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As your senses heighten and your mind calms, feel the benefits of connecting to nature, by immersing yourself in the outdoors and soaking up its awe-inspiring beauty.
As an island nation with close affinities to the water there has long been a tradition of wild swimming in Britain. Wild swimmers take to nature's open water spaces for an alfresco dip in all weathers and seasons, freeing themselves from the confines of indoor exercise spaces and chlorinated pools. In England and Wales, a 'right to roam' law means that we are permitted to swim in most rivers and lakes, whereas in Scotland all waters are accessible as long as swimmers uphold the Scottish Outdoor Access Code. In essence, as long as we respect the environment, each other and don't trespass, Britain's waterways are an easily accessible place to experience a fun form of exercise and a sense of adventure.
It is unsurprising that there has been a surge in the popularity of wild swimming in recent years, as people take to the water to reconnect with nature. I caught up with Lauren Biddulph, who runs swimming retreats as part of the Salt Sisterhood based in Cornwall, to learn more about wild swimming and the benefits of immersing oneself in the open water.
Lauren starts by clarifying to me that wild swimming can be in the sea, rivers or any open expanse of water, and includes a range of experiences, from relaxed river paddles to more adventurous sea swims, each with their own benefits. "We like to show case the diversity of wild swimming, so each day of the retreat has a different theme, reflected in the wild swimming activity we have planned.
For example, on self-compassion day we may take a trip to the quiet Helford River, which is beautiful and calm, whereas on bravery day we go rock jumping." Whilst originally offering wetsuits as part of her retreats, Lauren tells me that it is more beneficial to swim with out them. She says she can't encourage me enough to enter the water in just a bathing costume. "I initially hired wetsuits and some people wore them but they weren't getting the full experience or benefit. By the end of the week everyone was out of the wetsuits and they felt a real sense of achievement; they said they got more from the experience when they were out of their wetsuits and a greater sense of freedom."
When I asked Lauren why she began offering wild swimming retreats, she explained that being in or near water has immense health benefits, both mental and physical."I used to struggle a lot with anxiety and depression. I noticed that going into the sea gave me a sensation of connectedness and grounding, it got me out of my head, reminding me of the bigger picture of what is and isn't important. When combined with yoga it helped me to build a better relationship with my mind and body and helped me to overcome my generalised anxiety."It is this sense of empowerment and freedom that inspired Lauren to share the wild swimming experience with other women.
"There is a physiological response in the body when we're near water because life evolved from the water. You are in something much bigger than yourself and it can be dangerous, calm, frightening or relaxing. It's a massive natural force that leaves you in awe and puts everything in perspective, resetting your mind and boosting your confidence." Lauren reveals that as well as the benefits of wild swimming for wellbeing and mental health, there are also large swathes of research on its physical benefits. "Aside from being an excellent form of physical exercise, increasing overall strength and fitness, studies show that it also boosts metabolism, immunity, resilience and your rate of healing".
For those wishing to embark upon their own wild swimming experience, it's as simple as doing a little research into your local area and heading there with a towel. Things to be aware of are ensuring that water is clean and unpolluted, that there are shallow entry points and that you know how you are going to get out. Ensure that you don't jump into water without knowing it is deep enough and that for areas which have a current, you can swim against the current faster than it can take you.
It's advisable to go with someone else to spots you are visiting for the first time, but wild swimming is open to people of all abilities. This means there should be nothing holding you back from enjoying the relaxing sense of weightlessness and invigorating experience of immersing yourself in nature.
With thousands of miles of coastline and a vast network of rivers and estuaries we are spoilt for choice with waterside locations in Britain. We've decided to pick out some of our favourites for you to explore:
Cornwall – The Salt Sisterhood, Helford
Located on the banks of the Helford River, the Salt Sisterhood offers five-day wild swimming and yoga retreats for women. Here, they take a step away from the real world, immersing themselves in a bubble of self-care, nature and good food. The aim is for connection: to nature, other women and themselves. Retreats take place in June and September each year.
Scotland – Dores Beach, Loch Ness, Inverness
Sitting on the east side of Loch Ness, one of Britain's largest lakes, Dores Beach is a popular spot for wild swimming and a great place to start for beginners. With shallow entry points and a wild swimming group meeting here every Saturday at 10am you can swim with confidence all whilst being encouraged by locals. The waters are cold but calm and the scenery is second to none. With awe-inspiring views of the Scottish Highlands and little signs of civilisation, swimming at Dores you find yourself in a cocoon of nature.
Wales – Llyn y Fan Fach, Brecon Beacons
A high lake in the shadow of the Black Mountain, Llyn y Fan Fach sits in a sheltered bowl with stony, gently shelving sides. Reaching up to 18 meters in depth, it's the perfect spot for diving and practicing your underwater swimming technique. Located in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Llyn y Fan Fach is breathtakingly beautiful and according to legend, the home of a lake nymph.
Northern Ireland – Cushendun Beach, County Antrim
Found in the heart of the Glens of Antrim and not far from the Red Caves where several Game of Thrones scenes were filmed, Cushendun is a sandy, rural beach with views across to the Mull of Kintyre. The beach slopes gently out to sea, with rivers at both ends so that you can explore the kelp fronds. The water here is crystal clear as long as you don't visit shortly after rainfall when peat is carried down from the fields.
London – Beckenham Place Park, Beckenham
Accessible by tube, Beckenham Place Park's nearest stations are Beckenham Junction (tram), Beckenham Hill and Ravensbourne (both Thameslink). London's first purpose-built swimming lake is available for swimmers 8 years of age and over. Surrounded by trees and a grass area to sit and watch, the sandy banks make for a safe family fun swim.
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Hello, everyone, and welcome to a very full edition of Excelsior Solutions' ICER Update. Here is this week's ICER recap:
- ICER posted a Draft Scoping Document outlining a planned review of the comparative
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EXCELSIOR ACTION POINT: Since biologic treatments are increasingly part of the standard of care for the treatment of UC, plans ought to review this document and send feedback to ICER to assist in focusing their analysis.
- ICER also posted a Draft Scoping Document outlining a planned review of the comparative clinical effectiveness and value treatments for cystic fibrosis ("CF"). ICER's report will focus on elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (Vertex Pharmaceuticals). ICER also will examine any new data that has become available since its May 2018 review of three other CF treatments already approved by the FDA: tezacaftor/ivacaftor (Symdeko®, Vertex), lumacaftor/ivacaftor (Orkambi®, Vertex), and ivacaftor (Kalydeco®, Vertex).
EXCELSIOR ACTION POINT: Even more than with UC, since biologic treatments now constitute the core of the standard of care for the treatment of CF, plans ought to review this document and send feedback to ICER to assist in focusing their analysis.
- ICER posted a revised scope for its sickle cell disease assessment. The next deliverable will be the research protocol, which will be available on November 5th.
EXCELSIOR ACTION POINT: This revision was created in response to, and based on, public comments received on the recent initial scope document, proving how much public comments do matter in the ICER review process.
- ICER's Note on Last Week's Rheumatoid Arthritis Draft Evidence Report
Many of you noticed that between the time last week's ICER Update was published and the time you received it, the Rheumatoid Arthritis Draft Evidence Report disappeared from the ICER website. Many of you reached out to ask what happened, and here is what ICER had to say, in addition to what they said on October 2nd at the link above:
"Regarding our ongoing assessment of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, we've decided to reevaluate the modeling inputs used in our Draft Evidence Report published on September 26. In lieu of waiting to make this adjustment until our Revised Evidence Report, we now plan to issue an updated Draft Evidence Report at some point over the next several days. We still will have a full Public Comment period on the forthcoming draft report, and we anticipate that the comments we receive will be more productive if they're based on our latest thinking around the most accurate way of modeling the JAK inhibitors. We appreciate the patience of all the key stakeholders involved in this assessment."
It was a busy week at ICER! If you would like to discuss these, or any prior, ICER reports, or any other aspects of your Pharmacy Benefit Plan, simply reach out to your Excelsior Solutions account team and we will be happy to quickly set up a call.
Until next time!
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By default, student accounts and group assignments are synced over to Biblionasium from Destiny and must be managed from the Destiny Back Office. However, some schools may benefit from managing their groups from Biblionasium, such as middle schools with ELA teachers whose groups do not correspond with homerooms.
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New accounts will still need to be synced over from Destiny; however, this will not affect any changes you have made to group assignments in Biblionasium while "manage groups through Biblionasium" is marked.
PLEASE NOTE: Changing your group management settings from Destiny to Biblionasium will not affect student data such as bookshelves, reviews, reading lists, and awards. User IDs and passwords must always be managed through Destiny. You can go back to managing groups through Destiny at any time, but any group assignments made in Biblionasium will be reset back to their original Destiny groups.
Adjusting Biblionasium Settings
In Biblionasium, go to . The first grouping you will see under Manage Your Account is Student Group Assignments. Click to change your group management setting from Destiny to Biblionasium. When your group management setting has officially been changed, it will appear as shown below.
When you go to , you should now have the option to .
You can also go to and move students between groups using the drop-down menu. Students can be sorted by Last Name, First Name or Group.
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***Making Strange EP - February 28th***
Aul Boy are an indie-rock type quartet that combine the sounds of New York, California and Donegal in a genre-jumping collage of clever lyrics, loose guitars and tight rhythms. Sometimes sharp and noisy, sometimes light and poppy, sometimes big and spacey, always with a bit of a groove.
In February they released Making Strange, a four track EP recorded in Attica Studios in Donegal.
Aul Boy began life as the solo project of guitarist and singer Fionn Robinson, who got around to producing his own music after years of slinging guitar for other bands. December 2016 saw the quiet release of his first offering - a 5-track, home recorded EP entitled Blue Ghosts.
Since then Aul Boy has expanded to include Bjørn Patzwald (drums), Peadar Coll (bass), and Jeremy Howard (guitar/keys) and have become a powerful live act, playing Distorted Perspectives, Guildhall Beats, Not Bad, and Swell festivals, as well as support slots with Exmagician, The Altered Hours and BC Camplight.
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""It's just been a sigh of a year" Robinson bemoans at one point. Going by 'Making Strange', Aul Boy's future is likely to prove a bit more exciting" - GoldenPlec
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"wonderful band, great single" - Stephen McCauley (BBC Radio Ulster)
"The song is a wry, tongue-in-cheek, slice-of-life distillation of Mac DeMarco, or Terror Twilight-era Pavement were they late-risers from Donegal. And, much like Mac reclaimed the vieux jeu Steely Dan, Aul Boy's heartfully reclaimed Hendrix blues noodling works much to the song's strength" - Stevie Lennox, The Thin Air
"Weirdly wonderful" - Roddie Cleere (KCLR)
"Right up my street" - Rigsy (Across The Line on BBC Radio Ulster)
"I dig it, yes I do" - Gavin Glass (Radio Nova)
"His EP "Blue Ghosts" came out on December 6th 2016 and it's chock full of lovely things that you'd expect to find on a cutting edge New York indie film soundtrack only he happens to hail from Donegal instead of all that other stuff." - Robert Mulhern (An Ait Elie)


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UK charity donates two million NHS face masks to Jamaica
Two million face masks have been donated to Jamaica by Jarrett Foundation, in collaboration with Full Support Healthcare, a personal protection equipment supplier based in Wellingborough, Northampton. The donation is valued at £620,000 (J$130m).
Dr Pearl Jarrett, CEO of the Jarrett Foundation, said: "Previously to 2012, we had been assisting projects in The Gambia and Sierra Leone in Africa but, when Jamaica celebrated its 50th anniversary of Independence, we wanted to do something to celebrate it and we have become active members of the diaspora and always looking at ways to contribute.
"With the ongoing pandemic, the Foundation was looking for ways that we could contribute to the fight against COVID-19. We contacted Full Support Healthcare and asked them if they would donate some face masks to Jamaica, and they were happy to do so. They came back and told us they were willing to donate two million face masks in a 40ft container.
"This worked out very well because we didn't have any warehouse space to repack the shipment of masks so the container was ready to leave their headquarters in Wellingborough. The face masks are NHS quality with CE stamps, which indicates they are manufactured under strict controls and to National Health Service standards," Dr Jarrett said.
The shipment of masks is already en route and should arrive in Jamaica on June 10.
The handover ceremony was held recently at Full Support Healthcare headquarters in Northampton and was attended by Jamaica's High Commissioner to the UK, Seth George Ramocan and his wife Dr Lola Ramocan, who is patron of the Jarrett Foundation, members of the Foundation's executives and representatives from Full Support Healthcare.
"As patron of the Foundation, I place great emphasis on quality control. We strive to be big on trust, so when we accept any donation our stamp of approval is assured. This is the case for this donation from Full Support Healthcare and it is very important that we make this be known, especially with so many fake products on the market today," Dr Ramocan said.
HC Ramocan expressed his appreciation.
He said: "This is a very meaning full exercise for us, we don't just see these as masks; we see them as solutions that have been brought to the country to address the issue of safety and to stem the spread of the coronavirus."
The effort is part of Jarrett Foundation's long association with Dr Errord Jarrett, director of the Foundation, and Sarah Fuller-Stoute, CEO of Full Support Healthcare, which goes back nearly 20 years.
Dr Pearl Jarrett said the masks are destined for the Ministry of Health & Wellness. "I will be heading to Jamaica to work with the Ministry of Health & Wellness so that it gets to the communities which need them the most. We want to ensure these masks get into the right channels as they are gifts to assist ordinary Jamaicans protect themselves.
"There is so much the Foundation wants to do for Jamaica and, after this is completed, we are just only getting started. I am on a mission where Jamaica is concerned, and this is my purpose", she said.


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Arsene Wenger says Arsenal's 2-1 victory over Liverpool is his favourite game from this year's run to the FA Cup semi-finals.
The Gunners were beaten heavily at Anfield a week before their fifth-round clash at Emirates Stadium, but responded to progress with goals from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Lukas Podolski.
The Arsenal manager was delighted with the character the team showed and believes it bodes well for Saturday's tie with Wigan Athletic.
"I think winning that game showed that we can respond to disappointments in a very positive way"
"We've played some very good teams in order to get to this stage of the competition and the atmosphere at the Emirates has been very good," Wenger told Arsenal Player.
"The games against Tottenham, Liverpool and Everton were all tight and that provokes excitement. The win against Liverpool maybe gave me the most satisfaction because it was just one week after we were beaten in a convincing way at Anfield.
"I think winning that game showed that we can respond to disappointments in a very positive way. My team has a strong mentality and they recover from disappointments. They want to do well and the Liverpool game was a good opportunity to show that."
Wenger is wary of the threat posed by Wigan this weekend, but is confident his side have the quality to secure their place in the final.
"Wigan have always had good teams in recent years but when you reach a semi-final you just consider it an opportunity to get to the final, be your opponents Wigan or anyone else," he said.
"But we have a big experience as a team. We have played everywhere in Europe so we know that you just adapt to the quality of the pitch, to the opponent and you give your best."
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We would like to continue the comparative study of the interactions of the eta and eta' mesons with protons as suggested in the already accepted COSY Proposal No. 11.7 titled "Study of proton-eta' and proton-eta interaction". The first part of these investigations, namely the study of the proton-eta interaction,Āis finished. Here we present results of the completed evaluation of the high statistics measurement of the pp->pp eta reaction performed at the COSY-11 facility during the beam-time which had been assigned in the frame of that proposal. Qualitative phenomenological analysis of the determined differential distributions for the production cross sections revealed an enhancement of the population density in the kinematical regions corresponding to the low proton-eta relative momentum. The effect is too large to be described by the on-shell incoherent pairwise interaction among the produced particles and its understanding will require a rigorous three-body approach to the pp eta system. At present many theoretical groups are seeking an explanation of this intriguing observation.
Encouraged by this finding we intend now to realize the second part of the Proposal No. 11.7, that is to investigate the interaction of the meson eta' with protons. Additionally to the originally presented motivation for the study of the low energy pp eta' system we argue that the comparison of the differential cross sectionsĀof the pp->pp eta' and pp->pp eta reactions combined with the shape of the excitation functions will facilitate to disentangle between the contributions from the higher partial waves and the proton-proton-meson interactions for both produced systems.
In the close to threshold excitation function for the pp->pp eta' reaction a signal from the proton-eta' force has not been observed. Thus, the determination of the distributions of the invariant masses for two-particle subsystems of the pp eta' final state could give the first ever experimental evidence for this still completely unknown interaction. In the case of the pp etaĀsystem these observables proved to be very sensitive to the proton-eta interaction. Their determination would also strengthen significantly constraints on the analysis aiming at the determination of contributions from mesonic, gluonic, nucleonic and resonance currents to the production process. Therefore, we ask for 4 weeks of COSY beam-time in the coming period in order to determine differential distributions of the cross section for the pp->pp eta' reaction at Q = 15.5 MeV, the same excess energy at which the corresponding spectra for the proton-eta reaction have been determined.
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"The war is over and the Vampires have won. The drying up of the world's oil resources leads to the fabled End of Days. Technology stagnates and communities grow ever more insular. With communication between cities lost and attention turned inward, the vampires rise from the shadows where they have survived for centuries and sweep across the globe. By the time word spreads it is far too late and Vampires enslave humanity and keep them in walled cities to breed. The Vampires are masters of the darkness but maintain control by day through the use of Thralls–humans who have been bitten but have not yet crossed over, and whose inhuman lusts make daylight as terrifying as night. In the midst of chaos, a small band of rebels lead a terrified existence, but their survival is threatened by the Vampire's new scanning procedures. John Harris is an ordinary man. Young and reckless, he is frustrated with the group's stagnation and pushes for one more daring mission. His recklessness has exposed the group–but it has also increased the size of their community. Now, as circumstances force them to take the offensive, and accompanied by a small group of professional Vampire assassins, John will make one last stand for humanity's survival in the Vampire Apocalypse." (From Amazon.com)
Sequel: Vampire Apocalypse: Descent Into Chaos
Paperback Info: ISBN 097679148X, KHP Publishers, 2006


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News » Cross City Cycling proposals for Fen Ditton - find out more this Thursday
|Cross City Cycling proposals for Fen Ditton - find out more this Thursday 10 January, 2016
The Greater Cambridge City Deal team are proposing a number of Cross City Cycling projects, one of which would involve changes along Ditton Lane and Horningsea Road and to the junction with High Ditch Road and High Street. These changes are indicated in the leaflet that has recently been delivered within the village.
The map in the leaflet shows little detail but you can find out more by looking at the detailed drawings online or by coming along to the informal drop-in exhibition at the Recreation Ground Pavilion between 5pm and 8pm on Thursday 14th January, at which representatives of the City Deal team will be available to answer questions.
The City Deal team are holding a consultation on the proposals. Please let them know your views by completing this either online or by returning the questionnaire inside the leaflet. The closing date for their consultation is Monday 15th February.
If you would also like the Parish Council to be able to take account of your views when formulating its own response to the proposals, please also click here to take part in our own consultation before Monday 1st February.[+ go back...]


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By Thomas Ultican / Tultican
Federal dollars are supplementing deep-pocketed Destroy Public Education (DPE) forces in an effort to privatize schools in San Antonio, Texas. The total monetary support for the preferred charter school systems exceeds $200,000,000.
One "DPE" publication, The 74, published a lengthy piece glorifying the attack on San Antonio's democratically run schools and praised local elites including the school superintendent trained by Arne Duncan and Eli Broad for leading the decimation of public schools in San Antonio's poorest neighborhoods.
The article cited above ends with this disclosure:
"The George W. Brackenridge Foundation provided financial support for this project to The 74 [local San Antonio money]. The Walton Family Foundation [Walmart money with long history for working to privatize schools] , Bloomberg Philanthropies [Former NY Mayor spends heavily on charter school promotion], Carnegie Corporation of New York [Supports charter schools like Summit], the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [Paid for Common Core and lavishes money on charter schools], The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation [Literally wrote a guide to closing public schools], the Doris and Donald Fisher Fund [Biggest and earliest funder of KIPP], the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation [Tulsa Foundation that supports privatization friendly school board candidates across the nation], the Karsh Family Foundation [Oaktree Capital Management money from LA – supporters of KIPP], and Jon Sackler [Purdue Pharmaceutical money from oxycontin – supports school privatization school board candidates] provide financial support to both KIPP and The 74."
In other words, this article was a paid advertisement selling the privatization agenda. The George W. Brackenridge Foundation from San Antonio made a first time "contribution" to The 74 for this article to be published. An example of the author, Beth Hawkins, shading the facts reads,
"In 2009, a woman named Victoria Rico visited one of what were then KIPP San Antonio's two public charter schools. A lawyer and the product of a family with a legacy in the city's philanthropic community, Rico had been appointed to the board of the George W. Brackenridge Foundation, whose sole area of giving was K-12 education."
"Rico was blown away by what she saw at the school and began visiting other charter schools that were successfully replicating — opening new campuses where students were enjoying high academic growth."
The message conveyed is a San Antonio elite with no agenda happened to visit a KIPP charter school and what she saw was so wonderful it called her to action. No mention of her having held board seats at three charter management organizations (CMO) Great Hearts Texas, Basis and IDEA. She is still on the IDEA board which seems like a conflict of interest considering she is in charge of grants from the Brackenridge foundation which gives to IDEA.
Victoria Rico's Anti-Public School Crusade
Rico Picture from IDEA Board Web-Page
Victoria grew up with a family of three sisters in San Antonio. Her father James Lavoy Branton attended the US Air Force Academy and in 1961 earned a Juris Doctorate (JD) from the University of Texas. He and her mother Molly settled in San Antonio where they were very successful both locally and regionally.
Victoria followed in her father's footsteps. She also achieved a JD from the University of Texas at Austin after earning a bachelor's degree from Harvard University. Upon completing her education, she returned to San Antonio, married and went to work in the local philanthropic community. Her new husband made a success of his cyber security and online corporate training companies which he founded.
In 2011, Rico published a proposed strategy for San Antonio to replicate charter schools which she believed to be "high-performing." Victoria also invited leaders of the charitable network Philanthropy Roundtable and representatives of charter school networks to two meetings in San Antonio. Her message was that the city's private and family foundations could make a greater collective impact if they joined forces to help underwrite new charter schools.
Out of these meetings, Rico founded a new organization, Choose to Succeed, to lead the collective effort to expand charter networks in San Antonio. Her goal was to add four more charter CMO's to the exiting two currently operating in the city, KIPP and IDEA. The four new CMO's she planned to court were BASIS Schools, Carpe Diem Schools, Great Hearts Academies, and Rocketship Education.
The 74 article reported on the strategy,
"Cultivating their growth in San Antonio would require more than $50 million in local donations, about $24 million of which has already been raised thanks to hefty pledges from Harvey Najim and his foundation, the Ewing Halsell Foundation, Graham Weston's 80/20 Foundation and others. Cheering them on are former mayors Henry Cisneros and Phil Hardberger.
"The room oozed money, a point Rico's husband Martin made when he announced that the software company he owns had pledged $50,000 and challenged others to pledge, too, noting that some there could raise him by a factor of 100.
"Notably absent was H-E-B Chairman Charles Butt, a billionaire well-known for his education philanthropy…."His office said he was unavailable to comment on the Choose to Succeed initiative.
"H-E-B's primary area of focus remains on improving and investing in our teachers and our Texas Public Schools," company spokeswoman Dya Campos said in an e-mail."
Rico is clearly a talented advocate for her cause. In January of 2013 My San Antonio reported,
'"We have a real chance here,' said Victoria Rico, chairwoman and trustee at San Antonio's George W. Brackenridge Foundation, one of several organizations involved in the effort, called Texans Deserve Great Schools.
"Dan Patrick, the Senate education chairman, joined Rico at the group's news conference, where he and others pointed to test scores that lag behind other states and nations as evidence that education in Texas needs reform."
"Patrick said he was excited about the 'comprehensive, multi-approach (school) choice plan' put forward by the consortium. Several of the group's proposed changes favor charter schools, such as lifting the current cap on charters, providing facilities funding for charter schools and strengthening the state's "parent trigger" law to make it easier for parents to intervene in struggling schools, including turning them into charters.
"'Our purpose as Texans Deserve Great Schools is to be a resource to the leadership of Texas,' said Caprice Young, vice president of education for Houston's Laura and John Arnold Foundation. Others involved in the effort include the Austin-based Texas Institute for Education Reform and Parent Revolution, a California-based organization that promotes parent trigger laws."
The leaders at the meeting are some of America's most well known advocates for the "DPE" agenda. Dan Patrick is the ex-bomb-throwing-conservative talk show host from Houston who is now the Lieutenant Governor of the state. He tries every year to push through a school voucher law that would allow taxpayer money to go to religious schools.
Before working for John Arnold, Caprice Young was the first President of the California Charter Schools Association. She is now the head of the mysterious Tukish Imam, Fethullah Gülen's charter schools in California.
Rico's campaign has been very successful in raising money. The 74 article claims they have raised $50,000,000 from local philanthropists. That number seems plausible. Between 2012 and 2016, three relatively obscure foundations contributed almost $20,000,000 to the six preferred CMO's and Rico's Choose to Succeed.
Data from Tax Form 990 for Halsell, Najim and Brackenridge
The national spending by billionaire controlled funds for expanding charter schools is stunning. One example is The Charter School Growth Fund, which is under the influence of the Walmart heirs. That fund gifted IDEA Charter Schools $7,515,000 between 2013 and 2016. However, private funds cannot match the US Department of Education's largesse. Between 2010 and 2018, the Department of Education granted IDEA $108,490,824 and over the same period gave KIPP $238,953,951.
Pedro Martinez Brought in to Sheppard the "DPE" Plan
Martinez Photo from San Antonio District
Martinez is not an educator. He has never run a classroom or studied pedagogy. However, he does have a Masters in Business Administration from DePaul University and got his start in education working for Arne Duncan at the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Before leaving Chicago, he became the Chief Financial Officer at CPS.
Pedro attended Eli Broad's faux school administrator academy in 2009. Broad's theory is that school system leaders do not need an education background because they can hire consultants for that. It also appears that the Broad academy teaches a harsh top down style of leadership.
In 2011, George N. Schmidt reporting for Substance News in Las Vegas wrote, "Pedro Martinez resurrected as 'instructional' guru… Broad Foundation places former Chicago finance chief in Las Vegas administration." In 2012, Martinez was on a short list of two people to become the Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia. He lost out to fellow Broad trainee, William Hite. That same year he took the Superintendent position in Reno, Nevada.
Martinez was fired after just two years on the job in Reno for reasons that are shrouded in mystery. It seems to have had something to do with his firing the district's police chief, Mike Mieras. The Reno News Review alluded to a common problem plaguing Broad trained leaders; authoritarianism leading to a disgruntled staff. The report said,
"District sources by the dozen have been leaking information, reluctant to go public—suggesting that Martinez has created an unhealthy climate of fear. Many of those sources have the same view, that Martinez wants only department heads who agree with him, and Mieras did not fill the bill. They also say the talk of departmental "restructuring" is a blind behind which the firing took place."
After Reno, Martinez got a political appointment to be Superintendent-in-Residence for Nevada's Department of Education where he was an advisor to the Governor's office. In less than a year, leaders in San Antonio decided he was the most qualified person in America to be their Superintendent.
Pedro is a favorite of "DPE" groups. On the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) internet site, Martinez's biography says, "He is a member of Chiefs for Change, a nonprofit, bipartisan network of diverse state and district education chiefs." That is Jeb Bush's organization dedicated to privatizing schools and selling technology into classrooms.
The 74, article praised Martinez embrace of the phony Relay Graduate School of education created by the charter school industry with no professor's of education. The report said,
"Martinez's decision to invite Relay to run schools — and train new district teachers — is something other districts are watching, says Magee. 'The partnership with Relay is groundbreaking for a variety of reasons,' he says. 'One is that Pedro told Relay, '"You are going to be training teachers for our system, and we want to embed your training in our district.'"
The Magee quoted above is Mike Magee, a leader for Bush's Chiefs for Change organization.
Martinez brought in Democracy Prep to take over Stewart Elementary and he has opened two schools to be run by Relay Graduate School.
District enrollment in SAISD is declining and ripping a hole in budgets. Martinez admits that the influx of charter schools is the cause but he embraces them anyway. To compensate for the falling enrollment, he laid off 31 administrators and 132 teachers. Now there are calls for Martinez to be fired; not because of the layoffs but because teachers were laid off on the basis of performance evaluations instead of by the contract rules.
Running Multiple School Districts Costs More
Peter Greene is an education commentator at Forbes. He explains why multiple schools systems drive up costs for education. This is one of his examples:
"Let's assume that … six districts employ the same number of teachers that the old single district did. They probably don't, because students don't leave in neat class-sized numbers, so if five out of twenty-five fifth graders leave the public school, it can't cut a
Each charter management organization is a school district and the San Antonio plan is to grow six new districts concentrated in the Hispanic neighborhoods of zip code 78207. The residents are told that the public schools are failing and are shown misrepresented testing data as proof. They are promised "high quality schools" from the private sector. It is a lie from upside down world; the public schools which are being stolen are the "high quality schools."
I will end with the words of a local San Antonio hero of public education, Luke Amphlett. He wrote,
"While school privatization 'reformers' are backed by big money donors and corporations, opponents include San Antonio's Our Schools Coalition of community members, teachers, and parents, the Movement for Black Lives, the Network for Public Education, and the NAACP – the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization.
"It's big corporate money versus civil rights organizations, community groups, and teachers. The choice could hardly be starker. That's why charter advocates pretend this argument is about teachers' contracts and unions that are scared of change: if they were to tell the public the truth, they'd lose the argument before it started."


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Guest article by Alison Dhuanna, UK Astrologer
The activity in Pisces is at present quite remarkable with a line up of Sun, Venus, Neptune and Chiron in Pisces connected in a stellium with Juno, Hygeia and Astraea in Aquarius. Energetically this feels like the alchemical stage of 'Albedo' and big changes are occurring energetically on our planet. The Full Moon across the Virgo Pisces axis was the pinnacle of the cosmic purification.
For those who have read my blog before I have talked a lot over the past 13 months of the conjunction of Hygeia, Astraea and Juno which marks the rising of the Holy Grail mysteries in the Earth and within the DNA of all life. These codes are found within what scientists have termed junk DNA, but once they receive the right signal it will become clearer what they are all about. They have been mostky linked to language abilities. This 'Great Dissolution' in Pisces marks a further important opening of these codes. The connections between Neptune, Chiron as the Fisher King and Venus as a Goddess of Love appear together in myths across cultures from Egypt to Iran to Britain to Norway to name a few. It therefore feels the archetypal patterns involved are truly global in this cosmic transformation.
This morning I went to my local Indonesian style café where I enjoy Puer tea after a dragon ley line walk. The perfect way to start the day. There has been a lot of snow in Britain at present so that in itself has meant a shift in energy. Everything has stopped for a few days and the world is white. As I sat sipping my ceremonial tea a book on the café shelves jumped out at me; Astrotheology & Shamanism: Christianity's Pagan Roots. A Revolutionary Reinterpretation of the Evidence by Jan Irvin. We have just been discussing a walk called Jacob's Ladder with a guy sitting nearby and I open this enticing book at 'Jacob's Ladder'.
Jacob's Ladder is a very Neptunian theme as its about dreaming and rising to a higher vibration. The stone on which Jacob rested his head is one of the Holy Grail objects, the Stone of Destiny. Neptune is the planet of poets and musicians, the sacred artists who are changing the world. Astraea as Goddess of Golden Age and Sacred Arts is very much in resonance with Neptune along with Hygeia who attunes our body to the highest solar frequencies our body's can hold.
Flicking through the book again it opens at a page relating to Pisces and an image of a Fish Man, a King called Oeanna from Babylonian times. I do love book divination! The Sumerian records say that the Fish people came to Earth to teach us how to live in accordance with Divine Laws. The dolphins and whales are their forms, now taken completely to the oceans. According to the Dogon Tribe in Africa, who knew about Sirius B long before astronomers had discovered it, the dolphins came from Sirius. Joy, expansiveness and wonder are the feelings Dolphins and Whales generate for human beings which gives me a great sense of heart glow for the future. Whatever male postering is going on in politics, there is also a wondrous story unfolding and all that is asked of us is to listen. Where attention goes energy flows.
Chiron in this aspect is asking us to enter into 'Wilderness of Soul', one of the deeper teachings of this mysterious asteroid who defines how we liberate ourselves through Uranus from the limitations of Saturn. Wilderness can mean many things for different people. There is a lot of activity of shamans globally purifying the land and water – we are many people but one consciousness guided by the Creator in our diverse work. In this state of dissolution race, gender, sexuality and nationality become meaningless as all the old stories simply vanish and we experience the Galactic Mind. We experience the true meaning of Holy Communion, that we are one organism with One Body and One Blood. This is the end of separation when we have felt this in our soul even once. Wilderness is a place outside your usual boundaries and knowledge. When we consciously step across this boundary, which can feel both exhilarating and scary, we cross the threshold.
Here is a poem I wrote about a recent wild and wintery walk across the moors and the coming of Christ consciousness. Enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rozZ8VlexRA
I offer one to one birth charts readings which include the Goddess Asteroids. It's a deep soul path reading of the new, exemplar archetypes that can assist you to reroute your life to a higher frequency. Email me at email@example.com for further information.


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'Neath the Wreath's New Approach to Spreading Cheer in 2020
Originally published by Local Profile | Nov. 5, 2020
Over the last 25 years, the women of the Junior League of Collin County have raised more than $4 million in charitable revenue for educational and charitable projects that improve life for everyone in Collin County.
These award-winning programs include the Juvenile Mentoring Program (JuMP), Collin County Council on Family Violence, Literacy Leaders, Done in a Day projects, My Friend's House, Reaching Independence Through Success and Education (R.I.S.E.), and JLCC C.A.R.E.S., impacting 30-40 agencies annually.
Every year, JLCC's biggest fundraiser is 'Neath the Wreath: a four-day gift market with over 125 participating merchants and small businesses that draws crowds of 13,000 to 15,000 shoppers. People come from all over, even as far as Houston, to browse the wide selection of children's toys, holiday décor, gourmet chocolates, homemade candles, clothes, and jewelry. For many people in Collin County, checking everything off their holiday shopping list at 'Neath the Wreath is an annual tradition. Last year, 'Neath the Wreath raised more than $330,000 for the Junior League of Collin County.
This year's 'Neath The Wreath — still on for November 12-15 — will look just a little different. But the spirit remains the same.
The market this year will be hosted as an online-only event, with social media and the mobile app as the main channels for participation. All of the participating merchants, with links to shop their storefronts online, will be listed on the website and in the app.
This year, JLCC will also offer cookie decorating kits intended for kids to keep busy and happy while their parents participate in the market.
Also, in lieu of the typical "Ladies Night Out" event that happens the Wednesday before the market goes live, JLCC is promoting a "Ladies Night IN" on November 14 for women participating to make it a memorable event with a few of their friends (safely distanced, of course). The accompanying "Ladies Night In" kits that JLCC put together sold out as fast as they went live — charcuterie fixings, sweet treats, sponsor gifts, cocktail/mocktail ingredients, and champagne.
Raffle entries are live now until Nov 15, when the winners will be drawn over Facebook Live through 'Neath the Wreath's page.
There will be no admission fee for 'Neath the Wreath this year, but all participants are welcomed and encouraged to donate that $15 toward JLCC to go toward continued support to community partners.
"The premise of Junior League of Collin County is training and educating our members, as well as giving back," says 'Neath the Wreath chair Christy Morris. "We offer training throughout the year, for our members free of charge, and proceeds from events like this go toward those materials, as well as for things like our 'Done in a Day' community projects."
She emphasizes the biggest focus of this year's event: supporting the partnered merchants.
"We don't have markets without our merchants, and we have had some fabulous partners in the last 10+ years," Christy says. "I encourage people to continue shopping with our tried-and-true merchants, and to try some great new businesses that have popped up. And continue supporting Junior League — 'Neath The Wreath is our largest fundraiser. It's because of our shoppers' support that we're able to to do what we do for our community partners, and for our members."
For more info and how you can participate: neaththewreath.org


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Eli Cook is an up and coming guitarist from Charlottesville, Virginia. While learning his craft, Eli melded a wide variety of influences such as: Led Zeppelin, John Lee Hooker, Waylon Jennings, Nirvana and Skip James into a harder edge blues style of guitar playing. With a few albums now under his belt, He has shared the stage with national acts such as B.B. King, Johnny Winter, Robin Trower, John Mayall and others. His current album "Primitive Son" is a fine collection of rockin' blues tunes and is loaded with special guests players. Some of the artist appearing on the album are: Leslie West, Artimus Pyle, Vinny Appice and many others. Look for Eli at major venues and festivals as he is currently touring to support the record.
R.V.B. - Hello Eli? Rob von Bernewitz from New York, how are you?
E.C. - I'm great, How are you doing man.
R.V.B. - I'm doing pretty good. Are you down in Virginia? Was it hot down there today?
E.C. - Yeah we have typically a jungle type summer. It's hot and humid.
R.V.B. - We got the same thing up here actually. What part of Virginia are you in?
E.C. - I'm in Charlottesville, which is where the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson and Dave Matthews is from.
R.V.B. - I have a nephew who is in Virginia Beach.
E.C. - That's just down the road about 2 1/2 hours from me.
R.V.B. - When you grew up in Virginia what was it like and how did you get involved in music.
E.C. - Well the area I'm in is really the best of both worlds. It's right in the mountains, so it's very rural but we're near the University so we have a pretty strong music scene in the town that's nearby. So I grew up in sort of a rural agrarian community with old gospel churches and a lot of revivals with a musical backround but at the same time it's a university town that exposed me to a lot of live music... like punk music, metal, rap, what have you. So as a teenager I was picking up all the different vibes and my parents record collection consisted of a lot of music from the 60's and 70's. They are basically old hippies. So I got classic blues and rock and country at home when I was listening to music.
R.V.B. - I see that some of your influences go way back.
E.C. - Yeah man, when I was a kid, my parents played a lot of the old Muddy Waters, Waylon Jennings and all the good stuff like that.
R.V.B. - Yeah, that's a wide variety and you can actually hear it in your songs. I appreciate the heavy stuff and the early 20's blues and I definitely hear it in your music and it's refreshing. For example on your Primitive Son record... there's a couple that caught my ear, and the one I really liked was Burying Ground. That one had a real haunting backround guitar with expensive chords, and a heavy sound. I understand that this album took you quite a while to make. Did you have a theme in mind?
E.C. -You know it took a while because it I was trying to incorporate a lot of guest artists, and trying to make sure that everything fit together in a cohesive manner. So that aspect of it made it more time consuming but as far as the statement, I was really trying to do the impossible which is blend really traditional older rootsey' pre-war styles of blues music... and when I say that, I mean the vibe. You had mentioned burying Ground and to me, the vibe of that song is very much in keeping with sort of some old Skip James and very sort of somber pre-war hill country guys. The vibe is there even though it's kind of a "Zeppeliney'" modern sounding production. So my attempt with the record was to try to do that... try to blend the organic blues feeling as I interpret it and put it into a contemporary presentation, which is hard to do. You could end up losing a lot of purists in the rock camp and in the blues camp. Hopefully it pays off.
R.V.B. - Well somebody like me, who listens to a lot of music from Charlie Patton to Pantera and the first song on the album caught my eye.
E.C. - (hahaha) Nice.
R.V.B. - The name caught my attention "The Great Southern Love Kill".
E.C. - That's awesome that you actually picked up on that. I think you're the first person that I talked to that wasn't a friend of mine that knew what I was making a reference to with that. The reference is partly with the lyrics and also because of the guests. It was because Artimus Pyle and Pat Travers were big southern rock icons. I just wanted to fuse all of that together with the title.
R.V.B. - It's a good way to open the album.
E.C. - Thank you. It's funny that you mentioned Pantera because Phil Anselmo and Pepper Keenan from Down is one of my favorites of the modern rock guys. They talk about "Down"... their current project as being basically a blues band, in their opinion. I find that very interesting.
R.V.B. - I saw them once and you know, it wasn't Pantera but I liked it. So I understand that you got Leslie West in on something also.
E.C. - Yeah, he's probably the best known of the guests on the record. That was quite a cue. I didn't anticipate getting someone like that. It worked out and I was very excited. Leslie is a real big guitar legend and the tune we tried to get him on is called "Motor Queen". He's known for Mississippi Queen. It kind of fit that bar room rock vibe. I'm glad he's still out there rocking and putting out new material every couple of years and keeping it fresh.
R.V.B. - Yeah, he's from my area. I noticed that a lot of the songs have a mixture of the heavy riffs and slide work. Do you feel that the slide work tends to bring the music back to the older rootsey' feel?
E.C. - Well I hope so. In a lot of songs if it's leaning too far in the hard rock angle and it's supposed sort of a more blues album, like this one... I'll throw in an element like the slide or maybe have someone play harmonica for the solo. It will throw in that spice and it brings it back a little bit towards the blues. Slide guitar is an element that you don't hear that much in rock music. Not that you hear a lot of guitar period in contemporary pop radio. The last time you heard a slide on main stream radio I think was John Frusciante with Scar Tissue. It's a whole different ball game playing slide. I don't come anywhere near Sonny Landreith or Derek Trucks but it's good to shoot for. (Hahaha)
R.V.B. - Well you know maybe someday you will. I noticed that the song that I liked "Swing a Little Harder" had nice slide on it. What was behind the title of the album Primitive Son.
E.C. - I came up with the phrase first. I'm a big believer in the power of good titles. Once again with Pantera, Phil Anselmo is just a brilliant creator of names. You could anticipate the quality of the artwork based upon the quality of the name, a lot of times - I think. So I came up with the phrase Primitive Son and I decided I would name the record that. It has the connotations of the rootsy blues element in the primitive aspect. It also lends itself to some cool visuals and graphics. Then I wrote a song with that as they key phrase and that worked out as the title track.
R.V.B. - I see. Now you're in the process of supporting this record. Your touring here and there?
E.C. - Oh yeah, we did a run to the west coast and back in May and we're going out again in October to do some road trips across the country. We're going up to New Hampshire, Chicago, Alabama...
R.V.B. - How is it going so far? Are the people accepting the new album with a good positive vibe?
E.C. - They are. It's a good blend. We play most of the tracks from the record live and we mix it in with some covers and traditional blues and the cool thing about this record is, it gets a lot of young people... you see a lot of teenagers at shows, more so than you typically would at a traditional blues performance. That's inspiring and you get the same core guard as well. It's good to have some original music that reaches out and appeals to younger people in your audience while at the same time connecting with the same core fan base.
R.V.B. - Now I see that you've opened for some national acts such as Artimus Pyle and Sonny Landreith?
E.C. - Oh yeah, I actually opened for Sonny a couple of weeks ago. I've played with him a few times and Artimus as well. I've lined up a few gigs with Robin Trower in the fall for his east coast run.
R.V.B. - Wow, That's exciting. He seems to be like a fine wine. He gets better with age.
E.C. - It is, he's one of my favorites. He's brilliant. He's one of the greats who has remained great and still going out and doing it. So a lot of cool things have come about because of the record.
R.V.B. - That's awesome. I'd like to ask you a few things about some of your older stuff. What happened to the Queen? Because you have Ace, Jack and King.
E.C. - (Hahaha) Nice... good question. Well the Ace, Jack and King... I think I stole it from an old movie that had the quote in there, and it's just another instance of a quote that sounded very cool and very euphonious. You could apply a lot of imagery to it. It's got sort of an epic quality to it without being cheezey.
R.V.B. - I saw you performing Catfish Blues on youtube with your acoustic. Was that a 12 string?
E.C. - Yes sir. At acoustic shows, I typically play on a 12 string or a resonator. I'm a huge fan of the 12 string. It tricky to learn how to play but once you get the hang of it, it opens up a lot of doors. It creates a much fatter sound. If you ever listen to Leo Kottke or any of those guys. It's a different animal. It you play it in open tuning it creates a whole lot of noise.
R.V.B. - Would you throw that in with the set that you currently play?
E.C. - It depends on the venue. Occasionally we do. We try to do songs in multiple formats. We have arrangements for tunes in an acoustic setting and for a full band setting. That's also in keeping with trying to appeal to a rock crowd and blues at the same time. You can play the same song on a resonator guitar with a slide and just a kick drum and then also go plug in your Strat with a trio and rock it with a fuzz pedal. It's two completely different formats but the same tune.
R.V.B. - Do you primarily use a Strat when you play live?
E.C. - I typically do use a Strat live. It's always been the most versatile electric guitar I've ever played. I can switch between a lot of different types of sounds easier than I can with any other type of electric guitar. It's a workhorse.
R.V.B. - It seems to be the workingman's guitar.
E.C. - If you can play it on a Strat, then you can certainly play it on a Les Paul.
R.V.B. - So apart from the artists we've talked about, I see that you opened up for Johnny Winter.
E.C. - Yeah we got a chance to open for him back in March back at South, Southwest. That was the second time and he put on an awesome show. He came out and played two hours straight and never let up. He rocked out and was loud as hell. He played my amp and his amp on 10. He was rocking out up to the very end so that's cool.
R.V.B. - That was March of this year? So that was near the end and it's a shame. I also see you opened for B.B. King.
E.C. - I think I was 18 or 19 and I got to open up for B.B. in my home town. His management like m,e and we went and did several shows with him on the tour. I've opened for him five times now. That was very fortunate.
R.V.B. - Nice... what were some of the first songs that you played when you were learning the guitar. What did you tackle first?
E.C. - I think the very first things I tried to pick out were tunes I could play on the low E-string. Just one note at a time... bass lines basically. I tried to play the riff from Whole Lotta Love, Enter Sandman and Come as you are. Tunes like that (haha).
R.V.B. - You worked the blues in after that?
E.C. - Yeah, I just started building up, one string at a time. I started picking up on some Lightnin' Hopkins and some John Lee Hooker... real droney' basic stuff that has a real good feel.
R.V.B. - Now your first album that you made was all acoustic.
E.C. - It was... Miss Blues Child. That was a learning experience for sure. I realized in order to book shows and gigs, you had to have a recording of some kind. So I went in and recorded an album in one day. I recorded it live. I wrote a few songs just before going in and I never had really written before. It came out pretty well and got picked up for distribution. Looking back, I wish I had known more about what I was doing (haha) in the studio, but you learn by doing it I guess.
R.V.B. - So what are your current plans are you going back out on tour?
E.C. - Yeah, we're touring for all of October and November, and then things slow down around Christmas, and in January I'll be getting back in the studio and doing some new projects. Then I will be gearing up for the spring and the summer with the festival scenes and circuit and hopefully be having a new album out within the next twelve months.
R.V.B. - Sounds like you have a busy schedule ahead. Where did you record The Primitive Son? A local studio near you?
E.C. - For the most part, I worked in two or three studios in Charlottesville. A lot of the guest work was done long distance. With technology now, people can record at home and email tracks to each other. A lot of that was done remotely. A few people did it in person. Artimus Pyle came up and we did a show and then recorded. I went out to L.A. and recorded with Vinny and Jorgen Carlsson. So there were a few that recorded in person and that was a good learning experience.
R.V.B. - That had to be cool recording with Vinny because he has a good resume.
E.C. - He's a great guy. He's very funny and very laid back. It's good to see guy who have been around that long, and have that manner to them... it's inspiring.
R.V.B. - Kind of humble?
E.C. - Yeah, humble but fun. Very down to earth and cool.
R.V.B. - Well, congratulations on your album, thank you very much for chatting with me and good luck on your upcoming tour.
E.C. - Right on... thanks so much man
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I was blessed to grow up with the worlds sweetest grandmother. She was the most loving, tender, sincere woman you could ever meet. You couldn't be around her and not feel deeply loved; no matter who you were or where you came from. She loved people. She loved spending time with people. It is from her that I truly learned that the most important gift you can give someone is the gift of time. My grandmother gave her time generously. I think her favorite time of year was fall/winter, because it was Holiday season, which meant that there were many opportunities for family to get together. So many of my favorite memories with her are sitting around her table enjoying food and cards.
Spook Menu was a Halloween tradition in my family. Around Halloween, my grandmother would invite us all over for dinner. She would serve ordinary foods; however, she game them new, spooky, names. Before dinner started, my grandmother would read the Spook Menu (think restaurant menu...usually she wrote it on a Halloween card) and we would learn the new spooky names for our food. Throughout dinner, if you wanted something passed to you, you would have to ask for it by it's assigned spooky name.
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Here is our menu (and spooky names) for this year:
BBQ Werewold: Teryaki Chicken
Pumpkin Guts: Mac & Cheese
Ghost Poop: Potatoes
Mummy Pillows: Rolls
Zombie Skin: Salad
Goblin Fingers: Pineapple
Bat Hearts: Olives
Jack O'Lantern Teeth: Corn
Witch Warts: Carrots
Teryaki Sauce: Werewolf Blood
Frankenstein Seasonings: Salad Dressing
Casper's Breath: Milk
Witches Brew: Apple Cider
Frankenstein's Delight: Beer
Owl Pellets: Chocolate Chip Coookies
Spider Eggs: Brownies
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Earlier this month, we brought you the beautiful love story and prewedding photos of Adeola and Tosin (HERE).
We further brought you their white wedding photos (HERE) now we have got their beautiful traditional wedding photo album.
Their Love story (as told by Adeola)
I met Oluwatosin at my family friends birthday get together on the 10th of October, 2009 there and then our love story started. Oluwatosin has always been my source of inspiration, encouragement and has always brought nothing but joy and laughter into my life. Come, 10th of October, 2015…six years after and it's our wedding ……wow…..dreams actually do come true. Oh yes! [10/10] the date sounds perfect, [10/10] the days feels perfect…dear lord please perfect this marriage [amen] …….we are 10/10 shikena!!!!!!!
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