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The Story Behind the "I Am" Wall
ABPC May 21, 2013
This student project stemmed from an 8th grade language arts class at Liberty Middle School reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. We spent many months discussing how we can "shatter" stereotypes in our society. The video features "Iron Doors" by The Lighthouse and the Whaler. – Ambra Johnson, language arts teacher
By Devin Acklin, Joyce Jung, Justin Locke & Sara Thorsness
(Contributing Students)
The "I Am" wall originally started as a language arts class project for individual students to shatter the stereotypes that they felt have been placed on them. Before starting on the project, we personally felt confused and unenthusiastic towards this prompt, because it seemed awkward projecting our personal struggles in front of teachers and peers.
"Why should I share my life with others?" It seemed invasive and uncomfortable because students aren't normally prone to sharing their troubles in a public environment.
One day, Ms. Johnson had us all write down ways that we are judged – personal stereotypes – the things that we are NOT – on strips of black and white paper. We moved our desks to a circle, and Ms. Johnson laid out all of the stereotypes (the "I am not…" strips) in the center of the room. We had no idea who wrote what on each piece of paper, but we silently read those words and phrases scattered across the floor:
I AM NOT …. always quiet / boring / just a band nerd / rich / a know-it-all / Muslim / helpless / who you think I am / always happy / racist / sure of myself / an American native / often included / indestructible / easy / afraid to live my dreams / always trying my best / a loser / fake / listening to you scream at me / a Christian / perfect / and so on.
Ms. Johnson asked us to reflect on what was laying on the floor. We could pick any three strips of paper that we could relate to the most, and we had to write about why we connected to those words. We then had to write about how we can shatter these stereotypes or explain some of the ways we can show the world we aren't these things.
This was a little bit awkward because we aren't used to teachers asking us to think this deeply about something that is not really "school related," but after we got comfortable, everyone started writing and didn't stop until she made us.
The "I Am" statements
After the first activity, we focused on the things that we really are. The "I am. . ." statements. We tweeted articles and videos on Twitter using the hashtag #lmsthinksbig about different stereotypes of different people.
For example, one day someone tweeted a news article about how adults (you) consider Generation Z (us) "lazy" and "apathetic." We had conversations in the classroom with each other and with others via Twitter—other students, our assistant principal, a parent, a retired guy in Kentucky we didn't know – about why teens are judged like this.
The use of Twitter really enticed us as students to take interest in participating in the activity and motivated us to start taking actions to change the world.
Building the wall
Next, we began to make "I AM…" statements to create a wall outside of room 114. If you come by and look at our wall, you will see such a wide variety of words and phrases:
a person / funny / creative / full of anxiety / biracial / an overthinker / trying to find the right path / tired / faithful / reliable / different / bilingual / heartbroken / wanting more / real / a person with anger issues / minus two grandparents / Indian / afraid of meeting new people / misunderstood/ Christian / someone who makes mistakes / athletic / Egyptian / adopted / ADHD / artistically disabled / pressured / tired of cancer / talented / about to crumble / a brother and a son / forgiving / a person who laughs to keep from crying / a dreamer / here for you / a Mormon / stressed / unsure of where I belong / persistent / a person with anger issues / heartbroken / constantly worrying / here for a purpose / clumsy / sad / Turkish / younger than you / trying to find the right path/ bad with change / unwanted / trying my best to learn English / vulnerable / insightful / more than you think I am…
At first, the wall seemed insignificant because it looked like there was no organization or focus or concern for more emotional and abstract connections. However, as the project progressed, we believe that it acted as an eye opener to others' similar issues.
It was fun to see students from other teams coming up to our hallway wanting to add to our wall, asking for paper and sharpies, reading what was already up there, and really being interested in it. As the wall continued to grow, different students from Team 8 would be in charge of recording using the iPad to document the wall going up. It seemed like the school was taking notice of us and our statements.
More people started coming up to us, asking us what it was and asking about #lmsthinksbig. As awareness grew, our classes bonded closer together, and we think our peers genuinely began to learn what it meant to empathize with others. We can't speak for the teachers, but it is obvious that other students' struggles were not so different from our own.
A new perspective on the project
A few weeks after starting the project, our team started reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton in class, and this is when we started realizing where all of this stereotyping stuff came from. The main characters in the novel are labeled because of their social class.
We didn't realize it at the time, but when we were making statements such as "I am labeled," "I am worried about my future," "I am courageous," "I am unsure of my potential," "I am scared," "I am sometimes hiding behind my sadness," "I am a dreamer," "I am looking for solid ground," etc., we were writing the same statements that Ponyboy Curtis, Dallas Winston, or Johnny Cade would have written if they were sitting in Ms. Johnson's language arts class. By picking out "I am…" and "I am not…" statements from the walls about each character, this really made us look at the project and the characters from a different perspective.
The purpose of the wall is to eliminate stereotypes and appreciate the differences in others. If we could describe this wall in one way, it would be "bravery" because students had to be so brave to put personal things on a wall in school where everyone can see.
We learned that we are all alike much more than we realized. It is awesome to see our friends retweet pictures and the video of our wall. Ms. Johnson emailed a band from Ohio called The Lighthouse and the Whaler to see if we could use one of their songs, "Iron Doors," for our video. They agreed, and a few weeks later they started tweeting with us and even retweeted our video which is awesome because they have a lot more followers than we do, so people in different parts of our country are now watching our video.
We keep discovering things
The wall has stretched beyond room 114, Liberty Middle School, and even Madison, Alabama. We have learned about "digital citizenship" and "global citizens" and things like that, but we think this a real example of taking those terms and applying them to show everyone how our voice can be heard.
We are very proud of the project because it took a lot of courage and hard work to complete it. Well, complete may be the wrong word. We don't think it will ever be completely complete. It seems that we keep discovering things about ourselves every day, so all we need to strive for is to be ourselves. There is no one exactly like us out there, and this wall serves as a visual representation and reminder to us to "stay gold" and to always "be" us.
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H1 giving erratic reads while printing.
i already replaced the pt100 but from old to new its the same.
after printing 2 big parts its now like that, and i already did tuning (down to P0.4) and test printing but same output.
im not sure what caused it to be like that. Kindly advise.
can it be a heater problem?
Does the noise on the graph only start when the printer starts moving/extruding? If so it looks like noise from your stepper motors as a potential cause. look at your wire routing to avoid routing the wires in a bundle with stepper wires.
Your oscillating hot end temperature suggests that heater tuning hasn't worked very well. Try increasing the D parameter in the M307 command for heater 1 by 20% to 50%.
The sharp downward excursions suggest a possible short in the wiring, or perhaps static discharge. Try grounding the hot end metalwork.
will try it, currently retuning.
tried the D to 20-50% same thing..will rewire as i think there is probably a bad grounding.
seems like it was heavily grounded. not sure why still..
but i added a grounding on the hotend heatsink then loosen up the cable ties.
seems to be the same. managed to have the temp to be stable before print but while printing the erratic temps starts to act up.
not sure if the psu as when it acts up when the motors move.
replaced the heater cause i think its busted.
still seeing the wobbling, checking the image i think my psu is not giving the current it needs?
Do the hot end temperature oscillations stop if you turn the bed heater off?
seems like the oscillations start at 200degrees, brought the bed down and still the same.
Looks like you changed from using heater 1 output to heater 2. Did you run auto tuning on heater 2, with a target temperature around 200C or a little higher?
What type of hot end do you have, and what are your M307 parameters for heater 2? Send M307 H2 to report them.
tuned to 260, should i tune to a little lower value?
Computed PID parameters for load change: P16.
260C should be Ok for tuning. But why have you set a PWM limit of 0.5?
it gives the overpowered error during tuning.
Ahhh. That's most likely the root cause of the problem. I once tried to "tame" an overpowered heater and never did have much success in reducing the oscillations. The solution for me was to use a more appropriately sized heater cartridge.
I'd say, looking at the graph you posted, that you have two issues. The general +/- 2 to5 deg or so oscillation is likely just the heater being too powerful. The rapid drops in temperature can't be "real". That is to say, the temperature can't really drop by 50 degrees in such short a time unless you actually remove the hot end and drop it into dry ice or some such So that must be a wiring issue or electrical noise.
thats the thing. it was working for the past few month, didnt touch anything print print print. now this giving me that erratic motion is weird. so i replaced the sensor same output, and did the stuff recommended here.
just finished rewiring really, so im testing.
i fixed it, seems like the thermistor is getting pulled and something was shorting the 5v rail. still using the new cartridge and ntc sensor (the pt100 was giving 2000degrees, but rtc1 is working when i place a 100ohm resistor) will troubleshoot that in a new chapter.
oh and a new psu too, seems like the psu was heavily grounded.


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DĀD (1)
DĀD (Av. dāta- "law, right, rule, regulation, statute, command, institution, decision" [AirWb., col. 726]; Mid. Pers. dād "law, canon, regulation, rule, principle, justice, decree, ordinance, attribute"), in the Zoroastrian tradition the most general term for law, in contrast to dādestān "civil law, justice, judicial decision, judgment" and kardag "traditional orthodox law, pronouncement of the ancient sages or eminent religious authorities" (Shaki, pp. 291-92).
It is defined in the Dēnkard as "the beneficent regulating principle of the Mazdean religion" (dād xwābar rastagīh ī māzdēsn dēn; ed. Madan, I, pp. 69-70; de Menasce, p. 83), "the cognition of which is through wisdom" (šnāxtan ī dād pad dānišn bawēd; ed. Madan, I, p. 64). Furthermore, "wisdom is the principle of dād" (dād bun dānāgīh; Dēnkard, ed. Madan, I, p. 302; de Menasce, p. 288), and "the mastery of the dād is achieved by the knowledge of its quiddity" (dād pad čeōnīh šnāsīh; Dēnkard, ed. Madan, I, p. 68); hence dād-šnās "jurist, theologian."
Mazdean law (dād) is revealed in three main aspects of existence. First, as natural law (gētīgīg dād) it pervades the present material world (ān ī nūn pad tanōmandīh pad gētīg) in order "to avert death and afflictioṇ . . . and accord peace and satisfaction" (pahrēz ī margīh ud bēš . . . šnāyēnišn ud āsānīh ud āsāy(ēn)išn dādārīh). As spiritual law (mēnōgīg dād) it will pervade the ideal world that will prevail after the end of the material world (ān ī pas az tanōmandīh pad mēnōg), "bringing the soul of every man to account" (āmār ī abar kadār-iz-ē ruwān). Finally, it will also pervade and substantiate the renovation at the end of time (ān ī abdom pad Frašgirdīh) in the "sagacious judgment of the creator" (dādār frazānagīh handāzišn; Dēnkard, ed. Madan, I, pp. 69-70; de Menasce, p. 83). According to the Avesta, the chief tasks of Ahura Mazdā, the lawgiver, and Mithra, the judge and guardian of contracts, are to preside over a regulated and just social order and to support the principles of truth, right, and cosmic order (Av. aṧa-; OPers. arta-). In the field of law Ahura Mazdā is assisted by ministering Aməṧa Spəṇtas, of whom Aṧa Vahišta "Best righteousness" represents truth (aṧa-), and Xšaθra Vairiia "Best rule" the "wished-for kingdom" to be realized by the rule of divine law on earth. In the legal nasks the law regulating individual and social life are set forth (see Dād Nask; cf. Dāta).
Under the Achaemenids the canon law established by Ahura Mazdā (XPh l. 50; Kent, Old Persian, p. 151) had the sanctity of arta- "law, justice, cosmic order," as well as the authority of the king of kings. The divine aspect of law is manifest in Darius' declaration of his devotion to the rule of law and equity (DSe ll. 34-41; Kent, Old Persian, p. 141). The law of the land, both canonical and common, was the king's law (dāthe de malkā; Esther 1:8), by which the king himself had to abide (Herodotus, 3.31). Its immutability was proclaimed as "the law of the Medes and Persians that altereth not" (Daniel 6:9; Esther 1:19).
Owing to the proliferation of secular laws, Sasanian civil law (dādestān), stern though it remained, had lost its canonical associations for most of the population, though it incorporated certain legal terms adopted from religious terminology, for example, wināh "sin" for offense, pādifrāh "retribution" for punishment, ēraxtan "damn" for condemn, bōxtan "redeem" for acquit, and tanāpuhl "a degree of sin" for a fine of 1,200 drahms (see below).
By Sasanian times Zoroastrian law as presented in the surviving lawbooks (Mādayān ī hazār dādestān, Rivāyat ī Ēmēd ī Ašawahištān, Rivāyat ī Ādur-Farnbag, Dēnkard [bk. 8], etc.) had developed into an elaborate and sophisticated social institution. It drew not only on Avestan precepts but also on traditional common and civil law, greatly enriched and improved by new legislation from eminent Sasanian jurists. It was inevitable that, despite fundamental differences in the civilizations of Persia and its western neighbors, the Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans, centuries of close contact would have an impact on Persian legal norms. The Persian laws related to "partial slavery" and "retribution" (lex talionis) are clear evidence of such interaction (Pigulevskaya, pp. 102-03).
There is ample evidence for a gradual mitigation or modification of the ancient harsh civil and penal code during the Sasanian period. The author of the Letter of Tansar, which was in all likelihood composed or thoroughly revised in the 6th century C.E., after the suppression of the Mazdakite insurrection, referred to the abolition of lex talionis, elimination of mutilation for most crimes, and substitution of fines for corporal punishment: "[I]t was formerly the custom that a man who gave a blow received one, and a man who inflicted a wound suffered one, and the brigand and the thief were both mutilated, and the adulterer likewise. He (Ardašīr ī Pābagān) has laid down a law whereby for a wound there is a fixed fine in proportion to it, so that the wrongdoer may suffer from that and the victim receive benefit and comfort" (Nāma-ye Tansar, 1354 Š./1975, pp. 62-63; tr. p. 42). Apart from occasional assessment of mortal sins or capital offenses punishable by death (marg-arzānīh), penal laws are almost entirely missing from the surviving lawbooks. The ancient pre-Sasanian penal code has been preserved in the Vidēvdād (chaps. 4, 6, 14, 15) and in the Pahlavi epitome of the Nikātum Nask (Dēnkard, ed. Madan, II, pp. 693-721) and the nask of Duzd-sar-nizad (Dēnkard, ed. Madan, II, pp. 721-34; West, pp. 35-92). A measure of these changes is clear from the substitution of a fine of 1,200 drahms for 200 stripes, the former punishment for the sin of tānapuhl (Darmesteter, p. 40), adultery with a married woman (Mādayān, pt. 1, p. 73).
Already in Achaemenid times dātu "the law of the king," mentioned in Babylonian records, had become a synonym for Akkadian dinu "religion" (Oppenheim, p. 547 n. 3), a sense that has continued into Middle Persian: dād ī Ohrmazd "the law/religion of Ohrmazd"; ēd pad dād gōwēd "this is said in the religion" (Pahlavi Vidēvdād, 18.9). Dād referred predominantly to canon: dād pad gōwišn was ud wuzurg stāyišn,pad kunišn abāz waštag kardan "in word greatly praising the canon and in practice distorting it" (Dēnkard, ed. Madan, I, p. 221; de Menasce, p. 212); az paymān dād zāyišn, az dād humad huxt ud huwaršt "from the mean develops the canon, from the canon derive good thought, good speech, and good deed" (Dēnkard, ed. Madan, I, p. 251; de Menasce, p. 239). Dād was also the term used for the law, creed, or principle of the daivas: dād ī dēwān "the creed, law of the demons" (Mēnōg ī xrad, ed. Anklesaria, 1. 40); for non-Zoroastrian revealed religions (agdēnīh): dād ī yahūdīg kēš "the law/canon of the (false) Jewish religion" (Dēnkard, ed. Madan, I, p. 213); and for heretical beliefs: dād ī mazdakīh (Bundahišn, DH, p. 93). Dād frequently occurred as an element in hendiadys with dēn: dād ī ērīh ud dēn ī pōryōtkēšīh "the principle of the Iranian faith (a 9th-century extended meaning) and the dogmatic teachings of the ancient sages." By extension dād signified attribute: dād ī Ohrmazd mardōm-dōstīh "The [main] attribute of Ohrmazd is the love of people"; dād ī Wahman āšt-xwāhīh "the attribute of Wahman is the desire for peace"; dād ī Ardwahišt rāstīh "the attribute of Ardwahišt is truthfulness" (Dēnkard, ed. Madan, I, p. 498; Shaked, pp. 46-47). It also meant justice: dādīg dādwar "a just judge"; pēšagkārān xwēškārīh ān ī . . . mizd dādīhā xwāhēnd "the duty of the artisans . . . is to demand reward justly" (Mēnōg ī xrad, ed. Anklesaria, 30.6); adād wimuštīg "unjust destroyer" (Dēnkard, ed. Madan, I, p. 214), as well as a code of law: dād ī šahr "the law of the land" (Mādayān, pt. 1, p. 35); dād ī haft kišwar "the law of the seven climes" (Zādspram, p. 65); dādwar ī dād-āgāh "a judge well-versed in judicial law" (see Dādwar, Dādwarīh). In Middle Persian civil law dād (perfect past participle of dā-/dādan "to give") denoted "grant."
See also Judicial System.
Čīdag Handarz ī Pōryōtkēšān, ed. F. M. Kanga, Bombay, 1960.
J. Darmesteter, Vendīdād. The Zend-Avesta, pt. 1, SBE 4, Oxford, 1880.
N. Garsoïan, "Byzantium and the Sasanians," Camb. Hist. Iran III/2, pp. 568-92.
J. de Menasce, Le troisième livre du Dēnkart, Paris, 1973.
Nāma-ye Tansar, ed. M. Mīnovī, Tehran, 1311 S./1932; 2nd ed., Tehran, 1354 Š./1975; tr. M. Boyce as The Letter of Tansar, Rome, 1968.
A. L. Oppenheim, "The Babylonian Evidence of Achaemenian Rule in Mesopotamia," Camb. Hist. Iran II, pp. 529-87.
The Pahlavi Rivāyat of Āturfarnbag and Farnbag-Srōš, ed. and tr. B. T. Anklesaria, 2 vols., Bombay, 1969.
A. G. Perikhanian, Sasanidskiĭ Sudebnik, Mātakdān ī Hazār Dātastān (The Sasanian code of law, Mādayān ī hazār dādestān), Yerevan, 1973.
N. Pigulevskaja, Les villes de l'état iranien aux époques parthe et sassanide, Paris, 1963.
Rivâyat-î Hêmît-î Ašavahištân, ed. B. T. Anklesaria, Bombay, 1962.
S. Shaked, The Wisdom of the Sasanian Sages (Dēnkard VI), PHS 34, Boulder, Colo., 1978.
M. Shaki, "The Social Doctrine of Mazdak," Archív Orientální 46, 1978, pp. 289-306.
E. W. West, Pahlavi Texts, pt. IV, SBE 37, Oxford, 1892.
(Mansour Shaki)
Vol. VI, Fasc. 5, pp. 544-545
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Google Tag Manager is a great tool for creating, keeping, and delivering tags to your website. We use Google Tag Manager (GTM) everyday to define all sorts of custom tags for different websites. When you spend quite some time in GTM, you start realizing that having a naming convention in place helps you be more productive and helps your container stay more organized.
You will especially appreciate following a naming convention if you are dealing with a large size container and your Tags are derived from various GTM components. In my last blog, I covered Google Analytics Naming Conventions, and I got some great feedback. In this blog, I'm going to introduce some options for naming conventions for Google Tag Manager.
Your GTM Account is usually the name of your business or website; e.g. Bounteous. If you are an agency, you should have separate Accounts for each of your clients, with the Account names being the name of the clients. All users under an account will at least be able to see the other users in the same Account, so you would never want your clients to be able to see other clients.
For the Containers, you can simply use your website's name or address, e.g. Bounteous.com. If you are dealing with different websites and you would like to have separate Containers for each, keep them all under the same company (Account) name.
If you have multiple environments, ideally you would use the same GTM snippet. However, if you are using different GTM snippets, you could include the environment name as part of the container name such as www.example.com – production or qa.example.com – staging.
For example, add "GA" for Google Analytics tags, "AW" for AdWords, "DC" for DoubleClick, "HTML" or "CU" for the Custom HTML Tag. You may also include third party tag types like LinkedIn, CrazyEgg, ClickTale, etc.
True, there is a column that tells you what type of Tag it is, and that column is sortable, but this method will automatically sort your Tags by type when GTM loads, and makes it really easy to see what groups of Tags you have.
Include the Track Type if you are creating Google Analytics Tags. For example, you can have Pageview, Event, or Social in the tag name. For AdWords Tags, you can have the Tag Type, such as Conversion or Remarketing, in the name.
If a tag should fire on a specific page, or a set of pages (like a subdirectory), then include the page/subdirectory in the tag name.
Always include a brief description of the Trigger in the Tag name to provide additional information about the tag functionalities specifying where, when, or on what element the tag fires.
(Optional) Remember that you can group your Tags under separate Folders to be able to sort them easily and understand where they belong to at a glance.
For example, you can have separate folders for vendor departments (Marketing, UX, etc.), or you can create folders for different sites if the Container contains Tags for multiple domains. Unfortunately, a Tag/Trigger/Variable can only be in one folder at a time. You can use the dropdown menu in each Tag/Trigger/Variable to save it under a folder.
No matter what casing you use, be consistent. Google Tag Manager uses Title Case for most of its fields, including Variable names. My personal preference is to make all my Triggers and Variables lowercase. I think this helps keeping the Tags page less cluttered and easier to scan. Also, it helps me differentiate between the built-in variables and triggers and the ones I define. Again, it doesn't matter which method you use, as long as you're consistent!
It makes sense to start with the particular "event" that you're using to fire the trigger – click, link click, form, etc.
If it makes sense to include the page the event is firing on, then add it to the Trigger name. Also, add in the element you are tracking; by element, we mean what link they clicked on, what form they submitted, etc.
Include the action that is taking place on the page.
You can always define Blocking Triggers to block some Tags from firing in certain environments; for example, you can block all tags from firing in the Production Environment, or you can block them when you are in Debug Mode. For this specific purpose, we suggest having a uniquely named Trigger such as BLOCKING – Block in Production or BLOCKING – Block in Debug Mode.
As I mentioned before, I tend to keep all the Triggers and Variables in lowercase, but it doesn't really matter as long as you stay consistent throughout the implementation.
Next, include what the Variable actually returns or contains. In other words, name your variable whatever you want it to do. For example, if the variable contains query parameters in the URL, name it "url query parameters". Or if the variable captures a form field value through the dataLayer, you can name it "dlv form field". Use whatever that makes sense to you, and try to stay consistent.
In this blog, I tried to show you some possible options you have for naming your tags, triggers, and variables. Of course, you are not obligated to follow the above suggestions, just make sure to follow a naming convention of your choice and stay consistent throughout the implementation. Please share with me your creative thoughts on GTM naming conventions. I am very interested in hearing what you think.


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At this time in humanity's evolution, wealthy nations are living through a highly materialistic time. Vast amounts of resources, time and costs are invested into producing, marketing and acquiring "stuff " which then quickly loses its perceived value or becomes obsolete and is discarded.
tools, and pottery, meaning early civilizations reused and repaired what they could, rather than dumping it. Fast forward through the industrial revolution of the late 18th century and we see the rise of mass production of goods, mono culture and commodification of the earth, plants, animals and human beings. What will future archaeologists make of our behaviour based on our rubbish dumps?
William McDonough and Michael Braungart in their book "Cradle to Cradle" point out that we are still following an outmoded "Cradle to Grave" manufacturing model, dating from the industrial revolution, which TAKES – MAKES – WASTES. The term "Upcycling" was also first brought to public attention through this book and makes a clear separation between Recycling (actually down cycling!) and Upcycling (which adds value).
"Upcycling" is a modern-day response to our "throwaway" consumer society. According to Wikipedia "Upcycling" is the process of transforming by-products, waste materials, useless or unwanted products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value. I have been working within the area of textile reuse for over 20 years. Through my craft practice I have also learnt about some subtler aspects of upcycling. These aspects or "3 golden principles" are modelling from nature, power of transformation and connecting with beauty.
Upcycling draws inspiration from the extraordinary book of nature. In "Cradle to Cradle" the cherry tree is described, which gives abundantly, producing thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree. The tree also provides oxygen and nourishment for other life forms. In the book, the authors have developed a "Circular Economy Upcycling Concept", a vision for products conceived as "Biological and Technical Nutrients". The Biological can easily re-enter water or soil without depositing synthetic materials and toxins. The Technical continually circulates as pure and valuable materials within closed loop industrial cycles.
can be loosely compared to the 3 stages of upcycling: Repair and Renewal: Japanese Boro (meaning something tattered or repaired) was traditionally used to reinforce points of wear or to repair tears with patches, making the darned piece ultimately stronger and warmer. Deconstruction: My own "Remember Me" service works with emotions and thoughts as I co-create with people and their lost loved ones items of clothing into new and therapeutic items. Rebirth: Artist Lucy Orta's "Identity & Refuge" project brought a new lease of life to old/abandoned clothing and a new lease of hope experienced by the residents of the Salvation Army refuge in Paris. A "Rags to Riches" story (Clothes to Self Awareness).
Upcycling connects us with beauty. It alters our perception of beauty, which can be found in everything (even rubbish). Both Plato and Plotinus believed that everything in the "material world" is a reflection of "perfect objects" in the realm of forms. Also that one can ascend from the appreciation of "things" up the ladders of forms, away from mere appearance to find inner depth – the essence, pure beauty, an experience of love – the root of wisdom to connect with the divine. I recently discovered a children's orchestra from the community of Cateura, a slum next to a rubbish landfill in Paraguay. As a musical instrument has a higher cost value than a house, the community of litter pickers ingeniously created a full orchestra of musical instruments made entirely from rubbish for the children to learn how to play music. They now regularly perform concerts and their story can be seen in the documentary film "Landfill Harmonic" with the opening title "The world sends us garbage, we send back music". This project plays all the 3 strings of upcycling's "Golden Principles" It is a virtuous circle transforming not just waste materials but people's lives through a connection to and transmission of beauty.


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This past weekend, the first southern California youth footvolley tournament took to the sands of Huntington Beach.
Footvolley flies to SoCal Coast
Simone ChuAugust 30, 2016
There's a new sport on the West Coast scene: footvolley. As the game's portmanteau of a name suggests, it combines elements from soccer and beach volleyball
Hudson Ashcraft, left, and Daniel Noble, right, practice passing after their match.
to make something new.
Footvolley takes the most difficult variables of both sports to create a fast-paced, challenging game.
The sport is played on the sandy terrain of a beach volleyball court, and has the same rules of beach volleyball—that is, make sure the ball never hits the ground on your side, and make sure it does fall on your opponents' side—but with a crucial twist: players may never touch the ball with their hands. Instead, footvolley players keep the ball aloft by kicking or heading the ball.
This relatively new sport sprang up on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro during the 1960s, and over the years made its way around the world. (Although footvolley is not yet an Olympic sport, a demonstration competition was held in Rio during the Summer Olympics this year!) Now, it has made its way to the youth of SoCal.
Culture FC Sports had its first youth competition Aug. 26 and 28 at Huntington Beach, as part of the California Footvolley Huntington Beach Open. Culture FC Coach Adriano De Lima collaborated with California Footvolley to make the event possible.
Some of the youth competitors were new to the sport, but passionate about it regardless. Woodrow Wilson Classical High School junior Hudson Ashcraft said that he has been playing soccer for the past nine years, but only took up footvolley recently. But he and his teammate were prepared for the competition.
Woodrow Wilson Classical High School junior Daniel Noble said that their coach "ran practices before this to get [us] ready." Both boys' previous experience in soccer gave them the skills and reflexes needed to keep the ball airborne.
"It's fun playing with your friends and just being at the beach doing what you like to do," Ashcraft said.
Next time you're at the beach, try a match of footvolley with your friends!
To get a taste of footvolley, you can watch one of Sunday's professional-level matches here.
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A facebook friend recently asked for some suggestions for organizing and storing the large amount of hair accessories that her 3 girls had accumulated. They have a small bathroom that they all share and needed a space saving solution.
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We need to keep our eyes on the ball over the next 12 months to protect Jewish rights and prosperity around the world. A number of familiar and unfamiliar challenges are converging that threaten the interests of Jews of all stripes and colors. In 2014, I think it is vital we tackle these four issues to ensure Jews' rights and equal footing among the world's other 7 billion citizens.
Circumcision. Kosher meat. Yarmulkes. All these staples of Jewish life have faced legislative or judicial bans in the last several years. The Jewish community worldwide, whether European Jews would welcome their involvement or not, have a vested interest in protecting the rights of the Jewish people to those rituals and talismans. They are essentials to Jewish life in varying degrees, but all being the subject of restrictive laws all elevate to the same level of importance.
Global Jewry's priority needs to be 1) promote the freedom of religion and simultaneously defend its practice from zealous secular laws, 2) counter attacks on practices like circumcision by openly promoting them, 3) influence European Union policy to the point that religious rights are protected continent wide from individual countries' attempts to restrict free practice, and 4) to advocate for the rights of parents to raise children as they see fit / to do for them what they see are in their best interests. This fourth point is a parental right.
If the recent Jewish Federations of North America GA in Jerusalem was any indication, Israeli and NA Jews are not on the same page.
Of all the cross-continental Jewish relationships, this one is the essential. Most of global Jewry's resources are split among the US, Canada and Israel. Given the widening divisions between Israeli and American Judaism, it's imperative for uncommon groups to find common ground and address mutual interests worldwide: protection of Jewish holy sites, stronger Jewish outreach and anti-assimilation efforts. This dovetails with my third point . . .
Not close the gaps, but bridge them; make them narrower. There are common launching points in terms of outreach and initiatives -accessibility to kosher food, expanded and cheaper Jewish education among them – where groups can work together to enrich the lives of Jewish of multiple affiliations, ambiguous affiliations and no affiliation.
Strategically, it hurts the global Jewish community if these groups cannot get on the same page and continue to work on global Jewish initiatives in different committees. Jewish federations, Orthodox and Chabad congregations need to begin working together, even for the sake of just building relationships, to lay the groundwork for more effective political and international initiatives in the near future. Those initiatives could be critical, whether they deal with the aforementioned expansion of anti-Jewish legislation in the European Union or security concerns for the State of Israel.
4. Conversion. GET. IT. TOGETHER.
Stop it. Seriously. This is the mack-daddy. Congregations worldwide need to converge on this issue and come to a practical, efficient common ground.
Efforts have been made in the past, namely the Ne'eman Commission and Norman Lamm's attempt at a common rabbinical court to get Reform, Conservative and Orthodox groups to coordinate a common conversion policy. Even if some groups continue to reject a compromise with non-Orthodox leaders, something must be implemented that forces the issue and makes it difficult for Ultra-Orthodox Jews to ignore. On the one hand, it's imperative that Orthodox leaders acknowledge the bare requirements of conversions and ease up on the excessive restrictions imposed over the last several years that seem to discourage conversions rather than facilitate them. On the other, Reform and Conservative Jews need to accept certain standards of commitment from their candidates that they would not otherwise.
I'm sure there are plenty of other things that need to be on this list. The task is immense and the time is short, but consider where we might be January 1, 2015 if the Jewish World makes even a nanometer of a step forward on any of these issues, we will be better off. But we know minute progress will only suffice for so long. We have played with fire for so long; we need to be able to quell the blaze.
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Q: Is Stack Overflow tracking us if we're logged in over Facebook? As everyone knows, Facebook is tracking us if we're logged in on Facebook.
Now the question: Do Facebook or Stack Overflow track us, if we're logged in @ Stack Overflow via Facebook? Is it the same as I would be logged in on Facebook the entire day?
By "tracking us" I mean: tracking people's browsing habits via their like buttons.

A: Not sure what you mean by "tracking", but... No more than if you were logged in with Google or SE's own OpenID. When you log in, Facebook confirms you're the same person who created the account, gives us your email and profile image, and... That's it.
We don't post to your wall or read your responses or see where you're checking in or anything like that.

A: Facebook collects information about people's browsing habits via their ubiquitous 'Like' buttons.  Those buttons are served from Facebook's servers, giving them the means to collect that information.
Stack Overflow has no similar mechanism for tracking users, and likely no plans to implement one since that's not really its bailiwick.
If Facebook offered Stack Overflow information about the browsing habits of anyone who signed into Stack Overflow via Facebook, I doubt they'd turn it down, but Facebook probably doesn't share that information.
Obviously Stack Overflow has records of your browsing Stack Overflow, and could even do more analysis of your on-site browsing habits than you might realize, but there is no general tracking regardless of how you logged in.
If you're worried about tracking, OpenID (the login standard that SO uses) requires OpenID providers to know when you log in via them.  There has been at least one suggestion to support a new system that avoids that, but it didn't get much traction.

A: I think caramba is asking if Facebook can see what pages you visit, comment on, SO profile information etc. Such a feat is entirely possible through a cookie when you load any resource from facebook. But when you look at the requests your browser makes, you can clearly see where all the resources are being loaded from. I don't see any requests from Facebook, but I do see many from gravatar.com, the 3rd party service which provides most of the user profile pictures on SE.

But then again, I'm logged in through the StackExchange OpenID mechanism, not a facebook account. You would have to repeat such a test/inspection on an account which is logged in through facebook. As blahdiblah, it's usually the 'Like' buttons that get you on most other pages. I don't see any buttons and the 'share' links by each question and answer are really just permanent link locations, not the increasingly typical Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit, Pork'd icon Smörgåsbords.
Regardless, even if SE went to such an extreme, you could block out any such tracking attempt by disabling 3rd party cookies. They're called 3rd party cookies because the 1st party is you, the 2nd party is the website you're talking to and the 3rd party is any outsider snooping agency, advertiser, etc. who tries to listen in.
This isn't a guarantee you can't be tracked. The SE server could, for instance, inform Facebook every time you visit a page and you would have no way of knowing about it. (Or they could log all activity and sell it to the highest bidder.) But as others have already said (or at least, <tinfoil-hat>claimed</tinfoil-hat>), SE does not do such a thing and has no plans to do such a thing.
But there's yet another facet to the debate that we're overlooking at that is you really have no privacy to speak of on an open community site like StackExchange. I, or in fact anyone, can already see pretty much everything you do here. The only solution to that would be to go incognito/private browsing mode, regularly wipe cookies and cache, never create an account or log in or contribute in any way. And even that wouldn't be enough to protect you from the most dedicated and skillful tracker (notably: law enforcement).

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Clearnetworx, LLC based in Montrose, Colorado is delighted to announce that they have been awarded a 2.8 million dollar grant by the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) as part of the Broadband Fund to finance fiber internet construction and service to the Loghill Mesa, Golden Eagle Trail, and Meadow Circle.
The Broadband Fund is a rural broadband infrastructure grant program overseen by the Broadband Deployment Board within DORA. The fund was established to facilitate broader availability of high-speed internet service in under-served, rural communities. Clearnetworx submitted their grant application in July of 2019. The Board initially denied the grant because incumbent providers in the area claimed to provide speeds above the national broadband standard of 25Mbs download speed and 3Mbs upload speed (25/3). However, Clearnetworx received over 60 speed tests and additional letters of support from members of the community that did not corroborate those claims. Due to the community's overwhelming support, the board overturned their earlier decision and awarded Clearnetworx this grant during an appeal vote in November. Clearnetworx was officially awarded the grant on December 16th, 2019. Eleven other grants were awarded during this cycle; Clearnetworx' was the largest award by over 1.6 million dollars.
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139 Years and Still Sailing
By Vicky Samselski Rector May 9, 2011 Cape May History, Cape May Magazine
This article originally appeared in the Spring 2009 issue of Cape May Magazine. The dates have been updated to reflect the current publication. Photographs courtesy of Judy Lord, and postcards courtesy Don Pocher, both members of the Corinthian Yacht Club of Cape May.
There was no Harbor. There was no Canal. The paint color on your cottage, store or bordello was entirely your own business. At least no one could argue that it wasn't "authentic." Few quibbled over morals, either. Steamships brought gamblers, families, the wealthy and the devout bound for the religious retreats at Cape May Point. All were dumped pell-mell right on the sands at Sunset Beach. South Cape May was dry and populated. East Cape May was under water. The country was in a recession that began with a sharp drop in 1873 and then lazily spread out all over the rest of the decade, creating havoc elsewhere in the land. But far from all that madness, the boathouses of would-be yachtsman from Philadelphia lined cool, breezy Madison Avenue overlooking the Cape May Sound, at least according to the club's website.
The Cape May Yacht Club, circa 1907.
The Corinthian Yacht Club of Cape May started in 1872, the same year as its predecessor in London, the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club. The Cape May launch came about a year after the city's large hotels put up the money to begin the Cape May Cup and a year before the recession hit. The club's roots were in Philadelphia. Once a powerful maritime presence, Philly has had its share of ups and downs. It's also had its share of Corinthians: wealthy sportsmen like Wanamaker and Drexel who embraced the Olympic spirit of amateur competition, then refocused it as an excuse to keep boisterous and low-brow professional sailors out of their clubs.
The Corinthian Movement swept through Britain and the States like a very affluent fever. According to the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club's own archives, "The members of the new club in 1872 were pleased to be known as 'Corinthians,' emphasizing their intention to helm their own boats, although paid hands were still allowed. The term was greatly used in the sporting world of those days and perhaps those who had received a classical education connected it with the Isthmian Games held at Corinth in honour of Poseidon and found it singularly appropriate for yachtsmen."
Club House of the Corinthian Yacht Club, circa 1918
Can't you just hear those early Corinthians now? "Isthmian? Steer it myself? Right you are. Now how do you steer this thing?"
Before then, wealthy yacht owners enlisted the help of professional captains to help them win races or nip up to the Great Egg. Few of them could actually steer their own crafts before the movement began. Fascinatingly, fewer still checked their history. The Isthmian games were never about Poseidon (it was a funeral rite for Melicertes). The games occurred about as far inland as you can get on a land bridge behind the city of Corinth with plenty of room for nautical games like chariot racing and poetry competitions. Ahh, Corinth. How little we knew ye.
But history is a wonderful and funny thing. Rich boys go to school, get a vague idea about true Olympic spirit and truces between nations and garlands of celery in their hair (yep celery) and grow up to buy beautifully "yar" little sea crafts they didn't want to share with stinky sailors. End result, you had to have learned sailing as an amateur to make it into their cup races and clubs – preferably a rich, well-connected and well-behaved amateur. Although later they made special exemptions for wealthy men who'd learned in the Navy. It wasn't long before these men brought the notion of elegant sportsmanship with them to Cape May, where it flourished.
Laser race in the harbor
To this day, the Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia boasts that it is one of the oldest in the country dating from the mixture of older "Corinthians" that came together in 1892. Older still, the Corinthian Yacht Club of Cape May has held its charter since 1872, in one way or another. Before then, one could enjoy the excitement of a boat race in other ways: charter a small sailboat called the Harriet Thomas for daytrippers. Or if you could afford a yacht of your own and find a local Cape May pilot to steer it, the thrills of the shoals and canyons could be yours by the week. Then there was the early Cape May Cup: starting from the Iron Pier at the end of Decatur Street and looping around Five Fathom Light which, at that time, was still a ship. Now, sadly, it's just a large buoy about 14.7 miles off the coast of Cape May.
After the amateurs took over the racing scene, one of the Philadelphia Corinthian Clubs won several Cape May Cups. So did their rival the New York Yacht Club. The highlight of the Cup came in 1903, when the Prince of Wales himself won the race on his yacht, the Britannia. The future of the elegant yacht club seemed secure, and when Cape May Harbor was created beginning in 1903, it only made sense that the new headquarters for all things boaty be there.
What of the local sailors and their sailing yachts? Actually, there were a few. They started the Cape May Yacht Club in 1872 and moored at Schellenger's Landing. Then they built a new clubhouse on what was then Cape Island Creek. We now know it as the "Boathouse Row" between Washington and Lafayette streets just off the harbor. Although these local sailors may not have been ready to rub elbows with His Majesty, their cozy little clubhouse became one of the hottest tickets in town. There they were in 1907, looking over what was going to be the most exciting public works project in history! A harbor for Cape May! A channel to the Atlantic Ocean! New dry land (provided by the dredge spoils of the channel) from Schellenger's Landing to Madison Avenue! Not only was Cape May getting a fancy, deep new harbor – the island was growing bigger in the process! What could go wrong?
We may never know exactly what prompted the fight, but by 1913 the Cape May Yacht Club was split in half, with the wealthier half becoming the new members of the old Corinthian Yacht Club. They instantly set about building a much fancier clubhouse on Yale Avenue. They dedicated their new palace (complete with guest rooms, verandas looking out over the water, and a huge turret) on the same day in 1913 that the entire harbor was dedicated. The boating world turned out for the dedication. By sheer proximity the new Corinthian clubhouse was oohed and ahhed over by visiting dignitaries, crowds of the curious and jealous yachtsmen. The passing destroyers Jenkings, Fanning and Vixen admired the Corinthian's fancy clubhouse so much the Navy requisitioned it when World War I began the very next year. Instead of lobster salad and the swankiest of sets, the beautiful structure became a part of the war effort.
The enthusiasm for the Yacht Palace must have paled in the face of the Great War. After the fighting ended, the building became a boys' camp. (Ironically, the Navy took it back again at the beginning World War II, this time making it a permanent part of the Coast Guard Base. What's left of it is now used to house flammable materials, according to the Corinthian website. Imagine for just a moment what it was built to be, and realize it's now an expendable shack.)
Offshore fleet
World War II ended and the last time anyone had heard of the Corinthian Yacht Club – even in passing – had been in the early '40s. "They disappeared," says Jack Sayre, one of the longest running members of the current Corinthian Yacht Club. Kirby Thompkins tried to bring the old club back with the Peter Shields as headquarters, but after three years even that ended. Had too much time passed? Had the world moved on too much?
Maybe only in part. "In 1948, a group of 15 college students got together and called ourselves the Harbor Sailing Club," says Jack Sayre.
"We started out across the harbor [off Ocean Drive]. Then the city gave us some land at the end of the street [at Buffalo and Delaware avenues]. Our first ramp was two telephone poles. We sailed a mixed bag of sailboats – whatever we could get." The determined crew got together to clear out the underbrush and trash on the waterfront – each bringing his own equipment, spending his own money, and working like dogs. They attracted some attention leveraging it into fund-raisers, balls, fashion shows, and a lot of respect. Over the next few years, they bought new boats, and constructed a bulkhead of $50 concrete blocks (with members' names on them) big enough to be a dance floor in a pinch.
The sailing world took note. "Well, some people from the newspapers came and took our pictures," says Jack. "Some of the original members of the old Corinthian Yacht Club saw those pictures and came to us. They said, 'We have a name, we have some money in the bank, and we have a liquor license.' The only thing they asked was that we use their name. The old Corinthian clubs have a kind of affiliation with each other – a kind of informal understanding. They extend privileges to each other." The kids just wanted to sail, and now they not only had the prestige of one of the oldest names in sailing, they had the ability to build a clubhouse of their own, make some money and do it up right. So in 1959, the plucky little Harbor Sailing Club became the newest member of the Corinthian athletic family.
The Corinthian Yacht Club name finally found the sailors it needed to flourish. In the last 50 years, the Corinthian has grown bigger and the clubhouse lovelier, true enough. But more importantly, the Corinthian sailors are finally doing what those elegantly muddled sportsmen originally intended: bringing the pure spirit of competition and good sportsmanship to the beautiful science of sailing.
"We're 760 members strong and financially sound," says Jack Sayre with notable pride. "We have an active J24 fleet, an active 420 fleet, and active Laser and Sunfish fleets. And we have an Optimist fleet – that's a small boat for the little guys. We offer sailing lessons to the little ones every summer. Parents don't have to be a member. That doesn't matter if the children are interested." They have adult sailing classes, too, so it's officially never too late to learn. They host regattas, kids' races and fundraisers for other local charities in their clubhouse overlooking the harbor.
The Corinthian Yacht Club today.
Now, 139 years later there is a Harbor, there is a Canal. The paint color on your cottage, store or bordello is everybody's business and subject to Historic Preservation Commission approvals. Members of the Cape May Corinthian Yacht Club can sit on the club's veranda or look out the large picture window of the new second story and see members' sailboats bobbing in the harbor among the sleek, rich yachts that tie up elsewhere, the Coast Guard cutters, the whale and dolphin watchers, kayakers, commercial fishing trawlers. They all ply the same waters. They all vie for the same sea space – forced democracy in the day of a still members-only sailing club.
As for the clubhouse itself, well, I'm sorry to say there's no turret. Hey, what do you expect? It was built entirely by amateurs.
Visit the Corinthian Yacht Club of Cape May online at www.cyccm.com.
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The Cocher Capella story
Manufacture soaps and body care products based on finely selected natural ingredients and processed by hand, with a grand respect for the environment.
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In 1997, Christiane Raymond left her native land on the North Shore to establish her own goat farming business in Central Quebec. Initially interested in breeding dairy goats, she acquired the knowledge necessary to transform the products of the farm and materialize her vision.
For seven years, her goat herd supplied the milk to make her soaps. At the same time, she hosted educational visits by groups of adults organized by Tourisme Bois-Francs.
A magnificent plantation of mature red pines lies upon its 32 acres of agroforest land, crossed by a stream, and there is also a bucolic marsh in its heart where bustard birds, great herons, owls and ducks can be admired every year.
In 2014, the company obtained a first commitment in a sustainable development approach awarded by Concertation Estrie and has held the "Sustainable Development" accreditation granted by ADDERE since the spring of 2017.
Today, Christiane Raymond is dedicated to the manufacture and marketing of personal care products.
Since its creation, Cocher Capella has been devoted to the well-being of body, heart and soul ...
Origin of name "Cocher Capella"
Cocher Capella drives its origin from the Constellation of Cocher (commonly called Auriga in Latin). The Cocher is a constellation represented by a shepherd, a goat and two kids. Capella is the sixth brightest star in the sky.
In 1996, I started with a goat and two kids.
When digging in Greek Mythology, the star Capella also gives its name to the Capella goat that fed the long-lived, happy and healthy God Zeus.
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Hamilton College é uma instituição de ensino superior localizada em Clinton, Nova York. Em 2009, o relatório U.S. News & World classificou Hamilton como uma das 20 principais instituições de ciências sociais dos Estados Unidos. O estabelecimento é conhecido pela importância que dá à escrita e à fala. A escola foi fundada em 1793, os estatutos criados em nome do Hamilton College em 1812, e recebeu homens e mulheres em classes mistas desde 1978, quando se fundiu com o Kirkland College.

História
Hamilton começou em 1793 como a "Academia Hamilton-Oneida", um seminário fundado pelo Rev. Samuel Kirkland, um Ministro Presbiteriano, como parte de seu trabalho como missionário na  Tribo Oneida. O seminário admitiu meninos brancos e da etnia oneida. Kirkland nomeou em homenagem a Secretário do Tesouro a Alexander Hamilton, que era membro do primeiro Conselho de Curadores da Academia Hamilton-Oneida. Foi localizado inicialmente em Whitestown, Nova York, incorporado pelo Conselho de Regentes de New York em 1793 e recebeu a carta deles em 1812. Um visitante em 1799, que se refere à escola como um seminário, relatou que havia "cinquenta e dois estudantes de ambos os sexos sob os cuidados de dois instrutores".

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My four years of undergraduate studies at Cambridge were amazing and unforgettable. The Engineering course was intense, but I managed to take advantage of the opportunities that Cambridge offered, from volunteering at local schools, to playing in the Chinese orchestra at the British Museum. My college was very supportive with good supervisions and social activities – the engineering challenges which took place during the engineers' garden parties and dinners were always the highlight – one year, we had to build a boat to go onto the River Cam! Outside of studies, the Formula Student team and Chinese orchestra played a big part in my life. To bring the Formula Student cars to Silverstone for competition after years of design and building work was one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences.
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For the perfect golf getaway, whether for a weekend or a week, take a swing up to the Petoskey Area of northern Michigan. Golf Digest has called our area #2 in the country for concentrated golf quality. Not only is the quality of our courses exceptional, there are more to choose from than you can swing a stick at. There are 18 courses in the area, all within an easy drive of one another.
Lake Michigan and numerous inland lakes add to the beauty of the courses and offer absolutely stunning vistas. And virtually all the golf holes are separated from each other — no bowling alley back and forth golf! You'll remember the beauty of where you played long after forgetting your score.
When you consider the spectacular landscape and the fact that architects such as Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and Arthur Hills have designed courses here, it's no surprise that the Petoskey Area is home to so many prestigious tournaments.
These are courses you've read about and heard about, and can now play yourself. To discover what each has to offer, be sure to get your 2016 Petoskey Area Golf Guide.
While you're here, be sure to try GolfBoarding at Boyne Highlands. GolfBoards are like motorized surfboards. Hop on to get around the course in a whole new way.
Since the Petoskey Area is much more than a golf destination, non-golfers won't feel stranded here. Among all the cool things to do are beaches, shopping, biking, historical tours, a casino, and culinary delights. For the complete scoop, grab the Petoskey Area Vacation Guide.
For more information, including lodging assistance, call the Visitors Bureau at 800.845.2828 or visit PetoskeyArea.com.


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My life, Geocaching and more.
My Geocaching name is JAC0B, I'm in love with my wife, my kids, and my geocaching.
Johnson Canyon Arch, originally uploaded by JAC0BBARL0W.
I saw Brad Simmons share this photo and laughed.
Its been a long, long time since I've posted on my geocaching blog. I want to shape up and get with it again.
Pictured here is a cache I really liked that we found down towards Moab. I liked it because I have a love for benchmarks, all kinds really. Even the common ROW (Right of way) markers spaced out along every highway. This cache was hidden inside one of them, maybe not awesome to anyone else, but it was one of my favorite finds.
9 JDB, originally uploaded by JAC0BBARL0W.
Gc2HGZ3, originally uploaded by JAC0BBARL0W.
Day 42, Fri, 25 Feb, 2011 (GC2NPN8), originally uploaded by JAC0BBARL0W.
Digital Electronics – My most favourite puzzle cache, EVER!
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The CNB is the central bank of the Czech Republic, the supervisor of the Czech financial market and the Czech resolution authority. It is established under the Constitution of the Czech Republic and carries out its activities in compliance with Act No. 6/1993 Coll., on the Czech National Bank, as amended (pdf, 150 kB) and other regulations. It is a legal entity under public law having its registered address in Prague. The CNB performs its activities through its headquarters in Prague and regional offices in Ústí nad Labem, Plzeň, České Budějovice, Hradec Králové, Brno and Ostrava. It manages its assets, including the international reserves, with due diligence. Interventions in its activities are only permissible on the basis of a law. The CNB is a part of the European System of Central Banks and contributes to the fulfilment of its objectives and tasks. It is also a part of the European System of Financial Supervision and cooperates with the European Systemic Risk Board and with European Supervisory Authorities.
The supreme governing body of the CNB is the Bank Board, consisting of the CNB Governor, two Vice-Governors and four other Bank Board members. All Bank Board members are appointed by the President of the Czech Republic for a maximum of two six-year terms.
Under Article 98 of the Constitution of the Czech Republic and in line with EU primary law, the primary objective of the CNB is to maintain price stability. Achieving and maintaining price stability, i.e. creating a low-inflation environment in the economy, is the central bank's ongoing contribution to the creation of conditions for sustainable economic growth. Central bank independence is a prerequisite for effective monetary instruments conducive to price stability. In addition, the CNB fosters financial stability and sees to the sound operation of the financial system in the Czech Republic. To this end, the CNB sets macroprudential policy by identifying risks jeopardising the stability of the financial system and contributing to its resilience. Without prejudice to its primary objective, the CNB also supports the general economic policies of the Government and the general economic policies in the European Union.
In accordance with its primary objective, the CNB sets monetary policy. It also issues banknotes and coins and manages and oversees the circulation of currency, the payment system and settlement between banks. It also performs supervision of the banking sector, the capital market, the insurance industry, pension funds, credit unions, electronic money institutions and bureaux de change. In order to undertake its tasks, the CNB processes and generates statistical information. As a central bank the CNB provides banking services to the state and the public sector. It maintains the accounts of persons and organisations connected to the state budget. By agreement with the Ministry of Finance pursuant to the budgetary rules, the CNB conducts transactions relating to government bond issues and financial market investments.
The section "About the CNB" describes the CNB's mission and functions and its current representatives. This section also contains the current organisational structure of the central bank and information on the CNB's Appeals Committee, an advisory body to the Bank Board for its decisions in administrative proceedings. The subsection "Performance" includes, for example, the CNB's Annual Reports and Annual Financial Reports. The subsection Performance includes, for example, the CNB's Annual Reports, Annual Financial Reports and CNB's Schedule of Charges for Financial and Business Services. The subsection Headquarters gives contact telephone numbers, postal and e-mail addresses and office hours as well as providing information on the history of the CNB's headquarters. The photogallery contains print-quality photos of the current Bank Board members and photos of the interior and exterior of the CNB's headquarters.


The Hamilton Bulldogs clinched the OHL's East Division Championship Saturday night with a 4-1 win over the Oshawa Generals combined with an 8-3 Kingston loss to the Barrie Colts.
For the Bulldogs, it's the organization's first division crown since relocating to Hamilton for the 2015-16 season.
The visitors from Oshawa had some jump to start the game and had control of the play for the first few minutes, but it was the Bulldogs who got on the board first. Ryan Moore (16) was sent in alone and made no mistake at 8:54 to give Hamilton a 1-0 lead.
It was all Bulldogs in the 2nd period as they pumped in three goals to take a 4-0 lead as the Generals were held to just three shots on goal. Nicholas Caamano (25), Moore (17) with his second of the night and a power-play goal from Brandon Saigeon (35) put the Black and Gold in full control heading into the 3rd period.
Again, Hamilton played shut down hockey in the final period and while Oshawa scored once just before the halfway mark, that was it as the Bulldogs won their 6th straight game.
The Bulldogs out-shot the Generals 38-19.
The Oshawa goal was scored by Allan McShane (18).
With the win, the Bulldogs regular season record improves to 41-16-3-3.
Hamilton Is back in action Wednesday March 7th when they host the Barrie Colts at FirstOntario Centre at 7 pm.


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      A few weeks ago, I checked out a link that Dev Bootcamp had sent prior to the start of Phase 0. It included a quiz and covered information on different thinking styles. DBC encouraged us to take the test and learn what our style was.  The four types of thinking are Concrete Sequential, Abstract Sequential, Concrete Random, and Abstract Random. On the quiz, I scored evenly for Concrete Random and Abstract Random.

      According to Anthony Gregorc, Concrete Random thinkers are experimenters. I find this to be a true reflection of my thinking style. I learn a lot by doing things hands on. As I read things, I like to experiment and try them out to see what the results are. I tend to be a little competitive(in a friendly way :-) ) and because of this I work best alone.

      However, as an equally Abstract Thinker, I like to listen to what others have to say. This makes working in a group, or pair, doable. Because I am also an Abstract Random Thinker, I can focus on the issues at hand and combine that with my more Concrete side to find a solution.

      With both of these thinking styles, the Phase 0 portion of my journey with DBC  is a little more difficult. I tend to stray from routine, and with the remote learning experience, it's important to have some sort of organized routine to stay on track. So this is something I must continue to work on.

      Overall, knowing my thinking style positively impacts my goal of becoming a Web Developer through DBC. I've always possessed a growth mindset. So I am dedicated to excelling in as many areas as I possibly can. Not even the sky is my limit!

      Do you know your thinking style? Check out the quiz at  The Learning Web.

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I have this friend at the gym, his name is Sonny(real name). I'd see him fairly regularly and we got to chatting a few times and somehow or other we got onto the topic of kids and ADHD and that sort of thing. He told me that when he was in Grade School he was diagnosed with ADHD. His grandfather found out about this and thought it was a ridiculous. He took Sonny and enrolled him in a martial arts class. This allowed Sonny, according to him to burn off the natural access energy that was driving him to fidget for those horrible six-seven hour days in school.
He told me that pretty much from that day on he had no problems and it was much easier to concentrate in class. Someone who adamantly believes in the theory of 'Chemical Imbalance' in the brain, might say that Sonny didn't really have ADHD.
If that were the case, then the person who diagnosed him should be seriously reprimanded, fined and likely have their licence revoked.
'"In Brazil the dominant approach is psychoanalytical and Brazilians tend to disregard biological mechanisms," says Aase.
Again, if ADHD was a biologically based 'disease' this would not be possible; you would not be able to treat a biological mechanism by using psychological means. Add to this that there are no real standard methods of diagnosis, which is continuously admitted throughout literature on the subject, and you have a real confusion as to causes and cures.
I'm sure some psychiatrist could 'fake news' his or her way through this to make it all seem confusing and invalid. In my research, I've seen 'researchers'(I use that term very loosely), doctors and such, comment on the factualness of the biochemical nature of issues like ADHD and Depression. I have, in all of my research, and believe me I've done lots, found no factual studies that confirm any biochemical causes for the above so called 'diseases'.
So many people are diagnosed with Depression and Clinical Depression. I see every year or two some article about some researcher is on the cusp of the discovery of exactly what chemical imbalance in the brain causes depression. Trying to give more credibility to the concept but at the same time admitting that there is no scientific evidence validating any kind of biochemical cause.
Again, there are so many people diagnosed with 'depression' that are able to overcome it without resorting to drugs. So, they are either misdiagnosed or it is NOT biochemical.
I read a quote recently that pointed out that people that have more challenges in life are happier. My observation is that when people are doing something or producing something, they are always happier. And the person who is doing something and at the same time helping others is the happiest of all.
I've observed that those having the most difficulty with depression and such are constantly worried about things instead of getting on with it and actually challenging themselves in life. A slightly 'dangerous' environment keeps you awake and doesn't give you time to worry about being depressed. I'm not saying you should put yourself in 'bad' situations but make a bigger game and start solving the problems of that game. Stop thinking so much. If you have time to sit around that think, then you, for sure are not going to be happy.
The thing that really gets me on this is that so many people have accepted the idea of things like depression and ADHD being physical diseases as FACT, when there is no proof at all. But I guess this is just more evidence of blindly accepting 'fake news' as is now done daily on social media. I guess if you say an untruth enough times it becomes true. Or at least believed to be.
Who Decides What Becomes a Mental Disease?
who decides at what point an active boy becomes ADHD?
who decides at what point a liking for neatness and order becomes OCD?
who decides when sadness becomes depression?
who decides when an 'emotional roller coaster' becomes Bipolar?
who decides when a cheeky kid is suffering from "oppositional defiance disorder"?
ADD or ADHD Or Just An Active Little Boy?
Before 'ADHD' we were just active boys. Likely too much sugar. Either way, if we were too rambunctious we would be send outside to play and burn off some extra energy. At school there was enough physical activity and breaks from academics to bleed off any extra energy. An acquaintance of mine, Sonny, at the gym, was diagnosed ADHD when 7 years old. The teachers wanted to put him on Ritalin. His grandfather stepped in and said no. Grandfather enrolled Sonny in a martial arts class. He says it helped him burn off energy and stay focused.
I can't remember not being outside after school winter or summer. On weekends we would head to the farm and in winter we would head out into the woods for hours. Come back when time to leave stiff from the cold and wet from falling through the ice.
There are myriad solutions online for ADHD.
Above are just a couple of sites. I don't necessarily agree that there is anything wrong with a 8 or 10 year old boy that needs to be active. BUT if you do and want to 'solve it', then there are dozens of ways to help your child without drugs. Of course, I do understand if you need the quick fix of a drug to control and keep your child quiet. Your life is more important than your child's. I'm not really apologetic about the sarcasm - people need to spend more time with their kids. Not just give them everything they want.
Some schools have taken away parts of education that are not academic. Big mistake.
Is there a test, physical or otherwise for OCD? I don't think so. Who makes the line in the sand? On this side you just like things orderly and clean. On the other side you have a mental problem because you like things orderly, neat and clean. Huh? The headshrinkers would have you believe that 1 in 4 or 5 are in need of psychiatric help. It is not that hard to convince someone they need some help but when that help comes in the form of a pill that is addictive and has side effects that include depression, suicide thoughts and death, well, let's not terrify this person more than they already might be.
Oppositional Defiance Disorder(Or Just Cheeky)?
The 'cheeky' kid that gets into trouble because he disagrees with the teacher. He is not convinced and won't take things at face value. He is light hearted about it and is seen as somewhat condescending when in reality he is way ahead of the curve but the teacher or parent finds this disrupting to the rest of the children largely because this 'defiant' child is just too smart. But because he doesn't fit in or just believe all he is told, he gets a prescription to subdue him. There is no physical or mental test to determine at what point these kids need to be drugged. It's all opinion. The psychiatrist listens to the parent or teacher and prescribes a drug. That simple. A caring person would have a conversation with the child, teacher and parents to see how to encourage and challenge the child. Drugs are 'easier'.
drugs are stripping away the life of upcoming generations and pretty much destroying any willingness to fight back. ISIS would be smart to just finance the field of psychiatry and the job of destroying America would be done for them.
This is an amazing Ted Talks by Julia Rucklidge, a clinical psychologist. She talks about the various success rates of nutrition, micro supplements and pharmaceutical drugs in treating such things as depression, anxiety, PTSD and ADHD. Loaded with studies from around the world.
Health Canada is not a 'nice' organization. I'm convinced their purpose is not to help people. Which is kind of sad. I'm sure that staff and executives have themselves convinced that the general population of Canada is "too stupid to understand" but I'm sure that the average Canadian has a much higher intelligence and ethical standard than any executive or employee of Health Canada. When someone withholds vital information, which is explained more in the article below, then, as anyone knows they have acts that they are not proud of and more than likely they could be seriously censured for. There are numerous documented deaths resulting from ADHD drugs that are prescribed to children and Health Canada will not release information to parents, or anyone for that matter, about potential side effects of any of these drugs. As usual, one of the major criminal organizations involved in the manufacture and peddling of these dangerous drugs, Eli Lilly, would not comment. Doctors often prescribe drugs for ADHD without knowing their side effects. If you are researching this and your doctor has prescribed drug for your child such as Concerta, Strattera and Biphentin ask, insist that he supply a list of possible side-effects before allowing them to be administered. Ask this of anyone that insists that your child be administered these drugs.
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder – A Joke?
I have always thought that the characteristics that defined Attention Deficit Disorder was pretty much the same definition that one would make for an active, healthy, young boy. This is the most recent incarnation of the description of ADHD that give psychiatrists and doctors an excuse to drug out children. More often than not it is the parent's or teacher's intolerance and impatience than anything that the child is doing wrong.
One should always get a complete physical before taking any mood-altering drug if diagnosed for depression, bipolar disease, ADHD or similar so-called diseases. Insist on a thorough examination. Most doctors in the US and Canada are paid a certain amount of money per visit. They are generally allowed a very short time to do their diagnosis. Because of this, many cannot afford the time to do a proper investigation into your symptoms and will often prescribe a drug such as Prozac or Zoloft or such that handles the symptoms and masks the real cause of the problem.
The other problem that doctors often run into is that patients come in to their offices asking for a drug that they have seen advertised on TV. More often than not the doctor knows very little about the drug and they have been known to hand out a prescription without proper research of their own. Again, given the limited time allowed a doctor by an HMO (Health Maintenance Organization – Group Health), they rarely are able to get enough information to properly diagnose.
In the US and Canada there are licensing boards that are supposed to oversee the quality of care. In Canada, there is not much useful information as to whether a doctor is ethical or not. They tend to protect their own. There is a bit more information on the websites of the licensing boards in the US where each state has its own. Here you can often find out if a doctor has be sued for malpractice or whether he or she has been disciplined and other information.
We suggest that when searching for a doctor, ask your friends or at a local health food store. This will probably be more effective than checking the above sources. Look for one that will take the time to help you find the real problem for you or your family. Getting the proper diagnosis should result in one feeling better, being more energetic and more productive. If one is more productive, well, it snowballs, one will always feel better when they are more productive.