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The State of Asylum: Biden's First Year
By Emily Van Fossen, Meghan Holquist
Sweeping and troubling changes in immigration and asylum policy distinguished the Trump administration. Thus, the initial efforts of the Biden administration primarily focused on reversing the damage. In the first month of his term, President Biden signed twelve executive actions that outlined his immigration agenda. But ongoing issues like the humanitarian crisis in Central America's Northern Triangle countries, emerging climate change impacts, and the COVID-19 pandemic have continued to drive migrants to the U.S. border and have stymied optimism about improving asylum policy.
This report provides an overview of the changes to asylum policy made by the Biden administration during its first year. It also offers a timeline and a table of policies for reference at the end.
Accessing the U.S. asylum system
The Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)
Established in 2018, the MPP program sent anyone claiming asylum at the southern border back to Mexico to await their immigration court hearings; thus subjecting thousands of asylum seekers to unregulated refugee camps in northern Mexico.
On Biden's first day in office, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it was suspending new enrollments in MPP. U.S. officials collaborated with the Mexican government and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to process asylum seekers with active cases under MPP. Individuals with active MPP cases could enroll online or over the phone for processing through a port of entry.
In June, DHS issued a memorandum officially terminating the MPP program, but a U.S. district court judge blocked the program's termination, claiming the administration did not follow the proper regulatory procedures. DHS appealed the decision while simultaneously announcing that it would issue a new memorandum after a significant review of the MPP program by the end of the year to comply with the court order. In October, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a new memo terminating MPP, and Biden administration officials said they would ask the court to approve it. In the interim, the Biden administration announced it would comply with the court's ruling to reimplement MPP in early December.
Metering allows Customs and Border Protection to enforce a limit on the number of individuals allowed access to the asylum process at ports of entry daily. Once the limit is reached, CBP denies asylum seekers entry to the U.S. and puts their name on a list to await processing. Unlike MPP, metering does not provide individuals with specific details for a court hearing. This practice not only creates logistical hurdles for processing but also endangers migrants as they wait in Mexico.
In September, a San Diego federal judge ruled that metering violates the due process rights granted to migrants under the U.S. Constitution.
On November 1, 2021, DHS issued a memo formally terminating metering and any other practices that turned asylum seekers away from ports of entry. Referring to ports of entry as POEs, the memo states:
In all cases […] undocumented noncitizens who are encountered at the borderline should be permitted to wait in line, if they choose, and proceed into the POE for processing operational capacity permits. Absent a POE closure, officers also may not instruct travelers that they must return to the POE later or travel to a different POE for processing. Officers also may not preclude those in line from departing and returning at a later time. Once in the United States, an individual must be inspected and processed by CBP Officers and may not be directed to return across the land border without appropriate processing.
Although this new directive severely limits CBP agents' ability to meter at POEs, the implementation of Title 42 effectively supplanted the need for metering.
Title 42 — Public health border closure
The federal statutes dealing with "Public Health and Welfare," in Title 42 of the U.S. Code, allow the U.S. to close its borders to noncitizens for public health reasons. In March 2020, the Trump administration invoked Title 42 as the coronavirus spread throughout the world, despite ongoing analyses demonstrating that closing borders does little to stem disease flow.
The Biden administration continues to defend the use of Title 42 as a public health measure (though it did carve out a narrow exception for unaccompanied minors). However, many immigration observers believe it is serving as a pretext to curb the flow of migrants seeking asylum on the southern border. A district court ruling against the practice has been stayed indefinitely by a higher court. The now-infamous expulsion of migrants from the U.S. border at Del Rio, Texas, occurred under Title 42 authority.
Safe third-country agreements
Another mechanism that limited asylum access to the U.S. were the so-called "Safe Third Country Agreements," also known as Asylum Cooperative Agreements (ACAs). At a high level, the goal of these agreements is to allow countries to manage their refugee processes better and send asylum seekers to countries offering a "high degree of protection." U.S. law states that such an agreement must not pose a risk to an individual's life or freedom and provide access to a fair asylum process. The U.S. has maintained such an agreement with Canada, for example, since 2004.
In January 2019, the Trump administration implemented ACAs with three Central American countries: Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The new rules required individuals to first seek asylum in one of these countries before arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. If they did not, U.S. officials could transfer the asylum seeker back to one of the three countries, even if the individual or family never passed through them before arriving at the U.S. border. Many criticized this action, concerned these countries were not secure or properly equipped to handle an influx of refugees — in fact, many refugees arriving at the U.S. border are fleeing from these countries.
In February 2021, the Biden administration announced the official termination of these agreements, claiming there are "more suitable ways to work with our partner governments to manage migration across the region."
Policies impacting unaccompanied children
One of the Biden administration's priorities has been reuniting families separated under the Zero Tolerance Policy implemented by the Trump administration that resulted in the separation of children from their parents — for years, in some cases.
In February 2021, the Biden administration created a task force composed of officials from the Departments of Justice, Health and Human Services, and State to identify all children separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border between January 2017 and January 2021 and reunite them with their caregivers.
To that end, HHS has increased resources for case management, which the White House says has ramped up reunifications.
But despite significant public pressure, as of October the administration had successfully reunified just 52 families, leaving an estimated 1,000 to 1,500 children still separated from their families.
In October 2021, reports surfaced detailing discussions between the DOJ, HHS, and DHS on whether to provide monetary compensation for families separated under the zero-tolerance policy. The payments would address a class-action lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in 2019, "seeking damages on behalf of thousands of traumatized children and parents who were forcibly torn from each other under the Trump administration's illegal practice of separating families at the border." In October, a Wall Street Journal report claimed the Biden administration planned to offer $450,000 per person affected. However, President Biden denied the exact number at a press conference in November; the talks are ongoing.
Counsel for children initiative
Another significant challenge for unaccompanied minors in the asylum system is their lack of access to legal counsel, which often results in denied asylum claims despite circumstances warranting protection.
In September, the administration announced the Counsel for Children Initiative, which will provide government-funded legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children in deportation proceedings in Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland.
Children in detention
However, the Biden administration continues to use concerning practices for children held in immigrant detention. In September 2021, the district court for the District of Columbia ruled that ICE violated the law by transferring detained children to adult jails when they turned 18 without weighing other options, and issued a five-year permanent injunction, halting the practice for five years while ICE makes the directed changes:
[W]hich requires ICE to re-train its officers, fill out new paperwork, re-vamp its training and policies with regards to age-outs, and provide monthly reports and documentation to class counsel on its rates of detention for age-outs.
Between March and June 2021, ICE reduced the number of unaccompanied children in detention centers from 5,676 to 570. The agency also reduced the average time children spent in detention from 131 hours in April to 26 hours in August.
Central American Minors Program (CAM)
In March, the Biden administration announced it would reopen the Central American Minors (CAM) program initially created by the Obama administration and later terminated by the Trump administration. CAM works to reunify children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras with parents living in the U.S.
On June 15, the Biden administration announced a second phase, which expanded the program to legal guardians and parents waiting for a pending asylum case in the U.S. filed before May 15, 2020. Expanding program eligibility to these individuals will likely reduce the number of unaccompanied minors arriving at the southern border, thereby protecting them from the dangerous journey and expanding processing capacity.
Changes in the adjudication process for asylum cases
Victims of domestic and gang violence
In June, the DOJ released rulings that reversed Trump-era changes and returned to long-standing asylum policy protecting victims of domestic and gang violence.
Asylum seekers must demonstrate a fear of persecution based on one of five grounds, including "membership to a particular social group." The Trump administration previously overruled years of Bureau of Immigration Appeals (BIA) precedent when Attorney General William Barr decided that domestic and gang violence survivors do not qualify as members of a "particular social group," limiting their access to asylum protection.
Attorney General Merrick Garland released interim decisions this summer in the Matter of A.B. and Matter of L.E.A, renewing protections for domestic violence and gang violence victims.
USCIS adjudications
In August 2021, the administration issued a proposed rule that would allow U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers to adjudicate asylum cases, rather than requiring an immigration court judge in every case following a positive credible fear screening. Currently, if an immigrant is under expedited removal proceedings and states a fear of returning to their country of origin, an asylum officer conducts a credible fear screening. If passed, they await their case to be heard by an immigration court judge in a process that can span years.
The proposed change aims to speed up the asylum process and help address the huge backlog of cases waiting to be heard and ensure that trained individuals make these critical decisions.
Detention and case management
100-day deportation moratorium
One of President Biden's first executive orders directed federal agencies to issue new guidance about immigration enforcement policies, resulting in a DHS memorandum pausing deportations for 100 days. Shortly after that, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the administration, citing concerns the action was unconstitutional and violated an agreement between Texas and DHS. A federal judge in Texas granted a preliminary injunction requiring DHS to continue deportations.
Interior enforcement priorities
The same memorandum creating a deportation moratorium also established new priorities for interior immigration enforcement. President Biden reversed the Trump administration's broad enforcement priorities encompassing all undocumented individuals living in the United States and returned to a focus on removing serious offenders.
The new guidance included prioritization of those who:
[…] engaged in or are suspected of terrorism or espionage, or whose arrest is otherwise necessary to protect national security; Individuals apprehended at the border or ports of entry while attempting to unlawfully enter the United States on or after November 1, 2020; and individuals released from incarceration on or after January 20, 2021, who have been convicted of an aggravated felony and who pose a threat to public safety.
Both Texas and Louisiana sued in response, claiming the new guidance posed a risk to their citizens. In August, a U.S. court of appeals judge ruled in favor of the Biden administration. ICE arrests in FY 2021 decreased to less than half the number of FY 2018 under this guidance.
Addressing causes of migration
In February, President Biden issued a sweeping executive order offering a regional approach to migration and better processing at the U.S. border.
The executive order revoked a myriad of Trump administration policies, such as the construction of a border wall, deeming those who entered the U.S. illegally ineligible for asylum, preventing the release of immigrants from DHS custody while their case is pending, and deploying the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border. It also revoked a 2019 memorandum that prevented asylum seekers from pursuing other immigration relief, expedited adjudication of asylum claims, created a fee for asylum applications, and restricted work authorizations for asylum seekers.
The executive order also directed an interagency team, led by Vice President Kamala Harris, to prepare a "root cause strategy" to address migration. Furthermore, it directed DHS to stop implementing "Prompt Asylum Case Review" and "Humanitarian Asylum Review Process," which limited asylum seekers' access to legal assistance and preparation for asylum hearings.
The border wall
In January 2017, President Trump signed an executive order directing the construction of a physical border wall to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. In 2019, he declared a national emergency and diverted funds from Department of Defense construction projects to construct the border wall. Many groups, including the Niskanen Center, sued to contest the constitutionality of this action. As one of his initial moves, President Biden issued a proclamation ending the construction of the border wall. In October, the Supreme Court released an order stating the courts did not need to decide on cases arising from Trump's actions because of President Biden's halt on spending for the wall.
Biden's proclamation initiated a review of construction contracts and the consequences of termination. In April 2021, the Department of Defense announced coordination efforts to cancel border wall projects and contracts. The department also announced steps to correct damage caused by the construction process.
Although there have been significant reversals of prior Trump administration policies, the Biden administration upholds some, such as Title 42. Emerging threats such as climate change and existing economic and political crises have increased asylum reform urgency.
Jan 2021 End border wall construction
Jan 2021 Deportation moratorium implemented
Jan 2021 Federal judge blocks deportation moratorium
Jan 2021 New guidance on interior immigration enforcement
Jan 2021 Suspension of new MPP enrollments
Jan 2021 Rescind Zero Tolerance
Feb 2021 First group of MPP is processed
Feb 2021 Reopen Central American Minors Program
Feb 2021 Taskforce for the reunification of families
Mar 2021 Rescinded public charge rule
Mar 2021 Reopening of CAM
Apr 2021 DOD terminates border wall construction
Apr 2021 DHS announcement of additional H-2B visas
Jun 2021 First official termination of MPP
Jun 2021 DOJ rulings for protections for victims of gang and domestic violence
Aug 2021 Proposal for USCIS officers to adjudicate asylum cases
Aug 2021 Federal judge blocks MPP termination
Sep 2021 Federal judge issues 5-year permanent injunction against ICE transfers
Sep 2021 Counsel for children initiative
Sep 2021 Federal judge rules metering as unconstitutional
Sep 2021 Title 42 used to expel Haitian migrants in Del Rio rapidly
Sep 2021 Federal judge upholds Biden's use of Title 42
Oct 2021 Second termination of MPP
Nov 2021 DHS memo to end metering
Policies Chart
Policy Description
Border Wall Construction In January 2021, Biden overturns Trump's 2017 executive order directing the construction of a border wall. Coordination efforts to cancel all project efforts and contracts are announced in April 2021.
100-day pause on deportations DHS issues a 100-day pause on deportations, and the Attorney General of Texas files a lawsuit against this action. A district judge granted a preliminary injunction, allowing the deportations to continue.
New Immigration Enforcement Priorities Eliminated Trump's broad enforcement priorities, which encompassed all undocumented individuals living in the United States and returned to a focus on removing serious offenders.
MPP DHS announced in January they plan on terminating MPP but don't issue an official memorandum until June. A U.S. District Court Judge blocks this action, and DHS appeals. In September, DHS announced they would issue a new memo to address the court's concerns. In October, the administration announced that they would reimplement the program by mid-November.
Zero Tolerance and Family Reunification In January, the DOJ rescinded the Zero Tolerance Policy. In February, Biden announced the Family reunification task force to reunify families separated by the Zero Tolerance policy.
Asylum Cooperative Agreements or Safe Third Country Agreements The Biden administration terminated these agreements signed between the United States and the governments of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, which allowed U.S. officials to deny asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border and send them to other countries to seek asylum there.
Addressing Causes of Migration Revoked several Trump EO's, including fees for asylum applications, expedited adjudication of asylum claims, restrictions on work authorizations, and the use of prolonged detention. The EO also directed an interagency team to create a "root cause strategy."
Central American Minors Program The State Department and DHS reopened this program in February, reuniting children separated from their parents and nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, through refugee resettlement or humanitarian parole.
Public Charge Rule Biden rescinded the Trump-era rule, which increased U.S. officials' discretion to reject green card applications based on the applicant's use of public benefits
Proposal for USCIS officers to adjudicate Asylum cases Would allow USCIS officers to adjudicate cases rather than just an immigration court judge, to speed up the asylum process and address the huge backlog of cases
Counsel for Children Initiative Announced in September, this program would provide government-funded legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children in deportation proceedings. It will be active in eight cities, including Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland.
Reducing ICE detention for minors Garcia Ramirez et al. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al. challenged ICE's practice of transferring individuals from detention centers to the agency's jails and prisons upon turning eighteen. The District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that ICE violated the law and issued a five-year permanent injunction.
Title 42 Title 42 allows the government to close U.S. borders to noncitizens on the grounds of protecting public health. In September, Biden invoked Title 42 to expel Haitian migrants arriving at the U.S. border in Del Rio, Texas. The Biden administration has continued to defend its actions in court, where a federal judge preserved the administration's ability to use Title 42 as a means of expelling families at the Southern border.
Metering Metering involves CBP enforcing a limit on the number of individuals allowed access to the asylum process at ports of entry daily. In September, a Federal Judge in San Diego ruled the process unconstitutional as it violates immigrants' 5th amendment right to due process.
Guidance for Management and Processing of Undocumented Noncitizens at Southwest Border Land Ports of Entry Rescinds and supersede prior DHS memos, including November 27, 2019, June 5, 2018, Prioritization-Based Queue Management, and April 30, 2020, Metering Guidance.
Job Opening: Policy Analyst, Immigration
How Behavioral Factors Impact Communication on Immigration Policy
November 30, 2021 • Meghan Holquist
The Future of Green Card Recapture Legislation


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Cockburn sweeps Big Ten weekly accolades after Illinois' victory over Lindenwood
Freshman center Kofi Cockburn shoots a free-throw at the line during Illinois' game against the Citadel at the State Farm Center Nov. 20. Cockburn's fourth double-double in five games helped lead the Illini past the Bulldogs 85-57 on Wednesday night. Captured at State Farm Center on 20 Nov, 2019 by Jonathan Bonaguro.
By Tatiania Perry
Freshman center Kofi Cockburn spent the first half of Illinois' game against Lindenwood Tuesday night trying to adjust to the small size of the Lions and their speed.
Cockburn didn't start Tuesday's matchup in his normal flashy fashion. He capitalized on a missed jumper and passed to senior Andrès Feliz to score the first points of the game.
It wasn't until the last minute of the first half that Cockburn truly had his confidence-boosting, break-out moment to set him up for the second half.
With 1:07 left, Cockburn stole the ball mid-court, hustled his way through the empty frontcourt for a dunk that received a full standing ovation by the entire football team who was sitting behind the basket.
By the end of the night, Cockburn had found his groove again but fell two rebounds short of what could have been his fourth consecutive double-double and his sixth on the season.
"We've got guys that can go get it," Head coach Brad Underwood said. "Kofi probably could have scored at will and yet it was a game where we got out and we got running and made some baskets."
Cockburn swept both Big Ten weekly honors, the conference announced on Monday, taking home both Big Ten Player and Freshman of the Week accolades.
The freshman averaged 17.7 points and 14.7 rebounds and had a double-double, while shooting nearly 58% from the field in all three Illini victories in the week, placing him on top.
"Of everything that Kofi has done to this point, one thing I am probably impressed with is Kofi's ability to guard guards and his lateral quickness," Underwood said. "When he spreads out he's very big and hard to get around."
He became the first player since Nick Ward of Michigan State in 2017 to sweep the league's weekly player and freshman award. His award marks his second Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor.
In his time at Illinois, he has set the Illini freshman single-game rebounding record against The Citadel grabbing 17 boards.
Cockburn became the fifth Big Ten player with five double-doubles in his first six games of a season since 2010-11, joining Ethan Happ of Wisconsin, Jordan Murphy of Minnesota and Caleb Swanigan of Purdue.
He also became the fifth Division I freshman with double-doubles in five of his first six games since 2010-11, joining Deandre Ayton of Arizona and Brandon McCoy of UNLV in 2017-18, Ben Simmons of LSU in 2015-16 and Julius Randle of Kentucky in 2013-14.
"In these last few games we have seen a lot of smaller-sized guys that he's had to guard that can really shoot it and for the most part he's continuing to grow in that area," Underwood said. "He's done a heck of a job."
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Q: Proving that $x^m+x^{-m}$ is a polynomial in $x+x^{-1}$ of degree $m$. I need to prove, that $x^m+x^{-m}$ is a polynomial in $x+x^{-1}$ of degree $m$.

Prove that $$x^m+x^{-m}=P_m (x+x^{-1} )=a_m (x+x^{-1} )^m+a_{m-1} (x+x^{-1} )^{m-1}+\cdots+a_1 (x+x^{-1} )+a_0$$ on induction in $m$.

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*$m=1$;

*$m=k$;

*$⊐n=k+1$. Than
$$x^{k+1}+x^{-k-1}=(x+x^{-1} )^{k+1} + (x+x^{-1} )^{k}+ (x+x^{-1} )^{k-1}+\cdots+(x+x^{-1} ).$$
I stuck on step 3. How to prove this expression?

A: Let $y=x+x^{-1}$. We show by strong induction that if $n$ is a non-negative integer, then  $x^n+x^{-n}$ is a polynomial of degree $n$ in $y$. It is easy to verify that the result holds for $n=0$ and $n=1$. We now show that if the result holds for all $n\le k$, then the result holds for $n=k+1$.
We have
$$x^{k+1}+x^{-(k+1)}=(x^k+x^{-k})(x+x^{-1})-(x^{k-1}+x^{-(k-1)}).\tag{1}$$
By the induction hypothesis, $x^k+x^{-k}$ is a polynomial of degree $k$ in $y$. So $(x^k+x^{-k})(x+x^{-1})$ is a polynomial of degree $k+1$ in $y$. Also by the induction hypothesis, $x^{k-1}+x^{-(k-1)}$ is a polynomial of degree $k-1$ in $y$. It follows from (1) that $x^{k+1}+x^{-(k+1)}$ is a polynomial of degree $k+1$ in $y$.

A: $$\cos m \theta = T_m(\cos \theta)$$
with $T_m$ the Chebyshev polynomial of first kind, so, taking $x = e^{i\theta}$
$$x^{m} + x^{-m} = P_m(x+ x^{-1})$$
where $P_m(t) = 2 T_m(\frac{t}{2})$. For instance
$$x^{12} + x^{-12}= P_{12}(x+x^{-1})$$
where $P_{12}(t) = t^{12}-12 t^{10}+54 t^8-112 t^6+105 t^4-36 t^2+2$.

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If you have a lot of kids close together in age you may be considering this book. I hope this honest review will help.
I wanted to read this book for a long time.
At nearly $30 price tag (sometimes higher) I had a hard time spending that kind of money. On one book.
Then I got pregnant (surprise!) with my 5th child… and I had a hard time coming to terms. How would I get everything done? How could I hold it all together? How could I meet all their needs and still maintain my own sanity?
Well, I'm 38 weeks pregnant as I type so, I can't give those answers. But I did buy Large Family Logistics and read it cover to cover. I've created a video with my honest thoughts about it below.
Here are the pros and cons of Large Family Logistics, in my opinion.
The author has 9 children whom she homeschools. Oh, and she lives on a farm. Not a hobby farm, a proper farm. One would look at her from the outside and think she is the epitome of superwoman. That said, the book was neither condescending, sanctimonious, nor "I've got it all together" in nature. It was encouraging, empowering, and helped you to feel you – too – could get it all done.
Her entire book is chock full of systems. It's how she gets everything done she needs. There are food systems, bill paying systems, chore systems, family time and devotion systems, and on and on. She doesn't just wax on and waste time about how her life works so well, she actually gives step by step super practical systems that she lays out in explicit detail.
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If there's one thing that super duper annoys me, it's when someone spends 25% of their book/podcast/blog post/course talking about how great and successful they are and they don't get to the point. Ain't nobody got time for that. This book is all useful, no filler.
Each chapter is short, to the point, and only as long as it needs to be. She weaves her philosophy into it, obviously, but it's a quick read that you can use as a reference. It doesn't have to be read in order.
As I read the book I had tons of "Ah Ha" moments. A lot of "Oh, THAT'S a good idea" thoughts. But instead of feeling guilty, overwhelmed, or inadequate I just felt encouraged to start doing things better. That said, I was and still am pregnant so I haven't put everything into practice I'd like to.
I am waiting until postpartum to begin a few of the new systems, but I found it to be a revealing book. If she can homeschool 9 kids, run a farm, and never run out of food in her fridge or pantry… I can learn a lot from her!
I am a firm believer men and women are created differently, have different gifts, and bring different talents and roles into a family. But I felt this book took it a bit too far. I think this type of environment she's describing creates a rife breeding ground for abuse. Of course most marriages don't have an abusive partner. Praise God.
But if you believe your husband is emotionally or verbally abusive, do not read this book. She says, at one point, if you call your children in for a meeting or a talk, to tell them that you are talking to them on behalf of their father. That you, as the mother, don't or shouldn't be using parental authority in your home. Because, to her, in every single area of your home and life, the buck stops with Dad.
She says that you, as the homemaker, should not make your own goals. Instead, you should sit down with your husband, list out his wants, needs, and desires, and make those your goals. Spend your days fulfilling your husband's goals in your home.
Respecting your husband and creating a home where he feels welcome and loved is admirable and godly. Abdicating your person-hood and identity to your husband is neither biblical nor wise.
Acting as though you cannot make your own decisions in your own home without getting "clearance" from your husband, and refraining from having your own goals is just crazy to me. My opinion, of course.
For the systems, ideas, strategies, and encouragement… I highly recommend this book. If you have 4 or more kids (less than that this would seem like overkill) this will be a great reference or resource for areas in your home that just don't work right. That don't flow. You'll see what can be possible and stop feeling that you are destined to a disastrous home until the kids leave.
We have 4 kids (2-9) so I feel like, while I'm on the fringe of having a large family, the fact that we also homeschool might warrant a book like this.
God bless you — and congrats on your newest little bundle!!
Angie, ha, glad you aren't turned off by my accent! I'd definitely recommend it if you are going to homeschool your 4 kids. She has MAJOR wisdom and practical tips. There is no fluff in this book whatsoever. It's totally worth the price.
Good of her husband to let her write a book.
Pahahaha. It is, isn't it?
I only have two but my cousin who has 6 and homeschools on a far gave this book to me one year for a birthday present. I really enjoyed it but am still a bit random about implementing it. Maybe I'm far too used to that sort of patriarchal talk because I sort of glazed over it and switched off.
I just had to chime in as I have actually read this book.
I agree, it is super practical.I bought it for my sister(and read it first.oops!). She has six kids and I have four and we both homeschool.
Anyway, I wanted to say that my husband is very loving and kind and helpful AND he is the head of our household and proud to be. Hee hee But he gets so annoyed if I run every little thing by him. He's even told me, you're an adult, you can decide that. I trust you.
So I am 100% in agreement with your review.
I've had this book for several years and I actually bought a bunch of them to give out whenever I ran into a frazzled mom who could use help. At the time, however, I was a bit overwhelmed myself and didn't implement much (if any), but I have my head above water now and I think I will go back and re-read this book. My newlywed daughter just asked if she could take one of my extra books to read. I am sending her your review to read; you did such a great job. A funny thing: when you hold the book up under your chin, it looks like you are the head to the missing part on the cover of the book. You're too cute! Thanks for the review.
Hi! Loved this review! I agree completely! The tips are so practical & I'm glad she's not flower-y with the wording but just gets straight to the point. There are so many good things in there that I've actually read it twice now & reference it often when I get stuck! I do agree with the husband issue. My husband & I take more of a 50/50 approach to taking care of our kids when he is home which helps me a ton, but to each their own!
Hannah, yes that book TOTALLY ROCKS! IT's a good kick in the pants to get things in order.
Loved your review! So fun to watch you in a video– hope you'll do more :).
I am on the author's mailing list. She recently wrote an article explaining that she actually does not follow the patriarchy thing, but that unbeknownst to her, her publisher was really into that. So they really edited the book in that direction. She regrets and apologizes for it now. I just wanted to spread that message of hope, because the patriarchy thing makes me sick. I'm a Christian, but I think that it advocates for abusive relationships that are not in the Bible!
Oh wow, so interesting! I actually saw that the book was nearly out of print or hard to get and wondered if she'd changed her tune. What was her website?
She has an updated version of her book with more stuff she's learned and the patriarchal stuff removed.


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Ronen Bergman (; born June 16, 1972) is an Israeli investigative journalist and author. He is a senior political and military analyst for Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel's largest-circulation daily.

Bergman has written for The New York Times, where he is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, and Newsweek in the United States, and for The Times, The Guardian, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung in Europe. He is also interviewed frequently by the media in the United States and Europe, and his work is often quoted in Middle Eastern newspapers in Arabic and Persian.

He has published four books in Hebrew, which topped Israeli non-fiction best-seller lists. His books cover corruption in the Palestinian Authority, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Iranian nuclear project, and Israeli POWs and MIAs.

A translation of his third book, The Secret War with Iran, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2008. The book appeared in the Boston Globe's recommended reading list for summer 2009.

Bergman lectures frequently to academic and military audiences, as well as to the general public. He has been a guest lecturer at academic forums at major universities in Israel and abroad, including Princeton, Yale, Columbia, New York University, Oxford, and Cambridge, and at military and intelligence forums in Israel, the United States and England.

Biography
Bergman was born in 1972, and grew up in Kiryat Bialik. His mother was a teacher and his father was an accountant. He is the youngest of three children. As a boy, he was a reporter for a youth television show. His parents were both Holocaust survivors.

He did his military service in the Israel Defense Forces in the intelligence unit of the Military Police Corps. After his military service, he studied law at the University of Haifa, graduated cum laude, and was admitted to the Israel Bar Association. He later studied history and international relations at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and was awarded an M.Phil. degree in international relations and a PhD (for his dissertation on the Israeli Mossad) by the University of Cambridge.

He is a member of the Körber Foundation "Munich Young Leaders 2010" and participated in the 46th Munich Security Conference.

He is a former senior staff feature writer for Haaretz.

Bergman is the recipient of the 1995 Bnai Brith Worlds Center Award for Journalism and the 1996 Ha'aretz award for Best Story.

In 2017 he won the Sokolov Prize.
In the same year he won the Rotary Paul Harris prize.

Published works

Bergman's articles  are often based on classified military and intelligence material to which he has been granted exclusive access. Over the years, he has brought to light numerous issues of considerable public interest, including: the diversion of Palestinian tax revenues to the personal bank account of Yassir Arafat; the production of fertilizer from the bones of Holocaust victims at an Italian factory during World War II; the sale by an Israeli businessman of dual-use chemical raw materials and technology to Iran; the medical file of Prime Minister Rabin compiled on the night of his assassination; the case of "Agent Babylon," the aide to Egyptian President Sadat who was an Israeli spy; the first interviews ever published with members of the Mossad's special ops unit; medical experiments conducted on Israeli soldiers as part of joint U.S.-Israeli efforts to develop a vaccine against anthrax; and various institutional corruption scandals in Israel.

Books
And The Authority Is Given (2002)
Moment of Truth (2003)
Point Of No Return (2007)
The Secret War With Iran (2008)
By Any Means Necessary (2009)
Ha-Bor (The Pit) (2011) with Dan Margalit
 special chapters for the Hebrew edition of the State Enemy WikiLeaks (2011) by Marcel Rosenbach and .
Operation Red Falcon (2015)
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations (Jan 23, 2018)

Awards

 2018: National Jewish Book Awards in the History category for Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations

References

Further reading
 Official website
 Ronen Bergman, The Secret War with Iran
 Ronen Bergman, Living to Bomb Another Day, The New York Times, September 9, 2008

Israeli journalists
Israeli television presenters
People from Kiryat Bialik
Academic staff of Tel Aviv University
Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent
Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Living people
1972 births
Israeli non-fiction writers
University of Haifa alumni
Yedioth Ahronoth people

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When Baha Jazairy got the call his wife Khristiee was the woman killed in this week's horror Sydney truck and pedestrian crash, it was 5pm.
The crash, that saw a B-double swerve uncontrollably into people on busy Botany Road, happened about 7.45am on that Wednesday morning.
Mrs Jazairy, a 44-year-old a mother-of-four, had been trapped in rubble for most of the day after the impact of the truck propelled her into an abandoned warehouse, which subsequently collapsed.
Emergency crews worked meticulously throughout the day to recover the Sydney executive assistant's body.
Mrs Jazairy, who was also studying to be a graphic designer, was on her way to get the bus to work in the CBD when, as dashcam footage taken by a passing taxi driver showed, the truck ploughed straight into her.
Mr Jazairy has watched the footage and told The Sydney Morning Herald he did not think his wife was looking in the direction of the truck.
"From the footage I have seen it looked like she was facing south so I don't think she saw it coming," he said.
While the couple separated three years ago, they had been married for 22 years, and Mr Jazairy has been sharing his grief on Facebook.
"Oh my beautiful Khristiee, I will miss you so much, no one will ever love you as much as I did, you have never left my heart, even after all these years," he wrote.
"You gave me four amazing children. And I see you in them every time I look at them. I hope you're in a better place, looking out for our beautiful children. You're always in my heart, always on my mind. Rest in peace my queen."
The couple had four kids together, aged 26, 22, 18 and five.
Baha Jazairy shared an emotional tribute to his wife Khristiee Jazairy.
Police called for any additional dashcam footage, to piece together what happened before the carnage unfolded.
The taxi driver feared for his life when he narrowly missed being hit by the truck, capturing the terrifying moment on his video.
Reggie Djuardi left early to drop his daughter to work but was counting his blessings after seeing what unfolded.
His dashcam footage, shared with 9 News, showed several pedestrians walking along the street who ran for their lives when they saw the truck coming towards them.
"Suddenly in front of me I saw the electric wire sparking with fire, I didn't want to see anything, I just drove very quick and I was shaking," Mr Djuardi told Nine. "I thought we were gone. Suddenly maybe an angel helped me."
Mrs Jazairy, was one of five pedestrians hit by the careening B-double vehicle, four others strewn across the road where they lay eerily quiet in the aftermath of the disaster.
The truck, which was travelling south, veered into the northbound lanes, before hitting pedestrians, a power pole, a bus stop and a building.
The truck driver, a 38-year-old man, was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital where he was in a critical condition.
NSW Ambulance Acting Superintendent Steve Vaughan said the victims were "spread over some distance".
"It's also very close to Christmas when we usually get together with loved ones," he said. "Unfortunately there is one person who can't do that.
"A message for the general public, please take care on the roads leading up to Christmas."
The speed limit on local roads at Green Square in Sydney's inner south will be cut to 40km/h in the wake of the truck crash.


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Roberto Pasini
rpasini@gsd.harvard.edu
Roberto Pasini (Arch Firenze; MArch Harvard; PhD Ferrara/Polis) is a Professor of Architecture at the CRGS of the University of Monterrey, a member of the Mexican National System of Research, and a co-founder of AUS, a design firm based in Italy. His research envisions space-making in today's expanded urbanity as a practice regulating the confluence of public edification, environmental metabolisms, and sociocultural dynamics.
A guest lecturer, critic, and jury member at various academic institutions in North America, Europe, and Asia, he represented Italy for four years in the jury of the European Union/Europa Nostra Prize for Cultural Heritage, a European Commission program recognizing exemplary practices in the rehabilitation of urban, rural, and natural ensembles at a continental level.
Among other publications, Pasini is the author of Landscape Paradigms and Post-Urban Spaces: A Journey Through the Regions of Landscape (Springer 2019), drawing the profile of a new urbanity in the contemporary built/natural continuum; Symbiotic Matorral: Becoming-Animal and Other Explorations of the Cognitive Landscape (Libria 2019), documenting a landscape installation implemented in the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico to explore non-anthropocentric landscape perspectives; The Symbiotic Field 1: Natural/Artificial Mergings in Design Cases (Edifir 2016), a multifocal analysis of contemporary space poised between artifact and nature. Recently, he has been engaging in the research projects Tests for a Symbiotic Matorral (lead researcher) and Post-Urban Living Innovation (lead-partner Chiba University).
Pasini is the recipient of the Premio di Architettura H.C. Andersen from the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca and the Fulbright Scholarship. Works of his office are listed in the quality-architecture repertoire of the IBC Emilia-Romagna.
Elements of Urban Design


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2018 Key Highlights
• Investment volumes have exceeded £185,000,000, beating last year's total of £150,000,000.
• Yields for prime assets have fallen with the sale of IFC 1, developed by Jersey development Company, achieving a yield of sub 6% and closing the yield gap with the UK regions.
• Gaspe House set a new record being the largest lot size to have ever transacted in the Channel Islands.
• Improving liquidity, given demand for prime assets led by HNW's, south east Asian investors and syndicates. This follows on from middle eastern investors who were active in 2017.
• Take up in Jersey was around 250,000 sq ft, well ahead of 2017 which was a 5 year record.
• Take up in Guernsey was in excess of 79,000 sq ft, a significant increase from 2017.
• The vacancy rate in Jersey as a percentage of total stock has fallen significantly from around 12% in 2017 to 7.5% by YE 2018. There is minimal Grade A space available in both Jersey and Guernsey.
• In Guernsey, headline rents of £42 psf have been achieved in 2018, slightly below £44 psf achieved in 2017.
• Prime headline rents in Jersey for floor plates of around 10,000 sq ft is now firmly established at £40 psf for the best space.
• We expect prime yields to compress further in 2019, however lease length and quality of the building will be the key driver of performance.
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Volumising, full black coverage and amazing 24-hour wear for that wow effect.
Easy to use with a bendable brush for expert application. Always apply as the last step in your makeup routine. Simply dip wand into container, wipe excess mascara on the rim and apply in upward strokes to the underside of your lashes. Apply several layers to build colour on top lashes, and a single layer to bottom. Apply to eyebrows to shape them in upwards motions, then straighten out the top line. Remove mascara with sweet almond oil.
Un bon mascara, bien waterproof et qui tient toute la journée. Par contre, il est très cher (environ 25 euros) et sèche assez rapidement. ll contient aussi du silicone.
Used it for a few months now.
Definitely waterproof and does not irritate my eyes.
However does get very clumpy especially on cold days. The first eye you dye is always clumpier than the second eye (when you put the wand back in for a short time) I'm guessing has something to do with the wand staying in the tube for longer?
The brush could be better as it does not separate well enough.
Still things to improve to be a 5 star product.


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Final preparations ahead of Cardinals Opening Day
Posted 5:06 pm, March 31, 2017, by Roche Madden
ST. LOUIS (KPLR) - A big weekend in downtown St. Louis, as businesses around Busch Stadium ready for another season of baseball and the possibility of the Blues making the NHL Playoffs.
"Opening Day is huge for us every year. Super excited the Cardinals are back in town," said Dean Johnson, manager at Paddy O's.
They have 15,000 cans of beer ready to go for fans. A few years ago when Ballpark Village opened, Paddy O's lost 50 percent of its business. They said they have since gained about half of those customers back. They're optimistic about the future, increasing the kitchen staff and expand employee hours.
"We're opening for lunch seven days a week and we've never done that before, that's pretty exciting as well," Johnson said.
When the Cardinals are in town, there's a good chance rooms will be sold out or close to sold out. It's a home run for workers.
"Gives an opportunity to provide extra hours to the staff members so we know anytime the cardinal are going to be home in St. Louis were going to provide extra hours to the staff," said Jayson Pollard, general manager the Hilton.
As always, police will be out in force making sure that everyone is safe, whether they are going to the Blues' game at 3 p.m. or opening night at Busch Stadium.
"We have extra officers downtown, we have extra uniformed officers, extra plain clothes officers, extra officers on bikes, this year we have new officers on the train," said St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson.
The people at the St. Louis Regional Chamber said 40 percent of Cardinal fans come from out of town and their direct economic impact is more than $165 million.
Topics: busch stadium, Cardinals, Opening Day, sports
Cardinals 'theme tickets' on-sale Wednesday
Cardinals announce schedule for 2020 promotional giveaways
Busch Stadium to transform into a golf course this weekend
Cardinals pre-game parties you need to know about
City's newest luxury high-rise in Ballpark Village welcomes new BBQ retail tenant
Cardinals beat writer helps organize CPR training class after saving man's life at Busch Stadium
Cardinals fever on the eve of NLCS Game 1
Cardinal Ritter College Prep announces new coaching staff after season suspension
Ballpark Village pumped as Cardinals fans gather to watch Game 1 of NLDS
A 'Red October' means plenty of green for St. Louis economy
Newly drafted BattleHawks quarterback meets with St. Louis fans, tries local cuisine
Cardinals unveil three new tenants for Ballpark Village Phase 2
Charitable foundation and SLU coach team up to play Santa for underserved children


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This short post says a lot about why some people are more successful than others.
Are they luckier? Have better resources? Were born rich? Or simply have a better attitude towards life?


For the Adventurer in all of us!
If you love nature and enjoy getting a great workout, a hiking tour may be for you. Hiking tours, or trekking tours as they are sometimes known, are about much more than just walking. The most intensive tours can take days to complete and they take you to exciting places which can only be reached by foot. With trekking tours, you can explore caves, remote mountain peaks, villages seen by only a handful of tourists, and the most intimate crevices of the natural world.
Trekking tours are extremely flexible and versatile, allowing you to decide on the style of hiking, the intensity of the exercise, and the sights you want to see. Not surprisingly, hiking tours also provide excellent exercise - a 130-pound person carrying a 20-pound backpack can burn more than 1300 calories on a four-hour hike. Trekking improves the condition of your heart and your immune system as well as the density of your bones. As you build endurance and strength, the natural environment provides you with the oxygen you need to feel great, and the natural scenery (not to mention the endorphins your body releases during hiking) clears your mind and makes stress melt away.
All that and a vacation too! March on.
The experience of a trekking tour is ideal for travelers who enjoy the outdoors. It is a great travel opportunity for anyone who hikes at home, wants a unique vacation, and is looking forward to an active style of travel. Hiking tours vary widely and travelers can choose various destinations, companions, and intensity levels to custom-create the vacation of their dreams.
Many trekking tours involve destinations in remote areas rich in wildlife. Tours may take place on mountain trails, along oceans, or deep within forests. Trekking tours also vary widely in the companionship they offer. There are tours for younger hikers, older hikers, and hikers who enjoy different lifestyles. Since you will be spending a lot of time with your tour companions, it is imperative to select a tour which includes hikers you will be able to get along with easily.
It is also important to select a tour which involves a level of hiking with which you are comfortable. It is sometimes difficult to remember that hiking is really about being someplace rather than a trek between two places! Hiking tours range from fairly low-impact trails to very intensive experiences which may include rock climbing and other extreme sport opportunities. To stay safe and happy, select a tour which will challenge you but will not overtax your skill level.
If you want to create your own hiking tour, a travel consultant can help you do so. More importantly, a travel consultant can ensure that you get the hiking experience you want on your budget. In many cases, a travel consultant will do much of the preliminary research for you, weeding through the details of tours and destinations so that you have all of the information you need to plan a hiking vacation. A qualified travel consultant can also help you to decide what you are looking for in a hike and can explain all of the hiking tour options available, especially regarding quality tour packages that encompass discounted airfare as a part of the tour. After talking with a travel consultant, you will be far more knowledgeable about the opportunities available and will have a better idea of where to turn for the best values.
Hiking tour operators offer guides, routes, equipment, logistical support, itineraries, equipment, accommodations, emergency help, outdoor savvy, professional experience, safety precautions, food, and additional activities. Some hiking tour operators offer all of these things, while others may provide only basic emergency aid and itineraries. When selecting a tour operator, you need to make sure that you are offered the amenities you need, excellent safety precautions, and hiking experience which exceeds your own.
When planning a trekking tour, the first thing you will need to decide is your destination. There are hiking tours available in every continent. You can see North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and Africa from the hiking trail. Within these destinations, you can hike among jungles, forests, volcanoes, mountains, or ocean-side parks. There are even hiking tours which offer urban hiking among city ruins or major city attractions.
If you are having trouble deciding on a tour destination, you may wish to ask yourself what you want to see while hiking. Some tour operators have itineraries offering spectacular bird watching, rare plants, prehistoric caves, ocean views, or other attractions. You can also choose a tour by the activities you wish to pursue while hiking. Some trekking tours cater specifically to photography enthusiasts, history buffs, artists, or spiritual exploration. Some even offer a wide array of extreme sports - such as white water rafting and mountain biking - in addition to hiking.
Once you have decided on a destination, you will want to learn all you can about it. Ask your travel consultant for assistance in researching details about climate, elevation, altitude, and terrain. Also find out how much hiking you will do each day. Depending on what you find out, you may need additional equipment or training to prepare you for the rigors of a hike. If you are hiking at high altitudes, for example, you may need extra conditioning and a visit to the doctor to ensure that your body can take the extra stress. If you will be hiking along slippery trails, you may wish to hike with special extra-grip boots.
When considering hiking tours, look closely at food, accommodations, and other factors which will impact your non-trekking time. Your tour operator may have chosen specific lodgings or camp sites. Inquire about all of the hotels, bed & breakfasts or camping grounds where you will be staying. Similarly, the tour operator's choice of food and preparation methods are important. Make sure that you are happy with the choices the tour operator is making on your behalf. If you have any special needs or requirements for lodging or food, make sure that the tour can accommodate those by informing your travel consultant early on in the booking process. Find out exactly what costs the tour price covers and which are your responsibility on the hike. After a long day on the trails, you want to be comfortable and happy before dropping off into a well-deserved sleep.
Before signing up for any trekking tour, determine the nature of tour operator's typical clients. Tour operators may sign up small parties of less than 6 people or they may choose larger groups of 30 or more. Some tour operators operate private hikes for just one person or for friends and family. Usually, the larger the tour group, the smaller the cost for the tour package. However, larger tour groups can also mean less interaction with the leader. Larger groups may also break off into smaller groups and so offer less camaraderie than a small hike. If you are going on a trekking vacation mainly to see wildlife, keep in mind that larger groups create more noise and so can scare off animals and birds.
Most people who take hiking tours are friendly and physically fit. Age ranges are typically from 18 to about 60, although tours for older hikers are available. Hiking tours that offer extreme conditions or extreme sports on the itinerary tend to draw younger, college-aged hikers. Some tours allow hikers to bring children although many do not. Find out as much as you can about the group you will be hiking with and choose a group which will let you see what you wish to see and will let you fit in.
When considering hiking tours, one final consideration is preparedness. Some hiking tour operators will provide almost everything you need in terms of equipment, while others will provide little more than an itinerary and expertise. Find out what is expected of you and make sure that you know what to pack. Be aware that if you need to buy equipment for a tour, this will add to the overall cost of your trip.
Be sure to find out whether any prior experience is needed. Some tour operators ask hikers to take courses or training. This is especially common on more rugged hikes which may include more risks and more physically demanding terrain. Even if no previous experience is needed, some preparation on your part will make your hiking adventure more fun. Learning about the places you will go and perusing hiking guides, travel guides, and wildlife guides, for example, will allow you to appreciate what you see on the trails.
Since hiking tours are very physical vacations, your first preparation before any trekking adventure is to get into good physical condition. Work with your doctor and tour operator to create a training schedule in the weeks leading up to the tour. Take hikes a few times a week where you live in the weeks leading up to the hike. This will help you break in any new hiking shoes you have bought for the hike and will get your body used to a trekking schedule.
When getting ready for your trip, you will want to ask the tour operator whether a shuttle bus will be made available to you. Many tour operators have a shuttle bus to transport hikers between lodges and trails, to use in emergency situations, and to carry equipment and water. Find out whether you are able to place your equipment on the shuttle. If you are not, you may need to be far more cautious about how you pack your backpack, since you will have to make your pack light enough to carry each day.
When packing, be sure to consult with the tour operator about what to bring. Find out what sorts of weather you need to be ready for. You will need hiking shoes and a back up pair if at all possible. These shoes should be designed specifically for hiking and should be made by a reliable brand. They should have great treads which provide traction, a metal shank for support, and ankle support. Your hiking shoes need to be waterproof, light-weight, and very comfortable. Try on many pairs and choose the best quality pair with the most comfortable fit. Bad shoes on a hiking tour can spell great discomfort and even injury. Never break in a new pair of boots or shoes on your trip. Spend many hours hiking in your new shoes prior to your travels to ensure their comfort.
You will also need to pack many pairs of socks, long and short sleeved shirts and light rain jackets. Look for the newest synthetic sports materials which whisk sweat away from your body. You may need mittens, hats, and cold-weather wear on some hikes. You will want to pack sunscreen, insect repellant, sunglasses, and rain gear. Depending on the creative activity you favor, you may wish to pack your sketch pad, notebook, or camera to record your trip. Some hikers like taking along walking sticks to help them on hikes and heart monitors or pedometers to help them keep track of their progress.
If you are traveling outside of the country or even your immediate area for your hiking tour, ask your doctor to recommend you to a physician with travel medicine experience. Inquire about any vaccines you may need for your journey. Also ask about precautions regarding water and food you need to consider for your destination. Depending on where you go, you may need to make special provisions for water and food to ensure that what you are eating and drinking is safe. If hiking at altitudes above 7,000 feet, special considerations are involved and should be discussed with a doctor. Talking to a knowledgeable travel medicine specialist is your best way to ensure that you will enjoy your active travels to the utmost.
If you are leaving the country, you may need a passport and visa. It is good to arrange for these travel documents well in advance in case there are delays. You will also want to arrange for travel and health insurance to make sure that your tour is hassle-free. Finally, if you are traveling to your destination by airplane, be aware that new airport regulations may affect your ability to travel with your equipment. Many hiking boots, for example, contain metal shanks which may set off travel detectors. You may need to check much of your hiking equipment before getting on the plane.
Drink plenty of water, wear sunscreen and a hat and don't push yourself beyond your physical limits. Even on overcast days, the sun can wreak havoc on unprepared hikers.
Follow all the rules that your tour operator sets out for you. These rules are made for your own safety.
Only go on hiking tours you know you can physically handle and only on approval by a qualified doctor. In most cases, the tour operator will note that you are taking the tour at your own risk, so it is your responsibility to make sure you can handle the trek.
Respect the environment, the tour operator, your hiking companions, and anyone you meet on the trip. Be friendly and do not go off by yourself away from approved hiking areas. Do not pick up or remove plants or animals from their natural environment. Do not litter. Strive to leave the environment just as you left it and everyone will be safer.
Use good equipment - especially good hiking shoes. If your tour operator offers you equipment, make sure it is safe and in good condition. If you buy your own, make sure you buy the correct equipment from a qualified store. Get a salesperson to help you.
As with all travel, good trip interruption and medical insurance is highly recommended. Remember that your own medical insurance policy may not cover you for out-of-country travel.
There are hiking tours out there for almost every trekking enthusiast. If you have been trying this sport yourself or if you can picture yourself getting is the best possible shape over your next holiday, a trekking tour is an exciting way to hit the road!


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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;

namespace PascalEngineLauncher
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

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        private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
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        private void openLevelListEditorBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
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A Gallery currently evokes a high school classroom, complete with vandalised furniture.Artist and gallery director Jay Hutchinson has placed scholastic props to contextualise his latest printed and intricately embroidered creations.By screen-printing on to silk and cotton, Hutchinson has produced imitation school books, discarded paperwork, fast-food wrappers, photos, and even the contents of a classroom rubbish bin.He has then embroidered ostensibly personal – but in fact universally familiar – signs of teenage anguish and temporality on to them: antagonistic graffiti "carelessly strewn" (carefully hand-stitched) throughout the printed books and pages. The exhibition is particularly unusual in two respects. First, interaction is encouraged, defying the sober "no touching" gallery tradition.Hutchinson mindfully suggests that any depreciation of the textiles which will inevitably arise through handling will only add to the authenticity of the work.The character of the exhibition is thus peculiar to individuals as they create meaning from their own, exclusive experience with the work; it is interesting to note one's comfort levels when it comes to physically handling fine art. Second, the presence of embroidery in contemporary works of art is a rarity.The time spent on stitching these composite pieces is phenomenal, and this (deliberately) serves to enhance the artist's remarkable communication of forced tedium, convention's limitations, and sequentially, indignant objection.


Gareth is a strength coach and fitness specialist studying for his masters (MSc) in strength and conditioning.
Here at MuscleTalk, readers and contributors pride themselves on their knowledge on everything to do with building muscle, getting stronger and more powerful, and building impressive physiques. This is why I thought I would write an article about a subject that can help the typical trainee to achieve all of these goals and, in my opinion, it is overlooked far too often in a lot of training programmes.
Anyone who has been involved in the iron game for a period of time will have heard of an eccentric muscle contraction. If you haven't then you need to go away and start reading now, because you're missing out! For example, during the standing biceps curl exercise, after lifting the bar (also known as the concentric phase) the bar is then lowered during what is referred to as the eccentric or negative phase of the lift, whilst using eccentric muscle action. Now, an eccentric muscle contraction has a few 'special' properties that make it different from a concentric contraction. These properties include a 40-50% higher force production capability, lower motor unit recruitment although higher stress placed upon each individual motor unit (referred to as a tetanus), increased micro-trauma and DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) from training when using augmented/accentuated eccentric contractions, as well as eccentric contractions having the ability to recruit a greater number of high threshold motor units than concentric training alone (2). With all of these clear advantages associated with the use of eccentric training, why is it I still often see people in the weights room who are not controlling the speed of their repetitions, specifically the eccentric portion? You know who you are! By manipulating the eccentric phase of the lift by adding either additional (controlled) weight to it, or by slowing down the eccentric tempo, trainees can experience superior results in both their athletic performance and their physique over more 'traditional' training modalities.
It has been some time since scientists have known that the eccentric phase of an exercise is responsible for more strength gains than the concentric phase alone. A study by Hortobagyi et al (1996) found that the total maximal strength improvement from eccentric-only training over a 6 week period showed a mean improvement of 85%, while concentric-only training led to an improvement of 78%, where increases in isometric, concentric and eccentric strength were combined (5). Interestingly however, the researchers used sub-maximal eccentric actions and maximal concentric actions, which surely tell us that greater improvements in strength may be seen when performing eccentric actions that are closer to maximal eccentric strength levels. Another study conducted by Higbie et al (1996) also found greater combined strength increases with eccentric-only training compared to concentric-only; 43% compared to a 31% increase in strength over 10 weeks (4). A more recent study concluded that 'an accentuated eccentric load evokes acute increases in vertical jump height, as well as in the kinetic and kinematic variables that are considered important to vertical jumping ability' (6). In another words by preceding a non-loaded vertical jump with a vertical jump using an additional eccentric load, greater force, velocity and power (and therefore jump height) may be observed.
In one of the above aforementioned studies it was concluded that an eccentric-only training programme resulted in a 6.6% gain in lean muscle mass over 10 weeks, compared to the concentric-only group who gained an average of 5% over the same period of time (4). Although a difference of 1.6% does not seem that much over a 10 week period, any serious bodybuilder knows that a 1.6% difference would lead to a significant visual effect. In another study that looked at upper arm thickness with eccentric-only compared to concentric-only training for 8 weeks, subjects gained an average of 13% in upper arm size in the eccentric-only group, compared to around 2.5% in the concentric-only group when performing repetitions at the same speed (3), therefore eccentric training may result in a bigger set of 'guns' over traditional, uncontrolled eccentric training. There is also some evidence that suggests that eccentric training results in a shift in muscle fibre type to a more fast twitch profile; the type of muscle fibres that are more susceptible to hypertrophy. Therefore not only will eccentric training result in greater hypertrophy in the short term, but as your muscle fibres take on a more fast twitch profile you will actually find it easier to gain size with any training you do.
In my opinion the best way to use this information to achieve gains in strength and power is with the use of augmented eccentric loading (AEL). I have personally written and presented research on this subject, and firmly believe it is the future of strength and power training. AEL incorporates the use of greater eccentric loads followed immediately by a lighter concentric load. This can be done through the use of weight releasers or through manual resistance (have a training partner press down on the bar during the eccentric phase and then release just prior to the concentric phase of each repetition). There is also one other way in which AEL may be performed, and with ordinary gym equipment, however the set-up is more complex and additional spotters are required (see Watkins 2010 for details of the set-up).
AEL has been shown in numerous studies to be an effective training tool to enhance strength and power in both the upper and lower body, with one study demonstrating an acute increase in bench press one repetition maximum strength from 97.44 kg to 100.57kg when testing was preceded by AEL (1). Greater adaptations may be observed when the eccentric load is approximately 20% greater than the concentric load (7); however the method may not be as effective on novice lifters, with some studies showing limited effect with these individuals (8).
*A cluster set configuration works best for AEL, so 5/1 means: 1 repetition followed by 5-10 seconds rest for a total of 5 repetitions, then go straight to the second exercise in the superset. If using weight releasers, have a training partner reset them after each repetition, or have them apply a controlled manual resistance by pressing down on the bar only during the negative/eccentric phase of each repetition.
In my opinion there are two ways in which to achieve this: 1) you can slow down your eccentric tempo which would increase your eccentric time under tension. I like to have two week long periods of training by alternating two weeks of 3-4 second eccentrics followed by two weeks of 8-10 second 'super slow' eccentrics whilst using the same exercises. 2) The second method I like to use for this purpose is called the '2/1 method'; quite simply lift the weight using both limbs and then allow only one limb to lower the weight (This technique is quite similar to a well known training method among bodybuilders called 'negatives'). Using the hamstring curl as an example, you would curl the weight up using both legs then allow only one leg to lower the weight, alternating sides used to eccentrically lower the weight during each repetition. Select a weight that is 5-20% greater than your concentric maximum for that number of repetitions, and stick to no more than 6-8 repetitions for 4-5 sets using a functional hypertrophy protocol.
**Tempo refers to speed of contraction: 4010 means a 4 second eccentric, 0 second pause at the bottom of each rep/ end of the eccentric phase, 1 second concentric, and 0 second pause at the top of each rep/ end of the concentric phase. 'X' means an explosive contraction.
There are clear benefits to changing your eccentric load or tempo (or both), so go out and apply some of these techniques talked about in this article to your current training, and allow your physique and strength to reach the next level of development.
Doan, B., Fry, A., Korziris, L., Kraemer, W., Marsit, J., Newton, R & Triplett-McBride, N (2002). Effects of increased eccentric loading on bench press 1RM. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. 16(1): 9–13.
Enoka, R (1996). Eccentric contractions require unique activation strategies by the nervous system. Journal of Applied Physiology. 81: 2339-2346.
Farthing, J & Chilibeck, P (2003). The effects of eccentric and concentric training at different velocities on muscle hypertrophy. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 89: 578–586.
Higbie, E., Cureton, K., Warren, G & Prior, B (1996). Effects of concentric and eccentric training on muscle strength, cross-sectional area, and neural activation. Journal of Applied Physiology. 81: 2173-2181.
Hortobágyi, T., Barrier, J., Beard, D., Braspennincx, J., Koens, P., Devita, P., Dempsey, L & Lambert, J (1996). Greater initial adaptations to sub maximal muscle lengthening than maximal shortening. Journal of Applied Physiology. 81: 1677-1682.
Sheppard, J., Newton, R & McGuigan, M (2007). The Effect of Accentuated Eccentric Load on Jump Kinetics in High-Performance Volleyball Players. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 2(3): 267-273.
Watkins, P. H (2010). Augmented Eccentric Loading: Theoretical and Practical Applications for the Strength and Conditioning Professional. Professional Strength and Conditioning, UKSCA Issue 17, 4-12.
Watkins, P.H and Sapstead, G (2010). Augmented eccentric loading and force and power production during vertical jumping. Research poster presentation at the UKSCA Annual Conference, Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre, Milton Keynes, UK.


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Although Mumbai producer Chaitanya Adate aka Chaitxnya started off playing the keyboard and harmonium and was also part of his school's orchestra, in 2012 his interests changed. He says, "I heard Swedish House Mafia's 'Don't You Worry Child' and I was so obsessed with EDM. I was curious to know how it's made." That's when he began learning about the genre while also releasing beats on music platform Bandcamp.
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The lockdown proved to be difficult for Chaitxnya as he developed anxiety during this time. However, he turned to music for healing and readied his next single, a lo-fi ambient song called "Overthinking." He says, "I have produced and written the track."
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It is Saturday morning and I am tired. Once again, I can smell the fear of fatigue.
Why oh why must small children alight early from their beds on a Saturday morning? Five thirty am! Such needless action resulting in grumpiness and bad humour. Irrationality becomes family member number five and no one invited him.
We have had much worse nights. A three thirty wake up or the two hour chat that must take place in the middle of the night. Today, it was just an early start. Definitely not the worst. It still feels like proper rest was just within my grasp only to be ripped away at the last minute. I feel robbed.
Recently I overheard someone tell their partner that children are high maintenance. My own little dears were looking for ten things instantly at that exact point and I know for sure that we were the reason the statement was made.
I am not insulted. It is a fact.
Yes. They are high maintenance.
An early morning once in a while is manageable. Wander about, get jobs done and fall on the couch if you need a rest.
That is not possible with the miniscule house managers.
They need things. Right now this minute they are both calling to me do things. Both requests/demands are minor but must be immediately carried out. Instantly like bad mash.
You see, they are high maintenance because the needs are constant and never ending. You get up at half five and you do not stop. You know the minute you hear the dinky little feet patter, hear the shrill squeal pierce the impossible darkness, that rest is over for another sixteen hours or so.
It was much worse when they are babies if they do not sleep- Betsy was a terrible sleeper- as you have no knowledge of when true bedtime will happen. That utter powerlessness of perennial exhaustion and no sight of consistency I do not miss. We are not there now. I think. Looking back, it is miraculous that ordinary life took place at all during that time.
This is not as bad. Maybe the terror of regression adds to the threat when it does happen?
Someone needs me to put an impossibly tiny rubber boot on an equally diminutive dolly.
Coffee on a drip please.
Oh no!! I feel you on this – except instead of babies waking me up it's my own body that decides it needs to check the time on the clock just in case I've overslept and then it won't go back to sleep. There are these cute little clocks with coloured sections for kids – if the hand is in the red/yellow it's WAY too early to be out of bed, but if it's in the green they can leave their rooms. Have you tried one of those? It should help with self-regulation and give you the nice sleep in that you need.
I was looking into those clocks for the eldest girl. I think it might be the way to go!
I sympathise! My body has decided not to get up because of the pitter patter of human feet (my four are now old enough thank goodness) but the patter of four little paws multiplied by four to match my sprogs! The wake up calls are as early as five but the vast difference is I don't have to worry about nappy changes. Instead, I have an overflowing cat box to deal with! Aren't we lucky to have these beautiful moments in our lives? Hehe, sending coffee on tap.
Nope! There's always something or someone needing mum. Oh, the joys!
I hear you! With four daughters (oldest 8 years old, youngest 9 months old) I am so deprived of sleep that I could fall asleep standing!!! I wonder how could you write so well even even after such an early wake up !
Well thank you! I did not post it until Sunday- an edit seriously was required otherwise it was total jabberwocky.
You have my sincerest sympathies, from someone who most emphatically appreciates the luxury of getting out of bed on my own terms, not someone else's. Looking back, we were blessed that both of ours quickly fell into a regular sleep pattern – 7 to 7. But the sleeplessness of the early months still lingers in my mind even years on.
I think it makes you appreciate the rest when you get it. That is a positive. I will not forget the hardest nights too easily! Thank you for calling by.
I do not miss those sleepless days. Although now I'm in the teenage phase where he doesn't want to wake up for anything. Yes, they are high maintenance, always and forever.
I was going to tell Orla that, too. There will come a day when you can't get them out of bed until it's time for lunch (or later)!
Yup… Been there … Now other things deprive me of sleep!
Ugh! Kids are high maintenance. I have been living with my nieces and it is a constant, can you get me? And she is six! Can't wait for her to be older.
What fun! It takes me back to those busy, draining but oh so important days!
And precious. It is a funny balance!
I remember these days, now with fondness. My girls are all grown up, and I lose sleep not because they wake me, but because I worry about them out in the world, away from me.
I couldn't function without coffee and my kids are grown!
Totally get it! However, I will say in just a few years they will sleep in, I promise!
Haha, makes me tired just reading it and remembering those days. Happy to have found your blog!
I feel this. Not so much now because my son is almost 8 but he has autism and autism and sleep disorders go hand in hand. So we had years of three or four wake up calls a night. Draining.
That is hard- it takes a long while to come back from sleeplessness night after night. Would he sleep during the day sometimes?
I hear ya! I do not miss those sleepless times at all. Do you remember before having kids, we used go to bed when we wanted & got up when we wanted and all we had to do inbetween was just lie in bed? It's a glorious thought, isn't it?
It is a small grumble and a small price for what parenting affords me- but it is still real! Thanks Suzanne.
I think that is exactly where my life is headed!
Oh, I feel your pain! My little darlings are old enough to sleep in for longer, but they are still just as demanding (if not more so) than when they were toddlers. And don't even get me started on the dog, who drags me out of bed in the middle of the night when he needs the toilet, and never disturbs his daddy!
I hear a lot about needy pets! There seems to be an on going theme. Dogs never move out to settle down somewhere else too!