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As a veteran-owned enterprise, Mission Critical Comfort Solutions delivers unbeatable work over its local community. We make the support of our local area and ex-soldiers a top goal. Our slogan is: We Served Our Country, Now Let Us Serve You! Contact us anytime at 478-960-5825 if you ever need an HVAC contractor in Cordele, GA.
As your area source for all HVAC-related jobs, you can trust our work across a large group of services.
The central air conditioning gets at least, if not more, employment as any other device in a house. If you need installation or repairs, choose your nearby, veteran-owned HVAC contractor business in Mission Critical Comfort Solutions.
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Decriminalize marijuana. Recognizing that some may find this idea distasteful, we must nonetheless end our irrational prohibition against our state�s most important moneymaker.
More authority to the towns. Town meeting is our most hallowed custom. The modern trend of centralizing authority must stop if Vermont is to survive. Perhaps a system like that laid out in John McClaughry and Frank Bryan�s The Vermont Papers would work best, perhaps another. What is clear though is this: the people must be given the power to self-determination if we are to protect our future.

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Peter Bagration was an experienced senior officer by the time the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had broken out, having learnt his trade against the Turks and Poles.
Joining General Suvarov for the campaigns against Revolutionary France in Italy and Switzerland, Bagration earnt himself much praise from the old Russian warhorse, who liked his ferocious battlefield style.
Later, he fought at Hollabrunn - where his determined rearguard action saved General Mikhail Kutusov's army - Austerlitz, Eylau, Heilsberg and Friedland.
In 1809, Bagration was again sent to fight the Turks, returning in time to face the French invasion of Russia in 1812.
Disturbed by the Russian policy of ceding land for time, Bagration said he "trembled with shame" about retreating.
Nonetheless, he successfully led the Second West Army into the Russian interior despite extremely poor relations with the other commander Mikhail Barclay de Tolly.
At Borodino, Bagration commanded the Russian left wing and fought bravely until wounded in the leg. The injury from the musketball became infected and he died on 24 September, 1812.
Russia mourned the loss of an honourable soldier who gave his army plenty of fire and fierceness.

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Does anyone have a spare KSS CRANKSHAFT BALL VALVE ASSY?
It's the LH threaded one that goes on the timing side of the crankshaft. Consists of NUT, SPRING, BALL.
I have (modest) foldin' plus possible swaps.

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I have sat in Relief Society, looking around at the sisters, certain that none of them knew how I felt. I was sure that they had no clue what it was like to feel the deep sorrow and grief caused by infertility. To others, my body looks fine and they would never suspect that inside, my soul is bruised, tender, and aching.
Though I often felt that no one knew my pain, I have learned with time that I was wrong. Perhaps every woman does not know what it is like to be infertile, but without question, every woman knows what it feels like to be saddened by experiences of life. Our circumstances are very different, but we have all wept because of heartache, misery, disappointment, and guilt when life does not turn out the way we desired or felt that it should. How common we really are!
With statistics showing that infertility affects 15 percent of the population, it could be said that each of us knows someone who is dealing with infertility—it could be a friend, a sister, a son, or, it may be you. It is incredibly painful to learn that you cannot do what comes so easily for most people. And, when you are in a religious culture that is focused on families, feelings of deep sorrow can emerge frequently.
Regardless of if we are fertile or infertile, stepping back and thinking about infertility differently can offer hope, peace, and feelings of inclusion.
1. Recognize your specific, individualized plan.
We all do it—we all look at our lives and how they are deficient compared to everyone else. These moments of comparison do us no good. We need to remember that in addition to His overall plan, Heavenly Father also has an individualized, specific plan for each of us. We are each given opportunities to learn and grow, tailored to our personalities, that are different from anyone else’s opportunities. It is in these differences that we can see that we are being tutored, that our souls are expanding, and that our hearts are being purified.
2. Find life in other realms.
Parenthood is only one realm of life. Each realm, even if it lasts but a small season, can add dimension, provide growth, and change us in ways that other realms cannot. Additionally, each realm can provide new friends, draw new talents from within us, and allow us to be something greater than we were before. These realms, of course, do not replace parenthood. Rather, they are what we do in the interim. Some of these other realms include volunteering, receiving an education, enjoying a career, being a temple worker, or developing a talent.
3. Educate rather than retaliate.
Be ready for questions and comments—they come when you least expect it! When you come up with exact phrases to use at specific times, you will be prepared instead of being caught unaware. When you are prepared, it is easier to remain calm and in control. Try to make your responses positive and non-offensive. If we respond negatively, we further isolate ourselves and push ourselves away from others. When we focus on educating and helping to raise awareness, we foster relationships of love and understanding.
Be careful that infertility and the quest for a child do not become a priority over your marriage relationship. Fortify your marriage by going on dates, setting goals unrelated to baby-making, learning what your spouse needs from you and providing it, and being sensitive to the emotions of your spouse. Establish “time-outs” when you keep yourself away from anything associated with infertility. If you can preserve a good relationship with your spouse, you will endure this trial.
5. Do the things you know you should.
Going to the temple won’t improve sperm count. Reading your scriptures will not open damaged fallopian tubes. But doing these things shows that we are choosing to have faith. If we want miracles to happen and doors to open, we need to do all things we have been told to do. Even after our expression of faith, the outcome of our actions may not be the exact miracle we seek, but we will have increased ability to cope, strength to endure, and ability to see interim blessings.
1. Think about what you have to offer.
In a time of trial, has someone reached out to you in a way that you appreciated? Could you apply those acts of love to the situation with your friend or family member who is dealing with infertility? We all know what it feels like to feel alone, betrayed, and to be pained by a life experience. We can take what we have learned to reach out and help another.
2. Learn more about infertility.
Since statistics show that 15 percent of the reproductive-age population experiences infertility, to the other 85 percent, fertility is what is known. That 85 percent might not know that infertility affects so many people, what the causes of infertility are, and the treatment options that are available. Educating yourself about infertility gives you a greater advantage as you reach out to comfort your friend.
3. Recognize that every case of infertility is unique.
Diagnoses are different, which means the path to building a family is different for every couple. It is very easy for every infertile couple to be lumped into one category and for others to assume that what worked for Couple A will surely work for Couple B. Instead of telling your friend about someone else’s experience, focus on what your friend is talking about and learn about his or her specific experience.
4. Understand that infertility is real.
“Trying too hard” or not understanding human reproduction doesn’t cause infertility. Some causes of infertility may require medical intervention, medications, or even surgeries to improve chances of conceiving and carrying a child to full term. Some couples may never be able to conceive. A couple can be at the beginning of the road, while another is seasoned by years of disappointment. Another couple may be dealing with multiple miscarriages, while another is wondering why baby number one came so easily and number two has been a struggle. Recognize that the suffering, frustration, and anger are real.
5. Acknowledge challenges across the lifespan.
The topic of families and children comes up regularly as we give lessons and plan activities. It is important to acknowledge families come in all shapes and sizes. Additionally, it is healthy to acknowledge that life is far from perfect for any of us. Be honest about how these imperfections affect us and consider how the gospel can fortify us during these adversities.
Infertility does not have to be the “elephant in the room.” Rather, it is something that can be addressed and acknowledged with genuine love and understanding. As we consider our similarities and put forth a bit of effort, we will recognize that we have the capacity to reach out to offer—or accept—peace, comfort, and a place of belonging.
Foulk, a nationally recognized reproductive endocrinologist with Utah Fertility Clinic, says one of the biggest misconceptions about infertility is that it’s difficult to treat. “As long as you can find the factor that’s keeping them from getting pregnant, you can overcome it.” In fact, Foulk says 95 to 98 percent of infertility cases can be overcome with normal processes.
Another misconception that keeps couples from treatment is that treatment is prohibitively expensive, but with a lack of ovulation being the largest cause of infertility, most couples can be treated for $2,000 or less—a far cry from the tens of thousands many expect. “There are some people that have to do the expensive stuff, but the vast majority do not need that,” he says.
Kerstin Daynes is the author of Infertility: Help, Hope, and Healing. She also maintains a website for LDS couples trying to understand infertility within a gospel framework. For more information, visit ldsinfertility.org.

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Apple’s new iPhone & iPad launch date set for March 15?
Leaked images hint at Samsung Galaxy S7 launch on Feb.20!
Cutting edge, Wireless iPhone for iPhone lovers, coming soon!
Huawei launched Honor 5X and Honor Holly 2 Plus, which one will be yours?

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Remedial Massage and Soft Tissue Therapy is the skilled manipulation of soft tissue for the relief and treatment of muscle soreness and pain; the maintenance of muscle balance and the enhanced rehabilitation from injury. Together with the soft tissue therapy, specific Exercise Prescription provides the stability and postural control which is evidently lacking in many musculoskeletal conditions.
The clinic is located in Hawker, Belconnen (Canberra), and on consultation with Accelr8 Rehab you will receive a detailed assessment of your condition/injury utilising many common orthopedic tests, and from this, a treatment plan will be established.


text: Edward Cave began publication of The Gentleman�s Magazine or Trader�s Monthly Intelligencer in 1731 at his printing press at St. John�s Gate. What began as a collection of articles and news items published in other newspapers eventually came to attract a greater number of original submissions from contributors in many fields. The Gentleman�s Magazine is perhaps best remembered for covering the scientific work of the day, and in the period from 1745-1760, its contents reveal that there was a great interest in electricity as a phenomenon, as well as its potential medical applications. Of particular interest was finding cures for diseases considered incurable by traditional means. Patients with nervous system diseases such as epilepsy and palsy were therefore often the subject of early medical trials of electricity. The Gentleman�s Magazine was an integral part of the public discourse on medical electricity, as it published a broad range of articles, including accounts of cures from amateurs, medical cases from doctors, and extracts from academic journals. Tracing the roots of medical uses of electricity therefore yields insights from a variety of people, from those who witnessed its miraculous effects first hand and felt moved to write in, to those members of prestigious academic societies who strove to understand and explain electricity�s power in curing illness.


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The Navy today is expected to seek proposals from small businesses to install and operate solar power systems at military installations on O'ahu, Kaua'i and Maui for a minimum period of 12 months, but which could range up to 30 years. The maximum of all the combined contracts could be $500 million.
The information was released by the federal government in a presolicitation notice. The U.S. military is trying to reduce its dependence on foreign oil, and photovoltaics are one source of alternative energy the Pentagon is aggressively pursuing.
Plans call for the government to purchase solar-generated electric power in Hawai'i, but it will not acquire any solar plants. The systems will be financed, built, owned, operated and maintained by small businesses.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific is the procurement agent for the projects.
The solar systems would be installed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Schofield Barracks, Wheeler Army Airfield, Tripler Army Medical Center, Fort DeRussy, the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Naval Magazine West Loch, the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kaua'i and the Army Reserve Center on Maui.
Multiple awards for solar systems will be made to about five contractors. More details, including power outputs, will be outlined in the formal request for proposal, which is expected to be released today.
The Navy in February put out a notice seeking small businesses that would be able to meet the military's solar power requirements in Hawai'i.
Businesses being sought are those that are engaged in the generation, transmission and/or distribution of power. To qualify for this small-business opportunity, a company's electricity output for the preceding fiscal year cannot have exceeded 4 million megawatt hours.
Don Rochon, a spokesman for Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, said it is the federal government's policy to provide maximum opportunities in all acquisitions to small business.
"Our market research found sufficient small businesses available to allow good competition for a contract of this capacity to build, operate and maintain renewable solar power systems," he said.

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Interns indicate duties performed : Assisted in planning social activities for the residents. Experimentation with new activities and determine if residents enjoyed them. Interacting with residents that have been diagnosed with dementia to learn their socialization process.
Students identified positive aspects of this placement: The residents were the most positive aspect of interning at the Lutheran Home.
Students identified difficulties typical in this placement: For some people, patience might be an issue, but for me, there were none.
The people I worked with were fantastic as far as helping me meet goals and informing me of my responsibilities. The residents are great to work with if you enjoy working with the elderly.


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Boston University School of Theology is conducting a national research project on how people come to faith as adults in the U.S. The project will include those who have become adherents of all major religious traditions in the U.S.
The survey is offered to adults in your congregation (aged 18 and over) who have made a new declaration of faith within the last three years (since about Jan. 1, 2011), even if that happens to be a "return" to faith from an earlier commitment in their lives. All responses are anonymous and confidential. Learn more online.

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A study provides one more reason to carve out time every day for a brisk walk or similar exercise, especially if you have vascular disease or are at risk for developing it. Vascular disease, including heart disease and other conditions that affect blood vessels, increases the risk of age-related problems with memory and thinking, known as cognitive decline. Many studies indicate that exercise has a protective effect on cognitive function, but most have focused on generally healthy populations. The study suggests that a 72-year-old woman with vascular problems (or vascular risk factors) who exercises at least 30 minutes a day may be, on average, as cognitively sharp as a 65-year-old woman. Results were published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (July 25, 2011).
The study. The investigation involved 2,809 women ages 65 years and over who were part of a larger study, the Women's Antioxidant Cardiovascular Study. All of them had vascular disease or at least three risk factors for heart disease, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, or a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher. Researchers periodically asked the women about their exercise habits, including activities such as swimming, biking, and aerobic dance, as well as walking and stair climbing. They also conducted telephone interviews to assess participants' cognitive function using five tests, including memory tests of 10 words and a "category fluency" test that asked participants to name as many animals as possible in one minute. Most of the women (81%) completed at least three assessments at two-year intervals. The researchers classified the women into five groups, or quintiles, based on their reported activity levels an average of 3.5 years before their initial cognitive assessment.


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We have a huge variety of cupcakes listed below, which can also be made into full cakes for any occassion.
Chocolate cupcake with vanilla buttercream and sprinkles.
Chocolate cupcake filled with vanilla pudding, topped with buttercream, rolled in Oreos and a gummy worm on top.
Carrot and pineapple cupcake topped with cream cheese frosting and a buttercream carrot.
Oreo cupcake topped with Oreo cream cheese frosting and an Oreo cookie.
White almond cupcake topped with vanilla buttercream and almond shavings.
Cinnamon sugar cupcake topped with vanilla buttercream and cinnamon sugar dust.
Chai tea cupcake with vanilla buttercream.
Lemon cupcake topped with a glaze and a dollop of cream cheese frosting & sprinkles.
Chocolate cupcake topped with coffee buttercream, caramel sauce, sea salt & cocoa.
Chocolate cupcake filled with cheesecake topped with snickers bar, caramel & chocolate drizzle.
Vanilla cupcake filled with vanilla custard dipped in chocolate ganache & a dollop of buttercream.
Vanilla cupcake topped with vanilla buttercream and sprinkles.
Vanilla cupcake topped with chocolate buttercream and sprinkles.
Red velvet cupcake topped with cream cheese frosting and red velvet cake crumble.
Vanilla cupcake with apple filling topped with cinnamon sugar buttercream, apple slice, walnuts & drizzled in caramel.
Chocolate cupcake dipped in chocolate ganache topped with coconut pecan filling, dollop of chocolate buttercream & a pecan.
Chocolate cupcake filled with marshmallow fluff buttercream dipped in chocolate ganache & swirls on top.
Mocha cupcake filled with a coffee marscapone, topped with coffee buttercream and espresso bean.
Chocolate cupcake, chocolate frosting and chocolate sprinkles.
Chocolate cupcake filled with coconut cream, topped with vanilla buttercream, coconut and chocolate ganache.
Banana chocolate chip walnut cupcake topped with cream cheese, and drizzled with honey and chocolate.
Vanilla cupcake with triple berry filling, vanilla buttercream and fresh fruit on top.
Chocolate cupcake, vanilla buttercream drizzled with caramel, chocolate and a sea salt.
White almond cupcake, raspberry filling, topped with vanilla buttercream, almonds & raspberry.

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The five films I directed for Coppafeel with JWT last summer have gone live and got a great response, including a nice little write up on David Reviews. Lovely films, lovely team.
I self-shot this little documentary for Camden Community Law Centre earlier in the month, and the producer cut this film. CCLC is an amazing organisation that offers pro-bono legal advice for people who wouldn't otherwise be able to get help with things like immigration, housing and disability benefits claims. Big thank you to Alan Walsh for bringing me onboard this project.
On March 8th, The Young Creative Council launched a database of female creative talent to celebrate International Women's Day.
Badass.Gal was set up to showcase 365 creative women over the course of a year, including young talent from any creative background.
Danny Pallett, a creative at DigitasLBi and a member of the Young Creative Council, said: "In a world where only 29% of the creative department are female, and only 12% of creative directors are female (in London alone), it's this generation of talent which will help bring up those numbers, and we don't doubt that they will."
Two years ago, Joanna and I shot a mini-doc for the Guardian about the strange world of Speech and Debate, an extra-curricular high school activity which is essentially competitive acting, where the young people competing at a national level can win scholarships to universities. We've just finished shooting the follow up feature length version in the Bronx, and then at the National Championships in Florida and it was a wild ride! Big thanks to everyone involved - can't wait to have a first cut to show you.
It's official! I am now represented (on a non-exclusive basis) by Corin West at Lemonade Reps.
It's great to be represented by such an illustrious team and alongside such amazing directing talent.
You can find Corin's details on my 'Contact' page.
It's always very nice when a little personal project gets some love from a reviewer. Thanks David Reviews! You can also check out the trailer for the film below too.
Last year I directed a series of short films for Jewellery Designer Bear Brooksbank which launched today at a screening at the W Hotel in Leicester Square.
My approach to the film was to mine as much beauty and personality out of the one day shoot as was humanly possible. Bringing on an incredibly talented and experienced Director of Photography Dean Grey, (the only male crew member - lucky him) and the most creative (not to mention nicest) hair and makeup artist in the business, Mary Cuffe, this tiny crew used sleek tracking shots and classical compositions, drawing inspiration from the old masters, to create a very high end film on a low budget.
This is a voiceover lead film, with Bear Brooksbank talking about her work, ethos, and collections. Her unscripted reflections are illustrated with a behind the scenes look into her world - her studio, her notebooks, a consultation with a client. We move into a more impressionistic photoshoot sequence, where each collection is given a different personality, all relating subtly to female empowerment and a contemporary take on traditional ideas and aesthetics.
In the final collection, Bear’s earliest, our model Dionne takes control of the viewer’s gaze as she turns the camera on us to underline that her role is not passive. In some of the shorter versions of the 3 minute hero film, we use only the photoshoot footage Byron’s ‘She Walks In Beauty’ for the voiceover, read by Myanna Buring, (Twilight Saga; Kill List; Ripper Street) along with a haunting soundtrack. The trailer below gives a taste of the look and mood of the films.
We got very lucky with the light on this shoot for Scottish Labour - it was freezing but the sun came out to give us some beautiful shots in this film introducing the key policies and background of Scottish Labour's new Leader, Richard Leonard.

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Today’s column is written by Lisa Barnes, brand media solutions engineer manager at 84.51°.
The Rule of Seven states that a consumer needs to be exposed to a marketing message seven times before taking action to purchase the brand or product. While much has changed in advertising and media since this concept emerged in the 1930s from the entertainment industry, it’s widely agreed that multiple messages are required to change a consumer’s behavior.
With all the measurement solutions now available to help marketers understand campaign execution, this should be easy to address, right? But, there are a number of confounding challenges that have continued to keep frequency optimization just out of reach for most advertisers.
These days, just about any campaign includes a wide variety of channels and formats, including banner, online video, search, social, mobile, TV, CRM and direct mail. Each channel and format creates a unique experience for the consumer and therefore a different level of engagement with the ad.
For instance, banner blindness causes consumers to block out ads on their screens to only focus on content. For that reason, banner ads require a much higher frequency of exposure before they’re able to influence a purchase decision, compared to a high-engagement ad format like TV. However, the cost of serving a banner ad is remarkably less than the cost of serving a TV commercial so finding the optimal balance of frequency and cost is imperative.
Complicating matters further is the issue of fraud. Advertisers will lose $7.2 billion globally to bots in 2016, according to a 2015 ANA study. So how is an advertiser to know whether their impressions are reaching their desired targets?
There are some platforms and third parties providing insight into viewability and other metrics that help solve some of this, but there is no silver bullet. This leaves us in a scenario where even if we’re able to determine through research what frequency is optimal, we’re unable to execute that with confidence in market.
Additional complexity arises when attempting to link a single consumer across channels to enable overall campaign frequency management.
Advertisers should consider running a campaign on both mobile and desktop. Each format uses unique identifiers, such as devices and cookies, to link consumers to the data used to target media to them. If two different publishers are used to execute the mobile and desktop portions for a target demographic of women 18 to 34 years old, there is no way of knowing what the overlap will be between the two platforms. Each publisher will have a different pool of cookies and devices available to reach.
Estimating the overlap incorrectly could result in overserving or underserving the campaign. Demand-side platforms (DSPs) and publishers that offer cross-device functionality within their owned platforms help to solve for some of this, but campaigns that require multiple publishers or channels that cannot be reconciled, such as TV, remain problematic.
Advertisers spend considerable time thinking about their desired target for a specific campaign message because they know that tailoring their message to the right audience is critical to the success of a campaign.
However, what is often overlooked is the need to tailor the frequency with which that audience is exposed to that message in order for it to influence their purchase decision. A best practice for optimal frequency levels is typically two to three impressions per week, but optimization is rarely quantified for the specific group of consumers being targeted.
For instance, current buyers of a brand likely need fewer impressions – perhaps just one to two per week – as the message is simply serving as a reminder to purchase. On the other hand, converting a lapsed consumer back to a brand likely requires a much higher frequency – perhaps three to four per week or more – as the hurdle to influence brand choice is greater. With all the complexities of frequency management, audience-specific frequency often gets deprioritized but this level of precision is necessary for campaign success.
The story about frequency can seem pretty grim but there are steps advertisers can take to improve. Mixing up the medium and message is a good place to start. Advertisers should test and learn across channels, formats and messages to identify differences and optimize what is within their realm of control. They need to hold their media accountable for driving incremental sales rather than click-through rate or other online metrics wherever possible to ensure they’re optimizing toward the results that matter.
Advertisers must also balance reach and frequency. It’s better to reach the consumers most likely to respond to an ad at the optimal level of impressions rather than reach the most consumers at a suboptimal frequency. In this way, the same budget allocated differently can drive dramatically better results.
Finally, it’s important to focus on the bigger picture. Since we can’t sit our desired audiences down and force them to consume media, even if advertisers can identify an optimal frequency level, they’ll never hit all their desired targets the exact desired number of times. Advertisers need to focus on channels and channel combinations that allow them to get to a frequency distribution that makes sense by working toward averages and caps that drive the best results in totality.
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A very excited bunch of kids from Te Aro School on Monday. They all asked the same thing as they came streaming through the door “Are we using the hockey sticks today?”. Well, the answer was supposed to be “No, we need to teach you crossovers” but they were so eager that we decided crossovers could wait another week!
After the kids warmed up skating through a skills maze we got out the sticks and taught them how to pass and receive a puck. We finished with a great game of puck chase.
Today we taught the kids from Roseneath School how to do a wrist shot. Not an easy skill to learn but they all gave it their best effort.
Sincere thanks to Parker, Sio, Levale, Clark and Harris, volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who have turned up four afternoons a week over the last two terms to help with Penguins SlapShot Hockey programme. To date that is a whopping 470 volunteer hours donated to our KiwiSport programme!
Monday welcomed an excited group from Te Aro School for their second SlapShot lesson.
This week you practiced the skills learned in week one, then we added in some new fun ones like skating on five wheels and then four wheels!
The highlight of course was torpedo alley!
Miramar North kids turned up excited and late on Tuesday due to a bus breakdown but were soon geared up and ready to go. They certainly had a big day of activity having run their school cross country in the morning. Look at these kids go – week three and so confident out in the middle of the rink!
A good day for St Patrick’s Primary School kids to be inside skating today, bleak and windy outside. Thanks to the wonderful help from Parker, Sio, Levale and Clark we had the kids out on the rink in no time at all.
Today’s lesson focused on learning how to turn.
The highlight of the day of course was torpedo alley! So good to see you all having so much fun!
Welcome back Roseneath School on Friday for for your second SlapShot lesson. Today was spent going over last weeks skills and drills and adding to them.
Look at how awesome you are!
The group who have come across SlapShot Hockey before are also doing well learning new drills and inline hockey skills from Jackson.
Another fun session completed by a game of Torpedo Alley.
Sadly no class for Te Aro School on Monday due to a public holiday.
A bus packed with happy kids pulled up outside the rink on Tuesday afternoon. We could hear the excited voices coming up the path! What an enthusiastic group of children. We love the way you support and encourage each other.
Your best accomplishment today?? Everybody independently skating around the rink. You were able to turn and drop when instructed. Well done!
Most fun had? Definitely Torpedo Alley!
So awesome to have our neighbours back at the rink learning SlapShot Hockey. These kids from St Patrick’s Primary School Kilbirnie have a super caring attitude towards each other. Many times we have heard them ask a friend if they needed help putting on their gear or stop to see if they are hurt when they fall and lend to hand to help them up.
Today we practiced lots of skating drills – look what you can do on your skates!
Congratulations on listening to Katie and Martini today – you earned “free skating”. So great to see you all skating independently around the rink.
We finished with a great game of torpedo alley and a well earned rest.
We welcomed Roseneath Primary School to SlapShot KiwiSport Hockey for the first time during school hours this year. So great to see Anne and her awesome class of kids back at the rink. A fantastic thing happened with this class – nearly half of them could already skate and/or play SlapShot Hockey. We divided the rink in half with the net curtain and ran two sessions today. The kids who are new to SlapShot worked very hard to learn new skills and within a few weeks we will have all the kids skating together as a team!
Welcome to SlapShot Hockey kids from Te Aro, Miramar North and St Patrick’s Primary Schools.
150 new kids introduced to SlapShot Hockey on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday this week. We hope you all had a lot of fun learning a whole new set of skills.
Te Aro School children learning to correctly put on their skates and safety gear.
Our coaches Katie and Martini can’t wait to teach you how to play SlapShot Hockey!
First though, we need to teach you a few basic skating techniques. Games will be a lot more fun when you know how to stop and fall correctly.
Our first lesson is to learn how to fall onto our knees and how to stand up. You all did this so well, if not a little overzealous! By the end of the lesson you could fall on your knees without belly flopping on the floor or taking your weight on your hands and wrists. Well done!!
The Duck Walk was our second lesson. It looks a bit peculiar but is the basic stance of inline skating.
Next you tried out the “coke bottle”. Skates stay on the ground and you push your legs in and out in the shape of a coke bottle.
You were all amazing this week! We hope you enjoyed your lesson and look forward to seeing how you get on next week.
Grateful thanks to all the volunteers who popped in this week to assist with putting on skates and safety gear.
Today the kids learnt how to skate and shoot the puck. This is known as the “horse shoe” drill.
Some great games of SlapShot Hockey today - the kids just love it when the coaches, teachers and volunteers join in!
It looked like you were having heaps of fun today!
We look forward to seeing you back next week for even more exciting games of hockey!
Wet and wild weather in Wellington couldn’t keep the kids from Thorndon School away today! Getting 60 kids out onto the rink in half an hour is always a good challenge although it has made a huge difference now the kids can put on their own safety gear.
A great time was had by all the kids this week as they played their first games of SlapShot Hockey! SlapShot is to inline hockey what miniball is to basketball and flipperball to water polo. It is a simplified version of the game for beginners. The children wear basic safety equipment to enable them to get out onto the rink as fast as possible and maximise their hockey experience.
Special thanks to the teachers for making SlapShot so much fun for the kids today! Thank you to all our wonderful coaches and volunteers.
Thank you SlapShot Coaches and Volunteers!
We are sad to say goodbye and hate to see you go. Remember all the fun we had and all the things we did but most of all remember - you are very special kids!
Special thanks from Katie, Martini, Jackson & Nick (SlapShot coaches), Karen and Penguins Inline Hockey Club to all the parents who have walked to the rink with the children this term, helped with their safety gear and the running of the programme. You were invaluable - thank you so much!
If you enjoyed playing SlapShot Hockey come along and join us on Thursdays during Term 1 at the Penguins Inline Hockey beginners session, 5.00 to 6.30 pm, Kilbirnie Recreation Centre. All gear provided. $5 per session. We hope to see you there! Term 2 - Thursday, 4.30 to 6.00 pm. All welcome!
You have all achieved so much over the last five weeks. Your teaches and coaches are excited to see your confidence grow and the improvement in your skating.
Playing SlapShot Hockey was the perfect way to finish your SlapShot experience - we hope you had fun!
Friday skating skill session Lyall Bay School.
Katie, Martini, Jackson, Nick and Karen look forward to seeing you back at the Kilbirnie Rink soon!
We played hockey today and it was fun!
You guys rock! Katie and Martini are looking forward to teaching you how to shoot goals next week. See you then!
We hope you enjoyed your SlapShot lesson today Mt Cook School. Time just flew by!
I was having so much fun with you all out on the rink that I did not take many photos so I have posted some from previous weeks – see if you can find yourself, you might be really pleased to see how much you have improved.
Photos from week one (above) and week three (below).
Next week we will be playing SlapShot Hockey!
We hope the kids enjoyed themselves as much as we did!
Puck tag - what an awesome game!
Next week you will get to play your first games of SlapShot Hockey. We can't wait!
I can't believe we are already halfway through our Penguins KiwiSport SlapShot program for Term one 2015! Katie, Martini and Jackson are really excited to see how well all the children are doing. Every week they continue to amaze us with how quickly they pick up new skills.
Kids, can you remember week one when you needed the wall to hold you up and to help you stop? Now you can skate and stop confidently and pass and receive a hockey puck!
What dedication! Lyall Bay School children walked to the rink in the pouring rain for their SlapShot skating lesson today. Thank you teachers and parents for bringing the children in such wild conditions.
Expert help from eight parents, teachers and four volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enabled us to gear the kids up super fast.
Martini and Jackson spent some time going over what the kids learnt last week, encouraging them to remember how to turn with the correct foot leading. Next up cross-overs, these kids are learning a lot of skills very quickly and were up to the challenge.
The SlapShot team are really thrilled to see the kids now skating well enough to graduate to using the hockey sticks. Look how well you are doing. We finished an awesome afternoon with a game of Torpedo Alley.
We hope you dried out after your drenching on the way to the rink – luckily the sun came out for the walk back to school.
Another lovely sunny day for these great kids from Lyall Bay School to walk to the rink. Thank you to all the wonderful parents who have come along to help out over the past few weeks, your help has been greatly appreciated. We are really excited that you are getting to see the improvement in the children's skating ability as the weeks go by.
The kids listened really well today! After a quick recap of the last few weeks and an introduction to crossovers and skating using crossovers we gave the children hockey sticks! Oh boy were they excited to finally get hold of a hockey stick!
The four young men from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who come along most days were a great help today handing out sticks and helping the kids with their safety gear. Thanks so much!
Thank you Martini and Katie for another great lesson.
We hope you had fun today and look forward to seeing you all next week.
Wonderful listening today - we whizzed through the lesson plan which left plenty of time to play Torpedo Alley with the sticks and soft balls.
It is so exciting to see the kid's hard work pay off - they can now skate well enough to use the sticks.
We hope you had fun today and look forward to seeing you next week for fun filled games of Slap Shot Hockey!
You were amazing today! Look at how good you are getting on your skates.
After a recap of last week's lesson and learning some tricky new skills like crossovers, we finally got out the hockey sticks.
We invented a new game this week - Torpedo Alley with hockey sticks and soft balls.
We hope you had fun today Mt Cook School. Special thanks to your teachers, our two popular church volunteers and SlapShot coaches Martini and Katie.
We look forward to seeing your smiling faces next week!
You all worked hard and learnt new skating skills. Cross-overs are hard to master but are a really important part of learning to skate. You will use them all the time to turn and to gain speed.
You can now skate well enough to graduate to drills the length of the rink!
Many thanks to today's SlapShot Coaches Martini and Jackson.
Wahoo! We advanced to the hockey sticks today.


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On Sunday, March 9, the studio at 777 Richmond Street West became a destination for deserving women to be styled, beautified and treated like royalty (although, we like to think this is always the case). The occasion? ROAR Toronto, hosted by Flirt Custom Lash.
The event could not have happened with so many generous people and brands. Services and products were provided by our very own BlushPretty team (hair and makeup), Tamika Auwai (styling), NLB Media (graphic design), Barb Dubrawski (photography), Cristina’s Tortina Shop (treats) and clothes and accessories came from donors and some incredible brands including LOFT, Kiss Nails, Broadway Nails and The Body Shop.
The afternoon was spent “glamming” them up, giving them one-on-one time with our expert stylist Tamika, setting them up with clothes and accessories and providing professional photographs to put their best foot forward as they graduate from the program.
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Special shoutouts go out to Sommer Dunsmuir of Flirt Custom Lash for initiating and hosting the event, our very own Elaine Atkins for doing some serious project coordination, and of course, everyone who donated in some way, shape or form to make it a success.
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Elian has always had vivid dreams. He dreams of trees that are burnt and still living. He dreams of a woman covered in blood and carrying an arm. He dreams of running through the woods on all fours. His parents tried to fix him when he was younger but they were unable. The dreams stay with him to this day. Now he is starting to have visual and auditory hallucinations that are getting worse. He feels that the world is expanding and getting smaller at the same time. He doesn’t know what to do to save himself.
Elian woke up in his garden. He didn’t know what actually woke him until he heard the pounding on the door. Getting to his feet; pain arced over his body and he cried out.
“Panther?” Elian asked and then the night came back to him. Marie lying dead by an attack with her arm ripped from her body. Rae shifting to and from the panther form.
“I don’t remember.” Elian wasn’t sure what he was going to tell them. He knew that if he told them the truth, they would throw him in a hospital. He just wasn’t sure what had happened.
“Ma’am?” Officer Self asked trying to pull her back, but she had such a grip on him that the officer couldn’t pull her off.
“Rae, it’s fine. I am safe.” Elian patted her on the back, and she finally pulled back.
“I’ll be fine, Rae.” Elian looked at her and saw when the look on her face changed from fake concern about him to real concern. It had been her the night before. He looked at her, and he could see the contact lens in her eyes now. He could see the edge of the wig. He was seeing her for what she was and not what she wanted everyone to see. He wondered why the officers were not seeing her for what she was. She leaned close to him and gave him a hug.
Elian nodded as she leaned back. The officers didn’t react to the words at all. She must not have spoken them loud enough for them to hear. Rae stood with a grace that Elian had never noticed before. He held fast that she was a wolf now. She was out during the day. The officers all walked away from him and into the house. He was being left alone while they tried to figure everything out. It gave him time to take his story and turn it into something that they would all believe. It was then that he figured out that he needed to call into work. He was sure that while it was morning, he wouldn’t be able to go to work that night. He wasn’t sure he wanted to go to work at all.
He watched as his house was cordoned off and then Officer Self asked if he wanted to go to the hospital or just let the squad look at him there. He didn’t want to go to the hospital. The two EMTs looked him over and cleaned and dressed his cuts and scrapes.
Elian drowned them out. He had more important things to worry about. Marie was dead, and he didn’t seem to care. Yesterday he had been in love with her. Today, he didn’t care that she was killed. He sat there on the ground of his garden, thinking about what had really changed over the past day.
Elian looked down at himself and saw that he was indeed a wreck. He wondered how his clothes had even survived the shifting, but then he remembered that Rae’s had shifted with her as well. It was like the clothes became the fur that covered them as animals.
Elian looked at Atrian in shock. He hadn’t called the lawyer, and he lived in Columbus. It was the lawyer that oversaw his trust and all of his inheritance. Elian hadn’t spoken to him in a while. How could he have got to Belpre so quickly and knew what was going on?
Officer Self just waved his hand and started to walk away. Atrian moved over to sit beside Elian on one of the benches. Elian shifted and stood up, moving to sit beside him on the bench.
That stopped Elian cold. Atrian looked young. Like he had only been practicing a few months when Elian had met with him, and it was then that he noticed that Atrian hadn’t aged past that. Before Elian could say a word, one of the officers came over and handed Elian an open backpack with clothes inside of it.
“Come by the station tomorrow morning at nine to meet with the officers, and they will take your statement.” Before Elian could reply, the officer walked away, and Elian was alone with the lawyer.
“Rae?” Elian asked, and then it all clicked. Rae knew who his lawyer was somehow and she had called him last night. It was the only thing that made sense. How she knew who his lawyer was still eluded him. He had never told her about him. Atrian pulled shoes from the bag and helped Elian get into them before he helped Elian to the limo that was waiting. Elian had never been inside of a limo. The lawyer opened the door and ushered Elian inside before he crawled into the seat across from him.
Elian nodded and looked out the window as the limo drove towards the library. At the light that was nearly in front of the library, the limo turned to the left and pulled down a road that Elian had never really gone down before. It was a side street that had nothing on it that interested Elian. A sharper turn had Elian looking at where they were going in interest for the first time. There was a mansion of sorts that sat in behind trees. Elian had noticed it once before but had paid it no mind. It hadn’t interested him. Now it did. Rae was standing there on the front porch in a gown of deep green. She looked like she had last night with the black hair and purple eyes.
Atrian got out of the limo when it stopped and then leaned in and talked to the driver through the window. Elian heard the whispers of their talk, but his eyes were on Rae. She was the woman from his dreams. Something in his dreams stopped him from seeing her like that until after he had seen her like that in person. He wandered up the walkway to meet her on the porch. Elian didn’t know what to say, and he didn’t know what to do so he just stuck his hand inside his pockets. His finger brushed against something, and he pulled it out. It was his ring. He hadn’t gotten used to wearing it, so he sometimes put it in his pocket. He had done it the day before when he had been cooking.
Rae locked her eyes on the ring, and they widened in surprise. Elian placed the ring on his finger, and he heard a gasp from behind him. He turned, and Atrian looked at the ring. Elian looked at the man’s hands as his moved to touch a ring on the man’s middle finger. It looked exactly like the one that Elian had on his finger.
“These are questions best asked inside the house, My Lord,” Rae said as she turned to start into the house. Atrian didn’t move at all. Elian almost followed her, but her words whispered in his mind. He wasn’t a lord of anything. After a few seconds, Elian thought about that fact that she had turned into a panther and not a wolf. Could she be a vampire and did he want to go into her house?
“You have more knowledge than you should, My Lord.” Rae’s voice was soft, and Elian wasn’t sure why. He turned back and saw that she was not visible in the house at all. Curiosity got the best of him, and he quickly moved into the house. He followed the fresh smell of cinnamon and then proceeded to what he figured was a solarium. The room was brilliantly lit and caught most of the morning sun.
“What are you both?” Elian asked as he sat down in a chair. Rae sat in a much larger chair that afforded her the ability to pull her legs up and tuck them under herself.
“Before they had Darius?” Elian asked.
“Why do you think you are a Darkan?” Atrian asked as he started to pull papers from his briefcase.
“So you both knew I was a wolf?” Elian asked he looked at both of them.
“I knew you were a wolf, but I also knew that you were on the fringe of stopping being a wolf.” Rae sounded sorry about it at least. Keeping the truth from him.
“Why was I on the fringe of being human?” Elian wanted all the information. He wanted to know it all. He didn’t want to be left in the dark at all.
“The Matians are an ancient bloodline of wolves that didn’t like the power the Darkans and Shadows were holding over the rest of the wolves and the vampires.” Atrian looked through the papers he pulled out and picked out one. There were names scattered all over the page. Elian grabbed the paper and read them all.
Vampire: Shadow, Sky, Copper, Ice, Star. Witch: Lake, Fern, Wind, Light, Stone. Immortal: Wrenwood, Rosewood, Ironwood, Elkwood, Birdwood. Fae: Oak, Birch, Alder, Ash, Elm. Werewolf: Darkan, Helian, Verdan, Atrian, Matian.
“What is this?” Elian asked. He knew four of the names on the list, but there was no way faeries and witches were wandering around out there were there? Immortals he could understand. It seemed that Vampire and Werewolves lived forever, why not regular humans?
“How are you able to go out in the light?” Elian asked.
“Vampires live off of animal blood?” Elian asked.
“Before?” Elian looked at the two of them.
“There is something else that I need to discuss with you, Elian,” Atrian said as he pulled another piece of paper free from the stack and handed it over to Elian. Elian folded up the other part of the paper and stuck it in his pants. He figured when neither the vampire nor the wolf told him no it was okay that he was taking the paper with him. Elian looked down at the new piece of paper in shock.
“No.” Atrian pulled a new piece of paper from the stack. This piece was old and had lamination all around it. Elian took it and recognized the writing on the paper. It was Dmitry Darkan’s writing, his many great grandfathers.
Only ten million is to go to Elian upon his age of majority. If he turns to a wolf, then he is allowed access to all of it. If Elian does not become a wolf or is killed before the age of majority, then the money is to go to Raven Shadow so that she can destroy the traitorous wolves who have cursed this world.
Elian looked back at the other paper. There were over two hundred million dollars now listed as being in his accounts. The transfer was started that morning. Elian closed his eyes and took a few calming breaths. This was way too much. He couldn’t handle all of this. He knew that he had wanted to know all of it, but now it was too much. He wanted to go to his parents and not think about a thing. He wanted to feel safe in his mother’s arms. He wanted to know that his father would stop anything from hurting him. He dropped the papers and took off at a near run to the door. He didn’t hear anyone following him. He was happy about that. He got to Washington Boulevard and didn’t know where he wanted to go. His house probably had cops still crawling all over it. His parents wouldn’t be home yet, but he could at least stay there until they got home.
Decision made, Elian turned towards their house. He was running, and he noticed that he was running faster than he ever had before. He wasn’t even running at his fastest. Deciding not to push himself he kept at that pace. It wasn’t long before he was on his parents’ street. He stopped when he saw that his parents were home. Both cars were still there. Just as he got to the front door and his father flung the door open.
“Elian!” His father grabbed him and hugged him. As he did, the smell of crushed leaves, water, and rotten milk washed over him. He nearly gagged at the smell of rotten milk. He forced himself from his father’s arms and took a step back. The entire house smelled like that. He looked up and saw this mother standing behind his father.
“Which one of you is it?” Elian demanded as he tried to calm down. He didn’t like the feeling that was washing over him. He didn’t know how he had never smelled the smell before.
“Which one of us is what?” his father asked as he tried to take another step towards him. Elian held his hand up and took another step back. His heel went over the back of the step, and Elian almost tumbled down the steps. He grabbed out at the banister and stopped himself. When he looked up, he saw the look of concern on his father’s face and the look of hatred on his mother’s. Every single thing she ever did over his childhood now made sense. The smell of rotten milk was the smell of the Matians and for her to smell like that it meant that she was a Matian. He could tell the difference between what Marie and smelled like and what she smelled like. There was no smell of perfume and decay. He wasn’t sure what the crushed leaves meant, but he didn’t care. Grabbing his father’s hand and pulling him close, Elian hugged him. He tucked his nose into his father’s neck and took a deep breath through his nose. There was the smell of water and crushed leaves. He figured the water was the smell of the Darkan line of wolves.
He let go of his father and stepped closer to his mother who held her arms out for a hug, but Elian just shoved her hands away.
“Elian, I don’t understand what you want.” His mother’s voice sounded concerned, but her face was not. Elian wondered how she ever slept with his father if she hated the Darkans so much.
His mother’s eyes widened even more. That sealed it for him. Elian knew that his mother knew every single thing. She had raised him knowing that one day, he would be killed. Did she even love him in any way?
Elian turned and started to run. He almost knocked his father down the stairs, but he didn’t care. Running at full speed, Elian didn’t stop until he was nearly five miles outside of Belpre. He wasn’t sure at first where he was, but he noticed signs that meant he was on his way to Little Hocking. He turned towards the woods and away from the road and as soon as he was lost in the woods, he felt himself shift. He let the wind on his fur and the sun that was playing hide and seek with the trees calm him down as he ran.
The sounds of the animals and the sounds of nature were more calming to him than anything else. When night fell, Elian thought that he might want to head home. Surely the cops were finished with it. He set off at a run, staying in his wolf form and quickly made his way to his house. It was still cordoned off with police tape, so Elian curled up in the woods outside his home and went to sleep. He would see how well he slept in his wolf form.
Neither Atrian or I expected Elian to run like that. He seemed to be okay, and then he just freaked out and ran. I kept track of him as he confronted his mother and then fled to Little Hocking. I stayed in my human form but kept an ear on his as he ran about the woods, getting used to his new form.
Atrian took a hotel room in Parkersburg to give Elian space. I would be giving him space as well if I wasn’t worried he would get himself into trouble. Emotions run strong in the Darkan family, and I see that it still holds true. I remember my mother and father keeping Denton from trouble as I grew up. I remember every single thing that Dmitry did as a child that got him into trouble, and I very much remember him fighting my father.
Elian wasn’t ready for the changes to his life. No one who grows up a human is ever ready for the changes. It’s part of what wolves and vampires rarely change humans to our kind unless the human knows of our kind and lives with them.
The Shadow vampires have protected the Darkan wolves for countless thousands of years. I will defend Elian to the death if I have to.
An introverted writer who adores to read, write, and play video games.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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Brain Pulse Music’, is experimentation with brain waves and sound. Formerly of the Japanese band Ghost, Batoh has dedicated years of research to this project, investigating the bioelectric functions of the human brain combined with the traumatic aftermath of Japan’s Great East Earthquake. Batoh combines this work with traditional folk influences to create and powerful and pure expression of the human condition.
Masaki Batoh will be performing at Bring To Light weekend 25-27 October which will take place at the Library of Birmingham as part of the Capsule curated Discovery Season.


text: The original Lyngby vase (25 cm) is an unusually beautiful and versatile vase. It lends itself to large bouquets, callas, and cherry and apple branches. Placed alone, it serves as a freestanding sculpture in itself. If you place it in an arrangement with Lyngby vases in different sizes, it becomes a harmonious hub or focal point.


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Boy Scouts and Venturers overcome low water, long portages, and fierce headwinds to follow the French voyageurs’ historic trade route into northernmost Ontario, Canada.
“HUDDLE UP, everyone,” hollered Pierre de Rosa, our Birchbark Expeditions guide from the Greater Niagara Frontier Council of Buffalo, N.Y. Paddlers reached out to grab the gunwale of the canoe next to them, and soon our small flotilla sat seven abreast in the nearly still waters of the Missinaibi River.
Guide Pierre de Rosa, left in blue, cautions the paddlers about potential rough water as they approach the Thunderhouse Falls portage trail on the Missinaibi’s left bank.
For me, the admonishment wasn’t necessary. I had researched this trip into northern Ontario, Canada, for more than six months. I knew how dangerous it was to get caught “river right” in the Missinaibi’s current, float past the point of no return, and be swept to a certain death over the churning 40-foot falls. My plan was to hug the left bank like it was my mom.
This was Day Three of a 205-mile canoe expedition from Mattice, Ontario, to Moosonee at James Bay, that left-handed thumb of water that hangs south of the much larger Hudson Bay. The Missinaibi flows northward within a narrow, protected corridor of land that is designated a provincial park.
Our group was a coed mix of Boy Scouts and Venturers from Troop and Crew 849 in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Crew 876 in Carrollton, Tex. (In the interest of full disclosure, my son, Doug, and his friend Jack Harries comprised the Southern contingent.) Pierre de Rosa and Ed Pozniak served as guides, and Pierre’s sister, Rosemary de Rosa, was the Crew 849 Advisor.
As the canoes proceeded in single file following our briefing, it was hard to believe the river was about to drastically change personality. Until now, the journey had been quite tame. The water level was so low in these first two weeks of August that we had already paddled through two sets of rapids that would normally require portaging. But now all eyes scoured the left bank for the safe passage around the falls.
Just past the sign a black bear cub scurried down to the bank, watched us paddle by, and then scampered back into the woods. When we finally reached the trail, there was only one obstacle in our way—30 yards of dry riverbed. It made the one-mile portage that much longer.
If the thrill of whitewater paddling comes from the quickening heartbeat of slicing through roiling rapids, then portaging is surely the dark side of canoeing. For instance, a one-mile portage isn’t simply one mile. Heavy dry bags filled with personal gear, tents, food, and cooking supplies are removed from the canoes and carried to the end of the trail—one mile. Then there is the return trip to get the canoe—two miles. By the time the canoe reaches the end of the trail, the total distance equals three miles.
Cristian Fortier, John McCarthy, and Pat Cuda eat lunch above Thunderhouse Falls.
At least this trek provided a spectacular view of the falls from a bluff nearly 150 feet above the river. From here we could look into the canyon and see how the wide Missinaibi squeezed into a narrow chute before plummeting in a three-stage drop that created a roaring, foaming cauldron of water.
Not only is Thunderhouse Falls the Missinaibi’s most noted landmark, it also marks a geological boundary between the upper Canadian Shield composed of rugged Precambrian rock and the James Bay lowlands. From here, the river drops quickly—about 27 feet per mile over the next nine miles. The scenery changes as well with the boreal forest along the river’s upper stretches giving way to a thick cover of muskeg that continues for the rest of the trip.
With the canoes reloaded, we paddled another six miles before camping at the trailhead of our most challenging and, thankfully, final portage.
Ideally, a portage consists of one person carrying the canoe while his or her paddling partner carries the gear—all in one trek. In our case, there was simply too much gear, too little strength, and too far to slog.
The trail was three miles long, but when you figured in the “portage math multiplier,” the total distance was nearly nine miles.
We began at 7:40 in the morning and finished at 1 p.m. To make the trek manageable, we brought everything to the trail’s halfway point in two back-and-forth stages and repeated the process to move the gear to the end. Some in our group found novel ways to psych themselves up for the task.
Guide Ed Pozniak carried one of the 17-foot canoes and then returned to carry a second. He maintained a steady cadence by reciting the Rosary.
“You’ve got this 65-pound boat balanced on your shoulders,” he said, “and all you can see is your feet below and the inside of the canoe in front. It’s incredibly boring, and yet you’ve got to focus on where you step so you don’t get stuck in the mud or wander off the trail.
Rosemary de Rosa backpaddles in the bow as Cristina de Rosa steers their canoe toward a rapid.
“I figured if Sylvester Stallone could run up the steps of Philadelphia’s art museum with that music in the background, Jack and I could make it to the trail’s end with our canoe,” said Doug.
This was our shortest day on the river in terms of distance, a disappointing 6.2 miles. In four days we had paddled less than 45 miles downriver from Mattice, and we were far behind schedule. We only had six more days to reach Moosonee so we could catch a train for our trip home. That was 160 miles away. Unless we found deeper water with a current, there was a possibility we might not make it on time.
That night we camped on a steep bank above the river. We cooked dinner, ate, and washed up moments before a heavy downpour. Everyone dove into his or her tent. Exhausted, we fell asleep to the sound of rolling thunder, punctuated by intense flashes of lightning.
Every morning we awoke to the sound of a crowing rooster. Oddly, it seemed to be following us downriver. Knowing that no henhouses were in the vicinity, I had a strong suspicion that Pierre de Rosa possessed an extraordinary vocal talent. I couldn’t confirm this, however, because I was never outside my tent in time to witness the barnyard alarm clock.
Now, because we had to make up distance on the river, that alarm began sounding earlier each day. Up at 5 and on the river by 6:30. We stayed in our canoes for 10 to 11 hours a day. We paused for midmorning and afternoon snacks, but we often ate lunch in our boats without stopping to go ashore.
The river was not our friend. At each point where a tributary should have added depth and current to our cause, the source was either dried up or contributed a mere trickle. The low water exposed a riverbed filled with rock gardens and forced us to pick and choose routes that zigzagged from bank to bank searching for channels with the greatest flow of water.
In that pursuit, we discovered that an Old Town Penobscot canoe, fully loaded with two paddlers, would float in just six to eight inches of moving water. When levels dropped below that, we got out and walked alongside or “frogged” the canoes until we found deeper water.
turned a boat sideways to the current.
Because things happen so quickly when canoes head through rapids, Cristina added, the bow person needs to know several advanced paddling strokes, including the draw, cross-bow draw, and sweep. Those handy maneuvers allow canoers to swiftly switch paddling sides without changing hand positions on the paddle.
Cristina and her sister, Angelica, were responsible for ordering and packaging all the food before the expedition. Were they satisfied with the results?
Maybe so, but I never heard a complaint during nighttime cracker barrels when oven-baked sweet breads and fruit cobblers were served. And the precooked bacon strips rationed out several mornings at breakfast were a real treat.
By spending more time in our canoes, we began to close the schedule gap. In a one-day marathon we covered 31 miles, and our shoulders felt every one of them. The good news was if we maintained this pace, we would arrive in Moosonee on time.
To say we had variable weather would be an understatement. It could be warm and sunny one day and cloudy with a cold drizzle the next. One memorable event was a sudden microburst of violent wind and rain that swept down upon us from behind. The rain flew sideways and with such intensity that it was difficult to see anything. Luckily, all the canoes made it to shore without capsizing, and we waited out the storm. Later, our reward was paddling toward a brilliant double rainbow, one of the most colorful I had ever seen.
Pat Cuda and Ed Pozniak paddle upriver past the Conjuring House Rock into a small canyon below Thunderhouse Falls.
We tried sailing one afternoon by rigging tarps across the front of three canoes rafted together, but it wasn’t very efficient. We could have paddled almost as fast. However, it was a welcome diversion from the repetitive dip-and-swing, dip-and-swing motion of our arms and shoulders.
Some of our campsites were on sandbars or islands in the middle of the river. These spots usually had more evening breeze and therefore reduced the number of flying insects that were so thick in the tall grasses of shoreline campsites.
But sandbars could provide their own perils. Once, shortly before going to bed, someone fortunately noticed that our empty canoes, which had been beached, were floating out into the river. An earlier two-day rain had caused the river to rise. We quickly retrieved our craft and hauled them even further up onto dry land. Some tents that had been originally pitched far from the water’s edge had to be relocated to avoid being flooded overnight.
The final two days on the river sucked the remaining strength from our bodies. We passed a tributary, the Mattagami River, which actually had water flowing from it. We finally had plenty of water, but we faced a fierce headwind. There was nothing one could do but lean into it and continue paddling.
We were getting closer. The river’s delta spread wide as it approached the saltwater tides of James Bay. At 1:30 in the afternoon, our 10th day on the river, we reached our final campsite, Tidewater Provincial Park, which lies between the historic voyageur outposts of Moosonee and Moose Factory.
After a long rest, Pierre de Rosa assembled the group for his Le Baptême du Voyageur (Voyageur Baptism) ceremony. In both French and English, he praised the crew for their skill and bravery in navigating “70 leagues” (more than 200 miles) on the Missinaibi—and “making it to the end alive!” Then he solicited several vows, including one “to never kiss another voyageur’s wife without her permission.” And lastly, while sprinkling the group with river water from the bough of a northern white cedar, he pronounced us all “les hommes du nord,” men of the North.
The next morning we loaded canoes onto the Ontario Northland’s Little Bear train and settled in for the 186-mile trip south to Cochrane, Ontario, where our group’s vehicles had been shuttled.
That would be high praise for any river guide. What made it even more heart-warming for Pierre de Rosa was hearing it from his own teenage son.
Scott Daniels is the executive editor of Scouting magazine.
ON THE WEB: Go to www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0305/a-oneb.html to read Scott Daniels’ account of another aquatic adventure by Scouts and Venturers, on Idaho’s Lower Salmon River.
Birchbark Expeditions, directed by Pierre de Rosa, is the high adventure program operated by the BSA’s Greater Niagara Frontier Council of Buffalo, N.Y.
Each summer Birchbark offers a series of weeklong, fully guided canoe trips within Canada’s Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario. Itineraries for these lake-touring trips can be customized to fit a troop’s experience level and desire for multiple campsites and portages. This summer’s fees are $350 per participant (based on a minimum of seven paying crew members).
Advanced canoe expeditions on Canadian rivers are offered on a select basis. These two-week trips cost $700 per participant and can be arranged by contacting the Boy Scout council office.
De Rosa is a 20-year veteran Scoutmaster who as a youth worked four years on staff at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico and one year at the BSA’s former national high adventure canoe base in Maine. He is a firm believer that challenging outdoor activities can mold teenagers into strong, confident, and resourceful adults who also become responsible stewards of the environment.
He is sympathetic to Scouters who want their units to have a high adventure experience but may feel they do not have the skills to lead the trip themselves.
“A Scoutmaster can face a lot of stress taking his troop on a canoe trip,” de Rosa said. “My goal is to make a wilderness trip as simple as possible for the adult leader.
“I know how difficult it is to mobilize a troop for a high adventure activity. Birchbark Expeditions removes many of the logistical details from the Scout leader’s responsibility.
Many of this summer’s trips are already booked, but information about 2008 trips is available by calling the Greater Niagara Frontier Council at (716) 891-4073. —S.D.
Fascinating reading and excellently written. I was even puffing along with the portage!
Thank you for sharing that adventure. That is what Venturers is all about.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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IRELAND - Bord Iascaigh Mhara (Irish Sea Fisheries Board) has unveiled the first independently accredited eco-standard for aquaculture, the Irish Quality Eco-Mussel Standard.
Launched at the World Seafood Congress in Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin, Ireland, the mark is an extension of the existing Irish Quality Mussel Scheme, which is awarded to mussel growers and processors who meet a number of key criteria and follow strict environmental management practices in all aspects of their business.
The standard guarantees assurance that the mussels have been produced with due care for the environment, above and beyond all existing requirements and is accredited to EN45011, the Gold Standard for product certification.
BIM Aquaculture Development Manager Donal Maguire is keen to emphasize the importance of the Standard. He says that although eco-standards do exist internationally, this is the world’s first independently accredited eco-standard for aquaculture.
"It encourages production of an exceptionally high quality, sustainable product, along with additional requirements to ensure that all aspects of production have minimal environmental impact,” he said at the launch.
Bantry Bay Seafoods has also unveiled the first product produced under the BIM Irish Quality Eco-Mussel Standard and label. The Cork based company is the first processor in Ireland to produce a product under the scheme’s stringent requirements. Blackshell Farm and Westpoint Shellfish, who supply the processing sector, have also been awarded the quality mark.
Denis Minihane of Bantry Bay Seafood says Eco-Label and quality mark will allow seafood producers to differentiate their products and satisfy consumer needs, while also minimising the environmental impact and ensuring best practise throughout the supply chain.
“Top in the mind for many of the 400 seafood delegates here at the conference is the issue of sustainability of seafood resources. By adhering to this stringent scheme we are demonstrating Bantry Bay’s commitment that we are following strict environmental management practices in all aspects of our business. Promoting this is important, particularly given that until now there has been no certification of this nature for aquaculture before,” said Mr Minihane.
A similar Quality Eco-Standard for Salmon has also been accredited, with particular interest identified in France and elsewhere, and product under the standard is expected to be available shortly.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries