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Wooclap case : Bruxelles Formation professional training sessions
Bruxelles Formation is the organization that is in charge of professional training in Brussels and its surroundings.
Rochane KHERBOUCHE, ICT Eduction project manager, explains how he uses Wooclap during his many training sessions.
Which Wooclap features do you use ?
When I create a new event, I use the "wall of messages" feature to make sure everything is alright and to introduce myself. I use it during the whole training program to interact easily with the audience.
Besides, I sometimes integrate Google Slides in my presentation and I create a lot of polls and quizzes. At the end of the session I ask for a feedback from the attendees using the wordcloud feature.
What type of questions do you ask during your training sessions ?
It depends on the context. The interactions are often related to the needs of the attendees and the event itself, such as an MCQ question about something we learned during the training program.
What are the benefits as a trainer ?
The three benefits I would insist on are :
- Getting an immediate feedback from the attendees through their comments;
- Being able to use their questions to support my interventions;
- Being a good listener which is a good quality to enhance my credibility.
What are the benefits for the learners ?
The most important to me are those ones:
- Motivation and curiosity while discovering the tool without excluding people without a smartphone or access to the internet thanks to the "texting" feature;
- Real time interactions and ability to ask questions and comment anonymously;
- Vote for the most accurate remarks and questions;
- Feeling of satisfaction thanks to the immediate feedback regarding their questions.
"Today, the best interaction, poll and voting tool … is Wooclap" - Rochane KHERBOUCHE, ICT Education project manager.


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For example: There was a mass exodus right before my set. Literally 1/3 of the crowd went to get a drink, go to the bathroom or smoke. They eventually came back throughout my set but this effected callbacks and references throughout my set. I caught fire and found my stride in the middle of the show and had a great run of bits. I was gearing up for a strong finish when the check drop (which usually doesn't happen at bar shows) came really late (in the middle of my closer). It was really distracting but I went to a back up closer after that and closed big (without a microphone because the stand broke during my second to last bit).
Despite everything, it was a fun show. I sold a few cd's and saw a girl that looked exactly like Rosemarie Dewitt. Good times.

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Blake Austin headed to England while report suggests Cronulla has scored another Dogs discard
Canberra Raiders ace Blake Austin is headed to England after agreeing to join Warrington on a three year deal.
The 27-year-old is set to replace the outgoing Tyrone Roberts.
"I've watched Blake closely for a number of years over in the NRL and he's a guy who, when you come to review the opposition, your game plan heavily revolves around, which says a lot about the type of player he is," Warrington coach Steve Price said.
"He has an outstanding running game and is always a threat with the ball in his hand. He's a big body so hard to handle, with electric footwork.
"I feel he is going to be a quality signing for our club and I'm excited to be able to work with Blake next year.
"When I was fortunate to be assistant coach alongside Shane Flanagan at Cronulla Sharks for the semi-final down at Canberra, we heavily revolved our game plan around Blake as he's certainly an excitement machine.
"This is a massive coup for our club as a number of clubs were in for him in both the UK and Australia which says a lot about the quality of player he is."
Meanwhile it has been reported Cronulla-Sutherland has snagged Canterbury veteran Josh Morris.
Morris will join former representative teammates Josh Dugan, Matt Moylan and Aaron Woods in the Shire.


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Who fancies an alcohol free cocktail? Aside from the fact they don't have any alcohol in them, they are very refreshing on a hot day. They are also perfect for those designated driver's or teetotallers amongst you.
Here at Hoffman we cater for everyone. We are more than happy to serve our lovely customers an alcohol free cocktail – or mocktail as they are affectionately known in the biz.
If you are thinking about having a party it's always good to offer something for those who can't drink. It can help them avoid temptation and, let's face it, regular soft drinks can be pretty boring. A tasty mocktail will help keep them happy and hydrated.
So without further ado, let us introduce you to some of Hoffman's favourite mocktails.
Moscow Mule Mocktail
Serves 1
- ½ cup ginger beer
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice
- 3 tbsp soda water
This is a super refreshing and zingy mocktail. It's so pleasurable to drink you barely notice it doesn't have any alcohol in it. It's also very simple to make.
Mix all the ingredients into a glass ¾ full of crushed ice. Stir together and service with a garnish of lime wedge.
Want The Real Thing?
Replace the soda water with some vodka instead.
Virgin Ginger Mimosas
Serves 2
- ½ cup fresh orange juice
- 16 oz soda water
- 2 inch piece of fresh ginger, sliced
- 1 clementine peeled and divided into slices
This is a wonderful take on a traditional mimosa. The ginger and the clementine add a little bit of extra flavour that really takes this mocktail to the next level.
To make simply take a tall glass and fill ⅓ of the way with ice. Add a ginger slice and half the clementine to each glass. Then pour in the orange juice and top off with soda water.
Want The Real Thing?
Replace the soda water with champagne and pop into champagne flutes instead.
Non-Alcoholic Sangria
Serves 8
- 2 cups boiling water
- 2 black tea bags
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- ½ cup sugar
- 3 cups pomegranate juice
- 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 medium orange, lemon and lime sliced into thin rounds
- 1 medium apple, cored and cut into ½ inch chunks
- 3 cups carbonated water
Sangria is one of the best drinks for a warm day. It's refreshing, zingy and very moreish. This recipe is an excellent non-alcoholic version.
To make pour the boiling water over the tea bags and cinnamon sticks and steep for 5 minutes. Discard tea bags and stir in sugar to dissolve.
Combine the tea, cinnamon sticks, pomegranate juice, orange juice, orange, lemon, lime and apple into a large jug. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Just before serving, stir in some carbonated water. Serve in glasses over ice.
Want The Real Thing?
Replace the tea mixture with red wine and add a splash of brandy.
Virgin Cranberry-Apple Cider Punch
Serves 4
- 4 cups apple juice
- 2 cups cranberry juice
- 2 cups ginger ale
- 1 ½ cups orange juice
- Apple and orange slices
Mix all the ingredients in a jug and refrigerate for at least an hour. When ready to serve pour into tall glasses half filled with ice.
Want The Real Thing?
Replace the apple juice with cider for a delicious alcoholic alternative.
French 75 Mocktail
Serves 2
- 2 cups ice
- 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 4 dashes lemon or orange bitters
- 2 cups tonic water
- 1 teaspoon sugar (or to taste)
The French 75 is a deliciously extravagant cocktail incorporating champagne and good quality gin with fresh lemon juice and a hint of sugar. It is a particular favourite at parties and pre-dinner drinks.
This mocktail version is just as delicious and swaps out the champagne and gin with bitters and tonic water.
To make add the fresh lemon juice, bitters and sugar to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake thoroughly until chilled then divide into two champagne flutes. Top off with tonic water.
Want The Real Thing?
Replace the bitters and tonic water with champagne and a dash of gin.
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Energy, economy, land rights face Trudeau as House of Commons returns
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returns to a House of Commons eager to debate his government's policies on the economy, energy, climate change and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples after a week away.
The NDP is asking Commons Speaker Anthony Rota for an emergency debate on anti-pipeline blockades that have shut down swaths of the country's train system and interrupted traffic on highways and bridges for more than a week.
The blockades are in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline that crosses the First Nation's traditional territory in northern British Columbia.
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Trudeau's cabinet also has to decide whether to approve a major new oilsands mine called the Teck Frontier project, which a couple of weeks ago seemed to be the government's biggest headache.
The mine would emit megatonnes of climate-changing greenhouse-gas emissions over its lifespan, but Alberta Premier Jason Kenney warns that nixing it would raise "roiling western alienation to a boiling point."
A decision on the Teck Frontier project is due by the end of the month.
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FYI. 3,500+ MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are getting underway in August, giving you the chance to take free courses from top flight universities. With the help of Class Central, we've pulled together a complete list of August MOOCS. And below we've highlighted several courses that piqued our interest. The first course is unfortunately a timely one for citizens of the United States.
- Reducing Gun Violence in America: Evidence for Change - Johns Hopkins University - August 4
- Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge: The Examined Life - University of Edinburgh - August 5 (10 weeks)
- Modern Art & Ideas - The Museum of Modern Art - August 5 (5 weeks)
- Evolution: A Course for Educators - American Museum of Natural History - August 5 (4 weeks)
- On Strategy : What Managers Can Learn from Philosophy - PART 1 - École Centrale Paris - August 5 (9 weeks)
- Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors - University of Pennsylvania - August 5 (5 weeks)
- How Music Can Change Your Life - University of Melbourne - August 11
- Music's Big Bang: The Genesis of Rock 'n' Roll - University of Florida - August 12
- Big History: Connecting Knowledge - Macquarie University - August 12 (6 weeks)
- The Music of the Rolling Stones, 1962-1974 - University of Rochester - August 12 (7 weeks)
- Introduction to Philosophy - University of Edinburgh - August 19 (7 weeks)
- Modern Masterpieces of World Literature - Harvard University - August 20
- Ancient Masterpieces of World Literature - Harvard University - August 20
Here's one tip to keep in mind: If you want to take a course for free, select the "Full Course, No Certificate" or "Audit" option when you enroll. If you would like an official certificate documenting that you have successfully completed the course, you will need to pay a fee.
You can browse through the complete list of August MOOCs here.
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American Airlines' Justin Kerchal and IBM's Barry Baker will discuss how easy it was for American Airlines to streamline the process of maintaining their fleet.
How American Airlines Utilized GT Software's Ivory Service Architect to Streamline Aircraft Maintenance from GT Software on Vimeo.
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Even your agent can be your publisher these days.
Crazy, right? And then there's self-publishing. It used to be a dirty word that made you look like an amateur if you were crazy enough to mention it around people in the know. These days, it's coming up in more conversations, and even authors who have had relative success with traditional publishing houses in the past are finding greater financial success by self-publishing their newer works.
So what does it mean when publishing houses like Harlequin start offering self-publishing services? Does your book get more respect if Amazon publishes it for you instead of Lulu? And what about agents jumping in as e-publishers? Yes, things are heating up!
Here are three recent articles from Publisher's Weekly on recent developments for authors and alternative publishing options. What's your take on the future of publishing?
Agents Weigh the Growth of Alternative Publishing Options
This article talks about J.A. Konrath's publishing deal with Amazon and the new publishing arm of Waxman Literary, Diversion Books. Now your agent can be your e-publisher as well...hmmm...
Midlist Author Tries Hybrid Self-Publishing
When I read this article, it didn't seem like "hybrid self-publishing" to me. When you consider the fact that even if you're published by Random House, you're still going to have to shoulder a lot of the publicity yourself, this doesn't seem like such a bad option.
Barnes & Noble to Offer Digital Self-Publishing
I guess Amazon must be making money from authors self-publishing on the Kindle if B&N has decided to enter the market as well...


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Thursday, Jul 9, 2020Last Update:1:19 AM EDT
title : 60 Christian Leaders Sign Letter Urging Trump to Move US Embassy to Jerusalem
summary : Christian leaders delivered a letter to Pres. Donald Trump on Tuesday urging him to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in recognition of Israel's capital and in honor of U.S. law.
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Based on expertise in network-on-chip and computer architecture, I am actively working on deep learning accelerators with scalable, reconfigurable, and high-bandwidth interconnection network.
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Learn more about 支
|English Definition for Chinese Text
|to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions / surname zhi
Common Chinese Words Using 支
|Simplified Chinese
|English Definition for Chinese Text
|ji1 chi4
|zi1 ci4
|to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by
|ji1 bou6
|zi1 bou6
|branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party
|ji1 fu6
|zi1 fu6
|to pay (money)
|ji1 cheut1
|zi1 ceot1
|to spend / to pay out / expense
|ji1 chaang1
|zi1 caang1
|to prop up / to support / strut / brace
|ji1 yun4, yun6, wun4
|zi1 jyun4, jyun6, wun4
|to provide assistance / to support / to back
|ji1 deui6
|zi1 deoi6
|detachment (of troops)
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Round timber quality requirements continue to increase. By combining the JE-Woodarchiv with the Unbroken-Outline Scanner Joro-3D the company Jörg Elektronik GmbH ...
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Garnacha is generally spicy, berry-flavored and soft on the palate and produces wine with a relatively high alcohol content, but it needs careful control of yields for best results. Characteristic flavor profiles on Grenache include red fruit flavors (raspberry and strawberry) with a subtle, white pepper spice note.
Spanish Wines from Rioja tend to be popular for those seeking a great value as well as for those that enjoy the typical Rioja profile of smoky, deep fruit and vanilla that is always so appealing. Although the area is known for Tempranillo many wineries are making wines from other varietals such as Garnacha. Campo Viejo makes a 100% Garnacha that is aged for four months in American oak barrels, and presents an abundantly creamy, juicy and soft berry-fruited nose. There's that layer of vanilla, but really nice, buoyant fruit too. In the mouth there is more of that creamy softness. It's not as structured and serious as some Riojas, but then it makes up for that with its easy drinkability. The wine is fresh and approachable, despite a hefty 14.0% alcohol. Happily recommended for only $14.99.
Slightly to the Southeast of Rioja lies the area of Calatayud where over 55% of the vines are planted to red Garnacha. Honoro Vera, part of Gil Family Estates, produces an organic Garnacha that is fermented in stainless steel tanks and aged for two months in French oak barrels. The grapes are from various vineyards in the area and are generally located at over 2,300 feet in elevation. Most of the vines are 35-40 years of age and have low yields because they are planted in limestone and sand. These soil beds offer very poor nutrients which are ideal for Garnacha. The resulting wine is dark with a violet edge, has a powerful nose, dominated by ripe red fruits, raspberry and currant with balsamic and mineral notes. At 14.5% alcohol it is powerful in the mouth and full bodied, but has rounder tannins and is fruity with a light spice on the finish. A bargain at $10.99.
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I finally started a sketchbook and hopefully I'll be able to keep it alive. May your crits and comments help along with the process.
Here are some more sketches. Critque to your liking. I apologize for the poor scan quality.
Great looking stuff! The one thing that looks kinda wonky to me though, is how your heads sit on the necks... But only when they're attached to the body ^_^
Your part with just the heads look great!
nice work... rele nice work on the poses and figure structure, but I dunno... your style of heads has a rounded jaw which im not used to lol, i'm used to straight lined jaws and stuff... but it's ur style so great work! keep it up!
srilyk: Thank you. I just realized that too.
3amoora: Thanks. I never new that my jaw lines were that unusual.
Here's some new sketches. The first was done with a reference. I'll post some more serious work soon. Just need to get the worm wood out, with your help I'll be able to make that possible.
Here are some more sketches. I used some references to try grasp the concept better, but I don't think I got very far in doing so. Crits and comments are welcome. I'll leave it at that for now.
Thank you.
Here's another sketch, its more concept though. But hopefully it will be a bit more to your liking.
Great sketches man, I love your style.
Phobos: Thanks.
Here's another sketch, just to keep the artificial heart in this chest beating. This one is a mix of studies involving a reference and some potenial concept art.
Mercenary, you seem to have some serious skills, but weaknesses in several areas. If you concentrate on smoothing those out, you'll soon kick serious butt.
Pay attention to the lower faces. Your jaws don't look natural and often your faces' chins are way too small and weak. Study some photos or people in real life, the jaw and the chin are more pronounced than you might think, especially in males, but also in females.
Concentrate on the eyes, too. You tend to place them too close together and/or draw them too large. Often, when you're drawing at a small scale and the pencil's not fine enough to catch all the details, it helps to just define the eyes with a few choice lines and leave out the finer details. This works much better most of the time.
Well, I hope this will help. Have fun drawing!
Here's another for the slaughter. This one is concept art. Two characters below are not completely finished nor did they turn out the way I had previously sketched out. But here's some background information on the two. The girl, sorry woman, is a scientist (doesn't really look like it) or something like that; she gets accidently cloned and the guy next to her is the result. Explanation, glitch in the system. The story doesn't revolve around the incident but I thought it would be interesting to have a character introduced that way.
Hopefully I can get some suggestions or criticism to improve it.
Here's another sketch, with the use of some references. I'll try to post more concentrated sketches as time progresses. But to keep this sketchbook from being devoured by the masses, the incomplete will make themselves known.
I like your eye for interesting poses and perspectives. How about some really dynamic sports shots? Get a sports mag and use some photos in there for reference, it's fun!
again... the pictures really rock... I love your poses 'cause although they're not dynamic fighting poses, they're intestingly simple... I still love your clothing style, folds, and the way you detail them... great work... keep it up... big fan... lol
Have any main inspiration? I like the style. You should do some facial studies, cause some of them look a bit weak compared to the rest of the drawing. Keep up the nifty work :)
Quantum: Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try it out and post the results.
3amoora: Thanks for the support.
chimp: As I look back over them, I recognize that I need to practice faces more. Can explain exactly what you mean when you asked "Have any main inspiration"? Thanks.
Here's another sketch. Again some refercences and some 'inspirations and imitations' were used. I'll work in your suggestions into whatever I do next.
Edit- also, cool stuff there, the folds on the girl bottom right look nice. :)
Here's some more sketches, I tried to apply some of the suggestions you made. But to try is to fail, so I'll have to work harder next time. But to keep you posted and keep this thread active I decided to share some recent work with you.
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Risk Based Self-Assessment as a Critical Element to Measure Risk, Performance, and Improvement
A hands-on approach to implementing and leveraging a risk assessment to increase compliance program effectiveness and lean performance.
Upon purchase, an email will be sent that provides a link to view the webinar recording, a copy of the presentation, and a certificate of completion. Access to view the webinar recording will be available for one year from the purchase date.
A proactive, systematic risk assessment is an essential first step to developing and implementing an effective compliance program. Performance culture, sound economics, and regulator expectations all require that an organization tailor its compliance controls and capabilities to have maximal effect in mitigating risk. As the Department of Justice has explained, "One-size-fits-all compliance programs are generally ill-conceived and ineffective because resources inevitably are spread too thin, with too much focus on low-risk markets and transactions to the detriment of high-risk areas." Moreover, in a corporate environment characterized by lean performance, tailoring your compliance program to your company's actual risks is a business necessity. A deliberate, iterative self-assessment methodology is crucial to obtaining the benefits of both mitigating enforcement risk and achieving a high-efficiency compliance program.
There are multiple approaches to conducting an assessment, ranging in complexity, depth, and substantive focus. These include business process mapping, employee surveys, and intrinsic risk evaluation, among others. We will describe, provide examples, and discuss application of multiple compliance assessment techniques. We will also introduce a multi-tiered approach that integrates multiple techniques and tools to build a comprehensive, metrics-based, and benchmarked assessment of an organization's compliance risks, culture, processes, and program maturity. This webinar is intended to provide attorneys, compliance leaders and professionals, and business leaders with an understanding of the risk assessment process and a hands-on approach to implementing a multi-tiered assessment to increase compliance program effectiveness and lean performance.
Among other questions, we will address:
- Why conduct a compliance risk assessment?
- What should an organization get out of a compliance risk assessment?
- What are some techniques for conducting assessments? What are their respective advantages and disadvantages?
- What is intrinsic compliance risk? How do you measure it?
- What is the relationship between organizational culture and compliance risk?
- How can an organization assess whether its compliance program is appropriate to its risk?
- How can an organization leverage risk assessments to benchmark itself to peers and industry standards?
- How can multi-tiered assessments be leveraged to measure and unlock compliance program performance?
This webinar is intended to provide attorneys, compliance leaders, and professionals with a hands-on approach to implementing and leveraging a risk assessment to increase compliance program effectiveness, efficiency, and lean performance. The webinar will focus on:
- Utilizing the risk assessment to tailor your compliance program to your organization's risks and needs, rather than trying to have the "biggest" or "best" program
- Integrating data and metrics into the self-assessment process
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Sport & Values - A Handbook for Parents - Intro & Chapter 1
Sport is much more than physical activity: it's reaching balance with the environment, it's the intelligence to analyse it, it's growth… And in a world where sport is increasingly important and generates more and more money, we tend to forget that the largest group of people who practice sport are kids. Physical activity has health benefits, of course, but it also contributes enormously to emotional development and to the acquisition of fundamental core values for everybody.
Like in many other aspects of a kid's life, the parents' role is vital in making it possible that kids take the good out of sports. Along with parents, the coaches, the clubs and the teammates create the environment that, in optimal conditions, promotes the healthy personal development of the child.
This guide's main goal is to help parents understand what their kid's sport life is like and to help them communicate with every adult involved in it, so that their sport experience is much more fulfilling. Part of this process includes discovering those core values that forge our personality.
Sport is a reflection of day to day situations in people's lives, and the things we learn in it are applicable to daily life. That's why core values are going to be the guide we will follow through this blog. We'll talk about them in examples that help us transform sports into a safe and inclusive space. It's an ongoing process that goes both ways in which both parents and kids enrich themselves through principles like respect, teamwork, responsibility, discipline, coexistence, confidence, and acceptance of diversity.
Besides values and guiding principles, we will also talk about the daily problems that parents run into throughout the sporting life of their kids. How to solve incompatibilities with school, what to do when there's a lack of motivation or enjoyment, how to interpret violent attitudes… Solving these issues can be hard if we don't have any guidance or help. In these entries we will offer tools to help make the best decisions.
Sport is the best environment for values to be taught and passed on. These values will help kids grow and handle themselves, not only at this very moment, but also when they are adults, in working and social environments. We offer you the chance to enrich yourselves with this experience and to be an important part of your kids' sporting life.
Chapter 1 - Sports and Core Values
Values give us the ideals that drive behaviour for a specific situation. Sport is the perfect context to develop and strengthen those values.
The Hernández family is gathered around the TV when Pau Gasol, a famous Spanish basketball player, is interviewed about the upcoming tournament the Spanish National team is going to compete in: "This team has maintained its values for many years now".
The family's youngest, Juan, is surprised by this and asks his parents:
- What are values?
- Values are good things people have that they've learned through the years – his mother answers.
- And what's that got to do with Gasol and the National team.
- Well, since teams are made up of people and people have values, teams also have values, qualities and positive things that help them function better – says the father.
- A complete and whole education consists of linking the learning of knowledge with the passing on of appropriate attitudes and modes of behaviour, both in the personal and the social realm. This is known as holistic education.
- Holistic education also includes physical activity. In sports we can have experiences that promote the development of these values.
- As a general idea, the passing on of these values is achieved through dialogue, respect and knowledge of oneself.
- The best way to promote this learning is offering appropriate role models and leading through example.
- So that means that my team also has values? What values do I have? – asks Juan
- Of course you have them, we all have them. For example, don't you think things work out for the best when you all get along and help each other out? That's teamwork and respect, and those are values – the father answers
- You never miss a practice because you signed up to the team and you've learned that you can't skip practices or games, otherwise there'd be no team. That's commitment and responsibility and those are other values that help teams function better – the mother adds.
- And what other values are there?
- Well let's see, what do you say if we make a list and choose the values that each of us has?
Do this activity with your kids or other adults. From the following list, or any other value that you might want to add, choose the 5 values with which you feel more identified and that seem the most important in your day to day life (family, work, sport, friends…). Put them in order of importance.
Emotional control
Personal and social development
Setting priorities
Frustration management
Time management
Respect (opponent, teammates, self, referee, diversity…)
Overcoming limits
Compare your list to your children's list or other adults. Odds are they're going to be different, but would you say their lists are wrong? Would they say that about yours? Even better, would you exchange some values on your list for values on other lists?
- When we choose a team, club or sport for our kids to participate in, it's important that the values this activity promotes are in line with our own set of values and beliefs.
- They don't have to be exactly the same. It's very hard for two different people to have the exact same list of values they prioritize.
- It's actually very normal for a person to change this list throughout their life depending on their life experience.
- The important thing is that the values your kids learn at home and the ones they learn in their team go hand in hand in the same direction, that they complement each other.
- Nevertheless, it's important to not only speak about values, but to also put them in practice. Take your top 5 list and think of situations where your kids would put them to good use. Talk it over with them and put the theory to practice.
- Why are values so important? Stay tuned for the next blog entry to find out!


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It's interesting to me when people find out you're a writer, they get excited and the first question they ask, "What do you write?" When I answer speculative fiction, the question, and their excitement, turns inside out and shape shifts into, "You write what?"
I've found two responses coincide with that fateful question: 1. Their brow furrows, and they stand there staring at you. OR 2. After you've explained, their brow furrows, and they reply, "Hmm. I don't really like that kind of stuff."
To which I cannot help replying, "Really, you never liked Superman? Star Wars? Narnia?" Then I've hooked them. Their eyes light up, and stories of their favorite super hero, Twilight Zone or Dr. Who episode, or some other favorite book or movie surface.
I've found most people actually DO like speculative fiction, a lot, and why wouldn't they?
We've got the best story worlds, space and time travel, gadgets, amazing weapons, Elves, Fairies, monsters, creatures, etc. We encompass science fiction, fantasy, dystopian, steampunk, horror, utopian, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, even alternate history. The fantastical…the just plain weird.
And, (Sigh) there have been those who ask, "How can you be a Christian and write stuff like that?"
Grr Hmm. (Face.In.Palm.) I can only ask one question, "Have you read the Bible lately?" 'Nough said. 🙂
I don't mean any disrespect, and I understand people have different convictions and views. I have yet to meet a Christian speculative fiction writer who is writing out of rebellion, to stir up controversy, or to cause someone to stumble. I believe God has given each writer a gift and a story only they can tell, to an audience only they can reach. Some of that audience just happens to like the weird stuff.
If you look closely, you will find that the worlds we create and write about, the characters and creatures, even the magic and villains, have rules to follow, they suffer the consequences of their evil actions, and reap the rewards of good decisions.
I think my good friend and fellow author, Bridgett Powers, had an interesting thought on writing in this genre, "Writing speculative fiction is like coloring a picture. Most people would think of it as coloring outside the lines, but often it involves nothing so rebellious as that. It's just having the imagination and the vision to blend the colors everyone already uses to create new, more vivid hues."
So, to answer the shape shifted question, I like to blend the colors we all use to create new ones, and yes, I write the weird stuff.
What speculative fiction books have you read? What is your WIP about?
Your turn to Shed Your Light below…
About the author:
Rebecca Bergren is a writer with the ability to redefine clichés and travel through time with the mysterious, quirky cast of her novels. Life's lessons have also inspired her to weave a message of hope and God's restoration power into her heartwarming screenplays and humorous short pieces.
Rebecca is a member of ACFW, MyBookTherapy, Write Now Writers' Group, and Writing Craft Girls critique circle. She lives in Minnesota with one fabulous man, three spunky kids, and a marshmallow-eating Labrador.


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By Robert B. Barnett Jr., J.D.
A collection of consumers and third parties have been denied class certification in their putative class action alleging that Celgene illegally delayed the entry of generic version of its cancer drugs Thalomid and Revlimid in order to monopolize the market and reap extra profits, the New Jersey federal district court has ruled. Although the court accepted most of the consumer and third parties' arguments for class certification, it denied their motion on three grounds: (1) potentially uninjured class members (i.e., brand loyalists) remain in the class in violation of Rule 23(b)(3)'s predominance requirement, and a method for identifying them without resorting to individualized inquiry still needs to be proposed; (2) excluding flat co-pay consumers could require extensive individualized inquiry and mini-trials in violation of Rule 23(b)(3)'s ascertainability requirement, and an administratively feasible method of determining class membership still needs to be proposed; and (3) insufficient evidence has been produced addressing Rule 23(b)(2)'s legal requirements for an injunction class, particularly the preclusive effect on an injunction-only class action on class members' ability to bring subsequent damages claims. The court also, however, rejected Celgene's argument that the concerns were so pervasive as to render certification impossible, and it gave the consumers and third parties leave to renew their class certification application with the necessary corrections (In Re Thalomid and Revlimid Antitrust Litigation, October 30, 2018, Arleo, M.).
Background. Celgene Corporation manufactures and sells Thalomid and Revlimid to treat various types of cancer (Thalomid is also used to treat leprosy). A group of consumers and third parties filed suit in New Jersey federal court, alleging that Celgene engaged in a series of groundless and illegal efforts, including suing to enforce invalid patents, refusing to sell the samples needed to develop generics, and filing objections to generic applications with the FDA based on sham safety concerns, in an effort to delay introduction of generic substitutes for Thamlomid and Revlimid in order to monopolize the market and reap an extra $5.8 million in profits. Those consumers and third parties filed a motion seeking certification of three classes: (1) the Antitrust/Consumer Protection Damages Class under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3), (2) the Unjust Enrichment Damages Class under Rule 23(b)(3), and (3) the Injunction Class under Rule 23(b)(2).
Predominance. To establish predominance, the consumers and third parties need only show that the elements of their claim can be proved by common rather than by individualized proof. Celgene made three arguments on predominance: (1) injury cannot be determined class-wide because the class includes large numbers of uninjured persons and entities, (2) damages cannot be properly determined without individualized analysis, and (3) variations in state laws involving the unjust enrichment and consumer protection claims would render a class-wide trial impractical.
The court first addressed the antitrust injury argument. Uninjured class members, Celgene argued, included (1) brand-loyal customers, (2) consumers who purchased Thalomid or Revlimid after meeting an annual out-of-pocket maximum or deductible, (3) consumers who pay the same for a generic or a brand drug, and (4) consumers who obtain patient assistance. The court rejected three of the four categories as involving only a de minimis number of class members, accepting only the first category—brand-loyal customers. The Third Circuit requires a greater standard of proof at certification than do some other circuits. In the First Circuit, for example, a plaintiff need not propose a specific mechanism to exclude uninjured consumers at the time of class certification, as long as the court is convinced that such a mechanism exists. In the Third Circuit, however, a non-individualized means of identifying brand loyalists must be available at certification. Because the consumers and third parties failed to provide an appropriate common method of proving injury-in-fact given the presence of brand loyalists, their certification application was fatally flawed. Any later application must permit the court to offer a reasonable and workable plan for how challenges to allegations of injury-in-fact will be provided in a manner that protects Celgene's constitutional rights and will not cause individual inquires to overwhelm common issues.
Turning to the damage calculation argument, the court concluded that the model for determining damage that the consumers and third parties offered via expert testimony was sufficient. Similarly, the court rejected the state law variations argument, ruling that any differences could be accommodated without overcoming the efficacy of the class action.
Superiority. To establish superiority, the consumers and third parties must establish that the class action approach is superior to other available methods. The court concluded that they satisfied their requirement, noting that the vast majority of district courts have concluded that class action treatment is superior to other methods in end payor class actions alleging generic entry.
Ascertainability. The consumers and third parties must also establish that the class is ascertainable, which includes a reliable and administratively feasible mechanism for determining whether putative class members fall within the class definition. The court concluded that the methodology proposed by the consumers and third parties—identifying class members by (1) purchase receipts, (2) pharma prescription records, (3) insurer prescription records, and (4) Celgene's REM database—would not be effective in identifying class members. In offering their approach, the consumers and third parties offered the incomplete record of one consumer to show that a feasible, reliable method exists. Several deficiencies in that approach existed, including failing to account for the period when the consumer took Revlimid and the failure of the offered brochure to accurately reflect the Revlimid copayment, deficiencies that the consumers and third parties failed to rebut. As a result, the court concluded that the consumers and third parties failed to demonstrate that the excluded, flay co-pay members of the class could be identified using those records.
Injunction class. Celgene sought to defeat certification of the injunction class by arguing that the relief sought by the class was primarily money. The court determined that, when a Rule 23(b)(2) class is proposed alongside Rule 23(b(3) classes, the proper approach is to rigorously analyze whether the proposed class is appropriate. The court concluded that the consumers and third parties failed to meet their certification requirements for Rule 23(b)(2). "[O]nly a fraction of their analysis," the court said was spent addressing Rule 23(b)(2)'s legal requirements. One issue that the court wanted addressed was the preclusive effect of an injunction-only class action on class members' ability to bring subsequent damages claims. As a result, this part of the certification motion was denied as well.
The court, therefore, denied the motion for class certification without prejudice.
This case is No. 2:14-cv-06997-MCA-MAH.
Attorneys: Frank Rocco Schirripa (Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP) for International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers Local 1 Health Fund, International Union of Operating Engineers Stationary Engineers Local 39 Health and Welfare Trust Fund and The Detectives' Endowment Association, Inc. Gavin J. Rooney (Lowenstein Sandler, PC) and Frank Charles Calvosa (Quinn Emanuel Uquhart & Sullival LLP) for Celgene Corp.
Companies: International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers Local 1 Health Fund; International Union of Operating Engineers Stationary Engineers Local 39 Health and Welfare Trust Fund; The Detectives' Endowment Association, Inc.; Celgene Corp.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 18, 2019 – Ventech Solutions, Inc. is proud to have achieved several industry-leading certifications including CMMI® Institute's Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level 3 for Development and Services, as well as an Integrated Management System consisting of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO®) certifications ISO 9001:2015 for Quality Management Systems, ISO/EIC 20000-1:2011 for IT Service Management, and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 for Information Security Management Systems. These certifications prove that our standards ensure product quality, continuous development process improvements and functional safety.
Using a globally recognized set of best practices, CMMI certification creates a framework for organizations to measure and analyze their capabilities against best practices to improve their business performance. According to CMMI, organizations that leverage these capabilities have higher quality, productivity, customer satisfaction and performance.
ISO represents the international standard requirements for a quality management system. Achieving ISO certifications lends credibility to an organization by demonstrating that its service consistently meets industry and customer expectations.
"This achievement represents a demonstrated commitment to the very things that make our business better: quality, continuous improvement, efficiency and safety," said Ken Lee, Senior Vice President of Program Delivery at Ventech Solutions. "By following globally recognized standards that drive our overall delivery, we help our clients achieve their mission."
CMMI and ISO certifications follow a rigorous review process that includes a thorough evaluation of Ventech Solutions' workflows, business practices, and a demonstrated commitment to safety and ongoing improvement. This achievement means that customers can be confident that Ventech Solutions is committed to process improvement, consistent practices to drive efficiency, and reduced costs. Both certifying organizations also validate a high level of service delivery and enhanced information security management.
"Ventech Solutions customers can rely on the processes we use, confident that all teams have clearly defined practices that are woven into the fabric of the organization," added Lee.
About Ventech Solutions
Ventech Solutions is a healthcare solutions provider with deep expertise in end-to-end information technology life cycles and data solutions. Across its offices, teams combine passion, experience and technical expertise with superior process and delivery knowledge to provide high-quality IT products and services that align with our key strength areas. Ventech Solutions proudly provides mission-critical initiatives for the U.S. government. For more information, visit www.ventechsolutions.com.
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Information Technology Services (ITS) has a variety of services that may be quite useful to folks in the Computer Science Department. These include campus accounts with space on campus file server systems; email and calendar services via outlook; web hosting facilities; and linux-based research computing resources, including bioscience, statistical, and scientific computing, mass storage, and database access.
To get a login on the campus systems, go to
and click on "Create an Onyen". ("Onyen" is an acronym for "Only Name You'll Ever Need" and is the campus's attempt at a single sign-on.) You'll need your PID to get an Onyen. You can find this on your UNC-1 card. It takes a minute or so for your Onyen to be created and your home directory to be set up. The disk quota for undergrads is 100 MB, and the quota for faculty, staff, and grads is 250 MB. The account works on the campus login servers. To get there, connect via ssh from a UNIX system or via SecureCRT on a PC to isis.unc.edu.
Once you have an Onyen, you can go to the web page above and click on "Subscribe to services" to get access to the various services.


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Approximately 85% of all new wells for the BC liquified natural gas (LNG) industry require hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to be accessed. Fracking is the process by which previously inaccessible natural gas is forced out of rock formations by pumping millions of litres of clean water, mixed with sand and many potentially hazardous chemicals, into the earth.
Though gas exploration has been occurring in BC for decades, particularly in the Northeast, the use of hydraulic fracturing is fairly recent. Fracking's long-term health consequences are not well understood. However, 87% of air quality studies find elevated air pollution and potential adverse health implications. Maryland, USA, is the latest jurisdiction to halt fracking on health grounds.
A recent study by Dr. Ellen Webb of the Centre for Environmental Health indicates that air pollution emissions associated with unconventional oil and gas operations (such as fracking), including ozone, benzene (a known carcinogen), formaldehyde and particulate matter, may have negative lung impacts for children. Children, from birth to adolescence, may be more vulnerable to air pollution due to their still-developing respiratory systems, narrower airways and higher chances of exposure.
Ground-level ozone, created when airborne chemicals from fracking and diesel fumes react with sunlight, has been reported at levels higher than recommended by public health standards in fracking areas. These levels can lead to inflammation in the respiratory system and reduce lung function in children. Warm sunny days, when children are most likely to be outside, are associated with the highest levels of ozone, and there is a strong correlation between days with high ozone and emergency hospitalizations for asthma.
Particulate matter (PM), produced during fracking, is a mixture of small solid particulars, heavy metals, radioactive materials and other organic chemicals suspended in the air. PM can travel far distances to be inhaled and is associated with airway inflammation, onset and worsening of asthma, and decreased immune response leading to pneumonia. The authors suggest childhood exposure to PM may lead to cancer later in life.
Benzene and formaldehyde, both of which have been found at concentrations exceeding health standards, are associated with chest discomfort, difficulty breathing, wheezing, reduced heart function and asthma.
Though we cannot prove a causal link between fracking and air pollution-induced child illness, the evidence from the majority of studies indicates negative health effects. The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment has called for a moratorium on fracking in BC, which may be a proactive way to protect children's health.
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Many things should be clearer after UFC 239 on July 6th. After his controversial win over Robbie Lawler, can Ben Askren make a real home for himself in the UFC? Will Amanda Nunes deepen her reputation as the best female fighter of all time? Perhaps most interestingly, is how Luke Rockhold will fare as a Light Heavyweight.
A former Middleweight world champion, Rockhold announced last year that he would be moving up a division to avoid the increasingly difficult weight cuts. An established star and hugely experienced veteran of the sport, Rockhold brings some much needed intrigue to a division which is in danger of losing the public's attention.
The Jon Jones Show
Dominant champion Jon Jones will also be appearing at UFC 239, taking on the Brazilian Thiago Santos. According to Sky Bet, Jones is an overwhelming favourite, being offered at just 1/6, with Santos at 7/2. Should Jones get past Santos he will have beaten all the major contenders. With the retirement of Alexander Gustaffson, and the migration of great rival Daniel Cormier to heavyweight, there are no obvious potential fights to make.
Rockhold's fight against Jan Błachowicz, the current number 6, looks increasingly like an audition to face Jones. Sky Bet has Rockhold favourite at 8/15, with Blachowicz at 11/8. For the health of the division, UFC top brass will be hoping the bookmakers are right.
Elsewhere on the card, Amanda Nunes, the most dominant female fighter since Ronda Rousey, takes on former Bantamweight champion Holly Holm. Nunes is at 3/10 with Holm a 5/2 underdog.
Jorge Masvidal, fresh from vanquishing Darren Till, is considered a longshot at 6/4 against Ben Askren, the 1/2 favourite.


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I absolutely love these!!!
I taught students how to draw lizards. Then students used soft pastels to color. I encouraged students to use analogous colors (colors next to each other on color wheel) and blend them together. Finally, we used black glue to outline everything again. This is the hardest part. Make sure students are actually touching the glue tip to the paper or it becomes a mess. (I mixed Elmer's glue with black tempera paint to make this)
The basic idea for this lesson came from http://deepspacesparkle.blogspot.com/. It is one of my favorite places to get ideas.


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Tool Demonstration: A development environment for the Alf language within the MagicDraw UML tool
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Alf is an action language designed to be used as a textual notation for specifying detailed behaviors in the context of an executable UML model. The implementation of Alf within MagicDraw, a leading commercial tool for modeling using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) from No Magic, Inc., aims to support the practical application of Alf in real-world uses of executable UML modeling. It includes syntax-aware editing and validation of Alf text, with valid code automatically and transparently compiled into UML activity models. The resulting models are fully integrated within the wider UML modeling context (such as a containing state machine or class model), and they can then be executed as part of full system simulation scenarios. The Alf compiler also tracks the dependencies of all Alf text on other UML model elements, allowing for the automatic re-checking and re-building the Alf code as necessitated by changes in referenced elements. The goal is to provide an IDE-level experience for the easy entry and maintenance of Alf code within an overall executable UML model.
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JAcOB is just an ordinary bloke … and that's the bottom line.
I've written so much poetry and yet I question whether I have learnt anything on this journey. I fi nd myself back in the depths of darkness wondering if there is any point to living. As I continue to use the medium of poetry to explore the darkness that falls on me, the familiar injustices come back time and again. The hurt and pain my existence causes others and the awareness that it is those closest to me that suffer the most is the worst reality. Yet, I refuse to use my depression as an excuse for my actions. So why do we hurt those we love the most? Unable to fi nd an adequate answer, this volume of poetry again questions whether my existence is the issue.
In spite of my current demons, the love of those closest to me is unfailing and it constantly amazes me that these precious people are willing to be associated with me through it all..
TRomM Volume 8 – Turning a Corner and Back Again – OUT NOW!
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It seems 'nudity' is gradually becoming the watchword of Mercy in the Big Brother house as a viral video has captured the moment Mercy was seen flashing her nipples.
In the video, the last woman standing in the Big Brother house, Mercy aka Lambo can be clearly seen showing off her nipples in style.
Recall that Mercy was caught on camera sometime last month exposing her breasts after the Saturday Night party.
Mercy, who had flashed her breasts while dancing, later stripped down to her panties.
The housemate, who appears to be the most entertaining of all the contestants, had also smashed Biggie's mobile phone while quarreling with Gedoni.
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Individuals with diabetes must monitor their blood sugar levels in order to safely manage their insulin levels and food intake. At this time, the only reliable means of testing blood sugar levels is with a blood sample, and getting one of those requires piercing the skin with a needle on a regular basis. This article from Long Island Newsday's HealthDay section describes a novel alternative technology modeled after the Breathalyzer. Instead of measuring alcohol levels, these Breathalyzers are designed to measure the levels of acetone in a person's breath. Chemical levels of acetone rise in accordance with blood sugar levels. In fact, acetone is responsible for the characteristically sweet, fruity smell on the breath of people with diabetes.
Interest in the Breathalyzer technology is especially high because of its potential to improve the quality of life for people with diabetes by simplifying the process by which they measure their blood glucose. However, some experts caution that the success of the Breathalyzer is highly dependent on correlating acetone levels with blood glucose levels. So far, researchers have been unable to confirm a linear relationship between the production of acetone and blood-glucose levels. In other words, while the Breathalyzer is an exciting innovation, it's is not ready for aggressive implementation.
Reference: Gordon, S. (2013, November 13). Needle-Free 'Breathalyzer' for Daily Diabetes Testing Shows Promise.Newsday. Retrieved November 18, 2013, from http://www.newsday.com/news/health/needle-free-breathalyzer-for-daily-diabetes-testing-shows-promise-1.6430533


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From suburbanchicagonews.com: "A new program for at-risk teens is asking them to dive deep — not just into water, but into themselves.
And next month, their ultimate diving test will take them out of the Fox Valley, to the tropical Turks and Caicos Islands.
The program, called Scuba E.T.C. (Empowerment Through Challenge), was started by a group of scuba divers in the western suburbs who wanted to show at-risk teens how they could set the foundation for a better life through the learning more about the sport.
While learning scuba, they believe, a lot can be learned about coping with challenges, taking responsibility for choices, and dealing with stress.
'It's a sport that requires attention for detail and accountability for choices,' said Kevin Vaughn, one of the trip's organizers. 'And it's a buddy sport, a team sport.'
Vaughn, of Lake in the Hills, and his co-organizers recruited students by working with the Elgin Recreation Center, as well as police officer liaisons who work in area high schools to tell students about the opportunity to learn about scuba diving and to eventually take the expenses-paid trip. The group targeted students who have gotten into trouble with gangs or drugs, or those who have had early sexual encounters.
Initially, 22 students, ages 13 to 17, tried out for the opportunity, but the group was whittled down to 18 students after gauging students' interest in the sport, a student essay and a meeting with parents.
The final group has been brought down to 11 students — in part out of a requirement that students attend all scuba-related activities, don't skip school, and maintain their grades.
Scuba E.T.C. did a similar trip last year, but with students through the Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association.
For about the past two months, the students have met one night a week for diving education. They also had two all-day, in-pool sessions to learn diving skills. In addition, learning from last year's experience that students needed to work better together, this year's group has been required to participate in weekly physical fitness, as well as team-building activities led by area psychologist Susan Halsey.
Organizers say the trip to the Turks and Caicos is designed to be more than just a diving adventure, but a life experience. The students who make it through the program get to experience what life is like for kids in other parts of the world who do not have the same opportunities as those in the United States.
During the trip, the students will have an opportunity to interact with a group of teenagers from the islands who are undergoing a similar diving and life skills program. The Scuba E.T.C. group also will tour and perform community service in the form of beach cleanups.
During last year's trip, noted co-organizer Chris Cote of Cary, students found about $10,000 worth of marijuana on the beach during the cleanup and brought it to authorities.
The prospect of the trip — and the work that has gone into it — has been a turning point for 17-year-old Jesse Chavez of Algonquin.
A junior at Jacobs High School, Chavez learned about the opportunity at the Elgin Recreation Center while doing community service.
Chavez said he struggled in early high school and got into a lot of trouble — he already has been convicted in three felonies.
But the opportunity helped Chavez focus on working on something. He's ditched his usual routine of "hanging" with friends and now uses that time to do the scuba activities or work on school.
'In the beginning it was really hard,' he said. 'I used to have all my friends over all the time.'
Along the way, as part of a requirement by the organizers, Chavez even found a way to quit smoking — something that he says has been difficult as even his parents smoke in the home.
Scuba diving has never been on his list of things to do, but Chavez said he was instantly interested in the idea. 'I like extreme sports,' he said.
Chavez is looking forward to the trip, but he said he now is also looking at his entire future through a brighter lens, and even is considering college.
'My parents have seen it in me,' he said. 'I've matured a lot.'
Although organizers mainly are paying for the $50,000 trip through their for-profit diving training company, Scuba E.T.C. still is looking for corporate sponsors and other financial support. For more information about funding the upcoming trip, contact Kevin Vaughn (847) 248-1410 or Chris Cote (847) 224-6898."


text: ✸ [BOOKS] ✬ Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia By Marya Hornbacher ❂ – Clinback.co God, there is nothing tedious than a personal narrative that just goes on and on and on I admire Ms Hornbacher s willingness to put everything out there, but I find much of what she writes terribly suspect Reading it from a non eating disordered perspective, I had to wonder if people who had been through this picked it up and thought wow, that s just what I went through or hey, what a good idea, I never thought of doing that Plus I m not sure if the fact she s not yet over her illness helps or hurts her point I wanted to sympathize, I really did, but by the end, I just kinda wanted to give her and her entire family one giant bitch slap I apologize if that sounds heartless. It would be tacky to put this on my food shelf, wouldn t it But I did get so hungry while reading it that I got up and made spaghetti carbonara It was delicious.So this is a memoir of the author s ten year struggle with bulimia and anorexia I found it different from other works I ve read on eating disorders, in that the author doesn t go for easy explanations of why she almost killed herself She wasn t trying to be pretty or perfect or to control her world, at least not solely She was really, acutely mentally ill, and that recovery is as big a problem as the physical illnesses associated with the eating disorder.I found the book self indulgent, arrogant, and obnoxiously smug in places, but honest and lacerating in others Sometimes all five at once This isn t a perfectly written book reviewers swooned over her prose when she wrote it at 23, but in my opinion Hornbacher could have used a good, judicious editor to cut down some of her babbling bullshit It s an impressive effort, though I was curious when I finished if the author is still alive, because the book was published almost 10 years ago She is, and has another memoir coming out next spring that fills in where this one left off I m not sure if I want to spend any time inside her head, but I m intrigued. Why Would A Talented Young Woman Enter Into A Torrid Affair With Hunger, Drugs, Sex, And Death Through Five Lengthy Hospital Stays, Endless Therapy, And The Loss Of Family, Friends, Jobs, And All Sense Of What It Means To Be Normal, Marya Hornbacher Lovingly Embraced Her Anorexia And Bulimia Until A Particularly Horrifying Bout With The Disease In College Put The Romance Of Wasting Away To Rest Forever A Vivid, Honest, And Emotionally Wrenching Memoir, Wasted Is The Story Of One Woman S Travels To Reality S Darker Side And Her Decision To Find Her Way Back On Her Own Terms 3.5 starsI once had an eating disorder several years ago, so I appreciate Marya Hornbacher s unflinching honesty in Wasted She holds nothing back in this memoir, sharing the immense pain that accompanies anorexia and bulimia the preoccupation with calories that takes over your life, the obsession with food that steals your energy from your passions, and the shame and guilt that comes with not feeling strong enough to resist your disorder Published in 1997, Wasted may have very well served as one of this country s first exposures to eating disorders Thus, I applaud Hornbacher s courage in providing us with such a raw and vulnerable look into her life Here is one quote about the emotional upheaval that often underlies and contributes to the development of eating disordersAll of us carry around countless bags of dusty old knickknacks dated from childhood collected resentments, long lists of wounds of greater or lesser significance, glorified memories, absolute certainties that later turn out to be wrong Humans are emotional pack rats These bags define us My baggage made me someone I did not want to be a cringing girl, a sensitive plant, a needy greedy sort of thing I began, at an early age, to try to rid myself o my bags I began to construct a new role I made a plan When I was six, I wrote it down with my green calligraphy pen and buried it in the backyard My plan To get thin To be great To get out Despite my appreciation for Hornbacher s memoir as a whole, I did not enjoy its lack of organization She jumps around between times and settings in an often incomprehensible way Her prose has a tendency to fall into an unrefined stream of consciousness that trends toward unfiltered emotional catharsis than an understandable conception of her life You could say that this messy writing highlights the disorientation that comes with an eating disorder However, I would argue that writers have an obligation to readers in particular to vulnerable, younger readers to do their best to display some of their healing alongside their pain, or at least their path toward healing.This lack of emphasis on recovery makes me skeptical of Hornbacher s motives Of course, I believe her narrative and feel honored and awed that she shared it with us At the same time, in some ways Wasted glorifies eating disorders instead of portraying them as horrid illnesses we must strive to prevent and rail against I wish that Hornbacher had spent time describing her recovery, as well as the joys and challenges that accompanied it I will end this review with a passage toward the very end of the book, about strengthIt is not a sudden leap from sick to well It is a slow, strange meander from sick to mostly well The misconception that eating disorders are a medical disease in the traditional sense is not helpful here There is no cure A pill will not fix it, though it may help Ditto therapy, ditto food, ditto endless support from family and friends You fix it yourself It is the hardest thing that I have ever done, and I found myself stronger for doing it Much stronger.Never, never underestimate the power of desire If you want to live badly enough, you can live Edited to add disclaimer PLEASE err on the side of extreme caution if you are recovering from ED or were planning to share this book with a young person who may be in a vulnerable position As someone who has struggled from an ED myself, I can say that this book contains many things that could trigger you It also contains graphic detail of how to hide food, how to get rid of food, how to trick people, etc Basic Summary Well, I think the title sort of covers it It s a memoir of the author s hellish descent into the dark world of Anorexia and Bulimia The Pros I think this is an important book, a book that really needed to be written and put in the hands of everyone If I thought he would understand, I would hand this off to my boyfriend and tell him that every girl healthy or not has felt similar to Marya in their lives, in their judgments of themselves, their food, etc Not many to her extent, but I would say this book can strike a chord with just about all women to some degree I admire her forthrightness, her bluntness and her bravery for writing this book I, especially, think the last 20 pages of her book are very powerful Just for their striking honesty and the light they shed on the after math of a life ravaged by eating disorders, often silently By rule, I almost never give 5 star ratings to even my favorite books, but, I had to pull one out for this book.The Cons She is not a natural writer, in my opinion If Lynne Truss author of grammar book, Eats, Shoots Leaves The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation were to see this book I fear she would fall into cardiac arrest It s an abomination on the English language She has a Thing About seemingly Random Capitalization and abundant use of quotations that are arbitrary Sometimes in the middle of a sentence she will use an exclamation point where I think italics might have done the trick She has footnotes which are, at times, used just fine and mark a specific article study author etc Other times, as I just read, the footnote is nearly half a page long and just seems like she should have included it in regular print as a part of her story As, the footnotes are generally her elaborating on a subject Which, in a memoir, does not usually warrant a long footnote but rather a new paragraph instead As you see, these are technical notes and nitpicks I have no qualms about her subject or story.Memorable Quotations 1 I hold my breath and shut my eyes when I pull on a pair of jeans in the dressing room, afraid they will now, as then, get stuck at my hips and there i will stand, absurd, staring at the excess of hips that should, if I were a good person, be slim2 Bear in mind, people with eating disorders tend to be both competitive and intelligent We are incredibly perfectionistic We often excel in school, athletics, artistic pursuits We also tend to quit without warning Refuse to go to school, drop out, quit jobs, leave lovers, move, lose all our money We get sick of being impressive Rather, we tire of having to seem impressive As a rule, most of never really believed we were any good in the first place. 3 I was really annoyed when told I was going to die and rather petulantly went, Well fuck you then I won tAfter being told she would only have a week left to live, at 52 pounds. Marya is a fantastic fucking memoirist There are a couple reasons this is all the incredible First, that she d found such a voice and command of prose at 23, and second, that a 23 year old would have lived a life worth writing about The language is appropriately jagged, with short, sharp sentences, embodying a sparse, terrifying narrative of the scattered moments recalling her gradual and deliberate self destruction.She spares no one, including herself, in her examination of the causes and effects of her disorder She stops briefly, as objectively as a memoirist could be expected to, on the childhood memories that grew to define her outlook But, rather than simply laying the blame on someone s doorstep, she perpetually questions her own rationales after the fact, never dwelling on what might have been had one thing or another not happened It s possible, she allows, that there s no environmental cause at all. I m ambivalent about this book Certainly, at times, she pulled no punchesyet at other times, still a bit under the sway of her disorder, she seemed to be bragging about her successes in the extremes of her eating disorder She wasn t really healthy yet, and that came through in ways she probably never intended In many ways, it helped me understand how eating disorders work In other ways again, I m sure unintentional on the author s part , I began to understand how eating disorders and personality disorders can often go hand in hand But by the end of the book, I just really didn t like her very much You know how sometimes brutal honesty can feel disingenuous, as if meant to distract or redirect your attention from something else It felt a bit like that. My relationship with this book is love hate It kind of reminds me of Prozac Nation in the sense that the first couple chapters about her average middle class childhood are pretty boring and pointless She tries to describe every little bad thing that happened to her like she is the only one in the world who ever received less than perfect parenting However keep reading because unlike Prozac Nation this book actually gets pretty good as time goes on and you get into the shocking rock bottom details of her eating disorder I think once you get to these parts the book is written beautifully, it is engaging and is very easy to get addicted to However, the ending left me yearning for a little bit.Another thing that is totally off putting about this book is that it is A MAJOR TRIGGER for people with eating disorders When I read this I was in recovery and feel back into that hole deeper than I had before The book is good but it left me wondering why someone who has been through what she has would write such a thing The whole time it seems like she is trying to seem like the worst and most ill anorexic bulimic in the world, it is almost like she is gloating about her illness If you have an eating disorder you will leave wondering Why didn t I do all those things she did, thats pretty smart or Why couldn t I be that strong and lose as much weight as she did It gives out secrets and tips that could easily kill you, glorifies it and makes it seem like its no big deal I would HIGHLY recommend that no one with an eating disorder comes within 10 feet of this book.However, if the thought of an eating disorder confuses you, makes you laugh or just plain disgusts you than I do recommend this book AS LONG AS YOU HAVE NO RISK OF DEVELOPING AN EATING DISORDER it is very descriptive and educational, bringing you into a raw world of pain and demons that so many feel everyday. eta i think it s important to note that this book was first published in 1998 when things like tumblr did not exist for a generation that learned to get all information from books, this book was the key to tricks and tips for anorexia not that you couldn t figure them out for yourself, but if you were on the edge or something, this gave you ways i don t actually say that this book should be censored, i say i wish there was a way to put warnings on it i say i think it s an important book for non ED people i.e family and friends and i do think it s important for people with EDs, i just don t like the framing all that much that is a personal preference see my reviews of elizabeth wurtzel s books i have issues with people with mental illness who seem to lack agency in getting better hornbacher isn t 100% committed to getting better at the end of this she isn t committed to recovery and that s fine, for her, but i wish she hadn t written it until she was committed everything else in the book remains true, and i think would have resonated and been stronger if she was committed not necessarily a happily ever after but a anything to stop this disease the kind of ironic thing is that she does get the happily ever after what i loved about Madness A Bipolar Life was that i felt like she truly tapped into what was driving her to do the things she did that she finally was brutally honest, that she committed to getting better honestly, crazypeoplememoirs always walk a fine line between sensationalist literature, victimization, fact and moralizing.i appreciate the story i appreciate the willingness to show the bald face of EDs but i still question why this is the book she chose to write, who she intended her audience to be, and what she hoped to accomplish because i think the author that wrote wasted would have different opinions than the author of madness, or sane, and i do think that s worth considering and, for the record, i have done extensive work with women in their teens and older with EDs i said 25 not because i don t think people older can suffer from it, but rather that they are already aware of all the tricks and tips these illnesses are absolutely devastating, and they exist, and i think there is a balance society needs to start dealing with in terms of celebrating thin women and calling healthy women fat or on pregnancy watch, and that this book deals with the strength required to have an ED, and not necessarily the elements of self hatred and comorbid diagnoses and beliefs that lead a lot of women and men to develop EDs 2005 i think this book should be pulled from the shelves of most bookstores, or at least not giving to anyone under the age of 25, but i am against censorship, so mostly i just wish this wasn t the book she chose to write for a non ED audience, it plays well the story is gripping, it goes into detail about the horror of living with an ED, it discusses why the ED is so hard to give up for the ED audience, the book is literally packed with tricks and tips and ways to cheat and get around your doctors hornbacher claims that the point of writing the book was to deglamourize EDs the problem is, even she, at the end of the book, has not fully committed to giving up her ED how can you write a book saying there is nothing good about EDs without resolving to give it up yourself i have heard people talk about how they appreciated her brutal honesty to me it read as an attention seeking method of writing to me, she made herself out as a victim, and she is still a victim at the end she still does not have control over her disorder of course, the ending is very true to real life recovery is a painful, long process with frequent relapses, especially for those who have been hospitalized but instead of exploring why that is the case, she spends her time talking about how she cheated the system she does not give up her basic system of beliefs that caused the ED in the first place she is unapologetic and, to me, paints herself as someone without any agency in the recovery of ED, which infuriates me it s sad, because i think she has a lot of really good things to say she just chooses to take a different route, kind of the sensationalistic route rather than the de glamourization she claims to have wanted it was disappointing to me, and it was frustrating, and it worried me that kids with ED are recommending this book to each other in order to find tips and thinspiration i don t know, i found it profoundly depressing, which hardly ever happens i guess i just feel like it was such a wasted pardon the bad pun opportunity to make a positive impact on the ED community i agree with whoever said stay away from this book if you are in recovery and go visit something fishy.com instead. I read this book when it was first released its very disturbing I wouldn t know how many stars to give it actually I never like to rate memoirs in the first place I can t give it 5 stars I can t give it 1 star so I went for 3 but I ll never forget the story Eating disorders are a disease Marya Hornbacher does not sugar coat anything People who have suffered anorexic or been a parent of a child lived this life deeply may not want to read this book NO SOLID answers NO SOLID solutions to HOW to REALLY end this disease at least at the time when this book was written.I believe MUCH scientific base information from real chemical imbalance is making the biggest difference into this disease today I ve a friend medical doctor doing some wonderful research now putting together programs which were much different than just 15 years ago Things our daughter rejected 5 times in hospital programs were for good reasons The were being feed foods which their bodies WERE reacting to diet was NOT being considered they were being forced to eat anything given to them dead processed hospital food We ve learned these people than most need a very clean whole food diet allergy checking etc.I hope to god this author, Marya is doing well today I haven t kept up with her Our own daughter who suffered for 14 years is THRIVING doing WONDERFUL She healed herself HER way It took 14 years but she is strong bright independent supporting herself 32 years old beautiful very talented to boot Wishing all that suffer with eating disorders to get the help THEY need to get well Post navigation Hand of Isis When We Were Gods: A Novel of Cleopatra Death Comes as the End Sphinx's Princess Ramses: The Son of Light Scroll of Saqqara Cleopatra: A Life Nefertiti: Unlocking the Mystery Surrounding Egypt's Most Famous and Beautiful Queen Servant of the Gods The Twelfth Transforming Daughter of the Gods: A Novel of Ancient Egypt Cleopatra's Secret: Keepers of the Light The Hippopotamus Marsh Palace of Desire Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt