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Grandparents Day 2016 is right around the corner! This September 11th is a day to honor your grandparents by celebrating National Grandparents Day with them. Whether grandma and grandpa are around the corner, or miles away, it only takes a simple gift of acknowledgement and a phone call to say I love you. We found a few simple things that you can send to grandmother and grandfather this year from chocolate delivery, same day flowers, and too beautiful mylar balloons. Based off of previous orders and reviews, these are our recommendations for gifts!
Thomas Kinkade's Tea Party Lily Bouquet
For the grandparents who love art, why not send flowers in a gorgeous Thomas Kinkade vase? Not only are you sending flowers to someone to show that you care, but you're also giving them a piece of art to have in their home. They can use it afterwards with more flowers, or household items, or as a jug. This vase has a beautiful work of art on the front and is truly special. Pink lilies and pink roses fill this artistic vase to the brim as it's surrounded by lush greens and pastel flowers. Just beautiful.
Sending Joy Romantic Flower Basket
Grandma is a fine vintage piece, like fine wine and specialty cheese, and this vintage inspired flower bouquet will make her feel right at home. A beautiful old fashioned wicker basket with artificial grapes with a mixed flower bouquet is a lovely way to say I love you to grandma this year. Use your free message card to send grandma flowers with a special message from the heart.
Delicious Delights Gift Basket
For the grandparents who love fruits and snacks, send your grandparents a gift basket full of goodies! This gift basket delivery is a top choice for Grandparents Day delivery because it features the most adored snacks of meats, cheeses, crackers, and sweet fruit. Grandma and grandpa will enjoy snacking on this delivery gift basket together while knowing that it's from you.
Luxurious Indulgence Chocolate Gift Basket
If your grandpa or grandma is more of a chocolate fanatic, simply skip the fruit basket delivery and send a chocolate gift basket delivery same day to them packed full of delicious sweets, chocolates, and candy. A Godiva gift basket full of high quality chocolates will last them quite a few days, and if you want to you can add on more chocolates or even balloon delivery with this chocolate basket.
Picnic In The Park Giant Sunflower Bouquet
If you're just sending flowers to grandmother, any of our flowers in a basket are a beautiful choice for a retro inspired finish. She can keep the basket afterwards to use for holding fruits or as a centerpiece in the living room for decorations. This sunflower arrangement is glorious and features two large sunflowers in a mixed basket bouquet with pink mini roses, purple flowers, and hot pink daisies. A beautiful bouquet to say thank you to a beautiful grandmother for Grandparents Day.
For more grandparents bouquets, be sure to visit our grandparents day bouquets category for a same day flower delivery of discount flowers that are both inexpensive and oh so beautiful.
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- Why a horse?
- Why depict a horse?
- Why not a dog, hunting companion since the beginning of time?
- Or even a moose which was our ancestors' most important prey and source of food?
The wooden horse was from the beginning a toy for children and a sign of appreciation for workmates in the field and forest. To better understand the connection let's go on a historical journey which will tell us about an exciting episode in our shared cultural heritage.
We can read the notes from a court sentence in 17th century of a witch trial where a priest claims that the witches have used the wooden horses to steal the milk from the neighbours' cows. The county constable added to the accusations by stating that it was the devil himself who gave the children the wooden horses……
In spite of these attacks from the church on the horse as a living animal and a symbol, the power of the myth was unable to be broken. In the area round Mora, horses dating back to at least the 17th century have been found.
The original horse lived 50 million years ago in North America. It was about the size of a fox and its hooves were soft. Today's tame horse is a cloven hoofed animal and a comparison between the two animals shows considerable differences. Eventually the horse died out in America but was re-introduced there in the 16th century.
The horse came to Europe across the land connection between America and the Bering Strait and eventually spread via Asia to our area. Before people learned how to tame the horse it was a well sought after prey.
About 4000 years ago, 2000 years B.C., the first horse came to Sweden. In 1990 archaeologists in Västergötland found the remains of a horse from the period known as the early Stone Age.
Contemporary findings showed even elegant axes which had the shape of a boat, which are said to come from the Russian nomads who had learnt to tame the horse and had spread terror as they proceeded on their military expeditions. The form of the axes which they handed down to posterity has given them the name "Boat axe people".
Thus the first contact our ancestors had with the horse was when it was used in the service of violence, but soon it was shown how all the advantages of the horse stood out even in peaceful utilization.
Marija Gimbutas, professor of anthropology at the University of California, has spent a part of her life studying the Russian horse people and what it meant having the means of using the horse as a military force. Gimbutas was of the opinion that the peaceful, women dominated culture which had developed during a long period of time, was wiped out by the Indo European tribes. The riders came in waves and with weapons took over the power. What Gimbutas bore in mind and interpreted was the method of burial. The man began to be placed in the centre along with their weapons and the women and children on the other hand, more often were placed in insignificant spots.
The upheaval caused by trying to get access to the muscular strength of the horse and thus perhaps getting power over others has inspired the forming of many myths round the horse.
Pegasus (Greek Myth) the winged horse, a modern symbol for the inspiration of poets, "to mount Pegasus".
The Centaur (Greek myth) was a sort of half person/ half horse, and according to the tales wild and with a fondness for wine and women.
The Unicorn, a fabulous beast from ancient times, a symbol for purity and virtue during the Middle Ages, could only be captured by a virgin.
Helios, the sun god, travelled with the sun in a carriage and four across the heavens.
Sleipner was Odin's eight footed horse which bore dead warriors to Valhalla, the Vikings equivalent to heaven.
Frejfaxe belonged to the As god Frö and powerful fertility myths have flourished around this horse. For instance how a king redeemed a farmer and his family from a heathen horse worship which is connected to a fertility theme is mentioned in the sacred story in Olav the Holy`s tale.
The four riders of Apocalypse, the messengers of death in the book of Revelations in the Bible which were said to predict war, famine, plague and death.
We can see the horse depicted in caves (e.g. Lascaux about 20000 years old) on rock carvings, stone drawings and ship heads. In the As religion the horse was exalted as a holy animal and horse meat was eaten as a sacrifice in honour of the As gods.
As Sweden gradually reformed to Christianity, from the 11th century onwards the Christians tried to break the As – religion's hold over the people. One way was to attack the attributes which were sacred to the As religion and that was for instance the horse. The project wasn't that simple to carry out, especially in the North of Dalarna where the people on the shores of the lake Siljan obviously didn't uncritically accept the teachings of the church. There are several indications which show that the horse had a special standing there, partly from records of the so called spreading of prejudices around the horse slaughter which stemmed from as long ago as the 15th century and partly from the court records of the witch trials of the 17th century. Both phenomena make up parts of a strange puzzle around the wooden horse. Together with the knowledge that the areas around Siljan were used as settlements for the Vikings (several burial findings have been discovered) a picture emerges of a region which has had a long and strong history of respect and warmth for the horse, both as a living animal and a symbol.
Perhaps the most extraordinary document regarding the wooden horses is from the 17th century during a witch trial in Mora. The notes from the trial describe a statement from a witness, Mora's parish priest, Elavus Andre Skagge, who stated that the witches used a so called "baror" that is to say a magic wooden object in the shape of an animal (for instance, a wooden horse) to do the work of the devil. The county constable in Mora also stated that it was the devil himself who distributed small horses to the children.
The original fight for the souls against the As religion, had now actually developed into a regular persecution of people with the men of the church and the men in power as the instigators. A dark but not less important chapter on our way to understanding ourselves and our history.
Another interesting phenomenon has been described in Egardts book" The Slaughter of Horses and The Shame of The Devil" In the book she describes how towns round the centre and northern parts of Dalarna were some of the few places in Sweden where the prejudice against horse meat and slaughter was not outspread. The area is called a relic of former times. In a record of traditions for the time from 1830 onwards, this area stood out as a clean spot on the map of prejudices.
What does this actually mean in clear terms? It means that the church's opinion of the horse as unclean, especially the banishment and the prohibition of having anything to do with slaughter and the meat – was not accepted by the people of North Dalarna.
An explanation can be that the farming people were socially homogenous (all were more or less poor and had the same standard of living) also having less class division than the rest of Sweden. The cities with a strong social hierarchy had possibly a greater need for those infamous creatures horse slaughterers (they were even in the service of the hangman) who found themselves on the lowest step of the social ladder.
Probably horses, living as well as dead, were treated as they had always been done, the decree to engage a special scoundrel for slaughter won no attention whatsoever.
Curiosa: Most people in Sweden are familiar with the expression "rackarungar",(today the word is used to describe a mischievous child) a word which had a completely different meaning long ago. "Rackarens" (slaughterer´s) children had a difficult life, they were not accepted socially and other children didn't get to play with them.
In an area of small holdings the most important task for the horse was to help with farming and forestry work and to transport goods and people
The real upswing in the forest arrived in the 1850s, when the demand for timber increased immensely in Europe, The choice lay between doing the work of making coal of the wood themselves or selling the forest to the steam sawers which gave a better profit for less work, the latter alternative obviously being the most popular.
The extensive and intensive forest work lead to the men having to on occasion live away from home. To help them with the hard work in the forest they used horses. During any spare time they carved figures out of wood for the children at home and often the figures represented the friend and workmate, the horse.
A wooden horse which hundreds of years later became a symbol for Sweden.
The horse was really valuable for transport in connection with charring and woodcutting, iron and copper ore transport.
Besides the first industrial place of work was in the county – Falu Copper Mine. According to analysis a certain amount of activity had already started in the ninth century and with certainty written sources say that production was definitely on the go in 1288. From the 16th century the men from the northern part of the county were employed in the mine and it was said that "almost everybody wanted work from the mountain men".
The horse was even used down in the mine, where it was born, lived and died in the smoke filled and dark passages. In the 17th century there were 20 horses in the stalls at the same time down in the mine.
Apart from the Falu mine, ore was mined in several other places in south Dalarna. Mining needed large amounts of wood, for instance for shifting mountain sides (they lit the fires directly onto the mountain). From the 18th century onwards extensive wooden supports were needed in order to prevent collapse.
Vast amounts of charcoal for refining the ore was needed. A charcoal stack took 120 days to make and was enough for only two days in the blast furnace. In the 18th century there were 400 furnaces on the go. It gives you the idea of how many people and horses were working to keep everything going.
Lately it has been implied that a moose should be the national symbol for Sweden instead of the Dala horse.
That can be correct depending on how you look at it. If we look back to our Stone Age ancestors and their first attempts at survival it's perhaps not completely wrong. Prehistoric remains found in Norrland have shown that 75% of all bone remains on the rubbish heap were of moose. This shows if anything how indispensable game it was about 9000 years ago and thousands of years onwards.
However if we go back to the last 1000 years and onwards and try to imagine what the horse has meant for our well-being today, then the mind reels with gratitude.
A gratitude for all the hours through the centuries which the horse has faithfully served mankind.
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The Way Back to Mayberry: Lessons From a Simpler Time by Joey Fann (co-creator of the popular Finding the Way Back to Mayberry Bible Study Class)
This is a truly wonderful book inspired by the creator of the Mayberry Bible Study that has been sweeping the country since 1998. (paperback - 182 pages)
This book features a Foreword by George "Goober" Lindsey and is peppered with well-chosen photos.
But what makes this book's 30 chapters (each focusing on a favorite Mayberry episode) so special is the deeply personal and meaningful way that Joey Fann uses humor, sincerity, and sound reason to draw together lessons from Biblical Scripture, events in Mayberry, and elements and actions in his own life.
This is a very satisfying book to read in that it combines familiar touches of Mayberry with one man's thoughtful examination of his faith and his search for meaning in his own life. It's the kind of priceless book that makes the already-enticing $13.00 price seem all the more appealing.


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2. Someone else has done something heinous and I need to know about it
3. He needs a favour
4. He has just figured out how to use the PDF Creator and desperately wants to show someone
5. He is wondering if I am going to go across the road and get a coffee any time this morning and if I am, maybe I could get him one?
It was 3.
"Ally," he said, "If the company pays you a bonus, can you do me a favour?"
"Sure. Wait, no, what kind of favour?" Because there are some kinds of favour that it is unprofessional to do, even if you are being paid a bonus. (Sexual favours.)
"I need you to go and pretend to be a photographer tomorrow."
"That's fine. You know I took three sets of photos for people last week, right?"
"Yes but this is different because we-" I have no idea who the 'we' is here and assume he was using the royal plural "- thought [Actual Photographer] would be available, but she isn't, and [Colleague] has to take photos for an ad tomorrow."
"Um. OK! Sounds fun."
Colleague, slightly later: "I told them you were a professional photographer."
Me: "Why?"
Colleague: -shrug-
Anyway, I went along, carting the fancy work camera (usually used to photograph seals) and turned up at a very posh day spa, full of women in white coats talking about things like Clinical Aromatherapy and IPL and QRA Wellness Protocol and Micro Derma Thingy. Here is my total experience with beauty treatments: once I got a manicure. Not kidding. That's it. Plus getting my eyebrows waxed, which you guys probably didn't need to know. The Dayspa (sounds like a futuristic Vespa) was VERY VERY CLEAN and I had to take my shoes off before I went inside.
They rattled on about the ad for a bit (main lady, who was nice but quite terrifying, in the way that Spa Ladies are, said "It has to look claaaassy" in a cut-glass British accent) and then suggested that we take a walk 'around the grounds' so that I could take some 'preliminary shots' and determine the best place for photos of the team.
They did not know that I was not actually a photographer.
I picked a nice background (camellias) - after the Spa Ladies spent some time looking at 'preliminary shots' of different bits of foliage - then lined the team up against it. They asked Photographer Questions like, "How should we stand?" and "How is the light?" and I made
"Right," said Head Spa Lady, "Let's look at them on my computer, shall we?" Oh No! Almost shat myself. The Spa Ladies gathered around Head Spa Lady's laptop and pored over my pictures for half an hour, by which stage I was sick of playing photographer and needed a wee and was petrified that at any minute the Spa Ladies would put their heads together and whisper then spin around as one and shout, "You Are Not A Real Photographer!" and then their bodies would all fuse together into one white-coated, overly-made-up-five-headed Spa Hydra with forked tongues and perfectly polished claws and I would be incinerated in a fiery blast of Micro Derma Thingy and would never be able to work in this town again ! ! !
But they didn't. They chose a photo and said Thank You and We Appreciate It and We Would Like To Give You A Free Facial Treatment Next Week (!) and now I am OFFICE HERO, which is a really boring version of Guitar Hero but I think my point is that people will believe anything, especially if you are carrying a camera and telling them you are a photographer.
Tomorrow I am going to carry a carry a whip and see if anyone will believe I am a lion tamer. I think Probably Not.


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De Meelfabriek consists of monumental buildings which we must respect and cherish, but above all we have to make it functional and creative, using technical innovations making it functional for new users. We have the audacity to add things, to create breakthroughs, to get away with parts and enlarge other. But always keeping in mind to preserve the industrial feeling, while retaining those elements that make it a true monument.
In particular, the supporting structures are kept visible. In the loft apartments slender steel structures and robust concrete columns remain visible. The rooms of the hotel in the old silo building are literally sawed out of the concrete structure.
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Little hands and big tears, the pain of a new tooth come early. He is beating all the records but this one isn't anything to brag about. He'd been fussy and temperamental for days and then BAM, up comes a little white rock of terror in his sweet pink gums.
Yesterday was my birthday and it was different. It wasn't bad, but it was very different. I guess it just reflected the change that I've gone through as a mother. In the days leading up to it, I thought I didn't care. It wasn't about me anymore and I thought I was okay with that. I even kept forgetting about it. But when they day came. When the night fell. I realized that I'm still the impatient, self-centered, demanding girl I've always been. Motherhood hasn't changed who I've become- it just allows me to forget myself once in a while. I'm learning that the more I think about myself… The more I try to be happy, the less happy I am. And so I am grateful for my boy. For allowing me the joy of forgetting myself.


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From virtual classrooms to vegetarian jambalaya, college today is full of surprises:
Men Finish Last:
According to The New York Times' freakonomics blog, by age 25 you'll find 141 female college grads for every 100 men with a degree. This is due to either men taking longer to graduate high school which could reflect their parents enrolling them in school later than their daughters. Men are also taking more than 4 years to finish college and/or are more likely to take one or more gap years as they see the world before going to college.
Recession Slashes Scholarships:
Can't balance your budget? Neither can Michigan, the state is getting rid of programs like The Michigan Competitive Scholarship and the Michigan Promise Scholarship. According to Top-Colleges.com, many states, charities and colleges are cutting back on their scholarship budgets. Thus, many students are going to have to come up with their own money for college even if they qualify for a Pell grant because competition for scholarships will be tougher. However, not everything is doom and gloom, the federal government is simplifying the application process for financial aid, the new American Opportunity tax credit reduces tax burden by as much as $2,500 for any tuition paid in 2009 and 2010, the maximum size of Pell grants is increasing by $200 and the federal Stafford college loan has decreased from 5.6% to 4.5%.
Go Country and Save a Country Mile:
Top-colleges.com reports that while many schools are raising their tuition costs, those that are in rural locations or that have a comparatively lower ranking are reducing their costs and offering scholarships to out-of-state students. As such, attending an out-of-state school may be cheaper than it once was. Another advantage of rural colleges is that they are "usually near wilderness areas, have educational opportunities related to science and nature-not to mention fun outdoor activities. For example, Wester State College's proximity to the Rocky Mountains make it a great school…if you're studying geology or are an avid hiker" according to collegeboard.com
No More "Freshman 15"
The common weight gain first-year students experience in their first year in college may become a thing of the past with low-carb beers, delicious salad bars, convenient veggie burgers and a multicultural menu of choices. According to Sodexo, a leading provider of integrated food and facilities services, the Top-10 College Food Trends for 2001 are: Apricot-glazed Turkey, Meatloaf with Frizzle-Fried Onions, Vietnamese Pho (Rice Noodle Soup), Vegetarian Lentil Shepherd's Pie, Chicken Adobo (Mexican Stew with Chilies), Stuffed Pork Chops, Vegetarian Jambalaya, Lemon Herbed Baked Tilapia, Rotisserie Chicken and Home Style Pot Roast. Hungry for an education?
The $50,000 iPod
What do you get when you study at Duke University and spend an estimated $50,750 a year for the privilege? A free Apple iPod! That's right; the freshman class won't be left behind technologically speaking. The device will include orientation facts, an academic calendar and faculty course content with room for additional downloads. Another digital breakthrough is the introduction of Amazon Kindle in several colleges, according to USA Today, after testing the Kindle DX at "Princeton University, Case Western Reserve University and the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, [the only clear consensus] is this…the inability to easily highlight text was the biggest lowlight of the experience."
Cost of Duke can be found at: http://www.admissions.duke.edu/faq/indexf222.html?iQuestionID=526%20&iCategoryID=0
On-Campus Off-Class
According to look-look.com, "Traditional universities are beginning to increase their online course offerings for on-campus students, providing them with greater scheduling flexibility, increased independence and arguably more responsibility. The virtual classroom seems to be taking over much more than the virtual office ever did in the early '90s. Say goodbye to passing notes and sticking gum under the seat."
Majors Gone Wild
Traditional majors like business and engineering aren't for everyone, according to the book "They Teach That In College!?" There are 96 unusual majors in fast-growing fields with good salary prospects. Consider Sustainable Business which deals with environmentally-conscious profitability; Computer and Digital Forensics which involves detective work through digital evidence found in computers, cell phones and PDA's. Comic book fans know that the field has grown 12% since 2006, but do they know Comic Book Art is an actual major? And if you're scientifically inclined, consider a major in Nanoscience/Nanotechnology where you will study objects one-billionth of a meter in size including cosmetics, stain-resistant clothing, batteries and even solar cells. Even future business majors that want to start their own companies someday might be better off with a major in Entrepreneurship, which involves a working knowledge of fields like accounting, economics and advertising but with an emphasis in rewarding individuals looking to be their own boss. And why not? More than 75% of U.S. millionaires today are self-employed.
Crazy Courses
From "The Science of Harry Potter" to "The Joy of Garbage" you can study elective courses in almost anything. There are just so many different electives nowadays to enroll in, getting a degree is anything but boring. Some elective treks are for example, according to Fox News, include "Occidental College's course titled Blackness, which elaborates on a "new blackness," "critical blackness," "post-blackness," and an "unforgivable blackness," which all combine to create a "feminist New Black Man." If you want something more mainstream, the article "The 15th Strangest Courses in America" includes wild offerings like Georgetown University's "Philosophy and Star Trek," "The Science of Superheroes" at the University of California at Irvine, Columbia's "Zombies in Popular Media," "Arguing with Judge Judy" at the University of California at Berkeley and "The Art of Walking" at Centre College.
The 15 Strangest Courses in America
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The oligarch's 400 guests arrived at his £59 million estate on Saturday for the 45 year-old's most extravagant party yet; a £5 million event with the Red Hot Chili Peppers providing the entertainment.
Many stayed on the Russian's 536ft super-yacht Eclipse – the world's largest private yacht with two helicopter pads, a submarine and two swimming pools – while others are believed to have stayed on smaller yacht, the 377ft Luna. Despite being nearly 200ft smaller the vessel still boasts a crew of 40 people in tan uniforms. Its sister ship the Eclipse has 80 crew members.
The guest list has not been disclosed, but locals reported seeing Star Wars creator George Lucas, designer Marc Jacobs, singer Jon Bon Jovi, Jimmy Choo entrepreneur Tamara Mellon and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen on the island shortly before the exclusive party. The president of St Barts, Bruno Magras, was also invited to spend New Year at the 7-acre Gouveneur Bay Estate.
Last year, Demi Moore, Rosie Huntington-Whitely, Stephanie Seymour, and Ellen DeGeneres were among dozens of famous names on the invitation list.
Partygoers were told to wear "island chic" at the event and crowds of glamorous young women were spotted stepping off ferries from the super-yachts in bare feet, before being whisked off in chauffeured cars to the hilltop estate.
Platters of canapés greeted the guests when they arrived, catered by St Barts restaurateur Xavier Pinet and Michelin-star chef Thomas Chiarelli.
Dishes included Russian dumplings filled with island-caught Mahi Mahi and pancakes with a vodka and lemon zest sauce. Locally caught langoustines, lobster and tuna were also served as sushi and Aquitaine caviar topped blinis canapés. Caribbean fruits were served alongside imported strawberries and raspberries.
Chilled vodka and crates of Cristal Roederer and Ruinart champagne were on tap for the guests.
The party, which continued throughout the night, is the Chelsea football club owner's third-such event on the island.
In 2009, Kanye West and Orlando Bloom were treated to a £3 million party with Beyoncé, Gwen Steffani and Prince providing the entertainment.
The party marks the end of a troublesome year for the billionaire, having spent several weeks battling fellow oligarch Boris Berezosky in a £3.7 billion High Court case in London.
Mr Abramovich and his 30-year-old model girlfriend Dasha Zhukova spent their Christmas holidays on the island with their two-year-old son Aaron.


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The Boomers located in Dania Beach (they have 2 locations in Fl) offers your family a variety of fun.My family and my visited there on a Saturday morning…if you go right when it opens up it isn't crowded and you can do more of the things you love without having to wait.Once we were inside we went and got our passes for the Champ package which gives you 4 hours of unlimited access to all of the attractions for only $29.95 per person.As soon as we had our passes we headed outside to the Boomers Family Ride Park. First the kids rode the Frog Hopper four times before they convinced me to join them.Next up was the swings. Yes, I rode them too.My kiddos were too short to ride the go karts by themselves so I had the pleasure of driving them around (like I do every single day).My daughter was tall enough to drive the water bumper boats on her own and apparently knew how to shoot water out but somehow couldn't remember how to take her finger off the trigger since she aimed it at me and didn't let it go (I got her back though).My son liked to wet people but wasn't happy when they would get him back (we're working on it).*Considering how wet we got, next time I'll be sure to do the water bumper boats right before we leave Boomers.We then headed inside to play laser tag. The kids and I teamed up against my husband and we still lost…but we had fun and that's all that matters.I was then foolish enough to try the rock climbing wall.My kiddos even gave it a shot. I actually think they did better than I did which is pretty sadWe then tried the mini bowling alley which was pretty cool.We were going to head back outside but it started pouring and didn't look like it was going to stop anytime soon. It rained so hard that I was drenched by the time I got into the car.Of course not long after I got in the car the rain calmed down. Since our time was cut short, we'll have to head back on over to Boomers another day.Note: My family and I were provided with passes to check out Boomers for ourselves. However, ALL opinions are my own.


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Those of you who care about such things know that Sunday was Nov. 1. Those of you with access to social media need no calendar to be cognizant of the season's change. I was on Facebook for all of 1.748 milliseconds before I saw the first post containing that damn #30DayThankfulnessChallenge. For the three people in the world unfamiliar with this phenomenon, it's an online movement where well-intentioned folk use honeyed words to tell you every day of the month one thing for which they're grateful. Listen, I love being appreciative. It's right up there with cake and kittens
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Redesigning schools to dramatically increase learning
by Dr. Wayne Jennings
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Introduction by Randall Fielding
Wayne B. Jennings, Chair of the International Association for Learning Alternatives, works to provide a greater range of education choices for students. For over fifty years, he has served as a teacher, principal, superintendent, professor and school board member. He has authored several books and numerous articles in education. He believes all students are gifted with powerful brains and it is the school's responsibility to present learning environments that promote their gifts.
The concept of schools as community centers has been a hot topic for more than 100 years. In 1902, John Dewey described a vital relationship between the civic, business, university and residential community in The School and Society and the Child and the Curriculum. What distinguishes Wayne Jennings' article from the scores of articles published on the subject is that it goes beyond the theory, and tells us how to plan, budget, staff, design, and maintain community learning centers.
Wayne Jennings has five decades of experience in education, and yet his approach has the freshness of a passionate idealist, fresh from the university. The model that Wayne describes is not an improved version of the old model, but a completely different concept of education. He is not writing about incremental change, but systemic change, and in his sphere of influence, the "bells and cells" factory model of education expired long ago.
Wayne's creative vision has given birth to dozens of real schools, so we are not left to ponder about what works and what's a wild idea. His work was instrumental in the development of the EdVisions Cooperative, which has launched dozens of schools around the US, and trained thousands of teachers. I have had the opportunity to serve as the planner and design architect for many EdVisions schools, including Avalon School, Hip-Hop High (High School for Recording Arts), Sage Academy, River Heights High School, and Harbor City International School, and seen the model in action first hand.
The man behind the comprehensive approach to education described in Community Learning Centers has a vibrant personal presence. The story of Hip-Hop High's launch is a good illustration of Wayne in action. Five years ago, David Ellis, a former student of Wayne's at Saint Paul Open School, found himself with a coterie of high school "lost boys" and dropouts hanging out at his recording studio at all hours of the day and night. David called Wayne to talk about the situation, and Wayne came over the same day. In record time, a new district was formed, and a new community learning center was founded. Wayne serves as the superintendent for Hip-Hop high, and at a recent visit, I noticed that every student and advisor that we encountered knew him personally!
At another meeting that I attended with Wayne at Great River School in Saint Paul, (the first Montessori High School in Minnesota), there was a good deal of tension about the construction budget and schedule. Wayne's presence had a calming effect on all of the participants. He used words sparingly, but gave each participant his full attention. We all came away from the meeting feeling that the project would move ahead. Wayne's vision of community learning centers is moving forward as well, with new Community Learning Centers springing up at an accelerating pace.
On behalf of the DesignShare community, I'd like to thank Wayne for sharing this publication with us, and for five decades of innovation in education.
Randall Fielding is a partner at Fielding Nair International, an award-winning school/university planning and design firm with offices in New York, Minneapolis and Madison. Randy is also the founder and editorial director of DesignShare. He can be reached at: email@example.com or visit the FNI website at www.fieldingnair.com.
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Busy new Nottingham Forest manager Aitor Karanka added Adlene Guedioura, Jack Colback, Lee Tomlin, Joe Lolley, Costel Pantilimon and Ashkan Dejagah to his squad tonight before the January window deadline closed.
But striker Tyler Walker has gone out on loan to Bolton Wanderers, striker Jamie Ward to Cardiff City on loan, keeper Stephen Henderson out to Portsmouth on loan, striker Zak Clough has returned to former club Bolton on loan, while defender Matt Mills and winger Mustapha Carayol have left by mutual consent.
Last night defender Tobias Figueiredo arrived at the City Ground on loan from Sporting Lisbon.
Last to sign was ex-Red Adlene Guedioura, returning to the club on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
The midfielder rejoined Forest from fellow Championship side Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee.
Befoe that, midfielder Jack Colback, 28, arrived on loan until the end of the season from Premier League side Newcastle United.
Colback started his career at Sunderland and spent time on loan at Ipswich Town before joining Newcastle in 2014, where he was part of the squad which lifted the Championship title last season.
Lee Tomlin signed on loan from Cardiff City, with Jamie Ward moving in the opposite direction and, just before that, 25-year-old Huddersfield winger Lolley penned a four-and-a-half-year deal at The City Ground.
Lolley, who started his career in non-league football, signed for Huddersfield in 2014 and has featured regularly for them in the Championship. He was part of the side which won promotion via the play-offs last season and scored in The Terriers' recent Premier League clash with West Ham.
Romanian international goalkeeper Pantilimon had earlier signed on loan for the remainder of the season from Premier League side Watford, having spent the first half of the season on loan at Deportivo La Coruna.
The 30-year-old started his career with Poli Timisoara in his home country, before a move to Manchester City where he won the Premier League and League Cup. He has also played for Sunderland before signing for Watford.
Today's other signing, Iranian international winger Dejagah, 31, has joined on a permanent deal until the end of the season, being a free agent after leaving German Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg in the summer.
He began his career at Hertha Berlin before a five-year stay at Wolfsburg.
He joined Fulham in 2012, making 43 Premier League appearances before a spell in Qatar with Al-Arabi and then he re-signed for Wolfsburg at the start of 2016/17.
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Since most vehicles with drum brakes have them on the rear wheels only, the brake lining material wears at a slower rate than do the linings on the front brakes. They will eventually wear out, though, and it's important to periodically check them (every 15,000 miles) so they can be replaced before expensive damage is done.
The major components of a drum brake assembly are the brake drum, the brake shoes, the backing plate, the wheel cylinder(s), and all the hardware necessary to mount and connect the components (see illustration).
Rear drum brake assemblies also have self-adjusting mechanisms to keep the shoes within a predetermined distance from the drum, even as the lining material wears down.
There are two main designs of drum brake: duo-servo and leading/trailing. They are fairly similar in terms of hardware, although the duo-servo brake tends to have a few more components. The following shoe replacement procedure depicts a typical leading/trailing drum brake.
The dust created by the brake system is harmful to your health. Never blow it out with compressed air and don't inhale any of it. An approved filtering mask should be worn when working on the brakes. Do not, under any circumstances, use petroleum-based solvents to clean brake parts. Use brake system cleaner only!
Parts Required
- Brake System Cleaner
- Brake Shoes
- Hardware Kit
- High-Temperature Brake Grease
Tools Required
- Jack and Jackstands
- Lug Wrench
- Filtering Mask
- Safety Glasses or Goggles
- Screwdriver or Brake Adjusting Tool
- Brake Spring Tool (optional) or Locking Pliers
- Brake Hold-Down Tool (optional) or Pliers
- Before beginning the job, purchase a service manual for your vehicle. It contains essential information for getting the job done safely and correctly the first time.
- Park the vehicle on a level surface, then place blocks in front of the front wheels. Loosen the rear wheel lug nuts, then raise the rear of the vehicle and support it securely on jackstands. Remove the wheels.
- Release the parking brake and remove the brake drum.
- Look for a retaining screw or screws; if any are present, remove them. Slide the drum off the hub or axle flange. If it sticks, apply penetrating oil to the area around the wheel studs and the center of the drum where it meets the flange, then let it soak in awhile and try again
- If the drum is still stuck, look for threaded holes in the face of the drum. If any are present, thread bolts of the proper size and thread pitch into the holes and tighten them a little at a time, alternating so as to push the drum off evenly. If no such holes are present, you might have to use a little force; try rapping on the face of the drum in the area of the flange to break the rust bond.
- If you can pull the drum off the flange but can remove it more than just a little, you'll have to retract the brake shoes. Look for a rubber plug on the brake backing plate. If one is present, remove it and, using a screwdriver or brake adjusting tool, turn the star wheel on the adjuster to retract the shoes. Note: Some drum brakes use other types of adjusters; your manual will show you how to retract the shoes on your particular vehicle.
- When replacing brake shoes, it's a good idea to have the drums resurfaced. Resurfacing the drums will get rid of imperfections in the friction surface of the drum, as well as out-of-round and taper conditions. Most auto parts stores can provide this service.
- The following photo sequence illustrates a typical leading/trailing drum brake shoe replacement procedure, but be sure to follow the procedure in your repair manual, as it will be specific to your vehicle.
- Before removing anything, wash the brake assembly with brake system cleaner and allow it to drip dry into a pan - DO NOT USE COMPRESSED AIR TO BLOW BRAKE DUST FROM PARTS!
- Unhook the lower spring and remove it.
- The upper spring can now be removed from the adjuster lever - note how it engages.
- Remove the adjuster lever.
- Remove the star-wheel assembly.
- Depress the leading shoe retainer and turn it to remove it.
- Remove the leading brake shoe.
- Remove the trailing shoe retainer and allow the shoe to come free.
- Pry open the clip to disconnect the parking brake lever from the trailing shoe.
- 1Lubricate the backing plate contact points with high-temperature grease after thoroughly cleaning it.
- Crimp the clip to attach the new trailing shoe to the parking brake lever.
- Install the pin through the backing plate and the trailing shoe.
- Install the spring and the retainer to the pin.
- Use the special tool to compress the spring and engage the retainer.
- Perform the same procedure on the leading brake shoe.
- Clean the star-wheel adjuster and lubricate it lightly.
- Install the star-wheel assembly with the star to the front.
- Install the adjuster lever.
- Install the upper spring, hooking it into the adjuster.
- Install the lower spring.
- Adjust the star-wheel to give a very light drag when the brake drum is turned, then back it off so the shoes don't rub. After reassembly is complete, be sure to test the brakes before driving the vehicle in traffic.


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READING could prepare for life in Division 1 with a pre-season tour to Germany, writes NICK IVE.
I understand the club are looking at the possibility of a week-long trip with a couple of games. It is doubtful they will play against Bundesliga opposition, though. Their opponents are likely to be teams from the country's lower leagues.
Royals are due to report back to duty in the first week of July when they will undergo various tests.
After a few days training they could be travelling to Germany in readiness for their Division 1 campaign.
Already planned are pre-season matches at home to Charlton on Friday August 2 and West Ham on Monday August 5. The rest of Reading's pre-season campaign is likely to be against non-league opposition such as Oxford City, Banbury and Walton and Hersham.
It was agreed Royals will play Walton following the signing of striker Bas Savage from the Surrey side.
M Reading's players and management will be presented with their Division 2 runners-up medals after Phil Parkinson's testimonial against an England XI on Monday May 13.
Graeme Murty will be presented with the club's Player of the Year award before the match while John Mackie will receive the Player of the Month award for March.


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R.E.S.-ilience in Value Creation 《竹经:经商经世离不得立根创新》
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Kee Koon Boon ("KB") is the co-founder and director of HERO Investment Management which provides specialized fund management and investment advisory services to the ARCHEA Asia HERO Innovators Fund (www.heroinnovator.com), the only Asian SMID-cap tech-focused fund in the industry. KB is an internationally featured investor rooted in the principles of value investing for over a decade as a fund manager and analyst in the Asian capital markets who started his career at a boutique hedge fund in Singapore where he was with the firm since 2002 and was also part of the core investment committee in significantly outperforming the index in the 10-year-plus-old flagship Asian fund. He was also the portfolio manager for Asia-Pacific equities at Korea's largest mutual fund company. Prior to setting up the H.E.R.O. Innovators Fund, KB was the Chief Investment Officer & CEO of a Singapore Registered Fund Management Company (RFMC) where he is responsible for listed Asian equity investments. KB had taught accounting at the Singapore Management University (SMU) as a faculty member and also pioneered the 15-week course on Accounting Fraud in Asia as an official module at SMU. KB remains grateful and honored to be invited by Singapore's financial regulator Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to present to their top management team about implementing a world's first fact-based forward-looking fraud detection framework to bring about benefits for the capital markets in Singapore and for the public and investment community. KB also served the community in sharing his insights in writing articles about value investing and corporate governance in the media that include Business Times, Straits Times, Jakarta Post, Manual of Ideas, Investopedia, TedXWallStreet. He had also presented in top investment, banking and finance conferences in America, Italy, Sydney, Cape Town, HK, China. He has trained CEOs, entrepreneurs, CFOs, management executives in business strategy & business model innovation in Singapore, HK and China.
The ARCHEA Asia H.E.R.O. Innovators Fund (www.heroinnovator.com) is the only Asian SMID-cap tech-focused fund in the industry. H.E.R.O. stands for "Honorable. Exponential. Resilient. Organization." and is operationalized into a unique, systematic 4-step investment process to identify the winners. The investment objective seeks to capture long-term investment returns created by disruptive forces and innovation by focusing on high-quality and liquid listed equities in the Asia-Pacific region that ride on and benefit from them. Through our cross-sector and in-depth fundamental research process, the Fund aim to provide access to companies whom we believe are run by high-integrity, honorable and far-sighted owner-operators with a higher sense of purpose in solving High-Value Problems for their target customers and society, and have unique, scalable and wide-moat business models with sustainable competitive advantages and innovative products, services, and processes to create, expand and service their total addressable market, including the resiliency and balance sheet strength to maintain or grow profitability, pricing power and market positions through up/downturns in the economy.
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Sundance Digital Titan Automates OETA
The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority is making the transition to digital with the Sundance Digital Titan.
The automation system will drive a RAID protected multichannel Omneon server and Sony and Panasonic multiformat VTRs. OETA will install the Sundance Intelli-Sat Broadcast Manager to schedule and record satellite feeds. Titan will control playlists of five channels, four DTV plus one mix of SD and HD. Titan will integrate with the station's traffic and PSIP interfaces.
From its Oklahoma City headquarters, the on-air launch is slated for the network's third fiscal quarter 2005.


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Loxton D, Tooth L, Harris M, Forder P, Dobson A, Powers J, Brown W, Byles & Mishra G. Cohort Profile: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) 1989-95 cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2018; 47(2): 391-392e
In 2010, the lack of contemporary health information about women in early adulthood led the Australian Government Department of Health to provide funding for the establishment of a cohort of women who would be aged 18–23 years in 2012–13. This would be the fourth cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH). Since 1996, the Australian Government Department of Health has funded the ALSWH to obtain data on health and health service use from three cohorts of women, born in 1973–78, 1946–51 and 1921–26. The study is based at the University of Newcastle and the University of Queensland. The purpose of the ALSWH is to provide evidence for development of policy and practice in women's health and health services.1The need for an additional cohort was driven by recognition that this generation have markedly different experiences and backgrounds from those of the existing ALSWH cohorts. In particular this new cohort, born in 1989–95, has grown up with rapid technological advancement and high levels of interpersonal connectivity via mobile phones and social media, as well as high levels of information availability through the internet. In a reflection of these generational differences, the establishment of the new cohort required the use of distinctly different recruitment and survey methods from those that were used with the original cohorts.2The 1989–95 cohort was established to identify the determinants of good health, illness and health service use throughout adult life, including the demographic, economic, health behaviour, social, environmental and personal factors that influence physical and mental health. The information obtained from all ALSWH cohorts is used by the Australian Government Department of Health as evidence for policy and planning.Return


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Acne scars are caused when a pimple or cyst is popped and broken leaving a layer of damaged skin behind. These scars are caused by the excess oil, dead skin, and bacteria blocking the skin pores causing it to swell.
Acne scars can be categorized into three types:
- Ice Pick scars which are small but have deep pits.
- Boxcar scars have sharp edges, these can be shallow or deep
- Rolling scar have a wavy look as they are wide and shallow. This type of scarring is usually caused by damage to the skin.
Causes of acne scars
Acne and acne scars can be caused due to the following reasons:
- Hormonal imbalance during or after the onset of puberty
- Medicines that contains lithium, androgen or corticosteroids
- Oil and greasy food items and those rich in carbohydrates can trigger acne. In some cases, dairy products can worsen the condition.
Simple tips to prevent scarring
Some acne scars fade with time. In the early stages, the scars might look pink as blood vessels in the damaged area of the skin provide it with nourishment. With time the collagen in the skin would fill the injured or damaged portion of the skin. In some cases, it might take up to a year for scars to fade.
- Don't pick or squeeze pimples or acne as they can get inflamed. This inflammation can cause the bacteria to go further into the skin which would result in deeper scars.
- Use mild cosmetic products as some products can increase the risk of acne and scarring. Non-toxic, paraben-free products free from synthetic dyes and colours should be used sparingly.
- Getting enough sleep is important and necessary for the body to produce collagen which is a protein necessary for skin elasticity. Sleep also helps the body and skin to repair itself.
Treatment of acne scars
Mild acne can be treated with simple home remedies such as the use of fenugreek extract and lemon juice. Face packs made from sandalwood and orange peel are also very effective in reducing acne scars. But in some extreme cases, you might need proper treatment at a hospital. Most of these treatments can be performed as an outpatient procedure. Some of them are:
- Skin resurfacing: where the damaged skin is removed to help new skin to grow. The damaged skin can be removed by the use of a laser, dermabrasion or a chemical peel.
- Fillers: In this procedure, the doctor would inject a filler such as a collagen or fat into the damaged area. This helps the skin to become smooth.
- Rolling: Rolling also known as needling, is a procedure where tiny needles are rolled over the skin to stimulate it to grow
- Surgery: In a few very extreme cases the scars would need to be cut away and the area repaired with the use of skin grafts obtained from another part of the body.
Any scars and especially acne scars can be unsightly. A skin doctor or dermatologist would help you choose the right treatment plan depending on the type of damage done to the skin.
In case you have a concern or query you can always consult an expert & get answers to your questions!
It is the time of the year when we kick-start the big fat Indian wedding season and will continue through the whole month of November, December and till February. With all effort goes into planning a wedding, the stress factor may be high. So it's comprehensible that when dealing with pressing concerns like choosing wedding dress, ornaments, selecting the perfect shoes, and finalizing the menu, there's a chance you may ignore the most significant part, getting your skin ready for this winter wedding.
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- The beauty expert at Clinic Dermatech says men and women who visit the clinic often come with the expectation to improve their faces before the wedding season. It is the time when everything will be well-decorated and you don't want to miss any chance to be the show-stopper with your luminous skin and gorgeous attire. One thing you cannot opt for immediate before any wedding is to undergo any kind of surgery, so instead there are best proven Rejuvenation Packages of Clinic Dermatech that can help you prepped up before any wedding.
- One thing you cannot do immediately before the wedding is to have surgery, so instead there are many very suitable facial treatments like Anti-ageing facial treatment in Delhi that can help you before a wedding. These include Botox to get rid of those frown lines and forehead lines, fillers for dark under tired eye circles and other treatments such as advanced facial for rehydration of the skin for the hands or face and for plumping up of tired dried skin.
- At the leading skin rejuvenation clinic in Delhi, the beauty experts of Clinic Dermatech recommend sitting in for an aesthetic treatment before weddings. They start with the overall assessment listening to the patient coming to the clinic as to what their major concerns are and about their expectations before attending any wedding. The expert enquires about their skin care regime, the products they are currently using and their maintenance techniques. Also, they examine the skin, look at the volume and look at the bony shapes. In particular, they focus at the symmetry of the skin. Many of the problems areas that show up prominently in photos such as hands looking dried and wrinkled, faces looking dull, tired, and dehydrated (unhealthy), skin that looks patchy, dull, and lifeless. To get rid of all those problems, beauty experts at Clinic Dermatech work with their clients from anything up to five to six weeks before the wedding.
Then on the wedding day, prime your skin for a last-minute boost on the morning by applying a gentle exfoliating mask in the shower and you are all set to outshine all the other women in the evening.


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Ajay Zharotia was born on the night of 28th March, 1968, in a family lineage of artists. His father is a famous painter and art educator. His ancestral family has roots in Rajasthan. One of his great grandfathers was believed to be a very spiritual person, who had the Siddhi to travel great distances in no time. His grandparents were ardent devotees of the Mother Goddess Kalika, their Kula Devi.
Ajay was naturally bestowed with the inheritance of artistic talent and a spiritual inclination. Even in his childhood, he spent time reading mythological scriptures like the Mahabharata and the Vishnu Purana, while children his age were reading comic books and playing games. His spiritual pursuit became the focus of his life in 2001 with the start of his Gayatri Sadhana. Since then he has been discovering a whole new world of spirituality within himself.
Ajay's first meeting with his Jyotish Guru, Pt. Sanjay Rath, unfolded into the auspicious event of Diksha (initiation) from the Revered Swami Gahananandaji, the 14th President of the Ramakrishna Order.
Ajay's schooling was completed at Saraswati Bal Mandir. He cherishes the Sanskaras of the SarsawatiVandana and the Gita, which his school imparted along with the formal education. He then went on to graduate in Applied Arts from the prestigious College of Art, New Delhi in 1990. Later, he completed his Masters in Drawing & Painting. Presently, he is pursuing PhD in Social Media Marketing as a Research Scholar at the University of Delhi.
Ajay's professional expertise led him to work with the top, reputed advertising agencies of the country, as their Creative Director. He created many advertising campaigns and launched many National and International Brands like Maruti, Dominos, Motorola, Freelook, to name a few. He is also associated with many social campaigns for UNICEF and WHO.
Ajay's belief in knowledge sharing and his passion for teaching has made him take up various teaching assignments. He taught as Assistant Professor, in College of Art, New Delhi, University of Delhi. Presently, he is teaching as Associate Professor with FMG Group of Institutes, Mahamaya Technical University, Uttar Pradesh. He is also a member of the Academic Council for syllabus preparation for Applied Arts in the University.
Ajay has a great fervor of making paintings on mythological themes. He has participated in many Art Camps and exhibited his works all over India.
Jyotish has always been a part of Ajay's life. But it was only in 2004 that he came across SJC groups and decided to delve deeply into this Vedic knowledge. In 2005, he was initiated into the Jyotish lineage of Shri Achyuta Dasa. He has been an active participant of Atri SJC classes in New Delhi and engaged himself in the difficult task of making transcriptions of lectures given in these classes.
Ajay was one of the fortunate few, who were chosen to study Jaimini Upadesha Sutras under the careful guidance of Pt. Sanjay Rath in 2007. Since then, after the Guru Agya, he has been practicing professional Jyotish. He has a very keen interest in Puranas and Scriptures, "Devi Bhagvatam", being the closest to his heart. He also likes to study various commentaries on "Srimad Bhagwad Gita".
Jaimini Scholar
Ajay Zharotia has successfully completed study of Jaimini Upadesha Sutras from his Jyotish Guru Pt. Sanjay Rath under a 5-year long programme (2007-11) of First Himalaya Batch of DevaguruBṛhaspati Center (DBC). Now, he is a certified Jaimini Scholar and on the directions of the DBC-Institute he is currently teaching the 2nd Himalaya Batch of the Jaimini Scholar Programme along with other fellow Jaimini Scholars.


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My primary motivation for writing this novel was to change the increasingly hostile, highly divisive political atmosphere that demonizes abortion and the women who elect it as the ultimate form of birth control.
I intentionally did not make this story overtly political, choosing instead to have the three generations of women in the Irish Catholic family personify the feminist slogan "The personal is political." My desire was to reach people's hearts and minds. However, this novel is firmly rooted in my deeply held political, socioeconomic, and cultural beliefs:
- All women, regardless of class, race, sexuality, income, age, religion, creed, disability, immigrant status, or any other construct that has been used to discriminate against and divide people, have the right to bodily integrity – the right to dominion over our own bodies and the freedom to know the best way to govern our most intimate, precious domain — without government interference, religious dictates, or family intervention.
- We need freedom from all forms of discrimination and prejudice, particularly racism, sexism, classism, and lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and queer oppression.
- The climate of hostility, harassment, and life-threatening violence directed against abortion providers in this country and the contempt, condescension, reproach, and self-righteousness expressed in increasingly restrictive, medically unnecessary state laws that limit the options of women who need such health care are rooted in centuries-old patriarchy, class society, and religious dogma. A woman's right to abortion challenges those three pillars of male privilege because it gives women power over our bodies. Those of us who assert that right need to recognize that we are in a decisive battle that challenges the very foundation of male domination. And we need to be willing to fight for that right until women's power in all realms of life is recognized legally and honored socially as equal to that of men.
- Today's religious-based anti-abortion movement sanctifies the fetus to the point that the rights of an unborn child supersede those of women. That can only be seen as a deeply manipulative, highly controlling way to subordinate and disenfranchise women. It serves to alienate and divide women from our own reproductive capacity, from our hearts and minds. But that defies the rules of biology and human psychology. A woman is not a passive incubator whose sole purpose is to bring children into the world — does that ever reek of patriarchy! A woman must want to be pregnant and want to be a mother — with all the attendant responsibilities, joys, and sorrows — for the rest of her life. A woman should not be shamed or punished if she chooses not be a mother. Nor should she be forced by the power of the state to deny her deepest feelings, kneel before a religious altar against her will, or kowtow to an elder's commands.
- As part of our birthright, all women must be guaranteed the right to become mothers if they choose, with all the social, economic, and cultural means to support that right and without any stigma if they decide not to. To help women undertake the lifelong, life-altering responsibilities and commitments of parenthood, the following are needed to guarantee that right:
- Freedom to fully and freely exercise one's sexuality and gender expression without fear, reproach, or coercion in a sex-positive culture.
- Free, universal, all-inclusive health care.
- Free, neighborhood-based childcare from birth.
- Free public education from pre-school through university.
- Comprehensive, parent-supervised sex education, beginning with discussion in grammar school of inappropriate touching and in high school of all types of contraception, including abstinence; sexually transmitted diseases; and how to respect, enjoy, and cherish sexual partners and intimate relationships.
- Safe contraception, which is freely dispensed confidentially by school nurses as well as nonjudgmental neighborhood clinics.
- Freedom to choose to have an abortion as a form of birth control.
- Freedom to choose sterilization as the ultimate form of birth control without an iota of social or economic pressure.
- Uncoerced, free, open adoption.
- Well-defined, equitably contracted surrogacy.
- Affordable, medically safe, free reproductive technologies to aid the infertile.
- Freedom from all types of sexual harassment, human trafficking, and violence, including incest, rape, sex slavery, and forced prostitution.
- Jobs with livable wages and safe, supportive, worker-controlled working conditions and environments.
- Quality, affordable housing.
- Free, equitable divorce and shared child-centric custody.
- Freedom to choose to be a single parent, with community support.
- In two words: Reproductive justice.
- The complex conditions needed for reproductive justice define a society that is not based on misogyny, patriarchy, or male, racial, or class privilege as ours presently is. Such a society accords women and men equal respect and asks both to honor children in word and in deed, not just in the United States but worldwide. Such a human-centered, child-safe atmosphere must meet the needs, rights, and aspirations of billions of people all over the globe. That means ending commercial enterprises that elevate profits above human needs; the accumulation of private property, wealth, and power by the few at the expense of the many; the competition for natural resources and global markets that ultimately leads to war.
- I'm envisioning a peaceful, cooperative socialist society that respects the rights of the individual as much as the community. I believe it is possible to turn the phrases "liberty and justice for all" and "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" from sacred yet hollow words into living reality. We must settle for nothing less for the future of the human race and for our precious, endangered planet.
- How can progressive social change be encouraged to bring about this new society? As a student of history and sociology, I believe in the power of activism, in people organizing and working together as a mighty force for change. That is the only thing that has ever been shown to bring about thoroughgoing societal change, which is what is sorely needed to heal the world economy as well as cure pervasive social ills. Activism is what created unions to defend workers' rights, ending naked abuses of child labor, sweatshops, the 12-hour day, and the six-day workweek and raised the bar for all working and poor people with the 8-hour day, the minimum wage, unemployment insurance, Social Security, and Medicaid and Medicare. And look at the role of the Civil Rights movement, where African Americans and others defied all manner of political, state, and police repression to end the hate-filled restrictions of slavery in Jim Crow discrimination. The dynamism and success of that movement inspired white youth who opposed the war against Vietnam. And they responded by taking to the streets to create the multinational anti-war movement, the women's movement, and the movement against lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and queer oppression.
Just think how many decades suffragists marched, rallied, fasted, and endured prison sentences before women's right to vote was added to the constitution in 1920. Fifty-some years later the Supreme Court responded to women, who by the thousands spoke out, petitioned, and demonstrated in every corner of this country, by overturning anti-abortion laws in 1973. Though supportive medical and legal testimony helped, Roe v. Wade would never have happened without a tidal wave of passionate, persuasive activism. Today's Occupy Wall Street is the latest chapter in that unfolding history.
- Another powerful force for change is the creative word. I trust the power of fiction, drama, poetry, essays, creative nonfiction, and song to address human issues that seem so insurmountable in everyday life. Just think of the women writers who challenged patriarchy, starting with Mary Wollenstonecraft who wrote the first known essay supporting women's right to equality with men in 1792: A Vindication of the Rights of Women. Though Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own (1929) discusses what women need to become writers, it stands as a persuasive paean to women's equality. And grass-roots journals, magazines, and newspapers flourished all over the country in the 1970s and 80s — in addition to Ms. magazine — that explored once-hidden issues like domestic violence, incest, rape, pornography, and prostitution, among the many topics that feminism and women's liberation unearthed. One book, the Boston Women's Health Collective's Our Bodies, Ourselves, grew to become a national and now international institution.
I grew up relishing the positive girlhood images in books by Louisa May Alcott and Laura Ingalls Wilder, while the Nancy Drew mystery series, started by Edward Stratemeyer, offered an exhilarating example of girl power. In 1966 I took a "Feminism and Marxism" course at the Alternate U, for which Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex, Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook, and Frederick Engels' The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State were required reading. Those books, but especially Engels, united my feminism with my passion for history and anthropology, and voila, I became a socialist. Talk about the power of the word!
I found a kindred spirit when I read Marilyn French's The Woman's Room, which reveals how hard it is for women to live in contemporary male-dominated society. I relished the positive images of independent women in books by Marge Piercy, Rita May Brown, and Barbara Kingsolver. I will never forget how Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye opened my eyes to the harsh challenges of growing up an African-American woman in a white-, male-dominated society. And Alice Walker carved out new images of Black women, both downtrodden and rising up, in The Color Purple. While Amy Tan and Sandra Cisneros offered windows into Asian and Latina families, Tillie Olsen and Grace Paley sketched stories of working-class women. So many creative works have shaped and honed my world-view – and I bet yours, too.
- In writing this book I was determined to go behind the headlines and create a family-centered story that all people who care about individual freedoms, rights, and justice could identify with. I chose not to sugar-coat the story, though I admit I did load the deck by making one of the three point-of-view characters sympathetic to abortion. Why, if she was an observant Catholic? Because her mother had died in childbirth and she had been forced to forego art school to care for her younger brothers and sisters. I gave her that backstory because those are the circumstances that inspired Margaret Sanger to make her life journey. And feminist wisdom is essential in telling this tale.
In addition, I wanted to explore the grief that some women feel after the first rush of relief fades following an abortion and offer a positive way to come to terms with feelings of loss. Why? Because some who are anti-choice prey on women's grief, convincing distraught women that they have been victimized by having had an abortion. But playing on grief until it hardens into guilt and self-loathing is heartless and cruel. The only way to work through grief is with love and support. That led me to choose the title Love Means Second Chances.
Please read "How I Wrote This Book" which outlines how this book took shape.


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Interns Required for Punjab Education Foundation:
Punjab Education Foundation, an autonomous organization established by Government of the Punjab, is committed to the promotion of quality education at affordable cost through Public Private Partnership. PEF provides an opportunity of practical training to post graduates having special aptitude of learning and producing maximum result.
The Foundation has authorized NTS to conduct test for the recruitment against the position of intern for six months. The NTS invites applications from suitble candidates for entry test against this position. An experience certificate after successful completion of tenure will be issued to the PEF Intern, if he/she meets the criteria.
Eligibility Criteria:
Age: Maximum 30 years or within 3 years of completion of master/equivalent qualification.
Duration: 6 months (extendable for another term of 6 months based of performance).
Qualification: Master Degree with 1st Devision in the relevant subject or 4 year Bachelors degree in the Sciences / Social Sciences.
Stipent: Rs. 30,000/- per month.
Term of Contract: Placement of Interns shall be purely temporary and stop gap arrangement, whice can be terminated at any time without assigning any reason.
Transfer/Traveling: Selection of candidates will be based on Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan regional office. However, positions are not fixed, employees cam be transferred anywhere in Punjab and Frequent traveling is involved. TA/DA will be given as per policy for traveling.
Domicile: Applicants must have domocile of Punjab.
No Right of Regular Placement: The placement shall not confer any right of regular placement not shall such placement be regularized under any cricumstances.
How to Apply:
1. The application forms and online deposit slips are available on National Testing Service's website: www.nts.org.pk.
2. The applications must reach at the given address not later than December 23,2015.
3. NTS will not be responsible for late receipt of applications sent through posts or by any other courier services.
4. Please submit your test fee Rs. 500/- through prescribed deposits slips on any online branch of HBL, MCB, UBL or ABL. Deposited amount is non refundable and nontransferable.
5. Candidates are required to send their applications to NTS Headquarters, Islamabad on prescribed forms along with paid online deposit slip (original).
6. Incomplete Application/by hand submission of application forms will not be entertained.
7. Candidates are not allowed to bring cell phones to the examination centers.
8. Change of test centre is not allowed, original CNIC and Roll No Slip is mandatory for test entry.
9. PEF has right to call top scorer candidates for interview according to need/requirement of pool.
10. Foundation has the right to reject or cancel any application at any stage during recruitment process. We are equal opportunity employer. Anybody who tries to influence the process of selection by any means will be disqualified. Only short listed candidates will be called for test/ interview.
11. If at any stage, it is discovered that any PEF Intern obtained this placement on the basis of forged/bogus document or through deceit by any means, the placement shall be considered void ab initio and the Intern shall be liable to refund all amounts received from the Foundation as a consequence of his/her placement in addition to such other action as may be taken against him / her under the law. The PEF Interns will be liable to recovery of any pecuniary loss caused to the Foundation.
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