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The hottest and most controversial topics to talk about in the automotive world is whether your car is built not bought or bought and not built. My question to you all reading is, which statistic would you want to be? To have a built not bought car or have a bought build by someone else? Many young car enthusiasts today build cars for social media purposes or for the influence or even cliquey cult following, then slap public figure in his or her bios on Instagram. Bragging rights from both genders in the automotive or import car community has grown stronger in this sense. There is one woman from Coventry, Connecticut who breaks the statistical mold with her garage built 2002 Subaru WRX.
Here's a little back story. Brittany got her love for cars from her father and grew up around them. She would visit the track with her dad to see cars race, hangout in the garage, and car events to see cars. Ten years ago, Brittany bought her Subaru WRX and she fell in love with it. In a mini interview, she stated "I had a passion; a dream. Never had I known 10 years later it would be to where it is today. I worked at one point 3 part time jobs to pay to make this build where it is today. Nothing was ever handed to me, I was taught if I wanted it, I had to work hard to get there. I had goals and if I worked hard I would get there. Nothing happens overnight." Persistence is key to succeeding in achieving your goals.
Brittany is one of the most passionate female automotive enthusiasts that I have met yet. We conversed late last summer while she was in the semi-finals of PASMAG's Tuner Battlegrounds competition. I took extreme notice into her car, and quickly messaged her over social media. We talked for a good while about me coming up north to make the 12hr hike from North Carolina to shoot the car, but we never got around to it as the winter months were approaching and I was preparing my last travels to Las Vegas, Nevada for The SEMA Show 2017. Fast forward to this summer, I came across a post in the Springfest 2018 discussion area where Tuned Alliance was vending at the show. Thus, meaning Brittany was bringing the car down and I saw our opportunity for us to officially get together for a shoot!
We met at the Hilton Sheraton parking lot early Saturday morning of Roll-In. We migrated our way to the front of the convention center to do the shoot. Let me tell you, it was hot as hell out! The shoot happened at the peak of noon. This car's color has no name. Yes, no name at all! It is a custom color that Gabriel Pena (Autobody Painter) has created. I call it, Super Sayian Purple. Quite fitting since it is an uncontrollable color to capture in any lighting, as so I was informed by Brittany's, fiancé Josh. The car's shoes are a set of Work CR2P's (18X10 +35 w/rear 5mm HKS Spacers), white with purple flakes. The WRX has some quality parts on it such as the CW1 carbon fiber hood, APR GT-300 carbon fiber spoiler, JDM morette projector headlights to name a few things. The loud rumbling growl of the WRX is packed with the Tusdo Catback, Invidia UpPipe, and the Helix catted downpipe.
The inside of the car is honestly my favorite part of the vehicle. It is so vibrant in color scheme with a bit of pink for the custom door panels, with blue from the Bride Low Max's, carbon fiber gauge pod, custom suede blue headliner, custom charcoal suede pillars, Racequip pink harness. It does not stop there as there is some serious knock in the trunk of the electrifying bugeye. The audio is stacked with Kicker front and rear speakers, Kicker Tweeter speakers, Kicker Amplifier, 1/12in Memphis Powerbase Subwoofer, and a radical Kenwood DDX418 Double Din head unit. This car is jammed packed with aftermarket goods. A lot of people do not take the time to build something worthy of sharing with not only close friends and loved ones, but with the automotive culture. Sure, we can appreciate any car build, but can the predominantly male industry appreciate a woman's hard work at hand? Brittany is surely breaking the barriers to prove that there are women that love cars, and that can build cars as well.
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Homicide-by-neglect legislation in Kentucky
This petition had 2,922 supporters
This legislation is being pursued in memory of Joey Bishop.
Joey, an 18 year old from Kenton County, Kentucky, was afflicted with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive muscle wasting disorder.
Joey's mother and grandparents have pled guilty in connection with his death.
Cincinnati.com reports: link to story
"There is no doubt in Ludlow Police Chief Scott Smith's mind that Joseph "Joey" Bishop, whose Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy kept him confined to his twin bed for the past two years, was in excruciating pain in the last weeks of his life as the bed sores that covered his back, legs and arms grew in size and severity."
""I would say in my 19 years, this is among the one or two worst conditions of a body I've seen," the detective said. Court records note that the bedsores were so deep that in some places muscle and bone were exposed.
"To know that he was alive and suffering, that is the worst," Love said.
The chief was more graphic and succinct: "Joey rotted to death."
From the River City News, May 25, 2017:
Three days after Joseph Bishop's death, his mother and grandparents were arrested. In February, Kenton District Judge Anne Ruttle accused the trio of letting the teen rot.
On Thursday, they pleaded guilty and Judge Lape expressed anger that Bishop and the Martins could only face a maximum of ten years in prison.
Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders said that the second degree manslaughter charge was ultimately the only that applied, as Kentucky does not offer a homicide-by-neglect option. He said that he shared the judge's concerns that the punishment would not be severe enough for the death of a young man.
"Ten years for the life of an 18-year old man," Lape said. "I have sentenced Covington thugs to fifteen years for theft of identification."
Sanders argued that in those cases, defendants often have lengthy criminal records, and that was not the case with Bishop and the Martins. "I can't help that (first degree manslaughter) does not apply statutorily," Sanders said. He added that if the case would go to trial, a jury would likely agree that second degree manslaughter is most applicable.
Lape and Sanders both expressed remorse that Bishop and the Martins could be up for parole in just two years, after serving 20 percent of a possible 10-year sentence. "We are getting as much justice as the law allows in this case," Sanders said.
This is UNACCEPTABLE. We ask that the Kentucky Legislature quickly pass legislation that properly punishes horrific crimes such as this, by enacting homicide-by-neglect as a prosecutable offense.
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"Do I Have to Get Rid of All My Clothes?"/
Maybe you've come close to booking a personal color analysis (PCA), but then you've had the thought, "What if I find out that none of my clothes match my color palette? Will I have to get rid of them all?"
First of all, you don't have to do anything after a PCA. But let's say you want to have a wardrobe that is primarily made up of your best colors.
Most of us have two limiting factors – time and money.
So how do you get a color-coordinated closet without spending tons of time and money? I'd like to share some strategies that have worked well for me:
1) Swatch your closet
This step might sound obvious. Before you start getting rid of clothes, pull out your new swatch book and go through your closet to figure out which items harmonize with your new colors. You might be surprised (I speak from experience here). Keep in mind your season's characteristics (hue, value, and saturation), especially the most important one. For instance, if you are a Soft Summer, you want your colors to be muted most of all, so you could start by identifying your brightest clothes and letting go of those first.
2) Make a list
What items of clothing do you wear most often? What are your favorite things in your current closet? Think about where you spend your time and how you dress in different settings. Maybe you wear jeans and t-shirts most of the time, and your favorite items are funky scarves and jewelry. Maybe you work in an office and wear suits during the week, but you live in casual dresses on weekends.
Make a list of priority items based on how much time you spend wearing them and/or how much you like them. Your list can be general (e.g., a pair of jeans in one of my neutrals) or more specific (e.g., a striped cotton sleeveless top). Once you have a list, mark the items on it that are worn closest to the face (e.g., tops, jackets, scarves, necklaces). These are the things I suggest you look for first.
Extra credit for those who want to put more time into this step: Download and use the wardrobe fashion app Stylebook. This can help you figure out what you wear most often (so you know what to buy in your new colors) – and what you're not wearing (so you can get rid of those things or start wearing them). When you're building your wardrobe in your new colors, you can add to Stylebook and use it to plan outfits, shop your closet, and save looks that inspire you.
3) Do some research
When you first get your swatch book, it can be hard to envision what the colors look like in a wardrobe. Taking some time to research and get to know your palette really helps – and it doesn't have to take a lot of time. In my experience, Pinterest is the best way to do this. There are many wonderful Pinterest boards showing your colors in clothing, jewelry, makeup, etc. You can spend as much time as you want looking at different images of your colors to get ideas and start to visualize how you want to express your colors. Check out my Pinterest boards to get started. I also recommend the Shopping for Your Season board by Christine Scaman of 12 Blueprints.
4) Look for deals
Start with less expensive purchases. Not only does this save you money, it can also help you ease into your new color palette. Thrift and consignment stores are my favorite places to shop because they are low-cost, eco-friendly, and I get excited by not knowing what I'm going to find. If thrift/consignment isn't your thing, look for sales at your favorite stores or go to places like Target that tend to have good basics at relatively low prices.
Online shopping can be tricky because colors often become distorted by photos and screens, but you can often find good deals and a much wider selection. To improve your ability to find your colors online, good lighting – preferably indirect daylight – is important. It can also be helpful to look at contextual clues in product photos. For instance, if you're looking at a dress on a model, look at the coloring of the model and the background colors. How dark or light does the dress look next to the model and background? How warm or cool does it look in context? How bright or muted? (Hint: if it's popping out and making the model and/or background fade, it is probably quite bright.) I recommend reading this post by Christine for a more thorough guide to shopping for colors online.
If you decide to shop online, always read the return policy and ask yourself if you are truly willing to take the time and effort to return something if it doesn't work for you.
5) Have fun!
This is the most important step, in my opinion. Are you familiar with the KonMari Method? As you're going through each item in your closet, ask yourself if it sparks joy. So you're a True Summer, but that bright orange top still makes you smile from ear to ear? I say keep it! Or maybe you're a Dark Autumn and you found a patterned skirt you just adore with a few Autumn-y colors, but the background color is a pastel blue. Can you picture yourself rocking it anyway? Then get it! Or does it feel like too much of a stretch? Then save your money for something that you have no doubts about.
Choose joy! We're talking about colors after all.
Note: I am not getting paid by any of the companies mentioned in this post. All recommendations are my own.


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From September 2001, West Stara Planina was one of the three cross-border regions targeted in the REC project Transboundary Cooperation through the Management of Shared Natural Resources. The main project objectives in West Stara Planina were: 1) to support and implement activities leading to effective cross-border management of natural resources; and 2) to enable local participants to improve living standards through the support and promotion of environment-friendly tourism, agriculture and traditional crafts. This publication explores the challenges and concrete problems facing the region and outlines potential solutions and development strategies.
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text: Fifteen congressmembers are calling for a probe into Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta after an explosive report by the Miami Herald detailed his role in getting billionaire serial sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein a plea deal in 2008 when Acosta was a U.S. attorney in Florida. The deal allowed Epstein to avoid a federal trial and possible life in prison, and effectively ended an FBI probe into the case, which alleged Epstein sexually abused and trafficked dozens of underage girls. Epstein settled a defamation lawsuit against the lawyer of some of his accusers today, avoiding testimonies from survivors who were expected to take the stand in the coming days. A separate case to overturn the original 2008 plea deal is still pending.


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Developmental factors linking intelligence and well-being in young adults may differ from those found in children and adolescents, according to researchers from James Madison University in Virginia.
The study, designed to examine the relationship between intelligence and well-being in young adults, was conducted by Clifton J. Wigtil and his colleague Gregg R. Henriques and published in Psychology of Well-Being: Theory, Research and Practice.
Between 2003 and 2005, three samples of freshmen students were assessed on measures of well-being prior to the beginning of each fall term; well-being scores were then matched to SAT scores.
Researchers utilized a reduced version of Ryff's Scales of Psychological Well-Being (SPWB) measurement to assess well-being in their sample of 3,829 student participants. Researchers were interested in evaluating whether intelligence (using both SAT verbal and math component scores) had a positive relationship with the autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth and purpose in life subscales of the SPWB.
Contrary to what researchers anticipated, rather than personal well-being scores (PWB) being higher among more intelligent students, scores tended to be lower on four out the five tested subscales of the Ryff measurement.
"This study revealed that for the sample of young adults, more intelligent students were, the lower their PWB tended to be four of the five tested dimensions," Wigtil and Henriques wrote in the study. "The extent to which other factors, such as personality and or gender, interact with intelligence in its relationship to PWB, is a subject rich in potential future study. Because childhood intelligence has proven to be a positive predictor of later occupational status, and adulthood intelligence of current occupational status, it seems likely that the more intelligent young adults are, the greater likelihood that they can develop into the most productive and influential members of society, yet without considering other factors such as PWB, such efforts may be incomplete."
According to the study authors, these data are "inconsistent with findings from previous studies of adolescents and children. This may be due to the developmental differences between young adults versus adolescents and children."
Researchers did find, however, that the well-being subscale of "Positive Relations with Others" (PR) and SAT Verbal scores confirmed a curvilinear relationship, supporting the original hypothesis that higher levels of intelligence would indicate lower scores on the PR subscale.
Consequently, this finding supports the concept that highly gifted students (i.e., highly intelligent students) may benefit from interventions that address possible social isolation that is theorized to occur in this group of students.
As the study authors conclude: "research into effective interventions into PWB for such students, as well as how they may be tailored in order to account for possible interactive effects of development, gender, or personality, could ultimately improve the lives of these individuals with great potential to success and improve the world."


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"The number one reason young Christians leave the faith [and that non-Christians find Christianity intellectually incoherent] is the conflict between science and faith, and that conflict can be narrowed to the conflict between evolutionary theory and human origins as traditionally read in Genesis 1-2" (Venema & McKnight, pp.104-105).
I just finished reading an engaging book released this year, a collaboration between two first-rate Christian scholars entitled Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic Science. Dennis Venema, who has a PhD in Genetics and teaches at Trinity Western University in Canada, along with Scot McKnight, who has a PhD in New Testament and teaches at Northern Seminary in Chicago, do a bang-up job bringing evolutionary theory and Christian theology into a constructive synthesis. Both of these men have ties to BioLogos, an organization composed of Christians who are evangelical in theology (shorthand for they affirm biblical authority and orthodox Christianity) and believe in theistic evolution, or that God created the world through the mechanism of evolution. I've found BioLogos to be the best resource at fostering informed dialogue between the scientific and Christian communities, and it was at a BioLogos gathering in New York when Dennis and Scot first met each other, which has now led to this book.
Christianity and science have had their ups and downs throughout history. We can point to several positive examples between them. Gregor Mendel, the father of modern genetics, was a monk. Isaac Newton, a prominent scientist who discovered the theory of gravity, wrote that creation points to God. Frances Collins led the team that sequenced the human genome in the early 2000s and is an evangelical Christian. On the other hand, we've all heard the story of Galileo. His research supported Copernicus' theory that our solar system is heliocentric—the earth and other planets revolve around the sun. After he (perhaps intentionally) slighted the pope in one of his works, Galileo was put on trial, told to curse his findings, and placed under house arrest for the rest of his life for contradicting the "clear" teaching of the Bible—that the earth is the center of the universe.
Heliocentrism remained controversial for quite some time. Venema tells the story of John Edwards (not the famed American revivalist Jonathan Edwards of the First Great Awakening) who wrote an apologetic work in 1696 against heliocentrism, saying it clearly violates Scripture, which teaches the earth is the center of the universe. For, after all, Psalm 104:5 says "the Lord set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved," or Ecclesiastes 1:5 "And the sun rises and sets and returns to its place." And how else could God make the shadow go backwards for Hezekiah in 2 Kings 20:1-11, or stop the sun in the sky for Joshua in Joshua 10:1-15? Edwards also said heliocentrism is contrary to reason. I like one of his arguments Venema quotes:
Nay, truly, if the earth were hurl'd about in a Circle (as these Persons assert) we should feel it to our sorrow, for we should not be able to keep our ground, but must necessarily be thrown off, and all Houses and other Buildings would be thrown down, being forcibly shared off from the Circumference of the Earth, as things that are laid on a Wheel are flung off by it when it turns round (Ibid., p. 10).
Knowing what we know today, it may be a bit humorous to read an argument for being slung off the earth like a ball from a fast-pitch machine if the earth is really rotating and orbiting as fast as those heliocentrists say it is. Copernicus' ideas had been around for about 150 years by the time Edwards wrote, however, some of the science was still coming in to confirm heliocentrism, and the vast majority of Christians (and probably people in the West in general) had been geocentrists for a long time. Today, that has been totally reversed, and you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who claims to believe the earth is the center of the universe. And what of John Edwards' claims that the sun being the center of our solar system is contrary to Scripture and reason? The fact is, hardly anyone sees it that way now. Bit by bit, as more and more research confirmed heliocentrism, people started to wonder if they'd been interpreting those Scriptures improperly. Now that we've put people into space and on the moon, it's against all reason to think otherwise concerning the sun being the center of our solar system. While initially some were against it because of Scriptural and rational questions, the church shifted.
In a similar manner, ever since Darwin published his On the Origin of Species, we have been in the midst of another conversation concerning origins, and a similar slow and steady shift has been happening.
Exploring this topic inescapably leads us to the Bible and how we are to interpret it. Most Christians believe the Bible is inspired by God to teach us and help us live a holy life (2 Tim. 3:16-17), and Protestants especially hold that if a doctrine cannot be proved by Scripture, it should not be required as necessary to salvation. To believe or do something contrary to Scripture, properly interpreted, would be sinful.
Genesis 1-11 tells the story of a God creating all that exists in six days, an original human pair (Eve and Adam) who sinned in the garden of Eden, their exile from the garden, a murder of a brother, a flood, the building of a tower, the confusion of languages, and several genealogies. Elsewhere, the Bible depicts much of humanity being descended from Adam and Eve, including big names like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, and Jesus (Luke 3:23-38). Paul teaches in Romans 5:12-21 that in Adam, sin was introduced into the world and because of that, death came to all people (see also 1 Corinthians 15:21-22).
When it comes to the sciences, physicists are telling us that the universe didn't originate a few thousand years ago from a six day creation, but from a big bang 13.8 billion years ago. Our universe took shape over billions of years (the earth is estimated to be about 4.5 billion years old), and evolutionary science is indicating that life on earth evolved slowly but surely over several billion years, with modern humans arriving on the scene about 250,000 years ago. It also shows that humans didn't come from one original pair, but from a pool of about 10,000 hominins during a bottleneck about 150,000 years ago (Ibid., 44; Venema shows there are several independent lines of evidence pointing to this conclusion in chapter 3).
Evolution is a theory in the science world. As Venema writes, when we use the word "theory" in common speech, we often mean something like a guess, but in science, theories are developed over a long period of time, are verified by many different experiments, and are useful for explaining "why the facts are the way they are" (Ibid., 3). The big bang and evolution aren't just vague guesses, but have been verified time and time again by a whole host of different experiments. In short, they're as well established as gravity, as the sun being the center of our solar system, as germs and cells and the laws of planetary motion.
Perhaps you can see the mutually exclusive claims. Which is it? Six days or billions of years? Were there two original humans or a pool of 10,000? Has stuff been dying for billions of years, or did death only come after Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? Were Eve and Adam real people? If not, what do we do with other biblical authors treating them like they were, including them in genealogies (Luke 3:23-38) and Paul using Adam as an example of how sin spread to all humanity (Romans 5:12-21)? If Adam and Eve aren't a historical couple and many Christian traditions hold to a doctrine of original sin (the sinful nature of that original couple has been passed down to every human being in existence), what are we to do with that belief? Moreover, what does it do to our understanding of salvation in Jesus Christ, who by his work is supposed to set us free from death and sin if life has been dying long before humans ever came on the scene?
These apparent inconsistencies have led many to choose either evolutionary science or an anti-science version of Christianity. Person A will take science, its methodologies, its explanatory power, and its progress and leave behind a Christianity she or he considers intellectually vacuous and superstitious. Perhaps another worldview, like atheism or Buddhism, wouldn't have such a dissonance between the claims of science and claims of religion. Person B, on the other hand, will take God, the Bible, the morality it teaches, and the spirituality of a Christian faith walk, and reject science—at least evolutionary science and certain aspects of cosmology—holding to a literal six day creation. This has often been labeled the creationist perspective. Creationists see evolution and the Bible as inevitably conflicting, and would argue that to unite the two into a synthesis is like trying to make oil and vinegar mix—you can shake things up a lot, but in the end, they just don't go together.
Some have gone so far as to champion creationist science, a banner carried by people like Ken Ham and the organization Answers in Genesis (there are others as well). Creationist scientists deny evolution and any other scientific data that goes against their literal interpretation of the Genesis creation narratives, and they work to prove that interpretation scientifically. These folks are hailed by many in the scientific community as practitioners of pseudo-science, often presenting technical answers and challenges to largely non-scientifically trained audiences (people like me) who don't have the foggiest idea of all the data out there. It would be like someone wanting to have an in-depth discussion with me about software programming. I might recognize a few words here and there, but largely I'm going to have no idea what you're talking about and I'm going to trust that you know more than I do on this one. But for those who do have more background in evolutionary science and are cognizant of the data, they recognize that something fishy and unfair is going on in many creationist critiques of evolution. Venema is quite helpful in this regard in the book, demonstrating that yes, evolution actually can explain fish turning into primates, and lays out the genetic arguments for why that's the case.
Venema and McKnight give several examples in the book that make a lot of sense according to evolutionary theory, but just seem baffling from a six-day creationist perspective. I've included three here. First, when it comes to our sense of smell, humans have some pretty damaged genetic material, which can help explain why our sense of smell is shoddy in comparison to a dog or a cat. What's interesting is that when you look at the sense of smell of other primates, they too have a lot of mistakes, sometimes down to the very same malfunctioning genes that are in humans, which suggests common ancestry. Orangutans, our furthest primate relative, share one malfunction in common with us, guerrillas share two malfunctions in common, and then our closest ancestor, chimpanzees, share three malfunctions in common with us (Ibid., 34). That sure does look like some of the malfunctions happened to our common ancestors. And if God created us only a few thousand years ago, why did he create us with all this damaged and seemingly useless genetic material? Second, as an example of an intermediate species, Venema points to Basilosaurus, an ancient whale that had small hind limbs that were unable to support its weight, and says there are several other examples (Ibid., 16). Third, McKnight tells the story of someone who noticed the "latent but inactive remains of the Vitamin-C producing gene" shared among humans and primates and wondered: If God created all there is a few thousand years ago, why did he put stuff like this all over the place that seems to point to evolution? (Ibid., 172). There are more examples in the book, and it makes for good reading.
Why have I been rambling on about this topic? Well, my own view is one of theistic evolution, that God created all that exists and developed the world through evolutionary processes. I believe it's possible to reconcile evolution and the Bible while not downplaying biblical authority. Not everyone will agree with me, and that's fine. We don't have to view things the same way to be sisters and brothers in Christ, or at the very least to be friends. And I fully admit that I could be wrong—I don't know everything there is to know. But it's for reasons that become apparent when interpreting the Bible itself, when looking at the weight of evidence for evolutionary theory, and especially in consideration of those who feel they must choose either Christianity or science, that I see theistic evolution as a compelling position. Science and Christianity don't have to conflict. In fact, I think they can help each other and need each other. Science is a wonderful vocation for Christians, and no, you don't have to check your brain at the door to be a Christian.
In my next blog, I want to continue the argument Venema and McKnight lay out in their wonderful book (you should read it—they are much more informed and winsome writers than myself) and look at what the Bible says and how to interpret it as we wrestle with these questions. Stay tuned.


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Episode 4, Fact 1 - Palestinian Children's Art Centre
The violence and bloodshed over the past decades in Palestine greatly affected the children's behaviour and natural life. After the February 1994 massacre at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron the children of Hebron were deeply affected and their behaviour changed dramatically. This led to the creation of the PCAC, a non-profit, non-governmental institution established in 1994 with activities and programs towards development of the Palestinian Childs intellectuality. The PCAC's objectives are to help children regain their natural life, psychological wellness and explore the creative and talented children in all fields to achieve the P.C.A.C slogan "Towards A Creative Palestinian Child" by helping to reinforce the Palestinian Culture among children to assist in all aspects in order to strengthen their role in building the future of their society.
With varying activities, educational programmes, annual meetings of 6-8 year olds for "Hope of Tomorrow" art and music workshops, library, public education, lectures, seminars on various child-related issues and exchange programmes with other countries.
A group established within PCACis children's musical group, Al-Salaam. It was formed for the purpose of re-introducing the spirit of justice, freedom and dignity for all the children through artistic activities. The children felt it was important to establish the group to spread awareness, friendship, equality, hope and respect among children through art.
Al-Salaam group says loudly: "Let us Live peacefully, Let us live in dignity".
With many local and international festivals their word is spreading and uplifting the lives of many children.


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Relationship Loss as a Passage to New Life
Sometimes when we have been hurt, betrayed, or lost a love we feel we are best served curling up in a tight ball. We might do this to protect ourselves and feel safe. This is a natural reaction to being hurt.
Almost everyone will experience the break-up of a romantic relationship at some point in their lives (and unfortunately, most will likely experience break-ups several times). Break-up or divorce doesn't have to result in negative consequences like depression and social isolation. An ideal coping strategy should encourage those who have experienced a romantic relationship's end to purposefully focus on the positive aspects of their experience while simultaneously containing the negative emotions. Exploring positive outcomes in the context of otherwise negative events follows from a growing body of literature based in positive psychology that examines the positive elements of experience that promote growth and personal prosperity (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000 as cited in Lewandowski, G. 2009).).
In fact, research has established that positive emotions can occur following break-up, particularly when the previous relationship did not expand the self, and when personal growth occurs after the break-up (Lewandowski & Bizzoco, 2007 ). Expressive writing or journaling is an intervention that is well-suited to coping with break-up due to its focus on cognitive-processing (Pennebaker, 1997). A meta-analysis suggests that creative writing leads to a decrease in negative outcomes (Smyth, 1998) as well as increased subjective well-being (Frattaroli, 2006). Other expressive media (art making, collage, movement, etc.) had similar effects (Malchiodi, 2013).
Art making is an experience that engages many parts of the brain that can be stimulating and helpful in disease prevention (Dementia, Alzheimer's), enhance overall wellness and self image, and provide a carry-over to the application of creative problem solving in other spheres of life (Malchiodi, Riley, & Cohen, 2001). McNamee (2003) has found that art therapy aides in the integration of loss, trauma, and life transitions through "bi-lateral art making". Art making often involves actions that naturally cross the midline of the brain, in hands-on visual processes: stimulating cortical, limbic, and mid-brain/brainstem systems. As individuals are often asked to talk about their creations the activities and process of art therapy can and does connect words to experience, left brain to right brain, verbal to non-verbal, kinesthetic to visual brain functions.
Perhaps there are other ways we can manage the intense and often isolating emotional load these types of losses can create. As a psychotherapist offering a group for women experiencing relationship loss, I know there are others ways to go through this acute life transition. It is from this knowing that I am passionate in helping clients find ways to create inner strength, resilience, and genuine connectedness as they journey in this unknown place. By finding a safe place to be with all that is, with others who are in a similar place, we can grieve our lost relationship while still connected to others and in relationship. It is possible that losing a relationship and a life partner can be an invitation to enter into a deeper more authentic relationship with our self's. As Women we can be naturally nurturing and caring to our families and partners. Learning to do these things for our self's through our relationship with other women is powerful. It is in this wellspring of support that we can grow, be supported, and be supportive. In short, hone our relationship intelligence. We can also make discoveries about our capacities, hidden gifts, and unspoken desires: making a bridge from what was and is - to what can be.
Relationship as a Rite of Passage creates a safe place to be with and hold your story, while you learn to create safety, trust, and respect for the stories of others. As one of the hermetical principal states: "As above so below. As within, so without." The experience of break-up can lead to new life, resiliency, and enhanced quality of life for one's lifespan.
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Better Bones: Preventing Osteoporosis
Throughout your lifetime you've naturally been losing bone and building it back. For many there comes a point when they start losing more bone than they can replace. For women this often occurs around perimenopause or menopause.
Osteoporosis is a progressive disease that manifests in low bone mineral density, thus making the individual susceptible to bone fractures. Osteopenia is also substandard bone mineral density, but is not clinically low enough to be classified as osteoporosis. Both conditions need to be addressed.
Dr. Susan E. Brown, PhD, CNS, specializes in osteoporosis and osteopenia and has more than 25 years of experience in clinical nutrition and bone health research. She is also a medical anthropologist who has authored numerous academic articles and several books, including Better Bones, Better Body. (1) Dr. Brown outlines the major myths about bone health:
Myth #1 Calcium and vitamin D are enough to maintain strong bones. Although it's true that these two nutrients play a vital role, they are only two of the twenty nutrients essential for healthy bone structure and function.
Myth #2 DEXA testing for bone density is the only way to measure bone health. It's more accurate to say the DEXA is the best test we have. But DEXA tests often scare women unnecessarily. To learn that your bones aren't as dense as those of a 20-year old shouldn't surprise you — but that's not nearly as important as how strong your bones are.
Myth #3 Osteopenia leads to osteoporosis and bone fracture. This progression is only true for a fraction of women. You can do plenty to reduce your risk of osteoporosis and bone fracture even if a doctor has diagnosed you with osteopenia. With proper nutrients, diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes it's possible to stop osteopenia, or even osteoporosis right in its tracks!
Myth #4 Prescription drugs are the only answer for osteopenia or osteoporosis. While prescription drugs may help a minority of patients, these medications can often do more harm than good. And the risks are still being discovered as the years go by. Why take the risk when a natural approach is safer and more effective?
According to Dr. Brown, these are the greatest risk factors for bone problems:
- Inadequate nutrition
- Low levels of specific nutrients vital to bone formation
- An acid-forming diet
- Lack of weight-bearing exercise
- Risk of falls
- Chronic stress
- The use of bone-depleting medications and pharmaceuticals
• Eat an alkaline-forming diet. The modern American diet is filled with large amounts of acid-forming foods, such as animal protein, refined flour products, an array of processed foods, low-quality fats, refined sugars, and alcohol.
Acid-forming foods can upset your biochemistry and may force your body to turn to your bones to provide alkalinizing or "base" minerals to offset the acid load. While this works in the short-term, it's harmful to bone health in the long run because it depletes your bones' mineral reserves. Here's what you can do:
- Include more vegetables (especially root crops and green leafy vegetables), fruits, nuts, seeds and spices.
- Add fresh lemon or lime to your water. They are thought of as acids, but they actually alkalinize your body.
- Eliminate soda, excess caffeine, and excess animal protein from your diet.
- Avoid processed foods, white flours, refined sugars, additives, and preservatives.
• Monitor your urinary pH. Tracking your first morning urine pH (after at least 6 hours of sleep) is a simple and convenient way to know how your nutritional changes are affecting your body. When this number is between 6.5 (slightly acidic) and 7.5 (slightly alkaline), it suggests that your overall cellular pH is where it should be — slightly alkaline. Results in an acid range can suggest that your bones are being depleted of minerals to offset the excess acid in your system.
• Get the optimal amount of Vitamin D through sunlight, food sources and supplementation. Harvard researchers note, calcium supplements often contain vitamin D; taking calcium paired with vitamin D seems to be more beneficial for bone health than taking calcium alone. (2) Vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures as much or even more than the drug therapies. Try to get in sun for at least 15 minutes a day.
|Deficiency levels: < 50 ng/ml
|Optimal levels: 50 – 80 ng/ml
"Sunlight is not the enemy. It's lack of antioxidants in your diet that is the enemy. Natural light is a lovely source of vitamin D; you can't overdose. But many people – to get their levels of vitamin D into optimal – are going to need 5,000 to 10, 000 international units per day. So, vitamin D is important. You can get your level drawn through MyMedLab.com without a doctor's prescription." –Dr. Christiane Northrup, MD
• Add a high-quality multi-vitamin/multi-mineral supplement. This needs to contain the 20 key bone building nutrients in optimal doses to fill in any gaps.
• Get more Vitamin K. Vitamin K has been shown to affect how calcium helps with new bone building by allowing calcium to bind to the bone matrix.
Vitamin K, which is found mainly in green, leafy vegetables, likely plays one or more important roles in calcium regulation and bone formation. Low levels of circulating vitamin K have been linked with low bone density, and supplementation with vitamin K shows improvements in biochemical measures of bone health. (3)
A report from the Nurses' Health Study suggests that women who get at least 110 micrograms of vitamin K a day are 30 percent less likely to break a hip than women who get less than that. (4) According to the nurses, eating a serving of lettuce or other green, leafy vegetable a day cuts the risk of hip fracture in half when compared with eating one serving a week. Data from the Framingham Heart Study also shows an association between high vitamin K intake and reduced risk of hip fracture in men and women, and increased bone mineral density in women. (5)
• Limit animal protein. Animal proteins are high in sulfur-containing amino acids and are particularly acid-producing as you metabolize them. Protein is absolutely required for your bones and just about every other body tissue. But try to limit your animal protein sources (beef, chicken, pork, eggs, and dairy products) to 40 grams or less per day and increase plant-based protein sources.
• Generate stronger bone with exercise. Remember that our bodies were meant to move, and our bones need exercise to trigger bone-building activity. Any form of exercise can help halt bone loss by building muscle, as long as you supply the body with adequate nutrients.
Weight training is the most effective way to increase bone mass and decrease the risk of osteoporosis. Numerous studies reveal this fact. A one-year study using a strength training routine three days a week showed in women, the more weight they lifted the greater the increase in total body bone mass density.(6) In another study done in 2007 young women participated for five months in a resistance training program. The conclusion was that strength training increased bone mass.(7) A third study done in 2000 showed that the positive effects of resistance training on the musculoskeletal system reverse when training is withdrawn.(8)
• Minimize stress. Chronic stress takes a huge toll on our health — it increases the body's acid load. (Keep in mind this can be physical stress, as occurs during the menopause transition, as well as emotional or mental stress). And keep in mind, it's not just the day-to-day stresses of modern life which affect our bodies, but also issues from the past which can manifest themselves in new places in our lives. Cortisol, our major stress hormone, can be extremely detrimental to bone and other organs if it remains at high levels around-the-clock.
Be good to yourself, and seek help if you need it or simply give yourself more breaks — whether it's to take a relaxing bath or simply reading alone on the couch for an hour. Any time you quiet your mind and relax your body, you can lower your stress level.
Bone is ever-changing, and when we take control of our diet, exercise habits and stress, we will build better and more beautiful bones—no matter what our age.
1. Brown, Susan and Russell Jaffe, MD. Better Bones, Better Body : Beyond Estrogen and Calcium. McGraw Hill. Apr 1, 2000.
1. Calcium and Milk: What's Best for Your Bones and Health?The Nutrition Source. Harvard School of Public Health. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/calcium-full-story/
2. Weber P. Vitamin K and bone health. Nutrition. 2001; 17:880–87.
3. Feskanich D, Weber P, Willett WC, Rockett H, Booth SL, Colditz GA. Vitamin K intake and hip fractures in women: a prospective study. Am J Clin Nutr. 1999; 69:74–79.
4. Booth SL, Tucker KL, Chen H, et al. Dietary vitamin K intakes are associated with hip fracture but not with bone mineral density in elderly men and women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000; 71:1201–08.
5. Booth SL, Broe KE, Gagnon DR, et al. Vitamin K intake and bone mineral density in women and men. Am J Clin Nutr. 2003; 77(2):512-16
6. Cussler, Lohman et al. Weight lifted in strength training predicts bone change in postmenopausal women. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2003 35(1):10-7
7. Nickols-Richardson, S.M., Miller, L.E., Wootten, D.F., Ramp W.K. and Herbert, W.G. Concentric and Eccentric isokinetic resistance training similarly increases muscular strength, fat free tissue mass and specific bone mineral measurements in young women. Osteoporosis Int. 2007; 18(6):789-96.
8. Winters, K.M. and Snow, C.M. Detraining reverses positive effects of exercise on the musculoskeletal system in premenopausal women. J Bone Miner Res. 2000; (12):2495-503.
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Wednesday 21 August
19.30 hrs: A welcome to the Disney characters at Molí de Dalt who make their way to Pla de Sa Creu accompanied by the animation group Esclat.
20.00 hrs: The junior 'Pregon', official fiesta announcement of the Fiestas for the children by the Disney characters in Pla de Sa Creu followed by gospel music from the choral group Moments a Cor.
20.30 hrs: Sant Lluís Trophy football match between CCE Sant Lluís and Sporting de Mahón at the football ground.
Thursday 22 August
18.30 hrs: Speed chess tournament in Pla de Sa Creu.
Friday 23 August
21.30 hrs: The traditional 'Pregon', the official announcement of the Fiestas, with music by the Grup Vocal Instrumental Jubilats de Sant Lluís. The Mayor asks the Fabioler (herald) to escort the Caixer Fadrí to collect the Fiesta Flag.
The first notes on the flute signify the start of the festivities and the Fiesta Flag is hung on the Town Hall balcony by the Caixera Fadrina, together with the Fabioler, Mayor and Caixer Batle (rider representing the Mayor) and the Pregonera.
22.00 hrs: Musical performance by the group Las Damas.
23.00 hrs: Music and public dance, 'Sa Primera de ses Festes' with DJ in Pla de Sa Creu.
Saturday 24 August
11.00 hrs: Traditional dressing of the Sant Lluís Giants, Maria, Lluís and Tecla andgrooming of the Caixer Pagès' horse in Plaça Nova.
12.00 noon: Mass in honour of Saint Lluís, King of France, in the Sant Lluís parish church.
16.30 hrs: A peal of bells and burst of rockets signal the start of the fiestas.
16.45 hrs: The Sant Lluís Giants, and carnival figures and invited giants from the island, parade the town, accompanied by the Es Migjorn Band together with the Asociación Xeremiers Orat and group Aires de Cala de Pollenca.
17.00 hrs: The 'Fabioler' goes to Pla de Sa Creu where the Mayor is waiting for him to grant permission to form the cavalcade for the 2013 fiestas and to collect the Caixer Fadrí from Placa de ses Micoles. They then make their way to the Town Hall to ask permission to start the fiestas in honour of the town's patron saint. The Fiesta Flag of Sant Lluís is presented to them and the first notes are played on the Fabiol after which all the Caixers and cavallers of Sant Lluís gather and make their way to the Molí de Dalt (windmill) where riders from other towns are waiting for them. Once united, they return to the Town Hall to collect the Caixer Batle (Fiesta Mayor), the Caixer Pagès (the rider representing farmers) and the Caixer Municipal (mounted policemen representing the Municipality). The Caixer Batle receives the official Staff of Office before finally collecting the Caixer Capella (Fiesta Priest).
18.00 hrs: The cavalcade tours the town, presided over by the Caixer Batle.
18.00 hrs: Horse races in the Mahón Municpal Hipodrome.
19.30 hrs: Evening Mass (Compline) in the parish church attended by local dignitaries, authorities and the horse riders.
20.00 hrs: Traditional 'Jaleo' in front of the church, followed by the 'caragol' (tour) around the streets of Sant Lluís.
23.30 hrs: Grand public dance with the groups The Legend and Fraggles in Pla de Sa Creu.
Sunday 25 August
08.00 hrs: Morning Reveille around the town with the Giants and Bugle and Drum Band.
09.00 hrs: The cavalcade gathers following the proceedings of the previous day and parades the streets.
10.30 hrs: Mass for the riders in the parish church with the traditional distribution of the 'aigua-ros' (rose water) and anointment of the riders and congregation, and a special mention to honour the fiesta day of Sant Lluís, King of France and patron saint of the town.
11.30 hrs: Second 'Jaleo' in front of the church followed by the presentation of traditional green canes and silver spoons to the participating riders.
15.00 hrs: The final notes are played on the flute. Traditional refreshment (beguda) given by the Town Hall for all the Caixers.
15.00 hrs: A paella lunch party is held for all the townspeople in the Plaça Nova, by the windmill. Tickets for paella and a drink, €5. Advance ticket sales from: Restaurant La Rueda, Panaderia Maruja, Carnisseia Can Miquel and the Sant Lluís library.
20.30 hrs: Colourful street parade with floats, the Giants and carnival figures and music from the Cap de Fibló band and invited groups.
23.00 hrs: Grand public dance with music by Remembers and Fraggles in Pla de Sa Creu.
00.30 hrs: Spectacular firework display near the new school.
Monday 26 August
10.00 hrs: Mass in memory of the townsfolk who have died during the past year.
11.00 hrs: Children's Fiesta with a street party, games, pony rides and foam party in Plaça des Pins.
17.00 hrs: Third swimming race from Illa de l'Aire to Punta Prima and the 150m children's race.
20.30 hrs: Concert by Rita Barber in Pla de Sa Creu.
22.00 hrs: Grand public dance with the groups Huracán and Remembers in Pla de Sa Creu.
24.00 hrs: A burst of firecrackers near the new school brings the fiesta to a close.
The Minor Fiestas of Sant Lluïset takes place on Saturday 31 August and Sunday 1 September 2013, with local activities and sporting events organised during the week before. Click here for programme details.


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An original late 19th-century graphite drawing, Gentlemen on the Porch at Tiaro.
An engaging graphite drawing, with watercolour overpainting, of a group of male figures coversing on the shaded porch of a homestead in Tiaro, Queensland, Australia. Verso there are three additional graphite sketches of figures on horseback, including a woman with a parasol.
Unsigned. Inscribed upper right: 'Tiaro'.
Minor foxing and age toning around the edges as shown. Otherwise, in good condition for its age.
11.9cm x 16.3cm.
This drawing is one of a rare collection we have for sale by an unknown artist which documents the long and perilous journey from England to rural Queensland, Australia, in the year 1900. Weaving a narrative from the first moments of chaos at the boarding dock, all the way to the rustic charm of the local Australian cowboys, this collection forms a fascinating insight into the beauty and pleasantries of an often long and perilous journey that was only undertaken by a select few. These drawings were collected in a sketchbook with an inside label that reads 'Reeves & Sons, Ltd' in High Street, Kensington - indicating a British origin. The artist was likely upper class, and appears to have travelled in some comfort, using the sketchbook to capture everyday scenes of life aboard ship on the long and arduous 30+ day journey from England to Australia. A few of the drawings are also labelled with place names, particularly Tiaro and Gootchie, indicating their location in the Queensland province. By this time Australia was still quite rural - the coastal railway line that ran between Brisbane and Gladstone along the Sunshine Coast was only begun in the early 1890s, so it is possible that in 1900 our artist had to travel a majority of the way by horseback, hence the significant number of drawings of riders and horses in this collection. The inclusion of images of additional figures such as women and young men, in fine hat and dress or safari costume, indicates that our artist was a person who moved in genteel circles –an intrepid adventurer perhaps, or a family member to someone in the prosperous local gold and mining industries. Filled with an observant charm and a vitality of line, these images are an example of one artist finding quiet moments of beauty in an often harsh and savage landscape.
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Just a thought really. I was never overly impressed with de gea and there is no confirmation he will join. so far i have heard he will, he wont, he will decide later
But it occurred to me that the goal keeper position took us a long time to sort and not just after the big dane. If you look at the history of utd over the last 30 odd years we have struggled before
Now with a possible major restructuring taking place do you feel we may have been better going…Continue
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"Faced with the prospect of having to do some real work, we instead strived to recreate the 'classic' look-and-feel of the original 606, resulting in the homage you are now viewing...
You should also be aware that the JA606 site has been built from the ground up utilising some fairly modern web browsing technologies. As such, JA606 recommends the use of an up to date browser, such as…Continue
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Having found myself at a loose end over the summer now that Uni has told me to sod off for a bit and stop bothering the lecturerererers with questions like; 'yes, but why is globalisation a threat to modernity?', Mrs El J has given me strict orders to find a job and start paying my way in life. So, like a lamb to the the seasonal employment slaughter, I wove my way to the nearest employment agency to register for the kind of work a man with my skills is skilled enough to do…Continue
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New poster here i did read 606 but that closes so here now HI all.
Ben Foster is so over rated it is a joke i have seen him flap at crosses so may times its not even funny. I would sign Paul Robinson to be our keeper for the next 3 years atleast. The fee that is going around to sign Foster is around 9 mill is that for real he is not even worth half that ask any UTD fan.
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Bankrupt Clowns, Failing Club.
Any others?
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Today we lost a rider from the peloton, and I'd like to pay tribute.
For those of you who don't follow cycling, the Giro d'Itlaia is currently winding its way around Italy. This is a 3-week bike race, a Grand Tour, much like the Tour de France.
Around 20k from today's Stage 3 finish, a young cyclist tragically lost his life whilst descending a climb. Medical teams were on the scene immediately, but were unable to revive him.
Walter was a young…Continue
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Hi Everyone .
Just read some really sad news ,Sevi Ballesteros is not to good health wise.I hope he pulls through.
Nice man
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Awesome Ryder Captain.
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2 short years after leaving LFC, the great Sami Hyypia will be hanging his boots up for good at the end of the current Bundesliga campaign.
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What a pathetic Person, He is now starting to sound like the Politician he was & still is.
Am I the only person on here to say so ?
He is,was & still is RULED by Sponsers.
Now the game needs sponsers BUT THEY NEED THE GAME MORE.
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Well I've made a partial move. I will be dual posting on 606 and SportWitness.
I've searched around and, well simply put, the others are all dross and set up to make money.
SportWitness has been set up on a simple, clear platform and with a few tweaks I think it could easily grow to become a massive forum.
Anyway on with what I hope to become a regular, irregular blog stroke article.
One which I aim to become a quick round up of recent events and…
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Inspired by the excellent article posted by World Class, I thought I'd have ago at this. Apologies if I mess up.
Tonight sees Birmingham City travel to Merseyside to take on an Everton team looking for a third win on the trot. With injuries to several key players, including Barry Ferguson, Craig Gardner and Alexander Hleb, the Blues go into this match with a threadbare midfield, but Alex McLeish is still likely to play 5 across the middle in a 4-5-1 formation.…Continue
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Hey Fellow United Fans
I have joined this and it looks good, im new so bare with me please. I was on 606 but didnt post often, just viewed the friendley banter and views. Hopefully there will be plenty more on here. This there many on here from 606.
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Alien Trout Control on the Colorado
While I sympathize with my friends like Terry Gunn, who guide and fish at Lees Ferry on the Colorado and while I love to fish for naturalized alien trout, I consider the alien trout in the Colorado River as a scourge on the native ecosystem -- no different in their effect than are starlings, house sparrows, feral cats and feral horses on terrestrial systems. Despite comments urging Trout Unlimited to "take a stand," it has wisely stayed out of the fight. As former TU president Charles Gauvin declared: "If we fight this, what will we say to Walleyes Unlimited when they complain about some coho recovery program in Oregon? Let's grow up. This is a problem we have to live with in these altered habitats where trout are a mitigation species. If the science is good, what business have we to be complaining about efforts to save a native species?"
Terry's post on my FB page garnered a whole bunch of likes and applauding comments. I merely posted by 2 cents.
Here's Terry's: https://www.facebook.com/terry.gunn.7792?ref=br_rs
And here's mine: https://blog.nature.org/science/2016/10/25/recovery-humpback-chubs-new-values-and-new-hope-for-endangered-native-fish/
Hey Native Fish people. Let's hear what you think!


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In venerating the dictates of the natural order, the Jewish people brought themselves into the constraints of the circumstances of nature, manifest in the treatment they received from the wicked Achashverosh
In venerating the dictates of the natural order, the Jewish people brought themselves into the constraints of the circumstances of nature, manifest in the treatment they received from the wicked Achashverosh
Driven from a young age to study Torah, R' Yeshuah Hadad made his way from a small village in Morocco to a respected position as the rav of the Sephardic community in Milan, Italy, as a direct shlichus of the Rebbe. * Over the years, he received a great deal of guidance from the Rebbe, who guided him every step of the way in the rabbinic position that he held for close to half a century, as well as many signs of personal closeness. * His son, R' Yosef Hadad, sheds some additional light on the persona of his father, in an exclusive interview with Beis Moshiach
The room was packed with bachurim and some men, and it was difficult to see the Rebbe. It was warm and very crowded. I stood on tiptoe but heard the Rebbe and saw him from the side. The Rebbe sat on a simple chair, leaning slightly on the desk near him. The Rebbe spoke about Resurrection of the Dead and other things. Rashag asked questions and the Rebbe answered and explained. I could only ask myself – how had I merited this? * Fascinating reports and memories from the month of Adar 5734 with the Rebbe, published for the very first time from the diary of the late R' Saadya Maatuf.
The opening words of our parsha this week discuss G-d's command to Moses that the children of Israel provide olive oil to light the Menorah in the Mishkan, the portable Sanctuary.
The amazing story of Zahava Gusyatinski, currently a shlucha in Ohr Yehuda, to whom emuna, bitachon and yearning, are not abstract concepts, but secure means to carrying out a woman's shlichus of bringing children into the world
Selected Halachos from the "One Minute Halacha" project
How do you like your fish: Tilapia with a flaky crust? Baked salmon? Spicy Nile perch? Sweet gefilte fish? * The mazal of this month of Adar is fish, so we spoke with R' Aryeh Schneersohn of the legendary fish store in Kfar Chabad. * Between grinding carp, filleting salmon, and putting tefillin on with the deliveryman, we heard about the world of fish in Chazal, in Kabbala and in business. * About kashrus challenges in the modern era, some nostalgia, and a story about the love of Chassidim


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At the NPR website there is a fascinating post with a link to a video (see below) by Viv Hart who is self-described as a "a recreational mathemusician currently living on Long Island." [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heKK95DAKms&w=640&h=510]
Now I feel vindicated for all those years I spent doodling in math class in middle school and high school! The only thing is, I did not understand the theory behind why I was fascinated by drawing the "overs and unders."


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Top Ten Questions (part one)
These are the top 10 questions (plus a couple more) that we get from churches about Leadership Pathway.
What is Leadership Pathway?
Leadership Pathway (Lp) matches potential ministry residents with churches that have committed to being a teaching church. We then coach the staff at the church in the best practices of equipping the resident for two years in 24Core Competencies in our coaching manual we've called a Guidebook.
Why are you doing this?
There's an obvious gap between college/seminary diplomas and being "ready" or "hirable." From the smallest to the largest churches. From those churches in rural communities to urban centers…there's a talent issue of future leaders. We want to do our part in helping address this issue.
What do you mean by teaching church?
Well, Dr. Greg Ozark of Loyola Hospital in Chicago once said, "There are great hospitals, and there are great teaching hospitals…try not to confuse the two." We'd say the same about churches. Some churches are amazing but don't allocate the resource, or missional awareness, to being a place where others can learn. Being a teaching church requires a commitment from the top, and it's a mindset that this church wants more for the student than from the student.
What are practical ways you see this playing out?
When a church begins the conversation by saying "We need a middle school pastor, but cannot afford one…so let's get an intern..." we will choose not to engage. We aren't saying that's a wrong strategy, but we are saying that's not a pathway to leadership development that we are going to invest in.
Lp looks like…
- A leader who has proven they can develop others, both volunteers and staff, and desires to do this, we give them a framework for a residency program.
- A Seminary grad who is still not ready and considering bailing out into something else, we help them make good on their investment.
- A State University Junior or Senior majoring in something that has nothing to do with church leadership is feeling the call, and shows evidence of this desire…we give them a path into ministry at a teaching church.
- A student who only made it through three semesters of higher ed, has been working in the marketplace for three years, but cannot get away from ministry…we find the right fit for them in residency.
- A church that will make a great teaching church, but cannot find candidates for residency. We will search nationwide to place the right one there.
What's the difference between a resident and an intern?
We use the term "resident" because of what it implies. Interns tend to make copies, run errands, and never meet the boss. Just like in medicine, a resident is all-in and is going to do this with their lives. There's an implication that they must be able to do certain skills within a certain time frame. We agree.
What's the focus of Lp? What's in the playbook?
Well it's called a Guidebook for starters, and we did this intentionally because we do believe we are on a journey. A path of sorts. The speed, how many diversions, how long to get through a certain point, is really up to the guide and depends on where the resident is in their competency.
The Guidebook is "helps manual" to have developmental conversations. There's a big difference in being developed and just having an opportunity to be cheap labor. Both are fine, actually, but we are about the first one.
What are the conversations around? What are the competencies?
About six years ago we began asking church leaders one of two questions:
Tell us about your last personnel mistake/disaster? Why did they quit or why did they get fired? Etc.
Secondly, what are you looking for in your next staff hire?
Our hunches were affirmed through these round tables with pastors of churches in rural settings of one hundred, all the way up to some of the largest in the country. Their answers led us to eventually coming to the 24Core Competencies [insert link] that we feel Lp can help answer.
We know there are great educational models out there to help future church leaders be smart and know the Word – they must keep doing what they're doing because future leaders must be smart.
We know there are amazing spiritual formation tools available to future leaders at all stages of their spiritual walk. We need them to keep developing the heart and spiritual temperature of future leaders.
Lp is not classic education, and Lp is not classic spiritual formation. We fill the gaps and add a third rail, so to speak, in these leadership skills.
What will Lp not do?
We are not good for students who don't know what they want to do with their lives. There are hundreds of gap-year programs, short stay missions, etc. Go do that if you aren't sure.
We are not a college. We are not for credit. We are not a Bible Study curriculum.
What's the vision?
We see the potential each candidate.. If they go through this program they will be highly desired and hirable. Anything short of that is a fail.
We see hundreds of candidates entering the pipeline each year because of Lp. Some would have given up. Some don't fit the traditional model our classic organizations still have. Some would have made it anyway, but now will take their first steps in to ministry in a much better place than before.
We'd rather see one resident at twenty churches of 1,500 than twenty residents at one church of twenty thousand. We believe one on one is best. We also know that the resident at the church of 1,500 is going to be asked to contribute at a higher level. This is critical.
What's next?
We are on a marathon walk…maybe a job. Stanley says, "You overestimate what you can do in a year, and you underestimate what you can do in a decade." Most of us at Lp are get-it-done types, and it takes discipline to build something over the next ten years, but this is our endeavor.
What do you need?
We need churches that are willing to make the investment (and we aren't talking about finances).
We need Christian Colleges and Seminaries to be willing to have the conversation. We think we can actually help their graduates be what they want them to be. We can tell their story for them.
We need paths on to University and College campuses where dynamic leaders who can do anything with their lives, are thinking about church leadership, but don't have a path to get there. We need that influence and platform.


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The Narendra Modi government is busy discussing everything but the economy
BySaikat Datta
- September 20, 2019
ByVishal Manve
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Monitoring Systems
The implementation of monitoring and alarm systems that enable the detection of failures and accidents as well as IT infrastructure management, are one of the areas that Eurotux's supply of services stands out.
Based on open source technology (such as Nagios and Icinga), the company offers a monitoring tool with the ability to oversee infrastructures, platforms, services and applications.
This tool gives great importance to managing IT services and infrastructure, generating availability reports, tracking the evolution of service performance and setting off alarms (email, SMS or other means) that bring attention to failures in these systems.
Adaptable according to the needs of the company where it is installed, this monitoring system provides a detailed view of the resources that are being used by the infrastructure and detects potential failures while they are still in their initial phase, reducing response times and resulting damages. As such, using this system may extend the equipment's lifetime with a reduction in maintenance costs.
Platform Monitoring
- Availability
- Memory use
- Available disk space in partitions
- Fans, power sources and temperature status
- Network interfaces usage
- SMS alerts
- Monitoring from anywhere via mobile applications
Service Monitoring
- BD My5SQL; Oracle, SQL Server
- TomCat; JBoss
In addition to these typical tests for platforms and service availability, monitoring mechanisms can be created according to the client's needs, with specific components for the solutions they use.
This solution, as is usual with other solutions provided by Eurotux, is based on open source technology and does not require the purchase of any commercial software.
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Activated Charcoal Soap is our best-selling soap for good reason! This bar deeply cleanses and removes grime and dirt from clogged pores, leaving the skin squeaky clean and acne-free. Recommended for oily skin. It also draws out toxins and detoxifies the skin. Perfect for oily, sensitive and problematic skin conditions. For the treatment of acne, Activated Charcoal draws out impurities, heals pimples and helps prevent further breakouts. As an anti-aging ingredient, Activated Charcoal is said to tighten pores and smooth the skin. It also reduces inflammation, which is significant in preventing premature aging. These Soaps contain no alcohol or animal by-products. Our Face Products are Organic Natural and 100 Percent Safe to use with no Side Effects.
Charcoal Face Soap Benefits:
- Treats Oily Skin
It absorbs the excessive oil along with the dirt from the skin. This gives you an oil-free look. Moreover, it also effectively removes unwanted oil from the face.
- Charcoal Soap For Acne Treatment
It removes the toxins and skin impurities thus helping in the treatment of acne.
- Makes Skin Tighter And Firmer
Loose skin indicates the initiation of old age. It is important to take essential steps at the earliest. Charcoal has the quality to make the skin firmer and tighter at a rapid pace.
- Provides Flawless Skin
It has the amazing ability to control facial oil and draw away the impurities that build up in the pores. It is also effective in the removal of dead cells, thus providing clean and flawless skin.
- Reduces Pore Size
It is the best solution for pollution and dirt. It not only extracts the dirt and grime but also treats clogged pores and reduces their size.
- Clears Skin Blemishes
Regular use of charcoal soap can provide amazing results for a blemish-free skin. Again, it does this effectively by removing impurities and toxins from the skin. It also exfoliates the skin.
- Suits Every Skin Type
Skin suitability is a major concern while using any skin care product. Well, charcoal soap is suitable for every skin type.
- Treats Psoriasis
Charcoal soap also treats psoriasis and eczema. It is effective for the treatment of dry, cracked skin. It some cases, it also prevents the disease from recurring.
- Prevents Premature Aging
It is an effective way to stop premature aging. It helps to do away with the wrinkles and fine lines, thus preventing you from looking old and having a dull, tired face.
Important information
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I had another post in the works, but, for Holy Saturday, I thought I would share a poem by Dorothy Sayers instead…
I make the wonderful carven beams
Of cedar and oak
To build King Solomon's house of dreams,
With many a hammer-stroke,
And the gilded, wide-winged cherubims.
I have no thought in My heart but this:
How bright will be My bower
When all is finished; My joy it is
To see each perfect flower
Curve itself up to the tool's harsh kiss.
How shall I end the thing I planned?
Such knots are in the wood!
With quivering limbs I stoop and stand,
My sweat runs down like blood . . .
I have driven the chisel through My hand.
~"The Carpenter's Son"
Have a blessed Saturday and a joy-filled Easter.


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Bay Dress
The Bay Dress is a 36", straight fit knit dress with 3/4 sleeves and boat neck. We love the fun twist back detail. This dress is perfect for when you don't know where the day will take you. Consider yourself ready for that call from your girlfriend and a change of plans!
- Engineered Straight Fit 3/4 Sleeve Boat Neck Dress With Twist Back Detail.
- 36" From Top Of Shoulder To Hem.
- Length: Above The Knee.
- Pima Cotton Jersey (100% Cotton).
- Machine Wash Cold. Separately. Delicate Cycle.
- Imported.


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Open your garage door fully and secure it in place. You need to raise the door as far up as possible and place C-clamps below the bottom rollers. Or you may place two locking pliers on each track under the bottom rollers. This safety measure is very important. If the door is not secured properly, it may roll down while you are working. So it is a smart idea to try tugging on the door to ensure the clamps are tight. Also, unplug the power cord to the door opener.
One more thing to do before you start working is to take a photo of the cables. Resist the temptation to skip this step, as most likely you won't be able to remember how the cables were threaded and connected. Even if you will, it is still easier to work when you have a picture of how they were.
Is there a safety cable installed on you door? The purpose of the safety cable is to protect you in case the spring breaks. If your door has this type of cable, you need to remove it at the metal hanger not far from the end of the track. Do you see an eye bolt? Find a clamp on the cable. You may loosen it so as to give some slack in the cable. Warning: this step will allow the spring to fall, so hold on to the safety cable as you are loosening it.
Now the safety cable can be pulled out of the spring. Let it just hang off to the side. Then pull out the part of the extension spring that is attached to the eye bolt at the hanger.
Take a closer look at the track and the support in the back. If you notice that the angle iron is not in proper condition, replace it.
The second part of the spring is attached to the pulley with the help of a metal clevis. Remove the clevis from the pulley using wrenches. Pay attention to the state of the stationary pulleys. Are you sure they do not look worn and do not need replacement? When the springs break, pulleys are often not far behind. Wrap some tape around the pulley so that it does not move. Move the cable down and let it hang so that it cannot strike anything or get under your feet while you are working. Now you are ready to install the new kit of springs.


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2x Communications Positions Vacant
There are currently 2 opportunities available for experienced communications officers:
- Communications Officer (part-time) Arts Out West (based in Bathurst)
- Communications Officer (part-time) Murray Arts (based in Albury/Wodonga)
Arts Out West:
Are you great at project promotion, graphic design and all things communication?
Do you have a passion for the arts sector or the NSW Central West?
Are you looking for a three-day a week job in Bathurst in 2018?
Arts OutWest are looking for a part-time Communications Officer (21 hours/ 3 days a week) for 12 months maternity cover over what will be a BIG year in regional arts development in our region.
The Communications role is shared across two positions (each working 3 days per week). Together the communications team manage the marketing and communications activities at Arts OutWest including - but not limited to - project marketing; graphic design; regular radio spots; e-newsletters; social media; website; some project management; and support to project staff, artists and organisations.
Applications close Monday 4 December 2017
Anticipated start mid-January 2018.
All the details online: www.artsoutwest.org.au/about/employment/
Murray Arts:
The Communications Officer (Comms Officer) part-time manages the marketing and communications activities at Murray Arts, including but not limited to e-newsletters, social media, print management, website updates, media liaison and management of the grants and artist database. The Comms Officer will respond to public enquiries in regular communication with the Murray Arts Team and provides some project assistance on a case by case basis. After hours and weekend work may be required.
The Comms Officer will link into the Regional Arts NSW Communications Officers' Network.
Applications close: 5pm Friday 8 December 2017
Anticipated starting date Monday 15 January 2018
Download the Communications Officer - Part-time Position Description HERE
The Comms Officer's position is 21 hours/per week (3 days), flexible part-time.


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In daily life, when usually we talk about different societal issues, pollution seems to be the hot topic. Off late, in Delhi, India, there was a warning on the air in the city and surrounding areas is unfit to breathe. Several contributors triggered this issue. Crackers, vehicle emissions, dust etc.
But, this was not the first time we saw an alarming situation in the city. Not just Delhi, but other major metros in the country seem to be victims. Recent news mentioned, Bangalore would also witness the odd and even scheme. This brings a question as to why is this a persistent issue.
With winters setting in, many cities in India face issues with visibility and breathing. While winters are supposed to be a season of enjoyment and fun, to snuggle up in the cold, our country doesn't seem to enjoy this.
So what exactly is the difference .
The early mornings in the cold weather wake us up to fog and mist. A beautiful and serene view where tiny droplets of water get combined with air. Thickest fogs tend to occur in areas with high industrialization. This is probably why we see Delhi and other northern states of India with thick fog conditions leading to disruptions in normal life.
When this fog is mixed with toxic smoke, it reacts with sunlight forming ozone, thus leading to smog. The toxic air released by industries and vehicles daily lead up to pile on. This is not an enjoyable state as it leads to serious medical disorders that include respiratory and cardio vascular diseases. Children are also affected by smog.
Haze is a condition that tends to affect visibility. It is the occurrence when light reflects off the tiny pollutants in the air. The contributors of haze are usually smoke emitted from different sources such as industries and vehicles.
Vog occurs in areas which are more volcanic. The onset of a volcanic eruption leads to release in sulphur dioxide which reacts with air and other gases. Again leading to poor visibility. Also, leading to slight change in the colour of landscape.


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Felix Pallas vs. Klahr - Similarities
With Christmas fast approaching Axtone records brings joy to the world with Belgium and Sweden combining or something rather special for the end of year and beyond.
Felix Pallas are four 20-somethings from Antwerp (Belgium) formed around two brothers creating "alienated pop" who've garnered support from key global tastemakers including Pigeons & Planes, Beats 1, BBC Radio 1, Billboard, NME and TLOBF. Axtone's wunderkind, Klahr returns to the imprint following his foray into the Pop World, having produced Maty Noyes' Say It My Face' for Lava Records with further artist collaborations in the works.
It was at such a collaborative session that Klahr & PJ from Felix Pallas came together with the guys immediately hitting it, off sharing one another's musical works. Klahr instantly loved the band's previous single 'Similarities' (Disco Naïveté) and got working on his own glacial interpretation, putting his Scandinavian stamp on the infectious song from the Belgian quartet.
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In October 2014 I was honoured to have my work exhibited for the first time at World Press Photo Dublin, under the banner of Young Journalist Spotlight. Organisers wanted World Press Photo to have an impact on its visit to Dublin and so organisers chose three Journalists to feature alongside the exhibition.
A Bower for Sisters and My T1 Life both featured as part of this month long exhibit in CHQ Dublin
As part of being featured in the exhibit we also took part in a work shop with world renowned Photographer Robin Hammond, himself a World Press Photo winner. It was an amazing experience, and the part that will stay with me for a long time to come, was hearing the words of our former President Mary Robinson as she officially opened the exhibit. I was honoured to have the opportunity to meet with her and once again inspired by her words.
Some media outlets also highlighted the occasion, including The Clare Champion, The Offaly Independant, The Tullamore Tribune, Clare FM and TheJournal.ie.


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Dreyfus Corp. has put the former manager of the $57 million Dreyfus Aggressive Growth (DGVAX) DGVAX and the $216 million Premier Aggressive Growth (DRLEX) DRLEX funds on paid administrative leave to investigate fraud charges leveled against him. Michael Schonberg was replaced as lead manager for both of these funds last April but continued to work with the company as a portfolio manager. The case centers onSchonberg'spurchase of 1.8 million shares of poorly-performing Chromatics Color Sciences Inc.(CCSI) CCSI, -4.32% , a company that markets a device used to diagnose jaundice in newborns. Short-seller Asensio & Co. Inc. argued last month that Schonberg's background as a chartered financial analyst with more than 22 years of experience as a securities analyst makes it unlikely that "Mr. Schonberg had no knowledge of Chromatics' lack of investment value or its fraudulent activities." Schonberg managed the Dreyfus Funds for approximately two and a half years. For background on the controversy, click
Canadian broker buying up Denver-based wrap firm
Canadian investment management firm Dundee Bancorp Inc. entered into a Letter of Intent with Denver-based PMC International Inc. (PMCI) PMCI to buy approximately 6,000,000 newly-issued shares of outstanding common stock at US$4.00 per share. The $24 million deal would give Dundee 55 percent of the outstanding shares in the firm. PMCI is an independent provider of individually managed and wrap account services in the U.S. The company has grown to manage and/or administer approximately $3 billion in high-net-worth and institutional client assets utilizing third party mutual funds and separately managed accounts. The PMCI companies serve banks, insurance companies and the independent broker/dealer advisory community in more than ten countries. Dundee has substantial diversified international business interests and also provides investment management and administrative services to the Toronto-based Dynamic Mutual Funds.
New retirement plan for small business
The Chase Global Mutual Funds Group launched an alternative retirement planning program on Wednesday for small companies that do not offer a qualified retirement plan. The Chase Vista SIMPLE IRA allows participants to manage and plan their financial futures through tax-deferred compounded earnings and employer contributions. The plan also provides employers with a cost effective retirement program for employees. "Our new SIMPLE IRA product provides real benefits for both employers and employees who work in the burgeoning small business marketplace," said Sarah E. Jones, president of Chase Mutual Fund Corp. The employer sponsored plan is set up much like a traditional IRA, with employees making regular contributions. Plan participants may choose among individual funds and three different asset allocation models; conservative, moderate or aggressive. Different levels of sponsor involvement are offered and the company's business taxes are reduced through the tax deductible contributions required by the plan.


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Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie "Calling Off Divorce" And "Rebuilding Family"?
Are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie "calling off" their divorce? A new report claims the estranged spouses have reconciled and are "rebuilding" their family. Gossip Cop, however, can debunk the inaccurate story.
A headline in the latest edition of Globe exclaims, "Brad & Angie Hot Again!" According to this "world exclusive," Pitt and Jolie have "mended fences in a sizzling reunion between the sheets." The supermarket tabloid alleges the real reason their divorce hasn't been finalized is because the stars "couldn't bring themselves to sign the papers." Instead, contends the magazine, "the warring exes had a steamy, clothes-ripping reconciliation."
Notably, it's not said just when this alleged reunion occurred. But a so-called "insider" is quoted as saying, "It was exciting and explosive, and it settled old scores and made them realize they weren't done with each other." Was this supposed source in the room with them? Perhaps hiding under the bed? Or in the closet? In any case, the purported tipster goes on to assert, "They care for each other and they want to work things out."
It's even alleged Pitt dropped a "bombshell admission" to an unnamed pal, in which he declared, "I love my wife!" The outlet and its "insider" further claim Jolie has given him a key to her home so he can "come and go as he pleases," and that they've had "several hookups in the last few weeks." The questionable snitch adds, "It's safe to say the divorce is off!"
The story is filled out with claims about a future "second commitment ceremony." It's also said Pitt will have "the kids over the summer," and he's "making plans for visits to London," where Jolie will be shooting Maleficent 2." But this tale about how they've "decided to give [their] love another try" is entirely wrong and filled with falsehoods.
All six kids will actually be spending the summer with Jolie as she films the Maleficent sequel in the UK, as first reported by People. Meanwhile, Pitt is committed to being in Los Angeles so he can shoot Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. It's also impossible for them to have had "hookups" over the last few weeks. Pitt was seen in LA last week, but Jolie has been with the children in England. In fact, she's been in London since at least May 17, so she certainly hasn't been having rendezvous with Pitt in California.
And opposed to "calling off" their divorce, the exes are still moving forward with a permanent split. Their plans to dissolve the marriage, however, have been held up because Pitt and Jolie are still at odds over a custody agreement. In fact, E! Online recently described her as "furious" over the situation. That's a far cry from getting back together.
Conclusion: The Globe claims Jolie and Pitt are "calling off" their divorce, but they're actually still negotiating custody arrangements. While the tabloid alleges the former couple has recently been engaging in "hookups," they've really been on separate continents. The magazine also wrongly asserts the kids are spending the summer in Los Angeles when the reputable People has already reported they'll be in London. As a result, Gossip Cop has determined this report is completely false.
Russian, Ale. "Angelina Jolie Films Maleficent 2 in London - with All Six Kids Going to School on Set!" People, 31 May 2018.
Sinha-Roy, Piya. "Leonardo DiCaprio & Quentin Tarantino Talk 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'." Entertainment Weekly, 24 Apr. 2018.
"Brad Pitt Keeps on Smiling in LA amid Custody Battle Drama with Ex Angelina Jolie." Daily Mail Online, 25 May 2018
Waddell, Lily. "Angelina Jolie Enjoys Doting on Children Knox, 9, and Shiloh, 11, at Legoland Windsor amid Custody Battle with Brad Pitt." Daily Mail Online, 26 May 2018.
Dupre, Elyse. "Brad & Angelina Still at Odds Over Custody of Kids." E! Online, 24 May 2018.