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Archive: October 2011
"Feeding Vegan Kids" by Reed Mangels, Ph.D., R.D.
This chapter appears in the fourth edition of Simply Vegan by Debra Wasserman. Nutrition section by Reed Mangels Ph.D., R.D.
Many members of The Vegetarian Resource Group are glowing testimony to the fact that vegan children can be healthy, grow normally, be extremely active, and (we think) smarter than average. Of course it takes time and thought to feed vegan children. Shouldn't feeding of any child require time and thought? After all, the years from birth to adolescence are the years when eating habits are set, when growth rate is high, and to a large extent, when the size of stores of essential nutrients such as calcium and iron are determined.
The earliest food for a vegan baby is ideally breast milk. Many benefits to the infant are conveyed by breast feeding including some enhancement of the immune system, protection against infection, and reduced risk of allergies. In addition, breast milk was designed for baby humans and quite probably contains substances needed by growing infants which are not even known to be essential and are not included in infant formulas.
Many books on infant care have sections on techniques and timing of breast feeding, and we suggest that you refer to one of these for more information. Be forewarned that the books may discourage vegetarianism. They are wrong. With a little attention to detail, vegetarianism and breast feeding are a good combination. In fact, several reports show that milk of vegetarian women is lower in pesticides than the milk of women eating typical American diets.
If you choose to breast feed, be sure to see the preceding section on lactation to make sure that your milk is adequate for your child. Be especially careful that you are getting enough vitamin B-12. If your diet does not contain reliable sources of vitamin B-12, your breastfed infants should receive supplements of 0.4-0.5 micrograms of vitamin B-12 daily.
See that your infant receives at least 30 minutes of sunlight exposure per week if wearing only a diaper or 2 hours per week fully clothed without a hat to maintain normal vitamin D levels (3). Dark-skinned infants require greater sunshine exposure. If sunlight exposure is limited, due to factors like a cloudy climate, winter, or being dark-skinned, infants who are solely breastfed should receive vitamin D supplements of at least 10 micrograms (400 IU) per day (4). Vitamin D deficiency leads to rickets (soft, improperly mineralized bones). Human milk contains only very low levels of vitamin D.
The iron content of breast milk is generally low, no matter how good the mother's diet is. The iron which is in breast milk is readily absorbed by the infant, however. The iron in breast milk is adequate for the first 4 to 6 months or longer. Recommendations call for use of iron supplements (1 mg/kg/day) beginning at 4-6 months to insure adequate iron intake. Breast fed infants may require supplemental fluoride after 6 months if water intake is low and if supplements are prescribed by a dentist or pediatrician.
If for any reason you choose not to breast feed or if you are using formula to supplement breast feeding, there are several soy-based formulas available. These products support normal infant growth and development. Soy-based formulas are used by vegan families as the best option when breast feeding is not possible. At this time all soy formulas contain vitamin D derived from lanolin (sheep's wool). Some soy-based formulas (such as Parent's Choice ® and some store brands) may contain animal- derived fats so check the ingredient label. Soy formulas are used exclusively for the first six months.
Soy milk, rice milk, and homemade formulas should not be used to replace breast milk or commercial infant formula during the first year. These foods do not contain the proper ratio of protein, fat, and carbohydrate, nor do they have enough of many vitamins and minerals to be used as a significant part of the diet in the first year.
Supplemental food (food besides breast milk and formula) can be started at different times in different children depending on the child's rate of growth and stage of development but are usually begun somewhere in the middle of the first year. Some signs of the time to start introducing solid foods are: the ability to sit unsupported, disappearance of the tongue extrusion reflex, increased interest in foods others are eating, and an ability to pick up food and put it in the mouth.
Introduce one new food at a time so that any source of allergies can be later identified. Many people use iron-fortified infant rice cereal as the first food. This is a good choice as it is a good source of iron and rice cereal is least likely to cause an allergic response. Cereal can be mixed with expressed breast milk or soy formula so the consistency is fairly thin. Formula or breast milk feedings should continue as usual. Start with one cereal feeding daily and work up to 2 meals daily or 1/3 to 1/2 cup. Oats, barley, corn, and other grains can be ground in a blender and then cooked until very soft and smooth. These cereals can be introduced one at a time. However, they do not contain much iron, so iron supplements should be continued.
When cereals are well accepted, fruit, fruit juice, and vegetables can be introduced. Fruits and vegetables should be well mashed or puréed. Mashed banana is one food that many infants especially enjoy. Other fruits include mashed avocado, applesauce, and puréed canned peaches or pears. Citrus fruits and juices are common allergens and should not be introduced until the first birthday. Mild vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, and green beans should be cooked well and mashed. There is no need to add spices, sugar, or salt to cereals, fruits, and vegetables. Grain foods such as soft, cooked pasta or rice, soft breads, dry cereals, and crackers can be introduced as the baby becomes more adept at chewing. By age 7-8 months, good sources of protein can be introduced. These include well-mashed cooked dried beans, mashed tofu, and, soy yogurt. Children should progress from mashed or pureed foods to pieces of soft food. Smooth nut and seed butters can be used to make sauces or dips. To avoid choking, nut and seed butters should not be spread on bread or crackers or given to babies by the spoonful until after the first birthday.
Many parents choose to use commercially prepared baby foods. There are products available for vegan infants. Careful label reading is recommended. Since commercial products contain limited selections for the older vegan infant, many parents opt to prepare their own baby foods. Foods should be well washed, cooked thoroughly, and blended or mashed to appropriate consistency. Home-prepared foods can be kept in the refrigerator for up to 2 days or frozen in small quantities for later use.
Certainly it makes sense for vegans to continue breast feeding for a year or longer, if possible, because breast milk is a rich source of nutrients. Vegan infants should be weaned to a fortified soy milk containing calcium, vitamin B-12, and vitamin D. Low-fat or non-fat soy milks should not be used before age 2. Milks based on rice, oats, hemp, almonds or other nuts, and coconut are not recommended as a primary beverage for infants and toddlers as they are quite low in protein and energy.
Several studies have been reported showing that the growth of vegan children is slower than that of non-vegans. Studies such as these are often cited as evidence that vegan diets are inherently unhealthy. However, when the studies are examined more closely, we find that they are often based on vegans who have very low calorie or very limited diets (only fruit and nuts for example). In addition, many vegan infants are breast fed. Compared to formula-fed infants, breast-fed infants generally gain weight at about the same rate for the first 2-3 months and then gain weight less rapidly from 3 to 12 months. This means by 12 months, breast fed infants will tend to be leaner than formula-fed infants. The newest growth charts are based on the growth of both formula-fed and breast-fed infants and this should be taken into consideration when assessing the growth of exclusively breast-fed infants.
An additional question that must be asked is, "What is a normal growth rate?" Growth rate is assessed by comparing changes in a child's height, weight, and head circumference to rates of growth that have been established by measuring large numbers of apparently healthy US children. There is no one ideal rate of growth. Instead, height, weight, and head circumference are reported in percentiles. If your child's height is at the 50th percentile, this means that 50% of children of that age are taller and 50% are shorter. Similarly, a weight at the 25th percentile means 25% of children weigh less and 75% weigh more.
By 10-12 months, most children will be eating at least the amounts of foods shown here :
Feeding Schedule For Vegan Babies (Ages 6-12 Months)
6 mos
.Breast milk or soy formula.
.Begin iron-fortified baby cereal mixed with milk.
6-8 mos*
.Breast milk or soy formula.
.Continue baby cereal. Begin other breads and cereals.
.Begin juice from cup: 2-4 oz vit C source.
.Begin mashed vegetables & fruits.
7-10 mos
.Breast milk or soy formula.
.Baby cereal. Other breads and cereals.
.4 oz juice.
.Pieces of soft/cooked fruits & vegetables.
.Gradually introduce tofu. Begin casseroles, pureed legumes, soy cheese, &
soy yogurt.
10-12 mos
.Breast milk or soy formula (24-32 ounces).
.Baby cereal until 18 mos. Total of 4 svgs (1 svg=1/4 slice bread or 2-4 TB
.Table-food diet. Allow 4 svgs per day (1 svg=2-4 TB fruit & vegetable, 4 oz
.Legumes & Nut Butters – 2 svgs daily each about 1/2 oz.
*Overlap of ages occurs because of varying rate of development.
While some studies show that vegan children are at a lower percentile of weight and height than are other children of a similar age, a recent study shows that vegan children can have growth rates which do not differ from those of omnivorous children of the same age. At this time we cannot say that a child growing at the 25th percentile is any more or less healthy than a child growing at the 75th percentile. What seems to be more important is that the child stays at about the same percentile. For example, a child who is at the 50th percentile for height at age 2 and only at the 25th percentile at age 3 has had a faltering in growth rate. The cause of this faltering should be determined. In addition, children at extremes (5th percentile or lower or 85th percentile or higher) should be individually assessed by their health care provider.
The best way to assure that your children achieve their ideal rate of growth is to make sure that they have adequate calories. Some vegan children have difficulty getting enough calories because of the sheer bulk of their diets. Children have small stomachs and can become full before they have eaten enough food to sustain growth. The judicious use of fats in forms like avocados, nuts, nut butters, seeds, and seed butters will provide a concentrated source of calories needed by many vegan children. Dried fruits are also a concentrated calorie source and are an attractive food for many children. Teeth should be brushed after eating dried fruits to prevent tooth decay.
Are very low fat diets appropriate for children? Some parents wish to reduce their children's risk of developing heart disease later in life and markedly restrict the fat in the children's diets (10 to 15 percent of calories from fat). In some cases, a very low fat diet can compromise a child's growth because the child is not getting enough calories. There is no evidence that a very low fat diet is any healthier for a vegan child than a diet which has somewhat more fat (25 to 35 percent of calories from fat). Fat should not be limited for infants less than 2 years. It should be between 30 and 40% of calories for 2 to 3 year olds, and between 25 and 35% of calories for children and teens. If you are using a lower fat diet than this, check that the child's growth is normal and that the child is eating enough food to meet nutrient needs.
Diets of young children should not be overly high in fiber since this may limit the amount of food they can eat. The fiber content of a vegan child's diet can be reduced by giving the child some refined grain products, fruit juices, and peeled vegetables.
Sources of protein for vegan children include legumes, grains, tofu, tempeh, soymilk, nuts, peanut butter, tahini, soy hot dogs, soy yogurt, and veggie burgers. Some of these foods should be used daily. Children should get enough calories so that protein can be used for growth in addition to meeting energy needs.
The following shows one diet plan that has been used successfully by vegan children.
Diet Plans for Vegan Children
GRAINS – 6 or more (a serving is 1/2 to 1 slice of bread or 1/4 to 1/2 cup cooked cereal or grain or pasta or 1/2 to 3/4 cup ready-to-eat cereal)
LEGUMES, NUTS, SEEDS – 2 or more (a serving is 1/4 to 1/2 cup cooked beans, tofu, tempeh or TVP; or 1-1/2 to 3 ounces of meat analogue; or 1 to 2 Tbsp. nuts, seeds, nut or seed butter)
FORTIFIED SOYMILK, ETC – 3 (a serving is 1 cup fortified soymilk, infant formula, or breast milk)
VEGETABLES – 2 or more (a serving is 1/4 to 1/2 cup cooked or 1/2 to 1 cup raw vegetables)
FRUITS – 3 or more (a serving is 1/4 to 1/2 cup canned fruit or 1/2 cup juice, or 1 medium fruit)
FATS – 3 (1 tsp. margarine or oil) (use 1/2 tsp. flaxseed oil or 2 tsp. canola oil daily to supply omega-3 fatty acids)
GRAINS – 8 or more for 4 to 8 yr olds; 10 or more for 9 to 13 yr olds
PROTEIN FOODS – 5 or more for 4 to 8 yr olds; 6 or more for 9 to 13 yr olds
VEGETABLES – 4 or more
FRUITS – 2 or more
FATS – 2 or more for 4 to 8 yr olds; 3 or more for 9 to 13 yr olds
OMEGA-3 FATS – 1 per day
STARRED FOOD ITEMS – 6 or more for 4 to 8 yr olds; 10 or more for 9 to 13 yr olds
Notes: Serving sizes vary depending on the child's age.
The calorie content of the diet can be increased by greater amounts of nut butters, dried fruits, soy products, and other high calorie foods.
A regular source of vitamin B-12 like Vegetarian Support Formula nutritional yeast, vitamin B-12-fortified soymilk, vitamin B-12-fortified breakfast cereal, vitamin B-12-fortifed meat analogue, or vitamin B-12 supplements should be used.
Adequate exposure to sunlight, 20 to 30 minutes of summer sun on hands and face two to three times a week, is recommended to promote vitamin D synthesis. If sunlight exposure is limited, dietary or supplemental vitamin D should be used.
Although today more and more children are vegan from birth, many older children also become vegan. There are many ways to make a transition from a non-vegan to a vegan diet. Some families gradually eliminate dairy products and eggs, while others make a more abrupt transition. Regardless of which approach you choose, be sure to explain to your child what is going on and why, at your child's level. Offer foods that look familiar, at first. Peanut butter sandwiches seem to be universally popular (beware: some kids are allergic to peanut butter) and many children like pasta or tacos. Gradually introduce new foods. Watch your child's weight closely. If weight loss occurs or the child doesn't seem to be growing as rapidly, add more concentrated calories and reduce the fiber in your child's diet.
Teenage Vegans
Teenage vegans have nutritional needs that are the same as any other teenager. The years between 13 and 19 are times of especially rapid growth and change. Nutritional needs are high during these years. The teenage vegan should follow the same recommendations that are made for all vegans, namely to eat a wide variety of foods, including fruits, vegetables, plenty of leafy greens, whole grain products, nuts, seeds, and legumes. The nutrients teenage vegans should be aware are of protein, calcium, iron, and vitamin B12.
The recommendation for protein is 0.43 grams per pound of weight for 11-13 year olds and 0.4 grams per pound for 14-18 year olds. Those exercising strenuously (marathon runners, for example) may need slightly more protein. A 16 year old who weighs 120 pounds, needs about 48 grams of protein daily. In terms of food, 1 cup of cooked dried beans has 12 grams of protein, a cup of soy milk or soy yogurt has 7 grams, 4 ounces of tofu has 9 grams, a tablespoon of peanut butter or peanuts has 4 grams, and 1 slice of bread or 1 cup of grain has about 3 grams.
Fruits, fats, and alcohol do not provide much protein, and so a diet based only on these foods would have a good chance of being too low in protein. Vegans eating varied diets containing vegetables, beans, grains, nuts, and seeds rarely have any difficulty getting enough protein as long as their diet contains enough energy (calories) to support growth. There is no need to take protein supplements. There is no health benefit to eating a very high protein diet and it will not help in muscle building.
During adolescence, calcium is used to build bones. The density of bones is determined in adolescence and young adulthood, and so it is important to include three or more good sources of calcium in a teenager's diet every day.
Cow's milk and dairy products do contain calcium. However, there are other good sources of calcium such as tofu processed with calcium sulfate, green leafy vegetables including collard greens, mustard greens, and kale, as well as tahini (sesame butter), fortified soymilk, and fortified orange juice.
By eating a varied diet, a vegan can meet his or her iron needs, while avoiding the excess fat and cholesterol found in red meats such as beef or pork. To increase the amount of iron absorbed from a meal, eat a food containing vitamin C as part of the meal. Citrus fruits and juices, tomatoes, and broccoli are all good sources of vitamin C. Foods that are high in iron include broccoli, watermelon, spinach, black-eyed peas, blackstrap molasses, chickpeas, and pinto beans.
It is important to consume adequate vitamin B12 during adolescence. Vitamin B12 is not found in plants. Some cereals have vitamin B12 (check the label). Red Star Vegetarian Support Formula nutritional yeast supplies vitamin B12.
Many teenagers are concerned with losing or gaining weight. To lose weight, look at the diet. If it has lots of sweet or fatty foods, replace them with fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes. If a diet already seems healthy, increased exercise — walking, running or swimming daily — can help control weight. To gain weight, more calories are needed. Perhaps eating more often or eating foods somewhat higher in fat and lower in bulk will help. Try to eat three or more times a day whether you are trying to gain weight or lose weight. It is hard to get all of the nutritious foods you need if you only eat one meal a day. If you feel that you cannot control your eating behavior or if you are losing a great deal of weight, you should discuss this with your health care provider.
Often there is just not enough time to eat. Below are some foods that kids can eat on the run. Some of these foods can be found in fast-food restaurants — check the menu. Ideas for snacks that you can carry from home include:
Apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, peaches, plums, dried fruits, bagels and peanut butter, carrot or celery sticks, popcorn, pretzels, soy cheese pizza, bean tacos or burritos, salad, soy yogurt, soymilk, rice cakes, sandwiches, frozen juice bars.
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Article source: http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/kids.htm


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The fourth of July is a fun family holiday, The kids get to play with fire, worried parents get to watch and almost everyone loves the fireworks display of brilliant colors. People are wearing red, white and blue, having family picnics and going early to get their favorite spot to watch the fireworks. We have a wonderful way to celebrate our freedom.
As Christians we are not only free to live, we are also called to serve one another. That freedom to serve and love others will be different for each person,but each is called to use their gifts given by God for helping those around them. God equips each of us for serving others, so let us not use our freedom for self-indulgence , as Galatians 5:13 says,"For you were called to freedom, bothers and sisters, only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another." Just think, what would our church look like if everyone became slaves to one another. Everyone would joyfully volunteer so every Sunday has all the help needed for worship and Sunday school. Someone would help those in need, not only our members and those within our community and the world would be helped with the over abundance of our willingness to serve one another. How content each person will be, giving of themselves, just as Jesus gave of himself. Each one of us would see Jesus in each other and our community would witness Jesus in us as well.
God equips us to serve, so let us not just sit and do nothing, let's get up and help where ever help is needed. We can trust that God will equip us, as he has promised, when the time comes for us to help. God equips us as we train each other in the tasks that need to be done; that may happen in formal training, one on one, or just following the example of others.
We are free. Lets use this freedom to serve those around us. Use every opportunity to serve, don't expect that someone else will do it. You are free to serve, so serve every chance you can. Be free to serve here at church, in your home, workplace and community and wherever God places you. If you need help to find places to use your freedom to serve, I will be glad to help; see me anytime on Sunday or Wednesday, or give me a call at church or e-mail me at email@example.com. GO BE FREE TO SERVE!

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If anyone was ever in doubt of Paul's true colors, read Philippians. His humility, his love of the Lord and his complete joy in Christ pour out in these four chapters of this last prison epistle.
To remind you and give you a bit more background, Paul is imprisoned in Rome, and he knows the possibility of his death is imminent (e.g. 1:20-21). The group of believers in Philippi have a particularly fond place in Paul's heart as it was the first church he started in Europe, with a group of women worshiping at the edge of a river (Acts 16:6-40). A woman named Lydia was the first to become a believer, and her entire household was baptized. When she opened her home to others, this became the first "church."
The Indicatives
(emphasis added)
He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. (1:6)
I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel: The whole Roman imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ, and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly. (1:12-14)
It's true that some are preaching out of jealousy and rivalry. But others preach about Christ with pure motives. They preach because they love me, for they know I have been appointed to defend the Good News. Those others do not have pure motives as they preach about Christ. They preach with selfish ambition, not sincerely, intending to make my chains more painful to me. But that doesn't matter. Whether their motives are false or genuine, the message about Christ is being preached either way, so I rejoice. And I will continue to rejoice. (1:15-18)
Paul acknowledges there may be those preaching a false gospel, but in the grand view, in the big picture perspective, Paul says it doesn't matter. Christ is still being preached, and he rejoices over that. To Paul, opening the door to Christ is more important than arguing doctrinal differences.
For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him, since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing. (1:29-30)
Christ, who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature. He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross! (2:6-8)
…for it is God who works in you, both to desire his will and to work for his good pleasure. (2:13)
But our citizenship is in heaven—and we also eagerly await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself. (3:20-21)
And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. (4:7)
Know this: my God will also fill every need you have according to His glorious riches in Jesus. (4:19)
For Paul, the gospel is sufficient. We should not subtract anything from it; nor should we add anything to it. God's kind mercy (not giving us what we deserved) and God's amazing grace (giving us what we did not deserve) through the agonizingly painful sacrifice of his Son has redeemed us forever, and the rest of creation waits with baited breath for the final redemption upon Christ's return.
The Imperatives
It is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God. (1:9-11)
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ so that…you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel (1:27)
Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy, complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose. Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself. Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well. (2:1-4)
Do all things without complaining or arguing; so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation who have lost their sense of what is right. Among them you appear as lights in a dark world, and you offer teaching that gives life. (2:14-16)
Once we're mature in Christ, we have to realize we must keep our eye on the goal. Nothing is important – not money or prestige or credentials. It's all dung, garbage compared to the prize in this race we're running – there's only one goal, one prize – our resurrection inheritance as God's children. (3:7-16)
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. (4:4-5)
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. (4:6)
Paul assures us that Jesus is Number One. He has saved us to be in relationship with Our Father. He has given us the Holy Spirit to guide us. God has given us unending love and everlasting life. Yes, there will be trouble and suffering. No, we are not perfect. But he is with us every moment, and will be with us after death, for the rest of our days, on this earth and beyond. Whatever our circumstances, that is reason to rejoice.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things. And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you. (4:8-9)
Next: The Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy, Titus, and 2 Timothy


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Followed around 73-year-old Tim Gorman and 20-year-old Travis Kreiter in their Championship Flight opening round match Monday at Newman Golf Course.
Had a great chat with Gorman, who was playing in the City for a seventh decade. Gorman has played in about 40 of these, and he has some great tales to tell. Was a pleasure.
Kreiter broke out some Loudmouth Golf pants — Shagadelic Black as near as I could figure.
He's a big hitter, and the No. 4 seed is worth keeping an eye on.
Here's Kreiter in those pants, which could be seen from the space station. And Mr. Gorman, teeing it.
And now some video of each competitor teeing it up:


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PARIS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - "Yellow vest" protesters are blocking access to 11 of Total's fuel depots in France and fuel stations are beginning to run dry, a company spokesman said on Monday.
Seventy five of the company's 2,200 gas stations were out of fuel, the spokesman said.
For more than two weeks, protesters angry over the fuel taxes and the high cost of living have been blocking roads across France, impeding access to fuel depots, shopping malls and some airports. On Saturday, street demonstrations turned violent in Paris. (Reporting by Bate Felix; Editing by Richard Lough and Alison Williams)


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Archive for November 2005
Is The Monthly sinking?
In March 2004, long before it hit the newsagents, I predicted a life span for The Monthly of a year. That may be a bit pessimistic, but the signs aren't good.
Despite three attempts to pay for a subscription – sending in the initial form, and then two reminders to charge my credit card – I am still getting it for free. If they refuse to take my money there's not much I can do about it, but it hardly seems like a sustainable business model if this kind of thing is widespread.
With the November issue, after having been launched in May, the magazine had a substantial re-design. To my eyes, however, this was a mixed blessing. I like the typeface better, but there is now a lot of unaesthetic white space, giving it the look of a shop that can't afford to fill its shelves.
Today, Crikey reports that editor Christian Ryan has left. Publisher Morry Schwartz was busy spinning:
Schwartz told Crikey that Ryan decided to "leave to pursue his writing.†But isn't it a little early for a founding editor to leave a magazine like this? He was "always seen as a launch editor,†said Schwartz, and "when you see the Christmas edition" you'll see what a success the magazine is.
Crikey tried to contact Ryan but he'd already vacated the Black Inc premises and we couldn't track him down. But Schwartz addressed the rumours over concerns about circulation and content, saying, "for this kind of magazine we have the greatest circulation in the country.†.
Unfortunately, the greatest circulation for 'this kind of magazine' in the country won't be enough to prevent the magazine being a drain on Morry's bank account.
Though the latest issue was relatively weak, overall I think The Monthly has been an OK read, but not a must read or something people are talking about. I haven't been prompted to blog on an article since July. One suggestion I have is that they put articles on-line. That will help get people in the blogosphere talking about it, creating a bit of the buzz that it is so far lacking.
Why Malcolm Fraser won't quit the Liberals
Liberal dissidents have long complained about the betrayal of liberal ideals. Back in 1969 a now almost forgotten Liberal MP, Edward St John, resigned from the party and wrote a book called A Time to Speak. His criticisms sound familiar. 'Our civil liberties have never been in so much jeopardy', he told his readers, with parliamentarians refused 'in the name of security' the information needed to participate in meaningful debate, and 'foolish and benighted censorship' imposed. St John thought that he had shown a 'truer loyalty to the ideals of the Liberal Party' than those who put their confidence in John Gorton, then PM (and who in 1975 chucked his own tantrum and left the Liberals). Former Senator Chris Puplick in 1994 wrote his book Is the Party Over? and called for the party to become once again a 'genuinely liberal Liberal Party'. In 2002, former Liberal staffer Greg Barns quit the Liberals for the Democrats, asserting that the 'Liberal Party is liberal in no sense other than its name'.
Last night Malcolm Fraser carried on this tradition:
Delivering the chancellor's human rights lecture at the University of Melbourne, Mr Fraser said he found his party "unrecognisable as liberal" and alien to the principles of its founder, Robert Menzies.
The catalyst for his consideration was the Government's counter-terrorism legislation, which Mr Fraser said was wrong because "it makes the fundamental assumption that liberty cannot defend itself"….
"Over several years there has been a fundamental departure from the basic idea of liberalism as I understood it."
It's become so bad that Fraser says he considered resigning from the party. But Fraser is shrewder than the other dissidents. He only teases about leaving. He knows that his newsworthiness flows from being a Liberal dissident, and not merely a liberal one. When you are saying much the same thing as many other people, you have to distinguish yourself, and the drama of disillusionment and party conflict separates him from the usual suspects. As a former PM, Fraser would not slip into total obscurity but the post-resignation record of the quitters is not a good one. St John vanished. Gorton was slightly rehabilitated as he approached death, but was never really taken seriously again. Puplick survived for a while as a human rights bureaucrat, but eventually had to resign in disgrace and has not been heard of since. Greg Barns can no longer get publicity as a Liberal internal critic, and has to pester the nation's opinion editors to get his name into the papers. Indeed, the only successful Liberal quitter was the subsequent leader of the small-'l' liberal Australian Democrats, Don Chipp, who left in disgust at – Malcolm Fraser.
Votes and Television
Roy Morgan has just released a report on what television shows Labor and Coalition voters prefer. Unsurprisingly, Coalition voters turn to Channel Nine for their "news" (translate: current affairs equivalent of an acid enema), whereas Labor voters prefer Auntie (or SBS):
Labor supporters are more likely to watch ABC Current Affairs programmes, The 7:30 Report , Foreign Correspondent , Four Corners , Insiders, and Lateline than Coalition supporters. The 7:30 Report has an audience made up of 41% ALP supporters (3% above average) and 36% L-NP supporters (3% below average). Foreign Correspondent 's audience is 40% ALP (2% above average) and 34% L-NP (5% below average), while Four Corners has 41% ALP supporters in its audience (3% above average) and 33% L-NP supporters (6% below average). The Insiders and Lateline audiences are more polarised. Insiders has a 46% ALP audience (8% higher than the general population) and a 30% L-NP audience (9% below the general population). Lateline's audience is 45% ALP (7% higher) and only 29% L-NP (a substantial 10% lower).
Channel Nine's Current Affairs programmes: 60 Minutes , A Current Affair , Sunday and Business Sunday have an above average number of L-NP supporters in their audience. The Sunday programme has more L-NP supporters (42%, 3% above average) but an ALP viewership consistent with the general population (38%). However Business Sunday which directly precedes it, has a strongly L-NP audience with more than half the audience supporting the Coalition (51%, 12% above average). Business Sunday 's audience is 33% ALP, (5% below the general population). A Current Affair and 60 Minutes have a higher than usual L-NP supporting audience both at 46%, (7% above the general population), ALP support in their audiences is 1% and 2% below average respectively.
Just so you don't think I am unduly prejudiced against Coalition twits, Labor party supporters are statistically more likely to watch soap operas. Home and Away, Neighbours, The Bold and the Beautiful and other equally execrable soaps were preferred by Labor party voters. Labor voters are also fans of Big Brother (I need say no more). I was comfortably smug however, that Coalition voters were big fans of Dancing with the Stars.
Conclusion? I feel more and more like Alceste with every passing day.
Anwar Ibrahim – democratic Islamist?
Buried away in today's SMH is a short item on Malaysian opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim which may surprise observers used to simple dichotomies like 'Mahathir = anti-semite=all bad, Anwar =liberal" or "Islamist= anti-democratic":
THE Malaysian opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim has burst back into the political fray after nearly six years in jail and the political wilderness, drawing a crowd of 10,000 supporters at an election rally.
Banned from standing for parliament, the former deputy premier took the boldest step in his cautious political comeback late on Sunday with a speech backing Malaysia's fundamentalist Islamic party in a crucial state byelection.
Let's be clear that we're talking serious Islamic law here. Malaysia, like Australia, has a federal system. The Federal government is ruled by a mostly secularist though authoritarian coalition government with Mahathir's UMNO as the head coalition partner. Some predominantly rural States like Trengganu are ruled by the Islamist PAS party and have actually introduced Sharia law.
The fact is that Anwar, who is seen by some foreign observers as the liberal political alternative in Malaysia, started his political life as a young Islamist activist who found UMNO too secular, and even when he ended up joining UMNO as Mahathir's protégé, there was doubt among some insiders as to whether the leopard actually changed his spots.
Anwar's biggest following was then and probably still is, despite his sodomy conviction, among the more religiously devout Malay Muslims. Mahathir, for all his vicous anti-semitic rhetoric is by and large a religious liberal and modernist unafraid to slay sacred cows (he made a plea that Malaysia abandon its pro-Bumiputera policies before he retired) though he obviously combines that with political authoritarianism. For example see this old article from when Mahathir was still PM:
The Malaysian prime minister has rejected Islamic criminal laws introduced by an opposition-ruled state because of their "cruel punishments".
Mahathir Muhammad was quoted by The Star newspaper on Tuesday as saying he did not consider Terengganu's Islamic criminal legislation as true Sharia laws.
His comments came after the state, controlled by the Islamic Party (PAS), announced a Sharia act to criminalise illicit sex, drinking alcohol and the renunciation of Islam.
Sharia punishments include stoning to death for adultery, amputation of limbs for theft, death for robbery, and 40 to 80 lashes of the whip for drinking alcohol.
For those renouncing Islam, offenders have three days to repent, failing which the punishment is death and confiscation of property.
"It is PAS's law," said the veteran premier, who retires on Friday after 22 years in office.
"They can implement it but if they do something which is inconsistent with the country's laws, we will take legal action."
Anwar seems to be more of a genuine democrat but it is unclear at this stage whether he would end up being more or less of a religious liberal if his forces got into power than the current leadership.
God's advice on work and family
It's nearly a month until our religious leaders offer us their Christmas criticism of shallowness and materialism, but Anglicare is getting in early to tick us off for sacrificing relationships to the pursuit of money. These days, however, proclamation that money is the root of all evil won't do. Instead of sermons, they offer us surveys.
According to the survey, carried out by Edith Cowan University, the National Church Life Survey Research and Anglicare, workplace pressure appears to cool marital intimacy. Forty-five per cent of respondents reported that work always or often conflicted with their home life.
The report's authors say its findings support church fears that the Federal Government's new industrial laws will damage family life.
This survey result is roughly consistent with other polls on the same subject – though it puts a bit of spin on subjective perceptions of the work-family trade-off. For example, a Saulwick Poll in 2004 found in response to the statement that 'the pressures of my job make it difficult to maintain a fully satisfying intimate relationship' that only 7% agreed that this was the case 'very often', with another 10% agreeing that it was true 'quite often', with the 22% saying 'sometimes' taking us up to 39%, just 6 percentage points short of the NCLSR. The year before, the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes offered the proposition that 'my hours of work interfere with my family and personal life', with which 10% agreed strongly, and 30% agreed, again coming out at around 40% perceiving some conflict between work and relationships.
While these time-use conflicts cause some angst, there is little evidence that overall they are having much of a negative effect on relationships. The HILDA survey (pdf) is finding slightly higher satisfaction with relationships with partners and children among fathers who work longer hours, according to both the father's self-report and the partner's report. A 2001 article in Australian Social Monitor using the Australian component of the International Social Science Survey similarly found slightly higher satisfaction with marriage and children among men working long hours, though slightly less marital satsifaction for women working long hours. Data from the Australian Life Course Survey of 1996 (pdf) also found no negative link between work hours and relationship satisfaction, though for low-income men time stress was linked to lower life satisfaction. A recent article in the Journal of Sociology, also using HILDA data, found that people with bachelor degrees, who work longer-than-average hours, have a lower chance of experiencing a marriage breakdown than people with lesser qualifications.
Why does the evidence not accord with the intuition? One reason, I think, is that there is a big difference between wanting more time with the family and not having enough to time to maintain relationships. While 40% see work-family conflict, this is much larger number than the the 23.4% of workers putting in more than 50 hours a week, the usual definition of 'long' working hours. Indeed, when I cross-tabulated AuSSA results on perceptions of long hours and actual hours worked some people working well short of normal full-time hours nevertheless felt conflict. We also need to take into account that long hours are not necessarily occurring every week, though a paper by Mark Wooden also using HILDA data did find 54% of people working long hours in the first wave also working long hours in the third wave of data collection.
Another reason is that long hours are often associated with high income, which helps eliminate one common source of tension in relationships. It may also allow these families to outsource dreary chores, so that their actual together leisure time is not as far behind that of families with shorter working hours as we may first suppose.
People like Clive Hamilton with his Well-being Manifesto want to ban long hours. The less coercive Dr Andrew Cameron of Moore Theological College suggests that:
"They might also need to ask God for moral courage to resist more extreme workplace demands."
But the evidence suggests that people manage without Clive's or God's help. Both HILDA and an earlier ABS survey find surprisingly high satisfaction with hours among those working long hours. This is a case in which the trade-offs are so individual that we cannot possibly arrive at any sensible rule, whether legal or religious. Over a life cycle, both work and relationships are very important. But only individuals can determine what time to give to each at any point in that life cycle.
The magic and mystery of markets
A marketing ploy in Finland has created a strange new market in unlabelled bottles of Pepsi.
The man is lugging hundreds (yes, hundreds) of large bottles of Pepsi Max out of the supermarket on a trolley and then selling them on via the Internet at half the price he paid for them.
The reason for the hoarding and the resale market is that marketing campaign and competition referred to above. Hartwall offered as its main prize a Sony Vaio notebook computer worth EUR 2,000.
Campaign bottles and cups of Pepsi Max come with a code written into the label, which can be exchanged for points on an online bourse. One bottle is worth one point. Anyone collecting a thousand points can claim a notebook computer, and for instance 300 points will get you a 20Gb Sony MP3 player.
The Internet trade is not in individual bottles, but the minimum purchase could for instance be set at 50 bottles, or seventy-five litres. Some cola-traders have the added sales edge of offering home delivery.
Other people are in the market to buy labels. These are valued at 50-70 cents each.


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The popular manufacturer of software for online casinos, Microgaming, has released a new slot machine, Tarzan. The game is based on the eponymous book by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs where he tells about the adventures of the legendary hero of the jungle.
Tarzan is a 5 reel video slot that has 4 rows of the playing field and 40 paylines. The bet per spin can range from 40 cents to 40 euros.
Together with the main character you explore the different parts of the jungle in search of big wins. The symbols on the reels are the images of Tarzan, Jane, Archimedes, leopards, chimpanzees, and fruits. Also, the game has a Wild symbol with the inscription of Tarzan. Wild can replace any symbol except for the scatter (the bonus symbol) as well as form its own paid chains. Wild can appear in any part of the playing field.
Bonus symbol acts as the scatter. Three bonus symbols authorize free spins and a bonus round. The number of free spins depends on the amount of your last bet and the number of bonus symbols.
The bonus symbol can appear on any reel and take place in any cell.
If 3 or more scatters appear during the game, the bonus game is triggered automatically. The game runs on the second screen. After starting the round, you will see the wheel of fortune and 10 sectors. Your task is to start the wheel and find out your prize. You can earn the following prizes:
– Rolling Reels (all images will disappear and new ones will appear in their place). In the bonus game the wheel Rolling reels starts, which can give you the money multiplier, a jackpot prize or free spins, as well as the game Pick-a-Potamus. It is worth noting that if you have free spins, you will receive 12 free spins.
– Growing Wilds (all wild symbols increase in size and may take the entire reel).
Tarzan is an excellent video slot that will definitely stand the test of time.


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Broadwater Resort
The Heart of Broadwater - an ideal base form which to discover Australia's South West.
Dog friendly between late April and September! 2 dog beaches out our door-step.
Relax, unwind and enjoy the resort facilities. Heated indoor pool and spa, outdoor pool, tennis courts and a games room are all available.
Arrival Time: 14:00
Departure Time: 10:00
Hours: 8am-7pm Monday - Saturday & 9am-5pm Sundays/Public Holidays
Located a pleasant two and a half hours drive south of Perth, Busselton lies at the heart of some of Western Australia's most spectacular scenery.
Nestled on the edge of the sparkling waters of beautiful Geographe Bay, the Broadwater Beach Resort provides the perfect base for exploring the region's famous wineries, galleries and beaches.
The Resort has an impressive range of facilities in a beautifully landscaped setting.
From lazing on the beach to a wide range of recreational facilities, the Broadwater Beach Resort offers the perfect leisure opportunities at any time of year.
Broadwater Beach Resort offers a range of fully self-contained accommodation options for a superior family holiday environment.
- 3.5-Star AAA Rating
- Balcony
- Barbeque
- Breakfast Optional
- Cafe/Coffee Shop
- Central BBQ
- Cooking Facilities
- Dishwasher
- DVD System
- Games Room
- Gourmet Breakfast
- Hair Dryer
- Highchair Available
- Ice
- Iron/Ironingboard
- Linen Provided
- Microwave
- Movie Hire
- Outdoor Activities
- Patio
- Pets By Arrangement
- Private Bathroom
- Private Phone
- Restaurant Licenced
- Satellite TV
- Spa
- Swimming Pool Heated
- Swimming Pool Outdoor
- Television
- Twin beds
- Air Conditioning
- Bar/ Cocktail Lounge
- Bath
- Cable TV
- Carpark
- Conference Facilities
- Cot Available
- DVD Library
- Entertainment
- GIft Vouchers Available
- Groups Welcome
- Heating
- Hot Tub
- Internet Access Available
- Laundry Facilities
- Meals Available
- Mini Clothes Line
- Non Smoking Indoors
- Outdoor Spa
- Pets Allowed
- Playground
- Private Fridge
- Private Television
- Reverse Cycle-Air conditioning
- Self Contained
- Swimming Pool
- Swimming Pool Indoor
- Tea/Coffee
- Tennis Courts
- Wireless Internet Connection
Dogs are welcome between late April and late September
Cancellation Policy
1 week notice is required all bookings. 30 days notice is required for bookings between December 20 and February 2 and April 10 - 27 . Cancellation fee is equal to the full amount of your booking.
In all cases the MRBTAwill retain a $22.00 administration fee and the balance will be forwarded to the Accommodation Property.
Map & Directions
Central Broadwater. Travel west 6 kms along Bussell Highway from Busselton town centre (towards Dunsborough) turn right onto Holgate Road.


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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
The Magic Horse Fairytale with Carla Sonheim
I am studying Fairy Tales with Carla Sonheim in "Year of the Fairytale 2014." These are imaginary drawings of horses using these exercises, Eyes-Closed Drawings, One Liners, Scribbly One Liners, Wrong-Handed Drawings, Draw Horses in Bed (Literally).
I don't have trouble using my imagination when I draw and paint although doing these exercises showed me some surprise results. I found some new ideas. Next to come? Making a clay sculpture of one of these drawings and adding some color. Stay tuned.
2 comments:
- JackieP Neal said...
Glad to see the horse emerge- for a bit there it seemed like zebra was trying to take over the show! heehee Glad to see you are having fun with this! xo
- October 2, 2014 at 4:28 AM
- Darlene Campbell said...
Zebra's always trying to take over the show. ha ha
- October 2, 2014 at 8:07 AM
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We all know the story of the Little Mermaid. Ariel wants to be part of the human world. And when she did become one of us, some unexpected events happen. It's one of the stories that children love to listen to and Ariel is also one of those characters they want to wear for a costume.
Here, we give you the best choices for Little Mermaid costumes. These are mostly for kids, but browse through and you'll find costume for adults as well.
In a hurry? Check out these Little Mermaid costumes.


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The Eclipsian
Regular price
Meet "The Eclipsian". This one tells the tale of my trip to Nashville, Tennessee to view the 2017 Total Eclipse, which by the way was an awesome experience. Read my blog post to know what to look for and the meaning behind this collage. Too much to explain here.
Original Size: 18x24 - $800 Please contact artist to purchase
- Original artwork is created from magazine pages and glued onto a stretched canvas topped with protective layers. Each is signed and ready for hanging with attached hardware. No frame is needed. A certificate of Authenticity will be included with the original (as of January 2018) along with care instructions.
- All prints are limited editions giclees printed on archival matte paper, numbered, limited to 250, and signed by the artist.
- Prints are usually ready to ship in 3-5 business days. They are mailed in a large flat mailer via USPS. Extra large prints without mats are shipped in a mailing tube. If, for any reason, it may take longer, you will be notified by email.
- Please Note: The purchase price is for the physical artwork and does not include permission for the copyright. The Artist retains the copyright and reserves all reproduction rights. It may not be reproduced in any manner without the express written consent of the Artist.


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Picking up the right type of ceiling fan is not only about styling but its way more than you're thinking. The size of the ceiling fan is as important as it contributes to the look and its appearance. Selecting perfect size of your ceiling fans helps in offering better performance and also supplies with better longevity. Make sure not to mention you own comfort level. Follow this simple guide; you can easily pick out the right type of size for your ceiling fan for any of the room in your home. And trust me, following this tips will assure you of getting the most out of your investment for your ceiling fan.
Ceiling fan installing tips:
- Start the process by determining the size of your rook where you're planning of installing your ceiling fan. The size of your room helps in determining the overall length of each of the fan blade. For finding the square foot of your room, simply walk ahead by multiplying width times length.
- Say for example a room length to 9 feet by 9 feet is 81 square feet in size. And if you observe that you room is even larger than 400 to 500 square feet, then it's advisable of installing two fans for enjoying the maximum performance of your ceiling fan.
- Determine the blade size of your ceiling fan. There are different techniques in measuring the size of the blade. It also depends upon the number of blades used in your ceiling fan. Once you're done with the correct measurements of you're the blades, it's advisable of multiplying the number arrived with two.
- For enjoying the even blades, measure the complete distance from one end of the blade to the opposing blade. Well, for the home owners no further calculations are required. With figuring out the blade size and the square footage of your room, you can now easily determine the measurement of your ceiling fan.
- Well, for the room less than 75 to 65 square feet, the blade size should lay between 30 to 36 inches. And for the room between 80 to 150 square feet, a ceiling fan blade lengthen to 37 to 45 inches is perfectly suitable. While for the room ranging from 150 to 225 square feet, the room should at least need 45 to 55 inches of blade size. For the larger rooms in your home, ceiling fan blades ranging from 50 to 75 inches is best suitable because it'll be able to cover the whole of the room easily.
- Don't forget to have a look and decide the ceiling height before installing a ceiling fan. Always make sure you know the height of your ceiling before you're installing the ceiling fan. Eight feet is the accurate height should be present between the ceiling fan and the floor. Your ceiling fan will not work accurately if it's mounted even a little bit of lower or higher from its measured area.
- But, there's nothing to worry about because there are many ceiling fans that comes with the benefits of configuring it and adjustable features that helps in allowing it to install in any of the room suitable in your home. For knowing the correct size and height of your ceiling fan, simply start measuring the height of the ceiling and it's advisable of selecting right option for mounting the ceiling fan in your home.
- There are varied alternatives of option with the home owners. Flush mounts sounds perfectly suitable for the rooms having lower ceiling. It's suitable of those type of ceiling where more space between the ceiling and the fan is not required. Even, the flush options in fans are also best if you desire a lower profile ceiling fan or you simply not have much of space for working.
These types of fan mounts are directly installed in the contact with the ceiling and it also not require any extra attachment for lowering the height from the ceiling. As stated there are different types of options for ceiling fans. Down rods option is another means for attaching ceiling fan in your room. Basically, down rods option are included and installed for the rooms having high ceiling effects.
- It helps in lowering the fans to the appropriate height suitable for your room. It makes your ceiling fan mounted with the specific distance prescribed that is eight feet from the floor distance. Of you're planning of installing a down rod, it's advisable of making sure and double check the unit that it includes all the important elements. And make sure that it is correct and balanced to the height of your room.
- Spaces in the room that contains the extra tall ceilings might also require even longer sized fan rods that helps in hanging up the ceiling fan from the top surface of your ceiling. You should buy the down rods after determining the measurements and the height of the ceiling in your home.
Before you start installing them in your room, it's advisable of following the instruction manual supplied by the manufacturing units. Once you've determining the right size and the type of ceiling fan for your room, there are certain things to keep in mind while installing it. For ceiling fans that comes, equipped with lights, it's advisable of making sure that there are enough outlet boxes available in the ceiling for the electrical work. It's important to ensure that the outlet boxes are made up of metal because most of the ceiling fans only work on metal and not on plastic boxes. If you're not available with an electrical box in your room, it's advisable of calling for a certified electrician.
- There are many benefits of using ceiling fans like it helps in moving the air throughout the room and hence it thereby helps in heating and cooling the space depending upon the seasons. It's advisable to make sure that the ceiling fan blades should move in clockwise direction for moving the cool air in your whole of the room. And, if you're thinking that size doesn't matters, you can easily join up by installing smaller sized fans in your room.


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Student Legal Services (SLS) understands that student members of some Greek organizations face unique challenges. We tailor our legal education series to your interests and needs.
See the Greek-oriented workshop topics below, and review our complete list of workshop topics for other education ideas that can be offered as-is, or customized to fit your group's requirements.
Personal and Chapter Enrichment
Many Greek organizations provide members with biweekly educational programs. At your organization's request, Student Legal Services designs presentations to give your members relevant legal knowledge.
Financial Liability
Most Greek organizations incorporate community service into their social events and activities. We help officers identify and address areas of possible financial liability, assist you with problems, or refer to you to a local attorney as needed.
Party Time, Not Jail Time
Because many Greek organizations have a substantial social element, we've developed a workshop that educates Greeks about the legal consequences of underage drinking (minor-in-possession, DUI, fake ID, etc.) and illegal drug use.


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Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987)
Release : 1987-05-19
Genre : Drama, Romance, Family
Runtime : 230 minutes
Company : Anne of Green Gables Productions, CBC, Channel 4 Television
Cast : Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Patricia Hamilton, Jonathan Crombie, Wendy Hiller, Frank Converse
Language : en
Descriptions Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips. She makes the acquaintance of a handsome, rich, bachelor, chases a cow, and wins (to her chagrin) a baking soda company's writing contest. She acts as Diana's maid of honor, and refuses Gilbert Blythe's marriage proposal; which sends her to teach Kingsport Ladies' College, an exclusive girls school, where she meets opposition from one of the teachers, Miss Brooke, and the Pringle clan (one of whom is a rich, handsome bachelor). But while Anne enjoys the battle, and the friends she makes, she returns to Avonlea.


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Christopher Heer is an intellectual property lawyer, registered patent agent, registered trademark agent, and principal at Heer Law. He is designated by the Law Society of Ontario as a certified specialist in patent law.
Startups have a lot of complex obstacles to overcome as they take their first steps into the commercial market. Many of these can prove to be a challenge for decision makers if it is their debut at the helm of a fledgling business.
While most startups seek to minimize costs while they are still pre-revenue, protecting your intellectual property (IP) is an area that must be given attention in the earliest stages of the business or else you may permanently limit your startup's potential.
Here's an overview of what you need to know about IP if you're a startup so you can prevent your innovations and creative works from being exploited by rivals.
Why IP Is Essential
Intellectual property is the lifeblood of any startup which is looking to disrupt the marketplace with some truly groundbreaking concepts, so you want to make sure that you have ownership over what you create from day one.
First, you need to look internally, ensuring that the people working for or with your startup are legally bound to assign the intellectual property in what they create for your business to your business either through employment contracts or other types of agreements that contain IP assignment provisions.
Next, you need to consider how to best protect your proprietary IP from third parties, which could include keeping your IP confidential, or filing patent, trademark, copyright and/or industrial design applications to obtain exclusive legal rights enforceable against third parties that use your IP without your consent.
If you do not take IP protection seriously, your startup will miss its opportunity to fully capture the commercial value of the sweat equity investment of its founders. And while it is certainly possible to prepare and file patent, trademark, design and copyright applications yourself, to make sure everything is done right it's best to get expert advice and guidance from IP professionals (like Heer Law) rather than attempting to navigate the application process yourself.
Types of IP to Consider
There are a number of different forms of IP protection available. The five main types you should consider are: patent, trademark, copyright, industrial design and confidential information/trade secret.
Obtaining patent protection involves a longer and more costly application process than other forms of IP rights, but for technology startups patents will typically be the company's most valuable IP assets. Patents will also be what larger organizations seeking to acquire your startup will look for to assign value; because if there aren't effective patents that block them they will be free to copy your technology without acquiring or otherwise investing in your business.
You should also think through which jurisdictions to seek patent protection in. Most startups choose to file a patent application in the United States due to the size of the U.S. market. However, protection in other jurisdictions can also be useful, including the startup's home jurisdiction and other key jurisdictions in which the business hopes to generate a meaningful share of its profits.
Trademarks are about protecting the reputation associated with the business or its products or services. The marks to protect can include the startup's trade name, logo, and the names and logos used in association with the products and services offered by the business. Registering your trademarks makes it much easier to enforce your trademark rights against others using the same or confusingly similar marks with competing goods and services. Consequently, registration also makes your trademark rights more likely to be respected by others.
Next is copyright protection, which in most cases is provided by law automatically upon creation of an original work and can cover all types of original literary, artistic, dramatic or musical works.
It is best to register copyright with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (and/or other intellectual property offices) if you believe infringement of the work is likely once it is made publicly available and you intend to enforce your rights against infringers.
Industrial design protection is another form of IP protection, and one that is concerned with how things look. Industrial design registrations protect the visual features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament, as applied to a product. For example, industrial design registrations can protect the shape of a chair, a wallpaper pattern, the shape of a bottle, or the decoration on a t-shirt.
Finally, you should consider how your confidential information and trade secrets are handled, and whether you have internal processes to prevent unintentional disclosure as well as confidentiality provisions in employment agreements and agreements with outside parties working with you to ensure that mission-critical information and practices that define your startup are not misappropriated by rivals.
Important Strategies to Adopt
When it comes to your startup's IP, there are likely multiple forms of IP protection available. The types to use will vary according to the products and services you are developing and the industry your organization occupies.
Whatever the case, it is necessary to first understand what options are available for protecting your IP and then design a strategy for how you will proceed. Your IP strategy should be built to maximize the value of your business over the long term, notwithstanding the near-term costs.
As a final point, consider seeking the assistance of a qualified IP professional to help ensure that you don't miss or misfire on any opportunities to turn your startup's intellectual property into valuable IP assets.


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The IPC has been designed to ensure rigorous learning but also to help teachers make all learning exciting, active and meaningful for children. Learning with the IPC takes a global approach; helping children to connect their learning to where they are living now as well as looking at the learning from the perspective of other people in other countries. The IPC is used by schools in more than 90 countries around the world.
The IPC is unique in defining International Learning Goals that help young children begin the move towards an increasingly sophisticated national, international, global and intercultural perspective and develop a sense of 'international mindedness'.
Each IPC unit has embedded within it, across the different subjects, learning-focused activities that help children start developing a global awareness and gain an increasing sense of themselves, their community and the world around them, as well as inspiring positive action and engagement with global issues. In addition to this, each thematic IPC unit of work includes specific tasks related to International as a subject in its own right. The IPC has been successfully supporting schools to achieve the outcomes of the English National Curriculum for over a decade.
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text: Share: Comments Print September 7, 2014 at 10:17 AM Seahawks Daily Top 10: Have Seahawks shown that complacency won't be an issue? Posted by Bob Condotta What a glorious first NFL Sunday of the season it is here in Seattle. The sun will beckon, but so will the TV and a full slate of games. As for the Seahawks, they will return to work tomorrow to begin preparations for a San Diego team that will still be waiting to play its first game. 1, I wrote for today that one thing that doesn't appear to be an issue for the Seahawks is complacency in the wake of having won the Super Bowl. 2, Also in our paper today is our weekly NFC West Watch. 3, Seahawks.com on the solid debut for rookie RT Justin Britt. 4, Here's a story that could potentially have a lot of impact on the NFC West race — is Jim Harbaugh already losing the 49ers' locker room? They play at Dallas today, and that might not everything but it could tell something. 5, ESPN calls the Fail Mary the No. 1 moment in Monday Night Football history. 6, Michael Robinson said on NFL Gameday First this morning that some Seahawks veterans were grousing that the team might have erred in giving the starting QB job to Russell Wilson after Seattle lost the opener at Arizona in 2012. His point, the story says, is that Wilson heard it and only worked harder to get better. 7, The Associated Press with what was learned from Seattle's win over Green Bay. 8, Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com says the Seahawks appear to be better this year than they were in 2013. 9, Fun stuff here from Sam Farmer of the LA Times on the language of the NFL playbook. 10, Finally, here are my picks and the local TV schedule for the rest of the weekend: Sunday's TV games New Orleans at Atlanta, 10 a.m., Ch. 13 The pick: Saints 31-21 Tennessee at Kansas City, 10 a.m., Ch. 7 The pick: Chiefs 27-17 San Francisco at Dallas, 1:25 p.m., Ch. 13 The pick: 49ers 23-19 Indianapolis at Denver, 5:30 p.m., Ch. 5 The pick: Broncos 34-23 Sunday's other games Minnesota at St. Louis, 10 a.m. The pick: Rams 17-13 Buffalo at Chicago, 10 a.m. The pick: Bears 24-16 Washington at Houston, 10 a.m. The pick: Texans 26-13 Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. The pick: Steelers 17-14 Jacksonville at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. The pick: Eagles 34-20 Oakland at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. The pick: Jets 23-16 Cincinnati at Baltimore, 10 a.m. The pick: Bengals 16-14 New England at Miami, 10 a.m. The pick: Patriots 32-23 Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1:25 p.m. The pick: Bucs 21-20 Monday's TV games N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 4:10 p.m., ESPN The pick: Lions 41-27 San Diego at Arizona, 7:20 p.m., ESPN The pick: Cardinals 20-16 Comments


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Kaz Brekker didn't need a reason. Those were the words whispered on the streets of Ketterdam, in the taverns and coffeehouses, in the dark and bleeding alleys of the pleasure district known as the Barrel. The boy they called Dirtyhands didn't need a reason any more than he needed permission - to break a leg, sever an alliance, or change a man's fortunes with the turn of a card.
Of course they were wrong, Inej considered as she crossed the bridge over the black waters of the Beurscanal to the deserted main square that fronted the Exchange. Every act of violence was deliberate, and every favour came with enough strings attached to stage a puppet show. Kaz always had his reasons. Inej could just never be sure they were good ones. Especially tonight.
She saw Kaz and the others gathered near the great stone arch that marked the eastern entrance to the Exchange. Three words had been carved into the rock above them: Enjent, Voorhent, Almhent.
Industry, Integrity, Prosperity.
She kept close to the shuttered shop fronts that lined the square, avoiding the pockets of flickering gaslight cast by the streetlamps. As she moved, she inventoried the crew Kaz had brought with him: Dirix, Rotty, Muzzen and Keeg, Anika and Pim, and his chosen seconds for tonight's parley, Jesper and Big Bolliger. They jostled and bumped each other, laughing, stamping their feet against the cold snap that had surprised the city this week, the last gasp of winter before spring began in earnest. They were all bruisers and brawlers, culled from the younger members of the Dregs, the people Kaz trusted most. Inej noted the glint of knives tucked into their belts, lead pipes, weighted chains, axe handles studded with rusty nails, and here and there, the oily gleam of a gun barrel. She slipped silently into their ranks, scanning the shadows near the Exchange for signs of Black Tip spies.
"Three ships!" Jesper was saying. "The Shu sent them. They were just sitting in First Harbour, cannons out, red flags flying, stuffed to the sails with gold."
Big Bolliger gave a low whistle. "Would have liked to see that."
"Would have liked to steal that," replied Jesper. "Half the Merchant Council was down there flapping and squawking, trying to figure out what to do."
"Don't they want the Shu paying their debts?" Big Bolliger asked.
Kaz shook his head, dark hair glinting in the lamplight. He was a collection of hard lines and tailored edges - sharp jaw, lean build, wool coat snug across his shoulders. "Yes and no," he said in his rocksalt rasp. "It's always good to have a country in debt to you. Makes for friendlier negotiations."
"Maybe the Shu are done being friendly," said Jesper. "They didn't have to send all that treasure at once. You think they stuck that trade ambassador?"
Kaz's eyes found Inej unerringly in the crowd. Ketterdam had been buzzing about the assassination of theambassador for weeks. It had nearly destroyed Kerch-Zemeni relations and sent the Merchant Council into an uproar. The Zemeni blamed the Kerch. The Kerch suspected the Shu. Kaz didn't care who was responsible; the murder fascinated him because he couldn't figure out how it had been accomplished. In one of the busiest corridors of the Stadhall, in full view of more than a dozen government officials, the Zemeni trade ambassador had stepped into a washroom. No one else had entered or left, but when his aide knocked on the door a few minutes later, there had been no answer.
When they'd broken down the door, they'd found the ambassador facedown on the white tiles, a knife in his back, the taps still running.
Kaz had sent Inej to investigate the premises after hours. The washroom had no other entrance, no windows or vents, and even Inej hadn't mastered the art of squeezing herself through the plumbing.
Yet the Zemeni ambassador was dead. Kaz hated a puzzle he couldn't solve, and he and Inej had concocted a hundred theories to account for the murder - none of which satisfied. But they had more pressing problems tonight.
She saw him signal to Jesper and Big Bolliger to divest themselves of weapons. Street law dictated that for a parley of this kind each lieutenant be seconded by two of his foot soldiers and that they all be unarmed. Parley. The word felt like a deception - strangely prim, an antique. No matter what street law decreed, this night smelled like violence.
"Go on, give those guns over," Dirix said to Jesper.
With a great sigh, Jesper removed the gunbelts at his hips. She had to admit he looked less himself without them. The Zemeni sharpshooter was long-limbed, brown-skinned, constantly in motion. He pressed his lips to the pearl handles of his prized revolvers, bestowing each with a mournful kiss.
"Take good care of my babies," Jesper said as he handed them over to Dirix. "If I see a single scratch or nick on those, I'll spell forgive me on your chest in bullet holes."
"You wouldn't waste the ammo."
"And he'd be dead halfway through forgive," Big Bolliger said as he dropped a hatchet, a switchblade, and his preferred weapon - a thick chain weighted with a heavy padlock - into Rotty's expectant hands.
Jesper rolled his eyes. "It's about sending a message. What's the point of a dead guy with forg written on his chest?"
"Compromise," Kaz said. "I'm sorry does the trick and uses fewer bullets."
Dirix laughed, but Inej noted that he cradled Jesper 's revolvers very gently.
"What about that?" Jesper asked, gesturing to Kaz's walking stick.
Kaz's laugh was low and humourless. "Who'd deny a poor cripple his cane?"
"If the cripple is you, then any man with sense."
"Then it's a good thing we're meeting Geels." Kaz drew a watch from his vest pocket. "It's almost midnight."
Inej turned her gaze to the Exchange. It was little more than a large rectangular courtyard surrounded by warehouses and shipping offices. But during the day, it was the heart of Ketterdam, bustling with wealthy merchers buying and selling shares in the trade voyages that passed through the city's ports. Now it was nearly twelve bells, and the Exchange was deserted but for the guards who patrolled the perimeter and the rooftop. They'd been bribed to look the other way during tonight's parley.
The Exchange was one of the few remaining parts of the city that hadn't been divvied up and claimed in the ceaseless skirmishes between Ketterdam's rival gangs. It was supposed to be neutral territory. But it didn't feel neutral to Inej. It felt like the hush of the woods before the snare yanks tight and the rabbit starts to scream. It felt like a trap.
"This is a mistake," she said. Big Bolliger started; he hadn't known she was standing there. Inej heard the name the Dregs preferred for her whispered among their ranks - the Wraith. "Geels is up to something."
"Of course he is," said Kaz. His voice had the rough, abraded texture of stone against stone. Inej always wondered if he'd sounded that way as a little boy. If he'd ever been a little boy.
"Then why come here tonight?"
"Because this is the way Per Haskell wants it."
Old man, old ways, Inej thought but didn't say, and she suspected the other Dregs were thinking the same thing.
"He's going to get us all killed," she said.
Jesper stretched his long arms overhead and grinned, his teeth white against his dark skin. He had yet to give up his rifle, and the silhouette of it across his back made him resemble a gawky, long-limbed bird. "Statistically, he'll probably only get some of us killed."
"It's not something to joke about," she replied. The look Kaz cast her was amused. She knew how she sounded - stern, fussy, like an old crone making dire pronouncements from her porch. She didn't like it, but she also knew she was right. Besides, old women must know something, or they wouldn't live to gather wrinkles and yell from their front steps.
"Jesper isn't making a joke, Inej," said Kaz. "He's figuring the odds."
Big Bolliger cracked his huge knuckles. "Well, I've got lager and a skillet of eggs waiting for me at the Kooperom, so I can't be the one to die tonight."
"Care to place a wager?" Jesper asked.
"I'm not going to bet on my own death."
Kaz flipped his hat onto his head and ran his gloved fingers along the brim in a quick salute. "Why not, Bolliger? We do it every day."
About the book:
Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price--and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone...
A convict with a thirst for revenge
A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager
A runaway with a privileged past
A spy known as the Wraith
A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums
A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes
Kaz's crew are the only ones who might stand between the world and destruction--if they don't kill each other first.
Snippet from The Bone Clocks
- David Mitchell
Snippet from The Devotion of Suspect X
- Keigo Higashino


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Jean Williams Ware, age 62, of Klinger Lake, Sturgis, passed away Friday morning, Jan. 17, 2014 at her home. She was born June 30, 1951, in Wauseon, Ohio, a daughter of Donald and Grace (Willson) Williams. Her early life and growing-up years were lived in Delta, Ohio. Jean was living and working in Chicago when she built a home on Klinger Lake in 1988. On May 18, 1996, she married David Ware in Barrington, Ill., and they began to live on Klinger Lake full time a few years later. She retired in 1998 from the Chicago Board Options Exchange following 17 years of service. She was also an advisor for Barrington Capital Management. Jean was a graduate of the Ohio State University where she received her bachelor's degree and the University of Denver receiving her master's degree. She was a member of Klinger Lake Country Club. She loved playing cards and belonged to bridge clubs and several card groups. She enjoyed playing Mahjong, traveling, sightseeing and was an avid reader. Jean was a gifted athlete excelling in nearly any sport she tried, but she truly loved the game of golf. It seemed Jean was constantly looking for ways to help others, especially young people, and two of the many organizations she supported were the University of Michigan and the College of the Ozarks in Missouri. She is survived by her husband, David Ware; two stepdaughters, Liza (Dustin) Colclough of La Crosse, Wis., and Johanna (Tony) Kullen of Portland, Ore.; s stepson, Adam (Gina) Ware of Portland; three step grandchildren: Rohm, Ozzie and Francis Ware; her mother, Grace Williams of Toledo, Ohio; sisters Sue (Jack) Bowerman of Tampa, Fla., Patty (John) Berman of Madison, Wis., and Martha (Ed) Krammer, Kate Williams and Jackie (Ted) Riley, all of Toledo; a brother, Donald Williams, Jr. of Orlando, Fla.; eight nieces and nephews and seven great-nieces and great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her father; and a daughter, Kelly Jean McKinnell on June 29, 2003. In accordance with her wishes, cremation has taken place. A memorial service celebrating the life of Jean W. Ware will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 at Hackman Family Funeral Homes – Rosenberg Chapel, 807 E. Chicago Road, Sturgis. The Rev. Cannon Meredith Hunt, rector retired of St. John's Episcopal Church, will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations would be appreciated in Jean's memory to Sturgis Community Foundation, 310 N. Franks Ave., Sturgis, MI 49091 or Reverence Home Health and Hospice, 348 N. Burdick St., Kalamazoo, MI 49007. Her obituary is also at www.hackmanfamilyfuneralhome.com, where personal messages of support may be left for the family.
Source: Sturgis Journal (MI) – Tuesday, January 21, 2014


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antler on leather
antler on leather
SC white tail deer antler paired with natural water buffalo horn pipe beads with dyed horn spacers, on leather with heavy duty, plastic paracord clasp.
-necklace can be for men or women
-leather is 19 inches long
-this antler came from my dad's friend, Mark. Mark use to check in on my sister and I when were young, waiting on mom and dad to get back from work. my antler comes mostly from good friends and family who put meat on the table for real.
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It's not just a cliché: The Chinese-food industry is sponsored, in part, by the Jews of New York. And pork ribs always taste better on the day Jesus was born. Being that 92Y Tribeca is run by a Jewish organization, the all-you-can-eat buffet at tonight's Chinese & a Movie could very well be kosher and pareve. (And veggie lo mein is still chock-full of MSG goodness.) Tonight's screening—as if we needed a reason to get together and eat—is a Monty Python double feature: Life of Brian and The Holy Grail. Wait, two movies for the price of one, and you don't even need a coupon? It really is Christmas!
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I did storytime this week at the two public library branches (rather than at the Headstarts where we do them, too). If I do say so, I rocked it! At one, a grandma told me that his son never sat still for storytime like he did for me. And for the other, a mom came up and asked me if I was a substitute. I said no, I'm just new, and she said, "Oh - you're really good." Whoo!
I figured out, though, that this creates pressure for the next time. I have to rock it every time! And I know what I did to rock it - I did a storytelling, rather than a book reading, to begin. This allowed me to have eye contact with each of the children and preschoolers LOVE that. Then also, I did three different fingerplays which were very intuitive so the kids could follow along quickly. So I'm getting ready for next time - the week after Christmas I'm at the branches again, doing one on mittens, and the next week at the main library with the theme winter wonderland. More on those later.
So here's the stories I did:
The Gingerbread Boy - my own telling of it, with a few clip art pictures - from a book! - that I colored with crayons. FYI, do not use anything other than Crayola.
Then, I read The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson:
Then I read The Best Mouse Cookie by Laura Numeroff:
Then I read If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, again by Numeroff:
In between, the fillers were "One little gingerbread boy on the tray/He jumped up and ran away/Catch me, catch me, oh catch me if you can/You can't catch me! I'm the gingerbread man!", "Where oh where is my gingerbread boy?", and "One little, two little, three little cookies." Too much fun!


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