Hi guys, I'm Benji's mom. Sharing my thoughts right now. Momma's have to process too.
Yesterday we went to the annual cardiologist visit. Benji was very tired because he didn't sleep the night before. Schedule changes cause issues with sleep schedules and we just went back to school on Wednesday after 2+ weeks for winter break.
The last month or so, there has been a feeling. I can't explain it. I just have had a feeling that change was coming and it is/was centered around Benj.
I need to say, I fully appreciate medical personnel, please don't think I don't. After I woke Benj up from where he crashed in the waiting room... the nurse took us back and proceeded to get his vitals. (Standard procedure.) Benj weighed 133.4lbs and is 65.5". (Major growth spurt.) His oxygen levels were at 99%. Blood Pressure in his right arm was 95/70. (Note he was resting, had been asleep.) Everything looked good; until the blood pressure in his right leg was read. It came back 111/75. Not a major difference, but I realized there was a problem when the nurse came back to check it again. The second time his leg was 126/103.
My mother's gut twisted. I knew something was going on. I started praying. Praying to know what questions to ask. Praying to be able to maintain composure no matter what news we were given. Praying to be Benji's rock if needed.
The doctor came in and she started reviewing his medical history. Asked a few questions about anything being different. I brought up his fatigue and headaches. She said she was pretty sure that would be his ongoing sleep issues. (Which the child stays up all night unless we are able to wear him out.) She noted that at birth the only procedures done was the repair to the CoA and the PDA, there was not a cath procedure. That mother's gut twisted a little bit more.
First step, the EKG. Benj laid down on the table and was asleep before he was completely hooked up. As he lay there lightly snoring and still, it was a moment of peace. It came out good. Rhythms are healthy.
Next, the ECHO. His aorta is nice and healthy. The repair is maintained. (Subclavian flap repair at one week of age.) His bicuspid aortic valve has moved into the mild stage where it was slight. The thickening of the left ventricle is concerning. There is a significant change, and our cardiologist is conferring with the surgeon as to whether we do a heart cath now or wait.
All of this can be overwhelming. For almost 12 years while Benj's heart has been monitored, it was stable and we had convinced ourselves that the big hurdle was done. We were fooling ourselves. Benj will always need a cardiologist and always keep an active role in maintaining health. As I research his condition (originally CoA, PDA, BAV with stenosis) I am seeing that this will be a lifelong medical concern.
I know what our journey is taking us to is a walk in the park for some of those in the CHD community and I will not take away from that. Yet, this is new and undiscovered for us.
How do you talk to your 12-year-old child that has Aspergers about what is coming?
How do you prepare siblings for the changes that will be coming?
I'm trusting in God, I know He will bring us through. He always does. He is always faithful. I ask that you pray with us for God's favor and provision.


Hollie Heikkinen, CEO & Founder of iWorker Innovations and Thought Leader for the advancement of independent worker equality. A lifelong entrepreneur, Hollie has founded 9 businesses over the past 25 years and brings a keen (and deeply personal) understanding of the myriad policy challenges and obstacles presented by the gig economy. She is an expert advisor to national associations and a tireless advocate for common-sense reform, bringing her fight to the halls of Washington, DC and the board rooms of Fortune 500 aggregators and insurance giants alike. In 2017, Hollie launched an innovative insurance brokerage designed specifically around meeting the unique needs of independent workers. She is currently partnering with national firms and associations to connect gig workers with bundled, portable packages that leverage the strength of their growing numbers and provide key protections and safety nets they are currently denied in government programs. Hollie's empathy for serving all people and passion for life is contagious and brightly shines through everything she does.
Hollie's empathy for independent workers was borne of her own poignant life experiences. Her father was a lifelong independent worker and a man of strong convictions. Uncompromising in his values, he made a bold choice to remain true to them regardless of societal expectations – but without fully realizing the lasting implications this would have for his career and his family.
Without a "real job" or traditional employment, he experienced the risks that independent workers still face today: no financial security or income continuation, lack of health benefits and workplace discrimination. As a result, Hollie's family frequently endured periods of instability, hardship and strife, and when she was only 14 years old her father tragically passed away, leaving behind 4 children to fend for themselves.
The consequences of her father's choice soon became Hollie's reality, which ultimately grew into her fervent passion. She believes that all working men and women should be treated fairly and equally. Her father stood tall in his beliefs and he made a decision based on those principles, like many independent workers, but often without a clear understanding of the inherent risks and the potential weight of that choice.
Raising 4 children, enjoying 3 grandsons and her self-employed husband, running multiple businesses and growing personally and professionally would not have been possible working the typical 9-5 job. Her choice, at an early age, to become an independent worker has given her the freedom and flexibility to manage her life according to her own terms.
"With all that I have experienced, accomplished and desire in my life, I feel that I am a true example for what is possible for those who choose to take risk and go for it, but today it has become my mission to mitigate risk for those willing to design the lives they desire."


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Q: Intellij idea not showing "Dependencies" tab on Project Structure - Modules I just clean installed IntelliJ IDEA and opened a Java project.
Then I press CtrlShiftAltS go to "Project Structure" -> "Modules".
However I cannot see the tabs that should have "Sources/Paths/Dependencies".
I just want to import some ".jar" to my project.

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Monochrome Home – Remarkable Rebuild
After years of rural living, seasoned property renovators Catherine and Rupert decided to move their growing family to a spacious Victorian townhouse in the heart of Sevenoaks. After extensive modernisation, in a very short timeframe, they have succeeded in creating the ideal space to accommodate the needs of their family including the bespoke kitchen Catherine has always dreamed of.
When after 25 years Sue and Roger decided to move from their large and beautiful Victorian town house in The Goffs in Eastbourne to a house on a friend's West Sussex estate, the move couldn't have looked simpler. Their own property sold as expected and all seemed well but luck wasn't on their side. Suddenly their new property fell through and they found themselves scouring West Sussex for a replacement.
Their agent, however, heard that a property in his much-coveted lane in a village in Waldron in East Sussex had just come onto the market. The village might have been unknown to them and they might have dismissed the option as being out of their area had not Roger, a keen fisherman, by sheer chance once been casting his fly nearby. They had a look and found a 1960s home perched above a wood which had been left to its own devices for a decade or more.
"It was pouring with rain, our muddy dog jumped all over the agent's smart suit and we couldn't really see where the garden ended because it was so over-grown," says Sue. But neither had any doubts – the location was magical and the house had all the potential they could have asked for. It had been architect-designed for an artist and, while currently too small for the couple's needs, played to the strength of its location with a number of floor to ceiling windows, displaying the quality of light and the beauty of the surroundings.
"We didn't want to say anything while the agent was there in case the other disagreed but we'd independently come to the same conclusion – this was where we wanted to live," says Sue. The couple's lives had changed on something as seemingly irrelevant as the cast of a fly. The deal was done.
Roger had run his own conservatory business and knew the building business and set about designing substantial extensions to both side and rear of the property. Sue developed plans for a complete remodelling of the interior, bringing her talent as an interior designer to bear. " We showed our friends and neighbours what we'd like to do and the reaction was universal approval – but with the caveat that we'd never in a million years get planning permission," says Roger.
Planning authorities, however, move in ways that it is not always given to mere mortals to understand. Instead of throwing up their hands in horror and questioning every last detail, they rubber-stamped his proposal and gave him the go-ahead. "We then just had the challenge of actually building it and we knew it wasn't going to be simple," he says.
The plan called for the downstairs to be virtually a single open plan space encompassing a kitchen, elegant living room with log burner, dining area and an ambitious glass and oak sitting room overlooking the garden, surrounded by a large decked terrace. And it would be a totally hands-on build with the couple living on site and involved in every aspect of the project. Individual specialists would be brought in to handle their particular areas of expertise.
The garden would be a major project of its own and with much of the rear of the house glass, it would become not merely an exterior feature but an integral part of the interior living spaces. "Nothing had been done to the garden for years, the wood was a complete wilderness and the undergrowth was so dense that at first we had no real idea of the size of it," says Sue. What they did know was that, closest to the house, was a collection of stunning silver birches that would provide beauty and drama, summer and winter.
Completing garden and house together has taken the best part of 10 years but it has truly been a decade well spent. The extensions have been integrated into the whole so well that the impression is of a superb contemporary architect-designed home conceived and built as a single homogenous structure.
The most dramatic area of the downstairs living area is without doubt the vaulted glass and oak sitting room, designed and built, using traditional joinery techniques, by Roger, two oak frame specialists, together with Dennis, a carpenter and friend who has been a stalwart from the beginning to the end of the build. Floor to ceiling glass on three sides, it extends out towards the trees, a triumph of craftsmanship as much as design. "We jointed the oak in the garden and fitted every timber," says Roger.
Inside, the oak provides metaphoric warmth while a black Cocoon bio ethanol eco fire pod suspended from the ceiling provides both an ambient centrepiece and additional heating to complement the under floor system. White sofas gather round a glass table, which reflects the outline of the trees beyond.
The elegant glass and oak trestle dining table was designed by Sue to seat twelve and is surrounded by a collection of black director's chairs and white Eames chairs. Beyond it is the snug, its centrepiece an elegant contemporary Austroflamm woodburner backed by a bank of logs. Keeping it company are a Conran four-seater black leather Chesterfield and an Eames recliner. On the wall among the couple's framed classic vinyls is one of Sue's own charcoals.
The kitchen is a real chef's kitchen and very much Roger's domain. The base units are Magnet, but that's where the similarity with the average kitchen ends. The work surfaces are bespoke stainless steel and the range of ovens and hobs, both gas and electric would keep Michel Roux very happy.
On the opposite side of this dramatic living space is a truly spectacular floating staircase which God would do well to familiarise Himself with should He ever consider providing a stairway to heaven. Designed by Sue together with Roy, a talented steel fabricator, it's crafted from steel and encased in green oak with glass balustrading. Beneath it stand two yellow leather and chrome 1960s Italian Fasem bucket chairs and the doorway to the fifth bedroom/study, one wall of which is lined with Roger's guitars and more framed favourite vinyls and the other papered with a huge world map.
Climb the wondrous stair and you find yourself standing on a glass banistered gallery looking down over living space and through a glass wall that extends from the floor to the apex of the roof. Behind you is a library with a glass-topped Habitat table flanked by Roger's collection of cookery and African books on one side and Sue's art and design tomes on the other. In the corner of the library is a secret staircase which leads up to a relaxation room in the eaves.
Back down on the first floor a passage heads past another lovely Sue charcoal of an African woman to another guest room where you can really feel yourself floating up in the trees.
The large window overlooking the treetops is also the headboard for the double bed and Sue has cleverly mirrored the view on the opposite wall so one can lie in bed still looking out over the surrounding greenery. In front of a large wall mirror stand two grey leather high 'bar' stools which once graced the coffee counter of a BMW showroom. "They said they were throwing them out and I said, no, you're not," said Sue.
In the principal, vaulted guest room the soaring ceiling timbers have been treated with a lye and soap wash while in the corner stands an antique oak corner cupboard the couple have had for years. Sue has often thought of painting it but never had the heart to cover the glowing wood. She did, however, paint the heavy brown daybed, a bonza decision. Opposite the bed is a large silver French overmantle mirror. Pride of place in the en suite bathroom goes to an elegant roll-top bath.
The master bedroom at the opposite end of the house echoes the guest room's vaulted lye soap washed ceiling but here Sue has created a simple intimacy by covering one wall in a muslin curtain. A contemporary free-standing bath has been set in a double-aspect alcove overlooking the garden while at the other end is a spacious wet room. On the wall opposite the chic bed is a magnificent pair of silver-leafed kudu horns and an oil and charcoal on paper by one of Sue's favourite artists, and her teacher, East Sussex-based Nicola King.
Strangely, Sue and Roger are now moving on to their next project, to travel and, of course to fish. "It has been a great ten years here and it has been great to see the house develop, grow and become what it is today," says Sue. "But we both love travel and new projects and now is the time for new adventures."
It may have been pure luck that drew Sue and Roger to this beautiful spot but luck did not create this spectacular home. That took vision, skill, commitment and virtually a decade of sheer hard work. So was it worth it? Have the thousands of hours of plotting and planning, dreaming, decisions and total dedication finally paid off?
You betcha they have.
The downstairs is virtually a single open plan space encompassing a kitchen, elegant living room with log burner, dining area and an ambitious glass and oak sitting room overlooking the garden
Designed by Sue together with Roy, a talented steel fabricator, the staircase is crafted from steel and encased in green oak with glass balustrading
Centrepiece of the snug is an elegant contemporary Austroflamm woodburner backed by a bank of logs. Keeping it company are a Conran four-seater black leather Chesterfield and an Eames recliner. On the wall among the couple's framed classic vinyls is one of Sue's own charcoals.
The mulit-purpose living space
The elegant glass and oak trestle dining table was designed by Sue to seat twelve and is surrounded by a collection of black director's chairs and white Eames chairs
The most dramatic area of the downstairs living area is without doubt the vaulted glass and oak sitting room
It may have been pure luck that drew Sue and Roger to this beautiful spot but luck did not create this spectacular home
A glass banistered gallery looks down over the living space and through a glass wall that extends from the floor to the apex of the roof
The couple have carefully considered every inch of space – a secluded area for relaxation nestles snugly in the eaves at the top of the house
In the library a glass-topped Habitat table is flanked by Roger's collection of cookery and African books on one side and Sue's art and design tomes on the other
The glass-topped Habitat table
The couple's passion for Africa is apparent throughout the house
On the wall opposite the chic master bed is a magnificent pair of silver-leafed kudu horns and an oil and charcoal on paper by one of Sue's favourite artists, and her teacher, East Sussex-based Nicola King
Throughout the house Sue has adhered to a crisp palette of whites accented with blacks, golds and pops of colour
The view from master bedroom to en-suite
In one corner of the master bedroom a contemporary free-standing bath has been set in a double-aspect alcove overlooking the garden while at the other end is a spacious wet room
The large window overlooking the treetops is also the headboard for the double bed in one of the guest bedrooms. Sue has cleverly mirrored the view on the opposite wall so one can lie in bed still looking out over the surrounding greenery
Wood panel effect wallpaper creates a trompe l'oeil on one wall of another guest room
In the principal, vaulted guest room the soaring ceiling timbers have been treated with a lye and soap wash
The room's inviting en suite bathroom
Light pours into another guest bathroom
The house sits comfortably amid the gorgeous grounds
Giant gunnera add to the leafiness of the gardens
With much of the rear of the house glass, the garden was not merely an exterior feature but an integral part of the interior living spaces
The garden would be a major project of its own
"Nothing had been done to the garden for years, the wood was a complete wilderness and the undergrowth was so dense that at first we had no real idea of the size of it," says Sue
A path meanders through the garden
Completing the garden and house together has taken Sue and Roger the best part of ten years
words: John Graham-Hart
pictures: David Merewether
styling: Lucy Fleming
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Q: Chrome extension image assets not showing up (manifest version 2) I've just been updating a chrome plugin to manifest version 2. I've had no issues with permissions relating to javascript but the plugin has some image assets packaged with it that are no longer showing up.
The two specific cases are in popup notifications when the user interacts with the plugin in certain ways and some small images the plugin inserts into certain pages.  In both cases the images are packaged with the plugin.  I'm having no issue with the plugin loading images from external resources.  My object-src setting in the content_security_policy includes 'self'.
What am I missing?  I can open the images if I navigate to them directly via "chrome-extension:///some_img.png" so they are definitely there.  I've used the webkit inspector and finding the img that has been inserted, right clicking on the img src and opening in a new tab also shows the img so the urls being inserted are correct (which they should be, I'm using the chrome.extension.getURL function).
UPDATE:
Setting img-src in the content_security_policy also did nothing. I don't know if chrome even uses that particular option but it's in the W3C spec.

A: After digging through the changelog for the last few chrome versions, I came across a new (added in Chrome 18) manifest option web_accessible_resources. This needs to be added to your manifest with a value that's a list of strings.  The strings are paths in you plugin's directory to resources (imgs etc...) that you want to be accessible within web pages (or importantly, chrome desktop notifications). Adding this parameter to my manifest gave permissions for the necessary images to be loaded.


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INFIDEL #1 Unveils the Horror of American Xenophobia
By Danielle Sottosanti
The most thought-provoking — and, I would argue, the best — horror stories draw their material from the familiar. Take, for example, the 2014 Australian horror flick THE BABADOOK, which uses a children's book figure as a metaphor for grief. Although it was ignored by the Oscars, it won a slew of festival awards, including the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best First Film. Image Comics' INFIDEL #1, out today, falls in this category of horror and is all the better for it. On one hand, it has all the usual elements of a horror story. A woman moves to a building where a horrible crime happened and, surprise, surprise, it seems to be haunted by malevolent beings. But writer Pornsak Pichetshote and artist Aaron Campbell (THE SHADOW) have a bigger story to tell: the horror of what it feels like to be an American Muslim living amid anti-Muslim xenophobia. The result: A thought-provoking comic that's worth reading whether or not horror is your thing.
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It's All Just Cake and Fun Until…
As you might expect from a first issue, Pichetshote spends much of INFIDEL #1 establishing characters and the location. But his characterizations never feel spoon-fed. Rather, he uses dialogue to give readers the details that they need in an artful manner that's surprising for a debut writer. (He's a bestselling editor, with SWAMP THING among his creds, but INFIDEL #1 is his first creation.) Like many good horror comics (and films) INFIDEL #1 opens with a terrifying sequence. We see the protagonist, Aisha, seemingly attacked by a monster that smells like rotten meat as she lays in bed. She quickly comes to the conclusion that it was all a dream. But does she really believe that's all that it was? What about the broken glass that she finds on the floor? Campbell's close-up on her confused/scared face tells readers all they need to know at this point.
CUTTER TPB Review: Slasher to Surreal
After this opening sequence and the title page, Pichetshote and Campbell present us with a seemingly banal scene. We now see the protagonist, Aisha, discussing STAR WARS with a child (Kris) as Kris's grandmother bakes a STAR WARS-themed cake. Everything about this scene feels natural. Aisha and Kris are having a common "who's stronger" STAR WARS geek conversation about Boba Fett and Luke Skywalker. Meanwhile, the grandmother, Leslie, earnestly is decorating a cake with a STAR WARS creature whose name she can't even pronounce. It's all quite heart-warming, really. But then the horror resumes…
Maliciousness or Ignorance?
Immediately after Kris hugs her and runs off, Leslie tells Aisha that she wants to her teach her a baked ham recipe. The meal was Tom's (Aisha's fiance and Leslie's son) favorite meal when he was growing up, Leslie says. But Tom himself quickly appears and reminds Leslie (and any unaware reader) of the problem with Leslie's comment. Aisha is Muslim, and pork is haram. Aisha quickly makes an excuse for Leslie, saying that she must have forgotten. Yet Tom isn't convinced. We soon learn that Leslie also walks in as Aisha is praying and once chastised Kris for trying on Aisha's hijab. "Women who wear this let people get killed for drawing cartoons. They let men throw rocks at girls like you –!" Leslie tells the child. Is Leslie's comment about the ham a symptom of her ignorance and forgetfulness? Or is it something more?
Questions like these make INFIDEL such an important read. Pichetshote and Campbell expertly capture the everyday xenophobia and racial tensions in a city like New York. Each scene feels real: Leslie clutches her purse when a black man sits next to her on the subway. Media pundits try to attach the crime at the building where Aisha, Leslie, and Tom live to Islamic extremism because the lone wolf suspect checked an ISIS website. Yes, you read that right … As if Leslie wasn't enough to deal with, Aisha is living in a building that was the site of a crime that's fostering anti-Muslim sentiment. The hate-filled people she meets in the hallways are just as scary as the monstrous figures she encounters in her dreams. And that's precisely the point.
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INFIDEL #1 Final Thoughts
INFIDEL #1 winds down with a stunning horror sequence ending with, you guessed it, a cliffhanger. But there's nothing run-of-the-mill here. What really stands out is how well all of the elements — both textual and visual — work together on the page. The colors, including the unusual blue tint of the characters' faces in the sequence, lend a surreal feel to the already-mysterious drawings and text. Pichetshote, Campbell, and colorist/editor Jose Villarrubia clearly are on the same page, so to speak, with the vision for the series. And the result is just amazing. In terms of the plot, I don't know what's going to come in the next four issues of INFIDEL and I'm okay with that. Based on INFIDEL #1, I can tell you that whatever Pichetshote and co. give us surely won't disappoint.
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Sarah has been Artistic Director of Derby Theatre since 2013, in 2015 she also became Chief Executive. In her role Sarah has put the learning agenda at the heart of the theatre's vision and taken the theatre from a venue which had lost all of its public funding to a National Portfolio organisation for the Arts Council England with core funding also from the university and other charitable organisations. Sarah makes work for all ages which is socially engaged for both our main stage and studio spaces. She has extensive experience in making work for children and young people.
Prior to Derby Theatre Sarah has worked at many of the theatres across the UK as both an actor, educator and director including Dundee Rep, York Theatre Royal, The Point, Lyric Hammersmith and West Yorkshire Playhouse.


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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a Rs. 87 prepaid recharge plan for its users that brings benefits including 1GB of high-speed daily data access as well as unlimited voice calling for 14 days. The new BSNL prepaid plan is available to all prepaid users of the state-owned telecom operator. Alongside the data and calling benefits, the Rs. 87 prepaid plan brings 100 SMS messages on a daily basis. It is also bundled with a gaming service owned by Paytm parent company One97 Communications.
The BSNL site has listed the Rs. 87 prepaid recharge plan. It brings 1GB of high-speed data access, and post the given allocation, data access drops to 40Kbps. The new plan also offers unlimited local and STD voice calling in home, local service area, and national roaming including on MTNL network in Mumbai and Delhi. Further, BSNL has offered 100 SMS messages on a daily basis. All these benefits are available with a validity of 14 days.
In addition to the regular list of benefits, the Rs. 87 BSNL plan comes with access to the Hardy Mobile Games service by One97 Communications to let users play games of genres such as sports, casual, and arcade.
BSNL confirmed to Gadgets 360 that the Rs. 87 prepaid recharge plan is available to its prepaid subscribers on a pan-India basis. The plan was initially reported by Telecom Talk.
Earlier this year, BSNL introduced the Rs. 797 prepaid recharge plan for its users with up to 395 days validity. It brought benefits including 2GB high-speed daily data, unlimited voice calling, and 100 SMS messages for the first two months of its recharge.
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FLORIDA: Christ church dedicates $12 million center for contemporary worship
When attendance at a single weekly worship service grows tenfold in less than a decade, that's wonderful -- and challenging.
Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, just south of Jacksonville, met that challenge by raising $12 million to build a new parish center with a 380-seat space dedicated to contemporary worship. The services feature modern music performed by a guitar-keyboard-drums trio, casual clothing for clergy and servers, moveable chairs instead of pews and large video screens displaying images, lyrics and the Rite II liturgy.
When Christ Church first offered a contemporary service in the early 1990s, 20 to 30 people attended. Ten years later, the church's fastest-growing service -- and the one attracting the most new members -- was the contemporary one, with 250 regular attendees crowded into a small, outdated parish hall.
The contemporary service's popularity complemented the church's six other weekend services held in its 650-seat traditional church building and smaller chapel. Founded in 1951 by fewer than 50 people, Christ Church now has approximately 5,900 members and the nation's second highest average Sunday attendance -- 1,500. Its range of worship styles respond to the variety of needs among its members.
The traditional church building, constructed when the congregation was founded, shares a 6 ½ acre campus with the contemporary worship center.
"People come to the Episcopal Church from different traditions," explained the Rev. Richard Westbury Jr., rector of Christ Church. In the contemporary service, "we are able to use the traditional Episcopal liturgy form and communicate it in new and exciting ways, employing different styles of music and using images."
For these worshippers, the entire congregation and the many community groups that use the church's facilities, a master planning committee came up with a vision: tear down the old parish hall and build a larger, two-story parish center with a fellowship hall on the first floor, a contemporary worship space upstairs and a two-level deck out back to satisfy county requirements for parking spaces.
Planning was followed by a capital campaign and a year of construction. The new center opened this fall -- on time and on budget. The contemporary worship space was designed by a committee of church members and clergy who visited similar spaces used by other denominations for inspiration.
The space features a modern audio and video system, moveable walls, flexible seating and a raised platform. In addition to Sunday services, the space also hosts a new, monthly youth-led service and special events, including plays, concerts and dances.
"We're part of what's going on now," said guitarist John Dickens, a member of the youth band that plays for the contemporary service, "rather than being in the next room." Previously, because of limited space, the band had been in an adjacent room.
"It's more relaxed, and you get to do things more freely," said Cameron Davis, a high school student who attends the service. Another student, Emily Lewis, added that "the contemporary aspect makes it more inviting, and all my friends are here."
Despite the service's informal style, contemporary worship "never had the dignity it has now" in its newly consecrated space, said the Rev. Robert Morris, associate rector of Christ Church. "It's easier to find the holiness."
In addition, new ways of extending Episcopal traditions into a more modern environment can be explored. "The worship can be contextually appropriate," said Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, who led the dedication service for the new parish center on October 29. "You can design the space differently for a baptism or a funeral," she noted. "Perhaps the Easter Vigil starts with a fire in the middle of the room."
For Bishop Samuel Johnson Howard, of the Diocese of Florida, Christ Church's variety of services and music is "the mark of a very mature church." He called the new parish center "a model for the way a church campus can be built" and expects "to see people come from many places to see how this has been done."


Even living in a slightly warmer climate, there's just something about winter that makes me crave hearty, warm, soups and chilis. These warm and hearty dinners are even better when they basically prepare themselves. That's one of the things I loved about this chili. I literally threw all of the ingredients in my slowcooker and let time do the rest. The other great thing about this chili is that its good for you! Loaded with good for you quinoa, black beans, tomatoes, and corn and have very minimal fat (especially if you top it with nonfat Greek yogurt and low fat cheese!). Oh, and they go perfectly with those Cheddar Jalapeno Drop Biscuits I posted last week!
I was excited when I found this recipe, but of course I had to make a few adjustments. First, I like a bit of smokey spicy taste to my chili, so I replaced the bell pepper with chipotle pepper. Second, I upped the smokey flavor by using fire-roasted tomatoes. If you can't find fire-roasted tomatoes (or don't care for them) you can of course use regular tomatoes, but I really loved the flavor they added. I also cut back just a bit on the chicken stock and added some tomato paste. I wanted a thick chili and I think the result was really great. Finally, I had a huge split chicken breast thawed, so I used that instead of boneless skinless. I'm sure the bones helped to add a little bit of flavor, but to be honest the breast was so tender it just fell away from the bones, and it was kind of a pain making sure that I got all of them out of the thick chili. Next time I'll probably go the boneless skinless route (and the recipe below will reflect that).
Throw all of the ingredients in a Crockpot/slow cooker (6 qt size). Cook on low for 5-7 hours. Remove chicken and shred with forks, then return to chili. Reduce heat to warm until ready serve. Serve with sour cream (or greek yogurt!), cheese, cilantro, hot sauce, and/or biscuits.
This looks awesome! Definitely a great idea to use the chipotle in there, and I bet chicken thighs would be a good choice. Yum.
Slow cooked quinoa… in chili! Deliciously intriguing.
This looks amazing!! And I love it even more that it's cooked in a crockpot! Those are my type of meals!
Yum! This looks great and healthy! I'm always looking for new ways to make chili-I love this! Can't wait to try it!
I recently "discovered" quinoa so I've been gathering recipes using it. It was so nice to come home to a complete meal with my new favorite grain. I liked the spice of chipotle and red pepper. Thanks for the recipe!
I made this today and I am so impressed with how good this Chili is. It has so much flavor and the quinoa works amazingly well. I followed the recipe with just a few minor tweaks to use what I had on hand. I only had one can of black beans and one can of kidney beans so I used them instead. I used a half of fresh onion chopped instead of minced onion and I doubled the chili powder. I also waited until almost the end to add the chipotle peppers to control the heat. Last time I made chili and added them at the beginning it was too hot for me to eat lol. Fabulous dish, thanks for the recipe!!


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Personal Brand Checkup: Is Your Brand Healthy?
As you know, a strong personal brand can make all the difference for your business. A strong brand helps to differentiate you from others in your marketplace, enables you to attract and retain new business more effectively than ever, and allows you to charge premium rates and still win the business. So, without any further ado, here is the million-dollar question (literally): how powerful is your personal brand?
1) Does the essence of your brand come to mind whenever your audience hears your name, sees your logo, or meets you face-to-face? This is an easy question to answer—simply ask friends, family members, clients, and employees to write down the first three things they think of when they hear your name. Take a look at the results—do most of the traits identified relate to your brand?
2) Does your personal brand differentiate you from the competition in your market? A powerful brand effectively places you in a different category than the competition—in other words, there may be many tax accountants in your city, but you want to be known as THE premier go-to guy for tax accounting. Come up with a list of ten competitors and compare your branding materials—including website, business cards, blogs, books, speaking events, etc. Are you in a class of your own—or is it hard to identify any differences between you and the competition?
3) Does your brand justify higher prices by establishing additional value? The goal for most small business owners is to stop competing on price. In other words, to be able to charge higher prices and still bring in business. To do that, you must be find ways to add value to your products and services. Examples could include regularly publishing a newsletter, sending out holiday gifts, or even advertising a "24 hour response" policy for all phone calls from clients. The possibilities are endless. What do you do to add value to your services? Create a list—and if there is nothing substantial, get to work!
4) Does your brand address the needs of your market? An effective personal brand appeals to its target customers—does yours? Take the time to ask several clients to list their biggest fears or worries as they relate to the services you offer. If you're a retirement planner, these fears may include things like "uncertainty about the future," "fear of a market crash," or "fear of running out of money." Your brand should address these fears by radiating stability, experience, and level-headedness. If you're a tax accountant, the biggest issues facing your customers may be a sense of intimidation or a fear of overpaying taxes. Your brand should address these concerns by emphasizing your knowledge and experience. Poll your customers—and evaluate whether or not your brand addresses their concerns!
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Wondering why some perfumes cost so much? You know, the ones worn by Saudia Arabian princesses and the Kardashian clan? The secret lies in the main perfume ingredients and in this article, I unveil the 6 most expensive fragrance ingredients in the world. But first, a look at what makes perfume so expensive.
The rarer the ingredient, the more expensive it will be. As you'll see, it can take literally tons of flowers (or their bulbs) to create the oils sold to the fragrance industry.
Some of these flowers only bloom one month a year. Others have to be picked before sunrise. Almost all are delicate and have to be produced into oil immediately.
Those are the flowers. Some exquisite ingredients come from wood. Wood that has to be infected with a particular mold.
And then there are the ingredients that come from the glands of animals or the guts of whales. Those are pretty hard to come by, too. We'll cover this too (and find out if vegans can ethically wear musk).
Beware the Fakes
If a perfume purports to be a rose perfume but is sold at Walmart, well, you can pretty much bet there's no rose oil in it. Many, many cheap perfumes are made of synthetic fragrances created in labs to mimic the real thing.
The finest (and most expensive) perfumes are made of absolute oils, which come from certain flowers.
Read on to see why these 6 fragrance ingrediences are so beloved.
Jasmine and its synthetic version are used in more than 80 percent of all women's perfumes. But the real stuff is EXPENSIVE.
It takes approximately 2,000 pounds of jasmine flowers to produce one pound of oil and 8,000 jasmine flowers to yield 1/25 ounce of the absolute oil (the most precious of the oils because it's so concentrated). Because of the enormous waste — er, amount — of flowers it takes to produce the oil necessary to use in fragrances, the price of jasmine oil is hi-i-i-iiiiiiiiiigh. You'll pay $80 for 1/8 of an ounce on the reputable Mountain Herbs website. Compare this to lavender oil, which costs $5.25 for 1/2 ounce.
What's more, jasmine flowers are incredibly fragile and must be placed in special baskets to protect the petals from bruising. And processing has to be immediate.
Like jasmine, rose oil is found in most fragrances. But rose production is even more time intensive and therefore more expensive than jasmine.
While it takes 2,000 pounds of jasmine oil to produce a pound of oil, it takes 10,000 pounds of rose petals to distill one pound of the highly coveted rose oil. Hello!
The Rose Valley in Bulgaria produces 70 percent of the world's rose oil. The picking season in this valley dates back more than 300 years and is very short.
Workers (usually women) only have a few weeks from May to June to pick the flowers and they have to get their jobs done in the dark before sunrise. Each flower has to be cut individually (hello thorns!), laid in willow baskets and then taken immediately to a distillery.
No wonder it costs a whopping $179.50 for 1/8th an ounce of Bulgarian Rose absolute essential oil on
Because of the high price of rose oil, cheating is rampant. Wikipedia reports some rose producers cheat the system by diluting the oil with geranium or palmarosa essential oils, which contain the same chemical as rose. According to Wikipedia, Some of these "rose oils" are up to 90% geranium or palmarosa to 10% rose.
Orris
Now that you've been told about the vast quantities of rose and jasmine petals it takes to make oil, wait until you learn about the iris bulb, which creates the extremely expensive oil, orris.
James Craven, a perfume archivist at Les Senteurs in London, named Orris one of the top 3 most expensive perfume ingredients in the world. Why? Because it's a huge headache to make the stuff. One needs ONE TON of iris plant bulbs that have been aged 2 to 5 years to produce 2 kilos (4.4 pounds) of essential oil.
Yep. And you thought "that's a lot of roses." How about those iris bulbs, eh?
Oud (or "oudh") comes from the wood of a wild tropical tree called the agar. No biggie, right? Well, the wood has to become infected with a type of mold called "Phialophora parasitica," which causes the wood to produce oud, a dark, extremely fragrant resin. Apparently only 2 percent of agar trees produce oud, making it incredibly precious. And therefore, expensive.
Due to its rarity, high demand, and the difficulty of harvesting it, oud oil is one of the most expensive oils in the world. At one point, its value was estimated to be 1.5 times of the value of gold, and it is sometimes referred to as "liquid gold."
Fortune Magazine reports that the essential oil, used in perfumes, can sell for more than $5,000 a pound.
Oud has been popular in the Middle East for centuries and is enjoying a boom here in the West with more and more brands creating oud fragrances. But they all come at a price. Kilian's Rose Oud Eau de Parfum Perfume, for example, will set you back more than $500. Tom Ford's Tobacco Oud, a favorite, costs only $220
If you research musk online, you'll find all sorts of false information, like this, which I found on a terrible perfume website:
Musk is perhaps the most powerful of all perfume fragrances, and the most expensive. Musk comes from the male musk deer. It is extracted from the deer in the form of grains. Musk has been a key constituent in very many perfumes since its discovery. It is currently found in 35% of all men's perfumes and fragrances. It is a very good fixative, and is exceptionally long lasting. There are many synthetic musks, and musk is one of the most important ingredients in perfumes. Musk in its natural or synthetic form can be found in 90% of all fine fragrances.
Ugggh. No, actually. While natural musk is one of the most expensive animal products in the world, according to Wikipedia, the vast majority of musk produced and sold in the world these days is synthetic. Why? Because to get real, authentic, natural musk, you must first kill a male musk deer, which is an endangered animal.
Natural musk was used extensively until the late 19th century when people got ethical and stopped the slaughter of these deer, which live in Nepal and that region of the world. Poachers still kill these deer, harvest their musk pods, which are glands located in the abdomen near the deer's penis, and then create a grain from the dried-out musk pod.
Ambergris
Craven told Bloomberg News that Ambergris is one of the 3 most expensive perfume ingredients today. And no wonder, because it comes from the intestines of sperm whales. No kidding. And there's whale fecal matter involved in this musky scent.
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A study of the generational factor in child abuse
Sheppard, George Mancel (1980) A study of the generational factor in child abuse. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Many attempts have been made to determine the causative factors associated with child abuse and a wide variety of explanations has been offered. One of the most persistent viewpoints is known as the Generational Factor - the view that parents who abuse their children were themselves abused in childhood. -- A review of child welfare and related literature revealed that, while the Generational Factor viewpoint was widely accepted and was supported by Learning Theory, no studies had been specifically undertaken to test its assumptions. Instead, opinion of the Generational Factor generally originated as a tangential issue emanating from other studies. -- This study was undertaken to examine specifically the Generational Factor - to determine with empirical evidence whether or not parents who abuse their children were themselves abused in childhood or were raised in environments where they were subjected to violent physical aggression and violently aggressive language. Hypotheses and a major proposition were developed for specific testing purposes and a study questionnaire was developed and pre-tested. -- In co-operation with the Provincial Department of Social Services, a methodology for testing the hypotheses was developed. Individuals who were identified as child abusers were selected and a comparison group of non-abusing individuals was matched with them using randomization procedures. Each selected participant was then visited by an interviewer and a questionnaire was completed. Completed questionnaires were kept confidential and following recording of the data on computer coding forms, the identifying code sheet was destroyed. A computer program was then devised and the groups were compared using Chi-Square and t-test statistical procedures. -- Upon analysis of the data, it was found that the groups differed significantly on a number of variables. For example, the respondents who abuse their children were found to have been hit and bruised more frequently and generally subjected to a more violent and a less loving family environment, as children, than the Comparison respondents. As well, the abusing respondents indicated that their parents were more violent toward each other and experienced less marital satisfaction and less parenting satisfaction than the parents of the Comparison respondents. -- On the basis of the evidence, the majority of the hypotheses were validated and the major proposition of the study was accepted - providing empirical evidence to support the Generational Factor.
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Douglas Todd: Would-be immigrants to Canada being sold 'false dreams'
It is easy for people abroad and in Canada to claim to be immigration experts and take vulnerable people for a nasty ride.
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The migration agents confronted Vancouver's Laleh Sahba as she walked on the sidewalk last month near the Canadian embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
The street hawkers told her that, for $25,000 or more, they would get her to an immigration professional who would be sure to hand her a visitor or student visa so she could be well on her way to obtaining a Canada passport.
The sidewalk agents mistook Sahba for another near-desperate Middle Eastern person who would spend almost everything she had for the dream of becoming a permanent resident in Canada, land of promise.
But Sahba — an Iranian-Canadian and a regulated Canadian immigration consultant — says her encounter with Turkey's street agents was just another reminder how easy it is for people abroad and in Canada to claim to be immigration experts to take vulnerable people for a nasty ride.
"They are selling wrong information. They are making up false dreams," Sahba said at her downtown Vancouver office. "This is a huge business. And what disturbs me is that many are in it for the money in Canada. They're playing with people's lives."
Sahba, who works with professional immigration partners in the Middle East, is among a small number of Canadian immigration consultants and lawyers who are coming forward to describe the wide range of misinformation, misdeeds and scams being foisted on would-be immigrants.
Some of those posing as immigration specialists are telling anxious people they will eventually get a Canadian passport if they pay large sums, in the tens of thousands of dollars, just to obtain a study or visitor's visa, which have limited use. Some are also falsely telling clients they can finagle them status as a refugee.
The immigration fantasies of foreign nationals often end in tatters, says Sahba, 40, who came to Canada from Iran two decades ago and has been a consultant for 15 years. Many immigration specialists are making promises they can't deliver on. By the time most would-be immigrants come to her to find a way out of their migration problems "they are absolutely screwed. We can't help them."
Much more must be done, Sahba says, to clean up the fast-growing immigration-advice industry, which in Canada includes 5,400 regulated immigration consultants and 1,000 immigration lawyers, but also an untold number of unlicensed agents.
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Marina Sedai, a Surrey immigration lawyer, tends to agree. She told a Conference Board of Canada workshop in Vancouver last month that there is "rampant immigration fraud" being perpetrated by some consultants and agents.
Sedai said she is constantly hearing from troubled clients about how they've being misled or defrauded by self-professed experts who demand large fees to guide foreign nationals through Canada's intricate immigration system.
As national chair of the Canadian Bar Association's immigration section, Sedai highlighted how her organization has told federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen the system Ottawa has set up to regulate immigration consultants, who have less formal training than lawyers, is not working. "There are good reasons," the society said in 2017, "to limit the practice of immigration law to lawyers and Quebec notaries," with immigration consultants working under the supervision of lawyers.
Many wives are being advised by immigration specialists to get a study visa so their husbands can come to Canada and work and their children can attend school, says Laleh Sahba. The trouble is many wives "don't really want to study" and end up failing. It leads to big problems for the family. Jason Payne / PNG
Sahba, however, believes the majority of regulated immigration consultants do excellent work and the organization that monitors them, the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC), is doing an increasingly good job of it.
Still, she hears up to 10 times a month from foreign nationals who have become embroiled in shady agreements that involve both Canadian immigration advisers and lawyers.
While Sahba generally supports Ottawa's aim to make it simpler for some of the more than 500,000 foreign students in Canada to become permanent residents, for instance, she said some advisers are increasingly misrepresenting the study visa program as the backdoor immigration ticket for entire families.
Many wives in their 40s and 50s are being advised, she said, to apply for a study visa so that their husband can come to Canada on a spousal work visa and their children can attend schools in Toronto, Metro Vancouver and elsewhere.
The trouble, Sahba said, is many of the wives are unable to pass English-language exams and "don't really want to study in the first place." They begin failing courses and can't get into postgraduate school, which means they and their husbands and children are expected to return home.
"It's all over for them. They've wasted their time and huge amounts of money. And their kids have in the meantime become used to Canadian society. This is where my heart bleeds."
In addition to describing scams in which so-called immigration specialists have charged clients many thousands of dollars just for a visitor's visa, Sahba said other illicit schemes involve provincial immigrant entrepreneur programs, including those operated by Quebec, B.C. and Manitoba.
Since a large number of so-called immigration specialists also have real-estate licences, Sahba says, some become embroiled in housing deals with rich prospective newcomers.
Other advisers direct so-called entrepreneurs to make "passive investments" in Canadian properties or businesses, which often involve nothing more than appearing to transfer money between relatives' bank accounts.
In one extreme case, Sahba worked with two sisters from Pakistan who transferred more than $170,000 to immigration agents in Canada who said they were arranging the purchases of a gift shop and pet store in Vancouver. The entire process, which involved transferring photos and signatures via Skype, was fake. The culprits couldn't be tracked.
The Canadian Bar Association, in its attempts to target "incompetent and unscrupulous" immigration advisers, told Canada's immigration minister in 2017 there had been an "astonishing" 1,470 complaints against the regulated members of the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC) since it began in 2011, plus 1,115 more against non-members.
That regulatory council posts some of the online allegations against its licensed Canadian immigration consultants, with one ICCRC page describing disciplinary investigations against almost 50 named members, who regularly charged clients $10,000 to $30,000 for relatively small tasks. Many of the consultants are accused of misdeeds such as: "Deceiving client," "misleading client," "falsely advising client," "failing to notify client," "charging client exorbitant fee" and of "misrepresenting" themselves in a variety of ways, including as border officials.
Sedai said some immigration advisers have even become involved in presenting false job offers to would-be immigrants — an activity she says she has run into in Surrey. Burnaby immigration lawyer George Lee is among those who has tried to expose the widespread jobs deception.
Although the clients of people who make a living in the immigration industry continue to take part in illicit schemes based on bad advice, Sabha wants to make clear some clients have not been innocent in the process. "They've got dirty hands, too."
And the chances for all concerned of getting caught are increasing.
"The immigration officers are also not stupid anymore, not like in the old days," Sahba says, chuckling. "They're smart. And they're looking at all aspects of every immigration application."
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The relationship between two brothers, a father trying to connect with his sons and the young woman who gets between the three of them. The story begins when Caleb Sinclaire reluctantly picks up his brother Peter at college and brings him and his new girlfriend Emma home for the Thanksgiving holiday. Caleb, who recently broke up with his long-time girlfriend and is wary of relationships, warns Peter that Emma will end up hurting him, but he can't stop himself from being drawn to her. As Caleb's infatuation with Emma grows, he must decide whether to act on his feelings or protect his brother's first love.
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This film is directed by Lee Toland Krieger. And the actors and actress in the The Vicious Kind movie are Bill Buell,Adam Scott,Robert Bizik,Alex Frost,Brittany Snow,Jim Ford,JK Simmons,. Seems like some known Star Cast Right. It belongs to the genre Drama,Comedy,.


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10 Things to Do in Vancouver with Kids
Best Family-Friendly Places in Vancouver
Vancouver regularly makes it to the shortlists of the world's most liveable cities. For visiting families, it's a city that offers plenty of fun indoor activities, as well as interesting sightseeing in the magnificent Canadian outdoors. A great example is Canada Place, where you can take in the city's picturesque harbourside views or go inside to try thrilling flight simulator rides over a variety of Canadian landscapes.
Kids can learn through interactive exhibits and do experiments at TELUS World of Science or touch a moon rock at HR MacMillan Space Centre. Many of the best family-friendly places in Vancouver are out in the open, so the kids will also get plenty of fresh air. You and your kids can escape the city's high-rise hub and enjoy scenic mountain forests a half-hour's drive north. You can even hop on a boat to look for humpback whales in the Pacific. Here are all the great things to do in Vancouver with kids.
Conduct experiments at Science World
Let your kids' imagination run free
Your kids can broaden their horisons with various exhibits and shows at TELUS World of Science. They're designed to make it easy for all ages to grasp how stuff works. Exhibits change each year and range from filmmaking and animation technology to human anatomy. Speakers at engaging science talks often call up eager kids onto the stage to "help out" in fun and often spectacular presentations. You can also watch some of Science World's own co-produced documentaries on one of the world's largest dome screens at its OMNIMAX Theatre.
Lokalizacja: 1455 Quebec St, Vancouver, BC V6A 3Z7, Canada
Otwarte: Daily from 10am to 6pm (Tuesdays until 9pm)
Telefon: +1 604-443-7440
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Cross the Capilano Suspension Bridge
Take in the scenery from high among the treetops
You can dare your family to walk this rickety bridge in North Vancouver, which stretches for 460 feet over a 230 foot drop, with the Capilano River flowing below. Knowing that it's one of the oldest visitor attractions in Vancouver, originally built in 1889, simply adds to the sense of adventure. The bridge that was made of hemp ropes and cedar planks back then was replaced with sturdy wire cables. If this still doesn't assure you enough, then the magnificent prize scenery just might.
Otwarte: Daily from 8am to 8pm (Wednesdays until 6pm)
Touch a moon rock at HR MacMillan Space Centre
Explore the universe at Vancouver's planetarium
You and your family can enjoy live science demos, try to lift real meteorite samples, and touch one of the world's only 5 touchable moon rocks at HR MacMillan Space Centre. The astronomy museum is home to Vancouver's only planetarium, with its Planetarium Star Theatre that takes you on a visual tour of planets, the solar system, nebulas and galaxies. There are several shows that you can enjoy, and they feature new movies almost every season. Admissions are around $18 for adults and $15 for kids.
Lokalizacja: 1100 Chestnut St, Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9, Canada
Otwarte: Daily from 10am to 5pm
Go whale watching
Witness orcas and humpback whales breach
After you've ticked Vancouver's gorgeous parks and mountain forests off your list, you should consider adding whale watching to your nature sightseeing plans. The waters off British Columbia are rich in marine life, especially cetaceans like killer whales, humpback whales and porpoises. Whale watching operators based in Vancouver include Vancouver Whale Watch, Wild Whales Vancouver, and Prince of Wales Whale Watching. The best months are usually between April and October, with high chances of seeing a breach. Witnessing one can be the big highlight of your visit.
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Splash and slide at Granville Island Waterpark
Enjoy waterslides and a spray park in the summer
The False Creek Community Centre on Vancouver's Granville Island features a great collection of family facilities. One of them is Granville Island Waterpark, which comprises a spray park that's good for toddlers and younger kids, as well as a full waterpark with winding waterslides. The park is open to the public in the summer months of May through September. It's a great addition to your Granville Island family itinerary, with the Granville Island Public Market and the Kids Market nearby.
Lokalizacja: 1318 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8, Canada
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Ride ponies at Maplewood Farm
Pet, feed, and learn about animals
This 5-acre farm in North Vancouver offers great hands-on experiences for animal-loving families and kids of all ages. It provides more than the regular petting zoo. Various fun activities that you and your kids can enjoy include feeding ducks and chickens, riding ponies and learning to milk cows. Feeding times introduce young kids to the different foods that each animal eats. Around 3.30pm, you can witness the farmers rounding up the animals and taking them back into the barn for the night.
Lokalizacja: 405 Seymour River Pl, North Vancouver, BC V7H 1S6, Canada
Otwarte: April – October: Tuesday – Sunday from 10am to 4pm (closed on Mondays)
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Steer a ship at the Vancouver Maritime Museum
Learn about historical Pacific and Arctic explorations
This museum on the waterfront of Vanier Park showcases various models of historical vessels and treasures salvaged from various wrecks. You can board the restored St. Roch, the patrol ship that was used to circumnavigate North America in the early 20th century. A special kids' area offers fun learning exhibits. These include interactive displays on how a submarine works and a sailing ship's wheel simulator. Tickets are around $13.50 for adults and $10 for visitors between the ages of 6 and 18.
Lokalizacja: 1905 Ogden Ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 1A3, Canada
Otwarte: Daily from 10am to 5pm (Thursdays until 8pm)
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Eat a Japadog
It's Canada's own hot dog with a twist
This delicious treat is a Vancouver favourite and worth trying on your visit. You can find its carts, food stands and restaurants serving it throughout the city, such as on the Robson, Burrard, and Templeton Station streets. They mainly offer gourmet hot dogs with a Japanese twist, with toppings ranging from okonomiyaki and yakisoba to teriyaki and tonkatsu. Optional orders of French Fries with a twist, doused in seasoning and aptly called "shaked fries", usually go with your hotdogs.
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Find toy heaven at Kids Market
Kids' fun and toys galore on Granville Island
This warehouse-style spot comprises a shop that stock a huge variety of toys, ranging from Legos to puppets, dolls and action figures. It also features sections with kids' wear. You can head to the arcade on the upper floor and there's convenient play area, where you can leave your kids to play under staff supervision while you enjoy some adult time exploring Granville Island's other offerings.
Lokalizacja: 1496 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3Y5, Canada
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Take a virtual flight with FlyOver Canada
Feel the sensation of flying over scenic landscapes
You can get the sensation of real flight and soar over beautiful Canadian landmarks and landscapes without boarding an actual plane or chopper. FlyOver Canada at Canada Place makes this possible with its use of moving seats that are motion-synced to high-def aerial sequences projected onto a huge spherical screen. Special effects such as blasts of wind, mists, and scents enhance the flight simulator's realism. Rides are around 8 minutes long, at around $33 for adults and $23 for kids.
Lokalizacja: 201 - 999 Canada Place, Canada, Vancouver, BC V6C 3E1, Canada
Otwarte: Daily from 9.30am to 10pm
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Country Report: Accelerated procedure Last updated: 15/04/21
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The Asylum Act lays down an accelerated procedure, where the NDGAP is expected to pass a decision within the short timeframe of 15 days.[1] In 2019 and in 2020, the accelerated procedure was not used.
The law provides 10 different grounds for referring an admissible asylum claim into an accelerated procedure,[2] where the applicant:
Discloses only information irrelevant for recognition as both a refugee and a beneficiary of subsidiary protection;
Originates from a country listed on the European Union or national list of safe countries of origin as specified by separate legislation;
Misled the authorities by providing false information on his or her identity or nationality
by providing false information;
by submitting false documents; or
by withholding information or documents that would have been able to influence the decision-making adversely;
Has destroyed or thrown away, presumably in bad faith, his or her identity card or travel document that would have been helpful in establishing his or her identity of nationality;
Makes clearly incoherent, contradictory, clearly false or obviously unlikely statements contradicting the duly substantiated information related to the country of origin that makes it clear that, on the basis of his or her application, he or she is not entitled to recognition as a refugee or beneficiary of subsidiary protection;
Submitted a subsequent application that is not inadmissible;
Submitted an application for the only reason of delaying or frustrating the order of the alien policing expulsion or carrying out of the expulsion ordered by the refugee authority, the alien police authority or the court;
Entered into the territory of Hungary unlawfully or extended his or her period of residence unlawfully and failed to submit an application for recognition within a reasonable time although he or she would have been able to submit it earlier and has no reasonable excuse for the delay;
Refuses to comply with an obligation to have his/her fingerprints taken; or
For a serious reason may pose a threat to Hungary's national security or public order, or he or she was expelled by the alien policing authority due to harming or threatening public safety or the public order.
The application cannot be rejected solely on the grounds of failing to submit an application within a reasonable time.[3]
In accelerated proceedings, the NDGAP, with the exception of the case when the applicant originates from a safe country of origin, shall assess the merits of the application for recognition in order to establish whether the criteria for recognition as a refugee or beneficiary of subsidiary protection exist.[4]
In the event of applying an accelerated procedure to an applicant originating from safe country of origin, the applicant, when this fact is communicated to him or her, can declare immediately but within 3 days at the latest why in his or her individual case, the specific country does not qualify as a safe country of origin.[5] Where the safe country of origin fails to take over the applicant, the determining authority shall withdraw its decision and continue the procedure.[6]
Besides, despite the possibility to request for the suspension of the execution of the expulsion, the NDGAP starts the execution of the expulsion procedure before the 7 days available for submitting an appeal against the negative decision in accelerated procedures or inadmissible cases. As a result, asylum seekers are immediately brought to immigration detention, which was also the case in the above mentioned examples. The NDGAP claims that if a person requests for suspension of the execution of the expulsion, they would not start to execute expulsion until a decision on the suspensive effect is taken by the court. However, in practice, asylum seekers are not informed about the possibility to request the suspension of the expulsion and, even when informed, they do not understand the significance of this information. In all cases where suspensive effect is not automatic, it is difficult to imagine how an asylum seeker will be able to submit a request for the suspension of his or her removal as he or she is typically without professional legal assistance and subject to an unreasonably short deadline to lodge the request. Further exacerbating asylum seekers' position, the rules allowing for a request to grant suspensive effect to be submitted are not found in the Asylum Act itself, but they emanate from general rules concerning civil court procedures.
As of 1 January 2021 a Gov decree 570/2020. (XII. 9.) is in force and its Section 5 removes the possibility to ask for interim measure in order to prevent expulsion in case of violation of epidemic rules or when expulsion is ordered based on the risk to national security or public order. This can have serious consequence for people, who have been expelled prior to submitting their asylum application, as in case their asylum application is rejected in an accelerated procedure, the appeal does not have a suspensive effect and even if it is requested, it does not suspend the expulsion that was ordered prior to the asylum procedure. The HHC is so far aware of one such case, where an asylum applicant was rejected in an accelerated asylum procedure and was deported prior his appeal even reached the court. The rejection decision was communicated to the lawyer in an email when the applicant was already on the plane.
15 days for processing a first-time asylum application is – as a general rule – an insufficient time period for ensuring the indispensable requirements of such a procedure, including finding the right interpreter, conducting a proper asylum interview, obtaining individualised and high-quality country information, obtaining – if necessary –medical or other specific evidence, and an eventual follow-up interview allowing the asylum seeker to react on adverse credibility findings or legal conclusions.[7] This extremely short deadline is therefore in breach of EU law, which requires reasonable time limits for accelerated procedures, "without prejudice to an adequate and complete examination being carried out" and to the applicant's effective access to basic guarantees provided for in EU asylum legislation.[8]
Also in contradiction to the relevant EU rule, Hungarian law does not set forth any specific safeguard that would prevent the undue application of accelerated procedures to asylum seekers in need of special procedural guarantees.[9]
The rules governing the appeal in accelerated procedure are the same as in case of inadmissible decisions (see section on Admissibility Procedure).
[1] Section 47(2) Asylum Act.
[5] Section 51(11) Asylum Act.
[6] Section 51A Asylum Act.
[7] The latter being mandatory under EU law as interpreted by the CJEU. See Case C-277/11 M.M. v. Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland, Attorney General, Judgment of 22 November 2012 and Case C-349/07 Sopropé – Organizações de CalçadoL da v Fazenda Pública, Judgment of 18 December 2008.
[8] Recital 20, Article 31(2) and (9) recast Asylum Procedures Directive.
[9] Recital 30 recast Asylum Procedures Directive.
'Hybrid' safe third country / first country of asylum


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OlTech Computer Services
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The Fututre
My History (So Far)
Me as a Person
Born October 1970 in the upstairs front bedroom of 68 Elsinore Road, London, SE23. I am the youngest of four. I have one brother and two sisters.
For the first 11Yrs of my life I was raised in London. I went to Rathfern Primary School, where I became a part of the 4R Movement and Dance Group Led by Tony Key (who I still consider a great man, if a tad temperamental at times). I learned a lot about stage productions, coreography and myself during ths time. I then went on to Forest Hill Boys School until my parents divorce in 1982, when I moved to Newmarket with my mother and the younger of my two sisters.
After the move I went to St Felix Middle School and eventually Newmarket Upper School. I must admit my education suffered as a result of the move. Largely as the education system was very different and, due to the 'work at your own pace' initiative of the London based schools, I was rather ahead, in some areas, of the more rigidly structured system here. And, due to this, I soon lost interest in all but my favourite subjects. Mostly Art and Biology, which I tended to learn more about on my own time. I was never popular with other students. In or out of school. Being labelled a freak by most.
I then went to West Suffolk College where I took taster courses in varied areas such as Car Mechanics, metal work and design. And although I retain most of what I learned there, nothing really appealed to me and I eventually dropped out (After falling for a girl and having my heart broken, as happens at that age).
After that I fell in with, what a lot of people considered, 'The wrong crowd'. But, in their defense, they taught me an awful lot about the reality of life, helped me cope with my current situation and showed me how to look inside myself, to self analyse, and helped me grow as a person. They also kept me entertained and helped me develop a sense of humour as a coping mechanism. I learned a lot from them and owe them more than they know. They know who they are (those that are still with us). I spent a lot of this time focusing on my art and developing my artistic skills. A number of my works of art are available to view on my Facebook Artist page. To view click
The 90's was when I first started getting into computers. Initially just surfing the net and playing games, but I soon realised the potential of the resource available to me and started to learn everything I could about how I could effectively use them to my own ends.
I was soon teaching myself how to use word processing software to facilitate my creative writing. And when I discovered that there was sound recording and music composition software available I knew I had to have one of my own!
Around about this time I was also DJ'ing at a local night spot (as well as some raves). I had originally gone to the location to meet somebody that wanted me to do a painting on their jacket, but by the end of my visit found myself having the position of lighting enineer due to my natural aptitude and, a half our before opening on my second Saturday, I was informed by the main DJ that I now had the position of warm up DJ. That was a very hectic and panic ridden two hours I can tell you! But, me being me, I stuck at it and soon decided to use the opportunity to teach myself how to mix like a proper nightclub DJ. Not something I would recommend doing three nights a week with a live audience.
Within six months I had got the hang of it and was starting to come into my own as a DJ. Before long I found I had people coming in just to listen to my sets. Although this was a mixed blessing to me as I was still very nervous with an audience and not greatly confident in myself yet.
I did get to work with some great people during my time as a DJ including the likes of K-Klass (who actually offered me some work, alas it was no to be as I had no transport). The best times I have had as a DJ were when working with the unforgettable Johnny Kipper! Still one of my oldest friends and an absolute legend.
Eventually the DJ'ing came to an end and I refocused my efforts on audio manipulation and music production. Teaching myself such software as 'Soundforge' and 'Cubase' and by late 1998 I had bought myself a custom built computer, instead of building and upgrading what I could with what I could get hold of. From this point on I learned everything I could about all the software I could get my hands on. Even starting with the demo versions until I could scrape together the money to buy its fully functioning counterpart.
I soon decided I needed to acquire some pieces of paper to start backing up what I already knew and took my first computer related CLAIT course. Which I passed easily and completed all the modules well within the given time. So I took on some additional modules and helped other students that were finding things a lot harder.
By the end of the 90's my living room looked more like a combination of DJ booth and computer shop. With so much computer and stereo equipment crammed into a small room as well as two decks, a couple of mixers and a few thousand records. The small TV in the corner was more of an afterthought than anything else. Viewed by me as something for guests to enjoy. I learned so much about connecting everything together as one homogenous entertainment system during this time. And still like to integrate all my tech as much as possible to this day.
The 00's saw me begin to take the music production side of things more seriously. And some additional nightclub duties gave me the opportunity to develop more computer related skills. Teaching myself how set up and opperate DMX lighting rigs and control software. Also doing my first music production course, for which I won an award, which was presented at the Bury St Edmunds Cathedral by the then Lady Mayor. I was also offered a teaching position at the college, which part of me still thinks I should have accepted.
2009 was an eventful year, with the start of my degree course, the Death of my then closest friend and the Birth of my son occuring in quick succession over the space of a couple of months. They were hard times, but I carried on through the turmoil and sleeples nights. Working as hard as I could on my course work and helping raise my son as a hands on dad. Entertaining him, feeding him and changing nappies. And yes I got covered in all sorts like every hands on parent. The worst exoperience being him releasing trapped gas as I lifted him to wipe the mess off and getting pebble dashed from head to waiste! I looked like I had developed a terrible rash. Needelss to say I finished the job and got cleaned up. Enjoying a good laugh about it as I did so.
2014 saw the arrival of my Daughter and, once again, sleepless nights abound! To this day she has yet to sleep through the night! But I don't mind as she is clever, funny and beautiful.
I love and adore both my children! And they give me the motivation to push on through when times are hard.
I continue to face a lot of challenges, in both my personal and professional lives, and will continue to forge forwards as best I can.
After all. I love a good challenge!
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When our children run towards the street or get too close to the stove, we are afraid they will hurt themselves and can sometimes overreact. A strong reaction in these situations is necessary for keeping your kids safe because they need to understand how serious a mistake they could be making. When we react, it is important to teach a lesson to our children so they will remember that what they are doing is not safe.
When our toddler was in the driveway, Martha watched him like a hawk. If he ventured too close to the street, she put on her best tirade, "Stop!! Street!!" and she grabbed him from the gutter and carried on and on, vocalizing her fear of his being in the street. She was not yelling at him or acting angry. She was expressing genuine fear, giving voice to that inner alarm that goes off in every mother's heart when her child could be hurt. It was very important that he believe her, so she didn't hold back. And it worked! He acquired a deep respect for the street and always looked for permission, knowing that Mom would take his hand and they would cross together. A few times Martha had to reinforce this healthy fear by issuing a loud warning sound. She saves this sound for times when an immediate response is needed for safety. This sound is hard to describe in writing, but it is a very sharp, forceful, "Ahhh!" Once she had to use it from a distance of about 100 ft. at a park where Stephen wandered off and was about to step into the street. To her intense relief, he stopped in his tracks and looked back at her, giving her time to get to him. She never uses it casually, and doesn't use it often. Day-to-day, moment-by-moment situations need to be handled more normally.
Any "danger" situation still requires constant adult supervision for keeping your kids safe—no amount of spanking will danger-proof a child. Any after-the-fact hitting will just be confusing—he won't know why he's being hit. Your job as a disciplinarian for keeping your kids safe is to keep your child away from situations in which his ignorance or impulsiveness could get him into real danger.
Our four-year-old, Stephen, was headed for the street. I immediately ran to his side and began our danger-preventing tirade. Then we played the rewind game. Ten times we reenacted the scene. We ran toward the street, stopped at the curb, looked both ways: "Look this way, no car; look that way, no car, and then we walk across the street to your friend's house." By graphic repetition, I hoped to imprint in Stephen's mind the habit of as soon as he approaches the curb he automatically looks both ways for cars and then crosses the street. Eight-year-old Matthew was running on a slick, wet sidewalk and slipped and fell. I used "rewind" to prevent this accident from occurring again. We both ran toward the puddle, stopped, walked around it, and then carried on, replaying this scene ten times. By using "rewind," you are keeping your kids safe by providing your child with a script for when the same situation later arises.