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Billionaire sugar baron Pepe Fanjul is refusing to fire his executive assistant, Chloe Black, despite her being married first to a former Ku Klux Klan leader, and then to the founder of a white-supremacist group.
Chloe, who has worked for the Cuban-born owner of Florida Crystals for more than 35 years, is the ex-wife of former KKK leader David Duke, and the current wife of Don Black, a former KKK grand wizard and member of the American Nazi Party. He now runs white-supremacist Web site StormFront.org.
Chloe's role with the powerful Palm Beach-based Fanjul family, which Page Six reported on in 2008, caused an outcry from civil-rights groups. Ironically, her duties include working with Fanjul's wife, Emilia, on The Glades, a Florida charter school that aims to help poor black and Latino children.
Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, told us: "Chloe Black is married to one of the most active white supremacists. We do not understand why she has not been fired by the Fanjul family. Her connections to white supremacists run so deep that it seems unthinkable that she work for a school for minority children." Chloe couldn't be reached for comment.
Reps for Fanjul yesterday confirmed Black was still working for the firm.
Paul Wilmot, spokesman for Florida Crystals, said: "While we may not agree with someone's politics, we wouldn't terminate them for that. We are a minority-owned company and enjoy a wide range of ethnic, racial, religious, lifestyle and political diversity among our thousands of employees.
"We will not discriminate against anybody, and that has been our policy forever. The rhetoric and beliefs of racial and other hate groups are abhorrent to Florida Crystals."
A source added, "This is business, it is not personal. Chloe had been with the company for 35 years when they found out about it, and she has always been a good employee. They don't agree with it, but they are not going to fire her."

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For the past 12 years, volunteer Dorit Forsythe has rarely missed a chance to go out on patrol, and for that, she earned the President's Lifetime Service Award.
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The President Council on Service and Civic Participation was created in 2003 to identify volunteers who were making a difference in their communities. To receive the award, volunteers have to show continuous commitment to civic participation and a certain standard of service over a long period of time.
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Most of us have cell phones to call for help if we get stranded in cold weather, but what if you have no signal, or no one can get to you just yet?
Anywhere in the northern hemisphere you are bound to find cold, snowy, dangerous winters. When the weather gets bad, driving becomes a challenge, and even the best drivers could end up stranded. Driving along less-traveled roads, going out in the midst of a storm, or going somewhere off-limits can get you stranded if you happen to wreck, or if your car breaks down! Now, most of us have cell phones, but the fact is, you may not always have signal or basically no one can get to you.
Depending on the conditions of the weather, if you were to get stranded, you may be fine with nothing, but you will most likely have to deal with extremely cold and windy conditions outside. When it's a long hike to civilization, its best to stay in your car since it provides a little shelter, letting it run until someone finds you would be the best option. However, if your car has broken down, you won't have that luxury, so always carry spare blankets (at least two) and a change of warm clothes in your trunk. If you don't normally wear hats, gloves, or a scarf, its best to keep these in your vehicle as well because your extremities are the most prone to frostbite and most of your heat is lost through your head!
Now, if you are in a position that you can get out of, but your tires aren't getting traction, you need something to put under those spinning tires. Kitty Litter is a perfect material to pour directly behind/under/in front of your tires when they are spinning. You can find a cheap small bag and keep that in your trunk as well. Using a bag of sand or a small bag of workshop crystals will work just as well, and the sand may even give you some added weight for those rear-wheel drive vehicles out there!!
But what happens if you are stuck there overnight?! Or even for a day or two? Keep some non-perishable food with your blankets and clothing so that you can sustain yourself (or possibly someone else too!) for at least two days. Keep in mind you want foods that will sustain your physical health, no junk food, and you don't need to keep a pantry back there! Your body can probably live off a lot less than what you would normally eat. Keep things like crackers, beef jerky, canned food with the pull-tab tops, etc. Putting new food in before the weather gets bad will last you until spring, replace this food every winter or every six months. You will also need water, probably at least 40 fl oz. Try to keep this water unfrozen, leaving it in your trunk will leave it susceptible to freezing, and that won't do you good, make a habit of carrying a bottle of water with you when you travel.
All in all, if you were to get stranded and help couldn't reach you, you still need to survive! Being prepared in case of being stranded can keep you from being harmed and possibly prevent death! Keep the basics of survival handy somewhere in your vehicle: non-perishable food, water, blankets, one change of warm clothing, and kitty litter or something similar.


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Monday, July 16, 2007
A Step Further
Brief family Profile
Name of the Child: Joash,
Age: 15 years, (Male)
Present class: Attending a full time center in Chennai- Secondary I
Sibling: Two younger sisters;
Father: in Social Work: Research and Communication to enhance the least privilaged people groups.
Mother: Home-maker
Specific Learning Disability of Joash
Joash is creative, outgoing, dynamic and has above average IQ. He is explorative, Interested in electronics, graphics, computers, and musics. He is dyslexic and has a high degree of difficulty with Phonemes. (in the area of spelling)
In Brief...
When tested on March 2006, the result showed
Analysis Synthesis:
standard score- 121; Age Equivalent- 31 years,
Fluid Reasoning:
standard score- 101; Age Equivalent- 13.10years
Recommendation: Intensive remediation
Joash needs a school that attends to DyslexicsRecent Educational
Assessment 1
"Joash is a pleasant boy who despite the serious nature of his difficulties with spelling and reading was willing to attempt all tasks asked of him.He will, however, face increasing uncertainties as studies become more complex – that is as vocabulary becomes more subject specific and expansive….. ….."
"Joash urgently needs some formalized, structured, cumulative teaching to give him reasons why words are read and spelt as they are. This will take away the guess work tactics he now employs to attempt spellings and decoding words". – an international teacher in India
Assessment 2
The final Report
Here are a few important points from the three page report from a professional center at Madras (Tested on March 3, 2006):
"All his developmental milestones were reported as normal. He is highly interested in playing with electronic equipments and understands their functions very well"."Joash is a pleasant thirteen-year-old boy who had no inhibitions in expressing his ideas. He followed the instructions well.
During the test session he rested his chin on the table and worked through. The posture often needed to be corrected to help him apply to the task.
A summary of the ratings
Cognitive Ability >>Standard score >>Age Equivalent
1. Memory for Sentences >>92 >> 9.6 years
2. Visual matching >>62 >>8.3 years
3. Analysis Synthesis >> 121 >> 31 years
7. Concept Formation
Fluid Reasoning >> 101 >> 13.10 years
The test profile shows, Joash's strength lies in fluid intelligence. He faces difficulty in the areas of reading, comprehension, writing and solving math problems. There is an overall discrepancy of three to six years, which makes it difficult for him to cope with his academic performance. He would need a full time or an intensive remedial help to enable him to take up his board exams in a few years time. His potential as seen from the cognitive battery does show his ability to acquire and master any content material. However, if he is supported with intervention to improve his comprehension, and writing, he should be able to complete his higher education".
Parents' Update...
We shifted from Hyderabad to Chennai just to put Joash in a fulltime remediation center. We withdrew him the normal stream after trying out various additional help over the years. He goes to a fulltime learning center for the past one year and now in the second year. But he has serious difficulty to cope with the course material and he is given a few subjects with very basic material and exercises of primary section. But as parents, we feel, he needs more challenges and new things to learn and develop his skill. He likes to spend more time in doing other creative things, by avoiding the basic reading and maths exercises given. We are unsure of the kind of intervention which will attend to his basic problem of phonemes. He wants to learn a lot of things though not by reading and writing but by doing.
Our Challenge...
We are looking for way forward that will motivate him, challenge him and develop him as a person and aquire the skills he is longing for. Often we feel like dropping the present programme he is attending and help him some personal skills. But we struggle to decide... academics or no academics ?
He is now preparing for 10th through National Open Schooling.
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This weekend I took an extended three day weekend trip with my family to Vermont. We haven't had the opportunity to take our usual week or longer family trip this year so going up north to visit Burlington, Vermont and the surrounding towns looked like a fun way to kick back and relax before summer's end.
Forty years ago, my mother came from Honduras to study on an academic scholarship to Vermont College, located in Montpelier. While a student, she met my father a professor at Norwich University and the rest as they say is history. My sister and I of course are evidence of that.
Since we were going to be passing by Montpelier on our way up to Burlington I thought it would be fun to combine a visit to the New England Culinary Institute, also known as NECI for short, while also visiting what was the campus of her college which no longer exists, and how now become part of NECI and other institutions such as the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Both of my parents were eager to visit the small town to relive old memories and retell old stories that are part of our family's history. While touring the Institute we could also eat at the school run restaurant in town and the one on Church Street in Burlington. She was really excited by this and so I called the number on the NECI web site to get information about tours, the school and the restaurant and also to do some research to see if her dorm was still there.
When I called the number I asked the woman on the phone about tours. She politely informed me that there weren't tours of the school available and that it would best to seek out students on campus to talk to them about their experience. This didn't seem right to me. What kind of sales pitch was this? I didn't want to spend a lot of our vacation time on a treasure hunt for buildings and students. She also was unfamiliar with the specific dorm I was looking for, which as it turns out was part of the Vermont College of Fine Arts, 100 yards from the New England Culinary Institute admission building. I began to wonder where the call center for the toll free number I had called was located. The school wasn't that big was it? She also corrected me when I mentioned my intention of wanting to eat at the Institute's restaurant in Burlington. Apparently that had closed down a couple of years ago too, but she was eager to point out the truly fabulous food at the Main Street Bar & Grill, the restaurant run by the Institute and its students. The loss of their flagship restaurant was not a good sign especially in the fast growing city.
Saturday we arrived and within a few minutes of driving around we found my mother's old dorm and her room. That was easy. We walked around campus and viewed some of the buildings owned by NECI while also viewing some of the buildings that belonged to other institutions. My mother was excited and happy and we were all getting hungry. It was time to eat.
We made the short drive down the hill to the Main Street Bar & Grill. We had been here before many years before to eat and had a pleasurable experience although on that trip we didn't actually drive around Montpelier as we had this time.
After a short wait for an outside patio seat we sat down and ordered our meal. Our waiter, Joshua, a student was friendly and welcoming and overall did a great job especially given the fact that he was a culinary student and only serving as part of the curriculum rotation. This is pretty much where my praise ends. Overall everyone felt that the food was pretty good but really under-seasoned. I had flashbacks to the basics cooking class I took at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts where Chef Angie told us that new cooks generally are afraid of using too much salt and usually under-season their food. Was this day one of the rotation I wondered? The dressing on my salad lacked taste as did the other components of my dishes. The dessert was in fact the best part of the meal which is fortunate because it is the last impression a restaurant gets to make on a customer, but also unfortunate as my aspirations involve the culinary program and not the baking and pastry program.
Plating was another thing I noted. While we were only eating lunch, I was expecting more for presentation. My appetizer and main dish appeared as two distinct dishes while the dessert was already melted and lacked color. While not at the heart of culinary training, this is something that is important to me; a well plated dish evokes emotion and clues you into what you are about to taste. As far as showing off technique and skill, this just wasn't doing it for me.
I asked our server about touring the facilities. He kindly informed us that we could walk to the back of the restaurant and through the back door to view classrooms and the rest of the facility. Once we were back there I was let down again, looking at the small drab classrooms. They just didn't look inviting, and in contrast to the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts they were completely removed from the cooking setting entirely. While having an on site restaurant is a plus for any culinary school the complete separation from the classroom and kitchen didn't feel appropriate. I also wondered where the rest of the school was. Was that the wrong question to be asking? Was this all there was?
After finishing our meal, we left to walk down the street and get a sense of the town. My parents walked and noted how much things had changed and how the area had grown and modernized. I saw a town only slightly more populated than where I grew up, a stark contrast from living in Boston, a world class city with neighborhoods and numerous cultural culinary influences and establishments. We visited the student run baker, La Brioche and sampled some of their baked goods and pastries. Delicious. Another home run for the baking and pastry program.
The New England Culinary Institute was the school were famed Alton Brown matriculated. I had high expectations of what the school had to offer after reading it's web site contents and given the aptitude and success Alton Brown has attained. I left the school feeling disappointed and yet I don't think my high expectations were misplaced especially since I have fond memories of eating at NECI restaurants in the past. I wonder what had changed, but left clearly feeling that if I did decide to pursue culinary school, this place wasn't for me.
I may not have seen all of the buildings, fancy kitchens and labs the school had to offer, but as a someone interested in the school it just seems like I could have gotten more out of my visit with a little friendly guidance and key points of differentiation to focus on. I know when I have guests I do my best to make them feel welcomed and answer all of the questions they have. A school where I could potentially spend a large amount of my hard earned money would do well to have a similar philosophy.


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Tim is very well known within the automotive industry for his creativity and open approach with a unique strong style of work and creative approach that inspires not only his clients but also their customers, something that was reflected recently when he was awarded, 'International Commercial Advertising Photographer of the Year' and 'Car Photographer of the Year' at the Industry Awards. He is today regarded as a leading automotive photographer within the industry and a renowned creative who is extremely passionate about the 'craft' of photography.
Tim - "Photography is not a career its an obsession, the desire to create and do something inspiring that is worth remembering is very important to me, being out there shooting is where things happen…"
Tim's work has been published all over the World and he has been refereed to as one of most creative photographers within his specialised field of commercial automotive photography. In the US Scott Kelby described Tim recently as one of the 10 most influential photographers in the World today and also a man who greatly inspires others, not only within his own industry but beyond. Tim's view of all this is a little more straight forward, a man who's very well known for his down to earth attitude, his feet are very firmly on the ground. His desire to produce creative work is one that has driven him from a very young age at the point he first picked up a camera, "Photography is for me simply a creative passion, the ability to use light and form to capture in a single solitary image what I see within my own imagination at that point in time…"
Car photography is, as most that have tried it will testify, complex in its nature at time with many lighting issues to overcome along the journey with light falling onto highly reflective curved surfaces. The work of Tim Wallace is globally recognised to be not only of a highly creative style and flair but also Tim is very well known for achieving much of his photography 'in camera' with the clever and adoptive use of lighting.
This is a Studio based class at the infamous Junction 11 Studios near Banbury, the home of many high end Pro car shoots for such people as Aston Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover and is a rare chance to spend a day working within such a studio with one of the worlds leading car photographers.
You will be shooting and starting the process from scratch as Tim walks you through each step. You will be look looking at shape, form and light and how they relate to each other, the issues that we are faced with when lighting a multi-angled reflective surface at a professional level. Working with multiple lights we will learn more of how light has a direct impact on what transposes through to our final image. During this studio shoot day we will also be looking at different techniques that we can deploy to get a range of lighting effects using continuous lighting for our car photography and also how these are very different to working with traditional strobes.
During this seminar Tim will be talking through and demonstarting continous lighting as an introduction, how it works, how he applies that and how we can use such lighting for creating some truly great professional standard images.
Tim will also be demonstrating and talking through light modifiers, strobe flash for such work as detail shots and what can be achieved with these, as well as how to use them to best affect and creatively regardless of you having several lights at your disposal or just one.
This seminar is car based but the lessons learned and demonstrated in this session can be applied to shooting a wide range of subjects such as people and products.
This class is both and is aimed at people who would like to learn a little about lighting progressing from hand held flash guns to those that have experience in working with professional studio strobe and wish to take their lighting further.
Suggested equipment to bring
Digital Camera (Any Brand)
Lenses – Suggested focal range of 35mm to 80mm (DLSR focal lengths)
Memory cards
Cable / Remote release
Notebook and pen
There will be some Fujifilm X Series Cameras & Lenses available to test out on the day if you wish. You do not need a Fuji X Series camera to attend these courses
Lunch will be provided
To be delivered at 12.15 for a 12.30 lunch break Selection of sandwiches & Wraps
Mini Quiches selection
Honey & Mustard sausages
Chicken Skewers and dipping sauce
Fig & Goats cheese parcels
Vegetable chips
Fruit Platter
Afternoon tea & Cake
When booking this course you will be required to pay the full amount up front, which unfortunately can not be refunded if there is a cancellation, so please make sure that you are definitely able to attend. Once you have booked and paid the full amount for this module, you will receive confirmation of your booking via email. Closer to the start date of the module, you will receive an email as a reminder of the date and time you will need to attend, and also a list of items that you will need to bring along with you. We ask that everyone attending is respectable of the tutor and also the other attendees. Any inappropriate behaviour will not be tolerated and you will be asked to leave. If the tutor is unable to attend on this day, due to unforeseen circumstances, then a full refund will be given. All prices are VAT exempt.
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It was so far one of the most adventurous trip I had this year. That trip to Karlovy Vary with friends last October 2011 is very memorable. After our pottery shopping and overnight stay in Boleslawiec, Poland, we drove to Karlovy Vary the next day.
It is called in German as Karlsbad and Charles Bath in English. This city is famous for its hot springs and its colorful and whimsical architecture.. It is located in Bohemia in the western part of Czech Republic. It was named after Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, who founded the city in 1370.
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Image of 78-year-old runner knocked down by blast goes viral
EVERETT, Wash. A 78-year-old Washington state man running his third Boston Marathon was near the finish line when he was knocked down by one of two bomb blasts and caught in a news photograph that quickly went viral.
Bill Iffrig, of Lake Stevens, told The Herald of Everett that he heard a noise Monday and found himself on the ground.
"It was only 5 feet away from me," he said. "It was really loud."
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He said he ended up with a scrape on his knee, and that a race official helped him to his feet.
Iffrig said most of the other runners near the area weren't as close to the explosion as he was. He walked across the finish line and another half-mile to his hotel. Iffrig said of his proximity to the explosion that it was a "close one" and the experience "scared" him.
Watch video footage on the left showing Iffrig being knocked down by the blast
The runner's son, Mark Iffrig, of Seattle, told The Associated Press he was tracking his father's race progress online and didn't realize what had happened until he went on Facebook to post about his dad finishing the race. He quickly turned on the TV and called his dad.
"It's horrible. He said it was quite a concussive blast. He was a little dazed. Someone helped him up," said Mark Iffrig , adding he recognized his father from a widely distributed Boston Globe photo showing him on the ground, surrounded by police officers and race officials. "He was only about 10 feet from the finish line."
Iffrig said his father is an avid runner who has raced in a number of marathons.
"He's a hell of a runner," he said. "He's run a lot and he's fast."


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This is a great book that really hits on the emotion of food. A fictional novel, The School of Essential Ingredients follows the lives of eight students who gather every Monday night for cooking class. A young mother struggling with the demands of her family; an Italian kitchen designer learning to adapt to life in America; a widower mourning the loss of his wife to breast cancer; and more. Chef Lillian helps them to create dishes whose flavor and techniques expand beyond the restaurant and into the secret corners of her students' lives. One by one the students are transformed by the aromas, flavors, and textures of Lillian's food.
"Brought together by the power of food and companionship, the lives of the characters mingle and intertwine, united by the revealing nature of what can be created in the kitchen."
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Hey, Atlanta Falcons fans, do you plan on going in late to work after attending a prime-time game against the New Orleans Saints?
Dan Quinn has you covered if you need an excuse.
Eager to have a raucous crowd for the critical NFC South showdown, the Falcons coach tweeted out a letter asking for employers to be understanding, leaving a few blank spaces where fans could insert their names.
"I would not expect ______ to fully do their job at the highest level on Friday, especially after expending all their energy at the game," Quinn wrote.
"Please allow ______ to be a couple of hours late, or even work from home on Friday."
We love the energy and juice you all bring on game day! Here's your note for Friday. We cannot wait to be in front of you as the battle for the Division is at hand! #InBrotherhood pic.twitter.com/G6vD9a4CV0
— Dan Quinn (@FalconsDQ) December 6, 2017
The Falcons went into Thursday night's game with only a 3-3 record at home in their first season at $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Quinn acknowledged that the crowds don't seem as loud as they were in the team's previous home, the Georgia Dome.
While all games have officially been sold out, large chunks of seats have been empty and many fans seem to be wandering around the stadium, taking in all the new features rather than cheering on the home team.
"It's an important part," Quinn said this week. "The home-field advantage is real. We're calling that (out) as a whole team to see if we can get that even stronger, louder like we know it can be."
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I'm so excited! I recently received the pictures back from a photo shoot Jessica Kettle did for me a few weeks ago of some rooms I finished. I'll hopefully be sharing one of the projects this week or next.
Get excited...
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Those who wage war in pursuit of the name of peace themselves cause the failure of their professed goal.
After listening to Mr. Bush rightly claim that the Iraqi placement of human sheilds in military installations is an atrocity, then assert that we will spare no agression, I can but wonder how one can justify the slaughter of innocent lives as "peacemaking".
One wonders about the Iraqis, too. If Hussein truly cared about the well-being of his country, he did have ample opportunity to leave the country and at least hinder American plans to attack.
We must also remember that many people in the Iraqi military do not want to be there (just like many people in the American military in VietNam did not want to be there), and would rather not kill. Military casualties are innocent too.
My final thought for tonight: several countries proposed a compromise resolution in the UN spelling out specific conditions the Iraqis must meet in 30 days. Why was 30 days too long for Bush?


text: I just got my Gnex at Costco yesterday and went right home and unlocked/rooted. Took the phone to work today and nothing but problems. The phone won't hold 4G even though my Tab 10.1 holds two bars all day without a glitch. The phone goes in and out of 4G-3G and then drops to zero signal for a minute or so before it picks up any signal at all. It dropped all my calls, and my trusty old OG Droid never dropped one here at work. So, should I call Verizon Tech support? Is there anything to be gained or should I just exchange the phone? Should I relock the phone before calling? Will they know its unlocked and rooted by asking any questions or if they send the phone programming? Just want to know how to proceed. Thanks in advance!


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Dr. Lisa Greenspan CPsychol Counselling Psychologist and Clinical Supervisor
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About me
I offer a safe space you to speak about difficulties from the past or help to manage something that's going on right now, whether you're a child, young person, family or individual adult. The sessions are in confidence so you can be really listened to if you wish to speak about difficult feelings and events. I also have much experiencing working with people with physical disabilities or learning disabilities and practice a range of approaches, always respecting your experience with acceptance and compassion.
I am a mindfulness trainer and can bring meditation, visualization and body-focusing practices into the work if you think this suits you. I offer mindfulness groups for adults and yoga and mindfulness for children and teens. I work from a comfortable therapy room and have use of a room disabled access if this is required. My work with children makes use of play therapy and is gentle and child-centred. My work with parents is non-judgmental and completely understanding of the challenges that parenting can bring. I have a great deal of experience with children and young people including those who are having difficulties in school and other relationships.
I first trained as an Occupational Psychologist and then as a Counselling Psychologist and along with individual work, I have much experience of working with organisations, facilitating groups of staff in their relationships with themselves and others. I am interested in stress and coping in people who care for others. My past research has dealt with the areas of occupational stress in care staff and nurses working with people who have dementia, and I am currently researching techniques to help mothers of children with learning disabilities or autism to cope.
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I have training and experience as a Clinical Supervisor.
I have worked across all services, Health, Social and Voluntary Sector and Education for over twenty-five years, supporting staff and patients. As a chartered Counselling Psychologist, I am informed in my work by scientific findings, have published peer-reviewed research into dementia in older people and currently conduct research into services involving intellectual disability in children. I am trained to use mindfulness techniques with children, young people and adults and have for many years facilitated workshops making use of the inner image and the arts.
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ok, be nice to me, i have no idea what im doing and thats a dangerous thing, believe me!
downloaded xampp, installed it ok, rebooted laptop, opened control panel on it, clicked start next to apache...and nothing.
it says busy, then 'apache service started'.
was advised to do a port check, when i do, it says 'openports.exe has stopped working' and sends me to download/update IE v8!!
~ I dont have skype
~ mysql isnt running
~ firewall allows xampp
~ i use vista
(pls assume youre talking your mothers thru this, cos thats about my level atm!)


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Cholesterol is naturally produced by the liver, and it is essential for the production of hormones such as cortisol, corticosterone, aldosterone, androgens and estrogens. It also helps to metabolize fat soluble vitamins such as vitamins A, D, E and K, and helps to build strong cell membranes.
It is absolutely essential for good health, but excess amounts in the body can lead to serious health problems. You can reduce high cholesterol naturally, but to prevent high cholesterol from occurring in the first place is a better choice.
Eat a Healthy Diet
The best and most effective way for you to avoid high cholesterol is to eat a healthy diet. Practice chewing your foods thoroughly, and eat slow so that your body can have time to let your mind know when you are full. Never overeat, as overeating can cause your triglyceride levels to rise, which in turn can contribute to high cholesterol levels.
Here are a few things to consider:
Eliminate Unhealthy Fats. The best thing that you can do for your health is to eliminate unhealthy fats from your diet. These are saturated and trans-fats, and they primarily come from meats, dairy and eggs, as well as many vegetable oils, and many junk foods. Therefore by eliminating them, or at least reducing them will help to prevent high cholesterol.
Plant-based Foods. The next best thing that you can do for yourself is to include a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables and nuts and seeds in your diet.
Plant-based foods contain plant sterols and plant stanols, which help to prevent cholesterol from being absorbed. They work similarly the same way that a lot of cholesterol medications work, only they do not have any side effects.
A lot of plant-based foods also contain niacin, which is a B vitamin that is often used in large dosages to help lower high cholesterol. Therefore by eating foods that contain niacin you can naturally prevent high cholesterol from occurring.
Furthermore, plant-based foods are high in fat soluble fiber which helps to absorb excess cholesterol in the digestive system.
Healthy fats such as omega 3 and 6 fatty acids are present in many nuts and seeds as well as in avocados and coconuts. These fats have been shown to dramatically reduce high cholesterol, and thus by making them a part of your diet, they can help to prevent it.
Maintain a Healthy Blood Pressure
Reduce the amount of caffeine and sodium in your diet, as they can both contribute to high blood pressure. Increasing potassium, calcium and magnesium rich foods can also help to lower the pressure.
Maintain a Healthy Weight
Being overweight or obese is directly linked to high cholesterol levels. Thus losing extra weight, and maintaining it at a healthy level can help to reduce the risks of high cholesterol.
Avoid Cigarettes
Avoid cigarettes and second hand smoke whenever possible, as they have been shown to interfere with cholesterol levels.
Avoid or Reduce Alcohol
Excess amounts of alcohol can also contribute to high cholesterol levels by raising the triglycerides, which in turn contributes to high cholesterol.
Exercise is very important in helping to prevent high cholesterol levels, especially for those who have an office job. 20 to 30 minutes 3 to 4 times per week will provide you with many health benefits.
Reduce Stress
Stress by itself does not directly affect cholesterol levels. However, prolonged periods of stress can cause bad habits to form such as eating junk foods, overeating, not exercising, or turning to alcohol or cigarettes. All of those have negative effects on the cholesterol levels.


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Gametribe has announced the addition of brand new content to Dream of Mirror Online with the introduction of the new BigBeam region.
Gametribe.com, the premier destination for Free-to-Play games is offering brand new contents to the DOMO fans on April 22nd.
Journey through the new BigBeam region and discover BigBeam city! Fabulous adventures are waiting for you! Reach this new region from Eversun North and enjoy these city quests:
- Wu Hai's Love Letter (lvl 30): help Wu Hai to win Mei Xiang's love.
- Selling-Flower Sister and her brother (lvl 30): help flower seller A Ro and find her lost brother.
- Brothers' Argue (lvl 40): help BibBeam city's inhabitants to drive out bandits from the surroundings of the city.
- The soul-lost Boy (lvl 55). Help mother Zhang rescue her sick son Xizo Bao by getting all necessary materials to Comfort Witch who is able to prepare the needed treatment.
- The lost Herbal Wine (lvl 55). A girl stole the Herb Wine from the shop assistant. Bring the Herb Wine back to the assistant.
- Blood Sucking Orchid (lvl 55). Help Yuan Bo and get a medicine to heal her beloved Meng Xue.
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To sum it up; leadership is stepping up to the plate and overcoming whatever obstacles lay in front of you and guiding your men towards a clear objective. Give them the mission, step back and supervise without holding their hand but maintaining a command presence. Pepe Aguilar
A Compilation of Quotes on Leadership by Leaders
Take Charge, Move Out- Campbell University US Army ROTC motto.
Ready, Willing, Able- Officer Candidate School NC Military Academy Motto
All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.
Leadership: GeneralshipNo general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place. Philip Armour
Sun Tzu: The Art of War
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him. Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans, the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy's forces, the next in order is to attack the enemy's army in the field, and the worst policy of all is to besiege walled cities. He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces. He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks. He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared. He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted. Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
Military tactics are like unto water; for water in its natural course runs away from high places and hastens downwards... Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing. Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent and thereby succeed in winning, may be called a heaven-born captain. Invincibility depends on one's self.
A leader leads by example not by force. General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. "You don't lead by hitting people over the head-that's assault, not leadership." General George S. Patton
"A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances." Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him. "A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent." General Douglas MacArthur
Army Unit Mottos
6TH MILITARY POLICE GROUP "SEEK THE TRUTH"800TH MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE "Vires In Arduis" ("Strength In Difficulties.")
6TH PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS BATTALION "VERITAS VOS LIBERABIT" (The Truth Will Set You Free)
Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow. Chinese Proverb
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. (Absurdum est ut alios regat, qui seipsum regere nescit.) Latin Proverb
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command. Solon
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. Aristotle
What you cannot enforce / Do not command. Sophocles
The Presidents
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. Abraham Lincoln
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams
"A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers." — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt "The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it." "People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives." "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
Roman Leadership
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward. Ovid
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed. Publius Syrus
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy. Seneca
Various Quotes
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Harold R. McAlindon
Men are governed only by serving them; the rule is without exception. V. Cousin
The real leader has no need to lead-- he is content to point the way. Henry Miller
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out. Napoleon Bonaparte
No man can stand on top because he is put there. H. H. VreelandLet him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself. Thomas Carlyle
"A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better." Jim Rohn
"The boss drives people; the leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority; the leader on good will. The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says "I"; The leader says "WE". The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown. The boss says, "GO"; the leader says "LET'S GO!" H. Gordon Selfridge
"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly." Jim Rohn
"Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish." Sam Walton
"If I advance, follow me! If I retreat, kill me! If I die, avenge me!" Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position. Brian Tracy
"Leadership is action, not position." — Donald H. McGannon
"Success for leadership is . . . knowing the great art of directing others without their noticing it." Anonymous "Leadership is not magnetic personality ? that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not "making friends and influencing people" -- that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations." Peter F. Drucker
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems. Brian Tracy
"The only real training for leadership is leadership." Anthony Jay "Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity." — Warren Bennis
Diligent follow-up and follow-through will set you apart from the crowd and communicate excellence." – John Maxwell
"Earn the right to be heard by listening to others. Seek to understand a situation before making judgments about it." – John Maxwell
"A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position." – John Maxwell
"Coming together is a beginning, and staying together is progress, but only when teams sweat together do they find success." – John Maxwell
"Teams make you better than you are, multiply your value, enable you to do what you do best, allow you to help others do their best, give you more time, provide you with companionship, help you fulfill the desires of your heart and compound your vision and effort." – John Maxwell
Vince Lombardi
"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal." "Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow."
The Eagle (Aquila)
"Eagles don't flock - you have to find them one at a time." H. Ross Perot
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg. James Thomas
When there is a storm the little birds hide, but the eagle faces it and sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. The eagle doesn't escape while the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it and seeks out his objective. Pepe Aguilar


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Karim Makdisi
and Vijay Prashad
Friday, 2 December 2016
United Nations Bookshop,
GA Building, Visitors' Concourse
Karim Makdisi is Associate Professor of International Politics at the American University of Beirut and Research Director of the UN in the Arab World program at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs.
Vijay Prashad is George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College as well as Senior Fellow at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut.
Land of Blue Helmets: The United Nations and the Arab World (University of California Press) provides a comprehensive review of the United Nations' role in the Arab world. Looking at the UN from the stand point of the Arab world, this volume collects some of the finest scholars and practitioners writing about the potential and the problem of a UN that is framed by both the promises of its Charter and the contradictions of its member states.
With co-panelists Ms.Mona Khalil, Senior Legal Officer of the United Nations Office of the Legal Counsel (UNOLC) and Mr.Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
Moderated by Mr.Maher Nasser, Director, Outreach Division, Department or Public Information.
This event open to all UN grounds pass holders and visitors.
RSVP at http://bit.ly/2finyxD
For further information, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
The United Nations Bookshop is located in the Concourse level of the General Assembly building at UN Headquarters in New York. Visitor's entrance: 1st Avenue & 46th Street.


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Yeah!!! It's give-away time! FINALLY! (Kids are in bed...for the moment...lol, so here we go!)
So, I have been thinking so much of the quote I just posted more pics of..."Believe there is good in the world, Be the Good."
There are three different ways shown of displaying them...and you can choose which way you want it if you win! I am also wanting my children included in on this, so...we are doing this the old fashioned way. They will help me choose the winners.
1) Like my FB page (here) if you haven't already and share the giveaway and a favorite item from my shop on your FB page
2) Pin something from my etsy shop on Pinterest (or on your blog if you don't have a Pinterest acct...and if you don't have that, well...be creative and help me share somehow.)
(Etsy shop here.)
3) Then come back here or to my FB page to let me know you did those things AND leave your own favorite uplifting quote there as well. (I am always looking for new ones to put into vinyl!) I will let my kids read the quotes with me and help me choose.
Give-away ends January 31st. Good luck!
***DEADLINE EXTENDED to FEBRUARY 7th!!!!***


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Autism and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet
Autism and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet
Free, live presentation & Q&A
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Many children with autism suffer from digestive disorders that can affect learning, behavior, and mood. The Specific Carbohydrate diet (SCD) has been used for decades to heal the gut in people with digestive disorders, and has become a popular dietary therapy for those with ASD. In clear language, Ms. Kobliner will provide a framework for successful implementation of the SCD diet.
Ms. Kobliner is a Registered Dietitian and owner of Holcare Nutrition (www.holcarenutrition.com). She practices a functional nutrition approach to help the body heal itself, and has extensive experience using various diet modalities to help children with autism and related disorders. Vicki works with infants, children, and adults with chronic illnesses, digestive disorders, food allergies, ADHD, and autism, and provides fertility and prenatal nutrition counseling. She is a contributing author to A Compromised Generation: The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in America's Children.


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Special Town Meeting Guide
I&M Staff Writer
More than 1,100 acres of open space on the west end of the island � including 92 acres designated surplus property by the Federal Aviation Administration � would be rezoned to dramatically restrict potential development under an article up for consideration at the Nov. 4 Special Town Meeting.
According to the provisions of Article 4, 76 Madaket proper�ties � all but two of which are owned by either the Nantucket Islands Land Bank, Nantucket Conservation Foundation, the town and state or federal agencies � would be placed in the Moorlands Management District, which requires a 10-acre minimum lot size and places strict limitations on building. The properties are on average about 11 acres in size.
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"Google Is Not What It Seems" says Wikileaks
Photo Combo: "Google's Chairman, Eric Schmidt, photographed in a New York elevator, carrying Henry Kissinger's new book, 'World Order', 25 Sep 2014″ + "Google's Chairman Eric Schmidt and Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State and National Security Council head under President Richard Nixon, during a 'fireside chat' with Google staff at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, on 30 Sep 2013. In the talk, Kissinger says National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden is 'despicible'."
Read this heavily referenced & long excerpt from Julian Assange's book, "When Google Met Wikileaks":
I'm not sure if that would be a case of the "pot calling the kettle black," but here's a truthful short snip from it, just the same:
There was nothing politically hapless about Eric Schmidt. I had been too eager to see a politically unambitious Silicon Valley engineer, a relic of the good old days of computer science graduate culture on the West Coast. But that is not the sort of person
who attends the Bilderberg conference four years running, who pays regular visits to the White House, or who delivers "fireside chats" at the World Economic Forum in Davos.43
Schmidt's emergence as Google's "foreign minister"—making pomp and ceremony state visits across geopolitical fault lines —had not come out of nowhere; it had been presaged by years of assimilation within US establishment networks of reputation and influence.
On a personal level, Schmidt and Cohen [both Jews, btw, as is Kissinger] are perfectly likable people. But Google's chairman is a classic "head of industry" player, with all of the ideological baggage that comes with that role.44 Schmidt fits exactly where he is: the point where the centrist, liberal, and imperialist tendencies meet in American political life.
By all appearances, Google's bosses genuinely believe in the civilizing power of enlightened multinational corporations, and they see this mission as continuous with the shaping of the world according to the better judgment of the "benevolent superpower."
They will tell you that open-mindedness is a virtue, but all perspectives that challenge the exceptionalist drive at the heart of American foreign policy will remain invisible to them.
This is the impenetrable banality of "don't be evil." They believe that they are doing good. And that is a problem.
They indeed are "dancing with the Devil," their disguised & deceiving "benevolent superpower."
But we all knew it already, didn't we?!
"They believe that they are doing good. And that is a problem."
The True God agrees that is a problem! >
"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."
–Proverbs 14:12
Read the intricate spider-web of relationships with which this behemoth known as Google is deeply entangled:
"A 'don't be evil' empire is still an empire":
INSURANCE COMPANIES JUMPING SHIP AS LAWSUITS vs CELLPHONE INDUSTRY RAMP UP!
Leave it to insurance companies to "CYA" themselves in advance, lol. At least in this case of cellphones & health issues they can't cry, "It was an Act of God!" (At age 17 right out of high school, 1970, I was the dictaphone typist for the Claims Manager of a conglomerate of insurance companies. That's where I first learned that insurance companies try to blame everything on God so they won't have to pay up! I must have typed that phrase hundreds of times. Did it rain too hard today & your roof caved in? Too bad for you because it was "An Act of God!" Too funny!)
But seriously, hurray for the lawyers who sue insurance companies & industry corporate wolves. In the below news, it is a class action re cellphones & brain tumors & the fact the cell industry has tried to hide what it knew was dangerous, & the insurance companies are jumping ship! (Will ObamaScare step in to cover the health of all the owners of the freebie cells he gave out? Somebody should sue Obama, period, for just being alive, but that's another story).
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Seek truth from facts with Ellie Marks, whose husband Alan is suing the industry for his brain tumor, 'cell phone survivor' Bret Bocook, leading radiation biologist Prof. Dariusz Leszczynski, Microwave News editor Dr. Louis Slesin, Storyleak editor Anthony Gucciardi, and former senior White House adviser Dr. Devra Davis.
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Can Radiation From Wi Fi Cause Fertility Problems, A.D.H.D. & Cancer? Hear Dr. Martin Pall (of Portland) & U.K. Microwave Expert Prof. Barrie Trower Speak
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October 10, 2013 — Dr. Martin Pall, Professor emeritus of biochemistry and basic medical sciences at Washington State University, has just published a paper in the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine that has resolved a long-standing puzzle about how EMFs can influence our bodies. It shows that EMFs act by activating some channels in cells known as voltage-gated calcium channels. He will explain how activating these channels can act along a pathway that is thought to be involved in several diseases that we are all concerned about:
Dr. Pall is also the author of the book: Explaining 'Unexplained Illnesses': Disease Paradigm for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Fibromyalgia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Gulf War Syndrome:
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[PM Note: That I need to go read. I had already heard about CFS now being blamed on EMFs at the ElectricSense.com site. I disagree 100% because CFS is not the same as true CFIDS aka ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) which is a viral disease. Everybody & their brother now has CFS but not everybody has ME, an encephalitis triggered by virus [CEBV in my case]. There were NO cell towers nor cellphones nor personal computers in 1979 when I first got sick working at a small newspaper in a small town high up in the Rockies. That is why I don't buy the EMFs-cause-CFIDS/ME theory. CFS, maybe. But not CEBV/CFIDS/ME.]
Professor Barrie Trower has met with a wide international community of government officials, universities and medical professionals. With extensive knowledge of microwave weapons, Trower is well suited to address this issue. In Portland he will present, for the first time, his new paper that asserts the reproductive systems of girls and boys is being adversely affected by exposure to microwave radiation from laptops and wi -fi routers:
[PM Note: I previously read the above Trower report when it was posted at the GeoEngineeringWatch.org site last month. Chilling! Especially re the children! I've been hanging around MacRumours Forum the past month trying to decide on a newer larger-HD handheld device & it is shocking how many Apple & Android parents are talking there re all the gadgets & iPads they gladly give to their kids, as if there is no concern in the world re the health of their little beloved munchkins!)
Referring to thousands of, Soviet, British, European and U.S. Military studies, Trower makes the astonishing claim that school girls exposed to low-level microwave radiation (WiFi) are at risk of suffering stillbirth, fetal abnormalities or genetically damaged children when they give birth.
Professor Trower and Dr. Pall are among a growing community of scientists, government agencies, medical and parent advocacy groups that question the safety of our children in schools where they are exposed to 7 hours of microwave radiation from wifi routers each day:<a href="http://www.wirelesswatchblog.org/wi-fi-in-schools/"
Wireless Education Action is an organization dedicated to furthering public knowledge of the biological effects of wireless technology and "non-ionizing" radiation.
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"We got shafted," Tyner coach Wayne Turner said. "Nobody in our class wants to play us, so we had to schedule a bunch of bigger schools and that cost us. We finish second in a district with mostly 4A teams, and this is what they gave us.
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Besides unbeaten Alcoa, the other six teams making up Tyner's quadrant have a combined record of 47-13 and include two other area district champions, Polk County and Bledsoe County.
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Last February, I attended a storytelling seminar-workshop at Museo Pambata where I met the woman who is, "the most well-loved storyteller of South Africa" – Gcina Mhlophe Becker. I arrived early and enjoyed looking at the artwork by children hanging on the walls. One by one, the participants arrived, found a comfortable seat, and read the kit that was given to us. Then, Miss Gcina appeared on the stage before us. She was unassuming and relaxed. With a big smile on her face, she greeted everyone and oh, what a very lovely and welcoming smile she had!
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Gcina outlined that she would focus on stories about family, animals, and the contemporary events. Then she related a family story of her own. She was unpredictable and mesmerizing. At first I thought she was just narrating a story, but suddenly, she added actions and facial expressions to her story, which really brought her mother to life! It was incredible! She showed us what storytelling is all about – performance. After a while, she let the members of the audience perform their own stories. From different perspectives, from different performances, I realized that being a storyteller is not as difficult as you might think. You already have what it takes to be an effective and extraordinary storyteller. You don't need to wish you were another person to tell your story.
It was not just the storytelling performance that inspired me, but also the desire of Gcina to bring out and wake up stories within other people. There is something about her that makes you like her instantly – the way she smiles, the way she talks, and the way she listens intently to every word you say.
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I put my own time in bouncing in college and then later as a behavorial counselor in a residential facility for kids with behavior issues. I had a lot more good practice de-escalating a situation before it got started, but at the same time, when it was time to go hands on, you couldn't hesitate about it.
I had a good bit of experience in judo and wrestling then (with a solid year and half of aikido in high school), but was also in my height of karate training - talk about the wrong set of reflexes! The bouncing gig discouraged throwing strikes, but we could if defending ourselves (plus there's lots of things you can accidentally deliver *oops* to someone you have to put hands on).
But working with the kids (up to 17 years old) was a different matter and was actually more dangerous, because, in general, they were in less control of themselves, more willing to throw themselves at you with no regard for consequences and you were under much greater constraints in what you could physically do to defend yourself (not to mention the incredible amount of paperwork that followed any hands-on encounter).
And it was about that time I gave up karate, because the training I was getting there was not helping me perform my job function. Worse, it was detrimental in that I had the hesitation of stopping myself from throwing what I had been training to do. So I went back to playing with the college wrestling club and that worked out much better for me.
So, I can relate to finding an art that isn't workging out, though I can also allow that it depends what you put into it. But, I do welcome OP to continue posting here. I think it's helpful here to hear all perspectives of people that practice aikido. If everyone agreed about everything and didn't question anything, it would get dull pretty quickly . . .
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