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Hello, dear reader! How's the world with you today? I hope you've remembered your umbrella.
So I am now ankle-deep in rehearsals for the Edinburgh Fringe, and already I have started to rediscover some of the things that inevitably happen in the run up to a show, including issues with rehearsal schedules, quandaries about the best place to buy lunch and realising that the script I've printed isn't the most recent version ("Um, Vicki…didn't we change that line?" "Oh shit, yeah we did…ok, cross that out." "It's ok Vicks, don't worry." "I DO worry! This is UNACCEPTABLE!")
It's almost impossible to avoid hitting a few clichés when you work in the performing arts, but as a director there are a few traditional tendencies that I'm very keen to avoid. Basically, I'm desperately trying not to turn into this guy from Friends:
"You are BAD ACTORS! This is a TERRIBLE play!!"
Here are a few directing dramas which I sincerely hope don't make an appearance in the run up to Chris is Dead:
Sleeping with the Star
The "casting couch" cliché is well-known in the film and theatre industries, but I think we can safely avoid this one for three reasons: firstly, I cast this show over a year ago, and there was absolutely no funny business involved at that point. Secondly, everyone involved with this show is technically taken, so we won't be looking for anything romantic inside the rehearsal room, and thirdly these people are all good friends who know each other far too well (and have seen each other in far too many compromising situations) to find each other attractive.
Being a Diva
We have a running joke in rehearsals that I refer to the actors as "my talking props", which I have never and will never do with any serious intent. Having said that, directors are under a lot of pressure to bring a show together and make all of the elements work, so it's understandable that sometimes there's a bit of egotism or drama queenishness involved. I am very lucky because I know for certain that my cast and operations manager will tell me in no uncertain terms if they think I am heading that way.
Being a Tyrant
As a fairly maternal and "scary-eyed" (not my words) director, the few strict rules I have laid down tend to be followed to the letter. These are, I hope, all fairly straightforward and reasonable: no alcohol before rehearsals, let us know in advance if you know you're going to be late, don't turn up unprepared. Some directors (myself included) have a natural propensity to take control of situations, but I think that it's important to keep the balance between laying down sensible laws and throwing your weight around for the sake of it.
Dressing Like an Eejit
It makes sense for directors as well as actors to wear sensible, practical rehearsal clothing. Today, for instance, I will be rocking the "trainers and ancient jumper" look. If you ever see me wearing a poncho and beret, you have my permission to shoot.
Have an incredibly amusing Thursday.


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Information for Students on a Part-time Tier 4 Visa
In January 2018, UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) announced changes to the Immigration rules that allows universities to issue a CAS to sponsor students to study on a part-time Master's degree course.
This Tier 4 part-time visa is not suitable for all part-time courses. If you are interested in studying on a part-time Programme, please discuss the suitability of the course for part-time study with the Programme admissions team and Student Support. The UKVI imposes a number of restrictions on part-time studies with a Tier 4 visa that may mean it is not a suitable visa route for your course or is not an appropriate visa for you to hold.
Tier 4 Restrictions for Part-time Students
- There are time limits on all study under Tier 4 (5-year time limit is applicable)
- No work is permitted at any capacity (including placements or work experience paid or unpaid)
- You cannot work remotely for an overseas company while in the UK
- You cannot bring/have any dependants in the UK (such as a visa-dependant partner or children)
- You cannot switch from full-time study to part-time study without leaving the UK to apply for a new Tier 4 visa
- You must meet all Tier 4 requirements, including financial and English language
The University's Tier 4 licence responsibilities still apply, including attendance-monitoring and reporting duties
Duration of a Part-time Tier 4 Visa
You would be granted a visa for the length of your course plus two months if your course is less than a year in duration, or your course length plus 4 months if your course is longer than a year.
Required Documents
Applications can be made online through either one of two links: Visa4UK or Access UK
- The CAS you have received from the RCA,
- Passport(s)
- Passport photographs. (They have to meet the UKVI requirements)
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copies of the academic qualifications you have used to obtain an unconditional
offer from the RCA. You can submit either your original certificate or original transcript of results. If these are not in English, you must provide 'a fully certified translation' by a professional translator. English language certificate if applicable.
- Application fee of £348
- Financial Evidence (see details below).
- NHS Health Charge £300 for each year for the duration of your stay plus 4 months which will include an additional £75. To find out how much your NHS surcharge will be please click here.
- A TB Medical Certificate (if applicable): students from some countries are required to have a TB test as part of their visa application process. To find out if this applies to you, check the Home Office website.
Financial Evidence
You will need evidence that you can pay for your tuition fees and living expenses of £1,265 per month for nine months £11,385 depending on your circumstances. The required funds have to be in your account for a 28 consecutive day period.
- The bank statements must be addressed to you for past 1 month.
- Electronic bank statements printed from an internet banking account can be accepted but they will need to be stamped by the bank on every single page.
- The statement should also have the bank name and logo, account name & number and the amount available.
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The Third Miracle (1999)
I'm very skeptical and so it's difficult for me to enjoy a film about saints that people pray to. The story is compelling, though contrived, and the characters honest enough, so the film is passable.
Although I'm certain that many people can enjoy this film, the writing takes on too many cliché characters: the faithless priest (saw him in The Exorcist and Signs), political church leaders, the unholy temptress, the abused teenage girl, the faithful monk, the saintly woman, etc. And while I accept these characters, I would expect them to stray a bit from established ones.
The story weaves in and out from the past and flashbacks and adds the mysticism of a statue of Mary shedding tears of blood. Viewers are inevitably drawn into the question as to whether the claimed miracles are real or not, whether the saintly woman will be beatified, whether the priest will fall in love with the temptress, whether the girl will die, whether the political clergy will be overruled, etc. But it is all quite melodramatic. We are not watching a new story.
The acting is commendable; Ed Harris reveals his doubt dramatically on various occasions. The film is set in 1977-1981, but the costumes and styles seem a bit too modern.
Truth: Faith is given purpose and strength only when it is tested.
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Bob Saget (How I Met Your Mother)
John Stamos (Scream Queens)
Dave Coulier (The Real Ghostbusters)
Candace Cameron Bure (Journey Back To Christmas)
Jodie Sweetin (Redefining Love)
Mary-Kate Olsen (Beastly)
Ashley Olsen (It Takes Two)
Lori Loughlin (When Calls The Heart)
Andrea Barber (Days of Our Lives)
Scott Weinger (Shredder)
Yvonne Wilder (West Side Story)
John Aprea (Bullitt)
Nancy Dussault (The In-Laws)
Jordan Christopher Michael (The Flavour)
Yvette Nipar (Robocop: The Series)
Debra Stipe (Queen Sugar)
Robyn Donny (Love Stinks)
Sherrie Rose (Unlawful Entry)
Mickey Rooney (Night at The Museum)
The family is on a flight to Colorado to spend Christmas with some relatives, and this is a trip that Danny has spent months planning – but on the way to Colorado, a blizzard forces an emergency landing at an unfamiliar airport. The family is forced to spend Christmas in the baggage claim room, where everyone thinks Christmas is ruined this time around. Among the things that happen here are: Jesse's father Nick tries to get Jesse to kiss Becky under a mistletoe, D.J. is upset that the gifts that the family brought along on the flight with them are missing, and Michelle is afraid of Lionel (Sorrell Booke), a man who made her cry on the airplane because of his toupee. Jesse, becoming ever so frustrated by everyone's sour attitudes, speaks to the people in the baggage claim room about the real meaning of Christmas. Then Santa Claus shows up and shows the family where the missing gifts are, and it turns out that Lionel is Santa Claus.
In the wake of a frightening earthquake, Danny is initially willing to deny Stephanie's excessive clinginess. It all seems relatively harmless to him at first, but Danny finally recognizes the seriousness of the situation when his distraught daughter won't even let him go on a business dinner for a few hours. Unable to get Stephanie to share her feelings with him, Danny reluctantly agrees that this is not something that a dad can handle on his own. Meanwhile, D.J.—who wakes up one morning with a zit on her nose—nervously anticipates her role in a school play.
Danny and Jesse set up Joey with a date for New Year's Eve, but he becomes so smitten with her that he wants to elope. Meanwhile, Rusty convinces Stephanie that he is going to kiss her at midnight, but when midnight comes and Rusty reveals he was just kidding, Stephanie ends up kissing him.
The Tanners celebrate Christmas, only for D.J. to find out that Steve is planning to move to Florida for college, upon graduating. Meanwhile, Becky misses having white Christmases in Nebraska, and Jesse takes Stephanie and Michelle to a homeless shelter to show them the real meaning of Christmas.
Joey gets a job as the host of a local game show, The Perfect Couple. He gets the family to do the first show with him, with D.J. and Steve as the dating couple, Jesse and Becky as the married couple, and Danny and Vicky as the engaged couple. Vicky cannot make it on time, so Danny has to pair up with an old woman named Estelle. The director of the show tells Joey to embarrass the contestants, and he does, much to the family's dismay. At the end of the show, Vicky arrives and tells Danny that she accepted a job as a network anchor in New York City. Danny tells her that he cannot take a long-distance relationship, and the two break off their engagement and break up, although they still have feelings for each other. Back at home, Stephanie has trouble getting Nicky and Alex into their pajamas and in bed.
Jesse and Michelle get locked in a toy store on Christmas Eve when they attempt to return a gift to the grumpy owner (Mickey Rooney). The twins begin to fear Santa Claus. The owner then dresses as Santa Claus and comes to the Tanners' home, after they realize what a nice man he is.
These episode are fun to watch around the holiday time, and with Fuller House celebrating Christmas in the Second Season you have plenty of episodes to watch and spend Christmas with the Tanner family.


text: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Share on Pinterest Share on Linkedin Share on Tumblr When we last left Flash Thompson, he was one with his symbiote (a Kylntar for the uninitiated) and kicking ass across the Galaxy. He was being called an "Agent of the Cosmos," but had no idea what that actually meant. In VENOM: SPACE KNIGHT issue 2, he finds out! READ: Catch up with Flash Thompson with our review of VENOM: SPACE KNIGHT #1! In a previous life, Venom was a secret agent, dealing from the shadows, but this series shakes that up by looking at Flash's role in the larger scheme of things. At the beginning of this story, we find him rescuing aliens from giant crabs. After finding out what caused the crabs to go wild, he puts a stop to that. This is when he discovers what being an agent of the cosmos means. Robbie Thompson plays this for fun and laughs, with Venom being in more adventures that scream Flash Gordon than Flash Thompson. It's big on high adventure, with death-defying stunts and action, a twinkle in Flash's eye, and a grin never far from his lips. He discovers a new power, which is like an inverse of Spidey Sense. It tells him of other people in danger, no matter where they are, and he responds as quickly as he can. Meanwhile, he meets others like him, while a powerful new villain resolves to have his head (and not attached to his body, I might add). READ: Check out our first look at SILK #1 written by Robbie Thompson! But each stunt, each quip and use of Flash's powers, would fall short if Ariel Olivetti was not on form as the artist. Luckily, he continues on as solidly as he did for issue one. Each beautifully painted panel creates a space tapestry full of explosions, space ships that give a real feel of the alien and otherworldly. Olivetti's Thompson is sure and steady, face forward with no hesitancy, while his symbiote, at times in control, borders on the feral. As comics go, it is a rip-roaring adventure, with a cocksure hero who deals with things head on. My only concern with the series so far is the lacking sense of danger. Action packed acrobatics and space adventures are enjoyable to read, but so far it feels like there's no threat or danger that Thompson can't handle. And that could prove detrimental to such a fun book. Once you stop caring about a character, you could very well just stop reading. Having said that, with only two issues gone, Thompson has plenty of time to add layers to Flash and his story. Here's hoping it's sooner rather than later because I love this book! READ: Check out more of our awesome ComicsVerse reviews here!


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Kathrin Zenke
One Week Student e.V.
Kiron University
We plan to work together with many other programs like Arbeiterkind, Kiron University and SchulePlus to display a wide range of opportunities and support for refugees. Therefore, we will bring together initiatives who are experts on a specific topic, to offer the best career orientation possible.
One Week Student counteracts educational injustice and creates equal opportunities. We do so by matching High School students with university students and giving them a realistic insight into a specific study program. We want to focus on children with refugee background and ease their access to higher education in Germany. We want to integrate refugees through education and to give them new perspectives in their lives.
All of Germany
General challenges of OWS: 28 % of all university students drop out and 17% change their study program. Furthermore, only one out of four children coming from families without academic background attends University. Challenges addressed with OWS for refugees: By 2020 3,6 million refugees will be in Germany. To give them a future perspective in our country, they need to know our educational and professional system, their possibilities and the best matches concerning their interests and talents.
We are aiming for educational justice and equal access to higher education independent of social background or nationalities. Also, we want to reduce the drop-out rate of university students and help them in their career orientation. We want to help finding the best future fit. We want to integrate refugees and give them a realistic insight into their career options. After scaling OWS to other European countries, we can also help to integrate refugees into more European societies.
The heart of One Week Student is its online platform where we match High School and university students. We are currently optimizing the platform to improve the usability and user experience. With OWS for refugees we want to extend our platform to be able to lead the refugees step by step through their orientation process. After setting up the infrastructure, we will directly approach refugees through our local community including more than 50 ambassadors. They will promote OWS at refugee accommodations and focal schools to promote our program as well as to help those children with their first steps. Furthermore, we want to support refugees with OWS-scholarships in cooperation with MyStipendium, which will cover their expenses during their trial weeks.
We want to help young refugees who had to leave their countries and need to adapt to a totally new culture. They are lost and we want to show them possible career perspectives and integrate them with the help of education. In addition, OWS wants to focus on children coming from families without academic backgrounds to support them in their first steps towards higher education. We want to help all those young adults in finding a future path which fits their interests and talents.
One Week Student is unique. There is no other program allowing a realistic insight into different study programs in different cities during flexible periods. Furthermore, our program is easily scalable because of the online matching. There doesn't exist a program which leads refugees step by step through their orientation process. We will merge all already existing programs into one orientation journey. Thus, we want to combine different initiatives to offer the best overall career orientation.
Funding requested from Advocate Europe
Total budget
Our major expenses are personnel costs, to extend our community and promote OWS locally as well as especially approach and help refugees. Furthermore, we need a large part of the budget to fine-tune the concept and implement it. Therefore, we also need to develop the website. To provide the scholarships for refugees we need to build up the cooperation with MyStipendium and private universities.
We would highly appreciate any kind of feedback, ideas or advice regarding our project One Week Student.


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October 15, 2019, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM (CST)
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For the most success at this event, it is important to bring the income documents to complete your form - download a list of What to Bring. It is also helpful, but not required, to have your FSA ID username and password for the student and one parent setup in advance. To learn more about this process visit www.icansucceed.org/fsaid.
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We did it!
Terry Foy raised £930 from 25 supporters
Start your own crowdfunding page
Closed 19/09/2017
We've raised £930 to help with the continued physiotherapy needed for Finley to build strength and improve stability so that he can learn to walk
- Maidstone, United Kingdom
- Funded on Tuesday, 19th September 2017
What is crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding is a new type of fundraising where you can raise funds for your own personal cause, even if you're not a registered nonprofit.
The page owner is responsible for the distribution of funds raised.
Finley was born on 21st December 2013. At just 2 days old Finley was diagnosed with GBS meningitis. Doctors worked endlessly for days to help Finley but the infection caused uncontrollable seizures which had a life changing impact. Finley suffered severe brain damage resulting in quadriplegic cerebral palsy and epilepsy along with a list of further health problems, his parents Mike and Sarah were told to expect the worst, Finley was given just a few weeks to live. After spending over 3 weeks in hospital and being away from their eldest son, they decided as parents it was time to take Finley home, love him, cherish him and make lasting memories till it was time to say goodbye. At home the weeks began to pass and he was still battling on despite many scary moments with apneas, many tears from Mum and Dad believing these would be his last moments. As time went on Finley began to show small signs of development, his vision improved and he started to show a few smiles. These small signs showed what an incredible little boy Finley is. Finley is now 3 and a half with a cheeky smile and a personality to match it. His progress is slow, with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy and epilepsy plus further complex issues, Finley is still unable to speak yet understands everything your average 3 and a half year old should and shows so much determination and spirit, he wants nothing more than to be on his feet and enjoy every part of his life. With NHS physiotherapy being limited Mike and Sarah are left with no option but to start on the costly journey of private therapy.
The aim is to help Finley reach his full potential of being able to walk without weekly physio. So far the physio has improved his strength and stability incredibly and you can follow his progress on www.facebook.com/Finleysfirstfootsteps
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Karen Taylor
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An amazing challenge! Well done! X
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Anna Hanson
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Well done tel, hope you recover soon! X
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Well done tel!
Mike Champion & Amy Denton
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Good luck monkey boy you'll smash it!
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Good luck foy boy!!!
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This was given to me yesterday from Franco. Good luck x
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Another season has come and gone and it was a record season for my Model Railway Engineer with record numbers of model railway enthusiasts visiting the site, connecting on Facebook and Instagram.
Here are the most popular articles from Winter 2017/18 Season.
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Livingstone Shire Council has installed magpie warning signs at the Yeppoon beachfront, Beaman Park, Queen Street and Barry Street, and is also reminding residents and visitors to be mindful as we head into the traditional magpie breeding season in early Spring.
Magpies are territorial and protective of their young during the breeding season, but it's usually only a few that will swoop and only for a few weeks each year.
Responsibility for managing or removing magpies rests with the State Government's Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. Costs can apply and removal will only be undertaken in extenuating situations that meet certain criteria.
For further background information and safety tips, please go to www.ehp.qld.gov.au/wildlife/livingwith/magpies or contact Council on 4913 5000.


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See also: slóð
Alternative formsEdit
From Middle English slouthe, slewthe ("laziness"), from Old English slǣwþ ("sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor"), from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō ("slowness, lateness"), equivalent to slow + -th. Cognate with Scots sleuth ("sloth, slowness").
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sləʊθ/, /slɒθ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /slɔθ/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /slɑθ/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /slɒθ/
- Rhymes: -əʊθ, -ɒθ
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sloth (countable and uncountable, plural sloths)
- (uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
- 1667, John Milton, "Book 10", in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and sloth.
- (Can we date this quote by Franklin and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears.
- (countable) A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
- (rare) A collective term for a group of bears.
Usage notesEdit
Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.
- (animal): two-toed sloth, three-toed sloth
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sloth (third-person singular simple present sloths, present participle slothing, simple past and past participle slothed)
- (obsolete, intransitive, transitive) To be idle; to idle (away time).
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?)
- 1676, John Bunyan, The Strait Gate, or, Great Difficulty of Going to Heaven, London: Francis Smith, p. 69,[1]
- […] the most of professors are for imbezzeling, mispending and slothing away their time, their talents, their opportunities to do good in […]
- 1677, Hannah Woolley, The Compleat Servant-Maid, London: T. Passinger, p. 2,[2]
- That you endeavour carefully to please your Lady, Master or Mistress, be faithful, diligent and submissive to them, encline not to sloth or laze in bed, but rise early in a morning.
Further readingEdit
- sloth in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sloth in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.


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For a creamy snack that's not too sweet, make Waldorf Parfaits. The kiwi in the Parfaits adds a tart pop and loads of vitamin C.
Parfaits are a fun way to mix up your breakfast or snack routine. This recipe has layers or tart kiwi, loaded with vitamin C, protein-packed Greek yogurt, crunchy, heart-healthy walnuts, and apple and apricot flavors.
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In a bowl, stir yogurt and apricot preserves. Into 2 glasses, layer yogurt mixture with apple and kiwi. Top with walnuts.


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- Fix to deal with FreeBSD 4.7 (4.x) problems with select() timeout and using BPF ioctl() BIOCSSEESENT. Several packets were being lost and depending on when exactly it happens, flows weren't making progress. In the particular case of 1 nse sending packets over 2 veths on the same pnode, this problem was the most severe. The kernel issues are discussed in the following freebsd arch mailing list. Also more discussions are on testbed-ops in the thread "bizarre veth/bpf/tcpdump behaviour" http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2003-November/001446.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2003-November/001439.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2003-November/001444.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2003-November/001447.html - The port classifier stores packet timestamps and sizes and can be made to dump them from the tcl side. The default is 100000 packets which is compiled in. This is on a per destination port basis. For a large number of simulator flows, it can eat up memory quickly. Will be removed out of the standard build after my thesis. The format of the output is <packet_timestamp> <size> <simulator_clock>, one per line. - In packets received from the wire, bpf timestamps (relative to start of nse) are stored in the simulator packet that is injected into the simulator. Again useful for traces. If the simulator packet is scheduled again, this timestamp will be overwritten to whenever the packet/event needs to be dispatched. - IPTap supports sendcount and recvcount methods (callable from Tcl) to print debugging info
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I'm a changed woman.Or at least I will be by this evening...I'll be $2975.18 poorer. Thanks to the van, of course. Obviously, the starter had gone bad. That much we pretty much knew. There's $400 of it. Add to it two broken axles ($500), and replacing every damn part that routine maintenance should have taken care of for the last 90,000 miles, and that brings us to our total. I guess the previous owners really, REALLY didn't take care of the van. That explains why we got it so cheap! (Let's put it this way...the repairs are going to cost more than the van did to begin with!) Fortunately, other than the starter and axles, there's nothing MAJOR wrong with the van. The rest of it was minor stuff that just needed done/replaced. Lots and lots and lots of minor stuff. Oh, and I got the a/c recharged. Yayyyyy!!!
I've only put about 500 miles on the van since I got it in August. I only drive it in town, and not too often at that. I guess now that everything has been fixed, we won't have to worry about taking it out on the highway. Maybe we can even roadtrip in IT instead of cramming all of the kids in the back of the Civic. Yay! I'm hoping that we'll get MUCH better gas mileage now. Before, we got about 19 mpg. Not horrid, considering it's 13 years old and huge. But maybe with everything fixed, it'll do better. Wish me luck.


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Blue Ocean Robotics announces the opening of Blue Ocean Robotics SEA (Southeast Asia) with base in Singapore, where the needs of a rapidly ageing society and a focused political initiative on market development, are driving demand for robotics. The establishment is motivated by the government's earmarked budget of SGD 450 million (USD 330 million) as part of The National Robotics Programme, to support the societal robotic scaleup and industry-level transformation from 2016 to 2019. From Singapore, the company will target the surrounding countries of Southeast Asia , whose 662 million population makes it the world's third largest market (after China and India).
The joint venture will also become a blue ocean robot with Chinese users and partners, the world's second largest economy (annual growth rate from 6% to 7%) cooperation tool, quickly become the future leader in innovative technology and business model.
Blue Ocean Robotics SEA is excited to bring not just new technology but a new partnership model to the market. We co-create robots in close partnership with end-users and market leading companies. Thus, we bring developers, researchers and businesses together, to bring innovative robot solutions to the market by utilizing living labs as test beds. Asia offers a large pool of investors looking for new growth businesses. It is key to these investors that the technology has been verified by the end user to solve a scalable need in the market. By bringing everyone together in the development process, we can contribute to better quality-of-life, productivity and work environment for users and workers alike – in healthcare, education, manufacturing, agriculture, construction, offshore and logistics, says Peter Tan, CEO and Partner of Blue Ocean Robotics SEA.
Peter Tan will take the seat as CEO. Peter has more than 30 years of management and operations experience in automation and robotics from the manufacturing, telecommunications, transportation and healthcare sectors. In the position he brings in-depth knowledge of international business, having set up green-field operations in Suzhou (China) and managing markets in China, the rest of Asia, Europe and USA.
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Scammer Claims to be from Phone Company – Demands Gift Card Payment
By Admin In Scam Alerts On August 16, 2017
On 8/9/2017, a resident reported falling victim to a phone scam in which the caller fraudulently claimed to be from CenturtyTel. The caller, who was NOT actually from CenturyTel, advised the victim that due to trouble they detected with the victim's modem, they would deposit $200 in the victim's bank account as compensation for their troubles. The victim gave the scammer his bank account information. The scammer then claimed that he accidentally deposited $4,000 into the victim's account. He instructed the victim to buy $4,000 in Walmart gift cards and to call him back to provide the numbers. The victim complied. The victims in this incident were elderly.
This scam is a variation of the same type of scam frequently reported. Victims are "overpaid" with fraudulent funds such as fake checks or online transfers. They then are instructed to pay back the difference with gift cards.
As always, residents are reminded that legitimate businesses do not demand payment in gift cards. They do not overpay you and ask you for Walmart or iTunes gift cards. Do not trust anyone who asks you to pay them back with gift cards as the result of overpayment. Look up the legitimate contact information for companies you know you do business with and call them directly to inquire about the legitimacy of such calls you receive.
Please discuss this type of situation with your elderly friends and relatives. Elderly citizens are often the victims who fall prey to this type of scam.


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Author: Spencer Seidel
Publisher: Publishing Works, Inc.
About the book: "'He's got a knife!' Jimmy said after seeing the glint of a blade in the kid's hand. Jimmy brought his gun up and squared it at the kid."
A murder rocks Portland, Maine after police discover an incoherent teen sitting in a pool of blood late one night. Paul Ducharme is found with a murder weapon in one hand, the dead body of his best friend in the other, and no clue how he got to the Eastern Promenade Trail.
A teenage love triangle gone wrong brings Spencer Seidel back with a vengeance in LOVESICK (PublishingWorks; $14.95; June 2012), the follow up to his breakout novel Dead of Wynter. Seidel deftly illustrates the trying relationship amid a friend and love interest – each with their own desires, issues and shocking agendas.
Wendy, the girl of Paul's dreams, has been missing for weeks. Her boyfriend Lee has been murdered–apparently by Paul. It's an open and shut case–or so most of Portland thinks.
When forensic psychologist Dr. Lisa Boyers is asked to interview Paul, who claims to forget the events leading up to the murder, she reluctantly agrees. In her jailhouse interviews, Lisa helps Paul to recover his memories, but the murder's circumstances force her to recall her own troubled past.
Media attention mounts. Reporters stream into Portland. All eyes turn to Lisa. She seems intent on exonerating the "brutal teen killer" but quickly finds herself the focus of an over-zealous reporter with a knack for digging up dirty secrets. But the killer who has Lisa in the crosshairs already knows them all.
My thoughts: I read this book in one sitting! I had to know who had done it! The story is told by Paul and he is relating his history with Wendy and Lee to Dr. Lisa Boyers. She has been hired by an attorney to help evaluate Paul and see if she can get him to remember the events leading up to the night he is found with Lee's body. Because he is the one telling the story, it is told in chunks as they only have a couple of hours a day to meet.
There is plenty going on in between those times though! Lisa's past, which she has never effectively dealt with on a personal level, begins to rear it's head. Between the media hype that this case has created and reconnecting with Rudy Swaner, the attorney who hired her, she was bound to have to deal with some of the events from her past. She didn't realize when she took the case though, how much she had in common with Wendy.
This was a fast-paced book that at times was predictable, still had a twist at the end that I didn't see coming. I very much enjoyed Dead of Wynter last year, and really enjoyed this one as well. Spencer Seidel is definitely going to be an author I keep my eye out for.
Scavenger Hunt! I didn't realize I was the start of the Scavenger Hunt! You can read the excerpt below and find the next blog listed at the end - or to get the full list all at once - check out this link.
Here is an excerpt from Lovesick:
Patrolman Jimmy Preece would tell the story for the rest of his life. On his first night out as a rookie cop on the streets of Portland, Maine, he and his partner, a ten-year veteran of Portland PD, discovered a grisly killing on the Eastern Promenade, next to the 295 overpass.
It was a murder that would make headlines throughout the Northeast, especially after what happened to that shrink in the weeks afterward. Murder in Portland is not unheard of, but it is unusual.
At the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro, Jimmy had learned that Cumberland County has only one or two murders a year.
That stat offers little comfort to the families of the victims, something the cadets don't always learn at the academy. Murder isn't a statistic. In real life, it's a dead family member. It's a tragedy. http://beasbooknook.blogspot.com/
1. When and why did you begin writing?
In some sense, I feel like I've always been a writer. The compulsion began when I was about six or so, after reading books like The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. But it wasn't until years later, after I'd more-or-less given up on a career as a musician, that I began to write fiction seriously. That was in my mid-twenties. I'm not so sure as to the why of it. It's just something I feel like I need to do.
2. Do you have a specific writing style?
A couple of reviews called my writing "lyrical" and/or "flowing," which is hugely flattering. Having a nearly 25-year background in music, I'm conscious of cadences in writing, particularly in dialogue. I think that could be considered a style, but I'm always working to get better, to evolve.
3. How did you come up with the title?
Ugh. Titles. I hate coming up with titles. Lovesick began as "The Streets of Portland," which I knew was terrible. When I was about a quarter of the way through my first draft, I was brainstorming on titles using the word "love." It then just popped into my head. Lovesick is a kind of twisted love story, so it seemed like a perfect fit to me.
4. Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
No. Or perhaps I should say that none was intended. I don't write with an agenda, so anything that pops up will likely be because of some psychological quirk of mine. And there are, ahem, many of those.
5. If you had to choose, which writer would you consider a mentor?
Sol Stein, although I suppose he's more well known as an editor. He wrote a wonderful book on the craft of writing called "Stein On Writing." I keep some typed-up notes from that book handy to read every now and again. He's a mentor I've never met.
Publisher/Publication Date: Publishing Works, June 2012
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HTTP/2 – Turbo websites
HTTP/2 is the latest version of the internet connection protocol. It was released in 2015. Its advantages over the previous version HTTP/1.1 are as follows:
- Generally shorter latencies: This makes web content load faster.
- Only one communication channel: This avoids unnecessary overhead data and the transmission is faster because there are no longer several data channels. Several data channels also interfered with each other, making transmission slower. With HTTP/2 it is therefore unnecessary to split large files into smaller parts for transmission just to be put back together afterwards. Multiple files can be transferred in parallel without any problems.
- Better compression: With HTTP/2, the header data can also be compressed, so less data needs to be transferred. The header data contains important additional information about the transferred data.
- Prioritization: The web browser can tell the server which data packets should be transferred with higher priority. This allows important website data to be loaded earlier.
- Push from the web server: This allows the web server to send information to the web browser before it has even requested it. This makes the transmission faster because the time for the request from the web browser is eliminated.
HTTP/2 is backward compatible with the previous version, so there are no problems with web browsers that do not support HTTP/2.


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News | October 10, 1996
Press Briefing on 1996 Mars Missions Set for October 16
NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin and a panel of senior space scientists and engineers will discuss NASA's plans for robotic exploration of Mars and, specifically, the two U.S. missions set for launch to the planet this fall, during a press briefing on Wednesday, October 16, at NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Members of the press are invited to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to watch the live press conference on NASA Television, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. A question-and- answer session will begin immediately after the briefing at participating NASA centers.
Administrator Goldin is scheduled to open the briefing with remarks on NASA's vision for Mars exploration. Dr. Wesley Huntress, NASA associate administrator for the Office of Space Science, will speak at 10 a.m. PST on the goals of the space agency's long-term Mars Surveyor Program and on NASA's cooperation with Russia in the Mars '96 mission. Dr. Michael Carr of the U.S. Geological Survey then will discuss the state of scientific knowledge about Mars and what major questions the upcoming missions will help answer.
This will be followed by a JPL panel of speakers focused on detailed discussions of the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) orbiter and Mars Pathfinder lander missions, featuring:
Glenn Cunningham, MGS project manager
Dr. Arden Albee, MGS project scientist
Anthony Spear, Mars Pathfinder project manager
Dr. Matthew Golombek, Mars Pathfinder project scientist
Mars Global Surveyor is set for launch on November 6 and Mars Pathfinder is set for launch on December 2, both on Delta II launch vehicles, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, FL. An on-time launch of Mars Pathfinder would result in its landing in the Ares Vallis region of Mars on July 4, 1997. Mars Global Surveyor arrives in orbit around Mars in September 1997 and, after several months of aerobraking in the upper atmosphere of Mars, will begin its primary mapping mission in March 1998.
In addition to the press briefing, NASA Television will dedicate its video file that day to Mars, barring any breaking news events. The video file airs at 9 a.m., noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. PST.
NASA Television is located on Spacenet 2, transponder 5, channel 9, C-band, located at 69 degrees west longitude with horizontal polarization. Frequency will be on 3880.0 megahertz, with audio on 6.8 megahertz.
Further information on NASA's plans for robotic exploration of Mars can be accessed on the Internet at the following URL: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mars/ A press kit describing the upcoming Mars missions can be found at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/files/misc/m96pkt.pdf (Caution: 1.6 megabyte pdf file).
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Maryland Governor recognizes 11 Maryland Horse Farms
August 20, 2013 - Damascus, MD: Governor Martin O'Malley recognized the eleven Maryland horse farms who are now Certified Agricultural Conservation Stewards, protecting natural resources on 1,249 acres in seven Maryland counties. With assistance from the Maryland Horse Council's Farm Stewardship Committee (http://www.mdhorsecouncil.org/farm_stewardship.htm), horse farms are now actively engaged in the community of Maryland farms benefiting from participation in the Farm Stewardship Certification and Assessment Program (FSCAP) (http://www.mascd.net/FSCAP_Horse.pdf).
The Maryland Horse Council, established in 1985, represents the interests of the state-wide horse industry with about 80,000 horses and one quarter of Maryland agricultural land. FSCAP was established in 2010 to acknowledge those farmers who are good stewards of their natural resources and to encourage and reward farmers to put more conservation best management practices (BMPs) on the land. It developed the Agricultural Conservation Stewardship Certification Standard (ACSCS), which measures compliance with state requirements for the farm's nutrient management plan plus a level of conservation BMPs that prevent any significant sources of pollution from leaving the farm. The project is managed by the innovative Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts (MASCD) that promotes practical and effective soil, water, and related natural resource programs to all citizens through Maryland's 24 soil conservation districts on a voluntary basis through leadership, education, cooperation, and local direction.
Through FSCAP, MASCD established a collaborative process to recognize good stewardship by farmers that is acknowledged and respected by both the environmental and agricultural communities. By "setting the bar", it encourages other farmers to achieve certification and participate in new conservation programs that put more conservation on the land and reduce pollution to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
This Maryland "green" initiative is receiving positive reviews in the horse community, including from Linda Santomenna, the owner of Blue Waters Farm in Chesapeake City who states, "I just wanted to take a moment and thank you again for facilitating our entrance into the MASCD FSCAP program. We are so proud to participate and have received a great deal of interest and positive comments from our colleagues and clients. Thank you for doing such a lovely job!"
This special recognition by Governor O'Malley was received by: Carolyn Krome, Persimmon Tree Farm; Steven Darcy; Edgewood Farm; Karla Stoner, Bloomsbury Forge; Milly Welsh, Graden Farm; Lori Larson, Wyndham Oaks; Kevin Plank, Sagamore Farm; Rick Terselic, Potomac Horse Center; Caroline duPont Prickett, Great House Farm; Michael Rubin, Breezy Hill Farm; Linda Santomenna and Robert Alphin, Blue Waters Farm; and Barbara McDonald, Shamrock Arabians.
Text of Governor O'Malley's letter:
"Congratulations on being one of the first horse farm owners who are now Certified Agricultural Conservation Stewards. It is an understatement to say that horses are an important part of Maryland. Not only do they have an economic impact on our State, but they're also helping us preserve our farm land, our open space, and our environment. The Farm Stewardship Certification and Assessment Program (FSCAP) was therefore established to acknowledge those farmers who are good stewards of their natural resources and to encourage farmers to put more conservation best management practices (BMPs) on the land. The program is part of our larger effort to preserve our natural resources for future generations of Marylanders.
If you look at our State seal, on it, of course, is a plowman and a fisherman, but on the other side of the State seal is a horse. So this is an important part of our heritage, our spirit, our economy, our jobs, and all of those things enriched by the presence of the horse industry throughout our centuries-old history. On behalf of our State, I want to thank all of you who work so hard in Maryland's horse industry for your strength, your determination, and your commitment to protecting our natural resources.
Governor Martin O'Malley"
To view a copy of the letter, click HERE.


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CM Cougars win!
By Brenda L. Shelkey, BHG News Service
Spirits were high last week when the Cougars matched up with competitor Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood-Granville Wolverines. The Cougars split the night, but came home the winner 5-3 in the game that counted toward regional play. The Wolverines started out by putting two points on the board in the first inning, but the Cougars countered with three at the bottom of the first when Brenden Reinbold sent Matt Landenberger and Wyatt Colby home for two of the three points. Hard work and quick action kept the Cougars in the lead from that point on. Head Coach AnDrew Zurcher and Assistant Coach Scott Klett watched the team pull together as they held the Wolverines at bay through the second inning. Then in the third, the Cougars added another two points to extend their lead. Jeremy Wirtz was 3-3 on the night, Matt Landenberger was 3-4 with two runs. Mark Johannes was 2-3 with two RBIs and two runs.


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Meet Our Governors
Governor pen portraits are being prepared for this new website launch and as we prepare to onboard some new governors following their recent appointment. We will add our governor portraits as they come in for September 2019.
Scheduled Meetings 2019/20
Management Committee Dates:
9th October 2019
4th November 2019
Sub-committee dates are being agreed and will be posted.
Beth Jones - Appointed December 2018
Beth has worked since 2011 at the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, where she has driven the Foundation's Good Career Guidance programme and is currently working with government and other partner organisations to embed the Gatsby Career Benchmarks into national policy. Alongside managing budgets, policy activity, research and projects for this programme, Beth sits on advisory groups for several education partners. Beth graduated from Cambridge University with a natural science degree and uses this expertise to oversee Gatsby projects on 11-18 science education, including most recently co-authoring a report on international best practice in delivering experimental science. Beth previously worked with environmental engagement charities, which included teaching geography and biology fieldwork and working with teachers and young people in parks and greenspaces across London. She hopes her skills and experience, particularly related to STEM and employability, will help Hawkswood continue providing excellent education to those young people across Waltham Forest who are most in need.
Nathalie Fitzgerald Vice Chair and Interim Chair September 2019
Nathalie is the South East Senior Tutor at Create Development, an organisation that works to inspire children and their families to build positive relationships with physical activity and acquire life long learning skills through personal development. Nathalie is a qualified teacher has senior leadership experience in the Primary setting. She is passionate about social justice and tackling disadvantage, with the firm belief that every child can and should reach their full potential.
Nathalie is Trustee for the Compass Partnership, a multi academy trust comprising of 8 schools in the borough of Greenwich.
Nathalie has been part of the Management Group at Hawkswood for 7 years and was elected as Vice Chair in 2016. Nathalie brings knowledge and understanding of education and has supported staff to develop elements of the the PE, health and growth mindset provision.


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Families using medicinal cannabis 'are being threatened with social services'
PUBLISHED: 20:24 20 May 2019 | UPDATED: 11:39 21 May 2019
A Commons debate has highlighted the NHS barriers families continue to face with cannabis prescriptions, despite it being legal for medicinal use.
Sir Mike Penning, MP for Hemel Hempstead, led a backbench debate in the House of Commons on Monday in which he stated families were being threatened with social services if they brought medicinal cannabis into a hospital where their child was being treated.
The stigma surrounding NHS cannabis prescription is something Matt Hughes, 39, and his wife Ali, 37, know all too well, as they struggle to secure the product for their 21-month-old son Charlie, who suffers from a severe epilepsy syndrome.
Charlie, who has been diagnosed with West Syndrome, used to suffer around 100 seizures a day, which dropped down to around 20 to 40 after his parents began using CBD oil alongside his other medications.
The couple, from Thorpe St Andrew, buy around 100ml of CBD oil legally online but it is costing them £300 a month.
Mr Hughes said they have tried and failed to get the prescription and so they are left with either turning to private healthcare or travelling to Holland and risking bringing the product through the border illegally.
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Mr Hughes blamed the British Paediatric Neurology Association's guidelines - which do not recommend the prescription of medicinal cannabis that contains a chemical called THC - for the difficulty in getting an NHS prescription, claiming they are based on recreational use of cannabis rather than medicinal.
He said: "We were turned down for Epidolex [cannabidiol] because Charlie doesn't have Dravet syndrome or Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and the [NHS] trust would block it because of the costs.
"With the CBD oil, Charlie's seizures have come down, he seems brighter, happier and more alert. "There needs to be more education on the benefits of cannabis - we have to adopt systems in other countries and look at the evidence they have gathered."
It is the same viewpoint echoed by Sir Mike in the Commons debate, where he demanded more be done to get medicinal cannabis to children who need it.
He said: "In the 21st century, why are we allowing these children drugs that are not working, that were never designed for the use they are given?"
He said it was "morally wrong" to sit back while children suffer.
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Junior Grecians Membership and the Liverpool FA Cup Game
Dear Junior Grecian Parent,
I wish to clarify the situation regarding your Junior Grecians Membership and the Liverpool FA Cup game.
ECFC Priority Status rules are clear that the SILVER status your child holds as a Junior Grecian/Trust Member gives entitlement for only one U/18 ticket for this game.
However, as the previous email informed you, I have managed to persuade the Club Board to allow special arrangements for 17 pairs of tickets to be made available to Junior Grecians accompanied by an adult. These pairs of tickets will be allocated through a ballot of entries on 22nd December.
If you have already bought your child a ticket and are lucky in the draw, you will be able to purchase a pair of tickets for the Stagecoach Family Stand. If you would like a refund on your original ticket, it must be returned to Club Reception before Tuesday 29th December.
• 17 Pairs of tickets will be available to purchase exclusively by Junior Grecian Members. (1 Member + 1 Adult); the cost of the pair of tickets will be £51 (£23 Child & £28 Adult).
• The tickets are for adjoining seats in the Stagecoach Family Stand Only.
• Entry to the ballot will be via email to email@example.com please enter: JUNIOR GRECIANS TICKET BALLOT in the subject line and include the name of the child with membership number and the name of the accompanying adult. The Junior Grecian member is required to attend the match with their membership card.
• Deadline for entries is Tuesday 22nd December at 3pm. The draw will take place shortly after that time. Lucky Junior Grecians winners will be notified by phone call that evening to arrange payment and collection of tickets.
• The ballot is open to Junior Grecian Members who were registered prior to 6pm Monday 7th of December 2015.
• Please do not contact the club regarding this ballot, please use the email address above.
IMPORTANT REMINDER TO PARENTS – ECFC Priority Status Rules
For those unsure of how the Priority Status is calculated, please see this graphic;
In future, in order to ensure that you are able to purchase tickets at the same time as your 'Junior Grecian', in the event of 'restricted ticket' game, recognising that he or she will hold SILVER Priority Status, it is advised that you consider joining 'The Trust' plus one other Group providing parity with them.
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Through awareness and collaborative engagement of the body, mind, and inner wisdom, each of us has the capacity for greater growth and success, as well as a stronger connection with ourselves and our community. INA Wellness believes a cornerstone to better health is developing that connection — the inner-connection of mind, body and self and the interconnection of our selves to the world around us. INA Wellness celebrates the "I iN All," the INA-woven nature of ourselves and our Universe and the power we have to heal and grow together.
Research shows...
The physiological consequences of stress build up over years and decades. The Center of Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University conducted a study that found that levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, decreased after a single session of yoga, even in first-time participants. Reducing stress through the mindfulness-based behavioral health programs provided at INA Wellness, including yoga, meditation, and the arts, can improve physical, social and emotional well-being in children and adults. INA Wellness offers private and group yoga & mindfulness classes, educational training and workshops, and programs to provide you with tools to unlock your inner greatness and to better connect with and strengthen yourself and your community. We truly believe that learning is a lifelong process and that yoga and mindfulness education can take place safely and effectively among people of all ages, all body types, and all styles. It's just a matter of matching your needs with one of our creative and dynamic classes or workshops. Discover the benefits and joys of learning through yoga and mindfulness with INA Wellness. Create calm and cultivate confidence, focus, strength, joy, resilience, and peace within yourself and your community through the creative, dynamic, powerfully effective educational programs at INA Wellness.
The INA Wellness Create CALM Team
Our team of certified, professionals are trained in the fields of education, mental and physical health, and the arts. They have backgrounds as psychologists, occupational therapists, museum educators, approved trainers, master yoga instructors, art teachers, classroom teachers and counselors, life coaches, and wellness advocates. They have blended years of training in wide varieties of modalities with successful work in their communities to bring innovative, personalized, exceptionally high-quality mindfulness-based learning to our clients.
Our Founder & Director
LISA DANAHY (ERYT-200; RCYT-200, RCY-95, YACEP) is the founder and director of INA Wellness. She is also a seasoned and highly successful professional in management, education, and leadership. At the core of her success is a rich and fulfilling yoga practice.
Lisa began her yoga journey in the early 1990's. Recognizing immediately the physical benefits of yoga and gradually uncovering its profound spiritual dimensions, Lisa was moved by her practice of Kripalu Yoga. In 2011, Lisa completed her 200-hour certification in Pranakriya Yoga, a classic form of Hatha yoga taught in the tradition of Swami Kripalu. Shortly thereafter she obtained additional certifications in Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra ®, Dynamic Gentle Yoga, Therapeutic Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Kripalu Yoga in Schools, and Radiant Child Yoga. She most recently completed the Radiant Child & Family Yoga 200-hour yoga teacher training and through private instruction with Shakta Khalsa, the founder of Radiant Child Yoga, has become a Radiant Child yoga teacher training facilitator.
Lisa is a published author on yoga and mindfulness education, most recently completing a five-article series that appeared in Teaching Young Children, a publication of NAEYC. Her long-time interest in serving adults and children is supported by a BA in Psychology and over 30 years of experience as an educator, former school administrator, and human resource manager. Lisa now leads private and group classes for students of all ages and off-site trainings and workshops for schools, businesses and organizations throughout the DC area as the founder and director of INA Wellness and as an instructor at Dream Yoga Studio in McLean, VA, M Street Yoga, in Washington, DC, and The Happy Yogi in Fulton and Olney, MD. Lisa believes that yoga is a building block for creating a community of active, aware, and compassionate citizens. Yoga is a practice that brings strength, joy and richness to live. Whether in corporate team building, developing cultural competencies, or inspiring individual growth, Lisa weaves yoga into lesson plans and workshops to create real, active, and substantive learning experiences for all of her students. Lisa aspires to be, in the words of Swami Kripalu, a "Pilgrim of Love" and is committed to improving health, enhancing resilience and building community through yoga and mindfulness education.
Certifications: ERYT 200 (Pranakriya Yoga & Radiant Child & Family Yoga); RCYT200 (Radiant Child Yoga) Kripalu Yoga Education in Schools; Kripalu Dynamic Gentle Yoga; Ashaya Therapeutic Yoga Level 1, Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra; Pranakriya Penatal Yoga; Approved Trainer, Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Division of Early Childhood Education (OSSE/ECE) for the District of Columbia.
Professional Affiliations: Registered Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP) National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC); International Board of Certified Trainers, Yoga Alliance (YA), and the Pranakriya Yoga Teachers Association (PYTA).
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Siji Oni (MS, Industrial Organizational Psychology, Certified Children's Yoga Instructor) is the manager of program curriculum and implementation as well as the quality of programs, client and instructor feedback and support lead, as well as one of our instructors with Create CALM. Siji received his B.A in Psychology from University of Maryland Baltimore County, and went on to receive is M.S in Industrial Organizational Psychology from University of Missouri Science and Technology. He uses that expertise to bring quality across Create CALM's programming. Throughout his college years he has worked with children and teens in varying capacities primarily through the Montgomery County Recreation Department. Being an avid gym goer, he always was interested in yoga to increase his overall health physically, and when he got into it, he was enamored by all of its additional parts. Siji received his certification to bring yoga to children and teens in 2018. In his spare time he enjoys going to the gym, playing video games, and spending time with his god-daughter.
Jean McDonald (Children's Yoga Instructor, MFA in Theatre, BMED in Music Education) has been practicing yoga and teaching students of all ages for over 25 years. She has taught general music, theatre and creative movement to elementary age students; choral music, public speaking and theatre to middle and high school students and drama to students with learning disabilities. She has taught acting, storytelling, improvisation, dance and musical theatre to adults; dance to university opera students and led many workshops to educators about integrating the arts into the classroom. Jean's work experience includes teaching at many well-regarded schools, including Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, MD; Greens Farms Academy in Westport, CT; Upland Country Day School in Kennett Square, PA and both The Briarwood School and the Kinkaid School in Houston, TX. She was also the Assistant Director of Education at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, PA and the Managing Director of the Lone Star School for the Performing Arts in Galveston, TX. Her Teaching Artist positions have been at the Des Moines Metro Opera, the Philadelphia Classical Symphony and the Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education. In recent years Jean has turned her professional and personal focus increasingly towards wellness, including yoga and mindfulness. She is a certified Radiant Child Yoga instructor and recently attended The Institute for Social and Emotional Learning. Jean blends her education background with her SEL and children's yoga training as an instructor for Create CALM and in her capacity as a curriculum and administrative facilitator.
Our Trainers and Curriculum Development Experts
MEGHAN LALLY (MA, Museum Education, Children's Yoga Certification) has always been involved in the world of education. While completing a degree in Communication and Psychology, she began working in early childhood education. She worked for several years with children ages 0-5 before becoming the Director of Education at the Friendship Children's Center, concentrating on curriculum development, arts integration, and teacher training. Feeling strongly about the use of arts in the classroom, and the power of objects to teach young children, Meghan moved from DC to New York to pursue a degree in Museum Studies and Art History. She completed research and a Master's Thesis examining early childhood education in museums. During her time in New York, she served as the Manager of Education Programs at El Museo del Barrio, New York's leading cultural institution celebrating Latino arts and culture. Here she had the opportunity to work with students of all ages, parents, and teachers both in and out of the galleries. She designed a series of workshops to educate parents on the integration of arts into their child's education. She has led numerous workshops for educators and developed a training series for museum educators on conducting gallery tours and workshops using a variety of methodologies. Meghan is now a museum educator for the Art Around the Corner outreach program at that National Gallery of Art. Based on Harvard Project Zero Artful Thinking Routines she designs curriculum for DC Public School students in the program and leads gallery tours and workshops. She is currently focusing on developing the family programs component to Art Around the Corner and exploring intergenerational learning. She is a strong advocate for the arts and early childhood education. She recently joined the faculty at The George Washington University, her alma mater, as an adjunct professor of Communication. When not in the classroom or a museum, Meghan can be found sailing on the Chesapeake Bay, practicing yoga, cooking for her friends, and exploring our nation's capital.
THERESA TOVEY (Licensed Occupational Therapist, ERYT-200, RCYT-95, YACEP, Professional Educator, Children's Yoga Trainer & Instructor) has been an Occupational Therapist since 1985. Theresa passionately blends her roles of public school OT and Children's Yoga Teacher. Whether teaching whole classrooms, small groups, or individual children, her students feel loved, accepted and empowered. To promote her vision of making yoga an integral part of every child's life, she teaching yoga throughout the school year and travels the US leading children's yoga trainings during the summer months.


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Day 3 – What Can You Learn Online?
With our busy lives, it seems like there is just never enough time. Sometimes we can barely cover the basics, never mind find time to spend online. Balance is such an important thing that a lot of people struggle with – but with some balance, things don't always seem so overwhelming.
Over this last year, where I have slowly built up my connections and have gone back and forth feeling guilty, feeling connected, feeling overwhelmed, I have come to learn the value of 10 minutes here and there and using that time to go online (on Twitter, Facebook, Blogs). When I find something that interests me, I use twitter to share my learning (and to "bookmark" the link so I can find it again). I use the #connectPQP hashtag to narrow my shared learning – if you go to twitter and search #connectPQP you will see the things I have shared in my journey to connect.
Mindshift is one site that I can always find articles and resources that impact my learning. Because I use Social Media (Facebook and Twitter), I have "liked" the Mindshift pages so I get reminders and see posts when a new article has been shared.
Edutopia is another site that I follow on Facebook, that I often find myself connecting with – I don't actually usually make it to the site, but through Facebook and Twitter, I often find myself reading articles and sharing them with others.
Another one of my favourites is TED Talks: Ideas Worth Spreading TED – Technology, Entertainment and Design) is a nonprofit global community devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less) – I also follow TED-Ed on Facebook which is more education based. One of my favourite Ted Talks is Rita Pierson: Every Kid Needs a Champion . There are Ted Talks for almost anything you are interested in
What sites do you find yourself going to? Where do you go when you are looking for ideas? I'd love you to share …


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Plants & Uses with our Kahnawake Brothers
The second group that was sent to visit the Goodsell Ridge Geologic Preserve were happy to once again meet with our brothers from Kanahwake; seeing one another again much sooner than we expected. Together, we stood at the Fisk Quarry Preserve on the oldest reef in the world that was formed by organisms long ago.
I was surprised to see a large open field with durable signs scattered along the way for visitors to do self-guided tours. Each sign, from beginning to end, talked about how the reef was formed and how life evolved over time.
As we walked the path, Kanentokon started to gather plants along the way with his cousin. It's funny how plans change. We came to look at the rock fossils, however being with kamaʻāina, people of this land, I was excited to learn about the plants and their uses.
I learned that the root of the milkweed can be used for tea.
These brown leaves look very rigid, but in contrast are extremely soft. Kahnawiio mentioned that it could be mixed into cookie batter and is a good source of iron for women - that's my kind of medicine, I'll take a few.
This reddish brown flower can be used as a tea and helps with diabetes. The red leaves can also be used for tea, but ironically inhaling its smoke treats asthma.
Although the leaves are green and its flowers are pink, the red clover can be made into a tea and is a blood purifier. We pinched a few petals and ate them. I like gathering from the wild (also known as wildcraft) and getting to eat things right from the land.
The leaves of this purple flower can be eaten. Kanentokon explained that the best way to eat the flower was to pick the petals off with your teeth without breaking the stem. It was fun to eat and the taste is subtle, but definitely had a hint of sweetness.
Fascinated by all of this information, I asked Kanentokon if his parents taught him how to know what to pick. Quickly he replied, "My grandmother did." Kanentokon's and Kahnawiio's grandmothers came up in conversation - I wouldn't be surprised if they were walking and gathering with us today.
I might've missed the wine berries hanging beautifully if Kanentokon didn't point them out. He was surprised that this area was abundant, mentioning that he didn't see many wine berries as much back at home. They were small grapes with a deep purple color. The berries had a much stronger taste than I expected, somewhat bitter but still delicious. I agreed with Uncle Kalau when he mentioned that these little berries had way more seeds than you'd think would be in them. I ate a whole bunch, spitting out the small seeds as we walked.
There's a mushroom... but we threw it back because mushrooms can sometimes be tricky.
If we came to visit this place on our own, I would've looked at this area simply as an open field with fossils here and there. Now I've built a connection, being able to recognize a few plants with a little help. This place is special because of the people and interactions that occurred here. Another cultural exchange that was unplanned yet meaningful. Where both cultures were interacting and strengthening bonds that will definitely continue in the future.
Wa'a Pizza with Keli on Hōkūle'a
"The wa'a teaches you to be creative, that you can do a lot of different things with food."
Step 1: Add oil to the pan
Step 2: Add flour and water.
Step 3: Combine oil and flour, then add water. Press the dough with a spoon to make the crust.
Step 4: Add sauce - you can use what you have; old spaghetti sauce or tomato sauce with onions and seasonings. Whatever you prefer!
Step 5: Add cheese
Step 6: Add your toppings. We used ham and grapes today!
Step 7: Cover the pan to help the pizza cook.
Step 8: Enjoy!
"Hope you have fun making your own wa'a pizza! No foget! Mālama Honua!"
Seaweed Similarities
Hōkūleʻa WWV - Newport, RI
Vocabulary I learned:
Wildcraft: gather herbs, plants and fungi from the wild
Stand: a concentrated area of resources in wildcrafting
Organoleptic: acting on or involving the use of the sense organs
~Almost all marine (salt water) seaweed are edible, so it probably won't kill you if you nimble on one from clean area.
By coincidence I learned about a seaweed tour in Newport, RI from Nancy - a woman I met at our canoe tours who has been following the worldwide voyage. I was curious to see if I'd find similarities with gathering here and home. Shout out to Michelle Kapana-Baird, a waʻa sister and STEMS^2 masters cohort 1 member (https://coe.hawaii.edu/academics/curriculum-studies/med-cs-stems2), who has gotten me more interested in limu. She has encouraged me to take pictures of the different seaweed I find in every port we stop in (kumukaai.weebly.com & kaaiohelo_berries instagram).
It's funny because the owner of Gather (www.gatherherbs.com). Sarah Berkman (www.gatherherbs.com/about), and student professionally trained in the culinary arts, Sam Radov, talked about how asking permission might sound funny; how it might feel silly to ask a plant, "Can I pick you?" Some people in Hawaiʻi believe this is an integral part of gathering, but ask in different ways like chanting. Some also thank the plant or talk to them. E ola ʻoe, i ola mākou nei.
There are many lessons that come with gathering. These sayings are found in Hawaiian ʻōlelo noʻeau; e ʻai i kekahi, e kāpī i kekahi. Eat some, salt some; it's also one of my favorite children's book (photo). Only pick what you are going to use. Gather what's in abundance, 'ai ka mea loa'a. Sarah reminded us to, "Be ok coming home with an empty basket." I was reminded of one of the first ʻōlelo noʻeau I ever learned, mai huli kua i ke kai or never turn your back to the ocean. I've learned to always face the ocean in order to know what's coming up next. You wouldn't want a big wave to take you by surprise.
As we walked to collect different types of limu I learned that both of Sarah's Italian grandmothers taught her this knowledge of gathering from the wild because they were both interested in gathering. Even Sam was exposed to wildcraft from a very young age. In two hours I heard interesting names like sugar kelp, feather boa, and sea lettuce. I didn't know that there are twice as many seaweed in the Pacific Ocean because it's older than the Atlantic Ocean. Seaweed can be used as a bandange, chewed for a sore throat and can treat hypothyroidism. They mentioned that seaweed can be used for farming, which I recently learned from the Reppun 'ohana, a family that I adore back at home in Waiahole (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aslbaWr7bC0). Seaweed; eat them, bathe with them, garden with them.
Every person in the class received a small glass jar of local homemade organic furikake picked from the East Coast. I was happy to return to the waʻa with something for the crew. I learned that people in Rhode Island don't use furikake as much as people in Hawaiʻi. At home, we use it like like ketchup, putting it all over our rice and even popcorn. The crew used it for lunch and made pan spam musubi (photo).
Although gathering limu on the East Coast was a first experience for me, it felt unusually familiar. It made me miss home. I came thinking I'd learn more about seaweed, when it was clearly a reminder to take care of our kūpuna. As we were gathering I helped Nancy, a woman who I just met yesterday, walk along the shore to ensure she wouldn't slip on the rocks. To care for people even when we barely know them is a way to mālama honua.
We also need to acknowledge, honor and seek out the knowledge of our kūpuna before their 'ike (knowledge) is gone; to make mistakes when they're still around; to ask questions because they'll probably know the answers. When I return home, I'm going to my Aunty who has been wanting to show me the spot where our family picks limu. I'm going to tell her, I'm sorry I took so long, but I'm ready now. Go learn something new from a kūpuna today or ask a question you've been wanting to ask for a long time; you won't know until you show the desire to learn and gain that knowledge.
Mahalo for following me and Leg 22 on this journey. We thank you for continuing to follow us on hokulea.com.
Kumu Kaʻai previously taught at Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy and Hawaiian Studies at Wilson Elementary School to K-5 students.
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David marched through arid deserts filled with enemies for years before Saul passed and David became king. The Israelites trekked as a nation across dry desert for 40 years before arriving at the promised land. Joseph served years in a prison before being promoted to Pharaoh's right hand. Jesus fasted 40 days in the wilderness before he assumed His ministry. It seems throughout the Bible that before every great promotion by God, there is… a desert.
"He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand; and if only the will to walk is really there is He pleased even with their stumbles. Do not be deceived, Wormwood. [The demonic] cause is never more in danger, than when a human, no longer desiring, but intending, to do [God's] will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys." –The Screwtape Letters
This is by God's design. A desert is a place of testing, of growth, and a building of trust between man and God. All of which must happen before any promotion by God.
Not every desert is the same for everyone, they may vary in duration, intensity, nature, or destination, but they all seem to exhibit like characteristics.
We know that during their exodus, the ancient Israelites ate manna every single day, a substance that met their basic needs and no more. Jesus didn't eat at all. The Israelites had left their homes behind and barely had shelter, with constant labor day-in and day-out to function. Jesus was purposely devoid of commanding authority over Satan and was left to be tempted by him face to face every day. It's also important to realize that during their exodus, the Israelites didn't even know what they were looking for. They had never seen a promised land before, they had no idea what to expect. All they had was God's silent pillar of cloud leading them only to the next waypoint. While you're in a desert, no matter how bad you want to, you can't see the destination.
Related Post: Gravity is pulling but heaven is calling.
So a desert can usually be summarized by these characteristics: there is an apparent lack in a certain area, a seeming endlessness with no traction being made, no long-term direction or any vision of the finish line, a felt distance from God, needs being met only at their most basic level, temptation to quit or go astray, and a deep desire for an end goal that is in a higher place of promotion in God's realm in comparison to the state before the desert even appeared.
A desert need not be physical.
In God's development and promotion of us, it's usually something not seen. And, like the ancient Israelites, it's how we perform in that desert that determines how long we stay in it.
Matt 11:23 "and does not doubt in their heart but believes what they say will happen, it will be done for them"
Romans 5:3 "We also glory in our sufferings, because suffering produces perseverance"
Romans 12:12 "Be patient in your affliction"
1 Cor 10:10 "Do not grumble, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel"
James 1:2 "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you meet trials"
Hebrews 11:6 "Without faith, it is impossible to please God"
James 1:12 "God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation"
James 1:20 "Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires"
When we find ourselves in a desert, we can combine the above passages and develop some guidance on how to be successful in it.
#1. Be glad!
For a desert means God is testing and preparing you for promotion and an answer to your heart's cry, or fulfillment of His word over you.
#2. Give thanks
for even the basic needs God is meeting and be consistently entering His courts with praise. Paul continued to praise God even as he stood in his own waste, shackled in prison. Don't complain, for God hates complaining. The fact that he sent a specialist angel against complainers in the Exodus shows that the desert you're in will become much more harsh if you allow yourself to complain.
#3. Be passionately persevering.
Resist the temptation to "shortcut" your desert trek through your own manipulations or to make the end result happen on your own. Also resist the temptations to deviate from Holiness due to God's apparent absence or because you "need a break" from the difficulties of the trial. Be firmly unmoved in your intention of Holiness before God and following His commands.
#4. Start emulating
the conditions of your promised land now, in faith. Praise the Lord as if you've already received it. Even though the blessing hasn't arrived yet, start behaving as you would when it does. Even in the secular world, there is the phrase "Dress for the job you want, not the one you have."
The desert is a harsh place that swallows up many.
Some fall because they take the experience lightly and go astray. Others are not mentally prepared. Some because they decide it's too difficult and don't want to believe God's in control. Some are lost because they don't even realize they've entered a desert. They never come to terms with the fact.
But the desert is also a place where leaders are forged. Men and women who persevere as the sand slowly erodes away impurities and false motives that keep them from the higher places of authority and influence in God's Kingdom. The desert is a refining arena. It measures the true depth of your desire for promotion, and separates those who lack the spiritual drive from those who have come to the place of steadfast intentionality in their focus and expectation on God's final destination.


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SpankingTime Episode 2
Is one slave enough? Not if you are Miss Twisted and Mistress Silver and in your evil mode. If you watched Episode 1, you would have noticed that slave Bristol BootWhore, was sitting in the background waiting for it to be his turn. Now his is up – the punishment is the same with paddles, canes, and whips. As always, a pleasure for the Mistresses.
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