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Doctor Visits & Vaccines
By Kate Marple, health editor
Medically reviewed by Dina DiMaggio, M.D., pediatrician
No. Catching the live virus can cause serious complications, leading to hospitalization and even death. On the other hand, getting the varicella vaccine, which contains a weakened form of the virus, increases immunity to chicken pox and helps prevent serious illness.
Before a vaccine was available, there were about 4 million cases of chicken pox a year, with up to 13,000 cases requiring hospitalization and 100 to 150 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Thanks to the vaccine, hospitalization and death rates have dropped dramatically.
Here are other reasons why medical experts – including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the CDC – say your child is much better off getting the chicken pox vaccination than risking the disease:
Symptoms are uncomfortable. The fever, fatigue, and itchy, painful blisters are no fun. The blisters may leave permanent scars, and your child will need antibiotics if they get infected.
Complications. Even if your child is otherwise healthy, it's possible for him to develop complications like pneumonia, encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), or a dangerous "flesh-eating" bacterial skin infection.
Time off school. Coming down with the chicken pox means your child will probably be out of school or daycare for a week or more, until your child is no longer contagious and the rash has crusted over.
The vaccine is very effective. According to the CDC, the shot is about 98 percent effective when given in two doses – which means a few vaccinated children will still get chicken pox. But kids who get chicken pox after being vaccinated will have milder symptoms, fewer blisters, a lower fever, and a quicker recovery.
Protection against shingles. The vaccine may help protect your child from a bad case of shingles later in life. (This disease is related to chicken pox, and it affects about 1 million adults in America every year.)
Long-lasting protection. A study of more than 7,500 children published in the journal Pediatrics in 2013 found that the chicken pox vaccine was effective for at least 14 years.
Protection for others. The chicken pox vaccine protects not only your child, but also others in your community. This is especially important for people who can't be vaccinated, including babies younger than 1, people with a weakened immune system, and pregnant women.
So consider carefully before you accept an invitation for your child to attend a "chicken pox party." As the AAP points out, it's impossible to predict which child will get a mild case of chicken pox and which child will have life-threatening complications. Although "natural" immunity is stronger than "vaccine-induced immunity," the risk of the illness just isn't worth it when a safe, effective vaccine is available.
Find out more about the different immunizations recommended for children on our vaccine information resource page.
AAP. 2015. Varicella (chickenpox). American Academy of Pediatrics. http://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/vaccine-preventable-diseases/Pages/Varicella-ChickenPox.aspx [Accessed July 2020]
CDC. 2019. Chickenpox vaccine: What everyone should know. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/varicella/public/index.html [Accessed July 2020]
Kate Marple
Kate Marple is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience writing and editing health content.
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CD11b integrin receptor as a regulator of microglial function and a target for non-viral gene delivery
Smolny, M 2013, CD11b integrin receptor as a regulator of microglial function and a target for non-viral gene delivery, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Medical Sciences, RMIT University.
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Microglia are the principal immune cells of the central nervous system and as such are crucial for maintaining integrity of the neuronal network in health and disease. Microglia become activated when they sense changes in their extracellular environment. Acute microglial activation is important to mediate and resolve neuroinflammation. However, sustained activation of microglia is observed in chronic neuropathologies such as Alzheimer's Disease. It still remains controversial whether chronically activated microglial cells are neuroprotective or neurotoxic. Thus, a better understanding of the mechanisms of microglial activation is required.
One aim of this project was to investigate the role of integrin receptor CD11b/CD18 (complement receptor 3, CR3) in microglial activation. This receptor has a prominent role in the immune response of closely related peripheral immune cells, but has been inadequately studied in microglia. Another aim was to develop non-viral vehicles ('immunogenes') based on monoclonal antibodies in order to study microglial function by targeted gene transfer which has not been achieved so far.
Part 1 of this project used the monoclonal α-CD11b antibody OX42 as tool to investigate CD11b function in vitro. Immunofluorescence studies identified a role of microglial CD11b in mediating several aspects of microglial activation that depend on the CD11b binding site and/or other co-receptors. Soluble, intact OX42 antibody induced partial microglial activation (macropore formation), while particulate zymosan, a compound stimulating the CD11b lectin-binding site, triggered a vigorous release of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Further, beads coated with intact OX42 antibody triggered a phagocytosis-induced respiratory burst. This strong inflammatory response most likely also involved Fcγ-receptors (FcγR), because beads coated with OX42-F(ab')2 antibody fragments that lack FcγR binding sites did not stimulate the respiratory burst despite being phagocytosed by microglia via CD11b/CR3. These data suggested that intact OX42 antibody is useful for targeted non-viral gene transfer into microglia. Thus, an immunogene was synthesized in part 2 of this project, using the targeting ligand OX42 antibody conjugated to polyethyleneglycol (PEG)-engrafted polyethyleneimine (PEI). The OX42-immunogene transfected only a few microglia. Microglial cells that had taken up the OX42-immunogene displayed mainly non-specific auto-fluorescence apparently associated with intracellular degradation of the immunogene in vitro and in vivo. Further experiments were conducted to elucidate the barriers to non-viral gene transfer into microglia. The results revealed that aggregated OX42-immunogene triggered a strong immune response (ROS production and CD11b exocytosis) that likely involved FcγRs and caused intracellular destruction of the OX42-immunogene. Endosomal escape was also found to be limited in microglia. This project identified a differential role of CD11b/CR3 in mediating the inflammatory response of microglia. CD11b/CR3 can mediate microglial activation in absence or presence of the respiratory burst. The results of this work suggest that CD11b/CR3 could play an important role in the switch of the microglial phenotype from protective to toxic and contribute to neurotoxic ROS production in neuropathologies. Nevertheless, CD11b may be a good target for antibody-mediated gene transfer into microglia if FcγR-stimulation is avoided. Thus, targeted gene transfer may be accomplished with a second generation OX42-F(ab')2-immunogene that lacks binding sites for FcγRs.
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7 Benefits of a Summer Job
If you're a parent, you're probably bracing yourself for the summer with your teen. There are so many things to consider: everything from what time your teenager needs to be out of the bed in the morning, how much time they should spend gaming, expectations around the house and curfew, and whether or not they should have a summer job, just to name a few. And typically, the teen's perspective is vastly different from your point of view.
Obviously, the school year can be very taxing and it's nice to have less stress during the summer. But experts encourage you to avoid throwing structure out the window as your kids rest up for the next school year.
One way to keep your teen constructively involved is to strongly encourage them to find a summer job. While 13 or 14 may be too young for employment, they do have other options. It isn't too young to do yard work, babysit, clean houses, or some other type of work.
Teens can learn so much from a job experience. In fact, it can help prepare them for life. Actually going through the interview process is a serious accomplishment, as many young people struggle with conversations that don't involve texting. Learning how to look someone in the eyes and answer questions about yourself is huge.
Once they have secured a job, they typically have the chance to learn a few things, like how to:
Get along with a diverse team of people,
Manage their time,
Deal with authority figures other than their parents,
Engage with people who are rude and difficult,
Build relationships with kind and encouraging people,
Develop an understanding of a work ethic, and
Handle the money they earn.
One teenager accepted an 8-week job as a summer camp counselor. The job was not glamorous and many of her co-workers were challenging, so the teen frequently talked with her parents about the difficulties she was experiencing. Halfway into her commitment, she told her parents that four other camp counselors had just quit. The parents felt like the teen was looking for a way out as well.
Both parents strongly advised her not to quit, reminding her of the commitment she made. She stayed, and to this day has never forgotten the lessons she learned about how to treat people, what respect looks like and that she had it in her to overcome adversity and finish what she started. She also learned a lot about herself that summer, and while she wouldn't want to repeat it, she would not trade those valuable lessons.
Summer jobs can teach the life lessons most parents want to instill in their children as they prepare for independent living.
Your teen may simply want to build their resume for college or prepare to learn a vocation. Either way, securing a summer job can be just the character-building experience they need to give them that extra boost. It will certainly teach them lessons that will serve them wherever life takes them.
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Struggles Can Lead to Success
A college freshman working as a summer camp counselor called her parents to vent about how bad things were with her supervisor. It was halfway through the program and six other counselors had quit because they were unhappy and not having fun. As the conversation continued, the parents realized their child wanted their permission to quit as well. Although it was a difficult situation, her parents told her to finish her commitment.
Have you ever watched your child struggle with something so much that it made you sick, and you wanted to rescue them? At that moment, what should you do?
Swoop in and save them from experiencing further pain?
Watch from a distance, knowing this is part of growing up?
Move closer and offer to assist them as they work to figure it out?
In many instances, parents are actually "swooping in" instead of letting their children struggle. It could be anything from a tough game, a difficult teacher, a complicated paper, an honest mistake or a friendship gone awry. But are parents really "saving the day?"
Most parenting experts would say these parents are actually hurting their children in the long run. They mean well when they seek to protect their children from experiencing pain, disappointment and/or failure. In fact, the parents' goal is to set their children up for success. But unfortunately, young people who are never allowed to fail, experience consequences or problem-solve become adults who are ill-equipped to deal with adversity, setbacks and failure.
An ancient Chinese proverb says. "Failure is the mother of success."
How many times has difficulty motivated you to keep on trying until you figured it out? Whether it was memorizing a recital piece, learning a football play, writing a paper or tying shoes, how did you feel when you finally accomplished the task? More than likely, you felt a sense of pride, newfound confidence and perhaps a little more independent. All of these are important ingredients for success in life. Consider how you would have felt had your parent swooped in to do these things for you.
Beginning with the end in mind, besides academics, what do you want your child to learn this year? If helping your child to be confident, independent and unafraid of failure is your goal, it may require some restraint on your part.
Here are some tips for when your children fail:
Unless they are in harm's way, avoid fixing it for them.
Allow them to experience the natural consequences of their actions, even when it is painful to watch.
When they do fail, address what happened and ask what they would do differently next time.
Instead of taking matters into your own hands, go with your child and stand with them as they learn how to discuss an issue with their teacher.
Failure can be a powerful motivator. Instead of viewing your child's failures as a direct reflection of your parenting skills, see them as steps toward future success.
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16 Ways to Score in Team Sports
If you happen to be a Tennessee or UTC fan, it has been painful to watch both football teams struggle to even get on the scoreboard. There's usually a lot of armchair quarterbacking and coaching going on anyway, but now it has reached a fever pitch. People are calling for the coaches' jobs and trash-talking team members.
Don't think it is about just these two schools. We could all list coaches who have been fired because of a losing season. One coach commented that it's always interesting when the fate of one's career rests in the hands of 18- to 22-year-olds.
After a weekend of tough losses in college football, this post appeared on Facebook:
" … I grew up in a house where my Daddy was born and raised an Alabama boy and my Mama was born and raised a Tennessee girl. We never ever talked trash. Did we have healthy teasing? Sure! But never ugly at all! I also grew up with my Daddy being a referee and was taught to show respect to the umpire or referee and to never EVER run my mouth. What I have found is we have a stadium full of disrespectful people who boo kids, coaches and referees and could care less what anyone thinks.
" … I challenge anyone who has ever played a competitive sport to stop and think. Did you ever think, man I can't wait to go out and suck today?! NO! Not once did I ever think that and I bet there isn't another athlete OR COACH who has either! How about your boss?! How about if you messed up or if your team messed up and people started screaming for your job!? Tonight I hurt for a couple who I met and know are amazing because I know their love for these kids. So scream all you want but maybe just maybe it might be about more than points on a scoreboard. Maybe it's about a family, a kid who did their best but still isn't good enough but had so much pressure."
This post brings up a really great point – what exactly are these kids doing? Is there more to this picture than winning and the fact that college athletics is big business that brings in money for the school? Every institution of higher learning would probably say their goal is to produce successful leaders, and for their athletes to graduate. They understand that very few of their athletes will go on to play professional sports.
It's helpful to know that the prefrontal cortex of the brain where mental control and self-regulation takes place isn't fully formed until around age 25. These coaches and their staff are taking kids who are still maturing and not only helping them develop as players, but as people. They spend a lot of time making sure team players have access to helpful resources for academics, character development, personal boundaries and decision-making.
Family members of coaches or players on the field also feel the sting of the boos from supposed fans when their family member or their team isn't having a good game. Even some coaches' family members experience ruthless bullying. People talk about players on social media as if they were NFL professionals, when in reality they are 18- to 22-year-olds.
So, what exactly is college football or any other collegiate sport really about?
When Kansas State University Head Coach Bill Snyder took over the football program in 1989, he took over the "worst NCAA Division 1 football program on planet Earth." The team is now ranked third in the Big 12 Conference. In his book, They Said It Couldn't Be Done, Snyder outlines how he transformed a losing team into a winning team with his 16 goals for success.
Commitment – To common goals and to being successful.
Unselfishness – There is no "I" in TEAM
Unity – Come together as never before.
Improve – Everyday … as a player, person and student.
Be tough – Mentally and physically.
Self-discipline – Do it right, don't accept less.
Great effort.
Eliminate mistakes – Don't beat yourself.
Don't accept losing – If you do so one time, it will be easy to do so for the rest of your life.
No self-limitations – Expect more of yourself.
Expect to win – And truly believe we will.
Consistency – Your very, very best every time.
Leadership – Everyone can set an example.
Responsibility – You are responsible for your own performance.
Snyder's list is clearly about far more than football – it's about life. It's about helping young men who are playing football to be winners in life, to understand a commitment to something they believe matters and to pursue excellence in their accomplishments. It's also about helping these men understand what it means to persist against the odds, teaching them how to pick themselves up after making a mistake and carry on, and showing them what it looks like to give their best. This mindset can lead to a life of success off the field, on the job and in all of life's relationships.
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Raising Successful Children
Before school starts, you can't go into a store without seeing school supplies. Kids are cramming in their summer reading and some parents are relieved that summer is almost over.
The new school year seems like a natural time to think about your child's future. Parents often say they want health, happiness and success for their children, but do their actions actually help or hurt when it comes to preparing their kids for these things?
"Many parents micromanage their children's lives," says Charlie Sykes, author of 50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School: Real-World Antidotes to Feel-Good Education and Dumbing Down our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write or Add. "Between parents who are extremely anxious to make sure their children are always happy and the obsession of the education system about self-esteem, we have this weird stew that profoundly impacts our children in lasting ways."
How do children become responsible adults if they don't work through problems, experience failure or deal with difficult people?
Numerous media stories highlight parents hovering over their children in the young adult years. Some parents even call employers and involve themselves in their child's love life.
"Instead of allowing them to experience adversities, parents bubble-wrap their kids," Sykes says. "This keeps children from developing coping and problem-solving skills. People learn how to be competent adults by working through the bumps and bruises and ups and downs. If parents do this for them, the kids have no immunity to the normal curve balls life throws at us."
Sykes contends that parents who really want to help their kids be successful must learn to say no. Unfortunately, many parents want to enable, be a good buddy or be constantly concerned about staying on their kids' good side.
"I think I had wonderful parents," Sykes says. "I guarantee you they were not obsessed about what I thought or felt about them. They did not freak out when I was unhappy about their decisions. They stayed the course as my parents. Instead of being concerned about how I felt on a particular day, they were focused on the end results."
Sykes believes we aren't doing children any favors by insulating them from reality and responsibility. He encourages parents to pick positive and negative role models, and find out what they do with their children. Use them as examples of what you want to see and what is not appropriate.
"If you inflate your children's expectations, every area of life, including work, marriage and parenting will disappoint them," Sykes says. "Parents who believe it is their job to meet every single 'want' of their child run the risk of creating unrealistic expectations. This will probably lead to great disappointment in life."
So, step back and evaluate the things you currently do for your child. If those things aren't moving your child toward adulthood, it's a great time to try something different.
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How Children Succeed
What exactly does it take for a child to succeed in life? Is it good grades? High test scores? Tenacity?
According to Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character and Whatever it Takes, adults focus on high test scores, pre-admission to preschool and SAT scores as child-success indicators.
Based on research, however, Tough says we focus too much on these areas. He believes that the most important qualities have more to do with character. These skills include perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism and self-control.
Tough and his wife became parents while he was writing his book. Surprisingly, the research actually made him a more relaxed parent. When his son was born, Tough was very much caught up in the idea of childhood as a race – the faster a child develops skills and the better he does on tests, the better he'll do in life.
These days, the author is much less concerned about his son's reading and counting ability. While he certainly believes those things are important, he's more concerned about his character. He wants his son to be able to recover from disappointments, calm himself down, keep working at a puzzle even when it's frustrating and be good at sharing. He also wants his son to feel loved and confident, and have a full sense of belonging. Most importantly, Tough wants his son to be able to handle failure.
It's hard for us parents to let our children fail. Why is that? Because everything in us wants to shield them from trouble. But Tough and others are now discovering that we may actually harm our children when we try to protect them. By not allowing them to learn to manage adversity or to cope with failure, we produce kids who have real problems when they grow up. Overcoming adversity produces character. And character, even more than IQ, leads to real and lasting success.
According to Tough, scientists realize that early adversity in a child's life affects the conditions of their lives.
It can also alter the physical development of their brains. This knowledge is being used nationwide to help children overcome constraints.
Regardless of socioeconomic status, Tough contends that children with the proper support in the most painful circumstances can still achieve amazing things. But many children do not grow up with that right support. For example, there may be two parents in the home who are so bent on their child's success that they never let him experience failure. Or at the completely opposite end of the spectrum, there's no support to help the child get back up when he fails.
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The Blessing of the Skinned Knee
Is it possible that a skinned knee, failure on a test and not planning your child's life completely is really a good thing? Dr. Wendy Mogel, clinical psychologist and author of The Blessing of the Skinned Knee and The Blessing of a B Minus, would say yes.
"The biggest problem I see today is that loving, devoted parents, armed with good intentions, treat their children like royalty," says Mogel. "Parents are putting themselves in the role of butler, secret police, talent agent, ATM and hospital staff member, doing things for their children that they are perfectly capable of doing for themselves."
Mogel believes this parental behavior is ultimately a bad set-up for kids.
"I frequently see parents who treat their children like hothouse flowers, who must depend on their parents for survival," she says. "They overschedule, overprotect and overindulge their children to the point that the children end up feeling a combination of entitled, dependent, anxious and like they don't measure up."
In many instances, these young people head off to college full of hope. Three months later, they return home because they didn't know how to deal with their roommate or the professor refused to spoon-feed them information. Perhaps, they simply don't know how to work through problems on their own.
If it feels like Mogel is stepping all over your toes, you are not alone.
"There are many great parents out there with fantastic intentions who get carried away in their efforts to raise a successful adult," Mogel says. "In the end, nobody wins. Boys go on strike, girls become perfectionistic, and parents get angry."
So, how can parents avoid falling in this trap?
Mogel provides these words of encouragement to well-intentioned parents:
Kids go through phases … glorious ones and rotten ones. Do not confuse today's snapshot with the epic movie of your child's life.
Know the difference between a child's wants and needs. Don't fall for the smooth-talking 15-year-old's line: "Mom, you'll probably want to buy me a brand-new car. It'll be really, really, really, safe … definitely safer than me driving your big, old van." Privileges are not entitlements.
Let them learn to do for themselves. Remember, your child is competent.
Listen four times more than you talk. Before you nag, remind, criticize, advise, chime in or over-explain, say to yourself "W.A.I.T" (Why am I talking?)
Remember that disappointments are a necessary preparation for adult life. Stay calm when your child isn't invited to her friend's party, gets cut from the team or doesn't get a lead role. Without these experiences, your child will be ill-equipped for the real world.
Be alert, but not automatically alarmed. Stop and ask yourself: Is this situation unsafe or just uncomfortable for my child? Is it an emergency or a new challenge?
Don't take it personally if your teenager treats you badly. You can't always judge his character on the consistency of in-house politeness, clear speech or degree of eye contact. Instead, notice what teachers say and whether he's welcome at his friends' houses. Also, observe his manners with neighbors, salespeople and servers in restaurants.
Mogel readily acknowledges that parenting is hard work and that the competition is fierce. However, parents who are intent on raising self-reliant, resilient and accountable young people will gladly put forth the effort.
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Relationships are Key to Happiness
What's the secret to a happy life? Many might say that money is a big part of the equation. But intrigued with discovering the secrets to a meaningful and happy life, a group of Harvard researchers launched a study in 1938. Then, they followed 268 male Harvard undergraduates – for 75 years.
The unique Harvard Grant Study collected data on the men's lives through surveys and interviews. They looked at all aspects, including relationships, politics and religion, coping strategies and alcohol use. What they found may surprise you.
Perhaps one of the biggest revelations was that love really does matter when it comes to living a fulfilled life.
In his book about the study, Triumphs of Experience, Harvard psychiatrist George Vaillant, study director from 1972 to 2004, writes: "There are two pillars of happiness. One is love. The other is finding a way of coping with life that does not push love away."
The study's most important finding? Relationships are the only things that matter in life. You could have a successful career, money and good physical health, but without supportive, loving relationships, you'd be unhappy. The ability to take in love is a great human skill.
Interestingly, Vaillant says that so many of the things people thought mattered when it comes to happiness don't. For example, many believe money and social class are vital to success. These two things were at the bottom of the list.
Even our earliest relationships are important to long-term happiness, especially the mother-child relationship. Men who had a warm mother-child bond were less likely to develop dementia later in life. They were also more likely to have professional success.
Avoiding smoking and not abusing alcohol were by far the most important things to increase longevity. The study found that alcohol abuse was the greatest disruptor of health and happiness for the study's subjects. Alcoholism was the leading cause of divorce among the 268 men and their wives. Plus, a strong correlation existed between alcohol abuse, neurosis and depression. Interestingly, the mental illness followed the alcohol abuse rather than preceding it.
Another interesting finding: More money, power and intelligence do not mean more happiness. Vaillant found that men with IQs between 110 and 115 were no more or less happy than men with IQs higher than 150. Furthermore, the only thing that really matters when it comes to achievement is contentment at work. Having a meaningful connection to our work is more important than achieving traditional success.
Additionally, Vaillant found that early success did not necessarily mean future success. Conversely, failure early in life did not necessarily mean ultimate failure. In fact, some who seemed they would not end up doing well actually became successful. Vaillant shares that the journey from immaturity to maturity is a sort of movement from narcissism to connection. Moreover, a big part of this shift has to do with the way challenges are handled.
In the end, it all comes back to relationships, connection and love. Are you on a pathway to happiness and a meaningful life or a dead-end road?
This article was originally published in the Chattanooga Times Free Press on January 17, 2016.
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You can keep your army. I have my own.
okay okay I admit it WoW is a gorgeous game sometimes. Especially with the Inky Black potion.
All I did was tell them to Move To because I was mucking around with a hunter guildie. Jeez.
Oh that's just wrong. Poor Hati.
On a very different note regarding Gon... Ahem. I decided to go get the Essence Swapper (I'm actually SV main but am making myself play BM to justify taming Gon) and while waiting for the seabound mystics to show up I noticed that the ghostly lighting has a very interesting effect on said raptor spirit.
"How did things end up like THIS?"
And if you ever wanted to see a full sized mammoth in a little gnome inn..
I was farming for fresh talbuk meat and well, this happened.
...or stuck floating in the air randomly for reasons unknown.
Love this area, so had to take a new group photo Wish I could have had Loque in there as well.
So angry! Must have been from farming all that Talbuk meat. This buff stayed on me long after killing the Sha. Sadly it didn't stick when I went into the Nearby Raid.


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Issue 108: August 2020
MESSAGE FROM THE GLOBAL RCE SERVICE CENTRE:
Greetings from the Global RCE Service Centre! We hope you are all continuing to stay safe and healthy. It has been encouraging to see and hear from many RCEs in various online events in recent months, and we look forward to coming together again very soon for the upcoming Regional RCE Meetings taking place over the next few months. Please see below for details of calls for participation and registration for each event.
As we move towards ESD for 2030, UNESCO is planning a series of webinars on the key reflections from the COVID-19 crisis and on the way forward with the new ESD for 2030 framework, in the lead up to the UNESCO World Conference on ESD to be held in Berlin next year. The first webinar kicks off in September 2020 - please see below for further details.
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Registrations Open: 10th African RCE Regional Meeting
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Hosted by RCE Minna, the 10th African RCE Regional Meeting will be held online, on 1 September, 2020 (Stream One) and 15 September, 2020 (Stream Two) under the theme 'Community-Based Resilience during Pandemic Disruption: The Role of African RCEs'.
The meeting will include keynote speeches and case study presentations of activities/actions by RCEs towards containing and preventing COVID-19 or its impacts. The major sub-themes include:
i. Environment and climate change perspectives of COVID-19; lessons for ESD
ii. Preparing for the next pandemic; need for effective early warning system
iii. The value of Traditional knowledge in pandemic management
Tuesday, 25 August, 2020: Registration for Stream One
Thursday, 3 September, 2020: Submission of the final paper to present during Stream Two
Tuesday, 8 September, 2020: Registration for Stream Two
Full details on the meeting and how to register can be found here.
Registrations Open: 9th Americas Regional Meeting
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Hosted by RCE Salisbury, the 9th Americas RCE Regional Meeting will be held online, on 13 October and 14 October, 2020 under the theme 'The Future is Now - Sustainable Development'. An in-person meeting will also be held in Salisbury, Maryland, USA in 2021 (dates TBA).
Registrations are currently open for the online sessions for this year, and will close on 28 September, 2020. Further details of the meeting including the programme and how to register are available here.
Registrations Closing Soon: 1st Online Session of the 13th Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting
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Hosted by RCE Kyrgyzstan, the 13th Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting will consist of two parts under the theme of 'Building Capacity for Sustainability'. The first part will be divided into four online sessions starting on 10 September followed by sessions on 24 September, 8 October, and 22 October, 2020. The second part of this regional meeting will be held in-person in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic in 2021 (dates TBA). The online sessions will kick-start the meeting, before gathering in person next year.
Registrations for the 1st online session are still open, until 3 September, 2020. Registrations for the 2nd online session are also currently open, and will close on 17 September, 2020. Full details and the registration forms are available here.
Deadline Extended: Call for Participation - Europe Regional Meeting 2020
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The Europe Regional RCE Meeting 2020 taking place from 24-25 November, 2020, aims to bring together members of European RCEs, and anyone with an interest in collaborative local action and learning for sustainability.
Hosted by RCE East Midlands under the theme 'Climate Emergency: Joined-up Action', the call is currently open for participants to join and contribute to the programme. Day one is open to all, and day two open to current and prospective RCE members.
Each European RCE is encouraged to participate in a range of engaging formats, particularly on day two which focuses upon updates and discussion across the existing RCE Europe network. In addition, contributions are sought on the conference theme, on recent RCE projects and of relevant issues for the work of RCEs. Any short talks will be pre-recorded, leaving space during the conference for discussion on talks or interactive online workshops.
Offers of participation are sought by 4 September, 2020 (extended). Full details and the submission form are available here.
UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development - Pre-conference Workshops
Join UNESCO for a global series of online workshops on how to transform society through learning with ESD, launching in September 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tragic impact on human life around the world: killing hundreds of thousands of people, causing global economic decline and school closures in over 180 countries. It has challenged the structures of our societies and our ways of life. This disruption also presents a historic chance to redesign our societies and reroute from the current path.
In the lead-up to the UNESCO World Conference on ESD in May 2021, UNESCO invite you to a series of ESD online workshops in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany, and with the German Commission for UNESCO as advisory partner. The discussions and results from the series of online workshops will be used to further develop the conference program and help shape the agenda in Berlin next year. The first of seven workshops, 'The Big Conversation: Education for Sustainable Development and the World Beyond Covid-19' will be held on 9 September, 2020 (12:30pm GMT+2). View the event page for more information on the workshop series.
Webinar: 'Making Right Choices, Becoming A Responsible Consumer' to Mark Green Consumer Day 2020
RCE Srinagar, guided by the Asia-Pacific RCEs Coordinating Committee, will organise three webinars for the remaining period of 2020. These webinars will mark the occasions of:
'Green Consumer Day' focusing on Sustainable Consumption and Production (28 September, 2020);
'International Day for Disaster Reduction' (13 October 2020); and
'International Mountain Day' 2020 (11 December 2020).
The first of these webinars, on 28 October, 2020 celebrates 'Green Consumer Day' 2020 and will be co-hosted by RCE East Kalimantan, Universitas Jember, RCE East Java (candidate) and RCE Srinagar. RCEs of the Asia-Pacific region are invited to participate in in the webinar, with youth representation encouraged.
Participation in the webinar will help participants understand increasing trends of consumerism threatening sustainability, how to make the right choices when it comes to reducing consumption, reducing footprints, becoming a responsible consumer, and promoting sustainability.
RCEs interested in presenting are requested to email RCE Srinagar (rcesrinagar@gmail.com) by 4 September, 2020, and send their presentation through to RCE Srinagar by 21 September, 2020. Slots will be reserved only after receiving presentations, and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Submitted PPTs should be almost complete, however presenters can make further changes, with final versions to be submitted by 26 September, 2020.
Further details, including the link to join are available here. Details of the second and third webinars will be announced in due course.
Symposium to Launch SDG–UP (SDG - Universities Platform)
UNU-IAS is establishing a new academic platform to enhance cooperation between Japanese universities for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDG - Universities Platform (SDG-UP) will increase Japanese universities' presence in international academic communities and contribute towards achieving the SDGs both locally and internationally.
To launch the platform, UNU-IAS will organise an online symposium on 28 August 2020, with the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT). The event will be organised in cooperation with Toyo Keizai Inc. and Wave LTD GROUP. With panellists from the private sector, local government and academia, it will focus on enhancing collaboration between Japanese universities and strengthening partnerships with other stakeholders.
Registration is free and open to all. Further details and the programme are available here.
UN Secretary-General's Policy Brief on COVID-19 and Education
The UN Secretary-General has launched a policy brief on 'Education during COVID-19 and Beyond', which includes input from 14 organisations, providing top-level advocacy for education. It stresses that urgent action must be taken by all in order to mitigate the potentially devastating consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The document gives recommendations for governments and stakeholders, emphasising the need for bold steps now to create inclusive, quality education systems fit for the future. Read more or download the policy brief.
ESD for 2030: What's Next for Education for Sustainable Development?
In November 2019, the 40th session of UNESCO General Conference adopted a new global framework on ESD called 'Education for Sustainable Development: Towards achieving the SDGs' or 'ESD for 2030'. The new framework will be officially launched at the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development in Berlin, postponed to 17-19 May, 2021.
UNESCO will shortly publish A Roadmap for ESD for 2030 which will be discussed at regional online launch events to take place during the second half of 2020, to engage Member States and other stakeholders and invite country commitments on ESD. UNESCO is planning a series of webinars on the key reflections from the COVID-19 crisis and on the way forward with the new ESD for 2030 framework. These will start in September 2020 until April 2021, as a lead up to the World Conference in Berlin in May (see details above under 'Upcoming Events'). Read more
UNFCCC & UNESCO Launch Action for Climate Empowerment Dialogue
The secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in collaboration with UNESCO, recently launched the 8th Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment - a round of discussions that will feed into COP 26, the next major conference of the parties to the Convention scheduled for 2021. Read more
RCE Hangzhou: Angels in the Courtroom
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RCE Hangzhou recently organised an experiential learning activity in which junior-high and high-school-age 'River Angels' engaged in a public interest lawsuit in a mock environmental court.
RCE Hangzhou's River Angels program was established in 2018 and aims to improve the environmental awareness of the province's youth, give them opportunities to engage in hands-on interactive learning, and, ultimately, to enlist them in the fight to protect the province's water resources. As part of the mock environmental court experience, the River Angels learned about environmental laws through a two-month series of interactive modules, including a visit to the Zhejiang Academy of Environmental Sciences where, among other things, they learned how to calculate the monetary costs of environmental damage.
In the final mock court exercise, River Angels played various roles, including the judge, lawyers, and defendant. Through court investigations, evidence analysis, cross-examination, court debates, and other procedures, they became familiar with the process of a court trial and improved their ability to solve environmental problems. Read more
Webinar 'Youth and Sustainability in COVID Era' Marks Celebration of International Youth Day 2020
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This year's International Youth Day theme put a spotlight on youth engagement. In celebration, RCE Greater Western Sydney and RCE Srinagar co-hosted a webinar 'Youth and Sustainability in a COVID Era', which was attended by over 100 participants across the Asia-Pacific, including 37 RCEs within the region.
The presentations strongly highlighted RCEs' efforts in supporting ESD, growing partnerships and addressing the SDGs. It also showed how RCEs are working to build young people's capabilities, particularly women and Indigenous communities, by sharing knowledge and supporting practical and engaging activities, from improving livelihoods to action on climate change. Read more
Webinar 'Indigenous People in COVID Era' Marks Celebration of '2020 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples'
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RCE East Kalimantan and RCE Srinagar co-hosted a webinar titled 'Indigenous People in COVID Era' celebrating 'International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples' on 10 August 2020. Over 200 participants, including 37 RCEs within the Asia-Pacific Region, attended the webinar. As a region that is inhabited by many Indigenous peoples, the webinar threw light on how Indigenous people in the Asia-Pacific have been coping with the pandemic utilising their local wisdom. Participants were able to exchange ideas and experiences regarding the handling of COVID-19 in their country, especially with respect to Indigenous peoples. Read more
Launching the Wales School for Social Prescribing Research
The Wales School for Social Prescribing Research (WSSPR) is a virtual all-Wales school, which aims to build a world-leading critical evidence base for social prescribing in Wales, using a translational research model to ensure findings have high-impact in academia, practice, policy and education.
Launched in April 2020, WSSPR are funded by Health and Care Research Wales to develop a social prescribing evaluation methodology. Alongside this, other funded research includes social value, evaluation, education and well-being. Capacity building is key to WSSPR, with strong engagement from the Welsh Communities of Practice and a portfolio of PhD & MRes students. WSSPR builds upon work previously completed by the Wales Social Prescribing Research Network (WSPRN) and now sits within PRIME Centre Wales.
Visit their website to learn more, including current projects and their research network, or get in touch via email (wsspr@southwales.ac.uk).
ESD BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER
UNESCO's Global Skills Academy
UNESCO has launched the Global Skills Academy offering free and high-quality online trainings from members of the Global Education Coalition. Under the project 'Skills for a Resilient Youth in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond', the Academy aims to equip one million young persons with employability and resilience skills to help them find jobs during the looming recession due to COVID-19. The Academy will operate through a matching process facilitated by UNEVOC, UNESCO's global network for institutions specialised in Technical and Vocational Education and Training. Detailed information about available trainings will be shared with the 250 UNEVOC Centres in more than 160 Member States. The Centres will identify interested participants and connect them to the Coalition members' training platforms. Visit the website or read the press release.
Rethinking Learning: A Review of Social and Emotional Learning for Education Systems
Published by the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP), this report reviews the latest research on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), its impact on student health and school climate and its transformative role in building happier classrooms. It provides guidance to teachers, policymakers, parents and learners on what constitutes key characteristics of a 'good' SEL framework. The publication stresses the urgent need to mainstream SEL in education systems in order to shape a future that embraces and facilitates improved academic success as well as peace and human flourishing. Read more
Some Challenges Militating against Developing Countries Achieving SDG 4 on Targets: Nigeria as Case Study
Published in the journal Modern Economy, this paper (by lead author Sir Anthony Wakwe Lawrence of RCE Greater Yenagoa), evaluated critical factors that have contributed to major challenges that can hinder Nigeria from achieving SDG 4. These include poor funding, poor school enrolment/out-of-school children, and poor school infrastructure, and was evaluated using fishbone and problem tree analysis, as well as an applied qualitative descriptive assessment of the seven SDG 4 targets and the three enabling targets. Funding was identified as the key issue, which is also an underlying factor militating against the achievement of many other challenges. The other key challenge of poor school enrolment cannot be resolved with persisting insecurity and Almajiri problems in the northern parts of Nigeria. Without concerted efforts to increase the budget for education and ensuring that allocated funds are not misappropriated, it will not be possible to achieve SDG 4. Read more
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Now we know what spooks Neil Patrick Harris!
Neil talked to ET about his new show, Best Time Ever, where among other things, the 42-year-old actor pranks unsuspecting celebrities. And he admits that while doing the show is pretty much "a party," pulling one over on say, The Voice judges, can be pretty scary!
"I was Jurgen Vulmer, who was the host of The Voice Austria, which doesn't exist," he said, explaining the prank, saying that he basically asked the judges a bunch of random, strange questions. "I had almost three hours of prosthetic makeup on. I looked nothing like myself, and had a different accent."
"It was incredibly terrifying," he continued. "They thought I was insane."
With regards to his new show, Neil said he recognizes a changing TV landscape, where you no longer have to be at home, at a certain time, to watch a program, and hopes Best Time Ever alters peoples viewing habits.
"What's fun about our show is if you commit to watching a show, you're a part of the group," he said. "If you're in the theater, you might be in the show. If you're watching at home, you may be on the show."
Neil should do a great job hosting after his string of awards show hosting gigs, including the Oscars, Emmys, and the Tony Awards. The How I Met Your Mother star opened up about the balancing act that presents someone with.
"The job is just multi-leveled," he said. "You have to entertain. You have to honor. And now you sort of have to educate. To do all of that in the short little time frame that you have between acceptance speeches is a tricky conceit."
Well, you seem to knock it out of the park each and every time, Neil!
Best Time Ever premieres tonight on NBC at 10/9 c.
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Promenade The Divine Comedy
Going Downhill Fast
The Booklovers
A Seafood Song
When the Lights Go Out All Over Europe
The Summerhouse
Neptune's Daughter
A Drinking Song
Ten Seconds to Midnight
Tonight We Fly
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Simply One Of The Best Albums On All Of iTunes
That's all there is to it. This is an amazing album. If you've never heard of The Divine Comedy, this album admittedly might not be the easiest to start with. It's one of those ones where you'll probably have to give it a few listens, but each song quickly grows on you until you get to the point where you realize that this is one of those rare albums where there honestly isn't a single track you'll want to skip, furthermore dislike. You're in for a real treat - Neil Hannon is an amazing song writer. Far and away one of the most under appreciated talents in the music industry who deserves to be mentioned alongside songwriting greats like Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Tom Waits, etc. And of course his singing is wonderful and addictive, too.
The Divine Comedy is one of those bands where when you first hear it, you'll say, "Where has this been all my life?!"
Zuz211 , 12/26/2012
Mysterious and Beautiful
This is one of the most beautiful albums I've ever heard. I'm working my way though all of The Divine Comedy albums at the moment, though not in chronological order. This one nicely showcases Neil Hannon's impressive range, but it also holds together very well as a unified work, thematically and tonally. I downloaded it two days ago and I've probably listened to it five or six times already in its entirety. As another reviewer said, there is not a single song I want to skip. Highly recommended.
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A Secret History - The Best of the Divine Comedy
Victory For the Comic Muse
Foreverland (Deluxe Version)
Office Politics (Deluxe)
I Am the Greatest
Only Revolutions (Deluxe Version)
Let's Get Out of This Country
Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
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Święcenia kapłańskie otrzymał 20 czerwca 1987 i został inkardynowany do diecezji Minorki. Pracował przede wszystkim jako duszpasterz parafialny oraz jako wikariusz sądowy, był też m.in. wikariuszem generalnym diecezji oraz jej administratorem.

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We are constructing and deconstructing phrase material today.
Claire and Blake are reviewing their duet as Corian and Alex are creating their duet.
Earlier we improvised using "go and withdraw" we are still searching for a "name" for this particular assignment. Basically, we start at a distance, meet at a particular point in space finding a moment, leave the moment to begin the process again. We repeat until we find the moment in its true essence.
Today process is what I think the POINT is... because where/what would dance be if it did not live in process.


@arnald, will you be GMing?
If noone else can i'll try though i'll be kinda embarrassed, gm-ing is a huge task. Life in the sixth world and shadowrun concepts are complete, currently dealing with character creation, awfuly lot of stupid tables there.
Have a read and drop me a line if i should improve anything else!
Hey again, and sorry for double posting. Redfox, is your teamtalk server continualy running? If yes, i'm unable to connect for some reason. Just thought i'd pop in and introduce myself and get to know you guys better if i'll be the gm, if you hang there like lots of this community. And as a side note, 5th edition is a huge step up from 3rd edition which i used to use and play in, this new priority table is a pain to convert. Technomancers will be fun to watch though.
It would be helpful to have the entire book. Looking forward to some great RP.
I just posted the two first chapters for those who want to get a feel for the game. Once i'll get done with this thing i'll post the entire book within a rar divided by sections. And nice thing is that i found some more readable tables on the internet for eq list and priority table so yeah! Two less things to worry about.
For those who want to get a more let's say in depth feel of how it all goes, check this.
all this complaint about tables? First of all, if you have a screen reader, they are vary easy to navigate, or are you reading it in braille? In witch case it is still pretty easy to navigate.
If you want, you can probably find these tables on the internet, look up like, shadowrun wiki classes, or something like that, and I guarantee it'll come up.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding but it seems like your doing a lot of work for not much reward.
Yeah, it's easy if you review it in a document which supports them. Txt, obviously, doesn't. So basicaly i need to figure out how to present a table. And of course scanned documents, at least if you scan them with Abbyy Fine reader, do tables like column is on a page, then two or three pages later the table continues.
I'll bring my shaman elf with a Predator V and my troll decker that hits like a truck.
On that note, a friend of mine from another game is talking bout hosting a tabletop session and I was asked to gauge interest. So, Arnold and folks, there's a site out thar for doing tabletop RP, and would you guys be interested in using that for a possible campaign? This is still very, very much in the air right now and Tom's gauging interest right now.
Hey guys, I've been playing the Awakened worlds mud since the late 90's. And I've struggled mainly because none of this shadow run stuff is in accessible format, and its been hell trying to even gage what some of the armor and weapons, not to mention the normal eq is geared towards.
So a lot of hit and miss chars I've created. and what y'all are working on now would be amazing to bring it all together so we can finally peak behind the vail of cyber punk shadow runners! I can't wait to join in on the RP of SR!
But I don't even have TT installed. lol I'll get crackin' on that. Where might I find that to download it?
Thanks for all your hard work Arnold and all on this RP project.
Hey there, chummers! Just a quick update to let you know what's happening, i don't want to seem like guys with big ideas but no results. Character creation part of the book is finaly ready, along with character advancement! I'm working on fleshing out and correcting the skills section of the book, by correcting i mean removing stray characters which i don't know how got in to the scanned thing but yeah, in some cases there are like a hell lot of them, making the text nearly unreadable. I got the qualities list and the skills list in to readable format as well. Progress will slow down for two or three days though cause dungeon crawl stone soup 0.23.0 just came out with some interesting stuff to try so i'm playing that as well.


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Jeff Dunham: Double Feature (Arguing With Myself / Spark Of Insanity)
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As straight man to some of the most hilarious pint-sized partners in show business, Jeff Dunham has become one of the most successful touring comics ever and has amassed legions of loyal fans! At the American Comedy Awards, Dunham was voted Male Stand-Up Comic of the Year, an honor shared with the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Jeff Foxworthy and Robin Williams. Thousands of sold-out theater and comedy club performances, his own top-rated special on Comedy Central and countless TV guest spots - including numerous Tonight Show appearances (with both Leno and Carson) - have won him accolades and success. The reason why is very simple: He and his buddies are funny as hell. Oh, and by the way...Jeff Dunham is a ventriloquist.
Now see for yourself on a DVD that will set the new standard for how truly awesome a comedy DVD can be. Join Jeff and his outspoken-often-edgy characters: Walter, Peanut, Jose Jalapeno (...on a steeek!), Bubba J and Sweet Daddy Dee for a live show that will have you on the floor laughing!
Spark Of Insantiy
Jeff Dunham and his socially reckless "suitcase posse" are back in this highly anticipated follow-up to Arguing With Myself, his breakthrough television special and multi-platinum selling DVD release! What's next? An ALL NEW show that is Bigger... Better... and Funnier than ever!
This time, Dunham welcomes two never-before-seen partners "Achmed the Dead Terrorist," and "Melvin the Superhero." Long-time favorites "Peanut," "Walter" and Jose Jalapeno...On a STEEK! are back in an entirely original show for everyone! Taped at the historic Warner Theater in Washington D.C., this sold out concert is twice the length of the Comedy Central broadcast, with exclusive extras, featuring "The Making of Melvin," "What Would You Put on a Stick?" and a surprise political announcement from Walter! Spark Of Insanity is the ultimate event special from one of comedy's most inventive minds.
Length 3 hrs. 40 mins.
Released: Oct 01 2013
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First waxed in 1964 by the mighty Alvin Robinson for the Red Bird label (one of my all time fave records), 'Down Home Girl' was written by Jerry Lieber and Art Butler. In it's original form (produced by Lieber and Mike Stoller and arranged by Joe Jones) it is one of the grittiest pieces of New Orleans-associated soul ever to hit wax. The following year, the Rolling Stones, knowing a good thing when it crawled into their ears, recorded a version of their own. The version I bring you today see's Lieber and Stoller taking the song out for a stroll once again, with one of their favorite groups, the legendary Coasters. By 1966, when the group went into the studio with L&S (Stoller producing) they were a few years past their last big hit ('Little Egypt' hit the Top 40 in 1961).
The Coasters version of 'Down Home Girl' – taken at a slightly more deliberate pace than Robinson – opens with a horn/drums/vibes riff that is verily begging to be looped by some enterprising producer, and features some classic group harmony. Much of the humor associated with the Coasters is there, though it gets delivered not via the performance itself, but rather through Lieber's hyperbolic lyrics. Where Robinson's reading of the song is dripping with unbridled lust (thanks in large part to his awesome, soulful growl) the Coasters vocal arrangement, with tenor and bass trading lines allows them to highlight the absurdity of some of the lines. It really is a lost classic, and one of the finer versions of a truly great song.
"Oye El Cuchy Frito Man" Ray Terrace Featuring Vocalists Manny Roman and Willie Torres. Jubilee Records. Swinging Boogaloo from 1965! Arranged by Ray's Brother Pete Terrace. Tracks include: ABANIQUITO / CUCHY FRITO MAN / SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE / LOCO Y CONTENTO / HI HI HI / EN EL BARRIO / SONANDO / GUAGUANCO PARA LOS POLLOS / GOZANDO MI SON. Cover Photo by Frank Lerner.
"New York, New York" Composed and conducted by Harry Geller. RCA Victor. A nice triptik, gatefold photo of the city's skyline at night.
Frank Rehak, Wayne Andre, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Saracco (tb); Bill Hixon (b-tb); Phil Woods (as); Ray Beckenstein (as, bs, b-cl, f); Harold Feldman (as, oboe); Phil Bodner (eng hrn, f); Barry Galbraith, Mundel Lowe (g); Wendell Marshall (b); Osie Johnson, Phil Kraus, Joe Venuto (perc); The Geri Beitzel Singers (vcl); Rudolph Desco (voice); Keene Crockett (sound effects); Kenyon Hopkins (arr).


Proverbs Hope deferred makes the heart sick but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life Prov Hope is important.without hope there's no faith.lets hold on to our Hope, Jesus! Proverbs 13 Book Of Proverbs Journal Art Bible Journal Bible Crafts Bible Art Without Hope Illustrated Faith Spiritual Wisdom... For the speaker in this poem, the frustration of a dream deferred is like a wound. But is it an old wound that has scarred over, as the image of the dry raisin suggests.
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Proverbs 13:12New King James Version (NKJV)12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.


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What's it like to be a Rockette?
By Laura Di Orio of Dance Informa.
The holiday season is upon us, and one of the many traditions is in full swing: The Rockettes' Radio City Christmas Spectacular. The Rockettes' job may seem all smiles and fun, but life as one of these dancers is a lot of hard work. For a show like the Christmas Spectacular, for instance, which this year runs from November 8 through December 30, rehearsals could start as early as September, with six-hour rehearsals six days a week. The rewards are grand, however. They get a ton of performance experience, have plenty of PR opportunities, can receive a 401K and get a pretty hefty paycheck for doing what they love.
The Rockettes need to be dancers with very strong technique who are able to dance in heels. Each Rockette must exude confidence in who she is and in her dance abilities; she also must be able to pick up choreography quickly and apply corrections immediately. Overall, she must work hard.
"This is by far the hardest job I've ever had," says Carolyn Simpson Wells, a Rockette from 2005-2010 and who is now a dance teacher and choreographer in New Braunfels, Texas. "From the day you start rehearsals, your dancing and thinking does not stop, so it's very important to make sure that your body and mind are ready and in shape for the job."
Carolyn Simpson Wells performed with the Rockettes' touring shows from 2005-2010. Photo courtesy of Carolyn Simpson Wells.
Wells, who started dancing at age three, trained in ballet, tap, jazz and musical theater. She graduated from The University of Georgia (UGA) with a BS in Dance Education. While in school, she performed with UGA ballet and ballroom companies. After college, Wells went on to dance with Ad Deum Dance Company in Houston and later for Stiletto Entertainment on Holland America Cruise Line. Her fellow performers encouraged her to audition for the Rockettes. She auditioned in Chicago (the Rockettes have multiple city auditions and performance opportunities) and joined in 2005. She performed across the country in the Rockettes' touring shows, three years in the line and three years as a swing.
"One of the best parts of performing on the road is having the opportunity to dance in some fabulous theaters across the country," Wells recalls. "I performed in all three Fox Theatres and also got to see and experience some amazing cities while getting paid to do it."
And for those Rockettes who perform "at home" in New York City, they dance at the Radio City Music Hall, one of NYC's most iconic buildings and an epicenter of Christmastime. They have performed the Christmas Spectacular in NYC since 1933 and have expanded themselves nationally, reaching millions of families and audience members.
Being a Rockette guarantees tons of stage time. The Rockettes may not only perform multiple times a week but also sometimes multiple times a day.
"The number of shows may vary," Wells says. "I had one season where we had 150 shows, while another had 55. Usually you commit to September or October through the end of December, and you have the rest of the year to pursue other opportunities. One year, I had the opportunity to perform on a cruise in between Rockette seasons. No bills for 14 months, a great way to save money. How many performing opportunities offer you the chance to invest?"
The Rockettes perform 'Parade of the Wooden Soldiers', a number that showcases precision dancing at its finest. Photo by MSG Entertainment.
Aside from a nice paycheck, Rockettes can also receive a 401K, making the job much more financially secure than many other dance gigs. The Rockettes also have many opportunities for PR and may be featured in commercials, advertisements or billboards and news events, for which they are even trained to answer questions. The relationships that the Rockettes build with each other is also rewarding, especially since the winter performance season occurs at the height of the holidays.
"Everyone is away from their families during the holidays, so you get close and depend on each other," Wells says. "I'm still friends with many of the people I performed with."
The Rockettes rehearse and perform for hours a day, so it's crucial that they take care of their bodies, eat good meals and get plenty of sleep. "The hardest part is the wear and tear on your body," Wells says.
For those interested in joining the Rockettes, either at Radio City Music Hall or on tour, Wells recommends to start dancing in heels. The Rockettes also offer classes taught by the Rockettes, which is a great way to learn the style. The Rockettes Experience, a dance education program held at Radio City Music Hall, even includes a master class, mock audition, backstage tour and more.
When it comes time to audition, Wells encourages dancers to be sure their headshot and resume are appropriate and to dress accordingly – tan heels, tan tights, leotard, nice makeup and hair slicked back.
"I always encourage dancers to never get discouraged," Wells adds. "Plenty of girls have to audition multiple times. Rockettes have a unique style that is hard to find anywhere else, and sometimes it takes a couple of auditions – or six – to get the style and to get the attention of the directors running the audition."
This year, at Radio City, the Christmas Spectacular features an all-new number with special effects, in addition to the classic scenes, such as "Living Nativity" and "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," which is the Rockettes' precision dancing at its finest. Tickets range from $39-$299 depending on show date and time, and can be purchased online at www.RadioCityChristmas.com, by calling Ticketmaster's Christmas Hotline at 866-858-0007, or by visiting the Radio City Box Office at 50th Street and Avenue of the Americas.
Photo (top): Rockettes must be dancers with very strong technique and must be able to dance in heels. Photo by MSG Entertainment.
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Language Arts—Second graders work on reading fluency, phonics, vocabulary, and parts of speech in a guided reading setting.
Math—Throughout the year the second graders work on mastery of addition and subtraction facts, as well as regrouping two and three digit numbers. We do this in a variety of ways including hands-on projects like creating our own zoo using our math skills such as money, geometry, and estimating.
Humanities—Second graders are Romans! We learn about the time period when Rome was THE empire in the world from the rise of the roman empire in around 753BC to it's fall in 467AD. This includes exciting topics like Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, Jesus Christ, the persecution of the Christians and Constantine, the first Christian emperor.
Religion—Sacraments!! Reconciliation and First Communion are the talk of the town in second grade. We prepare for these sacraments by learning the 10 Commandments, the Beatitudes, and about the Real Presence of Christ at Mass.
Writing—We learn how to write complete sentences and then put that to good use by writing many different kind of stories and poems.
Science—We learn about states of matter, kinds of energy like electricity, life cycles and habitats.
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Wife-carrying race?? Don't laugh. Lake Worth Beach run might be 'the hardest minute of your life'
Elliot and Giana Storey of Delray Beach won the 2016 North American Wife Carrying Championship in Maine (Sunday River Resort)
ELLIOT STOREY OF Delray Beach has run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, bicycled up mountains in California and pumped iron in strongman competitions across the United States.
None of that, he said, compares to his experience in the unusual foot race with the whimsical name — the Wife Carrying Competition.
"It is the hardest minute of your life,'' said Storey, a 6-foot-2, 230-pound athlete who has carried his wife, Giana, to victory in past races, including the North American championship in 2016 in Maine.
"It is absolute all out, puke at the end, everything you've got,'' he said. "I would love to see more elite athletes give this a try.''
Before you mock Storey's assessment — Wife-carrying contest? How hard can it be? — see for yourself this Sunday at 1 p.m. in Lake Worth Beach, where the Florida Wife Carrying Championship will be run in Bryant Park as part of the annual Midnight Sun Festival.
Taisto Miettinen, a six-time wife-carrying world champion, in Bryant Park in 2018 (Timo Vainiopaa)
The three-day festival starts Friday and celebrates Lake Worth Beach's rich Finnish heritage by showcasing the music, food and traditions of Finland, including the sport of eukonkanto, as the wife-carrying competition is called in Finnish.
The race's roots go back to the 19th century when, according to one popular legend, a team of robbers intent on proving their strength would sneak into homes at night, kidnap women and carry them into the forest.
2017 in Maine (WBIR.com)
Tom Kuutti of the Midnight Sun Festival's organizing committee prefers another legend involving "Ronkainen the Robber," who fell in love with the daughter of a mayor who'd chosen another man for her to marry.
"At the wedding ceremony, before 'I do,' Ronkainen ran in and swept his girlfriend from the marital stand, picked her off feet and carried her off into the woods on his shoulders,'' Kuutti said.
The legends morphed into a light-hearted sport that has grown into fierce competition, with world championship heats held each year since 1991 in Sonkajärvi, Finland.
Wife-carrying races have been run in different parts of the world and in 13 U.S. states. Lake Worth Beach has run unofficial races off and on for years until it became sanctioned in 2017 as the annual Florida championship.
Official rules dictate the "wife" doesn't have to be a marital wife but can be any partner who's at least 18 years old, weighs at least 108 pounds and wears a helmet (usually a bicycle helmet).
"Lightweight Wives For Rent" reads a whimsical sign posted in Bryant Park every year on the morning of the race. But if she is too light, contest officials will outfit her pockets with bags of sand.
Some wives have been known to sit on the runner's shoulders, like a dad carrying a kid through Disney World.
But three common carrying methods are the fireman's over-the-shoulder carry, the classic piggyback and the popular (and provocative) Estonian-style, with the wife upside-down on his back with her legs over the neck and shoulders and her head facing his rear end.
Estonian-style is a popular method in Wife Carrying competitions held all over the world. (Amazing.zone)
The Florida Championship course in Bryant Park is 280 yards long. Runners must negotiate two log obstacles and a water hazard.
Since the winning times are around one minute, the race is really a sprint — one that, for the runner, gives new meaning to the marital euphemism ball-and-chain.
"It is a real sport, but there's no way anybody can deny that you're going to laugh when you look at it because it seems so hilarious,'' Kuutti said.
Regardless of whether the course is hilly (Maine), muddy (Finland) or flat (Lake Worth Beach), it's no walk in the park. And the competition can be fierce, even if the winning prize in the World Championship in Finland is the wife's weight in beer. (In Lake Worth Beach, the Florida winners will get a cash prize: $200 for winner, $100 for second place and $50 for third.)
"You can feel the acid in your legs,'' said Taisto Miettinen of Finland, a six-time wife-carrying world champion who has competed in at least three Lake Worth Beach races. "You must have strong and fast legs, and good durability.''
Mischa Freystaetter and Rie Takano at the 2017 Lake Worth Beach race. (Timo Vainionpaa)
The "wife" plays an important role, too, even if she's just going along for the ride.
"Be a good backpack" is the rule Storey's wife, an aerobics director, follows as she tries to position herself like a backpack while holding on Estonian-style.
"She has to control herself so we don't get off balance,'' said Storey, who ran the Lake Worth Beach race in 2017. "She tries to stay tight but not too tight.''
Like Miettinen and other participants, Elliot and Giana Storey, who have four children, take the competition seriously. They've run races in Lake Worth, Maine, the United Kingdom and Finland.
Team Storey in Maine (Sunday River Resort)
Spectators at a race in Lake Worth Beach (Timo Vainionpaa)
The "most important component of preparing for a wife-carrying competition is actually practicing with your wife. Whether or not you incorporate regular runs with your wife into your training, you're going to want to devote special sessions simply to working out the proper hold, especially going over obstacles,'' he wrote in a blog a few years ago.
"Not only will the extra weight and style of hold affect your normal running gait, but practice for the wife is crucial as well. Placing 50 percent or more of your body weight on your shoulders is going to raise your center of gravity. This creates an instability that requires lots of practice to be able to control. The fastest ride is a smooth ride.
"The wife can't see the course to know what comes next, so she needs to be in tune with your body in order to smooth the bumps. A surefire way to lose a race is to fall, and the most common fall seems to be an overcorrection by a pair towards the end of the race, when the husband's legs are jello.''
Negotiating an obstacle in Lake Worth Beach (Timo Vainionpaa)
Other participants just wing it.
Mia Shaughnessy, a native of Finland living in Miami, had never competed in the competition until a friend working at the Midnight Sun Festival called her a few days before the 2018 race with an urgent request.
Miettinen had just arrived in Lake Worth Beach a few days before the competition only to learn that his race partner wasn't able to make it. Now, he "was desperate to find somebody small enough to be carried the next day,'' Shaughnessy recalled.
Would Shaughnessy be his partner?
Sure, why not, she said. How hard can it be?
"Taisto came all the way from Finland to try to win this thing. It was funny to see him because he was really nervous and really serious about it. For me, it was more of a joke,'' she said.
She met Miettinen the day before the race and they didn't have time to practice. But being Finnish, she figured she knew enough about the competition.
"Holding on for dear life. That's my only job,'' said Shaughnessy, whose husband got a kick out of watching her race.
Shaughnessy said she weighed 104 pounds, but made weight on race day by drinking "lots of water.''
Then came the awkward part — assuming the Estonian-style position with a complete stranger.
"My legs are, how do I put this, between his head so I am upside down and facing his buttocks,'' she recalled.
"It's always a little nerve wracking, thinking if you fell down you're gonna break your neck. It's not that easy to hang around upside down for that long. First of all you're bouncing around and you can easily slip off. You also go through these obstacles, jumping over these poles. The last one is the water run so you get wet from the splashing. Even though it lasts about a minute, it felt like forever.''
Wife-Carrying race in Bryant Park (YouTube)
The best part of the experience? They won.
She returned in 2019 to partner with Miettinen, who wound up suffering a sprained ankle during the qualifying run. Watching Palm Beach County Fire Rescue paramedics wrap her partner's ankle, Shaughnessy assumed their bid for a repeat championship had ended.
She was wrong.
Miettinen iced the ankle for 30 minutes, hoisted Shaughnessy onto his back and ran the final heat. They won again.
Paramedics treat Taisto Miettomen in 2019 (Timo Vainionpaa)
"He's an animal,'' Storey said, complimenting Miettinen.
Those back-to-back wins came after Miettinen suffered an upset loss in the 2017 Florida championship to Mischa Freystaetter and his wife, Rie Takano.
Four months later, Freystaetter went to Finland for the World Championship and finished second to Miettinen.
"That was a tremendous rivalry,'' Kuutti said.
There's still time to enter Sunday's race, which will be limited to about 10 couples. Organizers will waive the $25 entry fee for first responders.
"You absolutely should participate,'' Storey said. "But give it your all. It's going to take everything you've got.''
Joe Capozzi is an award-winning reporter based in Lake Worth Beach. He spent more than 30 years in the newspaper business, mostly at The Palm Beach Post, where he wrote about the opioid scourge, invasive pythons, the birth of the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches and Palm Beach County government. For 15 years, he covered the Miami Marlins baseball team. Joe left The Post in December 2020. View all posts by Joe Capozzi.
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Daniel Negreanu is back in World Poker Tour action and it's like he never left after having bagged an above-average stack Friday night heading into Day 4 of the WPT World Championship. "Kid Poker" isn't exactly a kid anymore — he's 48 — but he's playing like he did whenContinue Reading
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Our #Pedigeek "Term of the Week" is: Black-type When we use the term black-type when referring to a horse's pedigree, we are generally talking about the relatives produced by the horse's female family who have won or run second or third in a stakes race. A stakes winner will beContinue Reading
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We had a pretty lazy day in Thunder Bay! It was our first full day staying in the same general area, so we took our time. To start the morning off, we hit a local T-Bay favourite with a breakfast restaurant called Hoito. The restaurant itself is in the basement of a building run by a Finnish collective action group formed in the early 1900s. Sort of a community centre for Finns. Apparently there are about 10,000 people of Finnish descent in Thunder Bay, which means they account for about 10% of the population! We had no idea!
Hoito specializes in Finnish pancakes. I don't know enough about Finnish pancakes to tell you what makes them particularly different, although I can tell you in general they're much larger and more crepe-like than what you might think of as a "regular" pancake. Sandra had the standard pancakes and I ordered the special, which was an oven-baked pancake. It was noticeably thicker than Sandra's pancakes, and seemed "eggier" as well. The pancakes were great, but very filling!
I decided to take a chance and also order the Viili, which is a Finnish "fermented milk product". Think yogurt. Except once it arrived, I quickly realized it was not quite what I was expecting. The yogurt itself was like some bizarre non-Newtonian fluid. I couldn't scoop it! The first few times I tried to get some of it on my spoon, it just slipped right back off. It was easy to dip the spoon into it, but when I tried to lift it out again the viili was more willing to stick to itself than the spoon, so it'd just slide back off the spoon and back into the cup. Vexing! I developed a pseudo-technique of scraping it up the sides of the cup, but it was a challenge to eat! I managed to get through most of it. I think Sandra tried some, but she said the texture was way too similar to snot for her to continue. Fair enough; it was an accurate description!
I also have to mention the amusing fact that restaurants in Thunder Bay appear to be forced to show their food safety and sanitation ratings in their front windows. We walked into Hoito knowing it was a solid B grade establishment. Fifty percent of doctors graduated in the bottom half of their class, right? We survived the meal.
We took a short drive out of the city to visit the Terry Fox Memorial. Terry Fox ended his run fairly close to Thunder Bay (technically near the town of Shuniah) after running 3,339 miles from St. John's, Newfoundland. Sandra was surprised by how emotional she became at the memorial. It's hard not to be humbled by his amazing story. There's also a beautiful view from the area: you're able to see the Sleeping Giant laying atop the Sibley Peninsula. Sleeping Giant was voted number one by the public in the voting for the Seven Wonders of Canada!
Our plan was to catch the ONTour concert in Thunder Bay -- they're a series of concerts happening for free all around Ontario to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the formation of Canada. The weather was really dreary, however, and it had been raining on and off throughout the day without much improvement. We decided to skip the concert and stay indoors. Oh well!
Tomorrow we depart for Rushing River National Park and our second night of camping.


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Q: What is the best way to embed swf into html page I am trying to embed .swf file into html page.
Width and Height of swf is 1024*768.
I specify 'width' and 'height' as 100%.
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It embeds swf with 1350px*150px for some reason, not 100% of the height of the file.
If I specify dimensions in pixels for tag embed, it will work.
But I am very curious, why it does not work with %.
Thank, any help will be appreciated.

A: You can try swfobject: https://github.com/swfobject/swfobject.
It`s very simple to add Flash and Flashvars.
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http://learnswfobject.com/advanced-topics/100-width-and-height-in-browser/
swfobject.embedSWF("test.swf", "flashContent", "100%", "100%", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes);

A: You should lookup the tag in the html docs on the Mozilla Developer Network. It specifies that the embed tag has attribute height that is the displayed height in CSS pixels. Since 100% is not a valid pixel value it will not recognize that value.

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Had a meeting with Luca Tieri!
Photo(2)This is my first 'Felt Ball' I made.Interesting!
Photo shooting for Tom Tom Magazine!
(3)Thanks Yoko,Daisaku and his assistant!
(4)This photo shooting is like a party.It was FUN!
�They are near by Suzinami ward office.