text: After more than 20 years of suffering three to five headaches a week, Donna Brown had grown used to waking up in pain.The Parkland school bus driver suffered through her morning drive with the noise of 50 children in the background. As she drove, she wondered what had caused her headache. On her route, the South Whitehall woman drove by a billboard announcing Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network's Headache Program, unique for its use of physical therapy as its main component. During one of those mornings in which Brown's head begged for mercy, she decided she would ask her physician for a referral to the program. It was there that she learned the underlining cause of most of her chronic headaches: bad posture. Dr. Ali Shah, a medicine and rehabilitation physician, told Brown that the pain originated in her neck and spine. With a series of exercises and adjustments, Shah assured her, Brown eventually would be able to manage the headaches on her own. "I didn't think it would work," Brown says. "This lady must be insane." Brown had little to lose. By then she had gone through myriad treatments, including an uncomfortable lumbar puncture as doctors tried to diagnose her. Nothing had helped. Shah assured her that the program's main goal was to help her control her pain without depending on medication. The offer enticed Brown, who likes to avoid strong medicines that can cause drowsiness or affect her driving ability. She gave the program a try. "I went with an open mind and did what she asked me to do," Brown says. The headaches left after seven sessions. Current research suggests that many of the headaches that plague people like Brown have a mechanical origin, often caused by tension in the neck and spine. The program, available at 14 Good Shepherd outpatient locations, teaches patients a series of exercises and adjustments that they can use at home to manage chronic headaches. It is a form of treatment that is often ignored, Brown's physical therapist Alicia Shoup says, eclipsed by the dominance of medication. While it is not possible in every case, many patients are able to leave their pain medications after going through the program. Shoup spent more than an hour observing Brown's posture. She examined her movement and flexibility as well as the alignment of her head and neck. Shoup then tailored a regimen for Brown that she does for 10 minutes three times a day. "I cannot tell you how this changed my life," Brown says. "I always had a headache, now to go six weeks without even one ..." The change is so significant that Brown's eyes well with tears as she describes the program's impact on her daily activities. Brown says she previously limited social outings for fear of triggering the next headache. That's no longer the case. Through a mix of neck retractions and modification exercises, Brown became aware of her posture and the alignment problems that triggered her chronic headaches. She learned to watch her spine and neck during the most basic and repetitive activities, from driving to watching television. She even adjusted her glasses based on Shoup's advice. Brown also learned what Shoup calls "sleep posture hygiene." She now avoids sleeping on her stomach, which forces her to turn her head to one side for most of the night. "It's like walking around with the neck like that for eight hours a day," Shoup says. Brown could not believe that her complicated problem could have such a simple solution. She no longer relies on pain medication, most of which proved inefficient. She can counteract headaches as they're starting with just her hands and the meticulous movement of her head. "It's giving you the skills," Brown says, "the knowledge and the tools." email@example.com 610-820-6628 GOOD POSTURE MATTERS -- When standing: Walk like you have a book on your head. Your ears should be in alingment with the shoulders, the shoulders with the hips and hips with the ankles. -- When sitting: Bring your buttocks all the way back in the chair and place a pillow in between the chair and your back for support. -- When sleeping: Do not sleep on your stomach. Having your head to the side for the whole night can lead to head, neck and back pain. -- When reading: Place one or two pillows on your lap, angle the reading material at the level of the eyes. --Alicia Shoup, physical therapist (c)2013 The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) Visit The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) at www.mcall.com Distributed by MCT Information Services


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 171 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
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I'm a developer and mom with two young (2 and 6) kids. I'm currently based in Stanford, California, USA. I've found it hard to keep in touch with my family by updating them about our family and children.
I'm building a platform that is similar to Facebook in many ways for communication within a close group- it can be private (between the spouses), among the relatives or between family friends. We will build a website as well as an iPhone App for parents to easily preserve and share information - text updates, pictures and videos.
The platform will be used for sharing updates with closed friends as well as for preserving and sharing special moments of children as they are growing up.
My current project is a facebook app:
Our target customers are mostly going to be parents with children between the ages 0 - 10 years of age anywhere in the world. Our initial customers will be based off US, India and other English speaking countries.
The design should be very creative with something deep in it that ties into the theme of the product.
For example, it's very lame to just have a logo with 4 people icons representing a family. I like the logos which indicate the long term vision of the company.
I like intricate designs like the evernote style that has nested elephants in it.
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March 28, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT men's volleyball team received the No. 13 seed in this weekend's North East Collegiate Volleyball Association (NECVA) Championship Tournament to be held at Endicott College. The Engineers will face No. 4 Medaille College of the Western Division on Friday, March 31 at 4:00 p.m. with the winner playing Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
The first meeting between Tech and the Mavericks occurred last season at the Endicott Tournament. Then nationally-ranked No. 6 Medaille defeated No. 10 MIT, 30-25, 17-30, 30-23, 28-30, 16-14, in the final match of the weekend. All-Tournament Team selection Rob McAndrew led the Engineers with 16 kills, four aces, and four solo and assisted blocks. Praveen Pamidimukkala notched 14 kills while Ryan Dean and Bob Aspell posted seven kills each. Matthew Ng totaled a team-high 12 digs while Jordan Wan dished out 41 assists.
Click here for the complete bracket and updates throughout the weekend.


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As most growers know, payment yields or program yields have been capped at levels recorded prior to passage of the 1985 farm bill. Most acreage bases were built prior to the 1996 law or Freedom to Farm.
When Congress passed the latter, it said the Farm Service Agency would multiply a farmer's program yield by his acreage base and the payment rate to determine his Agricultural Market Transition Act payment.
Many producers, especially those with corn and rice, improved their yields substantially since the mid-1980s. But they have been unable to "profit" from those gains because congressional leaders have been unwilling to review the 1985 cap on yields for payment purposes.
Likewise, many producers who have shifted acres into other crops are stuck with the acreage bases they had when the 1996 FAIR Act was signed into law.
Members of Southern Cotton Growers Inc., which represents producers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, have been pushing to change the latter through what they call a "modified base" concept.
The modified base concept would give growers of all commodities a choice to receive any future, direct payments at the higher of their current frozen base or a more recent planting history. The latter would be similar to the earlier farm bill provisions that allowed growers to increase their base over time.
Southern Cotton Growers leaders estimate that 50 percent of the cotton acres in the Southeast are not eligible for the cotton AMTA payment or receive a much-reduced payment for another crop such as corn or wheat.
"We are cautiously optimistic that we will be successful in achieving this objective in the next farm bill," said Roy Baxley, a farmer and the president of Southern Cotton Growers Inc. from Dillon, S.C. "However, such a change would not benefit our region until the 2002 crop at the earliest."
Baxley said the association must convince Congress to allow for the use of the modified base concept in the disbursement of any 2001 market loss payments. "Otherwise, Southeast cotton producers will again be cheated out of millions of dollars for the fourth year in a row."
Writing to his members, Baxley noted that the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a ten-year budget resolution that allows for the reform of the commodity title of the current Freedom to Farm policy. It also reserves funding in the 2001 fiscal year to offset lost income from high fuel and fertilizer costs and depressed commodity prices.
"We believe that the basis for a new farm bill will again be centered on providing assistance to producers via direct payments," he noted. "Our main emphasis in this debate will be in support of a much higher budget baseline for farm program spending, higher loan rates and the incorporation of the modified base concept."
Baxley said each member of Congress in the organization's region has been approached about the modified base concept. "But it may take hearing from their constituents personally to make a difference."


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Update: Wonderland-themed tea parties are no longer available. If you would like to find out more about our new Alice Afternoon Tea, please go to our booking page
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland audiences can take their own gastronomic trip down the rabbit hole with our new afternoon tea tied specially to the ballet.
Inspired by the famous Mad Hatter's tea party scene, Royal Opera House Restaurants are offering a special afternoon tea menu to complement matinee performances. The menu includes a Queen of Hearts Jam Tart, Cheshire Cat Macaroons and 'Drink Me' Lemonade, as well as sandwiches and scones.
The chefs at Royal Opera House Restaurants, headed by Michelin-starred pastry chef Claire Clark, were spoilt for choice when it came to designing the range of desserts and fancies.
'The Queen of Hearts inspires a light, buttery shortbread tart,' explains Zoe Watts of Company of Cooks, 'while the Cheshire Cat is represented by a delicious macaroon topped with a "grin". The White Rabbit's pocket watch is reflected by an indulgent, rich chocolate bavarois. All are to be enjoyed with 'Drink Me' pink lemonade.'
The Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Afternoon Tea is served in the Crush Room and can be enjoyed during performance intervals with a table booked for the entire performance. There is also a children's afternoon tea menu and a Ruinart champagne tea for adults. View the menu.
Lauren Cuthbertson as Alice and Sergei Polunin as Jack in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland © Johan Persson/ROH 2011
Lauren Cuthbertson as Alice, Sergei Polunin as Jack in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland © Johan Persson/ROH 2011
Lauren Cuthbertson as Alice and Edward Watson as The White Rabbit in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland © Johan Persson/ROH 2011
Tamara Rojo as The Red Queen, and artists of the Royal Ballet in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland © Johan Persson/ROH 2011
At the start of the 2012/13 season, Royal Opera House Restaurants launched a tantalizing range of menus designed to complement each production on stage. Dining options range from a three-course dinner in the Balconies restaurant to sandwiches, salads and snacks in the Amphitheatre bar, with prices from £15 and up. Find out more on our Restaurants and bars pages.
You can make a booking now through Your Account page on the Royal Opera House website. Royal Opera House Restaurants can also be contacted via phone on +44 (0)20 7212 9254, fax on +44 (0)20 7212 9239 or by email. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland runs until 13 April 2013.


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With the Fourth of July holiday out of the way and stocks sitting at or near record highs, it\'s a good time to step back and reassess, to ponder not the winners, but to identify the dumbest, most poorly thought out investing ideas of the first half of 2014.
Investment strategist and blogger Barry Ritholtz gets the ball rolling in a column at the Washington Post, updating his progress in filling out his annual top 10 list of dumb investment ideas. He makes the important distinction between ideas that merely lost money and the truly benighted, noting that the nature of investing means a significant percentage of trades will be losers. Instead, he attempts to sift out the thoroughly boneheaded moves that he argues betray a fundamental misunderstanding about investing.
At the top of his list, so far, are athlete IPOs. As you may recall, Fantex Brokerage Services earlier this year agreed to buy a 10% cut of all of San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis\'s future earnings for $4 million, then sold shares tied to Davis\'s future earnings on an exchange ran by the company. An earlier offering of shares tied to the performance of the Houston Texans\' Arian Foster was delayed late last year after Foster suffered a season-ending injury.
Given that investors have limited ability to pick which companies will do well, Ritholtz says it\'s ridiculous to think you have \"any ability to guess what any athlete\'s future income stream is going to be.\" Then there\'s the risk of injury cutting short already brief careers. On top of that, Davis would need a new $33 million contract and to also keep endorsement money flowing after his career for investors to make money, he says. \"Again the thought of most investors getting this correct is laughable,\" writes Ritholtz, who is also scathing on the appeal of the so-called goldbug portfolio, which effectively \"offers one giant bet on the exact same trade,\" mutual funds held at the mutual fund company instead of an ordinary brokerage account and investing in 10 separate S&P 500 index sectors instead of a single S&P 500 fund.
That\'s a pretty good start. And there never seems to be a shortage in bull markets or bear markets of poorly reasoned investing advice. MarketWatch columnist Chuck Jaffe spent a decade spotlighting misguided investments on a weekly basis. Here are seven of his all-time favorites.
What are your favorite dumb investments? Have at it below.
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Nov 07, 2008
Five GSW women scored in double-digits as the Lady 'Canes rolled past LaGrange College 108-64 in a preseason exhibition game at the Storm Dome on Friday night.
GSW junior Brittany Reynolds led all scorers with 19 points in only 14 minutes of work. Senior Jamilah Sharp added 16 in 17 minutes. Senior Arile Hadley scored 14 while newcomers Whitley Wiltz and Nadirah Gardner added 10 points apiece. Gardner led the Lady Hurricanes with six assists.
Ashley Hoglund and Valeree Williams scored 14 each for the visiting Lady Panthers.
The Lady Hurricanes travel to Tallahassee on Sunday for a 4 p.m. exhibition game with Division I Florida A&M.
PICTURED: Nadirah Gardner
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Special Deer Hunt to Be Held in Sioux Falls in October
For the fourth year in a row, an archery antlerless deer hunt will be held in Sioux Falls, beginning October 2nd, to help control the deer population in the northeast area of the city.
State Game, Fish and Parks Regional Supervisor Arden Petersen says the application for access permits can be found on his department's website, and he says a few changes have been made this year:
The ten hunting zones are located mostly on private land north and west of Rice Street, near Interstate 229.
Police Chief Doug Barthel says more car-deer crashes occur in a one-mile section of East Rice Street than on any other one-mile stretch of road in the state.
The deadline to apply for a deer tag in the city season is next Wednesday, August 21st.


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In honor of Star Wars concept artist Ralph McQuarrie's recent passing, a group of artists at Comic Book Resources' The Line It Is Drawn illustration competition imagined a world where just about anybody could enter the Galaxy Far, Far Away. There's no Jaxxon/Bucky O'Hare crossover, but the results are otherwise delightful. Let's start with Drew Cox's Man-Thing of Dagobah, above.
A Boba Fett/Deadpool team-up by Marco D'Alfonso.
Sean McFarland imagined a bar trip with Artoo and the beer-swilling Machine Man.
The Rancor meets Devil Dinosaur by Nick Perks. I could actually see this happening if Marvel continued publishing Star Wars comics throughout the 1980s.
Nick Perks' absolutely wonderful Fantastic Four #5 throwback. Hopefully Chewie is secretly Blackbeard.
This scene from Phillip Sevy's universe, which I imagine has a lot of shark fights. You can see more of these fanciful designs at Comic Book Resources.


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More and more universities offer classes that specifically address the creation and intelligent design movements.
One of the most common evidences used in textbooks to support evolution is antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
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Answers in Genesis is an apologetics ministry, dedicated to helping Christians defend their faith and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.


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Understanding Education: A Sociological Perspective
Understanding Education: A Sociological Perspective
ISBN: 978-0-745-63345-9 September 2009 Polity 240 Pages
These fundamental questions of value are not always seen as central to the sociology of education. However, this book argues that they are pivotal and provides a sophisticated and engaging introduction to the field that is designed to open up these important debates. It draws attention to the many points of disagreement that exist between major thinkers in the sociology of education, and the values on which their ideas are based. By involving readers in crucial questions about the potential contribution of sociology to education policies and practices, it aims to bridge the divide between education as it is talked about by academics, and the concerns of policymakers and educators who have to make practical decisions about what is to be done.
Chapter by chapter the book introduces competing approaches in the sociology of education - structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism, Marxism, feminism, critical race theory and poststructuralism. It shows how these can be applied to major themes such as social reproduction, the politics of knowledge, multicultural education, identity and teachers' work. Throughout, the authors emphasise the importance of understanding social and educational values and the ways in which these underpin and impact upon the work of both academics and educators.
Table of contents
Part 1: Approaching education sociologically
Chapter 1 Understanding education: the role of sociology
Chapter 2 Understanding structure and agency
Chapter 3 Varieties of critique
Part 2: Key themes
Chapter 4 Social reproduction
Chapter 5 Knowledge and the curriculum
Chapter 6 Identity
Chapter 7 Teachers' work
Part 3: Conclusion
Chapter 8 Extending reflexivity in sociology of education
"Provides a thorough, cohesive and incisive account of the ways in which a value based approch to education has much to offer. The clarity of the arguments make it a good text to use with students whilst also providing an engaging resource for those who have a background in education but may not have considered their field in this light."
Sociological Research Online
"This book is about how the sociology of education works as an intellectual practice. It offers new and important insights into the complex and often troubled relations between sociology and education."
Stephen Ball, Institute of Education, University of London
"With extraordinary clarity, Gewirtz and Cribb map the complexity of theories and perspectives in the sociology of education and interweave a discussion of the centrality of its political and ethical dimensions. They build a compelling, nuanced – and much needed – case for a rigorous politically committed educational sociology."
Pauline Lipman, University of Illinois at Chicago
"This important book charts the field of sociology of education, with innovative attention to the issue of values within this body of work. The analysis both celebrates and interrogates the normative dimension of sociologists' work in education, and in doing so provides a lively engagement with the field that will stimulate students and experts alike."
Becky Francis, Roehampton University
Combines a comprehensive and rigorous overview of various thinkers, theories and concepts in the sociology of education, with a clear and accessible style.
Explores the values that underpin various theories of education in order to ask, and help answer, questions such as who should be educated, how and when should they be educated and what should they be taught.
Covers sociologists', teachers' and policymakers' experiences and understandings of education.


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FROM: GBOD, The General Board of Discipleship, Nashville
The answer to both questions is"yes."An Associated Press release in this morning's (8/1/07) Nashville newspaper, The Tennessean, (p.2E) reports that local authorities recently arrested a man who copied hundreds of CDs and DVDs and was selling them from the trunk of his car. He was sentenced in Federal Court this week to 10 months in prison for copyright violation. At the time of his arrest, authorities found more than 500 copied recordings and films in his car, along with recording equipment powered by his car battery, blank CDs and DVDs, some of which were still being shown in theaters, plus $11,000 worth of illegally recorded CDs and DVDs and $10,000 in cash. The copies will be destroyed and the cash paid to the victim industries as restitution.
The U.S. Attorney said, "Violations of intellectual property crimes and copyright laws such as this occupy a high priority with both the Department of Justice and this U.S. Attorney's office in particular."
What does this mean for local churches? It means that if you are doing any of the following without the proper permissions or licenses, you;re in danger:
- Showing videos at your church youth group, child care, camps, retreats, or Sunday Schools, even if those videos are legally rented or purchased.
- Showing film clips in worship as sermon illustrations.
- Video recording your worship services, choir concerts, children's musicals, or anything else that contains copyrighted music.
- Making audio recordings of services, concerts, musicals, or anything else that contains copyrighted music.
- Making copies of original recordings of choir or solo music, accompaniment tracks, or by original artists, and giving or selling them to your choir members so that they can practice the music or learn their parts outside of rehearsal.
- Selling or giving away audio or visual recordings containing copyrighted music, including to performers, parents, members, or shut-ins.
- Making or allowing the making of audio or video recordings of weddings or funerals in your church that contain copyrighted music.
- Radio broadcasting or TV telecasting, live or pre-recorded, of worship services containing copyrighted music.
Need help? Look at the information on the GBOD music Web site at http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=45065&loc_id=17,19
No. In fact, many Annual Conferences have been collecting health insurance premiums and pension contributions through direct billing for a number of years.
Yes, in most cases. The local church will still need to pay the health insurance premiums and pension contributions directly through the billing system, but the apportionment amount of most churches was reduced.
Yes, and this is exactly what we have been doing. However, the number of churches who say they cannot pay their apportionments is increasing, while the number of churches that do pay apportionments has been decreasing. At this rate, only a few churches will be paying for the churches which claim they are unable to pay their apportionments. In order to best fund mission and ministry, a change is needed.
You can perform the work live in your worship service, but you need permission (usually in the form of a license) to publish that performance online.
Yes. This enables the person to know you are updating the background check.
Yes. From the Assemblies of God and Seventh Day Adventist to the United Church of Christ and Roman Catholic dioceses, captives have become important mechanisms through which the church controls her destiny by assuming some risk, accumulating significant capital (that otherwise would go to the insurance carrier as profit) and building strong risk management systems to minimize the risk of loss overall. A captive enables a church to do ministry and to do it as the church envisions it without ministry having to be shaped or limited by the concerns of a for-profit insurance carrier.
Since most church events are public, you do not need to obtain permission to take people's photos. If you are concerned about permission, then get it if you are going to use a photo of an individual. However, if you are using a group photograph taken at a public event, you do not need to obtain permission.
However, you do want to have a policy about how you identify children and youth. One suggestion is to not identify children ages 3 or younger by name, identify older children by first name only. Adults may be identified with full names. If you are taking photos of children with special needs, you may need to obtain permission.
If your church is using music with words printed in the bulletin, you need a CCLI license or another music license.
The Christian Copyright License allows you to reproduce the words to music covered under the licensing agreement on overhead projectors, in PowerPoint presentations for multi-media worship, or in your bulletin. You may find out more about the CCLI license at www.ccli.com/index.cfm.
OneLicense.net is a new copyright licensing venture that offers a multi-publisher annual copyright reprint license for churches. The OneLicense list of publisher-members already reads like the "who's who" of church music publishing, with new publishers signing on every month.
This Internet-based operation allows churches to obtain one-time or annual licenses and rto eport all titles used directly on the impressive OneLicense.net website. License fees are equitably based upon the size of the congregation. Find out more at www.onelicense.net.
To determine the current copyright status of any hymn or song, you need to know the following:
Each person's record has a place to enter a death date. For people who held a leadership assignment until their death, you can update them with a death date and give them an end date on the position.
For people who died previously, send their names in an e-mail to Traci Herndon at email@example.com to have their local church leadership history removed and a death date assigned.
The Upper Room dialy devotion is syndicated, which means that there are a few lines of code that can be added to your webpage to get the Upper Room daily devotion on your website and to update automatically. Click HERE to visit The Upper Room for details.
There are several options for the Upper Room feed.
Service by United Methodist Communications enables churches and groups of churches to obtain licenses to show home videocassettes and DVDs of motion pictures. The service is the result of an agreement between UMCom and Christian Video Licensing International. Under this agreement, UMCom will process orders, collect fees (based on membership figures) and distribute the licensing. Churches with 49 or fewer members pay an annual fee of $45; 50 to 199 members, $75; 200-499, $150; 500 or more, $200.
The fees will cover Christian Video Licensing International's full producers' list, including its Family Values selection and provide legal coverage for religious institutions to show clips or complete motion pictures in a variety of activities. The organization's Web site (www.cvli.org) includes a comprehensive list of studios and producers covered by the licensing agreements.
Licenses are available through UMCom's toll-free Customer Service number, (888) 346-3862, or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com
Submit story ideas to editor Mary Catherine Phillips at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Ming Tombs had a very European feel to the design. I wondered if this emperor toured Europe and wanted to design his eternal resting place to mimic the avenues of Europe. The Spirit Way is a long 2+ km way that is lined with weeping whillows and statues of all sorts of animals and giant soldiers guarding the way. At the beginning of this long avenue is a giant turtle that is meant to signify longevity.
After this, you enter the actual tomb. Although there are several emperors buried in the area, the largest of the tombs is the one we visited. The following pictures show how big of an area these tombs are.
After our quick visit to the tombs, we stopped at another government run Cloissone factory. I had no idea that people actually have to hammer out, cut, and place each small part of copper and fix it on the vase. Then, another person has to fill it in with the different color paints/glazes. The process seemed very detailed and an art form all to itself. No wonder the prizes were so high!
We ended the day by climbing the Great Wall. The steps were uneven, and worn by the number of visitors that the wall sees each year. I couldn't help but pause and remember what our tour guide said about the wall also being the largest tomb ever built. This is because as the wall was being built, workers who died while building it were entumbed in the actual wall. Although the day was cloudy and cold, it added a peaceful and serene feel to the visit. Many of us climbed up into the top of the towers through a very narrow and steep stair case and took some pretty great pictures of the surrounding country side. To think that this structure is the only man-made structure that can be seen by the naked eye from space seemed incredible. Although I went up to the second tower, many of the students went much further. I felt it was an honor being able to visit this area, take a moment to honor the people who died making the wall, and have a chance to climb the structure without being rushed or crowded like I have been told it is during the summer months. What a fantastic ending to a great trip!