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Bringing hope to Paradise, by the truckload
By Spc. Amy CarleDecember 3, 2018
1 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers from the California Army National Guard's 2632nd Transportation Company load hay into their trucks at a warehouse in Oroville, California, Nov. 26, 2018. The Transportation Company was brought in to carry critical supplies to area residents impacted by the deadly Camp Fire. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
2 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Warehouse manager Willmer Dyslin reviews details for an outgoing shipment at a warehouse in Oroville, California, Nov. 26, 2018. Dyslin was helping to coordinate a large, cross-functional operation providing critical supplies to ranchers and residents impacted by the deadly Camp Fire. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
3 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A sign at the Camelot Equestrian Park offers support and supplies to anyone impacted by the Camp Fire, in Oroville, California, Nov. 26, 2018. The center was housing over 25 rescued horses and serving as a donation and distribution center for area residents in need. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
4 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Soldier from the California Army National Guard's 2632nd Transportation Company moves hay through piles of ash at a ranch in Paradise, California, Nov. 28, 2018. The 2632nd transported critical supplies to area residents who were impacted by the deadly Camp Fire. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
5 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Deborah Damonte looks over her sheep at her ranch in Paradise, California, Nov. 28, 2018. Damonte, who was unable to evacuate during the deadly Camp Fire, watched from the roof of her house and extinguished flying embers with buckets of water. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
6 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers from the California Army National Guard's 2632nd Transportation Company unload hay at a ranch in Paradise, California, Nov. 28, 2018. The 2632nd transported critical supplies to area residents who were impacted by the deadly Camp Fire. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
7 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Capt. Daniel W. Pauley, Commander of the California Army National Guard's 2632nd Transportation Company, helps Deborah Damonte move hay bales at her ranch in Paradise, California, Nov. 28, 2018. The 2632nd transported critical supplies to Damonte and other area residents who were impacted by the deadly Camp Fire. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
8 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Deborah Damonte in bucking hay to Soldiers from the California Army National Guard's 2632nd Transportation Company, at her ranch in Paradise, California, Nov. 28, 2018. The Soldiers were transporting critical supplies to residents like Damonte, who lost her feed reserves after they burned in the deadly Camp Fire. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
9 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – California National Guard Soldiers from the 2632nd Transportation Company pause their work to greet rancher Megan Brown's dogs at her ranch outside of Paradise, California, Nov. 28, 2018. The Soldiers were delivering water to Brown, a sixth generation rancher, who stayed on her land when the deadly Camp Fire swept through, rather than leave her animals at risk. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
10 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Rancher Megan Brown feeds her pigs at her ranch outside of Paradise, California, November 28, 2018. Brown, a sixth generation rancher, stayed on her land when the deadly Camp Fire swept through, rather than leave her animals at risk. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
11 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – USDA Wildlife Services specialist David Johnson shows the ring of keys that ranchers have given him, on a ranch in Butte County, Nov. 28, 2018. Johnson, who was visiting ranchers after the deadly Camp Fire, said this trusted relationship is "a high compliment, and a great responsibility." (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
12 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – California National Guard Soldiers from the 2632nd Transportation Company help Scott Esplin, with the USDA Veterinary Services, fill a water trough at a ranch outside of Paradise, California, Nov. 28, 2018. The Soldiers helped transport water to residents impacted by the Camp Fire, which destroyed critical infrastructure necessary to support the region's residents and livestock. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
14 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – California National Guard Soldiers from the 2632nd Transportation Company help rancher Megan Brown and USDA wilderness specialists set up a water trough at a ranch outside of Paradise, California, Nov. 28, 2018. The Soldiers helped transport water to residents impacted by the Camp Fire, which destroyed critical infrastructure necessary to support the region's residents and livestock. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
16 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Tina Rickert and her dogs pose with Derek Milsaps, USDA Assistant Director for Northern California, and Soldiers from the California Army National Guard's 2632nd Transportation Company at her home in Magalia, California, Nov. 26, 2018. Rickert, an Air Force veteran, lives just outside the evacuation zone and volunteered her property as a distribution center for critical supplies needed by residents impacted by the deadly Camp Fire. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
17 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers from the California Army National Guard's 2632nd Transportation Company unload donated supplies at a residential distribution center in Magalia, California, Nov. 26, 2018. The 2632nd transported critical supplies across the Butte County area to help residents impacted by the deadly Camp Fire. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
19 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers from the California Army National Guard's 2632nd Transportation Company use a forklift to load pallets of animal feed into their trucks at a warehouse in Oroville, California, Nov. 26, 2018. The Transportation Company was brought in to carry critical supplies to area residents impacted by the deadly Camp Fire. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
20 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers from the California Army National Guard's 2632nd Transportation Company unload donated supplies at a cache point in Oroville, California, Nov. 26, 2018. The 2632nd transported critical supplies across the Butte County area to help residents impacted by the deadly Camp Fire. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
22 / 22 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Derek Milsaps, USDA Assistant Director for Northern California, and Soldiers from the California Army National Guard's 2632nd Transportation Company unload donated supplies at the Camelot Equestrian Park in Oroville, California, Nov. 26, 2018. The center was housing over 25 rescued horses and serving as a donation and distribution center for area residents in need. (Photo Credit: Spc. Amy Carle) VIEW ORIGINAL
PARADISE, Calif. - As the Camp Fire raged across the fields and forests of Butte County, Deborah Damonte sat on her home's tiled roof and watched the flames begin to burn along the edges of her property. She and her husband hadn't been able to evacuate in time, so they remained on their ranch, watching the fire sweep across the landscape and turn the skies black with ash.
"The power line came down across the road, and we couldn't leave, so we stayed," Damonte said. "It was scary when I saw the house across the road go up. You could see in the distance the fire going all around our property."
Damonte and her husband had already lost almost everything in a fire once before. During the 2008 fire siege they saw their barn, woods, fields and fences all burn. After the smoke cleared, their adobe home was the only structure still standing. She said they learned some lessons during that fire, and believes it helped them survive the fire this time.
"Our house remained, but everything else burned," Damonite said. "When we rebuilt, it was pretty fireproof."
Megan Brown also stayed on her ranch when the evacuation order came. A sixth generation rancher, Brown was ready with a plan, including a mapped out sequence of locations she could escape to if the flames came too close. Brown was afraid that if she left, she wouldn't be able to get back to her animals - 60 cows and their calves, and about 40 of her prized pigs.
"If they don't get fed, things could get ugly," Brown said.
David Johnson, with the USDA Wildlife services in Shasta County, said Brown and Damonte's stories are common. Johnson knows the residents of this area. He carries a ring filled with dozens of keys, each belonging to ranchers who trust him with their homes.
"They trust us to come in when they're not there," Johnson said. "It's a high compliment, and a great responsibility."
Even when the ranchers face devastating, life-threatening situations, Johnson said they will often decide to stay on their land rather than leave their herds alone and at risk.
"These folks won't leave their animals," Johnson said. "They're family members, and they won't leave them."
Damonte and Brown were both lucky. While the fire torched the areas around them, they and their animals were safe. Damonte watched from her roof as five tons of hay turned to ash just steps from her door. The fires also destroyed the flumes which delivered water to Brown's ranch. With roads closed and resources limited, the lack of food and water meant their animals were still at risk. While their property was out of danger, they now faced a whole new set of challenges - how to feed and water their animals while the surrounding infrastructure was still destroyed.
After 23 days on the go, with non-stop phone calls and interviews, Lisa Almaguer was ready to be with her family. Almaguer, the Public Information Officer for Butte County Public Health and Animal Control, had been working 16-hour days since the incident began. It didn't leave her a lot of time to get home.
"The other day, my kids were fighting over who got to stand next to me," she said.
Almaguer traveled across the county, continually pushing out up-to-date information in a rapidly evolving environment. She embedded at the Incident Command Post and worked with media to to ensure residents knew what resources were available to them, and where they could go for help.
As quickly as the evacuations started, Butte County officials began working in joint coordination with other state agencies and organizations like North Valley Animal Disaster Group to respond to the needs of residents and ranchers who needed assistance for their animals.
NVADG set up shelters for displaced or rescued animals, and started pushing out donated supplies and food to residents in need. Teams of volunteers mobilized to feed animals that were sheltered in place and to check on animals when concerned citizens called their emergency hotline. The USDA sent wilderness specialists from across the state, who helped run water and food to ranchers and farms around the area. It was a massive coordinated effort.
That's where animal rescue experts like Willmer Dyslin comes in. Dyslin, an Army veteran and former NVDAG volunteer, has a history of working these kinds of events, going into flood and fire zones to get things moving smoothly. He took a role as a warehouse manager during the Camp Fire response, but said he offers a broad range of skills.
"The know they can call me," Dyslin said. "They call me in to fix stuff, and I get it fixed."
Dyslin started rolling out 20 tons of feed a day, setting up cache points for owners to pick up supplies, and directing drops to locations in and outside of the fire zone.
Still, Almaguer understood the residents of the area were anxious about the conditions of their animals. She said she wanted to reassure them that the inter-agency coordination has been highly effective.
"Our field teams are being supported by National agencies who have experience in major disasters," she said. "The animals are safe, and being cared for."
Derek Milsaps, USDA Assistant Director for Northern California, echoed the strength of the cross-functional effort.
"It's pretty rare, something of this magnitude," Milsaps said. "And we have a unique organization that can work together to respond effectively."
Though the warehouse had previously been pushing out 20 tons, Dyslin said operations had slowed down, and he'd only been able to send 9 tons the Sunday after Thanksgiving. He had the resources to send out, but it was tough to get tons of hay miles across the mountain in the bed of a pick up trucks.
Then, they called in the California Army National Guard.
BIG TRUCKS, BIGGER IMPACT
Soldiers from the 2632nd Transportation company rolled in to Oroville late Sunday. Based in Sacramento, it took the convoy over four hours to move their trucks in. A sun-down curfew on the mountain meant it was too late for them to get started that night, but they were ready for action at 7:30 the next morning.
David Johnson, the USDA wilderness specialist, said he saw the impact immediately.
"There was no way we could keep up. First day the guys were here, they moved 90 tons like that," he said, snapping his fingers together. "They brought 200 gallons of water at a time. They took the deuce and a half (M35 cargo truck), and it was incredible. They got 30 bales to someone who had 100 goats."
He said the acceleration of supply has had a tremendous impact on the area residents.
"It's been a pleasure to watch the morale," Johnson said. "When you show up, the people, they realize this can happen. I see them smile for the first time."
Hauling pet food and bucking hay isn't the kind of work the Transportation Company is used to.
"Normally our mission is transporting infantry and personnel," said Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey M. Hawley, Operations NCO and truck master for the 2632nd. "This is something we never thought we'd be doing, but we're doing it."
The company moved quickly once called, and the unconventional assignment just gave them an opportunity for a new perspective on the skills they can bring to an emergency response.
"We think about the human impact, not just their livelihood," said Hawley. "It's a good experience, to understand the broad perspective."
Platoon Leader 2nd Lt. Mackenzie Q. Foss moved to California just a few months ago from South Dakota. New to the company and the state, Foss had never been mobilized for a emergency active duty before. She said she's been moved by the experience.
'It just breaks my heart - just seeing the area, the number of people it has affected," she said. "It's really eye opening to see the way the community pulls together. We're working with civilians and combined forces to help any way we can."
Foss repeated a common sentiment among the crews, remarking on how quickly the operations had come together. She credited the leadership of her team, who she said helped ensure the Soldiers knew what to do, even with the unusual mission.
Hawley agreed.
"We've got an awesome team," he said. "We have a lot of senior NCOs who did this work on deployment. Our leadership is unfolding to our junior Soldiers, who are out here learning a lot."
Spc. Miguel Costa, a truck driver, said it was a rewarding experience. He's been with the unit since 2015, and has gone out on fire missions before, but he hasn't worked on an operation quite like this.
"It's good to see civilians helping, and law enforcement," Costa said. "It's great to see a joint task force, and everyone participating. It's good to see the community itself coming out."
Costa said he wasn't surprised by how quickly the coordinated effort came together.
"My team is on it," he said. "No matter if it's last minute, we always get rolling right on the spot."
DELIVERING HELP, OFFERING HOPE
As soon as the evacuation order came in, Tina Rickert was ready to move. She loaded her truck with her family and her two rescue dogs, and headed out of town. But first, she stopped at her elderly neighbor's house to check on him.
"We pounded on the door until he answered," she said. "We told him we have to go right NOW. He had no idea. He hadn't even heard it."
The neighbor grabbed his dog and joined Rickert, along with her mother, her husband, their adult daughter and two rescue dogs. As the fire swept across the mountain, they drove 4.5 hours through crowded back country roads to a safe shelter at a neighborhood church.
"We all made it down together," Rickert said.
Before she was even allowed to return back home, Rickert, a veteran of the Air Force National Guard, was already looking for ways to help her community heal. She jumped immediately into wildlife and animal rescue efforts.
After two weeks in the heart of the fire zone, the smoke exposure started to affect her, hurting her throat and lungs. She knew she needed to take care of herself, but felt she just couldn't walk away.
Dyslin understood her reluctance to leave, and he had an idea how she could take care of her health and still be part of the action. Rickert's home was only a few minutes outside the evacuation zone, and easily accessible to residents both in and outside the evacuation zone.
"I was talking to Will, and he said, 'If you really want to help, what about putting a feed store at your house?'" Rickert said. "I didn't want to come home at all, but this was a way to keep serving the community."
Only a few hours after the 2632nd started work, they had already made their second drop to Rickert's house, successfully converting it to a feed center. As the day dimmed into twilight, the Soldiers filled Rickert's garage with pet food and kitty litter, and loaded bales of hay onto pallets. Before the sun set, Rickert would have nearly five tons of supplies stacked neatly, waiting for anyone in need.
On Brown's ranch, the cattle troughs were empty. Even though storms threatened to flood the area, there was little standing water for them to drink, and more cattle were on the way. When the Soldiers arrived with water tanks, Brown was overwhelmed.
"They just pulled up and it was magical," Brown said. "They are saving our lives right now. This means so much to me and to the community."
David Johnson and his colleague at the USDA, Scott Esplin, got to work filling the giant water troughs. Johnson pulled a 100-gallon water jug from the bed of his pick up and handed it to Brown. The tank fit neatly on the back of her UTV, and would allow her to carry water to her animals all across the ranch.
"Do you see that?" Brown asked, her voice cracking with emotion. "That's life changing. A little thing like that...I'm gonna cry."
At Criswell Ranch, Deborah Damonte gave the Soldiers an impromptu lesson in basic farm skills. Damonte expertly stabbed a bale with two hooks, and showed the guardsmen how to properly carry and stack the hay they'd loaded into their trucks that morning.
"That's called bucking hay," she told the Soldiers, her face breaking into a smile.
In addition to her own sheep, goats and cattle, Damonte was also housing horses for some of her neighbors. Her eyes lit up as she watched the feed shed fill. She had struggled to get down to the pick-up points, and was limited in how much she could carry back.
"It's hard to get down and pick everything up when you're going through 5 bales of hay a day," Damonte said. "It's great that they're here providing this service."
The county was already working to reach all the ranchers and residents, but partnering with the National Guard allowed the teams to increase the momentum of their efforts, covering additional areas and making larger drops, quickly.
Seeing their impact on the community has been meaningful for the Soldiers. At each location they've visited, residents tell them the work they are doing is changing lives.
"As the teams are going in, the people are grateful," Hawley said. "We get a lot of positive feedback from the people affected."
David Johnson put it more plainly.
"These guys are A#1 in my book" he said. "These people need help, and these guys are providing it."
As the Soldiers unloaded the last of the supplies at Tina Rickert's house, she opened the gate to let her dogs run out to greet them. The dogs, Bella and Buddy, wiggled excitedly. Rickert wanted to get a picture with everyone before they left.
"I miss my military family," she said, smiling as the Soldiers bent down to play with the dogs.
After she and her family evacuated, they learned that Rickert's mother's home, the first house she had ever purchased, burned in the fires. She had moved to Magalia only months before. While Rickert's home was spared, she lost her business, a soap company with products in stores across the mountain.
While she focuses on running the donation center, Rickert is also trying to figure out how to rebuild her own life. A former land planner and environmental coordinator, she feels like she may be able to help her community rebuild.
"When all of this happened, I thought, I have so many skills I could put to use in my community," she said. "So, I'm working on that." She paused, watching the Soldiers unloading the last of the donated supplies. "So many people are working to make it a better place."
Rickert said her mother, like many others, was reluctant to return. Even after the fire was contained, many residents have not returned to the areas that have been opened for repopulation. Talking about her community, Rickert teared up for the first time.
"Don't lose hope," she said, wiping her eyes. "As a community, it's all we have."
Rickert is not alone in her sentiment. The residents of Butte County are invested in moving forward.
Just like when she rebuilt her ranch 10 years ago, Deborah Damonte said she believes without a doubt the community will come back together after the Camp Fire.
"I love Paradise," she said. "It will be back. It will be Paradise again."
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БК «Франківськ» — український жіночий баскетбольний клуб з Івано-Франківська, заснований в 1996 році. Неодноразовий учасник змагань у найвищих дивізіонах чемпіонатів України, бронзовий призер сезону 2014/2015.

Хронологія назв
 1996—2005: БК «Станиславів»
 2005—2008: БК «Франківськ»
 2008—2009: БК «Галицька академія»
 2009— : БК «Франківськ»

Історія
Витоки професійного жіночого баскетбольного клубу  БК «Франківськ» слід виводити зі створення тренером івано-франківської ДЮСШ Юрієм Процюком дитячої команди БК «Станиславів». Від дня своєї появи на світ цей колектив кілька років обмежувався виключно своєю участю в дитячих та юнацьких змаганнях різного рівня — від локальних до міжнародних.

Після реорганізації баскетбольного клубу в 2005 році його спортсменки врешті розпочали змагатися і в чемпіонатах України серед дорослих команд.

У 2008 році клуб перейшов під крило Івано-Франківського інституту менеджменту та економіки «Галицька академія», що, окрім іншого, знайшло своє відображення і в зміні назви. Одночасно команда Юрія Процюка влилася до лав щойно створеної Української професійної баскетбольної ліги (УПБЛ) і в першому своєму сезоні в турнірі під її егідою посіла 6-е місце з 10 команд.

Щоправда, у наступному сезоні (2009/2010) керівництво клубу після консультацій з представниками Івано-Франківського міської ради ухвалило рішення повернути йому попереднє ім'я — БК «Франківськ». Що стосується змагань першості, то франківчанки фінішували 7-ми.

У третьому своєму сезоні 2010/2011 в УПБЛ команда зайняла 4-е місце: перемогла в чвертьфіналі турніру восьми київське «Динамо» — 75:72, поступилася в півфіналі майбутньому чемпіонові України київському «ТІМ-СКУФ» — 55:78, а в матчі за 3-є місце й запорізькій «Козачці» — 74:95.

Після розформування УПБЛ в сезоні 2011/2012 БК «Франківськ» увійшов до складу учасниць чемпіонату Вищої ліги України. В турнірних змаганнях івано-франківські баскетболістки повторили результат минулого сезону — 4-е місце, програвши серію за 3-е місце «ТІМ-СКУФ» — 1:2. Також в цьому сезоні БК «Франківськ» дебютував в міжнародній «Балтійській лізі». Там клуб запам'ятався хіба що тим, що стартувавши в турнірі, так і не спромігся сплатити вступний внесок. Як наслідок, виконавчий комітет ліги зарахував франківчанкам дві технічні поразки (0:20).

У сезоні 2012/2013 команда закінчила чемпіонат на останньому 6-му місці, вигравши всього 2 матчі з 30.

Сезон 2014/2015 став найуспішнішим в історії клубу — його баскетболістки вибороли бронзові медалі національної першості. У серії за 3-є місце івано-франківські спортсменки перемогли «Вінницьких Блискавок» — 2:1.

У сезоні 2016/17 команда достроково стала переможницею Вищої ліги — на той час другого за силою баскетбольного дивізіону України. Однак через брак належного фінансового забезпечення керівництво клубу на чолі з Юрієм Процюком відмовилося від права позмагатися в когорті елітних жіночих колективів країни. І тільки після свого наступного успішного виступу у вищолігових змаганнях (команда там посіла 2-е місце) франківчанки в 2018 році знову опинилися серед всеукраїнської баскетбольної еліти.

У сезоні 2020/2021 спортсменки БК «Франківськ» до останнього боролися за бронзові медалі чемпіонату Жіночої суперліги. Але у запеклому протистоянні з київськими динамівками франківчанки змушені були таки поступитися за сумою п'яти матчів своєму більш титулованому супернику  — 2:3.

Сезон 2022/2023 став новою віхою в історії івано-франківського клубу. Наприкінці 2022 року БК «Франківськ» заявився для участі в турнірі Європейської жіночої баскетбольної ліги (EWBL). Несподівано вдало пройшовши групові змагання, франківські «пантери» потрапили до фіналу чотирьох. І хоча в ньому вони зазнали двох поразок, європейський дебют клубу в цьому турнірі загалом можна оцінити як вдалий.

Примітки

Посилання
 Офіційна сторінка  БК «Франківськ».
 Сайт команди БК «Галицька академія».

Спортивні клуби Івано-Франківська
Жіночі баскетбольні клуби України
1996 в українському спорті
Засновані в Україні 1996

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Carlos Berlocq and Brian Dabul became the first champions of this tournament. They defeated Andrés Molteni and Guido Pella 7–6(4), 6–3 in the final.

Seeds

Draw

Draw

External links
 Main Draw

Copa Topper - Doubles
2010 Doubles


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Neo-Pagans are often lumped together with the New Age movement. While the two movements do overlap somewhat, they are distinguishable. Neo-Pagans are typically critical of the New Age movement for its emphasis upon light, mind, spirit and transcendence to the detriment of darkness, body, matter and immanence. Neo-Pagans reject the New Age quest search for perfection and mastery, and seek rather than an engagement with ambiguity and finitude. According many New Agers, there is a cosmic struggle between the forces of Light and Darkness, and human evolution depends on humanity thinking positively, embracing the "light" and spirit and abandoning the darkness and the earth.
Neo-Paganism, on the other hand, rejects this gnostic denigration of matter and darkness, and celebrates the world as it is. New Agers seek to escape into an eternal light-existence. For Neo-Pagans, however, darkness is necessary: life is born in the dark womb, seeds germinate in the dark soil, it is in the dark night that we dream, and it is the Black Goddess who is our original mother. Neo-Paganism celebrates the beauty of nature and does not flinch from the fact that it is "red in tooth and claw". In the eyes of Neo-Pagans, the dark is understood, not as evil, but, like the winter and the night, a necessary feature of our natural world and our spiritual being. While there are many similarities between Neo-Paganism and the New Age movement, there are also some other crucial distinctions between two movements.
1. Both movements arose out of the Sixties Counterculture movement.
2. Both draw upon the 19th century Romantic movement.
3. Both disdain traditional religious practices.
4. Both were strongly influenced by Jungian psychological theory; both tend to view the unconscious as the meeting ground of the human and divine.
5. Both are concerned with experiencing a regeneration or renewal of life.
1. Neo-Paganism is more overtly religious than the New Age.
2. The New Age movement tends to eschew religious ritual, while Neo-Paganism embraces it.
3. Neo-Paganism emphasizes links with ancient pagan religions, ritual celebration of the cycles in nature, and polytheistic conceptions of divinity. The New Age movement does none of this.
4. Neo-Paganism gives the Goddess a central role in conceptions of divinity, whereas the much of the New Age movement tends to be more patriarchal.
5. The New Age movement tends to dismiss this world, including nature, as illusory, adopting a transcendental (Theosophist) position, whereas Neo-Paganism embraces the world.
6. The New Age movement eschews psycho-spiritual darkness for light, whereas Neo-Paganism embraces darkness as part of the natural cycle.
7. The New Age movement places greater emphasis on the (re-)union with the ultimate divinity than does Neo-Paganism.
8. The New Age movement conceptualizes personal growth more in terms of ascent or transcendence, whereas Neo-Paganism conceptualizes it as cyclical and involving a descent into the unconscious or the marriage to the Goddess, usually followed by a return.
9. Although both Neo-Paganism and the New Age movement encourage a journey to the inner self, Neo-Paganism also encourages a journey outside the self to commune with the Other, including other people and the natural world.
10. Neo-Pagans place greater emphasis on one's responsibility to other beings, human and non-human, and the environment, than does the New Age movement.


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She remembered that the first book I ever took out of the library in North Battleford was Stan Fischler's, 'Gordie Howe' story. So it is entirely fitting, that in this day and age of interconnected commerce, of open borders between two of the greatest countries in the world; that in this day and age of building walls between peoples …that we should see one of the most important bridges being built in the history of North America. I remember it vividly.
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Q: looping through a dynamic list in sql I am writing a stored procedure to read a list of int values that is dynamic (a parameter to the procedure). Once I read this list I need to do an insert to another table for each value in the list. I am not very good at sql. Can you please help me?
This is what I have done so far.
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[FunctionInsert]
(
    @CONTEXTCODEID INTEGER,
    @MASTERCASEID INTEGER,
    @LETTERCODEIDS VARCHAR(50)
)
IF @LETTERCODEIDS  <> '0'
    BEGIN
    WITH cd AS
    (
        SELECT  1 AS first, CHARINDEX(',', @LETTERCODEIDS  , 1) AS next
        UNION ALL
        SELECT  next + 1, CHARINDEX(',', @LETTERCODEIDS  , next + 1)
        FROM    cd
        WHERE   next > 0
    ),
    lid AS
    (
        SELECT  CAST(SUBSTRING(@LETTERCODEIDS  , first, CASE next WHEN 0 THEN LEN(@LETTERCODEIDS  ) + 1 ELSE next END - first)AS INT) AS id
        FROM    cd
    )
    SELECT * FROM
    (
        SELECT  DISTINCT id
        FROM    lid
    ) l

I am getting the list of values in id as 1,2,3 if i EXEC FunctionInsert (@LETTERCODEIDS  = '1,2,3')
Now I need to loop through these and do an insert into another table.
INSERT INTO [dbo].CaseLetters
(
    ContextCodeID,
    MasterCaseID,
    LetterCodeID

)
VALUES
(
    @CONTEXTCODEID,
    @MASTERCASEID ,
    --My values from the list need to go here
)

I am not sure how to proceed.

A: When I find myself wanting to loop through a set of values in SQL I usually end up using a cursor.
Suppose your stored procedure is populating a table called #tmp_id
DECLARE @ID INT

DECLARE my_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT ID FROM #tmp_id

OPEN my_cursor

FETCH NEXT FROM my_cursor INTO @ID

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS == 0
BEGIN

    -- This is the body of the loop where your logic will go
    -- Every value in the set returned by SELECT ID FROM #tmp_id will
    -- Be bound to the variable @ID for one iteration of this loop

    FETCH NEXT FROM my_cursor INTO @ID
END

CLOSE my_cursor
DEALLOCATE my_cursor

Let me know if I can clarify anything.

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Todd Nunes is an American screenwriter and a director of horror films. His work includes the holiday horror film All Through the House.

Career
Todd Nunes wrote and directed his first horror full-length film Scary Larry in 2014, which starred his sister Ashley Mary Nunes. In 2015 he wrote and directed the award-winning holiday horror film All Through The House, produced by The Readmond Company, which again starred Ashley Mary Nunes in the lead role and also featured Canadian horror actress Jessica Cameron.

Nunes' next project was to be Death Ward 13 (2017), a remake of the 1973 low budget horror film The Forgotten. In 2017 it was in pre-production in Los Angeles and was to star former Misfits guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein as the film's terrifying antagonist, The Duke. The film has yet to be made.

Awards
 All Through The House, Official Nomination, "Top Ten", Online, The Golden Rake Award for Indie Horror (2016)
 All Through The House, Best Director at the Hardcore Horror Fest, Chicago, IL (2016, won – Todd Nunes)
 All Through The House, Best Actress at the Hardcore Horror Fest, Chicago, IL (2016, won – Jessica Cameron)
 All Through The House, Best Slasher Award at the RIP Horror Film Festival, Hollywood, CA (2015)
 All Through The House, Audience Choice Award at the RIP Horror Film Festival, Hollywood, CA (2015)
 All Through The House, Best Editing Award at the RIP Horror Film Festival, Hollywood, CA (2015)
 All Through The House, Best Local Feature Award at SFindie's "Another Hole in the Head" Phenomenal Film Festival, San Francisco, CA (2015)

Personal life
Nunes is the brother of horror actress Ashley Mary Nunes.

References

External links

Date of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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Will Studying Science Make You an Atheist? – Part 3
Published on February 9, 2018 February 8, 2018 by nickcady
In my previous two posts: Will Studying Science Make You an Atheist – Part 1 & Part 2, we talked about how data shows that, contrary to the popular myth, studying science can actually build faith rather than undermine it, and that in reality everyone exercises faith when it comes to metaphysical matters.
The real question is: What is the content of my set of beliefs? And flowing from that: What is that content based on?
Harvard biologist Richard Lewontin wrote an article in which he admitted that he prefers naturalistic explanations for things because he has "a prior commitment…to materialism."1
In other words, for Lewontin, his science isn't driven by objective facts or reason, it is driven by an underlying philosophy. He approaches his scientific work with a faith position and a metaphysical belief, not the other way around.
Interestingly, in the field of philosophy, Alvin Platinga, considered one of the greatest living philosophers, is a theist who has so convincingly argued for the existence of God that it has changed the entire climate of academic philosophy, to the point where atheism, rather than belief in God, is now considered a "superstitious" belief.
Philosopher David Bentley Hart says of this,
"I do not regard true philosophical atheism as an intellectually valid or even cogent position; in fact, I see it as a fundamentally irrational view of reality, which can be sustained only by a tragic absence of curiosity or a fervently resolute will to believe the absurd,"2
I will leave you with this quote from one of my favorite authors, Oxford professor Alistair McGrath: "The idea that science and religion are in perpetual conflict is no longer taken seriously by any major historian of science." He concludes by saying that the idea that "fact-based science" is "at war" with "faith-based religion" is "a myth."3
1 "Billions and Billions of Demons," The New York Review of Books (January 9, 1997), 28., quoted in Clark, The Problem of God, (p. 31)
2 The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss, (p. 16)
3 The Twilight of Atheism, (p. 87)
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bdrex says:
Hello Nick, you mention data but then quote testimonials, opinions. Yes, there are religious people in all walks of life, but it is also true that there are atheists who reject religion. As such, if your "data" proves religion then my data disproves it.
On a separate note: I studied Judaism and discovered their interpretation of the Torah/Old Test. I learned that of all the prophecies that predicted Jesus the most important one was unfulfilled. The Bible predicts a messiah, a man, and definitely not a god or the God. What'a your take on that?
nickcady says:
The data I'm referring to are the multiple studies I referenced. Again, I'm not saying that the data "proves religion" – I'm saying that it disproves the popular myth that studying science leads people to become atheists.
Regarding Judaism: Here's one (of many) examples which show that the Messianic hope is that of someone who is both fully God and fully man:
But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,
on them has light shone.
You have multiplied the nation;
you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
as with joy at the harvest,
as they are glad when they divide the spoil.
For the yoke of his burden,
and the staff for his shoulder,
the rod of his oppressor,
you have broken as on the day of Midian.
For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult
and every garment rolled in blood
will be burned as fuel for the fire.
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and of peace
there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. (Isaiah 9:1-7)
A child. A son. A human ruler – who will be at the same time: the Mighty God and the everlasting Father, who will establish a kingdom which has no end.
Nick check out the older translations including the torah. The torah says God will be the mighty advisor of the messiah. Older translations say that too. Remember, punctuation was not used in hebrew so translators added it.
here is torah address http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15940/jewish/Chapter-9.htm
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The Maccabeats' music CD, A Maccabeats Hanukkah, is a great gift idea.
Judith with the Head of Holophernes, by Cristofano Allori, 1613 (Royal Collection, London).
Throughout history, the victor, the statesman and the warrior all are glorified and magnified in literature, art, theater, film, dialogue, debate and a host of other forums and disciplines.
Yet, one cannot ignore the fact that most are men, including the members of the Maccabean forces. However, we do know that multitude of women have contributed equally or even more than their male counterparts to many historic events. This is the case with the Hanukkah story.
Perhaps a lesser known version of the Hanukkah miracle centers on Yehudis, or Judith, during the time of the Maccabean revolt against Syrian oppression.
Judith was just as significant as Judah. With the help of her maid, she conceived and executed a plan that convinced the people of Bethulia in the land of Judea to have faith and trust in God, and not surrender to Holofernes, the Syrian-Greek General who took siege of her town.
To a great extent, it was because of Judith's heroic deed that the faith and courage of the Jewish people throughout the ages are inspired. Her plan led to her beheading Holofernes and the surprise attack on his army, thereby saving all of the people of Bethulia.
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She was busy promoting her new about real-life firefighters alongside co-stars Josh Brolin and Miles Teller.
But Jennifer Connelly ensured all eyes were on her as she joined her Only The Brave cast-mates for an appearance at the BUILD Speaker Series at AOL Studios in New York City on Tuesday.
The actress, 46, who plays Amanda Marsh, the wife of Josh's firefighter Eric Marsh, looked effortlessly elegant in a black, short-sleeved sweater and a matching A-line mini-skirt decorated with a double row of four buttons down the front.
The screen star completed her ensemble with black ankle boots as she strutted her stuff through central Manhattan.
Josh, 49, went for a more casual style in a mid-blue jacket, black T-shirt and jeans.
Miles, 30, was decked out in a black suede bomber jacket, a black T-shirt and black pants.
The were joined by director Joseph Kosinski, 43, plus actors James Badge Dale, 39, and Taylor Kitsch, 36, as they discussed their latest film project.
Jennifer Connelly is never one to disappoint when it comes to the style stakes. Today was no different as she made her rounds promoting her latest flick in this preppy, A-line skirt.
As one the faces of Louis Vuitton, it's no surprise she was outfitted in the brand from head to toe. She tucked streamlined top into her skirt and gave her look a lift with some enviable suede booties.
The flattering skirt featured two rows of gilded buttons for a special finish that rendered her polished and refined. You can never go wrong with a fit and flare skirt like Jennifer's. Whether you chose to splurge on a designer piece, or opt for something similar on the high-street-- the versatile wardrobe essential will pay itself off in spades.
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Only The Brave is the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters in Arizona who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire.
Real-life Hotshot Brendan McDonough, played by Miles in the movie, also joined the team.
He is the sole survivor of the blaze that killed 19 of his colleagues in the Yarnell Hill fire near Prescott, Arizona in 2013.
The movie is based on the GQ article No Exit by Sean Flynn, who also co wrote the script.
On Saturday, Josh shared an Instagram snap as he and Taylor honored five hero fire fighters at the grounds of the Redskins NFL team in Landover, Maryland.
Only The Brave is due out in theaters on Thursday.


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Chris Birdman Andersen Net Worth and salary: Chris Birdman Andersen is an American professional basketball player who has a net worth of $16 million. Chris Birdman Andersen was born July 7, 1978 in Long Beach, California. He currently plays for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Andersen was raised in Iola, Texas where he played one year at Blinn College. He began his professional career in the Chinese Basketball Association and the American minor leagues. He then played in the NBA for the Denver Nuggets and the New Orleans Hornets. The 6 ft 10 in, 245 lb center/power forward was handed down a two-year ban from the NBA in 2006 for violating the league's drug policy, but was reinstated on March 4, 2008 and re-signed with the Hornets the following day. He returned to Denver later in 2008, where he remained until 2012. He signed with the Heat in January 2013. Andersen is notably the only Blinn student to ever play in the NBA. Andersen is also known for brightly colored tattoos on his arms, chest, neck, back, hands and legs. His first tattoo was given as an eighteenth birthday gift by his mother, who has some body art of her own from her tenure in the Bandidos Motorcycle Club. Andersen's regular tattoo artist, Denver-based John Slaughter, estimates that Andersen has inked 75 percent of his body. He showed off those tattoos in PETA's "Ink Not Mink" ad campaign to protest the fur industry. On May 10, 2012, Denver NBC affiliate 9News reported that Andersen's home was the target of an investigation of a suspected Internet criminal case by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit. Andersen was not charged with any crimes. In September 2013, it was revealed that Andersen was the victim of an elaborate hoax.
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Net Worth: $16 Million
Salary: $4.2 Million
Date of Birth: Jul 7, 1978 (41 years old)
Profession: Basketball player
Nationality: United States of America
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BEL-Iaul to the ancient Bretons, is the name of the Golden Dragon.
BEL is the great God of the Babylonians; as BEL- ELI is the Great Goddess. Later on, the God Bel was made to be an evil Dragon and slain in fables, whereas Bel-ili became Lilith, the erstwhile Queen of Demons.
BELINUS , The Brilliant One, represents the healing powers of the sun. Belinus is APOLLO, the Serpent God, in Gaulish and Celtic traditions.
Wherever one finds two Obelisks standing as a gateway, this was the entrance to an Ophite temple. After all it takes both Sun and Moon to enable life on the planet, and cycles of time as we perceive Time to be. As we are copies of Divinity, and the OB-ELIsk is made to represent heaven above, the Earth below and the body of Spirit in between - the Tree of Life and the Three Pillars of the body - who then can be sure, that these Obelisks are not petrified humans, spelled into the future by the serpent's charms?
Our Ancestors knew God as OB-EL; the Serpent God. And in the Southern Hemisphere at around about this time, the Wheel of Existence turns again as the fiery Dragon returns to kiss the beautiful Queen of the May, when the Goddess returns to the shores of the Isles of Serpentifera.
This island is within the realm of OBERON, The King of Shadows; son of The Beautiful Queen, Morgan Le Fay. Oberon is the King of Faerie and a consort of Goddess Diana Titania.
Thus we can say, even today, that if someone has OB, they have the fiery power of Kundalini surging through their veins ~ just like the Witch of Endor.
and a very Blessed and Merry Samhain to all in the Northern Hemisphere!


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Beth is a spoken word poet and author. She performs, writes and illustrates her work about mental health, grief, sexuality, politics and the body. She lives in East London and performs in venues across the country and on an international scale. Her book 'Neon' is due for publication in November 2020 with Burning Eye Press.
Beth recently went viral on BBC3, with her poem 'PINK' receiving over 5 million views and 35 thousand shares, and is one of ITV'S voice of the people- featuring on television regularly for Nationwide. Beth also featured on BBC1 with her poem 'Lightbulb' with nearly 1 million views, and is currently having her portrait painted by Clae Eastgate as part of the project 'Painting the Poets' alongside Carol Ann-Duffy, Jackie Kay and Hollie McNish.
Beth has featured alongside Kate Tempest in DIVA as one of the leading poets in her field, and is the GENESIS slam winner. She has been the headline act in performance venues across the world, with sell out performances at places such as at the Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden, the Phoenix Theatre in the West-End, the writers Festival in Melbourne Australia, and Le Chat Noir in Paris. Her poem 'Skyphone' was featured this year by TedX.
Her poetry has featured alongside with Andrew Motion, the former poet laureate, in the Victoria and Albert museum, and she regularly features on the London Spoken Word scene, with performances all over the city.
Beth has spoken on Broken Verb Radio and Hoxton FM about the strong links between poetry and mental health. She recently spoke at Congress Hall, about LGBT issues and how poetry can be used as a catharsis for people with bipolar disorder, and featured at L-Fest, speaking at the festival about sexuality and mental health.
She runs workshops for young people who have trouble accessing mainstream education, and often performs at charity functions, most recently for MIND, CalAid and Oxjam. She has taught workshops all over the world, in places such as The Royal Shakespeare Company in Paris, to the Melbourne City library.
Beth is featured as the top 100 writers in the London Spoken Word Anthology, and most recently had her work featured by Dolly Alderton for the Sunday Times, who published her poem 'Astronaut', and for the mental health magazine 'Conker' who published her poem 'Birds'. Beth was a guest speaker at both the London LGBT poetry festival at the Ace Hotel in Shoreditch, and at Amnesty International, dissecting feminism and sexuality. She has worked on commissions for Amnesty International's 'Words that Burn' programme, The Courtauld Insititute of Fine Art RESFEST in Somerset House, and last year she performed on the main women's stage at London Pride in Leicester Square.
If you would like to get in touch, please send her an email or a message on her Instagram page.


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In Fairy Tales Online(1), I suggested some Youtube videos as a way to introduce your kids to the wonderful world of fairy tales. I bemoaned the fact that many fairy tale collections that are offered for sale in supermarkets are of poor quality writing. That prompted Rebecca Newman, editor of children's magazine Alphabet Soup, and Babette Reeves of The Passionate Librarian to recommend the book, Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales, by Lucy Cousins. I found it at Walker Books and hope to review it soon.
If you're looking for some more online places to explore fairy tales with your kids, read on.
Yesterday, I wrote about Scholastic's Myth Brainstorming Machine which has a fairy tale component for young writers.
CBeebies has many Fairy Tales to read. These are perfect for under 7s. Some, like The Elves and the Shoemaker, have associated printable booklets of the story and craft activities.
Grimm Fairy Tales has lots of the Grimm brothers' tales to read. There is nothing too glitzy about the stories - basically, you read text on a page surrounded by distracting ads. Still, if you want some idea of the tales, try this site. My suggestion is you then use the tales as a basis for stories you make up and share with your kids. Another one is Repeat After Us - listen to fairy tales while you read along. No bells and whistles, but copyright free.
Oneextrapixel have a great roundup of different illustrators' interpretations of fairy tale characters. These are great to use as inspiration for your children's own writing, for designing costumes for their dolls or plays, or just to share and discuss.
Storynory have a big fairy tale collection that you can read online or download and listen to as MP3. These are divided into Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Perrault, Various, Aesop and 1001 Nights. There are fairy stories within their Junior section too.
Kidoons have lots of fairy tales amongst their offerings, like Hansel and Gretel where you can read the story, text or a slightly animated version, play games, download stuff and try to ignore the blinking ads. This isn't the traditional version, but some kids may prefer it.
ABCTeach have some fairy tale printables.
Chase March has a great teaching unit on fairy tales and there's another one at Tooter4Kids. Woodlands Junior School has some useful links. There are lesson ideas at Kerpoof, and here's an online fairy tale crossword.
Let's not forget fairy tales from other cultures. You and your child might enjoy reading some together. You can find such tales via the search box at Paper Tigers, or here's a lesson on Russian Fairy Tales from Edsitement.
I found some ideas for Fairy Tale crafts at Canon.
I believe your children would love to go to Creaza to make fairy tale cartoons with Cartoonist. I made a Red Riding Hood cartoon and described the process in Cartoonist - Sharing Stories with Cartoons. I also quickly made the 1001 Nights image you see at top in about three minutes yesterday.
Storybird is another great digital story creator and although it doesn't have specifically themed illustrations, I think some of them definitely capture a fairy tale feel. You can see one of my Storybirds that is fairytale-ish below.
There is a fairy story option at LearnEnglishKids from the British Council. This is simply a matter of choosing from a range of elements, then the story is put together for you, and presented as text which can be read aloud by a parent or printed out. There's also a cute matching activity for Red Riding Hood and you'll find other activities too.
You can listen to the audio version of Red Riding Hood or read the story yourself at ipl2.
LearnEnglishKids also has finger puppets for Red Riding Hood that can be printed out. Cute!
Songs: My Kindergarten kids loved When Goldilocks Went to the House of the Bears. It's a lovely little song with actions. You can listen to the music and find the lyrics and actions at LearnEnglishKids or watch these two cuties sing it on Youtube. Another favourite was The Three Bears Rap. and I found a different Three Bears song. Most of the Disney movies based on fairy tales have great songs associated with them.
Remember, I'm not proposing we do away with Fairy Tale books. Rather, I'm suggesting we use online resources together with carefully selected print books to maximize our children's fairy tale experiences. Add in some songs, rhymes, dress up clothes, paint and improvisation and you've got the makings of a memorable fairy tale experience.
Why not create a fairy tale party? There's a certain cherub I know with a Green Mama who's having a birthday party soon. Here are some ideas she might like.
Bubble blowing: I think this would be a lovely thing to do. The pretty iridescence of bubbles seems to fit the theme. You might set up an area where kids can experiment with a range of bubble blowers, or give each child their own little bubble blower. If you have time beforehand, the birthday child can help make the bubble solution and the blowers.
Decorate a castle: You know how kids usually have more fun with the box than the gift? How about going to an appliance shop or a suitable manufacturer and asking for a BIG cardboard box or two? Party guests can decorate the box with crayons, streamers, balloons, stickers, and fairy tale character portraits.
Listen to a fairy tale: Kids do need quiet time at a party. I would choose one fairy tale I like, or make one up with the children as characters in it, mentioning their names, and tell it to the kids. I would also have repeated parts the kids can join in. You could give The Three Little Pigs a touch of pantomime, and ask someone to appear as the Wolf. Tell the kids that if he suggests the pigs are hiding in a house, they should all shout out, "Oh no they aren't!"
Play with fairy tale puppets: I would definitely look out for fairy tale characters - your local Toy Library or Kindergarten class might lend you some. Set up a little theatre or just have the puppets where kids can access them and stand back to watch the creativity and fun.
Take out the dress up box: Find some lengths of material kids can use as cloaks, a cardboard sword or two, some magic wands and crowns, and some old clothes. Raid your local charity shop for inexpensive costumes from dance concerts.
The cake: The Book Chook would be most likely to bake a huge square cake and let the birthday child decorate it with frosting, sweets, marshmallows, sprinkles etc. But some people aren't as lazy (or as frugal!) Here's a Fairy Village Cake.
Food: Keep it simple. I would suggest halved oranges filled with green jelly and set, then a green or chocolate frog added to make a Magic Frog Pond; cupcakes decorated ahead by the birthday child; and some tiny sandwiches or savoury morsels of some kind.
If you know any other good resources online that fit this fairy tale theme, please let me know in comments.
Aww... thanks Susan! My cherub's fairytale party is next week, so I'm in the midst of sewing myself to a princess and the pea style tablecloth.
Ouch! I hope the party is just delightful and makes lovely memories for the cherub and her friends.
What a great roundup of fairy tale resources! Thank you!
Kate, I found a great post on your blog with some excellent fairy tale recommendations that I hope readers will check out - http://bookaunt.blogspot.com/2010/11/honk-if-you-still-love-fairy-tales.html Thanks for visiting!
Thanks for the feedback, Caz! Check out Book Aunt (see my reply to Kate Coombs below) for some great fairy tale books and other excellent reviews.
What a fab collection of resources Susan. Jelly oranges are a fab idea - kids do love them!
And they look so colourful too, Nic. I think jelly is like stained glass, good for the soul!
Thanks Cathy - I'm convinced that reading keeps the dream alive in all our hearts!
These are wonderful fairy tale resources, fairy tales are always one of my favorite learning experiences with students. They provide opportunities for so much imagination and play learning!
I agree, Kelly! Imagination is such a precious gift to nurture in kids, and play is the natural vehicle kids use anyway.
You have some nice free educational games options available for people to use to spend quality time with their children. Such a marvelous list of books and resorces, thanks for Sharing!
Fairy tale inspired theme is still applicable even to these days actually I wrote articles about kids party and eventually most of my resource excerpt are fairy tale inspired.


JG Ballard covers familiar territory in Super-Cannes: new social structures under pressure, new psychopathologies to be explored. As he did in his previous novel Cocaine Nights, he has avoided the more abstract imagery and plot of Rushing to Paradise or The Day of Creation to create, on the surface, a more mainstream novel, clearly concerned with modern issues of racism, random violence and sexuality. But familiar territory is always the most deeply subversive place in a Ballard novel.
Eden-Olympia is more than a mere business park. It is an expensive and intense hive, the modern "Dream Palace" of "a new elite of administrators, enarques and scientific entrepreneurs"; its aim, "to turn Provence into Europe's silicon valley". Paul Sinclair finds himself with time on his hands in this radical environment when his young wife takes a job at Eden-Olympia. She replaces a doctor who killed 10 executives with a rifle before shooting himself. He left no note and no explanation. Sinclair finds himself living in the same house and learning some of the same lessons as the killer.


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With all the pilot pickups known, and all but the CW's fall schedule announced, it's time to say what could work for each network, and what I kind of hate about their plans.
First, it seems like there are a lot of projects being held back for midseason, thought maybe I just don't remember how many show are typically reserved for later launch dates. And in theory this seems to make sense. Why not wait to launch a show till you can place it in the perfect spot on the schedule and not have it get lost amongst all the other shows premiering at the same time? But in practice, how often does a midseason show become a big success?
Anyway, right now ABC needs some consistent performers. After seeing Quantico and other show drop drastically from their first year, the network needs some stability. To that end they've picked up a couple procedurals in Deception and The Good Doctor, as well as rebooting American Idol. While some may scoff at this, arguing that the era of idol and procedurals has passed, there are still a lot of casual viewers out there who could be interested in shows they could watch each week and then not think much about until the next episode rolls around.
That said, I really hate that Idol is back again! We finally got rid of it, and a year later it rises from the grave? And on the topic of procedurals, I think ABC should have found a spot for the lighthearted spy show Unit Zero. Maybe in place of Once Upon a Time, especially given that they apparently want to try to keep Hook around even with all the people he care about being gone. I could have gotten behind a new season focusing on the reformed villains Rumple, Regina and Zelena trying to find their way in the new world, but I don't have high hopes for the next season.
Speaking of low expectations, I feel like The Gospel of Kevin could be DOA. Maybe I'm wrong, and I don't want to criticize a network for trying something new, but I'll be surprised if it works out for ABC.
The new ABC show I'm most looking forward to is The Crossing. I had my doubts about it working as a long-term series, and I can't say those are completely allayed, but I'll definitely be tuning in when the show makes its debut.
Moving on to CBS… it's CBS. It picked up exactly what you would expect CBS to pick up. The good news is that after a year where the network was criticized for a lack of diversity, the new show include one a black actor in the starring role of one, and a bisexual actor playing a gay character in the lead of another. The network also passed on Missions Control, which would have been a unique choice for the network, but also would have opened the door to some more controversy given that the two lead characters were cast with white actors in spite of being intended to be minorities in the concept stage.
As for the bad moves, I feel like Wisdom of the Crowd could challenge The Gospel of Kevin to be the first show cancelled, while a show like The Get could have at least had a chance. I'm also a bit surprised that the net is going with both military shows in the fall, when it seems like they could be fighting for the same audience.
Fox has one of the more buzzed about projects this year with the Marvel Comics show Gifted. Interestingly enough, they will be trying to use the DC Comics show Lucifer to launch it. I do expect the pairing to work well enough, though a case could be made for using Gifted to lead off a night at 8.
Fox's other new Fall "drama" is The Orville, the tongue-in-cheek space exploration show from Seth MacFarlane. It has been placed Thursday at 8. I have my doubts about how well the show will work, but it shouldn't have much audience overlap with the other shows in that time slot. There's not a lot I really dislike about the Fox schedule, and I'll definitely be watching Gifted this fall.
NBC basically has two goals this fall, launch Brave on Mondays, and try to take over Thursday night. So for the second year in a row, NBC is trying to use The Voice to premiere a new show which is part of the fall's biggest trend. Hopefully for the network, military shows will go over better than the time travel shows did this past year.
As for Thursday, NBC is putting freshman star This is Us in the middle of the night, which seems like a good, aggressive move. But of all the show to follow up their new hit with, they choose the true crime series about the Menendez brothers. Because what better to watch after a heartfelt family drama than a show about brothers who murdered their parents? I also think putting Will & Grace opposite The Big Bang Theory is expecting a bit much from the reboot.
CW has yet to release their schedule, but we know they will be picking up Valor, Dynasty, Life Sentence and Black Lightning, while passing on Searchers and Insatiable. If you've read my previous posts, you know I'm disappointed Searchers didn't make the cut. And honestly, I'm more than a little confused. A few years ago the CW seemed determined to use Supernatural to launch a new show or two, even trying to put together a spinoff for the long-running fantasy show. But since then they just keep passing on all the potential shows they could have used to appeal to the Supernatural audience Searchers, Transylvania, Tales From the Darkside, maybe the Mars project. Has there rally not been even one of these shows that could have found an audience.
As for the shows the network did pick up, CW head Mark Pedowitz has apparently always wanted a military show, though I'm really not sure why. It just doesn't seem to me like a good fit for The CW audience. Life Sentence is another dramedy, which I expect to do about the same in the ratings as the ones that came before. I've seen some people suggesting that having Lucy Hale as the star could bring in a bigger audience, but I'm skeptical. Nothing against her, but I just don't think she's got that kind of drawing power.
Black Lighting will probably get good numbers to start with. Much as I don't think the network needed another superhero show, these shows are still their best performers. And Black Lighting should be a different take on the genre, with an older hero who has a grown family to care for. Then there is Dynasty. I've seen some people saying it will flop because the CW audience won't watch a show with old people. I can't agree with that, as the people behind the show has good track record of meshing stories about older characters with younger ones. My concern is that it seems like the creators of the show and the people at the network expect the show to sell itself, with people tuning in just because it's Dynasty. But does the CW audience really care about the original Dynasty, let alone a reboot? And what in the recent history of reboots makes anyone think that any reboot is a guaranteed success? Ultimately I think it will do okay, but be a big disappointment for the network if they really are expecting it to be a massive success.


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Legion of the Damned
Dutch thrash metal band Legion of the Damned are back with a new album entitled Slaves of the Shadow Realm and it is their best album to date! After the release of their successful album Ravenous Plague in 2013 the guys in Legion of the Damned decided to slow things down a bit. The band had just released six albums back to back in a timespan of nearly seven years before that and always followed up by a tour and writing and recording a new album again. Thus, for their seventh studio album Slaves of the Shadow Realm the band took their time. With the addition of guitarist Twan van Geel to their ranks, who replaced Richard Ebisch in 2011, the band took a slightly more melodic approach and this approach is perfectly continued on the new album Slaves of the Shadow Realm. The result is a fiery thrash metal record with catchy thrash metal riffs filled with melody, without compromising on aggressiveness. At times the band even flirts with influences from black and death metal giving the album a very dark atmosphere. A few days after their CD presentation at Turock in Essen, Germany I spoke with singer Maurice Swinkels about the new album.
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It has been five years since your released your last album Ravenous Plague and it looked like you were laying low for a couple of years, especially considering the five albums before that came in short succession between 2006 and 2011. What have you been doing during the past five years and why has it taken more time this time around to release a new album?
After Ravenous Plague with Twan van Geel I felt we were moving like a big brick stone train, release after release, festivals, touring, shows and in between recording, writing etc. When Richard left we got Twan really fast because we had tons of festivals lined up, then when his release came out, I personally needed a break. And I told the band already there that the next release will take more time. Maybe I thought of three years? It was not really intended to wait five years, but it just happened. Meanwhile we did play shows of course, but for instance not as much in Germany and we took more time to write.
On the new album Slaves of the Shadow Realm you really sound on fire again! I have to say I was a little skeptical about yet another LOTD album with the same riffs and ingredients again (I thought), but from the moment I tuned in to The Widows Breed I was hooked on the aggressive yet melodic guitar riffing and pounding drumming. I guess taking some time off from writing and recording has done you guys really well?
The idea of doing some melodic stuff was there already for a longer time, of course on Ravenous you hear a little of this already, the thing is, with Legion of the Damned we started with one guitar player, Richard never wanted to hear anything about a second guitar player while a lot of people told us we should use one live, and of course it would be much steadier especially when doing a melodic part or solo. Once Richard left the band, this option was much more open. When we wrote for Ravenous, half the record was already written for one guitar player, then we got a 2nd session guitar player and we started writing the next part of the album with this 2nd guitar in mind. We said that our next album would contain more but Ravenous was a taste of what was to come next. Now with Slaves of the Shadow Realm there was much more possible since we could write all eleven tracks with a second guitar in mind and do melodic stuff also live. Of course Twan is also a different writer than Richard. It should be balanced of course, we are Legion of the Damned and not Arch Enemy hahaha.
This is the second album with Twan van Geel as your guitar player, after long time guitarist Richard Ebisch left the band in 2011. Van Geel who is known from his other bands Soulburn and (formerly of) Flesh Made Sin seems to fit in really well in Legion of the Damned. Is he main songwriter for the band now, or how does that work in Legion of the Damned nowadays?
Nobody is main man, the guys jam together and what is great stays and what sucks will be thrown away. Erik and Harold are heavily involved in writing and some riffs are even coming from Harold, he is also a guitar player. And in the end I also say what riffs I do not like and which I do like.
Legion of the Damned is a four-piece band, but for live dates you are bringing Fabian Verweij (Disquiet) as an extra live guitarist. I was wondering why he is not on the promo pictures of Legion of The Damned? Is he not a full time member of the band?
Fabian is not a full member, Legion of the Damned is still the four of us, Fabian is there to support the songs live specifically for the tracks that have melodic stuff or need support from a second guitar.
When did you start writing songs for Slaves of the Shadow Realm? Were they written over this five year period or did you go into the rehearsal place at a certain time to write new songs? And did you have a clear concept in mind when you were working on your seventh album?
We started actually directly after Ravenous Plague was released. I think Palace of Sin was already written in 2014-2015. We took it slowly once we had time to write, the guys started writing, then we were doing shows and we put it to rest, so eventually it took us four years to write the songs and lyrics. We wanted to take the melody part bit further of course, but without losing heaviness and aggressiveness.
For this album you once again returned to Stage One Studios to record with Andy Classen, who has been producing most of the Legion of the Damned albums since the very beginning (apart from Descent Into Chaos that was produced by Peter Tagtgren). What is it that makes you return to Classen every time?
We built up a very good relationship. Andy was responsible for that Legion sound that Legion is also known for, fans reacted negative about the outcome of Peter his production, and Andy is the sound, also for us it is ideal to go there, it is close our home, but also not so close that you drive home easily, but still remain in studio. Also Andy knows what is at stake, knows what needs to be done different, and how we are. I can easily say like the vocals is fine, but Andy knows I can be lazy and he tells me I should try again, and again. Another producer who does not know would maybe say like okay, if you are fine, then fine, we leave it like this, so Andy pushes us to the max, and that is what we need.
The lyrics were once again written by Tony Manero, who you have been working with since the Occult days. Does Slaves of the Shadow Realm have a lyrical theme? And did you give him a specific direction in which the lyrics should go for this album?
Slaves of the Shadow Realm refers to those who walk the path of adversity towards the organized white light religions. The lyrics all deal with various aspects of the Shadow Realm, which ranges from left hand path occultism, demonology, carnal indulgence and antireligious hatred, to narcosatanism and disciples of the gods of war.
For Slaves of the Southern Cross you recorded a videoclip, did you record and produce this video by yourselves? How did it come about, what was the idea behind it?
We just wanted an old school video, nothing fancy, just fire and a lot of amps. We rented 25 ENGL amps and a fire company. Legion is not about storytelling and preaching a message, it is just banging, violence and aggression.
I noticed the new album will also be released as a cassette tape. Do you guys still buy tapes yourselves?
EMP wants to sell the album with alternate version, never our idea, although I like the idea and outcome. Brings back memories of course, those cassette tapes. I do not buy them anymore haha, I sold my 1200 cassettes years ago already.
In March of 2018 you did a six-date tour in Asia covering Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand. Can you tell us something about this experience, how did the shows go and how was the turnout?
Absolutely amazing. In Davoa City in Philippines there were around 400-450 crazy metalfans, also Vietnam was pretty busy, we played in RockHard Cafe Vietnam, that was killer. Also spending three days in Bangkok with the band, drinking beer at fancy rooftops in 30 degrees, wow, I really loved that trip. Shows were excellent experience, lots of expats coming to our shows too. I am working on another Asian tour right now for 2019.
Also, you played shows in Lebanon and Dubai, do you have a lot of Legion of the Damned fans over there? Was it a good experience for the band to play these exotic metal shows and would you do it again?
Dubai was fantastic. We played in a hotel, so after the show I could just go out of the venue, take the elevator and I was in my hotel room, how luxe! Hah! Super show, people going crazy, there a lot of Philippines at the shows, but also from Saudi Arabia for instance. We spend another day exploring Dubai, which was also a super experience. Lebanon was another story. I had doubts there and little anxiety as of course it is a car distance away from Syria where the war was going on. We had to send in lyrics to the government to get approved. But there were also 350-400 people at the show. Also a great experience!
Looking at your live dates calendar it seems that Legion of the Damned is going to be playing a lot of Summer festival shows in 2019. Which festival are you looking out for the most?
All of them really. Playing festivals is always great especially being on the road with the whole crew of nine, always fun times.
Will you also do a proper tour for Slaves of the Shadow Realm?
At the moment no, maybe we should, but there is no rush and there also should be a good tour and offer, it is not as easy as before to do good tours. Maybe we do one in 2020 who knows.
On January 5th you played your album release party in Germany at the Turock club. Why did you choose to organize this in Germany and not in your homeland The Netherlands?
You know we have spoken several times about Turock, and why we have never played there, I mean we got a lot of German fans in that area. It is also close to the Dutch border, and we even had fans from Den Haag in Essen. We have always played release shows in Holland, so we did it in Germany this time around and it was great!
What else can we expect from you guys in the near future and is there anything you are looking forward to in the new year?
No idea actually, the album is released and I am working on shows in South America, South Africa, Asia, so we will see what happens from that plan. Doing festivals this year and just going with the flow!
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