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Mother Language: A Q&A With Tina Chang
Jerome Ellison Murphy
Poet, activist, editor, educator: One finds Tina Chang wearing as many hats in her daily life as there are layers of identity in her poetic work. Born in Oklahoma to Chinese immigrants, Chang was a year old when her family moved to New York City, not long after which she and her brother moved to Taiwan to live with relatives for two years. Perhaps it's this early history that informs Chang's idea of "the porous nature of boundaries—geographic, cultural, and metaphoric," which she says has both evaded and invaded her imagination.
In addition to publishing two earlier collections, Half-Lit Houses (Four Way Books, 2004) and Of Gods & Strangers (Four Way Books, 2011), Chang coedited the anthology Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry From the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond (Norton, 2008), which poet Carolyn Forché described as "a field guide to the human condition in our time, a poetic survival manual." As the poet laureate of Brooklyn, New York—she is the first woman to hold the post—Chang has organized initiatives for youth in underserved communities and events such as the New York City Poetry Rally against racial injustice. It's no surprise that in 2017, Brooklyn Magazine named Chang one of the "100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture."
Chang's new collection, Hybrida, published in May by Norton, may be her most resonant and timely project. Exploring concerns related to mothering a son with Haitian American heritage, positing hybridity as integral to the search for a new American lexicon, Hybrida has been described by Terrance Hayes as a "mature, masterful collection" that "mixes and remixes social and familial resonances; reconfigures forms, myths, and prophecies; and records the hybrid sounds of love." I recently spoke with Chang about her artistic influences, her sense of history and mythology, and the poetic imagination in a fraught political moment.
While Hybrida explicitly engages the cultural zeitgeist, using various real-life incidents at the crossroads of race and gender, the reader notices a strong sense of elemental forces in this collection, particularly water. A grin becomes "a boat afloat at sea" in "Creation Myth," "water teeters at the edge" in "She, As Painter," and the speaker strikes down "white caps of longing" in "Prophecy," among other examples. This creates an almost chthonic undercurrent to that frontline reportage, a tactile sense of storm and flood. How does this relate to the collection's concerns about immigration, motherhood, and shifting identity? Was this imagery deployed as deliberate thematic commentary?
I've always been fascinated with water. When I was a young girl, I was afraid of drowning because I never learned to swim properly. It was only as an adult that I tried to master swimming. Most of my life, though, I watched water from afar, wondering and dreaming about it instead of swimming or floating in it. There was a longing to be immersed in something larger than me while feeling overwhelmed by its sheer force and power. Growing up, I was also fascinated by water in the Catholic tradition: holy water as a way of cleansing, renewing, and baptism. It marked a passage from unknowing to knowing and also something pure that was once stained. The Bible also offered water as a symbolic image: Jesus walking on water, God splitting the red sea, Noah's Ark and the flood narrative. Taking in these stories as a young girl, my imagination was wild with its own interpretation of water, and my view of it had a lot to do with power, division, and immersion. I also saw it as an emotional image that conjured feelings of both calm and chaos.
Because it was such a flexible and inspiring force, I found myself returning to water often when I relied on myth as reportage. When speaking about identity, personhood, and motherhood felt overly direct and didn't allow room for creative participation, I utilized mythological symbols such as water—and also its opposite, fire—to allow the images to pave the way for more expansive interpretation. Water is also a clear divider between two worlds: land and sea, tangible and intangible, reality and dream.
The middle of the book features a zuihitsu—a Japanese form and genre akin to the lyric essay that is sometimes translated as "running brush." Your use of the form seems to lend itself to this sense of elemental immersion, as if these fragments of essay, reportage, and lyric emerge and submerge in a moving current. But as you note, it's also a way of being indirect. Do you find poetry to be more effective artistically and/or politically when it employs strategies of indirectness?
Racial tension exists at the heart of Hybrida. It is difficult not to be completely direct when speaking about race because what we're really talking about are matters of essential self, personal identity, and even safety. But I also wanted to address an open space of wonder, and perhaps that's why I drew on myth and form. When I employed the zuihitsu form, I was letting go of aspects of poetic tradition that made me feel personally bound to Western, mostly white structures. I was influenced by Kimiko Hahn's modern take on the zuihitsu. It's an Eastern, female form and its freedom lies in fragmentation and even welcomed chaos. The embrace of intended disorganization felt right to me. After Trump was elected, I couldn't embody polite neatness or any of the holy prescriptions I had so devotedly consumed in my youth. Growing up, I tried to do everything perfectly by attempting to write linear, tidy poems. I was no longer that person, and my poetic forms had to follow me wherever I wandered. I had to come to a meeting place with form and that was a place of struggle. I welcomed that.
Writing zuihitsu, I was able to approach difficult subjects from varied perspectives and modes of language. I've always been fascinated how the language used for news/reportage, lyric poems, essays, grocery lists is entirely different. We engage in this English language and shape-shift as we move from social media to conversation to journaling to letter writing. We are the same person moving through these mediums and yet our language finds different nuance. I hoped to write toward that elemental difference. I don't know if that approach is effective, but it gave me a way to more clearly examine how we use words as political tools. For example, the reporting of Michael Brown's death in a newspaper is very different from the language Lesley McSpadden, his mother, uses to describe the loss of her son. This to me was mother language, as far and as deep as the heart can reach. When I compressed these linguistic patterns together in the form of a zuihitsu, it revealed something about our present moment and the delicacy of words.
You've mentioned returning to the work of poets Jack Gilbert, Carolyn Forché, Nazim Hikmet, Agha Shahid Ali, and Federico García Lorca more than once. Is there a common denominator among these influences? Are there more recent influences? Hybrida's use of ekphrasis reminded me of Claudia Rankine's Citizen, and I wondered whether visual influences have become equally important.
Just the mere mention of these poets makes me pause. I greatly admire their work, their writing, their teaching, their humanitarian efforts, and their voices as they speak out against dominant political power structures. To function as a working poet is one thing. To live a life devoted to communal survival is another.
I recently took part in a discussion with local and national poets laureate in the United States. I would count all of them as people I admire who often place the community before themselves: Adrian Matejka, Vogue Robinson, Kealoha, Jeanetta Calhoun Mish, and Tracy K. Smith. Speaking to them, I came to understand we operate similarly. Many of us perform a job with long hours and no pay or office. So what keeps us going? I think we each see a life in the arts as not a luxury, but something essential to the lived experience.
As for the influence of Citizen, I greatly admire Rankine's use of ekphrastic curation. I can read Citizen first as a picture book, gleaning so much from the visual imagery. I can interpret her choices of photography, sculpture, and video as a way to relay a sequenced story. When the text is introduced, it produces a wholly new experience, and that multiplicity of engagement with the material makes for a really moving experience. We can call the text lyric essays, prose poems, maybe poetic reportage. There is really so much to learn from Citizen, so much to discuss and continuously interpret. It's a house where one door leads to another, then to another, and then I'm led to the wilderness.
In keeping with the zuihitsu, maybe I can see Hybrida as one long zuihitsu, a continuous dialogue that leads from one stage of conversation to another, which includes the visual image. It's probably most apparent in the piece "4 Portraits," where I engage with artwork by Kehinde Wiley, Alexandria Smith, Sondra Perry, and Kara Walker. When I approached these artists I admire about my project, they immediately said yes, which was a shock to me. Then I fought with myself over whether to include their artwork—since the visual images often employ the Black experience as subject matter and are created by Black artists, I was very conscious of the appropriation of images. I did not want to lay claim to a Black American experience as my own. I am Asian American and my husband is Haitian American; my son is biracial and I spoke as a mother to his experience and our communal experience as a family. I was eventually able to include the artwork as a conversation of maternal hope and protection. As I state in the zuihitsu, that mother language is a valid and ancient one.
This year is being celebrated as the bicentennial of Walt Whitman's birth. Particularly in your role as poet laureate of Brooklyn, how do you relate to someone like Whitman, who is often a problematic figure? (In a well-known case at Northwestern University, a student refused to perform a musical interpretation of Whitman on the basis of his racial views.)
I'll be the first to say that Whitman's views on race are extremely problematic. It's hard to excuse his remarks toward and about Native American, Black, and Asian communities. In this light, it has been hard for me to embrace him wholeheartedly. In recent poetry projects I have specifically invited a diverse set of readers to reinterpret his work. When they recite lines from "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," they present a new way of looking at his lines. Although it's difficult to divorce the work from the writer, I have found that when I hear his longer work in a contemporary light, through contemporary voices from vast and wide backgrounds, I can view his words through the vessel of these beautiful bodies. It's a new world that requires new interpretation. I can read these lines through a different filter, "What is it then between us? / What is the count of the scores or hundreds of years between us?"
In Hybrida, the inclusion of artwork by your son, Roman, is such a bracing and radical turn. It's a powerful gesture in terms of voice and who is given a platform to speak. Could you talk about this decision? Do you feel our political moment demands an assumed autobiographical "I" in poetry? How does that relate to one's claim to narrative?
I'd like to answer the second part of your question first. The autobiographical "I" has always been controversial. By claiming an "I" as fully autobiographical, the poet gives up a landscape of invention and imagination. Although Hybrida claims Roman, my son, as inspiration, there are also wild meanderings, dreamscapes, and myths where his presence is placed at the very center of entirely conjured worlds. I have freedom to work with material when I release the autobiographical "I." The current political moment requires that we speak the truth as much as we can, but truth can be relayed in many ways. We have already seen truth twisted, shaped, and contorted to fit a political agenda. Poetry works against this because poetry has no true agenda. If poetry were to write to an agenda, it would no longer be poetry. I think it would take a different form.
Hybrida ends with a drawing and poem by my son, Roman. This, too, is an act of invention. His poem was an excerpt of a longer science fiction story in which a boy imagines the end of the world—a common theme among ten-year-old boys, it seems. In his story, the main character is a superhero who can walk into rooms and peel off his skin; he then seamlessly blends into the world. What does this action mean? I found the question he included in his drawing, the question "Who Am I?", to be so significant. Because I was writing Hybrida mainly from the voice of a mother, it seemed essential to end on the son's voice, a claim to power—as if the son was rearranging history to take the moment back and say, "Let me speak for myself, Mom." I wanted his voice to end the book, the resting place where all the difficulty, questions, and possibility sided with him.
There's a space that a previous book leaves, and I'm living in that space now. I have poems I'm still writing for Hybrida, but I have to let them hover in my imagination now. Moving forward, I've been taking notes for children's books I'd like to write. I have many ideas, and I think one of them will stick soon. I also have plans for a young-adult novel-in-verse. I've been fascinated with the genre for a long time. I think both projects will lift off the ground as the summer leaves me more time to dream of them. My children serve as inspiration for all the projects I've named.
Jerome Ellison Murphy is the undergraduate programs manager of the NYU creative writing program and has served on the board of Lambda Literary. His critical writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Publishers Weekly, the Brooklyn Rail, Lambda Literary Review, and American Poets, while his poetry appears in Narrative, Literary Hub, the Awl, and Radiolab. Visit him at jemwords.com.
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Ron Miscavige • SHAMELESS
Those Who Knew Ron Miscavige Best
Ron Miscavige: A Summary The Man's Character and His Lies
Ron Miscavige has a tragic story. But it's not the one he made up for his failed get-rich scheme.
The real story of Ron Miscavige's life is so devoid of ethics he became estranged from his family and friends and they wanted nothing to do with him. The carnage that is Ron Miscavige's life includes:
His documented and self-admitted history of wife-beating, which he confirmed on national television was worse than he had ever confessed previously. On May 5, 2016, he admitted he had pummeled his wife "over a 10-year period—would happen maybe once a month or something like that." It's all here in a link to his interview with Megyn Kelly for Fox's The Kelly Files in which, after being asked, he revealed for the first time just how extensive his domestic abuse was: www.ronmiscavigebook.com/articles/ron-miscavige-confession-of-wife-beating-on-fox-kelly-file.html.
Ron even beat his wife when she was pregnant with a baby who died one hour after birth with, as stated in the death certificate, "skeletal deformities."
In the past, Ron would always whitewash the beatings, claiming like a quintessential wife-beater that he may have gently shoved his wife or struck her on the arm a few times. Ron's daughters, who witnessed their father's violent outbursts, have said the beatings were even more frequent and horrific—as many as two beatings a week. Ron even beat his wife when she was pregnant with a baby who died one hour after birth with, as stated in the death certificate, "skeletal deformities."
John Miscavige's death certificate shows multiple skeletal deformities.
Ron's history of inexcusable physical child abuse with his daughter, documented in both his and her own contemporaneous written statements from the 1970s. They show he admitted then to beating his daughter when she was just a child, something he denies now in rewriting his own history. Among other things, Ron states: "I hit Loretta and lose control of myself…" and "…choked her at times" and "I used to hit the kids a lot…" Ron's daughter Denise, then just a teenager, writes that he "beat me with a strap" "bruised my whole back" "this morning again he hit me again, I can't remember for what reason" and "we are (I am) afraid our dad will hit us." See www.ronmiscavigebook.com/articles/blame-the-victim.html.
Ron's arrest for attempted rape, where he was all but headed for prison before he was saved by the son he now falsely vilifies to make money. Ron even admitted that had his younger son not replaced his initial attorney with top legal counsel, he would have ended up in prison, where he feared being sexually assaulted or killed. See www.ronmiscavigebook.com/articles/ronald-t-miscavige-attempted-rape-arrest.html.
Ron even admitted that had his younger son not replaced his initial attorney with top legal counsel, he would have ended up in prison, where he feared being sexually assaulted or killed.
Ron's befriending of individuals suing and helping enable frivolous litigation against his own daughter and son-in-law.
Ron's refusal to listen to his daughters' pleas not to live with his namesake son, Ronnie, who he knew had sexually abused them as young girls when they were all of 8 and 11 years old.
Ron's hiding from his family his namesake son Ronnie's arrest for solicitation of prostitution as part of a larger FBI drug and prostitution sting. Instead of coming clean about Ronnie's arrest, which would have required him to admit that he should have listened to his daughters' pleas not to live with his oldest son, Ron served as Ronnie's caretaker. See the police reports at www.ronmiscavigebook.com/articles/ronald-t-miscaviges-cover-up-fraudulent-memoir.html.
Ron lives in a house today generously paid for by the younger son he vilifies to make money, who also covered Ron's annual health insurance. See www.ronmiscavigebook.com/photos/ron-miscavige-ingrate.html#100000-gift-to-buy-a-house.
Ron lives in a house today generously paid for by the younger son he vilifies to make money, who also covered Ron's annual health insurance.
Ron spews racist and anti-Semitic comments. He even dressed as a Nazi, clueless that his disgusting costume wasn't the hilarious fun he believed it to be. In fact, Ron's former band members called him out on his anti-Semitic comments around Jewish co-workers and the reprehensible word "n-----" referring to African-Americans. Hear audio of Ron using the offensive racial slur: www.ronmiscavigebook.com/articles/ron-miscavigethe-anti-semite.html and www.ronmiscavigebook.com/articles/ronald-t-miscavige-crude-the-n-word.html.
Becky Bigelow, Ron's latest wife, is younger than all of his children, who see her as a shameless gold digger looking to cash in on her tenuous link to the famous name in the family. Becky even disparages Ron behind his back, telling people he is "getting forgetful and worse." See www.ronmiscavigebook.com/articles/becky-bigelow-the-former-cocktail-waitress-behind-ron-miscaviges-shake-downs.html.
It is shameful that Ron tries to support himself and his wife now by selling out his own family for money.
It is shameful that Ron tries to support himself and his wife now by selling out his own family for money. Ron happened to be related by blood to the leader of a worldwide religion, which doesn't make him an authority. Ron was cared for by his son, who not only saved him from prison but provided him with a meaningful life serving others while turning over to him $100,000, his inheritance from his mother, so Ron could purchase the home he and his wife live in today.
Ron has zero firsthand knowledge about the Church or its leadership. He was never privy to any discussion of Church policy, doctrine or plans for its phenomenal expansion. In fact, for a good part of the years Ron rambles on about, he was not even a Church staff member and was separated from his son by thousands of miles. Even when he was on Church staff, Ron was just third trumpet in a band, nothing more and nothing less. One can liken this to a trumpet player in the U.S. Marine Corps Band claiming to be an expert at the level of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's really that absurd.
Ron lived a life of alcohol and debauchery that culminated in his arrest for attempted rape.
Ron lived a far nicer life as a member of the Church's religious order, which his son insisted he join to straighten out his life and attempt to get some moral restraint after his narrow escape from prison. Up until then, Ron lived a life of alcohol and debauchery that culminated in his arrest for attempted rape. Even Ron's cohort and partner claims that Ron had numerous affairs while married to the wife he regularly beat.
Because pictures don't lie, here are the photos showing the Scientology facility where Ron worked. It's a religious worker's paradise, light years from the fake conditions Ron invented in his shameless effort to make money exploiting his own son and his former religion. It includes 5-star dining, a golf course, tennis courts, exercise facilities and comfortable housing for staff. It is also a religious film studio with tens of millions of dollars of expensive audiovisual equipment and a security system designed to keep intruders out, common to any film studio in the world.
Another exterior view of the Golden Era Productions property.
See the pictures here of Ron's own quarters and the lounge in the facilities where he lived. The television had a broad range of channels, so that's another of Ron's lies, that he could not watch TV. (Yet another in his litany of lies, Ron also has claimed that he could not display photos in his room, but pictures of his room show it was filled with them.)
Ron Miscavige and wife Becky Bigelow's apartment at Golden Era in 2012 during the time they lived there.
Here are photos of a few of Ron's vacations and the days off he enjoyed.
Ron Miscavige snorkeling in the Caribbean on a day off, circa 2000.
Ron Miscavige and his wife, Becky, on vacation in Wisconsin in 2005.
The truth Ron Miscavige won't tell is that he lived a good life. Today, he lives in a home for the first time mortgage-free only because of the generosity of his younger son, the one he now maligns with lies to make money.
Ron Miscavige was treated with nothing but kindness and respect by his Church, his co-workers and his family while in the Church and since he left. His complaints all stem from selfish bitterness after betraying his friends and family because he smelled money.
Ron Miscavige's history of domestic abuse and his disregard for ethical conduct explains the bitterness he exhibits today at the very people, despite his reprehensible conduct, who offered him only help and compassion.
Ron Miscavige • Sex in the Cities Dateline: Newport News
READ: Ron Miscavige: A Storyteller's Betrayal
READ: Ron Miscavige: Unmasked
Ronald R.M. Miscavige mug shot
Public record documents reciting details of the arrest of Ron (Ronnie) Miscavige show one of the women he was seeing had been the victim of a
human trafficking investigation, strung out on heroin. Her image was stored in Ronnie's cell phone. This is the same cell phone number advertised
to reach Ronnie as a Manager at Long & Foster Realty in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Court disposition: guilty.
Ron's warrant of arrest for solicitation of prostitution.
Ron Miscavige paid $5,000 bail.
Ron was fingerprinted.
Witness subpoena.
Command to summon Ron Miscavige.
Ron Miscavige's rap sheet.
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Tyler backed to step-up and fill the gap
Manager has confidence in left-back after Ben's departure
By Chris Slavin
Wally Downes said he will have no qualms about handing Tyler Garratt a return to first-team action after the departure of Ben Purrington.
As we announced earlier, left-back Ben was recalled by Rotherham, and subsequently joined Charlton Athletic on loan. However, Wally feels that Tyler can step-up to the mark and he will offer him an opportunity to stake a claim for the place.
"Tyler is in position A for it," said Wally. "He's been Ben's understudy all season, certainly while I've been here. Tyler has done well when he's come on, so I've no qualms about him going in there and if he does well the place will be his and we have to look for someone to back Tyler up. Although losing Ben is not ideal, the clause has left it out of our hands, as he went back to Rotherham and onto another club. Tyler has every chance now to make the position his own. Ben did a great job for us and we wish him well."
Meanwhile, international clearance has still yet to be received for the Dons to play new signing Dylan Connolly.
"We've signed Dylan and we've done everything at our end, but there is still some red tape," added Wally. "You spot the player, scout him, look at what he can and can't do. Then you decide to take him and you think it's all done, but then it's out of your hands. There's no doubt it's going to get done, but it's a busy period, and it's not a problem."
A full interview with Wally, ahead of the trip to Coventry, can be viewed on our iFollow channel. It also includes an update from our manager on his efforts to strengthen the squad during the January transfer window.
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Keisuke Honda (Osaka, 13. lipnja 1986.) japanski je nogometaš koji trenutačno igra za litavsku Sūduvu te je ujedno i generalni menadžer Kambodže. Također je bivši reprezentativac japanske reprezentacije.

Godine 2010. proglašen je japanskim nogometašem godine. S reprezentacijom je osvojio Azijsko prvenstvo 2011. godine gdje je proglašen za najkorisnijeg igrača prvenstva.

U rujnu 2019. godine je se Honda javno ponudio Manchester Unitedu, da zaigra za njih bez ikakve naknade. "Dajte mi ponudu. Nije mi potreban novac, samo želim igrati u velikom klubu i s tim igračima", oglasio se Honda na Twitteru označivši u tvitu službeni profil Manchester Uniteda, ali od engleskog kluba nije dobio odgovor.

Karijera

Rana karijera
Honda je rođen u Settsuu, prefektura Osaka. Nogomet je počeo igrati u lokalnom klubu, FC Settsu, kada je bio u drugom razredu osnovne škole. On je kasnije otišao u Seiryo High School iz prefekture Ishikawa. On je bio jedan od najboljih igrača u momčadi i školska momčad je došla do polufinala svejapanskog srednjoškolskog turnira. To je bio prvi put da je jedan klub iz ove prefekture stigao do polufinala natjecanja.

2005. godine nakon zavšetka školovanja prelazi u japanskog prvoligaša Nagoya Grampus. Ovdje je odigrao 90 utakmica uz 11 pogodaka.

VVV-Venlo

16. siječnja 2008. Honda je potpisao dvoipolgodišnji ugovor s VVV-Venlo iz nizozemske Eredivisie. Momčad je ispala u Eerste Divisie (druga liga) nakon sezone 2007./08. U sezoni 2008./09. postigao je 16 pogodaka u 36 ligaških nastupa što je pomoglo Venlou pri povratku u Eredivisie. On je postao poznat kao Keizer Keisuke (car Keisuke) među navijačima VVV-Venlo.

CSKA Moskva
Krajem prosinca 2009. Honda prelazi u ruski klub CSKA Moskva. Honda je tada potpisao ugovor na 4 godine. Iznos transfera je tajan, ali se vjeruje da iznosio oko 6 milijuna eura.

Honda je debitirao za CSKA u utakmici Lige prvaka protiv Seville. U uzvratu u Sevilli on je zabio pobjednički gol iz slobodnog udarca za CSKA. Time je osigurao 2:1 (3:2 ukupno) pobjedu za plasman svoga kluba u četvrtfinale. Tako je Honda postao prvi Japanac koji je igrao u četvrtfinalu UEFA-ine Lige prvake kao i prvi strijelac u knock-out fazi istog natjecanja.

Honda je postigao svoj prvi ligaški pogodak 12. ožujka 2010. u utakmici protiv Amkara iz Perma.

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PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwire - Feb 6, 2012) - Wyndham Vacation Rentals welcomes Black Diamond Bistro to The Charter at Beaver Creek, a luxurious, European-style hotel and condo property that's professionally managed by The Resort Company by Wyndham Vacation Rentals.
As Beaver Creek, Colorado's newest restaurant, the Black Diamond Bistro gives guests a 76-seat dining experience with stunning views of Beaver Creek Mountain. The menu, featuring regional American fare, is designed by Chef Andy Buechel and integrates family recipes with an emphasis on scratch-cooking. The restaurant is located off the main lobby level at 120 Offerson Rd. Beaver Creek, Colorado.
"We are thrilled to welcome Black Diamond Bistro to The Charter," said Mike Lange, general manager, The Charter at Beaver Creek and vice president of The Resort Company. "It's the type of restaurant you can dine in more than once during your stay because of the variety of options on the menu. Guests can come in for après ski one day, have dinner the next and come back for a night cap in front of the fire. Our guests have been asking for a restaurant like this."
In celebration of the new restaurant, Wyndham Vacation Rentals is offering the Black Diamond Celebration Package for guests staying at The Charter at Beaver Creek. This dining and lodging offer includes up to a 30 percent discount on stays in the hotel rooms or condos, plus a $50 Guest Credit that can be used toward dining at the Black Diamond Bistro.
"We welcome the addition of a great new restaurant to Beaver Creek's culinary offerings in the Village and know our guests appreciate having a vast variety of family-friendly options to experience during their ski vacation," said Doug Lovell, chief operating officer, Beaver Creek Resort.
Guests may also choose to dine in the bar and lounge area of the restaurant where a full dining room menu is offered, along with a bar menu that features build your own burgers, appetizers, sandwiches and more. Several beers are available on tap as well as an array of domestic, imported and micro-brewed bottled beer. Après service begins at 3:00 p.m. and dinner service begins at 5:00 p.m. nightly. Wireless internet and valet parking are always complimentary and guests staying at The Charter at Beaver Creek can also enjoy in-room delivery service. The split level dining room is available for partial or group buy-outs.
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Guest Blog by David Jolley: Words and paper which might make the world a better place
When I was small, Saturday mornings were devoted to Uncle Mac who played music requested for children on the Light Programme. Amongst these we learned wisdom such as,
'If all the world were paper
If all the sea was ink
What would we have for bread and
cheese?
What would we have to drink?'
Shirley Temple sang a shortened and changed version of this. The original dates from the 1600s.
In the 1980s, when I was chair of the Section of Old Age Psychiatry at the Royal College of Psychiatry, we were taken to task by a member working in Cornwall who believed that it was a legal requirement that all patients with dementia who lacked capacity to agree to admission to hospital, even if this was for 'respite', should be detained under the Mental Health Act. Although we respected our colleague's earnest wish to comply with the law, no other member of the Section present at our open meeting agreed that this was necessary, nor in the best interest of individuals or families.
Sometime later came the Bournewood case (note 1) wherein a younger patient, lacking capacity because of learning disability and autism, was detained by staff at a day centre because they believed his behaviour had become such that he was in need of inpatient care. The Mental Health Act was not invoked. His family did not agree that he should be admitted to hospital but their view was set aside. This unsatisfactory practice led to legal challenges and scrutiny in this country, including the House of Lords. The House of Lords ruled that the legal safeguards in this country were sufficient if used appropriately. The matter was then considered by the European Court of Human Rights which found that there was need to modify the law in England to satisfy its Article 5 which protects the freedom of individuals.
The change which followed was a modification of the Mental Capacity Act, the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, DoLS (note 2).
This legally satisfactory series of decisions has set in train a bizarrely destructive and expensive series of developments. The expectation was that a few thousand patients might become subject to the new category of detention. From the start the numbers were larger than anticipated 11,887 in 2012 to 2013.
A majority judgement by the Supreme Court in 2014 in the 'Cheshire West' case (note 3), which was not one relating to an individual with dementia, led to a tenfold and more escalation in applications. The essence of the ruling was that anyone living in supervised care, who lacks capacity, is deemed to require registration under DoLS. The complex multiple assessments required by DoLS cost £1,000 for each assessment. Local Authorities have been left unable to cope with the numbers or the cost. Families have been horrified that arrangements entered into willingly and with no problems on any side, have become transformed into formal, legal detention.
Matters were worsened by advice from the Chief Coroner that all deaths occurring to individuals registered with DoLS were 'deaths in state detention' and must be processed by inquest by the coroner. This heaped more stress on families and costs to the system. Happily this legal nicety and its perverse consequences have been countered by a change of words agreed in the House of Lords in November 2016. From April this year deaths under DoLS are no longer deemed deaths in state detention (note 4).
The bigger task of divining an alternative to DoLS, which meets the requirements of the European Court of Human Rights, and makes sense to ordinary people and professionals, has been exercising the Law Commission for the last two years. They have now published their report and suggestions for a change of the legal framework – read it here.
It is a marvellous piece of work.
The more positive name 'Liberty Protection Safeguards', LPS, indicates an ambition that the new legislation will lead to actions which are seen to be helpful by individuals, families and professionals.
Registration will be required for 'arrangements' to be made in the interest of individuals who are recognised to be 'of unsound mind'. This antiquated terminology is chosen to be in keeping with that used by the European Court of Human Rights in its rulings on these matters. It will be welcomed for its appeal to sense and common usage. For the most part decisions will be made, without additional cost, by reliance on assessments from services who know the individual and their family. In complex cases, referral will be made to an Approved Mental Capacity Professional, a new breed of professional who will be trained and supported in this role. Most will be drawn from the ranks of current assessors. This points to the beginning of new costs in the system. Costs which will be increased as everyone being considered for arrangements is to be supported by an approved person or advocate. Arrangements must take into account 'a person's ascertained wishes and feelings' and will be 'necessary, proportionate and in the best interests'.
This is not just about where an individual will live, but more about what their lives will be like.
The compass of LPS is wider than that of DoLS for it includes individuals in domestic settings as well as those in hospital, hospice or care home. The potential clientele is therefore double that of DoLS. Applications will be made to Local Authorities or Hospital managers. The vision is that this is done before an individual is placed in care or hospital, so that all options can be considered. This is a commendable ambition but may prove difficult to sustain as so often it is sudden change of circumstance which determines what is to be done and when. We shall see.
A LPS will usually run for 12 months. There will be a system for appeals, the details of which are yet to be agreed. The status can be carried over between settings, home, hospital, care home rather than requiring a reassessment for each care setting, as is the case with DoLS. On the other hand it can be revoked if it becomes clear it is no longer needed as an individual regains capacity.
The estimated cost of the new scheme is between £20,000,000,000 and £28,000,000,000 every year.
By calculations based on maybe and perhaps, benefits are estimated at £70,000,000,000 to £128,000,000,000.
Costs and benefits here are rounded from the more detailed figures given in the report. Figures like this are unimaginable to most of us. The estimates of costs come from consideration of best guesses of reality, but my guess is they will be found to be underestimates. Benefits are fanciful intangibles, dependent on avoidance of possible legal challenges or gains in QALYS.
But, you know, the benefits may be very considerable in other ways. This system will make it very difficult for authorities to avoid making 'necessary, proportionate and in the best interest' arrangements for individuals who lack capacity because of unsoundness of mind. It goes much further than the limited scenario which led to the European Court ruling and the subsequent modification of the Mental Capacity Act by DoLS. It covers all that ground but also extends to a comprehensive Gold Standard legal schema for care of an endlessly changing cohort of the most vulnerable people and their families.
The Law Commission has done us proud.
1. Link here to the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry's guidance issued following Bournewood.
2. Link here to the Alzheimer's Society's account of DoLS.
3. Link here to the Cheshire West judgement and see p19 for the striking phrase used by Lade Hale – "A gilded cage is still a cage".
4. Link here to the guidance changing coronial practice.
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I used to say that my purpose was to make people dance. A hilariously condensed version of an on-going life goal, but at the heart of it, a pure and achievable purpose. Every day I could evaluate myself: 'did I make people dance today'? If not, why not? In a nutshell, a great reason to exist, but possibly not multi-faceted enough to make the daily trudge of life worth pursuing.
For a brief period before this I studied jazz, mainly interested in bettering myself as a drummer. This was possibly the most self-indulgent part of my life thus far, spent indolently enjoying the process of exploring myself by listening to music and playing drums.
For an even briefer period before this I worked in fast food, creating sandwiches for people's lunch. At the heart of this is creation, but not many would see it as a purpose, and even fewer as a reason to exist. Still, it was an honest way to make a living and instilled several positive qualities within me (mainly an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to never work fast food again).
I stumble upon a copy of Seneca's 'On The Shortness of Life', an essay written some two thousand years ago. This particular copy is covered in highlighter, notes scribbled around the margins, from when a twenty-five year old me discovered Stoicism and endeavoured to re-structure my life around it.
Recently I find a greater joy in writing words. I find joy in playing guitar. And indeed I still find joy in playing drums (a blessing because I still earn most of my living playing drums). But there's also joy in teaching, and joy in relationships. There's joy in learning, and joy in building a small business. There's joy in running, and a definite joy in leaving everything behind to dive into the waves on a warm summers' day. But is this purpose? Could it be that a life lived between various pursuits is enough to bring a sense of purpose? While I'd love to dedicate myself to one thing, becoming a true master, I think my spirit has been endowed with a sort of wanderlust, a need to continue to grow and develop in numerous different directions.


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To celebrate 10th anniversary of the SunriseGuide, we wanted to shine a light on Mainers who are creating real change in their communities. Their efforts have resulted in significant advances in the areas of sustainability, environmental health and wellness in Maine over the past ten years. These champions work tirelessly—often under the radar—improving access to local foods, ensuring Mainers are safe from harmful toxins, protecting our land, air and waters from pollutants, and much more. Our hope is that by sharing their stories, others will be inspired to create their own.
Nominations were collected in the fall of 2015 and ranked by a panel of independent judges to select the top ten. We had a 3-way tie, which means there are actually 11 winners this year. We are thrilled with the caliber of all the nominations received and in particular, the contributions these awardees have made to Maine. Join us in congratulating the first annual SunriseGuide Stewards of Sustainability!
One of the pioneers of green building in Maine, Peter has been championing sustainable building methods since 1990. His company, Taggart Construction, specializes in energy-efficient, environment-friendly, and occupant-healthy buildings. They built the first LEED Certified home in the United States in 2005. Peter has influenced countless builders in Maine, sharing his passion as a longtime board member and past chair of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association and board member and past chair of the U.S. Green Building Council's Maine chapter.
Peter has worked tirelessly with Kennebec-Messalonskee Trails over the past 15 years to develop what is now a 40-mile trail network in the Waterville-Winslow area. Since 2005, Peter has been a regular participant in the state's Bicycle and Pedestrian Council and is a past board member for the Bicycle Coalition of Maine. Peter is the coordinator of the area's Window Dressers program, which hosts community "builds" to make inside storm windows, and he volunteers to do home energy assessments that help home owners make wise decisions about weatherizing.
Katahdin from Martin Pond. Photo: NRCM member Gerard Monteux.
Since 1959, the Natural Resources Council of Maine has been advocating for the protection of Maine's natural resources and educating and empowering citizens to make informed choices about environmental issues in Maine. They are an active voice in Augusta, keeping an eye on proposed legislation that may impact Maine's environmental health and rallying support for important environmental protections, land preservation, and good energy policy across the state. They were a leading voice in restoring $38 million in funding for Efficiency Maine that was in jeopardy due to a typo in a recently passed law. They are strong advocates for good solar policy in Maine. And they were integral in banning the importation of tar sands in South Portland. Their team works tirelessly on behalf of all of us.
Long before it was fashionable and hip, before Portland became synonymous with great food sourced locally, John Naylor would talk to anyone who would listen about his belief that we should all eat seasonally and locally and that there was value in being connected to the foods we eat and to the people who produce them. He opened the Rosemont Market in 2005, along with his partner Scott Anderson. Since that time, the markets have made a significant difference in the way people in Portland and Yarmouth are able to eat. Rosemont is recognized throughout the region as having one of the best collections of local foods available. They now operate markets in five walkable neighborhoods in Portland and Yarmouth, helping residents support local farmers, fisherman and producers from their local food market.
FARMS (Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools) was formed eleven years ago by Karen and a group of parents concerned about the food served to their children at school, and its relation to the obesity epidemic. Working with food service staff and local farmers, FARMS has brought significant change to menus in the local school district, educating students about good nutrition and the role of local farms in promoting healthy, sus- tainable communities. Recognizing that it is not enough to change school lunches, they visited almost every K-8 classroom in the school district and Wiscasset Primary School (six schools, 1200 children) to teach kids how to enjoy the healthier foods they were being served. FARMS has provided each school with cooking supplies for kids to make their own healthy snacks, and curricula and mini-grants for teachers to purchase foods.
Naomi Beal is the director of PassivhausMAINE, an advocacy group for high-performance buildings in Maine that use 90% less energy than typical structures. As leader of PassivhausMAINE, Naomi has organized monthly education seminars, tours of current projects, and hosted an international conference that took place in Portland in 2014. She has quietly educated people across the building community about the possibilities associated with new technologies and green building design. Naomi recently chaired the building committee for the new K-8 Friends School of Portland, a 15,000 square foot net zero building that opened in September, 2015. It is the first school in Maine (and the third in the country) to achieve Passive House certification.
Richard started Evergreen Home Performance more than ten years ago, when few people had heard of "home performance" and even fewer believed that Maine's drafty old housing stock could ever be comfortable or energy efficient. Richard knew that innovative building science practices could transform our state's houses and environmental health, and he has spent the last ten years nurturing a business that does just that. Home performance is so much more than insulation. It looks at the house as a comprehensive system and makes recommendations for the whole, making homes more comfortable, healthy, and energy efficient, and then engineering comprehensive air sealing and insulation projects to achieve those goals. The home performance industry in Maine has grown considerably in the past ten years, and Richard has played an important leadership role in advancing this comprehensive approach.
Mike Parker is the board president for the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust (PRLT). He has volunteered tirelessly over the years to increase public access to conserved lands in the region west of Portland to Sebago Lake, and was instrumental in bringing to fruition several recent projects including the permanent preservation of Randall Orchard, a 500-acre working farm and open space. Randall Orchard is one of the last large commercial agricultural properties in Standish and Gorham with prime agricultural soils. In addition, under Mike's leadership PRLT recently preserved 70 acres of land along the beautiful and densely forested Mill Brook in the heart of Westbrook. Treasured for its cold-water stream, steep ravines, and great wildlife habitat, the preserve will soon be open to public with a two-mile trail along the river. This land was identified as a conservation priority in the region because up to 50,000 migrating fish (alewives) swim from Casco Bay up to Highland Lake through Mill Brook each year. And now, this habitat will be forever protected.
Jill Agnew is a CSA pioneer in Maine. She started Maine's first CSA (community supported agriculture) in 1989 at a time when few had heard of the concept. That CSA has built community around organic food in Sabattus for 26 years. Jill has trained many MOFGA apprentices, and some of whom have gone on to start their own CSAs in Maine. In addition to providing her shareholders with organic produce, eggs, and meat, she is highly regarded for providing education about sustainable agriculture, organic foods, and how to be involved with our food supply. For 20 years, Willow Pond Farm had a children's garden and gave every child of shareholder families a little plot of land on which to plant, tend, and harvest some produce of their own to help the children learn about how their food is grown. Jill is the seed for CSAs in Maine.
For more than ten years, Manomet's Sustainable Economies Program has advised communities and businesses on practices that enhance their economic viability and human well-being, while reducing their environmental footprint. Their work improves the health of Maine's people and natural resources by helping to reduce carbon emissions, pollution, and waste, and by promoting sustainable growth and development. Examples include the Downeast Fisheries Partnership that works to recreate fish habitats, diversify the fishing economy, create stewardship programs, and develop new markets for fisheries products, and a grocery store certification program that helps the grocery sector reduce its environmental footprint, and has certified 60+ stores in Maine.
E2Tech is the state's leading energy, environmental, and clean technology business and economic development organization. Launched in 2002, it now has more than 250 members. E2Tech provides a resource center that promotes Maine companies, supports their acceleration, and helps them compete in national and global markets by providing connections to investment, mentors, strategic partners, information, and other resources. Their monthly educational programs bring together diverse voices that would not otherwise sit at the same table to discuss issues related to energy, the environment and the clean tech sector, advancing our collective knowledge and the clean, green economy in Maine.


Last week in a discussion with some ladies I asked if any of them ever prayed to the Holy Spirit. I thought I was going to hear a chorus of yesses in response, but instead they all said they only pray to God. They explained that since God is actually three-in-one all at the same time — God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit — that they only addressed "God" in prayer. As one woman expressed, since all three exist as one God anyway, why use different names to address Him?
Yes, she is correct. All the ladies were.
Yes, praying to "God" is the same as praying to God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit simultaneously.
This post isn't about theology or splitting hairs over inconsequential matters.
This post is about personal practice.
Because their responses surprised me, I have been mulling over this matter all week. Truth is, I have freely addressed our three-in-one God differently based on what I am praying.
Though most of the time I do pray to "God" as the three-in-one, I frequently begin prayer by addressing one of them in particular…not because I am talking to one in exclusion of the other two, but because one member of the Godhead is prominent in my thoughts at that particular moment based on my particular need or praise that day.
Some days I need a Father.
Even though I am in my fifties (I hate typing that), sometimes I am still like a little girl who wants to crawl into her daddy's lap and just cry.
Father, help me, this hurts.
Daddy, hold me together today because I feel vulnerable.
Father, I am trusting you to take care of…(the list is endless).
Some days I need Jesus.
In the battle against sin in which we all wage, I find myself confessing sin.
Other times I am filled with gratitude that he left heaven to come to earth and pay for my sins…and the sins of everyone in the world.
Jesus, what I did was just terrible. Thank you for dying for that too.
Jesus, thank you for dying for my sins! I am so grateful that I don't have to pay the debt myself.
Jesus, I can't believe you paid my debt for me.
Some days the Holy Spirit is on my mind.
I often ache for the world to see God's nature through me. I long to be a display of His splendor, and I can't do it.
I have no power to produce any particular effect from my actions.
Spirit, fill me up, every nook and cranny.
Spirit, you are the only power I have. Turn everything I do today into Kingdom advancement.
Holy Spirit, spill out of me today. You are the only Person I want the world to see.
Holy Spirit of God, not me. All you. Show Yourself strong through me.
I know this post is lighter than most, but upon finding out that my habit might be a unique one, I thought I would chat about it a bit. Feel free to respond with whether or not you do the same.
Once more…for clarification…talking to God the Father, Son or Holy Spirit is the same as talking to all three at the same time — the three-in-one Godhead.
This interchange of titles has always come from my lips when praying to God.
There's nothing to say except adoption, fostering, mothering, grandmothering and diversity are beautiful things.
Thank you for mentioning that you pray to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit interchangeably. I do that, but I have never heard anyone address that issue before. It has been a blessing to me!
I especially love the pictures in your blog this week!!
I thought you would enjoy the pictures this week. 🙂 As for your comments about the content, the fact that you are a prayer warrior, who sees answered prayer regularly, adds credibility to my thinking. Thank you.
I also pray to the Holy Spirit often. My personal prayers go something like this, Holy Spirit please reveal to me any sinful thoughts that I may not recognize in myself so I may confess and repent and not allow them to become sinful words or actions.
Oh wow, great prayer! And so wonderfully wise, 'cause a clean heart is the key. Love having you out there with me!


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Okay, so it's not really a tour. But since I wrote a song for Sack Summer Hunger, I have played it at every show and talked about SSH to increase awareness and support – both volunteers and donations – before the program begins on June 11. So it is, in a way, a tour. Several of the "shows" consisted of playing "What the Lord Intends" for congregations of churches. Which included the congregation of The Norkirk Presbyterian Church Sunday morning. The tour ends this coming Sunday, June 5th, with the Sack Summer Hunger Concert.
The Norkirk is a very friendly church. I felt welcome right away. I was looking forward to seeing Nancy Pratt, who is the Christian Education Director. Nancy and I went to high school together. I wrote for the school paper and Nancy was my first in a long line of editors throughout the years.
I wrote a music review column for the paper. I reviewed albums, books, concerts, and so forth. Since it was for school, my parents paid for most of the concerts. I saw a lot of concerts. I would write my column in the style of Hunter S. Thompson or Tom Wolfe – as a participant rather than an observer.
I never knew how much space was available in the next issue. So I would write until the column was finished. Usually on deadline day, or rather deadline hour. The newspaper office had a manual typewriter. After an hour or more of frantic typing, my fingers were sore, but I had a finished column. She would tell me she had room for 250 words. I would hand her the final copy.
I actually think I said that to her once. I hope it was only once, but I doubt it. I wasn't really trying to be pompous. I had written it as a complete piece and would have a hard time cutting it down. Mainly because I was covering a lot of events, depending on the month. I don't know that she even remembers, but I will apologize when I get a chance.
I walked into the church to smiles and hellos. I set my guitar down when I spotted the restroom. On my way, Rev. Bill Parr approached me.
After I did what was necessary, I picked my guitar up and went into the sanctuary. I didn't know what to do, so I set my guitar down at the rear of the sanctuary. I looked up and there was Charlotte and Bruce Gibson. I went over and hugged Charlotte and shook Bruce's hand.
I was in a band with Bruce's dad and Charlotte's ex, Bruce, and Joel Nichols, named Southern Plains. Joel and I were a duo for twenty-five years, with Bruce joining in when we played in Dallas and he was able. Joel and I had a band when we made enough money to pay them. Joel died in 1999. Bruce and I played at his funeral.
I went up in the front of the sanctuary and set my guitar case down out of the way. I pulled out my guitar and quickly tuned it. Several people greeted me and thanked me for being there. Then Nancy came up and gave me a hug. She introduced other members that had gone to W.T. White.
The service was an experience in fellowship. John Reas gave me a very nice introduction. I played What the Lord Intends (Sack Summer Hunger) and the congregation appreciated it, judging from the applause.
I appreciate all of the old friends I meet, and I hope I continue to run into old friends. As well as meet new friends who will become old friends. Far too many old friends are no longer with us.


It's not a nice thing to see your baby in pain, but in the first few months of life, tummy discomforts are all too common for tiny babies.
Gas is probably one of the main problems your baby will have. This is because babies have an immature digestive system and they don't have the ability to bring up their own gas.
Babies take in air when they are fed, as well as taking in excess air when they cry.
Wind your baby throughout and after their feed. You can wind your baby by sitting them upright on your knee or lying them over your shoulder and gently rubbing and patting their back.
If they are still suffering from pain, they might need to get wind 'down'. You can help them by lying them on their back and gently moving their legs as if they are cycling a bike, or by touching their toes to their nose.
'I love you' tummy massage (trace the letters I LOVE U on your baby's tummy using moderate pressure).
A warm bath is another effective way of bringing up excess wind, this can be a lovely part of your baby's bedtime routine, as babies often get more wind at night-time.
If no home remedies seem to be working, there are many over the counter treatments that can help a baby with gas pain. Consult your pharmacist about which one will suit your baby the best.
When a baby has gastro-oesophageal reflux, the food and drink travels down the food pipe as normal. However, some of the mixture of food, drink and acid travels up the food pipe, instead of passing through to the large and small intestines.
As the food and drink is mixed with acid from the stomach, it can irritate the lining of the food pipe, making it sore. Gastro-oesophageal reflux is very common in the first few weeks and months of life, as the sphincter (ring of muscle) at the base of the oesophagus has not matured yet. Most babies with reflux gradually improve as they develop, particularly when they start to eat more solid food and feed in an upright position.
The main sign of gastro-oesophageal reflux is frequent spitting up or regurgitation after feeds. She may occasionally cough a little after regurgitating the milk if some has 'gone down the wrong way'. Or she may cry during a feed, especially if you lie her down.
Simple measures such as holding your baby in an upright position for 20 minutes after each feed, can be helpful. It's also worth trying smaller, more frequent feeds. It's important to contact your GP if you are concerned that your baby has reflux.
This is not classified by how many bowel movements your baby has, but how easily they have a bowel movement, and the consistency of it.
Babies' bowel movements can be unpredictable, and can vary from several times a day, to once every eight to 10 days. As long as your baby isn't in pain they are most likely fine. Breastfed babies tend to have less, as breast milk produces less waste. Constipation is more common in older babies who have started on solids.
Your baby's poo is hard and pebble-like, this is a sign of constipation.
Bowel movements being hard or too solid (baby's bowel movements should not be solid until they are established on solid foods).
firmer and drier it becomes.
If your baby seems constipated, give her plenty to drink. Some babies become constipated simply because they aren't getting enough fluids. If your baby is on solids, increasing fibre in the diet should bring relief to the condition. Talk to your GP or public health nurse before trying home treatments.
Diarrhoea is when your baby frequently passes unformed watery stools. This is not too common, but can be unnerving for parents as your baby may become dehydrated, which can be dangerous for a small baby. Breastfed babies tend to have looser stools than artificially fed babies.
Loose, frequent and very watery bowel movements.
Diarrhoea usually happens when your baby is exposed to a virus.
You may have to take your baby to the doctor if they are experiencing diarrhoea as they might need an electrolyte solution.
Contact your GP if your baby has a fever, diarrhoea or vomiting for more than 12 hours. If your baby is less responsive, feverish, has a swollen tummy or is not passing much urine, contact your GP immediately.
Colic is an extremely common condition. The most common symptom of colic is uncontrollable crying in a baby for no reason. This can be hugely stressful for parents when their otherwise well-fed and healthy baby cries non-stop and cannot be comforted. The causes of colic are unknown, but some researchers think that indigestion or wind could play a key role.
The crying associated with colic is very intense. Your baby's face will be red and flushed, their crying will be severe and furious, and there will be little you can do to comfort them.
You might notice a distinctive change in your baby's posture. They might clench their fists, draw up their knees, or arch their back.
Crying most often occurs in the late afternoon, or evening. It is usually persistent, lasting for at least three hours a day, for at least three days a week, and for at least three weeks in duration.
There is no cure for colic, but there are lots of ways you can soothe your baby's tears and pain. The good news is that most babies improve significantly after three months and are over colic by the time they are five months old.
Do you have any tips you'd like to add to help new mums when their little one has tummy troubles? We'd love to hear.


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Your question touches on a very sensitive matter of history.
According to the Torah dictates, the Omer period was a joyous period of anticipation, literally a counting of the days leading up to Shavuot (Pentecost), simultaneously celebrating revelation and the bringing of the first fruits.
It was not a countdown; it was a count up, a welcome and happy counting.
Fast forward to generations later, and the blood libels accusing the Jews of drinking the blood of non-Jews at the seder.
Pesah became a festival observed with dread, as the Jews were at the mercy of the angry hordes who believed this libel.
Pesah and the weeks immediately following were soaked with Jewish blood. A joyous period was transformed into a melancholy time suffused with tragedy.
So, the fact that getting married in this period of time is problematic, to say the least, accurately reflects that no one was in a marrying mood then, during the period of exile following the destruction of the second Holy Sanctuary (Bet HaMikdash), when day-to-day survival was in peril.
This explanation may seem different than the more coventional connection of this time period with the death of the students of Rabbi Akiva, which itself may be connected with the Bar Kokhba rebellion which had Rabbi Akiva's strong support.
Jewish luminaries such as Rabbi Epstein of Arukh HaShulhan fame (Orah Hayyim, 493:1), are quite clear that the circumstances I referred to originally were key to this happy Omer period turning into a sad time.
On the positive side, the fact that we continue with the sadness today though the reasons no longer prevail, shows the abiding respect and appreciation we have for our ancestors, heroes and martyrs, whose uncompromising faith is the main reason we have survived to this day.
The most common explanation comes from the Talmud which states that thousands of students of Rabbi Akiva died in a plague as a result of their inability to treat each other with the proper respect. Yet there are some who believe that the death of Rabbi Akiva's students could have also been a result of an unsuccessful revolt of Bar Kochba against the Romans (132-135 A.D). There are even some scholars who believe that Rabbi Akiva and other sages were martyred during the persecution of Emperor Hadrian.
Other scholars associate omer mourning practices with the loss of Jewish life in Europe during the Crusades. An even later association is made with the massacre of Ukrainian Jewry in 1648, which, as Rabbi Michael Strassfeld points out, occurred during the Omer.
Historians have cited parallels between the mourning practices associated with the omer and Roman customs during the month of May. Romans typically did not solemnize weddings during this month because the souls of the dead were believed to return to earth and required their own rites. Traditional Jewish practice holds that during a time of mourning: one should not attend a concert, no weddings are to be held, no hair it be cut, and no facial hair shorn. Theodor Gaster suggests that mourning of the omer period derives from uncertainty about the harvest, and this, in turn was extended to human fertility by prohibiting weddings.
The usual reason given that the period of the counting of the omer is a time of semi mourning is in memory of the 24000 students of Rabbi Akiba who were killed by plague during that time.


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Frank Carroll: At 80, he retires from a "frozen life" of transcendent coaching success in figure skating
It was the middle of 1964, and 26-year-old Frank Carroll was in San Francisco at a career crossroads.
He had done college, getting a degree in 1960 from the College of the Holy Cross in his native Worcester, Mass., with a major in sociology and Dean's List grades. He had done competitive skating, with national junior singles bronze medals in 1959 and 1960. He had done show skating, spending four and one-half years with Ice Follies before leaving the show with plans to attend the University of San Francisco Law School, which had accepted him, then deciding he did not want to start academic studies again.
Over the years with Ice Follies, which was styled like an elaborate Broadway review, Carroll had made friends with many actors in musicals like "Kismet," "Carousel" and "Hello, Dolly." One suggested he go to Los Angeles, where friends could help get him work in films. He went.
"I would go to auditions, and when they would ask what I did, I said, `I ice skate,''' Carroll said. "I was like a joke to them."
But he was handsome, with a physique buffed in the gym, and that got Carroll parts as a "body person" in three of the eminently forgettable beach movies of the mid-1960s (think "Beach Blanket Bingo," although Carroll declines to identify which movies he was in or what his stage name was.) He would stand among a group of other "body people" in the background and sometimes sing with the group.
There would be months between film shoots, leaving Carroll to spend his days hanging at the gym or going to the beach until, as he puts it, "I got bored with this ridiculousness."
A friend who had photographed Carroll at skating competitions suggested he might fill the down time as a skating teacher. After all, he had done some coaching as a Holy Cross undergrad to help pay his school and skating bills and done some more coaching after graduation. The photographer connected Carroll with a rink in the Los Angeles suburb of Van Nuys, where he began working in the 1965/66 skating season.
By 1968, Carroll was coach of a medalist at the national championships. A year later, he had his first national champion: Jimmy Demogines in the novice men's division. In 1972, he coached Olympic team alternate Robert Bradshaw. In 1976, he coached his first Olympian, Linda Fratianne.
Over the next 40 years, Carroll would become the most successful coach in the United States
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On Karen Chen's first Olympics and Frank Carroll's last
February 18, 2018 / Philip Hersh
Frank Carroll's 12th and final Olympics as a coach ended a day earlier than expected.
Although the premature finish owed to the misfortune of his last Olympic student, Denis Ten of Kazakhstan, it turned out to be advantageous for Carroll, 79, who left for home in Southern California on Saturday, the day after Ten failed to qualify for the free skate.
"I'm sick as a dog," Carroll wrote in a text message Sunday, calling his illness "cold-like but getting worse."
Ten, the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist and two-time world medalist, placed 27th of 30 in Friday's short program. Only the top 24 made Saturday's free skate.
His poor performance was not a surprise, given the foot problems that have plagued Ten since the 2015-16 season and were exacerbated by a severe ankle injury suffered last August. Ten, 24, said Friday it was painful even to put on skating boots.
"It has been incredible," Carroll said of his Olympic coaching career.
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The Kavanaugh Hearing: An Actor Despairs
An acting class
This week there are lots of folks weighing in on the hearings about the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court… political pundits, women's rights advocates, lawyers, and so on. So I thought I would throw in my two cents as a professional actor. Because it was quite a performance.
So, one of the first principles of acting is "Don't play the problem. Play the adjustment to the problem." In other words, don't worry about impressing the audience with what your character is feeling. Focus instead on solving the character's problem. That's what makes a performance believable, because that is what people do in real life… and audiences recognize that.
Let's say you want to portray an innocent person who is being accused by a powerful group of people of something they did not do. That's a serious problem. It's a dangerous situation. The innocent party needs to tread carefully, be thoughtful, weigh her words. Because she is innocent, she has the truth on her side, and her best defense is a straightforward presentation that allows the facts of the situation to come through, untainted by emotions or editorializing.
And we have a perfect real-life example of this: Anita Hill in the 1991 Senate hearings to confirm the Supreme Court nomination of Clarence Thomas. Anita Hill, testifying to his egregious campaign of sexual harassment against her, was being accused of being either a political tool or a crazy person. Thomas's supporters were attempting to frame her as someone paid by the opposition to lie, or else a nymphomaniac and sexual fantasist. Her reputation and career were on the line.
What did she do? She became very still, very grounded. It was excruciating to watch. Hour after hour, she barely shifted her physical position, hands under the table. No extraneous motion, nothing that could distract. She was scrupulously accurate and unemotional. Her entire being was focused like a laser on solving the problem of presenting the truth and countering the false accusations.
Brett Kavanaugh, bad actor
This week, Brett Kavanaugh sat in a Senate hearing about his nomination to the Supreme Court, and he was confronted with testimony from a woman charging him with perpetrating a life-threatening sexual assault. His response? A wall of deflection and denial, repeated refusals to answer basic yes-and-no questions, filibusters, pity parties, and a kind of hostile high-school repartee:
AMY KLOBUCHAR (MN Senator): …Was there ever a time when you drank so much that you couldn't remember what happened, or part of what happened the night before?
BRETT KAVANAUGH: No, I — no. I remember what happened, and I think you've probably had beers, Senator, and — and so I…
AMY KLOBUCHAR: So you're saying there's never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the night before, or part of what happened.
BRETT KAVANAUGH: It's — you're asking about, you know, blackout. I don't know. Have you?
AMY KLOBUCHAR: Could you answer the question, Judge? I just — so you — that's not happened. Is that your answer?
BRETT KAVANAUGH: Yeah, and I'm curious if you have.
AMY KLOBUCHAR: I have no drinking problem, Judge.
BRETT KAVANAUGH: Yeah, nor do I.
Tommy Wiseau, another bad actor
Seriously? This is just plain bad acting. Kavanaugh is showing us indignation, attitude, and outrage, instead of taking the actions to solve the problem. Why? Because, unlike Anita Hill, he is actually guilty. He imagines what an innocent person in his shoes might do. In his mind, that person would be feeling angry and oppressed, and so he is showing us that. Again… the difference between a trained professional and an amateur. I have no doubt that Anita Hill felt angry, facing that brotherhood of wealthy, arrogant, white men… men who had passed specific legislation to grant themselves, as Senators, indemnity from sexual harassment charges. But, as I said, she was focused on solving the problem. Displaying her outrage was only going to taint the presentation of her facts and be seen as evidence that she was unstable. It would have been counter-productive. Displaying outrage is a function of privilege, and a luxury that few falsely accused folks can afford.
But Kavanaugh chose to perform indignation, attitude, and outrage, because the truth was not on his side and also because he was vulnerable to fear, guilt, and shame.
Lessons from the Road
And here let me interject a word about outrage. It can be very, very useful in overriding and masking less flamboyant emotions. Outrage pretty much trumps them all. I learned this hitchhiking. If I was in a car with a driver who began to behave in a threatening manner, I would erupt into an emotionally violent tirade against a fictional boss, and I would keep this rant going until I was able to get away. It kept those icy fingers of fear from making inroads into my psyche. It gave me the floor. It shut down whatever scenario he was attempting to initiate. Let me be clear: a performance of outrage would not work on a Ted-Bundy-type predator, but, at least in my experience with more garden-variety potential perps, I found it effective.
So Kavanaugh played outrage. And so did Lindsey Graham. In fact, Graham's performance was even more transparent, as he used the display of anger to derail a specific line of questioning that was not going well for Kavanaugh. Because outrage carries the overtones of emotional violence, it disrupts discourse. People confronted with outrage have a visceral response. Their choices become "escalate" or "appease."
Kavanaugh's display of outrage worked to solve his problem: that of a guilty man attempting to defend himself when the facts do not support his case, when he is under oath and afraid to lie, and when he is fending off tell-tale emotions of guilt, shame, and fear. To a trained actor, Kavanaugh's performance of outrage was an admission of guilt, pure and simple.
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Victoria Symonds
Great blog! Spot on! I found his getting choked up when he got to the part about his daughter praying for Ford curious, odd. Guilty tears I wondered? Then I had another thought. I wonder if Brett is a victim of sexual assault himself? Wasn't he an alter boy?
Being a survivor of incest as well as 3 sexual assaults, I've learned a thing or two about men and their not accepting and OBEYING the word "NO".
My brother was sexually assaulted while he slept by his Demolay ( Masons) coach. He threatened to tell, the coach nearly strangled him with his canteens strap. It went to court, he had to testify and his abuser was sentenced to jail. However, my brother began the same predatory behavior once he hit puberty. He molested me in my sleep while he masturbated. ( Grrrrooosss!!!) He and his best friend basically raped me like Kavanaugh and his buddy did. They threatened to tell my mother I was playing with matches ( A lie to keep me quiet) My brother continued to sexually assault me until I was 14 yrs old.
I never talked about it until therapy 2001.
Anyway, my point being is I saw a similar response from my brother after I told my folks. He was outraged, threatening and smug.
I think the FBI needs to go deep on this guy. He's no doubt a raging untreated alcoholic. But is he a lifelong sexual predator/assailant?? Are his little girls safe?
Tina Gianoulis
Really great perspective, Carolyn--one thing that I heard a commentator say that I think is really true is that not only does every woman who ever went to a drunken high school or college party know Kavanaugh did it, all those guys who are defending him and will vote for his confirmation--they know he did it too--but they have to support him because otherwise the whole fabic of male domination is in danger. yeah, that's right guys, we're coming for all of you.
Dear Carolyn,
I responded to your privately after you drew my attention to this. Most intelligent, thinking people in the UK (there are some) are astounded not only by what has happened here, but by the appalling way in which it now sees to be becoming acceptable for public figures (at the highest level) to devalue and ridicule the testimony of those who, even in small ways, appear to threaten their view of the world. Do they have no shame? Do they have no humility? The false theatricality of these situations serves to illustrate one of the most shameful trends of our modern life. It is up to writers (like you) and editors (like me) to expose the corruption of this trend at every possible chance we get.
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Battle the forces of evil with Harry's Wand
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Games - Harry Potter's latest installment!
As of November 16, the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Party 1) video game will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, Windows PC, and mobile devices, just in time for the film premiere this upcoming Thursday. According to EA's official press release, the game will feature plays on the run from Death Eaters on a mission to destroy all of Voldemort's Horcruxes, all while facing dangerous magical creatures and the forces of evil.
"There's no doubt that this is the most exhilarating Harry Potter game we've made to date," says Jonathan Bunney, VP, Head of Production at EA Bright Light. "The darker tone of the movies and books, together with the rich action storyline of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows "€œ Part 1 and the potential of HD gaming technology has enabled the development team to give the player more powerful magic, more dangerous enemies and an overall more exciting experience than ever before. It's an entirely new Harry Potter experiences that we believe both fans of the franchise and action games will love."
The game introduces the use of Harry's wand as an ultimate weapon, used both for attack and protecting magic spells. Furthermore, players will be able to use potions in both combat and for stealth moves. Furthermore, players will have full utilization of both Harry's broom and invisibility cloak, launching themselves truly into this virtual world of Hogwarts and playing out the storyline on their own.
The game is now for sale and just waiting to magic its way into your own game consoles!
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Sisters Rebecca and Leanne Hardy are running the Great North Run for the East Anglian Air Ambulance. Picture: Supplied by Rebecca Hardy.
Two sisters from Dereham are set to take part in the Great North Run this week to raise money for the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
Rebecca and Leanne Hardy will compete in the half marathon on Sunday September 9, which starts in Newcastle and ends in South Shields.
The East Anglian Air Ambulance has attented over 23,000 missions since it was formed in 2000 and comprises specialist pre-hospital doctors and critical care paramedics, operating out of two high-tech helicopters.
The charity relies on fundraising to keep going and must raise £11.3 million this year to operate.
Becky and Leanne have raised £295 so far on JustGiving and and donations can be made at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/BeckyLeanne.


1. That non availability of teaching aid and reading materials in school contributed to the reading disability.
2. That physical and mental defects among students also leads to poor reading habits.
3. That the teachers methods of teaching can impede reading progress.
4. That poor reading upbringing and lack of motivation from parents and teachers hinders reading ability.
5. And that the effect of poor reading habits is the cause of failure in the examinations. Based on these findings, the researcher makes some suggestions and recommendations on how to overcome the problems in order to improve students speech and comprehension.
- Does lack of teaching aids in secondary schools give room to poor reading habits?
- Does physical and mental defects lead to poor reading habits?
- Does poor reading habit among students result to performance in the examination?
- Does low intelligence affect efficiency in reading?
- Does bad teaching methods used by teachers causes poor reading habits among students?