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25) Scapula Release Down and Back Notes, Tips, and things to Remember
Position the Horse
Position the horse so that there is room for both you and the horse to work. The best place is in the center, diagonally across the stall. As he steps back you don't want him to hit his butt on the wall and bounce forward. In addition, when in the center of the stall if he has the sudden urge to move he has room to move away from you rather than through you.
It always helps to simply ask the horse to move before you begin working on him. Just by moving to where you want him he is yielding to you from the start. You're working together, both on the same page. Asking the horse to move his feet is a helpful trick in working with any horse.
And finally, make sure that the horse is standing somewhat square whenever you pick up any one of his legs. It's important that he keeps his balance. You don't want him to have to step or fall into the position you're asking for before he is ready.
Position Yourself
With both Scapula Releases – Down and Back, and Down and Forward – it's easier to bring a foot or leg toward you rather than push it away from you. So, when you are asking the horse to release the leg down and back, you should be facing the front of the horse. When you are asking the horse to release the leg down and forward, you should be facing back. This allows you to bring the leg toward you in both cases.
So, with this technique – Scapula Release Down and Back – stand at the horse's shoulder facing toward the front of the horse.
Support Yourself
It may help to rest your elbows on your knees to support your back while in this position.
You may also get down on one knee if you feel comfortable doing so next to the horse. This might make it easier on your back. However, make sure there is room for the horse to move away from you if he needs to move, and be prepared to move away from the horse if you need to move.
You may support your back by getting down on one knee. (shown in photo 1)
Pick up the foot.
If facing forward and asking for the horse's foot is awkward, then face the hind end and ask for the foot as if you were going to clean it, then turn and face forward while holding the foot.
On the left leg, facing forward, hold the leg with your right hand on the pastern as shown,
Hold the pastern in your right hand and hold the knee with your left hand as shown. (photo 2)
Place your right hand on the knee. (photo 3)
Note: It's important to have your hand placed on the ankle, rather than below the ankle. This leaves the foot dangling so that the horse can step on it as you set it down, rather than buckle onto the pastern.
Photo 1
Photo 2
Photo 3
On the right side do the reverse. Hold the pastern in your left hand as shown, and the knee with your right hand as shown.
Allow the horse to relax. This may take 5 seconds, or it may take 15 seconds. Support the weight of the leg. You can take advantage of this time to massage the flexor tendons, or do the "hoof rotation" – hold your hand flat across the bottom of the hoof or shoe, move the hoof in a circular motion. This gently wiggles the leg. This relaxes the shoulder and relaxes the joints.
When you feel the horse has relaxed as much as he is going to relax, start guiding his foot down and back.
Pick a spot on the ground for the foot.
Use this point as a place to aim for, but also feel for what is comfortable for the horse as you lower the leg. We're looking for a little farther back than he would normally rest it on his own. The horse may easily be able to relax the foot down to this point, or he may not. If he has trouble reaching this spot, then guide his foot down to a spot a little closer.
It's better to give him a more comfortable position that he can relax in longer, than a more stretched position that he has trouble relaxing into.
Go where the horse is most comfortable. Some horses will be more comfortable going straight back and under, others back and out more to the side.
Important. Straighten his leg as you bring the foot down. Do this by using your 'knee hand' to straighten his leg as you lower your "foot hand" toward the ground. Don't ask the horse to step back and set his foot down while holding his foot up. Just isn't fair!
Hold knee with one hand and one hand on the pastern (photo 3)
Use your 'knee hand' to straighten the leg as he relaxes it down. (photo 4)
Photo 4
This is not a stretch.
Remember that we are not pulling or stretching the leg back. We are supporting the leg until the horse relaxes, then guiding the leg down and back. The goal is to allow the scapula to drop just a little bit beyond where it would normally drop in a relaxed state.
The scapula only has to drop an inch or so before the foot is down to release tension. Once you have a mental picture of where you want the foot to set down, get in the habit of looking at the "point of the shoulder" as you feel for the scapula to drop.
You will be able to see and feel when you get a slight drop. Remember – you only need to feel a slight relaxation for it to work.
Note on Release vs. Movement
There is a difference between an active movement of the scapula down and back such as in walking, and in releasing the scapula:
– When the scapula drops down and back in normal movement, the muscles involved in that movement are active.
– When you ask for the movement through a certain point in a relaxed state, the horse releases tension in the muscles involved.
This is also different than a passive stretch. In a passive stretch, you are doing the work. With these releases you are putting the horse in a position to "let go".
Watch and feel for the release.
The release is visible. If you watch the shoulder and leg as you set the leg back, you can see the release movement. Also, when you know what to look for, then you can see release responses such as eyes twitching, licking and chewing, and yawning.
The release is palpable. When your hands are on the leg you can feel when the horse lets go.
When the foot is resting back on the ground, if there is not a lot of weight on it you can gently wiggle the leg and shoulder to encourage the horse to relax it even more. If you wiggle the leg and he tenses, stop. If he has weight on the leg and you can't wiggle it, that's alright, too.
The longer he is able to relax in the foot back position the more he will release. Keep your hand on the foot or on the leg. Most horses will pick the foot back up when you take your hand off. You may slide your hand farther up the leg to give your back a break, but as long as your hand stays on the leg he will stay in this position longer.
Sometimes the horse will step back and hold his position, and sometimes he will step back and then pick up the front leg, and sometimes he will step back and then step forward again. All of these are o.k., as long as you see or feel that he has dropped the scapula before his foot reaches the ground. If you aren't sure, then you step back for about 30 seconds and see what he has to say.
The Scapula Release is a major endorphin releaser. Watch the horse's eyes after this release and you'll see what we mean. (photo 5)
Photo 5
See what the horse has to say.
Take a step back when you are finished to see what the horse has to say. You need to give him time to feel what has happened. Look for the release responses. You'll be surprised sometimes at the responses you get with the seemingly smallest drop of the scapula.
Give the horse space.
When you step back, step way back. The temptation is often to stand up close and pet the horse. However, some horses need more space than others to show you a release. Some horses are more "self-conscious" than others, some need more space, and others just plain ole' don't want to release in front of you. Release responses, licking and chewing for example, are signs of submission in the herd, and some horses don't want to show that.
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There were some shake-ups Thursday, March 2, in the New Milford Borough Council.
Councilman Shawn Carey announced his resignation from the borough council to take a position filling a vacancy on the Blue Ridge School Board (see story on Page 4).
His resignation was accepted, with regret by the borough council.
With Carey's departure, council moved to fill the vacancy with Kerin Welch.
Welch – who had already planned to run for council in the May Primary – was sworn in by Mayor Scott Smith at the end of the meeting. Welch has been very active on the borough's Recreation board over the past several years.
Council approved a $300 donation to Blue Ridge Recreation – an increase in the budgeted amount by council from previous years.
The borough building was approved by council to be used in an emergency situation by New Milford Headstart, as part of the school emergency plan.
Councilman Ken Carey, who represents the borough in the Council of Government (COG), reported that Friendsville Borough had left COG membership. Montrose Borough had also recently left COG.
In the streets report it was noted a resident was allegedly stopping fuel and garbage trucks and not allowing them to cross the bridge on Maple Street.
Council President Rick Ainey noted the Maple Street bridge has the highest tonnage capacity of all the restricted bridges in the borough at three tons. The bridges on Church Street have two ton weight limits.
A member of council will address the concern. "It's not our business to stop trucks," Ainey said.
The borough has ordered a street sweeper which is expected to be in soon.
Council also discussed potential Dirt and Gravel road or low-volume road projects that could be done in the borough. It was noted that the poor drainage on Johnston Street could qualify for the program.
The borough will ask the Susquehanna County Conservation District to come look at the problem area on Johnston Street.
As the borough moves closer to adopting an updated zoning ordinance, some work sessions to go through the plan will be scheduled.
The council approved hiring a contractor to paint the gazebo in Midtown Park at a cost of $6,450. It is expected that the project will be completed prior to Memorial Day services at the park.
The borough website is expected to launch in mid-April.
Council approved the hiring of a back-up summer public works employee. Emory Thorn III will be the on-call, seasonal worker for both the borough and municipal authority.
Compensation for the borough tax collector was set at five percent of the taxes collected, as allowable by law. This change rescinded a previous motion to pay the collector $3 per bill, which the borough found out exceeded the allowable amount.
Following the introduction of the Earned Income Tax, council eliminated property taxes in the borough, but opted to keep one mill taxed to help fund the fire company.
Changes in New Milford boro council
There were some shake-ups Thursday, March 2, in the New Milford Borough Council.

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Using real people and their stories, the Mary Kay push captures the brand's values and entails digital, broadcast, outdoor, and print ads.
Mary Kay has launched an advertising campaign titled I Can, which was for the first time created in collaboration with its independent beauty consultants. Using real people and their stories, the push builds on the brand's values and was started by seeding the hashtag #MyMKLife in 2015.
The co-created initiative was developed with stories from the hashtag and activated over the summer, with a 'social-first' strategy amplified by paid media to generate additional engagement. A multi-platform marketing effort, it includes digital, broadcast, outdoor, and print placements.
Said platform took shape as Mary Kay entrepreneurs shared inspirational stories and quotes which illustrated how the business has positively impacted their lives by allowing them to be themselves, make a difference instead of just an income, and serve as a good example to their children.
Upon activation, more than 500 women were photographed and interviewed during the group's annual seminar in Dallas, participating as the fresh faces of the campaign. The first TVC will reach over two million viewers during the sixth episode of the fifteenth season of Project Runway.
Since its release, the exercise has garnered major results including 43.8 million impressions and 1.2 million engagements across social media, and 40,000 uses of the I Can custom photo filter. The outcome demonstrates a strong adoption rate of the campaign by American consumers.
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The Setting: IIM Rohtak
The Class: Strategic Consulting
Why it's Memorable: Professor who is teaching us strategy consulting has 40 years of industry experience and follows his own style in making every student participate in class discussion. He always encourages students to think beyond limits. Augmented reality and virtual reality being the most repeated words in his class give us a gist of his fervor for technology. One day in the class he brought up a discussion on the present leader in DTH space in India and started discussing threats. The discussion moved forward quickly to what the company should do to remain at the top. One student came up with the idea that the DTH company can use data analytics to find out which programmes are engaging individuals most and to customize data and suggest the viewer on similar programs. Another student came up with the suggestion that by imbibing voice control technology in the set-top box we can give commands to change channels and give commands to the TV without the use of the remote. One more interesting thought that popped up is stream the content from individuals to specific set-top boxes they wish to, i.e., for example, a wedding can be live telecasted directly to the houses of relatives. Another thought that came up in the class is that to capture the facial expressions of the viewer while they are watching an advertisement or movie and use to create more engaging content. To this, there is question from the professor that will the viewers be comfortable with capturing their facial expressions. Another thought that came up that day in the class is that to collate with telecom operators and offer internet, DTH and telecommunication services in a single bundle. As the class discussion progressed during the class the professor would zero down on the student he felt would have the best possible contribution moving forward. At IIM Rohtak the unconventional style of teaching encourages one to question, disagree, debate and delve deeper into the topic. We are encouraged even to debate on the popular industry practices and come up with best alternatives at the same time. The practicality of the ideas is always weighed more than some random idea. The best practice that I took up from IIM Rohtak is structured thinking. It completely added new dynamics to my thought process. I wish this culture would be prevalent at all stages of education and across all institutions in the country.
Which Birla group of companies do you want to join and why?
Being a finance enthusiast, I would like to join Aditya Birla Payments Bank. The present scenario demands the company in this industry to come up with innovative banking solutions for solving the day to day banking issues people are facing. This involves a pinch of marketing, operational efficiency, agility to be the first. Aditya Birla Payment Bank which is incepted five months back has shown the gist of a start-up and augustness of its parent company. And also, application of technology is the backbone of Payment Banks, where high data analytics is involved. So being a finance major with interest in analytics and in knowing the operations of the banking sector, I believe Aditya Birla Payment Bank gives me an opportunity to work in an industry which is the future of banking.


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Hands-on with the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE for Sprint
I've always been one to enjoy a QWERTY keyboard on my smartphone, but the likes of the G1 and G2 are a distant memory and there haven't been many options coming out lately. Until the Motorola Photon Q hit my doorstep. The Photon 4G successor boosts the specs, adds in a nice QWERTY keyboard, LTE support, and more, which could make it one of Sprint's best options for a user who wants a slider handset without getting the shaft on specifications.
Rocking a 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU, 8 megapixel camera, and much more, the Photon Q is right up there with the Galaxy S III and HTC One X. The addition of a keyboard will be a personal preference, but in our short time with the handset, it's grown on us a lot. Other specifications of the Photon include 1GB of RAM, NFC, 8GB internal storage, and microSD card slot.
Since I officially put my Galaxy Nexus to rest in favor of the HTC One X running AOKP, the biggest feature I've found myself missing is a multi-colored notification LED. While the One X is limited to green, red, and amber, both the Galaxy Nexus and Photon Q have multi-color notification LED that is fully customizable with applications like Light Flow. The Photon Q's notification LED built right into the ear piece of the phone and is a small line, rather than a dot on the handset. While it's hardly a selling point of the phone, it's still slick.
The selling point for the Photon Q is obviously the keyboard, which is pretty nice. The five row keyboard large button that are nice and rounded, ensuring that you're on the key you want to be on. Spacing is a bit of an issue, but due to the large buttons, it's not much of a problem. So far, this is the best keyboard I've seen on a phone this year.
The software is the same UI found on the Atrix HD, which is straight to the point. Motorola has stripped out a lot of Motoblur elements and leaves a fairly stock Android experience on the handset, and we couldn't be happier about that. You'll find some custom tweaks here and there, but its miles better than what Motorola used to put on its phones.
Stay tuned for the official review.
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School budget
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My family and I are moving to Ticonderoga in June. My two sons will be attending Ticonderoga Elementary in the fall. I was disheartened to see the budget fail last month greatly concerned that there would be drastic cuts to appease those who voted... Read more
Ti school budget approved
TICONDEROGA | By a vote of 535-310, Ticonderoga voters approved a school budget for the coming year, after rejecting an earlier spending plan that exceeded the state-suggested tax cap. Read more
School revote set for Tuesday
TICONDEROGA | Ticonderoga voters will decide Tuesday on passage of a revised Central School budget that at $22.5 million is only slightly higher than last year's spending plan and comes in under the tax cap. Read more
A sense of belonging
TICONDEROGA | Hundreds of Star Trek fans traveled hundreds of miles to listen to William Shatner during an appearance at James Cawley's Star Trek Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga over the weekend. Read more
Ti school board tries again
TICONDEROGA | The Ticonderoga Central School Board will go back to the voters with a $22.5 million budget that stays within the tax cap by combining further spending cuts with a greater reliance on the system's fund balance. Read more
Concern shown for schools
TICONDEROGA | Ticonderoga Central School Board members met with residents last Thursday to quell social media rumors and explain their next moves, after voters rejected a 9.57% increase in the tax levy earlier in the week. Read more
School budgets approved
ELIZABETHTOWN | School budgets met with voter approval in all sections of northern Essex County. Read more
All school budgets OK'd
WARREN COUNTY | Proposed 2019-20 school district budgets across northern Warren County were approved without exception Tuesday, and some newcomers were elected to local school boards. Read more
Ti school budget defeated
TICONDEROGA | Voters in Ticonderoga and Hague soundly rejected a school tax-cap override, falling well short of the 60 percent supermajority needed to pass a $23 million budget that would have raised the levy by nearly 10 percent. Read more
Vote yes on Ti budget
We are at a pivotal time for the children of the Ticonderoga Central School District. Read more
Candidates vie for Ticonderoga School Board
TICONDEROGA | Four candidates are running for three open seats on the Ticonderoga Central School Board. Incumbents Tracey Cross-Baker and Board President Mark Russell are up for re-election. Challengers are Eric Rich and Maria Tedford. Read more
North Warren vote to feature proposal on school upgrades
CHESTERTOWN | In addition to deciding on school board candidates and whether to ratify the 2019-20 district budget, residents of the North Warren School District will be voting on a proposition to approve spending up to $551,000... Read more
Insurance questioned
HAGUE | Residents of Hague questioned the richness of Ticonderoga Central School system's health-care plan last week, at a public hearing where administrators explained how its 2019-20 budget fell so far out of balance. Read more
Lake Placid offers budget plan at tax levy cap
LAKE PLACID | Voters will be asked to approve a proposed $19,388,637 budget for Lake Placid Central School (LPCS), up 0.5 percent. Read more
Proposed Ti levy reduced
TICONDEROGA | The Ticonderoga Central School Board has reduced the amount of its proposed tax levy increase to 9.57 percent, still over the tax cap, but short of the 12.57 percent increase administrators had projected a week ago. Read more
School district budgets detailed
WARREN COUNTY | For the upcoming year, school districts in northern Warren County have proposed budgets that maintain their tax levies under the limits imposed by the state's tax cap. Read more
Willsboro School Board proposes budget below tax levy cap
WILLSBORO |The proposed 2019-20 school budget for Willsboro Central School comes in almost a point under the 4.97 percent state tax-levy cap allowance. Read more
Ti board breaks cap
TICONDEROGA | To repair a broken budget brought about by both long- and short-term factors, the Ticonderoga Central School Board voted unanimously last Thursday to present the public with a $23 million spending plan that raises the tax levy by... Read more
Voters to weigh in on school spending
PLATTSBURGH | Voters across the county will have the opportunity to hear about, and weigh in on, their school district's 2019-20 budget this month. Read more
KCS looks to override -4.28% tax levy cap
KEENE | The tax levy cap set by state calculations for Keene Central School (KCS) in 2019-20 is -4.28 percent. Read more


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Mystery with a Little Bit of Glitz and Glittering Diamonds are two of my past mysteries.
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If you stitched either of these mysteries and would be willing for me to post your project here, would you please email me at email@example.com.
If you know someone who did, would you ask the person to write to me?
If you belong to a list, would you do me a favor and post a note that I am looking for stitched examples of my geometric mysteries.
I would greatly appreciate hearing from you!
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The desire to be accepted by others is one of our most basic human needs; feeling excluded can lead to deterioration of physical health and well being, according to Lloyd, Tse and Deane (2006). To them, social inclusion means being able to participate in meaningful leisure, friendship and work communities. Unfortunately, there is extensive evidence of the social exclusion of people with intellectual disabilities (Abbott, McConkey, 2006). People with intellectual disabilities are being provided with more opportunities to live in the community and to take part in community activities, but this is often not effective in creating meaningful social connections with others, specifically non-disabled community members. The purpose of this CAT is to explore barriers to social inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities and the role of occupational therapy in facilitating inclusion.
Clinical Question
How can occupational therapists facilitate social inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities?
Clinical Bottom Line
Barriers to social inclusion are similar between populations with mental illness and intellectual disabilities. This CAT presents the idea that because occupational therapy interventions facilitate community integration for people with mental illness, it may facilitate integration for people with intellectual disabilities as well.
Recommended Citation
Randt, Nicole, "Social Inclusion for People with Intellectual Disabilities" (2011). Emerging Practice CATs. 6.


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by Phyllis Chesler
Eleanor Roosevelt monument, Riverside Park, New York CIty.
There was a time, not so long ago, when the unpaid obituaries in all the major newspapers were solely of men—and the occasional mother of a Great White Man. I often wondered: Had women never lived, or had we never died—were we actually immortal?
The obituary situation has gradually begun to change—so much so that the New York Times has been publishing Obituaries from the distant past of women and people of color who should have been memorialized long ago but were not.
However, women of great accomplishment have been disappeared, not only in obituaries but also in terms of monuments. Our land is dotted with statues mainly of men on horseback, soldiers, generals, presidents, male civil rights leaders. Of an estimated 5,193 public statues, only 394 are of women. With some exceptions (Eleanor Roosevelt comes to mind), these statues are mainly of anonymous, generic women. And, of the 44 monuments maintained by the National Parks Service, like the Lincoln Memorial, none are of women.
The female form exemplifies Virtue. Thus, we have half naked statues of women as "Liberty" or "Justice." Fully clothed statues of real women are rare.
Nineteenth century suffragists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are still waiting for statues to commemorate their extraordinary accomplishments both as abolitionists and women's rights activists. Harriet Tubman, former slave, abolitionist, and woman's rights activist, still has no monument anywhere on earth. These three women have waited for far more than a century to be remembered. Recently, President Trump delayed Tubman's appearance on the twenty dollar bill until 2026.
And there are many, many more women of color and white women whose accomplishments should become visible and normalized for the generations to come.
At this moment in history, who is being fast tracked? We are told that New York City plans to "immortalize in a monument" two transgender men, drag performers who, only fifty years ago, were also involved in the Stonewall Inn riots. Sylvia Rivera is Hispanic and Marsha Johnson is African-American. I have been told that their original male names are considered "dead" names and are not be used. Well, that's rather dramatically anti-historical as well as anti-biology. However, I have been assured that both Rivera and Johnson did great good deeds on earth and are very beloved.
I welcome honoring the accomplishments of people of color and of those who belong to gender identity minorities. But what's wrong with also honoring accomplished lesbians, both white women and women of color? How about women of color who are not members of the LGBTQIA communities?
There are lesbians who participated both in the Stonewall uprising and most vitally in the creation of the American Gay Liberation movement. Where are the statues of Sydney Abbott? Rita Mae Brown? Lin Farley? Judy Grahn? Michela Griffo? Lois Hart? Karla Jay? Jill Johnson? Barbara Love? Audre Lorde? Phyllis Martin and Del Lyons? Joan Nestle? Martha Shelley? Robin Tyler? Edie Windsor?
What about a statue for Craig Rodwell who, according to Lin Farley, arranged for lesbians to lead the first-ever gay march in New York City? Are gay men today, or for that matter, are gay women pushing for lesbians to have named statues? Is anyone?
If not, let's ask ourselves why not.
And, by the way: Where are the statues for Jane Adams? Mother Cabrini? Claudette Colvin, who refused to move to the back of the bus in Birmingham? Dorothy Day? Emily Dickinson? Mary Baker Eddy? Ellen Frankfurt? Matilda Joslyn Gage? Charlotte Perkins Gilman? Emma Goldman? Anne Hutchinson? Barbara Jordan? Emma Lazarus? Elizabeth Packard? Rosa Parks, whose subsequent refusal to do so was handled by the NAACP in a victorious lawsuit? Alice Paul? Jeannette Rankin? Barbara Seaman? Elizabeth Seton? Agnes Smedley? Gertrude Stein? Sojourner Truth? Ida B. Wells? Frances Willard?
The list of accomplished women whose deeds easily merit statues is a very long one. How long must they wait to be remembered?
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Dr.Chesler has described a subject remarkably unvoiced for a remarkably long time. She asserts all the right justifications for such memorial statuary, and adds her significant scholarship of worthy women to her piece. It is ironic, as she points out, that semi-nude anonymous idyllic Women are barnacled over the land (to a minor degree, of course, as her figures assert), but few fully clothed important pioneers in so many arenas.Great if belated megaphone.
Why? To be "immortalized in a monument" covered in eons of pigeon poop is hardly a goal of most women. It's a man thing.
Okay, but there are lots of famous women, like Sacagawea and Susan B. Anthony, who grace our coins. My favorite woman of all is Jael, from the Book of Judges. She drove a tent peg through Sisera's head while he slept and delivered Israel from King Jabin. She should have a statue.
Aubrey J
At the conclusion of a three hour walking tour of the National Mall Monuments our guide (the wife of an Army warrant officer stationed at Belvoir) informed our small group that the Washington Monument was 555' from base to tip. She further stated that a 556' hole was to be dug on the west side of the monument as a memorial to Martha Washington. Just to see if we were still paying attention she said.
Envy is not good for the soul, Phyllis.
Robert the Brucie
"...pushing for lesbians to have named statues? Is anyone?" The Looms of Mohawk aren't tribute enough?
Howard Nelson
My votes go the myriad of ex-Muslim women who continually risk their lives telling the reasons for their apostasy. Ah, if only the world had the ears to hear and the eyes to see and heart to feel.
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In case you haven't noticed, Canadians are really good at a lot of things. Like being polite, or saying "sorry."
But we also come out on top in some areas you probably wouldn't expect. That's why we scoured international statistics to find out where Canada has been ranked number one. Needless to say, it wasn't very hard to find examples.
11 things Canada does better than anywhere else in the world
ReputationCanada, it's not just in your head--we really are that good. For the fourth time in only six years, Canada has been ranked number one for best reputation in the world, according to the Reputation Institute. We're overwhelmingly viewed as "friendly and welcoming" and as a "great place to live" in a way that can't be rivaled anywhere else on the planet. Don't worry though, we're not the type to brag about it.Getty
Donut shops per capitaJust when you think America's the donut king of the world, Canada swoops in with way more Timbits and apple fritters than they can handle. You can probably attribute this win to the random Tim Hortons locations you can literally find anywhere in the country, even in the remotest parts (just search "Tim Hortons" in Google Maps--you'll see what we mean). The Canadian Press
Personal freedomStep aside, America: Canada is now leader of the "free" world. That's right, according to The Legatum Prosperity Index, ninety-four per cent of Canadians believe they have the freedom to choose their own course in life, while 92 per cent believe the country is a good place for immigrants. Maybe Americans should start saying "Life, liberty and the pursuit of Canada." Imgur
Kraft Dinner consumptionCanadians love Kraft Dinner so much, we affectionately refer to it as "KD." It was our nation's top selling grocery item in 1997, we eat 55 per cent more of it than Americans do, and it has even been called Canada's "de facto national dish". You also might not know that the father of KD, James L. Kraft, was born in Ontario (although he started the Kraft business in the U.S.).Getty
HockeyNo surprise here. According to the International Ice Hockey Federation, Canada currently has the best national hockey team in the world, for both men and women. Getty
CurlingCanada absolutely dominates in curling, more than we do in hockey. It's almost funny scrolling through the rankings over the years because the top spot almost always goes to the big maple leaf. Getty
Tertiary EducationCanadians are some of the smartest people in the world, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Just about 53 per cent of adults in this country have a tertiary (college level) education, crushing the global average of 32 per cent. Getty
Number of lakesCanada has an insane amount of lakes. There are 563 of them larger than 100 square kilometres, according to Environment Canada. The Great Lakes alone contain 18 per cent of the world's fresh water. And did we mention that we have lakes that are as big as entire countries? Canada is actually dotted with so many of these that if you look at a map, our landmass looks like a slice of Swiss cheese. Getty
Soundest banksFor the eighth year in a row, Canada's banking system has been rated as the world's soundest by the World Economic Forum. That's probably why our job creation rates and GDP are performing better than most of the G-7 since the 2008 recession. Now if only we could get them to drop those ATM fees...
Supplier of maple syrupIt might surprise you to learn that up until the 1990s, America was the world's largest supplier of maple syrup. But we yanked that title away from them once we finally realized how much better our product was. Canada now supplies 85 per cent of this sweet, sweet gold to the rest of the world. Including the U.S.
Longest coastlineWhile Canada is smaller than Russia, we still have a coastline longer than theirs. At 202,080 km long, it's safe to say traversing Canada's waterfront would be quite the undertaking. We're also one of the few countries that makes contact with three different oceans. Getty


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"Christian art sucks."
I hear it often. You probably do, too. If I'm honest, I'm pretty sure I've said it myself. More than once, I've left the theater annoyed, turned off the radio appalled, and walked out of the bookstore disgusted. But why? And is it true? Does Christian art suck?
To the last question, the answer is a resounding NO. Christian art does not suck. Now, before you run out to buy me the newest Kirk Cameron movie or a subscription to Pureflix (yes, that's really a thing), let me explain. One of the biggest critiques I hear of the art we call Christian is this: "That's not the real world. Life doesn't wrap up neatly in a three-minute song or a 90-minute film. It just doesn't work that way." And it's true. The Christian life is a struggle. It isn't often that our problems are solved in a single prayer, Bible study, or moment of confession.
Can I tell you a secret? So much of what we call "Christian art" isn't actually Christian. Yep, songs and movies and Amish romance novels (again, actually a thing) that ignore the fallen nature of the human experience aren't actually Christian… they're romantic.
Let's think about it this way: there is a major theme to the Christian life. This is the truth that we were created in the image of a loving Creator, and that we're redeemed by that Creator through the work of Jesus. This is the hope that Jesus will return to make everything right and rule on this earth forever. That is the major theme of the Christian life.
But in this world, there is also pain, death, sickness, and the Denver Broncos. Through Jesus' life, death, and resurrection, God has inaugurated his kingdom on this earth, but it hasn't fully come. He hasn't yet wiped away every tear from every eye. He hasn't yet put the world to rights. Let's call this already/not yet reality the minor theme of the Christian life.
So when does art become "Christian?" Francis Schaeffer speaks to this in his amazing little book, Art and the Bible:
"If our Christian art only emphasizes the major theme, then it is not fully Christian but simply romantic art. And let us say with sorrow that for years our Sunday school literature has been romantic in its art and has had very little to do with genuine Christian art. Older Christians may wonder what is wrong with this art and wonder why their kids are turned off by it, but the answer is simple. It's romantic. It's based on the notion that Christianity has only an optimistic note.[1]"
So art that is Christian is art that glorifies God for his work in the major theme, while not ignoring, minimizing, or paying cliché-laden lip service to the minor theme.
What I've realized over the years is that I don't dislike Christian art… but I hate romantic art. Religious in theme or not, I want the creativity I consume to reek of the struggle of what it looks like to be human. Utopian fantasies do not interest me.Utopian fantasies do not interest me. Click To Tweet
Now certainly, there are Christian artists that I don't prefer, just as there are novelists and rock bands and songwriters that I don't like. Being a Christian doesn't mean that you have to appreciate all Christian art. And if romantic art is your thing, that's great. I have a ton of friends who love to spend their time exploring that genre. Being created in the image of God, we all have our preferences as to what we find beautiful, and that itself is a thing of beauty.
So Christian, let's stop demonizing Christian art. Instead, let's thoughtfully engage every film, painting, novel, and song, hoping to find the beauty of the entire gospel story. And when we don't, let's call it what it is: romantic, feel-good, safe-for-the-family entertainment. But please, don't call it "Christian."Let's thoughtfully engage every art-form hoping to find the beauty of the entire gospel story. Click To Tweet
[1] Francis Schaeffer, Art and the Bible (Downer's Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2009), 56.


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|History of the Basque
|Prehistory and Antiquity
|Basque Prehistory
|Basque people in Antiquity
|Middle Ages
|Duchy of Cantabria
|Duchy of Vasconia
|County of Vasconia
|Battle of Roncevaux Pass
|Kingdom of Navarre
|Banu Qasi
|Basque party wars
|Modern Age
|The Basque Country in the Early Modern Age
|Basque witch trials
|The Basque Country in the Late Modern Age
|Carlist Wars
|Basque nationalism
|Dukes of Vasconia and Gascony
|Kings of Pamplona and Navarre
|Lords of Biscay
|Counts of Araba
|Counts of Lapurdi
|Viscounts of Zuberoa
|Navarrese right
|Basque navigation
|Basque culture
|Basque literature
|Politics of the Basque Country
|Timeline of Basque history
|Basque portal
The Duchy of Vasconia (also Wasconia) was originally a Frankish march formed in the seventh century to protect the Aquitanian frontier from the Basques (Vascones). It comprised the former Roman province of Novempopulania and, at least in some periods, also the lands south of the Pyrenees centred on Pamplona.[1]
In the ninth century, civil war within the Frankish realm led to the permanent loss of control over the transpyrenean territories and several competing claimants to legal authority in Vasconia. The settling of these political matters ended with the creation of a largely Basque (Gascon) state, de facto independent, known as Gascony.
The western Pyrenean hill country was the refuge of the Basques in the period of barbarian invasions. Both the Visigoths of Spain and the Franks of Gaul sought to subdue them, but neither power ever fully brought them into the orbit of their realms. In 602, the Merovingians created a frontier duchy to their southwest during the tripartite wars between Franks, Visigoths, and Basques. At the same time, the Visigoths created the Duchy of Cantabria as a buffer against the Basques of the Navarre.
Around 580, both kingdoms had respectively launched major campaigns against the Basques. Chilperic I sent his duke Bladastes, who was clearly defeated in Zuberoa, while Leovigild also attacked, from the south, founding a fortress called Victoriacum (dubiously Vitoria-Gasteiz). The brief mentions of these campaigns in the Frankish and Visigothics chronicles clearly use the term Vasconia or Wasconia for the territory extending at both sides of western Pyrenees.
By the year 602, the duchy of Vasconia, under Frankish overlordship, was consolidated in the areas around the Garonne river but did not seem to have extended to the southern regions around the Adour. In the years 610 and 612 respectively, the Gothic kings Gundemar and Sisebut launched attacks against the Basques. After a Basque attack in the Ebro valley in the year 621, Chintila defeated them, razing the fortress of Olite.
In 626, the Basques rebelled against the Franks and in 635, they launched an attack on Toulouse. In 643, there was another rebellion in the north and in 648, battles against the Visigoths in the south. In the year 633, the Bishop of Pamplona was absent from the Fourth Council of Toledo, which is interpreted by some as the result of his city being under Basque control. In 626, the bishop of Eauze was exiled on the accusation of being in connivance with Basque rebels.[2]
In the year 660, Felix of Aquitaine received the ducal title of both Vasconia and Aquitaine (located between the Garonne and Loire rivers). Under Felix and his successors, Frankish overlordship became merely nominal. It did become a most important regional power.
But the Muslim invasion of 711 effected a complete shift in trends. Hitherto the Frankish duke, Odo the Great, had been independent, refusing to recognise the authority of either the Merovingian king or his mayor of the palace. In 719, Pamplona was captured by the Moors. In 721, Odo defeated the Moors at the Battle of Toulouse. In 732, however, he was utterly routed at the Battle of the River Garonne near Bordeaux, after which the Muslim troops under Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi plundered the country and captured Narbonne. Only by submitting to the suzerainty of his Frankish archrival, the mayor Charles Martel, could they decisively defeat the Muslim invaders at Battle of Tours. Aquitaine and its attendant marches were then united to Francia. It has been said that had Odo been victorious at Bordeaux, he would have usurped the eminence eventually to go to Martel as the defender and preserver of Christendom.[3]
In 735, Odo died, leaving his realm to his son Hunald, who, desiring the former independence which had been his father's, attacked Martel's successors, starting a war which was to last for two generations. In 743, the situation was further complicated by the arrival of Asturian forces attacking Vasconia from the west. In 744, Hunald abdicated to his son Waifer, who repeatedly challenged Frankish overlordship, being defeated thrice by Pepin the Short in 760, 762, and 766. He was eventually murdered by his desperate followers, who pledged loyalty to Pepin.
The Carolingian empire and the caliphate of Cordoba were great threats for Vasconia during this period but the Basques enjoyed some safety from the West, as the Asturians were immersed in continuous dynastic conflicts.
The time of Charlemagne's reign is rife with conflicts between Basques, Franks and Muslims. Most famous is the Battle of Roncevaux in 778: after the Frankish destruction of the walls of Pamplona, Basques ambushed and slaughtered Charlemagne's rearguard. Heavily mythologised, this battle became the most celebrated event in one of major bodies of legendary literature in Europe, the Matter of France.
Muslims attacked Vasconia as well, taking possession of Pamplona for some time, but they were expelled by a rebellion in 798-801 that helped to create the Basque Muslim realm of the Banu Qasi around Tudela.
In 812 there was a second Battle of Roncevaux that ended in stalemate due to the greater precautions taken by the Franks.
Northern Basques, organized in the Duchy of Vasconia, collaborated with Franks during campaigns such as the capture of Barcelona in 799 but, after the death of Charlemagne in 814, uprisings started anew. In 815 Louis the Pious deposed the Basque Duke Seguin, starting a widespread rebellion, led by Gartzia Semeno (who was the brother of, or is otherwise confused with semi-legendary Eneko Aritza, first monarch of Pamplona).
In 824 took place the third Battle of Roncevaux, where counts Eblo and Aznar Sánchez, Frankish vassals and the latter Duke of Gascony, were captured by the joint Pamplonese and Banu Qasi forces, strengthening the independence of Pamplona.
In the early 9th century the lands around the Adur river were segregated from the Duchy under the name of County of Vasconia. Count Aznar's successor, Sans Sancion, fought against Charles the Bald, as Charles didn't recognize him as legitimate.
In 844, Vikings invaded Bordeaux and killed Duke Seguin II. His heir William was killed trying to retake Bordeaux in 848,[4] though some sources say he was only captured and later deposed by the king. By the year 853, Sans Sancion, the Basque leader, was recognised as duke by Charles the Bald. During that same year, Muza of Tudela, relative of the Basque princes, invaded Vasconia and made Sans prisoner. In 855, Sans died and was succeeded by Arnold, who died fighting against the Norse in 864.
After Sans' death, the Duchy of Vasconia, between the Adur and the Garonne, came to be known as the Duchy of Gascony. Moving away from the history of the Basque Country as the romance language (Gascon) took hold in the northern plain and the Basque tongue stayed confined to the Pyrenees mountains. Still, the Duchy of Gascony would fall again under Pamplonese influence in later periods, especially during Sancho the Great's reign. In 1032, it was inherited by the heir of Aquitaine and became personally united to that duchy thereafter. It thus became a part of the Angevin Empire in the 12th century. The ducal title was reemployed by Edward Longshanks and it formed a base of support for the English during the Hundred Years' War. It has been called England's first foreign colony.
England lost Gascony as a result of its defeat in the Hundred Years War, and the region became a permanent part of France.


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At Safeway, we pride ourselves on our family environment. As a privately-owned company, we're not beholden to the politics that patrol other companies. We value family. We value respect. We value your input.
You're more than just a number for us. You're part of the team, part of the future, and part of our family.


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Arturo "Zambo" Cavero
Arturo Cavero Velásquez
|Background information
|Birth name
|Arturo Cavero
|Also known as
|29 November 1940
|Lima - Perú
|October 9, 2009 (aged 68)
Lima - Perú
|Peruvian Music
|Cajón Guitarra Criolla
Arturo Cavero Velásquez (29 November 1940 – Lima, 9 October 2009), better known by the pseudonym "Zambo Cavero",[1] was an Afro-Peruvian singer, representative of Afro-Peruvian identity.[2]
Born in Lima, Peru, he was the son of Juan Cavero, of Huaral, and Digna Velásquez, of Cañete. His particular singing style captivated listeners, as his intensity had the feel of Peruvian creole taste.[3] Zambo Cavero specialised in performing traditional Peruvian waltz.[4] Some of his best performances are songs by Peruvian composers Augusto Polo Campos and Félix Pasache, others are renditions of traditional Peruvian creole music, which is Afro-Peruvian influenced. On June 3, 1987 Cavero, was honoured together with important Peruvian musicians like guitar player Óscar Avilés in Washington, D. C. by the Organization of American States.[5]
Arturo Cavero died from complications of sepsis in Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati, Lima, on 9 October 2009.[6] Peruvian President Alan García declared a day of national mourning.[7]
El Comercio newspaper has published his discography [8]
- Arturo 'Zambo' Cavero
- Siempre juntos
- Siempre
- Son nuestros
- Contigo Perú
- Unicos
- Perú al Mundial
- Siguen festejando juntos
- Mueve tu cucú (EP)
- Seguimos valseando festejos
- Que tal trio
- Arturo "Zambo" Cavero on YouTube Greatest Hits
- Arturo "Zambo" Cavero on YouTube A La Molina, Live in Lima, 1978
- ^ The Birthday of "Zambo Cavero" in the Peruvian News. Archived July 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Peruvian Music and its interpreters (La Música Criolla y Sus Representantes)". Archived from the original on 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
- ^ Memorable night with Cavero at the Peruvian National Library Archived June 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Photo: Arturo "Zambo" Cavero with his Big Box". Archived from the original on 2007-05-02. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
- ^ Óscar Avilés and Zambo Cavero at the OAS, Washington, D. C. on YouTube
- ^ Peru's singer Arturo "Zambo" Cavero died today in Lima Isabel Guerra, LivinginPeru.com. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ^ Peru to declare National Mourning Day after Zambo Cavero's death Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Arturo 'Zambo' Cavero: Alma, corazon y vida


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On this page:
New Features in 7.5
New cable genomes, port types, and Network Cable Browser
Network cables are now available as genomes, and you can set properties on them.
New network port types are available: COAX, TERA, GG45 and ARJ45.
New support for Internal patching.
A new Network Cable Browser, similar to the Equipment Browser, has been introduced to enable browsing network cables for the loaded rooms.
New Power Path Layout
- A new Power Path Layout has been introduced, showing a graphical overview of the power connections from UPS units to racks.
- The Equipment Browser can be linked to groups of equipment in the Power Path Layout.
Support for Scott Transformed Voltages
To support certain solutions in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, USA, etc., the output voltage of a PDU can now be Scott transformed (e.g. 200 volt 3-phase).
This also affects the power connections further down the power path to rack PDUs and servers (e.g. 100 volt single phase or 200 volt phase to phase).
Supported volts: 200/100, 210/105, 220/110, 208/104, 230/115.
There are currently no preconfigured PDUs with these voltages in the Genome Library. You can use a generic PDU as template and add the Scott transformed voltages.
Support for Multiple Power Connections
- Multiple power connections are now supported to a single rack PDU.
- As many power connections can be added as there are available power inlets.
Support for Import and Manual Entering of Power Values in Amps
Import of power values in Amps is now supported through ETL integration and it is possible to manually enter measurements in Amps on breaker level from an external system.
New fields introduced for Amps: Sensor type drop-down in the Sensor Mapping dialog box, Input measurements in amps check box and Peak/A column in breaker configuration (illustration), Measured power per phase value displayed in rack PDU tool tip.
New door and wall types have been introduced for configuration of a more accurate floor design.
New Inner Wall Types
New inner wall types are now available in the Genome Library (Room Fixture): Mesh, glass, solid.
- Editable wall attributes, including copy of property values from another wall type in your custom genomes
- Walls appear in 3D view, full size and revealing material
- Walls are included in the temperature map calculations
- Default type setting for creating new walls, defined per user
New Door Types
Doors are now available in the Genomes (Room Fixtures): Swing, slide, double.
- Doors can be added to walls, inner walls, and cage walls.
- Swing doors are color-coded in the layout based on security type (no lock: gray, biometric: purple, card: blue, key: orange).
- If you move a wall with a door, the door will not move along with the wall.
New Shelf in Rack
Shelves are now available in the Genomes (Other Rack Equipment). More...
- New mounting position (Shelf) for rack-mountable equipment.
- Depth, width and weight properties are available in Properties>Physical.
New Work Order Lock
For organisations having strict policies around their work order process, a new lock functionality has been added to work orders and work order templates.
When a work order has been locked and saved, a lock icon will display in the work order heading.
Locked work orders cannot be unlocked. More...
New Task Completion Date
A task completion date has been added to work order and task views.
- New predefined table configurations are available as well as the option to create your own predefined configurations. This enables you to create and toggle between multiple configurations suited for different purposes.
- The table configurations are available for the table layouts in: Discovered Devices, List View, Network Browser, and Equipment Browser.
- Built-in configurations: Default, Power, Colo.
- Configurations are saved per DCO client.
If enabled, a new confirmation message appears when deleting equipment. It does not display as default but must be enabled in the system preferences for either floor-mounted or all equipment.
Support for Arrow Keys and Other Placement Improvements
You can now:
- Move floor-mount equipment with the arrow keys
- Paste at cursor position rather than in upper left corner
- Better snap equipment of non-standard size
Additional shortcut keys have been added to improve the editing experience. More...
A filter option has been introduced in User Rights and Authentication to allow for narrowing down the amount of users and locations shown in the list of users.
Improved Panel Schedule Reports
The Panel Schedule and Panel Schedule Customer reports have been improved.
Improved Power Capacity report
An update of the Power Capacity report is in progress. Contact us if you have input to the new report based on your experience with the previous report.
General Updates
The Webmin server management module has been updated to include improved server performance information.
The Debug page has a new Performance section. Click Show to generate memory graphs that can be used when troubleshooting together with our support team. More...
Audit log additions: More data has been added to the audit log for improved troubleshooting.
Various fixes have been implemented to improve security.
Fixed Issues in 7.5
200+ issues fixed including:
- StruxureWare Data Center Operation: Lab: It would fail after upgrading to 7.4.5.
- Disaster Recovery: A Disaster recovery node could appear offline because of network issues. An option to increase the timeout (default 3 secs) on specific nodes has been introduced.
- 3D: Deselecting Show walls and equipment options did not hide walls and equipment.
- Floor layout:
- It was not possible to position items without small gaps between them.
- Loaded rooms would not be loaded after re-login.
- If a rack was rotated -180 degrees, the rack name, graphics, and icons would show upside down.
- Tool tips on some associated devices would show the name of the device twice.
- Switching from Floor layout to 3D view and back would change the zoom level.
- Server management: After upgrading, the Webmin server management module would not launch in the latest versions of Firefox or Chrome.
It was not possible to patch network equipment to itself. See new features.
- Modifying a network connection would cause an exception.
- If the cable type description was very long in the Network Connection dialog box, the box would be distorted.
- Export dialog box: Clicking Browse in the Export dialog box twice would result in the Browse dialog box not opening. This was an issue only when running the client on Mac.
- Client logging: The system was writing to the .isxo/X/.metadata/.log file. Going forward, only the built-in download log file option should be used.
- Equipment browser:
- Background search text was improved and localized.
- Search in the Equipment browser did not return results for unloaded rooms.
- User management: Logging in as a user with a period in the user name would cause the client to crash.
- Work order:
- When applying a Work Order Template to an asset, there was a space missing in the Task header between the Task Name and the Asset Name.
- If a work order template was assigned to a user who was then deleted, editing the work order template would cause an error in the client log.
- Insight: Existing reports would not be sorted in the Publish Report dialog box. They are now alphabetically sorted making it easier to find the correct report to overwrite.
- Properties:
- Estimated load label was changed to Adjusted nameplate.
- Power draw value was missing from the External Systems properties of Cooling unit.
- External Systems properties page was missing Device sub page.
- Genome Library: It was not possible to edit input voltages for generic floor equipment.
- Power:
- If you had a breaker module connected to 3 different rack PDUs, peak measurements would appear wrong in the first 24 hours after you deleted a server in one rack.
On a PDU, changing the breaker value for a secondary ATS connection would create two primary connections.
- Co-lo: Deleting an orphaned wall would result in an error.
- Reports: Multiple rooms with the same name would make it difficult for some report filters to identify them and they are now shown with full location name path.
- In the Panel Schedule report, if a PDU was positioned inside a cage, the name would be repeated in the selection filter (cage and room).
- In the Temperature Compliance report, the decimal separator was a dot instead of a comma.
- In the Underutilized Servers report, some server values would not appear in the graphics and some text was missing.
- Some cell text would appear in column name fields in CSV export of Inventory and Rack U-Space reports.
- Lab: The prompt for saving or cancelling changes before exiting the application was missing and changes were always saved.
- Recommendations: Filtering the recommendations table to only include messages linked to a selected row would cause the application to crash after closing and reopening the room.
- External Systems configuration:
- There was an error with the server authentication when configuring encrypted connection to DCE 7.2.6.
- The text was changed in the External Systems configuration dialog box from Use SSL to Use Encryption to cover various protocols used.
- Localization: Row name would not show correctly in double-byte languages.
- Created by Pernille Bagger Nielsen, last modified on Apr 04, 2016


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Volunteer Open Day SIAS FREE
Source https://www.facebook.com/events/1730759730342771/
SIAS is a partnership of organisations that work closely together to offer easy access to appropriate support and treatment for individuals whose drug, alcohol or gambling use has become problematic. We also offer support to their families.
We have many different projects and roles you can get involved in as a volunteer, and we aim to fit the person's experience, knowledge and skills to the different types of volunteer roles we have.
Types of activities volunteers do:
supporting the delivery of groups, offering telephone support to service users, supporting service users to attend their appointments, welcoming service users, helping to run our drop in service where volunteers play games with service users and chat supporting the delivery of activities such as walking group, gardening, art helping to run events to promote the service and raise awareness, helping to run events and days out for service users like a Christmas meal, recovery walk and trips bowling. fundraising activities such as car washing, and asking local companies to donate to us and many more! "I have volunteered for other organisations before SIAS, but have never been appreciated and valued as much. SIAS is an amazing organisation to work for"
Come down to our venue, Lower Ground Floor, The Core, Solihull, B91 3RG on Wednesday 16th May 2018 between 10am and 3pm to find out more
Wednesday 1610.00AMMay2018-05-16T10:00:00Z2018-05-16T11:50:00Z
The Core Theatre
Homer Road
0121 704 6962
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Don't Teach Me
I do not like people to teach me. I repeat. I. DO. NOT. LIKE. PEOPLE. TO. TEACH. ME. Should I phrase it better? Cause I do like to learn things. Ok. I do not like people to teach me when I didn't request to be taught. Yes. That's it. I really do not appreciate peopole teaching me to run my life, or what to do, or the right way to do things. I do the way I like. I'm not you. Feng was screamed and shouted by me alot of times, for teaching me how to drive. I DID NOT ASK YOU. I get all pissed up when Eddie from Seamax tried to teach me how to do my work. I DO NOT APPRECIATE IT. And our relationship soured, and since then, we did not talk to each other unless needed. And now I'm so pissed off.
A kid...at most aged 18...trying to teach me about HTML codes?! Fuck off. When I was learning my first HTML codes, you are still crawling or drinking milk. I first learnt my HTML code when I was 15. BY MYSELF. I am a graduate from Informatics with Diploma in IT. Even though it isn't that recognised, I learn more programming languages than you had learnt in poly. Did you learn C++? Java? VB? HTML? Javascript? Oh please, STOP TEACHING ME or try to hint to me that I do not understand. I was browsing through Shina's blog and saw the comments her cousins left. I complained to Shina's mom, who is also my team leader at work. I was the one who did up Shina's blog. Her cousins did nothing but just left comments. As I mentioned earlier, I DID NOT ASK FOR THE COMMENTS. These are the comments they made (belle and xy is me lah):
athena: shina, go disable your right click button so that no one that just copy paste the photos you've put up and do stupid things to it.
belle: > athena: u can't save the pics.. *I had already disabled the right click on her blog*
sam: what athena meant was you can still click on the pics to enlarge it and save it (:
xy: of coz...unless she knows the code to disallow the enlarge
xy: or just disable any clicks
GAN DULAN LOR! Are you trying to hint that I'm stupid and do not understand what the shit you were trying to tell me? Hello?! I know you can enlarge the photos, but I can't disable left click right! Else you can't access the page at all lor! To disable the enlarging of the photos, the blogger (in this case, Shina), has to delete the LINK of the photo lah! Kaoz.
Was so pissed off I did a print screen of a step-by-step to teach Shina how to remove the link. I printed it out for her mom and complained that I do not like kids teaching me. Show off ah? Try walking a few years more than me, I might consider listening to you. Be more educated than me, be more successful, I might listen. Other than that FUCK OFF. I told Feng many times when he commented on my driving," Your driving experience is lesser than me. Don't teach me how to drive. I do not care whether you park better than me or what, DON'T TEACH ME." Likewise to everybody...DON'T TEACH ME UNLESS YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME, by my standards of course. What you think is what you think. I don't care. If I think I'm better than you, you'll still be under me. Oh fuck off smart alecs.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
22 August 2007, Wednesday
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I walked by the river of my soul today.
Life is so busy.
These walks don't happen as often as they should.
And when they do, it's more of a jog.
Coffee in one hand, keys in another, and a mile-long to-do list pushing my pace.
Even when I am being intentional to slow down.
Even when I am trying to find time to reflect and search.
I walked by the river of my soul today.
My water isn't moving very well.
I just haven't had time to keep the debris out of the way from my inlets.
I just haven't sat down and fed my soul.
I just haven't connected to the Source.
I sat by the river of my soul today.
I am stagnant today.
True, it is the dead and dark of winter right now, so that might have something to do with it. But even now, I know better. I know that collections of scum and dead things have been allowed to accumulate within me. Collections that I just don't have time to work on scooping out. Or frankly, I have tried to scoop them out, but they just keep coming back.
I sat by the river of my soul today.
Long enough to look. Long enough to ask. Long enough to realize.
For the scum to flow out, living water must flow in.
For hate and anger and resentment to be washed away, love must be allowed to flow in.
For doubt to be dispelled, faith must make a heroic reappearance.
I lay by the river of my soul today.
Longing to hear the sounds of life. Longing to feel the warmth of the sun.
Knowing that there is work to be done. Again. Knowing that I am due.
And for the first time in a long while, truly desiring. Desiring enough.
The work of restoration is always harder than the ease of hate.
The art of love always requires more than the rooting of resentment.
The ability to see through another person's lens is always more painful than staunchly demanding that my needs are primal.
I lay by the river of my soul today.
Wanting is never enough. And yet, action is sometimes too much.
Intention is needed, but my insufficiency must be accepted too.
And there inside that frustrating dichotomy, I find myself today.
Feeling spent and tired.
Feeling clogged and sluggish.
Feeling self absorbed and forgetful of others. Even the others who have hurt me.
Feeling disconnected. Feeling faithless.
Feeling that my brain is tired of knowing the answers because my heart operates on a different language now.
And yet, knowing that all my work to fix myself won't be enough.
Knowing that my lists and intentions and disciplines won't heal me.
Knowing that, if you don't come and flow, I am merely a stagnant pond.
No amount of intellectualism can heal a diseased heart.
I walked away from the river of my soul today.
A cry for help escapes my depths.
Please return to me. Or me to you.
Please wash me clean. Again.
Please flush out my sickness and sadness and anger.
Let love find its way to my angry heart.
Let love do its work on me.
Let love help me finally let it go. Let it go and send it downstream.
Living water, come. Flow again.
Wash away the pain of yesterday.
Bring in new life.
Feed me. Because I am hungry.
Water me. Because I am thirsty.
Help me Jesus, because I need a cup of cold water.


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Department store operator J.C. Penney JCP, +2.73% is expected to post earnings of 88 cents a share in the fourth quarter, according to a consensus survey by FactSet Research.
Home improvement retailer Lowe's Cos. LOW, +0.61% is projected to post earnings of 12 cents a share in the fourth quarter.
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[[Dear Sister Laurel, I was just reading your posts on the cowl because I have been viewing a number of videos in which monks are wearing or not wearing their hoods up. I am wondering what dictates when the hood is up or down. Also, would you comment on the apostolic activity in the life of a hermit. I think that most of us have a picture of hermits as people (usually venerable old men who live in the desert in an isolated hut) who, other than offering spiritual direction to those who come to them, have little other contact with the "outside" world. I am so drawn to your posts and I thank you for them. They are so informative and inspirational to this closet contemplative.]]
HOODS UP or DOWN?
Good questions! Regarding the cowl and whether one wears the hood up or down there are no real hard and fast rules for diocesan hermits, despite the fact that the right to wear this garment publicly is granted to diocesan hermits at profession. (After all, not all of us are asked or choose to wear a cowl as our prayer garment, and when we are or do, we do so as individuals in our parish/diocesan community, not as monks or nuns in a monastery or congregation!) Generally if I am praying at Eucharist with the rest of the parish community I always have my hood down simply because I don't want to be or feel cut off from the rest of the assembly. This includes the penitential rite right on up to the Eucharistic prayer of the Mass (where, for instance, Bishops will remove their "skull caps" (zuchettos, zuchetti) and go bareheaded). However, that general rule aside, I wear my hood up on Good Friday during parts of that day's liturgy, particularly the reading of the passion and veneration of the cross, and during parts of communal penance celebrations at Advent and Lent --- in this latter situation, I do so not only to ensure my own privacy, but to ensure that of others moving up to the stations where priests will hear their confessions.
At Mass I celebrate while others receive Communion and I love to watch fellow parishioners go up to receive; I pray for and rejoice with them, but penance services with the move to the confession stations is a different matter. I also wear my hood up during the periods of the Easter Vigil done outside, processing into the church, or where we sit in darkness hearing the Word of God while waiting for the announcement of the resurrection. At the point where the lights comes on, bells are rung, Alleluia's sound, etc, my hood comes down. At daily or Sunday Mass (before these actually) I may have my hood up if I have not yet finished quiet prayer because it tends to signal others not to approach me yet, or to keep things quieter for a little longer. However, this is not something I prolong and it is a rare occurence. (Remember that the hood is meant to serve as an extension of the cell.)
In the hermitage itself I tend to wear the hood up during periods of quiet prayer and some times of reading or study (especially if I am doing this outside in the evenings or night during the Summer), but not at other times (unless it is chilly and then the hood helps a bit!). Since I don't need to wear the cowl to or from chapel (or signal to others we are still in the period of great silence) there is no need to wear the hood up moving around the hermitage. Note that in communities where cowls are worn routinely there are customs which are followed, and so their practices are far more extensive and spelled out than mine; however it is a different thing when everyone wears a cowl, and not nearly so isolating or elitist-making as it might be in a parish setting where one is the only one wearing such garb. You would need to ask someone in such a religious community what their practices or customs are regarding hoods-up or hoods-down! In a parish setting it might be that some diocesan hermits signal some degree of separation from even the rest of the assembly at parish Mass by wearing their hood up most or all of the time, but, despite understanding why someone might wish to do this, I find that personally, liturgically, and theologically unacceptable.
Regarding ministerial activity outside the hermitage (I prefer ministerial rather than apostolic), the fact is every hermit has to determine to what degree she will undertake this for herself in conjunction with her director, delegate, Bishop and pastor. I have written about this in other posts so I will not repeat much of it here, but generally such activity must flow from and be an expression of a solitary contemplative life, and lead one back to the silence of solitude and contemplation. This is not a matter merely of balancing the contemplative aspects of a life with the non-contemplative aspects, or balancing "hermitting" kinds of things (whatever those really are!) with "worldly" things and activities (again, whatever those really are!). It is a matter of approaching whatever one does as a hermit for whom the silence of solitude and contemplative prayer informs and dictates whatever one does.
One of the truths of genuine contemplative life is that such life spills over into life for the church and world in concrete ways. When one experiences love in the way contemplative prayer allows for, one does not merely pray, but becomes God's own prayer and for this reason, one's contemplation necessarily spills over and outward. When this happens, the activity undertaken becomes part of authentic contemplative life --- it itself is contemplative in the best sense of the word. Should it become seductive on its own behalf and lead one away from the more strictly silent and solitary, or disrupt one's ability to center in and quiet oneself more deeply for solitary contemplative prayer, then something needs attention.
As for having little contact with the "outside world", it is true that hermits have a good deal less of it than most people, and maintain such contact as they do have with a care and attentiveness which many today do not exercise, but the Canon governing diocesan eremitical life speaks of "stricter separation from the world" where "world" has a very particular meaning, namely and primarily, that which is closed and resistant to Christ. (Holland, Handbook on Canons 573-746: definition provided by Ellen O'Hara in "Norms Common to All Institutes of Consecrated Life")) We need to remember that in this sense, the "world" may mean much of what lies outside the hermitage, but also, that it applies to much within our own hearts, and so, is something closing the door of the hermitage will not shut out but rather will shut in!
For the most part I remain within my hermitage so that I can spend time with God alone, and also so he may occasion the healing and sanctification of those parts of my heart which are truly "worldly" in this primary and limited sense. This necessarily means limiting or even avoiding aspects of God's good creation as well (another Johannine meaning of the term "world"), but, I am not a recluse, nor am I a stereotype --- venerable, bearded, or otherwise! --- and so, in limited and judicious ways I participate in activities and relationships which are both an expression of, and assist me in growing as a person AND THERFORE AS A HERMIT (and vice versa)! Again, each hermit will discern what is right in these regards for herself and for the vocation to eremitical life generally. Should, she find that she is called outside the hermitage too much, or that she is engaged in apostolic activity for much more than a very limited amount of her time, or even that this activity --- how ever limited (and beneficial) it may be --- is an obstacle to settling back into the solitude of the cell or hermitage, then, as already noted, something has gone awry and she needs to discern seriously what that is and where she is truly called.
On the other hand, a "hermit" who refuses to become involved in some limited degree of ministerial activity outside the hermitage because a stereotypical idea of eremitical life does not allow for it, or because of selfishness, misanthropy, lack of generosity, or a failure to discern what eremitical life needs to be in today's church and world in order to be a prophetic and contemplative presence there, may have failed her vocation every bit as much as the hermit who cannot stay in her cell appropriately (that is, as one who cannot maintain an appropriate "custody of the cell."). Clearly discernment does not cease once one has been professed and consecrated!
I hope this is helpful. Let me know if it raises more questions or is unclear in any way.
06 May 2010
Regarding Diocesan Hermits: Hoods Up or Down? And what about Apostolic Activity?
[[Dear Sister Laurel, I was just reading your posts on the cowl because I have been viewing a number of videos in which monks are wearing or not wearing their hoods up. I am wondering what dictates when the hood is up or down. Also, would you comment on the apostolic activity in the life of a hermit. I think that most of us have a picture of hermits as people (usually venerable old men who live in the desert in an isolated hut) who, other than offering spiritual direction to those who come to them, have little other contact with the "outside" world. I am so drawn to your posts and I thank you for them. They are so informative and inspirational to this closet contemplative.]]
Posted by Sr. Laurel M. O'Neal, Er. Dio. at 2:29 PM
Labels: Catholic Hermits, Contemplation and action, Diocesan Hermit, monastic or eremitic cowl