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Media Release #1
Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre partners with Early Music Vancouver for Moving Performance Aimed at Mental Health Awareness.
Pilgrimage to Bach: A Reclamation of Spirit (see page below for media/trailer) follows World Mental Health Day, on October 10.
Vancouver, B.C. (October 6, 2021) – A collaboration with purpose, Pilgrimage to Bach: A Reclamation of Spirit will be released digitally October 13, 2021 by Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre in partnership with Early Music Vancouver (EMV) and their artist in residence, Cree-Métis baritone Jonathon Adams (they/them).
Staged and created by Vancouver's own Alan Corbishley, the co-production is accompanied by the Pacific Baroque Orchestra. The program features a staged version of Cantata BWV 82 and a concert performance of Cantata BWV 56, which will later be made into a film in the spring.
Mental health doesn't discriminate; it is an issue that affects people in all different social categories. Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre is dedicated to amplifying awareness of social issues that need attention, and mental health is an issue that is intensified by our current global climate. Pilgrimage to Bach was created specifically to sound an alarm on this, with the release on October 13, 2021 to follow World Mental Health Day on October 10, 2021.
It is especially timely that Jonathon Adams is involved, as a two-spirit Indigenous artist who lends their talents to bring a unique perspective to this classically colonial music. They bring a diverse quality to the performance that traditionally would not have been heard. Although the music is European, Adams considers it a type of reclamation that they are performing it. "I have begun the decolonizing work to separate my Western European musical practice from my deeply rooted spiritual identities, but I cannot fully 'unknow' the deep impact Christian music, ritual, and texts have had on me," said Adams. "By lending my Indigenous gaze and my critical lens to the performance of this music, I exhume and challenge histories of genocide, white supremacy, and queer-phobia within this repertoire while finding ways to celebrate its beauty."
Corbishley expands on the profoundness of the effort. "Our aim is to use our artistic programming to bring attention to these important issues, in this case, mental health," said Corbishley. "As an organization, we collaborate with communities and people who are directly affected by the social issues presented in our projects, and by understanding their stories, we ensure the messages we deliver are authentic, and hopefully we inspire understanding and positive change. Adams and Early Music Vancouver are the perfect partner for us on this project.
"Especially right now, with the state of our world, mental health is a deserving cause and needs our attention. It is imperative that we stop to reflect on why that is, and how we treat others as well as how we treat and speak to ourselves so that we can quiet any toxic inner dialogue. Once we can acknowledge the problem then we can help enact real change." The multimedia presentation engages an innovative use of green screen technology employed within the live concert.
Viewers/audiences can learn more and watch the digital release of Pilgrimage to Bach at https://soundthealarm.ca/pilgrimage-to-bach. A public trailer will be available October 6 (temporary teaser found below), followed by the feature presentation October 13.
About Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre believes music and theatre have the power to challenge, transform, connect, and energize; we strive to use the arts to amplify awareness ("sound the alarm") for social issues that need to be heard. We collaborate within our organization and with outside groups to create innovative, high-quality programming experiences that contribute to shining light on needed conversations, lifting those that need it, and celebrating diverse Canadian communities. Learn more at https://soundthealarm.ca.
Coming up for Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre
There's much more to see! Sound the Alarm is releasing its new digital series called Theatre for the Ears: a collection of immersive audio-dramas that explore social and environmental challenges and their effect on human experience. Visit Theatre for the Ears for more information.
For interviews, photography, and videography requests, please contact Sarah Yu, Publicist at (778) 239-7676 or email [email protected].
Downloadable Release #1
Pilgrimage to Bach:
A Reclamation of Spirit
Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre has collaborated with Early Music Vancouver (EMV) and their Artist in Residence, Cree-Metis baritone Jonathon Adams to create a dialogue around reclamation of spirit through two of Bach's most glorious cantatas: BWV 82 - "Ich habe genug" (It is Enough) and BWV 56 - "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen" (I will carry the burden).
Recorded Live: August 5, 2021
Digital Release: October 13, 2021
Alarm: Mental Health
Production Images
Teaser Below
Full Performance Below
Our multi-media live staging of BWV 82 explores the tension between the physical body and the caged spirit within and will help 'sound an alarm' on the fragility of mental health. Alan Corbishley will direct this cantata in collaboration with video artist Michael Heid of Sigma Environments.
BWV 56 will continue the cinematic nature of BWV 82, but will be realized through an original film as led by Reneltta Arluk, an Indigenous actor of Dene, Inuvialuit and Cree descent and co-director of the 2020 film THE MESSIAH COMPLEX. This film will explore an artistic reclamation to the land and water - that through intentional connection, only then can our minds and bodies reclaim cultural alignment and healing.
Directors Notes by Alan Corbishley:
Through Canada's current awakening to its destructive and oppressive past due to our colonial infrastructures and toxic power structures, this artistic program aims to challenge historically white, christian, heteronormative narratives as it relates to personal and cultural identity. As per Jonathon's self proclaimed Indigenous and Two-Spirited 'take-over' of colonial and christian baroque music, as a gay man myself, I too struggle with the complex relationship christianity and its social ideology has forced onto the LGBTQ2S communities, resulting in a pressure to 'other' ourselves into conformity. It is this damaging life-long social gaslighting that generates a deep struggle in healthy identity. Through this program, we are 'sounding an alarm' on mental health and the need to reclaim healthy identities from within contained and limiting ideologies.
As a musical symbol for christian and colonial infrastructures, we have chosen two of Bach's most glorious sacred cantatas to theatrically explore. The first is his famous BWV 82 "Ich habe genug" (It is Enough). This 25 minute monodrama for baritone is dramatically centred around the spirit's yearning to escape the physical self through death. "Ah! if only the Lord would free me from my body's enslavement; Ah! If indeed my liberation were soon, With joy I would say to you, O World, It is enough." Our live, multi-media approach explores this idea of physical being, layered against a digital realization of the internal self and its multitudes. Due to toxic internal narratives, added to our oppressive societal 'scripts', this tension of being often amounts to an array of mental health issues and an inevitable yearning for release. In this presentation, we don't aim to speak directly to suicide, but rather the process of immancipation from a fragmented identity, into a healthier alignment of being.
Our second cantata, BWV 56 "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen" (I will carry the burden), is scheduled to be made into a film in the Spring of 2022, and tonight's concert recording will function as its musical foundation. Director Reneltta Arluk, an Indigenous actor of Dene, Inuvialuit and Cree descent, will lead Jonathon through this cinematic experience with a pointed Indigenous lens - focused on the resurgence of cultural expression and an artistic reclaiming of land. "My pilgrimage in the world is like a sea voyage: trouble, suffering, and anguish are the waves that cover me… Finally my yoke must fall away from me. Then will I fight with the Lord's strength, then I will have an eagle's power, then I will journey from this earth and run without becoming fatigued". As these lyrics evoke, the film will reframe this forced Christian narrative to speak directly to the Indigenous community as told through a cultural journey on their land and their waters. Through intentional and relentless action and connection, only then can Indigenous communities and their members reclaim cultural alignment and healing.
It is our goal to present these two fully theatricalized cantatas within a single concert experience.
Thank you for supporting that artistic journey.
Artistic Team
Jonathon Adams
Renellta Arluk
Alan Corbishley
Stage Director
Alex Weimann
Pacific Baroque Orchestra
Music Ensemble
Pianist/Repetiteur
Heid
Video Artist from Sigma
Early Music Vancouver
We would like to thank
the following for their support.
Canada Council for the Arts
Explore and Create Grant
BC Arts Council
Project Grant: Music
Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre is a registered Canadian charity.
© 2022 soundthealarm.ca


During 2017 we will be continuing to run our ever popular instructor courses over various dates. We have a 10-Day course for those who wish to become an instructor for the first time and a 4-Day course for those who wish to carry out their instructor re-registration. All of our instructor courses are ITSSAR accredited.
The dates when we are running the 2017 instructor courses can be found below.
There are a limited number of spaces per course so please ring or email the office to find out which courses still have availability on them.


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(Next Rated Singer ) Watch Myro video as he set Rodizzo Night Club ablaze @yesmyro
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(Trending) When marriage worries D'Banj
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No doubt, Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo has acheived a lot as far as Nigerian music is concerned.
And the Koko Master, as he is fondly called, has not lacked female attention especially since he came into limelight some years back.
He has been linked with not just a few babes, including actress, Genevieve Nnaji; Jennifer Obayuwana, daughter of Polo boss, John Obayuwana; billonaire's daughter, Adama Ndimi and South African diva, Bonang Matheba. But then, none of them has been able to 'tame' the 35-year old 'white lion', as he calls himself.
In a chat with Saturday Beats, the Koko Master revealed he had wanted to get married at the age of 30 but he has yet to do so five years after.
"While growing up, there were some goals I set for myself and at 35; I have accomplished most of them. Sadly, I have not accomplished the primary goals. The main one is marriage. By now, I thought I would have been married. I had always thought I would have a child before the age of 30. That fantasy did not become a reality because I wanted to strengthen my brand. I wanted to be sure that I was on the right path career-wise because as a kid, you need to crawl before you can walk and eventually run. I wanted to be sure I surpass all boundaries and reach a certain stage where I can easily balance my work and family. That is the main reason why I am not married."
He however said that he is proud of his other achievements as they have surpassed his widest imaginations.
"Apart from marriage, one other thing I desire to have is the Grammy but that is already in the pipeline and it would be acquired soon. I didn't know I would meet Kanye West while I was dreaming big as a child. But I dreamt that I would go places and people would hear my song all over the world. I also dreamt that Caucasians would dance to my music. I dreamt I would top music charts across the world and all that has happened. I have dreamt of performing in front of thousands of people on a global stage and I have achieved that. For all these I am grateful to God," he said.
(Trending) N wa ooo, Read what Jonathan, Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani did with stolen NNPC Money
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The ongoing probe of former Pres Jonathan's administration by President Muhammadu Buhari is to find out the dealings behind the alleged purchase of 3 mobile stages, that cost $6.9m, Presidency source has said.
According to a document, which was obtained from the Presidency on Saturday, the deal, which is now a subject of investigation, was allegedly carried out by Jonathan; his Chief Security Officer, Mr. Gordon Obuah; and former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.
The fund was said to have been withdrawn from one of the numerous accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, for the purpose of buying 3 pieces of 40-feet mobile stages for use by Jonathan during mass public speaking events.
According to the document, apart from the fact that the sum for the stages was "incredibly inflated", there is currently no evidence that the stages were bought since the money was withdrawn.
The document read"
"While the cost of mobile stages ranges in sizes and designs, only outlandish rock star musicians in Europe and the US spend hundreds of thousands on their huge stages way bigger than the 40-feet stages.
"Even then, those musicians and superstars would not pay over $2m per stage, according to industry sources.
"The process of procurement of the three mobile stages was neither known to extant Nigerian laws and due process regulations nor were the offices of the Auditor-General and the Accountant-General in the know, according to the investigators."
It added that the phony purchase was carried out in late 2011, a few months after Jonathan won the presidential election for a full term after having completed the term of the late President Umaru Yar'Adua.
Jonathan's CSO was said to have initiated a memo to the former President on October 17, 2011, asking for the purchase of three mobile stages.
He was reported to have written in that memo to Jonathan that memo referred to "my earlier discussion with Your Excellency on the security implication of your public appearances and your subsequent directive on the need to procure a secured presidential platform."
The Presidency source said on the same day, without any financial advice or purchase order reviews, the former President approved the request to buy the three stages and minuted the memo to the then Minister for Petroleum Resources.
In his minute, Jonathan was said to have written, "We have discussed this, please deal."
According to the document, on the same October 17, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administrative Matters, Mr. Matt Aikhionbere, did another letter on the strength of the President's approval requesting the minister to take action on the request to purchase the stages for $6.9m.
It added, "By the next month, an NNPC payment voucher, number 3840336, was already in place, revealing that the money was released.
"NNPC directed that the money be taken from one of its accounts in New York CITIBANK with sort code CITIUS 33, and Routing number 021000089.
"It was first routed from the US bank to an NNPC account in Zenith Bank account number 5000026593, Maitama branch in Abuja, from where the money was sent to a private account.
"The sum of $6.9m was then credited to a Sterling Bank account of one J. Marine Logistics Limited, Abuja, a company investigators said was registered by Obuah.
"The CSO himself, according to investigators, has not been able to show proof of the purchase and his memo irked his bosses at the SSS that he took the initiative to write requesting for the stages, an action which officials said was way above his pay grade."
"The former President approved the procurement of the mobile platforms without due process and bypassing the Procurement Act; neither was there an appropriation in the 2011 budget for such facility," the document quoted investigators as saying.
It added that neither the then Minister of Finance nor the Director-General of the Budget Office was aware of the deal.
"Investigators say this is just one of the several instances, where the Jonathan administration used secret NNPC accounts to fund many questionable projects and for alleged personal financial aggrandisement.
"Already, the CSO has been questioned over his role and activities in the Jonathan Presidency. It will be recalled that he was arrested, detained, questioned and later released.
The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh is set to respond to the allegations.
(Gist) Read What UK Mirror wrote about Mikel Obi on alleged having two Children @semaotakeit
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Every one has been asking reason Chelsea footballer John Obi Mikel has found it hard to leave his present club for another. But it has been revealed that it is due to the two children he had secretly.
According to UK Mirror, Chelsea footballer John Obi Mikel has secretly fathered two children with different women, it has emerged.
The 28-year-old midfielder is dad to a four-year-old son and a one-year-old daughter after short relationships with the women.
The Nigerian international player, whose side lost 2-1 at home to Crystal Palace yesterday, makes sure he provides for his two children.
He is understood to have bought a £500,000 house in 2013 in the Home Counties for his son and mum and is keen to play a part in the boy's life.
A source told The Sun: "John also agreed to give her tens of thousands a year in upkeep and, I think, agreed to give her a new car every three to five years."
Mikel also financially supports his daughter, who was born after the couple met at a London nightclub in 2013.
A friend of the daughter's mum added: "John has provided for her and the girl.
"She seems to have come into money since having the baby and is keeping a low profile."
Mikel is now dating Russian businesswoman Olga Diyachenko and has posted pics of the pair together on social media.
In an interview in Nigeria last year. he revealed: "I've been dating seriously for two years now. I'm in love. I've found love."
A spokesman for the footballer told The Sun: "This is an entirely private matter.
"John provides for and cares for his children and will continue to do so. He asks that their privacy is respected."
Can Fashola Really Go to Jail?- Etcetera @arthurrichard61
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The APC is now being haunted by the saying, "When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back at you." If it knew, it wouldn't have accused Goodluck Jonathan of running a very corrupt government. Most times, we forget to listen to the voice of reason that says, "Look in the mirror, brother. You might just be talking about yourself."
It is now clear that the APC focused on the speck in Jonathan's eye and ignored the log in their own eyes." Who would have thought that just few weeks into a new regime in Lagos State, Fashola would be engulfed with the following accusations – Drilling of just two bore holes with N139m, remodelling and equipping of the official residence of the state's Chief Judge at N510m, reconstructing of a car park with N640m, spending N300m to relocate cables, N175m to replace the railings of a pedestrian bridge, N220m on the facility management of the Lagos State University College of Medicine, N619m on surface repair of a road, N1.2bn on the construction of an unidentified multi-storey building, N1.6bn on the construction of a 48-bedroom hotel.
These things don't seem like what a person as intelligent as the former governor would do; especially for those of us who regard him as one of the very few bright spots of our democracy. In fact, I am still of the belief that in the annals of corrupt governors in Nigeria, his place remains to be seen. But the question here is, can the Lagos State government come out with such weighty accusations without having evidence to back them up?
It was in the papers that "some in the former governor's circle" are worried he might face charges. If that happens and if he is found guilty and if it results in conviction and if he ends up in prison-yes, four ifs-then considering his achievements in Lagos State, all other former governors from other states (especially the eastern states) should have long since been in jail awaiting his company. But yet again, does any governor go to jail in Nigeria?
Over drinks at a bar around Omole Estate, Ikeja last Monday, a friend who works in one of the ministries at Alausa laughed as he finished off his beer.
"Everything's messed up, and nobody goes to jail," he said. "Etcetera, that's your whole article right there. Hell, you don't even have to write anything more. Just write that."
I put down my phone. "Just that?"
"That's right," he said, signalling to the waitress for the cheque. "Everything's messed up, and nobody goes to jail. You can end the piece right there."
Sounds funny but sincerely, "Nobody goes to jail" should be the mantra of our democracy, one that has seen virtually almost every public office holder embroiled in obscene criminal scandals — and nobody went to jail. Nobody, that is, except Alamieyeseigha, and that was probably because of the attention he brought on the nation as a result of his dress sense from the UK. And the Federal Government has apologised for the mistake by granting him full pardon.
If Fashola is found guilty of these allegations, he should face the music. That's the way the system is supposed to work. But a veritable mountain of evidence indicates that when it comes to government officials, the justice system not only buckles at punishing criminals, it has actually evolved into a highly effective mechanism for protecting them.
This institutional reality has absolutely nothing to do with politics or ideology — it takes place no matter who's in office or which party is in power.
To understand how the machinery functions, you have to look back, at least, at Obasanjo's time in Aso Rock, as case after case of financial malfeasance was pursued too slowly or not at all. Indeed, the shocking pattern of no enforcement with regard to corrupt public officials is so deeply ingrained in our democracy that it raises a profound and difficult question about the very nature of our society: whether we have created a class of people whose misdeeds are no longer perceived as crimes, almost no matter what those misdeeds are.
The Justice Department has evolved into a bizarre species of social surgeon serving this untouchable class.
Rivers Monorail Project No Longer Tenable- Technical Partner @arthurrichard61
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AFTER receiving over N22 billion for its services, the technical partners to the Rivers State government on the controversial Monorail project, ARCUS GIBBS Nig Ltd, has said the project was no longer tenable.
The company also disclosed that the planned commissioning of the first phase of the project in April by the immediate past administration of former governor Chibuike Amaechi was a hoax….
The revelation was made by the Managing Director of ARCUS GIBBS Nig Ltd, Wiero Viguezang, while testifying before the Justice George Omereji-led Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the sale of valued Rivers State assets by the Amaechi administration in Port Harcourt yesterday.
Viguezang said his company, which the Rivers State government engaged on March 1, 2010, to construct the multi-million Monorail project, was of the view that the project, which has gulped well over N33.9 billion, was no longer tenable, due to paucity of funds to proceed with the project.
He admitted that so far, ARCUS GIBBS Nig Ltd has received a total of N22.9bn from the Rivers State government through the Ministry of Transport since March 1, 2010.
According to him, paucity of funds and the seeming failure of the state government's original technical and equity partners, TSI Nig Ltd, headed by the former military administrator of Rivers State, retired Brig-Gen Anthony Ukpo, to contribute its 80 per cent equity holdings, means the state cannot continue with the project.
Responding to a memo written by ARCUS GIBBS Nig Ltd to former Commissioner of Transport, Geroge Tolofari, which was tendered by the legal counsel to the commission, Dr. Zaccheus Adangor, as evidence, Viguezang admitted that his company had written the memo for a pseudo unveiling of the technically uncompleted monorail with a view to using the media to deceive anxious Rivers people.
"We actually wrote to the Ministry of Transport in January to arrange for the governor to unveil the monorail project in April for the attention and coverage of the media based on the expectation of the people of the state," he said.
He added: "Apart from the media coverage and public attention that it was expected to generate, the monorail was not technically and commercially ready. Only Phase 1A within Phase 1 of the project was ready."
7 Die as Military Plane Crashes in Kaduna @arthurrichard61
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A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) air plane crashed at about 6.45am on Saturday at the old Nigeria Defense Academy (NDA) in Kaduna. The site of the crash is also called Ribadu Cantonment.
The seven occupant including crew members are believed to have died in the crash, according to a report in Daily Trust. The plane which fell between two houses in the Cantonment, consumed one of the houses as it went up in flames.The plane, Donnia 228 was on a routine mission to Abuja from Kaduna, Daily Trust reports. The site of the crash has been cordoned off by military personnel who stopped people from getting close.
Spokesperson of 1 Division headquarters of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Abdul Usman confirmed the incident and the number of casualties.
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I roll into the carpark behind The Oddfellows Arms in Keswick to meet the ever psyched Graeme Read. It's the night before our challenge and we are eager to finalise preparations and get our heads down. Our challenge is to climb all of the three star climbs in the Borrowdale Valley graded at Hard Very Severe (HVS***) in one single push.
This feat of endurance would involve climbing 11 routes with 21 pitches totalling 33 stars and 595 metres of climbing at 8 Borrowdale mountain crags separated by a distance of 22 miles- all of which would have to be travelled to by foot. We had given ourselves no more than 24 hours to complete.
We sit down with a burger and talk through our exact route and where to stash food. The plan was to start in Stonethwaite and end at Shepherds Crag on the aply named 'Finale'. Once in agreement we purchased the food stash and drove to Reecastle to hide some in a dry stone wall, we also hid some at Quayfoot Buttress and then drove further down into the jaws of Borrowdale to Stonethwaite, dropping Graeme's car off at the Marymount Hotel on the way. We were now ready so we allowed ourselves a half in the pub before sifting through our kit in the van deciding what to bring and what to ditch – we wanted to go as light as possible. With the bags packed we settled down for the night in the van.
The alarm sounds at 4.30am. It's the 4th June; the day of our long awaited challenge. This is it! I peer outside to see it's a clear, star studded sky. Looks like our forecast of perfect weather was accurate – we had lucked out. A quick banana and an energy drink and we were off. I was pleased to see that my decision to wear my trusty Ronhill's in front of another Geordie was one that I wouldn't later live to regret as I spied Graeme was wearing similar and his were definitely tighter!
It was a cool morning and we both made the same mistake of 'setting off warm' wearing one too many layers. With the sun quickly rising in the sky it didn't take too long realise our mistake. We were soaked in sweat as we wound our way up the valley following the Langstrath Beck into the Stonethwaite Fells. Once at Sergeant Crag Slabs we wasted no time racking up. I was hugely excited and ready for action. It was such a pleasure to be alone on the fells at such a beautiful time of the day. It's great to watch the mountains around you slowly wake up as the golden sun starts its morning dance across the mountain tops and into the valleys. We had not been so slow to rise and this eagerness was rewarded with this great spectacle.
I quickly set off on the first route of the day – 'Lakeland Cragsman', not wanting to linger too long as I knew the sheer scale of what was to come and I wanted to get these first routes under my belt. Unfortunately I seemed to be a bit slower & rustier than expected, I put this down to "first route syndrome" but in all honesty it was more to do with my lack of personal climbing due to me having a mega busy season of "work" so far. I also had the excuse that I had opted to wear my flat, non-aggressive comfy shoes as I knew I would be wearing them all day. I made up for my slow ascent by being extremely organised with the ropes. I had arranged the belay in such a way that I could lower Graeme straight to the floor and I was already set up for abseiling off after him. This meant we were quickly into our second route only a couple of minutes after topping out on our first. Graeme flew up his route 'Terminator 2' and I followed, then we were back down for my lead of 'Endurance'. By this time I was back in the swing of things and I raced up this perfect slab of rhyolite. It was almost saddening to be in a rush on such pristine rock, I wanted to soak it all in and take my time. We were back down and racing to our next crag with 9 stars ticked before most folk would even be having breakfast.
Once at Bleak How Graeme set off up 'The Reiver' with me in hot pursuit and within minutes it was behind us and we were heading back to the van at Stonethwaite. At the van we ditched our extra layers, ate another banana and some jelly babies and headed off on foot on our mammoth leg to Goat Crag. I suggested how much easier it would be to drive to the crag, Graeme laughed it off but I was deadly serious, for me it was all about the climbing, however, for him it was the full challenge. I actually felt quite bad for suggesting we drive, but it was a massively hot, sunny day and anyone who knows me will understand how badly I deal with heat. I spend 12 hours a day in 4 degree water and I live in a house with massive deep, cool stone walls without insulation or double glazing.
The trudge to Goat Crag seemed to go on for an age. The sweat was running down my face into my eyes and mouth, contaminated by sun cream, it burnt my eyes and left a bitter taste in my mouth. Once we had scrambled up to the start of the route Graeme tied in and set off up it. I was so glad this was Graeme's lead. The route is called 'DDT' and it seems to me to be a massive sandbag. Even Graeme (who has not only climbed but also created numerous routes up to a grade of E7) was taking his time. The route has a bold start and the crag has a serious feel to it due to it being on such a high/steep mountainside. I didn't feel very secure or in control seconding it and I was on a rope! My shoes were nearing the limit of what they are made for on HVS. I was cursing myself for not bringing my Muira's – my usual all-rounders.
When we topped out on this I knew the crux route was now in the bag along with the worst leg of running. I felt so much closer to achieving our goal; however, I knew we still had two long routes at Black Crag. Until these were in the bag I didn't want to get too cocky.
We legged it down to the valley, took off our socks and shoes and waded through the river to get to Quayfoot Buttress – our next crag. Coming to a river of cold water was too much for me to resist and I cooled myself off. With this came a great feeling of renewed energy, I felt alive and up for anything. Just as I thought things couldn't get any better I remembered we had stashed food here. I unearthed my sandwiches and rammed them down my throat along with a mars bar and an energy drink. A mouse had tunnelled into Graeme's sandwiches. I nearly cried laughing. I hindsight I should of offered him a bite of mine but it was much funnier just letting him watch me eat.
I was up and I led 'Mandrake'. It's a two pitch route but I just strung them together to speed things up. It's a great route which has a great finish over a roof. Again I was arranged so that as soon as Graeme arrived at the belay I could just lower him and I was already set-up to abseil down. Once down we realised we were over the halfway mark and that we were off to Black Crag next. This was the last big push as far as I was concerned as it had two big routes. Once this was done we would be on the home straight.
Part-way up to Black Crag my psyche crashed and I was getting tired. I had a good 15 minutes of feeling beaten, however, I kept my weakness to myself and once we started up 'The Mortician' I quickly stirred back to life and I was loving the challenge again. On this route while Graeme was leading a pitch he knocked a decent sized rock down and it missed me by about 4 inches. I couldn't believe my 50/50 decision to sit to the left of a pointy rock instead of the right had potentially saved my life; as stupidly we had left our helmets at the car to save on weight – a lesson learnt!
At the top I caught up to a party in front of us. I was sat body-belaying, attached to nothing to speed things up and without a helmet on – I was devastated to find that amongst the group I had caught up with was a previous customer of Crags Adventures.
I did a poor job of defending myself and strongly advised never to copy what I was doing. Once Graeme reached me we ran back down to the base and I set off up 'Troutdale Pinnacle Super Direct' – I now felt unbelievably energetic, I was shaking I had so much excitement running through me, unfortunately in my excitement I had started up the wrong route and had to re-trace my steps and start again. You have probably guessed who witnessed my error. Yes my previous customer! It was a bad marketing day for Crags Adventures and needless to say I have never heard from her since.
Graeme topped out via the routes famous finger traverse – and I must say it lived up to its reputation. Stella climbing!
This was now it, the home straight! Only three more routes to do! We relaxed for 5 minutes in the sun at the top and had a snack and a drink and then we were off over the tops and down into Watendlath Valley, I had to remove a few ticks from my legs along the way. We had made it to our final stash of food and the impressive crag of Reecastle. We ate our remaining sandwiches and headed up to the start of our route – 'The Rack'. There was already a party on our route so we had a welcome rest and chatted with the members of a local climbing club. I really hit a brick wall here. I felt like I was now only there for show. I gladly let Graeme lead and I followed like a broken man. I was so glad to abseil back down. We had now run out of water and I felt unbelievably dehydrated. I was running on empty as we headed on another decent leg of running to our next crag.
We reached Low Falcon Crag and racked up at the base of our next route – 'Illusion'. I looked out across Derwent Water and the setting sun. It was absolutely beautiful. Graeme set off up the route and I stared out at the cool wet lake, my mouth was so dry and I was so hot. All I could think about was diving in the lake. I was in a complete trance; captured by this unbelievably beautiful moment as the evening glow lit up the still lake and cast a perfect reflection of the neighbouring fells onto the water. This reflection was interrupted by a boat filled with a laughing family. It looked miles away but I could hear them as though they were right next to me. They looked to be having so much fun, my thoughts turned towards my girls and Vickie who were at home probably heading to bed. I realised I had not text to say how I was getting on and that they would be worried so I reached for my phone in my bag and then as I squinted my tired eyes to focus on the screen…… blackness fell upon me…… I was asleep. A jerk on the rope startled me and dragged me from my brief moment of weakness. I was still holding the ropes. I must have only drifted off for a second or so but I thought it best keep this to myself seen as though Graeme was approaching the crux move! I couldn't wait for him to finish so I could get moving again and wake up. The route was by far the best of the day for me. I absolutely loved it. It traverses some unlikely looking ground in some impressive positions. What a great route to experience in such a great setting. We wasted no time getting back down; it was now dusk and the light was fading fast. We had not brought head torches as we were sure we would finish it in 14 hours, however, we were now approaching the 18th hour and we had one leg of running left to Shepherds Crag and one route still to do. We had no time to waste and so set off with a huge sense of urgency.
In our urgency we split up and I found a massive short cut. I sat at the crag for ages waiting for Graeme. I bumped into two older climbers I know who were finishing up after having a nice peaceful evening climb.
I never even had the energy nor the time to explain. If only they knew. We were now standing at the bottom of our last route and it was now very dark as the base of the crag is covered by trees. I was confident we would top out with enough light to abseil off safely once we got above the trees. We had saved this route till last as it is called 'Finale' and it seemed the right thing to do, however, it's quite steep and strenuous – especially this late in the day. One last push and we were up. I yelled with happiness. It was done; and unbelievably we did have just enough light to get back down safely. We searched around with fumbling hands in the blackness trying to pack away our gear. We had finished within minutes of it being pitch black. We were so lucky. I hadn't fancied our chances in the dark without a torch.
We made it down through the forest falling and tripping over boulders completely blinded by the night. Once on the road we hot tailed it to the Marymount Hotel to pick up Graeme's car, but more importantly to have a well-deserved pint, however, ale was the last thing we wanted. I was salivating over the thought of a pint of coke. I hadn't touched any fluid for hours.
Finally we arrived at the pub and collapsed at the bar. Last orders had already been called; however, the barman took one look at these two broken men and complied with our demands without even questioning us. I swear this coke was the best thing I had ever tasted. This was made even better by the fact that due to our plight he gave us them for free along with a bag a crisps. I could have kissed him.
Once finished we limped out to the car and drove back up the valley to where my van was parked. We said our goodbyes and I flopped into my van and started her up. I was devastated I had a 45 minute drive home, I was sure I would fall asleep, suddenly I thought of poor Graeme with his 2 ½ hour journey home and I felt OK again. I looked back on our amazing day and smiled. It was a huge blur in my sorry state and I could barely remember setting off that morning. It felt like a lifetime ago. My romantic thoughts of mountains, crags and the setting sun were quickly dissipated as I saw Graeme driving down the valley with his boot fully open! Hahahaha! Excellent!


MILES CITY, Mont. (AP) – When the soil in Roger Muggli's fields turned bad last year, damaging more than 300 acres of alfalfa, the third-generation farmer quickly named a culprit: coal-bed methane drilling along the nearby Tongue River.
Muggli's finger-pointing has made him few friends in a region where economic development is desperately needed and future coal-bed methane production could mean hundreds of new jobs. His claims are denied by industry representatives and some federal scientists, who say a link between coal-bed methane and Muggli's bad soil cannot be proven.
But state officials and an independent researcher warn that Muggli's problems might be a harbinger of things to come, as the industry prepares to dramatically ramp up operations across 20 million acres in southeastern Montana.
At issue are millions of gallons of water pumped daily from coal seams to access trapped methane, or natural gas. The water, which can be loaded with salts harmful to plants or soil, is sometimes treated or used to water livestock. Other times, it is pumped directly into local stream and river drainages.
Last year, Montana adopted new water quality rules meant to protect agriculture while allowing for further coal-bed methane development.
Muggli and some other farmers say the rules don't go far enough, while energy companies have sued to overturn them.
Meanwhile, the federal Bureau of Land Management is working on a plan to allow more than 18,000 coal-bed methane wells to be drilled in Montana over the next 20 years. About 1,000 wells already produce methane in the state.
In neighboring Wyoming, there are more than 17,000 producing wells along the Tongue and the Powder River _ a number expected to more than double in coming years. Both rivers flow into Montana.
With vast sums of money at stake _ starting at a projected $100 million a year in Montana and peaking at almost $3 billion annually at full production _ coal-bed methane companies such as Fidelity Exploration and Production are doing their own agricultural monitoring and say their operations are benign.
They also point to federal studies showing only minor changes to water quality along the Tongue River in recent years, despite increased drilling.
"We have tried to use the best science to ensure there is protection for the irrigators on the Tongue River," said Bruce Williams, vice president of Fidelity, a subsidiary of MDU Resources Group Inc.
Research indicates that Fidelity's operations aren't causing Muggli's problems, he added. "There's just an awful lot of data to suggest that's not the case," Williams said.
Up to 2 million gallons of water produced by the industry are discharged daily into the Tongue in Montana. Almost 10 times that amount is put into the Powder River upstream in Wyoming, according to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality.
Though coal-bed methane water contains sodium, the two rivers have naturally high levels of sodium. So gauging the industry's impact on the river water is difficult.
Muggli said that when he used irrigation water from the Tongue last growing season, the clay-based soils in three fields were rendered useless.
When clay soil has too much sodium, it can collapse to form an impenetrable seal. With water and air unable to get through the soil, Muggli's alfalfa turned yellow within a month.
Matt Janowiak of the Bureau of Land Management said he would rule out CBM discharge water as the cause of Muggli's problem given the distance between Fidelity's wells and Muggli's fields _ more than 100 miles.
A study by the U.S. Geological Survey showed a slight increase in sodium levels in the Tongue River. But with the region in the midst of a prolonged drought, the group could not say whether CBM was the cause.
James Bauder, an environmental scientist at Montana State University in Bozeman, said only time will tell if Montana's regulations are sufficient. In the meantime, he said Muggli's predicament should be taken as a warning.


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Q: Get google fonts with validation I use axios to get the google fonts and to be honest I got stuck in my own code. I need a little help to solve this situation.
So when I get the fonts I want to get them in an array, each one in a json. An example:
0:
category: "serif"
family: "Abhaya Libre"
files: {500: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/abhayalibre/v4/e3t5euGtX-Co5MNzeAOqinEYj2ryqtxI6oYtBA.ttf", 600: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/abhayalibre/v4/e3t5euGtX-Co5MNzeAOqinEYo23yqtxI6oYtBA.ttf", 700: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/abhayalibre/v4/e3t5euGtX-Co5MNzeAOqinEYx2zyqtxI6oYtBA.ttf", 800: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/abhayalibre/v4/e3t5euGtX-Co5MNzeAOqinEY22_yqtxI6oYtBA.ttf", regular: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/abhayalibre/v4/e3tmeuGtX-Co5MNzeAOqinEge0PWovdU4w.ttf"}
kind: "webfonts#webfont"
lastModified: "2019-01-10"
subsets: (3) ["latin-ext", "latin", "sinhala"]
variants: (5) ["regular", "500", "600", "700", "800"]
version: "v4"
__proto__: Object
1:
category: "sans-serif"
family: "Advent Pro"
files: {100: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/adventpro/v9/V8mCoQfxVT4Dvddr_yOwjVmtLZxcBtItFw.ttf", 200: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/adventpro/v9/V8mDoQfxVT4Dvddr_yOwjfWMDbZyCts0DqQ.ttf", 300: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/adventpro/v9/V8mDoQfxVT4Dvddr_yOwjZGPDbZyCts0DqQ.ttf", 500: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/adventpro/v9/V8mDoQfxVT4Dvddr_yOwjcmODbZyCts0DqQ.ttf", 600: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/adventpro/v9/V8mDoQfxVT4Dvddr_yOwjeWJDbZyCts0DqQ.ttf", 700: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/adventpro/v9/V8mDoQfxVT4Dvddr_yOwjYGIDbZyCts0DqQ.ttf", regular: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/adventpro/v9/V8mAoQfxVT4Dvddr_yOwtT2nKb5ZFtI.ttf"}
kind: "webfonts#webfont"
lastModified: "2019-01-15"
subsets: (3) ["latin-ext", "latin", "greek"]
variants: (7) ["100", "200", "300", "regular", "500", "600", "700"]
version: "v9"
__proto__: Object

My code is:
axios.get(`https://www.googleapis.com/webfonts/v1/webfonts?sort=alpha&key=${GOOGLE_API_KEY}`)
  .then(({ data }) => {
    const googleFonts = _filter(data.items, (item) => item.variants.length >= 3);
    const filterVariants = _map(googleFonts, (variantsArray) => {
      const removeItalicVariants = _filter(variantsArray.variants, (variant) => {
        return variant !== 'italic' && variant.indexOf('italic') === -1;
      });
      return removeItalicVariants;
    });

    let getVariantsWithValidation = null;
    if (filterVariants.length > 0) {
      getVariantsWithValidation = _filter(filterVariants, (variants) => {
        const regularPosition = variants.indexOf('regular');
        const lightWeight = variants ? variants.slice(0, regularPosition) : null;
        const regularWeight = variants ? variants.slice(1, variants.length - 1) : null;
        const boldWeight = variants ?
          variants.slice(regularPosition + 1, variants.length) : null;

        return googleFonts && (lightWeight.length >= 1 && regularWeight.length >= 1 && boldWeight.length >= 1);
      });
    }
    this.setState({
      googleFonts,
      loading: false,
    });
  })
  .catch((err) => {
    if (!axios.isCancel(err)) {
      this.setState({ error: registerError(err.message), loading: false });
    }
  });

So I have to return the googleFonts in the end to setState() with some conditions.
First conditions are that the font, that is returned in the end, should not have in variants any value named "italic" or "'number'italic" where number could be any number 100 to 900.
This happens in filter variants, that has the output:
0: (5) ["regular", "500", "600", "700", "800"]
1: (7) ["100", "200", "300", "regular", "500", "600", "700"]
2: (5) ["regular", "500", "700", "800", "900"]
3: (5) ["regular", "500", "700", "800", "900"]
4: (7) ["100", "300", "regular", "500", "700", "800", "900"]
5: (7) ["100", "300", "regular", "500", "700", "800", "900"]
6: (3) ["300", "regular", "700"]

Second type of conditions are that the variants array has to contain regular word. If I get the regular word then I have to check if before and after regular there is at least a value. These are light and bold values.
This happens in getVariantsWithValidation:
0: (7) ["100", "200", "300", "regular", "500", "600", "700"]
1: (7) ["100", "300", "regular", "500", "700", "800", "900"]
2: (7) ["100", "300", "regular", "500", "700", "800", "900"]
3: (3) ["300", "regular", "700"]
4: (8) ["100", "200", "300", "regular", "500", "700", "800", "900"]
5: (6) ["200", "300", "regular", "600", "700", "800"]
6: (6) ["200", "300", "regular", "500", "600", "700"]
7: (5) ["300", "regular", "500", "600", "700"]
8: (3) ["300", "regular", "700"]

Right now, how is the code, googleFonts variable will return only the all fonts, in an array with jsons, that has variants.length bigger then 3. I need to return the fonts with all conditions.
So I have to return the only fonts, the json for each one, that respect the conditions from above, in this format:
category: "serif"
family: "Advent Pro"
files: {500: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/adventpro/v4/e3t5euGtX-Co5MNzeAOqinEYj2ryqtxI6oYtBA.ttf", 600: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/abhayalibre/v4/e3t5euGtX-Co5MNzeAOqinEYo23yqtxI6oYtBA.ttf", 700: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/abhayalibre/v4/e3t5euGtX-Co5MNzeAOqinEYx2zyqtxI6oYtBA.ttf", 800: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/abhayalibre/v4/e3t5euGtX-Co5MNzeAOqinEY22_yqtxI6oYtBA.ttf", regular: "http://fonts.gstatic.com/s/abhayalibre/v4/e3tmeuGtX-Co5MNzeAOqinEge0PWovdU4w.ttf"}
kind: "webfonts#webfont"
lastModified: "2019-01-10"
subsets: (3) ["latin-ext", "latin", "sinhala"]
variants: (5) ["300", "400", "regular", "500", "600", "700", "800"]
version: "v4"
__proto__: Object

of course all objects, being in an array.
Can someone please give me a hand how to solve this?

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At the beginning of this ceremony, which was held at Imam Khomeini Naval University of Noshahr, Ayatollah Khamenei paid tribute to the honorable martyrs of the Revolution and Sacred Defense by visiting the tombs of unknown martyrs and praying for their souls.
The Leader of the Revolution then inspected the troops on the ground in the campus.
In the ceremony, Flotilla Admiral Habibollah Sayayri, Army deputy chief for coordination, had the honor of receiving the first-class Fat'h Order by the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, in recognition of his invaluable services and protection of the country's maritime borders during his tenure as the commander of the Iranian Army's Navy.
In the ceremony, outstanding commanders, professors and graduates received their awards from the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces and the representatives of the cadets and graduates received their epaulets and ranks.
Then, parts of the operational readiness of the Army cadets were displayed and the units present on the campus paraded before the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.
Captain Karim Masdari, the commander of Imam Khomeini Naval University, also presented a report on the activities of Army academies.
The last phase of the 16th joint graduation and oath-taking ceremony for cadets at Army academies was dedicated to the cadets' naval exercises before the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. In the eight-stage maneuver sophomore, junior and senior students exhibited parts of their readiness.
Also in the ceremony, in a live video connection with fleet 56 deployed in the Gulf of Aden, Commander Moohsen Razzaghi, reported on the missions of this fleet, including creating a safe environment for the passage of ships in the high seas.


Every year has a theme, 2012 was the Year of the Bow, 2013 was the Year of Luigi, 2017 was the Year of Dads, and 2018 looks like it'll be the Year of Dinosaurs.
It's even more specific than that, 2018 is going to be the year of Dinosaur Park Sims. Already on the horizon we've got Jurassic World Evolution, Prehistoric Kingdom, Mesozoica, and Parkasaurus. That's just what's been announced so far, there's 12 months of hot dino action reveals yet to come.
So why's this happening now? Why is this Year of the Dino Park?
Well obviously, the big thing is that Jurassic Park is back. Sorry, I mean Jurassic World. The first in the new Jurassics hit in 2015 and we've got another one that'll come out this year. In addition to this, we're also seeing the rise of the monster movie again, with Pacific Rim, Godzilla, Kong, and more all coming to cinemas.
So we've got monsters becoming big again and obviously, the OG monster is the Dinosaur. Why make something up when genuinely there really were big monster dudes wandering the Earth? Sometimes the original really is best.
That's the dinosaur part of the mix accounted for, what about the park sims? Well you see there's a little game called Planet Coaster made by Frontier Developments, and it's been smashing away reinvigorating the park sim game genre for a while now. Frontier are old school, they made Elite (which yes, I am old enough to remember and own), and they made a whole load of Rollercoaster Tycoons.
With dinosaurs and monsters being popular on one hand, and park sims seemingly doing well on the other, it's time to mush those two hands together in a big mess of Dino Park joy and get some damn dino games out.
There's only one potential problem with Dino Park games, and it's one I'm sure they'll fix but. It's a concern.
It's that, well, management games are about managing. They're about constructing a place and having it run smoothly.
The best part of dinosaurs isn't them hanging about meekly in cages or fenced off areas, it's when they get out and munch down on Samuel L. Jackson or bite that lawyer who was on the toilet.
So if your Dino Park game works like a normal management game, if you're good at it you'll be rewarded with…a smoothly running park and no bitten in half humans. If you're bad at it you'll get outbreaks and murder, and frankly that's why anyone watches Jurassic Park. No-one would have watched the film if it was just 'some paleontologists go for a nice holiday'.
How are these games going to balance the twin desires, to have a successful and well running park, and to watch a load of dinosaurs rampage across what you have built?
It's a tricky wire to walk, and one that they'll have to cross if 2018 is TRULY going to be the Year of Dino Park.
Until then, watch this space for more news on Dino Park games!


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History of the Glenview Art League
IT ALL BEGAN WITH AN ART FAIR (OR TWO) In the beginning, no one said "Let's found an art league". Instead, they said "Let's put on an art show". The year was 1954 and the location was Linneman Street. Paintings were hung on chicken wire which was strung between trees along the parkway and across driveways. That same year, Lyon School held a book fair. The principal, Ludwig Bodzewski, was a former art teacher, and he invited artists to show their work at the fair. The next art fair of which we have record was in 1955, and was held at the Patio Shops. Forty artists participated. By this time, an organization had come together under the name "Glenview-Northbrook Area Art Society". Other names followed. Since 1978 the name has been Glenview Art League. In 1957, at the suggestion of Mr. Bodzewski, the fair moved to the spacious grounds of Lyon School. As of 2013 it has been held there every year since with a few exceptions: –In 1959 the fair was not held –In 1967 due to construction the fair was held in Jackman park. –In 1994, again due to construction, the fair was held on River Drive. Along the way there have been a few changes, such as: –Holding the fair for two days instead of one (1960). –Increasing the registration fee. (In 1961 it was two dollars). –A "Glenview's Own" booth where a painting or two can be hung without registering (started in 1968). –Tent sharing (started in 2013).
1958 Summer Art Fair
MONTHLY MEETINGS One of the earliest activities was the monthly membership meetings. For years these meetings were held in the Maynard room of the old library. Other locations have included the Rugen Center, the Park Center, Attea School, and Westbrook School. Most meetings feature a live demonstration by an accomplished artist . In 1968 art films were shown. There have been some well known names. Among them were Charles Vickery, Irving Shapiro, Ted Smuskiewicz, Tom Lynch, and Winfred Godfrey. A 99 year old artist painted with colored scraps of paper. Another artist did a painting that changed from a day scene to a night scene, thanks to ultraviolet light. Watercolor is a popular demo topic. By 1994 a large overhead mirror had been built. As of 2015, we are still using it. THE BUILDING FUND In 1969 a building fund was established. The proposed building would have workshops, a meeting place, and a gallery. The art league had become affiliated with the park district in 1968, and the park district agreed to maintain the building if we would build it. As years went by, the fund grew. There were auctions, raffles, and solicitations. Meanwhile, the cost of building was increasing. Each time a goal was reached, a new goal was needed. Then in 1978 School District 34 closed Rugen School. The idea of owning a building was dropped. Some of the money raised was used to furnish an art room in the vacated school. Other money was used for scholarships. Also in 1978 the park district issued a new policy regarding money, causing the art league to again become independent. Although we do not have a building we do have an office, which we started renting in 2004. +third
Take a walk through our History Gallery
Summer Art Fair 1963
THE YOUTH ART FAIR At a 1988 board meeting Gopal Prachand proposed a Youth Art Fair. There had been one in the village he came from in India. Why wouldn't it work here? The board agreed, and the fair was scheduled for November. But November crept up rather quickly and we were not ready, so the first Youth Art Fair was held the following February. It was an immediate success, and as of 2013 has been held every year since except 1990. The first location was the club room at Rugen School. By 1993 that location had been outgrown. From 1993 thru 2009 the fair was held at Glenbrook South HS with the exception of 2002 and 2003 when it was held at Pendleton Hall. Starting in 2010 it has been at Attea School. Over the years the fair has grown. A record was set in 2012 when over three hundred artists participated.
OTHER ACTIVITIES Here is a brief list of some other activities: –Venues for members to display their work in public places. –Members only shows. One of these was held at Maine North in 1973. –Weekend workshops. –Outdoor painting sessions. –A craft show. –A centennial art show (1999) in commemoration of the Glenview Centennial. –A unit in the Fourth of July Parade (2003). For this event giant brushes were constructed.
–A Short History of the Glenview Art League (ISBN 0-9613031-1-5) was written by the late Robert Sherman. It is currently out of print.
As a 501c3 tax-exempt organization, annual financial reports are available upon request.


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Welcome Back-to-School: 5 Questions with Dr. Louis Algaze, FLVS President & CEO
By Florida Virtual School on August 16th, 2021
New school year, new opportunities. It's a chance to start fresh. Discover new courses. And get to know new people, like Dr. Louis Algaze, Florida Virtual School President & Chief Executive Officer. We sat down with Dr. Algaze to hear what inspires him, his journey to becoming an educational leader, and how he celebrated the first day of school long before Tik Tok existed to capture the moment.
FLVS Celebrates Teachers on World Teachers' Day
By Florida Virtual School on October 5th, 2020
Every August, thousands of teachers prepare for the new school year, decorating their classrooms, organizing lessons, and brainstorming fun activities for students. Teachers at Florida Virtual School are no different! Although they may not have a physical classroom where they can see students daily, FLVS teachers find unique ways to create engaging learning experiences for students in the virtual classroom.
FLVS Teacher Receives Yale Educator Award
By Florida Virtual School on September 25th, 2020
Florida Virtual School is proud to announce that one of our teachers, Samantha Rimes, was honored as a recipient of the 2020 Yale Educator Award. This award, sponsored by the Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions, recognizes educators from around the world who inspire and support their students to perform at high levels and to achieve excellence.
Planning Tips for Teachers Moving Online
By Florida Virtual School on June 8th, 2020
As the majority of Florida's education system transitioned online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, much focus has rightly been on helping students cope, both academically and emotionally. However, teachers who teach in a traditional classroom setting have also made the transition, in emergency conditions, and require support.
We know engaged teacher-student interaction is important to parents. To help that interaction continue, FLVS has tips to help teachers manage their online classroom, with tools they can use when they return to their normal classroom setting.
A Teacher Is…
By Florida Virtual School on May 1st, 2017
What is the definition of a teacher?
As described in many dictionaries, a teacher is a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession.
While this definition is accurate, we hope you will agree with that it does not sufficiently describe all that a teacher embodies.
This week, Florida Virtual School is celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week, and we would like to expand on the definition of a teacher.
At FLVS, our teachers are superheroes. While they do not wear eye masks or fancy capes, they possess special super powers. They are passionate and dedicated to working with all students, recognizing that each learner is unique and has individual strengths and needs. They go beyond educating—they listen, guide, support, and inspire.
We recently asked our staff to come up with their own definition of a teacher. Here are a few of the responses we received to our "A Teacher is…" challenge: Continue reading
Make, Bake, Partake – Volunteering at School
By Guest Blogger on April 17th, 2017
My mom was blessed with the baking and hospitality gene. As far back as I can recall, she loved to play hostess—still does, and when people come over, she has a quiet way of honoring them and making them feel special. It shows in the details, from a sparkling clean house to using the good dishes and serving delectable treats.
I remember my mom volunteered to be the class mom for Mrs. Kast's second grade class in New York. I glowed whenever she'd come into my classroom to drop off some cut outs for a project we were working on, or when she'd bring in homemade cupcakes for a class party. And while I just thought I had the coolest mom in the world, she had sneakily found a way to stay connected to me during the school day.
April is Florida School Volunteer Appreciation Month and today marks the first day of Public School Volunteer Week. Continue reading
FLVS Attends GOES-R Satellite Launch
By Linda Childs on December 7th, 2016
On Saturday, November 19, I had the privilege of watching the GOES-R weather satellite launch from Kennedy Space Center.
Now you may be wondering what GOES-R stands for. It's the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, a satellite system that orbits the earth and sends data back to National Weather Service computers. The R indicates what number or version the GOES satellite is on, so there have already been versions A-R. GOES-S is slated to launch next year and is the twin to GOES-R.
Of course, weather satellites get launched all the time, so why would this one be any more special than the others?
Well, right now we receive images of satellite scans every 30 minutes or so. The GOES-R satellite will provide data at least every five minutes, and in some circumstances every 30 seconds! So not only will it be five times faster than current weather satellites, but it will also gather three times more data and it will have four times better resolution. Continue reading
To Bennu and Back!
By Linda Childs on September 29th, 2016
Hello FLVS peeps!
I had the distinct honor of representing FLVS at the OSIRIS REx rocket launch a few weeks ago.
Now if you're wondering what exactly that means, OSIRIS REx stands for NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer. That's a mouthful, right?
In a nutshell, NASA is sending a spacecraft to an asteroid named Bennu. Once it reaches Bennu (after a trip lasting two years), the spacecraft will orbit the asteroid for about a year, find the perfect place to collect about 80 grams of the rock, and head back home, arriving back to Earth in 2023.
It won't actually land on the asteroid, but instead hover over it – and with the help of Canada and their amazing knowledge of spacecraft arms – will grab a small sample. (To put this in perspective, 80 grams is about the equivalent of 80 Skittle candies.)
So why are we going to Bennu? Continue reading
Internships at FLVS
By Guest Blogger on October 15th, 2015
Seven years.
That's how long I taught in a brick-and-mortar classroom before joining FLVS. While a lot has changed since I taught in the classroom, there are still some common challenges that were faced by teachers during my time and are still faced by teachers today – the biggest one being technology.
I remember computers being placed in my classroom and all the information I was supposed to take in at once. I was introduced to DOS, Windows, BASIC, Word Perfect Suite (with reveal codes), Windows, Office, HTML, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc, etc, etc…never ending! With each one, just when I started to feel comfortable using it myself, a new one would come.
Students Need Champions
By Guest Blogger on August 26th, 2015
August 26th is "Women's Equality Day," so what better time than today to reflect back on the women who have made a difference in this world.
For me, a very special woman comes to mind. She was a teacher from Texas who changed so many lives and affected so many other teachers and students. Her name was Rita Pierson. And though I never met her, listening to her talk about teaching and learning provided me with the foundation I try to base my work on every day.
Mrs. Pierson gave a Ted Talk back in May 2013 that now has almost 5 million views. In her talk she shared some of the best advice I've ever heard about teaching. Here are just some of the beautiful words Rita shared with us and just a few reasons why she is a woman I admire greatly.


This post originally appeared in Citizen Give Magazine.
A former sports writer in Dallas, 'Coach' Carter taught math, English, and volunteered as a coach in DISD for several years with the dream of becoming a principal. He felt himself in the same position that a lot of us sense when it comes to our city's schools– frustrated, confused, and hemmed in by politics– but he knew firsthand how committed and consistent follow-up could change his students' lives. He thought if he could reach out to a few students who were struggling, but had potential, he could mentor and coach them into being incredibly successful adults. As he shared his ideas with people he met, Carter eventually secured funding for his project and started Turner 12.
In 2000, he approached 12 sixth-graders whose potential had been identified by their teachers. He sat down the the students and their parents to discuss the commitment he wanted them to undertake: six-years of mentoring, diligent studies, personal development, and career planning to carry them through their senior year and into college. Of those students, whose grades had previously been in the low-B/high-C range, 5 were amongst the top 10 students at their graduation in 2005. Nine were in the top 10 percent of their class, and all were off to college.
Growing up in a housing project about 10 minutes from where he works today, Carter himself had been fostered inside and outside the classroom by two teachers that took an interest in his success. His 5th grade teacher gave him rides home, bonded with Carter's grandmother, and even invited Carter into her own home.
"She showed me life outside the housing development… she opened up this passion for wanting more," Coach Carter explains. He remembers that his first visit to Mrs. Polk's home was also the first time he had seen a fireplace, and was determined that one day he would have the same thing in his own home. Carter's high school English teacher, Mrs. Jeffries, spurred his interest in writing by asking him to write for the school newspaper.
John Carter, Founder & Executive Director, The Turner Twelve, Inc.
Carter pays that forward today in the students that join Turner 12, and the friends of Turner 12 students who are driven to achieve at the same level.
"I remember asking her, 'Alicia, do you know what a valedictorian is?' and of course she didn't. I said 'I think you would be a great valedictorian.'" Alicia was an athlete and promising student; she reminded Carter of himself at a younger age. Alicia worked hard and moved into the top of her class. Meanwhile Alicia's friend Bianca, who hadn't been accepted to the Turner 12 program but participated as a sort of 'surrogate' in many of the group's activities, worked equally hard. In their senior year, Bianca moved into Alicia's place at the top, and graduated as valedictorian. The two friends split up when Bianca went to Texas A&M and Alicia went to the University of Texas, and the two continue their rivalry to this day.
75% of Dallas high school students graduate, compared to an 85% state average.
Twenty-four students have completed the Turner 12 program since that first graduating class of 2005. At the end of this year the program will boast 6 college graduates and one Master's program graduate, with many of the students continuing to law or medical programs. In a neighborhood where less than two thirds of students graduate high school, Carter's success is making a big impact. Not only have applications for the Turner 12 program increased, but at any time the program has between eight and ten additional students who participate as 'surrogate' Turner 12 students. During the 'Summer of Choice' program, each Turner 12 student can choose a peer to join in a six-week leadership development program that stimulates community involvement and awareness.
So what would he suggest to those who want to make a change in our current education system?
Carter doesn't deny that the sacrifices he's made for Turner 12– the long hours, the endless search for support, the bureaucracy of both the school district and the non-profit sector– have taken their tolls. His hours are always extended, and he does not (as his long-ago co-worker told him) get 3 months off every year; the students take college tours in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas when they aren't in school. But he takes these commitments in stride with the successes of his program.
The current Turner 12 class is in 7th grade, and there's no telling what awaits in their future. If last year's class is any indication, Coach Carter's group will be the men and women to watch in 2017.
The Turner 12 is always looking for mentors to work with students on personal goals, professional shadowing opportunities to allow a student to see what their dream job is like, board members with a heart for education and a passion for kids, speakers on themes like prioritization, time management, etc., and funding sources to grow and build the Turner 12 program.


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Longtime exec Andrew "Boz" Bosworth (pictured left) is taking over all of Facebook's consumer hardware efforts.
Facebook executive Andrew Bosworth is taking over all of the company's consumer hardware efforts.
That includes Oculus VR and Facebook's newer Building 8 division, which is working on an unannounced video chat device codenamed Aloha.
Aloha will be the first in a string of consumer gadgets from Building 8. The secretive team is also working on an Amazon Echo-like smart speaker, 360-degree camera, and futuristic wearables.
Facebook has tapped one of its most veteran execs to lead all of its consumer hardware efforts, including the mysterious Building 8 division responsible for its forthcoming video chat device.
Andrew "Boz" Bosworth will oversee Building 8 and Oculus, Facebook's virtual reality arm, Business Insider has learned. The announcement was recently made inside Facebook by CTO Mike Schroepfer, and a company spokesperson confirmed the news to BI on Wednesday.
"We are excited about our long-term investments in virtual reality, augmented reality, and consumer hardware," the spokesperson said in a statement. "We believe these new technologies have the potential to bring the world closer together in entirely new ways, and we've built great teams with strong leadership in each of these areas. Bringing these teams closer together will help us move even faster as we continue to invest in our 10-year roadmap."
Bosworth has served as Facebook's VP of ads and business platform for five years, and was instrumental in the company's early efforts to create the News Feed and Messenger. He's been at the company for over a decade and is a close confidant to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Another longtime Facebook ads engineering exec, Mark Rabkin, will assume Bosworth's old responsibilities.
Bosworth's appointment reflects the challenges Facebook has experienced in the consumer hardware business as it races to keep up with rivals like Apple, Google, and Microsoft. Facebook has spent vast sums of money acquiring talent and technology, but the multi-pronged effort has lacked a centralized focus that the company now hopes to have by unifying its various hardware teams under Bosworth.
He will also serve as a seasoned business leader to steer Building 8 team, which has suffered a wave of key staff departures in recent months, including the loss of COO Richard Wooldridge, head of consumer experience Donald Hicks, and head of product management Olivier Bartholot, according to people familiar with the matter.
Facebook's recently-appointed vice president of VR and former Xiaomi exec Hugo Barra will report to Bosworth along with Regina Dugan, the former DARPA exec who Zuckerberg poached from Google's advanced projects division to form Building 8 last April.
The Amazon Echo Show functions similarly to Building 8's forthcoming video chat device, codenamed Aloha.
While Building 8 has publicly teased its futuristic, far-off work on mind-reading technology and sensors that "feel" language through human skin, the team's first piece of consumer hardware will be a video chat device similar to Amazon's recently announced Echo Show.
The device, codenamed Aloha, will feature a large touchscreen along with a camera and speakers and be capable of recognizing peoples' faces when they step into view, three people with knowledge of the device said.
Prototypes of Aloha have been tested in employees' homes in recent months, and the current plan is to release the device in May 2018. Facebook is looking at selling the device for $499 but hasn't landed on a final price point, according to one person familiar with the matter. The planned release date could also change.
One hurdle Building 8 has faced in its efforts to build its first device is consumer mistrust of Facebook protecting user privacy, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The company conducted marketing studies for project Aloha and received overwhelming concern that Facebook would use the device to spy on users, according to one person with knowledge of the matter.
To assuage concerns about privacy, Facebook has considered creative ways to market Aloha, including pitching it as a device for letting the elderly easily communicate with their families. Building 8 employees have also considered creating new brand names beside Facebook to sell their gadgets under.
Work began on Aloha after Facebook executives saw the success of Amazon's first Echo, and now the Echo Show is seen internally as Aloha's main competitor, people familiar with the matter said.
From left to right: Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer, Regina Dugan, and Mark Zuckerberg.
A video chat device for the home isn't the only hardware cooking in Building 8.
Aside from project Aloha, Building 8 is also working on a smart speaker without a display more akin to the original Amazon Echo, a 360-degree camera, and exploring wearable devices like smart glasses and a sensor-laden necklace, people with knowledge of the products said. Some details about project Aloha were first reported by Digitimes and Bloomberg.
Facebook declined to comment on any details related to Aloha or other unannounced Building 8 projects.
With limited experience in selling consumer hardware to date, Facebook is taking on deep-pocketed competitors like Apple and Google in a cut-throat business defined by thin profit margins and complex logistics. Sales of its flagship Oculus VR headset have lagged behind competitors, and the Oculus team's work on delivering futuristic smart glasses capable of overlaying virtual objects onto the real world is likely still years away.
An entirely separate division from Oculus, Building 8 is structured similarly to Google's advanced technology group, or ATAP, and is also similar to X, the "moonshot" lab where Google's self-driving cars were born. ATAP, which Dugan led before joining Building 8, was recently folded into Google's larger hardware division as well.
At Facebook's annual developer conference earlier this year, Dugan said that Building 8's goal was to "create and ship category-defining products that are social first" at a mass scale. The division, which Zuckerberg has said he plans to spend hundreds of millions dollars on, is planning to sell its gadgets in physical stores and online.
"When we were talking to Regina about joining us, one of the conversations we had is, 'Look, this is not a random idea factory to go do whatever the team wants to work on,'" Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer said in an interview with BI earlier this year. "We want to focus people on things that are directly associated with the mission."


The District Presbytery has established certain policies so that each District Officer or Director can be free to go to any church — near or far, large or small — without financial restrictions or compensation being a factor (To whom does this apply? See footnote below). To expedite their visit to your church or ministry, the District Presbytery has prepared these guidelines for host ministries, so that you may know what is expected of you, and what is not.
Unlike a Missionary or Evangelist, your District Officers and Directors already receive salaries and travel allowances — so the church does not need to pay for travel expenses or to receive an offering for ministry support.
Any such honorarium, by the policy of the District Presbytery, will be deposited into the District leader's "Special Ministries Account" (not to their personal funds). These Special Ministries Accounts are under the jurisdiction of the Executive Presbytery, and are available to them, upon request and with approval, for non-budgeted and discretionary expenses. As an example, these funds are often used to take missions trips.
Even the cost of a meal associated with their visit is not necessary, although the opportunity for fellowship is usually appreciated and enjoyed. Some churches take advantage of these visits to host a small luncheon with the church leaders. Such meals do not need to be expensive — the meal can be prepared by a church member and hosted on-site. However please be considerate of the time — as your guest may have other appointments and travel.
These policies have been designed to eliminate any financial motivation behind the decision to visit one church or another, and to grant every church equal access to our District Officers and Directors, while allowing each host church the opportunity to show appreciation to the visiting minister.
Any other special activities afterward?
Footnote: This policy applies to Officers and Ministry Directors. This does not apply to all "District Endorsed Ministries" or some "Auxiliary Ministries" — these ministries do not receive any district funding for travel, expenses, or salaries.


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On the basis of liquor Malibu, there are many cocktails. You can add juice or tonic.
Malibu is a unique blend of Caribbean white rum and coconut in the original white bottle. Fragrant and delicious liqueur - a godsend for this foodie and lover of exotic cocktails. This liqueur has a special flavor and is easily mixed with tonic, which makes it very popular.
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America's Biggest Wholesale Food Distributor Sysco Corporation Lists Plant Veda's Products.
Fortune Ranked Sysco as the 7th Largest Fortune 500 Company in Texas and 55th largest in the U.S. by Total Revenue.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Plant Veda Foods Ltd. (CSE:MILK) (OTC:PLVFF) (XFRA:A3CS6B) (the "Company" or "Plant Veda"), an award-winning dairy-alternative company, is pleased to announce that retailers and restaurants will be able to access Plant Veda's lassi and creamer product lines through the Sysco Corporation Network.
Sysco, an acronym for Systems and Services Company, is the world's largest broadline food distributor with more than 650,000 clients in a wide array of fields.
"Having one of the world's largest food service distributors represent our products stands as an attestment of our products and their quality", stated Mayur Sajnani, Chief Revenue Officer of Plant Veda. "Being able to leverage Sysco's large and well-established supply chain is expected to significantly streamline both the speed and logistics of delivering our products to the thousands of retailers and restaurants Sysco represents, I couldn't be more pleased."
About Plant Veda
Plant Veda Foods Ltd. has a mission to accelerate humanity's shift to a plant-based lifestyle. They remain clear in their goals, which is to improve the environment and humanity's overall health due to plant-based lifestyles. They have succeeded in creating award-winning plant-based dairy alternatives that are better than the original in terms of health and flavour. Plant Veda continues to shake up the dairy-free market by creating unique, one-of-a-kind products that leave their customers forgetting about dairy to begin with.
Learn more at www.PlantVeda.com.
About Sysco
Sysco, a Fortune 500 company, is the world's largest food distributor with over 650,000 clients serviced through 343 distribution facilities worldwide across 90 countries. For fiscal 2021 that ended July 3, 2021, Sysco generated sales of more than $51 billion. Sysco is headquartered in Houston, Texas with regional offices in all major Canadian cities, through its subsidiary Sysco Canada.
Visit www.PlantVeda.com/pages/investors
To find Plant Veda products at a location near you, visit www.PlantVeda.com/pages/store-locations
Aaron Wong, Director
Email: Aaron@PlantVeda.com
Email: Investors@PlantVeda.com
Email: Media@PlantVeda.com
This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Often, but not always, forward-looking information and information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "estimates", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur, or be achieved. Forward-looking information in this news release includes statements regarding the anticipated performance of Plant Veda's in the dairy-alternative industry, in addition to the following: Potential outcomes from the Sysco products listing. The forward-looking information reflects management's current expectations based on information currently available and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking information. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed timeframes or at all. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include: (i) adverse market conditions; (ii) changes to the growth and size of the dairy-alternative markets; and (iii) other factors beyond the control of the Company. The Company operates in a rapidly evolving environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is impossible for the Company's management to predict all risk factors, nor can the Company assess the impact of all factors on Company's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ from those contained in any forward-looking information. The forward-looking information included in this news release are made as of the date of this news release and the Company expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
As each individual is different, the benefits, if any, of taking the Company's products will vary from person to person. No claims or guarantees can be made as to the effects of the Company's products on an individual's health and well-being. The Company's products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
This news release may contain trademarked names of third-party entities (or their respective offerings with trademarked names) typically in reference to (i) relationships had by the Company with such third-party entities as referred to in this release and/or (ii) client/vendor/service provider parties whose relationship with the Company is/are referred to in this release. All rights to such trademarks are reserved by their respective owners or licensees.
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Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda by Korydon H. Smith and Tomà Berlanda explores the pressing challenges and opportunities to be found in planning, designing, and constructing a healthy, equitable and sustainable city. Asking "what is an authentic-yet-modern, prosperous-yet-feasible African city, Rwandan city?" Smith, Berlanda and colleagues conducted research on Rwandan activities of daily living and how these routines are connected to space-making practices and the Kinyarwanda terms that describe them.
Through a culturally informed view of urban and rural lifestyles and spaces, Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda presents principles and proposals for neighborhood development in the challenging context of Kigali's informal settlements, With one billion people living in informal settlements worldwide, a number expected to double by 2030, the lessons learned in Rwanda provide a complex, fascinating, and urgent study for scholars and practitioners across disciplines and around the world.


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Parenting with a Restorative Lens
November 13, 2019 By Shalem Admin
By Anne Martin
4-year-old Andrew stood by the car, arms crossed, pouting. He didn't want to go into the house.
This had happened before. Many times. Usually Andrew's mom or dad would insist he go in. He'd resist. In the end someone would pick him up and carry protesting Andrew inside.
This time, Andrew's mom had just completed her first day of a FaithCARE restorative practice training. She had learned the basic philosophy and framework of restorative practice. The framework is made up of foundational principles and practices upon which to build healthy relationships. The framework includes an understanding of relationship styles and the use of the restorative questions.
Relationship styles focuses on the idea of being WITH those with whom you are in relationship. A WITH relationship is based on clear realistic expectations and the necessary support to meet those expectations. Here's the chart we used to discuss being WITH each other.
The key restorative questions participants learn to have in a conversation are:
How have people been affected by the situation?
What's the hardest thing for you about the situation?
What needs to happen to make things right?
The questions can help us be WITH others.
Let's go back to 4-year-old Andrew and his mother.
The questions were fresh in Andrew's mother's mind. Although Andrew is only 4, she figured it was worth a try.
Mom: Andrew, what happened?
Andrew: (silence)
Mom: (She waits giving Andrew time to think.) Andrew, what happened?
Mom: (Mom waited. Now what? They hadn't talked in the training about what to do when someone doesn't answer the question. Mom didn't give up.) Andrew, what's hard about the situation for you?
Mom: (Mom, still not sure exactly what to do, asked the same question again.) Andrew, what's hard about the situation for you?
Andrew: (Brief silence) Let's go in. But I'll go behind you.
What a beautiful example of Mom being WITH Andrew. Mom respectfully maintained her authority as mother and calmly asked her young son the questions. Not all the questions, but the right ones for the moment.
In doing so, she acknowledged the situation without anger or "you have to." She gave Andrew space. She presented a calm curiosity.
Surprised by what happened, Mom got the desired outcome: for Andrew to come into the house on his own without a struggle. There weren't a lot of words but there was a positive experience for everyone.
What did Mom and Andrew learn?
It's impossible to say what was going on in Andrew's mind, how he was processing the questions. But it certainly seems the questions and the chance to think about them led him to a new place—his willingness to go inside.
Mom learned she could interact differently with her 4-year-old son by asking a couple of questions, not pressuring. She felt good. What could have been another frustrating moment for everyone, wasn't.
After Mom told her story, a Dad in the group talked about using the questions that morning before he came to Day 2 of the training. His three boys were fighting. A common occurrence. The youngest, as often was the case, was the instigator. With the questions he'd learned the day before in mind, Dad decided to give them a try:
What happened? The brothers explained. The instigator took responsibility for his behaviour.
Who's been affected? His youngest son didn't understand this question so Dad changed it to Who's been upset by what you did? The son was able to talk about how his brothers had been upset by his behaviour.
What should happen now? The son apologized to his brothers and said he'd try to do better next time.
The most striking result of this situation for Dad was that usually if the youngest son were reprimanded he'd go off to his room crying. He'd feel victimized. By asking "What happened?" rather than saying "Why did you do that?"; by allowing him the opportunity to name who he had upset and by giving him the opportunity to say what should happen now, everything changed.
The youngest son didn't feel victimized; he felt empowered. Dad was able to leave for Day 2 of the training content the boys had worked through the situation. The boys were in a good place to get on with their day.
It goes without saying Mom is going to have to have a lot more conversations with Andrew and Dad is going to have to a lot more conversations with his sons, but using the questions can become a way to have conversations leading to more helpful outcomes.
If you're interested in taking part in a FaithCARE training, check out our upcoming training in Toronto at: https://shalemnetwork.org/events/re-conditioned-congregations.
Anne Martin is the Director of Restorative Practice Services at Shalem and Director of Consulting Services for the Centre For Workplace Engagement.


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Movies and TV shows about Miami and Colombia
We already mentioned movies and TV shows that inspired GTA: Vice City which was set in Miami in the colorful and neon 1980s.
Many rumors claim GTA 6 will feature nearly the same era (1970-1980s) and Miami as location along with Colombia. The plot will likely be focused on drug smuggling. So while we are awaiting the official GTA 6 announcement, it's a good time to watch movies and TV shows about Miami and Colombia in the 1980s to feel the atmosphere of the time.
American Made (2017). Based on the true story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a gun smuggler for the CIA and a drug runner for the Colombian cartel at the same time in the 1980s.
Narcos (2015-2017). While the previous movie focuses on a story of one smuggler pilot and touches only a bit of Pablo Escobar (a real life Colombian drug lord), the Narcos TV series has enough time to tell us the whole story of Pablo Escobar building his drug empire on smuggling cocaine to Miami in the early 80s. A rumor has it, Rockstar was heavily inspired by this show while creating GTA 6. It is great indeed, especially when you realize that everything was based on true events which is proven by a lot of documentary footage in it.
Miami Vice (1984-1990). Although the previous ones tell us about the 1980s, they were actually shot in the late 2010s. Which means they are just a reproduction attempt and can't fully convey the atmosphere of that time. The clothes, the interiors, the music, the gadgets and even the hairstyles (the latter deserves a separate article) are way too modern and wrong. The best way to feel the real 80s is to watch a TV show from the 80s. We already discussed Miami Vice earlier, but if you are interested particularly in Colombia there is an episode 1x15 named "Smuggler's Blues" where Crockett and Tubbs go to Cartagena, Colombia to make a drug deal. The plot is fictitious, however the atmosphere is authentic, totally the 80s.
By the way, here is a song from this episode.
Romancing the Stone (1984). This movie is not about the cartel but still is an interesting adventure comedy set in Colombia. Again, the vibe of the real 80s.
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