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Indonesia's fishermen are raking in bigger incomes, thanks to this app created by a 28-year-old
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Utari Octavianty is no stranger to imposter syndrome.
The 28-year-old is the co-founder of Aruna, an Indonesian farm-to-table e-commerce start-up that gives fishermen direct access to global consumers, fetching fair prices for their catch.
"When we talked to other [start-up] founders, they came from Harvard, Stanford, and suddenly there's us — from a local university in Indonesia," she told CNBC Make It.
"But somehow that became the motivation, it's not the education that matters. It's how we create impact," she said.
If this business grows bigger and bigger, is my experience enough to handle all of this?
Utari Octavianty
Co-founder, Aruna
Indeed, the impact that she and her co-founders, Farid Naufal Aslam and Indraka Fadhlillah, have created is far-reaching — over 26,000 fishermen across 150 fishing communities in Indonesia now use Aruna.
They were even praised by Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo during the 2019 ASEAN Summit for their innovation and role in increasing the income of fishermen.
How is this multimillion-dollar fishery start-up begin? CNBC Make It finds out.
Disapproval from parents
When Octavianty decided to start a business related to fisheries, her mother was so angry she didn't call for a month, she recalled.
"My parents didn't allow me to join the fishery business because the economic value … is not good," she said.
"That's why my parents told me to study in technology [in university], they had expectations for me to find a good job in the tech industry."
Utari Octavianty with her mother.
Her mother's concerns weren't unfounded, however. Octavianty grew up in a fishing village and her mum sold fishing tools for a living. Money was always tight, she said.
"In university, I realized that other kids [who were not poor] could talk about dreams. But for me and my friends, we just talked about how to survive, how to have more money, how to pay the electricity for our homes."
Indonesia is one of the world's largest seafoodproducers. In 2019, the fishery sector in Indonesia contributed $27 billion to the national gross domestic product.
Yet, the World Bank reported elevated levels of poverty in the small-scale fishery sector — the 2018 poverty rate in coastal villages was 1.3 times higher than in non-coastal villages.
What happens mostly is that the fishermen don't get paid … the middlemen will say that they will pay you tomorrow, but he would not. That's why fishermen get poorer and poorer.
So when Octavianty found a way to marry technology and her personal experiences, she knew she couldn't easily give it up despite her parents' resistance.
"[My co-founders and I] created a timeline together. We said, let's commit for at least one and a half years. If this fails, then let's find a job," she said.
"At that time, we thought, if it's not us, maybe someone else will do it in a different way … so let's just start."
Removing the middlemen
Aruna was founded in 2015, when the three co-founders were in their final year of university. They had a simple aim: providing consumers with a steady supply of seafood.
But after spending time with fishermen, they realized that there were more problems they could help to solve.
For example, a long supply chain was a major factor that prevented fishermen from selling their catch at a fair price.
"Fishermen need to sell to the local middlemen and the local middlemen will sell to the city middleman, the city middleman will sell to the province middleman and so on."
In 2019, the fishery sector in Indonesia contributed $27 billion to the national gross domestic product, but the World Bank reported elevated levels of poverty within the small-scale fishery sector.
Aruna
"What happens mostly is that the fishermen don't get paid … the middlemen will say that they will pay you tomorrow, but he would not. That's why fishermen get poorer and poorer. It has happened to my family before too," said Octavianty, whose uncle is also a fisherman.
Besides shortening the supply chain, the digital fish auction companyalso uses data mapping to ensure fair trade.
"We have real-time data about the seasonality of seafood all over Indonesia … [for example], when it's the season for the lobster, crabs and fish," Octavianty said.
"Most of the seafood retail industry needs steady seafood supplies … so if something is not in season on one island, we can supply from another island where it is."
One of the challenges that Aruna faced was the inadequate infrastructure in fishing villages. As many lacked access to electricity and internet connection, Aruna worked with local governments to acquire satellite internet and solar panels.
Today, Aruna is "one of the largest integrated fisheries commerce in Indonesia," said Octavianty. According to her, the fishery platform exported 44 million kilograms of seafood into seven countries last year, most of them to the United States and China.
Giving fishermen direct access to the market has also paid off.
"We helped fishermen to increase their income more than two to three times higher compared to before they joined Aruna," Octavianty said.
Personal mission
Octavianty has come a long way since her days as an undergraduate. Her company has raised a total of $65 million in Series A funding, which according to Aruna, is the largest Series A funding for Indonesian start-ups.
In January this year, Aruna also announced a US$30 million Series A follow-on funding led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India.
But despite being one of Forbes' 30 Under 30s in Asia, and with a million-dollar company under her belt, Octavianty still feels like an imposter at times.
"I am more afraid. I have so many questions for myself. Am I capable of doing this? If this business grows bigger and bigger, is my experience enough to handle all of this?"
What keeps her going is her personal mission she wrote in her diary 16 years ago — to lift families from fishing villages out of poverty.
"[But now] it's no longer to prove [myself] to my friends. It's more like, how we can keep [the business] sustainable, while improving the lives of people."
If you can relate your personal mission to your business mission, then you will have all the determination you need."
She has one piece of advice for budding entrepreneurs: Define and refine your personal mission.
"You need to be very clear about what your mission is — it's not the company mission, but your mission as a person," she said.
"Because if you can relate your personal mission to your business mission, then you will have all the determination you need."
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How Does Mindfulness Change the Brain?
Mindfulness has been shown to be effective in relieving symptoms of depression, anxiety, and even chronic pain.
But how does that happen?
The other day, I told you about a study that looked at how mindfulness can change the anxious brain.
As it turns out, scientists have confirmed another brain connection, with a surprising twist. This is really cool.
Dr. Britta Hölzel and her team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital conducted a study to look at the impact of an eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on the brains of patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).
Now GAD can be a truly debilitating condition that impairs daily functioning. Patients diagnosed with GAD typically have difficulty regulating their emotions and are often plagued by chronic and persistent worry.
For this investigation, researchers recruited 26 patients diagnosed with GAD to participate in the MRI study.
They randomly assigned half to the MBSR group and half to a stress management education program as a control.
The researchers also recruited 26 demographically matched, healthy individuals for baseline comparisons.
At the beginning of the study, all of the participants were scanned using fMRI. During the scan, participants viewed photographs and labeled the facial expressions within each as angry, happy, or neutral.
This baseline comparison revealed that patients with GAD showed higher amygdala activation than the healthy participants when viewing neutral, not happy faces. The amygdala, as we know, is the part of the brain that's associated with fear responses.
The researchers took this to mean that the brains of GAD patients at the beginning of the study reacted more strongly to ambiguous stimuli than the brains of healthy participants.
After GAD participants completed their respective programs – either the MBSR training or the stress management course – they completed several self-reported measures of anxiety and stress and also participated in another round of fMRI scans.
Here the researchers noted some interesting changes.
Participants from both the MBSR and stress management groups reported improvement in their symptoms following their trainings. And post-study fMRI scans of both groups showed decreases in activation of amygdala in response to neutral images.
But what's interesting is that the patients who received mindfulness training also showed increases in connectivity between the amygdala and several regions of the brain that are responsible for successful emotional regulation.
This study has identified particular regions in the brain that seem to correlate with the symptom improvement associated with mindfulness training. Remember, correlation does not imply causation, so we need to be cautious when interpreting the results.
In addition, this study was conducted with a small sample size. I would love to see it replicated with a larger group.
But I do think the findings are promising. If you're curious to learn more about this, you can find the study in NeuroImage: Clinical, volume 2.
How has mindfulness helped relieve your patients' symptoms of anxiety or other disorders? Please leave a comment below.
The info on mindful approach is really good. Informative and will be useful in my work.


Roel de Haan : The Icelandic rockers of Kontinuum finally return with some new work. 'No Need To Reason' follows up the excellent and catchy 'Kyrr' album and expectations are high. 'Kyrr' could be characterised as effective, straightforward and appealing to a wide audience. On 'No Need To Reason' we see Kontinuum continuing on their downward path on the extremity-scale. Yes, this is even less heavy than 'Kyrr' was, yet that doesn't mean it is easier on the ears though. 'No Need To Reason' is definitely darker, structurally more complex and less catchy at first listen. This result is an album that has more depth and soul ('Kyrr' already had soul in spades). And with the added amount of synths the atmosphere is enhanced even more. There is an ever present suppressed depression raging underneath the up-beat veneer and that makes it even more effective when it bleeds through to your ears. Kontinuum are masters in creating songs that show more and more upon repeated visits and that is a quality not many groups possess. Fans of Solstafir, Paradise Lost and Katatonia are urged to check this out.


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Valentina Fago est une actrice italienne née le  dans la ville de Bologne, en Émilie-Romagne.

Biographie
Diplômée de l'École nationale de théâtre dirigée par Luca Ronconi, Valentina Fago est  comédienne au théâtre avec Luca Ronconi, Stanislas Nordey, Yannis Kokkos, Denis Marleau, Thierry Salmon.

Pendant sa formation, elle travaille avec Josef Nadj, Mathilde Monnier, Peter Stein.

Comédienne au cinéma dans Pontormo, un amore eretico (réalisateur Giovanni Fago) et Il Ponte (réalisateur Stefano Missio).

Enseignante en pratique théâtrale en milieu scolaire (collège, lycée, primaire) et associatif.

Elle vit à Paris depuis 1995.

Filmographie
 2003 : Pontormo de Giovanni Fago
 2005 : Il Ponte de Stefano Missio

Naissance à Bologne
Actrice italienne du XXe siècle
Actrice italienne du XXIe siècle
Naissance en avril 1971

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I seem to be running a bit of a schtick at the moment which runs roughly that there may be four times more PRs than journalists. But that there are several hundred times more independent creatives than there are genuinely creative PRs.
It's sort of expressed in this piece that I wrote for PR Moment.
So when I came across this piece of kit – an Arduino driven "bottle" that records sounds when the lid is removed and then remixes them to create beats – it just further fuelled my belief that finding and working with the digital creatives of the world is a skill that we're all going to need to develop.
We're on the way. We've a long way to go. I think that a LOT of people out there haven't even begun to work this one out.


Basically good caracter.very romantic,loyal, honest.
Im doing my best to keep my spiritualy!
Also,always see the things getting better.
So, what can i say ?????My ideal match something like me. Better than me, so i can learn. With other qualities, i appreciate a lot!!!!
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We are all on a great journey.
Yet both the origin and destiny of our journey can seem obscure at best. As such, we can be inclined to subjugate this greater journey with more obvious and immediate goals in life, or else ignore it altogether as something unknowable, unfathomable, and even unbelievable. It can be something for others to think or worry about rather than ourselves. It is the journey of our soul.
In The Aetherius Society and the path we call King Yoga, we are taught that the journey of the soul is our most important journey over which we, alone, have complete control. Indeed, our primary goal is to grasp this journey and make it the overriding priority in our life, governing all other major choices that we make. This soul journey is not only the reason we are born but a continuation of that same journey we have been making since the beginning of Time, through life after life. It is the inevitable journey we are each making as aspects of God through evolution.
This realization can come to us at different times if indeed it comes to us at all. For myself, I was struck in my mid-twenties that something was dramatically missing from my very orthodox life. I had a good career ahead of me, a loving and supportive family, many friends and a mortgage with my brother on a flat (apartment) in a fashionable part of London. And yet I instinctively felt that none of this was the primary purpose of my life. It threw me into a crisis and, not knowing where else to turn, having been raised in the Anglican Church, I read the four Gospels for the first time with any seriousness or understanding. It answered the fundamental cause of my crisis. I discovered that there was some deeper purpose to my life. I began attending church while my life took on a whole different meaning.
I delighted in ordinary things; I wrote poetry. I felt I could, in the words of William Wordsworth, "see into the life of things." I had discovered the beauty and the sacred purpose of life, and for the first time since early childhood, I experienced joy.
However, I soon found that encountering the essential truth of Christianity was only the beginning of this journey which led, a few years later by way of Eastern mysticism, to my joining The Aetherius Society. Here, I encountered the understanding that this soul journey continues not only beyond life and death but even beyond this world. It was a profound revelation and yet one which rang resoundingly true.
Moreover, not only did this organization lay out the path for this soul journey in a mystic text known as The Nine Freedoms but it emphasized the urgency of these times, confirming again my intuitive understanding.
The evolution of mankind is now being speeded up, in order to reach a certain point within a certain time limit. Co-operate with the speeding up, help it, become the beings who speed this up and I promise you a million helpers. If you do, you will never regret any time you have spent in this wonderful way. There is so much for all of you to do, but so little time in which you can do it. Then strike the gong of the present, so that the echoes may be magnified by the future. These are the teachings which we, from the Interplanetary Governmental Systems wish you to take, absorb, believe and act upon. Then we can make our next move, which will be free movement among you and direct help given in your schools, universities, hospitals and governments. If you go out of your way to reach up to us, we can and we will come out of our way down to you, but you must move! We cannot come unless you do this – that is the Law. We do not break the Law.
It might have been hard to appreciate this statement at the time it was given but looking back with the benefit of hindsight I think we can all recognize the profundity of the opening few words. Indeed, one term now used to describe our present time is the "Exponential Age". Literally, so it seems, everything is going exponential – from population growth, to science and technology, to environmental challenges and shifting values, much of which would have been inconceivable just 60 years ago. Yet, how we emerge from these transformative and revolutionary times remains in the balance. On the one hand it seems that our world might literally spiral out of control at any given moment; yet on the other there appears to be a growing sense of heightened consciousness and responsibility arising out of the chaos we are collectively creating. How we respond is directly related to how cognizant we each become of our individual soul journey as part of some much greater cosmic vision and understanding for humanity.
I believe that the reason the Master Aetherius made that opening statement was because he was not only aware of a much bigger cosmic picture but was actively engaged in cooperating with it. In a purely material sense, he would have already known for many thousands – even millions – of years what modern-day Earth science is only now discovering, in part as a direct result of this unfolding quickening: that the Universe – this great body within which all of creation exists – is expanding; and even, according to some scientists, accelerating in its expansion at almost incomprehensible velocities.
While this concept may have been realized philosophically by the ancient Rishis and other mystics, it is only within very recent years that astronomers have been able to observe a "supercluster" of galaxies towards the center of which all life in the Milky Way, together with over 100,000 other galaxies in our shared corner of the Universe, is being drawn. They have called this supercluster Laniakea, a Hawaiian word meaning literally "immeasurable heaven".
In short, what some terrestrial scientists are coming to recognize – or at least presume – is that all of creation will reach a climax of expansion from the initial "Big Bang" out of which it arose, and then reverse itself, presumably with equal if not even greater velocity, towards what it calls by its opposite term the "Big Crunch".
But why is this so critical to humanity at this time? What does it mean for our own soul journey?
Our calling, as communicated by the Cosmic Masters through Dr George King as a quintessential aspect of what we call "King Yoga", is to come into alignment with this Divine transformation, firstly, by becoming aware of it and, secondly, through conformity with it.
This is the great evolutionary soul journey that we are each on. It is our individual choice coming under an increased and accelerating pressure to determine our own course towards a Spiritual Enlightenment, or else to remain a fly in this Divine ointment holding ourselves back to await that next great wave of acceleration whenever that should take place.
Choose well, stand fast, know God.
Let us choose well and thereby enable the great Cosmic Masters such as the Master Aetherius to make their moves, giving the kind of direct help to our schools, universities, hospitals and governments that our civilization so desperately requires at this critical time in our evolution.
Rev. Paul Nugent is an International Director of The Aetherius Society having joined the Society in England in 1986. He was a personal assistant to Dr George King during the latter years of his life. Active in interfaith, Paul is also a Board Member of the Southern California Committee for a Parliament of the World's Religions.
What a wonderful, profound yet easily understood commentary on the message of the great Master Aetherius and of other Great Ones. Beautifully understood and written Paul, thankyou.
Hi Paul, thank you for sharing your own very moving story about how you came to the Aetherius Society. It seems we all wake up in our own time, even when we have had a brush with spiritual truths it still doesn't sink in or act on it in any way. Sometimes not until many years later and sometimes not at all.
I can't pretend to understand everything you have written here. I will have to read it several times and I don't think I will ever delete it. It contains too much that I need to know. Thank you for so much information. I will work towards its intention the best way that I can.
Thanks for that Darren, there's nothing wrong with admitting our limitations. I know I have plenty. I'm looking forward to the day when my spirituality is woven into the fabric of my every day life and not just those special moment like meditation or prayer. To be in the Presence of God at all times. That's my goal.
Of being a small cog in an mighty wheel as we journey through experience back to God.
" speeding up " and on a personal level are trying to burn up our karmic patterns so we are better able to be of some service in the manifestation of The Cosmic Plan as revealed by the Great Masters through our Beloved Spiritual Master His Eminence Sir George King.
Your insight on Laniakea has certainly given me 'food for thought' and I will share your post with others .
Thanks for all the comments and feedback. To me, awakening to this far greater reality of what is really going on inspires me tremendously, and just gives me an even greater appreciation of what our Master was about. In truth, like any Master, he can only point the way. It is for us to realize and discover what it is that he was pointing at for ourselves.
This incarnation is no more than progressing from that priestly function. I have at least 32 case studies of healing under my belt.
As of 4 August 2018 – alignment of Sun, Earth and Mars – an upgrade of self-achievements' have occurred. However, I cannot reveal what those achievements' are.
So timely right now when we are all looking up to see the "Bigger Picture" unfolding in the World.
Dr George King is our Master of King Yoga. We have the Best One!
As Official Representative of The Aetherius Society for Greece and Sweden, I offer my website http://www.sunlightnetwork.se as my contribution to world Peace and Enlightenment.
This article strikes me as spot on timely. The title captures what I believe many of us are feeling more and more each day – The Evolution of Mankind is speeding up!!!
Thank you for these words of wisdom. They encourage us to walk bravely with love and caring to the best of our ability each day.
Well done, Paul! And very inspirational.
"Paul is a Wonderful Reflection Of his Divine Lineage. Through his deep Knowing of his Inner Truth & Tenacious Passionate Divine Essence, Remarkable Light is being put forth to Humanity & All Life Streams. Had the great Joy of meeting Paul in the early 2000's when a Divine Apppointment was Given & had travelled from Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania to make it so. Met other Beautiful Members as well & was humbled by the sweet reception given.
Living through the Heart takes one on an incredible Journey & through a Dream & a definite Directive Given in that Dream, by connecting the dots of the visuals still resounding in my Heart & Mind contained in that Dream, came across the little Golden Book called "The Twelve Blessings" & have been Celebrating those Blessings daily ever since.
Ones' Light Quotient expands exponentially as One sends forth these Blessings & The Cosmic Leg-Up Given to All Life Streams is way beyond our imaginings!
Moving as a Being Of Light, as a Beloved Child Of God, Always Open & Available to any Divine Appointment that pops in, offers Us a chance to be of a Loving Service & this leaves Light Trails wherever we go.
At 76 it is very easy to subjugate your spiritual duties.
Indeed 😉 Fight on! Great to hear from you, Leo.
What a wonderful piece of writing, well informed and so inspiring!……Thanks.
Nice one Paul! Well thought out and written with heart and soul. Thanks for sharing and inspiring – keep it coming!


Mumbai Indians should have the slightest of the edges in the opening fixture as it is also played in their home soil. However, Chennai Super Kings will be looking to mark their return with a win against the defending champions.
The cricket carnival, the Indian Premier League is all set to return and there could not have been a better opening fixture than Mumbai Indians locking horns with Chennai Super Kings. They are without a shadow of a doubt the two most successful teams in the history of IPL and the nerves, tension and excitement regarding the clash at the Wankhede Stadium is already touching sky high.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) marks its return following a ban of two years, and they have got their talisman, the captain cool Mahendra Singh Dhoni back amongst their ranks.
The other thing that works in favour of the Chennai franchise is that MI has been a consistent poor starter in IPL.
Harbhajan Singh, a well-known face for Mumbai until previous season will be in action against his former team and he will know every strengths and weaknesses of MI.
The 'hitman' of Indian cricket aka Rohit Sharma will be the main anchor of Mumbai's batting line-up and the franchise will be hoping for fireworks from Elvin Lewis and Ishan Kishan. Meanwhile, CSK would be banking on the experience and expertise of veteran Suresh Raina, while Dhoni is set to play a more important role with his batting, this time around for CSK.
Mumbai's fierce bowling attack will have the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and Mustafizur Rehman and the duo is surely something the fans will be excited to watch. Whereas CSK will look to shake the opposition with the pace of Lungi Ngidi and the trickery of Dwayne Bravo.
The Wankhede favours the home side Mumbai Indians, who have won five out of seven against the Chennai side and will be hoping to put a stop to their blunders during their opening fixtures.


Pregnancy is the beautiful stage of the woman's life but to handle the same is really the nerve-wracking responsibility. Eating for two is quite difficult, especially with so much conflicting information. No doubt that the pregnancy is the delicate matter and hence, you need to consult the best doctor for your diet and avoid unnecessary drugs. Your diet can really impact the health of the baby inside you. The baby will be healthy if your diet during nine months is good otherwise, he has to bear the consequences. Fear, not ladies, I am here to help you out. After the heavy hardship, I am listing out the top 10 nutrients to have if you are pregnant. So, without wasting any time, let's take deep dive.
Let's get started with the essential nutrient which is none other than protein. According to the doctors, the intake of protein is the must for the pregnant lady. Proteins are essential for repairing tissues of the child and mother and also beneficial in the production of amino acids. Animal foods, dairy foods, beans, legumes, nuts etc are the rich source of protein. The pregnant woman should include these foods in her diet so as to maintain the health of the baby.
Another essential nutrient which is necessary for the pregnant woman is calcium. This is helpful for creating the strong bones and teeth. It prevents blood clotting and improves nerve functions. Bread, green leafy vegetables, yoghurt, milk, cheddar cheese, soy milk, juices, and cereals are the rich source of calcium. So, if you have craving for these foods then it is really a good sign.
No doubt that iron is strongest among all. This nutrient is beneficial in the production of haemoglobin. Also, it prevents anaemia and low birth weight. The iron is essential because it prevents premature delivery which means that if you take iron-rich diets regularly then your baby will come out at the proper time i.e. after nine months. Pork, dried beans, spinach, dried fruits, wheat germ, and oatmeal are the rich sources of iron.
Let us discuss another nutrient which has its special place in the life of the pregnant woman. This is none other than Zinc. It helps in producing insulin and enzymes. You can basically find the zinc in your favourite red meat, whole grains, nuts, beans, nuts, fortified cereals, oysters, and dairy products. So, without wasting any time, you should at least one of these foods in your regular diet.
How can one forget about the Vitamin A while discussing important nutrients for the pregnant woman? Vitamin A has its own place and considered as the essential nutrient to have if you are pregnant. It helps in the growth of bones and teeth. Well, you can find the Vitamin A especially in the foods such as liver, milk, eggs, carrot, green and yellow vegetables, spinach, broccoli, potatoes, pumpkin, yellow fruits, and cantaloupe.
Let's come to the sixth nutrient of our list which is none other than Vitamin D. well, the sunshine is the perfect and the foremost source of this vitamin. The pregnant lady should take a sunbath so as to properly absorb this nutrient. Like vitamin A, it also helps in the growth of bones and teeth. Apart from this, it helps the body to use calcium phosphorous. Besides the sunshine, milk and fatty fish are other sources of this nutrient.
Thiamine or B1 is another essential nutrient which is helpful in raising the energy level. Regular intake of this nutrient makes the pregnant lady fit and healthy. Apart from this, it is also helpful in regulating the nervous system. Whole grains, fortified cereals, wheat germ, organ meat, eggs, rice, pasta, berries, nuts, legumes, and pork are the rich source of thiamin or B1.
Riboflavin is another important nutrient to have if you are pregnant. Like all other nutrients in the list, this one is also is good for the pregnant lady. This is helpful in maintaining energy and good eyesight. Also, it is good for healthy skin. Meat, poultry, fish, dairy products, fortified cereals, and eggs are the rich source of riboflavin or B2.
It is known to everyone that vitamin C is the most important and essential nutrient for the pregnant woman. It works as an antioxidant that protects tissues from damage. Also, it helps the body to absorb iron and builds healthy immune system. Citrus fruits, peppers, green beans, strawberries, papaya, potatoes, broccoli, and tomatoes are the rich source of vitamin C.
Last but not the least is Vitamin E which helps in body forming and the creation of red blood cells. Apart from this, this nutrient is also helpful in the growth of muscles. Vegetable oil, wheat germ, nuts, spinach, and fortified cereals are the rich source of Vitamin E.
So, these are top 10 nutrients to have if you are pregnant. These nutrients are highly essential for the pregnant ladies and help in the growth of their child.


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Heavy snow and very low temperatures have struck the garden in the last few days. The Wallflower 'Ruby Gem' plants that I planted out recently took a real battering from the severely low temperatures, and my Foxglove 'Excelsior Hybrids Mixed' (that i'd grown from seed) have met with a real shock too.
The blue of the Polyanthus peeks out from the snow.
Despite these wintery conditions, there have been some flashes of colour – the blue Polyanthuses have been peeping out, and the Crocus 'Giant Ruby' bulbs are reaching upwards with their lush green growth out. Other bulbs are also happily growing too, and even the Daylily 'Hemerocallis Bonanza' are beginning to wake up.
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LAssociation Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire, noto semplicemente come Saint-Étienne, spesso abbreviato in ASSE, è un club calcistico francese, con sede a Saint-Étienne. Milita in Ligue 2, la seconda divisione del campionato francese di calcio.

Fondato nel 1919, disputa gli incontri interni al Geoffroy Guichard, stadio appartenente alla città metropolitana di Saint-Étienne e già di proprietà dello stesso club fino al 1965.
È, assieme al , la prima compagine del Paese per campionati nazionali vinti, avendone conquistati dieci tra il 1957 e il 1981, e terza per titoli francesi complessivi dopo gli stessi parigini e : vanta infatti anche sei Coppe di Francia, una Coppa di Lega e cinque Supercoppe francesi.

In ambito internazionale la miglior affermazione è il raggiungimento della finale di Coppa dei Campioni 1975-76, persa a Glasgow contro il .

Nei suoi anni di maggior successo contribuì con importanti giocatori della propria rosa alla prima grande stagione di vittorie internazionali della  : vestirono infatti la maglia blu della selezione nazionale elementi come Gérard Janvion, Dominique Bathenay, Dominique Rocheteau e soprattutto Michel Platini.

Storia

Nascita del club

Fondato all'interno di una regione industriale e operaia, il Saint-Étienne trova le sue origini tra i lavoratori. Nasce più precisamente come sezione sportiva chiamata "Amicale des employés de la Société des magasins Casino" un'organizzazione creata nel 1912 dal "Groupe Casino", con sede a Saint-Étienne per accompagnare la sua politica del corporativismo sportivo. Questa sezione adottò il colore verde della catena dei negozi alimentari.

Qualche mese dopo la nascita della FFFA, la squadra, chiamata AS Casino, aprì la sua sezione calcistica nel luglio del 1919. il 29 marzo 1920, su iniziativa di Albert Jacquet, segretario generale dell'azienda, l'AS Casino venne rinominata "Amical Sporting Club", al fine di rispettare il regolamento adottato dalla federazione che vietava l'utilizzo di marche nei nomi delle squadre. Il club era riservato agli imipiegati del Casino, il centro d'allenamento si trovava su un terreno di proprietà dell'azienda.

Sette anni più tardi, su iniziativa di Pierre Guichard, figlio del fondatore Geoffroy Guichard, divenuto presidente, LAmical Sporting Club venne fusa con le "Stade Forézien universitaire" all'interno dellAssociation Sportive Stéphanoise (ASS), conservando sempre il colore verde.

Nel 1930 la federazione francese divenne professionista. Fu dunque necessario per l'ASS uno stadio proprio. Il fondatore dell'azienda comprò un vasto terreno che poi cedette al club. Venne così costruito lo Stadio Geoffroy Guichard. Ma il club non poté iscriversi al campionato francese del 1932-1933 perché non ancora sportivamente e amministrativamente pronta al passaggio nel professionismo.

Gli anni d'oro
Nel 1955 l'ASSE vinse il suo primo trofeo, la Coppa Charles Drago, mentre conquistò il suo primo titolo nazionale nel 1956-1957; partecipò di conseguenza per la prima volta alla Coppa dei Campioni, ma perse contro il  nel turno preliminare.

Nel 1961 divenne presidente del club Roger Rocher. L'anno seguente la squadra vinse la Coppa di Francia, ma paradossalmente venne retrocessa in Division 2. Sconfisse poi il  nel primo turno di Coppa delle Coppe alla quale comunque partecipò, e tornò immediatamente nella massima divisione; vinse poi, da neopromossa, il secondo titolo nazionale della sua storia, quello del 1964.

La svolta arrivò nel 1967, quando la dirigenza ingaggiò come allenatore colui che aveva portato al successo lo , Albert Batteux. Militavano già in squadra il portiere Georges Carnus, il difensore Bernard Bosquier, i centrocampisti Robert Herbin e Aimé Jacquet, oltre agli attaccanti Hervé Revelli e Georges Bereta, ai quali si aggiunse l'allora sconosciuto Salif Keïta. Nei quattro anni successivi il Saint-Étienne vinse altrettanti campionati, ai quali si aggiunsero due Coppe di Francia (1967 e 1970) e tre Supercoppe nazionali; in Coppa dei Campioni, nell'edizione 1969-1970, sconfisse in rimonta l'esordiente  di Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer e Gerd Müller, mentre in quella successiva venne subito eliminato dal  di Gigi Riva.

Questo primo periodo finì subito dopo, ma fu seguito da un altro: nel 1971 Carnus, Bosquier e Keita si trasferirono all', e la panchina venne affidata a Herbin, che si è appena ritirato. In rosa c'erano già Gérard Farison, Jean-Michel Larqué, Dominique Bathenay, Christian Synaeghel e Christian Lopez, ai quali si aggiunsero Ivan Ćurković, Oswaldo Piazza e la giovane stella Dominique Rocheteau: la squadra vinse quindi due double, nel 1974 e nel 1975. Sicuramente da ricordare furono le due conseguenti partecipazione alla massima competizione continentale: nella prima i francesi eliminarono lo  di Héctor Yazalde, l' (che vinse l'andata per 4-1 e fu sconfitto solo nei tempi supplementari) e il ; in semifinale fu però il Bayern Monaco ad avere la meglio. La seconda partecipazione iniziò invece con le doppie vittorie contro  e , mentre nei quarti il passaggio contro la  di Oleh Blochin, vittoriosa per 2-0 all'andata, si concretizzò anche stavolta ai supplementari. Dopo aver sconfitto anche il  i francesi arrivarono alla finale di Glasgow, dove incontrarono nuovamente i tedeschi, che vinsero 1-0 e conquistarono il loro terzo trofeo consecutivo. L'ASSE vinse comunque il nono titolo, e continuò la striscia con la vittoria della Coppa di Francia 1976-1977.

Quest'epoca di successi si chiuse col decimo titolo nazionale, vinto nel 1980-1981, quando c'erano in rosa anche Johnny Rep ed il giovane Michel Platini.

Il declino
Nel 1982 uno scandalo finanziario condusse il Saint-Étienne verso un inesorabile declino delle prestazioni. Il presidente Rocher fu costretto a lasciare il club, passando inoltre molti mesi in carcere. In seguito il Saint-Étienne incorse in molte stagioni segnate da risultati oscillanti tra la metà della Division 1 e la Division 2. Nonostante le prestazioni della squadra fossero di gran lunga inferiori rispetto a quelle del passato, l'ASSE beneficiò sempre del supporto incondizionato dei propri tifosi.

Il club iniziò il nuovo millennio con un inatteso sesto posto nel 1999-2000. I tifosi sperarono in un ritorno alle glorie del passato, grazie soprattutto ai centravanti brasiliani Alex e Aloisio, ma nel 2001 i due sudamericani e il portiere ucraino Levyc'kyj furono sospesi per quattro mesi per aver usato passaporti falsi. Alla fine dello scandalo, al quale furono collegati anche alcuni dirigenti, furono sottratti sette punti in campionato ai bianco-verdi, fatto che causò la retrocessione nella divisione inferiore.

La squadra vinse la Ligue 2 nel 2004, mentre l'anno seguente i bianco-verdi riuscirono a qualificarsi per la Coppa Intertoto grazie al sesto posto: dopo aver battuto il  i francesi non riuscirono però a superare il terzo turno in seguito alla sconfitta col .

I francesi tornarono in una competizione europea maggiore dopo 26 anni, in seguito al quinto posto conseguito nel campionato 2007-2008: questo generò una grande soddisfazione nei tifosi bianco-verdi, ma il club venne eliminato negli ottavi della Coppa UEFA 2008-2009 dal  poi finalista. Intanto però in campionato finirono al diciassettesimo posto, a soli tre punti dalla retrocessione, come nell'anno successivo. I tifosi, che vinsero le due prime edizioni del "Campionato francese delle tribune" (nel 2008 e nel 2009), premio che ricompensa i tifosi considerati i migliori dalla stampa, si spazientirono.

Dopo un "digiuno" durato 32 anni, il Saint-Étienne è tornato a vincere un trofeo, la Coppa di Lega, battendo in finale il  per 1-0 con la rete del brasiliano Brandão. Grazie a questo successo i bianco-verdi si sono guadagnati anche l'accesso ai preliminari di Europa League, dalla quale esce alla fase a gironi nell'edizione successiva, dopo essere stato inserito in un gruppo vinto dall'. Quinto posto nel 2014-2015 e nuova partecipazione l'anno seguente: i francesi arrivano secondi in un gruppo vinto dalla , e vengono poi battuti nei sedicesimi dal . Infine, dopo due stagioni terminate a metà classifica, arriva il quarto posto nella Ligue 1 2018-2019.

Il 29 maggio 2022, perdendo lo spareggio salvezza/promozione contro l'Auxerre ai calci di rigore, i verdi retrocedono in Ligue 2 dopo 18 anni.

Cronistoria

Colori e simboli

Colori

Simboli

Stemmi

Strutture

Stadio

Il Saint-Étienne gioca le partite casalinghe nello Stadio Geoffroy Guichard, inaugurato nel 1931 e attualmente capace di contenere 41.965 spettatori. È stato utilizzato anche nel Campionato europeo di calcio 1984, nei Mondiali di calcio del '98, nella Confederations Cup 2003 e nel Campionato europeo di calcio 2016 che si sono disputati in Francia.

Allenatori

Di seguito è riportata la lista degli allenatori che si sono succeduti alla guida del Saint-Étienne.

Calciatori

Palmarès

Competizioni nazionali
 (record condiviso con il Paris Saint-Germain)
1956-1957, 1963-1964, 1966-1967, 1967-1968, 1968-1969, 1969-1970, 1973-1974, 1974-1975, 1975-1976, 1980-1981

1961-1962, 1967-1968, 1969-1970, 1973-1974, 1974-1975, 1976-1977

2012-2013

1957, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969

1962-1963, 1998-1999, 2003-2004

1954-1955, 1957-1958

1955-1956, 1958-1959, 1976-1977, 1979-1980

Competizioni regionali

1951-1952, 1963-1964, 1968-1969, 1979-1980

2007, 2008, 2009

Competizioni internazionali
Coppa Intertoto: 2
1972

Competizioni giovanili

1963, 1970, 1998, 2019

Altri piazzamenti

Secondo posto: 1945-1946, 1970-1971, 1981-1982
Terzo posto: 1978-1979, 1979-1980

Finalista: 1959-1960, 1980-1981, 1981-1982, 2019-2020
Semifinalista: 1950-1951, 1952-1953, 1964-1965

Semifinalista: 1963-1964, 2003-2004, 2004-2005

Finalista: 1970

Secondo posto: 1937-1938, 1985-1986
Terzo posto: 1935-1936, 1936-1937

Finalista: 1975-1976
Semifinalista: 1974-1975

Statistiche e record

Partecipazione ai campionati e ai tornei internazionali

Campionati nazionali
Dalla stagione 1933-1934 alla 2021-2022 il club ha ottenuto le seguenti partecipazioni ai campionati nazionali:

Tornei internazionali
Alla stagione 2018-2019 il club ha ottenuto le seguenti partecipazioni ai tornei internazionali:

Statistiche individuali
Il giocatore con più presenze nelle competizioni europee è Christian Lopez a quota 43, mentre il miglior marcatore è Johnny Rep con 12 gol.

Statistiche di squadra
A livello internazionale la miglior vittoria è per 7-0, ottenuto in due occasioni, in entrambe le gare del primo turno della Coppa UEFA 1980-1981 disputate contro il ; la peggior sconfitta è invece un 4-0, subito anche stavolta in due occasioni: contro il  nel secondo turno della Coppa UEFA 1982-1983 e contro il  nel primo turno della Coppa dei Campioni 1968-1969.

Tifoseria

I tifosi del Saint-Étienne (Magic Fans 1991) sono gemellati con quelli del  e del Brescia (Brescia 1911). Inoltre, i tifosi verdi sono spesso considerati tra i più numerosi di Francia. La rivalità più sentita è invece quella con l', che dà vita al Derby del Rodano: le città di Saint-Étienne e di Lione distano solo  e si trovano nella stessa regione. Storicamente esistono rivalità anche con l' e col .

I Magic Fans 1991 occupano il Kop Nord, i Green Angels 1992 il Kop Sud.

Organico

Rosa 2022-2023
Aggiornato al 4 febbraio 2023.

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Contributing to the land pressure, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, is the stance taken by policy makers who are pursuing policies that have sought to transform pastoralism into sedentary and intensified production systems.
Simply put, stop the migratory and extensive nature of livestock production, which require large sizes of land.
In Kenya, after devolution, the demand for individualisation and privatisation on community land has increased as people seek to speculate in land markets and make huge returns by betting on the expanding urbanisation that is expected to follow devolution and development of mega projects, some of which are part of the Kenya Vision 2030 projects.
However, it is important to note that most of the pastoralist areas change in use of land from extensive livestock production to other uses is very expensive. Second, pastoralist communities now face pressure from increasing population and climate variability.
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A study by Tegemeo institute showed that the country's legal framework and institutions that govern community land have in the past disadvantaged pastoral communities. First, the country's legal framework did not recognize community laws.
As such, the customary laws mainly used by communities were not enforceable. Second, the communities' institutions of governance were not strengthened and instead a large proportion of community land was place under trusteeship under local governments.
Therefore, the enactment of the Community Land Act 2016 provides a fresh start for communities whose land the law will adjudicate.
The Act allows for county governments to hold in trust all unregistered community land on behalf of communities as well as any monies that may be paid in compensation for compulsory acquisition of such land in a special interest earning account.
The county government may not sell, dispose, transfer, and convert for private purposes or in any other way dispose of unregistered community land that it is holding in trust on behalf of the communities for which it is held. This will check the previous abuse of trusteeship by local authorities. The Act also recognises the customary laws among communities and their interest in the land.
As regulations for the Act are drafted, priority should be given to strengthen community land governance institutions, to ensure that the objectives of this law are realised.


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Jackie Kennedy Helps Kim Kardashian West Break the Internet—Again
Kim Kardashian West posed as Jackie Kennedy in an 'Interview' cover photo shoot. Questions over skin darkening and criticism over emulating the style of Mrs. Kennedy followed.
Tim Teeman
Senior Editor and Writer
Updated Aug. 30, 2017 12:02AM ET / Published Aug. 29, 2017 3:02PM ET
It turns out that Kim Kardashian West can make a pretty impressive attempt at breaking the internet just by being fully clothed.
The inevitable storm of denunciation that followed her shoot with Interview magazine, with Kardashian West dressed as Jackie Kennedy, is in full flow.
The sources of outrage: Kardashian West comparing herself to, or emulating, Mrs. Kennedy is supposedly terrible because Kennedy was an unimpeachably graceful style icon and most hallowed former First Lady and Kardashian West stands for something more debased, and certainly not, as the Interview cover line, has it: "America's New First Lady."
Then there is the color of her skin in the shoot, with some accusing her of trying to make herself look black.
This has yet to be confirmed or addressed by Kardashian West and/or Interview magazine; and if it is true, would raise questions as to who requested the skin darkening to take place.
Racial sensitivity and racism cannot be something that Kardashian West is unaware of: she is married to a black man, and is raising two biracial children. The obvious question to ask is, does she want to appear 'black' herself and if so, why?
Until and if she ever answers that, it can be duly noted that with arguments thrumming around race and the iconography of womanhood, Kardashian West has yet again achieved a characteristic rout of the online fury-stokers, facing an unpredictable challenger in Melania Trump wearing stilettos to walk to Air Force One en route to Houston. (The First Lady later changed into sneakers.)
What is clear looking at Steven Klein's pictures of Kardashian West with daughter North is that Kardashian West likes to play dress-up, and knows how to parlay that sense of playfulness into media coverage and headlines.
Dressing up as Kennedy guarantees both, and Kardashian West presumably knew the naysaying chorus that would break out after the pictures were published.
By dressing up as Jackie Kennedy, Kardashian West forces us to consider the Camelot that Kennedy represented versus the Camelot that celebrity families like the Kardashians represent today. Both families have become iconic, both have been folded into the pop cultural pantheon.
The behavior and image of both families have been raked over by journalists and writers, academics and thinkers. And yet, for all those words—and in the Kardashian case, a self-engineered intrusion of a reality television show—both families still command a mystery.
Kim Kardashian West's mystique may not be of the order of Jackie Kennedy's, but it is still present.
The cover-line may be grandiloquent and ridiculous—and glossy magazine covers are not known for their subtlety—but, in that reality television now monopolizes pop culture, Kardashian West does stand as a First Lady of that all-conquering genre. You can blame or snark at Kardashian West all you want for that, but the public have bought into and bolstered her fame.
She herself says in the Interview magazine piece that she doesn't act or sing or dance, but still works hard. She and her mother and sisters have built impressive brands around themselves, all built around the personas honed in 10 years of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
Her critics' condemnation willfully ignores this, and that is understandable. Kim Kardashian West stands for something to them, and that is everything that is cheap and disposable in the culture. When people condemn Kardashian West for her latest fashion, nudity or iconographic-imitating outrage, what they're really howling against is the debasing of culture generally, of which she is the handiest, low-hanging signifier.
There may be simple envy mixed into that. Kardashian West has millions of followers on social media, a goggle-eyed army of fans. Those tweeting against her have considerably less glorification. If a major part of living a curated life online is about self-promotion, Kardashian West is one of the most canny and talented operators. Kardashian West is the patron saint for all of those who want to be watched and taken notice of.
It's hard to see why the pictures would be directly disrespectful of Jackie Kennedy. Kardashian West is not mimicking her grotesquely; she has simply borrowed some dress and hair looks, and let the stylists do the rest. You can claim to feel depressed or annoyed at what counted for an icon in Mrs. Kennedy's time, and what counts for one now—but, even in the cultural distance traveled between the two, the photographs prove more fascinating than damning.
If people are this upset over Kardashian West's Jackie Kennedy dress-up, could it possibly signal they're angrier about what fame has come to mean, and their own complicity in that?
Meanwhile, the darkening of Kardashian West's skin, if that is something she or her team have overseen, is something for her to answer. In June, she was accused of the same after a shoot for her make-up line.
"I would obviously never want to offend anyone," Kardashian told The New York Times after that. "I used an amazing photographer and a team of people. I was really tan when we shot the images, and it might be that the contrast was off. But I showed the image to many people, to many in the business. No one brought that to our attention. No one mentioned it."
"Of course, I have the utmost respect for why people might feel the way they did. But we made the necessary changes to that photo and the rest of the photos. We saw the problem, and we adapted and changed right away," the reality star continued. "Definitely I have learned from it."
If that is true, with these latest pictures, Kardashian West has decided to simply disregard her critics. Or there may be another apology.
Janet Mock, who conducted the interview with Kardashian West, has herself faced criticism for conducting the interview, tweeting her own defense of so doing today.
Kardashian West has yet to address the various controversies flowing from the cover shoot. On Tuesday morning, she tweeted that her family would be donating $500,000 to the Houston flooding relief effort.
That act of generosity, one can safely predict, will be overshadowed by continued criticism of Kardashian West's Jackie Kennedy pictures. Click, click, click. She's done it again.
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Ryan lifts Senators over Bruins in OT
PUBLISHED: January 4, 2015 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: July 11, 2019 at 12:00 a.m.
BOSTON (AP) — Ottawa coach Dave Cameron chooses not to fret about his team's five fruitless power plays against Boston,
Senators 3, B's 2, OT
including a pair of 5-on-3 advantages in which the Senators failed to score.
"You never pull your hair out after a win," he told reporters after Bobby Ryan scored 46 seconds into overtime to give Ottawa a 3-2 victory over the Bruins on Saturday.
Kyle Turris also scored for the Senators, and Mike Hoffman deflected one in with 4:15 left in the third period to force overtime.
Craig Anderson made 26 saves for Ottawa, which has won two in a row but hasn't scored on a power play in 19 tries over six games since Dec. 19.
Brad Marchand and Torey Krug scored for Boston, and David Krejci assisted on both goals. Tuukka Rask stopped 23 shots for the Bruins.
Marchand gave Boston a 2-1 lead midway through the third period, then Boston killed its second 5-on-3 of the game. But Gryba's slap shot deflected off Hoffman's skate and past Rask to tie it.
"You kill a big one and then you come back and get a bad bounce," Krejci said. "So you've got to make sure those bad bounces don't happen. You got to make sure the puck is 100 feet away from our net."
Ryan, who had a hat trick in Monday's win over Buffalo, scored the game-winner when Erik Karlsson attracted the attention of the defense before sliding it into the slot.
"I just tried to beat my guy to the net and hope that something kind of came off of (Rask)," said Ryan, who also scored the game-winner in a shootout on Dec. 13 in Ottawa's last visit to Boston. "Karl did one better and put it in my feet. … I just luckily enough looked down and it was there and was able to find a way to get it in."
It was the second straight overtime game for the Bruins. On Wednesday, they scored two late second-period goals to tie Toronto before falling in a shootout.
This time, Boston blew the lead and the game despite killing a pair of 5-on-3 advantages early and getting a power play of its own in the final three minutes.
The game was scoreless for 32 minutes until Clarke MacArthur occupied a couple of Bruins behind the Boston net and left the puck free for Turris. He swooped in, slid toward the goal and wristed it into the tight spot over Rask's right shoulder to make it 1-0.
Boston tied it four minutes later when Zdeno Chara screened Anderson and Krug's slap shot from the point found the net. Marchand gave Boston a 2-1 lead midway through the third when he skated around and into the slot before putting a wrist shot past Anderson.
Boston then killed off a second two-man disadvantage, but Hoffman tied it when he deflected Gryba's slap shot past Rask. The Senators killed off a power play when Milan Michalek tripped Adam McQuaid with 2:47 left.
NOTES: Both teams are on the front end of a back-to-back. The Bruins play at Carolina on Sunday, and the Senators return home to play the Tampa Bay Lightning. … The Senators recalled D Chris Wideman from Binghamton of the AHL. … Bruins D Dougie Hamilton had six shots, matching a career high.
Celtics beat New Orleans, 104-92
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Description: Welcome to a great game – Papa's Donuteria. This time, players will role-play a waiter who just got a good job at Papa's Donuteria in the whimsical town of Power Point. Surely, the great pay and benefits are so cool, but they take the job for that coveted Line-Jump Pass. Unluckily, now, they have to cook dozens of delicious donuts for all their crazy customers per day in this carnival-like town. It is time to get ready for your job, guys. At first, the players will take customer's order. Then, switch to the Dough Station to start making required donuts. The first donut needs regular dough. Let's drag a ball of the regular dough on the work area. The donut is a traditional ring shape or round – in no hole in the middle. After that, take them to the pan and fry them. Next, move them to the shelf and decorate them with dizzying arrays of toppings. Hope you serve your customers well and get high tips, guys. Enjoy!
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Kids are cute, funny, angelic (especially when they're sleeping) and provide a steady stream of quotables for their baby books. But somewhere between potty training and the prom, communication breaks down. Maybe that's why moms stop writing down all the things their offspring say as they get older. Sure, it could be that the phrases they utter are no longer novel. But it might also be that they're no longer heartwarming.
Family hobbies can help maintain the communication that flows between parent and child, even when they hit puberty. A friend of mine with grown children tells of their shared interests in camping and mountaineering and rock climbing. She describes their hobbies as "a thread of continuity throughout the changes."
Opportunities for open communication will arise from:
Shared Accomplishments - Finally conquering the double black diamond, scaling a challenging rock or even finishing a 1,000 page novel can be an emotional high that acts like relational glue.
Shared Memories - Engaging in activities that have been part of your routine for years has the potential to bring back good memories and feelings from days that were less complicated. I suspect we'll always make reference to the time I almost stepped on a snake during one memorable hike. The kids talked about my reaction for days and still bring it up whenever we're on the trail.
Stories - There's nothing better than going to school with a good story. That snake encounter was the first thing out of my son's mouth when he got to preschool the following day. For the teen, being able to talk about his accomplishments in the context of family "me and my dad ran a marathon together over the weekend" is a mark of identity and pride not common among today's youth.
Beyond the school yard, those stories are great dinner-table conversation.
When family activities are built around mutual interests and mutual accomplishments, they create opportunities for affirming, positive, relationship-building conversations that build bonds of trust.
Family Identity Matters
Kids need to belong. If they don't feel like important members of your family, they'll look for other ways to play that role. The most obvious alternative to family membership is the peer group, the extreme example being gangs.
On the website gangsandkids.com, ex-gang members serving long prison sentences tell their stories in an attempt to discourage a new generation of teens from making the same mistakes. Among the top reasons they say kids join is "Some find a feeling of caring and attention in a gang. It becomes almost a family to them."
A 15-year-old boy looking for advice writes, "I would like to ask a prisoner why he/she joined a gang besides respect or love. I was wondering if there are other reasons why people today are joining. I was thinking about joining because I feel like a misfit in my family. I am the only one in my family that makes bad grades, does drugs, drinks etc. No one else in my family has done them. (http://www.gangsandkids.com/gquestion0j.html)
My friend with the grown kids says they remember their outdoor adventures as an antidote to the teen culture. Looking back they say, "We were never tempted to drugs or drinking because we had tasted the high of nature and the mountains, in the context of family love." When kids identify with their family they have:
security - from knowing they belong to a group
strength - it's easier to resist peer pressure when they know other people beyond their friends are counting on them
perspective - life is about more than the issues discussed in the locker room
When we were dating we heard a pastor talk about the importance of teaching his kids how to have genuine fun. He wanted them to so enjoy their time together as a family, doing family activities, that when friends would come along to invite his offspring to go carousing, breaking windows and other unlawful things, they'd recognize the sham and say so: "Fun? That's not fun! Fun is skiing for the weekend, reading a good book or going to a ball game."
If membership in your family is fun, challenging and important something valuable your kids will be less likely to pull away.
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Cub Scouts from Pack 722 have been learning a lot about stormwater this year. First, they learned about all the things that can impact water quality at their March 5th meeting at Highland Presbyterian Church. The scouts learned a lot about how water runs off the land and takes pollutants with it through the use of an Envrioscape. Pack leader Brian Moretz, thought that the next step should be a community service project where the scouts placed informational door hangers throughout the neighborhood, and placed Do Not Dump, Drains to the Creek storm drain markers on the storm drains in the neighborhood around the church. And on April 9th, they made short work of that project and did a terrific job!


As part of our partnership with MTA, the team took part in ARBS 2014 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in May. The convention is a renowned event where those working in the air conditioning, refrigeration and building services come together to display their trade. We were invited to display our car at their stand, and we were pleased to see some very enthusiastic interest from the industry community there.
MTA has provided us with invaluable financial support which the team is highly grateful to receive. All in all, the event was a fantastic way to show the strong relationship we have with MTA and to thank them for all their wonderful support.


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Rockstar bezeichnet:
 einen berühmten Rockmusiker, siehe dazu Star (Person)
 ein Lied der Band Nickelback aus dem Jahr 2005, siehe Rockstar (Nickelback-Lied)
 ein Lied des Musikers Post Malone aus dem Jahr 2017, siehe Rockstar (Post-Malone-Lied)
 einen Bollywoodfilm aus dem Jahr 2011 mit Ranbir Kapoor, siehe Rockstar (Film)
 einen amerikanischen Spielfilm aus dem Jahr 2001, siehe Rock Star

Rockstar ist die Bezeichnung für:
 ein koffeinhaltiges Getränk von PepsiCo, siehe Rockstar Energy Drink
 einen PC- und Videospiel-Herausgeber, siehe Rockstar Games
 ein Konsortium, das Patente der insolventen Firma Nortel aufgekauft hat, siehe Rockstar Consortium


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19 Jan 2018 Story Disasters & conflicts
Armed groups threaten Central Africa's iconic mammals
As recently as three decades ago, thousands of elephants strode majestically across the wildlife conservation areas of Central Africa. Today, their population has been decimated. In places like Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an estimated 1,100–1,400 individual elephants remain, down from 20,000 in the 1980s.
The reality appears to be even grimmer for the world's tallest land animals. The flywhisk, usually made from the tail of a giraffe, is a symbol of authority in many African societies. The tail of the Kordofan giraffe in particular is highly prized as a flywhisk, and has placed this species in the crosshairs of poachers and other armed groups. Consequently, only about 40 of the giraffes remain in the Garamba park.
This grim reality has been reflected in a report released last month by the NGO Traffic, which warns of the negative impact of armed groups on wildlife in Central Africa.
The population of eastern chimpanzees in the Democratic Republic of Congo has declined by at least 80 per cent. (Image via)
"It was clear that organized poaching and trafficking of wildlife by armed non-State actors (armed groups, militia and highly-militarized poachers) is severely threatening the survival of some of the most iconic and threatened species in the region, notably Elephants and Giraffes," said Traffic's report, An Assessment of Poaching and Wildlife Trafficking in the Garamba-Bili-Chinko Transboundary Landscape.
The report focuses on three conservation areas in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but poachers are also active in South Sudan's Lantoto National Park, which lies just over the border from Garamba. Some of the armed non-state groups operating in the region include Sudan's Janjaweed militia, Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army, Central African Republic's rival Anti-Balaka and Seleka fighters, as well as Sudan's People's Liberation-In Opposition and poachers.
This has made conservation a dangerous undertaking. In October 2016, following an appeal by park managers working in the region, the European Union hosted a workshop to discuss how best to support conservation, provide security and help rebuild the fragile local economy.
Chimpanzees have also not been spared from the onslaught of their armed closest living relatives. For example, the report says, the population of eastern chimpanzees in eastern DR Congo has declined by 80 to 98 per cent, mainly because of poaching for bushmeat. This is attributed to demand for protein which "is particularly intense around artisanal mining and logging camps, where bushmeat is usually the main source of protein".
"Strengthening the role of local communities in wildlife management should be at the centre of any strategy to combat illegal trade in wildlife and to secure wildlife and biodiversity for the future"
The dual effect of insufficient nutrition, coupled with the pollution arising from mining, is only likely to exacerbate the threat to the region's biodiversity resulting in a downward spiral that could jeopardize future livelihoods of numerous local communities.
"The importance of engaging local communities in fighting poaching, and of enhancing their alternative livelihoods, has now been widely recognized across various national, regional and global fora" said UN Environment's Bianca Notarbartolo. "But such commitments have yet to be matched by enough effective implementation."
"Strengthening the role of local communities in wildlife management should be at the centre of any strategy to combat illegal trade in wildlife and to secure wildlife and biodiversity for the future," she added.
However, the Traffic report says a lifeline still exists to salvage the situation:
"Fortunately, there are dedicated and competent conservation agencies on the ground, and these organizations must be fully supported (financially, logistically and politically) so that they can continue to defend the wildlife and [regional] ecosystem against the enormous pressures currently being exerted upon them", it says.
It also recommends promotion of public information campaigns to highlight endangered and other protected species, legislation, law enforcement and incidents of corruption. It also advocates detailed investigation into wildlife trafficking in southeast Central African Republic and support for alternative community livelihoods as well as cross-border cooperation between the affected states.
In May 2016, UN Environment and other partners in the UN system launched the Wild For Life campaign, which has been raising awareness, promoting the enactment and enforcement of laws, and increasing support for efforts by local communities to halt the illegal trade in wildlife. Elephants and Rhinos are among the species targeted by the campaign.
The rhinoceros is one of the species threatened with extinction in Central Africa. (Image via)
Notable facts and figures
Created in 1938 Garamba, one of Africa's oldest national parks, has experienced dramatic poaching of rhinos and elephants.
Since 1996 Garamba has been on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's list of World Heritage in Danger.
The last rhino sighting in the park was in 2006. However, Garmaba still hosts one of the most significant viable elephant populations in DR Congo.
The Bili Ouele Protected Area is a very important site for eastern chimpanzee. It is also host to the African golden cat, bongo, buffalo, giant eland, hippopotamus and leopard.
The Chinko Transboundary Area is surrounded by territory occupied by Central African Republic militia, poachers from DR Congo and South Sudan, andpastoralists mainly from Chad and Sudan. It is uninhabited and home to more than 75 mammal species, including chimpanzee and elephant.
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MacDonald Taylor Jr. (St. Croix, 22 de marzo de 1992) es un futbolista virgenense estadounidense. Se desempeña como volante y actualmente juega para el Seton Hill University de la liga regional de Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.

Trayectoria
Mac Donald Taylor Jr. inició su carrera como futbolista con apenas 15 años, jugando para el Skills FC de la liga local, por tres temporadas. Luego, cambió de equipo, jugando en la actualidad para el Seton Hill University de los Estados Unidos.

Selección nacional
Con solamente 14 años y 6 meses, debutó en la selección absoluta frente a República Dominicana, el 1 de octubre del 2006 en un partido válido por la Copa del Caribe de ese año. Ingresó como sustituto faltando pocos minutos para que finalice el encuentro, el mismo que acabó con derrota de 1-6.

El 26 de marzo del 2008 jugó su segundo partido con la selección y el primero en eliminatorias mundialistas, en esta ocasión frente a Granada. Taylor Jr. no pudo hacer mucho para evitar que su seleección cayera por 10-0, y fue reemplazado a los 87', ingresando Khalid Gaillard.

En el 2011 (19 de junio), jugó el amistoso frente a Anguila que terminó en empate sin goles. También fue partícipe en ambos partidos contra Islas Vírgenes Británicas, válidos para la clasificación al Mundial Brasil 2014. Tuvo el deshonor de errar un penal en el segundo cotejo; pero contribuyó para que la selección obtuviera una histórica clasificación a la segunda ronda del clasificatorio al Mundial.

Es hijo de MacDonald Taylor, exfutbolista que también fue internacional con la selección virgenense.

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Chester College of New England was a bachelor's degree-granting college that provided a foundation in the liberal arts and the fine arts, complemented by majors in the professional arts. It opened in 1965 as White Pines College and closed at the end of the 2011-2012 academic year for financial reasons.

Located in Chester, New Hampshire, the college offered degree programs in creative writing, professional writing, photography and media arts, graphic design, computer science, fine arts, communication arts and interdisciplinary arts. Chester College also offered minor programs in creative writing, illustration, photojournalism, and writing.

The college featured a student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1, artist-in-residence programs, and a program of guest lectures, exhibitions, art and photography exhibits, internships, and relationships with professional associations.

In April 2012 the college disclosed an operating deficit. Despite fundraising efforts, in May 2012, the college's Board of Trustees announced that they had voted to close the college.

History
The college was founded in 1965 as White Pines College by Faith Preston, Ed.D.  The first class was admitted in 1967.

The name of the school was changed in 2002, under Dr. William Nevious, third president of the college. Around this time, the college expanded from a 2-year program to a 4-year college with an emphasis on the arts. Nevious was credited with growth and transformation of the college during his presidency.  "Dr. Nevious took this college, which was literally on its death bed, and revived it," said Fred Kocher, a member of the college's board of trustees.

On June 30, 2007, Nevious stepped down as the college's president after six years. Former Manchester mayor Robert Baines was named interim president. Baines served as president of the college until he and the Board of Trustees decided to close the school in 2012. Prior to the closure of the school the faculty and staff of the college arranged a vote of no confidence against Baines. Baines remained as president until the official closing.

New England College and the New Hampshire Institute of Art (NHIA) each offered to accept Chester students as transfers after the college's closure. Over 80% of the students chose to transfer to NHIA, as did several faculty members.

The campus was sold in 2015 to Jiahui Education, which inaugurated a summer program in 2016 as Busche Academy for elementary and middle-school aged students from China.

Visiting Artists and Writers Series
The college's Visiting Artists and Writers Series welcomed artists and authors to  lecture, sit in on classes, and host readings and gallery exhibits. Notable authors included Steve Almond, Nicholson Baker, Mary Gaitskill, Jennifer Haigh, Sharon Olds, George Saunders, and Michelle Tea. Notable visual artists included Henry Horenstein and Pipo Nguyen-duy.

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