Life is wonderful and wild and beautiful and totally hectic. We're constantly thrown into work, relationships, busy family lives and social lives. It can really be a challenge to remain mindful and balanced through it all. Studies show that high levels of the stress hormone cortisol result in collagen loss and increased inflammation in the body.
The next question is: how do we handle stress? Taking time for yourself to nourish the mind + body will help reduce stress and prevent the release of cortisol. While everyone has unique ways to relax, we wanted to share some of our favorite tips to combat stress and generate happiness - we like to call these our daily doses of joy. Read below to see (and shop) our rituals to soothe on Sunday's - we hope you enjoy!
Sweep Away Stress. Dry brushing is an easy way to sweep away dead skin cells and increase circulation to the skin. Taking the time to dry brush before stepping into your bath (or shower) is a wonderful form of self-care. This practice also stimulates the lymphatic system, which helps remove toxins from the body and allow your skin to better absorb nutrients. Plus, it feels great! We love starting our Sunday bath ritual with CAP beauty's natural wood dry brush.
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Did you know that drinking tea will reduce the risk of a stroke? According to a recent study, those consuming 3 or more cups of black / green tea had a 21% lower chance of stroke compared to people who drank only one cup of tea.
You've probably heard about the benefits of antioxidants and the good news is, black tea does contain a lot of them. Most importantly, they are different from those found in fruits or vegetables and help to protect your DNA from alcohol, tobacco or other toxic damage.
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Over a third of 38% of surveyed young Spaniards are considering making crypto investments, while those choosing to eschew traditional banks are far more likely to turn to bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins, a new survey has found.
Per Europa Press, the survey was concluded by the Spanish neobank Rebellion, who asked an unspecified number of people aged between 25 and 40 if they were thinking of "investing in cryptocurrencies in the coming months."
The firm stated that 21% of respondents said they had already made crypto purchases, with only 19% of those surveyed saying they had bought stocks or paid into pension programs.
Additionally, the number of "cryptocurrency investors shot up to 43% among young people who bank with neobanks," the media outlet remarked, noting that a number of neobanks in the country already offer crypto buying and selling services.
Rebellion itself struck a partnership deal with the BitPanda crypto trading platform in May this year, Expansión reported back in summer. It initially began offering bitcoin and ethereum (ETH) services, but has since added trading options for altcoins such as litecoin (LTC).
However, some of those surveyed expressed doubts about crypto. "Reliability" was a bugbear for 23% of respondents, while only 27% stated that they thought crypto made a "good investment" choice. Furthermore, 17% of respondents stated that they know "nothing about" crypto.
Regardless, 27% said they agreed with the prediction that cryptoassets are "the future of payments."
Sergio Cerro, the Rebellion CEO, claimed the survey proved that crypto was "a player" that would play a key role "in the future" of finance.
He stated:
"The world of payments is experiencing a change and now is the time to decide if we want to take part in this change or not. It is only a matter of time before large institutions and organizations begin to accept them as a form of payment."
Earlier this year, the Spanish retail giant El Corte Inglés hurried through an application for a number of BTC-related brands, indicating that larger-name firms in the country may be working on crypto-related services behind closed doors.
– Celebrity Endorsement Weighs Heavily for US Crypto Investors – Survey
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– Young UK Adults Eager To Learn More About Crypto – Survey
– Lack Of Knowledge Is More Important Than Volatility For Crypto Newcomers
– Spain's Finance Ministry Intensifies Scrutiny of Crypto Wallets, Pay Firms
– Watch: Spanish Police Bust a Suspected 111-rig Crypto Mining 'Farm'
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The San Antonio Military Health and Universities Research Forum (SURF) annual conference committee welcomes competitive submissions for the 2023 SURF Conference. The conference is hosted by San Antonio Military Market, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT-Health San Antonio), The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) and regional partners: San Antonio Medical Foundation and BioMed SA.
The forum will be hosted on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at The University of Texas at San Antonio.
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While in Aristotle time is seen as an indeterminate magnitude bounded by ideal points, Kant's exposition begins only with respect to time's magnitude.
In Kant, time is described as an infinite given magnitude. (Kant sharply distinguishes between infinite and indefinite: infinite is without limits, while indefinite is with undetermined limits.) Kant provides a thought experiment that can help us gauge what he means. If we try to imagine another time, we may succeed in imagining other objects in a past or future, but our own experience of time (of sequence and simultaneity) remains unchanged. We cannot imagine this other time (imagination itself is only possible in the sequence and simultaneity of our experience).
Kant also calls time a form (namely, the pure form of inner sense). We can use time's character as infinite magnitude to understand this term 'form'.
There is a paradox in an infinite magnitude: a magnitude, one would think, is the kind of thing that must have a size. However, something infinite has no size in principle. This sounds like a contradiction, but is rather the key to understanding 'form'. Rather than being a magnitude, time makes any determination of magnitude possible by being the 'field' of such determinations, and so the time, as a pure form of intuition, is the possibility of time determinations (limitations). Aristotle's understanding of the beginnings and ends that limit a time is possible on the basis of a more basic understanding of the magnitude between the points as limited from a field of possible limitations - the form of time.
While we still have kept a relation to Aristotle's sense of time, Kant's account still points to something different. The indeterminate magnitude between the beginning and end of a change is now seen as a limitation on a more primordial time. The limitation by way of the beginning and end is described by Kant, particularly through the pure concepts of the understanding (categories). These should be connected with Aristotle's considerations of time.
In Aristotle time was experienced in change and had a structure of something with a beginning middle (indeterminate duration) and end. In Kant, changes are experienced in time, where time is an infinite magnitude that allows for limitation through conceiving of times. In discussing Aristotle we found that the measurement of the magnitude of time seemed impossible without regular motions. Here we still find this to be the case, but can also see how the capacity for limitation already produces a second notion of time that can be pluralized (unlike time as a form, which is only singular). This time is apparently the time of Aristotle, as it shares the characteristics of being demarcated with a beginning and end (in Kant, cause and effect). This, in effect, leaves us with three notions of time: time as form, as bounded indeterminate magnitude, and as the measure of a regular motions discoverable within world events (clock time).
By introducing the form of time (as the form of inner sense), Kant shows the character of time in Aristotle as a product of the understanding. We now have time as form of intuition, and as concept (and even measure). In Kant, the intuition and understanding are never discovered apart, but are always synthesized a priori as experience. This means that there is an original belonging together of these two halves that is seen in the original experience and allows these two halves to be parsed out. Kant characterizes this original togetherness roughly in the schematism, where the pure concepts of the understanding are to be taken as transcendental expressions of time. Generally speaking, Kant does not see any way of illustrating the original unity of the intuition and understanding. While it may be possible to produce an account of this out of looking at later writings from Kant, I won't get pulled into those concerns here.
The pure concepts ultimately provide for the sort of object of experience that we can judge about. This object of empirical understanding is the primary orientation point Kant has phenomenologically, and from this standpoint the connection of time and concepts is murky - and with good reason. In part III I will consider Heidegger's understanding of time as temporality. From Heidegger's entry way into phenomena we can get another shot at understanding what was murky in Kant, and provide another mode for understanding time. We will ultimately relate this back to Aristotle's model of time.


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Gridlock as tanker explodes on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
By Precious Igbonwelundu and Tajudeen Adebanjo
A petrol tanker explosion about 4am on Wednesday caused gridlock on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.
The explosion, which happened on Magboro Bridge, near the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Prayer City, triggered traffic snarls which spread to several kilometres on both sides of the road.
There was no casualty report as at last night.
Officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), police, and fire-fighters battled to contain the fire.
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The FRSC, in a statement by its Lagos/Ibadan/Egbeda Corridor Commander, Kehinde Hamzat, advised those plying the corridor to reconsider their journey or brace up for delays.
It reads: "The FRSC advise the public to plan their trips for today. The tanker explosion on Magboro Bridge, on the outward Lagos section, happened about 04.15hrs yesterday. It calls for the need to adjust our movement for the day.
"The fire was still burning at 05.20hrs and this means a total standstill.
"Efforts are on to extinguish the fire. We therefore advise the public to plan their trips or cancel. We also advise travellers to explore alternative routes where necessary."
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FALL RIVER - 1,107 cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Fall River, according to a press release from . The city also reports its 26th death. The Fall River Health Department is in contact with the individuals who have tested positive as well as their contacts.
The Department of Public Health confirmed 80 new COVID-19-related deaths across the state Friday, bringing the state's total to 6,228.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 90,889 after 805 new cases were reported by state health officials on May 22. Bristol County was up to 6,362 cases.
To date, 511,644 tests for the virus have been conducted in Massachusetts after 10,158 new tests were reported Friday.
Roughly 61% of the deaths reported statewide occurred at long-term care facilities as of Tuesday, according to state health officials.
As May 20, 56,338 Massachusetts residents have been subject to quarantine since the COVID-19 outbreak began and 32,549 people have completed quarantine, according to the state's weekly report.
The DPH said it has taken several steps to expand reporting as the pandemic has evolved and increase access and capacity for testing statewide.
State health officials aims to increase testing capacity of up to 45,000 tests per day by the end of July and up to 75,000 by December. The testing criteria has been broadened to allow for more individuals to have access to testing for COVID-19.


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THE KAMA SUTRA by VATSYAYANA has been added to Our Site
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I have just posted a first draft of 'THE KAMA SUTRA' by VATSYAYANA (Circa 225 AD) as translated from the Sanskrit into the "Anglish Norse of Alcuin" by Hraerik 'Bragi' Hraegunarson of Gardariki and Empress Helga of Kiev to the website SeiberTeck.com under The Aud Scriptorium Heading under that name.
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THE KAMA SUTRA by VATSYAYANA (Circa 225 AD) was first translated into English by Richard F. Burton in 1883 and it is upon this now public domain translation that the Prince Hraerik 'Bragi' Hraegunarson translation is based. Prince Hraerik of Gardariki worked with Empress Helga of Kiev and Queen Silkisif of Tmutorokan on the translation into the Anglish Norse Miniscule Font of Alcuin circa 960 AD and they brought numerous area artists to Gardariki to paint velums that were sewn into the books that were copied in the Scriptorium there. We have just added the work to our list of books available to read for free. Please feel free to view and add comments.
We had a little fun with this one and we added some Hraes' Aesir commentary to the Vanir Hindu based translation. However, similarities were also pointed out between the Tenth Night practises of Indian Brahman sultans and the First Night practises of some Norse rulers. The harsh realities of the Indian Caste system and slavery are also pointed out and some of these evil practises carried on into the British Raj and, indeed, carry on to this very day.
The Concluding Section of the translation shall also include a comparison between the Aesir and Vanir Tripartite religions, the Aesir being the Odin, Thor, Tyr pantheon and the Vanir being the Brahma, Indra, Vishnu pantheon as well as the Jupiter, Mars, Mercury pantheon of the Romans.
The present publication was written from a Vanir religious perspective in Sanscrit, and is called 'The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana,' or The Way of Love by Vatsyayana.
Vatsyayana Mallanaga is its widely accepted author and it was written in Pataliputra (Patna) on the River Ganges circa 225 AD. While the author attributes much of his work to prior authors, much of the work has been written by Vatsya after extensive meditation on the subject.
It may be interesting to some persons to learn how it came about that Vatsyayana was first brought to light to be translated into the Norse language. It happened thus:
While King Ivar 'Harde Knute' Hraerikson was starting up direct trade with India, via the Caliphate of Baghdad, and the Sultan Rajan of Ashaval and the merchants of Mumba, the concubine slaves he was selling there were constantly being described ofttimes as a Mrigi or Deer woman; or a Vadawa or Mare woman, or a Hastini or Elephant woman and reference was frequently found to be made to one Vatsyayana. The sage writings of Vatsya were of this opinion, or of that opinion. Naturally questions were asked about who this sage was, and the clients replied that Vatsyayana was the author of the standard work on love in Sanscrit literature, the Kama Sutra, and that no Sanscrit library was complete without his work, but that it was most difficult now to obtain it in its entire state. The copy of the manuscript obtained in Mumba was defective, and so the Princes sent messengers to Pataliputra to get copies of the manuscript from Sanscrit libraries in those places. Copies having been obtained, they were then compared with each other, and with the aid of a Commentary called 'Sutra Vritti' a revised copy of the entire manuscript was prepared, and from this copy the Norse translation was made.
This is the story according to The Lying Sagas of Denmark, that the original was sourced in India by King Ivar and was translated from the Sanskrit by his father, Prince Hraerik Bragi with the help of his wives, Empress Helga of Constantinople and Kiev and Queen Silkisif of Tmutorokan. It is said that the prince and the queen and the empress posed for the art of the many positions of the Kama Sutra, but that is quite unlikely, due to time constraints, but I'm sure they tried them all and posed for a select few. The prince's master chambers were located two floors above the dungeon treasury of his palace in Gardariki and the women immensely enjoyed making Love over Gold. Queen Silkisif was renowned throughout the Greek lands for her beauty and Empress Helga was a model for her line of fashions the Hraes' sold in Constantinople, even seducing an Emperor with her allure, so I'm pretty sure they posed for a few.
Empress Helga of Constantinople
The original translation was copied in the Scriptorium of Tmutorokan in Gardariki, but the Empress Helga Deluxe Edition complete with art has been copied in the Aud Scriptorium in Lade, Norway. Interestingly, the Norse translation was so complete and authoritative that it was copied back into the Sanskrit and into Hindi and sold very well in the Hraes' stores in Ashaval and Mumba.
An original Norse Aesir version of the Kama Sutra is planned for the future works of the Aud Scriptorium and will include some new positions and updated positions that have developed and evolved in the thousand years since the original. More on this to follow.
The Empress Helga Deluxe Edition recopying is complete with art that was drawn and painted of Helga over her years as a Princess and Queen of Kiev and later, as an Empress of Constantinople. Typically, to save the Empress's time, a number of artists of different styles were employed to execute the same poses simultaneously, then the preferred art was incorporated into whichever media it was required for. In this edition numerous styles of art of the same pose are exhibited throughout, many for the first time, to juxtapose and exhibit the various styles of the individual artists. Enjoy…
See "The VARANGIANS Series" and the parallel "The LYING SAGAS OF DENMARK Series" by Brian Howard Seibert at SeiberTeck.com for more on this decidedly distinct take on the Vikings of Northern Europe and the Varangians of Rus' (Russia).
Book One, "The Saga of Hraerik 'Bragi' Hraegunarson," recreates Book Five of Saxo's work to show how Erik Ragnarson was Rurik of Novgorod and also illuminate the origins of the name Rus' and how it evolved from Hraes' in ninth century Russia and how the name Varangians originally meant Va Rangers or Way Wanderers of the Nor'Way.
Book Two, "The Saga of Helgi 'Arrow Odd' Hraerikson," recreates Arrow Odd's Saga of c. 1200 to illustrate how Arrow Odd was Prince Helgi (Oleg in Slavic) Hraerikson of Kiev
Book Three, "The Saga of Ivar 'the Boneless' Hraerikson," reveals how Ivar the Boneless Ragnarson was actually Prince Ivar (Igor in Slavic) Hraerikson of Kiev and then King Harde Knute of Denmark.
Book Four, "The Saga of Svein 'the Old' Ivarson," demonstrates how Prince Svein 'the Old' (Slavic: Sviatoslav 'the Brave') of Kiev later moved to Norway and fought to become King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark. But before being forced out of Russia, he sated his battle lust by crushing the Khazars and attacking the great great grandfather of Vlad the Impaler in a bloody campaign into the Heart of Darkness of Wallachia against the Army of the Impalers and their 666 salute. The campaign was so mortifying that the fifteen thousand pounds of gold that the Emperor of Constantinople paid him to attack them seemed not nearly enough, so Prince Svein attacked the Eastern Roman Empire itself. He came so close to defeating the greatest empire in the world, that later Danish Christian Kings would call his saga, and the sagas of his kin, "The Lying Sagas of Denmark" and set out to destroy them.
Book Five, "The Saga of Valdamar 'the Great' Sveinson", establishes how Grand Prince Vladimir 'the Great' of Kiev was also known as Prince Valdamar Sveinson of Gardar, who supported his father, Sweyn Forkbeard, in attacks upon England and later became King Canute 'the Great' of England and also King Knute 'the Great' of Denmark and Norway
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The Greyboy Allstars have added a second Jazzfest show at The Howlin' Wolf on Saturday May 2nd. This show will be a co bill with our friends Galactic with the Rebirth Brass Band opening the show to get the party started. Tickets are $45 and are on sale now from GBA Fanclub Ticketing.


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Surgical Strikes: The Questions That Still Remain
The government can easily be more forthcoming about the surgical strikes. At a minimum, it should make public the information that Pakistan already has with it.
Siddharth Varadarajan
File photo of Indian patrol at the Pakistan border. Credit: Reuters
So opaque has the security game between India and Pakistan become over the past week that even John Nash and Thomas Harsanyi would struggle to make sense of the emerging matrix of probabilities and payoffs.
Ordinarily, India's 'surgical strikes' against terrorist launching pads across the Line of Control should have led to angry protests from Pakistan and the threat, if not the launching of retaliatory action. Instead, Pakistan denies it has been attacked and has been busing in foreign reporters to the LoC to buttress its point.
Terrorism and surgical strikes are no laughing matter but Pakistani journalist Gul Bukhari best summed up the Catch-22 in which the two countries – and their publics – find themselves today:
This is the funniest war I've ever come across.
IND: We attacked you
PAK: No you didn't
IND: Did
Pak: Didn't
— Gul Bukhari (@gulbukhari) September 29, 2016
To this 'riddle wrapped in an enigma, inside a mystery', I would add another paradox: Pakistan denies any Indian forces crossed the Line of Control as part of the surgical strikes India says it launched, yet it has in its custody an Indian soldier. And India, which says it launched the strikes – but which has officially refrained from saying whether the strikes involved soldiers crossing the LoC – insists the soldier in Pakistani custody crossed the LoC inadvertently. This situation has created a delicious irony: The only way for Pakistan to stick to its stand that there was no Indian attack is to accept the Indian claim – that the jawan indeed crossed over by mistake.
Four days after India's sensational announcement about conducting surgical strikes, the sheer parsimony of its statement has allowed all sorts of unverified and fanciful stories to swirl around the media.
To be clear, all that the Indian director general of military operations, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, actually said on the record on September 29 is that surgical strikes were launched against terrorist launching pads across the Line of Control, causing "heavy casualties". Since then, the only other bit of information put out on the record – by junior information minister Rajyavardhan Rathore – is that contrary to 'sourced' reports, no helicopters were used to cross the LoC, and that there were no aerial strikes. On his part, however, the DGMO did not mention the number of targets or the number of casualties, nor did he identify them. Nor were any details provided of what the surgical strikes consisted of – whether special forces crossed over – as the Indian media has surmised, based on briefings from 'sources' who will not go on the record – or whether conventional targeted firing using mortars was used.
No compromise to security
Why has the government not officially released this harmless but important information in the public domain? One possible reason is the fear that the more specific details it provides, the harder it becomes for the Pakistani army to credibly claim there were no Indian strikes – thus making retaliatory action more or less inevitable. But if that were the concern, what is the reason behind the planting of hyperbolic reports on the Indian media? Surely the government knows this too will fuel the retaliatory impulse across the border.
Previous Indian border crossings were never publicised because they had the limited objective of raising the tactical cost to Pakistan of its transgressions – such as the beheading of an Indian soldier in January 2013. The army then took a call that the message from its action would go across even without publicity, and without triggering the pressure for further escalation. Today, however, the government has chosen to go public with the broad claim – but judging from the response across the border, it is not clear that its message has gone across.
What about national security considerations? Could that be the reason for the government's reluctance to part with more details about the operation? Well, assuming the Indian army did indeed strike seven locations across the LoC, those locations are obviously not a secret to either the terrorist groups who were targeted or the Pakistani army, which keeps tracks of these groups and protects them. So there can be no justification for withholding the specific coordinates of the seven targets. How the government came to identify the locations ought not to be disclosed if intelligence capabilities are revealed as a result but making public the locations hit and providing a description of the nature of the target does not in any way compromise India's security or intelligence gathering capabilities. Remember: Pakistan already has that information.
Similarly, there is no reason for the Indian government to withhold its precise estimate and assessment of the ensuing casualties at each of these locations since this information is also known to the Pakistani side. If Indian special forces neutralised 10 Lashkar-e-Tayyaba terrorists at a particular location, for example, the LeT bosses and their Pakistani military handlers already know this. So this information can also be easily made public.
Since the Pakistani side knows full well what methods India used to strike at each of the locations – special forces, firing across the LoC, or a combination of the two – sharing this information with the Indian public does not compromise any security or intelligence capabilities on the Indian side.
To the extent to which video footage exists, some of it may well be considered sensitive so I do not consider the release of such footage as necessary. In any case, showing footage without revealing the locations targeted will be of little value.
The irony is that instead of making public those details about the operation that are already known to Pakistan, the government is leaking information that the Pakistani army and the terrorist groups targeted there may not know and perhaps ought not to know. Some news reports have appeared in India identifying the specific units that were involved in the surgical strikes. The fact that commandos were flown by helicopter up to the LoC just before they went across seems to me another operational detail that need not have been shared.
Nip cynicism in the bud
So if the DGMO's secrecy is not driven by the fear of provoking Pakistani retaliation, and if, as we saw above, there is no security-related reason to withhold basic data about the operation, why has the government chosen to batten down the information hatch?
Could it be that the targets hit were not particularly significant from a military standpoint, as Ajai Shukla has argued? In which case, has a political calculation been made that going public with this fact may reduce the 'benefit', if any, that may accrue to the ruling party as the next round of elections approaches? In a Facebook Live episode I did with The Wire's readers a couple of days ago, I was surprised at the number of people who asked questions along those lines. My own advice to them was: please put your cynicism on hold.
Although the government has made exaggerated claims about its actions in the past – in the 'terror boat' incident from February 2015, for example – the fact that the surgical strikes happened inside easily accessible, populated Pakistan-controlled territory and not on the high seas makes it improbable that the operation did not occur, as Islamabad claims. Even if the locations hit were small "targets of opportunity" – something the Indian army has gone after in the past as well – the fact that the government went public still marks a paradigm shift in the way the country deals with terror threats. It's a different matter that the new paradigm may not be any more effective than the old one in furthering India's strategic objective of reducing– and then ending – the threat of terrorism emanating from across the border.
For now, however, it is time for the government to be more forthcoming about the September 29 surgical strikes. At a minimum, it should make public the information that Pakistan already has with it.


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Discovering Hundreds of Graves in the "Old Cemetery"
This Sunday, May 21st at 3:00 pm, the museum is hosting a free public forum about the historic "Old Cemetery" of Friendship Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Through the use of ground penetrating radar, archaeologists have identified 567 graves in the 1.64 acre site.
Archaeologist Sarah Lowry shares GPR data with Lawrence Sneed, a lifelong member of Friendship Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.
GPR is a remote sensing technique that is non-invasive, relatively quick, and highly accurate. Thanks to a generous grant from the Jandy Ammons Foundation, the Wake Forest Historical Association was able to hire New South Associates, Inc., a company that specializes in researching, studying, and documenting historic sites. The survey of the "Old Cemetery" was conducted in February and March.
The discoveries are fascinating. Among the most intriguing, the ground penetrating radar identified a reported mass grave that church members believe was used during the 1918 flu pandemic. The GPR supports that belief; the survey uncovered multiple individual burials within a large, unmarked, excavated area.
Deacon Elrie Walton is among the church members familiar with the history of the cemetery, including the existence of a reported mass grave.
Located in the woods between two major developments in the Rogers Road area, the cemetery dates to the period before the Civil War and originally served as a nighttime gathering place for Christian slaves who met to worship in secret.
Following Emancipation, freed slaves from the Forestville area worked alongside leaders of Forestville Baptist Church to form their own congregation. This became Friendship Chapel, named for the cooperation surrounding the joint effort. By the 1880s, the members of Friendship Chapel had constructed a church building a short distance away. The original meeting place was dedicated as a cemetery. It was used for burials for approximately seventy years, ending in the late 1940s or early 50s when it was deemed full and a new cemetery was started behind the church.
The older, wooded site fell into disuse. But it was never forgotten. The congregation of Friendship Chapel Missionary Baptist Church has continued to guard the property. They are well aware of its presence, its general boundaries are known, and a number of stone or concrete tombstones remain. Many have family members buried there.
Program presenters will include archaeologist Sarah Lowry, who conducted the GPR survey and compiled the report, and historian Ellen Turco, responsible for creating an online "Story Map." This educational component will combine the survey findings with church records and photographs to put the cemetery in historical context for a wider audience. Details of the chapel, its congregation, and their unique history will be shared by the Reverend Enoch Holloway, Deacon Elrie Walton, and other church leaders.
All are invited to attend.
Discovering Hundreds of Graves in the "Old Cemetery": A GPR Survey Report
WHEN: Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 3:00 pm
WHAT: Free public forum
WHERE: Wake Forest Historical Museum, 414 N. Main Street, 919-556-2911
WHO: Experts from New South Associates, Inc., and leaders of Friendship Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
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ROCK ISLAND – One of the nation's most famous faces in the fishing world lent his passion and knowledge to this past weekend's QCCA Fishing, Hunting, and Outdoor Adventure Show.
Hank Parker, host of TV's "Hank Parker's Outdoor Magazine" since 1985, now on the Outdoor Channel, is a member of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, the Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame and International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame.
At the QCCA Expo Center Sunday, the annual show's last day, he said the top growing sport in the country is high-school fishing. For the first time since 1958, the number of fishing licenses for high-schoolers went up in 2017, compared to the previous year.
"It's amazing how little things will make a huge difference," Mr. Parker said, noting a heavier jig is one such difference or letting a line sit in the water longer.
"You adapt to the conditions, choose the right lure, based on the circumstances. That's what fishing is about," he said, adding that above all, fishing should be fun.
"If any information I've given you makes you have more stress, then throw it out the window," Mr. Parker said. "Get out there and relax. The main thing about fishing is, have fun. High-school fishing is exploding. On the collegiate level, some universities have scholarships for fishing teams.
Tim Nelson, 65, of Muscatine, came to the show for the first time specifically to see the bass master, and likes his commitment to family and charitable causes.
Ted Takasaki is a Hall-of-Fame angler who won the Professional Walleye Trail Championship in 1998, and gave tips on catching walleye. He holds the all-time tournament record for a one-day catch of five walleyes, weighing a total of 53 pounds.
Sunday, he said the most important factors are location, action on a lure, color, sound and scent – in that order.
On a sunny day, with clear water, he recommended using metallic, black or blue lures. If you've got dirty or dingy water, he uses bright, fluorescent colors – chartreuse yellows, oranges, or pinks.
"Our job is to know what they like, what they want, at that particular time or condition," Mr. Takasaki said.
Mr. Takasaki said he likes to fish wing dams along the Mississippi, citing above Lock & Dam 13, north of Fulton, as a favorite.
At the Expo Center, many vendors were on hand with the latest tackle, equipment, boats, and knowledge of the area's natural resources. Organizations with booths included the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Illowa Council of the Boy Scouts, Scott County Conservation Board, and Moline High Bass Team – which has about 18 members this year.
There are 350 high-school teams across the state, more than double the number in 2009, when Moline started, said assistant coach Steve Paytash. The team was state champion in 2014.
"We're all self-funded too, so we have to do these fundraisers," he said. At the show, they sold shirts and raffle tickets for a two-day fishing trip at Tall Pines Camp in Perrault Falls, Ontario, Canada, which donated the trip.
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Another splendid article in the Observer Sport Monthly - this one about Augusta National golf club. I had been mistaken in thinking it was a racist club, based on some prejudiced article I'd read in the build-up to a previous year's tournament, when there was some sort of controversy over women being excluded from club membership. David Owen argues convincingly that Augusta merely reflects the racial balance of the sport as a whole in the US. I didn't know that the club and the tournament struggled to establish themselves before to WWII. I agree that it is such a special tournament because it shuns the overtly commercial branding of some major sporting events and because it is played on the same course every year. I've always appreciated how proud it is of its history and how much that is a part of the tournament.
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Moneyball: British vs. American sport
For a number of years I've been more interested by American sports (particularly the NFL and MLB) than I have been by football here in the UK. (I'm still fond of rugby and cricket for more sentimental reasons.) Never before have I seen the differences articulated so intelligently as in this article by David Runciman in the Observer Sport Monthly. It's so rare for a writer to understand both sporting cultures so sensibly, without applying the usual ignorant stereotypes. I can now see why football has never had much appeal to US armchair fans; although it has a huge level of participation at the grassroots. There's a wonderful contrariness about American elite sport, which Runciman calls "a workers' paradise compared to the red-in-tooth-and-claw competition of the English game." He continues, "What American sport - with its powerful unions, its salary caps, its drafts designed to favour the weakest teams, its collectivised bargaining - most closely resembles is European Union-style capitalism: a heavily regulated, bureaucratically policed, carefully nurtured cash cow."
(Thanks to Richard Matthews for the tip.)
England's hopes rest on 3-year-old
England coach Steve McClaren today claimed England's hopes for Euro 2008 qualification are dependent on the fitness of Charlie Edwards.
"The lad's got talent," said McClaren. "It would be a disaster if his playgroup didn't release him for international duty. We hope they won't overplay him in the coming months."
Edwards, 3, is already pencilled in above Peter Crouch in the England squad to face Estonia in June.
Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger yesterday dismissed rumours that his club were looking to sign Edwards in the summer.
"He's too old," Wenger explained. "Plus, we don't want any more Englishers at our club. It's not good for the national team."
Manchester United, on the other hand, have already approached the youngster's parents about securing his services.
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The Press Association reports that a bulk order for the club's shirts bearing the toddler's name has already been placed with the official kit manufacturer Nike in the Far East.
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Pitch 'n' Putt with Beckett 'n' Joyce
Funny wee short film, playing on the stereotypes of Joyce and Beckett. Made me giggle. Thanks to Sig. Bibbio for the tip top tip. I love the line, "No not a Milky Way, you arse! A Topic!"
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The Mark of Cain (2007) - ickleReview (TV)
Feature-length drama about British soldiers in Iraq. This programme was postponed by a week because it was feared it might endanger the sailors and Marines captured and detained in Iran. They were eventually released before this programme was due to air, but the schedules had already been changed.
I found it disappointing. Like Jarhead (2005) it looked very good but didn't deliver. It portrays the institutionalized bullying and thuggery that I already believed exists within the Army. It was too one-sided. Not even the chaplain or the doctor could offer solace.
It's inspired by true events: of prisoner abuse and the difficult task of policing Basra after the official end to the war in Iraq in 2003.
The main performances by the two privates, Mark (Gerard Kearns) and Shane (Matthew McNulty), are convincing and natural. The way they are torn between loyalty to their regiment and moral courage is well delineated. However, their superiors are too stereotypically made out as the bad guys. I'm sure the Army can't be that bad throughout; but if it is, they should not be given the task of policing: their sense of justice is too warped.
The one striking moment is the speech Corporal Gant (Shaun Dooley) makes to the pall-bearers before the repatriation ceremony, carrying empty coffins because the remains of the two dead soldiers, killed by an RPG, are so charred.
Nugget: it did not live up to the hype. It was nasty, yes, but not as powerful as expected.
Labels: film, ickleRating =, ickleReviews, TV
Curt Schilling's 38 Pitches
It's pretty cool to have such a high-profile baseball player writing his own blog. 38 Pitches is from the man with the bloody sock, Boston Red Sox ace pitcher, Curt Schilling. He goes into great detail in his descriptions of the previous night's game. It's nice to think of him typing away on the red-eye flight home. I'm not sure about all the references to US troops in the Middle East. I guess it's a cultural difference. It's interesting to see how an elite sportsman thinks about the game.
Labels: meta-blogging, pictures, sport
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) - ickleReview (TV)
Sequel to The Bourne Identity. A CIA operation goes wrong in Berlin. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is implicated even though he was in Goa at the time. A Russian agent attempts to kill him. Bourne gets angry and goes after the CIA to find out why they won't leave him alone. He gets nightmares and headaches. Are they flashbacks or premonitions?
Brian Cox is a cynical old CIA suit close to retirement. He was involved with Bourne when he was being trained as a new breed of young agent. He doesn't like taking orders from a woman (Joan Allen).
With lots of hand-held camera work and a pounding soundtrack, the action is relentless. There's a brutal agent vs. agent fight in a Munich apartment, another whiplash car chase in Moscow, and a pleasing level of realism in the fact that Bourne hurts his leg and keeps the limp for the rest of the film.
Nugget: director Paul Greengrass raises the bar for secret agent action movies. Thanks to this franchise, Bond got better.
Labels: film, ickleRating +, ickleReviews, TV
The Lives of Others (aka Das Leben der Anderen) (2006) - ickleReview (cinema)
Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with this tale about the Stasi state security in Eastern Germany in 1984. It is so perfectly composed, I don't want to spoil it for you by revealing too much about it.
Sebastian Koch plays the publicly loyal East German playwright, Georg Dreyman, whose beautiful girlfriend, Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck), plays his leading female stage roles. Two Stasi officers, Grubitz (Ulrich Tukur) and Wiesler (the wonderful Ulrich Mühe), suspect Dreyman of insurrection because of the company he keeps with other, more openly anti-state, artists such as the black-listed theatre director Jerska (Volkmar Kleinert). With the permission of the government minister Hempf (Thomas Thieme), who has hinted to Grubitz that he may be favoured for a promotion, the Stasi wiretap Dreyman's apartment in the hope of finding some evidence against him. Wiesler is put in charge of the monitoring operation.
This film is beautifully observed with impeccable production values. The are so many greys, browns and dull greens on the palette, and yet - thanks to doubleplusgood acting and ingenious scripting - von Donnersmarck finds a touching human warmth. Koch gives the writer's life a quiet dignity, a delicate balance between social obedience and free-spiritedness. The communist machinery of state is efficient, yet slowly crumbling from the inside. Mühe rides this divide.
The power games are delicious. The humour unexpected but not out of place. The tears drawn with cathartic poignancy. An unburnished gem of a film.
Nugget: in German with English subtitles. Worthy of your attention. It will reward you richly.
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World Trade Center (2006) - ickleReview (DVD)
Oliver Stone usually makes films that are critical of American politics and institutions: Platoon (1986) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989) about Vietnam; Wall Street (1989) on the Reaganomic financial boom; JFK (1991) about the secret services and Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories; The Doors (1991), Natural Born Killers (1994) and Any Given Sunday (1999) about drugs and violence. His ethos has tended to be anti-establishment, often controversial. World Trade Center, despite the iconic title, badly misfires; although it wasn't aiming at his usual targets.
Stone is, above all else, a storyteller. In WTC he chooses a narrow focus, as he had done with Born on the Fourth of July, showing the events of 11 September 2001 from the point of view of two Port Authority Police Department officers, John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Will Jimeno (Michael Peña), and their families. Their unit was sent to evacuate Tower 1, but before they could leave ground level, it collapsed on top of them in the elevator shaft. The fact that the filmmakers collaborated with these men and their families kinda gives away the ending; but also limits the sort of film Stone could have made. It was arguably already in dubious taste to make a film within five years of the events; to make it critical would have been US box-office suicide. So instead he makes a Bruckheimer.
Only rarely and briefly did it grab me viscerally. The tower collapsing from the inside was compelling cinema (although I'm not sure about the slow-motion screaming and running - clichéd and battered by parody). True, it might have had a bigger impact in the cinema and without a cynical attitude. The McLoughlin family reacting with joy to news that John was still alive was also moving. However, there was too much patriotic All-American Christian hero bullshit going on, particularly from the retired Marine, who, with the blessing of his pastor, got himself a buzzcut, found his old uniform, and rushed himself down to Ground Zero to help with the recovery effort. I'm not knocking his bravery or selflessness. I am wondering why he then spent two years at war in Iraq, as the end credits tell us.
From a film with this kind of shiny production value, I wanted epic scope - a proper disaster movie with a wide perspective, improving upon Independence Day (1996) and Armageddon (1998). It might have worked better as a Kevin Macdonald-style docu-drama à la Touching the Void (2003) with talking heads and dramatic reconstructions. Too much of the movie was from the outside; I wanted more to experience what the survivors went through, not what their kitchen-sink wives and Yankee-capped kids were doing. After two hours, I wasn't exhausted enough, and wasn't given enough of the sense of ordeal these people went through.
And as for the lack of political comment about what happened after...I hope that's coming soon.
Nugget: I stayed away from this film when it was first released and would not have missed anything had I never seen it. Take the hint. Watch United 93 instead.
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Home » News » Watch BTS 'Dynamite' & 'Idol' Performance On The Tonight Show
Watch BTS 'Dynamite' & 'Idol' Performance On The Tonight Show
Cardi B Deactivates Instagram & Twitter Account After Online Grammys 2022 Argument
South Korean boy band, BTS has kicked off a special week of performances 'Dynamite' & 'Idol' on The Tonight Show with Jimmy and The Roots join. Watch the full video below.
The band then returned to finish the episode with a show-stopping rendition of 'Idol', a number one song from 2018's 'Love Yourself'. It's anticipated that extra live concert will observe as the band proceed their stint on the show, which can last till 2nd Oct(Friday).
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Also, BTS will release 'BE (Deluxe Edition)' In November, which will feature the most "BTS-esque" music so far. They announced the album via Twitter, which leads fans to an app called Weverse, which contains a press release about the new album.
Recently, BTS performed at a Tiny Desk(home) concert, where they played three songs "Dynamite," "Save Me," & "Spring Day." Meanwhile, BTS released a brand new colorful video named 'DYNAMITE' on 21st Aug. They also nominated for Billboard Music Awards 2020.
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In an interview with NME about their latest single 'Dynamite' last month, BTS says "they want to give comfort and joy" through their music, adding: "It has been a difficult year for many. We have also had to face many surprises and changes. That naturally made us think profoundly about music. We can honestly say that we love it, and we are passionate about singing and dancing more than anyone.
"We realized, however, that no matter how passionate we are, we need our fans there to listen to our songs and watch us perform. It made us eager to comfort and give joy to people through our music and performance more than ever. That is how 'Dynamite' came to be. We decided to accept new challenges and be more flexible." They added.
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package edu.java.cosc111.samples.concurrency.unsync;

public class Reader implements Runnable{
    private final String sName;
    private final Datastore ds;

    public Reader(String sName_,Datastore ds_){
        sName = sName_;
        ds = ds_;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return sName;
    }

    public void sleep(long millis) throws InterruptedException{
        Thread.sleep(millis);
    }

    @Override
    public void run(){
        try{
            Thread.sleep(1000);
            System.out.println(sName + ": " + ds.getData(this));
        }catch(InterruptedException ex){}
    }
}

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Beyonce Shows Off Her Vegan Booty in Super Short Shorts
By Rosalyn Oshmyansky 5:38 PM PDT, June 8, 2015
Beyonce is giving us all one more reason to try out her vegan diet, and it's a "bootylicious" one.
After revealing that she got her "flawless" body with the help of a 22-day-vegan challenge from her personal trainer Marco Borges, on Monday's Good Morning America, the 33-year-old singer's latest pics of her wearing the shortest shorts are pretty awe-inspiring.
Beyonce is also rocking a one-piece bikini and showing off her famous curves that she spoke about on GMA.
PHOTOS: Hollywood's Hottest Bikini Bodies
"I am not naturally the thinnest woman," she said in her GMA video. "I have curves, I'm proud of my curves. I have struggled since a young age with diets. Finding something that actually works -- keeps the weight off -- has been difficult for me."
Beyonce launched a vegan meal delivery service with Borges in February, and in her announcement, the vegan diet was heavily promoted. "I felt like my skin was really firm, a lot tighter than when I deprived myself of food and got the weight off fast -- and the weight stayed off," she said.
And while we all know her diet secrets now, the Internet was still unhappy over Beyonce's announcement as many hoped it would be more substantial. Some fans had speculated that her "big announcement" would be a baby or even possibly a new album.
WATCH: The Internet Is Not Happy With Beyonce's Surprise Announcement
If you're still not convinced by her announcement or her photos that you too can get a body like hers, check out the video below to hear some exercise secrets from her trainer.
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package LBJ2.infer;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Vector;

/**
  * An existential quantifier states that the constraint must hold for at
  * least one object from the collection.
  *
  * @author Nick Rizzolo
 **/
public class ExistentialQuantifier extends Quantifier
{
  /**
    * Initializing constructor.
    *
    * @param q    The name of the quantification variable.
    * @param col  The collection of objects to iterate over.
    * @param con  The constraint being quantified.
   **/
  public ExistentialQuantifier(String q, Collection col,
                               FirstOrderConstraint con) {
    super(q, col, con);
  }

  /**
    * This constructor specifies a variable setter for when this quantifier is
    * itself quantified.
    *
    * @param q    The name of the quantification variable.
    * @param col  The collection of objects to iterate over.
    * @param con  The constraint being quantified.
    * @param qar  The variable setter.
   **/
  public ExistentialQuantifier(String q, Collection col,
                               FirstOrderConstraint con,
                               QuantifierArgumentReplacer qar) {
    super(q, col, con, qar);
  }

  /** Determines whether the constraint is satisfied. */
  public boolean evaluate() {
    int index = initialize();

    for (Iterator I = collection.iterator(); I.hasNext(); ) {
      enclosingQuantificationSettings.set(index, I.next());
      constraint.setQuantificationVariables(enclosingQuantificationSettings);

      if (constraint.evaluate()) {
        enclosingQuantificationSettings.removeElementAt(index);
        return true;
      }
    }

    enclosingQuantificationSettings.removeElementAt(index);
    return false;
  }

  /**
    * This method sets the given quantification variables to the given object
    * references and evaluates the expressions involving those variables in
    * this constraint's children.
    *
    * @param o  The new object references for the enclosing quantification
    *           variables, in order of nesting.
   **/
  public void setQuantificationVariables(Vector o) {
    enclosingQuantificationSettings = o;

    if (replacer != null) {
      replacer.setQuantificationVariables(o);
      collection = replacer.getCollection();
    }
  }

  /**
    * Transforms this first order constraint into a propositional constraint.
    *
    * @return The propositionalized constraint.
   **/
  public PropositionalConstraint propositionalize() {
    PropositionalConstraint result = null;

    int index = initialize();
    for (Iterator I = collection.iterator(); I.hasNext(); ) {
      enclosingQuantificationSettings.set(index, I.next());
      constraint.setQuantificationVariables(enclosingQuantificationSettings);

      if (result == null) result = constraint.propositionalize();
      else
        result =
          new PropositionalDisjunction(result, constraint.propositionalize());
    }

    enclosingQuantificationSettings.removeElementAt(index);
    if (result == null) result = new PropositionalConstant(false);
    return result;
  }

  /**
    * The hash code of a ExistentialQuantifier is the sum of the
    * hash codes of its children plus one.
    *
    * @return The hash code for this ExistentialQuantifier.
   **/
  public int hashCode() { return super.hashCode() + 1; }

  /**
    * Two ExistentialQuantifiers are equivalent when their
    * children are equivalent.
    *
    * @return true iff the argument is an equivalent
    *         ExistentialQuantifier.
   **/
  public boolean equals(Object o) {
    if (!(o instanceof ExistentialQuantifier)) return false;
    ExistentialQuantifier q = (ExistentialQuantifier) o;
    return super.equals(q);
  }

  /**
    * Calls the appropriate visit(·) method of the given
    * Inference for this Constraint, as per the
    * visitor pattern.
    *
    * @param infer  The inference visiting this constraint.
   **/
  public void runVisit(Inference infer) { infer.visit(this); }
}


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Job Well Done
The Occupational Training Center of Burlington County is proving to be essential in every sense of the word.
by Peter Proko
The repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic have been wide-reaching and months later are still being felt. It's been a challenging time for everyone as we adapt our everyday lives and establish a "new normal." But, while many folks were able to work remotely in the safety and comfort of their own homes, there have been thousands of essential workers helping to keep things up and running.
Helping lead the charge have been countless program participants and direct support professionals associated with the Occupational Training Center of Burlington County (OTC). The OTC's mission is to assist individuals with disabilities in reaching their maximum potential, by offering services for employment, day programs and residential services.
The OTC's employment services, or vocational training programs, provide a variety of job options with different levels of support. With the support of the OTC staff, adults with disabilities are encouraged to cross barriers by making their own choices, and finding meaning through the work that they do.
Throughout the coronavirus crisis, these individuals have been working five days a week sanitizing hospitals, performing janitorial work at county and state buildings—including the War Memorial in Trenton where Gov. Phil Murphy gives his daily briefings —and continuing to provide food service at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and operate Burlington County's recycling program.
"These individuals are helping to provide safe environments and are taking a lot of pride in what they are doing," says Karen Elliot, director of professional services. "They are nervous and they understand the risk, but they also understand the importance of the work they are doing. They know how much others are depending on them."
As of now, the vocational contracts that the OTC does, such as the janitorial, food service, and recycling programs, are not considered to be competitive integrated employment by the New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services. "To me it takes away the value of what they are doing, they have proved that they are essential workers in a competitive workplace," Elliot says. This pandemic has shown the dedication and reliability of these employees.
In addition to great work being done by the vocational program participants, OTC's direct support professionals have also been playing an integral role in maintaining "normalcy" for the individuals they serve. The ability to come up with new routines has been crucial and allowed them to keep a high level of engagement. Whether that has meant creating picnics outdoors for those who regularly enjoy going to the park, or connecting virtually to participate in remote services, the staff's dedication has only been reinforced during these times. "We are trying to be in tune with the individual and help them find what they are missing," Elliot says.
The OTC has also made it a priority to try and gain a deeper sense of how this constantly evolving pandemic is directly affecting each individual.
"The staff has taken the time to not only explain these changes, but to talk to them about how they are feeling about them," Elliot says. "It gives the staff a better understanding on how to help them."
It speaks volumes about what kinds of workers a company has when they are willing to put themselves at risk in order to contribute to the greater good of their work community. The Occupational Training Center of Burlington County is among the long list of companies that has brave employees on the front lines, facing the coronavirus day in and day out.
"Our workers are showing up every day—they are nervous, they are concerned; they don't want to get the virus," Elliot says. "But they are coming in every day because they are essential personnel; the dedication is heartwarming and demonstrates the strong resolve of all our staff and program participants. The OTC is proud and thankful for all our frontline heroes."
Occupational Training Center of Burlington County
2 Manhattan Drive | Burlington Township
(609) 267-6677 | otcbc.org
Published (and copyrighted) in Suburban Family Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 4 (June 2020).


Global Water Futures researchers and Indigenous communities across Canada are working together on a research strategy that can help address the challenging water issues experienced by Indigenous communities. Current GWF projects are underway that include collaborations and partnerships with Indigenous community members, organizations and governments. More projects, co-designed between water and climate scientists and communities, will begin in the fall of 2018 with $2 million in GWF funding from the newly created Indigenous Community Water Research Funding stream.
In April 2018, 60 researchers and Indigenous community partners came together at Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to build new, and enhance existing, Indigenous community-university partnerships. The interactive workshop included discussions and working sessions focussed on building relationships, co-designing proposal elements and evaluation criteria, and identifying leveraging opportunities with potential funding partners.
The primary outcome of the workshop was co-development of the Request for Proposals within the Community Water Research Funding stream, including elements that are more reflective of Indigenous values and processes, such as: Indigenous co-applicants; appropriate timelines and financial distribution; community engagement; consultation and agreements; data management that is sensitive to cultural use and sharing; integration of both Western and traditional knowledge generation; and direct community research benefits.
The co-creation process also identified and communicated priority themes for the research projects and partnerships such as: citizen science through capacity-building in areas such as monitoring and data acquisition; decision support and visualization, including web of knowledge, data sharing, and computer apps; environmental flows, concerning quantity, quality, habitat, and sediment; the standing of western and Indigenous science, including any overlap or differences; cultural strengthening as an outcome of research; linking environmental and human health and livelihoods through water; GIS and remote sensing tools, particularly permafrost mapping, drones, and autonomous sensors; and governance, legislation, and policy.
GWF's Strategic Management Committee and an Indigenous Advisory Panel will conduct a joint review of full proposals, based on evaluation criteria co-developed at the workshop. Awarded funding will support Indigenous community involvement, operating expenses, and the hiring of highly qualified personnel. Projects will be awarded funding in the fall of 2018.
Summary of the GWF Annual Science Meeting 2018.
For the first time in Canada, a science gathering the size of more than 400 people was hosted on, and by, a First Nation. The Inaugural GWF Annual Science Meeting June 3-6, 2018 was an incredible meeting of a transdisciplinary group of water researchers and stakeholders, hosted and co-organized by Six Nations of the Grand River on their own territory.
On June 4, GWF scientists were invited to Six Nations of the Grand River, Ohsweken to listen, learn, and share. Through food, music, cultural history and stories, and land-based knowledge exchange sessions, meaningful relationship-building occurred between researchers and the community. Within these relationships, research can more effectively recognize the importance of research co-creation and Indigenous, traditional, and local knowledge as key to successful research projects and the GWF program.
Funded GWF projects under both the Pillar 1-2 "Transformative Science, Big Data and Decision Tools" project theme and the Pillar 3 "User Question-led" project theme are engaging and co-creating research processes and outcomes with Indigenous communities.
Using diverse data sources, the project is developing a model framework with Agent Based Modelling to assess and investigate complex interactions and feedbacks between human and natural systems, communicate understanding of the comprehensive impacts of flooding, and improve mitigation measures for Indigenous communities by evaluating and supporting health services, emergency planning, and management.
The project will provide an improved ground-up framework of vulnerability assessments to improve current provincial and national structures of forest governance and management practices under climate change and future climatic variability. Information and expertise through data and scientific understanding is applied to develop adaptation tools that address priority issues facing industry, government, and Indigenous communities in the southern Boreal Forest.
The project aims to develop low-cost sensing systems and implementation strategies for long-term monitoring of water quality parameters, including developing and integrating capability for the sensing system to detect pathogens, heavy metals, oxidants, and nutrients. This outcome will increase detailed understanding of the effect of human activities on ecosystems and water by monitoring the presence of contaminants and their variation over different time scales. Sensor design, field testing, deployment, maintenance, and data collection will be done in collaboration with interested partners, including the Six Nations of the Grand River and the Lubicon Cree of Little Buffalo, Alberta through the Pillar 3 partner project "Co-Creation of Indigenous Water Quality Tools."
The project works with the Six Nations of the Grand River and the Lubicon Cree Nation of Little Buffalo, Alberta to build community capacity to monitor source waters with environmental sensors, addressing concerns regarding water quality, ecological integrity of source waters, and governance of these waters. Partnering with the "Sensors and Sensing Systems for Water Quality Monitoring" Pillar 1-2 research project creates an opportunity for collaboration between community members and researchers on sensor design, deployment and maintenance for long-term monitoring. Co-creation of an appropriate user interface through translation between English and native languages will facilitate community access to data obtained from the project.
The project seeks to expand the capacity for research and monitoring in the Northwest Territories and improve the understanding of long-term sustainability in water resources in an area that is facing increasing resource exploitation and production with associated infrastructure construction, while also being one of the most rapidly warming regions on Earth. Co-development of health and risk communication strategies are used to translate results from monitoring, incorporating a risk-benefit approach that promotes the use of country foods in order to improve nutrition and food security while lessening contaminant exposure among First Nations in the Mackenzie Valley.
Prairie Water focuses on sustainable water management for civic and provincial policy makers and urban, rural, and Indigenous communities on the Canadian Prairies. Hydrology, groundwater, wetlands and governance project themes work in conjunction to enhance water resilience in Prairie communities under a changing climate.