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...we asked ourselves five questions. clear and brief. New volunteers - Indre, Ida and Iuliia, who we are, with whom we want do drink a cup of coffee, what things we like in Bulgaria, what drives us crazy?
We are a group of EVS volunteers working for the Infinite Opportunities Association Ngo in Sofia, Bulgaria. We are part of a European campaign focused on the protection of human rights and the spreading of European values on the internet. This is our blog. Here you can find information about our experience in Bulgaria and other interesting news connected to the on-line tolerance platform. Sharing is Caring!
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Make it short...
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Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
If Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under a tree.
Seeking asylum is not a crime. Share your love.
Looking forward for a new holiday season, in the rush and joy of wrapping presents and sharing the happiness with our beloved ones, let's not forget about the importance of other things we share – our words and actions
In the past couple of months, with an increasing influx of asylum seekers to Bulgaria, xenophobic attacks on asylum seekers have spread out through the country. On-line media commentators incite hatred on those of different race or country of origin suggesting to "lock them up" or calling asylum seekers "criminals with no legal right to stay in Bulgaria". It seems so hard to step into the shoes and imagine that most of these people were soldiers deployed against their own people whos conscience did not allow to shoot the innocent so they were sentenced to death. Or mothers, who did not want their children to see the outrageousness of war. Are those, fleeing from unbearable, are criminals?
One can clearly see a double standard here. What is the difference between a person from Middle East fleeing war and Eastern European fleeing economic situation? If the borders in the EU still existed, would it be a crime to pursue a better future for the following generation? As it is a place of financial impossibilities for its residents, Eastern Europe is a safe haven for new comers. In this perspective we are all the same.
For this very reason, let us share the moment of warmth with those who are not going to have a lovely Christmas by spreading the word about their so needed support.
Currently there are around 8 800 refugees in the country. While the state is not equipped to deal with influx of this quantity, most of them live under conditions that are far from ensuring one's dignity. Lack of electricity, hot water, and space is only worsened by insufficient supplies of food and other goods.
You can contribute to the advocacy and raising awareness by raising your voice against subjecting newcomers to discrimination and supporting this campaign by sharing via your social media accounts.
Don't let words of hatred lead to acts of hatred.
And remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under a tree.
Да търсиш убежище не е престъпление. Споделете Вашата любов.
Докато тръпнем в очакване на Коледните и Новогодишни празници, в бързането и удоволствието от опаковането на подаръци и споделянето на радостта с хората, които обичаме, нека не забравяме и останалите важни неща, които споделяме – нашите думи и действия.
През последните няколко месеца напливът от хора, които търсят убежище в България, е все по-голям, а ксенофобските нападения срещу тези лица зачестяват. Редица коментатори в социалните мрежи подбуждат към омраза спрямо различаващите се по раса или страна на произход хора. Някои от тях стигат до там, че предлагат бежанците да бъдат "заключени" под предлог, че са "престъпници, без законно право да останат в България".
Трудно е да се поставим на тяхно място. Представете си, че най-вероятно част от тези хора са били войници, заставени да стрелят по собствените си сънародници. Отказвайки да направят това, те са били осъдени на смърт в собствената си държава. Други от тях са любящи майки, които не искат децата им да виждат ужаса на войната. Нима тези, които бягат от безумието, са престъпници?
Двойният стандарт е очевиден. Каква е разликата между човек от Средния Изток, който бяга от войната и този от Източна Европа, който бяга от влошеното си икономическо състояние? Ако границите на Европейския съюз още съществуваха, щеше ли да е престъпление да потърсим по-добро бъдеще за наследниците си? Освен място на ограничените финансови възможности, Източна Европа се оказва сигурно първоначално убежище за бежанците. В този смисъл всички сме еднакви и търсим доброто за нашите семейства.
Ето защо Ви приканваме да споделим момента на топлина с тези, за които Коледата няма да е толкова прекрасна, като разпространим информация за толкова необходимата им в момента подкрепа.
Към настоящия момент бежанците в страната са близо 8 800. Тъй като държавата не е в състояние да се справи с толкова големия миграционен поток, голяма част от тях живеят при условия, накърняващи човешкото достойнство. Недостигът на електричество, топла вода и пространство за живот са само част от проблемите, съпътствани от постоянна липса на храна и медикаменти.
Всеки от нас може да допринесе дори и малко за повишаването на обществената осведоменост, като "надигне глас" срещу дискриминиранията на бежанците. Подкрепете тази инициатива, като я споделите във Вашата социална мрежа!
Не позволявайте думите на омраза да доведат и до актове на омраза! И запомнете, ако Коледа не е във вашите сърца, няма да намерите нищо под елхата.
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Today the first snowflakes came to Sofia this year. I guess everybody knows that it comes in a variety of sizes and shapes. But did you know that individual snowflakes are nearly unique in structure?
Doesn't it remind you of human beings? There are around 7 billion of us in the world, like never ending snowflakes falling from the sky. All the human beings are different, like individual snowflake is unique in structure. Different face features, different height, different habits, different hair colour, different skin colour, different eyes... We are all unique. Every single one of us. But at the same time like all the snowflakes are called snowflakes we all are called - humans. We are all uniquest and equal.
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Labels: design, equality, human, No Hate Speech Movement, snowflakes
Monday, November 25, 2013
Inspiration and photo exhibition in Sofia City Library
You can get inspiration from a lot of different things, people, ideas. You can be inspired to do some piece of art, to write a song, to post something on your Facebook wall, to comment an article, to comment your friends picture or post... you can be inspired to share piece of you with the world or just close ones.
We are wishing that everybody would be inspired to share their best...love messages, bright thoughts, encouraging ideas, positive energy!
will guide you through the extraordinary life of EVS volunteers in Bulgaria.
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Labels: Bulgaria, EVS, inspiration, photo exhibition, Sofia, Sofia City Library
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Positive energy from us
Today we would like to share a peaceful moment from last summer in Bulgaria, Plovdiv.
Peace of mind, clear thoughts, sunny days... We are sending you positive energy that we can feel in our office in Sofia.
Peace of mind, clear thoughts, sunny days... We are sending you positive energy that we can feel in our office in Sofia.
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Labels: Bulgaria, design, no hate place, No Hate Speech Movement, Plovdiv
Monday, November 18, 2013
Internet without hate
Internet - that magic word. It lets us communicate with our friends, relatives, fr enemies, enemies, the world around us. It lets us share our life. It lets us share our ideas. It lets us share our creativity. It lets us share information. It lets us provide information. It lets us see the piece of world without moving out of your home, office, coffee shop.
Internet - the place you live you digital life.
We prefer Internet without hate.
Internet - the place you live you digital life.
We prefer Internet without hate.
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Labels: communication, design, Internet, No Hate Speech Movement
Friday, November 15, 2013
Same Meaning Same Consequence
No matter what language you are using to express your feelings it has the same meaning in any other language in the world. In this case we are not so different, a? Feel.
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Labels: design, differencies, No Hate Speech Movement
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Simple as it is!
Simple as it is! Social media is a huge part of our life's so why not to make it a nice space to be?
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Labels: design, No Hate Speech Movement, social media
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Move out to my house
Every reality has different faces and in crisis situations all of them become more intense. Thus, last brutal racist attacks against refugees in Sofia, which ended up with the stabbing of youngsters from different nationalities, are faced with the same intensity by people who are offering everything they have in order to help those who need it. In most of the cases this solidarity actions are anonymous, not being possible to find them in any newspaper or television.
Last week, some days before the nationalist march against immigrants took place, I had the chance to experience one of this philanthropy stories in person. I was having a drink with an amazing person, refugee, who was explaining me the terrible conditions they were suffering in the overcrowded refugee camp where he was living. We were keeping this conversation while having a cigarette in the door of a bar. Suddenly, another smoker who heard us by accident, jumped into the story out of the blue offering to my friend his house for free the time he needed it. My friend moved out last Thursday and his hosting celebrated a welcome dinner full of vegetarian food and positive energy. Amazing time and people.
Other similar case, this time documented by the media, is the one staring by the four-time world boxing champion Evander Holyfield and the billionaire Canadian citizen of Jewish origin Yank Barry. They have rented a hotel in Bankia, where Syrian families from the refugee camp will be accommodated. Today, a 17 member Syrian refugee family has been received in this hotel. The goal is to integrate the refugees into Bulgaria. In one of his interviews, he mentions that his willingness to help the Bulgarian state is provoked by the human endeavors of the Bulgarian citizens during the World War 2 when the community tried to save all Jews from being expulsed to the concentration camps in Germany and Poland.
Even though in Sofia, racism and xenophobia are becoming more visible day by day, we should not forget the other side of the reality. The one in which concentrations in solidarity with the refugees are held, and where food and winter clothes are gathered in order to be delivered in the refugee camps. This face of Sofia stuffed with famous or anonymous people willing to help. Persons who are opening their lives and houses to those who have been forced to run away from theirs.
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Labels: altruism, refugees, solidarity
Clean Your Tongue
One more design to our campaign.
As one wise man said: "If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all". It is worth to rethink do you really want to hurt other persons feelings before saying anything. If you don't even agree to this saying always think what would you feel if somebody would tell you this. You can always find a different ways how to express the same thoughts and feelings, in this case you can accomplish much more and feel more peaceful to yourself.
As one wise man said: "If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all". It is worth to rethink do you really want to hurt other persons feelings before saying anything. If you don't even agree to this saying always think what would you feel if somebody would tell you this. You can always find a different ways how to express the same thoughts and feelings, in this case you can accomplish much more and feel more peaceful to yourself.
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Labels: design, feelings, No Hate Speech Movement
Thursday, November 7, 2013
All these words defines different people characteristics, but despite it at the end we all are humans.
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Labels: design, differencies, human, No Hate Speech Movement
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Racism in Sofia
Racism and xenophobia are becoming more visible in Sofia streets. The 3rd of November three nationalist parties, Ataka, VMRO-BND and National Resistance, organized a march in the center of the city against foreigners and "immigrant terror". The request was the expulsion of refugees from Bulgaria, shouting slogans like "we have to sweep the streets", "Bulgaria for Bulgarians" or "we have to impose order". The leader of VMRO, Pearl Milanov, is currently being investigated for inciting racial hatred. The excuse used to promote this racist demonstration was an attack of one 20 years old woman the 2nd of November. According to the local newspaper Dnevnik, the girl was injured with a knife by a 20 years old guy from Algeria who entered in the shop she was working in and stole 300 levas. Refugees living in the Voenna Rampa center have denounced the aggression, expressing solidarity with the victim and her family. Meanwhile, in the surroundings of this same camp, a 17 years old Syrian refugee has been attacked with a knife in the evening of the 5th of November. As it has been published by Novinite, the man was attacked on his way back to the shelter by two people who spoke Bulgarian.
This hate against immigrants and refugees is nowadays a huge issue in different European countries. Far right parties are gaining ground in most of the states, and immigrants are being massively and unfairly used as the scapegoat of the economic crisis.
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Labels: immigrants, march, racism, refugees, Sofia
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Our second action day in Sofia
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
We are now at Schools
This week we have started our presentations in Sofia's high schools. We have already visited two of them and several more we are going to visit in the nearest time.
The first school that we have visited was 28 Средно Общообразователно Училище "Алеко Константинов". There we gave a presentation to the seven graders. The second school was that let us in was 113 СОУ "САВА ФИЛАРЕТОВ". There we had a little bit older audience – 10-11 graders. But at the same time there were few children from the lower classes. During all the presentations in the classrooms we gathered around 50-60 youngsters.
During the presentations we have presented the video about bullying that led to the discussions what youngsters are seeing there and what they think about this topic. Later on it was our turn to talk more about human rights, specifically about hate speech online. We have presented our work and what we are doing here in Sofia. We ended up all the presentations with a topic about volunteering and the great things that it can give to all of us.
We feel that our work is going well and not unnoticed. We have received a positive feedback from youngsters and schools staff. It was a great feeling when after the presentation few young people comes to you and asks for more information and even wants to become a volunteers like us.
We want to say thank you for the staff of the schools for the support. Maybe we will see you soon in your school :)
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Friday, October 18, 2013
International Youth Day Video
Some flashbacks from International Youth Day in Sofia where we took part in. Our friend, EVS volunteer in Lovech Maria Sonia Vigart made an amazing video about that day and our EVS experience.
Thank you Maria!
Thank you Maria!
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Labels: 2013, Bulgaria, EVS, EVS volunteers, International Youth Day, Sofia, Video
Thursday, October 10, 2013
What I found after the tunnel
In Nadezhda there are not playgrounds but children willing build them up. As an alternative, they are using a steep ramp inside a tunnel - the one they should cross everyday on their way back from school. Built under the railways, this narrow and yellow corridor is the entrance and exit passage to two entirely different realities: the Tsigani and the white Bulgarians' one. This is the story of the Roma Neighborhood in Sliven, one of the cities with the highest Roma Population in Bulgaria.
|Tunnel to Nadezhda
When we arrived to Nadezhda´s doors I didn´t even notice we were there. This huge Roma Settlement starts behind the red building of the train station in Sliven, and when the train reaches this stop the neighborhood disappears. It is like a curtain made of wagons which hides for a couple of minutes every two or three hours one of the biggest Gipsy ghettos in Bulgaria.
During my visit to Nadezhda my Polish friend and I were guided by Stefan and Dorothea. Two of the workers of Thirst for Life Association, an NGO founded in 2005, with the main aim of empowering young Roma with risk behavior to exercise their constitutional right of equal access to health and health care.
The neighbors
According to the last official census, Nadezhda is inhabited by approximately 33.000 people. However, this figure is probably not realistic as from the time the registration was made, Stefan told me that around 10.000 people have emigrated to other countries in Europe searching for a job. Actually, this is one of the undercover reasons of the refusal of France, Germany and The Netherlands for the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area.
Nevertheless, regarding Roma community, most of the population censuses are not reliable at all, due either to migrations or to the fact that a considerable amount of people don't want to say they are Roma due to the discrimination and prejudice they suffer. This lack of information related to Roma figures is more important as it seems because it influences (or at least it should) the policies and funds intended to their integration. In Bulgaria, as reported by different NGOs, the number of those perceived as Roma varies from 700.000 to 800.000 people2. 88% of them are at risk of poverty, 72 % live in areas that are predominantly inhabited by other Roma, and more than a half in illegal housing3. Although Bulgaria is one of the signatory states of the Decade of Roma inclusion 2005-20154, the country presents the highest rate of spatial segregation of Roma among EU member states5. Nadezhda is an example of it.
Walnut ghetto
Regarding to jobs, Roma keep facing huge doses of discrimination almost everywhere in Europe. This is certainly a thing that you can smell in Nadezhda. In the central square of the settlement, the owner of a van turned into a coffee bar with the sign "Refrescos" on the top, tells me in perfect Spanish that unemployment there affects the majority of people at working age, which is unbearable.
"Listen, we are gypsies, you know? And here, in Sliven, if in a job interview they understand that you are living in Nadezhda, no way. Hard to be selected". This man in his sixties has been living in Murcia for 13 years, working as chauffeur. At the beginning he didn´t look like willing to talk to us, but eventually he moved his chair to our table to finish drinking his coffee in front of me. In a Bulgarian-Spanish-English-Russian language conversation (depending on which of us took the floor) he explained that unemployment allowance for them usually consists of 20 Leva and 14 days of communitarian/cleaning works. "Not enough. We are screwed. During the communist time we used to have different factories in Sliven. There was work, but not any more¨. The lack of access to the labour market is common among Roma living in Central and Eastern Europe, who are generally unemployed and face substantial structural and cultural barriers when looking for a paid job6. Thus, Roma involvement in the informal sector is on average four or five times more common than for non Roma7. The image of these two facts are the "walnut ghettos". Leaving the central square to enter deeper in the settlement, there are people cracking walnuts in almost every corner. With more than a 60% of jobless, they are using self- employment as a brave response to discrimination.
|Map of Sliven
School desegregation
I visited Dorothea´s house and Stefan's mother, grandmother and aunt. We shake hands with a big smile. Family. This word is really important in Nadezhda and its meaning is different than in the rest of Sliven. Roma Families are frequently bigger and younger than white Bulgarian ones, and they include more children. I saw a lot them in Nadezhda. Stefan says that here is common to get pregnant at the age of 15, 16. Someone tells me that once they give birth, parents are receiving a monthly benefit from the State consisting of 37 Leva per kid, which last till children reach the age of 18, as long as they are attending school. Education is another hot topic in Roma community. On average, only one out of two Roma children attends pre-school or kindergarten8, and there is a high rate of school drop-outs among them. In numbers, 44% of Roma have basic education in Bulgaria, with 20 % of Roma not even completing primary level education, and therefore, just 0,3% of Roma undertaking higher education9. In this field it is important to highlight as well, the trend to educate Roma children in segregated schools or in schools located in rural areas, where the quality of education is lower than in the mainstream schools. It means ghettoization and future barriers which are affecting nowadays to the 75% of Roma children10.
|A steep ramp inside the tunnel
Everybody´s place
We keep walking. People greet me with smiles and curiosity. Everybody greets each other and every so often someone surprises me with one "Hola España!" A lot of them can speak Spanish. Stefan told me that an 80 % of the population in Nadezhda can, although for me, this might be a bit optimistic percentage. In Nadezhda public space is public for real. You can feel it: we are now in everybody´s place. Woman, men and children are standing in the door of their houses talking to each other, saying hello to the strollers, working...Some people are cleaning their pig in the middle of the street. A man is fixing a bicycle. Others are remodelling their houses. The streets of this part of the settlement are clean. They have rubbish collection service as well as electricity and water, though the last one with restrictions. Children are playing freely in the middle of the path. Music. Nadezhda exudes life and people.
Prayers and votes
I meet the Evangelist priest who comes from the city. He talks with his priest voice something in Bulgarian to Dorothea I cannot understand. In Nadezhda you can find all the religions, despite not counting with any temple within its walls. In Bulgaria, 44% of the Roma are Orthodox, 39% Muslims, 15% Protestants and less than 1% Catholics11. This morning I encountered as well one of the representatives of the local authority of the settlement.
I take advantage of the meeting to ask Stefan if in Nadezhda there is any kind of political activism, neighbors' associations, etc. The answer is no. In Bulgaria, Roma Community presence in the politic world is almost nonexistent. They are basically a tool for politicians. Bulgarian political leaders are following a double manipulation strategy related with Roma. On the one hand they are exploiting them to get their votes, sometimes by buying them, and on the other hand they are using them as a fall guy of economic and social problems.
Community Health Centre
Nadezhda's Community Health Centre is a humble building in whose doors people crowd queuing. Most of them are men with children. Dorothea knows almost everybody. Her work in the association consists on the prevention and detection of tuberculosis among the neighbours. This illness in from 2 to 5 times more common between Roma than between ethnic Bulgarians12.
Apart from this, life expectancy for Roma is in general 8-15 years lower than other Bulgarians, and child mortality rates are almost three times higher. All this figures are the result of several factors such as the isolation they suffer, the poor living conditions in the ghetto, the lack of health education and preventive health care, and the administrative barriers and discrimination in the access to medical care. Specifically in Bulgaria, approximately half of the Roma population don't have health insurance as a result of unemployment and poverty, and 55% have difficulty accessing doctors13.
Ghetto inside a ghetto
Turning left from the Community Health Center, the streets start to be darker and sadder. Actually this is the saddest part of the article, of Nadezhda and probably of Europe. A ghetto inside a ghetto. A forgotten area which, actually, you can find in almost every country. Here, the streets are not paved and the rubbish collection is not working. Garbage piles up almost everywhere and the smell is terrible. Four children aged between 2 and 6 years stir a mixture which looks like concrete. Houses are crumbling what allows me to see the interior of almost every one of them.
Old and tiny clothes hanging here and there and hundreds of kids. As we are going into this zone I cannot stop wondering how this is possible. How European Union and its States and its citizens (all of us very modern and committed to human rights) can bare this situation. How can WE bare this situation? Where are our priorities? Thirst for Life Association and another French NGO whose name Stefan couldn't remember are the only organizations working here.
I leave the settlement reflecting of the repercussions of being born in one or in another side of the railway. The tunnel is now full of children running with their bagpacks. I think back all I saw this morning. The conclusion is definitely positive. Nadezhda, despite its difficulties and somehow because of them, is full of life and future, and we cannot let prejudice and discrimination deny them. Europe has much to learn from its citizens who invent slides and combat unemployment by cracking walnuts. Such important things as not give up and always look for alternatives.
|Yellow corridor to a different reality
2 NATIONAL DELIVERATIVE POLL: Policies toward the Roma in Bulgaria
3 European Country of Origin Information Network: Bulgaria: Situation of Roma, including access to employment, housing, health care, and education; state efforts to improve the conditions of Roma (2009-September 2012) [BGR104200.E]
5 European Country of Origin Information Network: Bulgaria: Situation of Roma, including access to employment, housing, health care, and education; state efforts to improve the conditions of Roma (2009-September 2012) [BGR104200.E]
6 ROMA IN EUROPE: Issues and policy responses
7 UNDP Data on Roma http://europeandcis.undp.org/data/show/D69F01FE-F203-1EE9-B45121B12A557E1B
8 UNPD Data on Roma http://europeandcis.undp.org/data/show/D69F01FE-F203-1EE9-B45121B12A557E1B
9 ROMA IN EUROPE: Issues and policy responses
10 Deutsche Welle "Roma: more integration through education"
11 NATIONAL DELIBERATIVE POLL: Policies toward the Roma in Bulgaria
12 Deutsche Welle "Millions don't help Roma integration in Bulgaria"
13 Roma in Europe: issues and policy responses
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Cathy Aitken valued her independence, kept busy, and lived life on her own terms.
One of Sidney's most recognized volunteers, Aitken donated her time at the Mary Winspear Centre from its opening in 2001 until she retired in 2017. The centre announced her death on Aug. 26. Aitken was 88.
Harold Aitken, the oldest of Cathy's four children, said she was always involved in the community as far back as he can remember. Cathy and her late husband Robert shared a love of square dancing (he was a square dance caller) and after he died, she carried on serving as an executive of a local square dancing association.
"Every time we turned around she was doing something," he said.
She was born in Winnipeg on June 19, 1930, moved to Calgary and ended up in Victoria for her husband's Navy career. Aitken did not play an instrument, but her love of music and dance was very clear.
The Friday before she died, Harold said she "picked up her girlfriends in her car, they all went for lunch, and she took them all home." She had just had a physical and renewed her car insurance. Even though she had chest problems and dialysis three times a week for the last three years, Harold said she kept a smile on her face despite the pain.
As head volunteer, Aitken would ensure shows had sufficient volunteers to run, from ushers to front of house to collecting tickets to working the bar. It was a way for seniors to stay active in their community and continue to learn. Aitken herself got her bartending ticket "when she was about 82, I think," said Harold.
When the physical demands were too great, she retired as head volunteer in 2017, and the Mary Winspear put a plaque in the front row with her name on it.
"For the rest of her life, she could go to any show at any time. There was always a seat for her."
The centre released a statement saying they were saddened to learn that the community has lost a valued and loved member.
"She brought smiles and joy to the hearts of everyone who witnessed her energy and vibrancy."
Cathy could be seen dancing in the aisles of the Charlie White Theatre to everything from Led Zeppelin to George Canyon.
"She was always in the corner in the front row, and she would always dance."
According to her son, bands would sometimes ask Cathy to dance to egg on the crowd, saying "if Cathy can dance, you can dance."
In an interview, Sidney mayor Steve Price said he was saddened to hear of her death, and said it was a "tremendous loss to the community.
"I think she epitomized what the Town's all about. Just with her sense of community," said Price. "She volunteered for virtually everything."
Besides her work with the Mary Winspear, Aitken volunteered for Canadian Blood Services, Toys for Tots, the Sidney Museum, Star Cinema, and the Sidney Sister Cities Association. For her work, Cathy was honoured with a nomination from the Hearts of the Community Awards for her years of volunteerism on the Saanich Peninsula.
"In a way, she'll be remembered so fondly by everybody," said Price.
"I think that's when you truly leave your mark in life, when everyone around you has nothing but good things to say about you."
"She was one of those rare people."
A service for Cathy Aitken will be held Friday, Sept. 7 at 2 p.m. at First Memorial in Royal Oak and is open to all. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the renal unit of the Royal Jubilee Hospital.

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- Gluten free does not mean free from gluten. This beer had gluten in it, just at a level deemed safe for those with gut damage. I shared my story on a number of forums and was surprised by the number of people reporting that certain 'gluten free' products made them unwell and that they could only consume foods that were truly free from gluten. This beer contained gluten at a level below 12 parts per million but gluten is gluten and it would appear that some of us cannot tolerate even amounts as low as this.
- That people trying to recover from neurological or neuro-psychiatric symptoms of gluten sensitivity cannot follow the celiac diet because it isn't truly free from gluten. A gluten free diet must mean completely free from any trace amounts of cross contamination. I believe this is why the Autoimmune Protocol worked so well for me becuase I wasn't accidentally consuming gluten in trace amounts, either in 'gluten free' foods, or in processed foods that may have had some form of cross contamination during production. My kitchen was clean and the foods I ate were vegetables, fruits and meats - none of which should ever have come into contact with gluten.
Gluten antibodies persist for 6-12 months and Prof Hadjivassiliou told me that it can take many months to see symptoms improve in some people and that even the tiniest exposure to gluten can prevent recovery. You only have to read the story of the second person to be diagnosed with gluten psychosis to understand the devastating effect this can have.
Studies have frequently shown that a gluten free diet doesn't help people with psychosis or other illnesses such as autism. These studies were often poorly conducted and controversial however and there are now a growing number of excellent studies that demonstrate the link does of course exist. Reading the studies that claim gluten has no effect on mental illness it's clear that firstly, the participants didn't stick to a gluten free diet for long enough, in some cases just a few weeks, and secondly that if they were following the celiac diet, or ate processed foods prepared in unclean kitchens they were likely exposed to gluten and wouldn't have recovered anyway.
I have joined the research panel at the Coeliac UK charity and will get a say in how research is directed in future. I will of course be pressing for more research into the psychiatric manifestations of gluten related disorders, but will also be pushing very hard to change 'gluten free' to '100% free from gluten' where 'free' means a truly zero gluten content.


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In the lead up to the 2019 Federal Election, Wendy Francis ACL's Queensland Director sat down with many candidates to discuss some significant policy areas of concern to Christians.
In this series George Christensen, the LNP candidate for Dawson in north Queensland answers Wendy's questions.
The Australian Christian Lobby extended an invite to sit down with candidates from all the major and many minor parties.
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Cleaning Products as Bad as Smoking
So by now you have heard the that chemical cleaning products are bad for us and our families but did anyone know exactly HOW bad?
A recent study by the Scientists at Norway's "University of Bergen" found that regular use of chemical cleaning products does as much damage to your lungs as smoking a pack a day!
Say What?
According to their study, women who used cleaning products regularly such as cleaners and nurses has increased conditions such as asthma and decreased lunch capacity.
They found that the lung function decline found in these women "was equivalent over the period to those with a 20-cigarette daily smoking habit".
If you have ever suffered from asthma or you have a child that does, perhaps you have noticed some of the similar side effects referred to in this article.
Having worked as a cleaner myself for 5 years I can personally attest to the horrendous physical affects chemical cleaning products have on the body. Not just on the lungs, immune system, hormonal changes just to name a few.
This was, in fact, the primal reason why we started GreenAddict in the first place because our health was suffering from using commercial products and we could not find an alternative that worked. This is what I hear from so many customers, "green products don't work".
Not all products are the same. Keep on searching until you find a product/range that suits your home and your family.
The study below was conducted over 8 years and with 6000 participants. Most were women, some were men.
And it gives me warm and fuzzies to see that people are standing up and taking notice of this issue. It's not glamorous and let's be honest cleaning products is boring AS right? But who can get through a day without using at least 1 household product? Why not use something that doesn't harm you and your family.
The average household is a danger zone for families especially those with kids as there are several toxic cleaning products easily within reach. Many of these products are those we use every day, for instance; dishwash cleaner, toilet cleaner, and multi-surface cleaner amongst other products. Most of these products are toxic, with manufacturers claiming that if used as directed, these products are safe. This leads to a false sense of safety and security.


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Protease inhibitors (PI) and stavudine are frequently associated with abnormalities of the body composition. The present study aimed to evaluate the body fat composition of HIV-infected Congolese patients receiving antiretroviral other than PI or stavudine.
Citation: Makulo JR, Lukonga D, Longo AL, Manyebwa JD, Monsere T, et al. (2014) Bioimpedance Evaluation of Body Fat Composition in Congolese HIV-Infected Patients under Antiretroviral Therapy Regimen Non-Containing Protease Inhibitors nor Stavudine. J Metabolic Synd 3:168.


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Now it is 02.25 at night and I have just gotten home from the emergency room at the hospital. I got medicine from the inhaling machine.
I had a tight chest and when I arrived the nurse did not seem to believe me. She said it does not sound like an asthma cough. Well, it is I said, my asthma sounds like that.
She took the CRP like they always do to check if I got an infection going on. CRP showed zero, nothing. The doctor on watch listened to my lungs and asked me to take deep breaths. I do breathe as deep as I can, I said. He looked a little strangely at me. Wonder what he thought? I do not know, he did not say anything. He went out the room and told the nurse it is asthma, and then told her what to give me.
I was placed on the bed. Been here, done this many times now. The nurse filled the container on the machine with liquid medicine and started the machine. I got a mask to put on, and the machine started to make the liquid to something that can best be described as mist. This I inhaled. I sat there on the bed for 5-10 minutes inhaling the mist and I felt I could breathe deeper for every breath. When the container was empty, I paid, talked to the doctor and went home.
So now I am home feeling much better. No heavy breath, not tight chest, no cough, feeling almost brand new. :)
There is a lesson in this also. When I talked to the doctor he told me that when I get a cold I must be aware that the cold can trigger the asthma to break out. Therefor I must get treatment if it takes to long. The cold can turn into asthma attacks instead. Meaning that if one get a cold, and the cold passes (no bugs any longer and CRP is ok) and one continue coughing it has turned in to asthma problems. And I believe him. I felt like someone standing on my chest before I went to the emergency room. Now I feel like I have no cough at all and I can breathe freely. The cough was asthma.
If I feel this fine all day through tomorrow to I will go to work Thursday.
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The introduction To Fashion Accessories - man bag
Products, like other type of clothing parts, can be purchased in an array of various sizing's, designs, and models. You'll find products that are ideal for kids, young era, men, the majority of females, small size, in addition to plus size men and women. A small number of they are within a variety of vogue products and solutions that you can look at with one of your town fashion suppliers or on-line sites.
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Jointly with handbags, travel bags are occasionally considered an accessory. On-the-Go luggage pieces are similar to purses and hand bags, h and but you'll find they are generally made for both women and for guys. A go bag range from just a little ladies handbag, which you can use as a carry-on case for a plane trip, any diaper ladies handbag, plus a laptop travel case, etc.
Shoes and boots are also thought about as fashion add-ons, while a lot of peope don't actually consider these to be. Quite often, women,s boots are tied in as completing touches, instead of gentlemen boots or shoes. Among the reasons for that's because of the variety of women athletic footwear types you could find on sale. For instance, it's more than possible to seek out footwear, casual flip flops resorts, elegant sandals, soft dress shoes, high-heeled shoes, and many more. Like totes and hand bags and handbags, all women keep several types of shoes, or possibly boots. Many try to organize their trainers, specially created for work, combined with rest of their ensemble.
Another one of the unfortunate different varieties of fashion accessories available to buy are devices. For most fellas and young children, belts aren't always considered a bit of fashion equipment, as much as they are for women.
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Sam had been sleeping on my legs when Boo, who had been with us for about six months, came in and snuggled up tight with him. I thought Sam would get up but instead they both fell fast asleep. I wanted to snap a picture as a reminder of how our slow introduction of the shy little Boo had paid off, and thankfully had my EOS M beside me on the couch.
The M doesn't have an articulating screen so I held the camera out blind and hoped for the best. Thankfully I had the zoom lens attached as it has image stabilization, I needed to stop down to increase the depth of field and in the low room lighting even at ISO 3200 ended up with a shutter speed of a third of a second. It doesn't combat the blur from their breathing but it did help quite a bit with camera shake.


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MCoE Band Holiday Concert
Come out and enjoy the sounds of the season with the MCoE Band as they perform their annual concert, "Tis the Season". You can get your free tickets at the Grand Opera House in Macon, GA or at the Robins Air Force Base Public Affairs Office in Warner Robins, GA. Tickets are ADVANCED SEATING which will begin 1 hour prior to the start of the concert. Non-ticket holders will be admitted 15 minutes prior to the start of the concert. Admission is FREE!


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The foods that can boost your mood
Cara Cunningham from the Community Nutrition and Dietetic Service writes about fruit and vegetables, and how they can boost your mood.
The Leaving Cert results are due next week and they are enough to unsettle even the calmest of people, so it is interesting to hear that research done in the UK showed that having your recommended 5-7+ portions of fruit and vegetable per day can not only be good for your physical health, but also improve your mental health.
Less than 1 in 10 Irish adults take at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per day; although this number seems to be improving slightly, we still need to work on it. Supermarkets at the minute in Ireland seem to be having a price war when it comes to fruit and vegetables; so by shopping around you can get great bargains in a wide range of products. Also don't forget your local fruit and vegetable shops that can contain a wider range and are great for giving hints and tip on recipes to try.
Having regular family meals round a table has been shown to boost kid's fruit and vegetable intake. This is probably due to the fact that a meal at a table is usually the more traditional type; also the table allows you to serve a salad and the family can
take what they want. Parents should also remember that they are great role models so if children see adult eating them they are probably more ready to try new things.
Having fruit and vegetables chopped into bite-sized pieces and available ready to eat will encourage people to use them as healthy snacks. There seems to be an explosion of chopped salads and fruit cocktails; it is always cheaper to DIY it so make up a big fruit salad (put some fruit juice on it to prevent discolouration) and have it available to the whole family to snack on.
The biggest argument among the boffins these days is not if fruit and vegetables are good for your overall health rather how much we need to be taking. The new food pyramid recommends 5-7 portions or more. So make sure you are the one in ten and get the fruit and vegetable habit – it will do your heart, body and mind good!
For more information on any of the issues discussed above or for more information on diet and nutrition, contact Maria at: The Community Nutrition and Dietetic Service, HSE Midlands/Louth/Meath by telephone on (044) 93 95518 or email email@example.com.
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Cradle Mountain Chateau in Tasmania's highland is the location of a recent design & construction project successfully completed by Masters Contracting for Federal Hotels.
The Chateau includes 3 function rooms, retail area, 2 offices, entry foyer, theatrette, workshop and 10 gallery rooms and exhibition rooms showcasing environmental photography.
The project consisted of the installation of a gas fired hydronic heating system, designed to maintain comfort conditions of 21 degrees even when the outside temperatures are at -4 degrees.
The 290kW LPG fired boiler circulates 4 litres per second of water at 80 degrees through over 1000 metres of pipework, to 86 square metres of radiator panels and 50 metres of skirting heating panels.


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26 March 1964 launched under the name ALEXSANDR PUSHKIN also given as ALEKSANDR PUSHKIN. Four sisters, IVAN FRANKO, TARAS SHEVCHENKO, SHOTA RUSTAVELI and MIKHAIL LERMONTOV, all named after Russian poets.
Tonnage 19.861 gross, 10.421 net, 5.180 dwt., dim. 176.28 x 23.63 x 13.49m., draught 8.2m., length bpp. 155m.
Powered by two 7-cyl Werkspoor-Sulzer Bros-H. Cegielski engines, 21.000 bhp., twin screws, speed 20.5 knots.
Passenger accommodation for 130 first class and 620 tourist class passengers. Crew 380.
Ice strengthened.
She was built for the liner service from Leningrad to Montreal, but could also be used as troopship when the need arose, she did have huge storage spaces.
One of her first voyages she made was with 600 French tourists from Le Havre to Leningrad in order to attend the 1965 May Day celebrations in Moscow.
13 April 1966 she sailed for her first voyage from Leningrad via Helsinki-Copenhagen-London across the North Atlantic to Quebec and Montreal.
She arrived there with on board 7 first class and 29 tourist class passengers 14 days later.
She made five further voyages before the end of the year, but when the St Lawrence due to ice was closed she was laid up.
1967 Bremen as port of call was substituted for Copenhagen; her first sailing from Bremen was on 17 April 1967.
1969 Le Havre was included as a port of call.
1971 She calls not more at Helsinki and Quebec.
1972 The company was restyled in Baltic Shipping Company.
1973 Fitted out with stabilization fins, and a one-class vessel 750 passengers.
From 1975 mostly used for cruise voyages.
1977 Received extensive refurbishment.
1985 Transferred to the Far East Shipping Co., Vladivostok. She sailed for the last time from Tilbury near London on 03 August 1984 for a 42-night cruise to the Far East and Japan.
In the end of 1984 used for cruising from Australia.
1989 When she needed urgent modernization, she was put on the sale list by her owners.
1991 Renamed in ALEXSANDR.
The same year sold to Shipping and General Services Ltd., London and renamed MARCO POLO.
Already the same year sold to Fiducia Shipping Co. S.A., Bahamas, managed by Orient Lines, London
02 June 1991 she arrived at Syros for a 60 million USA Dollar modernization and repair period, with the intention to rebuild her in a cruise vessel before the season of 1993.
A new deck was added to the top of the superstructure, which has also been extended further aft.
New tonnage given as 22.080 gross, 9.081 net, 5.180 dwt.
She has now accommodation in 450 cabins for up to 850 passengers, 350 crew.
February 1994 circumnavigated Antarctica.
1998 Sold to Ocean World Limited (Norwegian Cruise Line), not renamed. Equasis gives sold to Orient Line
http://www.equasis.org gives for 2006: IMO No. 6417097, still under Bahamas flag, same name and owners, managed by Ship Management, London.
March 2008 Sold to Story Cruise Ltd, Liberia not renamed. Managed by Global Cruise Lines Ltd. Piraeus, Greece. She still sails under the flag of the Bahamas.
2016 In service same name and owners.
Russia 1966 12/16k sg3272/3,scott3182/83. 1967 4k sg3506, scott . 1974 4k sg4341, scott4260. 1989 sg6077a. 1991 7k sg6077a, scott5985.
St Vincent 1974 30c sg389, scott373.
Latvia 1991 100k sg332, scott308.
Marine News 1991/534. 1994/214. 1998/528. Soviet Passenger Ships 1917-1977 by E.A. Wilson.
North Atlantic Seaways Vol 4 by N.R.P Bonsor. Navicula.


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A NEW competitors' Service Park location with free entry will be only one of many fresh highlights for spectators at Coates Hire Rally Australia next September.
A new course for the nighttime Super Special Stage will be confirmed soon and spectators will be offered simplified ticket choices for a revised range of viewing points with improved facilities, Event Manager David Catchpole said today when announcing the Service Park will move to the C.ex Coffs International Stadium at Coffs Harbour for the next two years.
While a number of changes will add value to spectator tickets, Mr Catchpole said one of the biggest attractions at the 11-14 September rally would be the entry of Australia's leading international driver Chris Atkinson for the new Hyundai factory team.
"Hyundai Motorsport's recent confirmation that Chris will be behind the wheel of a Hyundai i20 WRC for his first run in his home event since 2006 is a major boost for Coates Hire Rally Australia," he said.
"Just as Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship and Casey Stoner in MotoGP have provided a focus for Australian fans, our own Chris Atkinson now will carry the hopes of many in the FIA World Rally Championship.
"Atko is among the elite few who drive a factory-backed car in the world's premier rally series. He'll have his first start for Hyundai in Rally Mexico next week and then we'll watch his progress in selected events until he lines up on the Coffs Coast in September.
"Of course, we also hope there will be other Australian-based drivers aiming up to test themselves against the internationals, including Coffs Harbour's Nathan Quinn who scored an outstanding ninth place last year."
Mr Catchpole said other important developments since the 2013 Rally Australia had included –
• Approval to run the event on an annual cycle in 2014, ensuring continuity of spectator support, staff, sponsors, contractors, logistical arrangements and other key elements
• Winning the first FIA Institute Achievement of Excellence for environmental sustainability awarded to a motorsport event anywhere in the world
• Re-signing Opal Cove Resort on the Coffs Coast as official Event Headquarters
• Winning an award as Coffs Harbour's Community Event of the Year
• Hiring more locally-resident staff to work in community relations, sporting organisation and communications
An all-new website with more social media activity will be launched shortly.
Mr Catchpole said the Coffs Coast would host an FIA World Rally Championship at its strongest level of activity in years.
"This season we have four brands – Volkswagen, Citroen, Ford and Hyundai – contesting the Manufacturers Championship for very high stakes, while there is some fantastic new driving talent such as ex-Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica to challenge the regulars," he said.
"Hundreds of millions of television viewers around the world will see live coverage of the rounds and the exposure for host regions such as the Coffs Coast will be immense."
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Some organizations' cultures seem to ignore that the team can be more valuable than any individual. Though reviews, bonuses and compensation practices, and personal recognition in various forms, there is a tendency to reward individual contributions—especially by those who appear most decisive. This isn't a bad thing; individuals do work, and recognition is important to building morale. But when it comes to solving problems, a focus on individuals erodes the productivity of an organization.
Two books I've read recently have lessons to share on this topic and advice for how to find the right balance.
In Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most, Steven Johnson discusses how people make long-term, consequential decisions, both personal and professional, and shares a number of important insights relevant to those of us who work on agile teams.
Johnson explains that the process that goes into a decision is more important than the result. While we tend to focus on results, we can get good results by luck. It is by having a process that we can explore options and evaluate our decisions—good and bad—so that we can make good choices now and improve our decisions later. Evaluating our processes is also a key part of making better decisions. It's essential to explore options so that we don't solve the seemingly obvious but ultimately wrong problem.
Whenever we are dealing with unknowns, as we often do in software development, coming quickly to good decisions that we can "tinker with," in Johnson's words—or "iterate on," in agile terminology—in the context of the project is best. Some of the techniques Johnson mentions to improve the decision-making process would be quite at home in an agile retrospective, including storytelling and various structured postmortem and premortem techniques.
But before starting the decision-making process, it might be good to examine your motives for problem-solving. The New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You, by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms, focuses on how connection is more important than status in modern groups and organizations. Much of the book seemed consistent with what agile, self-organizing teams strive for, but the part that resonated most with me was the distinction between "problem solvers" and "solution seekers."
The authors characterize the difference in that problem solvers base their identity in their expertise, whereas solution seekers are happy to facilitate a solution even if they don't get credit. While this seems obvious, I suspect that many of us have been in discussions where the focus was on advocating for ideas rather than understanding the best solution.
While teams are composed of individuals, all of whom solve problems and make decisions, people on consistently successful teams understand that they can be even more effective if they work as a team. Making the best decisions collectively delivers the most value to customers in the long run.


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I think sometimes how amazing it is that we've come this far so soon. I was doing a media interview yesterday with a pretty large pub around the concept of managing IT through SaaS and how it makes companies more efficient. The interviewer asked blindly what negative opinions or possible misconceptions exist when it comes to outsourcing core IT or infrastructure services via SaaS and whether it's a risk.
I had to think quickly and offered the following response.
We're an IaaS leader, offering network redundancy, security, reliability, and performance optimization via global managed external DNS. We simply can't go down. We have hundreds of enterprises relying on DynECT Managed DNS and brands like Zappos, Twitter, Homeaway, CNBC and WBR and millions of SOHO users rely on our vast array of services.
We stare at the ceiling at night and worry about the same exact things our clients and prospects worry about. Until recently, it was hard for our own IT department to "let go" and realize that we too could benefit from outsourcing, which would allow us to focus all of our operations and engineering resources on our network, our technology and our evolution in DNS. After all, that is our core competency.
Sure, we could handle running our own CRM or use something open source, but that's not the point and Salesforce is a pretty damn good platform for that. Sure we could collocate all of our own PoPs but Verizon Digital Media Services offers a fast-growing CDN that gives us great diversity and is proven. The same goes for enterprise email with our DynECT Email Delivery platform and our traditional email marketing friends at Mill33.
Once companies like ours realize that other providers might actually provide something better, cheaper and more focused that can be created or maintained internally, they relate more with the exact reasons why customers flock to them for their own service offerings. They're specialists and once the buyers look in the mirror and realize this about themselves, they come to the conclusion that outsourcing to SaaS introduces less risk in most instances.
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Yesterday we traveled back to University of Virginia for Daniel to see a top rated pediatric sleep specialist. After typing every detail of our extensive family history and Daniel's symptoms she stated she could help Daniel.. Tears of pure relief streamed down my face as she encouraged us and explained her suspected diagnosis. We will have another extensive sleep study completed in mid May. She is suspicious of a relatively rare sleep disorder in which the person needs a tremendous amount of sleep as compared to the norm and their body basically breaks down from sleep deprivation. Only 2% of the population are diagnosed with this sleep disorder, but it can be treated with medication and a strict schedule.
I'd like to feel elated that we may be close to a diagnosis, but instead I am cautious and somewhat serious. I'd like to let my guard down just a little, but instead I'm still stoic and careful with my emotions. I'd like to believe we are finally coming to an end of this roller coaster journey, but I'm too scared to believe with all my heart that the answers may be at our fingertips. I'd love to wrap my arms around Daniel's neck and whisper, "It's really going to be okay", but we've been burned and led astray so many times it's difficult to even know what to believe anymore.
Before we left on our road trip yesterday, I didn't devote an extreme amount of time to intense prayer. I did pray, but it was more of a letting go process, than actual praying for answers. I have to admit that this adversity has taken its toll on Daniel, and all of us. We're all weary, stressed from the unknowns, and have nerves pulled as tight as stretched rubber bands. So, instead of praying for answers, I simply asked the Holy Spirit to completely intervene, because I didn't even know what to pray for anymore.
So, now, we wait…once again. I really don't know if this is the answer we've hoped for all along. I don't know if he will get better any time soon. I don't know how much longer Clif and I can hang on with the stress of Daniel's illness. the bills piling up and watching our son feel so awful most of the time. I do know that I am choosing faith, I am choosing prayer and I am choosing to keep putting one foot in front of the other. God gives us the strength to just keep breathing and I am grateful.


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We haven't been out and about much the past week apart from to the local park a couple of times. It's only a 20 minute walk from home and the nicest of the three in our little town. It does have a play area for kids so of course we take my daughter often but always take time to walk around too.
There are plenty of birds - many Thrushes, both Song and Mistle, Blackbirds, Robins, Woodpigeons, Collared Doves, Crows, House Sparrows and Chaffinch. In winter there are always plenty of Tits about especially Long Tailed and Coal. Lots of squirrels too, which are always fun to watch.
Today we saw a couple of Swallows flying low over the playing field and half a dozen House Martins near the bandstand. As it's been so windy there were plenty of pine cones for the little one to hunt and we came home with several.
There are plenty of trees and windy paths, with lots of flower beds, some well tended and others not so much, which is quite nice.
The following pic is of the Botanical Garden, which appears to have been abandoned but is almost like a secret garden with its little paths some gorgeous flowers which spring up here and there.
The park does have a bandstand, it even had a brass band playing in it today, which i've not seen before.
Here are some of the other flowers and trees we've spotted around the park over the past week.


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'Orphan Black' creators on that 'twisted' clone threeway
[SPOILER ALERT: Read on only if you have already watched Saturday's "Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis" episode of Orphan Black.]
Another clone bit the dust in the latest episode of Orphan Black, but this death may have also provided a clue as to what the male clones of Project Castor want with the female sestras of Project Leda. Mustached marvel Seth experienced more "glitching" near the end of the episode, causing his twin brother Rudy to put him out of his misery. What does it all mean? We went to the men who hold all the answers—Orphan Black creators Graeme Manson and John Fawcett. We also asked them about Alison's new campaign and business enterprise, Helena's situation, and that super-creepy clone threeway.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Well, congratulations gentlemen on filming the world's first clone threeway scene. Whose twisted idea was this scene, which shows two of the male clone brothers going at it with a very confused lady.
JOHN FAWCETT: Whose idea was this, Graeme?
GRAEME MANSON: I think we have to take co-control of this situation. It was both of ours. And there was a lot of debate about this season and how we were going to do it and how we were going to honor our themes. We are pushing buttons in that scene for sure.
Did it require any logistical filming tricks to get that scene? I mean, obviously you always have some tricks when you do these multi-clone scenes but a clone threeway is pretty unique.
FAWCETT: Nothing different than we've done in the past. But what was different about it is that we're introducing a new actor into the technical glorious world of cloning. So for Ari Millen, who plays Rudy and Seth, this was a big deal for him—not just this scene, but this episode is heavy for him in terms of introducing the characters and having him play off of himself. And so for us it was fun introducing a brand new actor and showing him the ropes and saying, "Hey, here's how we do it." But dramatically the scene was fun just because it is so twisted and it's frightening. And it's always great to unsettle an audience and to leave them guessing and go in a direction that they're not expecting.
Let's stay on the male clones for a minute because we see Paul show up and give the Rudy and Seth clones some sort of test that Helena later gets. What is this test all about?
MANSON: Well, that part of our scientific mystery and that's really the tip of the iceberg in terms of what is up with the Castor boys' condition. We know for sure it's neurological and that it differs in that way from what our girls our suffering.
Yeah, because we see Seth glitching throughout the episode, so bad that his brother Rudy eventually shoots him to put him out of his misery. Is this glitching situation the male clone equivalent of the respiratory problems plaguing some of the female clones?
MANSON: It could be that parallel. And certainly that was a mercy killing, so we know it's fatal.
FAWCETT: And there is something fundamentally wrong with the boys—maybe even more so than the females.
MANSON: Besides being perverts and rapists, there's more wrong with them.
FAWCETT: Well, there is, and ultimately seeing Rudy have to put down Seth at the end is a very emotional mercy kill situation that I think the boys have become accustomed to. And because they've grown up in a military environment that is something that is in their language.
Why the red Xs on Rudy's eyes? Was this just to look super-badass?
GRAEME: He likes to put people on edge and he likes to freak people out and he saw that painting of Sarah that Felix did in season 1. He sees that painting and he sees the Xs over her eyes and Rudy just goes into Rudyland and just gets strange on our asses.
When we end on Mark burning off his clone mark, is that a sign that he is going to try to escape that life of Project Castor?
FAWCETT: I think that is the way certainly that we want to lead the audience, that Mark is actually trying to break free of the pack and has fallen in love and wants to live his own life, I think. The boys have grown up together.
MANSON: It's much harder for the Castor boys to be their own individuals than it is for the Leda girls.
FAWCETT: The Leda girls have grown up separately and come together. It's completely the opposite for the boys.
We haven't talked about my favorite clone yet. So is Alison now pushing pills and running for school trustee?
MANSON: They go hand in hand, don't they?
I don't know where this is going but I love it already.
FAWCETT: Glad to hear it. We're excited about the trajectory of Alison this season and we laughed about it a lot last year. The one thing we really knew is that we really wanted Alison to drive a school bus. That was part of the excitement of season 3. But also the concept that she would be doing something kind of within the community, running for some sort of notable position in an election—I think it was just the next best thing to do with the character, And the fact that Team Hendrix has come upon hard times financially and is needing to find other ways to finance the election and their life—I think the fact that they take this big gamble is going to be part of the fun of watching this season.
MANSON: Yeah, it really is. And the fact that they're doing it together this season and it's Team Hendrix moving forward through thick and thin—that killing Leekie really bonded them last year.
What can you say about Helena, where she's being held by the military of Project Castor and we meet this Dr. Virginia Cody, who tires to cozy up to Helena a bit? What is her motivation here?
MANSON: Well, we're just really introducing that character so we don't really want to know her motivation yet. Her motivation is part of this series trajectory and we have a really great actor in Kyra Harper.
FAWCETT: She's a fabulous new addition and we're really excited about this character. It's a little bit mysterious. We don't know her intentions. We don't know what she's about by the end of episode 2. Following her and seeing how she interweaves with the cast is really going to be something to keep your eye on.
Okay, so before we finish up, give us a little tease on what we can expect to see in next week's episode.
MANSON: Some corn. [Laughs]
FAWCETT: Honestly, though, in episode 3, we get to see more of Sarah and Art working together, which is really cool. We get a return to some strong police-work. They actually—in a very brief and interesting way—get back together as partners. So that's fun and you can watch for that. We also get to explore and follow Mark and Gracie a little bit more, which we set up at the end of episode 2
MANSON: A little runaway Prolethean action.
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Qatar Airways Economy Review Baku (GYD) to Doha (DOH) A320
Qatar Airways runs the route of Doha–Tbilisi–Baku-Doha twice a day now – one overnight and one during the day. After all my recent overnight flights I was happy to have found a daytime one. Our friendly Uber driver dropped us off at Baku's hyper-modern Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
Surprisingly, there are lounges to the left and the right of the check-in area. One of the Priority Pass ones, the Salam Lounge, is spacious and the views are great for a ground floor lounge. However, there is almost no food or snacks and just a few drinks. There are no power outlets, either. It's just a zoned-off waiting area which calls itself a lounge (not that I pay for Priority Pass lounge visits, thanks to the Chase Sapphire Reserve card).
Nevertheless, you can relax there while the lounge staff take care of your luggage (we did not have any ourselves) and also run the check-in for you. I wasn't sure if that would be a good idea for us, though, because of our somewhat complicated award itinerary, so we left the lounge when check-in time was reached.
Immigration was very interested in checking our visa printouts again and again. I had almost thrown them away once we entered the country, since visas are usually checked when you enter, not when you exit – right?
Once cleared, there is more security and another Priority Pass lounge in Terminal 1. The Absheron Lounge is very similar to Salam, but has a few more food offerings.
We were 'charged' again for entry; if you have to pay for Priority Pass, the $20 per member and guest can get expensive quickly for such short airport visits. I convinced myself to try the espresso here – which was a mistake – and in addition to the slow WiFi, it made this goodbye easy.
This airline uses the A320's short-haul configuration I have flown many times before in Qatar Economy Class and Qatar Business Class. The cabin was about 60% full already when we boarded and around 30 people joined us for this flight to Doha.
Qatar Airways does its job so well. There is a rather big screen right in front of you and a food menu.
The flight attendants on this flight were just superbly friendly. We took off right on time into the empty skies over Baku.
Once over the Caspian Sea on our way to Iranian airspace, the dinner service rolled out and we realized we had ordered a special meal (I had actually forgotten all about it). We all liked the vegetarian Indian curry that turned out to be some of the best airline food ever.
I used an hour to be productive on my laptop and we were then on our way into the descent.
We got some gorgeous pictures when flying over Doha and the blue waters of the Persian Gulf.
The temperature was a stunning 112 degrees but with almost 100% humidity. Stepping out of the plane into the waiting bus was a huge change in temperatures.
If Doha Airport was a little less busy than before, it was not to be noticed, as there was a huge amount of people in transfer security and in the main walking areas when we arrived.
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The last week and a half or so I've been experiencing slow upload speeds (10-17 Mbps). I normally get 29-33 all day long, my plan is a 300/30. Feels like my upload speed is being throttled. My download speeds are roughly in the low to mid 200's (Docsis 3.0 modem) Doesn't matter what part of the day I've tried to run speed tests to verify it hasn't made a difference. Having my modem plugged directly into any of my computers via ethernet vs through a router doesn't make a difference either. Here is signal for my modem DPQ3212
I live in OK. I will contact cox and see if I'm eligible for a free upgrade. They sold me this modem when I got their ultimate package of 200/20 a few years ago. Strange that this modem doesn't support past 100/10.
I'm not sure what the signals were before I encountered this issue. Is there a way to change my upload channels that might be possibly congested?
Thank you for helping me out with this issue, I really appreciate it.
Bahh, I just wrote a long post and the forum bug god ate it.
Long story short, try resetting the DPQ3212 with the hole/pin on the back. Hold it for 30seconds, and not the quick 1 second press you used to change between PC and router. It "should" pick the best upstreams available at that time, based on use and your signal levels upstream. Also, anything you can do to lower your upstream a few points might help, even though your levels in general aren't bad.
However, either way I suggest a new modem. I don't think the new phone modem is available in your area so you would need to use a splitter for a second modem. This would make your upstream even higher, which is not optimal. Are there any splitters else where in the loop you can remove before the modem?


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Surrey Artist Open Studios 2019
Surrey open studios is an event organised by the County arts council. This was a fantastic opportunity to introduce my work to the local community and to meet the other artists and makers around my area. 2019 was the 19th consecutive year for this event to take place.
The open studio registration is $80 (individual artist)excluding the annual membership fee. If you are running the studio session with several other artists the fee is slightly higher. All marketing materials are included in the fee and you will get your set of catalogs ( 70 each) mid May. Trail maps which are organised among the artists is printed separately. The event ran from the 1st of June till the 16th. I decided to join with a few other artist who had studios closer to mine and we created a trail for the local art enthusiasts.
I did draw a few people through out the duration and made several sales. Most came during weekend evenings as part of a weekend activity. Retirees were quite often among them. students and other artists were next most common. Those who were seriously looking for art came in rare occasions. My major sales were made through my own contacts and friends.
Will I do this again next year? most certainly yes. However I will take different approach to the number of days I will be open as well as a couple of workshops during the weekends.


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