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Glen of Rothes Trout Fishery, Grampian
A new season begins and despite the recent bad weather it has now got off to a fine start. Some really good fish are being caught and they are in prime condition with full tails and fins. Willie McRobbie had a fish of 8lb 9oz, Barry Wilkie one of 8lb 11oz, John Main a nine-pounder, Mark Bell returned a brownie around 5lb and Gary Gormley a nice brownie around 3lb. The Glen Club will have its AGM at the fishery on March 18 at 3pm. Any new members interested in joining can attend and anyone wishing to put down any business points can contact the committee. The new club season begins with the first competition on March 25 for all members.
Swanswater Fishery, Stirlingshire
The start of the week saw a very quiet time at Swanswater with few anglers venturing out in the snowy conditions which led to thick slush settling on the surface of the pond. During the rest of the week there was slightly restricted fishing due to ice forming as the water temperatures dropped to 1 degree, the lowest for some time. Fish were all deep in the water with most being caught around 5 to 6 feet down and deeper at times. On Thursday Donald McRae from Isle of Skye found a thin sliver of clear water in the ice behind the island and was rewarded with 4 fish in just over 30 minutes, taken on an Ace of Spades. The water temperature started to rise as the weather improved, though the bright sun on Friday meant fishing was quite tricky. Saturday was a cold and rainy day but due to the rise in water temperature the fishing was really good, with the fish well spread out around Swanswater and not quite so deep, with the golds being seen close to the surface. Heather Johnson won the Troutmasters fish-off on Saturday and will represent Swanswater in the final.
The majority of fish are still being taken on the usual lures, including Dancer, Cats and Damsel with a few being taken on wet flies and Diawl Bach. Thursday will see the start of the start of the brown trout season, and as usual a large number of browns will be stocked for the big day. This year it will also coincide with a stocking of our latest batch of tiger trout.
Donald McRae, Isle of Skye, caught 5 fish for 15lb 8oz including a blue plus 2 released in 2 visits; Joe France, Helensburgh, 4 for 13lb 4oz plus 7 released; Danny Doherty, Denny, 4 for 11lb 12oz including 2 golds; Heather Johnson, Neilston, 4 for 11lb 4oz including a blue; Steve Salmon, Helensburgh, 4 for 11lb plus 2 released; Harry Dickinson, 4 for 10lb 4oz plus a brown released; Roy Goram, Helensburgh, 4 from Meadow Pond for 9lb 4oz plus 8 released; Harry Harrison, Helensburgh, 3 for 9lb; Eddie McKillop, Glasgow, 3 for 8lb 8oz plus 4 released; Stuart Price, Cumbernauld, 3 for 8lb 12oz; Jim Spiers, Falkirk, 2 for 7lb including a gold; Blair Brown, Helensburgh, caught and released 3 browns averaging 4lb.


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The French Institute in Latvia provides French language courses at various levels from beginners to the skilled language user level. One can learn general French language through three different types of courses: non-intensive, semi-intensive and intensive courses. Alongside general French language, it is possible to study in special courses, in a group or individually. All of the courses take place in accordance with the European common guidelines for learning languages. Activities are led by very experienced and skilful lecturers, and participants with a similar knowledge of the language learn together in groups.
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Inside France
by johnwasneyheseltine
Hidden, basic, unmodernised, the way things used to be in many domestic interiors in twentieth century provincial France. Not pretty, not even safe but quite a few shuttered houses still conceal these retro charms and one of my ongoing projects is to seek out these peculiarities and record them before modernisation wipes them away forever. For some reason it all seems to be about wallpaper…


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What time is Prince Harry interviewing Barack Obama on the Today programme and why is he guest-editing the BBC Radio 4 show?
Ex-US President sat down with Harry for a special re-recorded interview
PRINCE Harry will be interviewing former US President Barack Obama in a festive edition of BBC Radio 4's Today programme which he has guest edited.
But when will listeners be able to hear this extraordinary interview?
When is Prince Harry interviewing Barack Obama?
The interview airs on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme TODAY, December 27, 2017.
The interview is pre-recorded and will be available online for those who don't catch it at the time of airing.
The former US President sat down with Harry at the Invictus Games in September — where the royal had his first public outing with future fiancee Meghan Markle.
The Today Show's Sarah Montague will co-host the programme which Prince Harry is guest-editing.
Kensington Palace said on Boxing Day: "Prince Harry will guest edit tomorrow's @BBCr4today programme. HRHR has worked closely with the Today team over several months to produce segments on topics close to his heart including the Armed Forces, conservation and mental health."
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In a teaser clip, Barack joked: "Do I have to put on a British accent" as he is interviewed by Prince Harry for a special Christmas radio broadcast.
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Mr Obama, who left the White House last January after Donald Trump's election, cracked more jokes during their warm-up in Canada.
Harry said: "You're excited about this. I'm nervous about this. That's what's quite funny."
Barack, wearing a trademark US flag lapel badge, replied: "I'll interview you if you want".
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How do Prince Harry and Barak Obama know each other?
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Collage, along with Baggage which I will cover later, is an attempt at more slow-burning horror. It was inspired by a combination of remembering the basement of my old family home and an old mousepad I had, as silly as that sounds. It was an old present, a pair of mousepads printed with a picture of me and my dad on a vacation. A good present that I got a lot of use out of. But they both had a tendency for the wear and tear to show up on on my face, the black underside of the mousepad slowly replacing my features. It didn't exactly keep me up at night, but it was a little unnerving at times.
But enough about that. As said earlier, Collage was meant to be a slow burner. So I tried to extend the scenes of Blake looking at the collages as much as I felt reasonable. For this I also had to describe characters you never ever meet in a fair amount of detail, from their appearance to their hobbies and achievements. The idea behind Mr Wilkinson was that he targets people that either have achieved something or someone that he believes will in the near future. As the main character, Blake is, of course, the next target. As shown in the final scene.


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One Man Critical; Leaking Butane Tank Caused Explosion
Two women and a man were sent to the hospital on Monday evening after an explosion at an apartment building in Belize City. A faulty butane cylinder in one of three apartments on the lower flat of the building at the corner of Mopan and Mahogany Streets caused a leak and when a stove was lit, a massive explosion and fire erupted. The lower flat of the building was completely destroyed, knocking down concrete walls and ripping doors off its hinges. And while four persons are without a roof over their heads tonight, a twenty-one-year-old remains in a critical condition, having received extensive burns to ninety percent of the body. The incident happened dangerously close to Brown's Gas Depot, but luckily firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze. News Five's Andrea Polanco files this report.
Andrea Polanco, Reporting
Tonight twenty-one-year-old Grayson Cadle is in the hospital after he was badly burnt in a fire that destroyed his apartment; an entire lower flat of this house on the corner of Mopan and Mahogany Streets in Belize City. Cadle, we understand, received significant burns to more than fifty percent of his body so he had to do surgery. He is listed in a serious but stable condition. Two other persons, thirty-five year old Lisa Santos and her sister , fifty-six-year-old June Tench, were in their parents' yard when the force of the blast sent fragments flying next door into the property. Santos was hit in the back and Tench was injured to the head. They have both been released from the hospital. Tench recounts the frightening moment – says she is happy to be alive today.
Voice of: June Tench, Injured
"All weh I hear dah bum and something just knock me inna my head. When I lift up my head, things just drop down on me and after that I just run outta the yard without slippers – one foot on and one foot off. I neva know weh mi glasses deh, nothing. I just run out and gone out on the street and stand up and when I look back I just look back and see the house – the fire inside the house inside on this side towards where we mi di sit down. I decide fi go back to look for my slippers and my glasses but somebody said not to go back because a gas tank in there and it might blow up."
Andrea Polanco
"So, with the force of the explosion it threw some pieces of glass over to your side?"
Voice of: June Tench
"In our property, yes. Miss, I am glad to be alive right now. I must say that I am glad to be alive because it could have been worse if that car wasn't there, I wouldn't be here standing talking to you right now. If that car neva deh deh, me, my ma, my niece, my sista, wouldn't deh yah right now."
Andrea Polanco
"You believe that shielded you guys from the force of that explosion?"
Voice of: June Tench
"It did. The car has a big dent on the side. The glass deh bruk ."
The impact of that explosion was caught on a surveillance camera across the street. A man was riding his bike – when pieces of this gate and a house door went flying across the street. The biker narrowly escaped but Cadle, who was inside his apartment wasn't so lucky when the fire erupted. It burnt out the entire lower flat and some flames extended upstairs and scorched the walls and roof. But the fire didn't reach the inside of the home because the firefighters had contained the blaze. Downstairs everything was completely destroyed leaving four persons without a roof over their head. A neighbour recalls what he saw.
Voice of: Eyewitness
"I see the front door of the house fly pass basically same time a man mi di pass across the chiney shop. I nuh know weh happen to him or if he okay. But dah mi wah serious impact. Those persons whi live inside the house, them persons mi just come home and dah nuh like dem mi deh home all the while because dah wah partition house. It happen so quickly because the lady come home and she get ready and gone and the man come wah lee while after she. He hail everybody and he gone inside his house and couple minutes when he deh in there he run come out because he under fire. Yuh neva hear – after the bang the fire neva start yet and he run come out and ask fi help. Half of his hair mi deh pahn fire and he mi got on lone trousers."
According to the fire officials – sometime after four on Monday evening there was a gas leak in this apartment where one woman, Luisa Enriques, lived alone. Her neighbor, Cadle, lived in this second apartment on the lower flat. According to the fire service, the butane leak in Enriques' apartment may have built up over time and was contained inside the structure since the butane tank was inside the apartment. When a fire source was lit inside Cadle's apartment, reportedly a stove, it ignited the fuel and the explosion went off. And that bang tore off the entire front wall of the building and ripped the door clean off its hinges and almost busted off the security bars from the windows. Smith explains how that happened and why.
Orin Smith, Station Officer, Belize National Fire Service
"Preliminary investigation revealed that the incident occurred as a result of a gas leak where the vapors went undetected for some time and was probably triggered by an open flame or a spark. It could have been from either the refrigerator or someone lighting a stove or something to that effect."
Andrea Polanco
"Sir, the leak itself, was it from the connecting house or from the tank itself – was it corroding or anything like that?"
Orin Smith
"We have found that the hoses of a few of the tanks that we inspected were burnt off and at least one tank has its pressure relieve valve blown. Based on the extent of the damage, it is believed that the apartment on the east side was where the leak occurred and it was triggered by a source of ignition in the second apartment on the west."
Andrea Polanco
"Sir, the butane tank itself, was that inside the apartment or outside?"
Orin Smith
"All tanks were inside the apartment. When you have a leak from a butane tank, because of the characteristics of the gas, it is heavier than in air and in an enclosed structure it won't dissipate, so it will just accumulate. As long as the leak is not detected and stopped and the structure not ventilated, it will just build up and sits there until it gets an ignition source to trigger a rapid explosion or ignition. If it goes undetected for a considerable amount of time to allow the gas to build up to a point when an ignition source is triggered, the pressure that builds up in there it creates considerable damage. It will tear down partition walls, it will knock out windows and if walls are not properly structured it will tear those down as well. Ironically, often many of the incidents I had gone to with gas explosions, the tank sits right there and doesn't move unless the tank itself ruptures which wasn't the case in yesterday's incident."
The tenant of apartment where the gas leak reportedly happened, Luisa Enriques, says that she had just left her apartment about five to ten minutes before the blaze but she didn't smell butane inside her home. We asked her if the tank was leaking.
Voice of: Luisa Enriques, Fire Victim [Translated]
"Well, I don't think so because all of yesterday I didn't use my stove nor my tank. It was locked off."
Andrea Polanco
"And you didn't smell any gas – anything at all – inside your house?"
Voice of: Luisa Enriques
Andrea Polanco reporting for News Five.


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Child Abuse
By: Kaitlin Dula
Hunter Hayes - Invisible
In this song it tells how the kids feel invisible. Tells how they feel worthless and don't matter. I chose this song because it always come to attention that no child should ever feel this way.
Invisible ~ Hunter Hayes ~ Lyrics
Ludacris - Runaway Love
This song is about several little girls that live their childhood growing up in an abusive environment. I chose this song because it explains their emotion and how rough it is to live a life like that. It shows you shouldn't be afraid to speak up and say something.
Runaway love - Ludacris feat. Mary J. Blige *Lyrics*
Martina McBride - Concrete Angel
This song explains how strong a child can be through all the beatings and inconveniences in life. It just shows how you can't overcome somethings and cant control others actions. I chose this song because it shows power and effort from the little girl. She stays strong till her mom got a hold of her for the last time.
Martina McBride - Concrete Angel
Owen Best - Help Me
This song stands out to me because the child gets beaten so much, that they bring their self to self harm. I chose thing song because no child should be put through that. It shows the kids standing up and asking for help when they are need of help because not everyone knows how to stand up for themselves and just need a backbone.
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Why - Rascal Flatts
This song is about kids not knowing why they are getting beaten. They don't know what to do and they don't know who to go to. I chose this song because I felt like it was a good way to express the way they felt and the way they see things.
Suicide Project-"Why" by Rascal Flatts
Britt Nicole - When She Cries
This song is about a girl hiding her fears and hiding in her bedroom. She wonders why, and says Jesus says. I chose this song because I would feel the same way she does.
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Micheal Jackson - Heal The World
I chose this song because the world needs to be healed in my opinion. This song is saying we should make the world a better place, heal the world and mainly saying lets get along with everyone.
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As diverse as the rosy-cheeked Hobbits themselves, every smial, as Hobbit-holes are known, reflects the unique personality of its inhabitant and nestles into the hillside amid a sea of lush greenery.
There are people of extraordinary talent operating in today's world that have similar skills as the great masters of yesteryear. It just happens to be that the canvas that they paint on is the darkened screen of the cinemas of the world.
Printed on good-quality white paper stock, Map of Hobbiton has been illustrated by Weta Workshop concept designer, author, and avid Middle-earth fan, Daniel Falconer.
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text: Westbury residents hosted Hofstra students for a discussion about successful aging. Residents shared some amazing life experiences that they felt contributed to their successful aging, while the Hofstra students got to share their ideas of what they think contributes to successful aging. The two different generation viewpoints made for great conversation, and it was a great learning experience for everyone involved. We look forward to having the Hofstra students back again soon for another afternoon of great conversation.


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Saturday, September 15, 2018
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Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful presents the Hillsborough River & Coastal Cleanup as part of the International Coastal Cleanup. Unlike a typical litter removal event, this event offers the opportunity for volunteers to engage in vital international research activities by taking on the role of "Scientist for a Day." With a specific focus on water-based natural resource protection, volunteers collect items and record the data. This information is used to determine future requirements for cleanup initiatives, assess projects that are needed in the area, and develop awareness of these needs within the local communities who share these waterways.
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By Kati Moore (MEM '16)
Nicholas School Student Blogger and Communications Assistant
DURHAM, N.C. – Within 18 months of graduating from the Nicholas School of the Environment, Sid Sharma (MEM '14) was running his own business.
Working with two childhood friends in Baltimore, he launched Mobtown Fermentation, which brews Wild Kombucha, a carbonated drink made from fermented green tea.
At the Nicholas School, Sharma pursued the Energy and Environment concentration while working toward the Certificate in Environmental Entrepreneurship and Innovation headed by Jesko von Windheim.
After graduating, he moved to back to his hometown of Baltimore to work at an energy consulting firm. Meanwhile, two of his friends, Adam Bufano and Sergio Malarin, were brewing kombucha in their parents' kitchen and distributing it to family and friends.
Sharma joined the team, brewing kombucha and labeling bottles on nights and weekends in addition to his full-time consulting job. As demand for their product grew, the three friends began to see the viability of turning it into a full-fledged business. Last August, Sharma left his job at the firm and began working full time for Mobtown Fermentation.
Mobtown Fermentation's Wild Kombucha is made from green tea, to which is added to sugar and a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast, or SCOBY. This mixture is left to ferment for ten days before organic juices are added for flavoring. The drink is then bottled and left to ferment for two more days, creating natural carbonation.
"That gives it the bubbliness that people who drink soft drinks crave," says Sharma, who views Wild Kombucha as a healthier alternative to soft drinks.
The company brews three flavors: mango-peach, ginger-grapefruit, and elderberry. Its products are stocked in 70 stores in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, including organic grocery stores and three Whole Foods locations.
Sharma and his team distribute about 1500 bottles per week.
In addition to brewing, bottling, and labeling the kombucha by hand, Sharma and his team spend their days delivering their product to local stores, pitching new locations, and doing samplings or "pourings" of Wild Kombucha in stores that sell it.
Most of their time, however, is spent developing the business.
"We laugh about what percent of our success has to do with our kombucha at this point," Sharma says. "It's a lot smaller of a percentage than you would think."
More important, he says, has been his ability to apply the business concepts that he learned from his classes and master's project work at the Nicholas School.
For his master's project, Sharma worked with von Windheim to evaluate the market potential for leak detection technology in water pipelines. This gave him experience not only doing quantitative analysis but also understanding the social side of adopting new technology.
"That was definitely an amazing experience. It taught me how to really in an in depth way evaluate a market and understand what potential there is and if people would take up a certain technology, because at the end of the day for someone to take on a technology or in our case consume a product, you have to understand how they think when they're in the market," he says.
This experience, along with business practices learned in his entrepreneurship classes, have given Sharma and his business an edge that they wouldn't have otherwise had.
"That program and the knowledge I gained from it has really helped us get to this level much quicker than we would have," he says.
Mobtown Fermentation recently hired one new employee and two interns, and has plans to add two new beverages to their production line while expanding distribution along the East Coast. They're also looking into mechanizing the labeling and bottling process, which would be a big step forward in expanding their production.
As they continue to grow, Sharma – who earned bachelor's degrees in biochemistry and environmental studies from Case Western Reserve University – credits von Windheim's guidance and teaching.
"A lot of what he emphasized was the fact that no matter what business you go into, you're never going to be fully prepared," Sharma says. "You just have to understand how to learn what you need to learn to be successful."


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what is your style?
WHAT IS YOUR STYLE?I heard a famous musician say, "Your style is based on your limitations." Others might say it's based on your influences. I believe every musician has something different to offer, and can express him or herself uniquely on their instrument. Here's some ideas on what you might add to your style:
I found that I love chords, love syncopation, love dynamics, variation, and clever things. These are the things I wanted to be able to play, and somehow, over the years, maybe I developed a way of playing that is somewhat unique. My favorite players have changed over the years: Tony Rice, Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Grier, Wes Montgomery when I was young. Later, I came to appreciate ragtime guitarists, flamenco players, and Jazz pianists.
Play, and keep playing! You'll keep getting better all the time if you keep playing music.
Matthew 7:7-8
"Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened."
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Positive response to first 'Social Housing Horizons' Event
Held on 12th July at Knightstone Housing in Weston- Super-Mare, this first networking forum for professionals in the social housing sector was very well received.
The main aim of the forum was to provide an opportunity for fellow professionals from the region to network, discuss best practice and identify new solutions for the delivery of a better workforce.
This first meeting was hosted by Fiona Sheen, Virtual College, Customer Account Manager and Jennifer Trew, Learning & Development Business Partner at Knightstone Housing. Knightstone Housing is a leading housing association in Somerset and the West of England.
Providing services to over 23,000 people in 11,000 homes, Knightstone Housing builds around 300 homes a year.
The theme of this first event was 'The Changing Work Environment':
- With ever reducing budgets, how can HR and L&D work closer with the business to anticipate training needs and meet business objectives?
- Learning and development requirements of an increasingly agile and flexible workforce
- How can we also continue to develop ourselves?
- The changing workforce - attracting the Gen Z and the millennials whilst still meeting the needs of the baby boomers and Gen X and Y.
Attendees included delegates from Elim Housing Association, Merlin Housing Society, DCH Group, Seven Vale Housing Society, Homes in Sedgemoor and Cottsway Housing Association.
Discussion took place around the following topics:
- Mergers/re-structures
- e-Learning - culture change
- Communication from management
- Technical engagement
- Increased responsibility on staff
- Mobile working
- Building resilience
- Personal motivation/change fatigue
A number of valuable best practice ideas emerged around:
- Communication plans
- Secondments
- Fun days
- Mobile working
- e-Learning
The networking forum was deemed a success by the delegates. Having strayed away from the agenda and proposed topics slightly, many of the challenges that Housing Associations are currently facing were aired by the attendees who were able discuss solutions to overcome the challenges in a positive manner.
The next 'Social Housing Horizons' Event will take place on 28th September. Hosted by Aldwyck Housing Group, it will take place at their offices in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire and will cover topics from speakers Claire McDonald & Amanda Bentley from Luton Community Housing Ltd and Jan Ross, Learning & Development Adviser, Aldwyck Housing Group.
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The 2018 NFL season has come to an end.
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|September 5
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|January 4, 2020
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I really get a kick out of being outrageous.
No, I don't punch puppies or set orphanages on fire. I'm far worse. I share my unpopular opinions about things on the Internet.
Really off-the-wall, crazy ideas like how Trump isn't actually Hitler, that feminism has metastasized into the most widely-accepted hate movement of the modern era, and how censorship of speech is bullshit.
Of course, I have written a few articles about that here for you wonderful people at TruthInjected, but sometimes I also like to evangelize to the poor lost souls who are meekly nursing from the cosy bosom of the mainstream media and haven't yet been weaned to solid facts.
I spread the gospel of common sense though the comments sections on the mainstream media websites that we have here in New Zealand.
Yes, we do have our own news websites here – two in fact.
And these news websites follow the modus operandi of other major Western news outlets, meaning that they present the same homogeneous, dull, leftist spin on the same ideas.
So when they are kind enough to open their comments sections to us lowly peasants to offer our meek criticism, or as is more often the case with commentators on these websites, unquestioning support of the latest installment of delusion, I do take the opportunity.
That is, when my comments and opinions are deemed to be docile enough to grudgingly meet the approval standards of the dumpy, blue-haired liberal arts undergraduate, who decides what is acceptable to publish.
That's sort of who I picture in my head when I hit the "submit" button anyway.
But as you might expect, my comments published to comments made ratio is quite low. In fact, if they shared commenters' statistics, I might be in with a chance of a record.
And I know what you're thinking – of course they can't publish my expletive-ridden tirades on a mainstream news website. But I'm actually quite nice.
Even I understand that calling their author's opinion "virtue-signalling horseshit" isn't going to get me published (even if it's true), so I water down my language, don't use expletives, and ensure that I am deconstructing the idea from a perspective of maturity and honesty.
I even throw in a joke or two, which is easy since the subject of the article in question is usually absurd enough that the jokes write themselves.
But when the commenting guidelines denounce comments that "just generally aren't very nice" (yes, that's a direct copy-paste from one of these sites), while the editors wage a tabloid-esque war on the democratically-elected President of the United States, for example, it just stinks of hypocrisy.
And more pertinently, it ensures that any dissenting views can be silenced as being a bit too mean, even when they are perfectly mainstream opinions that are submitted with sources, studies and facts.
Now, I understand that they have the right to do this. These are privately-owned web companies and are therefore entitled to restrict comments however they like. Of course, as some social media platforms (who shall remain nameless) have found, clamping down on freedom of expression is still judged harshly in the court of public opinion, and can find that their share prices plummet when they censor people who hold certain political views.
That's why capitalism is such a great mechanism of fairness. People vote with their feet and companies that oppose free expression are often left in positions where nobody wants to buy them out, but I digress.
While I respect their freedom to run their business however they choose, I am not going to be engaging in their charade of compliments-only feedback anymore. The wasted effort and meticulousness that I put into submitting content where it was promptly discarded by someone who has probably never had a critical thought in their life is exasperating.
Frankly, I'd rather share it with you, and that's exactly what I am going to do.
In cases where I would have previously written a couple of paragraphs to address a few points, which would never see the light of day, I am instead going to write full counter-articles with facts and evidence and publish them here on TruthInjected.
The purpose of TruthInjected has always been to facilitate the pursuit of truth, and so this is quite a natural extension of the existing content.
However, this will not replace the more philosophical or personal-improvement-type articles that I post. They will just be added bonuses that I will put up as and when I write them.
I am not committing to how frequently they will be posted either, because I don't have a great track record with my publishing consistency recently, but I am certainly expecting that these will be quite prevalent at the moment, given the current global cultural climate and media misrepresentation through fake news.
Oh, and as always, comments sections will be fully open. I seem to still have to hit "approve" on comments, but this is a formality. This feature is just to keep bots from linking you good people to nefarious things like malware and Jezebel. I don't censor any comments – even if you are calling my article virtue-signalling horseshit.
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Post 16: The Core Curriculum
Wednesday, March, 13, 13 § 4 Comments
A couple of weeks ago, Santa Fe education guru (and my colleague at the Academy for the Love of Learning), Patty Lee shared this surprising blog post from Diane Ravitch.
Ravitch, in case you don't know, is a high-profile education historian, one of those national policy figures to whom the New York Times and CNN turn when they want an opinion. When she was Assistant Secretary in the US Department of Education in the 1980's, she advocated heavily for a standardized national curriculum.
But in this blog post, she shoots the idea down.
She writes passionately against the adoption of the national "Common Core Curriculum," a list of the skills and facts, in reading and math, that US kids should master during each grade, from Kindergarten to 12th. So we know what we're talking about, here's a few of the items from this list, pertinent to the 10th grade English classes I used to teach. As you read, I encourage you to "delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in the text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; and recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced." (According the Core Curriculum, you've known how to do that since 8th grade):
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.7 Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts" and Breughel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus).
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.9 Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).
They're not that bad, actually, if you can make it through the jargon. I can even see how I'd teach translate these two standards into classroom action: one day I'd show Picasso's Guernica and a Rodin sculpture, and lead a lively class discussion on what's there and what's missing. Then we could read The Sound and the Fury, and I'd show them the line from MacBeth that gave Faulkner his title. Have the kids write a little essay showing what they learned and ELA 9-10.7 and ELA 9-10.9 are done. So what's the problem?
According to Ravitch, the problem is that the standards are untested, were not developed by teachers (but by "experts" funded by corporations), have been unfairly foisted on states, and expect such a sudden leap in what kids do and know, they'll generate unfairly high rates of failure. Her arguments are consistent with those of her 2012 book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, in which she blasts what she calls the "corporate reform agenda," and its heavy focus on test results to assess how well kids learn and how well teachers teach. (See my review, on our Literature and Film page of this blog.)
Though Ravitch's arguments are sound, and I believe true, she stops short of pointing out the real problem with this type of standardized curriculum. No, it's not that the experts are fascist adults, deciding what kids should learn. Contrary to what they think over at the "do-what-you-like" Sudbury school in Massachusetts, I believe adults have an obligation to give children guidance, to expose them to skills and knowledge and perspectives that will let them discover their talents and participate in a larger culture. The problem with the national curriculum is that it's completely absurd.
To think that every child in the US will learn the same things at the same age is a fantasy, a theory that could only be hatched by people who've no experience with real teaching, no idea how complex and unpredictable and wonderful a process learning really can be.
Here's what it'll look like, when I deliver my Core Curriculum class: I come in with my lesson plans, my Guernica Powerpoint and my interactive group-based activity, my brilliant ten minute lecture. The kids come in with their curiosity, their hunger (for learning and for food), their family problems, their beliefs about Picasso, their beliefs about war and horses and Spain, their hatred or love or disinterest toward school, toward me, toward the desk in which they must sit. The bell rings. I begin teaching. Maybe 80% of them listen, on a good day. And of that 80%, maybe I happen to explain the idea and structure the activity in a way that appropriately challenges all those currently held beliefs–on a good day, again, maybe I hit 80% of them. Under the best of conditions, then, I've got 60% of them learning ELA 9-10.7–the same percent, by the way, that graduates from high school in Santa Fe.
Proponents of the Common Core will say that's an instructional problem, not a content problem. Which is how you end up with districts adopting scripted curricula–actual words and sentences–that teachers must deliver to their students, to ensure that the standards are being taught. Another terrible idea: if 80% of my students pay attention to a brilliant lecture on Guernica, I'll be lucky to get 20% to listen to a scripted speech from some textbook. I doubt I'd be able to pay much attention myself. (See here for one Washington DC teacher's critique of the way the Core Curriculum would have him teach the Gettysburg address.)
The bottom line is the Core Curriculum is a bad idea because it's a pipe dream. You can't standardize what kids learn and what teachers teach because real teaching and learning–the stuff that happens in real classrooms, with real people, is by its nature unpredictable. It takes both teacher and learner in directions they did not foresee when the learning began. It begins with the teacher's individual passion and experience and knowledge, and then sparks something different in each student. Real teaching and learning is a hodge-podge endeavor, more like a summer swimming pool than an assembly line. Often the most teachable moments happen sheerly by luck, and often the students don't realize what they've learned until long after the tests have been taken, the last bells rung.
This isn't to say parents and policymakers shouldn't have any say what gets taught. But at the end of the day, it's the teachers who decide what gets taught, and it's the students who decide what gets learned, and often, both happen on a subconscious level. Yes, teachers should have curricula for their classes, schools and districts should invite public opinion on what is taught, should bring teachers together so they know what's going on in the classrooms around them. They can even talk about the Core Curriculum, as a guide.
But the federal government, and the state governments who are chasing its grant money, are going to be disappointed–again–by the results of the Core Curriculum because it fails to recognize–again–that the only path to more effective schools lies through the teachers. If you want good, dynamic classrooms where kids will be turned on as learners and develop a set of ethics towards others and the world (the only core curriculum we really need, in the end), you've got to foster good, dynamic teachers with a set of ethics toward others and the world. Which is not that complicated, really. Slow, yes. Costly, maybe. But Finland pulled it off, and great schools in the US are pulling it off. They're empowering and supporting their teachers, giving them time to meet and plan and reflect. They're not giving them lists and scripts.
Those government experts can still help out. We need people to take notes when our teachers meet, present them research on child development and brain science, help mark papers, maybe sub now and then, so teachers can observe each other's classes. The government experts can be trained to help ensure that our children and teachers are being treated with respect, that our schools are free of racism, sexism, homophobia and other expressions of violence that make learning impossible and life miserable for young citizens.
But we don't need experts writing up dream lists of what kids should learn, when. Maybe in a few generations, when our schools are a bit more on track, when students and teachers aren't dropping out by the minute, we can start thinking about comparing what they're teaching over in Vermont to what we're teaching in New Mexico. For now, let's stay focused on something we might be able to achieve: inspiring and supporting real teaching and learning in our schools.
-Seth Biderman | March 13, 2013
Profile: Poeh Center
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A visionary center in Northern New Mexico where education's not about chasing urban jobs–it's about thriving at home.
Post 12: An Education Revolution from the Field
Thursday, November, 29, 12 § 1 Comment
This post is the first in a three-part description of a national movement in adult education that successfully replaced the "sit-down-and-listen" model with a more dynamic, more humanistic learning approach. By guest contributor Paul Biderman, J.D.
Part 1: A new approach to learning.
Apart from any random molecules of enlightenment that may have drifted my way during my seven years of board service for a Santa Fe charter school, and whatever modest contribution I may have made to the presence of relentlessly inquisitive minds in two sons, I assert no claim to expertise in pedagogy.
In 1991, however, I was hired to start and run a new center dedicated to the education of the judges and staff of all New Mexico state, local and tribal courts. I believe that some of the adult education principles I learned during my fourteen years running the New Mexico Judicial Education Center [JEC] may be adaptable to K-12 students. What may be even more applicable are my observations of and participation in the successful dissemination of this model among judicial educators nationwide, dramatically changing the culture of this profession. « Read the rest of this entry »
Post 7: Leadership Begins at Home
Wednesday, September, 26, 12 § 1 Comment
Guest contributor Nanda Currant is an artist and filmmaker with an extensive background in education and art therapy. She recently produced Conditions to Flourish: Reflections from Former Homeschoolers, which can be previewed here. [Full bio].
I have been thinking quite a bit about leadership. We have lived by a model of hierarchy for a long time. We have assumed that our schools, communities and nation must be run the way we think a dog pack runs, that there must be an Alfa and Omega, a dominant figure on top, leading the way.
But this may be a faulty way of thinking about leadership, and not only for society, but even for dogs. Recently I read Your Dog is Your Mirror by Kevin Behan. Ostensibly about dog training, the book presents a new way of thinking about "packs," and about learning. Behan speaks about energy and how it moves in a pack, and how the heart of the animal has more to do with the hunt than does the hierarchy or supposed Alpha leaders. « Read the rest of this entry »
Post 5: School Disrupted
Thursday, September, 13, 12 § 1 Comment
Guest contributor Tony Gerlicz has 35 years experience as a teacher and leader in schools across the world. He founded Monte del Sol Charter School in Santa Fe, NM Find his full bio here.
I recently co-facilitated a workshop called "Innovative Leadership" for 38 independent school leaders in Silicon Valley arguably the epicenter of innovation in the US if not the world. The speakers we brought in described how failure and resilience are constant companions to innovation. A venture capitalist told us he looks for a "failure resume" from clients to gauge their seriousness of intent and capacity for learning.
We asked the educators how resonant these ideas of failure and innovation were in their schools. Of the 38 school leaders, one or two raised a hand.
Historically, people do not think of education when they think "innovation." They think of a plethora of other industries. « Read the rest of this entry »
Profile: Willow Wind Community Learning Center
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From Ashland, Oregon, a school for and by homeschool families, where learning stays in the hands of its most important stakeholders: the children.
Profile: Sudbury Valley School
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The well-known "democratic" or "free" school in Massachusetts, where kids choose their own curriculum – or none at all.


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Tobie Denney would like to honor Kathy Swaney of Valley of the Sun Dog Rescue:
"Rescuers are all truly amazing people who sacrifice their time and money. I could write a few names on here and each rescuer is so very special in their own right. I have met few that compare with Kathy Swaney. She is an amazing woman that work tirelessly for those who cannot care or defend themselves. She is always there, no matter what time of day or night to help these furry babies. I am so grateful to Kathy and people like her that these lost souls have advocates working tirelessly in their behalf. Everytime I look into these faces of two of my dogs that were rescued by her I thank God because they have brought me so much joy and laughter. Thank you to all of you that do so much to help these animals that would of never had a second chance."


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hey guys how do I show the exact number of rows in a 2D array? let's says I want to have array[10][20] that means I can have a maximum of 10 strings with a maximum of 19 characters in each string, but I only have 8 rows of strings filled up, but how do I show that there's 8 rows in my array?
can I try:
int size=sizeof(array);
will this work?
sizeof(array) will give you the total size of your array [10][20]; it's up to you to keep track of how many "strings" you've actually stored.int i, idx = 8; for(i=0; i < idx; ++i) { /* do something with array[i] */ }
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The Last Days: by Joel C. Rosenberg
Author: Joel C. Rosenberg
|With over 400,000 copies in print, this New York Times best-seller opens with White House advisors Jon Bennett and Erin McCoy heading into Gaza when their convoy is attacked by a massive explosion. Soon, Yassir Arafat is dead, Islamic radicals are trying to take over the West Bank and Gaza, Iraqi terrorists are targeting Americans, and Bennett begins to wonder if he is witnessing signs of the last days before the return of Christ. Since The Last Days was first published, Arafat has died and Hamas has taken over the Palestinian Authority.
The eerily prophetic New York Times best seller that predicted the last days of Yasser Arafat and Israel's stunning withdrawal from Gaza . . . but was written before any of it happened.
Osama bin Laden is dead. Saddam's regime is buried. Baghdad lies in ruins. Now the eyes of the world are on Jon Bennett and Erin McCoy, two senior White House advisors, as they arrive in the Middle East to offer a historic Arab-Israeli peace plan and the American president's new vision of freedom and democracy.
But in the shadows lie men whose hearts are filled with evil – men for whom the prospects of peace go against everything they believe. And soon, one terrifying scheme after another begins to unfold:
* An Iranian plot to send suicide bombers into the U.S. through Mexico
* A Palestinian plot to assassinate the prime minister of Israel
* A Jewish plot to blow up the Dome of the Rock
As Jon and Erin face a battle for control of Jerusalem, a battle for control of the Holy Land, and an Iraqi plan to rebuild ancient Babylon, they can't help but wonder: Are such signs evidence that they are living in the last days before the return of Christ?
Joel C. Rosenberg is the New York Times best-selling author of The Last Jihad, The Last Days, The Ezekiel Option, and The Copper Scroll with more than one million copies in print.
Physical Info: 1.32" H x 8.23" L x 5.45" W (0.87 lbs) 472 pages
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Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: August 2006
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Huffington Post Slams Obama: Obama debates himself on Afghanistan (video). Even the idiots are finally starting to figure him out....
How quickly things change. Check it out:
It's hard out there for a politician. Your every public utterance is hungrily greeted by an army of bloggers eager to catch you in a moment of self-contradiction. And when you're president, those opportunities are endless.
Tough luck, guys. You signed up for it.
The normally Obama-supportive Huffington Post just put up an amusing (depressing?) video that juxtaposes some of President Obama's recent comments on Afghanistan with remarks from 2007, in which then-Senator Obama tore into the Bush administration's Iraq policy, questioning the practice of nation-building and continuous war.
It's structured like a debate...with himself.
The Huffington Idiots...
Posted by Idiots For Obama at 5:02 PM
Labels: Dumb Celebrities, Liberal Idiots, News, Obama's Lies, War on Terror, When Liberals Attack, Why We Call Them Idiots
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I couldn't get through the entire video. I'm sorry, but I can't force myself to watch him for that long. He is an idiot, just like the rest of them. What makes him worse is the fact he is arrogant on top of it. At least when I watch Pelosi and company I can laugh. This man makes my stomach turn.ReplyDelete
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I owe you all another HUGE apology. I have completely neglected you all yet again! I got the flu (which was horrible, I am feeling like I am still attempting to recover from it) and things got crazy busy at work. But I am back and I promise your instagrams (@louisesgfkitchen) and internet will be full of delicious and tasty things to eat!
Now the flu has been ravaging New England over the past few weeks, and the one thing that got me through was tea with lemon-ginger honey. The ginger added heat and an extra layer of flavor while the lemon was soothing and comforting. Okay and I also may or may not have been adding shots of my good friend bourbon to each cup... I was having trouble sleeping okay? Remember this is a no judgement zone!
This lemon-ginger honey is not only perfect for when your sick it is also a great for when you are cold and want to cuddle up with something that is not as rich as hot cocoa (although if you want hot cocoa, make my
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Lemon Ginger Honey... with Bourbon
- 1 c water
- 1 inch piece of ginger peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 tablespoon honey
- the juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 1 shot of bourbon (I prefer Makers but whatever floats your boat)
- 1 chamomile tea bag (optional)
In a small pot over medium heat, heat the water, ginger, lemon juice, and honey. Once at a rolling bubble, strain into a mug. Here you can add the tea bag (if you like), if not add the bourbon.
** this recipe makes one serving, you can easily double it etc.


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30 Natural Characteristics of A Scorpio in Love and Compatibility
In love, or not in love? The question remains. Stop you can know if someone is in love by their action or the way they do certain things. What you need to do is to stop overthinking and see for sure with this factor.
The determining factor that makes you know that people love you often times is astrology. By knowing their common traits and love signs, you can know if they are in love. To prove it, Scorpio will be a good example because it is hard to read if they are in love or not. Here are the real characteristics of a Scorpio in love;
- Focused On You
The Scorpio have laser-focus on everything they care about. So when they truly care about you they will start to focus on you and do the Ways to Say I Can't Stop Thinking About You
- Showing Affection In Public
They are not afraid to do the Ways to Make A Girl Feel Special and Happy because they truly want to show their big love to you.
- Not Afraid To Make A Commitment
Scorpios don't break promises. So when they promise to be commited to someone, you know that they are truly in love.
- Loyal To You
Being loyal and not being with someone else is a great sign that a Scorpio have a romantic attraction towards you.
- Completely Honest With You
Characteristics of a Scorpio in love – They are usually guarded but when they are in love, they will start to be completely honest towards you.
- Have Faith In You
They are intuitive so when they have faith in you that means that they have a good intuition in you.
- Have Faith In The Relationship
Just as they have a good intuition towards someone, they also have it towards a relationship.
- Not Leaving You
If they promise not to leave you, then they will do that. Even if they leave, it's probably not because of a simple reason.
- Sometimes Possesive
You can know that a scorpio is in love when they start to get a little more possesive towards someone.
- Easily Jealous At Every Thing
Jealousy comes too easily when they love someone. So start to watch out for the Signs That He is Jealous of You with Another Guy
- Opening Up To You
Scorpio can be said to be closed off but if they open up to you that means that they truly like you.
- Not Afraid To Show Emotion
Not only will they open up about who they are but also being brave to show their emotion is another characteristic.
- Not Trying To Make You Chase Them
Although they love to be chased sometimes, they will not do this when they are truly in love with someone.
- Not Playing Games
They don't show the Signs of a Man Who is a Player
- Will Do Everything To Get You
They are a stubborn person so when they love someone they will do anything to get it.
- Will Sacrifice Their Wants
Even though they love getting what they want, they will sacrifice it as a Signs That a Man Loves You Unconditionally
- Clearing Up Their Schedule
A busy person like scorpio will clear up their schedule if they really like you.
- Not Making It Strictly Business
They are not afraid to be personal when they really have a thing on you.
- Being Attached
They start to get clingy and they become attached with you.
- They Adore The Person Too Much
A Scorpio can easily find a flaw in anyone but not in their partner because sometimes love can be blinding.
More ways to know that a scorpio is under the romantic spell
The signs that a scorpio is in love is usually hidden because they always try to surpress their emotion. That is why you need to be clever in knowing the signs that they are in love. Here are more ways to know that a scorpio is crazy in love;
- Giving You Many Gifts
Making someone their priority includes giving them many gifts which is a hidden sign of a scorpio in love.
- Doing Sweet Little Actions
They start to do sweet little things with the Scientific Ways to Make Someone Fall in Love with You
- Saying Sweet Words
They start to say the Things to Say to Flirt with Your Crush even though they are usually serious.
- Easily Forgives The Person They Love
scorpios is often resentful but when it comes to being in love, they start to sofetn up a little and forgive the person that made the mistake.
- Passionate About Their Love
They are suddenly not afraid to show their love and to tell the world about their passionate love.
- Supportive Towards The Person They Love
Being supportive is the thing they do best so they will certainly do this with the people they really love.
Tips to win their heart
Now that you know that a scorpio is in love, how do you make them stay in love? Here are the practical ways to win a scorpio's heart and keep it in your hands;
- Never Break Their Trust
Trust is not something scorpios give away easily. Keep their trust safe by not playing them and trying to be the best partner to them.
- Validate Their Feelings
Validate what they feel by listening to them and not judging them when they show emotion.
- Take Care Of Them
Often times, scorpios won't get their guards down and they are too tense. Take care of them so that they can relax and be happy.
- Don't Make The Same Mistakes Again
Making the same mistakes again will make you run out of forgiveness and trust from them.
Scorpio is someone that doesn't show emotions often especially love. That is why it is especially hard to do the ways to know the signs that they are in love. But with the characteristics of a scorpio in love that you can easily spot, you will easily know. Then, you can start to do the tips to win their heart.


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Tempur Pedic fails to deliver after 21 days.
Every single time I called the customer service, they always said that it will get delivered tomorrow.
After 6 times and 6 different answers of when the bed will be delivered, I had enough.
I get to the bottom of this and found out they will deliver the bed on October 21st. Exactly 1 month and 6 days counting from the first day I ordered the *** thing.
I told the customer service to cancel the order.
and guess what, apparently there is a whole department you have to call to cancel your order.
And, when I called the number, of course....
no one is in the office. and, they never return your calls.
this is the way tempurpedic treat their customers. Run! do not get suckered by their visco elastic mumbo jumbo ***.
Product or Service Mentioned: Tempurpedic Bed.
Monetary Loss: $1100.
Be thankful you cancelled. We have been sleeping on a tempurpedic piece of *** for four years.
After a year and a half the foam starts to soften, creating "holes" that you are forced (by gravity) to sleep in. The warranty is also cleverly written. displaying they have knowledge of this problem.
even though the foam is softer in spots, it still returns to its normal height creating a level surface. If your bed displays a level surface, they will not warranty it.


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When you travel New Zealand with Stray, you have the choice of a Freestyle Travel Pass, or an all-inclusive Stray Journey tour. Here's some help understanding how it works and what is best for you!
Freestyle Travel Passes (Hop-On Hop-Off)
How Hop-on Hop-off works:
- Choose a Freestyle Travel Pass
- Make your way around its travel route in the time that suits you
- "Hop" off the bus anywhere at anytime, to stay longer, visit friends or even work for a while.
- Then "hop" back on again by booking yourself back on the bus using the 'Stray Mate New Zealand' App (available in the App Store and on Google Play).
It is that easy! The buses run several times a week (check the timetable). If you are short on time, you don't have to ever "hop off" - you can also use your Stray bus pass like a tour and complete the itinerary in its "Minimum Days". With this you will still enjoy outstanding locations and unique attractions around New Zealand, and we have included some non-travel days to break up your journey.
Pass Validity
Freestyle Passes are valid for 12 months from the date of purchase (unless promotional terms apply). Once your trip has commenced, you have a further 12 months to complete your pass. You can re-travel most sectors of your Freestyle pass.
Re-travel Exclusions: All sectors north of Auckland (Auckland > Paihia > Cape Reinga > Paihia > Auckland), the 'Christchurch - Greymouth' sector and the 'Rotorua to Auckland' sector (included in the Jerry & Jerry Hopper Pass) are excluded from re-travel. Re-travel must be booked through [email protected] and cannot be booked in the 'Stray Mate' app. Retravel is offered on a 'space available' basis (i.e. standby) and first-time travellers are prioritised. On the day you will need to present photo ID to your Driver. Anyone deemed to be abusing Stray's travel policies will be immediately removed from the bus and charged for any unauthorised travel.
Accommodation is not included but at every Stray overnight stop you'll have a bed reserved - that's guaranteed - so while you're travelling with us, you don't need to worry! Simply book through our Stray Mate app and pay-as-you-go. Stray's preferred accommodation includes lodges, cabins and hostels. The bus will pick you up and drop you off to Stray-preferred accommodation venues.
Activities are not included, but your Driver Guide tell you about the best things to do at each destination and you can book via the Stray Mate app at the discounted Stray price. This way you only pay for the activities you want to do on a pay-as-you-go basis.
All passes are guided by a fun Driver Guide whose main job is to ensure you have a great time! Need help? Just ask. They are a valuable source of kiwi knowledge.
Travel in comfort on Stray's modern air conditioned bus fleet. We recommend booking seats in advance during peak season (Nov - March) when the network is busy. We make stops along the way to show you amazing things, like a beautiful waterfall, short scenic walk, local food tasting or breathtaking view!
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- Some meals and a selection of activities (as indicated on each tour's itinerary)
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A Closer Look at the Diamond Select Toys Marvel Select Magneto Action FigureMay 26, 2014
Although it's clear that the look of the Diamond Select Toys Marvel Select Magneto Action Figure isnt inspired by the recently released X-Men: Days of Future Past, the Master of Magnetisms classic and familiar depiction should prove sufficiently mesmeric to fans taken with the big screen return of Marvels uncanny mutants.
The nearly 7.5 tall Marvel Select Magneto figure owes its authentic, comic book appearance to acclaimed toy sculptor, Gabriel Marquez. From the detail in the face to the recognizable elements of the costume, the leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants has been faithfully recreated. The figure's coloring represents another one of its impressive attributes. Whether molded or painted, the finish is clean and consistent with bold hues and subtle shading that realistically accents the contours of Magneto's muscular anatomy.
The Marvel Select Magneto figure also brings with it a wide assortment of display options. Whether posed atop the base (sculpted to resemble the rubble of the Xavier Institute) or standing freely, manipulation of the figures 16 points of articulation opens up exciting possibilities for presentation.
Given its masterful depiction of the X-Mens venerable and longstanding villain, Diamond Select Toys' Marvel Select Magneto Action Figure is an easy must-have for superhero enthusiasts. With its timeless comic book styling and a retail price that hovers in the $30 USD price range, this is another Marvel piece thats bound to have a wide appeal among casual fans and collectors.


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Blush: (v) to develop a pink tinge in the face from embarrassment or shame.
Removing one misconception from the stacked-up views of a human being may temporarily topple the tower but will make the rebuilding more sturdy.
We are full of misconceptions.
Matter of fact, we feel compelled to lie to one another so as to remove all sense of embarrassment, shame or inadequacy.
So the singer who is loud and boisterous is never told that he's off-pitch.
The beauty queen who is painted to excess to gain approval is never informed of how obnoxious she is.
And the politician is never surrounded by those who will truly ask the right questions.
We are afraid of embarrassment.
We are frightened that our weaknesses will surface, so we smother self-awareness under an ocean of flattery.
Sometimes I need to blush.
- I need to realize I have said something inappropriate.
- I have fallen short of expectation.
- I am a bow-tie worn with a jogging suit.
It's good for me.
It literally puts some color in my cheeks.
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