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Robbie Williams has revealed he suffers from a disorder that makes him eat during his sleep, making him gain weight in the process.
"I'm doing this weird thing, it's very weird and it's been over a year now, where I night-eat," the singer said on his new vlog, Vloggie.
"I am absolutely asleep and I get up and I go and eat. I don't do it on purpose, I'm not aware I'm doing it, but it happens.
"And apparently in my sleep I don't want kale. I want sugar - and loads of it.
"It's been super weird, as you can imagine, so that leaves me not a lot of room for [eating] bad stuff during the day because bad stuff happens while I'm asleep."
According to Dr Clare Morrison, GP at online doctor and pharmacy MedExpress, the condition Williams is describing is called nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder – or NS-RED - but what is the condition and can it be cured?
Dr Morrison explained that NS-RED is a rare condition that affects just 1-3% of the general population.
"However, 10-15% of people with eating disorders are affected," she told HuffPost UK.
"Most people who suffer from NS-RED are highly anxious individuals, with many of them dieting during the day, leaving them very hungry at night, when their control is weak."
While it's not entirely clear what causes people to eat during their sleep, Dr Morrison said that sufferers sometimes have histories of drug abuse, alcoholism and sleep disorders.
"They often suffer from fragmented sleep patterns. NS-RED could also have a genetic component," she added.
Williams joked that he often reaches for sugary treats during the night, meaning that he no longer eats unhealthy food during the day because "I have my treat in the middle of the night when I don't even know about it".
Dr Morrison said eating these kinds of foods is not uncommon for NS-RED sufferers.
"On reading about Robbie Williams' experience, it's not surprising that his side effects include weight gain. This aspect of the disorder is very frustrating for people who are trying to lose weight," she said.
"The food sought out by sufferers tends to be high in sugar and fat - foods dieters would likely to avoid during the day."
She added that NS-RED can also lead to depression and heightened anxiety, due to the lack of control sufferers feel.
"Often people feel they are going mad and sometimes they are accused of exaggerating or imagining things, which doesn't help," she said.
For anyone who believes they may be suffering from NS-RED, Dr Morrison recommends seeking help at a sleep disorders treatment centre.
"Brain activity will be monitored and intervention taken to reduce stress and anxiety, such as stress management classes and counselling," she explained.
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The Alliance Athletic Awards Program (AAAP) is comprised of Recognition Awards, Achievement Awards and Annual Athletic Awards.
Recognition Awards focus on commitment, determination and the contribution of athletes and volunteers make to their sport, their teammates and their club. It's about celebrating the joy of the sport and demonstrating values like fairness, dedication, respect and fun. Sound like someone you know? We want to recognize them. Why not get to work on their nomination now? Recognition Awards are presented on an ongoing basis, and help our community understand the value of sport.
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These shimmery little discs are ever so fun to make and wear. My moon earrings were originally designed from some scrap silver which kept catching my eye on my jewelers bench. I had a commission to make a boutonniere for a wedding. It was made of silver sheet which was hand textured with a scribe and ruler. The texture was so lovely that I kept the scraps around waiting to make something of them. I finally punched some holes in the sheet and dapped them slightly. A post was soldered onto the back and violà, the moon post earrings came to being. They have proven to be popular and are now made from sheet purposely textured for these earrings.
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If you're new to disaster preparedness, you may not be familiar with the Rule of Threes. The Rule of Threes, like most rules, is a useful guideline. It's not intended to be an absolute. One of the first rules of planning is to recognize that there are no absolutes. There are two types of plans: those that have failed and those that may fail.
Knowing that there are no absolutes and recognizing that any plan can fail, one can utilize the Rule of Threes to develop one's plan … and one's contingency plans.
Here are the rules:
- You can survive for three minutes without air
- You can survive for three hours without shelter (in a harsh environment)
- You can survive for three days without water
- You can survive for three weeks without food
- You can survive for three months without hope
As an ancillary to The Rule of Threes, if you require medical treatment (either ongoing or immediate) or first aid, you may not survive long enough to find out if the other rules apply.
So, as you make your plans and preparations, keep The Rule of Threes in mind. I've seen a lot of people's Bug-out Bags (BOB's) filled with weapons and ammo and food with little consideration given to air, shelter or water. I won't argue the fun in acquiring weapons and ammunition. However, if you can't breath clean air, weapons and ammunition are unlikely to be of much use … unless you can quickly trade them for a gas mask or dust mask.
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Bloomington Public Schools, District 87, has gone public with its February 2009 implementation of a set of network tools it's using to keep its network secure. The Illinois district deployed Plixer International's Scrutinizer NetFlow and sFlow Analyzer software to monitor its network traffic.
The tools are used for a number of monitoring activities at the 9,000 student district: to provide overall metrics for bandwidth use on its Cisco network, to identify traffic anomalies and Web usage not allowed by the school, and also to increase bandwidth for permitted sites.
But shortly after the installation, the software saved the day. A user contacted the IT department to complain about problems with a PC. The user's Web browser wasn't responding, and unrequested pop-ups were taking over the machine. A technician confirmed the computer was infected with the AV2009 virus, which hadn't been caught by the anti-virus software being used on the system. The virus was reaching out to botnet sites and sending e-mail to propagate itself. In a short time, the virus had infected more than 100 machines on the network.
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The Morning Heresy is your daily digest of news and links relevant to the secular and skeptic communities.
Cassini took our picture from Saturn! We're the bright dot below the rings. Did you smile? I think I blinked. Can we do it again?
Our public policy shop put out an action alert yesterday concerning the Buckeye State…hold on…<looks up what a "buckeye" is>…Holy crap, it's a tree! Whose real name is Aesculus, after the ancient Greek playwright! Wow!
What was I talking about? Right, an action alert concerning the Ohio legislature's attempts to impose draconian restrictions on reproductive rights, which, as we write, "are unsupported by scientific evidence and incompatible with logic, reason, and the basic human values of fairness and decency." Take action here.
Kimberly Winston reports on the push for humanist military chaplains.
Philosopher Alex Rosenberg explains the thinking behind his new book to 3AM:
In The Atheist's Guide to Reality I tried to coopt the word 'scientism' and to argue that science can answer the persistent philosophical questions that trouble people, including the nature of reality, the purpose of life, the existence of a soul, the grounds of morality, whether we have free will, and the meaning of human history. Most of the answers science gives to these questions are unpopular and people neither understand them nor want to hear them.
Frank Brun rails against the "community intimidation" that hushed up accusations of sexual abuse by ultra-Orthodox rabbis in New York.
Editorial board of the Deseret News reaches an unfortunate conclusion over the manufactured controversy over the alleged "suppression" of religious freedom in the U.S., writing, "Without religion in the public square, rights degenerate quickly into opinions open for debate and restriction."
At Friendly Atheist, I riff off of Austin Cline to think about how to answer folks who wonder why we're "so obsessed" with a God we don't believe exists.
NYT article about a guy who is a Religious Science practitioner, a minister of the Universal Life Church, ordained in the Church of the Universe (in Canada), and an official of the Oklevueha Native American Church of Hilo, is, of course, about weed.
Warren Blumenfeld looks at the different ways of looking at Christian proselytization: as a freedom to share "good news," and as a form of bullying or oppression:
Many of us understand Christian proselytizing as resting upon a foundation of Christian privilege in the United States, a privilege that grants unearned benefits, which exerts a degree of power and control not granted to members of non-Christian denominations and non-believers.
Joe Nickell blogs on the recent discoveries about the Boston Strangler.
A YouGov survey says belief in god-free evolution ticked up a few notches to about 1 in 5 Americans.
UNICEF reports that over 30 million girls around the world are at risk for being subject to genital mutilation.
It's almost like God didn't want the folks in Anderson County, Tennessee to put up that "In God We Trust" sign at the courthouse…
Eugenie Scott is going to get a Houdini Award! Of course, she'll have to get it while submerged in a tank of water, which itself will be buried in eight feet of soil, but still.
Psychics could have flipped a coin to guess the royal infant's sex and had better results than they got.
Barbara Dority at the Seattle Times calls for the Boy Scouts to go all the way, and lift the ban on atheists.
Now that you can do atheist weddings in Ireland, the cup runneth over.
James Bloodworth on what he sees as Islam's special status as unassailable, even among many atheists:
[Dawkins, Harris, et. al.] have fallen foul of an important unspoken code: while Christianity may be cursed to the skies, criticism of Islam must be bookended with 'religion of peace' disclaimers or refrained from entirely. The problem is not that the new atheists exult rationality at the expense of a deeper understanding of human affairs; it is that they are too consistent in their denunciations of religion. Being 'tolerant' is also very often seen on the left as more important than being correct.
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A handy reminder from Forbes' Peter Lipson about the safety and benefits of vitamins and supplements:
The source of the chemical is . . . irrelevant. A bottle of cholesterol medicine made by a large pharmaceutical company is no more or less a drug than an herbal tea. What counts is the dose and its biological effects. . . . Vitamins and supplements are drugs. That they aren't subject to the same regulation as "real" drugs should bring comfort to no one.
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I have my next project picked out and am starting to fool around with colors and fabrics I like together. It is a paper pieced project, so it will be slow going with all the fiddly folding, cutting and pressing needed to make flat blocks. I also got the applique pattern I sent for in the mail today! Woo hoo! After browsing through the directions, I began looking over my stash of background fabrics so I can get started on the blocks. I will show you my progress as I go along.
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Indian Railways, the world's fourth-largest rail network, has seen a fall in passenger traffic, belying the notion that long queues at booking counters and trains packed with passengers indicate its cash registers are ringing. The fall is due to improvement in road connectivity and low-cost airlines, according to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.
"Over a period of time, we are seeing a drop in the traffic because roads have become more convenient for people for short distance. For the high-end travellers, air has become a better option because low-cost airlines have come in," Prabhu told news website VCCircle.
"So if we don't awaken to the challenge, we are going to lose as the candle will burn from both ends. Both kinds of passengers, low-end and high-end will go," he added.
The fall in passenger traffic forced the Indian Railways to scale down its earnings projection for 2015-16 by almost Rs. 5,000 crore to Rs. 45,376 crore from the budget estimate of Rs. 50,175 crore.
The estimates for the current fiscal represent 12 percent growth to Rs. 51,012 crore (from the revised estimates for the previous fiscal).
Prabhu said new trains are imperative to improve passenger traffic.
"...passenger traffic will not go up if you do not start new trains. It also depends on new products and that is why we are launching products such as Humsafar, Tejas, Antodhaya and Uday. These will be introduced in the next three to four months," he told the website.
During the first three months this year (January to March), Indian aviation companies flew 230.03 lakh (23 million) passengers, 24 percent more than 185.46 lakh (18.5 million) during the corresponding period last year, according to civil aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
In April, Indian air carriers flew 79 lakh passengers, a growth of 21 percent from 65 lakh passengers in April last year, according to domestic passenger traffic data released by the DGCA on Friday.


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Nelson is fast becoming one of New Zealand's most popular 'Destination wedding' regions, renowned for its high sunshine hours & world class natural beauty.
Villa Victoria, nestled near the heart of Nelson city, whilst sitting elevated on a private site overlooking Haula-shore Island in the beautiful Tasman Bay, is only 10minutes from the airport, making Nelson an affordable 'Destination Wedding' venue the whole family can enjoy.
A couple living overseas that want to get married in New Zealand, must complete a "notice of intended marriage". This notice with the fee then needs to be sent to the nearest registry office near to where the marriage is to be officiated, insuring that the document reaches the Registrar at least a week before the wedding ceremony. They are then required to sign a statutory declaration in front of a registrar, which must be signed before the Licence is issued. (Alternatively the couple can sign the statuary declaration in their home country in front of an authorized Diplomat or Consular of a Commonwealth country.)
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The third Downtown Tiffin Garage Sale is Saturday.
The sale, which includes businesses, is scheduled 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Seneca Industrial and Economic Development Corp. Downtown Main Street Manager Amy Reinhart said Suzie Wilkinson, owner of Simply Susan's, helped organize the event.
Rienhart said downtown businesses have the chance to sell items outside their businesses or have sales in their buildings.
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On her Create A Cash Flow Radio Show, Deb Bixler recently interviewed MLM compensation plan expert Jay Leisner on this topic. Not everyone will have the same financial goal when they join your direct selling company. Some are interested in part-time income, while others want their business to generate full-time income or more.
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Think you have skills pouring tea?
Try serving it like this guy from Bangkok – but you may want to put a couple towels underneath you!
The technique may seem a little showy, but there is actually a method behind the madness.
Similar to the suggestion that a cocktail be shaken aggressively for 15-20 seconds to incorporate some air and bring out all the flavors, the same theory applies here: the high altitude pour should provide a fresher, brighter tea (and, quite possibly, a hefty dry cleaning bill!).
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Pip and Moya are two musicians based in Sheffield, England.
They regrouped in late 2017 to form The Phoenix Project which is their latest work.
Their music can be described as a hybrid mix of retro analogue synth electronica and EDM (modern electronic dance music) with a smidgen of classical.


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By Aqela Lalakato
SUVA, Fiji (FijiSUN, Apr. 1) – National Road Safety Council chief executive Chandra Shekhar was sentenced to six months in jail yesterday by the Suva court for corrupt practices.
Also sentenced to six months imprisonment was Shekhar's business partner, Dinesh Shankar.
Defense counsel Mehboob Raza applied for bail pending appeal but Director of Public Prosecutions lawyer Bhupendra Solanki opposed the application.
Chief Magistrate David Balram rejected bail when the case was heard again in the afternoon and maintained the term of six months imprisonment.
Mr Balram said the court would not approve bail for people after conviction.
The accused and his counsel, however, have a pending appeal in the High Court.
Shekhar is convicted of taking a commission of $2,000 on three occasions for jobs provided to Above Graphics Limited in 2001.
The court heard the accused obtained a commission worth $1,000 on January 26, 2001, $500 on April 12 and $500 on April 27 the same year
Speaking outside court, a frustrated Shekhar maintained his innocence.
"I still maintain my innocence. I'm out but I will be back to prove my innocence. I'll get the perpetrators out there," he said.
NRSC chairman Sefanaia Koroi said no one was above the law and the council would go by the court's ruling.
"As far as I am concerned, the council has come out clean on this matter and is clean," he said.
Mr Koroi said the board would meet in two days to decide Shekhar's future with the council. Shekhar was on a three-year contract with the council and his contract expires in July this year.
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How a Last Will Works
A last will becomes effective after the testator, or person who wrote the will, dies. It is a legally binding document that directs the probate courts to divide the property of the testator in a certain manner and to particular people called beneficiaries. The courts will try to determine the intent of the testator if any part of the will is ambiguous. The property of the testator will be administered once all the beneficiaries are identified and all the testator's obligations, such as taxes and debts, have been paid in full.
Administration of a Last Will
A last will is administered by an executor. The executor is named by the testator and is responsible for finding all the estate property and for taking care of taxes and outstanding debts. The executor must create a special bank account and keep all accounting records in order. The probate courts ultimately turn possession of the estate property over to the beneficiaries.
How a Living Will Works
A living will gives specific medical directions to follow in the event that the testator is seriously ill, has been in a serious accident, or is otherwise gravely ill and not in a condition to give any directions. These directions will dictate how, or even if, life-sustaining medical treatment will be administered and for how long. A common example that appears often in living wills is the administration of feeding and breathing tubes. A living will may state that the testator does not wish to be kept alive by such artificial means. As such, the living will gives the legal authority to have the tubes removed.
Administration of a Living Will
A living will is controlled by an attorney-in-fact that is created through the power of attorney. This person is specifically mentioned in the living will and acts as the medical agent of the testator. The attorney-in-fact is the person who gives the actual directions to the doctors on what they can and cannot do. No other person has the authority to carry out the living will.


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Reflection – "Blindness and Light" by Fr John Campion, Salesian, UL Chaplain
Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A – Lectio divina on John 9,1-41
Chapter nine of St John's Gospel is a masterly account that has no parallel in the synoptics (even though there are several instances of the blind being healed: Mk 8,22-26; Mt 9,27-31; Mk 10,46-52; Mt 20,29-34; Lk 18,35-43!). The meeting between Jesus, light of the world (9,5), and a man born blind describes a precise journey of faith (9,220.127.116.11) and also an unstoppable march towards incredulity (9,2.34.41). The episode opens with a question from the disciples: is blindness a sin? It concludes by showing that the sin of blindness is not the inability to see with one's eyes, but lack of belief in Jesus, the light of the world.
Following the account of the miracle (9,6-7) there is a lengthy conversation with various speakers. Jesus and the blind man are present throughout. It develops into an investigation into the identity of the blind man. The focus of attention moves, however, from the man born blind to Jesus the light of the world. The blind man, a known beggar, gives evidence of his cure to the people who knew him (9,8-12). He is interrogated by the Pharisees (9,13-17.24-34), and his parents also are questioned (9,18-23). The healing poses questions for some. Others try to find reasons to deny the evidence (9,16). The blind man receives the gift of sight first (9,7), then the gift of faith (9,35-38). He finishes up being expelled from the community (9,34). In fact, in the process instituted by the authorities against the man who could now see, the sentence is passed, not by the judges, but by the accused, Jesus, in absentia. (9,40-41).
At that time: 1 As Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3 Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." 6 As he said this, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man's eyes with the clay, 7 saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. 8 The neighbours and those who had seen him before as a beggar, said, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?" 9 Some said, "It is he"; others said, "No, but he is like him." He said, "I am the man." 10 They said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?" 11 He answered, "The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, `Go to Siloam and wash'; so I went and washed and received my sight." 12 They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know." 13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15 The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see." 16 Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was a division among them. 17 So they again said to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet." 18 The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight 19 and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" 20 His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21 but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself." 22 His parents said this because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one should confess him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue . 23 Therefore his parents said, "He is of age, ask him." 24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner." 25 He answered, "Whether he is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see." 26 They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" 27 He answered them, "I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too want to become his disciples?" 28 And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from. 30 The man answered, "Why, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is a worshipper of God and does his will, God listens to him. 32 Never since the world began has it been heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." 34 They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out. 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of man?" 36 He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" 37 Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who speaks to you." 38 He said, "Lord, I believe"; and he worshipped him. 39 Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind." 40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard this, and they said to him, "Are we also blind?" 41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, `We see,' your guilt remains.
I. Read: understand what the text is saying focussing on how it says it
As he went along Jesus saw a man who had been blind from birth, a man who had never seen the light. Although it happened apparently by chance, the meeting resulted from an initiative of Jesus. When Jesus saw the man, the disciples asked why he was blind. Healing came from the meeting with Jesus. The theological discussion was the result of the disciples' question.
Jesus does not explain the origin of the man's blindness but exonerates him from any blame. He was not at fault. His blindness was not a sin but an occasion for God's salvation to be made known, and Jesus, obedient to the Father, brings the man salvation. Evil becomes an opportunity and a motive for God to do good. Before giving light to the blind man, Jesus says that he himself is the light of the world.
After revealing his identity as light of the world, Jesus performs a miracle. It is related simply, in sober terms. The gesture of Jesus recalls God's creative act (Gen 2,7). Only one who is light can give light. He does so in a completely gratuitous act. He does not ask for faith nor does he expect gratitude. Before the man begins to see, he begins to obey. He goes and washes himself in the pool of Siloam. This is the first stage in his journey of faith. At Siloam he can see – obedience which obtains healing is his way to begin to believe.
The first to be amazed were those closest to the blind man. His acquaintances have doubts about the man's identity but no one doubts that this man can see. He will have to tell them how the miracle happened, to prove to them that he is the same blind man they knew before. Opening the eyes of the blind is the work of the messiah who is to come (cf. Is 42,6.7; 49,6.9). The blind man can tell what happened to him, but he does not know who his healer is. In this way, they, his neighbours and acquaintances, becomes witnesses of the miracle, even though they are not believers.
His testimony of what he experienced is the second stage towards faith. It does not matter if he has to face a long investigation and punishment. The Jews, who are opponents of Jesus, not of the blind man, cannot deny the fact so they try to discredit its author. God is not with one who violates the Sabbath. They base their argument on God while denying the works of God!
The man who was cured miraculously is not believed and he remains alone. Even his parents abandon him. But he cannot believe that the man who healed him is a sinner. Disagreement develops over him, another stage in the slow process towards faith. The blind man calls Jesus a prophet. In John this title is used only to refer to Jesus' mission (4,19; 9,28). The fact remains that the judges do not accept the evidence, but the man who was cured continues his slow journey of faith. Professing faith in Jesus can lead to family disagreements and social rejection.
The man has to face further investigators, harder and more insistent than the first. Now, they say, he must give glory to God…, by denying the works of God! He makes no judgement. He simply states the facts; he was blind, now he can see. His interrogators know, however, that this wonder-worker is a sinner, but they don't know where he comes from. As the interrogation proceeds, the blind man is drawing ever closer to faith (9.11.17), and closer to being condemned by those who want to see the facts (9,34). Their sin can be seen in their blindness (9,41).
Jesus returns to the scene (9,35-38) to meet again the man who was driven out because he defended Jesus. In this second encounter – the central stage – he comes to true faith. At first he knew his benefactor only by name (9,11), then he considered him a prophet (9,17), a man who comes from God (9,30-33), and finally he declares him the Son of God (9,35), in accordance with the experience promised to the disciples (John 1,51). In a passage typical of John, for him to reach faith (9,36) he had to be with Jesus, who allows himself to be seen by those who believe (9,37). Faith allows us to see not only Jesus, but also his true identity and his mission.
And so the journey of faith of the man born blind reaches its conclusion. It began with his eyes being opened to the light, and ends with an explicit profession of faith in Jesus (9,38), the Son of Man (9,35) and light of the world (9,5). Without the words of Jesus ('you are looking at him') the blind man would have continued to see but would not have come to believe. This man's reaction is that of an authentic Christian: he sees and believes, he believes and he adores (9,38), regardless of the consequences.
The final saying of Jesus clarifies the whole episode (9,41). There are those who cannot see, like the man born blind, and there are those who do not want to see, like the Pharisees. Those who cannot see are not blameworthy, but, for those who do not want to see, their sin remains. This kind of blindness is the result of sin, the obstinate refusal to accept Jesus as the light of the world. (9,41; cf. 9,4-5).
II. Meditate: apply what the text says to life
The scene opens with Jesus and his disciples meeting a man afflicted with a disability. Jesus sees the man in need of salvation while the disciples are asking whether or not he is to blame for his situation – two contrasting ways of seeing the evil that afflicts a neighbour. Some see the suffering and do what they can to help. Others concern themselves with reflecting on the possible causes. Who am I like – Jesus or the disciples? What reaction do I have on seeing evil? Do I judge and condemn those who suffer, or do I think about their salvation?
Before he could see, the blind man had to obey an unusual command given him by a stranger he did not know. Jesus did not require faith before healing him, but 'blind' submission to his command. Light will come to his eyes immediately, but faith comes only after a journey of obedience and testimony. Could it be that it is because I lack obedience to God that I cannot see myself freed from my evils? Is not lack of docility to God the cause of my evils? And do I not find it significant that Jesus freed the man from his sickness before he gave him the gift of faith?
'Blind' obedience was enough for the blind man to be healed, but to believe in Jesus he had to give witness repeatedly in front of a hostile crowd. Believing in Jesus is not easy. Anyone who really believes, even if he still has some uncertainty and very little light, may have to face misunderstanding and calumny, alienation from family and rejection from society. What price do I pay for my belief? What price am I prepared to pay to have Jesus as my Saviour?
The blind man also has to pay another price for his new light, his faith in Jesus. In the central part, the longest part of the gospel account, Jesus disappears and leaves the blind man to defend the truth of the miracle and the identity of Jesus. Not only does the man make his enemies angry, he is also alienated from his parents. He remains alone, with his faith, testifying to what happened. We all want to see, we also want to be freed from our evils. But are we ready to pay the price to obtain more light, even if it means losing the esteem of the people closest to us? Faith in Jesus is a gift, but it has uncomfortable, even dangerous, consequences.
The works of God were made manifest in the sickness of the man born blind. Jesus revealed himself as 'the light of the world' by giving light to a blind man. Evil always has a reason, even if it harms those who suffer and leads others to think wrong. God is the enemy of the evil in man, just as light is the enemy of darkness. Where evil has the upper hand, God is about to come, as surely as day follows night. How do I perceive the evil in the world, in my neighbours, in myself? Do I see evil as Jesus did? Do I approach the sick in the way he did? When people are suffering, is it an occasion for me to reach out to them and do them some good?
III. Pray the text. Desire God's will: What do I say to God?
Lord Jesus, light of the Father, we kneel at your feet, like blind people unaware of our infirmity. Look upon us, Son of David, as you looked upon the blind man you met on your journey. Kindle your light in our hearts. Grant us faith in you, and we shall be radiant. Heal us, Lord Jesus, with the touch of your hand, and with your word which opens our ears and our hearts to your light. Send us, Lord, to the pool where we can be washed clean and receive new life. Give us the strength to obey what you command. Protect us, Lord Jesus, when our faith is put to the test, and if you leave us alone, do not leave us without faith enough to respond to those who do not believe, nor without courage. Even if we lose the support of our loved ones, may we never lose your light. Let the light of God shine in us, Lord, till we cry out like the blind man, "Lord, I believe!"


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Notre Dame School Evacuees
On Thursday 16th July 2015, a special Mass will be held at 9.30am in St. Joseph's Church to mark the 75th anniversary of the evacuation of pupils from Notre Dame du Rosaire School and the 70th anniversary of their safe return to their Island home and families. All former pupils of the school who were evacuated and their families are warmly invited to join the pupils and staff of the school for this very special occasion. It will be a moment to give thanks for the courage, love and example of the Sisters and staff who accompanied the school children on that most uncertain of journeys in June 1940 and who guided, nurtured and loved them during the evacuation years, the families who remained in Guernsey with little contact with their children and the children themselves who were undoubted bewildered by these events.
During the afternoon of Thursday 16th July, Mr. McGovern has kindly agreed to open the Burnt Lane site of the school (including the facilities in the former convent) to any former evacuees who would like the opportunity to revisit their old school and share the memories with the pupils of today.
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Nourishing love on Mother's Day (Practice with children)/
This is a simple, creative, mindfulness practice that we can enjoy to celebrate Mother's Day. You can do this with family, friends, a class or any group. You can also do it as an exploration on your own, to tap into a sense of care and nourishment.
· Helps us to appreciate
· Strengthens connection
· Grows gratitude
It's super-simple. We explore together:
What do we think about when we hear the word 'mother'? What kinds of thoughts or feelings come up?
Our mother
It might be our own mother (or mothers), maybe a sense of care, making sure you brush your teeth, big hugs, being annoyed when you don't listen – welcome every sharing.
Note: If someone is feeling very negative about their mother, you can guide them to focus on themselves – they get to be here, safe and healthy. That wouldn't have been possible with out their mother. So that's something good.
Our lineage
We might remember (or imagine) our grandmothers, and great-grandmothers - and further back still. This line of women who nourished our family for hundreds, thousands of years. We know they travelled from other lands – they sailed in dangerous waters, and reached new lands, and were brave and wise and had great days and awful days, and because they lived, we get to live. Amazing!
Animal and Other Mothers
We can explore wider: what about an otter mother, or a squirrel mom, or an eagle ma, or a great blue whale mammy – what do they have in common? Allow ourselves to imagine all these mothers across the world, caring and protecting and feeding and teaching.
And wider still!
Our Mother Earth
If we think of a mother as someone who helps us to grow and cares for us, then the Earth is our biggest mother of all. We can explore the homes she provides (house, tent, nest, burrows, an ocean to swim around in), all the tasty food that she grows for us, the beautiful places that she has offered us to enjoy. She is the mother of all of us. And she is kind, patient, wildly creative, and accepts us just as we are. So we can try to take good care of her and live in a way that protects her.
The crafty part!
(1) Cut out heart shapes (you can do this in advance for ease).
You can use any coloured paper, or choose colours as themes, for example:
· pink paper = is alive with us
· peach paper = is not alive with us (but is alive in us!)
· green paper = Earth mother
(2) Then we decorate our hearts. We can draw pictures or use words to represent someone and something that we love about them.
It might be something we love in our mother. It might be saying thank you to a great x 10 grandmother, whose name we don't even know – thanks for being you so that I can be me. And we might notice that there are other people in our lives who are like mothers - who take care of us and help us grow. So we don't need to be strict about this. And we can all colour a heart or twenty for the Earth, for the great food and musicians and stories and people and pets that she has brought into our lives. Thanks!
(3) We make a display of all our beautiful hearts, and enjoy the offerings of love and gratitude.
We can put a hand on our heart to connect deeply with it.
We are cared for in so many ways. May we always know how much we are cared for.
(4) Spreading the love
We can wish our sense of care to travel around the world, finding anyone who is feeling lost or alone. May they be reassured, may they know they are cared for, and feel warm and safe and loved.
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"We were already about 85 percent full but now we're at about 130 percent capacity and we need some help," shelter manager Steve Herron said Friday night.
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Before 1993
After many years working in the Northern Norwegian Construction Industry, where extreme operating conditions regularly killed the lead-acid batteries of critical operating equipment, Mr. Dag A Valand, now WaveTech GmbH CEO, promised himself to find a way to make batteries work better and last longer.
1993 – 2002
After spending much time identifying the factors involved in bringing about the failing of a lead-acid battery, Dag Valand identified the formation of sulphate crystals as the main cause of failure for over 80% of all lead-acid batteries.
He then approached fellow Norwegian Dr. Ove T Aanensen, who at that time had been a leading expert in the field of Crystal Growth for a decade or more. Together they started searching to find a way to control the growth of unwanted crystals on the positive and negative plates of a battery believing that controlling the growth of crystals would stop lead-acid batteries from premature failing and would increase battery life and performance. This period in WaveTech's history saw intensive research and testing with WaveTech filing the first of its technology patents in 1999. From this platform Dr. Aanensen and Mr. Valand continued the fine-tuning of Crystal Control Technology (CCT) to a point where their hypothesis was proven to be robust.
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In 2003, after 10 years of Research & Development, WaveTech A/S formally registered as a limited Norwegian technology company. In 2005, WaveTech A/S opened a subsidiary head office and testing laboratory in Rheinbach, Germany (near Bonn). At the Rheinbach facility WaveTech GmbH conducts applied research for the development and marketing of products that alter molecular structures of electrodes; mostly within liquids. In addition to the research and development conducted in WaveTech GmbH laboratories, other research laboratories are active. The laboratories are linked to leading European universities who cooperate with WaveTech GmbH in the research, development and optimizing of scientifically formulated products.
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WaveTech's Achievements
WaveTech GmbH's specialization, the development of technologies for the targeted manipulation of crystallization formations, has been globally patented under the term Crystal Control Technology (CCT). WaveTech is also holder of global patents that are the foundation of our BEAT products. WaveTech has gained support from Innovation Norway and the Research Council of Norway.
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WaveTech GmbH is a company that has a strong environmental DNA. That DNA is specifically highlighted in the company's vision, mission and stated objective.
Our vision is to develop the use of Crystal Control Technology (CCT) for the sustainable future and benefit of our planet, the environment and mankind.
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Why do I need a lawyer?
The PEB system is exceptionally complex and the burden is placed upon the individual, soldier, sailor, airman or Coast Guardsman to identify and push for the inclusion of all potentially unfitting conditions in his/her case. You cannot depend upon your MTF or clinic to do so because their resources are limited and no one knows both your symptoms and the requirements of your job as well as you.
When you go to medical appointments, have you ever noticed how they ask you to focus upon one issue with which they can help you? Even though you may have several issues that affect your health on a daily basis? Well, guess what? That is the same approach that they are going to take with your medical board too. So, in reality, the burden will be upon you to press for any testing, rebut narratives, ask for specialty referrals, etc. No one else is going to do it for you.
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As a former JAG, I can assure you that most judge advocates and MEB Counsel are bright, capable attorneys. However, they are often assigned enormous caseloads that severely limits the time that they can spend with you. In most cases, the MEB counsel will only have time for a few brief meetings prior to writing rebuttals, appeals and impartial review requests prior to a formal hearing. The detailed counsel for your formal board typically only have time for a few phone calls and e-mails prior to meeting you the day before your formal hearing. That is a very bad time to learn that you need updated medical testing data or additional nonmedical evidence to support your goals in the case. By contrast, when you work with me, you are buying one-on-one attention to help you develop your case from the outset, navigate past obstacles and develop a solid package to win as early on as possible.
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The day before the formal hearing, we will spend several hours preparing our case. You and any witnesses- live or by speakerphone- will practice responding to every question that I will ask you and any that I suspect that board may wish to ask. We will go through this process several times, until you are thoroughly prepared for the next day. As opposed to those who have only had an hour or two with their assigned counsel, we will look like rock stars.
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Hasselblad Announce the Development of Four New XCD Lenses
The mirrorless medium format arms race is officially on with Fuji and Hasselblad going head to head with the GFX 50s and X1D 50C respectively, and today Hassleblad are firing shots in the form of a roadmap detailing development of their XCD lens format.
The newly announced lenses are as follows:
- Hasselblad XCD 120mm Macro lens
- Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm zoom lens
- Hasselblad XCD 65mm lens
- Hasselblad XCD 22mm wide angle lens
The 120mm macro will be the first to land, followed within the next 12 months by the remaining three lenses.
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Best of BE FESTIVAL 2014
Best of BE FESTIVAL 2014
8 October – 8 November
Travel across Europe in a night
This autumn, BE FESTIVAL will again tour the UK – and for the second time, Spain. You can see three award-winning festival favourites in one night, each half an hour long. The shows are followed by a chaired discussion with all the performers.
It's a unique chance to see the very best of Europe in one evening, so BE part of it.
From the Waltz to the Mambo by Radioballet (Hungary)
Winner: Best Individual Performer Prize, BE FESTIVAL 2014
A vintage dance manual becomes a tool to explore beauty and education. Humour and awe-inspiring physical feats combine in a disarmingly personal dance solo.
loops & breaks by Julia Schwarzbach (Austria)
Julia invites you to play along with her by responding to a series of instructions. A riot of improvisation, action and reaction, blurring the boundaries between audience and artist.
Waiting by Mokhallad Rasem (Belgium/Irak)
Winner: ACT Festival Prize , BE FESTIVAL 2014
A haunting meditation on the human experience of waiting; for a bus, for a kiss, for a visa, for a future not yet begun. A visually arresting collage of film, movement and sound.
The evening concludes with a chaired discussion with the performers.
From the Waltz to the Mambo – Radioballet (Hungary)
Choreographer / Director
Milan Ujvari
Milan Ujvari
Lighting design
Milan Ujvari
Csaba Mészáros
"Public's Prize" and "The Best Solo Prize" 2012 Budapest International SoloDuo Festival, "Public's Final Choice" Prize 2013 Stuttgart Internationales Solo Tanz Theater Festival, "Audience Prize" 2013 Gdansk International Solo Dance Contest
In the hands and in the body of a single performer, a 1960's Hungarian ballroom dance manual becomes a tool for questioning today's dogmas surrounding beauty and education. A disarmingly straightforward, funny, and personal meeting of a vintage text and a contemporary performance language.
Radioballet are Hungarian dance artists, Bea Egyed and Milán Újvári. With cultural differences and shared understanding central to their work, they are particularly looking forward to performing in front of an English-speaking audience (with an English sense of humour!) for the first time at BE FESTIVAL 2014.
loops & breaks – Julia Schwarzbach (Austria)
Julia Schwarzbach
Julia Schwarzbach
Nic Lloyd
Ray Farhad Kazemi
David Bess
Co-produced by
Toihaus Theater Salzburg
Supported by
Kultur Stadt Salzburg, Kultur Land Salzburg, Austrian Cultural Forum London
Julia invites you, the audience, to make the action by responding to a series of shifting instructions prepared especially for the BE FESTIVAL crowd. The stage expands to become a blur of watching and performing, interpretation, cooperation and play, where everyone can join the game of finding common ground together, and where every contribution is precious.
Since studying at Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance and Roehampton University, London, Julia has worked with choreographers including Sasha Waltz, Rosalind Crisp, Ted Stoffer and Mia Lawrence. She is a member of tanz_house, a Salzburg based platform for choreography.
Waiting – Mokhallad Rasem (Belgium/Irak)
Mokhallad Rasem
Mokhallad Rasem
Bassim Altayeb
Lore Uyttendaele
Jessa Wildemeersch
Sound design
Saad Ibraheem
Lighting design
Mokhallad Rasem
Video montage
Saad Ibraheem
Camera & interviews
Mokhallad Rasem, Lore Uyttendaele, Jessa Wildemeersch
Saad Ibraheem
Supported by
Moussem, Toneelhuis
It can be an interruption, a pause, or an obstacle to a future not yet begun. We wait for insight or for a bus. Until pain subsides. For word of a loved one, for toilet paper, money or for a visa. Different worlds clash quietly through traces of dance, performance and film in a meditation upon the fundamental human experience of waiting.
Mokhallad worked at the National Theatre of Iraq before the war changed the course of his life. Now resident director at Toneelhuis in Antwerp, Belgium, he won the 2013 Young Director's award at the Saltzburger Festspiele for Romeo & Juliet.
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13-14 – The REP, Birmingham – book here
Wed 15 – Bath Spa Live, Bath – more details
Thu 16 – Circomedia, Bristol – book here
17-18 – HOME, Manchester – book here
Sun 19 – The HUB, Leeds – book here
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Sun 26 – TAM, SS. de los Reyes – book here
29- 2 Nov – Naves del Español – book here
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Wed 5 – Aberystwyth Arts Centre – more details
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Archive for February 2011
Solidarity demo with migrant women imprisoned at Yarl's Wood – 5th March
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Come and celebrate International Women's Day by showing solidarity with the migrant women imprisoned at Yarl's Wood!
Saturday, 5th March 2011, 1:00pm
@ Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
Twinwoods Road, Clapham, Bedfordshire, MK41 6HL
Please organise your own transport.
The coalition government has skillfully employed the "end" to child detention to avoid talking about the brutal and inhumane detention regime in general. Yet, over the years, countless reports and accounts have documented the plight of women locked up at Yarl's Wood: indefinite detention without charge or judicial oversight, overcrowded cells, mistreatment and abuse by private security guards, lack of privacy, restrictions on visits and phone calls, inadequate medical provision and the lack of facilities to address healthcare issues. And it's getting worse.
In her 2009 inspection report on Yarl's Wood, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers reported that "the focus on improving the environment and activities for children appeared to have led to a lack of attention to the needs of the majority population of women. Provision of activities for them was among the poorest seen in any removal centre. It had been inadequate at the last inspection, and had declined even further. The absence of activity added to the depression and anxiety of women, many of whom were spending lengthy periods at Yarl's Wood. The average length of stay had increased by 50% since the last inspection, and one in ten women had been detained for more than six months."
End the detention of migrant women!
Close Yarl's Wood now!
Supporting groups:
– Stop Deportation ( http://stopdeportation.net)
– x:talk ( http://www.xtalkproject.net)
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- Date: 8 March 2011 1.30pm – 5.30pm
Location: 309 Regent Street, London
Speakers: Parul Modha, Moira King, Indre Jakumaite
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Come and join us at our first International Women's Day Event
International Women's Day is celebrated globally on 8 March and has been running since 1911 to now, making 2011 a centenary event. Westminster is joining hands to also celebrate this day by holding a networking and empowerment event.
International Women's Day is a day with events which inspire, empower, honour and celebrate the achievements of women all around the world, ranging from small random informal gatherings to large highly organised events.
Why not come along and join us in the celebrations at an event which will focus on personal development and will help set you on the road to further enhance your self-empowerment.
The event promises to be an exciting and energising event, aiming to give women tips and tools to self-empowerment. The talks and tools will be drawn from various schools of thought such as positive psychology and research based on a BBC QED programme.
The event will start at 1.30 for 1.45pm, plus an informal networking session with refreshments and nibbles from 4.30pm.
Date 8th March 2011
Venue Council Chambers, Civic Office, New Road. Grays
Time 10.00. – 11.30am
- * Jonathan Catton, from the Thurrock Museum, will be doing a presentation on the history of women in Thurrock to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the borough
* After the presentation, there will be a session on the impact of the recession on women within the Council and in Thurrock
* To end on a more positive note, a session with speakers on their key success factors in life and their field of expertise, how you balance work/life/family
University of Sheffield International Women's Day Events – 7th to 11th March 2011
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Join the University of Sheffield in its celebrations of the centenary of International Women's Day by registering for events – either email Peter Mason or complete the online registration form.
Monday 7th March
Drop-in Lunch and Book Swap hosted by the Women's Network Book Group
12.30-1.30pm, Seminar Room, Department of Human Resources, 301 Glossop Road
Women of Steel – A Celebration of Sheffield Women in conjunction with Sheffield City Council
6-8pm, Town Hall
Register online via link below
Tuesday 8th March
Sheffield First Partnership International Women's Day Event
10.30am-12noon, DLA Piper, 1 St Paul's Place, Sheffield
There's No Women Like Showwomen – History of Showwomen from the National Fairground Archive: A Lecture with Professor Vanessa Toulmin
1-2pm, Tapestry Room, Firth Court
Register online via link below
International Women's Day Dinner
7pm, KPasa, West Street
Wednesday 9th March
Career Development Planning for Women with Diane Turner
2-4.30pm, Seminar Room, Department of Human Resources, 301 Glossop Road
Register online via link below
Thursday 10th March
Relaxation Session with Ellie Johnson
12.30-1.30pm, Training Room, Department of Human Resources, 301 Glossop Road
Register online via link below
Film screening: Made in Dagenham
6.30pm, Students' Union Auditorium
Friday 11th March
Look at me: Images of women and ageing. A Seminar with Dr Lorna Warren and Dr Naomi Richards from the Department of Sociological Studies
12-1pm, Tapestry Room, Firth Court
Register online via link below
Register for events and check for updates at http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/hr/equality/iwd/schedule
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Each year around the world, International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on the 8 March.
Many events take place not just on this day but throughout March to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women.
The RFL's North West regional development team is running a number of female based activities throughout the year and will see a jam packed week of female Rugby League specific activity take place from 5 March until 12 March.
Rugby League activity will feature across the North West region featuring contact Rugby League Festivals, Touch Rugby League tasters sessions for teachers, Tag Rugby League try it sessions and one of the biggest school competitions in the UK, the Carnegie Champion Schools competition starting with the regional preliminary stages of this year's competition.
Dan Parkinson, RFL North West Regional Development officer commented on the big push taking place on female activity.
"Female Rugby League is being delivered all across the North West region. We are trying to grow the amount of female participants that take part in Rugby League through playing, coaching, volunteering and officiating and we are doing this by offering many different variations of the sport. We have contact Rugby League through the Champion Schools competition, community club festivals, Women's RLC and educational contact series for Further education and higher education students. For participants new to the sport we have Touch and Tag Rugby League being delivered from primary school participants up to secondary school teachers and tutors. We really do feel we have an offer that is inclusive to all!"
North West Female Rugby League Activity
Saturday 5 March
RFL Girls Club Festival – Widnes Moorfield Angels, Halton 10am – 1pm
Monday 7 March
Hulme Grammar Girls Tag sessions – 11am – 3pm
Tuesday 8 March
RFL Girls Champion Schools Preliminary Festival (Y7 & Y9) – Wade Deacon High School, Halton 2pm – 4pm
Hulme Grammar Girls Teacher Tag sessions – 11am – 3pm
Wednesday 9 March
RFL North West Women's FE/HE contact festival – Widnes Moorfield, 2pm – 4pm
RFL Cumbria Champion Schools Preliminary festival (Y7 & Y9) – St Benedict's High School 1pm – 3pm
RFL Cumbria Women's touch rugby league festival – Lakes College 1pm – 3pm
Thursday 10 March
RFL Girls Champion Schools Preliminary Festival (Y8 & Y10) – St Augustine's High School, St Helens 2pm – 4pm
Friday 11 March
Cumbria Wheelchair taster sessions 10am – 4pm
Preston College touch rugby league taster sessions 10am – 4pm
Sunday 12 March
RFL Girls Club touch rugby league Festival – Oldham St Anne's ARLFC 10am – 1pm
For more information on any of the competitions or events please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
- Date: Thursday, March 3 2011
Time: 17:30
Venue: Yudowitz Seminar Room, Wolfson Medical Building
Speaker: Ali Jarvis (SFC Board member current chair of the SFC Access and Inclusion Committee)
The Equality and Diversity Unit and Senior Women @ Glasgow network invite you to join them for this year's International Women's Day lecture, which will be given by Ali Jarvis (SFC Board member current chair of the SFC Access and Inclusion Committee).
Ali will address us on the subject of Women and Change on 3 March 2011 at 5.30pm (for 6pm start) in Yudowitz Seminar Room, Wolfson Medical Building.
Ali is a freelance consultant and coach specialising in leadership, strategic change management and equality with organisations in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Until 2007 Ali was Chief Executive of the Commission for Racial Equality, and prior to that Director of Stonewall Scotland. She was directly engaged with the process of developing the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission in the four years leading up to its opening in 2007 and has been involved in many other cross-Equalities Groups and initiatives in the UK and internationally to ensure that joined up approaches are used to advance a fairer society. Her lecture will be followed by a wine reception.
RSVP to the Equality and Diversity Unit (email@example.com, ext. 1887). Spaces are limited, so please respond promptly if you wish to attend.
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With a brilliant mixture of musical entertainment and updates on women's issues around the world, the Hampstead Amnesty Group present:
- Music from Hadar Manor, Jasmine Rodgers and Nadine Wild Palmer;
Powerful Theatre from Ice and Fire Theater Company;
A selection of speakers on women's issues around the world, including the UK
Join us for a fun, informative evening Celebrating the lives of women!
- Date: Tue 8 March 2011
Venue The Lock Tavern, Camden
Time 8pm – Midnight
Contact Jessica Aumann
Email firstname.lastname@example.com
Website http://hampstead.amnesty.org.uk/
Price £5.00


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The spirit of Cirque du Soleil is everywhere in Central Florida, because the people who put together theme park shows obviously recognize a good thing when they see it. If you've seen Festival of the Lion King at Disney's Animal Kingdom, you've seen it there. If you've seen Odyssea at SeaWorld, you've seen it there. The same is true for the new KaTonga show at Busch Gardens Tampa. Even SeaWorld's new dolphin show can best be described as Flipper Meets Cirque du Soleil.
The imitation is sincere and flattering and all these shows are the better for it. But if you haven't seen La Nouba, Cirque du Soleil's signature show in its own futuristic "tent" in Downtown Disney in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, then you haven't seen the real thing.
Cirque du Soleil is the latest and one of the greatest examples of trend that began in the seventies, when circuses, vaudeville, and "novelty acts" had fallen out of favor. Those who loved and practiced these seemingly outdated skills found fewer and fewer venues in which to show off their skills. Many took to the streets, performing for donations from the crowd. In fact, the founder of Cirque du Soleil was among them.
Another solution was to overlay various circus and carnival style acts with a veneer of post-modern, avant garde intellectualism or rock 'n roll showmanship to appeal to new audiences. Suddenly, eccentric dancers were appearing in art galleries and absurdist plays (think Bill Irwin), vaudeville acts became avant garde Off-Broadway hits (Blue Man Group), jugglers were adding odd costumes and druggy humor (The Flying Karamazov Brothers), magicians became standup comics (Penn and Teller), and acrobats and mimes evolved into Cirque du Soleil.
La Nouba (Cirque has a number of different shows, including an X-rated Las Vegas version, appearing in venues around the world) is, at its base, a circus show, minus the animals and plus a lot of elements Barnum and Bailey wouldn't recognize. But it's come a long way from the streets and uses every trick that modern theatrical technology (and a few million dollars) can think up.
The story, if it can be said to have a story, seems to involve a night cleaning woman in some bizarro po-mo industrial complex who is haunted by visions of, well, just about everything. It's all very avant garde and it seems to hint at layers of deeper meaning. I suspect however that the sound and fury signify nothing, which is not to say that these tale tellers are idiots. They are savvy showmen who know how to hook an audience in the first moments and hold them, breathless, for the next 90 minutes.
The show is structured around a small and decidedly odd assortment of characters. Some evoke familiar archetypes, while others seem to have dropped in from another plane of reality altogether. There is an adorable mime with a long Pinocchio nose and a costume that might work for Papageno in The Magic Flute. There is a smiling white-faced clown who seems to have stepped out of a silent comedy of the twenties. Other figures are reminiscent of commedia dell'arte characters or Renaissance princes.
Then there are four weird and whacked out guys in white who flounce around, striking odd poses and serving variously as Greek chorus, emcees, assistants, and participants. Weirdest of all is a gnarled and rather disturbing figure who looks like a strongman from a Russian provincial carnival with a serious case of mercury poisoning.
These characters are mere window dressing for the main business at hand, which is a series of circus acts that are variously wonderful, amazing, breathtaking, and just plain fun to watch. All of them have been enhanced with imaginative costumes and theatrical flourish. Why have an acrobat build a dizzying tower of chairs and assorted objects on the stage when you can have him do it on a platform that is already some thirty or forty feet in the air?
There are acrobats, two guys who do amazing things with bicycles, four little girls from China who do even more amazing things with twirling spindles, dancers who perform an aerial ballet while wrapped in long red streamers hung from above, and, of course, two adorable clowns who bookend the show and appear from time to time to do deceptively simple little routines that will awaken the inner child in all but the grumpiest. And that's just the half of it.
The show culminates in a trampoline extravaganza that should bear one of those don't try this at home warnings. In one part of the stage, there is a three-story building of sorts, complete with windows. Performers leap from the roof onto trampolines below and on the rebound seem to run up the side of the building, freezing in mid stride before gravity draws them downwards again. At other times, they bounce all the way to the roof and into perfect handstands or pop perfectly through the open windows. Combined with the tumbling runs taking place simultaneously downstage on two crisscrossing trampoline runs, it's an absolutely breathtaking display that reliably brings the crowd to its feet for the curtain call.
La Nouba is expensive, even by Disney standards, which makes it a splurge for most families. On the other hand, I have paid much more to see Broadway shows I didn't like half as much. If you can afford it, by all means go. If you think you can't then start saving. I think you'll agree with me that it was money well spent.
Tickets are $87, $75, and $59 for adults; $65, $56, and $44 for children 3 to 9.
Performances are Tuesday through Saturday at 6 and 9 pm.
There are Monday performances on Nov. 20 and Dec. 18, 2005.
There are no performances on these dates in 2005: Oct. 9 – 12; Nov. 13 – 15; Dec. 4 – 13.
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CLINTON – Tufts women's soccer defeated Hamilton College 2-0 at Love Field on Sunday in a New England Small College Athletic Conference match-up.
|Junior Sarah Grubman scored her first goal of the season
With the NESCAC victory, the Jumbos improve to 5-2-3 overall and 4-1-2 in the conference. The Continentals move to 5-4-2 overall and fall to 2-4-2 in the NESCAC.
The Jumbos rallied together to score both of their goals in the first half. Junior midfielder Sarah Grubman redirected a corner kick by senior midfielder Chandler Quintin past the hands of Hamilton senior goalkeeper Emily Dumont at the 10:26 mark. This was Grubman's first goal of the season and was the game-winner. As the seconds ticked off the clock at the end of the first half, senior midfielder Margaret Zahrah tucked the ball inside the left post off a cross from freshman midfielder Hannah Isenhart for the Jumbos' second goal. Tufts controlled the ball and outshot Hamilton 11-2 in the first half.
The Continentals turned on the offensive pressure and outshot the Jumbos 7-0 in the second half. Sophomore Alex Fontana had a chance to put Hamilton on the scoreboard in the 86th minute of the game. Senior Darby Philbrick passed the ball to Fontana at the top of the penalty box and she ripped a shot, but the ball was deflected off a Tufts defender and went wide of the net.
Three minutes later, senior Katie Kreider worked her way through two Jumbo defenders in the right corner of the field and crossed the ball in front of Tufts goalkeeper Emily Bowers. Senior Katja Dunlap was in position to put the ball away, but a Jumbo defender blocked the attempt to preserve the shutout victory.
The Jumbos outshot the Continentals 11-9 and had the advantage in corner kicks 11-5 overall. Tufts committed six fouls and Hamilton committed four.
The Continental goalkeeper Emily Dumont (5-4-2) made two saves and Jumbo junior goalkeeper Emily Bowers (5-2-3) made two saves in her fourth shutout victory of the season.
Hamilton College will be visiting Utica College on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. non-conference game. The Jumbos will be playing again on Wednesday at Endicott College at 7 p.m.
Parts of this release courtesy of Hamilton College
Written by Colin Mason, Athletic Communications Intern


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