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Spurs face Bulls on Christmas Day
Spurs Christmas Present to Fans
The San Antonio Spurs will be in Prime Time on Christmas Day as they face the Chicago Bulls in the confines of the AT&T Center. They are currently on a road trip that will take them to Los Angeles to face the Clippers tonight and then on to Portland tomorrow to face the Blazers but it's the prime time game against the Bulls that will get the most attention.
The Spurs are coming off a 102-100 come from behind victory over their IH-10 rivals, the Houston Rockets last night as head coach Gregg Popovich out-coached NBA Brain Mike D'Antoni matching wits and subbing tit for tat every move made.
The Spurs were down by five at the midpoint in the fourth and Houston extended their lead to 96-83 before the Spurs got hot, reeling off 11 points to bring it to 96-94 before the Spurs finally put them away.
"We got a break because they shot terribly," Ginobili said. "We did a pretty good job of contesting many of them but they (missed) some open ones, too, and that's not what they usually do."
Plenty of great seats and affordable tickets are still available so be sure to grab yours today and help cheer on your San Antonio Spurs Christmas Day!
Author katadminPosted on December 22, 2016 Categories In the News, San Antonio SpursTags 2016-17 NBA Season, Affordable Tickets, Alamo Tickets, Chicago Bulls, Christmas Day Game, Great seats, San Antonio SpursLeave a comment on Spurs face Bulls on Christmas Day
Spurs drop first road game
Bulls take care of home court/end Road Win Streak
The San Antonio Spurs (18-5, 2nd Western Conference) fell one game short of tying an All Time NBA record last night after falling to the Chicago Bulls (12-10, 7th Eastern Conference) 95-91 at the United Center. The Bulls were led by Dwayne Wade's 20 points but they had five players in double figures and another three players within a basket of double figures. The Spurs were again led by Kawhi Leonard's 24 points, eight rebounds and five assists.
"Streaks are a good sign when they're positive and they're a bad sign when they're negative, but at the end of the day, it doesn't give you anything else," Former Bulls center Pau Gasol said.
For Head Coach Gregg Popovich, the loss was coming sooner rather than later because of sloppy first half play in a number of games leading up to the Bulls match last night.
"Our opponents have outplayed us physically and execute-wise in most first halves for most of the season, and somehow we pull it together in the second half and play harder and smarter than we did in the first half," Popovich said. "We got it to four, then some execution mistakes. That's the disappointing part, that we're not a very consistent team and we haven't learned as a group the game is 48 minutes."
At Home this weekend
The Spurs will regroup and take on the Brooklyn Nets (6-15, 14th Eastern Conference) at home tomorrow evening. The Nets are coming off a rare win over the Denver Nuggets (8-15, 11th Western Conference).
Plenty of great seats and affordable tickets are still available so be sure to grab yours today and help cheer on your San Antonio Spurs tomorrow!
Author katadminPosted on December 9, 2016 Categories In the News, San Antonio SpursTags 2016-17 NBA Season, Affordable Tickets, ATT Center, Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls, Denver Nuggets, Dwayne Wade, Great seats, Gregg Popovich, Kawhi Leonard, Pau Gasol, Prime Tickets, San Antonio Spurs, United CenterLeave a comment on Spurs drop first road game
Spurs dismiss Bulls, prep for a Thunder storm
The Chicago Bulls came into the AT&T Center needing a win to keep pace with the Detroit Pistons for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. They ended up on the wrong end of 109-101 loss. The Pistons upset the Dallas Mavericks with a 102-96 in Big D moving a half game ahead of the Bulls.
In the Spurs victory, Tim Duncan became only the sixth player in NBA history to collect 15K rebounds, which he did midway through the 1st quarter when he received a standing ovation from the loyal Silver & Black crowd.
"I don't know what they're supposed to mean," Duncan said. "They are what they are. Everybody keeps asking how does it feel. I don't know what it's supposed to feel like. I've been at it for a long time. I'm honored to be on a list with these guys and when I look back it will mean a whole lot, but right now I'm just trying to play better, trying to get healthy and trying to help the team."
The Spurs have little time to dwell over individual accomplishments as they prepare for a hungry Oklahoma City Thunder squad taking the AT&T Center court tomorrow. The Thunder are coming off a 120-108 thrashing of the Los Angeles Clippers and face a Minnesota Timberwolves squad that has won only 20 games.
"If you're ever going to get better, if you're ever going to win," Timberwolves interim coach Sam Mitchell said, "you have to remember the times where you got your butt kicked."
Plenty of great seats and affordable tickets are still available so be sure to get yours today and help cheer on your San Antonio Spurs!
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Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Deployment of United States Armed Forces Personnel to the Central African Republic
Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on the Commencement of Military Operations in Iraq
Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Deployment of United States Armed Forces Personnel to Iraq
Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks
Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting an Alternative Pay Plan for Members of the Uniformed Services
Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting an Alternative Pay Plan for Civilian Federal Employees
Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations
Letter to Congressional Leaders Regarding Designation of Emergency Funding Under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as Amended
Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Relocation of United States Armed Forces Personnel From Libya to United States Bases in Europe
Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations
Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting an Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Request To Address the Increase in Child and Adult Migration From Central America in the Río Grande Valley Areas of the Southwest Border and Wildfire Suppression Activities
Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Digital Computer Exports
Letter to Speaker of the House of Representatives John A. Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid, Senate Minority Leader A. Mitchell McConnell, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Efforts To Address the Humanitarian Situation in the Río Grande Valley Areas of the United States-Mexico Border
Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting Budget Amendments for Fiscal Year 2015
Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Global Deployments of United States Combat-Equipped Armed Forces
Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting Designations Under the Kingpin Act
Letter to Congressional Leaders on Ending Immunities Granted to the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Iraqi Property and Interests in Property Pursuant to Executive Order 13303, as Amended
Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Deployment of United States Armed Forces Personnel to Chad
Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Stabilization of Iraq
Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Burma
Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Yemen
Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Central African Republic
Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Deployment of United States Combat-Equipped Armed Forces Personnel to Uganda, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic
Letter to Congressional Leaders on Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine
Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Libya
Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process
Letter to Congressional Leaders Regarding the Designation of Funds for Overseas Contingency Operations and Global Counterterrorism
Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Designation of Curaçao as a Beneficiary Country for Purposes of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act
Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Deployment of United States Armed Forces Personnel to South Sudan
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Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Implementation Plan for the Whole-of-Government Vision Prescribed in the 2010 National Security Strategy
Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction
Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting the District of Columbia's Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request
Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in or in Relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Letter to Congressional Leaders Regarding Designation of Funds for Overseas Contingency Operations and Global Counterterrorism
Letter to Congressional Leaders Certifying the Public Debt Limit Increase
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Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to North Korea
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These butterflies have stripes like zebras, and tailed wings, like swallows. Here are some interesting facts about zebra swallowtail butterflies that belong to the family Papilionidae, which includes some of the largest butterflies in the world.
As the name rightly suggests, the characteristic feature of a zebra swallowtail butterfly is the black and white stripes on its wings. This butterfly has tail-like extensions on its hind wings, and hence the name, swallowtail. Their hind wings may also have two blue markings at the base, and a red spot close to the body. The margins of the hind wings are scalloped.
The wingspan of these butterflies range between 7 to 11 centimeters. There are two seasonal forms of zebra swallowtail butterflies - spring forms and summer forms (adult butterflies emerging from the pupa stage during spring or summer). It has been observed that the spring forms are smaller and whiter when compared to the summer forms. In spring forms, the tails are small and black, with white tips, whereas summer forms have longer tails with a prominent white color. The zebra swallowtail butterfly (Protographium marcellus) is mainly found in the southeast parts of the United States and certain regions of Canada. It is the official state butterfly of Tennessee.
Male zebra swallowtail butterflies fly around the host plants (pawpaws) in search of females. After mating, the female butterflies lay spherical eggs on the leaves of the pawpaw trees. The color of the eggs changes from light green to golden brown, after three to four days. The larvae are black in color on hatching, but as they grow, stripes develop. There are two types of stripe patterns in older larvae, which are hairless. The most common form is green with white and yellow horizontal stripes. They have a band of three colors (yellow, black and bluish-white) between the thorax and the abdomen. The second type, which is rarely seen, is black with white and orange stripes.
These caterpillars live and pupate underneath the leaves of pawpaw trees. The pupa is usually green or brown in color, and is small and compact as compared to that of the other swallowtails. They hang with their heads upwards, binding to a stem or leaf with the tail. They also have a silk ring around their thorax. A period of around one month is required for the eggs to develop into zebra swallowtail butterflies. Some pupae spend the entire winter in hibernation, before emerging as butterflies. Once they emerge, there is no growth stage for these butterflies and they will start reproducing. Such a butterfly, after emergence, may live up to six months in their natural habitat.
The habitat of zebra swallowtails includes those regions where pawpaw trees grow abundantly. In short, these butterflies are seen in open woodlands near swamps and rivers, grasslands, savannas, and southern pine woods.
The tender leaves of pawpaw trees form the staple diet of zebra swallowtail caterpillars. For this reason, the adult females deposit eggs on the young leaves of pawpaw trees. Only a single egg is laid per leaf. The caterpillars are voracious feeders, who may turn cannibalistic, if they encounter other caterpillars. So the 'single egg per leaf' system is to prevent cannibalism among the caterpillars. They feed on eggshells soon after hatching. After that, the caterpillars proceed to the leaves of the pawpaw plant, which are small trees or shrubs with long, droopy leaves that produce an offensive, kerosene-like odor, when bruised.
Flower Nectar: As mentioned above, adult butterflies do not feed on pawpaw leaves. Unlike caterpillars, butterflies lack jaws. The latter sip liquid nectar from flowers, using a straw-like organ called proboscis. Zebra swallowtail butterflies feed on the nectar and pollen of flowers like blueberry, blackberry, lilac, redbud, verbena, and common milkweed. Sometimes they collect pollen from flowers using the proboscis and digest it to absorb proteins. The extra energy and nutrition from these proteins help them to mate and lay eggs for longer periods. Their mating season can extend up to six months. The proboscis is not so long in zebra swallowtail butterflies and so, they are mostly found to feed on the nectar of flowers that are flatter.
Puddling: The males may also indulge in puddling, wherein they assemble together on moist ground to gather nutrients, like salt and amino acids. These nutrients are transferred to the body of the female butterflies during mating. It is believed that the nutrients help to maximize the survival rate of eggs. While some species derive the nutrients from soil, others opt for sources like urine, dung, dead animal matter, tear, and even blood.
Pawpaw Toxins: Their affinity towards the pawpaw leaves has another interesting reason. The leaves of pawpaw trees have certain toxic chemicals called acetogenins. While most of the insects avoid pawpaw leaves as food, the larvae of zebra swallowtails feed exclusively on them. The chemicals in the leaves are retained in the body of the caterpillars, throughout their life. Even the adult butterflies have some amount of acetogenins in their body, though they do not feed on pawpaw leaves during the butterfly stage. Presence of these toxic chemicals in their body may discourage predators like insects and birds.
Osmeterium: The distinctive feature of swallowtail butterflies - the forked gland called osmeterium, located behind the head of the caterpillar, is seen in this species too. This structure, which is usually hidden, can be stuck out to release a smelly secretion to deter predators. If the caterpillar feels threatened, the osmeterium is filled with blood, so that it emerges out to emit the secretion. The foul-smelling secretion may deter small predators, like ants and spiders.
Usually, the caterpillars never leave the pawpaw trees till they transform to adult butterflies. In some cases, the caterpillar may leave the tree and pupate in leaf litter on the ground. Such behavior is mostly found as a defense mechanism, to avoid predators. In short, zebra swallowtails have some striking features that make them distinct from others. They are also known as pawpaw butterflies and kite swallowtails.


7 Ideas For Living Well During A Kitchen Renovation - Don't Fight The Bees!
The kitchen is the hub of the home, and when the time comes for renovations you may worry about how you'll get by without it. If you lack the right tools and a practical plan it could be an aggravating ordeal. There's no need to worry though. Read on for seven ideas you can use to make living through kitchen renovations simple and painless.
Designate an area in the home where you can set up small appliances. Toaster ovens, electric grills, small microwaves, and electric burners can be found at your local home improvement store and will tremendously reduce the frustration of living without a kitchen. A compact refrigerator is also helpful when your regular refrigerator is out of order or inaccessible during renovations.
Stocking up on disposable plates, silverware, cups, and cookware will cut down on your workload. If you must wash some dishes during the remodel and do not have access to the kitchen sink, keep a wash tub available to fill with dish soap and hot water from another sink in the home.
Take advantage of this time to go outside and barbecue. Have fun, invite friends and family over and take your mind off the renovations for a bit. If you don't have a grill, arrange a potluck or pack food into a basket and enjoy a picnic in the yard or at a park.
Since you won't have much space for preparing elaborate meals, stock your pantry with plenty of non perishable items that can easily be heated up for meals. It's also a good idea to keep nonperishable snacks on hand that can be eaten with little to no preparation. Vani Hari shares a list of the healthiest nonperishable travel foods on her blog that can be eaten while you are unable to prepare fresh meals.
If you really want to make things easier for yourself, take out the slow cooker and let it do the cooking for you. You can cook almost anything in a slow cooker, and can prepare large quantities of food so you'll have plenty of leftovers to eat the following day.
You'll need to come up with meal ideas that can easily be prepared using small appliances. It's a good idea to plan in advance what you want to cook during the kitchen renovation. Some meals that are quick and easy to assemble using small appliances are paninis, pizzas, and grilled meats such as chicken and hamburgers. Chili, soup, and casseroles are easy to prepare in slow cookers or on an electric burner.
Everyone needs a night off from cooking every once in a while, and when your kitchen is being remodeled, the need to take a break is even greater. Go to that restaurant you've been wanting to try, or pick up the phone and order delivery. Give yourself a night off and relax.
After picking up what you need for your renovation from your local home improvement store and then using the ideas here, the temporary inconvenience of being without a kitchen can be alleviated. You'll be able to relax and allow the contractors to do their best work making your new kitchen perfect, and when it's completed, it will have been worth the wait.


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Speaking to reporters last week, the governor said he would call the commission to meet shortly after he fills the vacancies.
Lee's appointment of Hampton fills a spot in which he previously named Tyreece Miller, the Jackson Police Department's deputy chief. Miller left the post after being nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S. marshal of the Western District of Tennessee.
Like Miller, Hampton is Black, making him the third African American the governor has appointed to the commission since he took office. Along with Miller, Lee named talk radio show host Hallerin Hill to the commission last year. Lane College is a historically black college in Jackson, Tennessee.
In February, the commission listened to supporters and detractors of the Forrest bust, which was placed on the second floor of the Capitol in 1978. At the time, McWhorter said a decision on the bust wouldn't be made until after the commission returns to full membership.
Critics of the bust say it unfairly honors Forrest, who was a slave trader, early Ku Klux Klan leader and Confederate general who commanded troops during the massacre of Union soldiers, many of whom were Black, at Fort Pillow in West Tennessee.
Defenders of the bust argue its removal would be an effort to eliminate history and ignore Forrest's changed views on race later in life, as well as his decision to renounce his involvement with the Klan.
Although he has stopped short of calling for the bust's removal, Lee has evolved on the issue. When he was campaigning and after he first entered office in January 2019, the governor was opposed to removing the bust, saying it would be "a mistake to whitewash history." But in February 2019, Lee said he supported adding historical context to the bust.
Last week, Lee offered his latest thoughts on the bust, telling reporters, "Symbols matter."
Noting his ongoing conversations with Black residents as part of larger "racial reconciliation" efforts, Lee said, "Proclamations and statues are not just snapshots of our history, they are a window into what we value."
The governor's newest appointment to the Capitol Commission won't be the last new members to join the panel. The commission will also see a new member after the recent death of Reavis Mitchell. Mitchell was the chairman of the state Historical Commission, which receives an automatic seat on the Capitol Commission.
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And last week, on the final day of the legislative session, lawmakers approved HB 1772, which increases the commission by two additional members. The legislation lets the House and Senate speaker each appoint a private citizen to the panel. Lee has yet to sign the bill, which has not reached his desk. Upon his signature, the measure will immediately become law.
The Capitol Commission is one of two state panels that would need to sign off on any effort to remove the controversial bust. When the commission last voted on the bust in 2017, it rejected a plan to move it to the state museum. The Tennessee Historical Commission also would need to sign off on a move.
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The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant is already facing a £1.5bn cost over-run and potential delay of up to 15 months, the consortium behind the project has admitted.
The announcement was made by EDF Energy following a review of costs and the timetable for completion - just a week after the Government's spending watchdog warned Hinkley would be "risky and expensive" for consumers.
When the contract was signed, the cost of delivery was put at just over £18bn and it was scheduled to begin output in 2025.
EDF, which owns two-thirds of the project with China's General Nuclear Power Group holding the rest, said completion costs were now estimated at £19.6bn when based on 2015 currency rates.
It explained the extra money resulted mainly from a better understanding of the "design requirements of British regulators, the volume and sequencing of work on site and the gradual implementation of supplier contracts."
As a result of the additional spending, EDF expected its rate of return to fall to 8.5% from 9%.
The company added that there was a chance of £700m in further costs if construction fell behind.
EDF said there was a current risk of over-runs of up to 15 months.
The announcement was made three months after "good progress" was reported by EDF.
It will embolden critics of the scheme who argue the plans for the twin reactor plant in Somerset are simply too complex and costly.
The reactor design has run into huge problems, with cost overruns and delays at sites in France and Finland.
The National Audit Office warned last week that payments set to be added to consumer bills have soared from an estimated £6bn to £30bn.
John Sauven, executive director at Greenpeace UK, said: "Today's news is yet another damning indictment of the Government's agreement to go ahead with this project.
"This year's school leavers will still be paying for Hinkley when they approach their pension age.
And now it looks like they will be paying for the most expensive object on earth for even longer."
Ministers argue it will provide 7% of the country's electricity needs over 60 years.
A spokesperson for the department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said in reaction to the cost review: "As the developer has made clear the project remains on track to meet its first major milestone in 2019.
"The UK Government negotiated a competitive deal which protects consumers and ensures that all of the cost of construction, including any overruns, sits with the contractor.
"Hinkley Point C will be the first new nuclear plant in a generation. This was an important strategic decision to ensure that nuclear is part of a diverse energy mix in the UK. Consumers won't pay a penny until Hinkley is built; it will provide clean, reliable electricity powering six million homes."


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Big Brother Canada 10 plans to take over your spring completely. While everyone else enjoys the nice weather, you'll enjoy all the mayhem, scheming, house meetings, and hopefully plenty of drama that comes with the new group of houseguests. When Global TV and Big Brother Canada announced the official March 2nd release date, they also gave us some very vital information about BBCAN10, including the upcoming schedule.
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On March 2nd, the BBCAN10 premiere airs at 8:00 pm EST, but starting March 9th, it airs at 7:00 pm EST every Wednesday until May 4th. On Thursdays, BBCAN10 airs at 8:00 pm EST from March 3 until May 5th. For the Monday episodes, for the first two weeks, the March 7 and March 14 episodes air at 8:00 pm EST. However, from March 21 to May 2nd, it'll air at 7:00 pm EST.
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Accessibility, usability and pedagogy in eLearning (and a few of my other interests as well!)
UK Government cancels Code of Practice for Higher Education on Equality Act 2010
Today I have been writing a section on Disability and Accessibility for a paper for LAK13 entitled "What Can Learning Analytics Contribute to Disabled Students' Learning and to Accessibility in e-Learning Systems?". In doing so I had cause to check on the status of the long promised Code of Practice for Higher Education covering the UK's Equality Act 2010 . I discovered this on the Equality and Human Rights Commission's web site:
Other Codes of Practice
We were intending to produce further statutory codes of practice on the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), which came into force on 5 April 2011, and codes for the Further and Higher Education (FEHE) sector and schools.
Unfortunately, we are no longer able to proceed with these plans. The Government is keen to reduce bureaucracy around the Equality Act 2010, and feels that further statutory guidance may place too much of a burden on public bodies. Although the Commission has powers to issue codes, it cannot do so without the approval of the Secretary of State, as we are reliant upon government to lay codes before parliament, in order for them to be statutory.
It is the Commission's view that, rather than creating a regulatory burden, statutory codes have a valuable role to play in making clearer to everyone what is and is not needed in order to comply with the Equality Act. However, as this is no longer an option, we feel the best solution is to issue our draft codes as non statutory codes instead. These non statutory codes will still give a formal, authoritative, and comprehensive legal interpretation of the PSED and education sections of the Act and will make it clear to everyone what the requirements of the legislation are.
Source: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/legal-and-policy/equality-act/equality-act-codes-of-practice/
These now non-statutory codes do not seem to be published yet and with the further discouragement from Government who knows when they will be. I and many others had been eagerly hoping that among other things the statutory codes would have provided clear legal guidance on "reasonable adjustments" generally and web accessibility specifically. It was hoped that they would include reference to the key external accessibility standards: WCAG 2.0 and BS8878.
To my view this is a very retrograde step. The old CoP relating to the previous legislation, the Disability Discrimination Act (1995 as amended 2005) is still available but now has no statutory basis and is outdated in terms of educational practice, web accessibility standards, technology and the law. Available at: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/uploaded_files/code_of_practice__revised__for_providers_of_post-16_education_and_related_services__dda_.pdf
I am now chairing the newly formed Open University Web Accessibility Standards Working Group defining a common web accessibility standard for the OU and developing associated support documentation for managers and developers. This is part of a overall Web Governance Review. This work needs a secure legal underpinning which I had hoped would come from the CoP. It would be helpful is we could authoritatively point to a statutory statement of what is considered as the appropriate level of web accessibility under the term "reasonable adjustment". That being said it is probably optimistic to think the CoP would have given that.
As commented elsewhere in this blog defining levels of accessibility is problematic. This follows from the fact that accessibility is a property of the relationship between the user and the web resource and depends on the circumstances in which and technology they use to access it. More generally it is a summation of these relationships for the full diversity of potential users. Web accessibility is not, as usually inferred from WACG2.0 and in most work on accessibility metrics, a property of the resource alone. However, organisations in education, commerce and the public sector are longing for a way of authoritatively asserting that they have sufficiently addressed accessibility in terms of their legal obligations.
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What have we learnt? – Transmitting knowledge, facilitating learning c1960-2010
29 November 2011, 10:30-15:30
The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
Blog Post Introduction
I singed up for this seminar not because I expected that there would be a lot of content of direct relevance to my work on access to higher education (HE) for disabled students but because I think in all contexts it is important to know our histories. Well my knowledge of the history of post war UK-based HE was greatly increased beyond my own experience of it, which begun in 1979, and a general awareness from current affairs coverage. Then above that there were important highlights of direct relevance to my work. The most notable being in all reports of studies of the experience of students in HE, there seems to be a total dearth of studies specifically looking at the experience of disabled students.
This fact is going to be both a challenge and an opportunity in a research project planned for next year looking at specifically the experience of Open University (OU) disabled students studying online. It looks as if there is going to be much less work than I anticipated that we can draw on to contextualise what original research we can do within the scope of an internal project. For OU colleagues this work is planned as part of the "Completing the Loop" project.
This blog consists of the title and abstract for each presentation taken from the official publicity available at: http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/History-of-the-OU/?page_id=1764. (Some readers may be interested in exploring other content on that blog of the History of The Open University project). Then my bullet point notes of the presentation and discussions from most sessions. My notes are in blue to differentiate them. At a later date I will post another blog entry reflecting on the points of direct relevance to my work. There should be a "pingback" in the comments below giving the link to this entry once I publish it.
Introduction (from the published programme)
Higher education has played a significant role shaping our culture and our social, religious, ideological and political institutions. Since the Second World War, in common with other western societies, the UK developed mass higher education from an élite format. New universities opened and existing institutions became polytechnics and later universities. In 1969 the Open University provided a new form of higher education institution. The existing universities developed new student bases and students engaged with a variety of communities
This one-day forum, organised by the History of The Open University project, brings together a range of experts to discuss elements of the history of higher education over 50 years.
The morning session will ask how have students been taught, looking at the move from traditional lectures and tutorials to the use of new technologies, a variety of pedagogies and the development of student-centred learning.
The afternoon session will reflect on 50 years of the student experience, placing learners' perspectives at the centre.
Opening remarks:
Dr Dan Weinbren, History of the OU Project
How university learning has changed over last 50 years – exploring roots of changes towards a more helpful account
The importance of learners
Change in no. of students
Change in the range of students
Focus change – teaching to learning
Shift in nature of learning
Greater separation between research and learning
Team / multi-skill teaching
Shift in political landscape
Support of the nation
Root to stable social democracy
Contrast to limited training for a static labour market of Communism
Towards a human right
Quasi-markets and hollowed out state sector
How have students been taught?
Chair/commentator: Prof Mary Thorpe, The Open University
The doubts expressed about the equivalence of degrees from some universities compared to others have often been framed in terms of teaching methods. Others have promoted the validity and efficiency of a variety of methods including broadcasting, correspondence, telephone and online self-help groups. This session aims to promote discussion about how we understand the development of the current interest in student-centred learning.
Widening Participation: the post-war scorecard
Prof Malcolm Tight, Lancaster University.
Widening participation – though it has only recently been labelled as such – has been a continuing concern for policy makers and higher education institutions in the United Kingdom since 1945 (and before). This presentation will review the evidence for four key target groups – women, lower socio-economic groups, mature adults and ethnic minorities – to produce an overall assessment, a score card, of what has been achieved, and what remains to be done. It concludes that, while progress in the recruitment of women, mature adults and ethnic minorities has been substantial – though with some qualifications – it has been much less for lower socio-economic groups.
Longest standing concerns about participation in HE
Post WW2 uninterrupted progress in women's participation – now arround 60% – the problem now is men 😉
Problem of representation in STEM disciplines (only partially true e.g. not in biology and medicine but yes in physics, chemistry and engineering)
Under represented at highest levels
So fairly positive!
Ethnic minorities
More recent concern
Not as under represented as think but issues for particular minorities and gender/ethnicity issues
Concentrated at particular institutions (urban newer universities)
Although done well their experience is different
Mature Adults
Long history 1870s or before
Only became a group of focus in 1970s/80s
Close relation between mature study and part-time study
People from lower socio-economic backgrounds
A concern for a long time (mid C19th)
Do so much a tale of discrimination but the structures they live in (e.g. get away from education to get a job)
When attend tend to have different experience
Where universities could be said to fall down most
Not really catching up
Giving the sector a mark: Women 5/5, Ethnic 3.5-4/5, Mature Adults 3/5, Lower socio-economic groups 1/5
We need non-graduates as well!
What further might we do?
NB – Disability did not appear as an issue in the literature until 1980s so not included in above analysis.
[I would like to check that out further]
Oxbridge still seen as a norm.
Widening participation vs widening access
Supporting isolated remote learners
Prof Judith George, The Open University
This presentation focuses on the challenge of meeting the needs of learners in the remote and isolated communities in Scotland, and the needs of ALs (tutors) on the ground who supported them:
developing structures of support which met affective as well as cognitive needs
the use of technologies as they came on stream
developing tools for confident professionalism for the equally isolated ALs (tutors)
the use of action research to evaluate innovation
creative interactions with the wider educational context and a developing identity for the OU in Scotland.
This was a period of great change in adult education in Scotland; the Alexander report on community education, for example, the Scottish Committee on Open Learning, pilot work on credit rating and transfer, the impact of nationalism and local demands for university provision – leading to the creation of the University of the Highlands and Islands, and of the Dumfries Crichton Campus provision. The OU played a significant role in all this, building a distinctive identity and making a unique contribution within Scotland and the wider educational context.
Presentation not noted (but very interesting)
Discussion points:
Increase of technology (internet) does not seem to have increased reach – but many remote areas can not yet receive broadband.
Also strong link to local cultures re: comparison with University of Highlands and Islands (is UHI a success?)
Everybody is a remote learner
Radio is underused (OU now only uses it as it does TV – not specifically course linked)
'Redrawing the Map of Learning'? The Experience at the First Plateglass University
Prof Fred Gray, University of Sussex
The University of Sussex, given its Royal Charter in August 1961, was the first 'plateglass' university. Five decades ago it was seen as part of 'the greatest single expansion of higher education England has ever known'.Sussexand the other new universities that followed it depended on critical elements of state intervention.
There was substantial new government funding for universities and students. And in place of the old apprenticeship system of university colleges controlled by the older and established universities, the new institutions began life as full universities – hence the Royal Charter – conferring their own degrees, 'controlling their own curriculum and free to experiment as they think right'.
These new possibilities and freedoms allowed universities such as Sussex to innovate. To use the phrase of the first Vice-Chancellor, John Fulton, the Sussex mission was about 'making the future' for students and society by developing a radical new curriculum based on interdisciplinarity and using new organisational forms (departments were dispensed with). The purpose was to 'provide undergraduates with the combined benefits of specialized and general education'. Asa Briggs, the driving force behind the developments at Sussex, saw this as 'redrawing the map of learning'. But Sussex also drew on elements of higher education orthodoxy and could never (even if it had wanted to) throw off the tag of being 'Balliol By The Sea'.
Just what was done at Sussex? What was the impact on students and faculty? How do we measure the success of the Sussex experiment? And how did the experiment change over time?
Focus on 10 years period
Sussex first post-war university
Postwar consensus – labour and conservative – re-construction after the war
HE should expand for family aspirations / international competition / to educate managers for new Wealthy State
"Education as the new universal religion" [Fulton VC Sussex]
Importance of HE to Brighton's regeneration
Campus based – transforming landed estates c.f. York and even OU
Royal Charter critically important – degree awarding powers – control content of degrees
Backed by substantial Government funding / and funding of Students!!!
What happened at Sussex?
Focus on students, little focus on research
Prospectus – generalised and specialised
Great quotes from David Diaches and Asa Briggs (sorry not noted)
Radical elements – new curriculum – abandoned faculties, interdisciplinary
"Balliol by the Sea" [Times] copied from Oxford – tutorial and essay based
"Be still and know" motto
Sussex students selected and self selecting
Early interest in what we now call "widening participation"
Growth 3,000 – 12,000 students
Scientists not interesting in the tutorial model
Disciplinary strength threatened Sussex model
Research funding unsympathetic
The post war consensus eroded
TV broadcasts: the public face of OU teaching – what did we learn over three decades?
Prof Andy Northedge, The Open University
Three decades of Open University TV broadcasts present a kind of family album, offering fascinating glimpses of the university's growth and development as it learned the craft of distance teaching in full public view. We see the various faculties working out how to use television to teach, how to design compelling programmes and how to speak to students in their own homes. The History of The Open University project commissioned a review of thirty OU TV programmes, spanning the 1970s, 80s and 90s to provide an overview of the range and variety of broadcasts and the ways they changed over the years. The review reveals rich variety, sharp contrasts and impressive ability to adapt and develop. This presentation will offer selected highlights and some general conclusions.
Presentation based on lots of video samples so not noted.
Link to full report on History of OU blog site: http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/History-of-the-OU/?p=1897
What's it like to be a student? Reflections on fifty years of change
Chair/commentator: Prof David Vincent, The Open University
Having considered the changes in how learning was supported over half a century, the emphasis this afternoon will be on reception. Some of the themes of the morning will be revisited but from different perspectives.
Students in places: general and particular
Prof Harold Silver
What the research on students and higher education (HE) tells us and does not tell us, e.g. history of sectors and structures, institutions, change and reputations.
Meanings of student 'experience': expectations, perceptions (what kind and of what), the learning environment, outcomes, identities.
Students, HE, Elites, leaders, participants, professionals, occupations. Examples from 1960s – Robbins, Latey, choices, new universities, towards the OU, student movements – and late/end/turn of century, e.g. CNAA, polytechnics, colleges, policies and spokespersons
Types of research on students (UK, US) and categories of students (full/part-time, mature, gender, 'adolescent'), persistence, success and failure, social class, statistics and people. A particular case – students with disabilities.
Possible implications for the history of students in contexts (competition, marketing, policy….) and the history of the OU.
A shame nothing said so far about outside UK
Will mention some American research but will not be talking about America
Focus on the experience of students
How do we know the aim, and perspectives of students
What do you know, how do you know it?
Talk mainly about research on the student experience (an apology)
Begins with the Robins report (admirable descriptor of students in HE in – 1963)
Hale Committee on Teaching and Learning in University (1963) did not get the publicity but v. good.
Most important of many discussions in 1960s: Peter Marris, "The Experience of Higher Education" (1964)
"While the growth of higher education has questioned its aims the aims of its students remain unconsidered."
In 1968, 3 years after Warwick University opened students reported valuing an independent university in contrast to state organised polytechnic sector
37 years later "What's a former polytechnic and why is it so bad?" – Quote from an Internet chat site
What research can we identify as being important?
1960s students in their "deferred adulthood"
Later adulthood on political agenda
Student hostility to exclusion from the academic side of the university (part of 1960s radicalism not often highlighted)
Students in the 1970 perceived as having lost their idealism
Students anxiety about their learning processes – they want to succeed, feel their views need to be taken account of
[Some of presentation not noted]
Concluding point:
NB – the published research almost totally does not ask of disabled students their views and aims! Talks about support but not the student perspective!
[MC to check with research from Leeds, Southampton, John Richardson's work, etc.]
Internationalisation and the University of Nottingham
Prof John Beckett,University of Nottingham
The Times has described the University of Nottingham as being 'the closestBritainhas to a truly global university'. The University first began to consider developing international campuses, rather than simply attracting overseas students to study in Nottingham, in the early 1990s. The need to attract overseas students in a competitive market came together with an internationalisation strategy involving both teaching and research. By 2006, two campuses in Asia had been established, in Malaysia and China, and today Nottingham recruits more international students than any other UK university. This paper will examine internationalisation in terms of curriculum, teaching and student experience with particular reference to the campus at Ningbo, China, and will consider also the extent to which the UK higher education model has been successfully implemented in China. It will also address the question of inter-cultural understanding and the development of an international focus in teaching and learning for home students at Nottingham.
Not noted
Student Community Action and Social Education, c. 1970-1985
Dr Georgina Brewis, Institute of Education
Student volunteering in the UK has a long history, from university settlements and missions in the nineteenth century to workcamps for the unemployed in the interwar period to CND protesting and Student Community Action (SCA) after the Second World War. However, there has generally been greater historical interest in the more overtly 'political' activities of students, ignoring other forms of social action that have shaped students' lives. This paper will show that a study of student volunteering, fundraising or campaigning can deepen our understanding of the changing 'student experience' in late-twentieth century Britain. Based on Student Community Action publications and a witness seminar with the movement's former leaders, this paper will focus on SCA and its contribution to the social education of university students in the 1970s and 1980s. It explores the educative function of participation for students themselves, arguably of greater value than students' contributions to local communities. It shows how involvement in SCA was connected to a wider critique of the function of universities and course content, contributing to debates about broadening access to higher education.
Drawing on students own words and own writing
In UK little formal citizenship programmes (different from USA)
Student movements shape youth culture more broadly
Successive generations of students seek to distance themselves from the previous generations
Overseas volunteering schemes emerged in 1950s – impact on their return to university on subsequent volunteering
1960s radicalism – wider questioning of the value of higher education – student volunteering used in these arguments
Boundaries between fundraising, volunteering and activism blurred from late 1960s on
Notes on Student Community Action:
SCA demanded changes in course content
Role of social studies
View that volunteering in past had been separate from studies and this was a cause of failing
Students questioning if courses relevant to the social needs they become aware of through SCA
Students express acute awareness of separation from surrounding community and the demands the university put on them
How about making university resources/facilities available to the community?
Educative function for participation in SCA:
Awareness raising remains essential
Skills development, project management, etc.
Cross curriculum volunteering modules developed across many universities not just pre 97
Controversial – not proper volunteering; not proper learning
Distances and distance technologies. A review of rhetoric and reality
Dr Janet Macdonald, Higher Education Consultant
How successful have distance technologies been at meeting the challenges of study at a distance? To what extent has the rhetoric met the reality of life as a distance learner? The OU has a long and proud history of deploying distance technologies to support learners and has developed a wonderful array of online tools with the potential to extend traditional methods of distance learning into new and exciting territory. This presentation will focus on the student experience of learning with distance technologies over the past few years, drawing on studies of the practicalities, joys and perils of life as a distance student.
Janet has 20 years' experience as a tutor of remote students, a remote research student studying student perspectives on online learning, and finally from working with fellow staff in a "remote" national centre at the OU in Scotland. She has now retired from the OU and undertakes consultancy in online and distance learning.
1985 – OU guide to communicating remotely – including telephone techniques
Horizon Reports – forecast emerging technologies however …
So much depends on the context
What do students need to do
What are the constraints
What do the technologies enable?
Reading and listening (large number OU courses still using print)
Some students find electronic format particularly helpful
Online quizzes one way making sense of content
But depends on people writing the module for seeing the issues
What do tutors do? e.g. history tutors very different from maths tutors
When is staff student contact important (e.g. the tricky parts of the course? – How technology and or face-to-face used facilitate this?)
1990 "No new conference messages" in online tutor groups
Development of plenary groups – Module wide – a Major headache for staff – too many messages – no one knows who is not taking part
Peer groups have grown up on university networks and Facebook etc.
Use what is appropriate to the context
Students can be in touch with Alumni
Note-takeing – old lecture theatres might not accommodate laptops
Fulminating from George Orwell on writing by cut and paste (1946!):
George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language" 1946
"… modern writing at its worst does not consist in picking out words for the sake of their meaning and inventing images in order to make the meaning clearer. It consists in gumming together long strips of words which have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug. The attraction of this way of writing is that it is easy."
Searching and researching user generated content is not new – example of Chinese ancient annotation on poetry
Online systems made a big difference to how much students are exposed to – but behoves to us to remember that an awful lot is to be learnt from what has already happened with past technologies/approaches that is applicable.
Much to reflect on – not time to reflect or note reflection now – but I will revisit this.
Martyn Cooper	Education, History, Pedagogy	3 Comments 29 November 2011 1 December 2011 14 Minutes
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Pick up Walmart groceries in parking lot this spring
The online grocery ordering service will be available in Salisbury soon, but the exact date hasn't been determined yet, according to a company official.
Pick up Walmart groceries in parking lot this spring The online grocery ordering service will be available in Salisbury soon, but the exact date hasn't been determined yet, according to a company official. Check out this story on delmarvanow.com: http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2018/03/08/walmart-north-salisbury-online-grocery-ordering/404613002/
Liz Holland, erholland@delmarvanow.com Published 6:00 a.m. ET March 8, 2018
Police are investigating the robbery of a woman at the Rehoboth Beach Wal-Mart.(Photo: AP IMAGE)
Food shopping in Salisbury is about to get easier when Walmart rolls out its online grocery ordering service at its North Pointe Drive location this spring.
The service will be available in Salisbury soon, but the exact date hasn't been determined yet, according to a company official.
Online grocery pickup is a free service that enables customers to order groceries online and pick them up at their local Walmart store without leaving their cars, a company spokeswoman stated in an email.
"Walmart's Online Grocery service is one of many ways Walmart is using technology to create a better shopping experience for its customers," she wrote.
Information about when it will be brought to other area Walmart stores was not immediately available.
Meanwhile, work is taking place at the north Salisbury store to get ready. A permit was issued recently for a reconfiguration of the parking lot to accommodate spaces for users of the new service, said Bill Holland, permits and inspections manager for the city.
Walmart's grocery pickup service features 40,000 items, with more than 90 percent of customers choosing to add fresh meat, dairy or produce to their baskets, according the the company. All items are the same price customers would find on the shelves.
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"Order fresh groceries online with same-day pickup. We'll even load your car," according to the company website.
Customers visit walmart.com/grocery online or through the Walmart Grocery mobile app, enter their ZIP codes to select a local store and begin creating their shopping lists. During checkout, they select a time to pick up their orders. Personal shoppers then select the items each customer requested.
Once a customer arrives at the pickup location, there will be reserved parking spaces, and a designated number to call to alert an associate. An associate will quickly retrieve the prepared order and load it into the customer's car.
On Monday, Walmart also rolled out new meal kits that will become available at 2,000 stores this year.
The meals will be available via the same online grocery pickup service. The meals at Walmart, available now in more than 250 stores, are made and assembled fresh in-store daily. On shelves in the deli, options include pre-portioned cooking kits, steak Dijon, basil garlic chicken, sweet chili chicken stir fry and pork Florentine.
Stores also will offer kits to accompany the grocers' rotisserie chicken, along with options that can be heated up and on the table in less than 15 minutes.
Walmart's convenience meal options serve two people and range in price from $8 to $15.
In addition to the meal kits being launched in stores, Walmart.com offers an expanded assortment of meal delivery kits and other specialty food items like farm fresh crates and snack boxes. The offering launched late last year.
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26. "Go Ye into All the World, and Preach My Gospel"
The Kirtland Saints made great sacrifices to serve missions, keep unity among the members, and to support the Church financially. While the Twelve and other men served missions in this era, their wives and children also sacrificed at home.
"The Record of the Twelve, 1835: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles' Call and 1835 Mission," Ronald K. Esplin, Sharon E. Nielsen, BYU Studies, Vol. 51, no. 1
Here is the story of the Twelve Apostles' first mission. The "Record of the Twelve" contains minutes of the 1835 meeting in which the Twelve Apostles (Thomas B. Marsh, David W. Patten, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, William E. McLellin, Parley P. Pratt, Luke Johnson, William Smith, Orson Pratt, John F. Boynton, and Lyman E. Johnson) were called. Then Joseph Smith proposed that their first mission would be to the Eastern States. They left Kirtland in May 1835 and travelled (usually two by two) to New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts, preaching along the way and meeting with groups of Saints, and returned to Kirtland in September 1835. They experienced many trials, as described by Heber C. Kimball: "I suffered severely from fatigue and blistered feet, which were sometimes so sore I could not wear my boots nor proceed without. I was frequently threatened and reviled by unbelievers, and had great difficulty in finding places to sleep and procuring food to eat."
"Take Special Care of Your Family," Lisa Olsen Tait, Chad M. Orton, Revelations in Context
Although Brigham Young's missions required arduous travel, often in the face of poverty, sickness, and harsh weather, Brigham went willingly. "It has never entered into my heart," he later declared, "from the first day I was called to preach the Gospel to this day, when the Lord said, 'Go and leave your family,' to offer the least objection." His wife, Mary Ann, did not offer any objection either, even when missions and Church service took Brigham from home about half the time during their first five years together.
Missionary Work, in all the world
"The Mormon Missionary: Who Is That Knocking at My Door?," Robert L. Lively Jr., BYU Studies, Vol. 55, no. 1
Robert Lively describes the life of modern missionaries from an outsider's perspective. He conducted hundreds of interviews and compiled them, describing missionaries of the 1940s traveling without purse or scrip, missionaries learning languages, and the experiences of sister missionaries.
"The Cultural Impact of Mormon Missionaries on Taiwan," Richard B. Stamps, BYU Studies, Vol. 41, no. 4
"I grew up in a multi-ethnic neighborhood in the San Francisco Bay Area, so from a very early age I was aware of China and things Chinese. In 1961 at Modesto Junior College, I met two international students from Hong Kong and was fascinated by their culture. When I heard a young man from our stake speak about his mission to Hong Kong, I said to myself, 'That's where I would like to go!' When I applied for a mission, I was interviewed by a General Authority, who asked, 'Would you be willing to serve overseas and learn a foreign language?' I replied, 'Yes.' He then asked, 'Which language?' When I answered, 'Chinese,' he started making notes. I was thrilled to be called to the Southern Far East Mission and serve in Taiwan from 1962 to 1965."
"'Nothing Less Than Miraculous': The First Decade of Mormonism in Mongolia," Stephen C. Harper, BYU Studies, Vol. 42, no. 1
The Latter-day Saints' assumption of Christ's great commission—the command to teach and baptize all nations—can hardly be overstated as a motivational force for sending missionaries to far-away places to testify of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. An 1831 revelation authorized and empowered Joseph Smith to send missionaries "unto the ends of the world" and "to lay the foundation of this church, and to bring it forth out of obscurity" (D&C 1:23, 30). What better manifestation could be found of the power of these words than the events of the first decade of Mormonism in Mongolia, perhaps the most obscure place in which the Church has emerged?
"Out of Obscurity: The Emergence of The Church of Latter-day Saints in 'That Vast Empire' of Russia," Gary L. Browning, BYU Studies, Vol. 33, no. 4
B. H. Roberts was a highly complex person, impossible to characterize fully in any simple terms. With respect to his mental capacity and scholarly activities, however, he has frequently been identified as perhaps the most eminent intellectual in the history of the Church. Roberts himself probably would not have flaunted such a distinction, but it is one he may have appreciated hearing. As a young, illiterate British immigrant to Utah, he was bright, eager to learn, and anxious to master all the knowledge he could. He attended Deseret University (predecessor to the University of Utah). He graduated at the top of his class. Mainly, however, he was self-taught, reading everything he could get his hands on and eventually becoming one of the most learned men in Utah. As a scholar, writer, and Church leader, he showed all the characteristics of one who loved the life of the mind, thirsted for both secular and spiritual knowledge, and was willing to discuss all the implications of anything he learned.


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It's 3am and you can't sleep.
3am and you can't sleep? Ugh. This post is for you.
This post about one of my long-time, reliable "THE FIRST THING IS THIS: YOU NEED TO SLEEP" recommendations — because sleep is such a bottom-line linchpin in health, mood, work performance, brain function, safety, and even relationships.
Here it is — actually, here SHE is: Belleruth Naparstek.
I used to refer to Belleruth as the Queen of guided imagery for her amazing, empirically-driven work on helping people use the power of this technique, using the mind to help the body. I've since elevated her to Empress, because she's just. that. good.
Over the years, she's developed an extensive, well-researched audio library covering many of the things that can ail us — but for this post, it's all about sleep.
Don't let the title fool you — it's not just meditation. As she says, "To heal your body, it helps to use your head." She uses imagery and more to use your mind to help your body, and your body to help your brain get to sleep. Focussing on breath and heart rate, using your (guided) imagination to train your body to let go of muscle tension, and more — she incorporates them all seamlessly. Even the background music (which can sound kinda New-Age-y) was specifically composed and researched to help.
I went back and looked at the success rate for patients to whom I've recommended this when they've had a hard time sleeping. Going back over close to 20 years, it's an astonishing 96%. Yep – ninety-six percent of patients who used it found it helpful for falling asleep, sleeping better, and waking up more refreshed.


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Naseem Khan: Journalist, Activist, Cultural Historian
Used with kind permission of George Torode
'She followed her instinct of things,' is how Baroness Prashar describes Naseem Khan, the journalist, activist, and cultural historian, who died in 2017. The pair had met in the mid-1970s, when Usha Prashar was then a director of the Runnymede Trust, and Naseem was working on The Arts Britain Ignores, her pivotal report on the experience of ethnic minority communities in the arts, published in 1976. Her work on that report, and subsequently in establishing the Minority Arts Advisory Service (MAAS), showed Naseem's tenacity and ability to cultivate relationships not only with people, but between people. Those traits were invaluable to the arts community throughout Naseem's career because she was, as she said herself, a 'connector'.
Born in Birmingham to an Indian father, from Seoni, and a German mother, Naseem spent the early part of her life in the Worcestershire countryside. In the hope that it would help them 'be accepted', Naseem and her brother were eventually sent to boarding schools. Naseem was sent to Roedean School in Brighton, where she felt like 'a fish out of water', nicknamed 'Nutty' because other girls struggled to pronounce her name, but where she found friendship in 'a small group of Jewish girls.'
After graduating from Lady Margaret Hall in 1960, Naseem began her career as a journalist. She was among those who launched the black-led Notting Hall newspaper, The Hustler, and eventually served as theatre editor at Time Out during Britain's experimental theatre boom, having been part of the Experimental Theatre Club while at Oxford. When the opportunity arose to do the research that became The Arts Britain Ignores, she leapt at it. That work recognising and valuing difference in the arts opened up a new career path for Naseem, with MAAS, which sought to influence international bodies like UNESCO, as well as museums and galleries across the UK, and then with the Arts Council, spending seven years as its Head of Diversity (1996-2003). Naseem also remained deeply and actively engaged in the arts communities she loved, for example becoming a Director of Akademi, the London-based academy of South-Asian dance in the mid-1980s and continuing to participate in dance conferences up until shortly before her death.
Akademi's Founding Director, Tara Rajkumar, remembers Naseem as 'a beacon of light leading a mini war with her mighty pen against the apathy and ignorance of the minority arts within the British establishment.' The feeling was mutual. In a 1980 profile of Tara for The Times, Naseem wrote of her as a 'fighter' and a 'pioneer', who 'knows exactly what she wants and is prepared to get it,' crediting Tara as one of the forces that had helped make Indian dance 'respectable' in the UK.
At the turn of the millennium, Naseem relocated to the east of London and put down roots in the local community. She became Chair of the Friends of Arnold Circus group, founded in 2004, and her dynamism and vision grew the group into a charity with hundreds of members, drawing together those who lived on the Boundary Estate. The group renovated the park, which became a centre of community life, with collective efforts going into gardening and maintenance, but also music-making and other projects in the space. Naseem went on to share her expertise with various other community groups, like Friends of Nursery Row Park in South London and Nomad's Phytology project in Bethnal Green, which developed a wild site that remains a popular urban garden full of medicinal plants and community events.
Locally, nationally, and internationally, then, the impact of Naseem's 'mighty pen' and ability to connect continues to be felt.
This biography was written by Dr Dominique Gracia, the Stories project manager, in November 2021, drawing on extensive interviews conducted by Esther Kentish, a DPhil student, with Amelia Torode and Baroness Prashar.
Return to the main gallery, browse the Stories Bookshelf, or read another alum profile.
Books by Naseem:
The Arts Britain Ignores (1976)
This seminal report on inequalities in the arts highlights issues that continue to be relevant today.
Everywhere is Somewhere (2017)
Naseem's memoir, published shortly after her death in 2017, details her experiences of being an outsider in postwar Britain and the struggle for diversity in the arts.


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BACK TO HOME VISIT RESOURCES
ACCOMMODATION FOR HOME VISITS:
Listed below are individuals and ministries that offer accommodation to missionaries when they are on home visits. Also check the listing of retreat centers in the Personal / Marriage / Family section of the website for other options.
Missionary Retreat Fellowship
In Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania, Missionary Retreat Fellowship provide affordable housing for missionaries on home assignment, making their eight homes available to rent at reasonable rates for short-term or long-term stays, up to one year.
Siloam Missionary Homes
Located in Snow Camp, North Carolina, Siloam Missionary Homes has twelve homes available at a low cost to missionaries on home visit and retired missionaries.
The Dwelling Place
In Cassville, Wisconsin, The Dwelling Place is a ministry of Servant Care offering inexpensive accommodation in a large home to single Christian workers and couples.
Restore His Workers
Restore His Workers has four cabins which sleep from one to ten people on their property in northwest Washington State. These cabins are available to missionaries in need of rest for one week to six months for the cost of utilities and insurance.
Wildwood Sanctuary
Wildwood Sanctuary offers missionaries low-cost accommodation in several cabins sleeping 4-6 in Lindale, Texas, available to rent nightly, weekly, or monthly.
Cedar Lane Missionary Homes
Cedar Lane Missionary Homes in Laurel Springs, New Jersey, rents thirteen low-cost, fully-furnished homes, ranging in size from a 1-bedroom apartment to 4-bedroom houses, to missionaries on a monthly basis.
Servant Care International
Servant Care International in Menasha, Wisconsin, offers low-cost accommodation in one to four bedroom apartments to missionaries on home assignment for two weeks up to a year.
Franson-Risberg Memorial Mission Home
Located in Chicago, Illinois, the Franson-Risberg Memorial Mission Home has low-cost studio, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom apartments available on a month-to-month basis for missionaries and those preparing for missionary work.
Drink from the Spring
In Vista, California, Drink from the Spring is a 3-bedroom house intended to be "a resting place where missionaries and foreign aid workers can come with their families to pause from their work for up to a year."
Forest Haven
Forest Haven, in Bradford, New Hampshire, offers an apartment for missionaries and their spouses to stay for up to two weeks at no cost.
Located outside Charleston, South Carolina, The Gathering Place connects pastors, missionaries and their families with short-term housing in the area.
Home of Peace
In Oakland, California, Home of Peace offers reduced rates for pastors, missionaries, and their families for short-term accommodation in the B&B and long-term accommodation in a two-bedroom apartment which sleeps eight people.
Shepherd's Refuge
In Turner's Corner, Georgia, Shepherd's Refuge offers accommodation to ministers and missionaries with scholarships available to cover the costs.
En Gedi Retreat
In Steamboat Springs, Colorado, En Gedi Retreat has a cabin that sleeps up to eight people available for free to pastors and missionaries and their families.
Wolf Bay Retreat
Wolfe Bay Retreat on Michigan's Upper Penninsula offers discounts to missionaries for the three-bedroom cabin, which sleeps up to ten people.
Buffalo Ridge Hospitality and Retreat Center
In Williamsburg, Kansas, Buffalo Ridge Hospitality and Retreat Center is a ranch that provides low-cost accommodation for pastors and missionaries and their families.
Beulah Retreat Guest House
Located in Beulah , Michigan, Beulah Retreat Guest House provides a place of rest, relaxation, recreation, and restoration, sleeping up to six people for up to two weeks at no cost to missionaries and others in ministry.
Howard Creek Ranch
Howard Creek Ranch is a 60-acre farm in Westport, California which offers discount rates to missionaries between November and March.
Laib's Hospitality Home
Laib's Hospitality Home in Waterloo, Iowa, provides accommodation in the host's home for up to 6 guests for up to 3 months at no charge.
Snow Mills Guesthouse
In Bogart, Georgia, Snow Mills Guesthouse, a ministry of Missionary Care Ministry, allows missionaries to stay in three bedrooms of the main house or in a three-bedroom apartment for free for 3-days up to a month.
Shunem House
Shunem House is a large bed and breakfast style home in Noblesville, IN with eight bedrooms for missionaries in transition to stay on a donation basis.
McBain Missionary Home
McBain Missionary Home in McBain, Michigan, offers low-cost accommodation to missionaries and ministers in the two-bedroom house.
Restoration Road
Restoration Road in Blairsville, Georgia, has three cottages available for missionaries to stay at during home visits on a donation basis.
Hephzibah House
Located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Hephzibah House provides affordable accommodation for those serving in Christian ministry.
Ministry Haven
In Norwood, Colorado, Ministry Haven invites pastors and missionaries and their families to stay for free for up to two weeks in one of their apartments or their cabin. Their season runs from May 1 - October 15.
Harbor of Refuge
Located in Iowa, Harbor of Refuge offers missionaries a place to retreat and renew for up to one week. There is no charge for this, but donations are accepted.
Eagles Rest Retreat
With three rooms available in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, Eagles Rest Retreat offers, on a donation basis, missionaries the opportunity to stay in the hosts' home for rest and renewed direction in their ministry.
Eden Ridge
Near Crossville, Tennessee, Eden Ridge is a retreat center with six guest cabins that offers an 80% discount to missionaries for 2-14 nights' stay (possibly longer, subject to approval).
Located in Eure, North Carolina, the Haven provides accommodation for missionaries for two days to two weeks for rest and renewal.
Baan Sabai
Located in southeastern Indiana, Paracletos Ministries runs Baan Sabai, a retreat center for missionaries, singles, couples or entire families, on a donation basis.
Dothan Dwelling
Located in Dothan, Alabama, Dothan Dwelling is a studio apartment, which sleeps up to four people, with an en-suite bathroom and a kitchenette on 2-acres of woodland, offered for free to missionaries on home visit.
Cleft Rock
Located in southeastern Kentucky, Cleft Rock Retreat Center has six cabins of varying sizes, accommodating 2-18 people and offer discounted rates to missionaries and pastors.
Elijah's Harbor
Elijah's Harbor is a Christian retreat center in Greeneville, Tennessee, with a focus on serving those in ministry with three suites in the main building and five houses.
He Restoreth Ministries
He Restoreth Ministries offers missionaries a 2-bedroom apartment in southern Oregon for a family retreat with or without counseling for only the cost of food and heating.
Shekinah Ranch
Located in Fraser, Colorado, Shekinah Ranch offers low-cost accommodation in their cabin for singles and couples in full-time Christian ministry for 5-12 nights for rest and renewal.
The Cottage on Coronado Island
The Cottage on Coronado Island, located near San Diego, California, offers a one-week retreat for couples or singles in ministry with or without counseling.
Rancho del la Paz
Located near Lake Elsinore, California, Rancho de la Paz offers a place of rest for pastors, missionaries, and other Christian workers for a low cost. In addition to the six bedrooms they have available, there are three spaces for RVs.
Shelter Pines
Shelter Pines, located near Colorado Springs, Colorado, offers a four-bedroom home for missionaries in need of rest and renewal. There is a small fee, but financial scholarships are available.
Fairhaven Ministries
Fairhaven Ministries, located in Roan Mountain, Tennessee, provides discounts on their fifteen chalets and cottages to Christian workers on sabbatical.
Carol's House
Located in Moorestown, New Jersey, Carol's House is a three-bedroom house that sleeps 6, available to missionaries on home visit at an affordable rate.
Beside Still Waters, located an hour south of Tampa, Florida, provides missionaries with a place for retreat and rest for up to ten days at a low cost. They have four units available, each sleeping up to six people.
WEBSITES WITH LISTINGS OF ACCOMMODATION FOR HOME VISITS FOR MISSIONARIES:
Christian Missionary Resources
Christian Missionary Resources have a listing of homes and retreat centers across the U.S.
Hospitality Homes maintains a listing of a "global network of homes providing rest and renewal for pastors, clergy, missionaries, chaplains, ministry directors, and other full-time Christian workers."
Servant Care
Servant Care maintains a list of private individuals throughout the U.S., with a few overseas hosts, offering hospitality within their homes to missionaries on home visits. Missionaries can register for a small fee and pay $15/night for accommodation.
Friends in Action
Friends in Action has contact information for more than 800 host families across North America who are willing to provide overnight accommodation to missionaries who are on home visits.
Quiet Place Ministries
Quiet Place Ministries provides retreats free of charge to missionaries and others in ministry at various locations.
OTHER OPTIONS FOR ACCOMMODATION DURING HOME VISITS:
Hotel Discounts
According to the Baptist Missionary Transportation Ministry (linked above), some Settle Inn & Suites, Super 8, and Best Western offer one night stay free to missionaries and pastors with proof (a business card or prayer card) of ministry involvement. Contact hotel chains individually to find out about availability.