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Want to Lose Weight? Try This Surprising Food
Next time you eat a banana, you might want to hang on to the peel
By Tara Cox
Besides the annoyance of searching out a trash can at a charity ride rest stop, we're guessing you seldom spend much time thinking about banana peels, let alone consider eating them. But this overlooked "food waste," a culinary staple in places like India and the Caribbean, not only transforms dishes from ho-hum to delicious, it can also help you lose weight. We're serious: Banana peels are the new weight-loss weapon. Best of all, you can just toss them into your morning smoothie along with that whole fruit, no extra calories or prep needed.
Why are peels the new slimming superfood? For starters, the skins are packed with nutrients like vitamin A, lutein, and other antioxidants, including B vitamins, which your body needs to keep its metabolism stoked. What's more, they have tons of soluble and insoluble fiber, even more than the fruit itself—both can slow digestion, boost feelings of fullness, and even work to lower cholesterol.
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Choose green peels, which are better for cooking, and you'll also get a big dose of probiotics, which increasing research shows are essential to balancing the body's internal flora for weight loss. Green skins are also rich in resistant starch, the "calorie-free carb" that our bodies can't digest and triggers fat-burning in animal studies. Plus, while bananas are famous for their potassium, which can turn a regular workout into a phenomenal, calorie-busting one, about 40% of the mineral is found in the peel. Take that, you peel-tossers.
Not just for weight loss, eating more green skins is like taking a daily dose of Prozac: Research shows that green skins are high in tryptophan, serotonin, and dopamine, so much so that eating two peels a day for three days could raise levels of these feel-good chemicals in your brain by 15%, according to one study.
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While yellow peels have fewer micronutrients, they have anti-cancer qualities not found in green skins. Although the Internet has greatly exaggerated the disease-fighting benefits of bananas—and somehow neglected to point out that most of these benefits are in the peel—overripe skins can still help with the production of white-blood cells.
Now that you're convinced of the benefits, how on earth do you eat banana peels? The peels of both green bananas (or unripe ones, otherwise known as "raw" or "cooking" bananas) and the more familiar yellow ones can both be eaten, but when it comes to cooking, consider them as two separate ingredients. Green skins are starchier than yellow ones and are similar to sautéed green peppers in appearance and texture when cooked. They'll take on whatever flavors of the ingredients they're prepared with and work well in savory dishes, although the peels do have to be cooked. Yellow skins, on the other hand, don't have to be cooked, and give off a more traditional banana flavor, making them better suited to sweeter uses like blending into smoothies or making tea. Personally, we like green banana peels, not only for their weight-loss benefits, but also because you can use the fruit of green bananas similar to how you'd use a potato (hello, carb substitute for French fries and mashed potatoes. Google for the recipe).
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No matter which color you use, try to buy organic to reduce pesticide exposure, and be sure to clean the peels well to get rid of any extra chemicals, dirt, or other gross stuff that might be on them. Then try one of our five banana peel recipes.
This article originally appeared on Eat Clean.
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Digital Ignition
Lynn Jackson, COO of Northside Hospital Forsyth, Speaks on Personalized Medicine at Digital Ignition
Fostering Healthcare Innovation in Forsyth County
Lynn Jackson, Chief Operating Officer of Northside Hospital Forsyth, highlighted patient-centric advancements that are helping to strengthen the healthcare experience during her presentation on March 12th. The event was hosted at Digital Ignition - Forward Forsyth's official Blockchain, IoT, and AI business incubator. Ms. Jackson shared her vision for the future and expressed confidence in her staff and community as she manages Northside Hospital Forsyth's $44 million dollar expansion in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.
While the true impact of a COVID-19 outbreak in our community cannot be predicted, Northside Hospital-Forsyth is meeting regularly on this issue and they already have a medical triage program in place to respond to regional needs. It is this quick action and personalized approach to any medical situation that has helped distinguish Northside-Forsyth as one of the top-ranked and fastest growing hospitals in the U.S. When Ms. Jackson came to Northside Hospital - Forsyth in 1999, it was a small neighborhood hospital in a state of undeclared bankruptcy. The 304-bed hospital has seen triple digit growth over the past 10 years and now has more than 2,500 physicians and 3,000 employees. Their plans for the $44M expansion will include adding an additional two stories and 43 medical surgical short-stay care beds at the hospital. The expansion will bring the hospital, already the tallest building in the county, to 10 stories.
Whether managing a $44 million dollar expansion, fostering medical innovations, or providing COVID-19 preventative care, Lynn Jackson is creating a future-focused culture that is centered around growth, technology and patient care. "Our goal at Northside Hospital Forsyth is to create an environment that doesn't look like or feel like an institution, but is a place of healing," continued Ms. Jackson. "As we embark into the 21st century, I cherish the idea that patient lives have been saved, careers have been made, and dreams realized."
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Pinterest goes public with its gender discrimination settlement
The amount former COO Francoise Brougher will be paid by Pinterest.
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Pinterest has officially settled a gender discrimination suit with its former chief operating officer, Francoise Brougher, according to the New York Times. The settlement will give Brougher $22.5 million after she sued the company in August for alleged mistreatment on the basis of sex. Although Pinterest has not admitted to liability, Brougher had claimed that she was left out of key meetings despite being one of the highest ranking employees, given "gendered" input, and said that there was little salary transparency compared to her male coworkers. After bringing awareness about the issues, she said she was fired.
Of the $22.5 million, Brougher and Pinterest have told the New York Times that they will donate a joint $2.5 million toward organizations that help marginalized groups, including women and minorities, in advancing in education with an emphasis on tech. The funds will be official by the end of 2020, according to the report.
Background — Days after she sued Pinterest in August, Brougher wrote a public post on Medium about her former workplace, titled The Pinterest Paradox: Cupcakes and Toxicity. In the more recent months, Pinterest has attempted to place an emphasis on giving its employees paid time off to perform their civic duties during the election season. It has also garnered a positive reputation for tackling misinformation in the realm of politics and public health.
But when it came to internal workplace culture, Brougher wrote that Pinterest — like other tech companies — had demonstrated a "a pattern of discrimination and exclusion that many female executives experience," including herself. Upon the settlement, Pinterest has told the New York Times, "Pinterest has acted swiftly to make changes needed to ensure that all employees feel supported and included."
What makes this settlement unique — When it comes to handling lawsuits, the tech sector in the United States conventionally opts for one of the following approaches: wrap it up in private, possibly with an undisclosed amount given to the accusing parties, or simply dispute the claims made by the accusing party in order to maintain its standing in the public and shareholders' eyes.
In Pinterest's case, a deviation from the norm, the company is settling the matter in public and says it wants to do better in the eyes of everyone. Maybe it will push other startups to do the same: be open, be clear. For Brougher, it's a step in the right direction. "My goal was about accountability and driving change," Brougher told the New York Times. "Sharing the settlement publicly helps raise awareness more broadly."


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September 12th, 2012 Elle's Annual FIT Fashion Competition
This year I was the judge for ELLE's annual FIT fashion competition. I was along side judges Christina Ricci, Alexa Chung, Brad Goreski, Steven Alan and Ken Downing from Neimans, who were all the co-judges of the competition. There were about 20 contestants and each were tutored by Anne Slowey and Joe Zee from Elle.
The top honors are ELLE's FASHION NEXT Design Award ( $25,000), Maybelline New York Design Awards ( $25,000) and a third prize, the People's Choice Award, worth $10,000, is being chosen by users on ELLE.com.
It's always a horrible feeling judging someone's talent, but at the end, I try to analyze their skill, craft, color sensibility and long term potential in the market place.
Here are a few pictures from the event:
(In order of photos posted)
1)	Me on the step and repeat.
2)	Ken Downing and I.
3)	Some of the pieces that walked down the runway
4)	Some of the judges.
September 14th, 2012 Heavy Is The Head That Wears The Crown
I designed a crown for Lady Gaga's new tour. I wanted something futuristic and we slammed it! Her styling is INCREDIBLE in the interview, the juxtaposition of her looking like a California girl from 1989 with a massive spike crown on her head is provocative and memorable.
September 18th, 2012 Lady Gaga Looking Fierce
Lady Gaga rocks Miss Havisham earrings. They were made from hand sculpted wood and are accented with gold metal bird beaks.
September 19th, 2012 P!nk Wearing Alex!s
Pink's new video Blow Me (One Last Kiss) just came out and she's wearing 3 necklaces designed for the video. She's gone very feminine and is looking incredibly elegant. Basically, she looks great.
Here are some still's from the video:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/3jNlIGDRkvQ
September 20th, 2012 Albertta Ferretti + Alexis Bittar
In Milan we just debuted the collaboration between Alberta Ferretti and I for Spring 2013. Alberta Ferreti is known for her amazing detail and execution of ready to wear. There is always a sense of femininity to the collection which also reflects the modernity of today. We decided to sculpt clear Lucite so that it resembled the way the fabric would be pleated. Each bracelet was encrusted with inlaid rectangular and square crystals, which accented the curves and angles of the bracelets. The clothing combined metallic's with a softness for the season. Below are some shots and the reviews from WWD which just got posted.
Here's the write up from WWD:
That the buzzwords bandied about backstage before Alberta Ferretti's show included "sensual","feminine" and "luminous" was not a news ash. Throw in "ethereal" and "goddess" and you've got Ferretti's aesthetic vocabulary virtually covered. This collection, too, sprung from the designer's well of hyper-romantic beauty, which never seems to run dry. Puns aside, a wet look was intentional in the lineup, where the goddesses were more like sirens, the kind lonesome sailors shipwreck over in fairy tales or Ice Capades, in the case of a short, skaterly blue dress with nude tulle embroidered with lace. (There were also hints of McQueen in the aquatic.) The liquidity was conveyed in a couple of ways.
First came fringed dresses, some of which featured fringe embroidery, veiled in a layer of sheer, pale organza that resulted in a foamy iridescence. Then, at the end of the show, Ferretti worked slick lamés in black, blue, green and ivory on her signature fluid gowns, here done with an artfully tattered sensibility. There's almost an absence of gravity," she said preshow. "As if the fabrics are floating around the woman." That was precisely the effect on pretty cutaway chiffion tops worn over cropped pants - Ferretti's newest proposition for evening and the array of tattoo lace-on-tulle gowns that seemed to melt off the body.


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Q: Checking Neural Network Gradient with Finite Difference Methods Doesn't Work After a full week of print statements, dimensional analysis, refactoring, and talking through the code out loud, I can say I'm completely stuck.
The gradients my cost function produces are too far from those produced by finite differences.
I have confirmed my cost function produces correct costs for regularized inputs and not. Here's the cost function:
def nnCost(nn_params, X, y, lambda_, input_layer_size, hidden_layer_size, num_labels):
  # reshape parameter/weight vectors to suit network size
  Theta1 = np.reshape(nn_params[:hidden_layer_size * (input_layer_size + 1)], (hidden_layer_size, (input_layer_size + 1)))
  Theta2 = np.reshape(nn_params[(hidden_layer_size * (input_layer_size+1)):], (num_labels, (hidden_layer_size + 1)))

  if lambda_ is None:
    lambda_ = 0

  # grab number of observations
  m = X.shape[0]

  # init variables we must return
  cost = 0
  Theta1_grad = np.zeros(Theta1.shape)
  Theta2_grad = np.zeros(Theta2.shape)

  # one-hot encode the vector y
  y_mtx = pd.get_dummies(y.ravel()).to_numpy()

  ones = np.ones((m, 1))
  X = np.hstack((ones, X))

  # layer 1
  a1 = X
  z2 = Theta1@a1.T
  # layer 2
  ones_l2 = np.ones((y.shape[0], 1))
  a2 = np.hstack((ones_l2, sigmoid(z2.T)))
  z3 = Theta2@a2.T
  # layer 3
  a3 = sigmoid(z3)

  reg_term = (lambda_/(2*m)) * (np.sum(np.sum(np.multiply(Theta1, Theta1))) + np.sum(np.sum(np.multiply(Theta2,Theta2))) - np.subtract((Theta1[:,0].T@Theta1[:,0]),(Theta2[:,0].T@Theta2[:,0])))
  cost = (1/m) * np.sum((-np.log(a3).T * (y_mtx) - np.log(1-a3).T * (1-y_mtx))) + reg_term

  # BACKPROPAGATION
  # δ3 equals the difference between a3 and the y_matrix
  d3 = a3 - y_mtx.T
  # δ2 equals the product of δ3 and Θ2 (ignoring the Θ2 bias units) multiplied element-wise by the g′() of z2 (computed back in Step 2).
  d2 = Theta2[:,1:].T@d3 * sigmoidGradient(z2)
  # Δ1 equals the product of δ2 and a1.
  Delta1 = d2@a1
  Delta1 /= m
  # Δ2 equals the product of δ3 and a2.
  Delta2 = d3@a2
  Delta2 /= m

  reg_term1 = (lambda_/m) * np.append(np.zeros((Theta1.shape[0],1)), Theta1[:,1:], axis=1)
  reg_term2 = (lambda_/m) * np.append(np.zeros((Theta2.shape[0],1)), Theta2[:,1:], axis=1)

  Theta1_grad = Delta1 + reg_term1
  Theta2_grad = Delta2 + reg_term2

  grad = np.append(Theta1_grad.ravel(), Theta2_grad.ravel())

  return cost, grad

Here's the code to check the gradients. I have been over every line and there is nothing whatsoever that I can think of to change here. It seems to be in working order.
def checkNNGradients(lambda_):
  """
  Creates a small neural network to check the backpropagation gradients.
  Credit: Based on the MATLAB code provided by Dr. Andrew Ng, Stanford Univ.

  Input: Regularization parameter, lambda, as int or float.

  Output: Analytical gradients produced by backprop code and the numerical gradients (computed
  using computeNumericalGradient). These two gradient computations should result in
  very similar values.
  """

  input_layer_size = 3
  hidden_layer_size = 5
  num_labels = 3
  m = 5

  # generate 'random' test data
  Theta1 = debugInitializeWeights(hidden_layer_size, input_layer_size)
  Theta2 = debugInitializeWeights(num_labels, hidden_layer_size)

  # reusing debugInitializeWeights to generate X
  X  = debugInitializeWeights(m, input_layer_size - 1)
  y  = np.ones(m) + np.remainder(np.range(m), num_labels)

  # unroll parameters
  nn_params = np.append(Theta1.ravel(), Theta2.ravel())
  costFunc = lambda p: nnCost(p, X, y, lambda_, input_layer_size, hidden_layer_size, num_labels)

  cost, grad = costFunc(nn_params)

  numgrad = computeNumericalGradient(costFunc, nn_params)

  # examine the two gradient computations; two columns should be very similar.
  print('The columns below should be very similar.\n')

  # Credit: http://stackoverflow.com/a/27663954/583834
  print('{:<25}{}'.format('Numerical Gradient', 'Analytical Gradient'))
  for numerical, analytical in zip(numgrad, grad):
    print('{:<25}{}'.format(numerical, analytical))

  # If you have a correct implementation, and assuming you used EPSILON = 0.0001
  # in computeNumericalGradient.m, then diff below should be less than 1e-9
  diff = np.linalg.norm(numgrad-grad)/np.linalg.norm(numgrad+grad)
  print(diff)
  print("\n")
  print('If your backpropagation implementation is correct, then \n' \
          'the relative difference will be small (less than 1e-9). \n' \
          '\nRelative Difference: {:.10f}'.format(diff))

The check function generates its own data using a debugInitializeWeights function (so there's the reproducible example; just run that and it will call the other functions), and then calls the function that calculates the gradient using finite differences. Both are below.
def debugInitializeWeights(fan_out, fan_in):
  """
  Initializes the weights of a layer with fan_in
  incoming connections and fan_out outgoing connections using a fixed
  strategy.

  Input: fan_out, number of outgoing connections for a layer as int; fan_in, number
  of incoming connections for the same layer as int.

  Output: Weight matrix, W, of size(1 + fan_in, fan_out), as the first row of W handles the "bias" terms
  """
  W = np.zeros((fan_out, 1 + fan_in))
  # Initialize W using "sin", this ensures that the values in W are of similar scale;
  # this will be useful for debugging
  W = np.sin(range(1, np.size(W)+1)) / 10
  return W.reshape(fan_out, fan_in+1)

def computeNumericalGradient(J, nn_params):
  """
  Computes the gradient using "finite differences"
  and provides a numerical estimate of the gradient (i.e.,
  gradient of the function J around theta).
  Credit: Based on the MATLAB code provided by Dr. Andrew Ng, Stanford Univ.

  Inputs: Cost, J, as computed by nnCost function; Parameter vector, theta.

  Output: Gradient vector using finite differences. Per Dr. Ng,
  'Sets numgrad(i) to (a numerical approximation of) the partial derivative of
  J with respect to the i-th input argument, evaluated at theta. (i.e., numgrad(i) should
  be the (approximately) the partial derivative of J with respect
  to theta(i).)'
  """
  numgrad = np.zeros(nn_params.shape)
  perturb = np.zeros(nn_params.shape)
  e = .0001
  for i in range(np.size(nn_params)):
      # Set perturbation (i.e., noise) vector
      perturb[i] = e
      # run cost fxn w/ noise added to and subtracted from parameters theta in nn_params
      cost1, grad1 = J((nn_params - perturb))
      cost2, grad2 = J((nn_params + perturb))
      # record the difference in cost function ouputs; this is the numerical gradient
      numgrad[i] = (cost2 - cost1) / (2*e)
      perturb[i] = 0

  return numgrad

The code is not for class. That MOOC was in MATLAB and it's over. This is for me. Other solutions exist on the web; looking at them has proved fruitless. Everyone has a different (inscrutable) approach. So, I'm in serious need of assistance or a miracle.
Edit/Update: Fortran ordering when raveling vectors influences the outcome, but I have not been able to get the gradients to move together changing that option.

A: One thought: I think your perturbation is a little large, being 1e-4. For double precision floating point numbers, it should be more like 1e-8, i.e., the root of the machine precision (or are you working with single precision?!).
That being said, finite differences can be very bad approximations to true derivatives. Specifically, floating point computations in numpy are not deterministic, as you seem to have found out. The noise in evaluations can cancel out many significant digits under some circumstances. What values are you seeing and what are you expecting?

A: All of the following figured into the solution to my problem.  For those attempting to translate MATLAB code to Python, whether from Andrew NG's Coursera Machine Learning course or not, these are things everyone should know.

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*MATLAB does everything in FORTRAN order; Python does everything in C order. This affects how vectors are populated and, thus, your results. You should always be in FORTRAN order, if you want your answers to match what you did in MATLAB. See docs

*Getting your vectors in FORTRAN order can be as easy as passing order='F' as an argument to .reshape(), .ravel(), or .flatten(). You may, however, achieve the same thing if you are using .ravel() by transposing the vector then applying the .ravel() function like so X.T.ravel().

*Speaking of .ravel(), the .ravel() and .flatten() functions do not do the same thing and may have different use cases. For example, .flatten() is preferred by SciPy optimization methods. So, if your equivalent of fminunc isn't working, it's likely because you forgot to .flatten() your response vector y. See this Q&A StackOverflow and docs on .ravel() which link to .flatten().More Docs

*If you're translating your code from MATLAB live script into a Jupyter notebook or Google COLAB, you must police your name space. On one occasion, I found that the variable I thought was being passed was not actually the variable that was being passed. Why? Jupyter and Colab notebooks have a lot of global variables that one would never write ordinarily.

*There is a better function to evaluate the differences between numerical and analytical gradients: Relative Error Comparison np.abs(numerical-analyitical)/(numerical+analytical). Read about it here CS231 Also, consider the accepted post above.

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Yesterday I had one of those Days. There were no tantrums, no trips to A&E, no breakages of major appliances. It was just one of those Days.
I felt severely lacking in creative ideas. Joel spent the morning at pre-school, while Lois napped, so I had both kids awake and needing to be entertained from 12.30-7.00pm. Al was at work till late, so it was just me. We usually swim on Thursday afternoons, but the kids have had dodgy tummies so we cancelled. The weather was awful – no chance of a cycle ride or park trip. A bit of rain doesn't frighten me or Joel, but with Lois not yet fully walking, it's just a bit too tricky. If I hold her, I haven't got hands free for Joel. If I carry her in the sling, she gets frustrated that she's not able to move.
Before motherhood, I dreamt of a family utopia where afternoons would be filled with creative activity upon creative activity – baking, painting, glueing… Again, while Joel is keen for these things, Lois is at the 'wrong' age. Too old to sit in one place and watch, too young to participate. Likewise, Joel enjoys playing games and doing jigsaws, but we usually save these for Lois' nap time, as small cardboard pieces and a one-year-old just don't mix.
So the afternoon dragged. It wasn't boring, it didn't make me want to pack it all in, apply for teaching jobs and research childcare options. It just felt I was letting my kids down by not being able to come up with any interesting pursuit.
Now, before you feel sorry for me and write affirming messages of "Don't give up!" "You can do this mothering thing!" and so on – please don't worry. I don't think I'm a terrible mother. I'm telling you this for two reasons. Firstly, I hope it connects with other mums who have days like this – to reassure and encourage you that we can't all be exciting and creative all of the time.
The second reason is this. One of the things I did while Joel was at pre-school and Lois napped was read my Bible and pray. I'm shocking at spiritual discipline, so it had been a while, and I was pretty hopeful that God would realign my priorities, give me peace and generally sort things out. But the day was still a bit of a wash-out. My point is that we shouldn't spend time with God in order to gain something instantly. We need to come to Him regularly and trust that He is working in our lives, however gradually. I can't say that yesterday I experienced much of the peace, motivation or creativity I know God has in abundance for me. But it doesn't matter. Firstly, God owes me nothing anyway. Secondly, I believe He wants to bless us with all these things and more – but it happens over time.
I would love it if there was some immediate connection every time I read the Bible. But, actually, I'm pleased there's not. Because, conversely, that could suggest that God was not willing to connect with me in those times when I'm not reading His word. And that would mean that my relationship with God was actually one of legalism, and not one of grace.
I think when I have another one of those days, I'll try and remember God's continuing grace and His never-letting-go arms around me and my family.
Yes! We call those cbeebies days! Isn't it tricky and tiring and taxing?!
I really appreciate what you've said about how time with God affect things – I so want to have grace and love and peace on-tap and it's easy to feel God has withheld his blessings when I've had another day of being grumpy and weary.
I'm very glad he is not like me!
I relate to this so much! Thank you for your words and wise conclusions.


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O Prémio Literário Glória de Sant'Anna é um Prémio Internacional de Poesia em memória da poeta Glória de Sant'Anna. Foi instituído em 2012 pelo Grupo de Acção Cultural de Válega (GAC) e a Família de Glória de Sant'Anna.

É destinado ao Autor do melhor livro de Poesia em língua Portuguesa, primeira edição em Portugal, Países e Regiões Lusófonas.

Vencedores

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Ver também

 Glória_de_Sant'Anna
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Ligações externas
 Site de Glória de Sant'Anna

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The message of Isaiah 40 was for the people to see the greatness of God and no longer question whether God knows his people's difficulty and plight. God is greater than all things and those who wait for the Lord will have their strength renewed. Isaiah 41 is call for the peoples to be brought near for judgment. The first verse tells every person on the earth to enter into the courtroom for judgment. But God is not asking for a defense from the people. Rather, God calls for their silence. This is a "listen and learn" moment. What does God want the peoples of the earth to know and why are they put on trial in this court scene? Let us consider the rest of Isaiah 41 to learn why judgment falls and how we can avoid being the object of God's wrath.
The first declaration from the Lord is to ask the people who is in control of the things that are going on in the world. God is the one raising up a ruler who will trample the nations and kings before him. God is the one who is empowering the events of the earth. This prophecy is likely looking to the future when Cyrus would arise as the king of Persia and conquers the nations of the earth. But this is not really important. What is important is that it is God who has done this (41:4)! God reigns. God is the ultimate authority. God is at the beginning and the end of the generations. God rules with eternal power over the generations of the earth. Consider that this never stops and never will. Who is doing this from the beginning to the end of the generations? "I, the Lord. I am he." This is our first basis for faith in the Lord. God reigns and he does not stop reigning no matter how great the wickedness may increase around us. God is not nervous about what is going on in North America or on the earth. From the very first generation of people to when the very last generation of people comes, God rules over the affairs of the earth.
So what do most humans do when we understand that we are not in control of what is going on in this world? We try to find another way to grab control! Humans turn to other humans for strength and turn to their idols for strength rather than turning to the one who is ruling over the earth. Verses 5-7 describe the foolishness of looking to human strength or material things for control or help. Notice in verse 6 that the people try to encourage each other to have strength. We try to trust in other people. We try to trust in a new president who will run the world the way we think it ought to be run. We try to trust in a new government who will do what we think will help us. We try to trust in people to give us what we think we need to feel secure and in control. So we turn to our children, our spouse, our job, our money, our home, our pleasure, our hobbies, our comfort, or something else to give us feeling of control and security we need. But putting our hope in anything or anyone is idolatry. This is what the nations do. They accumulate more gods and more idols to try to feel protected and safe. How often we try to do the same thing! We make something and look at it and think it is good and now we are safe (41:7). God is in control and ruling over the affairs of the earth, and we look to politics, governments, people, wealth, and everything else for security. But it is false security if our trust is not fully in the Lord.
Notice the contrast at the beginning of verse 8. "But you, Israel, my servant." God's chosen people, the offspring of Abraham, are not going to be like this. They will not think the way the people of the earth think. As we read, I do not want us to think that God is speaking to the physical nation of Israel. God is speaking to his true Israel, those who faithfully follow the Lord. God is speaking about his spiritual remnant. In Ephesians 1:4 the apostle Paul says that Christians are God's chosen. In Galatians 3:25 the apostle Paul says that Christians are the offspring of Abraham. So as we read, let us make sure that we have the proper lens on this prophecy. Though Israel is being judged for its sins, God has not cast off the people or the promises (41:9). Now we have the five fold words of hope. Do not fear because I am with you, I am your God, I will strengthen you, I will help you, and I will uphold you. God will give you the strength you need. Do not look to yourself. Do not look to material things. Do not look to other humans. God is with his people. He does not cast off his chosen.
Notice the words of hope in verses 11-13. Those who strive against you will be put to shame and shall be nothing. God will strive with your enemies. God will deal with those who stand as enemies of his people. This is such a powerful and hopeful promise that is reiterated many times in the scriptures.
Think about the message of the book of Revelation. The people of God have been killed for the cause of Christ and are crying out for judgment against their enemies. The book of Revelation pictures God moving in judgment against all of our enemies, even down to Satan himself who is cast into the lake of fire. I am your God. I am with you. I will hold you up. I will strengthen you. I will help you. We must put our faith in these words. God will deal with our enemies and will vindicate those who trust in him. God holds your right hand. "It is I who say to you, 'Fear not, I am the one who helps you'" (41:13).
But this promise is not to cause us too think highly of ourselves or to now forget the Lord and rely upon ourselves. Listen to verse 14: "Fear not, you worm Jacob." Know who you are! Know that you are powerless and insignificant. You are mere men but the Lord is God. You are men and not everlasting like God. Your Redeemer is the Lord alone! You are nothing. But listen to these glorious words. You are nothing but God will make you something. This is a great message that we will see through the rest of Isaiah's prophecy. You are nothing, but God is will make you something.
God will redeem you and make you a threshing sledge (41:15). A threshing sledge was a large wooden platform weighed down with heavy stones. Underneath the wooden platform was attached sharp objects so that it would be dragged over the reaped corn to chop up the stalk into stubble ready for winnowing. God says I am going to make you a threshing sledge and you will be so strong that you will thresh mountains and crush them and turn the hills into chaff. The mountains represents all the obstacles and problems of the people. But God is with his people and though you are nothing, a worm, God will make you able to make stubble any obstacles that come against us. God has given the strength to overcome. God will make his people a powerful instrument though they seem to be insignificant. Notice what this strength is supposed to cause in us. "And you shall rejoice in the Lord; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory" (41:16).
In verse 17-20 God describes a reversal of the fortunes of his people. We are poor and needy. We are parched with thirst and seek water. God will answer and not forsake his people. God is going to richly pour out his blessings on his people. Israel is a desert because of sin. God will going to change that. God will give restoration, renewal, and life. Why will God cause this great reversal? Why is God going to take sinful people who rebelled against the Lord and trusted in their idols and make them a threshing sledge against the mountains? Why is going showing his loving kindness and mercy? Verse 20 is the answer. God wants all to know that God has done this. God wants to cause a radically transformed life so that you and others will see what God has done. God has created a radically transformed people that are able to conquer any obstacle through the power of God who is with us and strengthens us. Our lives are nothing and are just a vapor. But God wants to use our lives for his glory. There are countless people that I know who came from terrible circumstances and were raised in lives of pain and suffering. Broken homes and abusive families. But these people came to the Lord and truly surrendered their lives to Jesus. They began to follow the ways of the Lord and their lives have radically changed. God has blessed them with wonderful families. God has given them a new legacy and a new hope for the future. A total reversal has occurred because they are walking in the ways of the Lord. God is creating a group of people, the offspring of Abraham, collected from the brokenness of the world, and displaying his glory through our lives. There are many people here who can look to the wreckage of sin in their lives in their past and how God as strengthen them and caused them to overcome the devastation. God is an amazing God who has the power to change your life if you will give your life to him. God is making us living stones being built up into a spiritual house for the glory of God throughout the earth (1 Peter 2:5).
God wants the case presented for the idols. Can your idols do what God says he can do for you? Let your idols show what they can do. No, our idols are worthless and useless. Why would we turn to anything else when God has promised to be with you and to strengthen you? Trust in God to change your life and to change your family. Pursue the Lord and follow his ways. God says he will plant you like a tree beside the waters, immovable in the storms of life (Psalm 1). God says he will be with you as you walk through the valley of the shadow of death (Psalm 23). God's offer to you is glorious. For those of us who have experienced this reversal and restoration, then let us know with all confidence that God has done it. Let us glory in the Lord for what he has done.


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Learning for the future was the driver of Wakefield Council's Learning at Work Week. One of the Council's key goals is to support its people through their journey of lifelong learning. It recognises that as the world of work changes and customer needs evolve, traditional skills may become outdated. People will need to continuously develop their skills, adapt and be open to new directions.
Learning at Work Week was an opportunity to empower and encourage people to try learning in all its forms from work shadowing through networking, to sharing and learning from each other. The week was used as a platform to develop a skills and action plan linked to the Council's business priorities 'Successful People' and 'Successful Council' and to highlight the principles that underpin the way the council works which include helping people to help themselves and being forward thinking which are all part of 'The Wakefield Way'; the Council's People Strategy and Children's improvement plan.
To achieve this, the council decided to offer positive learning experiences for colleagues, exploring innovation and promoting reflective practice.
Nearly 20 events were run, attended by over 200 people with many more accessing self-help material on the Council's Learning Portal. Learning activities were designed and delivered to be inventive, creative and most of all convenient to ensure maximum impact and attendance.
They included 'An audience with'; the Chief Executive and the Head of Intelligence and Technology, who shared their insights and learning with managers of the future.
Workshops for Social Work practitioners looked at gang culture and the use of virtual reality to learn new skills. Others covered Digital Skills and Mental Health awareness. Colleagues could learn about the Council's Libraries App and how to access self-help material on the employee Learning Portal.
To support its People Strategy and our journey of lifelong learning the Council launched its Masterclass programme 2019 - 2020. To discuss new ideas and concepts that will develop ways of working and also generate ideas for new ways of delivering excellent services to citizens. This included masterclasses on Presenting Like a Pro and Understanding Your Target Market.
To support reflective practice, colleagues tried Cornerstone Virtual Reality which used 360 degree immersive films and VR headsets to explore practice linked to domestic abuse and attachment related trauma. Short videos 'through the eyes of a child' helped colleagues to understand and interact with vulnerable children. The week also saw the launch of the Council's workplace choir 'One Voice', which unites colleagues from across the organisation.
A 'One Council approach' to promote Learning at Work Week saw the Chief Executive put the spotlight on the week through her weekly blog. The internal intranet raised awareness across the Council and Manager Alerts, emails and Team Briefs cascaded information across the Council's directorates. To engage colleagues on frontline services, posters were displayed in rooms and canteens.
To evaluate the week, feedback from participants was captured at all events and afterwards, through graffiti boards and at information stands placed in key locations demonstrating the Council's Learning Portal.
Learning at Work Week has acted as a catalyst and contributed to the Council's journey of change and a culture of continuous development. Colleagues have been able to access and try new ways of learning, discover how they can develop themselves, and network with each other. Skills learned in masterclasses are being put into practice. In addition, the Wakefield Learning Academy was launched in September 2018 as a vehicle to drive forward practice improvements through effective learning solutions and interventions across the Children and Young People's workforce. The evaluation of the Virtual Reality sessions has led to VR now also being part of Wakefield's Practice Model 'Connecting Practice - Relationships for Change'. VR will be used to understand how trauma impacts on the ability of adults and children to protect themselves and others as well as knowing how to successfully intervene in these circumstances.
Published: 22nd November, 2019
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Small is beautiful: Swachh ranking reveals lagging metros, better towns
Mar 08, 2019 in Adaptive Learning
Posted By : Avinash Dahariya
Move over big metropolises, the small towns are coming. Whatever the cynicism of urban dwellers and the intelligentsia about the efficacy of Swachh Bharat, it is definitely showing results. Rankings released on Wednesday reveal a progressive, upwardly mobile trend: smaller towns have adopted the formula of keeping their surroundings clean as compared to the larger metros, with a number of them moving up the cleanliness management ladder. Which is why Ghaziabad, Delhi's eastern neighbour, has become the best performing district in Delhi-NCR for the second successive year in Swachh Bharat rankings. In doing so, it has moved up 23 places to be just eight ranks behind India's most pampered and efficient municipality, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), which houses the country's VVIPs, including the Prime Minister. The good news in the rankings is that the country's smaller towns and even municipal areas are doing well. Ghaziabad is not alone. Indore in Madhya Pradesh has emerged as India's cleanest city for the third year in a row, while Bhopal has bagged the cleanest capital award.
Indore, Ujjain and Dewas are the other cities and towns from MP to make it to the list of top 10 Swachh urban areas with a population over a lakh. Other cities feted on this list include Ahmedabad and Rajkot. That the spirit of Swachh has caught on is evident in urban areas that have a population of less than a lakh, which are essentially municipalities. Of the top 10 here, eight belong to Maharashtra. The efficacy of this evaluation is professional, the conclusions about the cleanliness of a city arrived at through direct observation by third-party auditors, people's feedback and service-level progress. Why are small towns faring better than the biggies on the Swachh roster? Suffice it would to say that unlike the metropolises, the problems of smaller places are also relatively small. The Swachh Bharat plan itself has not made adequate provisions about waste management. Most of the solid waste generated in cities is dumped at landfill sites, which are rudimentary. Such sites, apart from being health hazards, also pose a serious threat to land and water resources. Bigger cities are also confronted with the herculean task of treating sewage. According to a 2016 estimate, Delhi's sewage treatment capacity was 60 per cent of its total sewage generation. The figure is less than half for many big cities in eastern and central India.
According to the State of Environment Report, the number of hazardous waste generating industries has risen manifold, and what's more, is growing every year. More than half of India's hazardous waste is generated in Gujarat and Maharashtra, whose small towns, ironically, figure high on the list of Swachh winners. There is little doubt that municipalities in large metropolitan cities have to be empowered on a big scale. With little resources and even less authority to deal with the problems of the day, it is no surprise that small towns have taken the lead over them.
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This Strategic Planning process was first set in place in 2008 and has produced effective plans that provide clarity in how we best pursue our mission. Each year the board of directors and staff review the goals and work plans to monitor progress and make revisions if necessary. We are currently in the Strategic Planning process and anticipate publishing the new plan soon.
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The term Psychokinesis (PK) (from the Greek, "psyche", meaning mind, soul, heart, or breath; and "kinesis", meaning motion; literally "movement from the mind"), also known as telekinesis (TK) (Greek, literally "distant-movement"), refers to the direct influence of mind on another physical system which is done 'remotely' or at a distance.
Psychokinesis, can't be performed by volition alone. To have an effect on an object at a distance several things are required. The first thing, is one needs to use one's imagination to hold an image in one's mind, to provide a pattern, thought form or intention for the movement of one's energy. The second thing, is one needs to build up power or a force of increased vibrational energy in the body, which can be also seen as 'emotional energy' or as a charge building up via activation of nervous system and this charge being held in body vibration in the muscles. The third thing is one needs a relative medium or body through which the power can work, which is the end point or object of one's focus, what one wants to act upon. It is not possible to change things without having an object to work upon. In distance healing we act upon energetic objects, and even though we can't see them, this doesn't make them less real.
All changes in conditions in the world are brought about through Psychokinesis, which is a natural process of creation, employed consciously by everyone to greater or lesser degrees. The physical world is literally created out of our collective actions, which all action has at its base 'a thought' as the seed to create it, and thus the physical world can be seen as a 'reflection of thought'.
To do Psychokinesis consciously is what distance healers do when giving a distance healing. One is transforming one's intention (idea), into desire (emotion) and then into completed action on an object – but doing so at a 'distance'.
1. Raise one's bodily vibration using your favorite method. I stand and hold a copper ring and intone 3 reiki symbols, the last being the long distance symbol. As I do this I focus on feeling the energy movement in my body. When I feel the vibration in the body is highly activated, I then sit down to start the distance healing. See my Quicken Touch method on my website, for more ideas on how to build up one's starting level of vibration.
3. After the intention is clearly expressed, then one drops the intention and enters into a meditative or no-mind state, just focusing on the feeling of energy happening between one's palms and one's own body. One does not have to keep repeating the intention, it is set – it is so, repeating it just keeps the mind busy. The greater one's ability to sustain quiet mind, the more one's bodily vibration will keep rising to higher levels and the more effective one will be in sending energy. Another way to say this is your vibration in body will rise up to the level which reflects your own self-realization and ability. The higher you can raise your vibration and sustain it, the more effective the healing for yourself and the other person at a distance. When in state of no-mind, even if it lasts for only a second, you are in that second one with the vibration of all, and while 'like that' you can exchange energy with other objects on the level of vibration or energy.
5. Keep the link established. Once you feel this pull/push wave, then you can drop all visualization and all intention and just sink into a pure meditative state, becoming your breath, not really doing anything, except moving your hand positions for your distance healing session, when indicated by intuition or according to the healing method you are used to doing. Thinking too much about moving one's hand or trying to heal the other in specific ways necessarily uses the mind and is counterproductive to being in a meditative state. If one is not very advanced, it is best to not move one's hands at all, but rather to just put ones hands in one position and hold them there for the whole session. Long distance treatment is different than 'hands on', as one is working on the energetic level and can treat the whole body easily from any hand position. The most important aspect for an effective remote healing is that one has established a firm link and can sustain quiet mind.
6. The natural amount of time it takes to entrain to the others energy and for the energy to move up to higher frequencies on spine, from tailbone to skull takes around 1 hour, so this is a good amount of time to allow for a session. When one no longer feels the pulling sensation in oneself or you notice that the energy healing has come to natural conclusion (energy moves up spine to brain as last step), then the session is over. In any case, make sure you conclude the session by doing a verbal disconnect, to break the link you have established. I just say: disconnect with 'name of person'. If you don't do this, you may still be resonance locked (connected) with them, and you might notice this when you have dreams or pick up on images or feelings that feel they aren't your own.
When one is able to sustain quiet mind for longer periods, then it will feel like one has fallen asleep, and like one is sort of 'out in the cosmos' or 'out of body'. Sensations in one's own body are remote, like at a distance, yet, one can still feel sensations and might even recognize pain in one's own body as healing takes place, but one doesn't react to it, it is easily passed through. One can easily observe energy flows rapidly passing all over the body, in all kinds of figure eight and vortex patterns. An hour session can go by in what seems to be a few minutes. It is also common to experience enhanced hearing of outer sounds, and to see a starry background in one's mind's eye (eyes closed of course) and to hear cosmic sounds or tones in one's ears, such as a melodic sound or the sound of a train. If one opens one's eyes, one will see sparks of light in the air, and a kind of moving picture view of the world, but doing so can easily take one out of the deep meditative state. While one is in this state, one might receive images from intuition, or from the 3rd eye, that don't come from mind activity. They just pop up into view and one can trust the information contained in them to be helpful for healing yourself or the other. While the above is the ideal session, in reality, it takes quite a bit of practice and probably years of doing daily meditation before one is able to sustain quiet mind and have such a session for a whole hour. What is important is the more you practice, the better you will get at it and every second you can be truly quiet is what counts, as in that moment you are one with all, and are not only helping to heal others but also you are healing yourself.


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How to change the scent of a woman during love
magictr | October 25, 2019 | Family | No Comments
It is known that each person has their own individual smell. Doctors claim that it is changed when the body is exposed to any disease. Because love is another unusual use of a new biochemical process, it also has a specific flavor. So the smell of women, when they feel love in your heart?The smell of sweet desertitication know that the beloved Patriotic classic, Anton Chekhov loved women and they often reciprocate. At various times the writer was in love with a young landowner and noblewoman, fond of painting, actress of the Moscow art Theater.Once the Czechs did in their record: "Women smell like ice cream". Meant that lovers ladies exude a similar aroma and it surprised the writer. But it turns out that this happens very often.Modern Russian biologist Victoria Gumilev Institute of human morphology Russian Academy of medical Sciences conducted a series of studies trying to identify the relationship between love and allocated to different smells. It turns out that in the human body during the onset of a strong emotion such as love, among other hormones and substances produced and phenylethylamine.However, this chemical compound in abundance is contained in chocolate and other sorts of sweets. Men have rougher skin, not able to fully allocate "internal" scents, especially considering that the representatives of the stronger sex are often subjected to physical exertion, and thus constantly sweating.While women have more delicate skin. That is why they have at the time of love is most clearly felt the subtle aroma produced by phenylethylamine, and it resembles a sweet dessert that is hard to define.The aroma of the sea and moreproblematic claim that king Henry III Valois once and forever fell in love with Maria of Cleves after being with her in the same castle, passing by her room. The Duchess had become the wife of Henry de Bourbon, but was secretly in love with another man. And in that moment, when she just got out of bed and went to change clothes, next to her chambers and found the monarch, accidentally breathing in the scent of linen Maria of Cleves. Since then, he dreamed only of this woman.Professor Robert Matchok from the University of Pennsylvania, USA, conducted several experiments on the effects of female organic substances called copaline on sexual desires of men. These substances are contained in the woman's vagina, but their concentration in normal condition are so insignificant that even the owner of them does not feel. However, it is known that at the beginning of the ovulation cycle capulina able to accumulate in the body.Professor Matchok determined that in that moment, when the girl covers love the excitement it quickens the heartbeat, increased blood pressure and dramatically strengthens the hormonal glands work, together with approaching ovulation, the concentration of kopalino in her vagina reaches the maximum. It was then that they felt and nearby men, reminding them the smell of the sea and seafood.Professor Matchok conducted a number of studies and concluded that the effect of such maximum concentrations of capolino — the female sex pheromones are most strongly affects the men, sometimes causing them to fall in love with the ladies, which they did not even seen.
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Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower. At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 4.50% to hit a new 6-months low. The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA), which fell 2.19% or 3.1 points to trade at 138.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) fell 2.68% or 6.2 points to end at 225.3 and Investor AB ser. B (ST:INVEb) was down 2.95% or 8.9 points to 292.5 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which fell 8.21% or 9.10 points to trade at 101.70 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 7.37% or 2.67 points to end at 33.55 and Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) was down 6.78% or 3.56 points to 48.94. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 430 to 18 and 1 ended unchanged. Shares in SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) fell to 5-year lows; down 7.37% or 2.67 to 33.55. Shares in Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.78% or 3.56 to 48.94. Crude oil for October delivery was down 4.47% or 1.81 to $38.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 4.74% or 2.15 to hit $43.30 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1158.90 a troy ounce. EUR/SEK was up 0.81% to 9.5883, while USD/SEK fell 0.92% to 8.2790. The US Dollar Index was down 1.42% at 93.49.


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Experience what The Summit School is all about at Summit School Sampler
November 14, 2016 | No Comments
By Aaron Retherford City Hall in Montpelier will be the site of a mini-festival of events on Saturday, November 19 thanks to The Summit School for Traditional Music and Culture. This will be the first Summit School Sampler and the school's executive director hopes to do this every year. "We want to share all the things we do with the public. The fi...
VCIL Honors Local Youth Leaders
November 7, 2016 | No Comments
By Aaron Retherford On Friday, Maleia Darling of Spaulding High School and Erika Dow of Maple Hill School in Plainfield received Deborah Lisi-Baker Youth Leader Awards from the Vermont Center for Independent Living for their work advocating for disability rights. Both Darling and Dow were nominated for the award and chosen due to their work within...
Barre Town Parks & Recreation Hosts Inaugural Fall Festival, Oct. 22
By Aaron Retherford The Barre Town Parks & Recreation Department has made a concerted effort to showcase its parks and playgrounds throughout the year, hosting everything from a Spring Festival to ice cream socials at the six town playgrounds. This weekend, the Parks & Rec Department is back at it with a Fall Festival at the Barre Town Re...
AMERICAN PICKERS To Film In Vermont
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Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team are excited to return to Vermont! They plan to film episodes of the hit series AMERICAN PICKERS throughout the region this fall. AMERICAN PICKERS is a documentary series that explores the fascinating world of antique 'picking' on History. The hit show follows Mike and Frank, two of the most skilled pickers in...
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Studio Place Arts (SPA) is hosting a fiber art extravaganza that includes an exhibit called "Visionary Conspiracy" of outstanding work by Vermont members of the nationally renowned Surface Design Association. The artwork will include traditional and sometimes unconventional pieces made using an arsenal of threads, textiles, wool, needles and looms....
Duck Rescue at Berlin Pond!
At the end of June, Tina Valentinetti was photographing a mallard family at Berlin Pond when suddenly there was a flurry of wings, thrashing and splashing. She realized one or more ducks were entrapped in something, but she was unable to reach anyone at Fish & Wildlife. So she called her daughter, Angela Wilkin, who is a registered bird transp...
Ice Cream Socials Reconnect Neighbors with Barre Town Playgrounds
By Aaron Retherford In early June, the Spring into Summer Festival helped get local residents out to Barre's recreational facilities. The Town of Barre Recreation Department has come up with another great idea to get people out to the local playgrounds — ice cream socials! "This is the next phase to promote the local playgrounds that we oversee," D...
Of Death, Dreams, & Strawberries Is A Runaway Success
June 14, 2016 | No Comments
Barre poet Rose Lee Craige has released her fifth book in just four years and by all accounts it is doing quite well. Of Death, Dreams, & Strawberries, a collection of 79 poems and prose, is "a must read for fans, new and old, of poetry from the heart, mind and gut." As she also describes herself on the delicious cover, Craige "is a Vermont po...
Autism Puzzle Foundation Leaves Lasting Legacy on Barre with Imagination Station
By Aaron Retherford For a decade, the Autism Puzzle Foundation has been raising tens of thousands of dollars to help Vermonters who are on the autism spectrum via small individual grants. After 10 years of fundraising, the APF's founding Board of Directors decided it was time to end their monthly grant program and go big to give one lasting gift to...
Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery Completing Major Expansion
The Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph Center, already acclaimed as one of the nation's most beautiful and inspirational veterans cemetery, is undergoing a major expansion that should be completed by late fall. The cemetery opened in 1993 and according to Robert Burke, Director of the State of Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs in Montp...
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