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Being arrested for a DUI in Fort Lauderdale can have a serious impact on your personal and professional life, for a long time in the future. If you have been arrested for Driving Under the Influence in Florida, the most important thing that you can do is hire an experienced, aggressive DUI defense attorney to build your case and fight for the best possible outcome given the circumstances.
Keep in mind that an arrest is not the same thing as a conviction — an arrest will cause some short-term problems, but a conviction is what will have serious, long-term repercussions for the rest of your life. The sooner you begin working with an attorney, the longer that you and your legal counsel will have to develop a clear strategy, a strong defense, and identify all possible options to minimize the damage that can be done to your life with a guilty finding.
Contact us now to schedule a free initial consultation, where you will be able to discuss the details of your arrest with a legal professional. We will be able to explore a variety of questions that you may have about how we can help defend you, how we have handled cases similar to yours in the past, and give you a better idea of how we work with our clients. Read more below about DUI charges, court cases, and the penalties that come with a DUI conviction in Fort Lauderdale, and how we may be able to navigate your case towards an agreeable and fair outcome.
What Is a DUI?
A charge of DUI is for Driving Under the Influence (of alcohol or other drugs) and comes with serious penalties if you are found guilty of this crime. Some states may refer to the same crime as DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) or OUI (Operating Under the Influence), but Florida uses the common designation of DUI. Regardless of the term used, the concept is the same: any driver who is found driving with a BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration) in excess of 0.08% will be arrested and charged. The legal limit is different, though, for CDL drivers, who may be charged with DUI if they are found to have a BAC in excess of 0.04% while operating a commercial vehicle, and minors under the age of 21 are guilty of DUI if they are found to be driving with a BAC in excess of 0.02%.
In order to determine that an individual is driving under the influence of alcohol, the officer will request that they submit to a breathalyzer test and a battery of field sobriety tests. Refusing to take a breathalyzer when you are stopped for a legitimate reason will result in an automatic license suspension, a rule that you agree to when you receive your driver's license from the FLHSMV. However, a 2011 Florida Supreme Court ruling determined that if your traffic stop is deemed unlawful, then your refusal will have no impact on your license status. If you believe that this is the case, we will need to present a compelling argument to the courts that your traffic stop was unwarranted, otherwise the suspension will stand.
It is important to understand that simply passing a breathalyzer does not mean that you are free to leave since DUI covers all mind-altering substances. If you are under the influence of a scheduled drug, you will pass a breath test with no issue because it only tests for alcohol; however, the officer will require that you undergo a battery of field sobriety tests that they will use to determine your control over your mental and physical faculties. There are many issues with field sobriety tests, which we will explore in greater detail further down on this page.
Penalties For Driving Under the Influence in Florida
There are many different possible penalties for DUI in Florida, depending on your criminal history, whether or not you have ever been convicted of DUI before, and any possible enhancements or additional crimes that you were arrested and charged fur during the DUI. Below are the basic penalties for DUI in Florida, only including a few basic enhancements:
First DUI in Florida
If you are convicted of your first DUI in Florida, you will be facing a possibility of between $500 and $1000 in fines, up to 180 days in jail, up to a year license suspension, and possible 50 hours of community service. In exchange for reduced penalties, you may be able to take part in a diversion program.
Florida has a provision that states if you have a BAC of over 0.15%, you will be charged with an Aggravated DUI, which comes with stricter penalties. Fines will range from $1000 to $2000, you will face up to 9 months in jail, and you will be required to install an Ignition Interlock Device in your vehicle for 6 months once your license is reinstated.
Second DUI in Florida
If you are charged with a second DUI in Florida, the penalties that you face for a conviction are more severe than your first, especially if it is within five years of your first, or if it is a charge of Aggravated DUI.
You will face up to 6 months in jail (9 if it is Aggravated DUI), up to $2,000 in fines ($4,000 if Aggravated), a year license suspension, and 2 years with an IID installed in your vehicle.
If you are charged with a second DUI within 5 years of your first, you will face a mandatory 10 days in jail and a 30-day vehicle impoundment in addition to the above penalties.
Third DUI in Florida
Your third DUI will come with even harsher penalties if convicted. If you are charged with a third DUI within 10 years of your second, then you will additionally face a mandatory minimum of 30 days in jail, a 90-day vehicle impoundment, and your license will be revoked for 5 years. You may be able to petition for a restricted license, but not until you have completed 24 months of your suspension.
The standard penalties for a third DUI if you have not had a prior DUI within 10 years are up to a year in jail, between $2000 and $4000 in fines ($4000 to $5000 if Aggravated DUI), one year with a suspended license, and 2 years with an IID installed in your vehicle.
Fourth and All Subsequent DUIs in Florida
A fourth DUI is extremely serious, and you face extreme penalties for this infraction. According to the Florida Statute 316.193, "Any person who is convicted of a fourth or subsequent violation of this section, regardless of when any prior conviction for a violation of this section occurred, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. However, the fine imposed for such fourth or subsequent violation may be not less than $2,000."
Your license will be suspended for a minimum of 10 years but may be revoked permanently with no option for a restricted license. In addition, your fines will likely be around $5,000, and you will have a felony charge on your criminal record which will cause serious issues for your employment ability. In addition, you may face up to 3 years in prison for this conviction.
Finally, you may be classified as a violent or habitual felony offender, which will increase the punishments that you will receive for any possible future infractions, whether they are DUI-related or not.
Defending Against DUI Charges In Florida
No matter the circumstances surrounding your DUI arrest and charges, it is absolutely essential that you partner with an experienced DUI attorney in Fort Lauderdale as soon as possible. There are many different options that we will need to explore, and may need to act on some time-sensitive decisions that will make your life easier while we are going through your trial.
Improper Traffic Stops
In Florida, it is important that any charges that stem from a traffic stop resulted from a legitimate, legal traffic stop. If we believe that you were stopped and detained for invalid or illegal reasons, we will focus on this aspect of your arrest during your trial to prove that since the interaction began from illegal behaviors on behalf of the officer, that the entire arrest was invalid.
It is extremely important that your Constitutional rights are upheld as a private citizen of the United States, and we will be looking at every single step of your interaction with the arresting officers to ensure that your rights were not violated. If they were, we will work to ensure that these violations are brought to the attention of the courts.
Field Sobriety Tests Are Flawed
Field sobriety tests are used by police officers as a way to determine whether or not a person is in control of their physical and mental faculties. There are many problems with these tests, considering that they are extremely subjective to the officer observing them, and they do not control for the many different variables that may be present during the traffic stop such as inclement weather, situational anxiety, and even physical disabilities.
Since there is no objective pass/fail measure for any of these tests, they are fundamentally inaccurate and should not be used to determine the state that someone is in. While they are important tools for an officer to utilize, the subjectivity of the tests introduce a serious concern into the court system because they are not able to truly be measured or quantified as results or outcomes.
Breath Tests Can Be Inaccurate
There are many different rules and guidelines that go into administering a breath test to ensure that they are as fair and accurate as possible. To begin with, the officer must observe the individual for at least 20 minutes before giving them a test, because they may have swallowed something or drank something that would throw the results off if they took the test sooner.
Additionally, there must be two separate breath tests administered that register within .020 of each other to indicate that the tests are accurate within a reasonable amount, but this still does not guarantee that they are absolutely accurate and therefore admissible as evidence in your DUI case. We will request to see all maintenance history of the machine that you took the test on to ensure that it has been properly cared for, and if the police are unable to prove this, then we will argue that this test can not be used as evidence.
Officers Are Human, And May Misinterpret Things
During a traffic stop where a person is suspected of DUI, the arresting officer must take many different subjective observations into account such as bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, inability to stand without swaying, and other things. Each of these observations may indicate that the person is under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but may equally be an indicator of illness, overtiredness, allergies, and a number of other things that can lead to a misinterpretation of the situation.
We will go through each point that the officer makes in their arrest report to ensure that they remain as objective as possible and that any misinterpreted or subjective observations are questioned at length.
Negotiating With the Prosecutor
Throughout your trial, we will be working with a prosecutor who will examine all of the available evidence. Throughout the course of your trial, we will identify a variety of ways that we may be able to negotiate with the prosecutor or work with them directly to have the case dismissed, or your charges reduced so that you will end up with a lesser penalty if you were to enter a guilty plea. These options vary depending on the specifics of the case, the evidence, the prosecutor, and more, but you can be certain that we are considering every option through every step of your case.
Contact Us As Soon As Possible
The most important thing that you can do after being arrested and charged for Driving Under the Influence is to begin working with an experienced and aggressive DUI attorney in Fort Lauderdale. We will sit with you and go through every detail of your case in order to formulate a strong, winning strategy, and will fight every step of the way to move you towards the best possible outcome given your situation.
We look forward to working with you and helping you through this stressful and difficult time in your life with minimal consequences.


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Claire Crighton
Your capacity
to become conscious of the energy flowing through your body is what
bear with me here a 19-year-old pre-med student thinks can change
the face of healing in the western world.
Adam, who has chosen not to publicly disclose his surname, was a regular middle-class kid growing up in the suburbs of Vancouver. Adam had an ordinary childhood joining sports teams and doing well in school. But he gradually began to realize that he was different from his playmates.
As a kid, hide n seek was not a game that I enjoyed . . .. I just couldnt figure out the point of the game. Someone might be hiding behind an object such as a tree, but they would still be visible to me. Their aura would show beyond the trees outline. It was as ludicrous as a large man trying to hide behind a broomstick, writes Adam in his first book, Dreamhealer, which he published at 16.
In high school, Adam discovered that he had the ability to heal others ailments through visualization. By picturing himself inside the body of another person, Adam claims he can remove the energy blockages that prevent the individuals body from functioning properly.
For example, when Adam is trying to heal someone with a heart problem, he projects himself inside this persons heart, amid the blood, veins and arteries. Once inside the patient, Adam takes a visual tour of the ailing organ. By manipulating what he sees, Adam leads the persons body on the path back to health.
As Adam experimented with his healing ability, he found that he could heal from a distance. By simply looking at someones photograph, he is capable of connecting with what he refers to as the persons energy system as easily as if the person were sitting in front of him.
While it may all sound pretty implausible, I couldnt help but begin to suspend my disbelief as Adam matter-of-factly explained his method of healing to me over the phone.
I look at someones picture. Exactly what happens, I really dont know I think its just something I was born with. All of a sudden, I totally disconnect from everything around me in the room, and I see these images of the person in front of me. And then, from there, I can see whats wrong with the person. When I change around these images in front of me, it influences the persons health, he explained.
Though Adams straightforward tone made his healing method sound simple, he insisted that his work has a complex scientific basis. Invoking principles of quantum physics, Adam explained that he heals by perceiving and controlling the field of quantum information, in which all of the universes particles are connected to one another.
In Dreamhealer, Adam writes that during a treatment, I project holographic images, or holograms, in front of me . . . . Every physical object emits its own quantum hologram, which contains all information about it. From this field of quantum information, I can focus or zoom in using specific information or views, which I project as a hologram.
Once this hologram appears, I can manipulate the energy so that the person can find their way back to a healthy state, he said.
Now in the second year of a pre-med program, Adam told me that what he has learned while studying molecular biology and biochemistry also helps to account for his ability to heal.
Every time a chemical bond forms, light gets trapped, and every time a chemical bond breaks, light gets emitted. Thats been known for a long time. When you consider all the chemical reactions that are happening throughout your body, theres light constantly being absorbed and emitted. And this light that gets absorbed and emitted plays a role in catalyzing or inhibiting various reactions throughout your body.
When you think a thought, neurons are going off, and when neurons are going off, theyre emitting vast amounts of light. So every time youre thinking a thought, youre emitting this light thats permeating throughout your entire body, and its influencing your health. By you thinking thoughts about helping someone else, youre actually releasing this light by biophoton emissions, and its influencing that other persons health, too, he explained.
But, Adams scientific reasoning may not be as sound as it appears. Professor Paul Wiseman, of McGills physics and chemistry departments, disputes the accuracy of Adams suppositions.
is a fact that certain organisms, usually found in the oceans, can give
off their own light through various chemical mechanisms . . .. However,
there is absolutely no evidence of humans giving off light or bio
emission, argued Wiseman.
Whether you buy into Adams science or not, scores of people claim that this unassuming teenager has helped to improve their health, either by reducing the physical suffering brought on by medical ailments or by curing them altogether. Adam has treated a variety of conditions, ranging from chronic asthma to syringomyelia, a degenerative spinal condition. His books and website are filled with glowing testimonials from individuals who had previously given up hope of ever feeling healthy again.
Adam and his abilities gained widespread media attention in 2002, when he allegedly cured the terminal pancreatic cancer of rock legend Ronnie Hawkins without ever having met him.
Reading in his local paper that Hawkins had been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer and had been given three to six months to live, Adam asked Hawkins manager for a photograph of the musician. He conducted a series of treatments on Hawkins, working to reduce the size of his tumour by accessing his hologram. As Adam continued to treat Hawkins, the musician gradually began to look and feel healthier.
In April 2003, eight months after Hawkins cancer had been diagnosed as terminal, doctors ran an MRI. Hawkins was cancer-free, with no evidence of any tumour remaining.
Adam got in touch with me and helped me to believe in myself again. Pretty soon after his treatments started, he told me the cancer was gone. For whatever it is that Adam does, whatever he did for me, I dont understand it, and I dont criticize what I dont understand. I know Adam cant help everyone on the planet, but I hope people will believe that there is more to our world than we can see and understand, wrote Hawkins in a testimonial published in Dreamhealer.
Of course, for every person Adam has allegedly healed, dozens of skeptics exist who quickly dismiss Adams healing abilities as mystical nonsense.
In Dreamhealer, Adam explains that his father was once one of those people.
Initially, [my parents] disbelieved it. Understandably, it was hard for them to accept. It was especially difficult for my father, who would always look for a scientific explanation for everything, Adam writes, adding that his dad was eventually convinced by the miraculous way in which Adam was able to reduce the pain caused by his mothers multiple sclerosis.
Adam said he doesnt waste his energy attempting to sway disbelievers; those who benefit from his treatments and attend his workshops are convinced of the verity of his claims. To Adam, thats all that matters.
You know how you get in an argument with someone, and you know youre right, and you just go in circles? I know what Im experiencing is real. At the workshops, I do aura readings in front of 500 people there, and anyone who comes to the workshop will see that its pretty authentic, what Im doing, he said.
But Professor Wiseman thinks that Adams method of healing is a questionable money-making scheme that capitalizes on the gullibility of individuals desperately seeking medical help.
To me, this Adam appears to be one of those charlatans who is trying to make money out of ignorance. Like many in this area, he couches his writing in complex scientific terms that appear to lend credibility to what he is saying. In my opinion, he is trying to make money in a very disingenuous way, Wiseman maintained.
Though Adam does profit from the books he sells and the workshops he has recently begun to conduct, his healing isnt exactly a cash-grab. Adam often refrains from charging for treatment, especially if his work proves unsuccessful which it sometimes does if the patients illness is too far developed for him to help.
When the late author and broadcaster Bill Cameron was battling esophageal cancer, he contacted Adam as a last resort.
scanned my body twice, from thousands of miles away, wrestled with my
cancer and failed to evict it, but did not charge me a dime for the effort
. . . . That, in alternative medicine, may be the most rigorous test of
faith available, said Cameron in an interview with the Toronto Star.
Its evident that most members of western society have an automatic aversion to anything that resembles an alternative approach to healing. Invested in a traditional medical system, many immediately reject any idea that includes words like hologram and aura.
This closed-mindedness about unconventional approaches to science was blatantly demonstrated following the release of the 2004 film What the #$*! Do We Know!?. Combining a documentary style with a narrative story line, What the #$*! explores the physical universe and human life through theories of quantum physics, among other approaches.
While many reviewers championed the film, the scathing, negative reviews showed an unhealthy level of scepticism that often resorted to outright name-calling. Lou Lumenick of the New York Post gave the film zero out of four stars and dismissed it as two hours of New Age hooey, while the Washington Posts Michael OSullivan wrote that it feels like a cross between a PBS special hosted by a series of low-rent Deepak Chopras and an infomercial for self-help audio tapes.
Adam maintains that this hysterical intolerance is typical of a society that fears the unknown; western culture often clings steadfastly to the status quo while refusing to even entertain the idea that alternative approaches could provide valuable insight into common problems.
Some people just cant go there, he said with a sardonic chuckle.
It seems every other culture is completely open to this stuff. I dont exactly know why that is I think that we just became too focused on things that we can see and touch and feel material things. I think weve just sort of made our minds drift away from what were naturally connected to anyway.
But Wiseman insisted that, though the Western scientific method may seem overly cautious, the system is necessary to ensure that the results produced are valid.
In science, we have to advance based on skepticism. That is the only way we have been successful in the past few hundred years. We demand proof under experimentally-controlled conditions not anecdotal evidence, Wiseman said.
Its important to note, however, that Adam doesnt feel that his healing methods can or should supplant western medicine. His website parades the disclaimer that Adams techniques are not meant to replace the advice from your health care professional. Your health care is ultimately your decision.
Moreover, Adam believes that the established system is excellent at achieving certain things, though in his pre-med classes hes noticed areas that could use vast improvement.
I think [western medicine] focuses too strongly just on drugs. There are so many different chemical pathways happening throughout the body; its impossible to isolate specific ones all the time for certain illnesses. You influence one thing youre not going to do it without influencing everything else, too.
thats just how it is right now, he added, sighing.
Over the years, Adams work has increasingly emphasized the healing potential of intention. His second book, Dreamhealer 2: Guide to Self-Empowerment, is a manual that urges its readers to tap into their own healing abilities by using Adams techniques, such as visualizations.
What Im promoting is self-empowerment, the ability of everyone to heal themselves. I think that the power of visualization the power of intention is something thats really overlooked by the medical community. And its not the only tool you should use for healing yourself, its just one of many tools you can use to influence your own health . . .. There are countless studies out there proving that intentions are influencing health, and this phenomenon is real, Adam said.
Adam insists that his abilities to heal are not unique; rather, with enough confidence and self-awareness, every human being is able to effect positive changes in their own and others health.
Guide to Self-Empowerment contains step-by-step directions on how you can influence your own health. After outlining the role that lifestyle, attitudes and emotions play in self-healing, Adam suggests techniques that can help you become aware of auras and the universal energy field. He then recommends different types of visualizations that may be used to target specific diseases or parts of the body.
Adam said that its often difficult to demonstrate the healing power of intention to people his own age, as few university students are faced with debilitating illnesses. Nevertheless, he recognizes that students often suffer from an inordinate amount of stress-related worry and suggests that self-empowered thinking like that promoted by some psychiatric and Buddhist traditions is the best way to reduce this anxiety.
I think meditation does help for stress just clearing your mind and relaxing helps a lot for midterms or finals or whatever, he said.
In the end, Adam is just a regular university student trying to balance his extracurricular pursuits with his heavy course load.
Source: The McGill Daily
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Gatton Academy & Craft Academy Graduates Research and Experiential Learning Award
As a recipient of a WKU targeted scholarship for Gatton Academy and Craft Academy graduates, you are eligible for an additional $12,000 (up to $3,000 per academic year for four years) to support research, creative endeavors, experiential learning, and professional development activities.
- You can use the funding to pursue research, creative work, professional development, or other experiential learning, including study abroad that contributes to your academic and/or professional goals.
- If you are considering using this funding, you should accept the award on TopNet. Accepting the award does not mean that you are committed to using the funding in a given year but ensures that you will have access to the funding during the year.
- To access the funding, you should develop a proposal with a WKU faculty member and submit the proposal to Associate Director Susann Davis (see the proposal guidelines). If you have questions about what is possible, please contact Susann Davis. The key to writing a successful proposal is demonstrating how the project or experience will enhance your academic experience and contribute to your professional goals.
- A WKU faculty member must approve your project, but you do not necessarily have to work with a WKU faculty member on the project. For example, you could request funds to participate in research at the National Institutes of Health, but WKU faculty member must agree to monitor and assess your activities.
- You can apply for $1500 per semester or $3000 for summer research or to support study abroad.
- Once your application has been accepted, the funding will be applied to your TopNet account. Any outstanding fees will be paid prior to the funding being released to your Higher One Card.
- At the end of each semester (or summer), you must submit a progress report (see progress report guidelines). You will be ineligible for future funding until your progress report has been submitted.
- If you use the Research and Experiential Learning Award to enhance your undergraduate experience, you will be required to complete an Honors Capstone Experience/Thesis project.
- All proposals must be received at least two weeks before the start of finals to be applied to any given term.
To be eligible for funding, you must:
- be a recipient of a Gatton Academy & Craft Academy Graduates Targeted Scholarship from WKU,
- maintain full-time enrollment and good standing in the Mahurin Honors College,
- meet the minimum renewal requirements for the Gatton Academy & Craft Academy Graduates Targeted Scholarship from WKU,
- and submit proposals and progress reports as outlined above.
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by Rachel Blevins, The Free Thought Project
Maltese Investigative Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was described as a "One-Woman WikiLeaks" after she led the Panama Papers investigation, was killed recently in a car bomb near her home.
Galizia's career was devoted to exposing establishment corruption, and her most recent work revealed that Malta's prime minister, Joseph Muscat, and two of his closest aides, had connections to offshore companies that linked them to the sale of Maltese passports, and showed that they had received payments from the government of Azerbaijan, according to a report from the Guardian.
During a press conference on the attack, Muscat acknowledged Galizia's work, and said, "Everyone knows Ms. Caruana Galizia was a harsh critic of mine, both politically and personally, but nobody can justify this barbaric act in any way."
However, Galizia's son is not convinced, and he referred to Muscat as a "clown" who was taking advantage of the situation by "making statements to parliament about a journalist he spent over a decade demonizing and harassing," just hours after her death.
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Versace to design H&M range
Versace is to design a collection for high street fashion chain H&M.
The collaboration with creative director Donatella Versace follows similar partnerships with Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney, Jimmy Choo and Lanvin.
The women's, men's and home range will include Versace's staple elements of leather, prints, colour and exuberant materials pitched at H&M's affordable prices.
It will be available from 17 November in 300 stores worldwide and online.
It is the first time one of H&M's designer collaborations has incorporated homewear.
Margareta van den Bosch, creative advisor at H&M, says: "Versace is one of the most important brands of recent times, and their collection for H&M will be glamorous and flamboyant – everything Versace stands for."
Donatella Versace says: "I am thrilled to be collaborating with H&M and to have the opportunity of reaching their wide audience. The collection will be quintessential Versace, perfect for H&M and Versace fans everywhere".


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Minnie Pearl Coon died September 21, 2019 in Tualatin, Oregon at the age of 90.
Minnie was born December 10, 1928 in West Franklin, PA to Elmer and Elmedia Bouch. She married Lloyd Coon on November 25th, 1948 in Sigel, PA. She and Lloyd moved to Oregon in 1962. Minnie worked as a grocery clerk for Danielson's Thriftway in Oregon City for 21 years. After retiring she cared for two families, The McVicker and The Tibbetts family; she loved them and treated them as if they were her own grandchildren. Minnie loved to golf and often did with Father James Dowd. Minnie was also an active member of St Patrick's Catholic Church in Canby, OR. In her free time she always volunteered at the church, the adult center, or anywhere she was needed. She often drove parish members and other friends to doctor's appointments or to the grocery store to do their shopping. She was always looking for a way to be helpful.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd in 1980; her parents; and siblings, Wesley, Elmer, Merle, Chester, Virginia and William Bouch and Catherine Katinsky. Minnie is survived by numerous nieces and nephews; her dear friend, Sharon Wright; and The McVickers and The Tibbetts.
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Join our Armistice Day memorial service as we remember all those who served and those who have given their lives in military service.
On this day that commemorates the signing of the WWI armistice, we will reflect on the sacrifices that were made in the hope of securing lasting peace.
The Great War of 1914 to 1918 (the First World War) was one of the most disastrous events in human history. New Zealand, with a population of 1.1 million in 1914, sent 100,000 men and women abroad. In total, the troops provided for foreign-service by New Zealand during the war represented 10% of its 1914 population between the ages of 20-45. By the time the war ended, 16,700 had died and over 40,000 were wounded – a higher per capita casualty rate than any other country involved.
The coming of peace on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 brought blessed relief for all involved. On that day, New Zealand had 58,129 troops in the field, while an additional 10,000 were under training in New Zealand.


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Manhattan DA: National Reciprocity 'Is a Gift' to the Islamic State
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. used an August 23 CNN op-ed to claim national reciprocity for law-abiding citizens "is a gift" to the Islamic State.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. used an August 23 CNN op-ed to claim national reciprocity for law-abiding citizens "is a gift" to the Islamic State.
Since the passage of "Gunpocalypse" and Proposition 63, California Democrats have learned that gun control is easy to pass but difficult to implement.
As Chelsea Handler prepares to host the gun control lobby's Brady Center Bear Awards this Wednesday night, she is making clear her belief that President Trump loves the "gun lobby" and "doesn't give a sh*t about people."
A Stanford University study shows the surges in handgun purchases that occur after a mass attack are characterized by a large number of female buyers and "first gun buyers."
The FBI spent $900,000 in its effort to unlock an iPhone found inside the San Bernardino terrorists' home, a senator has revealed.
NBC published an article titled "Trump Now Uses an iPhone — Despite Once Calling for an Apple Boycott" to attack the president for switching from his potentially vulnerable Android handset to an iPhone.
Jezebel published an article ridiculing the training session they received from an official of the Department of Homeland Security for a workplace shooting because it was politically incorrect.
On December 17, an astonished New York Times observed that President-elect Donald Trump actually supports "arming people to defend themselves in gunfights."
On Monday, the Los Angeles Times declared that Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom's Proposition 63 shows the nation how to secure more gun control on law-abiding citizens.
A gun control initiative that would expand background checks to all private gun sales in Nevada also portends something else: The "Californication of Nevada."
During the October 9 presidential debate Donald Trump said he will nominate Supreme Court justices in the mold of the late Antonin Scalia in order to save the Second Amendment from "people like Hillary Clinton."
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump claimed that "many people saw the bombs all over the apartment of the two people that killed 14 and wounded many, many people [in San Bernardino]."
In response to questions from AARP Bulletin, Hillary Clinton made clear her position that to be successful, policies for ending terrorism must include gun control for all Americans.
California Assemblywoman Cheryl Brown (D-47) voted for the bill requiring background checks for law-abiding ammunition purchasers yet she is facing a challenger from within her own party who believes Brown's support of gun control could have been even stronger. Brown
During MSNBC's September 7 Commander-in-Chief Forum, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton suggested more gun control is part of the fight against terror attacks in the United States.
Speaking at an August 8 town hall in Rocket Center, West Virginia, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) criticized his state's recently enacted constitutional carry law, suggesting that relying on the Second Amendment alone as a carry permit will actually increase ambush incidents for police officers.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) will allow a vote on legislation dealing with terrorism and guns next week.
On June 24 the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) mocked Congress as cowards for not passing expanded background checks in the wake of the Orlando terror attack, an attack in which Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people with a rifle he bought via a background check.
During a June 3 campaign stop in San Bernardino, Hillary Clinton referred to the December 2 terror attack as "gun violence," and pledged anew to "take on the gun lobby."
During a May 20 speech to the NRA Leadership Forum, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump said, "We're getting rid of gun-free zones."
A high school in Rancho Cucamonga has apologized after mistakenly naming a hijab-wearing 11th grade devout Muslim student "Isis Phillips" in its yearbook.
There was a "36 percent" increase in the number of background checks conducted in January, February, and March 2016 compared to the number conducted during the same time period in 2015.
Former PM John Howard says Australia needs to undertake a "sensible strengthening" of the gun ban imposed by his government in 1996.
This week, California sheriffs united and announced their opposition to the gun controls Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to place on the November ballot.
San Bernardino police chief Jarrod Burguan said officers responding to the December 2 terror attack carried out by Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik were outgunned and under-equipped.
On March 1, the California Assembly will consider legislation limiting rifle or shotgun purchases to one per month, and another bill broadening the state's "assault weapons" ban.
San Bernardino County Supervisor Robert Lovingood "wants to arm all eligible citizens" — including county workers — in a bid to prevent or stall another terrorist attack in San Bernardino.
San Bernardino County supervisor–and vice chair of the Board of Supervisors–Robert A. Lovingood is urging residents to get their concealed carry licenses and carry guns for self-defense to prevent another December 2-style attack. Writing in Daily Press, Lovingood observes: As
California Assemblyman Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) is pushing legislation to limit the purchasing ability of law-abiding citizens to one long gun a month.
One reason to be suspicious of Washington's ability to deal with the threat of Islamist terrorism is that the same dodgy characters keep showing up as self-appointed spokespersons for the American Muslim community.


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BUSINESSES and homes in Church may be suffering with bad water pressure after a water main burst last night.
United Utilities said an issue had been reported in the village at around 10.26pm.
A United Utilities spokesman said the water main had burst in Market Street, and a team had been sent out to fix the issue at around 2.40am.
The spokesman said: "We're sorry for the inconvenience, our leakage engineers are currently on site and we hope to have your taps flowing again very soon.
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"We recreate magic from raw earth"
In 2014 Designer Sanna Aulén founded EYESEEi. Sanna, who has her roots in the northern part of Finland with a Sami heritage, wanted to create fine jewelry pieces that she could connect with in a more sustainable and meaningful way to underline the more sustainable slow fashion she supports and wants to be a part of. And so EYESEEi was born – a brand with contemporary design where natural, raw materials from the earth are in symbiosis with a clean, industrial look.
The EYESEEi crystals are often raw and traditionally cut out of rock crystals in rough geometric shapes - to emphasize the clean Scandinavian design.
About 60 % of all EYESEEi jewelry pieces are made out of recycled Sterling silver. Sustainability and maximum usage of the amazing potential of silver, that can be melted and forged countless times, are important elements and part of the slow fashion that EYESEEi stands for. All pieces in the collection are designed and assembled by Sanna in her Malmö studio and in Bali, where she lives part of the year. First she hand picks the crystals and then has the silver and the settings shaped in Bali by traditional local artisans, with whom she has a direct and close contact since years back.


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Nearly six months after Paul Walker and Roger Rodas' tragic deaths in a horrific car crash, Rodas' wife is suing Porsche, reports TMZ.
Kristine Rodas claims the Porsche Carrera GT her husband was driving with Walker in the passenger seat had a faulty part in the suspension causing the accident, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday.
She further alleges that her husband failed at his attempts to keep control of the car due to the faulty mechanics.
Rodas is placing the blame for the car exploding on impact on Porsche because the vehicle lacked a proper "crash cage" and a "racing fuel cell," which prevents the fuel from igniting on impact and is common in race cars.
"Carrera GT is as close to a race car as we will ever get," she said quoting the luxury car brand's description of the vehicle.
The 40-year-old actor and the pro racer father-of-two, who owned Always Evolving Performance Motors, died on Nov. 30 in Santa Clarita, Calif., when the sports car flew off the road and slammed into a tree, exploding in flames.
"Him and his buddy, his brother in arms at heart, just decided to joyride, take a spin. Something we all do," Antonio Holmes, a friend of Walker's, said of the actor and Rodas on the day of the crash.
Rodas' wife also claims that although the Carrera GT has been behind several fatal crashes similar to the one that killed her husband, Porsche failed to warn customers of the high risk.
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In fact, Walker and Rodas were not the first high-profile passengers to meet their demise in the luxury vehicle.
Corey Rudl, an Internet pioneer, died in 2005 while in the passenger seat of the Carrera GT and Porsche paid six figures toward a settlement to his widow.
"They stopped selling this car in the U.S. because it wasn't able to meet U.S. safety standards," attorney Craig McClellan told the Daily News in a previous interview. "It certainly would have been good to recall and retrofit cars (with stability control), but they had so few sold in the U.S. they probably just decided they wouldn't bother with it."
With celebrity attorney Mark Geragos by her side, Rodas is reportedly suing for negligence, wrongful death and product liability.
One supposed part of her lawsuit, which may be proven false, is her claims that Rodas was not speeding although results from the investigation stated he was driving between 80 and 93 mph.


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A ST STEPHEN councillor has welcomed a crackdown on empty homes which will see homeowners charged the equivalent of a year's council tax if properties have been empty for more than two years.
Coun Gareth Jones welcomed the decision by city council chiefs at a meeting last Tuesday (February 19) to introduce the Government-backed move to bring vacant homes back to life.
Worcester City Council will now impose a further year's council tax on all properties left vacant for more than two years if they have been deemed intentionally empty.
The policy will not penalise homeowners who are struggling to rent or sell a property or homes which are empty due to the occupant living in armed forces accommodation for job-related purposes.
Speaking at the meeting, Coun Jones raised the issue of a property in his St Stephen ward which had been empty for a staggering 23 years.
"This has severely affected the ability of next door neighbours to sell their homes, so I am delighted to see this being introduced," he said.
Green leader Coun Louis Stephen introduced the proposal and said: "We have continued pressure to increase homes in the city to reduce demand and the cost of accommodation in Worcester."
"We should be building on brownfield sites and supporting schemes such as living above the shops.
"A number of neighbours and residents will complain quite rightly about the mess that comes with empty and abandoned properties."
Coun Marc Bayliss, leader of the council, said: "There is a moral case for this as well as a financial one.
"We need to tackle the housing problem in this country, people who choose to keep these homes empty should be aware this is something we will tackle.
"Abandoned homes are going to wrack and ruin so what we need is an incentive to get these homes into use and I think this policy will do such a thing."
Further proposals to impose an extra two years and three years council tax on homes which have been empty for more than five and 10 years respectively will be examined further by city council chiefs.


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An update for the Publications Committee.
Bob Kibble
Looking beyond the sticky notes and marker pens that are often standard issue on one-day courses, we are inspired to take back ideas and strategies
Leigh Hoath
Models of scientific understanding are examined, leading to the claim that knowledge acquisition is a necessary but insufficient condition for succ
Richard Brock
ASE Research Committee
The impact of recent curriculum and assessment changes on primary science in Northern Ireland.
Aideen Johnson
Aine discusses the impact of shared leadership in primary science and how the practice was developed in her school setting.
Aine Toal
Alan offers some thoughts about questioning and how to achieve more 'penny drop' moments with learners - part of a new 'Think' series.
Alan Haigh
Alan Haigh discusses why we need to teach children to think and how best to do it.
Alan Haigh
The Art of Nose Blowing. Alan Peacock asks why primary science in England never seems to get much better.
Alan Peacock
In our Primary Science interview, science educators Alan Peacock and Mick Dunne reflect on their own experiences of what science was like in Englan
Alan Peacock
Championing research-informed teaching through exploration of the EEF Improving Secondary Science guidance and ways of implementing research into p
Alastair Gittner
An article about research-informed practice focusing on preconceptions – children's naive ideas about science; through learning theory, teachers ca
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I am an avid sports fan and recent events have made me appreciate the struggles of entrepreneurship. I watched the Dallas Mavericks win an NBA championship last night, after years of underachieving and failure. They did so through persistence, inconceivable work ethic, and the belief they would one day reach the pinnacle of success.
Not only was I excited to see them win the championship as a fan, but it also made me reflect on the years I have spent as an entrepreneur in the publishing industry. I have put my blood, sweat and tears to Hobbes End Publishing for the last 6 years of my life and have released a handful of great products. The first four years though, were a struggle that I can not describe in words. I had an author who abandoned ship a year after releasing his book, after having much success in selling the product. I had a manuscript that I got print ready before an author rescinded his submission and decided he would rather have a full time job then to be a writer. And I also released three books, that after further thought, needed more editing to really be as great as the idea itself is. Not to mention the constant struggle to reap a profit in an industry where print books are becoming obsolete to e-books.
The burden of money was always the primary failure of my company in the beginning. The cost of print, the cost of marketing, the cost of promotions and the cost to run a business was overwhelming.
But after watching the Mavs win last night, it gave me a sense of pride that I have had to struggle as much as I have for the success Hobbes End Publishing currently enjoying. By no means have we reached the pinnacle, but we are closer now then we ever have been. We have great products that can compete with anybody in the market. I have made the necessary connections in the industry to no longer be "The lonesome duck" in the industry. I have learned how to market and promote books, though I still have room to grow in this area, and am leading a successful publishing company.
It took Jason Kidd 17 years to reach the top and this blog was written to encourage everyone to keep being persistent. This industry is closed-knit, and doesn't welcome many with open arms. But as the Mavs showed last night, continued persistence combined with impeccable work-ethic and the belief that you are the best at what you do, will lead to success. Keep your head high and keep going through the motions and success will eventually find you. Quitting is the only way to fail.


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The first time I attended a school board meeting was in December 2010. As I watched the meeting unfold, I wondered how the school board was able to approve the bill payments without having any time to look at the bills. Especially if they just received some of the bill payments in their Late Materials at the board meeting that night.
I found out later that typically the board packets were sent to the board members the Friday before the board meeting for them to review. It included the bill payments for the month that they were going to vote to approve at the meeting the following Tuesday. However, not all of the bill payments are sent to them before the meeting. Typically there would be another round of bill payments that are presented to the board when they arrive at the meeting that night. There's really no time to for board members to review all of those payments right there at the start of the meeting. Therefore, the board is having to approve payments blindly because the information is provided to them just before the meeting.
Depending on what checks are slated in the early bill payment presented ahead of time verses what's presented at the meeting makes it pretty easy to pass off expenses that someone may not want the board to scrutinize as much. This is especially a concern after when your superintendent tells you "We're Not Hiding Anything!". That's what prompted the article I wrote in March 2013. You have to read the article to see what I'm talking about with regards to the bill payments.
Board member John Laughlin began going to the school to review bill payments after I brought up this issue a couple of years ago when I was getting charged for board packets. John also made sure that I no longer got charged for obtaining the board packets after he found out I was getting charged.
It's easy for everyone to criticize the board as a whole. But, there were 7 old school board members until John Laughlin was elected in 2011. There's no telling what Critchlow told the the newest "outside" member of the board that things were great and there's no need to question things. I'm sure that my questioning of things was easily dismissed by Critchlow. She had been doing that for years at board meetings during my Public Comments and in her email responses to myself and the board. As she recently was quoted, "Trust me".
Board Packets Posted Online - NO Bill Payments
Finally after nearly two years, the district started posting board packets on the district website but they left the bill payments out of the packets. Why did they leave out the bill payments? That was the whole point of posting the board packets in the first place. I had to pay obtain the board packets per my Sunshine requests prior to the district posting them online for free. However, the district only provided me with the board packets dating back to April 2010. The district wanted to charge me hundreds of dollars to go and research and copy the board packets prior to that date. Charging lots of money for documents is an easy way to deter someone from obtaining the information and should always throw up red flags.
Critchlow wanted to charge me $170 for the credit card statements for the 2013-2014 school year. This was her way of keeping the statements from the public. The same thing was done for the board packets prior to April 2010. Since then I even asked several times for those prior board packets to be posted to the district website and Critchlow refused. I think the community should press to get those documents posted on the district website knowing what we know now.
Prior to the April 2010 date there was most likely quite a bit spent on attorney fees with all of the time and money the district put into preparing for a Due Process Hearing that was held in May 2010. I've made a recent Sunshine request for copies of all of the invoices from the former law firm dating back to 2008. When I first requested this information a couple of years ago it was going to cost several hundred dollars to obtain. Just remember that Critchlow wasn't trying to hide anything.
Check out the article below and read the response from former board member Ruth Ann Newman as to why the district didn't publish the bill payments when the district first published the board packets on the district website in 2013. I have the exchange of emails with the board and the responses I received.
It's hard to believe Dianne Critchlow's statement of "We're Not Hiding Anything!". It's especially hard to believe after reviewing the credit card statements and finding out that she had district purchased property at her home and had to be asked to return it.
Critchlow never openly provided the credit card statements to the school board. She just asked the board to approve the charges as a whole each month by asking the board to approve the bill payments that included checks to the credit card companies. The board shouldn't have had to ask to obtain the credit card statements. Critchlow as the superintendent should have been providing them to the board each month per school board policy like they do in many other school districts.
On the flip side, our school board should have asked to see the credit card statements since many of the statements totaled between $50,000 and $300,000 or more each month. The words Due Diligence comes to mind.
It's going to take quite a while for the auditors and the district to dig through all of the charges and receipts to find out what was purchased and paid for by the district that the district might not have in it's possession. More things might still be at Critchlow's house. It was something that was easily done.
I certainly hope that the district and the state audit reviews all of the charges dating back to 2005 when Critchlow started as superintendent. We need to recover as much taxpayer money as possible.
Read the article from 2013 by clicking on the link below to see if you think former superintendent Dianne Critchlow wasn't trying to hide anything back then.


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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- An apartment complex in Wilkes-Barre has been shut down, and all of the residents have to be out by the end of the day.
The order comes after police raided it Wednesday morning in connection with the recent gun violence in the city.
Police tell Newswatch 16 they arrested one person at this apartment building. When they raided it, they also found code violations inside causing the building to be shut down.
Wilkes-Barre's code enforcement officer says this apartment building on South Grant Street is no longer safe to live in.
"Probably about 10:30 in the morning I just got a rude awakening, banging on the doors, constant yelling. I didn't know what was going on but apparently, they came to shut down the building due to supposed health hazards," said G. Martinez.
People who live here including G. Martinez had to move out.
"It's just tragic what's going on right now. So many families have to move out for apparently no reason. It's just so sad."
Wilkes-Barre police initially came to raid the building in connection with the recent gunfire that has happened in the city.
The chief confirms one person was arrested during the raid.
When the police were inside, code violations were found causing the city to shut it down.
"Pretty good building, you know. I come to visit people here. It's alright. I'm surprised. I don't know what's going on," Alla True said.
A man who claimed to be the owner of the building denied that there were any violations on his property.
Tenants agree.
"To be honest with you, this guy is always on top of his game. Vic's a good dude. He's the owner of the building. He takes care of everybody. He makes sure his tenants are well," Martinez said.
The police chief says he can't release any more information about the raid until the investigation is complete.
There is no word when or if people will be able to move back into this apartment building.


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It's been quite a month work-wise but I am now back. The end product of this work for me is a new website for our business. Here it is.
Well, I should say the fun – and the occasional sheer frustration – I've had with organising the build of this site is nothing compared to the fun British politicians and the general public have been having in the past week with the expenses outrage… I am looking forward to reading my fellow bloggers' commentary on this recent shocker.
Dear reader,
We have been very busy with our start-up business – exciting and scary times indeed given the ongoing recession!
For this reason, and also since I have recently become even more involved in our venture, I have not been able to do any regular posts to my blog as the business has been taking all my attention. I really hope to return with more posts in a few weeks' time when our new website goes live and we can start marketing our products. Meantime it's a race against time to deliver the site, so please accept my apologies for my silence, and I hope we can start discussing things again in future.
Best regards


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Industrial washrooms are subjected to abusive conditions. Hot water, mold, and corrosive cleaning agents. Collectively, all of these elements can be pretty damning for industrial coatings.
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Marco Island, FL Author Publishes Children's Book
February 02, 2018 (PRLEAP.COM) Entertainment NewsThe Stranger's Magic Stick, a new book by Carol Doumlele, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.
A young boy selling baskets with his grandfather meets an interesting stranger with a mysterious stick in his pocket. One day, the man tells Joshua that he has been chosen to receive the stick. Joshua's grandfather recalls an old man from many years ago who played beautiful music on such a stick. However, Joshua is frustrated that he is not able to make it work.
As he works to solve the mystery of the stick and release its beautiful sounds, Joshua, and the reader, learns an important lesson about honesty and trustworthiness.
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Carol Doumlele was a primary school teacher for over thirty-seven years, during which time she loved to create stories to share with her students. Once she retired, she decided it was time to put these stories into print.
Doumlele lives in Marco Island, Florida. She is married with two children and four grandchildren.
The Stranger's Magic Stick is a 36-page hardcover with a retail price of $24.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4809-4804-4. It was published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, or to request a review copy, please go to our virtual pressroom at www.dorrancepressroom.com or our online bookstore www.bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com.
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TAINAN (UCAN): The Diocese of Tainan, Taiwan, is breathing a sigh of relief now that interest in a charity run, which at first looked to be a flop out of the starting blocks, saw a sudden, upward spike that saw the number of sign-ups multiply 10-fold in just a few days.
The first Tobias Cup, organised by the Tobias Social Welfare Foundation, is scheduled to kick off on May 26 in Hutoupei, Xinhua town, in Tainan, with the goal of raising NT$20 million ($5.28 million).
Father Hugo Peter, the foundation's director, explained, "Before I left for a meeting in the Vatican on April 8, we only had 100 applicants," adding, "But when I returned to Taiwan on April 18, over 3,000 applicants had registered. This is very satisfactory. It shows Taiwan's human touch."
He said the fundraising part of the event was not as important as raising awareness of important social issues, but that the money would be useful in further aiding the charities that the Church supports.
"I hope others get to know about (our foundation) and opt to help babies, children and adults with mental disabilities, disadvantaged families and the elderly," Father Peter said.
Hsu Kuorui, the executive director of the Ang Hia Tshu Running Association, explained that many people had decided to lace up their running sneakers because they were inspired by Father Peter's dedication to helping disadvantaged ethnic groups in southern Taiwan, and wanted to play their part.
"They even called up to register and wanted to make a pledge to the foundation. All of this gives great encouragement to the father and to special education teachers in Taiwan," Hsu said. The association has conducted 40 charity activities and is assisting the Tobias foundation in organising this year's run.
Father Peter, of the Belgian-run Societas Auxiliarium Missionum, was ordained in 1970 in Switzerland, and moved to Taiwan the following year.
With the encouragement and support of his friends and the Church, he enrolled in National Taiwan Normal University's Department of Fine Arts. After graduating in 1979 he travelled to the Penghu Islands, an archipelago of 90 islands in the Taiwan Strait, at the invitation of fellow priests and remained there for the next 13 years.
While he was there he volunteered to teach painting, arts and crafts to students with special needs at the Huimin Opportunity Centre in his spare time. This was the beginning of his long mission to help people with disabilities.
After completing his missionary work in Penghu, he was invited by then-Bishop Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa of Tainan, to serve as director of the St. Raphael Opportunity Centre.
Father Peter accepted and thus embarked on a career working full-time with the disabled—a role he still relishes and is actively engaged in some 26 years later.
Sensing he needed to further his studies to provide a higher level of care and service for his new wards, he later took up studies in special-needs education at Tunghai University.
Since the 1990s, the St. Raphael Opportunity Centre has been taking care of the education of children with special needs from kindergarten to six-years-old.
It has gained a reputation for pioneering early childhood care and educational services in Taiwan, bolstered by a team of professionals assisting with the cognitive, linguistic and emotional development of children.
Its early childhood services have expanded over the years and in 2006, St. Raphael set up the Guangming Early Intervention and Education Centre.
As its programmes continued to expand, it became clear that the centre would soon outgrow both its humble roots and the legal framework under which it operated.
It woul have to be reestablished as an independent foundation in order to continue providing its services within the parameters of Taiwan's legal code.
At that time, Father Peter was 66-years-old and looking at hanging up his frock.
"I was intending to retire and had been preparing for that moment for about a year," he said.
But things changed when Tainan Bishop Bosco Lin Chin-an gave him one final mission—to raise NT$10 million ($2.63 million) in funds to boost the foundation's coffers so it could keep caring for the neglected and underprivileged.
Father Peter recalls how one Buddhist couple made a generous donation of nearly a quarter of a million (New Taiwan) dollars and asked their friends to also reach into their pockets to make a pledge.
The priest scrambled to meet all of the legal and bureaucratic requirements and, after 12 months of hard work and preparation, the Tobias Social Welfare Foundation was established in 2010.
It was based on the principle of safeguarding "dignity for all."
He said, "Dignity is bestowed by God, and no one can be deprived of it. Everyone, regardless of their physical and mental conditions, can feel love and respect."
With the support of the Tainan City government, the foundation set up Taiwan's first fitness centre designed for people with disabilities.
Meanwhile, Father Peter has also been working tirelessly to provide personalised care for the foundation's young wards.
For example, it now sends its staff to the homes of those whose mobility is extremely restricted due to congenital or other problems, helping them to bathe and feed themselves.
The priest said he cares equally for all of those who now fall under his de factor protection. While some members of society may discard or overlook them based on their physical or mental impediments, he sees them as fragile flowers that can bloom under his care.
Several years ago he even designed a special logo for St. Raphael's featuring an imperfectly formed lotus to highlight both their plight and their potential.
"They are all like lotus flowers," Father Peter said. "Even when they are not perfect, they each have their own unique beauty."


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Stay tuned to your email and our Facebook group for more information and pictures about activities happening at school.
One of the things I love about teaching at Blue Mountain School is the freedom to allow the lesson to have a life of its own. Being present with and truly listening to ourselves and each other allows us to go places we could never have planned for. I thank all of my students for their willingness to show up and experience the lessons with me.
This month, I'd like to share a bit of our morning routine with you, specifically to show how our time together flows and is rich with connection.
Daily Grammar - Students find grammar exercises ready for them when they arrive in class. It is not their favorite time, but it is growing on them. I know this because the resistance is decreasing.
There is no joy quite like the joy I feel when a student explains why they put a comma in a certain place. It means so much more than the comma.
A special grammar moment:
Student: "Why do we need to know this?"
Me: "Because, like an artist or mechanic, when you deeply understand the tools of your art - how they go together and come apart, you can intentionally and masterfully create. I want you to experience the joy of knowing that you put that comma right there because it belongs there for sure."
From grammar, students move on to quote of the day.
Quote of the Day - We take turns sharing a quote on the board and leave a few words out, inserting blanks in their place. Each of us writes the quote filling the blanks with words that make sense. The engagement is high as we listen to each other's words and write all of our words in the blanks on the board. In the beginning, I chose the quotes. A special moment came last week when someone asked what my guesses were and I told them I couldn't guess since I chose the quote. That's when Leah said, "Can we take turns choosing the quote, so you can do it too?" And another class tradition was born. Through this activity, we are discussing context clues, parts of speech, cultural context and schema. "I knew that blank had to be an adjective because it is between an article and a noun." I love seeing and hearing all of the ideas on the board and pointing out the similarities in the words we each chose. It is interesting to look at the ideas we each have and then compare them to the actual quote. We take some time to reflect on the quote in our Writer's Notebooks and then we share our reflections.
The picture below is from our quote of the day activity and my journal response to the quote was: "I think this quote is inspirational. It encourages us to continue pushing the boundaries of creativity. If we all live in this way, imagine what we could create. It reminds me of the TED video, 5 ways to listen better, I watched this weekend. I really like that one. I think I will play it."
I closed my journal, led the discussion on the quote and then played the video. We then practiced 3 minutes of silence.
Allie chose the quote that day. If she hadn't put that quote on the board and I hadn't written the reflection I wrote, we wouldn't have ended up sitting in silence for 3 minutes and discussing conscious listening. It is through our contemplative progressive model that we are able to reach beyond foundational academics and teach the joy of knowing. Thank you, Blue Mountain School, for breaking the mold. We are charting such exciting territory!
I encourage you to watch the video and practice the activities the speaker discusses. We are!
The 3-4-5s are Rockin' in the Yard!!!!
Music, and sound in general, has been a field of interest in our classroom. I thought maybe noise...ahem, music would be better explored outside. With the help of my husband and the use of pots and lids, metal trays and wooden spoons, we installed the Wall Of Sound.
Then it happened. Overnight our cherished Wall of Sound was severely damaged. The large pots lay in pieces on the ground, and the lids had been disconnected from the hangers. The children spoke about the "tewibble" thing and how our music was "all broke."
I took this opportunity to explore emotions and asked the children "How do you feel about our Wall of Sound being broken?"
Disharoon: "I miss them. I'm sad."
Jeret: "Frustrated, 'cause I was about to go out and play one of those drums."
Enzo: "I was interested in the bells. Now I'm sad."
Porter: "Ahm, rally angry! Because it looks bad, broke."
Edwin: "It made me think of monster trucks driving and crushing the school. It made me feel nervous 'cause that happened."
Bella: "I don't like it! We have to clean it up and fix it."
Anya: "Because I don't know who broked it, it makes me sad I can't make music."
Conor: "Ah, ahh, it makes me feel some angry 'cause I like to play on it."
While the Wall of Sound is for all of the BMS family to share, we, The 3-4-5s want you to know that banging till it breaks is not okay. Of course things happen and supplies break, so all we ask is to be respectful and notify someone if you accidentally break something. This of course is not only true for the Wall of Sound but for all of BMS and the whole world too.
P.S. If you have any old pots, we would love to have them!
Less than two months into the school year, and things are really happening!
The 3-4-5s spent much of their time this month collecting nuts. We collected black walnuts here at school, and then acorns at Ipi's place. We gave the black walnuts to the Department of Forestry, who will plant them and then distribute the seedlings to landowners throughout Virginia. The Fire Cheetahs are keeping a close eye on the acorns, and when they start to sprout, they and the 3-4-5s will plant them. Once they're big enough, we'll plant some around the school, some at our homes, and the rest, well, somewhere else. Please let me know if you are interested in having a sawtooth oak or two, or if you have any pots we could use.
In November, we are heading to the Zion Church next door to join the Friendship Cafe in a round of games and conversation, which should go some way towards fulfilling their goal of helping people play!
We have gotten off to a great start with music this year, celebrating the fall season with songs and movement, and providing the musical soundtrack for the Persephone and Demeter play with Vicky at our Harvest Celebration.
Our fall songs have included "Autumn Leaves" and "Red, Yellow, Orange, Brown" using our beautiful fall-colored scarves for moving our bodies like falling and swirling leaves, swaying branches, and jumping kids! We've also learned to keep a steady beat and to sneeze into our elbows (a hygienically-preferred practice) with "Mother Nature's Sneeze:"
Red Leaves, yellow leaves, orange leaves, brown
Big leaves, small leaves, crumpled on the ground.
Everywhere are falling leaves
Mother Nature, did you SNEEZE???
I have already attended two music conferences this fall, which have given me lots of great material and insight for using music to enhance social and emotional learning. One peace educator from Massachusetts, Sarah Pirtle, introduced me to many great new songs for helping children to feel the power of the circle. "Great Big Circle" helps us to celebrate a sense of inclusion and belonging, while "Oops," and "When I Say Stop (I Mean Stop)", help us to notice when the circle gets broken and to mend it with consideration for each other.
The other workshop, called Music in Education, taught me a new repertoire of singing games that offers a very fun way to build community through music (and music skills through play). The games are traditional folk games like "There's a Penny in My Hand," "Rig-a-Jig-Jig," and "Uncle Joe," which are played in a circle and involve movement, guessing, and memory skills.They tend to get more and more active as they progress, which makes them fun and challenging. The program is based on the research that has proven that children (and adults) learn best when they feel emotionally safe in their environment. When they feel that no threat exists, their nervous systems can switch off any perceived need to protect themselves, and they can proceed with the natural impulse to explore their world. I got to experience this first-hand, through how energized and alert my mind felt after a half-hour of playing these games with my peers. They seem to set the stage for learning reading, math, and whatever else there is to know in the world, together, in cooperative, creative ways.
We have also practiced calming techniques and attention-building with our Calm Down Song and our "listening to the chime" activity.
If you are interested in including any of these songs, games or practices in your home environment, don't hesitate to ask me for help. I have lots of resources that I am happy to share, and so does the school's office library. We would love to help you bring calming routines and practices into your lives, too. The children love them, and they are very wonderful to experience together.
Learning to read well and write clearly are two basic literacy skills that people rely on to learn things for themselves and to function well overall in our print-rich world. In order for our students to be able to meet this challenge, I have joined the Blue Mountain School staff as literacy learning instructor for my second year.
As literacy learning instructor, I work with young learners who are in the early stages of learning, to read and write independently. Because the children bring widely varied abilities and prior exposure to literacy learning, I work with all of the children at the Early Learning Level (Corey's class / Fire Cheetahs) and select students at the Elementary Level (Hari and Miranda's younger student group).
I base my instruction on where each child is at in his or her literacy abilities. I work with the children individually or in small groups, reinforcing core literacy skills and introducing the exceptions found in the English language. I stay abreast of what the various teachers are doing with their classes and offer in-class support during some lessons. As needed, I rework the concepts covered in group lessons into customized reading and writing review exercises.
At other times, I do one-on-one work to improve the individual students' reading and writing proficiencies. These days, my lessons with youngsters range from basic letter recognition for some of the Early Learners to the decoding of complex multisyllabic words from science classes for Elementary students.
I am truly enjoying getting to know the children and families now involved at Blue Mountain School. As an alumni parent, it is great for me to be returning as a reading tutor, an interest which developed for me when my eldest child (now 22) and his peers were learning to read and write, right here at Blue Mountain.
Today I wish you a good read with your child!
Nov 8: Elementary VFW Guests
Nov 17: 3-4-5s Play Day
Nov 18-27: Local Gifts 2011
Nov 22: Half Day
Nov 22: Thankful Celebration
Nov 23-24: Thanksgiving Break
Kari Kovic for donating a filing cabinet for the office.
LaVern Beaver for helping with copying for Hari.
Rebekah Hicks for helping in the Early Childhood classroom.
Scott & Cassie Pierce, and Shannon & Sol Atkins for helping sort the Equal Exchange goodies.
The Parent's Tao Te Ching
by William Martin
Quiet the Mind
Our bodies produce
the bodies of our children
Our noisy minds produce
the fears of our children
But the Tao produces
the spirit of our children
Still the body
Quiet the mind
Discover the spirit
Meditation is not complicated
nor esoteric
It is a natural skill
practiced in many variations
Breathe in and think, "Be..."
Breathe Out and think, "....still"
Once you learn
teach your children
You don't have to call it meditation
Call it "being still like a mountain"
Bring forth their natural ability
to remain quiet and at rest
(Yes, they can,
even for brief periods
Can you?)
Blue Mountain School


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Bautista returns to Blue Jays lineup as DH
TORONTO (AP) Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista is back in the lineup at designated hitter for Monday's game against Philadelphia after missing the previous three because of a sore right thigh.
Bautista left in the sixth inning against Baltimore on Thursday after reaching base in his first four plate appearances. A six-time All-Star, he is hitting .234 with 12 homers and 40 RBIs.
Edwin Encarnacion, who homered three times in six plate appearances on Friday and Saturday, is not in the lineup Monday. Encarnacion jammed his right index finger while stealing third base in Sunday's 10-9 win over Baltimore. He is expected to return Tuesday.
Manager John Gibbons said shortstop that Troy Tulowitzki (right quadriceps) will play in an extended spring training game Wednesday. Tulowitzki has not played since suffering a setback while running the bases in an extended spring training game Friday. He is batting .204 with eight homers and 23 RBIs in 46 games.
Injured left-hander Brett Cecil (triceps) threw off a mound Monday for the first time since going on the 15-day DL. Cecil, who last pitched May 14, is 0-5 with a 5.23 ERA. There is no timetable for his return.
Also Monday, the Blue Jays selected the contract of left-hander Scott Diamond from Triple-A Buffalo and optioned ambidextrous reliever Pat Venditte to Triple-A.
Diamond was 4-6 with a 3.16 in 12 starts at Triple-A, but will pitch in long relief for the Blue Jays. The Canadian pitched for Minnesota from 2011-13.
Franklin Morales (shoulder) was moved to the 60-day DL to make room for Diamond on the 40-man roster.


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I recently had a used motor put in my vehicle about 6 months ago when there was an oil build up which is commin in this engine i guess, and a new starter about 6 weeks ago. I also recently found out the my battery is getting low and will need to replace soon. This morning forvthe first time my speedometer and rmp gauge was working. My speedometer would read 0 and sometimes jump around and twice for about a minute actually work. My rpm gaugevran unusally higher then usual(which i could also hear my engine working harder then usual. On my way home from work my fuel gauge started up to and was reading empty and sometimes bouncing around. The few times my gauges decided to work for a minute the rpm and engine sound went away as well. Occastionally i would get a very slight jerk when driving like gear were possibly slipping. I also noted a small jerking in the car when i switch to the drive gear or reverse gear. Would are the most likley problems this could be?
My car has 88550 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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The Daily Beast reports that the four men responsible for the gang rape resulting in the death of a twenty-three year old student now face the death penalty.
Some commenters were quick to decry the attitudes of men in India towards women. However, as commenter Kelly wisely pointed out:
Read it and condemn. But don't be so quick to place all the blame on the Indians. This is a world-wide sickness and if you dig deep enough you'll find something like this going on the the U.S. too. We are not so pristine…it might not happen with the frequency but remember we just had a guy who hid three women in his house for 10 years, beat them, raped them, chained them–need I go on? Plus we seem to have a society that calls women namess for asking for BC iplls or even basic health care. It is a pervading thing within global society as a whole. We call for the death penalty now but do we really do anything to halt the spreading of ideas that cause these horrendous acts? Think about it.
Here is my response to Kelly.
@kelly_1True, and when women stand up and ask for equal rights and respectful treatment, we are called names like "Feminazi" and "jokingly" or not so jokingly told to "get back in the kitchen and make me a sandwich." If we demand to be treated with respect and dignity, we are told that only fat, ugly women are feminists (as if fat women and women not perceived as traditionally attractive don't deserve respect too.)
There is a pervasive attitude of apologizing for "good" boys who rape, as in the Steubenville case.
As long as jokes about rape are seen as humorous and people who speak up against such "humor" are told to lighten up, it says something negative about the culture which believes that rape is funny.
As you said, this isn't true just in India. It's everywhere, including the first world countries.
There's not much to add to this, only that if desiring to be treated with common decency, to have equal opportunities, and to be treated like a human being and not a piece of ass makes me a "Feminazi," then that is a title I will wear proudly.


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The other night, I was having some trouble falling asleep. I tossed and turned, thoughts racing through my head. Most normal people (aka non-musicians) might count sheep or count backwards from 300 in increments of 3.
What did my eternally dorky clarinet self do?
I tried to name a famous clarinetist for every letter of the alphabet.
I'll admit, I had to stretch the rules a few times (using first names instead of last), but here are the names I used:
Arrignon, Michel
Baermann, Carl/Heinrich
Cavallini, Ernesto
Draper, Charles
Eban, Eli
Fröst, Martin
Galper, Avrahm
Hermstedt, Johann
Ivy Benson
Juler, Pauline
Kell, Reginald
Langenus, Gustave
Marcellus, Robert
Neidich, Charles
Opperman, Kalmen
Peyer, Gervase de
Queen, The Clarinet (aka Doreen Ketchens)
Rossi, Luis
Stadler, Anton
Thurston, Frederick
Ulysse Delécluse
Voxman, Himie
Weston, Pamela
Xavier (Jean-Xavier) Lefèvre (This one is a stretch!)
Yeh, John Bruce
Zukovsky, Michele
So, the next time you can't fall asleep or you want to keep your clarinet friends entertained on long road trips, challenge yourself and see if you can name the ABC's of clarinetists!