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Legalizing pot may confuse teens into thinking it's safe
A high school English teacher in New York — let's call her Ms. McDonald — has lately noticed more kids coming to class high on marijuana. She can tell. When they're high, they're spacey and unfocused, she says. Plus, she adds, "They talk pretty openly about it. It's considered very normal."
Normal? What gives teens that idea, asks Magdalena Cerdá. She works at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, in Sacramento. As an epidemiologist, she tracks down causes of disease or unhealthy trends.
Marijuana use by kids certainly is not healthy, notes Stephen Wallace. He directs the Center for Adolescent Research and Education in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Some teens who regularly use pot develop mental-health problems, Wallace notes. These could include anxiety, depression and even psychosis (Sy-KOH-sis). That last condition is where people can't tell what is real and what they are imagining.
Other problems linked to using pot include making working memory worse, he points out. Working memory is a brain function we need to understand language. It also helps us remember — for example — a math formula long enough to use it to do homework. Bad working memory can therefore lead to bad grades.
Yet if adolescents think pot is "no big deal," Cerda wondered, might they become more likely to use it? In search of answers, she started reading research studies. They showed that compared to 25 years ago, fewer adolescents now think marijuana use is risky.
Cerdá knew that some states were making marijuana legal. Nineteen states allow adults to buy pot with a doctor's prescription. Seven states have made non-medical use legal. That means adults can buy it as they would alcohol.
These laws only apply to adults. Buying and using pot is still illegal for minors. But Cerdá wondered how the new laws might be affecting teen attitudes and use of the drug. To find out, her team started its own study.
Based on a quarter-million U.S. teens
Her team used a survey called Monitoring the Future. Researchers collect data for it every year. They ask eighth, tenth and twelfth graders in U.S. schools about their use of, and attitudes about, alcohol and other drugs. Cerdá's team focused on data from 253,902 students in the states of Washington and Colorado. Both of these states legalized non-medical use of marijuana in 2012. The team looked at the years 2010 through 2015. This let them concentrate on use and attitudes before and after pot became legal.
First, Washington: After 2012, a sense that this drug was risky went down among eighth and tenth graders. It fell by an average of 15 percent. In states where pot stayed illegal, the sense that it was risky went down by an average of only 6 percent among students in those grades. After the Washington law changed, the number of teens who used pot in the month before they had been surveyed increased 2 percent among eighth graders. It increased 4.1 percent among tenth graders.
This pattern bucked a trend seen in states where the drug stayed illegal. There, pot use dropped by 1.3 percent among eighth graders. It dropped by almost 1 percent among tenth graders.
There was no change in the drug's use or attitudes among high-school seniors in Washington. The researchers have a theory about why. Maybe these older teens had already made up their minds about pot.
Cerdá's team also saw no real change in attitudes on pot among students of any age in Colorado. This could have to do with how Colorado legalized the use of medical marijuana in 2000, Cerdá says. Kids saw posters and TV ads about the issue. This may have given them the idea that pot was normal and beneficial. By the time the drug's non-medical use was legalized, the kids' attitudes may already have been shaped by its legal medical use.
The results of Cerdá's study appear in the February JAMA Pediatrics.
What's good for adults may not be good for teens
Cerdá hopes states will try not to make pot seem glamorous. "Research shows that non-attractive labels around tobacco were important" to keep kids off cigarettes, she says. "Maybe some of these same lessons should be applied to marijuana."
Christopher Hammond agrees. He's a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md. "When Colorado legalized medical marijuana use, they allowed for advertising," he notes. He now thinks that may have made teens open to trying it. That could have led to them use pot regularly.
And what's disturbing, he notes: "We don't have any information on who can experiment with marijuana and not go on to develop problems."
Hammond, too, worries about kids using pot. Some marijuana use may have positive effects for adults, he says. But he adds, "When you start to use it regularly as a teenager, it has harmful consequences." Several studies have shown brain changes in regular teen users of pot. These include lower brain volume in regions used to process information. The consequences could be long lasting. "Your brain doesn't stop developing when you're 18," says Hammond. It matures into your late 20s. Some of those still-maturing parts "are the regions we know are more sensitive to marijuana exposure," Hammond says.
For these and a host of other reasons, Wallace would like fewer teens to think pot is safe. He'd also like to see a drop in the number of them who use it.
Early pot use can affect a person's ability to think and focus. It can make it hard to plan and multitask. It can harm short-term memory and lower IQ in regular teen users, says Hammond. Plus, he adds, "It's unclear if that drop in IQ ever catches back up if you stop using."
The drug also can be addictive. Leslie Walker-Harding heads pediatrics at Penn State Children's Hospital in Hershey, Pa. Four in 10 people who use pot as kids develop a drug-abuse problem, she notes. That rate is four times higher than is seen in adult users.
For all of these reasons, when people ask Wallace, "What level of use is acceptable among young people?" he answers "zero!"
More states are set to legalize pot. This has experts wondering how to change the way teens think about it. Getting rid of attractive ads might help. And for middle- and high school students, Cerdá adds, "States should maybe think about investing in evidence-based substance-abuse programs." She thinks that might help protect vulnerable kids from the risks of drug use.
When it comes to pot, her message is simple: "Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's good for you."
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addicted Unable to control the use of a habit-forming drug or to forego an unhealthy habit (such as video game playing or phone texting). It results from an illness triggered by brain changes that occur after using some drugs or engaging in some extremely pleasurable activities. People with an addiction will feel a compelling need to engage in some behavior, such as using a drug (which can be alcohol, the nicotine in tobacco, a prescription drug or an illegal chemical such as cocaine or heroin) — even when the user knows that doing so risks severe health or legal consequences.
adolescence A transitional stage of physical and psychological development that begins at the onset of puberty, typically between the ages of 11 and 13, and ends with adulthood.
anxiety A nervous reaction to events causing excessive uneasiness and apprehension. People with anxiety may even develop panic attacks.
average (in science) A term for the arithmetic mean, which is the sum of a group of numbers that is then divided by the size of the group.
behavior The way a person or other organism acts towards others, or conducts itself.
depression (in medicine) A mental illness characterized by persistent sadness and apathy. Although these feelings can be triggered by events, such as the death of a loved one or the move to a new city, that isn't typically considered an "illness" — unless the symptoms are prolonged and harm an individual's ability to perform normal daily tasks (such as working, sleeping or interacting with others). People suffering from depression often feel they lack the energy needed to get anything done. They may have difficulty concentrating on things or showing an interest in normal events. Many times, these feelings seem to be triggered by nothing; they can appear out of nowhere.
drug abuse A term for the condition where people may become dependent or even addicted to alcohol, tobacco or other types of drugs (either street drugs or prescription medications). These people do not use drugs to treat a medical condition but as an unhealthy way to alter the way they think, feel or respond to outside stimuli.
epidemiologist Like health detectives, these researchers figure out what causes a particular illness and how to limit its spread.
high school A designation for grades nine through 12 in the U.S. system of compulsory public education. High-school graduates may apply to colleges for further, advanced education.
marijuana A mind-altering drug. It is made from the leaves (and sometimes stems or seeds) of the Cannabis sativa plant. This drug also goes by the colloquial terms pot and weed.
minors Children and adolescents below an age that would make them legally adults.
pediatrics A field of medicine that has to do with children and especially child health. A doctor who works in this field is known as a pediatrician.
perception The state of being aware of something — or the process of becoming aware of something — through use of the senses.
psychosis A potentially frightening symptom associated with some types of mental illness. In it, someone loses the ability to recognize what is real. Affected people may claim to see, hear or believe things that aren't real. They may also develop strange thoughts, behaviors and feelings — such as being convinced that someone is out to get them.
risk The chance or mathematical likelihood that some bad thing might happen. For instance, exposure to radiation poses a risk of cancer. Or the hazard — or peril — itself. Among cancer risks that people can face are radiation and drinking water tainted with arsenic.
short-term memory (also known as primary memory) The small amount of memory held actively in the mind for a short period of time, such as the series of digits in a telephone number.
survey (v.) To ask questions that glean data on the opinions, practices (such as dining or sleeping habits), knowledge or skills of a broad range of people. Researchers select the number and types of people questioned in hopes that the answers these individuals give will be representative of others who are their age, belong to the same ethnic group or live in the same region. (n.) The list of questions that will be offered to glean those data.
working memory The ability to hold something in the mind for a short period of time and to adapt it for use, such as hearing a sequence of numbers, then reciting them backwards.
Journal: M. Cerdá et al. "Association of state recreational marijuana laws with adolescent marijuana use," JAMA Pediatrics. Vol. 171, February 2017, p. 142. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics2016.3624.
Journal: J. Jacobus and S.F. Tapert. Effects of Cannabis on the adolescent brain. Current Pharmaceutical Design. Vol. 20, 2014, p. 2186. doi: 10.2174/13816128113199990426.


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The mini mental state examination
- Inroduction
- A breakdown of the test
- The meaning of the name 'Mini Mental State Examination'
- The use of MMSE
- The faults of MMSE
- Conclusion
- Works cited
The Mini Mental State Examination has been a common tool amongst psychologist and doctors for over 25 years. Marshall F. Folstein, Susan E. Folstein, and Paul R. McHugh developed the test in 1975 (Albanese). Since then doctors and researchers alike have tested its accuracy and usefulness. It has been used to treat and diagnose people with dementia, Alzheimer's, and schizophrenia. The main goal of this test is to assess the patient's mental cognitive impairment status and/or overall mental functions. Cognitive impairment can be defined as a brain disorder that affects patient's thinking. Patients with cognitive impairment experience symptoms like memory loss, disorientation, and confusion. Cognitive impairment is a side effect of mental disorders like dementia and Alzheimer's. Patients with these kinds of disorders usually experience extreme memory loss that can severely disrupt their lives.
[...] Highest Total Score: 30 points As you can see, The Mental Measurement State Examination is a fairly simple test for those of us with average cognitive and mental functions. But for those who have Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, or dementia this test can be very challenging. Patients with a score of 23 or higher are considered ?normal?. Patients who score between 22-21 are considered ?mildly impaired?; 20-10 are ?moderately impaired? and patients who score under nine are considered ?seriously impaired? (Albanese). The name ?Mini-Mental State Examination? is actually reflective of the and this test was created. [...]
[...] This can obviously affect his or her concentration and as a result the scores might not reflect the patient's actual mental functions. A qualified examiner should consider these circumstances. There are also a lot of questions and concerns surrounding the MMSE instruction manual. For instance, Fostein et al recommends that patients' results should be divided into four categories depending on their score: normal mild moderate (20-11) and severe (10-0). What they neglect to do is define these terms or even explain why the scores are divided in that way (Albanese). [...]

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So Camp NaNoWriMo is open (as if I'd let you forget that!)
Not only am I experiencing the usual angst of accepting the 50,000 word challenge but I'm also realizing I have a few well developed writing quirks.
Headset on and MP3 loaded I begin. Soon I realize I forgot to turn the music on. Fix that. Now my head starts bopping as I write. Suddenly I'm trying to think of a word and my Sicilian comes out. Which means my hands leave the keyboard and start aimlessly waving in front of my face while I desperately try to get my brain to pull the word I want out of long term storage. Ah, found it. Then I notice the kids watching me and being disgusted with their weird Mom (teenagers you know). So I just close my eyes and keep on typing. Which really does help me cocoon away from reality but oh let me tell you how the eye rolling begins then!
I can't be the only one with weird little habits. So please, tell me some of yours.


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The frontman of a band who once opened the O2 Arena for Bon Jovi is on a fundraising mission in aid of soldiers affected by post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dan Leigh, who grew up in Harrow, is rivalling Facebook's 22 Push-Up Challenge with his own A Penny A Push-Up Challenge. Those partaking in social media's #22PushUpChallenge are tasked with doing 22 push-ups for 22 days, donating £5 to the charity Combat Stress and even posting videos of their efforts on Facebook.
Dan, 30, is trying to take things one step further while the band tours the UK, with the proceeds going to PTSD Resolution. He explains: "If you remember the ALS ice bucket challenge, everyone got involved and it raised so much. I saw recently that they've had breakthroughs because of all the money they raised. I got nominated for the #22PushUpChallenge a few times but I wanted to do something a bit different and gain sponsorship; also 22 push-ups is not something everybody can get involved in. I call mine A Penny A Push-Up Challenge. Hopefully those who cannot do 22 push-ups will sponsor me."
New Device have been touring the UK for around one month, performing at different venues and festivals including the brand new music festival in Bedfordshire, Fort Fest.
"It is a really great festival" Dan tells me. "It was really fun but it was a lot of hard work because I played with the band and then I played solo on the same day. So it was a lot of performing."
The band formed in 2008 and have been performing all over the country for many years, even supporting Bon Jovi at the O2 Arena in 2010.
The band are currently touring the UK to promote their new EP Devils on the Run, and Dan is seeking unusual places to complete his challenges.
"I wanted to make it a little bit entertaining. I've made videos while I've been on tour, some on the stage I have performed on or on the side of our van. Hopefully by the end of these 22 days I will have worked up a lot of reps.
"The condition is very close to my heart, I really feel for those who are going through this. I looked into it and there's a really great charity called PTSD Resolution. They take people through therapy and help them get back to their lives. A course of therapy for one soldier costs £550 so my aim is to raise £1,100 for two soldiers who have therapy. At the moment I've raised about £300."
To support Dan, visit justgiving.com/fundraising/Danielleighpushup.
You can see the band play at The Underworld, 174 Camden High Street, NBW1 0NE, Wednesday, September 14, 7pm. Details: 02074821932


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Now that most of us, and most hotels, have very nice TVs, and we can watch movies whenever we want on our mobile tablets and phones, a visit to the local movie theater just doesn't hold the same appeal it once did. But there is still something indefinable about watching a movie on a BIG screen – under the stars.
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Europe: Filmed on Location
Movies can make you want to visit a place, and they can also make you want to re-visit a place. Terry kathryn invites fellow travelers to name "movies that make you want to return to Europe? (tv shows too)" .


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On Nov. 22, 2011, Undersecretary Alberto T. Muyot, acting as DepEd Officer-in-Charge, issued DepEd Order No. 90 s. 2011, otherwise known as "GUIDELINES ON THE UTILIZATION OF DOWNLOADED FUNDS FOR MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF MOTHER TONGUE-BASED MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION (MTB-MLE) PROGRAM".
DepEd Order No. 90 s. 2011 should be a welcome step in the implemention of DepEd Order No. 74 s. 2009 (Institutionalizing Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education), EXCEPT for the glaring, perhaps egregious exclusion of ALL OF REGION II (BATANES, CAGAYAN, ISABELA, QUIRINO, and NUEVA VIZCAYA) from the initial List of Schools Implementing the MTB-MLE Program by Regions as per the first page of the DO #90 Enclosure:
Here's the distribution (by region) of schools initially participating in the MTB-MLE Program:
34 – Region I (Ilocos Region; San Fernando City, La Union)
87 – Region III (Central Luzon; San Fernando City, Pampanga)
84 – REGION IV-A (CALABARZON; Calamba City, Laguna)
48 – REGION IV-B (MIMAROPA; Calapan City)
20 – REGION V (Bicol Region; Legaspi City)
36 – REGION VI (Western Visayas; Iloilo City)
31 – REGION VII (Central Visayas; Cebu City)
27 – REGION VIII (Eastern Visayas; Tacloban)
33 – REGION IX (Zamboanga Peninsula; Zamboanga City)
278 – REGION X (Northern Mindanao; Cagayan de Oro)
38 – REGION XI (Davao Region; Davao City)
49 – REGION XII (SOCCSKSARGEN; General Santos City)
66 – REGION XIII (CARAGA Region; Butuan)
60 – CAR (Cordillera Administrative Region; Baguio City)
42 – NCR (National Capital Region/Metro Manila; Manila)
21 – ARMM (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao; Cotabato City)
We hope the omission of Region II is just a monumental typographical error. If not, there has to be some administrative justification and we sure would like to hear that.
From the list of schools chosen to initially participate in the MTB-MLE implementation, we also noticed an inordinately large number of schools in Tagalog/Filipino speaking areas, notably the regions NCR, CALABARZON, and parts of Region III (more than 130 schools). Now, if we consider the historical fact that DepEd started developing books, training teachers, and generally funding the whole effort to promote Tagalog, which then became Filipino, during the last 50-plus years, we surely must have amassed an enormous amount of knowledge and, yes, experience in and infrastructure for the Tagalog/Filipino speaking schools so much so that these schools should get lower or no priority in the initial MTB-MLE funding.
And as if to reenforce the perception that the powers-that-be at DepEd are in sync with the national political malaise of "to the victors belong the spoils" and "what are we in power for?", more than 500 of the 950 or so schools initially included in the List of Schools Implementing the MTB-MLE Program are from the Visayas and Mindanao (278 schools in Region X alone) — mostly Cebuano-speaking areas. I surmise the doctrine of fairness is largely a foreign concept within the power structure of DepEd.
Will you folks at home just pay your taxes meekly and gobble this up without a squawk?


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Klosterman on the Transcendent Interview
It's easy to compare the rock critic-turned-essayist Chuck Klosterman to Lester Bangs or even Hunter S. Thompson, but doesn't any vaguely gonzo rock critic-turned-essayist get compared to Lester Bangs or Hunter S. Thompson? Instead, let's just say that this North Dakota native is the author of four books, one novel, and, most recently, "Eating the Dinosaur," a collection of thought-pieces about ABBA, Ralph Sampson, and Truth.
Klosterman recently granted Book World a meta-interview.
Do you think an interview is an adversarial experience? Like a criminal trial?
Not always. Particularly since, over the last 5 or so years, I've done mostly -- for lack of a better term -- celebrity journalism. It's not adversarial like newspaper journalism. [But] there should be creative tension between interviewer and subject...If [an interview] doesn't have that aspect, it's a dull interview.
Is celebrity journalism too nice?
The ultimate motive for doing it wasn't that different from advertising to me. A lot of times you interview a band, or an actor, or a director, and they perceive the experience as a promo event. But a lot of times, I felt like...the reporter was going to feel the same way. I was very surprised -- when I moved to New York City and got involved with magazine journalism -- how many writers were interested in meeting celebrities and thought they could become friends with them and somehow exist in that world. I found that disenchanting. Newspapers are not like that. When I worked in [newspaper] arts and entertainment, if a band was going to be interviewed, the fact that you liked them eliminated you from the story.
Do you feel that your interviews -- I'm thinking about "Bending Spoons with Britney Spears" from Chuck Klosterman IV transcends that dry exchange?
I had 45 minutes with her. The assumption is that you can't do a good piece with that limited access...[but if] you want to ask questions that change or amplify or improve the way someone would experience [her] art, forty-five minutes is more than enough time. [Journalists assume that], if you spend a week with someone, you'll pick up on details of their life. But no one is ever going to act like themselves around a journalist. If somebody spent a month with me and wanted to write a story about me, I wouldn't be myself.
Is the self you present in your writing a caricature?
One of the things I like about book writing is that there are less conventions and less rules. You can use whatever means are the best to get the idea across. Is the person in "Killing Yourself to Live" me? Yes, but in the same way that, if I give a book reading, I act differently than I do in my life. The way I'm talking to you on the phone now is different than the way I would talk to you at a party. The person in that book is me, but elements are a construction.
So does this interview transcend advertising? Or would it be equally worthwhile to talk about the Philadelphia Phillies?
If we talked about the Philadlelphia Phillies, it might be more entertaining. It might be more interesting to someone with no interest in me or my book. If we talk about writing or about ["Eating the Dinosaur"], it could change the way someone experiences it.
You're asking a fundamental question I should be able to answer, but I can't. I'm tempted to make something up. But I know if I make something up, it won't serve the purpose. That's the weird thing about being interviewed. You're often asked questions about things you wouldn't think about normally, but because they are about you or about your worldview, you just end up kind of talking. I look back and read what I said and think "That's weird."
So interviews aren't a good way to get at fundamental truths?
Probably not. But that doesn't mean that they are worthless. I like good feature writing...but no matter how good a profile is, it's naïve to think that you understand the person in a real way. Like documentary filmmaking...no matter how good [a director] is, the medium and the technology and the perspective of the director are the main thing you learn about -- more than anything about the person they are documenting. I didn't always think this. I do feel that I have an advantage...I spent many years interviewing people and then spent a bunch of time being interviewed. It has made me understand the process and the value of interviewing more than the average person.
Does it bother you when people like me -- interviewers who aren't interested in sports -- don't ask you questions about sports?
That was one essay ["Football"] of all the essays in ["Eating the Dinosaur"], that's the one I enjoyed writing the most. People without out interest in sports won't appreciate or understand it. And a lot of my audience isn't interested in sports. I know -- I meet the people at my readings. [But] no. It doesn't bother me.
I feel incredibly fortunate that I'm able to sustain a career writing about things that interest me personally. I can't have the expectation that, if something is interesting to me, it isn't universally compelling. Any time I have ever tried to write something and anticipate what people might be interested in, it always fails. You can't fabricate intellectual enthusiasm for a subject. I write about things that are interesting to me and hope that they are interesting to other people, but I don't expect them to be.
-- Interview conducted by Justin Moyer
By Steven E. Levingston |
October 12, 2009; 5:30 AM ET
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This is not a webpage of Orphan skeins, as we have lots of each of these.
However, it is a webpage of yarns offered at a significant discount. We were able to get these at a great price -- we pass the savings on to you.
Poems Silk is a worsted weight yarn composed of 75% wool and 25% silk, with 109 yards in each 50g skein.
The folks at Universal Yarn write: "The beautiful tonal shifts of our classic Poems wool roving yarn are accented by the added sheen of silk. A blend of 75% wool with 25% silk gives an extra snap to the color of everything you make with Poems Silk."
We have quite a few lovely colorways you can choose from. Each is dyed with long color runs, so as to create a most lovely knitted or crocheted fabric.
Some suggestions for patterns that can easily be adapted for this yarn -- fun projects that will look awesome:
Lizard Ridge
Sunburst DK Blanket
Sunny Days Tunisian Entrelac
Ten Stitch Zigzag
Inca Trail (even though the original was knit in fingering weight and made a rectangular wrap, the Poems Silk could make it into a truly lovely blanket/afghan.)
Autumn Palette (ditto)
Rigoles (one of my absolute favorites)
We brought in:
1. Ribbon Reef
2. Health in Bloom
3. Wildberry
4. Night Dive (sold out)
5. Baffin Island
6. Neptune (sold out)
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The Musée Héritage Museum, located in St Albert Place, explores the story of St Albert through a variety of exhibits and programs, preserving the community's history to enjoy now and for the future. We also manage St Albert's Heritage Sites: the Little White School, St Albert Grain Elevator Park, River Lot 24 and its associated houses and agricultural buildings. The heritage sites offer unique programs and tours for all ages.
Explore St Albert's past at the Grain Elevator Park and train station, where our interpreters will take you on a guided our of two of Alberta's provincially designated grain elevators, the 1906 Alberta Grain Company Elevator and 1929 Alberta Wheat Pool Elevator.
The Little White School began operating in 1948 and is an integral part of St Albert's history on its prominent hillside location. Step back in time with a visit to the School where our classroom will take you back to 1948 when the Little White School first opened.
Permanent Collections and Exhibitions
- The Musée Héritage Museum maintains two galleries, the St Albert History Gallery and the feature exhibition gallery.
- The Museum also maintains an archives and collections
The Musée Héritage Museum and St Albert Heritage Sites offer a range of learning opportunities for people of all ages with ongoing family activities, special events, as well as adult, children and youth and curriculum-based school programs.
We offer:
- guided tours of the heritage sites
- curriculum-based school programs for Preschool - Grade 12
- community programs for adults, youth and children, including specialized programs for Brownies, Girl Guides, Cubs and Scout groups, birthday parties and adult and senior group tours
- historic walking tours throughout the summer months
- special events throughout the year, including Family Day, Canada Day, Mission Hill Day and Harvest Festival
- Heritage Sites are a venue for photographs and special occasions


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YouTube favorite Arabella Jones hopes to break out with new single 'Let's Roll'
Arabella Jones is a verified social-media star.
The Houston native has more than 23,000 YouTube subscribers, more than 40,000 Facebook fans and more than 106,000 Twitter followers - all known as "Bellaholics." She's even earned the all-important bright blue badge next to her Twitter name.
"I started posting YouTube covers about two-and-half years ago and really networking with people," Jones, 17, says. "Really being relatable to people on social media brings them to you. They came and built themselves up. I love them."
On a 'Roll': Houston singer makes her own way
She's earned hundreds of thousands of views for spirited takes on hits from Taylor Swift, the Band Perry, Miranda Lambert and Hunter Hayes. Jones also has performed at festivals alongside other YouTube stars. But viral covers aren't the end goal. They're simply a path to making her true mark as an artist.
"I had to make the transition from being a YouTube cover artist to being Arabella," she says. "You have to start sprinkling your original material in there from the beginning while you keep doing covers so people can keep relating to you but picking up on who you are at the same time. If you stay with all covers, you'll brand yourself as a cover artist that plays at weddings or something."
To that end, Jones is following a path successfully taken by Justin Bieber, Karmin and San Antonio's Austin Mahone. Her debut single, "Let's Roll," was released last week. It's a raucous, driving song that recalls Lambert and uses pickup trucks as a metaphor for flirting. ("Hey boys, let's get dirty/Shift down, let's start this party.") Jones co-wrote the tune and recorded at her band's studio. A video is in the works.
The song shifted about 600 downloads in its first five days with limited mainstream radio support. It's been featured as a "New and Notewothy" pick on the iTunes homepage and is earning play on Internet radio stations from Texas to Canada to Australia.
That's a modest number compared to her online reach. But it's one Jones relishes more because it's solely hers.
"I'm really excited. The song's so me," she says. "I'm a really energetic person. This song just reflects that. It's about having fun, enjoying life, basically.
"I don't want to say it's, like, a party song because that sounds, kinda - bad. It's a peppy, have-fun song. Something that makes me happy when I listen to it."
Jones is currently on a radio tour of about 15 stations around Texas. An album is in the works and due late this year or in early 2014. The former Jersey Village High School student is now home-schooled to accommodate her burgeoning music career. But she wasn't always a superstar in the making.
"Most artists have been singing and performing since they were children. I didn't start until middle school because I was a super, super shy kid," she says. "I joined choir just because it was the only class available. My mom actually bribed me to enter the talent show. She paid me $40 to do it. I sang 'Love Story' by Taylor Swift.
"The thrill of performing I got in that show just set me for life. I feel like I've totally transformed. It's kinda cheesy-sounding, but through music, actually, that helped me really start expressing myself and being comfortable with just putting myself out there."
And before you ask, since she's young, talented and ridiculously cute - Jones has indeed tried out for reality TV. She made it through a few rounds on "The Voice" but plans to stay independent, build a solid base of original material and eventually pitch herself to labels. She's managed to create a considerable amount of noise on her own. No pushy publicist or scheming manager needed. The entire team is just Jones and "dad-ager" Gordon Jones, who does IT consulting and project management during the day.
"It's about working smart. We try a lot of things. We've made mistakes along the way, but they haven't been fatal mistakes," her father says. "It was literally spending hours and hours looking things up on the Internet and just looking at what other people do."
Jones began working with a full band earlier this year. She found them, no surprise, via Twitter. She's been networking and co-writing in Nashville, where she'll likely end up in the near future.
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Brazil`s antitrust regulator Cade is set to approve AT&T Inc`s acquisition of Time Warner Inc on Wednesday, with conditions, newspaper Valor Economico reported on Monday.
AT&T agreed to buy Time Warner last year for $85 billion in a transaction it has said it hopes to conclude by year`s end.
Valor did not say how it obtained the information. Cade said it could not comment on cases under analysis for legal reasons, adding that the deal was on the agenda for Wednesday`s session.
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The superintendent`s office of Cade said in August it had recommended changes to the deal as it could harm competition in Brazil`s pay TV market.
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Pacific Rim ¬ Movie Review
Over the last few summers we have been treated to a lot of geeky delights up to and including massive fighting robots, monsters and aliens- but what if you could have that all in one movie? That's what Guillermo del Toro wants to show us and boy does he ever. I love superhero movies as much as the next guy, but PACIFIC RIM rocked and socked me into a state of mind that left me saying, "Avengers who?"
The film kicks off by setting up the world where giant monsters known as Kaijus found a way into our world through an interdimensional portal beneath the Pacific Ocean. After a slew of attacks by the giant creatures humanity knew they needed to mount some kind of counter offensive against them so they created giant robots called Jaegers to fight the Kaijus. The idea of the Jaegers is that two pilots combine their minds- memories and all- to form a bond that makes their fighting skills sync to be more effective at fighting the monsters. Raleigh (Charlie Hunnam) is a former pilot that gets brought back in to help the Jaeger program make one last push to stop the Kaijus from entering our world before humanity is completely extinguished.
The thing about PACIFIC RIM is that it does not really excel in terms of acting- in fact a lot of it is really cheesy even in the more dramatic moments. The weird thing about that is that it works and even when there are not giant robots and monsters beating the crap out of each other the film is incredibly entertaining. The drama while cheesy remains interesting and therefore does not feel like filler while we wait for another fight scene.
To add more to the proceedings, if you feel an overload of CGI fight scenes there are also a slew of hand to hand fights scenes to break things up a bit and propel the story. The world created by these scenes in addition to the eye candy is incredibly creative and just serves to immerse the viewer (at least this viewer) into the experience. There isn't much in the way of deep acting or character depth, but in my opinion the film doesn't need it with the sheer amount of jaw dropping action sequences one of which last 15 minutes before we ever see the title card.
I screened the film in 3D, which I wasn't happy about to begin with- but I came out actually pretty okay with the experience. I still think I will enjoy it that much more without the glasses, but given how much I hate 3D, the fact that not begging you to avoid it in the third dimension is worth some sort of praise. It baffles me the amount of people complaining that you can't see anything going on when I am always hyper aware of such issues and had no issues whatsoever. I will give critics their complaint about everything being staged at night, in the rain or underwater but to say you can't see anything is a little bit of a reach to me. It does seem like an opportunity missed to display the phenomenal monster designs in the light of day so we could awe over the details, but what is here is stunning to me and I cannot buy into anyone who believes this movie suffers drastically due to it being too dark.
PACIFIC RIM got me in the theater simply by having a simple premise such as giant robots vs. giant monsters, but made me fall head over heels with it with a rousing musical theme, terrific special effects and an incredible sense of fun throughout. The script lacks deep character development and wallows a little too much is cliche, but the simplicity of the story doesn't bug me in the slightest. PACIFIC RIM bleeds the spirit of a summer blockbuster, but trumps every single one released so far this year.
Rating: 9/10
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There is nothing quite like walking alone in the Spanish countryside where all is still, all is quiet. Then suddenly, I would come upon an ancient bridge and feel like I somehow stepped through time to an era of peasants, fancy ladies, and dashing knights. And then I would start to wonder…
"Is there a child foundation sacrifice at the foot of that bridge?"
Not all bridges along the Camino Frances are so romantic, though. They were built ranging from the 12th-century to modern times. Some are over water and others are over land. Some are small, others tower over ancient villages. There are bridges that allow pedestrians and pilgrims to safely cross over a highway and there are bridges that were for jousting knights in medieval times.
This photo essay is to show you some of the more interesting bridges, and their views, along the Camino Frances. Can you figure out which one was for the jousting knights?


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Lars Gustavsson: Yes.
[xcoppercrowx] Will you be able to utilise civilian vehicles to get around the city?
Lars Gustavsson: Overall what we've tried to do is focus on military vehicles, and overall we've always tried to make the most of each and every vehicle. They're there for a reason, and if you have 64 players we don't just want to put vehicles that are there to fill up [the map]. We want to make the most out of them to make the most dynamic battlefield, so military vehicles only.
[TheRedDash] How about bringing Onslaught mode to Battlefield 4? AI controlled enemy troops, tanks, helis, jets etc, that would be grand, says TheRedDash.
Lars Gustavsson: Thank you! I worked hard on that one. It was a really fun project. Not at launch. Right now we're focusing on this, but I'm happy to hear that people enjoyed the Onslaught mode, so who knows for the future.
[sarcanicus] Day and night cycles? Night vision?
Lars Gustavsson: We definitely have change of state experiences. Paracel Storm for instance, starts as a beautiful, sunny day and goes into a raging storm, but we haven't taken the full day/night cycle. What we've really tried to do with the whole Levolution package is to ensure that even though it's dramatic and epic, we want the level to be fun and guarantee good gameplay, even when you play it two years from now, it can't start being annoying, so even though randomised stuff is beautiful, sometimes a certain amount of predictability is good, particularly when you go into competitive gaming.
Playing Paracel Storm and going from a sunny day to darker gloomier stormy [conditions] definitely gives you an advantage with your IR night site. By initiating these events on the levels we want people to reconsider their customisation and be able to move into another approach to try and outsmart the enemy.
[ivy21jaw] Will you lose bullets remaining in the magazine on reload?
Lars Gustavsson: No, we've gone with the Battlefield 3 system. I think it was Battlefield 2 where you lost ammo if you reloaded early, but we're a bit more forgiving [now].
[ivy21jaw] Will, say, helicopters have a limited supply of rockets? Or is that unlimited?
Lars Gustavsson: It's unlimited, but we have been looking into a kind of reload of weapons in general on vehicles to find the balance, because there needs to be a clear advantage of sitting in a vehicle, but you can't go in and cause mayhem to the whole base. So it's finding that balance. We've worked with a disabled state and we've worked with homing missiles to find a better balance and battle experience, and we're still fine tuning as we speak.
[Ambrosi2055 and others] People are really pumped about naval warfare. Can you tell us a little more about the naval-focused DLC that has been announced?
Lars Gustavsson: I can't go into detail on the naval pack yet, but having been with the franchise since the very first prototype, I loved Battlefield 1942 for Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, Midway, but what struck us there was really that as soon as one ship faced the other one, it's the one that fires first that wins, and of course sometimes we had islands in between, but it was still quite a staid battle.
But now, introducing the new system, powered by Frostbite 3, we've been able to deliver – which I think is for the first time in a first person shooter – a dynamic water network. Previously it was quite a staid battle – many people were just trying to get off the water to go into battle. Now we've seen that people start battling it out and it's just like the tanks fighting amongst the sand dunes in 1942, it's now about coming around your enemy, using the waves, learning to master the waves or even diving underwater to slam C4 on the other boat, so where previously it was transport, now it's gameplay, and it makes me super happy.
[aterhaar] Why do we still use the Huey when virtually every branch of the military in the U.S. uses a variant of the Blackhawk. What about adding a Chinook? How cool would that be with 64 person multiplayer? Maybe the Osprey?
Lars Gustavsson: We went from having Huey in the old games to Blackhawk and then we went to the Venom, so I think from game to game we've opted to stay fresh with reality. Chinook is definitely a wonderful helicopter, but overall we try to vary and stay up to date. The U.S. army now has got the MRAP instead of the Humvee, so we constantly evaluate the different armies to see how we can up it. Same thing, we freshened up the airplanes: stealth fighters, we introduced a whole new army: the Chinese army, which is great to have back, we haven't had them since Battlefield 2. It adds a lot of cool new stuff, in combination with new vehicle customisation, so there's a lot there.
Many times at events like this you talk about the big features, but I could probably talk for hours about all the little tweaks that we've done to the game, with sliding ladders, sprinting up ladders, diving, peek over cover, a lot of little things that we hope improve the core combat loop, since we always go from crosshair and out – that's what's important. Yes, it's beautiful, with Battlelog and a lot of things, but if the core isn't good, if it's not worth playing for years, then the rest doesn't matter.


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Nothing is achieved solely on obtaining knowledge from reliable sources unless you apply what you learn. Implementing is taking control of your career on your own terms. The interesting part about engaging in this industry is that a lot of the stuff you read, however recent it may be, is probably outdated once you put the book down. I say interesting because this is an opportunity to analyze the current situation and tailor a plan that suits your needs. The most exciting part of this career consists on making plans and setting goals, only to watch these plans change in the face of new knowledge that is picked up. Every situation is unique and every decision is crucial.
I leave this for last because it is the gasoline that fuels the fire I described above. Your music is like your birth certificate, without it, there is no record you ever existed. Our biggest accomplishment so far I believe is having finished writing all the songs for our first release. Although it might not seem like much, it is the only aspect of this career that truly fills your heart. It is the one intangible item that is yours to keep, and nobody can take that away from you. On its way via mail is the first contract we will ever sign as a band. That contract assures us that by January 7, 2011, we will be at New Noise Recording Studios in Baltimore, Maryland, recording our first ever professional grade release. Apart from feeling astonished by the idea of being there, and the impatience of waiting for that date to arrive, we see this as a challenge, given that 60% of the songs on that release we have never played together.
It will be interesting to see how the music we have managed to record throughout this time comes to life when we begin rehearsing again on May of this year. More exciting is the idea of playing live once again to our beloved Panamanian audience and seeing their reaction to our new material. So many things to look forward to while I sit on this desk, during my work shift here at Louisville…
Thank you for letting us share this excitement with you.
Recommended Readings:
• The Tour Book: How to Get Your Music on the Road, by Andy Reynolds
• The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician, by Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan
• Guerilla Music Marketing Handbook: 201 Self-Promotion Ideas for Songwriters, Musicians and Bands on a Budget, by Bob Baker
• This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring, by Ray Waddell, Rich Barnet, and Jake Berry
• Tour Smart: And Break the Band, by Martin Atkins"


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You've discovered what you like to do, but are you thinking about your total cardio time and intensity? Let's break down your options and the results.
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Every athlete's body is their "weapon," and developing strength, agility, and endurance is just as important as improving sports-specific skills.
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It's incredibly tempting to step onto a cardio machine and choose the Fat Burning setting. Who doesn't want to lose fat?! But it's not a great option.
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Founder | Executive Director
Leading by example, and directing Tech Tribes with an innovative twist, Khaled uses his expertise in traditional/new media and ICT4D to connect youth and nonprofits across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with innovative tools useful for advancing their missions.
Khaled is a member of UN Women's Civil Society Advisory Group, sharing his regional expertise in youth empowerment and gender equality. His role as an international social innovation and ICT4D speaker and trainer brought him closer to a number of social change groups in the MENA Region. He pursues his online activism as a blogger and an online-communities analyzer, working with online users on issues like digital security and Internet Freedoms. He works with marginalized groups (like victims of honor crimes and harassment) in Jordan and around the region on cause-based communication strategies and helps them utilize online technologies to advance their work.
Desired Superpower: Precognition
Hind Farahat
Head of Programs Development
The Brain
Hind is not your average program officer. With her extensive experience in managing youth programs and her creative approach to development, she is able to take any project idea to the next level! She always welcomes your innovative project ideas!
Desired Superpower: Telepathy
Raha al Assaf
Financial & Human Resources Consultant
Money Talks
An Industrial Engineer turned development enthusiast! Raha leads financial controls and processes, accounting tasks and fundraising efforts. Little is said about her as she had little time to contribute to her bio.
Desired Superpower: Self-duplication
Nadine Dirbashi
Communications for Development Officer
Wonder Woman
Through her work as Tech Tribes' Communication for Development Officer, Nadine speaks our mind to each and every one of you! She channels all her efforts in connecting us to the best out there; that might be you, your organization, or team of volunteers.
Desired Superpower: Flying
Saleh Abu Mahfoud
Youth Engagement Officer
The Dynamo
A simple guy with great dreams; a Development Studies student who believes in his ability to create change. He is our youngest but believes that age is not a number, but rather the result of your accomplished knowledge and achievements.
Desired Superpower: Invisibility
Doha Refaae
Contributing Writer | Content Developer
A passionate writer and bookworm! She leads content development and research efforts for our ICT4D blog and online community of practice, bringing nonprofits from around the MENA Region together to utilize social media tools to bolster their work.
Desired Superpower: Night Vision


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Saturday, February 03, 2007
I've upped the stakes
In other tastes, I've also eaten enough mangosteen to last me at least a year. They're the ones XanGo Juice are so centered on and apparently they were in season when we hit Davao last night. You haven't lived completely until you've had one of these lil perfect purple fruits. And, well, we went through at least 30 of them in a few hours' time.
We were also coerced into trying a fruit called durian. It's not one I'd necessarily advise you try out, but it's not wholly terrible either. It just, well, stinks incredibly bad. In fact, in finally attempting to locate some last night in our friends' SUV (that's Sports Utility Van), I could smell it before we even got out of the vehicle.
The tagline is awesome, though – they say it "smells like hell, tastes like heaven". I just want it to be made into a juice so that little nugget can be slapped on the bottle. It was so stanky, we only tasted it and paid for that portion, before the vendor tied it shut. Tightly. We didn't want it stinking up the car and our hotel actually doesn't allow durian to enter its doors on account of its staying power. I think that's awesome.
Today's favorite moment was probably when our driver (the one who was busy taking us from the airport to our hotel) overheard me talking about a bread called "pan de coco". It's a roll with young coconut on its insides and was once a very real staple of my diet. He mentioned a bakery they'd likely have it, then drove right to its doors (who needs roads?). This is significant because the place had no parking lot, period. He crossed a few lanes of road, honked hard at the taxi in front of the bakery until it moved, then drove over the sidewalk and right to the front door. Where's that red carpet again? I located the delicious bread. And our driver won a much-deserved tip.
In rounding off this lil piece on food, then, here's a couple shots of the dessert I had a couple nights ago. It was billed as "chilled mango pudding", but I wasn't expecting it to look at all like this.
There's more to say, certainly, but I feel like I haven't slept in days. I'd like to tell you about how disappointed we were we couldn't get to a cock (rooster) fight as we'd all desperately wanted to see one go down (and failed on a few attempts to get to one, too). I could also cry some crocodile tears about not carrying out my desires to sing at a karaoke/videoke into the wee hours of this morning. Instead, however, I'm giving into heavy eyelids.
Right meow, I mean, now.
8 comments:
- Sherpa said...
That dessert looks awesome...like chinese new year..on a white dish.
- 2/03/2007
- Cindy said...
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmangosteen........ I had that for the first time in Bali. So good! I wish they had it here too.
Those fish desserts look so tasty I want to lick them through the monitor.
- 2/03/2007
- Wenna said...
Ey! That's my mom! Thanks for writing about the mangosteen and the durian, Dainon! I guess SUV stands for Sports Utility Vehicle... :) But that's ok.. Haha
- 2/04/2007
- bestsariah said...
That's a lot of fruit for one body. Next comes diarrhea?
- 2/04/2007
- Kipluck said...
I LOVE Mango!!!! Especially the kind from the Philippines, Cebu... MMMMMM!!!!
- 2/04/2007
- Dainon said...
SUV = Sports Utility Van, kaibigan. Cause your dad happens to drive one of those.
- 2/06/2007
- Wenna said...
Yup, that's a Mitsubishi Adventure Super Sport... (http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com.ph/vehicles/lcvs/
It's just that some say vehicle.. :) I'm sorry for sounding like a know-it-all, Dainon... didn't mean to... *peace* :)
- 2/07/2007
That dessert looks so perfect.
Mangoes are my very favorite food.
- 3/03/2007


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Hiring for the Fundraiser Position
FACESS, Inc. is looking for an experienced Fundraiser in the Southern California area. The Fundraiser is responsible for all fundraising efforts for sex trafficking victims. This includes identifying and obtaining corporate sponsorships and donations, individual donations and working on special events with our Event Coordinator and other team members for the non-profit. They will develop and nurture corporate and community partners for the purposes of fundraising.
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- Identify and apply for grants
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FACESS, Inc. is looking for applicants who are spiritually mature and have a heart for sex trafficking victims. The ideal candidate has great interpersonal skills. Must be driven to meet and exceed fundraising goals. Able to clearly and persuasively communicate, including public speaking and excellent writing skills. Ability to multitask and be flexible.
Education and Experience:
High school diploma and three (3) or more years of fundraising experience required.
Please Note: Applicants who are conditionally offered a position are required to pass a DOJ Live Scan.
Compensation based on performance.
About FACESS, Inc.:
Freeing American Children from Exploitation and Sexual Slavery (FACESS) is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the care of young girls who have been rescued from sex trafficking and slavery here in the United States.
We provide a loving, caring, family atmosphere that will meet the following needs for these children: food, shelter, clothing, education, social/life skills training, medical, life planning, and liaison to legal services.
We also collaborate with other agencies to provide additional services including, but not limited to, counseling, equine therapy, art classes, and social outings. At FACESS, our desire is to restore to these children the life and childhood that was stolen from them.


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- Written, Produced and Directed by
- Joanna Rudnick
- Producer, Executive Producer
- Gordon Quinn
- Co-Producer
- Beth Iams
- Editor
- Leslie Simmer
- Original Music
- Erin O'hara
- Samantha Olschan
- Dizzy Giant
- Dan Sharkey
- Matt Sharkey
- Cinematography
- Dana Kupper
- Gordon Quinn
- Ines Sommer
- Cynthia Wade
- additional camera
- Neil Barrett
- Beth Iams
- Joanna Rudnick
- Sound
- Zak Piper
- Additional Sound
- Judy Karp
- Paul Rusnak
- Mary Wong
- Justine Nagan
- Jim Morrissette
- Assistant Editor
- Liz Kaar
- Dig It Audio Inc.
- Tom Efinger - Sound Supervisor, Re-recording mixer
- John Moros - Sound Design
- Nicholas J. Schenck - Assistant Sound Editor
- Nolo Digital Film, LLC
- Mike Matusek - Digital Colorist
- Joe Flanagan - Producer
- Boris Seagraves - Engineer
- AnswersMedia Inc.
- Marilyn Wulff – Editor
- Patrick Yackley – Producer
- Hunter Andre – Account Executive
- Experimental Sound Studio
- Tim Shaw – Engineer
- Steve James
- David Simpson
- Bookkeeping
- Yvonne Afable
- Transcription
- Joyce Schmitt
- Legal Services
- Peter Jaszi
- Robert Labate
- Holland & Knight
- Jennie Gambach
- Outreach Coordinator
- Beckie Stocchetti
- Kartemquin Interns/Production Assitants
- Mary Adekoya
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Joanna Rudnick
Written, Produced and Directed by, additional camera
Joanna has worked as a producer, director and a former Director of Development for Kartemquin over the past decade. No matter where life takes her, she will always consider Kartemquin her filmmaking home! Currently, living in the Bay Area with her husband and two little girls, Joanna is finishing the Kartemquin film On Beauty about former fashion photographer Rick Guidotti's campaign to change the way we see the beauty in difference told through the stories of three women with genetic syndromes living in Africa, Upstate New York and the Middle East.
Gordon Quinn
Producer, Executive Producer, Cinematography
Artistic Director and founding member of Kartemquin Films, Gordon Quinn has been making documentaries for over 50 years. Roger Ebert, of the Chicago Sun Times, called his first film Home for Life (1966) "an extraordinarily moving documentary." With Home for Life Gordon established the direction he would take for the next four decades, making cinéma vérité films that investigate and critique society by documenting the unfolding lives of real people.
Beth Iams
Co-Producer, additional camera
Beth is the Director of Project Research and has been working with Kartemquin since 2005. Currently, she is the Co-Producer of In the Family, a documentary feature exploring the impact of genetic testing for the hereditary breast and ovarian cancer gene. The film will be broadcast nationally on the series "P.O.V." on PBS in Fall 2008. In addition to her production role, Beth is also coordinating the outreach and education campaign around the film. With Kartemquin, she has contributed to proposals for projects on public education and immigrant health, organizational development grants, and has overseen multimedia projects, most recently for the MacArthur Foundation. Beth has also worked as a freelance field producer, writer for a Chicago travel website, and coordinator for a 40-person educational trip through southern Africa.
Leslie Simmer
Leslie Simmer is Kartemquin's Director of Editing as well as Senior Editor on staff.
Ines Sommer
Ines Sommer is a Chicago-based documentary filmmaker, who frequently collaborates with other filmmakers as a cinematographer. Ines' camera work has been featured in several productions for Chicago's legendary Kartemquin Films, including Maria Finitzo's Peabody Award-winning Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita and Joanna Rudnick's Emmy-nominated In the Family. She shot on two PBS Frontline programs directed by Marian Marzynski and a number of Kindling Group documentaries: A Doula Story: On the Frontlines of Teen Pregnancy, "The Calling" , and the forthcoming @home. Other recent credits include Mary Fishman's A Band of Sisters, Ethan Bensinger's Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home, and Pamela Sherrod Anderson's award-winning The Curators of Dixon School, which Ines shot and co-produced.
Neil Barrett
additional camera
Neil Barrett is a British director of photography who has worked on over 30 broadcast documentary films for National Geographic, BBC, PBS, Discovery, The History Channel, NBC, ABC and CNN. Three of his feature documentaries - The Woodmans (2010), The Other City (2009), and Kicking it (2008) - have been released theatrically in the United States. His work has won several awards: a Columbia Dupont award for excellence in journalism, the Edward R. Murrow award for a documentary on the civil war in Liberia, and four Cine Golden Eagle Awards.
Zak Piper
Zak is an Emmy and PGA award-winning documentary filmmaker who has made films for over 15 years. Currently, Zak is producing several feature films: Chicago Story (working title) with producer/director Steve James; Until the Lion Speaks (working title), for Concordia Studio, with co-directors Bing Liu and Joshua Altman; and Generation Food (working title), a film he is also co-directing/producing with Raj Patel and producer Rachel Wexler.
Justine Nagan
From 2008-2015, Justine led Kartemquin Films as Executive Director as well as being an Executive Producer on each new film. She was responsible, in concert with the Board of Directors, for creating and implementing the strategic vision for Kartemquin. Justine successfully transitioned to the ED role in a historic founder-led organization, and made major strides in building a foundation for long-term sustainability.
Jim Morrissette
For over thirty-five years, Jim Morrissette has had extensive experience as both a professional videographer and teacher, supporting his conviction that sharing and access are instrumental to the vitality of the independent production community. Jim has been the director of photography on numerous productions including: the award winning PBS documentary A Still Small Voice dealing with spiritual thought and mystic understanding, five episodes of Bill Kurtis' New Explorers, two episodes of Discovering Women for WGBH Boston, and Shadow Over Tibet, a documentary featuring the Dalai Lama. He was the principal videographer on the highly acclaimed six hour Frontline documentary The Farmer's Wife, which aired twice nationally on PBS.
Liz Kaar
Assistant Editor
Liz Kaar is an independent documentary filmmaker, working in Chicago and Latin America. She edited Kartemquin's feature-length documentary Typeface, as well as a slew of shorts, demos and trailers for the company. She's also produced and directed non-profit videos for the Illinois Department of Public Health, CDC, and The Newberry Library. Most recently she edited and associate produced the feature-length music documentary Andrew Bird: Fever Year.
Steve James
Steve James' affiliation with Kartemquin began in 1987 with the start of production of Hoop Dreams, for which he served as director, producer, and co-editor. He has since then become one of the most acclaimed documentary makers of his generation, with noted works being Stevie, The New Americans, The War Tapes, At the Death House Door, The Interrupters, Life Itself, and most recently the 2018 Academy Award®-nominated Abacus: Small Enough to Jail.
Yvonne Afable
Yvonne P. Afable was Kartemquin's Director of Finance from 2004-2012, before transitioning to the Board of Directors. A graduate of DePaul University, Yvonne has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting & Finance. She is a Certified Management Accountant with 16 years of accounting experience. She was an auditor for two years before beginning her career in the not-for-profit industry. She monitored the budget and assisted with investments for the American College of Surgeons before becoming the Assistant Accounting Manager. Then she joined the Corporate Reporting Department of Rotary International as the Accounting Manager before working on the PeopleSoft upgrade and Business Process Redesign. She started her own business in 2001, Afable ACS LLC, offering accounting services to nonprofit organizations and small businesses.
Beckie Stocchetti
Outreach Coordinator
Beckie is responsible for managing the professional development programs and outreach initiatives of the organization including Diverse Voices in Docs, KTQ Labs, the KTQ Internship program, and classroom, media advocacy, and production outreach initiatives. Additionally, she works to build successful strategies for providing producers with critical advice and support around audience engagement, social impact, and fundraising throughout the production and distribution process. Beckie has led strategy for over 10 social impact and audience engagement campaigns for award-winning documentaries.
Matt Lauterbach
Kartemquin Interns/Production Assitants
Matt Lauterbach is a documentary filmmaker and editor, an educational media developer, and an advocate for accessible media. He crafts engaging non-fiction content for classrooms, museums, and the big screen.
Dinesh Sabu
Kartemquin Interns/Production Assitants
Dinesh Sabu made his first feature documentary Unbroken Glass with Kartemquin. It played at numerous film festivals and was broadcast on America ReFramed's 5th Season in May 2017. Dinesh was awarded "Best Director" at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival in 2017 for his debut feature. Before Unbroken Glass, Dinesh shot parts of American Arab and The Homestretch with Kartemquin filmmakers. He also shot and is co-producing the forthcoming How to Build a School in Haiti with director Jack C. Newell. He is currently attending Stanford University's Documentary Film and Video MFA program.


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Spring/Summer 2019
Hours of operations:
Center Hours:
Monday - Saturday
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Lots to see. Lots to do.
The Edinburg Scenic Wetlands and World Birding Center is a great place to get up close looks at South Texas nature. Some of our unique visitors include the Green Kingfisher, the Ringed Kingfisher, Least Grebe, the Gulf Fritillary, the Guava Skipper and many more. To download our checklist or see our most recent sightings, visit our Wildlife Page.
One of the other special attractions of the site is our extensive butterfly gardens and native habitat. We invite you to walk our native plant trail to learn more about the diverse flora of the Valley.
Before arriving at the Wetlands, make sure you explore what we offer our visitors. If you are interested in an educational program or tour, visit our Nature Programs page or our Youth and School Group Programs.
We hope you enjoy your visit and we look forward to seeing you on your next trip out!
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Edinburg Scenic Wetlands | 714 Raul Longoria Road, Edinburg, TX 78542 | Phone: (956) 381-9922 Fax: (956) 381-0715


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Some PKD patients may experience limb numbness, is that related to their kidney disease? Why does this condition happen? Read on and you can get the answers.
Limb numbness may occur in the following cases:
When numerous cysts in PKD patients grow larger, they will squeeze the blood vessels in kidney, as a result, ischemia and anoxia will occur, which will induce kidney to secrete renin. Renin is related to blood pressure regulation. When renin is secreted, vessels will contract to elevate the blood pressure. Long-term high blood pressure may cause arteriosclerosis. On the one hand, arteriosclerosis can slow down the nerve conduction velocity. On the other hand, it can cause ischemia and anoxia in the brain, especially in sensory center. Thus, patients will have numb feelings in limbs.
Blood pressure fluctuation
As mentioned above, PKD patients always suffer hypertension. If patients' blood pressure is poorly controlled, their blood pressure will fluctuate, which can cause many negative consequences. One of them is numbness in limbs. When the blood pressure fluctuates, the small arteries get narrow. There is not enough blood supplied to hands and feet. Limb numbness occurs.
In PKD, patients have low red blood cell count, due to accumulation of toxins and shortage of EPO. Therefore, when patients' hands and feet can't get enough blood or oxygen, patients will have numb hands and feet.
Peripheral neuritis
If patients maintain a strict diet for long-time, sufferers may be short of necessary vitamins, especially vitamin B. Deficiency of vitamin B can induce peripheral neuritis. Limb numbness is a symptom of peripheral neuritis.
As the causes of limb numbness are various, PKD patients should find out the exact reason of their condition and then they can improve their condition. If you have any doubts about your condition, you can contact our Online Doctors for help.


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What does DTS offer?
Dynamic Ticket Solutions offers a complete, modular and customizable automated management and online ticketing system, designed to save labor and increase efficiency for any organization that manages ticket-based excursions. Developed for the tourist railroad industry, the DTS system is perfectly suited for any excursion-based operation, including railroads, boating and fishing, bus tours, walking tours and more.
What does "modular and customizable" mean?
The DTS system is packaged in modules, each specifically designed to meet a particular operational need. Examples include online ticket sales, walk-up ticket sales, seat reservations, dining reservations, staff and volunteer scheduling and many others.
How might our operation benefit from the DTS system?
Simply put, Internet sales are the future. As online spending increases each year, organizations that neglect online sales will do so at their peril.
Online ticketing is the backbone of the DTS system. It not only saves labor on the operational end, it increases accuracy in scheduling and record keeping, makes ticket purchases easier and more convenient for your customers - and improves cash flow, since the tickets are paid for at the time of the sale.
Beyond ticketing, the DTS system has grown into a full-function back-of-house automated management system that can significantly improve efficiency throughout the entire operation.
Is there a big up-front investment?
In a word, no. That's one thing about the DTS system that our customers absolutely love. Taking a page from the entertainment industry's playbook, the funding model is based on charging a small fee for each ticket sold. Your customers are willing to pay for the convenience of online purchasing and that pays for the lion's share of system deployment.
There is a minimal signup fee to get started and some organizations will have modest up-front purchasing requirements for optional equipment, including ticket printing, for example. However no special equipment is required to use the system in its basic configuration.
What equipment/hardware would we need to get started?
Nothing out of the ordinary. All you need is a computer with reliable Internet access and a standard printer for daily reports and other printing chores. Additional equipment is available through DTS, as needed.
What costs are associated with using the system on a month-to-month basis.
There's really very little in the way of ongoing costs. There are no subscription or other service fees. If you choose to deploy inkless ticket or receipt printing, you will need to budget for thermal paper. That's about it. It's really not a consumable-driven system.
How are system updates handled? Are there expenses involved?
Unlike stand-alone software, DTS is completely web-based. That means updates for modules you are already using are automatic and made without charge. Naturally, if you want to add modules after initial signup to cover new functions, you will pay the difference in signup fees associated with the new modules.
What if we need a module that is not yet available?
Ask! We are constantly developing new modules in response to customer requests. Not everything is possible in the real world, of course, but if you have a need and we have the technology to meet it, we'll do our level best to forge a solution.
How does ticket printing work?
Ticket printing is available for operations that want to add automation to a walk-up ticket window or kiosk. The module handles ticket printing, credit card sales, cash sales, background batching and will-call. It also accommodates custom printed ticket designs if you wish to offer your printed ticket as a colorful souvenir.
Typically, what kinds of systems and manual labor tasks does DTS automate?
Beyond ticketing, what are some of the more popular functions and modules?
What is FunTrainRides.com?
We developed FunTrainRides.com as a gateway to promote Tourist Railroads around the country. It's a user-friendly directory of tourist railroads, a quick and easy way for potential visitors to find a fun train ride as they surf the Internet.
As a benefit to our railroad customers, railroads that sign on to the DTS system are automatically added to FunTrainRides. That broadens your web footprint, improves search results and helps guide new customers to your operation by way of the major search engines.


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A 27-year-old man has been charged with arson with intent after a house fire in Worksop earlier this year.
Aaron Watkinson, of Featherston Avenue, was charged on Wednesday with arson with intent/reckless as to whether life was endangered, attempted theft and theft by finding.
The fire happened at around 1am on Saturday, May 30 at Hardwick Road West.
A couple and their 13-year-old daughter were in the house at the time.