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SeaWorld Tortures Disabled Veteran
SeaWorld Tortures Disabled Veteran
SeaWorld's Busch Gardens Theme Parks draw their crowds with their thrill rides.
They do not want the Elderly, or Disabled Veterans, in wheelchairs, and with Service Animals, spoiling the "festive atmosphere" of their Parks.
Billy Kidwell is a 100% Service-Connected Disabled Veteran with a severe back injury, obtained durring a Rocket Attack in Vietnam, and a unique Life-Threatening, Stress Disorder (P.T.S.D.), that causes Kidwell Stress-Caused Heart Attacks, when he is exposed to Stress.
Because of his disabilities Kidwell needs an electric wheel chair, and his Service Animals, two small Japanese Chins, to spend the day at Busch Gardens with his family, as Kidwell avoids the crowds, sitting out of the way by himself, while his family enjoys the rides.
According to the United States Department of Justice, dogs that calm a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, (PTSD), during an anxiety attack, are ALWAYS considered a "Service Animal", pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Click Here to See the Justice Department Rules
SeaWorld said that they consider P.T.S.D. Service Dogs, for Combat Veterans like Kidwell, to be "Emotional Therapy Dogs". Click here to see the Busch Gardens E-Mail
According to the Americans with Disabilities Act Busch Gardens was only allowed to ask two questions, is the dog a Service Animal. and what service does it provide. [See the U.S. Justice Department Rules].
Bush Gardens violated the law by having an employee, untrained as to the requirements of the ADA, and the law on Service Animals, arbitrarily, and capriciously, decide that a P.T.S.D. Service Animal, is some kind of "Therapy" Dog, when Federal Law says a P.T.S.D. Dog is ALWAYS a Service Animal.
To ban P.T.S.D. Dogs in effect bans every member of the Military that has been in heavy combat, and NEEDS a Service Animal.
To understand the motive for the Torture of Disabled Veterans in the Eleventh Circuit, you have to understand the extreme hate judges in the Eleventh Circuit have for Pro Se Litigants, the Bill of Rights, and Individual Rights, and Freedoms in America.
In the early 1920's an ideology crept into every aspect of the German Government. They wanted to unite Germans into a Master Race, while excluding those they considered to belong to inferior races, the Jews, and other undesirables.
They formed the NAZI Party, and Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany.
For the past forty years a similar ideology, just as dangerous as the NAZI Master Race Ideology, has been taking place in America's Government, and America's Courts, and especially in the Eleventh Circuit.
Trump supporters refer to it as the "SWAMP", because our government has drifted away from the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Great Ideas of Personal Freedoms, and Individual Rights, that this Country was founded on, and has become a country where individuals are no longer important, and do not have "Meaningful" rights.
A handful of the Rich, and Powerful, Corporations, and Special Interests, have taken over this country, bribing our Politicians, and using Lobbyists to Appoint America's Judges.
They want to use their vast money, and lobbyist "Bribes", to overthrow our Constitutional Government, from within, abolish the Bill of Rights, and establish a government where only the Elite, the Corporations, and Special Interests have rights.
They are just as evil as the NAZIs, and more dangerous to America's Freedom, then ISIS.
This movement threatening America's Freedoms, and way of life, has an idealism based on Federalism, Corporatocracy, and Oligarchy.
They want the kind of government proposed, before the bitter 1787-88 battle over ratification of the Constitution, and before Representative, James Madison, introduced Nine Amendments to the Constitution, to limit Judicial Power, and provide specific guarantees of personal freedoms, and rights, to the people of the United States.
They want a government where those privileged enough to be a Politician, or a Federal Judge, are "God-Like", and belong to a "Master Race", above the law, and entitled to collect bribes, and gifts, from lobbyists, Corporations, and Special Interests, as they feed at the Public Trough, and fix cases for their "friends", and/or, for Personal Gain.
They want a United States Government without the Bill of Rights, and Individual Rights, and Freedoms.
In the past thirty (30) years, Lobbyists for Corporations, and Special Interests, have intensified their efforts to bribe, and buy America's Government, and to get Activist Federal Judges appointed on the Eleventh Circuit, that share their Perverted "Master Race" Federalism Ideology, and are willing to litigate from the bench, abolishing the Bill in Rights, to strip the "Inferior Public" of their rights, and freedoms, while fixing cases for Special Interests.
Those lobbyists have filled the Eleventh Circuit with their Perverted "Master Race" Federalism, Special Interest Judges.
These Eleventh Circuit "Federalist" Judges have been secretly overthrowing our government, perverting the United States Constitution, and abolishing the Bill of Rights.
They have destroyed the Great Ideas of Personal Freedoms, and Individual Rights, that this Country was founded on, with each case in which they violate their Judicial Oath, by Obstructing Pro Se Litigants from exercising "Meaningful" Access to America's Courts.
In the Eleventh Circuit America is no longer a government "Of the People, by the People, and for the People".
The "People" that can't afford Attorneys, and are forced to proceed Pro Se, are openly abused, harassed, and denied even a speck of honesty, or fairness, by Eleventh Circuit Courts because they belong to the "Inferior Class", which consists of citizens unable to afford Attorneys.
The "People", Individual Rights, and the Bill of Rights, mean nothing to this Court's "Master Race".
In recent decisions, Judges on the Eleventh Circuit have made it clear that they have abolished the Bill of Rights, and they consider anyone who cannot afford to hire an Attorney, "unworthy of justice", or even a smidgen of honesty, or fair treatment. [Emphasis added.]
Eleventh Circuit Judges believe that if you are not rich, not a Corporation, or a "Special Interest", and if you cannot afford to buy justice, by being rich enough to hire an Attorney, then you are not deserving of Individual Rights, Honesty, or Fair Treatment, in the Eleventh Circuit.
You have no rights.
As these Federalist Judges have secretly taken over the Eleventh Circuit, they have abolished the First Amendment, by systematically Obstructing "Meaningful" Access to Eleventh Circuit Courts, to what they consider to be the "Inferior Classes", which are those who work, the poor, and America's Veterans, anyone that cannot afford the luxury of hiring an Attorney to protect their rights, and must proceed Pro Se.
Pro Se Litigants are no longer allowed to access the Courts in Forma Pauperis, and must become completely dissolute, and hopeless, and willing to starve their own families, and use their food, and rent money to pay the filing fees in the Eleventh Circuit.
It is the "Policy" of Judges in the Eleventh Circuit to make the poor crawl, beg, starve their families, including their children, and even take money needed for life-saving medicines, and give that money to the Eleventh Circuit, as a requirement to have access to the Eleventh Circuit's Courts.
If you can't pay in the Eleventh Circuit, you are not human, and have no right to access the Courts.
And once you pay their filing fee, you are still denied justice because it is predetermined that the Pro Se Litigant will lose, because no judge in the Eleventh Circuit "Master Race" is going to give a Pro Se Litigant in the "Inferior Class", an iota of honesty, or fairness.
But this hate of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and extreme hate of Americans in the "Inferior Unable to Afford an Attorney Class" is not the Court's only motive.
Judges in the Eleventh Circuit are mostly Silver-Spooned Politicians, many of whom owe "favors" to Corporations, and those that got them appointed as judges, while many Eleventh Circuit Judges also have investments in Corporations that are being sued in their Court.
They fix cases for those they owe favors to, and for corporations they have a financial stake in.
In this case, several of those "Motives" are present, which is why Judges in the Eleventh Circuit, want Kidwell dead so bad.
Kidwell is an idealist, a Rights Activist, and Veteran Activist, who sets up webpages, fighting for other Veterans, fighting Corporate Corruption, and exposing the Corruption, and Anti-Constitutional Decisions in the Federal Court System.
There is nothing Eleventh Circuit Judges hate more than a citizen foolish enough to think they actually have rights, or someone that exposes corruption in the Federal Court System.
There is an unwritten "Rule" that Federal Judges stick together, like a Mafia Crime Family, and cover-up crimes, and misconduct, for each other.
In this case there is a personal motive by Judge Steele because the Appellant caught Theme Parks in Florida ripping off the disabled, and violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, to ban, and restrict the disabled from their parks, in direct violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Judge, John E. Steele, is known to have invested very substantial amounts of money in Florida Theme Parks, that will be directly affected by Kidwell's Lawsuit.
The Torture-Victim, Billy Kidwell, is also a member of the "Inferior Class of Citizens" unable to afford to hire an Attorney, which is the class hated, with a passion, by Eleventh Circuit Judges.
As you can see, Judges on the Eleventh Circuit have several, very strong, Personal, and Political Motives, for wanting the Appellant dead, which is why they have done everything they can to cause the Pro Se Appellant's Death.
The Appellant-Torture Victim, Billy Kidwell, was forced to starve his family, and forced to use money needed to buy life-saving blood pressure, and heart medication for his wife, as a "Requirement" by Magistrate Carol Mirando for the victim to have access to the District Court.
Magistrate Carol Mirando would not even look at the Appellant-Victim's Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis for eight (8) months, until the same day she dismissed the Victim's Lawsuit against SeaWorld.
That intentional hardship intentionally imposed on the Torture-Victim by Magistrate Carol Mirando caused the Torture-Victim to suffer Massive, Undue Stress.
Magistrate, Carol Mirando, habitually lied, and falsified the record, while she encouraged Perjury, the Subornation of Perjury, Rule Violations, and Dishonesty, by SeaWorld's Attorneys, while she fixed this case for SeaWorld, covering up Perjury by SeaWorld, because of her hate for the "Inferior Pro Se Litigant Class".
Magistrate, Carol Mirando, allowed Attorneys for SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. to suborn Perjury, and file a Perjured Sworn Declaration by SeaWorld Assistant Secretary, Paul B. Powers, in which he claimed, under oath, that SeaWorld does not own, or operate the Theme Park Busch Gardens Tampa.
Meanwhile, the CEO of SeaWorld, Joel Manby, signed an Affidavit, under oath, on the Form 10K SeaWorld filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, in which the CEO of SeaWorld contradicted the Declaration of Paul Powers, by stating that SeaWorld Entertainment Does Own, and Does Operate Busch Gardens Tampa.
Clearly, one of the two SeaWorld Officials committed Perjury.
Either SeaWorld owns, and operates Busch Gardens Tampa, as SeaWorld CEO, Joel Manby, claims, or SeaWorld doesn't own, or operate Busch Gardens Tampa, as SeaWorld Assistant Secretary, Paul Powers, claims. Both stories can't be true.
The two Affidavits directly contradict each other.
The Torture Victim pointed this out to Magistrate Carol Mirando, as Required by Title 18 §4, and Magistrate Carol Mirando immediately attacked the Torture Victim, threatened him, and Covered-Up the Perjury by SeaWorld, so that she could fix Appellant's Lawsuit for her "Attorney Friends" at SeaWorld.
Magistrate, Carol Mirando, intentionally lied in Appellant's Lawsuit against SeaWorld by saying the Appellant, Billy Kidwell, lives hundreds, and hundreds, of miles from Busch Gardens Tampa, when she knows such a statement is not true.
This is a clear, indisputable, example of how corrupt United States District Court Judges, and Magistrates, lie, and encourage Perjury by "Fellow Attorneys", to fix cases for Corporations, and Special Interest(s), when one party is a Pro Se Litigant, in the "Inferior Class", without the protection of an Attorney, in the Eleventh Circuit.
Judges Gerald Bard Tjoflat, Charles R. Wilson, and Julie Carnes are doing everything they can to cover-up the Attempt on Appellant, Billy Kidwell's Life by Judge Steele, and the fixing of Appellant's ADA Lawsuit against SeaWorld Entertainment, in favor of SeaWorld, by Magistrate Carol Mirando.
This is the "Motive" for the Torture. America's Disabled Veterans deserve better.


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Jesus Franco as director and Lina Romay naked. A winning pair for yet another film interpreted by the icon of erotism Lina Romay. You can't avoid getting excited in front of her breast or her round and plentiful bottom. In this film, as well as various nude appearances of the beautiful Lina, there's also a delicate lesbian scene with Mari Carmen Nieto and then again an orgy, with Alicia Príncipe, too. So much bare skin, and fans of nude actresses can enjoy video clips extracted from this movie, in our archives. Now in HD!
Night of 1,000 Sexes
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Within the Mt Baker region, a range of different kinds of businesses exist. Everything from luxury bed & breakfasts to grocery stores. Please search our site for businesses and services, or check out the links below.
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The Watering Hole – A Magazine for the Fivefold Ministry
A Word from Apostle Craig Toach
Table of Contents:
What is the Watering Hole?
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How do I get my hands on the next edition?
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You have just picked up your ticket to an adventure of a lifetime. What you hold in your hands, and every other edition that follows, is a resource that you will find reading over and over again. Within the pages, you will find a wealth of information and freshly lived lessons that you can use every day.
Each magazine has been designed around a specific topic that you may have questions about and have been seeking answers for. With the wealth of experienced fivefold ministers, in all the offices, we can give you the no nonsense answers you need to hear.
We will give you a fresh perspective on the good, the bad, and the ugly, on all subjects, so you never leave without answers.
So make space on your bookshelf and get ready for the adventure of the lifetime, as we walk this road together and sit at the Watering Hole for a good chat and drink of spiritual goodness!
Each edition is made possible by you! The love gifts you and others like you give this ministry, make this possible.
The Watering Hole is a labor of love and it is our pleasure to do it. Yet, without the support from you, we could not bless the body of Christ and those that really need it. So thank you for being a part of enriching the body of Christ and being a part of what we do!
Each donation we receive ensures another magazine will be on its way!
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Studying Physics in Germany
Physicists search for laws underlying the natural processes on earth and in the cosmos.
An article by Maren Wernecke in collaboration with Jan Ludwig
That is what it's about
Time and space are the two major dimensions of physics. It always involves movements, interactions and energy. Physicists explore and describe the behaviour of the smallest particles, deal with the structure and properties of matter and try to fathom the universe. "Physicists want to understand what holds the world together at its core," says Gert-Ludwig Ingold, professor at the Uni Augsburg in Germany and spokesperson for the conference of the departments of Physics. The three areas of mathematics, theoretical physics and experimental physics are dealt with in roughly equal parts in the first three or four semesters. In mathematics, four hours of analysis or linear algebra a week are common at the beginning. Theoretical physics focuses on traditional mechanics, electrodynamics, thermodynamics and statistical physics as well as quantum mechanics. Students learn how to perform calculations using many models. The aim is for students to gain insight into how the individual phenomena are mathematically related. Experimental physics initially focuses on mechanics, the theory of heat, electrodynamics and optics followed later on by quantum physics, atomic and molecular physics as well as solid-state, nuclear and particle physics. Pictures and analogies help to understand phenomena better – for example the idea that electrons behave like waves. Students learn how to deal with measuring instruments and conduct tests in the lab. The experiments become more complicated each semester. Many experiments are also presented in the lectures at the beginning. Students can then specialise in the later semesters of the Bachelor's. Possible subjects include atomic and molecular physics, semi-conductor physics, quantum optics and photonics, surface physics or gravity and relativity. The specialisations offered in Germany differ from university to university. For prospective teachers, the focus is on experimental physics.
suitability, obstacles, misconceptions
Mathematical relations, derivations and proofs – the first semesters are similar to a degree course in Mathematics. "I need mathematics to explain something as physically elementary as a pendulum," says Ingold. Even bright students can't afford to start preparing for examinations shortly before: students who are sloppy in their follow-up of lectures or who don't complete their practice exercises consistently are quickly left behind. Part of the learning process is spending at times hours puzzling over a single task – sometimes without finding the right solution. But persistence is worthwhile. "The amount of work at the beginning is extremely high. But if you survive the first semesters, you are very likely to succeed," says Ingold. Securing a place at university in Germany is not a problem: most Bachelor's degree courses in Physics do not have course entrance restrictions.


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U.S. Army Sergeant John Williams served for almost two decades in Iraq and earned a Bronze Star with Valor, but his time in the armed forces left him with joint problems in his knees. His service dog, Winchester, helps him get around and accompanied him when he wanted to set up a booth at the Tri-State Gun Show. That's when the man who was in charge of the show, Thomas Allman, said Winchester the dog wasn't allowed to enter.
Winchester was provided to Sergeant Williams by Soldier Dogs for Independence, a non-profit group that provides veterans who have physical or mental injuries with service dogs. He is a trained service dog, but that didn't stop Allman asking Williams to leave, claiming that the dog would make him sick.
Michael Barrentine, president of Soldier Dogs for Independence, said, "There's so much irony, you have a 21 year veteran of the United States armed forces that's disabled due to his military service that's getting kicked out of the armory he spent most of his time in, because he was in the armed forces."
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) says that allergies and fear of dogs are not valid excuses for denying a person with a service dog entry. When asked about the ADA, Allman said, "It doesn't apply because he's not setting up at my gun show because we don't allow dogs in my gun show," which is surely a string of words put together, but ultimately means nothing.
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Allman went on to say that he would sue Williams if he ended up getting sick because of the dog. Williams, however, has an actual valid claim against Allman for asking him to leave the gun show, which is a fairly direct violation of the ADA. Williams is still considering whether or not to press charges.
Do you think Sergeant Williams should press charges? Was Allman in the right for asking Williams to leave? Let us know in the comments below!
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|Training complex judgment: The effects of critical thinking and complex judgment
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Van Gog, Tamara
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|The aim of the studies undertaken for this dissertation was to investigate: (a) whether critical thinking instruction benefits transfer of complex judgment skills, (b) the effects of random and blocked practice schedules on learning, retention and transfer of complex judgment skills and (c) the effects of critical thinking prompts in random and blocked practice schedules. The results of the two field experiments and two laboratory experiments that were undertaken to determine the separate effects of critical thinking and contextual interference, respectively, will not be presented at the ICLEPS video conference. Suffice to note that these experiments showed significant benefits of both critical thinking instruction and random practice schedules for learning complex judgment. The ICLEPS presentation will focus on (c) and discuss the final study into the combined effects of critical thinking and practice schedule. The final study involved a 2 x 3 factorial experiment (N = 120) with the factors practice schedule (random, blocked) and critical thinking prompts (proactive, retrospective, none). Here, a blocked schedule led to better performance than random practice during learning, but not on the transfer test, where a random schedule was beneficial. An interaction effect was also found: whereas retrospective critical thinking prompts have surplus value in a random schedule, transfer test performance following a blocked schedule is enhanced through proactive critical thinking prompts. Concluding, critical thinking instruction teaches students a better judgment strategy and enhances understanding of the domain. Furthermore, with a correct timing of critical thinking prompts, not only random but also blocked practice schedules can greatly enhance learning and transfer performance.
|Helsdingen, A. S., Van Gog, T., & Van Merrienboer, J. J. G. (2009). Training complex judgment: The effects of critical thinking and contextual interference. Paper presented at the International Center for Learning, Education and Performance Systems (ICLEPS). Talahassee, Florida: Florida State University.
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This is part 5 of my series of the most common PowerShell errors that are made in my PowerShell classes. I will be posting one a day to help you understand why an error occurred and what the error's meaning is.
Today's error: The input object cannot be bound to any parameters for the command either because the command does not take pipeline input or the input and its properties do not match any of the parameters that take pipeline input.
Here is our starting code:
Get-ADComputer -filter * |
Select-Object -Property @{Name="ComputerName";Expression={$_.Name}}|
Get-WMIobject -ClassName Win32_Bios
And here is the full error:
Get-WMIobject : The input object cannot be bound to any parameters for the command either because the command does not take pipeline
input or the input and its properties do not match any of the parameters that take pipeline input.
At line:3 char:9
+ Get-WMIobject -ClassName Win32_Bios
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (@{ComputerName=DomainAdmins1}:PSObject) [Get-WmiObject], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InputObjectNotBound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand
We need to ask ourselves "What information am I passing to Get-WMIObject?" and "Why?" If we execute the first two commands we get this:
By the looks of things, we are passing objects with a ComputerName property to Get-WMIObject. I'm willing to bet the intent is to execute Get-WMIObject against remote devices. OK, is this possible through the PowerShell Pipeline. Let's see if Get-WMIObject has a –ComputerName parameter.
-ComputerName [
Specifies the target computer for the management operation. Enter a fully qualified domain name, a NetBIOS name, or an IP
address. When the remote computer is in a different domain than the local computer, the fully qualified domain name is
The default is the local computer. To specify the local computer, such as in a list of computer names, use "localhost",
the local computer name, or a dot (.).
This parameter does not rely on Windows PowerShell remoting, which uses WS-Management. You can use the ComputerName
parameter of Get-WmiObject even if your computer is not configured to run WS-Management remote commands.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value none
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
It does, and it accepts multiple values. The only problem, it does not accept input from the pipeline. This will not work unless we recode.
Use ForeEach-Object.
ForeEach-Object has the unique capability of tricking cmdlets into being used in the PowerShell pipeline. Take a look at this code:
Get-ADComputer -filter * |
ForEach-Object {
Get-WMIobject -ClassName Win32_Bios -ComputerName $_.Name
Here we are encapsulating the Get-WMIObject cmdlet inside of ForEach-Object. We do need to explicitly use the –ComputerName parameter of Get-WMIObject. Remember, it does not accept pipeline input and we are not attempting to pass it pipeline input directly. We also need to specify which property of the current object in the PowerShell Pipeline that we want to use. In this case, it is the value of the name property.


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The Ocean of Breath
Is trying to control your breath a little like trying to control the ocean? How can we "dive in" if we're fearful?
A Playlist to Help You Relax, Renew & Restore
We need to calm our nervous systems and give our poor adrenals a break every now and then!
Move & Groove
It's freakin' cold outside! So plug in this playlist, and salute the sun with these invigorating tunes!
It's Time For a Playlist!
Breathe Repeat Contributor, Jamie Lugo, shares some of her favorite summer tunes.
#GetOnYourMat and get your flow on!
Listen. Repeat.
A playlist that's sure to inspire you and get you grooving on your mat!
Enlighten Up!
A recap of what went down at the devotional, ecstatic Laughing Lotus event, Body & Soul: Take Me to the River!
Summer Yoga Playlist
These songs either have a great message or an amazing beat to bop around to… or BOTH! So turn up the volume and #getonyourmat!
What the Heck is Center?
We're often told to "find center" in yoga class. But what the heck does that mean?
Why Is My Yoga Teacher Obsessed With My Groin?
Why is "stacking your hips between two planes of glass" in Triangle Pose a terrible idea?
As far as your breath is concerned – you've just been kicked in the groins!
Cool Off!
I don't know about you, but the perfect YOGA PLAYLIST always helps me get my mind off the sweat rolling down my brow…


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Program Policies
These policies exist to maintain a safe and professional environment. PLEASE REVIEW THESE POLICIES CAREFULLY. You can also download a printable copy of our policies here.
Program Enrollment Process
For our Therapy Programs, any person diagnosed with an emotional, physical, or cognitive disability from age 2 years and up is eligible to apply for enrollment. Students between the ages of 2-4 must be seen by a licensed physical or occupational therapist.
For our Sport Programs, any able-bodied rider/driver and rider/drivers with disabilities seeking a competitive and/or independent sports track is eligible to apply for enrollment. Generally speaking, riders begin traditional lessons no younger than age 5.
For the health of our horses and the safety of our riders and sidewalkers, we generally do not accommodate riders in excess of 200 lbs. in mounted sessions. We make exceptions for athletes (with and without disabilities) in our sports programs. If it is determined that a rider does not have the requisite balance to stay astride the horse, a mounted program is not appropriate. Alternative means of interaction with horses, such as grooming or adaptive carriage driving, will be recommended for individuals who would still like to participate in an equine-facilitated activity.
There are additional steps that students must meet before we can enroll them in our program.
- The first step is to contact the Head of School at Carlisle Academy to discuss space availability and program suitability (207-985-0374, firstname.lastname@example.com).
- We will determine eligibility and assists the necessary paperwork including insurance benefits and other funding resources as needed, including scholarships through our charitable partner, the Carlisle Charitable Foundation.
- An intake and evaluation meeting will be scheduled with the appropriate Carlisle staff to establish an individualized plan of care or find an appropriate program type.
- Once the enrollment material is completed and the medical paperwork has been reviewed, the student is enrolled in an upcoming session or placed on a waiting list. No student may begin at Carlisle until the necessary paperwork is received.
- Enrollment midway through a session is considered on a case-by-case basis.
Tuition Payments & Credits
Payment Policy
- Tuition is based on a per diem fee or the full session, as indicated on the tuition sheet.
- Students are billed monthly.
- Students receiving a CCF award must pay their balance before the start of the session.
- All agencies/schools are billed monthly, unless other contract terms have been established.
- If a student is unable to pay the balance in the time requested, a payment plan will be established with the office.
- A student may not enroll in another session until their balance is paid in full, or it is established that their payment plan extends beyond this time frame.
- Carlisle Academy is an out-of-network provider for all insurances policies with the exception of Maine Community Health Options. Families will be provided with a packet of information on how to file their own claims.
- Students/Interns who also participate as a sidewalking Apprentice within the allotted time (see Apprentice Program) will receive a 15% lesson discount.
- For multiple children/family members enrolled per session, a 10% discount will be applied to the second member's balance (or the lesser amount) after other forms of tuition support have been accounted for. In the event that the rider is also an apprentice, a 15% discount will be applied to one of the lesson spots only.
- For students who participate in more than one program or lesson per week, a 10% discount will be applied to the second program's balance (or the lesser amount) after other forms of tuition support have been accounted for. In the event that the rider is also an apprentice, a 15% discount will be applied to one of the lesson spots only.
- Discounts and pro-rations only apply to a student's balance, and not portions paid by other parties (e.g. insurances, a foundation).
- No pro-rations or discounts apply to students enrolled in CCF-sponsored Groups.
- Carlisle Academy observes rolling admissions for winter and summer sessions and for new students and will prorate tuition accordingly.
Lesson Cancellation Policy
- Carlisle Academy must coordinate staff, apprentices, and horses to plan an effective and safe lesson for each student. A 24-hour cancellation call is required for students who are unable to make a scheduled lesson. Otherwise a 50% lesson fee is applied to the student's balance.
- Students who consistently fail to give a 24-hour notice may be asked to give up their spot in the program. Students running more than 15 minutes late will forfeit their lesson for the day.
- Per diem students must maintain active attendance in order to enroll. Students who miss more than two lessons within a session may be asked to forfeit their spot to make room for students on the waiting list..
- Severe weather (thunder/high wind) may force us to cancel the mounted portion of your lesson. In the event of severe weather we will make every attempt to design a valuable unmounted activity for each student.
Refund and Credit Policy
We do not provide make up lessons for students in cancelled groups or when students are ill or other absences. Refunds or credits are available under the following circumstances:
- Cancellation is initiated by Carlisle Academy. (weather, staff or equine illness). For updated weather conditions please check our "real time" weather link on our website.
- Student withdrawal due to medical reasons. (Please note: a physician's statement is required).
- Credits and refunds are determined on a on a case-by-case basis by the Head of School.
- Students who receive tuition support from other sources will receive lesson credits or refunds based upon the percentage of tuition per payer.
- Carlisle Charitable Foundation scholarships will be credited back to the Foundation within that session for unused lessons or excused absences.
Safety Equipment & Attire Policy
- Students are required to wear riding helmets during unmounted and mounted portions of their lessons. Carlisle Academy provides students with a properly fitted ASTM-SEI approved riding helmet. Students who wish to use their own helmet must present it to a staff member for approval. The helmet cannot be more than 7 years old and must bear the ASTM-SEI certified seal.
- Students should wear long pants when working around and riding horses. Students may choose denim jeans, sweat pants or riding breeches. For riders participating in hippotherapy, sweat pants or leggings are appropriate. Slippery wind pants are not allowed. It is suggested that male riders wear an athletic supporter.
- All saddles are equipped with breakaway safety stirrups. Students using stirrups are encouraged to wear riding boots or hard-soled shoes with a heel. Students participating in hippotherapy may wear sneakers.
We have a loaner closet with breeches and boots. Please consider donating outgrown riding gear to benefit others.
Parental/Guardian Involvement and Student Safety in the Farm Environment
In a farm environment, many potential safety issues exist. Please review the following to ensure safety.
- If you bring a rider to the program please enjoy the farm serenity. We have waiting areas adjacent to the arenas, and waiting areas outside the lesson barn. Please use these areas and do not congregate in the lesson barn where horses are being prepared for lessons. If we need assistance we will let you know. We suggest that you use the time at the beginning or the end of a lesson to communicate any changes or concerns that may impact your rider. In addition, if you arrive early please yield to a lesson in progress. Lastly, unless invited by the instructor or the therapist, do not talk to your child during the lesson. This is distracting and can impact lesson safety and effectiveness.
- If you have been trained as a sidewalker, you may be asked to assist in the riding arena. Please wear appropriate footwear. Sneakers and hiking boots provide the best support and protection. If we need your assistance to address things such as behavior or communication we will let you know.
- If you bring another child with you they must be supervised by you at all times and if you arrive early your child must be supervised at all times. There is an outside swing set and toys in the viewing room available to children. If you have an older child and you will be dropping them off and picking up later make sure our staff knows. At the end of the day, staff will not leave until all children have been picked up so please do not be late.
- Anyone taking pictures must first seek permission from all parties in the arena or barn. This includes our staff, volunteers and other riders.
- Horse Sense!
- No one other than Carlisle Academy staff are allowed into horse pastures.
- Equine vision is unique and items such as umbrellas, balloons, kites or quick and sudden movements outside of the ring can frighten our horses. Our horses are service animals and they are in service when they are wearing a bridle or halter. Please do not touch or speak to a horse unless you have been told you may do so.
- Normal voices must be used around our horses and yelling and screaming may scare them.
- Treat Week! Do not hand feed our horses. The last week of each session is "Treat Week" and you may bring carrots or apples at that time.
- Carlisle Academy reserves the right to dismiss from the center any guest who becomes disruptive, does not adhere to the program's policies or creates a safety concern for people or horses.
General Information
- A unisex, handicapped accessible public toilet is located on the farm property.
- Smoking is not allowed on the farm property. If you see someone smoking, please let us know.
- If you need proximal parking, please make sure your you have car hanger or plate and park in the areas indicated by the "handicapped" parking signs near the arenas or lesson barn.
- Do not send riders if they are ill.
- Carlisle Academy is a "sex offender restricted zone" as defined in Section 261(4) of Title 17-A of the Maine Revised Statutes. Any person who is required to register in Maine for placement on Maine's sex offender registry and who has been convicted of a sex offense against another person who had not attained 14 years of age may not have any direct or indirect contact at Carlisle with another person who has not attained 14 years of age. Carlisle reserves the right to exclude from its program and the premises it controls any person convicted of a sex offense.
- All service and personal dogs must be on a leash while on the property.
- Anyone licensed by the state of Maine to carry a firearm must keep it in a locked car while on private property belonging to Spring Creek Farm.
Student Dismissal & Discharge Policy
It is at the discretion of Carlisle Academy's Head of School to accept or remove a student from the program. Students who do not adhere to the rules and procedures or cease to meet the guidelines for eligibility are subject to dismissal or discharge. No student will be dismissed without an opportunity to discuss the reasons with supervisory staff. The student may at any time, decide to end the student relationship with Carlisle Academy. Notice of such a decision should be communicated to Carlisle Academy staff as soon as possible.
Possible grounds for dismissal or discharge may include, but are not limited to:
- conduct endangering another student or staff
- conduct endangering themselves
- consistent failure to follow safety procedures with respect to the horses
- Rider weight: exceeding 200 pounds and height impacting equine safety and health
- Excessive high or low tone impacting equine safety and health
- Excessive postural sway or unbalance while riding impacting equine safety and health
- In ability to provide the rider with safe and sufficient support from sidewalkers
- Behaviors jeopardizing the safety of the horse, instructor, therapist, side walker or other students
- Continued failure to cancel lessons in advance
- A change in medical condition should it be determined that it is no longer safe or beneficial for a rider to continue.
- At the discretion of a therapist, the student has met all therapy goals. Prior to discharge the therapist would meet with the student/guardian/caregiver to review rationale and offer recommendations which may include a transition to another Carlisle program.


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I had a chance to make another card with the Rustic Wreath stamp set from Papertrey. This one I tried to keep clean and simple for the 3rd day of class of the OCC Holiday Card Workshop 2013. Clean and simple is hard for me, I always seem to want to fill up all of that space! Anyways, I used Rustic Cream cardstock and Pine Feather ink from Papertrey. I colored the wreath in with some Crayola colored pencils using two different greens for some shading. I also used a bit of red stickles that I got at Michaels for some berries. I really like how this one turned out and like how easy and quick it was to make (I guess that's the beauty of clean and simple).
Hope you like it and thanks for visiting my blog! Have a fabulous day!
Dori :)


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Good Riddance
Good Riddance : Phrases
An expression of pleasure on being rid of some annoyance - usually an individual.
From Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, 1609:
THERSITES I will see you hanged, like clotpoles, ere I come any more to your tents: I will keep where there is wit stirring and leave the faction of fools.
PATROCLUS: A good riddance.
The phrase is often extended and emphasized as to good riddance to bad rubbish, or as it was first coined good riddance of bad rubbish. Charles Dickens was the first author to record that in print, in his 1848 novel Dombey and son:
"A good riddance of bad rubbish!" said that wrathful old lady [speaking of Susan Nipper]. "Get along with you, or I'll have you carried out!"
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Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade Simon Coveney T.D., address to the United Nations General Assembly. New York, 23 September 2017
Allow me to begin by offering Ireland's sympathy to all of those in Mexico affected by the devastating earthquake earlier this week and to commend all those who have been engaged in the heroic rescue operations of the last few days. I also want to extend condolences to the representatives of people in the Caribbean islands who are facing extraordinary difficulties following the recent relentless hurricanes.
This is no time for business as usual at the UN. The international community is facing unprecedented challenges, and must respond.
I'm here because I think this Organisation matters. This is an Organisation that now faces daily challenges to its political authority and management missions.
My country, Ireland, has kept faith with the UN since we joined as a young Republic, which had fought hard for its own independence and saw being a member of the UN as fundamental to its future and the future security of its people. We still do over 60 years later.
Our faith has not been misplaced, and it is as strong today as ever. But we certainly have something to say about the future of the Organisation and the role we believe it must play in reducing suffering across the globe, and securing a shared peace, and security, and prosperity for everybody.
Given our history as a small country, with its own troubled past, we see very clearly the advantages of a rules-based order in international affairs. It is because Ireland is small, outward looking and heavily dependent on external trade for our own well-being that we pursue an active foreign policy as we do.
As Ireland's experience in the European Union has shown us, we are far stronger acting collectively than we are acting alone. Partnership and cooperation has brought peace and prosperity to the European continent. In fact, for Ireland, our membership of the European Union, working closely with other Member States has strengthened our independence and self-confidence and security rather than diminished it.
So it is through collective actions that we reinforce our own security and well-being, and that is what the UN needs to be all about.
The case for international cooperation and multilateralism is compelling. By working together we lay foundations of trust, we align our perspectives more closely, we accept our differences more willingly and we build habits, perhaps most importantly, of cooperation that better allow us to address the common threats and opportunities that we should be facing together.
The alternatives of unilateralism, transactional diplomacy, protectionism and confrontation are not, in fact, viable alternatives at all. Their short-term populist appeal obscures their long-term cost, and surely we have learned that from history.
We are living in an era where local and global challenges are intersecting with increasing force. Today's problems do not carry passports or recognise international borders. There are no unilateral solutions for the vast majority of the global challenges that we face together.
Local and regional issues - from climate change to migration, to armed conflict, to hunger, to the destroying of the marine environment in certain parts of the world – often become global issues, including in corners of the world where their origins are far, far away.
The enormous scale of the challenges facing the world might lead some to question whether multilateralism and the UN is up to the task. My response is that we can be and we must be.
When properly mobilised, when we pull together and move from debating chambers like this one to actually getting things done on the ground, we can move mountains together. The UN delivers extraordinary results such as the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The UN has led the global effort to eradicate Smallpox; to end Apartheid; to promote Arms Control; to save the lives of millions of children through UNICEF; and to protect our cultural heritage through UNESCO.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a stand-out recent achievement. The Sustainable Development Goals have the power and potential to transform our world, addressing the root causes of poverty, inequality, and instability. However, their potential can only be realised through a strong and confident multilateral system which empowers Member States to reach ambitious but necessary targets that we set for ourselves.
Having played an important role in facilitating agreement on the SDGs in 2015, Ireland is committed to their implementation, domestically and through our foreign policy.
Failure should not be an option here. The UN is the fulcrum upon which we can leverage the change required. But the walls dividing the three pillars of the UN – that of development, human rights, and peace and security- have in the past impeded our efforts to accelerate sustainable development. The SDGs represent a fundamental breakthrough in my view, recognising the many aspects of sustainable development that straddle these pillars. As we move forward on implementation we must break down this Organisation's institutional silos that do sometimes hinder progress.
Since we gathered here a year ago, we appointed António Guterres as Secretary-General of this Organisation. Ireland believes that he has the skills, the experience and perhaps most importantly, the compassion to do a very tough, but hugely important job. The difficult international environment demands more than ever brave and principled leadership. We welcome the clear direction the Secretary-General is providing and the steps he is taking to reform this Organisation.
And, while we, the Member States, have expressed confidence in the Secretary-General as to the abilities to lead the UN forward at a time when the world is crying out for better multilateral engagement, we must allow him to lead. It is very tempting for Member States, particularly large ones, to micro-manage the work of the Secretariat here. But such an approach is likely to impede, and not enhance, reform.
But it is not enough that only the UN internal mechanisms meet the twenty-first century standards. The UN political bodies must also reflect today's world and today's realities. Nowhere is this more evident than with regard to the composition of the UN Security Council. The Security Council does not reflect the world that has evolved since the UN was established in 1945. Quite plainly, we would be hard pressed to find any entity, anywhere in the world, public or private, that remains so untouched by the changes and realities of the world around it.
Vast areas of the world are either insufficiently represented, or not represented at all on the Security Council. The need to increase the size of the Council in our view is clear. Ireland sees the obvious need for a much stronger African representation on the Council so that there can be a greater African say in Council decisions affecting their own continent. We would also favour consideration of a designated seat for Small Island Developing States. These changes are politically controversial, but we cannot ignore them forever.
But the makeup of the Security Council is not the only problem. And let's be clear and honest. While the use or threat of the veto remains in place, as it does today, the work of the Council is often impeded and the UN can be paralysed in its response capacity to the gravest crises facing the international community. The failure of the Security Council to take action to prevent mass atrocity crimes – most recently with regard to Syria, but also on other occasions – betrays victims and weakens the credibility of this Organisation. The case for reform is thus not an academic or an institutional question. It is a deeper question of fundamental legitimacy and effectiveness, and credibility for the UN in the future.
Although geographically a small island on the periphery of Europe, Ireland's people and our outlook are global, influenced by connecting with people and events around the world as we do. Ireland, like some of the other nations represented here, are like a global tribe in many ways, that extend far beyond our own island.
No part of our contribution though, to the UN resonates more with Irish people than our UN peacekeepers. The thousands of men and women who have served under blue helmets representing Ireland, our people and our values. They are true ambassadors. Since 1958, when Irish troops first began serving with the UN, not a single day has passed without Irish participation in the UN peace support operations. We believe we are making a difference.
Ireland's peacekeepers have been natural soldier-diplomats in trouble spots across the globe, particularly in Africa and the in Middle East, doing the UN's work day by day and deed by deed. Today, we have almost 550 troops in the field, Ireland is the highest per capita European Union contributor of troops to UN peacekeeping with deployments to six UN missions across the Middle East and Africa. We are making a substantial contribution to UNIFIL in particular, where, as always, our peacekeepers act with impartiality and integrity, and provide the necessary leadership required in a very difficult and challenging environment.
I am pleased to note that Ireland is committed to doubling the number of women in our Defence Forces, I was the Minister for Defence when that decision was made, with the aim also of significantly increasing female participation in peacekeeping, which is an ask of the Secretary General. As the Secretary General said at the Security Council this week, and as we know from the Women Peace and Security agenda, increased female participation leads to better decision making, improved situational awareness, and a better focus on protecting civilians, and enhanced reporting of and accountability towards sexual exploitation and abuse.
We all know that conflict prevention has the potential to save lives and to protect hard-won development gains – and that it comes at a far lower financial cost than peacekeeping operations, or post-conflict peacebuilding, and in some cases state building. We strongly support the Secretary-General's efforts to re-orientate the international community's thinking toward crisis and conflict prevention. Ireland seeks to share its own national experience and past in our work on conflict prevention, mediation and state-building. We have made some mistakes, but we have had successes too, and we would like others to share the learnings from that experience.
As the first State to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1968 we have a deep commitment to its full implementation. Earlier this week I was very pleased to sign the recently approved Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons which was supported by 122 members of this Assembly, and growing. Ireland is proud to have played a leadership role together with Austria, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, and South Africa, in bringing forward the UN Resolution convening the Diplomatic Conference that negotiated this ground-breaking treaty.
The case for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons has never been stronger as the volatile situation in the Korean Peninsula makes clear this week. I unreservedly condemn the recent series of missile and nuclear weapons testing by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. These developments highlight the urgent need for the swift and immediate entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
I understand that I will be followed today on the podium by the representative from the DPRK, and I would urge him to deescalate the provocative language and tensions of this week. This is a conflict that the world does not need, and we need to move away from.
The scale and the severity of humanitarian crises is one of the greatest challenges facing the international community. Ireland is committed to providing humanitarian assistance and contributing to international efforts to ease the plight of civilians caught in conflicts in South Sudan, Syria, Yemen and Iraq to name but a few. As these large-scale crises dominate the headlines, Ireland is conscious of the many 'forgotten' or underfunded crises and the need to maintain a focus on ensuring that human suffering, wherever in the world it occurs, is not ignored.
The vast majority of displaced people are being sheltered in communities already experiencing high levels of vulnerability and poverty, placing a huge strain on already very limited resources. As such, Ireland is supporting both refugees and vulnerable host communities, on the basis of need. And I particularly want to acknowledge the generosity of so many States – States like Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya and Uganda, and many more - who are hosting very large numbers of people displaced by conflicts in neighbouring countries.
Ireland is proud of its strong and targeted contribution to eradicating global hunger, reducing extreme poverty, addressing conflict and instability and responding to humanitarian crises wherever they occur. And it is horrifying to think that in 2017 we have four famines, effecting more that 20 million people, 70% of them children, and that we as an international community have allowed that to happen, knowing that it was on the way.
For Ireland, strong partnerships, especially with Least Developed Countries, will remain at the core of our approach as we, together, work for a peaceful and prosperous future. We applaud the Secretary General's efforts to enhance coherence, effectiveness and accountability, and the delivery of results where it matters most – which is on the ground.
The UN Charter does not begin "We the Member States", but rather "We the Peoples". Our policies and actions must reflect the inherent equality of humanity at the core of our multilateral system. In practice this means listening to and heeding the voices of women, the voices of young people, the voices of the marginalised. The Women, Peace and Security agenda has had a hugely positive impact globally with the realisation that we can create more durable and sustainable peace by working to ensure that women play their rightful role in conflict prevention and peacekeeping efforts. Ireland will play our part, including as chair of the Commission on the Status of Women for the next two years.
A similar strategic approach must be taken in engaging young people, in all our countries. Young people must have a role in shaping the future that they will ultimately inherit. Otherwise we are, on a generational basis, robbing a future from them.
We have a phrase in Irish, which the translators won't be able to translate, but in Irish, in the Irish language, it says "mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí" which, broadly translates, means "praise the youth and they will come". I can't think of any continent where this is more relevant today than in Africa. Young people are key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and we must find ways to encourage their active participation again and again and again, ensuring that they are part of shaping the solutions for the future, their future.
There are positive signs. The vitality of entrepreneurship and the creative use of technology. Infrastructure development and the potential of renewable energy. Increasing access to good education. Improvements in agricultural yields and adding value to commodities. Better prospects for women and girls in politics and economic life.
African countries are particularly affected by global challenges that are outside of their control in many ways, such as climate change, conflict and food security, which can only be addressed in their African contexts in a spirit of effective global partnership. Such partnership requires understanding local perspectives anchored in local experience, in particular on how to tackle root causes.
I want Ireland to play a leading role in Europe in helping to build better and more effective partnerships with the continent of Africa as a whole, rooted in shared interests and values, sustained over the medium to long term, on the basis of parity of esteem and equality. We need a new political architecture in my view, for the relationship between the European Union and Africa; one that matches the urgency and scale of the shared challenges that we know we are going to face over the next twenty years. We are in the same global neighbourhood, and we need to put structures in place to treat each other as true neighbours.
The Middle East is also part of Europe's close neighbourhood, and its challenges resonate deeply with people of Ireland.
The conflicts in Syria and Yemen have caused untold suffering. Ireland has responded as generously as we can, with almost €100 million euros of humanitarian aid, but what the people of Syria and Yemen need most right now is peace, to enable them to rebuild their lives, and to start the process of rebuilding their countries. I urge all sides in the two conflicts to work for an end to violence, to engage in the search for peaceful political solutions under UN auspices and for accountability for crimes committed.
Ireland is committed to constructive and principled diplomatic action on the Middle East Peace Process. Next year will be 25th anniversary of the Oslo Accords, when they were signed. We cannot let ourselves become complacent about the status quo, because the status quo is not acceptable and we know where it's going. And we cannot let our efforts to achieve peace to stagnate either. Palestinians need an end to occupation, and Israelis need security. Continued construction of settlements undermines both, and we need to act on that. I wish the US efforts success as they seek to build momentum for the first time in quite some time for peace, and a new peace initiative. Ireland will give all the support we can to achieving a Two State Solution, which we remain convinced as the only way to secure prosperity and security for both peoples. The time to act is now. We must not allow ourselves to remain cynical or jaded. We owe it to all Palestinians and Israelis to continue to bring energy and resolve and ideas to help them finally deliver a lasting peace, which is not only good for both of those peoples, but would be a desperately needed and welcome positive new story for the broader middle east as well.
In relation to Myanmar Ireland strongly condemns the violence in Rakhine State which has driven hundreds of thousands from their homes to neighbouring Bangladesh. Here at the General Assembly we have to insist on an end to violence, on the upholding of the rule of law and the recognition of the right of return for all those who have been forced to leave the country. I know this is difficult, and my friend from Singapore has highlighted the complexities of that, but we have to ensure that standards are met.
Ireland sees itself as a natural child of the UN. We are small. We are an island which has experienced colonisation and conflict, as many here have also. But here at the UN, we listen to others – especially if we hold a different view on an issue or a policy. We are convinced that in today's globalised world we must live in each other's shelter and not in each other's shadow.
Ireland's contribution to the UN in the fields of sustainable development, humanitarian assistance, disarmament, human rights and the rule of law has been steadfast. UN membership has been, and will continue to be, at the very heart of Irish foreign policy.
Ireland is proud to be a candidate for a seat in the UN Security Council in the elections to be held in 2020. We have presented our candidature because we believe deeply that we should step forward and play our part in support of multilateralism at a time of significant global instability and realignment of geopolitical influence. We have something to say and we will listen to you when you speak. We will be courageous on behalf of the UN when needed. With Ireland, you know what you get – a small country with big thinking, a country that listens, and a strong independent voice that promotes the values that should inspire this Organisation in the future.
Thank you very much.


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text: More than 50 million people were forcibly uprooted worldwide at the end of last year, the highest level since after World War Two, as people fled crises from Syria to South Sudan, the UN refugee agency noted. Half are children, many of them caught up in conflicts or persecution that world powers have been unable to prevent or end, UNHCR said in its annual Global Trends report."We are really facing a quantum leap, an enormous increase of forced displacement in our world," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres told a news briefing.The overall figure of 51.2 million displaced people soared by six million from a year earlier. They included 16.7 million refugees and 33.3 million displaced within their homelands, and 1.2 million asylum seekers whose applications were pending.


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I just knit a swatch of a 3-row, 3-stitch-repeat pattern that I like.
Cast on a multiple of 3 stitches.
Row 1: *Knit 1, purl 2, repeat from * to end.
Row 2: same as row 1
Row 3: Knit.
It has (barely) mostly knit stitches (5:4 knit:purl). It has a very intriguing texture, almost like a waffle weave. And, of course, since it's 3 rows, it's a reversible fabric.
Here's the chart:
I'll post a picture soon.


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Trump will order wall built today, but it's not that simple
There are a million things we could have done as a Nation- other than building a physical wall. Trump doesn't know how to communicate with other Representatives from other countries, or even try to work towards World Peace or better negotiations.
With an already outlandish deficit, who is paying for the stupid wall I ask?
Has anyone ever really answered that? No.
Trump wants Mexico to pay for it but are they?
Is that really something that would benefit that country?
Is it something that's really even realistic? I say no again.
In my humble opinion, Trump makes decisions in one second doesn't think them out. He doesn't think about the big picture and doesn't think about what the repercussions are about the decisions he makes. Even after owning all his supposed businesses, he us an ignorant, rude, not triple winbing man. I call Trump a Triple Loser. Not only is he stupid but he does not care but he thinks he's always right and never wants to learn and doesn't even admit when he's wrong, even when he's committed crimes against women that are so disgusting it makes a reasonable person want to vomit.
Trump doesn't think he just orders. That's not how you run a country made up of every nationality that exists. Our cultural differences and traditions are what make us great.
I wish our president of the United States would realize that the money that they authorize to spend should be well thought out and not credited by allowing other countries to just own more and more of are national landmarks. If we keep operating on that idiotic mindset we won't own anything in the future and China and Russia and other countries will own the United States of America; it won't be ours anymore. It will cease to be great and wonderful and be permanenrly ruined.
Just because people didn't know how to spend wisely or make intelligent choices that affect everyone for all generations, we as Americans should have to pay the high prices.
The wall is ridiculous and I see the talk about it everywhere on the news everyday.
This is my sound off about it all.
It's sad and pathetic and even though Trump is a supposed great business guy, he's really a hideous human being. That makes him, to me, I'm not successful person. You can have money and you can have Towers it's a trump on them and you can have diamonds and you can have a thousand blonde women but you call wives and when you get sick of those you can buy another. But you can't have respect and you can't have a reputation that's something that people can respect and look up to.
Trump"s reputation and Trump's Integrity needs to be as high as the Trump building I see in downtown Las Vegas- but it's not. If Trump's integrity was a building, I'd say it was a shack.
If Trump's care for other people, and understanding and sensitivity to other people's races could be compared to in size of its existence, his compassion for others who would be the size of one pea in a pod.
In so many ways Trump is a horrible human being and I'm so sorry he's president. I wish he could have been thrown out of the running just because he committed crimes before going in office. Travesties against women and against the Civil Rights of about every race were done.
Isn't there something someone else in power could have done to throw him out of the race?
American citizen should have something called quality control just like an engineering firm does. If they don't like all the contenders they should be able to throw it out, and just say that give me somebody else that's honest and trustworthy. Give me somebody that didn't commit treason against the United States of America. Give me somebody that didn't rape and pillage.
Unfortunately, the most on honest contenders withave the highest integrity factors in the race didn't rate that highly in the voting polls.
I wasn't intending to be so political or so opinionated in this post, but hey that's what makes the world great. I know that I have a lot of supporters who feel the same exact way as I do, especially women and especially very good-hearted people. Absolutely not one of my intelligent friends who are kind-hearted, good people- who care about the world and the environment like or voted for him.
The reason why? Trump is the polar opposite of a good human being. Children can see right through his Brash and rude exterior. In the matter what, kids can't lie they are totally honest.
Trump doesn't preserve nature he goes out and kills it and hangs it up on a wall for all to see.
Trump doesn't stand for women's rights but instead he rapes, assaults and insults them on national television and demeans them.
Trump doesn't look out for the betterment of the United States of America or any other nationality but tries to divide us and create stupid barriers that have never been done before in history.
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Written by Paulette Le Pore Motzko
September 27th 2017
10:36 a.m.
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Diabetic toddler
My 3 year old step son has been diabetic since he was a yr old but he is getting more moody n emotional as he grows ne advice on how to help him?
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I, too, agree that discipline is vital in the care of any child; however, please be sure to follow dietcherry's advice regarding checking the child's blood sugar levels. Performing the test prior to applying any punishment techniques is the appropriate action to help determine whether the child's moodiness is because of discomfort or just acting out. I am a 69 years of age Grandmother with Type 2 diabetes. One of the symptoms I experience with fluctuating blood sugar levels (both too low and too high) is intense pain. It feels like my nerve endings are on fire, which can make me moody. I have to try to be sure to check my BS levels often and always be aware of how I am feeling. That way, I can be successful in keeping my moods balanced for my Grandchildren and others who may be in my presence. Just imagine how it would be for a child to receive punishment for their moodiness when the mood is caused by the discomfort they are feeling. I'm just sayin … Kudos to you, though, for how you are making such a great effort to learn the proper care for a diabetic child. ;-)
You stated this perfectly AuntieM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Are the moods a result of fluctuating blood sugar or just the normal growing pains? If you arent sure, you need to start checking his BS at these times to see if it is in fact low or high. Lots of us become moody or overly emotional when we go to one extreme or the other.
Have been a Diabetic kid at one time in my life. As he gets it will gets older and starts really realizing that he can't eat the same things as others he will act out. I did, but things are some much better in today's world than when I was a kid. More support. More choices. More knowledge. What ever you do be strict with this so it become second nature to him. He will help him later in life and help him to deal easier with it. My mom and dad where not as strict on me as they should have been. And kind of let me get away with somethings more often than none. It didn't help me in the long run. It just want things I couldn't have more. Which is my problem now. I might think your being mean but YOU ARE NOT. Put him on a routine if you haven't all ready. I know it would have help me a great deal. Taking care of his diabetes is something he will always have to do but he can live full life with all it as to offer. Like jaybee54 says just my 2 cents.
Good luck
From having raised 3 sons of my own (28, 26, 22), I can attest that that age can be very moody and emotional without the challenges of diabetes. Add Diabetes to the mix, and the result is unpredictable.
My sons were not diabetic, but my ex and I were quite stict with them.
They learned early on that negative behaviors on their part had negative consequences for them, yet at the same time, after being punished we hugged them and let them know with words and actions that we love them, even though they may have messed up. We made clear rules, and we followed through consistently when those rules were broken.
IMO if a child is acting out because of challenges resulting from diabetes, I think that behavior does need to be addressed. I don't think you can give a diabetic child a free pass on negative behaviors. Otherwise the child will learn that they can pull out the "Diabetes card" to get out of "jail" free.
Just my 2¢ FWIW.
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