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I have been at a loss for words about the deaths of so many in the last week. Earlier in the week, on Sunday, February 10, a Boeing 737 Max 8 flown by Ethiopian Airlines was the second of such planes to crash in five months. I know people who knew people among the 157 people killed: an African academic champion of young scholars and writers, environmental activists, theologians, among a number of other people. Then on Friday, February 15, a white nationalist shot up two mosques in Christchurch in New Zealand, a city that had already been devastated by an earthquake in 2011. 50 are now dead.
I have been in the thick of mourning someone who died in my own community, Fr Myron Panchuk. He died suddenly of a massive heart attack, in a half hour when he was alone in the house, coffee mug smashed on the ground. His body killed him. By contrast, those who were killed in both the plane crash and in the shooting had their lives taken from them by systems that are beginning to become more clear. The Seattle Times released a report a week after the Ethiopian Airlines crash, in which it was revealed that they had been investigating Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) since the Lion Air crash last November. It turns out that, in an attempt to outcompete the Airbus, Boeing had pressured the FAA to let them self-regulate, which means that they didn't, and installed software that overrode the pilots' agency in controlling the plane, even though the company is known for maintaining pilot agency, and didn't even tell airlines that had bought the planes that such technology had been installed in the first place.
The massacre at Christchurch was similarly revelatory about the problems of the Internet as a system. In a masterful post, Sam Kriss reveals that the fascisms that grow online are the stuff of real life now. What happened in Christchurch is not just a New Zealand problem; the crazed manifesto on which it was based crystallized white nationalism, Chinese 'dreams,' and Greek Orthodox fascist ideologies into a crazed manifesto, and then the terrain of the attack took place literally everywhere, enabled by Facebook Live. And then as New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern revealed, there was another problem: easy access on the market in New Zealand for the kind of weapon that could kill so many, not unlike the problem with guns in the United States — except that New Zealand is probably going to get around to banning them, whereas it's still said to be impossible in America for unfathomable reasons, mostly connected with the National Rifle Association claiming Second Amendment rights.
The systems have been revealed, but what do I now say? I am not a faith leader of any sort. I am a secular academic — strictly speaking, a geographer of religion whose arena of study is trans-Pacific and whose political convictions are Asian American — who also happens to be Eastern Catholic and has a blog. Lord, have mercy sounds cheap, unless I can clarify that we like our Muslim sisters and brothers know in our bones that Allah is merciful and all-compassionate and cry out to him, with others who died as victims of systemic and structural injustice, 'How long?' And what if I have no words, because I do not know enough, or do not know what to say, or simply want to grieve in silence? How is silence interpreted?
I wanted to say nothing, especially because I am an academic. I heed the words of John Henry Newman in The Idea of a University where he criticizes academics who comment too much on public affairs as being more pundits than scholars. The point of scholarship, as Newman had it, was that it was slow and not given to hasty opinion. It is a body of work that is built up and accumulated as universal knowledge, then taught in a university in a way that even includes theology, an inquiry into the supernatural as part of the problem of universality. I had nothing of this sort to say, so I thought I should not say anything. Also, the worst thing in moments like this are for the experts to weigh in. Expertise and grief are like baking soda and vinegar. The only time they should be combined is in a fourth grade science fair exhibition.
I can, of course, run down the list of geographers who have had something to say about Islamophobia and geographies of exclusion. Some might include Claire Dwyer, Patricia Ehrkamp, Kristin Sziarto, Anna Manson McGinty, Anna Secor, Banu Gökariksel, Peter Hopkins, Murat Es, Rachel Pain, and so on and so forth — and I'd even venture to say that the field owes an enormous debt to studies of anti-mosque activity in Australia led by Kevin Dunn. What is scrutinized in this field are not always the everyday lives of Muslims around the world — although some of that happens too — but more importantly, the structures that prop up the politics of fear about them, which is how you know that for the better part of two decades, feminist geography has been the trend within geographies of religion. Indeed, on this note, Sylvia Chan-Malik has issued a poignant reminder on Twitter that Islamophobia is itself a 'terrible term' because it implies that the fear of Muslims is extremist when in fact they are structurally normative. To examine affect is in the end to critique structures, to probe how fear is manufactured and normalized, to question the problems and prospects of asserting that it can be mitigated by encounter, and so it was that as I saw Ardern put on a hijab, warmly embrace folks at the mosque, and become hailed as a true world leader just because she was present and exuded a compassion that is befitting of a feminist ethic of care, my first thought, one admittedly of transference, was: who's the geographer in this picture?
But in a collective voice, the feminism of geographies of religion, which I saw in a moment of transference manifested in Ardern's public display of grief, reinforces the point: we have no words. There is still nothing that even academics have to say about it. We have only bodies, and just as fear is the affect that frames certain bodies as enemies, love, care, and compassion give powerful presence to Ardern's words, They are us. In context, they are us is a statement about Muslims migrants to New Zealand — that they too belong to the nation, whereas the attacker, as Ardern eloquently put it, was not (he was Australian). No doubt much critique will be devoted to this kind of empathetic nationalism (someone's going to steal that phrase too, alas — and they can have it, for all I care), but on the topics of embodiment, empathy, and emotion, I wonder whether this sentiment, especially this week, exceeds the nation. It's rhetoric from the United States that has stoked Islamophobia in Oceania. It's a failure of American regulation that has caused plane crashes in Asia and Africa. The roots of these global problems have also exceeded the nation — that of America — and in this terrifying way, we all really are us, subjected to fear, obligated to care.
It was while musing on this reality that I saw yet another geographer, one who is tangentially connected to my church for reasons of family, who posted on social media a small sliver of hope. He said that he had seen a contrast in the last week, that amidst all of this death and destruction, there were also high school students following in the steps of the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg cutting classes and engaging in a climate action strike. There is no Planet B, their signs read, and from their public actions, we learn that they know all too well that we are us. But in this, we also discover perhaps that affect, embodied as it is, is never the final word — it is the first word. It is clear that the students are also afraid of climate change, so the affect is fear, but in processing it intellectually, the emotional action is to demand that we care for this planet. The passage from affect to emotion is the process by which words are formed, where bodies are moved into action.
As if spiritually anticipating this event, I happened to be on a plane the day before, smiling to myself ironically as I pushed play on a film titled Anthropocene: The Human Epoch. Hauntingly narrated by this generation's newest Tomb Raider, Alicia Vikander, the 'cinematic meditation' the documentary promises presents the argument that anything humankind has ever made has originated from the material of the earth, which means that the technological ability to raid it is ecologically unsustainable, and so is the propensity to discard that which humanity has made into landfills of trash. It's nothing I didn't already know, and it's not like the so-called 'new materialists' have a premium on the contemplation of waste — see Žižek's Pervert's Guide to Ideology, for example, for a disturbing psychoanalytic treatment of trash — but it served as a reminder of the big picture that we are all talking around. It's like the students like Jon Snow are trying to convince the rest of Games of Thrones that the White Walkers are coming, that environmental disaster that has been anticipated since the days of the Children of the Forest is looming and that it relativizes the war for the Iron Throne.
There are no words here either, though if there were, they might hew closely to Yasmin Nair's 'Manifesto.' What we have instead is an apparatus of fear that cloaks the structures of white settler nationalism with the hubris of its ecological engineering. This is the machine with which we co-exist as we try to form everyday communities of care, empathy, and compassion, which is to say that I am finally beginning to understand the impetus behind J.K. Gibson-Graham's 'postcapitalist' politics. It is, at the end of the day, the same spiritual impulse behind a contemporary Orthodox Christian sense of oikoumēnē as requiring ecological justice as top priority, a theological sensibility that is opposed by Byzantine neo-imperialism that insists on establishing a particular group of people as rulers of the earth. What we learned this week is that what happens in the microcosm of Orthodoxy is an icon of what is happening throughout the world, that the stakes for ecumenism in the sense of practicing the works of diakonia to build our common home, in the words of Pope Francis, lie in exposing imperial logics as that which will kill us all in the end. We are us — this must be felt beyond words.
And so it is that I still have no words. There is nothing to say. But in the silence, there is stillness, and in the practice of hesychasm, togetherness and groundedness, the sense that even bones feel that this earth is our home and, even in our grief, we must know each other as sisters and brothers.


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The Great Model Search Photo Shoot
by Gary Keith,
Producer of The Great Model Search and Great Model Showcase
One might think getting women to agree to a free magazine style photo shoot which could ordinarily cost up to a thousand dollars would be easy, but it turns out it was nothing of the sort. Over the last decade I sent out email solicitations to over 4,000 women via their social media profiles with just such an offer.
In 2003 I began what would eventually become the Great Model Search, but then it was a simple photo project, an exercise. A photographer, then of over 30 years, I always felt mature women made far more interesting and compelling photographic subjects than very young women, especially when the object of the image had anything to do with sensuality. So I began seeking out women who were 40+ in age and who had either never modeled, or if they had, their experience was far in their past. I thought one day the project might be a gallery exhibition or perhaps even a coffee table photo book, but in the beginning I had no specific plans for the project. It was a curiosity of mine, not a product in development.
The responses to my outreaches, when there were responses, ran the gamut from those who thought I was trying to score a date, to others who were sure it was a rip-off or scam. Still others who responded thought I was a stalker or worse. Then there were the 75% or so who never responded at all.
In an effort to allay their fears or concerns, I sent my prospective subjects links to all of my professional resources and profiles. I even sent a copy of my drivers license to those who asked and offered to put them in direct contact with anyone who already done the same photo shoot before them for reference. I sent a full and detailed explanation of my project and a copy of the binding legal release that very specifically spelled out the allowed uses of the photos. Still, only about one in four responded at all to my initial contact and of those, only about one in ten agreed to do the photo shoot.
What was the outcome? For me this project has been a complete success, not to say that I got exactly the photos I expected from every photo shoot, but even when the photos were not what I considered to be the best, the subjects, in nearly every case came away changed by their experience. They saw themselves as they never had in any snapshot or "selfie" they had ever seen. These were not pictures, but photographs, carefully composed, crafted, and whether shot in soft natural light or under piercing studio lights what emerged were true photographs. They exhibited a wide range of emotions and revealed each subject's sexuality and sensuality in ways they had never seen before. There were many tears, often surprise and amazement. I would estimate that in at least 90% of the cases, the experience for the subjects was an immensely positive one. And in no case that I am aware of was the experience a negative one.
NOTE: Rather than insert a number of quotes from the models, I offer to make available for interview all the "Showcase" models and many of the "Search" models who have agreed to make themselves available for interview. Contact Gary Keith to make arrangements.
The process
The process called for each subject to submit a general information online form and attach a few photos, most often "selfies" or snapshots. It was specifically expressed that nude or semi-nude photos were NOT required or requested for consideration. Following review of the information on the model form a telephone interview was conducted to cover what the subject should expect at the shoot we would discuss and decide the various types or genre of the photos we would shoot during the approximately four hour photo session. The subjects could bring one person to the shoot and about 50% did bring a guest.
There were specific rules regarding guests. First, no husbands or boyfriends were allowed, it would be far too intimidating for the model and for the photographer. No children, or anyone under the age of 18 was allowed at a shoot. And while the guest was welcome to be "on the set" during wardrobe or set changes and to assist the subject with hair or make-up adjustments, while we were actually shooting only the subject and myself were allowed on the set. The guest could remain close enough to render assistance if called but out of sight of the subject and photographer while we were shooting. I needed the subject's undivided attention to develop the rapport required to get the best possible shots during the session.
The subjects brought their own wardrobe, usually six to seven outfits of various types and did their own hair and make-up. Depending on what content the subject wanted to shoot, the whether and the subject's comfort level, we shot either in a studio or at an outdoor location, not so public that there might be people observing the shoot, but not so remote that the subject might be concerned for her safety. In about 75% of the cases I chose a location shoot as a studio and light kit can be intimidating for first timers and my mission was to put my subjects at ease.
And softer natural light is a friend, especially for mature subjects, whereas studio lighting can be unduly harsh unless an expert make-up artist is on hand. As these shoots were financed out of my own pocket, there simply wasn't budget for hair or make-up, though the subjects were given advice in advance about camera-friendly make-up applications.
"I don't want to wear red lipstick and you can't make me!"
I explained to every subject that my photographic inspiration came principally from the great pin-up artists and glamorous film actresses of the 1940s and 50s.
In pin-up art, in film, and certainly in glamour photography, one iconic make-up touch adorned every glamour icon and movie harlot from Marlene Dietrich to Jean Harlow, from Jane Russell to Marilyn Monroe, and even unto Jessica Rabbit: classic bold, unabashedly red lipstick. Striking red lips were so defining that even in black and white photos and film du noir of the 1930's and 40's there was no doubt, if it was a glamour model or screen vixen, those lips were red! Over the decades, ever improving make-up techniques and space age products have evolved the art, but even today, if you want to convey glamour and over the top sensuality, glossy, crimson lips are a must. I wanted that identity for the GMS so red lipstick became the one absolute. If you were gong to do this shoot, you would be in red lipstick. I would take a few shots in whatever shade the subject would normally wear, but the subject would, for almost every shot, be in dynamic, glossy, red lips.
It was not an easy sell. By the turn of the millennia most women in their 40's, 50's and 60's had graduated away from hard red colors in favor of more demure shades. That's one reason why I was so insistent. I needed to take these women out of their day-to-day existence, to another place, for many of them, a place they hadn't been for many years and for some, a place they had never been.
At the beginning of the shoot many hated the red lipstick and fought me on it, but I was unrelenting. The lips had to be red, not pink, or coral or burgundy. The subject could name her fruit; strawberry, cherry, cranberry or candy apple. It could be crimson, cardinal, or carnelian, just as long as it was red! As I said, often, a tough sell.
I actually lost a few prospective subjects because they simply wouldn't agree to wear the red lipstick. I knew if they couldn't make that one concession, there was no way they would embrace the central theme of the project and ultimately the photo shoot would be unsuccessful.
But for those who complied something interesting happened fairly regularly. As the shoot progressed and photos got a little hotter and more glamorous, many began working up to those lips. Often, during wardrobe changes, I'd notice the lips getting redder and the gloss a bit heavier. A few of the more difficult converts even left the shoot when it was over, adorned with a fresh application of red lipstick and gloss, kind of their very own red badge of courage.
The red lipstick is so defining and emblematic of the GMS that I eventually made a red lip print the logo.
"Glamour" vs Nudity
During the initial phone interview, invariably the question of nudity arose. I explained to each subject up front that we were not shooting portraits, that the style was glamour/fashion. The entire premise of the Great Model Search was to demonstrate that a woman's sexuality and sensuality were not reduced simply by adding years, that maturity is sexy, that age is life and it symbolizes experience, knowing one's self and sexual sophistication. Nudity was never required during the shoot but I encouraged all the subjects to be bold.
My heroes were the giants of glamour and pin-up art and photography, Playboy's Alberto Vargas and Esquire's Al Moore, were my favorites so I know explicit nudity is not necessary to convey sexuality. Though pin-up art was almost always drawn nude, eventually clothing, skimpy (for the day) swimwear, lingerie or some kind of minimal coverage was generally added to the image to comply with the particular publication's policies and standards. A viewer with a keen eye might even recognize the same artwork "dressed" more, or less provocatively depending on the publication in which it appeared.
Through over 40 years of shooting with models of every type and description, and especially mature models I know that with very few exceptions, women look far better wearing something than they do wearing nothing. Lets face it, there are reasons why lingerie is a multi-billion dollar industry. Besides wearing something gives the photographer greater range in the composing the editorial aspects of the image and makes the photos more emotive and interesting. I'm not at all opposed to shooting nudity, but for this project, nudity would not be a priority and if nudity were to be shot, it would be in the artistic and implied genres, not explicit.
At the photo shoot
It was rare that I would actually meet the subjects in person ahead of the photo shoot though we did do a telephone interview and occasionally a video chat but most of the time all I had to assess the subject were a few snapshots or selfies they had sent with their model form. In our pre-shoot phone interview we would decide generally what genre of photos we would shoot and set their specific limitations.
My job was to challenge them, to push them so they would get the most out of this unique experience and themselves while respecting their stated limits. The best way to do that was to take them on a journey, beginning with the simplest and least intimidating photos, generally head shots. We would progress to more sophisticated poses and more emotive and provocative shots as their confidence and comfort levels grew. I turned the camera around often so they could review the shots and see for themselves, their progress. I encouraged them not just by telling them they looked great but by teaching them about position and balance, posture, presentation and camera and lighting angles that would be the most flattering. As the shoot progressed the subjects understood more of what I was looking for and strove to give me those looks.
It was "Modeling 101" and those lessons were empowering. In a matter of a few hours these women, most of whom had absolutely no modeling experience made the journey from clueless novice, to active participants in the creative process. "The photo shoot" became "my photo shoot" and when it was over they didn't leave with some photos and memories, they had skills. They were a GMS model, a title they seemed to wear proudly.
Interestingly though, as we got deeper into the shoot, many of these women were inspired by their new-found confidence, and they pushed themselves, often beyond those previously stated "limits". It seemed to be important to take a few of semi-nude or even totally nude shots, normally the last set, or sets of the day. In many cases nobody, or perhaps just one special somebody would ever see those particular photos but it seemed to be important, certainly not for all of the subjects but definitely for some, to take those photos and to have them.
There was one woman I recall, absolutely beautiful in person and spirit, who I shot with three times over eleven years, when she was 49, 55 and 60 years old. These weren't GMS shoots, she paid me for each shoot. I once asked her who got to see these wonderful, though definitely revealing and provocative photos and she told me, "Nobody, these are just for me". But, she added, "I dearly hope that someday, after I'm gone, I'll be looking down from an ethereal place when my children and grandchildren (who are all grown) are going through my things and they find these photos, and one of the screams, 'Oh my God, look what Grandma was into!". She howled just talking about it.
When the session was over, we would usually look through the photos in my camera or after I had transferred them onto a DVD or thumb drive for the model to take with her. There were often tears as these women saw themselves in a way they didn't think was possible at this point in their life. It wasn't that the years had disappeared or suddenly they were a dress size smaller or three inches taller. What they saw in those photos was that they are, beautiful, sexy and sensual, not as they were 15, 20 or more years ago but as they are today. For so many that photo shoot was a journey of self-discovery and personal enlightenment. So many commented to me that it was literally a life-changing event compressed into a few all too brief hours.

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BELIZE CITY, Mon. May 13, 2019– The Smart 13 & Under, Mundialito 2019 tournament continued on Saturday, May 11, with 6 games played at the MCC Grounds. Below are the results:
Game 1 – City Boys bombed Ladyville Warriors, 6-0, with 4 goals from Tom Moguel and 1 each from Raymond Gentle and Calvin Thurton. Game 2 – Jason Orozco and Tyler Dominguez scored to give Warriors FC the 2-0 win over Atletico Minero. Game 3 – Reality Youth clipped Belize United, 2-1, with a goal each from Jonathan Valerio and Dean Belisle, while Juan Diego scored for Belize United. Game 4 – Heights FC got the 2-0 win over Berger United MHJ, courtesy of a goal apiece from Johann Flores and Antroy Bennett. Game 5 – Devin McCaulay scored the only goal, as Sampson Academy prevailed, 1-0, over Carlston FC, 1-0. Game 6 – It was Ladyville Rising Stars, 1-0, over Brown Bombers, thanks to a goal by Marvin Card.


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I met Emily when she was three years old (I think).
Jim asked me to accompany him as he went to talk with her parents about baptism. When we arrived and sat down, I was immediately smitten. Emily, however, kept her distance, eyeing us. Soon she warmed to me and we sat on the floor together, looking at her Minnie Mouse doll. I was asked to be her godmother. That was the beginning of something special for me.
Last Friday, I went to Emily's thesis show which fulfilled her final requirement for graduation from Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland. We drove to the gallery, spotting it by the sign the graduating students designed as the symbol of their show. Amazing variety of works filled the gallery. There on one entire wall was Emily work, except for three pieces she had already sold. (Totally unbiased decision: Emily's was the best by far!)
And there stood Emily, now a poised young woman, standing next to her husband (he's wonderful, by the way), sharing her photography with the world.
I couldn't help it…my thoughts went to the past. I thought of Emily at her baptism; Emily playing basketball at her tiny hoop in her front yard; Emily eagerly awaiting the Tooth Fairy's arrival; Emily's total delight in the birth of her little sister, Sarah; Emily singing the Great Litany beside me, quickly picking up the sung responses, then frowning when the response changed; Emily asking if she could roll up her "pant sleeves" so she could wade into the water to see the "wollypogs"; Emily's decision to be a clown when she grew up, all the while carrying around a particular law book, with a particular page marked; the phone call I got the first time her little sister broke one of Emily's toys; watching Emily sleep while I got to babysit; Emily reading books to Sarah; sleepovers and roasting marshmallows in the fireplace; and thousands of other memories.
When she was younger, Emily's eyes sparkled with delight at the world. As she got older, her eyes were sometimes sparkling with tears, as she experienced the hurts of life. On Friday, Emily's eyes sparkled with joy and pride at her accomplishment and at the delight of having her husband and her family by her side. It was a mature, calm sparkle.
My life has been infinitely blessed by this human being. Her parents' generosity in sharing Emily with me is a gift they will never fully understand. Emily's willingness to let me in to her precious life for the past 20 years has changed me and made me a better person.
Thank you, Lord, for the gift and the blessing that is Emily. Bless her and Chris as they continue to build their life together.


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The Foundation for a Sustainable Future is pleased to offer for sale a discrete and private portion of its 1,296± acre Vermont headquarters, SHO Farm. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit promoting land and biodiversity conservation, ecological innovation, and the evolution of consciousness. The Foundation is selling a portion of SHO Farm to raise funds for its rescue duck sanctuary and next wave of land-based work, including establishing a permanent wildlife preserve, researching agroecological-wild farming, and continuing its wild edibles project.
The Lower Field at SHO is often referred to as part of the "gateway" to Camel's Hump. Located within Huntington Center, across from School Street and Brewster-Pierce Memorial School, this undeveloped parcel has been stewarded to enhance and protect its value as prime agricultural land, including a vintage apple orchard, important wildlife habitat - especially pollinators, the existence of Current Use's newly created ESTA's, or ecologically significant treatment areas, and the scenic view it provides community members and visitors who walk, run, bike, and drive by. It is a very special landscape.
The land offers a wide variety of opportunities, from on-going ag and wildlife habitat stewardship, apple harvesting, recreational use for walking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, photography, enjoying Brush Brook, to the site of a single new home, to creation of a residential development to extend of our lovely village. The land is not formerly conserved.
- 18 surveyed-acres located on the north side of Camels Hump Road
- 1,781.8 feet of road frontage along Camels Hump Road
- 2,099.8 feet of frontage along Brush Brook
- hayfield, pasture, woodland, apple trees
- predominate USDA NRCS soil classification is "Prime Farmland"
- soil types per USDA NRCS include Hh (Hadley very fine sandy loam, frequently flooded); Hf (Hadley very fine sandy loam), StA (Stetson gravelly fine sandy loam 0-5% slope) and StC (Stetson gravelly fine sandy loam 12-20% slope) — dominate soil type is StA
- enrolled in Use Value Appraisal Program, aka Current Use
- no chemical treatment during our ownership, 2003 to present
- vacant
- no development permits
- buyer shall be responsible for payment of any land use change tax determined by local/state governmental agencies associated with the sale (change of ownership) and/or withdrawal of acreage from Current Use
- buyer shall be responsible for payment of any commission due a licensed real estate salesperson or broker who works with or formally represents them in a transaction
- in keeping with the the mission of the seller, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and to preserve Huntington Center's ecosystem health and charming New England character, as well as the health of the greater watershed given the extensive frontage along Brush Brook, the property will be sold subject to the following deed restrictions: 1) no chemical agriculture 2) no GMO crops 3) no hunting, fishing, or trapping 4) no animal agriculture 5) architectural review of structures 6) right of first refusal
Under our 17 years of conservation stewardship, the landscape has become a safe haven for our wildlife neighbors. We do not allow hunting, trapping or fishing anywhere on the property. Our mowing patterns, from the wild and wooly lawn around the Farmhouse, to our open fields and pasture, are cared for in a way that optimizes shelter and food for the wildlife while simultaneously enhances the health of our soils. The Foundation is the property owner, and together with SHO Farm, Sanctuary at SHO, and Vermont Seaberry, LLC, we have become a duck and wildlife sanctuary creating non-harming food systems that model a new relationship with animals.
We are looking for a buyer who shares our land stewardship ethic and practices, love and protection of animals, and embraces the opportunity to continue stewarding the landscape in a similar fashion to the Foundation.
*SHO Farm was previously called Teal Farm, you may notice reference to Teal Farm or Teal Farm Center on materials.
**Foundation Director and Vice President, Shawn Smith, is also the managing broker of Earth Asset Partnership, LP, the seller's exclusive representative.
18± acres
Town of Huntington, Chittenden County, Northwestern Vermont
Latitude & Longitutde
Access & Distances
Burlington International Airport (1 hr flight from Boston & NYC)
2.5 hrs to Montreal; 4 hrs to Boston; 6 hrs to NYC
Off town-maintained Camels Hump Road
Conservation Values
Property is a part the Foundation's 1,296± acre conservation landscape which abuts Camel's Hump State Park; it is part of the greater Winooski and Camel's Hump Watersheds. Significant wildlife habitat: migratory bird stop-over, bear, moose, deer, fox, coyote, mink, otter, beaver, bobcat, fisher, weasel, turkey, rabbit, hawks, owls, hummingbirds, northern songbirds.
Recreational Attributes
Swimming, hiking, biking (mountain & road), running (trail & road), skiing (apline, backcountry & cross-country), sailing & kayaking (Lake Champlain), bird watching, star-gazing, and nature/wildlife photography.
Earth Asset Partnership, LP, and the listing broker, exclusively represent the Seller, not prospective buyers, in the marketing, negotiating and sale of the property, unless otherwise disclosed. The listing broker, nonetheless, has an ethical and legal obligation to prospective buyers to: disclose all material facts pertaining to the property known to the agent; be honest and not knowingly give false or misleading information; account for all money and property received from or on behalf of either party; and comply with all state and federal laws related to the practice of real estate. Offering is subject to errors, omissions, prior sale, change or withdrawal without notice, and approval of purchase by Seller. The information presented was secured from sources deemed to be reliable, but whose accuracy we cannot guarantee. Prospective buyers should verify all information to their satisfaction. Prospective buyers should also be aware that the photographs in this brochure may have been digitally enhanced.


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Ben Kingsley
Deals: PNP, Search Engine, Picture Box, Secret Location
Pacific Northwest Pictures and Search Engine have jointly acquired the Canadian rights to Learning to Drive (pictured), and more deals of the week.
Muse's Tut 'spikes' ratings in U.S.
The Muse Entertainment miniseries drew Spike TV's highest average viewership in eight years for the 9 to 11 p.m. slot.
Avan Jogia lands lead in Tut
The Vancouver-born actor will play the young Egyptian ruler, King Tutankhamun, in Muse Entertainment's six-hour event series for Spike TV.
Umbra Telegraph Pictures investing in U.K. sci-fi thriller Our Robot Overlords
Justin Garak's film financing and production shingle is also helping develop The Banker, produced by William Horberg.
Peyton Kennedy, Christian Distefano join Cut Bank cast
Kennedy will play the role of Rosie, while Distefano will perform the role of Wyatt in the thriller by director Matt Shakman that is set in a small Montana town (both actors pictured).


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Related to sally: sally forth
Aunt Sally
Something or someone set up as the object of criticism, derision, or as an easily defeated opposing opinion (i.e., a straw man). Named after a game where sticks or balls are thrown at a clay or wooden head (the Aunt Sally). Primarily heard in UK. I hate hanging out with that crowd, they always aim their jokes at me like I'm an Aunt Sally. My opponent's representation of me is nothing but an Aunt Sally; he refuses to debate me on my true position and instead attacks a fictitious one from afar!
A particularly tall, thin woman or girl. I know it's crazy, but anytime he goes out on his own or with his friends, I have this irrational anxiety that some long-tall-Sally is going to catch his eye and steal him away from me. I was always a long-tall-Sally as a kid, which I think intimidated some of the boys in my class.
sally forth
1. To leap out and rush forward very suddenly. We're waiting for some cover fire before we sally forth. The cat hunched behind the sofa in wait, then sallied forth to catch the mouse.
2. To set out, as on some journey, trip, excursion, etc. I spent the week getting everything in order before sallying forth to Europe. As hard as it may be, all parents should urge their children to sally forth to different parts of the country or the world after they finish grade school.
sally forth
to go forth; to leave and go out. The soldiers sallied forth from behind the stone wall. Well, it's time to sally forth and drive to work.
n. a tall girl or woman. Isn't she a gorgeous long-tall-Sally?


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Today we are in Sorrento, Italy!
Marina Grande
I painted the view overlooking Marina Grande several times. Though in shadow, I selected sunshine colors for my watercolor.
When faced with such an overwhelming view, it is key to focus. In my watercolor technique, I use the paint brush first to block in key color shapes of my composition. This centers my viewers in the heart center of the painting.
Notice how the view is framed with earth toned structures. And the blue green aqua heart colors are at the center of the focus.
While the paint is still wet, I draw back into the painting to 'find' the details. In this painting I am using a purple watercolor pencil, which bleeds into the wet paint as I draw. I love this soft fused drawing, something I started doing in France.
You will find info on purchasing prints and the original painting of Marina Grande here.
Returning to Virginia, I created an oil painting inspired by this watercolor.
Imagining a long horizontal painting for over a king bed or mantle, I used two canvases end to end to create a diptych. Using my watercolor as a reference, I blocked in my composition on two gold toned canvases.
Notice how, even in this extended format, the eye still moves around the painting. Both 'pivot points' ~ the minaret on the lower right, and the steeple at the top left ~ point the viewers eye heavenward. While the earthly horizontal movement of the hydrofoil filled with tourists hover in toward the dock, to the hotels nestled at the base of the cliff.
This balance of vertical and horizontal movement is the structural element that you will find in many of my paintings. This structure grounds you while your heart absorbs the glorious color!
Heart chakra colors in the green part of the spectrum are center stage, framed by earth tone chakras 1, 2, and 3 ~ ochres, red, orange, and yellows.
You will find purchase info on this diptych here.
The pillows featured in this photo are based on my painting, Radiant Beauty. They are available online in several sizes and fabrics.


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Personal Injury Attorney in Sylmar
If you have suffered from an injury in Sylmar, Los Angeles, then one of the most important steps to take after you have addressed your immediate personal and medical needs is to speak with a personal injury attorney and determine what, if any, steps that you should take in order to give yourself the best options for collecting damages as possible. If your accident was caused by the actions, inactions, malpractice, recklessness, or negligence of another party, then you may have a personal injury case.
Contact the team at The King Law Firm as soon as possible to learn about your options during a free consultation. You will be able to use this consultation as an opportunity to learn about previous cases that we have represented similar to your own, what we believe the appropriate next steps are for you to take, and answer any specific questions that you may have about your situation.
Take a look below at some brief overviews about a few of our practice areas, and contact us now to learn how we can help you in your unique situation. If you do not see a mention of anything similar to your accident or injuries listed on this page, this does not mean that we do not cover you. The best way for you to learn about how we can help is through a free initial consultation.
Some Of Our Practice Areas
Again, the following is not a comprehensive list of our practice areas, but are to be used as an overview of the type of work we do.
Car and Truck Accidents
If you are involved in a car accident with another passenger vehicle or a commercial truck, we are ready to help. There are many different reasons that an accident can occur between two motor vehicles, no matter if the driver is a professional, CDL driver or a passenger vehicle operator.
Whether your accident was a seemingly minor collision or if it resulted in serious injuries, any type of personal injury deserves justice and proper compensation. Before you begin to work with the other driver's insurance company, get in contact with us so that we can advise you through the process, take over for negotiations, or work with you to collect the information necessary to pursue a full lawsuit.
Motorcycle Accidents
Motorcycle accidents can be significantly more catastrophic than car accidents at the same speed, simply because of the differences in size and protection afforded to a motorcycle driver or passenger versus the drivers and passengers of a passenger vehicle. Speeds that would cause a minor fender bender between two cars can send a motorcyclist to the ground and cause traumatic brain injuries, road rash, fractures, and more.
Motorcycles are additionally at a greater risk of accidents because they can disappear into drivers' blind spots much easier than a larger vehicle, meaning that motorcycle drivers must constantly be on high alert for drivers making left turns across intersections, right turns into oncoming motorcycles, and more.
Slip and Fall
A slip and fall is a common type of premise liability that results from icy steps, broken stair treads, faulty handrails, or other situations where there is a hazard that the party in charge of the maintenance of the area has failed to address in order to keep visitors safe. Some other examples of a slip and fall would be a wet floor in a shopping mall that was not properly addressed in an appropriate amount of time, or a hole in a floor that did not have measures to warn foot traffic about.
In order for a slip and fall to warrant a personal injury claim, it must be proven that the party responsible for maintaining the property either knew about, or should have known about the hazard, and failed to do anything about in to keep visitors safe. In most cases, this does not apply to trespassers.
Dog Bites
California adheres to what is known as a "strict liability law" when it comes to dog bites, meaning that the owner is always responsible for the actions of their animal. Like slip and fall accidents, there is an exception when it comes to trespassers, as well as when people have provoked an attack with cruelty or aggression towards the dog.
If you have been attacked by a dog, it is important that you seek medical attention immediately to avoid any further complications such as infections, and in some cases even rabies.
Defective Products
A defective product is, legally speaking, any product that fails to do the job that it is advertised to do, and/or puts a user at risk while using it that is not clearly stated or during a failure. For instance, if you are injured while using a chainsaw in a way that it is not advertised to be used for, or if you are using it in the standard way and injure yourself due to error, neither of these situations is considered an injury as a result of a defective product. However, if there is is an incident where you are operating a chainsaw and there is a failure, due to a malfunction, manufacturing error, or some other issue that you were not properly warned about, then this may qualify as a defective product and entitle you to personal injury damages.
Defective product lawsuits can be complicated simply because of the number of parties involved in the supply chain and determining who is responsible for your injuries. In some cases, the liability may fall on a few different groups at once. Regardless, it is our duty to build a strong case and fight for what you deserve.
Contact Us Today
No matter what type of injury you have suffered, and no matter the accident, if it was the fault of someone else then contact us now to learn about your options for collecting personal injury compensation. Before you work with an insurance company or make any agreements with the responsible party, speak with us in a free initial consultation to learn about how we can help you get the money that you are rightfully entitled to.


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Fearless Futures engages people in critical thought to understand and challenge the root causes of inequalities and grow powerful new ways of leading and designing transformative change.
We do this through equity, leadership and design programmes for people in the workplace.
Fearless Futures is a London headquartered organisation and this role is one of three based in our first international office in New York City. You will be a part of a dynamic and enterprising start-up, working to build equity, inclusion and belonging into workplaces.
Salary: $70,000-$75,000 dependent on experience
Location: Private wheelchair accessible office in a co-working space in Manhattan (near the Flatiron Building), New York City
Role Type: Full Time
Start date: September 2019
Round 1 Interview: First round interviews will need to happen between 13th-20th June.
Round 2 Interview: Early July
Benefits: Full benefits package and opportunities for salary growth
Vacation: 25 days paid holiday per year
Closing date: 13 June 2019, 6pm ET
How to apply?
- Please send a CV or short document outlining work experience, qualifications, volunteering and/or pursuits that evidence your suitability for this role with DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMES NYC in the subject line to firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Please confirm your possible full time start date in your covering email and dates you may be available for interview – which we will be conducting for the first round by Skype – were you to be successful.
This is an exciting time to join Fearless Futures! We are looking for someone amazing to help us develop and grow our corporate programmes across the USA.
We are seeking a person who is passionate about building workplaces that are equitable, inclusive and sites of belonging for all, to use our existing network to reach and connect those far and wide who want the same thing – and who are courageous enough to reject the tired, ineffective, mainstream methods of organisational change.
What will the role involve?
The Director of Programmes is critical to the success of our business in the US. As such, we are looking for a new member of our senior leadership team who can head up our US office, doing both business development as well as training our pool of facilitators, as well as deliver workshops too.
As someone who has facilitated anti-oppression education yourself, you will be responsible for nurturing our US-based pool of around 15 contractor facilitators – to train, develop, quality assure and support them across our US programmes – working closely with our Chief Programmes Officer (CPO) based in London. In particular, you will be responsible for:
- Delivering training (after being trained yourself in the Fearless Futures method during the two weeks in August) to any new facilitators;
- Managing all training and development needs of our brilliant pool of organisational facilitators, including quality assuring existing workshops/programmes, assessing apprenticing needs, running additional top-up training and briefing facilitators ahead of workshops;
- Managing the learning design for our programmes on a daily basis, including preparing workshop plans for facilitators (and innovating these, over time); and
- Growing our facilitator pool (with time).
You will line manage our Partnerships Manager and Programmes Coordinator, and will be responsible for our US budget.
In addition, you will be responsible for overseeing our business development strategies (led by our Partnerships Manager) as well as forward planning and horizon scanning in your leadership role. Because of your close connection to our pedagogy and educational approach, you will be a compelling advocate of our work and well-tuned to communicating it to new clients in 1:1 pitch meetings, as well as on conference platforms and panels. You'll support our growth by actively seeking out, and supporting our work with curious, courageous and committed senior leaders across a range of organisations and sectors.
This role will report into our UK-based CEO, Hanna Naima McCloskey, extremely closely supported by our UK-based CPO, Sara Shahvisi.
Who are we looking for?
- Commitment to our mission and a hunger for the organisation to grow and thrive
- Experienced trainer and facilitator of anti-oppression education
- A commercial eye
- A confident ambassador of the organisation and public speaker, for example on panels etc
- Comfortable engaging people in our services with a view to building workplaces of equity and belonging
- Tenacity and perseverance when it comes to securing opportunities and ensuring programmes are successful
- A growth mindset
- Compelling written communication
- Ability to develop others' facilitation practice through training, coaching, written feedback and learning resources
- Management experience as this role has two reports; and
- A can-do, positive attitude to making our organisational work transformative and fun!
- Track record of successful relationship building and sales
- Experience designing learning episodes/resources/curriculum
- Engagement with challenging the status quo on gender, class, race, sexuality, disability, faith and/or other anti-oppression issues.
- Equity – we are committed to advancing deep and meaningful equity and inclusion – so all spaces of work are spaces of belonging and opportunity for all; and
- Our approach always strives to honour the ways oppression and inequities interconnect in individuals' lived realities.
Additional information
- As an employer we make all reasonable adjustments to support employees in their work if they are disabled or have a health condition.
- If you are invited to interview, we will at that point ask you for any accessibility requirements or preferences, e.g. in the past individuals have requested extra reading time where relevant to the interview.
- As a small organisation, we cannot at this stage support with visa sponsorship and as such, only those with the right to work in the US are eligible to apply for this role.
- If you have any other questions regarding the role, please contact email@example.com.


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GPSN News
Additional Security Measures
Middle school and elementary school students will only be allowed entry into the stadium with an accompanying adult. Students will still be allowed to sit in student sections together, as long as this does not result in any type of disruptive behavior. We thank you for your cooperation and support as we work together to maintain a safe and secure environment at the Galena Park ISD stadium while cheering on our students.
Enhanced Security Procedures at GPISD Venues & Facilities
Our district is committed to maintaining safe and secure environments for our students, staff, parents, visitors and community members. This commitment extends beyond our campus sites to include other district venues and facilities. Please expect enhanced security procedures at the Galena Park ISD stadium and other district events this coming year. While many may consider these enforcements insignificant, inconvenient or unnecessary, each procedure contributes to the overall safety and security of the facility and event.
Expectations for Spectator Behavior
As a part of a larger commitment to excellence and education, Galena Park ISD is committed to excellence in all of our athletic programs. Participation in athletics encourages the development of positive character traits, which contributes to students' personal growth and success in life.
Parents, you may pay for your student's athletic physicals online by utilizing RevTrak.


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Almost daily on at last one of the home school groups I am on someone wants to know how to start homeschooling. The number of families joining this community is growing daily but it can be overwhelming in the beginning. I know it was for me and I spent a few months not really knowing where to start and the amount of information available was useful but also over-whelming because some of it was conflicting.
I waded through a lot of information and asked a lot of questions and then we just started.
So how do you start home schooling?
The best advice is to just start and figure your way out along the way but that isn't very practical and sometimes just starting isn't that simple.
Let's start at the beginning. You know you want to home school, what is the next step?
For me it was figuring out how we were going to do it. Were we going to follow a boxed curriculum, was that curriculum going to be CAPS, Cambridge or something else. You may also be drawn to un-schooling
I have written a post on why we decided not to follow a set curriculum.
I knew I wanted to teach the kids, I didn't want to move them to a smaller school, I wanted to be involved. But this is not always possible so you may want to consider a small cottage school in your area.
Whatever you settle on, I think this step is really important because it provides you with some direction and structure – even if that is path is something like un-schooling that has no structure.
Once I had made this decision it became easier. I bought Kiara the books she needed and then started researching appropriate activities and work for Jack and Emma.
I also read a lot of home schooling blogs about what their day looked like and how moms juggled work and home school. This was a fun exercise because it highlighted just how different the journey is for everyone. Some families have strict schedules and routines, some are more relaxed and others go where the day leads them.
Then I sat down and wrote down what I wanted our day to look like. I personally need structure but with a lot of flexibility. We have our block time of school in the morning, that is non-negotiable but what we do in that time changes depending on the day, how focused the kids are and what I am in the mood for.
If you have more than one child or if you will be working and homeschooling, writing down how you see your day going is so important. It helped me to figure out how I was going to manage everything and helped to create a routine for us.
There are a few practicalities when it comes to home schooling. Do you register, how do you register etc. The short answer is that in South Africa it is the law to register your child with the Department of Education. If you do this you have to teach your child the CAPS curriculum*. If you do not want to register please check out the Pestalozzi Trust for more information on this. They will answer all your questions but don't put off doing you research about this.
The final step is to set up a space in your home where you are going to learn. This does not have to be a separate room but rather just a space where you can all sit and learn.
If you have smaller kids, a space to play is all you will need. With older kids you will need them to sit down, so you will need a table and chair set up somewhere in your home. We use our large 8-seater square dinning room able. It is big enough for us to spread out maps and books and crafts and just get messy if we need to. Kiara has set up a desk for herself in the toy room. She is away from where the younger two and I sit so she is able to focus and get her work done.
It is so easy to get lost in trying to create the perfect space but in reality all you need is a table, some stationery and the right attitude.
Starting is not as a hard as you may think. . I have changed a lot of things during our 2 months of home schooling so far but this is how we started.
A recap of how to start home schooling
Step One: Figure out a style – this includes your curriculum etc, are you going to do it yourself or maybe look at a cottage school.
Step Two: Plan what your day will look like. This is unique to every family, there is no right answer.
Step Three: Deal with the practicalities, know your rights when it comes to registering etc.
Step Four: Create a space in your home dedicated to learning.
Step Five: Just start and have fun.
Remember to have fun!
It is not as hard as you may think to start. If you are taking children out of school to home school, de-school for a few months. Let your kids unwind, relax and be a kid for a while. I should have done this with Jack, I think it would have made it a bit easier for him.
I have created a FREE printable for you to download to add to your home school space. Download it here.
If you are considering starting home schooling, join this Facebook group. Bonny runs regular chats with home school parents that I have found incredibly informative.
This is also a very helpful Facebook group if you are wanting to start up.


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Police are trying to trace the owner of a blue Vauxhall Astra found abandoned near Blacon .
The car had left the road in Clifton Drive, off Sealand Road, with some apparent collision damage to the front end.
Police were informed about 4.15am on Monday, April 9.
The car, which was found locked and secure, has not been reported as being involved in a collision.
Investigations are ongoing to locate the owner. Officers have carried out enquiries in the local area to see if anybody knows anything.
Cheshire Police spokesman Daniel Hind confirmed there had been no arrests in relation to the incident.
He said recovery of the vehicle was a matter for the vehicle owner.


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Why full-day kindergarten doesn't work
from Macleans
Weekday mornings at P.L. Robertson Public School in Milton, ON, are unlike anything most of us remember from school. For starters, there are the valets—a team of seven early childhood educators kitted out in orange reflector vests, opening car doors and holding backpacks to ensure a phalanx of minivans dropping off little people rolls apace.
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We've always been a nation of moaners and cynics (our condition isn't helped by year-round bad weather), but who new that one in four is unhappy in their job? That's according to the latest YouGov research commissioned by Oxford open learning.
The survey quizzed 1,282 people aged 18 and older on how they feel about their job. It found that salary is the biggest issue making people unhappy, with more than half (55%) of those that are peeved saying that they are not paid enough for what they do.
Not all of them have the option of retiring 'at the top of their game', as David Beckham said he wanted to do on Thursday, after turning down his latest offer to go and play for Perry St. Germain. By contrast, most ordinary mortals are reduced to shuffling around on jobsites looking for really rather similar desk jobs.
Other stats included: 45% of those who said they were unhappy claimed that their job offers no career progression; and 35% ticked the box saying that job security and stress were reasons why they dislike the job.
It is worth noting that younger people appear to be happier with their work than older people – just 23% of 18-24s said they were dissatisfied at all, but the figure jumps to 33% for those between 25-34. The study suggests that people get jaded after the initial buzz of entering the world of work wears off.
Dr Nick Smith, courses director at Oxford Open Learning, said: 'There are many reasons people may not feel satisfied with their careers, but in the current economic climate many of us may be reluctant to change career direction.
'It's particularly interesting that so many people are concerned about a lack of opportunities to progress in their current careers - this suggests that employers may be able to retain workers for longer if they can offer clearer paths to promotion.' Well we could have told you that without commissioning a study.
Still, Smith also said 'it's never too late to change career' if you don't like your job. A good thing for Beckham, who once said he had 'always wanted to be a hairdresser'.


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How Negative Thoughts Can Affect Your Health
When you experience a lot of anxiety, depression or negative thoughts, odds are that the disorder will also affect your body, triggering a variety of physical symptoms.
The mind is so powerful that it can exert influence over your physical state. Learn how negative thoughts can affect your health in this article.
In recent years we've seen increasingly more literature on the relationship between mind and body, understanding that they're much more closely related than we ever imagined.
Everyone has been sick at one time or another and had the feeling that their physical ailment corresponded with a mental state of incapacitation or imprisonment.
Maybe you felt more tired or clumsy than normal, unable to process even small stimuli or your own thoughts.
On the flip side, recent research has shown that a state of mental well-being is associated with better physical condition – both your actual bodily health as well as the perception you have of it.
It would seem that positive thoughts and ideas can, through the function of your nervous system, help you become more physically fit.
If your mind isn't at peace or is full of negative thoughts, you may become more prone to disease. In other words, suffering from mental illnesses like anxiety and depression can cause unwanted physical symptoms to appear.
Keep reading to learn how negative thoughts can affect your health.
What is this process of transformation?
Reflect for a moment on the times when you've felt anxious. Your heart begins to beat harder and faster than normal. Your hands might begin to tremble, and you notice you've started to sweat.
All of those symptoms appear because your mind is triggering a physical response in your body, shifting the balance just like when you start any kind of exercise.
But there's a big difference between this response and that of exercise: you're not exercising. Your body doesn't have an outlet for all the extra energy it's begun to produce. This causes a tremendous strain on your nervous system.
The veins and arteries that supply your muscles with blood fail to dilate, but your heart is pushing a lot more blood through your system.
Visit this article: 10 plants that attract positive energy
What happens next?
Imagine a busy highway during rush hour when everything is running smoothly, yet suddenly you come to an accident and all that traffic has to be diverted to a much smaller secondary road. Without a doubt, the system will collapse.
The same happens in your body.
Your heart is pumping out cars and more cars, while the rest of your body isn't able to absorb all that traffic. If the situation continues for only a short time or it's not too intense, the jam isn't a big deal.
But if it goes on for a long time or is very acute, extensive damage can occur.
Similarly, one of the more obvious mind-body connections is between your cognitive function and the strength of your immune system.
When your mind isn't working as it should, it's normal for the body to turn on itself, making it vulnerable to any kind of attack from the outside.
In this sense, your mind is like a computer and your immune system is your antivirus protection software. If the computer malfunctions, it disables the antivirus, putting you at risk of any Trojan Horse that means you harm.
The breakdown of your defenses usually doesn't occur during the time you're stressed, but rather when it disappears.
What role does the brain play?
Let's not forget that behind your every thought and idea is a chemical connection in your biological system.
One fundamental region of study for this is the hypothalamus, which plays a very important role in the regulation of your hormones.
This small and interesting component of your brain is extremely responsive to your thoughts, whether in the form of memories, interpretation of present stimuli, or the anticipation of future events.
This means that your hypothalamus can "wake up," preparing you to respond more quickly, give way to sleep, or enhance feelings of pleasure.
What does your behavior influence?
So far we've only talked about how the mind can impose a direct influence on your body. But we can't omit another aspect that's no less important, which has to do with your behavior.
Here's an example:
We all go through stages in our lives that aren't particularly happy or motivating. Negative thoughts can take over.
In fact, even if you've never experienced clinical depression, some of the things you feel during these times may be similar to those experienced by people who have this disorder, albeit perhaps not as intense or prolonged.
In such times you might begin to neglect certain aspects of your appearance or personal care. Specifically, one of the first things that's usually affected is your diet.
You turn away from foods you don't enjoy as much, which are usually the healthiest options, and instead turn to the foods that provide you with more pleasure.
Why does this happen? It's a question of balance. You seek the pleasure that you've lost in other aspects of your life through the food you eat.
Sadly, the image that always appears in TV and movies of a girl sitting alone on a couch while binge eating ice cream after a breakup is real.
This is a damaging way to force your hypothalamus to create a feeling of well-being that you've lost somehow. The behavioral pattern you've chosen to avoid negative emotions has become counter productive to the health of your body.
But that loss of balance isn't the only reason people begin to neglect their diet. Another important aspect to consider is the sadness and the lack of motivation that usually appear alongside depression.
The reasons (thoughts) that once compelled you to take care of yourself might now take a back seat to that sadness that has shown up and taken root.
Actions that once seemed routine take significantly more effort now. You might try to simplify your routine – instead of going to the grocery store after work you decide to order a pizza instead. It takes less effort.
The opposite side of the coin: negative thoughts vs. positive thoughts
So far we've talked mostly about how negative thoughts can physically weaken you, but there's also the opposite side of that coin.
Many studies have shown that a positive mental attitude has significantly improved the prognosis of people suffering from disease.
This could be a direct result of your biochemistry, or the effect of resuming activities that may also help control the disease, such as more physical activity and a healthier diet.
To conclude, we encourage you to take care of your mental health as much as you possibly can, because through this, you'll be caring for your entire body. Aren't you worth it?


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New Year's Resolutions
It's that time of year again. You know, when we all make promises we rarely keep. This year I have only a few: spend more time on my own writing and keep up on blog posts. Here on my website I'll post news about my writing and publishing progress, but it won't be too often. Most of my posts will be on the Minor Insanity blog. Oh, and I'll post on the Visionary Press blog … Read more


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'It is sheer injustice, illustrates the haughtiness of authorities'
Srinagar, Jun 15: Hurriyat Conference (G) condemned authorities for slapping another PSA on Tehreek-e-Hurriyat activists Mohammad Salim War, Gh Rasool Parey, Ab Majid Lone, Farooq Ahmad Najar, Ab Majid Mir, Fayaz Ahmad Ganai, and Meraj u Din Naikoo.
In a statement issued to KNS, Hurriyat (G) said that ailing Mohammad Rustum Bhat was released after a prolonged detention of eleven month, however all other activists though bailed out by court, were slapped with one more Public Safety Act and shifted to Kotbhalwal and Kathua in Jammu.
It is sheer injustice and illustrates the haughtiness of authorities, said Hurriyat and added that cases against dozens of youth are filed under this infamous law and shifted to different jails in far-flung areas of Jammu.
Hurriyat Conference (G) said that Tehreek-e-Hurriyat is the prime target for authorities and almost two hundred THK activists are detained in different jails.
Hurriyat (G) denounced arrogance of authorities and said soon as these prisoners are bailed out, the authorities slap another PSA on them thus prolong their detention period.
Blaming authorities for trampling all rules and regulations, Hurriyat (G) said that those bailed out by judiciary, were detained again, slapped with one more PSA & shifted to different jails.
Day's before slapping PSA on them, these prisoners were lodged in police stations and their families were expecting their release, however authorities hurriedly slapped PSA and detained them again, Hurriyat (G) said.
Criticizing district authorities in Baramulla, Hurriyat said that they surpassed all records and during peoples uprising in 2016, the district authorities attested dossiers without applying mind and added that they least care about the possible repercussions of their insensitive approach and added that it has multiplied the agonies for their families too.
They are simply rubber stamps, said Hurriyat (G) while lashing at district authorities and said that these authorities follow police higher ups with their eyes folded.
Detainees are subjected to vengeance, said Hurriyat and despite sufficient accommodation in local jails, the detainees are shifted to outside state jails.
They even ignore the ruling of the Supreme court regarding prisoners wherein it has clearly directed state authorities to lodge detainees adjacent to their home cities.
Hurriyat Conference (G) strongly criticized police for intimidating and terrorizing Dawood Ahmad Phuley son of detained THK activist Javed Ahmad Phuley and said that police action is quite unjustified and termed it inhuman & heartless act.
Hurriyat (G) while criticizing authorities for shifting prisoners outside state, said that it is sheer bullying and added that instead of releasing detinues, were shifted to outside valley.
Criticizing strongly authorities for their callous approach, Hurriyat Conference (G) said that It is extreme state sponsored terrorism and added that their tall claims and rhetoric about humanity and democracy are mere hoax. Hurriyat (G) said that authorities have no regard for these and are trampling all norms.
Reiterating its demand for release of all detainees before Eid, Hurriyat expressed satisfaction over the release of its leaders including Mohmmad Rustum Bhat, Bashir Ahmad Qureshi and Mohammad Amin Parey.
Hurriyat Conference (G) appealed to the international agencies and human rights organizations to use their influence to check lawlessness, violations of court orders in state & for release of detainees. Hurriyat (G) urged to "take cognizance of unabated arrests, re-arresting of detainees in state. (KNS)


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Sidney Fine Arts Show
When Friday, Oct. 14th : 9:00 am – 9:00 pm Saturday, Oct. 15th : 9:00am – 9:00pm Sunday, Oct. 16th : 9:00am – 5:00pm
Where In beautiful Sidney by the Sea at the Mary Winspear Centre 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney BC
How $7 admission or $12 for a 3 day pass. Free parking
The show opens to the public on Friday October 14th. Show hours are from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm Friday and Saturday and 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Sunday. There will be artist demonstrations every day. Friday October 15th from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm is Celebrate Local night with a no-host sampling of local libations and appetizers from a variety of Peninsula producers. Saturday October 16th from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm is "Meet the Artists" night with more artist demonstrations, nibbles and a no-host wine bar provided by Muse Winery.
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These four simple words comprise the essence of #IMovedToday, a social media movement that aims to support and encourage people in their efforts to integrate more activity in their lives.
Many people are starting the new year with new goals that involve movement and health. In fact, according to a YouGov poll, the most popular New Year's Resolution for 2019 was to get more exercise…a great goal! Unfortunately, according to U.S. News, approximately 80% of resolutions fail by the second week of February. The reasons that happens are numerous and often complex, and are usually accompanied by sinking feelings of guilt and failure, as people slip back into their old, less healthful habits. But what about those 20% of people who stick with their resolutions? What factors are associated with making positive long term changes in their lives?
A study from 2016, led by Drs Kaitlin Woolley (@Kaitlin_Woolley) and Ayelet Fishbach, and published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, suggested that both enjoyment and importance are significant factors in whether people stick to their resolutions. In fact, the researchers found that enjoyment was the factor that mattered the most. In other words, if the participants were getting immediate, positive rewards from their new habits, they would be more likely to make positive long term changes.
This is where #IMovedToday comes in! #IMovedToday is both a hashtag and a supportive, non-judgemental online community that will support your efforts to incorporate more movement in your life. The "rules" for participating are simple and welcoming:
- 1) MOVE. Anyway you want to. Walk, run, bike, shovel, lift, yardwork. Literally anything you want!
- 2) Post about your movement on Twitter or Facebook. Use the #IMovedToday hashtag, and tag others you think would want to join.
- 3) Support other #IMovedToday people. Search #IMovedToday on Twitter, and like, encourage, and engage!
- 4) Have FUN! Enjoy your bodies abilities and reach your goals to MOVE!
#IMovedToday is the brainchild of Mark Milligan (@markmilligandpt), a practicing physical therapist in Austin, TX, who specializes in orthopaedics and pain science. Mark is also the founder of Anywhere Healthcare (@Anywhere_Health) – "A telehealth platform solving the problem of healthcare access by allowing any provider of any discipline remote access to their patients."
I recently spoke to Mark, and asked him how he came up with this simple, yet highly motivating, concept. Here's what he had to say:
"Life is changing in America. In America, people are dying faster and earlier every year and for the first time in century, the life expectancy in the U.S. is getting shorter. Diseases such as heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer, and diabetes are changing the landscapes of our lives as we all know someone who has or who has died from one of these conditions.
Movement is necessary for life. The information and evidence on movement and it's protective qualities at this point in time are undeniable. Here's the catch. Most people think that exercise has to be hard, long, exhausting, and unpleasant. That's a myth. The research supports that just 150 minutes per week (about 21 minutes per day) of intentional movement can provide great health benefits for body and brain! However, if you have not been moving, or have pain with moving, or are having a hard time seeing the benefits of movement, you are not alone!!
Change is hard, especially changes that take daily sacrifices and different choices even when our surroundings don't change. Most have experienced this in some way throughout their lives. The most common experiences include trying to lose weight, start exercising, stop drinking, to be honest, changing any behavior that is different from the one you already do!!
On the path of change there are several different stages and each stage needs support in different ways. During all stages, information and support are needed. #IMovedToday was born out of a desire to provide information and support people making the choice to change their life, and move when that choice is HARD! So please join us. We will support you in your choice to move and make a difference in your life, and the more people you bring along with you, the better!"
And there you have it! How did you MOVE today?
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I decided to make bread today. I found a recipe for oat and cheese bread which looked interesting. But I had chosen one of those days -- increasingly frequent -- of power outages. The power went out FOUR TIMES, each time for more than 20 minutes, and I just couldn't get the bread into my electric oven. The fourth time, I decided to run the generator, just to get the bread baked. Then it conked -- because the repairmen, who had been working on it yesterday AGAIN, had screwed up the settings so that it couldn't take the load of the oven.
Finally, I tore off hunks of the bread dough, rolled them out like parathas / pitas, and cooked them on a dry griddle. They were pretty good, too.
The generator people are coming tomorrow morning AGAIN, and the washing-machine guy is coming in the afternoon AGAIN. This is one of the real Third World things about living in Chennai: the power supply is just not reliable. We've replaced every appliance at least twice, because of extreme fluctuations. We've spent a fortune on stabilisers, UPS's, better versions of both... The state of Tamil Nadu is trying hard to attract IT and manufacturing industries, and with some success. But without steady power -- never mind water, and a few other problems -- I wonder how far they will be able to succeed.
Anyway, if you haven't tried oat and cheese parathas, I commend them to you.


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Q. My grandfather owned a restaurant on the Northside of town near Taylor Homes, and my dad owned a barbershop in the same area, near Fourth and Nixon streets. My dad, James R. Byrd Sr., was nicknamed "Stew," and his his dad was Joe Nick Byrd. Can you give me any information on their businesses? My father passed in 1965.
A. Two bizes on the Northside up to 1965
The area around Fourth and Nixon streets on the Northside was a thriving community. Several members of the Byrd family had successful businesses there. Joe Nick Byrd owned a neighborhood restaurant and his son James R. "Stew" Byrd Sr. had Byrd's Barbershop during the late 1950's to mid-'60's.
James Byrd Sr. lived at 1211 N. Fourth St until his passing in 1965. Unfortunately we were unable to find much information about about these businesses. The older buildings are gone and the area has been totally redone with the new roads going through there.
If anyone has any information or photographs of the Fourth and Nixon area we would love to hear from you. Let us know in the Comments section below.
How come a Wilmington neighborhood is called "Brooklyn"?
Why is the entrance to 703 N. Fourth St. a refrigerator door?
Date posted: April 2, 2013
User-contributed question by:
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A letter of thanks: the bright side of medicine
Much has been written about negative experiences of doctors in training (DiT). This reflects a harsh and true reality. But there are still many doctors whose treatment of DiTs is inspiring and ought to be celebrated as evidence that all is not bullying and harassment in medicine.
These are my stories, many of which are small and seem too insignificant to write. But I still feel a wave of gratitude towards these colleagues. Stories that illustrate how very simple support structures and actions by others can work as safe guards against bullying and harassment and improve well-being. I hope these stories empower other doctors in their ability to make dramatic changes in the lives of their colleagues with just small acts and not to be discouraged by the frequently and well publicised stories about the dark side of medicine.
Internship Bullying
During a general medical rotation I worked to my full capacity but it was to no avail. I was still belittled by my registrar; scolded not taught. I was on the verge of tears most days and my heart raced in my chest, unable to eat. Medical registrars from other teams asked if I was okay, having noticed a change in my demeanour. These questions of concern were crucial as they validated how I was feeling.
Day three of the rotation and I was at a loss as to how I would survive another three months. It was then that I remembered my hospital had a Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA) Consultant in charge of intern welfare, Rob*, along with two medical workforce personal tasked with the same duty. Rob had provided us with his mobile number during orientation. I did not have the courage to call so I texted Rob instead. Within an hour Rob had actioned a plan that saw me moved to another medical team, who were informed about my vulnerable state. The medical work force unit called me throughout the remainder of the term to ensure I was okay and my new registrar spent the next three months rebuilding my confidence.
Pre-Vocational Nurturing
During an anaesthetic rotation, I was rostered to a list that was cancelled. Instead of my consultant going back to his office to complete his mountain of non-clinical work, he spent the remaining three hours going through the basics of anaesthetics, setting up anaesthetic drills with mock patients and had me problem solve anaesthetic machine faults. I was made to feel like I was of value, even if not in training, and he applauded my progress in the coming weeks after I continued to practise his lessons.
My smooth transition onto a training program was the result of supportive colleagues, without whom I may have taken many years to gain College entry. This support started at the medical workforce level, where the staff did their best to allocate HMO2 rotations to meet my career aspirations. This was followed by anaesthetic consultants and registrars who read (and re-read and re-read) cover letters and resumes, facilitated access to courses, championed research opportunities and dedicated hours to interview practice.
Vocational Training Humanisation
My non-science background has proven a challenge to my educators as my method of learning and reasoning are not standard. But during training, belittlement turned into nurturing and a recognition of different versus wrong ways of learning and reasoning. This requires extra effort and time as my consultants navigated how my brain works to best form their explanations. There are increasing numbers of graduate-entry doctors with diverse backgrounds and the challenge for the system is to work with and not against these differences.
Life does not stop because you have an exam, job application or Masters essay. And our humanity is not immune to the impact of failures. The acknowledgment of this human reality is crucial to balance work and life. Each time a consultant anticipated the impact of life events, humbly shared their stories of struggles, sent a text message to check in, took time out to have a chat over coffee, altered a roster to ease work pressures, stayed back hours unpaid to help me pass exams, offered me time off, or showed an interest in me outside medicine; untenable situations become moments of gratitude.
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Published: 06 Dec 2018


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Wscal - Morning Devotions
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Reasons to put our faith in Jesus as Rescuer and descriptions of unbelief.
President's Chapel - Spring 202014/05/2020
Westminster Seminary California President Joel Kim delivers the spring 2020 President's Chapel
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Love Rejoices with the Truth30/04/2020
Westminster Seminary California Professor A. Craig Troxel gives a morning devotion from 1 Corinthians 13.
Psalm 13723/04/2020
Westminster Seminary California President Joel Kim gives a morning devotion from Psalm 137.
Love is not Irritable or Resentful16/04/2020
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Love is Unselfish02/04/2020
Westminster Seminary California Professor A. Craig Troxel gives a morning devotion from 1 Corinthians 13.
Psalm 326/03/2020
Westminster Seminary California President Joel Kim gives a morning devotion from Psalm 3.
Reflections on the Long Psalm12/03/2020
The psalmist sets forth the way of comprehensive, whole-hearted devotion to God's law. And in light of his own sin and the evil of the world, he expresses a great uneasiness, mixed with an expectant faith in God for help.
Hosea 510/03/2020
Graduating senior, Ryan Thomas gives a morning devotion from Hosea 5
Psalm 6805/03/2020
Psalm 68 records the march of God across the desert from Sinai to Zion. Probably composed for the installation of the ark of the covenant in the Jerusalem temple, this Psalm lies at the heart of Israel's story—and ours as well.
Love is Humble03/03/2020
C.S. Lewis wrote that the first step to "acquire humility" is "to realize that one is proud. If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed." Lewis is probably correct that pride shadows us more than we know. Thankfully the Word of God helps us to see how we can re-orient our lives, speech and motives more humbly. Moreover, the eternal Word become flesh helps us to see what humbling oneself looks like; especially when it is motivated by love.
The Lord and His Messiah27/02/2020
Psalm 2 is an obvious Messianic Psalm and is referenced several times in the New Testament. We will look briefly at the Psalm and then in three interesting places where the New Testament shows its fulfillment.
Love is Earnest18/02/2020
When Paul says "Love does not envy" he is addressing the earnestness of our desire. A strong or intense desire is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, Scripture tells us to "earnestly desire" higher spiritual gifts among other things (1Cor 12.31). But if we desire or love something in the wrong way and to the wrong degree, then we have entered into the realm of envy. The darkness of envy will not rest until it has snuffed out its rival, even if that rival is the "light of the world."
Public Worship IS Christian Discipleship18/02/2020
I Love the Lord, Because He has Heard My Voice13/02/2020
The Lord cares for us in the midst of the suffering we face in this life as Christians. So let us revel in his love and gratefully love him in return.
What Is Love?11/02/2020
This series of chapel talks (based on 1Corinthians 13) is intended to answer the question, "What Is Love?" Few questions could be more important or more practical. Our "greatest" duty is to love God with all of our heart and to love our neighbor as ourselves. So, if we miss this, we have missed the most obvious thing of all. This first lesson looks at the two sides of love—in what it is determined to endure and what it is willing to give. Love is Passive and Active (1Cor 13.4)
Behold, My Servant05/12/2019
How can God justify the ungodly like you and me? Because of the Servant who remained faithful as He suffered and substituted for us.
Praying to Know03/12/2019
It can be difficult to know how to pray for ourselves and others, but the Apostle Paul reminds us of three things we can pray that we all will increasingly know.
Gracious Word26/11/2019
In these verses we ascend the summit of John's prologue. In it we hear echoes of God's appearing on the mountain to Moses, who condescends once again, only now embodied in the Word. He comes in the fullness of his steadfast love and faithfulness for those who look to him out of the emptiness they feel within. And those that do will not be disappointed.
The God Who Carries21/11/2019
The Lord bears up his frail saints in the righteousness of Christ to bring to His glorious Zion.


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1. Sara of KC & Sara created this mini gallery of her favorite wedding candids using some old furniture parts to frame it in. I love the simplicity of this and the ease of changing it out whenever she feels like it.
2. Dreaming of summertime and loving this yellow dress by Max Studio.
3. Jennifer over at Made by Girl has these great new butterfly prints (two of the butterflies are fabric) for sale on her Etsy storefront. Looks like they're going fast cuz a few days ago there were a lot more listed! Awesome, Jennifer!
4. I spotted the album art of M. Ward's soon to be released album Hold Time in the pages of ReadyMade magazine and instantly fell in love with the design. I decided to investigate further since Mr. Ward is half of one of my favorite musical duos, She & Him (with Zooey Deschanel). His website is pretty slick and I previewed Hold Time here. Good stuff. It comes out February 17th. It will be mine.
5. I felt the need to give Valentine's Day some kind of shout-out since it is two days away by sharing one of the blogs I subscribe to, Le Love. They describe their site much better than I could: dedicated to romantic, sweet, lovey dovey, sexy and heart fluttering images. Hope all of your V-Days are lovey, dovey. I'm spending mine at Ikea scoping out some sexy curtains. Meow. ♥
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