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What Are You Teaching
Your Kids About Social Media?
Let's talk about social media. For us parents, it's a hot topic. We wonder, "Should I let my kids engage in social media? When? Is it safe? What if they see something they shouldn't? What if they get addicted? What rules do I need to set?" The uncertainties go on and on.
That's because we are the first generation of digital moms who need to figure this out. We can't ignore it. Social media and online relating are here to stay. If we do our job properly, our kids will one day leave our care and make decisions on their own. And, most likely, one of those decisions will be "I will use social media".
So, you've got a responsibility now. It is up to you to teach your children healthy social media habits while they are in your care. Just like you need to let them experience money so that they grow up to be fiscally responsible, you need to let them experience social media so that they grow up to be digitally responsible. [Related Post: 5 Tips for Healthy Tech Habits in Your Famiy]
Now (ready for some personal conviction?) the first step to teaching your children is to examine your own habits to decide if you are setting a good example. I learned this the hard way. Early on in my Facebook "life", my (then) 11-year-old daughter looked at me and said, "Mommy, when I wake up in the morning, I always see you on Facebook. Are you spending any time with God in the mornings?" Ouch! I realized then (and many times since) that I needed to address my habits and identify social media's place in my life.
What I Teach My Kids About Social Media
I have since set some personal rules about social media. I'm proactively teaching these boundaries to my children in hopes that they will develop healthy habits.
- I narrow my social media channels. I don't need to use every social media platform. I need to find the ones where my "real" friends are and stick with those. For me, that's Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Periscope.
- I relate back when someone interacts with me. If they comment, I "like" or "comment" back. If they react to my posts often, I'll react to theirs. If they tag me in a post or picture, I comment. It's the same as if someone waved to me on the street or said "Hi!". I would say "Hi" back…common courtesy that should be applied to online interaction as well.
- I only post positive things. You know, what Thumper said in Bambi, ""If you can't say something nice… don't say nothing at all." That's a standard we live by in our home, so I need to "speak" the same way online.
- I ask permission before I post anything about someone else. I don't share stories about my kids without asking their permission. That's the same courtesy I would want in return.
- I don't make my feed "all about me". I share accomplishments to encourage and inspire others. I brag on my kids to build them up. I share cute stories because they bring joy to others. But, I try hard not to "toot my own horn". And no selfies, unless I have a good "not about me" comment to go with it.
- I use discernment about sharing my location, either with words or with images. It's not that I live in fear, but I want to set an example of prudence. Safety is never a bad thing.
- I don't friend everyone. I only accept friend requests from people who I've interacted with face-to-face (or voice-to-voice) within the past year. Or they played a significant role in my life at some point. Also, I don't friend/follow men unless they are mutual friends with my husband.
- I turn off notifications if a "friend" is spammy or posts things I don't like seeing. I don't unfriend the person, but I don't clog up my feed with their posts.
- I unfriend someone who posts inappropriate things. My gauge is "Would I want my kids seeing this?" No? Goodbye, click.
I'm sharing this to get you thinking, my friend. Even if your kids are too young to be on social media, they are forming habits just by watching you. I encourage you to examine your social media habits and determine "Are these the same habits I want my kids to have? What am I teaching my kids about social media?" [Related Post: A Mom's Greatest Struggle in this Tech-Driven World]
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I grew up in small to medium size towns in the Midwest. And now I live in a wonderful small town here in Texas.
Growing up, everyone waved. Everyone waved to everyone else, whether you be in your car, walking, or biking. I would watch my parents wave with one hand as we went through neighborhoods. It was a courtesy and sign of respect. One human being acknowledging another.
Hutto is a very friendly community but something has happened over the last several decades all over the country. People have become less aware of other people. I still wave, but now only about half (sometimes less than that) wave back.
Waving is actually more than just a nice pleasantry. It is a way of saying to the other driver, walker, bicyclist, etc. that "Hello, I see you there." Accidents of all kinds happen more often than not when someone doesn't see another person or object.
A couple of gentlemen in Austin have started a campaign called WAVE. It's a call for social action and it's a simple one. Simply wave — acknowledge fellow people on the road. Here is their statement:
"Cyclist. Motorist. Both People. Both going places. But at some point we made up a story about how different we all are. It's time we restore some common courtesy to life's highway. We suggest applying something simple and universal — a wave. See if it doesn't make your day flow a little smoother."
Check out their video below. Ask yourself when the last time you waved to someone (that you didn't know) as you were driving through your neighborhood or someone else's. We could all use a little more waving in the world. Do you wave?

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The Night is the official theme song for Raw. It is performed by Kromestatik.
Theme Lyrics
You are now tuned in to the world's greatest... [chorus] tonight is the night bright lights, hype crowd yeah, we came to throw down everybody get loud tonight is the night a-list, can't miss when we burn it to the ground everybody get down tonight is the night. We stayed grindin' while our fame kept risin' steady climbin', now we on top. It's not something you get, it's just something we got. Cause I don't know if you know if you know we playin' or not.
Tonight [verse 1] lights flashin' when we step in the place and you can feel the raw excitement from the look on their face it's like the prize right in front of my eyes to take and the sky's the limit, got no time to waste. Tonight's the big go, strike quick but creep slow the competition is absent the moment that we show count down from 3. Go press X to reload yet they still try to topple the kingdom that we own. Outnumbered but outgunnin' we're fearless and crowd stunnin' never an error on record there's no one to protect yah and we would still be right here if all the money was burned but we stay bumpin' in your ear cause the money was earned.
Yo, you can find us climbing settin' the bar or you could find us red carpet when we hittin' it hard cause the truth is you can find us wherever you are just look up, we're flying high with the stars cause... tonight is the night [repeat chorus]


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AUD/CHF Pin Bar Suggest Additional Bullishness Amid Sound Australian Fundamentals
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AUD/CHF – Technical Analysis for Binary Options in Australia
Switzerland – Trade Balance
Tomorrow, at GMT 8:00 a.m., the Swiss Federal Statistical Office will release the monthly trade balance figure, which measures the difference in value between net import and export of goods over the past month.
Since the demand for export is directly correlated with the demand for the Swiss Franc, binary options investors analyze the monthly trade balance in order to gauge the strength of the CHF against other major currencies.
Last month, the Swiss trade balance figure came out at 2.72 billion and the forecast for this month is currently set at a much higher figure compared to last month, at 3.03 billion.
Australia – CB Leading Index
Later, at GMT 4:30 p.m., the Conference Board Inc will release the month-over-month leading index for Australia, which measures the changes in the level of a composite index based seven other major fundamental indicators.
Since the CB leading index aggregates some of the other indicator data, binary options traders consider this to be an important representation of the overall Australian economy. However, since most of these data are previously released, the CB leading index tends to have a minimized immediate market impact.
Last month, the CB leading index increased by 0.5% after decreasing by around -0.4% in December 2016. However, in the last few months, it only declined once. Hence, there is a good chance that the index will increase once again this month, which may have a bullish impact on the valuation of the Australian Dollar against other major currencies.
Trade Recommendation for the AUD/CHF
Since December 29, 2016, the AUD/CHF has remained very bullish and climbed around 350 pips. Last week, the AUD/CHF broke above the 0.7650 level, which turned the resistance into a support level.
On February 17, the AUD/CHF tested this support around 0.7650 level, and formed a bullish pin bar.
As the Australian CB leading index went up for the last several months, we believe it would set a bullish fundamental outlook for the AUD/CHF as well. Furthermore, the Swiss trade balance forecast is set to increase by a small margin, and it should not have much bearish effect on the pair this week.
Earlier today, the AUD/CHF price penetrated above the high of this pin bar, indicating additional bullishness. Hence, if the price closes above the 0.7692 level, it would likely attract additional bullish momentum in the market.
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Back to School Shopping List: Top Trends for Your Kids
Sneakers they can decorate, and a 7-year pen.
Aug. 5, 2010 -- Americans are still enjoying summer fun, but back to school season is almost upon us. Kids always want to sport the hottest items, and trend and lifestyle expert Jane Buckingham, the author of "The Modern Girl's Guide to Sticky Situations" shared the must-have supplies, clothes, and room decor for kids and teens this year with "Good Morning America."
Buckingham, who is also the founder of Trendera, a trend forecasting company, says that one of the big trends this year is to personalize everything -- from shoes to lamp shades.
Must-Have School Supplies
Personalized School Supplies
$1.50 each at Target: www.target.com
You can get a 2-pocket folder, 1-subject notebook, composition book or Sharpie box, all for $1.50 each. With these items, your children can customize everything just the way they like it.
Personalized Sigg Bottles
$29.95 at Www.MySigg.com
Everyone is trying to be eco-friendly and not use plastic water bottles. The problem is a lot of those bottles have the same design, and you don't know if it's your bottle or someone else's. But with these Sigg bottles you can upload your own design or use one of theirs.
Graffeeti Sneakers and Backpacks
These sneakers and backpacks are DIY. You can write on them and do what you want -- it's all about individuality. Kids usually write on their own sneakers anyway, now they'll have permission to do it. The shoes are $44.99 and the backpacks are $29.99 at FAO Schwarz.
Look Smart and Be Smart
The 7-year pen has ink that supposedly will last for 7 years. It's from seltzergoods.com for $7.50.
It's hip to be smart, and what makes a kid look smarter than wearing glasses? Fake reading glasses from fredflare.com are hot right now. They cost $12.
Personalizing Your Bedroom or Dorm Room
Personalized Headboard Decals: These headboard decals from Urban Outfitters are an inexpensive way to personalize a college room without adding furniture. It freshens up the home bedroom to make it look like you have a fancy headboard. You can take it off easily if you don't like it, and it won't harm your walls.
Pottery Barn customized lampshades from PB Teen ($39) hold seven photos. It's great for kids who are going away to college and who may miss home.
Lightbulb, $18: www.uncommongoods.com
The lightbulbs are an inexpensive way to change the look of your room. It's like a modern-day lava lamp. They make the room look groovy without having to spend too much, and they're a great way to decorate without doing anything permanent.
* You can get all of the bedding seen on "GMA" from Pottery Barn's PBdorm collection.
Be as Cool as Your Kids
Yes, it's impossible to keep up with what the kids are saying. But parents can use these slang flashcards from knockknock.biz to test each other. They cost $11. Parents should probably hide them from the kids.
Web Extra: Get the Look!
Girls' Trends:
Jeggings, leopard shoes, and bows.
Lilia is wearing:
A $19.50 Old Navy sweater.
H&M jeggings, $9.95.
She is wearing a $10 American Apparel bow.
Her leopard shoes cost $12.99 at Target.
And she is wearing a multiprint DIY backpack, $24.50 from The Gap.
Boys' Trends:
Military jacket, retro head phones, skateboard backpack.
Taraun is wearing:
H&M military jacket for $34.95
Shirt: $9.50 from Old Navy: www.oldnavy.com
Skinny jeans: Old Navy $24.50
Shoes from Converse, $45 to 65.
Retro head phones, $24.99 from
Backpack: Dakine, $50 from zappos.com
Web Extra Product: Recycled Notebooks
$7 at www.abesmarket.com
Wirebound notebooks are available on Abe's Market, an online marketplace for all-natural products. It connects buyers seeking eco-friendly and green items with the people who make them.
For eco-conscious college- and high school-bound students, these wirebound books are eco-friendly and filled with Mr. Ellie Pooh's elephant dung paper. Each page is going to be 100 percent recycled -- 50 percent fiber from Sri Lankan elephant poo and 50 percent post-consumer waste.


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Thursday, May 15, 2008
You've Got a Friend
One of the beauties of this whole blogging nonsense is that you can never predict the trajectory of an idea or a story, where it will land, who will read it... IC, a high school sailor from Maine, sent me a story for the group writing project by email which I posted here under the title I See Stupid People. It caught the attention of whoever maintains the website of the Laser Class Association of New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory who posted a link to it on their website (in the sidebar on the left) and last night my stats were showing all these hits on IC's story from down under. So now those awesome Aussie Laser sailors are learning something from a kid in Maine.
There are still two days for you to submit your Learning Experiences story. Either post it in your blog or send it to me by email. Who knows... you too could have your 15 minutes of fame in Australia. Full instructions at Learning Experiences.
4 comments:
- EVK4 said...
And the best part?
You got something like eight posts without having to write a darned thing. That's how you're getting the time to sail 29 days so far.
- 2:08 PM, May 15, 2008
Damn you Edward. You saw through my devilish plan.
But while I was sailing yesterday I did come up with some more ideas on how to get folk like you to write my blog for me so that I can sail even more. And then if I can just make one of those robot sailboats that you wrote about on your blog, it could do the sailing for me as well and life would be perfect.
Hmmm, I wonder if a robot sailboat could be programmed to file daily reports to a blog?
- 2:19 PM, May 15, 2008
- EVK4 said...
Noah has a thing for robots now so we read and re-read his book on robots. Honda's ASIMO robot and their ilk are all web-connected so you can communicate with them remotely. I'm sure our sailing robot overlords (which, I, for one, welcome) will have Wimax capability.
Are you up to 30 now? I was expecting 28 to be my sail logo, just a bit disappointed btw.
- 4:57 PM, May 15, 2008
- Pat said...
Something a little bit different is
where I reflect on lessons learned from running a men's championship elimination regatta.
How many things do you think can go wrong in a sailboat race? More than you, as a competitor, might think. And, if we're really, really lucky, some of the mistakes may be small enough that competitors never realize they happened.
Also posted are some pictures, a race summary, and lots of data.
Of course, six days of race committee (from various regattas besides the Mallory) gives me a partial excuse for having "only" 15 days of sailing so far this year.
- 1:10 AM, May 16, 2008


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Historical pageant
Amid the history of Mindelheim
The magnificent historical pageant is not only the heart of the Frundsberg Festival, but also the most traditional element in its history going back almost 160 years. In the midst of the picturesque atmosphere of the medieval town center, around 2.500 participants relive their history along with 200 horses, more than 30 carriages and cannonry – beginning with the dynasty of the Mindelberg, the assumed founders of the town of Mindelheim and rulers from around 1160 until 1363, continuing with the Dukes of Teck (1365-1439) and the Knights of Rechberg (1444-1467), and with the famous Tyrolean dynasty of Frundsberg (1467-1586). For a short period of time, they all do return to life: Emperors and kings, lords and ladies, townspeople and merchants, craftsmen and peasants, beggars and jugglers, the famous Landsknechte (mercenaries) with their Tross (camp followers) and last but not least, Georg von Frundsberg himself.
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Not sexy in any way, more of a mumsy recipe, but warm and homey like a pair of fluffy slippers. Cold weather has hit the western part of Australia, and so comfort food is on the menu in most homes, including mine...and of course, I am the penultimate mumsy, so this recipe suits me and my slippers perfectly. We enjoyed this tonight alongside another family fave, Bacon and Corn Chowder that has been remixed for Thermomix. (I can get through winter, I can get through winter...) And just a note to my American friends, a scone is not a scone...but a biscuit...and a biscuit is a cookie...and a cookie is...well, still a cookie, but lets not get too confused!
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- 1 Handful fresh sage leaves, foliage only
- 60 Grams parmesan cheese, cubed
- 80 Grams aged cheddar, cubed
- 160 Grams cream
- 90 Grams soda water
- 350 Grams SR flour
- 30 Grams sunflower seeds
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Preheat oven to fan forced 180°C and line a flat baking tray with baking paper. Set aside.
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Place sage leaves and cheeses into Thermomix bowl and mill together for 7 seconds on speed 7. Set aside.
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Place remaining ingredients into Thermomix bowl and mix together for 10 seconds on speed 4 until dough forms.
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Add 70g of the grated cheese mixture into the bowl and mix a further 5 seconds on speed 4.
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Tip mixture out onto Silpat mat and push together with your hands to form a disc. Roll out gently and cut rounds out using the MC as a cutter.
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Place on prepared tray, slightly overlapping each round on the the next scone to form a ring.
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Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden.
...what else? Lashings of butter, preferably home made...and of course soup or chowder of choice.
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New Partnership Prepares Students with Disabilities for Jobs
Y.A.L.E. School to Host Information Forum and Open House
Cherry Hill, NJ –
Many students with disabilities are faced with grim employment prospects as they transition to life after high school. At Y.A.L.E. School educators are preparing to launch Project SEARCH, a nationally acclaimed employment program for students with autism and related disabilities. Y.A.L.E. School will host an information forum and open house to educate the community, educators, parents, and local business leaders about the new initiative, scheduled to begin in September 2016.
"We are proud to be on the cutting edge of this initiative," said Margaret Chapman, Assistant Director. "Project SEARCH creates a unique educational and business partnership that provides on-the-job training at a host company as part of the school day. The one-year program prepares students with disabilities, including autism, for competitive employment in the community," she added.
Y.A.L.E. School, a leader in the area of transition services for students with disabilities, will be among the first schools in the state of New Jersey to launch the program, and will be working in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Labor's Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, the New Jersey Department of Human Services' Division of Developmental Disabilities
"Our transition program has always pioneered innovative opportunities for students with disabilities – Project SEARCH is by far one of the most exciting!" said Chapman. "We are thrilled to welcome Erin Riehle, the founder and national coordinator of Project SEARCH, to introduce this highly successful model to the South Jersey community, especially potential business partners, parents and students who will mutually benefit from the experience," she concluded.
About Y.A.L.E. School Cherry Hill: Y.A.L.E. School's Cherry Hill campus serves students ages 5-21 who have learning and social disabilities, and emotional and/or social difficulties including anxiety disorder, ADHD, Asperger's disorder and/or mood or personality disorders. The campus also offers 21st Century Life and Career Skills transition concentration for students ages 17 to 21 to help prepare them for post-secondary education, work and independent living. As a state-approved private school for students with disabilities, students are placed by their local school district and attend at no cost to parents. For more information call: 856-482-5252 or go to www.yaleschoolnj.com
Project SEARCH application packet and related documents available online at our Project SEARCH at Y.A.L.E. School page


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It now appears that a Ebola survivors may develop a post-Ebola syndrome, which includes fatigue, muscle pain, deafness, and -- as Ian Crozier, MD experienced -- loss of vision. Denise Grady details Crozier's experience, which was also reported in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The FDA alleges that officials at Texas ice cream maker Blue Bell knew of possible listeria contamination for 2 years before initiating a recall of all its products.
Blame it on our parents, part 1 -- why mosquitoes find some of us especially tasty.
Blame it on our parents, part 2 -- why some teenagers don't use contraception when they become sexually active.
Vaccination against measles may provide lasting protection against multiple other types of infectious diseases.
Who would have guessed? Millennials have fewer sex partners compared with Baby Boomers and the Generation X brood from the 1950s and 1960s.
A federal appeals court has at least temporarily thwarted Novartis' plans to introduce its filgrastim-sndz (Zarxio) biosimilar of Neupogen, Amgen's widely used supportive care drug for cancer patients on chemotherapy.
The FDA is taking steps to scale back the required lengthy disclosure of drugs' potential side effects included in direct-to-consumer advertising.
With the aid of a 3-D printer, a blind woman has able to "meet" her unborn child through her sense of touch.
Buzzfeed readers have some interesting home remedies for coping with the discomfort and stress of "that time of the month."
Morning Break is a daily guide to what's new and interesting on the Web for healthcare professionals, powered by the MedPage Today community. Got a tip? Send it to us: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This is cross-posted from my professional blog, The Other Side of The Couch"
A lot of these exercises come from my various books on Journaling – if I know the source, I'll let you know:
From: "How You Do Anything is How You Do Everything" (Cheri Huber)
What book, song, or movie best describes your life?
What would it take for you to be truly happy?
What makes you feel insecure, and what makes you feel secure?
What is the most important thing in your life, and why?
Laura's Ideas:
-"If you could write a story with yourself as the hero, what would the story be about?" Write that story.
-What mythological stories seem to speak to you? Write a myth incorporating the pieces that speak for you, and make yourself the hero/main character. What happens?
-"If there was one thing in the world that symbolized "you" – who you are, what you want to be, where you've come from, etc – what would that symbol be? Draw it.
-Create a mandala using your personal symbol
-Create pictures of the positive and negative sides of yourself. If these were masks, what would they look like? Make the mask, if you feel like it.
-Write a poem about something in nature, or about something in the world that you love
-Write a poem about your pain – loneliness, sadness, trauma – use the poem to transform the pain and yourself.
-Create a collage of things you enjoy doing
-Write yourself (or someone else) a note using only cut out letters from magazines and/or papers.
-Doodle with words, for example, outline your hand with your journal entry
-use stickers, ephemera – all that great stuff scrapbookers use. Try to use it in a different way
-Get a template or draw a blank jigsaw puzzle – make a puzzle of you – what are the pieces that make up who you are?
-Use the puzzle template to create poetry – photocopy several of them and print words in each piece. Put the puzzle together different ways for a found poem.
From "One to One" (Christina Baldwin)
-What don't you give yourself permission to write about? Why? What would it take for you to be able to write about it? Write about it!
-What kind of privacy do you need to write? Is your journal a public work of art? (Some are, some aren't). How can you/do you keep your private stuff private?
-Write some of the stories of your family and childhood in the third person – as stories. Do you feel any different about them after writing them this way?
-What are you supposed to be like?
-What would your family or friends think if they knew you _______?
-If your life were a fairy tale, what would happen?
-Describe a recent dream and its meaning for you
From "Life's Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest" (Christina Baldwin)
-Write out a prayer to whatever Creator/Supreme Being you believe in
-What were the questions you had about faith when you were a child? What are your questions now? Write them out
-If you didn't already know who you are, who would you ask? What would you ask them, and what would they say? Write out the conversation
-What is sacred to you?
-How do you let go of control and let in faith/grace/your Higher Power?
-List everything love provides in your life
From "Keeping a Journal You Love" (Sheila Bender)
-Write a letter to someone you love and tell them why you love them. (Laura's note: Write that letter to yourself and say why you're worthwhile and deserving of love)
-Tell a story about something that happened during your day- describe the buildings, the environment, the people as well as the event. Use detail, adjectives – bring it to life
From "The Creative Journal" (Lucia Cappachione – this is one of my favorites)
-Draw how you feel
-What do your inner and outer selves look like at this time? How are they different?
-Draw a timeline of your life history
-Draw how you see yourself.
-What do you believe about yourself, about the world, about the people around me?
-What are your beliefs about life in general?
-If some of these are negative, what would it take to change them to a positive view?
-Create a mandala for yourself
-How do you nurture, care for, and/or soother yourself? What keeps you from being able to do that? What would help change it, so that you could take better care of yourself?
-Draw one of your dreams – what symbols seem to come out at you? Draw those and journal about what they mean to you.
These are great ideas – if you have others to share or other resources to share, I'd love to see what you've got as well. There are also some great websites out there with journaling prompts – you can google "journaling prompts" to get some of them.


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Requesting the Healthcare Association of Hawaii to examine the problem of patients in acute care hospitals waitlisted for long term care and to propose solutions.
The 2013 Hawaii Hospitals Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) reports identify top community health needs by county and across the state. The goals of these reports are to offer a meaningful understanding of the health needs in the islands for community stakeholders and to provide the foundation for the hospitals in their community benefit planning efforts.
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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA. -- Williams College will have two current players competing in the 2018 U.S. Amateur Championship in Pebble Beach California, August 13-19 in juniors Sam Goldenring (Florham Park, N.J.) and Will Kannegieser (Minot, Maine). Goldenring and Kannegiser qualified out of a total of 7,463 golfers playing across the nation.
Thus far the only other known NCAA DIII team with two current team members playing in this year's championship is Illinois Wesleyan University.
The Eph duo qualified for the 2018 championship in a 36-hole qualifying event on the Ephs' Taconic Golf Club layout on July 16.
Kannegieser was the medalist on the day with a two-round score of 137; five under par. Goldenring shot a three-under par 139 to finish second in a field of more than 60 golfers from throughout the northeast.
In Pebble Beach there will be 312 golfers out to claim the title of best amateur male player in the U.S. Among the 312 qualifiers in this year's field are 62 exempt players who performed well at last year's championship, won the championship in the last 10 years, and 43 of the top 50-ranked amateur golfers in the world.
The famed Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course will serve as co-hosts for the 36 holes of stroke-play that will narrow the field down to – 64 competitors who will then compete in match play on the Pebble Beach Golf Links.
All matches except the championship final will be 18-hole competitions. The championship match is contested over 36 holes.
The Pebble Beach Golf Links is 7,070 yards with a par of 71, while Spyglass Hill measures 6,993 yards and has a par of 72.
"My family is really excited," noted Kannegieser. "Both of my parents are making the trip out to watch, as well as my grandfather, a cousin and an uncle. I've also had a ton of support from the golf club where I normally play."
"People in Florham Park are just as excited as the Taconic members," Goldenring reported. "My dad and older brother were pretty much telling anyone who would listen to them. I live in a pretty close-knit community so word spread pretty quickly. From going out to eat in my hometown, going to the gym, and practicing at my home club, people have been congratulating me everywhere."
Sam's brother Jake played at Williams and graduated in 2015 and he will be caddying for Sam in California. "It means the world to me," Sam said. "He's been there through all the highs and all the lows that come with playing competitive golf and has never once sent me down the wrong path. He knows me and my golf game better than I do sometimes, so I can't think of a better person to have by my side."
Neither Kannegieser nor Goldenring has played Pebble Beach or Spyglass Hill. "I don't know a lot more than your typical golfer," Kannegieser said. "I know they are both spectacular courses and both can be very difficult in the wind."
"I know both courses are both well within the Top 100 courses in the country, but besides that and some trivial facts I do not know much," stated Goldenring. Goldenring then added, "I've probably played Pebble Beach on the Tiger Woods PGA Tour Video Game close to 50 times over the years."
Asked about his preparations for the championship, Kannegieser said initially he was playing less, "but that's more because I've been busy figuring out the logistics of my travel. Lately I've been playing more, especially shots I may have to use more often there."
"I've been preparing by continuing to play in other regional and state events that I have been playing in all summer," Goldenring stated. "The week after qualifying for the U.S. Amateur I played in the New Jersey State Golf Association Open Championship and I came in 35th out of about 130 against the best professionals and amateurs in the state. I then played in the 29th Gregory Boff Memorial Invitational and I came in ninth." Goldenring's last event before the U.S. Amateur will be the Metropolitan Golf Association Amateur Championship.
Another Eph expected to be in attendance to support Goldenring and Kannegieser is Thomas Jamison '70 who is an attorney for the Pebble Beach Company and lives in a house on the famous layout.
Both Goldenring and Kannegieser have had one other collegiate national championship experience together when as first years they played for the Ephs in the 2017 NCAA DIII Championship tournament in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
"I came pretty close to qualifying for the U.S. Junior Amateur a couple times and last year I missed out on the U.S. Amateur by one stroke, so I'm really looking forward to playing," stated Goldenring.
Later this summer Will Kannegieser will be traveling to Norway to ski with some Williams ski teammates.
Looking ahead to the upcoming Eph golf year Eph head coach Josh Hillman noted, "Will is headed to Vietnam and Sam is going to be a Junior Adviser this year, which just goes to show you how much effort they put into the rest of their lives," Hillman stated.
Kannegieser will participate in a Junior Year Abroad program through the School of International Training (SIT) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. "I chose Vietnam because I wanted something a little off the beaten path," Kannegieser noted. "I've been to Southeast Asia before and knew I wanted to go back. The SIT program in Vietnam seemed like a great fit, and the reviews I read mixed with reviews I got from other alums helped me decide on Vietnam."
Kannegieser is not bringing his clubs to Vietnam, but he does plan on getting out and playing a few rounds during his year away from Williams.
"Yes, Williams drew me in for its mix of athletics and academics.," commented Kannegieser. "It is one of the few places where I can pursue both skiing and golf at the level I liked. The quality of Taconic Golf Club definitely made the choice easier."
Goldenring's decision to attend Williams was a blend of academics, athletics, and family history. "Not only did Jake come here, but so did my mom (Class of 1986) and her dad (Class of 1959), so Williams has always felt like home to a certain extent," Goldenring said. "I would always hear great stories of their experiences in the Purple Valley and I wanted to make my own. When it came time to decide on where I would be attending college it was all about finding the right balance for me between academics and the golf program. With its high level of academics and having Taconic Golf Club within a 12-minute walk, Williams was hard to pass up."
When the academic year begins Sam Goldenring will be serving as a Junior Adviser (JA) and living in a first year student entry, helping the new arrivals get acclimated to Williams and comfortable on campus. "I wanted to be a JA because of my own experience as a first year," he said. "I was thrown into the lineup on the team right away, so I really didn't have the chance to have the "First Year Experience" of meeting everyone else in my class until two months into the year. Since I didn't really know anyone on campus besides my team, I felt lonely and homesick at Williams for a lot of that first semester. I don't wish the way I felt on anyone and I wanted to be a JA to help those who have a similar experience."
Josh Hillman is traveling to Pebble Beach to watch the first two rounds of the championships. Hillman stated, "Sam and Will have worked extremely hard at their golf games the past two years. I have seen considerable growth in both how they handle themselves and their golf games. I know for a fact neither one of them is headed to Pebble Beach just to show up… they want to compete and contend, and to be real honest… I think they will."
"I'm really excited for the opportunity to share this moment with Sam," concluded Kannegieser. "It will be amazing to have Will out there," added Goldenring. "It will be the experiecne of a lifetime and I can't wait to share it with one of my teammates and good friends."
Sam Goldenring is playing with Americans Brandon Dalinka and Ryan Burnett both days.
Will Kannegieser will be playing with American Sam O'Dell and New Zealander Daniel Hillier (ranked 27th in the world) both days.
Tee Times:
Monday, Agust 13
Sam Goldenring will tee off at 9:25 a.m. on Spyglass Hill -- 10th tee
Will Kannegieser will tee off at 2:30 p.m. at Pebble Beach -- 1st tee
Tuesday, August 14
Will Kannegieser will tee off at 9:15 a.m. on Spyglass Hill -- 10th tee
Sam Goldenring will tee off at 2:40 p.m. on Pebble Beach -- 1st tee
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Switch Questions 2
Question 1
When you connect an IP phone to a switch using a trunk link, it can cause high CPU utilization in the switches. As all the VLANs for a particular interface are trunked to the phone, it increases the number of STP instances the switch has to manage. This increases the CPU utilization. Trunking also causes unnecessary broadcast / multicast / unknown unicast traffic to hit the phone link.
In order to avoid this, remove the trunk configuration and keep the voice and access VLAN configured along with Quality of Service (QoS). Technically, it is still a trunk, but it is called a Multi-VLAN Access Port (MVAP). Because voice and data traffic can travel through the same port, you should specify a different VLAN for each type of traffic. You can configure a switch port to forward voice and data traffic on different VLANs. Configure IP phone ports with a voice VLAN configuration. This configuration creates a pseudo trunk, but does not require you to manually prune the unnecessary VLANs.
The voice VLAN feature enables access ports to carry IP voice traffic from an IP phone. You can configure a voice VLAN with the "switchport voice vlan …" command under interface mode. The full configuration is shown below:
|Switch(config)#interface fastethernet0/1
Switch(config-if)#switchport mode access
Switch(config-if)#switchport access vlan 10
Switch(config-if)#switchport voice vlan 20
Reference: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/catalyst-4500-series-switches/69632-configuring-cat-ip-phone.html
Question 2
To remote access to SwitchB, it must have a management IP address on a VLAN on that switch. Traditionally, we often use VLAN 1 as the management VLAN (but in fact it is not secure).
In the exhibit, we can recognize that the Management Workstation is in a different subnet from the SwitchB. For intersubnetwork communication to occur, you must configure at least one default gateway. This default gateway is used to forward traffic originating from the switch only, not to forward traffic sent by devices connected to the switch.
Question 3
Microsegmentation is a network design (functionality) where each workstation or device on a network gets its own dedicated segment (collision domain) to the switch. Each network device gets the full bandwidth of the segment and does not have to share the segment with other devices. Microsegmentation reduces and can even eliminate collisions because each segment is its own collision domain -> A is correct.
Note: Microsegmentation decreases the number of collisions but it increases the number of collision domains.
D and E are correct based on the theory of STP and VLAN.
Question 4
Question 5
The MAC address of 00b0.d056.efa4 has not been learned in its MAC address table so Switch-1 will broadcast the frame out all of its ports except the port from which the data originated.
Question 6
"ping" command is used to send echo requests and receive echo replies.
Question 7
Question 8
We can check the MAC address table with the command "show mac address-table":
As we can see here, the "MAC address" field is the source MAC address and the "Ports" field are the ports of the switch from which the frames (with corresponding source MAC address) were received.
Question 9
To switch frames between LAN ports efficiently, the switch maintains an address table. When the switch receives a frame, it associates the media access control (MAC) address of the sending network device with the LAN port on which it was received.
The switch dynamically builds the address table by using the MAC source address of the frames received. When the switch receives a frame for a MAC destination address not listed in its address table, it floods the frame to all LAN ports of the same VLAN except the port that received the frame. When the destination station replies, the switch adds its relevant MAC source address and port ID to the address table. The switch then forwards subsequent frames to a single LAN port without flooding all LAN ports.
Reference: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5000/sw/configuration/guide/cli/CLIConfigurationGuide/MACAddress.html
When the switch dynamically builds the MAC address table, it also specifies the time before an entry ages out and is discarded from the MAC address table. The default is 300 seconds.
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The Poecile was a portico; portico in Greek is stoa, hence the name of Stoic.
"Had there been no Chrysippus, there had been no Stoa," iii, 42.
None but they mingled in the assemblages of great men at the Pnyx or the Stoa.
In the language of the Stoa, "Nature" was a word of many meanings.
He is not to be found in the Stoa or the Grove, with official aspect, expounding a system of doctrine.
This portico was called a stoa basilica, and the first Roman Christian churches were built on that plan.
"Had Chrysippus not been, the Stoa had not been," was a proverbial saying which testifies to his fame.
Pausanias 49 mentions such acroteria on the Stoa Basileios on the agora of Athens.
This portico became famous in Athens, and was called (Stoa)—-the Porch.
From this Stoa the school derived its name, the students being called the Stoics.


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Last week I checked out the local library for the first time!
Feel the literary lending power.
I sort of forgot that libraries are a thing, and I don't need to push my Amazon and Kindle budget to the limit to get a few good reads. Plus, I was on a missions to find a training book on Olympic lifting or kettle bell, and though the selection at my branch left a little to be desired, I did find one book that was about beginning kettle bells for women. Score.
I devoured The Swing!: Lose the Fat and Get Fit with This Revolutionary Kettlebell Program by Tracy Reifkind in one quick evening and the next day got to work with the prescribed training program. All I really wanted in a training book was some basic technique recommendations and a beginner-level program that I could just open up and follow. Please tell me what to do, and don't make me think too hard is my training style.
A lot of the book just explains over and over again how quick, simple, and fun kettle bell swinging is. I may have skimmed through most of the beginning where the author talks about her back story of losing 130 lbs with basic yet challenging kettle bell workouts and a clean diet. It's great, but it's not really what I am focused on. I picked up the book, you already have me convinced to try kettle bells! Then the book breaks down the swing technique and offers some simple exercises to get the motion down, and provides modifications if needed. Finally, a progressive 16-session workout series is introduced which I am now working through. The last part of the book is diet recommendations, which I wasn't too interested in either. It's your predictable clean eating, whole-food plan emphasizing plants and lean meats and staying away from processed food. All good things, but nothing revolutionary.
This book was written for a woman who maybe has never exercised before, is perhaps just starting out on her health journey and doesn't really know where to begin. I'm still looking for a book that has a little more technical and varied material, but this is a great place to start. This would be perfect for someone who has expressed interest in getting in shape, but is worried about cost, effort, and time constraints. All you need to do these workouts is a kettle bell, a clock, and 15 minutes.
And that's how I've been following the program. I have a 25 lb kettlebell that I use, and so far have completed 3 of the exercises. The first time … Wow, I could hardly stand afterwords without my legs shaking! I was a bit sore the next day, but it wasn't the worst DOMS by any means. And it really is quick: crank up some loud heavy metal, do some dynamic stretching to warm up, swing away for 15 minutes, and I'm done!
A word of caution: DO NOT swing a 'bell where dogs or small children are unrestrained and running freely around you. They don't understand physics or the conservation of energy, and I almost beaned Olive over the head when she ran in front of me mid-swing. This might be an activity best saved for nap time, or near a pack-and-play or similar child detainment device.
In other news, we're still blazing forward in my loose "drunken caveman" paleo eating style. Breakfast was a quick Starbucks coffee and double smoked bacon breakfast sandwich, because mornings. Then lunch out with coworkers turned into taco Tuesday:
This lunch was 100% worth it, paired with tomato basil soup as a side. So good.
Hulk has been experimenting with chicken and rice dishes for dinner. We cooked some bone broth the other day, and he's been using that to cook rice with chicken and veggies. It is so savory and good. I will never cook rice without broth again.
I guess my meals aren't truly paleo, but I'm resisting the snacking and holiday goodies that are starting to surround me. I figure I'll use my willpower on the obvious stuff and not worry too much at meal times. Last night I did skip my usual post-dinner beer, and when everyone else was enjoying leftover pumpkin pie (it just won't die!) I had some lemon tea. No deprivation, I just wasn't feeling it so why bother?
I decided I'm going to end posts with some questions, for fun. If you want to respond, feel free to leave a comment. Or comment on something unrelated. Or don't comment. I'm fine with that; I'm a lurker too!
'Merican readers, Do you still have Thanksgiving leftovers?
Do you visit the library, prefer to have your own books, or hate reading in general?
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH — As the Affordable Care Act ramps up, Florida Hospital is turning over dirt on a new outpatient facility — the first in a series of construction projects planned for the coming year.
Florida Hospital leaders earlier this month broke ground on a $14.5 million project to build an outpatient center in New Smyrna Beach that will include imaging, physical rehabilitation, physician offices and classroom space.
The center will be at the southeast intersection of Interstate 95 and State Road 44. The project is expected to be completed by the fall of 2014.
The 31,000-square-foot outpatient center is expected to create about a dozen new jobs.
"The hospital system is very interested in meeting the needs of our community," said Darlinda Copeland, chief operating officer at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach. "In these days of health care reform, our goal is to help the community stay well."
As health care reform takes full effect, hospital officials expect more emphasis will be placed on preventive and outpatient care — rather than simply taking care of people in the hospital when they are sick.
Florida Hospital is planning to build a similar outpatient facility in Deltona, said Eric Ostarly, chief financial officer at Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City.
The project is in the design phase, and Florida Hospital Fish Memorial has five acres under contract at the Saxon Boulevard and Sterling Silver Boulevard. Deltona city leaders have been vocal in the need for more health care options in the city that grew rapidly during the housing boom. Halifax Health is opening an urgent care clinic and has purchased land for a larger facility.
The $11 million Florida Hospital project is expected to be finished by the latter part of 2014 and will produce about 15 to 20 new jobs, Ostarly said.
"For the most part, these will be new services in the community," he said.
Florida Hospital is also planning to extend its Centra Care urgent care system into Volusia County. Florida Hospital already has numerous urgent care clinics in the Orlando and Tampa metro areas.
Florida Hospital is looking to open clinics in Port Orange and Daytona Beach next year, Copeland said. The clinics will offer extended hours and accept patients on a walk-in basis who are suffering from ailments that don't require emergency care.
"It fills a gap in health care for our community," Copeland said.
Florida Hospital plans to expand locally
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Interesting that "Specialization" is defined as "significantly sacrificing time with friends and family or participation in other sports".
Overall, 41.2 percent of female athletes said they had a primary sport and fewer than 30 percent of male athletes reported "specializing"
Soccer was #1 specialized sport for both sexes.
Volleyball was #2 for girls, Tennis for boys


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Introducing the Web Cube API
We are excited to announce that the next release of Web Cube (anticipated Fall 2011) will roll out with an integral REST API (Application Programming Interface). The API will streamline ERP integrations, facilitate creation of custom content publishing and management tools, and allow for new, innovative integrations with mobile and desktop clients for E-Commerce administrators.
API access can be configured per user, to ensure that the user's permissions are persisted to their tools.
For the technically minded, the following is an example query for all of the orders of August 1st, 2011 (with the response in a simple JSON object):
curl "http://example.com/us/api/v1/orders/order/?fulfillment_dategte=2011-8-1&fulfillment_datelt=2011-8-2&username=john&api_key=XXXXXXXXX"
NOTE: For existing Web Cube customers, the API is available as a module for 4.0 and above.


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C & S Locksmith is a reliable company of experienced locksmiths, specialise in residential, commercial, and automotive locksmith applications. We are your local locksmiths, known for prompt response in case of any emergency.
Our services are stretched to different counties of Texas, which include Collin, Hunt, Kaufman and Rockwall County. Our security specialists are known for their quick response and friendly service that are available to tackle any situation. All our lock related issues are dealt with quality workmanship, while providing a great value for money.
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C & S Locksmith is committed to provide high quality locksmith services for residential and commercial purposes at affordable and competitive process. Our aim is to emphasise on providing services to attain customer satisfaction and loyalty. With our outstanding services, we focus on converting the first call-out into a long term relationship.
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A small and characteristic farm in Monte Argentario where we have one of our best vineyards (from which we produce precious Ansonica for our DOC Ansonica Costa dell'Argentario "Santa Lucia"). The farm is a two-room apartment with bathroom and balcony from which you will admire Porto Ercole, the Feniglia beach, The Cala Galera harbour and the Tyrrhenian sea. Here you will find peace and relax in an uncontaminated environment where the Argentario nature will be the soundtrack for your holiday in front of a panorama without parallel. It is situated 300 metres a.s.l. and a road under the shade of a Mediterranean wood links it to Porto Ercole.
In front of you only centuries old Ansonica vineyards in terraces with dry stone walls. A special and unique place that you will never forget.


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HeroCraft is continuing to make good on their promise of bringing more games to the PlayBook and BlackBerry smartphones. Their latest releases are two new games with versions for both the PlayBook and BlackBerry smartphones. Personally I am liking the smartphone version of Dragon and Dracula but overall the games look like fun. Kikoriki: the Beginning is based on the animated series Kikoriki and is sort of a cartoon styled platformer. The second game is Dragon and Dracula which is more of an arcade style platformer where you grow your dragon and learn new skills.
Check them out in App World for $1.99 each:


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Forum, May 18, 10:00 am
"Mercury Pollution, the Other Global Environmental Crisis" with Craig Volland
Half the top predatory fish in US lakes are seriously contaminated with mercury. This menace is analogous to climate change and has the same basic cause. Craig Volland is Air Quality Chair for the Kansas Sierra Club. He has followed this issue since 1990, when he attended the First International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant in Gavle, Sweden.


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Iran China AIR Exchange Program Open Call 中国伊朗艺术家驻地交换项目
Brief About This Program
Iran and China, owner of the two great civilizations in the world, with thousands of years of art and civilization, who have been in an extended and continuous communications and trades, have never had a record of them being in war for a difference in opinions, and this is a witness of their growth in arts and cultural issues which have been a cause of their progressive friendship. Without a doubt, art is the mutual language among the whole world with differences in color, language, and culture, which has been and still is, a harbinger of peace and friendship. In this path and for creating and stabilizing the intercultural communications between two strong in culture and art countries of Iran and China, "Yaqoot Residency" from Iran and "Untitled Space" from China have planned for a mutual art and artists exchange program and will publish it in an Open Call form for artists of the two countries, so that be an improvement in artistic and cultural communications for each party, considering this to be a fresh, and nurturing space toward the improvement of all sorts of arts and be a bridge in exchanging ideas and artistic views in artistic and cultural society.
About Yaqoot Residency
Negarestan Art Centre (Yaqoot Residency) holds ten rounds of residency programs every year. Artists will work in studios and workshop spaces in Negarestan Art Centre, located in Qazvin, Iran. A really stimulating and flexible environment will be provided for artists from all around the world to have new experiences and create new works. This event is also an extraordinary chance for those group of artists who are looking for growth in recognition and selling of their most recent artworks, which is of course, besides the advantage of studying on Persian art and culture, a unique opportunity to introduce themselves to the art world in international levels. The residency will be in "Negarestan Art Centre", "Yaqoot Art Gallery", and also "Bazaar Cistern".
Residency Duration
1st October 2017 to 30th October 2017
Application Deadline
25th August 2017
- Total cost for one month stay in this exchange AIR program is 5300RMB (including 6% tax 300 RMB).
- AIR program is a non-profit program, does not carry any funding or sponsorship program yet, so encourage artists to manage the scholarship application, grants or financial support in their home countries during the application period. Untitled Space will provide the necessary documentation to the selected applicant that so requires.
- The artist is responsible for transportation, food, art material and other personal expenses.
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Negarestan艺术中心 (Yaqoot 驻地计划) 每年举办十轮艺术家驻地计划。艺术家在坐落在伊朗加兹温的Negarestan艺术中心的工作室和工作坊展开创作。提供给来自世界各地的艺术家一个令人兴奋且多样化的创作环境。此驻地计划也给艺术家们提供一个提高区域性认知度和展示最新作品的机会,于此同时也是一次了解和学习波斯文化和艺术的全新体验。是一次在国际艺术舞台上展示自己艺术作品的独特的机会。此驻地计划会在Negarestan艺术中心,Yaqoot画廊和Bazaar地下宫殿展开。
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As tear gas clears, Hong Kong protesters accused of 'organising a riot'
Hong Kong: Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam accused protesters of "organising a riot" in a video released on Hong Kong news channels and called for calm after police deployed multiple volleys of tear gas and rubber bullet rounds against protesters.
But Amnesty International criticised the use of tear gas against peaceful protesters as a violation of international law.
The Hong Kong Bar Association said police appeared to have acted with disregard for the safety of protesters and frontline journalists, and used unnecessary force against largely unarmed protesters.
"The police may well have overstepped its lawful powers in maintaining public order," it said.
Rae Kwok, 35, was among the thousands of workers who came out onto the street on Wednesday evening after seeing television footage of students being attacked outside the Legislative Council with tear gas and bullets in the afternoon.
"The students on the front line, they have no resources, they just love this place. I want to protect them and support them," she told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
"I was heartbroken when I saw the news on Facebook. We saw rubber bullets were used. They did nothing."
Kwok said she wanted the government to delay any vote on its controversial extradition bill, which has sparked the protests, so society could negotiate the issue.
Thursday's meeting of the Legislative Council was cancelled after opposition party politicians warned resuming debate on the extradition bill could spark further protests. Government offices would stay closed until Friday as a security measure, it was announced.
Police on Thursday maintained a heavy presence around the Legislative Council and the closest subway station was closed, as a smaller number of protesters returned holding signs that read "Retract".
Lam, in a video address, accused the protesters on Wednesday of "instigating a riot - this could not be an act that shows love for Hong Kong".
"Some people have resorted to dangerous, even potentially fatal acts. These include arson, using sharpened iron bars and hurling bricks to attack police officers," she said.
Mainland Chinese propaganda blamed the protests on "foreign forces" and opposition groups interfering in China. Peoples Daily said these forces had stirred up a violent riot and had "sinister intentions".
"Pushing the actions ... to violence, to put the bewildered people in danger and to tear down a prosperous and stable Hong Kong, will hurt Hong Kong's core values and interests," the newspaper reported.
Twenty one police officers were injured in the demonstrations.
Civil Rights Observers, a human rights group established after the 2014 Umbrella movement, said after watching police that the use of rubber bullets and bean bag rounds was "out of proportion" for dispelling protesters.
Tear gas rounds were fired straight at protesters and in one case within 15 metres which could cause severe bodily harm, the group said in a statement on Wednesday evening. Some police had also "continuously beat demonstrators with batons despite having already restrained them".
Foreign Minster Marise Payne said in a statement that Hong Kong was the home to one of Australia's biggest expatriate communities and Australia "supports the right of people to protest peacefully and to exercise their freedom of speech".
Payne said Australia "urged all sides to show restraint and avoid violence".
Karen Yu, 27, and her friends were watching the video of Lam on their smartphones on Connaught Road at Central on Wednesday evening, where protesters had regrouped after being forced back from Admiralty.
Yu said Lam had accused them of being "ruffians".
She retorted: "We aren't ruffians. We are protesters. We have no weapons. She is the ruffian."
Yu came to Central dressed in shorts and wearing a flimsy medical mask after work, after watching the television news.
Tse, 26, also at Central, broke down in tears as she described why she had come to the protest after work. "I am feeling so disappointed. The Hong Kong government, what they do to the Hong Kong people. Watching police against citizens."
Amnesty Hong Kong director Man-kei Tam said: "The ugly scenes of police using tear gas and pepper spray against overwhelmingly peaceful protesters is a violation of international law."
Amnesty warned tear gas should only be used in a targeted response to specific acts of violence.
"The police have taken advantage of the violent acts of a small minority as a pretext to use excessive force against the vast majority of peaceful protesters," said Tam.
Some exit routes had been blocked off by police, limiting opportunities for people to get away from the gas, Amnesty said.
Multiple volleys of tear gas had been used to clear protesters over several hours on Wednesday afternoon from Harcourt Road, behind the Legislative Council building.
The parliament had earlier been surrounded by tens of thousands of people chanting that Lam's government should "withdraw" the controversial bill.
The protest caused debate on the extradition bill to be delayed on Wednesday however the government has said it wants it passed by next Thursday.
Hong Kong media reported 72 protesters were injured and treated across seven hospitals. By morning on Thursday police had moved many of the metal barricades that had earlier been tied in place with cable by protesters who appeared to have been attempting to once more occupy Hong Kong's streets - as they had done for three months in 2014.
On Sunday an estimated 1 million people marched through Hong Kong in an authorised protest against the extradition bill. However Lam had said on Monday the massive protest march would not dissuade her from proceeding with bill. The new law would allow criminal suspects in Hong Kong to be extradited to mainland China for the first time.
She insisted that Beijing was not behind the bill, and her government was introducing the legislation to ensure Hong Kong would not become a bolthole for criminals.
But the Hong Kong public has expressed its unhappiness at what is seen as creeping encroachment by Beijing on Hong Kong's autonomy, including a separate legal system based on British common law, that was pledged under "One Country, Two Systems".
Payne said: "The Australian Consul-General in Hong Kong has raised concerns about the proposed amendments at senior levels within the Hong Kong government and with the Executive and Legislative Councils."
Kirsty Needham is China Correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.


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By: Megan Pasche | Photos: A.J Harlond
Riverview Cellars sits directly off the route of one of the prettiest drives in Canada: the Niagara Parkway. It is described as a "true family winery", and that truth is immediately evident upon visiting. It is owned and operated by the Pilliteri family: Sam Pilliteri, who acts as President and his son, Michael, who is the general manager. It also becomes even more of a family affair on special occasions, with Michael's Mom, Lina, sisters Connie, Maria and Angela, and his wife, Sarah helping out.
In 1975, the property housed a fruit farm, growing apples, pears, peaches and all kinds of other fruit, but eventually, the trees were removed, and grape vines were planted in their place. Initially, the grapes were sold to Pilliteri Estates, a winery owned by Michael's uncle, with Riverview Cellars opening in the year 2000.
When talking about what makes the wine at Riverview Cellars special, Michael Pilliteri notes, "one of our most popular wines is the Gewürztraminer…not too many people produce it in this area, and over the last several years, we've won top honours with it-it is the first grape we planted in 1992, it's over 20 years old, and it's really come into its own. I think that is what makes it so special and unique."
Another of their most popular wines is the Fontana Dolce, which is a blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, with a touch of Cabernet Franc Icewine. In total, the winery produces 22 different wines.
Riverview's winemaker is Alyssa Bator, a Niagara native who grew up down the road from Riverview on a tender fruit and grape farm. She took over as head winemaker in June of 2014, after working in the Riverview Tasting Room for six years. She studied physics at McMaster University, and after graduating, attended the Grape and Wine Technology Certificate program at Brock University. Mike notes that it has been a really smooth transition from Riverview's previous winemaker. Mike shares, "it really was the perfect fit for us, homegrown girl, making homegrown wines."
The philosophy at Riverview is "quality of wines from the earth and from the heart." Mike says that philosophy essentially translates to, "we put a lot of passion into our work and into our vineyards. That means we are going through the vineyard every day, checking the vines, making sure they are healthy, making sure they are ready to harvest, analyzing them and putting our best effort into the vineyard. Making sure we are making and growing excellent grapes because that's how you are going to make excellent wine. You can't make great wine from bad grapes."
Riverview Cellars offers tours and tastings on a daily basis May through October, or if you are a member of their wine club, you can request a winemaker tour at any time of the year, where Alyssa will take visitors through the vineyard, explain all the different wines, and do barrel tastings which are accompanied by a cheese platter. The Wine Club also ensures the delivery of two different bottles a month, including a special Wine Club wine that only members get. The cost is $40 per month, and it makes a great gift idea. You can buy a wine club subscription for six months or a year.
When touring around Niagara Wine Country, Riverview Cellars is worth pulling off the parkway for, to experience, as Mike says, "a place where we greet you with a smile, and try to make you feel like part of the family."
During the winter months, there are a couple special events that take place:
• Taste the Season takes place every weekend in November and is a food event where you get a passport and free reign to visit as many of the 28 participating wineries as you can. This year, Riverview Cellars will be serving a heirloom beet salad which they will be pairing with their aforementioned Gewürztraminer. More info at wineriesofniagaraonthelake.com
• The Icewine Festival takes place every January, and involves each participating winery presenting an "experience" for visitors who have purchased a discovery pass. Every year Riverview presents an extremely popular experience: a large chocolate fountain which they have dubbed "Chocolate Falls in Niagara", which is served with strawberries, bananas and cranberry cinnamon biscotti that is homemade by Mike's aunt. It is served with a glass of Cabernet Franc Icewine. More info at niagarawinefestival.com


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The tragic event which took place in Cleveland Easter Sunday haunts me in that I know all too well the importance of a father and patriarch in the family.
Steve Stephens a 37 year old troubled young man saddled with gambling debts and grieving over the loss of a longtime girlfriend took it upon himself to unleash his personal pain from poor decisions on a father, grandfather and great grandfather. That patriarch a Mr. Robert Godwin, Sr. a 74 year old retiree who after having Easter Dinner with his family was engaged in his sometimes hobby of picking up discarded aluminum cans was approached by Stephens who asked him if he knew his girlfriend Joy Lane. He then told Mr. Godwin to repeat her name and with coldness of heart shot Mr. Godwin at point blank range while telling him it was because of his estranged girlfriend. Stephens recorded the whole gruesome event and played it on Facebook Live stating as he pulled up in his car that he was going to "kill this old guy."
As the nationwide manhunt ensued, it occurred to me that while members of both Mr. Godwin and Stephen's family were being interviewed by media. No mention had been made of Stephens father. They interviewed his mother Maggie Green who said Stephens had visited her prior and said goodbye and this would be the last time she would see him. She told the press that she told him not "to go and do anything stupid."
As I pondered on the horrid event, I watched how Mr. Godwin's family rallied together when they heard the news. I watched as a local Fox affiliate interviewed one family member after another, his son Robert, Jr. his daughter Debbie, even his grandchildren and all expressed the love they had for their patriarch. Mr. Godwin had 9 children, 14 grandchildren and multiple great grandchildren. It was obvious they all loved him deeply and it was evident in the pain in their faces and voices that his death was a tragic loss.
Now contrast that with the murderer Steve Stephens. No doubt a loss to his family as well including his estranged girlfriend who said he was good to her children. Also his Mother, friends and associates expressed their sadness at his heinous act and eventual suicide after a brief chase by police once they located his whereabouts .
I kept asking myself, where was his father? Why hadn't he been interviewed? Why hadn't he called out through the media for his son to surrender? I scoured the web looking for any reference to his dad being in his life but I could find nothing.
Stephens was obviously a troubled young man. Mounting gambling debts, a bankruptcy filed, and the breakup of the relationship with his longtime girlfriend were no doubt troubling him. He mentioned in his facebook ramblings that even his mother didn't care. After seeing numerous pictures of him in media, I wondered how a grown man wears arched eyebrows.
I sense that core in Stephens issues was his inability to navigate the rougher patches in life or what I call using critical thinking. I was taught critical thinking by my father. He taught me how to stand firm during difficult circumstances and "calm down and think things through son" as he would put it to me whenever I was distressed by the tribulations of life. My father also taught me by example. I watched him do that "man thing" day in day and out during my formative years.
I remember when in my 30's and a budding entrepreneur I had fallen in love with a beautiful young lady who seemed to adore me. But of late our relationship had gotten rocky and she eventually broke up with me. Distraught I asked my father, "Dad do you think she loved me?" He put his arm around my shoulder, chuckled and told me, "Yeah, I think she loved you son. She just didn't love the fact you didn't have any money anymore." You see, our business had fallen on hard times, and my business partner and I had to tighten our belts. So I could no longer afford to take her to dinner at fancy restaurants and buy her nice things. My dad then gave me a big hug and told me I would hurt for a little bit but I would be alright. He was right, I got over the hurt and moved on with my young life and learned that no matter how bad I felt or how I had been wronged. This too would pass. He taught me to learn from my mistakes and persevere. And that is the key to a successful life.
My dad coached me through many rough patches in life and still coaches me today. One of his favorite sayings is, "You have bigger fish to fry, son. Don't sweat the small stuff." That was/is his way of saying stay focused on your goals. His keys to success are very simple and what I live by today: 1. Faith in God 2. Stay focused on your goals. 3. Don't sweat the small stuff (because you have bigger fish to fry).
If I was Stephens father I would have been shouting from the roof tops and on every channel on TV, "Son turn yourself in. You have bigger fish to fry". Better yet, If I had been Stephens father he would have never committed this heinous crime in the first place because I would have taught him critical thinking from the time he was a little boy. I would have taught him my dad's 3 keys to success.
Prayers for both the Godwin and Stephens family for strength, healing and forgiveness. This tragic event is the byproduct of the fatherless generation.


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