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Pons asinorum – bridge of asses; the statement that the angles opposite the equal sides of an isosceles triangle are themselves equal; a critical test of ability or understanding; a problem that severely tests the ability of an inexperienced person; a stumbling block.
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Winston Churchill's wit
I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact. #Churchill #quote
— Winston Churchill (@Sir__Churchill) August 17, 2022
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Rural round-up
Better methane measurement will make an impact – David Anderson:
Recognition is urgently needed on a new measure for short and long-lived greenhouse gases and their impact on global warming.
That was the strong message given to attendees at the recent Red Meat Sector Conference by Dr Frank Mitloehner of the University of California Davis – a world expert on livestock emissions research.
He explained how the measure of GWP (100) – the matrix used to calculate the impact of different gas emissions on warming for the past 30 years – is "problematic" when methane levels are falling.
"It has real strong limitations when livestock numbers are constant and/or falling and methane is being reduced." . .
Call for changes to GE laws – Leo Argent:
New research shows that New Zealanders are becoming more open to the use of genetic engineering advances to progress our agriculture sector.
Christchurch-based survey and product development company Research First recently published the results of a survey on the use of GE in NZ. It found the use of gene editing in humans for medical and disease prevention purposes was viewed in an overwhelmingly positive manner. Meanwhile, although it still had majority support, the research found less backing for gene editing to improve biodiversity and farm health.
ACT spokesman Mark Cameron says New Zealand needs to liberalise its laws on genetic engineering to allow our agricultural industry to "lead, not lag".
"ACT has always said if we want to get serious about reducing agriculture emissions we should be looking at technological advancements like this before taxing and destocking." . .
Carbon farming rocket has taken off – Keith Woodford:
Nothing matches carbon-farming economics on sheep and beef land
This last week I spent two days in Rotorua at the New Zealand carbon-forestry conference where I was also one of the speakers. Both I and others presented perspectives on the path ahead for this new industry. There were close to 300 attendees plus an international online audience.
Although there was diversity of perspective as to how the industry might develop, I sensed no doubt that we all saw ourselves as being involved in something big that, one way or another, is transformational for New Zealand
Most of the attendees were either forestry people already in the business, or alternatively service-industry people who either are already or in future want to be part of this new industry. There were also some Government and Climate Change Commission people there to help explain the current regulatory framework. . .
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— Anieka Templer (@AniekaNick) August 15, 2022
Pork sector releases plans of its own :
Alternative to 'unworkable' government plans has support of industry, says NZPork
New Zealand's pork sector has come up with an alternative to what it sees as unworkable plans proposed by the government.
They include reducing the maximum time farrowing crates can be used from the current 33 days to no more than seven, increasing the minimum space allowance for grower pigs and eliminating the use of mating stalls for housing sows.
The changes would place New Zealand's standards beyond those required in the United Kingdom, European Union, United States, Canada, Australia and China – which collectively produce most of the world's pork and supply most of the pork exported to NZ. . .
Visiting a country where they love their farmers – Alan Emerson:
Alan Emerson spoke to a few Aussie farmers about taxing burping and farting cows and they suggested he must have been drinking.
We're currently in Australia and it is great to be here after the winter we've experienced.
Boringly, we go to Port Douglas, north of Cairns, and stay in a serviced one-bedroom apartment complete with a full kitchen, bathroom and laundry.
Having done the maths, there's not a lot of cost differential between a holiday in Port Douglas and one in Queenstown. . .
#Marlboroughdowns finished combining yesterday evening. Just over a month of harvesting, and finishing nearly three weeks earlier than normal. With huge thanks to the great team we have helping us. The combine silhouetted in the rising Full moon yesterday evening. Harvest home!. pic.twitter.com/PZr57DDL1o
— Chris Brough (@ChrisBrough7) August 13, 2022
Cream rises to the top in dairy property sector :
The latest Bayleys' Rural Market Update for the dairy sector compiled by its Insights & Data team points to buyer confidence, buoyant demand, and a positive outlook for the 12 months ahead on the back of strong long-run milk prices and global demand for New Zealand products.
Last financial year, Bayleys transacted over 100 dairy property deals – more than one-third of the total dairy farms sold nationwide.
In releasing the report, Bayleys' national director rural, Nick Hawken said REINZ figures show the total value of dairying land sold across New Zealand exploded in the 12 months from 1st April 2021-31st March 2022, to $1.524bn – more than double the value sold in the 2020-2021 period.
"In total, 40,958ha of dairying land was sold nationwide in 2021-2022 according to REINZ. . .
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North Otago Legends – Graeme Clark (Clarkie the Sparkie)
Graeme Clark is a North Otago Legend:
If an event is happening in Oamaru there is every chance that Graeme Clark is involved behind the scenes somewhere. From Victorian heritage celebrations to the Penguin Club. Clarkie is the Chair of the 'Whitestone Civic Trust' that does a lot of great work preserving our heritage buildings for future generations. Find out what his favourite heritage building is and why.
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How many bureaucrats . . .
Does any child say when I grow up I want to be a bureaucrat?
Probably not for bureaucrat is more often than not regarded negatively as these answers to the question how many bureaucrats does it take to change a lightbulb show:
* Two. One to assure everyone that everything possible is being done while the other screws the bulb into the a tap.
* Two; one to change it and one to carry out a risk assessment.
* 100. One to change the bulb and 99 to write the environmental impact report.
* Two. One to screw it in and one to screw it up.
A more serious question requiring a serious answer, is how many bureaucrats does it take to deliver on a Budget?
An additional 3,423 full-time staff and contractors are required to fulfil commitments the Government made in this year's Budget, released on May 19.
The Treasury estimates this will see the public service workforce grow by 6 per cent.
This is more than the average annual growth rate of 4.1 per cent over the past decade, and 4.6 per cent over the past six years.
If Government ministers had all their Budget bids fulfilled, an extra 7,887 staff would've needed to have been hired.
The Treasury, in a report presented to Government on February 4, said demand for staff was so high because "significant reform programmes and new functions being established have created public service workloads that exceed business as usual delivery for many agencies". . . .
That is expensive for taxpayers' and is competing with the private sector that pays the taxes.
However, the Treasury, in a February 25 briefing, warned hiring 3,423 staff when the labour market is as tight as it is, will still create competition, which is "likely to contribute to wage inflationary pressures", including higher consultancy costs.
However, the Treasury, in a February 25 briefing, warned hiring 3,423 staff when the labour market is as tight as it is, will still create competition, which is "likely to contribute to wage inflationary pressures", including higher consultancy costs. . .
The public service had already grown exponentially since 2017 and this is yet another example of the government fueling inflation, and reinforces the high cost of its centralisation agenda.
National Finance spokeswoman Nicola Willis supported the Treasury's suggestion to have a "workforce constraint" but said it should only be for "back office" roles, including policy, human resources and communications staff.
"There is a widespread view that the Government's insatiable appetite for hiring new officials has added to current worker shortages, making it hard for many businesses and community organisations to retain and recruit staff as they're forced to compete with a taxpayer-funded Government recruitment drive," Willis said.
"The danger here is that the Government is so busy hiring staff for its own pet projects that businesses miss out."
Ballooning staff numbers aren't just in Ministries, Michael Reddell has noticed an expanding empire at the Reserve bank:
. . . But what really caught my eye was the "Growth of RBNZ" request/answers, where the requester had asked for breakdowns of staff numbers over the last 10 years. They didn't really need to go back that far – all the 200 FTE growth in staff numbers has occurred since Orr took office (up from 255 then to 454 on 30 June 2022) but it was interesting nonetheless. One gets a very clear sense of the bloat. Here for example
That's a very steep increase and more concerning is that many of the new employees are in communications.
The Bank's functions haven't changed but – like too many public agencies – the number of "communications" staff has increased hugely
An OIA I'd lodged a couple of years ago (and written about here) gives a bit more background on that function (although numbers have grown more since).
We know there has been senior management bloat – a whole new lawyer of second tier appointees (Assistant Governors) most of whom seem to have little subject expertise to offer)
On the other hand, there are the Bank's core economics functions. Until very recently, monetary policy was by statute the primary function of the Bank. That has changed (reasonably enough) but it is still a key core function. But here are staff numbers in the Economics Department
. . . Orr has long had something of a reputation as an empire-builder, and in his first four years at the Bank that seems to have been amply warranted again. This is scarce taxpayers' money and yet Orr (facilitated by the Minister and the Board) flings it round with gay abandon……without even the consolation of better quality research, analysis, policy design, let alone policy outcomes. But it has been a windfall for HR people and former journalists.
Nicola Willis has also noticed the expanding empire:
Despite a huge increase in the Reserve Bank budget and runaway inflation, the Bank has massively increased its central office communications functions while failing to bolster its core economics function, says National's Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis.
"Data released to National under the Official Information Act shows worrying trends in where the Reserve Bank is focusing its money and resources.
"Total staff numbers at the Bank have exploded from 255 in June 2018 to 454 in June 2022.
"Despite this hiring spree, the core economics function of the Bank is receiving less money this year than it did in 2013.
"The number of economics staff employed by the bank is now lower as a proportion of total staff than at any time on record. In 2013, 34 economic staff were employed by the Bank, whereas today that number is 32.
"The Reserve Bank has instead more than tripled the number of communications staff, up from six in 2013 to 20 today. Similarly, the number of staff in the HR team has leapt from five in 2017 to 24 today, while staff in the Governor's office has increased from six in 2017 to 21 today.
This is a bit like a hospital cutting medical staff or a school reducing the number of teachers and replacing them with HR and PR people.
"New Zealanders are suffering from the double whammy of rapidly rising prices and interest rates climbing more steeply than at any time in 30 years. These issues should be the Reserve Bank's focus. I'll bet taxpayers would prefer their money being spent on economics advice rather than spin and corporate PR.
"These staff numbers raise serious questions about the Reserve Bank's priorities in the midst of a cost of living crisis. New Zealanders have a right to expect the Reserve Bank will be focusing its resources on the best advice possible for getting inflation under control.
"National repeats our call for an independent public inquiry into decisions made by the Bank since March 2020.
"Inflation has exceeded the Bank's target for more than a year, and by the Bank's admission won't be under control until at least March 2024. There must be an examination of how we got here and accountability for any failures."
Perhaps it's time to be asking how many communications staff does it take to explain why the Reserve Bank has missed its inflation target so badly? and how expensive will it be to correct that?
Bureaucrats are a necessary, and useful, part of good government but the steep increase in their number, especially in communication roles, and such poor delivery on government policies in so many areas is proof that, just like so much of this government's spending, more isn't always better.
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New Book: "Always Caring: The story of the Belgian Nurses during WW1"
The historiography of the First World War and nursing pays nearly no attention to the work of the Belgian nurses during the Great War. This book adresses research questions relating to who these nurses were and what they were doing during the war. Therefore different sub-questions were asked. How many nurses were trained during the war? What were their main nursing practices? Were they organised as a professional group? What was the image of the Belgian nurses? How did the profession evolved immediately after the war? By answering these questions their story is told and the history of nursing in Belgium during the First World War is reconstructed.
For centuries nursing in Belgium was the monopoly of nuns. This changed at the end of the nineteenth century. Schools for secularised nurses started in Liège (1882), Brussels (1887), Antwerp (1902) and again Brussels (three schools in 1907). In 1908 the government created a certificate for nurses, after a mainly theoretical schooling of one year. Although catholic and medical circles were highly sceptical, these new trainings became very successful. The different courses resulted in 4,477 trained nurses at the beginning of the war.
During the war, these courses simply continued. They were not confronted with obstructions by the occupying power. Schools were also created in London and Calais, with the aim to prepare nurses for Belgian military hospitals. 1,792 Belgian nurses were educated that way. At least 800 nurses, who were trained before and during the war, were involved in Belgian military hospitals.
One of the main questions of this study was about the practices of Belgian front nurses during the war. They suffered physically and mentally in their contacts with wounded and starving soldiers. A lot of nurses became exhausted and suffered illness. Some of them were obliged to stop working by the pressure of the war. 34 nurses didn't survive the war. Based on an analysis of more than 200 files, a profile of the front nurses was calculated: their average age was 31 years, 10 months and 28 days, and their average seniority 2 years, 8 months and 28 days.
During the war, attempts were made to organise the nurses and so trying to shape their professional identity. The main instigator was Marie Elisabeth Belpaire, who already created a women's association before the war. In 1916 she started a monthly review especially for Belgian nurses in non-occupied Belgium, with the aim to stimulate a professional orgnisation. Her efforts met with no success. At the end of the war, an organisation for the moral support of nurses was created by the wife of Belgian minister Paul Hymans.
The building of the image of Belgian nurses during the war looked rather diffuse. The main image in nurses' personal testimonies was that of the nurse as mother and as an example of care. There were also negative images, which depicted nurses as prostitutes or nymphomaniacs. The image of the white angel, which dominated the discourse after the war, was not present during the conflict. This proves that it was a post-war construction.
Finally, the analysis to investigate if post-war developments were influenced by the war resulted in an answer that wasn't unidimensional. The nursing schools had problems with their recruitment immediately after the war and didn't profit from the rather positive image of the war nurse. In 1921, the government created new legislation on the training of nursing, which took into account the war experiences. Stimulated mainly by front nurses, a professional organisation for nurses was created in 1922, although it was not an easy task to fight for their rights against the persistent scepticism of the medical world.
Did the war have an emancipatory effect on the nurses' profession? The answer is rather negative. During and after the war nurses stayed in a subordinate relation with the doctors, the nursing schools couldn't copy their pre-war success and their image wasn't very well-known by a large part of the population. The agency of the Belgian nurses during and immediately after the war wasn't very high.
'Sometimes curing, most of the time relieving, always caring' was mentioned on the medal of nurses in L'Océan, the biggest front hospital in non-occupied Belgium. It wasn't easy for Belgian nurses to fulfill this triple mission during the four years of the war. But different sources, especially the war diary of the Belgian nurse Jane de Launoy, proved that they achieved this most of the time. The care – influenced by the catholic roots of nursing in Belgium – was the most important element. 'Always caring' is therefore the best summary of the work of Belgian nurses during the First World War.
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Acquired wisdom has always put Sgt. Pepper at the head of the class, but it was Revolver that truly signaled The Beatles' sea change from a functional band to a studio-based ensemble. These changes began before Rubber Soul but came to fruition on Revolver, which took an astonishing 300 hours to produce, far more than any rock record before it.
The making of Revolver – hunkered down in Abbey Road with George Martin – is in itself a great Beatles story, but would be nothing if the results weren't so impactful. More than even Sgt. Pepper and Pet Sounds, Revolver fed directly into the rock 'n' roll zeitgeist, and its influence could be heard everywhere: from the psychedelic San Francisco sound (Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead); to the first wave of post-blues hard rock (Sabbath, Zeppelin); through movie soundtracks and pretty much everything that followed it – including every generation of guitar-based pop music and even heavy metal. More than any record before or after, Revolver was the game-changer, and this is, finally, the detailed telling of its storied recording and enormous impact. Winner of the 2013 ARSC Award for Best Research in Recorded Rock Music: Best History.


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What an honor to meet this mega-bestselling author in person in Los Angeles and crank out an interesting podcast! Ashley has been spreading the word about her two very important books for over a decade, speaking and consulting internationally to sports teams, business leaders, and parent and school groups. She also operates a cool non-profit tutoring program for inner city kids in LA. Her books, written with Stanford professor Po Bronson, have rocked our world and make us rethink the most basic notions about parenting and the nature of healthy competition. Interested researchers and readers are transcending dated and harmful cultural values and embraced the new possibilities communicated wonderfully by Ashley and Po. The first book was called Nurtureshock: New Thinking About Children. The world of Carol Dweck, Stanford professor and author of Mindset, was highlighted. The idea that this effusive praise, obsession with boosting self-esteem, and helicopter parenting to ensure kids don't suffer or fail was called into question. Kids need healthy struggle and setbacks to grow and develop resilience and determination. They benefit from adopting a "growth mindset," where the emphasis is on effort and improvement rather than results. The research from Nurtureshock was the inspiration for the next book, Top Dog. If you are interested in competition and peak performance in any area (business, athletics, parenting), this book will provide lasting insights and strategies to be the best you can be, and not succumb to the dangers of a lame, ineffective approach to competition. Interestingly, Ashley relates that she has been rethinking the emphasis placed on effort and instead prefers to focus on improvement. We all know how misdirected effort may not lead to improvement and can even be unhealthy—such as with an overtrained athlete or the college student who pulls all-nighters and eats Top Ramen in the name of delivering maximum effort. In these examples, excess effort or a narrow focus on effort alone will not lead to success or happiness. Reference my podcast about the Japanese Soccer Team and the Japanese cultural ethic of doryoku, translated as honorable effort. You could infer this means dispensing effort in a focused and productive manner to stimulate improvement. Ashley garnered attention years ago for stating that the long-standing practice of giving every kid a trophy is a bad idea. After much reflection and controversy, Ashley is more certain than ever that this is a really bad idea! Listen to her go off about the many ways in which our cultural trophy policy cheapens the experience for everyone. We also get into the groundbreaking article that changed my mindset and approach to parenting on the spot when I first read it in 2007. It's called the Inverse Power of Praise and I did a blog post about it that I send to anyone who will listen. This article led to the NurtureShock book project. The article calls into question the self-esteem movement that has led to the widespread concerns about helicopter parenting today. Ashley talks about how to set rewards to generate optimum outcomes for competition. A local 5k promoting a healthy community (everyone gets a finisher medal, that's fine), versus a contest to discover the most distinguished performers. A college application process for an Ivy League admission could be a good example: many competitors, few prizes. You will love this show and be compelled to grab these books and go in for a deep immersion. Following is some details about Ashley and Po's work, and accolades, to get you excited about Ashley and Po's work: Ashley and Po have won nine national awards for reporting. Merryman's been on countless radio and television shows, while email, Facebook, and Twitter are filled with demands to read her essays, such as "Losing is Good for You," "How Not to Talk to Your Kids," and "Creativity Crisis." Among the awards for Top Dog was a "Best Book of the Month" by both Barnes & Noble and Amazon, while Salary.com said it was the #1 book that every entrepreneur must read.  Top Dog is an astonishing blend of science and storytelling that reveals what's really in the heart of a champion. It's about the thrill of victory and the character-building agony of defeat. Testosterone and the neuroscience of mistakes. Why rivals motivate. How home field advantage gets you a raise. What teamwork really requires. It's baseball, Wall Street financial analysts, the SAT, sales contests, and Linux software. How before da Vinci and FedEx were innovators, first, they were great competitors. Olympians, professional athletes, and their coaches are already carrying Top Dog around in gym bags. It's in the briefcases of Wall Street traders and Madison Ave. madmen. Professional risk takers - from Silicon Valley venture capitalists to Vegas gamblers - are racing to master its ideas, while educators and philosophers are debating it the halls of academia.  Merryman and Bronson's previous book, NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, is also a New York Times bestseller, translated into sixteen languages to date. But beyond that, it has become one of the most influential books about children ever been published. With impeccable storytelling and razor-sharp analysis, Merryman and Bronson demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science have been overlooked. Merryman has written for Newsweek, Time, the New York Times, the Washington Post, New York, the Guardian, and many more. A frequent commentator on radio and television, Merryman has appeared on shows such as: Fox & Friends; CNN's AC 360 and CNN Newsroom; The Charlie Rose Show; The Tavis Smiley Show; @KatieCouric; Canada AM; BBC World News; NPR's Tell Me More and On Point; and many others around the world. Honors for Merryman and Bronson include: the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Journalism; the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Award for Science Journalism; an "Audie" from the Audio Publishers Association; and two Clarion Awards. And their work is considered so substantial that scientists themselves rely on their reporting. Their work has been cited as a research authority in 80 academic journals and 260 books, and it is being used as text in universities around the world. You'll find references to their work in publications by the White House to speeches by politicians around the globe.  Merryman lives in Los Angeles, where she has directed a small all-volunteer tutoring program for inner-city kids for 15 years; in that time, her program has helped over 800 children. For her civic involvement, she received commendations from both the Clinton and Bush Administrations. An attorney, Merryman previously served as a speechwriter in the Clinton Administration. Merryman holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, a J.D. from the Georgetown University's Law Center, and a Certificate in Irish Studies from Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Listen to Ashley Merryman: Rethinking Parenting Strategies, Understanding Healthy Competition, and Constantly Seeking Improvement now.


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Nobel Prize winner Malala calls on World leaders to stop 'failing' the people of Syria
Speaking at the opening of a school in Lebanon, near the Syrian border, Malala Yousafzai challenged governments around the world to do more to protect the Syrian population
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Sunday 12 July 2015 16:47
Malala Yousafzai spoke out at the opening of a new school near the Syrian border
Nobel Peace Prize winner and campaigner Malala Yousafzai has marked her 18th birthday by calling on the world's leaders to stop "failing" the people of Syria.
Malala, who was speaking at the opening of a Malala Fund girls' school in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, close to the Syrian border, described the situation in neighbouring Syria as a "heartbreaking tragedy".
The world renowned Pakistani teenager, who settled in Birmingham after being flown to Britain for treatment for gunshot wounds back in 2012, also announced a new grant of 250,000 US dollars (£161,000) to support Unicef and UNHCR refugee programmes in Jordan.
The co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize said she felt honoured to spend her birthday - the third annual Malala Day - with "brave and inspiring" girls from Syria.
Speaking at the opening the girls' school, Malala said: "I am here on behalf of the 28 million children who are kept from the classroom because of armed conflict.
Refugees from Syria on the Turkish border
"Their courage and dedication to continue their schooling in difficult conditions inspires people around the world and it is our duty to stand by them.
"On this day, I have a message for the leaders of this country, this region and the world - you are failing the Syrian people, especially Syria's children.
"This is a heartbreaking tragedy - the world's worst refugee crisis in decades."
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In the run-up to Malala Day, people globally have taken action in support of her fund's £BooksNotBullets campaign to highlight the importance of quality education for girls.
Malala, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in October 2012 after campaigning for girls' rights to education, added: "On behalf of the world's children, I demand of our leaders to invest in books instead of bullets.
"Books, not bullets, will pave the path toward peace and prosperity. Our voices will continue to get louder and louder until we see politicians and our governments invest in the education of their youth rather than military and war."
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By Michelle Stone July 30, 2021
Everyone's lives have been put on hold this year, and the culprit is well-known. But thankfully, people are starting to come out of their cocoons and get things back on track; with caution, of course.
Speaking of getting things back to normal with caution, the London marathon, which is quite a popular event, kicked off virtually this year with participants joining in from different corners of the world through an app!
The Guardian | The London Marathon kicked off virtually this year with runners participating through an app
While virtual events have become normal now, this one took a special turn when Prince Harry paid a surprise real visit to a couple participating in the run. Let's find out more, shall we?
Read – Is the Queen planning to 'Tell off' Prince Harry?
Lucky Marathon Runners
Among the participants of this year's London marathon were a husband and wife from Los Angeles, the city where Harry and Meghan Markle live with their son Archie. To show his support for the event, the Duke of Sussex paid the two a visit out of the blue! Needless to say, the couple was utterly blown away.
When we talked to Chudeney Espiritu and her husband, Mark, they started off by explaining that the initial run was to commence in April, but due to the pandemic, it was postponed to 4th October.
Considering the delay, the organizers decided to hold the event virtually. 2020 is the marathon's 40th year, and the organizers intended to have the event this year itself, not in 2021 to make it more remarkable.
ET Online | The event's ambassador, Prince Harry, paid a surprise visit to a couple running this year to show his support
Given the unique nature of this year's event, the marathon organizers contacted a few runners in search of inputs and thoughts regarding the change in format. They were basically looking for someone who could also bring an inspirational touch to the story.
Chudney had a motivational life story and she was requested to contribute. She decided to describe her fight against cancer and mention how running helped her do it. She also mentioned that it wasn't just the event that turned 40 this year; she too celebrated her 40th birthday in 2020!
When Chudney submitted the essay with all those details, she received an email from the event organization saying that the marathon ambassador wanted to have a chat with her and Mark. And guess who it was? None other than Prince Harry!
During the interview, Harry asked the couple if it was okay for them to sit on the floor. Isn't the ex-royal the sweetest and most humble? The conversation went by like a couple of friends talking. Chudney and Mark said they won't ever forget the experience.
Read – Harry & Meghan Accused of Interfering in 2020 Elections
Hello! Canada | The meet was an informal one where the trio chatted like friends
Here's what Harry had to say about the marathon
In a recent video posted on the marathon's Instagram account, Harry thanked all the participants, saying that the run's spirit will never lose its extraordinary shine. He added that the current situation may not allow everyone to be together in person, but the marathon can bring the spirits of runners together. Well, it's like they say, the show must go on.
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This is the source project for my portfolio app, hosted at [engineer.moonb.us](http://engineer.moonb.us). This app in itself serves  as a good example of many techniques I have used on recent professional projects. It's free to be used as the basis for a similar site of one's own, although I haven't spent a lot of effort beyond good organization of styles and such to promote themability or ease of customization.
## Installation
Portfolio uses a Grunt based build, so you'll need to install Node, Bower and Grunt first if you haven't already. Then, from within the project directory after cloning this from github, on the CLI run:

1. `npm install` — to install Grunt build dependencies (may need to run as
2. `bower install` — to install application build dependencies
3. `grunt serve:dist` — to build and serve the app via localhost:9000

## Grunt Build and Deploy Tasks
This summarizes the main Grunt based build and deploy tasks:
### Build Tasks
* `grunt serve:dist` — as noted in **Installation**, this task performs a distribution build and serves the app locally on port 9000.
* `grunt build:dev` — Perform a development build of the app. Files are not minified, and runtime loaded image and data files are not cache busted.
* `grunt build:dist` — Perform a distribution build suitable for production deployment. Source files are concatenated and minified, and runtime resources are renamed and referenced using a hash value.

### Deploy Task
A deploy task is defined as a convenvience for deploying a build to a remote server: `grunt deploy --config production`. This task behaves similarly to a simple cap deploy task, and in brief does the foillowing:

1. An archive of the dist directory is created, with a filename according to the pattern `<sha>_YYYY-MM-DD.tar.gz`, where `<sha>` is the short sha of the current commit, and the formatted date is the date of this commit (e.g. `a1b2c3d_2014-09-01.tar.gz`).
2. The archive is sftp'd to a designated `"base"` directory on the remote server.
3. On the remove server the archive is unarchived into a `releases` directory under the base directory using the same name as the archive without extensions, e.g. `/my/base/directory/releases/a1b2c3d_2014-09-01/`
4. The archive is deleted on the remote server.
5. A symbolic link for the docroot is created pointing to this release directory.
6. The local copy of the archive is deleted.

The `production` flag indicates this deployment is against a production environment (other environments could be specified, but they would need to be added to the `sshconfig` property in the Gruntfile). Additionally host specific connection properties are externalized into their own config files that are read by the Gruntfile. These files are:

* `host.json`— this JSON file should define two properties:
	* `"base"` — an absolute path on the remote server to upload the release archive to and maintain a `releases/` subdirectory under for any of the deploy environments, e.g.  `/home/me/public_html`.
	* `"docroot"` — an absolute path on the remote server where a symbolic link should be created, linked to the latest release, e.g. `/home/me/public_html/current`.
* `host.<server>.json` — a JSON file containing remote host access properties for the Grunt sshexec and sftp tasks to use. Currently only `host.production.json` is supported, but other environments could easily be added. Below is an example of the format of this file (if the remote account is not set up to accept rsa keys, a `"password"` field can also be added). The value of `"path"` :

```JSON
{
    "host": "my.server",
    "port": 22,
    "username": "user",
    "path": "/path/on/server"
}
```

## Technologies Used
A lot goes into the mix of developing a modern webapp. This isn't an exhaustive (or recursive :wink:) list, but provides an overview of the more significant technologies used:

* [Yeoman](http://yeoman.io/) with a [Backbone generator](https://github.com/yeoman/generator-backbone) for the initial project scaffolding.
* [Grunt](http://gruntjs.com/) for building the project.
* [Bower](http://bower.io/) for application library dependency management.
* [SASS](http://sass-lang.com/) with [Compass](http://compass-style.org/install/) for syntatic styling goodness.
* [jQuery](http://jquery.com/) of course.
* [Backbone.js](http://backbonejs.org/) for the MVC framework.
* [LinkedIn's fork of Dust](https://github.com/linkedin/dustjs) for dynamic HTML templating.
* My own [wrscroller](https://github.com/wruth/wrscroller) for a simple jQuery based content scroller.
* Also my [wrscaler](https://github.com/wruth/wrscaler) for responsively scaling the scroller :wink:.
* [grunt-ver](https://github.com/chrisdanford/grunt-ver) for cache busting loaded resources in the distribution build.
* [76design Social Icons](https://github.com/76design/76d-social-icons) for a nice SASS and font based social icon set.

## Application Design
The architecture of the app is pretty simple. This diagram shows the major classes and relationships:
![Class Diagram](uml/class_diagram.png?raw=true "Portfolio Class Diagram")
There's a bit of an inheritence hiearchy in the view classes, but that is in the interests of keeping things DRY. Here's an outline of the main roles and responsibilities of some of these classes:

* **`PageCollection`:**  This collection maintains the logical state of the app, and is effectively it's model. It has three model instances representing the three pages of the app. It is used directly by the `NavView` to render the nav menu items. The `PortfolioRouter` will call it to update the current page, and the `NavView` listens for these updates in order to keep the selected state rendering of it's nav items up to date. The `AppView` also listens for these updates to keep the rendering of the background in sync with the current page.
* **`PortfolioRotuer`:**  No suprise, as in most Backbone apps the router kind've runs the show, managing removing and creating the appropriate view for each of it's three routes. Additional responsibilities when a route changes include:
	* Calling `setActivePage(viewName)` on the `PageCollection` instance it has a reference to.
	* If the view requires a collection, ensure this is created and kick off a `fetch` on it if necessary. Also cache a reference to the collection in the corresponding page model for the route so this only happens once per route invocation.
	* Track the pageview for Google Analytics.
* **`PageView`:**  Effectively the abstract base class for the page based views. Requires a `name` property, which it uses to add a CSS class of that name to it's element, as well as to resolve the dust template to use to render the view. Provides some rendering hooks for subclasses to use, and general click event Google Analytics tracking for UI elements.
* **`CollectionPageView`:**  Extends `PageView` to add support for rendering a `Backbone.Collection`.
* **`PortfolioPageView`:** Extends `CollectionPageView` to add support for managing lazy image loading and display behaviors for it's project example content scrollers.

## License
Copyright (c) 2014 Ward Ruth

Licensed under the MIT License


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Open Thread – the Budget
We all know it's coming. We all know it's going to be 'tough' (to quote Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Treasurer Wayne Swan, Finance Minister Penny Wong and a host of others). Yes, Budget time looms again on the horizon – and it's becoming a de facto election battleground.
Already we've seen both the Government and the Opposition in a race to the bottom on welfare. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott delivers a new 'plan' or 'package' almost every day, which – in his own words – is designed to be 'a test for government'. All up, it's a rather ridiculous competition on which side can claim to be fiscally tougher, while challenging the other to fund various areas of Australian life.
Most of this, of course, is simple posturing. We have no details. Oh, the occasional figure gets waved around in a vague manner, but that figure is so hung about with caveats and 'I'm not playing a rule in, rule out game' that frankly, it might as well have been pulled out of a hat. For all we know, that's exactly what's going on.
None of this is new. It's almost an article of faith that as Budget time approaches, this sort of dollar-based manoeuvring and points-scoring dominates the political discussion. But it is frustrating. Government money is public money, and our job is to wait and see what they want to do with it. Little wonder, then, that polls fluctuate wildly.
With that in mind, it's time for The Conscience Vote to put up another Open Thread, and here are some thoughts to kick that off.
What do you want to see out of the Budget?
The government's promised to keep to its self-imposed schedule to bring Australia back into surplus. Given the terrible disasters that struck earlier this year, and the massive cleanup bill, should they consider moving that date back rather than cutting too deeply into public funds?
Are there any areas that need more funds, not less?
Are there any areas that are already overfunded, in your opinion – and what should the government do about that?
Most of all – why do you think these things should happen?
Go wild. Make a wish list. This isn't about crunching the numbers – it's about what you think Australia needs, right now, regardless of what either Gillard or Abbott say.
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In this case study we replaced the sash windows making use of the original frame. We manufactured the double glazed sash like for like, making them look as close as possible to the original single glazed style. The objective of this install was to improve the heat loss and reduce noise. The frames themselves were in good condition but there was a fair amount of movement that meant the sashes needed shooting in and matching to fit. the overall result was excellent and the noise reduction significantly noticeable. As the winter sets in the heat and thermal efficiency will be appreciated too. We will take a look at how we installed this double glazed bay sash windows.
Before we get into the actual process, here's a look at the original bay windows prior to install.
Sash window bay before we installed double glazed sash.
The first part of the job is to lay dust sheets through the house and around the bay windows. We then measure our windows against the original frame to ensure they fit, occasionally issues occur so it's always better to be safe than sorry. In this case the windows fit within 3mm. The movement was accounted for very well by our surveyor who measured to compensate for the frames having movement. Don't let movement put you off either, it's perfectly normal to have movement in Victorian properties, using the original frames saves huge amounts of money too. A complete replacement bay window will set you back in the region of £8000, whereas using the original frame can cost as little as £3000, a very attractive saving considering the thermal and acoustic properties are very similar to entire replacement sash windows. Here's a full list of our sash window prices.
Firstly the staff bead is removed that holds the lower sash in place, from here, we remove the lower sash. This is normally screwed in if it was a fixed sash and needs careful removal. If the sash was functioning then it'll be a simple case of cutting the cords and simply lifting the lower sash out. Here's a look at the window dismantled.
This exposes the parting bead. The parting bead is rebated into the original frame and needs carefully prizing out. It is normally pinned in place too with 40mm panel pins. If decorated correctly we also need to break the paint seal. It's best to do this with a utility knife to avoid too much cracked paint.
Once parting bead is removed the next stage is to remove the upper sash, much in the same way as the lower sash. It's possible the top sash is painted in too so this will be gently removed. The frame will then need scraping down and priming.
In this example we fixed the side windows to reduce the cost of the mechanism and only have the lower middle functioning. That help keep the price of a double glazed bay sash window under £3000. That's a seriously good investment given the size of the windows and the reduction in costs.
Double glazed sash window machined to fit the original frame.
With the middle sash there's more process and mechanism. The lower sash is functioning so it required weights and cords. The weights and sash counterbalance each other so it's imperative that they are within a pound or two of each other in weight. If the sash is heavier than the weights it'll simply slip down, if the weights are far too heavy you'll be able to lift the lower sash incredibly easily but pulling it down will be heavy because you are working against the additional weight.
The top sash is fitted in the same was as the fixed double glazed sash windows with parting bead installed. The lower half has a draught proofing system as it's functional. The sash cord is threaded through the pulleys and then a weight tied on. This rope is then attached to the weight and the sash attached to the cord and offered into the frame. Staff bead is then fitted with a brush pile running through it.
We then install furniture and catches to finish the window off. The sashes look very nice, the paint is a spray system that bonds really well to timber and lasts ten years. We guarantee double glazed sash windows installed into the original frame for five years.
As you can see there's very little difference in look between single glazed and our like for like double glazed sash is very minimal. You can normally tell a window is double glazed by the reflection of the two panes of glass. The glazing bead is also a little larger but not very noticeable.


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- National Wind Watch: Wind Energy Action Alerts - https://www.wind-watch.org/alerts -
Next steps on the Massachusetts Wind Energy Siting Reform Act
Posted By Helen Parker On April 18, 2010 @ 11:03 am In Action alerts,Environment,Information,Law,Massachusetts,Wildlife | Comments Disabled
An action alert came through from statewide and regional groups this morning. This relates to "public process" and takes us right back to August of '09 when Vineyard elected officials unanimously expressed their opposition to the Oceans Management Act, which was, nevertheless and despite numerous citizen and federal governmental agency substantive criticisms, passed in December '09.
Background: The Oceans Act of 2008, followed by the 2009 Ocean Management Act, brought us to the Wind Energy Siting Reform Act [S.2260], currently before the House Ways & Means Committee [chaired by Charlie Murphy]. Each of these 3 Acts are presumptuous violations of the Public Trust Doctrine, one of the oldest statutes in the country, with roots deeper yet. Passed in 1642 to regulate rights in the Massachusetts Colony's waters, the Public Trust Doctrine was honored and enforced throughout its first 366 years.
"As ancient as western civilization itself, the Public Trust Doctrine is thought to originate in the second century writings of a Roman jurist who codified the pronouncements of Greek philosophers, much of which in turn was codified into Roman civil law … circa 530 AD. [Honest-to-Gaia!] … The central tenet of the Public Trust Doctrine was that the so-called 'tidelands,' were to be held in trust for the common benefit of the public, for commerce, fishing, and other activities in which all citizens were free to engage. This same doctrine was brought to the American colonies, passed on to the thirteen original states after the Revolution, and ultimately inherited by every coastal state as it came into the Union (subject to the powers delegated to the federal government by the US Constitution)."
The more widely-known and understood 1978 Oceans Sanctuary Act takes its authority from the venerable Public Trust Doctrine and specifically, "prohibits activities that may significantly alter or endanger the ecology or appearance of… the Ocean Sanctuaries or the Cape Cod National Seashore (which include most state waters with the major exception of an area east of Boston Harbor …). To accomplish this goal, the Act specifically prohibits (1) building structures on or under the seabed." See mass.gov/czm.
By passing the "game-changing" 2008 Oceans Act, the state legislature simply and radically eliminated the protections and prohibitions which had been in force since 1642, and – one might say – since the beginnings of civilization. Poof! Next step: the Wind Energy Siting Reform Act, now before the House Ways and Means Committee, which would begin with fast-and-free permitting and extend to removing local jurisdiction of siting decisions on land and sea throughout the Commonwealth.
As described on the Green Berkshires website, the Wind Energy Siting Reform Act "aims to achieve the governor's goal of 2,000 megawatts of wind development by 2020 through an unprecedented set of special benefits for a single industry that includes overriding Home Rule, replacing environmental laws with 'standards,' and eliminating traditional rights of participation and appeal by the public.
"The Act shifts ultimate decision-making power over the siting of industrial wind turbines from municipalities to a … state board appointed by the governor. The Energy Facilities Siting Board has never rejected an energy project application . The Act supplants zoning and environmental laws … with 'standards' created and applied or waived at the discretion of the EFSB. The Act also systematically eviscerates adjudicatory and judicial rights of appeal for municipalities, citizen groups, and, in some cases, even neighbors. If the Act is adopted, Massachusetts will be the only state to eliminate adjudicatory procedure from review of wind projects."
If you don't like the way this sounds, speak up. Green Berkshires [1] has made it easy for you to make a difference. Go to their website, sign their petition. They make it easy to send an email to Charlie Murphy, to Speaker DeLeo, to Madden and O'Leary.
Helen Parker, April 15, 2010
Article printed from National Wind Watch: Wind Energy Action Alerts: https://www.wind-watch.org/alerts
URL to article: https://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2010/04/18/next-steps-on-the-massachusetts-wind-energy-siting-reform-act/
[1] Green Berkshires: http://www.greenberkshires.org/


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Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin is a charming town in southeastern Wisconsin that has been selected by Midwest Living Magazine as one of the "Best small town getaways in the Midwest".
One of the claims to fame of Elkhart is the Road America road race track. The road race track is set on scenic property among the rolling Kettle Moraine Hills on a 626 acre property. The track is the site of international motor sport events, with celebrity drivers. Road America attracts over 700,000 visitors a year, generating $60 million annually.
Elkhart has more to do than watch car and motorcycle racing. During the summer months people can go to the sand beach and swim in the lake. Water activities include swimming, boating, water skiing, jet skiing or sailing. Watersports, a ski school, provides equipment rentals including kayaks, sailboats, paddle boats, fishing boats and pontoon boat. The Kettle Moraine State Forest has 14,500 acres of beautiful land to hike and bike on. Scuba diving to explore Lake Michigan's underwater shipwrecks of 1880. Explore the Hetty Taylor and the Seleh Chamberlain (call 608-272-2832 for information).
Golf at the Quite Qui Oc Golf Club. Ride horseback on 150 acres of beautiful Kettle Moraine trails at Elkhart Lake Horse Park. The horse park offers horseback riding lessons, horseback riding trail tours and horse boarding (920-207-3977).
Tour the Elkhart Lake Depot Museum, which is a 100 year old railroad station will memorabilia. Henchel's Museum of Indian History houses a collection of Indian artifacts. Fishermen can fish for trout as Henchel's Trout Farm.
Elegant Four Diamond Resort set near the activity of the town, but is still away from it all. The resort makes terrific summer escape or winter weekend getaway. Guest suites have living room with gas fireplace, private balcony, dining area, full kitchen with appliances and one to three bedrooms.
Guest rooms include king sized bed, private balcony and bathroom with two person whirlpool bath.Resort amenities include beaches, swimming pools, whirlpools, fitness center, tennis, basketball, volleyball, game room and arcade. The Aspira Spa offers a range of papering treatments for the mind, body and spirit. Spa services include specialized body treatments, chromatherapy and Vichy shower treatments, specialty facials, ,spa pedicures, manicures, salon services, sauna and whirlpools. Dine on the premises, at Otto's Restaurant, Lola's on the Lake, or Aspira Spa Cafe. AAA Four Diamond. 800-876-3399.
Fresh regional cuisine in the delightful, elegant restaurant. Diner entrees include roasted fennel and crab stuffed sole, pecan crusted walleye, Juniper Berry Lamb Shank, Herb Grilled Veal Chop, Apple Smoked Bacon Pork Tenderloin and more.
Family owned resort was purchased in 1916 by the great grandparents of the owners. Three historic gust buildings, decorated with Victorian furnishings, nd surrounded by tall trees and beautiful lawns. Dine in the tavern or in the dining room. 920-876-2600.
The resort has three different buildings Victorian Inn has 46 rooms and 3 suites. with an attached indoor swimming pool. Lakeside Suites is a condominium building with 12 units convenient to the outdoor swimming pool, hot tub, beach, Tiki Bar and Bistro. . The Grand Victorian Lady is the newly renovated Schwartz Hotel, originally built in 1882. the condo units have two to three bedrooms, 2 baths, fireplace and fully equipped kitchens. 920-860-9988.
Campers can find campgrounds at: Hoeft's Resort & Campground in Cascade, Westward Ho Camp Resort with campsites an cabins in Glenbeulah and Road America On-site Camping for tents and RV's in Elkhart Lake.
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Kamp Westerbork Transit Camp to Eternity : The Liberation Story
Canadian Peacekeeping Press, 2000. xxiv, 179 pages. Index, bibliography, references, glossary. Almost one hundred black and white reproductions of photos and documents. Two fold-out maps. "This study was exciting and personally rewarding to me. I treasure the many Dutch and Canadian friends who so patiently worked with me to reconstruct the events of half a century ago. I still think it highly important that the record of Canadian actions in helping to throw off the Nazi yoke in the Netherlands be accurately and fully told to Canadian and Dutch peoples before we have all passed on. But this publication is really devoted to the 363 killed and 1760 other casualties suffered by the South Saskatchewan Regiment in the Second World War, to the other units involved in the liberation of Kamp Westerbork, but most of all to the 876 prisoners, mainly Jewish, we helped to liberate in Kamp Westerbork, the 4000 or so who passed through this transit camp to hell, but lived, and to the more than 103,000 who did not." - Foreword. After serving in WWII Professor Law [1922-2011] moved on to a career at Queen's University where he established the Business School's microcomputer lab in the 1980s, where this bookseller had the opportunity to meet him. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this important and highly-detailed study.
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If an additional bed is required there is 1 sofa bed. Villa Litsa can sleep up to 7 people.
Wonderful vacation although we just felt the villa was a little remote at times but this didn't stop is from having an excellent stay there.
We have already rebooked for next year!
We have had a wonderful week at Villa Litsa The local pizzeria is very good, and an easy walk from the villa. We enjoyed eating out in Vamos, especially at Bloumosifi. We were lucky to have perfect weather to use the swimming pool which enhanced our stay. A lovely well appointed and clean villa.
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It was a lovely stay and a very caring welcome from our hosts. the Villa is very bright and well equipped. The Garden is beautiful with lots of herbs and the view from the terrace is very nice. Nothing to complain about.
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Study reveals the average amount of sex partners kiwi men have...
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It looks like kiwi men are having sex with more partners than most of the globe…
Manual, a men's mental health website has revealed statistics about the average man's sexual history and it's pretty interesting.
New Zealand Men on average have 13.2 sex partners, just falling into third place behind Australia with 13.3, and Turkey who topped the list with 14.5. At the bottom of the 35 countries was India with an average of 3 sexual partners in their lifetime.
The study also revealed that New Zealand men on average lost their virginities at the same age as Slovakia and Turkey with an average of 17.8 years old.
The stats came with a sex-positive message from Dr. Earim Chaudry, Medical Director of Manual who commented,
"While people in some countries prove to have more sexual partners than others, it is important not to compare yourself to these figures."
"Safe, consensual sex should always also be practiced, and the number of sexual partners does not correlate with a man's level of satisfaction with their sex life."
"While we can see differences in countries, it is important to remember that men from all over the world should only have sex when they feel ready."


AM: I feel incredibly honored be to have been given the opportunity to see my film shown on the big screen side-by-side with other local women filmmakers.
AM: Anyone who enjoys watching films should come and support our local filmmakers. It's a chance to see filmmaking in its rawest, purest form before it can be corrupted by Hollywood budgets and box office quotas.
AM: I started out as a percussionist, then a painter and now a filmmaker, something I wanted to do since I was a kid. I'm a big fan of/inspired by Buster Keaton, Harmony Korine, Shawn Christensen, Matt Johnson, Wes Anderson and Mike Mills. I am currently studying at Colorado Film School to become a writer and director.
My project Partners came from the idea of a female Robin Hood and the concept of Cinema Verite. I had an incredible cast and crew to help turn some paper into a film as well as having the opportunity to use a song by UK artist MadColour. This is my first production created while studying at CFS under some truly phenomenal instructors and I hope to show many more in the future.
AM: I lived in Queens, NY until 2000, lived in Orange County, CA until 2006 and I've been in Colorado ever since. Growing up on two major coasts of the country really helped mold my mindset and those experiences I had continuously give me ideas for my films.
AM: I am currently working on a few different scripts, two short films and one feature-length adaptation script of one of the shorts. I have been thinking about this feature-length for years so it feels great to be getting started on such an important project to me.
I also do some local political video projects when I'm not working or schooling as I try to stay as politically active as I can, especially in times like these.
I post my new work immediately and keep the community updated on everything art related that I'm up to!
Thank you all for your continuous support of local filmmaking!
Partners will screen Friday, February 10th at 8:00 p.m. at The Bug Theatre.


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There are numerous alcohol and drug rehab programs possibilities open to individuals residing in the Cane Valley area. It is important to understand each one of the types of treatment choices that exist in Cane Valley, AB., in order to choose the suitable rehabilitation option for yourself or a family member. Choosing the right alcohol and drug rehab program in Cane Valley is the most important element in the process of treating of substance abuse, drug addiction and alcoholism. This info will assist you to fully grasp your various rehab choices so that you have the maximum potential for an ideal final result.
Let's examine the many drug treatment programs in Cane Valley, Kentucky choices that coincide with the circumstances of the individual searching for rehab.
Inpatient drug rehab in Cane Valley, AB. is a rehabilitation possibility best for people who need health-related intervention for the duration of rehabilitation or clients with substantial drug use histories. Men and women will experience mental and physical dependence to drugs and alcohol even after a short time period, so inpatient drug rehab in Cane Valley is considered the most reliable treatment choice in nearly all scenarios. On account of dependence and addiction, people will usually not be able to make a full recovery with the limited solutions provided by outpatient rehabilitation programs in Cane Valley, Kentucky where alcohol and drugs are still easily available when they depart the outpatient facility. Likewise, men and women in rehab who take part in outpatient rehab rather than inpatient alcohol and drug rehabilitation in Cane Valley continue to be susceptible to detrimental influences and circumstances which can cut across their process of recovery. When someone resides with an abusive companion or continues to maintain associations which involve drug abuse, any treatment activities in outpatient rehabilitation are done in vain. This is the reason in-patient alcohol and drug rehabilitation in Cane Valley, AB. is going to generate more tangible outcomes which will prove lasting unlike an outpatient drug and alcohol rehab center where advantages could be very limited and short-lived.
In Cane Valley there's both short-term and long-term inpatient drug rehabilitation. Short-term is often a 30-day facility, while long-term inpatient drug rehab in Cane Valley, Kentucky is significantly more in depth and treatment lasts 90-120 days on average. It becomes an excellent environment for clients as it is a safe and secure drug-free environment where they are able to recover both physically and mentally without distraction. Preferably, people will continue within a long-term in-patient alcohol and drug rehab center in Cane Valley for the maximum stretch of time allowed, so that they can deal with anything which might cut across their sobriety after they depart treatment. Because of the fact that detoxing and becoming physically stable can take two to three weeks alone, the three to six months in long-term in-patient drug rehabilitation in Cane Valley will be time well spent and much more efficient than short-term facilities.
The most important component of all if you or a loved one is struggling with a drug abuse or addiction issue is to get it resolved right away, call someone and seek the advice of trained addiction professionals and get an evaluation and rehabilitation options to guarantee the best opportunity for a recovery.


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John, Suzy, Vivian, Peggy & Willie --- the team that made it happen!
Chef Willie encouraging everyone to dig in!
Why is that camera interfering with my dinner?
Bill Purdy and Joe Williams discussing the next reunion site.
Krazy Karl back for seconds!
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My friends and family sometimes ask me what I do, and the answer is "humanitarian logistics." The next question is almost invariably, "What's that?" and my usual answer is that I don't really know. However, with the help of a few photos maybe I can try and explain a bit.
Logistics in general can be explained relatively simply: getting the right stuff in the right place at the right time for the right cost. Apply this to the complicated world of humanitarian aid operations and the simple explanation can make for a complicated reality. Getting it all right can be extremely difficult and at times impossible, but achieving success on a challenging logistical project can make a lot of people really happy.
For example, getting Oxytocin (a drug frequently used by anaesthetists for surgical operations) to an operating theatre in Haïti in time for the first emergency surgical operation of an aid agency based in the UK without breaking the cold chain required for the Oxytocin to be useable. This involves finding a trustworthy supplier of the drug if it's not held in stock in the UK by the aid organisation, and organising delivery either to the aid organisation's office/warehouse in the UK or sending it directly from the supplier to the Dominican Republic or Haïti.
Once the Oxytocin is en route, it needs to be kept within a certain temperature range – if it heats up too much it won't be useable. This means the supplier must package it with icepacks in a coolbox in such a manner that the drug will remain within the required temperature range for the entire time between leaving their warehouse and arrival at the destination airport. Once received by the aid organisation, the ice packs would need to be changed or the drugs put into a fridge to maintain this cold chain, something which is not easy to do when there is no ready source of electricity or fuel for generators.
In the next few posts, I'll put up a few photos of each of these things to show how they fit into the big picture working in a humanitarian or development organisation in the field.
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Have you ever felt you have lost your mind and couldn't locate it? Hold that thought for a moment.
I was hired at Ottawa Township High School in Ottawa, Illinois, straight out of college. The year was 1975 and I was now the new special education teacher with one additional class of Sophomore English in general education. I called my mom, "Guess what? I found it! A job!"
A few weeks later, I bought a car. Happily I squealed to my best friend, "I found it! A cool green Dodge."
A year later, I renewed my faith and joined the popular Jesus Movement of the time. Taking off on the idea of what was lost, is found, was the motto, "I Found New Life in Jesus", or the shortened version, "I Found It!"
I had that sign hanging on the door to my classroom. One of my sophomore students said, "I'm so glad you found your room this morning."
Fast forward 30 years of lost loves, lost opportunities, lost dreams, lost friends; I find I have gained more than any loss. In fact, most of my losses have turned out a gain for something better.
And yet, there is a great loss that is unrecooperable (I coined that word. Hope it works for you) for my son; his mental illness. It has stolen his personality, his freedom, and his future. These days we are 'recalculating' his entire life. Sometimes, he will go to the places he used to go before his nuerons began to miscommunicate. Once in a while he will feel fearless enough to go to the grocery store with me. At times, he will walk two doors down to the library. His world has shrunk. As a result mine has too.
Its been three years since Matthew has been unable to work. Trying to live with the constant voices in his head, the creatures he now sees, and the invisible bugs he feels crawling on him, I have helped him apply for social security time and again, and again, and again. Always, he is turned down for various reasons. The first time it was because he isn't blind. Sweet Matthew, who always thinks of others first, said, "Someone who is blind does need it more than I do." He had no idea it was just a put off response. I will spare you of all the paperwork, the social security office visits, and phone calls I have made trying to get assistance for him. Its been an impossible journey.
Nearly two years ago, we secured a lawyer. This Thursday, after waiting 3 years, we finally have a court date. Its in Dallas. My daughter knows my feelings of driving along the high five in major morning rush hour traffice. FRIGHT. This morning, Matthew and I did a dry run before the big day of April 14th. We found the place! I FOUND IT!
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As Matthew finds his way through this life peppered with invisible threats, and I find my way to Dallas on Thursday morning, may you find your journey in life to be an easy road so you may help others find their way.


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Pervert Rolf Harris plans to release a new album called Justice For All when he is released from prison
Rolf Harris has told friends and family he plans to release a new album
The new album will allegedly be called Justice for All
The former children's TV host is serving five years and nine months
Harris was put behind bars for 12 indecent assaults against four young girls
By Tom Wyke for MailOnline
Rolf Harris has reportedly told friends and family that he plans to call his new comeback album Justice for All, which could be released by the end of the year.
Harris's new album will allegedly feature a track called 'Can't keep that dingo down' as well as 'A bird in the hand (Is worth two in the bush.)'
The 85-year-old former children's TV host is serving five years and nine months after being found guilty of the indecent assaults against four girls aged as young as seven.
Rolf Harris has reportedly told friends and family that he plans to call his new comeback album Justice for All, which could be released by the end of the year
A source told The Sun that composing music had helped Harris 'survive' in prison and that he was thinking about releasing a new album.
'Rather than keep his material to himself, he's telling those around him he has every intention of releasing it,' the source claimed.
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'The stuff has rockier influences than the music he's known for, because he wants to get across his anger at what he sees as injustice.'
The artist is also thought to have written a song called Woodworm Women whilst in prison. The song was criticised due to the manner it criticised his victims and those who claimed compensation.
Harris was convicted of 12 indecent assaults on June 30, 2014 - one on an seven-year-old autograph hunter, two on girls in their early teens and a catalogue of abuse of his daughter's friend over 16 years.
During the trial, Harris, a family favourite for decades, was finally unmasked as a predator who was fixated with under-age girls
During the trial, Harris, a family favourite for decades, was finally unmasked as a predator who was fixated with under-age girls.
It was recently reported he has made £76,000 while in jail through an investment firm he was formerly a director of.
Company accounts show RHE Investments Ltd saw its assets increase by £76,604 from £7,170,293 to £7,246,843. The company is half owned by Harris and his wife, Alwen, and the other half by family trusts.
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Rolf Harris plans to release a new album called Justice For All