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I had been there a few times before; I had stayed at their warm, wooden house some weekends with their family, and lived like one of them, comfortable and eager to accept the rules of the countryside, breathing the clean air, feeling the unstained breeze, eating and sleeping over the mother ground, refreshed to be far from the shrillness and blemishes of Bangkok. Nadee, lovely little hamlet in the middle of Isan, only endless rice fields around, you always welcomed me, the fair skin foreigner, with open arms, yet I never paid you back. You seemed not to ask for anything, though I felt that was unfair. Hence, when I heard the good news, I had little doubt: that was my chance to repay all your generosity the only way I could. Very early this morning, after a few hours in a night bus, I have landed here again, camera in hand, ready to see, and capture, all the memories of this day. Here is the testament of my first Thai wedding, as my little gift for the marrying couple, my friends, and all their family (which is to say, more or less, the whole village).
The first arrangement II, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
It was still dark night when the bus stopped in the middle of nowhere, and the driver said a name, loud voice that awoke my sleepy ears. I jumped out of the seat: that was my destination, a lonely crossroads with a tiny streetlamp, a phone cabin and a little hut. But I didn't have to wait long, as the pickup arrived in a few minutes, the usual, friendly smile welcoming me back, once more. We traversed a few kilometers through vast land extensions of rice fields already harvested and, finally, under the first lights of sunrise, we reached the small village, hidden between the trees. But nobody was sleeping anymore, and the plot in front of the house was full of activity already. The first thing that I could see, stepping out of the car, were the flower bouquets, beautifully and carefully arranged, sparkling between the farming implements under the first rays of light.
The first arrangement III, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
I entered the house, all doors and windows open, greeted everyone around, met some new faces, relatives that had visited from far on such an important day, and was offered some food immediately, as it is customary. I politely had a bite, but didn't feel so hungry yet. Moreover, I didn't want to delay more the moment I was anxiously anticipating: meeting the bride.
The bride, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
She was nervous, as I was myself: nobody had asked me to do this, but I had decided to do it on my own, and I had put a lot of pressure and expectations upon my shoulders: I'm very perfectionist, and I wanted to deliver the best I could; therefore, and trying not to disturb their preparations too much, I stayed in one corner of the room, making an effort to get as many moments and details as I could.
Upsweep, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
The interior of the house was dimly lit, so I decided to use my fastest lens; however, it is not as wide as I needed, and many times I realized I didn't have room to move backwards so I couldn't fit all I wanted in frame, but I rather sacrificed some field of view than light. I played my cards the best I knew; besides, being a fast lens gave me another thing that was very welcome for the portraits and close ups: shallow depth of field. So let's try that out and welcome the other half of the equation now, shall we?
The groom, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
While the bride waited inside the house, surrounded by women, the groom had to walk home from outside the yard, surrounded by some friends, plus all the neighbors and other guests who were joining the celebration. Carrying a dish with food, a palm tree and a beautiful centerpiece, three relatives were escorting him to the house, a forth holding an umbrella above him to protect him from the strong sun.
The carriers, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
The centerpiece, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
Procession, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
The procession approached the wooden porch solemnly and, once there, they laid the three offerings on top of a small table / altar, and everybody sat down on the floor, all covered in carpets for the occasion. The man who was going to conduct the ceremony and rituals (not a monk), started reciting some prayers and blessing the offerings, the groom sitting in front of him, accompanied by his best man, all awaiting the moment when the bride would appear.
Rituals, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
Between the walls, the women were busy with the finishing touches: the bridesmaid was receiving the last makeup, while the bride was arranging her dress to fit it perfectly. The small crowd outside was waiting, and they were ready. So, at last, without further delay, the doors opened and the bride went out. She sat down beside the groom, and the true ceremony started.
The bridesmaid, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
The arrival, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
Initiation, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
I guess photography, as any other art and craft, needs practice, and mistakes are part of the learning process; I had many today, but maybe the biggest of them all was keeping a fast aperture all the time; yes, I was somehow blinded by the beautiful effect of shallow depth of field blurring backgrounds and isolating the focus plane, but I didn't realize at that moment that I was, as a consequence, taking pictures of just one of the couple each time, and rarely having a picture where both were in sharp focus. This worked very well for the single portraits, but in the group pictures it definitely was not optimal. Lesson learnt.
His mark, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
Her mark, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
Once they were both blessed with the white forehead mark, it was time for one of the most significative and symbolic moments of the ceremony: the bond. The mother of the groom took a soft, white rope, and gently tied it around their heads, linking them together. I guess some symbols transcend culture, time and civilization and belong deep inside humankind's psyche from the beginning of time.
The bond, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
But there was still another white symbol to emerge: a single, delicate ribbon was knotted around their wrists, one after another, and, after that, a slice of Western culture made appearance: the golden ring. And it was not the only foreign intrusion of the celebration, as they threw some rice above them, as well, act that could never be more appropriate anywhere else. It truly seems we live in a global era, no doubt.
The ring, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
Local & foreign, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
And so the ceremony ended. But not the wedding, as all those silent neighbors and friends had been silently awaiting all this time for their chance to be participants, as well, and not only mere observers. They stood up from the carpets, approached the just-turned-husband-and-wife and, one by one, they tied more laces around their wrists, offering with them their best wishes, and some money, as little or much as they could humbly give.
Epilogue, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
Suddenly, the people had abandoned the porch and everybody was sitting in the chairs under the canopy, out in the yard, enjoying lunch. And only then, after a few hours in the strangest and most uncomfortable positions taking pictures in the most discreet way that I could (I thank the silent mode of my camera for that), I felt like I was a photographer, as then the bride waved her hand to me and asked me, timidly, if I could take some pictures of them with the family. They were even setting a colorful background for the shoot. I smiled and, obviously, took all those pictures they wanted. The only ones they requested me. For all along I had been just a friend. A guest at their wedding day. My sincerest thanks!
Family portrait: the younger generation, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
The first day of the rest of their lives, GH3 + Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm
But the story doesn't end here. You can see the images of the guests in this post.


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On Christmas eve, yesterday,I turned 34.
No,I didn't celebrate myself.
Nor did I praise my parents,with all my due love to them (if love can be due).
During my little December venture into Naples, Italy I remembered outstanding people from the past and not accidental encouters:
teachers caught-up in personal stories or at heart engaged in religious wars and taking me at my family
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world-class professor who saw that I am not good enough and then having a heart) to let me study up to have a chance to reach that level;
A few literally shocked to learn that I stem from a specific religious group which is not recognizable by my appearance;
the unknown professor who sent a student to do research on my cultural origins..and years later the same student who came to see me and almost forced to give an oath that our families will meet one day in Budapest;
one who introduced to me the concept of the basic melody among nations and made me ponder how people are differentiated and picked up (and i happened to be an exception to this rule?);
those who read my publications and probed me during lectures on a sensitive subject and those who fetched me when i almost flew into darkness;
and those interesting people who knew me before I got to know them and who started shaping out my life…
And I celebrate my notorious ancestors, whose gene — the basic melody — I am carrying on.


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YONKI people
WHAT IS THEIR PHILOSOPHY OF LIfE
Yonki inhabit the Eastern Highland of Papua New Guinea. Yauna river is their home where they fish as well as hunt for wild game in the nearby jungle. However, in 2011 the national government started a construction founded by private investors aimed at building one of the largest dams in the country. Majority of the Yonki people have to abandon their territory and to be reallocated to Lae town. The large scale construction requires roads and lot of workers. With this Yonki start to learn many new things from the modern world including feelings of greed, wrath and envy that were unknown to them till that moment..
Yonki people live in a valley locked between several mountains. Soon it will be transformed into a massive water dam and they will have to reallocate to the nearby town of Lae.
The Origin of Thunder
Yonki tell the story of a strong hunter who wanted to hunt wild game in the nearby jungle. While wandering around the forest the man found a strange looking wooden bow. He decided to try his luck with the new weapon. And to his surprise he was very successful. Before turning back to his village worry rushed into hunter's head. What if others envy him and try to still his new bow?! Then the man notices a high and steep mountain nearby. He climbed to its top and hid the bow between few rocks. Immediately after his returned to his village every tribesman saluted him for the big catch. On the following days the man came to the forest several times and always brought lot of wild game as a catch. However, the man had a younger brother who start to fill jealous and wanted to discover his secret. One day, the hunter came to find his bow stolen, the only possible culprit his own younger brother. After tracking him down, the two fought for the bow, and the younger brother ran away to the top of a steep mountain nearby. When the siblings had held their battle, there was an explosion on the summit, and so now, when Younki hear thunder, they know that it is the two brothers fighting again.


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Zimbabwe posted a topic in Healthiness & NutritionOkay folks, so I think we need a FRESH and current thread to talk about cooking, preparations for cooking and recipes! And to discuss curry methods of course. One thing which really helps me is that about once every two months, I get 15kg of good quality white onions, peel, slice and fry them. Then process them into a paste. Then create individual use portions for freezer bags. This cuts my cooking time by A LOT since so many recipes (even non desi ones like pasta sauce) require fried onions as a base. It also means I'm not using my food processor daily. I do it all in one day and am set to go. In a similar vein- I also get a ton of fresh root ginger and raw garlic. Peel and crush with a little salt and olive oil and put into ice cube trays. This means I can literally pop it into a dish for fresh-tasting flavours without the daily work. I used to find I would avoid putting garlic into dishes which actually needed them because I was too busy/it was too inconvenient peeling and crushing two at a time (getting that raw garlic smell on your fingers too). So what are some of your tips? Best recipes? Special dietary requirements?
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Fasbir posted a topic in Schoolin' Foolin'salam ladies, So question is, what kinda topics do you think kids should know about? i'm making a non-fiction booklet for the kids, where they analyse/interpret/produce different types of non-fiction texts and my secret agenda is to add in lotsa different topics to encourage them to open their minds/have debates.. Soo..... gimme some ideas? These kids are aged 14-16
Breathlessness due to lack of Sushi.
Shrimphead posted a topic in Healthiness & NutritionSalams Everyone, I grew up on sushi, and before I got married I ate it at least once every week with my family. My husband is allergic to certain seafoods, so I ended up cutting down on sushi so we could both eat together in mutual happiness. A month passed sans sushi (longest I've ever been without sushi in all my life), when all of a sudden I had mild heart palpitations and breathlessness. Everyday I'd feel dizzy and light-headed, and visions of sushi floated in front of my eyes. If I even saw a picture of it, I'd get a little hysterical. One night it became so severe that I had a nightmare where I was crossing the desert and I was dehydrated and dying of hunger because the California rolls that I was trying to hold in my hands kept disappearing. I woke up in a cold sweat and from what my husband tells me, I was saying "I need sushi, I need sushi". I laughed it off in the morning, but that night it became even worse that I told him to go and get me sushi immediately or I wouldn't be able to breathe. :/ He was really concerned, but obviously no restaurants would be open at 3:00AM at night. The next day we went out for sushi, and I felt so RELIEVED. It was like a burden had been taken off my back, and I could breathe and sleep again. This was over two or three weeks ago. I'm pretty fine now, alhamdulillah, but would it be taxing on my body if I fasted from sushi for too long? Is this even normal? Is this sushi withdrawal syndrome? Shrimphead PS: No, these aren't "those" cravings. It's only for sushi, nothing else.


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PREDATORS OF AFRICA - In Cheetah: Race Against Time, Wildlife expert Peter Gros heads to Namibia for a week's assignment at the Cheetah Conservation Fund, a uniquely ambitious project aimed at safeguarding the world's fastest sprinter. Africa's Outsiders introduces us to those extraordinary animals known as Outsiders in Africa.
AFRICA'S ELEPHANT KINGDOM - Africa's Elephant Kingdom takes you into the heart of the continent and face-to-face with the great elephants of Africa. Featuring spectacular cinematography and the amazing picture and sound quality, this critically-acclaimed documentary is the story of one elephant clan's struggle for survival.
MEERKAT ADVENTURE - Zoologist and film-maker Nigel Marven paints a revealing portrait of a group of wild meerkats. With the help of meerkat expert Grant McIlrath, Nigel and his team get close enough to win the trust of these charming creatures that are very wary of humans.
INTO THE PRIDE - Animal Planet's large predator expert Dave Salmoni heads deep into the African bush on a double mission - to return to his wild roots and to save a rogue pride of lions from elimination. Can he survive six months in the Namibian bush on a life or death quest?
Title: Amazing Africa | Collector's Gift Set
Format: DVD
Release Date: 01 Sep 2015
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Catalogue No: BHE6473
Category: Documentary
Disc Count: 5
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
OFLC Rating: PG
Run Time: 396
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Video Format: PAL
Primary Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Language: English, Dolby Digital 2.0
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If you go down to the woods today – or even to Seven Stories in Newcastle's Ouseburn Valley – you will see Bears!
The exclamation mark is because that is the title of the new exhibition at the national centre for children's books which looks at bear-related material in children's literature.
Since Seven Stories will celebrate its 12th birthday in the summer, you might think this has been a long time coming.
Rupert, Winnie-the-Pooh, Baloo in The Jungle Book... there have been so many bears in print and who doesn't love them? The number of teddy bears sold suggests not many.
"We'll have no trouble finding other venues to take this exhibition," said Gill Rennie, Seven Stories senior curator.
But the exhibition is here for a year before it goes on tour and that's good because it's a real beauty – packed with things to appeal to children and the child in all of us.
Gill said the idea for a bears exhibition came in a "lightbulb moment of inspiration" after the venue attained a Heritage Lottery Fund grant to buy Barbara Firth's artwork for Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? by Martin Waddell.
Those pictures are not just on the wall but incorporated into a scene from this popular children's book, published in 1988, which has been recreated in the exhibition, complete with a cosy bed that looks as if it has been lifted straight from the page.
Exhibition visitors are encouraged to turn up with a favourite toy bear – although bears are available for those who arrive without.
"This is a different way of involving children in the content of the exhibition," explained Gill.
"Instead of grown-ups pointing things out to the children as they look round the exhibition, we hope the children will point things out to their bear."
To help with this process there's a little trail, marked out with bear prints on the floor, and with Otto, the Book Bear, creation of illustrator Katie Cleminson, to act as guide (children will see little Otto cut-outs on the wall).
The exhibition begins in a woodland scene called The Glade with cut-outs of Paddington and Baloo from The Jungle Book – the original, very bear-like bear rather than the Disney version – and there's a showcase of material relating to early bear favourites such as Teddy Robinson, published in 1953, and the Grimms' Fairy Tales.
There is also an explanation of how Teddy Bears came about – after President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt was a guest on a hunting party in Mississippi in 1902 and refused to shoot a bear that had been tied to tree for him as an easy target.
The story took on a life of its own as cartoonists and merchandisers started to produce their versions of Teddy's bear.
But the bulk of the exhibition is divided into four sections – Real Bears, Scary Bears, Talking Bears and Teddy Bears.
The Real Bears section is educational, taking inspiration from The Atlas of Animal Adventures and explaining that there are only eight main species of bear with all the others being sub-species.
"Did you know that the only continent without bears is Australia?" said Gill. "The koala bear is actually a marsupial."
In this section is an acclaimed new crowd-funded book called Island, by Brighton-based author Nicky Singer, which was inspired by Inuit culture and highlights the plight of the polar bear as the ice retreats before global warming.
"Chris Riddell, the Children's Laureate, offered to illustrate the book for free and the profits are going to Greenpeace," said Gill, adding that the book has been longlisted for this year's Carnegie Medal.
Michael Rosen's famous story, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, features in Scary Bears with an excerpt from the recent animated TV adaptation.
There is also a brilliant recreation of a scene from The Bear Under the Stairs by Helen Cooper.
Youngsters looking through a glass door might think they're seeing the silhouette of a great big grizzly bear. Switch the light on and all will become reassuringly clear.
In the Talking Bears section there are plenty of examples of books featuring bears that behave like humans.
Gill suggested this phenomenon could be traced back to 18th Century masquerades when people dressed as animals to make points about other people.
The last thing visitors will see are Teddy and Bruin, a pair of bears from the Museum of Childhood in Edinburgh who sport lovely knitted outfits.
They were bought at Leeds market more than a century ago and given to sisters Elizabeth and Jean who were born in 1906 and 1909.
The girls and their bears ended up in Scotland and when one of the sisters got very old, she wrote to the museum and asked if they would like her bear.
When she died her sister sent it in, adding that she too had a bear.
Her letter, reproduced in the exhibition, states: "Teddy may be too shabby for exhibition but maybe you would like to take him to be with his brother. I shall be sorry indeed to part with him but I am now very old and would like to think he had a permanent home."
In becoming very attached to their bears, the sisters were not alone – which probably explains why there are so many bears in books.
Bears! opens at Seven Stories on Saturday (February 18) and will run for a year. It is supported by Quarto Publishing. For details visit www.sevenstories.org.uk


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Argentinian 2018 MMEG grantee Cecilia Gebruers is studying for a PhD in Human Rights and Legal Theory at Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University, New York, and expects to graduate mid-2020.
As an academic, Cecilia has worked since 2012 on the intersection of women's issues and the law, and to ensure that women's studies become an integral part of legal curricula in her native country. The focus of her dissertation extends these passions to address a hitherto neglected topic, strengthening an intersectional framework in human rights law to address the impact of land-grabs on indigenous women, whose livelihoods, health and welfare are thereby imperiled.
Her future plans are to continue her human rights advocacy, academic work on legal and political theory, and also to create a law school course that ties together women's rights and the treatment of indigenous peoples.


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Common misconceptions about BYOD, Healthcare Apps and HIPAA can put your organization at risk!
Use of personal devices (BYOD) is now commonplace in healthcare – as most physicians and healthcare workers use their personal devices for sharing patient information, checking dosage, authorizing prescriptions, or texting other physicians about patient care. The upside of a well implemented BYOD program is great. If implemented in a compliant manner, BYOD and health apps can result in improved patient care, engagement and overall satisfaction. For example, a research article from Health Management Technology reported that health apps can save doctors up to 20 minutes per day – the equivalent of two additional patients – improving practice revenues, patient care, responsiveness, and reducing wait times.
However, BYOD does not come without risks – as lost, stolen, or compromised devices make up a disproportionate amount (about 40% according to MD News) of reported breaches and HIPAA settlements involving the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). So, to put it bluntly, misunderstanding HIPAA regulations or improperly deploying a BYOD program for your organization can result in very costly fines –ranging from $100 on the low end to up to $1.5 million in a year for willful neglect without corrective action.
But what does HIPAA really state about BYOD devices and compliance relating to iPhones, iPads, Androids or tablets? What about healthcare apps like Medscape, Kidspeak, HEP iChart, IntensiveMCQ, or online fax apps? Are they compliant? Unfortunately, the HIPAA Security rule, written in 2003 – before many of these devices and apps existed - doesn't specifically address BYOD or Apps. The lack of specific guidance on BYOD and applications adds to the complexity of implementing BYOD and fosters some common misconceptions – many of which could lead to your organization being exposed to data breach by careless employees or cyber criminals.
As part implementing Best Practices for your organization's BYOD program, a periodic review of safe and compliant use of BYOD applications and clarification of any misconceptions about application use – such as mobile faxing, texting or eprescribe – should be addressed.
You can learn more about some BYOD Best Practices, misconceptions, and HIPAA-compliant mobile faxing in healthcare during our Webinar next week – on Thursday, June 25th at 11 am PT/2 pm ET. Reserve your seat here!
Some common misconceptions about BYOD, Mobile Apps and HIPAA:
- We use medical apps that are HIPAA compliant – therefore we're compliant.While that statement may hold true, simply contracting with a third party provider or app software developer that says it is 'compliant' and has signed a BAA does not equate to having policies, procedures and robust security in place. You should fully vet any third party vendor to understand how they comply and how their software or application helps you manage toward HIPAA Compliance. It's important to remember that a BAA does not shift liability away from a healthcare provider to the BA. It is a shared responsibility and, therefore, both parties may be liable for breach of patient data. It's just as important to instill a common sense approach with your employees – such as not leaving ePHI on devices that are not protected and encrypted, or use of public Wi-Fi for example.
- We don't need to fax documents anymore – we can just email them to the clearinghouse or pharmacy. Simply scanning documents on multi-function devices and sending them over the Internet may expose ePHI to would-be cyber criminals – especially if encryption is not enabled. This would also put you at risk with the Security Rule (Encryption of data at rest and in-motion: 45 CFR 164.312(a)(2)(iv); and the encryption of data transmitted over an electronic network: 45 CFR Part 164.308(e)(2)(i)).
- If an employee accidentally loses a mobile device or tablet (example: leaving a BYOD device with ePHI on it at a public coffee shop) then the covered entity is not liable. Not true. A major pharmacy recently had to settle a suit with HHS due to an employee who willingly breached ePHI records of a patient for whom they had no reason to review. Even though the employee broke company policy by doing this, the business was held liable.
- Once a company implements a BYOD policy they are HIPAA compliant. While many covered entities implement strong security measures and best practices to protect patient data and ePHI accessed through BYOD, research shows that security may still be taking a back-seat to convenience. According to Physicians Practice, a study from Cisco IT channel firms shows that 89% of healthcare workers use personal smartphones for work, but that a staggering 41% of employees' personal mobile devices are not password protected, and 53% access ePHI via unsecured public Wi-Fi networks. It should not be assumed that employees will understand the regulations or what they should do or not do – best practices must be taught and enforced as part of a holistic BYOD program.
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Unfortunately it is true. I used to work in a hospice and before I got there the majority of the information was sent using personal devices. I found that to be the case with a lot of the facilities and physicians that we dealt with.Oh lord, really? That is terrifying if true.
most physicians and healthcare workers use their personal devices for sharing patient information
Great article. It helps shed that false sense of security (pun intended) that comes with implementing PART of a HIPAA compliant solution. There's a lot more to it. The more i think about it, the more I believe that BYOD in Healthcare is simply not worth it. Everything that can touch ePHI needs to be locked down period.
The industry badly needs some Network Standard and Quality Control auditing tools. I see too many networks build outside of or later deviated from the Security Standards. IMO, all devices should be audited daily for compliance. The industry is lack of such tool. The one we have today are too basic (ie. match or no match simple rules).
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dch. 24:10; Matt. 27:56, 61; 28:1; John 19:25; 20:1, 18
hFor ver. 4-10, see Matt. 13:1-15; Mark 4:1-12
mSee Matt. 11:15
nMatt. 19:11; Col. 1:27; [1 Cor. 2:6-10; 1 John 2:20, 27]; See Matt. 11:25
oSee Rom. 16:25
pIsa. 6:9, 10; See Matt. 13:13
qFor ver. 11-15, see Matt. 13:18-23; Mark 4:13-20
sSee Mark 16:16
xSee Matt. 6:25
zJames 5:7; See Heb. 10:36
aaFor ver. 16-18, see Mark 4:21-25
aeSee Matt. 13:12
afFor ver. 19-21, see Matt. 12:46-50; Mark 3:31-35
agMatt. 13:55; Mark 6:3; John 2:12; 7:3, 5, 10; Acts 1:14; 1 Cor. 9:5; Gal. 1:19
ahch. 11:28; See James 1:22
aiFor ver. 22-25, see Matt. 8:23-27; Mark 4:36-41; [John 6:16-21]
aqFor ver. 26-40, see Matt. 8:28–9:1; Mark 5:1-21
aw[ch. 4:3, 9]; See Matt. 14:33
biFor ver. 41-56, see Matt. 9:18-26; Mark 5:22-43
bsch. 5:17; 6:19; [Acts 10:38]
bxSee John 11:28
cfch. 7:14, 22; [Matt. 11:5; John 11:43]
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Women Accompanying Jesus1Soon afterward he went on a through cities and villages, proclaiming and b bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, 2and also c some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: d Mary, called Magdalene, e from whom seven demons had gone out, 3and f Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them ▼
▼Some manuscripts himout of their means.
The Parable of the Sower4 h And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, 5 i "A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up j it withered away, because it had no moisture. 7And some fell among k thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. 8And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded l a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, m "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
The Purpose of the Parables9And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10he said, n "To you it has been given to know o the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so p that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.' 11 q Now the parable is this: The seed is r the word of God. 12The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not s believe and be saved. 13And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it t with joy. But these have no root; they u believe for a while, and in time of testing v fall away. 14And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but w as they go on their way they are choked by the x cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. 15As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and y bear fruit z with patience.
A Lamp Under a Jar16 aa , ab "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 17 ac For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. 18 ad Take care then how you hear ae for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."
Jesus' Mother and Brothers19 af Then his mother and ag his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. 20And he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you." 21But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are those ah who hear the word of God and do it."
Jesus Calms a Storm22 ai One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side of aj the lake." So they set out, 23and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on ak the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. 24And they went and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And he awoke and al rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased am and there was a calm. 25He said to them, "Where is your faith?" And they an were afraid, and they ao marveled, saying to one another, "Who then is this, that ap he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?"
Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon26 aq Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes ▼
▼Some manuscripts Gadarenes; others Gergesenes; also verse 37which is opposite Galilee. 27When Jesus ▼
▼Greek he; also verses 38, 42had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house at but among the tombs. 28When he saw Jesus, he au cried out and fell down before him and said av with a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus aw Son of ax the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me." 29For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon ay into the desert.) 30Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said az "Legion," for many demons had entered him. 31And they begged him not to command them to depart into ba the abyss. 32Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. 33Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into bb the lake and drowned. 34When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country. 35Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting bc at the feet of Jesus bd clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 36And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed ▼
▼Greek daimonizomai; elsewhere rendered oppressed by demonsman had been healed. 37Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes bf asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. 38The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39"Return to your home, and bg declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus's Daughter40Now when Jesus returned, the crowd bh welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. 41 bi And there came a man named Jairus, who was bj a ruler of the synagogue. And falling at Jesus' feet, he implored him to come to his house, 42for he had bk an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As Jesus went, the people bl pressed around him. 43And there was a woman bm who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her bn living on physicians ▼
▼Some manuscripts omit and though she had spent all her living on physicians,she could not be healed by anyone. 44She came up behind him and touched bp the fringe of his garment, and bq immediately her discharge of blood ceased. 45And Jesus said, "Who was it that touched me?" When all denied it, Peter ▼
▼Some manuscripts add and those who were with himsaid, "Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!" 46But Jesus said, "Someone touched me, for I perceive that bs power has gone out from me." 47And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. 48And he said to her, "Daughter bt your faith has made you well; bu go in peace." 49While he was still speaking, someone from bv the ruler's house came and said, "Your daughter is dead; bw do not trouble bx the Teacher any more." 50But Jesus on hearing this answered him, "Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well." 51And when he came to the house, he allowed no one to enter with him, except by Peter and bz John and James, and the father and mother of the child. 52And all were weeping and ca mourning for her, but he cb said, "Do not weep, for cc she is not dead but cd sleeping." 53And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. 54But ce taking her by the hand he called, saying, "Child cf arise." 55And cg her spirit returned, and she got up at once. And he directed that something should be given her to eat. 56And her parents were amazed, but ch he charged them to tell no one what had happened.
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text: "Lux" is a 2004, 16.1 bay Irish sport horse gelding. He is a handsome, sweet, and uncomplicated 3 ring horse. He was formerly a Grand Prix horse, and spent last summer doubling as a Big EQ/3'6" Jr hunter. He is a great confidence builder, good at his job, and will also do a lower level job in the ch/ad equitation. He takes a lot of leg, and minimal prep.


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Jason and Jake are Oxford and Henley. We started this as a way to hold ourselves accountable to dress better and since we have started, we have done just that. Jason started dressing better in college, trying to elevate his self from the t-shirt and sweatpants that most students wear. Jake found that he was wearing the same look as many other men at work, often on the same day, and wanted to change it up.
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I can't stand mayonnaise. I'm just not a condiment person. Or a cream sauce person. When it comes to potato salad or coleslaw, it goes to reason that I will pick a vinaigrette over a mayo or buttermilk based dressing any day of the week. My husband fortunately knows about my (strong) anti-mayonnaise sentiments so he was wise to pick Ina Garten's French potato salad to go with our barbeque last Sunday.
Even wiser was his choice to enlist the kids with help prepping the salad. Rob had decided to add green beans and broccoli to the potato salad. Give the kids a knife and they will chop up anything. They will also snack on the raw veggies that they are cutting.
I've said it before and I'll say it again until you cover your ears and yell "Uncle!": kids tend to eat a greater variety of food when they help to make the food. This concept is super important to keep in mind with respect to this particular salad because the recipe includes three types of chopped herbs. Green herbs. And as any parent knows, herbs can be risky. "What is this GREEN stuff on my plate? I didn't want that! I said I only wanted chicken!" So begins a chain reaction of I'm-not-eating-this-unless-there-are-Oreos squabbles that make any dinner less than pleasant. Even if there is wine.
Gus, not a fan of salad in any form, had two servings of the potato salad that he made. There was not a green bean or piece of broccoli left on his plate. I did not hear even a peep out of Théa about the herbs in her salad. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of meeting Théa, she is infrequently without a very strong opinion and even less frequently quiet. On Sunday, she ate. Quietly. And the sun shone and the birds sang and there was peace.
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Love it or hate it, Black Friday has long been considered the official kick-off to the make or break holiday shopping season. But as more shoppers trade in Black Friday mayhem for computer and smartphone screens, Cyber Monday is taking over as THE shopping event of the season. In fact, more US shoppers are excited to shop on Cyber Monday in 2017 than any other holiday sales day, according to a new report from Euclid.
What Cyber Monday lacks in news fodder, is made up for with it's sheer sales potential for retailers big and small. With the event just around the corner, here are a couple of things you wish you did...
Get your coupon on
Let's be honest with ourselves – who doesn't love a discount? Whether shopping online or in person, being offered a prized item at less than the recommended retail price can often be the difference between a purchase and walking away. In-store, discounts are easily applied at the checkout counter. Online, it's a bit more complex.
Enter digital coupons: the modern day online merchandisers' nirvana. They're easy to produce, track, and more often than not, the resulting spike in sales far exceeds any discount applied.
When online shopping, a whopping 64% of all consumers wait to buy things until they go on sale. And if things aren't on sale, customers go searching for a coupon anyway – 59% admit to searching for promo codes prior to making any kind of purchase, and 30% sign up for a price-tracking service so they can be notified when the price drops for an item they're looking at. Coupons or discounts are also the number one factor that encourages impulse buying. Connect the dots and it becomes clear that purchases made with coupons may soon eclipse those made without.
Coupons are also integral to what's called the abandonment economy – basically the more than $4 trillion dollars of merchandise that online shoppers leave in their carts annually. If applied at checkout, coupons have the potential to reduce cart abandonment significantly – statistics show that 54% of all shoppers would purchase products left in their shopping carts, if those products are offered at a lower price than the original. Coupons, then, could potentially decrease cart abandonment by $USD 2.16 trillion – no small result, indeed.
Coupons are also the ultimate tracking tool. All retailers need to do is associate different coupon codes with different campaigns, and voila – they're able to understand in detail the effectiveness of different online marketing messages and platforms.
Social buy buttons don't work
Social media is already a premier destination for many, whether for socializing, reading, or job searching. So it makes sense that it's becoming a premier retail destination as well.
According to Forrester, we spend 80% of our time on our phone within our top five apps, which for most of us, includes multiple social media sites. Retailers need to be present in our social apps, as that's what consumers are using on a day-to-day basis.
Whist social commerce is viewed by many as 'the next big thing', buy buttons that have launched to 'enhance' social shopping have not worked. At face value a button sending a consumer straight to checkout after they've viewed an ad or image of a product they like, should in theory increase conversions, as they're less likely to fall out of the long sales funnel typically associated with mobile shopping. However, as discussed in one of our previous blogs there are two main issues… alignment with current purchasing psychology and the technology required to support the buttons has some major flaws. FYI: Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest have all walked away or paused their buy button initiatives.
Just add autofill
While coupons and social selling can help e-tailers boost Cyber Monday sales, there is one often forgotten technology that will help maximize their benefits -- autofill. Why? Autofill, and in particular, intelligent autofill, has the potential to create the type of frictionless shopping experience that would make coupons and social selling as effective as e-tailers need and want them to be.
And as more consumers shop from their mobile devices, the technology is taking on an even greater importance. Research overwhelming demonstrates that typing on a smartphone significantly affects consumer behaviour: 27% of all shopping cart abandonments occur due to time restraints (we all know how long it takes to type our details into our smartphone!), and 27% of mobile checkout abandonments occur as users simply aren't comfortable typing on their mobile.
For e-tailers, the consumer shift from Black Friday to Cyber Monday is good news. Pairing coupons and social selling with intelligent autofill technology, will help e-tailers of all sizes enjoy a strong kick off to the holiday shopping season.
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As an editor, I see all sorts of bad practice among writers – from long-time professionals to total newbies. If you're new to the travel writing industry, once you've sussed out how it all works you'll need your writing to stand out from the rest.
Below are a few basic tips to start with and links to really helpful resources for travel writers, from publication's style guides to the bad practices that'll get almost every editor's back up.
1. Avoid clichés at all costs
I shouldn't have to explain this, we all know a cliché when we see one. Travel writing is open to some of the worst (or best, depending on your point of view). Every country is a land of contrasts, there are no hidden gems (and even if there were, don't even think about it) and all nightlife is vibrant.
There's a useful list of travel writing clichés here and here, and David Whitley has compiled an entire series on them here.
2. Assume nothing
I am guilty of this one on many counts. Unless you know your audience inside out and you know they're a bunch of well-travelled, worldly wise, geography-obsessed nerds, assume nothing.
Don't assume you can drop a reference to the Salar de Uyuni and they'll know what or where that is (salt flats in Bolivia, by the way). Don't take for granted that they'll know what pintxos are (Spanish snacks), or where the Cook Islands archipelago is (in the South Pacific, northeast of New Zealand).
You'll alienate a whole host of people by blindly assuming your readers know what you're talking about, and often your editor will come back to you with all sorts of questions too. Avoid the back and forth and just be clear and concise.
3. Discover as little as possible
This is everywhere in travel writing, and full disclosure: it's even in some of mine. But it never fails to irk me. You didn't 'discover' that little café or great tapas bar. It was there and had customers well before you arrived. Be aware of yourself and aware of the destination you're writing about: it existed well before you did, so don't pretend you discovered anything.
4. Don't 'do' destinations
This dismissive term makes entire places sound like commodities or things to tick off a list and move on from. It's also unrealistic: you can't do London, Paris or New York. They're huge, ever-changing cities that can offer up and entirely experiences over multiple visits.
Avoid saying 'do London like a local'. Be more creative: see it, explore it or tour it.
5. Be wary of authenticity
Authenticity is impossible to quantify and is almost always debatable. We should never assume as travel writers that we necessarily know what's authentic if we're not locals.
6. Don't make sweeping generalisations
"The locals are so friendly" is so overused it's becoming another cliché. But it's also a sweeping generalisation and paints an entire nation with the same brush. Writing "the locals are all arseholes" would be entirely unacceptable, so why should we be allowed to assume they're all lovely because that couple took you in for tea and let you stay overnight when you'd missed the last train?
7. Be accessible
You don't necessarily need to be a poet or a master of language to be a good travel writer. The more complex your prose the less accessible it becomes. Remember people read your stuff for fun, so make it easy for them.
8. Use a thesaurus
While we need to write accessibly for all and should only really put on paper what we'd say out loud, it is OK to use a thesaurus on occasion. When you're drawing a blank don't go to the standard terms (beautiful views, pristine beaches etc), try to find another way to describe what you're seeing.
I love the "aromatic coast" described in this piece and the way the "gnarled roots of an ancient tree dangled" in this feature.
9. Provide context
Context is key in every piece of travel writing. Whether you're explaining where in Cuba this pretty little cobblestone town is, or why there are bunkers scattered across the country in Albania, concise context is always welcome.
10. Don't glorify troubled history
Pretty colonial towns are some of my least favourite destinations, simply because of their past. From Goa to Kenya to the USA, 'colonial architecture' is glorified by travel writers the world over. Yet it represents an often tragic and oppressive period in history.
While we should acknowledge this and try to learn from it, ignoring it entirely to talk about the gorgeous white-washed churches in India or the colonial mansions in Macau is not cool.
11. Don't 'other' the local customs
You didn't eat 'weird' food in Japan, you just ate Japanese food. Making fun of cultures unfamiliar to you is never OK.


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As an entrepreneur, Jenn knows that having integrity, taking pride in your service, knowing your field and listening to your clients is paramount to long-term success. Knowing what is required to see anything grow to fruition, Jenn offers patience and guidance to clients as she assists them in the task of buying or selling their home. As the owner of both Dwell 912 Bed & Breakfast and Great Pumpkin Gardening, she entered a career in real estate as a natural extension of her affection for service, hospitality and design.
With a passion and pride about Saint Louis, Jenn opened Dwell 912, a modern Saint Louis bed and breakfast. Designing, modern alternative spaces and developing a niche through calculated marketing, Jenn has contributed to Saint Louis' travel and hospitality scene for the last 13 years. Meeting people who are visiting or relocating and sharing the city's many gems, both noted and hidden, as well as its history and hoods, has entirely been her reward.
Great Pumpkin had achieved success and longevity by maintaining relationships and leaving a good impression. Jenn walks clients from concept to vision to reality and has built landscapes that not only reflect each client's individuality, but suit their needs and their homes. She has had countless clients from Lafayette Square to Ladue and knows the streets and personalities of our community intimately.For years, Jenn has considered herself a sort of 'ambassador' to the 'Lou. Now she shares that knowledge and hospitality with her real estate clients. She spent the bulk of her career as a tireless advocate for the spaces people live and the city that she loves. Ultimately, Jenn hopes to use the skills, experience and commitment she brings to real estate, her businesses, and our city to help you find the home and hood where you will want hang your heart.
Musician: Patti Smith
Activities: Traveling, estate sales, dining out
Actor: Bette Davis, Adrian Brody
Song: Dylan's "Don't Think Twice"
School Subject: Lit, History, Debate
Addictions: Vintage stores, doughnuts
TV: Antiques Road Show, House Hunters International
Movie: Annie Hall
Restaurant: ...totally unfair!!!
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I know props and fun photo booths have their place but a good old fashioned well lit photograph is always appreciated. It's cliche but a good portrait never goes out of style. We always enjoy what we do, in fact love what we do. But an extra level of enjoyment was added into this job as we were working amongst a group of photographers. We had so much fun!
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It has escaped no one, and it's an understatement to say that the Mandarin alphabet is the antithesis of the latin alphabet.
In addition to having to learn a new grammar and vocabulary, you're going to have to look very seriously at writing the language.
In this respect, along with other languages like Korean, Russian or Japanese, learning Chinese and Chinese writing is an additional difficulty.
The Chinese Kangxi Dictionary reported the existence of more than 47 000 different characters when an educated student will only get between 5,000 and 6 000 characters.
Please note that in order to read a Chinese newspaper or understand almost all of the documents of daily life, a knowledge of only 2000 characters is necessary.
Although alternative means such as pinyin exist, we will try to give you some tools to learn to master writing and understanding of Chinese characters.
A little courage! With 2000 characters under your belt, you'll be able to read the newspaper!
Before launching headlong into learning the characters, it seems indispensable to master what is commonly called the radicals.
In Chinese writing, the characters are written with strokes. There are 8 fundamental strokes which can have several variants (29 variants) that are so-called complex strokes. It is thanks to the basic strokes and complex strokes that it is possible to develop radicals.
In mandarin Chinese, there are 214 different keys that will be the basis to write famous Chinese characters. Indeed, it is thanks to the almost infinite combination of these keys it is possible to form one or more characters, speaking a word, a sentence, a thought or an idea.
Thus, for the beginner student, starting by learning written Mandarin by focusing on the key is a good idea or even a vital one.
This will allow to have a solid foundation to recognize and memorize the keys that are used in any particular character. Starting to learn the characters directly is so much more complex without mastery of the keys at first.
Here are the different "keys" that you'll need to write Chinese.
Also, discover how to learn to read Chinese!
The learning manual of Chinese characters "Stick" offers mnemonics for memorization for not less than 1,600 different characters.
The seriousness of the method is foolproof, this book has the interesting distinction of being jointly written by native Chinese and Chinese students, sometimes even beginners.
It is particularly sensible to have integrated novice learners to the method in the sense that they often created mnemonics that can be used by others.
An example of a mnemonic expression to remember the characters!
As a result, the fun and practical method has nothing more to prove. This book is available in digital or physical version for a price fluctuating between 20 and 25 pounds.
But because the mnemonics are not always an exact science, and do not represent the same truth for everyone, why not creating yourself a notebook or a glossary of keys or Chinese characters?
Indeed, the most effective mnemonics are those that we create ourselves, because they are related to our emotions and/or things that we know.
As we said earlier, in order to master the characters it is essential to cut them up into smaller units, strokes or keys.
Controlling keys allows you to find the idea associated with a character that will sometimes be an assemblage of several keys.
For example, for someone that has never seen the pictogram Chinese 药 pour "medicine" and knowing his keys, it will be possible to recognize:
In other words, someone having never seen the character associated with drugs will still be able to determine the overall idea of this character (and that it is linked in some way to medicine) thanks to the mastery of the keys.
To write Chinese properly, it is extremely important to follow the rules.
For example,
Be careful when you write a Chinese sign to leave a gap when there is one!
To consider that a given character is perfectly controlled, you must be able:
Before you can make art with Chinese writing, practice!
Learning Mandarin is about recognizing shapes and patterns. Photo: Kevin Niu via Upsplash
In learning Chinese, "Chineasy" teaching approach is extremely innovative and interesting. The approach to the process initiated by Shaoran Hsueh is to "bridge the gap between East and West" in terms of language.
But then what is the process?
The idea is very simple and involves pictograms and the learner's visual memory.
Some examples of drawings to remember characters!
For example, for the learning of the Chinese character for people 人, the associated pictogram is to put a head at the intersection of the two lines and a shoe at the end of each of the two strokes to make a snowman. Similarly, the idea associated with following someone or something is done by the combination of two "people".
This approach totally based on the visual is what constitutes originality, the genius for some or a weakness for critics of the method which highlight that it is possibly difficult to put the characters in their contexts when they are not associated with the visual elements that we all know anymore. Each will make his own opinion on the issue.
Cash in on these tips to learn Chinese characters quickly!
Other fun tools are extremely effective in the learning of Chinese characters.
This is particularly the case for many platforms found on the Internet and seeking to prepare the HSK test evaluation in Chinese. This test formalizes oral but also written skills of characters of a non-native audience for whom Mandarin is not a mother tongue.
Depending on the level (from 1 to 6), the characters it takes to master are different and are available on the website of the China Institute in the United Kingdom: chineseinstitute.fr.
Other websites like "Chine.in" offer a comprehensive approach to the basic characters to study and master with a break down of the writing of each character, the pronunciation, phonetics, translation and more globally the different ideas which can be associated.
Even for those not wishing to pass the HSK test, reviewing the requested characters is something useful because these are the most frequently used.
Finally, it is also possible to take private lessons or online courses to improve or perfect your knowledge of Chinese characters (Mandarin classes London).
You don't have to travel around the world to learn Chinese. Photo: Eduardo Santos via Upsplash
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Discover also our complete guide to learning Mandarin…
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- Shekhawati
Niwas Kothi (Palace) is a charming blend
of European and Rajput style of Architecture.
A kilometer away from the town, the Kothi
(Palace) is famed for its lavish yet intimate
hospitality. Rawal Madan Singh the scion
of the erstwhile estate made it an island
of repose in a scenic environment. You
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Trauma, broadly defined as 'too much experience too suddenly' affects millions of people each year. Traumatic events leave their mark emotionally as well as physically as the symptoms of trauma are long-held within the body often dysregulating the central nervous system and creating ongoing feelings of hyper vigilance and physical agitation. Whether it be the news of a terrorist attack, a car accident, or physical/sexual abuse, the pain of trauma often leads survivors to disconnect. The body becomes the enemy, something to be feared and even abused. This disconnection leads to addictions, eating disorders, depression, isolation and hopelessness. Luckily, today there is a growing body of research finding that the ancient practice of yoga is a powerful treatment for trauma. Not only can yoga reduce the symptoms of trauma, but can reconnect survivors to their inherent worth and the light that is contained within.
Teaching yoga to trauma survivors requires compassion and patience as many survivors are fearful of their body and hesitant to connect to present moment sensations and emotions. This training seeks to ignite a conversation about trauma awareness that will help yoga teachers become more inclusive for students recovering from trauma.
You will learn:
The definition of trauma
How trauma is stored in the body
How to read bodies for signs and symptoms of trauma
Trauma sensitive presence and attunement as a teacher
Sequencing principles for a healthy stress response
How to safely use yoga sequencing and cueing to build resilience
How to include trauma sensitivity into public classes
How to hold space for students when emotions arise on the yoga mat
How and when to offer modifications
This course is for yoga teachers, yoga practitioners, clinicians and anyone else who uses yoga as a tool in their work with students/clients/patients.
Some experience of asana practice.
About the presenter:
Rachel Sherron, MA, LPC, RYT. In her role as the Coordinator of Trauma Awareness as well as Clinical Yoga Specialist at an all women's treatment center, Rachel strives to share her passion for body focused psychotherapy and trauma sensitive yoga. This passion has driven her throughout the country to present at national conferences as well as offer various workshops to mental health clinicians and yoga teachers. Rachel's dynamic and collaborative approach to trauma recovery is influenced by her training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, interpersonal neurobiology, and yoga theory and practice. In both her private practice as well as her work at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center, Rachel considers her role in holding space for trauma recovery to be a sacred honor.


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Advance Base is new music by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone mastermind Owen Ashworth. Under his new moniker, Ashworth conjures dreamy waltzes, heavy-hearted ballads & electropop-styled torch songs from antiquated instruments such as Rhodes electric pianos, Omnichords, Wurlitzer rhythm boxes, & samplers. Advance Base songs deal with deceased racehorses, estranged siblings, hard feelings, & all things long lost. A Shut-In's Prayer, the debut album from Advance Base, was number 19 on MOJO Magazine's Best Albums of 2012 list.
The World Is In A Bad Fix Everywhere, an EP of early 20th century gospel music composed by Washington Phillips, was released June 25, 2013. The Chicago Reader included The World Is In A Bad Fix Everywhere on its Best of Chicago 2013 list. An EP of Magnetic Fields covers called Tomorrow's Homes Today was released later that year as a limited edition cassette, & went out of print almost immediately.
Advance Base released a digital mixtape of compilation tracks & rarities called Plastic Owen Band on November 3, 2014. Nephew in the Wild, a new album of original material, was released August 21, 2015 by Orindal (US/AQ) & Tomlab (EU/UK). PopMatters named Nephew in the Wild the #1 Indie Pop album of 2015
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I live a very full life; I have a great family, great friends, great boyfriend.
But sometimes I forget about me.
Usually people change their minds twice, four, eight times before they decide "What they want to be when they grow up"… My mind has never changed.
I've engraved the will to compete, to concentrate, to create in all aspects of life to obtain it. But sometimes, I forget. I forget why I fell in love with writing.
I've filled my life with education, experience, and inspiration- giving and receiving.
I've focused on commas, allegories, and 12 pt. font. I've stayed on the paved path in a rain forest. I've forgotten to get lost.I've forgotten. Oh! how I've forgotten. To lose myself in the keyboard, the pen, the hundreds of blank pages ready to read, and ready to be inked.
Some people spend their whole lives searching for something that gives them passion. Something that makes work, bearable; and in fact something that's hardly work at all. I've been fortunate enough to have lived my life with a clear passion, a clear vision of my purpose in the world.Tonight is the first night I've been alone in a long time. Not the kind of sad, 'I'm alone :( ', kind of sad- but just the kind of alone that leaves you sitting on the bed and realizing for the first time in months you can hear your own thoughts.
For the first time in months, I could do anything. So I did.. I did what any normal college kid would do.
I made my bed, popped a panini in the maker and cracked open a cold one.Normally, I would be lucky enough to finish a couple beers with friends on the weekends.. but guess what? I've just cracked open beer number two.
This is rare- all of it. I've been able to make a panini, and drink a couple of beers without it going cold, or getting warm. I've been able to lose myself in the last 337 uninterrupted words.
I love my life, every part of it. But sometimes it's nice to return home to the imagination of little 12, 14, 18 year old me. To return back to the place of origination. Back to the place it all began.
I've come to the realization the key to being a happy person- you have to make time to do the things you love. You have to remind yourself why you put up with the long days of work and the lectures with no foreseeable end. You have to remember. You have to let yourself become lost in the love and lust of your passions. You must do this not only for you- but for the sake of writing.
I also just spent the last three minutes testing the word count in the bottom left corner- I don't think it's very accurate….
Anyway, the key to happiness my friends? Simply, two beers and an hour of solitude.


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Another word for eat
To take as food
consume, devour, bite, chew, swallow, dine, feed, feed on, have a meal, enjoy a meal, lunch, breakfast, sup, snack, munch, nibble, gobble, gorge, stuff oneself, eat out, dine out, have a bite, feast on, fatten on, do justice to, do oneself proud, dispose of, peck at, pick, eat up, digest, masticate, ruminate, graze, browse, dispatch, feast, banquet, batten, discuss, partake of, fare, bolt, wolf down, gulp, fall to, tuck into, tuck away, break bread, live on, take in, have, ingest, taste, try, savor, gormandize, glut, overeat, cram, pack away*, put away*, polish off*, make short work of*, attack*, dig in*, make a pig of oneself*, eat out of house and home*, entertain the inner man*, feed the inner man*, ply a good knife and fork*, eat like a bird*, nosh*, put on the feed bag*, pig out*, stuff one's face*, feed one's face*, chow down*, scarf down*, inhale*, lick the plate*.
To reduce gradually
eat away, corrode, consume, devour, wear away, erode, gnaw, rust away, destroy, ravage, dissolve, melt, eat up, use up, waste, dissipate, squander, drain, putter away, fool away, run through.
*To bother
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Another word for eatverb
To take (food) into the body as nourishment:consume, devour, fare, ingest, partake. (Slang) chow. Idioms: break bread, have (or take) a bite. See ingestion
To do away with completely and destructively.Also used with up: consume, devour, swallow (up), waste. See help
To consume gradually, as by chemical reaction or friction:bite, corrode, erode, gnaw, wear, wear away. See attack
To eat completely or entirely:consume, devour, dispatch. (Informal) polish off, put away. See ingestion
To use all of:consume, drain, draw down, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up. (Informal) polish off. See increase
To be avidly interested in:devour, feast on, relish. See concern
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To like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively:adore, delight (in), dote on (or upon), love. (Slang) groove on. See like, love
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Coconut Tutorial
Hello foodies!
I've been getting a lot of questions on my coconut bowls lately, so I thought I'd take some time to explain how to crack open these bad boys.
The water contained in these mighty globes is tasty and healthy once filtered (details below). Drink it straight or add it to a smoothie. I personally love to mix my Vegan Chocolate Shakeology with fresh coconut water for extra hydration. Did you know that coconut water contains the potassium of FOUR bananas?!
As for the shells, I turn them into bowls...because everything tastes better in a coconut, am I right?! I'm going to start experimenting with different ways to use the coconut meat and will keep you updated.
Step 1: Gather your materials
Step 2: Use the hammer and screwdriver to make three deep holes in the eyes of the coconut
Step 3: Empty the coconutwater into a bowl
Step 4: Draw a line around the horizon of the coconut
Step 5: Use the hammer to hit the line, spinning the coconut as you go, until it begins to crack
Step 6: Once it begins to crack, give it a few more bangs until it completely opens
Step 7: Strain the coconut water in a filter to remove the debris
Step 8: Enjoy your coconut and coconut water
Happy Coconuting!


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