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Hardesty brings passion to diamond for Knightstown Panthers
October 5, 2018 stvkrh905	4 Comments
Daren Hardesty played for a passionate coach in high school and looks to bring some of that intensity in his role as head baseball coach at Knightstown (Ind.) High School.
Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Famer Bill Stoudt led the program at Pendleton Heights High School in Pendleton, Ind., when Hardesty was there.
"He's just a student of the game," says Hardesty of the now-retired Stoudt. "He's always reading and learning and passes that stuff on to former players who are coaching now.
"He just never stops. He loves the game of baseball.
"He's a competitor to the extreme. I loved playing for Coach Stoudt. He got so fired up. Doing things the right way was so important. His passion and drive was infectious. I hope my players get that from me from time to time."
The 2019 season will be Hardesty's sixth as Knightstown's head coach. An impact player expected back from a 15-11 team is senior right-hander/shortstop Jose Olivo. The athletic Olivo is currently the starting quarterback on the Panthers football squad and Hardesty says he will likely be the school's No. 1 pitcher in the spring.
Knightstown (enrollment around 380) is an IHSAA Class 2A school which has been in a sectional pairing with Eastern Hancock, Heritage Christian, Indianapolis Scecina, Irvington Preparatory and Triton Central.
Despite being a smaller school, the Panthers have been able to develop some quality pitching depth with Hardesty in-charge and he looks to beef up the non-conference schedule with bigger schools when possible.
"We're blessed to have three of four quality starters," says Hardesty. "We have good enough pitching to keep us competitive.
"We stress, stress long toss, arm bands and arm strengthening."
The Panthers are members of the Tri-Eastern Conference (along with Cambridge City Lincoln, Centerville, Hagerstown, Northeastern, Tri, Union City, Union County and Winchester). Union County, Hagerstown and Knightstown placed 1-2-3 in the TEC in 2018.
"It's competitive," says Hardesty of the conference. "Everybody's good."
The Panthers have sent players on the college baseball in recent years, including Drake Peggs at Eastern Michigan University.
"He was our shortstop and difference maker," says Hardesty of Peggs. "He has great hand-eye coordination."
Hardesty graduated from Pendleton Heights in 2013 and played four seasons at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind., where he earned his diploma in 2007 and his head baseball coach was Mark DeMichael (now IWU's athletic director).
"He was short-staffed for a college staff," says Hardesty of DeMichael. "He did an excellent job of organizing practices.
"He is a Godly man who valued his relationship with his players and exhibited a good, Christ-like demeanor.
"Indiana Wesleyan athletics are getting better and better and it doesn't surprise me a bit with Mark in charge."
Hardesty joined the Wildcats as a corner infielder and pitcher and became a set-up man on a pitching staff led by future major leaguer Brandon Beachy, who was one year behind Hardesty.
"I had to really learn how to pitch to be effective," says Hardesty, who ate up many relief innings. "That's why I love to be a pitching coach. Learning a good change-up was huge for me."
Hardesty began his coaching career at Greenfield-Central High School. He served five years as pitching coach to Pendleton Heights graduate Travis Keesling then spent one season with head coach Keesling at PH before landing at Knightstown.
He has really come to appreciate what it means to be a coach and educator at that size school.
Hardesty teaches math at KHS.
"We have small class sizes and the kids all work hard," says Hardesty. "I've fallen into a really good situation here."
His baseball coaching staff includes Knightstown graduate and former Hanover College catcher Nolan Hall plus teachers Nic Murray (a former Eminence assistant) and Darren Kessler.
In 2018, the Panthers played all their home games on a new on-campus field which Hardesty had the chance to help design.
"It's awesome," says Hardesty of a facility which includes a net and brick backstop, open-concept dugouts and fan-friendly berms around the field. "They don't have to look through chain link fences.
"It's got some unique features like Pendleton Heights and Wapahani. It's not a cookie-cutter field."
The former varsity field is located about about two miles from campus at what is now Knightstown Intermediate School.
Hardesty says the new field should have lights installed by next fall with the hopes Knightstown, which moved into its newer high school building on U.S. 40 in 2004, will be able to become an IHSAA postseason tournament host.
Since Hardesty took over the program, the Panthers have won three of their six all-time sectionals (2014, 2015 and 2016) and two of three regional crowns (2015 and 2016).
Daren and Morgan Hardesty celebrated four years of marriage this year. The couple have two children — son Bridger (2) and daughter Elliott (6 months).
Daren Hardesty, a graduate of Pendleton Heights High School and Indiana Wesleyan University, is heading into his sixth season as head baseball coach at Knightstown (Ind.) High School in 2019. (Knightstown Photo)
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Campbell, Lapel Bulldogs meeting baseball challenges head-on
January 1, 2018 stvkrh905	6 Comments
Baseball teams at Lapel High School are faced with unique challenges.
At 470 students, the school is slightly smaller than its corporation partner, Frankton, and one of the smaller ones in the Madison Country area.
Yet, the 2018 schedule for IHSAA Class 2A Lapel features 4A schools like Anderson and Lawrence North and perennial 3A powers like Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter and Western plus plenty of talented 2A and 1A programs.
"There are definitely challenges," says Matt Campbell, who enters his second season as Lapel's head baseball coach in 2018. "It's not in the size or the athletes that come out of it. Location is a very interesting factor. There are not a lot a lot of schools in close proximity of the same size. We end up playing a lot bigger schools.
"It's fun to go up against them and have success on different levels every night. I just want to play good baseball schools and play them well."
In 2017, Lapel hosted a sectional with Frankton, Monroe Central, Muncie Burris, Shenandoah and Wapahani. The Bulldogs won sectionals in 1976, 1983, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2013 and 2015. Lapel's lone regional title came in 2006.
Lapel is also an independent, having left the Indiana Crossroads Conference in 2014-15.
Where the disadvantage comes in is with scheduling. Lapel is often the first team to get dropped when conference teams need to make up games.
"In high school sports, there's nothing better than having rivalries," says Campbell. "It's always better to be playing for something. That's the same way it is with all sports at Lapel.
"Frankton is our rival (in Frankton-Lapel Community Schools). We may not circle it on the calendar, but everybody knows when that game is going to be played."
The whole community is mourning the loss of Frankton baseball and basketball assistant Chris Hatzell, who died Dec. 26 at age 44.
"He was a great guy," says Campbell of Hatzell, the Eagles' first base coach. "He will be missed."
Campbell enters his second season as Lapel head baseball coach in 2018. He is the eighth man to lead the program in 11 years. The Class of 2017 had four different coaches in four years.
The baseball field at Lapel went in with the new school building a decade ago, but improvement or maintenance projects have slowed with the coaching turnover. Campbell did participate in a recent irrigation upgrade.
Among those moving on were Brad Lantz, Dustin Glant and Matt Bair.
Lantz, a Lapel graduate, went on to become head coach at Guerin Catholic High School and is now an assistant at Noblesville.
Glant became head coach at Anderson University and is now entering his sixth season as an assistant at Ball State University.
Bair is entering his first season as head coach at Anderson U.
Campbell came to Lapel after serving as an assistant at Pendleton Heights — first to Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Famer Bill Stoudt and then current Arabians head coach Travis Keesling.
"He is the epitome of baseball," says Campbell of Stoudt. "I talk to him weekly if not more. I can't get enough of him. There's a reason he was so successful. He just loves being around the game. When I got this job, I think he was as excited about the game as I was. I gave him one more connection to the game."
Stoudt was a regular spectator in 2017 at Lapel games.
Campbell played at Hamilton Southeastern High School, graduating in 2001 — the last season as Royals head coach for IHSBCA Hall of Famer Ken Seitz.
"He has a ton of wisdom to give," says Campbell of Seitz. "One of those things was — don't stray, keep to the path. He saw the end in sight that we — as 17- and 18-year-olds — didn't see.
"That's something that's stuck with me for a long time. Especially at this time of year. The season seems so far off. Pitchers and catchers meet at 6 a.m. After school, we finally get access to the gym (after winter sports teams). There's the time in the weight room. But to us coaches, it seems like it's just around the corner.
"It's the dawning of a New Year."
Campbell has also been coaching with the Indiana Bulls organization since 2006. He began as an assistant to Larry Fowler and took over the 18U squad in 2009 and a few years later joined the board of directors.
Fowler is now an assistant to Campbell at Lapel. His other assistants for 2018 include Ryan Scott, Jim Cook, Cameron Mendel, Hunter Cook, Sam Wides and Cade Luker. Scott, Mendel and Luker are all Lapel graduate. Jim Cook coached at Pendleton Heights and his son, Hunter Cook, played there.
Lapel is currently represented in college baseball by Brady Cherry (Ohio State University) and Jaxon Shirley (Weatherford College in Texas).
Left-hander Devon Frank (Lapel Class of 2018) has verbally committed to Anderson U. Other Bulldogs are considering college options.
Campbell graduated from Indiana University (where he did not play baseball), taught 10 years in Pendleton schools and is now teaching seventh grade at Lapel Middle School. Matt and Christene Campbell have two children — Easton (4) and Teaghan (3 months).
Matt Campbell, a Hamilton Southeastern High School graduate, is heading into his second season as head baseball coach at Lapel High School in Madison County in 2018. (Brian Gill Photo)
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Keesling expects discipline, encourages expression at Pendleton Heights
May 24, 2017 stvkrh905	14 Comments
Travis Keesling is keeping up baseball traditions at Pendleton Heights High School while also creating a culture all his own.
A 1995 Pendleton Heights graduate, Keesling played four years for Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Famer Bill Stoudt and became the Arabians head baseball coach after Stoudt retired at the end of the 2012 season with 654 wins, 14 sectional titles, three regional crowns and 10 conference championships in 32 seasons.
"Coach Stoudt is still around," says Keesling. "He's always ready to lend an ear if I call him. He is my mentor in coaching and one of the guys I respect more than anybody else.
"He does a phenomenal job of letting me grow as a coach."
Like has been the case at Pendleton for the last four decades, Keesling does not let his players have facial hair and hair cuts must be short. He insists on discipline.
The Arabians are not flashy and come to the diamond with a "lunch pail" mentality. They're there to work.
But he also lets his student-athletes express themselves.
"We allow players to be themselves and have their personality as long as they are respectful of the game," says Keesling. "We want them to have a voice.
"Nowadays kids want to be heard. We have had more success as my coaching career has gone on by letting players have a little more freedom."
Keesling played one season at Southeastern Illinois College and continued his schooling at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
He was an assistant to Stoudt at Pendleton 2003-06 and also coached travel baseball in the summer. His coaching resume also includes involvement with the Indiana Crossroads Showcase Series, Crossroads Championship Series, U.S. Baseball Academy camps and managing Anderson American Legion Post 127.
Keesling was head softball coach for one season at Wes-Del and five as head baseball coach at Greenfield-Central before returning to his alma mater.
The 2017 Arabians won the Hoosier Heritage Conference (which also includes Delta, Greenfield-Central, Mt. Vernon, New Castle, New Palestine, Shelbyville and Yorktown) for the first time under Keesling, playing mostly Friday conference doubleheaders, and reigned as Madison County champions for the fourth time in five seasons.
Pendleton typically has 45 to 50 players in the program with a varsity, junior varsity and freshmen team. The JV plays conference doubleheaders on Saturdays.
The '17 coaching staff also includes Carlos Leyva (outfielders, baserunning and third base coach), Brad Schnepp (pitching coach), Jeff Freeman (infielders and first base coach) and Jim Kayajan (bench and hitting coach) at the varsity level, Matt Vosburgh and Mike Taylor with the JV and Brandon Schnepp with the freshmen.
Keesling and the Arabians will try to take a third straight sectional trophy when the IHSAA postseason begins Wednesday, May 24 at the Class 4A Pendleton Heights Sectional.
Pendleton Junior Baseball League has recreation teams from 8U through 14U. In Keesling's first year, he started the PJBL-affiliated Indiana Arabians travel organization, which has teams 8U through 16U, to teach the game the Pendleton Heights way.
"We create an environment of how we're going to play at the high school," says Keesling of the approach with younger players. "I want my son to be a better player in July than he was in April. It's all about development."
With the arrival of the IHSAA tournament, a focus will be the new pitch count rules (1 to 35 pitches requires 0 days rest; 36 to 60 requires 1 day; 61 to 80 requires 2 days; 81 to 100 requires 3 days; and 101 to 120 requires 4 days). Keesling said the standards used this season don't go far enough in protecting arms.
"I think it's too lax," says Keesling, an IHSBCA district representative. "Ours at Pendleton Heights is stricter to the IHSAA. When a kid gets to 100 pitches, sweat starts dripping down my face. (Many players) have a career beyond us (in college). It's not a win-at-all-costs."
Travis Keesling, a 1995 Pendelton Heights High School graduate, is in his fifth season as Arabians head baseball coach.
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HSE, Henson looking to play the best to prepare for the postseason
March 17, 2017 stvkrh905	13 Comments
Take a look at the 2017 Hamilton Southeastern High School baseball schedule.
With 18 games in the always ultra-competitive Hoosier Crossroads Conference (three-game series vs. Avon, Brownsburg, Fishers, Noblesville, Westfield and Zionsville), non-conference games against perennial powers like Brebeuf, Carmel and Roncalli and out-of-state encounters against Louisville (Ky.) Ballard, Louisville (Ky.) Trinity and Metamora Township (Ill.), there are no breathers for the Royals.
And that's the way fifth-year head coach Scott Henson and the HSE diamond community want it. A stacked regular season can only help come postseason.
"(Our players) truly believe they're more prepared for the sectional than any other team in the state," says Henson. "You have to be prepared or else you're going to be taking an early exit."
As is Henson's habit, he is taking his Fishers-based team for an early-season test when the Royals play April 6-8 in the Super Prep Series in the Louisville area (HSE was there two years ago and was rained out at Cincinnati Moeller in 2016 when both teams were atop their respective state polls).
Ballard features All-American outfielder/right-hander pitcher Jordon Adell who may be drafted this spring before ever stepping on the field for the University of Louisville. HSE junior left-hander Carter Lohman has committed to U of L.
"This gives us a measuring stick early in the season," says Henson. "We also get to stay in a hotel and have some team bonding."
Henson says he wishes the IHSAA would back off its travel rules which limit teams from going more than 300 miles from the border or playing any teams outside that radius.
"We've talked to the Louisville organizers," says Henson. "We can't play certain teams."
This spring will mark the third season of a conference format that more closely reflects a college-like schedule and many HSE players do have aspirations of playing college baseball.
"That three-game series is pushing us to the next level," says Henson, noting that the HCC has been represented in the Class 4A IHSAA State Finals two of the last three seasons (Noblesville winning in 2014 and Zionsville finishing as runner-up in 2016). "We think we're the best baseball conference in the state."
While they want to beat each other between the lines, the coaches in the HCC are also friendly and are known to get together for gatherings or seek each other out at clinics.
Henson says the three-game series forces teams to develop pitching (there were 17 NCAA Division I pitchers in the conference in 2016) and really think about strategy.
"You're getting a better sense who is the best overall team," says Henson. "That's the nature of baseball. You've got to do it more than just one night. That's why the World Series is seven games. They want to see who the best team is over time."
Entering his 15th season as a high school baseball coach, Henson spent two seasons as head JV coach at HSE before taking over the top spot. Before that, he was the hitting coach for four years at Northern Nash High School in Rocky Mount, N.C., after leaving coaching and going into the business world.
Henson was an assistant for four seasons (1995-98) at his alma mater, Pendleton Heights, where he worked for Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Famer Bill Stoudt.
"Coach Stoudt had a pretty big influence on my life," says Henson, who played baseball and football for the man at Pendleton and graduated in 1991 before going on to play college baseball at the University of Indianapolis and IUPUI and one season of pro ball with the independent Frontier League's Richmond Roosters. "It seems he was always in my ear."
Henson just went through cuts at HSE and usually gets a call every year from Stoudt telling him how this time of the year is both the greatest and the worst.
"I've got to tell these kids they don't get to come and play ball anymore," says Henson. "It's tough sometimes."
At a school of 3,200 students, Henson had 97 try out for 50 spots his first season. Since then, he's had to cut 25 to 30 players each spring.
"I start preparing the guys for this back in October or November," says Henson. "I tell them, I'd like to keep all of you. You have a passion for the game.'"
The reality is there are only so many spots.
Henson has seen some players cut once or twice and come back and make the squad.
Through it all, there's a lesson.
"You are going to go through life with things that are tough," says Henson. "If you get knocked down, you've got to get back up and make the best of situations. You rely on your teammates and buddies to put you in a good spot."
The emphasis at HSE is daily improvement. A coaching staff that includes Kory Seitz, Ken Seitz, Curry Harden, Jeff Mendenhall, Tyler Underwood, Seth Story, Jake Straub, Seth Paladin and Matt Nash reinforces that mantra with varsity, junior varsity and freshmen squads.
"We want to get better everyday," says Henson. "Work to be your best when you need to be your best."
The Royals have won 14 sectionals and all of them are represented on the current staff. In their tenures as HSE head coach, IHSBCA Hall of Famer Ken Seitz claimed nine sectionals, Harden took three and Henson has two (2013, 2015).
Henson has a few other ideas about how to make Indiana high school baseball better.
"I'd love to see us have access to the kids a little more," says Henson. "Right now, there are periods when we can only work with two kids at a time per coach. There's a reason travel baseball is becoming more and more important. (Those coaches) have unlimited access.
"I understand the idea behind the rule, but it's antiquated. We're missing opportunities.
Henson says the experience could be a little bit better.
"Seeding the tournament would go a long ways," says Henson. "And we get too caught up in making things geographically feasible."
If getting the best competition means traveling a few hours, so be it. That's what it was like in North Carolina, where they do not have an all-comers postseason like Indiana and play a best-of-three championship series.
It's all about making baseball better.
Scott Henson is entering his fifth season as head baseball coach at Hamilton Southeastern High School in 2017.
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Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
Texas Attorney John B. Henry, III, practices throughout Texas, including Harris County, Rockwall County, Dallas County, Jefferson County, Galveston County, Fort Bend County and the surrounding counties. Mr. Henry is a native of Texas, and he brings his perspective and experience to represent his client with the knowledge and care their matters deserve. His practice focuses on guardianship, special needs trusts, probate and estate administration, estate planning, and elder law, including moderate to high net worth estates. Mr. Henry's experience with these areas of law began with his work in the non-profit arena where he continues to devote...
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Divorce, Family and Personal Injury
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(832) 345-1327 3222 Burke Rd
Ste 211 F
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Sugarland, TX Attorney with 19 years of experience
(713) 229-8855 1600 Highway 6
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League City, TX Attorney
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(713) 225-6200 1214 Miramar Street
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
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Houston, TX Lawyer with 9 years of experience
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South Texas College of Law and Florida A&M University College of Law
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Missouri City, TX Lawyer with 23 years of experience
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Robert Musemeche
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Bankruptcy, Business and Collections
Ms. Ada Ferrer has had a long and successful legal career helping individuals, companies, and non profits with a wide variety of legal matters. Ada began her legal career as a paralegal at Holt & Young, PC and then Barsalou & Sebesta, PC where she concentrated on real estate law and property owner's associations. Ada attended the University of Houston Law Center where she worked as a student attorney in the Transaction & Consumer Law Clinic, interned for the Harris County District Attorney's Office, and worked as a law clerk for Evans & Fair. Upon graduating from law...
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(888) 902-6245 3737 Buffalo Speedway
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University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
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(281) 316-9201 820 E Main St
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
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John Slagle is pictured on the monitor during a video hearing on Friday. Judge Dale Crawford is pictured on the right.
A former local attorney convicted on charges stemming from his alleged use of thousands of dollars of his clients' money for personal purposes has been granted judicial release from prison.
John W. Slagle, 69, was convicted in 2010 in Highland County and Montgomery County on multiple theft charges. His combined sentences amounted to 10 years in prison, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Retired Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Dale Crawford presided over Friday's hearing, as well as all previous proceedings. Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss recused himself from the case when Slagle was indicted in 2009.
Appearing by video, Sagle on Friday told Crawford that he was suffering "debilitating" health issues. He said he was "prepared" to be released.
"I sincerely hope for the court's favorable consideration," he said.
On Friday, she said Slagle had never taken responsibility for his actions and that he continued to blame the state for his situation. She said that none of Slagle's victims that her office had spoken to were in favor of his release. Collins noted that he owed more than $200,000 in restitution.
Slagle said he believed he had accepted responsibility for what he'd done, not only in court proceedings, but also in motions filed.
Ultimately, Crawford granted the judicial release and ordered that Slagle would be on community control for five years. The judge warned that if Slagle violated any conditions of his supervision or violated the law, he would likely return to prison to serve the remainder of his sentence.
In other hearings this week, Jamie L. Williams, 22, Greenfield, was sentenced to community control and ordered to be evaluated for treatment, successfully completing any recommended programming. Williams is also required to pay more than $600 in restitution.
The defendant pled guilty to fifth-degree felony breaking and entering in June.
Rachele M. Grooms, 27, West Union, and Alex. S. Gruber, 28, of Hillsboro, were each sentenced to community control and treatment.
This week, they each pled guilty to fourth-degree felony heroin possession.
Matthew Casey Holaday, 34, Sardinia, was sentenced to community control. He pled guilty to third-degree felony grand theft in June.
Foryst A. Rios, 20, Blanchester, was sentenced to community control and treatment on a marijuana trafficking charge he pled guilty to last month.
Stephen Weil, 29, Hillsboro, pled guilty to trafficking in and possession of heroin, both fifth-degree felonies. He is set for sentencing in August.
http://aimmedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2015/07/web1_Slagle.jpgJohn Slagle is pictured on the monitor during a video hearing on Friday. Judge Dale Crawford is pictured on the right.


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Hopes that Arab foreign ministers would back President Clinton's proposed formula for a Middle East peace deal were dealt a key setback when they declared that an estimated 4 million Palestinians have a "sacred" right to return to Israel. The decision, reached at an Arab League meeting in Cairo attended by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left it unclear whether Israel and the Palestinians can return to formal peace negotiations before Clinton leaves office Jan. 20 (Story, page 1; editorial, page 8.)
A court order that Augusto Pinochet undergo new medical and psychological tests is "disrespectful" and will be disobeyed, a lawyer for the ex-Chilean dictator said. The tests, scheduled for this weekend, were ordered to determine whether the octogenarian is fit to stand trial for atrocities committed after he came to power in 1973. But his indictment was set aside by the Supreme Court and cannot be reinstated unless the trial judge interrogates him - based on the tests - by Tuesday.
The bitter standoff between TV news employees in the Czech Republic and their new boss took a dramatic turn when he was rushed to a Prague hospital in "very serious condition." The nature of Jiri Hodac's illness was not disclosed. The development followed a rally Wednesday by an estimated 100,000 demonstrators calling for Hodac's resignation. His Dec. 20 appointment as director of state-owned Czech Television aroused immediate protest on grounds that he's biased against President Vaclav Havel, and petitions demanding his dismissal have been signed by 130,000 backers of the news staff.
Despite his indictment on graft charges, voters in Thailand appear likely to elect communications magnate Thaksin Shina-watra as their new prime minister tomorrow. Thaksin vows to claim the post if his Thai Rak Thai Party wins the majority of ballots. But the Constitutional Court could ban him from politics for up to five years if it upholds a Dec. 26 finding by the Counter Corruption Commission that he hid some of his wealth while serving in a previous government. Incumbent Chuan Leekpai, widely blamed for Thailand's slow recovery from the deep financial crisis of 1997, has trailed far behind Thaksin in opinion polls.
An overwhelming OK by voters is expected Sunday on a referendum that would sanction wholesale changes to Senegal's Constitution. The proposals would shorten the president's term from seven years to five, return parliament to a single chamber by abolishing the Senate, outlaw forced marriages, and allow women to acquire property on the same terms as men. The west African nation still is in an uphill transition from 40 years of socialist rule since opposition leader Abdoul-aye Wade was elected president last March.
Preah Vihear ruling hailed as 'win-win' for Thailand, Cambodia
Why Bangkok struggles to bring peace to Thailand's 'Deep South'
Thai protesters occupy ministries in disobedience campaign


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FEATURES, US & WORLD NEWS	 September 21, 2017
TRUMP INSULTS AFRICAN LEADERS WITH HIS "MY FRIENDS COME TO YOUR COUNTRIES TO GET RICH" SPEECH AT UN MEETING
Following Donald Trump's speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday which made headlines for being bombastic, contradictory and "warmongering", the American President decided to go for a different approach when addressing African leaders yesterday.
And he went for highly offensive. Insulting.
The President of the United States told a room full representatives of a continent still dealing with the legacies of colonialism, exploitation and slavery that his "friends" go there (to Africa) "trying to get rich".
And then he congratulated them on it.
I've so many friends going to your countries, trying to get rich."I congratulate you. They're spending a lot of money."
At this point Trump paused briefly, apparently expecting a laugh or round of applause but was met with stone-cold silence.
Among the African leaders on the unfortunate receiving end of Trumps exceedingly thoughtless and highly insulting remarks were Nigeria's President Buhari and Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo.
Also present at the meeting which was being hosted by Trump were the leaders of South Africa, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Guinea, Senegal, Namibia and Uganda.
As if that wasn't enough he then went on to praise health care advancements in the non-existent country of Nambia.
It is unclear if he was referring to Gambia in West Africa, Zambia in southern Africa, or perhaps Namibia in southwest Africa. White House transcripts suggest the latter.
In a section on the African economy titled 'Why Has Africa Failed To Industrialise?', the UN's own website sums up the West's – i.e. Trump's friends' – approach to the continent, using a book by Ha-Joon Chang to illustrate the perspective.
In the book, "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism," Mr. Chang, whom The Financial Times describes as "probably the world's most effective critic of globalization," argues that rich countries have historically relied on protectionist approaches in their quests for economic dominance.
In its review of the book, The Publishers Weekly, a US-based news magazine on book publishing, says rich nations that "preach free market and free trade to the poor countries in order to capture larger shares of the latter's markets and to pre-empt the emergence of possible competitors are Chang's bad Samaritans."
So it's probably not something to brag about, particularly as leader of the world's capitalist powerhouse.
Gaffes aside, Trump's underlying point that Africa has great economic potential is valid,
The African Development Bank's 2017 outlook report states:
Africa continued to experience regional and global headwinds in 2016, resulting in a further slowdown in growth performance. This notwithstanding, the outlook for the medium term is positive.
In 2017 and 2018, Africa will benefit from commodity prices which started to rise in the latter part of 2016, increasing private demand including in domestic markets, sound macroeconomic policy management now entrenched in many countries, a generally improving and favourable business environment, and a more diversified economic structure, particularly towards the services sector and light manufacturing
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DIASPORA NEWS, FEATURES, LONDON DIGEST, UK	 May 10, 2017 May 10, 2017
FOCUS ON DISABILITY PATRON ABBEY AKINOSHUN IN FIRST AMBASSADORIAL MISSION TO NIGERIA
On his first official visit since being made a Patron of the charity organisation, " FOCUS ON DISABILITY FOUNDATION [FODF], Dr Abbey Akinoshun was recently in Nigerian to present school materials and school uniforms to the five Lagos orphans being supported by the Charity.
Dr Abbey, a London based Employment Law Consultant and former Green Party UK Parliamentary Candidate said he is humbled to be carrying out a job that puts a smile on the faces of others and much fulfilled in the role given him by FOD. He urged others to "join us to make a difference in our society".
Founded by Abiodun Paseda, Focus on Disability Foundation is a UK based charity working to support the charitable work of Focus on Disability Foundation (Nigeria) alongside partner organisations in Nigeria to achieve equal rights for the people with disabilities
*Please contact FODF if you are interested in their various projects in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. You can visit their website at www.fodfoundation.org/
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I ran across this exquisite doll depicting a person in a Dzonoqua ceremonial mask and costume. The mask shows the traditional depiction of Dzonoqua, the wild woman of the woods, with her pursed lips as if whistling (as bigfoots are reported to do). Dzonoqua is covered in hair, and is often represented in ceremonies by a person wearing bear fur and a mask as is seen in the doll. In the images above, Dzonoqua's breasts are depicted indicating she is a female figure, a giantess or ogress, not her mail counterpart known as Bukwas. It is generally thought that she and Bukwas represent sasquatch. For more on the Dzonoqua mythology, click this link.
The artist responsible for this piece is the late Shona-Hah, also known as Mary Smith. The work was created sometime around 1980 using red cedar, cedar bark, wood, faux fur, greens and pigment. I think all would agree this is a tremendous representation.
Shona-Hah (1912-1997) is the mother of Lelooska, Kwunkwa-dzi, Patty Fawn, and Tsungani. She was born in a black walnut log cabin in Oklahoma's old Cherokee Nation. There, she was given the name Shona-Hah, "gray dove". Her Kwakiutl name, Tl'alilhilugwa, bestowed in 1968 by , means "whale rising".
Shona-Hah's life bespeaks her Indian heritage. In her youth, she both trained horses and rode in races and exhibitions. As a small child, she began participating in the traditional dances and continued throughout her life. Always interested in all facets of Indian art, she exceled at beadwork, skin sewing, carving, painting, and doll making.
Her dolls are valued highly by private collectors and museums as illustrations of vanished cultures. They bring alive both ceremonial and every day events in the lives of the people of many different North American tribes. From the Osage of Oklahoma to the Kwakiutls of British Columbia, she draws on first-hand knowledge of the cultures and the memories of the Old Ones for her inspiration.
Shona-Hah's children credit her with their love and respect for Indian art and traditions. She taught them the skills she had acquired and sacrificed to help them become artists in their own right.
Passing away in October of 1997, Shona-Hah occupied a place of major importance in the family structure. A cohesive element in the group, she was also an important contributor to the educational programs. She not only participated in them, she also made many of the costumes.
If you or someone you know has more information about Shona Ha, her work, or her legacy, I would be very interested to hear more about it. Feel free to contact me by clicking this link and sharing what you know about her. Thank you!
ARIEL, Cowlitz County – Shona-Hah prefers old faces. Creased by the years, weary and wrinkled, they have stories to tell. And she helps tell them. She coaxes their stories out of wood, then fills them in with cloth and leather and human hair. When she's done, the result is a 12-inch doll portraying a Native American; an old Indian,usually.
That includes the Clark County dollmaker. Her father performed in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. Born in 1911, Mary Smith is three-quarters Cherokee and one-quarter French. (Shona-Hah is Cherokee for Gray Dove and it is the name she uses professionally.) She says she was born in Oklahoma or Missouri. Their dirt-floor cabin straddled the state line, and "I don't know which state I was born in," she said with a smile.
She lived on a reservation until the age of 4, then grew up on a Wyoming cattle ranch. At 6, Mary survived being struck by lightning. "Shoshone and Arapaho would come down to touch her," Don Smith, her son, said. "They thought she was blessed. That's some heavy-duty blessing.
"Don Smith was seated at a nearby table, bent over a block of cedar that will become shore birds nesting on an ocean-side rock. He is better known as noted story-teller and mask-carver Chief Lelooska.
"Almost everybody here has more than one name; it's hard for the post office to sort it out," said Patty Fawn, Mary Smith's daughter.
Three of Mary Smith's four children are artists with work on display at the Lelooska Gallery. Mary Smith has been an artist for most of her life, although she might dispute that description.
"She doesn't consider herself an artist," Fawn said. "But people who collect her dolls fight over them.
"One collector calls Mary Smith the modern equivalent of Charlie Russell.
"He was the best of the Western artists," said Ken MacRae of Enumclaw. "She has more skill, she's better at what she does" than anyone else in her line of work.
"I carve to help make a living for my family," Mary Smith said as her son's knife released more fragrance of fresh-carved cedar into the room. "It's a necessity. Isn't that what drives us all?
After the woman bought two huge pieces of velvet for the drapes, "We painted gold dragons on black velvet," she said.
"I carved 100 horses with saddles so we could put a roof on our house here," she said.
Smith has no idea how many Indian dolls she has produced, although she kept a log for several years.
"You can see the price go up, too," Smith said. The early works in the log went for about $250 in the mid 1970's. One of her latest creations is "The Journey," showing an old woman and her dog on a trek. It is on display next door at the family gallery with a price tag of $1,250. MacRae said four of Smith's dolls were selling for $1,800 apiece at a recent Indian art show in California.
Each transaction in Smith's log also described the type of Indian, and what he or she was doing.
"I like to have them doing something – making baskets, cutting up a salmon. One played the violin," Smith said. Her current creation is an Indian woman carrying her grandson in a blanket backpack.
Each Indian also represents a particular tribe.
"Nobody anywhere is making them as accurately as she is," MacRae said.
I recently ran across this amazing art by an equally amazing artist who goes by the name Viergacht. The caption for the photo reads, "A young male North American ape, Anthropoidipes ameriborealis, patrolling his territory. " Note the nod to Dr. Jeff Meldrum's 2007 paper, "Ichnotaxonomy of Giant Hominoid Tracks in North America," which attempted to name the species that left the footprints detailed in the paper. The PDF of that paper is available by clicking this link. I love well-read bigfoot enthusiasts.
Viergacht is a fantastically creative and talented artist. He has a presence on the art collective website, Deviant Art, and specializes in realistic animal-esque fantasy stuff, as far as I can put into words. And I love that I have a hard time categorizing this person's art.
For us bigfooters, it's important and practical to know about realistic bigfoot art in case they are used in a hoax. This goes for photographs, fur suits, digital art (like the one above), animations, and more. For sheer enjoyment, these art pieces are just fun.
Viergacht's art can be seen by clicking this link. He is available for commissions as well. Start by contacting him at viergacht@gmail.com.
Like most people my age, I am a fan of Star Wars, and have been since seeing the original in the theaters back in 1977. At that early age, I even thought that Chewbacca was a sasquatch, which of course makes me smile all these years later due to the whole Matilda fiasco, but I digress.
Whenever Star Wars crosses with the bigfoot subject, I am, of course interested, so when I saw the graphic above I wanted to learn more. As it turns out, the story above is true! There is, in fact, a comic book with this story line that was produced by Dark Horse Comics with the above story line. The story, entitled Into the Great Unknown, is contained in Star Wars Tales, Volume 19.
The good news is that someone has put the comic book out on Youtube for everyone's enjoyment. So, below is the Youtube version of that comic book, but be sure to give it a read in case the copyright folks notice that it's up!


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Ramadan Tent Project aims to alleviate world hunger this Ramadan
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Ramadan Tent Project will team up with faith-inspired charity Islamic Relief UK to launch My Open Iftar, an initiative, now in its second year, which will help raise money to feed vulnerable families across the world, with an aim to alleviate world hunger.
Every My Open Iftar pack purchased this year will help fight world hunger by feeding one person in need for the whole month of Ramadan. Each pack will also continue bringing the Ramadan experience to people's doorsteps, by providing everything they need to host a beautiful Iftar experience at home amidst the ongoing lockdown restrictions. A great way for people of all faiths and none to celebrate and share in the joys and festivities safely this Ramadan.
The My Open Iftar pack is ideal as a Ramadan 'goody bag', or a gift for a family member or friend, or a fast-a-thon challenge for work colleagues. Each pack includes a donation to the charity Islamic Relief UK to feed one person in need for the whole of Ramadan; a booklet about Ramadan and Fasting Advice and Guidance; delicious Recipe Booklet; children's activities including DIY Mosque Lamp Model and an Art & Design Competition; £40 worth of Discounts and Coupons; decorations plus much more.
Ramadan Tent Project are also proud to announce British Asian restaurant and catering group MyLahore as this year's Iftar partner. Each My Open Iftar pack will contain a £10 discount code to order MyLahore's MyIftar Box, an Iftar meal box that generously feeds five, and that will be available for collection from their restaurants or for UK mainland delivery.
*Every My Open Iftar pack purchased will feed one person in need in Ramadan
*Bringing the Ramadan spirit to people's doorsteps
*Ramadan Tent Project partners up with MyLahore as 2021 Iftar partner
Zia Salik, Interim UK Director for Islamic Relief, said:
"We are honoured to be working hand in hand with Ramadan Tent Project. Not only do they bring communities of faith and non-faith together during this holy month but they will be going a step further this year by helping to raise much needed funds for families struggling without food.
"As Muslims, fasting helps us remember those who are without food. The pandemic has only worsened existing inequalities and pushed record numbers into poverty over the past year, with millions more unable to feed themselves or their families. This Ramadan, more than ever, we need to come together and do everything we can to help those in need."
Shakoor Ahmed, MD of MyLahore, said: "Iftar is a unique opportunity to celebrate kindness and togetherness, and we're determined the current situation won't totally get in the way of that! So, while our friends at Ramadan Tent Project sadly can't invite you to a physical Open Iftar event this year, we at MyLahore are thrilled to offer up a unique and flavourful Iftar experience at home."
Omar Salha, Founder and CEO of Ramadan Tent Project said: "The holy month of Ramadan is a gateway to all, observant or otherwise, to pause, reflect and re-connect with our collective humanity. We might be apart this Ramadan for the second year running, however it is incredibly exciting to team up with Islamic Relief UK, MyLahore and several other major organisations and institutions this year to continue honouring our mission of building bridges between communities, being at service to those in need and promoting a greater understanding of the blessed month of Ramadan to thousands of people across the world."
Order a My Open Iftar pack, or pay it forward to sponsor a pack to community groups, youth centres, and schoolchildren at www.ramadantentproject.com
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Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ..., Volumes 3-4
Por George Lillie Craik
must be all soldiers, daily employed to defend our own, the world would grow so licentious. Maxim I. He keepeth a clear and quiet conscience in his breast, which otherwise will gnaw out the roots of all valour.—For vicious soldiers are compassed with enemies on all sides; their foes without them, and an ambush within them of fleshly lusts, which, as St. Peter saith, "fight against the soul." None fitter to go to war than those who have made their peace with God in Christ. For such a man's soul is an impregnable fort. It cannot be scaled with ladders, for it reacheth up to heaven; nor be broken with batteries, for it is walled with brass; nor undermined by pioneers, for it is founded on a rock; nor betrayed by treason, for faith itself keeps it; nor be burnt by granadoes, for he can quench the fiery darts of the devil; nor be forced by famine, for "a good conscience is a continual feast." Marim III. He counts his prince's o command to be his sufficient warrant to fight.—-In a defensive war, when his country is hostilely invaded, it is pity but his neck should hang in suspense with his conscience, that doubts to fight. In offensive war, though the case be harder, the common soldier is not to dispute, but do, his prince's command. Otherwise princes, before they levy an army of soldiers, must first levy an army of casuists and confessors to satisfy each scrupulous soldier in point of right to the war; and the most cowardly will be the most conscientious, to multiply doubts eternally. Besides, causes of war are so complicated and perplexed, so many things falling in the prosecution, as may alter the original state thereof; and private soldiers have neither calling nor ability to dive into such mysteries. But, if the conscience of a counsellor or commander in chief remonstrates in himself the unlawfulness of this war, he is bound humbly to represent to his prince his reasons against it. • Marim IV. He esteemeth an hardship easy, through hopes of victory.--Moneys are the sinews of war; yet, if these sinews should chance to be shrunk, and pay casmally fall short, he takes a fit of this convulsion patiently. He is contented though in cold weather his hands must be their own fire, and warm themselves with working; though he be better armed against their enemies than the weather, and his corslet wholler than his clothes; though he hath more fasts and vigils in his almanac than the Romish church did ever enjoin. He patiently endureth drought, for desire of honour; and one thirst quencheth another. In a word, though much indebted to his own back and belly, and unable to pay them, yet he hath credit himself, and confidently runs on ticket with himself, hoping the next victory will discharge all scores with advantage.
Along with this we will give the concluding head of the next chapter, entitled The Good Sea Captain, which is very characteristic:
He daily sees and duly considers God's wonders in the deep.–Tell me, ye naturalists, who sounded the first march and retreat to the tide, "Hither shalt thou come, and no further." Why doth not the water recover his right over the earth, being higher in nature? Whence came the salt, and who first boiled it, which made so much brine * When the winds are not only wild in a storm, but even stark mad in an hurricane, who is it that restores them again to their wits, and brings them asleep in a calm ? Who made the mighty whales, which swim in a sea of water, and have a sea of oil swimming in them? Who first taught the water to imitate the creatures on land, so that the sea is the stable of horse-fishes, the stall of kine-fishes, the sty of hog-fishes, the kennel of dog-fishes, and in all things the sea the ape of the land 2 Whence grows the ambergris in the sea 2 which is not so hard to find where it is as to know what it is. Was not God the first shipwright 2 and all vessels on the water descended from the loins (or ribs rather) of Noah's ark 2 or else, who durst be so bold, with a few crooked boards nailed together, a stick standing upright, and a rag tied to it, to adventure into the ocean 2 What loadstone first touched the loadstone o Or how first fell it in love with the North, rather affecting that cold climate than the pleasant East, or fruitful South or West? How comes that stone to know more than men, and find the way to the land in a mist 2 In most of these men take sanctuary at occulta qualitas [some hidden quality]; and complain that the room is dark, when their eyes are blind. Indeed, they are God's wonders; and that seaman the greatest wonder of all for his blockishness, who, seeing them daily, neither takes notice of them, admires at them, nor is thankful for them.
Our last extract shall be the conclusion of his eloquent sketch of the Life of Bishop Ridley:
His whole life was a letter written full of learning and religion, whereof his death was the seal. . . . . Old Hugh Latimer was Ridley's partner at the stake, some time Bishop of Worcester, who crawled thither after him; one who had lost more learning than many ever had who flout at his plain sermons, though his downright style was as necessary in that age as it would be ridiculous in ours. Indeed, he condescended to people's capacity; and many men unjustly count those low in learning who indeed do but stoop to their auditors. Let me see any of our sharp wits do that with the edge, which his bluntness did with the back, of the knife, and persuade so many to restitution of ill-gotten gocós. Though he came after Ridley to the stake, he got before him to heaven: his body, made tinder by age, was no sooner touched by the fire, but instantly this old Simeon had his Nunc dimittis, and brought the news to heaven that his brother was following after. But Ridley suffered with far more pain, the fire about him being not well made; and yet one would think that age should be skilful in making such bonfires, as being much practised in them. The gunpowder that was given him did little service; and his lo. out of desire to rid him out of pain, increased it (great grief will not give men leave to be wise with it!) heaping fuel upon him to no purpose; so that neither the faggots which his enemies'
anger, nor his brother's good will, cast upon him, made the fire to burn kindly. In like manner, not much before, his dear friend Master Hooper suffered with great torment; the wind (which too often is the bellows of great fires) blowing it away from him once or twice. Of all the Martyrs in those days, these two endured most pain; it being true that each of them Quaerebat in ignibus ignes—And still he did desire for fire in midst of fire;—both desiring to burn, and yet both their upper parts were but Confessors, when their lower parts were Martyrs and burnt to ashes. Thus God, where he hath given the stronger faith, he layeth on the stronger o And so we leave them going up to heaven, like Elijah, in a chariot of fire.
FELTHAM's REsolves.—MICRoCosMogRAPHY.
This volume of Fuller's, "The Holy and the Profane State,' may be considered as belonging to a class of books the best of which seem to have been more popular than any other works, out of the region of poetry and fiction. among our ancestors of the seventeenth century. Bacon's Essays, for instance, which first appeared in 1597, were reprinted in 1606, in 1612, in 1613, and in 1625, during the lifetime of the author; and after his death new editions were still more rapidly called for. Another favourite volume of this kind was the 'Resolves, Divine, Moral, and Political,' of Owen Feltham, the first edition of which has the date of 1628, and of which there were re-impressions in 1631, in 1634, in 1636, in 1647, in 1661, in 1670, in 1677, and in 1696. Feltham tells us himself that a portion of his book was written when he was only eighteen; and from this statement it has been conjectured that he was probably born about 1610; he is supposed to have been still alive when the 1677 edition of his Resolves came out. Very little more is known of his history than that he appears to have resided for the greater part of his life in the house of the Earl of Thomond,-Oldys says, on the contemporary report of Mr. William Loughton, schoolmaster in Kensington, who was related to Feltham, in quality of gentleman of the horse or secretary. The later editions of the Resolves are dedicated to the Countess of Thomond, a daughter of Sir George Fermor (ancestor of the Earls of Pomfret); and the author in his address states that most of them were drawn up under her roof. The work is divided into two Parts or Centuries (the last being that first written and published); and consists of a hundred and forty-six short papers or essays on moral and theological subjects. Like those of Bacon, most of Feltham's essays have a practical character or object, aiming, in Bacon's own phrase, to carry home some useful truth or maxim to the business and bosoms of their readers; they are, what Bacon expressly calls his, 'Counsels, Civil and Moral ;' and hence no doubt in great part the acceptance they met with. The difference of the times, however, as well as of the writers, is evidenced by the more decidedly religious spirit which leavens Feltham's book. It is the spirit which was generally prevalent in England for the quarter of a century before the breaking out of the civil war—neither High Church nor Puritan, but yet decidedly a spirit of attachment both to the essential doctrines of Christianity and to the peculiar system of the Established Church. It was a state of feeling which in more excited times would be called lukewarm; but it was 'sincerely opposed to all licentiousness or irregularity both of conduct and opinion, and was firmly though not passionately both moral and Christian.


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Hypersonic technology has attracted a growing level of media interest of late. Successful tests of hypersonic systems by the United States, China, and Russia have raised concerns that we will soon see hypersonic weapons appearing in the battlespace. But despite the success of these experimental vehicles, much work remains to be done to overcome a number of challenges before hypersonic systems can become operational.
Hypersonic Air Power, the first in a new series of Air Power Development Centre publications - Beyond the Planned Air Force - that explore the future of air power. This first paper the explains science of hypersonics, describes the technological challenges that continue to be grappled with, and explores the potentially disruptive effect operational hypersonic systems may have.
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HomeValues and Principles
The Ontario Independent Facilitation Network believes that Independent Facilitation is guided by the following Values and Principles:
We believe that values are deeply held beliefs and ideals about what is good and right.
The following values provide the foundation for the work that independent facilitators do.
Belonging through a variety of relationships and memberships.
Contributing by discovering, developing and sharing gifts and investing energy in meaningful activities.
Sharing ordinary places and activities with other citizens, neighbours, friends, classmates and co-workers.
Being respected as a whole person whose history, capacities and future are worthy of attention and whose gifts lead to valued social roles.
Choosing what one wants in everyday situations and especially to dedicate oneself to contribute to one's own community in ways that matter.
We believe that principles are the guidelines or signposts that make the values real and translate into action. The following principles act as a guide for the work that independent facilitators do.
Visioning – the person and those important to him or her describe his or her vision for the future in a plan. The goals are to anticipate life transitions and create a meaningful life in the community.
Strengths-based – builds on the strengths, gifts, abilities and interests of the person.
Person-driven – the person drives the planning process.
Sustainability – the planning process considers avenues that can be pursued over the long term, and enables the person and his or her family, through knowledge transfer, to continue to keep the plan alive/updated.
Accountability – there is ongoing review, evaluation, monitoring and modification of the person's plan to support personal goal attainment.
Excerpted from Ministry of Community and Social Services Person-Directed Planning and Facilitation Guide, 2013
The PATH and MAPS Handbook: Person-Centered Ways to Build Community. Inclusion Press, Toronto. 2010. See p 17.
John O'Brien, Jack Pearpoint, and Lynda Kahn.
These 'valued experiences' were central to the keynote address of Jack Pearpoint and Lynda Kahn to the MCSS Person-Directed Planning Symposium,
For more on these values and the original paper, see "What's Worth Working For?" a monograph by John O'Brien, 1989, pp 19-23.


SUPER Falcons coach, Thomas Dennerby still reeling from Sunday's 0-1 loss to South Africa's Banyana Banyana in their group B opening game of the Africa Women Cup of Nations, said his team will fight back and put their tournament back on track.
The Super Falcons must beat surprised team of the group Zambia on Wednesday, and then rescue all three points from wounded Equatorial Guinea in their final game to stand a chance of progressing from the group dubbed the "group of death".
Assistant captain Onome Ebi also expressed similar belief of a bounce back.
"Of course all is not lost, we have two games to play and we can still progress.
"We have to put the loss behind us and focus on the games ahead.


A unique fishing trip to the beautiful and fishy waters of the Southern Konnevedesi National Park. Your own fishing guide guides the boat to the best fishing places. Fishing mode of casting / trolling.
State fishing lisence: By order, permission is required.
Equipments: The boat has standard life jackets, rain cover, first aid kit and complete fishing gear.
Trout trolling is a full day excursion, duration about 8 hours. With the boat's fishing guide, guests can enjoy the best trout places in Southern or Northern Konnevesi. The excursion also includes a soup lunch, coffee / tea and drinks.
Departure place: Kivisalmi Rautalampi or Pohjoisniementie Vesanto.
Jigging is a active and good way for fishing perch and pike perch. It´s good variation in throwing fishing or an excellent opportunity to learn a whole new way of fishing. The excursion also includes a snack , coffee / tea and drinks. It is also possible to reserve a meal in advance.
On the whole family's fishing trip, we travel to the archipelago of Hankavesi or Southern Konnevesi, where we spend a nice day fishing and enjoying. Fishing takes place from the boat and the beach. In good weather we can also stop swimming on the stunning sandy beach in the heart of our National Park. During the trip, we prepare the meals at the campfire.


Discussion in 'Modified 2002 - 2005 Explorers' started by lambro690, April 22, 2014.
This is my first time on this forum. I want to lift my 2002 Ford Explorer XLS about 3-6 inches. Love off roading and i think its time to put some nice 33's on my explorer and go on a better adventure. The problem im having is that i have a mechanical fan. So that rules out the body lift... and i cant find any suspension lifts (i was thinking spacer blocks but i cant find any that will work. Any tips? Tricks? should i just go with an electric fan?
What schedule pipe did you use and plate thickness? Did you need a jig to keep it from warping while welding? If you have some dimensions that would be awesome! I am thinking of making my own as well.
PM me your email, I've got some drawings that I can send you.
The tube used was 3/16" thick and the plate was the same.