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Climbing for me has always meant exploration and discovery. Only very few known lines have really struck me –Vector, Great Wall, the North America Wall, The Moon – drawn me out of myself, transfiguring my consciousness like lightning the night. Only the possible frightened me enough to attract.
This saved my life. I am convinced that had I been, for example growing up in a plain flat land like Kansas as a young person with, let me call it for the present inoperable (because forgotten) brain damage – and being abused at the same time – whatever primal, aboreal, simian instinct to reach out and take hold that I had been born with would have been stunted. I could have become an assembly line worker, preacher, serial killer of the imagination, even beaten my kids. The freedom of the hills led to self-government.
At 17 I ran away from home, puttering on my motor bike to North Wales, not because I was dying to try some new line I'd seen – I simply hadn't thought of rock climbing at all – but because, though I did not know it at the time, I was trying to die.
For almost three days I starve myself and drink nothing. Secreted in the corner of a bare, windowless, stone hut, stuporous; no one knows where I am. Cocooned in my sleeping bag the only sounds are occasional distant cars going up or down the Nant Ffrancon Pass, my prayers to never wake up again, a pathetic bleat. Needles of light pierce the preserving gloom. In the night the wind tries the door.
Beginning to stink I force myself out of the bag. Resisting the nearby river, dazed and feeling really awful, for several hours, mainly on all fours I crawl and drag myself up the grassy flank of what I later learn is Y Foel Goch. God knows where I'm going. After several hours, close to passing out I shed myself loathsomely onto a flat shoulder overlooking the cwm; 'a hanging valley' I say to myself as if wishing I had a rope, for there certainly is a drop. Slumped in the sun like a homeless man, almost past caring, for hours I stare and stare.
Slowly, a face appears. My inner eye cracks a window, swings wide, my spirits lift. Out on the ledge – standing up with a shudder – imagination takes off, skimming across the gap like a swift, landing on a garden-size lawn of snow at its right foot. Something's happening. Plotting, joining together declivities of late winter snow clinging to the grey-black shadowed face of Y Foel Goch like the points of a graph, a line – of kinds – appears, ragged, rising jumpily to the broad summit. What path I'm seeing so transparently could easily, inevitably, have been drawn in between the coordinates of the Cross – the outspread arms of death – branded in my mind through the sinister, ministering attentions of that verbal bully, the bible-bouncer in the pulpit, the self-proclaimed-divinely-inspired religious abuser who keeps putting his tongue in other peoples' mouths. But instead, in my eyes those world-dividing axes of Yes or No? are neithered – defied by an erratic, climbing curve that seems more, in that clear blue air like the signature of a butterfly than an arrow through my heart from the savage god of love.
Facing the bluff, north-easterly hull with its broken, mosaic wake of fan-tailed scree and steep, green-splashed grass – jerking my head up – in a lightning sketch – skip! skip! skip! – I see myself leaping from snowy crest to crest, ledge to ledge, up, past the past pagan as a dolphin. Over and over, retracing the line until I can see it with my eyes closed, following it in my head until I know it by heart, faintly threading through my neo cortex like a new root.
By now, 45 years later, I imagine it's branched out, a hand-drawn map showing the location of the secret stepping stones back across the River Lethe, the bright path of recovered memory and freed speech leading back from our personal underworlds. Impulsively, climb after climb, poem after poem cracking its code of silence brought me back alive to this, world – revealing by the grace of memory and embrace the treasure we bury everyday.
That incident at Y Foel Goch was the very beginning of a climb down from the heights of despair to the depths of gratitude that I feel every day for not having extinguished – or blown out – my light prematurely. For there and then, taking one last long look before heading down, I vowed to return and climb the face, following that passage the wild imagination had read into my future. And I do so, two weeks later.
The Gap
(40 years later; at Y Foel Goch)
2007: The gap lives between two mountains…
Here and now, firm ground I'm standing on, swaying
in the wind, sparse grass gone, no home for sheep; and, there
and then, my timely, niche-estate of mind. Bequeathed to you who
read between the abstract lines on rock I drew then signed with hands
and feet, may they bring peace to you. And more: threading through my
inner eye again on weather-tempered walls and crags – chanced, clawed,
some days climbed like a mounting lion – roars of joy. For mind's thin
air condenses, dances – grit, granite, wind and rain, pearls rapping
on our brains – into poems, sometimes prayer, sixth-senses
that appear, unexpected as a cairn, harebell-bold,
to guide, take hold a life.
In 1963, in danger, neither there, at home
where I had run away, nor here, in my body
where it lay upon the floor in a coma of disgust,
what brought me back you may well ask what pushed
me up onto all fours, then hauled me upwards several hours
many hundred feet until I breached myself upon that crumbling
edge. A ledge, a shelf, where someone might be pleased to see me
on the spot, feed me, not protest me water, food, anything...
(Except abuse me). Asking a lot – after three days
starving, I… stupoured in the dark, staring
at the wall inside a bare, stone hut; un-
heard of, except for distant cars
and prayers I'd never wake
up… no word.
No one,
up there, of
course. I rest,
air myself; reckon
I'll….eat at home tonight.
And came back at Easter in
the school vacation, whispering
through the passes on my motorbike
from distant Wolverhampton. Found
my hands on the crown of the mountain.
Never looked down to see if I was followed.
Or back… until now.
For I'd seen another side, over there, stirring in the early mist.
Which – at 17, manic, and deep-pressed to get away from
what was left of home, and girls – seemed a kind
of Chartres; my life, I guess, out of a cloud
assumed a student pilgrim's progress.
If you're ever at that point….there's a
broad-backed ridge gives access
to an unseen, greener side,
where snow's white
feathers never fly,
and shadows pass like
hands uncovering your eyes;
take that path I missed and you
may not be left to trace this phantom
of the heights
Now, nearer to
each other, staring me in
the face, squinting in the crystal,
impressionable air to trace – compare
with memory – that route I chose, stops me:
Like an easel, propped with my walking
stick, a little wobbly, I could have
sworn – my eyes like a kite
drawn in a vague zig-zag
forth and back – I saw
someone waving….
across the gap,
a passer-by
– perhaps a steeplejack –
a ladderless, solitary, silent
Like a tree that's half-
detached puts out its roots….feeling for
some purchase on that blank, stalled surface,
still attached, at first the youthful form is cautious
relaxing its demands of stone for fluidities unknown to
flesh, until – un-leashing bone to grasp the restless air –
like a statue taking shape that far-off figure lifts,
hesitates….disintegrates into a veil of mist.
Him, her… pale spirit? Animal, human,
prodigal child? Nothing alien,
to me extraordinary,
wild, alone, wily,
playing like a flame,
fed by itself – wandering
in and out of sight upwards –
the changing form adheres towards
those vacant heights that are our own
rewards: The view… Those kneeling hills
whose feet we stand at first; the new mouth
of the moon being born in the night; the red crack
of dawn….insight of home; her warm arm on your shoulder.
The not-quite-nothing
there – where, if and when we're left alone – invites….trust….step….
Thus at what heights such depths as death itself erupts we
never need to ask – unless we've had that crushed.
Holding angels back from their rush to catch
some troubled devil's push: to such
depths my hopes collapsed. Best
left to acrobats, climbers,
fools like us to grasp…
It is an art to hurt.
If you ask me why, when handholds, footholds,
break, my mouth holds on the sky I make
a sacred pact – every breath,
that I have left – I
can't take back's
the word I'd
die for…
you must answer.
wind around
the tops; the sun –
drops….out. I do not
see the other fall – or hear
a cry of fear, or joy: if
he survived to climb
the final stone
did he resign
his name?
Shall we end it here,
or over there; after my boy
who disappeared – dare I say
still climbing on – or on this other side
of the great, dividing sky? Until the well,
my cup of blood-thick black thoughts' ink's
dried up, while there's still time I think
I'll turn around, try and go back
down… all the way; start
again, by heart I may
yean, yearn, to
live to learn
to love, dy-
ing – to
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Edwin Drummond, one of the greatest characters ever to grace the British climbing scene, died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease and bowel cancer on the 23rd of April. He combined philosophy, talent and a greatly individual approach to leave an immense physical and literary legacy that includes the classic climb A Dream of White Horses.
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You only need 4 items for these Slow Cooker BBQ Pork Chops! Ready to make them? Grab some pork chops, BBQ sauce, soda, and a slow cooker!
It's been a while guys, it's been a long time since I did a #SundaySupper post. Sometimes life just gets way to hectic for me to deal with and I let things slip through the cracks and #SundaySupper is one of those things. Then when I get back into it, I remember why I loved it and it makes me want to keep on going.
If you've been reading this blog for a while you might remember when I posted a Sunday Supper recipe almost every Sunday for a long time. Well, I'm hoping to get back into that this year.
If you haven't been reading the blog, let me tell you a bit about #SundaySupper before we just into this easy recipe for Slow Cooker BBQ Pork Chops.
#SundaySupper is a group of wonderful and talented bloggers that get together every Sunday, through the internet, and share recipes that go along with a certain theme for the week. We post our recipes, link to each other's posts and we have a twitter chat on Sunday nights about the theme of the week.
I've got links and information at the bottom of this post if you're interested in joining Sunday Supper!
Sunday Supper Theme this week = Easy Pork Chops Recipes
Sunday Supper Host that put everything together this week = Shelby from Grumpy's Honeybunch <3
This week is all about easy pork chop recipes and I think you'll find that this recipe fits perfectly in that category. Thomas put this recipe together and let me tell ya, I'm not sure if dinner or lunch gets any easier than this.
It's almost like our pulled pork BBQ recipe on the blog except we're making pork chops this time. I just love BBQ sauce and the slow cooker has been my best friend lately. I know a lot of my readers and friends have been on the hunt for slow cooker recipes too!
Just toss everything into the slow cooker, turn that baby onto low and let these cook for about 6 hours or so until they're done! You just want to make sure the pork chops are cooked all they way through. I normally check this by breaking apart one with a fork while it's in the slow cooker. If it shreds and breaks apart with no effort, it's ready!
If you have a cooking thermometer, pork should reach 145F when done. Make sure you check it around 5 hours – 6 hours because you don't want to over cook your pork chops. No one likes an over cooked pork chop. 🙂
So make this for dinner or make this for lunch, either way you're going to have a super tasty meal with little work.
Add any sides that you want. The last time we made these I served them with grilled asparagus and mashed potatoes but you can literally pick any sides you want! I bet they'll be perfect with these chops!
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Tupac Estate Wins Back Unreleased Music After Five-Year Legal Battle
The estate of Tupac Shakur has won back unreleased Tupac music after a gruelling five-year legal battle against Entertainment One.
Tupac, considered by many to be the greatest rapper of all time, was shot in a drive-by on September 7, 1996 and died in hospital six days later on September 13. He was just 25.
Since his untimely death, there's been much speculation:
After he died in the prime of his career, the recording artist's unreleased masters have been the source of much bad blood between his family and the media company.
However, the estate has now settled its lawsuit against Entertainment One, the company it accused of withholding royalties to the tune of seven figures, TMZ has learned.
Sources with direct knowledge claim Entertainment One will pay the estate a substantial six-figure amount.
More importantly, the settlement is said to include unreleased music too, said to be worth a fortune. But rather than focus on the fiscal value, this settlement is an emotional win for the family also.
Tupac's mom, Afeni Shakur Davis, had been the administrator of the artist's estate when she decided to sue Entertainment One to reclaim her deceased son's unreleased master recordings back in 2013.
Afeni died in May 2016, aged 69, but the lawsuit continued, until it was finally settled this week.
It's not uncommon for record labels to monetise tragedy, in the deaths of their talented clients, and keep unreleased recordings which the artists themselves may not have wanted the public to hear.
Speaking to UNILAD about the myth – and business – of The 27 Club, Jennifer Otter-Bickerdike recalled her own experience of Tupac's unreleased work.
The music academic, specialising in fandom and the cult of dead celebrity, said:
I worked at Interscope for a long time and every f*cking year it seemed we had a new Tupac record.
Stuff he'd done in studio but remixed and backed – stuff that he probably wouldn't have even wanted out in the public forum.
While the music industry is a business, and a lucrative one at that, it's only right and just for the collection of unreleased master recordings made by the late, great Tupac to be returned to his estate so his nearest and dearest can continue enjoying his talents.
Entertainment One also have had to give a six-figure settlement for unpaid royalties from posthumous releases they'd managed. What his estate plans to do with the rare recording remains to be seen.
Meanwhile, a biopic documenting the life of the legendary rapper was released in the US on his birthday, (June 16).
All Eyez On Me traces Shakur's life from his rocky upbringing in East Harlem to his rise in hop-hop and Hollywood.
You can watch the trailer for the biopic, dubbed the 'real deal' below:
It also shines light on his connections with the Black Panther party and his relationship with his deceased mother, who was a member and eminent activist.
If you have a story to tell, contact UNILAD via [email protected]
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Q&A With Dave Duffield: Elementum, Workday Forge Closer Ties
One of the most successful cloud software companies so far has been Workday Inc., which went public in October 2012 and is trading at more than 28 times revenue, with a market cap of $14.3 billion.
Co-founded by Dave Duffield, whose previous software company, PeopleSoft, was sold to Oracle Corp. in 2004 after an 18-month battle, Workday embodies Mr. Duffield's belief that applications—in Workday's case, human capital and financial management applications—are moving to the cloud. As the co-chief executive of Workday, he finds himself competing with Oracle once again.
Mr. Duffield talked to Venture Capital Dispatch about the investment and about the importance of cloud software companies.


text: Well, the hubster is on the bus on his way to Michigan. I will have two weeks of "me time" where I can actually start reorganizing MY stuff in peace. I even got to go out of town to an actual mall and bought myself some new sleeveless tees, a nice blouse, leggings, two fun hats and a back pack style purse I can use when I go back and forth to work. I have to pick him up on the 27th so I can once again go shopping. It will be nice. Hope you all make time for yourselves as well. Have a fun week!


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In Quebec, some 750,000 young people and almost 75,000 coaches are involved in organized amateur sports. Volunteers (coaches, officials, administrators) devote much time and energy to children and demonstrate a degree of social commitment significantly beyond that of the average individual.
By virtue of what they do, coaches exert great influence over young people because in addition to serving as role models, they are sometimes also the heroes, and frequently the confidants of our children.
As is the case in other settings, the world of amateur sport is grappling with the problem of children as the victims of sexual abuse, where either :
- coaches or volunteers take advantage of their position to sexually abuse children;
- coaches or volunteers discover cases of the sexual (or other) abuse of children.
The purpose of this guide is to inform the reader of the issues involved and the responsibilities of all concerned and thus better enable him to help provide protection and intervene appropriately in any problem situation.


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Some of our many successes include being the first organisation to identify the link between diet and cancer, and building the world's largest source of scientific research on cancer prevention through diet, weight and physical activity
Our achievements since we began our work years reflect our commitment to helping people reduce their risk of preventable cancers.
Funding research
- Since we were set up in 1990 we've funded more than £98 million of research. We were the first organisation that identified the link between diet and cancer – now a widely accepted fact. Among our many research findings, we can also confirm that being overweight is a major cause for at least twelve different cancers.
- We are funding vital projects on a number of different types of cancer, as well as studies into how to survive cancer.
Supporting future experts
- We award six Fellowships a year to outstanding applicants to enable them to attend Imperial College London's nutritional epidemiology course to increase their expertise in cancer prevention.
Interpreting evidence
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- Our landmark First and Second Expert Reports in 1997 and 2007 were the most comprehensive reports ever published on the links between cancer and diet, nutrition and physical activity. Building on those achievements, we have now launched our Third Expert Report, Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: a Global Perspective, which is based on studies comprising 51 million people, of whom 3.5 million were diagnosed with cancer.
- The report's findings are summarised in our authoritative Cancer Prevention Recommendations. Over 20 independent studies show that the more closely you follow our Recommendations, the lower your risk of developing cancer.
Informing the public and health workers
- World Cancer Research Fund works to deliver reliable and high-quality health advice. All of our publications are reviewed by members of the general public to ensure our information is understandable and relevant to the audience.
- Our Informed newsletter for health workers was praised by 96 per cent of survey respondents for giving them a better understanding about the link between lifestyle and cancer.
- Our online cancer prevention workshop is aimed at health professionals and covers information about lifestyle and cancer prevention.
- A YouGov survey of the UK public found the number of people aware of the link between drinking alcohol and developing cancer increased from 57 per cent in 2016 and 54 per cent in 2015 to 59 per cent in 2017.
- We have developed a variety of health tools, including our Cancer Health Check, an Exercise Calorie Calculator and a BMI calculator, which give practical help to people to help reduce their cancer risk. Our health tools are used by up to 25,000 people per month.
- We hold cancer prevention workshops for companies to advise employees about the link between cancer and diet, weight and physical activity.
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- We've encouraged thousands of people to make small changes to their lifestyles to help reduce their risk of developing cancer through our 100 Calorie Challenge and I CAN... campaigns. Nine out of ten people who received our daily email tips said they intended to make long-term changes to their lifestyle.
- World Cancer Research Fund has also backed a campaign to introduce standardised 'traffic-light' labelling on packaging to help communicate nutrition information in a user-friendly way.
- We want to empower people to make choices that will help them lead happy, healthy, cancer-free lives.


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Author(s):Joo Ho Min
Status: Ongoing
Alternative(s): 신과 함께; 신과함께; With the Gods
Manga Summary: With God is a comic omnibus that consists of three different stories. The first story is about the underworld. The second story is about the living world. The third story is about the gods. A satire about the world and the fate of gods and men are seen through Korea's traditional gods and several main characters..


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Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Member
Sign me up. Thanks for running again.
Count me in aswell please.
Opening morning is approaching and I wish the best of luck to everyone going out. Hope everyone is safe and has a good time. This is my first opener ill be missing and its not because of the rain. My mother in law is in palliative care and its not looking good, please keep her in your prayers. Remember you have until 12 tonight to sign up. Please post your scores and pics on my other thread called (OOD BIG GOBBLER CONTEST LEADERBOARD AND OFFICIAL SPOT TO POST YOUR SCORES AND PICS ) Thanks everyone who is participating
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"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, Teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life"


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Wall of Death/Car Circus
What's more dangerous than riding in a car with a lion? Riding in a car with a lion at breakneck speed around a vertical — yes, vertical — track. Yes, you might be thinking: surely that's just the fever dream of some sort of daredevil/ringmaster. Not something we would encounter as a fun weekend activity. How wrong you are.
Okay, you might be a little right. Because although the Wall of Death has been an act entertaining crowds for years (and a famous video from the Diamond Maruti Car Circus has gone viral showing the act), it doesn't generally include a lion these days [source: GTSpirit]. Nor monkeys or bears, which were the other animals that occasionally rode shotgun in the 1920s Wall of Death performances [source: Wall of Death]. And although not strictly a circus act, these car tricks are certainly part of the offbeat circus tradition. Using inertia and centrifugal force, these cars or motorcycles can seemingly climb walls, and their drivers race wildly close to spectators cheering them on.


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Integrated Marketing Strategy Combine Inbound and Outbound Marketing Strategies
Inbound or Outbound strategy; regardless of which one you use, a set strategy is necessary. DCD uses an Integrated Digital Marketing Strategy to target your customer base and communicate with them where they are and how they need the information.
You will hear a lot of companies and marketers scream that you need an inbound marketing focused solution to maximize ROI. You will also hear that you must have outbound from others screaming it just as loud. Other than earplugs, how do you drown out all this chatter? By working with a partner that already knows the answer.
DCD Marketing believes in an Integrated Digital Marketing Strategy and never screams – so you can relax and take out your earplugs. To have an effective sales and marketing strategy, you need both custom inbound and custom outbound marketing; an Integrated Digital Marketing Strategy. This means that rather than zeroing in on setting prospects at full speed, marketing spends more time customizing, educating, and qualifying the opportunity before handing off prospects to sales. Truthfully, in qualification for introductory meetings, you can't get much beyond right profile, right person, and right high-level pain. Your marketing partner zeros in on the right companies, right people within them, and the right prospects that are at least curious about addressing a potential pain point. In an Integrated Digital Marketing scenario, it's personal marketing at its optimal usefulness for your business.
DCD Marketing prefers using Integrated Digital Marketing to analyze your company's situation – all 5 P's of your marketing – Product (or service), Place, Promotion, Price, and the Problem you solve. We will help you craft the personas of an ideal customer and then create the integrated digital marketing approach that works for your company and your budget. No pre-fab marketing templates, nor any one size fits all approaches. Just solid data and logic to solve your customer acquisition and retention problems.


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Candy Ball is a colorful Labyrinth Game in puzzle category. It is a classic labyrinth puzzle game where you need to control the balls by tilting the gadget and move the ball towards the right hole. There Will be a ball generator which produce balls in each stage of the game. At starting level ball will be colorless, which you need to move to the center of the space and dip into color splash to make it color. In later stages, balls will be generated in different colors like green, red and so on. Player has to move the ball by tilting the position of gadget towards it's destination. Every color balls should be pocketed into the same color of hole, meanwhile you need to escape from traps like black holes on the space.
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text: The Imam of the prophet's Mosque of Madinah, H.E. Dr. Abdul Muhsin Al-Qasmi visits Muslim World League London Office and talks to the audience on Muslims' duties in connection with calling the people towards Allah's way in accordance with the Prophetic method requires patience and endurance without despair. A Muslim must continue to ask Allah to keep him firm and steadfast on his guidance.


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Demo-listen. Spanish Taxi protests force through ride-hailing regulations
via taxi-point https://ift.tt/2n22dwOAugust 02, 2018 at 06:31PM https://ift.tt/2ufVjKI
Six days of relentless protests by Spains nationwide Taxi drivers has finally come to an end with government officials agreeing to push through capping regulations on VTC vehicles (private hire vehicles) that will see only 1 licence being granted per every 30 traditional Taxi licenses.
Ride-hailing firms Uber and Cabify use VTC licenses to operate and will now be forced to slow down their driver recruitment.
Spain's Development Minister said in a press release ;
"what we plan is to improve regulation, as the sector asks us, and with this gesture return to normality to maintain the dialogue with the necessary trust, which we must generate in order to arbitrate this initiative, in which we need the concurrence of the different administrations, essential to be able to elaborate our work well ".
The new regulations were originally proposed and set to be implemented but we're not seen through by the industry regulations, sparking the recent protests.
Demonstrations were initiated by Taxi drivers in Barcelona, and in an amazing show of solidarity, Taxi drivers from Madrid and other parts of Spain began to protest. Six days of persistence has seen traditional Taxi drivers finally get what they were originally promised ; a fair playing field. (Images: Twitter @eoghangilmartin)


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We bought FPD a fewdays ago and installed it on a vanilla demo site to test it out.
In our test product (frontend), I attempted to upload and place the attached SVG (opens fine in Illustrator). It showed the image preview correctly after upload in the "Add Image" box but when I clicked on it to place it on the t-shirt, it throws the error "Image could not be loaded!"
If you attempt this, you'll see what I mean.
Any ideas on how this can be solved?
I'm not having any problems with this on the demo page or my server:
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Beck makes initial appearance facing charges of child abuse
Sep 11, 2017 08:37PM
By Editor
From WTIP Radio News - Joe Friedrichs- Mon, 09/11/2017 - 12:07pm
Facing felony charges of child abuse, former Cook County Health and Human Services Director Joshua Beck made his first courtroom appearance on Monday, Sept. 11.
A total of four charges have been brought against Beck, including domestic assault and engaging in a past pattern of child abuse against a minor.
Beck was in the courtroom for more than an hour on Monday, though the charges he faces in this particular case were discussed briefly while an omnibus hearing and trial dates were set. An omnibus hearing is scheduled for Sept. 26, pre-trial is set for Oct. 9, with trial dates scheduled for Oct. 11-13.
Assistant Lake County Attorney Lara Nygaard is listed representing the state of Minnesota in this case against Beck. Nygaard requested bail be set at the amount of $50,000 and that Beck have no contact with his children before an outcome is reached in the case. However, Judge Michael Cuzzo ordered that bail be set at $20,000 and that it not be enacted unless Beck violates a series of mandates the court ordered, including that he not contact his children.
According to court documents obtained by WTIP, staff from the First Witness Child Advocacy organization based in Duluth interviewed two minor children involved in the allegations. A 10-year-old victim said Beck had been abusing her for years, and that he calls her names, throws objects at her and uses physical violence toward her.
On one occasion, she said Beck became angry, grabbed her by the neck and choked her until she could no longer breathe. A 12-year-old minor who is also listed in the report, said Beck "likes to cause him pain."
Both victims also described an incident in Arizona that took place approximately two years ago, when Beck allegedly became angry and threw one of the victims to the ground. The act caused bleeding to the 12-year-old victim's head. The other minor said she was also thrown during the incident, a violent act that injured her ankle and she was unable to walk for several days. Court documents say neither one of the victims were provided medical attention after all of the aforementioned incidents.
Two felony charges were filed against Beck on Aug. 1 by the State of Minnesota along with two other gross misdemeanors.
The charges include one count of domestic assault by strangulation, another count of assault in the third degree, and two charges for child endangerment. Beck resigned as the director of the Cook County Health and Human Services Department in July.
Court records list Beck's attorney as Christa Groshek from Minneapolis. Though on Monday Beck was represented by Grand Marais based attorney Tyson Smith.
Also present during Monday's courtroom proceedings was Priscilla Beck, the wife of Josh Beck. According to social service workers and attorneys who spoke during Monday's hearing, Priscilla and Josh are still married and have intentions to remain married. However, Josh Beck has returned to Arizona and is employed by Gila County. Prior to his arrival in Cook County, Beck worked in the human services department in Gila County, Arizona. Priscilla, meanwhile, is living in Indiana near her mother, Karen Perkins.
Smith said his client returned to Grand Marais for Monday's hearing at "a great expense" and will do so for all required courtroom appearances.
After the hearings and trial dates were set in the case against Beck, a second courtroom proceeding took place involving both Josh and Priscilla Beck, as well as Priscilla's mother, Karen Perkins. This was essentially a custody case to determine where the Becks' children should remain until the situation is resolved. So while Josh Beck is living in Arizona, Priscilla, meanwhile, is living in Indiana near her mother, Karen Perkins. The Beck's children are in custody of Perkins until Beck's charges are determined by the court, possibly through a jury unless a plea is reached.
Following a lengthy discussion between four attorneys and several social service workers, as well as Judge Cuzzo, it was determined that the children should remain in the custody of Perkins for at least the time being.
A separate hearing regarding custody or placement of the Beck children is scheduled for later in October.
Following all of the discussion surrounding the case against Josh Beck and custody of the Beck children, a brief hearing was held regarding a misdemeanor charge Karen Perkins faces for disorderly conduct, listed in the charges as "brawling or fighting." This charge was also brought forth by the state of Minnesota. A second hearing is scheduled for Oct. 24 in that case.http://www.wtip.org/beck-makes-initial-appearance-facing-charges-child-abuse


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Glimpses of life within a Stalinist dictatorship. Few people (i.e. foreigners) visited Albania when it was ruled by the Stalinist dictator Enver Hoxha, and even fewer have written accounts of what they saw and experienced there. Adam Yamey visited Albania in 1984, when the country was even less accessible than North Korea is today. This book deals with the author's developing interest in the country and what he found when he got there.
Adam Yamey, born in London, has written extensively about Albania, the Albanian people, and the Balkans.


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by Leslie Zeigler
In this blog there have been posts about the inevitable part of being creative that involves rejection and disappointment. Whether it is receiving another rejection in your attempt to find an agent for your novel, or being turned down for the 66th time on your most recent audition to become an actor, or being told that your photograph is not going to be accepted at a particular gallery, the question is how do you deal with the feelings? Do you fantasize about crawling under the covers and not coming out for months? It's only natural that you might feel that way. Perhaps you feel an urge to turn to drinking a bit too much or overeating–or maybe your drug of choice is retail therapy. At any rate, what are some helpful ways to think to help you get thru those difficult moments when you feel like giving up even though you know that you won't?
In reading Pema Chodron's book Taking the Leap I began to think that her ideas could be very helpful to anyone involved in the creative process. Pema Chodron is an American Buddhist, who writes often about how to deal with life. I am not a Buddhist and you don't need to be one in order to benefit from her heart-centered wisdom. Her concept of "shenpa" is potentially useful in the context of expanding your options in coping with your disappointment. She describes it as "the itch and it's also the urge to scratch." She gives examples of how it is natural to be drawn to an unhealthy habit, such as reaching for a cigarette or some other such habit. She describes SHENPA as preverbal but it breeds thoughts and emotions very quickly. She suggests becoming aware of this feeling . Basically her advice is to become aware of this feeling without acting on it. It is very similar to what I learned as a therapist, which is to encourage people to become aware of what their feelings are and learn to sit with them and tolerate them rather than turning to a negative habit.
This advice might sound simplistic, yet we live in a culture where doing and being productive and turning to action is so prevalent that the notion of not doing can seem weird and actually hard to implement.
So the next time you come home from your acting audition, or receive your letter of rejection for your screenplay or find out that you were not accepted for a particular painting class, just as the Beatles say,
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A still-smarting convalescent from the occupational disease of British Prime Ministers was Britain's Prime Minister last week. Hobbling gingerly after his first bout of gout (podagra) in 18 months, Neville Chamberlain presided over a Cabinet meeting, his left foot swathed in an enormous flannel boot. Outside, London was whistling the newest hit tune: God Bless You, Mr. Chamberlain. What consolation he could the Prime Minister took from echoes of this ditty and from the list of his distinguished gouty predecessors: Derby, Disraeli, Palmerston, Melbourne, Canning, the Pitts.-Several of these statesmen courted gout by stuffing themselves with mutton chops and port. But...
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Recording Metal with Eyal Levi: A Bootcamp
Amplifiers - Lay of the Land
Recording Metal with Eyal Levi: A Bootcamp
Amplifiers - Lay of the Land
Lesson Info
Amplifiers - Lay of the Land
Most bands aren't as skilled as you guys, not to kiss your ass or anything. But, this is a fortunate situation that we got two really really good guitar players in this band. You, and Ollie. Who are both here, and we're gonna get to hear the difference between what guitar players sound like. We're gonna go through head selection, cap selection, mic selection, guitar selection, and then guitarist selection. And we really wanna emphasize that one thing you really learn from this whole thing is just how important a guitar player's hands are. Now, before we do anything with gear, kinda like with drums, I think the 50% of the tone's the drummer, and 80% of the tone is the guitar player. One thing that we'll definitely cover is that even if you have two really good guitar players in a band, like in this band, you always want to go with the guy whose got the right tone and the right feel for the part you're recording. Now I just want to get that out of the way before we go any further, becaus...
e a lot of people think that you pick one guitar player because the other guy sucks. And that might be true in some situations. Some situations you don't talk about. But it's not always true. No, it's not always true, just depends on how it feels at the time. Yeah. Mainly, it's normally the guy that wrote the riff. Yeah, absolutely. I've recorded some bands that people would know of that are really really good, where there's two really good guitar players in the band. Both excel at their own way. And they just record the songs that they wrote. No one's gonna have a better feel for your music than you. Exactly. I find that the guitarist gets the feel of the song that they've created. And even if you got two guitar players, the slight variations in their playing can make a huge difference to how tight it sounds. Yeah. Well, everything from micro bands to arrhythmic inflections to how you grip the foot board, all those little things make a huge difference in how hard you're actually picking it. Every body's completely different. Also I wanted to say this because one thing I get asked a lot is, mainly from experienced bands, is should one guitar player play on one side and the other guy on the other side, like we do live? And no. I mean, unless, this is gonna sound old, but the first Guns N' Roses Record, I have to tell you, for instruction, each guitar player played on their own side. But the thing is they never ever played the same thing. There are situations where it makes sense to have each guy play on their own side, but it usually it when they don't play the same thing. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. If you're going for that modern sound, modern heavy sound, where you want a consistent low end, and one consistent wall of awesome, you pretty much have to have one guy do it. Because one guy is gonna... Every feel is gonna be unique to the person. And that can even extend to base. Extend to everything, yep. That why a lot of guitar players of metal play the base parts too, there's nothing to do with the fact that the base player is good or not. It has more to do with the fact that only the guitar player can play exactly in his own feel. Exactly. So, sometimes the base player will sit it out, even if they're perfectly skilled. Just because you're going for one homogenous, perfect, cohesive, glob of good. (both laugh) Gob of good. Yeah. So um, Thad, maybe we should talk about what tools we're working with this time around. Okay. Before we go further though, and talk about these amps, if you wanna dispel the myth of opinions about amps versus sims. It always comes up, I feel like it's one of those topics that no matter how many awesome things come out, no matter how many records come out, made with digital amps, this is just something that people will always be fighting about. Like Mac versus PC, Cubase versus Pro Tools, Amps versus sims. And they're completely idiotic debates, they're nothing. It's about what sounds good at the time. Absolutely. And if the guitar player is 80% of the tone anyways, I feel like that's what's gonna make all the difference in the world. I mean, you've used sims a lot of your career. Yup, we've use a lot of sims products to be part of it, all the albums we've recorded. They sound great. Yeah, some people think so, some people don't. Well, but they're gonna think that anyways. Yup, exactly. You've re-amped some stuff for me for records I've done with real amps as well. Yeah. Yeah, and um. On my records and records that I've worked on, there's no... You never go in with a preconceived notion of "we're gonna use the Cameron this time or Power for this time or we're gonna use the 5150 this time, or the Diesel one. It's always specific to the situation. Exactly. And so, yeah, so we have all these amps here, and that's fun, we're gonna have a good time, we're gonna show how to mic them and all that. But we've also got the Line 6 Helix. Yeah we do, just like my products use power, actually have a temper. Yeah, so we don't know which one gonna be the tone. We're open to seeing which one is gonna sound best. It doesn't matter how nice these amps are or the mics are or the room is or the cabs are, we're just gonna go with what sounds best. I think that's how everyone should approach guitar tone. With that well, what do you got. That is come via your request. Yep, I have four Mesa beauty headset. And I have Mark V. I got an old school, 2-channel Dual Rectifier Blackface, I've got a triple Rectifier 2-channel, an old one again, and then a Mulit-watt jewel, which is a 3-channel. And the reason being is that the 2-channel and the 3-channel had fundamental differences between the tones. A lot of people associate the 3-channel one with the bottom, its got a slightly more abrasive sound. Whereas the 2-channel tool is associated with more of a rounded kind of, a more full sound. But then again, that's just opinions, isn't that certain. Its just going down with which sounds the best, really. In my opinion, I don't like triples. Yeah, you have to crank them really loud to get into sounds at their best, so yeah I'm pretty sure we'll end up going with the jewel of the muck, V, initial take. But yeah, we're gonna try the triple and it might sound good, we don't know. Yeah. If it sounds good, it'll be the first time. (both laugh) In my experience. But we'll see. Yeah, we'll see. Yeah, I'm gonna give the port a try, and Mattie has a lot of different amps in there to try them out for you as well. So these were provided as sims, assuming that they were biased and tubed recently. Yeah, I believe so, yeah. Okay. Yeah that's something that if you're gonna do it with amps, you should make sure, I would always put new tubes on at the beginning of every album and get it re-biased so that you get a guitar set up which we'll go into, once we actually pick up a guitar. Also another thing I'd like to go into as well, even if you got two of the same amps, they can sound completely different from each other. Some people prefer like a Lug Nut 5150, to a signature 5150, and they can sound completely different even though its practically the same amp, so. You also got to keep them in check as well if you've got two of the same amp. Even 6505 sounds completely different. Yeah. That's, I feel like that's one of the benefits of the digital amp, is that once you dial that tone, you've got that tone forever. Especially in a touring situation, you don't have to worry about bad mikeing or a bad room or anything. At least you know that you have your tone. With these, even the same amp might sound different from day to day depending on all kinds of factors. The air, the electricity ... That's what sort of factor if you put an amp through a cab, because every room sounds different, it's gonna sound different in the room as well. There's so many different factors that go into guitar tone. Well, we'll attempt to cover as many of them as possible. So, lets talk about first steps in actually getting a tone, with an amp, so. How do you do it? Tell me you like to go into the actual live room? Yep. Check the heads. If it doesn't sound good in the room then its not gonna sound good to your mic. So you should go into the room, and send the amps individually through the cabs we have, and choose which ones we like the best or the best two that are the best. And mark them up from there. And come back into here and see which one sounds the best. Yeah, let's do it.
Class Description
Recording Metal with Eyal Levi: A Bootcamp will give you access to one of metal's most in-demand producers and educators. You'll also get to watch the talented and seasoned performers of Monuments show you how to record flawless takes and how to prepare to enter the studio.
Recording Metal with Eyal Levi: A Bootcamp is the definitive guide to recording and producing metal. From soup to nuts, start to finish, A to Z, you will learn everything you need to know about recording and producing a metal song.
Eyal Levi will take you inside the studio with Monuments as they record a song from scratch at Clear Lake Recording in Los Angeles. In this bootcamp, you will learn how to:
- Prepare for a session in preproduction by choosing tempos and organizing the session
- Record flawless drums from selection and reheading/tuning to mic choice and placement to editing
- Record rhythm guitars
- Record clean and lead guitars
- Record bass guitar
- Record, edit and tune lead vocals, harmonies, and screams
- Mix and master from session setup to final bounce
- Intro to Bootcamp
- Purpose of Pre-Production
- Technical Side of Preproduction
- Pre-Production: Setting Up the Tempo Map
- Pre-Production: Importing Stems
- Pre-Production: Click Track
- Creating Tracking Templates
- Intro and the Tone Pie
- Drums - Lay of the Land
- Bearing Edges
- Wood Types
- Depths and Sizes
- Hoops
- Sticks and Beaters
- Drum Heads
- Drum Tuning
- Drum Mic Placement Intro
- Basic Drum Mic Setup
- Cymbal Mic Setup
- Touch Up Tuning
- Microphone Choice and Placement
- Drum Tracking Intro
- Getting Tones and Final Placement
- Primary Tracking
- Punching In and Comping Takes
- Guitar Setup and Rhythm Tone Tracking
- Amplifiers - Lay of the Land
- Amplifiers & Cab Shoot Out
- Guitar Cab Mic Choice and Placement
- Guitar Tracking and Signal Chain
- Finalizing Amplifier Tone
- Guitar Mic Shootout Round Robin
- Intro to Rhythm Tracking
- Setting Up Guitars
- Working with a Guitarist
- Final Guitar Tone and Recap
- Guitar Tracking with John
- Guitar Tracking with Ollie
- Final Tracking
- Tracking Quads
- Intro to Bass Tone
- Bass Tone Setup
- Bass Tone Mic Placement
- Bass Tracking
- Intro to Clean and Lead Tones
- Clean Guitar Tones
- Lead Tones
- Vocal Setup for Tracking
- Vocal Mic Selection and Setup
- Vocal Mic Shootout
- Lead Vocal Tracking
- Writing Harmonies
- Harmony Vocal Tracking
- Vocal Warm Ups
- Scream Vocal Tracking
- Vocal Tuning and Editing Introduction
- Vocal Tuning and Editing
- Routing and Bussing
- Color Coding, Labeling and Arranging Channels
- Setting Up Parallel Compression
- Setting Up Drum Triggers
- Gain Staging and Trim
- Drum Mixing - Subtractive EQ
- Drum Mixing - Snare
- Drum Mixing - Kick
- Drum Mixing - Toms
- Drum Mixing - Cymbals and Rooms
- Drum Mixing Recap
- Mixing Bass Guitar
- Mixing Rhythm Guitars
- Basic Vocal Mix
- Mixing Clean and Lead Guitars
- Mixing - Automation
- Mastering - Interview with Joel Wanasek
I'm on lesson 19! Already worth every dollar!!! Priceless insight! I have already incorporated some of the ideas (preproduction common sense stuff that I never thought of, but damn). VERY HAPPY with this course! ALWAYS LEARNING and looking forward to the next 50 (or whatever) lessons!!! Excellent course! GREAT PRODUCER/ENGINEER, GREAT DRUM TECH, and GREAT BAND!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
I'm just part way though and I'm blown away by the quality approach Eyal takes to getting the best out of the sessions. I love how well everything is explained and Eyals calm manner is just awesome it really makes you want to listen to the gems of wisdom he offers.
Wow is all I can say. This bootcamp goes in so much depth from tuning drums, setting up guitars, to recording and mixing. I have learned so much by participating in this bootcamp. It has taught me some new recording techniques and signal routing for my mixes. I just want to thank Eyal, Monuments, and Creative Live for taking the time to do this. It has been amazing and I will keep going back to these videos.


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Many of my readers will be quite familiar with this image; in addition to its obvious beauty, it most likely has titillated at least a few.
Bazille was 27 when he painted this, a year away from his untimely death. Harsh critics have quibbled about his work, begrudgingly placing him amongst his friends and fellow Impressionists Renoir, Monet and Sisley. I am perplexed at this hesitation, there may be some youthful clumsiness in the background figure (I wish I were so clumsy), but I suspect what really keeps Bazille out of Olympus is the rather blatant homoeroticism of his work.
Fogg Art Museum
The gorgeous coloring, the classical poses and the confident brushwork are to the author far more appealing then so much of Renoir's saccharine confections; yet Bazille is often not mentioned or as well known to the Water-lily loving set. I see shades of Poussin and Puvis de Chavannes, but perhaps I am over-reaching.
Self -portrait
Art Institute of Chicago
There is no evidence of Bazille's being homosexual, but some have assumed . This young fellow from Montpellier, of middle class background and independent means, rejected his father's desire to pursue medicine to take up painting in 1862. His social and artistic circle included as i mentioned before Renoir, Monet and Sisley, but it also included Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud and Charles Baudelaire; one would be excused for making assumptions.
As Bazille was financially more secure then his painting chums, he was more then open to sharing his studio.
As you can see it is artfully decorated, the lilac walls a charming touch.
Bazille's Studio;9 rue de la Condamine
Difficult to not notice the absence of the fairer sex, I enjoy seeing Fisherman With A Net on the wall.
In addition to self-portraits and interior views, Bazille and his fellow painters took turns posing and painting. This portrait of Renoir reminds me of certain paintings by Duncan Grant most particularly the portrait of his lover Maynard Keynes.
At least to this author there is a certain intimacy to this image, that feels quite similar to the sexiness of Grant's work.
Bazille was painted by Renoir in 1867, it lacks that sensual quality.
Bazille At His Studio
Musée d'Orsay
Perhaps in addition to the underlying eroticism of some of his work; Bazille had a finely developed sense of the lovely. His floral painting are lush, rich with color and tickle the senses; qualities critics usually reject.
I particularly love this painting, feels so Venetian, so reminiscent of Veronese.
Bazille was also able to capture the modest charm of a dog in one's studio, a subject that is particularly dear to my heart.
Although Bazille could have avoided military service, he chose to enlist, dying tragically in battle on the 28th of November 1870.
We will never know what wonders he could have produced, his death a gain for Mars, a loss for Man.
Jean-Frédéric Bazille
b. 6th December 1841
d.28th november 1870
Recquiscat in Pace
Respectfully submitted,
Babylon Baroque


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Read our blog series highlighting attendance-related issues that are emerging as states work through the complexities of implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). States were required to submit plans to implement the ESSA by September 18, 2017. Remarkably, more than 70 percent of states chose some form of chronic absence as an indicator.
Our blog series highlights attendance-related issues that are emerging as states work through the complexities of implementing ESSA.
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Hello from the Other Side – My Move from Sales to Marketing
Hold on, what?
Yeah that's right! I made the move from sales to marketing and I love it!
Before I jump into the details, you'll probably want to know a little bit about me and why this makes so much sense. My name's Shaun Williams, and in my career—and for life in general—I consider myself a renaissance man. I want to be versed in everything, and I'm the guy that can do everything from fix your plumbing, to building a website, to planning your wedding. I can do it all… well, almost. I draw the line at programming and anything involving blood. So I might not be the right person to fix a wound… I'll pass out.
So back to my move from sales to marketing at ion interactive. At ion, I've held a lot of positions. I started in Creative Services helping manage projects and made it all the way to Account Management and finally (not final) the sales team. To the right is the list of business cards to give some more context.
This has been inline with my basic "renaissance man" / "Jack of all trades" approach to life. Then we get to the sales position which I love. I was the conversation starter and responsible for being the first line of conversations that our future customers experienced. And through this role, I got a ton of experience in understanding marketing in depth, building my brand, and sales knowledge. Now this is where it gets interesting. My CEO Justin reached out to me in December and asked if I would join the team. What? Are you serious? Am I doing something wrong on the sales team? He said, "You're a voice within ion and you would be valuable to the marketing team." He went on to explain how I would be helping with social marketing and customer advocacy among other things. A few hundred questions later and a lot of thinking, I said "yes" and made the move. I started on the first day of 2016. Ready, set, go!
So what have I learned so far? Where do I even start?
Here are 8 things I learned from my move:
- Marketing needs sales team members on their side. I realized that sometimes marketing can become disconnected with understanding what the audience wants. Since they're not on the front line, it kind of makes sense and it would make sense to have a sales person on the team.
- Social marketing is hard. It's not just tweets and posts. You really have to plan things out and prepare in advance for a successful campaign.
- Video marketing needs a lot of planning. Yes it's the hot thing right now… like super hot and I totally see where the market is going. But this is a struggle for a lot of marketing teams since implementing video is a totally new realm for a modern marketer. Simple things like getting buy-in on video projects is like pitching smoke and mirrors. To get the message across we need things like scripts, storyboards, and ideas that fit B2B.
- It's totally weird being on the other side of the fence. I went from chatting all day with marketers and talking about strategy, to implementing the very same strategy and talking shop with sales people… as me being the buyer. #weird
- Marketers are SUPER busy… sometimes I come into 100+ emails from people wanting my business. Like ? So I've started to stress to my sales team that marketers are busy and you have to be on your game.
- SEO makes my head hurt… I'll just leave this one for you marinate on.
- When working with higher ups in an organization, ALWAYS add time for back and forth and needing to get approval. So my two week timeline might be one week for creation with one week dedicated to approval and revisions.
- This has really turned into my life.
To wrap this up, I would say that if you are considering this move and you have the opportunity, go for it! But make sure you understand what you're getting into and assess if you have the chops and skills needed. I've had tons of experience at ion and with our audience that helped make this move very, very natural.
To see how I'm doing, be sure to follow our blog and social channels. I help manage them so any likes, shares, or comments are greatly appreciated. ?


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There is much to commend the Health Council of Canada's new Stepping It Up report on whole-of-government approaches to addressing fundamental determinants of health in the context of growing inequities in health between rich and poor. Few topics are more important. Or timely. Of particular note, the report goes beyond the available literature to distill the wisdom and insights of numerous highly placed key players with decades of collective on-the-ground experience. As such, it represents a significant contribution to the debate about how to best protect and promote the health of Canadians. On these grounds alone Stepping It Up should be required reading in every school of public health and public policy training program across the country.
Still, as Health Council CEO, John Abbott notes in his foreward to the report, understanding the determinants of health is not new; we've long known that health is powerfully shaped by economic, institutional, social and cultural factors well beyond the purview of the Ministry of Health. Twenty-five years of policy reports from all levels of government have called for a shift in emphasis from treatment to prevention, and a broadening of prevention from lifestyle education to the full spectrum of determinants of health. And yet inter-ministerial collaboration to address these determinants remains a challenge. Stepping It Up is a welcome and timely appraisal of the potential of whole-of-government approaches to address this, with a much needed Canadian focus.
But make no mistake: the structural barriers and disincentives to whole-of-government approaches are considerable. The Health Council of Canada is to be commended for addressing many of the barriers to translating knowledge into action. Most significantly, key respondents canvassed for the report offer insightful and cogent advice on how to move forward with a whole-of-government approach, based on years of experience and collective wisdom, much of which is not available in the published or 'grey' literature. As a result, the report contains a wealth of ideas about how to work with or around many of the most common barriers.
Reflecting on the report leaves me pondering three questions.
First, how can the system be redesigned to create incentive structures that encourage and reward intersectoral collaboration rather than making whole-of-government work a nice-to-do-when-you-can add-on with uncertain funding, variable leadership, and questionable sustainability? The report offers some intriguing possibilities, but wisely cautions against grasping for one-size-fits-all solutions. The structural dynamics of contemporary political systems place a number of limitations on what can be achieved with even the most ingenious work-around solutions.
Second, while there is much that governments can do (and to varying extents are doing) to show leadership on this issue, for whole-of-government approaches to become widespread common practice, the voting public needs to also demand it. What is the likelihood of that? That turns out to be a harder question to answer.
Second, while there is much that governments can do (and to varying extents are doing) to show leadership on this issue, for whole-of-government approaches to become widespread common practice, the voting public needs to also demand it. What is the likelihood of that? That turns out to be a harder question to answer.
Given the extent to which the Canadian media frames health as an issue of health care, it is perhaps not surprising that public demand for whole-of-government approaches has been muted. A recent study from Simon Fraser University of over 4700 'health' news stories in 13 major Canadian daily newspapers showed that only 6% of stories linked health to socio-economic factors, whereas 65% dealt primarily or exclusively with issues of health care delivery, management, or regulation. And yet, other research - not just survey research of the kind cited in the report, but qualitative studies that give a more detailed, nuanced and holistic understanding of how people think about health - suggests that the public also intuitively knows that prevention matters, that poverty kills, and that health care, while vital and universally valued, is more about restoring health compromised by other factors than it is about prevention and ensuring the vitality of the population. Moreover, this research suggests that how people explain inequalities in health has a lot to do with their social class and position in the social hierarchy. Not surprisingly, perhaps, those who are relatively privileged tend to claim that good health is the result of personal choice or lifestyle. By contrast, marginalized groups who have experienced institutional racism, classism, poverty, and discrimination are only too well aware of how structural factors and institutional practices powerfully shape well-being. Who decides, and whose voices typically count, in decision-making about government priorities and spending?
When it comes to appraising public appetite for renewed attention to fundamental determinants of health, recent political trends are not encouraging. Governments elected on law-and-order, deficit reduction, tax cuts, and border protection platforms are not obvious allies for whole-of-government action on basic determinants of health such as poverty alleviation. This makes the report's figures on potential savings on health care spending associated with reducing social inequity (aka "the business case") all the more compelling in ways that should cut across the ideological spectrum, unite disparate actors, and survive sometimes volatile swings in political leadership.
On a related note, the third question I'm left with arises from the observation that what seems to be lacking here is not knowledge but political will. Convincing politicians of the merits of this work, realigning incentives, creating new organizational structures, and mobilizing public opinion and public pressure seem essential, but potentially insufficient. Beyond these might there be some powerful cultural barriers to doing what we already know would be most effective? Malcolm Gladwell's 2006 analysis of "million dollar Murray," about one homeless man with mental health issues bounced in and out of emergency rooms and time-limited programs, illustrates how our societal aversion to the provision of supportive housing, for example, means that in the end we pay much more (fiscally, socially, and in terms of human suffering) than we would with a more proactive and comprehensive approach. Making a strong business case may be important, but it's not sufficient in the face of such powerful cultural barriers (which, it should be noted, are regularly fueled by neoliberal discourse of 'welfare cheats', 'deserving vs. undeserving poor', etc.).
The report concludes with a call for "seismic shifts in how government works, and in how politicians and government officials think about health". If ever there was a time for out-of-the-box thinking, it is now. Shifting the debate from collaborative service provision to the creation of a Guaranteed Annual Income, to take one example, will not be easy, though at least one municipality in Canada has already passed such legislation. In a recessionary economy (one that may be long-lasting), lifting up the poor will increasingly mean stepping up redistributive efforts (rather than relying on growth to lift up the poor, though the record on that one is disappointing). Recent history suggests that this will be a challenge.
One thing is clear: health is political! Whether governments "step it up" with renewed efforts at intersectoral action on fundamental determinants of health depends not just on inspired leadership but on whether Canadians "step up" and demand it. On that score, we have our work cut out for us, even as we acknowledge the incredible work being done by countless citizens groups and NGOs on this front. Ultimately, it is the coming together of state and non-state actors (a mix of 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' advocated by Glen Laverack and others) that will make this happen. Let us begin!
Dr. Blake Poland is a professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and past Director of the MHSc Program in Health Promotion at the University of Toronto, as well as former Health Promotion Critic for the Green Party of Canada.


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food storage
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This project was designed as an old fashion, yet elegant, pantry. In consulting with the interior designer wicker baskets, once used for vegetable storage, are now used for bagged chips and snacks. The wrap around pantry features glass inserted into wood shelves which give more light. One lower corner features a rotating Lazy Suzan for easy access to the rear.
Organize food by categories. Modular POP Canisters from The Container Store keep baking items and pastas fresh and make it easy to see when supplies are low. Quattro Stagioni Jars provide the "old fashion" look for nuts, candies, and beans.
Your pantry can have a complete new look by cleaning out all unused and out of date food. Keep most needed items at eye level. New containers will not only provide a "fresh" look, but keep foods fresh for your family.
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Bernardo Torrens
Contemporary Spanish painters are doing some of the most interesting work of the current realist revival. In October Bernarducci Meisel Gallery in New York City showcased recent paintings by Bernardo Torrens (b. 1957), a native of Madrid who taught himself to draw and paint while studying medicine. His mastery of anatomy and humane engagement with his sitters are everywhere evident in these accomplished acrylic-on-wood works. Torrens's favorite subject is the female nude, a genre he pushes out of the realm of the academic figure study in the direction of portraiture. These women are beautiful, both as individuals and as formal compositions, but they are not overly idealized or airbrushed. The artist meticulously records freckles and signs of strain; he seems attuned to the moods and idiosyncrasies of his models. His skill at depicting the luminosity of skin and articulating the architecture of muscle and bone brings to mind such diverse old masters as Pierre Paul Prud'hon and Torrens's countryman Velázquez. Because he favors subtle explorations of monochrome, his work figures into the ongoing dialogue—now well over a century old—between painting and photography. Unlike medieval grisaille painting, frequently used for trope l'oeil sculptural groups, Torrens's monochromatic works convincingly capture the play of light on human flesh, along a continuum of grays from cool to warm.
Torrens's studies have the specificity of portraits. Monique I (2003) is a deceptively simple bust-length study of a young woman, body turned to the picture plane, head in profile. Strong light from the left catches the gleam in her eye, while her ponytail falls into shadow to make a striking silhouette shape. The sepia and platinum tones of the figure look vibrant against the cool gray of the background. The same model appears in Monique III (2003), in reverse, so to speak, her back to us and facing left, her hair pushed up under a raffish cap. A similar cap is used to striking effect in La Gorra de Deyanira (2004), its backwards off-center tilt balancing the choreography of dynamically crossed arms. Another model characteristically embodies a kind of interior drama. She seems tired and restless in Lourdes VIII (2003), introspective in Lourdes XII (2005) and tranced out, with a balletically yearning arm, in Lourdes V (2003). Cubiculum V (2003) has an allegorical cast, as the same protagonist sits cross-legged in a blank box, pushing against the confines of its walls.
Torrens is, despite his agility with tonality, interested in color. In the Ingres-like image of a seated woman's back, Alli te Espero (2003), warm skin tones gleam against a deep blue-violet background. Typically, the artist's backgrounds are an indeterminate space of color or tone. A shift in background from charcoal to lighter gray sometimes delineates wall from floor. This is his strategy in Blues Time (2004), where a barefoot figure in cobalt pants and striped shirt stands, face buried in hands, and Subalterno (2002), a portrait of an aging bullfighter startlingly enlivened by his costume of pink, crimson and purple. An unusual multi-figure composition, again in the artist's monogramatic palette, is Paternity con Spiderman (2003). The neutral background is still there, but it surrounds a comfortable striped sofa, occupied by a dozing father and his relaxed yet alert child. A jointed humanoid toy perches on the back of the sofa, and the scale of the juxtaposition adds a surreal touch to this domestic, intimate scene. In this abstracted, fictive painter's space, a real-world relationship of tenderness and charm has materialized. Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, 37 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019. Telephone (212) 593-3757. On the web at www.bernarduccimeisel.com


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PSA are currently working with IOD PARC in a large contract-winning international consortium for the British Government Department for International Development (DFID) to build resilience to natural disasters and climate change in Nepal.
A nation that has been hit hard by recent natural disasters, Nepal holds a special place in the heart of PSA Managing Director, Paul Steinfort, who was among the first post-disaster experts on the ground after the devastating 2015 earthquake.
To support the work of the Government of Nepal, the civil society DFID Nepal is taking forward two major new programs: "Climate Smart Development for Nepal" and "Strengthening Disaster Resilience in Nepal."
To enable DFID Nepal, with its partners, to focus on learning and evidence PSA Project has been contracted with the IOD PARC-led consortium to head up the Portfolio Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Unit.
The key function of the unit will be to review and synthesise portfolio, program and project monitoring, as well as to evaluate and conduct analysis in order to help DFID Nepal flexibly manage the programs This ensures strong Value for Money (VfM). The unit will also generate evidence through evaluations of DFID Nepal's disaster resilience and climate smart development programs, sharing findings and facilitating learning with a range of audiences.
For further information about how your organisation or program can learn from or support these portfolio, programs and learnings or other monitoring and evaluation systems, feel free to contact us.
Find out more about how PSA's nationally accredited Certificate IV in Program Management can benefit you and your organisation.
Browse through all of PSA's current and past issues of its newsletter the PSA WAY.
PSA's diverse project work has been has graced many publications including, The Age, The Herald Sun, Engineers Australia, AIPM Magazine and many more.
You can also find information about "What enables Project Success" by Paul Steinfort, PhD & Derek Walker, PhD as well as many other papers and articles.


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The Boards of Directors of both Chambers of Commerce announced their full support for the University of the Virgin Islands School of Medicine (SOM). The St. Croix Chamber announced their support in April, and the St. Thomas-St. John Chamber unanimously voted to support the SOM in May 2016.
Construction for the UVI SOM has begun on the St. Thomas Campus, with construction on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix expected to begin shortly. The SOM is expected to enroll its first medical students in Fall 2017. The annual economic impact of the fully operational UVI School of Medicine's Simulation Center, which will be constructed on the Sheen Campus, will be approximately $30 million, according to a May 2015 SOM Economic Impact Study. The SOM Classroom Building, which will be housed on the St. Thomas Campus, will have an economic impact of an estimated $30 million.
"The St. Croix Chamber of Commerce applauds this forward-thinking vision that will not only train the next generation of physicians for the territory and the wider Caribbean, but will also elevate the level of care for the people of the Virgin Islands while growing the economy of St. Croix," according to a St. Croix Chamber of Commerce statement. "We look forward to it becoming a reality and encourage the support of the community of this endeavor."
"Healthcare has been a major concern for most Americans in recent years, and Virgin Islanders have not been immune from the realities of rising costs, shortages of doctors and nurses, and the scarcity of available and reasonable insurance plans," said Chamber of Commerce Board President Sebastiano Paiewonsky-Cassinelli. "As representatives of the business community, we fully believe that the development of an accredited medical school in the Virgin Islands will help our residents in many of these areas, especially by providing more qualified doctors to our two hospitals and affiliated clinics, upgrading the quality of available clinical services, and helping eliminate many of the disparities found in current health care systems."
"The support of the Chamber of Commerce's of all three islands is a ringing endorsement of the benefits of the medical school project," said UVI President David Hall. "We hope that the endorsement of the leaders of the business community will serve as a catalyst for others to support this transformative idea through gifts and donations. It will take the entire community to make this important project a reality. I personally want to thank the leaders of both Chambers for their endorsement and for their vision."
"I thank the St. Croix and St. Thomas-St. John Chambers of Commerce for their support for the UVI School of Medicine," said SOM Dean Dr. Benjamin Sachs. "I fundamentally believe that the University's School of Medicine is a once in a lifetime opportunity for the territory to train the next generation of physicians. In addition to training medical and nursing students, the simulation center will offer continuing medical education training for physicians, first responders, nurses, and other allied health professionals continuing education opportunities."
Paiewonsky-Cassinelli said that one advantage that the School of Medicine at UVI will have is that it is eligible for accreditation by the Liaison Committee for Medical Education, which is the accreditation body for medical schools in the United States and Canada. The Committee would extend its authority to the Virgin Islands, making the UVI School of Medicine the first accredited, English-speaking medical school in the region.
"The private sector of the Virgin Islands fully understands that a project of this size will have a positive effect on economic development in the territory, and will raise the national and international stature of the Virgin Islands," said Chamber Vice President Cecile de Jongh.
She provided further details on affiliations that will enhance the reputation of the UVI School of Medicine. "National partnerships have been established with the University of Central Florida, University of South Florida, and the University of South Florida's Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation," de Jongh said. "Along with local partners at the Schneider Regional Medical Center, Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center, and the other fine facilities in the territory, the Medical School will provide an excellent educational and research-based curriculum for future physicians, who will serve this community and many others throughout the world."
It is estimated that St. Croix will experience an increased need of over 20,000 hotel room nights per year once the center is fully operational. Twenty-five full-time staff and an additional 25 professionals on a part-time basis will be needed to operate the facility.
Both Chambers of Commerce Endorse UVI School of Medicine
The Boards of Directors of both Chambers of Commerce announced their full support for the University of the Virgin Islands School of Medicine (SOM). The St. Croix Chamber announced their support in April, and the St. Thomas-St. John Chamber unanimously voted to support the SOM in May 2016.


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There are a lot of social bookmarking tools and bookmarking software to use; however, choosing the best social bookmarking tool would be best. The following are the top free social bookmarking tools that you can use.
Twitter is a famous micro blogging website. It is on the leading websites worldwide, receiving most traffic. It allows you to receive updates of the people you follow in the form of 140 character tweets or links. Users often shorten their links using URL shortener tools.
Digg is another significant social bookmarking tool with web 2.0 platform technology. It has a basic purpose. Digg it by posting the website links. The more it gets digged by other users, the more it gets ranked. When your stories or links get highly ranked, your website has a better chance of getting popular. This social bookmarking tool gets numerous of traffic directly or indirectly.
StumbledUpon is one of the social bookmarking websites that can lead traffic to your website. It has some social networking features such as viewing, sharing, and liking the pages your friends or stumblers with same interests. Its user ratings feature creates collective ideas to improve the website's quality.
Reddit is not typically for beginners of social bookmarking. Its website interface is comprehensible for SEO experts. Reddit generates more traffic than other top social bookmarking websites. It is created to target crowds. Bloggers who needs instant traffic find Reddit challengingly difficult to use.
Delicious is one of the most popular social bookmarking tools online. It features include a user-friendly website interface, easy to read URL, a unique domain label, and RSS feeds. The only disadvantage of Delicious is that your bookmarks, by default, are shown publicly. Though, users have the option to set personal bookmarks to private.
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