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Already have a degree? Initial Teacher Licensure
Initial Teacher Licensure Graduate Program
(One-year intensive program)
For students already holding a bachelor's degree (or higher) from an accredited college or university and desiring to pursue teaching, this program develops their expertise in educational best practices, state content standards, and student teaching to meet Colorado licensure requirements. This Program is available for elementary and secondary licensure with secondary concentrations in English, Math, Science, Social Studies or Spanish. The ITL program may be delivered to students anywhere in the 14-county region served by Colorado Mesa University. Note: some students may have leveling courses to complete prior to their admission into the Intensive ITL program.
The intensive cohort begins each year in May and runs for 12 months. Students begin with hybrid face-to-face and on-line courses during the summer. Fall and spring semesters are spent on site at an elementary or secondary school in the region; during this academic year, students also participate in coursework, seminars and colloquia on-line and at the university. An integral part of this program is a full year of mentored classroom experience. After attaining licensure and their ITL Graduate Certificate, these ITL students may then pursue the four additional graduate courses (11 graduate credits) needed to complete their Master of Arts in Education degree.
Affordable on-campus summer housing is available.
Application Process:
- Request a transcript evaluation to determine if leveling courses are required prior to applying to the ITL program.
- Submit all ITL application documents by the application deadline, March 1st.
ITL Program Sheets:
ITL - Graduate Certificate - Elementary (Licensure only)
ITL - Graduate Certificate - Secondary (Licensure only)
ITL - Master of Arts in Education - Elementary
ITL - Master of Arts in Education - Secondary
ITL Cohort Schedules
ITL 2018 Summer Calendar - 2019 coming soonITL Cohort Schedule - Elementary - 2019 coming soon
ITL Cohort Schedule - Secondary (English, Science, Social Studies, Math or Spanish) - 2019 coming soon
MAED Core Summer Classes 2018 - 2019 coming soon
- Prepare post-baccalaureate teacher licensure candidates for the profession at large [locally] across our service region
- Design and deliver a program of instruction that is consistent, yet adaptive, across time, location and instructors
- Develop candidate planning, instructional and assessment competence and expertise from those of a teaching novice to those of an entry-level professional, in 12 months
- Develop professional competence, expertise and a passion for innovation
Graduate Handbook (updated November 2017)
If you want to explore current possibilities, please contact the Coordinator of the Initial Teacher Licensure (ITL) Program, Dr. Cynthia Chovich.
Files are available in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format. If you are unable to view the files, please download the free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.


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Dr Hanne-Ruth Thompson is a Lector in Bengali at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, where she teaches courses in Advanced Bengali and Modern Bengali Texts.
Her first book, Essential Everyday Bengali, focused on the colloquial, everyday form of the language. This year a further three books are due out, including Bengali: A Comprehensive Grammar.
Here she explains how she came to take up Bengali, why traditional interpretations of its grammar have "fossilised" and why there are no insurmountable problems for students wanting to learn the language. Continue reading

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I have a little something something for you today. After I uploaded my Bad Witch Overlay Default, I was asked if I could so a good witch default as well.
After figuring out what I wanted to do I set out to make it. Then it turned out that the 2 overlays are set up different so I had to throw my plan out the window.
So this is what I came up with after a few hours of trial and error. This default will add a little blue (to match the good witch theme) onto your sims cheeks, nose, and lips to give them the appearance of glowing slightly. I've tested it on multiple skin tones and it seems to look ok with all. It will not add any color to the body at all.
I used 2 different makeups by ZombieJill to make this. I altered the opacity and color slightly but all credit goes to them. (I used these and these)


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"The Supreme Court's Decision to Deny Cert in DMA Is No Big Deal—Really"
State and Local Taxes Weekly 12/15/16 David Brunori
A lot of practitioners have been alerting clients about the Supreme Court's refusal to hear the appeals in the Direct Marketing Association cases out of Colorado. The Court refrained from accepting the two petitions from the Tenth Circuit's decision to uphold the Colorado law requiring out of state sellers to file sales information with the state and to notify in state purchasers of their use tax obligations. The Direct Marketers Association sought Supreme Court review arguing that the Tenth Circuit's decision violated the spirit of Quill. Colorado filed a conditional cross petition with the high court hoping to overturn Quill. The Supreme Court's refusal to hear the case has left both sides unsatisfied.
But when the history of the sales tax in America is written, this episode will be relegated to a tiny footnote. No one really expected the Direct Marketers Association to win. It was a long shot. The case did not involve tax collection requirements by out of state sellers. Reporting requirements and the noxious notification of use tax obligations are different. Yes, Colorado was trying to get around Quill. And yes, Colorado was treating out of state sellers differently than in state sellers (who did not have to report or notify anyone). One may correctly wonder if the obligation of reporting sales and notifying customers are less onerous than actually collecting the tax. But the courts have always distinguished reporting and tax collecting.
At the same time, no one really thought Colorado would, if it got before the court, be able to overturn Quill. This case was just never viewed as a good vehicle for reversing physical presence standard. Again, because the courts distinguish tax collection and reporting, the chances overturning decades of precedent were slim. Yes, Justice Kennedy gave opponents of Quill hope by questioning the continued validity of Quill. But those opponents will have to wait for another case.
So what does the Supreme Court's refusal mean? If you sell into Colorado you will have to comply with the law. Remote sellers will not like that, given the expense and risks involved. And, some commentators are fretting over the possibility that other states will require reporting and notification similar to Colorado. But that is unlikely. The states don't want sellers to report their total sales. And they don't care if customers are notified since the customers are not going to pay use tax anyway. The states want remote sellers to collect the sales tax.
The states have moved beyond reporting requirements and will attempt to take on Quill much more directly. A half dozen states have enacted laws or promulgated rules requiring sales tax collection if certain sales thresholds are met. If you sell more than say $500,000 of goods into a state, you must collect sales tax even without a physical presence. There are or will be legal challenges in all of those states. And those challenges will get to the Supreme Court. Since those laws and regulations are by definition unconstitutional under Quill. Someday soon we will see if the Commerce Clause requires a physical presence for sales tax collection. But not today.
Originally published in State and Local Taxes Weekly, December 15, 2016


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Has the media blown this Note 7 out of proportion by associating bombs to Note 7 "fires"?
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10 Gorgeous And Unique Airbnbs You'll Have To See To Believe
In: Editor's Picks, Travel, Z Carousel, posted: Jan 8, 2018
Airbnb hosts are definitely giving full-fledged hotels and hostels a run for their money
What does your dream home look like? With the advent of the sharing economy, people are increasingly open to the idea of staying in someone's home. While many of these homes are run of the mill, there are those that are all in a league of their own. From breathtaking treehouses to secluded cabins, we sussed out some of the most unique (and no less beautiful) Airbnbs around the world.
1. Cubehouse in central Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
A tourist attraction in and of itself, the iconic Cub House is also centrally located, with it being within walking distance from the city centrum, shops, restaurants, Markthal, Old Harbour, the Maritime Museum to name but just a few.
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text: From April 3 through April 9, 1865, the last important battles of the Civil War were fought as the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia fled from Petersburg and Richmond, followed closely by the Army of the Potomac, which trapped them at Appomattox. Day by day, Stark charts the race between the troops of the fleeing General Robert E. Lee and his pursuer, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, and the ultimate surrender. Realistic paintings in watercolor, gouache and casein depict a determined but rumpled and muddy Grant, enthusiastic boys in blue, both black and white, and exhausted Confederates in grey led by the handsome, sharply dressed Lee. An opening map that shows the location of each major battle introduces a clear narrative that is detailed enough to make this chapter in American history come alive. Excerpts from correspondence between the two generals and chapter-opening lines from participants add authenticity. The bibliography represents the author's research but does not, unfortunately, include titles for further investigation by young readers. This flaw notwithstanding, fine fare for young history buffs. (afterword) (Nonfiction. 8-11)


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By Carrina Stanton
For The Chronicle
Photographs by Holly Pederson
and Dan Schreiber
October 26, 2009
Mick Gunter leads a group of boys in a series of push-ups. Next, they lay on their backs and try to lift and hold their legs about three inches off the ground. Their muscles start to quiver with the next exercise, where they balance with their bodies in the shape of a V with only their bottoms on the ground.
One might think they were getting ready for some sort of sport or martial art. In reality, they're warming up to dance ballet.
"Most people think ballet is a sissy kind of sport but they're completely wrong," said Gunter, who recently opened Centralia Ballet Academy with his wife, Nancy.
When the Gunters opened the ballet academy in downtown Centralia, Gunter said he knew he wanted an all-male class to be part of his curriculum from the beginning. In growing the next generation of dancers, Gunter said one of the hardest parts about getting males to dance ballet is breaking stereotypes. Boys are typically not encouraged to take ballet. In fact, Gunter did not start dancing himself until 1998, though it interested him as a child.
But Gunter said ballet can have various benefits for males so he offers a class that stresses basic ballet while being geared toward things boys like. In one class, he explained how the word plié looks very much like the word "plier," a tool that opens and closes like the move. He encouraged his class to remember the move Rond de Jambe as being like running your foot around the bases in baseball. His all-male class also dances to music from Super Mario Brothers and James Bond.
"I try to make dance something they can relate to by using things they're familiar with," Gunter said. "Other classes are usually lots of girls and sometimes being the only boy can be intimidating. We're trying to create an atmosphere where they feel comfortable."
Most people think of ballet as being a female dance form, full of tights and tutus. But the first ballet performances can be traced to the Italian and French royal courts of the 1400s, where females were not permitted to take part in the theater arts. Dancers were male, including men wearing masks in female parts, until about 1680. From then both sexes were equally praised in the art form until about the 19th Century when male dancing began to decline with the appearance of romantic ballet, in which women excelled.
Male dancers began to reemerge in the 20th Century but they didn't gain respect as contributors to the art until well into the 1960s when Russian dancers such as Vaslav Nijinsky, Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov began to emerge and choreographers began to write pieces for all-male casts. Tanner Calder, 18, of Napavine, who has been dancing at Southwest Washington Dance Center in Chehalis for three years, said watching videos of some of these great male dancers really showed him how physical and athletic ballet really [is].
"Watch footage of them dancing and you'll understand completely what they did for ballet. They created male ballet," Calder said.
Centralia Ballet Academy has a total of six male students. The Southwest Washington Dance Center has five male dancers this year. Calder said just a couple years ago he was the only male dancer at the Chehalis studio and for some unknown reason their ranks have steadily grown. He said he's happy for the company, both from a performance standpoint and also that as the number of male dancers grow, so may the public perception of them. Calder, who actually gave up a spot on the football team to dedicate his time to dance, said he still encounters a great deal of ignorance about male dancers.
Fellow dancer Vernon Keech, 27, Chehalis, who danced as a teenager then returned to the art form last year, said he missed the creative outlet and physical strength dance gave him. But Keech admitted that when he decided to return to ballet, he felt a lot of pressure from his male friends who would take verbal jabs at him whenever he mentioned dancing. Now, he said he tries to educate those around him about just how strong male dancers must be.
"They say, 'What do you do?' and I say 'I dance' and they give me this, 'Oh really?' and I say, 'Yeah, it's really cool,' and then I expound on the really cool parts about it," Keech said. "It's physically challenging. It requires mental discipline and teamwork. It's like being in an organized sport and it's just as hard."
Soccer player Austin Hawkins groaned Saturday during his first male ballet class at Centralia Ballet Academy when Gunter showed the class some of the stretches. The 12-year-old from Chehalis said he was curious to try the art form and was surprised at how hard it was. "It was pretty difficult because I'd never done it before," Hawkins said after the hour-long workout. "I'll definitely be back."
Gunter said ballet is not just for those who want to dance. He recommends dance to any athlete or martial artist to improve their balance, agility and strength. He pointed out that Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer Lynn Swann began dancing at the age of 8 and never stopped. The top highest vertical leaps recorded by the National Basketball Association range from 28 inches to a little less then 6 feet. Talented male ballet dancers can leap 4 to 5 feet high with no running start. On good days, Baryshnikov could leap six feet.
Daniel Holloway, 13, of Olympia, who has been doing ballet for four years and recently started taking classes at Centralia Ballet Academy, said most of his friends are supportive of his involvement in ballet. For those who aren't, he said ballet has given him the ability to prove male dancers are not wimps. "I only had one kid who thought ballet was just for girls, but I beat him in wrestling so he gave that up," Holloway said with a grin.
In many respects, ballet is much like any other sport, Keech said. You have to learn to work together, especially when it comes to partnering with a female dancer. He said lifting a 100-plus pound dancer is not as easy as it looks. Lifts are a 50/50 relationship, with the male dancer lifting at just the right moment and the female learning to hold her core straight and in just the right position to help her partner. Keech said it is something that has to be learned. You can't just walk onto a stage and lift a partner or someone will get hurt. One exercise dancers at Southwest Washington Dance Center use to strengthen their muscles is lifting the 5-gallon water cooler jugs. The dancers place their hands on either side of the 40-pound jug, much like placing their hands on the waist of a partner. Then they lift the jug up, down and to either side. "We have to know how to support ourselves and how to position ourselves," Keech explained.
Besides striving for credit for the difficulty of their sports, local male dancers said more than anything they want to find a way for ballet to have a place among athletes. Gunter said he's not trying to lure any athletes away from sports but rather encouraging them to take his class as a way to condition for their chosen activities. As someone who has seen both the physical act of dancing and performance change his life, Gunter said he simply wants to share the experience with more males.
"We want to make it so that you can still be a guy and do ballet," Gunter said. "You can still like sports and go to ballet as well."
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- Visa. Getting your visa is a inexpensive activity, but getting all the paperwork together for it will be a bother. Many people in Australia are calling for a more simplified visa application process in the future. Unfortunately, if you are going to study for 3 years, you will need to show you have enough funds to cover yourself for 3 years, unlike other countries, where you only need to show the first year. This is another change that many institutions are pushing for.
- Study Fees. International students, pay on average, 4 times more than Australian students. Fees are different for each course, but this is a rough guide. Australian Universities cost about $10,000 to $18,000 per year and English Courses cost around $3,000 to $13,000 a year – the price courses can vary greatly depending on content and depending on institution.
- Living Costs. Living costs vary greatly in Australia. If you are studying somewhere like Sydney you will find the cost of accommodation is much higher than other cities. If you are studying somewhere that is a little more regional you will find that it is much cheaper. You will probably need around $500 per week, which means another $26,000 per year, but again, this will vary on where and how you live. Sharing a house in inner Sydney will mean around $200 a person for the lower end, although if you were in somewhere like South East Queensland you could get a very large home with 4 bedrooms for around $400 per week. Your living arrangements will greatly influence the cost of your living. Most students share, and even so do most Australians, and this is a very good way for many young people to live and is a very good lifestyle when it is done right. For the total $500, you should be able to cover all your needs well.
- Returning home. You need to think about returning home at least once each year, and students can get cheaper deals on flights, but you are probably still looking at more than $2000 for each round-trip flight.
- Emergency Fund. You should make sure that you have insurance to cover the worst of situations and this may be a requirement of your visa.


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Hi Wee fans,
Today I'm back with a gorgeous creation by our April Guest Designer Shannon Kromeke. Shannon worked with Wee Stamps' Playful Kittens (available as a set of digital images and as a rubber stamp set).
These kittens are perfect to use separately but don't you love how Shannon designed this card to feature all three of the cuties? Thank you so much for letting us share this cutie here Shannon. For more details about this card please visit Shannon's blog HERE.


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Community Hall
From Wikimedia India Chapter
Revision as of 14:44, 21 October 2014 by Ravidreams (talk | contribs) (+"This week's contributor")
Welcome to Wikimedia India's Community Hall. This will be our version of village pump :) Please feel free to discuss general issues, plans and programs to take the movement forward.
Featured Wikimedian of the Month
The 'Featured Wikimedian of the Month' column has not been updated for a while since early 2014. I stopped updating it when a glitch appeared on the Wikimedia India Chapter wiki, causing the images to appear distorted. Now that the bugs have been fixed, it would be a good idea to start updating the column again. I am interested in volunteering to do this. Any other takers? I'd welcome comments, suggestions and ideas about this project. --Netha Hussain 14:24, 21 October 2014 (IST)
- Hi Netha, glad you are taking this up again. I feel we can make this a weekly or at least a fortnightly feature to recognize more conrtibutors across India. With the current monthly model, we can only recognize 12 contributors per year. We can call this section as "This week's contributor". This will make it less controversial if someone is wondering how someone can be called a featured Wikimedian in the strict sense like featured articles. I can also volunteer to bring more volunteers to help and to be featured :)
- Since you already have the profile for Rishabh, please start featuring him right away. Going forward, we can figure out how to receive nominations and add more people to the team. I am also thinking of giving wider coverage for contributors through our social media channels and give them swags too. I hope this will bring enough interest in the project and credit for the featured vounteers !--Ravi 14:44, 21 October 2014 (IST)


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In Sickness And In Health 4
April 26, 2012 | The L Word | No Comments|
Me & My Nurse
HER: Dr. Gordon, I am your nurse.
ME: Condolences honey.
HER: Why?
ME: It's a rough gig… trust me.
HER: Oh no. I hear you're lots of fun. ME: Is this a naval hospital?
HER: No
ME: then I'm not lot's of fun
HER: I don't get it.
ME: You never will… let's just move on.
HER: Im going to take your history.
ME: Well when I was born the Dead Sea had just taken ill….
HER: (laughs) So, Do you have hypertension
ME: Does Charlie Sheen have issues? Doll I'm black, what do you think?


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COLOMBO, March 9 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares rose for a second straight session on Friday as foreign investors bought into risky assets with some improvements in the communal violence-hit district of Kandy.
Police said on Thursday it had arrested the suspected leader and nine others suspects behind a wave of anti-Muslim attacks by Sinhalese Buddhist hardliners in the central highlands region this week.
"With the situation returning to normalcy we saw increased activities. We saw foreigners getting activated. Things are slightly improving and investors are waiting to see the real situation," said Dimantha Mathew, head of research, First Capital Holdings, referring to inactive local investors.
The Colombo stock index ended 0.46 percent firmer at 6,551.19. Turnover was 868.9 million rupees ($5.59 million), less than this year's daily average of around 950 million rupees.
Foreign investors bought a net 61.3 million rupees worth of shares on Friday, extending the year-to-date net foreign inflow to 6.1 billion rupees worth of equities so far this year.
Shares in Ceylinco Insurance Plc climbed 11.25 percent, Melstacorp Ltd rose 2.9 percent and Janashakthi Insurance Co Plc ended 7.7 percent firmer. ($1 = 155.4000 Sri Lankan rupees) (Reporting by Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Aneez; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)


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This contemporary, minimalist property design is inviting and original, a perfect combination for those seeking a property with individuality and character. Lovingly designed, Trevene features modern comforts with a serene and ambient setting. The property has a light and airy feel offering a calm space for guests to relax and unwind.
Trevene boasts a spacious, fully equipped kitchen featuring all mod cons, luxury appliances and a large dining room table, comfortably seating six guests. The property has three stylish, sophisticated bedrooms and a main luxury family bathroom. The master bedroom features a double sized bed, luxury linen and a beautiful rooftop sea view. The other stylish bedrooms consist of a spacious twin and a bunk bedroom.
Downstairs the lounge is comfortable and warm, featuring a crackling miniature log burning stove warming many a visitor's heart after a rigorous day of exploring. The lounge is light and airy and there is a range of entertainment available which consists of: digital TV, DVD player, Ipod docking station, Wifi and board games. Off the end of the kitchen there is a utility room and a downstairs modern bathroom. There are white wooden floors throughout which add to the charm and authenticity.
Trevene benefits from a surrounding garden which can be accessed from the kitchen via French patio doors or from the side utility room door. There is seating available outside for soak in the sun or a family BBQ.
Located in Mousehole, the village is one of the most popular and attractive beauty spots in Cornwall. Predominantly a quaint fishing village, it is not surprising people return here time and time again. The town is full of budding artists, narrow winding cobbled streets, whitewashed cottages and a beautiful harbour with an unforgettable view over the sea to St Michael's Mount.


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A six-pack of Mavs statistical nuggets following Wednesday night's home rout of Denver:
*With 15 points in the 102-84 win, Vince Carter passed David Robinson (20,790 points) for 33rd place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
*Dallas scored the first five points in the win and never relinquished that lead. It's the third time already this season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, that the Mavericks never trailed or were even tied. The Mavs had only one such game during the 2010-11 regular season and only one during its postseason run to the championship (Game 3's 93-87 victory over Oklahoma City in the West finals.)
*The Mavericks have held their last nine opponents under 100 points and rank No. 5 in the league in scoring defense at 91.3 points per game allowed. Even without Tyson Chandler, Dallas ranks fourth in the league in defensive efficiency, allowing just 96.2 points per 100 possessions.
*Going back to Monday night, Dirk Nowitzki's 11 points in the fourth quarter marked the first time all season he scored in double digits in the final period. Dirk did that 12 times last season. Yet over the past seven games, Nowitzki has averaged 23.7 points on 50.8-percent shooting, compared to 16.2 points per game on 43.0-percent shooting in the Mavs' first 19 games.
*With one more block, Nowitzki will have 1,000 for his career, making him just the third player in league history to rack up 1,000 career 3-pointers and 1,000 career swats, joining Clifford Robinson and Rasheed Wallace. Jason Kidd, meanwhile, is five steals away from tying Michael Jordan for second place on the NBA's all-time thefts list (2,14) behind John Stockton (3,265). At 38 days and 331 years old, Kidd is the fourth-oldest active player in the league behind Portland's Kurt Thomas (39 years, 136 days old), Phoenix's Grant Hill (39-135) and Miami's Juwan Howard (39-10).


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Check out my radio interview with Patricia (Pat) Rullo of Speak Up Talk Radio!
Serious Reader Review: 5 Stars
Broken Child Mended Man provides inspiration for anyone out there looking for strength and currently facing life's adversities and can easily relate it to their own struggle.
Overall rating: 5 Stars
Overall Reader Score: 97/100
Read more at bit.ly/1Rxyyks
Serious Reader Interview
Is there anything you are currently working on that may intrigue the interest of your readers?
Of course! I'm working on a children's book dedicated to foster children and parents. I hope we'll be able to release it within the next year. I also have two nonfiction works and a fiction slated for release early-mid next year. The titles and outlines are complete. I'm working on the substance day by day, but I should have each one wrapped up by October or so.
Who are your books mostly dedicated to?
My book is dedicated first and foremost to those struggling to cope with past mistakes or their current plight in life. A close second would be the people who feel compelled to help the downtrodden in any way possible.
Have any of your books been adapted into a feature film?
No, but I have a producer shopping Broken Child Mended Man on my behalf. I'm cautiously optimistic about the prospects.
How long do you take to write a book?
It took about 10 months from conception to pen down. I was proud of what I managed to accomplish within the course of a year. The next few books will take much longer mainly because I'm venturing into parenting, social psychology and sci-fi.
Read the rest of the interview by clicking on the link below:
Apex Reviews: 5 Stars
Broken Child Mended Man
Reviewed By Natalie Holland
Official Apex Reviews Rating: 5 Stars
The bullying. The brutality. The isolation. The loneliness. The neglect. The scars – both physical and emotional.
Stories abound of how life is for children forced to live in the foster care system. One could argue there can be no new information shared that would shed a different light on the harsh realities of orphaned and abandoned kids. For as many stories that exist, though, about such harsh realities – how many tales expound on the rare ones who emerge victorious from the confines of the brutal system?
Count Broken Child Mended Man among that number. Throughout the pages of his heartrending memoir, author Adam Starks does more than simply take the reader through his eventful upbringing in the foster care system; he puts on full display his incredible story of survival and ultimate victory, one gained through nothing less than sheer faith and perseverance. Starks holds nothing back as he highlights the full measure of desperation inherent in children such as him – with apparently nothing to live for – while aptly pivoting to the tangible results of refusing to settle for a hopeless existence. More than just an inspiring tale of overcoming challenging beginnings, Broken Child Mended Man is a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit, and the limitless potential within reach of all those willing to push for it. An absolute must read.
Masquerade Crew Interview
Q: "What impact do you envision your book(s) having on your reader?"
A: "I want my readers to have more compassion for people struggling to get by in their respective communities. It's so easy to pass judgment on others, but this book will challenge their preconceived notions about the real impacts of poverty and cultural expectations on society's most vulnerable citizens."
Please click on the link below for the rest of my first online interview:
Red City Review: 4 out of 5 stars
Adam Starks, Ph.D. shares a memoir of his life in Broken Child Mended Man. He shares his experiences as a black child born to an alcoholic mother, who has dreams of being a songwriter. His life began in California only to have it uprooted and transplanted to the countryside of Virginia before kindergarten. Many days he went without food and was forced to take drastic measures to feed his hunger. A lot of people think they had a rough or unhappy childhood, but until you see into the reality of someone who experienced an exceptionally unpleasant youth you can't grasp how good you probably had it. Eventually, Starks' mother lost custody of him and his siblings. He was separated from two of his brothers while being placed in a foster home with one of his other brothers. There were good and bad aspects to that home, and few years later he was placed in a new foster home. As Starks grew into a man, he wanted to stop the cycle and be the best person, husband and father he could be. He didn't want to be someone who had been hurt that in turn hurt others.
This account by Adam Starks of a broken child growing into a mended man is a well written account. He shares a good amount of details to help the reader truly sense what he went through. His writing offers the reader an opportunity to almost walk in his shoes for a while. Many people will discover things about themselves within these pages that they didn't realize before, even if their experiences were quite different. This is a striking story of one man not allowing his past to dictate his future.
E-Cover design
I submitted my book cover for feedback at an e-book award site and the comment from the judge confirmed my discontent with the layout:
"It does look like an image that would spring from the unconscious but, unfortunately, this cover is lacking in impact and sophistication."
Lesson learned: Booktango is great for publishing, but you should seek a true professional for graphics and book cover design. For the price I paid, I would not recommend Booktango for the effort that potential readers will judge you by.


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Overture in the French style
- Composer
- J S Bach
- Opus
- Tonality
- B minor
- Pages
- 17
- Instruments
- Piano
- Type
- Classic, Overture
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Licence
- Public domain
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About Overture in the French style
The Overture in the French style, BWV 831, original title Ouvertüre nach Französischer Art, also known as the French Overture and published as the second half of Clavier-Übung II in 1735 (paired with the Italian Concerto), is a suite in B minor for two-manual harpsichord written by Johann Sebastian Bach. An earlier version of this work exists, in the key of C minor (BWV 831a); the work was transposed into B minor to complete the cycle of tonalities in Parts One and Two of the Clavier-Übung. The keys of the six Partitas (B-flat major, C minor, A minor, D major, G major, E minor) form a sequence of intervals going up and then down by increasing amounts: a second up (B-flat to C), a third down (C to A), a fourth up (A to D), a fifth down (D to G), and finally a sixth up (G to E). The key sequence continues into Clavier-Übung II (1735) with two larger works: the Italian Concerto, a seventh down (E to F), and the French Overture, an augmented fourth up (F to B-natural). Thus this sequence of customary tonalities for 18th-century keyboard compositions is complete, extending from the first letter of his name (Bach's "home" key, B-flat, in German is B) to the last letter of his name (B-natural in German is H).
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Basket Weave
I saw something similar to this the other day and had to try it. I started by sectioning off a rectangle on the top and pulling it up out of the way.
Next I took the rest of the hair from ear to ear and slicked it back and secured it with an elastic. I think this works better with damp hair so you don't have fly aways.
With the hair on top I took it and parted it down the middle.
Then I took a plastic needle (you can get them at WalMart or other craft stores) and threaded a small piece of hair into it. To do this I used a piece of dental floss...made a loop and put through the eye of the needle...then put the hair through the loop and pulled so the hair went through the needle.
Then I just went in and out of the hair on one side and pulled it through. I continued this all the way back and on the other side. I didn't make it very even and will have to practice that a little. I just did it randomly and in a hurry.
When I finished all the weave I took a piece of hair from the pony and wrapped it around the elastic and pulled it through with my topsy tail to hide the elastic.
I topped this one off with a Spikey Purple Hydrangea from snapbandz.com It would be way cute to curl the back of the hair or just the piecies in the ponytail and the weaved sections. You could also do this with two pony tails. It was a little time consuming...but way cute!
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FierceFinanceIT recently published an article by Renee Caruthers about Kasisto, the SRI spin-off that provides a virtual assistant targeted at financial institutions. This development is in line with what experts were predicting at this year's SpeechTek; namely the growing specialization of intelligent assistants and supporting technologies.
Kasisto is built specifically for the banking industry. According to Caruthers' article, Kasisto can currently support 75 banking use cases and these will be expanded to include additional scenarios based on customer requests. Dror Oren, vice president of product at Kasisto, offered a sample of some of the supported uses cases.
These include answering questions such as the difference between your posted and available balance, asking about a specific transaction that should have posted to your account, or asking how much you spent at one particular store. All of these use cases sound like an expansion of the capabilities currently available in most automated 24/7 banking IVR systems. With Kasisto, the customer will be able to ask questions in a more free form, natural way and get access to the same type of reporting features available from online banking.
Kasisto will also have the ability to perform more advanced services, such as processing transactions. There's a demo video on the Kasisto website that shows a person using Kasisto to pay his credit card bill. He simply instructs Kasisto to pay his current balance from his checking account. Another supported transaction is asking to dispute a transaction. These types of automated services are already available today, but including them into a seamless intelligent assistant interaction will more closely mimic a true human call agent experience.
Oren is also quoted in the article as saying that Kasisto can support internal banking business functions, such as enabling a banking executive to pass signature limits on to another person when he or she is on vacation.
Intelligent assistants can be much more effective if their universe is narrowly focused on a specific domain. Banking is a good example of a subject area that's well contained, making it easier for the assistant to understand the context of questions and provide good answers. Kasisto can hand users off to live agents if it gets in trouble, though. Only time will tell if the technology ever improves to the point where people actually prefer speaking to "a machine."


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The Valiant Knight and The Dragon Slayer
Tom is the 23rd Legendary Knight who never ceases to aid in the fight against the gloom lord. He fights gloom dragons by your side, and insits on protecting your kingdom from the horrible beasties that the gloom lord has sent to destoy you. His only weakness is the tasty sweetness of a sugary treat.
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If there was never a guy named Phil Harmonic, then who started all those orchestras?
Funny thoughts on names - page 2
"Power line" is a pretty awesome name for something so wimpy. If they're so powerful, why does my electricity keep going out?
Celebrities give their kids weird names: Moroccan, Apple, Pilot Inspektor, Kah-el. I prefer biblical names, like Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
With a name like that, you would think Smoky the Bear is either an arsonist or a cigarette mascot.
In order to reduce my typos, could everyone named Brian please just change your name to Brain?
My daughter wanted to name the baby Candy Bar, but I told her no way, because I wanted to name him Twix.
I'm changing my middle name to Comma, just because it will really confuse people when I say my name is Dan Comma Florence.
Before we met in person, I had no idea she was a woman. I mean, who names a girl Alicia?


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In English
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The Chamber Choir Värinä (in English "Vibration" or, pun intended, "In Colour") is a mixed voices choir located in Helsinki, Finland. The singers share a passion for singing and a love towards (high class) choral music.
The Choir was formed in August 2013, when a group of well-experienced choir singers wanted to create a new home for their singing activities beyond the student choir years. For the thirty singers choral singing is a joy and a passion.
The Choir prepares for concerts by working in periods before an appearance. The repertoire consists mainly of classical choral music from centuries ago up to today. We want to share our enjoyment and pleasure of choral music with both experienced audiences and new, curious listeners. You are warmly welcome to attend our concerts!
About the Conductor
Noora Hirn, the founder and the conductor of the Choir, has studied choral conducting with e.g. Jani Sivén, Rita Varonen and Seppo Murto. For the time being, she studies at the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences with D.Mus. Kari Turunen. In addition to Värinä, Hirn has conducted e.g. Vaskivuori Upper Secondary High School's chamber choir and Kumpulan kuoro. She sings herself and is the assistant conductor in the chamber choir Kampin Laulu.
Contact Us
Would you like to become a member of the Choir, or receive further information about us? The Choir auditions for new singers on an "as need" basis throughout the year. Please contact email@example.com.
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Would you like to support the choir? You can become a supporting member of the choir by paying the sum you select in the HOLVI-WEBSHOP. You can combine multiple purchases to build the sum you selected. If you give your contact information along with the payment, or email the choir to firstname.lastname@example.com, we will add you to our mailing list.
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I just received a new wreath die from a small Canadian company called Lime Citron.
I die cut it from brown and made a sentiment banner with the same cs. I love the tiny stars that are part of the vine wreath but they didn't look very good just in brown so I added tiny shimmery star stickers to the brown stars.
The background is a simple embossed panel. I kept it all very flat as I need to mail it.
You have until the end of the month to link up your card at Happy Little Stampers. I'm looking forward to seeing what you create.


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Much of this 'timesuck discussion' (Duncan Green) on the post-2015 agenda provides more heat than light. There is a lack of clear analysis of, and certainly no agreement on, what the MDGs have achieved, whether a post-2015 framework should be broadened, for example including measures of inequality – often begging the question of what exactly an 'international development community' is.
But there is some agreement that the field of international development is very different from what it was in 1990s, fundamentally changing the circumstances in which a new global agreement would operate. First, aid is rapidly losing its relative importance. While ODA flows in real terms have been fairly constant over the last decade or two, private financial flows – foreign direct investment, portfolio equity, remittances – have increased rapidly (in 2000, aid formed 13% of total flows, and this declined to 9% in 2010). New instruments like social impact investments, global funds and climate finance have expanded rapidly, and domestic tax revenues of emerging and developing economies have been increasing too.
Second, economically, the developing world has become increasingly diverse. In terms of foreign financial flows, this is highlighted by the fact that most private flows go to middle-income or emerging economies, notably Brazil, India and China (which receives more than one-third of global flows). Also, aid flows have adjusted to changing needs: in current dollars, ODA to middle-income countries doubled, while it increased four-fold for low-income countries. Of course, the group of low-income countries is also diverse, but in principle a redirection of aid to the poorest countries seems welcome.
Third, the number of donors has grown significantly. In 2000, according to an ODI paper, 95% of total aid came from 'traditional' DAC donors; in 2010, more than a quarter of total aid came from philanthropic organizations, and emerging countries may be providing almost 10% of total 'ODA-like disbursements'. While the extent to which new donors provide aid differently has tended to be exaggerated in my view, differences amongst old donors have also been large, which means that the international development community is growing even more diverse and complex.
These big trends pose big questions for any post-2015 framework, but the starting point is a positive one: we know more about global development progress than ever (an important achievement of the MDG framework); many countries are increasingly independent from financial aid flows; and the aid fatigue in some donor countries is balanced out by other flows and new financing instruments. The traditional donors will have no choice but to adapt to newly emerging practices, and can do more to support them. Many have already started.
The limited progress against the MDGs in some countries suggests that there is still a big role for 'old-style' aid, which I believe the World Bank rightly recognized by extending the $1/day poverty target to reduce extreme poverty to 3 per cent of the world's population. Aid still may have a comparative advantage by focusing on the poorest countries and sectors where results are hardest to achieve, and supporting the basic services necessary for the poorest countries to connect to the global economy.


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When Wise Vaginas go to vote they will change the country. I am watching the election developments, and every so often hear about some woman whining about this or that, and how they like the GOP and their lies.
Some vaginas are out of their bodies. Some vaginas hear only the siren song of the rich man, and imagine that the rich man cares about them. Its so comforting to believe that you are not abandoned by the party you have been so faithful to all these many years. May be even born into GOP-ness. Its what's familiar and vaginas like this security.
Some vaginas may be don't believe that vaginas should be free.
Older women who fought for vagina rights think let the young fight this one on their own. Other vaginas who have grown wise in their aging realize that once a vagina is governed by a group of aging hypocritical "religious" males, all vaginas are punished. And this is not what's American. It is the Taliban reborn right here. Yes the faux Christian Taliban.
Vaginas are not a separate American population, its the CORE of the nation. It is where everybody else is coming from.
Romnesia is rampant. Republicans raped this country for a decade, then pretended that its Obamas fault.
Mitt speaks with positions of multiple choice. He would govern without protecting us, and you vaginas will be in peril, and there would be NO PRINCE coming to rescue you. Just saying. None of the Right Wing Republicans ever says don't rape. None has made laws or protections for us. In fact, its harder to get help.
Wise vaginas don't vote in the Tea Party candidates again. Vote out all seven wanna be senators. Vote in the wise vaginas.
Republicans lied to us about creating jobs,… What jobs? "Smaller government" is a lie! As soon as they were in power they rushed to beat up on the rights of vaginas.
Millions of legislations against vaginas. That's what they came for to beat up on vaginas. They were the army against the freedom of women. This has been in the works since 1973.
What a mistake that was to allow them into power. Woman haters, woman rapists, incesters, and violence against vaginas. All endorsed by the Right Wingers. It is after all, the male God's will that vaginas get knocked up by rapists.
I send a potent hex on all those who would mislead us, lie to us, and disrespect vaginas. We don't need men to punish us for unwanted pregnancies. We don't need government to mess with our vaginas. For every unwanted pregnancy there is a guy who is walking away whistling. No responsibility projected on males at all. Never comes up. It is the true gender loyalty of males. They allow each other to rape. Men band together wrapping themselves into the flag of a male god. It's his will after all.
Wise vaginas have this last power the vote. No matter what your parents used to vote like, you go out now and vote Democratic. You are a very important target. There are 30 million more female registered voters today than men.
Vaginas unite… like the males united against you. Learn to practice loyalty to yourselves. Only gender solidarity can rescue us from the power hungry rapist Right Wingers.
Democratic vaginas get together! Now is the time we talked about "We remember in November."
It's now November.


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Friends, I don't usually get super excited about pillows, but I am today! I made my own DIY pillow cover and I'm pretty proud of it – especially since I used two gorgeous fabrics from OnlineFabricStore.
You may remember that I won one of their pillows at the Haven Conference. I chose this double-sided beauty (below) and that's where I got the idea for this pillow. A double-sided pillow cover is so versatile – just turn it over and you can have a completely different look.
For this project I used:
- 16x16in. Pillow Form
- French Grain Sack Reproduction
- Richloom Birdwatcher Meadow Fabric
- Invisible Zipper
- Sewing Machine
- Thread
- Pins
First, iron the fabric. Then lay the pattern how you want it to show on the pillow and cut, leaving an extra 1-2 inches all around.
When you have your two squares of fabric, face the "good" sides toward each other and slide the pillow form between. Use pins to secure the fabric together and mark where to sew – do this on the three sides but not the bottom. Remove the pillow and sew the three sides that you pinned.
Follow the directions on the package for sewing the invisible zipper onto the bottom, then insert the pillow into the case.
When you're finished you'll have a gorgeous new double-sided pillow!
I fell in love with this Richloom Birdwatcher fabric right away. The fabric is so thick and well-made, and the colors are so vibrant!
But this French Grain Sack Reproduction also stole my heart!
I'm thrilled that I can display either side of the pillow and have a different look depending on my mood.
In addition to carrying fabric and supplies to make your own pillows, OFS now carries ready-made decorative throw pillows also – see them HERE.
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35 Comments on How to Make a Double-Sided Pillow Cover (and a Giveaway to Online Fabric Store!)
I love the double sided idea! Two pillows in one…awesome! You did a great job and love the fabrics you chose.
Love both of your fabrics! I didn't know they carried a grain sack reproduction — very cool! Great job sewing that zipper, too! 🙂
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How clever! I didn't know there was such a thing as an invisible zipper. Now I want one. And I LOVE that bird fabric and how gorgeous it looks with your blue pillow.
And I love that you can flip it over anytime you want. Great project!
The floral is my fav! Thanks for the opportunity~
I love the idea of a double sided pillow. If you are going to the trouble to sew, you may as well get two looks out of the project. I am embarrassed to admit that I've never tackled a zipper. I'm determined to learn how to do it for my next pillow project!
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Oh my goodness. I need to make a pillow for a Christmas exchange and this is perfect. Thanks so very much.
I follow the Pinterest accounts as @angevege (Angela Cash.)
I like the snowflakes, solids and the be jolly and holly. All are beautiful
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I love easy switch of your double sided pillow! Big fan of going with the mood and mixing it up with a cute pillow like yours. Pretty fabric combo you went with too Jen. Now if I just had the patience to how to work a sewing machine. 🙂
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What a great idea! It's perfect for any home decor. Thanks for sharing your incredible talent, Jen!
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Beautiful fabric! I love anything with birds. Thanks for sharing.
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WOW!!! How is anyone supposed to choose!!! I'm partial to the Anamosa Brown Leopard pillow.
You picked such pretty fabrics. The double sided pillow idea is so fun
I absolutely love your pillow Jen! You picked one of the fabric's that I have been lusting after from OFS for month's that I want to use to make new drapes for my craft room makeover (the Richloom Birdwatcher). I think the color's are fabulous and so versatile.
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I love how your pillow turned out and I am going to have to try this one out.
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My sofa desperately needs to win this. Love all the patterns.
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How cute! Such fun fabric
I love your double sided pillow, and a zipper to boot! You make it look so easy!
What a neat idea! I love your double sided pillow, the possibilities are endless. Thanks for the inspiration!
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This turned out beautifully!!! I love that reproduction grain sack!!! So need to do this. I haven't sewn a zipper since I made a bear costume for my son a long time ago! I so need to give this a try on a pillow!!! Beautiful! ~Christy
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LURVE the double sided pillow Jen and the birdies! Great job!
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Your pillow turned out beautifully, Jen!
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Albany, NY - It's that special time of year again in Albany's Washington Park! What: 13th Annual Hannaford Capital Holiday Lights, an all-new, drive-through spectacular with more than 125 displays and scenes along almost two miles throughout the park. This year's edition of Hannaford Capital Holiday Lights is entitled, "Celebrate-Our Differences," and features new displays and themed areas including:
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America's Obesity Crisis: Eating Behavior: Why We Eat
By Jeffrey Kluger; Christine Gorman; Alice Park Monday, Jun. 07, 2004 FOR SOCIAL REASONS For humans, food does more than merely nourish. It socializes--and civilizes--us as well. If you ever find yourself dining with a family in the South African kingdom of Lesotho, you'd better have a taste for eyeballs--that is, if you're the male head of a household. Tradition requires the host to honor your family in a truly special way: with the cooked head of a sheep. Everyone will be served the feast, but only you will be presented with the eyes. A sheep's head is a big deal in Lesotho, where most folks don't often get to enjoy meat. When they do, they like it rich and fatty, and they eat it right down to the offal. Presenting the crowning part of so prized a meal to a guest is no small gesture. For human beings, eating has never been a simple matter. To a frog snagging a fly or a pelican nabbing a fish, food is fuel and nothing more. To a human, the ritual of eating--the act of pulling up and tucking in, of passing around and helping oneself--is one of the most primal of shared activities. We eat together when we celebrate, and we eat together when we grieve; we eat together when a loved one is preparing to leave, and we eat together when the loved one returns. We solve our problems over the family dinner table, conduct our business over the executive lunch table, and entertain guests over cake and cookies at the coffee table. "Interaction over food is the single most important feature of socializing," says Sidney Mintz, professor of anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. "The food becomes the carriage that conveys feelings back and forth." It's not just families that define themselves through foods. Whole cultures do so too. Muslims eat halal and Jews eat kosher and Roman Catholics forgo meat on Fridays. Moroccans don't eat what Swedes eat, who don't eat what the Japanese eat, who don't eat what Croatians eat. When families leave their home countries and settle elsewhere, the cultural feathering they bring with them--language, dress, music--is often shed within a generation. But the foods linger. "The last part of a culture that gets lost are the food ways," says Barrett Brenton, nutritional anthropologist at St. John's University in New York City. "We find comfort in our cuisines." Although that has long been the way food works, it is becoming less so--at least in the developed world, where scarcity has been replaced by overabundance and undernourishment by obesity. Increasingly, the connection between eating and ritual is becoming unhinged. We turn too much to food for solace and celebration, and we do it with less and less reference to traditions or even formal mealtimes--to the detriment of our figure and our health. If the routines we have built around food are complex, it's because we have been working on them for so long. Well before we were very social creatures, we were decidedly hungry creatures, and we ate anything we could lay our hands on. Insects, worms and up to 20 kinds of game were nothing to a hunter-gatherer. As our tastes became more refined, the number of items on our menus shrank, mostly because we did a better job of intuiting what we needed. Cultures that developed a taste for rice and beans didn't know a lick about combining incomplete proteins, but that's what they were doing. People who learned to enjoy highfiber foods didn't understand intestinal health, but they were helping ensure it nonetheless. "A coevolutionary process unfolded between cuisines and nourishment," says Brenton. "There's nutritional wisdom behind it all." How and when we ate became formalized too. When food was scarce, it had to be guarded, so families huddled close to eat what they had caught or picked. Somewhere in there may lie the origins of the dinner table. When food was abundant enough to share, it was passed around mostly at celebrations--harvest festivals, when the foods of autumn were eaten; Easter feasts, when the spring lamb recalled both Jesus' sacrifice and the story of Passover. "The foods became the anchor to which the rituals connected," says Brenton. "You don't see the same foods at a wedding as at a funeral as at a naming ceremony." All these customs are more than cultural frippery, though we don't always realize it until food and tradition come uncoupled. Among immigrants, particularly those coming to the U.S., the obesity problem has become a full-blown crisis. Even the stubbornest new arrivals may find that their food practices are impossible to maintain in a new environment, where familiar ingredients aren't available, old-world holidays aren't observed and the Mediterranean tradition of the heavy lunch must yield to the less healthy practice of postponing the big meal until the end of the day. "There's a lot of food-related culture shock for new immigrants," says anthropologist David Himmelgreen of the University of South Florida in Tampa.
That discordance can do a lot of damage. Himmelgreen tracked the weight of Puerto Rican women living in the continental U.S. and found that the longer they had been here and the better their English, the more they tended to weigh. "People's food habits change dramatically when they arrive," he says. "The weight gain can happen in a very short time." For people who have always lived in the U.S., the problem is even worse. There are a lot of reasons for America's obesity epidemic--oversize portions, overprocessed foods, too little exercise. But nutritionists and anthropologists agree that the death of the official mealtime may play the biggest role. "By the time children go to middle school," says anthropologist Marquisa LaVelle of the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, "many families have basically stopped eating together." Solitary eating can be uncontrolled eating--snacks, sweets and meals behind the wheel. "By age 10, everyone in the family can feed themselves whatever they want--and they do," says LaVelle. Families can change all that. Picking better foods and preparing them healthfully certainly helps. But so does a return to the time when eating was seen not just as a way to fill up but as an opportunity to transact the business of being human. A set table and a balanced meal take a lot more work than a carry-out pizza. But the rewards are infinitely richer. FOR BIOLOGICAL REASONS Our desire for food--and lots of it--is hardwired into our cells. Do our bodies want to be fat? There's no question that some pretty strong social, emotional and behavioral forces play a part in determining what, when and how much we eat. But if you really want to know why some people are fat and others aren't, you have to take a good look at biology as well. Mother Nature simply can't afford to leave anything so important to human survival as eating to the whims of cultural fashion. Ten years after the discovery of the first obesity gene, scientists are only beginning to understand just how hardwired our desire for food--and lots of it--truly is. What they are finding is an exquisitely fine-tuned system of chemical and neurological checks and balances that regulates both what we eat and how much our bodies store as fat. The average American consumes about 1 million calories a year--and, under normal circumstances, burns almost exactly that amount. The body achieves that balance by automatically increasing or decreasing the efficiency with which it performs various tasks, thus consuming fewer or more calories. (Most of the calories we expend are used to breathe, maintain body temperature, keep the brain chugging along, etc. Depending on how much you move, physical activity typically accounts for 15% to 30% of the total.) If you pack on a couple of pounds over the course of the year, your body's error rate is still less than 1%. Accomplishing that feat requires a lot of communication and coordination among the fat cells, the liver, the muscles, the brain, the stomach and the gastrointestinal tract. Sometimes the signal is a molecule. Other signals are actually conducted along nerve paths. There are even mechanical signals, like the stretching of the stomach, which is one way the body says, "I'm full." As if all that weren't complicated enough, the body must also regulate its food intake and manage its weight over time. "There are short-term signals and long-term signals," says Judith Korner, an endocrinologist at Columbia University in New York City. "Some signals are both short term and long term, and then there are medium-term signals." As you might expect, the short-term signals are involved mostly with the initiation and completion of meals. Ghrelin, a hormone produced by the stomach, tells the brain, "It's time to eat!" When enough food leaves the stomach and reaches the small intestine, another hormone, called cholecystokinin, signals that the meal is over--and triggers the release of enzymes in the gallbladder and the pancreas. The hormones leptin and insulin are longer-term signals. Produced by fat cells, leptin helps manage just how much fat you store around your organs and under your skin through a complex feedback loop. If your fat deposits start to shrink--for example, when you lose weight--the amount of leptin in your body falls, a situation that the brain interprets as a result of starvation. The whole system of chemicals and neurological impulses shifts in an attempt to get the body to burn fewer calories so that it can regain the weight. The greater the weight loss, the stronger the signals to eat more and replenish fat stores. There are many other factors that affect this delicate balance. For example, laboratory evidence suggests that a diet that boosts your triglycerides--typically, one high in fatty, fried or highly refined foods--may interfere with both leptin's and insulin's actions on the brain, leading to an erroneous signal that the body is in danger of starving. The same receptors in the brain that are responsible for a marijuana high also boost appetite, which is why pot smokers get the munchies. The more scientists learn about these biochemical, neurological and dietary factors, the more they marvel that anyone in our culture manages to stay thin, given the abundance and easy availability of food. If there's some kind of biological mechanism that protects certain people against weight gain, researchers haven't discovered it. By contrast, the evidence in favor of one that protects against weight loss is increasingly strong. Genetic variations clearly push some people toward bigger appetites, slower metabolisms and
greater weight gain than others. "There are genes in the population that predispose to obesity," says Dr. Jeffrey Friedman, a molecular geneticist at the Rockefeller University in New York. "Obviously, there's an environmental contribution, but no one questions that genes are involved." So the next time you stare in judgment at a fat person on the bus or bemoan your physique in the mirror, remember that nature has stacked the deck against weight loss. Trimming 25 lbs. from your figure may not be that difficult. But try shedding 100 lbs., and your body is going to scream. Whether willpower, exercise, drugs or even surgery is enough to quiet the body's basic need for fat is still an open question. FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL REASONS What deep inner urges drive some people to overeat and others to starve themselves? Sometimes in order to fully understand a problem you have to study its opposite. That's why researchers trying to figure out what makes some of us so prone to obesity are taking a close look at patients at the other end of the bathroom scale: anorexics who starve themselves and bulimics who binge and purge. Could over-and undereating, scientists wonder, be two sides of the same coin, different forms of the same biological circuitry gone awry? Although anorexia and obesity look nothing alike in clinical terms, there are similarities. People with both disorders tend to organize their days around eating and allow food to loom too large in their lives. "People who are anorexic and people who are overweight often begin to get phobic about food," says Dr. William Davis, of the Renfrew Center in Philadelphia, which treats patients with eating disorders. Food for them is much more than a source of nourishment; it can become a substitute for selfesteem and a vehicle for exercising--or losing--control over the body. But scientists who have studied both groups say that underneath these similarities are two very different syndromes. "Obesity is at its base a metabolic disorder," says Dr. Lee Kaplan, director of the Obesity Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. Anorexia and bulimia, he maintains, "are primary psychiatric disorders." The human body is designed to eat, and eating stops under normal circumstances only when the body senses it has enough energy for its immediate needs and enough stored away for future tasks. "It's hard to lose weight because the body wants to gain it back," says Kaplan. "In a competition between willpower and the body, the body always wins." Except when an eating disorder has hijacked the process. Anorexics and bulimics are more successful at losing weight than people on diets because they have managed to throw this basic drive to eat into reverse. Through sheer force of will, anorexics convince their body that it doesn't need food. "Anorexics are able to do things that are clearly beyond what a normal person is capable of doing," says Kaplan. "Theirs is extreme behavior often driven by an inappropriate and distorted body image." By contrast, people who gain weight are following the body's natural urge to hoard calories. Slight changes in the way you burn and store calories can lead, over time, to piling on the pounds. And while some of the factors responsible for these changes are within your control--how much you exercise or whether you take a second helping of ice cream--most are either inherited or the inbred responses of an organism that is designed to protect itself from starvation. Stress, sleep deprivation and long days packed with constant activity have a tendency to accumulate weight. "If we took away cars and television and computers, and stopped eating fast food, but were still exposed to the other stresses of modern life, I don't think we would eliminate obesity," says Kaplan. "We might dampen it, but we wouldn't eliminate it altogether." And that's why treatments for obesity differ so much from those for anorexics. People who starve themselves tend to respond better to therapies and behavior-modification approaches that address their distorted body image and underlying emotional issues. People with overeating problems are often successfully treated with a more physiological approach, usually through diet and exercise and, sometimes, medications that curb appetite or burn calories more efficiently. SUMMARY:


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From Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, "enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare")
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- The sister of Laban; Isaac's wife; the mother of Jacob and Esau.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 25:20
- And Isaac was fortie yeeres old when hee tooke Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the ſiſter to Laban the Syrian.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Romans 9:10, 12
- And not onely this, but when Rebecca also had conceiued by one, euen by our father Isaac, [...] It was ſaid vnto her, The elder ſhall ſerue the yonger.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 25:20
- A female given name, a less-common variant of Rebecca.
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The spelling Rebecca originates from the Latin Vulgate, which from the 4th century onward was the Bible that was used for centuries in Western Christianity. When the King James Version appeared in 1611, the spelling Rebekah was used in the Old Testament, but the spelling Rebecca was retained in the New Testament.
sister of Laban and wife to Isaac


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London, Feb 22: British Prime Minister David Cameron is hosting a football racism summit following recent high-profile incidents.
Downing Street says football leaders and anti-racism campaigners will join politicians to "identify what further action can be taken to make football a more inclusive sport."
The meeting comes two weeks after Liverpool forward Luis Suarez was forced to apologize for refusing to shake hands with Manchester United's Patrice Evra before a match. Suarez served an eight-match ban for racially abusing Evra, who is black, during an October match.
Chelsea captain John Terry is also due to face trial in July on a charge of racially abusing Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand, which led to him being stripped of the England captaincy.


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A Māori word that describes the blurred boundaries of an authentic teacher/learner relationship... respect, curiosity, mutual-aid, co-construction... together we all learn. Sounds like Anarchism to me...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Chasing Section B
Place-Based Education, Geneva Gay's Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Peter Moss's delightfully radical work on education for survival, Māori learning dispositions as a possible framework, work by Rose Pere, are just some on the reading list...
but I really want to know what our curriculum says we should be doing...
The Ministry of Education refuses to translate Section B. "Never have and never will" was the gist of their reply to my email. Having lived under the mess that the 'Treaty of Waitangi' (sic) has created, I understand how translations can profoundly alter meanings . I'm told it's surprisingly different and part of me wonders if there is a way to gain some insight while maintaining the integrity of the document.
Is my curiosity taking me across a line I have no right to be concerned about?
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I'm studying Te Whāriki at the moment too, in particular why almost every centre I've ever been to, thinks an occasional mumbled 'morena' and a tiki on the noticeboard, is somehow implementing a bicultural curriculum! What you need is a fluent te reo speaker with time on their hands and a passion for ECE: good luck! In the meantime you might get something out of these:
Ritchie, J. (2009). He taonga te reo: Honouring te reo me ona tikanga, the Māori language and culture, within early childhood education in Aotearoa.
Ritchie, J. (2001). Implementing a bicultural curriculum: Some considerations. Early Childhood Folio(5).
The Waitangi Tribunal/Te Rōpu Whakamana I Te Tiriti o Waitangi (2010). Te Reo Māori. Waitangi Tribunal Report 262
Williams, N.M., Broadley, M-E., & Te-Aho, K.L. (2012). Ngā taonga whakaako: Bicultural competence in early childhood education
- August 6, 2013 at 3:59 AM
- ako said...
Hey thanks for the references. don't suppose you have them as PDF's do you?
What kicked us into action was realising that Matariki was just an agenda item at the meeting to be quickly dealt with and an almost complete failure to recognise/celebrate Maori language week... we too are tokenistic... but more because we are so flat-out in our desire to pedagogically move forward that we have a long list of half-finished foundational work behind us.
If I find anything more directly related to TW I'll post details. Good luck to you too!
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The outreach team from the museum have been working with the International Community Organisation of Sunderland to illustrate the experiences of the Polish community in the North East.
To complement the group's writing, I provided illustrations and layouts (as well as an identity for the exhibition over all) - based on the traditional Polish style of paper cutting Wycinanki - representing their lives and experiences in the region.
|(Apologies for the debris in this one, I was dodging the fitters trying to take pics!)
I'm thrilled to bits with how it's turned out and can't wait to try my hand at another project like it!
If you'd like to see it in real life, the exhibition is in the Open Space until the 25th February.


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I like to play, which doesn't leave much time for posting…not that many people actually read this. 🙂
However, with ToC/Argent Tourney, etc. there is new gear out and about. I've been pretty consistent on gemming with +ap gems (once hit capped), and most of my gear was from Naxx by the time Argent Tourney/ToC came out. Now, I'm thinking about gemming agility and crit instead.
One reason is that some BM hunters that I respect are doing it, and having great success. For instance, Tawyn (of "Aspect of the Hare" blog") is an example. Also, regardless of my gear upgrades, my dps had plateaued at around 2500-2600. Lastly, the new gear seems to be loaded with +hit, so I can choose to gem my yellow slots with something different. Where I was sitting at 264 +hit over the past 3 months, now I'm well over the hit cap… and the upcoming gear looks to be even more so. So, I've decided to gem my yellow slots with +crit; and gem my reds with +agi. I raid as a BM most of the time, unless we are lacking in replenishment, in which case I go SV. Even as an SV, I'm only 100-200 more dps over my BM spec.
Here's to hoping that we see marked improvement, and that I contribute more to the Raid's success.


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Despite the dangers associated with driving a recalled vehicle, only about 70 percent of drivers respond to recalls, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
"Some people take the attitude that if it's sunny today, it's never going to rain," Jack Nerad, executive market analyst and editorial director at Kelley Blue Book, told MarketWatch in an article.
What's more, according to a 2012 report by the Society of Automotive Engineers, people are less likely to act on a recall for an older vehicle.


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VALA Art Center will host Ekphrastic Assimilations, an exhibition of painting, photography, poetry and mixed media visual art by six Chinese artists and six Washington State artists. Poets from both locations will react to the art by writing poems, which are ekphrastic responses. The exhibition has come to fruition through a partnership with the following organizations: VALA Art Center, ryan james fine arts, Seattle Asian Art Museum Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas, Pacific Lutheran University and the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. The show opens September 15th and will run through October 30th, 2016. All artwork will be available for purchase.
Ekphrastic Assimilations – Opening Reception and Viewing
Thursday, September 15, 2016
6pm – 8pm
VALA Art Center – 7325 166th Ave NE, Redmond (new location in Redmond Town Center)
Ekphrastic Assimilations is presented by Marriott Seattle-Redmond and supported by 4culture, OneRedmond, Puget Sound Poetry Connection, RASP, Redmond Town Center and the Washington State China Relations Council.
For more information and workshop dates, please visit: www.ekphrasticassimilations.org


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ICD-10 Diagnosis Code S00.269A
Diagnosis Code S00.269A
Short Description: Insect bite of unsp eyelid and periocular area, init
Long Description: Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified eyelid and periocular area, initial encounter
This is the 2018 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code S00.269A
Valid for Submission
The code S00.269A is valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
Information for Medical Professionals
- 918.0 - Superfic inj periocular (Approximate Flag)
- Animal bite of eye region
- Insect bite of eye region
- Insect bite of eyelid
- Insect bite of eyelids and periocular area
- Insect bite to eyelids - nonvenomous
Information for Patients
Eye Injuries
The structure of your face helps protect your eyes from injury. Still, injuries can damage your eye, sometimes severely enough that you could lose your vision. Most eye injuries are preventable. If you play sports or work in certain jobs, you may need protection.
The most common type of injury happens when something irritates the outer surface of your eye. Certain jobs such as industrial jobs or hobbies such as carpentry make this type of injury more likely. It's also more likely if you wear contact lenses.
Chemicals or heat can burn your eyes. With chemicals, the pain may cause you to close your eyes. This traps the irritant next to the eye and may cause more damage. You should wash out your eye right away while you wait for medical help.
- Corneal injury (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Eye - foreign object in (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Eye emergencies (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Hyphema (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Insect Bites and Stings
Also called: Bug bites
Most insect bites are harmless, though they sometimes cause discomfort. Bee, wasp, and hornet stings and fire ant bites usually hurt. Mosquito and flea bites usually itch. Insects can also spread diseases. In the United States, some mosquitoes spread West Nile virus. Travelers outside the United States may be at risk for malaria and other infections.
To prevent insect bites and their complications
- Don't bother insects
- Use insect repellant
- Wear protective clothing
- Be careful when you eat outside because food attracts insects
- If you know you have severe allergic reactions to insect bites and stings (such as anaphylaxis), carry an emergency epinephrine kit
- Anaphylaxis (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Bee poison (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Fire ants (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Fleas (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Insect bites and stings (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Wasp sting (Medical Encyclopedia)
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General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.
Present on Admission
The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement.


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