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Abby after a very eventful Hippotherapy session. She was very excited!
Abby riding up on her feet and hands to help with balance and core strength. We only filmed a little bit but she made it 2 turns around. She is doing such a good job!
She wakes in the morning with a whimper..pain in her back and legs from being in the same position I placed her in as I kissed her goodnight the night before.
I slowly stretch and massage her legs and back as she shakes from the pain,stiffness and tremors that ravage her mind and body..they slow and she smiles. Smiles at her mother..eyes twinkling.Saying so much in her silence.
She waits..still with patience as I wash the sleep from her eyes. She frowns at me as I uncross her ever clasped arms and hands so I can dress her. She cannot put her arm in a sleeve nor her leg in a pant..and she smiles and searches my eyes..each and every day. Waiting for me to tell her what I am doing and what will happen in her day. She smiles at me with love.
I give her her morning meds 5 in all and she sticks her tongue out and sighs. Only a few moments to herself before she is medicated into safety again. Safety from the seizures,the anxiety, the stomach pain and the allergies she suffers from..not a guarantee but the only thing we can do. She sighs and smiles at me with love.
At the same time each day I carry her to her chair for the hour long ride to school where she will arrive asleep. I strap down her feet, her waist,her arms,her chest. She searches my eyes if I forget to tell her what I am doing and how much I love her and will miss her. She smiles at me with love.
She rides the lift onto the bus head now turned from me. She does not look back as they take her away. I smile at her with love.
I spend my day thinking or her and teaching and helping those smiled at this day. Before they went back inside to think and hope and pray.
I busy myself till she comes back to me..otherwise I lie in bed the never ending sadness eating away at my soul. If I'm not awake I will not cry. I feel myself growing old.
It's time. I wait to see her yellow chariot as it sails from up the hill. My heart beats fast as the door opens waiting with held breath. She lifts her head, eyes twinkling and she smiles at me with love.
I roll her in and feed her as she pushes a button to tell me about her day. She smiles and giggles, eyes singing as she listens to what she has to say.
We stretch, we read, we walk, we play until it's time for bed. I lift her tiny body into her big girl bed.
I close my eyes and pray and thank God for another day. I pray for as many more as he will give as she smiles from where she layes.
I kiss her tiny face, her eyes, her hands her head, she smiles at me with love as she lays there in her bed.
Oh how I wish I had video or pictures but they are coming soon I hope.
At Hippotherapy Abby has a new therapist. She is so incredible..the things she can get Abby to do. After last week another parent brought in a flip camera...man gotta get me one of those. How convenient!
Last week we sat there in tears as we watched Abby hold sponges in her hand and drop them in a bucket.
This week we watched as the therapist had Abby ride facing forward,and backwards,side saddle and laying down,holding herself up. That is so much more than she got from the last therapist. This therapist has Abby riding,using her hands and using words. Yep words. I don't know how much Jen got on video yesterday and we arn't allowed too close but it was amazing!!!
And here we get to the always something crap out of something good. When the session was over the therapist told us this would be her last session. She just has too much on her plate right now and cant do this too. What??? Ahh come on. Why is it every time we get someone good they bail??? Hopefully the girl she was training learned something.
**This is a late add on but Jenn sent me video she took. We have been in the arena rather than outside so we have less room to move around. Hope you can view what little we got. We were very excited. Cant wait till we move outside so we can get more!
Girls with Rett Syndrome have so many struggles. When first diagnosed parents are usually told to take them home and make them comfortable. Don't let this get you down. The genetic scientists are clueless. Sad but true.
Just because they can't talk doesn't mean they don't have anything to say.
Invest in eye gaze equipment and picture symbol software. You will find that though she may not be able to touch or say the right answer this doesn't meant she isn't looking at it.
Please read all of above. Especially the last paragraph.
She has a movment disorder..not unlike ALS. She is trapped in a body that doesn't work and is weak. Her brain is in tact. She will take longer. You have to have more patience with her then you thought possible. She will show you if you let her. You have to learn her language which includes eye gaze,body language and movement.She will not perform for you. Her body does not work! Educate yourself and when you do..think of this student or patient as if this were your own child. You must imagine yourself or child waking one day and having invisible tape over their mouth. Your hands are tied behind your back. Your legs don't work. Your tummy hurts all the time and you have trouble breathing. How would you function? How would your own child? Empathy is a must.
Yesterday I took Abby into church to meet with the ladies in the bible study group. They had been asking me to come in for a while. One car and Mr Workaholic didn't realty make that possible. We were going because they want to help me take care of Abby. Respite, babysitting, in case of emergency things like that. I have all but made the final decision that I don't want to have another stranger sent from an agency in my home. Especially after finding out the last one..one of the biggest in the state doesn't even drug test their employees. Seriously!
It was hard to take her in there. Those women are so loving and do not hide their emotions well. Abby was all but unconscious from the up in seizure meds so there were a few tears.
I didn't really prepare well. I just kinda went in a blabbed. Some of the ladies looked pretty overwhelmed by the thought of the meds and the gtube. Its not hard. I got showed once before we left the hospital. There is a ton to remember but everything will be written down step buy step and no one will be left with her until they are comfortable.
After the meeting I decided not to take her to school. She had not woken up since 9pm the night before except for a moment while I was dressing her. She ended up sleeping till about 430 pm. I hate seizure meds almost as much as I hate Rett Syndrome! Almost!
OK so the good part..or the better part. As most of you know Abby has almost no functional hand use. She occasionally will swipe in the direction of what she wants but rarely makes contact and cannot grasp or hold.
Yesterday at Hippotherapy she amazed us. It may not be something that would be amazing to a Neurotypical parent but for a Rett Parent...We don't take anything for granted.
I was sitting next to Jen. Rivers Mom. Abby was on her horse on the other side of the arena.I really cant see that far so I thought that I imagined that Abby had something yellow in her hand. Jen turned to me and said did she just have that in her hand? We weren't sure so we kept watching. When they got her closer they did it again. She reached into a bucket and pulled out a yellow sponge the lifted her hand and dropped it in the bucket. You would of thought she just scored a touchdown at the Superbowl..except you cant scream at Hippotherapy because you will spook the horses your children are on. We stiffled our screams with hugs and tears. It was an incredible moment.
When she got off the horse I asked them what they were doing and she showed me..She made her do it again while standing with support and she did it. The therapist there is new and was just doing normal OT. I love the new people that come in with that lets see what she can and cant do and work on it. Because frankly, I have had it with the old, tired, none of these kids can do anything but soil themselves attitude.
Her Boss is getting a call today.
And Abby will be getting a bucket full of sponges in her Easter basket!
I friggen hate Rett Syndrome!
Last night I was giving Abby a bath..she had gotten very upset because someone who was watching her while I went to the store let her soil herself. She was in hysterics.
She bit me and pulled my hair as I cleaned her up. When she calmed down and smiled at me...I just lost it. I had one hand on her legs and one on her head to keep her from falling and I just buried my face in my shirt and bawled as quietly as I could. She was so pretty, with her big blue eyes. So grateful that Mommy had fixed it without saying a word.
My heart just ached for her. Why wont it go away? Will she ever be able to wake up from this nightmare? Where is her cure? We pray..we beg..everyone we know does...why can't she be fixed? Healed? Please God... And if one of you dares tell me that some must suffer so others may know joy will be uttering your last breath...just saying.
This morning was good. No problems...Until...we arrived at the Community Center for swim therapy. As we pulled in she was fine. When I put the van in gear George yelled that something was wrong. I jumped out and opened the door and she was completely slumped over, head to knees. I thought, Oh no not drop seizures now. Drops are when they seem to just lose consciousness for a few to 30 seconds or so, then they come right back like nothing happened. She didn't come right back up and I could hear gurgling. I lifted her up and she was gray..lips were blue and she was gurgling. I opened her mouth and her tongue was shaking. I opened her eye and it was twitching and rolling. I called her name...nothing..over and over.
I called my friend who's daughter has the same deletion of the gene that causes Rett Syndrome that Abby does and begged for help. She told me to get to a hospital and I freaked. Squeaky high pitch sobbing. I knew I needed to get her somewhere. The nearest hospital would ask us a thousand questions then send us to Children's 20 minutes away. We were losing time.
We flew home. I ran inside and got the Diastat I should of been carrying with me. We gave it to her in the seat of the car...Diastat stops the seizure and knocks them out and she was already knocked out.
Off to the hospital. 5 hours of the same old she has Rett Syndrome and it is a seizure disorder..their words. Neuro on call doubles her medicine that I hate anyway. The one that has made her a zombie. I throw a fit and want to talk to her Neurologist..Nope do as your told lady.
She finally wakes up after much prodding from me. She had been on her side snoring like a lumberjack. When she opens her eyes and turns to look at the doctor the doctor actually snapped her head a bit and said,"Oh my God. She's beautiful." I know...I know.
My 24 hour a day studies say this crap took what was left of my baby from me...just like I said it would.
Off to the pharmacy..where they give me 2 boxes of double dose Diastat. Yah. She went from 5 mg to 10 mg with one seizure. I questioned it. They told me that was what was ordered. I question it again and they tell me its based on weight. I ask them to check and they tell me it's fine..it just didn't sound right.
Call the Neuro when we get home to get a follow up appointment because we arn't scheduled to go back in for 7 weeks..of course they see no need to see her. Friggen fracken geiglag fruggle boogah gak!
I question the meds and the nurse says the Diastat is wrong....I TOLD YA SO!!!!!
I question the other. The everyday Zombie med and tell her it's a big jump and she's still a zombie. SOMEONE ACTUALLY LISTENED TO ME! I know right? I didn't even ask if you were sitting down did I? She is going to contact Abby's Neuro and tell him of my concerns because she shouldn't still be lethargic and if she is they will more than likely want to make a change.
That's what we have for now..she's tired but happy. Going to keep her home tomorrow to keep an eye on her.
No one is more frustrated and pissed than a Rettmom fresh out of an IEP for a girl with Rett Syndrome.
After our meeting..the 4Th of the year I think...My head hurt. I was getting dizzy from holding my breath. My fingers hurt from gripping the steering wheel. I felt like one of those old Felix the Cat clocks..showing my age..tic tic tic with my eyes rolling to and fro.
I even went in thinking..almost chanting..be nice..be nice.. Don't flip out. Don't scream..that wont get you anywhere. Didn't work. I was hateful. Almost mean.
After that meeting our super Neurologist called the AT and spoke to her for several hours. She told me she was nice and didn't understand at first but she did now..I thought she was right. I don't know how you cant understand that you cant make a Rettgirl use her hands. You are not going to get a non verbal child to speak. A child that cannot use her hands will not point at a picture or press a button. She is no less intelligent than her peers..the ones with devices they carry around with them because they can press the buttons and point. She looks at what she wants. It's called eye gaze. Videos,books,papers....not like I'm making this stuff up.
I was told about a month ago that the district would be purchasing a Dynavox Eye Max for the classroom...for the classroom because..well lets face it..they have to say its for the class. This one kid isn't worth the money and doesn't have the same basic right to communicate that her peers do. I had requested a My Tobii. They work great with Rettgirls and I have seen Abby use one.
So I go in and sit down...There are 3 people not there that I had been informed would be including a district representative and her Kindergarten teacher.
Be nice..don't verbally shred the AT like you did last time Terri. Act like a 41 year old mother and advocate. Not a rabid banshee for crying out loud. Let them talk. Hear what they have to say. Don't say no to everything and don't get pissed!
I have no idea where it went sour...probably when the AT opened her mouth. She actually said, and I quote," I am going to have to disagree with your Neurologist. Just because Abby was able to look at pictures on a screen doesn't mean she can comprehend what she is looking at. I saw no cause and effect. There were no questions and answers. Just Abby looking at pictures on a screen. It doesn't prove comprehension."
This after talking to the Neurologist. After admitting to her that she had never worked with a child with Rett Syndrome and didn't understand eye gaze. She then talked about tickling Rettgirls to get answers. The ever brought up head switch. Abby is the first Rettgirl she has ever dealt with. She observed 2 at an AT conference last year at a booth for a few minutes. Now she apparently knows more than me and one of the worlds authorities on Rett Syndrome.
So what is she thinking? I think its a my way or no way kind of thing. I do AT so I know more than you. I'm thinking I'm never going to get anywhere here. I really don't think I can reach these people.
Rett Syndrome is what I do. I live it, I breath it.
I have given them this literature 3 times. Every member of the team and the district. Linda Burkhart has never met Abby. The first time I read this paper I jumped up screaming, " YES YES YES" It was like she had met her and had wrote the paper on her.
How did I handle all this? Dirty looks. Glares. A couple mutterings of "Whatever you don't listen to me anyway."
Then I made her functional skills teacher cry...Totally not my intent. I adore that woman but I was fed up. But, If they are not even going to try to work with ABBY..i,e. INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN..then there is really no point in her being there. SO I put half days for next year on the table. If she is just there to socialize and get only the bare minimum therapy then it might as well be playtime and respite for me.
The PT refuses any more than 30 minutes a week. Abby's scoliosis curve has gone from 17 degrees to 34 since August. I already doubled her Speech and OT time.


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Hello, my beautiful goobers. When I sat down to sketch up this post, I was thinking that I had failed this year to write about the amazing and terrifying things we’ve gone through this year, as I have in recent years. Only to realize that I’ve blogged pretty consistently most of this year. So, yay! But I’d still like to take a look back over the major milestones and let you know what’s been happening.
We started last year with Sir Joshimus Rex still working in hell and hating every moment. Our insurance was slashed (though we were still paying $400 or more a month) and I could no longer afford to see my therapist any longer. We sat down and figured out what things had to change and what things we could live with a little longer. And we made a very hard decision for the two of us – it was more important to get Josh out of his job than it was for us to get out of Alabama. So we both did some searching and we came across the opportunity with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Local 136!).
At the end of March, Josh put in his application with the union and started working almost immediately. Neither of us has stepped foot in a Walmart since he tendered his official resignation and don’t plan to again. (I won’t get on my soapbox) With the increase in income, we started doing things we didn’t before…like eating more than once a day and eating healthier. Which, you know, makes a major difference.
The most amazing change happened in my husband. The better nutrition had its part, to be sure, but the biggest factor was his happiness with his new work. And it’s a change that has stayed with him through the rest of this year. I think we both forgot how much he loved working with his hands, but I don’t think we’ll forget again.
There was an assessment test and an interview and then a seemingly endless wait. I say seemingly, because it was little more than four months from when he put in his application until we received his acceptance letter into the program. But when it came, the relief was a hell of a high that we carried with us for weeks.
He started class at the end of August and he and one of the other first years, Jesse, started driving in together. The friendship between them is a fun thing to watch and we both are thankful to count him as one of our friends. They go to Jesse’s house before class and we go over most Saturdays. And Salem is enjoying the new friend she’s made in Jesse’s 100 lb German shepherd, Koda.
Josh has finished his first two classes – with scores in the 90s for both! And he’s still working at the same place he started at, though under a different employer than he first started. He’ll be going back to them after the first of the year, too. There are still some questions about when the job will end and what we’ll do between then and when the next job begins, but we feel better about it every day.
There have been some real struggles over the last year – our neighbor backing into our car and then finding out she doesn’t have insurance, the more than $700 for Josh’s computer and school books, the nearly $800 for work on the bike. Josh was out of work for three weeks in the middle of June while the contract he was under switched from one company to another. But despite it all, we’ve managed to start paying nearly double our minimum payments on our credit cards and have begun to take chunk out of our debt! Our savings is crap, but we’ll get there.
So what’s the plan? If we can keep up our payments as we have them now, we’ll be able to pay off Josh’s student loan in six months and our credit card debt by Christmas, if not sooner. Once we do, we’ll pour all that money into our savings and we’ll start looking to buy a house by next (2020) summer. Something small that will give us a home base until we’re ready to hit the road. We’ll also be looking to purchase an rv – though we’re still debating which one we want. There are a lot of small decisions to be made between then and now, but we’re shaping the way things are going to go within the next five years, and beyond.
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Assuming the rumors of the Padres interest in UFA reliever Joaquin Benoit are accurate and the reports of their willingness to offer him two years at approximately $7MM per are true, consider me amongst the most befuddled Friar fans out there. I have never been one to buy into the idea of teams paying big money for relief pitchers. I defended the Luke Gregerson trade on its surface simply because I believed the Padres could adequately replace his production with cheaper options and at least they acquired a decent (emphasis on the word decent) bat in return (and they needed a quality LH bat). However it is indefensible for Byrnes to consider committing that much of his limited payroll to a pitcher likely to throw no more than 70 – 75 innings this year.
First off, Byrnes already has his big money bullpen piece in Huston Street, whom the Padres GM thought enough of to reward with a multiyear deal guaranteeing the team’s closer $7MM per through the 2014 season with an option on 2015. Presumably Street will again be the Padres primary 9th inning option this season. That means Benoit would be in line to be the 8th inning guy, replacing Gregerson for all intents and purposes, and get a handful of save opportunities along the way.
The thought was that the roughly $5MM Gregerson was projected to make through arbitration would be better spent on a bat; and I agreed with that. In that case, how does it make sense for them to pay out more money while committing to an additional year for a reliever who may or may not be any better than they guy they already had? It doesn’t.
What would have made sense was the Padres keeping Gregerson and spending $7MM (or even more) on a better bat than Seth Smith. Again, I think Smith will be a useful player but the Padres could have signed Nate McLouth, who is versatile enough to play CF, for less than $7MM annually (he signed a two-year deal with Washington for $11MM). If not McLouth then David DeJesus (signed with Tampa for two years, $10.5MM guaranteed) or David Murphy (two years, $12MM with Cleveland) would have been options. The point is that there had to be a better way to allocate the team’s resources than trading a young, proven reliever for a limited bat and signing an older reliever.
I want to believe in this front office. I think they have done a pretty good job of drafting young talent to the organization and even though it hasn’t worked out well, extending good young players early on in their careers is typically a good strategy for a small to mid-market club. But moves like these are head-scratchers. While you could argue the Padres will be a better team with Benoit in the bullpen and Smith’s decent LH bat in the lineup against righties, the Friars failed to efficiently allocate their limited financial resources.
I agree with your main argument – the current Huston Street deal is Exhibit A.
That said, I like this potential deal more than the Street one. Fewer years and a chance to oust Street as closer. At least the Padres would be more watchable with Benoit closing considering how brutal Street was in the first half of ’13.
But the Padres are close to or at their projected $80-$82 million payroll. Where are they going to get the extra $5-$7 million? I think it’s a false rumor. Thayer-Vincent-Street looks good enough, even without stashing Stults/Erlin/Smith/Luebke in the bullpen.
All this team needs to do is somehow stay healthy and they could contend. With that in mind, I personally think a backend of Benoit and Street would be better than Gregerson and Street. Nothing against Gregerson, but when his slider wasn’t “sliding” he was very hittable and in all fairness the slider was “on” more than it wasn’t. But you also have to take into consideration the inevitable injury Street is going to suffer. After the season Benoit had closing for Detroit in the heat of a playoff race, the Padres would be much better suited with him stepping into the closer role than they would if Gregerson were too. The trade of Gregerson and the hopeful signing of Benoit are moves that are made by a team that thinks they have a shot at the playoffs, which as I said earlier I believe they do if they can just stay healthy. This team is now much more suited, and could be even more if they sign Benoit, to calm the storm when injuries do hit. As we can all see from the Cardinals you don’t need superstars to win games, you need pitching which the Padres have and a bunch of solid bats which the Padres also have. This could be a very interesting season for Padre fans. Go Padres!

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Kamisama Kiss (Kamisama wo Hajimemashita), the manga by Julietta Suzuki, received an anime adaptation in 2012 and a second series in 2015. The story is set in the Old Town Warehouse District in Kawagoe City, Saitama prefecture where the atmosphere of the Edo period is retained to this day. The city is a popular tourist destination and conveniently situated less than an hour’s train ride from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. I’m going to show you places which appeared in Kamisama Kiss in Kawagoe.
The openings of both the first and second season of Kamisama Kiss feature the Saitama Resona Bank building which stands in the Warehouse District. The three-story Renaissance-style building with the impressive green tower was constructed with reinforced concrete in 1918. It’s a landmark of Kawagoe and stands among the two-story old warehouses and merchant houses.
The Taisho Roman Street appeared as the school road of protagonist Nanami. The 200m-long street first appeared in the second episode of the first season and is situated behind the Warehouse District.
During the Taisho period, Japan underwent a certain degree of Westernization and Western-style buildings became popular. The influence of Western culture was evident in not only architecture, but also art, fashion, literature, and everyday life styles, a change which was termed as Taisho Roman. The street is paved with granite stone. The building of Kawagoe Chamber of Commerce, which is reminiscent of an ancient Greek temple, stands at the end of the street.
The north end of the Taisho Roman Street is marked by the building of Kawagoe Chamber of Commerce, which used to be occupied by a bank. There is a red pillar box in front of the building. It’s an old-fashioned post box, which used to be everywhere in Japan until 40 years ago, but are hardly seen nowadays. You only can see it in few designated places for conservation. The building with white flags at the far left is the amami dokoro which Nanami visited in the third episode of the first season. ‘Amami dokoro’ are traditional cafés in Japan where you enjoy Japanese sweets with green tea.
The middle of the three lined old clay warehouses with white flags is the model of the amami dokoro in the series. It’s actually a restaurant called Hayashiya, which serves grilled eel dishes. Kawagoe was famous for its eel dishes until the Edo era, so there are a couple of popular grilled eel restaurants to this day. Hayashiya is one of them and its customers wait in line at lunchtime.
A symbol of Kawagoe is Toki no Kane (the bell of time), which appeared in the openings of both the first and second season, as well as in some of the anime episodes. It’s a bell tower originally built in the Edo period about 400 years ago. In that period, time was measured by the movement of the sun. The bell in the tower chimes at specific times in the day to tell the time to the people in Kawagoe. The present tower is the fourth generation which was rebuilt after the previous one was destroyed by the Great Fire of Kawagoe in 1896. It’s a three-stories tall 16m-high wooden structure, and its chimes currently ring out four times a day: at 6:00, 12:00, 15:00, and 18:00. The chimes are a popular tourist attraction that allows them to feel the atmosphere of the Edo period, and are part of the ‘100 Best Sound Sceneries in Japan’ to be protected by the Ministry of the Environment.
Let's Travel to More Anime and Manga Locations!

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If Britain does leave the EU, Johnson believes that the chaos will be preferable to the terms offered by the union because, eventually, Britain will adapt.
"We make sensible contingency plans for all kinds of eventualities, whether it's a terrorist attack, or whether it's a tanker drivers' dispute, or industrial action or whatever else it might be", Carter said. "There are many Conservative MPs who share Jo Johnson's serious concerns".
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"That's not a meaningful vote".
"They're questions about the benefits to every part of the UK".
The comments from Mr Ellwood came after Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter said the military was "thinking hard" about what such a scenario might entail.
But, in an unusual show of solidarity in the days of Brexit negotiations, both Labour and Tory MPs appeared on the Sunday politics shows to defend their leaders.
Prime Minister Theresa May this week faced pressure from her Westminster allies in the Democratic Unionist Party not to allow a customs border to split Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom after Brexit. "As with any fork in the road, there is always the option of turning back home".
In a video on Twitter, Johnson said the United Kingdom was "barrelling" towards an incoherent Brexit, leaving the nation "trapped" in an subordinate relationship to the European Union. British trade minister Liam Fox also issued a fresh warning that Britain may not agree a deal if a solution can not be found.
The resignation is not just significant for the government's immediate plans, but also is yet another vote in parliament that could reject the Brexit plan, leaving the whole project in a crisis without any clear resolution. A second referendum on the departure is anathema to the supporters of Brexit.
Labour, meanwhile, are sending out conflicting messages, with Jeremy Corbyn's critics getting excited about reports that he told a German newspaper that he can't stop Brexit.
In the June 2016 referendum, 17.4 million voters, or 51.9%, backed leaving the European Union while 16.1 million, or 48.1%, backed staying.
The British prime minister is set for a crunch meeting with her Cabinet early this week, where she will attempt to get her European Union withdrawal agreement signed off by senior ministers.
"Given that the reality of Brexit has turned out to be so far from what was once promised, the democratic thing to do is to give the public the final say", he added.
After a second-half to last season to forget, Morata has started to find his goalscoring touch again. "The next step for us is to go to Chelsea and come back with three points", said the Donegal man.
Wildfires are fickle pillagers, pivoting to spare one thing and destroy another, twisted by wind and the fuels they feed on. California Governor-elect Gavin Newsom responded on Twitter that this was "not a time for partisanship".
Critics have accused Trump of placing an ally who will try to muzzle special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Jimmy Kimmel said that Sanders "should be forced to resign" for what she did. "She shouldn't be", Trump said.
How big are the California wildfires? Cal Fire reports that the fires are being fueled by high winds and extremely dry conditions. A raging Southern California wildfire has triggered a mandatory evacuation order for the entire beachside city of Malibu.
A number of home games have been switched to Wembley, which was also Tottenham's temporary home last season. Argentinian defender Juan Foyth (second right) celebrates his victor as Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 1-0.
Liverpool reached the Champions League final last season, their run including a tight win over Roma in the last four. BATE have managed just two wins in their last 15 Europa League games (D5 L8), scoring 13 goals and conceding 33.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge stepped out for an appearance at the Tusk Conservation Awards in London on Thursday night. Next week Prince William and Kate William will also be busy with official business. "The boots only get better with age".
But if the issue is voters overlooking the race, Nelson will likely be out of luck, according to election experts. Now the vote margin is within striking distance of an automatic recount , and both parties are bracing for it.
The president was scheduled to pay tribute in a ceremony at the AisneMarne American Cemetery in Belleau, about 85 km. After the ceremony, leaders returned to the Elysee Palace for a lunch to be hosted by Macron and his wife Brigitte.
Olivier Giroud got the game's solitary goal in the second half in order to help their unbeaten start to the season. All three of Wolves' Premier League goals against Arsenal have been scored via corners.
It's unclear what additional charges prosecutors are pursuing and how much of it pertains to the president personally. On Thursday, two people close to Whitaker said he has no intention of taking himself off the Russian Federation case.
Firefighters were able to stop the fire at the edge of the city, where evacuation orders remained in place Friday, Cal Fire Cpt. The fires, one in the north of the state and another to the south near Los Angeles , are moving fast, driven by strong winds.
Some 95,000 residents have been evacuated in Ventura County alone, the county's fire department said on Twitter on Friday night. The Butte County Sheriff's Office confirmed Friday at least five people have died. "All of it is engulfed in flames right now".
Officers had initially responded to a report of a auto on fire on the popular shopping street at 4.20pm (5.20am GMT) on Friday. A SUSPECT has been SHOT DEAD after Terror Attack Melbourne, Australia which left one person dead and two injured .
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NOTES: Itinerary will be subject to traffic and weather. The order of the visits might be rearranged for better service.
Your pleasant trip will start upon landing at Los Angeles international airport. The tour guide who wears blue uniform will meet you at the baggage claim area (for U.S domestic flight) or flower shop of Tom Bradley Terminal(for International Flight). A formal day-by-day tour itinerary will be provided to you by the tour guide, and then you will be transferred to the hotel for check in.
If you arrive in Los Angeles before 5:00pm, you may join Santa Monica tour at your own expense ($25). You are free to enjoy the golden beach, famous marina play ground, luxury shopping street, various restaurants and street performance.
Los Angeles Airport pick up time by tour guide only available at 8:30 AM to 10:30 PM (for U.S domestic flights) or 8:30AM to 9:30PM (for international flights). Customers need to go to red waiting area outside of the terminal to take free hotel shuttle by self if beyond the pickup time frame.
1) All travelers will be able to stay within the Fashion Outlets for shopping before arrival at Las Vegas.
2) Stratosphere Tower is the tallest building in US West and our guests are able to appreciate the fantastic night view of Las Vegas at the 108 storage sightseeing deck of the tower.
3) Las Vegas night tour is highly recommended, and will be lasting 4 hours covering so many Landmark attractions of the Sin City, such as Venetian, Volcano eruption in front of Mirage, MGM, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur and so on.
Drive to Hoover Dam in the morning, sightsee this largest and tallest concrete structure of its time. Visit the dam and overlook North America's largest artificial lake - Lake Mead.
· West Rim (Skywalk): Over eons, the Colorado River and erosion have sculpted this amazing landscape. Grand Canyon West Rim belongs to Indian Reservation (Mandatory Admission to Grand Canyon West Rim). The group will take the designated park shuttle to enter the canyon. Upon arriving in the terminal, you may take the helicopter ride and sightseeing boat tour (Optional), in order to feel the canyon and Colorado River from different perspective and explore the true beauty of the Grand Canyon. Afterwards, you may take the park shuttle to the next sightseeing spots, Eagle Point and Guano Point. At Eagle Point, you may take an optional visit to the "Skywalk", which is the new gigantic construction built on the very edge of the Grand Canyon West Rim. The group will return to Las Vegas in the evening. You may watch the world’s renowned show at your own cost (optional).
· South Rim: Here is the world's most vivid erosion model, which is why the Grand Canyon has not only become a textbook for the geologist and paleontologist, but also made the millions of tourists each year filled with emotion when they face the masterpiece of creator. You may watch the IMAX movie of the history of Grand Canyon at the entrance at your own cost. Then, go to the largest view point near visitor center - Mather Point. If God is the creator of the Grand Canyon, Colorado River is an artist who has carved the Grand Canyon. Despite the passion in summer and the cold in winter, the river and valley’s history of romance has been going on for six hundred million years long. Sunshine and clouds are always alternating controls over the canyon, adding a dash of style to the magnificent scenic picture. (Mandatory Admission to Grand Canyon South Rim) The group will return to Las Vegas in the evening. You may watch the world’s renowned show at your own cost (optional).
***If you do not make an option of West Rim and South Rim, but choose a free day option that you will be charged with a $30 fee. People who enjoy buy 2 get 1 free or third person, fourth person special offers also need to pay $30 fee. Only infants under 3 years old not occupying a seat would be waived such charges.
1) Ethel M Chocolate Factory: You’ll be able to take a tour to see how chocolates are made.
2) Cactus Garden: Allow you an up close look of many different species of cactus and desert plants from around the world.
3) Tanger Outlets: The popular outlet shopping center located in Barstow provides you one more chance to do some discount shopping before arriving back to Los Angeles.
*You may leave the tour group from Las Vegas and arrange your own ground transportation to LAS Airport. In addition, please schedule your flight departure from Las Vegas after 1:00pm in the afternoon.
* Please schedule your flights to depart from Los Angeles airport (LAX) after 8:30p.m ( U.S domestic flights) or 9:30p.m (international flights).
Note: Any delayed flight due to weather conditions or any circumstance which is unable to arrive before 10:30 PM (U.S. Domestic Flight) or 9:30 PM (International Flight) for the free airport pick up, customer will be charged extra fee for the late transportation.


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Assuming you are using the Larry skin, on the contacts screen, in the centre column which lists all your contacts look at the footer of that list and you should see icons for add and delete.
Changed the skin to Larry, and sure enough! Thank you SO much!
In the Classic skin the option is on the toolbar above the contacts list, its the red circle with the line through it.


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MAMA.code Free Trail Coding Clubs!
Did you know Coding is on the school curriculum? MAMA.codes is an award winning, parent-run coding school, teaching children the vital 21st century skill of coding through an innovative curriculum.
We have two free trails running next week in Streatham and we are looking for little coders to take part. Use the link below to book or email mama.codes.streatham@gmail.com for more information!

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The V-Injector is a tool for direct editing of App-V 5 .appv (package) files. V-Injector is a small single C ++ / CLI exe ( “< 400 kb !”) . Very fast and efficient for this purpose. The V-Injector will not extracting an appv file to your file system (like the sequencer)!
This is the first release. The biggest problems have solved and we have kept the tool on a simple functional status to find any bug! Other functions will gradually integrated into this free software (like Drag/Drop of files, a command line interface etc.).
The V-Injector is limited to Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Microsoft Server 2012 R2 but you can edit Windows 7 Packages there. We have tested with packages until App-V 5 SP3.
The MSI for V-Injector check everything and contain the runtime library modules as merge module. Therefore, you only need to install the MSI package.
Add files and directories in the Files” tab.
In this Version the save process automatically produce a backup of your package.
ATTENTION: Please make also a manual backup of your app-v packages. This is a Beta Version! We accept no liability for broken packages.
super tool, thank you. Please provide startmenu link editing in the next version!
Do you plan on adding a way to edit the registry inside an AppV5 package? This would be very valuable because I need to update a registry key with an absolute path of the executable that is inside the package and save it without the package guids changing. The big issue is when you save the package in the sequencer, the guids change, and the paths change. There is no way to know the guids, and the path before saving the sequence. The app I'm trying to sequence will not launch unless the absolute path is configured in the registry, and in the HKCU no less.
That was exactly the right question Here's a screenshot of the new registry module. I'm currently being heavily covered with work. Maybe in 4 weeks (I hope). I will also see that these things work from the command line.
Is it possible to add support for Windows 7?
Thank you for the Information. I think, lage packages Need a 64 Bit Version of the tool. Next the Registry Editor and a link editor is coded. Interesting is perhaps the ability to process packets on the command line. but I currently still have too much other work and projects.
It can do most thing inside the App-V file, only some smal bugs when registry values got - values and " is also not working.


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Inducible prostaglandin synthase (cyclooxygenase-2, COX-2) is expressed in rheumatoid and osteoarthritic cartilage and produces high amounts of proinflammatory prostanoids in the joint. In the present study we investigated the effects of the inhibitors of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways Erk1/2, p38, and JNK on COX-2 expression and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production in human chondrocytes. Proinflammatory cytokine IL-1β caused a transient activation of Erk1/2, p38, and JNK in immortalized human T/C28a2 chondrocytes and that was followed by enhanced COX-2 expression and PGE2 production. PD98059 (an inhibitor of Erk1/2 pathway) suppressed IL-1-induced COX-2 expression and PGE2 production in a dose-dependent manner, and seemed to have an inhibitory effect on COX-2 activity. SB203580 (an inhibitor of p38 pathway) but not its negative control compound SB202474 inhibited COX-2 protein and mRNA expression and subsequent PGE2 synthesis at micromolar drug concentrations. SP600125 (a recently developed JNK inhibitor) but not its negative control compound N1-methyl-1,9-pyrazolanthrone downregulated COX-2 expression and PGE2 formation in a dose-dependent manner. SP600125 did not downregulate IL-1-induced COX-2 mRNA expression when measured 2 h after addition of IL-1β but suppressed mRNA levels in the later time points suggesting post-transcriptional regulation. Our results suggest that activation of Erk1/2, p38, and JNK pathways belongs to the signaling cascades that mediate the upregulation of COX-2 expression and PGE2 production in human chondrocytes exposed to proinflammatory cytokine IL-1β.
SP600125, an anthrapyrazolone inhibitor of Jun N-terminal kinase.
Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) is a stress-activated protein kinase that can be induced by inflammatory cytokines, bacterial endotoxin, osmotic shock, UV radiation, and hypoxia. We report the identification of an anthrapyrazolone series with significant inhibition of JNK1, -2, and -3 (K(i) = 0.19 microM). SP600125 is a reversible ATP-competitive inhibitor with >20-fold selectivity vs. a range of kinases and enzymes tested. In cells, SP600125 dose dependently inhibited the phosphorylation of c-Jun, the expression of inflammatory genes COX-2, IL-2, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, and prevented the activation and differentiation of primary human CD4 cell cultures. In animal studies, SP600125 blocked (bacterial) lipopolysaccharide-induced expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and inhibited anti-CD3-induced apoptosis of CD4(+) CD8(+) thymocytes. Our study supports targeting JNK as an important strategy in inflammatory disease, apoptotic cell death, and cancer.
A protein kinase involved in the regulation of inflammatory cytokine biosynthesis.
Production of interleukin-1 and tumour necrosis factor from stimulated human monocytes is inhibited by a new series of pyridinyl-imidazole compounds. Using radiolabelled and radio-photoaffinity-labelled chemical probes, the target of these compounds was identified as a pair of closely related mitogen-activated protein kinase homologues, termed CSBPs. Binding of the pyridinyl-imidazole compounds inhibited CSBP kinase activity and could be directly correlated with their ability to inhibit cytokine production, suggesting that the CSBPs are critical for cytokine production.
Analysis of mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways used by interleukin 1 in tissues in vivo: activation of hepatic c-Jun N-terminal kinases 1 and 2, and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases 4 and 7.
Effects of inhibitors of arachidonic acid turnover on the production of prostaglandins by the guinea-pig uterus.
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A Vickers Vanguard climbs above the Island of Malta.
A Vickers Vanguard climbs above the Island of Malta. Four Rolls Royce Tyne turbo prop engines powered the Vanguard, which was larger and faster than its predecessor the Viscount. This print is produced as a limited edition of 250 each signed and numbered by the artist Anthony Cowland G.Av.A.

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Small brain stress balls can be printed with your company logo, in any colours you choose.
The brains are available in 2 sizes, small and large.
The brains are made from soft PU foam and provide hours of squeezy ball fun. Call us on 0207 096 3984, for a quotation.
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We are looking for enthusiastic English teachers to join us for the coming school year in September 2018.
We are offering a contract for the academic year 2018-19 on a full-time basis (renewable subject to mutual consent).
25 teaching hours a week, from Monday to Friday in the afternoons / evenings. Although some lessons in the morning are also possible.
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There are millions of people that have gum disease and don't know it, so they aren't aware that this serious infection could potentially cause them to lose a tooth.
• Are you a male or female? There are certain genetic differences between women and men that can affect the risk of gum disease. Hormonal fluctuations that women experience during pregnancy, menopause, and puberty can put you at a heightened risk.
• Are you a smoker? Studies have shown that smoking could be one of the most significant factors when it comes to the development and worsening of gum disease. Smokers are more likely than non-smokers to have tartar on their teeth, deep gum pockets, and experience bone loss.
• Do you experience bleeding gums? Bleeding gums are a top sign of gum disease, especially when you brush or floss.
• Do you have loose teeth? Gum disease is an inflammatory problem that is caused by infection, and it can cause the attachment fibers and supporting bones responsible from holding teeth in your mouth to become destroyed. The teeth can then loosen and fall out.
• How often do you floss your teeth? Studies show that flossing is crucial in your oral health care routine in order to reduce the amount of bacteria that cause gum disease in your mouth.
• Do you have chronic health conditions? Certain health conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis are all linked to gum disease. The bacteria associated with gum disease can get into the blood and then pose a threat to other parts of your body. Keeping your gums healthy can help with your overall health.
If you go through these questions and feel that you might have gum disease, contact our office for assistance and to set up an appointment.


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How did PA students choose their career path? What are their post-graduation plans? All this and more in the new Student Report 2.
Have you been wondering how your PA education experience compares to others?
A new report from PAEA outlines the shape of didactic curricula, at the national level, for all accredited PA programs in the country.
PAEA’s Research Department has two new resolutions for 2017: Do more cardio, and expand the services and resources we provide to members.


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Advertising campaign for the launch of Le Col by Wiggins Autumn Winter 2018 collection.
Positioning, brand identity and packaging for this innovative range of distilled zero-proof spirits.
New brand identity and full campaign for the launch of Le Col by Wiggins.
Photography and Art Direction for Le Col Spring/Summer 2018 photoshoot in Calpe, Spain.
Repositioning and branding for banking institution Panmure Gordon, Est. 1876.
Identity and guidelines for Decca Luxe, a new private client division of Universal Music Group.
New work for Universal Music, branding and identity development for its new Decca Publishing wing, and Mercury KX label.
Design and art direction for Diageo's iconic Johnnie Walker whisky.
A revamped brand look and feel for The Diner chain across their growing number of locations.
Design and Art Direction for Florence Cornish’s new cook book celebrating American food.
Branding and re-positiong work for the iconic Hammer films.
Full book design and art direction, including beautifully detailed illustration throughout.
45 second videos bringing to life the flavour cues of Johnnie Walker Red Label and Johnnie Walker Black Label.
Creating a luxurious and dynamic presence to showcase 51 North’s unrivalled service in private jet management.
Full identity and rebrand for Mask, a creative events agency based in London. Including a relaunched website and suite of assets.
Rebrand of high-end cycling apparel company Le Col. Manufacturer of kit that is tailored by the founders experience of riding in the professional peloton.
Re-branding and refreshing the iconic Bug Music show, hosted by Adam Buxton. Our concept leading to an ongoing sideline of model making.
Driving refreshment cues with bold, impactful photography and the product at the fore.
Large format brochure turning heavy-weight strategy into an impactful and digestible document.
Showcase book for Diageo to ensure strategic alignment throughout the business. Design and art direction throughout.
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My favorite tea flavour is Earl Grey, I really don't like fruit flavours and such in my tea. Maybe a bit of lemon, but that's it. Earl Grey Cookies sound like the best company for a cup of Earl Grey Tea, so that's what I'm going to try this week! After three months of sunshine every day without one drop of rain, there's rain in the forecast and that asks for tea and cookies.
Since my basil is actually surviving this year I will have a chance to try this.
The pasta looks amazing ! Love that it has nuts in it. I bet those pretty little cookies were the perfect dessert too. Thanks so much for sharing with us at the Whimsical Wednesdays Link Party! Have a great week!

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The eeTop and eeNut offer a beautifully functional new concept for an extremely lightweight preload assembly. A total weight of only 9.6 grams for the full assembly, the eeTop and eeNut saves 30 grams over the typical top and preload.
The eeNut is a unique and patent pending design providing ultra light weight, solid locking action and ease of installation in one package. The recessed cone shape provides greater tension stiffness. This increased stiffness facilitates precise headset adjustment and sets it apart from other lightweight caps.

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Management doesn’t trust the employees and employees don’t trust the management. I can see why nobody trusts management as they are extremely underhanded and communication is NOT an open dialog at all.
They have a revolving door between people getting fired (unrealistically and unfairly) as well as people leaving at any opportunity.
There is a lot of stuff going on there that I cant even begin to type in this email.
Suffice it to say I am a well educated, professional and have had other jobs in professional organizations. This place has a LONG way to go to ever be considered even remotely professional.
If they contact you, run. The management does not tell you the true story in interviews.


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A visit from an appliance repair service this week to my home brought back some pleasant memories.
There's a great series of comments over on the Freedom To Tinker blog regarding Ed Felten's post DRM Wars: The Next Generation. The post and the comments provide good insight into where arguments and enforcement efforts are headed.
Mar 19 Online Intellectual Property: What About "Non-Documents"?
I received the following email from fellow blogger Chris Law (1000 Flowers Bloom) in response to my article Web 2.0 and Maintaining the Integrity of Online Intellectual Property: I really like your article. One thing that I think is very much related is what happens if it’s not a document? What if it’s say the classified listings on my site that are then being mashed up with a Google Map?
"Web 2.0 and Maintaining the Integrity of Online Intellectual Property - Is 'Meta-Information' the Answer?" is a Sys-Con "Web 2.0 Journal" article, published March 3, 2006, that addresses what happens when individual writings become modified and changed -- sometimes accidentally, sometimes on purpose -- through the collaborative and transformative functionality of content-oriented Web 2.0 applications.

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The For The Love of Vinyl competition has a winner.
She won for for two reasons. One was the Moody Blues A Question of Balance cover, which reminded my of my Dad’s record collections and is a great find. The other is because she is going to give it to her dad as a gift and you can’t argue with the love of a daughter for her Dad.


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Jen's Teaching Tools: Professionalism...what does it mean?
On Wednesday my school's staff attended a seminar with Tony Burkin from 'Interlead' titled 'Developing Mindsets for Learning and Leading'.
It was a really interesting insight into professional practice (not to be confused with teaching practice) and how our professionalism, and having a 'growth' mindset (ie willing to learn, change, reflect) as adults makes a difference to our teaching practice and working relationships as teachers.
Tony gave us a hand-out with comparisons of 'fixed' mindsets and 'growth' mindsets.
In our schools we need teachers who are learners and don't see themselves as experts, as experts think they know it all and don't want to change or learn more.
To learn we need to feel anxious. This anxiety happens because we often hold a mindset we believe that "above all else I must be successful in my eyes and the eyes of others - success defines my worth." So if we don't think we will be successful we get anxious and from this we feel threatened and will either fight or flight to avoid it. This might include blaming others (staff,pupils, leaders, parents etc) and avoidance tactics etc.
This means we prefer to want positive feedback aka praise over honest feedback and therefore do not learn or progress. It is a FIXED mindset. No growth.
The opposite mindset of this is seeing the challenge as an opportunity where we feel fearless. We don't fear failure as we see it as evidence of being stretched and on the first step to growing/improvement. "I have to risk failure in order to grow. ". This person will internalise the blame for failure and look inwards firstly their own contribution to the failure. This is a GROWTH mindset. Teachers need to embrace failure and see it as a way to move forward.
WHEN WE TALK OF OUR PRACTICE WHAT ARE WE REFERRING TO?
Teaching: happens in the classroom: (competency): positive behav management, curriculum knowledge, instructional practices, formative assessment. It's how you deliver your programme WITH the children.
Professional: happens outside the classroom: (professionalism/disciplinary): meet agreed standards, accept that actions we take contribute to reputation of our profession, choose to work in accord with high standards of the profession even when we could get away with less, assess practices to see if try belong and add to those practices, seek to have continual growth. It is the planning,reporting,collaborating with others, appraisal and reflection,compliance re reporting and budgets etc.
Carrying these out is what gives public confidence in you.
Engaging in professional practices will have flow on effects on your teaching practice.
Teaching practice is visible (like the top part of the iceberg), while prof practice is the huge part that holds up good teacher practice (the hidden part of the iceberg) - if don't attend to the prof practices the 'ice' at the waterline will start to melt and the teaching practices will melt away too.
Thinking: What's the difference between Reflecting and Wondering?
Reflecting: is about self-improvement (see Parker J. Palmer 1998 book) - needs to be focused and a habit - Lt. Col. Hal Moore, Vietnam: What's happening? What's not happening? How can I influence what's not happening? - a reflective practitioner has a select set of questions that they never deviate from, and these take you deeper and deeper into your thinking each time, it takes structure and discipline and energy to do it.
See the Teacher Council handbook for the 12 characteristics or good reflection points.
STEPS 1-3 are reflective steps while STEPS 4-5 are the inquiry steps, the action steps. Only in the action step will the right questions come up that you need to find answers to that will see you grow in your teaching practice. Inquiry is putting into practice our reflecting. It goes beyond 'learning' to CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT.
Taking what has been learnt and applying it.
Professional journaling rather than a professional diary.
If only commenting on steps 1-3 of Prochaska's steps, then that is a diary merely of inner thoughts.
Learning is about feeling uncomfortable, it will mean at some stage feeling ignorant or incapable, ignorant or negative or disruptive. A person with a fixed mindset will want to avoid being seen as these things but someone with a growth mindset will expect it to be par for the course as part of professional growth.
Three types of failure: preventative, complex, intelligent. We want to foster intelligent failure: adapting, innovating, attempting, trialling. To do this you need to operate in Steps 4-6, and with intelligent failure eventually you will inquire and change and repeat the steps until you have a teaching practice or programme that is successful.
Professionally serious OR gifted amateur?? Are you not satisfied with where you are at OR do you think you are an expert and don't need to make changes?
*return to my coaching notes from 2012 2013 to see about giving feedback and coaching/mentoring eg within appraisals.
Staff personally each journaling about a priority learner. All do that so trying it first time together.


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Double Dragon School – Hyannis MA.
1st place winner in kata as a Blue Belt 06/02/01 Goju Int’l Karate MA.
previous experience in Kyokunshi Kai.
Yulmar R. A. – 10/28/2000 app.
Double Dragon Institute World Goju-Ryu Karate Organization.
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The usual stereotype goes; if you live in the south, you’re a racist. If you happen to spend your days in a South Atlantic state, then it’s automatically assumed that you love rebel flags, the KKK, and Donald Trump. If you don’t love these things, why are you here? How could a person possibly be proud of where they come from if where they come from is known for racism and hate group sightings? Why not pack your bags and move to Cali, where there’s a liberal on every corner and the population as a whole is “enlightened”?
I am from the south and I’m proud of it. Now, before you grab your pitch forks and torches, give me a chance. There’s a difference between southern heritage and confederate heritage. I’ll say it again for those in the back; southern pride and confederate pride are not the same thing.
I’m proud of where I come from. The south is a beautiful place, full of blooming wildflower fields and cool creeks to dip your toes in through the hot summer. I’ve spent more days than I can count, snapping green beans on my mamaw’s back porch. And believe me, I’ve seen my fair share of tobacco fields.
I was raised to understand the value of hard work, and was taught at a very young age that you only get out of life what you put into it. You want something? Work for it. I live within 15 minutes of virtually all of my close family. My child has the opportunity to grow up much the same way I did; close to those that love her and learning the worth of what she has around her.


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Our AlpinaLODGE**** comprises 6 units, over three floors in an apartment house. The lodge is located on Schluga Camping Hermagor, which is open all year round, and only 50m from our AlpinSPA.
These apartments are ideal for families & wellness enthusiasts, being only a stone’s throw from our wellness and bathing complex, which features heated open air pool, fresh water pool, indoor pool with contra flow and the sauna area. All year round use of AlpinSPA is included in the price.
The senior apartments are 66m² and laid out for up to 6 people (max 4 adults + 2 children), comprising 2 separate bedrooms, kitchen/diner, separate WC, and bathroom with both shower and bath.
All apartments face south-west with views over the nearby mountains.
On the ground floor is a barrier free unit.
During winter the courtesy ski bus (bus stop 50m from the campsite) takes you to the ski resort Nassfeld (www.nassfeld.at). The ease of storing ski equipment in the property’s purpose built ski equipment store makes a winter holiday even more enjoyable and stress-free!


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The real-life Kellerman's owner hopes to bring the rundown hotel back to life.
The Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel was once a vibrant vacation destination that served as inspiration for “Dirty Dancing” screenwriter, Eleanor Bergstein. She fashioned the fictional Kellerman’s to be a place filled with activities for families visiting from New York City, much like the Catskills resorts she visited with her family.
The resort in Liberty, New York, has been closed since 1986, and since then, it’s become dilapidated and is most definitely no longer a place anyone would want to stay.
But the property’s owner, Louis R. Cappelli, recently applied to the State Department of Environmental Conservation asking that a portion of the ground be designated a contaminated site. If approved, he could receive state funds to clean up portions of the property damaged by illegally chemicals dumped. The New York Times reports as of Aug. 9 that his application is still under review.
Cappelli told the Times that starting with the soil and groundwater would be a first step to making the property suitable for visitors once again.
This is a project that Cappelli has been looking to start for quite some time, considering the once lush grounds—complete with gazebos and swimming pools—are now overrun with wildlife. But, the news of a new casino opening in upstate New York in 2018 convinced him to get the ball rolling.
The hotel was once a grand place for New Yorkers who were looking to escape the city. Jackie Robinson is said to have vacationed there and Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds had their wedding at the location.
In its heyday, the place oozed luxury, but Cappelli isn’t looking to recreate the resort exactly as it was.
Instead, he hopes for something more modern.
“I want to build what is a 2017 model of Grossinger’s—with some sort of memories still there,” he told The Times.
Despite the fact that the film “Dirty Dancing” wasn’t actually filmed at Grossinger’s but instead at a resort in Virginia, here’s to hoping the hotel can bring back some of the charm that Kellerman’s had.


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Mark Stone and Colin White scored twice apiece Tuesday night for the Ottawa Senators, who scored six unanswered goals on their way to a 7-3 win over the visiting New Jersey Devils.
Their second win in the last eight games came at an opportune time for the Senators, who were embroiled in controversy Monday when a video was leaked of several players mocking the coaching staff during an Uber ride in Arizona last week.
Thomas Chabot and Ryan Dzingel opened and closed the six-goal outburst for the Senators while Magnus Paajarvi added an empty-netter late in the third period. Goalie Craig Anderson earned the win by recording 30 saves before he exited late in the third due to an injury. Mike McKenna stopped all six shots he faced in relief.
Taylor Hall and Kyle Palmieri gave the Devils an early 2-0 lead and Travis Zajac scored in the third for New Jersey, which has lost four of five on a seven-game road trip and is 2-6-1 since opening the season 4-0-0.
Starting goalie Cory Schneider allowed four goals on 22 shots before being pulled for Keith Kinkaid, who stopped 17 of 19 shots.
The Devils scored the game's first two goals in a span of eight minutes in the first period.
An end-to-end rush by the Devils ended in nifty fashion when Hall took a drop pass from Nico Hischier and shuffled the puck before he fired a shot between Christian Jaros, who had fallen to one knee, and Chris Wideman and past Anderson at 3:14.
Palmieri doubled the lead with 8:40 remaining, when he corralled the rebound of a slap shot by Ben Lovejoy and backhanded the puck into the net.
But it took the Senators just 98 seconds to tie the score. Chabot cut the gap in half after he shook Hischier and fired a shot off the glove of Schneider with 8:55 left. Fifty-three seconds later, Matt Duchene backhanded a pass around the Devils net to Stone, who tucked his shot between the legs of Schneider for his 100th career goal.
White gave the Senators the lead for good 2:27 into the second, when he took a cross-crease pass from Stone and beat Schneider from point-blank range.
Stone scored what proved to be the winning goal thanks to another setup from Duchene, who took a pass from Chabot at center ice and skated into the Devils' zone and. Duchene was about to be double-teamed by Sami Vatanen and Damon Severson when he passed to Stone, whose shot flew over Schneider's stick hand.
That chased Schneider, but the Senators still extended their lead to 5-2 against Kinkaid thanks to a fluke goal by White. A pass near the Devils' net by Stone glanced off the face of Vatanen, ticked off the skate of White and trickled past Kinkaid.
The Senators scored their sixth straight goal when Dzingel tallied at the 10:11 mark. The Devils pulled within 6-3 when Zajac scored 4:02 later, but they could get no closer despite pulling Kinkaid with 4:53 remaining. Paajarvi scored an empty-netter with 1:59 left.


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Can anyone help? I have booked flights to Geneva for 26th Dec returning Jan 1st and am looking for accommodation in Avoriaz but no-one will rent for those dates as its Thursday to Thursday. I am looking for accommodation with two bedrooms to sleep two adults and two children (15 and 12). If this isn't the right place to act, please can you advise me the right place/forum to look?
@CathL, the problem is that you are crossing the Christmas and New Year weeks. It’s peak season and everyone will want to rent out both those weeks at full whack. If they rent to you they will only get one week of rental income when there’s a very good chance of them getting two - especially this far out. Also, Avoriaz is considered snow sure that time of year and is therefore very popular.
You might have better luck with a lower resort that is riskier on the snow side and maybe not do often booked the first week.
Ask Andy Wilson... He's pretty flexible.
If he can't help, then ask him to put you in touch with Dangerous Dave or Barry, who might be able to accommodate funky dates.


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It seems like every manufacturer has a new “tactical precision” rifle these days, and Mossberg is no exception. Mossberg offers the MVP-LC, which combines the Mossberg MVP receiver with a sleek, modern MDT LSS metal chassis with an AR-type buttstock that adjusts for length (11.25″ – 14.5″ LOP). The light-weight, tan-finished aluminum chassis features a V-shapped bedding area for the Mossberg MVP action. The MVP-LC’s LBA trigger is user-adjustable from 3 to 7 pounds pull weight.
The new rifle features the MDT LSS chassis system, Magpul furniture and magazine and Silencerco Saker muzzlebrake/QD mount. The rifle is available with optional Vortex HS-T 4-16X rifle scope.
Available in either .223 Rem or .308 Win, the MVP LC rifle will accept standard AR-15 and AR-10 magazines. The barrels are pretty short, 16.25″ for .223 Rem, or 18.5″ for .308 Win, but they do come with threaded SilencerCo Muzzle Brakes installed. Weight, without optics, is 8 lbs. for the .223 Rem version, 8.5 lbs. for the .308 version. We think the lighter .223 Rem model would make a nice “carry-around” varmint rifle. The current “street price” is $1099.99.
If you want to learn more about this rifle, check out Shooting Illustrated this month. Mossberg’s MVP-LC is the “cover girl” of the October issue; you’ll find a full report on this new tactical rifle with complete specs and lots of big photos.
FEATURES: Mossberg MVP bolt-action design compatible with standard AR magazines (AR15, LR308/SR25). MDT LSS light chassis aluminum stock. Magpul CTR Adjustable LOP Stock with A-frame profile to reduce snagging for height adjustment. Either a 16.25″ (.223 Rem) or 18.5″ (.308 Win) barrel threaded with SilcencerCo Saker Muzzle Brake (thread cap included). Includes LBA adjustable trigger system (3-7 lbs.), oversized bolt handle, Picatinny rail, adjustable bipod.
OPTIC OPTION: Vortex Viper HS-T 4-16X zoom scope with MRAD reticle (rings included).
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Colorado voters have sent a message that has caused a stir around the country. In the first-ever state recall election in Colorado history, two anti-gun politicians were sent packing. Colorado State Senate President John Morse was turned out of office on a 51-49% vote, while fellow Democrat State Senator Angela Giron was removed from office on a 56-44% tally.
The L.A. Times reports: “In an unprecedented backlash, two state lawmakers who helped stiffen Colorado’s gun laws were ousted Tuesday in a recall that turned into a nationally watched referendum on gun control.” Two new Republican-party Senators, Colorado Springs Councilman Bernie Herpin and Pueblo police officer George Rivera, were elected to replace Morse and Giron, respectively.
Senate President Morse lead the charge for new gun control laws, enacted in Colorado earlier this year without a single Republican vote. Critics attacked the legislation, saying it was fast-tracked through Colorado’s Democratic-controlled Legislature with insufficient public debate. Recall sponsors also faulted Morse and Giron for failing to listen to constituents’ concerns about Second Amendment rights.
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By voice vote yesterday (Friday), the Colorado State House of Representatives* approved tough new gun-control legislation after hours of heated debate. One new law will ban ammunition magazines over 15 rounds (or 8 for shotguns). In addition, companion bills will require exhaustive background checks on all firearm purchases, and impose severe restrictions on lending guns. Yet another new law will prohibit CCW permit-holders from carrying a firearm on college campuses.
The new laws are not final yet. They advanced on Friday’s unrecorded “voice vote”, but there will be a final “recorded vote” in the House next week. Then, before they can become law, these bills must be approved by the Democrat-controlled Colorado Senate and signed by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. However, Senate approval is likely and Hickenlooper has stated his support for the new laws.
House Bill 1226 – Repeals law allowing CCW permit-holders to carry firearms on college campuses.
Colorado resident (and one of our contributing writers) Zak Smith says: “We are facing a tough fight here in Colorado — but don’t give up yet. Now is the time to contact your state representatives.” The official recorded vote will be taken Monday. Accordingly, Zak adds: “Concerned Colorado gun owners need to contact their legislators this weekend before the final recorded vote.” CLICK THIS LINK to get contact information on Colorado State Legislators, in Colorado General Assembly House and Senate.
Colorado gun parts-maker Magpul has announced that it might leave Colorado if the magazine ban becomes law. This could result in the loss of 600-700 jobs (Magpul employees and subcontractors). Magpul also contributes “nearly $85 million to Colorado’s economy” according to Fox News. “If we’re able to stay in Colorado and manufacture a product, but law-abiding citizens of the state were unable to purchase the product, customers around the state and the nation would boycott us for remaining here,” Doug Smith, Magpul’s chief operating officer, told the Denver Post.
*The Colorado General Assembly is bicameral, composed of the Colorado House of Representatives and the Colorado Senate. The House has 65 members while the Senate has 35 members.
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This past week, Remington held a new products seminar in Kerrville, TX. While Remington tried to impose a “news embargo” through November 15, details leaked out about many of Remington’s new guns.
The big news is the planned release of a civilian, semi-auto version of the Adaptive Combat Rifle (ACR). The Guns and Hunting Blog “spilled the beans”, revealing that Remington plans to sell a semi-auto ACR in the civilian market, starting in the first half of 2010. Based on a Magpul prototype, the ACR has been under development for two years, as a collaboration between Bushmaster and Remington. Price for the civilian ACR is expected to be under $2000, considerably less than the FN SCAR, a similar weapon now being tested by the U.S. Military.
The civilian version of the modular ACR will likely sport a 16.5″, 1:7″ twist barrel standard. Multiple barrel lengths can be fitted (see diagram above), and barrels can be changed without tools. Remarkably the entire gun can be field-stripped down to six major components in under 90 seconds. The ACR features integral rails on top of the receiver and on the forearm. The buttstock adjusts for length and also folds back using a hinge at the rear of the receiver. The charging handle is non-reciprocating. Weight with a 14.5″ barrel (no magazine) is 7 pounds.
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Here at AccurateShooter.com, we have promoted the “20 Practical”, a great little cartridge created by simply necking down the .223 Remington to 20 caliber. Popularized for bolt guns by Warren B (aka “Fireball”), the 20 Practical is also an excellent choice for an AR-platform varmint rifle. It offers better ballistics than a .223 Rem, with less recoil, and more velocity. Plus the 20 Practical, by all indications, appears to be an inherently accurate cartridge that “wants to shoot”. Our own AR ‘Ultimate Varminter’ project rifle, developed with Robert Whitley, was chambered as a 20 Practical. That gun shot “lights out”, demonstrating how well the little cartridge works.
Dennis got his upper from Whitley’s AR-X Enterprises. It features a heavy billet upper receiver (with side charging handle), fitted with a 24″ PacNor SS Super Match 11-twist barrel. Mounted to the upper is a +20 MOA, GS-1 Scope Rail from GG&G. Riding on top is a Nightforce 5.5-22X50 NP-R1 scope in Nightforce ultra-light rings.
The lower is equally exotic. Machined from billet by American Precision Arms, it is fitted with with a RRA LPK and a Geissele trigger. The tan, adjustable stock is a Magpul PRS model (Gen II). An Ergogrip tactical deluxe Suregrip completes the build. Dennis in VA has put together a very nice set-up to say the least. And it definitely shoots.
To learn more about the 20 Practical cartridge for AR rifles, visit Robert Whitley’s 20 Practical Webpage. There you’ll find load data, info on dies and reloading, plus advice on hardware and barrel selection. Robert also has a video showing how to form 20 Practical brass.
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A man is being sought by police after a mobile and a wallet containing £200 was stolen.
The raid was on the Dr China store, also known as The Chinese Doctor, an acupuncture and herbal medicine centre in The Shires shopping centre in Trowbridge.
The items were stolen from inside a bag that was behind the counter.
It happened on September 4 at 10.40am.
Wiltshire police said: "We’re appealing for the public’s help in identifying a man we’d like to speak to in connection with a theft in Trowbridge.
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