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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Great Minds. Greater Bodies.
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First. . .awesome!! A bareback canter!! Yay for you and Moon!ReplyDelete
Very interesting about the wormer, totally against worming propoganda (lol). I am a big fan of the "horse industry sells/tells you a lot of things that are totally not necessary" school. Sometimes I am known as the "crazy and new horse lady that has no idea what she is doing" person. But I don't care, so far everything I have done for Shy has been working for us.
Thanks for sharing!
Gotta start with the bareback! That's terrific!!! I'm not a good bareback rider at all but I love riding Dee bareback. Particularly as someone who rides in a western saddle most of the time, I love being able to feel everything as my horse moves. And she is so fat right now that it's like riding a sofa...so cushy!ReplyDelete
At my old barn they recommended giving the EHV shot 4 times a year since it's got such a short span of effectiveness and they had lots of strange horses coming and going with twice weekly roping events and training so we followed along. Thankfully the new barn is closed to outside horses so we can relax a bit with the extreme vaccination schedule.
Worming makes me crazy. I never know what I'm supposed to do. My vet said every two months, alternating between ivermectin and Quest. My sister out east is at a barn with a twice annual worming schedule. Then you can get annual worming kits from the likes of Valley Vet which include a full rotation of wormers to be used every other month. I've looked into the daily deworming supplements and ouch, so pricy! Why can't things be simple?
I'm sure I underestimate Dee's weight because she is so fine featured. It was really neat on Ken McNabb's show one day when he had a group of students first try to estimate various horse's weights by just looking at them, then they used a weight tape to estimate the weight, and then they actually put each horse on a scale. Scary how far apart all three measures could end up being. Shame we all don't have access to a scale capable of weighing a horse!
- NatashaFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:15 AM
Very interesting info from the vet. When one of the new vets from Elders was at the barn recently we discussed deworming and he was mentioning that vets in other provinces and the companies that make de dewormers are actually saying to only deworm twice a year. In the spring and in the fall. The fall dewormer should include something that will kill tapeworms.ReplyDelete
They recommend this due to resistance, like this vet recommended.
Bareback?!?! You're a daredevil! And I love hearing about how involved you are getting with clinics and showing. It really makes me want a truck and trailer so I can get out and about with my pony!ReplyDelete


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It's time for the Pretty Pieces Cafe to be open at my house. On Thursday, February 23 from 10am to 8pm we'll be making cards, you can pick up (and make) your pre-ordered Take Out kits or you can pay $5 to come be with us and do your own thing.
Cards are $2.50 for the first four cards and $2 for each card after that. If you make 10 or more they're all $2 each.
You can make the cards shown here and more. If you'd like to come make your reservation with me by email (email@example.com) and let me know what time you'll be here. In your email you can also "reserve" two cards that you'd like to be sure to make when you're here. You can choose your two from any of the cards shown here. Just use the sentiment to identify the cards you'd like to reserve. I hope to see you on Thursday.

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Nancy Guy Scholarship
A scholarship is given to a qualifying Temple Terrace Juniorette(s) as a graduating seniors to assist with college expenses.
Box Tops for Education
This is an easy project that helps one area school gain FREE money from General Mills. Box Tops come on all sorts of products now, just look what you might have in your pantry now. Collect them and bring them to our meetings.
The GFWC Temple Terrace Junior Woman's Club Conservation community service program is designed for members to gain an appreciation for our environment. Through preservation, maintenance, and restoration of our natural resources, this group strives to educate members about the importance of beautifying our communities; preserving, maintaining, and restoring natural resources; and stimulating citizen action to address these concerns. Our natural resources include, but are not limited to, water, trees, plants, air, land, and wildlife.
Book Exchange in conjunction with Terrace Reads
October 8, 2016
Our club organizes a book exchange gathering books from 12 Elementary schoolsl. Students who bring in books from home receive a voucher for the number of books they bring in. Members collect the books and bring them to Temple Terrace Reads event held at Temple Terrace Elementary school. Students come back with their vouchers to the Book Exchange and pick out new books. The class from each school who brings in the most books get a pizza party sponsored by Cici's pizza.


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Hawt, Hawt, Hawt.
I am writing to you today from inside my nice and cool air conditioned house. Mainly because I refuse to be outside right now. It has been over 100 degrees this entire week and teaching summer school with kids who can't go outside because of how hot it is is not fun....at all! Plus, I woke up with the worst head cold. So not only is it hotter than a toasted cheeser (if you don't know that movie reference we are not friends) but I can't breathe out of my nose, perfect. I was waiting to post this one because I have apparently been on a stripe kick lately, but day after day I have stepped outside and said "nope". The only place you will catch me at is the pool or inside. I like hot but this is HAWT like no other. I mean instant sweat and who wants to get all dressed up to have their face running off.
These pictures were taken a couple weeks ago when the hubs and I took a trip to Savannah. If you follow me on instagram you are probably think I live there...because I basically do. But no, I don't live there regularly just on the weekends ;). Oh, haha and I couldn't use half of the pictures because my photographer (aka the husband) had his finger near the flash and it put this weird glare on majority of the photos....
Dress | Hat (extra 30% off with goshopping) | Shoes | Necklace | Saddle Bag


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For this discussion, please read the following:
Spector, chapter 1: "Historical Foundations," by Molenda; Saettler, chapter 2: "Early Forerunners: Before 1900"; and chapter 3: "Beginnings of a Science and Technology of Instruction."
Then, address the following:
1. As you read Saettler's review of educational approaches, from the Sophists in the fifth century B.C., to Pestalozzi in the late 18th century, to Dewey in the early 20th century, which elements did you identify as being present in your own education? Which of them were/are effective, and which of them were/are best abandoned? Why? Please be sure to address your experiences at multiple stages of your educational career--including grad school.
I went to a boarding school where the primary focus was preparing students for life by offering instruction for physical body, emotions, intellect and spirit (we had ten minutes of quiet thought every monrning). The founder was a quirky thin fellow named John Corlette and some of his students maintain a website www.JohnCorlette.com to promote his educational philosophy (he never wrote a formal explaination of his method but gave a six page speech explaining some aspects of his philosophy). His method was close to Comenius, since Corlette believed:
the goal of education is, or should be, the development of the spiritual man, that is of that part of each one of us which, with development and training, is capable of a vision or direct apprehension of the purpose of life, of the true nature of ourselves, of the world in which we live and of such other worlds or states of being as may exist besides.
Yes, many students went on to university, so the school prepared students for academic pursuits, but the key was building the "whole man."
The chart on page 38 showing how fractions were taught with sticks and tiles is how I learned math in elementary school... until a teacher imposed a more standardized worksheet method.
"A graduated series of textbooks" and "sequence is important" are two features of the Instructional method (page 30) that shaped my math learning -- and it was effective but boring (so I now declare it ineffective). I grew to dislike math, particularly when we had to do Geometry, worried more about pencil color than the beauty of what we could find in the theorems.
Chapter 3: Science of Instruction
In 3rd and 4th grades, I recall a rainbow reader called "SRA" that encouraged us to progress through layers indicated by colors. We kids knew that it was good to get up to red, the most difficult level,
My elementary school teachers had plenty of exercises that involved exploring and self-motivated choices -- if they weren't Montessori, at least the spirit was there.
Math exercises were via drill and I recall my dad complaining about the rote method of learning numbers.
When I was in sixth grade, my parents homeschooled me for a year while we lived in another city (my father was a business consultant).
During the homeschooled year, I recall doing some math exercises that the school wanted me to complete. As mentioned above, the exercises involved learning rules and applying them in a rote fashion, removing any of the potential fun of discovering patterns in math (that I later discovered when I was hired to teach remedial math in high school in 2002 at Hallandale Adult Community Center).
Dewey: The description of the five steps of "reflection" was similar to some of the hands-on learning that I did in high school in a variety of science courses that required us to use tools to test some of the concepts described in textbooks. Sometimes, instead of reading the textbook, I would start with the instructional tools and by experimenting with circuits, I could detected variations between series and parallel setups of batteries, and I then learned to figure out the rudimentary elements after reading about Ohm's law.
The discussion of the Piaget approach to instructional design (espeically the chart on page 73) shows what I discovered when I was asked to teach a class in Remedial Math. I went to a store called ACE (for educational tools) and bought items that helped show patterns, particularly for fractions. I was assigned students who failed the HSCT, a precursor of the FCAT), which was taken in 9th grade -- and my students were 11th and 12th graders. I let the students explore with the educational tools and they soon figured out that bigger numbers could equal smaller numbers, such as 5/10 = 2/4. "I'm very angry with you, Mr. McCrea." One of the students berated me. "If you had been my math teacher in 8th grade, I wouldn't even be here at this adult re-do school. You shouldn't be here. You should be teaching things right in middle school."
What was I doing? Just letting kids discover the patterns for themselves, using increasingly complex challenges -- we created the largest multiplication table in Florida using the gym floor and re-taped the gym using a tape measure, I asked some students to create raps to explain rules like the circumference (Mike Ferguson's rap was eventually posted on a webpage). We called it "Visual and Physical Math" and I later called it VisualAndActive.com. To paraphrase the book, as the students figured out one stage, the environment got more complicated and their thinking became "more complex."
2. In his brief chapter, Molenda does a pretty good job of tracing the history of the field of instructional technology and describing its scope. Briefly discuss two things that you found especially interesting in this chapter.
While these questions do ask you to offer reflections and express an opinion, your answers should reflect (and refer to) points made in the assigned readings--and in any additional resources you judge germane to this discussion.
a) the "first principles of instruction" by David Merrill
- activation of prior experience
- demonstration of skills
- application of skills
- integrate the skills in the real world.
This is an interesting structure to place over the eight global skills (advocated by Tony Wagner of Harvard)
Critical thinking
Creativity and imagination
Initiative and entrepreneuring
Accessing and analyzing information
Agility and adaptability
Cordiality, courtesy and civility (the 8th skill, not mentioned by Wagner, described by Yuzenas)
Each of these skills can be explored and improved using the four steps mentioned by Merrill.
"Learning about computers, not learning with computers"
The observation on page 16 about the minimal use of computers in classrooms was something I observed in several public school classrooms where I taught. Something happened with the widespread use of laptops and wifi that made 2009 the time when I could see laptops in use while I was conducting classes. That was the big turning point, along with the presence of facebook (I remember asking some ESOL kids, since I was teaching English, to swtich their language in Facebook to English so I could assign them some reading in the program).
As for effectiveness, virtually everything I have mentioned (except the droning method of teaching a foreign language and multiplication tables) ought to be continued. Effectiveness should include the adjective "enjoyable or at least sociable."
Wagner, T. (2008). The global achievement gap. Basic Books.
Yuzenas, D. (September 7, 2011). Conversation about the seven global skills.
On the other hand, I enjoyed reading your post. Your post has illustrated a strong insightful able to understand and showing that I fully understand of boarding school (grades 11 and 12) where the primary focus was preparing students for life by offering instruction for physical body, emotions, intellect and spirit. By speaking about the issues with others such as math exercises, visual and physical math. In the ninth grade, I was introduced to the Environmental Science Club and to Mr. Lazaro, my science teacher and advisor. Outside of the classroom and through the club, I saw an entirely different side to education.
Nice Job!
Rosnel L Joseph
Yes, Rosnel. you get the idea. I want to make sure the teachers of the future take time to get to know students outside the classroom. that is why Littky uses one teacher for 15 students. It is a good ratio and the teacher spends more than academic time with the kids.
Dear Steve,
I remember those old SRA reading boxes, too! I bet they were super expensive in their day. I hadn't thought about them until I read your post. I am 47, so some folks might not have experienced those color-coded boxes like we did. LOL!
It is really interesting that you went from disliking Math to loving it and teaching it. My gifted third grade students HATE memorizing their Math multiplication facts. They would rather figure out the answer by adding patterns quickly in their heads, using the nines trick on their hands, or anything but memorize. They eventually have to force themselves to learn their facts or it takes them too long to multiply fractions, etc. Since they are so smart, though, figuring the answers out is much more appealing to them than being efficient. Do you have any advice I can offer their parents who say the children don't like to memorize? (By the way, they are ten and also have not memorized their address, phone number, or spelling rules for any language.)
Thanks for sharing your success story!
I wish there could be more understanding of Piaget. Jean Piaget thought that numbers are hard for kids. What is 57? It's "a lot". or 47 or 69?
I wish students would think about PARENTS and GRANDPARENTS.
2 x 2 x 2 x 3
what combinations can we make?
8 x 3
4 x 6
2 x 12
2 x 4 x 3
3 x 2 x 4
OH, that is the same, just different order!
LEARNING BY DOING is so important. NOT by memorizing.
It is only now when I'm walking around in the super market, I can estimate...
I think kids should find FRIENDS.
67 is not an easy number but .... 67/100 is about 2/3 (yes, that's for later, but we can do fun things with numbers)
67/670 = 1/10 wow~!
Call me Patricia at a time convenient to you. I'm out of work -- hiring freeze at the new palce, so I'm available the next 8 weeks. Please ... instead of typing that question, call me. I MUCH prefer talking. I prefer TALKING (hate typing)
I have some more suggestions about math, but I don't want to type right now.
Look at this testimony:
They never added value to the learning environment—I don't remember paying much attention to them.
Question 1:
Saettler, P. (2004). The evolution of American educational technology. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Every aspect of my personal educational journey (grades 6-12, especially) has been influenced by the Sophists: Lecture and group discussion/ putting "exemplary models of writing and speaking" (Saettler, 2004, p. 25) into practice has been the primary mode of delivering and receiving instruction. While it may have been a beneficial method of learning and teaching for me, I have discovered it does not lend itself well to students who prefer to learn visually or kinetically. When I became a third grade classroom teacher, for instance, this became apparent. The individual student was more important than the whole of the class. If students were to learn, learning activities that appealed to a variety of learning styles needed to be implemented. I'd say I subscribed to more of a Lancasterian methodology grouping students "according to ability" and then using a little "ingenuity" to deliver instruction. Instead of spreading sand on the desk to practice writing, we used shaving cream. Instead of slates to practice spelling, we used mini-whiteboards (p. 35). To some degree, without actually realizing it, there were times when I embraced the Montessori Method, moving away from "group instruction" (p. 62) and allowing students to explore/ direct their own learning through the use of learning centers. Certainly, students were reinforced for exhibiting what I wished them to do (learn, behave)—a completely Skinnerian thing to do.
Burke'2 s System of Individualized Instruction (p. 64) reminded me of the old Career Development Courses (CDCs) I was required to take while active duty Air Force. The CDCs were a series of " self-instructional and self-corrective practice materials" (p. 65)—s tudy guides/workbooks—airmen had to "pass" before moving on to the next level of expertise. Similar to what Saettler described, a simple record-keeping system noted the progress of the student and the appropriate learning/testing materials were dispensed at the suitable time in his or her career. I suspect the paper-based system is now completely online.
Question 2:
Molenda, M. (2008). Historical foundations. In J. M. Spector, M. D. Merrill, J. van Merrienboer, & M. P. Driscoll (Eds.), Handbook of educational communications and technology (3rd ed.) (pp. 3-20). New York, NY: Routledge.
What fun to walk through the history of educational technology! I could easily relate to much of it. I had to giggle as I read Molenda's description of the "visual instruction movement" (pp. 6-7) and " audio-visual instruction" (p. 9). The author states, "…the educational value of [history films] lay not only in the quality of the materials but also in how well teachers used them" (p. 7). I remember watching black and white films in history class. They were very monotonous, the room was very dark, I was very full from lunch, and, therefore, very sleepy. I either dozed, or wrote notes to my friends. My teacher, meanwhile, was off doing whatever, while his or her "helper" was taking down names of those talking during the film. It seemed the films were meant to reiterate what the teacher had previously lectured in class, but really, students found them just to be a nice break from the teacher (and vice versa) (many times we knew we were going to watch a movie that day because the teacher was absent and a substitute was taking over). They never added value to the learning environment—I don't remember paying much attention to them.
It was exciting being a part of "school adoption of computers" (Molenda, 2008, p. 16). A senior in high school in 1984, I was exposed to my first Apple computer in our brand new computer lab. My English teacher brought us to the computer lab once a week for an entire class period so we could type up our written assignments. We used a program called "Apple Writer" to cut and paste—edit—our work. Sometimes we went to the lab just for "learning time," which meant we could manipulate a variety of educational software. My favorite was "Oregon Trail," an interactive history game.
another Laurie post:
Laurie, you hit on something with your post about the opinions on ITDE facebook... I got a bit annoyed with having to visit Black board daily, but that was before we had a simulation using WIMBA. wow, that is cumbersome. so visiting the blackboard is fun to see who has commented on our posts.
the annoying thing in discussion boards is when there is "praise" given and very little is added to the discussion. it's just keystroking.
I can't wait until we can get speech to text really working so we don't have to slow down to type. Have you every tried DragonSpeaking, the voice to text software?
Hi Daniel,
Online business degree students at Saint Joseph's College of Maine regularly use the Socratic Method when engaging in weekly discussions. The degree program is cohort-based; therefore, students and instructor are deeply involved in the asynchronous weekly topics. The instructors are extremely engaged in dialogue with students and moderate/facilitate fruitful conversations/learning. Generally, on end-of-course evaluations, students have glowing things to say about the interactions in the online discussion boards because they feel so connected to the instructor, their classmates, and the subject matter. The method really mimics brick and mortar learning. On the other hand, the other degree programs at SJC are self-paced and instructors complain discussion boards are too unweildy to manange--and therefore do not. Students often complain about the lack of interaction in them. In my humble opinion, there is not a ton of learning going on. It is a debate that rages...
I was surprised to be accepted into the ITDE group on Facebook and see students sharing their distaste for discussion boards. I wonder if they would enjoy them more if there was more socratic dialogue--instructor included. :/
Surely you were exposed to the Scholastic Instructional Method in High School--and maybe in traditional college courses. Remember the debates from History class? The instructor presented the material and then divided students into teams, who had to research their opposite side and present their arguement? This is the best example I could come up with. Perhaps our classmates might think of one or two more?
I enjoyed your post! It made me look up the latter method, as I was not exactly sure I had encountered it either. There was a simple explanation on New World Encyclopedia: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Scholasticism
Have a great day! ~Laurie


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When picking fabrics I wanted to do a dinosaur theme for my nephew and a girly theme for my fashionista niece. I went shopping at Joann's for fabric and decided upon flannel because of the warmth and the fact the kids live in Washington state. It was super easy to find girly flannel colors that coordinated. Dinosaur flannel was limited though, so the colors weren't necessarily what I would say are my ideal but they worked.
When picking out what type of pattern I was going to use I knew I wanted to do charm squares for ease of cutting/sewing. And I also knew I didn't want to do rag quilts because I didn't want to cut 3 of everything, or deal with snipping the rag part.
I got brave this time, I designed the quilt pattern's on my own! I got on excel and mapped out the kids names and then figured out how many charm squares I would need and got to cutting.
For the borders for both quilts I brought the backing fabric forward, instead of adding a separate binding and border. It certainly wasn't an exact process and it wouldn't be quilt show worthy, but the kids loved their quilts and didn't know anything was wonky.
My niece Ella's Quilt:
My nephew Eli's Quilt:
I finished both quilts off with printable / fusible quilt labels that I ran right through my home printer:


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its sunday night.
and i cant sleep. badly.
and suddenly, datang this very scary,dark aura.
telling me not to study. *haha*
its what i called aura M.A.L.A.S
and seriusly i took this seriusly okay.
the more i try to deny, the more it gettin worse.
so i woke up again.
switch on the light. on the laptop.
go to my computer -> entertaiment -> gossip girl
pada mulanya, niat di hati just ONE episode.
ohh did i told you, before that i went downstairs and took the choc-peanut jam and biscuits?
then end one episode. click on the next one and next next. its unstoppable!
untill i realised it 3.30am.
so forcing myself to STOP click on the next episode and hoping there is always tomorow :)
and suprisingly. the aura M is gone.
maybe he's right. i think too much.
i think too much.
sempat ke revise evrything?
what happen to my skin?
did i just ate too much?
bio report mcm mne?
and ETC ETC.
so i found a solution. i'll focus on more important problem first.
one by one. relax, it can be done.*
**okayy bukan semua orang mcm dh tahu ke way tuh o.0**
ANYWAY, till next post.
you know you love me.


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I have just spent an hour getting onto Picasa cos photoshop just isn't working. I hope it will be worth it. The problem is it wants me to do things I don't want to do like make it the default for everything, I may be willing once I have sussed it out but not YET!
Anyway here is the next stage of big red - I want to keep documenting. I will change the colours now but am still, once again, as always disappointed with the photographic rendition.


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I upgraded my computer monitor this week and all hell broke loose, of course.
At first glance, it was a simple idea. I wanted to increase the size of the text on my e-mail, so it made sense (to me, anyway) to increase the size of my monitor from 21 inches to 24 inches. Staples had a good deal on a Dell 24 inch monitor, the monitor had excellent reviews, and I thought I was in like Flinn.
In like Flinn until I installed the new monitor, that is.
The installation was a snap – I unplugged the old monitor, plugged in the new monitor, and it came right up and ran perfectly in second. That wasn't unexpected, since my computer is a reasonably powerful Dell with a fast processor and tons on RAM, two years old.
What wasn't expected, of course, was the difference between 1600×900 resolution and 1920×1080 resolution, and the ways in which all my applications would use the screen. I spent the better part of the next day going through the system, application by application, adjusting settings to achieve my intended goal, which was to have everything run about the same way, except bigger so that I could work with it early in the morning, when I'm on the computer, drinking my first cup of coffee, still bleary-eyed.
The toughest application to deal with was the browser, and I learned a lot more than I wanted to know about browser settings along the way.
I had been using Firefox as my primary browser for years and years, but discovered that Firefox did not have a setting that simply increases the zoom from 100% to 110% or 125%, which is what I needed. So I fiddled and fiddled with various websites until I was about to go mad, then decided to take a look at the other browsers I had installed, Chrome and Internet Explorer 9. In the end, Internet Explorer 9 was the browser that best achieved the result I wanted, so I cut over to it, pruning and reorganizing all my bookmarks (now, "Favorites") while I was at it.
Along the way, I took a look at migrating from Windows 7 to Windows 8 to get two features in Windows 8 Pro, which Microsoft is making available to Windows 7 users for $69 (DVD) or $39 (download). I'm something of a security freak (too many years in IT to be otherwise) and Windows 8 Pro supports SecureBoot and Bitlocker. In the end, I decided against upgrading for a simple reason. My computer is just old enough so that it doesn't, in the words of MicroSoftSpeak, sport "… firmware that supports UEFI v2.3.1 Errata B and has the Microsoft Windows Certification Authority in the UEFI signature database …" I know because I checked the upgrade compatibility.
In a way, I'm relieved. Michael's notebook died last month, and he upgraded. His new notebook came with Windows 8, which is based on the Windows 7 platform, but uses a completely different user interface. I've had the occasion to work with his computer to work around an upgrade incompatibility, and the new interface drove me insane. Michael claims that when you get used to it, it is actually better, but that sounds like something my doctor says when he can't fix something, so I can wait.
I will upgrade to Internet Explorer 10, though, when the Release Candidate of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 goes final late this year or early next year. Internet Explorer 10 has good HTML 5 compatibility and has gotten superb reviews. The version for Windows 7 will continue the "desktop" interface, so I won't have to learn anything, or at least I won't have to learn anything much. I work in a browser all the time, and I want what works for me.


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In the end of the final novel of the Narnia series, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the four heros of the story meet Aslan, Lewis's representation of Christ, in the form of a Lamb. They have just left their companion, who has made his own heroic way into God's land. Now they ask if they can go as well. He tells them that they must leave Narnia and return to their own world. When they ask if there is a way from their world to Aslan's land he replies, "There is a way to my land from all worlds."
In this short sentence Lewis captures nicely a fundamental teaching of Christian orthodoxy. There is a way to God's Reign no matter where one starts. No society or culture, no world, is without a way to God.
But Christians need to note that this is quite different, if subtly so, from the pluralist assertion that all religious paths lead to God. The assertion that there is at least one path to God's Reign from every possible social and cultural world is a claim about the nature of God's Reign in relation to the whole of humanity. It is a claim that Christians can legitimately make as Christians based on the particular knowledge that Christians have. It does not oblige non-Christians to agree to a Christian characterization of God, God's Reign, their religion, or the nature of reality as a whole. As a claim it says nothing about non-Christian religions.
However, the assertion that all religious paths lead to God isn't just a claim about God and God's Reign. It is a claim about the nature of those religions themselves, and the ultimate direction in which they are leading their human followers. And that is a claim that is inimical to real dialogue, since it assumes that the person making the claim knows more about other religions than they know themselves.
Every religion, due to the comprehensive nature of all religious claims, must account for the reality of religious pluralism. But for there to be fruitful dialogue the followers of each religion must realize that claims to inclusiveness, however well intended, may simply be patronizing. And pluralist claims are simply another form of religious imperialism, colonizing the beliefs and practices of others into a religious description of reality they may not know or accept. Neither unity nor harmony among religions can be assumed or asserted. They must be negotiated, and that takes dialogue.


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I used to hate Brussels sprouts. To me, they were that bitter, sort of slimy vegetable that my parents for some unfathomable reason had to eat every once in a while during winter. But, I'm learning, and I'm experimenting. To be honest, to me the worst thing about Brussels sprouts was the consistency with the slimy exterior. So when I found this recipe on Pinterest, and then stumbled across fresh cranberries in the supermarket, I decided to give my little green enemies another chance. I tweaked the recipe slightly by using honey instead of maple syrup. I left out the barley. And I couldn't get pecan nuts, so I used a nut mix instead. I implore you, even if you're convinced you hate Brussels sprouts, give this recipe a try. The pan-seared version of this veg is so much friendlier than the steamed or cooked version! And the cranberries melt around the Brussels sprouts just so, balancing the bitterness with their tang, and then there's the creamy deliciousness of the gorgonzola, and the slightly sweet touch of the honey… we have ourselves a Brussels sprouts convert thanks to this dish.
If in the above picture, you fail to spot any nuts, that's because the second time I made it, when I took the picture, I forgot to put in the nuts. It was delicious anyway, but the nuts definitely add another interesting dimension and texture.
Ingredients (serves 2 as a vegetarian main course or 3-4 as a side)
- 500g Brussels sprouts
- two handfuls fresh cranberries
- gorgonzola cheese (no idea how many grams I used… go with your gut feeling)
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 small handful of nut mix, roughly chopped
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
Toast the chopped nuts in a pan and set aside. Wash the Brussels sprouts, remove the outer leaves, and cut them in half. In a frying pan, heat some olive oil and add the Brussels sprouts and the cranberries. Season with salt and pepper and cook for 8-10 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Add the honey and the balsamic vinegar and stir until the Brussels sprouts and cranberries are evenly coated. Remove from the heat and place in a bowl. Toss with the nuts and crumble the gorgonzola on top. Enjoy!


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Upcoming Stratford Perth Museum exhibit highlights Stratford Festival's scene-stealing birds and beasts
Stratford Festival archives co-ordinator Christine Schindler is shown with the costume for Nana from the Festival's 2010 production of Peter Pan. (SCOTT WISHART/The Beacon Herald)
Things are about to get wild at the Stratford Perth Museum.
Starting this summer, visitors will get a rare glimpse at some of the exotic birds and beasts that have graced the stages of the Stratford Festival over the past 60 years.
A new exhibit, entitled Festival Treasures: Creating the Wild Kingdom, is currently taking shape, with Festival staff stalking the aisles and racks of its massive archives to capture some of the most interesting pieces to display.
It will be unleashed at the end of this month.
"It's really designed to be a bit of a safari," said Festival executive director Anita Gaffney in a recent interview. "And it's unusual. Often you see the pretty costumes and that sort of thing, but this will showcase some of the inventive work that we can do to create these creatures on stage."
The exhibition will feature not only costumes and props, but also audio-visual material, design sketches, documents and photographs, explained archives co-ordinator Christine Schindler.
"We have this huge collection, and we'd like the public to see it," she said Tuesday.
There's plenty to see.
The Festival Archives holds hundreds of thousands of records and artifacts dating back to its beginnings in 1952.
So curating an exhibit that focuses on the animals that sometimes steal the show was no simple task, said Schindler.
"There are over 60 years of props and costumes and design sketches," said Schindler. "So the challenge for us is trying to whittle it down."
There is, in short, too much material to choose from.
"That's a good problem to have," she added with a chuckle.
The exhibit will cover a range of time periods, from the Festival's early days to more modern times.
Sorting through the racks at the Douro Street facility Tuesday, Schindler picked out a mouse mask from Michael Langham's 1958 production of Much Ado About Nothing, and an incredibly detailed giraffe head from the 2006 version of the same play. In between are intricate and colourful bird masks from 1999's The Alchemist.
"We wanted to show the craftsmanship and the sheer variety of material that we have here," said Schindler, as she showed off the furry costume for Nana, the memorable family dog from the 2010 production of Peter Pan, alongside a chicken-sized gnat from Alice Through the Looking Glass, and the life-like monkey from Inherit the Wind.
"We're showcasing the artisans, and the creativity of the artisans over the years," she said.
Creating the Wild Kingdom will be housed in three exhibit rooms at the Stratford Perth Museum.
It's not the only collaboration this season between the Festival and the museum.
A partnership between the two organizations will also bring Shakespeare's First Folio, one of the rarest books in Canada, to the museum Aug. 16 and 17 to help mark the 450th anniversary of the Bard's birthday.
The idea for Creating the Wild Kingdom flowed out of the initial conversations about the Folio display, noted museum general manager John Kastner.
"To me, this is the definition of win-win," he said of the partnership, which gives the Festival some exhibition space, and hopefully raises the museum's profile among the hundreds of thousands of theatregoers who come here each season.
He acknowledged that the Festival's animal-themed exhibit is "a little bit different" from what's typically seen at the Huron Road building.
"But museums are doing more of that all the time," said Kastner. "It's OK to do something that's a little bit intuitive, a little bit outside the box."
Festival Treasures: Creating the Wild Kingdom will open at the end of June, and will run daily until Oct. 18.
Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students, and $3 for children, and will be available at the museum or through the Festival's website at www.stratfordfestival.ca


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Monica Semian was riding her bicycle from her job at a hotel to a second job at an ice cream shop in Ogunquit on Sept. 9, 2010. She was struck by a school bus owned by Ledgemere Transportation Inc., which was making a left turn at the time.
Semian, who is a citizen of Romania, suffering a crushed pelvis and other serious injuries which have required multiple surgeries.
Semian came to Maine to work in the summer of 2010 with several other Romanian college students. She returned to Maine this year for the trial.
The incident was the subject of a five-day trial in York County Superior Court. On Oct. 4, the jury initially awarded Semian $1 million, but reduced that figure to $750,000 because she conceded that she was partially responsible. Despite having poor brakes on her bicycle, the jury found that the bus driver was mostly at fault and should not have turned in front of the cyclist.
"I am very grateful to the jury," said Semian in a release issued by her attorneys, Terry Garmey and Gary Goldberg of Terry Garmey & Associates in Portland. "I feel vindicated and now I can finally pay my medical bills, which are more than $200,000."
In addition to Garmey and Goldberg, Semian was represented by Christiana Mann of Peter Thompson & Associates of Portland.


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Finding Hope in an Another Abysmal Red Sox April
Oh, for it to be March again, back when there was unlimited potential for the baseball season. Instead it's late April, and for the third straight year, the Boston Red Sox are off to a horrendous start. In case you're looking for a silver lining, there doesn't appear to be one. After the last two poor Aprils the Red Sox missed the playoffs. Still, simply noting that bad Aprils lead to missed playoffs is probably too simplistic a reading of the 2012 Red Sox. After all, the 2011 version of the Red Sox would have made the playoffs easily if not for an historically awful September. In fact, while there are plenty of reasons to be discouraged about this year's team, there's also plenty of reasons to see potential improvement.
Let's start with the bad, since it's much more apparent. First off, the Red Sox pitching has been abysmal. They've allowed 100 runs on the season already, nine more than the next worse pitching staff, the Minnesota Twins. It's hard to pinpoint one problem for the Sox pitching staff that can be easily fixed since everyone has been either terrible, or at best inconsistent. There have been some calls to return set-up-man turned starter Daniel Bard to the 'pen — and they probably got louder after Bard came in to last night's game against the Twins and stopped the go-ahead run from scoring from third base — but for reasons I'll explain later, that would be a mistake.
The second major problem for the Red Sox has been injuries to their outfield. Against the Twins last night, the Sox started (from Left to Right) Cody Ross, Marlon Byrd, and Ryan Sweeney. Prior to the season, Ross and Sweeney were expected to form a platoon in right field with Jacoby Ellsbury in center and Carl Crawford in left. While Sweeney has been hitting very well and Ross was Monday's hero with two home runs to tie the game and put the Sox ahead, the current outfield is a significant downgrade — defensively if nothing else — from what Boston expected to have in the offseason. You'll note that I haven't listed Bobby Valentine among the Red Sox problems. That's because with how bad the pitching has been, I don't see how Bobby V really could have made a difference either way. It isn't as if the Red Sox have been losing a ton of very close games.
These problems aside, there are reasons for Red Sox fans to be hopeful. First, the pitching staff won't remain this bad. Some of the pitchers — Matt Albers comes to mind — are probably past their usefulness, however, others have been victims of bad luck and small sample sizes. Alfredo Aceves may not morph into Jonathan Papelbon, but he's not going to carry a 24.00 ERA for the rest of the season either. At the same time, the Sox have gotten much more out of the back end of their rotation than they could have imagined. Felix Doubront is striking out 11.25 batters per nine and Daniel Bard has a 9.49 K/9 mark and a 3.25 FIP. Bard may be struggling a little with walks, but simple arithmetic shows that moving him to the bullpen would be wasteful — turning 150 or more innings at that FIP into 75 or so is dumb.
A second reason for hope is that the Sox outfield should be improved over last year's model once Crawford and Ellsbury return in the next two months. Sweeney has a 1.051 OPS so far on the season and is mashing righties to a 1.206 OPS. Meanwhile Ross has a .973 OPS himself (1.1015 against lefties). Even with a normalization in stats, the Sox's right field platoon should be an upgrade over what JD Drew and Josh Reddick provided in 2011.
Finally, the schedule is about to get much easier for the Red Sox. They started the season with series @ Detroit, @ Toronto, vs. Tampa, vs. Texas, and vs. New York. All of those teams should be playoff contenders in 2012 and facing them all in a row would be a tough task for anyone, let alone a team with as many outside distractions as Boston. Contrast that with the next few series that the Sox play: @ Minnesota, @ Chicago, vs. Oakland, vs. Baltimore, @ Kansas City, vs. Cleveland, vs. Seattle. With that run of cupcakes, it's not out of the question that the Sox could be in first place by the time they face of against the Rays on May 15th. If you think that's irrational, take a look at that schedule one more time.
So what can the Red Sox do to ensure that they're sitting pretty in May? I have a couple suggestions:
1. Stand Pat
Bobby Valentine was probably right when he called Saturday's loss to the Yankees "rock bottom." It's hard to imagine things getting much worse. I've already outlined the reasons why I think moving Daniel Bard to the bullpen would be a mistake, but the Red Sox do have a pitching dilemma of sorts. Veteran starter Aaron Cook has a 1.33 ERA in AAA and can opt out of his contract in May. Cook is a former all-star and losing him for nothing would hurt, but simply giving him a rotation spot isn't without significant risk. He's been pretty bad the last two years, and he's currently walking more hitters than he's striking out in the minors, which is a major red flag. Still, the Red Sox run the risk of Bard and Doubront wearing down as the season progresses, so here's what I propose: a six-man rotation. It's not something often seen, but given that Bard and Doubront haven't had a full season starting in the majors yet, and that Josh Beckett and Clay Buchholz haven't exactly been durable over the courses of their careers, it makes some sense. If Cook proves ineffective, Boston could move back to the five-man rotation, or try the six-man configuration again once Daisuke Matsuzaka is healthy.
2. Trade Kevin Youkilis
Bobby Valentine made an unforced error by talking about Youkilis on the radio, but there's a kernel of truth to his statements. I don't know about Youk's desire to play, but his effectiveness as both a hitter and a fielder has diminished significantly. Meanwhile, heir apparent Will Middlebrooks is slugging .757, with eight homers in AAA including a recent stretch where he went deep in four straight games. Middlebrooks would offer an immediate defensive upgrade over Youkilis and he has little left to prove in the minors. Youkilis' value is likely at an all-time low, and there aren't a ton of obvious trade partners, but the Sox do have the flexibility of pitching him as both a first baseman and a third baseman. Perhaps the Dodgers, with their surprising early season run and gaping holes at both third and first would be willing to take a look? The best case scenario would involve Youkilis' bat waking up a little to make him more attractive, but it's pretty clear that his days as the Red Sox third baseman are numbered.
This April has been a tough pill to swallow for Red Sox fans, but it's still too early to panic, especially when there are plenty of reasons for optimism.
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Yes, but it's absurd to pick on our religion, we don't bash Islam, atheism, or anyone else because we don't agree.
Who said I was "picking on your religion"? I was poking fun at (mono)theism in general. I never once said anything about Christianity. And who is "we"? I see posts all the time from a Christian point of view.
Such things as my opinions? I thought that was the whole purpose of the site. If you don't agree with my opinion, downvote it. Simple.
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"they're taught to believe it and then rationalize it in their heads to feel safe." Maybe as children, but once you get older you make up your own mind. Nobody would believe something because they felt they had to, if anything they would probably question if they were forced to believe, IMO.
(Just fyi, i believe in both science and religion ;D)
The sad fact is that most people are collectivists. A lot of them don't think for themselves.
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I actually do know quite a bit about the Bible. More than most of the creationists I know, at least. It simply makes no **** sense. People don't believe it because it's rational; they're taught to believe it and then rationalize it in their heads to feel safe.
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Okay, God did NOT create humans with sin. Humans didn't sin until satan tempted Eve and she CHOSE to disobey God and eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He created humans without sin but with free will. Once Adam and Eve sinned, God sent them out of the garden and guarded it so they couldn't eat from the tree of life. This is so we don't live forever with sin. He had to sacrifice Himself because He's the only one without sin. Being born of a virgin was so He could be born pure and perfect without sin. He did NOT kill Himself. He lived a perfect life and taught truth and salvation. The religious leaders of the day were angry with Him. He did absolutely nothing wrong, but they still killed Him in the way that was, at the time, saved for the worst criminals. Because He is so pure and holy and just, He cannot have sin in His presence. However, He loves us because we are His creation. Therefore, He created a way for us to be with Him again.
But apparently WE are born with original sin, which means that he creates us with sin (or at the very least, a sinful nature). Oh, and the whole virgin thing? When the original Hebrew was translated into Greek, the scribes mistranslated the Hebrew word for "young woman" to the Greek word for "virgin". It was a failure of...*puts on sunglasses* Biblical proportions.
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"Initial investigation has revealed that Ishwar, a native of Nepal, was working with a gas agency located in Model Town for the last 15 years," the officer added. The victim died on the spot and police found a voter ID-card and a suicide note in his pocket. Services on the Yellow Line were affected due to the incident for several minutes, they said.
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Scenes from a Laundromat...Earning my Street Cred...
We have it down to a science now and I have enjoyed trying to beat the record each week by completing the laundry with the least number of quarters I can. (Seriously...that may be slightly pathetic and indicative of my need for some real entertainment.....but I'm keeping it real, peeps...keeping it real...)
I feel extremely positive that I will not have the opportunity to go for another personal best as after a slight delivery delay, the floors are here...and being installed as I type (and they totally rock...pictures soon! :-)).
Today I decided to take my camera to help pass the time and aside from a few quizzical looks, I enjoyed looking at the laundromat in a whole new light.
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- Kam said...
I just happened to be sitting here after a pretty fantastic Sunday nap and saw you posted a few minutes ago. I have to say, I just love this post! Bless your heart! But it will all be worth it when you get your renovation done and get to exhale! On the flip side, I love these pics! You have such an eye, Kate! Not to mention a way with words. Thanks for the smile.
- January 25, 2009 at 4:15 PM
- Jboo said...
Ahhhh laundromats -- I've seen my share of them and the way my washing machine sounds lately, I may have to visit again. And Maddy thought it was such a treat to go to the laundromat! Keep repeating . . . it will all be worth it!!
Have a great week.
- January 25, 2009 at 4:55 PM
- Jodee Leader said...
You poor thing! Although I hate going to laundry mats, I am always easily entertained while there. I could watch people for hours there! I love the pictures that you took, and I can't wait to see pictures of your new room!
- January 25, 2009 at 5:06 PM
- Felicia said...
Just think how much you'll appreciate your laundry room when your construction project is done. And, what a great photo opp...these pics are very cool!!
- January 25, 2009 at 5:58 PM
- Half Gaelic, Half Garlic! said...
This post totally cracked me up....I could just visualize this all going down!!
Like Felicia said, it will all be worth it in the end....and who knows, it might make you actually enjoy doing your laundry....I know, I know....that is pushing it!!
Great pics as always:)
Happy CNY...hope you have a great week!
- January 25, 2009 at 7:06 PM
- Rachel said...
Great pictures! How great that you made lemonade today!
Can't wait to see teh new floors!
- January 25, 2009 at 7:58 PM
- Michelle said...
Very artsy photos. I really like them. I am picturing all the stares as you were snapping away. lol
I'm glad your construction project is wrapping up. I'm sure you'll be glad to be back folding your clothes in the comforts of your own home.
- January 25, 2009 at 8:46 PM
- Laura said...
Can't wait to see the room complete and I would've loved to be a fly on the wall when Jim hissed.
- January 25, 2009 at 8:58 PM
- Sue said...
Can't wait to see the finished renovation. We are doing floors next month so I love to see this stuff!
Nothing beats time better than taking shots..never mind the stares. I love them.
Sue : )
- January 25, 2009 at 9:16 PM
- 3 Peanuts said...
Good for you for making the best of a bad situation. i love these shots. If I loved near you...you could come do your laundry here and we could hang out:)
- January 25, 2009 at 9:25 PM
- Chris and Deb said...
these photos are classics Kate! Just think...you would have missed them if you hadn't made the trip to the laundromat! Can't wait to see the new laundry room photos! I am sure you are ready too!
- January 25, 2009 at 9:46 PM
- Jennifer said...
Love the laundromat shots. Okay, I can totally picture you dropping the quarters and Jim telling you to act like you belong. Cracking up here!!!
Love the pic of the Frank's soda. Classic!
- January 25, 2009 at 9:46 PM
- Ivy said...
Oh those pics bring back memories...but a few quarters bought at least 1/2hr, I think.
I admire your patience, I'd have to rent one, or my neighbor LOL.
- January 26, 2009 at 12:31 AM
- Shelly and Family said...
Can you believe it...I never had to go to the Laundromat! All my apartments I lived in after moving out of my family's home and before Keith's had washer & dryers in the unit. Even when ours broke down, I went to my mom's. It looks like an experience! Thank you for sharing lol!
- January 26, 2009 at 7:14 AM
- Lauren and Ed said...
Just stopping by to say hello. I have not been keeping up with everyone's blogs as much as I would like too, but am hoping to get back in the swing of things soon. Hope all is well with you and your family and your new year is filled with health and happiness!
- January 26, 2009 at 11:08 AM
- Amy in Germany said...
hmmm i have never seen a laundromat look so interesting. awsome pictures!
<3 amy
- January 26, 2009 at 12:29 PM
- Casey said...
Love that second pic!!
I don't miss laundromats at all!!! Ugh...
Happy Chinese New Year too!!
- January 26, 2009 at 11:18 PM
- Erin said...
Awesome! This totally takes me back, as I have hauled many many loades of laundry to laundromats. When John was in Med school and internship, we had threee kids under four, and NO WASHER! It really was a huge chore. And I get a bit queasy just thinking of the artifacts I found in those washers. My kids clothes looked like crap too, after a few rounds in those dryers, which are like blow torches. These photos are so great. Have you seen the Matilda Jane shoots at laundromats. Take Lia and have her model some cute clothes.
- January 27, 2009 at 9:38 AM


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Archive for Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Chinstraps and Mouthpieces: Hockey fans set columnist straight
Carolina fans, it's time for me to sit in the penalty box.
Last week, I wrote a column about a hockey fan I saw on television while watching Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals between Carolina and Edmonton.
I turned on the tube late in the game and watched the final minutes. During those last few minutes, I noticed a Carolina Hurricanes fan waving an American flag.
This upset me, because I thought that he had an Americans vs. Canadians mentality and that the U.S. team was superior. I found this odd because most of the Carolina players either were native Canadians or from other countries, mostly European.
If only I had watched the entire game.
After reading my column online, a few people from the Atlantic Coast set me straight about what really was going on at that game.
I'm thankful they took the time to write.
A season-ticket holder sent me an e-mail about the man who waves the flags.
As she put it "If our Swede, Nic Wallin, scores a goal or lays out a big hit, he waves the flag of Sweden. If one of our Canadian players scores a goal, he waves the Canadian flag, etc. When Marting Gerber is in net and makes a great save -- yup, the Swiss flag is flown."
Another fan, from Richmond, Va., pointed out that Carolina fans belted out the Canadian national anthem before games that were played at Carolina's RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C.
Likewise, he said Edmonton Oilers fans in attendance sang the "Star-Spangled Banner," as they did when the song was played before games in Edmonton.
The man appreciated the gesture by Edmonton fans and wrote, "I'll remember the pre-game to games 5, 6 and 7 maybe more than anything about this series," referring to the Stanley Cup Finals.
I was quick to scold an American for making the finals nationalistic, but there are some Canadians who don't take kindly to the Americans playing "their" game.
The Richmond man mentioned that an Oilers fan in Edmonton held a sign that said: "Hockey is CANADA's Game."
He also discussed distasteful memories of America's national anthem being played in Montreal and "boisterous jeering" of the USA's world junior team in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Another fan, Thomas Wharry, who is from Tega Cay, S.C., also e-mailed me about the column. In an interview Sunday, he also mentioned that event in Vancouver, which took place last winter.
"Vancouver fans booed the American national anthem and rooted for Russia to beat the United States, so I think there's a lot of animosity between the two countries for that reason," Wharry said.
As for the NHL playoffs, Wharry was pleased that fans from both teams sang, with respect, the national anthem of the visiting team's country.
"In this particular series, the Edmonton fans were very classy," Wharry said. "They sang the American national anthem very loud."
In addition, Wharry said the fan-waving flags from the various countries was good for the NHL.
"I think it's great for the league," Wharry said. "The National Hockey League is a very international league."
According to Wharry, through the NHL's history, roughly 200 different countries have been represented on teams' rosters.
That would give the NHL a very legitimate international flavor.
Wharry also liked to see flags of player's countries waved as well.
"I think it makes them feel good to see their flag on TV when their player scores or does something nice," Wharry said.
The South Carolina resident said he didn't know the name of the fan. In fact, Wharry said he thought it was possible that the league might have placed someone in the crowd to wave the various flags.
"That wouldn't surprise me at all," Wharry said. "I think the NHL is trying to market itself worldwide and it would do that to make itself look better I guess."
Either way, I owe someone an apology.
Whether he was an actual fan or someone the NHL supplied, the multiple flag waving gesture is a nice token of goodwill in my book.
Wharry had grown tired of the Canadian media portraying Raleigh as a "backwards hick town" and my column seemed like more of the same to him.
Wharry said he found my column on the Internet as a link from a hockey Web site called Kukla's Korner, www.kuklaskorner.com.
Thank goodness for the World Wide Web. If it weren't for the Internet, some hockey enthusiasts on the East Coast likely wouldn't have read my column.
Next time I'll tune in for all three periods.
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During the whole month of April, young feminists share stories and opinions by blogging and commenting on kickaction.ca.
The idea is to have a bunch of bloggers converge on one site to write about a given topic, allowing readers to read a variety of takes on a subject.
The kickAction Blogging Carnival runs for four weeks, with a new blogging theme every week, starting April 1st. Entries can be but are not limited to: letters of opinion, photo essays, poetry, short stories, vlogs, and interviews.
Themes for the 2017 Blogging Carnival
April 1st - 8th: Racism and islamophobia
April 9th - 15th: Is feminism white?
April 16th - 24th: Being a young Indigenous woman in Canada
April 25th - 30th: Self-Love and Self-Care: how do I take care of myself in difficult times?
Each week we will publish the contribution to one category.
Visit kickaction2017.wordpress.com to discover the creations of young inspiring women bloggers!


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GDM is the GNOME Display Manager, a graphical login program; Ubuntu and Xubuntu use GDM by default.
This howto does not apply for Kubuntu, which uses KDM, the KDE Display manager.
How to auto-login into your Desktop environment:
sudo gdmsetup
Select the Security Tab,
Flag the "Enable Automatic Login",
Select your name from the drop down menu,
Select Close.
From now on your pc wil auto login to your username.
How to set up a new theme for GDM:
First make sure to have the universe repositories set up
sudo apt-get install gdm-themes
Now run
sudo gdmsetup
When gdmsetup opens, you see a list of themes you can select from.
Select your preferred theme and close gdmsetup, done.
This step is not needed if you have downloaded a theme from art.gnome.org and wish to add it.
Then you select, after opening gdmsetup, add, then select the package you downloaded, click install and gdmsetup will install the newly downloaded theme for you. (Dont extract the downloaded package yourself!)
Of course this also goes for all other distros that use gdm exept for the "sudo apt-get install gdm-themes" bit.


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[JULY 18] LET'S MEET THE WORLD: Uruguay
Uruguay is a country in the southeastern part of South America with the population of 88% European descent. It offers a high standard of living, a pleasant climate and surroundings and a high level of education. The country, sharing boarders with Brazil and Argentina, is second smallest nation and the one of the most economically developed countries in the South America. Its capital city is Montevideo and official language of the country is Spanish.
<Uruguay Pavilion>
Uruguay Pavilion is organized under the theme of sustainable development of marine resource and activity. Great marine information of resource used and prevented is provided to the visitors and the Pavilion informs the importance of our ocean. Moreover, the visitors are able to share the 600km of Uruguayan coast through the twelve imaging poles.
<The Inside of Uruguay Pavilion>
The special events that the Pavilion provided for National Day were the rhythmical drum show, Candombe that is originated from ancient African-Uruguayan and the piano concert of global pianist, Hugo Fattoruso. Especially, for the climax show, Mr. Fattoruso composed the stage with the traditional performance, Candombe. It was not only a meeting of the classical and the modern but also an encountering of the future.


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Droga5 Looks To The Future For Nature's Bounty
ByRobert Goldrich
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This new campaign from Droga5 New York for Nature's Bounty features people interacting with their future selves. Each character is pleasantly surprised to see how well they're doing years from now thanks to the care they've taken by using Nature's Bounty health-promoting products. However, there's also something unexpected as in this spot entitled "Stuck" when a guy gets a crystal ball glimpse of himself stuck in an air duct. As we see his future self waiting to be extricated, we're informed there's a funny story behind it as laughter breaks out among those around him, including his would-be rescuers.
David Shafei directed "Stuck" via production house WW7.
Client Nature's Bounty Broadline & Optimal Agency Droga5 New York David Droga, creative chairman; Ted Royer, chief creative officer; Matt Ian, group creative director; Ulrika Karlberg, copywriter; Felipe Mollica, art director; Sally-Ann Dale, chief creation officer; Brett Fisher, sr. broadcast producer; Leah Donnenberg, broadcast producer; Rob Trostle, executive design director; Cliff Lewis, head of art production; Jonny Bauer, global chief strategy officer; Ramon Jimenez, group strategy director; Danielle Vasan, sr. strategist; PJ Mongell, strategist; Elsa Stahura, sr. communications strategist; Kevin Wilkerson, communications strategist. Production WW7 David Shafei, director; Damian Acevedo, DP; Josh Ferrazzano, exec producer; Bo Clancey, producer; Jerrod Littlejohn, production designer; Dominie Till, makeup. Editorial NO6 Jason MacDonald, editor; Ling Chua, assistant editor; Corina Dennison, exec producer; Laura Molinaro, producer. Postproduction Eight VFX Juliet Tierney, exec producer; Michael McCarthy, producer; Jean-Marc Demmer, creative director; Fabian Coupez, Joe Chiao, VFX lead. Color Company 3 Tim Masick, colorist. Music Beacon Street Studios Audio Post Heard City Evan Mangiamele, Keith Reynaud, mixers; Gloria Pitagorsky, managing director; Sasha Awn, exec producer; Talia Rodgers, producer.
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Sometimes things just pile upon you. I'm not talking necessarily bad things, but just how you happily coast along quiet weeks when nothing happens, and then suddenly all the events and occurrences of the month happen in the same week. I am in one of those weeks, and I find myself almost wishing that it was next Monday (Monday, people, Monday!), as that marks the beginning of what will hopefully be a normal, quiet week.
I have been squeezing some knitting time, in a (probably misguided and futile) attempt at keeping me sane. Most of this knitting time has happened during my work commute, but as a result, my Pluto for Planet Woodland Shawl (ignore the silly name) is coming on. I probably knit about half a pattern repeat when I took it with me on holidays, but now it's finally starting to prosper.
I have also been doing some crochet: I've finally carried on with my GIR, after deciding that I wanted to start with 6 stitches instead of 8, and I've reawaken the tachikoma, which I'm making up all on my own. Smithers was a big fan of tachikomas, so I figured it was about time I continued with it. Even if he can't see it now.
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Week event pile-up
Sometimes things just pile upon you. I'm not talking necessarily bad things, but just how you happily coast along quiet weeks when nothing happens, and then suddenly all the events and occurrences of the month happen in the same week. I am in one of those weeks, and I find myself almost wishing that it was next Monday (Monday, people, Monday!), as that marks the beginning of what will hopefully be a normal, quiet week.
Saturday, 26 September 2009
ABC-along catch-up: R & S
I'm not very good at this regular blogging business, right? I'm trying to catch up on the abc-along, and then hopefully there will be some real posts. I haven't done a lot of knitting lately, mainly reading (and then repairing my computer when it crashed and needed a completely brain wipe, then a new graphics card), but I'm back on track.
R is for rug
I know most of you have seen my old living room rug, because I take a lot of knitting pictures on it! It was a nice cheap rug from IKEA, which served us well, but we wanted to replace it with something on which the spilled wine wouldn't show as much.
And now I have a new rug!
S is for Seafood soup
Continuing on the food theme, S is for seafood soup.
Ingredients (serves 2)
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 1/2 tin of chopped tomatoes
- ~250 g mixed seafood
- 100 g fish (we use the "fish pie mix")
- 1/2 pint chicken stock
- ~75 ml white wine
- butter
- herbs (basil, thyme, marjoram, oregano)
Melt some butter in a pot, and slowly heat the onions and garlic until softened.
Add the tomatoes, stock, a small glass of water, the wine and herbs, and simmer for ~ 25 minutes.
Add the seafood and fish, heat up, then simmer for 6-8 more minutes
Serve with nice bread and enjoy!
Finally, S is accidentally on time for Smithers. Smithers was one of my friends from university, who died this week after being hit by a bus. He was knocked unconscious immediately, so at least he did not suffer.
Smithers was a very kind and gentle person, incredibly intelligent, and with the type of enthusiasm that is contagious and actually makes things happen. We are all a bit more poor with this loss. I have accepted his death on an intellectual level, but I haven't yet truly understood what it really means. The concept of Smithers is no longer alive is too surreal to understand.
Sunday, 20 September 2009
In the last week or so, I...
- went to the Last Night of the Proms, and it was a lot of fun
- spent some very nice days in Lille, eating an awful lot of melted cheese and drinking wine
- have barely knit anything, but read lots
- rested a lot, and feel almost human (hurrah for 10 hrs of sleep a day!)
- started therapy again, but I can't tell how it's going yet
- managed to badly crash my desktop
- have moved onto my very old, very wine-stained laptop
- am about to go see District 9
- have become even more insane and plan to finish my Hanami stole in two weeks (did I mention I'm only a bit past the half-way point?)
Friday, 11 September 2009
The blog silence continues
Tiredness sucks. And makes everything worse. I'm sure with time it will get better, but for now going to the gym (40 min gentle exercise) leaves me even more exhausted for 2-3 days after each visit.
I'm starting this evening (in 20 min!) my much-deserved holidays, so hopefully a lot of rest and nice things will recharge my batteries. There will be pictures when I come back!
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Bluerose socks (FO)
Yesterday I went to the local CFS clinic. This was a very scary trip for me; I've been very tired for the last 15 months for no obvious reason, and while I really want to know why, I did not want to have CFS.
Turns out that I don't (I don't fulfil enough of the criteria for it), which simply means we still don't know what is wrong with me, but I needed all my strength, and wore my Bluerose Socks to my appointment.
Let's talk about socks now!
Technical details
Ravelry project page
Pattern: Blackrose socks (Knitty|Ravelry)
Yarn: Organic Cotton Sock yarn, by YarnAddict Anni
Needles: 2.5mm dpns
Notes: Very quick pattern, and very easy repeat. I really enjoyed making these socks. The heel was fun to turn.
The yarn is an absolute dream, unbelievably soft. It does shed, though, and my toes were fuzzy and blue when I finally took the socks off. But it doesn't matter. I want to fill a bathtub with this yarn and bathe in it.
I used a modified version of Under Dutch Skies' Anatomically correct toes, but without actually tracing my feet. I decreased 1 stitch every other row on the pinky side until I had done a quarter of the decreases, and then decreased 1 stitch every other row on the big toe, and 1 stitch every row on the pinky. There were some adjustments on the decreases to make all the decreases fit nicely on the length of the toe, but that was the jest of it.
My socks and I are ready to go to work!


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Vol 2 - Better Days
Following the example of the first book in the series, this one begins with a letter from one of Serenity's crew members: Adam Baldwin who played Jayne Cobb, the "Hero of Canton." It's nice to see his words, the excitement he had for the show and his characters, and his admiration for Joss Whedon. It's a great way to start a book.
Another day, another crime for the crew of Serenity, and another chance for things to go epically wrong. This chapter in the story focuses around two men hunting down the crew for very different reasons, one to get revenge on Mal and his crew for destroying something he created for a job, and an Alliance Special Ops guy looking to take in a former terrorist. Of course there is action, misunderstanding, chaos, and humor as the crew deals with this new problem.
Again, I loved the story!
Vol. 3 - The Shepherd's Tale
One of the biggest mysteries in the series has been Shepherd Book's past. How is it that the priest is so good at fighting, knows so much about the internal workings of the Alliance, feels such heavy guilt? Well, here is the glimpse into his past that fans have been waiting for. And it is everything I could have asked for and more.
Being a graphic novel, and I suspect it would have been the same if this story had been told in an episode, there is little space for a story to completely unfold, and Book's story goes way back in his life. But using a reverse timeline and focusing on pretty pivotal moments, this chapter gives us a ton of insight on Book! A great addiction to the story in my opinion.
In a change of protocol this chapter is ended with a letter to the reader. Instead of getting words from Chris Samnee, the man who played Book, we instead get Zack Whedon's take on this story line, the man who actually wrote it. And it lends the perfect parting words for this character and his story.


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Main → Afghanistan → Velayat Kapisa → Seh Padar
Map of Seh Padar Velayat Kapisa, Afghanistan
Other Names: Seh Padar,Seh Pādār,Sikhpadar,sh padar,سه پادار,سه پدر, Seh Padar
Seh Padar
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Map of Seh Padar
- Country: Afghanistan
- Province: Velayat Kapisa
- Category: populated place
- Altitude: 0 m
- Population: 0
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- Local Time: 21:29
- Sunrise: 04:37
- Sunset: 19:10
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*LBN-NOTICED: ***Kristen Stewart having dinner at Gracias Madre in West Hollywood. ***Madonna dining with her formerly estranged son, Rocco, and his pals at Vandal in NYC. ***US Ambassador to Hungary Donald Blinken at a party for the Budapest Festival Orchestra hosted by Sylvia Hemingway at her home in Bridgehampton. ***Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, James Franco and Jeremy Irons hanging out at Amy Sacco's Bungalow 8 pop-up at the Bauer Hotel during the Venice Film Festival.
- The mind is typically defined as the organized totality or system of all mental processes or psychic activities of an individual.
- Many philosophers hold that the brain is a detector of the mind and that the mind is an inner, subjective state of consciousness.
- Philosophers have used a variety of metaphors to describe the mind, including a blank sheet, a hydraulic device with different forces operating in it, or a television switchboard.
- Attempts to understand the mind go back at least to the ancient Greeks. Plato, for example, believed that the mind acquired knowledge through virtue, independently of sense experience. Descartes and Leibniz also believed the mind gained knowledge through thinking and reasoning—or, in other words, rationalism.
- In contrast to rationalists, empiricists, such as Aristotle, John Locke, and David Hume, believe that the mind gains knowledge from experience.
- Combining both rationalism and empiricism, Kant argued that human knowledge depends on both sense experience and innate capacities of the mind.
- Scientists are unsure if other types of animals have a mind or if some man-made machines could ever possess a mind.
- Historically, there have been three major schools of thought that describe the relationship of the brain and the mind: 1) dualism, which holds that the mind exists independently from the brain; 2) materialism, which argues that the mind is identical to the physical processes of the brain; and 3) idealism, which posits that only mental phenomena exist.
- Scientists propose that the human mind evolved largely through the sexual choices our ancestors made, similar to the way a peacock's tail evolved through sexual selection.Brand names have a strong influence on the mind
- In one study, a group of experimenters were given unlabeled samples of both Pepsi and Coke. Not a single tester could tell the difference between the two. The test was repeated with the correct labels attached. Three out of the four testers chose Coke. In fact, the Coke label activated parts of the brain associated with the mind (memory, self-image, and culture) that the Pepsi label didn't.
- Most scientists argue that there is no evidence that playing classical music to babies increases the power of their mind. However, children who learn to play a musical instrument can develop their mental skills further than those who don't learn a musical instrument.
- Early-life stress negatively affects the mind. Abuse, neglect, and harsh or inconsistent discipline in early life increases the risk of depression and anxiety as well as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.
- The term "mind" is from the Old English gemynd, or "memory," and the Proto-Indo-European verbal root *men-, meaning "to think, remember." The use of "mind" to refer to all mental faculties, thought, feelings, memory, and volition developed gradually over the 14th and 15th centuries.
- The NSF estimates that a human brain produces as many as 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day, depending on how deep a thinker a person is. Most of the so-called random daily thoughts are about our social environment and ourselves.
- Buddha described the mind as being filled with drunken monkeys who jumped, screeched, and chatted endlessly. Fear, according to Buddha, was an especially loud monkey. Buddha taught meditation as a way to tame the "drunken monkeys" in the mind.
*LBN-BOOK NEWS: ***Amy Schumer's book, "The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo" — despite being No. 1 on the best-seller list for two weeks — is a disappointment, sources say. Although it sold 36,000 hardcover copies in its first week, Simon & Schuster paid $9 million for the funny memoir. "The publishers are hugely disappointed. They are going to lose a ton of money," an industry insider told me.
"Wolfram|Alpha is more than a search engine. It gives you access to the world's facts and data and calculates answers across a range of topics, including science, nutrition, history, geography, engineering, mathematics, linguistics, sports, finance, music… and more."
*LBN-SPOTLIGHT: Woody Allen The Dean Martin Show:https://youtu.be/L5VcVtvzwKs
*LBN-COMMENTARY by Don Victor Cisternino: Been wanting to drop Wells Fargo for a while now anyway. Worst customer service I have ever seen, and now this. It encapsulates so much of what is wrong in our society. It's also a huge lie. In 1997 I made about 35K as an operations guy at a wall street investment firm, hated the culture there. In 98 I moved to LA and got back to doing things I loved; music, acting, writing. Before long, somebody noticed; His name was Sid Levin. That year I made over 100K as an actor, and I was only 22 years old. 18 years later, I'm a partner at the same agency. My point; Follow your heart, follow your dreams; don't follow the money; it will come from you doing what you love.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Each and everything in universe propagate its identity , we need only to detect this identity to know about each and everything.
if we have complete information of a system and also have information regarding to future of the system , then there is no uncertainity or infinities for us.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Time has three parts- Present , Past and Future. these parts have connectivity. If at a particular moment an object or medium exits in all three points like present ,past and future point whether these points are far at a string level or from the big bang point to current expansion point of universe level SO for this Object Or Medium has no barrier of Time , Space , and Speed . Its means by help of this medium we can travel anywhere in space at any speed , can travel in past or future .
There is only One thing which exit everywhere in universe- DARK ENERGY.
There is only One thing which exit everywhere in universe- DARK ENERGY.
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Vegan MOFO 2013 Begins!
Happy Labor Day weekend everyone! Boy can time fly when you are having fun. October of 2003 I became a vegan. Why you ask? I had health issues whenever I ate animal products. Sick tummy, lethargic, just down right yucky. Granted I had been basically vegetarian for most of my life, but just didn't realize it. We would all go to McDonald's (yikes) for breakfast and I would order a sausage McMuffin without the sausage, just cheese and bread please. Thank God they use processed cheese, which I am not even sure it has any dairy in it, because I found out after years of being sick that I am allergic to dairy. Sure my tummy would not be happy after I ate it, but it was nothing like when I ate the sausage. Then we would all go out to a restaurant and everyone would order steak, me too. But I would only taste the corner and then put it in a doggie bag for my hubby's lunch the next day. I could however devour that baked potato and salad. This is how I lived for many years. I would say 90% vegetarian and 10% omnivore.
After being tested on how my digestive system works with different foods I found out that my body just doesn't digest animal products well. Hence the sick tummy, blotting and other nasty stuff. What to do? Pray and as I did it was as though I heard Heavenly Father speak to me, "Just do it. Go all the way and you will feel better." I talked to my hubby and from that day on I went 100% vegan. When I first began I just did it on my own. Went to the local health food store and sought out every thing vegan and went from there. Then, and I don't know when, I got the grand idea to search the internet. Some of the first blogs and websites I found were Susan's, Dreena's, and Bryanna's and I continue to this day go to them for recipes, ideas, and questions. Of course, since then I have found hundreds of wonderful bloggers and fellow plant based people whom I gather information and make friends with.
With all that said, here is a perfect dish for this Labor Day weekend from Susan,
I really missed that creamy carrot salad from the salad bars, but knowing they were made with mayonnaise, which contains eggs and dairy I figured I was going to have to learn to live without it. Sure, I could make my own with one of the many vegan mayo's out there, but they all seem to have so much fat in them, which my body does not need so stumbling upon this recipe from Susan was exciting!
Only six ingredients, some time in the fridge, and in no time at all you can put this together for tomorrow's celebration! I made mine with fresh squeezed orange juice, but Susan enjoys using lemon, which I have not tried. I also like to make mine the day ahead and let the flavors meld over night. Susan makes printing the recipes oh so easy. Just click on the print button at the top right hand corner of her recipe. Oh and while you're there check out her photo's of this dish. They are fantastic. My phone camera just doesn't do justice to this dish.
Question of the day?
What is your favorite salad to bring to celebrations and family gatherings?


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It's pretty needless to say that I've been gone for far too long from the blogging world. A TON has happened in the last while. My laptop's out in remission again, but Brandon is letting me use his old family laptop until I get mine back. So hopefully I'll be able to blog more often.
I guess I'll just give a brief little overview of my life in the last couple months. At the end of August I quit my job at Orange Soda, moved into an adorable house in downtown Provo, and ended my relationship with Brandon, the boy I had been dating. It was definitely a LOT of change at one time, but it was really good for me I think. It was a good turning point in my life, and it was a really good time for self discovery. Finding out who I am and what I need to accomplish in life. My house is amazing and absolutely perfect for me. It is, however, 3 houses away from Brandon's, but I never saw him, so it was good.
Anyway, in that month, I did a lot of thinking as far as school, work, and overall life. The idea of a mission came up a few times, as well. And I'm also considering the Art Institute of Sandy to continue my interest in Photography, which would be awesome. Anyway, I started a job at a restaurant that was opening, Spark Restaurant Lounge, and worked there for about a month. Then, I sadly lost the job due to a terrible manager who fired half of the staff. It was pretty ridiculous, but I'm pretty over it now. So now I am currently on the job hunt. I also began dating Brandon again. And I can't even begin to express how happy I am in this relationship. Words cannot even describe how much healthier it is, and how strong we are together as well as individually. :)
So.....If anyone happens to know of any job openings.. ;) eh? eh?
Oh! And of course, my beloved twin sister got married as well. Marci + William Watson on October the 9th. It was a good day :) and I couldn't be happier for them! So...Here I am in my life. Kind of in a state of limbo, but a happy limbo. :) I have a lot of options to choose from, and that's a good and bad feeling. mostly good.
But YES. I will be back shortly with new music/movies/and love to give.
I hope everyone is enjoying this month! It's probably the most fun month ever! I love pumpkins/haunted houses/candy/costumes/fall. It's basically the best..ever.
So if I don't get a chance to say it before then, Happy Halloween, everyone!!
Monday, October 27, 2008
2 comments:
- ashley|josh said...
she was a really good friend of mine in high school :)
- October 28, 2008 at 8:07 PM
- kelli said...
crazy!!! thanks for reading my blog, girlfriend :D
- October 28, 2008 at 11:39 PM
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Hypnotherapists was first found in the the past by the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians as a treatment art. Until today, it has progressed over the years and has been used to cure a wide range of diseases, even alcohol addiction. It has been proven to be safe and efficient and has been implemented by many medical care experts as an alternative therapy. But until what level is hypnotherapy efficient for alcoholism? Let's find out.
As we all know, the treatment effect of hypnotherapy varies from its hypnotism effects and pleasure capabilities. It can help nervous and stiff individuals rest by putting them in a comfortable perspective. The addiction of liquor consuming is something that has been included into the ideas by individuals who drink constantly due to their social childhood. A wide range of resources give rise to this addiction such as the part of press and advertising, fellow impact, and perform related pressure.
Unfortunately, many believe that hypnotherapy does not perform straight on the causes, but instead help reduce the warning signs of liquor urges which lead to excessive consuming. For example, we excessive on liquor because we want a form of escapism from the pressure and problems of work/our boss/our partners. The part of hypnotherapy is more to calming the brain of the topic rather than brainwashing the topic into being comfortable.
We are also aware that many of the "triggers" of liquor urges and hence binge cannot be prevented. Therefore, hypnotherapy has a big part to perform in this area. It can cure the warning signs of alcohol addiction such as liquor drawback problem and rest the topic. Hypnotherapists in addition to guidance and the release of strengthening ideas and ideas can create a powerful cutting-edge in sufferers experiencing alcohol addiction.
In summary, a good hypnotherapy routine in addition to sufficient guidance can help liquor lovers cure warning signs of drawback and prevent liquor urges. Counsellors and experts have an important part to perform in helping sufferers be genuine and help them to achieve them.