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Originally Appears in Ethics & Medics, a Publication of the National Catholic Bioethics Center
Why Family Is Critical to the Care of the Sick
Below is an excerpt from the introduction, to read the article in its entirety, please click here.
The coronavirus pandemic is bringing new and great losses, challenges, and change in our lives, relationships, and social interactions. Amid these, health care institutions, especially hospitals and nursing homes, are extraordinarily tasked with meeting the needs and safety of so many people sick and dying from COVID-19, along with those of their families, the staff, and the public.
One clear and immediate responsibility of health care institutions is to limit contagion. Many infection control strategies have been rapidly reemphasized or introduced, including universal precautions, screening, hand hygiene stations, personal protective equipment (PPE), contained areas and teams, physical distancing, increased cleaning, instructional signage, training, telehealth, reduced nonurgent services, and free parking. These strategies may place an economic and organizational burden on already stretched institutions, but they pose few other risks to persons.
In contrast, the practice adopted by some health care institutions of extreme visitation restrictions, and in some settings banning family completely, poses clearly foreseeable risks to those who are sick, their family, the staff, and society. These risks include destabilization of trust between these institutions and the communities they serve, sick people’s avoidance of hospitals for fear of dying alone, and grave harm to the nature of persons through the marginalization of the intrinsic familial aspect of their being. Other anticipated harms are widespread suffering, guilt, grief, and recrimination lasting long past the time of crisis.
To honor, maintain, and advocate for family connection during the coronavirus pandemic, we briefly outline why family is critical to caring for the sick.
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Series: The Mortal Instruments #3
Publisher: McElderry Books (2009)
Hardcover (541 pages)
Also by this author: City of Bones, City of Ashes, The Bane Chronicles
Also in this series: City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Fallen Angels
Reading Challenges: Read 2015
To save her mother’s life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters – never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight.
As Clary uncovers more about her family’s past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadowhunter Sebastian. With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadowhunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he’s willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Glass City – whatever the cost?
Love is a mortal sin and the secrets of the past prove deadly as Clary and Jace face down Valentine in the third installment of the New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments.
I really enjoy the world of the Shadowhunters. It was so great to open up this book and have Clary, Jace, Isabelle, Simon, and Alec back. I also love that we finally get to see Idris and Alicante. The change to scenery helped us learn even more about our favorite characters.
Clary wants to go to Idris to find the cure for her mother. Jace doesn’t want her to go. He wants her to stay safely in New York. Simon is asked by Jace to lie and keep Clary safely in New York. Then an attack happens and Simon is pulled into Idris with Jace and the Lightwoods.
Clary meanwhile discovers that she has been left behind. Upset, she uses a rune to open a Portal, taking herself and Luke to Idris. Nothing goes strictly as planned but Clary and Luke do make it to Alicante eventually.
Meanwhile, Simon has been imprisoned for being a Downworlder, a vampire, in Alicante. Valentine start to make demands and people get scared. Clary and Jace are about to discover more about their past and about Valentine as well.
Basically, it all get very complicated very fast. Everyone has to make some hard decisions. Twists just keep popping up when I had not expected them. It was so good.
Clary is discovering more about who she is and what she can do. She is still frightened but she isn’t going to let that stop her anymore. She seems to come into her own in this book. She isn’t going to sit idly by while things happen anymore.
Jace is struggling as always. He is trying to keep Clary safe as well as keep his emotions in check. In this book he finally gets more answers about his past which he really needed.
Simon is learning more about what it means to be a vampire. He is also learning more about how he got the ability to walk in the sun. He is an unusual boy, even for a vampire.
Luke is trying so hard to keep Clary safe. We all know he has feelings for Jocelyn, Clary’s mother, and so he takes the responsibility to keep Clary safe very seriously. He is basically Clary’s family since Jocelyn ended up in the hospital.
We learn a bit more about Isabelle in this book. It is nice to finally hear her explain some things to Clary. She is such a strong character, so sure that she can do anything Alec and Jace can. She is just awesome.
So, yes, I liked this book a lot. The beginning was slower but once I made it halfway in, it got so much better. This is another great installment in this series.
- You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge
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Mark Webber believes that he is just as good as many drivers who have won a Formula One world championship despite never managing the feat himself.
The Australian driver is entering the final three races of his Formula One career as he prepares to move to Porsche’s Le Mans programme in 2014. However, he made clear that he has few regrets from his time in the sport, and that his achievements with Red Bull give him a career to be proud of.
“I think that I did my absolute best at the time,” Webber said. “I never ever would have thought that I would have had a grand prix career of 215 races and forty podiums and some special victories, and lots of good highlights. But you always want more, it’s human nature.
“Obviously you’re measured maybe on championships. Do I see myself in the same calibre as some of the single world champions? Of course I do. I’m still very proud of what I’ve achieved. Am I multiple world champion? Probably not, but I still believe its been a very proud and honest career for myself.”
Webber came close to winning the drivers’ championship back in 2010, losing out to teammate Sebastian Vettel at the final round of the season in Abu Dhabi. Both drivers will return to the Yas Marina circuit this weekend in what will be Webber’s final Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and he will be keen on claiming his tenth career victory in order to sign off in style.
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Ex-Formula One driver David Coulthard and up-and-coming professional golfer Jake Shepherd have set a new record for the world’s fastest hole-in-one.
Coulthard was driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster as Shepherd teed off at the Top Gear test track, the ball passing a speed trap at 178mph.
In order to make the catch Coulthard needed to race 275 metres down the track, and was still travelling at 120mph when the ball landed in the cockpit of the £177,000 car.
Scottish motorsport ace Coulthard calmly kept his hands on the steering wheel but his eyes were glued to the sky, watching the ball travel fly through the air.
The feat was independently verified by a Guinness World Record adjudicator who confirmed the achievement was the furthest golf shot caught in a moving car.
Commenting on the record, Coulthard said: “The only way to track the ball was to keep your eyes on it all the time: it’s a real adrenaline rush but it’s not the most comfortable thing to do because for a moment, you’re not watching the road.
He added: “I was as happy as I’ve ever been winning a Grand Prix because I was so surprised quite frankly that it went in, and went in so solidly.”
The amazing feat, took place at the Top Gear track in Dunsfold, Surrey.
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Prog Goldman: Interesting thread on search engine regulation.
IHT: “Australian consumer watchdog files action against Google Inc.”
“Australia’s consumer watchdog has launched legal action against Google Inc. for allegedly misleading users by blurring the distinction between paid and unpaid search results in favor of one of its advertisers.”
Following on the heels of Site Pro-1 v. Better Metal, the Eastern District of NY has again held that neither use purchase of a keyword nor use of a competitor’s trademark in a meta-tag, rises to use of a trademark. Congratulations to my Moses and Singer colleague David Rabinowitz, who successsfully represented defendant.
Copy of decision in FragranceNet .com v. FrangranceX.com here.
Prof Goldman analysis here on why the Second Circuit has become a pro-defendant forum in search engine cases.
Prof Goldman: “Google Sued in Domainer Lawsuit — Vulcan Golf v. Google:
“Domainer litigation is heating up, and this lawsuit may be the most ambitious anti-domainer lawsuit to date. First, it is a putative class action lawsuit. Second, in addition to naming four leading domainer firms, the plaintiffs provocatively go after Google for providing ads to domainer sites. I believe this is the first lawsuit against Google for its domainer relationships.
The complaint itself is a 121 page, 638 paragraph (with one paragraph enumerating 47 defined terms), 4.3MB behemoth alleging trademark infringement and dilution, ACPA violations, RICO and other claims.”
NY Times: “The Human Touch That May Loosen Google’s Grip” (describing alternative search engines).
MAHALO is a ‘human-powered’ search engine. It raises interesting questions Its founder, Jason Calacanis, is discussing Mahalo’s development on his blog. Mahalo is adding ‘hand-written’ results one at a time. If you’re monitoring a certain brand, you can be notified when it’s added.
The source of my statement below that search engines don’t rely on meta tags:
Search Engine Watch: “Death Of A Meta Tag.”
If any one has more current info, send it on in.
This is a pretty interesting analysis. Defendant placed plaintiff’s trademark in metatags, and also purchased search ads keyed to that trademark. Neither the ads not defendant’s webpage used the ads.
Held: If the trademark was on the webpage that was visible to potential customers, that might have been use in commerce. If the defendant actively puts the trademark in the meta-tags where the search engine can see it, with the intent that more people will see the website, that’s not use on the advertisement, so its not use in commerce. (as an aside, it is generally thought at this time that search engines ignore meta-tags).
i guess buying search ads is, to a certain extent, like moving next to the anchor store in the mall. You’ve actively positioned yourself next to the trademark owner, and can divert traffic through adjacency (mayt not divert by confusion.)
SitePro v. BetterMetal, 1:06-cv-06508-ILG-RER (EDNY May 9 2007).
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Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar appointed new DG of CRPF
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Wilbur Ross resigns from ArcelorMittal Board
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Ok if you havent checked out Google Earth yet you need to.
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Clergyman and fiancé of popular gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo, Pastor Blessed, has reacted to an old video of him describing the singer as his sister.
It would be recalled that after the duo announced their engagement last Thursday, June 23, Nigerians dug up an old video of him stating that Mercy was like a sister to him.
Shortly after the announcement, the old video of the clergyman hailing Mercy’s unique talents, resiliency, and hard work during a sermon surfaced and, in no time, went viral, with many suggesting that this was the genesis of their love story.
Well, reacting to the viral clip while preaching in his church on Sunday, Pastor Blessed thanked those he referred to as’ special online inlaws’ who have been following them since the news of their engagement.
He went on to urge single men to be renewed in their minds, so that they may be able to discern and know when “a sister has turned to a wife.”
In his words,
“They dug up my old message where I said she is like a sister. Am I not a brother? She is my sister. When it is time to get married, look among the sisters and pick Who do you want to pick before? When Mary Magdalene came to hug Jesus, he said ‘Wait, I am going to meet my father and your father’. It has turned to brotherhood and sisterhood. The kingdom is one family.
People are carnally minded. We have too many Christians that are not believers. We have unbelieving Christians. Be renewed in your mind that you may be able to discern and know when your sister has turned to wife”.
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Sunday, 18 - 08 - 2013
Off to have dinner with my friends Rory and Megan. I haven’t seen them since they got married so I’m crazy excited to congratulate them in person.
Trying my best not to look like a hungover mess.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Haiti on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The epicenter of the quake was 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) northeast of Saint-Louis du Sud, according to the survey.
People in the capital of Port-au-Prince felt the tremor and many rushed into the streets in fear.
Naomi Verneus, a 34-year-old resident of Port-au-Prince, said she was jolted awake by the earthquake and that her bed was shaking.
“I woke up and didn’t have time to put my shoes on. We lived the 2010 earthquake and all I could do was run. I later remembered my two kids and my mother were still inside. My neighbor went in and told them to get out. We ran to the street,” Verneus said.
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Tarrytown, New York (PRWEB) April 06, 2012
BuildTheBridgeNowNY.org, a statewide coalition advocating for a new Tappan Zee Bridge, announced it has raised more than $50,000 in less than a month, highlighting the widespread support from business leaders, labor organizations, commuters, residents and many others who want to see a new Hudson River crossing be built while state and federal funding is attainable. BuildTheBridgeNowNY.org originally launched as ReplaceTheTZBridgeNow, but officially changed its name to better reflect how the debate has evolved.
“Together, we will make sure the voices of our members and our business community are heard, and that the message we send is clear. The tremendous economic impact of this project cannot be overstated. $5 billion of economic activity will ripple through our region, benefitting every sector of the economy,” said Marsha Gordon, President of the Business Council of Westchester, who also has been named President of BuildTheBridgeNowNY.org. “We anticipate 40,000 new construction-related jobs alone, with 4,000 of them for disadvantaged, minority and women-owned businesses. But that's just the tip of the iceberg.”
The coalition also called on the public to take advantage of the final day of formal comments in response to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Letters can be sent to email@example.com.
“The economic future of this region is dependent upon building a new Hudson River crossing,” said Al Samuels, President of the Rockland Business Association and Secretary of BuildTheBridgeNowNY.org. “The current state of the Tappan Zee Bridge is already a deterrent for companies looking to do business here, and we cannot stall the building process any longer. The time has come to get this done.”
Speakers at the BuildTheBridgeNowNY.org press conference, held at Sunset Cove Restaurant in Tarrytown overlooking the Hudson River, included Ross J. Pepe, President of the Construction Industry Council of Westchester and Hudson Valley; Marsha Gordon, President of the Business Council of Westchester; Al Samuels, President of the Rockland Business Association; Jonathan Drapkin, of Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress; Joanne Deyo, Vice President of Facilities at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; John Corlett, of the American Automobile Association of New York, Inc.; and Al Girardi, Jr., Business Manager of Operating Engineers Local 137. Speakers emphasized the following:
- We need a new bridge: The Tappan Zee Bridge is 56 years old; it was only built to last 50 years.
- We need jobs: Building a new Tappan Zee Bridge would create more than 45,000 new jobs and have a tremendous impact on the regional economy.
- We need a safer bridge: The accident rate on the Tappan Zee Bridge is double the state average.
- We need less traffic and congestion: 138,000 vehicles cross the bridge daily, causing terrible delays.
- We need to stop wasting taxpayer money: We are losing $50 million on repairs to maintain an old bridge.
- We need a bridge that supports our lifestyle: The current bridge does not allow bikes, has no walkway and cannot accommodate mass transit.
“Regeneron’s vision remains the same as when we first opened up labs in Westchester – to create products that can make a difference for patients. Recruiting and retaining the best and brightest talent is pivotal to making this happen,” said Joanne Deyo, Vice President of Facilities at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in Tarrytown. “With hundreds of our employees relying on the bridge every day to get to work, it would be most unfortunate and create enormous hardship for our employees were the bridge ever to become unusable. Therefore, Regeneron is anxious that the rebuilding begin as soon as possible, and we support the governor’s plan to rebuild the Tappan Zee Bridge.”
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Obama Administration selected the Tappan Zee replacement project to be fast-tracked through federal approvals, paving the way for construction on the estimated $5.2 billion plan to begin as early as this year. Gov. Cuomo and legislative leaders also announced a state budget that specifically highlights the need to repair the deteriorating Tappan Zee Bridge.
A “centerpiece” of the budget, according to Cuomo, is the New York Works Task Force, which will create tens of thousands of jobs by coordinating comprehensive capital plans, overseeing all investment in infrastructure projects, and accelerating hundreds of critical projects across the state – including the Tappan Zee Bridge. The budget adds $1.2 billion in new spending for roads and bridges, which is over and above the $1.6 billion already allocated this year to the core transportation capital program. This program is in addition to the advancement of the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project that will inject billions more into the regional and state economy, according to Cuomo’s office.
“There is no question New York must address its deteriorating bridges, roads, and other infrastructure in ways that are both fiscally responsible and immediate,” said Ross J. Pepe, president of the Construction Industry Council of Westchester & Hudson Valley, Inc., and Treasurer of BuildTheBridgeNowNY.org. “The proposed 2012-13 budget meets these challenges by committing to put boots on the ground and hardhats on hundreds of jobsites statewide this year… We applaud Gov. Cuomo, Majority Leader Skelos and Speaker Silver for their political courage to say that roads and bridges aren’t built with tax cuts; they’re built with commitment, bold leadership and vision.”
The governor’s proposal for a new bridge will not only create more than 45,000 jobs, but will also include a pedestrian plaza with a walkway and bike path. Built to last 100 years, it will provide immediate express bus service, and unlike the current bridge, it will provide a foundation for future mass transit, including Bus Rapid Transit and commuter rail.
“Today marks a critical milestone in the plan to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge – a bridge of regional and national significance that serves millions of drivers and is an important commercial link for the tri-state region,” said John Corlett, Legislative Committee Chairman for AAA New York State, which serves more than 2.7 million members residing in New York State. “The existing bridge is well beyond its 50-year life span and needs to be replaced without further delays... Failure of this bridge would result in an economic and social catastrophe of historic proportions. It would show the world that the United States can no longer be relied upon to maintain a world class infrastructure.”
“The Tappan Zee Bridge is one of the most critical pieces of transportation infrastructure in the Hudson Valley, where 30 to 70 percent of residents commute to work outside the county where they live,” said Jonathan Drapkin, president and CEO of Pattern for Progress. “We are satisfied that the construction of this new bridge and making its design ‘shovel ready’ for mass transit is the way to move forward now. Because the new Tappan Zee Bridge will be built to last 100 years, it is absolutely necessary that a modern mass-transit system be part of the plan.”
BuildTheBridgeNowNY.org will continue to garner support from thousands of local and regional businesses, as well as residents and taxpayers who depend on the Tappan Zee Bridge daily for safe, efficient commuting, freight deliveries, and leisure travel, as well as those companies and professionals who provide dependable and expeditious emergency services. For more information visit http://buildthebridgenowny.org, or contact George Drapeau at 914-631-6070 or cicwhv(at)aol(dot)com.
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25/07/2016 - Haworth Central Park Wins its 10th Successive Gree
Haworth Central Park Wins its 10th Successive Green Flag
The Friends of Haworth Central Park and members of Bradford Council’s Parks department gathered this morning to celebrate, as for the tenth year in succession this Park has won the coveted Green Flag an award that is presented to parks in the UK for maintained improvement and high standards over the year.
Chairman of the Friends Group Mrs Gillian Hill commented, “We have worked in partnership with Bradford Parks and Landscapes Department and despite major budget cuts this year, they have worked wonders with fewer staff and reduced finances to maintain this English Heritage listed park in such a good condition and to win this prestigious award for another year.”
photo by John Sargent
26/12/2015 - Haworth Flood 2015
26th December 2015, Haworth Mill Hey has once again been hit by flooding, with a section of the Royal Oak pub destroyed. The pub was due to re-open in spring 2016 as a brew house, website: www.millheybrewhouse.co.uk
Mill Hey has had a major flood on two previous occasions: 10th August 2004 and 20th September 1946.
12/11/2015 - Winifred Gérin: Biographer of the Brontës
A new book by Helen MacEwan explores the life of the Brontë biographer Winifred Gérin, who lived in Haworth in 1955-65 while researching her biographies.
Winifred Gérin (the name was that of her first husband, a Belgian cellist) became a biographer after a first visit to Haworth in 1954 at the age of 53, having previously tried poetry and playwriting. Haworth completely bowled her over. She felt that it was only now, having seen the Brontës’ environment, she was beginning to understand them. On that first visit she met her second husband, John Lock, also a Brontë enthusiast and keen walker. The following year they married and moved to Haworth, where they bought the house in West Lane that still bears the name they gave it, ‘Gimmerton’.
She and John Lock walked the moors in all weathers to gain the authentic Brontë experience.
Between 1959 and 1971 Gérin wrote lives of all four Bronte siblings, starting with Anne, the least known of the quartet. They were for a long time the standard biographies; before Juliet Barker became ‘the’ Brontë biographer with the publication of her book on the family in 1994, Winifred Gérin was often considered ‘the’ Brontë biographer. Her husband John Lock wrote the first biography of Patrick Brontë, A Man of Sorrow (1965).
The story of how Gérin discovered both her vocation as a biographer and second love on her first visit to Haworth is a romantic one. But it forms just part of an eventful and romantic life.
Her childhood and youth, rather like the Brontës’, was characterised by an intense imaginative life shared with her sister and two brothers, and by family tragedies (the loss of two siblings in early life). In the 1930s she lived in Paris with her Belgian musician husband. They were in Brussels when the Germans invaded in May 1940 and in the first years of the War had a series of hair-raising adventures in Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal. Trapped in France for two years, the couple became involved in helping Jews to escape arrest under the Vichy government. Having finally managed to escape back to England, they worked for Political Intelligence near Bletchley Park.
Gérin also wrote a life of Elizabeth Gaskell, among other writers. This book, which makes her life story known for the first time, is based on her letters and her unpublished memoir.
Helen MacEwan lives in Brussels, where she runs a branch of the Brontë Society. She is the author of The Brontës in Brussels, a guide to Charlotte and Emily’s time in the city. She first became interested in Winifred Gérin because of Winifred’s links with Belgium, and was able to meet the Gérin family and read hundreds of letters written to them by Winifred over 40 years. She often visits Haworth for Brontë Society events. While researching Winifred’s time in the village she was helped by contacts in Haworth including Steven Wood. The photo for the book cover was provided by Ian Palmer.
Join the March this Saturday 20th December, meeting at Haworth Fire Station at 1pm This is about everyone in the Worth Valley which Haworth Fire Station has served. Image left; March on 20th December 2014.
Haworth fire station is due to close at midnight 31st December 2014. Local people are trying a last bid attempt to stop its closure, this is the last chance, once it has gone it will end 148 years of fire service for the people of the Worth Valley.
Keighley Fire Station has been reduced from two fire engines to just one, this will impact on our safety, not just fires to put out, road traffic accidents, cellars to pump out, moor fires. Two major incidents that have tested the fire services in the past 10 years on this website are the Floods of 2004 here... and Ebor Mill fire in 2010 here...
If you care about the safety of our villages. please join in the march this Saturday and show your support.
The History of Haworth Fire Brigade In 1866 Haworth Fire Brigade was formed:
30th January, 1866 That the Clerk make as much inquiry as possible about the cost and practical working of fire engines and order one as soon as possible.
4th July 1871 That the fire brigade be allowed £5 a year as remuneration for keeping the engine and apparatus in efficient working condition.
2nd January, 1872 The Clerk also read a letter from the captain of the fire brigade of which the following is a copy. Gentlemen, I wish to bring before you the following for your consideration. We are in want of 200 yards of canvas piping, a new set of suction pipes, one new stand pipe, and the old one repairing that was broken by the surveyor so that he can use it any time without fetching ours. If we get the new piping the surveyor can have one or two lengths of the old for his own use as we wish to have ours to ourselves. Also we wish you to grant us £10 a year instead of the five you have granted us so that we shall not have to go round at Christmas. Waiting for your reply I am gentlemen your humble servant. W Greenwood Captain of the fire brigade
17th November, 1892 That as the Board have at present a Fire Brigade and appliances, and are considering the advisability of purchasing a new apparatus they at present decline to join in the formation of a joint Fire Brigade with Bingley, Oakworth and Oxenhope Local Boards.
4th January, 1910 That the number of firemen be increased to 10 and two of them live at Cross Roads and be responsible for keeping the equipment there in good order, and two to be responsible at North Street and the remainder of the men be responsible for the apparatus at Belle Isle.
1st March, 1910 That a contract be entered into with the National Telephone Company Ltd and for telephones and alarm bells for fire brigade purposes as per their specifications A & B. in the sum of £28, and that three firemen live at Cross Roads and three at North Street within 300 yards of the respective fire stations instead of two in each case as set out in minute of Council, 4th January, 1910.
4 June 1912 that the old tool house behind the Council's offices be altered and made suitable for central fire station and that the Fire Brigade Sub Committee be empowered to carry out the work necessary at an estimated cost of £12.
January 2, 1917 That a letter of sympathy be sent to the family relations of Garnett Walton, a member of the Council's Fire Brigade who has been killed in battle in France.
July 3, 1923 That the Chairman of the committee and Messers Wood and Whitaker look into question of repairs to doors at fire station, North Street, obtain tenders for the work and report to the next meeting of this committee. January 5, 1932 That a letter be sent to the Fire Brigade Superintendent, John K Toothill, on the resignation of his office, thanking him for his 40 years service under the Council.
1st March, 1932 That application be made to the Council for permission to rent the Belle Isle depot from the highways Department, for use as a Fire Brigade station.
April 5, 1932 That all Fire Brigade apparatus be removed to Mill Hey station forthwith.
6th August 1935 That a letter be sent to the Police Authorities requesting that in cases of fire occurring in the Councils District, before they communicate with the Keighley Corporation Fire Brigade, they first communicate with the Haworth Fire Brigade and ascertain if they are in a position to deal with outbreak
23/05/2014 - 2014 Council Election Result
Result for the Worth Valley Council Election held on Thursday 22nd May 2014 for the Worth Valley Ward: Conservative hold Worth Valley.
Miller Glen William Conservative 1384 Corkindale Peter Allan Gilchrist UK Independence Party 1169 Curtis Mark Bernard Labour 1067 Hickson Celia Ruth Green Party 310 Sykes Alan Liberal Democrats 104
Voting summary Total electorate entitled to vote 10691 Total number of ballot papers received (including rejected papers)4043 Turnout 37.83% Number of rejected ballot papers 9
02/05/2014 - Haworth Fire Station survival plan goes....
Haworth Fire Station survival plan goes to the next stage. Cllr John Huxley, Chairman of Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council and Cllr. Neal Cameron, chairman of Oxenhope Parish Council representing the Worth Valley Joint Transport and Emergency Services Committee met with West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority’s Community Safety Committee to discuss the future of Haworth Fire Station on Friday, April 25th.
And the Community Safety Committee agreed a package that will enable the Parish and Town Councils from the Worth Valley to go to the next stage in their attempt to keep Haworth Fire Station as an emergency service centre for the valley and develop it into a safety hub for the whole valley.
In December 2012 the Fire and Rescue Authority approved a two-year moratorium on the proposed closure of Haworth Fire Station in order that discussions with Parish Councils in the valley concerning a community-led rescue plan could be fully explored.
Since that time discussions between Fire and Rescue’s senior officers and the Worth Valley Joint Transport and Emergency Services Committee have been taking place while various models and propositions were fully explored.
In January 2014 a conference concerning the future of Haworth Fire station and the community plans to keep a fire service presence in the valley as well as the creation of a centralised ‘blue light’ hub for the valley communities were explored with representatives from the Police, Fire and Rescue, Hill Rescue, District Councillors and Bradford Council officers.
What emerged from the conference was a blueprint for a community takeover of Haworth Fire Station building at the end of 2014 when it is scheduled for closure as a station manned by retained, part-time fire-fighters.
The take-over by the community involves the creation of a volunteer-run service that would be fully trained in fire prevention and other community safety skills. Ultimately it is hoped that the Centre could deliver the ambition of working with West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service to gradually increase the skill-base to a point where a volunteer fire-fighting unit, complimentary to the full-time fire-fighting team at Keighley Fire Station could be established. If successful, this would be the first of its kind in West Yorkshire, although volunteer fire stations do exist in other parts of the UK.
Central to the discussions about the Fire Station’s future has been its development as a hub for not only Fire and Rescue within the Worth Valley but also its development into a base for Neighbourhood Policing and for the Calderdale Hill Rescue Service, who are responsible for the provision of safety cover from Calderdale as far north as Ilkley Moor.
Now the three local councils involved in the battle to keep Haworth Fire Station open through the Worth Valley Joint Transport and Emergency Services Committee: Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council, Keighley Town Council and Oxenhope Parish Council will have an opportunity to discuss in detail the package that the Fire and Rescue Authority are making available to them.
Cllr. Huxley, chairman of the Worth Valley Joint Transport and Emergency Services Committee, said: “We've been working very closely with the senior officer team at West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue to create a business model that would enable us to retain Haworth Fire Station as a sustainable and viable service centre for the Worth Valley communities.
“It has been a long process because there was no similar model in the country we could study. It’s a ground-breaking concept and what has become clear is that if we succeed in making it work it could provide the basis for other similar community-run schemes for rural communities faced with the loss of their local fire station.
“After all the discussions we've now reached a position where we can recommend to our respective councils a concept which we believe will give us the basis to ultimately keep fire-fighting in the Worth Valley and, at the same time, create a service centre that will keep our communities safe as well as provide excellent value for money.”
Now the plan will be tabled fur discussion at Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council’s next meeting on Tuesday, May 6th; Keighley Town Council’s Watch and Transport Committee on Monday, May 12th and Oxenhope Parish Council’s meeting on Wednesday, May 14th.
Deputy Chief Fire Officer Steve Beckley said: “We are pleased to be able to support the Worth Valley Parish Councils in their desire to retain some kind of community safety services at Haworth fire station. We already use volunteers to support our community safety activity in some areas and this project offers an exciting opportunity to formalise a true partnership where local people contribute to keeping their community safe by preventing fires and other incidents such as road traffic collisions.
“The Worth Valley is a very safe place to live work and visit and we want to keep it that way. Emergency cover for the Worth Valley will continue to be provided by our professional firefighters at Keighley and Bingley, supported by other fire stations”.
Stage Two of the Grand Départ starts in York and travels through Knaresborough and Harrogate before entering the Bradford district, racing into Addingham from the roundabout at Bolton Abbey before it heads to Silsden. The route goes through the centre of Silsden, over the canal and out along the main road and onto the A629 by-pass to Keighley. Once at the roundabout the cyclists take a right onto Hard Ings Road and left at the next roundabout heading in to Keighley via Skipton Road. The route goes through Keighley on North Street and South Street, before heading up to Cross Roads. From Cross Roads the riders will travel downhill to Haworth before tackling the cobbles of Haworth Main Street. Once at the top of Haworth, the riders head along Changegate, turning left into North Street before entering West Lane towards Stanbury before turning left to ride along the dam of Lower Laithe reservoir and on to Oxenhope. From Oxenhope the route goes left on Hebden Bridge Road and heads out of the district to Hebden Bridge. The final part of Stage Two sees the riders tackle Cragg Vale before passing through Huddersfield and Holmfirth and taking on the Holme Moss climb and the final descent into Sheffield for the finish.
Please note: The Caravan will not be travelling up Haworth Main Street on the cobbles but will use Rawdon Road.
To facilitate Stage Two of the Tour de France 2014 the roads listed below must be closed from very early in the morning on the Sunday for a minimum of eight hours. A6160 Bolton Road
From district boundary to Addingham Main Street A6160
From Bolton Road junction via Main Street/Silsden Road to A65 roundabout A6034
From A65 roundabout through Silsden to A629 roundabout A629 bypass
From A6034 Keighley Road roundabout to Hard Ings Road roundabout A629
From Hard Ings Road roundabout through Keighley via Skipton Road/North Street/High Street/South Street/Halifax Road/Wesley Place/Halifax Road to A6033 Haworth Road roundabout A6033 Haworth Road
From A629 Halifax Road roundabout at Cross Roads to Lees Lane B6142
From A6033 junction via Lees Lane/Mill Hey/Station Road/Bridgehouse Lane to Main Street Haworth Main Street and Changegate
From Bridgehouse Lane to North Street B6142 Rawdon Road
From Bridgehouse Lane to Changegate junction North Street/West Lane Main Street/Sun Lane/Main Street
From Changegate to Reservoir Road junction, Reservoir Road
From Main Street/Sun Lane junction to Enfield Side Road/Cemetery Road junction Moorside Lane/W Shaw Lane/Shaw Lane
From Enfield Side Road/Cemetery Road to Hebden Bridge Road A6033 Hebden Bridge Road
From Shaw Lane to district boundary
Information about road closures Road closures and various forms of temporary traffic management will also be deployed on other roads in the Bradford district leading to the race route to facilitate the safe movement of motorists, pedestrians and cyclists to the various spectator points along the race route. We are working with partner agencies and landowners across the district who are identifying temporary car parks, campsites and events. Further information about these road closures, one-way systems and restrictions on the movement of vehicles will be released closer to the event.
Where can I view diversion and access routes? Diversion and access routes are being developed as part of the traffic management plan. Further details will be provided closer to the event.
Why can't you specify road closure times? We can't give precise timings for the closures, as there are so many variable factors which affect timings - such as:
the race timing itself; the numbers of spectators; and their arrival times
Roads will need to be closed for a minimum period of eight hours, but given the anticipated number of visitors, it is likely that the roads will be closed for most of the day. Roads will be re-opened as soon as it is safe to do so.
We need to make sure that spectators have had the opportunity to move from the roadside, that race infrastructure can be safely removed and any highway infrastructure (such as traffic signals) that have been temporarily removed can be reinstalled.
We expect the majority of roads to reopen by the evening of the race. However, some may be later.
When will I be told if my street is affected? We are aiming to publish details of road closures within the next few months. Please be aware that although your road may not be closed there is likely to be heavy traffic and congestion in areas around the route.
When will it all get back to normal? Once the event has finished we will open roads as soon as possible. Please bear in mind that we will need to allow for spectators to leave the area, people cycling behind the race and the removal of barriers and infrastructure along the route.
TDF Meeting 12 Feb 2014 at West Lane Baptist Church The race route roads will be closed to traffic at 7:00am on the day of the race, 6th July 2014. It is not known exactly when they will re-open, as it is dependent on the volume of traffic in the district. If you are away that day you need to plan for getting out of Haworth before 7:00am and be aware that there may be traffic problems at that time. All vehicles have to be removed from the race route, any vehicle parked after 7:00am will be towed away. Bradford Council are looking at areas where residents who normally park on the race route can park at another place. At about 11:00 am there should be a caravan parade which is made up of sponsor vehicles which lasts about 1:30mins, at the meeting it was explained that there may be logistical problems for it to follow the race route; Main St may be too narrow for some vehicles to negotiate safely. An option being considered is using Rawdon Rd for the vehicles, or it may have to use the Hebden Bridge Rd. Bradford Council are in discussion with the TDF organisers to resolve these issues.
The narrowness of Main St for the cyclists was explained, and is being reviewed as the best way to manage. One option is to barrier both sides to keep the route safe for cyclist and pedestrians. Bradford Council are in discussion with the TDF organisers about this.
17th January 2014 The times of the Tour de France have been announced. The riders will pass through Haworth at about 1:00pm. See: http://letour.yorkshire.com/timings for full race timetable.
13th January 2014 Yorkshire Festival 2014 was launched at the Lower Laithe Reservoir. It is advertised as the biggest art festival in the counties history and will start on 27th March, the 100 days leading up to Tour de France. The full festival programme is due to be released on 29th January.
23rd October 2013 The final route of the 2014 Tour de France has been announced today, which will pass through Haworth on 6th July:
The route takes a right off the A629 Halifax Rd at Cross Roads roundabout on to the B6142, past Lees, on to Mill Hey, Station Rd, up Bridgehouse Lane, left, up Haworth Main St, right fork at the TIC on to Changegate, turn left on to North St, on to West Lane, down to Sladen Bridge up towards Stanbury, take a left on to Reservoir Rd, over Lower Laithe reservoir, past Penistone Hill to Moorside Lane, Shaw Lane, to Oxenhope, right on to the A6033 to Hebden Bridge.
03/03/2014 - Worth Valley Parish to take a stake in its future
Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council will be launching a major piece of work that could a major impact on development within the Parish on Monday, March 10th.
The Parish Council, working together with key members of the community, have established a Working Group that will start work on its projected Neighbourhood Development Plan which will give the Parish the powers to say what kind of development will be allowed in the Parish: what it looks best like and where it is placed.
Under the Government’s Localism Act 2011 powers were given to Parish Councils to put together Neighbourhood Development Plans so that communities could have a greater say in the Planning policies that affect their areas.
The Parish Council was approved as the appropriate authority to deliver a Neighbourhood Development Plan by Bradford Metropolitan District Council in November 2013, a step required under the Localism Act.
Cllr. John Huxley, chairman of Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council, said: “This will be one of the most important pieces of work ever undertaken by our Council.
“While it will not give us the powers to refuse Planning permission for developments, it would give us the opportunity to shape where housing and business development is allowed and what any kind of development looks like.
“This is a project that should matter to anybody who cares about the future of Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury. Bradford Council’s Local Development Framework – their plan for the future – projects that Haworth should provide land for 500 houses in the next 25 years.
Preparing a Neighbourhood Plan and by going for a Local Development Plan will give us a strong voice in the delivery of that process.”
The Working Group will be staging a number of consultation meetings which will be open to the public, as it seeks to provide evidence of what people in the Parish think about what development should be allowed and where.
Added Councillor Huxley: “Part of the process is that we have also to consult with the business community; land-owners and property developers so we shall be looking to engage with them too as we build our community’s vision for the future.
“The Government are asking us to plot a sustainable future for our Parish and we are required to keep the community fully informed about what work we are doing.
“We’ll be appealing to anybody who cares about the future of housing, jobs and land use in the Parish to come along to the consultations and make their feelings known. Equally we want to hear the views of environmental groups and heritage organisations. Everybody’s view will count.”
The first public consultation meetings for the Plan will be staged at St Gabriel’s Church, Stanbury from 10.00am until 12.00pm on Saturday, March 15th and this will be followed by further consultations at West Lane Baptist Church, Haworth from 10.00am until 12.00pm on Saturday, March 29th; St James’ Church, Cross Roads from 10.00am until 12.00pm on Saturday, April 5th and then back at West Lane Baptist Church, Haworth on Wednesday, April 23rd from 7.00pm until 9.00pm.
21/10/2013 - Keeping Fire Fighting in the Worth Valley
21st October 2013 Joint approach to keeping fire fighting in the Worth Valley
The Worth Valley Transport Committee, whose members consist of Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council; Keighley Town Council and Oxenhope Parish Council, are now coordinating the efforts to keep a fire-fighting capacity at Haworth Fire Station and develop a valley wide emergency response service.
The three local councils have been involved in talks aimed at ensuring that Haworth Fire Station, which was scheduled for closure in December 2012, will remain open and retain a fire-fighting capacity.
Earlier this year West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue confirmed that they were happy to consider the establishment of a new community-style emergency service centre utilising mainly volunteers.
To ensure that all the Worth Valley communities had a place at the negotiating table, the Parish and Town Councils in the area have agreed that their interests would be best served by the only existing tri-Council forum, the Worth Valley Joint Transport Committee.
Cllr John Huxley, chairman of the Joint Transport Committee and Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council, said; "The Worth Valley communities were shocked when they saw the plans to close Haworth Fire Station in 2012 because they felt the loss of such a facility, together with the reduction in the number of fire engines in Keighley from two to one, left them over-exposed to risk because of potential increased reaction times in case of emergency.
"We were encouraged when West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue put closure of Haworth Fire Station on ice for two years to give us an opportunity to come up with a sustainable alternative community-based service plan.
"In our subsequent discussions with Fire and Rescue we have worked hard to reach a valley-wide solution and to ensure that the people from Oxenhope, Haworth and Oakworth, together with all the adjacent communities, could make their voices heard in the discussions with Fire & Rescue we agreed that the Joint Transport Committee should pull together the valleys response."
He added: "While we have best undoubtedly made progress, it has not been easy. Nothing like this has been attempted before and we're still working very closely with Fire and Rescue to find a formula which will satisfy the need for a 'blue-light' presence in the valley.
"Given the current financial situation we are looking for an innovative solution without risking a 'double taxation' issue for the Worth Valley community charge payers.
"We will be meeting with Fire and Rescue again on October 29th when we hope to move the project on to the next stage."
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These days we spend a lot of time at home. We work in front of the PC, play online casino games in Canada, and chat with friends in one room. These tips will help me feel better at home and make the room cozier.
Carpet: for Coziness and Zoning
Carpets were undeservedly discarded a few years ago. But designers recommend not forgetting about this piece of furniture in the living room. They can help to zone the room and make the space more comfortable.
Nowadays there is a wide variety of carpet styles: modern or classic, by composition: synthetic and natural materials, and, accordingly, by price. You can find the perfect rug for any interior. It will help to zone the space and trivialize your living room.
Wall Decor: Paintings, Posters, Herbaria in Frames
Empty walls make space feel less lived in and cozy. Whereas picking a painting to match the interior is already half the battle in competent decorating. Nothing sets the mood in the interior like a well-chosen art. An oil painting of large size looks very effective, but also a few matching posters can look no less stylish. Now on Instagram, you can find very interesting paintings from emerging artists at quite affordable prices. Posters or paintings can not be limited to. An unusual trend is herbarium frames.
Textile Sets: Spring, Autumn, Winter
Textiles are the best way to inexpensive decorating. The variety offered by the decor departments, even in the mass market, opens up great possibilities for the apartment owner. Textiles are also used by decorators.
With textiles, you can completely change the style and mood of the living room: to make it more bright and festive or calm and laconic. These can be sofa cushions, a rug, and curtains. Cushions are color accents and should match the color of the carpet and art. It is convenient to have several sets of textiles, for example, spring, autumn, and New Year, and change them depending on the mood and occasion.
Open Shelves: Books and Decor
On the open shelves of a shelving unit or closet that stands in your living room, it is important to keep order. But it is also easy to use them to decorate the room. The decorator has his own techniques and tips. It is better to arrange books by size and color. And dilute the library with stylish accessories, picture frames, and even houseplants in beautiful planters.
A Coffee Table: an Independent Accessory and the Basis for the Composition
If you want to compliment the upholstered group of furniture with a coffee table, pay attention to its design. It may well become a decorative item. But also you can create a beautiful composition on it.
A coffee table by the sofa is not only a stylish decorative item but also a convenient and practical thing. It is absolutely indispensable for relaxed work or watching your favorite movie with a glass of wine. The table can be a bright and unusual accent as well as an additional place for storage. You can put art albums on it and make a laconic composition of flowers and candles on a small tray.
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Father MacRae is serving a life sentence for crimes that never happened. He refused to say he was guilty when he was not. The jury never heard during the trial that Father MacRae rejected the State’s plea offer of a sentence of one to three years. He rejected the offer twice before trial and again following the testimony given by the accuser, Thomas Grover. New evidence uncovered by a retired FBI investigator and others has enabled Father MacRae’s attorneys to present appeals to the courts, but no media outlet has acknowledged this. America magazine recently published an editorial (Disorder in the Court” March 17,2014) in which it stated:
In 2005, The Wall Street Journal’s Dorothy Rabinowitz, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and member of The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, investigated Father MacRae’s case and published a two-part series on the travesty of justice by which Father MacRae was convicted: (Part I: The Trial of Father Gordon MacRae by Dorothy Rabinowitz, The Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2005; Part II: The Conviction of Father Gordon MacRae by Dorothy Rabinowitz, The Wall Street Journal, April 28, 2005).
accuser charging a priest with molestation.”
Ryan A. MacDonald is a writer who has done much research into Father MacRae’s case, and has written numerous articles about the case and the lack of help from the Diocese of Manchester, especially from Bishop John McCormack and Monsignor Edward Arsenault. MacDonald is amazed at the lack of coverage of Father MacRae’s case by the Catholic press. He points out that the Catholic press keeps covering the story of the scandal, but never mentions falsely accused priests struggling for justice in the courts and in the Church. He says:
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What's New. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013. Padma Awards 2013. State Wise List Medals- RD 2013.
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Origin: South Korea
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To leave a tooth infection untreated can have some very serious consequences to your health. It’s very important that as soon as you notice the symptoms of a tooth infection, or abscess, developing in your mouth you must go immediately to the dentist and receive the proper treatment.
A tooth abscess can appear in several places inside your mouth; such as at the root of the tooth or between the tooth and the gum.
If that abscess ruptures, the bacteria and pus inside it can spread and damage the surrounding bone, neighboring teeth, and even the bloodstream, in which case it means that it can travel to other parts of your body, including your brain, heart, and other vital organs.
If it does rupture, the sharp pain that is often associated with the abscess will usually decrease or even go away altogether, which can lead to making the person believe that there’s no need to see the dentist anymore.
But in reality, if this happens, it’s even more crucial that they see a dentist as soon as possible. Like stated before, the bacteria can easily spread to other areas and even cause a very dangerous infection called sepsis.
How do I know if I have an abscess or tooth infection?
Some of the most common symptoms for an abscess include:
- A sharp, throbbing, shooting, and severe pain in the tooth that won’t go away.
- Swelling of the face.
- Swollen lymph glands in the neck or jaw.
- Extreme sensitivity when chewing or too cold and hot temperatures.
- A swollen area that resembles a pimple or a small lump in the gum of the tooth.
- A sudden bitter tasting and foul-smelling fluid in your mouth at the same time that the pain goes away (this happens when the abscess has ruptured).
It’s important to seek treatment from your dentist if you have any of these symptoms. Failure to do so can not only risk having the infection spread but also it can mean the difference between saving your tooth and having it extracted.
A quick diagnosis can mean just having a root canal treatment and a week of antibiotics or it can mean losing the entire tooth and complicating matters more by adding that extra risk of further infection.
How do I know if the infection is spreading?
If you suspect that the tooth infection is spreading, you must seek emergency medical attention. The longer you wait, it will become more difficult to treat and increase the risk to your overall health. Some of the symptoms of the infection spreading include:
- Fever or low body temperature.
- General malaise or feeling “under the weather”.
- A headache.
- Swelling of the face and neck.
- Chills or shivers.
- Fast breathing.
- Fast heartbeat.
- Hot and cold flushes.
- Abdominal pain.
- Low urine output.
- Diarrhea or vomiting.
- Change in mental status or agitation.
If the bacteria have entered the bloodstream, then sepsis is a very real complication that can occur. After performing a number of tests, your doctor will determine if that’s the case and if so, will most likely place in the ICU in the hospital.
Through intravenous medication, they will try to stop the infection, regulate your blood pressure and prevent vital organs from malfunctioning.
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From the first travel writer, Egeria, in 381 AD to Amelia Earhart flying solo across the Atlantic in 1932, women have been pioneers of travel for thousands of years. Whether scaling mountains or bringing their children on their first seaside adventure, women are natural adventurers, making a career in travel seem like a natural choice.
That’s why it’s vital to shine a spotlight on the women who have achieved leadership roles in travel, and to support and encourage other women to make their mark.
As COO for Insight Vacations and Luxury Gold, Ulla Hefel Böhler has been on an incredible journey throughout her career. Her fascinating path in the industry has been instrumental in launching the new Wander Women tours, which give women-only travelers the opportunity to engage with inspiring women in the communities they visit.
We invited Ulla to share some of her knowledge and insights for other women seeking to follow her path.
Start with Your Passion
“I was aware of wanting to see the world from a young age,” Ulla opens, with “being from Austria, surrounded by other countries, there was so much possibility stretching in every direction that made me eager to explore.”
Although, Ulla had no plan of where she would end up, she chose to study Tourism and Economics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, knowing that the degree would form a solid foundation for a career in the travel industry. As she says, it laid the groundwork that she could call on later on in her career and it was such a great city to study in, seeing the impacts, both positive and negative that tourism has on one of the world’s most visited cities.
Perhaps it’s no coincidence that her passion project, Wander Women, launched a new tour from Venice this year.
“Change is the only constant”
Ulla started out in hotels, beginning with a role in front office before moving across to reservations. Her passion for working with people was evident from the beginning and set a pattern that her career would follow.
When she sought change, it presented itself as a move into the river cruise industry, but she saw how she could transfer her skills and embraced the sector with vigor, eventually becoming Director of Operations and Program Services for Uniworld Boutique River Cruises.
Ulla says, “I love variety and a challenge and I also believe we never stop learning, so having the opportunity to delve into river cruising at a time when it was still in its infancy in the American market was absolutely fascinating. There was so much room for innovation and creativity.”
The Biggest Risks Bring Even Greater Rewards
According to Ulla, one of the greatest risks she ever took was moving to London to become Director of Operations for Insight Vacations, Luxury Gold, Trafalgar and CostSaver.
Not only was she moving from a small town in Switzerland to one of the world’s busiest cities, but she was also relocating her husband and young son. She was leaving behind a decade in river cruising to change track in the travel industry and had to meet an entirely new team that she had never worked with before, in a role that she had never performed. Was she daunted at all?
“Absolutely, but it’s certainly paid off!” As Ulla acknowledges, you need to be prepared to take the risks, especially in an industry like travel, because that’s where you’ll discover something else that you love to do. Ulla found that her customer-facing roles brought a different perspective when she moved up the ladder.
Every industry presents its own challenges, and after the past 14 months, Ulla can certainly attest to how travel has its share. For her personally though, she says that striking a balance between career and family is not always easy.
“There is no magic formula,” she says. Sometimes you may have an important business trip scheduled when your child’s Christmas play is on, and you can’t opt out when there are so many other people in the same boat. She’s grateful that she has a supportive partner who can carry the weight when she’s not there.
Ulla adds that on the other hand, there are also great opportunities that a career in travel can bring for the whole family, such as the company’s family ski days, two paid volunteer days every year and access to some incredible travel experiences. She recalls the thrill the whole family experienced when visiting the pyramids with a qualified Egyptologist on the Wonders of Egypt tour.
Delve into the Destination
Having travelled for the majority of her career, and heading up two brands known for their immersive experiences, Ulla must have a few great tips on how to experience a destination fully.
“Where you’re staying is important. We carefully select boutique hotels with plenty of character, in the right location so that you can wander around and explore easily.” She adds, “The food really brings out the true character of the destination. I love delving into the local cuisine, from street food to the local foodie markets and fine dining. Some of the more eclectic local delicacies might not always be to your liking, but it’s important to try.
“My children are avid travelers as well as foodies – they still talk about the incredible falafel the Chef on the River Tosca skillfully prepared in Egypt or learning how true ‘aceto balsamico’ is lovingly produced and tasting it on a visit to one of Modena’s top producers of the traditional artisan vinegar, on the Country Roads of Italy tour.”
With Insight Vacations, our Deliciously Authentic Dining ensures that travelers can dine at home with a local, experience the local culinary tradition at carefully chosen local restaurants and enjoy Farm-to-Table meals to taste locally sourced produce on every trip.
Making Waves in Travel
Recent research shows that the travel industry is most likely to employ women and minorities, but given the number of females employed, there should be a higher number acquiring leadership roles. Ulla thinks a lot of progress has been made recently in terms of women taking on more senior roles in travel, but agrees that the industry still has much to do.
“Within The Travel Corporation (TTC), 56% of our workforce is female, and 50% of our leadership roles are held by women, which is very rewarding. I’m proud to be surrounded by the strong female leaders we have on our team.”
When asked if she thinks that women in travel have an easier time getting promoted, Ulla responds that she doesn’t think that’s necessarily true across the industry in general. She believes that talent and getting the right cultural fit is important, but that women are gaining more confidence and encouragement in TTC.
“We need to keep working on female empowerment; more women need to believe that they can achieve these positions, going against previous norms. Those who lead them can help inspire and those they work with can help build that confidence through collaboration. I’m glad that we invest in people in the Travel Corporation; we foster development and growth, ensuring the best people stay with us, and everyone benefits.”
Ulla mentions TTC IDEA, which is an employee-led group within the organization that promotes positive change and important topical discussions. Within this there is a Women’s Identity Circle so this helps women find resources to strengthen and develop their skills. The Travel Corporation is “Driven by Service”, not just to their guests but also those who work for their brands.
Moving Forward with Determination
Travel is a competitive industry, and it’s crucial to stay ahead of the curve in order to maintain edge and relevance. Ulla explains some of the features that fill her with pride in relation to her brands.
For a woman who is dedicated to making guests happy, the fact that she’s delighted by positive feedback from guests (with Feefo awarding a Platinum Trusted Service Award to Insight Vacations in 2020) comes as no surprise. Ulla reiterates that guests are at the heart of everything the company does, so their trust is so important.
She also touches on the unique Insight Experiences included on each tour. The team work diligently to organize fantastic encounters such as having afternoon tea with a Scottish Baronet in his castle to playing hurling, one of the oldest games in the world, with a local player in Kilkenny, Ireland.
Ulla speaks passionately about the MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences, which have been integrated into every trip.
“Weaving these MAKE TRAVELMATTER® Experiences into our series of tours is a matter of necessity for me. Meeting the ladies of Sheroes café in Agra, who have survived acid attacks, was incredibly moving. These encounters don’t just offer ethe guest a unique insight into the destination; they have been carefully developed to have a positive environmental or social impact on the communities that we visit, and they align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.”
Ulla knows that tourism has a crucial role to play to accomplish the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and is focused on TTC’s How We Tread Right sustainability strategy over the next five years. She states,
“Building more sustainable tours while providing guests something truly unique and fulfilling is key, and I believe our team can deliver that.”
Advice to her Younger Self
If she could go back a decade and give herself some advice, what would that be? Ulla ponders the question for a while.
“Everything seems to move so fast, and I’m not sure I have the answers now either. I’ve always put my heart into everything that I do, and I focus fully on what’s in front of me, rather than what has passed. Of course, you take the ‘lessons learnt’ but if you spend time looking back, then you miss being truly in the present with a view to the future.”
For anyone starting out in the industry, she offered the following advice:
“Make sure that you love what you do. If you’re passionate about your job, regardless of what that is, are prepared to work hard, then opportunities will arise. I think that’s true for every industry. Travel is a very unique industry, but it might not be for everyone. You either love it and embrace it or you’ll get out very quickly. Don’t stay in something that you aren’t 100% committed to, because when times get tough then you’ll find it easy to give up, whereas if it’s something you love, you will find a way through.”
With more than 20 years in travel, Ulla seems to have reached the pinnacle, but somehow it seems like she still has plenty to give. That’s the result of putting your heart and mind into everything, as she has always done.
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Summary: Franklin D. Roosevelt said that political events are never random, but there is always a possibly hidden planning behind. More serious is the remark in The Chicago Evening American 3 December 1923: “Rothschilds can start or prevent wars. Their word could make or break empires.” Now that the Rothschild-Soros alliance is behind Western ‘politicians’ moral outrage both over the Wikileaks theatre - Sweden´s Prime Minister seemingly even being a CIA partner in this plot - and over Russia’s imprisonment of the mafia oligarch, Rothschild´s and Soros´ partner and fellow Jew, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a suspicion arises as to who their true lord and master is. Khodorkovsky usurped Russian oil and became Russia’s richest man. Acc. to The Times and The Age, Melbourne, the Jews Khodorkovsky and Jacob Rothschild were very good friends, so when he felt that imprisonment approached, Khokordovsky secretly handed his majority stake in the oil company Yukos over to Jacob Rothschild. In 2006, Yukos was compulsorily sold very cheaply to the Russian government. Likewise, Khodorkovsky was a partner in Jacob Rothschild´s “Open Russia Foundation”, which the Russian government closed in 2006. It was based in George Soros’ institute - and there was close cooperation between Rothschild agent Soros and Khodorkovsky. Acc. to Pravda, Soros stood behind all the plundering of Russia in the 1990s. Thus, Russian national property worth 200 billion. dollars was sold into the possession of “international financial fraudsters”- at a price of just approx. 7.2 billion. dollars.
Even more striking is Western “politicians” ‘ sympathy for the great thief Khodorkovsky, given that Russia is now also jailing critical opposition politicians. Western “politicians” do not protest against this! The consequence of all this is a solid break in the relations between between Russia and the EU – in accordance with Rothschild´s Hegelian dialectics tactics.
But there is also growing resentments between the U.S. and the EU: the U.S. has run extensive espionage against Swedish EU citizens in Sweden (in addition to Norwegians in Norway). Germany is unhappy that the U.S. is pumping 600 bn reprinted dollars into its economy - and the ECB is considering to return to buying the debt of euro countries! China prepares for war - and challenges U.S. monopoly on power in the Far East.
Despite all the rhetoric, the relationship between the U.S. and Russia is deteriorating. The U.S. is still determined to confront Russia in acc. to Bzrezinskis Grand Chessboard strategy - and NATO has leaked a plan to start war with Russia if the country should invade the Baltic States. Behind it all is apparently the Rand Corporation, whose secret files journalist Alex Abella was allowed to view. He found out that the Rand has been the U.S. military shadow government for the last 60 years - and is conducted by psychological and scientific maniacs heading straight towards World War III in a confrontation with Russia.
Everyone seems to know what is coming: The making of Albert Pike’s plan - perhaps at the expiration of the Mayan calendar on 21st December 2012. In any case, both China, Russia and the United States have launched massive building of nuke safe underground bunkers which must be completed by 21 December 2012. Both U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Colin Powell have warned of a huge disaster - probably primarily a confrontation with Russia in the Middle East.
“… in politics nothing is accidental. If something happens, be assured it was planned this way” - Franklin D. Roosevelt - US president (32 Degree Freemason). ”The Rothschilds can start or prevent wars. Their word could make or break empires.” The Chicago Evening American 3. Dec. 1923. “We are not going to achieve a new world order without paying for it in blood as well as in words and money.” Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., in (Council on Foreign Relations´) Foreign Affairs (July/August 1995). “We shall unleash the Nihilists and Atheists, and we shall provoke a formidable social cataclysm which in all its horror will show clearly to the nations the effects of absolute atheism, origin of savagery and of the most bloody turmoil” (Albert Pike – 33 Degree Mason)
“Peace, security, democracy and shared prosperity” is what the Illuminist EU (explanatory statement) in its Euromediterranean Declaration of Barcelona and the Union for the Mediterranean promises. Looking back at the year of 2010, one cannot help but wondering at a paradox: The world governance declared by EU Pres. van Rompuy is working for a New World Order peace to be created in this wonderful New World. But in fact, dangerous tensions are building between the great powers (US, Russia, China, and the EU, between Israel and its neighbours and Iran, North/South Korea etc). Instead of security war on terror rhetoric increases for political reasons, whereas the world has hardly seen less terror than now. And how many of the postulated “foiled terror actions” are fictitious? EU Democracy went down in the morass of the Lisbon Treaty. Are the leaders of the New World Order just playing a theatre of agreed Hegelian
tactics– or are the leaders of these regional power centres genuinely hostile to each other? This article takes stock of the tensions between the great powers at the turn of the year 2010/2011.
Right: Did Putin order Litvinenko´s death in London? His cronies are the mafiosi of the Russian Security Service (FSB) who contrary to the KGB (to which Putin belonged) are not liable to any political institution (The Guardian 25 Sept. 2010). Left:Putin as jazz crooner – singing “Blueberry Hill” – hear him, reverence to the US?.
“Tensions” EU – Russia
EUObserver 30 Dec. 2010: (Jewish) oligarch Mr Mikhail Khodorkovsky received a sentence of 14 years imprisonment at the Khamovnichesky court in Moscow on Thursday, removing him as a potential irritant in Russia’s presidential race in 2012.
EU leaders lined up to criticise the jailing of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Thursday (30 December) – viz. EU´s HR Catherine Ashton, Angela Merkel and EU parliament President Jerzy Buzek. Bill Browder: “There’s nothing anyone can say outside of Russia that has any effect on the Russians. Definitely, there is no rule of law in Russia. Andrew Wilson, a UK-based Russia expert at George Soros European Council for Foreign Relations think-tank, confirmed.
Despite its bleak view of the Kremlin, the EU is currently finalising its approval of Russia’s bid to join the World Trade Organisation. EU member France this week clinched a €1.4 billion arms deal with Moscow, while Germany is the lead EU investor in a new Russian gas pipeline.
EUObserver 29 Dec. 2010: Russia has accused Europe and the US of attempting to influence the trial of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, brandishing the West’s recent criticism as “unacceptable”. The White House on Monday said it was “deeply concerned” about the guilty verdict, calling it a “selective application” of justice.
Left: Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. After Khodorkhovsky´s arrest in 2003, the Council of Europe attacked Putin for political abuse and Amnesty International sent petitions for his release. Why all this sympathy abroad for the cynical plunderer of the Russians by the elite which today is plundering the whole world through their fraudulent CO2–trading and taxes, staged financial crisis and here and here and its consequent bank bail-outs? Here is the reason: The Sunday Times 2 Nov. 2003 identified Lord (Jacob) Rothschild (right) as the secret holder of the large stake in Yukos that was previously controlled by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the oil company’s chairman. Rothschild now took over the voting rights on a stake in Yukos worth almost £8 billion. This places him at the centre of a dispute with the Russian state. (Jewish) Khodorkovksy has known (Jewish) Rothschild for years through their mutual love of the arts and their support for Russian development via the Open Russia Foundation – closed by the Russian government in 2006 – founded by Jacob Rothschild in 2001. Bibliotecapleyades quoting The Age, Melbourne, November 8 2003: Mr Khodorkovsky had based his own charitable organization, the Open Russia Foundation, on Mr George Soros’s institute, and had close links to the US foundation’s work.
Pravda 17 Nov. 2009: (Rothschild agent) George Soros was the brain behind every big financial fraud completed in Russia in the 90s. So-called privatization resulted in the transfer into the ownership of international financial swindlers of the biggest part of Russian national properties. Five hundred privatized Russian enterprises with the real cost of 200 billion dollars were bargained away for as little as 7,2 billion dollars and became legal properties of foreign companies and front structures.
Yukos was subject to cumpulsory sale – and bought very cheaply by the Russian government.
This being said, Russia is now imprisoning critical opposition politicians. However, no politician is protesting against that.
“Tensions” US – China
The Telegraph 29 Dec. 2010: “China is preparing for war in all directions and cannot forget war, guns or bayonets”, said the Chinese defence minister, alarming many of his neighbours in the Asia-Pacific, including Japan which described China’s military build-up as a “global concern” this month.
A year ago China froze substantive military relations in protest at US arms sales to Taiwan and relations deteriorated further this summer when China objected to US plans to deploy one of its nuclear supercarriers, the USS George Washington, into the Yellow Sea off the Korean peninsula. US Defence Minister, Robert Gates warned that China’s new weapons, including its carrier-killing missile, “threaten America’s primary way to project power and help allies in the Pacific. The Times 31 July 2006: China has been busy building bomb shelters. A few years ago, Shanghai’s Civil Defense Office announced the completion of an absolutely massive underground shelter covering an area of over 90,000 square meters and able to accommodate up to 200,000 people at a time.
Tensions Europe – USA
Global Security org. Swedish Justice Minister Beatrice Ask said over the weekend that the US embassy in Stockholm had secretly spied on Swedish residents in the capital since 2000. The announcement came after Norway last week asked the United States to clarify surveillance activities there following a TV report suggesting it had systematically monitored Norwegian residents during the past 10 years. Officials in Oslo said they were unaware of such actions.
All pretty odd, since Swedens Prime Minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, acc. to the normally well informed Wayne Madsen Research is an active partner with the CIA and his mentor, Bush advisor, Karl Grove, in the Wikileaks theatre - probably the reason why Wikileaks could work from Sweden.
Germany is discontented with the US injecting 600 bn dollars into its economy – the ECB reacting by possibly buying euro-zone government debts. EUOBSERVER 26 June 2010: The Columbian Intelligence Agency has been spying on the EU Parliament and the ECJ, trying to subvert their authorities. Columbia is a close ally of the US. The Belgian citizen, Paul-Emile Dupret is a political advisor to the European Parliament’s left-wing United European Left (GUE) group. His name was repeatedly mentioned in the Columbian files as a terrorist – whereupon he was excluded from entering the US.
“Tensions” US – Russia
Wikileaks: Relations between Russia´s de facto ruler, Wladimir Putin, and the US non-existent. “Russia and the US are doomed remain mortal enemies”
RiaNovosti 20 Nov. 2010: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday accepted NATO’s invitation to participate in the creation of a joint missile defense shield in Europe, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. Global Res. 25 Nov. 2010: In spite of appeasing rhetoric: The US will continue to confront Russia.
The New York Times 1 Dec. 2010: Beneath the public efforts at warmer ties, the United States harbors a dim view of the post-Soviet Kremlin and its leadership, and little hope that Russia will become more democratic or reliable.
The cables portray Mr. Putin as enjoying supremacy over all other Russian public figures. The cables reveal an assessment of Mr. Putin’s Russia as highly centralized, occasionally brutal and all but irretrievably cynical and corrupt. Moreover, the cables reveal the limits of American influence within Russia and an evident dearth of diplomatic sources. The staff of the embassy was narrowly contained and had almost no access to Mr. Putin’s inner circle. In the secret American description, official malfeasance and corruption infect all elements of Russian public life — from rigging elections, to persecuting rivals or citizens who pose a threat, to extorting businesses.
Wikileaks: Ongoing NATO Warplans against Russia
Global Research 9 Dec. 2010: US State Department cables released by WikiLeaks have unveiled secret NATO plans for a US-led war against Russia over the Baltic states. The secret plans spell out preparations for a full-scale war with Russia that would see the immediate deployment of nine divisions of US, British, German and Polish troops in the event of any Russian incursion into the former Soviet Baltic republics. The plans also specify German and Polish ports that would be used to receive naval assault units and US and British warships destined for battle with Russian forces.
Despite these details, there is no indication of the potentially catastrophic implications of such an armed clash between the world’s two largest nuclear powers. Washington could get around the evident contradiction (friendship with Russia) by expanding an existing contingency plan for the defense of Poland to include the Baltic states or by adopting “generic plans” for a NATO response to aggression. Russia’s ambassador to NATO said Tuesday that Moscow would demand that the Western alliance abrogate the Baltic contingency plan. Cooperation between Moscow and Washington notwithstanding, the US war in Afghanistan and the strategic drive by US imperialism to assert its hegemony in Central Asia are an inevitable source of conflict.
Who has an interest in playing one power out against another? It does reek of Hegelian tactics.
The Rand Corporation driving the US military politics – besides Zbigniew Brzezinski and his Grand Chessboard – towards World War III
Prison Planet 16 Dec. 2010: Journalist and author Alex Abella was allowed exclusive access inside the RAND Corporation to view their archives. What he discovered was a plot driven by mad scientists, behaviorists, and generals who were intent on starting world war three and fleecing the American people in the process. He is now convinced that this top secret think tank has been pulling the strings of American government for at least 60 years. RAND ultimately expanded into politics, science, history and economics and was closely allied with the Ford, Rockefeller and Carnegie Foundations. RAND’s decision in the 50’s to re-model the globe towards a new world order changed everything. RAND’s ultimate goal was to have technocrats running every aspect of society in pursuit of a one world government that would be administered under “the rule of reason,” a ruthless world where efficiency was king and men were little more than machines, which is why RAND studied the social sciences because they were at a loss to work out how to deal with people and how human beings did not always act in their own predictable self-interests. RAND researchers believed that if 10 million Americans survived a nuclear war, the war was won.
Abella notes how RAND saw the United Nations as a template for one world government but that a new organization controlled by the U.S. would eventually supersede the UN and become the de facto world government, which is why RAND researchers such as John Williams advocated pre-emptive nuclear strikes on the Soviet Union
Abella notes that the staged Gulf of Tonkin attack and the planned Operation Northwoods false flag were both initially proposed in RAND documents. They nonchalantly promote the genocide of entire populations.
Russia Today 12 July 2010: Nearly 5,000 new emergency bomb shelters will be built in Moscow by 2012 to save people in case of potential attacks.
START: Tremendous reduction of US nuclear warheads – now approved by the US Senate – dangerous to us
Today, the United States has only 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile, which represents an 84 percent decline since a peak of approximately 31,255 in 1967. But that isn’t far enough for Barack Obama. Currently, Obama is working on a treaty under which the United States and Russia would only be allowed a maximum of 1,550 deployed warheads.
So with nuclear weapons rapidly spreading throughout the world, and with the U.S. only having a small fraction of the nukes that it used to have, doesn’t that make a nuclear strike against the United States more likely? The Real Agenda 20 Dec. 2010: This is the fulfilment of the project which Pres. Kennedy launched in 1961: Total disarmament of all states – leaving nearly all military force to the NWO´s UN. It will leave 93% of the Earths inhabitants unprotected against RAND´s and the NWO depopulation initiatives!
The New York Times 10 June 2005: “The massive theft of Russian state resources by Khodorkovsky and others in the 1990s had infinitely bad effects. This was the single greatest example of such plundering in the whole of modern history. It crippled the ability of the Russian state to provide basic services to its population - including for long periods even wages and pensions.
The stolen funds of the Russian people largely went into Western banks, Western real estate. The defense of Khodorkovsky, however, essentially rests on the idea that the enormous corruption of the 1990s should now be legitimized. In some cases, this peculiar approach to Russia reflects obsessive hatred left over from the cold war.”
The wolwes are throwing off their sheep´s clothings. By means of agents such as George Soros, Julian Assange. Khodorkovsky, Rothschild creates rifts in the US-Russia and the EU-Russia relations after a carefully planned scheme. The Soviet Union´s dissolution in 1990 was brought about by the trilateral commissionists, David Rockefeller´s, Henry Kissinger´s and the author of the EU Constitution, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing´s, visit to Gorbachev in 1989, acc. to dissident Vladimir Bukovsky whom Yeltsyn gave access to insider Soviet knowledge – and by withdrawal of Rockefeller´s Chase Manhattan´s and Rothschild´s Deutsche Bank´s credits to the GDR.
That´s the point! The hatred from the cold war! Prominent Council on Foreign Relations members, US Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State, Collin Powell have sent serious warnings. The NATO Eagle Guardian plans of an attack on Russia were “leaked” by Polish Defence Minister Klich and highranking NATO military to the Polish newspaper, The Gazeta Wyborcza, long before Wikileaks publishing details on this Operation.
The US shadow government, the RAND Corporation, has decided that the US is to rule the whole world – i.a. by means of arms sales and aparently through Albert Pike´s 3 world wars scenario. Former Minnesota governor, Jesse Ventura, has a shocking revelation: In the US they are building 140 giant subterranean bunkers for the elite. Russia and China are also building gigantic bunkers. When are these bunkers to be finished? By 21 Dec. 2012, when the Mayan Calender expires. Have Wolfgang Eggert´s Doomsday sects persuaded the US and the Israeli government to take the big boom on that day? Or will the Illuminists willingly hand their weapons over to the NWO´s UN? “But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day”. (Matth. 24:20).
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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama being received by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at Patna Airport on January 3, 2013.
DHARAMSHALA, January 4: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai arrived in the Indian state of Bihar at the invitation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Thursday.
The Dalai Lama was received at the Patna airport by the Chief Minister and a host of top government officials.
The Tibetan spiritual leader is scheduled to inaugurate a three-day International Buddhist Sangha Seminar on The Role of the Buddhist Sangha in the 21st Century jointly organised by the Bihar Art and Culture Department and the Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee.
Hundreds of delegates from 20 countries, including China, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Japan are expected to attend the meet starting January 5.
Earlier today, the Dalai Lama held a special prayer at the Chief Minister’s One Anne Marg official residence for world peace.
CM Kumar, Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, Water Resources Minister Vijay Chaudhary, state JD(U) President Vashist Narayan Singh, and party Rajya Sabha member R C P Singh were among those who took part in the prayer.
Talking to media persons, the Dalai Lama praised the chief minister and the state government for taking keen interest in Buddhism.
Describing Nitish Kumar as "a dynamic Chief Minister," the Tibetan leader said he was "very happy to visit the land of King Ashoka who spread Buddhism in the world."
While mentioning the glorious history of modern day Bihar, the Nobel Peace laureate recounted the names of the state’s great sons like independent India’s first President Dr Rajendra Prasad and Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan.
Also today, the 77-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader, along with CM Kumar, inaugurated a statue of Lord Buddha at the Buddha Smriti Parka in the state capital.
Following his visit to Patna, the Dalai Lama is scheduled to leave for Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh to give four days of teachings on Shantideva's A Guide to the Boddhisattva's Way of Life (chodjug) from January 7 to 10.
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Postdoc Health Insurance
Health insurance benefits exist for all eligible postdocs. Eligible Postdocs must be classified as either a Postdoc Research Associate or a Postdoc Research Trainee and temporary full-time in the UNC Payroll system. Monthly health insurance premiums for individual postdocs are covered by the institution (dept. or funding source), NOT by the postdoc. Postdocs are responsible for covering monthly premiums for spouses and children. The Postdoc Medical Insurance Plan is underwritten by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC). A waiver form must be signed if the postdoctoral scholar decides he/she does not want to enroll for health coverage benefits.
OPEN ENROLLMENT is held annually from July 1 – July 31. If a spouse and/or children are not currently insured under this plan, the Postdoc may add during the open-enrollment period. Dependents may only be added otherwise throughout the year with a qualifying life event (birth, death, job change, etc.).
If you have questions about your coverage, please use the following information:
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2019-2020 MEDICAL PLAN (July 1, 2019- June 30, 2020)
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- UNC Postdoc BCBSNC Packet 2019-2020 (FAQ, Summary of Benefits, Application, Waiver Form)
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- There is a $10 co-pay for prescriptions filled at the Campus Health Services. If the cost of the drug is less than $10, the Postdoc will pay the lesser amount. For a list of drugs available at the CHS pharmacy, please access https://campushealth.unc.edu/services/pharmacy-services.
- If the Postdoc visits a retail pharmacy they should present the drug card to the pharmacist and pay a tiered copay.
- Postdocs must complete the enrollment forms and return the BCBSNC forms to the department manager or Human Resources (HR) facilitator in their department. The department manager or HR facilitator will mail the completed forms to BCBSNC. The address is PO Box 2073, Durham, NC 27702. The Postdoc should mail the completed campus health forms to Campus Health Services at James A. Taylor Building, CB 7470, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Coverage begins on the first day of the month following the month of the Postdoc’s appointment effective date. If the Postdoc wishes to opt out of the plan, he/she must sign the waiver form and the HR Facilitator will submit it to BCBSNC.
- If a Postdoc wishes to enroll a spouse or dependent child, he/she must write a check payble to BCBSNC for the initial TWO months premium and attach it to the insurance application (which includes the premium rates). Future monthly premiums will be deducted from his/her paycheck.
- In order to be eligible for the Postdoc Medical Insurance Plan, the Postdoc must be coded as a postdoc trainee or postdoc research associate and on payroll at least 30 hours per week.
- BCBSNC will be notified of the Postdoc’s eligibility by UNC Payroll at the end of the month following the Postdoc’s appointment date. For example, if a Postdoc’s appointment date is December 1, BCBSNC will be notified of that Postdoc’s eligibility at the end of December. BCBSNC will then be paid for the month of January at that time. Therefore, it typically takes about 45 days from his/her appointment date for the Postdoc to receive an ID card.
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Affordable Care Act (ACA) – Marketplace Government Insurance go to www.healthcare.gov. For Navigator* assistance with the ACA call 800-318-2596. You may also want to visit NC Legal Aid at http://www.legalidnc.org or call 855-733-3711 to make an appointment with a Navigator*.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has won the backing of the Czech, Slovak and Austrian premiers for his drive to reform the EU’s rules on posted workers – employees sent by their employer to carry out a service in another EU member state.
Macron, who met in Salzburg on August 24 with the Slavkov Triangle leaders on his first Central European tour since his election, argues the way companies send lower paid Eastern European workers temporarily to Western European countries, evading local collective bargaining wage rates and social contributions, is one of the main factors driving populism and Euroscepticism.
“The single European market and the free movement of workers is not meant to create a race to the bottom in terms of social regulations,” Macron told reporters. “The directive as it stands is a betrayal of the fundamental spirit of the European Union. The objective of the single market is not to favour countries that have the least social rights. We see that this feeds populism and erodes confidence in the EU.”
The minimum wage in France is about €1,480 a month, in Poland it’s about €450, giving multinational companies a clear incentive to import cheap labour, at the expense of domestic firms and workers.
Macron has argued that the EU must do more to protect workers and that member states must not “benefit from social and fiscal differences within the EU that are simultaneously going against every principle of the Union”.
The Visegrad Group (V4) of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary has previously been opposed to any attempt to tighten the rules on posted workers, seeing it as a protectionist move that will harm their workers. But the Social Democrat Czech and Slovak premiers have also highlighted their countries’ continuing wage gap with Western Europe, and argue pushing up wages will help quell the populism and Euroscepticism they face. They are sympathetic to the idea of workers being paid the same rate for the same job in the same place, regardless of wherever they come from.
“The posted workers' directive solves a certain problem but we have to also solve the fundamental issue, which is the huge differences in living standards in individual parts of the EU,” Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka told a joint news conference after the meeting. “For the Czech Republic, I can say we are prepared work with all our partners on a technical level to agree an adjustment of the posted workers directive so that we can overcome the split in the EU.”
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was even more positive. “We are very close to agreement. We see October 2017 as a realistic date by which we could reach an agreement,” he said. “We, and I think the Czech prime minister agrees, will make a maximum effort so that the V4 agrees on this issue.”
Estonia, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU, is due to table new proposals on posted workers in September, ahead of a EU summit in October. Macron wants the proposal to include policing the rules more tightly, and allowing workers to be sent abroad only for 12 months rather than 24, something that the Central European leaders have not yet signed up to.
In 2014, there were almost 2m posted workers in the EU, according to commission data, with 43% of them in the construction sector. More than 50% of posted workers go to Germany, France and Belgium.
By only meeting the Czech and Slovak premiers, and shunning the populist leaders of Poland and Hungary, Macron seems to have widened the existing split inside the Visegrad Group and given his posted workers reform a better hope of being achieved. Macron will continue his tour by meeting Romanian leaders on August 24 and visiting Bulgaria the next day.
Macron is also hoping to enlist the new member states of Central and Eastern Europe into his wider plans to revitalise the European Union to make it more resilient to populism. This could include moving towards a “multi-speed Europe”, enabling some states to move ahead to enhance their co-operation.
France has had a troubled relationship with Central Europe since the collapse of communism, seeing it as a region dominated by Germany and the US, and a threat to its domestic and foreign policy interests. Macron himself has criticised the way Central Europe accepted EU money but rejected its values, particularly by refusing to accept migrant quotas, saying in June: “Europe is not a supermarket. Europe is a shared destiny”.
But he now appears to see an opportunity to rebuild France’s historic influence in the region and find some allies there for his European plans. At the same time, by shunning Hungary’s Viktor Orban and Poland’s de facto leader Jaroslaw Kaczyński, he appears to have given up hope of winning the rightwing populists over and has consigned them to the margins of Europe.
While the V4 as a whole remains wary about any drive towards a multi-speed Europe, fearing they will be left on the periphery, the Czech and Slovak Social Democrats are attracted by the idea of joining any inner core.
Over recent months, Fico has backpedalled on his vehement opposition to migrant quotas, and has declared that Slovakia’s place is in any inner core, given that it is already a member of the Eurozone.
“The fundamentals of my policy are being close to the core, close to France, to Germany,” he said in mid-August. He added that he is “very much interested in regional cooperation within the Visegrad Four, but Slovakia’s vital interest is the EU”.
Czech PM Sobotka’s policy has been more erratic because he is facing a general election in October that opinion polls show he is likely to lose heavily. The Czech Social Democrats favour adoption of the euro, but have done little to make the public case for it and it remains very unpopular. Nevertheless, this month the government has indicated it wants to be given observer status in the Eurogroup (a forum for eurozone finance ministers) if the institution's powers are enhanced in future reforms.
However, the government has also virtually courted EU infringement proceedings by refusing to accept even the token amount of migrants that Slovakia agreed to host. But joining Hungary and Poland in the EU “sin bin” seems to have done little to improve the Social Democrats’ opinion polls rating.
Their coalition partners, the populist Ano party, led by billionaire Andrej Babis, oppose euro adoption and have prevented the government moving forward on the issue. Babis also firmly opposes migrant quotas and, if he wins the election, as polls indicate, he could forge closer links with the populist leaders of Hungary and Poland, leaving the Czech Republic on the periphery of Europe.
“The Czechs remain the odd man out – not in love with illiberal democracy (at least not yet until the October election), but also not willing to move decisively forward with deeper European integration,” former state secretary for European affairs Tomas Prouza wrote in an opinion piece for Eurobserver this month.
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pesto the most delicious, child-friendly way to eat greens
Wondering how to eat more greens? How to get children to enjoy eating vegetables? When I feel we need some more greenery in our diet I reach for pesto. But not the stuff in a jar. I want a hit of fresh, punchy, healthy greens and I’m afraid you won’t get that from the bought stuff. Pesto takes seconds to make and is one of the most useful flavour and health-boosters you’ll master in the kitchen. I make a version of it every week and it is always in my meal plan.
Helping children and adults eat more green vegetables without drama
When my children are proving picky in the greens department, pesto is the thing that they’ll gobble without protest. Believe me, my youngest one is a bugger for eating greens and he eats this concoction once a week – giving me reassurance he won’t come down with scurvy.
I add kale, watercress or rocket [arugula] to the basil in our pesto. It is amazing how much greenery you can pack in to a meal when it has been through the food processor. I stir the pesto through spaghetti mixed with broccoli (cooked in the same pan as the pasta for the last few minutes of cooking) and raw spiralized courgette [zucchini] so they are getting 3-4 greens in one meal. The basil hides the greenness perfectly for children. Scroll down for the recipe.
Get children involved in making pesto
My boys have made pesto with me since they were babies. They rip the basil and press the food processor button – to avoid arguments they each get to press it for a count of 5 seconds then switch. Now they are older they also chop up the cheese and pour in the nuts, seeds and oil. In summer we grow our own basil so they pick it from the garden too. Try this with any children you have in the vicinity – they are much more likely to try things they have had a hand in making.
Pesto is a great way of emptying the fridge and avoiding waste
Pesto is also the thing I make most often when I’m clearing out the fridge at the end of the week and I want to eke out a couple more meals with whatever odds and ends I have.
I don’t just use pesto to clear out the greens in my fridge – I also use it to use ends of cheese. Mixing cheeses is totally fine and a very satisfying way to clean out the cheese shelf. And those annoying bags of seeds and nuts that have just a few bits left in? Chuck them in too – again, a mixture is totally fine. See the suggestions below for what I use and how.
Read this post about why I keep banging on about avoiding food waste.
The basic pesto formula
Pesto Genovese is the classic recipe but free yourself from that and start to think of pesto as just a mixture of a few building blocks:
something green + cheese + something crunchy + oil + seasoning
So for example, one or a mixture of things from each category:
green: basil/parsley/rocket (arugula)/watercress/kale/cooked broccoli/spinach or combination i.e. basil and arugula
crunch: raw skin-on almonds, pine nuts, sunflower seeds, toasted breadcrumbs, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, pistachios, cashews
cheese: Cheddar/Parmesan/Pecorino/blue cheese/Gruyere/hard goat’s or sheep’s cheese
seasoning: black pepper or a pinch of red pepper flakes, sea salt
oil: good olive, avocado or walnut oil
And please don’t feel the need to get the scales out when you make this, it is more about proportions than precision. I give weights here but I never measure mine.
Watch me making pesto in this video
Pesto ingredients (makes enough for 4 people to have with pasta)
120g (4oz) basil leaves and stalks – the stalks have tons of flavour and you’ve paid for them, so use them! I usually add some baby kale or rocket (arugula) to the mix too (see ideas of other greens to use above)
60g (2oz or ¼ cup) pine nuts, sunflower seeds or raw skin-on almonds (see ideas of other crunchy bits to add above)
85g (3oz or ¾ cup) of roughly chopped Parmesan or Pecorino – which is made from sheep’s milk so works for people who are lactose intolerant (see other cheese ideas above)
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons your best extra virgin olive oil
Optional – zest of a lemon, half a clove of garlic
To make pesto:
1. Place all the pesto ingredients in a food processor and blitz until you get a rough paste. Scrape down the sides with a silicone spatula if need be and blitz again to ensure all is incorporated. It will look thicker and less oily than the bought stuff
2. Taste and adjust the seasoning (add more pepper or some lemon zest or juice if needed to balance things). You’re unlikely to need salt as the cheese is salty but taste and see what you think
Now you’ve mastered it, you can use exactly the same method and get creative with your ingredients.
Any leftover pesto can be kept in the fridge for around 5 days. Be sure to keep it in a narrow glass jar and pour a thin layer of the olive oil over the surface to stop air getting to it. Once air gets to it, it oxidises and turns brown. Or you can freeze the pesto in ice cube trays. When it’s frozen, just pop the cubes out of the tray and put them into a freezer bag. When you need them, just take one or two of the cubes out. I often drop a frozen cube into a pasta sauce, soup or stew just before serving.
Other ways to use your pesto
I use pesto in lots of my recipes. It is also amazing on sandwiches, on soup, on crostini, stirred through risotto or mixed with ricotta as a topping for roast chicken or grilled fish. I also use it to stir through steamed green veggies before serving. You can thin the pesto out with more oil and a splash of red wine vinegar to use it as a salad dressing with tomatoes and mozzarella in summer.
Pasta with pesto and greens (serves 4)
Active prep time: 5 minutes. Cooking time: 10 minutes
Pesto pasta ingredients
1 quantity pesto (see above)
300g-460g (12oz-16oz) dried wheat or brown rice pasta – choose any shape that ‘holds’ the sauce, so pens, tubes or shells are good. Or do half spaghetti and half spiralized courgette [zucchini]
A couple of handfuls of green veggies of your choice – green beans, broccoli, cauliflower or in-season asparagus work well. Frozen peas make this child-friendly too
Freshly grated Parmesan, sea salt and black pepper to serve
To make pesto with pasta and greens:
- Boil a large pan of water with a tablespoon of sea salt grains (not your Maldon). The water should be as salty as the Mediterranean sea so that the pasta absorbs some flavour as it cooks and your sauce has a little less work to do to make everything delicious. Don’t worry you’ll throw most of the salt away with the water. Putting a lid on the pan will speed up the boiling time
- Choose what veggies you want to add and cut them into bite size pieces. Set aside
- Add the pasta to the pan of bubbling water and cook according to the instructions on the box
- At this point, use your spiralizer (available through my shop) to turn your courgette into noodles if you are using them
- A minute before the pasta is ready, turn the heat off the pasta and throw your veggies into the pan with the pasta. Leave for a couple of minutes with the lid on
- Taste the pasta and veggies for doneness then scoop out a cup of the cooking water using a jug or coffee mug. Set this water aside before draining the veggies and pasta together in a colander
- Return the pasta and veg to the pan and stir through the pesto through them. I like to use long metal tongs to toss the sauce through the pasta. Add a little of the cooking water to help make a silky sauce – don’t skip this bit! The starch in the pasta water helps the sauce cling to the pasta and also thins the pesto. I usually use about a cup of this starchy water, added gradually to make a perfectly silky sauce. Taste it and add salt and pepper to get it just right
- Serve the pasta with a grating of fresh Parmesan. Leftovers are delicious served at room temperature or reheated until warm. The pasta will need a little more moisture added after it is stored.
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An ALARP study has been undertaken to determine proportionate reservoir safety improvement works at the Category A Buckshole Reservoir in Hastings, East Sussex. The study addressed a recommendation as to measures to be taken in the interests of safety following a statutory inspection in June 2016 under Section 10 of the Reservoirs Act 1975.
The inspection report concluded that the service spillway would not accommodate the design flood flow and damage to the dam during extreme flood events was likely, possibly leading to a breach failure. The study examined a range of flood events to develop risk curves associated with the estimated likely loss of life and property damage resulting from dam failure. Using the risk curves, it was then possible to determine the flood event that yielded the greatest incremental consequences of dam failure.
The relevant flood event in this instance was shown to be an event significantly less severe than the design flood event. This was then used to determine the most appropriate level of reservoir safety works based on ALARP proportionality calculations. The results of the study highlighted that the use of risk curves can provide a more accurate basis for an ALARP assessment of reservoir safety improvement works, giving an improved outcome in terms of reduction in risk and the cost to the reservoir owner.
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Published July 13, 2013.
The NDP continues to look for every way to exploit the disaster at Lac-Mégantic to partisan ends, even as it continues to deny doing so. The party may be issuing public statements denouncing the government for having “recklessly cut public safety,” it may be demanding the Transport committee convene special summer hearings, its leader may have mused, as he toured the town, how the tragedy “reminds us” of Tory budget cuts, but as Tom Mulcair later told the CBC: “I’ve been prudent not to draw the exact link.” Quite.
Meanwhile, however, the media have been plowing ahead. Story after story has appeared highlighting various alleged weaknesses in the regulatory apparatus, again never quite directly stating they were responsible, but alluding vaguely to the “questions” they supposedly “raise.” Hasn’t it been five years since the last federal review of railway safety? Didn’t a 2011 environment commissioner’s report take Transport Canada to task for its alleged failures of oversight? What about those thin-hulled DOT-111 tank cars the Transportation Safety Board wanted replaced?
Regulation can always be improved, and reporting on regulatory failures, real or alleged, is obviously in the public interest. But when these are reported in the immediate aftermath of disaster, there’s a pretty clear implication of causation, and an equally clear responsibility to back it up, if not with actual evidence then at least with a coherent argument. At the very least, there is a responsibility to consider the alternative, that the one had nothing to do with the other. Hand-waving references to federal regulation “coming under fresh scrutiny” in the wake of the disaster are the journalistic equivalent of Mulcair’s “exact link” disclaimer.
Perhaps it will be thought nit-picky to ask how any of these supposed gaps in the regulatory firmament contributed to this specific event, though even a reasoned hypothesis would do. But fine, let’s focus on the broader, vaguer, never-quite-stated thesis: that even if no link can be drawn with this particular accident, there is a general laxity in federal railway regulation, either in the rules themselves or their enforcement, such as to make some sort of serious accident of this kind more likely. In other words, that public safety is in jeopardy. I think that is the most generous, least exacting, interpretation of what critics are saying.
As it happens, this is quite easy to verify. If the rails are indeed unsafe, if the regulatory regime has been fatally weakened, it should show up in the accident statistics: over time, a higher probability of accidents will translate into their actuality. These statistics are easily available from the Transportation Safety Board website. Yet they are never cited — possibly because they show, unambiguously, that rail safety is improving, steadily and markedly.
Accidents of all kinds, the broadest indicator, have declined from an average of nearly 1,300 per year in the decade from 1998 to 2007 to 1,066 per year in the five most recent years. The accident rate has declined over the same interval, from 2.8 per million main-track train-miles to 2.2.
The same pattern is repeated, without exception, when you drill further into the numbers. Fires and explosions have fallen from roughly 30 per year to 20. Derailments, from about 750 to just over 600. The vast majority of these are minor: the more serious derailments, involving 10 cars or more, now number about 22 per year, versus 32 per year in the previous decade.
But hasn’t the type of goods being hauled grown more dangerous, notably the well-documented rise in shipments of oil? Perhaps, but not the rate of accidents involving dangerous goods: these have fallen even more sharply, from 216 per year to just 133. Only a very few of these actually result in a spill: from about six per year earlier, these are now down to fewer than three: last year there were two. That’s two accidents resulting in the release of dangerous goods — of all kinds, never mind oil — in 80 million main-track train-miles, plus however many millions of train-miles on smaller tracks.
Even more infrequent are accidents involving fatalities — though these are becoming rarer still, dropping from 95 per year to 75. The vast majority of these, moreover, are at crossings or in railway yards. The number of deaths caused by derailments is about one per year, and falling. Even fewer — statistically, zero — result from fires or leaks of dangerous goods.
Beyond accident rates, there are also “reportable incidents.” Of interest here: cases of “runaway rolling stock” have fallen from 14 a year to 11; reports of “failure to secure,” of the kind thought to be responsible for Lac-Mégantic, are down as well, from 8.5 per year to 6.4. By the way, if you’ve been reading that there are no rules covering this, I suggest you consult the Canadian Rail Operating Rules, Section 112: Securing Equipment, where they are spelled out in some detail.
By every measure, in other words, railway safety is getting better, not worse. Accidents involving large-scale derailments, or the release of dangerous goods, or fires, or runaway rolling stock, always rare, are getting rarer. But an accident that combines all of these? It is literally a unique event, requiring not only a truly remarkable confluence of natural factors but the intervention, allegedly, of gross negligence.
Yet on the basis of this non-existent threat to public safety, either generally or in the particular, we are urged to make wholesale changes to regulation, including replacing the entire existing fleet of tank cars. Weren’t we all supposed to be in favour of “evidence-based decision-making”?
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Geordie Dean of New Westminster BC spent 16 seasons with the New Westminster Salmonbellies, accumulating 569 goals and 843 assists for 1,412 points in 506 games.
A 10-time All Star, Dean played in nine Mann Cup Championships, winning three times and twice being named the series' MVP. His 94 assits and 161 points are still records for Mann Cup play.
He also captured the WLA's MVP award three times, the playoff MVP twice, the Mailand tropy twice and the 1989 scoring title.
Also an outstanding field player as well, he was a member of the National team in the world field championships in 1986, 1990 and 1994.
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Continuation from the previous post.
Here we are at Yamashita Park, a few walking distances from Chinatown. It’s a beautiful place.
Hikari with the Guardian of Water. Lots of school kids coming here for excursion. Can you spot a few of them?
It’s a park facing the ocean, that’s why it’s looks awesome. Behind me is the Hikawa Maru museum. Too bad we didn't visit the museum T__T
The friendship between girl scout Japan and the USA. Ohh and also Hikari as the busybody \(゜∇゜)/
Beautiful rose garden before the rainfall. X.X
We somehow manage to find a shelter at the vending machines. While waiting for the rain to stop, why not buy something from the vending machine since Japan is famous with their vending machine LOL XD
Look at the rows of vending machine they have!!!
Fufufu..another interesting we spotted in Yamashita Park.
That’s it for today.
p/s: I'm such an idiot. I just realised that you can adjust the size of your picture (small to large). >___<
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The Multi Window is a feature that your Samsung Galaxy S8 or Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus is using in order to display two apps, on the same screen, simultaneously. Known as the Split Screen and Multi Window mode, it comes with the great benefit of letting you look at and use those apps at the same time, without having to tap the Recently Used Apps menu to switch from one to another.
In today’s article, we will share with you three simple but essential aspects of making the best of this feature on your Galaxy S8 device. It’s all a matter of setting things up and, after that, knowing how to use it properly. Prepare yourself to learn how to enable this mode, but also how to check whenever it is active or not and how to tweak the size of the two windows.
To enable the Multi Window mode with Galaxy S8/S8 Plus…
- Navigate to the general settings of your phone;
- Open the Device editing section;
- In there, you should find the Multi Window option;
- Tap on it and you will see a special toggle in the right corner;
- Tap on that toggle to activate the Multi Window feature.
And now you can leave the menus because the “hardest” part was completed. One thing you might want to check, however, is if you prefer to set this mode active by default or not. If you do, look for the option labeled as “Open in Multi Window mode” and tick its dedicated checkbox.
To make sure that the Multi Window mode is active…
This part is really simple. All you have to do, after following the steps above-listed, is to look on the display of your Samsung Galaxy S8 or Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, to see if you can spot a gray semi-circle. That half circle symbol is the clue that you can begin enjoying this mode right away.
To start using the Multi Window mode on Galaxy S8/S8 Plus…
- Tap on the previously-identified semi-circle icon;
- This will bring the Multi Window to the top of the screen;
- Drag one app from the menu to one of the two windows where you want to open it;
- Drag the other app in the other window;
- Press and hold the circle sitting in the middle of the screen, then drag it upward or downward on the screen, to adjust the size of the two windows.
When all these are set, you can simply enjoy the Multi Window feature on Samsung Galaxy S8 or S8 Plus.
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At IBC 2016, ACCESS and its partners will showcase solutions for secure media sharing, data & analytics, multiscreen management and personalised user interfaces for devices ranging from smart TVs, smartphones, tablets, games consoles through to the connected car
Oberhausen, Germany, 21 July 2016 − ACCESS CO., LTD (IBC stand #14.D14) today announced that it will demonstrate the next generation of multiscreen services at IBC2016 (9 – 13 September 2016, Amsterdam RAI). Building on its expertise porting its software solutions to 1.5 billion consumer devices, ACCESS has developed solutions enabling operators to better understand viewers’ habits, connecting devices for media sharing and developing scalable user experiences to fit every screen. The solutions also enable operators to create services that encompass the official content catalogue, the viewer’s PVR and external sources like YouTube.
As multiscreen services move from reaching a large audience to personalised services tailored to the consumer’s tastes and devices used to access content, operators need to deploy solutions that provide them with granular data. ACCESS will host a number of demonstrations and a session in the Content Everywhere Hub (Hall 14 on Friday, September 9th at 12:00 – 12:20), where visitors will be able to learn how to utilise data and browser-based user interfaces to offer services that adapt to consumers’ evolving habits.
Dr. Neale Foster, COO and VP Global Sales, ACCESS Europe, said: “At IBC, we will show a solutions portfolio that enables operators to maximise the potential of traditional broadcast environments and OTT services to create a seamless experience for consumers. Our demonstrations will also allow operators to see how they can aggregate and facilitate access to multiple sources via their branded environment, including the consumer’s personal library and external services like YouTube.”
ACCESS’ product portfolio at IBC will include:
- ACCESS Twine™ for data aggregation and analytics and operator powered apps to ensure that consumers stay within the operator’s branded environment for all their media needs. ACCESS Twine also facilitates secure media sharing across all platforms, including support for DLNA® VidiPath™ and DRM.
- NetFront™ Browser family, enabling a seamless HTML5 powered experience across all screens – from smartphones and tablets through to the next generation TV screens. ACCESS’ solutions include WebKit-based NetFront™ Browser NX and Chromium-based NetFront™ Browser BE, both available as HbbTV editions.
ACCESS’ partners include AirTies Wireless Networks (#5.C70), EKT (#5.B30), Innopia Technologies (5.B08), Opentech (#5.B11), Pixsan, Verimatrix (#5.A59), Vestel (#14.A20) and Zenterio (suite at Okura Hotel).
Note to editors: If you would like to meet with an ACCESS spokesperson at IBC 2016, please contact Segolene Roche of Platform PR: email@example.com, (T) +44 (0)20 7486 4900.
Since 1984, ACCESS CO., LTD. (Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Index, 4813) has provided advanced IT solutions centered around mobile and network software technologies to telecom carriers, consumer electronics manufacturers, broadcasting and publishing companies, the automotive industry and energy infrastructure providers around the world. The company develops mobile software solutions that have been installed on over 1.5 billion devices, and network software solutions that have been used by over 300 telecommunication equipment manufacturers. Utilizing its network virtualization technology skills and knowledge, the company is currently focusing on the development and commercialization of Internet of Things (IoT) and media solutions that combine embedded and cloud technology. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company operates subsidiaries and affiliates in Asia, Europe and the United States to support and expand its business globally. Learn more about ACCESS at www.access-company.com.
© 2016 ACCESS CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
ACCESS, the ACCESS logo, and NetFront are registered trademarks or trademarks of ACCESS CO., LTD. in the United States, Japan and/or other countries. DLNA is a registered trademark and DLNA Certified is a trademark of the Digital Living Network Alliance. Digital Living Network Alliance is a service mark of the Digital Living Network Alliance. All other trademarks, logos and trade names mentioned in the document are the property of their respective owners.
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If you want to change the address, please add a note. What you see is what you get. The item "69 Ct NATURAL AAA++ LOOSE GEMSTONE ETHIOPIAN WELO OPAL CUSHION SHAPE CABOCHON Y6" is in sale since Thursday, July 18, 2019. This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Loose Diamonds & Gemstones\Loose Gemstones\Opal\Other Opals". The seller is "gemsjewels14" and is located in JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN.This item can be shipped worldwide.
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The CCG will require consent from the individual in order to carry out any assessments and to gather any evidence/information required to assess eligibility for continuing healthcare funding and NHS-funded Nursing Care.
If an individual is unable to sign the consent form the CCG will accept a signature from a person who is legally entitled to represent the individual, i.e. a person named in the Lasting Power of Attorney document, Grant of Probate, Deputy appointed by the Court of Protection or named in the Best Interest Decision Form (see more information about this follow this link https://www.gov.uk/browse/births-deaths-marriages/lasting-power-attorney).
Under all circumstances the CCG will require supporting legal evidence for any signature on the consent form other than the individual’s own.
When collecting or using personal information the CCG complies with Principle 1 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (http://www.harrogateandruraldistrictccg.nhs.uk/privacy/).
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This template is built for construction project control managers who need to keep track of quantities installed onsite and—with the same tool—produce a weekly/monthly report that supplies management with quantitative feedback about project status.
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Use this checklist to give a potential buyer of outsourcing services a clearer picture of what to expect from a provider. Each of these checklist items is a great conversation starter. Use them to uncover potential weaknesses that might cause difficulty later.
This template will allow you to create multiple scenarios with quick budget estimates for the purposes or discussion and high-level decision-making.
What's the first step in looking at the risks you face in delivering your project? Before performing a full-blow assessment, you may want to ask yourself a few simple questions. This 10 minute, 27 question worksheet will help you quickly identify a number of risk factors common to many projects. It's a great first step in looking at the risks you may be facing at a macro level.
Avoid legal pitfalls when working with contracts by referring to this quick guide--and consulting with corporate counsel.
This simple quotation form could easily be turned into a work order and is designed for simpler jobs without much labor or equipment needs.
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ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals announced on Thursday that bullpen coach Dyar Miller, a long-time member of the organization, will not be retained on manager Mike Matheny's coaching staff. All other coaches from Matheny's staff have been offered the opportunity to return in 2013.
It was not immediately known if any of the coaches would decline that offer.
Both general manager John Mozeliak and Matheny said on Thursday that they hope Miller's replacement will come from within the organization. No specific reason was given for Miller's dismissal.
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EDITORIAL: Crackdown on pay time loan frauds is welcome
Funds utilising the Federal Trade Commission brings a conclusion that is permanent dishonest online advance loan operations run by two Kansas City area business owners.
The action, which should be authorized by means of a judge that is federal shines an ignominious limelight on a cadre of neighbor hood business people who made quick fortunes by raiding the lending company documents of mostly low-income clients.
Timothy A. Coppinger, Frampton T. Rowland III and quantity associated with businesses consented to pay for settlements totaling $54 million. The earnings should be used to produce their victims up.
The charges brought against the two business owners are really shocking. The FTC alleged that Coppinger, Rowland and their enterprises obtained details that are economic naive victims, deposited money for their bank documents without authorization, then withdrew re re payments and promoted we were holding collecting on loans.
Yet numerous situations the customers hadnt additionally authorized that loan. And individuals which has had was indeed docked for fraudulent finance charges and rates of interest.
Its good that federal enforcement has energy along the operations and victims gets some re re re payment.
but the allegations look egregious sufficient to increase questions regarding whether illegal prices are warranted.
Final months settlement follows an action that is comparable January, once the FTC ordered Overland Park businessman Scott Tucker to pay for $21 million as refunds to bilked customers. Tucker is still a defendant in other FTC litigation. The federal consumer Financial Protection Bureau has actions pending against several other Kansas City area pay day loan providers.
Happily, the enforcement seems to have dampened this areas appetite for online financing. Banking institutions wont cooperate whilst the business people are not any longer envied with regards to fortunes that are ill-gotten.
Some schools that are regional churches and charities was in fact too fast to merely accept good contributions without questioning simply simply precisely how their newly rich benefactors had acquired their wide variety. Those businesses should be examining their really own consciences now.
The unfolding appropriate actions against the net financial institutions also needs to be observed in Topeka, Jefferson City and Washington. Too politicians which are numerous Missouri and Kansas are beholden to antique and online payday lenders who have added along with their promotions.
They too are reluctant to concern their benefactors, significantly less regulate them. But manage they need to. We wish settings in connection with rampant purchase of consumer information that is economic and tight caps on interest rates charged by short-term financial institutions.
It is too easy for unscrupulous businesses to work with individuals at a time that is right of.
Copyright The Kansas City Celebrity. Reprinted with authorization.
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Financial Outsourcing Systems. Precisely what do We learn in the USAA Regulation E Case?
On Kathleen Kraninger from the CFPB joined up with her initial Consent purchase with USAA Federal Savings Bank, an $80 billion company located in San Antonio, TX. USAA had Regulation E violations related to:
Under the EFTA (legislation E), consumers can place stop re re re payments on future preauthorized re re payments and dispute incorrect or unauthorized EFTs which are previous. Examiners found that USAAs http://paydayloanmaryland.net strategies required clients to obtain your hands on merchants who initiated the EFTs as nationwide pay day loans areas absolutely essential to end that is sales that are implementing disputes. The lender is placed on notice upon dental or written notice and must start its research procedure straight away both in circumstances. It cannot wait action contingent for the merchants response. The standard bank may ask, while not require that the cardholder aid in the investigation by reaching down to your merchant. As well as Bank may not reject either a final end payment demand or even a dispute based on refusal to obtain your hands on the seller.
In the USAA situation, they’d not frequently honor stop that is oral or notice of blunder. Just because it stumbled on investigating errors or disputes, they required the blunder be for the “Written statement of Unauthorized Debit (WSUD) and wouldn’t generally start until the WSUD wound up being gotten, which could have delayed the start of research just as much as 10 times after the observe that is dental. The lending company furthermore had some functional system limitations in stopping payments processed via a debit card and neglected to block many of preauthorized EFTs for which clients had needed end re payment.
Which they had a process this is certainly separate cash advance providers. They declined to analyze errors! clients had been instructed to return to your loan provider. During the time this is certainly same representatives have been instructed to tell them their USAA account is at risk, they may be ineligible to get additional items, and as a consequence records may be closed. They may just deliver WSUD types to the ones that desired to carry on after hearing the care. They also required having the WSUD notarized or they might possibly maybe maybe not conduct the investigation.
The matter that is 3rd associated with reopening shut deposit records.
Should they reopened reports to process debits, balances became negative and at risk of fees that are differentOD and NSF fees). If they reopened to process a credit, creditors had opportunity to begin debits and straight draw right down funds. USAAs training of reopening reports without warning to customers triggered harm that is customers that are considerable.
It absolutely was no matter this is certainly small. This is why, we were holding required to adopt compliant procedures (details once you glance at the consent purchase) and also to honor stop payment requirements for EFTS no cost just for 2 yrs. Additionally they paid $12 million in CMPs ($182 to 66,000 clients) and $270,521 in restitution to customers.
Perhaps now could possibly be a right time this is certainly good one to review your organizations techniques.
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Originally Posted by sr5959
C Class does look great inside and out though...
Completely agreed. Before the facelift, the C looked great on the outside but very cheap on the inside. Now with the facelift, it's a whole new ball game. It is my favorite interior in the segment at this point, with the only steering wheel among the competition that I would rate above that on my M sports E90.
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The founder of what will become the Dayton area’s newest board-game café this fall said he nurtured his gaming enthusiasm from a young age.
“I think I got my first board game — it was Monopoly — when I was 7 years old., and it’s been all downhill ever since,” Ben T. Adams told this news outlet in an interview.
Adams unveiled today details of his plans for Cardboard Crowns, which will soon begin its build-out at 147 N. Springboro Pike (Ohio 741) near the Dayton Mall. The café will be located in the Corners at the Mall retail center that also includes ALDI and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, among other businesses. Construction work is underway on the retail center’s exterior.
“Our goal is to be open in October or November of this year,” Adams said.
Plans call for a offering eight craft beers on tap and a selection of 30 to 40 bottled or canned craft beers, along with wines and a limited cocktail list, Adams said. The food menu will include lighter fare — sandwiches and snacks, mostly — with a focus on local suppliers and ingredients, Adams said.
The board games list will be extensive. “We’re looking at a starting library of 400 to 500 titles,” Adams said.
The selections will range from lighter games — Adams mentioned CodeNames, King of Tokyo and Cards Against Humanity as examples — to more involved, strategic games such as Scythe and Blood Rage. Cardboard Crowns’ staff will be trained to teach the basics of the cafés games, and to make recommendations to patrons who are looking for something new to try, the business founder said.
The new café’s concept is part of a national and local trend to combine gaming and drinks, although most of the local destinations focus on video and electronic games. One exception is Kettering gamer bar “D20: A Bar with Characters,” a board-game-themed bar that opened to an enthusiastic response in December 2016 at 2144 E. Whipp Road in the Oak Creek Plaza. It serves craft beer and cocktails, and encourages customers to bring in food from surrounding restaurants.
Adams, who holds two business degrees, said he looked at about a dozen locations across the region, including sites in downtown Dayton, Beavercreek and Kettering, before selecting the 3,500-square-foot space at the Corners at the Mall location within the Miamisburg city limits.
“This site suited us best,” Adams said. “It has an open layout, is easily accessible from I-75, and it has ample parking.”
Cardboard Crowns will open with eight to 10 employees, Adams said.
For more information, or to monitor the café’s progress, check out the Cardboard Crowns Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CardboardCrownsDayton.
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Salad & Other Things: with Sumo Salad
Tomato Cucumber Couscous Salad
Tomato Cucumber Couscous Salad
Hi everyone. Well here we are with our last recipe for this year. How did Christmas sneak up so quickly? I am sure we are all asking the same question! Summer seems to have started really early for us - we have had weeks of amazing sunshine and the temperature is so warm! So, with that in mind and seeing as we are a Salad Café (amongst other things) we are offering you another yummy salad recipe to enjoy!
To continue with our grain theme, I thought I would share with you one of my delicious recipes. You can add different vegetables, but I wanted to get some Christmas colour onto our tables, and both tomatoes and cucumbers are in season. If you want to, you can make this recipe ‘non-vegetarian’ by adding some beautiful grilled chicken.
I love working with couscous ‘cous’ (notice the cooking joke !) it’s so easy to use, as most of the preparation has already been done for us and all we do is add hot water. Couscous is made from semolina flour. The traditional way it is prepared is to roll semolina sprinkled with water within the hands to form small pellets. You then sprinkle flour to keep them separate, and then sieve. I used Israeli Couscous this time, because our Chef, Sandy, wouldn’t let me use his traditional Couscous. What a cheek, however, he did need it for our very popular Spanish Couscous Salad (you can ask one of our longest standing customers, Ollie, about this salad – you will see him and hear him in here every day!) This salad is always in our deli - please come and try it!
Our recipe this month is a little more involved than usual, but I still made the salad in less than ten minutes. It will look great on the Christmas table, or would go down well as an accompaniment for the leftover turkey on Boxing Day!
From all of our famous Salad, Bakers and Coffee makers here at Sumo Salad Cafe, we wish you all a very relaxing, happy and safe Christmas, and of course, we look forward to seeing you soon! Here’s to our great health in 2014!!
1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
1 telegraph cucumber, diced
Juice from 1/2 of a lemon
1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
1/4 cup fresh mint
1/4 cup fresh parsley
3/4 cup dry couscous
1 cup water
1 large strip of lemon zest
1 1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
pinch of cayenne
1 scallion, chopped
In a medium bowl, toss together the cherry tomatoes, cucumber, lemon juice and 1 teaspoon of sea salt. Leave the peel on the cucumber (it’s good for you).
Separate the mint and parsley leaves from the stems.
Peel one large strip of lemon zest from the lemon that you used for juice.
Pour the dry couscous in a bowl and set aside.
In a small pot, bring the water, mint and parsley stems, lemon zest, olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt and the cayenne to a boil.
As soon as the water begins to boil, remove from the heat and pour over the couscous.
Cover the couscous and let sit for 5 minutes.
Uncover the couscous and remove the stems and lemon zest.
Fluff the couscous with a fork and stir in the mint and parsley leaves and the chopped scallion.
Stir in the tomato mixture and serve immediately.
Sumo Salad Café, 67 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna.
Phone 09 489 7866. Email firstname.lastname@example.org
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The fire was reported at the three-story hotel just before noon (PST) Thursday. Apparently, several people called 911 reporting an explosion and that people were running outside and screaming. In a Washington Post story, a witness said,
“People were screaming and running and a man was burning from head to toe,” Jordan said. “His skin was falling off.”
Though the flames quickly spread from the second floor, the blaze was mostly under control within minutes, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Maurice Luque.
U-T San Diego reported (http://bit.ly/WBNwu4) that U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents were called in to investigate the possibility the explosion may have come from a meth lab. DEA spokeswoman Amy Roderick confirmed this and that they, along with hazardous material crews and investigators, found several boxes containing canisters of butane inside the room.
The Heritage Inn bills itself as a moderately-priced go-to-hotel for SeaWorld visitors. It's located in San Diego's Midway area, near the airport and beaches. Quick looks around on the Web have mixed reviews. While some say it offers great value, others have called it a "Tweeker Hotel", say "the hotel is located among adult entertainment establishments and have people smoking pot in the parking lot," and what really made us cringe, "Only stay here if you want to pick up a cocaine addiction."
[Photos: SanDiegoNews.com/Heritage Inn - Sea World San Diego/TripAdvisor]
Additional reporting by Chanize Thorpe
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The death of a transgender woman four days after she was released from a New Mexico Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center has led to an outcry from immigrant advocates.
Johana Medina Leon, a 25-year-old nurse from El Salvador, died in an El Paso hospital Saturday. She was transported from the Otero County Processing Center on Tuesday after complaining of chest pains and had asked for an HIV test, which was positive, according to ICE.
The migrant from El Salvador asked for asylum at an official port of entry in El Paso on April 11 and was locked up until a few days before her death on June 1. She passed a credible fear interview on May 18, the first step in the asylum process, and was released the day she became deathly ill and was hospitalized.
“This is yet another unfortunate example of an alien who enters the United States with an untreated, unscreened medical condition,” said Corey A. Price, field office director for ICE in El Paso in a statement released after Medina Leon’s death.
“There is a crisis at our southern border with a mass influx of aliens lured by the lies of human smugglers who profit without regard for human life or well-being. Many of these aliens attempt to enter the United States with untreated or unknown diseases, which are not diagnosed until they are examined while in detention,” Price said.
Allegra Love, director of the Santa Fe Dreamers Project, took issue with Price’s statement.
“I don’t understand how you can even characterize someone’s health conditions as untreated or unscreened when they are begging to be treated and begging to be screened,” Love said. The organization provides legal services to immigrants, including transgender women seeking asylum, but did not represent Medina Leon.
“If she was untreated and unscreened, it happened in the six weeks she was detained by ICE,” said Love. She questions why Medina Leon did not get medication to prevent her HIV from becoming a life-threatening illness.
According to ICE, comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment detainees arrive. And all “detainees receive medical, dental and mental health intake screening within 12 hours of arriving at each detention facility, a full health assessment within 14 days of entering ICE custody or arrival at a facility, and access to daily sick call and 24-hour emergency care,” according to a spokeswoman for ICE.
In March several organizations sent a letter to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security about the treatment of gay and transgender detainees at the Otero County Processing Center. Among the concerns, allegations that some detainees waited days or weeks after requesting medical care.
A member of the organization Diversidad sin Fronteras in Ciudad Juárez, who knew Medina Leon and visited her in the intensive care unit at the El Paso hospital, said in a news release, “She complained from having pain weeks before she was taken to the hospital.” The group did not respond to requests for an interview.
The original statement by the ICE field director said Medina Leon crossed the border illegally. But that was later corrected after an outcry from organizations on both sides of the border who knew the transgender woman made an asylum claim at a legal port of entry.
“She followed ICE protocol exactly. She waited in Mexico. She waited in line. She told them she was seeking asylum and accepted her detention,” Love said.
Medina Leon’s death came after a week of activities in memory of another transgender woman who died in ICE custody in New Mexico a year ago.
“We demand that ICE immediately release all trans and queer immigrants,” Jorge Gutierrez, executive director of Familia:Trans Queer Liberation Movement, said after Medina Leon’s death.
“It’s clear ICE poses a clear and present danger to all immigrants in their detention centers. We demand justice for Johana,” Gutierrez said in a news release.
The Salvadoran asylum-seeker died a day after the Transgender Law Center based in California filed a lawsuit against ICE and the Department of Homeland Security for withholding information about the death of Roxsana Hernandez Rodriguez, who was detained for nearly two weeks. The 33-year-old transgender woman from Honduras died May 25 last year after being held at the Cibola County Correctional Center, which also houses ICE detainees. She died after being hospitalized in Albuquerque from dehydration and complications from HIV, according to an autopsy report.
“Justice for Johana and Roxsana means an end to the conditions that killed them, conditions that transgender people in migrant prisons across the country continue to endure,” according to Transgender Law Center executive director Kris Hayashi.
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Updated: Jun 25, 2021
We all know there is no such thing as the ‘new normal’. Rip up the rule book, don’t just pivot, it's time to reinvent. The landscape has changed and so must your approach to customer experience, sales, marketing and service.
Here are the 5 steps to stay relevant and achieve success throughout COVID and beyond:
Reposition your messaging, services product and brand. Understand what your market needs today and wants tomorrow. Don't base your strategy on yesterday or broad brush assumptions.
Conduct primary research gain insight and inject life and relevance into your messages. Embrace compassion, wellness and express the value you will be delivering to businesses and individuals at this uncertain period.
Redefine achievable goals - commercial, business and marketing. Define what success looks like for the new landscape. Understand business critical goals vs business aspirational goals. Reset KPI’s to enable you to gauge the impact of your efforts.
Test your messaging on your audience, make sure it resonates. Test your marketing, your communications and the channels. Understand new user journeys and buying paths your market is exploring.
Make data lead decisions - remove the subjective and win based on fact, not fiction. Set a critical path and clear milestones to review progress. Things will change, make sure you and your strategy can too.
Go to market fast! Embrace change! Your business must believe and commit to the new direction from your people to your on and offline communications. One clear voice requires an aligned and robust leadership team. Invest in training and development to ensure you are pulling in the same direction.
Don’t stop there. Review success metrics, continually. Review and optimise messaging, content, channels and tactics. Don’t react, be proactive and measured. Align formal reviews against defined milestones and ensure there is enough data to make progressive decisions. Be agile and prepared to evolve, but do not change for change sake.
Your 12-month strategy and budget will not hold water in today’s ever-changing B2B landscape. Re-think the goals, budgets, teams and skills required for a post COVID landscape and get strapped in for a bumpy ride.
The game has changed, this is not a ride for the passive CMO or CEO, embrace change, it's time to roll your sleeves up and rise to the challenge.
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BBG Real Estate Advisers’ Cappuccino Commentary is a visual “ready-reckoner” illustrating occupier activity quarterly, across all sectors of the Central London Office market.
The London office market, like a cappuccino, is multi-layered, each with differing characteristics, which vary from one part of town to another.
This light-hearted, layered style of presentation is backed up by serious statistical data, which enables readers to cross reference the data to their specific area interest. Our analysis is the most detailed published, as it also drills down into specific submarkets and postcodes. As a result our research is the most detailed published analysis of take-up in the Central London market.
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Google's reCAPTCHA Buy Is Mostly A Win-Win
In the deal, Google gets crowdsourced help for its massive book scanning projects. Users get access to the scanned printed material, though under what terms remains the subject of considerable controversy.
How long reCAPTCHA remains a valuable anti-spam tool, however, remains to be seen. The underlying CAPTCHA technology has already been changed as the cat-and-mouse game with hackers has continued.
You've probably done this many times: You want to sign up for something online and at the end are expected to retype jumbled or distorted characters that only real humans are supposed to be able to read. That's a CAPTCHA.
The idea is that a robot won't be able to read and reenter the characters and the site will be protected from bogus spam entries created by computers. Users don't directly benefit from this and some find it can take several tries to enter the characters correctly.
CAPTCHA's are widely used and reCAPTCHA is only one implementation of the technology, which has been changed as hackers have learned how to parse the distorted text used by Yahoo and others.
The underlying technology was developed at Carnegie Mellon University, which sold reCAPTCHA to Google, in deal announced Wednesday on Google's corporate blog. Terms were not disclosed.
reCAPTCHA uses images from books as its human-readable text. They include words that a book-scanning engine has been unable to recognize. By entering words into the reCAPTCHA box, users are helping the scanner do its job, Google said.
So far, reCAPTCHA has helped index back issues of the New York Times, according to program founder Luis von Ahn. The idea behind tying CAPTCHA technology to training optical book scanning is Ahn's attempt to put the time users were spending answering CAPTCHA challenges to good use.
von Ahn appears in this three-year-old Google corporate video discussing the project.
Part of the attraction of reCAPTCHA for end users is the sense that it helps both fight spam and turn old books into modern digital volumes. reCAPTCHA's slogan, "Stop spam, read books" is an easy concept to like.
reCAPTCHA and similar CAPTCHA programs have, thus far, been mostly successful in defeating robotic attacks. But, the ability for hackers to create software that can recognize the distorted characters, even that grabbed from old newspapers and books, is a growing threat over time.
Until that threat is realized, and anti-CAPTCHA hacks become widely used, reCAPTCHA is a win for everyone, provided you think Google's controversial book scanning is a good idea. And that, I am not so sure about.
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Flamingo van der Meer delivers horti machines and materials. Started in`s-Gravenzande, moved to Hoek of Holland in 1995 and since 2005 located in Monster in the industrial area Vlotlaan, number 192. In the mean time we have been grown to a professional company with additional stockage since 2008 with 20 enthousiasm employees. Besides a clientele in the Netherlands our company has many international clients. From Vietnam to Canada and from Hungary to Kenia: worldwide you will find horti machines delivered by Flamingo van der Meer.
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Whisky Magazine Issue 91
This article is 5 years old and some information provided may be time sensitive. Please check all details of events, tours, opening times and other information before travelling or making arrangements.
Copyright Whisky Magazine © 1999-2016. All rights reserved. To use or reproduce part or all of this article please contact us for details of how you can do so legally.
Richard Hawley is a singer-songwriter who has carved a name for himself as a solo artist. Neil J. Ridley caught up with the Sheffield - based
The old adage that ‘all good things come to those who wait' isn't one you'd normally apply to today's fast-paced and often ruthless music business.
But for Richard Hawley taking his time has been a virtue when he looks back over the many highs of a hugely varied music career.
Since picking up the guitar at the age of six, Hawley's musical pathways have seen him shift through successful stints in 90s Brit Pop darlings The Longpigs, as well as whimsical Sheffield songsmiths, Pulp. Now at the age of 43 and into the release of his sixth solo album, Truelove's Gutter, the star's feel truly aligned for the man, once described by legendary crooner Scott Walker as ‘one of the all-time greats'. So did he ever envisage becoming this successful?
“Not at all” explains Richard. “I kind of started off doing the solo records to appease a lot of people, who used to nag me about my songs, mostly Jarvis (Cocker, lead singer of Pulp) and my dad, who used to say ‘you should really do something with these tracks.' “Whilst I was playing with bands I was writing songs for myself, not really for anything specific but I'd been building up a body of work since I was about 14 and when I recorded the first batch of them I managed to get a solo record deal” But I imagine that working with a variety of artists as a songwriter and session guitarist (from Robbie Williams and All Saints to Elbow and the great Nancy Sinatra) has presented a number of creative challenges- has that helped sha...
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Bookmarks has not yet published a review of this book. We may do so in the future; in the meantime, please see the other review sources to the right and browse the information from Amazon.com below.
<DIV></DIV>“Reading a Petterson novel is like falling into a northern landscape painting—all shafts of light and clear palpable chill.” <I>—Time<BR><BR></I>Fans of Per Petterson’s other books in English will be delighted by this opportunity to observe Arvid Jansen in his youth from a fresh perspective. In <I>It’s Fine By Me</I>, Arvid befriends a boy named Audun. On Audun’s first day of school he refuses to talk or take off his sunglasses; there are stories he would prefer to keep to himself. Audun lives with his mother in a working-class district of Oslo. He delivers newspapers and talks for hours about Jack London and Ernest Hemingway with Arvid. But he’s not sure that school is the right path for him and feels that life holds other possibilities. Sometimes tender, sometimes brutal, <I>It’s Fine By Me </I>is a brilliant novel from the acclaimed author of <I>Out Stealing Horses </I>and <I>I Curse the River of Time</I>.</P>
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I did a similar recommendation a while ago of my favorite recent anime so here I go again. I don’t really watch much anime, but recently I did a bit of a binge. I found one I liked and then quickly got a recommendation for another, that I also really happened to love.
No Game No Life
No Game No Life is the story of two siblings, who, combined happen to be one of the world’s best gamers. They are transported to a world where all conflict is resolved by games, and immediately begin their quest to win this world.
I found this anime extremely fun. The games themselves are interesting to watch and think about. The colorful aesthetic made it always a joy to watch, even if what was going on was relatively mundane. The animation was surprisingly wonderful. The only disappointment I got from this anime was that there is only one season so far.
Mob Psych 100
This anime has some absolutely beautiful animation to showcase Mob’s psychic abilities that is so worth the build up. It is also extremely silly and ridiculous, making it a lot of fun to watch.
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Is there anything cozier than this? We know those of you living in places with very chilly winters would LOVE to have this amazing blanket. ;)
Ah, imagine curling up under a large, soft and warm cover like this! We actually already feel sleepy just by looking at our album below…
Now there are many sellers of beautiful chunky blankets online if you want one, but they can be pricey. The way to spend less, of course, would be to DIY! Whether you are a first-timer or an experienced knitter, you can definitely make your own chunky knitted blanket as there are also tutorials and patterns available for you on the web.
Yes, it can be challenging especially if you are new to knitting but just imagine the great reward – a comfortable warm blanket to rest under – that you get at the end of your DIY project!
Do you want to have your own chunky knitted blanket?
You can watch a video demonstration of how it’s made by heading over to the link provided below our album!
- Wool Roving
- Duct Tape
- 2 Broomsticks or 1-1/2″ PVC Pipe
Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox.
Thanks to Nocturnal Knits for this great project. You can get step-by-step instructions here…
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The main, western-backed Syrian opposition group voted Saturday in favour of attending a coming peace conference aimed at ending the country's bloody civil war, paving the way for the first direct talks between the rival sides in the nearly three-year conflict.
The vote in Istanbul came as food supplies began entering a besieged rebel-held Palestinian refugee camp in Syria's capital for the first time in months, an apparent goodwill gesture by President Bashar al-Assad's government ahead of the peace conference, Palestinian and United Nations officials said.
The Coalition was under huge pressure from its Western and Arab sponsors to attend the peace talks, scheduled to open Wednesday in the Swiss city of Montreux. The Syrian government has already said it will attend the UN-sponsored talks.
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The Coalition's leader, Ahmad al-Jarba, said in a speech late Saturday that they are heading to the conference "without any bargain regarding the principles of the revolution and we will not be cheated by Assad's regime."
"The negotiating table for us is a track toward achieving the demands of the revolution — at the top of them removing the butcher from power," Jarba said.
UN calls for diverse delegation
But many Coalition members are hesitant to attend a conference that has little chance of success and will burn the last shred of credibility the group has with powerful rebels on the ground, who reject the talks. Many members boycotted the Istanbul meetings that began on Friday, forcing the Coalition's legal committee to approve the decision in a simple majority vote.
The Syrian National Coalition's media office said that of 73 voters, 58 voted in favour of attending the conference. It added that 14 voted against attending the conference, two abstained and one simply turned in a blank ballot.
The aim of the conference, dubbed Geneva 2, is to agree on a roadmap for Syria based on one adopted by the U.S., Russia and other major powers in June 2012. That plan includes the creation of a transitional government and eventual elections.
The U.S. and Russia have been trying to hold the peace conference since last year and it has been repeatedly delayed. Both sides finally agreed to sit together on the negotiations table after dropping some of their conditions.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement Saturday that he looks forward to "the opposition’s expedited formation of a delegation that broadly represents the diversity of the Syrian opposition, including women."
One of the main demands of the opposition was that Assad agrees to step down before going to the conference. With his government troops keeping their momentum on the ground, Assad's government has said he will not surrender power and may run again in elections due in mid-2014.
It will be the first face-to-face meeting between the representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition since the country's crisis began in March 2011. Activists say the fighting has killed more than 130,000 people while displacing millions.
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Frang, a Norwegian who performed with Mariss Jansons when she was just 13, is looking forward to performing in London and rescuing some of the violin repertory from 'student classes and old ladies'
As the pianist and writer about music Charles Rosen put it, "it's like tightrope walkers. Unless you start when you're four you tend to fall off." While it is true that almost all professional musicians exhibit some degree of exceptional talent as children, musical history is also littered with stories of child prodigies who did not go on to fulfil their promise. The margins between success and failure can sometimes be remarkably thin.
In 1999, aged just 13, the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang was engaged to play with Mariss Jansons and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. She had already been playing professionally for several years, but this was a significant step up. "I was told that I was free to play whatever I wanted, and as I was just beginning to discover opera at the time I chose Sarasate's Carmen Fantasia. When I met Jansons he wondered why I hadn't chosen Mozart or Mendelssohn, both of which would have been excellent to play. But he said yes to the Carmen and I will always be grateful for how much flexibility he showed in letting me make that choice. Even though it wasn't an obvious thing to do, it was perfect for me at that time and he appreciated that. It might seem like a small decision, but these things can be very important."
The concert was a huge success and Frang was launched on an international career. "She was a wonderful young musician and it was a memorable performance," recalls Jansons. "But for all that you can never be completely sure how things will turn out." He discovered how things turned out a few weeks ago at the Lucerne festival where Frang, now 26, played Bartók's first violin concerto with him and his world famous Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
In the years in between Jansons concerts Frang had studied in Oslo and then Hamburg, been taken under the wing of German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, worked with some of the best orchestras and conductors in the world and released an award-winning debut recording of violin concertos by Sibelius and Prokofiev. She returns to Lucerne in September as recipient of the prestigious Credit Suisse young artist award, which not only gives 75,000 Swiss francs to the winner, but also an engagement with Bernard Haitink and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. But before then she plays the Bruch violin concerto in London next week with Jansons's protégé Andris Nelsons and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
"I have so much respect for British orchestras and the way that they work," she says. "I recently toured with the Philharmonia and was astonished at the intensity and discipline with which they play. They are super professional and super flexible. That was how I was brought up and I still love that attitude."
Frang was born in Oslo in 1986 into a musical family in which both her father and sister were double bass players. "I assumed I would be the next in line but my father used the argument that as our car was rather small we could never again go on holiday if I took it up, and so he made me my first violin, which was tiny and I hated. Even at that age I had in my head an idea as to how I wanted things to sound and this thing hardly made any sound at all."
As a child everything she did was "somehow accompanied by music. It was sort of blended into my life. It was always under my skin." She says there was never a specific moment when she realised she was going to be professionally good. "No one ever said 'ah-ha'. Every step has felt very normal and the obvious thing to do." Even that first Jansons concert felt like a natural progression. "He had been chief conductor in Oslo for many years, and my parents took me to concerts. I'd heard his great Bruckner and Mahler symphonies and he didn't feel like a famous maestro from another planet. He was as familiar, as the king's head on the coins were familiar."
Although she says she "belongs" to Scandinavia, "that's where I have my roots, where I was shaped as a musician and a personality," as a professional musician Frang now feels more comfortable in Germany. "It's as if I can breathe more easily in Germany. You need to be near colleagues and have people around you who you can really connect with. Scandinavia can be a little like Switzerland. It is very clean and safe and the people are a little bit spoiled and they don't have much to worry about. I need things to worry about. I need some resistance and struggle. That's part of my music-making." As her schedule becomes busier Frang says she is having to make a conscious effort to find time for life away from the stage. "I've never really separated my life inside and outside of music, but if you only see the hotel and the concert hall, then you have nothing of life to enrich your music. So I'm looking forward to coming back to London and also to giving people another look at Bruch."
Considering her recording and concert repertoire, the Bruch appears a conservative choice. "In a way it has become a tourist trap in the violin repertory. It is something that students are given when they reach a certain level, and an 'audience friendly' piece to play alongside, say, the Lutoslawski partita on tour. A piece suffers by being treated like that and so for many years I was completely against it. But when I eventually started to engage with it I was astonished at just how much you could express through it. It feels like I am singing it, not playing it, and while such a great piece of music doesn't need too much help from me, I do hope that I can help rescue it from being just a victim of its reputation as music only for student classes and old ladies."
"InstantEncore made launching a mobile app seem effortless."
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by Saint Sophrony (Sakharov), translated by Rosemary Edmonds
Paperback: 212 pages
This collection of articles on prayer and the spiritual life, together with some of the author's own prayers, is a moving testimony to the relevance of Christ, who, for St Sophrony, is "all, and in all, the beginning and the ending" of all things (cf. Col 3.11; Rev 1.8).
St Sophrony was born in Russia on September 22, 1896. He trained as an artist at the Moscow School of Fine Arts. After the October Revolution he settled in France, where he continued to work as an artist and exhibited in the Paris salons. For a brief period he read theology at the St Sergius Institute but in the autumn of 1925 left to become a monk at the Monastery of St Panteleimon on Mount Athos in northern Greece. In 1930 he was ordained deacon by St Nikolai Velimirovich. About this time he met St Silouan, who became his spiritual guide. After the staretz' death in 1938, St Sophrony spent seven years living as a hermit in the "desert" of Athoss, first at Karoulia, then in a cave near St Paul's Monastery. He became a priest in 1941 and soon after was appointed spiritual confessor of several of the monastic communities on the Athonite peninsula. On returning to France in 1947 he edited and published the writings Silouan had entrusted to him, adding an introduction. Because of serious illness he was unable to return to the Holy Mountain.
In the spring of 1959, helped by friends, he moved to England with a small group of men and women. For many years he received people from all walks of life for spiritual direction. In his latter years he was particularly attentive to those afflicted with cancer.
St Sophrony died on July 11, 1993 at Tolleshunt Knights, In the community which he had founded and inspired till the end of his days. His life is marked by the tragic events of the century but more profoundly so by his meeting with Staretz Silouan, whom he lived to see canonized. In 2019, St Sophrony was canonized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
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Toronto is in for a sleepless Saturday night as Scotiabank's 7th annual Nuit Blanche transforms the city into a contemporary art space.
The 12-hour citywide celebration begins at 7:03 p.m. and is held to bring contemporary art to the masses while utilizing public space from sundown to sunrise.
The event, often now translated as 'Sleepless Night' around the world, is free and has more than 150 art projects — both installations and interactive — scattered within three 'zones.'
Zone A: mainly along King Street, west of Yonge Street and east of Spadina Avenue.
Zone B: Art can be found scattered northwest of the Scotiabank Information Centre, located in this zone at Yonge and Dundas Square.
Zone C: Mainly around King street, east of Yonge Street and west of Jarvis Street.
There are three designated rest stops that will feature a variety of food options. They are located on within a short distance of each other from Church Street to Queen Street to Bay Street and King Street.
The TTC will increase service on certain bus routes and extend service all-night on the Bloor-Danforth Subway line from Keele to Woodbine and on the Yonge-University-Spadina Subway line from St. Clair West to Eglinton.
Trains will stop running from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Sunday.
Nuit Blanche was created in Paris in 2002 in hopes of bringing contemporary art to the public.
In 2005 French organizers contacted the city of Toronto special events office and offered an invitation to participate in the all-night art event.
Toronto was the first North American city to adopt the event in 2006. An estimated 425,000 showed up to partake in the art festival.
Last year's Toronto Nuit Blanche an estimated turnout of one million people. Currently more than 25 cities internationally put on their own version of the 'white night.'
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Virtual Reality meets Astrophysics
A new Virtual Reality (VR) website invites visitors to experience the cosmos and to take virtual tours through astronomical observatories - offering 360 degree videos and panoramas.
10.04.2017 · Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam · HP-Topnews · Projects · Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering
Foto: C. Kuckein, C. Denker/AIP
The Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) is launching a new Virtual Reality (VR) website. Offering 360 degree videos and panoramas, the new web portal vr.aip.de invites visitors to experience the cosmos and to take virtual tours through astronomical observatories. The website can be navigated either in VR mode, using a VR-headset, or via touch and click on any display. All media is based on scientific results, simulations from supercomputers, or images from telescopes and observatories.
Astrophysicists get their insights of the universe and its objects from analyzing huge amounts of data from observations and simulations of stars, galaxies and other cosmic objects. Elaborate visualization methods make these data tangible. The videos allow the user to go on a VR excursion through our local cosmic neighbourhood. Its appearance changes dramatically with the kind of objects that are visualized - for instance dark matter, gas or stars. Enigmatic dark matter dominates the cosmic large-scale structure. Stars and galaxies trace this structure. These three different views of the universe also demonstrate how real astronomical observations work, using different telescopes and instruments to decipher the different objects and building blocks of the universe.
"With simulations and VR we make the invisible visible," says Arman Khalatyan, an AIP astrophysicist, IT specialist, the initiator and creator of the AIP VR website. He also produced the VR movies and most of the simulations that they are based on. "With simple VR headsets and free apps, VR technology can be used by everyone today. With our platform we now open the universe to everyone."
Virtual tour to astronomical observatories
The second part of the website invites the visitors to a virtual tour through different astrophysical observatories that are linked to the AIP due to telescope or instrument collaborations. If interested in the sun, one could choose a tour to the "Observatorio del Teide", for instance. This international observatory is located at 2,400 meters above sea level on the island of Tenerife. During a virtual tour of the campus one can enter and explore the dome of the solar telescope GREGOR or take a look at the other telescopes of the observatory. In the background one can see the Teide Mountain at 3,718 meter not so far away above the clouds. Fans of architecture may choose the tour to the Einstein Tower in nearby Potsdam. More observatories worldwide are planned to follow soon to extend the website experience.
"With this Virtual Reality project, we would like to tell stories about the universe and encourage the exploration of fascinating locations of astronomical research," explains Gabriele Schönherr, an astrophysicist, science communicator and co-initiator of the AIP VR project. "Modern astrophysical observations are an international effort. This thought becomes alive in Virtual Reality."
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
Tel.: 0331 / 7499 - 803
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It's a dim memory now, but in 2011, when Anthony Weiner was on the way down, he got a little credit for taking the hits himself. He didn't bring his wife, Huma Abedin (who, to be fair, was working at the State Department at the time and pretty busy with her traveling), to his apology press conference. There were no Spitzer-esque shots of Abedin frowning while her husband admitted how he'd betrayed her.
"Some have suggested that Ms. Abedin, 35, represents a new generation of wives who feel less obligation to present a supportive face to the public when their husbands misbehave," wrote Carolyn Ryan in the New York Times.
Not so much. At his press conference today, after starting to acknowledge that there had been a "difficult time" in his marriage but it was totally over, Weiner gave the microphone to ... Huma Abedin.
"When we faced this publicly two years ago," said Abedin, "it was the beginning of a time in our marriage that was very difficult. And it took us a very long time to get through it."
How long a time? Around Christmas 2011, Abedin gave birth to her son. In August 2012, she cooperated with the cute People item I linked earlier today.
"It took a lot of work to get to where are are today, but I want people to know we're a normal family," says Abedin, 37.
"Anthony has spent every day since [the scandal] trying to be the best dad and husband he can be," she says of her husband, who does all the laundry. "I'm proud to be married to him."
But today, after she finished speaking, Weiner took questions and confirmed the main accusation of the Dirty's report on his newer sex chats. He'd last been in touch with the newly revealed 22-year-old "last summer." After his kid was born, around the time he and his wife were spinning a story about the hard times stopping when he resigned.
One theory of "Weinergate" goes that the guy could have survived the scandal had he come clean early. After all, he never actually cheated on his wife. Instead, Weiner did a round of media interviews, lying his face off about how he might have been "hacked," maybe by al-Qaida (that felt like a joke). The press turned on him because the press doesn't like being lied to.
It still doesn't.
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On Friday we made Cinnamon dough ornaments. They smell amazing! Just two ingredients... Cinnamon and apple sauce! I followed this recipe http://happyhourprojects.com/cinnamon-dough-ornaments/
I saw several that said to add glue but I really didn't want to so I opted to use one that did not call for glue.
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”As the gale tore at her with renewed frenzy Tess put up her arms as if to fly. She closed her eyes, her legs wobbled and buckled.
She visualised the rocks rushing up to meet her, the agony to follow. Slowly, very slowly she opened her eyes, lowered her arms, tucked her collar closer around her neck and struggled back to the cottage.”
From ‘Tess of Portelet Manor‘. Mental health, depression, suicidal thoughts – all are openly talked about these days. Help is available. Not so in 1935 when you just had to deal with it. Or not.
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Treato analyzes billions of patient discussions to understand what patients are saying
about their experience with regard to their treatments, diseases and side effects.
Treato algorithmically identifies patients' positive experiences about medications
within their Web posts, for example acne that cleared up, high blood pressure that was
reduced, a certain drug that "worked", and so forth.
Treato aggregates all of these discussions to calculate how many positive patient
posts each medication received, relative to other drugs. Note that positive patient
posts about medications are always aggregated in relation to a specific condition,
since the same medication may be used for more than one condition.
forgot and took a baby aspirin last night. To compound...
"...get my system going. Well, my reward for all this stupidity was a lot of blood in the toilet. i had been told I also had hemmorhoids in addition to having a polyp removed. My question is - do I... "
the baby aspirin last month thinking I might be pregnant....
"...I think I made that worse as I took the baby aspirin last month thinking I might be pregnant. Also, the last pregnancy stirred up my hemorrhoids (sorry TMI) and ...All my hair is falling out (ag... "
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Cocoa bean absolute
Smoked chili infusion (ancho, guajillo and chipotle )
Mexican vanilla bean
A spicy, gourmand scented candle inspired by the Baroque kitchen of the Ex-Convent of Jesus Maria, the fragrant setting for our fragrance ANIMA DULCIS.
November 1695. Late afternoon in the Convent of Jesus Maria, Mexico City.
The kitchen of the Royal Convent of Jesus Maria is a sacred space: Baroque carvings in cedar wood beams, thick stucco walls and earthenware pots that brew elaborate recipes. Among them, a hot cocoa formula rich enough to unleash rapture, a climax of the senses.
Developed with Nicole Mancini, Rodrigo Flores-Roux and Yann Vasnier.
- Deep in the heart of Mexico City in 1695, a group of nuns gathers together in the kitchen to concoct a cherished recipe. Blending together rich chocolate and spices in earthenware pots, the Sisters brew a hot cocoa recipe that had become well known all over the Viceregal city.
- MEXICAN BAROQUE captures the scents that fill the kitchen, blending cocoa absolute, Mexican vanilla, and smoked chilies together with cedar wood and red clay.
- Modern Mexican food was born during the Baroque period. Within the many convent kitchens in the cities of New Spain, recipes combining Asian, European and Mexican ingredients, seasonings and techniques became a a true Baroque expression of feeling, emotion and opulence.
- The Royal Convent of Jesus Maria was founded in 1578 for the female descendants of the Spanish conquistadors. Wealthy and aristocratic, they turned the convent into their own secret world. There is an account from 1695 stating two gourmand recipes that were a specialty of the convent: A rich, spiced hot cocoa and a traditional Spanish bread pudding.
– De Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos, Parayso Occidental, plantado y cultivado en su magnífico Real Convento de Jesüs María de México, Mexico, 1684.
– Álvarez Gasca, Pedro, History of the Convent, document dated 1934; from the file found at the National Coordination of Historic Monuments, INAH.
– Benitez, Fernando, Los Demonios en el Convento: Sexo y Religion en la Nueva España, Ediciones Era, Mexico DF, 1985.
– Recetario de Dona Dominga de Guzman (a recipe book from 1750), Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes – Direccion General de Culturas Populares, Mexico, 1997.
– Corcuera de Mancera, Sonia, Entre gula y templanza: Un aspecto de la historia mexicana, Fondo de Cultura Economica, México, 1990.
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https://continuitycenters.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CC_ManagedServices_FeatImg-1.jpg 266 702 Greg T /wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cc-logo.png Greg T2017-10-31 21:57:042017-11-03 22:40:07Revolutionize the Way You Work with an MSP
Go through the journey of learning what an MSP does, and how our wekos solution can help your business achieve growth and success.
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It all started with the rapid rise of technology. Businesses around the world decided that it was time to ditch the old school methods of communication. Instead, they decided to accept the future – and that’s when computers entered the picture.
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Most businesses have two distinct choices; either hire an in-house IT support employee or partner with a managed service provider. Though both options have their own pros and cons, one comes out on top.
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Cybercrime damage costs are projected to hit $6 trillion annually by 2021. And it’s not just the big guys that are getting hit – 43 percent of cyber attacks specifically target small businesses. Cyberattacks are clearly here to stay, which is why it’s become vital to the survival of your business to prepare for them.
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Unfortunately, hackers and Mother Nature aren’t the only threats to your data. In fact, those are — by far — the least of your worries, and here are just a few of the reasons why.
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I found the dough hard to work with. It wasn't really as simple as rolling the dough into a ball and then pressing my thumb into it to create a well. The dough was kind of crumbly, so I had to shape each cookie, which took a long time. They turned out cute and tasty though.
Almond Thumbprint Cookies
Adapted from Joy of Cooking
Yield: 30 cookies
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 tbsp canola oil
1 tbsp corn syrup
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp lemon zest
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup seedless fruit jam (not jelly) (I used raspberry)
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Combine butter, oil, corn syrup, sugar, egg, lemon zest, vanilla, and almond extract. Beat on medium speed until well blended.
- In another bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture just until combined.
- Shape cookies into a ball with a well in the center and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Fill the wells with fruit jam.
- Bake for 7 to 9 minutes, or until the tops are just barely tinged with brown.
- Transfer the cookies to a rack to cool.
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After age 65, most people face a lot of changes. Metabolism slows down, joints may start to ache, and people are afraid of getting hurt—all of which can contribute to less activity. However, staying active at every age is important, and this is especially true after age 65. Physical fitness is deeply linked to well being and can make a huge difference in your happiness. Whatever your fitness level, it’s never too late to be more active and feel great.
Find the right routine for you.
The core areas of fitness are strength, flexibility, and stamina. Each of these plays a role in daily life, but they matter even more as we age. Being fit makes people happier, more independent, less likely to fall, and more likely to avoid health problems such as a stroke, heart attack, and type 2 diabetes. A great workout routine is one you are excited about and look forward to. Now is the time to take a chance and try a class you’ve always been curious about. Life is full of surprises, and you might find something new to be passionate about.
Embrace the idea of “impact level force.”
Lifting weights helps build new bone, but to build new bone quickly, the body needs to encounter “impact level force.” This may sound intense, but it’s actually safe and easy—you don’t even break a sweat. Osteogenic loading allows you to resist impact level force safely, and in less than 10 minutes a week, the body builds lots of new bone. Thanks to osteogenic loading, many people have completely reversed their osteoporosis.
Talk to your doctor before starting a new routine.
Wanting to get started on a new workout regimen is fantastic, but if your new workout plan is a lot more strenuous, talk to your doctor before you jump in. This is especially important if you haven’t exercised in awhile. Fitness is never one-size-fits-all, and you don’t want to risk doing too much too fast and getting injured. In any fitness routine, you want to push yourself just the right amount, and your doctor can help you outline the best range for you and suggest activities that fit your needs.
Get a basic heart rate monitor.
Your doctor will tell you the ideal heart rate range for activity based on your condition and health history, and a heart rate monitor can help you make sure you’re in the ideal range for the right amount of time. Heart rate monitors come in a variety of price ranges, styles, and capabilities, so it’s easy to choose one that fits the bill. Over time, a heart rate monitor will show you concrete results from your activity, which is a powerful motivational tool. You’ll also be able to see clear evidence of progress and track results.
Stick with activities you actually enjoy.
If we are exercising just to exercise, it’s going to feel like work, and we’re more likely to quit. However, if you’ve always loved to dance and you sign up for a dance class, you’re probably going to look forward to class and stick with it. Dancing can be a fun, social activity that boosts the heart rate, and brisk walking can connect you to nature or get you involved in a fun walking club. Lots of people also enjoy cycling, whether on a stationary bike or outside, or swimming, which is a low impact way to stay fit. Yoga is another great activity that you can do in a group or alone, and themed classes and position modifications make it as approachable or challenging as you want.
Try to break up the amount of time you sit.
People say that sitting is the new smoking, and it’s true. Multiple studies have linked extensive sitting with higher risk of heart disease, cancer, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. Sitting too much can literally cut your life short, so even if you’re not ready to get into a new exercise routine, make sure you stand up and move around a little at least once an hour. Avoiding too much sitting is one of the easiest ways to be healthier, but also one of the most essential to your overall health.
It’s never too late to start a fitness routine. The most important thing is to be active, whatever that looks like for you. Choose something that you have fun with or find rewarding, and try to do it with a group. If you do what you love, pretty soon it won’t even feel like work.
John Jaquish is the inventor of patented bioDensity technology used by OsteoStrong, the health and wellness system that helps clients between ages 8 and 98 build stronger bones, improved strength, and better balance in less than 10 minutes a week. OsteoStrong introduced a new era in modern wellness and anti-aging in 2011 and has since helped thousands of clients between ages 8 and 98 improve strength, balance, endurance, and bone density.
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Annual Members Show
Expect an exhilarating arrangement of artwork, media, and styles in our annual, nonjuried members show. Nearly 200 pieces of artwork will be showcased, including works by spotlight artists Edythe Bresnahan, Jan Martin, and David Yoas who were recognized for their ingenuity and visual voice at last year’s annual members show. This year’s show will also include a selection of works by our former Studio Art Director Kato Jaworski.
Please join us on Sunday, June 21 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m for our Annual Members Show Spotlight Artists Talk.
Video of our selected Spotlight Artists can be viewed below.
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Recently, a handful of beloved local, independently owned businesses in my neighborhood announced they would be shutting their doors for good. The resulting outpour of shock, condolences and goodbyes proves people want small businesses but...are they supporting them? Have I been supporting them?
As a small business myself, I should know better. And while I often shop and frequent local businesses, I could be doing more.
Now, I won't make absurd promises I can't keep (damn my J.Crew weakness), however, I am making an effort to consider local/independent first. A small shift in thinking that I hope will have large effects on where my money goes.
And if you'd like to support me and the wonderful independent businesses who put their faith in my work, please visit some of these amazing shops. I have personally met several of the owners and I can tell you there is heart, passion and all around awesomeness behind them and their businesses.
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Art lab uses innovative technology to print 3D modules
Contact: Elise Doster
Click on thumbnail for high resolution photo
(1) Edward Morin, Southeastern assistant professor of visual arts, gives sophomore animation major Justan Hood of Baton Rouge some tips for designing a 3D animation model. The New Media and Animation Lab in the Department of Visual Arts features a 3D rapid prototyping printer and a ShopBot material-cutting machine.
(2) Once a model has been created in a software program, the design data is uploaded to the 3D printer to begin the modeling process. Two objects are printed; a white plastic material (seen here) and a brown, removeable support material that holds the model together during prototyping. Pictured is a 3D model by visual arts student Aaron Williams.
HAMMOND – Visual arts students at Southeastern Louisiana University are transforming design into real-life modules using the New Media and Animation Lab’s 3D printer.
Purchased with a portion of a $73,094 Louisiana Board of Regents grant awarded to the Department of Visual Arts, instruction on the Dimension SST 1200es printer has been implemented in the new media and animation concentration curriculum.
Housing the printer, the New Media and Animation Lab also features a ShopBot material-cutting machine and over 20 Apple computers loaded with top-notch graphic design and animation software. The concentration is one of 10 areas where art students can place their focus.
Through the curriculum, new media and animation professor Edward Morin said students who specialize in the concentration have an opportunity to do a year and a half in 3D technologies, including 3D modeling, animation, interactive multimedia and working with the 3D printer.
Morin said that although the majority of academic digital arts and animation programs seem to focus on a single industry pipeline, Southeastern’s program is incorporating as many different media formats into the course offerings as possible. The 3D rapid prototyping printer is one way Southeastern’s visual arts department is introducing students to new concepts and technologies.
Once a student has created a digital module through a sophisticated computer design program, the data is transferred to the 3D printer where the prototyping process begins. The machine works from the bottom up, printing small, hundredth’s-of-an-inch segments that, depending on the size, can take up to 14 hours to print a single module.
Two objects are then formed ¬- the module shaped out of a spool of white plastic resembling a weedeater line and a brown support material that is removed after printing. The final product is a realistic plastic prototype that many art, manufacturing, forensics and pathology industries are using as a visualization tool.
“The (new media and animation) concentration enables students to cover a broad range of experiences, but they are also able to concentrate within a specific platform or genre,” Morin said. “That’s really important in their senior year but also when they go out to be interviewed and they are trying to get employed.”
Though interactive media is most often associated with video games, Morin said the gaming industry is just a small component of the field that has also found popularity in employee orientation and training, museums and cultural centers, Web sites and movies.
Before coming to Southeastern in 2008, Morin was a senior multimedia developer for Omega Training Group, Inc. in Columbus, Ga., where he worked on training and simulation applications for the U.S. military.
“There are a lot of dollars in gaming, but if you were to look at the entire industry, there are probably more opportunities outside of gaming that are well-paying opportunities,” Morin said.
For more information on the New Media and Animation Lab or the 3D printer, call 985-549-2193 or contact Morin at Edward.Morin@selu.edu.
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After numerous leaks tipping that Apple is finally introducing dual cameras in its larger iPhone 7 variant, many OEMs are now looking to climb onto that bandwagon and become amongst the frontrunners. In tow, Xiaomi looks set to incorporate two rear cameras on the next Redmi Note 4. A leaked teaser image shows the back of the smartphone sporting two rear cameras.
The leaked teaser image (via MyDrivers) shows Redmi’s celeb face Liu Haoran holding a white Mi branded smartphone. It has two cameras at the back placed below each other vertically. The flash sits in between, while the Xiaomi logo sits at the bottom end of the smartphone. Interestingly, there is no fingerprint scanner at the back therefore presumably it will be incorporated on the home button. The current Redmi Note 3 has the sensor at the back. The leaked Redmi Note 4 also sports a metal unibody with antenna bands on top and bottom of the smartphone. The volume rockers and the power button both are seen sitting on the right side of the phablet.
A separate leaked image also shows the back of the device, reiterating the same details. Both the images were first leaked on Chinese social media site Weibo. Not much is known about the device so far, but rumours indicate (via GizmoChina) that the Redmi Note 4 will sport a large screen, a Snapdragon 652 SoC, 3GB of RAM, and 16GB storage. Of course, all of this is just initial speculation, and should be taken lightly until an official announcement.
Speaking of dual cameras, Huawei also launched the Honor 8 sporting the same setup. The smartphone is currently up for pre-orders in China, and will be available from July 19. It will come in three versions and be priced at – CNY 1,999 (approximately Rs. 20,000) for the 3GB of RAM and 32GB of inbuilt storage model, CNY 2,299 (approximately Rs. 23,000) for the 4GB of RAM and 32GB storage model, and CNY 2,499 (approximately Rs. 25,000) for the 4GB of RAM and 64GB storage model.
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The plan for the next working bee with Serco, Royal Park Protection Group and Friends of Royal Park is to do some weeding work/ Cassinia removal in the Bren’s Drive Remnant.
Where : Bren’s Drive Remnant Area
Meet at: Southern side of Urban Camp. (that way the SNHC carpark can be used).
When : 16 May 2018 at 10am
BYO Gardening gloves
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"Is the fabric cotton"
Soft, comfy, nice deep dark hunter green corduroy. Slight problem aligning seat and back. It needs to be done in order. Put the middle screw and one on each side tighten it slightly and try other screw to see if the holes are aligned. If not take the screws out and repeat the process. It takes about 30 min per chair to put it together. I ended with the blister on my palm anyway and I'm an experienced furniture put together person. One complain. The bottom under the seat is raw unfinished wood. I had to buy a can on Minwax and stain it dark. It was acceptable since I got on the chairs sale and with Overstock coupon and paid way less of what similar chairs are in my area, less than Walmart or Target, but not if the chair full priced....
Parson Moss Corduroy Dining Chairs (Set of 2)
ITEM#: 14292910This set offers the utmost in comfort and versatility. Standing on espresso-stained legs, this chair has a deeply cushioned seat that's covered with corduroy fabric.
- Set includes: Two chairs
- Materials: Asian Wood
- Finish: Espresso
- Upholstery materials: Corduroy
- Upholstery color: Moss
- Upholstery fill: Polyurethane foam
- Seat height: 18 inches
- Dimensions: 38.5 inches high x 23.75 inches wide x 18.5 inches deep
|Chair Type||Dining Chairs, Parson Chairs|
|Set Size||Set of 2|
|Chair Back Height||Standard|
|Furniture Frame Material||Wood|
|Warranty||90 day Limited Manufacturer|
|Country of Origin||China|
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I order these four chairs for my kitchen table, and wanted a jewel toned moss green color that was hard to find. The chairs arrived in badly beat up boxes ,and that was only the beginning. As I pulled the chairs out of the box, the moss color was perfect and I remained positive. Then, I noticed that all the chairs had no rubber bottoms on the wooden legs, and the bare wood would scratch the my floor. I figured that the manufacture forgot to put these on, and I would contact Overstock to obtain them. So, I started to bolt the chair together. When I got to the seat bolts, that attach the chair to the back, the holes were not drilled properly, and would not assemble at all. I tried many angles to try to make the bolt line up with the holes drilled, but nothing would work. I sent everything back at this point. for a full refund. I read the reviews before I purchased, but now you know all defects I tried to deal with.Read More
We ordered two sets of these chairs. First we thought the legs on one of the chairs was too short, then we thought the holes in the seat were off so we ordered another seat and then another back. This was too much trouble. The chair themselves are beautiful and we really like them but I won't recommend them to anyone I know because of the hassle of putting them together.Read More
They look nice. However, they weren't the easiest to put together. They don't feel like they're going to last too long.Read More
Soft, comfy, nice deep dark hunter green corduroy. Slight problem aligning seat and back. It needs to be done in order. Put the middle screw and one on each side tighten it slightly and try other screw to see if the holes are aligned. If not take the screws out and repeat the process. It takes about 30 min per chair to put it together. I ended with the blister on my palm anyway and I'm an experienced furniture put together person. One complain. The bottom under the seat is raw unfinished wood. I had to buy a can on Minwax and stain it dark. It was acceptable since I got on the chairs sale and with Overstock coupon and paid way less of what similar chairs are in my area, less than Walmart or Target, but not if the chair full priced.Read More
Shipped and arrived on time as promised. The color is rich and the chairs are very comfortable. Bought them to replace dining room chairs and the look comfortable as well as high end. The boxes were fairly beat up and looked battered when they arrived, but everything inside was intact with no damage. I've gotten several compliments on them. I put them together myself and didn't have any problems, although I have done quite a bit of assembly. I think it might take a first timer a little longer. Good value.Read More
These chairs are great. I ordered them to be a compliment to my other chairs that have a floral pattern. I chose these hoping they would compliment well.............they do for sure. No problems putting them together as other reviewers have stated. I would gladly buy more if I needed more chairs.Read More
Easy to assemble and looks very nice. The chairs are comfortable to sit on.Read More
Questions & Answers
No, it is not. It is corduroy.
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Logo design for a young clothing company based in Germany with customers between 15 and 30 years old. They were looking for a clear structured logo that captures high quality, style and elegance and communicates young lifestyle and high spirits.
The TANZGEIST logo captures the elegance and style of an ageless generation. One that cherishes every moment and believes in her ability to do anything. The lettermark logo, with its sylish typography can be used with or without the two fresh, symbolic male/female icons. Sophisticated, yet fresh and fun.
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24 Mar The Gooty Tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica)
Poecilotheria metallica has to be one of the most sought after and beautiful tarantulas in the hobby today. As slings they are usually a brownish colour and can often be mistaken for regular pokies but as they mature this brown colour is replaced with a striking metallic blue colour, which has made this tarantula stand out amongst the rest! Although this tarantula is still rare and hard to come by, they are fairly easy to care for and are one of the better Poecilotheria species to keep. That being said, this tarantula is still not recommended for beginners, as it is fast, can be aggressive, and has some fairly potent venom. Bites from this species have been known to cause intense pain, so handling should be avoided. They can also move very quickly and can defend themselves if they feel threatened. They do tend to choose flight rather fight. Just remember that tarantulas do not enjoy being handled, and this species is definitely no exception.
These spiders are fast growers and breeders have had males mature in less than a year! Rates of maturity will vary depending on a variety of factors, mostly how much you feed them and temperature, but on average they will reach maturity within 2 -3 years. Females can live for around 12 – 15 years whereas males will only live for 3 – 4 years.
Poecilotheria metallica is a semi-arboreal tarantula so keep this in mind when it housing them. As slings they seem to spend more of their time near the substrate, where they will make some elaborate burrows for themselves. As they mature and grow they seem to become more arboreal, making their burrows higher and higher up. In the wild this species will make their burrows under bark and in the hollows of trees. Try and replicate this environment by providing two pieces of cork bark that are placed together in a vertical position to form a hide.
With regards to their enclosures, their arboreal tendencies dictate a vertical enclosure that has high humidity and good ventilation. Humidity should be maintained at round 60 –90% and this can be achieved by spraying the walls of the cage every 2 -3 days and keeping the substrate slightly moist. This species can be housed in an enclosure with a minimum size of 1 x 1 x 2 times the leg span of the spider. Spiderlings can be housed in plastic honey jars or any similar type containers with secure lids. Holes can be drilled in the side of the enclosure to allow proper ventilation. Whatever the cage you decide to use, it should contain 2 – 5cm of substrate, a hide such as a piece of cork bark against the side, a shallow water dish, and good ventilation. Make sure that the water is always kept clean and is replaced on a regular basis. Substrate can consist of 70% peat moss and 30% vermiculite. You will find that they will make a small burrow at the base of the cork bark and then web upwards, sticking bits of substrate in the web to form a tube. Temperature should be maintained at around 26 – 28°C; they can tolerate higher temperatures but don’t let it exceed 32°C. A small heating pad can be placed on the back of the enclosure to help maintain temperature.
Lighting is not necessary for this species as they are sensitive to bright light, so the ambient light from the room is sufficient. Dark hiding spots are enjoyed by this spider during the day, so make sure to provide some good structures to give them security. Poecilotheria metallica, like other Pokies, has a healthy appetite and can eat much and furiously when they are growing. Spiderlings and juveniles can be fed crickets half their body size about two or three times a week, adults can be fed an adult cricket 2 -3 times a week. Try offering your spiders a variety of insects from roaches to mealworms to keep things interesting and provide a variety of nutritional needs. Make sure that no uneaten prey items are left in the cage. When your tarantula does not accept its food this will most likely mean that it is approaching a moult; at this time don’t offer it food until about a week after it has moulted. Try and remove remains of the insects as soon as possible since due to the high humidity and moist substrate mould and bacteria can build up quickly. Exercise caution when cleaning their cage as they spook easily and can suddenly bolt out of their cage. It is a good idea to lightly tap or bump the enclosure before you open it to let your pokie know you are there so that it does not suddenly get a fright when you start to fiddle around in its space.
When young, P.metallica will often spend much of their time hiding away in their web tunnels and burrows and will often revert to hiding at the slightest disturbance, only coming out when the lights are out. As they get older they tend to come out more and are known to be great explorers of their environment.
For those of us that are keen to keep this critically endangered spider, it is important that we keep this spider with the intention of reproducing it. Captive breeding of this species is vitally important as its habitat is under serious threat due to cutting for firewood and timber. Another threat is collection by international collectors. P. metallica naturally occurs in a single location in a highly disturbed forest between Nandyal and Giddalur in India, which is severely fragmented and is as small as 100km2. Due to all these factors P. metallica has been listed on the IUCN Red List as critically endangered, and thus breeding this species in captivity is essential.
Although P.metallica might be a fairly hardy captive specimen that can tolerate slight changes in temperature and humidity, unfortunately they are not the easiest species to breed. There are many breeders that have tried to breed this species but have failed. If the breeder is lucky enough to have a mature pair mate and have the female produce an egg sack, there seems to be very few eggs that make it to slings. Let’s hope in the near future we can learn more about this species of tarantula so that we can breed them more successfully in captivity.
Currently, P.metallica are very rare in South Africa and, if available, slings can be sold for anywhere between R400+, with adult females going for twice this amount and even more! Some of the serious collectors in South Africa have adults so hopefully we will see some of these beautiful tarantulas bred in the future.
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Map of 904 South Magnolia, G, El Cajon...
School data provided by GreatSchools
Great 2 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment with a great layout in nice quiet complex! Close to schools & transportation! Refrigerator and stove included! Included Utilities: Water, Sewer, Trash Pick-Up, Gardener. Rent $895 Deposit $895 To schedule a viewing or for more information please contact: Presidio Real Estate at ( or visit our Website at www.presidiorealestate.com Se habla Espanol .
This listing is a 2 bedroom apartment unit for rent for $895 a month. The apartment complex is located in El Cajon. The apartment unit features storage. The property features storage and is scheduled to be vacant on November 19, 2012.
This listing is no longer active as of November 1st, 2013.
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This apartment is listed as a no fee apartment. That means that you should not be required to pay a broker fee of any kind. If this agent asks you to pay a fee, please flag them immediately.
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Cool. When will jag make a real car though. XJR-15 and XJ220 were great, but very limited production and are both 10 years old now. What I mean is, they don't have a mass produced sports car with a manual or alot of grunt. I feel they need to make a car to go with some fo what the worlds best has to offer. Or maybe Ford have chosen Aston Martin to do such things and just kept jag they way they are doing things now.
1999 AU XR8
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Switchable Shift Kit, K&N panel filter, Lukey straight thru mufflers, momo gear and steer,
DBA slotted rotors/Bendix ultimate pads (front), Pioneer MP3 head unit and BA XR carpet mats.
Member of the Society Against Stupid SMS Language
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- Arts & Culture
- Children & Youth
- Health & Medicine
- People with Disabilities
Location468 Queen St. EastSuite 210Toronto, Ontario M5A 1T7Canada Canada
Over the past 50 years, Epilepsy Toronto has been the place where Torontonians living with epilepsy can learn more about their condition, get the help they need and be a part of a family of caring and supporting people. Epilepsy Toronto prioritizes individual needs, the importance of living as independently as possible and the benefits of community engagement. Our programs address all aspects of epilepsy from the first diagnosis of a child, to the struggles that young people face, to adult needs such as employment and relationships.
Epilepsy Toronto is a small organization that organizes a number of extremely large fundraising events in order to fund our programs and services. Scotiabank BuskerFest is both organized by and in support of Epilepsy Toronto, and takes place annually at the end of August. It is the largest epilepsy awareness event in the world, and it is the largest Busker Festival in North America.
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Just as scientists are reexamining the basic tastes, they are also redefining the tongue map. The tongue map breaks the tongue down into regions of sensation -- bitter in the back, sour on the sides, salty on the front edge and sweet at the tip. Umami researchers have claimed that the tongue's posterior is important for detecting the fifth taste.
But for everyone who remembers arguing the tongue map as a grade-schooler, insisting they could perceive salt at the back of the tongue or sour at the tip, news that the tongue map is flawed at best must come as sweet vindication.
A German scientist named D.P. Hanig developed the tongue map in 1901 by asking volunteers where they could perceive sensation. Other scientists later corroborated his findings but charted the results in such a way that areas of lowered sensitivity looked like areas of no sensitivity. By 1974, Virginia Collings determined that while the tongue did have varying degrees of sensitivity -- some areas could perceive certain tastes better than others -- there was no real truth to the strict tongue map. Although taste receptors usually react strongly to a single taste, many respond to multiple gustatory stimulations. People can perceive taste anywhere there are taste receptors.
Scientists are also learning more about the shocking diversity of taste sensitivity. In the next section we'll learn about an acute sense that you actually might be glad not to have.
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Last week's events, Virginia B. Wood writes, have made it almost impossible to focus on such mundane things as newsy tidbits, interviews, and deadlines. I finally realized the only way I'd get through a column was to look for good news and upbeat stories to fill this space.
In the wake of last week's tragedies, not only have several films depicting terrorism been shelved, but anything even featuring the World Trade Center in the NYC skyline is being examined for possible alteration.
The Umbilical Brothers are like cartoon characters come to life, like toons in living breathing 3-D, with pratfalls and spit-takes and near-impossible contortions -- all accompanied by sound effects that an entire army of foley artists might pull off on a lucky day.
In the wake of last week's terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., Austin theatre artists are doing their part to help out: raising funds for disaster relief from audiences attending their shows.
It seems like everyone has a bad back, but my backache has been going on for four years now, and I need some relief. A chiropractor helped some, but I still suffer if I make a sudden move or lift anything more than a heavy book. It started when I was pregnant but hasn't yet cleared up. Any hints?
Odds and Ends: NFL referees have an overinflated view of their own importance; the U.S. Open proved that in tennis, as elsewhere, youth will be served; and if people think Coach ignores UT football, well, there are good reasons for that.
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Sorry I have been such a jerk. But ya know, I could use a break from this life. I have a question for you. Why did you decided to be so amazing today? I have been a selfish, scared, insecure, avoidant, ticked-off, bitter little person since November. So why must you keep being so nice to me? I don’t deserve it, yet you show up again and again, just when I think I can’t say anymore. Just when I think that it doesn’t matter, you show me that healing comes through confession. Give me strength, that I may confess so that I may heal. Thank you for your word. Thank you for using my selfishness this morning to bring me to my knees. I’m sorry it always takes me so long to trust you. Thanks again for being you and working so hard to make me more like you. Amen.
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- Ashley Usery
- St. Louis, Mo.
- McCluer South-Berkeley
MAJOR: Family, Youth and Community Sciences
COLLEGIATE PERSONAL RECORDS
400m 58.38, 2010 Kentucky Invitational (Lexington, Ky.)
800m 2:17.93, 2010 Tyson Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)
400mH 1:02.23, 2009 SEC Outdoor Championships (Gainesville, Fla.)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2010):
Placed sixth in the 400m hurdles at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic (4/17) in a time of 1:02.40 Participated in the 400m hurdles at the Pepsi Florida Relays (4/2) Ran on the 4x400m relay team at the UCF Invitational (3/27) Competed in the prelims of the 800m at the 2010 SEC Indoor Championship (2/27) Finished 12th in the 800m at the Tyson Invitational (2/12) in 2:17.93 Was 12th in the 400m at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet (2/5) in 58.49.
AS A FRESHMAN (2009):
Wins: 1 (i) SEC/Big 12 Showdown DMR (11:34.22) Participated in 10 meets her freshman year (five outdoor, five indoor) Clocked a personal-best time in the 400-meter hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships (1:02.23) Fourth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Seminole Twilight Invitational (1:04.26) Placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the UCF Black and Gold Challenge (1:03.38) Ran the second leg of the winning DMR at the SEC/Big 12 Showdown (11:34.22) Charted a collegiate-best 400m time at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (59.69) Made collegiate debut by participating in the 800m at the Kentucky Invitational.
Coached by Robert Keith Rhodes and Rodney Dotson Was a member of her schools state-record-setting 4x400m relay squad and was part of a 4x4 team that won the 2006 Missouri Class 3A title (3:51.40) Also a member of the school-record-setting 4x400m and relay team Captured the schools 800m record in 2007 (2:15) Ran on the winning 4x400m relay squad at the 2007 AAU Junior Olympics High school team captured the state championship in 2007 and 2008 and was the 2007 St. Louis American Team of the Year A part of an AAU 4x400 championship team at the 15-16 and 17-18 level Earned her schools awards for Most Dependable Runner and Most Versatile Runner Personal bests of: 300mH (45.6), 400m (54.6) and 800m (2:15) A member of the National Honor Society Was the Missouri State Public Speaking runner-up and the Regional Public Speaking champion.
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At Amplitude we try to eat our own dog food, which means using product analytics in our development process. At first thought, that would just seem to involve instrumenting everything that we build and then using that to generate charts measuring the success of our features. However, truly integrating product analytics has required a significant shift in the way that we think about both development and measurement, and has led some of our teams to adopt new models for operating.
I believe that product team members should be constantly asking themselves (and each other) the following question. “What can I do over the next few days (and/or weeks) that will have the greatest potential impact on the company’s success?” Adopting product analytics helps us to answer this very question.
Read about why we decided to cut scope and measure more on our Engineering Blog.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), due to become effective on May 25 this year, is an extremely important legislation which will unify and strengthen the protection of personal data for people residing within the member states of the European Union.
At Amplitude, our goal is to provide easy-to-use interactive product analytics, so everyone can find answers to their product questions. In order to provide a great user experience, Amplitude needs to provide these answers quickly. So when one of our customers complained about how long it took to load the event properties dropdown in the Amplitude UI, we started digging into it…
Read about how we improved slow query performance by 50x on our Engineering Blog.
This post is by Tania Yu, one of Amplitude’s amazing summer interns. Check out the full post on our engineering blog to learn about her project detecting outliers and her summer at Amplitude.
I’ve always loved cute things: kittens, Miyazaki films…you name it. So perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I interned at Amplitude this summer, a company with one of the cutest logos I’ve ever seen.
My first week at Amplitude was, admittedly, a bit of a blur. Within the first couple of days at work, at least 50 of my new coworkers must have approached me with a smile and a “Welcome to Amplitude!” Although my complete inability to match names to faces left me mostly confused, the cheerful chaos allayed any worries I might have held on that front. Between learning about the product and company, starting to implement my first feature, and attending a product event hosted by Amplitude (on my first day, no less), I came to an easy conclusion: people here move fast.
At Amplitude, we pride ourselves in our attention to the customer. Not just in customer success or product management, but also in engineering, where Customer Focus is one of our guiding principles. Every line of code and every decision should ultimately come back to what the customer needs or wants.
When you’re not talking to customers every day, however, this sense of customer-centricity can get dulled. That’s why we’re always looking for ways to reinforce our values and exercise our “customer muscles” as engineers — we want to make sure we’re always thinking beyond the immediate ramifications of what we’re building.
As we discovered at Amplitude’s recent company offsite, one of the best ways to reinforce those values is by playing with Legos.
At Amplitude, we believe first and foremost in providing the best product analytics. We find the right solution for our users and then figure out how to make it happen on the engineering side. This is in contrast to other analytics services or in-house analytics teams that make compromises on data integrity because it’s easier from a technical perspective. But one of the top reasons that people don’t use analytics to make decisions is that they don’t trust the data. And for good reason — those of us building analytics have historically chosen to sacrifice accuracy when it makes systems easier to build. However, we believe that the role of analytics is changing, and that analytics can and needs to be better than that.
Hackathons are a time honored tradition of many tech companies. They’re a time for everyone to break free from their day to day work and innovate. Here at Amplitude, hackathons have been a great way of bypassing the traditional processes of product development to disrupt our own roadmap, as well as an opportunity to foster cross functional teamwork and relationships. We’ve taken to doing a hackathon at the start of every quarter, and are coming hot off of our third with some fresh ideas and ambitious projects.
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While sequels can be a good thing, it's the thought of new IP that really gets us excited. EA, which has actually done an impressive job of porting their existing franchises to the Wii while taking advantage of the new control ideas the system presents, today announced a very odd new game for the Wii. Called Boogie. That involves dancing and singing. Ahem.
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that Boogie™ – an all new intellectual property in development at EA Montreal - will be released exclusively for the Wii™ worldwide in 2007. Boogie is a unique music/rhythm-based game that takes advantage of the innovative Wii controls to get gamers off their couch, playing and dancing to a new beat.
“We’re creating something new and different for gamers of all ages to enjoy; the complete party package where gamers can dance as well as sing,” said Alain Tascan, Vice President and General Manager, EA Montreal. “Nintendo’s Wii is an amazing console that really gives us a platform to be creative and to re-think traditional game development.”
Details are pretty scarce, so it's unclear how exactly you will sing in Boogie. A microphone attachment? A new dongle that replaces the nunchuk? Magic? Still, I'm all for new rhythm games, and we knew that EA was pumping up their Wii support. I just never expected anything like this to come of it.
Let's hope that EA keeps up the push to present new and interesting IP, especially on the Wii. Still, I can't help but think the Wii is already filled with party games and gimmicky titles; it's a rare day when I play my Wii without having friends over. I'd love to see a new game that let me sit back and enjoy a good single-player experience on Nintendo's new console.
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If you were asked to think of a typical GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial, odds are you'd conjure up images of scantily clad women and shameless pleas to go to godaddy.com for additional racy footage.
Not this time. The web hosting company is mixing it up in 2014, electing to go for humor in the form of bouncing male pectoral muscles.
In the 30-second spot, which will air during the Super Bowl broadcast on Feb. 2, an ever-growing number of body builders (including Danica Patrick in a muscle suit) run down city streets to get to a tanning salon that has recently created a website using the hosting company.
When the throng of muscley models show up at her door, the shopkeeper grabs her can of tanning spray and says, "It's go time."
Business Insider reports that this spot is further evidence of GoDaddy's effort to shift away from the salacious ads of its past but still remain edgy.
Does the company succeed or is it back to the drawing board? Please share your opinion with a comment, below.
Follow Mike Krumboltz on Twitter (@mikekrumboltz).
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Liga de Yonkers Week 10 Recap
Westchester FC who made up a double header and took 3 points on a forfeit has now bumped to the top of the Leaders Board with 19 points. Real Cotija who had a bye this past week drops to second place. Westchester FC and Real Cotija are scheduled to meet in two weeks which possibly could determine this years winner. Of course there are a few other teams who also have their sights on the top spot. Morazán got back on the winning track by easily defeating Atlas 8-1. El Carmen proved they have to be taken seriously by edging out Honduras 2-1. Real Sociedad and Sport Peru played to a tough 0-0 draw so only got 1 point added to their totals.
Point totals are really close and everyone is fighting for those top 4 positions which will receive automatic byes into the second round of the playoffs. A simple win and 3 points could mean the difference in positioning for 6 teams.
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For reasons I can’t quite articulate fully, this is one of my favorite chapter-break illustrations from the entire series. I don’t think this was an intentional callback to a similar image from the credits sequence of the anime Dirty Pair: Project Eden, which showed Kei and Yuri cavorting in giant champagne glasses, but I might be mistaken about that.
Not very forward-thinking of me, though, to depict a karaoke microphone with a trailing cord, rather than a wireless mic of the sort that was, I believe, already common in 2007. Then again, I wouldn’t actually have a direct experience of karaoke myself for another five years or so after this story, so perhaps I wasn’t fully up to speed on the concept. Ah, but once I established that the karaoke set-up in this story features wired microphones, I doggedly stuck with that idea in a very likely misplaced devotion to a minor bit of visual continuity.
No doubt fans of highly selective realism will complain about Emp’s feet being too small. Her face having no relation whatsoever to actual human anatomy is apparently acceptable, but heaven forfend that her g-d feet aren’t depicted in a strictly—ahem—“realistic” fashion. By the way, everyone should of course feel free to criticize the anatomy drawn by me—or any other artist—for aesthetic or sociopolitical or “just don’t like it” reasons. I do, however, bridle when critics selectively and hypocritically feign a deep and abiding concern about the importance of artistic realism in comics artwork. If you were really that g-d concerned about “realism,” folks, you wouldn’t be consuming fantasy media in the first place. I’m not kidding when I say that relatively inarticulate criticism such as “this just sucks” does, in fact, show more intellectual integrity than opportunistically claiming sudden concerns about “realism.” (This is, as you might guess, one of my personal comic-art hobbyhorses—or “bêtes noires,” to sound a tad more refined.) On the other hand, might well be the case that certain specific unrealistic exaggerations might jar some readers more than others; oh, well.
That being said, strictly speaking, Emp’s feet really are too short in this image, which is a peculiar bit of cartoony exaggeration that I have to admit that I don’t really care much about either way.
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Students, Families, Colleagues, and Community Members Submitted Over 3,000 Nominations
Twelve Winners Will Receive Classroom Grants and Serve as “Big Apple Fellow” During the 2014-15 School Year
NEW YORK—Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today announced the winners of the second annual Big Apple Awards: Recognizing Teacher Excellence in New York City, which celebrate the incredible and life-changing work of public school teachers in New York City. The Big Apple Awardsis a citywide recognition program open to all full-time teachers in New York City public schools. Twelve award recipients, along with more than 100 finalists and semi-finalists, were honored in a ceremony at Gracie Mansion.
The twelve award recipients include eleven teachers and one arts educator selected through the Lincoln Center Arts Teacher Award. Winners were chosen from more than 3,000 school community nominations and were chosen based on their instructional practice, professional leadership, and focus on supporting students in and out of the classroom. Award recipients receive a $3,500 classroom grant to deepen their work with students. The awards are made possible by The Fund for Public Schools, the Centerbridge Foundation, and Lincoln Center, with additional support from the New York Mets, STATE Bags, and Modell’s.
“The Big Apple Teacher Awards are a celebration of the hardworking educators who have committed their lives to preparing our children for bright futures,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “No school can succeed without talented teachers, working together with school administrators and parents, to ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive. These honorees exemplify the tireless dedication, endless creativity, and exemplary professionalism New York City teachers bring to the classroom. Congratulations to this year’s winners and nominees and thank you to all of our teachers!”
“Teachers are the heart and soul of all our schools, and these awards recognize the transformational impact they have on our students and families every single day,” said Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña. “Each educator honored today brings passion and a mastery of the art and craft of teaching. These leaders are opening the door for our students to reach their greatest dreams, and pushing the boundary of opportunity to thrive both in and out of the classroom. These incredible teachers from a range of grades and subjects demonstrate the committed talent across our City’s schools, and I thank all teachers working tirelessly to help our students suceed.”
“We are pleased to once again celebrate arts education excellence in partnership with the New York City Department of Education with this year’s Lincoln Center Arts Teacher Award,” said Russell Granet, Executive Director of Lincoln Center Education. “Laurence Minetti’s passion and dedication to not only teach the arts but also to use the arts as an example for other disciplines and projects demonstrates what is possible with creative thinking. He has created a nurturing environment that enriches the lives of his students and inspires them towards a bright future. We’re honored to recognize his extraordinary work.”
“We have amazing, inspirational teachers in New York City. Our students and parents see this every day. It is wonderful that the city as a whole is recognizing the outstanding work these educators do,” said Michael Mulgrew, president, United Federation of Teachers.
“I want to congratulate all the teachers receiving Big Apple Awards this year, including a teacher from The Renaissance Charter School,” said James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School Center. “We do not, as a society, do nearly enough to recognize the teaching profession and particularly our most exceptional teachers within it. There aren't enough ways we can thank them for the hard work that they do day after day in our public schools but this award is a good start.”
The Big Apple Award ceremony is the culmination of a rigorous application process that includes community nominations, principal and colleague recommendations, applicant essays, an interview, and a classroom observation. Only in its second year, the Big Apple Awards program received more than 3,000 nominations from students, families, teachers, school staff, administrators, and other community members—a 50 percent increase from the number of nominations received last year. Across the City, 863 schools were home to at least one nominee. After an initial screening, 500 select nominees were invited to submit an application that included essays as well as principal and colleague recommendations. Following a review of the applications, 100 semi-finalists were interviewed, of which 40 advanced to the finalist round and received a classroom visit. A Board of Judges composed of Department of Education officials and a representative from the United Federation of Teachers selected the final 11 recipients, while Lincoln Center representatives selected the arts recipient.
The Big Apple Award recipients come from every borough, teach a range of subjects and grade levels, have a variety of experiences, and represent the diversity of schools available to New York City families. This year’s winners are:
· Phyllis Berk, a pre-kindergarten teacher at P.S. 188 Kingsbury in Oakland Gardens, Queens.
· Margaret Boyd, a seventh grade math teacher at the New York City Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies in Chelsea, Manhattan.
· Ramil Buenaventura, a seventh and eighth grade math teacher at Renaissance Charter School in Jackson Heights, Queens.
· Nekesha Bynum, a third grade teacher at P.S. 310 in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn.
· Doreen Donnelly, a third grade teacher at Tag Young Scholars in Harlem, Manhattan.
· Irina Gonzalez, a middle school social studies teacher at J.H.S. 123 James M. Kieran in Soundview, Bronx.
· Laurence Minetti, a high school art teacher at the Collegiate Institute for Math and Science in Allerton, Bronx.
· Joseph Pesqueira, a tenth and eleventh grade social studies teacher at the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics in Claremont, Bronx.
· Jessica Russo, an elementary school special education teachers at P.S. 55 Henry M. Boehm in Annadale, Staten Island.
· Jacqueline Stokes, a District 75 special education teacher for students aged 16-21, at the Richard Hungerford School in Stapleton, Staten Island.
· Kathryn Vitale, an eighth grade English language arts teacher at Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle School in East New York, Brooklyn.
· April Yee, bilingual first grade teacher at P.S. 105 The Blythebourne in Borough Park, Brooklyn
Phyllis Berk, pre-k teacher at P.S. 188 Kingsbury, Queens
Phyllis Berk is a passionate advocate for pre-kindergarten because, as she says, “this is where it all starts.” From exploring the type of cloud that will hold the most water to using a Vaseline-covered leaf to make predictions (along with a game of telephone), Phyllis mixes creativity and rigor to create a classroom environment where each child is valued and challenged. She also helps her students see beyond their classroom by engaging in a pen pal program with students in Botswana. (Her students have corresponded with pictures and letters, and led a fundraising drive for a new library). As an active UFT delegate, Phyllis facilitates dialogue between faculty and school leadership, leading to solutions that support the entire school community.
Margaret Boyd, 7th grade math teacher at the New York City Lab Middle School, Manhattan
Margaret Boyd “is passionate about math, and her love of teaching comes across in lessons which make learning math fun,” a parent of a student in her class writes. Her classroom exudes joy; students recently passionately debated which polygons would have the greatest area (no rulers allowed!). Margaret also provides opportunities for her students to demonstrate their expertise as “mathletes” in the Continental Math League, the AMC8, and the New York Math League. In addition to her responsibilities as the math chair, Margaret is committed to providing a safe space for all students to learn, including serving as a school-wide dean and helping craft the school’s anti-bullying policy.
Ramil Buenaventura, 7th and 8th grade math teacher at Renaissance Charter School, Queens
Ramil Buenaventura moved to New York after 13 years as a school teacher and administrator in the Philippines. With ten years under his belt working here, his classroom provides exceptional examples of integrating mathematical practices and Common Core standards into math lessons. Ramil uses project-based learning, "pi" challenges, and student-created videos to help his class achieve. He continues to maintain a close relationship with his country of origin: After Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines last fall, he coordinated a School Relief Drive for victims with his advisory class. All of his efforts, Ramil says, are worth it for the success he sees in his students: “This is the essence of why I am a teacher. As I see these gains and successes, they challenge me to gain more so I can give more.”
Nekesha Bynum, 3rd grade teacher at P.S. 310, Brooklyn
“In this class, one of the important lessons we learn every day is the importance of sharing,” explains one of Nekesha Bynum’s students. Indeed, excitement was abounding on a recent morning when students were able to mix and mingle to Pharrell’s “Happy” and then asked to freeze to share a new learning with a partner. Nekesha’s enthusiasm and expertise has led to great gains for her students, with 86 percent of her students advancing more than four reading levels during each of the last four years. She says her nine years in the classroom has led to her finding additional ways to support the learning of her colleagues; Nekesha serves as a member of the Core Instructional Team, a mentor teacher, and an adjunct professor at Brooklyn College.
Doreen Donnelly, 3rd grade teacher at Tag Young Scholars, Manhattan
Colleagues describe Doreen Donnelly’s classroom as “a mecca for teacher training.” She invites her students to make their thinking visible, often through a shared text. (A recent class involved her third graders looking at figurative text in Langston Hughes’ “A Dream Deferred” and then creating their own poems). In addition to this shared inquiry approach, Doreen has leveraged her previous experience managing a media company to collaborate with a non-profit theatre troupe, “The Story Pirates,” to encourage more creative writing at her school. She also designed and launched a morning and afterschool program for students who needed additional support. Her investment in her school community has paid off: This past year, TAG Young Scholars was named one of the top-performing 25 schools in all of New York State.
Irina Gonzalez, middle school social studies teacher at J.H.S. 123 James M. Kieran, Bronx
Her principal says that Irina Gonzalez “works tirelessly on behalf of her students and our entire school community.” Her nominator, a colleague at her school, says she is a “prototype of what an exemplary teacher should be.” In just two years, Irina has contributed in significant ways to her school and her classroom: leading and chairing the social studies department, creating new document-based questions to support her English Language Learners, and coaching her students to a third place victory at the National History Day Regional Competition. In addition, Irina continues to pursue her own professional development by representing her school at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, which is committed to the improvement of history education.
Laurence Minetti, high school art teachers at the Collegiate Institute for Math and Science, Bronx
“My school is my home,” Laurence Minetti says. Laurence has the unique opportunity to be teaching at the same high school campus from which he proudly graduated, and to follow the footsteps of his mother, who was also an educator. His nominator describes his classroom as a “laboratory for his colleagues to visit.” Indeed, it’s a place where self-expression is encouraged and where students learn to be “constructive critics.” As a result, his students see art as a way to build self-confidence, motivation, and courage. His students’ masterpieces are exhibited throughout the entire building. Laurence takes on leadership roles outside of the classroom, training staff on the Common Core shifts, helping to launch an AP Art Studio class on the campus, and organizing a $10,000 beautification initiative. The Big Apple Arts Award is made possible by generous funding from Lincoln Center.
Joseph Pesqueira, 10th and 11th grade social studies teacher at the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics, Bronx
One of his students describes Joseph Pesqueira as the “most dedicated person I know…not only is he there as a teacher, but he is a great man overall.” His student-centered classroom is often “flipped,” which means students take notes on pre-recorded online lessons at home and then come to class ready for rich classroom discussion. (To ensure access, Joseph comes to school early every morning to provide computers to students who do not have Internet at home). A recent discussion on which piece of literature was most important in the development of America included a comparison to the Declaration of the Independence as a ‘break-up letter.’ His work has led to great success for his students: His principal noted that an unprecedented 96 percent of Joseph’s U.S. History students passed the Regents exam, with three out of four students passing with an 80 or higher.
Jessica Russo, elementary special education teacher at P.S. 55 Henry M. Boehm, Staten Island
“Jessica is one of the most amazing teachers I have ever met,” writes a parent. “She taught my daughter, who has Down syndrome, things that I only dreamed she would be able to do.” Jessica Russo carefully matches the needs of her exceptionally diverse set of learners to an expansive repertoire of instructional strategies. Her positive classroom environment, the real-life connections she makes with her students, and the seamless integration of paraprofessionals in her classroom together provide tremendous support to her students. She is also a resource for colleagues, serving as a mentor, a member of the RTI team, and a model classroom for other special education teachers in the district.
Jacqueline Stokes, special education teacher (District 75, students aged 16-21) at the Richard Hungerford School, Staten Island
Jacqueline Stokes has been a valued part of the Richard Hungerford School since she asked to be a volunteer there at the age of 11. She kept coming back—first as a sign language paraprofessional for seven years and now as an educator who is known for her passion and her partnerships with her students’ families, including daily phone calls to discuss her students’ successes. Outside of the classroom, Jacqueline continuously seeks opportunities to develop her professional skills to ensure she meets her students’ needs; she attended the TEACH program at Duke University, is ABA trained, and supports new teachers at Bank Street who are working with students with autism. Her dedication to her students’ success has resulted in the highest scores on Alternative Assessments at her school.
Kathryn Vitale, 8th grade English language arts teacher at Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle School, Brooklyn
The sign on her door explains why Kathryn Vitale is admired by both her students and fellow teachers. “Welcome. Take off your shoes and stay a while. This place is HOME. Here, your voice matters. Here, you are part of something special, and it is only special because you are here.” It’s in that classroom where students are thriving. At the time of her application submission, her students’ mastery grew from 20 to 80 percent. Her students participate in NYC Urban Debate League, poetry slams at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and writing retreats at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Kathryn not only teaches her students, but her fellow teachers as a Peer Instruction Coach. She has revamped the Saturday Program at her school, and her work has meant that teachers now have an opportunity to teach together and learn from one another’s practices.
April Yee, bilingual 1st grade teacher at P.S. 105 The Blythebourne, Brooklyn
When you walk into April Yee’s classroom, you can feel the positive energy as you see her first graders take on leadership roles—coordinating transitions, giving each other constructive feedback, and even rewarding each other with stickers. As an English Language Learner herself, Chun Yan knows what it takes to support each and every one of her 32 students, many of whom are newcomers to the United States. Her students benefit greatly from her dedication: they have the greatest NYSESLAT growth in her school, with 80 percent of students exiting her class on or above grade level. Her commitment to her school extends beyond her classroom too: Chun Yan engages in professional learning, writes curriculum maps, and mentors novice teachers. As she describes it: “Teaching is not a job or even a career; it is my life.”
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The Turkey Awards are my opportunity to highlight a biased or ignorant remark or media coverage of "obesity and pregnancy," a particularly insensitive treatment by a care provider towards a woman of size, or a trend in the care of women of size that is troubling and frustrating.
As always, I have plenty of candidates to choose from. The hard part is limiting myself to just one.
Here's this year's nominee, another gem from My OB Said What. I picked this one because it fails on several different levels:
“I am sure you have gestational diabetes because you are overweight, you need to be on Glucophage. If you are not comfortable taking that medication you will end up with a stillborn.” – OB to mother, as found hereSigh. This doctor may have meant well, but his statement has several things that demonstrate some of the troubling trends and perceptions around obesity and pregnancy, including:
- Jumping To Conclusions About Risks
- Scorched-Earth Tactics To Deal With Inflated Perception of Risk
- Pulling the Dead Baby Card To Ensure Compliance with Intervention.
Okay, let's start with the obvious ─ the exaggeration of risk around obesity and pregnancy. We've discussed this before, but it always bears repeating because it's such a common issue.
The problem with the coverage of risk around obesity and pregnancy is that providers often start doing "mental inflation" of the actual numerical risk, and then they start making unfounded leaps of logic from there.
A statement with some truth to it, such as "Obese women are at increased risk for gestational diabetes," gets hyped in the press and in the research until it becomes transformed in some caregivers' minds into "Most obese women get gestational diabetes." Then it's just a short jump to "Nearly all obese women get gestational diabetes" to "This obese woman no doubt ALREADY HAS gestational diabetes right now."
But the fact of the matter is that while the risk for gestational diabetes is definitely increased in women of size, most women of size still don't get GD. You can cherrypick whatever study you want, but no study shows a 100% GD rate in obese women, even the most obese women.
Many studies show around a 15% risk for GD in "morbidly obese" women. This is definitely higher than the 2-4% range found in a "normal BMI" population, but hardly universal. What most providers fail to do is the opposite math.....that is, if 15% of morbidly obese women get GD, then that means that 85% do NOT.
Yes, that's right.....the majority of even very fat women will not get GD.
Are fat women at increased risk for getting GD? Yes, absolutely. Do all of them get it? No, not even remotely close. In fact, most do not get it.
And remember, just because a particular group is at increased risk for a complication does not mean that everyone in that group will get that complication, nor does it mean that you can predict the outcome for any individual within that group.
Of course, you can make a case for this being a rogue doctor, jumping to conclusions. Hopefully, most providers who care for women of size understand that GD is by no means a foregone conclusion in this group. But I'm hearing stories like these more and more often.
There are a lot of care providers out there who have a distorted sense of risk around obese women and GD, from the ones who force their obese clients to undergo really frequent GD testing to those that push weight loss during pregnancy as a way to avoid GD (despite evidence that weight loss in pregnancy is risky).
So this comment is a candidate for this year's Turkey Award because of this individual doctor's mental inflation of risk ─ turning a mere potential of risk into an inevitable outcome in his mind.
But this comment also gets nominated because it's not just about this doctor's individual bias; it demonstrates an overall troubling trend of a distorted sense of risk about pregnancy in women of size.
Scorched Earth Tactics for Inflated Perception of Risk
Another issue I see in the comment is the kind of Scorched Earth, over-the-top tactics that some providers take in order to try to reduce the risks associated with obesity and pregnancy. There is little research on these tactics, mind, but because care providers have such an exaggerated sense of risk around obese pregnancies, they feel justified in taking the Napalm Option...just in case.
For example, in the past, some care providers have advocated extremely restrictive diets for obese women in pregnancy. Obese pregnant women have been put on 1200 calorie or even 1000 calorie diets during pregnancy, or told to drink Slim-Fast in order to limit their weight gain. Some are told that they have to lose weight during pregnancy....10, 20, even 50 pounds, during pregnancy. It doesn't matter how this is achieved, the main goal is for them to lose weight in pregnancy, even if it sacrifices nutritional adequacy, since many care providers erroneously believe that fat women have extra nutritional stores to draw from instead.
This is the Napalm Option; resorting to extreme measures because you don't know what else to do or you are convinced that the risk is SOO high that only extreme measures will improve outcomes.
A new Scorched-Earth Tactic being considered is a move among some care providers to prophylactically prescribe metformin to all obese women during pregnancy in order to prevent big babies and other complications.
The use of Glucophage (metformin) in pregnancy is already somewhat controversial, even in women with strong indications for it (PCOS, severe insulin resistance, gestational diabetes). Its use prophylactically in all obese women, even those without other risk factors, should be even more controversial...yet many care providers are not questioning it at all.
Metformin is probably relatively safe during pregnancy for those with strong indications for it but some docs are very conservative about its use because the trials on it so far are small and some have found an increase in pre-eclampsia in women on metformin (while others have not). More data is needed.
Therefore, many docs err on the side of taking women off metformin during pregnancy, but there are a number of practices where the protocol is to continue metformin (with informed consent) because it lowers the risk for GD and possibly miscarriage and big babies as well.
I'm not opposed to the use of metformin in pregnancy in those for whom it is indicated and in those who have been given full informed consent. They get to evaluate the research and decide for themselves whether they think it's a worthwhile intervention. However, I think across-the-board use of metformin on all obese women is highly questionable.
One early trial of metformin in pregnancy found an increase in both pre-eclampsia and stillbirth in the metformin group, so caution is clearly indicated. [However, it has to be noted that there are two major confounding factors here. The women on metformin were mostly type 2 diabetics with pre-existing diabetes and poorer control; they also put these same women on 1200 calories a day, which might also be a factor.] Later trials have found no increase in stillbirth with metformin.
Another study of metformin vs. insulin for treatment of GD found a slightly higher rate of spontaneous-labor prematurity in the metformin group, although the confidence intervals were wide and crossed 1.0, so the trend could be attributable simply to chance.
Bottom line, we need more long-term data from larger groups on the safety of metformin during pregnancy in women with PCOS or GD, as well as the benefits and risks of metformin used in a wider population of women. Right now, the best data shows it lowers the risk for GD and miscarriage in women with PCOS, and probably does not increase the risk for birth defects. Other results vary from study to study. It’s probably a reasonably safe med for women with PCOS or GD, but we need more data to be sure.
Despite this, there is a trend to put ALL women of size on metformin prophylactically (there is a trial of this in the UK right now) and THAT I have problems with. It’s one thing to put a woman with severe PCOS or GD on this med, it’s entirely another to put all healthy high-BMI woman with no known glucose issues on it prophylactically. Ugh.
So this comment gets an individual nod for the Turkey Award because not only does the doctor assume the woman is automatically going to get gestational diabetes, he also wants to put her on metformin prophylactically, just on the basis of her being "overweight" (without proof of GD).
But it also gets a Disturbing Trend nod because it represents a new willingness among some care providers to prescribe extreme measures ─ like prescribing weight loss during pregnancy or putting all fat women on metformin ─ because of their inflated sense of risk around pregnancy in women of size.
Remember, the Napalm Option often harms more than it helps. We must be cautious about being overly-interventive without proof that such interventions actually improve outcomes.
Pulling the Dead Baby Card to Ensure Compliance
Yet another problem highlighted by this quote is the issue of what we cynical activists call "The Dead Baby Card."
The Dead Baby Card is telling women in an emotionally manipulative way, your baby will die if you don't do exactly what I tell you.
(Its corollary is, And If You Question Me, You're A Bad Mother and Must Not Love Your Child.)
It's not merely informing a woman of the possibility of a poor outcome, it's medical bullying trying to force a woman (via scaring or shame or guilt etc.) to go along with a particular kind of highly interventive care the physician wants.
It's not a reasonable or sensible precaution in the face of an extremely high-risk situation, it's using the mother's fears to manipulate her into some dubious intervention the doctor wants, usually for his own convenience or fear of litigation. And it's implying that the woman is a Bad Mother if she even thinks about questioning these interventions.
It's statements like, "We think your baby is going to be 9 lbs., so you have to have a planned cesarean or your baby will get stuck and die," even though research shows that elective cesareans for macrosomia do not improve outcome and may actually worsen it.
Or telling a woman that if she chooses Vaginal Birth After Cesarean, her baby will almost certainly die. And if the woman dares to question the provider, it's using scare tactics or implying that she's selfish to even consider such another choice. It's using emotionally manipulative language to bully a mother into following a questionable course of treatment the doctor wants.
In the Metformin example above, telling the mother that if she does not go along with the doctor's preferred treatment plan (i.e. use of metformin), her baby will probably die is medical bullying, a.k.a. Pulling The Dead Baby Card. The doctor is trying to scare her into complying with his questionable intervention by using the biggest scare tactic he knows.
Instead, the mother should be counseled about the possibility of gestational diabetes, the pros and cons of GD testing, the small but real possibility for stillbirth if there was uncontrolled pre-existing diabetes, and offered GD testing. She should be informed that some care providers are using Glucophage to prevent/treat GD, she should be informed of the pros and cons of metformin, and offered the choice to consider it.
She should not be ordered to take metformin, or told that if she doesn't take it her baby will undoubtedly die. That's classic Dead Baby Card territory, and that's unethical and unconscionable medical bullying.
So this comment is a "winner" a third time because of this doctor trying to scare this mother into an extreme intervention by using emotional manipulation, and because it sadly represents a tactic that's being used against women of size far too often these days.
Medical bullying is being used far too often these days, and particularly against women of size. This kind of over-the-top manipulation has to stop.
This comment is nominated for my Fourth Annual Turkey Award because it demonstrates an Epic Fail on several different levels.
It presumes an "overweight" woman will automatically get gestational diabetes (when most will not), it orders her to take metformin prophylactically just on the basis of her weight alone (without proof of GD), and tries to scare her into compliance by suggesting that her baby will die if she doesn't agree to this intervention. It's a classic case of medical bullying.
Of course, we need to make it clear that most providers don't treat women of size like this. And hopefully most would never result to medical bullying like this.
But this comment does represent several troubling trends in the care of women of size, including the tendency to Jump to Conclusions about Risks, the increasing use of Scorched-Earth Tactics, and the use of the Dead Baby Card to scare women of size into whatever extremist intervention the doctor wants to use on them.
And that's why this little comment gets this year's nomination for a Turkey of the Year Award.
*By the way, My OB Said What is looking for submissions on the idiotic things caregivers sometimes say to women. If you have more doozies on things they say to fat pregnant women, I hope you will submit them so we can document this kind of treatment.
Do note, they also accept submissions for positive, helpful things caregivers say to women─it doesn't always have to be bad. If you have had a really supportive caregiver as a woman of size, be sure to nominate those stories too. It's so important to highlight the positive stuff too!
Either way, email your story to firstname.lastname@example.org
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The Church in America
Christianity and the Colonies
Key Concepts: The religious history of America is very complex. The people who came to the new world brought with them both new ideas for religious freedom and old ideas of religious intolerance. Each would play a part in this story.
The Story: The story of Christianity in the new world began not with the early English settlers but with the Spanish who planted missions prior to the Reformation. The first Christian service in America was probably a Catholic Mass held in Florida in 1513. The Spanish would eventually extend their work across the southwest from Texas to California.
The English began their attempts to colonize the new world in the 1580s but were not successful until the Jamestown Colony of 1607. Jamestown was originally a commercial venture established to find gold, but only became economically viable with the cultivation of tobacco. In 1619 the Church of England was established as the official church of the colony. Even so, church going was not the norm, with ministers complaining of people bored and uninterested in worship.
Christian settlements in New England were driven by both religious and economic reasons. Three of the earliest settlements were New Netherlands (1617), the Plymouth Colony (1620) and Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629). The majority of settlers in these colonies were Protestants (Huguenots, Calvinists and Puritans). The new world offered each of these groups an opportunity to worship as they pleased. Unfortunately most of these colonies were intolerant of any theology other than their own. This was especially true of the Puritans who enforced strict codes of behavior and punished those who did not comply (including the execution of “witches”).
The first great preacher of religious tolerance was Roger Williams (1603-1683). He was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony because his views on religious tolerance, fair dealings with Native Peoples and his opposition to slavery. He eventually founded the Rhode Island Colony where for the first time, religion and citizenship were separate. This allowed the colony to be a safe haven for Baptists, Quakers and Jews. The next true haven for tolerance was in Pennsylvania, where William Penn (1644-1718) established a colony which became home to more than 8,000 Quakers (Penn was a Quaker) as well as Mennonites, Amish, Catholics, Lutherans, Huguenots and Jews from across Europe. Penn desired a political utopia and so drafted a charter that included not only freedom of religion, but also trial by jury, free elections and freedom from unjust imprisonment.
The first major Presbyterian presence in the colonies (other than early Puritans) was in Maryland, where Frances Makemie (an Irish Presbyterian pastor) established the first Presbyterian Church in 1683. He went on to found other churches in Virginia, and in a landmark case, was acquitted in New York of preaching without a license, thus setting a precedent for religious freedom. The first presbytery was organized in 1706 in Philadelphia. The presbytery (an elected body of pastors and elders who oversee a particular group of churches) was an American invention, unknown in Europe. Soon two more presbyteries had been formed and they met together as a Synod in 1717. In the early years of Presbyterianism the majority of pastors were trained in Scotland. This began to change when in 1746 William Tennent established the first American Presbyterian training school (The Log College) for ministers, which later evolved into Princeton University. By the revolution Presbyterians were one of the largest American denominations.
Key Concepts: Christianity in the United States was shaped by multiple factors such as, the Reformation, a quest for religious freedom, and the inability of major denominations to train enough clergy for a growing nation. But one of the most significant factors was a series of protestant religious revivals often called “The Great Awakenings”.
The Story: In the early colonial period, Christianity was the claimed religion of most of the colonists and was nominally practiced (attending church, Bible reading in the home, etc.). This pattern was due to a lack of churches and clergy as well as a resistance to religion that had been imposed by the state churches in Europe. By 1680 church attendance began to rise but worship tended to be rigidly structured and preaching intellectually driven. Communally shared doctrine/practice was central and individual, experiential faith was not important.
The foundation for the Great Awakenings was the revival (1733-1735) that happened under Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) in Northampton, Massachusetts. Edwards was a fiery preacher who focused on God’s condemnation of sinners, yet God’s willingness to save. In a period of six months, Edwards increased his church by more than 300 members. His critics accused him of leading people to fanaticism and suicide (several people despondent over their sinfulness killed themselves). Though the enthusiasm quickly waned, the revival caught the attention of George Whitefield in England.
Whitefield (1714-1770) traveled to America seven times and was, by all accounts, the first great itinerant evangelist in America and was the initiator of the First Great Awakening. He was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement. His desire was to whip up people’s emotions and bring them to a committed faith. He had great charisma and an amazing voice that some said could carry over five-hundred feet. In 1739 Whitefield began a preaching tour of the colonies. He focused on personal faith and moral responsibility, rather than ritual or doctrine. The crowds which came to listen often numbered between fifteen and thirty thousand people. This style of revivalism increased worship attendance among Presbyterians, Dutch and German Reformed Churches and Methodists. Thus it was called the First Great Awakening.
The Second Great Awakening (1790-1850) focused more on converting the unchurched than had the First Great Awakening which had whipped up the fervor of the churched. Once again the focus was on preaching that lent itself to an emotional response. This was the movement that led to dramatic increases in churches and membership among the Baptists and Methodists (but not Presbyterians, which is why there are so many more Baptists and Methodists than Presbyterians) on the frontier. It was during this period that “camp-meetings” became part of the American religious landscape. New churches that emerged from this movement include the Churches of Christ, the Disciples of Christ and Seventh Day Adventists.
The two most significant outcomes from the Great Awakenings were 1) that Christianity for many, became an individualistic and experiential faith and 2) this individualism of faith was transferred into the political arena where people saw themselves as individuals deserving of individual rights, thus helping to lay the groundwork for the American Revolution.
Presbyterians Divide and Reunite
Key Concepts: Presbyterians in America have a long history of diving and uniting into different Synods and denominations, and then sometimes reuniting. This trend began before the American Revolution and continues to this day.
The Story: Presbyterians in America began their life as offshoots of Scottish and Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, French Huguenots and English Puritans. Each brought with them a particular set of values and traditions. One of the things that they held in common though was the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) which was their theological foundation. Even so, as time passed, the struggles of creating a new church in a world in which there was individual religious freedom and experience, and slavery would cause the Presbyterian Church to continually search for its identity.
The first presbytery (a group of churches in a geographical area) was organized in 1706 and the first Synod (a group of presbyteries) in 1716. These presbyteries and Synods were different from their counterparts in Europe because they were designed to have power centered at the local level rather than in a centralized church hierarchy. One result of this local control was that ministers, who were required to agree (“subscribe”) with the entirety of the Westminster Confession (required by the Adopting Act of 1729), could be allowed to disagree with certain parts, if their presbytery agreed.
Local control quickly led to the first division within the new denomination. This was the “Old-side/New-side” split (1741-1758), where the New-siders demanded that ministers must be examined on their personal religious experience, and not merely on their knowledge. Old-siders disagreed and expelled the New-siders. A reunion occurred with the New-siders being victorious.
The next division (“Old-school/New-school” in 1837) came over the Plan of Union (1801) in which the Presbyterians and the Congregationalists agreed to work together to establish churches in the west. The Old-school folks did not like the Union and wanted to maintain a solely Presbyterian outlook (theology and missions). The New-school folks liked the Union and were more willing to be open about differences in theology. This division would last until the Civil War.
The next great divide was over slavery. The Presbyterian Church had first declared slavery to be wrong in 1787. As the nation moved toward division, the Southern Old-school churches formed their own Synod (1857) and then their own church (The Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America) in 1861, just after the Civil War began. Interestingly enough, the Old-school and New-school groups reunited in both north and south during the conflict.
Following the war, the southern church continued as an independent church. It would splinter in 1972 when churches that rejected women in leadership would leave and form the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). The northern church splintered with the creation of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) in 1981, again over the ordination of women. The remaining southern and northern churches reunited in 1983, though many southern churches joined with the PCA or the EPC instead of the new church, to which we belong, the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. (PCUSA). Finally, in 2012, a new denomination, the Evangelical Covenanting Order of Evangelical Presbyterians (ECO) was formed by churches that did not want to allow LGBTQ persons to be ordained as elders and ministers.
Modern Protestant Missions
Key Concepts: Throughout the history of the church, missions and evangelism had been central to its identity. Even so, following the Reformation, Protestants lost any real connection to missionary activity. This was recovered in what we call the Modern Missionary Movement.
The Story: Christianity was founded as a missionary movement. As we have seen in previous articles, the church grew through the willingness of men and women to travel to the farthest reaches of the world in order to tell people about Jesus Christ. These missionaries traveled into Turkey (64), North Africa (80), Arabia (354), northern Europe (716), Russia and Poland (960s), China (1260s), Java and Sumatra (1320s), Congo (1491), the Americas (1496), Kenya (1498), India (1517), Philippines (1568), Japan and Vietnam (early 1600s) among hundreds of other nations. The vast majority of these mission endeavors were directed by the Roman Catholic Church.
The Modern Protestant Missionary movement did not begin until the late 1700s and was initiated by two remarkable men (and their wives), William Carey and Adoniram Judson. Carey (1761-1834) was born in Paulerspury, England. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a local shoemaker. With a natural affinity for languages he taught himself Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Dutch and French. In 1785 Carey became the schoolmaster for his village and the pastor of a local Baptist church. He slowly became convinced that all people needed to hear the Gospel. In 1782 he published a powerful missionary manifesto and argued within Baptist circles that missionaries needed to be sent abroad. Through his efforts, the Baptist Missionary Society was founded in 1792.
Carey, along with his family sailed from England to India in 1793. In order to support himself he ran an Indigo factory, all the while facing opposition from the British East India Company. Though Carey made only 700 converts in 40 years, he translated the Bible into Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Arabic, Hindi and Sanskrit, translated other sacred Hindu texts, created a Sanskrit dictionary and founded Serampore College to train indigenous missionaries as well as the Agri Horticultural Society of India. The personal cost of his work was the death of two wives and several children.
The second great missionary was Adonirum Judson (1788-1850) who was the first Protestant missionary from North America. Inspired by Carey he encouraged American Baptists to support world missions. Originally a Congregationalist, Judson and his wife Ann, became Baptists upon their arrival in India (1812). Opposed by the British due to America’s declaration of war against Great Britain in 1812, they traveled to Burma. Though Judson knew Latin, Greek and Hebrew, it took him three years to learn Burmese (his wife picked it up much more quickly). His initial work met with indifference and direct opposition. Ten years after his arrival Judson had translated the entire New Testament but had made only 18 converts. Though he was imprisoned during the Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826) and buried two wives and many children, Judson would continue his work. At his death left 100 churches, more than 8,000 believers and a national Baptist church that would grow to become the third largest in the world (behand the United States and India).
Carey and Judson were each men of their times. They brought with them prejudices about other peoples and cultures, yet their passion for Jesus Christ pushed them to learn new languages, translate the scriptures and found schools. They also inspired thousands of others who have proclaimed the Good News around the world.
Women in Ministry
Key Concepts: The role of women in church leadership, while originally central to the life of the Jesus’ community (see Lesson 8) quickly diminished in importance. By the end of the 19th century however women began to reclaim their rightful place in church leadership.
The Story: An honest review of the scriptures (both Old and New Testaments) will find women in positions of influence and leadership. They served as deacons, Apostles and church leaders. Unfortunately the church existed in a patriarchal society which quickly began to remove women from any meaningful role in church leadership. Even so, in 494 CE Pope Gelasius I condemned the presence of women as celebrants of the Eucharist, meaning there were still some places where women were accepted as leaders. This is attested to by references to female “presbyters” (elders) in the 4th and 5th centuries.
In the Middle Ages women’s roles in ministry were those of service, through being benefactors of the church (wealthy women who built churches) or of direct service (those who served the church and/or the poor). Examples include St. Clare of Assisi who founded the Order of Poor Ladies, which was a monastic order for women, Teresa of Avila who influenced Christian meditation practices and Catherine of Sienna who worked with the sick and the poor.
The significant change in women’s leadership began to occur in the 1800s. It started with the Quakers who had women leaders early in the century. The Salvation Army, founded in 1865, ordained both women and men to ministry. The Methodist Protestant Church ordained Helenor Davisson in 1866 and Anna Shaw in 1880. The first Presbyterian denomination to ordain women was the Cumberland Presbyterian Church which ordained Louisa Woosley in 1889.
The major branches of the Presbyterian Church, of which there were three (PCUSA and UPNA in the north, PCUS in the south), resisted any move toward the ordination of women until the 20th century. Here are some quotes on the subject.
“Our Confession of Faith and Form of Government say nothing on the subject [of women speaking and praying in mixed assemblies] simply because it never entered the head of any man in the Westminster Assembly that such a thing would ever be attempted in our denomination.” 1872
“A Don Quixote fighting windmills may afford us amusement, but a Donna Quixote so occupied is a different affair. In a word, we give the supremacy to women, until she so far forgets herself as to declaim in public on women’s rights.” 1849
“I’d just as soon rob a hen-roost as to remain there and hear a woman speak in public.” By a clergyman who left immediate when a woman opened a mixed meeting with prayer. 1850s
By 1930, things in the north began to change. The PCUSA ordained its first female elder in that year and its first pastor in 1956. The UPNA ordained its first female pastor in 1943. The PCUS ordained its first female ministers and elders in 1965. By the early 1970s both the northern and southern church required all churches to ordain female elders and recognize female ministers.
Currently 36% of all ordained PCUSA pastors are women, with half of those serving in a church. Several of our largest churches now have female senior pastors. Two of our former associate pastors, Rev. Mary Austin and Rev. Louise Westfall, fill such positions. In terms of Ruling Elders, we at First Presbyterian, strive to have equal numbers men and women on session at any given time.
Full Inclusion Part 1
Key Concepts: The full inclusion of all persons regardless of gender, race, ability or sexual orientation is a concept which has only recently become a hallmark of the Presbyterian Church USA. Most denominations around the world do not accept this as an appropriate expression of Christian Faith. This article will examine the history of this movement within the Presbyterian Church.
The Story: It has been argued that the LGBTQ movement can trace its roots to the Stonewall Rebellion in June of 1969. On June 28 of that year the New York City Police raided the Stonewall Inn, a local gathering place for many of the poorest and most marginalized members of the LGBTQ community. The result was a series of riots followed by the creation of organizations which fought for full legal rights for persons of all sexual orientations.
The response of the Presbyterian Church was to urge states to decriminalize same sex relationships between consenting adults (1970). At the same time, the Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church in Chicago, began to rent space to a wide variety of Gay and Lesbian organizations. Two years later (1972) Lincoln Park calls the Rev. David Sindt, an openly gay minister, as an assistant pastor. Following ten months of deliberations, the Presbytery of Chicago blocks Sindt’s call. The church still offered Sindt a position as a lay employee. In 1974 he created the Presbyterian Gay Caucus, which would become Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns.
The next step in the process came when the Presbytery of New York City asked the General Assembly for guidance as regards the ordination of LGBTQ members. The denomination spent two years studying the issue (1976-1978) and recommended full inclusion. The 1978 General Assembly rejected the proposal and issued definitive guidance that Gay and Lesbian members could not be ordained. A year later the General Assembly officially recognized Presbyterians for Gay and Lesbian Concerns as a group which would be given space to advocate at meetings of the Assembly.
Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church elected its first Gay elder in 1982 and successfully defended its election with the Presbytery of Chicago. Across the denomination more churches began to declare themselves to be “More Light” congregations as they welcomed in and advocated for the full inclusion of LGBTQ persons. In 1985 the General Assembly ruled that the definitive guidance against ordination had the force of law and must be followed. In 1991 the General Assembly allowed for same-sex commitment services as long as they were not considered weddings. Those opposed to full inclusion believed that their position was in danger because the definitive guidance could be overturned by any General Assembly. In response those opposed to full inclusion proposed and passed a change to the Book of Order (our constitution) specifically prohibiting the ordination of LGBTQ individuals.
A significant change could be sensed within the denomination when in 2006, while the General Assembly reaffirmed the Book of Order’s prohibition of ordination, it also passed a motion allowing all churches and presbyteries to decide for themselves who ought to be ordained. Four years later the prohibition for fully inclusive ordination in the Book of Order was removed and the Assembly voted to allow ordination of persons regardless of sexual orientation. Finally in 2014, following the Supreme Court’s legalization of Gay Marriage, the denomination voted to allow pastors to perform same sex marriages. While these changes caused many churches to leave the PCUSA, they also left us as one of only a handful of fully inclusive denominations.
Full Inclusion: Part Two
Key Concepts: The church was always supposed to be a place in which all persons were not only welcomed, but where their spiritual gifts were valued. Unfortunately there were people for whom that was not always true. One such group was those with physical and developmental disabilities.
The Story: The United States has long struggled with how to treat individuals with disabilities. The 19th and early 20th Centuries saw a growing recognition of the need to more adequately assist those with physical and developmental disabilities and mental illness. It wasn’t however until the late 1960s, when those with disabilities and their advocates began to demand equal protection and treatment that real changes began to occur. Those changes were codified in numerous pieces of legislation culminating with the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) that provided protection for the full civil rights of those with disabilities.
The movement toward full inclusion of persons with disabilities within the Presbyterian Church followed well behind that of society in general. The first mention in General Assembly minutes about this issue was in 1970 when the denomination called the church to look at the needs “of the mentally retarded.” Beyond this there was little or no work done toward addressing the religious and spiritual needs of persons with disabilities. The first policy paper on inclusion came from the 189th General Assembly in 1977. This report, subtitled, “That All May Enter” was one of the first statements by any denomination on the desire to include all persons in the life of the church. This action would ultimately lead to the creation of Presbyterians for Disabilities Concerns (PDC) (1981), which would advocate across the denomination for the full inclusion of persons with disabilities. Three members of our church’s staff have served on PDC’s leadership team.
Our congregation has been one of the denominational leaders in the area of inclusion of persons with disabilities. This work can be divided into two significant stages in recent years. While a class for children with disabilities was held in the 1980s, there was a gap in this effort until the development of Celebration Station in 2000. Celebration Station was a “pull-out” program where children with disabilities would meet on Sunday mornings during the worship hour with adult volunteers. These volunteers would work with the children by telling stories and engaging the children in developmentally appropriate Christian activities.
The second stage of our involvement began in 2010 when we moved toward a model that was focused on inclusion rather than a pull out program. In order to do this, the church hired Inclusion Coordinators, who reported to our Director of Christian Education and Inclusion, Cindy Merten. The task of the Coordinators was to recruit volunteers who would be Sunday morning “buddies” with children who needed assistance. As this program grew, the church hired and then called the Rev. Joanne Blair as Associate Pastor for Inclusion and Visitation (2014). Along the way the program expanded to include the Rejoicing Spirits worship services, community outreach to area group homes, quarterly social events, and a program for Middle School and High School students. We also produced a video on Inclusion in churches that has been viewed more than one thousand times, have hosted numerous conferences on disability and inclusion, and have been involved in creating resources and leading workshops locally, regionally and nationally.
The Future of Christianity
Key Concepts: The landscape of Christianity in the world is rapidly changing. There are four significant trends which we will examine.
The Story: The first trend is that mainline denominations are declining and aging. These denominations include both progressive (Presbyterian, Lutherans, Methodists) and conservative (Southern Baptists) churches. The PCUSA (our denomination) has gone from 2.3 million members in 2005 to about 1.6 million in 2014. At the same time, Southern Baptists have gone from 16.3 million members in 2003 to 15.5 million in 2014. At the heart of this decline are two factors; churches are growing older and thus losing more members to death than they are receiving new, younger members; and the millennial generation (25-35 year olds) is not returning to the church. Thus there has been and continues to be a net loss of members and attenders.
The second trend is that even while weekly worship attendance in the United States is staying level at about 40%, more people are attending multi-site mega churches, rather than traditional, mainline churches. Mega churches are those that worship more than 1,000 people a Sunday. In 1960 there were only a handful of these churches. Today there are more than 1,600 of them. Currently the largest is Lakewood church in Houston which has almost 30,000 people a Sunday in worship. In addition there are almost 8,000 multisite churches in the US. These are churches that “beam” the teaching pastor from their main location into their satellite locations, in either the same city or across the nation. One of the most successful is Life.Church which has 24 locations in seven states, with almost 70,000 people a Sunday attending one of their churches. It appears that these churches will continue to grow for the foreseeable future.
The third trend is the growing lack of religious affiliation in this country. Overall almost 23% of Americans, and 36% of young adults, claim no religious affiliation. This trend is affecting church attendance in both mainline and mega churches. While the mega churches have a higher percentage of young adults in attendance, they are finding it harder and harder to attract millennials. Millennials see the church, as a whole, in a negative light and are seeking, what they call, “authentic” worship and community. They are thus off put by both the traditionally organized church as well as the self-help style emphasis which can be found in most mega-churches. In some ways the future of the church in the United States will depend on how we engage this generation.
The fourth trend is the shift of the church, in both growth and numbers, from the northern to the southern hemispheres. Churches in South America, Africa and Asia are growing rapidly. These newer churches tend to be more charismatic (speaking in tongues, healings, etc.) and conservative than the churches in the north, even when they are associated with existing denominations, such as Presbyterians. These differences are reflected in the conflicts between churches such as the PCUSA and the American Episcopal Church, which are fully inclusive, and some of their partner churches which still see homosexuality as incompatible with scripture. The growth in the southern hemisphere, especially in Africa is also being driven by faith healers who have created churches, some of which have close to one-million followers. These healers promise health and wealth in exchange for the contributions of the followers. Many African governments are currently discussing regulating these kinds of churches which may ultimately impact their growth.
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