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Body image after birth
Like many other stages in the perinatal journey, there is great variation in how our bodies physically adjust to pregnancy, and similarly adjust in the days, weeks, months and even years following giving birth to children.
Your body soon after birth
Following birth, our bodies can take some time to adjust and recover. It is important to give yourself time to allow this to happen and try not to place too much emphasis on it.
Your body may feel turned inside out and no longer yours… it will be.
Karen Miles
Your priority in the early days and weeks is to look after yourself – and not put too much pressure or expectations on yourself and how you may look.
Your body in the months following birth
As you begin to move along the journey into parenthood, the whole adjustment to parenthood lifestyle in itself can lead some parents to changes in their patterns of eating, sleeping and leisure time – as well as most other facets of life. You may find yourself eating more – due to there being less structure in your day or possibly comfort-eating, whilst for others parenthood can bring stress and lack of time for oneself to make time for eating. Breastfeeding also can impact on women differently, leading to weight loss in many women but not in others.
As a result, whilst some people may remain similar in size and/or shape following having a baby, for others having a baby can lead to significant weight loss or weight gain. These changes in our bodies and body image can impact greatly on our energy levels and sense of self-esteem.
There is certainly a lot that we can do to look after ourselves during and following pregnancy as well as work towards a good level of health and fitness. In particular this includes eating well and exercising – both of which are great for not only our energy levels and self-esteem, but also for the prevention and even treatment of mild postnatal depression.
For many parents however, depending on your other commitments, priorities and available time and resources – this may not be possible, nor your highest priority. Adjusting to your post-baby body is likely to require some level of self acceptance – that there may be short, medium or long term changes in the way that your body looks and feels.
Whilst your body may not feel like yours, in time it will.


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When starting off, some business owners who are into social media (who isn't nowadays?!?) ask themselves how much money they should allocate to their social media campaigns. And, even if they set their budget, they're not sure how and where to spend this money. In the end, your goal here is to reach your marketing goals and being money wise. And I'm not talking here about increasing your sales only, because your marketing objectives could be anything else (if you want to increase your brand awareness or you are helping a non-governmental organization (NGO).
If you're on the same boat, you need to know that you're asking the wrong questions.
Instead of asking how much you should shell out, you should learn how to make the most of the social media budget you've already set and not spend your money on ineffective practices.
Ask yourself the following questions:
Once you answer these questions, you've basically built the foundation of your social media strategy. Based on it, you will formulate your value proposition, establish your tone and voice, create loyalty programs, and adapt your marketing efforts.
Choose the Social Networks that Make Sense for your Brand
The world of social media marketing revolves around the famous "less is more" approach. Here, spreading your eggs across several baskets doesn't pay off. Instead, you need to choose those channels that make sense for your niche and target audience.
That's where you should start — by defining your target audience. This is the core of effective social media spending.
After that, you should know what content to post across different social networks. The beauty of social networks lies in the fact that they let you experiment with different types of content and present your story, facts, and stats however you want it to. Written content like articles, case studies, or white papers bring a lot of value to your brand, but they're far from being the only powerful type of content? What about super-engaging videos, podcasts, or infographics?
Try to remember that the focus is not on getting the sale, but on building trust and your brand reputation with people, so that they buy today, come back tomorrow and tell others about your brand. This is the foundation behind a strong content strategy, especially on social media.
And don't forget about this: you can sell a product using social media, but relationships come first.
Get the most of your content by repurposing on social media
Let's say you're making and publishing unique videos on YouTube once a week. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram require a more aggressive approach and you share your content there 3 times a day. This is a lot of original content you would need to create on a weekly basis. And, no matter if you're outsourcing your content creation or having an in-house content team, the costs are constantly adding up. This is where content repurposing shines. All you need to do is create a few high-quality and extensive pieces of content, be it written or visual content, and then break them down into multiple works you would share online. You just need to know how to edit and tailor your content to each of your social media channels. This is also a great opportunity to give your popular content a second life.
Experiment with your strategies and test them regularly
In the world of social media marketing, there is no space left for making assumptions. Otherwise, you may end up wasting your social media budget without even realizing that you are. Therefore you need to experiment with your social media strategies and assess them regularly. I strongly believe that running campaigns and testing everything is the best way to ascertain whether or not you should stick to a channel.
If it's Twitter headlines, test different options. Experiment with the number of hashtags you use on your Twitter and Instagram posts. Change your approach to Facebook and Instagram live. Observe your target audience's interactions with each of these marketing techniques and stick to those options that work for you.
The value proposition of your brand on your social media marketing efforts
A value proposition is simply a promise of value. It is the value you promise to deliver to your customers post-purchase. It's ultimately what makes your product attractive to customers. For example, when you advertise on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn, a value proposition is what motivates the user to click on your ad. When doing ads, starting with a low daily fee so it doesn't affect your social media budget.
Value proposition and brand are very connected. Use the power of social media to send a message to your target audience about your brand and what you have to offer. If you are offering something for free, spread the word on social media! Then you can retarget your leads with one of your products or services. This should be included in your social media marketing efforts.
Keep measuring your performance
To get the most of your social media budget, you need to constantly analyze what you're doing. Only this way will you know whether you're allocating enough resources to social media and, most importantly, whether you're spending your budget effectively. Like we've already mentioned, playing a guessing game in the world of digital marketing, especially social media, doesn't cut it.
Let me know what strategies do you use to maximize your social media budget?

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The cost of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases from agriculture
Researchers have studied the advantages of reducing greenhouse gases in croplands of a region in Spain. Results will allow researchers to make progress in the regional knowledge to reduce costs and emissions that could be achieved with slight changes in crop and soil management. These results can be extended to other scenarios with similar conditions to the study case.
The study, which was carried out in Aragón (Spain), provides regional information about the links between climate change mitigation and economics of sustainable agricultural management.
Results show that soil management practices can be attractive from an economic point of view for the Mediterranean farmers and at the same time achieving significant reductions of greenhouse gases emissions.


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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):
12 p.m.
Happy new year, Yun Sungbin.
On a national holiday in Korea – the start of a lunar new year – Yun became a national hero, winning gold in the men's skeleton event at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
His four-run time of 3 minutes, 20.55 seconds was 1.63 seconds ahead of silver medalist Nikita Tregubov of Russia. It was the biggest victory margin in Olympic skeleton, topping 1948, when Italy's Nino Bibbia topped Jack Heaton of the U.S. by 1.4 seconds in a six-heat race.
Dom Parsons of Britain was third.
For the U.S., 2014 Olympic bronze medalist Matt Antoine was 11th and three-time Olympian John Daly was 16th.
11:40 a.m.
Mikaela Shiffrin says she felt sick to her stomach and was "kind of puking" before her first run in the Olympic slalom.
Shiffrin told NBC during a brief interview that "it almost felt like a virus" and "less about nerves."
The 22-year-old American had the fourth-fastest time in the opening run. The second run is later Friday.
Shiffrin is bidding to win her second gold medal in two days at the Pyeongchang Games and third of her career. She won the giant slalom on Thursday.
11:10 a.m.
Mikaela Shiffrin is in fourth position after her opening run of the slalom and remains within striking distance to capture a second straight gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
The 22-year-old American turned in a steady performance and sits 0.48 seconds behind leader Wendy Holdener of Switzerland heading into the final run Thursday afternoon. There are seven racers all within a second of Holdener.
Shiffrin won the giant slalom on Thursday. She won the slalom four years ago at the Sochi Games.
10:55 a.m.
Vincent Zhou became the first figure skater to land a quad lutz in Olympic competition when the 17-year-old American hit the four-rotation jump leading into a triple toeloop to open his short program.
Two other skaters are trying the quad lutz in the short program. More will try in the free skate.
Zhou first landed the quad lutz during his warmup, while he was waiting for the scores of France's Chafik Besseghier to be read. Zhou says he's always attempted a difficult jump just before his program to get his legs under him, and that it was a quad salchow before he learned the quad lutz last year.
Zhou scored a season-best 82.53 points Friday, easily the best of the first group of skaters.
10:45 a.m.
Markus Schairer of Austria is heading home for treatment after breaking his neck in a frightening crash during the Olympic men's snowboardcross quarterfinals.
Schairer lost control in the air on the final jump of the treacherous downhill course on Thursday. He slammed into the snow on his back, sending his goggles flying. He was able to get to his feet before being taken for a medical exam.
The Austrian Olympic Committee says Schairer fractured the fifth vertebrae in his neck. It says there is no indication the 30-year-old Schairer experienced any neurological impairment or long-term damage.
10:25 a.m.
The men's short program is underway at Gangneung Ice Arena, where American figure skater Nathan Chen hopes to land his array of quads that could allow him to challenge for an Olympic medal.
Chen will skate in the final group with reigning Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, Spanish star Javier Fernandez, Chinese contender Jin Boyang and Japanese sensation Shoma Uno.
Vincent Zhou and Adam Rippon are also competing for the U.S.
The short program scores will be combined with the free skate Saturday to determine the medals.
10:10 a.m.
Mikaela Shiffrin was steady in the opening run of the slalom as she tries to win a second straight gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
The 22-year-old American was the fourth racer to take the course and wound up 0.48 seconds behind current leader Wendy Holdener of Switzerland.
Shiffrin showed no hint of fatigue after winning the giant slalom a day earlier. She won the Olympic slalom four years ago in Sochi.
9:35 a.m.
Call it a good news-bad news scenario for Gus Kenworthy.
The outspoken freestyle skier broke his thumb in training on Thursday.
He tweeted out a picture of his X-Ray, along with one of his freshly casted hand and included this quip: "It won't stop me from competing (obvi) but it does prevent me from shaking Pence's hand so … Silver linings!"
Kenworthy, who came out as gay about two years after his silver medal win at the Sochi Games, has been openly critical of U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, who was in South Korea for the start of the games.
Kenworthy has previously said he would not go to the White House as part of the traditional visit the U.S. Olympic team makes after the Olympics.
9:30 a.m.
American Mikaela Shiffrin is set to compete in the women's slalom for what would be her second gold medal of the Pyeongchang Olympics, and Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal will go for a second medal, in the men's super-G, as Day 7 gets underway.
Both skiers won medals Thursday, Shiffrin in the giant slalom and Svindal in the men's downhill. Both races had been scheduled for earlier in the games but were delayed due to high winds.
Also Friday, the men's figure-skating competition starts with the short program. Medals will be awarded after the free skate Saturday. Reigning Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan will be the first skater in the final group, followed by American star Nathan Chen, Russian skater Mikhail Kolyada and countryman Shoma Uno.
More AP Olympic coverage: https://wintergames.ap.org


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Navigating COVID-19
South Boston Updates
We're heading back to the studio!
We have missed your in-person faces more than we can say!
Our community has stayed so strong during this crazy time, and we're proud to be able to reopen with your continued support. Keep scrolling for all the pertinent updates, and get ready to get your SWEAT on!
What's Different for You in South Boston:
- Classes will have more time in between to reduce crossover
- You can enter the class 10 minutes before it begins, not earlier
- Yes, we have a new waiver to sign
- Upon arrival, hand sanitizer or hand washing will be mandatory
- You will be assigned a machine to reduce foot traffic
- Remove your shoes by the door, but put your belongings in the well of your assigned machine
- Check in remains touch free but with protective screens and foot markings
- In addition to our cleaning protocols, wipes and disinfecting sprays are available for extra machine wipe downs
- Everyone will need a mask
- We will follow state-by-state guidelines for protocols on mask use during classes
- Private sessions are available, and masks are optional since 14ft social distance can be kept
- Clients will be encouraged to reschedule their classes if they are sick or if someone in their household is sick
Towel service, use of showers & childcare is suspended until further notice.
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Beth Sellars has turned Suyama Space into one of the region's top art venues
Beth Sellars knows where the art is. For 30 years, she has sought it out, organized it into exhibits and cheered it on at gallery openings and studio visits.
When Jack Daws and Faith Ramos took a portion of the roof off the Bridge Motel and built a campfire in Room 12 -- part of what became Seattle's art event of the season -- they knew they'd see Sellars in the crowd.
They were convinced that she wouldn't miss the chance to see artists pay homage to a seedy motel, and they were right. Ignoring the smoke in her eyes, she roasted marshmallows and drank beer, nodding to the Hank Williams soundtrack.
"She's everywhere," said Cris Bruch, who exhibited with her in 2000.
Ric Collier, director of the Salt Lake City Art Center, has known her since he was a box boy in a Boise grocery store and she was a customer.
"He'd follow me around, talking about art," she said.
It's a conversation they are still having.
"The thing about Beth is, she's not in anyone's pocket," he said. "Too many curators are owned by collectors. Nobody owns Beth. She does exactly what she wants. I like to say, persist till you prevail. That's Beth."
Sellars, 69, began her career as a curator in Boise, spent some time in Spokane, and moved to Seattle in 1996. She now directs the art program at Suyama Space. It's the cavernous front room of architect George Suyama's office in Belltown. She persuaded him to turn it into an art space, wrote the grants to get funding and has run its program since 1998.
There's nothing quite like Suyama Space, an ad hoc art center with no consultants, no other curators and nobody to defer to except Suyama, who is pleased to let her lead.
With his backing and support from an art and architecture forum known as Space.City, Sellars has turned the space into one of the top art venues in the region, vying with established museums in terms of quality and presentation.
"Look at what Beth's done without any of the structure we ordinarily think is necessary," said Eric Fredericksen, director of Western Bridge. "She has a great record for shows and the energy to keep it going."
Good as she is as a curator, she wonders if she would have become one had it not been for a trauma in her mid-30s.
A painter in Boise who exhibited frequently, she was happily married with three children (another, Molly, died in infancy) when her 38-year-old husband collapsed from a cerebral hemorrhage on their 13-year-old daughter's birthday.
He was rushed to the hospital but didn't make it.
"He had time to wish our daughter happy birthday," she said. He was a beloved figure in the community, and more people came to the funeral than could have fit into two churches. Relatives and friends helped care for the children, especially her 4-year-old son, Matt -- now a sculptor who exhibits in Seattle at Platform Gallery.
"I don't remember that time well," says Sellars, "but a few months later I was sitting down and looking out the window. I said to myself, 'You have three kids. You are not going to make it as a painter in Idaho.' "
She married again several years later, but it didn't last.
"I never really worked through the grief, because I felt I couldn't. My kids were looking at me. I'd catch them out of the corner of my eye. They wanted to know that I was strong and wasn't going to die and leave them alone. I had to keep going." She gave up painting, a decision she says she doesn't regret. "I was average. I'd rather look at great art than make less-than-great art myself."
In 1975, the Boise Art Museum received a grant to hire an assistant to the director. In true Sellars fashion, she took the job, earned a master's degree in art history, became a visiting professor and then director of the gallery at the University of Idaho.
In 1982, she became visual art curator at Spokane's Cheney Cowles Museum, a job that earned her national attention, but not in a good way.
Oh, she was a dervish of art activity, organizing not just exhibits around the region, from Montana to Oregon, but poetry readings, lectures, film series and performances. "Every Wednesday night there would be something at the museum," she said. "We filled the auditorium every week."
Creating a community with art at its center, however, could not have won her a place on Rush Limbaugh's radio show and triggered newspaper articles around the world.
Only a stumble could do that.
In 1992, she mounted "True Stories From Dot," as in, Dot, Mont., featuring sculptures by Dennis Voss and Ted Waddell. While Voss' work is pristine, Waddell decided to experiment with sculptural collages that included animal fur and skulls.
All would have gone well if Waddell had cleaned the horse trailer in which he had transported the art, she said.
"Thousands of flies hatched in the gallery. Right after that, thanks to Ted, there was also an infestation of dermestid beetles." The beetles were a critical problem because the museum contains historical Native American material. Dermestid beetles love baskets.
The museum closed while fumigators bombed the galleries.
Word got out. The Spokesman-Review covered the story on the front page. "I think the headline was, 'Museum Abuzz,' " she said.
Several days later, Limbaugh declared on his radio show that there was a "woooman curator" in Spokane, Wash., who thinks roadkill is art. "He talked about blood dripping on the gallery floor," she said. "Nothing like that happened, but it didn't matter. It's still known as the Roadkill Show."
She pasted a bumper sticker on her van saying "Flush Rush" and got back to work.
The list of artists who exhibited at Cheney Cowles is a who's who from around the region, but Sellars finally fell out with the museum over one of the Northwest's most important figures, Edward Kienholz, an artist born in Eastern Washington who had gone on to gain a worldwide reputation.
Thanks to his relationship with Sellars, Kienholz agreed to sell the museum one of five massive tableaux known as the "Jesus Corner" under terms favorable to a museum that otherwise wouldn't have been able to afford it. When the museum responded to the bulky jewel by putting it in storage, Sellars quit and moved to Seattle.
"My kids were grown," she said. "It was time to take a chance."
For five years, she was curator and collections manager for the Seattle Arts Commission, now known as the Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs. The job had its high points, mostly talking to city employees about what kind of art they wanted in their offices, getting them to stretch beyond their initial impressions, but she found the commission itself depressing.
"I think of the Seattle Arts Commission in the 1970s and early 1980s, what a brave and adventurous place it was, and how hollow it became. Life is too short to spend it at a place that puts politics above art. There's not a lot of public art that's challenging or powerful today, because art administrators are afraid to take risks."
At Suyama Space, she created the arena in which she could operate without worrying about political pressure. It's all about the artists she features and the way their work interacts with the raw, old-barn look of the space.
The space works for her, too, because it evokes the spaces of her childhood. She grew up in a rural area of Southern California, near San Diego. Her father taught art at the local high school and built their house from dirt, forming it into bricks.
"He did it all," she said. "I think of my dad sometimes, watching him build a house from nothing. From him I learned that all things are possible."


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There was a time when British television was the envy of the world. As a child in Malta, we would all be glued to the great imported series from Britain – things like the original Upstairs, Downstairs, and the long but fascinating adaptation of War and Peace, starring the young Anthony Hopkins. No videos in those days, so no recording, and thus on those nights no going out for the adults, and the children allowed to stay up late specially. And though it is a long time ago now, some of those distant scenes are still burned into my memory: Pierre playing patience as the French march on Moscow, or in the queue to get shot; Lady Margery's daughter being arrested as a suffragette… and many others.
Fast forward a few decades and all is changed. British television drama is a wasteland. Look at last night's offering, Titanic. Where to begin? Surely the Titanic theme has been done to death? If you doubt that, Julian Fellowes's version will settled the question. His drama had some uncomfortable resemblances to the James Cameron (on the whole very good) film. But its main weakness was its historical illiteracy.
I could go on and on about this, but luckily I won't. Take one couple, the Earl and Countess of Manton. Lord Manton embarrasses his middle class Irish lawyer, something no gentleman would ever do deliberately; Lady Manton is rude to his wife; she also snubs Mr Guggenheim and is rude to his French mistress; Lady Manton points out that someone is in trade. I do not think a real Edwardian Countess would have ever done any of these things. As a member of the upper class she would have taken pride in putting people of all backgrounds at their ease. It is unlikely she would have snubbed a Jewish American, or indeed refused to speak to his mistress in a public place: the court of Edward VII, who had only recently died, had been full of foreigners and included several mistresses including the King's own. As for trade, well, by the time the Titanic went down the idea of British aristocrats shoring up their financial positions by marrying Americans, all of whom had made their money in trade, was commonplace. Money, as the Italian love to say, has no smell. Jenny Jerome, Consuelo Vanderbildt, and the fictional lady in Downton Abbey are just three examples of this.
All this may not seem important, but Lady Manton made me squirm, with her caricature toffness. In the interests of truth, this sort of thing should not be allowed to pass. The only reason a person in Lady Manton's position would act like that would be if she were socially insecure or a little bit potty.
I was very glad to escape into the world of Channel Four plus one and watch the next episode of Homeland. This is such a good series, well scripted, well acted, and posing a very simple but disturbing question: there is a Trojan Horse in our midst, but who is it? My guess is that we are in for a surprise. Could it be Saul? But please do not tell me. I want to enjoy this one for as long as it runs, just like those great television series of old.
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Thursday morning is the dreaded letter writing time where we each sit down and write letters to each other. This week of camp was especially hard as I would be saying goodbye to kids I know better than any others. I wrote three letters, one for each kid and my translators helped them write letters to me. I then decided to write short letters for all the Eagles Wings 6 kids who I lived with. I'm not gonna lie, I did well up a bit when writing Wendy's.
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In the afternoon we did life-charts. This is where we sit down as a family group and talk about our lives, sharing about both the high points and the low points. So I started by sharing about my life then one of the kids went. Weird thing though was that Barry seemed to have forgotten a lot of his story since we did it last year. Either that or he wasn't sharing. They just said they were happy, which I do believe for the most part. At Eagles Wings they do have happy lives.
Later on we had swim time. Zach is becoming a little more comfortable going in the water. He no longer says he doesn't want to swim. And will be held by people other then me! One of the younger boys Bill wouldn't go in the water all week. In fact he wouldn't even take off his shoes or sit beside the pool. So I made it my mission to get him in the water and for him to see how fun it can be. So I sat down beside him and got him to take his shoes off. One step at a time! Then we went and sat beside the water and after a minute or two I picked him up and slipped in the water. He clung so tight to my neck but didn't shout or scream to get out. We walked around for a short while and slowly got used to the water. After a few minutes he was happily squirting people with a water gun! He even went to another volunteer who held him for the rest of the time as Zach was calling for me!
That evening we had a big celebration party! It was so much fun! It was all centred around the theme of the week which was CHOSEN. So we dressed them all up in cool outfit and then each volunteer called their child up one by one and crowned them. Everyone loved it! It was their chance to be special! We had some yummy cake to finish off the party.
Thursday night was a little sad and you could feel it in the atmosphere of the volunteer meeting that evening. Everyone knew it was the last night and no one wanted it to be over. We made bed time even more special. We had lots of fun with glow sticks in the dark with barry, zach and one of the other boys. They LOVED it!! We let them stay up really late chatting, joking around and having fun! Saying goodnight and tucking them in was sad as it would be the last time I would do that.


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How can rigorous research help us advance the concept and practice of social justice? In the fourth event of the 2017 PhDs Go Public Research Talk Series, join us as eight doctoral students from the Public Scholars Initiative have seven minutes each to talk about their research on, and search for, social justice. Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Vancouver Public Library as part of the Public Scholars Initiative.
Emma Feltes (Anthropology) works in partnership with Indigenous activists to delve into the history of the "Constitution Express"—a movement in the 1980s to assert Indigenous rights, nationhood, and self-determination during the patriation of Canada's Constitution— with a view to inform our relations today.
Jocelyn Fraser (Mining Engineering) focuses on social risk and social responsibility in the international mining sector with a particular focus in Arequipa, Peru, where she investigates ways how mining companies can collaborate with communities to deliver tangible social benefits.
Maggie Low (IRES) collaborates with the Heiltsuk Nation in Bella Bella, BC, to investigate the implementation of a large scale land use agreement between Coastal First Nations and the BC government, as well the implications of the agreement for Indigenous well-being and governance.
Kyle Loewen (Geography) partners with labour communities in the US who are employed in "last-mile" delivery—the distance between retailer warehouses and a consumer's home—to address labour-related issues and improve working conditions in this sector.
Jeremy Stone (Planning) collaborates with urban community organisations in Vancouver and New Orleans to explore gentrification practices in these cities from a multidisciplinary perspective, and seeks to increase the resilience of neighborhoods in the face of catastrophic change.
Yemi Adeyeye (Forestry) collaborates with Natura Foundation Bolivia to explore the issues of participation, knowledge production and roles of different actors in the development of an indigenous-driven environmental intervention in Bolivia.
Alicia Luedke (Political Science) investigates the impact of global policies seeking to prevent and prohibit the use of sexual violence in war on armed group practices of rape and other-related offenses in conflict situations.
Sarah Fessenden (Anthropology) teams up with "Food Not Bombs" activists to understand and address commercial food-waste in the face of hunger; she works closely with donors and anti-hunger activists to find empowering ways of getting otherwise wasted food to people in need.
Select Books and Articles Available at UBC Library
Feltes, E. (2015). Research as Guesthood: The Memorial to Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Resolving Indigenous-Settler Relations in British Columbia. [Link]
Feltes, E. "We will help each other to be great and good": The Memorial to Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Resolving Indigenous-State Relations in Canada. [Link]
Fraser, J. Corporate responsibility and advocacy conviction: How the forces of passion and reason shape contemporary industrial issues. [Link]
Low, M. M. Negotiating Environmental Governance: Lessons from the Great Bear Rainforest Agreements in British Columbia, Canada. [Link]
Loewen, K. (2012). From Problems of Citizenship to Questions of Action. [Link]
Adeyeye, Y. et al. (2017). Human(e) Interactions with the Environment. [Link]
Luedke, A. E. (2014). Three types of wartime sexual violence: Recruitment and retention of armed combatants in civil war. [Link]
Fessenden, S. G. (2017). "We just wanna warm some bellies" : Food not bombs, anarchism, and recycling wasted food for protest . [Link]


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Italy is the cheapest country in Europe for broadband, according to consultants Teligen.
Its report Broadband Pricing in Europe found that the cost of broadband in Italy is less than €20 a month, compared with the UK at just over €30 a month. Greece wis the dearest at almost €70 a month.
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Making a killing to save Arizona's desert bighorn sheep
A mountain lion paid the ultimate price for his gluttony after helping himself to too many servings of lamb and venison near southwestern Arizona's Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. Earlier this month wildlife officials killed the lion as it guarded the fresh carcasses of two desert bighorn sheep and a mule deer. The lion threatened recovery of a faltering sheep species in the refuge. But even as the Arizona Game and Fish Department dispatched wildlife officers to destroy the offending puma, the department offered hunters 12 licenses to kill desert bighorn sheep in the protected wildlife area. Although predation threatens the vulnerable sheep herd, paradoxically, targeted hunting of rams may actually help save the desert bighorn sheep from extinction.
"This is not about hunting lions," or sheep, says Gary Hovatter, an information and education program manager for the Arizona Game and Fish Department. "It's about restoring bighorn sheep herds."
Established in 1939, the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge encompasses more than 600,000 acres and serves as one of the few remaining habitats for desert bighorn sheep. The rugged Kofa and Castle Dome Mountains rise steeply from the scrublands that epitomize this desert habitat. In the refuge, desert bighorn sheep share their home with desert tortoise, desert kit fox and now desert mountain lions.
Bighorn sheep numbers in Kofa have dropped in the past few years from more than 800 individuals in 2000 to around 390 by last year. Ecologists attribute sheep declines primarily to cycles of drought, with sheep recovering during years with greater rainfall. But recently, the number of sheep has dropped in spite of more rain, and biologists blame mountain lions.
At least five mountain lions now live in the refuge, according to recent surveys, including one lion with cubs. "The single biggest change in the Kofa was the establishment of a resident lion population," says Hovatter. "For almost a hundred years, there's been no history of a mountain lion population here."
Mountain lions kill one large game animal a week on average, and with at least five lions residing in Kofa, wildlife managers worry that the cats could over-hunt vulnerable game populations like the desert bighorn sheep.
The young male lion killed last week was an overzealous hunter, says Bob Henry, a biologist with the Arizona Game and Fish Department. "We had five documented kills in three months, period," he says, referring to the three animals the lion hoarded and two others from another kill site.
In the most recent attacks, Hovatter thinks the lion was staking out a watering hole in the refuge, "killing every big game animal that came to the water."
And game and fish officials worry about the potential for more losses. Four of the five animals killed by the lion were bighorn, including three ewes, a significant loss, especially when considered in a larger context: Since bighorn populations increase at the annual rate of 17 yearlings per 100 ewes, Hovatter says, "this lion's kills accounted for the annual recruitment we would expect to get from 25 ewes."
Now biologists plan to backtrack the puma's whereabouts using previously recorded satellite data, so they can search for other animals killed by the lion.
While some decry killing mountain lions in a wildlife refuge, game and fish officials explain that destroying the animal is a better choice than relocating it. Capturing and moving lions stress them, and once placed in a new habitat they fight with, and are often killed by, other lions. Sometimes they starve to death.
Paul Krausman, a professor of wildlife conservation and management at the University of Arizona in Tucson, calls the behavior of this cougar atypical. "I've never seen a situation where you have three big fresh kills at once, especially with a young male lion," says Krausman. "But," he concedes, "it is possible."
Even so, Krausman continues, "I don't think those five lions would devastate the sheep population. If they do, then there's something else wrong with [the sheep]."
In fact, the struggling herd contends with other challenges made worse by a cougar killing ewes. The herd currently has an imbalance of rams to ewes, creating a situation similar to a small town where men outnumber women. When a bunch of men hound the one woman in the bar, tensions may erupt in an all out brawl, leaving everyone exhausted. In Kofa, a few dominant rams guard as many ewes as they can; the remaining rams roam the edges of those groups, hoping to gain access to the females. So hunting rams can actually relieve some of the stress on the bighorn sheep ewes.
Hunting has other benefits for conservation, says Hovatter. Money from licenses funds conservation projects, protecting habitat for many species. And hunting groups sometimes volunteer time to assist ecologists with fieldwork.
Wildlife managers hope their seemingly paradoxical strategy will boost sheep numbers high enough in Kofa that they can then reintroduce them in other areas.
"The Kofa is some of the most rugged country in the United States," says Krausman, "It's amazing to go out there and see bighorn sheep surviving."


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M10963 | Destruction of the Parliament House, Montreal, April 25th. 1849
Destruction of the Parliament House, Montreal, April 25th. 1849
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The burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal was done by an angry, largely English-speaking mob. The futility of the firefighters' efforts is evident in this print. It was reported that nothing was saved except a portrait of Queen Victoria. Angry with British authorities, many Montrealers spoke in favour of annexation with the United States. Mob violence in Montreal made leaders such as George-Étienne Cartier suspicious of the city and, in the 1850s, Bytown (the future Ottawa) was chosen as Canada's capital.
Source : The Aftermath of the Rebellions [Web tour], by Brian J. Young, McGill University (see Links)
A two-storey limestone structure, the Parliament Buildings contained the meeting rooms of both the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly, as well as a parliamentary library and offices.
Parliament was located on the fringes of what had been the old walled city of Montreal. The mob's attack led to the capital being moved to the smaller and less violent city of Ottawa.
Violence in this period of Canadian history is usually associated with the rebellions of 1837-1838 with their attacks on British troops. In fact, English Montrealers were just as prone to attacking authorities when frustrated with government policy.
The mob's attack, on April 25, 1849, was in response to the Rebellion Losses Bill which Lord Elgin had signed earlier in the day. The mob set fires through the building and the city's volunteer firemen were unable to stop the destruction.


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Over the last few weeks, I've been thinking a lot about the characteristics of a healthy church. What would a truly healthy church look like today? Would it be one with strong preaching? (A personal favorite) A great choir? An effective Sunday School program? A thriving missions program? I began to pull some books off the shelf in my office. I looked at some research online. I've talked to Pastor who lead thriving ministries. Below is an accumulation of my research. These are the areas that kept coming up again and again.
I don't mean this in any way to be the last word on the subject, but I hope it to be simply a jumping off point for a further discussion:
1. A place of love, acceptance, and forgiveness: Healthy churches create an environment of acceptance. A place where people can enter just the way they are and trust the Holy Spirit to do His refining works. It is a place where judgmental attitudes are not allowed. No one has to measure up to unwritten codes of ethics. Instead, the incredible grace of God permeates their life together.
2. Relational Integrity: In healthy churches, broken people who came felt safe because they exhibited authenticity and transparency in their relationships with one another. They believe for genuine community to be achieved, the attitude and atmosphere of love needed to be modeled first in their lives, before anyone else would be drawn to their fellowship. In addition, Pastors and key leaders made integrity, honesty, communication, conflict resolution, building trust, learning how to forgive a priority in their teaching.
3. A Hunger for Discipleship: In healthy churches, people have a strong desire to learn how to put the teachings of Jesus into practice in their daily lives. People approach to teaching is not for the sake of more Bible knowledge; it is so that they learn how to put the values of the Kingdom to work in their families, at school, on the job, etc. As one church put it: "We call our members to love God, love people, and PROVE it daily."
4. A Shift from the Traditional Worship Service: Healthy churches are moving away from the traditional understanding of Sunday morning. For the last 20 years, the traditional understanding is that you go to Worship to have an experience with God and you invite your non-Christian friends in the hopes that they would have an experience with God as well. Unfortunately, as more and more studies are revealing, this has produced more and more 'consumers' who come expecting to have their spiritual tank filled. . . and if they don't, they'll just go down the street to another church. Healthy churches are abandoning the whole worship 'service' idea and are teaching their people that 'this is not the place you come to have your needs met. . .this is where you learn how to meet the needs of others! This is not where you come to 'experience' God, it is where you learn to experience God in the face of your lonely neighbor or your difficult co-worker. Sunday morning is the place where followers of Jesus are encouraged and equipped to serve the world throughout the rest of the week.
5. Prayer: In healthy churches, prayer is a high priority. . . and usually goes beyond the typical mid-week prayer meeting. It includes multiple on-ramps throughout the year so as to involve as many people as possible. Examples include: Concerts of Prayer, Neighborhood prayer walks, Prayer retreats, healing prayer, individual guided prayer, times of prayer and fasting. There is a clear understanding that nothing of lasting significance happens without God's people actively crying out to Him.
6. Relationship-Centered Ministries: In healthy churches, program type ministry is being replaced by relationship based ministry. For example, instead of doing a large-scale attractional program at the church building, a group of 8-10 people might decide to 'adopt' the neighborhood in which they live. They spend the time building relationships with their neighbors, finding out their needs, and together seeking ways to meet them. One church, who had been used to doing a traditional summer VBS decided – after weeks of building relationships with their neighbors- to do a neighborhood 'block party'. They did a 'parents vs. kids' kickball game and talked with each other over grills of frying hot dogs. Healthy churches seek the building of relationship over the building of a program.
7. Personal Stories: Healthy churches understand the importance of ongoing reminders around the theme of life change. Most have opportunities in the worship time each week for people to celebrate what God had done in their lives over the past month. They also celebrate young people's accomplishments. They celebrate mission trips. They celebrate what God is doing through different ministries within the body. Over and over again, these stories are put front and center before the church body.
8. Service: Healthy church teach the importance of serving God with all the talent, time, giftedness, passion, and energy one can muster. Service, along side ones brothers and sisters, is understood to be an essential part of what it means to be a follower of Jesus. One church said it defines 'success' not by how many people are seated in the pews on a Sunday morning, but by how many are actually serving their city throughout the week. Whether that's serving on the city council, mentoring in the public schools, or helping out at a downtown arts festival. The goal is to demonstrate before a watching world that we follow the one who said, "I came not to be served, but to serve. . ."
9. Networking: The healthiest churches know that they cannot get the job done in their city by themselves. So they are continually seeking ways to develop interdependent relationships within the context of where God has planted them. For some, this means that the pastor joins a local clergy prayer group. Others, it means the sharing facilities, resources, even staff.
I'm sure there are many other characteristics we could examine, but these are the ones that I have found that come up again and again in my research and discussions. So what do you think? How do you think First Christian Church is measuring up? Are there areas you see us doing really well? What areas need some 'tweaking'? What areas would you say need some deeper discussions? Again, this is not THEE definitive list. It's simply a way to get the conversation going. I look forward to your feedback.
Blessings, Pastor Mark


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Ever since Andrew and I went to see Lord of the Rings in concert at Lincoln Center I've been wanting to re-read the books as it's been years since I delved into the world of Middle Earth in any medium other than film. When I heard about March Into Middle Earth through Melissa of Readerly Geek, I discovered Rin of Rin Reads (who is hosting the event and created the lovely header graphic) and that she and her book club, Dungeons & Jetpacks, would be buddy reading The Fellowship of the Ring this month. Could there be a more perfect time to revisit my favorite characters and accompany them on their journey one more time? I certainly can't think of one!
I love the idea of participating in a month long celebration of all things Tolkien so I'm already planning my posts for the rest of March. As you may already know, March 25 is Tolkien Reading Day which originated in 2003 and is created by The Tolkien Society and inspired this months buddy read. If I stick to the schedule, I should be finished with The Fellowship of the Ring by then so I may do something else that day in celebration. But in the meantime, you can count on seeing a Tea & Book Chat, a collectibles post, an outfit of the day post and more here on my blog. I may also follow in Melissa's footsteps and finally watch the animated version of The Hobbit. And, if you're a fellow Tolkien fan, I would highly suggest joining in the Middle Earth madness this month! Until my first post, I'll leave you with my newest addition to my Tolkien collection, the Folio Society box set.