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Malware is a term that describes any malicious software. Examples of malware include viruses, spyware and rootkits. Often times this software can cripple a computer system or even render it useless to most users. So how do you combat this?
Most people unfortunately pay for services and software to remove or even attempt to prevent Malware. The fact is there are a lot of programs out there that are free. I do understand that some people are hesitant to use free software, or to try and fix things on their own. While I use the practices in this article on a daily basis, please keep in mind that there are always risks involved with computers. Everything I outline here, you do at your own risk.
Lets start with preventing Malware. The first line of defense is, knowing what to avoid.
The first rule, do not download attachments from an email sent to you by someone you dont know! Its a simple rule, but not practiced by the uninformed users. The next rule is to watch your searches. When you use a search engine, sometimes there will be sites near the top of the search engine that do not match your search criteria. You must carefully examine the URL before clicking the search link. Unfortunately its not always easy to spot a URL that will lead to trouble, if it looks suspicious, dont click it. To go along with the other 2 rules, the next rule Im going to suggest might be the most difficult to accept. Be cautious when downloading software! I do it all the time, but I research the software a head of time, choose a trusted download site and watch the install process. Im not saying to not install any software, just exercise some caution when doing so. The last rule Im going to suggest is very important. Make sure you keep your system up to date with the latest security patches, hotfixes and service packs.
Now I want to continue the prevention topic by introducing some protection methods. Lets start with software. One of the first things you should have on your computer is an antivirus program. The problem is that many people pay for such a thing, personally, I have always used free solutions, the one Ive used for the past couple years is AntiVir. The antivirus, when kept up to date, adds a layer of protection by hopefully catching a virus before it can do any harm. The next piece of software I would recommend having is called a firewall. If you have Windows XP SP2 or higher then you already have a built-in firewall. For those who do not have Windows XP2 or higher, then I recommend checking out http://techsupportalert.com/dr/. The last thing Im going to suggest in this section is Spyware protection. There are several free spyware protection programs that will run in the background, I will supply a list later in the article, one Im going to suggest right is called Spyware Blaster.
Ok! So, lets say you have a mild malware infection. This means something has broken through your protective measures. While, it is certainly true that you can never guarantee a 100% removal, I wouldnt resort to formatting your PC on every case. Some people feel safer this way, if thats the case then stop reading here. The first thing to do is to turn off System Restore, some malware can protect itself in your restore points, since your scanners will be unable to remove the malware form there. Now comes the time to run a whole arsenal of Antivirus and spyware removal tools.
Here is a decent list of tools that will help you out.
Super Anti-Spyware
A Squared
McAfee STINGER
Symantec Removal Tools
Rootkit Revealer
Gizmos The Best-ever Freeware Utilities List
Sometimes you will have a specific infection that will require special attention, in which case, you may have to do some searching on the internet or asking around on forums. As I run across specific infections, I will write about them here. You can also sign up for my web forum and post questions, I will do my best to answer them for you.
The last subject Im going to talk about regarding Malware Removal is classified as difficult removal. By difficult, I mean that your system is so bad that I wont even boot to your desktop! What do you do then?
Luckily, there are a couple really awesome tools you can use! The following tools will be great for the mild infections as well. In fact I recommend them as the main offence. These tools are Ultimate Boot CD and Ultimate Boot CD for Windows. The second one is slower but has the familiar Windows GUI and tools that people are more familiar with and it has more tools geared towards Malware removal. The reason why both tools are great is because you are not really in your Windows environment. This means, there are no locked files to slow you down.
The one thing I have to caution you about with regards to the boot CDs is that you may have to create a new one every so often to keep the program definition files up to date.


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- This is the second year in a row that we missed out on our otherwise gorgeous Japanese Magnolia blossoms. We had some late frost and all the buds turned brown...
- Sad sight as this is such a show case for early spring; mostly on my Mom's Birthday which is February 12.
- In 2011 we had lovely blossoms on both of our magnolia trees and previous also in 2004. Below you see some photos of that lucky year... Also more links below post.
- Let me show you our 4 dreary looking, surviving blossoms that I photographed today. They were the late bloomers but still got some frost damage, as is shown below.
- Frost damage and also the color is not optimal. Their botanical name is Magnolia x soulangeana.
- This photo is taken on Sunday afternoon before we took a walk.
- Lovely weather.
- ONLY 4 made it somehow... This is our 2nd Magnolia tree.
- Our biggest Magnolia tree did not have a single blossom; all turned brown from late frost.
- This was quite a show case of blossoms in 2004... Magnolia x soulangeana
- Also in 2004, looking towards the gazebo.
- Closer towards the gazebo, showing the 2nd Magnolia tree in 2004.
- This Magnolia tree took quite a blow when a big tree fell into it and broke off a big branch.
Related links:
{SPRING 2011 IS GRADUATING!} | Previous post by me
{Sculptured Watercolors by Patsy Gullett since 1981} | Previous post by me, showing our Magnolias too
{MORE BLOSSOMS IN OUR BOTANICAL GARDEN} | Previous post by me
{Our Camellia Sinensis Tea Plant and Japanese Magnolia} | Previous post by me

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Dev Kaushal is a full time working man with an unexcited life on the requests of his friend Anand.He decides to surprise his wife Reena in order to make it exciting.But when he reaches home to surprise her he is shocked to see his wife with her boyfriend Ranjeet.Dev then decides to blackmail him and extort money from or else he will tell about his secret affair to his wife Dolly.
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Ok, so here it is – my last blog! Apologies for posting this up late but I have been ill with a cold Firstly a BIG thank you to everyone who has contributed to these blogs-agreeing and disagreeing with me, and suggesting other handsets and places to buy phones. I'm quite impressed, you guys (and girls) are quite a smart bunch!
Right, now down to business! I know there is going to be a divide on this one (and I apologise now) but the first handset I would recommend for the final budget of £250 is the infamous iPhone Now before everyone starts commenting, let's be honest-it's a stunning piece of technology which comes with an impressive high resolution screen. Ok, ok, so it has antenna issues, BUT you can buy cheap bumpers to resolve this problem Everything is pretty easy to use on the iPhone-email, music and apps via iTunes, and the camera finally has a flash! I actually prefer the feel of the iPhone 3GS, but I guess you get used to the newer model, and you can't complain with updated features such as a forward facing camera. You can buy a second hand iPhone from eBay or a refurbished iPhone from the Apple store
Now the next handset has been recommended and suggested quite a few times on the blogs I have written, so I thought I would give it a mention. It's the Nokia N95 8GB which I used to LOVE when I owned one! It now comes with more memory, there is no annoying camera cover and the larger screen shows off the impressive video capability when I watched Spiderman 3 on it (this is something the N95 came with when I first got the phone) The N95 runs on the Symbian OS which makes multi-media content easy to access and use. The handset does feel a bit bulky at first, but to be honest I like the double slide feature which reveals multi-media buttons to watch videos, films and take pictures. As suggested by ragnorak you can purchase this handset for approx £200 (thanks ragnorak!)
So there it is everyone, hope you have enjoyed my blogs for the past few weeks and once again, I would love to know what you think about the above handsets. And if you want me to blog about anything else, then feel free to let me know!
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Poop Deck Craft and Gift Shop
You'll want to do some shopping while you are at the Village making the Poop Deck Craft and Gift Shop a MUST visit. The Visitor Reception Centre is also housed in the Poop Deck Craft and Gift shop making this the best place to start and end your tour of the Village.
We sell high quality, handcrafted products from Newfoundland and Labrador artisans. You will find a wide selection of local crafts such as homemade quilts, knitted goods, Newfoundland pictures and prints, books, and locally made jams. Look for that special gift you've been looking for – that special something to remember your trip to Newfoundland and the Barbour Living Heritage Village.
When you've completed the Tour of the Village you'll want to purchase Captain Job Barbour's book, Forty-Eight Days Adrift. What should have been a one day trip from St. John's harbour over to Newtown, Bonavista Bay, turned into a forty-eight day harrowing experience. First published in 2001, Forty-Eight Days Adrift tells the true story of his unexpected, unplanned voyage across the Atlantic. We always have copies of this book on hand at our Poop Deck Craft and Gift Shop.
Our pastry chefs at the Olde Shoppe Restaurant are the BEST. Not only will they teach you how to make a berry pie but they are continuously baking the most delicious desserts, muffins, molasses buns, tea biscuits and homemade bread, all done the traditional Newfoundland way. Whether our guests are local residents or people who've "Come From Away", they love these mouth-watering delicacies so we try to keep our craft shop stocked as well. Demand is high so you've got to move fast.
The Poop Deck
Need to 'take a spell' after shopping and the Village tour? We've added a deck to the building, complete with tables and chairs, so you can take a little rest and just enjoy the scenery. Look out over the Village and the Tickle and imagine the past meeting the present.
The craft shop was aptly named to reflect our links to the sea and fits well within the overall theme of the Barbour Living Heritage Village. In naval architecture, a poop deck is a deck that forms the roof of a cabin built in the rear, or 'aft' part of the superstructure of a ship. It also gave protection to the men at the wheel and provided a roof for the captain's cabin. The ropes controlling the yards and sails of the masts were operated from the poop deck.


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The Chief Executive Officer of Induce Biologics Inc., is Dr. Cameron Clokie. Induce Biologics Inc. advances the standards of technology for bone regeneration using cost-effective and innovative methods for patients. Using leading and worldwide surgeons and scientists, Induce Biologics Inc., optimizes the handling of bone regeneration through clinical strategies.
As CEO, Dr. Cameron Clokie led the company through strategic investments for the company to initiate process developments and pre-clinical development stages. The company received $11.4 million through investments in order to complete those stages. In 2016, Induce Biologics Inc., completed bio-compatibility and toxicity testing which was used to create the first clinical trial of its kind.
As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Cameron Clokie has decades of experience within the health care industry. During his tenure as Professor University of Toronto, Dr. Cameron Clokie was appointed as the head of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery which continued until his retirement in 2017. He still remains on advisory boards within the Toronto dentistry field.
He is highly respected within the clinical practice of oral surgery and often sought for his academic dentistry knowledge. Learn more about Cameron Clokie: https://www.yellowpages.ca/bus/Ontario/Toronto/Dr-Cameron-Clokie/390278.html
Throughout his thirty years of experience in oral and maxillofacial, Dr. Cameron Clokie has published several articles regarding the advancement of regenerative medicine and bone construction. He has been involved within numerous research projects for the development of bio-implants.
Dr. Cameron Clokie spent several years contributing to the research for determining the need for autogenous bone grafts, and the prospect of using technology within future oral surgeries. His desire is to elevate the standard ceramic dental implant with those technological advancements before autogenous bone grafts become out-of-date.
Dr. Cameron Clokie is the owner of 25 patents within the United States as well as internationally. His extensive research has contributed to some of the most-advanced practices within oral and maxillofacial surgeries.
In 2003, Dr. Cameron Clokie's pioneering technique was used to perform a ground-breaking surgery that involved the growth of stem cells in order to reconstruct a patient's jaw. The remarkable procedure was one of the first of its kind which was performed at the Toronto General Hospital.
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Anyway, here's my random list last week.
I like curling my hair but I don't like using heat curlers.
Guess what? I've found a solution.
I bought it for P25 only. So sulit. Before I go to bed, pinupusod ko lang yung buhok ko. Pag-gising ko, curly na. I use hair spray para tumagal ang kulot.
I also bought Chloe a new head band (P18) but she doesn't like to wear it.
Masakit daw kasi tusok-tusok.
After few years, I've got the chance to visit one of my FAVORITE stores - Papemelroti. I bought this journal for P39.
Sabi ko mag-aral siya mabuti para bilin namen yan :)
Duz bought a kilo of chicken skin. Madalas, yan ang inuulam niya. Hello cholesterol!
When I'm at work naman, I eat Goldilocks eggpie almost every day. It's my FAVORITE comfort food, lalo na kapag stressed sa trabaho.
There were days last week when we experienced thunderstorms. We cooked Nilagang Baboy. Pampainit sa malamig na panahon.
That's it, pansit!
I have a lot of kwentos. I'm a bit hesitant to share it but I guess it would be worth it.


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I just came by to remind you of the current Challenge over at Rubber Dance Blog. The theme is Black & White + one color of your choise.
Here is a art journal page I made to inspire you.
|Black & White, and Pink
Rubber Dance stamps I've used:
- Textured Flowers
- Old book page
- Round in circles
Some details:
Remember to use the code ASFreeShip to get worldwide free ship when you buy Rubber Dance stamps.
Hope to see your art in the Rubber Dance Challenge!
Thank you for visiting.


text: B all of a sudden loves smoothies. So when hubs brought us some home today he brought me his with a beam on his face. Then he asked his Daddy, "Daddy? Did she remember everything I asked for? Apples and oranges and lemons and bollipops?" (lollipops). My heart almost burst at the wonderfulness of child wonder.


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Q100094: Support for using MODO with a Render Farm
This article describes the use of Render Farms with MODO and outlines what level of Support we can provide for MODO on a render farm.
MODO can be utilised with many 3rd party render farm programs through the command line version of the application (MODO CL). For more information about MODO CL, see:
Q100096: Getting Started with MODO CL
Please note that we cannot provide support for the usage of 3rd party render farm programs themselves.
If you're encountering a problem using MODO CL with your render farm then please run the same commands with MODO CL direct from a Terminal or Command Prompt to see if the problem still occurs.
- If the problem still happens then please contact the Support team using the "Create a Ticket" link above.
- If the problem only happens when using the Render Farm then please contact the developers of the Render Farm software.
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One of the questions exercisers often ask their trainers is: Should I exercise on a full or empty stomach?
It's a common misconception that exercising on an empty stomach means the fat you burn comes straight from your body's stored fat deposits, as opposed to burning just the food in your stomach and essentially getting nowhere. "This is a myth that many people still follow, believing that working out on an empty stomach will burn more fat. Your body needs fuel to move, lift and run. Working out on an empty stomach will make both your body and brain cranky," says Petra Kolber, a fitness expert and trainer at online workout site FitnessGlo who has starred in more than 12 top-selling fitness videos.
"While you will not want to eat a three-course meal, eating a sensible snack before your workout will only improve your performance and your exercise experience. In addition, working out after eating a nutritious snack has the following benefits: It can boost recovery and strength gains. It can help you sustain longer, more intense workouts. It can help you avoid low blood sugar. You will just be more pleasant during your workout."
So, the answer is to eat for fuel so that you can complete a full workout, rather than giving up after five minutes because your energy stores are drained. Fitness expert Patricia Friberg says, "Being completely empty may leave you feeling depleted, lightheaded and unable to perform."
What should you eat and when? Alex McLean, FitnessGlo's top trainer, suggests eating "snacks or meals that contain carbohydrates and proteins 90 minutes before workout time" so that your body has the chance to absorb the nutrients and generate energy. "If you don't have that 90-minute window before your workout class or personal trainer session," McLean says, "choose foods that can be digested easily."
Trainer Jeffrey Scott brings up the blood sugar factor. "Eating before your workout stabilizes your blood sugar so that you feel stronger for longer and are less likely to feel dizzy or faint."
With the experts' focus on the body's need for energy and the ability of healthful snacks to provide that energy, you can solve your full vs. empty stomach concerns by reframing your understanding of food as a good thing and not the enemy. Food delivers nutrients and hydration: fuel to keep your body and mind functioning at their peak levels of performance. It's when you think of food as nothing but fat or calories to burn that you can make mistakes with your pre-workout choices.
Fitness pro Denise Klatte points out that muscles need glycogen to get stronger and more defined. "Working muscles require glycogen (stored carbohydrates in the muscle) and other nutrients for contraction and endurance." This might explain why your practice of working out on an empty stomach didn't deliver the improvements you desired: Your body didn't have the building blocks to create those improvements. It may seem odd if you've been operating under the empty-stomach misconception for years, but eating before a workout delivers better results, faster and more efficiently, which can keep you motivated to stick to your fitness regimen.
In addition to having a healthful snack or light meal prior to your workout, Klatte urges you to keep hydration in mind. Your muscles need good hydration to function and repair themselves, and your body and brain need plenty of water to create energy and help you heal. And it's not just that bottle of water. Dietary choices -- foods like watermelon and greens -- also deliver hydration to your body's systems. A nutritionist can provide you with a customized list of both energy-producing and hydrating foods to enjoy before your workouts.
Why customized? And why a nutritionist? While you're taking care of your body with fitness, the other half of the wellness equation is nutrition. A nutrition expert can personalize food choices to your health issues, such as advising on iron-rich foods or low-glycemic foods. An improved diet can then make you feel even better before, during and after each of your workouts. With proper nutrition, you'll reach your goals all the more efficiently, without the slow progress of working out with a poorly fueled body and mind.


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HERBERT HENRY DOW, a member of the Case School of Applied Science Class of 1888, recruited his classmate James T. Pardee to join him in creating the firm that became Dow Chemical Company. Dow was reaching out to a talented and trusted friend who would become a major leader in the company's development. He could not have known that he was interrupting the career of one of the nation's most promising bridge designers.
A native of Cleveland, Pardee had earned his degree at Case in civil engineering and had gone to work in the City Engineer's office, where he rapidly rose to the rank of engineer of bridges and viaducts. This was a key position in an industrial community located on a major lake and bisected by a river crowded with a wide range of boats used for freight, passengers, and pleasure.
Bridges can also be controversial. A dispute over the placement and function of a span over the Cuyahoga River at Columbus Street in the area now known as The Flats had sparked the 1837 "bridge wars" between Cleveland and Ohio City, an independent entity at that time. Ironically, Pardee's final bridge project in Cleveland was a successor to the original Columbus Street Bridge. That bridge, the first double-swing bridge of its type ever built in the U.S., stood until it was replaced by a lift bridge in 1940.
"On the afternoon of August 15, 1895, we opened Columbus Street Bridge in Cleveland, just completed under my direction," he said many years later. "As it swung into place and the gates opened, there stood Herbert Dow, who had come… to request me to join him in forming a new company for developing the manufacture of chlorine by an electrolytic process he had invented." Pardee accepted the offer, and in a 1897 meeting at Cleveland's East End Bank he joined Dow and the three other partners in the firm, including President Cady Staley and Professor Albert Smith of Case, to get the company organized and financed.
Pardee became secretary and vice president of Dow, and was for many years the principal advocate of the Case School of Applied Science among its many alumni working at Dow. He was himself a generous contributor to the Case School, and was a member of its Board of Trustees from 1934 until his death in 1944. His bequest to the institution was at the time the largest contribution in the school's history since the founding gift by Leonard Case, Jr., in 1880.
Pardee Hall, the second residence hall at Case Institute of Technology, opened in 1953 as a near-twin to Yost Hall, built in 1951. Pardee Hall was demolished in 1999. While Pardee is best known nationally and internationally for his leadership at Dow, his designs have been helping Clevelanders get together for more than a century.
The illustrations reproduced in this display are based on copies of original drawings that were provided by the City of Cleveland's Division of Engineering and Construction. Thanks go to Jennifer E. Puin, Ph.D., now Assistant Director of the Center for Research and Scholarship at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, for the initial research into these materials.
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Fledglings — 12 months and up
June 19 at 9:30 am - 10:10 am
An event every week that begins at 9:30am on Tuesday, repeating until 10th July 2018
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These sessions are a fun introduction to music and rhythm, using familiar and original songs, two different instruments per session, props, puppets and games. Fledgling classes are aimed at children from the age of 12 months although younger siblings are welcome to attend.
Please note that these classes are in the Village Hall on the Staverton Marina Estate and NOT on the main road between Bradford on Avon and Staverton.
There is plenty of parking on site and also room to accommodate buggies.
We keep our costs low to make our classes accessible. We offer a free taster session. Then prices are £4.50 per week if you sign up for the term (usually about 6 weeks as we follow school terms), or we offer a drop in service for £6 per week. Siblings are an extra £2 per week in both instances. Payment options will be given once you have attended your taster session.


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Culinary: Spanish Rice & Fried Plantains
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Spanish rice is the perfect side dish to Mexican foods. It's a mix of white rice, tomatoes, garlic, onions, and other ingredients. It goes great with tacos or enchiladas. If you're an adventurous eater, you'll want to try fried plantains. They're similar to a banana, and super delicious, Come hang out with our friends from Williams Sonoma and learn how to make two delicious dishes that you can take home and recreate for a family dinner. Programs are for students in 7th to 12th grade. Advance registration required.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
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Casualties of Gettysburg
Miller: The worst sight in war is a battlefield after the battle. At
Gettysburg, where there were 50,000 casualties, the scene was beyond belief.
Two gigantic armies, Robert E. Lee's army of 70,000 and George Gordon Meade's
army of 90,000, had fought the greatest battle of the Civil War in a college
town of 2,500 residents. They shot the place, and each other, to pieces.
By the time George Pickett's assault line had been torn to shreds in the
battle's terrible climax, even the buzzards had been driven off. Before Union
soldiers left in pursuit of Lee's shattered army, they buried as many of the
dead as they could in shallow graves. But heavy rains washed away these thin
blankets of earth, leaving heads and feet sticking out the ground. Mangled
body parts were everywhere, and sun-blackened, swollen corpses were found by
townspeople hidden behind rocks or in heavy underbrush.
Local families who went to Gettysburg after the battle, looking for their boys,
found hands and arms in trees; boots with feet in them; bodies flattened into
shapeless horrors by close-range artillery fire; headless men, leading against
trees, their arms shot off. If they came by train, they passed through the
town to get to the battlefield. And virtually every house had been turned into
a hospital in an effort to care for the 22,000 wounded men left behind by both
armies. As stunned townspeople and grieving parents passed through this scene
from hell, they must have asked themselves: What was this for? And was it worth
The Gettysburg Address
That summer, Abraham Lincoln himself was searching for some way to explain to
the American people this frightful war, these staggering sacrifices. Not long
after word reached Washington of the victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg,
Lincoln spoke to a crowd outside the White House, telling them how fitting it
was that these twin triumphs had occurred on the nation's birthday. "How long
ago is it," he said. "Eighty odd years, since on the Fourth of July for the
first time in the history of the world a nation by its representatives,
assembled and declared as a self-evident truth that 'all men are created
The war, he told the crowd, had begun as an effort to subvert that idea; and
now the rebels had suffered two staggering defeats on the anniversary of the
Declaration of Independence. "Gentlemen," he concluded, "this is a glorious
theme, and the occasion for a speech, but I am not prepared to make one worthy
of the occasion." Lincoln made that speech, the most memorable in American
history, the following November.
The occasion was the dedication of a cemetery for the Union soldiers killed at
Gettysburg. In three minutes, in just 272 words, Lincoln explained what the
war was about and why it had to continue. It was a fight, he said, to preserve
and advance two fundamental American ideas: constitutional liberty and human
equality. The nation created by the Constitution of 1787 was a permanent bond
that could not be broken by a discontented minority.
As Lincoln had said, in private, two years before: "[the war] must settle this
question... whether in a free government, the minority have the right to break
up the government when they chose. If they fail, it will go far to prove the
incapacity of the people to govern."
At Gettysburg he reiterated this in soaring language. These men have died, and
many more would die, he said, so that "government of the people, by the people,
and for the people shall not perish from the earth." But what began as a
struggle to preserve democracy, had become, as well, a war to insure what
Lincoln called a "new birth of freedom," a government "dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created equal."
Lincoln did an amazing thing in his Gettysburg Address. He informally amended
the Constitution, which tolerated slavery, pledging the nation to the idea of
human equality embodied in the Declaration of Independence. Later in the war,
when the country grew weary of the killing, Lincoln was pressured to drop
emancipation as a condition of peace. He flatly refused.
Over 130,000 African Americans were then fighting for the Union, and he would
not "betray them," he said. They were fighting for the promise of freedom. "And
the promise made," he said, "must be kept." This is why Lincoln, along with
generals Grant and Sherman, believed that the war would continue, and become
even bloodier: because the South would never, on its own, eliminate slavery.
William Tecumseh Sherman put it more bluntly: "We have not yet killed
enough," he told another general. "We must make this war so fatal and horrible
that a century will pass before...new traitors will dare to resort to violence
and war to achieve their ends."
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By John R. Platt
The sale of bear bile for use in traditional medicine is rampant throughout 12 Asian countries, despite national and international laws banning or limiting the practice, according to a new report from TRAFFIC International, the wildlife trade monitoring network.
Bile, also known as gall, is a fluid produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder to help with digestion. Traditional Asian medicine uses bile or gall bladders to "treat" a variety of ailments, including epilepsy, muscle pain, bruises, sore throats, hair loss and hemorrhoids or to "clear" the liver. None of these medicinal claims are supported by science, although one component of bile, ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), is used in gastric bypass surgery and to treat liver disease. (The main source of commercial pharmacological UDCA is cows.)
Bear bile has also recently shown up in nonmedicinal products, such as shampoo and wine, according to the World Society for the Protection of Animals.
TRAFFIC found bear bile for sale in traditional medicine outlets in 12 Asian countries, most notably China, Malaysia, Burma (Myanmar) and Vietnam. The bile often originated in China, Japan, Russia and Laos. Some of these bears are raised captivity. Others are caught in the wild and then placed on "farms," where they are often kept in tiny cages, unable to stand or move while their bile is drained up to three times a day through a catheter or syringe inserted into the gall bladder. Many are kept that way for years, or even a decade. Other bears are killed and their gall are bladders removed. More....


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- Dave Wrangler sent the cool mashup of the Pharcyde versus Ghostland Observatory.
- The Avalanches tune is old but sweet, a crisp slice of disco.
- Two Fingers is Amon Tobin and Doubleclick with rapper Sway, fresh from NinjaTune - st-st-st-stuttery hip hop goodness, very nice.
- Funkadelic is always good, right? That ain't no BS.
- Plaid are making a new career out of sound tracking movies. The latest is Heaven's Door, and musically it is pure Plaid, shimmery, whirring and clicking - gorgeous.
- Tobacco is the driving force behind Black Moth Super Rainbow, so his solo stuff on Anticon sounds much like his band - loopy, loony with tripped out beats and woozy atmospherics. Mmmmm, Truck Sweat.
- My parents had this Deodato album called Whirlwinds. I used to love listening to it's funky interpretations of classic tunes. Moonlight Serenade was one of the biggest cuts on it. You might recognize several parts of this tune because it has been sampled a hell of a lot over the years.
- Scritti Politti, cream of the mid '80s crop, where is your deluxe edition of Cupid & Psyche 85? Next year it will be 25 years old - hop to it record company! In the meantime enjoy the brilliance of the vinyl rip of the 12" b-side.
- I am a big fan of producer/musicican Joakim, and his remix of Lionel Hampton is a tasty slab of old skool electro.
- Sakamoto & Dolby, a meeting of electronic pioneers. From a 1985 12", this is an interesting melding of their two approaches to electro-pop. The backing track is very YMO, while the vocal melody is pure Dolby. Fairlights and Emulators in full effect, with a cool faux-Art of Noise break.
Avalanches - A Different Feeling (Ernest St.Laurent Remix)
Two Fingers - What You Know feat. Sway (Emalkay Mix)
Funkadelic - Whole Lot Of BS
Plaid - Tokyo Drive
Tobacco - Truck Sweat
Deodato - Moonlight Serenade
Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (Version)
Lionel Hampton - Vibramatic (Joakim Vibromatic Remix)
Ryuichi Sakamoto & Thomas Dolby - Fieldwork (Long London Mix)


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Flavoring your own coffee
December 13, 2005
For those of you in a holiday mood, here are a couple of ideas to flavor up a more festive holiday brew at home.
First, from Morning Coffee & Afteroon Tea is a recipe for making your own Christmas coffee by adding cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg to your brew.
Next, from Martha Stewart is a suggestion to make holiday gift coffee by adding vanilla beans or other spices to freshly ground coffee.
Both of these sound interesting, but I'm afraid I'm a purist at heart; I'm playing with a blending a few new (to me) single origin beans for a bit different espresso blend over the holidays…


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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a polar opposite to Donald Trump in almost every way, joined the new U.S. president at the White House Monday keen to build a relationship that doesn't threaten trade.
CGTN's Owen Fairclough reports.
Canada's PM Trudeau meets with Trump at White HouseCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a polar opposite to Donald Trump in almost every way, joined the new U.S. president at the White House Monday keen to build a relationship that doesn't threaten trade. CGTN's Owen Fairclough reports.
Trudeau arrived on a blustery morning, and Trump greeted him with a firm handshake.
"We have a very outstanding trade relationship with Canada. We'll be tweaking it," Trump told reporters of the trade relationship. "We'll be doing certain things that are going to benefit both of our countries. It's a much less severe situation than what's taking place on the southern border."
At a joint news conference after their meetings, the two emphasized their shared goals. Trump pledged to work with Canada "in pursuit of our many shared interests." Trudeau spoke of a special bond and the "deep abiding respect" between the two countries, though he also said that "relationships between neighbors are pretty complex."
While the two leaders stressed shared interests, their contrasting views were also on display. Responding to questions from reporters, Trump defended his refugee and immigration orders, saying that "we cannot let the wrong people in." Trudeau, on the other hand, said Canada continues to "pursue our policies of openness."
Trudeau later noted that there have been times when the two countries "have differed in our approaches." But he said "the last thing Canadians expect is for me to come down and lecture another country on how they chose to govern themselves."
On trade, Trump said he would be "tweaking" the relationship with Canada, but said "it's a much less severe situation than what's happening on the southern border." He also noted the "outstanding trade relationship with Canada." Those were likely welcome comments for Canadians concerned that they could be hurt as Trump targets Mexico in a re-negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
At a roundtable discussion with female executives from the United States and Canada, Trump and Trudeau announced a task force focused on women in the workforce. Trump said it was important to ensure the economy is a place where "women can work and thrive." Trudeau stressed that women have had to overcome barriers to succeed in business.
Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump was in attendance at the meeting and helped recruit participants and set the agenda. The high-profile meeting is evidence of her rising policy influence.
Trudeau, age 45, and Trump, age 70, have vastly different outlooks of the world.
Trudeau is a liberal who champions free trade and has welcomed 40,000 Syrian refugees. He calls himself a feminist and his Cabinet is 50 percent women. Trump has few women in his Cabinet. He has taken a protectionist stance on trade and wants to crack down on the inflow of migrants and refugees.
Trump's order to temporarily halt entry into the U.S. by people from seven predominantly Muslim nations, which is tied up in court, might come up during his bilateral meeting with Trudeau. But Trudeau is expected to focus on common economic interests.
Relations with the U.S. are crucial as more than 75 percent of Canada's exports go to the U.S., while 18 percent of U.S. exports go to Canada. There are fears among Canadians that they could be hurt as Trump targets Mexico in a re-negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Trudeau's close cooperation with Trump and the first daughter on women in business could ease some worries among Canadians that the U.S. president will enact protectionist measures that could hurt the Canadian economy. It could also alleviate some fears that Trump will be as combative with Trudeau as he has been with the leaders of Mexico and Australia.
Trudeau has been preparing for the Trump meeting for months. He will also meet with legislative leaders on Capitol Hill.


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When educators publically denigrate students shouldn't they be held accountable? Well, the Superintendent of Jersey City Public Schools, Dr. Charles T. Epps, vilified adolescent females by designating them his district's "worst enemy" and, yet, he remains on the job. Epps should be censured.
Epps's attack on "young girls" is an ethical violation of major proportion. During a speech he presented to the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Jersey and Vicinity, he verbally attacked JCPS students. "The young girls are bad. I don't know what they're drinking today, but they're bad," Epps assailed. He went on to praise volunteers from the corporate sector who serve as mentors who have "signed up to help even the dirty, nasty, bad kids."
Educators across the country have spewed cutting invectives similar to Epps and their jobs are in question as a result. For example, Brooklyn educator Christine Rubino is now facing the possibility of termination on the basis of "conduct unbecoming a teacher" after demeaning her students on her Facebook page. Similarly, Robert Wollkind, who is a veteran teacher with a 32-year career in Connecticut, is fighting for his job after publically belittling an overweight student. Epps should be held to the same, if not more severe, standard considering that he spoke per his role as Superintendent of JCPS.
Epps's language is abusive and offensive and is certain to have embarrassed JCPS students and their parents. Indeed, Epps's public remarks are without doubt "unbecoming" particularly considering that they came from the mouth of a Superintendent whose noted on the district's website as having "reminded teachers they are not friends of their students; they are their role models." This is an unfortunate case where Epps failed to hearken to his own guidance.
Yet, what is most alarming about Epps's diatribe is the sexist undertone that shaded his comments. He specifically singled out young females -- the majority of whom happen to be black and brown in his district -- as foe. Epps's rhetoric mirrors the sneers of those who have historically imagined women (black, brown and poor) as the cancer eroding the core of the traditional family, as "welfare queens" wreaking havoc on the taxpayer's pocket, and as the "baby's having baby's" who either neglect them or abort them altogether. Epps added to the list a new nomenclature in naming young females in JCPS the "enemy." His actions should not go unpunished.
One can only imagine how young female students are feeling today in response to the vicious remarks of one of their would-be role models. What about the feelings of the parents of the "dirty, nasty, bad kids"? How might Epps's remarks further impact the ability of his students to succeed in the classroom? How might Epps's remarks subsequently affect black, brown and poor female students' senses of self in a world that is already unaccommodating to most of them? Educators are expected to do no harm, to be ethical. Epps's statements are clearly the opposite.
Maybe it was prescience that moved Epps to coin JCPS's slogan "Make it Happen!" What perfect advice to offer New Jersey Department of Education at this moment.
DARNELL L. MOORE, Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality, New York University
DR. AIMEE COX, Founder, BlackLight and Assistant Professor of African American and African Studies, Rutgers-Newark
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For every man, the road to personal excellence offers both trial and triumph. The road is never easy. But in AGR, you'll find a group of men of brothers dedicated to helping each other find triumph on that road.
Alpha Gamma Rho is an Agricultural based fraternity at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. To find out more about our organization, please visit our website www.agralphapsi.com and feel free to email any of the officer team with questions about joining.
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AUSTIN -- State Representative Tony Dale, Cedar Park, has been elected as Chairman of the House Energy Caucus. This caucus, which includes both Members of the House, studies and addresses issues related to traditional and alternative energy sources, as well as the energy industry's effect on the rest of the state. The caucus is open to all members of the Texas House of Representatives whose legislative district includes significant energy production of oil, gas, coal or lignite, wind or solar electric production capacity, refineries, gas processing plants, oil and gas reserves, or manufacturing facilities for oil and gas tools or who are employed in or professionally engaged in activities relating to the energy industry.
The purpose of the House Energy Caucus is to aid and assist members of the Texas House of Representatives, and their staffs, particularly in regard to matters of interest to energy impacted areas and regions of the state, with the goal of providing a strong voice on those matters in the legislative process. The Caucus will focus on policy issues regarding traditional energy production such as oil, gas, and coal, as well as, alternative energy including wind and solar power, and emerging technologies like clean coal/coal gasification. In addition to its focus on policy issues regarding energy production, the Caucus will also identify, research, and build coalitions to help resolve social and infrastructure issues experienced by areas and regions of the state experiencing significant impacts from increased activity related to the energy industry.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Texas is first in the nation in production of oil, natural gas, and wind energy. Texas coal and lignite production is also a key supplier for energy demands. As technological capability and demand has increased, the growth and expansion of these forms of energy production has affected all areas of the state, including central Texas, where the energy industry has brought significant job growth. Companies like National Oil Well Varco, Tolteq, Corvalent, EEstor and 3Ps Solutions have created well-paying primary jobs in southwestern Williamson County.
"Energy is a vital, growing industry in Williamson County, and this leadership post will help me advocate for my constituents who work in the energy sector," Dale said. "In addition, strong energy policies will benefit all of my constituents, and my role in this caucus gives me the opportunity to help educate other members of the House on the important role this industry plays in the Texas economy."
State Representative Tony Dale is a member of the House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee, the House Energy Resources Committee and the House Local and Consent Calendars Committee. He represents southwestern Williamson County including the communities of Cedar Park, Leander, Brushy Creek, and parts of Austin and Round Rock.
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3,2,1…. Blast Off!
This action packed week will focus solely on rockets and the physics of rocket flight and expand on many of the concepts learned in Rockin' Rockets and Aerodynamics Week 1. After learning the model rocket safety code, campers will build ten different types of rockets and participate in the launching of 6 different rockets during the week-long program. Children will be divided into three groups; altitude trackers, launch preparation and launchers for all rocket launches and will get the opportunity to try all three roles. We recommend this camp for children ages 7-12 however younger children enjoy it as well with a little more help from fellow campers or instructors.
Claws, Codes & Constellations
Discover how to send secret messages to your friends using special codes. Learn about your surrounding environment and how science will help us protect our planet. Explore how Newton's laws are at work in your favorite sport; and become a young astronaut while exploring the mysteries of the solar system.
Moving with Science
Do you love to build, design and fix things? Put on your engineer's hat for this exciting week of science activities. You'll also have the chance to become a true Mad Scientists as you learn about chemical reactions that you might encounter in your daily life, and the nature of birds and beasts as you take a walk on the wild side of science.
Chemicals, Cells & Crime
Explore the inside of your body and learn about the organ systems and the cells that compose them. Discover cool chemical reactions, and how to solve a crime in this hands-on summer science adventure!
Rockin' Rockets & Aerodynamics
From the earliest flying machines to the first rocket flights, this hands-on program for children ages 7-12 will allow them to build many different flying devices, see how Newton's Laws of motion help explain how things move and how rockets fly and show them how amazing our Milky Way is.
Red Hot Robots Summer Camp
Join us for a week of fun with amazing robots! In this full week of half-days, learn about the uses of robots in our world and spend time experimenting with super cool red-hot robots. Experiment with sound sensing robots, line-tracking robots, amphibious robots and robots that can even play soccer! Discover the science of circuits and how robots use sensors to explore things around them. Use your skills to build your very own working robot to take home with you!
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Step into the shoes of a detective—uncover the science involved in evidence gathering and analysis. Using the power of observation and the Inspecti-Kit, our young detectives will have all they need to get started with their investigations. Children use the gear in their kit to find, collect, and analyze evidence. Then they will explore fingerprint analysis and use the Fingerprint Finder to place and identify UV prints.
"The Garden"
"The Garden!" five-session preschool camp offers young children (ages 3-5) an exciting introduction to basic environmental science. Each session is devoted to different aspects of the garden, allowing children to progressively enrich their understanding of how living things grow and how they interact with the environment around them. During the course of each three-hour session, children will perform hands-on experiments, play themed games, and enjoy a snack and story related to the session's themes. A mural will grow through the course of the program as children illustrate their latest discoveries at the close of each session.
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Model: Maria Aliferi / Coordination: Eftihia Kourousi
Maria Aliferi was photographed for OZON magazine, 'Sweet Dreams Are Made of Jeans' issue. Maria Aliferi was a very popular actor and quiz show presenter, at the end of 70's. The phrase 'I Love You' with which she used to close her show referring to her audience became a timeless motto until today.
In the photo shoot she was a total professional and she filled the room with her presence. She was cool, pleasant and friendly with everybody. She enjoyed trying on the clothes, since denim matches perfect to her personal style and she impressed us with her perfect figure.
1.Top: DSQUARED2 (FENA FRESH) |Shirt: PAUL & JOE (LAKIS GAVALAS. SA)
Jeans: 7 FOR ALL MANKIND (FENA FRESH) | Bracelets: LETO CABINETS OF CURIOSITY | Shoes: PAUL & JOE (LAKIS GAVALAS. SA)
2. Top: LAK BY LAKIS GAVALAS |Jean jacket: STAFF JEANS & CO | Bracelets: LETO CABINETS OF CURIOSITY
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5. Jean jacket: FRANKIE MORELLO (FENA FRESH) | Shirt: CHEAP MONDAY (SHOP)


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As summer draws near, people exercising outdoors – from newcomers to top athletes – should make adjustments or their workouts could suffer, says Marni Sumbal, a prominent exercise physiologist and board-certified sports dietitian.
Sumbal's 5 Top suggestions to train smart in hot weather:
1. Reduce the intensity, stay inside or work out during off-peak hours. For the first month of hot weather, scale back until your body adjusts to the heat. Pushing too hard too soon can lead to fatigue or injuries. If you don't want to reduce the intensity, work out either early in the morning or later in the evening, when the sun is down. You can also spend at least part of the workout indoors.


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We've completed hundreds of projects to meet the needs of the littlest occupants and their caregivers. Below, you can read several cases where we provided lively, functional and safe temporary daycare space.
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Growing cities creates great needs of pre-schools. The municipality in this case wanted to have a large spacious entrance hall with cloakrooms, large kitchens and large communal spaces for each department's activities to create high degree of coziness. Read more ➤
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This is the first modular kindergarten/daycare in the Baltic States. 40 families with kids from Babite district southwest of Riga, got space in a new, modern and comfortable temporary building in 2011. Read more ➤


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text: Providing swim lessons is one of the best things you can do for your child. Formal swim lessons have been shown to decrease the risk of drowning by 88%. With the rate of childhood obesity on the rise, swimming and water play are some of the best aerobic activities your child can do to stay healthy and fit. In addition, swimming at an early age has been shown to increase IQ, improve motor development, and increase self-esteem and problem solving skills. Provide your child with year round swim lessons and you will have a safer, healthier, and smarter child!


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A word you rarely hear in a gardening context is "fetish". I've no idea why, as the very practice of gardening hinges on what most people will admit is obsession. Lately I have found myself mesmerised by pollarded trees. It's not an easy fetish to devote oneself to: I spend a lot of time persuading clients that pollarded trees can be a wonderful substitute for garden sculpture. This isn't as easy as it sounds, for pollarded trees can look weird. With all their branches shorn to within an inch of their lives every year or two, the tree's bulges are on parade. But as new growth transforms them from thuggish sentinels to soft, verdant lollipops, they can lend distinguished structure.
My fascination stems from using pollarded field maples at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2006 (pictured, above right). Their wizened features and extra girth set them apart from the uniformity of nursery-grown stock and lent the garden such a sense of permanence that blackbirds and bluetits made nests, preventing us from moving the trees for a month after the show.
Pollarding was a traditional way of harvesting wood from a tree without killing it, but it has become accepted as an aesthetic feature in its own right. It was practised on land used for timber and cattle production for hundreds of years. Unlike coppicing, where trees are cut down to ground level every decade or so, pollarded trees retained at least six feet of main stem, keeping emerging shoots above grazing height.
New branches are less reliably straight than coppiced wood, but species such as willow were exploited for their more whippy growth and cut every year or two, for weaving and basketry. This eventually causes the crown, or "boll", to swell, seemingly engorged with the sap it needs to fuel growth of six feet or more in one season.
Urban pollarding is a more recent phenomenon: vigorous trees, chosen for their resilience to pollution, often need cutting to stop them outgrowing their given space. Reducing the crown controls shade and makes trees more wind-resistant while stopping roots becoming too invasive. It also reduces the amount of leaves (an incentive for budget-conscious councils), and can increase the tree's lifespan significantly.
Willow, oak, ash and lime trees respond best to pollarding, and now is the time of year to get started. It's not easily applied to mature trees, as the cutting of larger branches, known as "topping", leaves a tree more exposed to disease. But young trees respond well as soon as they reach the required height (allow at least 1.8m of clear stem to make it easier to walk round and prune).
All shoots emerging from the crown can be removed, but to create more structure, like an espalier fruit tree, allow lateral shoots to develop and tie them into a framework of bamboo while they mature. The branches, like the crown, can be cut back with secateurs or loppers.
Pollarding is popular in France, where pollarded London plane trees (Platanus x hispanica) are a familiar sight in town squares and boules courts. I'd like to see more pollarding in the UK. A little vision and a dash of eccentricity are all that's needed to open some interesting avenues in our gardens.
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The story of Brianna and Marcus begins on a December night in 2012. With Christmas lights twinkling all around and the festive spirit in the air, they met on a blind date in Newport Beach, California. Immediately the two were taken with each other, Brianna saw how kind-hearted, honest, romantic, and thoughtful Marcus was. Marcus admired Brianna's sense of humor, caring spirit, beautiful smile, and bubbly personality.
From that day forward, Brianna and Marcus were inseparable , living life full of love and adventure. From beach days and going kayaking, to movie dates and Marcus' famous homemade dinner dates for Brianna.
It wasn't too long after they dated that Marcus knew Brianna was "The One". Marcus proposed to Brianna on the rocky shores of Little Corona Beach. With tears in her eyes she said yes!
They recited their vows and commitment to each other in front of their family and friends on November 22, 2014 where this Chicago boy and California girl became man and wife.
In true Newport Beach style, their reception was held at the Harborside Grand Ballroom. The florals by Flowers, Etc. were purple perfection. Dance music was provided by DJ Carcano, and the innovative Allure Ventures brought their supercool PartyQube and guests were able to post fun, candid photos onto Facebook and Instagram. Capturing this perfect party on film was Jeff Lewis of Real Photo SD, who, as you can see, did an AMAZING job. To top off the evening, guests enjoyed wedding cake by Beverly's Best (Yorba Linda). Check out these great photos….


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Space is limited and registration is required. If capacity is reached at New Caldonia, the event will be moved to City Hall. To learn more, email email@example.com or call 360-357-8948.


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by Anniel 5/19/14
When I hear horror stories about the state of education, or mis-education, in the United States, especially about the math instruction associated with Common Core, I am reminded how long such problems have existed within the system and how consistently dumb the solutions are. I saw weaknesses in schools when my children were young, and the schools now are much worse for my grandchildren. Common Core is just a new name for an old problem.
When our eldest son's IQ was tested in kindergarten, a school psychologist was called in to discuss the results with us. Everything was understandable until she suddenly frowned and angrily asked, "Why did you force your son into lateral thinking when he's so young? That ability does not develop naturally until puberty."
It was difficult to answer since we didn't know what she was talking about. Lateral Thinking? How could we possibly force him to learn what we didn't know ourselves? I asked her to explain and the nearest I could understand is that lateral thinking is the ability to see connections between different areas of knowledge. I had thought we were all born with that ability.[pullquote]Yes, Common Core must go, but so must the Department of Education and the strangle-hold Unions have over local school boards. Mark Twain said God created idiots for practice and then created school boards…[/pullquote]
To clarify the matter I asked a teacher friend to explain lateral thinking and to tell me how it affects education. She brought up spelling and said that students can be given vocabulary words for spelling, but until they learn lateral thinking they do not recognize that they can use those spelling words in writing. So, it's Thanksgiving and the teacher gives out holiday related words such as pilgrim, turkey, pumpkin, feast, etc. A child might get 100% on the spelling test, but when asked to write a paper about Thanksgiving he will still misspell almost all the words. I asked if she ever reminded her students to check their spelling against the list. She looked at me as though I were crazy and said, "It wouldn't do any good. They don't think that way yet." Hmm. Doesn't that seem like a teaching opportunity lost?
Besides understandable math, here we are with two items, spelling and lateral thinking that are no longer taught in the schools. Schools gave up on spelling and went ga-ga over creative writing,without regard for spelling, for the youngest grades. This is precisely when the children should be learning to spell. When you fail to teach correct spelling, aren't you really teaching poor or incorrect spelling? About the same time spelling was dropped, legible handwriting practice also became passé, and now teaching cursive has also been abandoned in most schools. Is it possible that the physical act of learning to write with a pencil also teaches children to spell and to think?
Our youngest daughter has always been a phenomenal reader and speller. When she was going on five I suffered from a severe and painful illness. Cate was home alone with me during the day when I was barely functional and I sometimes passed out from exhaustion. One afternoon I woke with my head in Cate's lap while she wiped my face with a wet washcloth. When she saw I was awake she handed me a paper and said, "I wanted to make you a poem, so I taught myself to write." There, clumsily written, but all correctly spelled, was her poem:
When you look in your eyes
You can see the sadness.
When April showers come
The willow will weep.
I felt it was a stunning achievement for a little girl.
When she was in 1st and 2nd grades, Cate's teachers would have her get the 6th grade spelling lists to study each week. I assumed the 3rd grade teacher would continue with the practice. She didn't, so I finally went in and told her that's what had been done before. Her answer to me was, "I'll check and see if that's true." What, I'm lying? She never followed through or "checked" anything. We had to leave Our daughter in her class because it was the only one coordinating with a Japanese Language Immersion Program Cate excelled in.
Teachers in later years told me they hated getting students who had been in that 3rd grade teacher's class because they were so far behind in every subject. We were fortunate Cate was quick enough not to be affected. But what a terribly wasted year that was for most of the other students.
The point is that if you embark on a bad program and add some of the bad teachers to it, you wind up with kids who are actively taught not to spell or write, or even think.
So what about lateral thinking? If you fail to teach it at all, what makes educators think it will appear by magic when the kids are in 6th grade? Maybe some of them will never get it unless they are constantly reminded how all knowledge ties together. If my son was "doing" it at age five without any instruction, how many others would be learning it all along the way if given enough cues? Right now the only hope they have is osmosis. Are we turning out whole generations of people with no logical or critical thinking skills because the educators have steered us wrong yet again?
Yes, Common Core must go, but so must the Department of Education and the strangle-hold Unions have over local school boards. Mark Twain said God created idiots for practice and then created school boards, so they need all possible help in getting the garbage out of education. Get the politics and unions out of the schools and put parents back in charge of their own children.
Personally, I believe we should assume our children are a lot smarter than educators and psychologists give them credit for. Some of them may be smarter than the educators and psychologists themselves. But if we do not begin again to teach our children, where on earth are tomorrow's leaders, thinkers, scientists, and inventors going to come from? How will they learn to even care about any search for truth, or how to recognize it?
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From 2008 to 2010, WISE collaborated with a local partner organization dedicated to raising awareness about discrimination against women, in an effort to reduce the number of FGC cases in the Dair El Nahia region of Giza, Egypt. WISE worked with the partner organization to create a replicable program that promoted the elimination of FGC through religious training sessions and financial incentives for FGC practitioners to stop performing the procedure. The project to eliminate FGC as a common cultural practice was implemented in two phases.
In phase one, the project team identified two common practitioners of FGC, a barber and a midwife—Amin and Zeinab, respectively—who were receptive to participating in pilot projects. The provision of religious and monetary incentives was coupled with several supplementary conditions. These included ensuring the practitioners' personal and business hygiene, workplace sanitation, religious observation, and routine communication with clients about FGC's negative effects and lack of religious mandate. Lastly, a strong record of no longer performing FGC was required; otherwise monetary stipends allocated to FGC practitioners had to be repaid.
The results of these two pilot projects confirmed the feasibility and effectiveness of combining religious education and income replacement strategies in eliminating the practice of FGC in Egypt's slum areas. The economic status of FGC practitioners represented a key challenge, as it was a major impediment to the cessation of these procedures. For this reason, offering income replacement for a sufficient period of time for FGC practitioners to begin or extend other income-generating activities and obtain comparable income levels was essential. This strategy gave the practitioners the economic security to abandon the practice of FGC.
In addition, providing the practitioners with religious training in the form of accurate scriptural interpretation and guidance on conveying messages to clients and others was crucial for terminating FGC practices. The religious training, which included an affiliation with a respected teacher and a certificate from the well-respected Al-Azhar University confirming that FGC is un-Islamic, gave the practitioners the religious authority to stop the practice themselves and advocate for its cessation throughout their communities.
In phase two of the program, WISE and the local partner extended the 2010 project for another year in order to target two remaining practitioners of FGC in Dair El Nahia, Giza: Faiza, a former midwife, and Magdi, another barber. Faiza had been conducting 180 FGC procedures per year for thirteen years prior to participating in the project, while Magdi had been conducting an estimated 120 FGC procedures for the past five years.
After the success of the pilot programs, additional advocacy seminars and educational sessions on FGC for Dair El Nahia residents were planned, and incentives were offered to families who agreed not to allow their daughters to undergo the practice. As with the pilot programs, phase two of the project entailed the provision of economic support with income replacement strategies (temporary salary, training, and material resources) so that practitioners would not lose their economic livelihood after they ceased practicing FGC. Educational support through religious training was implemented in order to demonstrate that FGC is not religiously mandated. Lastly, accurate health and social information about the practice was administered.
[1] Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality prefers to use the more sensitive term Female Genital Cutting instead of Female Genital Mutilation out of respect for the millions of women and girls around the world who have undergone the procedure and live with its consequences.
In phase one the program effectively reduced the rate of FGC in the Dair El Nahia region of Giza, Egypt:
Phase two of the program targeted two additional FGC practitioners in Dair El Nahia, Giza:
A video clip of Amin's new barbershop.