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Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow complete high asset divorce | Sheldon E. Finman, P.A.
On behalf of Sheldon E. Finman, P.A. posted in high asset divorce on Friday, June 10, 2016.
Anyone in Florida who is going through the end of a marriage should be grateful not to hold celebrity status. Having the ins and outs of one's high asset divorce made into national news could not be easy, even for those who have made a living courting the attention of the media. One of the latest celebrity couples to go through a divorce is comprised of musician Chris Martin and actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
This is one celebrity divorce that has been overwhelmingly positive. The couple shares two children, and both parents have gone to great lengths to remain amicable as they worked through the details of their divorce. Many readers are familiar with their approach to divorce, which is known as "conscious uncoupling." While not their own invention, Paltrow and Martin have certainly brought awareness to the approach.
Through conscious uncoupling, the pair have put their children at the center of their divorce, and have made decisions that will support and nurture their kids. They continue to do things together as a family, and have found a way to share parenting time that works for all involved. Of note, there have been no reports of struggle or strife as the couple moved through the divorce process, which is a difficult feat given the fact that the media is constant within their lives.
For those in Florida who admire Martin and Paltrow's unusual approach to divorce, it is important to understand that a similar path is available through the collaborative divorce process. By placing an emphasis on shared goals and what is best for all involved, it is possible to move from married to single with grace. Whether in or out of the spotlight, an amicable high asset divorce is a worthy endeavor.


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Status Quo – In The Army Now (1986)
Status Quo are an English rock band whose music is characterized by their distinctive brand of boogie-woogie. The group originated in The Spectres, founded by schoolboys Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster in 1962. After a number of lineup changes, the band became The Status Quo in 1967 and Status Quo in 1969.
They have had over 60 chart hits in the UK, starting with 1967's "Pictures Of Matchstick Men", and the most recent being in 2010, which is more than any other rock group. 22 of which reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart. In 1991, Status Quo received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
On 11 and 12 July 1986 they played at Queen's Live at Wembley '86 concert. The band also supported Queen at Knebworth and Queen's European shows. The commercially successful In the Army Now album was released in 1986, the single of the same name becoming one of the band's biggest selling UK singles, reaching number 2.
"In the Army Now" was first recorded in 1981 by Dutch duo Rob and Ferdi Bolland.
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package org.apache.camel.component.cm.test;
import org.junit.After;

import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.PhoneNumberUtil;
import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.PhoneNumberUtil.PhoneNumberFormat;
import org.apache.camel.component.cm.CMConstants;
import org.apache.camel.component.cm.CMMessage;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(classes = { ValidatorConfiguration.class })
// @DirtiesContext(classMode = ClassMode.AFTER_EACH_TEST_METHOD)
// @DisableJmx(false)
// @FixMethodOrder(MethodSorters.NAME_ASCENDING)
public class CMMessageTest extends AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests {

    private final PhoneNumberUtil pnu = PhoneNumberUtil.getInstance();
    private String validNumber;

    @Before
    public void beforeTest() throws Exception {
        validNumber = pnu.format(pnu.getExampleNumber("ES"), PhoneNumberFormat.E164);
    }

    // @After
    // public void afterTest() {

    /*
     * GSM0338
     */

    @Test
    public void testGSM338AndLTMAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {

        // 0338 and less than 160 char -> 1 part

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < CMConstants.MAX_GSM_MESSAGE_LENGTH; index++) {
            message.append("a");
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 1);
        Assert.isTrue(!cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGSM338AndEQMAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {
        // 0338 and length is exactly 160 -> 1 part

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < CMConstants.MAX_GSM_MESSAGE_LENGTH; index++) {
            message.append("a");
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 1);
        Assert.isTrue(!cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGSM338AndGTMAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {

        // 0338 and length is exactly 161 -> 2 part

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < CMConstants.MAX_GSM_MESSAGE_LENGTH + 1; index++) {
            message.append("a");
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 2);
        Assert.isTrue(!cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGSM338AndLT2MAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < (2 * CMConstants.MAX_GSM_MESSAGE_LENGTH_PER_PART_IF_MULTIPART - 1); index++) {
            message.append("a");
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 2);
        Assert.isTrue(!cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGSM338AndEQ2MAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < (2 * CMConstants.MAX_GSM_MESSAGE_LENGTH_PER_PART_IF_MULTIPART); index++) {
            message.append("a");
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 2);
        Assert.isTrue(!cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGSM338AndGT2MAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < (2 * CMConstants.MAX_GSM_MESSAGE_LENGTH_PER_PART_IF_MULTIPART + 1); index++) {
            message.append("a");
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 3);
        Assert.isTrue(!cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGSM338AndEQ8MAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < (8 * CMConstants.MAX_GSM_MESSAGE_LENGTH_PER_PART_IF_MULTIPART); index++) {
            message.append("a");
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 8);
        Assert.isTrue(!cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGSM338AndGT8MAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < (8 * CMConstants.MAX_GSM_MESSAGE_LENGTH_PER_PART_IF_MULTIPART + 1); index++) {
            message.append("a");
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 8);
        Assert.isTrue(!cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    /*
     * Unicode Messages
     */

    @Test
    public void testUnicodeAndLTMAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {

        String ch = "\uF400";

        // 0338 and less than 160 char -> 1 part

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < CMConstants.MAX_UNICODE_MESSAGE_LENGTH; index++) {
            message.append(ch);
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 1);
        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testUnicodeAndEQMAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {
        // 0338 and length is exactly 160 -> 1 part

        String ch = "\uF400";

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < CMConstants.MAX_UNICODE_MESSAGE_LENGTH; index++) {
            message.append(ch);
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 1);
        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testUnicodeAndGTMAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {

        // 0338 and length is exactly 161 -> 2 part

        String ch = "\uF400";

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < CMConstants.MAX_UNICODE_MESSAGE_LENGTH + 1; index++) {
            message.append(ch);
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 2);
        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testUnicodeAndLT2MAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {

        String ch = "\uF400";

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < (2 * CMConstants.MAX_UNICODE_MESSAGE_LENGTH_PER_PART_IF_MULTIPART - 1); index++) {
            message.append(ch);
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 2);
        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testUnicodeAndEQ2MAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {

        String ch = "\uF400";

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < (2 * CMConstants.MAX_UNICODE_MESSAGE_LENGTH_PER_PART_IF_MULTIPART); index++) {
            message.append(ch);
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 2);
        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testUnicodeAndGT2MAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {

        String ch = "\uF400";

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < (2 * CMConstants.MAX_UNICODE_MESSAGE_LENGTH_PER_PART_IF_MULTIPART + 1); index++) {
            message.append(ch);
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 3);
        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testUnicodeAndEQ8MAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {

        String ch = "\uF400";

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < (8 * CMConstants.MAX_UNICODE_MESSAGE_LENGTH_PER_PART_IF_MULTIPART); index++) {
            message.append(ch);
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 8);
        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testUnicodeAndGT8MAXGSMMESSAGELENGTH() throws Exception {

        String ch = "\uF400";

        StringBuffer message = new StringBuffer();
        for (int index = 0; index < (8 * CMConstants.MAX_GSM_MESSAGE_LENGTH_PER_PART_IF_MULTIPART + 1); index++) {
            message.append(ch);
        }

        final CMMessage cmMessage = new CMMessage(validNumber, message.toString());
        cmMessage.setUnicodeAndMultipart(CMConstants.DEFAULT_MULTIPARTS);

        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.getMultiparts() == 8);
        Assert.isTrue(cmMessage.isUnicode());
    }

}

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Jeffrey Gibson Breaks the Rules at the Denver Art Museum
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Photography by Kevin Miyazak
Artist Jeffrey Gibson draws on his Choctaw and Cherokee heritage in his work, using traditional techniques and materials like beads and animal hides.
A strong Native-American conversation in the art world is something that is still very new these days. But it's growing. The Jimmie Durham show at the Whitney Museum of American Art, which ended this winter, was one powerful example. And the next link in the chain is "Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer" at the Denver Art Museum (May 13 to August 12), which travels to the Seattle Art Museum next year.
"I was talking to another Native artist recently and he said to me, 'Oh yeah, people are paying attention to us,'" says the chatty and engaging Gibson, who lives in New York's Hudson Valley. "Something's going on."
Whether it will last as a global phenomenon remains to be seen. But the individual case of Gibson, who's 45, is instructive: He has been working steadily for more than 20 years, and now he finds himself stepping out of the art world's peripheral vision and into the spotlight with a spate of exhibitions and projects, including a show at the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College in upstate New York this fall.
A happy vibe pervades Gibson's huge studio, located in a former grade school in a small town. Different rooms are designated for different activities and in the large gym, house music is playing. Late on a Friday, Gibson is painting away on a canvas featuring a dense grid of triangular reds in slightly different hues. Nearby, his assistants, more of them women than men today, are at work creating colorful garments, and some of them are dancing to the beat while they do it.
The upbeat energy shouldn't fool anyone about Gibson's seriousness of purpose, though. If you ask him his artistic goal, he has it ready: "It's representation. Someone finally made me say it the other day. Until I see clear representation within popular culture of indigenous people and aesthetics, then my pursuit is not done, you know? It's that simple."
How he achieves that end is fascinating. Gibson blends a classic contemporary art bio—studies at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Royal College of Art, current representation by the New York gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co.—with a deep understanding of indigenous craft traditions. Gibson is a registered Mississippi Band Choctaw, his father's tribe; his mother is Cherokee.
"It's always been about using my personal narrative to complicate the popular notions of being queer, being gay, being Native American—any of these singular adjectives," says Gibson.
In the Denver show, two delicately beaded punching bags balancing each other like the scales of justice comprise Our Freedom Is Worth More Than Our Pain (2017). In the painting All Things Big and Small (2016), small triangles of purple, red and blue create a beguiling pattern. Several small, doll-like sculptures incorporate beading, colorful fabrics and evocative materials like goat fur and deer hide. "I embrace the handcrafted," says Gibson, which explains part of the need for assistants at his studio.
So that he's not plundering the traditions he admires, Gibson has strict rules. "I would never address anything to do with ceremony," he says. "I wasn't raised in a ceremonial lifestyle. I would never incorporate someone else's story without their permission. I would never steal someone's design. I would never copy anyone's beadwork or quillwork."
Like A Hammer, 2014.
That level of respect, and ability to turn it into something, came out of a fascinating personal journey. With a father that worked as a civil engineer for the U.S. Department of Defense, Gibson lived in different parts of Germany, Korea and the East Coast. After years of attending art schools in Chicago and London, he started his career as a professional artist. But despite having some success over the next 15 years, he was feeling stuck.
"I left every situation feeling frustrated," Gibson says now. "I had to talk to people as if I was a cultural interpreter. There was no freedom for me to do what I wanted to do." By 2009, he adds, "I was on the cusp of walking away from being an artist."
Luckily, a series of grants provided him the chance to take time to reboot. He used it for a cultural walkabout of sorts—a classic discovery quest. Gibson appears to have had an ongoing internal monologue: "I was like, 'Jeff, you know people. You can just call them up. You can talk to dancers, drummers, whatever you want to do.' So, that's what I did. And I went to Winnipeg. I went to Pine Ridge. I went to Oregon. I went to Oklahoma. And I met with people who make things. It just opened up everything."
Perhaps paradoxically, steeping himself more intensely in the work of indigenous makers seems to have also freed Gibson to come into his own, beholden to no one. The work included in the Denver show were produced after 2011.
"There was a big shift in my work. I had stopped painting on canvas, and I started working on more obvious Native-American materials— rawhide, beads, primarily wool—and that's where the exhibition starts," he says. Gibson still thinks of himself as a painter, one who often suffers from obsessive "painter's brain," which you can detect in the repetition of shapes and the subtle color gradations in his work.
Our Freedom is Worth More Than Our Pain, 2017.
The feedback he got for a 2012 show at the nonprofit New York art space Participant Inc. was a game changer. "It was like the first time people said, 'I totally get it. I'm interested in this,'" Gibson says. "It was a revelation."
He has been able to hit his stride partly by staying removed from the competition and gossip of the art world. "New York City was not good for me," says Gibson, who is married to an artist and loves the small-town lifestyle. The change of scenery helped further unleash something for him.
"Choctaw people are incredibly pragmatic, with absolute independence and determination," he says. "There's a real acceptance of the circumstances of the world. You're not a victim. You take care of yourself and you do what you need to do."
The Denver show and his other projects serve not only Gibson's own personal and artistic flowering but the wider representation he so pointedly demands—and the two together form a virtuous circle, feeding off of each other. "We're going from zero to one," he says of Native-American visibility. "But that one allows me to step further away from being a cultural interpreter and just step more into invention, you know?"
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A place of belonging. A true sense of home.
All people share this desire. For those of dual African American and Native American heritage, this powerful sense of home has been difficult to find. Because they have not fit into society's established racial categories, they've been denied a true sense of belonging.
Despite this challenge, the life experiences of African-Native American peoples have become a vital part of our American identity. Faced with centuries of government policies and laws that systematically oppressed and excluded them, they came together to find creative and effective ways to fight back. They established new, blended communities that drew strength from sharing traditions and philosophies. And, for more than 500 years, with their music, dance, craft, and food, African-Native Americans developed deeply rich cultural expressions that made an indelible mark on American life.


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Girls LEAD summer camp celebrates and empowers the future women leaders and change-makers of Barbados and welcomes Canadian High Commissioner and other dignitaries
London, ON – Leadership, self-development and becoming agents of change are all central values of Brescia University College's Girls LEAD Barbados Camp. These three values will be highlighted and celebrated at two of the Camp's distinctive events: Girls CAN Challenge on Friday, July 12th and its Closing Ceremonies on Friday, July 19th.
Girls LEAD Barbados is designed to provide girls with the tools to become exceptional leaders within a fun, supportive and educational environment. Established in 2010 by Brescia University College in London, Canada, the Camp originally ran for four consecutive summers during the period of 2010 – 2013, but was put on hold due to lack of funding. In 2019, the Camp was re-launched thanks to a three-year funding grant, which was generously donated by the University's foundresses through the Ursuline Sisters Chatham Legacy Fund. The grant will allow the camp to run in Barbados from summer 2019 through to 2021 and provide a unique camp experience for girls – at no cost to the participants.
As a part of the Camp's unique programming, on Friday, July 12th from 9:45 – 11:30 a.m.,the 18 Girls LEAD campers will have the opportunity to connect with four local women leaders for the Girls CAN Challenge. Taking place at the Ursuline Convent School, this motivational event will welcome outside speakers from diverse fields to share their experiences within their chosen career path. The 2019 speaker panel will include: Canadian High Commissioner, Marie Legault; Entrepreneur, Karuna Jakhar; Author and Speaker, Donna Every and UWI Deputy Dean and Lecturer, Sonia Mahon.
The Closing Ceremonies for the Camp will take place on Friday, July 19th at the Ursuline Convent School from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Campers will be given the opportunity to showcase what they have learned during the Camp to an audience of family members, sponsors, Ministry representatives, Ursuline Convent School Officials, Brescia University College alumnae and members of the public.
Media are welcome to attend the Girls CAN Challenge on Friday, July 12th and Closing Ceremonies on Friday, July 19th, where special guests and dignitaries will be present. For additional information, please visit: http://brescia.uwo.ca/girlslead/barbados/
Additional updates and photos can be found by following @GirlsLEADCamp and #GirlsLEAD on Twitter and Instagram.
Above: Campers and counsellors celebrate women in leadership at Girls LEAD Barbados
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Location: Ursuline Convent School
Time: 9:45 – 11:30 a.m.
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Marianne Simm, Vice-Principal Students, Brescia University College at 519-851-7935 or at msimm@uwo.ca or Caitlin Core, Communications, Marketing & External Relations Officer at 519-432-8353, ext. 28280 or at ccore@uwo.ca.
Brescia University College, Canada's women's university college, is affiliated with Western University. The 1,500 women registered as either full- or part-time students at Brescia study a wide variety of subjects in the Schools of Behavioural & Social Sciences, Food & Nutritional Sciences, Humanities and Leadership & Social Change in an empowering, compassionate, student-centred and invigorating environment. Degrees are granted by Western. The Catholic University College welcomes students from all backgrounds and values diversity. For more current and archived news, a listing of faculty experts, and photos please visit our Online Media Room, at http://media.bresciauc.ca/ .
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"Any angler fishing in and around Lough Derg will probably have been influenced in some way while on holiday in County Clare by Mike Daly. He moved to Ireland many years ago and operated a BB around Killaloe area but these days has a smaller guesthouse taking a maximum of three anglers – and catches loads of bream, tench, roach, hybrids and big perch.
Mike suffered a heart attack a few months back and since then has had a quadruple by-pass and feels really good and getting even better!
Bill Delves (St Helens AA), Frank Lythgoe (Warrington AA) and I fished together with Mike on Lough Derg in late June and in one session bagged over 500lb of big bream and roach. It was a terrific day.
"And don't forget to tell everyone that I'm taking bookings for 2016", said Mike!
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A Conversation with Jacqueline Osherow
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Poet Jacqueline Osherow was raised in Philadelphia, where she says Hebrew school instilled in her the idea that words really, really matter. She remembers listening to the Psalms, but it wasn't until she came to Utah that she finally understood the passage, "I will lift my eyes to the mountains, where help will come." Tuesday, the University of Utah professor of English and Creative Writing joins Doug to talk about poetry, Judaism, Italian art, and much more.
Jacqueline Osherow is a distinguished professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Utah. She's the author of seven poetry collections. Her most recent is called Ultimatum From Paradise. [Amazon|Indiebound]
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The Dieppe Raid: Montgomery's Role Reassessed
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Attached is a paper which may be of interest to those of you studying the Dieppe Raid; it is taken from the following publication Perspectives on Warfighting, Number 3, Selected Papers from the 1992 (59th Annual) Meeting of the Society for Military History which was hosted by the Command and Staff College of the Marine Corps University.
Bernard Montgomery has been charged with various sins
in connection with the Dieppe raid. He supposedly initiated the
change from a flank to a frontal assault; insisted that a Canadian
division take on the task; ordered that the assault be launched in
daylight instead of darkness; took the decision to proceed without
heavy bombing support; and, merely in reaction to the snub
of being removed from the chain of command, advised that the
operation be cancelled for all time. Others involved in the raid
have certainly shown little reluctance to blame Montgomery for
the plan's shortcomings, especially after Montgomery, in his
memoirs, criticized the planning and sought to absolve himself
of responsibility for it. But, as will be shown, most of their
claims are without foundation and originate in the post-raid
maneuverings by individuals and organizations to shift blame
away from themselves.
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Every leap forward is also an opportunity to look back and appreciate the groundbreakers, achievers and innovators that put the University of South Florida on the map. Here's a look back at the traditions that unite us, across generations.
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With many different early name suggestions, the "Golden Brahman" was selected as the official mascot of USF in November 1962. Students reasoned that, since Florida was a cattle-raising state like Texas, USF needed a mascot comparable to the Texas Longhorns mascot. In the late 1980s, the mascot evolved into the "Bulls."
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$1811 Up For Grabs In Call Before You Dig Late Model 50 At Stafford
Posted on August 9, 2018 by Scott Running	Posted in News
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Tom Fearn will be looking to continue his mastery of the Late Model division this season when the Late Model division takes to the track on Friday, August 17 for the Call Before You Dig Late Model 50, which will pay the winner $1,811. Fearn and the #92 King Ward Coach Lines team have racked up 10 feature wins in 15 starts this season and they are currently riding a 12-race streak of consecutive top-2 finishes with 10 wins and 2 second place finishes.
"The extra money is nice and I have to give a big shout out to Call Before You Dig for their involvement with the race and their continued involvement with Stafford through the Late Model 50 and the 811 Challenge," said Fearn. "It would be really big to win the $1,811. Winning races is a great feeling for myself, the team, our sponsors, and friends. It sets a good mood for everyone involved and that keeps us focused on coming back the next week and doing it again."
With a victory in the August 3 Late Model feature at Stafford, Fearn overtook Ryan Posocco as the track's winningest Late Model driver with 46 career wins. Fearn is also Stafford's winningest ProStock driver with 17 career wins. Despite his 63 career wins, one win that has eluded Fearn over the years is an extra distance victory. Fearn has come close with several second place efforts in the past, and he would like to be able to add an extra distance race to his plethora of Stafford victories.
"I don't think I've ever won an extra distance race at Stafford," said Fearn. "I know we've finished second in a couple of them in the past so it would be nice to add that to our win total. We're confident for the race. We have a couple different scenarios that we're preparing for that we can put into action. With the long distance races we haven't always had the finishes but I feel like we've run well in them. With the races we've won this season, I would say we're probably the favorites going into the race but I wouldn't be disappointed with a second or third place finish. We usually don't do anything different with the setup for this race. We carry extra weight with more fuel for the extra distance race, but other than that it's pretty much the same. Hopefully we can be there at the end contending for the win. If we could win this race, it would really put a cap on the season."
With 10 wins to his credit this season, Fearn has surpassed his win total of 2016 and 2017 when he won 5 and 3 races respectively. Despite winning 10 races once before in 2015, Fearn says that the 2018 season has come as a surprise to himself and his crew.
"This season has definitely been a surprise," said Fearn. "We won 10 races a couple years ago and that was great but last year we only had 3 wins and year before that we had 5 wins. We had to ask ourselves how we could get back to that form and hopefully our win total wasn't going to keep on going down. The Late Model tire was changed over the winter and we made some adjustments for that and the car has really taken to those adjustments. I think that everyone else is catching up to us. Kevin Gambacorta was right there with us last week and if I made one mistake he would have been in front of me. We've kept up with a few adjustments on the car as the weather has warmed up and we're looking to finish the season out strong."
Joining the Late Models in feature action will be Stafford's SK Modifieds®, SK Lights, Limited Late Models, and Street Stocks. Tickets for the August 17 Call Before You Dig 811 50 event are are priced at $20.00 for adult general admission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and under are admitted free of charge when accompanied by an adult. Reserved seat tickets are $23.00 for all ages. All ticket prices include 10% CT Admission Tax. Stafford Motor Speedway offers plenty of free parking along with overnight parking available for self contained Recreational Vehicles.
For more information, contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at 860-684-2783 or visit us on the web at www.staffordspeedway.com.
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Visit Ostuni And The Itria Valley: Top 10 Things To Do
What to do in Ostuni and in the Itria Valley (Puglia)?
Visit Ostuni: the essentials
1. The historic center
2. Ostuni Cathedral
3. The episcopal palace
4. The Museum of Preclassical Civilizations of Southern Murgia
5. The Piazza della Liberta
6. The churches of Ostuni
What to do around Ostuni (Itria Valley)?
7. Alberobello
8. Cisternino / Locorotondo
9. The regional natural park of the coastal dunes of Torre Canne and Torre San Leonardo
10. Torre Guaceto
Visit Ostuni in 1 day
Visit Ostuni and its surroundings in 2 days
Where to sleep in Ostuni
Where to eat in Ostuni
Tourist map of Ostuni
Are you going to Puglia? Also read
Visit Ostuni, in Italy , is to discover the famous "White City" of Puglia.
Perched on 3 hills, the Citta Bianca can be seen from afar and is one of the essentials to visit during a stay in Puglia . It symbolizes the starting point of the Itria valley , known for its villages classified among the most beautiful in Puglia and its vast expanses of olive trees.
Thanks to our Top 10 things to see and do in Ostuni, walk its pretty alleys and don't miss any of the places of interest. Follow our itinerary to visit the city and its surroundings in 1 or 2 days.
As always, I have also prepared a list of the best hotels in Ostuni . Why not take advantage of your trip to the South of Italy to sleep in a masseria , these old typical Puglia farms?
So what to see in Ostuni and in the Itria Valley ?
As everywhere in Puglia and in the towns and villages of Italy, most places of interest to see in Ostuni are concentrated in the historic center.
The old town of Ostuni, however, has a very special charm thanks to its whitewashed houses , from which the town derives its nickname "white town". It was in the Middle Ages that the practice of covering lime facades developed, the aim being to bring a little light into the narrow streets. Today this tradition is lost a little but the city has retained all its cachet.
In the historic center of Ostuni, you can walk through narrow alleys, passages and stairs, leading you to the main monuments to see like the cathedral or the palace which I will tell you about in detail right after.
Everywhere you will find pretty craft or souvenir shops , small restaurants and cafes where to stop for a drink. There are also many views of the surroundings of Ostuni, the surrounding countryside and the Adriatic Sea, just 8 km away.
The Travel Tips
To visit Ostuni, park your car just before entering the city , in one of the paid car parks. The city, and more particularly the tourist center, is a maze of fairly narrow or one-way streets when access to cars is not simply prohibited, in short a hassle to park (assuming you find a place) !
Ostuni, the white city of Puglia, in southern Italy
Ostuni Cathedral is the main tourist site to see in Ostuni. It is at the top of the highest hill , so you have to go up a little in the alleys to discover it.
Built from the 15th century and dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta , it took almost a century for it to be completed. It has a rather original exterior facade , in the Romanesque-Gothic style, a mixture of connected and convex curves . You can also admire a beautiful stone rose window at the heart of which Christ enthroned surrounded by 7 cherubs. Its 24 departments represent the 24 hours of the day.
The interior is to be seen for its painted ceiling and its beautiful frescoes depicting scenes from the life of Christ.
Ostuni Cathedral in the Itria Valley
Right next to the cathedral is the second must-see building in Ostuni, the Episcopal Palace or Palazzo Vescovile in Italian.
Built in the 16th century, its particularity rests on the loggia used to connect the palace to the cloister of the cathedral . A rather unusual construction that one does not necessarily expect to find in Puglia. In any case, with the cathedral in the background or the white alleys, the place is perfect for a photo break.
The interior of the palace houses the Diocesan Museum , a very modern museum , open only in the summer of 2017. Divided into 6 sections, you can take turns admiring archaeological remains from the Messapian era, a collection of objects used by the church, paintings and a collection of books and documents relating to local historical events.
At the end of your visit, do not forget to pass by the Bishop Garden , a small garden adjoining the palace and offering a breathtaking view of the whole Itria valley.
Find information for opening hours and prices on the official website (in Italian and English).
The episcopal palace where the diocesan museum is located, in Ostuni
During your day trip to Ostuni, I recommend that you visit the Museum of Preclassical Civilizations of Southern Murgia.
Under this long and somewhat barbaric name hides one of the most interesting visits to do in Ostuni. The museum is located in the center of the old town, in the former Carmelite monastery.
It houses an astonishing and unique discovery in the world: the skeleton of a young woman who died in childbirth at the age of 20 and her fetus, 25,000 years old !
The young woman, nicknamed Délia and the fetus baptized Ostuni 1st, were found in the cave of Santa Maria di Agnano, about ten minutes by car from Ostuni. You can observe the body, found in a contracted position, the head adorned with a headdress made of hundreds of small shells. Evidence of Delia's membership in a group of hunters, flints and horse teeth were also found next door.
Other than that, you can also see some archaeological remains found in the caves around Ostuni.
The museum is very small and can be visited quickly, note that most of the explanations are in Italian.
Price, opening hours and access, it's on the official website.
The Museum of Civilization, in the Saint Vit Martyr Church, Ostuni
Piazza della Liberta is the main square in Ostuni , marking the entrance to the historic center.
In particular, you can admire:
the municipal palace, built in the 18th century
the column of Sant'Oronzo , patron saint of the city
Saint Francis of Assisi church whose origins date back to the Middle Ages
In the evening, piazza della Liberta turns into the ideal place in Ostuni for a drink on one of the many café terraces, an ice cream or dinner in one of the many restaurants typical of Puglia.
Take advantage of your visit to the square to go to the Ostuni tourist office, located next to the municipal palace. Here you can get a map of the old town and tips on what to see around and in the Itria Valley.
The column of Sant'Oronzo, on the piazza della liberta, in Ostuni
During your visit to Ostuni, and during your walk in the alleys, you can admire, in addition to the cathedral, many churches.
The churches to see in Ostuni:
Saint Vit Martyr Church, which houses the Museum of Civilization. It was built in the pure baroque style of Lecce
the Church of Santiago de Compostela , the oldest in Ostuni
Church of the Holy Spirit
the church of Saint Francois d'Assise, built in 1304 and redone in 1883, for its magnificent altar and stained glass window.
the Sainte-Marie de l'Etoile church whose location at the top of the ramparts offers a beautiful panorama of the surroundings of Ostuni
The Chiesa del Carmine , with its pretty neoclassical facade, in the lower part of the city.
Interior of the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, in Ostuni
To help you plan your trip to Puglia, here are the 4 best things to do around Ostuni:
It is the most famous and certainly the most touristic village in the valley of Itria and Puglia , to see around Ostuni: Alberobello .
From Ostuni, it takes around 45 minutes by car to reach it.
Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site , Alberobello is known worldwide for its Trulli, typical dwellings in this region of Puglia. Besides, you must have seen it before arriving at Alberobello, because the Trulli dot the surrounding countryside and the whole valley of Itria.
But what is a trulli? Quite simply a small house with a conical roof , the walls of which are mounted with limestone and then whitewashed. The peculiarity of Alberobello is that there are hundreds of them gathered in the same place and which gives it a unique charm in the world.
The main attraction of this village remains to wander the streets to admire them. Most of them are now converted into souvenir shops and tourist restaurants.
To learn all about the things to do and see in Alberobello, it's in our article: Visit Alberobello.
Better to visit Alberobello early in the morning or at the end of the day, if you want to avoid the crowds and tourist buses. Hundreds of tourists in such small streets, it immediately spoils the charm!
The famous Trulli of Alberobello, in the Itria valley
Between Ostuni and Alberobello, I advise you to stop in 2 villages classified among the most beautiful towns in Italy : Cisternino and Locorotondo.
Cisternino is the closest to Ostuni, around 20 minutes by car. Located in the Itria valley, its medieval center is more reminiscent of an oriental village with alleys, small staircases, houses with whitewashed walls and ideal places for an aperitif.
Locorotondo is a 35-minute drive from Ostuni. Built according to a circular plan, you can see several Cummerse, dwellings with rectangular bases and sloping roofs covered with flat stone tiles. Overlooking the entire Itria valley, it also offers several very beautiful views.
2 very nice little stops to do around Ostuni!
Church in the historic center of Locorotondo, in the Itria Valley
In the surroundings of Ostuni, do not miss the natural park of the coastal dunes of Torre Canne and Torre San Leonardo.
The park covers more than 1,000 hectares between the territory of Ostuni and Fasano , in the province of Brindisi. It runs along the coast for about 8 km and allows you to cross many landscapes : agricultural areas with pastures, olive groves, dunes or even wetlands.
You can choose to visit the dunes natural park on foot, but also on horseback, by bike or by electric car : 3 routes are available.
Finally, to conclude this Top 10 things to do and see in and around Ostuni, head to the Torre Guaceto nature reserve , located barely 30 minutes by car from Ostuni and equidistant from Brindisi.
Torre Guaceto is both a protected marine area and a nature reserve with 8 km of coastline and landscapes alternating between coves, wetlands, scrubland and dunes 15 meters high. You can indulge in many activities to discover it: hiking, cycling, scuba diving or sailing lessons.
You can also take the opportunity to relax on a magnificent sandy beach with clear, clean water. With the beach of Torre Pozzella (surrounded by wild vegetation) and that of Lido Morelli (the best known near Ostuni), it is one of the most beautiful beaches for swimming around Ostuni.
More information on the reserve website.
To visit Ostuni in 1 day , I recommend that you follow this itinerary:
Walk through the narrow streets of the historic center
Visit the Cathedral
Discovery of the Episcopal Palace and the Diocesan Museum
Climb to the Sainte-Marie church to admire the panorama over the Itria valley
Visit to the museum of civilizations
Lunch break around Piazza della Liberta
Afternoon at the beach in the Torre Guaceto nature reserve
La Chiesa del Carmine, in Ostuni, Puglia
1 day is enough to visit Ostuni, in 2 days, therefore venture around Ostuni:
Walk in 2 of the most beautiful villages in Italy: Cisternino and Locorotondo
Visit of the essential village in the Itria valley: Alberobello and its trulli
Afternoon in the regional natural park of the coastal dunes of Torre Canno and Torre San Leonardo
Hotel Tropical: Located 5 minutes by car from Ostuni and 10 minutes from the beach. Comfortable and colorful double room from 75 € per night, breakfast included. The most: the situation to visit Ostuni, the very nice staff, private parking.
Grand Hotel masseria Santa Lucia: The hotel is located about 10 minutes' drive from the center of Ostuni. It is located both in the countryside, quiet and close to the seaside (direct access on foot from the hotel). Comfortable, bright double room with private terrace from 150 € (low season) to 250 € in high season, breakfast included. The most: the superb swimming pool, the Spa, the solarium by the beach, the calm. It is our choice for a relaxing and relaxed stay in Ostuni!
Masseria Salinola: This masseria is located just a 5-minute drive from Ostuni. It is located in the countryside, in a very quiet location. The rooms and apartments are housed in a beautiful typical building, entirely renovated but respecting the original style. Cozy double room, tastefully decorated from 300 € per night in high season, breakfast included. The most: the decoration, the rustic and warm charm of the place, the gargantuan breakfast (and I am not exaggerating!), The outdoor swimming pool, the very welcoming staff. This is our recommendation for a romantic luxury stay in Ostuni!
Impasto Napoletano: Located 200 meters from Piazza della Liberta, via Antonio Specchia. Wide choice of pizzas, plentiful and delicious between 5.50 € and 8.50 €. Fast service and super nice boss, we recommend it for a good pizza. Open only in the evening.
Vicolo 43 Bistro: Located via Arciduca Francesco Antonio Zaccaria. Excellent regional and Italian cuisine served in a beautiful setting. Friendly and attentive service with French speaking waiters. All for an excellent quality / price ratio. Reservation recommended.
Il Fienile: Located on the contrada Rosara in a beautiful old building, a little out of the way. The restaurant offers quality cuisine serving typical dishes but with a touch of originality. Excellent welcome from a dynamic and friendly team. Excellent value.
To help you visualize the city a little better, I have made you a tourist map of Ostuni listing the places to visit I am talking about in this top 10 things to do in Ostuni. You can display the legend of the map by clicking on the button at the top left with a small arrow.
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Counter Balance Challenging Public Investment Banks
Human Rights Defenders in EIB-financed projects: a long way to go
From Colombia to Kenya, 25 cases of threats and attacks against human rights defenders reveal how development financiers can fuel abuses or help fight them
By Aleksandra Antonowicz-Cyglicka, Bankwatch
A new report from the Coalition for Human Rights in Development and the Defenders in Development Campaign reveals the alarming impact ill-planned investments in infrastructure, energy, and other development activities are having on the safety and wellbeing of human rights defenders around the world.
The EU Development Days taking place in Brussels these days come with the strong message "Building a world which leaves no one behind". But will EU development finance work in line with this slogan, or will it still fund projects without full control on their impact on the most vulnerable people?
Violet Nabwango in her house. Photo by K.Miękus
One of the cases featuring in this report is the Mombasa-Mariakani Road Project in Kenya. This major road project is financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and other public lenders including the German KfW, the African Development Bank and the European Union via its African Infrastructure Trust Fund. The project has been under Counter Balance's partners radar due to its human rights abuses.
The story of a threat
Jomvu community, a settlement on the outskirts of Mombasa, Kenya. It's been over 2 years now since the day when three members of the community were summoned to appear before the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC). The community members had previously filed complaints with the Complaints Mechanism of the EIB, one of the investors in the Mombasa-Mariakani Road Project, over the inadequate compensation they received for the property lost in May 2015 due to a forced eviction to make way for the road expansion. The DCC was serving both as a government functionary and as the chairman of the grievance redress mechanism committee set by the company in charge of the project. The community members testified that when they arrived at his office, the Commissioner told them that he had learned of their complaints and that if they ever again communicated with the project lenders he would denounce them as liars and might leave them out of any future compensation.
Something thus went wrong with how the EIB handled the complaints, as the complainants' identities were disclosed, exposing them to the risk of retaliation by the project promoter.
Talking with the Jomvu residents in May 2019, just after the mediation process facilitated by the EIB, they were not reassured. According to them, things haven't changed much and the company and local authorities' approach with the dwellers impacted by the project is still concerning. While the latest EIB mediation covered more than 300 complaints by impacted Mombasa suburbs dwellers, it is foreseen that this much-needed road will impact around 1000 people in total. Questions arise whether the bank will be able to manage so many complaints. On the ground, more and more people claimed to have submitted a complaint or to be planning to do so.
Uncalculated Risks contains 25 case studies of this type, highlighting the grave dangers faced by those who advocate for their communities and the environment in the context of development activities and the role of public development banks in exacerbating or mitigating those risks. Development banks have a wide range of tools, resources and leverage to ensure their investments respect human rights and involve meaningful participation of affected communities. Yet, too often development financiers turn a blind eye to human rights risks – and end up fueling abuses by governments, companies, and other actors.
The EIB is supporting several large-scale infrastructure projects in Kenya. It holds a local office in the capital Nairobi and cooperates with the EU delegation in the country. Making sure that the EIB's standards and guidelines to avoid human rights abuses are respected is part of this office's duties. Yet, having already conducted two mediation processes in Kenya linked to resettlement of local communities, it appears that from the EIB's perspective the impacts of its projects on local communities are treated as an unavoidable side story, which in the best case scenario can simply be contained to the minimum. But this model of development – far from "leaving no one behind" – advances at the expenses of the communities and their defenders, who end up paying the highest price for questioning it.
Uncalculated Risks: Threats and attacks against human rights defenders and the role of development banks is available for download at: www.rightsindevelopment.org/uncalculatedrisks
The report is authored by the Coalition for Human Rights in Development, with cases and contributions from: CEE Bankwatch, Plataforma Internacional Contra la Impunidad, Inclusive Development International, Fundar Center of Analysis and Research, Amazon Watch, Protection International, CooperAcción, Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN), Crude Accountability, El Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras (COPINH), Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), Bank Information Center, Movimiento Xingu Vivo Para Sempre, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), Equitable Cambodia, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, Nomogaia, Forest Peoples Programme, Movimiento Rios Vivos Antioquia, International Rivers, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), BIC Europe, China-Latin America Sustainable Investment Initiative (CLASII)
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Meet the local doctor behind 'Miracles From Heaven'
By Joan Anderman Globe Correspondent,March 27, 2016, 10:00 p.m.
Dr. Samuel Nurko, director of the Center for Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders at Boston Children's Hospital. A new movie is centered around one of his patients.Lane Turner/Globe Staff
Several years ago on a balmy winter day in Texas, 9-year-old Annabel Beam fell from a branch into the hollow body of an enormous cottonwood tree in her family's cow pasture. She tumbled down 30 feet, landed on her head, and was trapped for hours before rescuers could reach her.
That Anna survived the fall unharmed is amazing. That she emerged from the tree free of the two rare, chronic diseases she suffered from is described by both her pastor and her doctor as a miracle.
For Anna's physician, Dr. Samuel Nurko, director of the Center for Motility and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders at Boston's Children's Hospital, the abrupt disappearance of Anna's intestinal disorders following a major trauma is an extreme example of a certain kind of medical event he witnesses on a regular basis — the kind for which there is no scientific explanation.
"I haven't seen it to this degree, but we do see patients who have experiences that can reset the body," says Nurko. "It's like pressing control-alt-delete."
For Anna's family and their devout Christian community, there is no question that the girl's miraculous recovery was an act of God. While she was trapped in the tree, Anna told her parents, she met Jesus in heaven and he sent her back to earth with a guardian angel.
Her mother, Christy, wrote a memoir about it. "Miracles From Heaven," a film based on the book, is in theaters now, and Nurko is having a Hollywood moment. He walked the red carpet at the film's Chestnut Hill premiere with Jennifer Garner, who stars as Christy Beam. He's had boldface shout-outs in glossy magazines. He's watched himself played on the big screen by Mexican superstar Eugenio Derbez, right down to his signature Elmo tie.
"I loved the movie," Nurko says. But he declines to address the Beams' interpretation of Anna's sudden return to good health. "That is their story to tell."
Prior to Anna's fall, mother and daughter traveled regularly from their home near Burleson, Texas, a rural suburb of Fort Worth, to Boston for treatment and monitoring at Children's Hospital. Anna had been sick since she was 4 with pseudo-obstruction motility disorder and antral hypomotility disorder, illnesses for which there is no cure. The nerves and muscles in her intestines didn't contract normally, and as a result food, fluid, and air weren't able to properly move through Anna's body. By the time she was 5 she'd had multiple surgeries for intestinal obstructions. Anna's diet was largely liquid, her drug intake copious, and she was in near-constant pain.
Then she fell into the tree. Nurko thinks that Anna had a near-death experience, although he says it's impossible to know for sure.
"It was a major event in her inner self," he says, "that's the message. It's been shown in many cases that your inner well-being, your faith, your attitude, your beliefs and experiences, your family interactions, they are all going to affect how you react to disease."
From left: Kevin, Abbie, Adelynn, and Annabel Beam, Jennifer Garner, Christy Beam, and Dr. Samuel Nurko on the red carpet at the opening night of "Miracles From Heaven" in Chestnut Hill earlier this month.Scott Eisen/Getty Images for Allied Integrated Marketing
Nurko is describing the biopsychosocial model of medicine, known more colloquially as the mind-body connection. It is a driving principle of his practice, but despite growing evidence, Western medicine has been slow to embrace the notion that forces outside of the body may impact illness. Dr. Jeffrey Rediger, a practitioner at the nexus of medicine, psychiatry, and spirituality, is trying to change that.
"We're groaning toward a larger understanding of the power of the mind," says Rediger, who is medical director at the McLean Southeast Adult Psychiatric Program in Middleborough, an instructor at Harvard Medical School, and a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary. "We can't think ourselves into health, but the pattern I've seen over and over again is that if a person can have a deep change in their psyche or their soul, whether it happens quickly or over 10 years in psychotherapy, the body responds. It's an unmapped wilderness in our culture."
In the movie, (back) Martin Henderson and Jennifer Garner as Kevin and Christy Beam, and Kylie Rogers as Annabel Beam pushing Eugenio Derbez as Doctor Nurko.Chuck Zlotnick/Sony Pictures via AP
Spiritual experiences are an especially knotty problem for traditional science, Rediger says, rooted as it is in the assumption that thoughts and feelings must be excluded from the data in order to uncover objective reality. Regarding Anna Beam's "miracle," Rediger takes issue with the very definition of the word.
"I believe that miracles only contradict what we know of nature," he says. "I believe that miracles are actually consistent with mental and spiritual laws, it's just that we're in the very early stages of mapping them in the West. Modern physics values consciousness, and this is very slowly revising science. As we continue to become more interested as a culture in the power and capacities of the mind, I suspect we will see more interest in researching such capacities."
Nurko, meanwhile, would like to see more interest in researching gastrointestinal disease, and it's his fervent hope that the publicity surrounding "Miracles From Heaven" will increase awareness and funding for a range of disorders that he says affect 10 percent of all children.
He said the public is not inclined to get involved in gastrointestinal disorders.
"When you talk about poop and vomiting, people don't want to engage. It's not stem cells. Cancer is sexier. These kids get forgotten."
Anna's story, however, is unforgettable. When she returned to Children's Hospital for the first time after her fall, she was asymptomatic. Completely normal. A pizza eater. Nurko saw no need to run even a single test. Asked how surprised he was by Anna's headlong return to good health, he says he is consistently surprised by diseases not doing what doctors expect them to do.
"We think we know what's going to happen, but nature has a way to play games with us," says Nurko. "We see miracles every day here in the hospital."
Joan Anderman is a freelance writer. You can reach her at jcanderman@gmail.com.


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Zavinek (; in older sources also Zavinjak, locally also Savinek) is a small settlement south of Škocjan in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. Within the Municipality of Škocjan, it belongs to the Local Community of Škocjan. The area is part of the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.

Geography
The village consists of two parts, Dolnji Zavinek (literally, 'lower Zavinek') to the northwest and Gornji Zavinek (literally, 'upper Zavinek') to the southeast. It also includes the hamlet of Bajnof to the west, along the road to Škocjan. The soil is characterized by mor humus to the east, whereas there is loamy soil to the north. There are tilled fields to the east, northwest, and southwest, as well as meadows. The Zavinek Valley () extends into the forest to the northeast, on the margins of which there are springs: Kapler Spring (Kaplerjev studenec), Bregar Spring (Bregarjev studenec), and Upper Spring (Gorenji studenec).

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External links
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Populated places in the Municipality of Škocjan

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Agent Orange Memorial service recognizes Vietnam War veterans
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ROCKFORD — Of the 47 Vietnam veterans whose names are on the Agent Orange Memorial Wall at Midway Village and Museum Center, only six lived to see their 70th birthday.
Forty-one died from cancer and six lost their lives to heart disease.
"As you know millions of gallons of the Agent Orange herbicide were sprayed over millions of acres in Vietnam," said John Paddock, Agent Orange Committee chairman. "It did not matter what branch of service you were in or what your job was. If you were there, you were exposed."
Paddock presided over a somber ceremony Sunday to recognize 10 Vietnam veterans from Winnebago County who died from exposure to the herbicide in recent years. Several hundred people gathered at the LZ Peace Memorial hilltop for the name unveiling.
Agent Orange is a defoliant chemical used by the United States in the Vietnam War to eliminate forest cover and crops to expose North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. Those exposed, including many U.S. veterans, suffer from a range of diseases and cancers as a result.
Keynote speaker Pat Deery was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division in an assault helicopter company known as the Comanchero's. He flew a UH1 Huey helicopter similar to the one displayed at the LZ Peace Memorial.
He addressed the family members and friends of the 10 veterans whose names were added to the Agent Orange Memorial.
"Not all of what I will talk about will be true for all of them," he said. "Hopefully, some will apply to each of them."
Deery said the veterans were proud of what they did to protect freedom and liberties that Americans enjoy. He said they felt a sense of patriotism and at times they felt alone.
"It was not fashionable to talk about what we did and saw in Vietnam," he said. "The war was unpopular. It was ugly. Yet, it was a huge part of who we were as young veterans."
Deery said some veterans felt betrayed by politicians and "by those responsible for the use of Agent Orange without fully disclosing the consequences of exposure to dioxins."
He also told the families that their loved ones "felt the love and appreciation from all of you, as I did from my wife and family, not only when they returned, but during the times they endured difficult emotions and the real pain associated with their exposure to Agent Orange."
The names of the Vietnam veterans added to the wall are: James Biesiadecki, Army; Roger Campbell, Army; Michael Daugherty, Army; Grant Fisher, Navy; Larry Jackson, Marine Corps; Ronald Locarno, Army; Marvin Osterholz, Army; Clarence Nygren, Army; Donald Steffen, Army; and Charles Wolfe, Army.
To qualify for the Agent Orange Memorial Wall, you must be a Vietnam veteran with an honorable discharge; must possess a DD-214, discharge papers; death certificate; and any paper from the Veterans Administration showing the veteran was being treated or had a disability because of Agent Orange.
For more information about the Agent Orange Memorial Wall, call John Paddock at 847-727-9520 or Nick Parnello at 815-963-0809.
Chris Green: 815-987-1241; cgreen@rrstar.com; @chrisfgreen


GSI Opens Laboratory in Hong Kong.GSI, one of the largest gemological organizations in the world, has opened a new laboratory in Hong Kong. The new facility will serve its international customer base and will offer easy and complete access to GSI's numerous laboratory services. GSI's Hong Kong office will offer a variety of services from grading loose diamonds and jewelry to screening and testing jewelry for undisclosed lab-grown diamonds.
"Hong Kong is a major hub for the international diamond and jewelry Industry. With the opening of GSI Hong Kong, GSI has its laboratories in every major diamond and jewelry center across the globe," said Debbie Azar, GSI President & Co-Founder.
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Home Venice Beach News What's Next for Venice High School? 14 Students Face Charges for Sex...
What's Next for Venice High School? 14 Students Face Charges for Sex Crimes.
Venice High School's Interim Principal Fonna Bishop welcomed parents, guardians, and the Venice High School Community at a meeting held last night addressing the recent arrests of several students.
Los Angeles Police have now arrested 12 of the 14 students believed to have been involved in producing and distributing, via social media, photos and videos involving sexual acts. All students are between the ages of 14 -17 rendering the issue of whether or not the acts where consensual or forced irrelevant, as under the law minors cannot give consent to a sexual act.
Parents had the opportunity to ask questions, writing them on cue cards.
A major concern was why the arrests occurred during school hours. Los Angeles School Police department Chief Steven Zipperman explained this was done to preserve evidence. As the pictures and videos had been shared via social media off electronic devices school police needed to "arrest all students simultaneously so as not to loose evidence" he said.
Budget cuts have seen the number of security officers reduced at the school however one parent was concerned introducing more police and security would turn Venice High School into a police state.
Zipperman said that while school security and police make positive mentors and role models for students it was necessary that "young people understand the importance of respectfulness and treating each other with dignity."
LAUSD Superintendent Cheryl Hildreth said it was important they "craft next steps from within the school" and that what happens next is not a directive passed down from the district but an empowered decision from within Venice High School.
Principal Bishop said the focus in the lead up to Spring Break would be the ongoing investigation and after this, the school would be able to focus on healing and rebuilding a reputation the community can be proud of.
As a show of support Venice High School students have embraced a more positive use of social media, spreading the hashtag #venicehighschoolisgreatbecause…


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The GOP wants to cancel Coca-Cola — but keep corporate taxes low
The GOP is out of ideas that don't involve fighting "cancel culture."
Republicans know they like power and money. But corporations? Hmm.Anjali Nair / MSNBC; Getty Images
April 6, 2021, 9:31 AM UTC
By Hayes Brown, MSNBC Opinion Columnist
If you'd asked me, say, five years ago what the Republican Party's economic ideology was, I'd have boiled it down to something like "Government interference in free market capitalism is a hindrance to liberty and growth — and potentially a gateway to socialism."
At this point, however, I regret to inform you that I have no idea what the party is thinking, because Republican elites now treat the free market like a tragic casualty of the culture war. In place of a coherent message is a garbled mess of contradictory beliefs: Corporate taxes should remain low; government should strip corporations of their tax benefits as political punishment; corporate money is free speech; boycotting and shaming corporations over their "cancel culture"-fueled choices is good; corporations' boycotting states for passing laws is bad; raising any taxes to pay for infrastructure is creeping socialism; antitrust laws should be enforced — but only against "woke" corporations.
In essence, even as the GOP is quadrupling down on social conservativism, it can no longer credibly call itself fiscally conservative — unless it's in the pursuit of the culture war its members are counting on for the party's survival.
I've been trying to piece together a coherent narrative/ideology from the GOP's current "anti-corporate taxes but also anti-'woke' corporations" stance and this is the best I could come up with pic.twitter.com/0SIZeTSLNo
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) April 6, 2021
After voting as a bloc against President Joe Biden's Covid-19 relief bill, congressional Republicans are gearing up to oppose the White House's infrastructure proposal. The GOP knows that it can't allow another big, popular win for Biden, so they're hammering at the price tag in hope of erasing the president's bipartisan support.
This is familiar territory for most Republican vets, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who called the plan "a Trojan horse" last Wednesday. "It's called infrastructure, but inside the Trojan horse it's going to be more borrowed money and massive tax increases on all the productive parts of our economy," McConnell said.
His bit about "tax increases" is aimed squarely at the corporate tax hike that the Biden administration wants to use to pay for the plan. But it's hard to take the GOP seriously on that front, for reasons of its own making.
Pete Buttigieg: Every part of Biden's infrastructure plan is popular
President Donald Trump's years in office were spent racking up deficits, as neither he nor the Republicans in control of Congress for the first half of his term really seemed all that interested in balancing the budget. As I predicted, the second Biden was sworn in, the GOP remembered that it hates deficits.
It's a disconnect that "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace pointed out during an interview with Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. "When I hear, for instance, Mitch McConnell talking now about 'well, debt and deficits,' hasn't the Republican Party, haven't you, lost your credibility on this issue?" Wallace asked.
Republican elites now treat the free market like a tragic casualty of the culture war.
Blunt said no, but his colleagues haven't exactly helped him out with principled arguments — and that includes McConnell.
You see, the GOP's front in the culture war is being fought against the corporations that Biden is allegedly a crypto-socialist for attacking. Delta Airlines, Georgia's biggest private employer, came out against the state's recently passed election law. So did Coca-Cola, another corporate titan based in Atlanta. Major League Baseball, normally the most conservative of pro sports leagues, pulled the All-Star Game out of Georgia in response to the law's passage. A similar legislative effort by Texas Republicans drew rebukes from Dell and American Airlines.
'National temper tantrum': Hayes on GOP bid to cancel critics of voter suppression
These and other "woke" companies have given too much ground to the liberal outrage mob in conservatives' eyes. In response, Georgia legislators voted to strip Delta of a tax break on jet fuel as punishment. (The state Senate didn't pass the bill before it adjourned for the year last week.)
We also got Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, refusing an offer to throw out the first pitch at the Texas Rangers' home opener. In his letter to the Rangers on Monday, he also vowed to not use state resources to pursue the All-Star Game or other MLB events. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent out angry tweets about MLB's somehow hypocritical support for needing IDs to buy beer and paying money to attend games. (Which are, in fact, bad arguments.)
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, suggested stripping MLB of the antitrust exemption Congress granted it in retribution. And McConnell, the man who has built his career on letting corporations spend limitless amounts of cash in elections, warned in a statement that if "parts of the private sector keep dabbling in behaving like a woke parallel government," then these companies "will invite serious consequences." (Consequences like, say, a higher corporate tax rate? Just offering suggestions, senator.)
U.S. companies face boycott threats over Georgia voting law
Conservative blogger Allahpundit gave the written equivalent of an eye roll to the histrionics, urging elected officials to "skip the legislative threats; organize boycotts and focus on shaming them for their hypocrisy at every turn." He and The Washington Post's Greg Sergeant also correctly noted that the reason Democrats are hammering on Georgia's bill so hard that corporations are taking notice is that the GOP refused to dispel Trump's voter fraud lies after last year's election.
And yet, in a perfect summation of the confused state of conservative thinking, Fox News ran a whole segment Monday complaining about Hollywood's use of businessmen as movie villains.
I regret to inform you that Fox is furious at movie villains again pic.twitter.com/v3Gb4o98qE
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) April 5, 2021
There is a method to this madness, or at least the inkling of one, that way Republicans have succeeded in drawing in voters only by using Trump's tactics centering white grievance. "Talking about corporate tax cuts and reducing burdensome regulations doesn't do it for our new voters," a Republican lobbyist told NBC News. "I guess it's not that exciting. It might be exciting for those country club Republicans we lost, but we're losing them."
Josh Kraushaar of National Journal found something similar in a political memo circulating among House Republicans:
While it argues that the GOP should embrace a working-class agenda to accelerate the realignment taking place between the parties, nearly all of the issues Banks highlights (except for trade policy) are cultural in nature: 1) immigration; 2) anti-wokeness; 3) Big Tech; 4) trade; and 5) coronavirus lockdowns.
The trouble is that once you embrace the idea that the only two pillars of your party's ideology are built on Trumpism, which is impossible to replicate without Trump, and capturing white voters' anger at liberalism, it leaves everything else by the wayside. And that's how you get a party so adrift intellectually that in the same week, its most powerful elected member is both anti-corporate taxes and anti-corporations.
Hayes Brown is a writer and editor for MSNBC Daily, where he helps frame the news of the day for readers. He was previously at BuzzFeed News and holds a degree in international relations from Michigan State University.


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