text:
The powerhouse area is the size of a football field and is 10 storeys deep. Visitors crossed the top level during the tour. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror
VIDEO: B.C. tour offers unique underground glimpse of generating station
About 1,250 people expected at sold-out tour on Sunday
David Gordon Koch
Sep. 18, 2018 9:30 a.m.
Hundreds of people got a unique glimpse into the inner workings of the new John Hart generating station on Sunday during a sold-out tour.
It was the fourth – and final – in a series of annual site tours at BC Hydro's $1.1 billion facility – and the only one taking visitors to the depths of the new power station.
Tom Helina, a Campbell River resident, was impressed by what he saw.
BC Hydro spokesperson Stephen Watson speaking to visitors at the underground facilities of the new John Hart generating station. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror
"Just amazing," he said. "It's above amazing. Incredible. Unreal. Spooky too."
Yellow school buses carried visitors down a bumpy tunnel road to the powerhouse cavern, with its rough-hewn walls and high-powered machinery.
The powerhouse area is the size of a football field and 10 storeys deep. Its lower levels weren't accessible to visitors, but water could be heard coursing through a water bypass valve below.
Roger LaRose, one of the visitors on Sunday morning, said he was fascinated by the size of the facility.
"Just the sheer magnitude of the underground stuff, that's pretty interesting," he said.
Stephen Watson, a BC Hydro spokesperson and tour guide, noted that some of the machinery is already active, so visitors were strictly forbidden from wandering off.
READ MORE: Water flows through the John Hart tunnels
READ MORE: First new generator at John Hart Dam ready to spin
READ MORE: Road closure at John Hart Dam delayed
Members of the public were enthusiastic about the event, he said.
"This is what everyone wants – they want to go underground, drive down the tunnels, go into the powerhouse," said Watson. "Just to see that reaction from people is so cool."
About 1,250 visitors were expected for the one-day event. Among the visitors was Donna McCrae, who said she was curious about the technology – especially because she used to live along the Campbell River, which powers the hydro facility.
"I was always interested in the highs and lows of the river," she said.
About 1,250 people were scheduled to visit the dam during the sold-out tour on Sunday. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror
Tickets were $5 each and sold out immediately when the box office opened on July 11. High traffic volumes caused the website of Tidemark Theatre, which handled ticket sales, to briefly crash, said Watson.
Any trouble in obtaining tickets for the event was well worthwhile, said Susie LaRose, another underground visitor.
"It was worth it," she said. "Awesome day."
Some Campbell River residents on social media asked whether there would be another chance to check out the subterranean site. But there are no plans for another tour, said Watson.
"This was the one and only chance," he said, citing complicated logistics and safety issues.
"There was a lot of happy people who went on the tour and Sunday but were probably more than that were disappointed," he said. "I get that."
The tour took place as BC Hydro prepares to make the facility fully operational. One of three generators at John Hart are now online, and the other two come online next month.
BC Hydro opted to replace the 70-year-old power station for better strength in case of a major earthquake. The facility is also meant to be more reliable and to protect fish habitat downstream.
Correction: A previous version of this story stated that two generators are online. According to BC Hydro, one is online, and the other two become operational in October.
@davidgordonkoch
david.koch@campbellrivermirror.com
B.C. tent city 'devastated' after flash flood
Volunteer crew ready to build ramps for B.C. amputee


text:
William IV's dismissal of the Whig administration in 1834
Type: History
William IV's dismissal of Lord Melbourne's Whig government in November 1834 was the last time a British monarch tried to assert political authority by bringing down a government that had majority support in the House of Commons.
Discontent had been growing between William and his Whig ministers since he first succeeded his brother George to the throne in July 1830. The King was distrustful of many of the Whig reformers and objected to their attempts to push a Reform Bill through Parliament. In the spring of 1831, the then Whig Prime, Minister Earl Grey had been forced to ask for further elections in an attempt to pass the legislation. Then, in May 1832, he had asked the King to appoint a number of Whig peers in order secure the passage of the Bill though the House of Lords. Despite his sympathy for reform, the King was incensed at what he saw as the action of Radicals pressing forward with their agenda, despite public and parliamentary hesitation. He therefore refused to accept Grey's request, prompting the Whig Prime Minister to resign in protest. However, the Tory Duke, Wellington proved unable to form a government and the publicly popular Grey was soon back in power. Accepting defeat, the King thus yielded to Grey's request to create additional Whig peers and the Great Reform Act thus passed successfully through the House of Lords.
In July 1834, Grey chose to resign for the final time, following parliamentary disagreements over Irish policy. The Tories were again unable to form a government and Grey was succeeded by Lord Melbourne, who had served as Home Secretary in his last administration. The King, still worried by what he saw as the political extremism of Whig reformers such as John Russell and Henry Brougham, was desperate for an excuse to sack his Whig ministers. Unfortunately for Melbourne, his ministry was plagued by personality conflicts, rows over Ireland and tensions between radicals and the more conservative elements of his party over the ongoing issue of social and constitutional reform.
When Lord Althorp left his position as Leader of the Commons in November 1834, to assume his father's title in the House of Lords, the King argued that his absence justified his decision to break the Whig Cabinet up. William argued that Althorp had acted as a curb on the more radical members of the Whig administration and that without his steadying influence, the reformers would run out of control. Writing to his predecessor Grey on the 14th November, Melbourne set out what he believed to be the King's reasons for sacking his ministry. The King's great mistrust for the majority of Cabinet members, the conduct of the Lord Chancellor, Henry Brougham, in engaging in a public row with the Earl of Durham over details of the Reform Bill and apprehension at measures to reform the Church were all cited as reasons for William IV's bold decision. 'You know the motives which have led him to this as well as I do', Melbourne lamented to Grey.
The King replaced Melbourne with the Conservative moderate, Sir Robert Peel, who had previously shown a dislike for the Whig reformers. Nonetheless, with the Whigs continuing to outnumber the Tories in the House of Commons, Peel struggled to hold his government together and by April 1835 Melbourne and the Whigs were back in office once again.
Historians have disagreed as to the reasons behind the King's action in dismissing his Whig Ministry in 1843. Norman Gash has argued that the King was essentially an old Whig who was prepared to accept limited measures of parliamentary reform, but nothing else and thus he lost confidence in his Whig Ministers when they began making plans to reform the English and Irish churches. Others, such as I D C Newbound (William IV and the Dismissal of the Whigs, 1834 in Canadian Journal of History 11:3, 1976) have argued that King was of the opinion that the more radical members of the Whig administration were attempting to force their opinions on a more reluctant public. According to Newbound, William feared that the departure of Lord Althorp, who had acted as a restraining influence in the House of Commons, would allow Whig Ministers to go beyond what public opinion desired. Nevertheless, whatever the King's motives, his action in dismissing his Whig Ministers in 1834 was an important episode as it marked a turning point in relations between the sovereign and the State. William IV's action represents the last time a monarch dared to challenge the authority of a government that had been elected with popular public support.
Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey
William Lamb MP; 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Sir Robert Peel MP
King William IV

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Most of you that know me know that the twins were in the NICU, but some people probably don't realize or remember that our firstborn son was too. My labor progressed quite slowly, and after 3.5 hours of pushing, my son had to be delivered with the help of vacuum extraction. He had the cord around his neck and was covered in meconium. He had swallowed some and was not breathing well. His breaths were shallow and the minute he came out he did not cry, he just whimpered. My first moments of holding him were bittersweet, as I was excited and overcome with joy to finally hold him in my arms, but also a bit panicked that there was nothing I could do to help him breathe better.
After spending a few sweet moments with our boy, we had to hand him off to the people who could clean him up and help get him breathing and stabilized. He was okay and breathing normally soon after a bit of assistance, but meanwhile, I was left completely alone in a hospital room with just a nurse that popped in and out to check on me. To say that I felt disappointed and emotional is an understatement. What had I spent those endless hours of labor and those nine months carrying him around for just to have him swept from my arms moments after meeting him?
In those moments, as I prayed to God for some peace and reassurance, I remembered something wise someone once told me. Back when Brian and I were doing ministry partner development for his campus ministry job, we met with potential donors in their homes and usually got to hear a lot about their faith journeys and lives. One woman was sharing about her kids moving out and moving very far away. I asked her how she felt about it and how she was holding up under all the changes. I loved her answer. "Well," she said, "it is hard, and I miss them all a lot. But I've always tried to remember that while we are given our children, ultimately they don't belong to us, they belong to God." She shared how God has continued to show her that He has good plans for her kids and that she can give that area of her life over to Him.
As I drew my mind back to that conversation, lying there alone on the hospital bed, I smiled a little. God wasn't going to waste any time showing me that while trusting Him with those we love most can be terrifying, it is important that we do so. My boy wasn't mine. Well, he was, and he wasn't, and it was going to be okay.
The next few days taught me a few things that I learned the hard way, but carried into my second NICU experience when the twins were born.
It's okay, and good, to rest. On top of just having a baby (or two, or more, whatever your situation may be), it's an extra kind of stress to have your newborn(s) in the NICU. As most women experience soon after having a baby, my emotions were all over the place and hitting new extremes, and when your baby is in the NICU, you do not have the luxury of having your baby in a bassinet next to you so you can wake up and nurse them and go back to sleep, or have your baby brought in by a nurse, or right near your own bed at home. I was able to stay at the hospital a third night so that we didn't need to leave my son behind, and he was discharged after that. But after two nights at the hospital with the twins, I had to leave. Every NICU mama knows, it is challenging to say goodbye to your babies each night before you leave, draining to spend your newborn bonding weeks with a slow stream of people in and out of your room, including doctors and specialists and other staff that have conversations with you at seemingly every hour of the day, and downright exhausting to get up multiple times in the night to pump only to wake up, get yourself halfway presentable, travel to the hospital, and walk through those doors to see your baby(ies). Don't get me wrong, I wanted to spend every minute with my newborns. But I also didn't. With my son I had been given the terrible advice from the nurses that I needed to pump the amount of time I would spend normally nursing, about 40 minutes. When they had unhooked my son from most of the supports, and I could nurse him the second day, that meant I was spending 40 minutes pumping and 40 minutes nursing him every three hours. After sleepless nights leading up to labor, followed by an 18 hour labor and delivery, followed by having to drag myself out of bed and into a wheelchair (okay, Brian always helped me!) to go to a different floor of the hospital every time my son needed to eat, it makes sense to me now why I had some sort of exhaustion-induced breakdown the second afternoon in the NICU. I was simply nursing my son and I suddenly started shaking uncontrollably and crying, and the nurse made me stop and go sleep. I don't think I had slept more than an hour I slept for about four hours that afternoon, and it was amazing. I woke up with a smile. So when the twins came, I not only gladly followed the lactation consultant's suggestion to only pump about 15 minutes every 3-4 hours, and even less at night, and that I should sleep longer stretches at night while I could, but I (mostly) chose not to feel guilty about it. Most parents expect the newborn stage to be exhausting, but having NICU babies means the newborn stage is extended (the twins had an extra 6 weeks of being newborns, for example), and there are also factors that present extra emotional and physical stress you wouldn't have if you just brought your baby home. Funnily enough, I got a lot more sleep those first couple days in the hospital after the twins were born than I did with my first, because I saw the importance of sleep in helping me be a good, strong mama for my babies.
You are your child's biggest advocate, support, and voice until they can be that for himself or herself (and then you'll probably still be one), and YES, you are their mom. I lumped this into one because these two things went hand in hand for me. I really struggled to feel like a mom when my son was in the NICU. It probably was in part due to being a first-time mom, but I have heard other moms with NICU babies comment that they don't feel like their baby belongs to them. And it makes so much sense, when you're in the midst of it. You stay in different rooms, or on different floors, or for some mamas, in different hospitals. You are almost completely reliant on doctors and nurses to care for your baby – and keep them alive and healthy. But NICU moms, you are still their mama. That little one grew inside of you and it's okay to make decisions for your babies or speak up if you don't appreciate how somebody is caring for them. I'm not advocating biting anybody's head off or tearing others down in efforts to get what you want for your baby. But you may need to speak up, and it really is okay to do that. After spending all that time pumping (again, that was bad advice, you don't need to pump for 40 minutes every three hours!), I was beyond angry when the nurse didn't call my room to say my son was hungry, and fed him a bottle of formula, so by the time we got up there with the milk, he was already fed and sleeping. But I didn't say anything until a social worker stopped by our room to see if we needed anything, and I burst into tears asking why I was pumping so much if they were just going to give him formula anyway, and asking why they didn't call me. She comforted me and assured me that I was my baby's mom, and if it was important to me to feed my son in a certain way or if I wanted to have my room called for each feeding, that I should let them know. She talked to them for me, but I learned a lot from that little experience. With the twins, I felt much more confident in sharing (kindly!) the ways I wanted to be involved, and the staff was so supportive and helpful with that. Even though I was a second-time mom with my twins, I still found it very hard to feel bonded to them and like I was really their mom – I honestly cried a lot in the hospital because I missed my one-year-old son. Despite not feeling the instant connection though, I was confident that I of course AM their mama, and from day one was able to discuss with the doctors and nurses the daily decisions for their care. Letting logic, not feelings, guide me was crucial.
You don't have to have the same experience as somebody else for it to be meaningful and special. You can simply treasure the special moments you have with your babies. We compare ourselves to others way too much, because the temptation is a touch away. I have had conversations with my grandma before about the fact that the culture today is much different when it comes to being a new mom. I have read articles (haha, of course) by/about other moms from her era, like this mom of FOUR sets of twins. Moms of the past weren't generally tons of parenting books and websites and blog posts. Of course I don't think that's all bad. But at the end of the day you have to be able to have a pretty strong filter and be disciplined enough to limit what you read, or it can become quickly overwhelming. I made the mistake of reading this blog post about what the postpartum days "should" look like while I was spending one of my long days in the hospital with the girls, and the comparison monster devoured me in moments. It made me angry and bitter toward moms who get to just take their healthy newborn home from the hospital, and wonder why instead I had all three of my babies in the NICU. But as I've taken time to process this moment, I want to use it to encourage moms to not compare and instead just enjoy the moments that have been given to you. I had so many special moments with each of my newborns in those first days in the hospital. I remember the moment they laid my son on me, and looking at his tiny face and how blue his eyes were even then. I remember how happy I was that nursing was no problem the first time I tried. I remember seeing my two tiny, tiny girls on the table in front of me seconds after they were born, my wild girl screaming louder than my son had, and seeing them both wiggling around and crying, making me rejoice in the fact that they were strong and breathing. I remember how well my one girl ate her bottle and rapidly gained weight so she could get out of the NICU. I remember getting to hold my three-pound girl and marvelling at how such a tiny baby with the tiniest cry was the most alert of all three of my babies, quietly taking in the world around her and doing all the things any newborn does. I remember the moment after we had to take one of the girls home and leave the other behind that we finally got to hold both girls in our arms together, and lay them right next to each other on the bed. After seven months of snuggling together inside me, they hadn't been next to each other for over a week following the delivery. It was so special to see them reunited, not to mention the incredible feeling you get holding TWO babies in your arms. It is easy to hear about others' experiences and think that they sound perfect and yours less-than, but every baby has their own special journey and special place in a somebody's heart, and that is what really matters.
I still sometimes dream of having a baby, just one baby, that doesn't have to be in the NICU. But I am thankful for the experiences I got to have, and for the three beautiful children I have. All three are a testament, not just to good medical care and advancements in technology, but to the power of God in my life. What an incredible role He gave me, to be the mama of three NICU babies. I am blessed to have been through those times, and can confidently say that my three littles are three miracles.


text:
Why one of Clark County's largest mental health providers is juvenile justice system
autism, Nevada, mental disorder, trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
By Jackie Valley
The Las Vegas Sun spent several months exploring community challenges created by lack of treatment for children with mental problems. Jackie Valley reported this story for the Sun as a 2015 National Health Journalism Fellow, a program of the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
Other stories in the series include:
How Nevada struggles to help children battling mental illness
In Nevada, mental health crisis among children merits a closer look
In Las Vegas, parents, doctors and mental health advocates talk pediatric challenges
'The polio of our generation': Mental health troubles often land kids in emergency rooms
On mental health, do Clark County schools make the grade?
Judge William O. Voy in his courtroom on October 15, 2015.
Las Vegas Sun
Three cases down and a dozen more to go, Judge William Voy surveys the movement below his bench on a Monday afternoon.
It's late August. The fourth defendant on his calendar — a 13-year-old boy wearing an orange T-shirt and navy blue sweatpants — enters from a side door connecting Clark County's Family Court to the juvenile detention center. He's no stranger to Courtroom 18.
His name rings familiar to the probation officers, attorneys and clinical staff, some carrying files or toting bulging bags, who are positioning themselves in front of the judge. Colby, whose name has been changed for this story, first appeared before Voy in January after an alleged home invasion. The case wound up in "Youth Mental Health Court," where the children's mental health needs generate more discussion than their alleged crimes.
Today will be no different.
Colby has autism and related cognitive difficulties, as well as behavior disorders. Since May, he has landed in University Medical Center's pediatric emergency department 25 times as a patient, which is why Dr. Jay Fisher is standing before the judge too.
"Thank you, judge, for letting me speak in your court," says Fisher. He is speaking on behalf of the Children's Hospital of Nevada at UMC. "We have been trying our best to help … keep (Colby) safe. And we feel we have failed in that regard."
He's speaking calmly, but his words are tinged with emotion. He has never before requested to speak in court. But Fisher says he's worried — frightened, really — that if Colby doesn't receive better mental health treatment, the teen will endanger his own or others' lives.
Colby has been accused of running recklessly through the streets, throwing rocks at vehicles and attempting to harm his mother. Several times, authorities transported him to the hospital under the auspice of a "Legal 2000," in which a person deemed a risk to himself or others can be detained.
"If something were to happen to him, I don't know what I would do," the doctor says.
"I understand what you're saying and how genuine your feelings are," the judge responds.
The case represents a gaping hole in the community's ability to care for children with the most severe emotional and behavioral needs.
Sometimes there's no good place for them to go. So the children who need medical care end up in court.
Inside the sprawling Family Court building north of downtown Las Vegas, judges finalize divorces, approve adoptions and make custody decisions. They also preside over cases involving some of the community's youngest offenders.
Last year, the Department of Juvenile Justice Services had contact with 9,164 children and teens, nearly a third of whom were taken into custody.
Most juveniles' brushes with the criminal system involve a misdemeanor offense, such as battery, possession of marijuana or petty larceny. Some children and teens were cited or charged more than once, leading to 14,082 total referrals in 2014. (Black youths are overrepresented among juvenile cases, while white youths are underrepresented.)
Many of these juvenile offenders have something in common: mental illness. State officials say as many as 70 percent of adolescents in Nevada's juvenile justice system have a mental disorder — a prevalence rate that mirrors most national estimates.
"(It) troubles me that our detention facility is the largest mental health hospital in the state for juveniles," said Jack Martin, director of Clark County's Department of Juvenile Justice Services. For the past two years, the juvenile detention center has housed roughly 130 youths per day.
Caring for children with mental health problems doesn't solely fall on their parents or guardians. The responsibility spills into schools, hospitals and — sometimes — the juvenile justice system. If children's emotional and behavioral problems escalate, their chances for committing a delinquent act increase as well. The juvenile justice system, then, becomes the backstop.
That's why most detained children and teens receive a mental health evaluation right off the bat, said Cheri Wright, manager of clinical services for the Juvenile Justice Services. In recent years, her staff has grown to 18 clinicians who provide assessments, case management, crisis intervention and counseling, among other services.
Their goal: Identify youths entering the system who need mental health services to curb the problem before it balloons into something larger.
"Mental illness is not a new thing," Martin said. "We're better at finding these root causes of criminality than we were 25 years ago. Now, we are getting better at connecting these children to the appropriate resources."
Trauma can contribute to mental health problems. The juvenile justice system routinely receives children and teens who have been abused and neglected. Many have grown up surrounded by violence or witnessed a traumatic event, such as a loved one committing suicide. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a common diagnosis, along with depression and anxiety. In lieu of professional help, many adolescents have self-medicated with alcohol and drugs, leading to dual diagnoses.
It is critical to understand how a child's past events may be influencing his or her emotions and behavior, experts say, because it can be a predictor of health outcomes. A landmark study published in 1998 by Kaiser Permanente suggested that as the number of traumatic childhood experiences increases, so does a person's risk for poorer health later in life.
County officials hope that if and when a proposed assessment center comes to fruition, it would help identify children's needs even earlier. It would create a central, physical location where children who have interacted with law enforcement can be brought for an assessment of their needs as well as their family's. Are they homeless? Do their circumstances warrant investigation by child welfare workers? Do they have mental health issues?
A number of community partners — including law enforcement agencies, the Clark County School District, Department of Family Services and Juvenile Justice Services — have signaled interest, Martin said. But money remains the barrier.
"The sooner you diagnose mental health issues, the more likely you're going to get the early intervention you need," Voy says. "But if you allow it to fester, you may see my courtroom."
And it's a busy courtroom. His Monday afternoon calendar, largely set aside for mental health-related cases, can stretch several hours as attorneys, probation officers, family members and community providers weigh in on the child's mental health, progress and setbacks — sometimes without even mentioning the criminal charge. In recent weeks, the Monday calendar has averaged 25 cases.
During one session, a detained 11-year-old girl admits to kicking family members. Her defense attorney says she becomes violent when she's not on her psychotropic medications. Several cases later, a mother appears before Voy with an update about her son, who was in an out-of-state residential treatment center. She says doctors were adjusting her son's medications for attention deficit disorder, autism and bipolar disorder, hoping to quell his recent auditory hallucinations.
In a different case, Voy requests that a boy's therapists remain the same for "continuity of care." The boy witnessed a murder and was enrolled in trauma-oriented therapy. He's sitting in a chair, his head not much taller than the table in front of him. The boy had been removed from his grandmother's home because of his aggressive behavior.
As the afternoon wanes, Voy calls the 15th case on his calendar. A heavyset boy wearing jeans and a short-sleeved shirt entered the courtroom with his parents. He smiles and gives his defense attorney a friendly fist bump.
Several weeks earlier, the boy slapped his mother in the ear. He's now receiving in-home therapy aimed at controlling his aggression, and his mother says it's going well.
"It sounds like all the services we have are there," Voy says. "It's just a matter of whether it works."
Will it work? That's the question haunting so many justice system employees, like Voy, who interact daily with these children and teens. If intervention fails and their mental health problems worsen, the judge knows they likely will end up back in his courtroom — or an adult courtroom.
Once a month, Dr. Norton Roitman drives 2.5 hours northeast of Las Vegas to the quiet, old railroad hub of Caliente. He travels past cottonwood trees and eateries with names like Pioneer Pizza and the Brandin' Iron Restaurant en route to the town's densest collection of temporary residents: Caliente Youth Center.
As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, his medical prowess is needed here. At the base of a rugged hill, a collection of circular buildings houses up to 140 boys and girls, ages 12 through 18, many from Clark County.
Nearly 40 percent of the adolescents court-ordered to Caliente Youth Center, a state-run juvenile correctional center, take medications for mental health-related problems. For two days, he talks with dozens of patients.
As Roitman sits behind a wooden table at the on-campus school, his second patient of the day enters: a smiling, 16-year-old girl. Her curly hair is pulled back into a ponytail.
"It's a big decision to see a psychiatrist, isn't it?" he asks.
"Yes, it's a little scary," she replies, laughing nervously.
She initiated the psychiatric evaluation after recent bouts of crippling anxiety and frequent nightmares. She had been cutting herself too. As she speaks, her cheerful demeanor fades.
"It's like I don't even think about it," she says. "It's like my brain just tells me to do it. When I realize what I'm doing, it's already done."
Roitman gently prods for more details and, soon, a clearer picture of the girl's complicated life emerges: Her parents divorced when she was young. Her father, a drug user, is her rock. She swallowed pills as a pre-teen in a suicide attempt. She's dabbled in drugs too, mostly as self-medication to make her happy. But it hasn't worked. She watched a relative overdose on drugs and die. She blames herself for everything.
"Do you think there's a chance you would actually go through with (suicide)?" Roitman asks.
"Yeah, it could happen," she says.
She reaches for a tissue as her eyes well up with tears. A half hour passes as Roitman lets her talk — and sob — intermittently. Then he brings her back to the present with this question: "Do you ever imagine that things will turn out OK?"
She rejects the idea at first, then waffles and says, yes — maybe — if she graduates. She doesn't want to keep living day by day. Or make another poor decision, like robbing homes, that led to her detainment at Caliente Youth Center.
"With more clarity of thought and ability to expressing feelings … you could find some sunlight and relief," Roitman says. "You could wind up daring to believe that something positive could happen."
He prescribes a medication that should help her sleep immediately and lessen her anxiety and depression over time. What he doesn't do: tell her a diagnosis, which she could cling to, or prescribe a powerful anti-anxiety medication, such as Xanax.
Roitman wants the adolescents at Caliente Youth Center to find the inner strength to work through their problems — often caused by environmental factors like poverty, drug use or family dysfunction. He wishes society would do the same and address the root causes of mental illness.
"I'd like them to think it's a little more complicated than, 'Do they have ADD, bipolar, autism or depression?'" he says. "These psychosocial factors aren't just tossups."
It pains Roitman when the children ask to schedule another time to talk. With a list of 40 children to see on this day alone, regular counseling sessions aren't possible. His visits to Caliente are more medication-oriented. He assesses their psychiatric state, prescribes medication if necessary and monitors its effects.
The youth center has struggled to staff mental health workers, partially because of its remote location, but it now employs four counselors. Still, their caseloads are too high to provide regular, individual counseling.
When Dr. Fisher visited Voy's courtroom, he offered a recommendation: Don't let Colby go home, where he likely would engage in more violent behavior. It was an uncommon request given efforts to keep children in the community — and preferably at home — but it boiled down to safety.
"It's our job as pediatricians and emergency physicians to care for our patients and to state when something is wrong," he told the judge.
Voy knew it was a tall order. These type of cases don't always fit Medicaid reimbursement criteria, and residential treatment centers, most of which are out of state, had denied Colby in the past. Many psychiatric hospitals that provide long-term care don't accept children who have a low IQ and behavior disorders. On top of that, Colby's family wanted him to come home. And so did Colby.
Even so, the clinical services staff inquired about residential treatment centers again. A week later, they returned with the same answer: No one was willing to take Colby. The teen went home, leaving the judge and the physician worried about his future well-being.
Several weeks later, Fisher brought up his fears concerning Colby during a task force meeting he leads. The judge attended as well as people who work for the schools, hospitals, police departments and mental health agencies. The group urged a state official to consider adding beds at Desert Willow, the state-run psychiatric hospital, for children like Colby who are falling through the gaps.
"That's just a good example of where our system has failed," Voy said later.
At the end of November, Colby ended up back in the juvenile detention center after another outburst at home — just as they had feared.
[This story was originally published by The Las Vegas Sun.]
Photographs by Mikayla Whitmore/The Las Vegas Sun.


Log House Plants is a wholesale nursery specializing in edible and ornamental plants that thrive in the Pacific Northwest. Nestled on a sunny hillside at the southern tip of the Willamette Valley near Cottage Grove, Oregon, we work with growers all over the world to bring you an incredible, ever-evolving array of herbaceous plants. Our collections always include a full line of tasty and handsome herbs; vegetables galore, from treasured heirloom varieties to the newest All-America selections; tempting tropicals; and hundreds of varieties of uncommon annual and perennial flowers. We also create specialty collections, offered on a revolving basis – some of our favorites have been Butterfly Bed & Breakfast Host Plants, Shrubs for Cut Flowers, Grow to Know the World, and Confectionary Plants.
Over the past forty years, Log House Plants has earned a reputation for excellence and innovation. Our goal is to support independent retail nurseries of the Pacific Northwest with a broad selection of unique and exciting varieties for gardeners, landscape architects, and plant collectors.
Log House Plants has a long standing commitment to sustainable gardening and to earth stewardship in and out of the garden. Click here for important information on helping honey bees.
We also value the ecology of the work place and nurture a team based work model with an inclusive family atmosphere. In addition to growing plants, we're dedicated to teaching about them – we want to share every bit of fascinating and useful information we have learned about each new discovery and old favorite.
We're excited to launch our redesigned website, with several new features to make it even more valuable as a reference tool for plant lovers of all levels, from novice gardeners to nursery staff and professional horticulturalists. As always, our Library pages provide all sorts of information on plant histories, cultural guidelines, special collections we've grown, even recipes! Also, our Variety Lists are all hyperlinked; just click on a plant name and you'll be taken to a page featuring information and photos about that particular variety. Retailers, see our Current Availability (updated weekly from late January through September each year). For home gardeners, we have an extensive, updated list of garden centers and retail stores where you may find or order our plants. Ann Lovejoy writes a scintillating article every week on her blog, Green Gardening with Ann Lovejoy. Use Ann's blog and our Garden News library, which highlights featured plants along with seasonal garden tips, design ideas, and planting information.
Use of photos, text, logos or other images prohibited without prior written consent of Log House Plants. Most of our plant photos were created by Greg Lee, Robin Bachtler Cushman or Matt Emrich. Custom photography may be arranged with Matt Emrich Photography.
Visit our friends and family at Aktaia Studios if you are looking for a quiet place to relax with a beautiful view next to the sea. Located on the south coast of Crete with a view of the Libyan sea. These newly built studios are equipped with kitchens (part of the room) , individual bathroom, shower and balconies.


Bienvenu à la page d'accueil du tartan écossais Lochaber. Vert, gris, noir et rouge sont les couleurs dominantes de ce tartan écossais.
Fort William and Lochaber has played some important key parts in the political history of the people of the British Isles. Fort William gets its name from William of Orange, the "British" king who ordered a garrison to be built here for the purpose of controlling the Highland Clans. Not far from Fort William, Glenfinnan is where the second Jacobite Rebellion began with Charles Edward Stuart and the Clan Cameron from Achnacarry, who set out to battle their way to London to claim the crown for the Stuarts.


text:
<!doctype html>

    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">

    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="TimelineDemo1.css">

    <title>Timeline Demo 1: basic usage</title>

        Your web browser must have JavaScript enabled
        in order for this application to display correctly.

Timeline Demo 1: basic usage

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Hoola Spa
As the historical playground of Hawaii's royalty, Keauhou has long been known as a place to rejuvenate and revitalize the spirit.
This tradition of healing is nurtured at Hoola Spa. The Hawaiian word, hoola, means to heal. Hawaii's unique cultural and healing traditions are incorporated into services such as massage, facial and body treatments. Hoola Spa recently introduced Hawaii's first Himalayan Salt Room.
HIMALAYAN SALT SPA
Ho'ola Spa is proud to introduce the first Salt Room in the Hawaiian Islands. In Eastern Europe, deep underground salt caves have been known for their healing benefits for centuries. The concept behind salt treatment is that large amounts of salt in an environment create pure, bacteria-free air that is therapeutic for patrons. Salt crystal stones fill the air with negative ions, which are crucial for a healthy body. Modern technology allows recreating the natural salt cave microclimate by precisely infusing pure salt as microscopic breathable particles and negative ions into the air.
Salt Therapy is neither a medical treatment nor a replacement for medical care. It is a complementary and drug-free approach that offers adjunct support in relieving respiratory and skin conditions. It is believed that breathing in the super fine particles of salt cleanse the lungs of bacteria, irritants and pollution and reduces inflammation of the respiratory tract. It also supports the look and health of our skin. It works best when used in a series of treatments for optimal results. In Europe, numerous state-supported clinics and hospitals prescribe recurrent exposure to such environments for the treatment of ailments ranging from chronic bronchitis and bronchial asthma to sinusitis, allergies and obstructive pulmonary disease.
Salt Generator
Our Halotherapy Salt Generator is the first model that is capable of producing particles as small as 0.3 microns in consistent quantity. It disperses dry aerosol micro-particles of salt (sodium chloride) into the Salt Room, penetrating deep into the lungs and bronchi. The inhaled salt has anti-inflammatory properties, which results in reduced inflammation in the entire respiratory tract, widening of the airway passages, and an improved immune system. The active ingredient used in our "artificial" Salt Cave is ionized salt gained from natural sources. This ionized salt does not evaporate during the treatment, thus the air remains dry. The salt particles are extremely fine in this microclimate, ensuring that they reach even the smallest bronchia and alveolar in the lungs and do not irritate the respiratory tract.
Himalayan Salt Panels
The beautiful Salt Panels decorating the walls are made of pure Himalayan Pink Salt. It's a hand-mind salt that derived from 250 million years old ancient sea salt deposits. That salt has been exposed to enormous pressure for millions of years, causing the formation of that unique crystal salt. Typically, Himalayan Salt contains more than 80 minerals and elements, uncontaminated with any toxins or pollutants. The pink color is due to its high content of iron oxide.
In the hair and nail salon, professional stylists work their magic whether just needing a trim, a trendy cut, color or an elegant up-do for a destination wedding. Every client is made to feel special and welcome.
The Lodge at Kukui'ula
Nuuanu Penthouse One, Honolulu, HI


Want to be notified of new releases in jackieneon/colors-fullscreen?
Color bars is a multi gadget piece that utilizes outdated technology that is still working but not widely supported. Designed and comparable with an older version of the Raspberry Pi and iPod touch 4th generation.Color bars uses touch OSC to talk with Processing to create 9 sliders that users can adjust the transparency and height. Intended to be used with EdLab during group work to determine the progress and confidence of each group. Each group gets an iPod to show their advancement.


text:
Das Kastanienwäldchen ist ein Naturdenkmal in Wernigerode im Landkreis Harz.

Es liegt etwa 300 Meter östlich des Lustgartens unterhalb von Schloss Wernigerode. Beim Kastanienwäldchen handelt sich um eine Pflanzung von Esskastanien (Castanea sativa) auf einer Fläche von ca. 1,7 Hektar, die auf Veranlassung von Graf Christian Friedrich zu Stolberg-Wernigerode 1790 angelegt wurde. Damals ließ der Graf 190 achtjährige Kastanienbäume auf einem wüsten, den Ost- und Nordwinden ganz ausgesetzten Stück Land auf einer mäßigen Anhöhe anpflanzen. Noch heute findet man aus dieser Anfangsphase an die 100 inzwischen stattlich gewachsene Bäume.

Im Jahr 1811 wurden 26 Zentner Esskastanien aus diesem Wäldchen geerntet, die den großen italienischen Maronen an Größe und Süßigkeit des Geschmacks nicht nachstanden. Allerdings haben die Früchte den Nachteil, dass sie rasch zusammenschrumpfen und daher frisch verzehrt werden müssen.

Da sich der Standort trotz seiner Nordhanglage offenbar als klimatisch günstig erwies, wurden um die Jahre 1816 und 1842 sowie später weitere Pflanzungen vorgenommen.

Graf Henrich zu Stolberg-Wernigerode belieferte mehrmals die Tafel des preußischen Kronprinzen mit Esskastanien aus Wernigerode.

Das Wernigeröder Kastanienwäldchen ist das nördlichste zusammenhängende Esskastanien-Vorkommen Mitteleuropas und gilt als dendrologische Kostbarkeit. Wegen seiner schmackhaften Früchte (Maronen) erfreut es sich alljährlich im Herbst des Besuches zahlreicher Bewohner der Stadt.

Literatur
 Jörg Brückner: Wie alt ist das Kastanienwäldchen? In: Neue Wernigeröder Zeitung 11/1996, S. 25.

Weblinks
 Das Kastanienwäldchen in Wernigerode, Informationen, Geschichtliches, Bilder

Naturdenkmal im Landkreis Harz
Geographie (Wernigerode)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


What time RMR HW EXP depart from RAMNAGAR Railway Station?
RMR HW EXP (15034) departs from RAMNAGAR Railway Station at 08:35.
How much time RMR HW EXP take to reach HARIDWAR JN Railway Station?
RMR HW EXP reach on day 1 to HARIDWAR JN Railway Station. The arrival time of RMR HW EXP at HARIDWAR JN Railway Station is 14:15.
Distance covered by RMR HW EXP?
RMR HW EXP covers 252 km to reach HARIDWAR JN Railway Station at average speed of 45 km/hr. RMR HW EXP passes through 8 stations.


John Boriolo topped a 285-entry field to win the @runitupreno VIII Mini Main Event for $26,073.
The Run It Up Reno VIII Event #1: $440 Mini Main Event started with 285 entrants, but on Sunday just one remained as John Boriolo came out on top to win a $26,073 first-place prize.
He did so by besting a final table that included poker grinders Jesse Capps, Michael Trivett, and recent World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner Ashley Sleeth.
Prior to the win, Boriolo had a single tournament cash on his HendonMob résumé, a 23rd-place finish in the RIU Reno VII $125 Taiwanese Poker for $235.
At the start of the day, 64 players returned to the Peppermill Casino, but with only 46 of them slated to get paid 18 of them left emptyhanded. They included Cott Hoffer, Adam Owen, the recently bald Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg, and bubble boy Steven Dorval.
Once the bubble burst the in-the-money finishes came quick and included former RIU Reno Main Event champ DJ Fenton (42nd - $720), Big Brother Canada winner Kevin Martin (38th - $720), 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Jesse Sylvia (26th - $880), Ricky "RatedGTO" Guan (24th - $1,080), Andy Pokrivnak (13th - $1,320), and Patrick "IREgption" Tardif (11th - $1,640).
Day 1a chip leader Alan Mastic was the first to fall at the final table after his pocket queens were cracked by a river ace against Joel Danforth's ace-four suited all in preflop. A short-stacked Jason Pease followed him out the door a short time later after losing a race with pocket sevens to Trivett's Big Slick.
Day 1b chip leader Ivan Zarate bowed out in seventh place when his ace-king failed to get there against Trivett, From there, six-handed play lasted several hours before Danforth busted holding ace-four to Boriolo's ace-king.
Capps hit the rail in fifth place after losing a flip with king-jack to Scott Stewart's pocket tens, and then Trivett fell to Boriolo after a nasty turn. It happened when Trivett got his chips all in preflop holding ace-queen against Boriolo's ace-nine. A nine spiked on the turn and Trivett had to settle for fourth place and $6,631 in prize money.
Sleeth, the fiancé of 2012 WSOP Main Event runner-up Jesse Sylvia, exited in third place after her ace-ten failed to get there against Boriolo's pocket queens, and that set up a heads-up match with Boriolo holding 3.4 million to Stewart's 2.3 million.
The two talked about working a deal but ultimately couldn't come to agreeable terms. They played it out, and in the final hand of the tournament, Stewart got it in good holding ace-six but fell when Boriolo, who had king-queen, flopped a pair of queens.
Sarah Sherman captures a RIU Reno trophy.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is focused on five events at the RIU Reno VIII, but there are plenty of side events throughout including Saturday's $125 6-Max NLO8 $5K GTD. That tournament attracted 91 entrants and created an $8,827 prize pool.
Among those to make a deep run but fall short of the final table were Eric Nelson (15th - $180), Doug Charles (14th - $180), John Lewis (13th - $180), Michael Postle (12th - $220), Patrick Tardif (11th - $220), Albert Ng (10th - $220), Sean Lukito (9th - $270), Joe Brindle (8th - $330), and Richard West (7th - $330).
In the end, Sarah Sherman of Ashland, Oregon came out on top to win the title and a $2,000 top prize.
PokerNews' coverage of the RIU Reno VIII will continue Monday with live updates from the one-day $235 NLH Pro Bounty ($300 Pro Bounty).Check out our dedicated portal here for all things RIU Reno.
Everybody needs an account at one of these online poker rooms! They're the biggest, the best, and we get you the best poker bonuses. Check out our online poker section for details on all the online poker rooms around.
White Orchid Slot Machine: Play for FREE or with a BONUS!


A decorating book that's much more than a decorating book. In Myquillyn Smith's first book, she walks the reader through all fourteen (!!!) homes she's lived in as an adult, explaining how she learned to create a beautiful home despite the many limitations. Her mantra is "it doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful," and she'll fill you with confidence that you, too can create a beautiful, welcoming home that also feels lived-in and loved-on, despite your own lovely limitations. Practical and inspiring.
My home is an even happier place thanks to Myquillyn's know-how and practical guidance. She taught me that a "cozy minimalist" is someone who knows how to balance things. They appreciate being cozy, layered, and welcoming. They might not be a sold out minimalist, but they like the idea--someone who can get the most amount of style with the least amount of stuff. If you want to make your own home more warm and comforting, I highly recommend it.


text:
78 South Street #103/105
Wrentham, MA, 02093
Listing Agent: Giovanna Colabraro | Agent phone: 617-686-3360
Courtesy of: Keller Williams Realty Boston South West | Office phone: 781-251-2101
Spectacular downtown location with high visibility. First floor 2 large FRONT office space. Additional details available upon request.
Address: 78 South Street #103/105
City: Wrentham
Listing Agent: Giovanna Colabraro Agent phone: 617-686-3360 Courtesy of: Keller Williams Realty Boston South West Office phone: 781-251-2101 The property listing data and information, or the Images, set forth herein were provided to MLS Property Information Network, Inc. from third party sources, including sellers, lessors, landlords and public records, and were compiled by MLS Property Information Network, Inc. The property listing data and information, and the Images, are for the personal, non commercial use of consumers having a good faith interest in purchasing, leasing or renting listed properties of the type displayed to them and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties which such consumers may have a good faith interest in purchasing, leasing or renting. MLS Property Information Network, Inc. and its subscribers disclaim any and all representations and warranties as to the accuracy of the property listing data and information, or as to the accuracy of any of the Images, set forth herein. Privacy Policy Notice: All information collected voluntarily from you will be used to personalize your experience, improve our website and improve our customer service. This information will not be shared with any other third persons or entities. Updated: 27th January, 2023 6:07 PM (UTC)


While global economic growth and average lifestyles are in many ways at all-time highs, this has come with costs such as degraded environmental systems which otherwise support economies, societies and cultures. Other costs appear to include rising inequality, with the effects of automation only expected to accelerate.
Scientists predict that the next 20 to 30 years will be filled with severe challenges to our ways of life. We need look no further than the turmoil in Syria and Venezuela to see examples of the direct consequences of degraded environmental and social systems, and these may well grow exponentially if we don't find a way to resolve these present day challenges.
The social dimension, while at times overlapping with the expected outcomes above, also include a lack of adequate education, housing, financial, medical and communication services, as well as unequal access to energy.
Progress has been fragmented and uneven. China has made great strides in eliminating energy poverty, but these challenge remains in India. Conditions are improving for a rising middle class in developing nations, while in countries such as the United States and United Kingdom, large swaths of society feel increasingly left behind, leading to unexpected results from election cycles which have environmental and social ramifications.
The interconnected nature of the global economy and these environmental and social challenges are becoming clearer, and fortunately, so are solutions to these challenges. However, what is needed to fix these problems is not simple. Many categories of solution in fact appear to be necessary. The common thread for these myriad solutions is innovation for impact.
Countries and regions which successfully address these areas will almost certainly be the most economically vibrant in the coming decades. However, solutions to social and environmental challenges may have side effects and unintended consequences that must also be managed for. A full solution set must be multi-layered and complex by definition. A systems approach to innovation will be necessary, and therefore we see the need to run solutions within diverse areas, in parallel, for best effect.
Unintended consequences have already been witnessed in regions such as the Silicon Valley in the US. This region succeeds through a lens of innovation, leading to almost out of control financial success for the region in general, yet many remain economically left behind. An ideal systemic solution appears to require more considerations of the social dimension, creating opportunities for all categories of resident, while reducing inequality, in order to achieve the full economic and healthy lifestyles that all of its citizens might benefit from, but how to best achieve this outcome.
How can innovation be a driver of better social and environmental outcomes?
What do we mean by innovation in all of its manifestations?
How can we create a symphony of solutions running in parallel for best effect, so that we can take full advantage of new technology and globalization while revitalizing local communities?
With this in mind, what should corporations, investors and policymakers do to create this best possible positive dynamic among all categories of innovative thinking and strategic consideration?
This is what our new book Sustainable Innovation and Impact aims to achieve, namely a presentation of one possible interconnected system of environmental and social solutions, which if run successfully in parallel, might keep us from driving over the edge of the environmental and societal cliff that we are otherwise seemingly heading directly towards.
Turning challenges into opportunities seems to be the best way to drive future success and everyone wants a world that thrives.
What are these specific solutions and what do they start to look like? This is what we posed to recent students at Yale, Brown, Maryland and Concordia in Montreal, and some of the best solutions are featured within.
As we wrote in our previous book on sustainable investing, the future of investing now requires sustainability to be fully "baked in", and for the environmental and societal outcomes we all seek, there needs to be a business case.
Millennials recognize this, and so do leading corporations, as well as an increasing number of investors from all walks of life. New business models have also emerged in the sharing economy, and global cities are rising up as booming and thriving metropolises where all sorts of solutions are emerging constantly from the positive energy of their citizens. This dynamic now needs to be experienced and implemented in all countries and regions to take full effect. Solving these problems is our biggest challenge, and hence our biggest opportunity.
We hope you enjoy this expedition and that this helps you find your own path forward. We all now need to play our part to help create the sustainable and economically vibrant future we all desire.
It appears to be the only way.
Cary Krosinsky is a leading educator, author, advisor and social entrepreneur seeking to solve sustainability challenges through corporate and investment strategy. He teaches at Yale University, USA; Concordia University, Canada; the University of Maryland, USA; and Brown University, USA; and Co-founder of the Carbon Tracker Initiative and Real Impact Tracker.
Todd Cort is Lecturer in Sustainability at the Yale School of Management and Faculty Co-director of Yale's Center for Business and the Environment, USA.


special education teacher resume cover letter sample teaching objectives for elementary.
substitute teaching resume objectives for objective teacher statement.
teaching objectives resume for elementary school teacher template.
best teaching objectives for resume sample teachers assistant format of substitute teacher functional.
special education teacher assistant resume objective teaching objectives for sample preschool samples examples teachi.
teaching objectives resume for here are professional teacher objective examples with sample.
substitute teacher resume objective examples teaching objectives for this is job sample teachers in word format simple.
college teaching assistant resume objective objectives for sample fresher teachers format template freshers.
special education teaching assistant resume sample objectives for resumes teachers objective examples high school students examp.
college teaching assistant resume objective objectives for.
substitute teacher resume objective examples teaching objectives for sample teachers skills.
substitute teacher resume sample teaching objectives for elementary download.
college teaching resume objectives for preschool teacher sample.
sample teacher assistant resume objective teaching objectives for elementary teachers without experience cover letter target.
college professor resume objective examples teaching objectives for teacher in a tea.
college teachers resume sample teaching objectives for how.
teaching professional resume objectives for early childhood assistant sample fabulous example of.
special education teaching resume objectives for sample teachers teacher template best objective on.
sample resume objectives for teaching profession high school teacher.
sample teaching resume objectives for resumes preschool teachers teacher samples best aide.
special education teacher resume cover letter sample teaching objectives for objective examples pertaining to.
sample teacher assistant resume objective teaching objectives for pattern trainer.
substitute teaching resume objectives for.
special education teacher resume objective teaching objectives for preschool assistant aide captures adorable j.
elementary teaching objectives for resumes resume sample a substitute teacher.
special education teacher resume sample teaching objectives for a.
special education teacher resume cover letter sample teaching objectives for an example of teachers template.
college teaching assistant resume objective objectives for as a teacher.
best teacher sample resume teaching objectives for.


Students taking this course will start from the basic essentials of drawing and then work their way into character designing, perspective drawing, and illustrative story telling with their skills. At the beginning of each month they will be introduced to a new project and by the end of the month we will conclude with constructive critiques so each student will be able to learn and grow as artists. Through this course, the students will also receive help and feedback from the teacher while working towards their own art style through the use of sketching and painting methods.
To view studio classes and schedule, click here.
You can register online, by email or by phone.


text:
Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon
Urbana,
3 miles/5K, 6 miles/10K, 13.1 miles/Half Marathon, 26.2 miles/Marathon, Virtual Race
See more of our race!
Jan Seeley, Race Director
Join us in Champaign-Urbana April 28-30 for our annual race weekend and experience Midwest hospitality like you've never felt before!
Melinda Urick
Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Melinda Urick recommends this race
"A race weekend that the community enjoys as much as the runners!"
Melinda Urick's thoughts:
During the Illinois Marathon weekend, I took part in the Half I-Challenge - running the 5K Friday night and the half marathon on Saturday morning. My weekend in Champaign-Urbana was incredible, and the energy of the spectators and excitement of the runners really made this an A+ event. The Illinois Marathon team put on a great event, and if you're looking for some fun (or a PR), I would definitely add this race to your calendar. The communication from Illinois Marathon RDs was also excellent leading up to the race weekend. They utilized Facebook and Twitter and interacted with participants, and sent out several emails regarding race info, packet pickup, and after parties.
Each race had its own drawstring race bag and t-shirt. The half marathon shirt is great — a bright neon yellow short-sleeved tee with a breathable tech material. I also love that it's v-neck. The drawstring bag for the half has a mesh back and extra zippered pocket in the front. Challenge runners get two shirts AND two bags (and all the flyers within).
The course for the half marathon was flat — and it was fast (I ran my 2nd fastest half marathon time). A lot of it was run through neighborhoods and some through paved trails in a park, but I didn't find any of boring. There were several aid stations, including one with oranges (!!!) around 6.5 miles into the course. Some hydration stations had water and others with both water and Gatorade. There was also a GU stop, with several different flavors available. The race finishes in Memorial Stadium - which is the big appeal of the race. Also at the finish was both water and muscle milk. If you're a Challenge finisher, DO NOT FORGET YOUR EXTRA MEDAL (I got all the way up in the stands before I remembered and had to return to the field). Inside the concession areas was pasta, and GOOD NEWS GLUTEN-FREE RUNNERS: there was gluten-free pasta available. The 27th Mile celebration was just outside Memorial Stadium, similar to the party the night before after the 5K — free beer for participants and free cake and live music.
The college was celebrating its 150th birthday in 2017, and race day was a PARTY (did I mention there was free cake at the finish line to celebrate?). I really, REALLY enjoyed myself in Illinois — even the hotels totally supported the runners, opening up breakfast earlier and keeping the food out late; my hotel even had free bottled water and fresh fruit set up in the lobby and the marathon posters hung up around the elevators.
Erin , Catherine , Angie Maske-Berka, and 1 other like this


text:
The 1840 United States presidential election in Delaware took place between October 30 and December 2, 1840, as part of the 1840 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Delaware voted for the Whig candidate, William Henry Harrison, over Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren. Harrison won Delaware by a margin of 10.1%.

Results

See also
 United States presidential elections in Delaware

References

Delaware
1840
1840 Delaware elections


The map, they said when they sold it to us, was found tucked in the threadbare jacket of a skeleton in a jewel-strewn cave but the general consensus amongst the crew is that this is likely an exaggeration if not an outright lie because it is quite a large map, too large to be tucked anywhere. When we unroll it for consultation we spread it out on beds or on the deck because it takes up too much room on the tables.
At first we could not make heads or tails of it as the compass inscribed in the corner has directions that do not correlate with familiar east or west, and the coastlines and the islands seem to change with the wind direction or on unspoken whims.
There are many places marked with X's or circles but none are clearly identified as treasure. None of them are clearly identified at all, most of the text on the map is written in obscure languages or too faded to read.
Our navigator makes little checkmarks next to places as we visit them. Sometimes he draws little pictures of the things we found there or transcribes recipes for native pastries. To mark the quieter locations he paints tiny representations of their particular sunrises.
The map is becoming more and more covered in ink and history and coffee stains and still there is no treasure to be found.
The talking violet crab we picked up on that island with the beach covered in keys likes to say that perhaps the journey itself is the treasure but he also tells stories about feathered sea monsters, so no one pays him much heed.


Convert 1.352 Kilometers to Millimeters (km to mm) with our conversion calculator and conversion tables. To convert 1.352 km to mm use direct conversion formula below.
1.352 km = 1352000 mm.
You also can convert 1.352 Kilometers to other Length (popular) units.


text:
Henri Gillain (1913 – 10 August 1999) was a Belgian teacher and comics enthusiast who on several occasions wrote scripts for Franco-Belgian comics publications in the segment known as Bande Dessinée. He was also the brother of Joseph Gillain, famous by the pseudonym Jijé.

Contributions
Although committed to his career as a math teacher, Henri Gillain followed with interest the early developments of comic strips in Belgium, and the artistic evolution of his brother, Jijé, eventually considered by many the second pioneer of Belgian comics after Hergé.

In the late 40s he turned contributor when he submitted a script to André Franquin, his brother's protégé, in the shape of a thick notebook which contained the ideas that would result in Spirou magazine serialised story, Il y a un sorcier à Champignac, and serve as a platform for the entire series Spirou et Fantasio. Upon publication in 1950, Henri Gillain took the pseudonym Jean Darc, a play on the name Jean d'Arc (Joan of Arc).

In 1952, Henri Gillain submitted another script to Will, another young artist nurtured by his brother, a scenario for Tif et Tondu, Le Trésor d'Alaric, and would on this occasion use the pseudonym Luc Bermar. During this time he was also an anonymous contributor to his Jijé's Blondin et Cirage story Nègre Blanc.

In 1959, he also wrote the story for Lambil's debut work with "Sandy", Une Aventure en Australie.

Sources

 Henri Gillain publications in Le Journal de Spirou BDoubliées

Footnotes

External links
 Henri Gillain biography on Éditions Dupuis

1913 births
1999 deaths
Belgian comics writers


text:
Sathya Sai Baba – succession ploys
For those still in denial, Sathya Sai Baba actually died, yes, at April 24 at 7 a.m. Indian Time and one should rest assured that he will not be resurrecting himself! Claimants to be a reincarnation of Sathya Sai Baba will certainly arise, (i.e. as 'Prema Sai' indeed, a few already have!!). For this is poor calamitous India where men will do almost anything to survive and – better than that – get rich quick. This is India where countless people are ready to believe almost anything that comes from the mouths of 'living deities', gurus, swamis… if it offers them some kind of palliative to their sufferings, however distant or impossible. That is also a cardinal reason why their elected leaders find it necessary to visit these figures and at least appear to endorse them. PM Manmohan Singh, President Pratibha Patil actually worship Sai Baba's feet, while Sonia Gandhi and many more appear as if they were followers. In the eyes of the world at large this is a crushing indictment of the common sense or intellectual powers of top leaders who committed themselves to Sai Baba long ago and are unable – also for reasons of losing face – to raise themselves from the delusions they have cherished so much
PM, President and Gandhi worship SB
The international press is naturally mostly restrained in its obituary reports, yet most newspapers do not avoid stating that Sathya Sai Baba's name is under a cloud of suspicion. For example, the Sydney Morning Herald wrote: "He also faced allegations of sexual abuse of young male followers, which his opponents said were ignored by Indian authorities due to his power and popularity. His death on Sunday was covered by Indian television news channels with reverence as interviewees remembered meetings with Sai Baba, his apparent miracles and long record of charity work."
The best-informed article so far in the world press is The Telegraph's obituary account. The author wrote: "India's president and prime minister both attended his latest birthday celebrations.Their devotion was tested to the limits in recent years by persistent allegations that the guru indulged in widespread sexual abuse of young acolytes at his ashram in Puttaparthi in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Yet even when video footage proved beyond doubt that his "miracles" were simple sleight of hand and he was implicated in the murders of four followers, millions still refused to believe the worst."
On the vital question of who or what will in effect 'succeed' Sai Baba and/or take over the Sathya Sai Central Trust, The Hindustan Times wrote:
"The death of spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba has left a question mark on the future of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust (SSSCT), estimated to have assets worth Rs 40,000 crore ($9 billion). As Baba, who was chairperson of the trust, left no successor to the massive empire, his death might trigger a succession among the trust members which include his nephew R.J. Ratnakar. While some eminent devotees of Baba believe that with personalities like former chief justice of India P.N. Bhagvati on the board, the trust will carry on in a smooth manner various charitable work in India and abroad, they also fear the government might take over control in case of any rift among the members."
The Times (UK) reports:- "Although dogged by allegations of trickery and the sexual abuse of some devotees, he amassed a fortune estimated at more than £5.5 billion. A power struggle over the trust has already begun among aides and family members." and their obituary states:-
"…in the early 1990s, during a recorded ceremony with a former Indian Prime Minister, Narasimha Rao, in which Baba produced a trinket in his honour, television workers watching a playback noticed that it appeared to be a sleight-of-hand trick. The clip was not aired publicly. Groups such as the Indian Raionalists' Association repeatedly criticised his abilities and labelled him a manipulative fraudster. The president of the association, Joseph Edamarku, said that Sai Baba refused to subject himself to an independent examination. Questions were also raised about his fundraising techniques. Sai Baba was also dogged by more serious and sinister controversies. There were a string of suicides and suspicious deaths among his followers over the decades, including a German found hanging at the ashram in the 1980s, and a man and his daughter who reportedly took an overdose after they were refused a private interview."
In 2001 The Times investigated the deaths in the 1990s of three Britons who had become his followers. It was thought that two of the men had believed that Sai Baba's teachings could cure their illnesses. A third jumped off a building in Bangalore after a two-day visit to the ashram. In his pocket was a note which said: "I came to India in search of peace but could not find it." Before his death one of the men, Michael Pender, who it was believed had hoped that Sai Baba could cure him of HIV, claimed he had sexual encounters with Sai Baba, believing they must have a "spiritual explanation". Other former male devotees also alleged that Sai Baba had sexually molested them during one-on-one audiences. There were calls for the British Government to warn pilgrims away from him, and also to warn schools and youth groups of links with worldwide educational organisations affiliated with him. The UN cancelled a conference at his headquarters over concerns of sexual exploitation of young men."
The money and the works: Sathya Sai Baba has repeatedly claimed to own nothing himself, to have not other properties than his students (not 'proper ties' either according to many testimonies). Despite his virtually claiming 'poverty', there is now an ongoing dogfight about who will inherit his vast billionaire legacy! Only the well-indoctrinated can rationalize this blatant deception. His much trumpeted contributions to social improvement, educational colleges, hospitals, water schemes, charity to local paupers, one must realize that the sole contribution he gave was words, words and more words. The fact is that very many well-intentioned followers – mostly from abroad – donated massive sums to enable him to raise works in his own name (and he blazoned his achievements unreservedly in countless self-promoting discourses beamed around the world by Radio Sai etc.). Absolutely all the real work was done by others, by low-paid labourers and many volunteers, both Indian and foreign. Sai Baba originally attracted many easily led well-to-do people through his supposed 'miraculous materializations', the secret of which was to overwhelm recipients of trinkets with gratefulness and a sense of being blessed by God himself. Their response was to follow his advice, to "give and forget" and to earn otherworldly boons by selfless service. So they donated en masse. This is sheer deception… used by Indian beggars too, who use the pittance some give them to buy a coconut for the donor, who is so touched he gives them back tenfold! (Before I saw behind the great veil of deceit and cover-up, my wife and I donated lakhs of rupees and worked tirelessly for 18 years to enhance his reputation through good service). He would say that the gold rings with gemstones he gave to many hundreds of visitors contained real diamonds. The gold was 18-carat, the 'diamonds' were cheap false gems, but they are still worn by top politicians and his own 'VIP officials' without suspicion. But ex-followers have had these stones assayed by professional and not one has turned out to be genuine. (This was definitively proved in my own case – see here)
Sai Baba constantly claimed omniscience, omnipotence and omnipresence: Some mega-claim, one of many such! Were they any substance at all in it , it would be the hardest act to follow, and any 'successor' would find the seat hot! However, when studied very closely with an independently and sufficiently critical eye, Sathya Sai Baba proves to have contradicted himself on a huge number of his statements – which are usually imprecise and ambiguous in any case. He gives different reports of his childhood which conflict with one another in details (see some here), and he most certainly sometimes forgets even who people are who have come to him many times. He also confuses facts he has heard from people in the interview room and reports them wrongly to his students minutes afterwards. Therefore, he certainly cannot be accused of having what is now known as 'superior autobiographical memory'! He does have strong intuition, 'cold reading' of people and more abilities, but his knowledge of facts about people is also gathered by a large network of snoopers and much comes from the intensely private letters devotees send to him, which they apparently forget about. Once people began to write about these miracles and praise Sai Baba to the skies, more and more were attracted The development of this myth has been masterfully exposed by the author Brian Steel in numerous articles, such as Sathya Sai Baba as Storyteller.
Sathya Sai Baba was street-smart and more than that, having been able to run wild without any restraints as a child because he was considered a deity (and reports indicate that was probably due to physical hermaphrodism – an incarnation of Shiva-Shakthi and Krishna-Parvathi to the ignorant, superstitious, Hindu-believing villagers.See Sathya Sai Baba – an enigma or a myth? Now that one of his most oft-quoted predictions has failed miserably – namely, they he would live until his 90s – and he has died in a coma, the claim of omnipotence (absurd beyond all credibility anyhow) is shown to be truly hollow.
See also:- History of the sexual abuse claims against Sathya Sai Baba, with world-wide testimonies
The unsolved, covered-up murders in Sai Baba's Prashanthi Nilayam bedroom apartment – 1993
The BBC documentary 'The Secret Swami' showcased with short transcripts and brief video clips
Read on the extensive website Sai Baba Exposed about Conny Larsson and Basava Premanand etc.
Posted in Cults, Gurus, India, Propaganda | Tagged: Sathya Sai Baba | 3 Comments »


text:
The Only Ones
Brand: Two Dollar Radio
Author: Carola Dibbell
This title is our August 2018 pick for the SCI-FI FEMINIST BOOKCLUB! Find out more here.
Publisher: Two Dollar Radio (March 10, 2015)
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.3 x 7.5 inches
O, The Oprah Magazine's Top 10 Favorite Books of 2015.
Washington Post Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2015.
Inez wanders a post-pandemic world, strangely immune to disease, making her living by volunteering as a test subject. She is hired to provide genetic material to a grief-stricken, affluent mother, who lost all four of her daughters within four short weeks. This experimental genetic work is policed by a hazy network of governmental ethics committees, and threatened by the Knights of Life, religious zealots who raze the rural farms where much of this experimentation is done.
When the mother backs out at the last minute, Inez is left responsible for the product, which in this case is a baby girl, Ani. Inez must protect Ani, who is a scientific breakthrough, keeping her alive, dodging authorities and religious fanatics, and trying to provide Ani with the childhood that Inez never had, which means a stable home and an education.
With a stylish voice influenced by years of music writing, The Only Ones is a time-old story, tender and iconic, about how much we love our children, however they come, as well as a sly commentary on class, politics, and the complexities of reproductive technology.
"Fascinating... A heart-piercing tale of love, desire and acceptance. Readers will be mesmerized by Dibbell's staccato prose as much as they are by the harrowing circumstances this mother and child must endure."
"Breathtaking. [Dibbell has] delivered a debut novel on par with some of the best speculative fiction of the past 30 years; The Only Ones deserves to be shelved alongside Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Nalo Hopkinson's Brown Girl in the Ring, and P. D. James' The Children of Men. It's that good, and that important, and that heartbreakingly beautiful."
"A genre-bending work of punk-rock science fiction."
"Densely written but swiftly told, this first novel from rock critic Dibbell starts out as literary dystopia and ends up as a deft study of human identity, desperation, and longing."
"A well-known rock critic, Dibbell infuses her debut novel with the stylistic grace of a seasoned writer."
"On the other side of Aldous Huxley's brave new world is Carola Dibbell's braver one, all the more unsettling (and maybe even more profound) for being not five hundred years from now but five minutes, in a time at once beyond our control and too immediate to escape. Brilliantly conceived, passionately defiant, deeply felt, The Only Ones introduces — in the form of central character Inez Fardo — one of the most memorable and compelling first-person voices in recent American fiction."
—Steve Erickson
"A bracing, tough minded, farsighted novel about bravery and endurance, motherhood and the way life goes on even after the world ends. Every sentence pierces."
Carola Dibbell is a highly regarded rock critic whose fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, the Paris Review, Fence, and Black Clock. Writing about books as well as music, Dibbell was a Village Voicecontributor for many years. The Only Ones is her debut novel.
Carola Dibbell has had fiction appear in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Fence, and Black Clock. For thirty years, Dibbell wrote for the Village Voice, predominantly about music.
If Only the Names Were Changed


Innovative snow sports socks from Italian brand UYN, Ski Magma Socks are designed to help you fulfil your potential and to support you while you are getting there. A combination of high-tech fabric innovations helps both recreational wearers and even Olympic champions (UYN products are worn by six national ski teams) perform at a higher level and in high comfort. These extra warm Magma ski socks combine merino wool's natural warmth with silver ion-infused Argenthon and Natex, a 100% plant-based nylon fibre that provides ideal climate management. Argenthon can absorb and reflect heat, and also has bacteriostatic abilities for healthier, fresher skin.
But warmth isn't the only consideration, and a complete Cool-Air-Flow circulation system is handled by a 3D micro-channel structure throughout the knit. Protection is placed at every vulnerable part of the lower leg and foot, from a comfortable anatomically shaped cuff to left/right specific 'Ergologic' fit feet. Shin, calf, Achilles tendon, instep and toes are all cushioned against shock while the ankle incorporates compression bandaging. At the soles, an intelligent 'Gripdynamic' system enhances stability.


After seeing the success and impact of our PurpleLily Life Skills and Financial Literacy Education programme in Kuching, Ginette Collin (Founder) decided to expand and reach women & girls in other parts of the World. Since October 2013, Ginette has adapted the workshops to the appropriate culture, level of literacy, local needs and organised the translation in their local languages. By partnering with local grassroot NGOs, so far Ginette (and the NGOs) have successfully implemented the PurpleLily programme in Nepal, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Ladakh (Northern India) and Peru. Ginette strongly believes in sustainability, hence she usually spends about 4 weeks working with the NGO. She focuses on training the local facilitators and delivering the workshops to participants.


text:
<Customer CustomerID="TRADH">
	<CompanyName>Tradição Hipermercados</CompanyName>
	<ContactName>Anabela Domingues</ContactName>
	<ContactTitle>Sales Representative</ContactTitle>
	<Address>Av. Inês de Castro, 414</Address>
	<City>Sao Paulo</City>
	<Region>SP</Region>
	<PostalCode>05634-030</PostalCode>
	<Country>Brazil</Country>
	<Phone>(11) 555-2167</Phone>
	<Fax>(11) 555-2168</Fax>
</Customer>


Jacob is an Organizational Inheritance Builder whose career experiences traverse the world of Public Relations, Direct Marketing, Healthcare-Hygiene, Executive Search, and Telecommunications. He has delivered programs in 15 countries, and equipped leaders from the USA, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, South Africa, the Philippines and the Middle East. Prior to being the Regional HR Director of a US MNC with responsibilities over Asia-Pacific, Jacob was a Regional Organizational Development (OD) Manager, driving OD interventions for 12 countries encompassing change management, 360-degree feedback, core values alignment, staff communications, employee engagement, and talent/career development.
He is also well versed in the world of Executive Search, as he was both Consultant and Business Development Manager with one of the world's largest executive search firm. On top of responsibilities in sales, marketing, specialist search, regional training and product development, he also coached franchisee owners and their teams from diverse industries across five Asian countries. As Business Manager earlier with one of Asia's pioneer Direct Marketing firms, he marketed, sold, and managed key accounts encompassing multi-channel, multi-lingual and multi-city DM solutions in APAC. In the management team of a Jardine Pacific conglomerate, he managed skills training, corporate communications, administration, operations and quality programs covering some 1,500 staff. He was also Consultant to Directors and Country Managers in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia to help build capabilities to support ambitious expansion plans.
Jacob holds an NUS BA degree (top 10%); a Post-Graduate Dip. in T&D Management (Commendation Award Winner, T&D Association, UK-SIM); and a Certificate in Direct Marketing (Top Student, DM Association of Singapore). A fully ACTA certified courseware designer-trainer-assessor, he was a pioneer Instructor for seven years at the Covenant Vision School of Ministry in its Diploma program in Singapore.


Joining as dual citizen- need gcse/a levels?
Hello, I'm looking at joining as a pilot. I'm a dual British-American citizen, but I've never lived in the UK. Because of this I've never taken GCSEs or A-levels. Is there a US equivalent that will get me accepted? I tried the live chat on the navy website and they told me to check NARIC, but they charge a fee for checking equivalencies. Has anybody done this before? Any help is appreciated.
Welcome to RR @intelligentmantis .
On 819 we had a USCG pilot on exchange. Very intelligent.
He could calculate the square root of a mushwump doing mach speeds but pole handling!!!!!!! Questionable!!!
Oh! Good luck by the way.
Best bet, if not living in UK, is apply online as an overseas applicant (you are under no obligation to join). Be aware the application portal on the RN website is offline until next week as we're switching systems.
Once you've submitted an application the overseas desk will contact you via email and request you send scanned copies of all educational certificates so they can be verified by the Admiralty Interview Board (free of charge).
If your US qualifications would enable entry to read, say, Astro Physics at anyone of the eight Ivy League's, then you'll stand a fair chance of being accepted into the Royal Navy . Best of luck!


Rachel is a health blogger who coaches other women in diet and exercise. She has lived with chronic migraines for 16 years.
We're smack dab in the middle of summer and it's been a hot and humid one everywhere! My beauty theme for this summer, without question, is minimalism. With soaring temperatures and humidity levels that make breathing a chore, I have no time or patience for heavy, runny makeup. I've picked my top five beauty products for summer survival that will have you looking gorgeous with almost no effort!
Summer heat in combination with makeup leads to summer sweat and clogged pores—yuck! Save your face by properly washing and exfoliating—and never go to bed without washing off your makeup!
Foundation gets a bad rap in the summer as a melty, pore-clogging disaster—but, you don't have to go without it! The Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation from Rihanna's Fenty Beauty line is lightweight and long lasting. As one of the more moderately priced foundations on the market, you don't have to break the bank to be fresh-faced all summer long. This foundation offers flawless pore coverage in an easy to blend formula. A little bit goes a long way, which means a bottle lasts a long time. Available in 40 shades, Rihanna has really taken care of us with this one!
Always remember to use a primer, especially in the summer months, to increase the longevity of your foundation!
The Clay Clique Amazonian Clay Set by Tarte is a must-have bronzer and blush duo for the summer. This set, which you can snag for only $12, actually includes a mascara, as well (not pictured). What a steal! The bronzer and soft peach blush give a flawless, "I woke up like this," summer glow that lasts all day.
This lip cream is somewhere between a gloss and a lipstick, and I absolutely love it! The pictured shade is my favorite, but there are many more colors to choose from. The plumping element adds a cool tingle, which is refreshing for the summer time. The glossy shine looks incredible in the sun, too! This little tube is small enough to slip into the pocket of your shorts for a day at the beach, or into your wristlet for a night out.
Wow, this palette is breathtaking! Distortion by Urban Decay lets you customize your look with this shade-morphing palette. Here's how it works: Layer the shadows in the top row over any of the other shades in the bottom two rows. This creates endless combinations of shimmery, multidimensional hues. The shadows are super velvety and blend effortlessly. You'll be stuck in front of the mirror experimenting with all of the different combinations! Keep it subtle during the day, and turn up the intensity for a wild summer night. Pair with voluminous false lashes for a look that really turns heads!
Eyelids Need a Primer, Too!
I recommend the Eye Basics eyelid primer by Laura Mercier.
I have to admit, this one shocked me. Like most women, I've tried a lot of skincare products in my lifetime. I received this mini AMOREPACIFIC Treatment Enzyme Peel in a makeup subscription box and was blown away by its effectiveness. The peel comes in the form of a powder and is activated by water. After washing your face, simply pour a dime-sized amount of powder onto your wet hands. Rub your hands together to activate the peel and scrub your face in circular motions for 30-45 seconds. The peel removes dead skin and cleans out pores without drying out your skin. Even still, I would recommend using this a couple times per week, as opposed to every day. Finish with your favorite moisturizer for maximum effect. Within 2-3 uses my skin was visibly clearer and smoother to the touch.
Don't Let Summer Heat Get You Down!
Looking beautiful during the hottest months of the year doesn't have to be a chore. With a few simple and affordable products, you'll be glowing and shining all summer long!
Do you switch your makeup products with every season?
Absolutely- different seasons call for different products!
No, it's too much work or I don't think I need to.