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Sunday, September 11
units now in Spanish
This post is for all the Bilingual and Dual language teachers out there. My team teacher always tells me how there is nothing cute out there in Spanish. So we want to know if you agree. She teamed up with me to translate my back to school literacy station pack in Spanish. It is all ready and up on my TPT store and Teachers Notebook store. If you would like to see more units in Spanish leave a comment. Also if you have any requests leave a comment. We hope you enjoy our first bilingual unit!!
4 comments:
- Bilingual Girl said...
Oh my goodness!!! THANK YOU!!! I LOVE IT!! I always love to look at blogs for ideas, but always have to end up translating them b/c I teach 1st grade bilingual and teach content areas in spanish! YOU ROCK! (P.S. I would looove to see more ;) )
- 13 September, 2011
- Ms. Zamorano said...
YES! I am also a first grade bilingual teacher. There really isn't anything out there and I never buy stuff because I always end up translating everything.
- 14 September, 2011
LOVE your blog!! I teach at an intl preschool (ages 3-6) and we are always looking for new ESL and other language activities.
- 17 September, 2011
Love idea of spanish units. I always find cutest things in English and need to translate. Thanks!
- 27 August, 2013
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Prince of Peace
Released on 25th December 2017, "Prince of Peace…"
Andy Mayo: lyrics, music, guitars and vocals
Dewi Jones: production, keys, bass, programming, arrangement, mixing and mastering
Nick Beston: sax
Video Production: GodOnaTrain.com
Stories and Songs in Bournemouth…
Loved playing in Bournemouth last weekend.
It was especially good to play with Stan Majerski on keys. We met in the Balkans and he produced and played on two albums that were developed out there: "Dreams of a Homecoming" and "This is for you". We've also toured a lot together along with our larger five-price band. In my opinion, the man is a genius – if you've heard his melodic solos and creative harmonies, I expect you agree!
Sharing an evening of "Stories and Songs", we wanted to weave together music, conversation and visual art that point to the reality of the "God who is there". The One who has come towards us in the person of Jesus to draw us into connection – relationship – with Him through His death and resurrection…
With one or two events most weeks until the end of March, I'll keep you posted!
Here are some images taken on the evening by the gifted Bournemouth photographer, Loïc Salan…
Turquoise Tracks – Events Spring 2017
Looking forward to these events over the next few weeks… Perhaps see you there?!
15th Jan – Bournemouth, Landsdowne Church
23rd Jan – Bath Spa University: "RE-create"
30th Jan – Reading University
2nd Feb – Reading University
4-12 Feb – Oakhall Church, Caterham Events Week
13-14 Feb – Leeds University
20 Feb – Warwick University
27-28th Feb – Aberystwyth University
5 Mar – Belgrade, Serbia
10 Mar – Canterbury University
20-22 Mar – Banja Luka, Bosnia, University
23-25 Mar – Sarajevo, Bosnia, University
Get in touch!
I hope that "Lavish" has inspired you towards thinking further about these biggest themes – most of all about the significance of Jesus Christ and the enormity of His claims.
A spiritual revolution began for me when I recognised the lavish love that drove Jesus to die on a cross in my place, said "sorry" for my rejection of Him until that point and asked Him to forgive, fill and empower me to live for His glory and kingship…
My prayer is that you, too, would come to this place of trusting Jesus – experiencing forgiveness, liberation, life in all its fullness. Like the prisoner set free in "His Name", you can speak to the God who is there and has revealed Himself in Jesus.
To keep mulling over these things, read the eye-witness accounts of Jesus' life, death and resurrection recorded in the Bible (Luke or Mark are great places to start). If you'd like to be in touch, drop me a line using this form below. If you send your postal address, I'd love to send you the gift of a book that will help you to continue your spiritual journey.
'How great is the love
lavished on us…'
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Listen to "Show me"
…on Apple Music
…on Spotify
"Show me your face O Lord – reach out and rescue me. Out of your unfailing love, come to my relief…"
Perhaps you want to echo this response? I am convinced that He calls to you… A relationship with the King of Heaven awaits the one who would turn to Him.
Show me
Show me the way I should go,
for to You I lift up my soul.
Teach me to do Your will –
won't You lead me on level ground.
I'm pursued, I'm crushed,
my spirit grows faint.
I'm pursued, I'm crushed,
my heart's dismayed.
Show me the way I should go,
for to You I lift my soul.
I spread my hands out to You –
O my soul thirsts for You.
In Your faithfulness come to me
– hear my cry for mercy.
let the dawn bring word
of Your unfailing love;
let the dawn bring word
of You.
I spread my hands out to You –
O my soul thirsts for You.
Show me Your face, O Lord –
reach out and rescue me.
Out of Your unfailing love,
come to my relief.
I hide myself
in You, O Lord.
I hide myself
in You.
Show me Your face, O Lord –
won't You reach out and rescue me.
Listen to "Wedding Song"
…on Apple Music
…on Spotify
Infused with promise, delight, intended permanence – a relationship of sacrifice and commitment as two become one – what if all weddings were in fact a faint, blurred reflection of something even greater?
Could it be that all love takes its definition – its shape – from this One who comes to us?
"Love divine, love defined: love come down."
Jesus is utterly committed to us, has died to release us to be able to enter into relationship with Him. He has given all. We are like the other party in the relationship – will we accept the love lavished on us or will we walk away?
Wedding Song
Here she comes! Here she comes –
bride in white!
Here she comes! Here she comes –
his delight!
What God has joined together,
let man not separate.
What God has joined together,
may we celebrate!
See them now, see them now,
stand together.
Hear them now, hear them now,
say, "forever".
What God has joined together…
Love defined,
love divine,
love come down.
Jesus Christ,
love come down.
Love revealed,
love that heals
love come down.
love defined,
love divine,
love come down.
What God has joined together…
The Lord is good
and His Love forever endures.
The Lord is good and He is
reaching for us.
What God has joined together…
Listen to "You're that one"
…on Apple Music
…on Spotify
"How great is the love lavished on us…"
"How great is the love lavished on us…"
Have you experienced this?
I could never deserve to hear the King of Heaven address me in such tones: look at my life, stained and tainted as it is by my own selfish rejection of Him.
And yet, Jesus came: the greatest expression of love. God becoming human – the creator taking on the nature of the created – with the purpose to die in my place. With the purpose to die in your place.
"…God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."*
Sometimes a friend listens to my songs and says, "I wish I had your faith". They mean that it would make them feel so much better to embrace these ideas despite their delusional nature!
The Message of Jesus Christ is rooted in historical evidence that can be examined and considered rationally. This evidence has driven me to the place of being convinced that this is as true as it is enthralling.
My prayer is that you, too, would examine the evidence and trust in the One who
"…stoops to take your hand, to lead you to an open land…"
* Rom 5:8
You're that one
You – the joy before Him
as He faced a cross.
You – the one he came for:
to seek-save the lost.
You – the bride in white
prize from the fight,
the Father's delight.
You're that one.
How great the love
lavished on us.
You – love-quietened,
It's for you He sings.
You – tasting kindness –
drawn with grace strings.
He stoops to take your hand,
to lead you to an open land,
– to fulfil His perfect plan.
You're that one.
How great the love…
Love of the King of Heaven,
poured out on you.
Love of the King of Heaven,
makes all things new.
You – adopted for His own –
In His embrace.
You for whom He stooped down from
Heaven's highest place.
You: truth believed
hope and life received
burdens, fears relieved…
You're that one.
How great the love…
Listen to "His Name"
…on Apple Music
…on Spotify
"I've never been so free…"
A few millennia ago, there was a forwards-projecting myth – a "prophecy" – that spoke of One who would come to make the broken unbroken, to mend, heal, restore, renew. Jesus, in one of His early speeches, stood in a crowded religious meeting place on the northern shores of Lake Galilee, read that aged prophecy and then sat down, announcing,
"Today, this is fulfilled!"*
Rather than embracing Him, the religious authorities were outraged at His claim and tried to kill Him. The claims of Jesus continue to divide opinion – the "undeserving" often receiving Him with unspeakable joy and affirming that He does bring liberation, while the religious and "entitled" often reject Him for His inconvenient and disturbing over-arching claims of Lordship.
Gospel and blues influenced with Rita's sparkling backing vocals, the song ends on that unexpected harmonic of a ninth chord, "His Name is… Jesus."
* Luke 4:21
His Name
He sets the prisoner free.
He makes the blind see.
He makes the dumb talk,
lets the lame walk.
His Name is…
His Name is…
In a world filled with shame,
in a world marked with pain,
in a world where we just fall down again:
He sets the prisoner free…
We long for justice
but fear its coming.
We long for peace
then go out to war.
We long for a Saviour –
we cry in the darkness –
but we turn away
from His nail-pierced hands.
There'll be a day of glory.
There'll be a day of majesty.
There'll be a day when every eye will see:
He sets the prisoner free…
His Name is Jesus,
His Name is Jesus.
Listen to "Hide"
…on Apple Music
…on Spotify
In a world of spin, we're spinning too and it is exhausting.
If only there would be One who would speak true revelation, life, liberation and peace.
"And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave."*
Even God's whispered voice has devastating power, authenticity and unrelenting purity and causes this man to step towards the source of everything – the One who is utterly fulfilling, liberating and inspiring.
Are we thirsting for this out-of-this-world voice? The voice that resonates with hearts that were created to relate with Him?
Instrumentally, this is a stripped back, acoustic guitar-shaped track. With an alternative tuning that leaves resonant, droning notes – perhaps it hints of a still, peace-bringing voice that cuts through personal propaganda to speak to our souls…
* 1 Kings 19:11-13
Hide the secrets of your heart.
Hide the longings.
Hide the fears.
Hide the broken dreams.
Hide joys – long past:
hide the secrets of your heart.
Show the smile that melts their soul.
Show ambition:
show them strength.
Show envisioned face.
Show self-belief:
show the smile that melts their soul.
Stifle thirsts for int'macy.
Stifle cravings.
Stifle sighs.
Stifle loneliness.
Stifle sharp tears:
stifle thirsts for int'macy,
Hear the still, soft voice of calm.
Hear the power.
Hear the peace.
Hear authority,
hear hope, hear life:
hear the still, soft voice of calm.
Listen to "Lavish"
…on Apple Music
…on Spotify
I penned this song in Belgrade, on the corner of a desk while studying with a group of students through a letter written by the Apostle John that is recorded in the New Testament.
Each verse recounts how John speaks of this eternal love expressed to us: a love that calls you child, that is untamed by years and that reaches into history to achieve the most audacious victory…
"Forgiving love dies on a cross, forgiving love: my gain, His loss."
Lyrically dense and with an eastern-leaning melody, the chorus cites an ancient piece of poetry that speaks of God's character,
"His love endures forever, His faithfulness stands for all time…"
Nick Beston plays another of his melodic solos that haunt long after the track ends…
* 1 John 3:1
Lavish love
that drives out fear.
Lavish love,
embracing, near.
Lavish, lavish love
Adopting love
that calls you child
Adopting love,
pure, undefiled.
Lavish, lavish love
His love endures forever,
His faithfulness stands for all time.
Forever love
untamed by years.
From out of this world love,
the life appears.
Lavish, lavish Love
Forgiving love
dies on a cross.
Sacrificing love:
my gain, His loss.
His love endures forever,
His faithfulness stands for all time.
Life-birthing love
to last breath:
God-revealing love
conquers death.
Lavish, lavish Love
Listen to "Broken Man"
…on Apple Music
…on Spotify
In our affluent and distant situation, we still hear echoes of their heart-cries and even here they resonate. These blues songs are marked by a clarity and immediacy emanating from lives that were cruel and yet were somehow often filled with a sense of transcendent hope. A hope perhaps due to their echoes of "Gospel" (in all senses of that word).
"Broken Man" speaks of someone oppressed. He walks through a city, stares at a TV, views himself in the mirror and all that he sees drives him to his knees in disappointment, disillusionment and despair…
Our culture, despite all of its promise, can seem so empty. For so many, it doesn't follow through on the glittering and extravagant dreams dangled just out of reach… What if we're looking the wrong way?
In the last verse, our broken man stands before an object he has seen countless times – and yet something that had become invisible to him – obscured as it was by the razzmatazz and desperate surging force of culture in a different direction. Now, as he stares – as though for the first time – this is no longer some observed icon. Instead, he experiences an overwhelming sense that this is the place of love-come-down and haunting grace.
Broken Man
This broken man stands before a billboard.
He stares at plastic perfection and "beauty":
life out of reach, life never known.
There's a pang of loss as he averts his aching eyes.
This broken man stands before a TV
and witnesses premeditated violence and war:
life snatched by death, life stained by fear.
He stifles unexplained guilt as he reaches for the remote.
And in his heart he kneels: overwhelmed.
Yes, in his heart he kneels: who can rescue us now?
This broken man?
This broken man stands before a mirror
and he stares at who he really is.
Life that slides by. Life left behind.
He searches for a glory that perhaps was never there.
And in his heart he kneels: overwhelmed.
Yes, in his heart he kneels: he's just another,
broken man.
This broken man stands before a wood cross
and he stares at love come down and haunting grace.
Life poured out. Life exchanged.
The pierced hands of a God who reaches out.
Something resonates deep in his soul…
and in his heart he kneels – with nothing to bring.
He kneels – before this crucified King…
He kneels – and does he hear heaven sing?
-for this broken man.
Listen to "A Place?"
…on Apple Music
…on Spotify
"another 'her' who had not made the same mistakes that she had made…"
The film echoes with a longing that fills so many of our own souls: for guilt to be taken away – a yearning for forgiveness.
It was after watching "Another Earth" that I wrote, "A Place".
The refrain is filled with the claim of Jesus Christ that He comes with the power to bring liberation and forgiveness. To lives restrained from experiencing fullness, He is the "I am" – for whom we long.
The song opens with dawn chorus birdsong – captured by Lester while the rest of us were sleeping – light piano over double bass all stepping to jazz waltz timing… "Is there a Place?"
A Place?
Is there a place
where I could be forgiven?
Is there a place
where I could be free?
Is there a place
of no condemnation?
Is there a place
for someone like me?
Is there a way
my wrong could be passed over?
Is there a way
to lose it in the deepest sea?
Is there a way
that I could touch heaven?
Is there a way
that heaven could come to me?
I am the way
I am the truth
I am the life
I am
I hear Your voice
and it whispers, whispers to me.
I hear Your voice
and it echoes in my soul.
I hear the voice
of loving liberation –
I hear the voice
of the One who
waits to make me whole,
I am the way…
Listen to "A Hill"
…on Apple Music
…on Spotify
Played in Eb minor, with the guitar tuned down a semitone, this is the key used to accompany the monolithic brutalist art of authoritarian regimes of the twentieth century.
The focus of the song reels to the hill where state-sponsored executions take place: Skull Hill – Golgotha. But today the dying One is innocent, bringing about what some would say is the most significant revolution ever to sweep human – even cosmic – history.
From discordant harmonics played on the guitar to a backing choir singing in Latin, we wanted this song to resonate with something horrific and that yet births hope.
The last verse of this song is taken from an ancient poet – Isaiah – who spoke of a hill where the most evil curse of all would be conquered. So many of the best stories seem to echo with this theme of curse resolving to unexpected liberation and celebration through an intervention "from outside".
As the great story writer, Tolkein, described,
"…a sudden glimpse of Truth, your whole nature chained in material cause and effect, the chain of death, feels a sudden relief as if a major limb out of joint had suddenly snapped back. It perceives… that this is indeed how things really do work in the Great World for which our nature is made."
A Hill
There's a hill outside a city
– a place for losers, waste and dirt.
It's a place of execution,
of misery, pain and retribution,
where vengeance is meted out.
There's a hill now with a cross raised.
A hill where men cry out.
Hear shouts of condemnation,
of agitated satisfaction,
as an anguished figure gasps.
And it's a hill of bones
and skulls
and death
and blood.
Now from the hill, piercing last words.
They ring like, "Father, forgive."
"It is finished"
cuts gathering darkness
and rocks and tombs begin to shake.
And it's a hill of bones…
But it's a hill of broken curses,
it's a hill of bittersweet.
A hill of liberation –
a hill where grace takes her seat.
And on this hill the Lord Almighty
prepares a banquet feast
– aged wine, rich food of celebration –
'cause on this hill He destroyed the
shroud that covers every nation.
Yes, on this hill He swallowed up death forever,
And on this hill he'll wipe each tear stained eye,
'cause on this hill he removed the disgrace of His people:
He removed the disgrace that's yours and that's mine.
Listen to "Saviour?"
…on Apple Music
…on Spotify
It is this urban scene that is framed by the couple's window at the beginning of "Saviour". Gazing in different directions, they subtly clash. She has some defiant hope in the transcendent – a connection possible beyond the passing moment – but he claims no time for such fantasies.
As I ride away on a double-decker in the mess and chaos of a night bus in the rain, I reflect back on these characters and the question that echoes…
In this song the exuberant and extravagant genre of funk with horns and driving bass, meets the story-telling blues. It is written in the guitar's favourite key of E, where all of the wood and string harmonics resonate. When we play it live as a band, the song just seems to drive itself.
This part of the city seems so empty,
this part of the city seems to have no soul.
She stares out over distant rooftops,
she stares out: tries to see where she's from.
And he – he sips at his super-fruit fruit shake.
He says there's no way – he says there's no hope.
And she, I don't know why, she stares at the ceiling
I don't know why she looks back when he's gone.
And it seems to me that
we're all looking for something.
And it seems to me that
we're all longing for something.
I heard you say we all need some saviour.
I heard you say we can't wait too long.
Old man on the corner: says he's met some "Jesus"
the old man on the corner says that this is the One.
And it seems to me that
we're all looking for someone.
And it seems to me that
we're all looking for someone.
There's One who says,
"Come – if your burden's heavy."
And there's One who says,
"Come, come to me."
Riding on the top deck, rain-lashed windows,
riding on the top deck and cans roll at my feet.
There's something you said that sticks in my head:
something you said keeps coming back to me:
"There's One who says,
"Come, come."
Listen to Calling…
…on Apple Music
…on Spotify
Ancient stories and songs, a mysterious lightness of spirit – even a joy – over beauty, and that sense of hope and purpose. It sometimes seems that we are surrounded by – crowded by – hints of the transcendent.
Comprised of wistful major-seventh chords with their unexpected harmony, "Is there One who is beyond, outside and who calls?"
Lester Barnes – known for brilliant film scores – creates the arrangement including the nostalgic music box riff that invokes memories of fairy-tales, kings and hints of a purpose.
I wrote this song after all of the others to deliberately sit at the front of the album – to set the scene for the "story" of the rest of "Lavish". My hope is to defiantly point us towards the questions that I think our culture is wired to induce us to suppress – and yet those that perhaps are the most important ones of all to be asking.
There's a whisper of love
that starts a story;
a wind-borne rumour
that's reaching to me.
There's an echo of a song,
a sweet melody
and it hangs on the breeze.
"I'm calling for you, my love.
"I'm calling for you, my love."
There's a reflection of light
that pierces the grey,
dappled refractions
hint dawning of day.
There's a spectrum of colour,
an escaping ray,
and it warms to crimson.
"I'm calling for you…"
There's a vague sense of hope
that pervades your heart,
it keeps you breathing
in the dark.
There's a tale of a purpose
in which you might play a part:
your soul is dreaming.
"I'm calling for you…"
As promised, a few more images from 2015 so far…
Another highlight was playing in Edinburgh for the university events week. Here, my main role was to illustrate talks by Michael Green using the songs…
Live Music through 2015…
It's been a busy few months playing in Edinburgh, London, Swansea, Sienna, Florence, Copenhagen…
As well as solo events, it has been great to work with friends like Michael Ots, Lindsay Brown, Michael Green who use these live songs as "illustrations" or "moments of reflection" during their talks to universities or other groups.
I'll post a few shots over the next few days of some of these events!
Lavish Launch – photographed by Lester Barnes
Here are some images from the Lavish Launch on Friday night… some travelled nearly 200 miles to be there. Thank you!
Lavish Launch in Black and White…
Lavish Launch in Colour…
All images by the legendary Lester Barnes.
Stories behind the Songs – "Lavish" – COMING SOON –
We are now putting together short articles to tell the "Stories behind the Songs" for each track on the album, "Lavish".
These will be published very soon!
Just like on the album, "Acoustic Café", you'll be able to scan the QR codes to connect to the story behind each song.
To give you a flavour of what these short stories are like, here's a video from Acoustic Cafe – "Dreams of a Homecoming".
Click here to see the next video in this Acoustic Café "Stories and Songs" series.
Parking and directions for the Pamoja Hall – "Lavish Launch" 21st November 2014
Here's a map to reach the venue for the album launch tonight – parking map below!
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Parking details are below – Sevenoaks School is a big campus and the entrance we will use is the one that is the furthest from Sevenoaks town centre. There are roadworks currently on this entrance making it less clear than usual!
Once on the campus, park in the Duke's Meadows Car Park or follow the roads around to the left to park nearer to the venue. On the map below, the venue complex is called, "The Space"
If you have friends you want to bring, there will be tickets available on the door.
See you there!

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A baseball game can change in just a few seconds. Players need to be ready to run for the next base or dive for the ball, hop up and throw the ball. If you're not prepared to move, you might be tagged out. You need to train for speed and quickness a couple of times each week. Each time you train, push yourself a little harder so that you can see improvements in your baseball game.
Warm up for five to 10 minutes before starting drills. Do some light jogging followed by some dynamic stretches, for example. Dynamic stretches such as walking lunges with a twist, leg swings and alternating knee pulls into the chest are a few options.
Perform form running drills to correct your running technique before you begin sprint and agility drills. Start with high knees for thirty seconds or 20 yards. Push off your left foot and drive your right knee up high towards your chest. Alternate your knees as quickly as you can, landing on the ball of your foot. Perform glute kicks next by driving your foot up towards your butt, alternating each leg quickly. For both drills, keep elbows bent at 90 degrees, driving alternating elbows back with each step as if you were sprinting.
Perform resisted running with a parachute or weighted sled. Attach yourself to the harness and set yourself up so that you have a flat, uninterrupted surface to run on while pulling the object behind you. Sprint as fast as you can for 20 to 30 yards, or 60 to 90 feet. Time yourself as you sprint or have a partner time you. Rest for two to three times as long as it took you to sprint the distance. Repeat up to 10 times.
Perform a 15-yard turn drill to develop quickness without reaching top speed, suggests Carl Kochan, Major League Strength and Conditioning Coach for the San Francisco Giants. Set up three cones in a triangle so each cone is 15 feet, or five yards, apart. Start at one cone, sprint to cone two and run around it as close and as fast as you can. Sprint to cone three and run around it, and sprint back to cone one. Reverse direction and run the other way after a rest period. Do this drill three to four times in each direction.
Work with a partner, or your coach, so he can help time you and correct your form. Practice your speed and agility drills on a regular basis. Doing them just a couple times will not improve your quickness on the field. Constantly push yourself to be faster than the last time. Record your times so you know what you are trying to beat. Rest between bouts and in between sessions. You won't get faster if you don't recover properly.
Don't go all out if you don't understand the drill. Run it slow first and then pick up the pace. Stop immediately if you feel pain, light-headed or nauseated. Don't perform any drill without speaking with your coach first.


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Where is Africa Now? Launch of the 2014 Africa Prosperity Report
Thursday, 11 December 2014
From the Yazidis to the Copts: The Fate of Minority Religions
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
The Legatum Institute's Transitions Forum was pleased to host a lunch discussion with former diplomat Gerard Russell to speak about his new book Heirs to Forgotten Kingdom: Journey into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East. Cristina Odone, Director of Communications at the Institute, moderated the lively conversation.
Why Do Societies Prosper? 2014 Charles Street Symposium
Friday, 5 December 2014
Ukraine Crisis: What it Means for the West
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
Industrialisation: Why Britain Got There First
Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Using the Word "Genocide": How to Fight Genocide Denial Without Infringing Free Speech
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Rouhani and Prospects for Change in Iran
The Legatum Institute hosted a lunch discussion with Abbas Milani, Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University, to discuss President Rouhani's reforms and the societal transition taking place in Iran.
Building for the Future?
Monday, 24 November 2014
The Legatum Institute held its latest Architecture of Prosperity lecture, with Jonathan Meades, writer, journalist, and film-maker, to debate the concept of architectural legacy.
Prosperity: GDP and Beyond
Friday, 21 November 2014
Magna Carta—800 Years On
Thursday, 20 November 2014
In anticipation of 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta, the Legatum Institute hosted a half-day seminar on the international history and present day realities of constitutions and constitution building. Those present at the roundtable included constitutional, legal and history experts, policy-makers, business leaders and those involved with Magna Carta legacy projects.
Exploring Global Prosperity (Boston)
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Defining Opportunity and Prosperity Beyond Economic Growth (Washington, DC)
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
What does opportunity look like in the US today? The Legatum Institute and the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC were pleased to host a livestreamed panel discussion which looked beyond economic growth to understand what else is important for national prosperity.
Jesse Norman: My Autumn Statement
The Legatum Institute welcomed Jesse Norman MP for an insightful yet sobering look over the economic horizon. With the Autumn Statement the last real opportunity for new economic policy before the General Election next May, questions covered the likely announcements from the Chancellor in December.
Global Trends, Where to Export Next? (Webinar)
Launch of the 2014 Legatum Prosperity Index™ (Washington, DC)
What does "prosperity" really mean? GDP or happiness? The Legatum Institute hosted an interactive reception and presentation of key findings from the 2014 Index in Washington DC.
Let There Be Speech: Can Rwanda Reform Itself?
Monday, 17 November 2014
The Future of the Union
Monday, 10 November 2014
Fail Better: Design Smart Mistakes and Succeed Sooner
Friday, 7 November 2014
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|Royal Blood II
|Release Date:
|: May 21, 1999
|Turn-based strategy
|Game Modes:
|Single-player, Multiplayer
|Windows (95~Me)
Royal Blood II ~Dinar Oukoku Nendaiki~ (ロイヤルブラッドII〜ディナール王国年代記〜, subtitle translated as "Annals of the Dinar Monarchy") is a derivative sequel to Gemfire. It is the third and last game to receive Kou Shibusawa's Imagination Game (Imagination Series in English) brand labeling. He is the general producer for this title.
Kenji Nakajo is the sound director. Hiroyuki Suwahara provided character designs and illustrations.
Farwei, the God of Chaos, gave birth to Dionysos, the God of Darkness, and unleashed him onto the Miradia continent. Dionysos conquered the Dinar Empire and used it to terrorize the land with his Four Dark Lords. The elves, dwarves, and humans unified the five other kingdoms with the guidance of the Four Wisemen of Light and, after a grueling battle, defeated the Four Dark Lords and sealed Dionysos. Peace returned to the six kingdoms, and the Dinar Empire fell into obscurity.
Ten years later, during the year 2361 of the Dinar calendar, the Grimzak Kingdom appointed a sorceress named Altulia as its High Priestess. Its king, Il Vanta, thought to use her sorcery to enforce the Light's just policies. In reality, Altulia is manipulating Il Vanta to obey her. Using Grimzak's plentiful lands as her base for the Dark, Altulia plans to destroy the Light in order to resurrect Dionysos (Scenario 1).
By the year 2373 of the Dinar calendar, Altulia has resurrected the Four Dark Lords and obliterated three countries. Yet the survivors have united under the elder of the elves who was saved from annihilation by the Four Wisemen. The remaining embers of Light seek to save Miradia by stopping Altulia (Scenario 2).
The player can select their protagonist from whatever factions are available in each scenario. Each faction sides with the Dark or Light, which has their own distinguishing traits.
- Dark - seek to resurrect Dionysos. Can brainwash prisoners to serve as their slaves. Weaker equipment. High magic proficiency. Player can wage war at any time. The Four Dark Lords can serve as fifth units for army. Brainwashed units, monsters, dark elves, and a horned demonic unit, Renidas, are easier to recruit with this faction.
- Light - wants to cease Dionysos's resurrection. Capable of acquiring the strongest weaponry and armor in the game. Must obey and protect the ruler's order to wage war. Powerful attack units. Prisoners must be persuaded to join. Dragons and the Four Wisemen can be set as fifth units. Humans, dwarves, elves, and half elves are simple for recruitment.
If the player wishes to side with the Dark in Scenario 1, they are limited to the Grimzak Kingdom. Siding with the Light in Scenario 2 forces players to select one of the five possible kingdoms. The Dark will be at a size disadvantage in Scenario 2. Scenario 1 has nine possible factions while Scenario 2 has six.
Each scenario provides different events depending on the force and kingdom selected by the player. Story events often require the player to meet a particular domestic goal or time limit to clear, which is routinely stated to the player through character dialogue.
Cities, items, and characters are affiliated with the following elemental properties to affect their compatibility ratings with one another.
Fire armor, for instance, will provide better protection if the equipped character has the Fire element, and Holy weapons are meaningless to Evil characters. The best compatibility ratings combine each force's primary elements (Dark and Evil for Dark faction, and Light and Holy for Light faction).
Numbered provinces have been removed to present the world map on a square grid. Each kingdom is presented from a third-person omnipresent perspective. Players are expected to use funds to build nearby facilities such as crops, taverns, barracks, and so forth to raise their forces. Economic gain is determined each month, and crop gain is regularly scheduled in the autumn months. Cities can be upgraded based on its monthly wealth and location with flat terrain being the most ideal for most buildings. Transport units must be ordered to move on the map as well, which may cause hardship if they are captured by enemy forces.
A unique internal affairs feature is the ability to protect the player's castle city through magic. Magic requires the player to invest in priestesses, and its effectiveness is proportional to the number of priestesses present in constructed temples. If the priestesses commands the same element as the city, the accumulated magic is doubled. Threats such as wandering monster attacks, disease, and enemy invasions can be deflected with magic every turn. Magic can be depleted if abused, however, so the player is encouraged to continue investing in normal troops to keep attackers at bay.
The ruler's title affects a city's common growth. Titles can be designated to units who have reached high levels in giant cities. The three titles are:
- Regent: high intelligence to increase food supplies and income.
- Master Knight: high attack which boosts troop recruitment during drafts.
- High Priest/High Priestess: high magic for raising magic accumulation.
It is up to the player to decide which unit they wish to have govern or use in battle.
Once the player has secured their foundations, they are advised to use the Search option to locate a dungeon. Searching automatically drains three turns (three months) and cancels other domestic opportunities. Yet dungeons hold the keys for prolonging the game and hold valuable weaponry, potential hero units, and plot significant events. Dungeon locations can be learned by listening to rumors at taverns or activating main story objectives.
First time dungeon exploration requires the party to use the Search command to shed light on their surroundings. Searching drains a specific amount of the expedition team's food supply; if their food runs out without reaching the final goal, the expedition is deemed a failure. Traps and random monsters directly attack the party's food supply. Party members can also be wounded or incapacitated because of these obstacles. The worst case scenario will have the entire party starve to death after many months or be slaughtered by the competition. If this occurs with a hero unit imperative for the main story, it will be an instant game over.
The objectives for clearing a dungeon varies from rescuing a target, defeating the enemy leader, or discovering a specific item. Objectives must be met before the party's food runs out. The Search command is not mandatory for repeated exploration.
Combat follows the same basic controls and objectives as its predecessor. Maps have been expanded and are visually presented from an overhead angle. Terrain affects a unit's movement rating. Gold, food, and troops are still required to form armies. Unlike its predecessor, the player cannot use gold to purchase more food.
Monsters can randomly invade cities. Giant monsters command smaller monsters units into battle. Smaller monsters can be stopped by a city's magic or through complete annihilation. Giant monsters require an army to intercept them to stop. These monsters might join the player's side after their defeat.
Named characters can now gain levels by personally defeating monsters or enemy units. Once the player has successfully cleared a dungeon, they can revisit it for level grinding. Characters continue to have individual stats with a bonus Skill Point (SP) parameter for their unique skill. Additional skills can be acquired by leveling up.
Racial traits are assigned to the named characters. Humans have no weaknesses yet excel at nothing. Elves and dark elves excel at magic and have weaker physical attributes. Dwarves and renidas are strong attack and defense units who are weak to magic. Half elves have the most balanced stat growths. Humans and dwarves are the easiest targets for the Dark forces to brainwash. Brainwashed units are noted with an altered portrait. They can return to the Light if they are captured alive and subjected to a trial-and-error persuasion process. Each character has a different portrait depending on the player's affiliation to the Dark or Light.
Named characters tend to fall into one of the following class types. Players can manually promote their own units outside of battle once they reach level 15.
|Master Knight (none)
|Excellent attack power, health, and movement ratings. Low SP. Vulnerable to magic. Imperative foot soldiers for leading battles. Human men use swords while human women use spears. Elves, dark elves, and half elves use bows. Dwarves and renidas use axes.
|Rouge Knight (fire)
|Blue Knight (water)
|White Knight (wind)
|Green Knight (earth)
|Gold Knight (light)
|Dark Knight (dark)
|Silver Knight (holy or evil)
|Fire Mage (fire)
|Weak attack, defense, health, and movement. High SP and magic ratings. Specializes in advanced attack magic. Uses cane as a weapon.
|Water Mage (water)
|Wind Mage (wind)
|Earth Mage (earth)
|Wizard (light)
|Sorcerer (dark)
|Sage (holy)
|Dark Sage (evil)
Dark Priest
|Flame Bishop (fire)
|Same general attributes and weapon preferences as Mage. Specializes in healing magic. Can use advanced healing magic and basic attack magic after promotion.
|Mist Bishop (water)
|Breeze Bishop (wind)
|Land Bishop (earth)
|Arc Bishop (light)
|Dark Bishop (dark)
|Bright Priestess
Shadow Priestess
|Fire Priestess (fire)
|Same general attributes and weapon preferences as Mage. High intelligence rating makes them ideal for domestic affairs. Can lead mage or foot soldiers for their unit. Uses healing and attack magic. After promotion priestess gains devastating attack magic against groups.
|Water Priestess (water)
|Wind Priestess (wind)
|Earth Priestess (earth)
|Light Priestess (light)
|Dark Priestess (dark)
|Master Thief (none)
|High agility and movement ratings to compensate for other dismal parameters. Personal skills speed up searching progress in dungeons for locating treasures and disabling traps. Gains attack abilities after promotion. Thieves can use swords and daggers. Ninjas can use swords and bows while assassins are regulated to daggers.
|Ninja (light)
|Assassin (dark)
Related MediaEdit
A single guidebook was published. It includes character profiles, a complete item list, explanations for each kingdom and unit, and a gallery of visuals found in the game.
External LinksEdit
- Official product listing, Game Rescue page
- Save data altering program
- Japanese wiki, Alternate wiki
- Dark ending, Light ending


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It is definitely not an easy task, but it is feasible and worth it.
Benefits for your babies:
- Breast milk protects your children against infection. Milk produced right after birth is full of vital proteins and antibodies that helps the child to grow up properly and healthy. These proteins and antibodies also protect your child against intestinal and other after birth imminent infections and lower the risk of the allergic reaction,
- breast milk is a very important part of the baby nutrition until the age of 2,
- breast milk is especially suitable for extremely small or premature babies, which are more vulnerable to diseases and have more trouble digesting artificial dry milk. Quite a lot of twins sadly falls under this category,
- breastfeeding creates strong and nice bond between mother and her children
Benefits for you (mums):
- Breastfeeding helps you to feel better and more happy because of Prolactin hormone, which is one of the hormones being produced while feeding that has calming and relaxing effects – which is especially valuable for twins mum,
- breastfeeding is emotionally rewarding. Mothers knows that they do the best they can for their children and that they literally give the best out of themselves,
- in compare with artificial feeding breastfeeding is easy. There is no need for bottle sterilization, dosage estimation, heating, or trust issues with unknown artificial milk brands,
- breastfeeding is cheaper,
- breastfeeding can be fast. With the knowledge of the right technique you will spent the same time feeding twins as feeding one child. We will go over these techniques in following chapters.
The most important thing when breastfeeding twins is the HOPE
You just need to believe and everything will be fine. You don´t have to be afraid that you might not have enough of the milk, breastfeeding is the matter of offer and demand, the more children will consume the more milk will be produced in the breast. The important things for mums are the proper time of eating, proper rest, no stress environment and following of systematic order.
Proper breastfeeding technique
Mum should take the breast between the thumb and other fingers and put the nipple to the child's mouth and with slow circular movements try to invoke the sucking reflex. Widely open child mouth as if yawning are the proper response to this stimulation. Any touch in the facial area and mainly around mouth provoke this reflex in babies 3 months and younger. Baby is turning it's head from side to side and opens the mouth widely. When we circle the baby's mouth with the nipple we help to find the mouth it's place. If the baby is opening the mouth as in yawning we swiftly put the nipple and big part of lower areola in it's mouth. The nipple inside of the child's mouth touches the upper palate with the sensing point that invokes sucking reflex.
Frequent breastfeeding
The sensitivity of the nipples will lower thanks to the frequent breastfeeding which will positively stimulate the milk production
Breastfeed together or separately?
When breastfeeding together it creates a strong stimuli for the milk production. What is not such an easy task is to coordinate the same time of the breastfeeding. Generally is better to breastfeed both twins together.
Which breast?
The best situation is when each child has it's own breast because the milk will adapt to it's unique requirements and produces the substances in the right amount and composition that the child needs. If ont of the child is weaker (smaller) it is good to change the breast, because this child will most probably not have sucking reflex strong enough and with breast changing is possible to stimulate both breast sufficiently.
Breastfeeding child positioning
This position is dificult but possible. It is rather used for babies distraction, when they do not want to suck the milk. It is used very rarely.
Football player position (the most popular)
Tandem position
Cross position
Breastfeeding cessation
Based on your own decision you can breastfeed your children for several months or longer then a year. If you will even after repeated countermeasures loose milk you can decide to end the breastfeeding and still be happy that you have provided the best out of you for your children.


text: On Wed, 1 Mar 1995, Peter Merel wrote: > > To make a comment on your above statement: the deserts do not NEED to > >be reclaimed. Reclaimed to what? Deserts are ecologies with perfectly > >adapted species in their own right and have been here since before the > >dinosaurs. They ain't broke. > > Never heard of the Sahara or the Gobi? Those are _man-made_ deserts. > They're the result of thousands of years of poor agricultural > practices. Most of the continent I live on is one big man-made desert - > before the arrival of the man and the dog, central Australia was a huge > inland sea, with a fantastic variety of flourishing flora and fauna; a > minimal desert ecology has evolved in its place, but for the most part it > is now nothing but flat dry red earth. Men destroyed it - why shouldn't > men recreate it? I agree, which is why I make the one caveat: > > >There ARE areas that were once plains or > >forest that are now arid as a direct result of human activity > >(overgrazing, over-cutting, over-tapping of water supplies, downright > >STUPID farming practices) and could use a little reclaimation, but > >hopefully not ONLY so people will buy real estate there to build houses > >and cities on. > Imho, we have two ways to go from here. One way is down into a pit of > constant resource scarcity, ignorance, war, famine and suffering; the This is where I believe it will go before anything better arises. It is part of our history, and part of normal human and societal short-sightedness. > work", but real engineering problems. Stop waving your hands and tell > us what the problems are - then your skepticism will be healthy. > I am far from being against tech. Hell, I love the biotech work I do but I realize, now that I have been doing it for a while, that there is a long road to walk and that no easy answers from tech are forthcoming. A lot of technologies that have given people high hopes/expectations, have failed to deliver - CERTAINLY not performed up to expectations. People are impatient and generally fail to understand that this isn't a supersonic jet to a specific destination, rather it is a high-speed off-road vehicle that take twists and turns that have little to do with the original goal or dream. You simply go and things fall out of the side that may or may not be relevant or useful. It's an old saw but true to the extreme: every answer to a question produces ever more questions. Patrick


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The U.S. will have to follow Europe's economic lead and face up to its debt problems instead of just continuing with quantitative easing that will lead to a dollar decline, David Bloom, global head of foreign exchange strategy at HSBC, told CNBC Tuesday.
"Europe (is) facing up to its problems, looking into the abyss; the U.S. hasn't even started that process. That will take the dollar into trouble in the second half of next year," Bloom said.
Until the U.S. does begin reigning in its spending, the euro will continue to decline against the dollar from its current "overvalued" state, according to Bloom.
- Watch the full interview with David Bloom above.
"The euro is under downward pressure, but as we move forward into next year the U.S. is to face up to similar problems to the euro zone," he said.
Fair value for the euro is around $1.25, according to Bloom, who said the panic over the European debt crisis is not reflected in the currency's exchange rate .
Meanwhile, the U.S. is taking advantage of its position of having the world's reserve currency by continuing to increase fiscal spending, he said.
"They take advantage because they can expand their fiscal policy. If you took a country like Ireland, the UK, they could not dare increase their fiscal side, whereas the U.S. can because it is the reserve currency of the world," Bloom said.
Eventually the U.S. will have to "face up" to its fiscal situation and when it does, that will erode the dollar's value, he added.
Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, told CNBC that the U.S. cannot keep pumping more liquidity into the economy in a bid to boost growth. Rogers said there is a risk of high inflation because of the liquidity measures.


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I worry about Donald Trump. While some commentators have noted that his popularity is with a particular wing of the conservative movement—working class white people who are among the greatest victims of the social change that, ironically, is one of the byproducts of the unrestricted capitalism of Trump and his fellow greed-worshipers—he is a media darling at the moment. Whether his ideas have value or not, he is getting incredible airtime on the news channels. And that, in turn, is reinforcing his message to the fringes of his base, expanding his impact.
There is good potential that Trump will simply divide the Republican party or fade away as others rise. He may even try a third-party run if the Republicans reject him, which could help the Democrats. However, I cannot see him simply going away. Instead, I would expect him to take ever-more radical positions as the campaigns move forward, forcing a political conversation built on manufactured fears rather than on our common interests.
My concern is simple: Right now, our country seems to be losing its political and moral center. The news media keeps looking at extreme positions on every issue rather than seeking a common middle ground. If Trump were to become President—or even Vice President—it would solidify the power of the new oligarchs and make it very difficult for democracy—what John Adams called "government for the common good" to thrive. Moreover, should a megalomaniac like Trump take power, it could be disastrous for us in terms of our international relations and whether we can come together as a nation around common, shared interests.
All this is a good argument for public funding of our elections. Unfortunately, that won't happen before the next presidential election.


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text: Richard Markley Short, 36, 346 E. Orange Ave., Longwood, died Wednesday. Born in Detroit, he moved to Longwood from Casselberry in 1977. He was a cabinet installer and an Episcopalian. Survivors: wife, Karen; daughters, Heather, Nicole, both of Longwood; son, Shane Markley, Longwood; sisters, Patricia Tobola, Virginia Beach, Va., Shirley Orum, Canada, Susan Luttman, Farmington Hills, Mich. All Faiths Memorial Park, Casselberry.


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|Traditional Indian wedding
|The Look of Love. Congratulation and best wishes to the newly weds Vida and Sandeep :)
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|Traditional Indian wedding
|The Look of Love. Congratulation and best wishes to the newly weds Vida and Sandeep :)
|On my Way to Alfahkr's
|79C Maginahawa St, Teacher's Village Quezon City in front of Holy Family High School
|Getting ready to Alfahkr
|Persian Food
|Yogurt shake.
|Fresh off the grill
|Happy. Just got Alfahkred with friends :) Yum Yum Yum.
|I told you, Jesus is coming.
|My favorite cheer dance lift. Balancing with just one foot.
|The school's pep squad. Proud of these kids.
|Flying. Just like Peterpan.
|Dance troup doing their thing.
|The cost. Pupil couldn't come to this concert. Aww...
|Aries Sales - The Jason Mraz of the Philippines.
|Lady Gaga
|Got hungry picture picture ohh... so, I ate.
|It's not true that Michael Jackson died.
|I'm glad my idol made it to this concert.
|Biboy Renia - Guitar/Vocals
|Join the Club saving the day.
|Congie Lulu - Bass Guitar
|Brian Lotho - Drums
|Time to go home. Hailing a jeep in front of San Sebastian Church
|Swim in rivers with my family and cousins.
|Play under the Christmas tree with my brother.
|Share my lollipop with my brother.
|Share my dinner with my bro.
|Pretend I can defy gravity with my sister, mother, father, and brother.
|Attend my cousin's debut.
|Pretend I am not camera conscious.
|Hug my brother so tight.
|Pop it into the box.
|Celebrity support.
|The residences of McKinley Hills, Taguig.
|A show of hands.
|Sister Act
|Ohhh yeahh yeahhs.
|Good times.
|Chic-Boy Recto acoustic nights with good old friend Majo jojo.


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Writers come from all walks of life. It's not odd that many famous people choose to write/ghostwrite a memoir after they retire, but it's unusual for a very famous person to write one before he becomes famous.
I'm talking about Barack Obama, out-going US President. Dreams from My Father, first published in 1995, then re-published in 2004, makes riveting reading in my opinion. According to the blurb, "...it is a 'lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir [about] the son of a black African father and a white American mother [who] searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American."
If you haven't read it, you can probably guess what lies between the pages. Sure it's provocative, as Obama describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither, but I'm posting about the writer, Barack Obama, here today.
I'm a sucker for Prefaces/Acknowledgements and so on, and I found the Preface to the memoir intriguing when Obama talks about writing this memoir.
"Like most first-time authors, I was filled with hope and despair upon the book's publication--hope that the book might succeed beyond my youthful dreams, despair that I had failed to say anything worth saying. The reality fell somewhere in between. The reviews were mildly favourable. People actually showed up at the readings my publisher arranged. The sales were underwhelming. And, after a few months, I went on with the business of my life, certain that my career as an author would be short-lived, but glad to have survived the process with my dignity more or less intact."
There was a spate of publicity following Obama's election to the Democratic US senate seat for Illinois. His publisher was prompted to re-publish the book. Obama said:
"For the first time in many years, I've pulled out a copy and read a few chapters to see how much my voice may have changed over time. I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of emotion that seems indulgent or overly practiced. I have the urge to cut the book by fifty pages or so, possessed as I am with a keener appreciation for brevity. I cannot honestly say, however, that the voice in this book is not mine--that I would tell the story much differently today than I did ten years ago, even if certain passages have proven to be inconvenient politically, the grist for pundit commentary and opposition research."
"And then, on September 11, 2001, the world fractured.
It's beyond my skill as a writer to capture that day, and the days that would follow--the planes, like specters, vanishing into steel and glass, the slow-motion cascade of the towers crumbling into themselves, the ash-covered figures wandering the streets; the anguish and the fear. Nor do I begin to understand the stark nihilism that drove the terrorists that day and that drives their brethren still. My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents with abstract, serene satisfaction."
I think he captured the day and the aftermath exceedingly well.
Then there's the bond he shares with his mother:
"She traveled the world, working in the distant villages of Asia and Africa, helping women buy a sewing machine or a milk cow or an education that might give them a foothold in the world's economy...We saw each other frequently, our bond unbroken. During the writing of this book, she would read the drafts, correcting stories that I had misunderstood, careful not to comment on my characterization of her but quick to explain or defend the less flattering aspects of my father's character.I think Barack Obama shares many of our insecurities about writing. I felt inspired to know someone of his ilk struggled with his subject matter and syntax. How many times have you asked yourself as a writer, 'Why does the world need a book by me?'
...she was the kindest, most generous spirit I have ever known, and that what is best in me I owe to her."
Farewell, President Barack Obama, much loved here in Australia, and I suspect, in many countries around the world.
Thanks for reading.


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Point Localization: 3 cun from the midline, at the height of the lower border of the spinous process of T2
TCM Actions: Activates the channel. Relaxes muscles and tendons.
Indications: Pain and numbness in the shoulder, neck and scapular region.
Target area: None.
Point Name and Meaning: Fufen – Attached Branch
Acupuncture Meridian: Bladder
Categories: None.
Unitary Channel: Tai Yang (Greater Yang) [SI + BL]
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