This is a sketch of Morozko and Vasya from Katherine Arden's amazing Winternight trilogy.
I devoured all three books earlier this month and am now completely in love with Morozko!
I worked on this piece for 7 hours, using charcoal pencils and graphite pencils (5B, 3B, 2B, B, H).
I did find an image to use as a rough basis for their poses, but mostly I had to make up hair, clothing etc. This took me out of my comfort zone, as I generally copy exactly from an existing image. Therefore it was good practice for me to branch out and try something different, and overall I am 65% happy with this artwork. It's not perfect and the detailed shading isn't there, but it captures the characters, I think.
Today I welcome Abigail de Niverville to the blog to answer a few questions for Author Interview³.
Occasionally I glance at stats, but it's never something I check religiously or stress over.


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LGBT lawmakers and their allies struck back at anti-gay activists pushing "religious freedom" bills in the State Capitol with a proposal of their own: A bill to ban discrimination against gay and transgender state employees.
The measure, House Bill 323 or the Fair Employment Practices Act, was filed on Thursday with bipartisan support. State Rep. Karla Drenner (photo), the longest-serving lesbian of the Georgia House, introduced the measure with co-sponsors Reps. Stacey Abrams, Wendell Willard, Rusty Kidd, Mike Jacobs and Simone Bell. Bell, a lesbian, Drenner and Abrams are Democrats; Willard and Jacobs are Republicans; Kidd is an Independent. Some 77 lawmakers have co-sponsored Drenner's bill.
The bill, similar to measures that failed in past legislative sessions, comes with powerful backing in Willard, who chars the House Judiciary Committee.
But Willard helped stall a similar measure he backed in 2012 when he chaired a contentious hearing and successfully banned LGBT media outlets from shooting photos and video of the event. That hearing was also staffed with several Capitol police officers and state troopers and came days after an earlier hearing in which anti-gay opponents of Drenner's bill spoke. The legislation received a friendly hearing in 2013 in which Drenner and state Rep. Keisha Waites discussed anti-gay bias they face.
On Thursday, Georgia Equality urged supporters to lobby their lawmakers to support the measure.
Gay and transgender state employees make Georgia a better place for all of us to live. No dedicated public servant should have to live in fear that they could be fired from the state they work hard to serve for reasons that have nothing to do with their job performance.
Georgians value fairness. That's why a strong majority of Georgians already believe discrimination is wrong. We believe employees should be judged on talent, qualifications and job performance—not on the basis of who they are or who they love.
Drenner's legislation comes as LGBT activists fight against "religious freedom" bills. The measures failed in 2014 but sponsors revived them and a deluge of support from anti-gay religious organizations.


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what comes first, the chicken or the egg. Or the fidget egg. Which people do not understand. It is also me wondering about me and my attitude and to what degree I affect things. And add into it the question of do we ever give up hope? If I say I wasn't expecting x does that inherently mean I didn't wish to be proven wrong?? And at what point do I give up hope from hope.
I mentioned all of these awesome things happening and so I will star with that. Yesterday was my 18 month sobriety date. Holy hell! 18 months!!! I never really thought I'd make it 18 months when I started. I couldn't see ahead at all. It really was and is one day at a time. The only boon has been never have I been really tempted to take a swig except for once to prove or not prove a point. (I did not and the fact that my mind went there was a red flag that the circumstances that surrounded that situation needed to be changed ASAP. As they were.) now if I crave it's a cigarette. And I don't want to do that.
anyway, awesome trip, back to that! I am at the making amends stage of my sobriety. Some family and some college related. And Olaf. My undergrad where I got hurt. And began the pattern of active drinking to numb myself. I didn't hit rock bottom until I was at the end of grad school and trying to find a way to work a life. And so I have had a lot of anger directed at myself and T the institution and even state. I used that anger to create a pit of self righteous self centered pity to wallow in. And I like to wallow and get dirty and muddy.
So coming back I was so scared. What would I see. I blocked out so much, I really actuLly have spent the last 12 years trying to block st Olaf and Minnesota from me. If I deny it it did not happen. A very twisted, trumpian logic. Scared of making amends And scared to see what is and what was. Talking with a good friend (talking ie texting) I was saying how I love having a vivid imagination.the worlds i can and do create! But that mind and imagination when left to run riot can create all of these horrific landscapes that become overpowering. They take on a life of there own. A life not supported by fact. If you look and see what is really there there is no evidence to support.
the beginning of this the chicken or the egg is the whole show phenomenon. This shoe is having the same problems as others. It also being wholesale- or me going wholesale has made it better as I have a new client, SCORE! But in terms I'd the rest it's not too different. And that is the kicker. It is better than I expected, not as good as I hoped, and it is still early on. How do I keep my attitude happy and fresh and engaging when it is physically & emotionally taxing endeavor? Self doubt and self pity have been personal demons of mine and they read their heads at events like that.
i am just so so so happy to be here in Minnesota. This trip is healing.


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Plamen Markow Markow (international durch die englische Schreibweise Plamen Markov bekannt, ; * 11. September 1957 in Sewliewo) ist ein ehemaliger bulgarischer Fußballspieler und Trainer.

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Plamen Markow verbrachte seine Jugendjahre im Verein seiner Heimatstadt Sewliewo. Dort bekam er auch seinen ersten Profivertrag, bevor er 1975 zum Sofioter ZSKA Sofia wechselte. Dort spielte er zehn Jahre und wechselte zum französischen FC Metz und 1987 zu Grenoble Foot, wo er 1989 seine Spielerkarriere beendete.

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Der Mittelfeldspieler Markow bestritt bisher 38 Partien für die bulgarische Nationalmannschaft und schoss dabei sechs Tore.

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 Bulgarischer Meister: 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982 und 1983
 Bulgarischer Pokalsieger: 1981, 1983 und 1985
 Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft: 1986, Achtelfinale

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Fußballspieler (Widima-Rakowski Sewliewo)
Fußballspieler (ZSKA Sofia)
Fußballspieler (FC Metz)
Fußballspieler (Grenoble Foot)
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Fußballtrainer (Frankreich)
Fußballtrainer (ZSKA Sofia)
Fußballtrainer (Wydad Casablanca)
Bulgarischer Meister (Fußball)
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Daichi gets off to an amazing start even though he has been diagnosed with Down Syndrome.
While the pregnancy was uneventful, one day prior to Daichi's due date, doctors found that the fetal heart rate had dropped. They immediately called for an emergency C-section to be performed. The baby was jaundiced and his oxygen level was low, so he was transferred to the NICU where he remained for 3 weeks. He was given oxygen, incubated, monitored, and tube fed. Parents found that Daichi had very poor muscle tone and was quiet. He barely cried at all. A chromosomal test confirmed that Daichi had Trisomy 21 or Down Syndrome as it is commonly known.
Daichi was struggling – no speech, little understanding, no crawling, and no response to pain.
The first year of Daichi's life was difficult. He was weak and could not move well. He did not make many sounds. Parents knew that something had to be done. They learned of The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential and their work with brain-injured children. Mother immediately made plans to travel to attend the "What To Do About Your Brain Injured Child" Course, which she attended when Daichi was 15 months old. He was struggling – he had no speech, he could only understand 2 words of speech, he could not crawl on the floor, and he did not respond to pain at all.
When mother returned home, she wasted no time - she knew with Down Syndrome he would have many challenges. The family created a crawling track for baby Daichi and all day long they provided opportunity for him to move on the floor. He started to crawl for his needs – here you can see Daichi crawling across the track for something he wants.
Soon, he was crawling all around the house for all of his needs.
Giving Daichi the tools he needed to move changed everything.
He was now able to move, and he quickly became stronger and stronger. Soon, he was crawling all around the house for all of his needs.
As a baby, little Daichi loved reading and math.
Parents also got started immediately with programs to speed his intellectual growth - very important for children with Down Syndrome. Although he was only a year old, parents knew that there was no time to waste. Using the recommendations from Glenn Doman in the books "How To Teach Your Baby To Read" and "How To Teach Your Baby Math," they began to teach little Daichi how to read and do math. He ate it all up!
Parents taught Daichi math by showing him quantities.
Large print makes it easy for Daichi to read.
With Daichi's unlimited opportunity to move on the floor and his rapidly improving mobility, he began to stand up, which led to him taking his very first steps. He loved this newfound freedom!
Daichi pushes up to stand.
Parents gave Daichi proper tactile stimulation as they had learned in the course, which was very important for improving his ability to feel. Being able to feel his body better made it easier for him to move his body. Better tactility led to better mobility.
Daichi's mobility developed rapidly – he can now run up to 300 meters nonstop.
When Daichi was 2 years old, parents traveled to The Institutes for an appointment. This was important because he had progressed so much and completely changed, so he needed an updated and revised program to maintain his progress. He was given a program of daily walking to improve this ability, as well as a specialized nutritional program, a more advanced reading program, and a balance development program.
Daichi can now hold his own weight briefly on the bar – he is preparing to brachiate in the future.
Daichi's mobility developed rapidly – he walked faster and faster, until he actually started running. He can now run up to 300 meters nonstop, a distance far better than his well 3-year-old peers.
Now Daichi has over 60 words of speech that he uses to communicate with his parents.
Daichi's stamina is superior to other kids his age.
Daichi just returned to The Institutes for his second evaluation and appointment. He had completely changed – with his running and improved respiration, he had started to speak. He now has over 60 words of speech that he uses to communicate his needs with his parents. He loves reading and math, and will find any excuse to pick up a book. He even enjoys reading on his own now!
Daichi and his parents are a great team.
Daichi is off to a wonderful start – he went from not moving, understanding poorly, and being unable to speak to running, understanding, reading, doing math, and speaking! His parents continue to work day in and day out toward the ultimate goal of wellness. Daichi continues to progress. Another wonderful success story about a child labeled with Down Syndrome. Stayed tuned to our newsletter – we predict there will be a lot more to come about Daichi in the future.


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Academy Awards: Getting red-carpet ready
The flawless looks about to be unveiled on the Oscars red carpet have been months in the making and require an army of experts.
LOS ANGELES � The flawless looks about to be unveiled on the Oscars red carpet have been months in the making and require an army of experts.
With perhaps the highest concentration of cameras anywhere in the world that night, plus millions of viewers keenly critiquing every outfit, Oscar's red carpet is the ultimate runway, where designers and their muses are discovered and celebrated. Hair and makeup trends are established. New style-setting stars are crowned. And sartorial scorn is heaped upon those who make even the slightest misstep.
All that perfection takes a lot of preparation. Here's a look at the standard steps and secret tricks that stars employ to get red carpet ready:
That dewy complexion isn't all makeup. Stars spend at least a week prepping for an Oscar appearance, says celebrity makeup artist Melanie Mills. They might do a cleanse to expel toxins and drop weight, she said, along with seaweed wraps to further detoxify and slim down. Mills also recommends a traditional Korean spa-style body scrub a few days prior to the show "to really get that skin exfoliated and super glowing." A facial and spray tan follow.
Show-day makeup takes about two hours, she said. One of her secrets: using body makeup before foundation for a "sunny, gorgeous, lit-from-within glow" that stays on all day � and won't transfer onto men's jackets during the many industry-requisite hugs.
"You should also mist yourself with a setting spray," she said, "especially if you're going to be schmoozing with a lot of men in black tuxedoes."
Skilled hairstylists can give stars a temporary eye lift with a lace-front wig, says Michael Shaun Corby, global creative director for Alterna Haircare. Using nylon thread, he sews a patch of lace into tight pin-curls, which helps lift the brows and smooth wrinkles around the eyes.
"Then we top it with a $7,000 wig and no one knows our little secret!" he said.
Hair extensions take hours of preparation, he said, "because we carefully sew individual wefts of human hair together in a multitude of colors to get the exact look and texture for the star."
"The stars need perfection on the red carpet," he said, "and we give it to them."
Besides a clean diet of healthy smoothies the week before the big show, trainer Harley Pasternak recommends that his Oscar-bound clients take at least 12,000 steps a day and do resistance exercises that improve their posture.
"When you're on the red carpet," he said, "it's really all about confidence and posture."
Stars who need last-minute help slimming trouble spots could try VaserShape, a treatment shown to reduce inches from thighs and bellies in about 45 minutes.
Botox and facial fillers can be done a few days before the ceremony, but face lifts, liposuction and the increasingly popular butt implants need to be done months in advance, says celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Peter Fodor, who estimates "at least 80 percent" of the stars on the Oscar carpet have done something surgical to enhance their appearance.
"If the work is done right, it's undetectable," he said.
THE CLOTHES
Stylists scour the fashion shows in New York, London, Paris and Milan to find the freshest looks for the Academy Awards, says stylist Brad Goreski.
Once found, what goes underneath and alongside are priorities. Custom and couture dresses have built-in foundations, he said, but other outfits need special consideration.
"You never want to see a visible panty line, ever," he said. "VPL is something I can't deal with." The seamless, invisible Commandos are a possibility, as is actually going without any underwear beneath a long dress.
Double-stick tape is a stylist's No. 1 tool. Besides keeping fabric in place, it can also create the appearance of firmer skin, Goreski said.
"In a very revealing dress, it can help to tighten the skin in different areas without it seeming that way," he said. "You know, pull a little wrinkle or something like that."
His key to making a red carpet splash? Color.
"Bright colors make people happy," said the stylist. "And those are also the (photos) people will run in the magazines."
Even men are getting more colorful. Supporting-actor nominee Jared Leto wore a bronze jacket to the Oscar Nominees Luncheon, and of course there's Pharrell Williams' attention-getting hat.
� Shoes: They're not comfortable and they're not going to be. "If we feel it makes the look, we go for it," Goreski said.
� Clutch: What actually goes into those impossibly tiny clutch purses? Fitting in the essentials is a major red carpet challenge. The phone goes in first, then money and ID. Corby recommends at least three hairpins and a hairband, plus a miniature can of hairspray, if possible. Mills suggests a "lip product," clear eyelash glue, blotting papers and a small compact.
"It's a little bit of a puzzle piece," Goreski said. "It's like Tetris inside of those purses."


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Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and The Forgotten History (2013) by Dr. Suzanne Humphries & Roman Bystrianik
27 Wed Apr 2016
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LUMPENPROLETARIAT—On today's episode of free speech radio's Guns and Butter, host Bonnie Faulkner continued her conversation from the last two weekly hour-long broadcasts with Dr. Suzanne Humphries, this time joined by Roman Bystrianik (co-author of Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and The Forgotten History) to discuss further questions surrounding vaccines, their efficacy, the pros and cons, and compulsory state vaccination of individuals. Listen (or download) here. [1]
[Working draft transcript of actual radio broadcast by Messina for Lumpenproletariat and Guns and Butter]
GUNS AND BUTTER—[27 APR 2016] "This is Guns and Butter. [intro theme plays]
DR. SUZANNE HUMPHRIES: "The history of polio is very dark. It's very strange. And it really began the beginning of the vaccine religion in the United States, as far as I'm concerned, because, once the public supported the polio campaign, all vaccines kind of followed."
BONNIE FAULKNER: "I'm Bonnie Faulkner. Today on Guns and Butter: Dr. Suzanne Humphries and Roman Bystrianik. Today's show: 'Dissolving Illusions: Vaccinations, Past and Present'.
"Dr. Suzanne Humphries and Roman Bystrianik are co-authors of Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History.
"Dr. Suzanne Humphries is a medical doctor, internist, and board-certified nephrologist, currently in private practice. Roman Bystrianik is a medical researcher and author.
"Currently, the California legislature is fast-tracking two vaccine senate bills. SB 277 will eliminate the personal belief and religious exemptions from vaccinations required for children to attend public and private school. SB 792 will require CDC-prescribed adult immunisation of child care workers, with the exception of flu vaccine.
"Today, we review some of the history of disease and vaccination covered in Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History.
"Dr. Suzanne Humphries, thank you for joining me, again." (c. 2:06)
DR. SUZANNE HUMPHRIES: "Thank you for having me back, Bonnie."
BONNIE FAULKNER: "And, Roman Bystrianik, thank you for joining us."
ROMAN BYSTRIANIK: "Thank you for having us."
BONNIE FAULKNER: "You are co-authors of the book, Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and The Forgotten History. How did the two of you come together to write this—shall we call it—history of disease and the practice of vaccination? Dr. Humphries, let's start with you."
DR. SUZANNE HUMPHRIES: "Well, I think it all started when Roman heard me on Gary Null's show when I was floundering in my very early months trying to talk about polio because early on I realised that polio and smallpox were the two things, that were tossed at me whenever somebody had a doubt about what I was saying about flu shots to my sick patients.
"So, I went deep into polio, thinking: Polio is still in the consciousness of people today. So, let me go with polio.
"And, to me, smallpox was really interesting. But it was so long ago. So, I really focused on polio. And Roman, meanwhile, had been focusing on smallpox.
"So, he heard me on Gary Null talking about polio; and he said: Ha! That's the person I need to write my book with. [SNIP]."
BONNIE FAULKNER: "And, so, how about you, Roman?" (c. 3:40)
[SNIP] (c. 59:59)
Learn more at GUNS AND BUTTER.
[This transcript will be expanded as time constraints, and/or demand or resources, allow.]
ALSO SEE THESE RELATED ARTICLES:
"Why De Niro is backing the MMR doctor hounded out of Britain […]" by Tom Leonard, The Daily Mail, 22 APR 2016
Guns and Butter, 20 APR 2016: "Dr. Suzanne Humphries: Challenging Conventional Thinking About Vaccination", Lumpenproletariat.
Guns and Butter, 13 APR 2016: "Dr. Suzanne Humphries: Honesty Versus Policy: Vaccines and the Medical System", Messina, Lumpenproletariat.
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Hillary Clinton, Pelosi, Lewis to speak at Slaughter funeral
Hillary Clinton will be among the speakers at Rep. Louise Slaughter's funeral on Friday. (News file photo)
By Jerry Zremski|Published Wed, Mar 21, 2018 |Updated Wed, Mar 21, 2018
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. John Lewis will be among the speakers at the late Rep. Louise M. Slaughter's funeral service in Rochester on Friday.
Members of Slaughter's family will also speak at the service, her office announced Wednesday. In addition, a contingent of Slaughter's congressional colleagues will be traveling to Rochester for the event.
"The service will be a fitting celebration of a truly remarkable person," said Liam Fitzsimmons, Slaughter's chief of staff. "We're pleased that the public is invited to join us as we mark the life and legacy of this trailblazing leader."
Clinton, the Democratic candidate for president in 2016, served as a U.S. senator from New York from 2001 to 2009 and worked closely with Slaughter. Pelosi, a former House speaker, and Lewis, a hero of the civil rights movement and a Democrat from Georgia, were among Slaughter's close friends in the House.
The service will take place at 11 a.m. Friday at the Eastman Theatre's Kodak Hall, at the corner of Main and Gibbs streets, Rochester.
The event is open to the public, with free parking in the East End Garage, 475 E. Main St. The public should enter the theater on East Main Street.
Seating in the theater is limited, but seating will also be available in overflow rooms, where people can see a livestream of the funeral.
The public is also welcome at calling hours from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Miller Funeral and Cremation Services, 3325 S. Winton Road South, Henrietta.
Slaughter, 88, died Friday, about a week after suffering a fall and a concussion at her Washington home. She served the Rochester area in Congress for more than 30 years, and her district included parts of the Buffalo area from 2003 through 2012.
Rep. Louise Slaughter, who served in Congress for more than 30 years, has died
The first woman to chair the powerful House Rules Committee – which sets the agenda on the House floor – Slaughter was one of the most beloved and accomplished lawmakers of her generation.
A Democrat from Fairport, she wrote major legislation barring genetic discrimination and cracking down on insider stock trading among members of Congress, and also played a key role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
"The Slaughter family and the congresswoman's staff deeply appreciate the incredible outpouring of support from people in the community and across the nation during this difficult time," Fitzsimmons said. "It is a source of comfort knowing how many people admired Louise and were impacted by her life's work."
Rochester train station to be named for Slaughter
Jerry Zremski – Jerry Zremski is The Buffalo News' Washington bureau chief. A News staffer since 1984, he won the David Lynch Memorial Reporting Award for regional coverage of Congress in 2017.


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D-Link's DCS-6616 12X WDR Day/Night Speed Dome Camera is a PTZ surveillance solution that can cover large areas and low-light environments. Built with a Sony Super HAD-II 1/4" CCD sensor, the DCS‑6616 can capture 650 TVL high-resolution video with excellent image quality. A built-in IR-cut removable filter allows the camera to capture video in both bright and dark environments. During the day, the IR-cut filter moves out of the way to provide high-quality images. At night, the IR-cut filter stays in, allowing the camera to use all available light for low-light surveillance.
The DCS-6616 is built with an extensive set of PTZ features that allow large areas to be monitored easily. Endless 360° panning allows the camera to sweep an area easily, and 12X optical zoom with auto focus provides the ability to zoom in and focus on an event for more detail. Panning speed is variable and proportional to the zoom ratio for precise control over camera movement. The DCS-6616 can also be set to follow preset sequence paths at set speeds for customised automatic surveillance.
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The included D-Link D-ViewCam™ is sophisticated software which allows users to manage up to 32 network cameras, set e-mail alert notifications, create recording schedules, and use motion detection to record directly important events to a hard drive. D-ViewCam™ also allows users to upload a floor plan to create a realistic layout of the premises where cameras are located, further simplifying the management process.
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'There needs to be a sense of realism' – Nottingham Forest man defends teammate: Six Pointer
George Harbey
Nottingham Forest defender Joe Worrall has recently come out and insisted that midfielder Ben Watson receives unfair criticism from fans, after what has been a positive start to the season for the East Midlands side.
The Reds have won two of their first six games in the Sky Bet Championship and are currently embarking on an unbeaten run of seven matches in all competitions, with Watson establishing himself as a very important player under Sabri Lamouchi.
But after becoming the subject of criticism from Forest fans in the early stages of the season, Joe Worrall has jumped to the defence of his teammate, telling the Nottingham Post that Watson receives "a lot of unnecessary flak" from supporters.
He said: "Ben Watson has been brilliant at the start of this season – he takes a lot of – in my opinion – unnecessary flak from some of the supporters.
"He's someone who is very reliable and brilliant to have around the dressing room. You look at the performances he put in during pre-season; they earned him the right to play in the first few games.
"He's another leader, another captain figure in the team – him and Michael Dawson. Long may it continue."
As Forest prepare to travel to Wales to face table-toppers Swansea City this weekend, FLW writer George Harbey discusses Watson's start to the season, and whether he deserves the criticism from Forest fans.
Firstly, what have you made of Watson's start to the season?
"I think he has been one of the unsung heroes in all honesty.
"There have been better players than him, but he is one of them players who always puts in a seven out of 10 performance week in, week out in my view.
"The likes of Lewis Grabban, Joe Lolley and Joao Carvalho get so much credit for their attacking output and rightfully so, but Watson's role is completely different and he provides Forest with a solid base in midfield."
How important has he been to Forest?
"Watson has been a regular for Lamouchi in the early stages of the season, establishing himself as a first-choice midfielder under the Frenchman.
"He has started every league match for Forest so far, and is clearly thought of highly by Lamouchi.
"His experience and knowhow in the middle of the park is what teams need at this level, and along with Michael Dawson, the pair add real steel to the core of Forest's side."
Why does he receive so much criticism from fans?
"Watson's performances this season have divided Forest fans right down the middle.
"There are some fans who rate him highly, recognising that his job isn't to drive forward, play five one-two passes and slam the ball home from 25 yards, and it's simply to break up play and give the ball to the flair players.
"But Watson is 34 years of age, therefore he doesn't get around the pitch as much as he did when he was a younger player at Wigan and Watford, and his lack of mobility sometimes lets them down.
"There is an argument that fans demand too much of Watson, but you know what you are going to get from a player of his age and experience."
Is there anyone else who could do his job better than him?
"John Bostock has really impressed me when he's played in the Carabao Cup against Fleetwood and Derby – he's a younger, more dynamic version of Watson who is also good at tackling and breaking up play.
"Whereas Samba Sow and Alfa Semedo can play further forward and operate as box-to-box midfielders, Watson and Bostock are more out-and-out holding midfielders, who sit back and become the lynchpin in midfield.
"Arguably, Bostock deserves a chance to impress from the off in the Championship, and due to the nature of Forest's massive squad, he might get that chance soon."
How do you think Watson will be feeling right now?
"Watson is old enough and experienced enough to bounce back from criticism, and whilst it may sound arrogant, it won't affect him too much at all.
"He's not made any glaring errors at all, his performances haven't been too notably bad whatsoever, and he is clearly rated highly by Lamouchi having started in every single one of their Championship clashes thus far.
"Most would have thought that he would be gone in the summer, but he's turned into a very important player under the new manager."
Finally then, what have you made of the criticism overall?
"Football is loved by so many. Fans will always disagree and share different opinions about various things.
"I think there needs to be a sense of realism – Watson is a 34-year-old midfielder who has been a comfortable bottom-half Premier League player back in his heyday.
"He's hardly put a foot wrong for Forest this season, and whilst there might be younger, more energetic midfielders in the squad, if it's not broken, then why fix it?
"He is clearly having a massive influence on younger players on and off the pitch, and should be appreciated more in my opinion."
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Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker have been making headlines for their PDA on the Oscars 2022 and Grammys 2022 red carpet.
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Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker have been making headlines for their PDA on the Oscars 2022 and Grammys 2022 red carpet. Now, reports have revealed that the couple who got engaged in 2021, tied the knot in a secret wedding after Barker's Grammy performance on Sunday night in Las Vegas.
Kourtney Kardashian & Travis Barker Are Engaged, Former Breaks The News With An Instagram Post
While the couple is yet to make the news official, Marty Frierson, the owner of One Love Wedding Chapel, told USA Today that the couple's ceremony took place at 1:45 am on Monday morning (April 4, 2022). The duo reportedly called the chapel at 12:30 am to confirm the wedding chapel was still open for appointments.
Frierson added that the two were accompanied by four people who took pictures and videos of the wedding. The report has not disclosed whether Kardashian and Barker obtained a marriage license ahead of their ceremony, so it's not confirmed if the two are legally married yet.
Shortly before the wedding, the couple attended a Grammys after-party at Delilah LV. Insiders told E!News that the duo packed on the PDA and added, "They were seated at a table in the back and making out. They weren't holding back and were having a lot of fun."
Notably, Kourtney Kardashian had announced her engagement in October 2021 and the two have been inseparable ever since. Kourtney's recent red carpet appearance also sparked pregnancy rumours, however, she is yet to make any comments on the same.
Last month, the couple shared that they were looking to grow their family together. In the trailer for their new Hulu series The Kardashians, Kourtney said, "Travis and I want to have a baby." They were also seen visiting a doctor's office as they appeared to embark on a fertility journey.
Kourtney Kardashian And Travis Barker Turn Up The Romance With Their PDA On Oscars 2022 Red Carpet
This marks Kourtney's first marriage. She has three children with ex-boyfriend Scott Disick. On the other hand, Travis Barker was married to Melissa Kennedy from 2001 to 2002 and Shanna Moakler from 2004 to 2008. He shares son Landon and daughter Alabama with Moakler.
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Dec. 21, 2012, Houston, Texas -– Best-selling author Nancy Pearcey and writer-editor J. Richard Pearcey have teamed up to create the Francis Schaeffer Center for Worldview and Culture on the campus of Houston Baptist University.
The purpose of the Francis Schaeffer Center is to "promote foundational research and out-of-the-box creative thinking based on historic Christianity as a total way of life informed by verifiable truth concerning God, humanity, and the cosmos," according to the FSC mission statement.
Nancy Pearcey serves as Director of the Francis Schaeffer Center. Formerly an agnostic, Nancy is Professor and Scholar in Residence at HBU. She is the author of seminal works such as Total Truth, The Soul of Science, and Saving Leonardo, and also serves as editor at large of The Pearcey Report. Nancy was heralded in The Economist as "America's pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual."
Courses created by FSC will give students a unique opportunity to work through Nancy's award-winning books and other foundational resources on worldview and cultural engagement. "Our goal at FSC is to equip students in every major to be critical and creative thinkers," Pearcey said. "Under the visionary leadership of President Robert Sloan, Houston Baptist University is moving forward strategically to implement a Christian worldview approach more intentionally and comprehensively across all the disciplines."
"If the Christian worldview is true to reality, and we think a rational case can be made that it is, it can be the key to a renaissance of humanity, freedom, and creativity," Richard said. "Nancy and I met at L'Abri in Switzerland, so we are grateful for the opportunity to say 'thank you' to the Schaeffers and their work by inspiring students and others -- teachers, activists, professionals -- to apply Christian thought forms across the whole of life, from art to science to business and politics."
HBU Provost John Mark Reynolds said, "When I was a young adult, the writings and films of Francis Schaeffer modeled a way of doing Christian apologetics that had an important impact on my life. It is my honor to see HBU set up a study center dedicated to the Schaeffer approach to worldview studies. There is no better time for Christians to impact the culture, few better models than Schaeffer for evangelicals, and no better team than Nancy and Richard Pearcey to set up the Center."
According to the FSC mission statement, "Since its founding, Houston Baptist University has built a rich heritage of Christian higher education.
. . . The Francis Schaeffer Center for Worldview and Culture will give focus to HBU's goal of equipping students and faculty with a Biblical worldview for application to their thinking and their lives.
To arrange an interview with the Pearceys, please email Nancy at npearcey@hbu.edu or Richard at Pearcey@thepearceyreport.com.
If you are interested in learning how to direct support to the Francis Schaeffer Center for Worldview and Culture, please contact the Pearceys or Charles Bacarisse (Vice President for Advancement at Houston Baptist University at 281-649-3428; email cbacarisse@hbu.edu), or visit this HBU website.
Nancy and I can now gladly, with thanks, announce today the formation of the Francis Schaeffer Center for Worldview and Culture, located on the campus of Houston Baptist University.
This is a developing story. More information will follow.
Edwin J. Feulner, the man who first envisioned, then built The Heritage Foundation, will step down as president next April, the think tank announced today.
The top spot will be filled by Jim DeMint, the senator from South Carolina who, over the last decade, has organized an influx of principled conservatives to serve in the U.S. House and Senate.
"Jim DeMint has shown that principled conservatism remains a winning political philosophy," Heritage Chairman of the Board Thomas A. Saunders says. "His passion for rigorous research, his dedication to the principles of our nation's founding, and his ability to translate policy ideas into action make him an ideal choice to lead Heritage to even greater success."
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The CIA spokesman, presumably at the direction of CIA director David Petraeus, has put out this statement: "No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate."
"So who in the government did tell 'anybody' not to help those in need?" Kristol asks.
"Someone decided not to send in military assets to help those Agency operators. Would the secretary of defense make such a decision on his own? No."
Kristol concludes: "It would have been a presidential decision."
1) Despite its public statements to the contrary (asserting a "spontaneous reaction"), the Obama administration internally labeled the September 11 attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya, as a terror attack, within 24 hours of the assault.
2) There is, as of this moment today, no FBI personnel on the ground in Benghazi to investigate the terror attack. Fox News anchor Martha Maccallum later suggested this presence may indicate conditions on the ground in Benghazi remain unsafe.
Says on-scene reporter Jennifer Donelan, "We do have one person shot and sources tell me that he is a security guard here at the Family Research Council. . . .
"They do believe in the union of one man and one woman, so they are anti-civil unions, anti-gay marriage."
WJLA is reporting that the "shooting leaves security guard wounded."
Update: Fox News is reporting that the gunman posed as an intern and that he shot a security guard "after expressing disagreement with the conservative group's policy positions."
Update: HuffPo comment: "I hope the gaurd [sic] recovers quickly and fully. I hate to see an employee get hurt for the crimes of the employer. Not to say I want the people who run the Family Research Council shot but . . . . . . . . well . . . . . . . I would like them to go away voluntarily forever."
A public information officer for the Washington police department said the shooting happened about 10:45 a.m. Eastern.
"A security guard confronted the suspect, which is a matter of their policy. The suspect did fire upon the security guard. The security guard was struck, and transported to a hospital," the police report said.
The security guard was listed in stable condition, police said.
We are writing to let you know that our family is moving to Houston, Texas, so that Nancy can assume a new appointment as Scholar in Residence at Houston Baptist University. As a full professor, her duties will include teaching, research & writing, and helping to create a new MA program in Apologetics. Rick is pursuing exciting opportunities that would be premature to announce at this time.
John Mark Reynolds of the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University was recently announced as the soon-to-be new Provost of HBU.
Here's more news: Today, Nancy and I depart for a series of lectures at the Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Also, there is the recent publication of Darrow Miller's important new book, Emancipating the World: A Christian Response to Radical Islam and Fundamentalist Atheism.
I was honored to write the Foreword, which you can read here.
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"What's Your Name, Sir?" -- For some reason, the Wisconsin Democrats were in Illinois (according to the BGov headline).
The Wisconsin senators do an excellent impression of "Deer in Headlights." More at Big Government.
The information in this stunning audio may be one reason Obama's State of the Union speech last night was so flat.
Neil Abercrombie admitted to close friend and reporter Mike Evans -- There are no records of Obama's birth in Hawaii.
Here's more at Breitbart.com. Author Jack Cashill on Denver radio with AM 630 KHOW host Peter Boyles weighs in here.
Bloomington, MN (Jan. 13, 2011) -– Rivendell Sanctuary, an innovative new college, announces that best-selling author and scholar Nancy Pearcey, and editor-publisher J. Richard Pearcey, will join the Rivendell faculty. The couple begins team-teaching classes in the Fall 2011.
Best known for award-winning books such as Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey is currently a columnist with the Capitol Hill newspaper Human Events and editor at large of The Pearcey Report. Nancy studied with Francis Schaeffer at L'Abri in Switzerland and served as the Francis A. Schaeffer Scholar at the World Journalism Institute. Her most recent position was Scholar of Worldview Studies at Philadelphia Biblical University. An article in The Economist describes Nancy as "America's pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual." Her latest book is Saving Leonardo: A Call to Resist the Secular Assault on Mind, Morals, & Meaning.
J. Richard Pearcey, also a published writer, has worked in the Washington, D.C., area for several years as an editor at The World & I, managing editor of Human Events, and associate editor of the Evans-Novak Political Report. He has edited books by David Limbaugh, Hal Lindsey, and John Erickson and is currently writing a manuscript on worldview and resistance in a secular age. In 2005 he launched the influential Pearcey Report (www.pearceyreport.com).
To learn more about Rivendell, go to www.rivendellsanctuary.com. To find out how you can enable a student to attend this life-changing new college, look into their "Take Back Education Scholarship Fund" at www.takebackeducation.org.
To schedule media interviews with the Pearceys, or to talk with someone about Rivendell Sanctuary, please contact A.J. Hofstetter (email: aj@rivendellsanctuary.com; phone: 952-996-1451).
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David Barnett
David Michael Barnett's mission is to build strong families through life coaching, speaking, and writing. He was a foster child and has an ACE score of 10. David also has a BA and MA. David is the President of CORE Family Resources and has been married for 37 years. David has three grown children, two children-in-law, and three wonderful grandchildren. He found healing through building a loving,
strong family.
Christine Bauer
Christine (Chris) Bauer is first and foremost a proud birth mother, mother and grandmother. She is also a published author, writer and communication professional living in Minneapolis. "Those Three Words: A birth mother's story of choice, chance & motherhood" is her first book. Chris has been a guest speaker at adoption conferences, high schools and book clubs and is
happy to share her story and
talk with groups of all sizes
about adoption.
Laura Jean Beauvais, MPH, MA, LPC,
Laura Jean, the adoptive mother of two grown daughters and two grandchildren, has been involved with adoptions for more than 25 years. She directed the SC office of Nightlight Christian Adoptions for over 20 years. She has worked in nearly all facets of adoption, and for
several years, she specialized in placing children from dissolved adoptions into new families. She
is a licensed professional counselor, an attachment specialist, and provides trauma-focused therapy for her clients. In addition, she serves as president of the South Carolina Association of Licensed Adoption Agencies. Laura Jean wrote The Complete Adoption Book. In 2005, the SC legislature awarded her the South Carolina Woman of Achievement Award for her work in adoption.
Laura loves spending time with her family and friends, is a voracious reader, and enjoys cooking, walking, weight lifting, gardening, and playing bridge.
Kristopher Bennett
Kris manages public relations and marketing for Adoption.com and aids in team communication, workflow, and revenue growth. He loves cooking gourmet meals with his family and reading action-packed fiction.
Elizabeth Berkowitz
Elizabeth R. Berkowitz is an attorney with an extensive and exclusive practice in the area of adoption law based in Florida. She is a member of the Florida Adoption Council and serves on the Board of the Directors for the Florida Adoption Council. Also, she is head of the Mentoring Committee for adoption professionals and is a member of the Grievance Committee.
She owns her own practice and provides representation to adoptive families in domestic private placement adoptions. Her practice is dedicated to adoption of children of all ages. She provides representation in stepparent and relative adoptions as well.
Ms. Berkowitz prides herself on the community service that she provides to our community with her family. She also is a NICU cuddler and is a member of 100+ Women Who Care. Ms. Berkowitz is married and has two sons. She considers her family her greatest accomplishment.
Tasha Blaine, LMSW
Tasha Blaine is a Manager of Spence-Chapin's Post-Adoption Support Services Department. She received her Master's in Social Work from Columbia University and trained at The Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Tasha has worked extensively with all members of the adoption community, offering counseling and support to those who are struggling in their relationships, facing behavioral challenges and experiencing grief and loss. She also has significant experience counseling birth parents.
https://www.spence-chapin.org/
John R. Brooks
John had been a senior financial executive in the media finance industry living in Tiburon, California with his wife, Erika, and daughter, Casey. That life went up in a fireball on January 29, 2008 when Casey leapt from the Golden Gate Bridge and disappeared. Since then, John has devoted himself to advocacy around suicide awareness and prevention, with particular focus on a suicide deterrent system on the Golden Gate Bridge. As important, he has written and spoken extensively on the challenges faced by adoptees and their families, something he'd only learned about after Casey's death. His search for answers to Casey's suicide, and lessons learned, became an award winning memoir, The Girl Behind The Door, published by Scribner in 2016.
Birney Bull
Mr. Bull served as President of the Board of Savannah Care Center, a crisis pregnancy center, from 1994 to 2009. He was on the Board for two years prior to that and was again a regular member of the Board in 2010 and 2011. This, and his adoption work, has been very fulfilling.
His wife is a professor of Fibers at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and he has two home-grown daughters, one who recently graduated from SCAD, and a special needs daughter who attends Islands High School.
He enjoys running and music (playing and listening), and used to play golf and tennis when time was easier to find.
Michelle-Madrid Branch
Michelle Madrid-Branch is an author, speaker, international adoptee, and global advocate for women and children and specializes in the areas of adoption, foster care, abandonment recovery, and identity reconciliation. She is the author of Adoption Means Love: Triumph of the Heart, and two children's books: The Tummy Mummy and her recently released children's book, Coco & Olive: The Color of Love. She is the host of The Greater Than Podcast which shares real stories of resilience to inspire those within the adoption and foster care community. She speaks with individuals who have risen up over challenge and asks: What inspires a person to move beyond struggle? And, how can we motivate and inspire each other to stand Greater Than the obstacles that have tried to keep us down?
Michelle's mission is to ensure that the adoption community is
heard, seen, valued, respected,
and understood.
MichelleMadridBranch.com.
Denalee Chapman
Denalee Chapman is an adoptive mom who is passionate about family and life. She shares this passion through speaking and writing. The author of six published books and numerous articles, Denalee's artistry is found in her written words. She believes that the quality of life is not determined by circumstances, but rather by attitude. Denalee shouts through word and action that life is meant to be joyful!
Website: DenaleeChapman.com
Books available on Amazon – search Denalee Chapman
Diane Dewey
Diane holds her BA from Villanova University, the Honors Program in Liberal Arts. She later completed a certificate program from The Art Institute of Philadelphia, working for the Solomon. R. Guggenheim Museum and the National Academy, before founding her own art appraisal firm. Diane earned a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Capella University in 2015. She lives in St. Petersburg, Florida and near Schaffhausen, Switzerland with her husband and their rescue dog. Fixing the Fates is her first book. For more information about Diane, visit her website: http://dianedewey.com/
Kelly Ellison
A graduate of the Rockhurst Executive Fellows Program, Kelly holds her master's degree in business administration. She has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 25 years in development and management for national and local organizations such as Camp Fire USA and the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City. She is an experienced speaker and certified trainer and has a wealth of experience working with groups or individuals. She is an alumni of SparkLabs KC, a startup incubator which helped to launch her company Your Adoption Finance Coach in 2013. She is formerly the producer and host of her own national radio show, Your Adoption Coach radio on the Voice America network which ran for three years. Ms. Ellison serves as the Treasure and board member for FTEN, helping foster teens with employment opportunities.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-ellison-1baa5911/
Angie Elliston
Angie K. Elliston and her husband have been married over twenty years and have adopted thirteen children: seven from the foster care system, two private adoptions, two adoption disruptions, and two adopted internationally from Africa. At just eight years old, Angie vowed to protect and love children who did not have anyone to love them. She went to college for Sociology for the expressed desire to be a social worker but chose not to go that route. Instead, she chose to be at home with her children. Soon after marrying, she and her husband began their arduous adoption journey chronicled in her book, Phoenix Bound.
Alison England, LMSW
Alison England, LMSW, is an adoptive mom and best-selling author in Christian adoption. Her book, Tandem: A Devotional for Adopting with God in the Lead won the Royal Dragonfly Award for best parenting book. She co-founded Momentum Adoptions, a licensed adoption agency in Arizona. Alison is also a professor at Arizona State University and regularly speaks
at adoption workshops
and conferences.
Beth Friedberg, LCSW
Beth Friedberg is an Associate Director of Spence-Chapin's Post-Adoption Support Services Department. She received a Master's in Social Work from Columbia University and has more than 20 years of experience as a therapist, parent educator, and coach. Her areas of expertise include exploring and strengthening adoption identity, including transracial and multicultural adoption issues, navigating open adoptions, coping with anxiety and depression, and understanding and managing emotional regulation for children, teens, and adults.
Tricia Goyer is author of more than 70 books. She writes both fiction and nonfiction related to family and parenting. This USA Today Best-selling Author has also won a two Carol Awards and a Retailer's Best Award. She was also an ECPA Gold-Medallion Nominee and a Christy Award Nominee and won Writer of the Year from the Mt. Hermon Christian Writers Conference. A beloved author of Amish fiction, as well, Tricia has written the Big Sky and Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors series. She has spoken at events such as MomCon, Raising Generations, and Teach Them Diligently conferences and is host of the podcast, Walk It Out. Tricia is a homeschooling mom of ten, including seven by adoption, Tricia is also a grandmother of four and wife to John. With a busy life, she understands the importance of making every word count.
Karen K. Greenberg, a partner at Konowitz & Greenberg, Wellesley Hills, MA, practices with her brother, Steven S. Konowitz. Law is Karen's second career. In her first life, Karen, a graduate of Boston University, SED, taught elementary school in Quincy, MA, and received her Master of Education at from Wheelock College. In 1983, Karen graduated Suffolk Law School, cum laude, 1983. Karen's family law practice focuses on complex, high-conflict family law matters, adoption, divorce, custody, and paternity issues.
Rebecca Gruenspan
Founder of RG Adoption Consulting, Rebecca Gruenspan is a single adoptive mama who, like millions of women, had a dream of becoming a mother. After a short marriage and struggling with infertility, Becca embraced the idea of domestic adoption. She made herself a promise that if there was a way to make the process easier after everything she had been through, she would. In her previous careers, Becca was a family therapist and nonprofit fundraiser. However, after adopting her son in 2011, she found so much joy in helping others down their path that she decided to make a career of it. Becca and her team at RG Adoption Consulting are dedicated to helping individuals and couples navigate the domestic adoption process as smoothly as possible with the hopes of bringing their babies home in less than
Deb Guston
Debra E. Guston is a New Jersey attorney and past president of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys. Deb's practice focuses on adoption and assisted reproduction, estate planning and administration and guardianships for seniors and special needs children. She was named an Angel in Adoption by CCAI in 2017 and as an Angel by CASA of Bergen County.
Nathan Gwilliam
Nathan started Adoption.com 22+ years ago. He loves spending time with his wife and daughters. He received the U.S. Congressional Coalition Angels in Adoption award, was inducted into the Adoption Hall of Fame by Families Supporting Adoption, and serves on the National Council for Adoption Board of Directors.
Anne Gyemant Paris
Anne Gyemant Paris (pronounced Jay-Mont) is the founder and managing attorney of Gyemant Paris Law, a law practice based in San Francisco, California. Gyemant Paris Law is focused on helping individuals and couples form their families by walking their family formation journey with them. Anne represents families who are creating their families through assisted reproduction, surrogacy, alternative parentage, and adoption. She also works with clients in creating parenting agreements, pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, and guardianships. Anne is the third–generation woman attorney in her family, following the footsteps of her mother and grandmother. She is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Hastings College of Law. She served as President of the Queen's Bench Women's Bar Association and President of the Queen' Bench Foundation and previously created a pro bono program for volunteer attorneys to represent victims of domestic violence in restraining order hearings.
Susan Devan Harness
Susan Devan Harness, author of Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption (University of Nebraska Press, 2019), is a member of the Salish-Kootenai Confederated Tribes and an American Indian transracial adoptee. She has written and presented extensively about American Indian issues, including child placement. Ms. Harness has an M.A. in Cultural Anthropology and Creative Nonfiction, both from Colorado
State University.
Caroline Hibbard
Caroline worked for Adoption.com as their content manager and editor and loved every minute of it. She managed a team of about 70 writers and organized the content of Adoption.com, Adoption.org, Adopting.org, and 75+ other adoption-related websites. Her skills are in editing, grammar, writing, SEO optimization, and ClickFunnels copywriting. Additionally, Caroline worked for two university presidents as an editor and ghostwriter where she learned the art of voice and crafting language. One of her many passions is creating content that is evergreen and useful to the world.
On most weekends, or any day where she has a few hours for that matter, you can find Caroline hoofing it in the mountains with her furry German Shepherd companion, Beren. Traveling, playing the guitar, and spending time with her friends and family are just a few of the things Caroline likes to do.
Michael Hill is the Associate Director at Adoption STAR, located in Buffalo, New York. Michael holds a Master of Science degree in Human Services Administration from Buffalo State College and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work from Luther College. Michael is a strong and passionate speaker, and an enthusiastic advocate of permanency planning. As an adoptive father he treasures the fact that he can be a part of the adoption process.
Richard Hill was the first adoptee known to have identified his birth family through geneticgenealogy DNA testing. He is the author of Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA and Guide to DNA Testing. His website is DNA Testing Adviser.com. He frequently speaks on DNA testing and has written articles for Adoption Today magazine.
Tamra Hyde
Tamra Hyde placed her baby with his family in 1996. Within a couple of years, Tamra had found a calling in adoption advocacy. She discovered healing, purpose, and community as she spoke, wrote, organized, educated, and mentored to audiences of birth parents, prospective adoptive parents, high school, university students, and the general public. Six years ago, Tamra and her son's family miraculously found each other! Though wonderful people, the family has experienced tragedy and trauma. And as a result, while a blessing, reunion has also come with much heartache.
Besides her work with adoption, Tamra is a primitive living wilderness survival instructor and has worked with adolescents in crisis for many years in a wilderness therapy setting. Her current lifestyle is somewhat unconventional as a minimalist and a nomad. She lives and travels in a school bus converted into a tiny home.
Lauren Jiang, MSW
Lauren Jiang is the Director of Permanency & Client Services at Spence-Chapin. She received a Master's in Social Work from New York University and joined Spence-Chapin in 2014 with prior experience interning with the Gladney Center for Adoption. Lauren's experience has focused on working with adoptive parents through
training, home study and
post-adoption services.
LPC LCPAA is the Director of Texas Adoption Home Studies. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the Texas State Board of Professional Counselors. She also holds a license in Texas as a Child-Placing Agency Administrator.
Laura obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin and holds a Master of Arts in Expressive Therapies from the University of Louisville. She has over 19 years of experience in working with families and children in the adoption field. Laura and her associates have completed well over 600 adoption studies to evaluate the placement of children into loving adoptive homes.
Deanna Kahler
Profile Photo Credit: Steven Jon Horner Photography
Deanna Kahler is a proud mom and freelance writer with more than 20 years of professional experience. She is passionate about adoption and seeks to inspire others and make a difference in their lives. She has written for several adoption websites and is the author of the award-winning book, From Pain to Parenthood: A Journey Through Miscarriage to Adoption.
Website URL: www.deannakahler.com
Author Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/deannakahlerauthor/
Relevant Published Work:
Websites: Articles for Adoption.com, Adoptimist and America Adopts!
(Links to these articles can be found on my website under the Adoption /
Infertility link at top of page.)
Adoption Books (available on Amazon.com): 1. From Pain to Parenthood: A Journey Through Miscarriage to Adoption
2. Your Adoption Guidebook
Mark Lacava, LCSW-R
Mark Lacava is the Executive Vice President of Spence-Chapin's Post-Adoption Support Services Department. He received a Master's in Social Work from Columbia University and trained at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. Mark has also studied trauma-focused and relational theory modalities to better understand the effects of trauma on families and the repercussions on brain development, behavior, and self-regulation. Mark has worked extensively with Individuals, adolescents, and families. His expertise is in LGBTQ issues, trauma, behavioral problems, and adoption-related issue.
Sandra Harper Lamgo
Sandra Harper Lamgo is an author/writer in Texas, venturing through life in the country as the wife of a cowboy and mom to eight. Her experiences with infertility, child loss, and growing a family through adoption has fueled her passions of God, all things adoption and family.
Coleen Lahr
Coleen Lahr loves writing, running, the Jersey shore, daisies, and bread. She adopted her daughter in 2009 (domestic infant adoption) and her son in 2015 (international adoption).
When she's not writing, she can be found making sandwiches in her family's restaurant, running (and sometimes walking) Disney races, and playing with her adorable kids.
Her young adult novel Accepted was published in 2014, and she is currently writing a memoir about infertility and adoption. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, two children, three dogs, cat, and lizard.
Tiffany Layne
This mom-blogger started out with three children and decided to adopt four more through CPS after they were removed from their biological mom's care. Over the past 20 years, she's tackled ADD, ADHD, OCD, ODD, PTSD, mood order, depression, potty training and curfew violations. She learned to navigate the system and spends each day helping her kids become contributing members of society. Her latest role is that of
Fairy Godmother, or as some
would say-grandma.
Anne Moody
Anne Moody is the co-director of an infant adoption agency and the author of The Children Money Can Buy:Stories from the Frontlines of Foster Care and Adoption. Her work has focused on the U.S. foster care system and both international and domestic adoption. Anne is also an adoptive parent.
Samantha Morgan
Samantha is a two-time adoptive mom and infertility survivor. Experienced in both international and domestic adoption, she loves sharing her motherhood story and experiences of infertility and adoption to help others find hope in their own journey. Founder of Rush to Hope Ministries, Samantha strives to build connections between people with similar paths so no one has to walk alone.
You can find published articles from Samantha on RushtoHopeMinistries.com, Adoption.com, and as guest writer for various other blogs. She has shared her story and encouragement at women's meetings, conferences, and church services across southern Missouri. Videos of Samantha can also be found on Rush to Hope Ministries Facebook page.
www.rushtohopeministries.com/
Brian joined the Gift of Adoption (GOA) staff as the Director of Programs and Marketing in 2007. Prior to joining the GOA staff, Brian served in a variety of positions at the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois. Most recently he served as the Director of Program Services for five years. Brian also served as Treasurer for the Gift of Adoption of Illinois Board of Directors for two years prior to joining the staff team.
Alice Murray
Alice H. Murray is a Florida adoption attorney with 30 years experience handling domestic nonrelative infant adoptions. She's a staff writer for Adoption.com and the author of pieces which have appeared in compilation books such as Chicken Soup For The Soul.
Alice writes a weekly blog and has had numerous articles and devotionals published online.
Herbie Newell
Herbie Newell is the President/Executive Director of Lifeline Children's Services and it's ministry arms including (un)adopted, Crossings, Families Count and Lifeline Village. Herbie holds a Master's degree in Business/Accounting from Samford University. He joined the Lifeline team in 2003 as Executive Director. Under Herbie's leadership, Lifeline has increased the international outreach to 25 countries, grown into 14 states, attained membership with ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial
Accountability), begun an extensive foster care ministry, achieved accreditation Internationally under The Hague Treaty, and started its (un)adopted strategic orphan care ministries in over 10 countries. Herbie speaks speaks nationally at conferences and events, and regularly preaches throughout the world on Gospel driven justice. Herbie is the author of the book "Image Bearers." He and his wife, Ashley, live in Birmingham, Alabama and are parents to a son, Caleb, and daughters Adelynn and Emily.
KelLee Parr
Author KelLee Parr, a native Kansan, has been an agriculture missionary in Guatemala, county extension
agent, third grade teacher and science curriculum writer for elementary school students. His first book My Little Valentine tells of his mother's search for her birth mother. Mansion on a Hill, his second book, is about The Willows Maternity Sanitarium where his mother was born.
URL: www.mylittlevalentinebook.com
My Little Valentine: The Story of a Mother and Daughter's Lost Love
Mansion on a Hill: The Story of The Willows Maternity Sanitarium and the Adoption Hub of America
My Teaching Memories
Jules Phelps
Jules started her career after graduating from school with an AAS in Graphic Design and a BS in Visual Communication. She gained experience through being a Productions Manager at Benchmark Graphics, a Designer at Van Etten Studios, and Office Manager at Josh Peterson Photograph. Jules currently runs the Creative Team as the Creative Director at Adoption.com. She also teaches Visual Media at Brigham Young University-Idaho.
Jules embraces every moment to the fullest and her ideal day is an adventure. She loves Idaho and wouldn't live anywhere else.
Fact: Jules is a regular at the Emergency Room.
Marcy Pusey
Marcy Pusey loves her family, exploring the world, reading, the ocean, and looking for castles to visit. She also loves sharing stories that encourage and inspire others.
Marcy is a certified rehabilitation counselor, speaker, coach, and the best-selling author of books for adults and for children. Learn more about her work, writing, and other resources at www.marcypusey.com.
Reclaiming Hope: Overcoming the Challenges of Parenting Foster and Adopted Children, Parenting Children of Trauma: The Foster-Adoption Guide to Attachment Disorder; Speranza's Sweater (English and Spanish versions available).
Christy Reppe
Christy Reppe serves as the Post-Adoption Coordinator for the Post-Adoption Resource Center of Wisconsin. She serves the adoption triad throughout the northern and western regions of the state. She has been working in post adoption for over ten years and is an adoptive parent of three. Christy trained with Dr.Karyn Purvis and Texas Christian University to become a Trust-Based Relational Intervention® Practitioner and Educator. In 2014, Christy was honored by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) as an honoree for their Angels in Adoption Awards. Most recently, she was selected to participate in the Wisconsin Hawthorn Project, an initiative designed to support child and family-focused organizations in their development of trauma-informed policy and practice. Christy has also done extensive volunteering and served on the board of a non-profit organization working in women's education and empowerment
in Ethiopia.
Marianne Richmond
Bestselling author and artist Marianne Richmond has touched the lives of millions over the past two decades through her books that help people share their heart and connect with those they love. With more than 50 books and 6 million copies sold, Marianne writes for the "unique everybody." We are all different and yet our feelings are a lot the same," she says. One of her books is especially beloved by the adoption community: I Wished for You, an adoption story which tells the story of Barley Bear who is his family's wish come true. She speaks at schools and education conferences about her books, creative process and the art of self-expression as well as her own personal journey growing up with epilepsy and
how that led to her successful
writing career.
Jill Robbins
Jill Robbins is a mom and Air Force veteran who fell into writing by accident when she started a blog that she thought no one except her mom would read. She writes about travel, adoption, and being the oldest mom with the youngest kids on her award-winning blog, Ripped Jeans and Bifocals.
Jill has one biological daughter who is 27 and two 9-year-old sons who are adopted from China. People like to point out that there's a large gap between her kids, but she's already figured that out.
Jill's writing has been published in various print and web magazines and newspapers and in three parenting anthologies. She producers a storytelling show in San Antonio called Listen to Your Mother that helps bring stories of motherhood to the stage. She lives with her husband and two youngest kids in Cibolo, although she's usually somewhere else.
Kathy Roth
Kathy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Adoption Competent Certified in the state of Florida.
Currently, Kathy is the co-founder of Foundations for Growth a professional practice specializing in
education, support, and counseling services to expectant, birth, adopting, and adoptive families. Kathy has over 10 years of clinical experience working with women, children, and families in the fields of child welfare, foster-care, domestic adoption and private counseling practice. Kathy has participated in
curriculum development and training facilitation for adopting parents and professionals. Through her work and community involvement, Kathy strives to empower, guide, and strengthen birth and adoptive families at all stages of the adoption journey to create and maintain healthy families and children.
Jennifer Schneider
Jennifer Schneider is Executive Director of For His Children, a Christian children's home in Ecuador which cares for children with normal needs and special needs. She graduated from Gordon College with degrees in Elementary Education and Spanish and from Lee University in 2019 with a Master's in Holistic Child Development.
Lisa Simpson is the owner and managing attorney of Simpson Law Firm. She represents two large adoption agencies, represents her own birthmothers and adopting families, holds a contract with Maricopa County Attorney's office and serves as a Judge Pro Tem for the Maricopa County Superior Court Juvenile Division. She has worked in the field of adoptions since 1993.
www.azsimpsonadoptionlaw.com
www.azsimpsonlaw.com
Authored Publications:
Adoption Law: It May Take a Village to Raise a Child, but It Takes National Uniformity to Adopt One, 3 Phoenix L. Rev. 575 (2010).
Adoption and Termination of Parental Rights, in Catherine A. Creighton, Arizona Legal Forms Domestic Relations (3d ed. 2008).
Adoption Law: Reform the Statues to Reform the Lives, 8 Ariz. Summit L. Rev. 1 (2014)
Lucy Shaw, LMSW
Lucy Shaw, LMSW, has over 15 years of experience providing counseling, outreach and case management services to a diverse clientele in New York City. She is an adoptive mother, in an open adoption, and has worked in adoption since 2015. Currently, she is the Outreach and Engagement Specialist for Adoption STAR and enjoys sharing best practices informed by her own personal experiences in adoption.
Nicole Skellenger
Nicole Skellenger has worked in the field of intercountry adoption since 2008. She is an attorney licensed in Florida and Indiana. Ms. Skellenger led a team of adoption professionals as an Executive Director of an Indiana adoption agency for several years. Now, a resident of Florida, she continues to focus her work on supporting adoptive families, birth families, and agencies.
Shelley Skuster
Shelley Skuster is the writer behind ShelleySkuster.com. She's an award-winning television news reporter who--after years of infertility, two adoptions and two pregnancies--decided to leave the news business and stay home with her four young children.When she's not picking dried oatmeal flakes off her yoga pants or breaking up squabbles over yellow Mega Blocs, she's hunched over her laptop cranking out stories for places like TODAY Parents, Huffington Post, Her View From Home, and Adoption.com.Shelley has been nationally recognized for her influential voice in the infertility community and is the proud recipient of the HOPE Award. She has spoken about her family's journey through infertility and adoption at various forums and seminars across the country.
Chrystal Smith
Chrystal Smith is the Founder and CEO of Foster Village Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides support to children in foster care and those caring for them. Chrystal's educational and professional background are in Child Development, Parent Education, and Child Welfare Advocacy. She and her husband of 17 years have 4 children and have experience as a foster and adoptive family.
Kimberly Surratt
Kim Surratt began her legal career in 2002 and opened her firm in 2007. She continues her role as principal of Surratt Law Practice, a full-service reproductive, adoption, family and estate law firm, along with acting as an Appeal Hearing Officer for Social Services for abuse and Neglect. Kim is a Fellow with the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproductive Attorneys, the Chair for the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Nevada, and Vice-President of the Nevada Justice Association. Kim is the chair of the domestic lobbying committee for the Nevada Justice Association and assists the Family Law Section of the State Bar with their lobbying efforts. Kim drafted and lobbied the passage of all of the current reproductive family law statutes in Nevada along with many adoption statutes over the years.
Kanisha Tillman
Kanisha Tillman is the owner of Tutus & Tennis Shoes LLC (TTS). TTS has been designed to be a community enterprise that celebrates everything about the beauty and health of naturally curly hair and black girls. TTS is dedicated to making sure that everyone has access to the proper education and support in taking care of their child's naturally curly hair. What started as a brick and mortar children's salon in Des Moines, Iowa, now has grown into a global community of fellow natural hair lovers.
Kanisha realized early in her 11-year career as a cosmetologist that children and children in nontraditional families needed her services the most. She has presented her hair care information to audiences brought together by Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parents Association, Des Moines Public School District, Children and Family Urban Movement, Drinks With Friends Podcast, and many other organizations.
Ashley Hill Trotter, MSW
Ashley M. Hill Trotter is a licensed social worker in the state of New Jersey where she earned an MSW from Rutgers University. As a child welfare advocate, Ashley firmly believes that all children can thrive in the context of a safe, loving, and caring family, and she has dedicated her career to identifying the needs of children, and how families, churches, and communities can best meet those needs. Ashley currently serves as the Executive Director of Harvest of Hope Family Services Network, Inc. a faith-based organization with a mission to mobilize communities to address the needs of children in foster care. Ashley has co-authored a 75-page publication designed to orient churches and communities toward vulnerable children which includes foster care facts and statistics, biblical references to foster care and adoption, encouraging testimonies, and a methodology for recruiting and supporting foster / adoptive parents in the church and community. Ashley also serves as an active co-leader of the Foster Care Ministry at the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens with her husband, Leon Hill, a former foster youth and adoptee from Jersey
City turned college graduate
and professional user
experience designer.
Lindsy Wallace
Lindsy Wallace believes in the power of solidarity. Alongside her husband, she is raising five kids who joined their family via birth, foster care, and international adoption. She is co-founder of Upside Down Podcast, an ecumenical conversation-turned-community about faith, justice, and the upside-down kingdom of God. Lindsy writes about these topics and more atlightbreaksforth.com
Sara Ward
Sara R. Ward is a writer, adoption advocate, and mom to three children through adoption. Her passion is helping adoptive parents and those who struggle with infertility and grief on her blog at SaraRWard.com. Sara writes about parenting, marriage, and faith and has a book coming out in 2019.
Sara is a Staff Storyteller for Adoption.com and Adoption.org and has also been published on the Today Show Parenting team and Focus on the Family Magazine. She speaks to women across the country at retreats and conferences and was a featured storyteller on the Listen to Your Mother Show.
Tracy Whitt
Tracy Whitt has a passion for helping adopted, foster, and autistic children. She speaks to incoming nurses at her local hospital on how to help individuals with autism in the hospital setting. She's published articles and writes for her website, LovinAdoptin.com. Tracy lives in Colorado with her husband and her two children whom she adopted from foster care. She brings personal experience to everything she speaks and writes about.
Tracy's work has been published in the U.S. and abroad. She speaks on autism to all incoming nurses at St. Mary's Hospital.Tracy's been interviewed and published by Adoption Perspectives Radio Show, ICANZ magazine, Adoption Today magazine, The Adoption Exchange, Rainbow Kids, The Orphan Alliance, and various newsletters.
Tracy's website: https://lovinadoptin.com
Amanda Winsor
Amanda manages Adoption.com's Parent Profiles. When she's not working, she can be found playing with her kids, cooking healthy meals for her family and reading anything she can.
Nicole Witt is Executive Director of The Adoption Consultancy as well as a frequent speaker on adoption and infertility. The Adoption Consultancy is an unbiased resource serving preadoptive families by providing them with the education, information, and guidance they need to safely adopt a newborn, usually within 3 to 12 months. Nicole has helped hundreds of people to realize their dream of becoming parents.
David White, MBA, MSW
David White developed Fostering Great Ideas in 2010 and has found new ways to help children in foster care. At every point, he looks at the child's journey, their pain, and potential, community-led solutions. David holds a MBA and MSW in child welfare and also teaches social impact at the university level.
Katie Zimmerman
Katie Zimmerman is the Chief Executive Officer/Founder of Purl Adoption Advisory. Purl helps families across the country grow through domestic infant adoption.
Ms. Zimmerman was an experienced corporate attorney who left the active practice of law to help families navigate the often difficult process of domestic infant adoption. Ms. Zimmerman holds a B.A. from Trinity University, a M.A. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a J.D. from Arizona State University.
Ms. Zimmerman and her husband are parents to two daughters, one through adoption and one through a surprise pregnancy. Ms. Zimmerman is President of the Arizona Chapter of Gift of Adoption and a board member for Families for Private Adoption ("FPA"). Ms. Zimmerman is a speaker for the FPA in person and online workshops and has contributed to Adopt Connect's Christian Guide to Adoption.
Sharlie Zinniger
Sharlie Zinniger is the author of, Yes, I'm Adopted! and Do You Ever Feel... She has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from UVU. She fosters an enthusiasm for adoption and has been blessed to be able to adopt two of her four children. Sharlie enjoys celebrating random holidays and spending time with her family.
Joseph Yarrington
Joseph Yarrington is a young and passionate digital marketer and educator. Over the years, he has been a business tutor for higher ed students, a ballroom, swing, and latin dance instructor, a music teacher for children and adults, and ran a Facebook group specifically designed to teach high school business and marketing teachers how to teach digital marketing and social media marketing to the next generation of marketers. He has participated in local professional leadership and public speaking clubs, worked in various marketing roles, and loves working for
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Frank Marshall Holloway, 46, of Frankford, died at his home on Tuesday, Jan. 17. He was a general manager for Phillips Seafood House, and was a member of Salem United Methodist Church, in Selbyville.
He is survived by his parents, Frank M. and Lois S. Holloway, of Selbyville; his sister, Cheryl H. Powell, of Denton, Md.; and nephews Zachary and Jacob Powell.
Funeral services were scheduled for Friday, Jan. 20 at Hastings Funeral Home in Selbyville. Interment was to be at Bishopville Cemetery in Bishopville, Md.
Donations may be made to the Selbyville Volunteer Fire Company, P.O. Box 88, Selbyville, DE 19975; the Roxana Volunteer Fire Company, 35943 Zion Church Road, Frankford, DE 19945 or the American Heart Association, Professional Park, Suite 201A, Georgetown, DE 19947.


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