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Has the idea of going solar ever crossed your mind but you immediately dismissed it because it sounds like it is just too expensive to install solar panels on your home? There's no denying that solar power system installation costs a lot. However, with the technological advancements it has undergone, plus the availability of financing options, it's safe to say that investing in solar power will give you nothing but benefits in the long run. Why? Big Sky Homes, your affordable housing provider, lists out the most important advantages.
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Four Elements Institute *
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- שלח דף במייל
The sefarim of the "Da Es" series, which have been released so far with siyata d'shmaya, are "general paths" which are not individually tailored to one's particular soul. These classes cannot explain how one can understand their personal, individual soul. Chazal state, "a person was created individual" and it is up to us to discover our own individual idividuality!
In order for a person to attain their own self-recognition of their own personal, individual soul and one's corresponding personal avodah, we have the series of "Understanding Your Middos" דע את מידותיך and the series of the "Four Elements" ארבעת היסודות. The "Understanding Your Middos" series of 104 classes survey the topic of the four elements embedded in Chazal. The series of the Four Elements give practical advice on a wide variety of human maladies based on the teachings of the four elements.
Understanding Your Middos
Fixing Your Earth including:
Fixing Your Sadness & Laziness;
Fixing Your Earth [Sadness] and;
Fixing Your Earth [Laziness]
Fixing Your Water
Fixing Your Wind
Fixing Your Fire including:
Fixing Your Fire [Conceit];
Fixing Your Fire [Anger] and;
Fixing Your Fire [Honor]
Four Elements Series
Self-Awareness Series to help you get to know yourself in a deeper way;
Roots of the Four Elements Series which explains our personal elements of fire, wind, water and earth in general & detail.
This requires a deep, in-depth study about many different facets of the soul, so that one can gain the general structure of the soul and its details, down to the subdivisions of each of these details. This is a way by which one can come to recognize his individuality, and if one merits it, one can even help others learn about their own souls.
The order to learn the "Four Elements Series" is:
Self-Awareness Series,
and then the Roots of the Four Elements Series (current series every Wednesday)
After this, one should learn the shiurim that explain each of the character traits in general [Fixing Your Earth, Fixing Your Water, Fixing Your Wind and Fixing Your Fire]. One should mainly learn the shiurim that are more applicable to the middos which are more personally relevant to each individual.
The institute follows the world view and sole direction of the author of the Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh series
Its activities will include: publications in hebrew and english, seminars, training programs, therapy center and an inter-active website.
The activities of the Institute are explained in greater detail in the introductory publication entitled, "The Necessity to Study & Know the Soul" הצורך בלימוד והכרת הנפש in hebrew, and in english. An abridged english adaptation of the first three audio classes is available here for download.
Sources of the four elements from Chazal compilied by the Rav, Shlit"a is available here for download- מקורות.ארבעת.היסודות


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sail /ˈse(ə)l, ||səl/
Sail n.
1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.
Behoves him now both sail and oar. --Milton.
2. Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
3. A wing; a van. [Poetic]
Like an eagle soaring
To weather his broad sails. --Spenser.
4. The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
Note: ☞ In this sense, the plural has usually the same form as the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight.
6. A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
Note: ☞ Sails are of two general kinds, fore-and-aft sails, and square sails. Square sails are always bent to yards, with their foot lying across the line of the vessel. Fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs with their foot in line with the keel. A fore-and-aft sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after leech longer than the fore leech. Square sails are quadrilateral, but not necessarily square. See Phrases under Fore, a., and Square, a.; also, Bark, Brig, Schooner, Ship, Stay.
Sail burton Naut., a purchase for hoisting sails aloft for bending.
Sail fluke Zool., the whiff.
Sail hook, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the seams square.
Sail loft, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made.
Sail room Naut., a room in a vessel where sails are stowed when not in use.
Sail yard Naut., the yard or spar on which a sail is extended.
Shoulder-of-mutton sail Naut., a triangular sail of peculiar form. It is chiefly used to set on a boat's mast.
To crowd sail. Naut. See under Crowd.
To loose sails Naut., to unfurl or spread sails.
To make sail Naut., to extend an additional quantity of sail.
To set a sail Naut., to extend or spread a sail to the wind.
To set sail Naut., to unfurl or spread the sails; hence, to begin a voyage.
To shorten sail Naut., to reduce the extent of sail, or take in a part.
To strike sail Naut., to lower the sails suddenly, as in saluting, or in sudden gusts of wind; hence, to acknowledge inferiority; to abate pretension.
Under sail, having the sails spread.
Sail v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sailed p. pr. & vb. n. Sailing.]
1. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power.
2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
3. To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
4. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
5. To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
As is a winged messenger of heaven, . . .
When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds,
And sails upon the bosom of the air. --Shak.
Sail, v. t.
1. To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force.
A thousand ships were manned to sail the sea. --Dryden.
2. To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
Sublime she sails
The aerial space, and mounts the wingèd gales. --Pope.
3. To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
◄ ►
n 1: a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind
is used to propel a sailing vessel [syn: canvas, canvass,
2: an ocean trip taken for pleasure [syn: cruise]
v 1: traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water); "We sailed
the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"
2: move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva
swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the
air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky" [syn: sweep]
3: travel in a boat propelled by wind; "I love sailing,
especially on the open sea"
4: travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other
means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" [syn: voyage,


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Dear Ruh,
Looks like you had a bad dream. Don't you cry.
Bad dreams come and go just like seasons. You were born when it was summer. And now we are welcoming the monsoons.
So, it is not always a bad dream. There are good dreams too.
And you should try to focus on those good dreams when they come to you. There is a legend which says that if you put all your energies into your thoughts and dreams, then they manifest some day. A lot of people swear by it so much that they have written books about it.
Maybe, it is true. Because your mum and I had a dream. And we kept thinking about it and eventually it came true. That good dream is nothing but you, my Ruh.
May, 2015.


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Chiefs Coach Reid Set For Return To Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AFP) – Andy Reid, fired as coach of the Philadelphia Eagles last December after guiding the NFL club for 14 seasons, returns Thursday to Philadelphia with his new team, unbeaten Kansas City.
The Chiefs, 2-0, have already matched their win total from last season while the Eagles, 1-1, are trying to snap a seven-game home losing streak, the longest such current futility streak in the NFL.
"Once you are in this thing and you are grinding and getting ready for a good football team, you put all of that aside," Reid said of the emotional reunion aspects of his return to Philadelphia.
"It's not very fluffy, but that's what's real."
Reid, who joked that he eats barbecue now instead of Philly's fabled cheesesteaks, built the Eagles into an NFL title contender behind Donovan McNabb, the retired quarterback whose jersey will also be retired Thursday. The Eagles reached one Super Bowl and five National Conference title games during Reid's reign.
"I haven't gone there. That's not how my mind works," Reid said of playing against a team he constructed. "They don't care whether I think of them or don't think about them.
"I won't go there. This is about our team. This is not about me. It's not a one man show. It was a team effort when we were there. It will take a team effort when we play the Eagles."
New Eagles coach Chip Kelly said just because Reid knows the Eagles' players does not mean he knows how Kelly will use them against him.
"I have great respect for Andy," Kelly said. "He has had a huge impact on this organization. It's exciting to get a chance to go compete against him.
"Andy was here for a long time with those guys, but he doesn't know our scheme and how we deploy those guys."
The Eagles have allowed 460 yards a game, third-worst in the NFL after two games, and 30 points a game, fifth-worst in the NFL. But they will be inspired to face Reid.
"We can't let him come in here and beat us," said Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson.
Former Eagles receiver Chad Hall, among three Chiefs who once played for Reid in Philadelphia, said Reid "deserves a big warm embrace when he gets there."
Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith said they know what the game means even if Reid does not address it in an emotional fashion.
"We understand what this will mean for him," Smith said. "You try to win every game, every time, but we do recognize the situation."
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Objective To describe the epidemiology of neonatal infection over the past decade in UK neonatal units.
Design Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected infection surveillance network data from 2005 to 2014.
Setting 30 neonatal units in the UK.
Patients Newborns on participating neonatal units who had a positive blood, cerebrospinal fluid or urine culture and were treated with at least 5 days of appropriate antibiotics.
Results 2171 episodes of neonatal infection in 1922 infants were recorded. The incidence of infection was 6.1/1000 live births and 48.8/1000 neonatal admissions (2.9 and 23.5 respectively if coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) cultures excluded). The incidence of infection showed a statistically significant reduction over time with reductions in the rates of both early-onset sepsis (EOS) and late-onset sepsis (LOS).
The majority of episodes (76%) represented LOS (diagnosed > 48 hours after birth), and infection was more common in premature (<37 weeks gestation) and low birth weight (<2500 g) neonates (84% and 81%, respectively). Commonly identified pathogens included group B streptococci (43%) and Escherichia coli (18%) for EOS, while E. coli (15%), Staphylococcus aureus (14%) and CoNS were prominent causes of LOS.
Conclusions This paper describes the epidemiology of neonatal infection in the UK over the past decade. These data enable benchmarking of practice and inform areas of future research and guideline development. The results support the hypothesis that the introduction of infection prevention care bundles and antibiotic stewardship programmes in the UK has reduced the burden of LOS.
- infectious diseases
- epidemiology
- neonatology
- intensive care
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Contributors BC and CK contributed to the design of the analysis, conducted the analysis of the data, drafted the manuscript and revised it according to feedback from co-authors. PH developed the neonIN network, designed the current analysis and provided critical appraisal as well as final approval of the manuscript. JB, SP, AG, JM, AR and NK made substantial contributions to the acquisition of data for the analysis, critically revised the manuscript and provided final approval for the version to be submitted. All authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Competing interests None declared.
Ethics approval The neonIN database received ethics approval from the London-Surrey Borders Research Ethics Committee in April 2005 (05/Q0806/34) and this was extended in December 2013 (05/Q0806/34+5) for a period of 5 years.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
Data sharing statement Unpublished data from this study are available only to members of the neonIN team and may form part of future analyses. Generalised statistics however are freely available on the neonIN website at https://www.neonin.org.uk/.
Collaborators neonIN network collaborators: Medaht Ezzat; Marion Bohatschek; Clare Cane; Imogen Storey; Sam Wallis; Ruppa Geethanath; Jonathan Campbell; John Chang; Timothy Watts; Olga Kapellou; Suzanne Luck; Mark Turner; Sakina Ali; Edward Gasiorowski; Mithilesh Lal; Nick Embleton; Paul Clarke; Sajeev Job; Mark Anthony; Tim Scorrer; Shanmuga Sundaram; Andrew Collinson; Nigel Osborne; Mike Hall; Elizabeth Pilling; Leika Hamilton; Gaurav Atreja; Jonathan Davis; Peter Reynolds; Prakash Satodia


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Tuesday, November 4, 2014
In the Thick of It
I've got thousands and thousands of flowers in my basement and I'm working feverishly to get them all in their vases. This is why I've had to put off getting kittens. I can't imagine, in all this madness, having wee ones to worry about and care for.
Thank you for your patience.
Now before I get back to work, I'll share the prettiest things in my house. Wylla and Charlene.
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- AnonymousNovember 4, 2014 at 9:44 AM
They both complement the flowers so well! If only all table centrepieces could come complete with matching kitties.ReplyDelete
Wow! The flower arrangements are gorgeous! As are Wylla and Bean!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 4, 2014 at 9:56 AM
So colour coordinated! It's as though you had Charlene and Wylla on your mind the whole time!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 4, 2014 at 9:58 AM
Not to worry! If we could wait a year while you got that nasty disease out of your house and nursed Wylla to full lady-cat status, we can wait a few weeks for kittens. :-D Wylla and the Bean are priitttyy good substitutes in the meantime!ReplyDelete
Beautiful flowers and beautiful helpers!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 4, 2014 at 11:09 AM
Wylla's ear floof is just stupendous!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
- Emily and LauraNovember 4, 2014 at 11:10 AM
The amount of work you put into raising each batch of kittens is mind-boggling; you've earned a bit of time off, especially after a big litter. Plus it's always fun to see your *gorgeous* arrangements each year at this time -- what a lucky client, to have you decorating for them! The girls both look stunning, of course, next to the equally stunning flowers. Their natural beauty helps, I'm sure. :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
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I also enjoy seeing the November festivity come together with Charlene & Wylla acting as furry Carol Merrill. (OK, I just dated myself)
Lovely girls with lovely flowers. Being a costume designer at a local H.S. and working at a printing company, this week sucks.ReplyDelete
Elections today and the show opens on Thursday. You have my condolences on the work load.
Oh yeah... The flowers are VERY pretty but the cats... The cats are EXTRAORDINARILY and EXQUISITELY BEAUTIFUL.ReplyDelete
Hello, beautiful Charlene and Wylla! You look very gorgeous with your mum's stunning floral work!ReplyDelete
- Lisa (mom of Chai)November 4, 2014 at 2:56 PM
We understand!ReplyDelete
Plus, there is something magical about Miss Butterbean and flowers together...all your pictures of her and flowers over the years have been breathtaking. Her coloring is such a good contrast to the bright rainbow flowers come in. :-)
- Annie RNovember 4, 2014 at 4:26 PM
Just lovely, flowers and kitties alike! Can't wait to see the pictures of this year's event...Laurie you are so talented!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 4, 2014 at 5:41 PM
Three of the prettiest things I've seen all day. :)ReplyDelete
Rae in Reno
The purdiest and the floofiest!ReplyDelete
Looks like they were good little helpers :)ReplyDelete
I love the color palette in your flowers! It goes with kitties well. :)ReplyDelete
Such beauty--kitties and flowers alike. You are so talented, Laurie (and Charlene and Wylla, of course).ReplyDelete


text: Acknowledgements During the course of my research, I have made use of many archives and specialist libraries. In particular I would like to thank: Donna Colletti, Daina Bouquin and all the staff at the library of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass. Eileen Dorschner, former librarian at the Aeronautics/Astronautics Library, MIT, Cambridge, Mass. Brian Nicklas and other staff at the library and archives of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington; Mark Kahn and the other staff of the Garber Facility Archives of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Suitland, Maryland; The staff of Archives II, the National Archives, College Park, Maryland; Tomoko Steen at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Roger Launius at the History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.; The staff of the Declassified Documents Reading Room, National Reconnaissance Office, Virginia; The library at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland; Elaine Liston at the Archives, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida; Mark Cleary at the History Office, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida; The Redstone Arsenal Scientific Information Center, Huntsville, Alabama; The History Office, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; The Library, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama; The National Archives Southern Area, Atlanta, Georgia; The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Archives, Pasadena, California; The Lewis (now Glenn) Research Center archives, Cleveland, Ohio; The library at Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, Arizona; Jeff Geiger at the History Office, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California; Harry Waldron at the History Office, Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, California; Pat McGinnis at the archives of Boeing, Los Angeles, California; The library at the British Interplanetary Society, Vauxhall, London; David Dewhirst and Jean Sanderson, formerly at the library of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. Doug Millard and the staff of the Science Museum archives, Wroughton, England. The Biblioteque Nationale, Paris; The Centre Spatiale de Toulouse; L. Valentin at the library, ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands; Herr Schinhan at the Deutsches Museum Archiv, Munich; Heiner Klinkrad at ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany; The staff of ISRO at Bangalore and Trivandrum. The staff and correspondents of Novosti Kosmonavtiki magazine, Moscow; The Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics In the early years of this research I made extensive use of the Science Museum Library, South Kensington, London; the Science Reference Library at Holborn, London (whose materials are now sadly stashed in the off-site stacks of the British Library); and the Cambridge University Library.


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Pope Francis on Charlie Hebdo Jihad: "One Cannot Make Fun of Faith" Once again, the Pope gives the savagery of jihad slaughter his sanction.
The Pope's remarks today are consistent with a pattern of submission and subjugation to Islam. These papal declarations come at a time when millions of Christians are oppressed, subjugated and slaughtered across the Muslim world under the sharia. And what has the Pope's repeated submission and exhortation of "peaceful Islam" gotten the Christian world? More violence, forced conversions and murder.
"Pope Francis Speaks Out on Charlie Hebdo: 'One Cannot Make Fun of Faith," Elizabeth Dias, Time Magazine, January 15, 2015 But "To kill in the name of God is an aberration"The Holy Father spoke to journalists in a broad interview on the papal flight to the Philippines about the Charlie Hebdo massacre and the controversy about the magazine's new cover this week. Patrick Kovarik—AFP/Getty ImagesHe broke it down in everyday terms, something that is coming to be known as classic Francis teaching style.
U.S. "Chose to Stay Silent" on Muslim Persecution of Christians: November 2013. Gatestone Institute The endemic rise of Christian persecution in the Middle East was noted in November when Pope Francis declared "We will not resign ourselves to imagining a Middle East without Christians" and stressed the importance of "the universal right to lead a dignified life and freely practice one's own faith" after he met with patriarchs from Syria, Iran, and Iraq, all countries where Christian minorities are under attack.
On the other hand, powers best placed to do something about the plight of Mideast Christians—namely, the U.S. Obama administration—made it clear that they would do nothing, even when well leveraged to do so. In November, the wife of American pastor Saeed Abedini, who has been imprisoned in Iran for over a year for practicing Christianity, said she and her family were devastated after learning that the Obama administration did not try to secure the release of her husband as part of the newly signed deal on Iran's nuclear program.
Dhimmitude About this Series. The Daily Show: Extended Interview: Malala Yousafzai. Military Training Document: Anti-Christian SPLC a Trusted Source to Define 'Extremism' Fox News's Todd Starnes reported Wednesday on a Ft.
Hood briefing where reportedly soldiers were told that evangelical Christians and Tea Party supporters are a threat to the United States and are "tearing the nation apart." Soldiers were reportedly told that they could be charged with committing a military crime if they supported or donated to such organizations. Ft. Hood denies these allegations, but a separate source claiming to have been present during the briefing asserts the original account is true. Ironically, in the place where an Islamic radical—Maj. This is just the latest outrage in a long train of disgraces. All this started in April, when Breitbart News broke the story of top Pentagon brass meeting with an anti-Christian activist calling for court-martialing observant Christians who share the gospel of Jesus Christ with others in the military. All along, the nation was told these were a series of isolated incidents, not authorized by military leadership. Christian preacher arrested for saying homosexuality is a sin.
Sen. Rand Paul: 'Worldwide War on Christianity' Ignored by Obama, Media. Pentagon Blocks Access to Southern Baptist Website. By Todd Starnes The U.S.
Military has blocked access to the Southern Baptist Convention's website on an unknown number of military bases because it contains "hostile content" — just weeks after an Army briefing labeled Evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics as examples of religious extremism, Fox News has learned. The Southern Baptist Convention is the nation's largest Protestant denomination known for its support of the pro-life movement and its strong belief in traditional marriage.
Southern Baptist chaplains reported that SBC.net had been blocked at military installations around the nation. An Air Force officer told Fox News that when he tried to log on to the website he received a message that his Internet usage was being logged and monitored for trying to access a blocked site. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY BEING ERODED. US Army defines Christian ministry as 'domestic hate group' Several dozen U.S. Army active duty and reserve troops were told last week that the American Family Association , a well-respected Christian ministry, should be classified as a domestic hate group because the group advocates for traditional family values.


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The Department of Extension Education, Jabalpur came into existence with the establishment of Government College of Agriculture at Jabalpur in July 1955. The M.Sc. (Ag.) in Extension Education was started during the year 1958 and Doctorate programme was started in the year 1984 under Advance Centre for Extension Education at Jabalpur. The department of Extension Education has produced 473 M.Sc. (Ag.) and 23Ph.D. students till date.
The mandate of the department is to conduct basic and strategic research for serving as a national point for quality and standard in the discipline of Extension Education and provide state and national leadership in agricultural extension.
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In the 1960's, our school day would often begin with Bible reading and prayer, and yes, this was the public school. But even before the Bible reading or prayer, the teacher would begin the day with roll call.
Without looking up from the list of names, the teacher would call out the first child's name. The student's response was usually, "Here." This would be repeated over and over as the names were called out in alphabetical order. Then the unthinkable would happen...the pattern would be broken when a child would respond, "Present."
Seeing that my name was near the end of the list, Beverly Smith. I now had a HUGH decision to make. Would I be "here" or "present?"
"Here" was simple, uncomplicated, but being "present" made a power-statement to both the teacher and the class. I am all in and ready to work. Bring on the spelling words, oral reading and fractions. Because I'm present!
As my nine-year-old mind continued mulling over my choices, suddenly I heard my name called, "Beverly Smith."
I panicked. My eyes were the size of saucers. My options ran through my mind at lightening speed, but I was unable to speak a single word.
The teacher glanced up over his reading glasses. He looked directly at me and said, "Here." Directing his focus back on the attendance list, he checks the box next to my name and continued calling roll.
NO! I screamed in my mind. I'm not here. I'm present! But the moment had pasted. The die was cast. On that day, I was here. I daydreamed about what might had been, if only I had been present!
The Here vs. Present dilemma can be seen in many aspects of life. In relationships, on the job, even in our spiritual lives. I understand only to well what it means to be Here vs. Present. In my heart, I want to be present--available and all in, but sometimes my actions answer with a loud, "Here!"
I don't hold any grudge against that teacher who said I was "Here" 51 years ago. I know people are human and capable of misjudging the actions of other, but not Jesus. In Psalm 139:7-10 the Word gives us this promise.
"Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me." (NKJV)
I'm extremely thankful when it was me who called the attendance role so many years ago, I called this name, "Jesus!" And His response was without hesitation, "Present, now and forever!"


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It is taboo to name power. No one wants to speak about the power he or she *does* have. We each only speak about how we are oppressed or how terrible the conditions are for all those 'disadvantaged' people--as if there were no relationship between being disadvantaged and being advantaged. Privilege is access to resources, protected by institutionalized control. There can be no progressive social movement without addressing issues of power.
For those of us who attended the recent Allies Conference in Nashua, NH, it's very possible that our professional lives may never seem quite the same. Deaf people, one after another, took the stage and cast down a gauntlet before us, asking interpreters to be honest about the privileges they are afforded as people who can hear. We were urged to search for alternative approaches to listening and responding, and ways to step away from the habitual views of our role--not only as interpreters, but as members of a majority American cultural group. Too often we ignore the status we are granted through our membership in a group of people that, in their eyes, holds the reins of power. Interpreters were challenged to search their own hearts, to reveal their humanity, and be willing to "show their pain".
The faces we show to any individual are circumscribed by how we view ourselves in relation to that person (black to white, straight to gay, man to woman, foreigner to native, hearing to Deaf, and vice versas for all, etc.), as well as the circumstances we are inhabiting at any given moment. Obvious enough. And in our interactions with Deaf people, we often feel circumscribed by our role, the Code of Ethics, and other classic interpreter topics of discussion. But the result of those perspectives, as hearing people and as interpreters, has precluded the many possibilities for relating our humanity to Deaf folks in the same manner that we would otherwise relate to any individual who could hear.
As a profession we have limited ourselves far too much. Limited the degree to which we accept Deaf culture, language, and ways of living. Limited ourselves by populating Interpreter Preparation Programs with non-Deaf teachers and role models. Limited ourselves by coming into the field without adequate language skills to understand the very people we serve, & by holding onto cultural myths and ways of acting and perceiving the world that are anathema when viewed from inside the Deaf perspective. Limiprofessional interactions to a see-no-evil/speak-no-evil paradigm outlined by the Code of Ethics through the eyes of the machine model. And then we act angry and hurt when Deaf people don't understand how we feel or act, and Deaf folks shake their heads and say, "These hearing interpreters just don't get it, do they?" And have little hope that we ever will.
I think "showing your pain" is a metaphor for a way of responding. We've been so concerned about not "adding to, influencing or omitting" in our interactions with Deaf folks that we've forgotten to be human. Or thought we couldn't be. A colleague once said that she didn't see many interpreters joking and teasing with Deaf folks very often. And what about sharing our lives, hanging out when the job is done, not rushing off like some sort of superhero on a mission? Do we make statements of solidarity that go beyond sloganeering? Do we ask for advice and support in areas of our life that are troublesome? Have we let go of our fears of Deaf people? I think many of us still hold onto the fear of saying the wrong thing, of looking foolish, and consequently appear heedless in our response to Deaf folks. And that looks like disrespect, looks like indifference, looks exploitative and oppressive--looks like most *hearing* hearing people. We are not supposed to look that way, if we truly care. We are supposed to relate differently, and if we don't, I think they must feel betrayed.
In her essay, Margo Adair reminds us that,
Maintaining oppression, for those of us who can hear and interact with minority cultures such as the D/deaf community, is only a matter of maintaining the status quo. It does not require any active intent. It means only taking for granted the earned and unearned privileges we receive as being part and parcel of the majority. We must recognize and speak out against those circumstances when our automatic advantages create the dividing line that disadvantages others. "Social change activism without honoring everyone's humanity will lead us nowhere," Adair says. And she goes on to say that,
We can't be oblivious and pretend the privilege is not there in society, or that what just happened, in this situation or that, didn't *really* happen. And we should not hide our humanity behind the glossy professional veneer of us vs. them. We cannot deny the experiences we have as people, nor the experiences we share, because we do share them to some extent with Deaf folks now, though never *as* Deaf folks. Our lives are inextricably woven together, as long as we choose to perform this task as interpreters. We get to walk away as representatives of the majority, back into the land of the hearing--to our hearths and our kin--but we cannot deny our witnessing or act indifferently towards it, or them. We cannot pull out when the going gets rough. And if we do so, we do so at our own peril. We might as well stick the knife into Deaf people ourselves, and then cry, "Out! Out! Foul spot!" as we attempt to wash our hands clean.
The remnants of the machine model have to be eradicated or it will haunt us forever. We must read as much as possible about other civil rights movements. And we have to listen, and listen hard to what Deaf people tell us of their lives and experiences. And do our best to respond in an honest way. We must strive to keep a compassionate heart, for others and ourselves. Tears with Deaf people, perhaps, but no more complaining of our lot. We can state strong opinions to the hearing folks who cannot, will not, or don't have the opportunity to get the message directly from Deaf folks. It is our duty to respond, even when we think that no one will listen. There is still much work to be done for ourselves, to break down our own internal programming, lack of understanding and knowledge, etc. Least that's true for myself. The Sisyphean rock I'm rollin' is mighty large.
Let me close by once again quoting from Adair's insightful essay:
May we all be well, and free from suffering,
Margo Adair's essay, "Will the real Men's Movement please stand up?" can be found in the book, Women respond to the Men's Movement, ed. Kay Leigh Hagan, HarperCollins Publishers (1992).
Acknowledgement and thanks to my colleague, Susan Stange of Boston, MA, whose insights in our e-mail dialogue formed the basis for much of this article.


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Where to Go Swimming
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Archived Q&A and Reviews
Indoor pool with lots of open swim time?
Jan 2013
I've looked through the BPN recomendations and haven't found this addressed lately. We'd like to swim at an indoor pool locally, either in the Lamorinda area or close to the Berkeley campus, with ideally lots of open swim time. I don't want to join a gym really, just want to go somewhere with an enclosed pool. I burn easily but love to swim. Any ideas? --albino fish
The Berkeley YMCA of course. Actually I think there's a Y in Lafayette as well. Anon
The Berkeley City Club has a great indoor pool, but single memberships are expensive. Group / organizational memberships (up to 5 people) are quite reasonable though, and that's how I justify my membership. another albino swimmer
Where can I take my kids swimming? I work!
Aug 2012
Can anyone recommend a public swimming pool with a familiy swim schedule that accomodates working parents? I would like to take my kids swimming during the week, but I can't find a public pool that has recreational swim hours after my work, even if I leave a little early. I have a 7, 10 and 13 year olds. The older two like to go to the deep end and dive off of the diving board, so I'm looking for a pool that won't limit them to the shallow end. I prefer outdoor because of the chlorine.
Strawberry Canyon is where we used to go, but between the horrid traffic from the day camps and the fact that they close 15 minutes earlier this year, we get 30 minutes of swimming in at best if I leave work early. I'm very frustrated. When I was little my dad used to take us to the rec center pool every summer evening. They are some of my best memories. We spent hours there. Is there any place like that anymore? Thanks in advance Fish out of water!
For weekday evening swimming we go to Lake Anza in Tilden Park. Yes it is freezing, but the kids don't mind, and there are no lifeguards either, but I keep an eye on them and they don't go too deep. For weekends we go to the Richmond Plunge. Note, neither Lake Anza nor the Plunge have chlorine. Have fun!
I looked at the schedules of all the pools I know about, and it looks like El Cerrito has 'Family Swim' in the evenings 6:15-8:15 on Mondays and Wednesdays: http://www.el-cerrito.org/DocumentView.aspx?DID=1464. Maybe that will fit the bill? --
Try King Pool on Hopkins. They have some late hours. love to swim
We love the Albany Pool for kids. Good luck! Ed
Pool for toddler with lots of open family swim time
Sept 2011
Hi, I'm new to the Kensington area and looking for a great pool for my 2.3 year old. She's a bit reluctant so I'm looking for a warm pool with easy-to-navigate facilities. I'm also looking for a pool with lots of open family swim time so that I can take her by myself preferably in the mornings. Most places I've searched online have minimal family swim, offer afternoon/evening classes or seem to have closed down. Thanks for any pointers! zmt
Downtown Berkeley YMCA. Parking is a pain, but the pool(s!) are awesome. anon
My 4 year old takes swimming lessons at Patti's Swim School in Castro Valley. They offer private and semi private lessons as well as Baby and Me classes. My son loves the instructors and I love that he is learning to be safe around water. The pool is covered with an Aqua Dome during Fall and Winter so we take classes year round and it's always warm. castro valley mom
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Toddler/baby pool in east bay
Oct 2009
I am looking for a toddler/baby pool in or nearby Oakland. In my search, many require a membership fee. Do you know of a kiddie pool that doesn't have a hefty membership fee? I don't mind paying an entrance fee but not willing to pay hundreds of dollars. Is the pool heated above 90 degrees? I know of a good one in San Ramon but would like something a little closer to home. Thanks
Strawberry Canyon has a toddler pool outdoors but it is super warm. We played with the kids as toddlers on the steps leading into the main pool and there are some grassy areas to lay your towels on.
The Berkeley YMCA has its indoor shallow heated pool but it is not shallow enough for toddlers to really walk around in. It is also where they teach swim lessons for their youngest clients. Both my kids benefitted from lessons there. You don't have to be a member. You can just get a kids' membership if they are taking lessons. kl
A neighbor just recommended the San Leandro Aquatic Center to me (my daughter is 9 months.) I haven't been there but she said that admission is $4. You can find some info on the city of San Leandro website. Laura
Hi, try the Berkeley High School warm pool . It's heated to 94 degrees (really nice) and they have parent tot classes every Friday at 3.30 and Saturdays at 10 (I think). The classes are great, but tend to get pretty crowded. No memebership or advance reservation required - just walk in. Sonali
Ocean swimming for mother & son
March 2009
I love to swim in the ocean, and while on vacation, my soon-to-be 8-yr-old son has been really drawn to the ocean as well. It would be wonderful if we could find a way to get into the bay or ocean to swim together on a regular basis. We both have medium-level swimming skills, but lots of interest and a willingness to suit up and get into cold water. Does anyone know of an appropriate group, or lessons, that are geared towards learning safe ocean swimming for exercise (and fun)? Thank you
The South End Rowing Club and Dolphin Club may be a place to start. They are located in San Francisco near Aquatic Park which is a popular place for open water swimmers to train. I don't know if they have lessons, but they may be able to point you in the right direction. Amy
Check out Leslie Thomas- her website is www.swim-art.com. My husband swims with their group occasionally - i hear she's a great coach. anon
Pool open on Christmas Day?
Dec 2007
Does anyone know of a pool that is open in the afternoon on Christmas day? I need to swim due to a back condition, and my pool is closed. I've tried Oakland Hills Tennis club on Redwood road, but the water is too hot and they usually close by 1:30 or 2.. A day pass to the Claremont costs hundreds. Also I don't want to bother my friends who have to show up with me. Any ideas?? I'm desperate.. it makes a huge difference in my pain level. swimgirl
All public pools will be closed and most private gyms will close as well. I think your best bet may be a hotel, since they can't close for the holidays. Some of them offer day-use passes for their pools. It's usually quite pricy, but you're desperate, right? Think of it as a Christmas gift to yourself. Maybe try the Claremont first? (I haven't done this locally.) Otherwise, do some research with Tripadvisor and then make some calls. Even if there isn't a candidate in the East Bay, I bet there's one in SF. anon
You could check the El Cerrito Swim Center. It's a beautiful outdoor pool. Rebecca
Check with the 24-Hour Fitness at Hilltop Mall. Its pool is usually open all the time. Perhaps the El Cerrito public pool will also be open. -- sometime swimmer
Indoor pool for toddlers
March 2007
Hello, I am looking for an indoor pool which is toddler friendly. Just something where my 21 month old can play around at rainy or cold days. I live in San Leandro but basically any place in the east bay would be fine. Thanks a lot!
We love the Silliman Center in Newark. My 2-year-old loves the little slides off the play structure, and the fountains. Afterwards we always have noodle soup and steamed vermicelli with shrimp at Vung Tau III just up the road. Then we drive home all drowsy and head to bed! http://bayareafun.googlepages.com/pools Vung
How to find a lap pool in LA/Pasadena?
Oct 2007
I need to find a hotel with a good lap pool so I can visit my son at Occidental College. It is essential that I swim every afternoon due to health reasons and back injury. The only pool I've found so far is the Rose Bowl Swim center; Hours are not ideal and would involve extra driving, which is hard for me. I'm looking in the Eagle Rock, Glendale, Pasadena area, perhaps even Burbank. Can't be a small pool, or a very warm pool.. I need to do real swimming to deal with severe back pain, especially with travel. Also I need frig with good freezer in the room so I can store gel ice packs for my back. Would appreciate any suggestions; I have spent hours on phone and on-line and can't seem to find a place that has pool and frig/freezer and close enough to the school. swimgirl
Have you tried looking at http://www.swimmersguide.com? It lists lap pools in cities around the world! I know because I travel a lot and I too need a pool and a frig/freezer when I'm on the road. There is a great pool at Occidental. I wonder if your son could investigate the possibility of you being able to swim there during your visit, especially since you have a medical condition. Sorry, I can't suggest specific hotels in the area, but Occidental's website (maybe via the Admissions Office) has hotel suggestions that you can call to check. Also, I have stayed at hotels that will put a frig in your room if you request it. For medical conditions they don't usually charge for it, but there may be a small fee. At other hotels, I have asked them to put a bag of my ice packs in their kitchen's freezer and they have been happy to oblige. Good luck! adisk
I don't know about a hotel, but you should check out the web site www.swimmersguide.com. It provides listings of public and hotel pools all around the world, evaluated by swimmers. I know that you said the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center isn't convenient for you, but I wanted to let you know that it's a really great pool for swimmers. I always swim there when I'm visiting my inlaws in ALtadena. The lanes are really long, and the temperature is right. It's rare for a hotel pool to provide an adequate lap swimming experience, since most are too short and/or too warm. Is there a pool at Occidental that you could use when you're visiting your son? Good luck, and I hope your back heals soon. Carrie
I can't help you with hotels that have lap pools; but can help you with places to swim. US Masters Swimming has a website with a link to ''Places to Swim'':
Often you can join a Master's workout (helps if you join the national organization for about $35/year). Usually you have to pay a small fee to join a team's workout (like $5 or $10). Also, you can often tell where they swim (local high school, college or YMCA or the like) and then just check out the public swimming hours there.
In terms of refrigerators, I have recently been through this at a lot of hotels as I needed to store breastmilk. Every hotel I have stayed at was able to bring in a small refrigerator into the room and only one of them charged me. Good luck. Nikki
2004 - 2006 Recommendations
Inexpensive Indoor pool for toddler
April 2006
Do you know of any indoor pools besides the YMCA (membership and pool fees are too expensive for us) in Oakland/Berkeley/San Leandro/Hayward area? We are hoping to find an indoor pool where we can pay a small fee to attend during ''open swim''/toddler-swim-with-parents time. Last summer we enrolled our daughter in the Alameda Park and Rec toddler swim program, but it was always so windy and cold at this outdoor pool, that we cancelled. We used to live in SF where there Park and Rec Pools (indoor) charged a small fee for ''free'' (no instruction) swim. Hoping to get our water baby into the pool experience asap. Thank you for your recommendations. Margaret
Last year I took my 2 year old--then one to the Hayward Plunge. It is indoors and located right off of Foothill in Hayward. The facility is indoors and family friendly. Kristie
I don't know any indoor pools besides the YMCA but the El Cerrito public pool and the San Ramon pool are great! Big slides, fountains, toddler shallow part and kid size and regular adult size areas. And San Ramon is definitely warmer than Alameda or even Berkeley. Check www.el-cerrito.com/recreation/swim http://www.ci.san-ramon.ca.us/parks/activitiespdf/aquatics.pdf_center.html love the pool
Check out the Silliman Activity Center on Mowry in Newark. It has an indoor water park. Supposed to be absolutely wonderful, although I've heard it can get crowded in the summer. Monika
I recommend the Albany pool. It might be a bit too far north for you, but it's a great pool and quite reasonable. The web site with additional info is http://www.enterit.com/ALBANY6640/. Kara
Albany High Pool http://www.enterit.com/ALBANY6640/ cheap swimmer
Lap Swimming for Adults
Dec 2005
I'm looking for a place to lap swim. I can't afford a YMCA membership, but don't quite qualify for financial assistance. I also have no car. I need a pool that's cheap but not scary, easily accessible to public transit (or walkable - I live near Lake Merrit), and has lap swimming hours during the day. If it has childcare, that's a bonus! Dry and Flabby
Try Oakland Parks & Rec http://www.oaklandnet.com/parks/programs/aquatics.asp (click on the pool names in the navigation bar on the left for lap swim times) Lions Pool at Diamond Park and Temescal Pool near Oakland Tech are both open for Lap swim year round. I know they are cheep and as far as safe, my 76 year old mother swam at both pools for many, many years. You might also want to look into the mommy and me swim class durring the summer. They used to be great. natasha
I missed the original question, sorry, but wanted to pipe up and recommend (Highly!) the lap swimming at Laney College. You can sign up online at http://www.peralta.cc.ca.us/ (they'll even give you a fake ID # instead of using your SSN if you request it). The classes are DIRT CHEAP, the pools are outside and gorgeous, and the instructors are terrific--patient, knowledgeable, and supportive. I believe it costs a total of $15. Per semester. For a 10-week, twice-a-week class! An undiscovered jewel of the Bay Area. (If you drive, parking is $.50/day extra and available in a lot.) Jennie
Pool near N. Oakland for family swim
May 2005
Hello everyone. I have checked the archives, and looked online some more, but I cannot seem to find what I want. I am looking for a nearby pool (nearby to North Oakland) where I can take my 20 month old swimming. I do not want a class, but a family swim time. The Berkeley Y is way too expensive for me. I'd like to pay a few dollars each time I go. I'd also like the water to be heated. Outdoor/ indoor doesn't matter. I live very close to the Temescal pool and would love to go there, but every time I walk by and ask, the person in the office doesn't know if they'll have a family swim time. Another Oakland public pool-can't remember the name- has a family swim time, but it is right smack in the middle of nap time, 12 to 2:( Any suggestions or leads for me out there? I need to get my son in the water! Thanks in advance, Katja
Hello everyone. I actually posted the question and have received may replies via email. Thank you!! I'd like to share with everyone what I have found: You may download a summer schedule for Oaklnad parks at www.oaklandnet.com/parks This includes swim times for My Clymond, Fremont, deFremery, Like Oak, Lions and Temescal pools. Also recommended were Mills colllege pool, Roberts Regional Recreational Area, El Cerrito, Berkeley High- the old ''south'' pool by the softball field, Diamond Park, and Strawbery Canyon. Hooray. Thanks for your suggestions. KatjaPool for handicapped woman
Jan 2005
My mother-in-law is coming to visit for an extended stay. She is handicapped and gets her only exercise by swimming. Does any one know of a handicap-accessible pool, that she could use on a drop-in basis? Mary
- Albany City Pool
- Berkeley City Pools Berkeley High (2)
- Oakland City Pools Lion's Pool
- Richmond Swim Center
Swimming places for women onlySept 2004
Does anyone know of a women swimming group where only women are present(including life guard)? Something similar to Curves but for swimming activity? Areas of convenience are Berkeley,Albany or nearby. Thanks
Check out UCB's Hearst pool. There is a small, little used women only pool outside the women's locker room. As recently as a month ago I found it was open Tues & Thurs 6:30-7:30 for open swimming, although I can't find further information on their website right now. I know they also hold women-only water fitness classes in that pool several times a week. If you've never been, the Hearst pool is beautiful, and the women's pool is very private. The number & website for the entire Recreational Sports program is 510-642-6400/calbears.berkeley.edu Sofia
Does the downtown Berkeley YMCA have this? I know there are three pools, and they do have workout rooms for women only, so you might stop by and see if they have any women-only swim sessions. Also, what about Mills College? Bets
Pools for toddlersJuly 2004
we just came back from santa fe and the city there has 2 wonderful toddler swimming pools-12''-18'' deep, with water slides and animals that are really just decorated showerheads etc. is there anything like this near berkeley? i found a lot of info about swim lessons on the site but not about pools like this. thanks! jc
- El Cerrito City Pool
Place to swim with toddler and dogsJuly 2004
Summer is here and the whole family, including the dog, would like to go swimming. Our children are young, under six years old and not good swimmers. Are there any swimming holes for both dogs and their humans within 3+ hours from the Bay Area? Any good swimming/camping combinations for families with dogs. Ann-Marie
I took my Labrador to Lake Del Valle about 6 years ago, with some friends. We rented a rowboat (with motor attached; rowing got old REALLY fast), and found a 'private' cove. Tied up the boat and enjoyed the water with the dogs. I'm not sure how well that would work for very young kids, but it was fabulous then. Jennie
Pool for family swim near El Cerrito, A.M. hoursJune 2004
I'm looking for a public swimming pool (preferably indoor) near El Cerrito that my toddler and I can use during A.M. hours (anytime before noon). I have checked the Hilltop Y, the El Cerrito community pool, and the Richmond swim center- none offer family swim time before noon. Does anyone know of a facility? Kim
- Albany City Pool
Public Pools in Lamorinda?June 2004
Love Berkeley, but swimming indoors at the Y during the summer just doesn't do it for me, and it just doesn't get warm enough for me to want to head up to the Strawberry Canyon pool. I'm looking for recommendations about public pools in the Lamorinda area. I'm willing to go through the tunnel to get some heat, and am hoping to find public pools with a bit of grass, shade, a wading pool for my 10 month old, as well as waist-high water for when he wants to ''swim''. Chilly Mama
I live in Orinda and belong to the Sleepy Hollow Swim and Tennis club, which is close to my house, and has been a lifesaver during the hot weather. I have some friends from Berkeley & Oakland who are members of the Orinda Park Pool. It it close to the freeway and has some great programs. All the pools here are great. Orinda Swim Mom
Deep Pool for AquajoggingMay 2004
I'm looking for an East Bay location for aquajogging (running upright in the water with a float belt). Ideally it would be a separate deep diving pool, but maybe there's a pool where the deep end is sometimes available for aquajogging? Pools with the lane markers in place won't work, and a crowded free swim isn't ideal either. I'd prefer a pay-as-you-use-it place, but would consider a membership. We live near Lake Merritt, but would be willing to drive a bit for the right situation. Thanks! Amy
- Spieker Pool UC Berkeley
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Pool near Albany for recreational swimmingMarch 2003
I recently asked for advice on getting my reluctant nine-year old to learn to swim. Based on the advice I got, I am now looking for a swimming pool in the area where we can spend lots of fun non-swimming time together this summer. Ideally, the pool is: WARM, about 3 FEET DEEP or so (NOT a kiddie splash pool full of toddlers), no more than 20 minutes drive from Albany, allows us to bring some toys, and has convenient weekday open swim. I guess I'm not too picky about indoor vs. outdoor. I prefer not to have to pay a huge ''membership'' type fee, but might consider it for the perfect place. R.K.
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- Richmond Swim Center (2)
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This might be kind of a strange idea, but a friend of mine used to live in one of those apartment buildings that abut the El Cerrito shopping center on the Albany side and there was a pool there that was almost always empty, and there are several such buildings near there. I'm wondering if you approached the manager of one of those buildings and asked if you could pay a fee to swim there with your kid if s/he would go for it? You could maybe draw up some sort of liability release form to sign ahead of time too. It's kind of a wacky idea, but there are so few swimming options in the area, but I had a brother with a lot of water fear, I know that crowded swimming spots only added to his anxiety.
Check out the Orinda Park Pool. The pool has sloping sides so it's got a lot of shallow water. The water is warm, toys are ok, but floatation devices are not. There is a separate toddler area. I'm a Masters swimmer and I think OPP is too warm for a workout. You have to purchase a membership and pay annual dues so this might be more of a commitment than you were looking for. You can sell the membership when you want to give up membership, in fact I think OPP sells it for you. We go from N. Berkeley over the hill and down Lomas Contadas to the pool in about 20 minutes.
You might try the pool at the Piedmont Rec. Center (although I am not sure it'll meet your ''20 mins. away'' criterion). The facility has a big, deep lap pool, another pool which sounds like what you are looking for, and a baby pool. I should say, however, that there almost certainly will be a lot of littler kids in the medium-sized pool, at least ''littler'' when compared to a 9-year-old. But it's a nice facility, and otherwise sounds like what you want. Wendy
Pool for Hanging OutJuly 2002
I am a Southern California transplant to Berkeley and it's taken 19 years to develop this craving, but I want a sunny summer hanging out by the pool with my kids (ages 6 years and 21 months). I am interested in hearing recommendations for public and private pools. What is the Strawberry like? Is there a good toddler pool? Is it crowded? Sunny? What's parking like? Do the summer sports camp and swim lessons interfere with pool use by the general public? Can anyone tell me about Orinda Park Pool? Any other private or public pools I should know about? We live in North Berkeley and I am willing to drive about 20-25 minutes to find a warm, sunny summer haven about three times a week. Thanks! Karen
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- Encinal High School Pool
- Lake Anza
- Lake Temescal
- Lakeridge Athletic Club
Encinal High School PoolRe: Pool for Hanging Out (July 2002)
If you want a toddler pool and don't need a lot of structure, check out the Encinal High School pool this summer. I went last year with my son (then just over 1), and we had a blast. They have a toddler pool from 2' to 3.5', a larger pool with standard depths, and even a diving pool (torture to this single mom--I wanna go dive!). The kiddy lessons, as I recall, are for an hour on Saturdays and just $2--and the best part is, after kiddy lessons are over, it's Free Swim and your $2 lets you stay as long as you like! The ''lessons,'' at least for very little ones, are nothing to write home about, but did serve to make my son more comfortable in the water and to start to kick. We didn't get to blowing bubbles or even putting faces in the water, but I hope to get to that this summer. The pool is open for about 10 weeks. If you email me, I can let you know when I get the schedule. These classes are on a drop-in basis, so there's no paying ahead of time & missing classes. Hope to see you there! I have reddish brown hair and freckles, and my son is pale like me and has curly blond hair. Jennie


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"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
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This is interesting. I got the following table from Callan Bentley's excellent Mountain Beltway blog and he got it from "Communicating the Science of Climate Change," by Richard C. J. Somerville and Susan Joy Hassol (Physics Today, October 2011, p. 48).
The way scientists use terms when discussing climate change is different from the way the general public uses those same terms (we can say much the same thing about scientists discussing evolution and other "hot button" issues that people are skeptical about for ideological reasons).
I discuss global climate change in many of my geoscience courses and do try to explain the terminology used as well. Sometimes those of us who read the scientific literature become so used to the jargon used that we simply repeat it when discussing the topic without thinking about how people hear and perceive the terms. It's good to be reminded that we shouldn't take some things for granted.


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As a business owner there are many aspects of your work that you spend time addressing every day. A vital area that you may not be giving enough consideration to is design.
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text: 'Sacramento, You Are Now Warned': Stephon Clark 'Sit In' At Arden Fair Prompts Mall Closures, Demonstrators Threaten More Shutdowns Ezra David Romero Nick Miller Sunday, March 3, 2019 | Sacramento, CA Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Youth are gathering outside Arden Fair to peacefully protest the Sacramento County district attorney's decision not to prosecute the officers who killed Stephon Clark.Ezra Romero / CapRadio Updated 3:15 p.m. Arden Fair Mall did not open its doors on Sunday after a group of demonstrators continued a "sit-in," protesting the Sacramento County district attorney's decision not to prosecute the officers who killed Stephon Clark. Berry Accius, an organizer with Voices of Youth, said Sunday morning that a group of young people began gathering at the mall on Saturday night. "They closed the mall down because of 13 black students," Accius said. "The main message, and I'm going to say that very clear: Those two killer officers may no longer reside or work in Sacramento ever again. They need to be fired." The group arrived at the mall just before 9 p.m. on Saturday, and remained inside after business hours and over night. On Sunday morning, however, they were told the mall would be closed for the day, and his group finally left to demonstrate outside when law enforcement arrived. Scenes from Arden Mall. Barry Accius: "these are college students. Today is about stopping economic gain. We didn't tell them to shut it down. They got scared by 8 black people. Y'all should blame the mall management." @CapRadioNews pic.twitter.com/W0LiUAXwXn — Ezra David Romero (@ezraromero) March 3, 2019 Accius hinted at similar demonstrations later this week. "Sacramento, you are now warned. We might even show up at the Golden 1 arena," he told CapRadio. "You will see more events like this shutdown." Khalil Ferguson, an International Relations and Economics graduate from Sacramento State, said the group left to go outside because it accomplished its mission. "When the law arrived, we did succumb, only because we did achieve our goals," Ferguson said. Mall spokesperson Nathan Spradlin said that Sacramento city officials recommended Arden Fair remain closed. He added that there was "viable information regarding a concentrated effort by protesters to gather in unsafe numbers within the mall." "As a part of this community, Arden Fair respected the desires of these individuals to express themselves, but due to the high potential for unsafe numbers to gather today, we have closed the center to groups of any size," Spradlin wrote in a statement. During an impromptu press conference in front of the mall's main entrance on Sunday morning, Ferguson announced a list of demands, including the end to the "dehumanization of black people by public officials." The demonstrators also want an official apology to the "unequivocal defamation of Stephon Clark." The group is demanding that Sacramento County District Attorney Anne-Marie Schubert submit her resignation immediately and that the officers who fatally shot Clark, Jared Robinet and Terrence Mercadal, be fired. "The goal of today was economic disturbance," Ferguson explained. "We wanted to inconvenience businesses individually and we got the whole mall shut down." Sacramento State student Christine Hunter, with the Coalition of Black Students, helped organize the protest and says she wants the world to know that black people are caring and loving. "We want [law enforcement] to know that we don't need to do what they're doing to us to get justice," Hunter said. Youth at Arden Fair Mall protest the Sacramento County district attorney's decision not to charge the officers who shot Stephon Clark.Ezra David Romero / Capital Public Radio Saad Sweilem, a civil rights attorney with CAIR Sacramento Valley, sat with the students throughout the night and gave them legal advice. He says it wasn't until the morning when they were trespassing and asked to leave. "There wasn't any situation that forced me to intervene. I don't believe they did anything illegal," Sweilem said. Hundreds of customers weren't able to shop at the mall, which has more than 160 stores. Sacramento area interior designer Jimmika Johnson was one of them; she was going to buy some clothes and sunglasses, she said. "I just have to remember that the way that you send your message is through your money. Sometimes it takes withholding your money to get your point across. I'm going to find some black owned businesses to waste my money on," Johnson said. The DA announced on Saturday that the two officers who fatally shot Clark will not face criminal charges. Her office's decision comes nearly a year after Sacramento police fatally shot Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed black man who died in his grandmother's backyard. "If a black life matters to you put your fist in the air," Barry Accius. @CapRadioNews pic.twitter.com/ySGBx8hfnz — Ezra David Romero (@ezraromero) March 3, 2019 Clark's death prompted weeks of demonstrations, with protesters spilling into the streets of downtown Sacramento. They stopped traffic on Interstate 5 and blocked thousands of fans from entering a Sacramento Kings game. "Until we shut down Golden 1 [last March], people didn't really care," Accius said. "Once you start messing with the fabric of economics to individuals that don't necessarily have to care . . . [then] you start triggering different emotions. Now [they] want to be at the table to figure out what can I do to be swifter with change." 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Civilian and French military casualties mount in Mali fighting
More than 20 civilians were killed by an unidentified helicopter gunship in Mali this weekend, on top of mounting French army casualties, according to reports.
The helicopter, flying at low altitude, opened fire on what was a wedding party in a remote desert region in central Mali on Sunday (3 January), according to health workers and locals speaking to the Reuters, AFP, and AP news agencies.
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The helicopter appeared to be in pursuit of jihadist fighters on motor bikes near the villages of Bounti and Kikara, but ended up killing more than 20 people, including children.
The French military said it had carried out air-strikes in central Mali on the same day, killing dozens of Islamist insurgents, but denied involvement in the wedding, saying its targets had been first identified by a drone.
"Reports relating to a wedding do not match the observations that were made", colonel Frederic Barbry, a French military spokesman, told AP on Tuesday.
"There can't be any doubts or ambiguity, there was no wedding," a French military source also told AFP.
"This was a strike that was carried out after a particularly strict, multi-party process on a fully-identified armed terrorist group, after collating information, intentions, posture, in a studied area," the source said.
Two French soldiers were also killed by a roadside bomb in the Menaka region in eastern Mali while on a reconnaissance mission earlier on Saturday.
A jihadist group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin, a branch of Al Qaeda, the group behind the 9/11 strikes in the US almost 20 years ago, later claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the Site Intelligence Group, a US private-intelligence company.
Three other soldiers were also killed last week in Mali by a bomb attack claimed by the Group to Support Islam and Muslims, another Al Qaeda-linked organisation.
Meanwhile, between 50 and 100 villagers were also massacred on Saturday in Tchomo-Bangou in neighbouring Niger, near the Malian borer, by unknown gunmen.
The strike came after 34 people were killed in similar circumstances in Diffa, Niger, near its border with Nigeria, last month.
The UN says some 4,000 people died in fighting in the Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso "tri-border" area in 2019.
France currently has more than 5,000 soldiers in the wider Sahel region in an intervention in its former colonies which began seven years ago in the wake of the Libya conflict in 2011, when French-led air-strikes helped topple Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, destabilising the country, and prompting jihadists to flock to the area.
The EU also has two military-training missions in Mali and in Niger.
It suspended its Mali mission last August following a military coup in the country, but it is unclear if the operation later resumed work.
"It is known that some of the leading figures of the coup d'etat have also enjoyed training in Germany and France," German defence minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told reporters at the time.
"We don't train armies to be putschists," EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell also said.
"Ninety percent of the army has been trained by our mission, but the four most prominent [coup] leaders have not been trained by our mission," he said.