writing and creating character first and foremost. Dialogue feeds into that as does description.
What are you less confident with?
Plot. Building plot isn't natural to me and I have to really consider where the peaks and troughs should be. I'm impatient about planning but have found a balance between writing freely and taking time to pause and question where I need the characters to get to next.
Most people don't know that I can…
Use British Sign Language, up to level 1.
Most people have no idea that I have…
Moved house ten times in twenty years – half of those around one city!
In five years' time I will have…
I'm resistant! I don't like plans that are so far ahead… I just hope I still have all the things I have now: my family and cats.
In five years' time I will be…
Published maybe. I would like to have a novel published. That would be incredible.
And, lastly, why is the time right to put pen to paper now?
It's never the right or the wrong time! It's allowing myself to not care what comes out, freeing up those dreams and drowning out those nagging, annoying worries – those ones that say I'm not good enough. I love Kazuo Ishiguro's writing and listening to his Nobel Lecture, I feel he summed it up perfectly: "But in the end, stories are about one person saying to another, 'This is the way it feels to me, can you understand what I mean? Does it feel that way to you?'" Now's as good a time as any to find out.
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I've been wanting to do this for ages: scan in some of my childhood pictures and stories as in my memory they were, you know, amazing... Well, they're not terrible but... Here they are anyway. Is it weird that I loved the reruns of The Men From UNCLE aged 6?! Is it weird how much I adored Mrs Pepperpot? Don't mention the multitude of cat stories, I know, I know. I had so much time on my hands, didn't I?
She can't be autistic!
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"She can't be autistic!"
How many times have we been told this by well-meaning friends and family over the last few months? How many times have we, as parents, hesitated to answer? Up until a month ago, our 17-year-old daughter had been in psychiatric care for a staggering 18 months. Before she was sectioned under the Mental Health Act, she'd attempted suicide twice, spent more time in the school counsellor's office than the classroom, and emotionally fell apart at the smallest things. She was sent to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAHMS) who very quickly tested her for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) using the then official diagnostic criteria. The results told them she was not autistic and so that was the end of that explanation for our daughter's mental state.
Almost a year later, ASD was mentioned again by a different psychologist. This was after she'd ricocheted from Psychiatric Intensive Care Units to Open Units to General Hospitals and back again a total of nine times over nine months. No one seemed able to help her, and she herself seemed incapable of talking about the feelings that were causing the crisis in her mental health. Was undiagnosed ASD – or more specifically, Asperger's Syndrome (High Functioning Autism) – at the root of our daughter's difficulties? And how was that possible when she'd 'failed' the initial assessment?
We ourselves were unsure and certainly any mention of autism to other people outside of hospital was met with a dismissive shake of the head; it seems everyone 'knows' what an autistic person is like, us included, and she didn't fit the criteria. After all, our daughter smiles easily. She has close friends. She's a gifted ballroom dancer. Sure, she's always been incredibly literal, never understanding sarcasm or jokes, often observing new situations for a long time before joining in. But simply put, wasn't she 'too normal', imaginative, and seemingly sociable to be autistic?
Despite the uncertainty, various psychiatrists and psychologists (a total of five who cared for our daughter across the many wards she's been on) kept telling us that she was on the autistic spectrum, and yet they all continued to struggle to help our daughter. The hospitals either weren't equipped with the preferred test (called ADOS) to formerly assess her – adolescent psychiatric hospitals shockingly aren't obliged to have these tests – or she wasn't on the ward long enough. As she was in hospital, CAHMS – who can carry out the test – wouldn't because she was no longer under their jurisdiction. We despaired of ever getting a diagnosis. Was our daughter on the autistic spectrum or wasn't she? And if she was – and it was important for her future care and therapy – wasn't it standard practice to assess anyone as early as possible, even if previous initial tests had come up negative? She, and we, were left in limbo.
Specialist Autism Hospital
After a further eight months of little progress – and a further nine moves from ward to ward – our daughter was moved to a hospital that had just opened; a hospital that specialises in children with mental health problems and other difficulties, such as ASD and Asperger's. Finally, a psychologist with a wealth of experience and research in girls with Asperger's Syndrome met with our daughter, talked to us, asked us diagnostic questions we'd never been asked before and made her assessment. And, yes, we at last had the official confirmation that she – and we – needed: Our daughter has Autism Spectrum Disorder with Asperger's Syndrome.
I'd like to mention here something about resilience. It seems to be a buzz word at the moment: that we should all be teaching our children to be resilient to the challenges of modern life. It's been a needling word for me. It's suggested that I've not modelled resilience well enough and that my daughter hasn't learned this vital life skill. But I've realised something – and I've an old philosopher to thank for it. 'The Myth of Sisyphus' by Albert Camus revisits an ancient Greek story about a man condemned to push a boulder up a mountain, only to see it roll down again, forever. The point Camus found most interesting wasn't that he let the boulder go, or that he went back down the mountain and started pushing it back again. The point was the turning, when Sisyphus looked down at the boulder and chose to start again. The number of times I've fallen, my daughter's fallen – the number of times anyone who's ever struggled with their mental health has fallen – isn't a reflection on resilience. Choosing to try again is what shows true strength. With this in mind, my daughter, tested so much more in her seventeen years than most people in a lifetime, has shown a humbling amount of resilience.
And now with a diagnosis, she has at last – and most importantly – been understood.
Autistic Traits in Girls
As soon as we knew the diagnosis for certain, many of her personality traits began to make more sense. Autism in girls does not manifest in the same way as it does for boys. The initial assessment that had come up negative was never going to be positive for her as it's geared to recognise those traits common mostly to boys only. Girls with autism may lack similar social skills as boys with ASD but girls can have the ability to hide it. They copy. They watch. They grow up through primary school seeming like any other typical girl.
Our daughter had friends. Yes, she never put up her hand in class and was reluctant to make eye contact – but we'd put that down to a sort of shyness. Yes, she was often repetitive in game-play and controlling in role-paly, but she seemed happy playing. In fact, compared with her two younger brothers, she seemed the more sociable, wanting a special friend or two to come back to play schools or do a bake sale (the organisation of both was precise). But being controlling (or bossy) is an indicator of autism in girls. Not joining in, or being quiet in class, is a sign of autism in girls. Repeating set play is a sign of autism in girls. We even learned that walking on tip-toes – something she's always done – can be a sign of autism.
There were many other clues – signs of ASD specific to girls we didn't know about – such as reading early and intensively; having a melt down over seemingly nothing (our daughter would cry for hours if I tidied her bedroom, even if it was just emptying her bin); retreating into fantasy worlds (our daughter had a disconcertingly 'real' imaginary friend called Sarah Jane up until she was six). There were in fact lots of little behavioural things we thought were just how our daughter was, which we've had to look at again with fresh eyes.
Perhaps it doesn't matter. Perhaps it's best not to give labels to children and young people – yes, people have said this to us too. But what happens to children left undiagnosed? Our daughter entered secondary school seemingly quite well-adjusted. But social interaction and the hierarchy become increasingly complex through teenage years. When someone is on the autistic spectrum, they struggle to 'see' the subtle shifts in expression, in tone of voice. They can often appear inappropriate or insensitive. Conversely, they are often highly sensitive. Our daughter is one of the kindest people I know, passionate about animal welfare, and often the first to comfort someone who is visibly upset. And yet, she can be completely blind to more subtle emotions. She has a tendency, for example, to persist in telling people information even when it's clear to everyone else that they are too busy, too tired, not interested. She doesn't recognise these clues which has led her to inadvertently offend or annoy her peers.
She actively retreated from her peer group aged fourteen. She changed school (an upheaval which she instigated because she felt so disconnected from her classmates) but it didn't help. More and more we found her buried in fiction or dancing. She began to not eat. Her escalating anxieties prevented her from going to class. She'd swing between high-alert and apathy. In short, her mental health deteriorated. It's extremely punishing to consider that if one of her suicide attempts had been successful, we'd have never understood what had brought her to such a dark place.
The Future for Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Much research has been carried out in recent years into why fewer girls are diagnosed with ASD and Asperger's Syndrome. It's fantastic that this research is opening doors to girls like our daughter. Educating teachers, GPs, health visitors and the public at large is an ongoing steep, essential climb. I wonder even now, looking back at our daughter aged three (the age most boys with ASD are diagnosed), would a GP or health visitor have recognised her as autistic? She would have smiled her beautiful smile. She'd have talked to them if they asked her a direct question. She'd have seemed happy – she was in many ways happy. Would they have spotted that she walked on tiptoes? Would they have noticed her large, precise vocabulary? Would they have seen that she rocked because she was, in fact, anxious? I'd like to think yes. I'd like to think that articles like this one at least, might alert the public to the possibility of ASD in their daughters or nieces or granddaughters. I'd like to think earlier diagnosis will prevent the huge suffering our daughter has been through.
Her recovery is ongoing and not without a fall or two. As we catch up on what Asperger's Syndrome means for our daughter, she continues to struggle within an adolescent mental health system poorly-equipped to treat children with ASD. One which has taught her to only feel safe behind locked doors and left her institutionalised. We have to be thankful, though, for the (belated) diagnosis and for the more appropriate therapies we now understand she requires – such as sensory therapy as opposed to any talking therapy she's been subjected to.
Autism is for life. The more the differences in the condition are understood, the likelier the person with ASD will have a healthier, happier, more productive life. And isn't that what we all want for ourselves and our loved ones? Girls and boys. Non-autistic and autistic. To be understood is a gift. I hope one day soon, everyone will understand that a smiling, kind, bright girl who loves to read and dance can be autistic too.
I haven't written a blog post for almost eighteen months. Like people often do, I might say 'life got in the way' but I've come to realise something: That phrase is nonsense. Life's always there, rolling on. Sometimes it happily weaves around you, seeming to give you space to get that painting finished or long-overdue editing started. Sometimes it seems to swamp you, snuffing out sparks of creativity. But not every spark - or not for me, anyway. And this is why life hasn't got in the way. It just seems to have selected which sparks are burning.
I first noticed this happening while I was at university. Just as the third and final year of my degree in Visual Communication was about to begin, my dad was suddenly dying. He smoked a pipe and the only exercise he undertook was a stroll around Sainsbury's three times a week. So it wasn't a surprise but it was still a shock. I was on course to get a high 2:1, if not a First, and had overall thought myself capable of being a Graphic Designer when I graduated. But then this gulf of grief swallowed me up. It felt like life took over, real life. A couple of clear memories stand out of that time and they all involve me crying. The course leader gave me a choice: To battle on through and finish the year or take a break and come back the following year. There was no choice for me. I battled on.
I said it was what my dad wanted and then, after he died three months on from diagnosis, I said it's what he would have wanted. But that's not entirely true. I knew I wouldn't go back. I suddenly hated Graphic Design. I hated Art. My final year projects were a torture. My marks slumped. I had to attend a meeting to decide whether my extenuating circumstances meant my now slovenly, snivelling 2:2 could be bolstered up to a 2:1. I'll never forget the pitying disappointment in my tutor's eyes.
Degree finished, life persisted in rolling on. Before my dad's got ill, my boyfriend and I had booked our wedding. I said we should still do it, that it's what he would have wanted. But unlike with my degree, I knew with absolute clarity I loved my boyfriend. So we pressed on and we got married. And in the meantime, I didn't paint. I didn't design. I didn't write a jot. I didn't do any of the things I'd spent my life doing. But I did start volunteering at a primary school. I did run art projects with them. I did apply to do teacher training. I did, in short, remain creative. I was like a half-pumped balloon, squeeze it and it bulges with air in a different direction.
So, as for the past eighteen months, life has squeezed me and pushed creativity to different places. I can sketch like a sprinter (something I'm normally not that fussed to do) but painting has been an agonising marathon. I can write a whole novel, but anything short - like a blog or short story (something I've loved before now) - has eluded me. But I've learned to go with the flow, that there's little point in fighting life. I trust my brain to spark where it feels it can and not to punish it when it's too damp and squibbly for even an ember.
Life doesn't get in the way. It only shifts perspectives, desires, interests. It can zoom lens priorities and crystallise what's really important. Yes, it can put a dampener on parts of yourself for a time but it always allows other unexpected parts of yourself to fire up and burn brightly.
* As a side note, I did attend various drawing classes five years following my dad's death and I painted my first proper painting five years after that. And it took me twelve years to write a story. Some creative sparks can take a long time to reignite. I like to think they always do.
The Art of Quiet Writing
I've been writing. Writing (almost) every day. Writing quietly. Ordinarily, I like to have a lot of time being quiet. Like to wrap myself in it like a duvet. But lately, I've had to: life has been noisy, consuming, worrying. Exhausting. So, when I can, I've retreated into my world with my characters and their familiar problems. Their world is often noisy and dramatic. But their conflicts are under my control. And I can always get a character to tell them all to 'shush'!
In this quiet way, I wrote a whole novel (at the moment, called The Sister of the Boy Who) and had Imogen Cooper and Abi Kohlhoff at the Golden Egg Academy read it. They had plenty to say, most of it good, with Imogen's parting comment being a worry, that the story was a 'little too quiet.' I didn't miss the irony. Stakes raised after serious editing, I sent it off to my agent, Kate Shaw. The Young Adult market is tough, she tells me. She's not sure how well my take on modern day realism will fair right now. At least she didn't mention how 'quiet' it is.
Perhaps once her caution would have worried me or dragged me down. Once I'd have asked myself: Then why am I writing? Who are these stories for if they never get published? But now I send the story off into the world, still with hope (there's always hope) but without the same expectation I might have had a few years ago. It's enough, you see, to just write. To love it. To be in my world of words and be quiet within it.
With The Sister of the Boy Who now temporarily out of my hands, I've begun another, one that's been brewing for a while - working title Outside In. I need to be writing, need to be creating, need to be quiet. It's a gift to myself. It's enough.
I've been reminded twice this week of the Queen's Christmas message (read it here). Whatever you may feel about the royal family, her 2016 speech had a strong message that's stuck with me: small acts done with great love can make a big difference. She said: "...It's understandable that we sometimes think the world's problems are so big that we can do little to help. On our own, we cannot end wars or wipe out injustice, but the cumulative impact of thousands of small acts of goodness can be bigger than we imagine."
So, with Imogen Cooper's post about helping two homeless people in London, and Rowena House's blog thinking about endurance and love in writing (read it here), I wondered what the small things are that I do with great love which might make a difference. Naturally, the many small things I do for my family sprung to mind. Also caring for my pets, helping out friends, creating a painting or picture for someone's birthday. All these things I do because of love. They're not entirely selfless acts. I want the 'thank you', the smile, the hug. I'm no Saint.
'Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love' - Saint Teresa of Calcutta
And then, of course, there's writing. Writing is where I really feel the smallness of what I'm doing. I do it because I love it. There's a selfish angle that writing stories makes me happy - even when it's hard, because all love can have great highs and lows. But the kind of stories I write that give me the greatest joy are stories of struggle, stories that explore compassion, evoke empathy, that tell of the darkness and of the light. These small acts of writing are always done with great love and, in their way, I hope will lead to greater compassion when they're read.
As the Queen said, I often feel helpless, both on a personal and a global level. Sometimes problems do seem too monumental to challenge or overcome. But, with each word I put down, maybe, maybe, this very small world I create can grow, ripple outward like a pebble hitting the surface of water.
First Draft Jitters
A few weeks ago, I finished the first draft of my new story, A Thousand Times. I was euphoric. It was so much fun to write. Ideas spun out of me. I kept in mind all of the many, many things I learned when writing Not Even Myself, all the tidbits of useful writing tips I've picked up from fellow writers, the Golden Egg Academy, Alex and Jude, other YA fiction I've enjoyed. I even made a hat based on it for the Golden Egg summer social. Yes, the hat looked dodgy but it actually won a prize - surely a sign that this draft was very possibly the best thing I'd ever written, right? Erm...
"It's fragile. Leave it alone a bit" - Imogen Cooper
So, beta readers are vital. They should ideally be writers themselves, or voracious readers. You should be able to trust what they say because they say it kindly and honestly. I have really great beta readers. I sent this first draft to three of them. After two critiques I stopped the third one reading any more because - eek - the other two had already brought up a heck of a lot of 'issues.'
Bump, I crashed. My beautiful world collapsed. That first draft wasn't as wonderful as I'd led myself to believe. The trouble with falling in love is it can often blind you to flaws. And this first draft of A Thousand Times has about a thousand flaws.
I've left it alone for a week now and tried to reimagine the parts that don't work. But I find it SO much harder to redraft than first draft. Working out which parts of the critiques I want to take on board, which parts I just need to get rid of, which parts simply need describing better.
I've read a lot about how hard it is to finish a first draft of something, that finishing is half the battle. But I've found my battle lies in the redraft, in distancing myself to see what's not working. It's analytical in a way I love to do with other people's writing but seem unable to do with my own.
I tweeted Imogen Cooper on #geaqa about what to do with a first draft and she advised caution. 'It's fragile,' she said. I didn't understand what she meant but now I do. This draft is fragile. The last thing I want to do is rush at it and, both literally and metaphorically, screw it up.
I've thought of drafts like a growing tree before, all the layers of redrafting like the invisible rings in a tree. First drafts are the shoot. And you don't pinch out a shoot until it's grown a bit otherwise it dies. It needs to be left alone awhile to sprout leaves, get hardier. The first draft needs to grow in your mind before you do anything with it.
"A writer's notebook is a junkyard of the mind."
A few months ago, I went to an amazing workshop run by author Tessa Hadley. There were many lightbulb moments (which I dutifully noted down in my notebook), but the thing I most remember is capable, brilliant Tessa taking my notepad to read aloud my paragraph (potential squirm factor = high) only for said notepad to fall apart in her hands... Pages fluttered covered in scruffy handwriting scrawled at jaunty angles, sketches half-sketched, water-stained, ink smudged... Basically, a mess of thoughts, semi-started ramblings and notes about stories long-since ditched.
So am I a disorganised arty-type with no sellotape in the house? Well, yes. But is something else going on with this ever-expanding (and ever-falling apart) notebook?
Having got to know a fair few writers, there is, among many, a bit of a stationary-obsession epidemic. A new notepad will be commented upon, even fawned over. It's frankly weird. Having studied art, many artists have a similar, disturbing fondness for a decent pencil and pad of paper. I admit it; I am not immune to a beautiful sketchpad in Paperchase and there's plenty of articles, books and exhibitions concerning famous writers and artists and their notebooks.
But what are they for? Yes, notes. Yes, sketches, ideas, a turn of phrase. Author Stephen Norfolk described them as a junkyard for the mind This is close to it. Maybe, if I look carefully, there are some gems in my junk-filled notebook. However, I don't tend to keep my junk. I put it out in the dustbin for collection each Friday. I would NEVER chuck my notebook! I don't imagine many writers would. So notebooks are more than a junkyard; they're also a creative force in themselves. Each time I take mine along to my writing group, I have evidence that I've done this before, that I've dreamed and written and drawn and (even if 98% of it is unused) my notebook tells me I can do it.
I love my notebook because it's a messy, senseless, falling apart creature. I love my notebook because it's as much an expression of me as any finished story or painting or illustration. I'd go so far as to say, it's probably better.
The Myth of Writing
I recently saw something about the Myth of Sisyphus, a philosophical essay by Albert Camus. Keep reading - I promise this isn't a pretentious blog! Sisyphus was a Greek character who was condemned to push a boulder up a mountain, only to see it roll down again, forever. Albert Camus discussed what Sisyphus' thoughts were when marching down the mountain, to start again in his futile task - and this is where I think there's a parallel in writing and the greatest myth of all: that, if you're a 'good' writer, writing should be easy.
Camus says: "It is during that return, that pause...(I see) a face that toils so close to stones (it) is already stone itself! I see that man going back down with a heavy yet measured step toward the torment."
When writing, it can often feel amazing. Like running down the mountain. Free. But often too there are times when it feels like carrying a boulder uphill. It's hard. Just when you think: 'I'm done! This draft is the final draft! I'm at the top of the mountain and can finally put down that boulder!' your beta reader or your agent or your editor sends it rolling back down to the bottom of the mountain and tells you to go right back and get it. You are not finished.
It's now, as Camus says, in 'that pause,' where we writers need to show our true grit, our greatest amount of belief and willpower: to persevere, to chose to go back, knowing the pain it took to get us to the top of the mountain but to start again anyway. It's what makes a piece of interesting writing become piece of promising rewriting. It's what grows a good manuscript into a fantastic published novel. 'That pause' is the difference between writing and being a writer. And it hurts. And it's worth it.
Thank goodness that, unlike poor Sisyphus, our torment doesn't have to be a lonely course. Sharing the pain is the best gift any writer can give themselves. It was one of the top tips Robin Stevens (author of Murder Most Unladylike) and Non Pratt (author of Trouble) gave at the SCBWI workshop I went to yesterday: make friends with other writers. SCBWI writers, like the writers at Golden Egg, are at various points on the mountain but they are all cheering each other on. 'Cos children's writers are a really friendly bunch.
Now, back to that boulder...
Getting an agent
I've been keeping shtum these past few weeks, out of nerves and out of that dreaded condition Mr Darcy suffered from, pride. Lovely Imogen Cooper, after lots of suggested additions, edits and tweaks, told me my manuscript was ready to submit to Barry at Chicken House. I pretended to go with the flow. Yeah, no big deal. It's ready so I'm ready. But inside I kind of shrivelled up. This was it. Judgement time.
I know, from having paintings not accepted in exhibitions or nor sold, that rejection is a part of creating something. Not everyone is going to rate it or like it or want to part with their money to have it. But knowing and experiencing that is one thing, having immunity from the gut-wrenching feeling is quite another. And I have thin skin. Tissue thin. Part of what's been so brilliant about The Golden Egg Academy has been protection, delaying sending out to an agent until someone as in the know as Imogen tells you to submit. But it can't last forever.
So, as well as submitting to Chicken House (which is part of the deal with GEA, CH have first refusal) I submitted to agent Kate Shaw. Two weeks of waiting felt like two years. It's been awful. I've never minded too much waiting for Imogen's feedback, or Abi's, or my wonderful writing group. A little nervous but excited too. This wait had zero excitement. It was all angst. I kept planning how I'd react to different outcomes. Generally, they resulted in me sobbing into rather too many packs of biscuits.
Then... an email from Imogen popped up reading URGENT. My hands buzzed as I clicked the mouse. Oh God, oh God, oh God. And there was the most dream-like positive email from Kate. She mentioned being willing to 'walk through fire' for this book. My book. OMG.
I met Kate the following week, last week, in London which all felt terribly grown-up. Half of me felt like weeping, half of me felt like whooping. I generally stuck to talking about the book - which was probably a good thing because she said she'd like to represent my writing and be my agent. I actually held off having a little cry until I left the café. I was in shock.
So now almost a week has gone by and I've signed on The Viney Agency's dotted line. Kate had lots of ideas about a certain area in the book and I've been diving back in to, yes, rewrite a little. She's also created this great little blurb. It was strange reading something I know so well in someone else's words. But all quite exciting, like I'm singing in my head. Not because having an agent is the be-all and end-all - I think some really great writers have difficulty getting one and some don't have one at all. But because someone as lovely, bright and creative as Kate believes in my story. That's making me sing.
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Technology, art, and media studies until this point have taken their own separate paths up the mountain, minding their own business. But as we get higher up the mountain, we realize that the paths are getting closer and closer together, and are beginning to merge.
All sorts of new creativity can emerge from that merging process. So I don't want to split society up into a series of domains in which each person or field just does one set of things.
We can also turn that around and use it to talk about politics. I think we reduce a lot of problems to questions of politics and miss their interconnectedness with a lot of other fields.
Chinese people today need to open up their way of doing things, meaning that people from different disciplines should go and find out what people in other disciplines are doing.
In the end we will realize, according to my experience, that everyone is thinking about the same thing: how to take our society to the next level of modernization; how to bring its thinking, its creativity, and its degree of openness in line with global trends. This is an observation of mine, but you could also say it is a wish.
Human beings are very rich containers of experience. Not only can we speak and think, we also have all kinds of personal interests and practices.
I might talk to you about a common interest in food, and to some other person about scientific research. I can have contacts from different areas of specialism and join them all together, like tentacles, bringing together a large number of people from different walks of life.
Society shouldn't be a one-way street. Nor should it consist of a just a small number of people directing traffic, telling other people what to do. A lot of people should be involved in making things happen.
It should be a process of constant permutation, with an abundance of interconnections between people. Only then will you have a true diversity, helping the evolution of humanity ... Social diversity brings us great creativity which can bring true harmony and stability to a society. That's very different from a society that only sings a single note.
Mao spoke to RFA Mandarin service reporter Zhang Min. Translation by Luisetta Mudie.
Isaac Mao is a venture capitalist, software architect, and social media researcher. Sometimes referred to symbolically as "China's first blogger," Mao is known for co-founding the Chinese blogger conference, doing research in social learning, and developing the philosophy of Sharism. He is currently a fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.


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Brand: Simca
Type of model: 5
Year: 1940
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Body type: Convertible
Mileage: 70, 984 km
Documents: French registration
In good condition, visible signs of wear and age in general.
Color : red
Capacity: 569 cubic centimeters
Weight : 565 kilos equivalent to 1, 245 pounds
update: 2019-11-08
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Waar: Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, Netherlands
Wanneer: 13/09/2019 - 17:27
Today the Concertgebouw celebrates the Opening Night of their orchestra's new season. On the same day, Fossil Free Culture NL makes clear that there is little to celebrate on a dying planet. As concert-goers inside the famous concert hall immerse themselves in the mesmerising sounds of Tsjaikovski's Swan Lake, outside, the public call for Shell's Swan Song reaches a crescendo. With so little time left to avert climate disaster, let this be the Fossil Free Culture Season Opening!
Fossil Free Culture NL, which successfully campaigned for the Van Gogh museum to drop Shell as a sponsor in 2018 and began its campaign at the Concertgebouw in January, reveals in this performance the strings attached in the Concertgebouw's toxic relationship with the fossil fuel behemoth. On the first day of the beginning of the Dutch cultural year, FFC-NL warn that society cannot allow the arts to be infected by immoral corporations that threaten our very existence. They call for the Museumplein to be freed from the influence of the fossil fuel industry.
"It is time for Het Concertgebouw to realise that their behaviour is dissonant with the state our planet is in: accepting Shell's money means it is playing a role in the destruction of our planet. And it is accepting that Fossil Free Culture will visit them until the entire Museumplein is fossil-free," says Maria Rietberg. Royal Dutch Shell poses as a patron of the arts, sponsoring cultural institutions all over the Netherlands to buy a veneer of legitimacy for its harmful practices.
The Concertgebouw receives only a nominal fee from this fossil fuel behemoth for entry to its business club, but gives the company ample opportunity to use its facilities, allowing the intermingling of fossil fuel power-brokers and the Dutch elite. As a member of the business club, Shell executives are invited to exclusive dinners, can rent the space for their events, and can attend private concerts where they mingle with other members. "It's outrageous that former Shell vice-chairman Hans Wijers can keep rubbing shoulders with his old colleagues from Shell," says Rietberg. Wijers has been a member of the Concertgebouw's board since June 2015, and served as deputy chairman at Shell until May 2018. Fossil Free Culture NL laments the way the Concertgebouw grants Shell the chance to lobby with government, other companies, and the royal family.
The Van Gogh museum dropped Shell in September 2018 after Fossil Free Culture's art storm, with Museon and the Mauritshuis swiftly following suit. The Rijksmuseum dropped Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco of its own accord in January 2017. That leaves the Concertgebouw as the only cultural institution on the Museumplein that still accepts fossil fuel money. In January 2019, FFC-NL began its campaign to liberate the Museumplein from the fossil fuel industry with a performance in which bodies drenched in oil were pressed against its glass facade.
The Concertgebouw claims to be working towards sustainability. It has a 'green mission', which is generously funded to the tune of €500,000 per year by the BankGiro Loterij, one of the Netherland's biggest charities. But its ties to the fossil fuel industry undermines this supposed commitment. Dropping Shell as a member is the only way for it to make an honest claim to being green.
Ben van Beurden, the CEO of Shell, says one of his company's three major goals is to secure a "social license to operate", which he recognises is fast being eroded as people wake up to the reality of climate change. To FFC-NL, it doesn't matter how this licence is taken away, as long as it disappears. With the climate crisis staining its conscience, Amsterdam's next logical step is to have an unspoiled Museumplein, so that the city's cultural scene is no longer complicit in climate change.


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I started a discussion over on Blogging From Paradise recently delving into one common, pressing issues I have with some blogging expert round ups.
Round ups *do* rock for supplying prying blogging eyes with helpful information.
But I've spotted a trend when reading – and participating in – a whole slew of round ups.
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Popůvky is a small village outside Brno, Czech Republic. The population is about 700. The most heavily used highway in the Czech Republic goes through the center of the village. The village is popular with tourists due to its proximity to Brno. During the time around the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix, Popůvky hosts as many as 50,000 visitors. Popůvky was the birthplace of Wilhelm Puttick (1856-1929), who researched the karst of the Planina Polje (southwestern Slovenia) and significantly contributed to the development of speleology in Slovenia.
Category:Villages in Brno-Country District
Popůvky is a village and municipality ( obec) in Třebíč District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.
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HGM SOR + T BB MG 20 mm brushless servo
€67.25 €55.58
Product Details
Perfect for On- and Offroad RC Cars 1:8
The HGM SOR+T BB MG servo is a SUMD-V2 telemetry servo for the transmission of data such as current consumption in bar form and max. Current consumption in A, position (angle in degrees) and wear indication.
The servo can be adjusted through the telemetry menu similar to the servo software, e.g. Dead band, trimming, direction of rotation, acceleration, etc.
The servo can either be used with SUMD-V2 or the normal transmission modes.
The remote controls X-8N and X-8E support the SUMD-V2 system.
(Compatible with Sanwa High and Super Response)
Suitable for 1:8 On and Off-road
Product features
- SUMD-V2 telemetry servo
- Parameters can be set by telemetry
- High-voltage, operating voltage up to 8.4 V!
- Direct operation with 2-cell LiPo batteries
- Operating voltage range 4.8 ... 8.4 V
- Brushless
- Housing central part made of aluminium
- 2 x ball bearing
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Review - A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole
April 11, 2016
Emotional release is sometimes a good thing. I believe in having a good cry when you need one. Well, you're not going to have a choice when you read A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole. It's not often I get jealous of another writers talent. But, I'm totally envious of how Tillie created this story.
Rune and Poppy are the young soulmates that everyone dreams to have in their lives. They meet, they love hard and fast, from the word go. At five years old. I mean, how romantic! From a few pages in, Poppy is already having a hard life lesson and the tears start to flow instantly.
I love how Tillie made Rune a Norweigen boy. It made it different and exotic. And his pet name for Poppy was stunning. I mean, there is no girl that won't fall in love with him. The way he loves Poppy so completely for so long is what we all wish for.
I'm sorry to say that this book is a complete tearjerker. I don't want to go into too much detail because I do feel it's a book to be read and savoured. I would advise that you have tissues ready from the word go. And, if you need to go anywhere important, don't read it the night before. You WILL wake up with swollen eyes from crying.
The ending...well, it's quite frankly beautiful. This is one of the best books I've read for a very very long time. I can see why it's getting so much hype. Well done, Tillie, from one indie author to another.


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Jessica Copher, BSN, RN, is a 2008 graduate of Morehead State University. Jessica worked in intensive care and the operating room before joining St. Claire HealthCare's surgical weight loss team in 2016 and has since earned her BSN in 2018. In her role as Metabolic & Bariatric Services Coordinator, Jessica assists with managing the accreditation process and ensuring continuous compliance with MBSAQIP requirements, she maintain relevant policies and procedures, provides patient education, collects and reports outcomes data, and continuously monitors quality improvement efforts, all while focusing closely on the safety of our surgical weight loss patients.
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Elizabeth Deeley, RD, LD, St. Claire HealthCare clinical dietitian, graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics. She completed her dietetic internship and a medical nutrition therapy rotation at SCH, and later joined our team as a full-time clinical dietitian. Elizabeth is passionate about medical nutrition and works closely with patients in St. Claire's Surgical Weight Loss program providing support both pre-surgery and post-surgery. In addition to this program, she also provides SCH patients with education on nutrition therapy for diabetes management, heart health, renal disease, and more.


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Ex-Pres. Noynoy Aquino in hospital for 'routine procedure' Valte
The former deputy spokesperson of Former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III confirmed he is at the Makati Medical centre on Monday, but only for a "scheduled checkup and a routine procedure."
Abigail Valte issued the statement following a report which claimed that Aquino was rushed to a hospital to undergo a heart procedure.
"Former President Noynoy Aquino is at the Makati Medical centre for a scheduled check-up and a routine procedure," she told reporters in a message.
She also assured the public that Aquino is "alright and in high spirits," adding that he even made a joke about his supposed heart procedure.
"While he is currently under observation, I was able to speak to him and apprize him of what is being reported in media. Nagbiro pa na baka daw kaya heart procedure ang balita kasi heartbroken siya," she said.
"Thanks everyone for their concern," she added.
This is not the first time that concerns were raised about Aquino's health. Last August, the 59-year old former president skipped the death anniversary commemoration of his late father, former senator Benigno Aquino Jr. His camp previously said Aquino did not attend the event as he was down with the flu.
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