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The LongWalker
Tag: Walking
Pottering About
Adolescence should be considered a time for adventures. Whether that is true, or not, it is clearly a time packed with its own fair share of explosive energy. It doesn't appear to be viewed culturally as much more than a tumultuous period between the adorableness of childhood and the respectfulness of adulthood. This period of life is time often observed as needing to be navigated as quickly and safely as possible, usually within the confines of academia, where questions of personal identity are explored within known routines of study, and where youth are posited solidly on a safe road toward college and future career paths.
Our take after working closely with adolescents for 30 years now, is that youth need much more than just another four years of the educational trance, where life goes by mostly unexamined and unexplored. College in many ways becomes the institutional replacement for family, and, although rewarding and highly valuable within its own right, the independence, freedom, and encounters to be had there don't offer the kind of unstructured opportunities where youth encounter the more full world and hear their own voice within it. Youth today need a spot of time where they can celebrate walking the edge and awaken a step further along the path to where they discover the personal genius that lies within each and every one of them. In the past, there was an instead culturally sanctioned and mythologically imbued time, that called us to redirect this restless energy that has so characterized youth throughout the ages and funnels those energies toward seeing with new eyes what the birth-rite quest of the adolescent journey should indeed be about.
Think about it for a moment. What questions did you have about life when you were 18? Can you remember any urge to get up and walk away from the routine? A time when you went for a real walk – a true Quest – out into the beckoning world, and actually took time and not your phone. Did you encounter this time, a time when your eyes and mind were open, as a magical time; a time graced by the realm of Faire, where wonder and magic met you along the road to life's high adventure?
What is it that inspires you?
What do you want to do with this one glorious life?
These were the two questions that we posed to our group of high school seniors and juniors before setting out to walk and explore the Lake District of England as part of an annual immersive off-campus elective at our high school. Our goal for this elective was to liberate our students (and ourselves) from the classroom, daily schedules, and non-stop activity of the school year, offering them a chance to slow down, hear their own voice and, in doing so, possibly find direction for their own lives. The location we chose to explore was England's famed Lake District and the connection to the children's book author, Beatrix Potter.
Inspired at an early age with the spirit of the natural world, time in nature, observing, drawing, and imagining the realm of Fairie, the young Beatrix forged a lasting connection to life and a deeper understanding and appreciation of it. Having found herself then quite by chance, or luck, placed within a childhood upbringing where solitude, nature, walking, and being socially barred from educational institutions by virtue of being female, served the unlocking of her unique creative genius; creating a world of imagination that gave life to some of the world's most unforgettable characters. Part of her gift was in being able to pursue her interests as well as the time to develop them. She was destined to become a woman very much ahead of her times, personifying what has come to be considered in our times, the environmentally conscious and responsible citizen. She later used her "Peter Rabbit" fortune to safeguard and preserve the land that became almost an extension of her, setting aside over 26 working farms, and donating upon her death over 4,500 acres of land to the National Trust – what would become the emerging nucleus of the Lakes District National Park.
The theme for our study thus became "Pottering About: From Inspiration to Action" and what we found in the Lake District, both in the life of Beatrix Potter and in our adventures through the countryside, was the new inspiration for ourselves as teachers and for the youth in our care. And a little magic as well! As most of our group was six weeks away from high school graduation, these questions were particularly timely and relevant to what was on their minds.
Pottering About evolved into a specific style of travel for us, characterized by getting to know at an intimate level the places people call home, or those places that we travel to make those appreciations of home felt more deeply. It is very much in line with and akin to the "Slow" movement, slow food, slow schools, slow travel, and just plain slow living. The guiding principles, or hallmarks, to proper Pottering, may thus be stated as 1) immersions into nature, 2) time richness, 3) being "unschooled," and 4) life at 3 mph. All of it based upon a more relaxed rhythm where one is allowed the luxury of time – time without borders – to delve deeply into the phenomena of nature with eyes of wonder. It is a way of journeying, of going on adventures, being time rich and breaking away from all that has placed boundaries of thought around and within us. Constraints of time, deadlines, quotas, and "results" are held at bay, and a more relaxed space envelops the journey's participant where an actively engaged mind meets the delightful wonders of any given day, time, or place. Beatrix Potter – the woman who delighted the world with her magical, and near mythical, stories of nature's enchantment – defined and deepened this term for us when she relocated from suburban London to the Lake District and found herself gifted with this opportunity to discover in this way, not only a "sense of place", but a "sense of self".
We see this as the very heart or essence of journeying. Being on an adventure, wherever one travels to, for it fosters an attentive mind within the moment, where one is in that moment as opposed to being of it, or caught in the swirling constraints often imposed by our social times where life is lived in the fast lane. We travel much more humanely when moving at 3 mph as Rebecca Solnit tells us in her seminal book Wanderlust: A History of Walking. In this, she addresses the reality of our culture living in a series of interiors. The picture, or structure, of the day that she vividly paints is that of going from our homes, to our cars, to our offices or schools, to our cars again, and to a myriad of other places where we pass our days engaged in an activity. We transport ourselves to these activities, or events, via multiple means of conveyances to maximize time, and efficiently orchestrate our journeys through space to where we participate in those events and activities that give our days meaning. Yet, it is to the point where we find ourselves mostly inside or within structured areas (or interiors) and seldom connected to these places where the events occur; or what we often refer to as "home" territory, because we never really pass through those spaces such as one would if walking. It reminds us of those dot diagrams you'd do as a kid where once you connect all the dots on a page, a picture then emerges to the delight of our senses. We have all these "dots" or events within the days of our lives, but the picture, or story, connecting them into any meaningful whole never materializes. It is difficult to generate a sense of a place when the context within which that sense must sit in null and void. Kind of like a quantum world experience where we just appear and disappear into events never having to transcribe a line of time through space.
Pottering About is a way of walking and journeying, which changes the way you think, literally. Neuroscientists now know from research that idleness frees the brain and provides for more creativity and inspiration. In an article in Scientific American, Ferris Jabr reports on the study of Mary Helen Immordino-Yang of the University of Southern California and her co-authors on the Default Mode Network (DMN). Jabr says that the researchers "argue that when we are resting the brain is anything but idle and that, far from being purposeless or unproductive, downtime is, in fact, essential to mental processes that affirm our identities, develop our understanding of human behavior and instill an internal code of ethics – processes that depend on the DMN." As teachers, we didn't set out to necessarily put this type of research to the test with our students. Rather in our overall years of teaching and leading youth on walking adventures, we recognized what visionaries like Henry David Thoreau already knew, that when our students were allowed time to slow down and "wander aimlessly", this often led to new insights for themselves and a feeling that they were in charge of their own lives. For juniors and seniors about to step out of the safety net of family and high school, this seems particularly necessary to finding one's private road in life.
Allowing for a more relaxed rhythm to experience the landscape, and not having an end product in mind, is not the typical experience for most high school students. Walking, travel and time in Nature lend themselves well, but Pottering About doesn't necessarily mean the journeyer needs to go far. We walked a short loop around the village of Grasmere and Rydal Water where William Wordsworth, the Lake District poet, walked daily, yet that simple route lent itself most adequately to producing some of the worlds greatest poetry. He didn't refer to his daily wanderings as Pottering About, yet he did reveal that his "aimless as a cloud" walks through the Lakes District created the experience or inspirational creative opening within which he called a "spot of time" moment, where the ways being described were crucial to unlocking his creative genius. As we walked through areas of the Lake District that were favorites of Beatrix Potter we couldn't help but appreciate all the more what she accomplished during her life in nature. Beatrix not only created some of the most popular children's books of all time (with timeless characters), she also became a keen scientific observer whose artwork included not only Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny but more than 400 fungi water colored paintings that to this day are considered some of the best mycological illustrations to be done ever. Although Beatrix, along with, and above and beyond such an impressive body of scientific illustration, put forth to the British Botanical Society a scientific theory concerning the symbiotic nature of Lichens (50 years ahead of the theories time), she was rejected due to the singular fact of being female, and never having been formally schooled. Thankfully, she did in 1997, receive posthumously an official apology from the Linnaean Society for her treatment yet she remarked upon her lack of formal schooling with gratitude for, as she was often want to say, "I was never sent to school, thank goodness, as it would have rubbed off some of the originality".
As we wandered the country footpaths where Beatrix and her husband William Heelis once rambled and explored the natural beauty spots preserved by her efforts to save a countryside and its traditional ways of life, our students recognized a life well lived and were inspired by it to the point where they began to imagine their own futures. The guiding questions of "what inspires me, and what do I want to do with the life I have been given" began to take on a living process within them. We watched as our students relaxed into the questions and began to be touched by the landscape and each other. For many it was a very moving experience, feeling touched deeply in ways they couldn't yet explain. "I don't know how," one young woman told us, "but I know I am a different person." Upon our return to school, another student found herself crying and she told us she wasn't sad, only changed and somehow reborn and renewed. For adolescents taking charge of their own futures, this time to wander in nature and to imagine their life seems vital to themselves and the world. Albert Einstein is often quoted saying, "we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them," and our thought, as educators, is that we are in dire need of new thinking, and new solutions enabling us to recognize the necessity of being true citizens of the Earth. Slowing down and becoming part of nature offers up one way to open us to these new possibilities. During that time while she was following her early passion for artistic and scientific work, Beatrix Potter also kept a diary written in secret code, which insured her of a place within herself that remained safe, private, and untainted by the exterior world, family traditions, or cultural taboos. When discovered upon her death, it took a leading code breaker 7 years to decipher. Time, imagination, and originality helped her to connect to nature as well as herself. Youth, through all the ages, have needed, and continue to need, the same gifts to help decipher their own journey and to ultimately tell their personal stories.
Pottering About has become for us, as educators, about a particular approach to education as well. And one that could be of excellent service to those within its care who are looking for a far different rhythm than what the current industrial model of education has to offer with its fast-tracked pace along corridors devoid of any contact with nature. The modern factory, or industrial, model is patterned after bells and whistles going off at set times with discrete tasks of subject matter and learning ascribed to those time periods. An endless series of content based, test-driven fast food for the soul that, as an educational approach, is all too quickly becoming, and creating, a malnourished generation of youth in respect to their body, soul, and spirit. The creative spirit and the awakening of that spirit within youth are seldom sensed and is rarely realized, to the great disservice of youth as well as to the futures that beckon and call them forward.
In the past, and to some extent today, the inspiration for life emanated from and out of our cultural mythology. Myths are the language of the spirit, being clues to our most profound human possibilities. As such they are likewise intimations of what awaits the sojourner who hears the call to life's adventure. The Hero or Heroine's journey requires us that we harken to that call. For Beatrix Potter, that call was from the land she came to love and through which she created not only a unique sense of place but also a unique sense of herself. Our youth today deserve no less, and a fair share of that magical time we call Pottering About can bring them a sense of themselves, and of their times, which is all too quickly becoming "senseless" within these virtual times.
Walking West With Thoreau
Metaphor plays an important part in education, communication, and day-to-day life.
Metaphor is often used to help make a connection in our ability to conceptualize an idea; to help forge the relationship between our inner and outer world experiences – a bridge of sorts. Though prevalent in communication, we may often not use them in our own language, yet they can actually shape how we perceive and act in accordance with them. So, as I was out walking this morning, I started to think about walking and if it stands as any sort of metaphor, and if I too perceive and act in accordance with the meaning behind my conceptual concept of walking?
We often see the "journey" being used as a metaphor for life (Dante's, the Odyssey for example), yet the walking metaphor is so common that it is easy to stop noticing it and so pervasive that it is easy to forget, especially since we have moved from a pedestrian society to a highly mobile one. Yet stock phrases such as: One step at a time; walking in circles; walk the talk; uphill battle; moving forward; looking ahead; falling behind, walking the walk; navigating the peaks and valleys; stuck in a rut; finding balance, keeping the pace; it's all downhill from here. These common words are all part of everyday speech, and do contain walking as a metaphor.
The question relative to meaning, or any of the perceived wisdom gained, or action accorded to and through walking, brought Thoreau's essay Walking to mind. If a metaphor is a way of communicating meaning through analogy, comparison, symbol – or better yet, a "word-painting/picture" – this essay on walking sees and recognizes the act of walking as a real transformative experience. It is hard for us to capture the transformative nature of the walking experience, so Thoreau resorts to the use of metaphor to help us. But one must always recognize that when reading Thoreau he usually buries the "bone" deep, and that his transcendental writings need to be taken in at a transcendental level if they are to serve the purpose of transforming – Two Fish on One Hook as Raymond Tripp would say.
Thoreau is always going to take you on a journey, and he's going to make you "walk" that journey upon your own two feet (head & heart). Thoreau was not one to water down any truths, so he works to buoy up the reader in his writings instead, and Walking (for me) is a lasting testimony to why walking is an act of communication of the highest order. A gentle reminder, or way mark upon the proverbial path, that this seemingly simple human act of walking contains a wealth of possibility in these rather dangerously sedentary, virtual times. An opening into a new (old) paradigm that may change the very way we think and act.
First off, Thoreau posits walking as an Art. His opening words on the subject being "I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understand the Art of Walking, that is, of taking walks", and that this "Art" is a reflection of genius. There's the metaphor, Walking as Art, and requiring true genius to comprehend the beauty of the practice. The transcendental element, or human inner state achievable, is made clear by Thoreau's emphasis on the status of being a true walker as coming as a "direct dispensation from heaven", and that "no wealth can buy the requisite leisure, freedom, and independence that are the capital in this profession." One must be "born" – or recreated – into the family of Walkers. Second, if Thoreau's essay on Walking is indeed a "way mark" or "signpost", where or what is the sign pointing us toward? What is the metaphor serving as a bridge to?
Well, "West" is Thoreau's clear, resounding (another) metaphorical answer. Thoreau says he usually goes to the woods and fields in his walks, as there is a subtle magnetism within nature that will "guide" him, and us, right. Nature is not indifferent to the way we walk though, as there is a "right way", and "we are very liable from heedlessness and stupidity to take the wrong one." (Perhaps the "electronic disconnect" path we've followed cited by Richard Louv with his coining of the term NDD, Nature Deficit Disorder).
Thoreau usually heads "west" in his walks, which for him means the future, and any attachment to the past, or influences that might bias his ability to perceive the moment at hand. At the start of any walk he admonishes each of us to "go forth with a sense of undying adventure, never to return", and that if we are thus truly "free", than we are ready for a walk. "In any weather, at any hour of the day or night", Thoreau was anxious to "improve the nick of time", and "to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and future, which is precisely the present moment." That was the line he wished to toe. And to do that was to truly affect the order of the day – the highest of all arts!
To affect the order of our day, or to affect the order of someone's day, is what the metaphor points us toward; serves as a bridge to. Walking, in my most humble opinion, both as a human activity and conceptual metaphor, deserves our greatest attention, and our most active imaginations. Thoreau's essay upon the Art of Walking is perhaps even more pertinent to our times than it was to his. Thoreau likewise equates the "west", that inner/outer state of awareness, and being present to the moment, as the "wild" – "the West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild". It was his walks in nature where "the tonics and barks which brace mankind" came from. And thus, what then follows ultimately are Thoreau's timeless, and most quoted, words of "In Wildness is the preservation of the World".
So that also means the preservation of us too. Walking, and re-learning the Art of Walking, may very well be the tonic that braces us in these rather troublesome times. Thoreau's use of Walking as a conceptual metaphor lends greater insight, for me, into why Hazlitt, In On Going A Journey states that walking alone enables the capacity to experience the soul of the walking journey as "liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel do, just as one pleases", and to bridge over to where the experience was of "that undisturbed silence of the heart which alone is perfect eloquence."
To take a walk is to elevate the human condition; whether Thoreau's sense of the Wild within each and every one of us, or the heightened state Wordsworth often referred to as a "Spot of Time", to obtain moments of undisturbed silence of the heart is a worthy goal of all our rambling adventures, and well worth our time and attention as the preeminent human activity.To take a walk (inwards as well as outwards) is to elevate the human condition; whether Thoreau's sense of the Wild within each and every one of us, or the heightened state Wordsworth often referred to as a "Spot of Time", to obtain moments of undisturbed silence of the heart is a worthy goal of all our rambling adventures, and well worth our time and attention as the preeminent human activity.
A Spot of Time
The youthful William Wordsworth, the great English Lake Poet of the Romantic Era, was often uncomfortable with the prescribed notions regarding vocational pursuits coming from relatives, friends, and his cultural times. He sensed himself as a "dedicated spirit" toward something grander. He did worry about worldly maintenance of course, but from an early point in time, growing up in the Lake District of Cumbria, he was likewise conscious of a "strangeness in his mind" which was accompanied by a feeling that he was "not for that hour" and "not for that place". He sensed that he was indeed a "chosen son" for some higher, yet unknown, calling. This moment of perceptive thought/feeling/sensation would come to him mostly while in natural surroundings, and while alone with the particular moment in time. Wordsworth called these moments a "spot of time", where he also apparently would have "visions", affecting him in such a way where he produced some of his, and the worlds, greatest poetry.
As an Educator I often wonder if students today ever have their own "spots of time", where they too may be blessed with such a vision? As a longwalker, I know that the walk becomes an entry point into real experience, where the engagement of the mind and heart rises within, and is accompanied by a power of imagination that ultimately shapes our relationship to the moment. The spirit of place, as the Lake Poets discovered, likewise gives rise to a sense of self-spirit, which the Romantic Movement poets aimed at capturing as their minds experienced this expansiveness while out in great nature. Interior spaces stifled the mind of Wordsworth, and it is why he composed his poetry mostly while engaged in his long walks!
For many of the Romantic Poets, Romanticism was a reaction to the controlling elements upon the mind coming from modern life, and the perception that the fate of liberty resided in the mind more so than in the world of political intrigues. For William Blake, the moment of mental freedom and visionary powers, game through the foot. Real liberty resided in the mind itself. Or, as the freedom of a walk brought about the desired release without – so one's mind was released within.
During the summer of 1790 Wordsworth, and his friend Robert Jones, undertook a longwalk of over 3,000 miles through France and Switzerland. This tour henceforth not only became the archetype of all romantic wanderings, but it was a paradigm shifting, clandestine act of disobedience for Wordsworth as well. After two years at Cambridge he was becoming disillusioned with the school's institutional focus, its values, and its inner corruption. Seen by his family benefactors, his tardiness and delinquency toward his studies at Cambridge, and this break from the traditional forms of behavior, was viewed as foolhardy. However, this walk was a three-month "spot of time" experience for Wordsworth which was central to his development as a poet, and his emerging genius as an artist.This "spot of time" was a newer version of the standard practice of doing the "Grand Tour", which was a common practice and standard item in the education of wealthy young men for over a century in England. The elite "gentleman" youth of the time would round out their education by taking a tour of what was considered the major centers of culture (Paris, Rome, Venice), and would usually be conducted by carriage and plush lodgings. Wordsworth and Jones went by foot, skipping the cultural centers all together, and opening themselves up to the magic of the land.
Do youth have these celebratory adventures today? A "spot of time" detour from the harried nature of the "prescribed" byways and pathways to sure success?
Not many I believe.
But I did; and longwalking was my cure! So I propose that a new 21st century, rounding out, archetypal educational experience become the LongWalk. A true "spot in time" experience for today's youth who may likewise sense a constriction of the mind within these highly controlled times. Such an experience could indeed become the same out of the box, paradigm shifting, adventure that Wordsworth's 1790 3,000 mile tour of France and Switzerland was for him; opening today's youth up to the discovery of their own potential, greatness, and genius. From an educational perspective, this would become what I often refer to as a "metabolic moment" relative to the heart and mind. Biologically, the metabolic moment of digestion is when food, broken down to its simplest building blocks, makes the transition from our intestinal track (still technically outside of our bodies), across the wall of the duodenum, and into our venous blood supply, where it can now be incorporated into our body, and given "our" unique identity. The world, which we have taken into ourselves through a process of digestion, then truly becomes us! Given that a wise man, or woman, once said, "through the wheat fields of our minds we will nourish our souls", I relate true educational experience to those moments when young hearts and minds can take into themselves truly nourishing events – or spots of time – that serve them upon their own life journeys. Real moments where they can do their own thinking, and be at liberty to bring meaning and value to their own lives.
This is the essence and therapeutic value of the longwalk. Jean-Jacques Rousseau proposed that at the core of our being lies a special feeling that he dubbed the "sentiment of existence"; Wordsworth found the magic of that feeling in his "spot of time" experiences that opened up his powers of imagination to great visionary power, shaping his times like few before or after have done in such a revolutionary way. All youth should sense that they too are chosen sons & daughters within these pivotal times. Their sentiments regarding existence should be just as special, and full of the promise which all young hearts and souls yearn for. Dedicated spirits to a far greater vision of the future than what is often the "senseless" standard fare of our times.
Do a long walk I then say – its spot on!
The Solitary Walk
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism, best celebrates the solitary walker within the literature of perambulation. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological and educational thought, yet for our purpose he extols the virtues of walking alone. His book Reveries of a Solitary Walker, composed in later life (1776-1778) was an autobiographical work that reflected the late 18th-century movement known as the Age of Sensibility, featuring an increasing focus on subjectivity and introspection, and amply demonstrates the benefits derived from taking solitary walks.
Although other writers within the genre of walking literature have extolled these virtues of solitary walking as well (such as William Hazlitt, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Henry David Thoreau), it was Rousseau who appears to lend the practice its clearest voice. A somewhat bitter and ostracized social commentator toward his later years, Rousseau utilizes walking as a therapeutic and pleasurable means toward conversing with his soul, as it was the only pleasure that his fellow-men could not take away from him (Walk #1). His claim that he could meditate only while walking, as his mind only appeared to work when his feet were engaged too, gives heed to the belief that musing and movement go hand in hand! He likewise discovers in his numerous walks that following the maxim to Know Thyself, inscribed on the temple walls of Delphi, were not as easy as he had originally imagined. It required serious work with a clear focused intent, yet he states that "these hours of solitude and meditation are the only time of the day when I am completely myself, without distraction or hindrance, and when I can truly say that I am what nature intended me to be."
William Hazlitt (1778-1830; an English writer, humanist and philosopher) in his essay On Going A Journey says he is never less alone than when alone, as when out-of-doors he has the world of nature for company! Like Rousseau though, his feeling is that the soul of any journey is liberty, and perfect freedom, to think, feel, and do, just as one pleases! Only then, within that undisturbed silence of the heart, will perfect eloquence be found. Others, as company (for him), become distractions, and, as he rightly asserts, he never argues with himself!
There is one occasion though where Hazlitt feels it is a boon to have a companion while out walking, and that is at day's end when one is to take a meal – "I grant," he says "there is one subject on which it is pleasant to talk on a journey; and that is, what one shall have for supper when we get to our inn at night. The open air improves this sort of conversation or friendly altercation, by setting a keener edge on appetite." I would most heartily agree with this sentiment!
Robert Louis Stephenson, in his Walking Tours, likewise claims that a walk should be undertaken alone. "Freedom is of the essence" he says, "because you should be able to stop and go on, and follow this way or that, as the freak takes you; and because you must have your own pace, and neither trot alongside a champion walker, nor mince in time with a girl. And then you must be open to all impressions, and let your thoughts take color from what you see."
Left to one's own company, Stephenson claims we can find ourselves doing "happy thinking". He says "we are all so busy, and have so many far-off projects to realize, and castles in the fire to turn into solid habitable mansions on a gravel soil, that we can find no time for pleasure trips into the Land of Thought…… to make our voice audible a moment in the derisive silence of eternity, that we forget that one thing, of which these are but the parts – namely to live."
If these hours of solitude and meditation are the only time of the day when one can completely be themselves, without distraction or hindrance, and when one can truly say that they are what nature intended them to be, my question then becomes – when do we today find these moments? If we find these moments.
Assuming that if the esteemed authors quoted, during the 18th and 19th centuries, found it difficult, what can it be like today when our modern world tends to pollute our atmospheres with every sort of distraction?
Is it even possible for us to think our own thoughts today?
Walking becomes a form of meditation then for those who take to the "Open Road" in this more subjective, introspective way. The solitary walker, and taking walks alone, is an excellent means toward achieving health. Dietary health being not only what we nourish ourselves physically by, but also with what we nourish our souls. It is often stated that "through the wheat-fields of our minds we will nourish our souls", and I can think of no better way to gain this life-giving principle than by taking a walk within the world of nature. Walking brings us back into relationship with the environment, creating a human scale where a sense of distance, perspective, and time is regained. We actually do come to our senses again!
As the great American poet Walt Whitman so aptly stated it in his poem The Open Road:
"Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.
Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good fortune, Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms, Strong and content I travel the open road."
Imagine; to think, feel, and be healthy and free with the world before you – a requisite dietary need for all of us at some point along the "open road" of discovering our unique genius and calling within the world. Only then, within that undisturbed silence of the heart, will we discover what nature intended us to be."
Worth some attention.
Doorway To The Heart, Territory Of The Soul
I was the traveller and sojourner that day, and it was through this doorway that the myths and stories of childhood came to life, and to live in a young man's heart. It was magical, mysterious, and one of many stops along the South-West Peninsular Coast Path in Southwestern England.
For many weeks the promise of Arthur, Merlin, and all the mysteries of the Grail held mighty sway over me as I worked my way from the trails beginnings north along the rugged coast. Images and dreams graced my sleep as I bedded down night after night along the rocky coastline, and few, if any, of them were shattered by the reality of finally stepping onto the rocky crag called Tintagel Castle.
It was during one of the many LongWalks undertaken in my youth. I was not only discovering the history, myths, legends, and the people of the places being sauntered through on these journeys, but I was likewise discovering a great deal about myself.
The cultivation of a sense of place always goes hand in hand with cultivating a sense of self; a marvelous resonance between reciprocating landscapes! It was a true initiation, a rite-of-passage through the doorway of my heart into the landscape of my soul. Sweeter still was when a recent alum of our school, and a very close student/friend of mine, just returned from doing a GAP year experience and I asked her what the greatest benefit of taking such a time for herself was. Her immediate and unequivocal response, confirming this realization, was that of self-confidence and that of the world itself being one's best classroom.
It has been said that initiation is the psyche's response to mystery, great difficulties, and opportunities, so it would appear that initiation is something very important to our inner life and being. Or it should be! Initiation from the Latin, initium: entrance or beginning, literally meaning a going in. And, given that life is truly filled with mystery, great difficulties, and opportunity, you would anticipate that our educational institutions would hold and have initiation as one of its key experiences
Should this be education's true "service" to the greater community?
A speech given a few years back to the graduating class at the University of Pennsylvania by Nipun Mehta really sums it up most beautifully with the acronym W-A-L-K. In his speech (Paths Are Made By Walking) he advises the graduates with the following:
"Right now each one of you is sitting on the runway of life primed for takeoff. You are some of the world's most gifted, elite, and driven college graduates – and you are undeniably ready to fly. So what I'm about to say next may sound a bit crazy. I want to urge you, not to fly, but to – walk.
Four years ago, you walked into this marvelous laboratory of higher learning. Today, heads held high, you walk to receive your diplomas. Tomorrow, you will walk into a world of infinite possibilities.
But walking, in our high-speed world, has unfortunately fallen out of favor. The word "pedestrian" itself is used to describe something ordinary and commonplace. Yet, walking with intention has deep roots. Australia's aboriginal youth go on walkabouts as a rite of passage; Native American tribes conduct vision quests in the wilderness; in Europe, for centuries, people have walked the Camino de Santiago, which spans the breadth of Spain. Such pilgrims place one foot firmly in front of the other, to fall in step with the rhythms of the universe and the cadence of their own hearts."
W stands for witness, A stands for accept, L stands for love, and K stand for know thyself.
We have to learn how to be aware and in tune to what we are passing through, and to be attentive in the moment while learning, to accept that which presents itself to us. We also need to return to our natural state, which is to love, and to truly come to know who we really are. Walking slows one down to a point where one sees much more of the world, which enables us to digest and accept it more readily. The ability to observe nature creates a reciprocal perception of the doorway into our own heart, and into the territory of our souls. Learning how to take a real Walk in the way that Mehta suggests, and in how Thoreau likewise suggests in his classic essay called Walking, may just be one of the most important skills acquired during our formative years! Follow the link above to read the whole speech as it's well worth the time.
LongWalking is a most valuable rite-of-passage for youth, and a most appropriate one for our times as we are truly traveling at the high-speed of thoughtlessness. To be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society that is rootless, powerless, ruthless, and futureless is not a legacy befitting the many youthful hearts yearning to discover the lost territory of the soul. The ability to witness, accept, love, and know thy self should be standards of educational endeavor, and should have a greater focus and weight than GPA's and SAT scores. While these may assist in getting a job, they will hardly factor into obtaining a life worth living richly, and lovingly!
Walking and the Wild
"It is a great art to saunter"
Thoreau (Journal; April 26th, 1841)
Thoreau's essay Walking was originally titled Walking and the Wild and it offers one of the best insights into Thoreau's inseparable relation between walking and thinking. For Thoreau the act of walking was the art of walking, and an art that few in his time fully understood. Thoreau likewise equated walking with wildness and freedom;"In wildness is the preservation of the world", and "Life consists with wildness", giving emphasis to that which is wildest being likewise the most alive! He also reminds and instructs by saying we should, like the camel, ruminate while we walk.
It will do us good service to place some of these ruminations by Thoreau into a broader context of his times, and specifically to the questions concerning modes of transport. We must remember that America was a continent discovered by foot. Early explorations certainly utilized rivers as major arteries of travel, however the foot reigned supreme for all true exploratory rambles into the adjoining wilds in early American settlement. Consider such intrepid figures as a Daniel Boone or Lewis and Clark as prime examples. It wasn't until much later in our collective story that we see the encroachment of the railroad, and our nation moving from being a pedestrian culture to a riding culture. Perhaps the very first intrusive inroad into the art of walking was from the horse, but by the 19th century the rails were running supreme, and the rest of the story up to and including the present is certainly filled by the automobile.
In a very real way, just like the Spanish introduction of the horse drove the walking Native American from the open plains, modern forms of transport have driven the walker into the confines of domestic movement and subjugated open space into a homogenized landscape transcribed by commuters. The walker has become a very poor relation, and we have witnessed a cultural metamorphosis from a walking, riding, driving, to a sitting society. And even the spaces we pass through today are now virtual hybrids of that once homogenized and pasteurized landscape that was once the wild. Walking alas has been reduced to sport, and we exist predominantly as absentee spectators even there within that realm!
But this is not a time to bemoan the loss of the wild for it has always been there, and it always will. Great awareness, and mobilization, has been gathered on this front since the dawning of the environmental movement in the 60's and I, like Thoreau, have faith in that 'seed'. But in regards to thought, and thinking in general, I have huge concern!
Emerson philosophized that "civilized man has built a coach, but he has lost the use of his feet", and wondered what effect the emerging sedentary society would have upon our collective thought process. Thoreau put that thought into action by actively exploring and perambulating the world through the backyards of Concord, and rediscovering the transcendent connection between walking and thinking. For Thoreau, the whistle of the train became synonymous with the sounds of commerce and speed and signaled our capacity to think being sacrificed at the altar of mass modern efficiency. Walking opened Thoreau to the 'west', which was his hoped for American response to the decay associated with the urban industrial reduction of life and living to the machinery of profit in the pursuit of happiness. Walking to the west was the opening to the wild, which was likewise a transcendent journey into the far distant world of values than those reflected by the thinking of his day.
For Thoreau the most alive and free was the wildest, and the surest means for preserving ourselves, and the world in which we live. Life at 3 miles per hour may seem like a simple panacea for our times, but I would suggest that a walk may well be the surest way into an emerging new paradigm for our times. The longest journey begins with the first step and we have never been in such need of new direction. And it will provide the time and space for listening to our very own thoughts!
In the biblical sense of the word, to sin was 'to miss the mark', and repentance meant to 'have a change of mind'. It is time for a walk – and a long one at that! The times require new thoughts, more wildness, and true freedom too not only hear, but to walk to the beat of a different drummer!
The Attentiveness Of Walking
"You must walk like a camel, which is said to be the only beast which ruminates while walking."
Thoreau (Journal, October 31st, 1850)
It's something we hear, and are told, often. Right from the start, and right out of the gaits, we're told to pay attention. From day one at school, until we walk out the doors of our academic institutions, we're held by this question, command, or directive. Pay attention!
It could be the secret key that opens many "doors" in life; if, that is, we are looking for such openings.
It's just isn't with school though where we confront these simple and wise words, it's within all phases, activities, and engagements throughout life. I almost think these words determine our world at times. Or at least to the point where just about everyone is vying for that attention. I mean, think of advertising as one small example; you might not be hearing those exact words, but it is the main point to all advertising. Yes?
Maybe we don't think about it really? Or perhaps we only think about it when folks talk about its absence, like with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder (ADHD), but many don't understand what these things mean anyway. The words themselves are something of a mystery to us, and our connection or relationship to them is mere word recognition. Or worse, as when that relationship becomes a matter of pharmaceutical remediation, which is at best just a more enticing form of seduction, and far from being a "cure" for the lack of, or diminishment of, human attentiveness.
If we were to go into a "tracking" mode of mind we'd maybe first find that the most common definition of the word attention (at least in the field of psychology) is "the enhancement of selected sensory information". But, as Laura Sewall (in her book Sight and Sensibility) reminds us so nicely, paying attention is not something we usually do, but something that happens to us when we will it. It is an inherent human power, usually seduced, and very much in need of cultivation. William James (American psychologist and philosopher; January, 1842 – August, 1910) described attention as the mind "taking possession", yet I believe, unfortunately, that we're living in a day when it's our minds that are being possessed, and not necessarily by our will, or volition.
And it's here where I would happily remind and point out that a walk is something that we humans do, and doesn't just happen to us (normally), and that the mind truly must take possession of its workings or else we wind up being terribly lost. The intent to walk somewhere brings about a certain level of mindful attention even at the most rudimentary level, and if one is following a way-marked path, then the keen awareness of "sign" that so readily aids and abets successful walking is a result of selected attention and the power of will in choosing to "pay" attention. How many of you have experienced the exhaustion of navigating along a sparsely marked or unmarked way, even when the demand upon physical exertion was rather slight? It becomes such a vibrant reminder of what a high level of energies are truly involved, and being drawn out of us, when we will such attentiveness, and what a diminishment of life it is in contrast when so many of us find contentment in the plethora of navigational aid devices that guide us to where we wish to go these days. A true, and full, relinquishment of human potential I fear.
A walk can become an adventure that stirs our imaginations and ignites the fires of creativity to enliven us, resulting often in many an evening around the hearth fire with stories rife with spellbinding power. All mind you, a direct result of an alignment of our looking with thinking – a connection of matter with mind, where inner and outer landscapes are harmonized and attuned to the experience of the moment; a true human participatory involvement, or relationship, with the world powered by the seemingly simple act of paying attention. Even with the simplest of walking engagements we find that the practice of taking walks, as a daily humanizing opportunity, unfetters the mind from the rather mindless habits introduced (unleashed) upon us from the symphonic distractions emanating out of our modern world. Why then are we not doing more of this then?
Richard Louv coined the term Nature Deficit Disorder (NDD) in his groundbreaking book Last Child in the Woods, and it may yet be born out that a daily dose of nature is a far better remedy to realigning our capacity to pay attention, of attuning and harmonizing our inner and outer worlds of experience, and bringing us back to the foundation stone realization of what it means to be in relationship. Going for a walk is a choice of action that propels us into an engagement with the world as opposed to one where we are mere spectators of it. Noted Tracker and Author Paul Rezendes says "attention is care", where consciously placing one foot before the other may well be our full first step toward bringing us back into a relationship with the natural world, and with ourselves. The power of attention, derived from the Latin word meaning to stretch, could reclaim its birthright as the enabler of true vision, where we may yet remember the simplicity of those prophetic words heard since childhood – pay attention. What a great stretch and stride forward that would be!
And, what then is the gift we are given to begin such an enriching journey? Walking.
Pay attention to that call of taking daily walks; it's life's invitation to a healthier engagement and participation in the human journey. It is, from the day we evolved into a bipedal gait, what we were truly born to do.
So let us cultivate our power of attention in order to cultivate a greater vision, and a greater sense for what it truly means to be participating in, and engaged with, the human journey by taking a walk. It is a very simple choice, and we need to pay attention to it. Just do it, and make that first step which is always the beginning of every adventurous journey.
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Our friend Deepa Patke, the owner of Aromatic Spice Blends, will be in our store Thursday for a cooking demonstration. She'll be using some of the yummy spice blends she creates in her kitchen.
Deepa's product line includes everything from international spice blends (Indian, Italian, etc.) to dessert blends and a whole lot more. You can use them on all types of meats, fish, vegetables, and rice.
We've tried them, and they're delicious!
You can purchase Aromatic Spice Blends in our store anytime — but why not drop by Thursday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. to sample some of Deepa's cooking?


ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. – Hipatia Lopez and her family make a lot of empanadas. They fill them with chicken, beef, pork and even Nutella.
For years they prepared the delicious stuffed pastries by pushing the sides of the dough closed with a fork. But in the midst of making 100 empanadas for the holidays a few years back, Lopez thought there had to be an easier way.
"We were all there with the regular fork pressing down. I think after 30 of them I was just complaining that my thumb was hurting me," the Elmwood Park resident told Daily Voice.
Lopez came up with a solution: the Empanada Fork.
It can be used for more than just empanadas. It comes in handy to create treats like calzones and apple turnovers too, she said.
Lopez, patented her invention in 2012.
The Garfield native and William Paterson University alum has worked hard to create her product, sell it online and place it in restaurant supply stores. She has pushed to get it in big box stores too, so far to no avail. And she has networked like crazy, attending many events held by the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey.
Lopez just got a big break. She was selected as one of five Latino entrepreneurs that will have the opportunity to launch their products on national television, as part of HSN's Project American Dreams initiative.
About 100 applicants applied for the opportunity to sell their products on the network, formerly known as the Home Shopping Network. The pool was whittled down to 18 semi-finalists from the United States, Canada and Spain. They were invited to pitch their products to HSN executives in January, and that pool was cut to five winners.
Lopez, and her fellow inventors, will launch their products during a special edition of The Monday Night Show with Adam Freeman on March 13, 2017 at 6 p.m.
For more information on the Empanada Fork, visit its Facebook page, HERE .
Joe Dombrowski also contributed to this story.
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An 11-year-old girl has been struck by gunfire shot into a Milwaukee home.
Marshfield officials confirmed a fire at an unoccupied mobile home early Wednesday morning.
Jeans and a sweatshirt, a prom dress, and a U.S. military uniform. All examples of clothing worn by sexual violence survivors.
The principal at St. Paul Church and School in Bonduel said up to 30 grave sites were vandalized at their cemetery and authorities are still looking for those responsible.


Atlanta. Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), importer and distributor in the United States of Porsche 918 Spyder, 911, Boxster and Cayman sports cars, Macan and Cayenne SUVs, and the Panamera four-door sports sedan line-up, today announced April 2015 sales of 5,217 vehicles, up 28 percent compared to April 2014. "This is the first time in PCNA history that we celebrate exceeding 5,000 units in one month – a milestone record," said Detlev von Platen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Porsche Cars North America, Inc. "The U.S. market continues to show increased demand and passion for Porsche." April 2015 sales were led by the Cayenne model line, with 1,773 units sold. Macan had its strongest month yet with over 1,500 units delivered, while nearly 900 sales were recorded for the 911. For the year, 16,647 Porsches have been sold, an increase of 17 percent compared to the first four months of 2014. Porsche Approved Certified Pre-Owned vehicle sales in the U.S. were 1,206 for April 2015, up 18.8 percent compared to April 2014. This month also sets the record for Porsche CPO sales in one month.
About Porsche Cars North America Inc. | One Porsche Drive, Atlanta, GA 30354 USA Established in 1984, Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA) is the exclusive U.S. importer of Porsche 918 Spyder, 911, Boxster and Cayman sports cars, the Macan and Cayenne SUVs, and Panamera sports sedans. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia since 1998, PCNA is also home to the first Porsche Experience Center in North America featuring a module-based 1.6 mile driver development track, business center, human performance center, and fine dining restaurant. PCNA employs approximately 300 people who provide parts, service, marketing, and training for 189 dealers. They, in turn, work to provide Porsche customers with a best-in-class experience that is in keeping with the brand's 65-plus year history and leadership in the advancement of vehicle performance, safety and efficiency. PCNA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Porsche AG, which is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. At the core of this success is Porsche's proud racing heritage that boasts some 30,000-plus motorsport wins to date.


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On November 30th, 2021 President Biden traveled to Dakota County Technical College (DCTC) in Rosemount, Minnesota to give his remarks on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Before his remarks, President Biden took a short tour of the college and our Executive Director, Chris Hadfield, was able to speak with him along with Sam Gneth, one of the first students going through the Minnesota State Commercial Driver Academy, and Sarah Riviere-Herzan. Although the visit was brief, Chris was able to talk about the Commercial Driver Academy and how it was created to help solve the truck driver shortage that the nation is currently facing, why we partner with industry to enhance education, and how the ISA-TOPE National Science Foundation Grant will help prepare our technicians for the rise autonomous technologies.
The President also met with automotive technology instructor, Jeff Copeland, medium heavy truck technology instructor, Ken Klassen, and Alayceona "Laylay" King, automotive technology student, to discuss hybrid/electric technologies and emissions control.
Chris also had the opportunity to talk to the Secretary of the US Department of Education, Miguel Cardona. They discussed the TCOE's approach and solution to challenges in Career and Technical Education, workforce development, and partnerships with industry and education in Minnesota. Cardona had emphasized how the nation is hurting despite the great jobs in transportation and the trades that continue to go unfilled. The Secretary even requested a follow up with the TCOE to explore what Minnesota's partnership model really looks like and how the federal government can help create positive environments for businesses and employers to engage with education and even provide resources to middle and high school students that will engage them, along with the people that influence them, in trades and technical education and careers.
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President Biden was introduced by one of DCTC's Heavy Construction Equipment Technology students and Minnesota Army National Guard veteran, Sarah Riviere-Herzan. During her introduction, Sarah mentions that she is hoping to start her own heavy construction equipment company after graduation with an all female staff and says that she wants to serve as an example to other women, to show that they can also work in the trades.
During the President's remarks, Biden, referring to DCTC, explains that "In places like this, we're going to train the next generation of workers to do the jobs that my infrastructure law and our Build Back Better Act are going to put into even greater demand. We're going to need more qualified people.
And we're talking about students learning how to repair electric vehicles and battery drivetrains, which are — major auto manufacturers say — will be 40 to 50 percent of all vehicles in the United States of America by the year 2030; becoming line workers we'll need to have to modernize our electrical grid and the commercial electricians who can help us install 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations we're going to put in, including along the highways we're building, so you never have to worry about running out of power…"
Another benefit of the Build Back Better plan will increase the maximum Pell Grant award by $550. The plan will also invest $10 billion in job training programs and expand registered apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeship programs.
Those who were in attendance included Governor Tim Walz, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, and U.S. Representatives Dean Phillips, and Betty McCollum. Also in attendance was U.S. Representative Angie Craig, who was a key component in bringing the President to DCTC which is located in Minnesota's second district, which she represents.
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What is jail analogy?
What is a good analogy for a cell?
What are some analogies for cells?
What is a good analogy for mitochondria?
How a cell is like a school?
What part of a school is like Golgi bodies?
What would be the mitochondria in a school?
What part of a school is like a lysosome?
What's an analogy for rough ER?
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A plant cell is like a prison because of the complexity of the cell and prison and their many functions. ... A cytoplasm is like the prison grounds because everything in the prison is on it. A golgi apparatus is like a the mail room because it receives and sends mail to different parts of the cell.
Cell Parts Analogy. The cell membrane controls what goes in and out of the cell. The cell membrane is like a screen door, because a screen door holds things out but lets air in.
City Analogies
Cell Wall City Wall
Cytoplasm Lawns
Endoplasmic Reticulum Highway or road system
Ribosomes Lumber or brick yard
The Cell Wall is like the beams in a school because it provides the school support. The Chloroplast is like the cafeteria in a school because it is where the students in a school get their energy. The Large Central Vacuole is like a swimming pool because it stores water for the swim team.
The endoplasmic reticulum is like hallways in a school because they are passage ways for students and staff like the endoplasmic reticulum makes passages for proteins. The Golgi apparatus is like a school bus because a school bus transports kids to school like the Golgi apparatus ships proteins.
Much like a boiler room providing energy to the school, the mitochondria provides energy to the cell. Ribosomes make proteins, and teach them, like how teachers teach students. Ribosome helps to produce important proteins for a cell and teachers produce educated people. ...
Janitor. Janitors are just like Lysosomes because they clean up the junk/trash in the school. As for Lysosomes they sort of do the same thing, they contain enzymes that digest particles and that disintegrate the cell after its death. They both throw away whats not needed.
An analogy for the rough endoplasmic reticulum is that the rough endoplasmic reticulum is like a factory.
Rough ER looks like sheets or disks of bumpy membranes while smooth ER looks more like tubes. Rough ER is called rough because it has ribosomes attached to its surface. The double membranes of smooth and rough ER form sacs called cisternae. Protein molecules are synthesized and collected in the cisternal space/lumen.
Lysosomes are membrane-enclosed organelles that contain an array of enzymes capable of breaking down all types of biological polymers—proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids.
Lysosomes are known as the suicidal bag of the cell because it is capable of destroying its own cell in which it is present. It contains many hydrolytic enzymes which are responsible for the destruction process. This happens when either the cell is aged or gets infected by foreign agents like any bacteria or virus.
Lysosomes also use their hydrolytic enzymes to destroy pathogens (disease-causing organisms) that might enter the cell. A good example of this occurs in a group of white blood cells called macrophages, which are part of your body's immune system.
Lysosomes appear initially as spherical bodies about 50-70nm in diameter and are bounded by a single membrane. Several hundred lysosomes may be present in a single animal cell.
What is a Lysosomal Storage Disease? Lysosomes are sacs inside cells, containing enzymes that metabolize (break down) excess sugars and lipids (fats) into substances that cells can use. When lysosomes don't work properly, these sugars and fats build up in the cell instead of being used or excreted.
Depending upon their morphology and function, there are four types of lysosomes— primary, secondary, residual bodies and auto-phagic vacuoles (Fig. 8.
What Do Lysosomes Do? ... Lysosomes break down macromolecules into their constituent parts, which are then recycled. These membrane-bound organelles contain a variety of enzymes called hydrolases that can digest proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and complex sugars. The lumen of a lysosome is more acidic than the cytoplasm.
A lysosome is a membrane-bound cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes. ... They break down excess or worn-out cell parts. They may be used to destroy invading viruses and bacteria. If the cell is damaged beyond repair, lysosomes can help it to self-destruct in a process called programmed cell death, or apoptosis.
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A.P. Bio Season 2 premieres Thursday March 7th on NBC. After losing out on a chance to get out of Toledo and into his dream job at a prestigious university in Season 1, disgraced Harvard philosophy professor Jack Griffin (Glenn Howerton) remains determined to get out of town and regain prominence in the academic world. To do this, Jack decides to begin work on a book detailing a new philosophical thesis. This thesis will require him to immerse himself in Toledo more than ever before while continuing to enlist the help of his students and friends at Whitlock – including Principal Durbin (Patton Oswalt). Jack will also find himself intellectually challenged and charmed by a woman he meets in the last place he'd expect: the payroll department of Whitlock High.


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Watch: Students kick off Peru's National Holidays with sign language anthem
The high school students put on an impressive rendition of Peru's national anthem in sign language
Michael Krumholtz
Article Updated: July 27, 2018
Peru's Nationa Holidays, known in Spanish as the Fiestas Patrias, kick off on Saturday as the country delves into its independence celebrations. The weekend celebration will be held Saturday and Sunday with marches, dancing, and events of all types held throughout the country.
Students from Ludwig Van Beethoven High School in Lima got the party started early on Friday when they published a moving rendition of Peru's national anthem in sign language. A group of 20 schoolchildren recited the anthem in the below video published on the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations' Facebook page Friday:
The children are appropriately dressed in red and white as they commemorate Peru's 197th anniversary of independence.
In a separate video, schoolchildren from rural parts of Peru made a Fiestas Patrias pronouncement of solidarity for justice, for future generations, and for education in a message alluding to the ongoing judicial corruption scandal that has cast a dark cloud over the country.
On top of the current political blotch, forecasters have said expected cloudy and rainy weather could also damper festivities this weekend in Lima as there is a 90 percent chance of humidity in the capital.
Following the independence-themed celebrations on Saturday, the conclusion of the weekend will feature the annual military parade on the west side of Lima.
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A high-level corruption scandal which started over seven years ago in Peru ended today when a judge absolved all the officials involved. In October 2008 a Peruvian…
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This blog post was updated on October 15, 2009 – please read 130 Foundations That Tweet for a complete list!
Below is a list of all the grantmaking foundations I've been able to find that are using Twitter. The list includes private, community, family, and corporate funders, as well as a few international foundations. I've also included 16 foundation staff who tweet – not necessarily as representatives of their foundations, but their posts often focus on philanthropy and nonprofits. I'm sure there are more out there, so if you notice a foundation or person who should be on the list please let me know! A brief description of how this list was compiled is at the end of the blog.
Below is a list of some individuals who work at foundations and whose tweets include (but do not necessarily focus on) information about their foundations, nonprofits, and philanthropy.
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The Henry Luce foundation is @HLuceFoundation. Thanks!
What a fabulous list and I also love reading all the additions. The Fetzer Institute, a private operating foundation based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is tweeting – @fetzerinstitute. Our VP of Programs, Shirley Showalter @Shirleyhs is also tweeting. With occassional tweets from Susan Trabucchi, Senior Program Officer and Program Officer Gillian Gonda. We are trying! 😉 Might there be an updated list in time for the Communications Network meeting next week in NY? Thank you!!
Thanks for the additions. Great to hear the William J. Clinton Foundation is tweeting!
Please add to your list, thanks!
Hello – The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation is also on Twitter, @pmhf. We raise and steward funds for Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada's cancer research hospital and one of the top 5 cancer research centres in the world.
This is a great resource – thank you.
I run the main Twitter account for Ashoka: Innovators for the public – @AshokaTweets. We also have @AshokaTech for our AshokaTech blog, @Changemakers (our Changemakers.com program), @AshokaGenV (Ashoka's Youth Venture) as well as numerous staff (46 at my last count), who focus on our work to a varying degree.
Marianna Sachse, a program associate at RWJF, is Twitter at @mvsachse.
We tweet too, @a_breath_away. Thanks for the list!
As an independent grant writer, I am always looking for new leads, especially foundations that will fund non-profits in Africa.
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation is on Twitter too @grdodge.
Great resource! Thanks for putting it together.
We're also on Twitter @TwoFoundations – Minnesota Community Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation.
@socialedge is a program of the Skoll Foundation. @SkollFoundation tweets information on Skoll grantees and foundation work in social entrepreneurship. Social Edge tweets practical, how-to resources and best practices/ideas from the field of social entrepreneurship to help emerging social entrepreneurs start and scale their ventures.
Jeanette – yes, please send the other foundation staff twitter names. Great to post them here for now for others to see and follow.
Molly – Thanks for following me on Twitter! I am following you now too.
I was on your webinar today and you got me started Tweeting. So thank you for that, I started by becomming someone who follows you, among others.
Can you please add us to the list?
We have three other staff on Twitter as well. Would you like those names, too?
Thought I'd mention Chicago Foundation for Women, a new group to Twitter–we're @ChiFdn4Women. Off to change our name so it comes up in a search for "foundation"!
Thanks! United Nations Foundation was on the list, but it was listed as "The UN Foundation" so I just changed it.
Don't forget the United Nations Foundation! We're at @unfoundation (with two additional program feeds, @nothingbutnets and @Tech4Dev).
Thanks for pointing out other terrific folks to follow!
Excellent list Kris! And thanks for putting this together.
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is on Twitter too.
American Heritage Education Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports teachers with educational resources. We rely on foundational support to accomplish this mission.
Great job putting this all together! You've lended a lot to the philanthropic twitter community. I'm out there as well.
@Cancer_Research – global outcomes from Australian foundation – has 760 followers and is active in the social media space.
The Community Foundation of Sarasota County has over 800 followers on Twitter. We'd love to be included in your list next time!
Susan Promislo, Communications Officer for the Pioneer Portfolio at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is also on Twitter at @susanpromislo.
All – thanks for the additions, these are great. Keep 'em coming!
Amazing list! I don't feel so all alone now. One addition you could make is @chicagopolkadot Manager of Public Relations at Chicago Community Trust.
Great list–thanks for taking the time to compile! I'd love to add @newprofit — we're a venture philanthropy fund.
@stephenjdowns from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Pioneer Team.


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Africa: Climate Change Can Set the Stage for Violent Conflict – Expert
Cape Town — Levels of poverty, economic opportunities, and unemployment are key factors increasing the likelihood of conflict, and there has been strong agreement that climate change, is a major driver of violent conflict. Climate has affected the risk of violence within countries, and as global...
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United Bank for Africa (UBA) to Provide N5 Billion (USD14 Million) for COVID-19 Relief Support Across Africa
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) today announced a donation of over 5 billion Naira (U$D14 million), through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response to the fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. The donation will provide significant and much needed support to...
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Analysts See Oil Prices Falling to $10 per Barrel in the Coming Months
International benchmark Brent crude fell to $25 a barrel last week, after starting out the year at more than $65. Amid the ongoing historic meltdown in the global oil industry, characterized by a supply crisis and an unprecedented demand event, there are indications prices may...
Loss of Smell and Taste Sense Could be Additional Symptoms of the New Coronavirus
Doctors around the world are suggesting that a loss or reduced sense of smell and loss of taste are significant symptoms associated with COVID-19, the new coronavirus disease which was caused by SARS-CoV-2. They, however, caution that the evidence is preliminary. It has been reported that anosmia (the...
Sanwo-Olu Orders Shutdown of MArkets, Courts in Nigeria's Most Populous City
The Lagos state government has ordered the shutdown of all non-essential markets and stores for a duration of seven days effective Thursday, March 26, 2020, to curb the spread of coronavirus. Addressing Lagosians on Tuesday, March 24 at the State House in Marina, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu...
Nigeria's Private Sector Wants More Government Support Amid COVID-19 Disruption
The umbrella organization for Nigeria's private sector has asked the federal government for a tax holiday and other alleviating measures to help relieve the sector of the distress brought by the global COVID-19 outbreak. Implications of the ongoing pandemic on the private sector could be severe enough to...
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Policy: Kenya-U.S Free Trade Agreement Challenged at Regional Court
Kenya's plan to sign a free trade deal with the United States is set for a long legal tussle after two lawyers challenged the controversial move at the East African Court of Justice. Christopher Ayieko and Emily Osiemo filed a petition at the regional court challenging the...
Top Nigerian Banks Intensify Safety Measures Against Covid-19
With 46 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria as of 7:00 am on March 25, 2020, top banks across the country have intensified safety measures to curb further spread of the virus. AccessBankPlc closed its VI branch after a customer was tested positive for Coronavirus after visiting the bank...
Business: NSE Relaxes Requirement for Listed Companies Due to COVID-19
TheNigerian Stock Exchange has extended the time for quoted companies to submit their audited financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2019, a move meant to reduce the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it said in a circular issued on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. According to the NSE,...


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AUSTIN – For the past two years, two of Texas' more litigious venues caught the attention of the American Tort Reform Association -- Hidalgo County, arguably the birthplace of mass hailstorm litigation, and the Eastern District of Texas, a hot spot for patent infringement cases.
On Dec. 5, ATRA released its latest "Judicial Hellholes Report," – a ranking of states and venues that the group sees as the nation's most unfair handlers of civil litigation.
Neither Hidalgo County, which has made the list twice in as many years, or the Eastern District earned a spot on ATRA's list this year.
In fact, the 2017 report lists a tort reform measure aimed at ending storm lawsuit abuse as a Point of Light.
According to Texans for Lawsuit Reform, preliminary analysis of lawsuit filings shows an 84 percent reduction in weather-related lawsuits since House Bill 1774 took effect in September.
"The Legislature put Texas consumers first by passing House Bill 1774 to shut down lawsuit abuse that was making property insurance more expensive and less accessible for Texans," said Lucy Nashed, TLR's communications director.
While Texas can now be seen as a beacon for tort reform, the state is no stranger to ATRA's list, with state courts and communities appearing 17 times in 16 years in the annual report.
"That's why we'll remain vigilant in defending existing reforms," said Roger Borgelt, chairman of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse of Central Texas.
Two years ago, the report named the Eastern District of Texas among the nation's worst judicial hellholes.
ATRA says the federal district drew patent plaintiffs from across the nation because of a "rocket docket" of expedited trials, general unwillingness to dismiss cases, a high plaintiff-win rate and larger-than-average awards for damages.
"In May 2017, however, the Supreme Court unanimously ended the ED Texas's reign as the nation's busiest patent infringement court," the report states.
"The high court's ruling in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC generally requires patent-holding plaintiffs to bring lawsuits only where an allegedly infringing defendant is incorporated, or where there has been an act of infringement and the defendant has a regular and established place of business.
In 2016, 1,647 patent infringement cases were filed in the Eastern District while Delaware's federal court hosted just 455.
ATRA is a nonprofit organization that works to educate the public about the civil justice system and tort law. It has compiled the Judicial Hellholes report since 2002.


As a Digital Studio Artist, I worked to make sure the vision of Art Directors came to life. Working tirelessly to ensure that every element that went out was perfect and exactly what the printer needed. Sometimes all I was given was a doodle on a napkin, but I was expected to make it happen.
I knocked out billboards, train wraps and entire Time Square take-overs for T-Mobile. I versioned out menus and signage for Pizza Huts across the states. I ensured that pizza box designs, partnered with Marvel, could save the day. I worked with many brands to create prints of all sizes, cuts, and contexts with speed and precision.


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The funeral industry is frozen in time and infamous for its often predatory, confusing and misleading sales tactics. Solace Cremation launch just over a year ago with the mission to make a difficult time easier by offering a digital-first, seamless cremation service where the family is the focus. Solace has an all-inclusive and transparent direct cremation cost of $895 ensuring no surprises for families. Families are never charged additional fees for items such as device removal, weight or in-person return of remains; a stark contrast to alternative local providers.
Solace wholly owns the web-based consumer journey and all aspects of the consumer experience. To deliver cremation services, Solace works with best-in-class, white-label partners. These services are sold at time of need, though additionally families are able to pre-arrange with all required authorizations and information securely stored digitally. The company currently serves the Portland and Seattle metro areas. Additional geographic expansion is planned following this financing.
Twofold | Innovative Furniture Solution for Homes & Offices
Twofold, a startup that manufactures smart, on-demand, and space-saving furniture, leverages lean processes and an on-demand model to innovate the furniture industry. When the global pandemic started, it became evident to the company that how and where we work will be very different moving forward. The team has utilized their deep and close partnerships with industry experts as well as their efficient business model, to create products for this new reality.
The company's products are manufactured in Portland, Oregon, and most of its materials come from the Pacific Northwest. With their manufacturing partners in their backyard, the company is able to be present for both product development and initial production runs, staying at the the forefront of industry and design changes.
Twofold is going to market by using the existing network of its sales partners to grow into key markets as quickly as possible. Thus far, the company has achieved over $90,000 in pre-launch revenue and is in the process of launching several new products.


Tired of the ordinary? Give your traditional Christmas tree an alternative makeover this year.
Christmas isn't Christmas till it happens in your heart, but home is where the heart is so tldr: it's time for tree shopping!
End this unconventional year on an unconventional note with one of these unconventional trees.
Instead of a full tree, loop thick, green garlands around an easel and top it off with a star.
If you've got the time, hang a carefully uncoiled wire from the ceiling on which you can hang baubles and trinkets. Make sure your wire is strong enough to hold its shape!
DIY this easily by topping a lamp stand with two black paper cones for a look that's great for the minimalist interior.
You can also opt for a store bought paper tree that's especially great for a child's room or a rambunctious party.
Alternatively, borrow inspiration from the tree of knowledge and build yourself a book tree.
A ladder tree is ideal if you're looking for a Pinterest-ish, rustic vibe. Keep decorations simple, or within a similar colour scheme.
If you're short on floor space, opt for a smaller tree that you can place on a side or coffee table.
Decorate potted fir branches with Christmas baubles to detract from the fact that they're not attached to an actual tree.
A Christmas tree made out of extra red and green ribbons or crepe paper lends a festive air to your surroundings despite its small size.
Have a console table that's too narrow for a physical tree? Use chalk to draw a tree behind the table – we swear most of your guests will do a double take.
Experiment with different wall panels and shelves to create a Christmas tree that you can both hang and place items on.
If your shelving unit has large pockets of space, you can even forgo the decorations and fill them with presents.
Dress up a drab shelf unit with vases, books, or trinkets in a similar colour scheme to create a one of a kind tree.
…crepe paper, or even fairy lights!
Stay close to the original wooden version with a tree made of driftwood or pallets.
Gallery walls are all the rage currently – fashion your tree with the help of our favourite black and white pictures and quotes.
Create a tree that's all yours by collaging your favourite items together. This can also be a fun activity for the kids; you can get them to create their trees on large canvas boards.
Take the art a little further with abstract trees made from crepe paper.
You can use the tools of your trade to create a tree. This is especially great in a place of work.
If the book tree wasn't your thing, display your love for reading with printed pages from your favourite tome. This also works with song and lyrics sheets, or even drawings.
Use removable hooks to put up a tree that reminds you of your favourite part of Christmas – the food. Put it up in the dining room where dinner guests can help themselves to cutlery and crockery.


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LIVE: The Tedeschi Trucks Band @ The Egg, 12/8/15
By Greg Haymes	 On Dec 30, 2015
The Tedeschi Trucks Band
Review by Steven Stock
The twelve-piece Tedeschi Trucks Band ventured through a lot of territory in their well-received two-hour performance at The Egg's Hart Theatre, covering songs made popular by Betty Harris, Bobby "Blue" Bland, the Box Tops, George Harrison and John Prine before sending everyone home happy with a rollicking version of the Coasters' (or perhaps you prefer Ray Charles' rendition?) nugget "Let's Go Get Stoned."
That disparate range of influences only begins to suggest this ensemble's versatility. "Don't Miss Me," a rare carryover from the Derek Trucks Band repertoire, began as a conventional blues then suddenly veered left into Trout Mask Replica terrain. With three horns (saxophone, trumpet and trombone) and three backing vocalists, the overall sound of the group resembled an updated version of the Stax/Volt sound crossed with Joe Cocker's early-'70 Mad Dogs & Englishmen. Cocker more or less poached the Mad Dogs from Leon Russell, but that didn't prevent Russell (along with compatriots Rita Coolidge and Dave Mason) from joining Tedeschi Trucks in paying tribute to Cocker's band earlier this year at the Lockn' Festival in Arrington, Virginia.
At The Egg, it was refreshing to witness two performers who built their sizable reputations as superb guitarists subordinate their egos to work effectively in a big-band context. On the lengthy coda to "I Want More," Derek Trucks did get his licks in while engaging in lovely dialogue with Kofi Burbridge's flute, a passage evocative of Traffic at its finest.
Promisingly, two of the evening's highlights were sneak previews of material from the band's next album, tentatively scheduled for January. "Anyhow" found Susan Tedeschi's powerful voice soaring over a sultry mid-tempo groove, with well-deployed horns and backing vocals helping build the song to an ecstatic climax. "Let Me Get By," the forthcoming LP's title track, is that rarest of creatures, an inspirational tract that largely eschews cliché.
A couple of quibbles: the two drummers seemed more redundant than complementary, so their combined efforts weren't any more effective than having just one great drummer. And Tedeschi was perhaps too self-effacing with her guitar work. Like late-'50s Miles Davis, she expresses herself concisely and then turns the solo excursions over to 'Trane – excuse me, I mean Trucks. She plays so beautifully that it would have been good to hear more from her.
Opener Deva Mahal is also blessed with a strong expressive voice, in her case perhaps a genetic legacy from father Taj Mahal. She's got some good songs to her credit as well, although these skeletal arrangements (the only backing was some tasteful electric guitar from TV on the Radio's Jaleel Bunton) didn't realize the material's full potential. Matters weren't helped by the fact that the theater's house lights were partially illuminated throughout their set, serving to make the off-stage action of late-arriving crowd members a distraction from the proceedings onstage. Nonetheless Mahal and Bunton made the best of a less-than-ideal situation and eventually won over a sizable segment of the audience. One looks forward to seeing Mahal again, perhaps with a full band in more congenial surroundings, such as Caffe Lena or Club Helsinki.
Greg Haymes' review at The Times Union
THE TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND SET LIST
Volunteered Slavery
Don't Know What It Means
The Letter (Wayne Carson)
Don't Miss Me (Derek Trucks Band)
Something (George Harrison)
Let Me Get By
Midnight in Harlem
There's A Break in the Road (Allen Toussaint)
Angel from Montgomery (John Prine)
That Did It (Bobby Bland)
(instrumental) > The Storm
Let's Go Get Stoned (Ashford, Simpson & Armstead)
Jaleel Bunton
AlbanyAndrzej PilarczykSteven StockThe EggThe Tedeschi Trucks Band
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Looking for a home surveillance system to cover 1/3 acre. Any reccomendations?
I have a FLIR Lorex system. You can get them online (google flir lorex) or at Costco, which seems to have one on special every other month.
I use Arlo Pro - I like that they are wireless and wifi. But, that may be too much space for that.
I have 4 Arlo Pro cameras.
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