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Assignment 1. Were contemporaries correct in regarding President Kennedy as the saviour of the western world after the Cuban Missile Crisis? Section A - Background The Cuban Missile Crisis was believed to be the closest the world has ever been to a nuclear outbreak. At the end of the Second World War, the two super-powers, America and Russia, were gradually turning against each other. A feeling of distrust existed over a number of things. The main difference between the two was their governing systems. The USA were capitalists and the USSR were communists. The USA had ended the Second World War by dropping two atomic bombs on Japan. This was a sign to the rest of the world showing their strength. As far as Russia were concerned, America were ahead in the arms race but they believed that America wouldn't use the atomic bomb again because of its overwhelming power. America believed that it would take Russia 20 years to develop the atomic bomb, in reality it only took them 4 years. So by 1949 the Russians had levelled the playing field. This worried the USA as they only had short-range missiles. If the USSR attacked, they would need to have a missile base closer to the Russians in order to retaliate. This feeling of anxiety led to the creation of several US Missile bases in Britain, Italy and Russian neighbours, Turkey. Source A1 shows the devastating results of nuclear explosions. The USA and USSR had a moratorium on the tests of nuclear weapons. ...read more.
Here he expresses his concerns about the "offensive" missiles based in Cuba. He states that he will not unnecessarily start a nuclear war, but if the threat increased to America that he wouldn't back down. He told the nation that a partial blockade on Cuba would be initiated and that unlike the Soviet's blockade on Berlin, the US were prepared to let the necessities in to Cuba and would only stop Soviet Missiles entering. He stated that the armed forces were ready for "any eventuality" and that this was not only for the good of America, but for that of the entire western hemisphere. Source B5(i) is part of a letter from Khrushchev to Kennedy explaining how the Soviets were prepared to "cease further work on the weapon-construction sites...dismantle...crate them...and return them back to the Soviet Union". This was the first letter Khrushchev sent and the one that Kennedy chose to reply to as there was nothing that the Americans had to do in return. We now understand that secret negotiations took place in which the USA agreed to dismantle and return their missile sites in Russia's neighbour, Turkey. Source B5 (ii) shows USS Barry inspecting a USSR Freighter carrying missiles removed from Cuba, so Khrushchev was doing as Kennedy had asked. To the Americans it had appeared as if Khrushchev had backed down to the USA and Kennedy was a saviour. Section C - The Cuban and Soviet Point of View Fidel Castro spoke out at the funeral of Cuban's killed during the Bay of Pigs operation in April 1961, shown in Source C1. ...read more.
This cartoon is a US cartoon so was the artist really meaning for the two men to be working as equals? Source D5 is a secondary source which contains fact and opinion. It states that Kennedy seemed to come out of the Cuban missile crisis with an improved reputation and public appearance. He gained respect by controlling the 'hot-heads' in his own country who pressed for nuclear strikes on Cuba. On the outside it appeared that he had stood up to Russia, demanded something and got it. But Cuba was still ruled by a Marxist and still relying on a communist Russia. The whole event made the USA, Russia and Britain realise just how close to a nuclear disaster they actually came. This led to a ban on all nuclear weapon testing, except controlled tests underground. However Kennedy was still intent on stopping the spread of communism. The whole problem was started by the US trying to overthrow Castro because they didn't want a communist in their 'back yard'. Kennedy looked weak after the Bay of Pigs and when confronted again by the Cuban Missile Crisis, he would not back down and appear weak again. America pushed Cuba into the arms of Russia as Cuba needed another trading partner. So was Kennedy the saviour of the western world? In my opinion I believe Khrushchev was. If he hadn't have seen the dangers of nuclear war and withdrawn from Cuba, it is very likely that Kennedy would have called for a nuclear attack. However, Khrushchev appeared cowardly and therefore wasn't re-elected. Even though he acted wisely he was mostly responsible for preventing a nuclear outbreak. 2 1 John Trickett ...read more.
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West Brom boss Tony Pulis is looking to offload three outcast players in January.
Victor Anichebe, Sebastien Pocognoli and Cristian Gamboa are all to be placed on the transfer list for January, the Telegraph reports.
The trio have managed just two Premier League fixtures between them this season, with both Gamboa and Anichebe making substitute appearances. Pocognoli has not played a league game, although he was given an outing in the League Cup loss to Norwich.
It is clear they are not in Tony Pulis' first-team plans, and the manager is set to transfer list them so they are moved away from the Hawthorns in January.
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HITC Sport reported a few months ago that Anichebe was a target for half-a-dozen Championship sides, who were looking at bringing him in on loan before the Football League deadline passed. However, he remained with the Baggies, and these same clubs could be tempted into signing him permanently in January.
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Mediastinal T-cell Lymphoma in dogs
Mediasintal doesn't present with surface lumps -- the tumour develops between the lungs and heart then spreads throughout the lymph system. Usually given 3 - 6 weeks to live... 8 - 12 weeks best case without any treatment by a vet with chemo for weeks.
Other B and T cell Lymphomas
Untreated dogs have an average survival time of 60 days.[14] Lymphoma with a histologic high grade generally respond better to treatment but have shorter survival times than dogs with low grade lymphoma.[6] Dogs with B-lymphocyte tumors have a longer survival time than T-lymphocyte tumors.[1] Mediastinal lymphoma has a poorer prognosis than other types, especially those with hypercalcemia.[
This is vet untreated but......
Actually most human lymphoma treatments are first tested on animals so it isn't difficult trying to find references to canine lymphoma research and treatment options. I also tried to cross reference between natural and regular medicine sites where possible. I tried to use my own common sense, and my open my mind to new concepts as long as there was enough research to back it up.
Differences in pills given for Lymphoma compared to Lucy nasal cancer so far in my re-analysis for this specific cancer:
-Lucy nasal cancer protocol includes mushroom based immune boosters (ie. Cordeceps, and a multi -mushroom variety) because while they may benefit most cancer patients, they also trigger t-cells which may not be the best thing for T-cell lymphomas.
-GENISTEIN supplements ( google it as canine lymphoma genistein and see what comes up). Genistein is an isoflavone extracted from soybeans. If you google it you'll find page after page of promising research -- especially on lymphoma and t-cell lymphoma. Among other things it caused the death of cancer cells without harming healthy ones. (Something chemo or radiation DON"T do)
I found one source so far that is pure genistein costs alot but it is pure and likely near what researchers use due to dosage and pureness
-I also have Lucy on Melatonin--- Good for many cancers like hers. but NOT for lymphoma -- or at least, evidence for leukemia and lymphoma patients is not complete, but early evidence suggests it may be better for those cancers than the patient. Therefore -- don't use that one.
-If there is no bleeding, you don't need the Yun Nan Bai Yao herbs.
-Do not give Bone Essentials- it is not needed for one and may be bad for elevated calcium level dogs. I do need to research this more.
In fact, there are other things on her list I also would not give for Lymphoma due to too much T-cell boosting that other cancers actually need so just for now give the below basics till more research is done to list specific for lymphoma :
I would say go with the IP6, Colostrum, the key Antioxidant Resveretrol, Flax Oil and Cottage Cheese snacks, a good Fish oil (Salmon) liquid added to meals, Milk Thistle for lymphatic drainage, Moducare, and Genestein. I get all these from swansonvitamins except that genestein from Luckyvitamin.
Keeping giving good human-quality food, warmed with warm water, and exercise(just get him to go outside for a bit at least) him every day. And be positive around your pet -- if you are depressed, they'll pick up on it and be down themselves. I think those are the basics.
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Soy May Aid In Treating Canine Cancers
Apr. 11, 2009 — Researchers at North Carolina State University are looking to soy as a way to make traditional canine cancer therapy more effective, less stressful for the dog and less costly for the owners.
Dr. Steven Suter, assistant professor of oncology, and NC State colleagues studied genistein - a molecule found in soy that has been shown to be toxic to a wide variety of cancer cells in humans - to determine whether it would also inhibit the growth of canine lymphoma cells.
The researchers found that a commercially available form of genistein called GCP was effective in killing canine lymphoid cells in a laboratory setting, and that GCP is "bioavailable" in canines - meaning it is absorbed into the bloodstream where it can affect cancer cells in the body. The researchers hope that their findings will lead to the use of GCP for their canine patients in conjunction with traditional cancer treatments like chemotherapy.
The researchers' findings were published in Clinical Cancer Research.
"Humans have been using soy in conjunction with traditional chemotherapy for some time as a chemo potentiator," Suter says. "This means that the GCP makes the chemotherapy work more efficiently and faster, which translates to less stress on the patient and less money spent on chemotherapy."
Since dogs absorb GCP in much the same way that humans do, Suter hopes that veterinarians will be able to offer this therapy to canine patients in the near future.
"Since GCP is a dietary supplement, it is harmless to patients," he adds. "Plus it's inexpensive and easy to administer in a pill form. There's really no downside here."


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(1) Step one of the goal setting process is to measure the availability of firms that are ready, willing and able to compete statewide or in a particular geographic region.
The director shall first determine the percentage of EDGE certified firms to all firms that are ready, willing and able to compete for work in the procurement categories listed in paragraph (A) of this rule. The director shall determine this percentage by dividing the number of EDGE firms ready, willing and able to bid for the types of work the state will fund for the fiscal year , by the total number of firms ready, willing, and able to bid for the types of work the state will fund for the fiscal year. To accurately calculate the above percentage, the EDGE certified firms considered in order to be considered ready, willing, and able to perform, the owner of the firm must possess all licenses required by the state to perform the appropriate type of the contemplated work and shall be as similar in nature as possible to the non-EDGE firms considered.
In addition, when calculating the above percentage, the director shall, based on the most refined data available, exclude businesses that, notwithstanding their standard industrial code or equivalent code classification, are not relevant to percentage analysis. The director shall not include firms in the statewide or regional percentage calculations, if the director determines that those firms do not perform that type of work in a particular geographic regions of the state, even if those firms appear on considered bidder or certification lists.
(2) Step two of the goal setting process. The director shall determine whether an adjustment to the step one base percentage is necessary. Step two shall be used, when necessary, to adjust the step one base percentage to make it as precise as possible. The director shall consider all available, relevant, and reliable evidence to determine whether an adjustment is warranted. Relevant and available data may include:
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If the director determines that the data suggest that an adjustment is warranted, the director shall make the adjustment. The director shall ensure that there is a rational relationship between the data used to make the adjustment and the actual numerical adjustment made. If an adjustment is made based on past participation data, the director shall make the adjustment by taking the average of the figure obtained in step one and the figure that represents median past participation.
(C) The director of the department of administrative services may consult with each state agency in establishing the yearly procurement goals.
(D) The director of the department of administrative services may adopt additional policies, guidelines and directives to further implement and clarify the requirements of this chapter.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 11/05/2015 and 11/20/2020
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Drunk Fayetteville Woman Resists Arrest, Is Carried To Police Car, Authorities Say
An intoxicated Fayetteville woman resisted arrest and had to be carried to a patrol car, according to court documents.
Jennifer Hall, 53, was arrested after officers found her intoxicated and involved in a verbal altercation at the 300 block of South Mashburn Avenue with her neighbor, court documents say.
Hall was using expletives in an argument with the person who called police to the scene over a parking problem on the street, according to the documents. The incident took place at 8:25 p.m. on Tuesday (May 6).
She was confrontational and belligerent to officers on the scene and continued to yell at the neighbor, even falling down and getting a cut above her eye at one point, court documents say. Officers eventually got Hall to go back into her residence.
Authorities returned a second time to the same location approximately one hour later due to a report from the same neighbor. Hall was beating on the neighbor's outside window yelling at the neighbor, "Handle your own [expletive]," according to court documents.
Officers warned Hall she could placed under arrest if she did not return to her own residence. While authorities spoke with the victim, Hall came nearby. She was placed in handcuffs but refused to submit to the arrest.
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On our wedding day we received lots and lots of gifts. Many of the gifts were right off of our registry, which is what a bride hopes for. While the bride and groom want to be appreciative of every gift, truth be told, anything not from the registry is at risk of being weird, unused, or just not our taste. One of the gifts we received was a book from my grandmother. The book was titled: "The 5 Love Languages" by Dr. Gary Chapman. I remember looking at the book and thinking how sweet it was for my grandmother to buy me a book, but I also remember thinking, "anything my grandmother thinks could be helpful to my marriage is probably outdated" and the book went on one of my bookshelves.
I am so thankful that I had a book shelf to put it on and that it came from my grandmother because otherwise, I might have trashed it over the years of many moves and changing priorities. How wise my grandmother was to give me that book and years later when I really needed it, I realized it wasn't just wise it was very loving. It is strange how as we are growing up and entering new stages of life we seem to think that the older generations have nothing to offer us. Maybe its because times are different in many ways or maybe it is our arrogance that leads us to believe that we want, need, or attract a different love than previous generations. The reality is that true love, nourished and cherished and wrapped in the love of our Father in heaven is timeless.
I wish I would have been inspired to read the book early on in our marriage, and I really wish I had read it long before our marriage was in crisis mode. I could have acted differently toward my spouse and loved him differently and so much deeper. If I had done so, would we have avoided the really terrible years? Unfortunately, I cannot answer that question but I can PLEAD with you to take action now, no matter the stage of your marriage. If things are generally pretty good, learning the 5 Love Languages now might very well save you from a very painful detour. If things are bad, learning the 5 Love Languages might just help you stop doing things that are tearing apart the little bit of love you have left.
The 5 Love Languages is a wonderful resource to better understand and communicate with your spouse; it is especially helpful in showing us how to love in ways that will speak to your spouse. You can purchase the book by Dr. Gary Chapman (he has several versions now) but he also has been very generous with his free and low cost resources to help us better understand our spouse. You can go to http://www.5lovelanguages.com and take the quiz for customized results; each spouse should complete their own quiz.
The 5 Love Languages are: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Acts of Service, Physical Touch, and Receiving Gifts. When you take Dr. Chapman's very simple quiz (online or in the book) you will learn your primary and secondary Love Language, but I bet you can look at this list and at least eliminate the 2 you think ARE NOT your Love Languages. The 2 that would NOT be mine are Physical Touch and Quality Time. Take a moment right now and guess what 2 are NOT your Love Languages.
13 years ago when I was challenged to learn my spouse's Love Language I remembered the book my grandmother gave us on our wedding day. Quickly I read it. Boy was I surprised at what I learned. My primary Love Language was Words of Affirmation and my secondary Love Language was Acts of Service. Following the instructions of our counselor, Jim also took the Love Language quiz. His primary Love Language was Physical Touch and his second Love Language was Quality Time. We were polar opposites!! While "opposites attract", being opposite in our Love Languages can cause some problems if we do not know how or what to do with the differences.
Our natural inclination is to show love to our spouse based on our own Love Language. It happens naturally and usually without a whole lot of effort. Early on in our marriage our primary and secondary Love Languages spill out of us on their own but over time when these efforts of communicating love to our spouse end up being fruitless we start avoiding sharing love at all. Our efforts were not fruitless because we didn't love each other but they were fruitless because we were speaking the wrong language. It would be like speaking German to someone who speaks Japanese. German words mean nothing to someone whose only language is Japanese. Luckily for us, it is much easier to learn our spouse's Love Language than it would be to learn German or Japanese.
If my 2 main Love Languages are Words of Affirmation and Acts of Service then I will tend to show love to my spouse by saying or writing something nice or by doing a service. But think for a minute about my spouse, his Love Languages are NOT Words of Affirmation or Acts of Service. So in years past when I would say a nice thing or do a service for him he WOULD NOT hear I LOVE YOU. What he noticed was that when he tried to touch me (his primary Love Language = Physical Touch), I pulled away or when he tried to plan time together (his secondary Love Language = Quality Time), I seemed uninterested or I did not have any time to give. So you can see how both of us were feeling very UNLOVED even though each of us was trying to say "I Love You". We might have been saying I LOVE YOU, but our spouse was hearing I DO NOT LOVE YOU and I AM NOT INTERESTED IN YOU!
Because our spouse has their own Love Language, we need to learn what their Love Language is and show love based on their Love Language instead of our own. Once I learned my spouse's Love Languages I could decide to show him love in ways that he could hear I LOVE YOU! At this time, Physical Touch was very difficult for me because of how broken our marriage was. The idea of touching Jim was repulsive, so I started with Quality Time. I realized that kind words were not near as important as making Jim a priority and spending time with him.
Ideally, both spouses should learn their own Love Languages as well as their spouse's Love Languages. Knowing our spouse's Love Languages will help us communicate love better to them as well as identify when our spouse is saying "I LOVE YOU" even when it is not in our Love Language. Knowing our own Love Language will help us communicate to our spouse how we like to be loved and to identify when we have fallen back to our Love Language instead of our spouse's. So, when Jim learned that my Love Languages were Words of Affirmation and Acts of Service and NOT Physical Touch, the knowledge armed him with important wisdom. Wisdom that Physical Touch was not a way he could show love to me, at least not at that time. He also learned that how he spoke to me went a long way (Words of Affirmation) and so did things like washing my car, emptying the dishwasher, etc. (Acts of Service); all things he would not naturally do to show love but he could learn to do them proactively.
It takes knowledge and pro-active effort to love our spouse with their Love Language. It will not come naturally, especially at first, but it has the power to transform your marriage.
The better you get at showing love to your spouse in their Love Language the more your marital love will grow. The more my husband said nice things to me and preformed acts of service for me, the more I felt loved and wanted to show love in return. The more I made time for Jim and things that were important to him, the more he smiled and reacted positively to me.
If you are in a happy marriage place right now, the idea of learning and showing love in your spouse's Love Language is probably exciting but if you are in a bad marriage place right now, it probably seems like a burden. You might be saying, "Why can't I love him/her the way I want to?" or "I will learn their Love Language if they learn mine." Or "It doesn't matter if I learn my spouse's Love Language, he/she will never make the effort to learn mine."
The great thing about the 5 Love Languages is that no matter what stage or shape your marriage is in, YOU can make a difference in your marriage even if your spouse is not yet ready to join you on the Love Languages journey. You can take the knowledge of your spouse's Love Languages and every day make an effort with their Love Languages to do one thing that says I LOVE YOU. Being a Servant Spouse means that no matter the effort of our spouse, we choose to show love in their Love Language. Doing so will deliver surprising results; our spouse notices our gestures because we are finally speaking the correct language and we have stopped rejecting their attempts at loving us. You might be thinking "HOLD ON!! WAIT A MINUTE…rejecting their attempts at loving us? My spouse has not shown me love in years, how can I be rejecting him/her?" Perhaps this would be best understood with an example: Sarah and Tom's marriage is very broken; so much so that Tom has moved out and they have been separated for almost a year. In talking to Sarah, she realized that Tom's top 2 Love Languages were most likely Receiving Gifts and Quality Time. Sarah has been feeling so very unloved for many years but a light bulb went off when she realized that Gifts were one of Tom's primary Love Languages. As she was talking to me on the phone I could practically hear her jaw drop to the floor as her eyes spanned her living room. In just a few minutes she spotted at least 10 items in the living room that were gifts from Tom over the years and several of them were in the last year before Tom had decided to move out. In the past, when Tom had given Sarah a gift, she responded with a hesitant "Thank You" but thought "what a waist of money, it really is not my taste or I surely did not need that!" Now, in this moment, Sarah was seeing the gifts as the expression of love that Tom had intended; her living room was covered with Tom's love for her!! The problem is that Sarah never saw them as love because her Love Languages are Acts of Service and Words of Affirmation. Another way that not knowing each other's Love Languages was harmful to their marriage was that Tom likes to joke and especially be sarcastic; Sarah would call these instances Tom's "digs" at her. Tom thought he was being funny but to Sarah he was saying I DO NOT LOVE YOU! Remember one of Sarah's Love Languages is Words of Affirmation; just as positive words speak love to her, negative words, sarcastic words, or "digs" speak the opposite of love.
I could write numerous examples of how couples, including my husband and I, have been talking the wrong Love Languages for years, but I think you probably have gotten the point. Our prayer is that when you learn your spouse's Love Languages it will be a key that unlocks some hidden potential in your marriage, now and in the future.
I am happy to report that after 13 years of practicing the Love Languages (off and on, sometimes independently, sometimes together) we are much better at expressing love in ways that our spouse can actually hear I LOVE YOU! I can even report that while Physical Touch was once a ZERO Love Language for me (no points on the quiz and ultimately rating as my 5th and last Love Language), it now is my 3rd Love language and only a few points from my Top 2 Love Languages. I mention this because I know that many men have Physical Touch as one of their Top 2 Love Languages and women often do not. Men, don't loose hope. We are living proof that if you put the effort into selflessly loving your spouse in her Love Languages (no ulterior motive) she will grow in love for you and eventually the once taboo Love Language of Physical Touch will not only be tolerated by her in order to love you but her Love Languages will change shape, they are not set in stone.
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Heavenly Father, we were made in your image, but alone we are not worthy of the task. It is only through your strength and grace that I can be a glimpse of your love to my spouse. Give me the courage to love my spouse selflessly and without condition; help me embrace the idea of Love Languages and the desire to learn to love my spouse in new ways that better suit them. May my love for you overflow to my love for my spouse in a way that he/she knows how important they are to me. May our love only grow stronger and deeper as we choose daily to love each other selflessly. Help me to be more like you as I strive to love my spouse unconditionally. In your hands I put my trust! Amen!
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- Take the Love Languages Quiz at http://www.5lovelanguages.com and ask your spouse to do the same. Share your results. Then answer these three questions:
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This doctor visit is one Mama June may never forget.
In an exclusive sneak peek at tonight's all-new Mama June: From Not to Hot, Pumpkin and her boyfriend Josh find themselves at the doctor's office for a routine pregnancy check-up.
As viewers quickly realize, however, this appointment isn't just any appointment. It's the perfect time to find out the sex of the couple's baby.
"Me or Josh didn't want anybody or ourselves to know what we were having before the baby was born but I feel like now, it would mean more than anything to us and mama to find out what the gender is," Pumpkin shared in the sneak peek.
So what is this little baby going to be? It's a girl!


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Co-host David Bilbrey returns to speak with Julie Mettenburg of Tallgrass Network, a hub of the Savory Institute that serves 25 million acres across Kansas and Missouri once dominated by the tallgrass prairie.
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Julie and the other families in the network practice holistic management to serve as an example to others that handling resources in this way is desirable and accessible. They help to train and demonstrate the manners and methods, while also providing consulting, monitoring, auditing, and incubating new entrepreneurs throughout the bioregion.
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In November 1938, Albert Hofmann was a chemist from Basel working at Sandoz Laboratories, now part of the pharmaceutical giant Novartis. He was researching rye fungi to find a cure for migrane headaches but accidentally discovered the mind bending drug LSD.
Herr Hofmann died in 2008 at the age of 102. I'm not sure what this means in the grand scheme of things.
As mentioned in earlier posts, today is Ascension Thursday and this religious feast commemorating Christ's ascending into Heaven is a big holiday in Switzerland. Some restaurants and recreation spots were open for business but relaxation was the order of the day for most Swiss people.
At mid-day, I left Helvetica for a random long walk and about 30 meters into it a car pulled over going down the hill into Thun. It was none other than Thun Tiger PA announcer Martin Schweizer who offered me a ride to the golf course on the far side of Thun. It sounded like a good idea as it would force me to walk home through neighborhoods that I only knew by bus.
During our drive, Martin mentioned that by reading the blog he had come to the conclusion that I may have seen more of his native land than he had.
Martin, it is time to be "A Tourist in Your Own Town!"
Dapper Golfer
Truly a nice day for about nine holes of golf, this guy was ready.
Lots of people on the range
Range balls are the same the world over
Practice bunker with the Stockhorn in view
Blasting out of the sand trap for real
He should have practiced some more as his line drive flew the green, not that I have ever done that.
Alpine Tee Box
After watching the golf action for awhile, I started my trek home by walking first through the golf course and then through some farm land. I've gotten to the point where the rich aroma of cow and/or horse manure is a good thing.
No, really.
The Niesen
Interesting tree stump
A light plane towing an even lighter glider
Now that would be interesting.
Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau again
Walking the dog
A Romantic Restaurant!
I'll have to take Laurie here.
I now entered a residential area, so I decided to see what interesting lawn art was to be found.
A plow, I think
Madonna's re-cycled bras
Memphis Red Bird Fan
An Omen
Laurie arrives two weeks from today!
Orchid Power
In Thun we call this the Sun
The Aare River was rolling as usual
A great day for Sun and a
beverage on the Mühleplatz
A Fountain of Interest
in the Rathausplatz
There is an Aviary near the Aare River bank
Anybody know the name of this equine
That's what I'm talking about!
Does Stephen King know about this bridge?
Don't bother me, I'm floating
What a great day to be in Switzerland, soon I'll have someone with whom to share this daily adventure.


text: Anders Behring Breivik is being charged with killing of 77 people in twin 'terrorist' attacks on Norway soil in July [EPA] A virtue of Anders Breivik's 1,500 page opus is that, by so thoroughly and heavily citing the leaders of the anti-Islam creed, his arguments are inseparable from theirs. Indeed, the more honest anti-Islam crusaders have declared that while his actions are condemnable, his ideas deserve a fair hearing.What Americans should take note of is the fact that so many of the voices that inspired Breivik's murderous action come from these shores, not Europe. Not merely cable personalities like Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck but former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, current and former military leaders and wealthy businessmen have all signed onto the Islamophobia bandwagon driven by the so-called experts like Daniel Pipes or Robert Spencer, whose primary target besides Muslims is, like Breivik, progressive intellectual, cultural and political voices. "We think the price was worth it."These words were uttered by then Secretary of State Madeline Albright during a May 1996 60 Minutes interview with Leslie Stahl. She was not talking about the cost of renovating the the Harry S. Truman building that serves as the headquarters for the State Department, or even the price of a new fleet of custom jets to shuttle senior officials between various Middle Eastern hotspots.Instead, Secretary Albright was talking about the half million Iraqi children that had died in the half decade of sanctions imposed on Iraq after the US-led coalition expelled Saddam Hussein's forces from Kuwait. "I think this is a very hard choice," she explained, but if 500,000 Iraqi children had to die in order to "keep Saddam in his box" then the secretary of state was willing to accept the collateral damage.What does this willingness to sanction hundreds of thousands of dead children say about Albright? Or President Clinton? Or the diplomatic, military and political apparatus of the United States that crafted the Iraq sanctions regime, and then another war that killed hundreds of thousands more Iraqis?Are they insane? Fanatics? Terrorists? Or just plain evil?It's worth considering these questions as we try to wrap our heads around the kind of mind that would consider the killing of dozens of teenagers at a summer camp a "gruesome but necessary" beginning of a crusade to rid the European homeland of the rapidly expanding "Islamic menace".It is easy to consider individuals like Anders Breivik or terrorist groups, whether Nordic nationalists or Middle Eastern Islamists, as beyond the pale of rationality and morality. Their logic is as specious as Ptolemy's astronomy - internally coherent to be sure, but utterly divorced from reality.And yet, it turns out that Breivik bore a grudging admiration for the tactics and boldness of his dopplegangers in al-Qaeda. "Just like Jihadi warriors are the plum tree of the Ummah, we will be the plum tree for Europe and for Christianity," he wrote in his now infamous magnum opus, which are not as far removed from the logic and mechanisms of state power as we might hope. Nor is state power all that far removed from the logic and methods of terrorism. Modernity's violence, and hopeThe debate over terrorism is intimately tied to the larger debate over what it means to be modern.Today the term is generally reserved for the violence of non-state actors against civilians or political leaders. But until recently, "terror" was the preserve of those wielding power - whether the inquisitors of the Catholic Church or the revolutionary tribunals of the first French republic, both of whom justified terror as crucial to the establishment of virtue and the preservation of society.Yet modernity was supposed to mark a progressive movement away from irrational violence and tyrannical rule and towards greater freedom, dignity and self-governance. The problem was that the new and powerful technologies of rule, such as mass conscription and modern methods of taxation and policing that empowered modern states, also enabled the far more systematic and widespread use of violence against their own citizens and other peoples who fell under their control.Modernity has always been a paradoxical project; the gap between its grand aspirations and the extreme means so often deployed to pursue them have produced innumerable and often violent contradictions: the Rights of Man and the Reign of Terror, liberalism and Empire, national liberation and authoritarian rule, and democracy promotion via an unending war on terror.The contradictions inherent to modernity have similarly engendered non-state movements with diametrically opposed ideologies and agendas - the global peace and justice movements and the Arab Spring, al-Qaeda and Islamophobia are all, each in their own way, quintessentially modern, even when their goals and methods seem atavistic or post-modern. Each of these disparate movements was born out of a frustration with state power; progressive movements out of frustration with its regular abuse, conservative and revanchist movements out of frustration with the unwillingness of the states to use power even more forcefully, particularly to expel foreign "invaders" - whether US troops in the Muslim heartland or Muslim immigrants in the heart of Europe - who are felt to constitute a mortal threat to the nation. New identitiesWhile deeply modern, these ostensibly antagonistic movements also share the kind of elastic sense of "community" that is at the heart of globalisation. The global peace, justice and now democracy movements are bound together through a meshwork of transnational ties and identities that have served to strengthen movements at the national level. Indeed, the pan-Arab democracy movements of the last eight months can be described as a new hybrid of transnational solidarity in the service of creating more humane nation-states. Al-Qaeda and other radical Islamic groups have similarly prospered thanks to transnational networks that defy the national, ethnic and linguistic identities that so shaped Muslim politics during the last century. Contemporary ultra-nationalist movements in Europe have also established strong international networks to support the work of defending the purity of their nations against the supposed contamination of non-European, Muslim immigrants.But today's European Right is a changed animal from even a decade ago, as neoconservatism and neoliberalism have largely replaced the more fascistic ideologies of old. In particular, as Breivik took pains to point out in his manifesto, the European New Right has gone out of its way to disassociate itself from the rank anti-Semitism that still characterised them only a few years ago. Jews can now be part of the imagined European/Western collective, as long as they are appropriately conservative and anti-Muslim. And it's not only Jews who are no longer considered inherently outside or beneath the "native" or "indigenous white European" community. Slavs and even Hindus can be thought of as "brothers", to use Breivik's term, in a new international war against what has always been the primary threat to European identity: Islam. The spectre of MarxIn a sense, we have gone back to the Inquisition; faith-not necessarily in Jesus, but in "European" or "Western" civilisation - rather than blood determines one's worthiness to be considered part of the community.But this raises a crucial question: If Islam is the enemy, why did Breivik set out to murder his fellow Norwegians? It seems that the biggest threat to Norway and Europe comes not from Islam and Muslims, but rather from what he terms "cultural Marxism" and the multiculturalist heresy it has inflicted across Europe. As he explains it, "You cannot defeat Islamisation or halt/reverse the Islamic colonisation of Western Europe without first removing the political doctrines manifested through multiculturalism/cultural Marxism." When I first read of Breivik's obsession with "cultural Marxists", bells rang in my head. Five years ago, David Horowitz, one of the doyens of the Islamophobia movement, wrote a book called The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America, in which I was listed at number 42. An honour to be sure, yet I was quite surprised by the charges against me: not merely that I was a self-hating American, but a Marxist who believed that capitalism was the cause of global evil. And I was not the only professor so accused; dozens of my colleagues on the list were similarly labelled. Aside from the fact that I wasn't a Marxist, it seemed a bit funny to be labelled dangerous for being one in 2006, with the Evil Empire safely dead for well over a decade and Communist China the world's fasting growing capitalist economy. But a closer reading of the book reveals that Horowitz's accusation, like Breivik's now, was in fact a code word for being a traitor to one's country, and to Western civilisation more broadly. What made us traitors was our desire to focus on the conditions that produced the subordination of modernity's many victims - women, the working class, colonised peoples and various minorities in the West - rather than merely celebrating as self-evident the moral and intellectual superiority of Euro-American civilisation, history and values.It seems Horowitz, himself a one-time Marxist rabble rouser, was at the vanguard of naming a new enemy, the "cultural Marxist", against whom Anders Breivik would unleash his deadly fury.Five years later, Breivik at least tries to define what he means by the "cultural Marxist" threat, using it as part of groups of terms such as "mulituclturalism/cultural Marxism/cultural relativism", or "multiculturalists/cultural Marxists" for short, who "usually operate under the disguise of humanism. A majority are anti-nationalists and want to deconstruct European identity, traditions, culture and even nation states." Another synonym for cultural Marxism is also, according to Breivik, "political correctness", which is the same thing as "cultural Marxism (cultural Communism) translated from economic into cultural terms". Whereas true Western knowledge is based on reason and facts, "PC" is based on "ideology" - not any specific ideology, but ideology itself, which "over the last fifty years... has conquered Western Europe (and)... seeks to alter virtually all the rules, formal and informal, that govern relations among peoples and institutions. It wants to change behaviour, thought, even the words we use."Dangerous nostalgiaSo it's not actually Islam that is poised to conquer Europe and destroy the foundations of Western civilisation. It's political correctness, which "now looms over western European society like a colossus".Here I believe we are beginning to get close to what really is bothering Anders Breivik, and it's not his nightmares of immanent colonisation and conquest of Europe by Islam. Instead, it's something much more mundane. He doesn't like that the world has changed in the last generation or two, so that today "native white European men" are no longer automatically at the top of the political, economic and cultural pecking order. Indeed, early in the manifesto in a section titled "How it all Began" Breivik describes what would happen if a man and his family "from the 1950s were suddenly introduced into Western Europe in the 2000s". For Breivik, as for so many American cultural conservatives, the 1950s were "a good time. Our homes were safe... Public schools were generally excellent... Most men treated women like ladies and most ladies devoted their time and effort to make good homes." They even wore white gloves when they went shopping. Not surprisingly, Breivik argues that after 24 hours in the present day the family "would head back to the 1950s as fast as they could, with a gripping horror story to tell... of a nation that decayed and degenerated at a fantastic pace." Their kids would have been "given funny white powder by another kid and learning that homosexuality is normal and good" at school, while the husband would have been reprimanded if not fired, for smoking and making a positive reference about "the firm employing some coloured folks in important positions." A crucial link between Norway and the US This vignette reveals the ideology behind Anders Breivik's murderous rampage to be more complex than most commentators have assumed. Indeed, it highlights a crucial link - one yet to be considered by most commentators - between the Islamophobia of the last decade and the culture wars of a generation ago, when conservative Christians railed against liberals for destroying everything that was good about America during the 1950s, when everyone knew their place and the West, with America at the helm, reigned supreme. This narrative brings together nostalgia for the "good old days" of white male privilege and self-evident superiority with a fear of Muslim immigration which, in his and so many other anxious Europeans' and Americans' minds, will render impossible any chance of returning to days of what in Islamist terminology might be referred to as the "pious ancestors". Sadly, with time travel not an option and the culture war all but lost, Breivik seems to have felt he had no choice but to launch a bloody civil war that would, hopefully, unite real Norwegians around a renewed sense of national identity and purpose. The rationale behind these hopes of Breivik's do not fall on deaf ears - in fact, his ideologies were partially culled from Islamophobic pedagogues from abroad. Robert Spencer, Daniel Pipes, Fjordman, Pamela Geller et al can't really attack his logic, because it is in fact more or less wholly theirs. They weekly regale ballrooms' worth of frightened people with tales of impossibly complex conspiracies by clandestine webs of Muslim Brotherhood cells who as they speak are planning to take over the country and impose Sharia law (in response, more than two dozen states have considered measures to prohibit Sharia from being considered as valid law). Out of tragedy, a new purpose? The fact that their messages like Breivik's are utterly divorced from reality has done nothing to dampen the enthusiasm for them by millions of scared people who are watching their economic security slip away from them and a much darker future approach. The naming of a dangerous Other against whom the still virtuous members of the nation must unite to restore a mythical and glorious past might be an old trick, but it still works, allowing those in power to avoid addressing the actual conditions behind the economic, political and social decay so many citizens see around them while shifting ever more resources towards war and violence.Indeed, if we return to the quote from Madeline Albright that began this column, it's clear that one doesn't even need the threat of immanent invasion by an alien bogeyman to engage in premeditated violence that kills not merely a hundred, but hundreds of thousands and even millions of people. That much, at least, hasn't changed from one century to the next. Americans have long ago "vacated control" over our government, but Norwegians are still blessed with a strong enough political system, national institutions and sense of tolerance to defeat the twisted logic of Breivik and his European and American comrades. Given how prominent Americans where in shaping his deadly ideology, it would be nice if we took some responsibility by engaging in even a modicum of self-reflection about our own toxic blends of bigotry, nostalgia and militarism. But I wouldn't hold my breath.Mark LeVine is a professor of history at the University of California: Irvine, and author, most recently, of Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the soul of Islam (Random House 2008) and Impossible Peace: Israel/Palestine Since 1989 (Zed Books, 2009).The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy. SOURCE: Al Jazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mark LeVineMark LeVine is a professor of Middle Eastern History at University of California, Irvine, and a Distinguished Visiting P @ culturejamming US & Canada China Iraq Israel Kuwait


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The Giants are heading towards a pivotal offseason.
Yes, again.
After a 98-loss season in 2017, the Giants "ran it back" with a few upgrades in 2018, and, clearly, things didn't work out.
Once the Giants' already minuscule chances of making the playoffs this year evaporated at the end of August, San Francisco has been the worst team in baseball, losing 11 straight games with Wednesday's 2-1 loss to the Braves.
This is a team that is unquestionably in need of a big shakeup this upcoming offseason through bold, creative roster moves. This is a team that needs to rebuild its core for the next half decade, on the fly (as to appease ownership).
As such, Madison Bumgarner, Brandon Belt, Brandon Crawford, Joe Panik, and even Buster Posey should all be shopped this winter. In a situation like this, nothing is sacred and no one is untouchable.
Including the Giants' manager.
As the Giants lifelessly limp to the finish line of the season, deference to Bruce Bochy's Hall of Fame legacy needs to be damned — it's time to question if he's is the right man to lead this team into the next decade.
I don't think he his.
Yes, the manager's contract runs for another season, but this isn't a decision the Giants put off until next offseason.
If Bochy's not the man for the job in 2020 and beyond — if the Giants can't commit and give him a contract extension this offseason (an extremely tough sell at the moment) — then there's no reason for him to be in charge in 2019.
What possible good could a lame-duck year do?
Is it Bochy's fault that the Giants have gone 132-177 over the last two seasons? Of course not — just as it isn't the individual fault of Posey, Crawford, Belt, or any single Giants' player. These Giants have had bad rosters and worse luck over the last two years.
But at the same time, I'll ask this: what has Bochy done to appreciably elevate his teams over the last two years?
I can't point to anything.
What I see is an unquestionably old-school manager in a game that's evolving at a rapid rate. If the Giants want to be relevant in the years to come, I don't see how that paradigm can work.
The "Statcast era" features a game that's predicated on power both on the mound and at the plate; a game where strikeouts are acceptable for batters and power-arm-laden bullpens are seemingly more important than starting rotations.
It's an era of baseball that stands in stark contrast to the Bochy-managed teams that won three titles in five years at the beginning of the decade — near-perfect manifestations of the manager's ideals, which he still holds.
Those Giants teams won through workhorse starting pitchers, fundamentally sound lineups that took pride in putting the ball in play (even if they didn't put balls over the fence that often), and crafty bullpens.
But the fundamentals of winning have unquestionably changed. And while San Francisco's dismal roster isn't Bochy's direct responsibility — he can only manage the team Bobby Evans and Brian Sabean give him — he has serious clout and certainly stumps for "his guys" in the roster-building process.
This is an organization in dire need of a new long-term plan. The current one — the one that might as well be called the Bochy Doctrine — has expired.
if they want to catch up to the rest of baseball, they need to adapt — even if they play in a homer-killing ballpark.
Now, that doesn't necessarily mean the Giants need to blow up everything and rebuild the 40-man roster from scratch — ownership wouldn't allow that — but it does mean that there should be wholesale changes this offseason. Last year, Bochy's coaching staff was revamped. This year, you'd have to imagine that there will be an offloading of several of Bochy's "guys".
And if you're getting rid of all of Bochy's coaches and all of his "guys", why on earth would you keep Bochy?
Yes, managers can change, but forgive me if I don't think the 63-year-old who has been reluctant to adopt new strategies and schemes over the last few years is going to champion and teach a new style of baseball — even if he has a generally newer, younger roster to lead — in the years to come.
The writing is on the wall — the Giants need to read it.
To be fair, managing is an inexact science, and a change at the position is hardly a cure-all for the Giants' prodigious woes.
But that doesn't mean that there wouldn't be value to be found in such a move for San Francisco.
While the role and responsibilities of the job have perhaps never been more nebulous, creating a positive culture — regardless of the circumstances — is undoubtedly a big requirement from the job.
Bochy did that with those Giants teams from the beginning of the decade. They had a near-collegiate energy to them. They had spunk, even when they weren't competing for the World Series.
But these Giants? They have the energy of sixth-year seniors. There's a bitterness to this team.
Losing will get anyone down, but even in losing seasons, there are lessons to be taught and moral victories to be had. You can be a bad team and have a good spirit.
I see professionalism with these Giants — a byproduct of the veterans in that clubhouse — but I don't see spirit or spark. And that was the case well before they were out of the playoff race.
Most teams that are out of it want to build momentum for next season. But since the Giants' front office waived the white flag on 2018 by trading Andrew McCutcheon to the Yankees on Aug. 31, the Giants have lost every single game they've played. This is a team — and a manager — that just wants the season to end.
Yes, the Giants are trotting out a Triple-A lineup because of untimely injuries, but whether it's fair or not, this record-setting September slide is a reflection of Bochy.
There's momentum to this team, alright — the wrong kind.
Bochy is the greatest manager in San Francisco Giants history and he very well could still be a great manager in the big leagues — but the evidence is piling up that he is not the right manager for the Giants if this organization wants to take the correct steps in moving forward.
The Giants climbed the mountain, winning three titles in five years this decade, but this is an organization that started sliding down on the decent and grabbed onto a rock.
At this point, everyone needs to admit that, from this position, there's no getting back to the summit — this team doesn't have the talent to pull itself up, much less to get back to the top.
So as painful as it might be — and as unfair as it might seem to some — these Giants need to let go, slide down, and then attempt to ascend again.
And for that new ascent, they should have a new leader.


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Ah, NAB Cart Machines – some people love them, others find them annoying, prone to wow/flutter and never have enough storage space for a cart-rack. With this free application, none of that is a problem.
You have a file+folder view on the left of the window showing available drives, folders and audio files – whilst the default view offers a set of 3 "cart" machines modelled on the famous Sonifex microHS series. You can also change them to 3 ITC Series 99 machines or an ITC triple-stack.
They work just like the real-thing – Drop a file into the "slot", press play – the timer counts down with the audio. After play, the Stop button will flash to indicate that the cart has finished. You can pause the cart by pressing stop, but remember to re-cue it before re-starting it 😉 Double-clicking a cart will eject it. You can also Start the slots by pressing F1, F2, F3. Files can also be dropped from any "Explorer" window. The "cart labels" are populated using the ARTIST – TITLE syntax from the filename.
Also see my uCart software – a similar program with an optional purchase for extended features:
Includes joystick remote-start via analogue 15-way port or USB interface.
Buttons 1-3 start the players. See this image for a wiring example.
Download the full ZIP file here (it contains some sample audio and a couple of DLL/OCX files) – just unzip the contents into any folder and run. This is a FREE application and offered "as-is" with no support whatsoever.
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Vocal Workshop: Discover the Genius of Your Voice
A necessary introduction to your true vocal potential
Discover how to free your voice to sound and feel at your best when you sing.
Posture, positioning, breathing, placement, warming up, principles of singing, care & maintenance.
Includes a copy of the Quick Start Guide to Using Your Voice
For dates and to book - go to www.amarisarts.com/whatson
This workshop will take place over the summer in Chingford mount in very small groups of 4 people for £20 each
Pitching & Ear training (plus basic practical theory)
The Musical Principles Behind What You Hear
For those who want to tune their voice in more and/or understand scales and keys etc.
Intervals (distances between notes), scales, keys, finding your way around a piano keyboard, tuning in to notes, octaves and gears in your voice
For dates and to book - go to www.amarisarts.com/whatson
This workshop will take place over the summer in Chingford mount in very small groups of 4 people for £20 each
Also look out for the following workshops:
Rhythm & Timing
Harmony & Theory
Venue: Ithaca house, 27 Romford road, Stratford, east London, E15 4LJ (7-10min walk from Stratford or Stratford High street Stations. We are upstairs in the Conference room (further room all the way round to the right). Please arrive ready to start promptly at 6:15pm
Transport: 7min walk from Stratford station (Jubilee, Central line, London Overground, DLR, TFL rail, Mainline) or Stratford High street (DLR) Zone 2/3
1 min from buses 25, 86, 308
3 mins from buses 69, 104, 108, 238, 241, 257, 262, 276, 308, 425, 473
6 mins from buses 97, 158, 339, 388, D8
Off of broadway, (near St Johns, the Library and Nandos) onto Romford road. It is by the first bus stop on the left.
See www.amarisarts.com/findus
Book: go to www.amarisarts.com/whatson
Enquire: go to www.amarisarts.com/contactus
Special offers on the day: An instruction book and Vocal exercise CD will be available to purchase at a special discounted rate on the day. Special price for the remainder of the Singing Course if you put down a deposit (or buy the book and CD) on the day (which act as the first part of the Course materials).
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Inspiring & practical group singing activities
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Cancer Trek
Reporter: Graeme Butler
The top of Mount Eliza in Kings Park is a long way from the towering summit of Kilimanjaro - but the African mountain is in the sights of these 20 trekkers... or Conquerors - Perth people like Luisa Giuffre, "I'm a breast cancer survivor and it's my celebration 10 yeasr since i was diagnosed and i turn 40 at the end of last years os may way of celebrating"
It's also a way of raising money for the Breast Cancer Foundation - a tough way at that - to prepare the trekkers have been training boot camp style - overseen by ex-SAS trainers.
The trek was the brain child of Malcolm Day - and his mate Carl Coward, "i'm a chairman of the wa breast cancer foundation and i thought this was a great way to raise money for the foundation lead by example i spoke with carl about orgainisng a group of people and here we are already to go next week" For Carl this will be his second attempt at Kilimanjaro - his first try two years ago ended in disaster - "i've been told that i can't go anymore nester our guide thinks i've started to get water in my lungs liquid in my lungs he says its too dangerous for me to continute..we'd gone from ground level to 5000 metres in three days so this time we're doing it in 7 days it's a who le different experience and hopefully i'll aclimatise better"
This time around the preperation includes altitude training in a reduced oxygen chamber. Inside the oxygen level has been dropped to 12.56 % which is just over hapf the level we're breathing out here it simulates conditions at 400 metres and hopefully wards of the possibility of altitude sickness.
Kilimanjaro soars almost six kilometres above the African Plains ... and someone who once Soared for the eagles has taken up the challenge. "We're actually on the mountain for six days probably the biggest challenge for us all Graeme is the last. the summit day which is a 16 hour trek"
For Peter Wilson, like everyone else on this trek - it's personal, "i've got three beautiful daughters and a lovely wife of course it's pretty close to my heart as well we're doing something and it's something people need to be aware of and anything i can do a small part of making that awareness i'm really happy to be doing"
"I think it will be quite emotional for most of them they've been building up to it the excitement but as i say they've all been personally touched in some way" Ros Worthington began the breast Cancer foundation of W.A nine years ago - she won't be trekking but she'll be living every step. "I think when they reach the top it's going to be wow i think there'll be lots of tears lost of laughs"
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Eco School
Welcome to our Eco page.
We are a Green Flag Eco School and are very proud of the work that we do to reduce CO2 emissions and protect our planet!
We have an active Eco Team comprised of a parent, a governor, staff and pupil reps. We meet monthly and would love to welcome new members so if you are interested in joining please contact Mrs Rowland or Mrs Waters. Some of the Eco initiatives we support at Dobcoft include:
We support Fairtrade and have been awarded the Fairtrade School Award in recognition for the work we do raising awareness of this important foundation.
We encourage all pupils to become familiar with the Fairtrade logo and we ask their families to consider buying fairtrade products during fairtrade Fortnight!
Last term we took part in the Sheffield Climate Change Alliance's "Sing for the Climate" This was a great opportunity top raise awareness of the importance of climate change through music and be part of a city wide initiative.
Each year we take time to support Switch off Fortnight and teach pupils to consider the importance of turning off lights to reduce CO2 emissions and to save money!
We also take part in the Global EARTH HOUR to consider energy and to support the WWF. Our pupils love learning about endangered creatures and ways to protect them!
Please look at our calendar of forthcoming Eco events and if you have any ideas or ways to support our work contact us. We value your ideas and would love to work in partnership with you to "save planet Earth"
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Fjord High Ropes Regular Adventure at night
Departures at fixed hours – Limited places
You are not afraid of anything?
With only a frontal lamp and your bravery, you will have to go through 3 sections of the activity and to go down a giant zip line in the dark! The shadows of the night and the noises of the forest will add sensations to your adventure.
*This activity is offer only on Fridays and you have to make a reservation at least 48h before.
Participant requirements:
- Must be 16 years old or older
- Must be at least 1m80 tall with your hands in the air (from the heels to the fingertips)
- Kids 16 years old and under have to be supervised by an adult (one adult can supervised maximum 3 kids)
- 17 year olds are independent in the activity, however they need an authorisation signed by their parents if they are not supervised by an adult
- Weigh less than 220lbs and measure less than 46 inches around the waist
- Must not be under the influence of drugs or alcohol
- Be in good physical shape and healthy
- Before the activity, you have to listen to the security instructions and do a practice course.
Do not forget:
- Closed shoes (no sandals) and sport clothes
- A bottle of water and a small snack
- Long hair must be well attached
- Identification cards to borrow the equipment
- The activity is approximately 3 hours long
- Arrive about 45 minutes before your departure time
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