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West Point Victory: Black Knights 14 – Midshipmen 13
Joe Lacdan
As hundreds of West Point cadets poured out from the stands onto a snow-covered Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa., following a 14-13 triumph over Navy, Army celebrated perhaps a turning point in the storied 118-year rivalry between the...
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Susan Rubel, Director AUSA Affinity Programs
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NCOs examine changes, interoperability, self-development
SMA Kenneth O. Preston, USA Ret
Greetings from the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), our Army's and our soldiers' professional organization. I had the honor of attending the United States Army Europe (USAREUR) Senior Enlisted Symposium in Wiesbaden, Germany, Nov. 15 –...
Forward with Patton: WWII diary shifts focus to general's staff
Joseph Craig, Director AUSA Book Program
It is no surprise that Gen. George S. Patton remains one of the most popular figures of World War II. What is surprising is that he had a former gossip columnist and Soviet spy on the Third Army staff providing military intelligence. A veteran of...
Groundbreaking ceremony: Old Guard Monument is a reality
Francis Chung, Pentagram Staff
The legacy of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall's oldest and most storied unit will soon be carved in metal and etched in stone after a groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited Old Guard Monument was held near Summerall Field Nov. 21. Joint Base...
Can't predict future funding: A holiday shutdown poem
John Gifford, Director AUSA Government Affairs
As predicted in last month's View from the Hill, December has been a tumultuous month in Congress. Three members of Congress announced their retirement/resignation in one week for sexual harassment-related scandals. The tax reform bill went to...
AUSA expands relationships with EANGUS and The Patriot Project
Christine Lathrop
As part of the Association of the U. S. Army's commitment to support the National Guard, AUSA has announced an expanded relationship with the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS). To recognize this affiliation,...
Troops celebrate patriotic Thanksgiving with song, great food
1st Lt. Vanessa Rios, U.S. Army Central
Service members from Camp Arifjan and Camp Buehring, Kuwait, enjoyed a Thanksgiving luncheon sponsored by the Association of the U.S. Army's Kuwait Chapter at the Hilton Kuwait Resort, Nov. 25. "It was a pleasant experience. It was a beautiful...
2nd Lieutenant receives AUSA award for research, academics
MC2 Brian H. Abel, Naval Postgraduate School
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Richard Shmel was presented the Association of U.S. Army's AUSA Stilwell Chapter Award for Top Army Student during the quarterly Student Awards Ceremony in Herrmann Hall at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). Shmel was recognized...
Meetings affirm need for warrant officers' critical skills
CW4 (Ret.) Jack Du Teil, National Executive Director, USAWOA
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Soldier Readiness plus Family Readiness equals Unit Readiness
Larry Moffi
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Chapter reaffirms support for guard, reserve employment
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Until two weeks ago Harry Potter was a cultural figure that had very little influence in my life. However, with the first installment of its final chapter due out this month I knew I was going to have to immerse myself in this world to understand what was drawing everyone in.
Suffering through Chris Columbus's first two films, I couldn't help but wonder why so many adults were losing their minds over children's stories. In the Prisoner of Azkaban I found myself enjoying where everything was heading, the dark and brooding nature of this epic was really starting to show itself. Three more films to watch and I couldn't really tell you too much other than the children get older and every time they go to school they get stirred up in trouble, The Half-Blood Prince just being a two and a half hour play on teenage hormones.
Knowing that they could milk two movies out of the final book, Warner Bros decided to split this tale into two movies, probably one of the most intelligent moves in regards to storytelling this series so far. Honestly it has been a wonder how the fans have been tolerant of the trimmed down representations of these films so far.
Unfortunately of all the books to do this with, they choose the one where they stand around the woods and wondering what to do. If it hadn't been for the six previous films to provide a stable foundation for this movie to settle, this film would have been downright "unwatchable". Aside from that, The Deathly Hallows Part 1 is an intense climax-building cinematic event.
When sitting in the theaters you get reacquainted with characters, and actors, that you have watched evolve and grow throughout the last nine years, only to know it's all coming to an end. In regards to the actors, all of them are in top form. Having worn the skins of these characters for years you get performances that you will never see anywhere else in cinema.
Something can be said for the consistency in the casting and directing. David Yates has directed the two preceding films in this series. Although not favorites to most, his familiarity with the talent and the property really shines in The Deathly Hallows. Without a doubt this is the finest film in the series and a large part of that has to do with David Yates staying on as the creative vision of this series.
After grueling hours of having to watch the series, I have found myself in a place that I didn't think I would end up…as a fan. Not so much of the stories, although if these books would have existed when I was a kid I probably would have, but more so of this series and what the creative teams were able to create over these many years. Honestly I am glad to watch this final story unfold on the big screen.
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Q: socket time out in socket programming i have a hardware than joins to a laptop(server)  in ad hoc Network.
when server sends data alone, it works correctly. and client sends data alone , works correctly too.
but when server and client send data together , after a period of time , time out will occur.
after 35 and sometimes 33 packet time out will occur.
i changed transfer rate of hardware but it disconnects too.
although hard ware supports full duplex.
after time out , i ping hard ware and it is not on port.
and check port on server , and it is open.
how can i do?
byte[] bytes = new byte[512];
        //try
        //{

            IPHostEntry ipHost = Dns.GetHostEntry("");
            // Gets first IP address associated with a localhost
            IPAddress add = ipHost.AddressList[3];

            TcpListener tcpListener = new TcpListener(add, 6000);
            tcpListener.Start();

            TcpClient tcpClient = tcpListener.AcceptTcpClient();

            NetworkStream stream = tcpClient.GetStream();

            String data = null;
            while (true)
            {
                int j = 0;
                int i;
                while ((i = stream.Read(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)) != 0)
                {
                    j = j + 1;
                    // Translate data bytes to a ASCII string.
                    data = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes, 0, i);
                    AddItem("j="+j+" Received:"+ data);

                    // Process the data sent by the client.
                    //data = data.ToUpper();

                    byte[] msg = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("thanks");

                    // Send back a response.
                    stream.Write(msg, 0, msg.Length);
                    AddItem("Sent:"+"thanks");

                }
                // Shutdown and end connection
                tcpClient.Close();

A: The standard socket calls are all blocking, so if both participants are sending to each other, they each wait for their opposite to receive the message they send, causing a deadlock.
In .NET, there are three typical solutions:

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*Microsoft has a parallel API for asynchronous socket activity.  It requires more overhead code than your example, but handles just about everything in a Windows-like manner.

*You can handle the asynchronous activity yourself by testing for readable data before you write with Socket.Select().  This is a typical polling approach, but you're doing everything yourself and need to make sure there's no starvation or other bias.

*Put your Read and Write code in different threads, so that blocking one doesn't block the entire program.

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Lenten Reflections for Film Lovers: Part 5
March 31, 4th Sunday in Lent.
Mothers in Film
All the films this week feature a mother in film and Scripture to guide our thoughts concerning our role as a parent and/or the heritage of our fathers.
A good wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain…
She rises while it is yet night
and provides food for her household
and tasks for her maidens…
Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her…
Proverbs 31:10-11, 15, 28
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
There are two mothers in this under-rated 1990 film, but we will focus on the African American Odessa Carter who works for Miriam Thompson. It is the mid-1950s, and Odessa rides the bus to her employer's home on the other side of Montgomery, Alabama. Like "the good wife" she rises before dawn to prepare breakfast for her husband and get the children ready for school. When the black community decides to boycott the buses because of the mistreatment of Rosa Parks, she and her husband get up early the day of the boycott and wait to see the first bus come by. Both are delighted that it is empty, except for the driver. They decide they too will quit riding. However, Odessa's destination is not on the routes of the improvised car pools and taxi services the blacks set up, so she must walk to work. It is, as the title says, "a long walk," so she is often tired, and sometimes late and wet due to rain. She never complains or mentions her hardship until Miriam questions her about her tardiness. Supper is often late at her home, even with the children helping prepare it. When the family attends the church rallies where the boycott is discussed and celebrated, Miriam, despite being exhausted accompanies her husband and two children. Miriam grudgingly offers Odessa a ride on some days, and is soon providing her rides back and forth on a daily basis—until her racist husband finds out and orders her to stop. Odessa is a quiet, unassuming person, but she possesses both courage and wisdom. During one of their few conversations about what is happening in their city Odessa says, "Miss Thompson, I don't want your children to grow up scared of mine." Replies, "It's just that a lot of the whites are scared. I'm a little scared." Odessa, "We're all scared. What's scarin' you Miss Thompson, who you are, or what Mr. Thompson wants you to be?" Odessa does not attempt to persuade her employer of the boycott's justness. And yet, she is such a person of integrity, as well as a valued hard worker in the house, that Miriam decides that she will join the whites from the local Air Force base who volunteered to drive the strikers. Concerned that she realizes the consequences, Odessa warns her that once she starts there can be no turning back.
Being a mother in itself is a tiring experience, but working outside the home in addition is doubly so. It is understandable that some women decline to become involved in community affairs. Odessa, who probably did not graduate from high school, is not a leader, but one of the countless foot soldiers who made the Civil Rights Movement possible. Without people like her Martin Luther King, Jr. could have accomplished little. Her feet followed her heart, and as we saw in the film, often bled into her shoes, but she never complained. There are many causes outside our homes that need faithful volunteers. Maybe not as dramatic as a bus boycott, but still tasks that help the children, the handicapped, or the hungry and homeless. When we sing such hymns as "Where He leads me, I will follow," may we remember Odessa and mean what we are singing.
A guide for this film is in my book Films & Faith: Forty Discussion Guides.
A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother's grief.
Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong.
When Holly Burns drives her three children home from a church pageant practice and sees the hooded Ben sitting on the front steps, she is conflicted—torn between joy and fear. Ben has been away for 77 days at a drug rehab center and not yet scheduled for a home visit. Her two children by her second husband, Lacey and Liam, are over joyed to welcome him back. They are too young to understand the possible dangers of his coming back too soon, but Ben's teenage sister Ivy is so upset that she calls her stepfather Neal. Holly, in a quandary over Ben and her other three children, decides that he can stay for at least a day before returning to the clinic. But she lays down the law, telling him he can stay only if he agrees not to leave her sight for a minute. She quickly enters the house and takes their prescription drugs out of the medicine cabinet to hide them from Ben. It is Christmas Eve, and matters are tense as the family goes to Christmas mass together where the younger three children do well in the pageant. There are a few in the church who have been ill-affected by Ben when he was dealing drugs, but no disturbance. However, when they return home they find the house has been vandalized and their pet dog is gone, Ben thinks he knows what has happened and runs off to find it. Holly follows him in their car. She insists that they will search for the dog together. From various people they meet, including the mother of a dead girl to whom Ben had introduced to drugs, Holly learns how low Ben had sunk during his high school days. At one point Ben admits he is a liar and not worth all the trouble but Holly refuses to leave him. He is able to ditch Holly at a convenience store so that he can confront the drug dealer holding their dog. The dealer makes ben run a drug errand before giving over the dog. There is much more, with Holly at the end saving Ben's life when she finds him in a drug-induced unconscious state thanks to a kit with revival medication. Ben's future is very uncertain, but we can be certain that Holly, like the shepherd seeking the lost sheep, will do what she can, even though she knows she may have lose him.
Sometimes a parent's heart, like Holly's, are broken, and yet love persists. This message permeates the Lenten season, all the way through Good Friday when God's Son died on the cross for us. Holly's unconditional love is not only the epitome of motherly love, but emblematic of God's love for us. Whenever we sing Isaac Watt's great hymn "When I survey the Wondrous Cross," may we think of Holly as we mouth the words, "love so amazing, so divines, Demands my soul, my life, my all."
Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or show no compassion for the child of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.
In this true story based on Garrard Conley's memoir Nancy is the dutiful wife of Marshall Eamons who is a Ford dealer and the pastor of a Fundamentalist Baptist Church. (The names of the persons have been changed.)When they learn that their son Jared is gay, Rev. Eamons meets with two of the leaders of his church, and they all agree the boy should undergo conversion therapy at a distant center called "Love in Action." The first couple of weeks are introductory, a sorting out period, with Nancy staying at a nearby motel and able to see her son at night. After several days at the clinic, Jared becomes convinced that the name of the center is a lie, the treatment consisting of lectures and exercises attempting to get them to discern and name the family member who (supposedly) led them into the sin of homosexuality. Jared sees the leaders as spiritual bullies, especially when they conduct a horrific exorcism in which a boy's parents are invited to join the leader in "beating the devil out of" their son with their Bibles. Nancy resists at first Jared's pleas to leave the place. She starts to come around when she reads the program's handbook and finds it full of grammatical errors and questionable psychobabble. Jared becomes fed up when he challenges the counselor's suggestion that he hates his father. He calls his mother on his cellphone, but when she arrives at the clinic she is denied entrance. She keeps trying, insisting that she will not leave without him. On their way home she apologizes to her son, saying she is ashamed that they did not check the clinic more thoroughly. Rev. Eamons is very upset that they have given up on the program, but mother and son are united in their determination that conversion therapy is not the solution for him. There is little theological discussion in the film, so we are not sure about Nancy's beliefs regarding what the Bible teaches, just that she has always gone along with what her husband and her church believed. We do know that Ben, estranged from his father, left home for New York City and that he began to write articles condemning conversion therapy and then returned four years later to begin reconciling with his father despite his life style..
Nancy's maternal instincts prove to be stronger than her accepted beliefs about God, the Bible, and homosexuality—and her submission to the patriarchal system that taught her to accept male authority as the final word. Like Ben, she rejects the conversion therapist's teaching that God would not accept Ben unless he changes and conforms to the church's beliefs that homosexuality is evil. She struggles, like so ,many other mothers have done, with the fact that her son is different and cannot will himself to change his sexual preference. I wonder if while singing Charlotte Elliott's familiar words she wondered if they included her son, "Just as I am, without one plea, But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that thou biddest me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come." The hymn writer wrote about being "tossed by many a conflict, many a doubt, Fights and fears within, without," phrases that could apply to either she or her son. Once she decides to take her son's part, she is able to throw off both patriarchy and condemnation of gays. In an interview the real mother, Martha Conley says approvingly of Nicole Kidman's portrayal of," She became his [Lucas's–Ben] mother and she became that warrior that fought for her child. I think that is so evident all throughout the movie. I was just so honored the way she played my part."* "Warrior mother," quite a change, but then maternal love will do that to a woman, such love reflecting that of the God to whom Charlotte Elliot directed her great hymn.
* The delightful interview is at https://awardswatch.com/2018/10/30/interview-martha-conley-mother-of-boy-erased-author-garrard-conley-exclusive/.
The Great Santini
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human
1 Timothy 2:5 [
Based on Pat Conroy's semi-autobiographical novel, this is the story of the passage of a boy into manhood and of his difficult, changing relationship with his Marine pilot father, Lt. Col. "Bull" Meechum, who dubs himself as "The Great Santini." It's also the story of the strong, quiet woman Lillian whose love for both her husband and her gentle son brings her pain, as well as understanding and strength to them. Santini treats his teenage son Ben and two daughters as if they were members of his air squadron, barking orders as if he were a drill sergeant. When Ben beats him for the first time in a one-on-one basketball game, Santini refuses to admit defeat, insisting that they keep playing beyond the designated score. Later that night as mother and son look out his bedroom window at Santini still bouncing the ball and making shots, Lillian tries to explain to the angry boy why his father is so tough on him, that it is out of concern that he be able to cope with a tough world. Throughout the film we witness the love-hate relationship between son and father, with Lillian both seeking to protect the children and explain to them their incomprehensible father, whose fits of rage are often fueled by his drinking. Matters come to a head when the children awaken one night to the sound of their parents fighting. Ben is enraged when he comes down to the kitchen and discovers the drunken Santini hitting Lillian. The boy grasps his father, pulling him away from his mother. Santini stops struggling when he looks down and finds even his little daughter crying and hitting his legs with her small fists. He breaks away and wanders off into the night. Ben expresses his disgust and "Good riddance," but Lillian tells him to go after him. Ben refuses, but Lillian sternly says that he must, that if he were to be picked up in such a drunken condition on the base, his career would be ruined. Reluctantly, Ben goes out, calling his father by his nickname, "Santini, Santini." After a few minutes he comes upon the man sitting on the ground beneath a large tree, mumbling out loud phrases he had said to ben before about being tough so he can survive in a hostile world. It is Ben's "Aha" moment when he understands what his mother has been explaining to him all these years. He stoops to support his father, telling him that he understands and that he loves him. Santini is still hostile. But Ben ignores this, dancing around his fist-swinging father as he says, I love you, Dad, and there's nothing you can do about it!"
The love of Lillian flows through her son at this climactic moment, even bringing Santini to his senses, who proves to be a changed man after this sequence.
We see that Lillian, loving both husband and children, has the Christ-like role of family mediator. She appeals to the better natures of both sides in family disputes, striving to get them to understand one another. She knows her macho husband better than he knows himself. During discussions of the film some women have accused her of being an enabler of her husband's drinking habit, but she proves to be more than that, as we see in the kitchen when she physically stands up to her drunken husband, reading him the riot act. At that moment, her patience with him is exhausted, but as soon as he leaves the house, her deep love for him takes over, and she sends Ben out to rescue him from his own folly. Hers is not just the love of a wife and mother, but also like the love celebrated in Charles Wesley's great hymn, "Love divine, all love excelling, Joy of heaven to earth come down…" "Fix in us Thy humble dwelling," it continues, and we see that this has happened in her. Fortunate are those who grew up with a mother like Lillian.
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.
He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man; and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Vindicate me against my adversary.' For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"
Michaela and husband Augusto Odone (Nick Nolte) fight to save the life and sanity of their son, Lorenzo (Zack O'Malley Greenburg). The boy, diagnosed in early 1984 as a victim of ALD, a brain degeneration for which there was no cure, is beyond the help of ordinary medicine. The couple refuses to take the advice of the doctors to accept the inevitable death of their little son and make him as comfortable as possible. They troll the Internet, assembling so much information that they come to know as much about the disease as the doctors. The latter come to resent the active participation of the pair, pushing back by telling them in effect, "Don't bother us." Of the two, Michaela proves to be the feistiest, Augusto at one point so tired that he briefly flags in his efforts. But not Michaela who, as fierce as a tigress defending her cubs, continues to fight against the doctors and even support groups whose members have accepted the defeatist medical advice. Together she and her husband contact scientists, investigate experiments, and even set up an international symposium on the disease, eventually coming across an oil at which point they persuade a British chemist to produce it. It is too late to cure their son, but he does regain some faculties (such as his sight)—and it helps the afflicted children of others even more. Michaela is like the wronged woman in Jesus' parable of The Widow and the Unjust Judge who keeps knocking and yelling unto she gets her day in court. Eventually her dogged determination benefits a good number of other sufferers. Hers is like the "love that wilt not let me go" in George Matheson's hymn. The third verse especially seems fitting when thinking of her, "O joy that sleekest me through pain , I cannot close my heart to Thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, And feel the promise is not in vain T hat morn shall tearless be."
I will finish the following 2 meditations by this Tuesday morning.
Speak out for those who cannot speak,
for the rights of all the destitute.[b]
Speak out, judge righteously,
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
The bold and brassy woman who gives her name to this true-story film would never win a Mother of the Year Award. Twice divorced and raising three young children, Erin Brocovich, despite her short skirt and tight blouse, talks her way into a job at Ed Masry's small law firm. While filing papers of victims ill from polluted water, she notices that Pacific Gas & Electric Company has been paying the bills for all of them to be examined by doctors. She investigates the grounds around the huge plant and interviews all the victims, quickly becoming acquainted and sympathetic to them. All of this means spending most of her nights talking with the victims, rather than taking care of her children. She has a boyfriend named George who watches them, but he grows tired of her long absences. So do the children, especially the oldest one, Matthew. When George tries to talk Erin out of spending so much time with the victims, she responds that she has found something important in her life, that people look up when she comes into a room to speak. He breaks off their relationship. Ed Masry does not have the funds to continue the lawsuit, so a large firm joins in. They attempt to cut out the brash woman without any kind of college degree, but soon learn that not only does Erin know every detail about the cases of the several hundred families, but that they trust and respect Erin so much that they will cooperate only with her. We see Erin's maternal feelings toward her clients when she turns down the company's offer of a $20 million settlement as being far too small:
"These people don't dream about being rich. They dream about being able to watch their kids swim in a pool without worrying that they'll have to have a hysterectomy at the age of twenty. Like Rosa Diaz, a client of ours. Or have their spine deteriorate, like Stan Blume, another client of ours. So before you come back here with another lame ass offer, I want you to think real hard about what your spine is worth, Mr. Walker. Or what you might expect someone to pay you for your uterus, Ms. Sanchez. Then you take out your calculator and you multiply that number by a hundred. Anything less than that is a waste of our time."
The resentment of Erin's children at being gone so much has reached its peak when eight-year-old Matthew stops speaking to her. This, of course, leads to her anguish, but the families she is helping need her too much. Then the boy comes across some of the papers in his mother's file and reads them. He says to his mom, "This girl's about my age. Is she one of the people you're helping?" "Yeah, she's really sick so I'm going to get her some medicine to feel better." "Why doesn't her own mom get her medicine?" "Because her mom's really sick too." "Oh." The boy, now comprehending the scope of his mother's work, changes from being resentful to being proud of his mother.
Sometimes a mother's love is so great that must reach out beyond her own home. And if the need is really great, as it was in this true story, it might even lead to the neglect her own children for a time. Jesus spoke about divisions within the family that would arise because of him, with children against parents and the like. Erin's case is similar, her devotion to seeking justice from her client/friends being a stand-in for Christ. The world is richer for such devotion to justice. Sometimes a mother must "speak out for those who cannot speak." In he long run even the children who feel neglected will be better off because she has been called to meet the greater good.
As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
Isabel Pullman has been homeschooling her son Auggie in their spacious Brooklyn home. For the sake of her son she has put her own doctoral thesis plans on hold. Born with a congenital disorder, Auggie has endured almost thirty operations that has left his face a scarred mass that has distorted it into that of a gnome or troll. But now that he's 10, she and her husband Nate decide it is time for him to go to middle school and mingle with other children. Auggie, who has been hiding from the world by wearing a replica of a NASA space helmet so that no one can see his face, is dead set against this. It is not an easy decision for Isabel as well, because she is aware that the world can be cruel to those who are different.
Isabel talks with her son, patiently providing reasons for his need to socialize with other children. She walks with him to school that first day but knows that he must assume the burden of joining the children in their classes. Although the film's title might well refer to Auggie's sense of wonder at the star-studded universe we see in the scenes when he is cavorting in his space suit, the title actually derives from his mother's loving comment to him, "You are a wonder."
Augie is bullied by some, befriended by a few, and challenged and inspired by a couple of the teachers. He will know rejection and acceptance, pain and joy. Through everything Isabel always stands ready to support her boy, sometimes by making him face a situation that he would prefer to run from. Hers is a tough love, reflecting that of Israel's God who condemned that nation for its sins, but after punishment, was ready to offer comfort. Isabel also is a wise mother, unlike those called helicopter parents who always hover around their children in order to protect them from every obstacle or danger. She knows there are some risks and hurts that her son must face on his own.
God is like this caring mother, the prophet Isaiah says. Elsewhere in Scriptures the male role of shepherd is applied to God (Psalm 23), and in Isaiah we see a combination of the male and the female roles, "He tends his flock like a shepherd:/ He gathers the lambs in his arms/and carries them close to his heart;/ he gently leads those that have young." (Isaiah 40:11) As Augie is led (and pushed) by the gentle hand of his mother, so are we by God. During this Lenten season may we reflect back upon those times when God's motherly love comforted us, and then challenged, us to be our best.
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Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" Continues at its 50th Anniversary, to Combine Both Observations of Nature and Life Lessons for Generations of Young Readers!
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Picture book authors are a very special breed. They have a rare gift and special opportunity to reach children at a pivotal point in their development.
Read the words of one such special author and you will see what I mean. Eric Carle, winner of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award and many other accolades for his body of work for young readers, hits the nail on the proverbial head with this quote:
"With many of my books I attempt to bridge the gap between home and school. To me home represents or should represent: warmth, security, toys, holding hands, and being held. School is a strange and new place for a child. Will it be a happy place? There are new people, a teacher, and classmates—will they be friendly?
"I believe the passage from home to school is the second-biggest trauma of childhood; the first of course is being born. In both cases we leave a place of warmth and protection for one that is unknown.
"The unknown often brings fear with it. I try to counteract this fear; to replace it with a positive message."
These are welcoming words from an author who has influenced, comforted, taught, and inspired generations of young readers with his picture books.
His idea for The Very Hungry Caterpillar was, in his words, pure coincidence. Many creative ideas for a book emerge fully formed from an experience of the author. In this case it was a hole puncher used on a sheaf of papers evoking a "bookworm" morphing to "green worm" and finally, to "caterpillar."
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is an iconic example of Eric Carle's contribution to young readers. Written in 1969 with more than 30 million copies sold, this classic children's read has been translated into 45 languages! The metamorphosis of the caterpillar as he eats his way through a variety of food groups, including sausages, ice cream, chocolate cake, pickles and cupcakes, ends with the ensuing emergence of the butterfly from its cocoon. It seems to mirror childhood and its process of growth and change.
The key ingredient in the story, I always felt, was the food—the fuel that feeds the growth. And just as food nourishes and supports a young, growing body, so too it also needs the constant nourishment of books to feed the thirsty, inquisitive child with a constant rich and varied diet of the mind. Eric Carle has been a wonderful contributor to that diet for generations of young readers and eager young minds. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been for generations of young readers, but one of those meals.
In fact, it may be a seamless metaphor for his preceding quote. Life, in all its varied forms, human or insect, is inevitably faced with the certainty of change. Things change, we change, life changes, but seeded deeply within that change is the opportunity for something exciting to happen—growth.
As previously mentioned, in 2003 Eric Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, first given in 1954 and named for it first recipient. Given by a division of the American Library Association, it is given to an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have over the years, made a "substantial" and "lasting" contribution to literature for children. One selection committee member summed it up best: "Eric Carle's visual observation of the natural world encourages the imagination and often mirrors the larger changes in a young child's development and experience."
In his books, reflected back to a child through the mirror of nature, is the certainty of change, but it need not be fearful; on the contrary, it can be beautiful, rewarding, and exciting.
Lessons learned by a child through a book can be simple, yet life-affirming. In Carle's childhood world, there is an exciting period of play, observation, and discovery leading to growth and many life lessons.
Speaking of life lessons, there was an amazing initiative several years ago, focusing on the goal of helping children and families learn about healthy eating habits. The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the American Academy of Pediatrics, joined forces with We Give Books, a digital initiative of Pearson, parent company of Penguin Books, publisher of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. A specially created free copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar was offered at pediatric offices across the U.S. to highlight the importance of the issue of healthy eating as a way of reversing the trend of childhood obesity.
Knowing when one is satisfied and full is a lesson the caterpillar learns in Eric Carle's book as he winds up with a whale of a stomachache! As Mr. Carle states, ". . . I hope The Very Hungry Caterpillar will be a happy reminder for children to grow healthy and spread their wings like the butterfly in my book."
Reading and healthy eating are both habits formed early in a child's life. Both also have a major impact on their future and the quality of their lives. What a great opportunity to teach both lessons together with a book that has charmed generations of readers and whose character is a sort of a metaphor for childhood itself.
Today, the fast-forward pace of our culture seems, to the casual observer, to be compressing childhood into a smaller window of time. Maybe authors like Eric Carle have in their works a gentle reminder to slow it down a bit.
And here's a radical thought: why not let kids have a break from over sched- uled free time, so they have a chance to, dare I whisper it…get BORED! Sometimes that boredom gives way to dreaming, pretending and imagining.
And isn't THAT supposed to be a big part of childhood…or at least it was.
Accomplishing anything of worth takes the investment of time, whether it's reading a book or growing up. To me, the two have always been inextricably linked. One feeds and informs the other. Eric Carle recognized that and allowed his readers to use nature as a classroom and teacher.
In The Very Hungry Caterpillar, he reflects the fascinating, not to be rushed, growth curve of childhood the caterpillar follows. It is filled with observation and is buoyed up in the process by a sense of security—the world is a good and beautiful place. Children are anything but static. They continually grow, adapt to new situations, and, in the process, become resilient and strong. And they are fed all through this process.
Have you ever seen a movie with Laurel and Hardy called March of the Wooden Soldiers? It's usually on television at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The sentimental plot includes famous storybook characters—Old King Cole, Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son, Little Bo Peep, The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, Three Little Pigs, and many others woven into a fanciful tale, including my personal favorites—the Bogie Men!
Where am I going with this, and what in the name of caterpillars does the revered Eric Carle have to do with this? Well, the famous tune "Toyland" plays as a theme throughout the movie. When Elmer, one of The Three Little Pigs, is napped and Tom Tom, the Piper's son is incriminated for the crime with a link of pork sausage that turn out to be beef, The Old Woman is evicted and Bo Beep is stuck with ace villain Barnaby, who holds the mortgage on The Old Woman's shoe. Are you with me?
Things DO look bad, yet good triumphs and evil is packed off to Bogeyland! Remember the song I mentioned? It speaks to the fleeting passage of childhood; the last line always gets me—"Once you leave its portals, you can ne'er return again." Sniff.
No one wishes to produce a crop of Peter Pans, but hey, what's wrong with reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar again and again and again? The habit of reading aloud with a child allows a deeper, richer enjoyment of the experience of childhood, enhanced by works of authors such as Eric Carle.
I firmly believe these classics for young readers reinforce and add greatly to that precious, never to be repeated time. Reading continues to feed and strengthen a child in much the same way as food on a dinner table. I deeply believe we can never underestimate the central role of books in the formation of a life. The lifelong habit of reading, begun early in life, and it can instruct, comfort, stretch the imagination, and provide a companionship of sorts that a child will return to often. "Early and often" should be the mantra for reading these classics to our children, grandchildren, or to any youngster in search of a good read.
You know how I'm so sure of this?
I still like reading picture books myself—always have, always will.
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Swiss Humanitarian Aid helps rural communities in the Andes adapting to the challenges of climate change, combining local knowledge and modern scientific progress. In urban regions, it supports vulnerable communities fighting contamination in an adequate way.
Swiss Cooperation will continue promoting ideas and projects that offer better access to services and markets for producer families and will support vocational training to improve the technological level of the country and, consequently, create more job opportunities, especially for young people and women.
Switzerland is one of the most developed and most decentralized countries in the world. Therefore, it's opting for development by decentralization. Swiss Cooperation will continue to work for justice for those who need it more. Moreover and together with different Bolivian institutions, it will continue supporting women in their fight against violence.
The Swiss Humanitarian Aid's mission is to save lives and to alleviate pain and suffering of human beings in case of disaster.
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Art-filled One Bedroom With Garden Access And Studio.
Our beautiful, art-filled garden apartment is now available for holiday rental!
Just two blocks from the subway and several grocery stores, smack in the middle of happening Harlem, walking distance to Columbia University, nine blocks from Central Park, it occupies the garden floor of the house we live in. We are a European-American family, and well familiar with both ways of life, so you will have no surprises!
Walk through your private entrance garden into the living room. With a large screen TV and a comfortable pull out couch, it can serve as your second bedroom. A large massive oak dining table accommodates up to six people for your own Harlem dinner party! The kitchen is fully stocked, and a dishwasher takes care of the clean up. A long art-filled gallery leads to the back of the apartment, were your bedroom overlooks the quiet garden. The bathroom is modern and clean. And your huge walk-in closet will house all of your clothes along with the suitcases, skis, golfing gear, whatever!
Off the bedroom you can work in your own studio, a tiny enclave where you can write your emails, browse the web or start that novel you have been thinking of writing. Internet access is free! From the studio you can pop into the ivy-covered garden, with its hammock, large dining table and flowering vines.
english, french, german, italian, mandarin, Schwitzerdütsch!
World-traveler, born in Germany, multi-lingual, renowned designer with my own company- and yes, I renovated this apartment! We live right upstairs!
Harlem is my love. Since I was a kid, I thought of Harlem as this great, multi-cultural place- and I was not wrong! Anyone who lives in Manhattan would love to live here, with our beautiful old townhouses and lush gardens!
This house was a blank canvas when we bought it- nothing to stop my implementing my ideas of a modern, clean, high-end designed home.
Tub, shower, and clean white design in this large bathroom.
Wifi enabled. Enter the password, and go!
TV with cable, pull out sofa, comfortable chairs.
Quiet- what else do you need to know?
Not American-size huge, but still bigger than most european ones!
Gas stove with four burners.
Herbs, oils, soap, and sundry.
Assorted stylish selection enough for a dinner party for 6.
Quiet dishwasher, pots, pans, stove-top espresso maker, and all basic herbs and cooking implements!
Large solid oak dining room table.
53' wide-screen ultra flat TV in the living room.
All the channels you could wish for. Now get out of the house!
Shared garden space- we also come out there, but chances are you'll be alone.
Your private deck with a small dining area.
PLEASE NOTE THAT MY MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY IS 4 GUESTS!
The owner is a very nice person to deal with. She has decoreated the apartment with various nice drawings, some made also by herself. The apartment is very spacious, good for a couple or three people, it is well funrnished, all appliuances work very well.
I was there for about a month, moving from the faomus Upper West, but I wish I could have stayed longer this artistic apt of Harlem!
Great place, great hostess, great location!!!
We had a wonderful week's holiday here. The apartment is quiet (a necessity for us), comfortable, well appointed and incredibly well-located (3 short blocks from the subway). Katrin was very responsive and most accommodating. All in all, a great home base for a visit to NYC. P.s. Don't miss the opportunity to explore Harlem - an amazing area.
We would not wish to stay anywhere else as comforts of home are here, it is very spacious and well appointed. The kitchen is a great open plan space perfect for cooking for friends and family.
Our first time in Harlem was worthwhile. Apartment was very clean, spacious, quiet, great location, well-equipped, comfotable king bed, good restaurants in walking distance.
We stayed in Katrin's apt for the past week. We were a little apprehensive about booking in Harlem but after spending time in this wonderful city and particularly in Harlem we found the people friendly and so very helpful, specially with directions. The apt was well equipped and Katrin was available by text to answer any questions we had. The backyard garden was a great oasis after sightseeing all day.
The location three short, well lit, busy blocks from the express train was ideal, especially as a single, female traveler. The apartment was clean and spacious. Everything worked well, including dependable internet service. I love the large, thick towels and having a bath scale kept my eating on track. I totally enjoyed the apartment and plan to return.
Harlem is the most happening neighborhood in New York right now! Have you eaten at Red Rooster? Have you listened to Jazz at Cecil's? Have you gone to church at St. John the Divine? Have you visited Columbia University? Have you seen the New York Marathon? Have you checked out Amateur Night at the Apollo? Have you biked around Central Park? Have you been to the Guggenheim? All these are within 15 walking minutes from our house!


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The Trius-SX814 is a higher resolution version of the very popular H694 camera. It has a similarly high QE and low thermal noise, but offers 9.19 megapixels of resolution. Each pixel is 3.69 x 3.69 uM in size. This very high resolution makes the 814 particularly well suited to the super-fast short focus 'scopes and 'Hyperstar' systems that are now widely in use. The new 'Trius' version adds a triple USB hub and Argon fill to the H814 design.
Image format - 3388 x 2712 pixels in a 12.5 x 10mm array.
Triple port powered USB hub built-in.


Thanks to all those who came along to the Home & Away dinner in Heilles - I've written a review of the evening here; do have a look and feel free to comment on it if you agree or disagree.
Jo and Lee will supply curries for everyone along with some accompaniements like naans and poppadoms. Everyone coming needs to bring either a starter, accompaniement or dessert, enough for around a minimum of 5 people. Most importantly they also need to bring anything they would like to drink, be it wine or beer or whatever. The cost will be 20€ per person, ie half what we would normally pay for a night out. All profits from the evening will go directly to Jo's charity to help her reach her target.
The date of the dinner is Saturday November 17th, from 20h. Please could you let me or Jo know, by reply or by emailing Jo direct at leeandjopretsell@hotmail.com whether you'll be coming and what you might like to bring. Hopefully if all of our regulars can make it we can go a long way to getting Jo up to her target and beyond.
If you'd to give now, or can't make the dinner but would like to donate anyway, please visit Jo's charity page here.


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CNBC reports that 1,500 Morgan Stanley employees will soon know the joys of free Bloomberg subscriptions. MS will apparently lay off 5 percent of its securities-firm staff in the next couple days.
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Employees within fixed income may need to find room at another inn. People inside Morgan Stanley are bracing for layoffs in the fixed income department. Sources inside Morgan Stanley say people within the fixed income business are expecting a dramatic downsizing of that business. They are not thinking about a total exit, maybe exiting certain parts of it, spinning those off if they can, but clearly a radical downsizing. MS Planning Layoffs [FBN]
The House of Gorman is said to be in the process of letting some employees down easy. Morgan Stanley will this week complete a round of job cuts that will ultimately lead to the company shedding 100 sales and trading staff, underscoring what is expected to prove a dismal second quarter for Wall Street banks. The cuts are across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, according to people familiar with the New York-based bank's plans. The bank has so far laid off about two-thirds of its original 100-person target, leaving some 33 people to go this week. Morgan Stanle Said To Shed Staff As Deals Fall [FT]
Cuts have begun across the pond.
The House of Gorman will be saying good-bye to a few thousand Little Jims before year-end. Chairman and Chief Executive James Gorman said the firm's work force at year-end will fall 7% from 2011, reflecting previously announced layoffs as well as the firm's efforts in applying "a high bar for replacing attrition." The forecast implies a reduction of more than 4,000 jobs from the firm's global headcount of 61,899 at Dec. 31. Last winter, Morgan Stanley announced 1,600 job cuts spread across its businesses, which was its largest such cutback since late 2008 and early 2009. The firm completed roughly 4% to 5% of those cuts in January and will complete an additional 2% to 3% by the end of 2012, a spokeswoman said. Morgan Stanley Expects 7& Cut In Its Workforce [WSJ]
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Auto Finance Basics: What is Credit?
We break down the basics of auto financing to help you learn what is credit and why your credit report and credit score are so important. See the range of credit scores and how you can boost yours.


This bright and cheerful bundle of fat quarters includes seven prints from Makower's Kitty collection featuring cute kittens hiding in the garden and among the houses, together with funky co-ordinating prints. These fabrics would make a really fun quilt for a child, or for the cat lover in your life!
With 7 fat quarters in all, you have 1.75m of fabric here, plenty to make a lap or child's quilt, add a blender such as a white, and you could make a single size bed quilt, depending on the quilt pattern used.


Not only do telescopic cylinders not take up a lot of space, they also extend way beyond their collapsed length (and even in both directions if a double acting hydraulic cylinder is used). These cylinders are perfect for use in applications that don't offer much in the way of mounting space, but require a long stroke.
Applications that often need cylinders that will achieve specific angles are dump trucks. The angles are specific because they have to be exactly right in order to release the right amount of materials at each level. Typically a cylinder will need to prop up a bed 60 degrees in order to empty all of the contents.
Double acting cylinders are necessary in applications that do not have the benefit of gravity working to collapse the cylinder. Single acting cylinders require gravity in order to get back to the state they were in before they were extended.
At Best Metal Products, we have over 65 years of experience manufacturing components and consider ourselves a leading supplier of the highest quality, American made custom hydraulic cylinders. We are an experienced and trusted company with a book of loyal customers. If you are interested in working with us please do not hesitate to contact us today!


It's Halloween once again! It's the time to get festive with clever costumes and spooky Halloween recipes. I know the kids are already excited to go Trick-or-Treating. I know I was when I was a kid.
One thing I remember from my childhood is that when Halloween came, all I could think about was the candy I was going to collect. No doubt, all the kids are thinking the same. It's hard to concentrate on boring schoolwork when all you can think about are costumes and loot. Right now, my son is busy deciding what he wants to "transform" into for Halloween and has cast his books aside to focus on his costume. Of course, as a parent, it's up to me to find a way to spice up his educational journey. What better way than to find other activities he can do such as worksheets and games to keep him motivated.
Good thing I found Education.com. Education.com makes learning for kids of all ages FUN! It is a site that houses thousands of games, projects, worksheets, exercises, and activities that our children can enjoy. Their resources are endless and support learning for children from Pre-school to the 5th Grade as well as Middle School and High School students. For parents who do homeschooling, this website also has a Worksheet Generator that allows you to create and design your own worksheets catered to your children's learning experience while adding your own personal touch. Education.com enables parents to provide their children with a unique and fun way of learning. Honestly, kids are motivated to learn more when they are having fun.
Sample of printable Halloween worksheet from Education.com.
And since it's Halloween, why not a Halloween-themed worksheet? Surely, it will capture your child's interest and it will be a fun activity for him to do.
Here's the FREE HALLOWEEN WORD SCRAMBLE WORKSHEET that you and your child can enjoy working on together!
This word scramble is sure to scare up some Halloween spirit! Be sure to check out more fun activities at Education.com!
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Thanks Tired Mama for the freebie! This post gives great info about Education.com. Now, I kmow where I can get free printables for the kids.


Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch? I was sitting right here in my office, and a guy walked in and asked, "hey, do you want a free lunch?" I said yes, and he handed me a big white box containing a free lunch. I said "thanks" and he said "sure," and then he left.
i'm going to begin preceding my comments with "STACK SAYS:"
MANDY SAYS: Stack is a tool. Your blog is one of the best out there.
In case anyone ACTUALLY cares what was in the box, it contained a turkey/cheese/jelly (yes, grape jelly) sandwich, chips, water, and a Toll House cookie bar.
CLAY SAYS: that's awesome. was it good?


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Münchhausen är en tysk äventyrsfilm från 1943 i regi av Josef von Báky. Berättelsen är inspirerad av den tyske adelsmannen Baron von Münchhausens skrönor om sina äventyr.

Handling
Efter en kostymbal i nutid berättar baron Münchhausen några historier om sin föregångares äventyrliga liv på 1700-talet. Denne träffar bland annat svartkonstnären Cagliostro, installeras vid Katarina den storas hov i Sankt Petersburg och deltar i kriget mot turkarna. Han skjuts med en kanonkula till Istanbul, där han ur sultanens harem befriar en prinsessa. Med henne flyr han till Venedig, där han utkämpar en värjduell och slutligen avseglar med en luftballong till månen.

Rollista (i urval)

Hans Albers - Baron Münchhausen
Wilhelm Bendow - Der Mondmann
Brigitte Horney - Zarin Katharina II
Michael Bohnen - Herzog Karl von Braunschweig
Ferdinand Marian - Graf Cagliostro
Hans Brausewetter - Freiherr von Hartenfeld
Hermann Speelmans - Christian Kuchenreutter
Marina von Ditmar - Sophie von Riedesel
Andrews Engelmann - Fürst Potemkin
Käthe Haack - Baronin Münchhausen
Leo Slezak - Sultan Abdul-Hamid
Hubert von Meyerinck - Anton Ulrich
Gustav Waldau - Casanova
Ilse Werner - Isabella d'Este
Eduard von Winterstein - Münchhausens far

Om filmen
Nazisternas propagandaminister Joseph Goebbels beställde Münchhausen inför 25-årsfirandet av Universum Film AG. Filmen hade premiär i mars 1943, en månad efter Goebbels Sportpalatstal, då han försökte höja moralen hos folket efter att den tyska arméns stridsframgångar vänt.

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Seared king scallops (£14.50) were nicely cooked and accompanied by sweetcorn, a sweetcorn purée and a touch of black truffle. The sweetness of the corn was a wonderful match for the scallops, and although this dish was well executed, it was let down by the fact that the dish came out slightly cold.
A salad of mangetout, beans and mint (£8.50) was topped with feta cheese and toasted pine nuts. The vegetables were wonderfully fresh, and the cooking of the mangetout and beans had been pleasingly done to still hold onto their bite. The dressing was tasty but a touch acidic.
Venison 'Wellington' (£28) was not a wellington in the traditional sense but two pieces of seared venison perched on a thin layer of pasta. The venison was well cooked and superbly tender but didn't quite have the gamiest of flavours. The pasta base was nice and thin and worked well in soaking up the deliciousness of the black truffle jus. An accompanying seared fried foie gras didn't quite hit the high notes however as it didn't have the rich fattiness that makes this one of my most favourite things to eat in the world.
Tortellini (£15) parcels were plump with a generous creamy goat's cheese filling. The pasta itself had an al dente bite to it, but it was also a touch too thick. A sauce vierge was nicely made, and to round off the dish were some sun-blushed tomatoes that added a very sharp contrast to the pasta.
We chose a classic British knickerbocker glory with poached peaches, blackberries, raspberry coulis, strawberry ice cream (£8.50) as our dessert. It was generously sized with lots of chantilly cream and provided a lovely combination of flavours with the fruit being soft and sweet. But another dimension, for example some nuts, could have elevated the dessert further by providing it with a textural contrast.
We found the food at The Botanist to be tasty and well prepared, albeit with a few minor glitches. Our waiter was wonderfully charming and the vibe was buzzy. But thankfully the restaurant was not too frenetic as it was a bank holiday weekend. The Botanist can sometimes be too busy (not a bad thing for a business!), and this is something I've experienced before on previous visits to the bar. So depending on your propensity for busyness and how relaxed you want your dining experience to be, it might be wise to carefully choose the timing of when you visit The Botanist for a meal.
Prices: £29 to £59 for three courses, excludes drinks and service.


Let the little ones discover something special!
Explore the wilderness with all your senses, learn about Hunsrück's past, and shape the future of the National Park. Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park should be a place for children and young people to be able to experience and identify what's special and unique about nature, our cultural history and other members of their group.
Developing a sense of environmental awareness among children and adolescents is an important goal for the National Park. In order to educate them about sustainable development, the National Park should not only be visited, but also experienced and understood using all the senses.
Our team of experienced National Park rangers and experts in archaeology and museum education offer special programmes for nursery school, primary school and secondary school children. The programmes for nursery schools and schools are free of charge.
Our educational programmes are particularly good for biology, history, geography and social studies classes.
In the future, our offers will also be continuously expanded in cooperation with partners, such as our certified National Park guides. So keep checking back every now and then and inquire about what's new.


What the hell, just another 8-10 inches of the white stuff falling on our head last night and this morning. Right now it's late afternoon and the sun's managed to stick its nose out for a couple of hours. Just the right weather to get the shoveling done---for now. A second storm is due in late tonight and tomorrow so keep those shovels handy folks as there is more coming.
You, yes you of the Hawaii clan--quit laughing!! Enough already, who or whom did we manage to really tick off this year. Just in December here on Peaks Island, we've received nearly 50 inches of snow versus 5 last year--somebody somewhere is not happy with us. It must be all those individuals hating the Red Sox, Patriots and yes, even the Celtics this year; these are indeed end times for New England sporting fans and I, proudly, am one of them!!
Took a stroll around the neighborhood this afternoon and the new snowfall is absolutely beautiful. Even with the shoveling, it's extremely peaceful right now. Just watching the sun setting with its last rays flowing off the new fallen snow does indeed settle one down.
A happy new year's greeting to all. May this coming year be a good one for all and oh ya, an early Spring would definitely be appreciated---big time!
Another season of Christmas hecticity (is that a word?) has been survived. The island has settled down considerably in the last twenty four hours and not a moment too soon. I hope everyone had a wonderful time spent with old friends and as many family members as possible.
We had a wonderful Christmas Eve turkey pot luck dinner with a large number of friends crowded around a single table. Of course, the island lost its electricity that afternoon so panic set in on getting the turkey done but all was restored, the universe survived and the turkey was done just right. Many tales of island days and people gone by were told over wine and egg nog laced with Screech rum freshly imported from Newfoundland--admittedly, the tales got better as the Screech bottle got lower.
With Sean and Monika in Boulder and Josh and Heather in Providence, our Christmas day was a quiet one highlighted by a wonderful roast beef dinner prepared by our wonderfully talented cooking friend Caralen. Today's been spent recovering from the delivery of a tank of oil--good grief, it is getting noticably expensive to stay warm this winter. When is Spring coming????
I did manage to run some errands this afternoon dropping off an audio book and musical CD's at the Library and filling up the car with gas (might as well go totally broke!) before heading around the island. I did manage to get a few shots in as the light was fading. Lots and lots of covered boats in yards all over the island right now. It's definitely the quiet time of the island between now and late March and we badly need it though too many of us seem not to know it. Oh well, deep breaths and good books is my motto for this time of the year. Enjoy the post Christmas quiet and give your significant other a big hug to prepare for the new year.
One of the things we discovered after moving to Maine back in 1972 was how beautiful it is in Maine the day after a bad storm. Well, the Nor'Easter we just went through was a bad storm. Only 8 inches of snow but then that was followed by another 2 inches of sleet which was then followed by some rain which was then followed by temperatures around 5 degrees. Welcome to the island of Hoth!! We were definitely ice bound and shoveling was virtually impossible. Since the supply of grenades was sold out at Hannigan's Market, we were forced to the age old method of picks and shovels and making big hunks of ice into little hunks of ice.
My back and shoulders still aren't recovered but the day after the storm when the sun reappeared was stunningly beautiful. Ice covered everything but it sure reflected well off of the sun's rays. We've always referred to these type of days as "Maine Days". They don't happen that often but when they do, the sky is crystal clear with a much deeper blue tint and the air has a definite snap to it. Special days indeed. Here's a couple of pictures from early in the morning of a definite Maine Day. Of course, Otis just sits and watches life go by; everyone has their own version of watching TV.
Of course we had two decently clear days but last night we went back into the pits of more snow which lasted about 24 hours. Oh well, just another 8-10 inches; what the hell. A white Christmas is a lock right now. There is no way all this snow will be gone over the weekend. Maybe I'll get out tomorrow and take the camera with me for some shots different than out the window or off the back deck. Even I'm getting bored with the same pictures under different conditions.
Slowly pulled myself out of a warm bed this morning a little before 9am. Very late for me but I'm certainly not going anywhere today so why not just roll over one more time. Snow started in the early morning and the wind and snowfall just seem to keep increasing by the hour. This is a good old fashioned Nor'Easter.
Temp seems to be sitting at just about 10 degrees and the wind right out of the northeast seems to be a solid 30-40 knot "breeze". This is supposed to be with us until Monday morning so the shoveling should be more than a little interesting. It's pretty cold on the surface for this amount of snow so the upper levels must be warmer. Allegedly, we may have a turn into some freezing rain, sleet and hail so as the day unfolds, we'll see what happens.
At least so far, the electricity has held since with the temps so low, the snow is really fluffy which means nothing comes down, like tree limbs, taking power lines with it. Hopefully, the storm will stay in this fluffy snow. Chaos will reign in southern Maine if the power goes out before the Patriots/Jets game is completed. We've all been really looking forward to this game since the great Spygate hoopla back in September. Rumor has it that a basketball scoreboard has been mounted at the Stadium so more than 100 points can be registered. In this weather I'll take a 7 point win and move on to the next game.
Here's some pictures from a little before noon so to the Hawaii clan, enjoy the pictures of what you're missing and remember fondly those snorkel jackets from your Bangor days. Survive the windchill temps of 82!!!
We had a chance last night to have dinner with Josh and Heather before they depart for Christmas in Nashville. It was cold and windy but the company and food were wonderful. A fun time was had by all. Here's a few shots while we were waiting for the boat into town.
It's good to see that the Peaks message board is still very active late in December. The traps are about pulled for the winter and most everyone's boat is now on land. It is time for a winter's respite in spite of the looming storm.
The sun is still shining this Saturday afternoon but clouds are on the southern horizen. Tomorrow is supposed to be a good old fashioned Nor'Easter with strong winds and lots and lots of snow, sleet, ice, hail and anything else that can be thrown at us from the skies.
Winter has definitely arrived early this year. We've been in the world of white for a solid two weeks now. This past week has seen three snow days and three sun days with temps only making it to 30 degrees once. Oh well, it is December but golf has definitely ceased for a winter respite. Time to snooze, read and definitely enjoy watching Celtics and Patriots games; hell of a season for both teams. It's definitely fun to be hated again!! Here's few pictures from the last couple of days; at least our cat Gabby has the right idea on how to pass the winter days by soundly snoozing on top of my chair all the while keeping her outstretched paw on top of my head.
I'll try and capture a few pics of the snow coming down tomorrow so the Hawaiian part of the clan can shiver in their wind chills of 82 degrees!! Enjoy it to the fullest fair clan.
It's hard to believe but December is upon us. The winds are really having at us today. It feels like they started right on the peak of Mt. Washington, flowed across the Bay and slammed into our house; it is indeed a cold, windy day. Temp's just about 20 degrees right now and the white caps are dancing under the sun's rays. The Bayline boats are still running but they're having a real hard time docking at Peaks.
Tonight's the annual Christmas carol sing plus the lighting of our own Peaks Island Christmas Tree; sure hope the wind dies down so the tree and carolers can remain upright.
In spite of the wind today, our weather's not been too bad. Just a week ago I came across the last couple of trees that still had some leaves intact and with the sun hitting them just right, it was definitely a golden aura. Well, as of today, those leaves are long gone and flying somewhere over Casco Bay. The shopping treks have begun and the Islanders catching the 10am boat uptown are pretty well wrapped up waiting for the boat. I do believe winter has arrived. The last golf outing took place this past Wednesday and my clubs are now safely tucked away after a thorough cleaning, resting and restoring their strength awaiting the first round next April---late March if we're really lucky.
Enjoy the change of seasons and let the reading and snoozing begin. Winter greetings to all!!


Upset Hindus are urging Ensenada (Baja California, Mexico) based 8-Bit Brewers to apologize and withdraw its Ganesh IPA beer; calling it highly inappropriate.
8-Bit's Cerveza Premium IPA Ganesh beer bottle carries an image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesh.
Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, indicated that Lord Ganesh was highly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to be used in selling beer for mercantile greed. Moreover, linking a Hindu deity with an alcoholic beverage was very disrespectful, Zed added.
Translated version of 8-Bit Brewers website states: "…craft beer that represents the forgotten foundations of a globalized brewing industry…we believe in the creativity, strength and passion…". Its Mission includes "Open your mind to new ideas" and its tagline seems to be "Born to beer wild!" Its other beers include Senorita.
Ensenada, a coastal city founded in 1542 and now a popular cruise ship destination, is about 84 miles south of San Diego and is affectionately called La Cenicienta del Pacífico "The Cinderella of the Pacific". Marco A. Novelo Osuna is Presidente Municipal.


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Candice's columns
The Liberal government just doesn't take security and counter-terrorism seriously
(This column originally appeared in the Toronto Sun)
By: Candice Malcolm
It's been four years since Canada was struck by two separate jihadist terrorist attacks against our Canadian Forces.
On October 20, 2014, Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent was one of two men mowed down in a vehicle ramming attack in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. Vincent later died of his injuries.
His attacker fled the scene and a police chase ensued. He called 911 to say he'd carried out his attack in the name of "Allah."
The terrorist crashed into a ditch, jumped out of his car and charged a female police officer with a large knife. He was quickly shot and killed by police.
Two days later, 24-year-old Corporal Nathan Cirillo was standing ceremonial guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
He was fatally shot in the back by a terrorist who then raised his gun in the air and shouted, "For Iraq!"
As Cirillo lay in a pool of blood, and half a dozen good Samaritans came to his aid, the terrorist made his way to the Parliament buildings.
He stormed an entrance of Centre Block, shot a brave security guard, and ran down a hallway before being shot and killed by Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers.
Both terrorists had pledged their support to the newly-formed Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), both deliberately targeted members of our military.
Just like that, Canada was thrust into the global jihadist insurgency.
Canadians were in shock, and the previous Harper government took steps to beef up our national security. They introduced new counter-terrorism measures, including greater information-sharing abilities between law enforcement agencies and a bill to strip citizenship from terrorists.
If you wage war against Canada, you've forfeited the privileges, rights and freedoms of Canadian citizenship.
One year later, however, Canadians elected a different kind of Prime Minister in Justin Trudeau.
When it comes to stripping citizenship from terrorists, Trudeau said that "a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian," and that "terrorists should get to keep their Canadian citizenship."
He reversed the law, which effectively meant returning citizenship to a convicted terrorist and ring-leader of the thwarted Toronto 18 terrorist attack.
Trudeau issued an official apology and wrote a $10.5 million cheque to a convicted al-Qaeda terrorist.
And, according to reports from Stewart Bell at Global News, the government has quietly been trying to help ISIS terrorists come to Canada.
"We have the intention to help you," a Canadian consular official told a captured British ISIS fighter. "Canada is an option"
Bell interviewed a captured Pakistani-born ISIS terrorist in Syria, who seems angry and resentful that Canada isn't doing more to help him.
This man had celebrated the 2014 terrorist attacks in Ottawa and Quebec and called on his followers to wage more attacks against Canadians.
At the time, someone on Twitter asked him if he was Canadian. "Not anymore," he wrote.
He's apparently had a change of heart and wants to come crawling back.
If our government took national security and counter-terrorism seriously, these jihadists would have been stripped of their citizenship the moment they joined ISIS.
Canada wouldn't even entertain the idea of helping them.
But under the Trudeau government, Canada's approach to terrorism can best be described as pathological altruism.
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