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Solar Oblateness from Archimedes to Dicke
The non-spherical shape of the Sun has been invoked to explain the anomalous precession of Mercury. A brief history of some methods for measuring solar diameter is presented. Archimedes was the first to give upper and lower values for solar diameter in third century before Christ; we also show the method of total eclipses, used after Halley's observative campaign of 1715 eclipse; the variant of partial eclipses useful to measure different chords of the solar disk; the method of Dicke which correlates oblateness with luminous excess in the equatorial zone.

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This Is My Life (Music Video)
Last week I released the very first music video for my new EP Seven, 'This Is My Life'.
The music video was shot in Bournemouth in one single continuous take (you know I like doing that). I'm really happy with how it came out! Special thanks to Kayla Owen for filming and colour grading it. It was her first time shooting a music video in one take like this, but I think she did a fantastic job!
Watch the video below:
If you enjoy it, then please 'like' the video and leave a comment on Youtube to let me know your thoughts. It's received over 2,300 views in the first 7 days! Here's to many more!


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Give your restroom a new meaning with our exclusive range of urinal modesty panels and vibrant coloured Privy Divider Panel laminates by Greenlam Sturdo. The panels are designed to provide the most comfortable experience. We ensure privacy to the user while keeping their hygiene in mind.
These panels come with rust resistant stainless steel fittings to ensure highest quality. The urinal modesty panels are manufactured using 12mm thick Compact Laminates, in accordance to IS-2046-1995/BSEN-438(1)-91.
Not only that, these panels consists of one undivided piece, chamfered edges with no joints in between which provides a cleaner and well structured look to your restroom space. These urinal modesty panels are equipped with the comprehensive series of conventional designs and are available in exciting colours and shapes and promises to give your restroom space an exquisite yet organized look.
- Total Height: 1000-1200mm
- Depth: 450-550mm
- Gap from ground floor: 500-600mm
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- VA Education Benefits
- Military Tuition Assistance
- State of Oregon Tuition Programs
- Veterans at OSU FAQs
- Contact Us
- Spouse and Family Resource Links
Step One: Apply to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for your education benefits. You need to go to VETS.GOV to complete your application.
Step Two: Provide a copy of your Certificate of Eligibility to the OSU Veteran Certifying Officials.
Step Three: Select a major (not UESP) by the time you reach junior standing (90-134 credits earned). The OSU Veteran Certifying Officials will certify your enrollment to the VA.
Step Four: On the last calendar day of the month, you must verify your enrollment to the VA via the Web Automated Verification of Enrollment (WAVE) or by calling the toll free Interactive Voice Response line at 1 (877) 823-2378.
Monthly benefits are paid directly to you to use at your discretion. If your enrollment has been certified 30 days prior to the start of the term, the first benefit should be expected to arrive in the month following the first full month of school. For example, if you start school in the fall, your first benefit should be expected to arrive in November.
Concurrent Use of Tuition Assistance & CH 1606/1607 GI Bill
The Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs have announced that service members are no longer authorized to use both Tuition Assistance and the Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve program (Chapter 1606) to pay for the same course. Soldiers may use both TA and GI Bill during the same term as long as they are not used for the same course.
*This does not affect Soldiers using TA and Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty (Chapter 30) or Post-9/11 (Chapter 33).


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'If you have a query regarding Sixth Form Enrolment or would like to speak to someone in the Sixth Form Department please call directly to 020 8216 8055. Please be aware over the enrolment days someone may not be able to answer the phone immediately but please leave a message stating your name and contact details and someone will call you back.'
GCSE Results Day and Sixth Form Enrolment
GCSE results day is taking place on Thursday 23rd August from 10:00am
Sixth Form Enrolment arrangements:
Thursday 23rd August - GCSE Results day and Enrolment day 1
(Internal students 10am-12.30pm, External students 1pm-3.30pm)
Friday 24th August - Enrolment day 2- 12pm-3pm (All students)
On 23rd August the school will be open from 10am for internal students and from 1pm for external students. Upon receiving your results you can meet with senior staff to discuss your GCSE results. If you meet the required entry criteria and there is space available on your chosen courses, we will finalise your course choices and enrol you into the Sixth Form. If you know that you will be away on holiday during the enrolments dates please contact the Sixth Form (email@example.com) prior to the summer holidays to make other arrangements for your enrolment.
What external students must bring to enrolment
•GCSE results documents
•Passport or equivalent proof of UK residency (If students do not have a passport they must bring both their birth certificate and parents passport)
Key Start of Term Dates
Tuesday 4th September
- Students attend administration day - 12.30pm - 2.30pm school hall (surnames A-M 12.30 - 1.30pm and surnames N-Z 1.30 - 2.30pm)
- Student school photos will be taken on this day therefore students must attend in smart Sixth Form dress. Please return your admission form and signed code of conduct.
Friday 7th September
- First day of term: Introduction to the Year - 9.15 - 11.30am
Monday 10th September
- Lessons begin: normal school day - 8.35am- 2.50pm
Many thanks and good luck
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Well Versed
English major Jordi Alonso '14 meets his graduation goal by publishing Honeyvoiced, a book of poetry.
English major Jordi Alonso '14 meets his graduation goal by publishing Honeyvoiced, a book of poetry.
Justin Roberts '92 is riding the popular swell of "kindie" music.
Marco Saavedra '11, who came to the U.S. illegally as a child, has been thrust into the international spotlight through his passion for immigration reform. On July 22, he joined other undocumented activists in a border protest.
Kenyon is a national leader in cultivating the local-food market, and putting that food on the table for students.
Stewart Huntsman '16 perfects his aim as a member of the archery club, one of Kenyon's 150-plus student organizations.
The creative vision of photographer Jonathan Mannion '93 has helped define a musical revolution. Mannion returns to the Hill this month as a Mesaros Visiting Artist to share his creative vision with Kenyon photography students.
Making a film about the gay-marriage debate, Becca Roth '10 tackles a larger issue: the need for people to talk.
When a couple "has chemistry," you can tell—by the chemicals.
An immensely complex transplant operation gives a soldier two new limbs. On the team that made it happen: a husband and wife, both Kenyon grads.
Dogs do laugh, kind of, says neuroscientist Andy Niemiec, whose research addresses the larger question of how humans and animals perceive their world.
In the evolving world of personal technology, do you feel left to your own devices? Surrounded by a dizzying array of iWants and iNeeds, are you wondering which technology is worth the investment? Help is on the way
Whether she is photographing gun enthusiasts, shoveling horse manure, or socializing with the Amish, Rebecca Katzman '14 pursues part of her Kenyon education on country roads.
Religious Studies professor Royal Rhodes ponders the "Meanings of Death" in the classroom and in the Alumni Bulletin.
Literary and online virtuosity bring young-adult author John Green '00 fans of all ages.
Faculty and student researchers set out to study the retail trend of sexualized clothing for children, and published a journal article that drew worldwide media attention


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Distance from Mount Union, IA to Winterset, IA
Driving distance between Mount Union, IA and Winterset, IA is 197.15 miles (or 317.28 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Mount Union, IA you would reach Winterset, IA in about 3 hours 14 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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BOCA RATON — It may be hard to imagine any parallel between Pat Callan`s position as a physical education teacher at Palm Beach County`s juvenile detention center and his head coaching job at Boca Raton Academy.
``A person observing the detention center and walking around Boca Raton Academy for the first time would notice quite a contrast,`` said Callan, whose team gave him a 24-15 victory against Benjamin in his first game last Saturday. ``But, when you`re dealing with activity, it`s the same. It`s kids moving and the ball is in the air. It`s people involved in people.``
Callan has worked at the Sabal Palm School for two years. He`s in charge of making sure the 80 to 100 teen-age boys and girls remain active during their stay. They are held at the detention center for 21 days pending a court decision. The majority of these children are from broken homes or are wards of the state.
By treating everyone equally, Callan has earned the respect of his students at both schools.
``I don`t ask the kids what they`re in for,`` Callan said, ``just like I don`t ask the kids at Boca Raton Academy how much their families are worth. That information has no bearing on either job.``
David Rewak has been the superintendent of the detention center for the past six months. Rewak believes if a teacher can work in a detention center, he or she can teach anywhere.
``It can be an intimidating enviroment,`` Rewak said. ``Pat handles it well because he cares and the kids know that. He`s tolerant and patient. You can`t be a dictator. It takes a particular kind of teacher to be able to work effectively. Coach (Callan) is willing to go the extra mile with the kids.``
Callan realizes he can`t solve all the problems of the children at the detention center. He hopes to get their minds off their problems for a while and also develop a better self-image by being able to succeed at something.


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Though it can appear anytime between spring and fall, Leptosphaerulina (pronounced "Lep-toe-sphere-u-line-a") thrives in stressed turf under conditions such as extended warm, humid weather. Considered a senectopathic disorder (like anthracnose), it can be classified as a pathogen when infecting young and mature plants. Commonly found in association with Pythium spp. and Pysularia grisea, symptoms of leptosphaerulina blight include uniform yellow or brown spots extending down the sheath, with stands being either uniformly blighted or patchy with individual leaves dying back from the tip.² Affected stands may also show significant thinning in as little as a week.
A common soil saprophyte, leptosphaerulina thrives in rotten material, producing pseudothecia in leaf-tissue in order to overwinter. Coming from ancient Greek- literally meaning "false-sheath"- pseudothecia are volcano-shaped structures which become embedded in the tissue, where they house fungal spores (ascopores, see image above). Released when warm weather returns, the ascopores are then blow, splashed or carried via equipment to healthy turf.
While modern cultural practices on golf courses may be contributing to its increased appearance in otherwise healthy turf (lower mowing heights, verticutting, etc.), there are some preventative steps for leptosphaerulina.
- Avoid irrigating in the evenings or nights
- Aerate compacted soil, reduce thatch
- Use a balanced fertility program
Check out the links below for more information, and take a look at this recent piece by Dr. Rick Latin, where he goes over different aspects of Leptosphaerulina blight for turf diseases.org.
1. http://agsci.psu.edu/elearning/course-samples/ppem_412_sample/Ln_11/L11_5.htm
2. http://ipm.illinois.edu/diseases/series400/rpd417/
3. Creeping Bentgrass Management: Summer Stresses, Weeds and Selected Maladies


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Cairn Oil & Gas to date has opened 4 frontier basins with 38 hydrocarbon discoveries in the Indian state of Rajasthan alone.
Cairn Oil & Gas is one of the largest oil and gas exploration and production companies in India. It has a world-class asset base, with a balanced portfolio of production and exploration assets. Cairn has a strong track record of successful exploration and delivering production growth, low cost operations and a strong talent pool.
Cairn's resource base provides significant production growth potential. It currently accounts for ~27% of India's oil production and contributes more than 80% of domestic production growth.
Cairn Oil & Gas is the largest private producer of crude oil in India and was rated as the fastest-growing energy company in the world for 2012 & 2013 as per the Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings. Its onshore RJ-ON-90/1 (Rajasthan) block is the flagship asset, and has a basin production potential of 300,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
During the Financial year 2014-15 the company's operations reduced India's dependence on oil imports by over ~US$ 6 billion and contributed over US$ 3 billion to the exchequer.
Cairn Oil & Gas has a portfolio of 7 blocks - one block in Rajasthan, which contains multiple assets, one on the west coast and four on the east coast of India and South Africa. Oil and gas is currently being produced from onshore Rajasthan block, offshore Ravva block on the east coast and offshore Cambay block on the west coast.


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SAINT-AIGNAN, France --Two Chinese pandas are now enjoying their new, temporary home in central France.
The giant pandas, both 3 years old, were transported from China to France's Loire Valley where they will stay for the next decade.
The animals will have a month to get used to their new surroundings before going on display to the public.
These two are the first pandas on French soil since the death of Yen Yen at a zoo just outside Paris in 2000.
Zoo officials hope the male and female pair will breed while in France.


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I am passionate about spiritual formation or the ways of grace in which God works to make us more like Jesus. In this digital age, I am more convinced than ever that we need spiritual practices that can open up space in our souls for that to happen. This is the impetus behind everything I write. Find all of my books here.
Sacred Chaos
A modern day practicing the presence of Christ, the book offers inspirational stories, along with experiments in prayer for people at all levels of spiritual maturity.
Contemplating the Cross
A 40-day pilgrimage with Christ in His final hours, offering space for personal reflection and intimate connection with Jesus as you journey from the Garden to Golgotha.
The Wired Soul
Our brains are being rewired daily--what does that mean for our souls? Ancient practices become tools to keep us focused and mindful in an increasingly disorienting digital age.


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This is a personal blend Intuited for where you are presently and for 'ongoing support'. Lorin holds intentions for your Highest Good and for patterns that are 'known and unknown', because often it is the 'unknown beliefs' that we need to heal and clear to move through our next layer of healing. You will receive a write up of the Spirit Essences and their support that are in your custom blend.
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Attend our Sage 50(Peachtree) QuickBooks Tally ERP 9 Training & Certification
Sage 50 | QuickBooks | Tally ERP 9 Accounting Software are complete business solution software that makes it easy for business to record daily transactions, track its finance, manage cash flow, bank transactions, track inventory and generate financial report instantly.
Our Training leads a direct path to ERP Accounting Certification.
These are International Accounting Software Package used across the Globe in all the major sectors of an economy. You will get the skill in Sage 50 | QuickBooks | Tally ERP 9 and effectively work in any sector.
You will pass the huge requirement to become a Technology Accountant.
These Accounting Software being a SME and business focus products and an affordable packages have increased business profits by over 200% year on year and driven the need for more technology driven accounting staff. You will stand on the successes of Sage 50 | QuickBooks | Tally ERP 9 in developed and developing economy and gain global acceptance as a skilled Accountant/ accounting officer/ Invetory Manager/ Admin. Manager/ CRM or HR Staff and so on.
Sage 50 | QuickBooks | Tally ERP 9 Accounting target Industries in all verticals, which makes you to be acceptable or sought-after in all industries- from Financial Service, Real Estate and Property Management, Construction, Health and Medical Services, Insurance, Oil and Gas Retail Outlets, Manufacturing, Non-Profit, and Telecommunication among others.
These Sage 50, QuickBooks Training are facilitated by Professionals. You not only learn the technical side of it, you also learn how IFRS works with your reporting system be it, Income Statement, Statement of Cash Flow, Statement of Financial Position(Balance Sheet), etc.
What we will practically teach you: Rated as the No. 1 Software in UK, US, South Africa, Nigeria, Australia, Ghana and so on, Sage 50, QuickBooks and Tally ERP 9 Accounting Software are easy to learn and integrate with new or existing companies.
What you need to learn as a Graduate or Business Owner:
Setting up company information, accounting methods, accounting periods and posting methods
Navigating around the program and using keyboard shortcuts
Defining the purpose of a chart of accounts and customizing the chart of accounts.
Setting up customers and vendors, Setting up sales tax,
Setting up inventory items and groups,
Setting up employees,
Processing Customer Transactions,
Creating quotes and estimates for customers and clients,
Creating customer invoices, sales, receipts and credit memos,
Posting customer payments and making deposits,
Recording finance charges and preparing customer statements,
Processing Vendor Transactions,
Creating purchase orders, receiving inventory and recording inventory adjustments,
Record vendor invoices,
Paying vendor bills.
All these listings covers 99.99% of what businesses do every day and if you can do these in a software, you have what it takes to be employed or Manage your business.
Duration for each package: 3Days (i.e. 2 Weekends)
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Authorised Training Centre: Suite B28, Primaltek Plaza, Opp. Iju Garage, Pen-Cinema, Agege, Lagos (Very close to Ogba).
Course Fee:
Sage 50... =N=20,000.00
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Fee covers: Comprehensive Course Materials (Software and Hard Copy) and Certificate of Participation.
Note: (1) All participants are expected to come with there Laptops.
(2) 2015 Edition of Software will be installed on all the Laptops.
To Register: Send Your Full Name, Email, Phone No and Interested Package and Batch to "firstname.lastname@example.com or 08093020951"
For Further Enquiries, please reach: 08093020951, email@example.com
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About Us:
FIN-SOFT and ASSOCIATES is a leading Financial and I.T Consulting Firm with an objective to improve capacity through the provision of current, customized and complete Accounting Software Solutions that specifically meet individual and corporate needs to fit their qualifications and operations, thereby increasing their productivity and efficiency in all areas of their lifes and businesses, as established in our vision statement "making businesses and life succeed".
Our company, which consists of group of Chartered Accountants, Chartered Financial Analysts and Information Technology Specialists, is set to providing Business Advisory and Accounting Software Development, Sales, Upgrades, Implementation, Training and Support of Accounting System to a wide range of business and individuals.
Our Core Value:
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Algonquin Independent Living
There is 1 Independent Living Facility in Algonquin, IL and 30 Independent Living Facilities nearby.
Average Cost: $4,500
Clarendale of Algonquin
2001 West Algonquin RoadAlgonquin, IL 60102
Call (800) 709-5113 for details.
Opening in October 2016 Clarendale of Algonquin is a community that offers extraordinary independent living, service rich, and comfort that is located in Algonquin Illinois.
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October 06, 2016 08:00 ET
Michael Suby of Frost & Sullivan to Discuss Deception as a Cyber Security Discipline
Michael Suby of Frost & Sullivan to Discuss Deception as a Cyber Security Discipline
FREMONT, CA--(Marketwired - Oct 6, 2016) - Attivo Networks®, the award-winning leader in deception for cyber security threat detection, today announced that Michael Suby of Frost & Sullivan Stratecast will discuss the use of deception as an offensive cybersecurity weapon in his webinar "Deception as a Security Discipline for Advanced Threat Detection and Defense." Suby is the author of a new study "Deception as a Security Discipline: Going on the Offensive in the Cybersecurity Battlefield". The webinar will provide insights into how deception works, why it is such an effective defense inside the network, and the four attributes CISOs should look for in selecting the right deception solution: authenticity; vitality; automation; and ambition.
"Cybersecurity must change as current approaches are too slow and too incomplete in recognizing the threats that have already set up camp in your systems," Suby states. "This situation is further compounded by security talent who are so swamped just trying to maintain their current security infrastructure, that they have little time or patience to try new solutions." He adds that deception delivers an effective and efficient defense that will actually put a security posture on the offensive. The webinar will address:
The webinar will be held on Wednesday, October 12 from 9AM to 10AM PDT. To register please click here.
About Attivo Networks
Attivo Networks® is an award-winning leader in deception technology for real-time detection, analysis, and acceleration of incident response to cyber-attacks. The Attivo Threat Matrix™ Deception and Response Platform provides early detection of advanced, stolen credential, ransomware, and phishing attacks that are inside user networks, data centers, clouds, IoT and ICS-SCADA environments. By deceiving attackers into revealing themselves, comprehensive attack analysis is efficiently gathered, actionable alerts raised, and response actions automated with prevention system integrations. As part of the continuous threat management platform, ThreatPath™ provides vulnerability assessment of attack paths for proactive incident prevention. For more information, visit www.attivonetworks.com
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The Life of Kristýna, a Czech Expat in Thailand.
Kristýna is a Czech expat in Bangkok with her British husband. She has traveled all over Asia since moving to Thailand as well as going back to Europe regularly. She also visited Australia and the US. But Bangkok is still her most favorite place and she calls Bangkok her home.


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By Earleen Hinton
Three-month-old Boss could not control his enthusiasm as he jumped over one bar, crashed into another, and then grabbed his leash in his mouth and just flat out ran.
Minutes earlier, Mia, age 5ish, opted to walk around the first jump, but then carefully stepped over the next one before going through the "tunnel" with a lot of encouragement from her six-year-old human buddy, Jace.
That was just some of the canine action Aug. 26 at the first Rescue Rally, held by Bonafied, an up and coming rescue group founded by Melodee Hoffman, of Mt. Morris.
"We are working towards having a rescue group for dogs," said Hoffman at Saturday's rally, held at the City of Oregon's dog park in Carnation Park, along the Rock River. "Rescue dogs are wonderful dogs that need saving. A lot of the rescues are dogs that someone got when they were a puppy and then because of life changes they were taken to a shelter. They can be all kinds of breeds, including purebreds."
Hoffman said one of the goal's of her group is to get shelter dogs into foster families to make then more adoptable and save their lives.
"We like to take them from a shelter and get them in to actual homes," Hoffman said. "One of our members has a farm where we take the dogs and see how they react to goats, chickens, and cats."
Carol Falconer, director of the Friends Forever Humane Society of Freeport, said foster homes enable shelter dogs to acclimate to real homes to help make them more adoptable.
"There are things that you just don't know about a dog when they are only in a shelter environment," Falconer said. "With foster homes we can see how they react with regular household tasks so when someone asks 'How are they around a vacuum cleaner' we have an answer."
Stillman Valley's Kelly and Shawn Keyster, and their six-year-old son, Jace, are the foster family for Mia, a pit bull and blue heeler mix, who arrived at Friends Forever with a litter of puppies.
"We've had her as a foster dog for two and a half months and she's a very sweet girl," Kelly said. "She had a litter of puppies when she came in to the shelter as a rescue. We have another dog at home and she gets along with him fine."
Jace was all smiles as he encouraged Mia through the agility course. "Come on Mia, come on," he said even entering the plastic tunnel himself with dog treats in hand to lead her through.
"We think Mia had multiple litters of puppies before she came to us," Falconer said. "Now she's a happy, healthy, much-loved dog. We would love to find a forever home for Mia."
Kelly Keyster said it will be hard to let Mia, her third foster dog, leave her family, but if the right family comes along she will have fulfilled her goal as a foster parent.
"We adopted our other dog Conner from Cause for Paws. We've grown very attached to Mia and we haven't had that issue before. It would have to be the right family to have her be adopted," Kelly Keyster said.
Saturday's event included dogs that could be adopted and dogs that have already found homes. Vendors specialiizing in canine services and businesses also attended.
Mary Biggerstaff, a resident of Woosung, brought her two rescues to the event, Chewy a St. Bernard and golden retriever, and Mia, a shih tzu. "They are both rescues," she said as she carried Mia, and Chewy sniffed out the other canines at the event.
Neeko is a 9-year-old Husky who is at Friends Forever because his owner died. Neeko was part of a dog sled team. When the owner of the team knew we was dying, he asked Friends Forever to take his dogs and find them homes.
"He would hook the dogs up and do demonstrations," Falconer said.
Boss, a retriever mix, arrived at Friends Forever when a Freeport family, returning home from a trip to Seattle, Washington, watched someone dump five puppies at a truck stop in Wyoming.
"They saw a vehicle pull up and dump out five puppies and then drive away," said Dana Nappi, a Friends Forever board member and volunteer. "They found families for three of the puppies and we got two. Boss' brother has been adopted so we still have Boss."
Hoffman said she began training dogs about 10 years ago, but had worked with horses before that.
She said it all began when she took in a dog considered by a shelter to be unadoptable because she was to aggressive.
After working with the dog, Hoffman discovered the animal was merely scared.
"She was never aggressive, she was just misunderstood," Hoffman said. "She was terrified."
The experience was also a life-changer for Hoffman.
"I used to weigh 274 pounds and I never left the house," she said. "Within a year, just working with that dog, I lost 80 pounds. I found my calling."
Bonafied means "bring out natural abilities found in every dog" and that's just what Hoffman strives to do.
"It is my absolute passion," she said. "It's so rewarding to see the difference you can make in dog's life. I'm dedicated to it."
Hoffman hopes the event will help establish a rescue organization and shelter in Ogle County. She said she is currently in the process of obtaining proper licenses for the organization.
"Thousands of shelter dogs are put down each year and the vast majority of them are adoptable," Hoffman said.
For more information about Friends Forever (Neeko, Boss, and Mia) call 815-232-6164.
For more information about Bonafied, call Hoffman at 815-973-9162.
(Vinde Wells contributed to this article)


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Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth graders at Avondale, Colorado's Craver Middle School, traded pencils for American Revolution firearms in a history program in which military re-enactors taught them how to shoot and showed them just how difficult many of the shots were that Colonial troops had to make against the British Red Coats.
According to KOAA 5, the program began with re-enactors bringing the firearms into the classroom on March 16 and 17 to talk to students about the guns and how they were used. Then, on March 18, students were able to shoot "muskets" and other guns in a lesson on marksmanship. They shot at "red coats" targets at the Avondale Clay and Gun Club.
Instructors wanted students to gather some idea of how tough it was for Colonial troops to defeat what was then the most powerful military in the world.
Participating Craver students received parental permission before taking part in the course.
Twelve-year-old Shelby Plattner took part in the program and her father, Alan, said:
Guns are one of those things where some people shy away from them. They never learn about them and they fear them. I don't think the guns are anything to fear. I think what you need to do is be educated about them and then make a good choice.
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Thank you all for your wonderful comments last week. I have finally recovered from the turkey trance, brought on by too much food and too little activity! If you celebrated Thanksgiving, hope you had a good one too!
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Thank you all for your wonderful comments last week. I have finally recovered from the turkey trance, brought on by too much food and too little activity! If you celebrated Thanksgiving, hope you had a good one too!
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Incredible images! I completely agree with you about winter photography - subjects seem to really stand out against the stark background.ReplyDelete
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I love these photos!!! Beautiful!!! Happy you had a great Thanksgiving ;o) Too much food is good, especially on turkey day ;o)ReplyDelete
Such a lovely post with all these beautiful images! I may not like the winter cold, but there are so many gorgeous photo opportunities.ReplyDelete
Lovely photos, especially the bird with the warm breath!! xoReplyDelete
Beautiful selection of photos. We seldom get snow, so I love looking at snowy scenes.ReplyDelete
wonderful pics!!! :)ReplyDelete
Diane - as always your post brings joy. I too love to take time to savor the goodbye to one season and the hello to the new. God Bless - have a wonderful week.ReplyDelete
Lovely wintry photos Diane - the leaves are especially beautiful!!ReplyDelete
The first photo is absolutely stunning. I felt an itch to paint it...ReplyDelete
Lovely pics - the frosty leaves are especially wonderful.ReplyDelete
Oh how I loved all of those pictures, but WOW, that first one is absolutely incredible. It's like the bird is speaking for the rest of us. Simply stating the obvious, "See Beautiful." :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful images. I love the ones with the icy snow on the leaves, as I don't see much snow here. Christmas is upon us, and I hope you are enjoying this special season.ReplyDelete
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There's a green lining to the real-estate cloud: Developers are dropping plans to build on some choice pieces of land and instead are selling it for such uses as public parks and nature preserves.
One of the big beneficiaries is Trust for Public Land, a San Francisco nonprofit group that specializes in buying land for conservation. The Trust often struggled during property-boom years to find sellers among land owners near urban centers. Now, U.S. property owners from Massachusetts to Hawaii are flocking to it....


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A Punjab roadways department's sub-inspector Ram Ji Das, who was in-charge of issuing monthly passes for daily commuters, allegedly found making money illegally from the bus passes. In a preliminary inquiry carried out by Punjab Roadways Depot-2, sub-inspector Ram Ji Das found guilty.
Das used to change the details in the original pass receipt and enter different data into register. The investigation officer told that they cross checked the receipt number 350 and 351, each carry 100 passes, with the amount entered in the register, there was a total difference of Rs 30,650.
Das has been issuing bus passes here from last two years and was the president of conductor union. The inquiry was conducted under the directions of Punjab Transport Corporation (PTC) on May 16. PTC had received a complaint regarding the matter from another employee.
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Kylie Kristen Jenner (کلی جنر) is an American reality television star known for appearing on the E! reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Kylie Jenner was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Calabasas. She is the youngest daughter of 1976 Summer Olympics decathlon winner Bruce and Kris Jenner. She has an older sister, Kendall. Through her mother, she has three older half-sisters: Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé, and one older half-brother Rob. From her father, she has three older half-brothers: Burt, Brandon, and Brody, and an older half-sister, Casey Jenner. Her mother is of Dutch, English, and Scottish ancestry. Jenner attended Sierra Canyon School, where she was a member of the cheerleading team. In 2012, Kylie decided homeschooling would be a better option and enrolled in an at-home education program, which she will graduate from with a high school diploma in 2015.
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National Scheming to Lock in TPPA So Future Govt Has No Influence
The National government is scheming to present a fait accompli on a new TPPA deal to any future government after the election.
"There has been no consultation with the New Zealand people or Parliament to pursue the TPPA after the original deal fell over with the United States refusing to sign it off," says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters.
"In its arrogance, the National government is spending taxpayers' money to renegotiate, without even a national interest analysis.
"But National has been rumbled.
"In response in Parliament all Minister of Trade Todd McClay could do was to sink into accusations that we don't care about trade – every New Zealander knows that's balderdash.
"What we don't support is signing up to trade deals on the terms of other countries, and selling our producers and exporters short.
"We care.
"New Zealand's chief negotiators for the TPPA are meeting between 20-30 August in Sydney secretly to present the next New Zealand Government with a fait accompli for the APEC meeting in Vietnam in November.
"They will be considering two options in Sydney, neither of which the New Zealand public is aware of.
"This is government by tyranny, and not for or on behalf of the people. Secrecy, scheming and arrogance are not what New Zealanders want.
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NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Drama
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 8:30 PM (EDT)
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Rubén Polendo, Chair, Department of Drama
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Directed by Young Jean Lee
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Harris Electrical Limited is a small, family run business that has traded from premises in Lower Clapton Road, Hackney for more than 80 years. Our primary business is the supply of domestic appliances including Laundry, Dishwashing, Refrigeration and Cooking both Free Standing and Built-In as well as the very latest technology in home entertainment.
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Leadbetter, who has previously coached a host of world number-one golfers, including Sir Nick Faldo and Ernie Els, was in Spain to cut the ribbon on what promises to be the finest golf tuition facility in Europe following a €1 million redevelopment of La Manga Club's already extensive teaching and practice centre.
The centrepiece of the renovation is the creation of a bespoke Leadbetter Academy building - described by Leadbetter as "comparable with anything I have seen worldwide" - complete with two tuition studios, both equipped with the latest technology including Trackman, SAM PuttLab and K-VEST.
The Leadbetter Academy is directly adjacent to the remodelled range, and features two 36-metre Huxley grass tees, three extra mat teeing areas and a 150-metre wide, 35-metre deep grass tee area. The range itself has been extended to 300 metres with additional target greens, trees and bunkers added for increased definition.
"I have heard so many good things about La Manga Club for so long, that the opportunity to open a facility at the resort was one to jump at," enthused Leadbetter.
"La Manga Club has incredible facilities for golf, but also for tennis and other sports, and this new facility is right up there with anything I have seen in the world and enhances the resort's reputation as one of the best sports resorts in Europe."
After holding a special clinic with elite juniors from the Spanish Golf Federation, Leadbetter was joined for the inaugural drive-in by distinguished guests and members of the La Manga Club board, including former president of the PGA of America MG Orender and non-executive chairman PY Gerbeau.
Jose Asenjo, general manager at La Manga Club, said: "We are delighted that David could be with us to celebrate the opening of this incredible new facility, which we believe once again demonstrates La Manga Club's commitment to providing visitors with the finest environment and facilities for learning and enjoying sport - whether amateur or professional."
The new world-class La Manga Club practice facility also boasts four short-game areas for bunkers and chipping, three large putting greens and four teaching classrooms which are ideal for visiting professionals on tuition breaks.
Voted by readers of Today's Golfer magazine as the best golf resort in Spain for the last three years, La Manga Club is regarded as one of the world's top sports and leisure destinations and was most recently shortlisted for the 1st World Golf Awards, in November, and named as one of only five esteemed venues in the 'Best Golf Resort in the World' at the 2014 Telegraph Ultratravel 100 Awards.
Featuring outstanding facilities, including three 18-hole championship golf courses, the resort has enhanced its reputation by hosting a number of high-profile golf events in 2014 including the Spanish Seniors Championship and Spanish Youth Championships, the 1st La Manga Club PGAs of Europe Pro-Am, the climax to the 2014 ECCO Tour Winter Series and the 2014 Footballers' Classic.
Set in an area three times the size of Monaco, La Manga Club boasts a proud sporting history including featuring South African star Gary Player as its first director of golf and European Tour legend Severiano Ballesteros as the complex's touring professional between 1980-85, while the resort is also the official overseas training base of the Lawn Tennis Association.
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La Manga Club boasts unrivalled facilities as a sports and leisure destination and, as well as its golf courses and new academy, includes a 28-court tennis centre and a 2,000sqm spa and fitness centre. It also offers the choice of a five-star hotel, four-star serviced apartments and townhouses and more than 20 bars and restaurants.


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We believe in putting love above all else.
Without love, life is empty. That's why at Rivers and Roads Coffee, love is at the center of all that we do. With every action we take - from the bread we bake to the coffee we roast, we work hard to place love first and to care for our community.
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Desiree Keen is an educator, trainer, writer, customer service specialist and dreamer.
In her past career, Desiree spent over a decade perfecting her craft in the world of hair artistry and design. Her experience as a master stylist and studio salon owner naturally segued into education and corporate training, where she worked for the Aveda Corporation for many years. Leaving her long-time career with Aveda, she most recently worked as an educator for Denver Public Schools.
Desiree's passion for building community and lifting people up through education are at the core of her new role as the Co-Founder and General Manager of Rivers and Roads Coffee.
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Michael Keen is an artist, illustrator, designer, chef, business systems developer, expert barista, and coffee roaster.
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Have you heard the saying, "It's lonely at the top?"
It doesn't really drive inspiration. What's the point of starting a new business, or working your way up, if you're alone once you get there? Alone is quiet. Alone doesn't call you on your BS. Alone doesn't push you to the next step. People do.
Normally, when I speak about relationships or engagement, it's about how you can get more involved with the Chamber. I list benefits, cost-savings, opportunities for exposure and advocacy work to showcase our value. And while I encourage you to understand and take advantage of our offerings (it's really easy, just find the ROI Calculator on our website www.halifaxchamber.com), the November issue of
If you've ever worked in an office, or with a group of people, you'll know first-hand how important relationships are to your productivity, your happiness and engagement in your organization. Strong relationships motivate and inspire you to do your best, working together — or maybe in competition — towards a common goal. You keep each other in check and become invested in their personal lives. You go out together after work to celebrate your successes. You meet each other's networks and in turn, you get to grow your own.
There are ways for you to be engaged in your community, regardless of your field or where you fall in the chain of command. The only way we can build a stronger Halifax is together. In our evolving industries, there isn't just one cookie-cutter way to say
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Just imagine how many more students would stay here if they had strong connections with the community they would be entering after graduation?
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Inspiration comes in many forms, designers at Maine Cottage® often get their creative juices flowing when walking along the beach collecting seashells, going to local farmer and flower markets, or digging deep into color theory. Someone who can relate to the creative process is our September featured artist, Patrice Drago—a fine artist with an airy abstract expressionist aesthetic. Her serene colors and fluid brushstrokes coordinate nicely with the coastal style of Maine Cottage® colorful handcrafted furniture. Join us on Friday, September 20th to experience this fun curated event!
Patrice Drago is a fine art painter that started painting at 14-years-old, she has explored many mediums and is heavily influenced by abstract expressionism.
Friday, September 20th from 5:00–7:00pm at the Maine Cottage® Flagship Store. Please RSVP to Cathy by clicking this link.
Patrice Drago | Artist Statement: Painting is a new experience for me for me everyday. Rather than sticking to a particular method or style, I begin with an open mind and heart, allowing inspiration to come from within and giving freedom to the expression of my process. I love painting abstractly; both non-subjective and from nature because it creates a more fluid and dynamic feel. While my paintings and style are always evolving and finding new directions, there is a constant underlying theme of vivid colors and lightness of spirit. Ultimately, I paint to express joy.
This month's Color & Cocktails event showcased the vibrant nature inspired work of Ramon Matheu—an artist with a post-Pop style and proud resident of Maryland's Eastern Shore. Upon entering the Maine Cottage® Flagship Store in downtown Annapolis, guests were greeted with a raw oyster bar (donated by Boatyard Bar & Grill owner Dick Franyo), refreshing Leinenkeugel's Summer Shandy Ale, and plenty of good company and conversations. Ramon's colorful coastal artwork was displayed throughout the Flagship Store and paired perfectly with Maine Cottage® signature colors and coastal furniture.
Feature artist Ramon Matheu with Maine Cottage® Flagship Store Manager Cathy Newman standing in front of one of Ramon's most popular pieces, "Feast Responsibly."
The raw oyster bar donated by Boatyard Bar & Grill was a hit! Our professional shucker was manning bushel after bushel of Chesapeake Bay Oysters for guests. A Maryland tradition, oysters on the half shell are served with Tabasco sauce, cocktail sauce, and lemon.
Maine Cottage® Marketing & Sales Assistant, Cullen Bushnell (left), chats with Design Coordinator, Karyn Hutson (right).
Ramon Matheu photographed with Maine Cottage® Creative Director, Lauren Russell in front of, "Crabalicious." Each piece of Chesapeake Bay inspired artwork sold during the event received a year-long membership to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation donated by Maine Cottage®.
Boatyard Bar & Grill owner and Chesapeake Bay Foundation Trustee, Dick Franyo, artist Ramon Matheu, and Maine Cottage® President, Larry Strassner. To assist with environmental education programs that raise awareness about protecting the Chesapeake Bay, 10% of all artwork sales from the evening's proceeds were donated to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
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The abundance of beauty provided by the Chesapeake Bay and wildlife on Maryland's Eastern Shore inspires July's featured artist, Ramon Matheu. The Artist Summer Series, curated by the Design Team at Maine Cottage®, are excited about pairing Ramon's vibrant art in the Annapolis flagship store with our colorful painted wood, wicker, and upholstered furniture. Join us for wine, beer, and a raw oyster bar donated by beloved Eastport restaurant, The Boatyard Bar & Grill. A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation!
Ramon Matheu is a fine artist and designer who has a distinctive post-Pop style and is well-versed in many mediums, such as computer graphics and sculpture. His artwork will be available for purchase at the event.
Friday, July 5th from 5:00–7:00pm at the Maine Cottage® Flagship Store. Please RSVP to Cathy via email by clicking this link.
Educated in the fine art of print making from Methodist College in North Carolina, Ramon also studied at the Art Institute of Philadelphia and graduated with a degree in Specialized Technology. He has experience in acrylic paint, sculpture, computer graphics, and digital photography; and served as an Art Director in Washington, D.C. for more than 15 years. He currently lives on Kent Island with his wife and two children.
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Thank you to Dick Franyo, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Trustee and owner of The Boatyard Bar & Grill, for his ongoing commitment to protecting the Bay and for donating the Raw Oyster Bar for the event!
Each month we'll feature the artwork of talented local artists in our Flagship Store—located at 209 West Street in Annapolis, MD—and host a meet-and-greet event. Our design team has curated this unique lineup of artists whose styles range from abstract expressionism to pop art. All the pieces find a happy home with our colorful painted furniture, like being the focal point above the solid wood Julianna Bed or perched atop the elegant wicker Sally Hall Table. The palette of possibilities for decorating with color are endless.
Indulge in color with June's special guest Sheila DeLaquil, a fine artist that works in water and mixed media, including acrylics and watercolor crayons. Artwork will be available for purchase and ranges from $300 to $1,200.
Friday, June 21st from 5:00–7:00pm at the Maine Cottage® Flagship Store. Meet Sheila and the Maine Cottage® designers in person! Please RSVP to Cathy via email by clicking this link.
"It's the adventure of painting that inspires me to paint. I'm energized by the painting process and by responding to what happens on the painting surface. I sometimes start working by laying down paint with no particular concept in mind and then work to create shapes, patterns, values and color relationships that are exciting to me. On other occasions, I may start a piece with a pre-conceived plan, but honestly, so much happens on the surface that I inevitably respond directly to what I see." —Sheila DeLaquil
The Maine Cottage® blog is a window into what inspires our designers to create cottage style furniture, coastal colors and unique fabric patterns. Whether you're an interior designer that specifies our products, a color consultant with creative block or a homeowner ready to live on the colorful side—welcome to our color drenched journey!
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I was born in the Black Country but fled at the age of three and been drawing and painting ever since.
I am Cambridge educated, including Shirley Infants.
My career has taken an unorthodox path from watercolour to huge public murals to decorative paint effects and back to watercolour.
Through being adaptable, flexible, reliable and businesslike I built up a wide repeat client base, including Sunday Times Rich Listers, businesses and nice, ordinary people.
Some clients started with a house portrait and have gone on to commission favourite holiday haunts too.
I know from experience and instinct what to highlight and what to downplay in a house portrait so that the home looks at its very best.
I have recently completed several commissions for a specialist illustrated map publisher in The United States.
I am not one for art-speak and do not bang on about my inspirations or the cosmos.


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EA officials defend polluter charges
15 February 2000
EA officials defend 'polluter' charges
By Isabel Davies
ENVIRONMENT Agency (EA) officials have defended their proposed charges for implementing the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive.
Giving evidence to an inquiry into environmental regulation and farming, Environment Agency officials on Monday (15 February) told MPs they had a duty to recover regulatory costs.
Pig and poultry farmers have been horrified by the EAs proposed charges for IPPC permits, which could lead to bills of thousands of pounds.
The EA has put forward an application charge of up to 18,000 and an annual subsistence charge of around 7000.
Producers affected include farmers who have units housing more than 750 sows, 2000 finishers over 30kg or 40,000 birds.
Existing units housing these numbers will require them by 2003 for poultry and 2004 for pigs. Bigger units will be subject to further charges.
Dr Paul Leinster, director of environmental protection, told MPs the charge covered the cost of an EA inspector both on- and off-farm, technical support, technical development and research and development.
He revealed the charges had been calculated based on an average requirement of 10-15 days per holding, using an average daily charge rate of 1215.
Environment minister Michael Meacher admitted there was no requirement to pass charges back to farmers, but told the committee that IPPC charges had not yet been settled.
The government was aware the proposed charges were high, and had asked the EA to look again, he said.
Afterwards National Farmers Union environment policy advisor Jacob Tompkins said the union was "very disappointed" with what it heard from the EA.
"We were expecting a lot more form the EA. The pig and poultry industries simply cannot bear that charge at the moment."
Mr Tompkins noted that other countries had implemented the IPPC directive with far lower charges or none at all.
The NFU advocates general binding rules, which would decrease inspection time, as an alternative and is still discussing the matter with the EA.


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EDMONTON With her French-manicured nails, a dainty cross dangling around her neck and trendy eyeglass frames perched on her nose, Corry Grunsky looks every bit the woman she once was a married mother of four with a career as a restaurant manager.
Then she points to her mug shot.
Her eyes are dour, her lips pursed, her skin is sallow and her short, brown hair is a mess. Her normally sturdy 5-foot-8 frame has been whittled down to a 123-pound stick figure.
The photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2001, when Ms. Grunsky's dual life as a methamphetamine junkie and successful dealer, trafficking the scourge of the Prairies to a network of two-bit dealers in small towns around Edmonton, would abruptly end. Drugs had become her crutch and her livelihood after she was diagnosed with depression, bipolar disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Police, who had been dogging her for years, used a battering ram to barge into her home. Prosecutors made drug charges stick. And Ms. Grunsky, with her addiction and multiple psychological demons, joined the growing legion of mentally ill Canadians for whom prison has become the new asylum.
"They should offer treatment programs because we're incarcerated anyway, so why don't we get a program that will help us cope?" said Ms. Grunsky, now 54 and, despite everything, sober and working through a college program in psychology and social work. "� My time in the federal penitentiary was a joke; it was a complete joke."
It is public-policy insanity, a justice system that cycles people through cops, courts and prisons without treating their underlying illnesses.
Canada's provincial jails and federal prisons are home to a burgeoning number of offenders with mental disorders, many of them repeat offenders so-called frequent fliers. Many have diagnoses ranging from depression and schizophrenia to anti-social personality disorder and psychosis, and may also be addicted to alcohol or drugs.
"What we're seeing is a criminalization of the mentally ill," said Val Villeneuve, director of forensic psychiatry services in southern Alberta, who has been working with offenders for 30 years. "It's not a sexy topic. People don't want to hear about these crazies and criminals. It's a double stigma to be a criminal and mentally ill the mad and the bad."
The number of people in federal prisons with mental illnesses has nearly doubled in the past decade, according to the 2006/07 report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator, long-time federal Ombudsman Howard Sapers. Over that same period, the incarceration rate has barely budged.
Twelve per cent of federally imprisoned men had a mental disorder in 2007, up from 7 per cent in 1997. Meanwhile, 21 per cent of incarcerated women were mentally ill, up from 13 per cent over the same period. And while stats are scant for provincial jails, experts say the mental-illness rates there are likely much higher.
Why the spike in mentally disturbed people behind bars?
Experts point to the well-intentioned deinstitutionalization trend in the 1970s aimed at getting the mentally ill back in the community, as well as deficit-reduction strategies of the 1990s, which saw cuts to social programs.
"The prison system is the only system in the entire state apparatus that can't say, 'Sorry, we're full,'" said Craig Jones, executive director of the John Howard Society, an advocacy group for male prisoners. "As a consequence, prisons become dumping grounds because other areas of the social-welfare network have either broken down or been downsized or downloaded to the provincial authorities that can't deal with it."
Ms. Grunsky was born an Air Force brat in Arvida, Que., and by the age of 8, her family had moved to Bon Accord, just north of Edmonton.
Despite a difficult adolescence, including heavy drug use, she went on to a sober, busy life as a wife and mother of four, working in the restaurant industry. But feeling down, she consulted psychiatrists who diagnosed her with depression and bipolar disorder and prescribed several drugs. By her early 40s, the anti-depressant Prozac made her feel "normal" and she figured she was cured so she "took the whole bottle."
A month's worth of pills was pumped from her stomach. She left the hospital and slipped into old habits: booze, drugs and trouble. By the mid-1990s, her drug of choice was crystal meth, an addictive stimulant that produces 12-hour highs and, unable to hold a job, she started dealing.
She ended up controlling the communities around Edmonton Edson, Drayton Valley selling five ounces to half a pound of crystal meth at a time to other dealers. She was pulling in thousands of dollars a day and splurged on vehicles, paintings and furnishings.
"I kept up with the Joneses except I was a drug dealer and the Joneses were working stiffs," Ms. Grunsky said.
Her neighbours were oblivious, even though community theft and break-and-enters were on the rise and shady characters milled around at all hours. But two city police officers whom she now considers friends were on to her.
"They did everything in their power to get me off the street because everywhere I lived was a nightmare for the community," she said. "I don't blame them at all. My houses were nightmares. They were drug magnets."
Police have become "psychiatrists in blue" Canada's front-line workers dealing with the mentally ill. The Vancouver Police reported that 31 per cent of the 1,154 calls they received during a 16-day period in December, 2007, involved a mentally disturbed person. Some police forces are creating specialized mental-health units to deal with such cases.
During his 20 years treating offenders, Kenneth Hashman, a forensic psychiatrist in Calgary, has worked with everyone from a homeless schizophrenic who gets hungry and commits a dine-and-dash to a mother who killed her infant during a bout of postpartum depression. Mental illness can afflict the most marginalized and the most privileged, he says, but whether they break the law may depend on their genes, psychological makeup and social support.
"There are some pretty seriously ill people in prisons," Dr. Hashman said.
Since 2005, under persistent prodding from Mr. Sapers, the Ombudsman for the federal corrections system, Ottawa has announced millions in new funding for mental-health services during and after incarceration. Last year, Mr. Sapers called it "only a small fraction of what is required to deal with this growing crisis," and the federal government responded with an additional $16.6-million annually.
Still, federal and provincial facilities are feeling the pressure. This week, Mr. Sapers cited a lack of "adequate mental health services" as a contributing factor in the suicide of 19-year-old Ashley Smith in a federal prison in Ontario last fall. Quebec psychiatrists have threatened to refuse work in prisons, complaining the conditions for the mentally ill are inhumane. Unionized correctional workers in New Brunswick recently went on strike, citing chronic overcrowding and the influx of mentally ill prisoners, who are either ostracized or segregated for up to 23 hours a day.
A patchwork of initiatives is taking root across the country. These include mental-health courts, which started in Ontario a decade ago and are designed to divert the mentally ill out of the justice system and into treatment. Alberta is considering such courts, and is also working to better target funding to treatment of mentally ill offenders who, they've come to realize, eventually return to the community.
As Judith Barlow, executive manager with Alberta's correctional health services, put it: "What happens behind prison walls doesn't stay behind prison walls."
During her downward spiral into mental illness and addiction, Ms. Grunsky lost her home, husband and grown children, who feared for the safety of their own kids.
On Sept. 2, 2003, she walked into an Edmonton courtroom and pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking methamphetamine, one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking and two breaches of recognizance. She was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison.
"There is no question that she has paid a price for involvement in the drug culture, and I think she recognizes that," said Mr. Justice R. Paul Belzil of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench.
Ms. Grunsky had already spent months in the provincially run Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre. There, she took courses in anger management and relapse prevention. She learned how to design a r�sum� and picked up some job skills. Through trial and error, she also found an antidepressant that worked (and to which she remains faithful today).
She expected to get further help when she moved to the federal Edmonton Institution for Women, she says, but instead encountered scant programming and long delays. She had to request to see a psychiatrist and was stuck waiting on what inmates call the "idiot list." She says a common practice was to give prescriptions for methadone or a cocktail of other medications derisively dubbed "bug juice."
"They did that a lot in there with the women to control us, I think," she said. "� Many of the girls out there are on such high doses that they're just passing out at the table. It's absolutely ridiculous."
For the past two years, Ms. Grunsky has been working with Edmonton-based Clean Scene Network for Youth, an outreach program that talks to kids, some as young as 10, about the dangers of drug abuse. She considers it payback for what she did to her family and her community.
Her children have welcomed her back into their lives. Her 84-year-old mother lives with her. Her husband never came back. She is feeling "normal" again but is resigned to her life sentence with mental illness.
"I'm afraid to get off my medication. � I don't want to do drugs again and I don't want that lifestyle back," she said. "And that might happen; that's in the back of my mind."
In Calgary last month, a young, educated father, suffering from delusions, killed his wife and children.
In Toronto, also last month, a pair of twentysomething reservists were sentenced for stomping to death a mentally ill, homeless man while he was sleeping on his favourite park bench.
These two cases highlight the complex issue of violence and mental illness. When people with mental illness commit violence, it is most often against family members. But they are far more likely to fall victim to violence themselves.
Some recent statistics:
- People with mental illness are 11 times more likely to be victims of violence than the general population, according to a U.S. study.
- The same study found that rates of abuse were highest among people with the most severe illnesses, since they are most likely to be poor and lacking support systems.
- About 10 per cent of homicides in Canada are committed by people with a mental illness, according to E. Fuller Torrey, a U.S. psychiatrist who recently authored a book on the subject called The Insanity Offense.
- The vast majority of those cases involved people not receiving treatment, and who often had substance-abuse addiction, Dr. Torrey says. "If you've got someone with schizophrenia living next door and they're on medication," he said, "you've got no worries."
Erin Anderssen
8 - Percentage of Canadian prisoners diagnosed with schizophrenia, according to one study, compared with 1 per cent of adults in society at large
57 - Percentage of incarcerated men, aged 18 to 44, who were found in an Edmonton study to have some sort of anti-social personality disorder, compared with an estimated 9 per cent in society at large
19 Percentage of incarcerated women suffering from major depression, compared with 8.1 per cent in society at large
29 Percentage of female prisoners with an anti-social personality disorder, compared with 1.2 per cent of Canadian women in general
Sources: Canadian Institute for Health Information; Correctional Service of Canada


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Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old woman terminally ill with brain cancer, moved from Northern California to Portland, Ore., to take advantage of that state's law allowing people the option of "death with dignity" — physician-assisted suicide. On Nov. 1, surrounded by her loved ones, she took the final step to end her life. Only five states have some form of euthanasia laws. Should that issue be on more states' legislative agendas next year? How do you feel about the notion of an individual's "right to die"?
We support and encourage the "right to die" for any mentally competent individual. Many lives are extended by medical intervention when such action is unwanted and not beneficial.
— James and Claudene Parsley,
Faced with a terminal illness, who am I to tell someone they must continue to live in pain until the very end?
Quality of life is important, not just life itself, and that choice should be that person's to make.
We yell about individual rights and freedoms. Well, the right to die is one of them.
— J.W. Sullivan, Arlington
Being a Christian, I don't believe suicide (whether assisted or otherwise) to be an answer to one's problems.
As it is with abortion and murder, suicide marks an end to what God created, which is life.
That said, the death of Brittany Maynard was a waste, as she could have used whatever time she had left, in spite of her illness, to help other people.
Instead, Maynard left this world in a way that could best be described as selfish.
— Anthony Chilson Jr., Princeton
Assisted-suicide should be thoroughly investigated by family and friends of the person wishing that option to end their life. Especially in the case off brain cancer where cognitive thinking may disappear.
It should be our right to choose.
So many members of my family have died with the horrors of cancer. If it weren't for hospice coming in to help them suffer less, I can't imagine how painful their deaths might have been.
— Rebecca Schriewer, Bedford
Anyone with a terminal condition should have the right to die on their own terms.
In rare moments of lucidity, my physically incapacitated 85-year old mother, who suffered from dementia, would beg me to let her die.
No one should have to go through what she went through. Dying is not an easy business. She suffered, and I suffered along with her. It shouldn't have to be that way.
There is something to be said for quality of life over quantity. Brittany Maynard understood that. It's too bad so few people do.
— Diane M. Gatzke, Arlington
A lot of people feel that what Brittany Maynard did was wrong, but I would ask: "What's it to you?"
People are free to believe whatever they want to, but how arrogant to think anyone has a right to tell her, or me, or anyone else what to believe.
— John F. Bigony, Arlington
A recent article mentioned Jordan Elizabeth Harris, 22, who committed suicide. Her parents started a foundation to fight suicide.
We also read about Brittany Maynard.
Is there really dignity in suicide? Is there not true dignity in a natural death?
Does a terminal illness give us the right to decide when to die or do we trust in God to decide that fateful day?
I watched a relative die slowly over many months who suffered from dementia. I helplessly watched her struggle to live and saw a great strength in her weakness.
There is a peace that comes with dying a natural death.
— Deborah Fleischmann, Fort Worth
Pushing a state by state "right to die" agenda immediately invites political calculation and polarized electorates around a very personal and difficult decision. Not a good idea.
A "right to die" should be left to percolate in the states where voter initiatives and legislative actions have set strict ground rules for physician-assisted suicide. Other states should look to those five before embarking on their own legislation.
Given the lengths modern medicine can go to keep patients alive and how much information those patients can learn about the courses of their terminal illnesses, it is only reasonable some would say, "Enough: I want to die with dignity as who I am."
— Sarah Dolbier, Fort Worth
In December 2011, my 43- year-old daughter, an MD, PHD, was diagnosed with cancer.
Her physician said her diagnosis could go very quickly.
A woman of great faith, she went to the Bible, emphasizing "prayer of faith." She committed many healing scriptures to memory.
Today she is cancer-free from the neck down. Her brain, starting with 15-20 measurable lesions, now measures one lesion, which is shrinking!
We live with advanced medical knowledge, yet we cannot go beyond our knowledge. God knows everything. Only He should determine our days.
— Judy Strickland, Fort Worth