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Vitamins F and F2
By Dr. Royal Lee
Summary: Few people today have heard of vitamin F, but back in the heyday of vitamin research, this fat-based complex and vitamin D synergist was widely recognized as an essential nutrient for the human body, obtainable only from food and ideally from animal fats. In this 1949 article, Dr. Royal Lee expounds the nature of vitamin F as a complex of compounds that includes—but is not limited to—the famous "essential fatty acids" of today's nutrition, linolenic acid and linoleic acid. In vitamin F these two compounds work in tandem with a host of other cofactors, including the critical arachidonic acid, Dr. Lee explains, to promote such important actions as calcium transport, prostate function, immunity, and even cancer prevention. Moreover, he writes, when vitamin F combines with phospholipids (as occurs in mammalian livers), it forms a complex that exhibits different nutritional activity than that of vitamin F. This complex, which Dr. Lee calls vitamin F2, is intimately involved in the repair and generation of new tissue, making it vital for any therapy of "muscular dystrophies, creeping paralyses, anemic states, weakness, and atrophy." While modern science continues to underplay vitamins and minerals, articles like this remind us that these essential micronutrients are involved in the most fundamental functions of the body, and even a slight deficiency in any one of them can have catastrophic consequences on our health.
The Physiology of Salt Metabolism
Summary: There's no point talking about—or restricting—the consumption of table salt without considering the potassium level of an individual. So says Dr. Royal Lee in this discussion of the critical relationship between the minerals sodium and potassium in the body. "The present custom of restricting salt for patients with cardiovascular disease seems to be an ill-advised substitute for balancing up their potassium-sodium intake. A deficiency of potassium may be a primary cause of the very condition in which sodium is being restricted, and [more dietary] potassium [may] be the real remedy needed." 1951.
How Federal Laws and Federal Courts Are Illegally Used by Organized Medicine to Maintain Its Medical Monopoly
Summary: In this classic lecture to the National Health Federation Convention in Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Royal Lee reveals how organized medicine succeeded in legally hampering drugless therapies through the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which redefined a drug as "anything used to treat, prevent, diagnose, mitigate, or cure a disease." Given this new definition, Dr. Lee says, "once the drugless practitioner has discovered how to druglessly treat his patient, lo and behold, that remedy now automatically becomes a drug, and he is stopped from its use." This trick was particularly effective in thwarting the use of whole-food supplements in nutritional therapy, since it made all such supplements potential "drugs" under the law. 1962. Original source unknown.
A Few Facts About Vitamins
Summary: In this succinct article from 1940, the great nutrition pioneer Dr. Royal Lee presents some of his foundational views about vitamins—facts that might go a long way toward righting the field of diet and health today were they more widely known. First, he points out, the effects of vitamins vary so immensely between species that it is completely nonsensical to recommend daily allowances for humans based on tests made on rats and guinea pigs (which is precisely how "recommended daily intakes" were developed). Second, he explains, no vitamin consists of a single compound. All vitamins in their original form—that is, as they are found in food—are in fact "complexes," or mixtures of biochemically interrelated compounds that work together to deliver a nutritive effect to the body. Such natural vitamins are a far cry from the single, chemically pure, "most active" compounds that pass as vitamins today. Taking such isolated fractions without their accompanying synergists, Dr. Lee says, explains the disappointing, and sometimes disturbing, results of early research testing the efficacy of synthetic vitamins. Vitamin Products Company, 1940.
A Few Comments on the Relation of Abnormal Heart Sounds to Malnutrition
Summary: In this one-of-a-kind discussion of malnutrition and heart health, Dr. Royal Lee describes the characteristic sounds of various heart irregularities as detected by an Acoustic Cardiograph or Endocardiograph. First, he traces the cause of extra heartbeats and fibrillations to a deficiency of factors in the B vitamin complex. He then goes on to describe the connection between a number of other heart abnormalities and deficiencies in nutrients such as vitamins C, F, G, and E2. 1953. Original source unknown.
The Facts Are Published—Why Not Be Honest About It?
By the Therapeutic Foods Company
Summary: In this brilliant missive from Dr. Royal Lee's Therapeutic Foods Company, the "facts" published refer to studies showing that only natural vitamins—that is, vitamins as they are found in food, as complexes of many cooperating compounds—are capable of curing vitamin-deficiency diseases such as beriberi, scurvy, pellagra, and rickets. On the other hand, isolated or synthetic fractions of the vitamin complexes, which today we define as "vitamins," do not cure deficiency diseases. For instance, few people realize that ascorbic acid (what is known today as "vitamin C" despite the fact that it is just one of numerous compounds in the natural vitamin C complex) has never been shown to cure scurvy. Nor does synthetic thiamine cure beriberi or synthetic vitamin D cure rickets. In fact, Dr. Lee points out, studies at the time indicated that isolated vitamin fractions might ultimately make these conditions worse. Scientific study supports these facts, he says, so why not be honest about it? Therapeutic Foods Company, 1941.
The Direct Effect of Malnutrition on Tissue Degeneration
Summary: In this 1949 address to the Seattle chapter of the American Academy of Applied Nutrition, Dr. Royal Lee touches on some of the major findings of early nutrition history that are still, incredibly, ignored to this day. Topics include the importance of calcium, phosphorus, and raw protein to tooth health; the total destruction of nutrients in bread caused by bleaching; the connection between vitamin E deficiency and heart disease; the dependency of connective-tissue integrity on adequate vitamin C levels; and the various lesions of B vitamin deficiencies. Dr. Lee explains that most of the health problems caused by nutrient deficiency are the result of the consumption of overcooked and processed foods and concludes with perhaps the most important edict for good health: "We must take the trouble in our homes to prepare our foods from the basic materials as far as possible, even to the extent of growing our vegetables and fruits on properly composted soil if we can. The dividends will be quite possibly twenty years added to our life span, to say nothing of the life added to our years." 1949. Reprinted by Selene River Press in Lectures of Dr. Royal Lee, Volume I.
A Critical Discussion of Trace Elements and Biodynamic Agriculture
Summary: By the close of the 1940s, Dr. Royal Lee had seen many "peeps behind…the iron curtain that is so carefully maintained by the makers of fraudulent foods to keep the American people in ignorance as to the real cause of their chronic diseases." Thus, in commenting on the opinion of a committee who'd concluded, on very little evidence, that fertilizing soil with trace minerals is unnecessary to produce nutritious plants, Dr. Lee could not help but question the motives of the committee's so-called experts. "Such haste in promoting one side of a vital question that cannot be settled without a great amount of research certainly throws a lot of doubt upon the integrity and honesty of the committee." Lee would spend the next two decades calling out such formulaic chicanery, the kind of which would later lead to some of the great shams of modern nutrition, including cholesterol theory and low-fat diets. 1949. Original source unknown.
Butter, Vitamin E, and the "X" Factor of Dr. Price
Summary: Could eating butter prevent hot flashes? Such a suggestion would sound outlandish to today's nutrition "experts." Yet not only did researchers in the mid-twentieth century show butter helps counter disorders associated with menopause, but the now maligned food was once regarded as a powerful healer in general, with physicians prescribing it for everything from psoriasis to tuberculosis. The reason for butter's formerly stellar reputation is simple, explains Dr. Royal Lee in this wide-ranging 1942 publication. Butter is loaded with bioactive fat-soluble vitamins, including vitamins A, D, and E, and as Dr. Weston Price observed in his classic book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, these nutrients are so critical to good health that human populations have historically placed a special emphasis on foods containing them. Butter produced by cows pasturing in the springtime is particularly nutritious, Dr. Lee adds, its deep yellow color indicating a high content of the famous "Activator X," an elusive fat-soluble nutrient shown by Dr. Price to be essential for moving calcium from the blood into the bones and teeth. Given modern nutrition's proscription against butter and other animal fats in the diet, it's no wonder that today America is plagued by osteoporosis and other calcium-related disorders—not to mention the myriad other ailments Drs. Price and Lee would have predicted for a nation starving itself of fat-soluble vitamins. Published by the Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research, 1942.
Potassium—The Dynamic Mineral in Nutrition
Summary: The perfect primer on the roles of potassium and sodium in the body. The trick to understanding these major minerals, Dr. Royal Lee says, is to consider where they should be. Potassium belongs in cells, not the blood, while sodium belongs in the blood, not the cells. "When these minerals lose their home," he warns, "they may be the cause of trouble." Dr. Lee discusses the keys to maintaining the proper distribution of these minerals, focusing particularly on the role of the adrenal glands and the need to take in more potassium, which has been largely displaced by sodium in the modern food supply, through the consumption of fresh, raw vegetables. From Let's Live magazine, 1958.
The Special Nutritional Qualities of Natural Foods
By Dr. Royal Lee and Jerome S. Stolzoff
Summary: In this landmark report from 1942, Dr. Royal Lee and coauthor Jerome Stolzoff contrast the nutritional merits of traditional, natural foods and their industrially processed counterparts. Whereas the foods of traditional diets have centuries of trial and error behind them affirming their ability to nourish the human body, the authors say, industrially processed foods were introduced into the food supply practically overnight, with no nutritional testing whatsoever. Only when people in droves began developing vitamin-deficiency diseases—which include the likes of heart disease and cancer, Dr. Lee points out—did nutritionists of the early twentieth century begin to realize the frightening truth: processing and refining render food nutritionally unfit by irrevocably damaging its vitamin complexes, and unless the human race returns to a diet of time-tested natural foods, it will quite literally starve itself to death. Includes an eye-opening chart listing almost 150 modern diseases and the vitamin deficiencies associated with them by scientific research of the early twentieth century. Published by the Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research, 1942.
Can Cancer Be Cured?
Summary: In this thought-provoking article from 1950, Dr. Royal Lee quotes physician L. Duncan Bulkley to challenge modern medicine's belief that cancer is a localized disease—the cells of a specific tissue or organ going haywire for no apparent reason—and not, as was widely believed historically, the result of a systemic disorder within the body, such as that caused by a nutritional deficiency. "The present status of the 'cancer problem,'" Dr. Bulkley opines, "is to decide between two quite opposite positions: First, a hypothetical and problematical view of a local, independent, unexplainable, autonomous decision of certain cells to take on and continue a destructive course—for which immense research has failed entirely to find any reason. Second, the simple and rational belief that a perverted nutrition—perhaps of long standing—influences certain cells to depart from their normal mode of action and take on an abnormal activity, pursuing a malignant and destructive course that is naturally kept up by the continued metabolic disturbance." Unsurprisingly, Dr. Lee adds, most of the successful alternative treatments of cancer reported at the time involved a radical shift in diet, from one of deficient, processed, chemical-laden products to a regimen of whole, natural, highly-nutrient-dense foods. Dr. Lee even outlines what such a diet might look like, placing particular emphasis on the consumption of raw foods. Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research publication 12-50, 1950.
Calories—Nutritional and Harmful Types
Summary: One of the truly perplexing assumptions of conventional nutrition is that industrially refining and processing a food has minimal effect on the food's nutritional value. Look through the history of scientific studies on diet and health, and rarely will you find a distinction made between pasteurized and raw milk, bleached and unbleached flour, refined and unrefined vegetable oil. Yet the chemical and thermal mauling of the food supply is precisely at the root of our ill health, writes Dr. Royal Lee in this 1961 manifesto of holistic nutrition. The reason for mainstream nutrition's blind spot when it comes to food processing, Dr. Lee explains, is its tendency to view foods solely in terms of calories—the measure of how much fuel a food supplies. Because processing and refining do not tend to alter the caloric content of foods, we have allowed uncontrolled damage to be done to the foods' noncaloric elements—the vitamins, minerals, and countless other known and unknown cofactors that spur the thousands of biochemical reactions required to repair and sustain the body. The result of this destruction is a sea of "foodless calorie products" that, while giving the illusion of sustenance, fail on the most basic level to sustain human health. From Natural Food and Farming, 1961. Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research reprint 30H.
Caffeine, Coffee, and Coca-Cola
Summary: In this 1957 article form Herald of Health magazine, Dr. Royal Lee discusses the addictive qualities of caffeine as well as the health-busting practice of the originators of Coca-Cola to add extra, isolated caffeine to its popular soft drink. "The effects of drinking caffeine on an empty stomach and in a free state are far more dangerous than drinking an equal quantity of caffeine wrapped up with tannic acid in tea and coffee," Dr. Lee writes, quoting the first head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Harvey Wiley. As Drs. Lee and Wiley also point out, the practices of Coca-Cola and many other of the country's food processors were ruled illegal by the Supreme Court early in the twentieth century, but penalties against the companies have never been enforced because of the food manufacturers' influence within the federal government. From Herald of Health magazine, 1957.
The Battlefront for Better Nutrition
Summary: "Yes, there is a battle going on," Dr. Royal Lee writes in this 1950 article from the magazine The Interpreter. But the war Dr. Lee was referring to did not involve guns or missiles. It was a contest hidden from public view, waged between the nation's food manufacturers and its first nutritionists—a war regarding the truth about processed foods. While modern beliefs about diet and health stem largely from the disproven idea that fat and cholesterol cause heart disease, the picture looked quite different to America's nutrition pioneers. These practitioners and researchers, living at a time when industrially processed foods morphed from novelty to staple of the country's food supply, witnessed firsthand a phenomenon repeated across the globe throughout the twentieth century: wherever processed foods were introduced, the "modern" diseases—heart attacks, cancer, stroke, diabetes, obesity, arthritis, liver disease, ulcers, tooth decay, and so on—soon followed, where they had been virtually nonexistent before. This phenomenon was so obvious and so predictable that only a massive conspiracy between industrial food manufacturers and the federal government, as Dr. Lee bravely outlines in this explosive essay, could hoodwink the American people into believing that processed and refined foods are capable of nourishing the human body. From The Interpreter, 1950. Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research reprint 30-E.
Cancer: Its Cause, Its Prevention, Its Cure
Summary: In this report from the late 1940s, Dr. Lee reviews some successful alternative treatments of cancer and emphasizes the importance of avoiding processed foods in both preventing and reversing the disease. In particular, he cites the works of Drs. Max Gerson of New York and D.T. Quigley of Omaha who famously reported that no case of cancer he had ever treated improved unless "the diet was so arranged that sugar disappeared from the urine." In addition to refined sugar, Dr. Lee also names bleached flour and nitrite-preserved meats as likely cancer culprits. Published by the Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research, circa 1949.
Applied Protomorphology: The Physiological Control of Growth and Repair
Summary: In this eye-opening 1952 article, Dr. Royal Lee outlines the basic mechanism behind autoimmune disorders—something that alludes medical science to this day. Under normal circumstances, Dr. Lee writes, growth factors specific to each tissue in the body, which he calls "protomorphogens," are released into the bloodstream by the tissues' cells. To keep protomorphogens from causing runaway growth of their corresponding tissue, the body produces antibodies to neutralize them. When a tissue (or organ) becomes overworked, it begins to produce an abnormally high amount of its protomorphogen. This, in turn, causes the body to produce an abnormally high amount of antibodies. If the amount of antibody exceeds the amount of protomorphogen, the excess antibodies begin attacking the actual cells of the tissue—what has come to be known as an "autoimmune reaction." Not only did Dr. Lee identify and explain such reactions over seventy years ago, he also developed food-based supplements that thwart them, as he describes in this article. With medicine still groping to explain why autoimmune reactions occur and at a loss as to how to stop them, Dr. Lee's words are nothing short of astounding. 1952.
The Cause of Erosion
Summary: Dr. Royal Lee grew up on a farm in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, giving him firsthand knowledge of what he called the "two most important problems of the land—the problem of erosion and the problem of maintenance of fertility of soil." In this 1947 commentary, Dr. Lee suggests that the two go hand in hand. He speculates that a depletion in mineral salts—or an unnatural imbalance of them like that created by artificial fertilization—leads to an inability of the soil to absorb water and leach from it the organic matter necessary for its health. In turn, he says, a precise make-up of organic matter is required in the soil to ensure the proper mineral constitution. "It seems," he says, "that we must have organic matter to hold the mineral elements needed by plant life, and we must have mineral salts…to hold the organic matter." Dr. Lee follows his discussion with excerpts from the classic 1863 text The Natural Laws of Husbandry by German chemist and agriculturist Justus von Liebig, who decries the simplicity with which most agricultural scientists view soil constitution and warns of the profound danger of partial soil fertilization—a practice that nonetheless has become the calling card of modern agriculture. Finally, in an unrelated piece from the January 21, 1944, issue of Science, Dr. Lee comments on the similarity of nutrient factors within and across species in an article titled "Vitamer or Isotel? Both?" Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research reprint 29, circa 1947. Multiple original sources.
Foreword to "The Real American Tragedy"
Summary: Processed food is not food—no matter how much we tell ourselves it is. If there's one statement that sums the opinion of early nutrition researchers, that's it. When industrial food processing burst onto the scene in the late nineteenth century, it began fundamentally changing the stuff that had always nourished human beings. Harsh mechanical and chemical methods destroyed the power of our food to nourish us; and to make matters worse, artificial substances of untested effect were added to the mix. This destruction of America's food supply is one of the great ignored crimes of history and the subject of C.E. Burtis's 1960 book The Real American Tragedy. In the book's foreword, presented here, leading nutritionist Dr. Royal Lee describes a telltale pattern observed repeatedly by nutrition's first investigators: wherever processed foods were introduced, cancer, heart disease, tooth decay, and other "modern" diseases—virtually unknown previously in the population—soon followed. While this fact is utterly ignored today, it was entirely evident to Dr. Lee and his colleagues that a preponderance of processed and artificial foods in the diet is the main reason for America's poor health. From The Real American Tragedy, 1960. Published by the Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research.
Foreword to "Rebuilding Health: The Waerland Method of Natural Therapy"
Summary: Ebba Waerland was a natural foods advocate and healer from Sweden who gained international fame during the mid-twentieth century. The Waerland dietary system—named after her husband, physiologist Are Waerland—emphasized whole, natural foods over processed, nutrient-deficient ones, and it was very successful and popular in Europe. For the U.S. edition of her 1961 book, Rebuilding Health, Ms. Waerland asked American nutrition giant Dr. Royal Lee to write the foreword, which is presented here. In it Dr. Lee laments the assumption by modern civilization that industrially processed food is harmless—that "in some miraculous way, [the body] can transmute demineralized, devitaminized foods into healthy tissue." A short biography of Ms. Waerland, from the book's jacket, is included along with Dr. Lee's foreword. From Rebuilding Health: The Waerland Method of Natural Therapy, 1961. Reprinted by the Lee Foundation for Nutritional Health.
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Clock boy disassembled an old digital desk clock and stuck it in a briefcase. That's like some kid "hacking" a Facebook account by knowing the password.
If they are actually building a clock then put them in electronics classes. If they are dissembling a clock and putting it in a briefcase to look like a bomb to scare people send them to Guantanamo and water board them.


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FedEx pulls sponsorshop of Memphis startup conference where Damien Echols will speak
By Wayne Risher
FedEx has withdrawn support from a startup business conference in Memphis after West Memphis Three figure Damien Echols was added to the program.
FedEx marketing officials made the move this week, leaving organizers scrambling for sponsors for Everywhereelse.co:The Startup Conference, Sunday through Tuesday at Memphis Cook Convention Center.
The Memphis shipping giant bailed after last Friday's announcement that Echols would participate in a "fireside chat" Monday with Commercial Appeal reporter James Dowd about how the world has changed since he was imprisoned.
A FedEx spokeswoman said the conference agenda moved "pretty significantly" away from the startup business and entrepreneurial agenda that fits the FedEx brand.
"It's my understanding he's going to talk about how technology changed, but that didn't match with our understanding of it being an entrepreneurial, startup event," said FedEx's Shea Leordeanu.
"I think any corporation, when you're going to be involved in an event, you want to make sure it matches your brand."
Conference coordinator Kyle Sandler said he was informed of FedEx's decision Wednesday morning. "I was told the FedEx name and the FedEx brand could not be associated with a guest so polarizing within the city of Memphis."
Sandler said the only significant change since FedEx signed on in December was the addition of Echols.
Listed by Forbes magazine as a must-attend conference for entrepreneurs, it will include a Startup Village, speed pitch contests, educational and networking forums and panel discussions featuring a variety of speakers such as AOL cofounder and Startup America chairman Steve Case.
Sandler said FedEx's sponsorship was coveted because of the company's entrepreneurial legacy and founder Frederick W. Smith's support for the Startup America Partnership, of which Smith is a board member. "This position that they took strikes me as against that."
Echols spent 17 years on death row in Arkansas after his conviction in the 1993 murders of three Cub Scouts in West Memphis. He and two co-defendants were released from prison in August 2011, capping a high-profile, star-studded campaign proclaiming their innocence and debunking the prosecution case against them.
The campaign to exonerate the West Memphis Three has continued, with the release of Echols' book "Life After Death" and an upcoming movie about the case in postproduction. Echols remains a controversial figure whose defenders include rock group Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, actor Johnny Depp, the Dixie Chicks and film director Peter Jackson, but others aren't convinced he's innocent.
The inaugural conference, coordinated by Nibletz.com co-founder Sandler, had to be moved from The Peabody to the Convention Center to accommodate a growing audience. More than 2,000 people and nearly 100 startup businesses have signed on to participate.
Leordeanu said FedEx's corporate logo was removed from the event website, www.everywhereelse.co, and FedEx had agreed to reimburse organizers for reprinting of the event program.
The website continued to list sponsors including the FedEx Institute of Technology at University of Memphis, the Baker Donelson law firm, LaunchTennessee, LaunchMemphis and Xtrant. Sandler said Xtrant had upped its support and he was courting other sponsors.
"The event is obviously good for the community," he added. "The show will go on."
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Bad eggs don't crack draft pool
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A PLAYER once mused an AFL list is much like a PE class at school.
You have your teacher's pets, leaders, jokers, nerds and those who sit at the back of the class and insist on mucking about.
And while the latter are tolerated as long as they fall back into line, those prone to detention are not.
Brendan Fevola and Daniel Connors are two players who have fallen out of the system because of behavioural issues.
Thursday's national draft is a critical filtering point where clubs can make sure "bad eggs" are kept out.
As Essendon captain Jobe Watson told the Herald Sun, clubs can not afford to waste time on players who aren't of a certain disposition.
"Any time you bring someone into your club, you want to know that they aren't going to be people who hold you back," Watson said.
"You want to know that they are willing to fulfil and embrace what the ethos of the team is.
"The amount of energy that you might spend trying to manage people and get them to do what you want is really wasted, so clubs and even teammates now aren't prepared to put up with people who they have to constantly manage."
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NEVER has being a "good bloke" in the eyes of a prospective coach, footy manager or recruiter been so important.
AFL talent manager Kevin Sheehan says the sport requires players and staff to work together productively for up to 50 hours a week.
So attitude is the No.1 thing that Michael Turner, regional manager of TAC Cup team Geelong Falcons, tells his players to focus on.
"And that's a whole range of things," Turner said.
"It's being prepared to work hard, to fit in with the team, follow instructions, be coachable. That is 100 per cent the key area with AFL clubs now. Once they tick off on the (playing ability) then that's what they home in on."
Recruiters are under enormous pressure to get the right people to their club. Several recruiting departments have access to a psychologist to help assess the characteristics of potential players.
Parents, teachers and employers are all interviewed to get a better idea of the man behind the footballer.
COLLINGWOOD recruiting manager Derek Hine says no stone can be left unturned to find the right player for the club - on and off the field.
"Because clubs are becoming more and more accountable, and as a consequence it's just critically important that you are able to profile the athlete and be able to substantiate the pick that you make," Hine said.
"It obviously matters if the pick is right or wrong, but it's extremely important that you're able to get in front of the board and say 'these are the reasons we actually picked this particular player'.
"It's obviously about looking at the athlete, his strengths and weaknesses in both a physical sense and psychological sense.
"Then you look at the resources that you've got in your organisation to say: 'OK, if I end up bringing player X in, can I do so in confidence, knowing that we've got the support structure in place to be able to address any particular weaknesses he might have in his game or psyche?'
"If you don't think you can turn him around, then you may as well not bring the athlete in."
Magpies eye draft 'bad boy'
Former Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett confirms there is pressure from board level to bring quality people into the club.
"It's terribly important," Kennett said.
"Recruiters spend a great deal of time not only assessing the individual's football abilities, but whether he is going to fit in well as a member of the team and within the culture of the club.
"It wouldn't have mattered how good a footballer they were, if they were not able to be a part of the team they will not be selected.
"All recruiters, and certainly at Hawthorn, spend a great deal of time with the individual, with his family, before making recommendations that they should be drafted. So it's not just on football ability."
PSYCHOLOGICAL assessments and interviews with clubs are critical when determining if a player is the right fit.
Some try to meet players before they are "coached" to give good answers in interviews, while others wait until after the under-18 national championships.
But if clubs want to get the full picture, Turner said they should look no further than the player's TAC Cup or state league club "because they see them in a football atmosphere and know how they react to scenarios".
"Some AFL clubs are very good at doing that and some clubs are very poor," Turner said. "We all give an honest appraisal."
He said players know what to expect when interviewed - Geelong's Billie Smedts addressed Falcon players on the subject this year - but above all they are urged not to feel intimidated.
"We only encourage them to be themselves," Turner said. "That's what the clubs want. They just want an honest assessment."
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Those inspired by Christ, like myself, find strength in his life and teaching. All religious traditions hold to the example of their prophets. Mahatma Gandhi spoke of 'the inner voice' and the need to 'make God your guru'. Buddhists advocate the practice of meditation and detachment. For Muslims, the very word Islam means submission to the will of God and peace within and between human beings. Jews and Christians find God in the 'still, small voice' within.
Striving for the ideal is not arrogance but humility in the face of eternal time and space. We need the grace of forgiveness, and to acknowledge that we are all, in one way or another, flawed. But we can also recognize that what we give out to others is what we receive back. Hate too easily begets hate; love begets love. As we run our personal virus checkers each day we become free from egotistical motives. Free to have creative care for others.
Thirdly, when downloading spiritual information, it helps to print it out, rather than leaving it unattended on the hard disk of our minds. Writing down our innermost thoughts acts as an aide mémoire, so that they cannot be conveniently ignored.
Père Alphonse Gratry (1805-72) wrote: 'How can I listen to God, you ask me. This is the answer: you write.' An old Chinese proverb says that 'the strongest memory is weaker than the palest ink'.
Finally, we can share the thoughts we receive with trusted family, friends, colleagues or spiritual mentors—and even those who we think are likely to disagree with us—before acting on them. In being transparent ourselves we create a basis of trust. Ideas that come to one person may be heightened by others. Equally, one person may bring a breakthrough inspiration to the whole group. In the end, taking action on an inspired thought is an act of faith.
All this, then, is much more than just a matter of private concern, without consequence for others or for the wider world.
The New York Times journalist Thomas Friedman writes, in his book The Lexus and the Olive Tree, that one of the characteristics of globalization is 'superempowered individuals', who are enabled to enlist others around a cause through information technology. He cites the experience of Jody Williams who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her campaign to outlaw land mines by gaining support through emails. Another example was the Jubilee 2000 campaign for international debt remission, which also depended on mobilizing public opinion. And members of the ATTAC movement, who campaign at world social forums for a more just globalization, say they aim to 'change the world'.
Friedman says that there are six dimensions of globalization: financial and business, political, cultural, security/defence, technological and environmental. One could also add the religious and spiritual dimension, in an age when different faith traditions rub shoulders in the world's major cities. Friedman emphasizes the need for 'globalists'—people who look at the whole picture, the global scene. Frank Buchman also expressed his message in global terms—'remaking the world'. In one sense, whenever someone decides to act differently, out of a new motivation, then the world has already become a different place. But Buchman also encouraged people to 'think for continents'—to let the pain and glory of the world filter through one's heart and mind. And he saw the need for 'super-empowered individuals' in the spiritual context. Such individuals, working together, contribute to integrity, justice, healing and reconciliation, and good governance in business and public life.
Imagine, Buchman said, a hundred million people listening daily to the still, small voice within. Or, today, we might imagine a billion people listening to that sound of silence. It would certainly create a calmer, more peaceful, more just world. Wherever we are, we can all make a difference—in our families, communities and places of work.
For many around the world, the daily time of silent reflection has become an anchor, and a springboard to action, over the years. It has become an indispensable tool of a lifetime. Taken seriously, it affects every area of life: family relationships, your job, your use of money and the world's resources, your friendships and, maybe, choice of partner in life. It makes a world of difference.
Initiatives of Change (IofC) is an informal, international network of people of all faiths and backgrounds working to change the world by first seeking change in their own lives. These moments of personal transformation often mark a new direction in a person's life. Some of them have resulted in the various initiatives of change currently being undertaken by this global network. They include Action for Life, Agenda for Reconciliation, Caux Initiatives for Business, Caux Scolars Program, Creators of Peace, Farmers' Dialogue, Hope in the Cities, Initiative for Land, Lives and Peace, Renewal Arts, Tools for Change, and Trust and Integrity in the Global Economy. All these have grown through networks of empowered individuals. IofC works on the principle that changes in people's motives, attitudes and behaviour are not only possible but are the only sure basis on which wider lasting change in society can be brought about. This is the experience of millions of people, whether involved in IofC or not, who have decided to start the 'change process' in their own lives. IofC's main international centres are in Caux, Switzerland, and Panchgani, India.
Michael Smith's experience of listening to the 'sound of silence' drew him into publishing and journalism with the international programme of Initiatives of Change. He qualified in typography and print design at the London College of Printing in 1970. He served for three years in India, 1971-74, on the production of Rajmohan Gandhi's newsweekly magazine Himmat, and has visited India 14 times, reporting stories of industrial development. In 1987 he became one of the founding editors of For A Change magazine, published by Initiatives of Change in London. He is now a freelance journalist working with Initiatives of Change. He is the author of Trust and Integrity in the Global Economy (2008), The Fullness of Life (2012) and Great Company (2015). He and his wife, Jan, live in Wimbledon and they have two children.


Let's face it. Halloween is the day that parents turn into monsters.
Why? Because you don't want your kids to eat that whole pillowcase of goodies they will come home with after a successful night of trick-or-treating.
Don't fear. You can successfully grab those Milky Ways and Milk Duds, Reeses and Rolos, lollipops and licorice out of their grasp -- and maybe help others at the same time.
There are some strategies parents can take to limit the candy consumption and use the holiday to talk to kids about healthy eating. But how? Here are some great ideas shared by the people at the Today show.
Let the kids have a few pieces and then play a game. Leave the candy out and see what the friendly ghosts who enter in the night leave in its place. How about some colored pencils for the art lover or a book for the preschooler who just loves to read with Mom? For your older kids, just tell them you'll trade it for a small gift card.
Ration it. Give the kids a piece or two a day for the first week of November, and take a few pieces out of their stash each day. Soon, they'll see they are out of candy.
Donate it to nursing homes or senior centers. The residents, or their visitors, might enjoy a little sweet treat.
Save it as a start on filling that pinata for your child's next birthday party.
Put it away and forget it. Out of sight with easily distracted kids? Out of mind.
And while you're in the Halloween spirit, just this down and remind yourself next summer to get started on this: donating your candy to the troops. It's a mission the kids would love to help you organize in your neighborhood. Check out the Operation Gratitude website for your inspiration.
You just get home from picking up your little ones at TSL Adventures after work. You're so excited to see your older kids. So you walk into the kitchen, where they sit and do their homework every day after school. You've got great news to tell them about something that happened today.
"Guess what! I got a….." And your voice trails off.
They're not listening. They're stuck in their own little world of tweets, memes and mindless scrolling.
We get it. You're confused. You're frustrated. What makes that tiny little screen so much more entertaining than the world around your child?
Don't blame your kids; blame the world around them. They were born into the era of smartphones, tablets and instant access to information. It's only natural, despite what you might think.
As helpful and entertaining as all of this technology can be, there is a downside. Exposure to screens before bed can cause sleeping troubles. Spending too much time navigating the social media world can decrease productivity levels, as you may have noticed with your kids. By the way, have they unloaded the dishwasher like you asked them to yesterday?
And perhaps most importantly, studies show teens in the smartphone era are more depressed than ever, largely due to their friends' glorified social media lives, which often appear greater than reality indicates. Jealousy and insecurities arise, leading to mental anguish among young people.
So what can you do to help? You probably already have taken away your child's phone or tablet, or even limited access on the home computer. Schools have tried to do the same thing. But it's just not going to happen, no matter how hard you try. So you need to compromise. Here are some simple (and reasonable) compromises you and your children can make so that they don't spend too much time on their devices, negatively impacting their physical and mental health along the way.
Put a limit on the data plan. Money is the ultimate persuader. Your children don't want to go into their own piggy banks or wallets to start paying after reaching the data limit, now do they? That strategy could teach them to ration their daily usage.
Have them turn off the phones and give them to you at bedtime. After all, increased exposure to light before bed can cause trouble. If the kids say they use the phone to wake them up for school, there's an easy solution: an old-fashioned alarm clock. .
Limit your child to one device. Does your child really need an iPhone, Amazon Kindle and a Dell laptop?Set a good example. You can't expect your child to respect your rules if you are spending the same amount of hours on the screen. Remember, children like to model their parents' actions.
Make house rules for when it is appropriate to use these devices. Start with no phones at the dinner table! That's the time for families to gather and engage in discussion.
Change the WiFi password every now and then. Your child will have to ask you for it, which gives you an opportunity to reinforce your rules.
We know how protective children and teenagers are of their technology. But it falls on parents to be vigilant and make sure they aren't overused. Encourage family time and outdoor activities. It's a tough battle to fight, but remember, it's your house and they play by your rules!
Ah, Halloween. Aside from Christmas, it's probably your child's favorite holiday. Think about it. For a day, your son can pretend he's Batman, or your daughter can be the real-life embodiment of Queen Elsa. Halloween is all about the children, and it's your job to make sure your child enjoys an awesome day of fun and candy. Heck, it's even your job to do your best to impress other people's children with your impressive and unique candy selection, as well as your decorations, which can make or break your neighborhood reputation. The first step in creating an impressive Halloween decoration display?
Sure the cobwebs, scarecrows and giant spiders can take a B display to an A, but with all things in life, you need to start with the basics. And if you miss on the pumpkin, well then your Halloween decorations have lost all credibility. No adorable trick-or-treater will ever come to your house again.
OK, we're kidding. But you can't discount how important the carved pumpkin is, and how children and parents alike appreciate a finely carved pumpkin.
That being said, here's the best way to carve the pumpkin of your dreams. Using our kid-friendly methods, you and your child can have the pumpkin-carving experience that will make all of the neighbors jealous.
Obviously, choose the right pumpkin. Preferably one with few bumps and soft spots and not one too heavy or too small that will make it difficult to carve.
Once you've got your pumpkin, pick a location where you've got some room to work with. Have the kids help you put down some newspaper. It's going to get messy.
Choose your design -- know your artistic strengths and limitations! Your children can grab the iPad and find one they like best to use it as a model. Then they can use a marker to draw the design for you to carve.
Using that marker, the kids should draw a medium-sized circle on the bottom of the pumpkin. We cut out the bottom of the pumpkin first for preservation purposes.
Using your carving tools, cut the bottom out. If you don't have carving tools, take care in using your kitchen knives. Choose a short-handled knife for greater control.
Your child can reach in and take out all of the seeds. Don't be afraid to eat them. Pumpkin seeds are a healthy source of protein! If the kids balk at reaching into the pumpkin, have them put their hands inside a plastic grocery bag.
Now go about with your design by using small carving strokes. Be as precise as possible and don't go too fast. You don't want to get hurt. While you're carving, keep your children occupied with another task. They can decorate a pie pumpkin of their own by painting a scary face on it or start putting candy in the bowl. Just be aware they may sneak a Kit-Kat or two, which is all part of the process, of course.
Children don't like to clean their rooms, but they'll gladly help with the pumpkin mess. Throw all of the remaining seeds and pumpkin insides in a trash bag.
Once you've finished carving your pumpkin, consider putting an LED light in it, rather than a candle, to illuminate your pumpkin in the night.
In the end, it doesn't matter if you're a Picasso carving the pumpkin. It's creating family fun and traditions that counts.
It's so easy to run over to Sam's Club in Latham or BJ's in Albany and choose a giant assortment of chips to stuff in your kids' lunch bags. It's relatively inexpensive. They like it. It's convenient. It'll last a few weeks.
We're all so busy and sometimes we just don't have the time to prepare a healthy snack. But it's worth going the extra mile and spending just a few minutes to upgrade the contents of that lunch.
Today's children are larger than they've ever been. According to the American Heart Association, about one in three kids/teenagers can be considered overweight or obese. Between video games, on-demand streaming, tablets and cell phones, kids are less active and are more distracted than ever. And it's not just them. The same roadblocks to a child's health are the same ones that adults face. It's not all due to inactivity. Genetics can play just as large of a role. And so can unhealthy eating behaviors, which is something fully within our control as parents.
Remember, kids are easily impressionable. It's up to you to set the example for how to lead a healthy lifestyle. Go outside and play with your child. Limit the number of trips to the drive-thru. Packing your own lunch for work? Make yourself the same healthy lunch. These are small changes that can make a big difference for you and your child.
These 10 simple snack ideas all take less than five minutes to prepare. You can go the route of preparing all of your snacks for the week ahead on Sunday night, but also remember that variety is key to a healthy diet. Send your child off to school with these small snacks that will keep your child healthy, happy and full.
String cheese: Simply pull off the strings and you're good to go. Just as easy as the big boxes of chips!
Roasted red pepper hummus and baby carrots. You also might want to the carrots into smaller pieces and put the hummus in a separate container for dipping.
Raisins: Simple! Not the most nutritious, but certainly healthier than the bag of Little Bites.
Apples and peanut butter: Slice up an apple and bring a small container of peanut butter for dipping. Or, substitute apples with celery.
Nuts: Almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts, peanuts, etc. Just make sure you're buying them whole and natural. The fewer the ingredients on the label, the more nutritious it is.
Greek yogurt: Give your child a small container of this protein-rich product full of vitamins. The flavored ones are full of sugar, but still better than other yogurts. Plain yogurt is the healthiest option, so if you go this route, be sure to mix in berries and nuts to make it taste better.
Orange slices: Simply peel the orange, slice it and bam. Your child has a Vitamin C powerhouse for a snack.
Beef jerky: A simple, easy, and nutritious way to get some protein into your child's body. Turkey jerky is even better for you.
Dried fruit: This last option is a mix between fruit and candy. Dried bananas, dried oranges, etc. It's fruit with a little more sugar. Got to live a little, right?
One last tip: Get in the habit of reading ingredients labels at the store. Show the older kids how to, also. Here's a general rule of thumb: If you can't pronounce an ingredient, it's not good for you. Try to avoid the middle of the grocery store as much as possible, where all of the processed chips, cereals and treats pull us in with their temptations. Don't be a stranger to it, but just remember, everything in moderation. A healthier you can mean a healthier child, which is a win-win for everybody. These snack ideas are a great place to start.
We all have had anxiety at one time or another. A big project due at work. The stress of the upcoming holidays (and they'll be here before you know it.) Worries over paying those unexpected car-repair bills.
Even though adults might think kids shouldn't have a care in the world, children have anxiety, too. We stumbled across a wonderful article by Dr. Clark Goldstein, the founder of Growth Psychology in New York City, who addressed how to help your child cope with anxiety. We share some of his thoughts and suggest you read his article for more in-depth information if your child is facing anxiety and stress.
Help your child manage her anxiety. Don't try to remove the things that trigger her stress. Instead, if you help her tolerate the anxiety, it will reduce as time goes on.
Don't avoid things that make him anxious. Removing him from the situation that causes anxiety when he starts to react negatively shows him that is how he can cope with the anxiety. The cycle likely will repeat itself.
Listen to your child's fears but don't discount or validate them. Tell her that you understand that she's afraid about something, such as a dental appointment, and that it is OK to be afraid and that you will be by her side to get through it together.
Talk and think things through with him. Discuss what he is afraid of and develop a plan to cope with those fears. For instance, what if he worries that he will get on the wrong bus after school? What would he do if he is the last one on the bus and he doesn't recognize his house? You two can develop a strategy that he will talk to the bus driver and ask the driver to call you or another loved one right away. Having a plan that you've created together will help reduce anxiety.
As we said, parents face anxiety, too. Your kids can perceive how you handle your stresses and will pick up on how you get through difficult circumstances.
Don't skip breakfast to start the day. But read our tips on how to start the day without catastrophe.
Happy Monday! Happy start of the new work week!
Oh, come in. It isn't that bad.
Getting ready to face Monday morning ― or any new day in the work/school week ― just requires organization and preparation. A routine, in other words. Here's a simple organization guideline to follow, and it starts the day before.
Undoubtedly, you got all caught up on the laundry over the weekend. Don't bother putting it all away. Instead, dedicate a drawer, or a shelf or even a box for the clothes for the upcoming week. Stack the Friday clothes on the bottom ― socks and undergarments included ― and that way the kids' clothes are ready to go for the week.
Pack lunches for both yourself and the kids. Put a sticky note on the door you exit in the morning as a reminder to grab them from the fridge when you walk out the door.
Start collecting things you'll need later in the week and put them in the area where you keep the backpacks so you're prepared. Need an art smock for Wednesday? A canned good for the school food drive on Thursday? Have them ready.
Don't forget to pack your briefcase, too, and remember to slip in that important report you reviewed over the weekend. They're easy to forget in the Monday-morning rush.
Prepare for afterschool activities. Soccer practice after school? Put the cleats and soccer clothes in the car the night before.
Wake up before the kids so you have some time to gather your thoughts for the day and start getting ready. Quiet time is always needed.
Don't skip breakfast. But before breakfast, get the kids partially dressed. Leave the pajama tops or an old T-shirt on but put on bottoms, socks. (If your daughter is wearing a dress, put a big T-shirt over it!) You won't have to find a new outfit in case of spills. That way, all you have is a quick finish to dressing, brushing teeth, gathering backpacks or diaper bags and hitting the road.
You crawl into bed on a Friday night at the end of a crazy work week, knowing it's your daughter's seventh birthday tomorrow, and you've got everything planned. Great job!
You booked the local roller rink for three hours of nonstop action and laughs for tomorrow morning. You have all your RSVPs, so you know exactly who is coming to the party. You bought little toys and candy to put in your very own homemade goodie bags. The skating rink is serving a lunch of pizza, hot dogs and soda for the kids. They will be ready to eat after burning off all those calories.
Lights out, you are about to fall asleep until one four-letter word jolts you awake.
How on earth, you ask yourself, did you forget to order the cake from the bakery?
No cake? No problem. Your daughter doesn't need a bakery-decorated cake. Have you been to a wedding recently and seen the desserts that have replaced the typical three-tiered cake? The same thing has happened with birthday parties, where a Hello Kitty- or New York Yankees-themed cake is no longer mandatory.
Here are nine alternative sure to cap off a fabulous party.
1. Cupcakes. Your best friend. Easy preparation and easy cleanup, even if a child drops it on the ground.
2. Cookie cake. Make one yourself or buy one at your local supermarket on the way. It's one giant chocolate chip cookie. Who can't get behind that?
3. Munchkins. Really strapped for time? Grab a few boxes of different flavors of the bite-sized Dunkin' Donuts staple on your way to the party. We have a few hundred Dunkin' Donuts in the Capital Region, after all.
4. Frosted sugar cookies. You know the ones we're talking about. The ones at the front of every Walmart in America. What are they called? Who knows. But we've never met a child who doesn't love them.
5. Brownies. Like cupcakes, brownies are another ol' reliable. Remember to always leave some batter so you can lick the spoon. Take some vanilla ice cream to the rink because nothing is better than brownies and ice cream.
6. Ice cream cake. Supermarkets always have a Carvel cake ready to go. It's ice cream in cake form -- the best of both worlds! Just be sure to ask the party hosts to find a freezer for it ASAP.
7. Ice cream sundae bar. Take a gallon of vanilla ice cream, a jar of hot fudge, sprinkles, maraschino cherries and some whipped cream and let the kids make their own. Forget the nut topping because of nut allergies your guests might have. Or, for a healthier treat, grab fresh fruit for the toppings.
8. Decorated donuts. Cupcakes and brownies aren't the only things kids like nowadays. Buy a couple of dozen donuts along with some frosting and sprinkles and let the children customize their own dessert. Beware a giant mess.
9. A fresh-fruit platter. What kids don't like strawberries, blueberries and pineapple? The kids' parents will appreciate this one.
Well this baby looks like she's on a mission to quickly scoot from one place to another, doesn't she?
Once your baby discovers those strong arms and little legs can move her across the room, it's time to babyproof your home. All of us with little ones have invested in everything from baby gates to cabinet and drawer locks to plugs for electrical outlets, turning our homes into fortresses to keep baby safe along the way.
So what happens when Grandma watches the baby at her home? It's time to invest in the basics to leave at Grandma's house, such as outlet plugs and a gate to close off stairs. After all, Grandma might not have had a baby in the house for more than 25 years, and her place needs some safety features.
Refrigerator magnets. The magnet on the back can easily come loose and wind up as a choking hazard. Ask her to either remove the magnets or move them to the top of the fridge.
Cabinets. If Grandma keeps cleaning supplies or other potential poisons under the kitchen sink, install a cabinet lock or ask her to move those items to a top shelf. Check all the cabinets for dangerous items, while you're at it.
Tablecloths. Babies love to pull the tablecloths that hang from the side of the table. When they do, everything on the table -- which potentially includes glass that can break or sharp silverware -- could come tumbling down on baby. Maybe it's time to get Grandma some new placemats to replace that tablecloth.
Grandma's purse. An open purse is an invitation for trouble when baby dumps it on the floor. What could she find? Loose change. Mints. Even prescription medicine in a bottle without a childproof cap. Purses hold dangerous choking hazards. Ask Grandma to make sure to zip or snap her purse closed and put it out of reach.
The kitchen stovetop. Remind Grandma that if she is going to cook to use back burners and turn pan handles toward the wall so little hands can't reach the heat.
Look down. Ask Grandma to move any pet food the baby could get into, cords that could be crawled over and cause an electrical item to fall, or any small choking hazards that could be found on the floor.
Don't hesitate to ask Grandma or another family member to make these changes, and allow you to install some protective items, around the house before you leave your baby in their care. They love your baby, too, and should be happy to oblige.
Where in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area can your child have the joy of meeting a big red dog, a cat in a hat, a curious monkey, a persnickety train and a bespectacled man named Mr. Pine who confused a whole town when he lost his glasses?
At the library, of course.
September was National Library Card Sign-Up Month, and if you and your children didn't make it to your local library to get their first library card, put it at the top of the to-do list for October. According to the American Library Association, the observance was launched in 1987 to meet the challenge of then-Secretary of Education William J. Bennett who said: "Let's have a national campaign ... every child should obtain a library card -- and use it."
It's never too early to introduce your child to books. Thanks to preschool story times at a number of our local libraries, even children growing up in the digital age can learn to love the wonders of books before they learn to read.
4. Opening New Worlds: Most Americans see the library as an educational support center for students of all ages. For parents in particular, helping their children enjoy reading is one of the most important things they can do. Reading is fundamental to student development and learning; reading sparks curiosity and imagination. And this is where the library card comes in; it opens wide the world of books.
3. Expert Help: Not only does the public library have books for parents and children to take home and share or read on their own, it has librarians to help locate specific books for every age group and on any and every topic imaginable. And being able to use all of these wonderful books is free to the cardholder!
2. Getting Connected: About 30 percent of all students do not have home access to the Internet, according to the Department's National Center for Education Statistics, so for these students having a library card is extra important. The Library is a hot spot for free Internet access and word processing computers, and even computer classes and Internet instruction are available. In addition, libraries often offer free programs on everything from astronomy to zoo keeping and writing resumes to learning a language, as well as summer reading programs that keep those reading skills strong during summer vacation.
1. Student Success: For all students, the card provides the information resources they need to succeed in school and in life. Resources not only include free access to eBooks and eAudioBooks, online databases for articles and reports, encyclopedias and test preparation materials, but also free access to library staff who can help find additional materials to complete homework assignments, recommend an interesting read for an upcoming book report or teach how to select and use a database to research a science project. Since most public libraries have Web sites, many services are available from the Internet 24×7.


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Join us for an evening of hearty, warming food from my homeland, Greece. We'll introduce you to new flavours and show you a different side of Greek cooking using the best seasonal produce the UK has to offer. So come along with friends and family or make new ones with us as we share a feast fitting of these long, dark evenings.
*Please inform us of the choice you would like to make when booking your ticket. If no choice is provided, mutton will be served to you for the main course and ice cream for the dessert.
BYOB and you are free to bring whatever beverages you would like to. However we have teamed up with the fantastic Forest Wines in Walthamstow to provide a recommended wine list which we will email to you before the evening. You can order online through Forest Wines and they will deliver your choices to us so they are waiting for you on the night. Just make sure you place your order by November 27th to guarantee the delivery of your wine.
We source only the best quality seasonal produce. Our mutton will be supplied by Ginger Pig and fruit & vegetables by OrganicLea.


Bush had an extensive career in public service — U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President Nixon; head of the U.S. liaison office in Beijing in 1974; director of the CIA in 1976; vice-president under Ronald Reagan for two terms — before being elected 41st president of the U.S. in 1988. He was viewed as a president strong on foreign policy, and the perceived success of the Gulf War increased his popularity.
However, his foreign policy successes did not translate into domestic ones. "Despite his virtuosity in welding the international alliance, Bush has stumbled in explaining his strategy to his countrymen," TIME magazine stated in naming Bush Man of the Year for 1990 (1/7/91). "Many Americans concluded that in George Bush they had elected two Presidents: a highly capable captain of foreign policy and a dawdling, disengaged caretaker of domestic affairs. That impression was understandable but by no means complete."


We first had the pleasure of playing Hyakki Castle when it was released for PC in 2017, and Matt gave it a high rating, praising its combination of a Western approach to a dungeon crawler with Japanese themes. And today, the game has been released on two consoles under the title Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle. Set in Japan's Edo Period and featuring a gorgeous Ukiyoe art style, the game is best described as real-time dungeon RPG.
The game is set on Hyakki Island, where prisoners are sent in exile. Seemingly out of nowhere, a castle appears on the island. Along with it comes far too many monsters, including the aforementioned Yokai of Japanese literature… and they're all just waiting for you to enter. One of the island's inhabitants is a rebel mastermind who aims to overthrow the Shogun order. As the player, you become four special agents of the Shogun order. Each is part of a specific class and race: Human, Nekomata, Oni, Tengu.
Related Reading: Matt's interview with Saito about why he decided to make a Yokai-filled crawler.
Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle features something new to console titles, a two-party system that aims to makes strategic fights easier. Essentially, your four characters can split into two parties of two, allowing complex attacks to become easy. It is often needed to complete puzzles as well as fighting battles. If that sounds complicated, don't worry, because there's a tutorial in the game that will teach you the basics.


Many understand that commercial and military aircrafts cannot afford any problems during flight. The consequences of a malfunction can range from inconvenient to drastic. If a problem arises it can cause much confusion, schedule delays, stranded passengers, and possible grounding of the aircraft until the problem is addressed and fixed. A more serious malfunction could lead to the type of disasters that you hear about on the news, which, in addition to the tragic loss of life, also hurt the reputation of the airline and impose costly insurance expenses. For the military, a mid-flight failure could have even further-reaching consequences, potentially returning to enemy territory, and/or compromising sensitive strategic information.
It is for these reasons that the federal government has placed many regulations on the aviation industry. Each airline has to follow strict guidelines during the aircraft inspection process. These inspections are meant to ensure the safety of everyone on board, and also keep things working efficiently. The inspections are required every twelve months, unless the carrier or group opts for a progressive inspection plan, which means that the aircrafts would be checked more often, but for less time each inspection. In this case, the aircraft would still have to undergo the same checks, but they could be carried out in multiple visits that total the same amount of time.
The fuselage and hull – Here they will check the exterior for any evidence of damage or corrosion and incorrect attachment of parts. They will examine the systems and their components for proper function, correct setup, and manufacturing flaws. They will also check the condition of parts such as the gas bags, envelope, and ballast tanks.
The cabin and cockpit – Inspectors will check the instrumentation, as well as the engine and flight controls, to ensure that they are in good working order. They will also check the batteries and their power connectors for proper operation and installation. In addition to the instruments, they will verify the safety of the area by looking for dangerous loose parts, window deterioration, and chair and seatbelt conditions.
The engine and its outer casing – Internally, the inspectors will check to see that the engine runs properly, that there are no foreign objects in it or leaks, and that the engine cylinder compression levels are high enough. Outside, they will check the engine mount to ensure that it's stable and crack free, and the tightness and soundness of the nuts and studs. They will assess the dampeners, cowling, exhaust stacks, hoses, clamps, lines, and all other parts for leaks, cracks, or other signs of looseness or breakdown.
The landing gear and all related components – This part of the inspection has something in common with a car inspection, in the sense that the plane's wheels, tires, and brakes will be tested for functionality and condition. The shock absorbers, the locking and retracting apparatuses, hydraulic lines, skis and floats, and linkages, trusses and members will all also be checked for performance, defect, and condition.
The wing and center section assembly of the airplane – The exterior will be examined for physical flaws, loose components, and any malfunction.
The tail assembly – The tail will be checked for all the same things as the wing section, plus poor installation and operation.
The propeller group – Without propellers, airplanes wouldn't even be able to get off the ground. As one of the most important parts of flight, the propellers will be tested to ensure that operations are in no way inhibited. The physical mechanism itself will be checked for cracks, leaks, and dents, and for loose or improperly fitted bolts. Anti-ice components will be inspected for malfunction and defect.
The radio group – Since it's crucial that flights be able to communicate, the radio will also be examined for incorrect mounting and installation, for problems with the wiring and antenna, and for bonding and shielding issues.
This is a simple overview of what inspectors looking during the aircraft inspection process. Because of the rigorous standards that airlines and military craft are subjected to and the obvious pitfalls of a malfunction, it's incredibly important for them to ensure proper maintenance of all of these parts and to invest in only the best replacements, when necessary. Rebling Power Connectors are an industry standard, and have been trusted by commercial and military carriers for over 5 decades. Call or contact us for more information today!


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The Governing Boards at Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC) and Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) have approved an affiliation between the two organizations, extending and deepening an already strong relationship between the two health care providers.
The partnership will allow MAHHC and D-H to move toward a more sustainable health system for the region, assuring that patients have access to services locally and seamless care across the Connecticut River Valley. MAHHC and D-H will now begin a regulatory and due-diligence process that will take place over the next several months.
As part of the affiliation, Mt. Ascutney Hospital will retain its status as an independent not-for-profit community hospital, maintaining a local board of trustees responsible for oversight. The Hospital will share resources with D-H to improve governance, operations, finance and clinical programs. Potential benefits include a more integrated clinical communication system between the organizations, more efficient business systems that help reduce administrative costs, and, most importantly, the ability for clinicians to better integrate care for patients.
CEO of Mt. Ascutney Hospital, Kevin W. Donovan, explained that Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Dartmouth-Hitchcock share a common mission of improving the overall health of the communities they serve and finding more efficient ways to deliver health care. "As we seek to create a sustainable future for ourselves and our community, it is imperative that we work together with others to best use resources," stated Donovan. "We look forward to laying the foundation for the long-term success of Mt. Ascutney Hospital and creating a mutually beneficial relationship with Dartmouth-Hitchcock to improve quality care, lower costs, and provide the most appropriate care, close to home."
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Along with bowling pals John Goodman and Steve Buscemi, his life is turned upside down in one of the funniest and most bizarre movies ever, as he encounters millionaires, toeless wonders and trophy wives.
Women if you must wear tights have toeless ones, and men if you wear shorts don't put on socks and court shoes.
For example, Toeless Pantyhose can be worn by women who wear sandals.
Seefeldt, whose childhood fishing gear included toeless tennis shoes and cutoff shorts, said that was exactly the point to his dream of restocking the area creeks.


Sugar production in the Caribbean has been on my mind as I work on the second Arroyo Blanco book, A Time For Desire. In it, Roberto Sandoval and Rosa Castillo, who you might remember as one of the suffragettes in A Summer for Scandal, team up against one of the land-grabbing American corporations that took over the sugar industry in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico in the late 19th century.
Though sugar cane was introduced to the island of Hispaniola in the early 1500s by Spanish colonists, the sugar industry in what would later become the Dominican Republic did not develop as extensively as it did in Cuba and Puerto Rico until the outbreak of two foreign wars.
Until the mid-19th century, the Dominican sugar industry had been largely in command of criollo planters. (Criollos were the descendants of Europeans who were born in America.) Cattle ranching had been the predominant economic activity on that side of the island; during the first four hundred years of the colony, sugar cane cultivation was never as prevalent in Santo Domingo as it was in neighboring Haiti, Puerto Rico or Cuba. Various factors contributed to this, the main one being that the labor-intensive sugar production was maintained by the use of slave labor.
Slaves harvesting sugar cane in the Caribbean.
For decades, limited resources in the eastern half of Hispaniola discouraged the importing of slaves. Once slavery was abolished when Haitian forces assumed control of the Dominican side of the island in 1822, sugar production decreased even more.
Political instability throughout the first half of the 19th century, from the Haitian occupation of 1822 to the War of Restoration in 1865, continued to limit sugar production.
At the beginning of the 1860s, civil war broke out in the United States. The booming sugar industry of the American South was severely impacted by the conflict. As production decreased and market demand increased, greater amounts of sugar were imported from the Caribbean.
Celebrating the end of the Ten Years' War. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
1868 marked the beginning of the Ten Years' War in Cuba. Cuban planters fled to the neighboring Dominican Republic, where they contributed to the modernization of the sugar industry and became, along with Spanish and Italian entrepreneurs, the main investors in the revitalized industry.
By the beginning of the 20th century, traditional Dominican export crops like coffee, cacao and tobacco had been replaced by sugar. While Dominicans still cultivated sugar cane in their fields, ownership of the great sugar mills had passed to these foreign investors…and to large American corporations like the New-Jersey based South Porto Rico Sugar Company and the Connecticut-based West Indies Sugar Finance Corporation.
Cuban sugar refinery plant, 1857. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Aided by concessions and tax exemptions from the Dominican government, these corporations established large sugar estates in the eastern provinces. The land for these agricultural estates came from the independent farmers who'd lived in and worked on the land for generations. "By a combination of outright purchase, cajolery, tricks, threats, violence and legal maneuvers, the sugar companies easily wrestled homesites, farms and grazing land from their former holders or owners, leaving them landless and destitute," wrote the American Bruce J. Calder 1 , who recounted how these suddenly landless peasants became dependent these sugar estates for wages.
Unemployment grew in the east, unrelieved by the corporations, who preferred to import labor from Haiti and other Caribbean islands during harvest time.
Hervesting sugar cane in the Dominican Republic, 1920. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
It was these displaced farmers who would take up arms against U.S. troops during the 1916 Military Occupation (caused in part by the desire to protect American sugar interests from the constant revolutions that broke out during the first decade of the 20th century), motivated largely by their resentment of the American corporations that had driven them into landlessness and poverty, as well as the brutal aggression employed by U.S. marines. As conflicts between these insurgents and marines became more frequent and bloodier, and the marines' reprisals to revolutionaries and pacifists alike grew more violent, the displacements continued. More and more families chose to flee the east and settle in the more sparsely populated north.
It wasn't until well after the end of the Occupation in 1924 that sugar production in the Dominican Republic returned to the hands of Dominicans…or, that is to say, one Dominican in particular, the dictator Rafael Trujillo, whose iron control over the island's economic interests extended to the sugar industry.
Any serious study into the Edwardian era will unearth a stunning array of double-dealing, back-biting, secret treaties, war-mongering, and imperialistic dreams between European, American, and Asian nations, which resulted in tension so thick, you could cut with it a rattling saber. I plan to discuss more of what GD Falksen so cleverly called "the steampunk cold war" (which it is, in the context of both steampunk and real life history), but for now, I leave you with a few tragically funny maps drawn by political satirists of the day. Click on the maps for a closer look.


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