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Wimbledon 2013: Andy Murray Would Play Serena Williams, Upsets Shake Grand Slam Event
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Serena Williams was heavily criticized Tuesday for her attempt at an apology over comments she made about a 16-year-old rape victim. (Photo : Reuters)
Andy Murray, the No. 2 player in the men's field at Wimbledon, was challenged on Twitter by a fan to challenge the top women's player, Serena Williams, whose vicious serve rivals that of any male player in the sport.
Murray surprisingly answered in the affirmative as to whether he'd do battle with the world's best female. "I've never hit with her, but she's obviously an incredible player, and I think people would be interested to see the men play against the women to see how the styles match up," Murray said.
For now, though, Murray would be best served by keeping his eye on the prize at Wimbledon, as he hopes to become the first British Wimbledon champion since Fred Perry way back in 1936. He defeated Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei in straight sets yesterday (6-3, 6-3, 7-5).
Earlier today Williams powered past another overmatched opponent, Caroline Garcia of France, 6-3, 6-2. In the first round Williams steamrolled over Mandy Minella of Luxembourg in straight sets as well, showing that she has maintained the momentum she gained in a dominant French Open run.
These two stars have avoided the booby traps that have laid waste to several huge names in the early rounds. Rafael Nadal fell on the first day of Wimbledon to vastly unknown world-No. 135 Steve Darcis. Ukranian Sergei Stakhovsky knocked off Roger Federer yesterday, eliminating the two premier name brands in men's tennis.
On the women's side Wimbledon's grass monster gobbled up No. 2 Victoria Azarenka's knee; she won her first round matchup but needed to withdraw from the tournament because of her injury. Yesterday, Maria Sharapova was the latest stat to bite the dust, losing in straight sets to Michelle Larcher de Brito. "She played really great tennis," Sharapova said." All the credit to her. She played really well from start to finish."
While a Serena Williams vs. Andy Murray matchup would be incredible to see, both players need to be on upset alert and play superior tennis at Wimbledon right now.
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Harmonium was one of the most influential rock bands from Quebec. Lead vocalist and guitarist Serge Fiori met Michel Normandeau (vocals and guitar) in a theatre music meeting. Later on in 1973 they met bassist Louis Valois and became Harmonium. In November of 1973 the group performed their first air play on CHOM-FM. They played three tracks: "Pour un instant", "Un musicien parmi tant d'autres", and "Un refrain parmi tant d'autres".
The first two songs were demos at the time and were later recorded professionally to be put on their first album, Harmonium. The last song was a sequel to "Un musicien parmi tant d'autres", but never made the album cut, staying as a b-side. Apart from the album, one single was recorded at the time: "Pour un instant", featuring two tracks (one on each side), the title song and "100,000 Raisons", only released on the CD version of the album almost 20 years later.
After many little shows and a small tour played all over Quebec, they were up for the second album. The album, sometimes known as Les Cinq Saisons, was actually named Si on avait besoin d'une cinqui?me saison. There were five songs on the album, one representing each season and the last song being the "new" season. For this album the band had three new members: Pierre Daigneault, playing the flutes, sax, and clarinets, Serge Locat, handling the piano and synths, and Judy Richards, who sings the melody of the fifth season in "Histoires sans Paroles".
The third album, L'Heptade, is about the seven states of consciousness of a person (during a day, or during a life). The first and the last song are named "Comme un fou" and "Comme un sage", indicating a progression towards wisdom. A double-LP live album was recorded during the band's final tour, and later released as En tourn?e in 1980.

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The Ministry of Education is advising parents and CSEC/CAPE candidates of the Bishop's High School that there has been a change in the venue for the sitting of examinations timetabled for Monday, June 1, 2015. Due to the inclement weather which caused flooding in Georgetown, CSEC/CAPE candidates of the Bishop's High School who are scheduled to sit examinations tomorrow, Monday, June 1 will now ...Read More »
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Flood forces closure of many public schools
Georgetown, May 31, 2015) The Ministry of Education wishes to notify parents and guardians that due to flooding caused by heavy rains on Sunday, May 31 some schools will not be opened on Monday, June 1, 2015 so as to facilitate the cleaning and sanitization of school facilities and its environs. The following schools will be closed on Monday, June ...Read More »
Aubrey Norton tipped to be presidential advisor
by Zena Henry Veteran Guyanese politician and International Relations expert, Aubrey Norton is tipped to be a presidential advisor on youth empowerment. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon told Demerara Waves Online News on Sunday, May 31 that Norton would be serving the administration of President David Granger. Norton, a former University of Guyana lecturer and former People's National Congress (PNC) ...Read More »
72-hour plan to ease flood; evidence shows neglected drainage infrastructure
Even as more rain is forecast until Thursday, authorities are overseeing the implementation of a 72-hour action plan to remove several bottlenecks and so drain the city and lower East Coast Demerara rapidly. Under the chairmanship of the Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, engineers and decision-makers have decided to tackle several areas immediately to bring relief to affected communities. ...Read More »
Can the PPP be saved?
by Ralph Ramkarran (reproduced from www.conversationtree.gy ) The end of the Jagan leadership of the PPP terminated the era of real, as opposed to formal, internal democracy. Its structure and leadership model, third world and Leninist influenced, lent itself to authoritarian methods. But the Jagans ensured full discussions and neither dictated conclusions. Both changed their views from time to time ...Read More »
Jagdeo must go if PPP is to revive- Clinton Urling
People's Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) candidate, Clinton Urling has blamed former President Bharrat Jagdeo for the party's defeat at the polls earlier this month and said the time has come for him to take a back seat if the party is to be rebuilt. Urling predicts that the PPP will face a difficult task in rebuilding itself if Jagdeo remains ...Read More »


text: Politics 24 January 2008 When ignorance is bliss The epidemic of misery in the English-speaking west has been caused not by rampant consumerism, but Sign-up In the 1980s there were champagne socialists, those Bollinger-swigging Thatcher-bashers who cheered on the workers and sometimes handed wads of cash to the unions. Today we have the herbal-tea socialist. This new breed of lefty is more likely to be therapeutically minded and green-leaning, and to fret about capitalism "stressing out" the workers. The herbal-tea socialist wants to massage our minds rather than fund our fightbacks; he thinks we need therapy, not theory. The most striking thing about herbal-tea socialism is its focus on the alleged evils of consumerism. Old Marxists quite admired the consumer society. Karl Marx himself praised its "charms" and "chatter", writing: "In spite of all his 'pious' speeches, [the capitalist] searches for means to spur [the workers] on to consumption, to give his wares new charms, to inspire them with new needs by constant chatter, etc. It is precisely this side of the relation of capital and labour which is an essential civilising moment." For Marxists, it was in the sphere of production, not consumption, that man was most degraded. It was there that he was exploited and alienated from his creative endeavours - and it was there that he had the power to change things. Only through overhauling production, Marxists argued, could man be made free. Contrast that with herbal-tea socialism. Whether it's Buy Nothing Day campaigners hectoring the "sheep" of Oxford Street into detoxing from shopping, or environmentalists claiming that our addiction to "stuff" (a disease some refer to as "stuff-itis") is making us mentally ill, the herbal-tea socialist is myopically outraged by what we buy, rather than how exploited or unfree we are. Where Marx considered workers to be the gravediggers of capitalism, the herbal-tea socialist sees us as zombies of consumerism. Herbal-tea socialism has a new bible in Oliver James's The Selfish Capitalist. Nothing better captures the snobbery and paternalism of the new anti-capitalism than James's tome. Dolled up to look like a fearless, searing critique of modern capitalist society, it is actually a deeply prejudicial, historically illiterate and conservative broadside against people's desire for material comfort and wealth. James is a clinical child psychologist. In his last book, Affluenza: How to Be Successful and Stay Sane, he claimed to have uncovered a new virus. "Affluenza", he said, is brought on by the rampant materialism and cult of consumerism nurtured under "Blatcherism" (that's Blairism and Thatcherism combined). As we are encouraged to lust after stuff, to aspire to live the mock-Tudor lifestyle of a superwealthy, blinged-up footballer's wife, we begin to neglect non-material matters such as friendships and family relations, argued James; we become emotionally distressed, destructively perfectionist, and discontented, sex-addicted and domineering to boot. The Selfish Capitalist promises to trace the "origins of affluenza". One of James's central claims is that there is twice the prevalence of emotional distress or "mental illness" in English-speaking "selfish capitalist" nations there is in the "unselfish capitalist" nations of mainland western Europe. This suggests that materialism is driving us Brits mad, literally. There are just a few problems with James's thesis. He never convincingly demonstrates that mental distress is higher in the "selfish capitalist" world than it is elsewhere. He shows no direct causal relationship between materialistic desire and levels of emotional distress. And the implications of his argument - where, in effect, the government is encouraged to manage our well-being - are so borderline Orwellian that they make Blatcherism look almost progressive. Yes, "selfish capitalism" leaves us edgy and unfulfilled; but what we might refer to as the therapeutic socialism that James seems keen to instal would turn us into mental slaves. James says that where 23 per cent of people in "selfish capitalist" nations (the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand) have suffered emotional distress in the recent period, only 11.5 per cent of people in "unselfish capitalist" nations (France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Italy and Japan) have been distressed. This finding is the foundation on which he builds his thesis about the perils of life in a neoliberal society. Yet James has to play the role of research contortionist to arrive at the claim that people in the selfish capitalist sphere are twice as likely to be unhappy. He kicks off by citing the findings of a study by the World Health Organisation into the "percentage of the population [in different countries] that has suffered a mental distress in the past 12 months". Of the 15 countries probed to date, the US and New Zealand come top: 26.4 per cent of Americans and 20.7 per cent of New Zealanders claim to have "suffered a mental distress" recently. Must be that pesky selfish capitalism they're forced to live under. But what's this? Ukraine, better known for its poverty and unemployment than for any epidemic of Posh- and-Becks-style materialism, comes third in the WHO's "league of woe": 20.5 per cent of Ukrainians say they have recently suffered mental distress. Colombia (17.8 per cent) and Lebanon (16.9 per cent), hardly nations in which disposable income is sloshing around, come fifth and sixth. Most strikingly, Shanghai is at the bottom of the WHO's list of screwed-up territories: only 4.3 per cent of its residents have recently been seriously stressed. Yet it is hard to think of a country where naked ambition and the desire for stuff is stronger than China right now, where two coal-fired power stations are erected every week, gleaming new skyscrapers poke holes in the clouds, and tens of thousands are abandoning back-breaking tasks in the countryside to get proper jobs (and TVs and cars) in the city. If "selfish capitalism" and its sidekick rampant consumerism provoke mental distress, why aren't the Chinese suffering but people in Colombia are? James has some neat and tidy explanations. Colombia and Lebanon might be distressed as a result of "social unrest and civil war"; Ukraine is probably emotionally under the weather as a result of its "economic crash"; and the people of Shanghai seem not to be stressed ("yet . . ." he warns) because "the Chinese conceptualise questions about mental states differently from westerners". I see. Moreover, Britain, Canada and Australia - three "selfish capitalist" nations to which James refers frequently - were not even part of the WHO study of distress. Instead, James uses completely different surveys of national distress for these countries, which he confesses is a "debatable" tactic, because "these studies have not used identical instruments for measuring distress to those employed in the . . . WHO study". On page 31 of this book, he notes: "Comparison can be safely made only between studies in different nations which used the same instruments, in the same way." Yet, ten pages later, he is marrying completely different studies, explaining away the high levels of distress in poor countries like Colombia and the low level of distress in rising capitalist tigers like China. The book seems packed with caveats about its own scientific claims. James cites Émile Durkheim's study of suicide in 19th-century Europe, and then writes in parenthesis: "(Durkheim's data has since been queried)." After testing his hypotheses about materialism causing distress, James writes: "The scientifically trained reader will rightly assert that [my] tests of the theory are less than would be needed for a submission to a learned journal." Indeed. Even I, whose scientific training came to an inglorious end with a C grade in GCSE physics in 1990, can see that. Other parts of the book suggest that he might also have a tenuous grip on history. He writes: "Industrialisation and urbanisation are arguably the fundamental causes of high rates of emotional distress." So why didn't people complain about suffering from "low self-esteem", "anxiety" or "impulse disorders" during a historic upheaval such as the British Industrial Revolution? Then, a nation was transformed within a gene ration: vast cities were built or expanded and swaths of the population moved from farm work into factories. Life was tough, smelly, unforgiving, yet people somehow survived without the likes of Oliver James or Oprah or Jeremy Kyle offering them emotional guidance. No one can possibly believe that people in Britain today have harder emotional lives than those women in shawls who sold soap on misty bridges in Dickensian times, and who had a life expectancy of 46 if they were lucky. Perhaps it is simply that people are more likely to complain about mental hardship these days? James fails fully to interrogate one possible, simple explanation for why Americans, Canadians and Brits allegedly suffer, or rather claim to suffer, from higher levels of mental distress than others: the "therapy culture". Over the past 30 years, precisely the period in which James says there has been an increase in levels of emotional distress, America has spawned a culture in which we are positively encouraged to discuss everyday problems, from overwork to sadness, as "illnesses" that require therapeutic intervention. In his brilliant Shyness: How Normal Behaviour Became a Sickness, the American academic Christopher Lane painstakingly shows how the category of "mental disorder" has been expanded in recent decades, so that what were once considered normal emotions or everyday foibles - shyness, rebelliousness, aloofness, and so on - have been relabelled as phobias, disorders and syndromes. The influence of America's therapy culture has been greater in other English-speaking nations (Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) than it has been in China, for example. It's not that their citizens are more distressed than, say, people struggling to make ends meet in Nigeria (where only 4.7 per cent of the population claim to have mental issues), but rather that they are more likely to understand and discuss their problems in these terms. As you sift through James's claims and data, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that what we have here is plain old prejudice - against garish consumerism, especially of a kind indulged in by the nouveaux riches - dressed up as a scientific study. At heart, this book is deeply conservative: it rehashes the age-old warning that riches will make you unhappy, so you're better off living a simple, smiley life. Because they see overconsumption as the greatest evil, herbal-tea socialists such as James end up not offering solidarity to workers, but constantly warning them that their "greed" will come back to haunt them in the form of a mental disorder. They have rehabilitated the sin of gluttony in pseudo-scientific terms. I say we should resist the attempts by James and others to relieve us of our "emotional distress". Prickly emotions are frequently the triggers for change, making people strive for better and more meaningful ways of living. James, who advises the government on social policy, argues that "well-being should be a high governmental priority". No, it should not; government-imposed "happiness" or "satisfaction" would only churn out an emotionally complacent populace trained to be satisfied by the simple life. We may all be on the edge - but some of us are looking over it, to see what will come next. Brendan O'Neill is editor of "spiked" (www.spikedonline.com)The Selfish Capitalist: Origins of Affluenza, Oliver James, Vermilion, 288pp, £14.99 Subscribe For more great writing from our award-winning journalists subscribe for just £1 per month! This article first appeared in the 28 January 2008 issue of the New Statesman, Merchant adventurer SUBSCRIBE More


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Our solar system has more than 500,000 asteroids flying around. But don't worry, the "big one" isn't expected to end life here on Earth for several million years.
That doesn't mean we shouldn't study them. After all, there are more than 1,000 asteroids on a "potentially dangerous" watch list.
"We have to figure out how to nudge these objects out of the way," said Kevin Conod, manager for the Newark Museum's Dreyfuss Planetarium.
Conod gave a lecture, "All about Asteroids," this past week during the North Jersey Astronomical Group's monthly meeting at Montclair State University.
Conod spoke about the history of asteroids (scientists thought they were stars, hence the Greek word "aster" for "star" ), its characteristics (a majority are dark carbonaceous objects; some are stony and a small fraction are metallic), and the latest asteroid-related discoveries gathered by NASA's Dawn mission.
Dawn is orbiting the asteroid Vesta, a 330-mile object located in our solar system's asteroid belt. After mapping, photographing and further study of Vesta, Dawn will travel to Ceres, a dwarf planet.
Vesta and Ceres are two of the largest objects in the asteroid belt and they are quite different. According to the mission's website:
The top-level question that the mission addresses is the role of size and water in determining the evolution of the planets. Ceres and Vesta are the right two bodies with which to address this question, as they are the most massive of the protoplanets, baby planets whose growth was interrupted by the formation of Jupiter. Ceres is very primitive and wet while Vesta is evolved and dry.
Conod showed various pictures taken from Dawn that shows Vesta's rocky and impact-ridden surface.
Questions were raised regarding some of the parallel grooves, or streaks, on Vesta's surface. What could have caused those marks, audience members asked Conod. "They go on much longer than can be explained by impact," Conod responded. "They are really quite long … It's under investigation."
Later this month, NASA will obtain more images (eight times higher resolution) of Vesta. We'll keep you posted here on Space Oddities.
After its rendezvous with Vesta, Dawn will head out to the dwarf planet Ceres. "It's going to be an interesting world to explore," Conod said.
There are only five objects classified as dwarf planets in our solar system. Perhaps the most famous is Pluto, which was declassified from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006.
Other interesting asteroid/Dawn facts:
- According to Conod, if you took all the asteroids in our solar system and mashed them other, their total mass would only be 4 percent of that of our moon. Wow.
- When thinking about the asteroid belt, people usually reflect on what they've seen on television: Spaceships quickly darting out of the way of thousands of incoming rocks. But, Conod said, the average distance between asteroids is about 2 million miles. Wow again. "Collisions aren't that common," Conod said.
- Dawn, launched in 2007, is the first solar spacecraft to travel past Mars.
- Dawn uses ion propulsion, or electrical fields for power; unlike chemical reactions that were used for the Space Shuttle Program. An example: Conod said for 5,400 pounds of chemical propellant, only 540 pounds of ions are needed. Ion propulsion will allow scientists to go deeper and deeper into space. Read more about that here.
- Of all the meteorites that have crashed onto Earth, 5 percent has come from Vesta's crust.
- Some asteroids, like Ida, have moons. Crazy, right? Read more about Ida and its moon Dactyl here.


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(Montreal, Que.) The BC Royals came out on top on Friday at the 2017 Canadian Wheelchair Basketball League (CWBL) National Championship as they were the sole team to emerge undefeated from some heated round robin action in Montreal.
Seven of the country's top competitive club teams are vying for a shot at the national title at the Centre sportif at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
The competition resumes Saturday as teams jostle for position and battle for a berth to the medal games. The bronze and gold medal games are set for 9 a.m. ET and 11 a.m. ET, respectively, on Sunday.
The event is being hosted by Parasports Québec and the games are being streamed live on their Facebook page.
Game 1 – Gladiateurs de Laval 63 vs. Alberta Northern Lights 71
The Alberta Northern Lights began the tournament with a 71-63 win over the Gladiateurs de Laval in a tight opening game. With consistent shooting Alberta overtook the Laval lead in the second quarter and maintained their momentum throughout the rest of the game. Paralympian Ben Moronchuk led all players with 29 points and secured a double-double for Alberta with 13 rebounds, while Philippe Vermette countered with 20 points and 10 rebounds to earn the double-double for Laval.
Game 2 – CIVA de Montréal 65 vs. BC Royals 75
The BC Royals claimed their first win of the tournament with a 75-65 victory against CIVA de Montréal. The hometown team outpaced the Royals throughout the second and fourth quarters, but it wasn't enough to compete against the Royals' strong ability to convert off rebounds. Alphonsus To produced a team-best 23 points for BC and Benjamin Palmer registered 21 points for CIVA.
Game 3 – Variety Village Rolling Rebels 59 vs. Saskatchewan Club '99 47
Variety Village carved out an early lead against Saskatchewan Club '99, ending the first period up 10 points. The Saskatchewan team attempted to level the playing field, exchanging baskets with their opponent throughout the rest of the game, but ultimately were unable to nullify the Rebels' strong start. Gregg Johnstone led the Saskatchewan offense with 20 points, while Jesse McNalley scored a game-high 24 points for Variety Village.
Game 4 – Gladiateurs de Laval 74 vs. Calgary Grizzlies 45
The Gladiateurs de Laval picked up a decisive 74-45 win against the Calgary Grizzlies for their first win of the weekend. Carl Pelletier was the top point producer for Laval with 24 points. Erik Vliegenthart led the way offensively for the Grizzlies with 11 points.
Game 5 – Variety Village Rolling Rebels 59 vs. CIVA de Montréal 54
In an intense match up, Variety Village defeated CIVA de Montréal 59-54 for their second win. Variety Village found themselves in a 31-27 deficit at halftime before turning the tide in the second half. They outscored CIVA by 11 points in the third period and managed to stave off CIVA's valiant rebuttal in the fourth to maintain their lead. CIVA's Nicolas Palmer led all the players with 25 points while Jesse Mcnalley countered with 17 points for Variety Village.
Game 6 – BC Royals 71 vs. Saskatchewan Club '99 56
In their second game of the tournament, the BC Royals picked up a commanding 71-56 win against Saskatchewan Club '99. After setting a strong pace in the first half, the Royals lost some momentum in the third quarter allowing Saskatchewan to outscore them 13-17. Saskatchewan didn't get a chance to close the gap however as the Royals game back in the fourth to sink another 20 points against Saskatchewan's 10. Deion Green and Kady Dandenault were the offensive catalysts for BC tallying 19 points each. While Mitch Bossaer led the Saskatchewan team with 18 points and Jared Sajtos chipped in with a double-double with 10 points and 16 rebounds.
Game 7 – Alberta Northern Lights 65 vs. Calgary Grizzlies 66
In the battle of Alberta, the Calgary Grizzlies and the Alberta Northern Lights fought tooth and nail for the win. The teams exchanged leads throughout, never allowing it to be more than a 6 point game. With less than a minute remaining on the clock the Northern Lights led by one, but the Grizzlies' Erik Vligenhart cinched a two pointer that the Northern Lights weren't able to match allowing the Grizzlies to secure the win. Vligenhart paced the Calgary attack with 16 points while Team Canada athlete Ben Moronchuk tallied a high of 21 points for Alberta.
"The Northern Lights are younger and faster than us so we just have to push hard on defence to try and keep up with their speed. Our teams get along really well but both teams want to win that one. I thought we played well against a really good, disciplined team," said Grizzlies player and Paralympian Chad Jassman.
Game 8 – Saskatchewan Club '99 61 vs. CIVA de Montréal 56
Saskatchewan Club '99 captured its first win of the tournament by edging out CIVA de Montréal with a 61-56 win. While CIVA began the game with a strong show, leading 29-26 at half, Saskatchewan managed to turn things around by converting on their shots in the second half by scoring 23 points in the third quarter to take CIVA by storm. Saskatchewan player Jared Sajtos scored a game-high of 26 points and finished the day with a double-double with 12 rebounds. Benjamin Palmer of Montreal led the team's offense with 20 points.
"I thought this was the best game we played together, we've been working on it from our first two games and I think we put together 40 minutes for the first time this tournament," said Saskatchewan coach and player Katie Miyazaki. "I'm very happy with how we played and we've been working on team dynamics and how we can help each other be better and putting each other in good positions to be successful and I think we did that."
Game 9 – BC Royals 77 vs. Variety Village 53
With their third win, 77-53 against Variety Village, the BC Royals end the first day of competition as the only undefeated team. The Royals started off the game with seemingly unstoppable momentum, scoring 43 points in the first half to Variety Village's 19. While Variety Village made a concerted effort to change the tide by outscoring BC by seven points in the third, they were unable to close the gap. The BC offense was led by Kady Dandenault with 22 points, followed closely by Alphonsus To with 16 points. Jesse McNalley scored a game-high 24 points for Variety Village.
"Everyone was fresh and on top of their game. Everyone contributed to the game with good seals from the lower class players and nice shooting from the higher class players. Variety Village had a good team with a lot of big guys but our press was good, we were able to cause some turnovers and that really made the difference today," said Alphonsus To of the BC Royals.
About the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball League
The Canadian Wheelchair Basketball League (CWBL) was founded in 1986 and has two primary divisions: the Open division and the Women's division. The league features wheelchair basketball club teams from across Canada and culminates each season with a national championship for both the Open and Women's divisions.
The league is fully integrated as both divisions welcome athletes with a disability as well as able-bodied athletes to play in the spirit of competition. It often features some of the country's best wheelchair basketball players, including past, present and future members of Team Canada.
About Wheelchair Basketball Canada
Wheelchair Basketball Canada is the national sport governing body responsible for the organization of the sport in Canada. It is a non-profit, charitable organization that is committed to excellence in the development, support and promotion of wheelchair basketball programs and services for all Canadians from grassroots to high performance. Wheelchair basketball is a fast-paced, hard-hitting, competitive sport in which Canada is held in high esteem around the world for winning a combined six gold, one silver, and one bronze medal in the last seven Paralympic Games.


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Foundations for Practice in Occupational Therapy
5th Edition
with PAGEBURST Access
Printed book plus PageburstTM access – you will receive a printed book and access to the complete book content electronically. PageburstTM enhances learning by not only bringing world class content to your fingertips but also letting you add to it, annotate it, and categorize it all in a way that suits you. PageburstTM frees you to spend more time learning and less time searching.Now in its fifth edition, the internationally acclaimed Foundations for Practice in Occupational Therapy continues to provide a practical reference tool which is both an indispensable guide to undergraduates and a practical reference tool for clinicians in the application of models and theories to practice. Underlining the importance and clinical relevance of theory to practice, the text provides an excellent introduction to the theoretical basis of occupational therapy. Contributions are given by both academics and expert clinicians.
All chapters have been revised and updated, new ones have been written and some pre-existing chapters have new authors. A refined structure uses highlight boxes to indicate the key themes and issues of each chapter and useful reflective questions to help the reader review the issues raised in the chapter.
Key Features
- Discusses evidence-based practices and established theories but also includes contemporary developments
- Range of expert contributors provide an international perspective of practice
- Case studies highlighting the application of theory to practice
- Details of the latest developments and debates in the field
Table of Contents
Foreword by Elizabeth Townsend
Cover painting by Michel Pochet
Section 1 Introduction to the philosophy, principles and practice of occupational therapy
1 Introduction
Edward A.S. Duncan
2 Theoretical foundations of occupational therapy: external influences
Edward A.S. Duncan
3 Theoretical foundations of occupational therapy: internal influences
Edward A.S. Duncan
4 Skills and processes in occupational therapy
Edward A.S. Duncan
5 An introduction to conceptual models of practice and frames of reference
Edward A.S. Duncan
Section 2 Conceptual models of practice
6 The Model of Human Occupation: embracing the complexity of occupation by integrating theory into practice and practice into theory
Kirsty Forsyth & Gary Kielhofner
7 Applying the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance
Thelma Sumsion, Lesley Tischler-Draper & Sheila Heinicke
8 The Person–Environment–Occupational Performance (PEOP) Model
Charles Christiansen, Carolyn M. Baum & Julie Bass
9 The Functional Information-processing Model
Jackie Pool
10 The Kawa (River) Model
Michael K. Iwama & Kee Hean Lim
Section 3 Frames of reference
11 The client-centred frame of reference
Davina M. Parker
12 The cognitive behavioural frame of reference
Edward A.S. Duncan
13 An introduction to the psychodynamic frame of reference
Margaret A. Daniel & Sheena E.E. Blair
14 The biomechanical frame of reference in occupational therapy
Ian R. McMillan
15 Theoretical approaches to motor control and cognitive–perceptual function
Sally Feaver & Leisle Ezekiel
Section 4 A new science
16 The evolving theory of clinical reasoning
Carolyn A. Unsworth
17 Community-based rehabilitation
Rachel Thibeault & Michele Hebert
18 Occupational science: genesis, evolution and future contribution
Matthew Molineux & Gail E. Whiteford
- No. of pages:
- 288
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Churchill Livingstone 2011
- Published:
- 27th April 2011
- Imprint:
- Churchill Livingstone
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780702046612
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780702061073
About the Editor
Edward Duncan
Affiliations and Expertise
Associate Professor in Applied Health Research, Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, The University of Stirling, Scotland, UK; Honorary Advanced Clinical Practitioner, NHS Forth Valley, Scotland, UK Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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I grew up on Sailor Moon and definitely feel it was a pinnacle in my childhood. I have two Sailor Moon tattoos and still watch episodes on YouTube whenever I am feeling down. It hasn't lost any of its humor or magic to me. Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts taught me to be brave, to by myself and that feminism is awesome. They fought for love, justice, equality, and the well-being of the world; physically and morally. As a kid I looked up to the girls in a fantastical sense. I know it's just a "cartoon" but the messages every episode sent still ring with truth and relevancy to this day. Every Sailor Scout had a very defined personality and character traits, and it was so easy to align with one as your favorite. I decided to make some fashion sets for each [inner] Sailor Scout based off their personality. I tried to add as much nuance and detail as I could. I had way too much fun making these – and probably spent way too much time on them. This is how I envision the scouts if they were personified modern-day teenage girls. For those that were big fans of the show, I know you'll notice lots of quirky details in these sets, and I hope you love and appreciate them! If they are well received, maybe I will do the Outer Scouts and some of the more iconic villains. If any of you are curious, my favorite scouts are Venus and Jupiter. Who is your favorite?
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Fighting Evil By Moonlight, Gettin' Tattooed By Daylight.February 8, 2011
I am all for nerd tattoos, and my friend Sarah has one of my favorite. She has a sailor moon thigh piece that shows her total dedication. We also have matching Crescent Moon wands! I dont come across interesting, well-done or unique Sailor Moon tattoos very often, but I wish I did. Check out her thigh piece, in all its majesty:
Asking Sarah to take a picture of her tattoo was just an excuse to get her to take her pants off.
Here is a picture of our twin Crescent Moon Wands:
You can lurk Sarah hard at her Tumblr.
Nerd Porn: AsukaJanuary 6, 2011
There is a fine, and I stress fine – line when it comes to the nerd creative outlet of Cosplay. You have to really know what you're doing, what you look like and what you're capable of. I dont think i've ever been so impressed by the accuracy and quality of a costume as I was with this girl who is dressing as Asuka from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Asuka is one of my favorite characters from science fiction in general, just because of how fucked up and real she is. This girl looks the part, her hair is perfect and not a $5.99 Party City wig, and her figure is perfect for the costume, which alone is extremely accurate. The suits the kids in Evangelion wear are called "Plug Suits" and they are skin tight and help them sync with their humanoid mechs. I am dying to know how this girl constructed it or where she had it constructed.
Lucky Luna.November 19, 2010
So, I got anther tattoo. No big surprise there. It might be a little strange that its my second Sailor Moon tattoo in one month, and probably not my last.
Its Luna from Sailor Moon as a japanese Lucky Cat, with the sign for Venus in the coin. Venus is one of my favorite Sailor Scouts and her symbol is precious. It turned out better than I could imagine and since Pooka is a fellow nerd – I cant wait to go back to her for more nerd tattoos!
Moon Prism Power!October 16, 2010
Today one of my besties, Sarah, and I got (another) matching tattoo. We grew up loving Sailor Moon, and even as adults talk about it all the time. Im not ashamed, shit. This wont be my last Sailor Moon tattoo either, as I plan on having another tattooer friend and Sailor Moon enthusiast tattoo something else related on me sometime soon. We got Sailor Moon's Crescent Moon Wand, but we had Steve draw it up like an old traditional tattoo! Too cute.
This is a picture of Sarah and I from about a year ago! Its crazy how my hair has doubled in length, and my amount of tattoos has doubled as well…haha!
In my opinion, only thing better than a nerd tattoo, is a twin tattoo.
TGIF!August 27, 2010
I am at work right now, its only 5:13 and I work at 6, so im trying to get a little entry done. I think i've been drinking too much coffee because nothing taste all that appealing anymore. I always crave it so I drink it anyway but I think I need some new options! The last few nights i've worked have been extremely slow, and im predicting another slow night since everyone goes out on Fridays. I havent been up to anything interesting because I work all night and its nearly too hot to go out during the day. I cant wait for it to cool off, although in Florida there isnt much of a "cool" season unfortunately. I dont know why I always end up back in Florida when I hate this weather so much. I want to round-house kick it in the face.
This morning when I woke up, I ate some Lucky Charms and while flipping through the channels I saw that one of my favorite movies was about to come on! This is always a great way to start your day before you have to work. I was elated. The movie is a Hayao Miyazaki film titled "Spirited Away" – I was fortunate enough to catch it in theaters when it came out in 2001! It's about a young girl named Chihiro who by chance ends up in a spirit world inhabited by japanese spirits and monsters. Humans are not allowed, so when she is discovered she begs for a job at the Spirit bath-house so she can earn her way while she figures out an escape plan. Most humans are turned into pigs if discovered or disrespectful to the spirits, but Chihiro meets a magical boy who guides her through the world and keeps her safe. It is just an all around strange and entertaining movie that I can watch over and over.
I want to have a Miyazaki marathon.
Great Romances of the 20th Century.August 17, 2010
I have compiled a short list of some of my favorite geek-culture romances. What are your favorite geek-culture romances? I had a long list but did my best to keep it short and list the ones very near-and-dear to my heart. In no particular order:
1. Craig and Raina of the Graphic Novel "Blankets"
This will forever be one of the most moving and visually appealing reads I have ever had the pleasure of coming across. It's one of those reads that is so real and relatable it almost physically pains you to finish, and when you do finish you're left thinking about it days after. It's a coming of age story about first love and first heartbreak, sexuality and spirituality. Blankets is one of those reads that changed my literary life so much, I ask everyone I get to know and care about if they've read it, and if they haven't, I lend it to them or buy them a copy.
2. Zidane Tribal and Garnet Alexandros of Final Fantasy 9
First, this is my favorite Final Fantasy. Hands down, no contest. I could replay this every month for the rest of my life. It's a quirky fantasy story set in a magical and medieval setting. Zidane is part of a band of thieves, sent to the kingdom of Alexandria to kidnap their princess: Garnet Alexandros. Garnet is a fairly unconventional princess. She is sharp, witty, rowdy and it turns out, she wants to be kidnapped. Before Zidane can physically kidnap her himself, she approaches him demanding he kidnap her "right away".
From here they embark on an amazing journey where they make new friends and enemies, encounter spirits and monsters, fly on airships and every character is on their own journey of self discovery. At one point in the story, Zidane inspires Garnet so much, she cuts her hair short and goes by the alias "Dagger". I wont spoil the ending of the game, but I will say it is worth a play.
3. Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa of Star Wars
Star Wars is iconic, and I believe so is Han and Leia's relationship through out the series. Both characters have sharp tongues and a lot to say – which results in both a passionate and at times hilarious relationship. Growing up I wanted to be Princess Leia so bad. I just thought she was so tough and fantastic. I wanted a guy just like Han Solo to keep me on my toes. Their relationship is elaborated much more in the books. Did you know they have twins? Yup. Jaina and Jacen.
4. Kitty Pryde ( Shadowcat ) and Piotr Rasputin ( Colossus )
I think it's obvious I am probably the biggest Kitty Pryde fan. Ever. I was also always a big Colossus fan. So when they hooked up I was pretty elated. Kitty loved Piotr blindly and faithfully for who he was, and while Piotr reciprocated, it wasnt with the same passion. In Secret Wars, Piotr falls in love with an Alien women named Zsaji, she eventually died, but when Piotr returned to earth, he broke up with Kitty. They remained friends, but as in most situations like this, were more aloof around each other. At one point, Kitty had to exploit Piotr for the sake of mission, and while she hated doing it, the thought of how badly he had hurt her made her go through with it. At another point in the story, Piotr beats up Kitty's current boyfriend, Pete Wisdom, showing he still has feelings for her. Unfortunately Piotr dies later on, and Kitty has to spread his ashes back home.
He is later brought back by Joss Whedon ( a huge Kitty Pryde fan ) in Astonishing X-Men and he and Kitty rekindle their relationship passionately. At this point, and it pains me to say it, Kitty is not "dead" but trapped in a giant bullet that is currently phasing through the earth. Kitty gave herself up to save the planet, shortly after she and Colossus worked things out. They simply cant catch a break.
5. Peter Parker ( Spider-Man ) and Mary Jane Watson
Ooooh, Mary Jane. How jealous of you I was when I was 6 years old and in love with Spider-man. I've since got over it and love their whole dynamic. Girl next door and secret super-hero; how perfect. I love that Peter, a true nerd, fawned after his friend and neighbor for years, and that she was always so warm and understanding with him. She is an A+ broad and I love that through all their trials and tribulations, kidnappings and various other otherworldly mishaps, they can end up together. You know you've got the perfect girl when she keeps your identity a secret and packs you a lunch before you jump out of your 10 story window in a spider costume.
* Brock and every Nurse Joy ever
For a Pokemon Trainer that specializes in Rock-type Pokemon, he sure has a soft spot for the ladies. Brock would lose his damn mind whenever in the vicinity of a Nurse Joy. I'd put money down that he would take his Pokemon to a health center even when they weren't sick, just to see a Nurse Joy. Brock claims he can tell all the identical Nurse Joys apart. That is how much he loves them. Although, he often has to be restrained around them by a friend – thats how much he loves them.
Can we talk about this?August 10, 2010
Can I please have one? I guess im moving to Japan.
Miyazaki and "The Borrowers".July 5, 2010
Combining two of my loves: coffee and one of my favorite Studio Ghibli films – Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service!
i'll be trying the above at work later!
I really love Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibili. I have never been disappointed in any of the movies put out by them, and am always overly excited when I hear about a new one. So color me excited, because I just found these teaser trailers for the next one titled " The Borrowers Arrietty " which was inspired by Mary Norton's fantasy book filled with tiny people.
The Borrowers is a series of children's fantasy novels by Mary Norton about tiny people who live in the homes of big people and "borrow" things to survive while keeping their existence unknown. The central characters of the novels are a borrower family surnamed Clock: Pod, Homily and their spirited teenage daughter, Arrietty.
No doubt Miyazaki will transform this story into something more magical than it already is. It is supposed to be released in Japan on July 17th, 2010 – but I couldn't find a US release date. Hopefully sooner than later!
Nerd Porn: Stars Wars and EvangelionJuly 4, 2010
If you're a guy, your eyes will probably go straight to her Star Wars fight scene near her baby-maker, but for me, it went straight to her Evangelion forearm tattoo. Evangelion is EASILY my favorite anime, and EASILY my favorite series of anything – ever. I cant even get started on how much I love it, but I love this girl and I am totally inspired (again) to get a Neon Genesis Evangelion tattoo myself. As if I didnt have enough tattoo ideas lined up already.
Now, I stopped suggesting people watch Evangelion a long time ago, because it's a bit of a mind freak and It takes a certain kind of person to really get into it and understand it. Although, I DO suggest you Wikipedia it, read up on it a bit, and see if it tickles you in any way. Here's the gist:
"Evangelion is an apocalyptic mecha action series which revolves around the efforts by the paramilitary organization Nerv to fight monstrous beings called Angels, primarily using giant mecha called Evangelions which are piloted by select teenagers, one of whom is the primary protagonist.
Events in the series refer to Judeo-Christian symbols from the Book of Genesis and Biblical apocrypha among others.[6] Later episodes shift focus to psychoanalysis of the main characters, who display various emotional problems and mental illnesses;[7][8] the nature of existence and reality are questioned in a way that lets Evangelion be characterized as "postmodern fantasy"
It's well beyond any other "Giant Robot" anime – it's a little heavy while touching on subjects of religion and mental illness, so while I feel everyone should give it a shot, it's not for everybody, but it might be for you. If I can give this series one more fan, that's good enough for me.


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Books | Oct 12, 2017
Southbank Centre launches William Boyd and Nelson Mandela
The Southbank Centre will host events at the Royal Festival Hall to launch Nelson Mandela and Mandla Langa's Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years and William Boyd's The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth.
As part of the London Literature Festival on 22 October 2017, 'Nelson Mandela: The Presidential Years', sees a cast of influential writers and speakers such as the book's co-author Mandla Langa, the Rt Hon Gordon Brown, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Lemn Sissay launching the long-awaited sequel to Long Walk to Freedom.
On 6 November 2017, 'The Many Fictions of William Boyd' explores Boyd's extensive body of work since 1981, and concludes with an exclusive reading from his latest book The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth.
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Forget the horror movies. What scar(r)ed me the most when I was but 8 years old was seeing "Judgment At Nuremberg" and learning about something called "The Holocaust" for the very first time! It was all I could think about for weeks!!
Traumafession:: Carl M. on Judgment at Nuremberg
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Thanks Carl M.! I know what you mean. My first knowledge of the holocaust was when the miniseries HOLOCAUST aired in 1978 and it was on the cover of TV GUIDE. Another real life horror that made a big impression on me as a kid was the Guyana Tragedy. I remember when that was on the cover of every newspaper and magazine (1978 again). I can't believe I still have not done a traumafession about that. Truth is, horror movies don't even come close when compared to what people are capable of in the real world.
Uncle Lancifer beat me to it! I was kindertraumatized by the mini-series The Holocaust as well! Your point hits home–fact is often scarier than fiction.
OMG I'm so glad that Holocaust traumas are allowed. I've been thinking of sending in a Traumafession about the movie NIGHTMARE: THE IMMIGRATION OF JOACHIM AND RACHEL, which they made us watch in Hebrew school. But I thought that it might be tasteless. In fact, I am going to whip up a Hebrew School Trauma Double Feature, and also talk about the time that they made us watch the Irvin Kershner TV movie RAID ON ENTEBBE, about an American plane that was highjacked to Uganda in the 1970s. I've been afraid to fly ever since. All of this happened in around fifth grade.
Excuse me, I *Israeli* plane, not American.
That sounds great Ben S. !
I didn't see that but I did see the 1978 "Holocaust" miniseries…even though I was (and am) a WWII history buff that scared me to death. I think what was really frightening was the fact that IT REALLY HAPPENED.
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Chelsea star Cesc Fabregas says he is working hard to show Spain manager Vicente del Bosque he deserves a starting place in his line-up after being an unused substitute during the 1-0 victory over Ukraine on 27 March.
After playing a small part in the 2014 World Cup, the former Arsenal and Barcelona star was expected to lead Spain's midfield following national team retirements by Barcelona's Xavi Hernandez and Bayern Munich's Xabi Alonso.
But after Fabregas missed the two previous national team games against Belarus and Germany in November 2014 due to injury, Del Bosque opted to put Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta, Isco and Koke in the midfield for their crucial Euro qualifier against Ukraine.
Asked during an interview with Marca whether he was disappointed to not have played a single minute during the game, he said: "A player always want to play. When the coach gives the line-up, I always believe that I can be there. When I'm not, I think that I can still go in and when that doesn't happen, I just want the next training session to arrive to prove that I can be in the starting line-up."
Questioned why he has lost the place in the line up, Fabregas said: "I do not think I've lost my place in the team because I've never been a guaranteed starter.
"The important thing is to add [something to the team] and if I don't play I am sure other player from the team will do well. I have no doubts about that. I always back my teammates. Every player likes to have continuity and I am no different but if the manager decides to not use you, it's because there are better players than you. In any case, the team is above everything."
Meanwhile, Fabregas has once again expressed his happiness in making the decision to leave Barcelona in summer 2014 to return to the Premier League after Chelsea agreed to pay £26m ($38m) to secure his services.
He said: "I am very happy. I'm going through a time in my life where I enjoy everything I do. I'm playing almost every minute and that's what makes me happy. Having the chance to be important is crucial. Now we have to fight hard to win the Premier League to have a great year."
When asked about the disappointment of Chelsea being eliminated from the Champions League, Fabregas said: "Of course we are hurt. Against 10 men everyone expected you to win but sometimes things do not go as you want. Now we still have an opportunity to win a double so we can't relax for a moment."


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And eagle flies with the dove
And if you can't be with the one you love honey
Love the one you're with
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|Goodbye to our Idyllic Fall of Love
In light of the previous posts on the carnal adventures on The Bet, the title and lyrics I chose to start this post might seem redundant, yet another indulgence of amorous excesses of a crew on location in a picturesque location.
Actually, it's not that at all, but rather an ironic confluence of past and present. Last night was the festival premiere of a film I adapted from a stage play for a former student of mine, who directed it.
The circumstances of the film were less than ideal. The director had decided to shoot it pretty much like a play, without considering the consequences of trying to do all those set changes and making it look real. Representational sets work in theater, but the camera creates a situation too real to make this work. Additionally, stage plays are, by nature, dialogue-driven, and the long stretches of dialogue that may have been hilarious in the play drag in a film.
To say he was working with a micro-budget would be kind; his plan was to shoot the film for less than I make most shorts. Additionally, he was close to shooting when he contacted me about it.
All of this led to me rewriting the script on the fly, sometimes the night before scenes were shot, sometimes the morning of. Less than ideal. We should have done a page-one rewrite, and maybe even thought of a way to make it surreal ("Tell them it's a dream sequence"). Maybe we should have picked original material altogether.
The fact is, we did none of those things, and the movie we made is the movie - that's it. We tinkered in post as much as possible with the material we had, adding some fun found footage.
In the end, we would up with a zany comedy that is still funny, though the director and I find it hard to see the humor, having poured over the footage endless times since it was first shot. Also, too much dialogue remained even after my cutting and the volume of new lines I gave the cast at the last minute led to us having days where it took forever for the actors to get the lines right as we shot on a schedule that required us to knock of chunks of pages per day because of the budget.
Not a good combination.
As the producing team, we remember those long days, the endless takes, the botched lines, hour eleven on set where it seemed that nothing funny had happened all day.
For a long time, I had a hard time just saying "I wrote the screenplay." It wasn't, in a perfect world, a "JB" screenplay, not the script I would have written if I were to chose to write a script. Last night, as we were discussing the screening coming up, the director said, "Don't worry, we'll be at another screening for another movie we do that's good."
Right then, what we both had known all along crystallized. This was not the perfect movie, our ideal movie, that movie that is in our mind at one point that we are sure we can make.
Well, kids, grow up, and I direct this as much at myself as the director or anyone out there. That movie you had in your head rarely gets made, at least frame-by-frame the way you saw it. You have let others in on that dream - actors, crew, etc, and they have added their dream, and circumstances, especially on a low-budget indie of any level, mean you couldn't just keep shooting until you got it exactly the way you saw it.
The one thing, you can do, though, is stick to your vision, keep fighting for your vision, even if in the end, it doesn't come out exactly they way you imagined.
"Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse?" Bruce Springsteen's line from The River may be true for a life unfulfilled, but how many of us really live the dream? We start out with a dream, and we make it the best we can.
The same is true for our movies. The irony is that you need to fight hard every day for your vision of the film as a director, or it won't even come close, grab and claw and fight to put that vision out there, and in the end, you have to love what you make, even if it isn't quite that.
I started the saga of The Bet with JR and I joking at the screening, commenting on how melodramatic the movie seemed, and to this day, I still think it is.* We stifled laughs for all the wrong reason. We had drinks and joked about it afterwards, dismissing Adam's vision, but, you know what? There was Adam, sitting at that screening, and I'm sure many screenings afterward, enjoying the hell out of it.
JR , Christine and I, as well as the entire crew, had done good. We helped Adam make the movie he wanted to make, melodrama and all. As I think back, the same could be said of Lucky Stiffs, a movie I'm sure Matt still holds dearly, and Uzo before him on Walls and Bridges, who made a movie that seemed too real and too tough. They all made the movie they wanted to make.
A director needs to surround himself with people he can trust, and needs to listen to them when they offer good advice, and take that advice in, and consider it carefully. That's his responsibility to the project. Those who advise him or her have a responsibility as well, to keep the director's vision in mind when offering advice; you're making their film, not yours. Sometimes it can be a fine line between overstepping your bounds on the advice side, and stubbornness on the director's side when they wont listen to those with good advice. It's a balance you probably never get exactly right, but you need to try.
The movie is your child. You brought it into the world, now it's your responsibility to see it grow up right, even if it's not as pretty or as smart as you hoped it would be. You have a responsibility to see it through and give it a good life.
Adam, I know, did that with The Bet. He got small distribution, enough to make it worth it for him, set up sales for it online before many others were doing that, and came out with something to add to his other accomplishments in life, his jackal of an assistant director or DP be damned.
So, this is a little reminder to all of you as are in the middle of what seems like it can't be the film you set out to make, on the worst day on set, when you are sure that this is never going to be what you thought it would be - slog on.
Oh, and that screening last night? To quote my director, "They laughed. There were genuine laughs." Sure they did. They didn't know the road it took to get there, they didn't slave over the footage. They just came to enjoy a movie, to maybe laugh a little. Isn't that what a comedy is about? Gotta love that kid!
*While the nature of the film was melodramatic, none of that falls on the actors. The dialogue tended to lead in that direction, and they were quite talented and grounded the movie as best they could. The result is miles ahead of what it would have been with a less talented cast.
And now, a little treat from the 70s for those of you who only know them as old men, when their voices and their chops really were that good.


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Following Supreme Court verdict on Wednesday upholding the election of Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel as the duly elected governor of Akwa Ibom State, thousands of All Progressive Congress (APC) members have continued to openly disassociate themselves from the party across the state.
Parting ways with the lousy APC, the supporters displayed their denouncement of affiliation with the failed party, set fire on its symbol; the broom declaring total support for the PDP.
At Ibom Plaza yesterday, it was a theatre of sort as the former broom carriers numbering over one thousand were seen conducting a lying-in-state ceremony for the APC and as well dumped all the brooms inside the coffin and set fire on it.
The same scenario was obtainable in Onna, Mbo, Ikot Ekpene, Eket, Abak, Etinan and other local government areas of the state as the former APC members were seen burning their brooms and chanting solidarity song for the Governor as he embarked on street walk acknowledging the support of the people.
Governor Emmanuel who acknowledged the defection while addressing Akwa Ibom people during the carnival float around the state yesterday said that the same people he saw holding dirty brooms in the Ibom Plaza earlier the previous day, where the first set of people that burnt the brooms to come and celebrate his victory at government house.
Meanwhile, some of the APC supporters who confessed that they were moved by the cash-rain splashed by the APC gubernatorial candidate Obong Umana Okon Umana have since issued their unreserved apologies and asked to be forgiven and reabsorbed into scheme of things in the state.
Popular among some of the early decampees that summoned enough courage to plead for forgiveness include Mr. Aniekan Udosen, the CEO of A to Z TV Galaxies who dumped Umana immediately after the court judgement and pleaded to be carried along by the government of Mr. Udom Emmanuel.
must have wronged all of you individually in the process of expressing my political views, I respectfully request for forgiveness. I can remember that immediately after the swearing in of His Excellency, Dr Goodluck Johnathan, His Excellency, Dr Godswill Akpabio went on air and openly requested the president then to forgive him and other Nigerians who must have wronged him, it is the same or more than that forgiveness I request from Your Excellencies. I am very much at peace with my conscience that, I expressed my political views openly whereas there are others who were disloyal members of the council.
Since Deacon Udom Emmanuel is now the confirmed governor of Akwa Ibom State, I wish to openly in my usual manner of doing things pledge my support to his government. With or without my support the governor can succeed but with my support he can succeed better. I request Akwa Ibom people to support the government of Deacon Udom Emmanuel because we can only have one governor at a time.
Also, another APC stalwart, Anietie Bassey was among some of the early decampees that parted ways with Umana Umana after the announcement of the Supreme Court judgement.
He called on other APC members saying, "I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Udom Emmanuel as you have for Obong Umana whose mission and vision we shared and admired. We have been in campaign together. We can remain in the new campaign again with Udom Emmanuel for a New Akwa Ibom."
In a swift reaction to the beehive of defections currently hitting the APC camp in the state, some PDP chieftains have issued strong warning to most of the political harlots jumping from one party to the other in search for greener pastures.
They maintained that the decampees should continue to pursue their popular stomach infrastructure which pushed them to the APC and allow the government to focus on developing the state than coming back to constitute nuisance value in the party.
"They must stay in their party and constitute a healthy opposition in order to help build a strong democracy in our state. We should discourage this culture of running around for selfish gains at the expense of principles and sound moral rectitude," a PDP elder stated in Ikot Ekpene.


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To change the outcomes of an industry, you have to change it at every level. In healthcare, more than any other industry, this begins with policy.
If policymakers and legislators understand the demands of this field and create policies that mesh with the goals of healthcare providers, the people of Texas enjoy better healthcare as a result.
One area in which policy change is desperately needed is mental health. While other types of health laws have adapted to societal changes fairly rapidly, mental health is still misunderstood. Legislators in Texas are dedicated to studying the behavioral health system extensively and looking for ways to give residents the services they need (Amarillo Globe News, 2015).
Earning a Master's degree can help you think about nursing issues and challenges in new, innovative ways. Compare your options with our list of graduate healthcare policy programs in Texas.
You may need to meet a rigorous set of admissions requirements before you are accepted to a Master's degree program in Texas. Since these programs explore health policy and issues in complex ways, you may need up to five years of full-time nursing experience. However, some schools do accept students with less work experience. In addition, you must have a Bachelor's degree in nursing or another healthcare field.
In its entirety, your Master's degree should include roughly 40 credits. You may first go through a set of classroom courses, including:
- Healthcare Finance
- Econometrics
- Health Policy Analysis
- Health Policy in the US
- Healthcare Management and Policy Research
- Quality Management and Improvement in Healthcare
- Legal Issues in Healthcare
- Ethics and Policy
- Methods for Economic Evaluation
Once you finish these classes, you may apply your knowledge to a variety of real-life situations. Many programs require graduating students to complete an internship at a local political agency, government program, or lobbying organization. You may also enroll in a capstone course or research-based class.
Completing your program should prepare you to meet a clear, specific set of goals determined by your advisors. Texas colleges may focus on predicting the success and failure of healthcare ventures, assessing health policies in terms of efficacy and cost-efficiency, and analyzing the ethics behind the creation of health policies.
You must maintain your nursing license to work in a nursing role, even with a Master's degree. The Texas Board of Nursing currently requires all licenses to be renewed every two years.
Health policy is a multifaceted, interdisciplinary field. As a result, you can use the education you gain during your Master's degree to work in many different settings. You may choose to work for a private organization or healthcare facility, which may involve creating policies and procedures that meet evidence-based standards. Government agencies and nonprofit organizations can also benefit from hiring legislative experts with healthcare experience. You may look into job openings at government agencies like the Texas Health Institute. As you spend more time in this specialty, you may focus your work on specific subjects and areas of health policy.
Your background as a nurse is extremely valuable in this industry. The Texas Nurses Association shows you how much nurses contribute to public legislation. In 2015, priorities of the Texas Nurses Association included a bill that would protect nurses from workplace violence, a bill that would remove all regulatory restrictions for APRNs, the Nursing Shortage Reduction Program, and increased funding to boost enrollment in APRN programs.
With a Master's degree in health policy, you may shape the future of nursing in Texas. Take the first step now by contacting Master's in healthcare policy programs in Texas.


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Gas prices high? Yes, but…
If you've tuned in to the morning show on WINA news radio in the past few days, you've likely heard hosts Jay James and Jane Foy bemoaning the high gasoline prices in this area and talking about some poll in which 82 percent of their listeners believe they're getting gouged. Well, let's ignore the fact that 1) that's an unscientific poll, and 2) that polls don't prove facts.
Instead, let's look at a report from the Newsplex which actually spoke with a Darden prof who explained why Charlottesville– for some reason other than rapacious cads colluding to rip off the public– might have higher prices than some other parts of Virginia.
And while we're at it, let's not forget that last spring, sometime around April, the Charlottesville area (according to AAA figures) actually had slightly lower prices than surrounding areas.
The point is that petrol is a commodity, and its price is set more by consumers than any alleged market manipulation by oligopolists. "It's the intensity of demand by local consumers that tends to drive price," the Darden prof, Peter Rodriguez, says in the story.
In fairness to Jay and Jane, we should point out that they did have former Charlottesville City Councilor Rob Schilling on the show a day or two ago to make a similar point.


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You are going to discover a two century old house renewed with respect to the original features: traditional earth plastering on the wide stone walls keeps cool in summer and warm in winter.
We chose geothermic heating either in the walls (1st floor) or in the ground giving mild and comfortable atmosphere.
We hope this visit will convince you.
The map of the house
The main rooms
The kitchen [3], where an ancient brick oven could still be used, lies in a central position. It has a direct access to the dining room [4], the living room [2] and the terrace outside. It's fully equipped (Dishwasher, microwave oven, electric oven, electric cooking with induction hobs, fridge with freezer, electric coffee machine, kettle, toaster, etc.)
The dining room, clear and spacious can seat up to 10 people on its big round table. It opens to the countryside and the lake.
The living room offers comfortable seating in front of either its wide and ancient fire place or the TV receiving hundreds of channel through a satellite dish. It also offers a DVD reader. Wood can be provided if you wish to use the fire place. You can reach the terrace directly.
2 bedrooms in the ground floor can accommodate people in a wheelchair or those having difficulties with the stairs.
Also on the ground floor a laundry provides a washing machine, dryer and ironing equipment.
The bedrooms
"Chambre rouge" [16]
This very pleasant room, has a 160 cm double bed, a bathroom [17] with shower and independant toilets. The wardrobes are built-in..
"Chambre dorée" [12]
This room is the biggest of the house (30m ²). It has a 160 cm double bed, a TV corner and a sofa bed which can accomodate an extra sleeper.
Besides it has an ensuite dressing room[14] and bathroom [13] (with a big bath and a toilet).
"Chambre Bleue" & "chambre Twin"
Those 2 rooms on the ground floor communicate together.
The first one[5] with two 90cm twin beds (or a double bed) has a bathroom with a shower, toilets and a towel dryer radiator [6]
The second one[8] has an independent entrance from outside and 90cm twin bed too. It has its own dressing room, toilet and wash basin.
The outside
A close ground of about 3000 m² surrounds the house. A door can give you access to the lake below.
On the property itself an ancient "hangar" will provide shelter to your cars or "parties de petanque". The swimming pool will cool the hot days between 15th May and 15th October. It has its own shower (solar heating).
On a sheltered terrasse lies a table, a barbecue and a parasol.


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Years ago I realized…
I am an architecture GROUPIE
thinking, planning, researching and traveling to different cities all over the world visiting modern and contemporary architecture.
The architecture varied in age, size, use, materials and often left me speechless. There is so much beauty and inspiration in Architecture and I just wanted to see it all. I still do.
While I was in Berlin, a Studies Abroad during Grad school, I sought great architecture out. The old stuff was easy to find but it was the modern and contemporary projects that were the real challenge to find and that was what I was most interested in – I was determined. So with my detective skills found these buildings and visited dozens upon dozens of amazing projects. Soon my tours and architectural visits caught on and friends (mostly architecture students) asked me for my modern and contemporary architecture address book. Because I love architecture and love to share it I not only gave them the address book but advised which where 'must sees' and when to go and how to get there.
This went on for years…
Finally I realized I am not the only architecture groupie so I decided this information needed to be shared with all the architecture groupies of the world.
Architecture GROUPIE.com was officially launched in July 2012. The website's goal is simple: to locate modern and contemporary architecture for you so you can get to it. I have carefully edited the information to include an image, the architect, the year it was completed, a weblink and of course the address and closest transit station.
ar·chi·tec·ture: is the product of planning, designing and constructing buildings which are often perceived as cultural symbols and works of art.
group·ie: is an ardent fan of a celebrity who follows these celebrities to have sexual relations with them.
ar·chi·tec·ture·group·ie: is an ardent fan of the celebrity starchitect** who seeks orgasmic pleasure from beautifully planned, designed and constructed buildings, traveling the globe visiting these works of art.
** used to describe architects whose celebrity and critical acclaim have transformed them into idols of the architecture world and may even have given them some degree of fame amongst the general public. (thanks Wikipedia)
So what building's make the list? I have tried to be as impartial as I can, including only completed modern and contemporary architecture. Private residence or projects with sensitive programs have been excluded to respect the privacy of those who inhabit them. Buildings which are difficult to get to are also limited because going on a wild goose chase for one project is not always the best use of one's time as well as any projects I could not confidently locate. There are exceptions to these guidelines but this is the fundamental parameters of the archGROUPIE modern and contemporary architecture directory.
Currently the directory includes the following cities: London, Basel, Weil Am Rhein, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Tokyo, Berlin, Rotterdam, and Toronto.
but the directory is continuing to grow and now includes maps of selected cities.
This blog has been added to offer helpful tips and information which has come from my experiences and research. My hope is that this website will help other people see these projects and give more popularity to modern and contemporary architecture amongst the general population.also check out architecture GROUPIE stuff & things
check out these digital inexpensive architecture travel guides


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The right partner in anything be it life, business or travel makes all the difference. So, be it with the Limousine services in Los Angeles. They are certainly the best in class and there is no denying that. This is based on the several factors that they offer their customers that are not comparable to any other in the offing. No other mode of transportation comes anywhere close to comparison of what all the limo can offer you.
The limo is the ideal traveling option be it for a graduate party, a wedding, a prom night, your last night as a bachelor, a hen's party, the birth of a baby, a birthday or just a special into town night. They make for a wonderful pair of wheels for personal and professional occasions. A time that you want to pull out all the stops and go ahead and enjoy the most amazing of rides is the time that you should opt to get a Limousine services in Los Angeles.
It is certainly a good thing to arrive in style. No matter how well you are dressed and turned out, driving into a party in a limo is certain to create that wow factor. Any significantly momentous occasion deserves to have nothing else but the limo to drive you in it.
So, what if you are not one of those lucky few privileged ones to have a limo? You can always go on to hire it. This will assure you of the most enjoyable time at the best of prices. Be sure to negotiate the best deal for yourself with the company. Do not settle for the very first company that comes your way. Do a little bit of research and armed with that knowledge and information find out the limo company that is willing to go that extra mile to make your trip the most wonderful one.
The first thing that you can do is to make a checklist of all the various companies that can provide you with the service. Then tick the factors that they offer and the price. You can narrow this down to the three companies that interest you and conduct a further online search on them. You can even call them up to evince interest and see what best deal they have to offer for the limo.


text: We know you have seen Tera before. She isn't one of the new starlets. She has been around for a while and not without making a name for herself. She is a porn star. She has been in a ton of hardcore porn movies. But the real reason we love her is because she looks great. She is beautiful with that exotic look and tan skin and those big boobs on her petite body. It doesn't get better than Tera. Take a look, at this blog for a ton of free pictures from her website.


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Statistics released by FEVE show that in the first half of 2014 production data for container glass showed a general positive trend in most European countries. This positive trend is reflected in major markets including France (0.3%); Germany (2.4%); Spain (2.5%); and the United Kingdom (2.8%).
Total production volume has increased by 1.2% across the European Union (EU27) in the first half year, with 120KTons more produced than in HY1 2013.
The positive trend is reflected in some of the major markets: France (0.3%); Germany (2.4%); Spain (2.5%); and the United Kingdom (2.8%).
Data for Poland shows an impressive rise of 10%, while Portugal has dipped at -1.5%.
Production in Italy has declined by -5%, offsetting the positive pace of previous months.
A positive growth of 3.9% is recorded in the north and central regions of Europe, and a rise of 4.3% is recorded in the south and east regions.
Turkey's production rate has dropped by -9.7% in contrast to the growth of the previous years.


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I am all for choice and accessibility to good drugs, but it seems strange to me that "natural childbirth" is considered a radical movement by so many people. People wonder if they "can do it" without the epidural, as if unmedicated birth is the "alternative" only for special unicorns, the epidural being the expectation and default. There are absolutely people who need an epidural for a safe and/or trauma reducing birth, so thank goodness we have them. I think it would be terrible to not have access to them.
What concerns me is the language we tend to use around epidurals chosen in normal birth, phrases like "I couldn't have given birth without one," Most often epidural use is about the privilege of choice and accessibility when the level of sensation or tiredness involved with birth is not desired . That isn't a bad thing. But It isn't literally that we couldn't "do it" (barring special circumstances, remember), because if accessibility were removed, most folks WOULD "just do it".
A truer statement for many people is "I didn't WANT to do it without the epidural when I felt how tough the pain was to work through." And that is okay! We don't need to apologize for our choices in birth. Ever. People are awesome birth givers with or without epidural. But it is powerful to own a choice rather than relegate our reason for pain relief to an assumed organic failure of our collective birth giving body/mind.
My concern is that "I couldn't do it" feeds the cultural norm of birth being generally undo-able, a legacy passed down to the next generations of physiologic birth "impossibility". It is powerful to say "Given the epidural's accessibility, I chose not to 'do it' because I preferred the idea of reduced pain" There is nothing shameful about exercising that choice. The power to own choice seems to be a stronger legacy to leave than a belief that phyiologic birth is virtually impossible.
–My friend and birth heroine, Lesley Everest, founder of Motherwit (Montreal and beyond!) wrote this reflection. — Cynthia


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Larger clubs will rope off before otherwise close sections of the club to customers unless the size of the crowd warrants use of the space. Couch rooms, private dance rooms, [50] and lounges are also forms of VIP zones. Otherwise, cooking orders might be taken at the main bar or as a result of waitstaff.
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They also have a disco at this juncture where I got in a little dancing. Arcade and betting machines are popular features, as are pool tables. The center held events very often about other places in the stadskern, too. They walk around after that solicit drinks and lap dances, usually scanning the club floor to find the most beneficial customer to greet. What arrange earth was I doing here? Senegalese food is considered en route for be the best in Africa.
Dakar Dance Hall 😈
Around is the Ponty in French Cultural Center, a famous location where events go on altogether year. Otherwise, food orders capacity be taken at the central bar or by waitstaff. However, police spokesperson Senior Assistant Administrator Charity Charamba said it wasgoed not the duty of the police to regulate striptease. Though the centre was shut along sometime ago, it has returned, with the same act allay been carried out. It is likely that the women amateur dramatics these dances did not do so in an indigenous perspectief, but rather, responded to the commercial climate for this brand of entertainment. Senegal has by no means sustained a military coup. Senegal does not require an access visa for U.
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The girls dance to entertain guests who sit back and watch while sipping their drinks. Senegal is a laic country anywhere the religions cohabit peacefully. You do have the occasional pickpockets in the tourist area as you do in touristic places in other countries. It is located at Route Corniche Ouest Dakar. These included strip theaters, peep shows, soaplands, lover's banks, porno shops, telephone clubskaraoke barsclubs and more all offering fully developed entertainment services. Muslims and Christians live together in harmony after that even intermarry. A good accord between the nude dancer after that the man would see them leave the club.
This is the hangout place designed for athletes and joggers running altogether time of the day after that night. Some clubs have meerder stages on the premises. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica. By the end of each concert, the aisles are kicking with a diverse crowd judder and grinding their hips en route for the beats on-stage. What makes Senegal special? From the look of things, revellers mainly ene, enjoyed every minute of it. As the country's economic woes continue to affect many Zimbabweans, immorality seems to have become a way to eke absent a living for some.
Dakar: Nightlife
With online casinos you can act at your own pace with no one rushing you. A small club can have a single room, with an ad hoc stage for the striptease act. Zimbabwean pole dancer and stripteasedanseres, Beverly Sibanda. Some clubs additionally have dedicated areas of the main floor dedicated to amateur dramatics private dance services. You do have the occasional pickpockets all the rage the tourist area as you do in touristic places all the rage other countries. Dakar, the capital of Senegal, is just akin to any other big city all the rage the world but with an African touch. These are accepted as secondary effects. More cheap competitors can be known as a result of various names, such as titty bars, rippers, peelers, skin bars, girly bars, nudie bars, bathing suit bars or go-go bars.
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This Portland relationship counselor knows that everyone wants to be more attractive to the partner. Consider this relationship advice: no clothing, hairstyle, bodybuilding or cosmetics can compete with the way you treat your partner. One of the worst ways you can treat a mate is with blame. It is definitely not a sexy behavior.
Researcher, John Gottman, warns that blame is one of the major predictors of divorce. We are all guilty of it at times. I am a Portland relationship counselor, but I catch myself bickering over "I only said or did that, because you said or did something else first!" which is what my kids did when they were five years old! I know that my spouse doesn't find my five-year-old level behavior at all attractive.
Relationship Advice on Transforming Blame to Connection
Some blame is more serious than my example above. In my job as a Portland marriage counselor I see how difficult it is for couples to stop blaming each other. If you are blaming your partner instead of looking at your own contribution to the problems, you are helping to destroy your intimate connection. Connection requires safety and no one feels safe when they are being blamed. Without safety you will not see your partner as attractive, in fact it will be the opposite. The best relationship advice I can give is to suggest that you make it a goal to stop your expressions of blame.
When you catch yourself blaming for anything big or small, the right thing to do is to stop. Next, apologize for blaming and either let it go or offer to listen to and validate your partner's point of view. This practice will build true connection. Connection leads to a sense of safety and when we are safe we are able to relax, feel joy, have fun and feel desire for our partner. One more bit of relationship advice from this Portland relationship counselor: spend less time on your looks and more time on becoming mindful of what words cross your lips. If you struggle with blame or other destructive habits, visit our website for more resources.


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Today was the annual Minot Symphony League Secret Garden Tour. We at The Flower House Garden Center always make it a fun afternoon of enjoying other gardener's hard work. There are so many cool ideas, plants and people to see in the 5 or 6 gardens featured each year. This year the event was postponed due to the flood, but I think they still came up with some wonderful yards to showcase.
This garden we have seen before, but I always enjoy Gladys's creation. She makes it look sooooo easy!
But then, when we were done, we drove down 6th. It was like a totally different city. The flood smell is receding, but the devastation is not.
This home was about 15 blocks from the last one. You can see how high the water was by the brown on the tree. Across the street, there is a house that all that is left is studs. The siding and everything is off. It will be a long time before anyone there cares about gardening again. I hope that they are able to enjoy a friend or relative's green grass and flowers until they can relax in their own yards again.


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Life is really unpredictable. Minor injuries, major accidents, health problems, or any other issue might persist in different phases of life. These are the hard times when the person suffering from such issues needs utmost care. And if he/she is your loved one, you definitely need to be on front to provide care in best possible way. But at the same time, you need to understand that being a caregiver is a daunting task. You need to manage a list never ending things to ensure that the caree is getting the perfect care.
IRIIS is one of the stunning apps that have been tailored for the caregivers. The app allows the caregivers to manage the list of things easily without any confusion. Let us learn about this app and explore what it has in its trunk.
IRIIS – A Brief
IRIIS is a novel app developed by MindLight LLC to keep the caregivers updated, informed, engaged, and aware of few things that must be done at right time. A user can create a list of things which should be done at a time. This list can be viewed by every caregiver in your team and they can pick up various tasks to relieve you from the workload. In short, you can collaborate with other members in the care-giving team by inviting them to share the workload. The invites can be sent via text, email, or within the IRIIS app.
The user can also have many care teams. Moreover, this app saves your time in assigning the task to everyone individually. The teammates can look into the app and take up different tasks that have been listed down by the care-giver. A user can make use of a virtual file cabinet for collecting and storing the important information required frequently. The important notes, bill receipts, and photos can be stored in the virtual cabinet to be used whenever needed. The app saves your time in retyping the notes every time.
The Setup & Working
- Download and install the IRIIS app on your Android device.
- After the installation is completed, open the app to register yourself.
- Enter your email id with other details to sign up.
- You will be guided through the interface after successful login.
- Either tap on 'Skip' or move forward by clicking on 'Next' option.
- Fill in your profile details by entering the 'name', 'gender', 'date of birth', and few other details.
- You can either 'Skip' the guide or click on 'Next' option to move to the main dashboard. Upload your profile photo as well.
- Save the changes to the profile made by you to get redirected to the main dashboard of the app. Click on 'Add Caree Profile' to add the caree profile. You are allowed to add multiple carees within the app.
- Invite the helpers after adding the caree profile. You can tap on 'No' if you don't want to invite them or tap on 'Invite Helpers' to invite them.
- Tap on 'Send Invitations' to invite them using their phone number or email address.
- Tap on 'Preferences' option and set up your preferences.
- Tap on the 'Save' button after setting up your preferences.
- Tap on 'Add Task' button to add the task. You can add the description to the task so that the helpers can look what exactly they need to do.
- The helpers will be notified about the task if you have added them to accomplish it.
- IRIIS is a totally functional app that is a pure delight for the care-givers.
IRIIS is a free app available for both iOS and android device. It even comes with a web interface allowing you to invite the helpers for sharing the workload. You can add a to-do list from your computer or phone to get timely notifications about the tasks need to be done. The ultimate aim of this app is to help the care-givers focus on different things by managing the things for them. The app surely helps the care-giver to take off some burden from their shoulders.
Over to You
Giving care to someone is one of the most difficult tasks to do. You need to manage a big to-do list in order to provide proper care to your loved ones. IRIIS app acts as a manager for the caregivers who are willing to provide utmost care to their dear ones. If you are serving as a caregiver, download the app now and see how it helps you manage the things easily.


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Hello All,
Today we finished our postcards and I think everyone is generally pretty happy with the result.
We started off our session by listening to the postcards from Ghent, and thinking about the description of it being 'calm and quiet'. This was not our general impression, quite the opposite, so we deduced that you had made microscopic recordings, or 'close-ups' of many different objects from you daily environment and assembled them in a 'non naturalsitic', or unliteral way. Some postcards ended in crescendos, some became quieter. This provoked a conversation on the many ways of composing with the recordings, should the recordings always reflect reality, and be a sort of storyboard of events ? There are so many different possibilities, or stories to tell with the same sounds, even with a given theme or keyword.
We decided to make a few more recordings in the kitchen, using the old fashioned telephone, the speaking weighing machine, and the squeaking window, whilst reflecting on the matter. It reminded me of this film :
This was good to watch, everyone laughed, and it was a counter example, another approach to composing with everyday sounds.
With all these thoughts the time flew by … here are our postcards. I hope you manage to hear them, and thank you so much to everyone for sharing. Bonne écoute !