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Dad, daughter compete on 'MasterChef'
Portrait of father and daughter chefs Bill and Ashley Travers at their Pauma Valley area home making their "Chicken Pauma" dish. Ashley chops mushrooms as Bill seasons the chicken.
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By Pam Kragen
PAUMA VALLEY —
Whether it's playing a board game, sharing a conversation or whipping up a meal in the kitchen, the Travers family is admittedly on the competitive side.
That trait could play in their favor this summer, when Bill Travers, 63, and his daughter Ashley Travers, 30, compete against each other and 38 other contestants on the cooking series "MasterChef."
The Travers of Pauma Valley are among four San Diego-area contestants competing in the reality series, which debuts its seventh season at 8 p.m. June 1 on Fox. Home chefs from 15 states — including Trisha Crivello of San Diego and Diamond Alexander of Chula Vista — will vie for this season's grand prize of $250,000 and a cookbook deal. The series is hosted by chefs Gordon Ramsay and Christina Tosi.
All four local contestants will attend a viewing party at 8 p.m. June 1 at the Tipsy Crow, 770 Fifth Ave. in the Gaslamp Quarter.
Although Ashley has been cooking since childhood, her dad came to it late in life. The retired golf pro said he took up cooking in earnest after his wife died three years ago. It was good for his heart and for his self-esteem.
"When I get passionate about something, life is good and all is well. Discovering this new passion in my 60s really got my juices flowing again," he said.
Three years ago, Bill won a barbecue contest and more recently, he and Ashley teamed up in a chili cookoff. When they heard about the "MasterChef" auditions last summer, they eagerly applied. And when they were cast in the show, she said they hit the kitchen for months to train side by side like golfers gearing up for the U.S. Amateur Championship.
"I helped him with baking, side dishes and vegetables, and he taught me how to get the proper grill temperatures. Going into this competition, we had an advantage. We had each other," she said.
Ashley and her husband, Myles Golden, run a web optimization company named CaliStyle Technologies. She also has a private chef business called The Grain Free Chef, where she specializes in gluten- and sugar-free dishes. She said she started cooking in high school, when the family lived in Michigan, where making big meals was a favorite family pastime.
"My mom always taught me to do what makes me happy and cooking has always made me happy," she said.
Whether it was sports, trivia or cooking, there was always a healthy competitive spirit in the family. Even during a shared interview last week, Ashley and Bill simultaneously competed to deliver answers to the questions.
Ashley said she and her dad have "found a good flow" when cooking together in the evenings. Bill lives in a guest house on the property she and her husband own in the Pauma Valley Country Club. The duo enjoys experimenting on dishes with the citrus, avocados and berries grown on their property and with organic produce from a market down the street.
Although they can't talk about how they did on the TV show, which wrapped up filming months ago, they did describe the experience as invigorating and it fueled their desire to take their father-daughter show to a higher level.
On June 1, they'll launch their website "daddaughterduo.com" and they're already making appearances as a pair, first at the Bacon & Barrels Festival last weekend and coming up June 11 at the Taco & Tequila Music Festival in downtown San Diego. Bill is also organizing a golf tournament for the charity Warriors 4 Humanity.
Both said they made many lifelong friends during the competition, which will cut the 40 chefs down to 20 in just the first two episodes during the "Battle for the Apron" segment. Bill said being part of the contest with his daughter was one of the best experiences of his life.
"I walked her down the aisle at her wedding, and when we entered the MasterChef competition together and I looked over at her, it was another special walk and a wonderful experience," he said.
Profiles of other local "MasterChef" contestants
San Diego native Diamond Alexander knows all about competing under pressure, after winning the title of Miss San Diego 2015. During her reign, 24-year-old Chula Vista resident said her mission was promoting healthy nutrition and life choices.
Diamond Alexander of Chula Vista, from "MasterChef" Season 7.
Alexander, a freelance web designer and food blogger, said she started watching cooking shows starring Sara Moulton and Emeril Lagasse when she was 3 years old. When her parents signed her up for cooking camps and candymaking classes, she was always the youngest student.
Although she says she makes "the world's best chocolate chip cookies," Alexander said her specialty is vegetarian and vegan cooking. For her "MasterChef" audition, she wowed the judges with a vegetarian Bolognese with rigatoni noodles.
Alexander said her dream is to have her own TV baking show, but in the meantime she's focused on the field of sports nutrition for athletes. She'll be promoting her own healthy recipes on her new website, which will launch (along with the "MasterChef" season) on June 1: diamondalexander.com
Growing up in a Sicilian family, Trisha Crivello was making pasta sauce practically from the time she could walk. The dish that earned her a slot on "MasterChef" was a shortrib ravioli with mushroom horseradish sauce.
"Italian cooking is in my blood. If you give me 10 ingredients, I will make a risotto or a ravioli," she said.
Trisha Crivello of San Diego from "MasterChef" Season 7.
The 32-year-old insurance broker, who lives in downtown San Diego, has seen every episode of "MasterChef" and is a big Gordon Ramsay fan. She loves that even amateur chefs can win a cooking show.
Crivello said she was halfway through medical school four years ago when she was forced to drop out to deal with the deaths of three family members over a two-year period.
Now her dream is to honor those and other family members by preserving their heirloom recipes in a cookbook. That's one of the prizes being offered to this year's "MasterChef" winner.
"I absolutely loved being on 'MasterChef,'" she said. "These people were unreal and I made so many friends. I love every single person I met."
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Stuart Woods writes in a style that makes it difficult to put down the book, but when you do have to give in the next time you pick it up there is no effort in knowing exactly where you left the plot. Each chapter flows so quickly from one another that he manages to keep the plot moving in chapters that are only five or six pages long.
This time the plot sees Stone Barrington helping out old flame Arrington with a stock problem as someone tries to take over Centurion Studios. Thus the story is set in Bel-Air rather than New York. All of the usual trappings of a Stone Barrington novel are there with women, money, parties, the odd bit of law practiced, killings and explosions. Also, some old story lines are revisited such as the relationship between Arrington and Stone, their son, her late-husband's film career, etc.
Again, a very enjoyable if not particularly memorable, page turner from Stuart Woods.
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CIGH Director calls for a reinforced Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
On the eve of UNGA and the 7th Global Fund Replenishment, CIGH Director, Dr. Charles Holmes writes in The Hill that "the Global Fund has provided hope and delivered on the promise of partnership between nations and solidarity of mankind." And notes that "we cannot achieve our 2030 goals or a strengthened posture of pandemic preparedness unless we match our ambition to the current threats we face."
Blantyre Prevention Strategy funds SCORE Project to improve COVID-19 phone clinic
Led by Dr. Titus Divala, the Blantyre Prevention Strategy's funded SCORE Project created a community response platform and phone clinic to help address the COVID-19 epidemic. The community response platform increased communication between health officials, communities, health care workers, and volunteers, while addressing misinformation, interventions, and increasing trust between all parties.
CIGH co-authors Global Health Action commentary on HIV/SRH integration
CIGH staff co-authored a Global Health Action commentary that synthesizes findings from a multi-country landscaping of sexual reproductive health (SRH) and HIV services funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This article calls for further integration of HIV and SRH services, particularly for adolescent girls and young women.
Blantyre Prevention Strategy presented at Malawi Partnership Forum
Dr. Gift Kawalazira presented elements of the Blantyre Prevention Strategy, notably the construction of the HIV prevention data pipeline, at the Malawi Partnership Forum on February 25, 2022. The data pipeline is a key strategy in helping Blantyre reach the Fast-Track Cities Initiative goal of eradicating AIDS by 2030.
CIGH director discusses Omicron and global health security
CIGH Director, Dr. Charles Holmes, wrote in the Council on Foreign Relations' Think Global Health, "The global reactions to the omicron variant over the past few days provide a good reminder of what remains undone in terms of the global response to COVID-19 and pandemic preparedness in general." Read the full article here.
Malawi government partners with CIGH to publish a chapter on systems approaches to HIV prevention
CIGH Senior Programs Manager, Anna Carter, co-authored a chapter in Inoculating Cities, entitled "Developing a more effective locally led response to the HIV epidemic in Blantyre, Malawi," published in September 2021.
CIGH Director, Dr. Charles Holmes, joins 2021 World Health Organization Guidelines Development Group for HIV
WHO launched updated consolidated HIV guidelines for prevention, treatment, service delivery & monitoring on the sidelines of the International AIDS Society Meeting on July 16, 2021. As he has since 2009, Dr. Holmes served as a member of the Guidelines Development Group that reviewed emerging science and made recommendations.
2021 UN High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS
Dr. Charles Holmes urges world leaders to protect gains against HIV, TB and malaria, while applying "the lessons learned during the early days of the fight against HIV as we continue to grapple with COVID." Read the article published in Council on Foreign Relations and Think Global Health here.
Georgetown's CIGH marks 40 years of HIV
In a series of Twitter threads, CIGH Director, Dr. Charles Holmes reflected on the losses we have endured from the HIV pandemic, as well as the remarkable resilience of communities most affected by HIV over the years, including people identifying as LGBTQI+. Reflections; the Struggle Against Stigma, Hate and Discrimination; Looking Ahead
CIGH Director joins with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Health Organization, Médecins Sans Frontières and the International AIDS Society in a re-examination of the HIV care cascade
Read Dr. Peter Ehrenkranz, CIGH Director Dr. Holmes and colleagues recently published PLOS Medicine article entitled "The revolving door of HIV care: Revising the service delivery cascade to achieve the UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals" here.
CIGH leads Lancet analysis on strengthening the measurement and performance of HIV prevention programs
CIGH Director, Dr. Charles Holmes, in addition to colleagues from the Kenyan National AIDS Control Council, Global Fund, Malawi Ministry of Health, UNAIDS, PSI, Boston Consulting Group, and others were published in a May 2021 Lancet HIV commentary entitled "Strengthening measurement and performance of HIV prevention programmes." Read the full commentary here.
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The Center for Innovation in Global Health stands firmly against all racism, discrimination and police brutality. Read our statement here.
CIGH Director Dr. Charles Holmes on COVID vaccines, variants, and mask-wearing
Listen to Dr. Holmes on the Times Radio discussing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) new study about double-masking. The full audio can be found here.
High variability in the measurement of HIV primary prevention activities and outcomes: the need for consensus in global HIV prevention indicators
Read CIGH Director Dr. Charles Holmes and Senior Programs Manager Anna Carter's recently published article in the Journal of the International AIDS Society discussing the need to refocus attention on achieving greater consensus on a global measurement framework for HIV prevention. Read the full article here.
CIGH Affiliates Dr. Rebecca Katz and Dr. Eric Goosby appointed as advisors to President-Elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 task force
On Monday, November 9, President-Elect Biden announced the 13 members of his coronavirus task force, with two Georgetown CIGH Affiliates among their ranks. Read more about their work here.
How Lessons from Global Health Can Improve Health And The Response To COVID-19 In The US
Dr. Charles Holmes and CIGH affiliate Dr. Eric Goosby discuss with Health Affairs how lessons from global health can improve health and the response to COVID-19 in the United States.
Proposed withdrawal from WHO is 'deadly and wrong'
CIGH Director, Dr. Charles Holmes, was featured in an Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) press briefing, and articles in Bloomberg Law and other outlets, on President Trump's decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization.
Foreign Policy of America "Must Read!"
Foreign Policy article "It's Time to Help Africa Fight the Virus" by Dr. Charles Holmes, former Deputy US Global AIDS Coordinator; Anthony Lake, former U.S. national security advisor and executive director of UNICEF; and Witney Schneidman, senior advisor for Africa at Covington & Burling LLP is a Foreign Policy for America "Must Read"!
Dr. Holmes Discusses Zambia's Struggle to Secure Coronavirus Supplies With the New York Times
Dr. Charles Holmes was featured in the New York Times article by Jane Bradley, In Scramble for Coronavirus Supplies, Rich Countries Push Poor Aside.
A Global Imperative for Local Support
Dr. Charles Holmes writes in the Council on Foreign Relations Think Global Health: "A Global Imperative for Local Support: The novel coronavirus pandemic raises the stakes for strengthening local partners and capacity to deliver health care".
Africa is Not Starting from Scratch on COVID-19
Georgetown's Dr. Charles Holmes, Matthew Boyce and Dr. Rebecca Katz write in the Council on Foreign Relations Think Global Health: "Africa is not Starting from Scratch on COVID-19: Success against coronavirus will require national leadership, engaged local responders, and strong cooperation with NGOs".
Accelerating Universal Health Coverage
Dr. Charles Holmes joined the Prince Mahidol Awards Conference in Bangkok to advance discussions on accelerating "convergence" between disease specific responses and UHC in order to achieve better health outcomes and sustainability.
It's Time to Protect the U.S. and the World Against Global Pandemics
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Trailer and First Images From Takashi Miike's 'Over Your Dead Body'
by Who Goes There? August 1, 2014 June 2, 2021
I love Takashi Miike! Ichi The Killer was the first movie my wife and I watched together, Imprint is one of my favorite DVDs, we celebrate his entire catalog, and soon we'll be able to add Over Your Dead Body.
Getting its premiere in the Vanguard section of the Toronto International Film Festival, running September 4-14, is Takashi Miike's bloody haunter, Over Your Dead Body, and we have the trailer, as well as the first images from the film.
"A star, Miyuki Goto (Ko Shibasaki) plays Oiwa, the protagonist in a new play based on the ghost story Yotsuya Kaidan. She pulls some strings to get her lover, Kosuke Hasegawa (Ebizo Ichikawa) cast in the play, even though he's a relatively unknown actor. Other performers Rio Asahina (Miho Nakanishi) and Jun Suzuki (Hideaki Ito) lust after Miyuki. Off stage the cast's possessive love and obsessions exist as reality. Trapped between the play and reality, the cast's feelings for each other are amplified. When it becomes clear that love is not meant to be both on and off stage, love turns into a grudge and crosses the blurred line between reality and fantasy."
Ebizo Ichikawa, Ko Shibasaki, Hideaki Ito, Miho Nakanishi, Maiko, Toshie Negishi, Hiroshi Katsuno and Ikko Furuya star.
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Manchester City star Bernardo Silva believes that the team is stronger because of its collective and will not necessarily benefit from individually brilliant players like Messi or Ronaldo.
Speaking to GQ, the attacking midfielder propounded a theory that Manchester City has only been as good as they have – winning the Premier League last season with a record number of points and being on course to winning it again this time around – because of their collective strength.
In fact, he even went as far as to single out Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to say that his team may be better off without them.
"I believe our extra gear is the collective. Every player has his role and everyone knows they are important in the same way. Someone like Ronaldo can win a match alone, but City doesn't have this type of player," he said.
Silva, 24, has been a mainstay in Pep Guardiola's plans this season, racking up 43 appearances in all competitions, with 11 goals and 12 assists to show for his efforts.


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Sichuanbäckenet eller Röda bäckenet är ett bördigt lågland i Sichuan-provinsen i sydvästra Kina.  Området har en yta på 200 000 km² och kännetecknas av åsar av röd sandsten varför den tyske geologen Ferdinand von Richthofen kallat det för de "Röda bäckenet".

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Sichuanbäckenet är utomordentligt bördigt, det gäller särskilt gäller detta om de av Minfloden vattnade slätterna kring Chengdu som har en hög befolkningskoncentration. Sichuans huvudflod är Yangtzefloden,
som under olika namn flyter genom västra och södra delarna av landet och är segelbar för större fartyg hit upp (till Chongqing).

I Sichuanbäckenet är även bergen odlade i terrasser, potatis går ända till 2 500-3 000 m. ö. h. Ris är här huvudväxten överallt, där vatten finns, därnäst olika sädesslag, socker, te, tobak, mullbärsträd och många industriväxter. De vilda däggdjuren har alldeles försvunnit ur "röda bäckenet", medan fågelfaunan är rik, fasaner och andra hönsfåglar, papegojor jämte sångfåglar (bl. a. den kinesiska näktergalen) förekommer talrikt.

Geologi
Sichuanbäckenet bildades för drygt 200 miljoner år sedan, under trias, då Yangtzeplattan, en mindre litosfärplatta, gick ihop med dåvarande Nordkinesiska plattan. Yangtzeplattan är väldigt styv och området urskiljer sig gentemot omgivande områden genom sin låga seismiska aktivitet.

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Most people prefer to keep their savings in a bank. They believe that despite those tiny interest rates they get paid, storing money in a bank account is way safer than anything else. The point is, we are talking about storing money while it's wiser to invest money so that it could make even more money. For example, Europeans like to consider investing their money in various kinds of assets. They further spend their profits on some big purchases or education for their kids.
As for those who keep their savings in banks, they can hardly buy something significant for the money they gained as interest rates. More often than not, banks offer single-digit interest rates to those willing to deposit their money into bank accounts. That's why some of them already start considering more profitable investment options as well.
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Apparently, few people out there can actually manage funds wisely and make the balance grow continuously. But this is not a problem these days. The thing is, you don't have to be a financial wizard to still make money in financial markets. You can easily outsource the job to real experts and enjoy regular income for a moderate fee those experts charge you for managing your capital. With that being said, the only important thing you have to do is to choose a professional PAMM manager to manage your funds.
This is what PAMM is all about. You choose one or several PAMM managers and trust your money with them to enjoy regular income later. This month, Alpari's PAMM service is celebrating 9 years! This is an exclusive investment solution developed by Alpari, which has been among the foreхindustry leaders for nearly 20 years. Actually, the service has been so popular all over the Internet that millions of retail clients are not the only ones benefiting for it. Many forex brokers delivering PAMM services to their clients have been doing so through Alpari's PAMM service, which means a lot!
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International experts say that over the past 9 years, Alpari's PAMM service has improved a lot and become even more popular in today's realities. While banks are offering miserable interest rates on bank deposits amid increasing inflation, and international markets are being volatile and sensitive to all kinds of news, even some advanced traders and investors may have a hard time making confident market predictions to make money on a regular basis. Well, that's not the case with Alpari's PAMM experts. They have been really good at working in today's market realities since their market approach is based on slightly different principles of managing funds. Each and every participant of the service is interested in long-term cooperation.
At this point, Alpari's PAMM service embraces investors from over 60 countries of the world. More than 25 000 of them are active investors. There are more than 4000 active managing traders. The company's website lets you monitor over 3000 PAMM accounts and makes it easier to choose from the top-ranking PAMM accounts, the website offers you the local PAMM rating.
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Later on, they introduced another innovative solution – PAMM Portfolio Constructor – to let investors optimize their portfolios based on their risk tolerance, expected profitability and the amount of money they want to invest. At the same time, PAMM accounts got new features to simplify the process of choosing those accounts as potential investments since the investor can calculate the expected profit based on the account stats.
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In many of them, Alpari is the leader both in the number of active clients and their aggregate trading volume. Last year, Alpari's annual trading turnover exceeded 1 trillion dollars! In October 2017 alone, the monthly turnover reached 121,6 billion dollars, which is 6% more than the turnover for the previous reporting period and the highest monthly turnover in 2017.


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Forced Child Marriage Is Being Used as a Means to Immigration
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In the U.S., children are barred from all sorts of things before their 18th birthday and they continue to face even more limitations as they grow into full adults, but when it comes to marriage, our laws suddenly become surprisingly lax. In fact, child marriage is still legal in 48 states.
And sadly, it turns out that a number of people are taking advantage of these lax child marriage laws and using them to petition for immigration of children from abroad or to marry American children.
Please sign the petition to ask the U.S. to clamp down on relaxed child marriage laws, especially when it comes to immigration!
Right now, a person in the U.S. can apply to bring their child bride over from another country as long as the marriage would be legal in the person's country of origin and in the state where the U.S. citizen lives. It turns out that the bar is very low to fulfill those requirements. In fact, in many U.S. states and countries, there is no floor on how young a person can marry.
In 2017 alone, at least 5000 adults sought to bring an underage (under 18) spouse into the country and 3000 children in the U.S. sought to bring in an adult spouse. But in these cases, the children don't have autonomy. They are often being forced or are too young to really make a decision on whether or not they want to be married — and the stories of abuse in these marriages are terrifying.
What kind of country do we live in where we're OK with letting children be exploited and forced into marriage? Let's put an end to this child abuse, especially since it's largely harming young women.
"Child marriage—which, as this report documents, in the overwhelming majority of cases involves an underage girl marrying an adult man—is associated with girls dropping out of school, sinking into poverty, being at greater risk of domestic violence, and with serious health risks, including death." - Heather Barr, a senior researcher on women's rights at Human Rights Watch, told Newsweek.
Please join us in standing for young girls everywhere and demand the U.S. ends child marriage here so that no more people can exploit a child in order to immigrate.


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Komisja Edukacji Narodowej [] (deutsch Kommission für nationale Bildung, kurz KEN) war eine Schul- und Erziehungskommission in der aristokratischen Republik Polen-Litauen. Sie wurde am 14. Oktober 1773 durch den polnischen Sejm und König Stanislaus II. August Poniatowski gegründet.

Aufgrund ihrer weitreichenden Autorität und Autonomie wird sie als das erste historische Bildungsministerium der Welt und eine der größten Errungenschaften der polnischen Aufklärung betrachtet.

2011 wurde das Archiv der KEN in das Weltdokumentenerbe der UNESCO aufgenommen.

Literatur
 Janina Kamińska: Schools of the Commission of National Education's Lithuanian Department (1773–1794). Rozprawy z Dziejów Oświaty 2018/55, S. 231–255 (Online abrufbar)

Weblinks
 KEN im polnischen Staatsarchiv (polnisch)

Gegründet 1773
Organisation (Polen)
Polen-Litauen
Wissenschaft und Forschung in Polen


Lisa hit the ground running at Richard James and the reason is simple: she can chat to anyone but very quickly understands what someone is looking for, whether that be a short term solution or their dream home. Having come from a varied sales and customer service background, Lisa really understands how important it is to listen to clients.
Lisa has lived in Swindon her whole life and knows each area extremely well. Having moved house a fair few times herself, she knows what to look out for in a home and how to make the clients house hunt personalised from the beginning.


But before that, let's have a quick glimpse of Balanga City, Bataan. Photos were taken before we left this young city.
Jay and I arrived at SM Pampanga thirty minutes after six and walked a million miles to Robinsons Starmills. And boy, we were greeted by millions of people the moment we entered the festival premises. We tried to squeeze our way in but luck wasn't on our side. Worse, it was drizzling at that time.
We had no choice but to trust the power of our lens. Jay's D5000 was armed with a versatile 18-200 while my weapon had a 55-250 on it.
It is an annual event held in December (Saturday before Christmas Eve) in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines. It features a competition of giant lanterns, at least 20 feet in diameter. That's HOW big the lanterns were.
The tradition started back in 1904 and slowly evolved into what I have seen this year - lanterns became bigger and more intricate. It was in the year 1931 that electricity was introduced to the San Fernando lantern, thus sparking the birth of the first Giant Lantern Festival. The added illusion of dancing lights highlighted the bright colors and intricate designs of these Giant Lanterns. At this time, the lights were controlled by individual switches that were turned on and off following the beat of the music.
This year, ten barangays showed of their skills as they battled for the top price of Php 103,000. And for the second time, Brgy. Sta. Lucia brought home the bacon!
Brgy. Sta. Lucia outshone other entries!
And to those who missed the event, the Giant Lantern Exhibit will be on display from December 25 to January 3, 2012 with performances every 7PM at Robinsons Starmills Mall, San Fernando, Pampanga.
I have finally seen fireworks! I kinda miss watching this.
My year-end backpacking trip was a brand new experience for me. I was almost a week away from my home, my comfort zone.
It made me realize that there is indeed more to life if you experience the most uncomfortable things like in my case, running with bajillions of people with my camera bag and backpack along Pasay Rotunda to catch up the last trip of MRT to North Avenue and the constant worry that I might be held up in the middle of my adventure.
But along the way, I met great people with great dreams. It motivated me of not to give up and continue this journey. Hands down to these people: Mica, Edcel, Ivan, Brenna, Robbie, Andrew, Edwin, Doi, Chino and Jay - you guys are awesome!
2011 has been great a great year for me. Looking forward to more travels, adventures AND misadventures this 2012!


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Ultimate Ears' Artist to Watch: Peter Bjorn and John
Posted on May 26, 2011	by Christine Burke	in Logitech UE	with Comments Off on Ultimate Ears' Artist to Watch: Peter Bjorn and John
As you have read in my previous blogs this month, we officially dedicated the Month of May in the Ultimate Ears Artist to Watch program to classical music featuring The Cypress String Quartet and Violinist Jenny Oaks Baker. However, to keep in the same spirit of our Artist to Watch program to date, we decided to also include a classic indie pop group – the new album from Peter Bjorn and John. It is a huge honor for UE to be able to showcase this album.
And in case Peter Bjorn and John need any introduction – here are some random tidbits:
The band formed in 1999 and threw a 10th year anniversary US tour in November 2009
"Young Folks" was selected second best song of the year 2006, in NME magazine
The band performed with Kanye West at the Way out west-festival in Gothenburg
The band was nominated for a MTV-award in 2007
Once the band played a chinese restaurant and fell through the floor
Bjorn is a succesful producer of acts like Lykke Li and Primal Scream
John has released 3 ep's with his alter-ego Hortlax Cobra and is a member of the band Holiday For Strings
Peter has released 2 solo-albums, one in english and one in swedish as well as an album with the band Tutankamon
John used to play classical percussion, Bjorn used to play jazz-piano, Peter is still learning to play rock-guitar
The song "Young Folks" has been covered by James Blunt, Nena, The Kooks, Pete Yorn, Dawn Landes and many other artists and Drake has covered "Let's Call It Off".
The band has been honoured with one of the legendary St.Sanders "shreds" clips
The band has toured all around the world and played festivals like Coachella, Roskilde, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, Fuji Rock etc.
The Danish troubador baptised Peter Bjorn threatened to sue the band for using his name, but mercifully dropped the case.
Their songs have been featured in a number of tv-shows like Gossip Girl, Parenthood, Melrose Place and Greys Anatomy, and in several feature films such as "21" and the upcoming movie The Dark Fields. Songs also featured in several games and commercials all over the world.
They recently toured with Depeche Mode (supporting the North America leg of "Tour of the Universe" in 2009). But their latest album, the thrillingly titled Gimme Some, is their latest, vein attempt at pop magnificence.
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In Moscow, people are starting to recycle, to seek products labeled as eco-friendly and to settle in the more environmentally benign city districts. In the regions, there is much less attention paid to these matters. A scandal over the detention of Greenpeace activists is of minor interest to many Russians, who do not understand how petroleum production in the Arctic may affect their personal environmental security.
Following her studies in Dublin, Ireland, Julia started actively collecting the plastic packaging of different products, to hand them over for processing. It turned out, however, that finding a place in Moscow where plastic is accepted for processing is not an easy task.
One such station was discovered after prolonged searches at Artplay, a modern art center. The remaining utility waste collection stations in Moscow are prepared to accept only paper waste for processing.
According to experts, this is far from being the only instance of a citizen's effort at being environmentally conscious. "We have been rendering environmental services to individuals inter alia for 15 years already. A sharp increase in the population's interest in their personal environmental security and environment protection has occurred over the last 6-7 years," Nikolai Krivozertsev, the director general of Ecostandard Group, says.
"Nowadays, more interest in personal security matters is shown. In particular, people wonder about food, construction and decoration materials, household appliances, and the situation in city districts, so as to make their choice while buying residential spaces," says Krivozertsev. As noted by the expert, over the last 2-3 years, people have been worried about more global issues in conservation, such as waste processing and energy saving.
Alexander Minin, chief of the Scientific Design Department for Natural Complex Preservation and Development at the Institute of Moscow Master Layout Plan, agrees with Krivozertsev. Minin, however, is sure that only Muscovites are interested in ecology, while residents of Russia's regions are indifferent to the problem.
"The wealthier the region is, the more attention is paid to the ecology. People get more interested in the ecology in Moscow, but that is far from being the whole of Russia," he says.
For example, the matter of ecology in St. Petersburg — second to Moscow in terms of population — is of much less interest than it is in the capital. Alexander Stakanov, the head of the Department for Consulting on Management Systems in GCE Group, says that mobile stations for collecting things such as mercury lamps, thermometers, used batteries and expired pharmaceuticals had operated in the city as an experiment, but with rather insignificant use. St. Petersburg residents were also indifferent to separating waste for recycling.
"The state and municipalities try to do something, but it's the head where the problem lies. Our citizens haven't yet reached such an ecology-consciousness level. Maybe the population does not have sufficient general information as to where they should go, say, with all broken thermometers. On the other hand, if a home's kitchen space is 6 square meters [65 square feet] or less, what separate waste collection may be mentioned? There is no space for three buckets," says Stakanov.
In addition, Stakanov has doubts about production enterprises being bona fide. "Experts introduce ecology management systems at major enterprises, and they cannot but hope that all system elements would operate without fail. It's impossible to know exactly, or to verify, whether or not the same specialized entities should duly utilize hazardous substances, pour our reagents out in the backyard," he says.
Despite the growing interest to ecology, the scandal with the detention of Greenpeace activists who tried to get to the Prirazlomnaya platform to protest for Arctic protection attractedonly minor interest from the Russian population. Experts explain that Greenpeace is perceived by Russians as a political organization rather than an ecological one.
"Such organizations have no care of specific people safety; it's scandal in which it is interested. Our people do understand that. People do not associate Greenpeace detention with their personal environmental security prejudice," Krivozertsev says.
"Should it concern organizations seeking to improve the ecology, or to sell eco products or engage in waste utilization on a daily basis, then a social protest might have appeared."
Minin believes the abrupt reaction of authorities to the actions of the ecology organization activists was only due to potential effects on an economically important industry. Moreover, there is a lot of noise being made on the issue, but a lack of specific efforts on officials' part, the expert notes.


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Doing It Once, Doing It Right
Peter McRae GROW Series, Living Soil Membrane, Reclamation, Rehabilitation, Sustainable Revegetation, Thought Leadership 0
The extraction of minerals and energy from the earth invariably necessitates a disturbance of pristine environment. That is in direct conflict with an often-overlooked best management practice (BMP) for controlling erosion: don't disturb the soil in the first place.
Fortunately, the emphasis of the extractive industries has changed significantly over the past two decades since I first entered the reclamation business. Traditionally mining companies had focused on managing a mineral resource. The game has changed to the point they now acknowledge they also have a broader natural resource to manage. Increasingly mining companies are tackling the formidable task of measuring and reporting both their positive and negative long-term impact on the environment and society.
Why? A company cannot find and extract minerals if it cannot access land. Part of the price for gaining future access to land is to meet stakeholder expectations about how companies should currently be managing their land. The strong message our environmentally enlightened society is sending to companies who must disturb the land is that approvals for future projects will only be won if the company can demonstrate that they are appropriately managing current projects. Regulatory pressure supplying teeth to this societal pressure is increasing almost everywhere.
Accordingly, in the pursuit of demonstrating good stewardship of the environment it becomes critically important to implement successful reclamation in a timely manner. Progressive, successful reestablishment of the native environment is critical to demonstrating a mine's operational capability, and to creating confidence among stakeholders about current and future mine projects.
At Quattro, we have long stated that "Doing it once, doing it right" is the most cost-effective way to manage reclamation activities. Empirical data now exists highlighting the economic benefits of completing reclamation successfully the first time around. Reclamation failures can result in a 50% cost increase over the cost of planning for and implementing proper, and successful, reclamation techniques from the outset of the project. Or to put it another way, the low bid (as opposed to best value) option is notoriously the most expensive way to discharge one's reclamation obligations.
The study addresses the economic impacts associated with both the direct costs and indirect costs of unsuccessful reclamation. The significant economic impacts associated with the direct costs reflect the additional earthwork for sediment clean-up and regrading, the costs of importing topsoil or applying soil amendments when poor soil conditions generate initial revegetation failures, the obvious repeat costs of re-seeding and re-installation of erosion control products, and the costs of weed control.
The hidden indirect costs include environmental manager and consultant time to coordinate reclamation work that needs to be redone, potential agency fines for stormwater management violations, and potential lost opportunity cost due to poor agency and landowner relationships that delay mineral extraction.
The study highlighted the importance of the need for environmental managers to set up a system for cost data collection to establish credible reclamation budgets. Providing reasonable estimates for reclamation activities that can be applied to capitalizing reclamation costs up front on future projects would ensure resource protection. Economic Benefits of Completing Reclamation Successfully the First Time for Oil & Gas Sites
Passion for Implementing Successful Reclamation
Peter McRae Bind Series, GROW Series, Living Soil Membrane, Quattro Environmental, Reclamation, Rehabilitation, Revegetation, Sustainable Revegetation 0
As project manager for your agency's reclamation project your focus may be on immediate erosion control via both hardscape and softscape best management practices. While immediate erosion control is a worthy goal, long-term erosion control is only attained by the re-establishment of sustainable native plant growth, invariably on soils that have been drastically disturbed. You may be lucky enough to be dealing with drastically disturbed topsoil. More likely, the term "drastically disturbed soils" will unfortunately be a euphemism for "all topsoil has vanished!" If so, accomplishing your objective can be tricky, as evidenced by the plethora of reclamation seeding project disappointments scattered throughout the arid Western U.S.
Take heart. From reviewing www.quattroenvironmental.com you have an understanding that the key to re-establishing long-term sustainable native plant growth has less to do with growing plants, than it has to do with restoring a functioning soil community beneath those plants. And as you embrace the Quattro LSM Growing Soil technologies, your first assignment becomes: How best to go about restoring a functioning soil community – on drastically disturbed soils – in a harsh environment?
The glib answer is "Very carefully". Perhaps more helpfully, it is important to realize at the outset that Nature is intolerant of weak links. Weak links are found in both under-performing design technologies, and in flawed project implementation. Conventional "band-aid" seeding practices are an example of a design technology weak link. Our industry's obsession with design implementation by an unsupervised low bidder is a classic example of a flawed project implementation weak link. Both guarantee project disappointment. Fortunately, there are talented experts who are willing to lend you a hand in navigating the multitude of tasks that must be performed flawlessly.
Quattro Environmental has assembled an alliance of professionals – clients, designers, suppliers and applicators – with the skills, resources and passion to ensure a "Do It Once, Do It Right" project outcome.
The Quattro Alliance has more than academic credentials, skills and resources. The team has a track record of consistently re-establishing native plant growth on drastically disturbed soils in harsh environments. They will be able to assist you in replicating this track record of success on your soils, and in your climate.
But equally importantly, the Quattro Alliance team members each have a passion for succeeding at rehabilitating the environment. Their passion is born out of love for the environment that inspires them to go that extra mile when circumstances (or Nature) demand it.
What fuels this passion? For one of our team members, it is the sense of awe when in the presence of true wilderness, like hiking down the Grand Canyon. For another, it is the joy of witnessing the fruits of intelligent reclamation — seeing a barren landscape come to life again, and watching wildlife move back in. Some of the photos on our home page were taken by a team member who captures his reverence and exhilaration for western landscapes through photography. For me, well, I was lucky enough to be raised in New Zealand, a land of pristine, rugged beauty. The photos (right) are from the Grand Traverse trek in the South Island of New Zealand. This six-day hike is like walking on the earth the day after its creation. Healing the earth and restoring its natural magnificence is what fuels my passion. What fuels yours?


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Engineering and Health Care
A SBE Webinar
Originally delivered May 16, 2011
Source: SBE - Society for Biological Engineering
Dr. Langer discusses the involvement of engineering in health care, from the discovery of the first angiogenesis inhibitors to the development of controlled drug delivery systems and the foundation of tissue engineering.
Robert Langer
Robert S. Langer is the David H. Koch Institute Professor (being an Institute Professor is the highest honor that can be awarded to a faculty member). Dr. Langer has written nearly 1,120 articles. He also has approximately 790 issued and pending patents worldwide. Dr. Langer's patents have been licensed or sublicensed to over 220 pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology and medical device companies. He is the most cited engineer in history.
He served as a member of the United States Food and Drug Administration's SCIENCE Board, the FDA's highest advisory board, from 1995 --...Read more
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Model of Ink Particle Separation in Column Flotation Deinking
Column flotation is a novel technique of separation of hydrophobic particles from a suspension. An experimental investigation of column flotation as applied to...
Effects of Endocrine Disrupters on Adipose Metabolism and Inflammation
Contamination of the environment with organic pollutants has emerged as a significant public health concern due to the pervasive nature of these contaminants...


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CKI Host Junior Achievement
Challenge Science Opens World of Discovery for Galway Students!
More than 100 pupils from Primary Schools in Galway had the chance to experience the wonderful world of science recently and learned that science is actually very interesting!
The students from Holy Trinity N.S., Mervue, Scoil Chroí Íosa, Newcastle, Bullaun N.S. and Clarinbridge N.S. were given the opportunity to view the fantastic facilities in NUI Galway at Challenge Science 2017, which was supported by Boston Scientific. On April 26th 2017 the students spent the day at workshops, engaging with the campus experience and celebrating their participation in Junior Achievement!
The enthusiastic young scientists were tutored by business volunteers from Boston Scientific, who shared their experience of working in the medical device industry and held workshops on Forensic Science, Defence against Disease, Careers in Science, Technology and Engineering. They were also treated to a tour of the Science Department and Campus at NUI Galway by student volunteers from the ALIVE programme.
The workshops provided an appreciation of the world of science and each of the activities focused on a highly topical scientific subject - like the use of science in solving crime and the vital role of bioscience in protecting against the spread of disease and bacteria.
Prof. Donal Leech, Dean of Science at NUI Galway, commented "NUI Galway are delighted to host 'Challenge Science' which is hugely valuable in developing an interest in science and I hope to see some of the pupils back in NUI Galway in the future, as Science students or even working in the Science or Engineering departments at the campus".
The enthusiasm of the students was evident from the start. "The workshops with the Boston Scientific staff really helped the students to realise that you can take several different paths in order to work in the field of science. The teams also showed that science can be so enjoyable and we heard lots of excitement and enthusiasm in the workshops today, as the students vied against each other to be No. 1 forensic detective!
Siobhan Hopper, Boston Scientific, Galway addressed the students and said,
"It's great to see so many young people with an interest in Science and Technology. It's important to continue to develop that interest and keep up STEM (Science, Technology, engineering, Maths) subjects in Secondary School. You the students here today might be designing or making products that can save and improve lives in the future! Who knows? We might see you applying for roles with Boston Scientific in years to come. I'd like to thank your teachers and your schools for supporting you and bringing you to this event and for helping to develop an interest in STEM at a young age, particularly given our location here at the Medical Device Hub here in Galway"
About Junior Achievement
Junior Achievement teaches young people about the world of work and specifically targets those at risk of early school leaving. 60,000 primary and secondary school students participate in Junior Achievement enterprise, maths, and science and life skills programmes each year. The structured programmes are delivered in the classroom by business volunteers from local organisations who motivate and inspire young people to value education and equip them with the skills they need to succeed at school and in life.
Contact:	Niamh Grealish at 086 0341588 or ngrealish@jai.ie
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The Saanich Police Association represents members of the Saanich Police Department, providing leadership, support and advocacy. The Association's goal is to advance the interests of its members and maintain positive relationships with the employer, community and general public. While the police department has an online presence, the Association lacked one and wanted visibility in the community for the work that it does on behalf of its members. Simultaneously, in the face of declining attendance at Association meetings, the Association was seeking a solution that would allow the executive to quickly and easily communicate with members, share documents and allow members to vote in elections or on other issues remotely.
The Saanich Police Association wanted a professional web presence on a limited budget, as the focus of the Association's resources was put towards customizing a mobile app that had originally been developed by another party. The app's associated API and database was deployed on a service that was shutting down and thus needed to be migrated to a newer technical solution updated to the latest code for both Apple and Android. The app also needed improved security, as well as some tweaks to better meet the Association's needs for easy communication and sharing documents. Most significantly, the Association wanted to add voting functionality to the app so that all the members' voices could be heard at elections and for other votes regardless of whether they were able to physically attend a meeting.
Caorda started by designing the Saanich Police Association logo, as well as logos for the Athletic Association and Benevolent Society. As requested by the Association, we implemented bold and easily recognizable qualities, with traditional symbolism representative of a police organization, while bearing in mind the wide range of uses the Association intended for the logo (ie. website, social media, business cards, lapel pins, commemorative coins, letterhead, etc.). Aiming for traits such as strength, trust and solidarity, the Association's panel members voted on their favourites from multiple mock-ups, and the end result was a success.
For the website, we created a simple design to represent the Association and we built the website using a premium WordPress theme. The development process was quick and streamlined, and we made sure to implement tactics throughout the pages that would ensure speed and easy editing by the Association members. The result is a simple, professional site that communicates the role the Association plays for its members and in the community.
On the mobile app front, Caorda's development team consulted with the Association to clarify its needs, then got to work migrating the API and database to our own hosting solution with a new web API and database solution. Once stable, we continued with updating the database and apps to add new enhancements, such as the critical voting functionality. Ensuring the app worked seamlessly on different platforms, could be used for elections and other types of votes, and that members would only be able to vote once were critical requirements that our development team addressed. Since the re-launch of the apps, we have added additional enhancements, moved notifications to a new platform and moved to a private distribution model for members using Apple devices.
The Association is successfully using the apps with its membership and loves its new online presence. Most of the Caorda team touched some part of this project, and it was an absolute pleasure working with the Association executive on behalf of its members. We look forward to continuing to work with the organization on further app enhancements and website updates!
The Saanich Police Association has utilized the services of Caorda for many of our online needs. They designed a beautiful and user friendly website, provide email services, and created an App that is specific to the needs of our Association! Caorda has excellent customer service, as they are quick to respond to phone calls, emails, and online meetings. This is an amazing local business that we are proud to support. We look forward to using their services in the future.


" Live violin music featuring its provincial heritage was much appreciated "
For many connoisseurs, there is no grandeur more fancied than a tour of signature French provincial cuisine. And so it was that a dream journey capped off a truly eventful year for us!
The culinary "Tour de France" was embarked on at the exquisite Maxim's de Paris in Tianjin, one of two Maxim's operated outside of Paris. Secluded in an upmarket neighbourhood behind high walls, members and guests were greeted at the front gate then escorted through a huge lawned area to a historic two-storey building reminiscent of a European noble house.
The interior was heavily wooded and richly decorated with European artefacts and wall paintings. In the private section on the upper floor where the party was conducted, a giant Chaîne banner was prominently displayed at the centre, flanked by a selection of oil paintings from renowned father-daughter artist duo Wang Kun and Wang Xiao Fei.
Driven by Parisian Chef Alain Le Meur's passion and creativity, the intimate celebration began with Champagne Charles du Roy Brut NV and delectable canapés. The menu that followed was devoted to using simple ingredients and preparation techniques aimed to bring out the natural flavours.
Each course was perfectly accompanied by the respective matching wines. Live violin music featuring its provincial heritage was much appreciated.
The main course was highlighted by the artistic touch of our special guest Wang Kun, who shared his intriguing perspective of how the arts relate to food and wine.
Kudos was due to the remarkable service and kitchen teams headed by Alain Le Meur, Silvana Tian, Robert Pan, and Chao Ran Zheng. Special thanks to Vice-Chancelier Domenico Palumbo, Vice-Chargée de Missions Kay Zhang, and Dorothy Jiajia Wong for bringing this wonderful finale to our successful 2018.


Your Mendability account will, in the near future, give you access to an interactive page with proper space for your checkmark.
Now that we are Joint Commission certified – which means we are part of the accredited therapies, we are bound to request that each parent sets goals expressing what they wish to accomplish in their therapeutic project with their child.
This is a personal and independent process which allows you to review all the areas of development which may need work and focus.
Your coach will integrate your goals into your child's background in the system and they will be marked as reached only when you, the parent, decide so.
Your goals are not connected to your test or the production of your worksheet.
Below are very similar categories as the test, but in the lists you will choose preferably only three specific goals.
Description: Number of words that your child recognizes.
Please write in your Daily Notes: List of words that he or she recognizes.
How will things be when you have achieved your goal?
Level 1: Recognizes his/her name and 2 words.
Level 2: Recognizes 2 – 20 words.
Level 3: Recognizes 20 – 200 words.
Level 4: Recognizes 200 – 2,000 words.
Level 5: Recognizes more than 2,000 words.
Description: If you ask 5 questions, what does the reply look like?
Notes: How will things be when you have achieved your goal?
Level 1: Can respond by saying one consonant or vowel sound.
Level 2: Can respond by saying 5 phonemes (baba, tata, mama, nana, etc).
Level 3: Can respond by saying 1 survival word, or yes or no.
Level 4: Answers with a word or two.
Level 5: Answers with a structured sentence (subject – verb – object minimum) to a what, where, when, why question.
Level 6: Can explain his/her opinion and in relative detail.
Description: How clearly does he/she pronounce his/her words? From grunts to words.
Write in your Daily Notes: list of phonemes or consonants that are deficient.
Level 1: Mom and/or Dad can understand what he/she says.
Level 2: Only close family members can understand what he/she says.
Level 3: Most people, including strangers can understand 50% what he/she says.
Level 4: Has difficulty pronouncing complex words only.
Level 5: Pronounces clearly any tongue twister.
Description: Describe the level of complexity of the sentences that he/she develops. From no sentence to compound sentences.
Level 1: Says 1 survival word.
Level 2: Says 2 to 3 words in one sentence only.
Level 3: Can say more than 6 words in a sentence.
Level 4: Can describe an object with more than one adjective.
Level 5: can for a compound sentence.
Description: Different combinations of finger positions and movements in increasing levels of difficulty, with both hands.
Level 1: Recognizable attempt to imitate a movement.
Level 2: Can point and give thumbs up.
Level 3: Can touch the thumb to each fingertip.
Level 5: Can make a v separating index middle from ring finger and pinky.
Description: Basic writing skill level, holding a pencil with one hand, from the inability to hold a pen to writing.
Level 1: holds pencil and scribbles.
Level 2: Draws a line.
Level 3: Draws a simple shape.
Level 4: Draws a face with eyes, nose and mouth.
Level 5: Follows a maze.
Description: Find a smooth and heavy object such as a marble egg or pointy paperweight with a very sleek surface and ask him/her to bring the hand above the object, grab it with fingertips only and lift it. From the inability to organize the movement of a closed fist, to the ability to perform delicately.
Level 1: Can open his/her hand completely.
Level 2: Can close his/her hand around the smooth object without the opposable thumb into the motion to assist with the lifting.
Level 3: Uses opposable thumb to lift a smooth and heavy object for 2 sec.
Level 4: Uses opposable thumb to lift and hold a smooth and heavy object in the air.
Level 5: Transfer small object palm to fingers and back.
Description: Echolalia is the repetition of vocalizations made by another person. When done involuntarily, it is considered a tic. There is immediate Echolalia and delayed Echolalia, echoing of a phrase after some delay or lapse of time.
Notes: From permanent Echolalia to absence of Echolalia. How will things be when you have achieved your goal?
Level 1: Speaks to him/herself words that he/she heard in other contexts 40-50% of waking hours.
Level 2: The only time it is noticed is when he/she repeats one or more words that were just uttered.
Level 3: Only uses memorized sentences to communicate.
Level 4: Uses memorized sentences only when anxious stressed or emotional.
Level 5: No observable Echolalia.
Level 1: When in need, grabs a parent but is unable to point or indicate by any means what his/her specific need is.
Level 2: When in need, grabs a parent and leads the parent to the general location where he/she knows the need can be satisfied, but is unable to point at the object that would help.
Level 3: When in need, grabs a parent or adult and leads the parent to the specific location and object that will satisfy the need. Is able to point to one or more objects that would help.
Level 4: Uses objects to make him/herself understood. E.g. grabs a bowl and a spoon and lays the table to indicate hunger.
Level 5: Is able to imitate the action a parent should take that would satisfy the need.
Description: Quality of the pincer hold. How well can each finger be isolated? This capacity reflects issues in speech. How will things be when you have achieved your goal?
Level 1: Points with index.
Level 2: Can pick up a small object and post it into a box.
Level 3: Can pick up a peanut with a thumb and index finger pincer hold and put it into a box.
Level 4: Pick up a very small object (rice) with a thumb and little finger pincer hold and put it into a box.
Level 5: Can roll play dough snakes with both hands simultaneously, rolling the play dough between the thumb and little finger.
Description: Children with partial facial paralysis, or with very weak muscle tone generally have poor control of their upper lip muscles.
Notes: From the inability to use the upper lip in facial expression or speech, How will things be when you have achieved your goal?
Level 1: Covers teeth on demand.
Level 2: can imitate pouts with closed lips.
Level 3: Pronounces Papa and Mama with lips, not with teeth.
Level 4: Can keep mouth closed on demand but mouth tends to stay open much of the time.
Level 5: Mouth is closed and relaxed 100% of the time.
Description: Describes the extent to which he/she can control tongue movement. For example, how far could he/she pull it if he/she wanted to?
Notes: The quality of tongue movement is essentially about safe breathing and proper feeding. How will things be when you have achieved your goal?
Level 1: Can open the mouth to show you his/her tongue, but there is very little tongue movement.
Level 2: Pulls his/her tongue up to the tip of his /her lips.
Level 3: Pronounces Tata and Nana clearly.
Level 4: Can push his/her cheek out with his/her tongue.
Level 5: Can curl or twist his/her tongue.
Description: Count how many times he/she breaks down during the day on average and put this information in your daily notes.
Level 1: 3 – 10 episodes per day.
Level 2: 1 – 3 episodes per day.
Level 4: 4 episodes per month.
Level 5: Fewer than 1 episode per month.
Description: How many times, on average, does he/she display anxiety or stress by pacing, covering his/her ears, flapping his/her hands, rocking or stimming in any other way?
Level 3: 2 – 5 episodes per week.
Description: How many times on average does he/she display obsessive or compulsive behaviors, such as switching lights on and off, closing door a number of times, running back and forth to and from a specific location, asking the same questions, etc? Remember that true obsessive compulsive rituals precede an identified event and that they demonstrate task planning abilities.
Count today's occurrences and write that number in your Daily Notes.
Description: How easy is it to interrupt stimming?
Describe today's situation in your daily notes.
Level 1 : Touching him/her interrupts stimming.
Level 2: Calling his/her name interrupts stimming.
Level 3: A specific trigger is identified, and avoiding it helps avoid stimming, generally.
Level 4: There can be no stimming for 1 hour when he/she was asked to stop.
Level 5: Never has to be asked not to stim.
Description: Most children enjoy sleeping in mommy's bed. What about your child? We use this situation as an evaluation of sleep habits and improvement in that area.
Level 1: Starts night in the parents bed but can be transferred back into his own bed. Will wake up and return, or demand to return into the parents' bed.
Level 2: Starts the night in the parents' bed but can be transferred, and will sleep until morning without returning into the parents bed.
Level 3: Can fall asleep in his/her own bed so long as there is a parent present in the room.
Description: How long will he/she sleep at night on average? Put this time in your Daily Notes today.
Level 5: More than 8 hours.
Level 1: Once per night.
Level 2: 3 times per week.
Level 3: Twice per week.
Level 4: Once per week.
Level 5: Usually does not wake up until morning.
Description: How easy is the transition from sleep to wake in the morning, or after a nap?
Notes: from very Grumpy at wake up time, to a typical attitude.
Level 1: Wakes up and breaks down for less than 30 minutes.
Level 2: Wakes up with 3 prompts or less.
Level 3: Wakes up right away but still needs a lot of help to get out of bed.
Level 4: wakes up easily and is in a good mood.
Level 5: Wakes up spontaneously in a good mood.
Description: How well can he/she feed himself? This goal is about self feeding capacity.
Level 1: Can feed him/herself half a meal if made mostly of finger food with only three prompts.
Level 2: Can feed him/herself a complete meal if made mostly of finger food without prompts.
Level 3: Can feed him/herself half a typical varied meal with help for utensils.
Level 4: Can feed him/herself the entire varied meal, but requires help with some utensils.
Level 5: Can feed him/herself the entire meal using all utensils skilfully.
Description: How many times does he/she leave the table or interrupt his/her meal with playing? Put this number in your daily notes.
Level 1: no more than 5 interruptions.
Level 2: There are usually about 3-4 interruptions.
Level 3: There are usually about 2-3 interruptions.
Level 4: There is usually no interruption.
Level 1: Tries one new food over a period of two weeks, this requires much creativity.
Level 2: He/she tolerates trying about one new food in a two-week period with little creativity on your part.
Level 5: Tries a new food spontaneously.
Level 1: He/she will eat spoon fed.
Level 3: He/she will usually finish 50% of a normal portion.
Level 4: He/she will usually finish 75% of a normal portion.
Level 5: He/she will usually finish a normal portion.
Description: For this question, you will need a photograph of more than 25 different objects. After presenting the photograph for 10 seconds, how many can he/she remember? (Remember to rotate through different sets of 25 objects for your mini-tests).
Level 5: Correctly remembers more than 7 and no incorrect answers.
Description: If you say a sequence of numbers, how many can he/she remember?
Level 1: Remembers 3 numbers in order.
Level 2: Remembers 5 numbers in order.
Level 3: Remembers 5 numbers backwards.
Level 4: Remembers 7 numbers in order.
Level 5: Remembers more than 7 numbers in order.
Description: Using round glassy beads, or any other shapeless objects differing one from another only in color, ask him/her to reproduce a sequence or line of such beads. How many can he/she line up correctly? Write this number in your Daily notes.
Notes: From complete inability to remember any to remembering several.
Description: How well, how expressively can he/she read?
Write todays situation in your daily notes.
Notes: From total inability to read, to expressive reading.
Level 1: Knows 10 letters and their sounds.
Level 2: Associates phonemes to make simple words such as cat or big.
Level 3: Reads 10 words that he/she is has recognized before and is familiar with.
Level 4: Reads with hesitation.
Level 5: Reads with expression.
Level 1: Reads a page but cannot answer any type of questions.
Level 2: Reads a page and answers 5 yes or no questions.
Level 3: Reads two pages and can answer one what, where, when or how question.
Level 4: Reads a chapter, answers right 5 what, where, when or how questions.
Level 5: Reads a short story answers 10 why questions.
Description: How long would you say that he/she is able to sustain his/her attention to an activity? Write this number in your Daily Notes.
Level 1: Can listen to a short 3-minute story without interrupting.
Level 2: Can listen to a 10-minute story without interrupting.
Level 3: Can finishes a craft requiring 15 minutes of uninterrupted attention.
Level 4: Can watch a 30-minute cultural or new show on T.V., and can answer two yes or no questions.
Level 5: Can watch a one-hour cultural or new show on T.V. or organized activity, and can answer five what, where, when, how and why questions.
Description: Using the "Rush Hour" (http://www.puzzles.com/products/rushhour.htm) game or any similar easy mental puzzle, how many would he/she be able to complete in a given period of time? Write today's number in your Daily Notes. How will things be when you have achieved your goal?
Level 1: Would still be trying to complete his/her first puzzle after 3 minutes.
Level 2: Would complete one puzzle within 3 min.
Level 3: Would complete two puzzles within 3 minutes.
Level 4: Would complete four puzzles within 5 minutes.
Level 5: Would complete more than eight puzzles or similar activity within 10 minutes.
Description: How well can he/she perform a task that requires concentration?
Level 1: Takes an object offered to him/her.
Level 2: Walks in line across a beam.
Level 3: Reproduces a shown structure with at least 8 wooden blocks.
Level 4: Can walk back and forth across, with a spoon in his mouth containing a cotton ball.
Level 5: Can climb up and down a flight of stairs holding a spoon in his/her mouth containing a cotton ball, and can repeat this three times in a row without dropping the spoon or the cotton ball.
Description: How well can he/she complete instructions in varying levels of complexity without requiring assistance?
Notes: Number of levels of instructions a child can understand and complete today is written in your Daily Notes.
Walk, enter the kitchen, open the cabinet, pick a glass (not a pan or a plate), go to the faucet, turn it open and put the glass under the flow of water till it is full. Write in your Daily Notes how many steps he/she can complete today without prompts.
Level 1: Completes single step instructions 50% of the time with three prompts.
Level 3: Completes three-step instructions 50% of the time with two prompts.
Level 4: Completes four-step instructions 80% of the time without any assistance.
Level 5: Completes complex five-step instructions or more complicated sets of instructions 90% of the time without any assistance.
Description: Describe the quality of his/her eye contact.
Notes: from no eye contact at all to satisfactory eye contact.
Indicate today's situation in your Daily Notes.
Level 1: Eye contact for one second.
Level 2: Eye Contact for less than 3 seconds with one prompt.
Level 3: Eye contact for 10 seconds when spoken to.
Level 4: Eye contact for one minute while receiving instructions.
Level 5: Can handle a 30-minute conversation with appropriate, consistent eye contact.
Description: How well can he/she play with others, whether his/her siblings or with peers?
Level 1: Parallel play for 5 – 15 min.
Level 2: Successful and interactive play for two to five minutes with prompts.
Level 3: Successful and interactive play date for 10 – 25 minutes.
Level 4: Successful and interactive play date for 30 minutes to an hour.
Level 5: Successful and interactive multi-hour play date outside of the home.
Level 1: Shows emotion for mother and father.
Level 2: Calls parents 'Mom' and 'Dad' accurately.
Level 3: Runs and smiles to a parent after a short separation.
Level 4: Acknowledges with a smile and signs of affection grandparents and other members of the extended family.
Level 5: Recognizes and acknowledges with a smile and other signs of affection peers and friends.
Description: How well and how promptly does he/she respond to his/her own name? From not at all to typical. Write present situation in your daily notes.
Level 1: Responds to his/her name 10% of the time.
Level 2: Responds to his/her name 30% of the time.
Level 3: Responds to his/her name 50% of the time.
Level 4: Responds to his/her name 75% of the time.
Level 5: Responds to his/her name 100% of the time.
Description: How long does he/she play with an age-appropriate toy? Describe today's situation in your Daily Notes. How will things be when you have achieved your goal?
Level 1: Plays for three minutes with adult prompts.
Level 2: Plays for five minutes with a toy (age-appropriate or not) without adult prompt.
Level 3: Plays for 15 minutes with two different toys (age appropriate or not) without adult prompt.
Level 4: Plays for 30 minutes with age appropriate toys.
Level 5: Plays for more than 45 minutes with age appropriate toys.
Description: How well can he/she move his/her LEFT arm?
From total immobility to movement. Describe today's situation in your Daily Notes.
Level 1: Lies on the floor flat on his/her back and pushes a can of soup away from his/her body.
Level 2: Tings bell held at shoulder height.
Level 3: Catches a ball, arms extended.
Level 4: Places hands flat on the top of his/her head.
Level 5: Places hands in receiving position.
Description: How well can he/she move his/her RIGHT arm?
Level 1: Stands 3 seconds against a wall.
Level 2: Stands 10 seconds away from the wall, with assistance (hand, table edge).
Level 3: Stands without assistance for 10 seconds.
Level 4: Walks with assistance (cane, hand).
Level 5: Walks without assistance.
Description: How easy is it for him/her to stand without any form of assistance?
Level 1: 10 seconds standing alone.
Level 2: Can take single steps.
Level 3: Can take a sequence of three steps.
Level 4: Can walk 10 steps.
Level 5: Can walk more than 10 steps.
Description: How does he/she crawl around? For very young children only. Describe today's situation in your Daily Notes. How will things be when you have achieved your goal?
Level 1: Combat crawls indefinitely.
Level 2: Knee participates in crawling movement.
Level 3: Travels 5 meters within 2 minutes (any style).
Level 4: Crawls on hands and knees.
Level 5: No longer needs to crawl in order to perambulate.
Description: How strong is his/her neck? From inability to lift head up at all, to typical situation.
Level 1: keeps head up for 30 seconds.
Level 2: Can motions his/her head to say 'No'.
Level 3: Can motions his/her head to say 'Yes'.
Level 4: Can lay either cheek on his/her shoulder.
Level 5: Can hit a ball away with his/her head.
Description: How strong are his/her arms? For children with very low muscle tone. Use your pediatric evaluation and indicate the level of improvement.
Description: How strong are his/her legs? From inability to move, to full range of motion.
Level 2: Slides legs laterally lying flat on his/her back.
Level 3: Lifts leg up lying flat on his/her back.
Level 4: Lifts leg up straight lying flat on his/her back.
Level 5: Can do a complete squat motion five times in a row.
Level 1: 80% toe walking.
Level 2: 45% toe walking.
Level 3: 35% toe walking.
Level 4: 10% toe walking.
Level 5: Completely appropriate motion in walking.
Description: How active is he/she? From 100% of walking hours in unorganized motion to typical level of activity.
Level 1: In motion 50% of waking hours, cannot stay at a desk for more than 5 minutes.
Level 2: Stays at a desk or seated but squirms and changes positions more than 10 times in 30 minutes.
Level 3: Stays at a desk for 30 minutes listening to a presenter but has to manipulate objects or move his legs.
Level 4: Stays at a desk for an hour listening to a presenter but has to manipulate an object or scribble.
Level 5: Stays at a desk listening to a presenter for more than an hour and can control his need to move, is calm and rested.
Description: Describes the quality of his/her eye scanning which is a great indicator of fine motor control of capacity to focus.
Level 2: Can scan Right to Left and back, as well as Up to Down and back, following an object that has moved 5 inches twice in a row before blinking.
Level 3: Scans 6 inches with change of direction 6 times before blinking.
Level 4: Scans 7 to 8 inches 6 times with changes of direction before blinking.
Level 5: Can locate 5 pieces of a picture cut off distant by 10 inches.
Description: How well can he/she tolerate certain noises? From a very severe situation where low sounds are irritating to a typical situation.
Level 1: Tolerates noisy places such as a shopping mall without sound-proofing measures for 5 minutes.
Level 2: Tolerates only brief moments in noisy places without sound-proofing measures before breaking down for 10 min.
Level 3: Cannot stay in a busy but quiet restaurant for more than 30 minutes without sound-proofing measures.
Level 4: Can stay in a busy restaurant for an entire meal (more than 45 minutes) without sound-proofing measures.
Level 5: Can sustain exposure to loud noises such as can be experienced in an airport, fair grounds, concerts or parties for more than an hour without sound-proofing measures.
Level 1: Forgets of misplaces between 1 to 2 things per day.
Level 2: Forgets or misplaces between 2 to 4 things per week.
Level 3: Forgets or misplaces between 1 to 2 things per week.
Level 4: Forgets or misplaces about 1 thing a week.
Level 5: Fewer than 2 per month.
Description: How far in advance can he/she plan projects or complex instructions?
Level 1: Can complete successfully 3-step tasks.
Level 2: Can complete successfully 4-step tasks.
Level 3: Anticipates 1 or 2 tasks each day and prepares for or completes them.
Level 4: Prepares for a project that will require more than one day to complete.
Level 5: Not only completes all his projects but also helps other(s) to complete theirs.
Description: How many details can you detect in his/her drawings of a person? From scribbling to proper drawing.
Level 1: Draws a stick man with arms and legs and legs.
Level 2: Draws a stick man with one clothing detail, or with hands and feet.
Level 3: Draws a stick man with one clothing detail, hands and feet and one or two face details.
Level 5: Draws 80 – 100% anatomically correct reproductions of a person with very detailed clothing, clothing accessories, including texture, shadow, color and perspective.
Description: Are there episodes of excessive optimism followed by episodes of excessive sadness?
Level 1: 10 to 15 episodes a month.
Level 2: 5 to 10 episodes a month.
Level 3: 3 to 5 episodes a month.
Level 4: 1 to 2 episodes a month with rare expenses. No drug intake.
Level 5: No detectable excessive optimism or sadness for one month.
Description: How well or how poorly can he/she tolerate motorized noises?
Level 1: Tolerates motorized sounds outside the house.
Level 2: Tolerates motorized sounds inside the house, in and other room.
Level 3: Tolerates if the blender is used or when another specific motorized noise is made close to him/her while not being comfortable.
Level 4: tolerates his/her worst motorized noise without comment.
Level 5: No outward sign that any motorized noises bother him/her.
Description: How well or how poorly does he/she handle textures? From total intolerance to any clothes to typical situation.
Level 1: Accepts to wear an item of clothing he could not tolerate previously.
Level 2: Tolerates socks all day in the house.
Level 3: Tolerates socks and shoes out side of the house.
Level 4: Accepts to wear a new item of clothing.
Level 5: Enjoy gentle strokes for sustained periods of time and shows signs of relaxation with soft touch.
Description: How well can he/she catch a ball?
Level 1: Catches with two hands a large ball successfully 50% of the time.
Level 2: Catches a large ball successfully 80% of the time.
Level 3: Catches a tennis ball with two hands 50% of the time.
Level 4: Catches a tennis ball with one hand 30% of the time.
Level 5: Catches a tennis ball with non dominant hand 90% of the time.
Description: How well can he/she throw a ball?
Level 1: Can throw a toy into a box two feet away.
Level 2: Can throw a ball into a wide hoop, 4 feet away, 60% of the time.
Level 3: Can throw a small ball into a large bucket 5 feet away 50% of the time.
Level 5: Can throw a small toy into a bucket 6 feet away with the non dominant hand 90% of the time.
Description: How would you say he/she behaves in situation where warmer clothing or a blanket should be used to help the body stay warm.
Level 1: Accepts a coat and long pants.
Level 2: Accepts a warmer bath or shower.
Level 3: Asks for a blanket to cover him/her to sleep.
Level 4: Comes back in for warmer clothes after noticing that the outside temperature is a little cool.
Level 5: Can differentiate between 3 subtly different levels of temperature in bowls of water.
Description: How intense or violent can his/her tantrums be?
Level 1: 25% decrease of tantrums intensity.
Level 2: 50% decrease of Tantrums intensity.
Level 3: Can express his frustration with words or with other display of self-restraint 30% of the time.
Level 4: Can express his frustration with words or with any other display of self-restraint 60% of the time.
Level 5: Can express his/her disappointment with valid explanation 90% of the time.
Level 1: You, the caregiver, can go to the bathroom and close the door, without incident, 90% of the time.
Level 2: 90% of the time, you, the caregiver, can go away for two to three hours. She/he will have only one or two anxiety episodes.
Level 3: 90% of the time, you, the parent, can go away for two to three hours, without any episode.
Level 4: Can stay at someone else's house (someone familiar) for half a day without any episode.
Level 5: Can tolerate separation for multiple days with no anxiety, 90% of the time.
Description: Describe your loved one's ability to relax.
Level 1: Can complete an activity that requires vision or fine motor for more about 20 seconds.
Level 2: Can relax in a bath or doing a preferred activity for about 3-5 minutes before becoming agitated again.
Level 3: Can relax in a bath or doing a preferred activity for about 10 minutes before becoming agitated again.
Level 4: Can relax in a bath or doing a preferred activity for 20 minutes or more.
Level 5: Can relax for more than one hour doing relaxing activities such as listening to music, doing yoga.
Level 1: 50% less per day; pr 15-25 times per day.
Level 2: 75% or 20-15 per day.
Level 3: 10 tics per day.
Level 4: 1 – 5 per day.
Level 5: No observable tic.
Description: Describe how well does your loved on hold a pen or pencil.
Notes: from the inability to hold a pen to a good pen hold.
Level 1: draws a line using a fisted grasp..
Level 4: In standard pencil hold, is able to draw fairly straight vertical or horizontal lines.
Description: How straight is his/her posture?
Notes: from the inability to keep head up straight to appropriate posture during motion.
Level 1: Can sit upright and hold his/her head up for about 20 seconds.
Level 2: Can walk 10 steps without assistance.
Level 4: Can walk up and down 10 stairs (20 total), arms extended in front of him/her in 'zombie' position, and with a pillow on his/her head, without dropping the pillow.
Level 5: Using a 6-8 inch wide by 6-8 feet long board and a piece of PVC piping 2 inches in diameter, balances the board horizontally on the pipe. To qualify for a maximum score on this scale, he/she should be able to balance without letting either side of the board touch the ground and without spilling more than a drop of water for at least 10 seconds.
Description: How well can he/she cut with scissors?
Level 1: Snips paper using and uses only one hand to hold scissors.
Level 3: Cuts simple straight-edge shapes (square, triangle, etc.) within 1/8 inch of the line using appropriate scissor grasp.
Level 4: Cuts curved lines and circles within 1/8 inch of the line, using appropriate scissor grasp.
Level 5: Cuts complex shapes within 1/8 of the line, using appropriate scissor grasp.
Description: Fussing and Whining is usually caused by discomfort. How much does he/she whine or fuss every day on average?
Notes: From an almost constant whining to an almost total absence of whining and fussing.
Level 1: Fusses or Whines 15 to 10 times per day.
Level 2: Fusses or Whines 10 to five times per day.
Level 3: Fusses or Whines 3-5 times per day.
Level 4: Fusses or Whines 1-2 times per day.
Level 5: Only fusses or whines rarely, if at all.
Description: How well can he/she control movement of his/her left hand?
Notes: from a very limited control to a complete control.
Level 1: Grasps your finger when you touch the palm of the left hand.
Level 2: Wraps all the fingers around a strawberry or any other object of the same size and holds it, palm facing up, for 10 seconds.
Level 3: Holds a cup, half full of liquid, for 30 seconds.
Level 4: Can pick up finger foods such as cereals from a plate.
Description: This is a simplified description of stages of development for expressing emotions. Which description fits him/her the best once you achieve your goal?
Notes: from the inability to show emotion to the appropriate demonstration of emotion.
Level 1: Smiles or has an appropriate facial expression in the event of happy or distressing news.
Level 2: Shows basic reactive emotions. For example, he/she smiles when the parent appears or he/she fusses when a toy is broken, or when the parent leaves.
Level 3: Hugs and kisses spontaneously at appropriate times.
Level 4: Can mimic facial expressions and relate them to an emotion word that you suggest or to the facial expression on a portrait that you present to him/her if the person is not fluently verbal.
Description: Does he/she tend to eat more than he/she should?
Level 3: Is able to limit intake of carbohydrates by 50%.
Level 5: Eats appropriate portions and has lost all signs of inappropriate obsession toward food. Will regulate spontaneously after occasional mild excesses. Attracted to health-promoting foods.
Description: Does he/she tend to eat less than he/she should?
Level 1: With simple coaxing, will ingest the minimum daily requirement for a person of his/her body type and size.
Level 2: Spontaneously ingests the minimum daily requirement for a person of his/her body type and size.
Level 3: Once a week, spontaneously ingests the average healthy daily requirement for a person of his/her body type and size.
Level 4: At least 5 times a week, spontaneously ingests the average healthy daily requirement for a person of his/her body type and size.
Level 5: Every day, ingests at least the average healthy daily requirement for a person of his/her body type. Once a week, ingests 20% or more over the average healthy daily requirement.
Description: Being aware of your body is a crucial neurogical development that leads to being able to and wanting to use the body for basic tasks such as feeding and movement, but also for fun and artistic expression. How well is he/she aware of his/her body?
Level 1: Recoils when in contact with ice.
Level 2: Looks at his/her hands with interest.
Level 3: Rolls over from stomach to back or vive versa.
Level 4: Holds object for a purpose (finger food to eat, toy to look at it, cup to drink).
Level 5: Can perform one complex motor task that requires keen proprioception such as: playing a music instrument, skipping, or navigating an environmental maze.