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How did hysteria become a diagnosis applied to women? The understanding and reasoning behind hysteria differ between scholars, further proving the vague understanding of hysteria during the late 19th century. Though the origins of hysteria is also hotly contested by historians, I do not focus on that in this paper. Instead, I look at the understanding of and categorization of the diagnoses of hysteria during the late 19th century, in order to place Charcot's photographs in an historical and social framework.
According to Claire Kahane, there was simply a nervous anxiety during this time anyway, because of the drastic social and political changes that were a direct result of industrialization and modernization. Additionally, she says the "generalized anxiety about change became increasingly linked to a particular anxiety about the change in and by women" (2). Women were participating in the public sphere by the end of the 19th century, and were becoming active members of the workplace (Kahane 4). Though they remained a small minority in the workplace, they became enough of a threat to the established order that they created a sense of anxiety and uncertainty among the citizens of this fin-de-siècle culture. According to Kahane, "even religion, the conventional stronghold of patriarchal authority, was invaded by these newly public women, who, newly inspired, used the pulpit with millennial zeal to envision utopias in which women prevailed as arbiters of morality and the law" (2). The age-old depiction of women, then, we may equate to a timid nature, to laziness and to lack of ambition. The female prototype was to remain within the bounds of her gender; that is to say, she was to be a mother, a wife, a subservient character to her male counterpart. Hysterical women, therefore, are quite the opposite. They were go-getters, they were participants in society, they were, obviously, ill. They were not women as defined by the traditional definition. The relationship between this feminine ideal of passivity and the emerging culture of powerful, business-minded women may have ultimately been an impetus for the category of hysteria. These deviant women defied the "normative and ideal femininity", and overcame the stereotypes associated with their gender; for this, they were ruled hysterical (Kahane 9). The nervous anxiety that was a result of political and economic change coupled with social change by women. Maybe by categorizing the women as hysterical and thus ill, society could stop their growing influence.
Other descriptions of hysteria determine the origins based on different characteristics. Joan Ross Acocello presents an interesting point about "idioms of distress" (27). According to Acocello, every culture has these idioms, which emerge and subside in successive years (27). She notes how "mental disorders go in and out of vogue", suggesting that the hysterical outbreak at the end of the 19th century may have simply been one of these cycles. This new culture of observation and spectacle may have simply created what it wanted to see in women who were deviating from the traditional norms of society. Naturally they must be diseased to think they should redefine their roles in society. This category of the diagnosis then was an "idiom of stress" in a changing society. The hysterical woman was a deviant, was attempting to break out of her oppressed position. Similar to Kahane's category, this category proposes that women who are deviant must be ill. However, this category supposes that the idea of hysteria as a whole was just a "fad", a disease of the mind that comes in cycles.
We must also understand that it was natural for women to be morally and physically weak—hysteria in the century before was thought to have been because of a woman's "outsized sexual appetite", her lusty gender (Acocello 31). Therefore this moral degradation was a natural assumption, characteristic of all women. The link between women and hysteria became simply inherent. "As a general rule, all women are hysterical" according to August Fabre in 1883 (Acocello 31). However, it may also be seen as a cyclical relationship between the innate nature of women and the disease: hysteria, before being an illness, is a temperament, and what constitutes the temperament of women is rudimentary hysteria" (Acocello 31). Therefore, hysteria was innate in women, and women were innately hysterical simply because of their gender. If this fact was generally accepted, it would not then be difficult to gain popular support from the public through photographic images of hysterical women. The depictions that the women posed in were what the public imagined women to be like, since, according to this definition, all women were hysterical.
These definitions are important building blocks to understanding how hysteria became the spectacle that it did in late 19th century Paris, primarily because of Charcot's photographs. The diagnosis of hysteria had to be established in order for these pictures to be accepted as visual representations of hysterical fits. Without understanding the social context of hysteria, though there is not one set understanding, and historians have many different categorizations and reasoning for the disease, it would be difficult to see the effects of photography.
So, I have addressed the cultural development that was a result of Haussmannization and discussed the idea of spectacle as a cultural phenomenon. I have also addressed a few definitions of the general understanding of hysteria during the late 19th century. Next, I will draw distinct connections between photography, Charcot and the Salpêtrière, to show how photography created the spectacle of hysteria. Then I will address mass media representations of hysteria and how they interacted with the photographs to create the spectacle.


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The Future of JavaScript
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Pinterest as a time saver
Pinterest is great. Not just because a ton of people use it, but because it actually fits into my daily life and simplifies my tasks all with a pretty simple and intuitive UI.
Admittedly, I'm not too big of a fan of social functions just for the sake of being social, but I'm not really using the social functions of Pinterest to whatever full advantage I could be. Instead of saving oh so many files to my desktop, with the hopes of one day sorting through them, I can sort them as i pin them. I know not everyone on Pinterest had that tendency before they joined, but it's definitely improved my workflow a whole lot in collecting inspiration.
The second best thing is automatic moodboards. They're not as pretty as the ones I used to layout in InDesign, but they're also a lot quicker to whip up and get the gist of a project conveyed a lot quicker – which leaves more time for the design phase. And the client can even join in and help pin too if they're so inclined.
Feeding my passion for making things is number three on my list. For a long time I never bothered to surf through other's pins, but now that I'm on that bandwagon, I finding all kinds of patterns, tutorials, and simple inspirational things that I can make for my home, my wardrobe, and my dinner.
My biggest board has got to be the clothing I could make myself board. I aptly named it this to imply that it's clothing that I'm capable of making, and clothing that I want for myself. It also helps me feel a little better when all I do is pin things and never get around to making them. Which doesn't happen too frequently surprisingly. I'll be posting projects in the near future of my Pinterest (and other) experiments.


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How much more bovine effluent can Britain's political ecosystem sustain? The ultimate stress test will be David Cameron's impending referendum on EU membership, in the course of which it is already evident the ozone layer will be menaced by unprecedented emission levels of Daveguff.
To those nostalgists who remember what were formerly the basic ground rules of parliamentary democracy, the negotiations and campaign arrangements to decide Britain's future in Europe might seem a trifle unorthodox. The man who is fronting the demand for "a new settlement for Britain in Europe" – the great Dave, whom God preserve – is an undisguised Europhile who, but for the UKIP insurgency and dissent among his own backbenchers, would be perfectly happy with Britain's current state of thraldom to Brussels.
Only the need for some cosmetic gesture to appease mounting hostility towards the European Union among the electorate has compelled Dave to go through the motions of seeking some minor changes to the rules, while assuring the Brussels nomenklatura of his determination to keep Britain in the EU.
When did a poker player ever approach the table in such a mode? The wholly predictable outcome is that the EU will graciously concede the most innocuous of Dave's requests and he will return brandishing a scrap of paper and exclaiming: "Rejoice! Rejoice! We have secured permission to postpone lavish benefits for hard-working Bulgarian drug dealers and Romanian pimps until four months after they clamber out from beneath the lorry that transported them from Calais. O frabjous day! What a friend we have in Juncker…"
This travesty of negotiations and a subsequent plebiscite is simply an extension of the fraudulent parliamentary system whereby all the major parties espouse the same liberal ideology and PC policies. The abscess from which the pus of political correctness is poisoning British society is the European Union. Cut that away and recovery will become possible, but escape from the bonds of Brussels will be very difficult when the "leader" who is supposedly pressing to assert British interests is as much a Europhile as his alleged "opponents".
Dave is not very skilful in his duplicity. Back in March, he set out the seven "specific changes" he would demand to prevent Britain being "sucked into a United States of Europe". This agenda betrayed the flawed mindset of the Tory approach: an aspiration to obviate further future integration, rather than to undo the damage already inflicted on Britain.
Dave wanted new controls to stop "vast migrations" when new countries join the EU; tighter rules on benefits for future migrants; new powers for groups of national parliaments to work together to block undesirable European legislation; freedom from red tape for businesses and access to new markets through "turbo charging" free trade deals with America and Asia; British police and courts liberated from "unnecessary interference" from the European Court of Human Rights; power "flowing away" from Brussels to member states; and abolition of the principle of "ever closer union" within the EU.
That programme was classic Daveguff. What national parliaments, with the honourable exception of Hungary whose resistance to EU diktat could teach Britain a lesson, would cooperate with Westminster against Brussels? Red tape is endemic to the EU, the only direction in which power will ever "flow away" is from Britain to Brussels, while ever closer union is irretrievably in the DNA of the European Union and its abandonment would require treaty change, an unacceptable concession so far as Brussels is concerned.
In May, Dave announced he had already begun negotiations with EU leaders. This turned out to take the form, a month later, of Dave outlining his already modified requests to European leaders during a five-minute interlude at an EU summit, described derisively by one participant as a commercial break.
Simultaneously, the leaking of a diplomatic note in which Dave told one European leader that his "firm aim was to keep the UK in the EU", further confiding: "He believes that people will ultimately vote for the status quo if the alternatives can be made to appear risky."
Does that sound like a patriotic prime minister vigorously pursuing British interests? Or does it sound more like a Europhile collaborationist treacherously cooperating with Britain's EU integrationist enemies? In this note Dave's former demand for treaty change had already been watered down to a request for a meaningless protocol "to change the treaties in due course" (i.e. the earliest possible date in 2058).
Meanwhile, you will be glad to know that "technical talks" on reform between British and EU officials (you could not put a fag paper between Brussels and Whitehall civil servants on European integration) are going "quite well".
The EU dictators will concede nothing of substance, least of all to a complicit wimp like Dave whom they know to be "one of us". They have recently tasted prime ministerial blood by forcing Alexis Tsipras, just 10 days after 62 per cent of the Greek electorate had rejected less rigorous terms, to accept a punitive fiscal package.
They hate Britain, which has the temerity to object to loss of sovereignty and seismic demographic reconfiguration by mass immigration, and despise Dave. So do all thinking people outside the political class and complicit commentariat.
The Heir of Blair is a buffoon, untrammelled by principles or patriotism, generating hot air and mendacity. You could not look for a more perfect exemplar of the political class nor, in his eventual travesty referendum, a more typical template of soft-totalitarian deception in post-democratic Britain.


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The Best Wish!
Wish kid, Dylan
Dylan, age 7, wished to a beach with his family. Make-A-Wish Kansas ensured that his wish would be more than a simple trip to the beach. For five nights and six days, Dylan and his family stayed at the beautiful South Seas Island Resort in Captiva Island, Florida. This scenic resort features 330-acre wildlife reserve and more than 2 and a half miles of white sand beaches.
While there, he set sail with Captiva Cruises for the Dolphin Watch & Wildlife Adventure cruise. The highlight of the cruise was when Dylan met the captain and was even allowed to steer the boat!
He enjoyed sunshine, playing in the sand and swimming. Building sandcastles was one of the key aspects of Dylan's wish. He not only built castles but had a ton of fun being buried in the sand.
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Collars Not Cruelty campaign!
Across the world every year, more than 55,000 people die from rabies. In response to this, nearly 20 million dogs are needlessly and cruelly killed in misguided attempts to control the disease. Dogs are captured and poisoned, taking sometimes hours to die, and their bodies are then thrown onto city landfills. This suffering is entirely unnecessary, as killing dogs in response to rabies has never been proven to eliminate the disease.
What is being done?
The World Society for the Protection of Animals [WSPA] is calling for governments to adopt the scientifically proven, humane, and sustainable option – mass dog vaccination.
"I think it's absolutely horrific that 20 million dogs are killed every year, often because of the fear of rabies, when there is an alternative solution. By educating people and getting vaccinations out there, we're not only helping dogs, but entire communities." – Leona Lewis, celebrity WSPA campaign supporter.
What is the "Collars Not Cruelty" campaign?
Warning: The video linked below may be distressing to some viewers.
WSPA "Collars Not Cruelty" Youtube video
Death from rabies, both in humans and in dogs, is entirely preventable. WSPA's campaign gives us the humane way to protect the community from rabies. Red collars are given to every vaccinated dog and they become a symbol for the community – showing that the dogs are protected against rabies.
This campaign has been successfully running in countries such as Bali and Sri Lanka.
"With successful rabies control projects in countries across Asia and Latin America, WSPA has proven that a world without rabies is not a world without dogs." – Ray Mitchell, International Campaigns Director, WSPA
The Bali Success Story
Bali demonstrates the most recent success of the mass vaccination solution proposed by WSPA. This first island-wide mass vaccination program began on World Rabies Day in 2010.
In the first phase of the campaign, approximately 210,000 dogs (70% of the total estimated population) were vaccinated. Data analysed at the end of this first phase showed a decrease of over 45% in cases of canine rabies, and a reduction of 48% in rabies related human deaths, in comparison to the same period in the previous year.
"With our work in Bali, we offered proof that a humane alternative for rabies control was both practical and effective. Other governments are beginning to recognise this success and we are now working in several countries to design similar models for rabies control." – Ray Mitchell, International Campaigns Director, WSPA
Where is the "Collars Not Cruelty" campaign focused now?
The "Collars Not Cruelty" project is now focusing on the countries Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
In Bangladesh, over 70 dogs are cruelly killed every day over the fear of rabies. With the support of the WSPA, the Government of Bangladesh is currently rolling out a program of mass dog vaccination.
What can we do?
You can do your part to help promote mass vaccination, a more effective and humane solution, and create a world where no animal has to suffer.
Buy a dog collar through the "Collars Not Cruelty" campaign website, and all proceeds will go towards all of WSPA's work to prevent animal cruelty around the world, including stopping the inhumane culling of dogs.
Vulnerable children receive funding boost
This year's NSW budget
This year's budget was released on Tuesday 18 June, and whilst the government is currently still not paying enough to the non-government organizations (NGO's) out-of-home care agencies to cover the costs of foster care to meet the minimum accreditation standards, these budget increases are a step in the right direction.
New South Wales treasurer described the budget this year as "responsible" in his address prior to releasing the budget.
Nearly $800 million will be going towards the 18,000+ children living in foster care and to vulnerable families. $415 million of that will be going specifically towards the welfare groups that provide out-of-home care services.
Phoenix Rising For Children (PRFC) provides contemporary, quality, family-based foster care and effective and specialist support services to children and young people in out-of-home care (foster care) and their families.
These budget measures are a boost, and while there is always a need for funding within the industry, any funding boost that benefits these disadvantaged children is helpful.
Australia's two largest banks, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac, have also joined forces with the NSW government to invest $10 million in a new social benefit bond to keep at-risk families together.
As the budget says, "In addition to achieving outcomes in the child protection system, these Social Benefit Bonds are expected to add to the evidence base on how to strengthen families, increase the appetite for social finance products in the market and improve the government's data and processes"
Any investors can expect protected capital and a return of ten percent once the bond matures in five years.
"With foster care costing up to $66,000 a year, when we can show our service is successfully keeping children safe and reducing the number entering foster care, our investors will receive a financial return." – Steve Hawkins, The Benevolent Society's general manager of business development.
Other benefits within the budget
There are many other benefits within the budget this year, including:
- $138 million in funding for specialist homelessness services.
- More than 9000 new places to be created, including supported accommodation and respite places, for people with disabilities.
- Existing accommodation will be upgraded, with millions spent improving group homes and supported living facilities.
- Millions of dollars allocated to the launch of the national disability insurance scheme, DisabilityCare Australia, which will begin in Hunter next month, and involve a trial assisting 10,000 people initially, with a full rollout expected in 2018.
- A 5.2% increase in funding for hospitals to cover the costs of population growth, ageing, wage rises and new technologies. The increase has been described as a much-need funding boost for hospitals.
Become a foster carer!
If you've ever considered becoming a foster care, now is the time to act. With thousands of children in foster care, and that number continuously rising, foster care agencies around NSW need all the help they can get.
Anyone can apply to be a foster carer. If you'd like to join Phoenix Rising For Children's team of carers, and to work with us to provide a nurturing placement for a child / young person, we'd love to hear from you.
PRFC provides care to children across the greater Sydney metropolitan and Central Coast areas. To be eligible to apply for this position you must have an appropriate Australian or New Zealand work visa.
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Join with Bishop Geoffrey Robinson and take a stand against sexual abuse within the Church.
Sexual abuse in the Church
Sexual abuse of children has been an ongoing issue for far too many years, and has become ever more present within the Church. Church priests and leaders are entrusted by the community to exercise pastoral care, teach, and minister to the people of the community, and yet there are some who abuse this trust we place in them.
History of sexual abuse in the Church
One question that we start to ask ourselves is discussed in the article "What's Really Behind the Catholic Church's Sexual Abuse Problem?"
Harriet Fraad's article deftly examines the questions of why the Church has had so many incidents of sexual abuse within its walls, and why these century-long practices are only coming to light now.
It's time to take a stand
For too many years, we have stood by and let our young people suffer. In their darkest hours they have had no-one to turn to. The priests, who might normally be considered their sanctuary in confession, have become their torment. Nowadays, those few who abuse our trust make a bad name for all the church. Bishop Geoffrey Robinson has decided it's time to take action. He has felt the rejection of the people, who look upon his priesthood with distaste, and he no longer wants to see any association between sexual abuse and the Church.
Who is Bishop Geoffrey Robinson?
Bishop Robinson from the Catholic Church speaks of the horror of sexual abuse with the insight gained from someone who truly understands. As he says, as a teenager he too was abused. He has heard too many stories of sexual abuse within the Church and they have made him ashamed to be a priest and a Catholic. He has tried to speak out on the issue and he has felt the disapproval from authorities in the Church – authorities that want to protect themselves and the Church from the harsh media glare. However, he has not let this stop him.
There is now more media attention than ever before on the problem of sexual abuse within the Church. As the horror stories come out of the woodwork, we start to question – what has caused this? Why is there such an ongoing history of sexual abuse in the Church, and how can we stop this from ever happening again?
What is being done?
A Royal Commission is underway, and the new Pope, Pope Francis, has directed the Vatican to "act decisively" on clergy sex abuses cases, and now Bishop Geoffrey Robinson has committed himself to taking action. He has started a petition on www.change.org calling on Pope Francis to convene a full council of the Church on the issue. He hopes this will finally begin an open process to identify and remove the causes of the abuse.
What can we do?
Bishop Geoffrey Robinson is asking for our help to rid the Church of the causes of sexual abuse. He would like us to sign his petition to Pope Francis. If enough of us take action and stand with the thousands of other Catholics and victims of abuse, the Church will not be able to ignore the message we send them.
Let's all take a stand against sexual abuse in the Church.
Have you heard about the "Racism: It Stops With Me" campaign?
Racism in Australia
Racism is surprisingly prevalent in Australia despite the fact that we are such a multi-cultural society. We've all heard the stories about people being abused on public transport for being from non-white backgrounds. Just a few weeks ago, in a video recorded by other passengers, a young school-boy of Asian descent was abused on a bus by a 50-year-old woman. Racial slurs were thrown his way. The woman, who admitted being drunk on the video footage, yelled at him to "get a passport," and go back on his boat.
Is Australia a racist country?
It seems that the question of whether or not Australia is a racist country is not the point of the racism debate. Gillian Triggs, the president of the Australian Human Rights Commission and acting Race Discrimination Commissioner, notes:
"I work across a host of issues yet I am never asked, "Is Australia a sexist country?", "Is Australia an ageist country?", "Is Australia a homophobic country?" Instead, the commissioners who specialise in these areas and I are quizzed about the actual issue, its effects, its ramifications and the possible solutions…. There is racism everywhere. Does that make it OK? No. Is it harmful? Yes. Is Australia a racist country? It's simply not the point."
[Read Gillian Trigg's full article here.]
What is the "Racism: It Stops With Me" campaign all about?
Racism exists in all aspects of life and there is one in particular that was the force behind this particular campaign. Sports players out on the field have spoken about being witness to and a victim of racist tirades. Adam Goodes was recently in the middle of an AFL match when a young girl of only 13 years verbally abused him by calling him an "ape". While the girl did later apologise to Goodes, and being so young was unaware of the implications of what she said, the prevalence of racism around Australia goes to show that this is the environment our young people are growing up in.
"Why do people think that something as permanent as race, something we have no choice in, can make us better than another person?"
In August 2012, developed through a partnership led by the Australian Human Rights Commission, the National Anti-Racism Strategy was launched. Between 2012 and 2015, the project aims to
- Ask individuals to become part of a community of people who are committed to leading by example,
- Develop materials to assist in the promotion of anti-racism messages, and
- Develop education tools for a range of audiences, amongst a number of other practices.
The National Anti-Racism Strategy holds three main aims.
- Ensure more Australians recognise that racism is unacceptable in our community
- Give more Australians the tools & resources to take practical action against racism
- Empower individuals & organisations to prevent & respond effectively to racism
Impact of the campaign
The "Racism: It Stops With Me" video has been watched over 200,000 times since the AHR Commission posted it on Youtube last month.
Last week, the Australian Human Rights Commission launched "What You Say Matters" , an anti-racism music video featuring hip hop artist BrothaBlack and students from James Meehan High School in Macquarie Fields. This was a follow up to the "Racism: It Stops With Me" campaign, and hopes to influence and educate students in schools across the nation.
"Racism makes me question myself and why things have to be this way … I wondered one day what it would be like to be white and how much better my life would probably be. That was a low point."
Check out some behind the scenes footage from the "What You Say Matters" campaign.
What can we do?
Spread the word! Download the videos, share them with everyone you know, and get talking. Create a discussion about why stamping out racism is important, and why being a "casual racist" is un-Australian.
"I don't see that casual racism is acceptable. People who perceive they have the right and luxury to engage in racist practices do not understand that they are adding to a lifetime of injury for those of us who have had to navigate racism."
Sign The Petition to Make Buildings Safe for Factory Workers
A few months ago, the world witnessed one of the worst disasters in history – when the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed, trapping and killing more than a thousand of the workers amongst the rubble.
How did this happen?
The Rana Plaza was a building that housed several factories that made clothing for European and American consumers, including Primark, Walmart, and Benetton. Just the day before the collapse, the Bangladeshi news media had reported that inspection teams had discovered cracks in the structure of Rana Plaza. Despite this, and although some shops on the lower levels and a bank had closed, owners of the garment factories on the upper floors had ordered their employees to keep working.
Less than a year earlier, there was a fatal fire at the Tazreen Fashions garment factory in Bangladesh, and that fire brought pledges from government officials and global companies, including Walmart, to tighten safety standards for factory workers.
Despite these pledges and promises, no meaningful action took place, and in April the tragedy of the building collapse made this ever more evident.
What is being done?
"The real power lies with Western brands and retailers, beginning with the biggest players: Walmart…H & M, …Gap, and others," says Scott Nova, executive director of Worker Rights Consortium, a labour rights organization.
It takes the biggest worldwide companies to formulate changes in factory conditions, and as of the 13th of May, a major breakthrough came from one of biggest retailers of them all – H & M.
Global advocacy group Avaaz created dramatic ad campaigns and petitioned the fashion retailers to sign an agreement that for the first time would legally bind Western retailers to invest in improving worker safety in Bangladesh and other low-cost countries.
When H & M agreed to sign the agreement, within three days three dozen other major retailers signed on.
What can we do?
There are still a few major retailers refusing to sign the agreement citing the risk of legal liability, including Gap, Wal-Mart, J. C. Penney, Target, and many other big United States brands. They claim they have their own safety procedures in place, which are weak in comparison and are not held to the same stringent safety standards as the accord the petition refers to.
The agreement, called the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, is largely the same safety program that is already embraced by retailers such as Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, and Tchibo. It calls for independent safety inspections with public reports, mandatory repairs and renovations, the obligation by brands and retailers to underwrite the costs, and to terminate business with any factory that refuses to make necessary safety upgrades, and involves a vital role for workers and their unions.
By signing this petition, and sharing this post with your family and friends, we appeal to the big brands directly, and we can put the pressure on those last remaining retailers into submitting to these vital safety standards.
Let your voice be heard – sign the petition to make buildings safe!
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Children's Commissioner Launches Listening Tour
On the 4th of June, the National Children's Commissioner Megan Mitchell started her three-month Australia-wide listening tour.
"I want to know how I can make the kids' lives better but I can't do that unless I start a conversation with them, learn what's most important to them and how I can make their lives better." – Megan Mitchell.
Who is Megan Mitchell?
Megan Mitchell is Australia's first dedicated National Children's Commissioner, and as stated on her website, she focuses solely on the rights and interests of children, and the laws, policies, and programs that impact on them.
She was appointed by the current Prime Minister Julia Gillard on February 25 2013, marking a significant step in the protection of children in Australia.
She has had extensive experience in issues facing children and young people, and has worked with children from all background types including significant work with vulnerable children, as well as significant expertise in foster and kinship care, child protection, children's services, juvenile justice, child care, disabilities, and early intervention and prevention services.
Megan's previous roles include NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People, Executive Director of the ACT Office for Children, Youth and Family Support, Executive Director for Out-of-Home Care in the NSW Department of Community Services, and CEO of the Australian Council of Social Service.
What is The Big Banter?
"Children and young people are experts in their own lives and so, before I can work out what needs to be done, I need to ask the experts!" – Megan Mitchell.
Over the next few months, Megan Mitchell will be travelling across the country to speak to as many children and young people as possible.
The Big Banter is her way of finding out from young people directly what they think the priorities of a National Children's Commissioner should be.
Megan will also be speaking to the adults who work with and for these children about the rights of children and young people in Australia.
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Magical Realism By Justin Yun, Alex Guerrero and Katy Schmidt Definition:
A combination of realism and surrealism
An ordinary setting where magic is accepted as reality Toni Morrison Born on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio
Has published over ten books including Sula, Beloved, Song of Solomon and more
Has won many awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Nobel Prize in Literature, and the Pullitzer Prize for Fiction.
Currently a professor at Princeton University Laura Esquivel
Born September 30, 1950 in Mexico City, Mexico
Her first novel, Like Water for Chocolate became an international hit
Was the number one novel in Mexico for 3 years and has been translated into 23 languages and has sold more than 4.5 million copies
The novel was greatly influenced by her family and love for the kitchen
Developed into a movie in 1992 directed by her former husband Alfonso Arau
Isabel Allende Born August 2, 1942 in Lima, Peru, to Chilean parents
Chilean-American dual citizenship
19 books published in 35 different languages
Writer, journalist, speaker, activist
Founded the Isabel Allende Foundation in 1992 History and Influences Franz Roh first coined the term in 1924 to describe art work in Germany
"Faithfully portrays the exterior of an object, and in doing so, the spirit or magic of the object reveals itself"
Ordinary shown magically; magic shown ordinarily
Relates to the Surrealist movement of the twentieth century
Moved from Europe to Latin America in the 1940s where the literary movement began Related Works: Art Work Related Works: Film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind:
Story of an estranged couple who reunite after having their memories of each other erased from their minds Defining Characteristics Hybridity of Culture-
A mix of culture often at a point of colonization
Issues across borders regarding the mix of different people
Examples from Daughter of Fortune
Port of Valparaiso, Chile
San Francisco during the Gold Rush
Point of View-
Third person omniscient narrator, separated from society
Shift between different characters' stories
Examples from Daughter of Fortune
Jacob Freemont
Tao Chi'en
Miss Rose Defining Characteristics Supernatural Events/Elements
Magic fantasy is present, but not acknowledged by society as extraordinary
"Unreal happens as a part of reality" ~Angle Flores
Magic seems ordinary; ordinary seems magical
Examples from Water for Chocolate
Imparting motions through food
Perform actions typically impossible
Cycle of Time
Events tend to be repeated
Time isn't linear
Shifts between realities
Examples from Water for Chocolate
Time distortion Sula Main Character: Sula Peace
Setting: Medallion, Ohio
during the early 1900's
Plot: Sula returns home from
college and begins to have
affairs with the men of her
Messages: Social equality and
breaking social norms Like Water for Chocolate Protagonist: Tita De La Garza
Setting: village of Piedra Negras in Northern Mexico during the early 1900's
Plot: Tita falls in love Pedro but is forbidden to marry him because of the family tradition
Tradition: the youngest daughter must take care of their mother until her death
Independence and search for identity
Redemption and tradition
Women's empowerment Daughter of Fortune Strong protagonist: Eliza Sommers
Setting: Valparaiso, Chile, and San Francisco, California, during the 1840s and 1850s
Falls in love with a man she cannot marry
Follows him to San Francisco
Women's rights and equality
Overthrowing cultural expectations
Discovering oneself and personal independence
Application in Context: Empowerment Defining Characteristics Sensory images and details
Vivid descriptions
Portrayal of emotions
Examples from Sula
Long narratives of emotion
Human interaction
Analysis of human relationships
Human behavior and tendencies
Affairs and other sexual activities Context and Message Ideas of revolution or political upheaval against a government
Questioning societal restrictions, cultural norms, and family traditions
Fighting for equality and independence
Understanding the mix of culture and society
Finding political identity or self determination, especially after colonialism Bibliography Allende, Isabel. "Isabel Allende." Isabel Allende. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://isabelallende.com/ia/en/home>.
Christopher, Farley. "Sounds Of Magic Realism." Time. Time, n.d. Web. 5 June 2013. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,108797,00.html>.
"Definitions, History, Relevance, Examples, ." Magical Realism. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 June 2013. <http://www.magicalrealism.info/>.
Garcia, Marquez. "Magical Realism." The Modern Word. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 June 2013. <http://www.themodernword.com/gabo/gabo_mr.html>.
"Günter Grass - Biography." Nobelprize.org. Nobel Foundation, n.d. Web. 2 June 2013. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1999/grass-bio.html>.
H., N.. "Magic and Fantasy Realism." Magic and Fantasy Realism. N.p., 1 Mar. 2000. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://www.richeast.org/htwm/artists/NH/magic.html>.
"Laura Esquivel." Biography. N.p., N.d. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://www.biography.com/people/laura-esquivel-185854>.
"Magic Realism ." Television Tropes & Idioms . N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/
Moore, Lindsay. " Magical Realism." Postcolonial Studies @ Emory. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://postcolonialstudies.emory.edu/magical-realism/>.
Rios, Alberto. "Magical Realism: Definitions." Arizona State University. N.p., 23 May 2002. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/resourcebank/definitions/>.
Rogers, Bruce Holland. "What Is Magical Realism, Really?." Writing World. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://www.writing-world.com/sf/realism.shtml>.
Russell, Candace. "Cooking Up Passion The Woman Behind Like Water For Chocolate Views the Kitchen as the Center of Seduction for Her Stirring Tale of Love on the Sly." Sun Sentinel. 25 April 1993. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1993-04-25/features/9302080180_1_almonds-and-sesame-turkey-mole-laura-esquivel>.
Valentine, Genevieve. "Top Ten Magical Realism Film." Fantasy Magazine. N.p. June 2010. Web. 29 May 2013 <http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/non-fiction/top-ten-magical-realism-films/>.
Voorhies, James. "Surrealism ." The Metropolitan Museum of Art. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/surr/hd_ Related Works: Film Expansion of Magical Realism Günter Grass of Germany
Danzig Trilogy (The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse, Dog Years)
An activist (Local Anasthetic, From the Diary of a Snail)
Criticizing Civilization (The Flounder, The Rat)
Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco from Italy
Epistemological Magical Realism Groundhog Day:
A man finds himself in a time loop, repeating the same day over and over again Being John Malkovich:
A puppeteer finds a portal that leads into actor John Malkovich's mind, able to observe and sense whatever Malkovich does for 15 minutes Big Fish:
A storyteller, now confined to his deathbed, tells his son of his eventful life as a young adult, including interactions with witches, giants, werewolves and a big fish Related Works: Music Gozo Ponderosa-Andrea Echeverri/Hector Buitrago
Emphasizes mixing of cultures through mixing of music
Physically involved in culture mixing as well
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" For each of the past 6 seasons this organization has lost over 100 games, including over 130 loses in the last 3 of them and in fact has only 1 winning season in the last 17 years. Losing for this team was a way of life, we are starting a new begnning here, a new way of life"
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Pitching has been dreadful during those 100 loss seasons with last season hitting rock bottom as the only team in the league to allow over 1000 runs, allowing 1220 of them with a team ERA of 7.36! Gone from this years ML roster will be last years entire starting rotation. SP Jimmy Yeager (4-21 8.55), Ted Woolfolk (3-24 7.88), Wille Collum (4-24 7.25), Rex Maness (4-18 6.54) and Butch Butler (5-25 7.31). Butler retired after the season, Maness was released before the season and it is almost certain that Yeager, Woolfolk and Collum will be releasd before the start of the season. The Cornbelters wil start the season with not only a new starting rotation, but the entire bullpen will be new as well. Improvement is definitely expected, but don't look for miracles there will still be a lot of losing before the winning begins.
Offensively last season this team was almost as bad as its pitching performance, finishing last in every offensive category. Hitting league lows in avg (.246), HR's (110) and runs scored (573). In fact they finished last in OBP, Slg %, doubles, triples and walks as well. But this year brings optimism as a new group of players join the team in hopes of providing some much needed spark to the offense. A few off season aquisions join a group of nice young rookies making their Major League debuts. SS Brendan Hocking, 1B Callum Jones, RF Collin Malkowski and CF Johnny Rose bring 4 top prospects to the lineup. Jones, Malkowski and Rose are top 3 overall draft picks and Hocking is a rising star picked up in the 10th round of the draft.
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More than a week after a huge cyclone hit India, relief groups are finally beginning to get supplies into the hands of the millions
in need.
Government troops are working to quell looting of relief trucks and, somewhat, rioting for food and water, said Joan Cosby, a
program assistant from the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC).
"Things are a little calmer and supply trucks are able to move
around," she said, although government reports indicate that
looting is still happening.
Emergency relief materials, many purchased through financial
appeals by organizations such as Action by Churches Together
(ACT), appear to be meeting the most pressing needs. Response
leaders report that cash contributions are the best way for
U.S.-based churches and individuals to help.
As the extent of destruction becomes more apparent, the needs
grow alarmingly larger and more urgent. The numbers of people
in need -- up to 12 million homeless, tens of thousands are believed
to have been killed.
Corpses still mound the streets and millions of people, ill from
contaminated water, are overflowing makeshift clinics on roads
and in fields. While government officials estimate that the death
toll may not reach that of a 1971 cyclone that killed nearly 10,000
people, a spokesman for the Federation of the Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies disputed that tally, suggesting at least 10,000 had
The Oct. 29 storm generated 160-mile-per-hour winds and three
days of torrential rain as it roared in from the Bay of Bengal. Many
areas are still underwater, and response officials predict that a
massive farm rehabilitation effort will be needed since this year's
crops were destroyed just before harvest.
CRWRC, among a number of other faith-based response groups, are trying to address emergency needs while also planning a
long-term response. Many groups are conducting on-site needs assessments and establishing or expanding local partnerships.
CRWRC has already sent funds to its local partner, EFICOR, a Christian organization that, in turn, has a network of local
partners of its own in India. CRWRC was already working with EFICOR to develop healthcare programs in India's poorest
communities before the disaster struck.
Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services (CRS) also has staff on the ground in India to assess damages in "the worst storm to hit
India in 50 years," said Kenneth Hackett, executive director.
CRS has sent shipments of food, clothing, medicines, and household items by rail from Delhi, Calcutta, and Vizag Port. CRS is
also sending blankets, bleach, tarps, water purification tablets, lanterns, and cooking stoves.
In addition, CRS is supporting three medical teams in Orissa. CRS has been working in India for more than 50 years, and has
five offices in the country.
Those organizations already working with local partners on projects before the disaster have been able to initiate a more rapid
response. For others, the disaster may hinder -- or speed up -- already-established projects.
The Heifer Project, a nonprofit that distributes livestock to families so they can achieve food security, was in the process of
developing a program in Orissa -- the hardest-hit area and already extremely impoverished -- before the disaster struck.
"We had made several forays to meet with grass roots organizations, with non-government organizations, and with
government organizations to gather more information and find out about partnerships," said Robert Pelant, Asia/South Pacific
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said, especially in "fringe areas" such as Orissa.
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Another staff member from Orissa was working in New Delhi when he learned his home had been destroyed.
"He has no knowledge of his wife, son, or parents," said Pelant. "He may still be trying to get there. We keep checking our e-mail
to hear good news."
Food security is also a focus for the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) which, like many other denominational groups, is
working through Churches' Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA), the relief arm of the Council of Churches in India.
MCC will donate 1,000 metric tons of wheat for CASA's food-for-work program, which CASA estimates will employ 13,500
people for 15 days. Each person will earn about 11 pounds of food per day for their work cleaning up sand and debris that is
filling up wells and fish ponds and littering fields.
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Since family members will benefit from food received, the program could assist a total of 70,000 people, CASA estimates.
Cyclone season, which lasts September through November, has been especially severe this year. The Oct. 29 storm was
thesecond to hit Orissa in October.
Earlier in October, the Calcutta area was covered with up to four feet of water after heavy rains and a government decision to
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If I am recalling commericals correctly, they are turning this into a TV series on NBC....with at least Loren Dean in the cast....or am I confused? =)ReplyDelete
Many telefilms do start out as a potential television series, but most the time that idea never sees completion. Some of these "family" films were rumored to be a pilot for an NBC TV show, but I very much doubt that will happen – or if it does, they won't earn enough ratings to survive.ReplyDelete
In my humble opinion they should just continue marketing the movies, because they have all been cute. =D
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so...has anyone noticed that there seems to only be one of us that gets around to blogging at a time?
who's in colombia...or just busy...or working immensely... or trying to unpack their life again...
honestly, why has there been such a long time from when there were posts one right after another and lovely little comments left on each other's blog??
*sigh* this depresses me.
hopefully once school picks up things will get back to normal... otherwise i fear the fate of the stolen pants!
Sunday, August 17, 2008
...this blog ain't big enough for the both of us...
Posted by nicolioliolio at 11:46 PM
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- sarawr said...
haha, funny how it works like that. but it's cute too, what with always being there when the other person can't, footprints in the sand, all that stuff that people put picture frames around and maybe write acoustic songs about. maybe this is a love story, our pants blog--you know the tragic kind, the kind you just can't quit?
- August 18, 2008 at 11:15 PM
- sarawr said...
what am i talking about??
- August 18, 2008 at 11:16 PM
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Days Gone – E3 Gameplay And Details.
During Sony's E3 conference, Sony showed off a brand new gameplay footage of its new zombie apocalyptic game. Days Gone is set in a huge open world which offers "realistic and detailed" experience.
Set in the beautiful, volcanic scarred high-desert of the Pacific Northwest, Days Gone is an open-world action-adventure game where you play as Deacon St. John, a Drifter and bounty hunter who would rather risk the dangers of the broken road than live in one of the "safe" wilderness encampments. The game takes place two years after a global pandemic has killed almost everyone, but transformed millions of others into what survivors call Freakers – mindless, feral creatures, more animal than human but very much alive and quickly evolving. In the demo you saw two types of Freaks – Newts, which were adolescents when infected, are opportunistic hunters, preferring to hit and run from the shadows; and a Horde
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Have a look at the Days Gone E3 Gameplay Below:
Days Gone E3 gameplay starts with Deacon accepting a mission in which he has to rescue a kidnapped guy. He uses his so-called Survivor Vision to investigate the tragedic place. The gang who kidnapped that guy were having a really good time. Until Deacon turned that good time into a really bad time. He used an explosion to draw the attention of freakers towards them.
Days Gone is being developed by Bend Studio. The game was announced at last year's E3 along with a gameplay. This year's gameplay gives us more idea about the environment of the setting.


text: One of the things that has held me off buying one of the so-called next-gen consoles (PS3, 360) is what I'd like to call the SKU circus. SKU stands, for the uninitiated, for Stock Keeping Unit and is (quoting wikipedia) "a unique identifier for each of the distinct products and services that can be ordered from a supplier" - a more business oriented term for different products, i.e. the the 60G PS3 and the 40G PS3 constitute two different SKUs. The SKU circus is, in short, this obsession Microsoft and Sony seem to have with introducing new models (or SKUs) at different prices with differing functionality. At the moment, there are five different PS3 SKUs in the wild: - The original 20G PS3 (with EE+GS), now discontinued in the US but still on sale in Japan - The original 60G PS3 (with EE+GS), discontinued in the US but still on sale in Japan - The european 60G PS3 (with software emulation of EE, GS), on sale in PAL regions but will supposedly be discontinued (?). - The 80G PS3 (with software emulation of the EE, GS), on sale in the US, Korea, Singapore, Hong-Kong, Mexico (but to be introduced in PAL regions, Japan). - The 40G PS3 (without GS, hence no backwards compatibility whatsoever), on sale in Europe, Japan, soon in the US. And the 360 is even worse: - Core (no HDD, no HDMI, no wireless), formerly the base line model. Was on sale everywhere, but is now discontinued. - Arcade (no HDD, HDMI, wireless), the new baseline model, to go on sale worldwide. - Premium (20G HDD, no HDMI, wireless), no longer available - Zephyr Premium (20G HDD, HDMI, wireless), available worldwide. - Falcon Premium (20G HDD, HDMI, wireless), very little is known about it, but supposedly in the wild. Runs cooler as a result of the 65nm manufacturing process. - Elite (120G HDD, HDMI, wireless), available worldwide. Note: there might be other models with Falcon motherboards, information is scarce right now. And now we're going to have yet another 360 SKU as Microsoft is planning to introduce HD tv tuners in some models. As a consumer I dislike this as I have no idea whether I'm getting my money's worth. If another SKU is introduced tomorrow at the same price as the one I bought today, with more functionality - I'm obviously not. The whole point of console platforms is hardware conformity, and this thing with introducing multiple SKUs with different hardware screws that up. There have already been cases with incompatibility in regards to the Xbox 360 Core as a result of Microsoft's decision not to ship it with a hard drive. What says there aren't going to be PS3 games that utilize the EE and/or GS for calculations (Rare games on SNES did some calculations on the SPC700 sound chip, so the idea isn't new)? When are we going to see a de-facto SKU for these two consoles? What do you think?


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At John Saint Automotive, we have been repairing vehicles since 1973. We are automotive repair experts, focusing on repairs for brakes, tyres, car servicing, air conditioning recharge, exhausts and more, as well as MOT testing.
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If you go into your video settings, are you able to see the television as a monitor? Also, are your settings compatible with the resolutions listed in the manual for the television to accept?
Also, for external monitors, often times there is a FN+F(?) button to send the signal to the external display. Make sure you have the latest drivers from HP's website and keep me posted.
I have a HP Desktop only a year old with an HDMI connection in the back. I have a brand new state of the art monster HDMI cable. I have hooked it up to Samsung LN32B360 in the HDMI2 slot. I have set the source on the TV as HDMI2. The computer (I am running Vista) is not recognizing the Samsung tv. When I go into display there is no other monitor being shown other than the monitor I have hooked up (also a samsung). Any tips on what the problem could be?


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Tshwane's free Wi-Fi in trouble
Tshwane's free Wi-Fi project is at risk of being shut down, according to a report by IOL[1]. The report stated that the service provider claims not to have been paid. This may result in disconnections across the metro.
The team behind the Wi-Fi project, Project Isizwe, said certain areas may be cut off on 1 June due to the lack of payment, as it was "already forced to run services in some areas at its own cost". "From June 1, free Internet zones that are out of contract will need to be switched off and the full network will operate on contractual obligations," stated a report on the matter. The report was compiled as the contract between the City of Tshwane and Project Isizwe comes to an end in December 2017.
Executive mayor Solly Msimanga said the contract was "muddied in terms of how it was scheduled" and that negotiations were underway.
He said the city has no plans to cancel the free Wi-Fi service.
This report follows the Auditor General declaring[2] the R180 million spent by the City of Tshwane on the Wi-Fi project "unlawful and irregular expenditure" in December 2016.


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This gift includes a personalized and specially wrapped LOVE, from the Very Hungry Caterpillar. For each purchase of a book, Tiny Bee makes a book donation to your school library of choice.
By: Eric Carle
Celebrate Valentine's Day—and love—with The Very Hungry Caterpillar with this brand-new title!
"You are the cherry on my cake; you make the sun shine brighter; you make my heart flutter." Using a range of images from the World of Eric Carle, and featuring the Very Hungry Caterpillar, this special gift book gives all the reasons why someone special makes the world a better and brighter place. Perfect for that someone special on Valentine's Day—or any day.
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Amelia Talon is a model probably best known for being Playboy's Playmate of the Month Miss June 2012. Her measurements are 34D-24-36.
Amelia Talon described herself on Twitter as "Miss June 2012 Playmate, Gamer, Uber-Nerd, Cover Girl. For the Horde!"
She landed in Playboy after testing with the magazine, and then appearing in several of the brand's Special Editions. She thinks her best asset is "my down to earth, amiable personality. I don't think you'll meet the nicest and humble person other than me."
Related: 20 Sexy Busty Babes.
Amelia is a self-professed "gaming-geekette," and even has a Pokémon Poke Ball tattoo on the nape of her neck. Her favorite video games are World of Warcraft and Call of Duty. "I love being able to escape to a reality where I have powers and I am out to save the world from evil. Nerd Power!"
Growing up, she thought she wasn't sexy. "I was the artsy Goth girl in the corner. But now look at me: I'm a successful model and Playmate. I feel like the ugly duckling who has turned into a swan." She got into modeling because she was "an artistic person since I could even hold a crayon so I saw modeling as another form of artistic expression. Plus, my mom and many others had faith that I'd be a supermodel especially since I was so much taller than my classmates."
Amelia Talon loves stepping out the box and "being able to portray different characters and most of all getting dressed up. I love Halloween and this career is Halloween everyday for me." Her ambitions are to keep "taking awesome pictures and become a spokesmodel."
Her turn-ons are "really funny guys who can lie back with me and savor life. I need someone I can share a laugh with." Her turn-offs are "someone who is self-involved and a negative nancy." She said the worst part of modeling is "the annoying widespread belief that 'modeling is standing there looking pretty.' They don't really know how much I bust my butt for this!"
Her motto for life is "Don't forget to live. We are stuck on paying so much attention to bills or work or anything that otherwise takes you away from the ultimate beauty, life. You only get one shot so tear it up!"
If she weren't a model, she'd try to get into the gaming industry full time. Amelia Talon resides in Seattle, Washington.


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Russian club release Congolese defender after fan protest
Torpedo Moscow cancelled the contract of defender Ervin Botaka-Yoboma on Thursday, after a group of ultras protested his re-signing in a series of racially motivated online posts.
The 19-year-old centre-back, who is a Russian citizen of Congolese descent, and a graduate of the club's youth academy, had returned to the club less than a week ago.
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New York, N.Y. (PRWEB) September 17, 2015
NEW YORK (Sept. 17, 2015) – When an international relief organization needed help overseas in the 1960's, it made perfect sense to turn to airline stewardesses. They were traveling the world anyway, were good with the public, and knew first aid. Over 26 airlines were involved from 1961 to 1988, sending over 300 pilots and flight attendants (as they're called now) to provide humanitarian assistance to remote health clinics on behalf of New York-based Dooley Intermed International.
In September, the program will be revived by Dooley Intermed in partnership with Airline Ambassadors International (AAI) headquartered in Washington, D.C. Airline personnel will participate in programs devoted to improving health conditions for the people of Nepal.
The first team of current and former FA's leave Sept. 15, 2015, for Kathmandu to volunteer at the nearby Eco-Farm Home for Orphaned Children in the Sankkhu–Sharada Village, in cooperation with Mission Himalaya (http://www.facebook.com/MissionHimalaya). They will teach hygiene and health, English, science, and math for a stay lasting two weeks.
"We decided to revive the program based upon interest last May at a Nepal earthquake fund-raiser that Dooley held at The Explorers Club in New York," said Scott Hamilton, Dooley Intermed president. "Airline personnel are well-trained and highly motivated for volunteer assistance that meets a clearly defined need in a country severely impacted by poverty and natural disasters."
Said Nancy Rivard, president of Airline Ambassadors, "We welcome the opportunity to work with Dooley Intermed. Our network of airline personnel, students, medical professionals, families and retirees who volunteer as 'Ambassadors of Goodwill' have addressed many of the same issues of poverty and hunger, education, health, child welfare, community development, and disaster relief."
Rivard continues, "This is a logical extension of our core mission of providing for orphans and vulnerable children worldwide."
Dooley's Dollies
The airline volunteer program was conceived in 1961 by Dooley Intermed's then president and founder, Dr. Verne Chaney, to provide volunteer assistance to its medical and educational programs. Dr. Chaney obtained the interest and support of the management of Pan American World Airways to allow its stewardesses to be granted a three-month leave of absence without pay, to voluntarily work in the various projects. Pan Am provided transportation to and from the project sites.
The stewardesses worked alongside Dooley Intermed's doctors and nurses in its clinics, hospitals, orphanages and schools or wherever there was a need for extra help. Called "Dooley's Dollies" in media coverage at the time, the women were assigned to Dooley Intermed project sites in India, Nepal, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
"Besides being of immense value to patients, the program provided enormous positive awareness for the airlines involved," said Hamilton. "Pan Am ran ads headlined, 'When your Pan Am stewardess isn't serving you, she may be serving mankind.'"
Barbara Price, retired director of corporate travel for UBS Investment Bank in New York, fondly remembers her time in the field with Dooley Intermed. As a Pan Am employee, she spent three months in remote areas of Nepal assisting a Registered Nurse. In the late 1970's many villages could only be reached on foot. Often sleeping in tents with a group of Sherpa, she performed vaccinations, measured blood pressure, gathered blood samples for further study and conducted heath education classes with a battery-powered filmstrip projector.
"Oh my goodness. It was the experience of a lifetime," she said recently. "The airline's volunteer program in Nepal, combined with Dooley Intermed's know-how, allowed me to positively influence hundreds of lives."
When word about the opportunity was released on social media, former Dooley volunteer Kate Jewell (who will be coordinating the missions), was deluged with interest and responses from enough volunteers to fill all eight trips this fall, according to AAI's Nancy Rivard.
For more information: http://www.dooleyintermed.org, http://www.airlineamb.org