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Romans and the Renaissance
12 Day Tour of Italy
Friends of Johnson & Beth Ellis
September 23 - October 4, 2019. Info on optional extension to Amalfi (October 4 - 7) coming soon.
$4,195 Land Only
Amalfi Extension at beautiful Santa Caterina Hotel in Amalfi starting as low as $1,360 per person, double occupancy.
Dear Friends,
Beth and I invite you to join us on a pilgrimage to Italy! Many of us have traveled together before to exotic lands. Let's add Italy to our experiences.
Italy is a land of culture and history, beauty and culinary delight. We will tour the Italian countryside in Tuscany and Umbria, and visit the grandeur of Rome. As we have on each of our journeys, we will dig into the Word of God.
There is nothing like walking where the Word was written. The focus of this trip will be Paul's Letter to the Romans. We will gain fresh insight into the early church and the modern church too! Paul's Letter to the Church at Rome is a powerful theological treatise that speaks volumes to us today and Rome is a magnificent city combining ancient and new. As we travel we will explore the final earthly days of the Apostles Peter and Paul as they faced martyrdom.
We will also gain insight into western civilization and culture. We will share warm fellowship over genuine Italian cooking and the delights of Tuscan cuisine and countryside. We will share the marvel of some of the world's greatest artists like Michelangelo and Raphael, and architectural monuments in Florence, Pisa, Siena and Rome.
In addition, we have the opportunity to be led in our touring by our dear friends, David and Elizabeth Sparks. Many have traveled with David and Elizabeth before and know how gracious and warm they are personally, and you know that every detail of the trip is first class and lovingly provided.
Won't you join David and Elizabeth, Beth and me on this lifetime experience? We hope you do!
Grace and Peace to you,
Johnson & Beth Ellis


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Altitude Sickness and Kids: How to Prevent and Help Your Child Deal with Altitude Sickness
A holiday in the mountains is always something very appealing and attractive. However, something that sometimes frights parents of children preparing to travel to high places, is the so famous Altitude Sickness, also known as Moutain Sickness or, if you go to Peru or Bolivia, as Soroche.
No one wants their holidays spoiled and, in particular, no one wants their children to suffer any discomfort, particularly in this situation, from the consequences of Altitude Sickness. In our case, what led us to investigate this occurrence was the trip to Peru, in particular to Machu Picchu, which led us to try to collect as much information about Altitude Sickness, trying to know what it was, what caused it, how to prevent and, more than in the case of adults, what would be the reaction of the children because, as usual, our son, 7 years old at the time, would accompany us on this trip.
Unfortunately, there is nothing that can guarantee 100% that adults and children will not suffer from Altitude Sickness when at high altitudes, particularly at more than 2400 meters when the first symptoms begin to appear. However, there is the possibility of seeking to prevent and, when it does not work, to help overcome more quickly and in a less painful way for children and adults.
What is Altitude Sickness?
Altitude Sickness is, explained in reduced form, a malaise caused by the decrease of the quantity of oxygen in the air. That is, as we go up, the amount of oxygen in the air decreases and, generally from the 2,400 meters, this can produce unpleasant effects on the people.
One question that has no real answer is the reason why some people suffer from these unpleasant symptoms with greater or lesser intensity, and others do not suffer any symptoms at all. However, the longer you climb, the more likely you are to suffer, and as on our trip to Machu Picchu, we would stay for a few days in the city of Cusco, which is about 3400 meters away. For us, who live in the city of Lisbon, near sea level, and before we go to Cusco, we would be in the city of Lima, also coastal would be a huge change, so we have tried to study this issue with seriousness.
As we said earlier, Altitude Sickness will have consequences that may or may not affect many of us, and this applies to both adults and children's. However, the good news is that studies show that there is a greater likelihood that an adult will feel the consequences of Altitude Sickness than a child, which is great news because we prefer to always be undergoing this discomfort than our son's. Despite the lower probability, there are always some strategies that help you deal better with the consequences of Altitude Sickness, decrease your discomfort, and overcome it more quickly. Let's talk a little about them:
- When we travel there is always the desire to reach our destination and explore it greedily, but when you reach a destination at a high altitude, you will have to reserve in your schedule time to let your body get used to the new conditions. On the first, second day you will have to go slowly and respect the rhythm of your body. No hard work, no big ups, and no runs. When you feel tired, stop, relax, and breathe slowly and deeply, helping your child to follow these "rules" as well. We know that for children it may be difficult to ask them to stop but it is important that the whole family look for "go slow". Take some time to lie down to watch a movie, quiet activities ... taking it easy is rule number one.
- Keeping yourself hydrated will be important to prevent or avoid the symptoms of Altitude Sickness. Always have water with you and encourage your children to drink frequently. Sodas are always something to avoid as they are not the best way to hydrate. Water is always the best alternative as well as natural juices and tea. In addition to the general advantage of the hot tea, that help in digestion, you will often see the tea muña, that is even better for digestion, something that can be harder in the first times in altitude. You will also find out that, in places like Peru and Bolivia, you will have the chance to drink the famous coca tea. Coca tea is widely used by adults in Peru and Bolívia and there are those who recommend it for children. We did not give it to our child, just out of fear, but we gave some candy with coca made for children. If you choose to give your children coca tea, do not forget that children's tea will have to be weaker than what the ones that adults drink.
- Something you'll often see on sale in many high-altitude cities is tiny oxygen cans that, when the first Altitude Sickness symptoms are appearing, you can give the child a few seconds to breath (and also to the adults), and the symptoms tend to subside or disappear quickly. Many hotels in elevated locations are also often equipped with oxygen cylinders when needed. When you feel this need, yours or your child, seek help from the staff at the hotel where you are staying.
- The cold also does not help, and when in high altitudes, can contribute to the increase of the symptoms of Altitude Sickness, so we recommend that you always wear appropriate warm clothing adapted to the temperature where you will be and always look using it in multiple layers, the best way to prevent the cold.
- We have not used it but several people advise the use of ibuprofen in the case of Altitude Sickness symptoms, especially headache. However, do not forget that ibuprofen is medicine and any use of medicines should always be performed after consultation and medical advice.
- When the symptoms become severe, we recommend that you seek to descend from the height and take the adult or child to a hospital or medical center as soon as possible. Although rare, there are cases of Altitude Sickness that can be dangerous, so it is better to prevent and search for specialized help.
How to prevent altitude sickness in toddlers and kids?
There are no 100% effective remedies to cure Altitude Sickness, but certain strategies can actually help reduce symptoms or even prevent them at 100%. Let's talk a little about these strategies.
Again, we refer to the need to talk to the doctor who follows your child before making your trip, better than anyone else, he will know the child's medical condition and will know the appropriate recommendations before starting the trip.
Something we would also like to convey is that children up to 3 months should not be subjected to high altitudes as well as children with specific medical conditions, hence again we mention the need to talk to your doctor before you to the trip with your child's.
- One of the most effective strategies you can use is to let your body settle in slowly, that is, to stay at an intermediate altitude before moving to your final destination. Let us give our example. The gateway for many visitors to Machu Picchu is the city of Cusco, which is about 3400 meters high. However, in order to make life easier for all of us, instead of staying in Cusco, we left this part of the trip a few days later, and when we arrived at the airport, we took a taxi directly to the city of Ollantaytambo. about 2790 in height, where we stayed overnight for 3 nights and used it as a base for our trip to Machu Picchu. It may not seem like much, but 600 meters of altitude can make a lot of difference, and this was a great way to get our body used to the altitude.
- Another recommendation is for those who move to high altitudes by car. Try to take frequent breaks and be very careful about the curves, which often serve as a facilitator of nausea and discomfort.
- Give your child light foods before and during the trip, especially hydrocarbonates such as bread, cereals, pastes, and promote frequent ingestion of fluids, especially water.
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- Although difficult, try to talk to the child about the need to avoid many run-ins in the early days. Take with you a set of quiet games to be able to make a family, some movie to see together... Prepare your child for the need for fewer runs and efforts. Also in the same direction, prepare for the whole family more relaxing activities for the first two days in altitude, respect and let the body get used to the changes.
- Try to sleep at lower altitudes than you have during the day. For example, if you took a ski vacation, try to do your days activities at a higher altitude than the place where you will spend the night.
You have your dream vacation all planned, but are you afraid of Altitude Sickness effects on your child? Do not have it, go ahead and enjoy yourself. In most cases, the symptoms will only be very slight and often children feel even less than adults. However, it is important to take certain precautions and cautions, such as those throughout our article.
Traveling with children is wonderful, and your mountain holiday with your son becomes even more special when we see their joy. However, do not forget the importance of talking to your doctor and, after that, enjoy your vacations!
We hope that our article will help you plan your trip and if you still do not have a place to stay, we always do our reservations with booking, they are our partners and it's with them that we get the best deals. You can look for the best deals in your destiny by clicking here, it will not cost you any money and, it helps us to support our blog.
We would also like to invite you to give your opinion and questions and, in case you have already traveled to a place with high altitude and suffer from altitude sickness, let us know what you think is the best way to prevent it and to deal with it. Thanks for your visit to our Non Stop Family Travel Blog, come back often and, if you liked our article, do not forget to share it with your friends.
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'That's me sorted for the Listowel Races!' wrote student showing charity cheque
St Vincent de Paul cancels cheque it gave student to secure college place after message posted on Instagram
Christy Lynch, the South West Regional President of the charity, said while he does not believe it was the man's intention to spend the money on the race meeting, there had been reputational damage to St Vincent de Paul.
An "act of bravado" by a college student has seen a cheque he received from St Vincent de Paul to secure his college place being cancelled.
The young man had told a specially convened conference of a St Vincent de Paul education committee in Kerry that he would lose his place in college if he did not get emergency funding.
The committee granted the unnamed man his request and issued a cheque understood to be for hundreds of euros, directly to him rather than the college.
However, a post later appeared on the young man's Instagram account with a picture of him posing beside a pint and the cheque and captioned: "That's me sorted for the Listowel Races!"
Several people complained to St Vincent de Paul and the cheque has now been cancelled.
"It was a bravado thing," said Christy Lynch, the South West Regional President of the charity.
While he said he does not believe it was the man's intention to spend the money on the race meeting, there had been reputational damage to St Vincent de Paul.
Mr Lynch defended the decision to issue the cheque, saying the charity did so in good faith. This was the first time the society had come across something like this and "and we will do everything in our power" to prevent a recurrence, Mr Lynch said.
The young man's family was "very upset", he told Radio Kerry, saying it was just an incident that got "out of hand".
Speaking after the radio show, he said the society continued to work with the student and his place had been secured, even though the cheque had been cancelled.
Closely associated with the Catholic Church, St Vincent de Paul is the largest voluntary charitable organisation in the country.


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Discover Bio Caribe, a unique sustainable residence development on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. It is the potential for long-term maintenance of well being, which in turn depends on the well being of the natural world and the responsible use of natural resources Bio Caribe is putting the common phrase "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" into action by forming a community centered around creating resource rather than consuming them. Through organic farming, alternative energy, recycling and communal spirit this sustainable community allows its members to enjoy a life surrounded with likeminded people who share the same values as you do.
By producing food, energy, and using alternative building technics members are able to drastically reduce their monthly existences, and even generate income. While a consumer based lifestyle tends to mean longer work days to pay for products produced by others, our proposed life style at Bio Caribe enables members to produce basic commodities for themselves leaving more time for things you really want to do and personal enjoyment.
In the long run, we'll all be living sustainable lifestyles. Many of us are already moving that way–positioning ourselves to live more sustainably–at a pace of our own choosing, rather than waiting until circumstances force our hand. Some who are further along are trying not only to live more sustainably, but also to pass on what they're learning.
Bio Caribe features all the benefits and amenities of a modern residential development such as recreational areas with swimming pool, tennis court and BBQ area where you and your family can share your time with likeminded neighbors who share the same values and believes as you do.
Located on the south caribbean coast of Costa Rica within 300 acres of private lush forest. Bio Caribe is only 15 minutes away from the country's most secluded beaches and the Panama border.
Bio Caribe is located on the most southern corner off the Caribbean coast. This is one of the few places in the world where the tropical rainforest meets the ocean right on the sandy beach. Bio Caribe is located in a secluded and private area surrounded by nothing but nature. It is also minutes away from Punta Uva's pistine beaches and the splendor of Puerto Viejo and Manzanillo beach towns.
A unique location that offers the best of both worlds from fresh caribbean beach breezes to astounding flora and fauna that will immerse you in nature. Bio Caribe sits in an area that has enchanted thousands of visitors from all over the world with secluded beaches, a natural and relaxed lifestyle and beauty all around.
Bio Caribe is highlighted by·vistas of the adjoining mountain ranges from Talamanca to Panama, shaded by lush forest and surrounded by the amazing beaches of the Caribbean and flora and fauna that almost seem like from another world. It's like living in our own private forest reserve.
Around 70% of the property features incredible mountain views, from the comfort of your residence, you will be able to admire the greatness of the mountains, the forest and all the natural beauties that Bio Caribe has to offer.
Puerto Viejo is a small town which has all the accomodations and facilities to satisfy the most demanding visitors: all types of restaurants, souvenir stores, clothing shops, medical clinics, banks, hotels, among others. Visited and loved every year by thousands of tourists from all over the world and located 15 minutes from Bio Caribe.
The south caribbean region offers an incredible variety of secluded and relaxing beaches. From blue ocean waters to warm sandy beaches filled with marine life, all bordered by dense forests, and many are famous nesting sites for green sea turtles.
Experience Bocas del Toro, a true eco-touristic area located past the Panama Border, 30 minutes away from Bio Caribe. A beautiful sea side community that offers unique vacation and honeymoon spots, delicious food and unforgettable experiences.
Puerto Viejo is certainly known for being home to what has been called the heaviest wave in Costa Rica: Salsa Brava.This can be considered as an experts only wave, less experienced can definitely enjoy the waves and the view that Playa Cocles has to offer you.
It's a Costa Rican protected area which offer visitors a broad spectrum of cultural, ethnical and ecological diversity. Compromised of 5,013 land mass hectares and 4,436 marine hectares, it fills nearly 70% of the Southern Caribbean region. It has been designated of special international importance under the RAMSAR Wetland convention. Bio Caribe is also shielded by several reserves and protected areas such as the indigenous Bri Bri reserve, Amistad-Caribe Park, La Ceiba Private Reserve and Evergreen Private Reserve.
Surrounding areas nearby Bio Caribe offer you exciting touristic and recreational activities such as hiking, white water rafting, canopy tour, fishing, surfing, waterfalls, and national parks. You can also find great world class hotels such as the Tree House Lodge and Le Caméléon to name a few from an area recognized world wide from it's exclusive touristic options.
The "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport in the city of Changuinola Panama, is located just a few miles away from Puerto Viejo, offering travelers the chance to come by airplane and then driving a close distance to get to Bio Caribe.
Another of the great features of Bio Caribe is it's proximity to the medical clinics in Sixaola and Hone Creek, this way you don't have to worry when medical attention is needed. This clinics are fully equiped and offer professional staff and facilities.
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These Siblings Are Also a Couple, Their Family Doesn't Mind
They share the same mother, but say they are in love.
Spanish siblings Ana and Dani appeared on a talk show called Cámbiame to tell the world they are also dating.
Making things even odder, their family supports their decision to be a couple.
The two, who share the same mother, went on the show to reveal the details of how this all went down, telling the audience they were in an intimate relationship.
"We have something to say and this is a good place to do it." Ana says to the crowd. "We grew up separately and 20 years later found each other through social media and struck up a friendship. We came here not just to get a style change, but to get our lives completely changed."
Her brother/boyfriend Dani then asks the family to respect their decision.
"What we're looking for here, is that you support us," he says."We want to share all our lives with all of you, and that you're always by our side. Our surprise is that apart from being half siblings we're also a couple. We've been like this for a while, we fell in love."
Family members in the audience, including Ana's father and Dani's father, were heard whooping and cheering over the news. As it turns out, family members in Spain can date if it is consensual.
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When cruising, times will come when other matters need to be attended to. Cruising is not only about sailing, you need to cook, do the dishes, bathe, sleep, etcetera. Remember, this is not only a sailboat, it's your home!
We have found that following seas are gentle, but rolly. Beating is just plain unbearable! And a beam reach can give you a good roll to leeward every so often. So far, none of these sound like the ideal situation to be standing by a sink or stove!
Our favorite sailing angle is with the true wind a few degrees aft of the beam. Here the apparent wind will be just ahead of the beam, giving you great wind through your sails while keeping the seas gentle as well. The seas approach on the stern quarter first and slowly lift the yacht as they pass, setting you down on their back as they go on. Since the bow is on the back as you ride down the wave, you won't roll to leeward as it drops you.
At this point of sail, we also move along at our quickest. This makes the keel very effective at keeping us straight. The forces of the keel and sails are balanced in such a way that the wave simply lifts and lowers us, no rolling around.
When we are cruising and find ourselves on this point of sail, we get all the housework chores taken care of. If this point of sail only adds a few miles to our next destination, we will take the distance penalty and enjoy an easy ride. Lastly, if this is not our direction but we desperately need comfort inside, we will assume this course.
This has been the case after a week of beating. The dishes were pilling up and something in the sink was starting to smell bad. Neither of us could stand inside while we were beating, so we changed course for an hour and got the boat put back in order. After we finished, we bid goodbye the gentle motion of this point of sail and returned to our course.
When out in the ocean sailing to a distant destination, you will find that doing something like this won't even change the heading to your destination by a single degree. This means there is no penalty to the respite of this comfortable point of sail while you get chores taken care of.


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Down Memory Lane at Milestones Museum
Run by Hampshire Cultural Trust, Milestones Museum is a huge, cavernous immersive space, which houses under its cover a re-created Victorian streetscape complete with a working/serving pub and a hugely popular sweet shop, among other things.
Descending the stairs our group dispersed to try out the different displays and activities – exploring the shops, warehouses and businesses from a bygone era, checking out the Thornycrofts collection of vehicles, sharing reminiscences in the roomsets of past decades, or queuing up to stock up on favourite sweets or pints.
The museum is a great introduction to the industrial and economic history of the Basingstoke and Hampshire areas: vehicles made by Thornycrofts and vans delivering goods to shops, the woodworking mills and mechanics workshops, to hardware and grocery stores selling everyday items, newly emerging time-saving domestic appliances and radios and cameras.
The room sets – the Way We Used to Live – are a fascinating re-creation of home interiors in the different decades from 1930s to 1970s.
Spartan and intensely practical kitchens and living rooms of the pre- and post-war years give way to the more indulgent and luxurious décor of the 1960s and 1970s.
Eavesdropping on other visitors' conversations one could take a trip down memory lane as older visitors reminisced about memories of their own homes.
One young girl excitedly proclaimed to her mother that she would "love to live" in a house with the 1960s décor. Our group congregated on the 1950s sofa to exchange notes on what they had seen.
The wonderfully nostalgic and fun Penny Arcade was packed with families trying out their luck on the pinball machines, What the Butler Saw, Fortune Telling and other gizmos than went click, clunk, crash. Some of our team were not pleased when they got the results from a machine that revealed their personalities from their palm impressions!
A quick whizz through the nostalgia-fest that is the shop and it was time to clamber back on board for the return journey home. One young mum told us how delighted she and her son were to have had the freedom to explore the museum at their own pace and enjoy the sections they were particularly interested in.
As another phase of our project came to an end, we were delighted to get some really good feedback from all those who had participated in our museum trips over the summer. The trips – fully organised and paid for by the project – offered affordable, informative and enjoyable days out for the young families and older people from the Swaythling area. Travelling to and from the venues together with family, friends and neighbours offered everyone a chance to get to know each other and participate in our TRANSITion project.
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Byline: Cathy Cochrane
So many of my clients start their sessions by saying, "I don't know what to eat."
We're bombarded with information about healthy food, but we're hard-pressed to know what to do in our own kitchen.
You find yourself frozen in uncertainty or with a bizarre case of nutritional ADD – only to end up making a poor choice out of desperation. You need a miracle to help you. If you ask Gabrielle Bernstein, she'll tell you a miracle is a change in perception.
That's all you need: the attitude & inner understanding to figure out what's right for YOU.
With so much emphasis on details about the best superfoods, diet & exercise regimens, we're at a point where food has become a religious obsession. Like religion, we feel the need for an outside guru to lead us to the manna.
Yet, as much as we need the facts of research and proven methods as guidelines, the truth of what works for you lies, well, with you.
If you want to choose your best diet, ask yourself these questions:
1. What's your Intention?
To succeed at anything, you gotta know what you're doing. Maybe it's
- Less weight
- Lower pain or chance of disease
- Better energy
- Better sleep
- Stronger contact with the environment
The list goes on…
Make your clear intention part of your daily awareness – pin an image to the fridge, write an affirmation on your mirror, post your mantra on your desktop – whatever keeps you focused.
When you act from a place that's true to you, the necessary choice of food falls into place.
2. Are you trying to be perfect?
Someone once told me her biggest health frustration was, "I still enjoy the taste of unhealthy food." My initial response was to laugh, then realized, no, this was a serious concern.
One of my clients talks in terms of "when I'm good" and "when I'm bad", another refers to certain meals as "virtuous".
We're putting judgment on the food we eat, and worse, we're putting judgment on ourselves when we want, let alone eat, anything we "shouldn't". It gets back to that religious aspect. Be good as gold, and if not, confess your sins and do penance.
Throw that need for perfection out the window; it'll just cause trouble.
You're human. You have wants, desires and cravings; they may involve Oreos, Diet Coke or a burger & fries. It's part of what is. There's no judgment or need for punishment.
The key is in the conscious choice: either you eat the Oreo or you don't.
- Will the momentary enjoyment make you feel ill?
- Set you back on a roller coaster of sugar cravings?
- Can you fully enjoy the moment & move on?
Even if you do find yourself dazed in front of an empty cookie bag, there's always forgiveness.
Rest assured, the more you make whole food choices, the more your body will learn how that feels, and will actually start to crave the "good" stuff.
3. What do you LOVE?
I don't care how packed that kale & chlorophyll smoothie is with antioxidants, if you have to pinch your nose to get it down, it's not good for you.
If you cringe at the drinking, your digestive tract and cells will be cringing at the assimilation.
Last week, a client told me breakfast is her favourite meal, then she went on to tell me how she spends half the day starving because it's "healthier" to eat half a banana & some protein powder instead of eggs & toast. How can suffering & spending half the day ready to eat her agenda be healthy? All that does is put her body into stress response.
At a certain point you've got to be who you are and eat what you love.
List what you absolutely love to eat.
See where there's room to tweak & improve the quality: think of the upgrade to having salad instead of fries. Do you now need to think cold-pressed oil over refined, leafy greens to roll your yummiest wrap fillings, zucchini strips instead of pasta?
Now think of the How.
As much as whole food is more vibrant than its refined counterparts, there's also a dynamic relationship that happens with the sensual contact you have with what you eat. When you hand-pick the beans from the bin, when you smell the nuts for freshness. When you think fondly of your grandmother while making her famous soup, listen to music as you chop, laugh with friends around the table.
When you bring a bit of love for what you're doing into the kitchen, that energy gets infused into everything you prepare. Raising the vibration of the meal, of your cells, of your health.
Bring joy back into your meals, and let the body respond accordingly.
Cathy Cochrane has a holistic health practice based in Montreal. She guides women (be it with digestive issues, monthly pain or anxiety) to heal from the inside out. Beyond whole food and lifestyle choices, she looks to the themes and images of a woman's story as keys to her healing. Learn more about Cathy through her blog, or dive more deeply into your own needs with her e-book: 3 Steps to Feeling Yourself.


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THE INDEX – June 10, 2010
Iranian officials have closed down a factory that was producing figurines of citizens who died in election protests last year. The factory's managing director, known only by his initials H.M., had campaigned for an opposition candidate in the elections and made the statuettes to commemorate those who had been killed in their aftermath.
The Iranian website Aty News Web also reported that the 40 female employees who worked in the factory were not wearing the head coverings demanded by Iranian law and were intermingling with their male counterparts. The factory had been open for only one month.
The street protests following last June's elections resulted when opposition parties felt votes had not been fairly tabulated. At least 70 citizens were reported killed by government security forces attempting to suppress the riots.
One of the protestors represented as a statuette is 26-year-old Neda Agha-Soltan, whose death was recorded on video and circulated globally online. Officials have denied that Iranian forces were responsible for shooting Agha-Soltan, even alleging that she faked her own death. Some Iranians have been organizing rallies to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the elections on June 12, but officials are also gathering security forces to quell any opposition.
—Peter Bozzo
The President of the Ugandan Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Dr. Kizza Besigye, was hit and beaten with a cane by Uganda police officers. Besigye was attempting to hold a rally against the Electoral Commission, but was told he could not continue because he had not sought police permission. After an extended argument, the youth secretary for JEEMA, an opposition party, jumped a barbed wire fence and ran toward Besigye as armed police chased after him. The youth secretary allegedly hung onto Besigye and used him as a shield as police beat both. It took five minutes for the young man to be separated from Besigye.
Besigye said he was hit in the arm, shoulders and chest and that the Inspector General of Police had ordered that Besigye be attacked. "Beating me means nothing because I am ready to die if that is the only way of saving this country," Besigye said. "We shall die rather than live under a terrorist regime." Besigye made his way toward Parliament for a press conference, but police again stopped him and forced the crowd to disperse, though Besigye insisted on making his speech.
Police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba said the incident was being investigated. "It's hard for me to say anything now because we are hearing many stories about what happened," Nabakooba said. "We shall investigate officers who were deployed in the area to find out if they beat him or not."
Besigye is calling for the Electoral Commission to be replaced by a more independent election monitor.
–-Seth Walder
A sharply divided Dutch electorate went to the polls, and the vote totals may result in a four-party coalition government. Geert Wilders's far-right Freedom Party won 24 seats, up from 9, in the 150-member Parliament, while the Christian Democrats lost 20 of their 41 slots. Mark Rutte's center-right Liberal Party obtained a plurality of 31 seats, only one more than the center-left Labor Party. Rutte hopes to cement a coalition government by July 1, but weeks of negotiations may follow.
The most likely coalition will consist of the Liberals combined with three center-left groups: Labor, the Democratic Liberal Party, and the Green Party. In total, 10 parties gained seats in Parliament.
As the election results came in Wednesday night, acting Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, a member of the Christian Democratic Party, announced his resignation. The Christian Democrats' losses likely reflect the electorate's dissatisfaction with the party's handling of the European economic crisis. In contrast, Rutte's promises to decrease spending and lower the deficit without raising taxes were popular among voters.
In addition to the economy, immigration was a hot-button issue during the campaign, with the Freedom Party proposing a ban on Muslim immigration to the Netherlands. Wilders, who faces prosecution for "inciting hatred" when he compared Islamic fundamentalism to Nazism, also supports prohibitions on new mosques and the Koran.
The election results reflect the increasing political divisions in Dutch society. In 2002, anti-immigration politician Pim Fortuyn was assassinated, and 2004 saw the murder of Theo van Gogh, whose documentary Submission criticized Islam's attitude toward females. Earlier this year, the governing coalition collapsed when Labor broke with the other parties over keeping Dutch troops in Afghanistan. New elections were called in February.
—Peter Bozzo
The Sudanese media and American state department have criticized the Sudanese government, saying Omar Al-Bashir's regime has reverted to censoring the nation's newspapers. Al-Bashir, who was recently reelected to another five-year term, had lifted press controls last September. However, newspapers have now been told that some topics are off-limits and Sudanese authorities shut down one media outlet, Rai al-Shaab—an Islamic opposition newspaper. Court proceedings have begun for four Rai al-Shaab reporters on criminal charges of spying and terrorism, AFP reported.
"This censorship brings fear among the media so the media end up [in] self-censorship," said Annur Ahmed Annur, editor-in-chief of al-Sahafa.
After being contacted by censors last week, Ajras al-Hurriya, another Sudanese paper, decided not to print this week. Yasser Arman, Al-Bashir's opponent in this past election, said since the election "there has been a great setback on liberties and freedoms."
United States State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley expressed dissatisfaction with the situation in Sudan, adding that the United States was worried about a troubling "pattern of increasing political repression and the deteriorating environment for civil and political rights in Khartoum."
–-Seth Walder


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I love the idea that when we are able to let go of control and surrender to the Universal flow of all things, we are gifted with opportunities that seem to just come our way effortlessly.
That we always have the power to choose where to place our focus and energy at any given moment, this choice leading us directly to suffering or contentment.
But what happens when we push too hard towards a desired outcome?
Does the Universe push back?
One of my beautiful sisters shared with me recently how much she loved following her joy, and that when she did, magic happened.
But how many of us really move through life this way in reality?
In theory it sounds like bliss, but how does this picture paint out in real life?
Another conversation this week had me discussing the benefits of
'allowing' spaciousness for things to unfold in a more aligned and flowing way, rather than trying
to 'manufacture' or 'create' the right solution from a space of rigidity and force.
If we get the results we wanted, what does it really matter anyway?
It matters because often there is an unseen price to pay that is way to high or costs way more than we bargained for.
We run the risk of exhaustion and depletion when we continue to silence the voice of our inner wisdom and make choices that move us away from our truth.
So let me ask you…
When you are in the process of bringing to fruition your visions, or just simply trying to make an important decision, where are you feeling the energy flow in your body and what does it feel like?
Is it a hard, sticky and solid mass that takes ALL your efforts to make an impression in, or, does it have a soft, viscous and permeable nature?
Do you feel like you are banging your head against a concrete wall to no avail or does all unfold organically?
The differences between moving with the feminine rather than from the masculine are worlds apart.
One asks us to open to possibility while the other has us trying to move stagnant energy and make decisions from sheer will.
Both have their part to play, but my feelings are that for way too long women have strayed from the feminine and been caught in a fiery funk with the masculine, and we have suffered because of it.
For many women, this outdated 'masculine' approach to manifestation has us trying hard to 'achieve' a desired result, often leading to the appearance of a series of roadblocks.
These clear signposts are messages from the Universe to let us know that we are out of alignment somewhere and need to course-correct immediately to 'unblock' the flow again.
So what tools do we call on to free up the flow?
+ There is always the breath, boundless and ever near.
Pause and rest back into her, letting her peace and serenity wash over you.
Notice as the energy gently begins to move once more.
+ Sensations in your body will always point you in the right direction, so lean in and feel what is going on.
+ Being fully present and letting the mind chatter and 'stories' drop away will allow for some calm and quiet to ensue, and from here things will slowly start to shift.
On a final note…
How often do you notice yourself getting caught up in an energy of 'pushing' or 'striving' towards realising your dream??
Almost always?
What if, instead, you were to tap into your limitless reservoir of infinite flow?
What if you were to cultivate more of those juicy and fluid feminine qualities of 'surrender', 'not-knowing' and true 'letting go'.
If you had absolutely no attachment to the outcome and rather just melted into the moment and within that moment continued to do what you love, what brings you joy…what might that look like?
In my own life this way of following my bliss has been a revelation after years of coming from a very masculine 'strive' and 'achieve' mentality.
I compromised my health and my connection with my feminine essence by moving towards my goals this way, and it has taken years to reclaim some balance.
The alignment I now feel within when I slow down and 'feel' into a situation, rather than just overriding and treading that well and truly worn path of 'pushing' for an outcome, is pure delight!
So next time you are facing a crossroads in life, or are uncertain which path to take, pause and notice the energy of the moment.
Is there flow or are you stuck?
Where can you loosen your grip a little and allow movement to be initiated from following your joy?
For when you do, the Universe takes notice and gives you MORE of what you are moving towards.
Life becomes an endless adventure of beautiful and joy filled moments all unfolding into the next.
I'd love to know how you follow your joy, so be sure to leave a comment below.
In bliss,


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You Asked For It
Do you really want what you're asking for? Have you ever asked for something only to be like, "Nah, I don't want it."? I have. I've ordered food that I didn't really want. I've bought things I really didn't like. You've probably got a few things in your mind now, too.
Have you ever prayed and asked God for something, but then decided that you didn't want it? You know, like your job that you prayed and cried for and had errybody you know praying for it come through. It did. And now, you don't want it. You don't even like it. A year ago, you were calling it a blessing. What happened?
You lost focus. You became ungrateful. You forgot just how much you moaned and cried to get your job. You forgot about how much you said it would do for you. How much you needed it. Wait. That's not you? Riiiight. Ok. You don't have to be honest about this, but I will.
That was my story. I prayed for the job. Got the job. Then I proceeded to become ungrateful and unthankful. My attitude sucked. And my work? Let's just say yuck to the quality of some of my work. So, how did I get out of this funk?
Notice I said the funk and not the job. How did I get out? Well, I prayed some more. But this time, I listened and did what God said. Gee, imagine that. Hearing and doing. (James 1.22) I asked God to help me fix my attitude before it was too late. And He did. That's why you get the best of me now. And let's thank God for that, because back in the day, I was a mess!
You asked for your job, your answer, your car, your house, your apartment, your condo, your kids (yep, I went there), your spouse (and I went there, too), your business, your money, your opportunity, your shot, your chance, and now you've got your answer. What are you supposed to do with your answers? Treat it / them just like you did when you were so excited about 'em.
In the future, think long and hard about what you're asking for, because you just might get it. And if you're not ready for it, don't ask for it. Better yet, combine your asking time and getting ready time. So when it comes, you can confidently say, I asked for it...and I'm ready.
Speaking Life Into Your Existence,


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Andrew Utrup is a Director with ON Partners. Andrew is responsible for recruitment across multiple industries and functions, for both public and private companies. He has a growing focus on product and engineering.
Andrew joined ON from Renovata Partners where he completed searches for early stage and emerging growth technology companies in the consumer internet, enterprise software and advertising technology sectors. Andrew was previously with Daversa Partners.
A graduate of Saint Michael's College in Vermont, Andrew has spent time in China learning Mandarin and studying Economics. Since 2016 Andrew has spent his Saturday's volunteering with Minds Matter, a mentorship and college-prep program for high-achieving students from low income backgrounds. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, Christina, and their toy poodle, Ava.


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Part II - By Night The Birthday Bash
Part II of MUAK's birthday bash, The Night Rave, takes place at Kamio at Red Gallery, a warehouse space in the heart of Shoreditch.
It's a special Muak birthday party and we are thrilled to welcome back a good friend from Switzerland - Dj Le Roi (Get Physical/Hot Creations)
Plus residents Zaki and Toni C play an extended back 2 back set.
We join up two spaces for The Night Rave that will be magically transformed into a Green Light Forest and will be powered by the mighty function one sound system. Full Line up below
Basement - Arena
Dj Le Roi (Feerange/Watergate/Rise)
Zaki (Muak/Diynamic/Suara)
Toni C (Muak/WorkTheBox)
Scottie + Friends
Loft - Arena
Martin Lodge
Laura Essence
Damian Charles
Tom & Riely
+ Friends
General info:
- Saturday 2nd December Doors open: 22.00-06.00 (Last Entry 4am) - ID Is required
- Nearest Tube : Old Street / Liverpool Street / Shoreditch
- £5 Tickets (Must arrive before 11.30pm) (Limited Only)
- £8 1st release
- £10 2nd release
- £15 on the door
- Buy Tickets: RA HERE
- Facebook event page: HERE
- Guest List / Birthday / VIP / Groups: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Job Information
Randstad Order Management Specialist in Stow, Massachusetts
Order Management Specialist
job details:
location:Stow, MA
salary:$22 - $24 per hour
date posted:Tuesday, October 8, 2019
job type:Temporary
industry:Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
job description
Order Management Specialist
Randstad Sourceright in partnership with The Bose Corporation is looking for individuals with a strong customer service background and B2C experience to join the Account Services Team in Stow, MA.
The account services team manages all the order to cash process for our resellers and global distributors. It is a fast-paced challenging environment, which requires excellent attention to detail and communication skills. Our goal is to provide our customers and the organizations we support with the highest level of service possible, while maintaining efficiency. A high level of collaboration is expected from our team members as we aid and support to many organizations within Bose Corporation.
The Bose Corporation is an industry leading Consumer Electronics Company with a passion for innovation through technology & for providing a collaborative environment that fosters professional development and growth. Randstad is a global leader in Human Capital Solutions who have been a strategic staffing partner to Bose for over 18 years, connecting top local talent to their progressive and fast growing organization.
-modern building with local and onsite amenities
professional development
attractive discounts on all Bose products
standardized scheduling with flexibility
Responsible for supply of to external and internal wholesale export accounts.
Manage high volume of daily purchase order processing.
Collaborate with field staff and account managers to resolve several customer issues.
Identify areas of improvement and work with internal and external colleagues to execute them.
Respond to daily emails from customers and colleagues in a timely manner.
Working hours: 5:00 AM - 2:00 PM
--Experience with SAP/CRM/ECC systems
--Strong communication skills
--Strong attention to detail
--Knowledge of distribution and sales processes
--Must be able to work well independently and proactively solve problems
--Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook
--Experience working with European partners
No Degree Required
-Solid experience with SAP/CRM/MS Office software
Please note that both roles are initially scheduled to be a seasonal 3+ month contract. There is a chance this term could be extended depending on business needs. There are two shifts available; Monday-Friday, 5AM-2 PM or 7AM-4PM.
For immediate consideration please contact email@example.com.
Randstad is a world leader in matching great people with great companies. Our experienced agents will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temporary-to-permanent or permanent opportunities, no one works harder for you than Randstad. EEO Employer: Race, Religion, Color, National Origin, Citizenship, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Age, Disability, Ancestry, Veteran Status, Genetic Information, Service in the Uniformed Services or any other classification protected by law.
- Randstad Jobs


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The Secretary of State for Health and Social Security, Richard Crossman, Kenneth Robinson's successor, produced a second green paper, The future structure of the National Health Service in England, on structural reform of the NHS, following the publication of The administrative structure of the medical and related services in England and Wales in 1968. There had been strident criticism of the first green paper and Crossman's paper fared no better. The paper was criticised for increasing centralised control of the NHS, which was said to present 'a threat of central control which could hamper the development of British medicine and is not acceptable as the pattern of health administration for years to come'.
The government had three firm assumptions about the future administrative structures, namely:
- local government would not administer the NHS: area health authorities (AHAs) would run the NHS, reporting directly to the secretary of state
- the administrative boundaries between the NHS and local authorities (providing public health and personal social services) had to be made clearer, and
- the number of new AHAs must match the number of local authorities (the new counties and county boroughs).
The paper highlighted feedback in response to the green paper The administrative structure of the medical and related services in England and Wales (1968). Integration was a common theme that received support. However, there were recurring concerns that the 50 area authorities (AAs) proposed in the 1968 green paper would be too distant from local populations and would be too dominated by hospital services. Instead of creating 50 AAs, the government proposed establishing 90 AHAs to match the number of local authorities. The government also intended to establish 14 or more regional health councils, which would be responsible for the overall planning of hospitals and organising facilities for medical and dental education and training.
The paper rejected the idea of unifying responsibility for the NHS under local authorities. However, it concluded that the new AHAs should be co-terminous with local authority areas providing social services. AHAs would be responsible for services where the principal skill required was that of health or medical professionals, and local authorities would provide services where the main skill was social care and support. Seeing the need for the health and social services to work together and believing that the task was too big for a single organisation to do both, the government wished to see co-terminosity between health and social care professionals.
AHAs would be responsible for planning services with allocated budgets and would be responsible for promoting and facilitating integrated health services.
Doctors, dentists, opticians and pharmacists would enter into contracts with family practitioner services (FPSs) (as they had with executive councils). AHAs would have a statutory obligation to establish FPSs and AHAs would be expected to coordinate with FPSs and other services when planning local services.
The secretary of state would also establish a new Central Advisory Council to advise on health service matters, including resource allocations.


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You see this bunch of walnuts in their shells?
You get to pick one. Any one will do.
It doesn't matter which you choose
cause superficially they're all the same,
but only superficially. You'll see
when you describe your stupid walnut shell.
Suppose you say, "It's oval, sort of brown."
You're finished? That is all you have to say?
You have described the walnut perfectly?
Well here's the trick. There always is a trick.
When you are finished, put the walnuts back
and mix 'em up. Then one by one describe
your walnut to your group. And if the group
can pick it out from all the other ones,
you win. And if they can't, well c'est la vie!
And people in Afghanistan and Chad,
and divers in the Marianna's Trench
will shake their heads and wonder how it is
that you have failed at such an easy task.
So pick a walnut. Any one will do
cause just like you, they really aren't the same.


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Young Youth will be packing Blessing Bags to give to those in need on Wednesday, May 24. While the youth will do the assembly, we need everyone to donate items. Click here to view/print a shopping list, and bring your donations to the church office.
Questions about the Blessing Bags? Contact Katie Everson, our Young Youth Coordinator.


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Quick Overview
Manual Stretcher
The Advanced® ST-100 is a Manual Stretcher specially designed for safely move patients to different care areas in the healthcare facility.
The Advanced® ST-100 Manual Stretcher can be used in hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Centers and other healthcare facilities.
Main Material
Plastic bedboard, plastic siderails and steel frame.
ST-100Key Features
- Bed Board dimension: 74" x 24"(1880mm x 610mm)
- Hi-low adjustment: 22.44"- 33.86" (570mm-860mm)
- Back rest Maximum angle 45°
- Foot Control brake system
- Fold down side rails
- Castor diameter: 5.9" (150mm)
- 1 I.V. Pole receptable, 1 I.V. Pole included
- Side Rails: 12.5" x 42" (317.5mm x 1067mm)
- Stretcher Pad Included
- Oxygen tank holder
- Weight capacity 250 Kgs.
- Two years warranty
Additional Information
Please see brochure for additional information


text: The newly selected iTeam will be learning about the App 'Minecraft' and introducing it to Prep. To help us with our learning we are going to a Minecraft workshop at the end of October as Castle Ward, where we hope that we will hone our skills! iTeam will also be helping solve the storage problem on our iPads in school by collating and deleting any Apps that are no longer in use. We will also be deleting photographs and videos on a 6 weekly basis to ensure that we have enough storage at all times. Our photographs and videos will be stored within our new Seesaw digital platform.


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Members of our Wine Club are invited to
Wine Club Party:
Oak or No Oak?
Saturday, October 21
4-6 pm
Wine Club members get a sneak peek at (and first access to) our new wine Summit. (It will be released to the general public in November.) Summit is a red wine made with Marquette grapes and not aged in oak barrels. It's a great opportunity to explore what effect oak has on wine. Members will taste two wines in two ways– Marquette and Limestone each aged with and without oak– to really focus taste buds on the differences.
Members will pick up this month's six featured wines at 20% off, and have the option of purchasing others at the special wine club party discount of 15% off.
Wine club members, please watch for your invitation coming in early September. You can email Sara at [email protected] with questions.
This is event is open to Wine Club members only. If you're not yet a member, you can join by Oct 19 to attend this party…


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Trudeau arrives at Davos to pitch investment opportunities in Canada
Melanie Marquis, The Canadian Press
Published Monday, January 22, 2018 12:12PM EST
Last Updated Monday, January 22, 2018 8:53PM EST
ZURICH -- Justin Trudeau arrived in Switzerland on Monday to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he will try to persuade the world's richest to invest in Canada and uphold women's and workers' rights.
The prime minister quickly travelled to his hotel after landing late at night at the Zurich airport on the eve of his second appearance as Canada's leader at the world forum.
A government source told The Canadian Press Trudeau is seeking to convince world leaders about the economic benefits of hiring more women and creating conditions that will allow them to succeed.
The prime minister's agenda for the event includes bilateral meetings with political leaders as well as sit-downs with the heads of multinational giants such as Alibaba, Alphabet, Coca-Cola and global investment management corporation BlackRock.
Trudeau is scheduled to deliver a speech at the gathering Tuesday, during which he'll make a pitch to world leaders on the importance of gender equality and the advancement of women in the workplace.
A source on Trudeau's plane said the prime minister will tell the world's economic and political elite that their power brings with it a responsibility toward those who are affected by their influence and decisions.
His talk is expected to be a preview of the themes for the G7 leaders' summit to be hosted by Canada in June.
Those themes also include investing in growth that works for everyone, preparing for jobs of the future and clean energy.
A government source said it is unlikely Trudeau will have a one-on-one meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, who is expected to address the gathering after the Canadian leader is scheduled to leave.
Trudeau will also participate Wednesday in an economic roundtable with business leaders.
His pitch for investment in Canada comes amid uncertainty over the fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement, with the sixth -- and possibly make-or-break -- round of negotiations to renew the pact underway this week in Montreal.
The Canadian delegation to Davos includes four ministers and Stephen Poloz, the governor of the Bank of Canada.


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Parable of the New Rancher
A man bought 100 acres in good farmland and planned to start a ranch. He went out and bought sheep, and cows and horses and dogs and pigs and chickens. He bought a giant round bale of hay and a massive self feeder, and set it in the middle of all the animals. Then he sat back and waited for the money to roll in.
As he watched, he noticed the dogs and chickens turned up their nose at the hay and feed, and were almost trampled by the larger animals who paid them no mind. The cows and pigs began to wander off after a bit, but the sheep and horses kept eating and eating. And eating. And eating.
A kindly older rancher strolled up and asked the man what he thought he was doing. "I'm making a ranch," he said with pride and confidence.
The older man chuckled and shook his head. "Nope," he said, "You are going to see those sheep and horses overeat. See, they will eat until they die. There is just not turning off that hunger drive for them. You have to parcel out their food so they don't take on too much."
The new rancher thought on this as the older rancher went on. " Now, you also need to realize you cannot just feed every animal the same kind of food, either. Dogs won't eat the hay, chickens will lay eggs in it that trampled, if they don't get trampled themselves. You have to put the animals in a place for them to be safe so they can thrive. Cows and pigs are pretty self sufficient, but horses and sheep need a lot of attention. Chickens are fragile and easy pray for predators, Dogs are great protectors, but sometimes they can be a little dangerous. Pigs like to get dirty, and that's ok, but if a sheep gets that wool really dirty, it can be bad."
The old rancher looked out at the horizon, and pointed to a pond and a tree next to it. "You need to provide space for each of the groups of animals, space that is specific for them. The chickens need safe space, the sheep and horses need structure and boundaries, the cows need space. They all need some shelter, a place to get out of the weather. And the dogs need to be praised, or they won't know the right way to behave."
The new rancher soaked in this knowledge, then set out to create the types of habitats and feeding methods that would make his ranch thrive.
Moral: Students are all very unique and different. Some need little oversight to survive and thrive. Others need constant vigilance. Some students are like sheep and horses and will gorge on knowledge, sitting and getting all they can, and never connect with others and build relationships because they get so caught up in getting the right answers and the best scores. Some students are fragile, easily hurt like the chickens, and you must protect them. Some students are messy and disorganized and that's ok, like the pigs, but others will get in trouble without some help keeping things together. Some students are protectors like the dogs, but their protection can turn to bossy-ness, or controlling to the point of bullying. For them, they need to be praised so they know they are doing the right thing. Even though every student needs to learn the same content- all the animals need to eat- they do not learn that content the same way- not all the animals want hay or grain pellets. The teacher must be like the older rancher, and recognize the needs of each student, and as much as possible, provide a habitat and a "food source" that lets them thrive and grow.
Education cannot be one size fits all. And we cannot treat all students as if they were all cows or all horses.
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Sunday's episode of Game of Thrones has leaked online just days after reports emerged that hackers breached HBO's computer systems.
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Mashable reports that the episode, "The Spoils of War," surfaced on a forum devoted to the hit fantasy drama, where it was characterized by the poster as a "Gift from Pakistan." However, a network insider told Entertainment Weekly the leak isn't the result of the previously reported hack, but rather originated with Star India, one of HBO's international partners, which receives episodes in advance. The Verge confirmed the authenticity of the leak, which bears a "for internal viewing only" watermark.
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Ian Craig, 67, announced his retirement as a racecaller after 47 years. Craig began calling the Richmond greyhounds & Goulburn trots in 1962; he started thoroughbred commentary at Sydney radio station 2UE in 1965, before moving to 2KY in 1968. He will call his final meeting at Gosford on June 24. Craig rates Kingston Town, Luskin Star, Sunline & Octagonal among the best thoroughbreds he has called. (May 5)


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For Michael Hardesty, whose four installations comprise Echo, at Wood Street Galleries, an avowed influence is light artist James Turrell. Turrell's pioneering works -- three of which are on permanent display just across the river, at The Mattress Factory -- use light and space to alter (and sometimes confound) human perception. Hardesty, who now lives in Equinunk, Pa., was a graduate student at the University of Arizona years ago, when Turrell was the artist-in-residence. Hardesty and partner Sandy Cundiff also provided Turrell's lodging, creating further opportunity for in-depth discussions of theory.
Over the ensuing quarter-century, Hardesty has developed Turrell's light-centric aesthetics beyond their original boundaries. With each of the four works in Echo, curated by Wood Street Galleries' Murray Horne, Hardesty fabricates mesmerizing alternate microcosms, offering unexpected juxtapositions of objects and unusual perceptual experiences.
The exhibition's introductory piece, the title work, is mounted on a wall at knee height. Spelled out in gently radiant blue neon is the word "Echo." Positioned beneath it is an aluminum pan brimming with motor oil, whose slick, ebony surface reflects the neon with the crystalline precision of a mirror. Because of the word's graphic symmetry, it is spelled perfectly even in reflection -- a visual reiteration that noiselessly mimics the acoustic phenomenon it names.
The next two installations, "Was/Is" and "Offering," each first appeared, in slightly altered form, at The Butler Institute's Beecher Center, in Youngstown, Ohio, in 2005. At Wood Street, Hardesty has created the two anew.
In "Offering," Turrell's influence is unmistakable. Like Turrell's glowing fluorescent geometry, the principal source of illumination is a giant backlit Plexiglas disk, which radiates a mystical amethyst light and carries the laser projection of a rotating ellipse. As with the low, meditative buzz in Turrell's installations, Hardesty incorporates sound to hypnotic effect. Accompanying the single, steady note of an organ is a spoken word issuing from a small speaker that sits in the palm of a suspended, cast-resin hand. Drawing out the syllables of the word "listen" for two seconds, the artist's voice eventually melts into an endless, fluid melody, advancing and receding like the tide. The shape and movement of the sound seems to correlate with the rotating ellipse. Along with the room's disorienting low light, it all suggests the enigmatic logic of a dream sequence.
In Hardesty's multimedia work "Was/Is," a stately, 10-foot-wide gold-toned sphere confronts the viewer. The sphere's silent regality dominates the installation. Hobnail shapes move across its surface to create a convincing illusion of rotation. On stepping closer, however, the visitor finds her crisp silhouette suddenly incorporated into the work, and immediately, the movement she perceived upon entering the gallery is revealed as a digital projection. At left, a metronome marks time, simulating a hollow heartbeat and lending the giant sphere an almost living presence. The beat is accompanied by the sound of moving water, articulated so softly it is nearly a whisper.
Lastly, "Feedback," which fills the gallery's entire third floor, is completely without sound and offers a self-reflexive demonstration of art's power to both chronicle and disorient. Video cameras, installed in opposite walls, document in-range activity, while projectors throw these live-feed images onto the same camera-studded walls. The result is a mirror-within-mirror effect that has each viewer seeing himself as a family of identical nesting dolls, repeatedly oriented in both directions and in increasingly diminutive sizes. Like the exhibition's title work, "Feedback" silently offers up a visual reverberation, this time via cameras and projectors rather than reflections.
With his installations, Hardesty deconstructs traditional visual and aural associations to create alternate realities governed by rules and associations that are not those of the everyday world. His room-sized environments are often filled with objects that, while still carrying their prosaic or symbolic real-world associations, combine to create experiences with new, uncharted meanings. In the process, like mentor Turrell, Hardesty forces the viewer to reconsider the nature and substance of the reality outside his artificial constructions.
Echo continues through Sept. 15. Wood Street Galleries, 601 Wood St., Downtown. 412-471-5605 or www.woodstreetgalleries.org


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It's amazing what a bit of cooperation can achieve. There's quite a few associations that ants have with other organisms that are mutually beneficial. Of course the ant/aphid or mealy bug associations are a couple that aren't to our advantage.
Thanks for sharing that article.
Allot of Orchids do this as well and never get mad when I have ants on my Orchids !
" the ant/aphid or mealy bug associations" I hate sooty mold too ! tropicbreeze
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Thanks for the link, Ted! Very interesting.
Orchid flower buds secrete a sticky substance that is ment to attracted ants which will them protect the buds but ants also carry the scale bugs around from plant to plant so i keep ants away from my orchid house.
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SINGAPORE - Golfer Koh Sock Hwee will make a record third appearance at the HSBC Women's Champions in March after she won the local qualifying tournament on Thursday.
The 26-year-old Singaporean, who held a four-stroke overnight lead, closed with a six-over 78 to finish on 152 total at the two-day event at the Sentosa Golf Club (SGC) to earn the coveted slot at the US$1.5 million (S$2.15 million) LPGA Tour invitational competition.
She said: "I was so nervous today even though I had a big lead. I really wanted to get another opportunity to test myself against some of the best female players in the world."
Compatriot Amanda Tan, 16, shot a 76 and was second on 154 in the 11-women field at the Serapong Course.
Koh, a 2015 SEA Games individual bronze medallist, played in the main event in 2012 and last year. Compatriots Joey Poh (2009, 2010) and Christabel Goh (2011, 2013) are the only local golfers with multiple appearances at the HSBC Women's Champions.
This year's tournament will again see an elite 63-woman field and will feature the likes of world No. 1 Lydia Ko and defending champion and second-ranked Park In Bee.
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We will never really know what dinosaurs sounded like. They were all here and now they are all gone and, despite Steven Spielberg's best efforts, any attempt to replicate the noises they produced is nothing but a million-dollar guess. There is, however, one dinosaur that we can indeed identify audibly. On Wednesday morning, it shall awaken to roar once again.
National signing day is not only the time when the dreams of football-playing youngsters come to life, it is also the day those youngsters hold the signed sheets of paper that will unlock those dreams -- their national letters of intent -- and then look at the adults around them to say, "Fax machine? What the hell is a fax machine?"
"Signing day is one of those days when you can immediately tell how old you are and how young other people are," 51-year-old Gus Malzahn said to me on the first Wednesday of February two years ago. "The young guys on my staff, once a year they're standing around the fax machine like, 'Hey man, how do we turn this thing on?'"
Yes, even in this digitized on-demand age of the interweb and smart phones, the most frequent method for delivering NLIs on NSD is F-A-X, this according to the NCAA. However, it is not the only method. Far from it. They can be sent via email, which is likely how the form arrived from the school hoping to close the deal. The NLI is scanned and emailed to the prospect, who typically prints it out, signs it and waits until dawn on national signing day to send it back during the first moments it's allowed. Yes, some do it by email. But fax still hangs on as the preferred device of delivery. For now.
Sweeping college football recruiting reform will be up for vote by the NCAA Division I council in April. If it all passes -- and it should, easily -- then national signing day as we know it will end, thanks to a new mid-December three-day signing window. That will remove the current sense of urgency surrounding the first Wednesday of February. So, say goodbye to the cold winter morns staring at the old facsimile machine, hoping your program's future superstars can get their commitments in through potential paper jams.
"I like getting those faxes," Duke head coach David Cutcliffe admits. "I guess it would be easy to say, 'Well, he just likes getting his cup of coffee and standing there waiting on the first faxes to come in because Coach, you know, he's old.' But the truth is that everybody finds some thrill in it. That includes the kids who are sticking that letter in the other end and watching it head on out to the school he's chosen. I've been coaching 35 years now. Seeing a surprise letter come out of my fax machine on the other end? That's never gotten old."
Cut's first college coaching job was as an assistant at Tennessee in 1982. Back then, national signing day wasn't a de facto college football holiday. No kids were doing the hat selection shuffle. ESPN wasn't carrying 11 hours of live coverage across a fistful of media platforms. No one faxed their letters to Knoxville because, unless maybe there was one being studied over in the computer tech lab, there probably wasn't a fax machine to be found on campus.
Over the next few years, all of that changed. Both signing day and faxing.
According to FaxAuthority.com ("your online guide to frustrating technology"), facsimile transmission technology has existed since the early 1840s, roughly 35 years before the first college football game between Rutgers and Princeton. That's when British inventor Alexander Bain, grandfather of the electric clock, synced up two pendulums and passed a message between them. Over the next century, inventors figured out how to send photographs and whole documents, first via telegraph and then by telephone, but the industry never captured the public's fancy, not even when Steve McQueen blew audiences' minds by receiving info via fax in 1968's "Bullitt."
Then the 1970s arrived and Japan became fanatical about faxing. A decade later, as young David Cutcliffe settled into that first job with the Vols, Japanese electronics companies started marketing their new machines in the States. According to the Telecommunications History Group, there were approximately 250,000 fax machines in the entire United States in 1980. By 1985, that number had doubled. By 1990, there were five million machines slingshotting billions of documents around the nation.
Every February, those documents increasingly included signed letters from high school football players.
"You talk about business picking up. Recruiting moved into a higher gear, buddy," recalls Bobby Bowden, Florida State's head coach from 1976 to 2009. "We used to get letters from kids in the mail. Like, mailman-sticking-it-in-the-mailbox kind of mail. When faxing became an option and the NCAA said that the signature on that copy counted the same as the original, man, then recruiting went from being a foot race to being like a NASCAR race. It hasn't slowed down since."
To be clear, Bowden is saying that college football recruiting hasn't slowed down. The fax industry? It's decelerated faster than someone can say "You've got mail." As personal computers and email made their way onto desktops, fax machines stumbled toward the tar pits. Sales in America peaked in 1997 and in Japan three years later.
However, like those who predicted that running the option would be wiped from the earth by spread offenses, predictions that faxing would become completely obsolete have also been proven wrong. As Jonathan Coopersmith, who wrote "Faxed: The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine" in 2015, said: "Fax did not diminish to the role of a residual media, abandoned by all but a few zealots or hobbyists." (Coopersmith knows zealots. He's a professor at Texas A&M. Gig 'em.)
It's true. Even in the face of email, texting and internet-based faxing, there are still more than 45 million paper fax machines in use around the globe, including 17 million in the United States. But keep in mind that the phrase "in use" might be left to some interpretation. Sitting on the counter next to the copier does not equate to getting the same daily workout as that copier.
"We have plenty around the building, but no, they don't get used much," Malzahn's assistant, Emily Ann Tatum, confessed to me on NSD 2015. "As long as the one by the war room is working on signing day, that's all that matters."
That's certainly all that mattered to War Eagle Nation that day, when the fax machine finally cranked up from its daylong slumber for the rare evening signing day print job. After having produced an inbox basket full of prized recruits at dawn, it fell eerily silent. The day's biggest catch, five-star defensive end Byron Cowart, still hadn't sent in his letter several hours after a live media conference in which he'd donned an Auburn ball cap. Rumors ran rampant he was bailing to become a Florida Gator. Turned out that some miscommunication (some still say a dispute) between the player's family and his high school coach had left that letter sitting next to the coach's fax machine instead of being placed in it.
As Malzahn walked down the hallway to meet with the national media, he was struggling with how he would explain the Cowart situation. Then one of his assistant coaches yanked a newly arrived document off the fax machine and stuffed into the head coach's hands as he strode to the podium. It was Cowart's signed letter of intent.
The imminent changes to traditional recruiting deadlines will likely do away with that kind of tick-tock facsimiled "24"-ish drama. But the warm and fuzzy feelings stirred by the WHEEEE-URRRRR-CHRUUUUUUUGGHHHHH and whirring of that printing wheel can't be duplicated.
"I know it's old-school to want to hold something in your hand," FSU head coach Jimbo Fisher said one year ago, as he grasped a stack of just-arrived 2016 letters. "But you work so hard at recruiting, and the kids and their families have worked so hard to make a decision. Something physical that says, 'It's official, here we go, we're in this together.' I think everyone likes that feeling. That's a fact."
Actually, coach, that's a fax.


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US Jockey Rosario Equals Hollywood Park Record
In the US, jockey Joel Rosario equalled Hollywood Park's record for most wins in a day when he won six of seven rides, reported bloodhorse.com. Of the day's 8 races, Rosario finished second in the first, then won each consecutive ride (except the seventh race, where his mount was scratched). This was "the first time I do this in my life," Rosario said. "I won five before and was second and third, but now six, so I am very happy. I feel great, not many jockeys do that, so I am very happy for this." The record was set by Bill Shoemaker in 1953, and equalled by Laffit Pincay Jr, Shoemaker & Kent Desormeaux in 1968, 1970 & 1992 respectively.