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"The Glenbow Museum is an art and history museum in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Glenbow features various exhibits during the year which are interesting and their Archives are good for doing research on Alberta."
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"Fantastic downtown mall in the core of Calgary. There is something for everyone. High end stores, awesome food court and a beautiful garden green space on the top floor. This is a great location. It's bright, airy and open with lots of skylights. It's clean and well lit. There is lots of space and you can get around easily. We have visited Calgary many times and always make an effort to get to this mall. "
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"Calgary Tower is one of the favourite landmarks in town. You should try the restaurant on top of the tower."
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History Museum
"Heritage Park Historical Village is a historical park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 127 acres of parkland on the banks of the Glenmore Reservoir, along the city's southwestern edge. As Canada's second largest living history museum, it is one of the city's most visited tourist attractions."
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"This Mall has a little bit of everything for everyone! I'm not much of a 'Mall' shopper but I like this mall. Nina"
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Meal Takeaway
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Monday Funday
First, a list of mysterious sounding events. I'll describe in detail later.
- Spiny Lobster SUP Hood Ornament
- Anchor lost to Peoria, Illinois
- Monster Cookies
- Zombie Pirate Swim
- Guidetizers
- Night Swim Phosphorescence
We woke up anchored in Great Harbour, Peter Island. Our first swim was along this great reef that rings the harbour. I use the "u" in Harbour because we are in the BRITISH virgin Islands, and because it sounds fancy. This reef has been recovering from a bleaching event (coral damage caused by high water temp over an extended period of time) that occurred in the late 90s. The fish are back and the swimming is fine. It was my turn to pull the SUP (Stand up paddleboard) behind me today. We've recently begun using it
as a safety device on the recommendation of guide Dave. I quickly spied a molted shell from a huge spiny lobster and stuck it on the SUP as a hood ornament.
Preswim briefing. Spiny lobster hood ornament. Hopper searches (in vain) for the old anchor.
Before the swim, I told everyone that our turnaround point would be a big rusty anchor at the end of the harbour that we use for this purpose every year. It's probably been sitting there for 150 years. When we got to the spot, it was gone. My guess is that it's sitting in some guy's backyard in Peoria, Illinois. If you are this person, and you are reading this, please bring the anchor back to the islands. Thanks.
Back aboard the Promenade, we opened up the Monster Cookies and cranberry scones. These were made, packaged, and brought all the way here from Texas by guest Linda. Her friend Shawn brought drink cozies hand knitted from reclaimed wool sweaters. Texas women are resourceful.
Linda goes above and beyond with her brought from Texas treats. Guide Dave is stylish on his head and in the galley.
Greg snorkels around Dead Man's Bay. Admiral Kerry always busy in the water with camera.
The winds were still very calm after our swim, so we set a course for Dead Man's Bay, on the other side of Peter Island. It's called Dead Man's Bay because sometime in the 1760s, the notorious pirate Edward Teach, AKA Blackbeard, left 15 of his mutinous crew on a small island just 1/2 mile from Peter Island, called Dead Chest Island. He left them with only a keg of rum and a pistol with one bullet. With no food or water, they decided to swim across a deep channel with lots of currents and rough water for Peter Island. But Pirates never learned to swim (their excuse was not wanting to be left treading water for days if their ship went down). So all 15 of them drowned, many washing up in what is now known as Dead Man's bay. We decided to honor the memory of these scalawags by swimming back to Dead Chest from Peter Island, calling it the Zombie Pirate Swim. Our crew performed brilliantly swimming across this deep channel. Guests Greg and Patty kept a fast pace, and most of us were greeted by a Hawksbill Turtle when we reached the island.
Greg before our epic Zombie Pirate Swim, Patty, Shawn and Linda are very happy post swim Zombies.
After a steak dinner, guide Dave broke out the swimmer strobe lights. We attached them to our goggles and jumped into the inky black water for a1/2 mile or so swim to our little Dinghy, where deckhand Felix was waiting. The phosphorescence was amazing. It started to rain, hard. This was SwimVacation's first night swim. It will not be the last.
- Hopper
PS. Hopper left out the explanation for Guidetizers: After our Zombie Pirate Swim we moved to a secluded cove around the back of Salt Island. Kerry highly recommended the beach for combing. Some guests swam there and some went by Dinghy. Guides stayed aboard Promenade to do a myriad of Guide-y things….As part of that Hopper whipped up an amazing spread of appetizers and brought them above decks, unawares that there were no guests to eat them. The three of us sat in front of these delectibles for maybe 2 minutes before digging in ourselves…..Ha ha Guidetizers! Then full bellied and feeling guilty we pushed stuff around on plates to obfuscate our transgression before the guests return and promptly polished them off. Tee hee!
Our days and nights are full aboard this boat and in this sea. Guides and guests alike are rising to the offerings of SwimVacation. Bring it, Tuesday!

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OK, let's do a survey about parental satisfaction with our schools. Answer carefully by ticking the appropriate box: (A) parents are complete numpties; (B) parents are daft; or, (C) parents could not care less.
And the correct answer is…. none of the above. But if you read the conclusions of our Government's latest survey of citizens, in which they headline that an average of 90% of Welsh parents are satisfied with their children's schooling, you could be forgiven for thinking that one of the above choices might apply.
Hello! Nine out of 10 parents are happy with schools in Wales? This is just incredible. If it had a sliver of truth about it, it would make our Government's massive 20-point crusade to improve school standards the biggest waste of time and money since Blair sought weapons of mass destruction.
This survey reminds me, as does the similar stuff peddled last weekend by the Tories, that all political parties now hold their public in "Thick of It" level contempt. My lifelong political survey rule is simple: disbelieve.
The Conservatives said 93% of our primary head teachers believe their school has nothing to gain from a proposed new "banding" system. This is completely untrue, as the poll received replies only from about one third of all schools. We also can be sure activists have skewed this survey. By this I mean right-leaning head teachers (there are more than you thought) and accountability-allergic school leaders (enough exist to make me despair).
What these cod "soundings" indicate is politicos respect their populace in about the same proportion as they are trusted. Nil. This is terrible news for brave new-world democracy in Wales, but it gets worse. The devolved Government of Wales trumpeted its emergence from the husk of darker UK protocols by promising more than respect and trust. The reality is: "Same old, same old."
Wildly inaccurate public information is one thing, but deliberate concealment is somehow even worse.
That happened this autumn in education? Did you notice (actually, no-one thought you were worth telling) that as big a reform was initiated for Welsh education as occurred for our rugby in 2003? LEAs, which date back to 1902, are on death row, their responsibilities and budgets for school standards and improvement having passed to four regional "authorities" or consortia.
Schools are now challenged and supported outside the control of their councils. This shifting of the tectonic plates of local government may be wholly justified (after all, the recent survey "proved" only 80% of citizens did not disagree that their councils were "high-performing"; hang on, that's huge praise!) but the disgrace is this has gone on without anyone "out there" being informed.
Schools themselves remain without information about the scale of responsibilities and staffing of their consortia. I'm sure the four regional educational consortia will be as successful in terms of international competition and financial management as our beloved rugby regions. But don't rely on the forthcoming government survey about their satisfaction rates.
Terry Mackie is director of educational consultancy Empathi Cymru and former head of school improvement for Newport council


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If you don't consciously decide what you want, consciously create your life?
Guess what?
Yep. Life happens anyway.
And like many things, maybe it's easier to start small, rather than big, like, well, LIFE.
Smaller things get you into the HABIT of creating what you want and achieving them and building that practice.
Small things add up to become big things (I know you know this, I'm not being patronising, just thinking out loud).
And talking of habits, habits are a great place to start.
If you don't consciously choose your habits ... guess what?
Your habits will choose - and define, BECOME you. Part of you.
What you do and what you choose is who you are - and you can change that at any time.
Without consciously choosing habits you might find habits find you ...
The habit of watching TV mindlessly.
The habit of endlessly scrolling Facebook, looking for something, anything interesting and thought-provoking.
Oh and similarly, the habit of feeding yourself food that doesn't have the nourishment, the nutrition, your body needs and craves, so again you're left hungry, endlessly wanting more.
But what more?
Housework habits, 'duty' habits, oh-I-have-to-do-the-ironing habits ... then flop on the sofa for some TV.
THESE habits are often masking that you haven't CHOSEN your true 'YOU' habits.
Well, not so for everyone I guess.
I suppose some people genuinely choose to do these things (and for most people YES sometimes) ... and that's great ... but when it's not a choice, it's a mindless HABIT?
You know you can choose another habit?
Starting with perhaps how do you WANT to feel?
NOT how do you currently feel.
Giving in to the voice of the how you NOW feel will NEVER move you into being how you WANT to feel, to be.
You have to consciously choose it.
How you want to feel and who you want to be.
The person who gets home after a long day (ok, many long days, this isn't a one-off) and eats a takeaway full of goodness-knows-what whilst slumped in terrible posture watching - well, do you even know what? - on TV.
YES, sometimes.
But also, YES you're exhausted and stressed and tired ... but you CAN also choose other habits.
It doesn't have to be hard.
Some things (including plenty of recipes on my site) are easier and quicker to cook fresh than to heat up or order in.
And it's all about TRUE self-care and looking after you.
That means choosing a shower, choosing a great book, choosing a quick stretch or yoga online practice to keep it easy (I do).
(I'm not saying you instantly turn into someone who wants to go to the gym at 9pm, but hey you MIGHT choose that, now you think about what you want to choose).
It might mean writing, journaling, a Skype with a friend, learning something new.
Habits become non-negotiables in your life (like cleaning your teeth).
Mine aren't (yet) always so, but I really, really now feel it and miss it when I don't for whatever reason DAILY:
- journal in the morning
- make good food choices that nourish me (and taste great of course)
- move my body in some way (usually Yoga With Adriene
- personally I also love to cook so a day without cooking something makes me feel 'off'
Ha! Just caught myself I thinking I need to think of more than these three / four ... but WHY?
I'm all about making it easy and you know it's actually not always that easy to do those three or four key things.
Isn't that funny, how our human brains almost want to make things HARDER?!
These are my chosen habits - that make me feel great, give me a foundation for my day - when I do them I feel stronger, clearer, more able to get everything else done.
I'm going to choose to add in a short 10-minute meditation practice soon but for now making my journaling and yoga practice daily - allowing it to become daily - allowing that time for me, to say that time for me daily is precious, is a PRIORITY ...
I'm still learning to make that my reality.
What are - or will be - your chosen habits?
The ones that make you YOU, the you you choose to be?


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I've been delinquent in posting, and since the last one, a tumultuous election occurred that provided an opportunity for consideration of what America was in the 18th Century and what it is now. Leave it at that; one's answer to that question will flow directly from one's current assumptions and presumptions. One thing that is consistent is the annual reenactment of the crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas Day, 1776. The event takes on a kind of ritualism. Still, it's a time for reflection. Credit goes to the reenactors as a cadre of near-clerics who keep alive the momentous nature of this event. So without further comment, I'll share some of the images of the event today:
The Advance Party Lands
First Boat Away
One of Glover's Boatmen
Second Boat Away
Washington's Boat
The Commander in Chief
Continental Army on the March


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MIDDLE MAN update
Hello from LA.
Been a crazy couple of weeks but all falling into place. Spent the last couple of weeks trying to scout and piece together the small dying desert town that Jim's character Lenny gets trapped in. In the Hollywood world we would go build this town in the middle of nowhere, but we don't live in that world so we are trying to find awesome looking exteriors in the middle of nowhere and then looking for interiors closer to LA to make it affordable for us.
Here's a taste of the town....
Isolated gas stations...lonely diners...deserted motels...
We're still searching for places and probably will right down to the wire.
The cast is coming together. We hope to do a table read May 2 which will probably be the first and only time the entire cast is together. And then a week later start rolling some film.
We hope to have the schedule together this week. And then shortly after will be in contact with backers who selected the "on camera extra" and "set visit" prizes, to give you options for coming out if you can. Other prizes are in the works. We're also going to try and switch over to a standing blog so we can post more regularly.
That's it for now. I will be posting a full cast list soon. Have some wonderful actors on board but until they sign their contracts I am reluctant to post their names just yet.
More to come and thanks as always for your support!
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The photograph in this post was taken in 1999 at Kumartuli by Raghu Rai, where the Durga idols are created every year. These days, the young and enthusiast photographers make a beeline during this period with their newly acquired DSLRs, at times irritating the artisans. Sharing this picture, as a tribute to both the artisans at Kumartuli and to Raghu Rai.
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Time to reuse some of the patterns I have, and try and make them look completely different! This quilt has a formal name (which I can't remember....) but I call it the Orient Express. It has lots of Asian influence, and beautiful butterflies all over.
Any time I see butterflies, I think of my friend Lyn. That happened with this quilt, and then it dawned on me.... the Stained Glass quilt that we just finished for her had a beautiful butterfly pattern on it! That would be a great one to use again! I'm not sure if you can see the design in the close-up above, but it's exactly the same as the design used on Lyn's Stained Glass quilt below. Same pattern, but a totally different look!


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There's a reason I sponsor a child through Compassion International--Compassion changes lives.
Richmond is one of them. His story is shared in short below, but you have to view the video to watch him share the story himself. If you think sending money each month to release someone in poverty doesn't work, Richmond's experience will change your mind.
Of course, I encourage you to check out sponsoring a child through Compassion as well if you don't already. One life changing one life at a time–releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name.
About Richmond
DILLON BURROUGHS is an author, activist, and co-founder of Activist Faith. Dillon served in Haiti following the epic 2010 earthquake and has investigated modern slavery in the US and internationally. His books include Undefending Christianity, Not in My Town (with Charles J. Powell), and Thirst No More. Discover more at ActivistFaith.org.


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Mix one part infectious indie-pop with one part world music section from your favorite record store—old and new, East and West. Stir vigorously and serve with a wink and a nod.
It's true: Ever since they first appeared in early 2008, Vampire Weekend's recipe has been laid bare.
At a time when most bands compete to see whose sense of irony is bigger, or to see just how indistinguishable from Nickelback they can sound, along comes this quartet of sensibly dressed, upper-middle class Ivy Leaguers with clean-sounding guitars and blatant references to African music. But rather than simply being some attention-grabbing bit, it's also a genuine reflection of the band's four members—vocalist/guitarist Ezra Koenig, bassist Chris Baio, keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij and drummer Chris Tomson—and how they play music together.
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And it's been part of the band's heterogeneous mixture since the very beginning.
"As far as Afropop, it was definitely there early, early on," remembers bassist Baio as he wraps up preparation for the band's upcoming U.S. tour. "We all found the clean sound of guitar in Afropop really inspiring, because here's this instrument that's pretty much rooted in blues-derived British and American rock 'n' roll music sounding completely different and very fresh to us."
The band met while students at Columbia University and discovered their mutual love for world music while sitting next to each other in the back rows of music classes, chatting at parties and hanging out in the dorms. Their earliest rehearsals focused on songs like "Oxford Comma" and "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," two gems off of their self-titled debut album, which perfectly showcases their infatuation with the clean guitar sounds prominent in African musical styles like Soweto.
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But, after blowing up in a whirlwind of critical adoration, Vampire Weekend's exploration of world music started inviting strong reactions and inevitable comparisons. The most common comparison, under the shadow of which the band still finds itself, is to Paul Simon's Graceland, arguably the most successful exploration of African music by a popular Western artist.
It's an obvious comparison, sure, and Baio says it's one that doesn't bother the band.
"You know, you're pouring your life into your musical project, [and] you don't want to create anything that can be reduced into one sentence, but I think that's just a natural critical response for seeing things," he says. "Honestly, I'm just happy that people are talking about it."
When Vampire Weekend began work on their second album, Contra, they faced pressure not only to outperform comparisons to music from other cultures or to albums by legendary artists, but also to live up to their own hype. Contra couldn't just be a warmed-up version of their eponymous debut; it truly had to be new, while still respecting the old, and their recipe still had to be followed.
As a result, Contra is, according to Baio, "a deeper and wider record that has a lot of the same touchstones but also goes off in a few different directions." And, true enough, that can be seen in the vocal tricks on "California English," in the sweeping falsetto on "I Think Ur A Contra" and in the tribal drums on "Horchata." There's indeed progression to be found.
Similarly, as the band returns to the road for the second U.S. tour behind Contra, they're doing so with some new additions to their stage show. Because of legal issues surrounding the album's cover, which was used as a giant backdrop for the first leg of the tour, the band has changed to a new backdrop and an updated stage show.
It's added a refreshing element to the tour, Baio says, which has already found the band on the road for the better part of a year at this point.
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"It's really beautiful," Baio says of the band's new live presentation, "and I think, in that regard, it was kinda energizing."
Yet even amongst all these shows, Vampire Weekend is in the early stages of planning their next album. And, with so much left for the young band to explore and express, neither legal action nor endless touring can quell that excitement.
Not at all.
"That," Baio says, "would be a pretty depressing prospect."


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The regenerating effect is gradual: Poly L-lactic acid (PLLA), the principal component of Silhouette Soft is a well-known polymer that has been used for many years in a number of biomedical and pharmaceutical applications: suture thread, orthopedic pins, rods, screws and nails for bone fractures. It is because this polymer is particularly biocompatible with human beings, and also completely biodegradable, that such applications have been developed.
By resorbing, the poly L-lactic acid acts on the deeper layers of the skin and stimulates the body so that it produces its own collagen. This action, which continues over time, helps increase the volume of saggy areas and restores shapeliness to the face.
3D pictures in "clay" mode showing a patient face before and immediately after Silhouette Soft treatment. The volume map is a fusion of the 3D before and after pictures showing the loss (blue) and gain (yellow) of volume in the patient's face thanks to the Silhouette Soft treatment.
These images are Sinclair own images from internal investigations.
In What Cases Is Silhouette Soft Indicated?
Silhouette Soft is recommended for men and women of 30 and over who are trying to combat effectively the signs of ageing and who do not want any heavy and invasive treatment, but are looking for real and natural looking results.
You physician will confirm you have the right characteristics for a Silhouette Soft treatment.
Treated Areas
Silhouette Soft can be used to treat different parts of the face:
- Contours of the face,
- jaw line,
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- neck.
Is Silhouette Soft Safe?
Made in the USA- Silhouette Soft is made in the USA and is subject to numerous sanitary controls.
Several years of use worldwide:
Silhouette Soft has been developed after 6 years of research in permanent suspension sutures with cones used in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Three years after its launch in 2013, more than 130 000 treatments have been performed in over 60 countries, where it met with great success.
It is EC approved for the European market under CE 0499 and the manufacturing site complies with the requirements of international standards ISO 13485.
A fully re-absorbable and biocompatible component, which has proven its worth in various medical fields
The main component of Silhouette Soft – Poly L- lactic acid (or PLLA) – has been used for many years in various pharmaceutical and medical applications such as suture thread, orthopaedic pins, screws and nails for bone fractures, etc.
Trained doctors:
Application of Silhouette Soft must be carried out only by doctors who have been trained.
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Silhouette Soft is a tailor-made treatment, so it will be adapted to your needs and preferences and can be complemented with other aesthetic treatments.
After a small local anaesthetic, the doctor inserts the suture under the skin to a depth of about five millimetres.
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One of the observations I have having pastored for 15 years; and marrying and counseling many couples is that far tooww often more attention is given to the wedding than to the actual marriage. As a result of this faulty and myopic thinking there are so many married couples experiencing the defeat of divorce because they planned for an event rather than planning for a lifetime. I have attached a resource for those of you who don't want to be another marriage statistic. It's called "276 Questions to Ask Before You Get Married." I don't know where I found this or who wrote this. I've had it for years and it has helped some folks to probe themselves and their relationship on a much deeper level so that they avoid the pain of getting married too soon or to the wrong one.
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A simple model boat, such as a sailboat, can be made using a model kit, and it is usually made using pieces of wood, sandpaper and sheet cork. The process involves measuring the boat's sections to scale, connecting the sections and decorating the boat. Power tools may be necessary.
Model ship kits include instructions and tools, such as wood, sandpaper or a sand block, a wooden stick and sheet cork. Follow these instructions to create a model sailboat.
Step 1: Saw the wood into the desired dimensions
Using a carpenter saw or bandsaw, saw the wood into desired dimensions to scale, such as 3/4 inches thick, 2 1/2 inches wide and 7 inches long. Smooth out the wood using sandpaper or sand block.
Step 2: Create the mast
Cut or saw a thin piece of wood 6 inches long. Drill a hole into the wood for the mast to go through.
Step 3: Create the sail
Cut sheet cork or heavy wrapping paper into a square. Use a hole punch to create holes in the sail for the mast.
Step 4: Waterproofing
To waterproof the boat, color the hull and the sail with crayon.
Other model boats, such as tugboats and freighters, can be made of plastic or other wood. Remote-controlled boats are a more advanced option for model ship builders. Carving designs into the wood can add intricate details to model ships.


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|Dr. Jin Bo
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|I am currently an associate professor of Psychology at Eastern Michigan University. I received a Bachelor of Medicine in Pediatrics from Shanghai Second Medical University in 1993, an M.A. in Kinesiology and my Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science from the University of Maryland, College Park. During my doctoral training, I was also a research trainee at Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University. After graduation, I went on for postdoctoral training at the University of Michigan before being hired by Eastern Michigan University in 2009. My research focuses on the behavioral and neural mechanisms of age-related differences in motor skill learning for individuals with cognitive and motor difficulties. I have published manuscripts, book and book chapters on individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders. I am also an ad hoc reviewer a number of top ranking scientific journals and grant agencies such as National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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|I have a broad background in Neurscience, Kinesiology, Psychology, and Pediatrics, with specific training in motor learning and motor development. My overall research objective is to understand the behavioral and neural mechanisms of motor skill learning in individuals with motor difficulties. My main research line is to examine the role of cognitive function on sensorimotor adaptation and sequence learning across lifespan. I have worked with a range of patient population, especially children with neurodevelopmental disorders, patients with cerebellum lesion, and older adults with mild dementia. I also have experience using neuroimaging approaches to study the neural correlates of motor learning. My current research focuses on the relationship between motor learning and cognitive functions in individuals with motor difficulites, including children with Developmental Coordination Disorders (DCD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).


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Suspicious Sharks: I am sorry ...no German just English
One of the first pieces of work I made on the residency at Takt in Berlin was a painting of a shark in the water confronting the viewer with the caption "while snorkelling three miles out Damien Hirst realizes by a cruel twist of fate the tables have been turned…." I had this idea as a comical loop and also a somewhat ironic scenario. It is a painting about self-referencing, art referencing art, but also about the obscurity of coincidence. Whether or not this painting provided all of these subtle subtexts of life, that is how I presented it at the first group critique I had mid way through April. I then forgot about the work to pursue other artistic goals.
It is the first of May. A day of partying to reign in the start of the summer, I have been texted by some friends that the place to be is Kreuzberg, one district over from where I am staying. As I walk past Warschauer station and towards the Berlin wall the crowds have started gathering and hordes of trendy looking young people pile out of the station smoking and carrying bottles of beer which will be picked up or placed by the homeless so they can recycle the glass for cash, a system that should be adopted in my opinion by all major cities. As I cross the Oberbaum Bridge eleven riot vans stand as a marker that you are entering a quarantined part of town designated for partying. I walk for an hour through the plastic beer container laden street where every second shop, be it restaurant, kebab house or off-licence, is blasting out dance music ranging from minimal tech to much harder beats. I have trouble finding my friends, as our phones will only allow us to send text messages. I text them that I am standing by a bus stop with people dancing on top and after a moment I realise there are many bus stops with people dancing on top. Eventually I find my friends on a patch of grass dancing; one of them tells me she saw something today that she thought matched my work. She takes out her iPhone and shows me a photograph she took of a cartoon shark with its tail in its mouth. I take a moment to understand that the shark is literally in a loop. We laugh and the party continues.
It's the day after the party and looking a little worse for wear I decide to go to Lidl. I pick up some microwave food and tomato ketchup. In the queue to the till I notice something to my right; a bright red magazine with the picture from last night on and only one copy left, I feel this is too coincidental and I must buy it. As the till woman bleeps my items she asks me something In German "I am sorry ...no German just English" I reply to her. She looks at the German magazine and then back at me and just for a moment she believes she is staring in to the eyes of a madman.
As I look at the magazine in comparison to the painting I wonder if the events that had occurred between these items mean anything. To me it felt like there was all this coincidence but had I not created it all myself; if I had painted a picture of a gold fish and was interested in triangles would I have not at some point have noticed something that related to these things. It tells me that the loops, spirals and systems we find ourselves in are self-induced and stepping out of one we find ourselves in another, constantly finding meaning in chance.
I am a student at central saint martins in London doing bachelor degree in fine art. i work mainly in painting, sculpture and writing, all my work is about experiences and the human condition.


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The first Short of the Week is called The Blackwater Gospel by The Animation Group.
It's a cool little film about a desert town. Very stylized and aesthetic. There's also a really great original song. I will warn you that it's pretty violent, so I guess don't watch it at work.
I was struck when I first saw this because it tackles a lot of big themes in the short run time, like fear of death, religion, and the herd mentality.


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I have no idea what's wrong but whenever I bruise myself, the bruise isn't a regular bruise but made of small spots, ranging from larger ones to tiny pin size. This has been going on for about a half year. Even when I scratch myself, the tiny spots appear.
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A quick glance at the stats tells you all you need to know about the vaunted Yankee offense in the AL Championship Series, particularly when you scroll down to the names Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez.
The young stars -- perhaps the biggest two reasons why the Yanks were second in the majors in runs this season -- have been brutal so far in the playoffs, except for a moment or two. Of course, those moments have faded, just like the good feelings from the Yanks' stirring revival in the previous playoff round against the Indians. That's how badly the duo is struggling against Houston now.
But with today's Hot Take Universe offering all kinds of solutions (we'll have one for the Yankee offense in a moment, too, bear with us) Joe Girardi must resist any urge to take Judge out of the No. 2 spot in the lineup, and should not consider using Sanchez as the designated hitter and replacing him behind the plate with Austin Romine.
Here's why: Those are panic moves.
Why should the Yankees panic when they've played two taut games like this? It's not like they are being completely outclassed. Both games were 2-1 losses with their biggest offensive threats, Judge and Sanchez, putting up numbers like this: 0-for-8 combined with four strikeouts in Game 2 and are 1-for-14 with 8 Ks in the ALCS overall.
So don't give the pair reason to mope. Or let them think they're being punished for failure to perform in this October cauldron, especially when these latest struggles have come against Dallas Keuchel and Justin Verlander, the twin Houston aces who were both marvelous in their starts. Playing with the lineup feels like unnecessary fiddling with the assets that delivered the Yankees to the playoffs a year or so early. It would make Girardi seem desperate.
For now, Girardi seems to be set on the status quo, which is the right move. There's a workout day Sunday, though, and the issue clearly will be discussed among Yankee decision-makers.
"I'm going to stick with the same lineup because things can turn really quickly," Girardi said in his post-Game 2 press conference in an immediate vote of confidence for the duo.
"There's a lot of guys that struggle in the postseason. That's just what it is. If you just start moving people around trying to play a hot hand, it doesn't necessarily work. They will have a day off (Sunday) and they will get back on track."
They need to, particularly because now the Yankees must win four out of five against Houston to advance, and Keuchel and Verlander will start once more apiece in the series. Since the LCS went to a best-of-seven format in 1985, only three of 28 teams that fell behind, 2-0, have won the series. That's just 10.7 percent.
Judge is 4-for-31 (.129) with 19 strikeouts and only one home run this October; Sanchez is 6-for-34 (.177) with 15 whiffs and two homers. When pitchers have made mistakes against them, Judge and Sanchez haven't done enough to make them pay.
"I think they're seeing a lot of good pitching," Girardi opined. "They're making pitches on these kids. And maybe are they trying a little bit too hard? Yeah, of course. But I think everyone out there's probably trying a little bit too hard."
And Sanchez didn't corral a ball he thought he should've in the ninth inning Saturday on the play where the Astros scored the winning run, so there's a lot swirling around the young catcher.
It all adds up to a potentially-combustible mix of frustration and pressure. No need to give Judge and Sanchez anything more to chew on by changing their role or shifting the lineup.
Especially since it won't be Keuchel or Verlander starting the first two games in the Bronx. Charlie Morton and Brad Peacock are not the same ace-level, so why not give Judge and Sanchez a fuss-less chance to redeem themselves?
If Girardi must tinker, here's a suggestion: Use Jacoby Ellsbury as the designated hitter Monday against the righty Morton. The DH spot has been nothing but outs all postseason - Yankee designated hitters are 0-for-27 after Chase Headley was 0-for-3 Saturday, though Josh Reddick took a hit away from him with a sterling play.
Ellsbury's part of that, since he's 0-for-9. But maybe Ellsbury can get on and swipe a bag - the Astros only threw out 12.1% of basestealers this season. At some point, the Yankees are going to challenge the Astros, and Houston is not going to be able to make a perfect play, like the club has twice in the series, throwing out Greg Bird at the plate in Game 1 and Brett Gardner at third in Game 2.
The speed game - the Yanks were tops in steal percentage this year, 80.4% -- could come in handy if Morton pitches well Monday. He threw four shutout innings against the Yankees in May before they got to him and he ended up allowing four runs in 5.2 innings with 10 strikeouts.
Something's got to give with both offenses, especially considering they combined for 1,754 runs this year.
With series standing at 2-0 Astros, the Yankees better hope their offense explodes first. Judge and Sanchez could go a long way toward making that happen if they start making contact.


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That Utah offensive coordinator Norm Chow is facing his old team Saturday is a subplot not lost on either side. However, both Utah's and UCLA's coaches are downplaying the situation.
This is the third time this year Chow has faced a team that he coached, with the Utes losing to USC and beating BYU.
Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said Chow handles the situation well because he is the "consummate professional" who diffuses the situation with a "smooth demeanor."
"It hasn't been any distraction," he said. "It has been all business as usual."
Chow served as the Bruins' offensive coordinator from 2008 to 2010 before joining Utah's staff.
"It's another game," Chow said when asked if Saturday's game meant anything special to him. "I am too old for all that. It's another game that these guys have to win to be bowl-eligible and I'm serious about that."
Whittingham didn't believe the Utes had any advantage with Chow now on Utah's staff as they prepare for the Bruins. However, UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel said Chow knows UCLA's personnel as well as anyone.
"It's going to be fun to square off with Norm," he said. "He is a great coach and certainly I have enjoyed my relationship with him. I pull for him as often as I can but he'll understand why I'm not this weekend."
While the relationship between Chow and Neuheisel has been described as rocky as the two had different opinions over UCLA's offense, with Neuheisel's desire to implement the "pistol" offense the UCLA coach said the two would go back to being "pals" after Saturday's game.
"I've been with Norm in the locker room when we've played people he has worked with before and he is very professional," he said. "He keeps it all about the game at hand. I don't know if it will have any extra 'umph' for him, but everybody who competes likes to whip the people who they work with and we understand that. At the end of the day, we'll go back to being pals."
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Strapped for cash, handsome but middle-aged bookshop worker Fioravante decides to accept an offer of an unusual job from his friend Murray, who recently had a brainwave after his dermatologist and her friend admitted to wanting a new sexual experience with a stranger. Murray charged them a huge $1,000, offering the modest Fioravante the chance to be a male escort for a large paycheque while keeping a portion himself. After realising that he quite enjoys the experience of worshipping single and lonely women in the bedroom, Fioravante continues his exploits with Murray and ends up meeting a particularly shy woman named Avigal. Consumed by loneliness, Avigal seeks comfort and recognition, but just how deep does her solitude go?
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Shot in black and white as an homage to film noir, The Man Who Wasn't There (no relation to the Steve Guttenberg movie of the same name) tells the tale of Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton, sporting a veritable work of art on his head as a toupee), a mild mannered, chain-smoking barber in sleepy 1940s Santa Rosa, California. As Ed's life consists of cutting the same heads of hair day in and day out, he can be forgiven for a little dissatisfaction with his life.
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Take Ulysses from Homer's "Odyssey," turn him into a dusty but peculiarly dapper hillbilly escaped from a Mississippi chain gang, circa 1937, and whaddya got? Only the funniest, most inspired movie of Coen Brothers illustrious comedy careers.
Taking screwball cues from Depression Era Hollywood and usurping their title from the "message movie" Joel McCrea's frustrated director wanted to make in 1941's satire "Sullivan's Travels," this picture's writers-directors Ethan and Joel Coen cook up a masterpiece of a scruffy romp about a no-class fugitive trying to get home to his wife before she re-marries to a colorless, straw-hatted dandy who holds more promise as a provider.
And who did the Coens get to play their uncouth Cajun hero, Ulysses "Everett" McGill? Why if it isn't George Clooney in a perfectly jaunty performance that seems to channel both the roguish comedic charm of Clark Gable in "It Happened One Night" and the earnest zaniness of Cary Grant in his screwiest comedies.
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In their deeply ironic yet habitually impish, beautifully black-and-white 1950s drama "The Man Who Wasn't There," writing-directing brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have revived the dry, laconic spirit of prototypical film noir and applied it to the life of an everyday barber.
True, he's an everyday barber mixed up in the blackmail and murder of his cheating wife's boss and lover. But he's such an obscure, detached shadow of a man that the whole mess feels almost workaday mundane. You see, it's not his wife's affair that motivates the man. "It's a free country," he says in the movie's soporific, quietly sonorous running voice-over. It's the fact that he figures blackmail is a good way to get $10,000 out of the boyfriend so he can invest in some new-fangled invention called dry cleaning.
The barber, named Ed Crane, is played with brilliant reserve by Billy Bob Thornton, who has the most subtly expressive, heavily crevassed film noir face to smoke a dangling cigarette since Humphrey Bogart. He hardly registers a distinguishable emotion in 116 minutes, yet his passive soul fills the screen as Ed's plans go badly awry.
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"Merry Christmas" is perfectly fine. But the existence of Jews should not be a secret./
Conversation between a cashier and me at a local restaurant on the morning of December 24:
Me: (handing over a signed receipt) Happy holidays!
Cashier: You know what? I'm going to wish you a merry Christmas! Donald Trump said that we need to say 'Merry Christmas' more often, so I'm going to do that... (leans in and shifts to a whisper voice) ... even though there are a lot of Jews in West Hartford.
Me: (shifting to a whisper) Like my wife and kids over there? And lots and lots of my friends?
Cashier: (looking a little startled) Yeah. She wouldn't be offended. Would she?
Me: Not nearly as offended as I am about Americans voting for a bigot and sexual deviant.
Cashier: (stares)
Me: Happy Hanukah.
Elysha missed all of this, of course, but as she left the restaurant, she waved to the owner and shouted, "Merry Christmas!"
Icing on the cake.
For the record, I have no problem with people wishing others a "Merry Christmas."
A "Happy Hanukah," "Joyful Kwanza," or "Blessed Eid al-Adha" either.
It's slightly presumptuous to automatically wish others a "Merry Christmas" given that more than 20% of America is non-Christian, but I judge on intent. No malice is intended with a simple "Merry Christmas." It's a simple pleasantry that is occasionally off the mark.
No different, really, than people who say, "God bless you," to me when I sneeze. I could explain to them that I'm a reluctant atheist who has been unable to find faith in God (and I sometimes do), but I never take offense to their offer of Godly intervention on my part.
They mean well.
Frankly, "Happy Holidays" is just as presumptuous given that about 20% of Americans now consider themselves non-affiliated to religion. Atheists. Agnostics. Secular humanists. For them, December is just another month, absent of any holiday whatsoever.
If you're Jewish or Muslim or an atheist and are wished a merry Christmas, you can either accept the sentiment as intended kindness or take the time to explain your belief system.
No big deal.
But when you feel the need to whisper about the existence of Jews in a town and base your seasonal greeting solely on the advice of bigot, I'm probably going to respond in a snarky manner.


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Travelling with children can quickly turn a holiday into a nightmare: screaming toddlers on air-planes, long car rides with complaining kids, airport transfers with an extended break for tantrums. While considering a holiday with children does present obstacles, advance planning is the most crucial guarantee that the whole family is happy.
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124. […] The statement by the Kunarac et al. Trial Chamber that aggravating circumstances must relate "to the offender himself" is not to be taken as a rule that such circumstances must specifically pertain to the offender's personal characteristics. Rather, it simply reflects the general principle of individual responsibility that underlies criminal law: a person cannot be held responsible for an act unless something he himself has done or failed to do justifies holding him responsible. […] Here, not only was the Appellant aware of his victims' defencelessness and took advantage of it, but he exacerbated it through Milutin Milošević's statements making false promises of safety on his behalf, which he accepted.[1] There is no question that this factor "relates to the offender himself".
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The next time Fido gets in a spat, think twice about how to intervene.
Doctors at Southern Arizona's only top-level trauma center have seen a steady increase in people admitted to the hospital for dog bites. The number nearly doubled between the 2008 and 2012 fiscal years, hospital statistics show.
While there are some exceptions, canine experts say the trend points to uneducated and inhumane actions by people, not mean dogs. Too often, owners unwisely try to stop dogfights by getting in the middle of them.
In the most recent fiscal year, 328 people were admitted to the University of Arizona Medical Center for dog bites, the data show. Those admitted include both adults and children, and they are typically bitten by their own dogs, says Dr. Tolga Turker, a reconstructive and plastic surgeon at UA Medical Center who treats many dog-bite patients. Hands and fingers are most commonly bitten, Pima County data show.
"When I ask them how it happened I am hearing almost the same scenario - either their dog is fighting a neighbor's dog or they have two dogs, they fight in the home and they try to stop them," Turker said.
Most bites preventable
Most bites are preventable. Local dog trainers say part of the problem is that people adopt dogs without learning how to properly care for them, including how to avoid or stop dogfights. Inexperienced dog owners with small children don't always choose dogs with an easygoing temperament, and the number of people who have multiple dogs is on the rise.
Also, owners who mistreat or neglect dogs have a much higher likelihood of having an animal that bites or becomes vicious.
"It might be fear, displaced aggression, food aggression - there's such a variety of reasons why dogs might bite," said Maureen Odenwald, owner of the local Dog Central Station.
Tucson caregiver Nancie Roahrig learned her lesson about interfering in a dogfight the hard way. She still isn't sure what caused her father's Maltese, Ozzie to attack her son's larger mixed-breed dog, Jade, on Dec. 15.
Roahrig's father and son both live with her, so Ozzie and Jade were used to one another and had always gotten along. Roahrig, 54, suspects the dogs picked up on tension and sadness in the home - the fight erupted shortly after her husband died.
"My dad went outside and the little dog attacked the big dog. The big dog, in defense, picked up the little dog by the neck," said Roahrig, who used her hands to try and save Ozzie. "I thought I could open the big dog's jaw. I did open it, but she about chewed my finger off before I pulled it out."
Though her finger was crushed, she managed to twist Jade's collar until the dog dropped Ozzie. She ended up in the emergency room because Jade had bitten through the joint. She now has a pin in her finger and a fused bone. Her top knuckle does not bend.
"You have to be mindful and keep your hands away from that mouth," said Roahrig, who now keeps spray bottles of vinegar water in the event of a fight. "Just like plastic bags to pick up after their dogs, owners need to have something like a spray bottle in case there is a fight."
Jade and Ozzie are now doing fine and getting along well, Roahrig said.
"They seem settled. I just don't know what that was," she said of the spat.
Small dogs, big bites
Even small dogs can have powerful bites, Turker said.
"Their jaw is very strong, so when they bite the bone becomes like powder," he said.
The number of hospital admissions for dog bites represents only a fraction of people bitten by canines. But unlike hospital admissions, dog bites reported to the Pima County Animal Care Center in the last four years have held fairly steady, at 2,300 to 2,500 per year, said José Chavez, enforce-ment operations manager for the county facility.
Chavez isn't sure why there might be more hospital admissions for dog bites than in the past. All animal bites are supposed to be reported to the county, though not everyone knows about that law. Some people may fear that by reporting a bite their dog will be euthanized, but that is rare. Unless the animal is rabid, it cannot be euthanized unless there's an order from a justice of the peace or city magistrate, or the owner gives consent. Typically dogs are quarantined, sometimes at home.
Nationally, hospital admissions for dog bites nearly doubled between 1993 and 2008 to 9,500, a 2010 government report shows. Half of the people bitten by dogs are children, with boys more likely victims than girls.
One recent local death
County records show one recent death from dog bites - musician and maintenance specialist Francis Michael "Mike" Cook died in August 2011, three weeks after his pit bull mix, Butch, bit him in the neck and arm.
Cook was alone in the house with Butch and two smaller dogs when the attack happened, so his family doesn't know precisely what occurred. But they know is Butch had just been neutered and had a cone around his neck to prevent him from biting the stitches.
Butch could have been in pain from the surgery or reacting to medication. Or Butch and the other two dogs could have been fighting over food. The family found dog food all over Cook's floor after the attack, and one of the smaller dogs had a bite injury. Butch had all but destroyed the cone around his head.
Whatever happened, the result was heartbreaking.
"Butch was our family dog and we had him for about six or seven years since he was a puppy," Cook's daughter Francine Cook said. "He was a really nice dog, and protective. My dad was always an animal lover. He'd never had a problem like this."
Cook was able to get outside after the attack, and neighbors, who heard his yells, came to his aid and called 911. At the family's request, Butch was euthanized.
Fatal attacks by dogs are rare - about 16 per year, which works out to 0.0002 percent of the total number of people bitten, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
The CDC says there is no measure to determine which breeds are more likely to bite or kill, though many people perceive pit bull mixes as a bigger threat than other dogs.
But pit bulls are victims of dog attacks, too. Two months ago, 48-year-old Michael Wood suffered puncture wounds to his hand when a collie attacked his 2-year-old rescue pit bull mix, Rosco in a dog park.
"I wouldn't break up a fight like that anymore," said Wood, who works for a local glass supply company.
Wood gets upset when he hears people saying pit bulls are vicious and aggressive.
"If you knew my dog, he's the biggest lover you've ever met," he said. "It all has to do with the owner. If you train your dog to fight, bite and be mean, he's going to do that. If you love and take care and be good to them, they are going to be the same thing. Yes, your dog will protect you. But other than that, they are some of the most loving animals you can run across with the right owners."
Longtime Tucson dog trainer Rosemary Besenick says more people are rescuing dogs now than in the past, and that's a good thing. But taking care of a dog requires more than just feeding, walking and love, she stressed.
Training is essential
"The majority of dogs that bite just didn't get socialized properly at a young age," she said. "You have to take them and rearrange your lifestyle with them and set limits just like with children. Most people don't do that. They think their dog is the greatest thing in the world and give them freedom with no training."
Besenick suggests carrying citronella spray at all times, which can defuse a dogfight.
CDC officials advise teaching pet dogs submissive behaviors like rolling over to expose the abdomen and relinquishing food without growling. If a dog develops aggressive or undesirable behaviors, federal health officials say families must immediately seek professional advice from someone like a veterinarian or an animal behaviorist.
If it is just a spat, make a loud noise and leave the room. Most dogfights happen in the presence of humans, Odenwald says. Scooping up the back legs of the aggressor dog like a wheelbarrow will surprise them and get them to disengage from the fight, though Odenwald says that should only be done as a last resort.
Strange dog? Use care
Some people like Trudy Jacobson have been bitten after approaching a stranger's dog. Jacobson, 59, lost the bottom part of her lip last June when she tried to kiss a Doberman at the Reid Park dog park. The dog was old, deaf and blind.
"I kissed the wrong one," said Jacobson, who owns three German shepherds. "It was absolute hell. I needed plastic surgery. But it could have been worse. I could have lost my whole face."
An Arizona Daily Star analysis of Pima County dog bites between 2008 and 2012 shows at least 16 people, including Jacobson, were bitten while trying to kiss a dog.
"Most people, when I tell this story, say they would never kiss a strange dog," said Jacobson, who works for the University of Arizona Retirees Association. "However, people need to be responsible. This guy should not have had a dog in that condition at a public park."
Odenwald says it's never a good idea to kiss a stranger's dog.
"If you don't know a dog, don't put yourself in that position. It's common sense to let him sniff the back of your hand first, but always ask the owner," she said. "You don't know if a dog has a little quirk or an injury that hurts them. Even if the dog is friendly, what you are doing might be offensive to the dog.
"People have to learn basic dog etiquette."
Hospital admissions for dog bites at University of Arizona Medical Center:
2008: 170
2009: 206
2010: 270
2011: 290
2012: 328
*Data is recorded by fiscal year, which begins July 1 and ends June 30.
Arizona Daily Star reporter Carli Brosseau contributed to this report. Contact reporter Stephanie Innes at 573-4134 or email@example.com