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Head about 300km north of London and you'll find the UK's third largest city, a place that has had a tremendous impact on England's history. Manchester has always been known as a working-class city ever since the start of the industrial revolution. While it certainly has its fair share of landmarks and sites of interest, the city doesn't have the grandeur of London to the south nor the famous reputation as a tourist destination. Though this contrast doesn't necessarily mean it's not worthy of a trip and in fact, many argue the gay scene in Manchester is the best you'll find in the all the UK. From gin bars and art galleries to history museums and gay bars galore, Manchester is a great weekend getaway with a character all on its own.
There are two kinds of vacations that attract two kinds of people. First, there's the the "lay on the beach and tan while sipping a cocktail" vacationer. Then there's the active "grab a backpack and climb a mountain" type of traveler. Relaxing vacations are nice, but the great thing about an active adventure is that it's good for the mind, body and soul. Aside from the obvious benefits of exercise, the ascent up a mountain is a rewarding experience. Getting drunk on the beach is fun, but it really can't compare to testing the limits of your body and to the comradery of hiking with a group up a difficult path. There are many group tours you can join to do various hikes around the world, and for the LGBT traveler there are some great gay group tours. Here are three incredible options for gay adventure seekers.
Key West is a popular, year-round destination for LGBT travelers looking to relax in the warm Florida sun, but is its small island neighbor just a hundred miles to the south a hot spot for gay travelers too? With the new travel laws allowing more Americans to visit Cuba, that looks to be the case. Both islands enjoy warm waters and a tropical climate with little difference between the coldest and warmest months so it's not hard to understand their appeal. Though they may be close in proximity, they offer unique and contrasting experiences for LGBT visitors.
What comes to mind when you think of a gay destination? Some might think of gay hotspots like Palm Springs or Fire Island which for decades have been havens for LGBT people looking to escape and take a vacation with their friends or significant other. Others might imagine the places that host major circuit parties like Barcelona, Mykonos or Miami. But as the landscape of both tourist destinations and LGBT rights have changed over the past decades, so too have the opportunities and desires for those looking for something new.
If you've never considered a visit to Colombia, now just might be the right time. We've teamed up with our friends at Out in Colombia Travel to share both some cool new and old things about this amazing country. Based in Medellin, this LGBT-focused tour operator can help you plan an awesome trip. It's run by our longtime friend Sam, who several years ago moved from the US to Colombia and now is an expert in everything gay travel Colombia has to offer.
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Well-established on the LGBT travel map, it's likely either you or someone you know has raved about this sea-side Mediterranean city. And for good reason – Barcelona boasts a cosmopolitan and welcoming environment for all types of travelers from every corner of the globe. Barcelona is one of those cities that has so much to offer, you can never see it all.
Europe is easily the most tolerant and accepting region in the world and there are many cities across the continent where you can let your true colors shine without fear of judgement or harassment. Places like Amsterdam, Berlin or Barcelona are well known for being gay friendly, tolerant and having a large community of LGBT residents. Still, we think Madrid is perhaps the contender for the number one spot on our list of the best gay destinations in Europe. Certainly, there are a handful of cities that compete for this title, but with the mix of its size, gay scene, events and overall vibe, we'd ague to say that Madrid takes the crown. Here are 10 reasons why we think you should visit Madrid and see why we think it's the best gay destination in Europe.
A gay group tour is a great option for an amazing travel experience that's already pre-planned and purchased as a package. It's particularly useful if you're too busy to plan your own trip or if you're a solo traveler because you'll quickly make new friends in your group as you travel together. Of course you can also travel with a friend, significant other or even a family member on one of these awesome adventures. We recommend a few different tour operators that do gay group trips and they all offer great itineraries and experiences that you'll surely love and won't forget. You can even save up to $200 with some of the companies by using our special offer for Two Bad Tourists' readers only.
Gran Canaria is a unique, gay-friendly and an adventurous place to visit. It's a hot gay destination year round due to the warm climate and Maspalomas is its gay capital.
Drag shows in Gran Canaria are like the residency shows of Las Vegas, with a slightly smaller budget and a lack of celebrity status. Still, they're a hit and they're a must. The Yumbo Centre in Maspalomas is the center of the gay nightlife with gay bars, clubs, restaurants and cafes.
Europe is without a doubt one of the most amazing, dynamic and gay-friendly places in the world to visit. You could spend years or decades traveling across Europe and still not see it all. From the Circuit parties and beaches in Barcelona to the history and art of Rome, there's so much to see, yet so little time.
During the last week in January the Swiss Alps heated up as 500+ LGBTA people came together to celebrate Arosa Gay Ski Week. Now in its 13th year, the event creates a welcoming atmosphere for all LGBT people and allies in the gay friendly village of Arosa, Switzerland. The skiing and snowboarding might be the main draw for most attendees but second to that (or perhaps better) are the lineup of events and activities throughout the week. From the White Party at the top of the mountain to evening classical music concerts, the week-long event has something for just about everyone and every taste.
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To Shop or Not To Shop on Thanksgiving
It was just a few years ago that less than a handful of stores decided to beat the Black Friday rush and open their doors at some point and time on Thanksgiving day. Now, in 2013, you're hard-pressed to find a major outlet that's not opening on turkey day or evening.
To many Americans this is sacrilege. In fact, a Facebook movement pledging not to shop on Thanksgiving has started. They argue that everyone deserves a holiday and when someone is forced to work, that takes them away from their family.
Many others don't see what the big fuss is all about. Most stores that are opening on Thanksgiving are doing so later in the afternoon or evening. They make the argument that due to the later opening this allows families and friends to spend quality time together throughout most of Thanksgiving day, not to mention, by the time Thanksgiving evening rolls around a lot of folks tend to get tired of being cooped up all day long.
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The newly renovated trail and steps up and over the north (Eureka) peak of Twin Peaks are now open to the public. Access on the north side of the peak opened on March 31, and access on the south side of the peak opened yesterday, April 10.
Take a hike and check out the improvements! Also look for new way finding signs and erosion control to protect the hillside and sensitive habitat areas.
We are now working on the trail improvements further south in the park. Stay tuned for updates!


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First Sky Media founder James Delorme first became fascinated by technology in the mid 1990's, when the internet changed the way we communicate with one another. His eyes widened at the new possibilities for passing on cultural knowledge: video-based language lessons, drone-captured footage of our beautiful territories, and virtual reality of ancient village sites. But James's ideas were ahead of their time. Until now.
When he was the elected chief of the Klahoose First Nation, James brought some of these ideas to life for his people. He also saw the need for education. During his six-year stretch as chief he recognized that the technology and clean energy sectors are the future. He knew that Indigenous people will need the skills, tools and partners to fully flourish in these emerging economies.
As a leader, James took his job as a mentor and role model very seriously. His focus has always been to build capacity within his own community and strengthen strategic economic opportunities for Klahoose and other First Peoples. He formed First Sky Media in 2017 to continue pursuing these goals as an entrepreneur and visionary.
What began as a humble startup offering website development, drone videos and social media management and training, First Sky has rapidly become an industry leader in capacity development, project management and strategic planning for First Nations governments, NGO's and businesses. First Sky has become the go to Indigenous-owned and controlled company for investors and tech firms looking to partner with First Nations.


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Greg Mitchell on media, politics, film, music, TV, comedy and more. "Not here, not here the darkness, in this twittering world." -- T.S. Eliot
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Best Album of 2015
Most fans have said they prefer every single song in the released version but I disagree in a few cases, such as "Please Crawl Out Your Window" (no cowbell) and one take of "Highway Revisited 61" (thanks to the vocals).
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Lululemon Athletica Inc., updating its net revenue and earnings guidance for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 ending February 3, 2019 has said that the company now anticipates net revenue to be in the range of 1.140 billion dollars to 1.150 billion dollars based on a total comparable sales increase in the mid-to-high teens on a constant dollar basis. This compares to its previous guidance of net revenue of 1.115 billion dollars to 1.125 billion dollars based on a total comparable sales increase in the high-single to low-double digits on a constant dollar basis.
"The momentum in our business remained strong throughout the holiday season, reflecting the ongoing success of our product offerings and our connection with guests around the globe," said Calvin McDonald, CEO of Lululemon in a statement.
Lululemon now expects diluted earnings per share will be in the range of 1.72 dollars to 1.74 dollars for the fourth quarter based on a 30 percent effective tax rate compared to previous diluted earnings per share guidance of 1.64 dollars to 1.67 dollars based on a 30 percent effective tax rate.
The company added that revised guidance for the fourth quarter continues to assume 133 million diluted weighted-average shares outstanding.
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It may or may not be true that the ongoing war in Iraq is about oil;
the jury, it seems, is still out. But oil certainly played some role in
the conflict, if only as a voice in President Bush's darkest
subconscious, reminding him of the grease upon which his economic
machine depends. America needs the black gold if it is to survive.
Let's say it's true. Let's say that behind all the political hyperbole, and the heart-tugging speeches in which America and Britain claimed the moral high ground in the "war on terrorism," the simpler explanation is that decayed plant life, vast subterranean pools of it, has become the principal commodity of our time. It shouldn't surprise us. Control of natural resources has long played a key role in war. Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1991 in order to gain control of its oil reserves. Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor in an attempt to gain control over critical oil supplies in the Dutch East Indies and Malaya.
Of all the resources we need as a species, water is the most important - it is, quite simply, the foundation of all life. While oil is essential for combustion engines and electricity generations, there are alternatives, albeit more expensive ones. For water, on the other hand, there are no alternatives. We cannot drink or irrigate our crops with anything else. And because many of the world's rivers and underground aquifers cross political boundaries, water is also one of the most likely causes of conflict.
During a recent visit to Lebanon, it was suggested to me that the war in the Middle East is, among other things, a war for water. For most people, the Middle East is divided primarily along religious and ethnic lines. But if we look beneath the surface, a number of other issues play a strong part, not the least of which is the control of vital water sources in a region totally dependent on agriculture. The occupied territories are mainly valuable for the water they contain."If you stand on the southern border of Lebanon," says Caroll, an ecotour guide working out of Beirut, "you'll be struck by the fact that our side is dry and arid, while the Israeli side is green, lush, and well-irrigated. There are orchards, lawns, even swimming pools. And yet you are talking about a matter of a few feet in distance between our countries."
Clean water should be a basic human right. Yet by 2025, the UN predicts that nearly half the world's population will experience critical water shortages. And the Middle East, an already volatile region, has the lowest per capita water supply in the world. North Africa and the Middle East account for 6.3 percent of the world's population, but have just 1.4 percent of the world's renewable fresh water. This year, Professor Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former Secretary General of the United Nations, reiterated the concern he first voiced in 1985: "The next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics."
Last year, tensions flared when Lebanon announced its intention to install a pump at the Wazzani Springs. The Springs run into the Hasbani River, which flows through Israel on its way to the Sea of Galilee; en route it feeds the fish farms of four kibbutzes. The sudden extra demand for water by the Lebanese in this area is not just because there has been less rainfall in the last few years. Since the Israeli retreat from the area in 2000, the Lebanese have been rebuilding villages that existed there before the conflict. People are returning home.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wasted no time in threatening swift military action if the pumping did not cease, accusing the Lebanese of "stealing" Israeli water supplies. The facts of the matter, however, are not so clear. The springs are fed by the Jordan River system, which is an international watershed. The Johnston Agreement of 1955 was drawn up for the specific purpose of allocating water rights to all four countries that feed off the Jordan system - Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria. Israel was granted the largest portion of the water. The Lebanese were granted 35 million cubic meters (mcm) per year. Due to the hostilities of the last few decades, they have taken barely more than 7 mcm per year. The new pump would have brought the total to 10-15 mcm.
The dispute took place during the buildup to war in Iraq, and George W. Bush was anxious to retain what little Arab support he had. American peacekeepers hurried to the scene where they cautioned both the Lebanese and the Israelis to use "restraint." But for the Lebanese, that restraint meant not supplying running water to a region desperately in need. Many villages are supplied with drinking and irrigation water by a single weekly truck.
The Israelis ask why the Lebanese don't pump from the Litani, a much larger river, whose waters flow into the Mediterranean north of the frontier. But the Litani's water is heavily polluted and unfit for drinking. Building a water treatment plant would be a costly, time-consuming procedure. Why should they, say the Lebanese, when they have a right to use the Wazzani?
So the construction continued, with each side making bolder and more belligerent threats. Israel began a nightly regimen of amplified wolf cries across the wire in order to upset pipeline workers. Apache gunships hovered just across the border.
On November 3, 2002, shortly after the pumping station started operation, Israeli jets made menacing passes overhead. The Shiite militant group Hezbollah sent armed men to protect pumping station workers. Asked by the Jerusalem Post whether the project would be considered a provocation for war by Israel, Prime Minister Sharon responded: "Israel will not allow the Hasbani to be diverted. I want to be very clear on this. And we are ready to deal with this issue."
Hezbollah responded to Sharon's threats with some of their own. Executive Committee member Hashem Safiedin said: "If they even think about using force to stop the Lebanese exploiting the waters of the Wazzani, we will cut their hands off."
The Lebanese are still pumping, though they have agreed to limit their take to drinking water, and not use the larger amounts required for badly needed irrigation.
The latest development - spurred, no doubt, by the Bush administration's keenness to prevent any additional conflicts in the Middle East while it grapples with the situation in Iraq - is that the US has offered $500 million in aid to Lebanon, which would be used to build a water distribution facility in the South. The only catch is that Lebanon must first disarm the Hezbollah. Clearly, that is unlikely to happen.
Whatever happens in this difficult situation, it is unlikely to be resolved in the near future and without sizeable concessions by both sides. Of paramount importance, though, is that the world's leaders heed these events as signifying a global problem. The World Water Development Report published this year suggests that our global water supply will drop by an average of a third per person over the next 20 years. Their optimum estimate for the situation in 2025 is that two billion people, throughout 48 countries, will face major water scarcity. It could, however, be as many as seven billion if major change is not implemented immediately.
"Water consumption has almost doubled in the last 50 years," says the report. "A child born in the developed world consumes 30 to 50 times the water resources of one in the developing world. Meanwhile water quality continues to worsen… Every day, 6,000 people, mostly children under the age of five, die from diarrhoeal diseases." The future, for many parts of the world, looks bleak.
Freelance writer Piers Moore Ede is a frequent contributor to Earth Island Journal. He lives in London.
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All the summer stand-bys like frisbee and lawn darts gettin moldy? Did you ever think youd use the words fun and avation history in the same sentence? Check out Kidzworlds review of the X-Stream Future Glider from iwatoyco.
The five-inch mini with launcher is more unpredictable and aerobatic than the nine-inch model, which is more about the distance and the true glide. But, both are loads of foamy, flying fun. Challenge your friends to distance or hang-time contests. Or play a game of glider catch. Just to let you know how innovative the IWA design is, smart guy X-Stream designer, Robert Carr, has been approached to create engine powered versions of the glider for the military. But for now, it's just a great way to spend the summer.


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I been wanting to design differnt types of fortress and here it is. The first one is steampunk concept stronghold, it's a type of defence fortress. The second one is a hidden fortress in a dungeon, avery high technology center. Thanks for viewing and I hope you guys have a great weekend.
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I am from a small town, Warrenton, MO and moved here to Columbia for school Through word of mouth I heard about SMS and couldn't resist the opportunity to work for a great company!
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All of the smiles and positivity! After playing sports my entire life it is refreshing to be on such a supportive team.
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2012 Coca Cola Larry McGuill Ras na hEireann
THE 2012 Rás na hÉireann took place on February 12 at Oldbridge, Drogheda, with Coca Cola as title sponsor.
The Rás na hÉireann was of particular importance this year in the athletics calendar. Dunleer Athletic Club celebrated the life of Larry McGuill, who sadly passed away during the summer of 2011.
Rás 2012 was called the Larry McGuill Rás na hÉireann in Larry's honour and the race was once linked with the Armagh International Road Race.
In the International Mens 6k, local hero Martin Quinn finished 11th and was 4th Irish man home and first Dunleer man home to win the Louis Duffin Memorial Cup.
The winner, Landon Peacock (USA) received the Larry McGuill Cup from Bernadette Mc Guill, wife of the late Larry McGuill, former Director of Rás na hEireann.
With the USA finishing 2nd, 4th, 5th , 6th and 7th, they were easy winners of the International team prize. Ireland were 2nd in the International team category. Armagh took the club team award, with Dunleer AC in 2nd.
In the ladies event, Lizzie Adams from Team Puma England was the winner ahead of Sarah Porter from the USA, with Aleksandra Jawor of Poland in 3rd. First home for Ireland was Ciara Durkan in 5th, with local girl Fiona Roche in 8th place. Poland won the team event, with Ireland in second.


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2017 Leadership Summit: Towards 2040 – An Extended Vision For Australia
The critical role of the visitor economy in securing Australia's current and future economic prosperity will be top of the agenda at Australia's premier tourism, transport and aviation event, the Tourism & Transport Forum's (TTF) Leadership Summit, in Canberra on Wednesday 13th September.
The theme of this year's Summit, Towards 2040 – An extended vision for Australia, will provide attendees with the opportunity to help deliver the roadmap to make the visitor economy Australia's next super-growth sector.
Among the political leaders who will be outlining their vision for Australia's visitor economy on Wednesday 13 September will be the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection,Peter Dutton, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Steven Ciobo, and Shadow Minister for Tourism, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development, Anthony Albanese.
Among the industry heavyweights will be Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) Group Greater China PresidentAndrew Wu who, as the head of the world's largest luxury goods group in the world's fastest-growing global market, will discuss the latest trends in Australia's trade relationship with China.
"The countdown is now well and truly on to one of the hottest events on the Australian political calendar, with only a matter of weeks until political leaders, policy makers and the biggest names from the tourism, aviation and transport sectors converge on Canberra for TTF's flagship event, the Leadership Summit," TTF Chief Executive Margy Osmond said.


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Last weekend was the 11th Annual Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beers or what the cool kids call, FOBAB. This was the first year in 5 years that the Hop Cast didn't film an episode at the event. However, we did have a chance to document the event through a few great photos taken by friend of the show, Sergio Salgado. I wish I would have posted these up earlier but I think it took me a while to recover from the festivities.
This years FOBAB was bigger than it's been in the years past. Last year it had moved to Bridgeport Arts Center mainly for space reasons and it's once again busting at the seams. Last year the event mainly took place in one large room, but this year it had spilled into a second room. I almost wonder if there were some people who didn't even know about this second room. The second room was where you'd find most of the wild / sour ales and ciders. For being a smaller room, it really never got awful in there, it was busier during the second session but still you could make your way up to the stations for the beer.
Like previous years past the Hop Cast crew went to both sessions. It's fun to see the different crowds at the two sessions. During the day you'll find some of the brewers, judges and their friends; so it's a little older of a crowd and they tend to know how to handle their beer. But as soon as the doors open for the evening session, all hell breaks loose. That crowd is there to party, they are also on a mission to try all the beers that won awards during the afternoon session. At night you're going to find longer lines for some of the beers and they will run out quickly. During the afternoon, very few beers kick in the first 3 hours, it's not until after the awards that you see beers getting pulled off. But you do see lines throughout the day for some of those extra special beers like Goose Backyard, Firestone Walker Parabola, Utopias and most of the Track beers from Lost Abbey.
For me it's the awards that make the afternoon session great. Having the opportunity to see all the brewers you know taking the stage and accepting their well deserved awards is just awesome. The Chicago beer community is very close and I doubt anyone is too upset when a fellow brewer wins for what they do best.
The amount of beers at FOBAB is a bit overwhelming and I don't think anyone could sample them all. With that being said you get a booklet of tickets when you arrive and I know very few people who needed more. In the years past when the list of beers wasn't so large I know they used to sell extra tickets, I don't think that's even an issue anymore. After a dozen or so 10% ABV barrel aged beers I personally am ready for a nap.
This years Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beers was a blast. I know getting tickets was a bit tricky this year and I don't see next year being much different. So make sure you follow the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild for all the news as it approaches because you really don't want to miss this event. FOBAB is the only place you can have the opportunity to try so many of these rare beers from brewers all across the country in one place.


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Welcome to the Celebrus online partner portal for the Pinnacle Partner Programme.
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Hokkaido rolling pin Japanese fishing float were made between 1910 and 1980. They were used to float nets and mark traps and many are still in use today. They are all handmade blown glass and the glass color may vary slightly. These rolling pin fishing floats are blue-green in color and are 5 to 6 inches in length.
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Since ancient times something or other has been used in the basic construction material for extra strength. Like earlier, when houses were made from mud, mud was mixed with some ratio of straws for more strength. Today the same technique of mixing two different elements for strengthening construction material is used. Concrete nowadays is the fundamental construction material and to make it more strong, steel fibre and mica are used in it. This increases the structural ability of the concrete. So wherever additional tensile strength and durability is required, steel fibre reinforced concrete, SFRC is used.
Steel fibres are the small and circular steel wires having length between 30mm to 100 mm. It comes in three varieties viz: straight steel fibre, indention steel fibre and hooked ends steel fibre. Further concrete is made strong with hydrate-cement, 0.25 - 2 volume % of steel fiber and fine-aggregate. For better result these fibres are dispersed randomly in concrete.
Also by adding steel fibre to concrete, its durability, flexural and tensile strength increases. But other mechanical properties of the concrete vary with the volume, shape, percentage, size and distribution of fibre. Such as fibres in a plain, round or straight shape do not develop strong bond and thus the flexural strength remains quiet low. Improved strength, toughness, post-cracking load resistance of plain cement concrete is greatly improved by adding steel fibre. This increased ability has also been proved by extensive research work on this.
Today almost all the buildings and constructions made use of SFRC and because of the huge development of airport, roads, dams, earthquake-resistant buildings in the last two decads this material has gained further popularity.
Steel fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) is used in places where very heavy wear and tear is expected. And generally these are:
- Steel fibres are used in mining and embankment stabilization. Also it is used for making dam and water course lining.
- This is also used in the making of erosion control structures.
- Factory and warehouse floors, roundabouts, residential developments and spillways are made of steel fibre reinforced concrete.
- Tunnel segment liners, sound barriers, pontoons are also made from this kind of steel fibre and concrete.
Apart from this precast elements that are manufactured at places other than the construction site and transported to these sites contain steel fibres for extra performance. These are used in almost all kinds of bridges, building and roads pavements.
Most of the industrial ground slabs are made from this material that includes airport runways etc. Cracking is highly reduced in these structures and these get additional durability with SFRC.
At present huge construction of buildings, roads and bridges is happening in Pondicherry thus Pondicherry tenders for construction and building material are in boom. This gives new business opportunities to may new as well as existing businesses. Along with this there are steel fibre tenders in the construction souk. In such tenders, repair and fencing of roads, reconstruction of buildings along with new construction is included.


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by Cath Schaff-Stump
My granddaughter sits on a soft wool blanket I spread out for her in the middle of the living room. She stares into the wall like she's trying to see through a window. She's watching nothing. She's uncommon quiet for a toddler. Her staring lasts long enough for me to finish my Bud. As I swig that last gulp out of the can, she snaps back to the present like a rubber band pulls her back to our house.
I am a young grandma. Rita had Tori when she was sixteen. The three of us did just fine. Tori waddles to me, her pudgy hand gummy with a coating of saliva and graham cracker crumbs. I wipe it off with a pink kleenex after putting the empty on a coaster. She totters back to the blanket. I paint that goofy grandma grin on my face. My baby can do nothing wrong.
Really, it's more like Tori is my daughter than my granddaughter. Joe, my boyfriend, thinks I should buy Tori a little leather jacket to match mine. I think that is the idea of a total pothead. I like dressing her in bright colors, pink dresses and bright sleepers. She loves driving, just like me. Last spring, I bought a side car for my bike. It rides low to the ground, a smokey egg with a rod that attaches to my Harley. From inside Tori can see everything she wants through the tinted plexiglass door. We never go on the highway, just on the paved county road behind our development when we ride. Safety is concern number one.
Tori's little hands try to pull my new beer off the coffee table. In the summer heat it's left a ring of sweat. "No honey," I say. "Not for you." My granddaughter doesn't drink. Tori's just experiencing the world the way little kids do, dragging everything to themselves. I empty the can, then stack it with the ones I've replaced in the box to move it out of her way. Six in there.
I pop a new can open. A six-pack doesn't make much of a dent anymore, but I know my limit. I watch Tori over the can's rim. She falls on her diapered butt. "Good one, sweetie." I drain about half the can, bitter and fizzy.
There's Tori's spooky stare again. Me, Rita and Tori, we all have those spooky pale eyes, you know, the ones that are clear blue and don't look like any color almost. That makes Tori's space out more spooky. Of course, my eyes aren't freaky unless I'm looking in a mirror. Rita spooks me out in pictures all over the house.
Maybe when Tori's spacing out, she's talking to her mommy. I don't see any reason why we should be haunted. No one told Rita to get in that damned car.
I bet Tori has ADD. I read this article about how mothers that drink heavily during pregnancy make kids with ADD. Tori's eyes are flying saucers. That's another sign something's not right in her head. She can't stick with anything for more than a minute.
I crawl off the couch toward her. Her mouth opens, little teeth perfect in a delighted smile. We play with her cloth-covered string for a while. You pull it, and the crinkle sort of straightens out, and it tinkles out "Pop Goes the Weasel" which I sing along to, and which makes Tori wave her hands. I shake my bike keys at her. She's not interested. So I throw an episode of Dora the Explorer into the DVD player. She watches the picture, eyes opened like full moons.
I slug back another can while Tori's eyes unfocus. I wonder what her mom is putting in her head. Tori and I were fine. Nothing would've happened if Rita hadn't gotten all maternal. Tori knows I wouldn't hurt her. Her mommy can't poison her against me. I wonder if Tori's gonna need some extra help in school. She's just slow. Or not.
There's nothing wrong with Tori. She's a baby. All those welfare people in and out. I stayed clean and sober for them, one day at a time. I ran out of days is all. I tip my beer upside down. Empty. And I'm at my limit. Enough beer to relax, but not so much that I'd lose control or couldn't take care of Tori. I take care of my baby granddaughter. I take that responsibility seriously.
Tori's teetering across the shag toward the kitchen. I chase her and this excites her. She squeals gleefully and picks up the pace. Her tiny tennis shoes slap the linoleum. I catch her and swing her toward the tall ceiling, just shy of the fan. Her tummy's in front of my face, and I blow on her tummy, making raspberries. She giggles and babbles.
The idea hits me. I heft her onto my right hip "Wanna go for a ride with Grandma?"
I open the door into the garage. My motorcycle is American, thank you very much, not some rice burner that will put one of my friends out of their job. Joe and I prefer Harleys. This one is new, which I don't like, but nothing lasts forever. I trundle Tori into the side car, and I close the little egg hatch. She's my little chick now, staring and staring at me with those freaky blue eyes, but I'm not going to think about that.
I rev the bike into action. We sputter out of the garage, down the slope of the driveway, out of the cul-de-sac, and into the muggy summer evening. County Road 16, right behind our development, is where I do my driving. Not too many cops on County Road 16 to ask about my license. I love the way my hair ruffles around me. Helmets are for fascists.
A glance down at the side car shows me that Tori is sleeping. Finally. Rita has shut up and Tori is getting some rest. The bike wobbles a little, but I correct.
The rushing air is cool around us. I love it. We slope gently around the first bend. The cross is still by the side of the road. Its plastic flowers are fading and the cross itself looks dirty. I accelerate. We shoot down the road like a bee on No Doze. Now that Rita's not talking to Tori, she's lecturing me all over, how I can't take Tori on the bike, her colorless eyes flashing. Bullshit. Tori likes to ride. Tori is grandma's girl.
I hook the bike around curve number two, a little sharper, but I lean into it. The front wheel stutters a bit. My old bike was poetry in motion. I hypercorrect and weave across the center line. We pass a car. At first I think it's a cop, but I realize it's Rita, chasing me. I'd clean that cross and put out some fresh flowers if she wasn't such a bitchy nag all the time.
Rita's horn blares and I flip her the bird. I ramp up the bike. We are a rocket speeding into the setting sun. I feel Rita's eyes boring into me. She's behind me, yelling at me, slamming on the horn, telling me to stop. The noise pierces like a siren. I close my eyes to squeeze her out of my head. You stay dead and you shut up! You don't tailgate a motorcycle like some establishment pig.
At the next tight curve, the bike folds sideways underneath me. The sidecar bounces like a rubber ball on the concrete. I skid across the road like a rock skipping across a pond. Burning leather Evaporating flesh. A solid slam into the silver guardrail. My skull caves; my eyes blur. The world fills flashing blue and red. Where did the trooper come from? He's a looker. I'm a mess.
The sidecar twists and spins to a halt in front of me. Blood slicks the tinted window, but I can see those little eyes staring at me. Rita's not talking to me anymore because she's too busy talking to her daughter. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe that's not a bad thing. Little girls like to be with their mommy.


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Gary McFarland
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: August 2-3, 1965
Bob Brookmeyer (tb);
Spencer Sinatra (f, alto f);
Sadao Watanabe (f,ts);
Kenny Burrell, Gabor Szabo (g);
Bob Bushnell, Richard Davis (b);
Grady Tate, Sol Gubin (d);
Gary McFarland (vib,vcl,arr,cond);
Candido (cga);
Willie Rodriguez, Joe Venuto (perc).
01. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
(Mick Jagger/Keith Richard) - 2:00
02. I Concentrate on You
(Cole Porter) - 2:50
03. Here I Am (Hal David/Burt
Bachrach) - 2:10
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: August 3, 1965
Bob Brookmeyer (tb); Spencer Sinatra (f, alto f); Sadao Watanabe (f,ts); Kenny Burrell, Gabor Szabo (g); Bob Bushnell, Richard Davis (b); Grady Tate, Sol Gubin (d); Gary McFarland (vib,arr,cond); Candido (cga); Willie Rodriguez, Joe Venuto (perc).
04. The Moment of Truth (Piccioni) - 4:07
same or similar, except Gary McFarland (vib,vcl,arr,cond).
05. Anna (Vatro/Giordano) !!!!! This version of the disk is not included in this recording.!!!!!!!
06. Fried Bananas
(Gary McFarland) - 4:30]
07. Bloop Bleep (Frank Loesser) - 2:15
08. The Hills of Verdugo
(Gary McFarland) - 3:52
09. The Sting of the Bee
(Nino Oliviero/Bruno Nicolai/Alan Blandt) - 3:50
10. Over Easy (aka Monkey Beams)
(Gary McFarland) - 3:05
11. Wine and Bread
(Gary McFarland) - 3:10
Note: (1) The August 31, 1965, date provided on the LP sleeve is probably incorrect. Date information here from Michel Ruppli's The Clef/Verve Labels - A Discography Volume 2: The MGM Era. (2) Although Szabo is listed as a participant on selections a-c, he is not audible; therefore probably did not participate.
Issues: 01- 04 & 06 - 11 on Verve V/V6 8632, Verve (Jap) 23MJ-3161, Verve (Jap) POCJ-2739 [CD], Universal (Jap) UCCV-9434 [CD].
Singles: 06 & 11 also on Verve VK10380 [45].
Samplers: a also on Brunswick (Ger) 584 664-2 [CD] titled LOUNGE LEGENDS VOLUME ONE (issued 2002). a, c & e-k on Verve (Ger) 533 912-2 [CD] titled LATIN LOUNGE. g also on Partners in Crime (It) 9569 [CD] titled MOOD MOSAIC VOL 4 - LES YPER SOUND and Universal (Ger) 585 210-1, Universal (Ger) 585 210-2 [CD] titled MOJO CLUB PRESENTS DANCEFLOOR JAZZ 10 - LOVE POWER. k also on Verve 711040 titled STRICTLY FOR PLAYBOYS.
Producer: Creed Taylor
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Felix Grant
An excellent showcase for Gary McFarland's melodic gifts, The In Sound improves upon the Soft Samba concept with exceptional covers ("The Moment of Truth," "The Sting of the Bee"), some of McFarland's most distinctive originals ("The Hills of Verdugo," "Over Easy," "Fried Bananas"), an increased jazz quotient and tremendous playing. McFarland is spot on throughout, playing with a vigor seldom heard elsewhere. Perhaps he drew inspiration from the superb and simpatico guitar work of fellow Berklee alum, Gabor Szabo. McFarland and Szabo never sounded better together, despite a number of later albums together (Gypsy 66, Profiles, Simpatico, Dreams). Recent Berklee grad, Sadao Watanabe, is a nice but rather mixed-down addition on flute. This may be the best music McFarland ever made; jazz, pop or otherwise. Available on Japanese CD only -- but the best tracks (except "The Moment of Truth") and the never-before-issued "Anna" from these sessions are also featured on Latin Lounge.


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This roundup includes the following news briefs:
CPCI Webinar Now Available in Archived Version
Physicians who missed a free Feb. 1 webinar on the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPCI) presented by the AAFP and TransforMED now can watch an archived version of the event.
Download slides presented during the live webinar, and access an article published in the January/February Family Practice Management titled "The Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative: What You Need to Know." (This content is available only to members/paid subscribers.)
CPCI is a CMS-led multipayer initiative that will pay participating comprehensive primary care practices based on a blended payment model. The initiative will launch later this year in several yet-to-be-determined markets around the country.
Physicians who have further questions about the CPCI after watching the webinar are encouraged to pose those queries via the "Ask the Experts" area of Delta-Exchange.
This TransforMED networking resource now is available free to all AAFP members.
GE Healthcare Discontinues 'Centricity Advance' EHR System
GE Healthcare recently announced it was discontinuing its web-based Centricity Advance electronic health record (EHR) system. In a statement(www.gehealthcare.com) posted on its website, the company said the move was the result of a consolidation of the EHR products it offers to small and medium-sized practices.
According to the statement, GE Healthcare is offering customers the opportunity to transition to another product. Physicians who are affected by the announcement can direct questions to the company by phone at (888) 436-8491 or by e-mail.
Packaging Problems Continue to Plague Novartis Facility
Packaging problems at Novartis Consumer Health's Lincoln, Neb., manufacturing site continue to mount. Pedinol Pharmacal Inc. recently notified(www.fda.gov) health care professionals and patients about a potential problem with a ringworm medication manufactured and packaged at the Novartis plant.
The company said its griseofulvin ultramicrosize 125 mg and 250 mg tablets may have gotten mixed up with other products during packaging and labeling, which could result in a stray pill of one medicine ending up in the bottle of another product.
The FDA is advising health care professionals, pharmacists and patients to examine the tablets in their possession to ensure that all tablets are the same. Pedinol is providing steps to identify affected products at its website(www.pedinol.com).
Contaminated Prep Pads Spur Recall Follow-up
North American Rescue LLC is recalling its NAR Surgical Crichothyroidotomy Kit because of potential Elizabethkingia meningoseptica contamination of the povidone iodine prep pads contained within the kit.
The recall is a follow-up to one initiated on May 5, 2011. The company said in a press release(www.fda.gov) that it has successfully contacted 97 percent of its customers and "requests all recipients who have further distributed these devices to forward this communication to their customers to facilitate the removal of all affected product."
North American Rescue also reported that the affected component may be found inside its larger NAR Medic Trauma Pack Kits, which have been discontinued. Affected lot numbers are available on the company's website(www.narescue.com).
Study Sheds Light on Physician Communication With Patients
More than 55 percent of the nation's physicians say they tend to describe a patient's prognosis in more positive ways than may be warranted by the actual medical evidence because of concerns that a patient may become upset or discouraged. That was one of the key findings of a study(content.healthaffairs.org) (abstract) in the February Health Affairs conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School.
According to the study, which is based on surveys from 1,891 physicians nationwide, physicians say they do this because of concerns that patients may become too upset or lose hope, despite studies that show patients want the truth, even if the prognosis is dire.
The threat of malpractice also plays a role in physician communication with patients, the study found. Nearly 20 percent of physicians said they failed to fully disclose an error to a patient during the previous year because of fears that a full admission would prompt a malpractice suit.
CMS Says Delayed Demo Projects Scheduled for June Startup
CMS recently announced that two demonstration projects initially scheduled to start on Jan. 1 now are expected to start on or after June 1.
The two CMS projects -- the Prior Authorization of Power Mobility Devices Demonstration and the Recovery Audit Prepayment Review Demonstration -- are aimed at eliminating fraud, waste and abuse in the Medicare program.
In a notice(www.cms.gov) posted on its website, CMS indicated that it had significantly revised rules on the prior authorization of power mobility devices project after weighing concerns put forth by health care professionals and medical suppliers.
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Press Release
The Gathering Volume 4: Into the Abyss has gone to print. The Horror installment of the self published ongoing anthology is poised to be the best selling issue of the small press series yet.
Glenn Greenberg, former Marvel Editor and writer of Hulk and Spectacular Spider-Man returns to comics with this issue along with two dozen up and coming creators seeing their work published for the first time.
In just under a year The Gathering has received critical praise across the board from sites like Aint it Cool News and Wired. Professionals such as Gail Simone and Sterling Gates have also lent their talents to the comic with short stories while www.grayhavencomics.com has debuted four ongoing webcomics to much success.
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Can Coconut Oil Be An Effective Treatment For Alzheimer's?
It's safe to say that finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease is something we all want. And in our desperation to see a loved one improve, or to improve our own health before Alzheimer's takes full control, we may be willing to explore alternative options.
One option that is often speculated about is coconut oil.
Research is scarce, and a lot of the support for coconut oil is anecdotal. In this article, we'll break down what it is about coconut oil that could make it beneficial to Alzheimer's, and also explain the downsides and negative effects of using coconut oil as a treatment.
First, we need to take a look at how fats and energy affect Alzheimer's.
Fat, Energy, and an Alzheimer's Brain
Our bodies get energy from the foods we eat. When we consume most oils, our bodies typically break down the fats in them into glucose (sugar) for energy. When coconut oil is broken down, however, some of its components can turn into ketones. Ketones, like glucose, can be used for energy, though our bodies will always prefer using sugar for energy before relying on burning fat (ketones). There are other sources of energy, but these two, in particular, relate to Alzheimer's.
When we look at Alzheimer's brains on scans, the most affected areas use less glucose than healthy areas. This could be due to a number of reasons, like the presence of certain genes, oxidative stress, cell inflammation, loss of synapses, cell activation, and cell death.
Since the affected areas use less glucose, the theory is that adding more ketones to your diet via something like coconut oil can give the brain the energy that glucose is unable to deliver, and heal the dead or dying cells.
However, many experts don't support this theory, because simply ingesting foods that break down into ketones won't automatically send that energy to the brain's damaged cells, and throwing more energy at those damaged cells won't actually fix them.
The Power of Ketones in Anecdotal Evidence
However, even though studies are lacking and experts aren't convinced, there is some anecdotal evidence to support the use of coconut oil.
The most prominent example is that of Steve Newport. His wife, Dr. Mary Newport, is a neonatologist in Florida. When Steve began showing signs of early-onset Alzheimer's at age 51 in 2000, she began to research the disease. After a few years of living with the disease and trying a variety of medications, he began to deteriorate even faster. So she looked into alternative ways to treat him.
During the course of her research, Dr. Newport read about a medication called Ketasyn. The active ingredient that had the biggest impact was MCT (medium chain triglycerides) oil — which is typically extracted from either coconut oil or palm kernel oil. After digging in further, she learned that about 4 teaspoons of the oil were in each dose of the medication.
By 2008, Steve's condition slipped into severe Alzheimer's, so Dr. Newport decided to try something different; she mixed coconut oil into his oatmeal one morning. According to her, within hours after the first dose, his condition began improving; his memory and attitude improved, his gait normalized, his tremor diminished and his ability to concentrate increased. She continued administering the coconut oil, and he continued to improve.
Dr. Newport wrote a book about the experiment that was published in 2011, called Alzheimer's Disease: What If There Was a Cure? The Story of Ketones. She later published another book in 2015 titled The Coconut Oil and Low-Carbohydrate Solution for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Other Diseases that focused on MCT oil, coconut oil, and a low-carb diet to push the body into relying on ketones for energy.
Steve's condition improved and then stabilized over the next few years, and it wasn't until he started experiencing seizures and took a nasty fall in 2013 that his condition worsened again. Steve passed away in January of 2016 at the age of 65, after fighting the disease for 15 years. For 8 of those years, he used coconut oil.
Dr. Newport continues to raise awareness about the positive effects of coconut oil, though it is still primarily anecdotal evidence.
However, simply adding more ketones to your diet without lowering your glucose wouldn't do the trick, the Alzheimer's Society points out, as your body will automatically use glucose for energy first. In order to actually force your body to start burning fat instead of sugar, you'd need to follow a low-carb ketogenic diet. The ketogenic diet is very strict and is also linked to high cholesterol levels, which increases the risk for heart disease and stroke.


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The UK garnered three International Emmys at the ceremony last night at the Hilton New York hosted by British comedian John Oliver.
Brazil and France won two awards apiece, while Australia, South Korea and Germany each got one award.
Actor Sean Bean, best known for his roles in The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, won the best actor award for his role in an episode of the crime anthology series Accused.
Bean portrayed a shy English literature teacher with a secret alter-ego of a flamboyant transvestite who gets involved in an affair with a married man that leads to a brutal crime of passion.
Sky's TV series Moone Boy, about an 11-year-old Irish boy with an adult imaginary friend, co-written by and co-starring Chris O'Dowd, won in the comedy category.
While the British documentary Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender, which focuses on the rock singer's solo projects outside of Queen, tied for the arts programming award with South Korea's Hello?! Orchestra, in which violist Richard Yongjae O'Neill conducts an orchestra of children like himself from multicultural families.
Producer-director JJ Abrams received a special honour for his work on television series and films such as Lost, Star Trek and the forthcoming "Star Wars" chapter.
The awards, presented by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, recognise excellence in television programming outside the US.
Source: APTN


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2012 Vaughan By-Election – Candidate Campaign Returns CR-1
Under section 42.(1) of the Election Finances Act, the chief financial officer of every political party, constituency association and candidate are required to file with the Chief Electoral Officer a financial statement together with the auditor's report within six (6) months of polling day.
*Polling day for this by-election was September 6, 2012. The Chief Electoral Officer will accept as on time financial statements postmarked or courier receipted on or before March 6, 2013.
As at : May 27, 2013 / Mise à jour : le 27 mai 2013
Due Date : March 6, 2013 / Date d'échéance: le 6 mars 2013
|Candidate / Candidat
|Party / Parti
|Date Filed
Date du dépôt
|Bartlomiej Wysokinski
|Family Coalition Party of Ontario Parti de la Coalition des Familles de l'Ontario
|Erin Goodwin
|Freedom Party of Ontario / Freedom Party of Ontario
|Paula Conning
|Green Party of Ontario / Parti vert de l'Ontario
|Stephen Tonner
|Independent / Independent
|Paul Donofrio
|New Democratic Party of Ontario / Nouveau parti démocratique de l'Ontario
|Steven Del Duca
|Ontario Liberal Party / Parti libéral de l'Ontario
|Paolo Fabrizio
|Ontario Libertarian Party / Parti libertarien de l'Ontario
|Tony Genco
|Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario / Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario
|Phil Sarazen
|The Peoples Political Party / The Peoples Political Party


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At around 2:00, my fabric from Tonic Living arrived!
I love this combination!
After work we visited a Polish Deli and guess what they had???
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A part of my job that I do not enjoy is schedule changes. Normally after five days, all schedule changes are complete and I can move on to the other things like classroom guidance or meeting with my seniors. However, this year the requests for schedule changes continued from students and parents even after the deadline. Finally, I told parents that they would need to speak to my principal as I could not take any more changes. To my surprise, the requests did not stop and continued to accelerate from parents and students; therefore, my colleagues and I became concerned about why these requests were occurring.
|I hate them!!!
After three weeks of continuous requests, one of my colleagues and I started to interview the students and parents who were asking for changes. From the results, we found there were three classes students were asking to exit and the reasons were all similar. I will not mention the courses, but I thought the reasons for the desired exodus was pretty significant.
Five main reasons for student schedule changes:
1. The class environment was too disruptive for learning (in fact one parent told my colleague that the students "acted like animals").
2. Students were not learning because the teacher went over the material too fast.
3. Students were allowed to wear their headphones and text on phones which caused a lot of distractions (phones were passed around and causing arguments).
4. Students were allowed to walk around the room and disturb others.
5. Teachers were not willing to answer questions because they felt the students did not care.
From all the complaints and concerns, my colleagues and I decided that we needed to go into the field and investigate the situation so we could make a report to our administration.
The day before we decided to go into the field, three of us got together and came up with a game plan of how we would scope out the classroom. Here was the plan:
- We would go in 30 minutes after the class started (classes are 90 minutes).
- After we got into the classroom, each of us would sit at different sides so we can watch what happens throughout the room.
- While visiting the room, we would asks students questions like "What is the classroom like when we are not here?"; "What is the most disruptive side of the room?"; "What would you like to change about this class if you could change anything?".
- If we found that there were certain student causing more disruptions than others, we would take them out of the room and do an immediate academic intervention.
The plan was complete and we even named our undercover operation: "The Power of Three"!
Have you ever watched the A&E show Intervention? This is the show where someone is hurting himself or herself and friends and family step in to confront the behavior. In essence, this is what we decided to do for our students…save them from themselves!
Intervention Day arrived and we hit the first class. We were not even in the class for 15 minutes when students started to get comfortable. Phones came out, students asked to go to the bathroom and were out for 20 minutes, drinks were passed around, students feel asleep, and students began to talk across the room. It did not take us long to determine who the students were that were causing the most disruptions. By the end of the class, seven students were called out and we counseled them as a group and individually. In fact, one student was so disruptive that s/he was told to come see the graduation coach to help with his/her behavior.
The next day we went into another class and some of the same students were in that room as well. From our visits we determined that it was a certain grade that was demonstrating these behaviors and the students lacked certain important skills (failure to learn vocabulary words, failure to take notes, excessive talking, conflict skills, and lack of attention). The three of us believe that the majority of students from this class were lacking the necessary skills for school success that must be addressed by our department.
In addition to our analysis of the students, we also determined that the teachers also had a HUGE part to play in this situation. Following the classroom visit, I wrote up our suggestions for the teachers.
Here is the email I sent sans names:
This student needs to be moved to sit with the kids on the left hand side.
We will be back tomorrow to assist with this transition.
This week the "Power of Three" will be back in the classroom as the department heads have heard about our mission. They want us to go into the classroom because they feel we are non-threatening to the teachers and they believe we can really find out what is going on in each class.
In his research, Marzano found that teachers' actions in their classrooms have twice the impact on student achievement as curriculum, testing, or staff relationships. One of the roles of school counselors can be to work with teachers to enhance their abilities to reduce classroom disruptions and manage behaviors. Classroom observations of student behavior and classroom management can be proactive and preventative in nature, working to ensure that students learn in a safe and supportive environment. However, school counselors should be cautious not to get involved in assigning discipline or correcting teachers by acting as their superior.
ASCA Position on the School counselor and Discipline
According to ASCA, the school counselor has a role in promoting appropriate student behavior and preventing disruptive student behavior. The professional school counselor serves as a resource for teachers by helping to create positive student behavior and impacting the school environment. There are several ways school counselors can be effective in promoting change in their school. Here are some of the methods ASCA recommends:
- Lead individual and small group counseling sessions that encourages students to accept responsibility and make positive behavioral choices.
- Design and implement positive behavior support plans.
- Serve as a mediator for student conflicts.
- Coordinate and facilitate programs that facilitate positive behavior like mentoring, peer helping, and conflict resolution.
- Provide staff development on classroom management.
- Advocate for positive and equitable discipline practices.
Interested in seeing what really happens in the classroom? Consider stepping out of the office and observing your students in their environment. It was very eye opening to me!
Below I have provided some information on PBIS and teacher referral forms to the school counselor.
School Counselor and PBIS
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The incident happened about 7:30 p.m. in the 5700 block of Galanto Avenue which is in the unincorporated county area near Azusa.
During the argument, Sheriff's Sgt. Dave Buckner said the suspect slashed the 22-year-old with a blade or a knife.
Deputies checked the area but didn't find the suspect.
The victim was treated and taken to a hospital. Buckner said the man is in good condition.
The suspect was described as Latino, 25 to 30, with black hair, 6 feet tall and about 200 pounds. He wore a gray sweater and blue jeans.
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Short video of me and Willy climbing the Grade II, "The Slant", on The Mess of Pottage in Coire an t-Sneachda in the Northern Corries.
|Looking across to Jacobs Ladder and The Mess of Pottage. Still some big cornices above the gullies waiting to collapse.
|The Slant, takes the obvious snow line across the face of The Mess of Pottage, and various harder routes are accessed by it, ie, Hidden Chimney.
|Although the weather was ok, if a bit windy on top, the usual happened as we descended back into the corrie via the moraines!


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The founder of the Sikh religion, Guru Nanak was born on April 15, 1469 in the village of Talwandi in Western Punjab. From an early age Guru Nanak made friends with both Hindu and Muslim children and was very inquisitive about the meaning of life. The main teachings of Nanak included faith and worship in God and the importance of reciting God's name at all times. He also taught people about the need to follow the Guru to reach spiritual fulfillment. He attracted the people because he lived all this teachings. Having spread ideas of reform throughout his life, Guru Nanak successfully laid the foundations of Sikhism. Through the stories in this video - Guru Nanak Grazing Buffaloes, Better Bargain, Guru Nanak at Haridwar, Honest living, Guru Nanak and the Haughty Priest, Guru Nanak and Kauda Demon, Guru Nanak at Mecca, Needle story and Guru Nanak's successor - we learn more about his teachings and how to imbibe them in our daily lives.These stories, brought together in a delightful animated series are sure to spread the Guru's message of spirituality and faith among children. Guru Nanak was a man of god who loved people and taught them the path of true faith and worship; Millions follow his teachings in their lives. This animated video will help children imbibe the sublime values that the great Guru taught.
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This is just for Lina:
And my entry for Show Me Japan. To see more photos from Japan, click on the image below.
The Dark Side at Dubai Mall
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My Son take one look at this photo and exclaimed, that's Ultraman Great! May his "Great"ness protect you guys in Tochigi and all over Japan while wearing a full body spandex. (OK, you have to be an Urutora otaku to understand that spandex thingy) Hahaha
I'm so touched with this post. :)
It was a half-abandoned factory of some kind.
nobody's! It was there already, by the entrance, guarding the place! :-)
He is cool, isn't he?
Really? Cool! But poor guy being left there with nobody to play with. :D


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"Stacking the Shelves" is a weekly haul meme that is hosted by Tynga's Reviews. It allows book buyers to share their accumulation of books with the online book-loving community.
I forgot to take pictures of these books before I left home to move into my new apartment, so please forgive me, but this week I got two books.
Beautiful Redemption and Beautiful Sacrifice by Jamie McGuire
I've been really into reading new adult/adult contemporary lately. Any recommendations?
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I have now included links to these feed on my Art and Cycling pages.
You may also access them by clicking on the logos below.
I am currently preparing to undertake this bicycle race in March 2018.
Here is a link to the event website: Indy Pac 2018
In the run up to the event, I will be documenting my preparation and progress.
My first instalment may be found here.
Today I am heading up to Stoke on Trent for the opening of the BCB. I feel hugely honoured to be a part of the FRESH selection and look forward to seeing how the work is presented. The BCB website is here.
Photo by Bethan Lloyd Worthington.
As I build upwards, I smooth the rectangular coils into place. Sometimes I will need to modify the shape fairly drastically, So in one picture I have cut a section where I will be able to insert some more clay. Sometimes I need to do the opposite and remove areas.
After continuing past the neck, I need to make sure the clay is firm enough to support the head. This also affects the shape slightly and how far the jaw protrudes.
With the basic form in place, I let the clay firm up a little before refining the shape and deciding how to proceed with the facial features and details. TBC
Here are some images of the coffin I decorated as mentioned in an earlier post.
I was asked to make it simple, natural and beautiful, to go with a cardboard coffin that had been selected a long time ago. I hope I fulfilled my brief.
The good people at Coffee No.1 seemed pleased with my efforts and replaced the plain cup with my angel. If you are in the vicinity of Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol, UK, do have a look (and maybe a coffee as well).
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Britain's Got Talent is one of the most popular English reality show and the finale of season 7 was just aired on 8th June. Hungarian shadow dancers Attraction took home £250,000 after being named the winner's of this year's Britain's Got Talent.
More than 13 million people watched the BGT live final on Saturday night, during which Simon Cowell was pelted with eggs by a suspected former reject.
The judges of this huge how were Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams. These four have been the judges of this show from the 6th season onwards.
Here we bring you the style quotient right from the finale.
Amanda Holden failed to impress at the Britain's Got Talent final after party 2013 in her plunging black cocktail dress, which featured a peekaboo cut-out at her midriff.
Alesha Dixon paired her skinny shiny black leggings with a bright orange suit jacket and a matching t-shirt underneath for the BGT final after-party 2013.
Amanda wore a dress by J'Anton while Alesha opted for a purple gown by a new designer
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Attraction are crowned winners of Britain's Got Talent 2013.
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Benitez not expected to appoint a new No.2
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is set not to replace his departing assistant Paco Ayestaran.
The Basque coach has not officially left the club after a major fall-out with the man he has sat beside for 11 years with Tenerife, Valencia and now Liverpool.
The club and Benitez's right-hand man are in discussion over the termination of Ayestaran's contract and an announcement is expected later this week.
Benitez has remained tight-lipped about the reasons for the breakdown in his professional relationship with Ayestaran, but said: 'It was a great week, we scored four and six in front of our own fans and that makes me happy.
'But on a personal basis I am disappointed with what has happened. He (Ayestaran) is talking to the club, but the situation will not change.'
But sources at Anfield do not expect Benitez to appoint a successor to his assistant.
The situation came to a head during training last week at Melwood, and Ayestaran was immediately sent on leave and was not at the club on Saturday for the 6-0 win over Derby.
Now it is believed that Benitez will take a more hands-on control of training with first-team coach Alex Miller having a bigger role to play.
Ayestaran's fitness work will be absorbed by the club's two fitness coaches.
Paco de Migue was appointed this summer to work alongside Antonio Gomez, with that decision made, it is believed, with Ayestaran's approval.
Liverpool have also imported a new goalkeeping coach this summer in Xavi Valero, who had a spell as Wrexham's keeper a few years back.
Benitez has also recently appointed a Melwood administration officer, David Bygroves.
And that also took away some of Ayestaran's work as the fall-outs continued.
Ayestaran - who has a sports science degree - was in sole control of team administration and fitness training.
But during the summer, Benitez changed some of the training regimes and has taken a far greater hands-on approach at Melwood.
There has been speculation that Ayestaran declined to be on the club's pre-season team photo and was even not sitting next to the manager on the team coach.
It had been known for some time that Ayestaran had been looking elsewhere for employment.
He was interviewed for the director of football role at Athletic Bilbao, but did not get the post when his backer failed to win the club's elections.
The backroom staff Benitez brought with him when he arrived from Valencia three years ago has now been broken up.
Former coach Paco Herrera and goalkeeping coach Jose Ochotorena are also recent departures, with the reasons believed to be amicable.


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Drain and rinse a tin of chick peas, pat dry, toss them in a little oil, sea salt and smoked paprika then bake in a hot oven for 30-40 minutes.
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Channa masala is a popular Punjabi street food - a bright orange-red chick pea curry. Onions, garlic, ginger, tomatoes, chillies and spices provide the base, with 'amchur' powder - dried unripe mango - giving the dish its characteristic sour note.
Most chick pea soups, whether spicy Spanish stews or rustic minestrones, call for whole chick peas. For a more delicate, velvety soup try puréeing your chick peas in a blender and sieve before serving for an extra smooth texture.


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Darryl and Ian Rathjen are fourth generation Colbinabbin farmers. Lured by the promise of gold, their great grandfather Henning Rathjen, a German farmer, arrived in Sandhurst, now known as Bendigo, in the early 1850s. In 1857 Henning married Caroline Brunke, who was also German. One year later, Henning decided to move back into farming. When he heard that there was land available in the north-east of the state, he decided to investigate. The first night he and a couple of friends set up camp on the west side of the Colbinabbin range.
The next morning he walked to the top of a hill, looked down over the eastern side of the range, and is reputed to have said "We have struck paradise." In order to be eligible for a pastoral lease Henning had to find a number of German settlers who also wanted to settle in the area. This he did, so there were six German settlers within two miles of each other.
The house that Henning and Caroline built is still standing. In the early 1860s Henning planted a vineyard, with shiraz and marsanne grapes, and made award-winning wine. That vineyard was abandoned in the 1920s in favour of broadacre farming.
In 1998, Henning's grandson, Finlay, and his great-grandson, Darryl, decided to reinstate a shiraz vineyard on the original vineyard site. Most of their grapes are sold, but some are made into their own label, Hennings. The original underground cellar from the 1860s remains intact, and once again houses wine. The winery built by Henning is being restored and will become the cellar door for Hennings Vineyard. A croquet court being developed alongside the restored building has a panoramic view of the surrounding landscape.
Darryl grew up in the house that Henning built, attending primary school at Colbinabbin Primary School before going on to Scotch College in Melbourne. "I recently attended a school reunion at Scotch," he says. "Of the six or so students from broadacre farming families in my year, only two are still farming."
Darryl, his wife Eril and their two children, Henry and Phoebe, live in the original house that Henning built. Eril grew up on farms and trained as a classical pianist when she left school. She met Darryl at her parent's farm when he came to buy some wheat. Unfortunately, he ran over Eril's dog that day, an unusual way to commence a relationship!
Darryl considered growing grapes when he finished school. "There were five in our family," he says, "and we all value our historical links to wine growing. My brother Ian has set up the Whistling Eagle vineyard just down the road, Ramon has grapes on his Myola Rd property, Glen has five acres of grapes, and our sister Louise also has a few grapes."
Darryl's father Finlay considered reinstating the vineyard around 1977. "But we were told by a bloke who was a solicitor and accountant that there was no money in grapes. He suggested that we grow nuts, in particular pistachios," says Finlay. "Then Tyrrells got a gold medal for a wine grown nearby and that started people looking to grow grapes around here."
Darryl's enjoyment of wine was triggered when he was backpacking around Europe in 1989. "I stayed with some English people in London and they brought out a bottle of Mitchelton wine. I thought about how close that was to home, that maybe I should do some winemaking when I got home," he says.
The Colbinabbin area now has many large vineyards. "It's the corporate end of the Heathcote wine region," says Eril. "There are vineyards as big as four hundred acres, compared with boutique vineyards with perhaps twenty acres of vines, or even fewer. Colbinabbin, and its northern neighbour Rochester, remain a largely broadacre farming area. Many of those who have planted grapes are farmers who have done so to diversify. Some, including Darryl, planted tomato crops for processing.
"There used to be two hundred and twenty tomato process growers in Australia," says Darryl, "now there are nineteen. Global competition has led to this decline. Tomatoes are a much riskier crop than grapes and that risk is becoming too large. We still grow wheat, canola and barley as well as running sheep. People in this area are farmers. Grapes are just another thing to farm, but to do it successfully you need to have a passion for grape growing."
Eril and Darryl have a strong belief in the future of farming even though it can be challenging to make a good living out of it. "The benefits are not monetary," says Eril, "but you get to be your own boss, and to carry on a business that you are passionate about. The people who make most out of farming are not the farmers. The ones who supply services to us ride on the back of what we grow. We are at the bottom of the food chain. Suppliers can pass on their costs but there's no one below us except Mother Nature.
"If I had a magic wand I'd start by getting rid of debt. The vineyard has helped us survive, it allows us to broaden our income base and tap into the tourist dollar. The vineyard excites me as we are not so reliant on traditional farm commodities. We can exert more influence over our wine business than with some other crops. If Henry and Phoebe are interested in the wine business I would encourage them as there's a lot of potential which should continue to grow. We've had 11 vintages, our brand will grow. We are looking forward to opening our cellar door in 2012.
"This area has always achieved recognition for product excellence. Henning won awards for his wine back in the 1860s. The best wool at a London show came from the Mt Camel area. Now the Colbinabbin wine producers are again receiving accolades for their wines."
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Dogs that drive, and they`re pretty good at it too
Dogs this smart deserve a home.
Every year, the SPCA need to find homes for thousands of dogs just like Porter -- dogs who have been abused, abandoned, or just forgotten. Our dogs may be a motley bunch, but they're all smart and they're all lovable. So please don't forget about them. Adopt them.
To find out more about our #drivingdogs head to www.drivingdogs.co.nz or visit www.spca.org.nz today to adopt a dog.
these pups are actually pretty good at it
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The orange arch in Glengormley was vandalised this week hours before it was officially opened during a loyalist parade. Republican slogans were painted on to the arch in the middle of the village. The incident happened a few hours before the mini Twelfth parade when hundreds of loyalists descended in Glengormley.
Phil Hamilton from the Progressive Unionist Party said there has been much good cross community work in the area.
"This was a deliberate attempt by some to raise tensions in the area," he said
"There has been great talks and work carried out in the area between both sides and we don't want a small minority of people to derail that.
"There has been so much good work going on and we don't want it to be ruined by a small few who want to vandalise."