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Ann Cotton is one of 11 nominees for the 26th Annual Woman of the Year Award.
Celebrating exceptional women
The 26th Annual Woman of the Year celebration recognizes a remarkable group of outstanding women
May. 5, 2013 6:00 a.m.
"Our 26th annual Woman of the Year celebration is a very special community event which allows us to recognize a remarkable group of outstanding women," says 2013 chairperson Colleen Barker. "We are thrilled to announce the 11 nominees for this year's event, to be celebrated May 9 at Prestige Hotel and Conference Centre."
Ann Cotton — AJA Delivery Despite a difficult childhood, Ann has blossomed into a kind and giving woman who helps others to overcome difficult, stressful times in their lives. She volunteers with Vernon Volunteer Bureau, Vernon Disability Resource Centre, Citizens on Patrol, SPCA, St. John Ambulance, Sweet Smiles Foundation, and Tetra Society.
Ann's business, AJA Delivery, operates as a volunteer service for the Salvation Army Food Hamper program, and devotes one day's proceeds annually to a non-profit organization. She offers a home to the homeless and helps them arrange suitable shelter; shares clothing and food from her own cupboards to the needy; provides rides to appointments.
"Ann has such a big heart that even though she has barriers, it doesn't affect how she helps other people. She gives emotional support without judgement," says nominator Kim Sanche.
Ruth Hoyte — AE Berry Insurance Brokerage Ruth's seemingly boundless energy and dynamic devotion to family and community is applauded locally, regionally and provincially. A successful dance instructor and founder of Desert Moon Dancers, Ruth was recognized in 2013 by Okanagan Arts Council. Her exceptional contributions were celebrated 2000 and 2004 as a Woman of the Year nominee.
Ruth has volunteered her leadership skills as president for Vernon Women in Business, Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Vernon Association, Vernon Dance Society, and North Okanagan Employment Enhancement Society. She has served as a director on the Centreville Neighborhood Committee for Gateway Shelter, the Queen Silver Star Excellence Program, Vernon Winter Carnival Society and the Vernon Public Art Gallery board. She is a strong advocate for economic development in the Vernon city core, serving on numerous municipal committees. Provincially, she serves the Insurance Brokers Association of B.C.
"Ruth is a bigger-than-life matriarch, business colleague, community advocate and patron of the arts," says nominator Lorna Robb.
Deb Leroux — Uniting Projects and Capital Past-owner of Harris Flower Shop from 2005 to 2012, Deb has recently undertaken a new venture to support local non-profit organizations with grant funding. Deb shares her business knowledge and experience to local youth organizations through mentorship and one-to-one coaching. She has served since 2003 with the regional advisory committee at Vernon's Okanagan College, with an emphasis on high school entrepreneurship programs through Community Futures' "Dragon's Den" competition and Start Up Weekend.
Deb served on the Village of Lumby council from 2002 to 2008, participating on North Okanagan Regional District committees. An active member of the Kalamalka Rotary Club, Deb volunteers with the Queen Silver Star Excellence Program, and Sweet Smiles Foundation.
"Deb continues to give back through her participation in various volunteer groups, committees and organizations," says nominator Leigha Horsfield.
Trudy McGrath Trudy's impact in the areas of education and music has been felt for many years in Vernon's public school system and has not been diminished by her retirement from School District 22 in 2001, after 33 years as music educator to elementary school children. As president of the Vernon Music Teachers' Association, Trudy combined her love of music and children into significant musical productions and district choral festivals. In 1992, she organized Vernon children into a mass choir to celebrate the opening and closing ceremonies of BC Winter Games.
Trudy was a founding member of Vernon's Performing Arts Centre. She currently sings with Counterpoint Choir and directs the Schubert Singers, who perform locally at retirement lunches or care facilities. She continues to direct the education and music departments at First Baptist Church, where she has organized mixed and handbell choirs, directed youth and children's musicals, and organized an After School Kids club. She has reached out to Korean members with weekly English conversation classes.
Melina Moore Born in Argentina and raised in New York City where she trained at the Juilliard School of Music, Melina has embraced the local community with passion and generosity. An internationally-acclaimed coloratura soprano, Melina demonstrates her passion for our community by performing for numerous fundraising events including the Vernon Rotary Carol Festival and Dance: The Evolution on behalf of VJH's women and children's ward.
Melina is the co-founder of Studio Moore and now operates Valley Vocal Arts Studio, which is committed to bring the best of live theatre and local talent to Okanagan audiences, in collaboration with Okanagan Symphony Orchestra and Sparkling Hills Resort.
"I have seen her perform for hundreds at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre in the same way she sang for 50 homeless people having Christmas dinner at the soup kitchen," says one supporter.
Dalvir Nahal Dalvir was born in India and raised in Vernon from the age of four.
Employed at RBC and later at Ministry of Citizen Services, Dalvir has been active through her volunteer work with the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation, Vernon & District Immigrant Services Society, Vernon Punjabi Heritage Society, Social Planning Council, and Make a Wish Campaign.
Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, Dalvir "courageously took her personal battle and turned it into a positive and public sharing of awareness," personally raising $50,000 for McMurtry-Baerg Cancer Comfort Centre.
Dalvir has shared her journey as guest speaker at 2011 Wine Women and Woods, CIBC Run for the Cure, and 2012 JCI Hospital Gala.
In March 2013, Dalvir spearheaded the first Bollywood Bang (East Indian culture and South Asian cuisine) to raise funds for treatment support (anti-nausea drugs, transportation, day care) for cancer patients without health benefits.
Claire Radford Claire's devotion and daily contributions as a real estate agent have fostered the evolution of Predator Ridge Golf Resort as a community over the past 14 years, and has earned her the honorary nickname of Mayor of Predator Ridge.
Claire helps planning, expanding and developing the Predator Ridge community, and partakes in social and business events during her personal hours. She is an active book club member, participates in neighbourhood socials, and is an advocate of the trail system which she personally enjoys on a daily basis.
Predator Ridge supports Habitat for Humanity, Vernon's food bank as well as other charities.
"Claire is kind and compassionate, always approachable and compliments everyone she greets by remembering them by name and by her ability to recall even the smallest of personal details," says one supporter.
Ryan Robson — Hub Arts Collective Upon her arrival in Vernon from Cape Breton Island in 2010, Ryan jumped into the local art and youth community with a splash, through display of her artwork at Gallery Vertigo and Caetani Centre, and through volunteer service as a counsellor at Teen Junction Youth Centre. She shared her competitive figure skating background as a volunteer skating coach at Okanagan Training Rink.
Within the first year, Ryan had partnered with Matt Brown to begin construction on The Hub Arts Collective in downtown Vernon.
"She is tireless in her efforts both for her passion in art and the youth of our community," says Brown. "She is the in-house curator, one of the youth program coordinators, a resident artist and an integral asset to the operation of The Hub."
Ryan has also participated in Vernon Public Art Gallery's Riot on the Roof, Downtown Vernon Association's Sunshine Festival, Okanagan Science Centre's Haunted House, Global Education's Anti-bullying program, and Caetani's Lantern Festival.
"As curator of the Hub Arts Collective, Ryan hopes to give a voice to youth, as well as celebrate all the artists in our community," says nominator Jessika LaFramboise.
Dawn Roy Girls and young women are now playing in almost every division of competitive football in Vernon, thanks to Dawn's vision, determination and steadfast loyalty.
"Dawn took the sport of youth football in Vernon from obscurity to prominence during her tenure with the Vernon Minor Football league," says nominator Bill Tarr. "In my 40-plus years of experience, I have never known another young lady to play at the midget level on any competitive football team in Canada, much less a provincial championship team."
Dawn has also contributed her endless energy to the Vernon Volleyball Club, as a Baby Think It Over liaison between Vernon IODE and Seaton school, Kindale Development Centre, Girl Guides of Canada for the past 18 years, as unit leader, Deputy District Commissioner, Camp Tillicum committee member and provincially sponsored SOAR camping program. Dawn was honoured in 2011 with a nationally-recognized Gold Merit Award for her outstanding and exceptional contribution to Guiding.
Linda Wills Vernon's history is organized and accessible for future generations, thanks to the organizational skills and dedication of Linda Wills, who retired in 2004 after 20 years with the Vernon Museum as archivist and volunteer co-ordinator.
Vernon is more beautiful thanks to Linda's contribution to the Centennial Beautification Tree Planting project along Highway 97 and Vernon Green Streets Society along Okanagan Landing Road.
Vernon's library benefits from the Friends of the Library volunteer group, sparked by Linda in 1989 to organize annual sales of discarded library books. Children and adult programs, special furniture and artwork have been funded by annual contributions exceeding $30,000.
A charter member of the Vernon Film Society, Linda continues to work in conjunction with Vernon Public Art Gallery to promote movies and film making in our community.
Nancy Wilson Nancy has been nominated by her peers at Vernon's Halina Centre, where she first participated in their Heart Smart walking group five years ago and has since been recognized for her hard work and dedication as a leader, educator and mentor. Nancy participates in fundraising craft sales, and eyeglass collections for Third World countries.
Nancy was instrumental in bringing the Baby Think It Over program to the Okanagan, a program which provides schools and health programs with computerized "babies" and equipment to familiarize young adults with the responsibility of parenthood.
Nancy was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her exceptional contributions as a member of IODE for more than 40 years. (Independent Order Daughters of the Empire).
A former Petty Officer with NLCC Navy League, Nancy remains active with inspection and training of local cadet corps. She is a charter member of North Okanagan Biathlon Club, which sponsors youth for equipment purchases.
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14. Job 1:20-22, Checking the Wounds
20 "Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 He said, 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.' 22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing."
Normally when a verse contains five verbs out of a total of eleven words, we would conclude that the actor is springing into immediate and decisive, even frenetic, action. Yet though Job may be said to act with decisiveness through the five verbs in verse 20, it is anything but frenetic. We have the impression of a deeply ritualistic, but deliberate, series of actions. Job has just lost nearly everything of value to him; the spotlight is now on him and his actions.
The verbs include rising and falling and then three other activities. First he rises (qum), perhaps because, as many commentators suggest, Job received the news in a seated posture, a position of authority. Yet whatever authority he once had will now be ripped out from under him. He tore his garments (qara, 63x), an action that was first presented to us in the Bible in Genesis 37, the story of Joseph and his brothers. When father Jacob is presented with circumstantial evidence that his son Joseph has met with foul play, he tears (qara) his clothes (37:34). Five verses earlier, when Reuben had discovered Joseph's disappearance from the pit, he likewise tore (qara) his garments. The objects of the tearing in Genesis 37 are simlah (a word describing an outer garment, v 34) and a beged (a word of general application, describing clothes from beggars to the high priest, v 29). Other passages give us yet other garments can be torn, which leads to the interesting but irrelevant question here of the types of garments worn by various Israelites throughout history. In Job 1:20, Job tears his meil, a rarer (28x) word that is usually translated "robe" but is elsewhere used to describe the garment of the high priest in Exodus 28 or of King Saul in I Samuel 24:4 or Saul's son Jonathan in I Samuel 18:4. Certainly it is a garment befitting Job's elevated social position.
The next verb is gazaz (15x), translated "shave" or "shear," and in this case pointing to Job's shaving his head. The verb usually is used to describe sheep shearers (Genesis 31:19; 38:12); four times in I Samuel 25 it describes Nabal shearing his sheep. But it also relates to cutting off human hair, though not so frequently (Jeremiah 7:29; Micah 1:16). Later Israelite law, in Deuteronomy 14:1, would forbid this activity, even though a different verb for "shave" is used (gadar). Perhaps a new verb was chosen in Deuteronomy because the practice of shaving the head in grief was too close to ritual practice of foreigners, people from whom one wanted to distinguish oneself in every possible way.
Then, Job "falls" (naphal) on his face towards the earth. It is the fifth time this common verb has appeared in Job 1. When the calamities fall, Job falls. Finally, Job "worships" (shatach).The verb for worship appears so many times in the Bible as not to need special notice here. Yet, the combination of his activities when receiving this terrible news might be compared to the verbs to describe Hezekiah's grief in II Kings 19:1 or David's actions upon receiving the news of his baby's death in II Samuel 12:20. Hezekiah first tore his clothes (qara, beged),then covered himself in "sackcloth" (kasah, saq). David "arose" (qum) from the ground, then "washed" (rachats) and "anointed" (suk) himself, and then changed his garments (chalaph simlah), went (bo) into the house of God and worshiped (shatach). Even with the five verbs in Job 1:20, however, note what is not said. There is no sackcloth, no dust and ashes (yet), no lamentations or ululations, no gashes on the body. Job's acts are conventional acts, deliberately performed. They are the acts of one deeply hurt, but also of one who is deeply faithful.

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Fridge unit will operate from electric vehicle battery
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FRANCE: Carrier Transicold is to unveil Pulsor eCool, a refrigeration unit operating directly from the high voltage DC current generated by the batteries powering an electric light commercial vehicle.
The new unit, an all-new version of its established all-electric Pulsor system, will be launched at IAA Transportation 2022 at Hannover in September.
Carrier Transicold's original Pulsor system, released in 2012, was the first LCV unit to harness the electrification potential of the company's E-Drive technology. In a vehicle with an internal combustion engine, the legacy system requires a generator to run on electric power. The new Pulsor eCool, however, has been adapted to use the high voltage DC current from an electric vehicle's own battery system.
Carrier says the new solution will deliver enhanced sustainability to customers choosing to operate a modern, electric urban delivery fleet.
"The design of the original Pulsor unit and its use of E-Drive meant we were ready and prepared for the challenges posed by vehicle electrification," said Victor Calvo, Carrier Transicold's VP and general manager.
"The development of the Pulsor eCool means we can operate the refrigeration unit without the need of an additional battery pack or a voltage converter. It delivers a sustainable, cost-effective and powerful plug-and-play solution."
The use of Carrier Transicold's E-Drive technology – first developed for the Vector trailer units in 1999 – allows for rapid temperature pull-down and high refrigeration capacity through electric power. The setup removes the traditional mechanical transmissions found in belt-driven refrigeration systems and instead transforms the engine power into electricity to drive a variable speed compressor, reducing the risk of refrigerant leaks and making it ideally suited to operate with batteries.
To ensure optimal temperature-control performance, with limited impact on operator autonomy, Carrier Transicold is working to create an innovative real-time management system, with the Pulsor eCool unit able to use live vehicle data to ensure optimal temperature management.
Carrier Transicold says it is also working on additional dedicated applications and functionality designed to better anticipate user needs and relay refrigeration data to the driver. This will allow the system to adapt proactively to vehicle needs in real-time to deliver even more sustainability gains.
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Climate Data within the Eco-System Account (Opens in a new Window)
Climate Data within the Eco-System Account provides weather station data at the daily, monthly, quarterly and annual resolution for Newfoundland. Daily values of minimum, maximum and average temperature, as well as rainfall, snowfall and total precipitation are also available. Historical data are available as point and polygon data.
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Climate Indices includes time series, seasonal, and annual data for a number of variables including sea & air temperature, salinity, runoff, flow, ice coverage, iceberg count, and North Atlantic Oscillation Index. Data are observed or observation-based, and are available in a variety of temporal resolutions and historical periods, depending on the variable of interest. Data are available in tabular and graphical formats.
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The Hurricane Season Flood Alert System (HSFAS) is based on forecasted precipitation amounts and seeks to provide communities with flood warning services as a key climate change adaptation and public safety tool. Alerts are provided to communities that have Flood Risk Mapping Studies (FRMS) or have published intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves from which precipitation-based flood triggers can be derived. The HSFAS is operational during the peak hurricane months of June to December, and provides alerts for 45 communities.
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List of Near Real Time Stations is a database of weather stations that contains data for variables that include climate variables (air temperature, precipitation, etc.), water temperature, groundwater elevation and stage/flow for various station locations across Newfoundland and Labrador. Data is displayed in graphical, mapped, tabular, and camera image formats and updated every two hours. Hourly, daily, and monthly climate data are also available.
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Taking pride in your home is something most homeowners do. This may be your largest investment, and you'll want to do all you can to maintain the value of your home. Of course, there are numerous home improvement tasks you can complete that will allow you to enjoy various parts of your property more. It's essential to take the appropriate amount of time and do some research to assist you in finding the best ones to meet your needs. Here are some ideas to improve the look of your property today.
If you love being outside, you may want to make use of your backyard space by adding an outdoor kitchen. This can help you prepare meals during summer cookouts and enjoy the fresh air.
Of course, this is an ideal way to get the most out of the warmer spring and summer days and add value to your property. Adding Danver outdoor cabinets is a great way to increase the usefulness and durability of the space. These are stainless steel cabinets and by far your best bet when you're cooking outside.
Some of the other benefits of having this space for cooking include saving money on energy costs. You may choose an outdoor grill, and this can prevent you from having to turn your oven on during the summer. This can additionally help keep your home cooler when the temperatures are soaring outside.
One of the parts of your home you'll use the most in your home is your bathroom. This is sure to be the area where you'll get ready each day, and there are things you can do to make this timeless. Mornings can be hectic, and it's no secret having a usable, but attractive bathroom can be helpful.
1. Replace the tub – If you enjoy taking a long soak in the bathtub, you may want to consider getting one that has jets and can provide the most relaxation for your body.
2. Put in a pedestal sink – Adding this unique sink design to your bathroom can enable you to have a more attractive look while using it on a daily basis.
3. Add heated flooring – Is there anything that feels better during the colder months of the year than stepping onto heated flooring in your bathroom after getting out of the tub? Probably not and this is a great addition to add to this room in your home.
Homeadvisor states the national average of a bathroom remodel is $9,396.
If you want a home that is the envy of your neighbors and gets the attention, it deserves it's a very good idea to do some landscaping. Taking time to add more greenery to this space and blooming plants is an ideal place to start. The more plants and flowers you have in your yard the more alive it will look and the more attractive it will be, especially if you eventually plan on selling your home.
Keeping your lawn fertilized can assist you in having a green and lush looking interior to the front of your property. You may want to hire a professional lawn company to do this for you, but the results are sure to be worth it.
If you're fortunate enough to have a basement in your home, there are many things you can do to this part of your property. This can be a great space for entertaining or having time to relax by yourself.
Redoing this part of your home can provide you with additional space for most any activity you want to enjoy. Some things to consider doing is adding recess lighting, putting in some game tables and purchasing furniture to help you feel the most comfortable while using it.
You can have a home that you want to live in and looks attractive in the process. The key to doing so involves taking the time to invest in making improvements to assist in a higher quality of daily life. Another perk of doing the things listed above include drastically increasing the value of your home. Get started today and enjoy the fruits of your labor with a property that you can truly enjoy.


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A: Use a custom input view or,if you need it, a custom keyboard.
https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-guidelines/extensions/custom-keyboards/

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Question: Why Did Lord Shen Kill The Pandas?
Does tigress have a crush on po?
What animal is Kai?
How old is Po the panda?
What happened to kung fu pandas parents?
Will there be a Kung Fu Panda 4?
What happened to Kai in Kung Fu Panda?
Who is the main villain in Kung Fu Panda 2?
Is oogway stronger than po?
What animal is Lord Shen?
Did Lord Shen survive?
Is tigress PO's girlfriend?
How old is Shifu?
What animal is Kung Fu Panda's dad?
Who is the villain in Kung Fu Panda 4?
How did Lord Shen die?
In the begining Po wakes up and is commenting on his action figures of the furious five especially tigress who he tries to immitate her roar.
This shows that he admires her as a Kung Fu master although secretly after watching this he does in fact have a little crush on her..
Looking ahead to Kung Fu Panda 3, the next villain will be Kai (J.K. Simmons), a bull who is especially notable because he is the first supernatural big bad of the series.
20 years oldPo is at least 20 years old, as it is stated by Mr. Ping in Kung Fu Panda 3 that he "raised Po for 20 years before [he] finally told him that he was adopted", and that he "lied to him [Po] for 20 years…"
Po's mother is a giant panda and the biological mother of Po. She was killed during the massacre of her home village by Lord Shen and his wolves. Her only appearance has been in the memories and dreams of Po in Kung Fu Panda 2 and Kung Fu Panda 3.
The animation movie lovers are happy to know that Kung Fu Panda 4 won't mark an end to the franchise. According to the co-founder and CEO of DreamWorks Animation, there are supposed to be six movies in the franchise. … Kung Fu Panda 4 does not have an official release date.
Kai fought alongside Oogway as close friends, but after he learned how to steal the chi of others, Oogway banished him to the Spirit Realm. Five hundred years later, he returned to the mortal realm as a Spirit Warrior and sought to steal the chi from every kung fu master and destroy Oogway's legacy.
Lord ShenLord Shen is the main antagonist of Kung Fu Panda 2. He was the son of the royal Peacock family and the heir to the Gongmen City throne.
Who wins? Oogway knocks out Po, but Po falls on Oogway and incapacitates him. So it's a draw. OOGWAY WINS IN A CURBSTOMP.
peacockLord Shen is the main antagonist of "Kung Fu Panda 2". He is a peacock and is served by the Boss Wolf.
Shen only survived being crushed by the fact that the deck beneath his feet gave way. He could feel himself beginning to sink through cold water; he felt his body slowly drift through a hole blown through the wooden hull of the ship.
Tigress is the tritagonist of the Kung Fu Panda franchise. She is the strongest, serious and leader of the Furious Five, five of the strongest masters of Kung Fu in China. Many fans of the series consider her to be the main love interest of Po, the main character of the series.
This makes Shifu 60-70 years old and the 3 masters of gongmen city around about 40-50 years old themselves. Lord Shen when he first returned to gongmen city Master Rhino and the others knew Shen. This makes Shen around about 40 years old but we have more information to use.
But just because that's all we know, that doesn't mean that's all we are. Li Shan (known simply as Li; previously known as Po's father and Panda Dad) is a giant panda and the biological father of Po. He was separated from his wife and son during the massacre of his home village by Lord Shen and his wolves.
Fans expect to see a new villain in the fourth part of the Kung Fu Panda film series. The villain Kai with his minions may hold their grounds against Po and his army of pandas. Some are waiting to see more of Po and his father in this series. We all are undoubtedly, so excited for the fourth part of the series!
At the very end of his life, Shen finally accepted that he had been beaten and did not attempt to save himself when his own cannon crushed him.
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In the heart of the Ribeira Sacra, original natural area of beauty with the Minho and Sil rivers, the Monastery of Santo Estevo Rivas de Sil is one of the monastic centres of Galicia and is now a great tourist attraction.
The existence of the monastery, located in the Municipality of RamuinNogueira at 28 km from Ourense was demonstrated in the tenth century even it its origins seem to refer to the sixth and seventh centuries. The construction has different styles that alternate between Romanesque and Baroque and include three groups of different ages (Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance).
The Parador has elegant meeting rooms that may accommodate up to 300 people and a total of 77 rooms, each different and distributed along the cloister. Some rooms have a view of the canyon of the river Sil such as the luxurious suite dedicated to the "Franquila Abad", the first abbot of the monastery, with a living room, a large bathroom with Jacuzzi and a room with three windows that face the canyon.
The hotel also has a restaurant with a terrace, close to the chestnut tree forest, terraced bar in the cloister, meeting rooms and splendid gardens, without leaving out the magnificent spa centre in the Ribeira Sacra so that guests may relax and enjoy themselves.
Stay in a medieval monastery and at the same time enjoy treatments such as massages, seaweed or mud wraps, active pool with jets of water, Jacuzzi, outdoor hot tubs, emotional showers, sauna, hammam, relaxation area.
Spa, history, nature and a careful and succulent cuisine to make your trip unforgettable: the typical dishes are the products of the River (octopus, eel and trout), excellent Galician beef, shoulder of pork with turnip tops, broth and traditional Galician cuisine. The desserts include the Trives and BicaBicaCaldelas de Castro, and especially: wine culture.
Nature lovers can enjoy the landscape on the banks of the rivers Sil and Miño, while the Romanesque Road offers visits to churches and monasteries of the late 12th and 13th centuries.


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We need each other as we need the earth to share.
Lent began Wednesday with the celebration of Mass and the blessing of ashes which were then placed on our foreheads in the sign of the cross. This is a sign that we are Christians and are entering a holy season of preparation for Easter. During Lent we will focus on prayer, almsgiving, and fasting. Students wrote out their intentions for the season and placed them in a basket. Ask them what they will do during this holy season to prepare themselves for Christ's resurrection?
Third quarter progress reports will be sent home with your child on Monday. Also note that all outstanding balances for tuition, meals and Extended Day must be paid in order for this report to be sent. Please contact the school office for more information.
February Peacemaker Activity will be Friday, February 27. If your child was a peacemaker throughout February, they may be out of uniform and will participate in a special activity. Those who were not peacemakers will be in uniform and attend a Second Step class to help build on the skills needed to stay a peacemaker.
On Monday, March 2, there will be no bus service. Although District 189 does not have school that day, we do! Thank you for the effort you make to have your child here on time and ready to learn.


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Structuring the biodiversity informatics community at the European level and beyond
"Biodiversity, in the broad sense, is our life support system. It is absolutely essential and more important than almost everything else, but is typically taken for granted"
Alex Hardisty and Dave Roberts, BIH2013 Organizers
Piecing the biodiversity puzzle together.
The explosive growth of science in the 20th century led to such a degree of specialisation that science itself fragmented into a myriad disciplines, most of which evolved their own specialised language! Some disciplines, though, needed big, expensive machines so, for example, physicists from many disciplines came together to lobby for the big machines like particle colliders and telescopes. Biology has never established such a tradition of cooperation and doesn't have an effective voice. It is, rather, many small voices saying different things. All corners of the biology community need to come together in order to reap the rewards of its multi-faceted landscape knowledge base. The Biodiversity community in particular has an important role to play in this but first needs to take stock of its current assets. "We've got some frameworks coming into place" – says Alex Hardisty, Cardiff University and one of BIH2013 prime movers - "we now need to take a step back and reflect on this framework better, try to understand where the gaps are, and what tools and procedures we have today".
3 key words: integration, cooperation, promotion.
The Biodiversity Informatics Horizons 2013 conference was organised in Rome, Italy, by a group of 18 EU-funded projects with the aim of structuring the biodiversity informatics community at the European level and beyond. Specifically they wanted the community to prepare for the release of funding calls for H2020 in a spirit of cooperation rather than competition. During 4 days 180 participants including more than 40 speakers reviewed challenging areas and promising technologies in biodiversity informatics, pathways to sustainable implementation and changing the community culture . Two panel discussions were organised where international experts explored opportunities for cooperation to build a sustainable global infrastructure. Demonstrations, posters and training activities allowed delegates to see first-hand some of the new and exciting infrastructure building blocks.
The delegates came home with 3 keywords in their minds:
1) Integration: The Biodiversity community needs to make use of the data and tools already created to reveal those data that are missing and provide justification for the digitisation effort required to mobilise those that are missing.
2) Cooperation: If a global biosphere model is to be created, data from the whole world is required. Europe is already well covered but work is required in Russia, China, Brazil and India where gaps exist.
3) Promotion: Europe in particular is well placed to offer leadership in this area and, in addition to serving the needs of scientists, should also seek to serve the needs of decision-makers such as the Convention on Biodiversity Diversity (CBD) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
Recognising the actual challenges
Environmental priorities have commonly concentrated on observing, recording and classifying biodiversity but there is a growing need for predictive biosphere modelling that extremely complex. Climate modelling can be assumed to be in equilibrium at a global scale, which when perturbed returns to equilibrium. The biosphere, on the other hand, is dependent on the climate, influences the climate and its componentsbiodiversity, is prone to extinctions evolution. This makes the process of establishing General Ecological Models exceedingly hard, and will take decades to achieve.
A new collaborative approach
In the meantime, a short-term vision is appearing with the need to establish how the first steps towards this common goal can be established during the H2020 funding period. The European commission has moved towards broader, but focused, collaborative proposals rather than the competitive bids that were usual in previous Framework rounds. Furthermore, better links between various disciplines have to be set-up, including ecology, molecular biology, microbiology, agriculture, socioeconomics, taxonomy, remote sensing and, of course, computing. The website http://h2020.myspecies.info, created at the time of the conference, responds to this need. Actors interested in joining consortia can register their interest and suggest projects that can lead to consortium bids.
"The EC encouraged us to adopt a more cooperative and open system so this conference is the first step to try and change the way this community works, so that we are more open in the way we prepare the bids, identify the goal, and then work together" Dave Roberts, NHM London and BIH2013 organizer, explains.
Making it happen. Every year.
Finally, the goal of predictive biosphere modelling is beyond the abilities of the biodiversity informatics community alone. The Biodiversity community must come together and forge links with the other disciplines engaged in understanding the biosphere. We must respond to the challenges and priorities of the next decade in biodiversity and ecosystems research, structuring bottom-up and top-down interactions on informatics and cooperating across the community is an essential activity. The BIH conference will become an annual meeting for this very reason.
Source: BIH2013
BIH2103 website: http://conference.lifewatch.unisalento.it/index.php/EBIC/BIH2013
H2020 website: http://H2020.myspecies.info If you want to be added to the Biodiversity-community-list@nhm.ac.uk mailing list simply write an email to Dave Roberts dmr@nomencurator.org or Alex Hardisty hardistyAR@cardiff.ac.uk
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Emmy Nominees: Giancarlo Esposito of 'Breaking Bad'
By Dave Itzkoff
Gregory Peters/AMC Giancarlo Esposito, left.
On Thursday, the AMC series "Breaking Bad" was nominated for 13 Emmy Awards, including outstanding drama. Acting nominations went to its stars Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn and Aaron Paul, as well as Giancarlo Esposito, who played the impossibly calm drug lord Gustavo (Gus) Fring. Mr. Esposito speaks here about his trajectory on "Breaking Bad" and how he very nearly passed up the role.
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Looking at a lot of the work you were known for earlier in your career – your movies with Spike Lee, for example – those were such explosive characters, loud with huge energy. Gus was the total opposite of that, it seemed.
Yes indeed. I've always wanted to work on a character where it felt a little bit more like "Waiting for Godot," where there was space and time in between what I was able to say. It was an intentional choice I made, to really play Gus close to the vest, allow him to speak more with his actions and his eyes than his words. It was an exercise in being calm and relaxed, and that translated into some powerful work.
Did you know, when you were brought in, the full arc that Gus would have on the series?
No, when I first read the script I had no agent at the time. I only had a manager for directing. It came to me as a guest spot, maybe one, maybe two [episodes]. I don't think they knew. When I got out there and I finally read the script, I had said no a few times to my manager, and he said, no, you've got to consider this. I said, I'm the king of the guest spots. I'm tired of it. I want a big fat feature or something I can dig my teeth into – a character I can explore and be with for a time. And when I went out and did the first episode, I got a call as I was deplaning, saying would you come right back and do the finale of Season 2? And I said yes. Read more…
A Solid Return for 'Breaking Bad,' but Not Enough to Vanquish 'Longmire'
By Adam W. Kepler
Ursula Coyote/AMCBryan Cranston, left, and Aaron Paul in "Breaking Bad."
In a highly competitive night for cable programming, a meth lord and a politician were outgunned in the ratings by a straight-talkin' sheriff.
The Season 5 premiere of "Breaking Bad" on AMC at 10 p.m. reached a series high in total viewers, with 2.9 million, up 14 percent from the 2.6 million who tuned in to the Season 4 premiere last year. It was also up 34 percent in the advertiser-beloved 18-to-49-year-old demographic.
Elsewhere, also at 10, "Political Animals," a new mini-series on USA that features Sigourney Weaver as a Hillary Clinton-inspired former first lady and current secretary of state, had a modest debut with an average of 2.6 million total viewers. But neither program could compete with the total audience numbers for another 10 p.m. drama, "Longmire" on A&E. The seventh episode of that modern western, which stars Robert Taylor as a Wyoming sheriff, hit a series high with 4.5 million total viewers.
'Breaking Bad' Sets Summer Return
Robert Yager for The New York Times Bryan Cranston as Walter White on "Breaking Bad."
Has Walter White, the meek chemistry teacher turned ruthless drug dealer, finally [SPOILER]ed the [SPOILER] of [SPOILER]? Will his erratic partner in crime, Jesse Pinkman, [SPOILER] his [SPOILER]? And who will pay the price for [MAJOR SPOILER]ing Gustavo Fring, the [SPOILER] who [SPOILER]?
We'll presumably get the answers to some of these questions (and the [SPOILER]s behind them) when AMC's hit drama "Breaking Bad" returns on July 15 for the first half of what will be its final season, the cable channel said on Monday. AMC said it would show eight new episodes of "Breaking Bad," which stars the Emmy Award-winners Bryan Cranston as Walter White and Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman, this year, paired with its new reality series "Small Town Security," about a family-owned security company in rural Georgia. The last eight episodes of "Breaking Bad," after which there will be no more [SPOILER]s, will be shown next summer, AMC said.
AMC also said that the second season of "Hell on Wheels," its historical drama about the frontier adventures of a former Confederate soldier, would make its debut on Aug. 12.
Did 'The Walking Dead' Cook Up a 'Breaking Bad' Reference?
"Not the generic stuff, neither": a drug stash on "The Walking Dead" contains some seemingly familiar contents.
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When we last spoke with Vince Gilligan, the creator of "Breaking Bad," he told us he wouldn't start planning the final season of that show until mid-November. In the meantime, it looks as if some of his AMC colleagues have some thoughts about how that series might continue past the end of the world.
In a scene from Sunday's episode of "The Walking Dead," that network's hit zombie-apocalypse drama, Daryl, a salt-of-the-earth survivor played by Norman Reedus, produces a bag of drugs that belongs to his missing brother, Merle, and begins to rhyme off an inventory of its contents: crystal meth; ecstasy; painkillers; some first-class doxycycline (Merle, it seems, dealt with the occasional bout of the clap.) We're given only a glimpse of the bag, but we can see that the crystal at its bottom is a certain shade of blue — the same color it takes on when it is cooked by Walter White, the "Breaking Bad" drug-lord-in-training played by Bryan Cranston.
In a portion of AMC's "Walking Dead" after-show, "Talking Dead," that was posted online, Robert Kirkman, a creator of the "Walking Dead" comics and a producer of the television series, said that the inclusion of the blue meth was indeed "a little Easter egg we were doing for AMC fans." Read more…
Vince Gilligan of 'Breaking Bad' Talks About Ending the Season, and the Series
Gregory Peters/AMC Bryan Cranston as Walter White in a scene from "Face Off," the fourth-season finale of "Breaking Bad."
Warning: this post contains spoilers, starting with the next sentence.
Two-faced to the very end, Gustavo Fring, the seemingly mild-mannered proprietor of a fast-food chicken franchise but secretly ice-cold drug kingpin (played by Giancarlo Esposito), got what was coming to him via a revenge scheme that was hatched, if not always smoothly executed, by his meth-cooking underlings Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), in the Season 4 finale of "Breaking Bad." This very permanent checkmate – or is it? – was the culmination of a lengthy chess game plotted out by Vince Gilligan, the creator and show runner of "Breaking Bad," and his writing team, who had been planning all along for a season-ending showdown between Walt and Gus.
Craig Barritt/Wireimage Vince Gilligan, the creator and show runner of "Breaking Bad."
What Mr. Gilligan and his producers might not have anticipated, however, is that they would find themselves in a standoff of their own over the summer, as the AMC network, which shows "Breaking Bad," waged a hard-fought negotiation with Sony Pictures Television, the studio that produces it, over the continuation of the series. When the smoke finally cleared, Mr. Gilligan emerged to say that "Breaking Bad" would continue, but only for a final, 16-episode season. (AMC hasn't said yet when or how it plans to show those episodes.)
Mr. Gilligan spoke recently to ArtsBeat about Season 4 of "Breaking Bad" and its explosive finale, the negotiations that went on behind the scenes, and what plans he has – if any – to wrap up the series. These are excerpts from that conversation.
I think I speak for everyone in America when I ask: What were the Aerosmith and Def Leppard songs we were about to hear before Walt turned off the radio?
You know, that's a woman named Erica Viking, and she's one of the actual on-air folks on Coyote 102.5 in Albuquerque. We gave them the parameters of the news story and then let them put it in their own words. I think they threw in the Aerosmith and Def Leppard. But it was a nice touch. She's an interesting lady. You know the expression, a face made for radio? She's, like, smoking hot. I'm not sure why she's on the radio. Read more…
Could Things Break Any Worse for AMC?
AMCJon Hamm, as Don Draper, in "Mad Men."
It was just this May that an article in New York magazine described AMC as "the fastest-rising network in America" and wondered if that cable channel could "survive its own success." Three months later that question seems more pressing and prophetic than ever. After rapidly building its brand of original programming around prestigious and much-lauded series like "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad," AMC has been roiled by behind-the-scenes disputes and controversies at every one of its signature shows – even the ones it hasn't started broadcasting yet. Although the network received 29 Emmy Award nominations in July (including a fourth consecutive best drama nod for "Mad Men"), that moment was a rare bright spot amid months of developments that were often as gloomy as the art direction for "The Walking Dead."
Here's a look back at the many growing pains that AMC has experienced since the spring.
March 23 – Questions are raised about whether the fifth season of "Mad Men" will have its premiere as scheduled in the summer. Script writing for new episodes would need to have started by now, and AMC appears to be mired in a financial dispute with Matthew Weiner, the creator and show runner of "Mad Men," and Lionsgate, the studio that produces the series.
March 29 – AMC confirms that it will delay the "Mad Men" premiere as contract negotiations for the series drag out. Mr. Weiner objects to the network's proposals to shorten future episodes by two minutes (to make room for more commercials) and to cut the cast budget. "I don't understand why, with all of the success of the show, they suddenly need to change it," Mr. Weiner says. Read more…
'Breaking Bad' Is Renewed for Its Final Episodes
Can good news ever occur in the life of Walter White without something equally devastating to even it out? On Sunday night, AMC clarified the uncertain future of "Breaking Bad," its hit drama about that meth-cooking chemistry teacher, announcing that it has picked up the series for 16 additional episodes and that those segments will be the last installments of the series.
"It's a funny irony," Vince Gilligan, the "Breaking Bad" creator, said in a statement. "I'd hate to know the date of my own last day on earth, but I'm delighted to know what Walter White's will be (episodically speaking). This is a great gift to me and to my wonderful writers. It's knowledge which will allow us to properly build our story to a satisfying conclusion. Now, if we don't manage to pull that off, we've got no one to blame but ourselves."
This month, reports surfaced that talks between the AMC cable channel and Sony Pictures Television, the studio that produces "Breaking Bad," had turned acrimonious, and that the studio was shopping the series to other cable channels after AMC made an offer for a fifth season that would run only six to eight episodes. (The series is currently in its fourth season, which will run 13 episodes.)
On Sunday, AMC and Sony said that the 16 concluding episodes of "Breaking Bad" will go into production next year, though they did not immediately say when these episodes would be shown or over how many seasons they might be distributed.
In April, AMC found itself in the midst of another thorny renegotiation over another signature series, "Mad Men," after its creator, Matthew Weiner, balked at a proposal to reduce its episode order and cast budget. The network eventually came to terms with Mr. Weiner, who promptly announced that the three coming seasons of "Mad Men" would bring that series to an end as well.
AMC's portfolio of original programming also includes "The Walking Dead," which recently lost its show runner, Frank Darabont, and "Hell on Wheels," which, perhaps mercifully, does not make its debut until November.
'Breaking Bad' Cooks Up Record Numbers
Despite a 13-month absence after an excruciatingly tense Season 3 cliffhanger, "Breaking Bad" set a ratings record in its return to AMC on Sunday night. According to Nielsen, an estimated 2.6 million people tuned in to witness the further misadventures of the meth dealers Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and to learn whether Jesse actually killed a fellow meth cooker. That number was 32 percent greater than the viewership for last season's premiere, and was the highest total in the series' history.
Elsewhere, CBS won the night for the broadcast networks, with a double bill of "60 Minutes" (8.5 million total viewers) and "Big Brother" (6.89 million) leading the way. On Friday night, the 90-minute series finale of "Friday Night Lights" on NBC played the underdog to the end, drawing a mere 3.48 million viewers. That episode, which ran earlier on DirecTV, last week earned an Emmy nomination for outstanding writing for a television drama, along with the three other nominations (for outstanding drama, actor and actress).
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A 'Breaking Bad' Kingpin Never Tires of His Emmy Nomination (and Other Milestones)
Bryan Cranston, a two-time Emmy Award winner for his role as a high school teacher turned crystal methamphetamine manufacturer on "Breaking Bad," learned on Thursday morning he was nominated for a third time in the role. Doesn't he ever get tired of the recognition?
In a telephone interview, Mr. Cranston compared his Emmy experience to a certain youthful rite of passage. "It's like when you were in high school, if you were ever lucky enough to have the pretty girl say, 'Hey, let's go make out in the corner,' " Mr. Cranston said. "Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? And after you get over that, I keep thinking, Why me?"
But why should Mr. Cranston dwell on bygone teenage crushes? Today he's also celebrating his 21st wedding anniversary (or "50 years in Hollywood," as he put it).
So does today's Emmy nomination mean he's not obligated to get his wife a gift?
"You see, you're a typical man," Mr. Cranston told this reporter. "You are such a typical guy, trying to get away with something. And yes, I tried the same thing. 'Honey, congratulations, here's a nomination. And a toaster. Sweetheart, what do you think?' And then she throws the toaster. No, that's not going to fly. It's a nice dinner out and a lovely card."
Jun 14, 2010 Jun 14, 2010
Breaking Down the 'Breaking Bad' Finale With Vince Gilligan
AMC Bryan Cranston and Giancarlo Esposito in a scene from the finale of "Breaking Bad."
Warning: this post contains spoilers and a link to the Wikipedia entry on money laundering.
Compared to the first two seasons of the series, the third season of "Breaking Bad" wasn't that tense or exciting. Really, all that happened on that AMC series was Walter White (Bryan Cranston) was drawn deeper and deeper into the drug trade by his mysterious new employer, Gus (Giancarlo Esposito); he was nearly murdered by two relentless Mexican cartel enforcers who were instead killed by his brother-in-law, Hank (Dean Norris); and he was threatened with divorce by his wife, Skyler (Anna Gunn), who forced him to use his drug money to pay for Hank's hospital stay.
Other than that, not much transpired.
Except that Jesse (Aaron Paul) got out of rehab and learned of the rival drug dealers who iced his old associate Combo. But when he went to kill them in retaliation, Walt mowed them down instead, and helped Jesse go into hiding. Then, when Walt was threatened with death by Gus and his associates, he sent Jesse to kill Gale (David Costabile), Walt's weird associate and the only person who could possibly keep Gus's drug trade going in Walt's absence.
Oh, and Bob Odenkirk was hilarious.
Got all that? Good. If not, ArtsBeat spoke recently with Vince Gilligan, the creator and producer of "Breaking Bad," who walked us through the show's third season, shared a few secrets from Sunday night's finale, and let us know what he has planned for Season 4 (which AMC officially announced on Monday). (Plus: What was that cockamamie song Mr. Costabile was singing in the finale?) Here are excerpts from that conversation.
I don't expect you to tell me what you're planning, but do you have it worked out in your mind whether Jesse definitely killed Gale at the end of the episode?
Well, it's funny. I don't have it worked out exactly what's going to happen next, which is the way we've been doing it now for three seasons. Read more…


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JT and Anna Kendrick Perform "True Colors!" in Cannes
On May 11th, 2016, JT and co-star Anna Kendrick sang a beautiful acoustic of the song "True Colors" in Cannes, France! Check it out below! The song is featured in DreamWorks Animation's "Trolls"... and their rendition is a must-see!
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On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 6:14 PM, Smartmiltoys said:
Anna really very beautiful Lady!
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On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 5:53 AM, Oldmom said:
Saw the preview of this at Comic-Con. As beautiful ( and it's ethereal) as this video is I can't wait to hear the movie version again. It practically brought me to tears it does justice to this amazing song. The song at least I think will appeal to a very wide audience. Thought the preview was great but the song was the gift.
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I love u Justin !
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The great Anna Kendrick
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On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 4:36 PM, parisesports said:
Amesome performance !
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Amazing performance!!
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Amazing! Just love it :)
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I was going to talk more about what makes my favorites…you know, my favorites, but as it happens, I'm flying to the U.S. in two days with my whole family for a five week visit, so right now my mind is jumping from one thing to the next like a jackrabbit on crack. Pensive and analytical aren't going to happen tonight. Instead, I'm just going to let my mind do its thing.
Which brings us to inspirations. Where do the story ideas come from? Anywhere and everywhere the jackrabbit lands. I have about a billion little notebooks that I use to make lists and jot notes. Whenever and wherever an idea comes, there's always a little book nearby to jot it down. I mean, it will be right between the To Do in the Morning List, the Don't Forget to Pack This List, and the Life Goals List, but at least it's there when I need it.
–Photographs. Especially ones that evoke a strong feeling. To me, strong feelings go along with stories, so I start to wonder what the story is. A while back The Pioneer Woman did a photo contest about landscapes. Two of my stories were inspired by pictures I saw there. This one was just begging for a story. And the perspective on this one made me think of someone very small looking up at the unexpectedly tall tulips.
–Advertisements. My daughter loves to cut pictures out of old magazines. Then she gives them as presents to everyone in the family. One day she presented me with one that featured a fine old bottle of whiskey in a stream of water. Don't ask me. But I did get to thinking about how intriguing it is to find a bottle in a body of water and what could be inside.
–Words. The Nerd Mafia are my new heroes. Certain words just make me think of certain kinds of people. And once you have an interesting person, there's always a story of some kind nearby.
Okay, we've now run the gamut from rabbit to fish to mouse. That's the signal that it's time for me to get back to pouring over my To Do lists for the next two days. I always feel that if I rewrite and reread and reorganize the list, it's almost like I'm actually doing the things on it. Isn't it great when you can feel productive while sitting on your couch watching Sherlock Holmes on Pay Per View?
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Father of suspected Canadian highway killer Bryer Schmegelsky says son's suspected killing spree a 'nightmare'
The father of highway killer Bryer Schmegelsky received a text message, the last time he would hear from his son. Then his heart sank.
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The distraught father of one the two young Canadian men accused of killing three people including Australian Lucas Fowler has said he cannot bring himself to say his son is a ...
The distraught father of one the two young Canadian men accused of killing three people including Australian Lucas Fowler has said he cannot bring himself to say his son is a murderer.
Alan Schmegelsky, father of accused Canadian killer Bryer Schmegelsky, spoke to 60 Minutes.Source:Supplied
The distraught father of one of the two young Canadian men accused of killing three people, including Australian Lucas Fowler, has said he cannot bring himself to say his son is a murderer.
Alan Schmegelsky also denied that his Christmas gift of a replica gun may have fed into his son's dark fascination with firearms.
But, his father said, the breakdown of his marriage led his son Bryer Schmegelsky to become "angry" and he admitted he "could have had a better upbringing".
Bryer, 18, was found dead, along with his friend Kam McLeod, 19, in a desolate area of northern Manitoba late last week.
"It hurts a lot; he was my only child. I'll never get to spend time with him again, never get to hug him.
"I wanted my son to be amazing. I wanted my son to have a future, I'm so sad he had to make this road trip," Mr Schmegelsky said.
Kam McLeod, 19 (left), and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, (right), the teens who were found dead in northern Manitoba last week. Picture: RCMPSource:Supplied
Talking to Channel 9's 60 Minutes, he apologised to the families of the victims and revealed the final message Bryer sent him.
"I know they're hurt and from our country to the families, I am so sorry."
At one moment in the program, Mr Schmegelsky is visibly cheered by the fact his son had managed to pass unhindered through a police roadblock. "Kudos, boys," he said.
Reporter Sarah Abo spent two weeks with Mr Schmegelsky as the world's eyes focused on one of the biggest manhunts in Canadian history spanning three provinces and thousands of kilometres.
Two bodies believed to be those of Bryer and his suspected accomplice were found about 1km from the banks of the Nelson River, near the small town of Gillam.
The gruesome discovery came more than three weeks after the body of Mr Fowler, 23, from Sydney, and his girlfriend Chynna Deese, 24, from the US were found in a ditch beside their broken down van on a remote road in British Columbia.
Days after the couple were killed the body of university professor Leonard Dyck, 64, was found close by. It's also thought he was murdered by the pair.
Alan Schmegelsky, father of accused Canadian killer Bryer Schmegelsky, was interviewed on Channel 9's 60 Minutes.Source:Supplied
Alan Schmegelsky and his son Bryer when he was a child.Source:Supplied
FINAL MESSAGE TO FATHER
Mr Schmegelsky said the last he heard from his son was a text. He told his father that he and McLeod were "off to Alberta". Having no driving licence, McLeod was behind the wheel.
Then the murders began to make headlines in Canada. Shortly afterwards, his son and McLeod were declared missing.
"It was Monday morning and I was reading the news and there was my kid's picture of the front cover of the Vancouver Sun (newspaper). That's how I found out".
Initially, he thought the pair may have been victims themselves. But then police said they were suspects and should not be approached.
"My heart just sank. I told myself there's a mistake, there's got to be a mistake."
As the Channel 9 filming took place, news came through that the teens had been spotted alive but had evaded a police checkpoint.
Mr Schmegelsky looked visibly relieved and even impressed by his son and McLeod.
"I knew they were still alive. These boys are smart, these guys are intelligent.
"Kudos boys. Kudos, kudos".
But asked by Abo how it felt that his son would be remembered as a killer, Mr Schmegelsky replied: "It's not very good at all. There's no glory in that".
"None of this I'd volunteer on any other parent".
Australian Lucas Fowler and his US girlfriend Chynna Deese were shot dead in British Columbia.Source:Supplied
For week Canadian police scoured the country's thinly populated north looking for the teen suspect. Picture: Angus Mordant for NewsCorp Australia.Source:News360
WORD HE CANNOT SAY
However, there's one word Mr Schmegelsky has said he cannot utter.
"I'm not going to say my son is a murderer until I get some facts, OK. Nobody knows what happened out there."
The grief-stricken father then began to break down: "Do you have brothers and sisters? Are they capable of murder? You don't know right?"
When he was 17 years old, Mr Schmegelsky bought his son an airsoft gun, a replica firearm that shoots pellets.
"The guns look realistic, they're like machine guns and they've got a realistic magazine. But they're still just a built-in air compressor and they shoot a pellet," his father said.
But he refuted the notion that the replica gun may have spurred on an unhealthy obsession with firearms in his son.
"It was getting him out of the woods with his buddies.
"I can't second guess. I'm not going to say it's my fault I'm not going to do that.
"I never gave him a real gun … I never gave him a gun that would kill someone."
"You can't watch (cartoon characters) Bugs Bunny or Elmer Fudd and not see a shot gun; you can't blame airsoft (guns)."
Bryer Schmegelsky pictured with Nazi flags and guns.Source:Supplied
Alan Schmegelsky said he was living through a nightmare.Source:Supplied
Asked if there was a side of his son he knew nothing about, Mr Schmegelsky said there probably was.
"That's a good possibility. I'm not going to rule that out."
He told Abo that Bryer was heavily affected by breakdown of his parents' relationship. Mr Schmegelsky has himself suffered with mental health issues.
"He's been angry since his mother moved away with him when he was five years old. And he had a lot of time with very little attention given to him and I know that.
"He was raised by YouTube and video games. He could have had a better upbringing."
60 Minutes also spoke to a friend of McLeod, 18-year-old Ripley Janzen. The pair met online playing video games.
Mr Janzen said McLeod was "super cool" and the kind of person you'd want to hang out with. He said McLeod and Brier Schmegelsky were "best friends".
"It is definitely crazy for sure," he said talking about the pair being implicated in a killing spree.
"Like if you were innocent why you wouldn't just come to the police, right?"
As for Mr Schmegelsky, he remains shattered, in shock, over his son's death and the horrendous crimes now forever connected to his family name.
But he said he needed proof before he would give into the realisation that his son was implicated in the murder of three innocent people.
"He was my kid, he was a little me. It's heartbreaking, there's no sunshine, no happiness.
"This is the worst nightmare anyone could ever imagine".
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Tommy pressed his face to the window pane, the snowflakes were as large as the peas he squashed each mealtime rather than eat them. Only instead of a being that boring green they were whiter than the new socks Grandma had given him for Christmas, and certainly a good deal whiter than they were now. After only a minute he could no longer see, his own breath, having misted up the glass. Without calling out his intentions to his Dad he raced out to the porch and stuck his tongue as far out as it would go. The flakes melted on contact with the raised pink buds. He'd been hoping for a burst of flavour like from those slushies at the movie theatre, but instead there was less flavour than the tap water. Like something had been taken out. Already his skin was as lumpy as the mountain range before him and he felt his muscles begin to quiver without him meaning to. He crouched down to poke the drifts at his feet and his finger hole remained. This was too good; softer than ice, thicker than soup.
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She thinks about what's behind her, what she cancelled or didn't bother to cancel. As for the apartment, she just shut the door with it's shiny new lock and walked out, since out was where she needed to be. It gets easier and easier, dishes in the sink for two weeks, three weeks, only a little mould on them, she hardly even feels guilty anymore; one of these days it may be permanent.
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Fortumo is working with Smart Communications, Inc. and Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc. (DMPI), the mobile subsidiaries of Philippine digital services provider PLDT, are launching carrier billing on the Windows Phone Store app store.
Fortumo's direct carrier billing platform allows users to make payments over a data connection by confirming purchases with one click on their phone. Payments are processed without any additional information required from the mobile user. The new partnership provides the opportunity to reach more than 70 million customers of Smart and DMPI's Sun who can now charge purchases of apps and games from the Windows Phone Store to their phone bill.
According to data from World Bank, less than 3 million Filipinos have access to credit cards while the country is estimated to reach 40 million smartphone owners this year. Therefore in emerging markets like the Philippines, direct carrier billing significantly increases the coverage of users who have access to payments.
Over the past years, Fortumo has been heavily expanding its presence in Asia, having opened an office in Singapore in October 2014, an addition to existing offices in Beijing, Delhi and Mumbai. Recently the company announced partnerships with Thai carrier Dtac and with Huawei, a global smartphone manufacturer. In total, Fortumo mobile payments are available to end-users in 15 markets across Asia.
In addition to the Windows Phone Store, Fortumo's platform is powering platforms and digital content providers in Asia, including Gaana, UCWeb, Box TV, Ditto TV, Mobogenie, Boyaa, Octro, Games2Win and Huawei. To enable global carrier billing for these merchants, Fortumo has partnerships with more than 350 mobile operators across the world, including mobile operator groups such as Telefónica, Telenor, Singtel, Turkcell and Kyivstar, as well as leading mobile operators in India and China.
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ABC Marvel Spinoff with Mockingbird and Lance Hunter is ON Again!
Carissa Pavlica at August 20, 2015 7:57 pm .
Remember when ABC almost gave fans a new Marvel show featuring Barbara "Bobbi" Morse aka Mockingbird and Lance Hunter?
Well, forget about when it was off the table, because it's back on again!
The title of the pilot is Marvel's Most Wanted, and it will star Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. standouts, Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood as Mockingbird and Lance Hunter, focusing on the further adventures of the duo.
Despite the outcries of fans concerned that S.H.I.E.L.D. would lose two strong characters from the series, the pilot has apparently been redeveloped with a new direction that excited all involved.
It's unclear whether the pilot would be considered a true spinoff or even whether the introduction would come by way of a backdoor pilot or a standalone pilot, as was done with The Flash on The CW.
This would make the third Marvel series for ABC in addition to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter.
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Hall of Famer, pioneer Frank Robinson dies at 83
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Hall of Famer and trailblazing baseball legend Frank Robinson passed away Thursday at the age of 83.
It was reported last week that Robinson, major league baseball's first ever black manager, was in the late stages of a long battle with bone cancer.
Robinson died in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and friends.
"We are deeply saddened by this loss of our friend, colleague and legend, who worked in our game for more than 60 years. On behalf of Major League Baseball, I send my deepest condolences to Frank's wife Barbara, daughter Nichelle, their entire family and the countless fans who admired this great figure of our National Pastime," MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement.
"Frank Robinson's résumé in our game is without parallel, a trailblazer in every sense, whose impact spanned generations. He was one of the greatest players in the history of our game, but that was just the beginning of a multifaceted baseball career," Manfred said.
"Frank Robinson was not only a legendary ballplayer, but a remarkable human being," read a statement released by the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association. "From breaking barriers as the first African-American manager in MLB to receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Robinson lived an extraordinary life. May he rest in peace."
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Robinson was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in 2005.
Robinson ranks 10th in baseball history with 586 career homers and won MVP awards in both the National and American Leagues. He also became the first African-American manager when he was hired by the Cleveland Indians in October of 1974.
Robinson was National League Rookie of the Year for the Cincinnati Reds in 1956. He was named NL MVP in 1961 and hit 30 or homers in seven of his 10 seasons with Cincinnati before being traded to the Baltimore Orioles.
In his first season with the Orioles in 1966, Robinson won the Triple Crown by batting .316 with 49 homers and 122 RBIs. He also earned MVP honors and remains the lone player to win the honor in both leagues.
He played six seasons in Baltimore before finishing his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1972), California Angels (1973-74) and the Indians (1974-76).
He served as player-manager in Cleveland for two seasons before retiring with 2,943 hits and a .294 career average.
Robinson went 1,065-1,176 in parts of 16 seasons as a manager with the Indians (1975-77), San Francisco Giants (1981-84), Orioles (1988-91) and Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals (2002-06).
Robinson served as executive vice president of baseball development from 2012 to 2015. He After leaving that post in 2015, he was named senior adviser to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and honorary American League president.
One of Robinson's last public appearances, April 15, 2017, came when a sculpture of Jackie Robinson was unveiled at Dodger Stadium.
"I'm here to honor Jackie and his family," Frank Robinson said. "Everything I have, everything Willie [Mays] and Hank [Aaron] have, started with Jackie Robinson doing what he did. He could have lost his life for it. That's a debt you can't repay except to say, 'Thank you' as often as you can."
Robinson was elected to the Hall of Fame, along with Henry Aaron, on the first ballot in 1982 with 89.2 percent of the vote.
The Reds, Orioles and Indians all have statues of Robinson outside their ballparks, and all three teams retired Robinson's No. 20. Only Nolan Ryan has had his number retired by three teams.
Robinson was born Aug. 31, 1935, in Beaumont, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, a son and a daughter.
The Robinson family has asked that, in lieu of flowers, contributions in Frank's memory can be made to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee or the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.
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Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, April 18th, 2020. Morning Keynote Speaker Ellice Patterson is the founder and director of Abilities Dance, a Boston- based dance company that welcomes dancers with and without disabilities. Her choreography has appeared in the Abilities Expo, Bill Evans Somatic Conference, Boston Contemporary Dance Festival, The Series: Vol IV at the Ailey Citigroup Theatre, and more. Ellice's keynote will be accompanied by a performance from Abilities Dance Boston Dancers
* Afternoon Keynote speaker Quentin Vennie, is author of the memoir, Strong in the Broken Places: A Memoir of Addiction and Redemption Through Wellness. Quentin was awarded by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for his contribution in raising awareness for mental health and suicide prevention.
Other speakers include
* Susan Lovett: Susan is a licensed clinical social worker, certified K-8 classroom teacher, registered yoga teacher, certified mindfulness instructor and Facilitator of Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga. She is employed by the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention as a Director of the Center for Trauma Care in Schools, leading evidence-based trauma treatment groups for Boston Public School students and providing training for classroom teachers and school-based mental health clinicians on trauma, secondary traumatic stress and professional resilience. Susan also founded Hands to Heart Center – Yoga for the People, a nonprofit that provides free, customized trauma-sensitive yoga classes.
Laura Sánchez: Laura Sánchez, a flamenco dance educator and independent expressive arts researcher based in Cambridge, MA. She received her Advanced Professional Certificate in Expressive Arts Therapies from Lesley University, where she has been developing her theory and approach of Expressive Flamenco© by conducting auto-ethnographic expressive arts-based research. Laura also leads Expressive Flamenco© workshops locally.
Mariah Rooney O'Brien: Uses yoga and weightlifting as a way of helping participants experience being fully embodied and stepping into their own strength in new ways. As a clinical social worker who specializes in treating folx with histories of complex and developmental trauma, weightlifting presented a unique opportunity to think about trauma recovery, healing and growth.
Mark Schneider: Mark Schneider is the creator and co-founder Trauma Informed Weight Lifting, a behavior and habit change program of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment at JRI. He is also a personal trainer specializing in injury recovery and return to play. Mark supports clients so they can support themselves with the skills and confidence to overcome physical, emotional, and habitual roadblocks.
Rowan Silverberg, PhD, has focused doctoral research on trauma-sensitive yoga as an adjunct modality in a feminist approach to clinical treatment for survivors of sexual violence. Certified as a Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Facilitator (TCTSY-F) by The Trauma Center in Brookline, MA, Rowan has offered yoga support groups at the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center since 2016. Rowan has been teaching yoga since 1990 and is registered with the Yoga Alliance at the experienced yoga teacher level. She has led several yoga teacher training programs in the Greater Cleveland area, lectured on yoga to students at Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine, and has been an adjunct faculty member at Cuyahoga Community College since 2010.
Sarah Super is a Training & Curriculum Specialist at the Battered Women's Justice Project. Sarah has experience in training, consulting, and program development in mission-based organizations including: Hennepin County, the YWCA of Minneapolis, the Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute, and the Human Rights Center at the University of Minnesota. Sarah is the Founder of Break the Silence, an activist organization for survivors of sexual violence and allies to engage in dismantling rape culture in Minnesota.
Nola Hanson is trans artist whose practice centers the role of embodiment in contemporary social systems. Their work has been shown Milwaukee, Chicago, New York City, and Portland. Nola is the founder of Trans Boxing, an artist-initiated boxing club for trans and gender variant people.
Hill Donnell is an athlete, organizer and educator. Hill's pedagogical and creative work seeks to engage critical perspectives on technological change, embodiment and the promise of participatory governance. Hill currently organizes with Trans Boxing, an artist initiated boxing club for trans and gender variant people.
Jared D. Kass, Ph.D. is a Professor of Counseling and Psychology, Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences, Lesley University; and a Visiting Scholar at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. His recent book, A Person-Centered Approach to Psychospiritual Maturation: Mentoring Psychological Resilience and Inclusive Community in Higher Education, describes this project. Dr. Kass is the senior faculty member of a holistic studies specialization that trains clinicians to practice trauma-informed, culturally-competent, mind-body-spirit behavioral health.
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Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, Colorado) had a fast morning at the Nature Valley Aspen Winternational, winning the first run. But she overskied the second run and dropped to fifth. Nicole Hosp of Austria took the win, improving from seventh place after the first run. Shiffrin remained second in the overall Audi FIS Ski World Cup standings, and is eighth in slalom after two races.
With just a slight lead over Tina Maze after the first run, Shiffrin cited her nerves.
"I was really nervous at the start and was a little stiff on the first run," she said. "I just have to not let the nerves impede my skiing."
Although she said she wasn't as nervous on her second run, she did remark, "I have some training to do."
Ever the student of her sport, Shiffrin took the day as another learning experience.
"Today was a big confidence builder for me, especially after the first run when I was so nervous and still had a winning run. It's better to have the nerves now than February."
Resi Stiegler (Jackson Hole, Wyoming) was the other story of the day, attacking from the back and grabbing 11th place in her first run. In the second run, she maintained her first-run result, finishing in 11th overall.
"I was trying to stick to my plan. I know I'm fast and I know I'm good," said Stiegler. "That was part of my problem last year: I didn't believe in myself. I have to stop thinking so much."
Paula Moltzan (Lakeville, Minnesota) had a few bobbles in the first run before a big crash and did not finish. Hailey Duke (Boise, Idaho) missed the flip and did not qualify for the second run.
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