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The TATA Challenge
On 15th of March, 2004, the TATA (Travels Across the Americas) Challenge reached its grand finale in New York city. I trotted through Central Park towards Times Square with two of my loyal and faithful equine companions amidst many stares and friendly smiles from curious New Yorkers. At the far end waited my mom (a surprise!), friends and loved ones from Ireland.
With me was Toto, a Tennessee Walking Horse with attitude and big dreamy eyes who had been part of TATA for the stretch through the United States. Mise, my beloved Mare who shared in so many of the joys and tribulations since I started this journey in Argentina in June 2002 was on the leading rope.
As we were basking in the warm winter sun, trotting through the tranquil park, I fondly remembered Tusa and Tu Fein, who sadly had gone to a more peaceful place. Their unfailing willingness to please and work hard for the duration of our trip made a major contribution to the success of the adventure.
Camanchi (who has since been returned to his owners in Georgia) was an Appaloosa with a soft and consistent character. He showed his worth for the three months I had him in the United States while I waited for Mise to get through quarantine. He would remain in my heart forever.
Even though I travelled with no assistance or companions, I relied heavily on the help and goodwill of those we encountered along the way. Not to mention the generosity and support of so many in Ireland who had made it possible for me to undertake this trip in the first place.
My heartfelt thanks to everybody who made a contribution, however small. Essentially, the initial aim of the TATA Challenge was to undertake an adventure that was to challenge my own personal beliefs and boundaries. It was also about expressing thanks for a full life. From setting up and running the Project, organising fundraising and travelling across two continents on the back of a horse, I wanted to promote the belief that with passion and determination our dreams can become a reality and challenges can be overcome.
But as the project evolved in the planning stages, I realised that I could simultaneously create more awareness for the need for therapeutic riding facilities in Ireland. And so as the trip took shape, I got hooked on the idea of independently setting up an equestrian centre for children with special needs.
After researching the idea in earnest following completion of my trip, I became acquainted with the Pegasus Project.
Pegasus is a small, therapeutic riding centre that has been operating very successfully in Sligo since it opened in April 2003. Such is their success they are now seeking to expand and establish a new, larger facility nearer Sligo town. But as a voluntary non-profit making organisation, Pegasus is reliant on fundraising to turn its vision for the future into reality.
When I finally met the founder of the Project, I knew in my heart that this was where my support should be concentrated. I made the decision to collaborate with them and assist them, both financially and practically, in their endeavours to establish a unique, state of the art Therapeutic Riding Centre.
Please go the Therapeutic Riding section for more information.
P.S. You can read up more about my Challenge by reading my book: "Crying with Cockroaches"
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Towns 0.19 has been released.
- Balance: Bakeries build 3 breads (instead of 4) with 2 wheats
- Balance: Citizens doesn't eat faster in a dining room
- Add: Left click outside a contextual menu closes it
- Add: "Items" menu. You can build items without specify a building neither a place where to put them
- Add: Happiness
- Add: Personal rooms. Citizens go there to sleep.
- Add: Eat in a dining room improves the citizen happiness
- Add: Sleep in a personal room improves the citizen happiness
- Add: Immigrants (they come if there are personal rooms available and overall happiness it's good)
- Change: Trees only generate bushes if there are less than 3 around
- Change: Prerequisites for a room (2 cells wide, 6 cells minimum and, at least, a wall in each side)
- Fix: Little issue dropping big items (more than 1x1)
- Fix: Minor bug fixes
This version comes with 7 citizens.
Hope you like it.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Towns 0.19 released
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hmm, I think you put the files of 0.18 release in the linux download (its says ingame version 0.18 and there are 50 villagers at start)
- August 6, 2011 at 11:32 AM
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Hmmmm.... I checked and NO, it's the 0.19 version!!
Are you sure that you downloaded the 0.19?
Perhaps yoou unzipped the 0.18 version?
- August 6, 2011 at 1:54 PM
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indeed, my fault. It works.
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George Marshall, (born December 29, 1891, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died February 17, 1975, Los Angeles, California), American film director who, during a career that spanned more than 50 years, proved adept at most genres, with comedies, musicals, and westerns dominating his oeuvre.
Early work
Marshall dropped out of college and worked variously as a labourer, lumberjack, and newspaper reporter. While visiting a relative in Los Angeles, he started his film career as an extra, and in 1916 he received his first acting credit—in The Waiters' Ball. That year he also directed several short films as well as the western feature Love's Lariat. Marshall subsequently focused on directing, and his early credits were largely short films, many of which were westerns and comedies. In 1931 he directed a series of Bobby Jones instructional films on golf.
Feature films
In 1932 Marshall codirected (with Ray McCarey) the Laurel and Hardy feature Pack Up Your Troubles. Later that year he worked with the comedy duo on the shorts Their First Mistake and Towed in a Hole. In 1933 Marshall made 12 shorts, the majority of which were golf instructionals with Jones. After signing with Fox (later Twentieth Century-Fox) in 1934, the director focused on features, which that year included the western Wild Gold, with Claire Trevor, and She Learned About Sailors, a comedy starring Alice Faye and Lew Ayres. Life Begins at 40 (1935) was one of Will Rogers's best vehicles, with the actor portraying a small-town newspaper editor. Rogers returned for In Old Kentucky (1935), which was his last film released; he died in a plane crash several months before it premiered.
Music Is Magic (1935) was a modest musical featuring Faye as an up-and-coming chorus girl who replaces a fading star (Bebe Daniels) in a movie. More notable was Show Them No Mercy! (1935), a gangster picture that centred on a young couple (Edward Norris and Rochelle Hudson) who, during a rainstorm, take cover in an abandoned farmhouse, only to discover that it is a hideout for a group of kidnappers (with Cesar Romero playing their leader). A Message to Garcia (1936) used an actual incident from the Spanish-American War as its springboard; John Boles portrayed an army lieutenant who is sent by U.S. Pres. William McKinley to seek military assistance from a Cuban rebel; Wallace Beery and Barbara Stanwyck played his companions during his trek through Cuba's jungle. Marshall's other films from 1936 were The Crime of Dr. Forbes, a B-drama about euthanasia, and Can This Be Dixie?, a musical satire about the efforts to save a bankrupt Southern plantation from foreclosure.
In 1937 Marshall made two crime dramas. The low-budget Nancy Steele Is Missing! centres on an antiwar activist (Victor McLaglen) who kidnaps the baby daughter of a munitions tycoon (Walter Connolly) and comes to regard her as his own, while Love Under Fire starred Loretta Young as a woman accused of being a jewel thief and Don Ameche as the Scotland Yard inspector who tracks her to Spain and falls in love with her. After being loaned out to make the musical The Goldwyn Follies, Marshall directed both Battle of Broadway, a comedy with Gypsy Rose Lee, McLaglen, and Brian Donlevy, and the political satire Hold That Co-Ed (all 1938), with John Barrymore giving a strong performance as a Huey Long-like demagogue.
Marshall's tenure at Twentieth Century-Fox ended in 1938, and he spent the next few years freelancing. You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) was a W.C. Fields comedy, with Fields playing a con man–circus manager and Edgar Bergen as a ventriloquist. Even more successful was the highly acclaimed comic western Destry Rides Again (1939), based on a Max Brand novel that had been filmed in 1932 with Tom Mix. In Marshall's version, James Stewart was cast as a pacifist sheriff who outsmarts a series of criminals without ever raising his voice and wins the heart of saloon singer Frenchy (Marlene Dietrich). Destry Rides Again remains the high-water mark of Marshall's long career.
Films of the 1940s
In 1940 Marshall directed The Ghost Breakers, the first of a series of popular comedies he made with Bob Hope. The film, which was set in a haunted house in Cuba, had Paulette Goddard as his romantic interest and Noble Johnson as a sinister zombie. Next came the western When the Daltons Rode (1940), an account of the legendary outlaw brothers. Stewart teamed with Goddard on the comedy Pot o' Gold (1941), notable only because Stewart once claimed it was his worst picture. Texas (1941) was much better, with William Holden and Glenn Ford portraying former Confederate soldiers who head west, where both fall in love with a rancher's daughter (Trevor).
After signing with Paramount, Marshall made The Forest Rangers (1942), with Fred MacMurray as a ranger who is searching for an arsonist and Susan Hayward and Goddard as the women who love him. Also released that year was the musical comedy Star Spangled Rhythm, featuring an all-star cast that included Hope, Bing Crosby, Veronica Lake, Ray Milland, and Dorothy Lamour. True to Life (1943) was a comedy in which a radio writer (Dick Powell) moves in with the family of a waitress (Mary Martin) to get material for his show.
And the Angels Sing (1944) offered Lamour and Betty Hutton as singing sisters who are discovered by a bandleader (MacMurray). And Murder, He Says (1945) demonstrated MacMurray's flair for slapstick; he starred as a pollster who is sent to a small town in the Ozarks to search for a missing colleague and finds a family of killers. The dark comedy developed a cult following. Hutton then starred as the titular Incendiary Blonde (1945), a biopic about Prohibition-era entertainer Texas Guinan. Marshall's other film from 1945 was the comedy Hold That Blonde, with Lake as a jewel thief who is courted by a millionaire kleptomaniac (Eddie Bracken).
After such light fare, Marshall made The Blue Dahlia (1946), a classic film noir written by Raymond Chandler. It featured Paramount's top box-office team of Alan Ladd and Lake; he portrayed a World War II veteran suspected of killing his unfaithful wife (Doris Dowling), while she was cast as the woman who helps him evade the police until he can find the actual killer. Also popular was Monsieur Beaucaire (1946), an adaptation of a romance by Booth Tarkington. It starred Hope as a barber who, in order to avoid the guillotine, agrees to pose as an aristocrat who is to marry a Spanish princess; Joan Caulfield played his chambermaid girlfriend.
Marshall returned to biopics with The Perils of Pauline (1947), which featured Hutton as silent film star Pearl White. Variety Girl (1947) was a collection of skits featuring Hope, Crosby, and numerous other Paramount headliners plus cameos by directors Cecil B. DeMille, Mitchell Leisen, and Marshall himself. Hazard (1948) was a minor romantic comedy starring Goddard as a gambler who agrees to marry in order to clear her debt but then changes her mind. In Tap Roots (1948), a Civil War drama set in Mississippi, Susan Hayward starred as an abolitionist's daughter, Van Heflin was a newspaper publisher who courts her, and Boris Karloff played a Native American. Marshall's adaptation of the popular radio series My Friend Irma (1949) was memorable for marking the first onscreen pairing of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, who became a hugely popular comedy team.
Films of the 1950s
Marshall opened the decade with Fancy Pants (1950), a reworking of Leo McCarey's Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), with Hope as an actor who pretends to be an English valet and Lucille Ball as an heiress in New Mexico who hires him. Less successful was Never a Dull Moment (1950), a middling comedy about a songwriter (Irene Dunne) from Manhattan who moves to a ranch in Wyoming after marrying a rodeo cowboy (MacMurray). Faring little better was A Millionaire for Christy (1951), a screwball romp in which an engaged radio entertainer (MacMurray) is pursued by a secretary (Eleanor Parker) after he inherits a fortune.
Marshall returned to westerns with The Savage (1952), which starred Charlton Heston as a white settler who is raised by Native Americans and becomes torn between the two cultures when a war breaks out. Off Limits (1953) was another Hope comedy, with the actor as the trainer of a boxer (Mickey Rooney). In 1953 Marshall worked with Martin and Lewis on the comedies Scared Stiff, a remake of The Ghost Breakers, and Money from Home, which was filmed in 3-D. That year the director also made the biopic Houdini, which featured Tony Curtis as the legendary escape artist. After Red Garters (1954), a musical western with Rosemary Clooney and Guy Mitchell, Marshall's tenure at Paramount ended.
Now freelancing again, Marshall helmed the action thriller Duel in the Jungle (1954), with Dana Andrews as an insurance investigator who discovers that a supposedly dead diamond broker (David Farrar) is actually alive. The director then made Destry (1954), a remake of Destry Rides Again. Although it starred Audie Murphy, the film was less successful than his 1939 version. The sodden musical The Second Greatest Sex (1955) was inspired by Aristophanes' Lysistrata.
Marshall next made westerns centred on, variously, a cavalry scout fighting Indians (Pillars of the Sky, 1956), an army deserter teaching women how to fight Indians (The Guns of Fort Petticoat, 1957), and a sheep rancher and a cattle baron who love the same woman (The Sheepman, 1958). Imitation General (1958) was a World War II comedy, and The Mating Game (1959) was a romantic comedy with Tony Randall as a tax agent who falls for the daughter (Debbie Reynolds) of a man he is investigating. Reynolds also appeared in It Started with a Kiss (1959), playing a showgirl who hastily marries an army officer (Ford) and then refuses to have sex for 30 days to test their relationship. Ford and Reynolds had better results with The Gazebo (1959), a comic mystery about a television writer who kills a blackmailer and buries him in the backyard; complications ensue, however, when the body turns up elsewhere.
Last films
Marshall and Ford continued their longtime collaboration with the sentimental Cry for Happy (1961); the actor portrayed a navy photographer who falls for a geisha girl. Next was the crime comedy The Happy Thieves (1961), which featured Rita Hayworth and Rex Harrison as criminals attempting to steal a painting from a Spanish museum. Marshall's last western was "The Railroad" segment of How the West Was Won (1962), a Cinerama epic that starred Stewart, John Wayne, and Gregory Peck. In Papa's Delicate Condition (1963), Jackie Gleason appeared as a hard-drinking father whose family leaves him after he buys a bankrupt circus.
Marshall later worked with Hope and Phyllis Diller in Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966) and in Eight on the Lam (1967); both movies marked low points in the director's long career. Hook, Line and Sinker (1969), one of Lewis's least-popular efforts, was Marshall's final film. At about this time Marshall was also directing episodes of television shows, including Daniel Boone, Here's Lucy, and The Odd Couple. He retired in 1972.
Learn More in these related Britannica articles:
The Blue Dahlia: Production notes and credits…
How the West Was WonHathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall—collaborated on the film, the story is told seamlessly, backed by the solid performances of its cast. Filmed in Cinerama, the movie featured stunning visuals accompanied by Alfred Newman's thundering score. Spencer Tracy narrated the film.…
musical film
Musical film, motion picture consisting of a plot integrating musical numbers. Although usually considered an American genre, musical films from Japan, Italy, France, Great Britain, and Germany have contributed to the development of the type. The first musical film, The Jazz Singer(1927), starring Al Jolson, introduced the sound era…
Western, a genre of novels and short stories, motion pictures, and television and radio shows that are set in the American West, usually in the period from the 1850s to the end of the 19th century. Though basically an American creation, the western had its counterparts in the gaucho literature…
Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones, American amateur golfer who, in 1930, became the first man to achieve the golf Grand Slam by winning in a single year the four major tournaments of the time: the British…
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LOS ANGELES — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says he'll release an unedited version of his controversial interview with Megyn Kelly set to air Sunday on NBC.
Jones said on his Infowars website that the full interview he recorded will counter Kelly's upcoming report, which he labeled a ''fraud.''
The site touted the interview's availability Thursday night, but it was not online as of Friday morning.
On Sunday, Jones posted a video asking NBC to post the full interview.
Infowars recorded the interview as a safeguard whereby, once again, MSM could be exposed as #fakenews— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) June 18, 2017
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- You need to watch and plan your food intake. In this way, you will know which one to eat and which of the foods you should not eat. You need to reduce the intake of those food that may contain too much calories and fats. They won't do anything good to your body. Yes, you can still eat them but very often only. Try to eat and consider consuming more of vegetables.
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Reports from the Scene in Haiti: NGOs Help Long Recovery
The onPhilanthropy team has been in touch with numerous aid organizations on the ground in Haiti since the January 13 earthquake. As the trickle of aid came into the country, we heard from many of the staff and volunteers trying to deliver aid in the face of chaos and logistical challenges. One month out, as they move from trying to deliver urgently needed food, water and medical aid into the recovery phase, several of these organizations are helping to keep the world informed by blogging and updating their websites. The worldwide response to the catastrophe was immediate and generous. The long-term recovery and rebuilding of Haiti, however, will entail several phases, during which global attention will wane and focus will be diverted to crises yet to unfold. To the extent that onPhilanthropy can continue to inform our readers, most of whom are highly attuned to and engaged in the process of philanthropic development, we will make every effort to keep the story before you.
Some of these reports came through our CauseWired network of colleagues at NGOs, others through our affiliate Changing Our World's client organizations. Our immediate response was to post initial reports from the field and to spread the word among our readers about nonprofits who could accept their support to assist the survivors. Amidst the terrible destruction that took over 100,000 lives and leveled massive numbers of structures, a secondary effect was being felt. The relief and development organizations based there – numbering some 9,000, by many estimates – were dealing with their own challenges: collapsed buildings, missing colleagues, lack of power and water, and suddenly, an overwhelming new set of urgent problems to address.
The massive relief effort unfolded in fits and starts, hampered by the severity and extent of destruction in a country with minimal infrastructure to begin with. There were inevitable frustrations and tales of looting and conflict. Nevertheless, aid continues to move through the pipeline, and organizations who have been on the ground are creating the systems they need to assist Haitian communities in starting life anew. Here are some reports from their websites and blogs offering a picture of the slow but determined process.
From the Irish-based international hunger relief and development organization Concern, which has been in Haiti since 1994, frequent updates have been blogged by Programme Officer Susan Finucane and Communications Officer Ed Kenney. From Finucane:
"I had to return to New York last week to ensure that our programmes in other countries were being looked after. It was a difficult decision to make nearly a month after the earthquake. I felt like I was abandoning our team and the country of Haiti. But unfortunately, time waits for no one.
I haven't had time to sit still since my return. I have been trying to tell people what it was like in Haiti. I am now on the other side of the fence looking into Haiti and trying to keep abreast of what Concern and other like agencies are doing. I remember how laborious the days were and think how tired the team must be, nearly one month on.
The pace is rapid and unrelenting. The stories from the field are hard-hitting and it is with a heavy heart that I read them – Pierre the malnourished orphan brought me to tears. "He didn't have the strength to grab my finger but his eyes grab my soul and seem to ask why," my colleague tweeted.
But, the Haiti team don't complain. They work tirelessly to get the information out to us. For Concern, the distributions continue: water, food, baby tents, latrines and more.
In New York, it is difficult to express just how bad it is in Haiti and how far apart these worlds are."
From Kenney:
"In a place like this, the supply of food and clean water isn't steady at the best of times. Add the earthquake, and the hurricane season, which is four months away and the difficulties are obvious.
The job is huge. It's going to mean finding the displaced, making sure that their needs for water, food and shelter are taken care of, and making sure the host communities do not slide back, that we can preserve some of the development gains of the last several years. The situation is critical and the response begins today.
This has been a recurring source of amazement for me: despite losing almost everything, most of the staff were showing up for work within the first week.
And this is perhaps relatively trivial, but I think also deeply symbolic: they were all arriving sharply dressed. This is despite the fact that many spent the night under the stars or in a tent, commuting great distances.
And it's not just our staff. Every morning we pass dozens of women and men, dressed in what we might call "business casual", walking intently downtown. If there are jobs to be had, they are going to find them. This is one untold story. Yes, there are incalculable victims here, but donors and television audiences and recovery planners should be told: the people of Haiti want to go to work, now."
BRAC USA is an arm of BRAC, the development organization founded in Bangladesh in 1972 and dedicated to alleviating poverty by empowering the poor to bring about change in their own lives, is mobilizing resources to support the relief and rehabilitation efforts working with its two partners in Haiti. In September 2009, Fonkoze, BRAC, BRAC USA, Partners In Health/Zanmi Lasante with support from CGAP, CHF Partners in Rural Development and Linked Foundation launched a Partnership at the Clinton Global Initiative to break the cycle of disease and poverty in Haiti. BRAC has been providing technical assistance to Fonkoze over the last several years to adapt its program for the ultra poor and has been planning to expand operations on the ground for long-term development.
Fonkoze is Haiti's largest micro-finance organization with a mission to build the economic foundation for democracy in Haiti by providing the rural poor – mostly women – with the tools they need to lift themselves out of poverty. Fonkoze is national in scope with more than 40 branches throughout Haiti offering a full range of financial services to the rural-based poor, currently reaching more than 225,000 savers and borrowers. To learn more about Fonkoze visit www.fonkoze.org. Here's a brief update on one way they've adapted to the disaster conditions:
"We have a very creative and interesting note of interest to share with you today, as the Fonkoze Family continues to make progress on the many challenges facing us.
You may remember that the Bizoton Branch was totally devastated. We knew that early on.
Yesterday a grant of $25,000 was secured to launch an innovative pilot project that will get the branch operating almost immediately. The plan is to operate Bizoton out of a van that is owned by Alternative Insurance Company (AIC). It has speakers, it's covered in advertisements about micro-insurance, and it's well equipped. Within a few days we'll be operating the branch out of the van.
In the relatively near term, there are plans to establish the branch in a building location some days of the week, and then, on the other days of the week, operate a "roving branch" in the van in nearby neighborhoods. It will be the first mobile bank branch in Haiti (this is being done in other countries as an actual methodology). The funder is an international Christian media network that will be documenting the mobile branch (van)."
Partners in Health
Zanmi Lasante, the Haitian sister organization of the U.S.-based NGO Partners In Health, is one of Haiti's largest health care providers, serving a catchment area of 1.2 million in Central Haiti and the lower Artibonite Department. Zanmi Lasante has been working for more then two decades in Haiti to increase access to a full range of high-quality health services and to lift entire communities out of poverty through a range of social support and community development. To learn more about Partners in Health visit www.pih.org.
"In the evening, the Zanmi Lasante medical team gathered for lengthy discussions about how we can prepare for the next big challenge — how we can approach discharging patients who have no homes or jobs to go back to, who may have lost most of their families, who have injuries that will require months or years of rehabilitation and physical therapy, who will have to cope with paralyzed or missing limbs and other disabilities.
The next morning we observed the discharge of one patient who is fortunate enough to have a home in this area. Zanmi Lasante had already assigned a community health worker who will visit her every day, had already worked out a plan for physical therapy, had already developed plans for psychological support services, had assessed her need for food and other economic assistance.
Before she was released from the hospital, a doctor, physical therapist, and ajan sante (community health agent) went to check out the home where she will be recuperating. With one leg and one arm badly injured, she will need a wheelchair to move around for several months at least. Her home could hardly be called accessible for the handicapped. It can only be reached by clambering up a steep hill on a narrow, dirt path.
But she is one of the lucky ones. She lives in the Zanmi Lasante catchment area, where she will get daily visits from the ajan sante, regular physical therapy appointments, and follow-up wound treatment at the Cange Hospital. That's what we do and have been doing in Cange for almost 25 years. Now we have to figure out how to do it on a massive scale for tens of thousands of people who have fled to the areas where we work. And we also have to help the Haitian Ministry of Health obtain the resources and develop and implement plans to provide similar services in Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country."
From CBM-US, an international organization serving people with disabilities in the world's poorest countries:
"The Haitian Government raised the confirmed earthquake death toll to 150,000, and fears it could double as reports from outside the capital arrive. And as injury statistics climb toward 200,000, CBM's mission of near-term emergency relief and long term care for the disabled has never been so critical.
Casualties among our partners on the ground are mounting. Devastation of roads, communications and program site infrastructure abounds. We have learned that:
• CBM Partner Grace Children's Hospital has suffered significant damanges, but its eye clinic building stands and remains operational.
• The Center for Special Education (Centre d'Education Speciale), which experienced 2 staff casualties, is in desperate need of a new facility to house its students and workers.
• More than 235,000 people have left Port-au-Prince using the free transportation provided by the Government.
• Ready-to-eat meals are needed for the short term to cover food needs.
• The number of people living in temporary shelter sites in Port-au-Prince could be as high as 800,000, according to partners on the ground.
• Water continues to be distributed daily at 115 sites in Port-au-Prince reaching an estimated 235,000 people.
• The number of injured people that need surgical interventions is diminishing, according to the World Health Organization.
• Haiti's Ministry of Health is revising its emergency response strategy and will gradually shift focus from emergency surgical cases to primary health care. Thousands of amputees will require physical therapy. "
Founded over 70 years ago, Plan is one of the oldest and largest international development agencies in the world, working in 48 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas:
"Jo-Ann leads a group of 30 Plan-trained volunteers to help distribute aid and provide emotional support to children affected by the earthquake.
She leads 30 volunteers who have all been trained in child protection. They assess the children in tent communities, which have sprung up everywhere after the quake, to identify ones that may be vulnerable to abuse and trafficking.
The group, the first of many that Plan Haiti will train, is made up of students who suddenly have no university to attend, and teachers who no longer have a classroom. Many of them have lost everything too, but despite the difficulty of their own situations, they are dedicated to helping children survive the disaster.
When asked how she manages to lead a group that includes men, even men a few years older than her, she is quick to answer. She has been involved with Plan's youth programs for years and says: "It is not easy but we were all taught as youths that girls have the same rights as boys. I tell them that we are equals."
The young men may be twice her size, but that doesn't stop her from hauling around large bags of emergency rations. "I feel like I have the same strength," she says.
Once life returns to normal she will continue her studies, with the aim of earning a degree in communications. While Haiti has made some progress for girls' and women's rights in the last few years, Jo-Ann worries that some of these gains may be lost as life becomes more difficult.
The earthquake has set the development of Haiti back, and Jo-Ann worries that people may begin to rationalize the need to cut back on things like educating their daughters and not sending them to college. However, Jo-Ann knows that if these issues are to be tackled, they must be highlighted.
"Communication is a key to a changing a society," she says."
SOS Children's Villages Since its founding in 1949, SOS Children's Villages has expanded to 500 villages in 132 countries. SOS is currently raising over 80,000 children in its villages and providing many education, family strengthening, medical, and outreach programs.
"February 9, 2009: SOS Children's Villages, a global organization dedicated to the long-term care and prevention of orphaned and abandoned children, today welcomed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie to its Village in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Ms. Jolie was on-site this afternoon to visit with the Village's 300 children and families and continued to express her support for SOS' humanitarian relief efforts in the devastated country.
During her stay, Ms. Jolie took the time to visit two SOS families who have each taken in four children (all brothers and sisters in both cases) who were amongst the 33 children involved in last week's detainee crisis. Ms. Jolie also showed great interest in learning about SOS Children's Villages' emergency relief program to provide 30,000 Haitian children with food, medical supplies and treatment as well as trauma therapy through its network of community centers. "
Catholic Relief Services, the official humanitarian aid agency of the American Catholic community:
"Orphans Lives Shaken by Haiti Quake
The orphans at Foye Ti Zanmi Jezi (Little Friends of Jesus) were crammed in the TV room watching a documentary on the lives of children in France when the earthquake struck. On the first violent shake the older children grabbed the younger ones and carried them down the flight of stairs that led to the open courtyard below. Huddled together the children, ages 3-19, watched as the two-story structure bucked under the pressure of the 7.0 magnitude temblor.
In less than a minute the orphans lost everything. Their bedrooms—gone. Their schoolhouse—gone. Their indoor kitchen—gone. Yet the group's quick-thinking teenagers assured all 52 children survived.
These days they are sheltered by the shade of a large Lilac tree as they play on the concrete courtyard that remains. Small two-piece puzzles, cards, a Monopoly set, and a plastic xylophone, on which they repeatedly pluck out the same refrain of Frere Jacques, "are you sleeping, are you sleeping? Brother John." are the toys with which they idle away the hours.
The four Missionary Servants of the Sacred Heart sisters try to keep the children occupied: they sing songs and play games to distract them from memories of the earthquake. But when night falls, the chatter begins.
They sleep in two large canvas tents or under the cover of a starlit sky. Their numbers have swelled to 90. Concerned neighbors and parents with no homes or prospects of work have left an additional 38 children for safekeeping. This improvised camp is no YMCA slumber party. Each night the sisters spray the air with clouds of mosquito repellent to ward off malaria.
After evening prayers, those who are able, find a spot in the tents, while the others make their beds on the trampled lawn. During the day there are no tears, no stories of life pre- and post-quake, but when it comes time to sleep the answer to "are you sleeping, are you sleeping?" would be a resounding no.
The children talk late into the night, whispering softly from makeshift bed to makeshift bed, perhaps recounting how life has changed in just a few weeks.
CRS partnered with the Little Friends of Jesus orphanage long before the quake and will continue to care for the orphans in the months and years to come. On a sultry Saturday afternoon CRS arrived with 100 food kits—enough to feed the orphans a 2,000 calorie diet for 10 days.
Sister Elizabeth set up tables and wooden desks etched with the names of former students. She gathered the children underneath the cooling breeze of the lilac tree for an impromptu picnic. The dislodged corrugated tin roof flapped loudly on its walls as the sisters and CRS driver Rubens Dervilus handed out boxes of juice, crackers, granola bars, and chocolate.
Temporary shelter is next on the list for the orphans, followed by the re-opening of the school. CRS will continue to walk with the sisters as we help to rebuild the Little Friends of Jesus. The hope is that in time the children will once again sleep soundly and resume the childhood that was taken from them by three violent shakes of the earth."
Susan Carey Dempsey, Editor-in-Chief of onPhilanthropy, is Managing Partner of CauseWired Communications, a consulting firm advising nonprofits on effective communications, strategy and development. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Light, healthy and refreshing, Seared Ahi Tuna is also low in fat, high in protein, low in carbs and absolutely delicious. Served with a mound of wasabi, some sweet and tangy picked ginger and a bowl of soy sauce, this dish is as elegant and simple as it gets. Excellent as an entrée, seared tuna is also fabulous as a posh appetizer or sexy hors d'oeuvre, because it can be seared ahead of time, chilled until needed and assembled à la minute.
Seared Ahi Tuna canapé on a sesame cracker
with a dollop of wasabi mayonnaise
Sesame Crusted Seared Ahi Tuna
Serves 2
1 lb sashimi-grade Ahi tuna, at least 1-inch thick
3 tbsp black and white sesame seeds
1 cup vegetable oil for frying and coating the tuna
1 bunch baby arugula
1 avocado, sliced
1 container seaweed salad
4 tbsp soy or ponzu sauce
1 tbsp wasabi powder, mixed with a little water to form a paste
3 tbsp pickled ginger
Slice the tuna into uniform size rectangles, or even triangles, so that the grain is running lengthwise in the fish. Combine the black and white sesame seeds on a large plate and coat the tuna by pressing it into the sesame seeds so that it's completely covered. I often brush the tuna first with a little oil to ensure the seeds adhere really well.
Preheat a pan to medium-high and add just enough oil to coat the bottom of the pan. When the oil is shimmering, add the tuna and sear for about 45 seconds on all sides for seared edges and a raw red centre. Extend the cooking time if you prefer your tuna more well done.
Using a very sharp knife, gently slice the tuna into 1/4-inch thick pieces and serve on a bed of arugula with slices of avocado and small bowls of wasabi, pickled ginger and soy sauce on the side, for dipping. Seaweed salad is also a nice accompaniment with seared tuna.


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Congrats go out to Zach Gilford!
The "Friday Night Lights" star, 30, tied the knot with "The Glades" actress Kiele Sanchez, 36, on Dec. 29 in Calif., Us Weekly confirms. The couple got engaged in Nov. 2011 after dating for a year and a half.
Back in July, Gilford shared wedding plans with E! News, revealing, "We set a date. We found a magical, magical place to get married and I'm excited. It is going to be cool."
Gilford met Sanchez in early 2010 while they were shooting the ABC pilot "The Matadors," which wasn't picked up to series. During the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in 2012, Gilford gushed about his bride, calling her "the most amazing woman in the world."
This is the first marriage for Gilford and the second for Sanchez, who divorced writer and film director Zach Helm.


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PSP Referral Meeting Agenda Template – this template is used for monthly referral meetings in each cluster.
GSSD Consent/Referral Form for Contracted Physiotherapy Services:
Physiotherapy Consent Form – UPDATED Sept 30/13
GSSD PSP Referral Procedures:
All referrals must be completed in TPM – if you have technical difficulties, please email TPM at firstname.lastname@example.com.
TPM Overview of GSSD Initiatives
GSSD TPM Overview of Initiatives – please refer to this powerpoint that provides a summary of how GSSD is using TPM software to create program plans for students and support variou tracking and progress monitoring initiatives.
When Students Move:
TPM data remains in the system even after a student has moved on. These student records, however, are set to 'Inactive' and no longer appear in the default view. The student and their data will re-appear upon integration if/when the student returns. TPM has set Quintin up as the admin user with access to 'inactive' students. He is alble to view and print inactive student records by clicking on Active/InActive button at the top of their page. Please contact Quintin if you require something printed for a studnet who has moved.
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poliphilo just takes it all in his stride. When I've not been sleeping I've been aplogising for being totally useless today - I can't even follow a conversation (well even less so than usual). He just gets on with painting his skeletons and making me extra cups of coffee.
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Varèse Sarabande will release the Sully Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture digitally October 7 and on CD on October 28, 2016. The album features the original music composed by Clint Eastwood, Christian Jacob, and the Tierney Sutton Band.
"One day he [director Clint Eastwood] called and very casually asked if Christian Jacob and I would come down and see how he had provisionally used some of our music in the rough cut of Sully," Sutton recalled. "We thought he was interested in just using a few bits of our recorded musicor perhaps asking us to recreate some of that mood in a new piece for the film. But after screening the entire film, we were asked to score the whole thing. Two days later, the whole band was in the studio creating cues to picture, with Clint giving us input. I also co-wrote the lyrics to a theme that Clint wrote that will be a song heard during the end credits of the film."
Since The Tierney Sutton Band has been together for over 20 years and has been known for its collaborative process of arranging music, the scoring process was improvisational in approach. "The scoring began over several themes written by both the director, Clint Eastwood, and myself," Christian Jacob stated. "Every member of the band was watching scenes on the screen and improvising their own parts by following a basic lead sheet. We know each other so well, that our musical ideas fell beautifully in place."
Sutton added, "Clint was with us every step of the wayand in fact, the band created the framework of the underscore, pretty much live to picture, in two 12 hour sessions, with Clint directing each cue." Sutton continued, "The soundtrack album will give people a real, deep idea of the collaboration that occurred."
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Oliver Allen, Butte County Library Outreach Coordinator
Lee Edwards interviews Oliver Allen for his "Our Town" radio program.
The Library is not just a place with lots of books on shelves. Oliver Allen provides details of the many facets of today's Butte County Library which provides services and attractions for people of all ages. He states that Sunday hours at some branches are often the busiest times of the week.


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Do you have psoriatic arthritis or care for someone who does? We need your valuable input.
The Common Drug Review (CDR) is currently welcoming patients and their caregivers to provide input on the manufacturer's submission for tofacitinib (Xeljanz®) for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) when the response to previous disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy has been inadequate.
The CDR is part of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH). The CDR conducts objective, rigorous reviews of the clinical and cost effectiveness of drugs, and provides formulary listing recommendations to the publicly funded drug plans in Canada (except Quebec).
To help them make their recommendations, the CDR accepts input from patient groups, like Arthritis Consumer Experts (ACE). We would like to gather your views and share them with the CDR.
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throwing themselves from the windows, and many of them were drowned, the water being too much for them; about a hundred of them were taken alive and reserved for ransom. The Saracen-, who had retreated inside the tower, then set fire to the roof of it, on which the victorious Christians, unable to enduri' the heat, returned to their scaling ladder; they then let down the bridge, which was placed in the lower part of the machine, to the foot of the tower, which was narrow by reason of the waters which flowed round it ; they however attacked the door of the tower with iron mallets while the Saracens inside defended it. The double machine was still firmly fixed to the tower, but the wood of the scaling ladder was broken in many places. The walls of the machine, although pierced in many places by the missiles from the engines, continued immoveable from the ninth hour on the sixth day of the week till the tenth hour of the following Saturday. At length the Saracens entirely failing in their defence of the tower, asked for a truce, and surrendered themselves to the duke of Austria on condition of their iives being spared. The tower being thus reduced, the crusaders supplied themselves with provisions and with fresh soldiers, hoping next to subdue the city as they had the tower.
Of the death of Saphadin, and the destruction of the walls of Jerusalem.
After the capture of the tower in the river Nile, Saphadin, who had grown old in days of wickedness, the disinheritor of his nephews, and the wicked usurper of the kingdom of Asia, being overcome, as was said, with grief, died and was buried in hell ; he was succeeded by his son Coradin, a fierce and cruel man, who, in revenge for the siege of Donnetta, utterly destroyed the famous city of Jerusalem, and reduced to a heap of ruins the walls and towers of that city, except the temple of the Lord and the tower of David. They then held council as to destroying the noble sepulchre of our Lord, which they hail threatened to do in letters, which they sent to the citizens of Damietta for their consolation. However, on account of the reverence in which the place was held, no one of them dared to lay hands on it ; for in their book, the Alcoran, it is written, that our Lord Jesus Christ was conceived and born of the virgin Mary, whom they confessed to


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Of all the big and dashing gaming consoles that are on the way, there is perhaps not one that is bigger than the Xbox 2. said to be Microsoft's next and best gaming console so far. There have been many reports and rumor mills are running over time as to what the new console might contain. We have made a compilation of the topmost and most demanded Xbox 2 rumors in the present time.
Xbox 2 Rumors: Here is What We Know
Over the last few years, we have been bombarded with a lot of questions about when the Xbox 2 will release and how much it will cost. Now, we have previously tackled the dicey question of the release date issue, for it is more than likely that the new Xbox 2 release date will be sometime in 2020 or even before that. That leaves us with one question: how much will the console cost and what will be its price tag. For this issue, we have taken the help of two criteria: one being the factor of historical precedent and another being the factor of the increasing availability of modern technology, which is the driving force behind the advancements of most similar modern gadgets. do not forget to check the best deals for Nintendo Switch Black Friday
If we look at the history of the Xbox, the first one released in 2001 and was retailed for a then-princely sum of $299. It was very popular and was followed as the benchmark by many rivals including the Sony PlayStation. After 2001, the gaming sector was a lull for some time until the month of November in 2005. This 2005 release was the best seller as far as Microsoft Xbox series is concerned. For, it was in that year the Xbox 360 was released to widespread acclaim and appreciation.
Jump to November 2013, and we shall see that the Xbox One was released for $499. It was not, however, the grand box office success that Microsoft thought it would be. However, once in November 2013, the Xbox One S was released to widespread critical and commercial success. The One S was available for $399
Now that we know that the Xbox One X is coming in November 2017, with at least two variants between the price range of $599 and $699, and coupled with the fact that Sony traditionally maintains a very tight time schedule, we can safely find a price tag for the upcoming Xbox 2. We believe and we state that the new console will come for $599 and will release ~2020.
Wrap up
In the end, only time will decide whether all the Xbox 2 rumors are proven to be true or not. Till then, tell us when you would like to see the Xbox 2 release.


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Cinema Matters #9: A Festival of New Perspectives Every Year
September 2014
I believe cinema matters. This is a continuing monthly series of personal thoughts on film in no more than 750 words.
I must say that one of the proudest moments of my life was to introduce Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971) in front of about 650 filmgoers at Golden Village Max, VivoCity in a sold out screening. For the first time, Singaporeans could see a previously banned film on the big screen, from master Kubrick no less, in a digitally restored print for its 40th anniversary that first premiered under Cannes Classics.
A Clockwork Orange played at Perspectives Film Festival 2011, perhaps the watershed year of the festival, when it made a bold curatorial assertion that it was not afraid to bring in challenging works for the audience. As a student-led film festival run by the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI), Perspectives has made quite some inroads after only what seems like a short span of time. I think it is fair to say that it is now an anticipated fixture in the film festival calendar in Singapore.
Every year, it is a festival of new perspectives. This year, my students have decided on the theme of Displacement. It is a theme that requires a bit more effort to articulate not because it is difficult to grasp, but that it is too easy to dismiss it as one of those big words centering on the grand issues of our society and time, and in the process ignoring what it truly encompasses. As a passionate advocate of cinema myself, one of the most illuminating of ways to put perspective to the notion of Displacement is to critically engage with the films on offer at this year's festival.
Opening with Destin Daniel-Cretton's independent hit at international festival circuits, Short Term 12 (2013), and closing with a film made four decades earlier, R.W. Fassbinder's Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), Perspectives 2014 intends to draw as full a spectrum of films that explores how the displaced, not just physically but psychologically and emotionally as well, continues to be adrift in time and space, in memory and in being, never to be permanently afforded a simple measure of grace and acceptance.
Perhaps it is only through film that we can see such stories play out visually and aurally. The strength of cinema lies in (and through) its mode of vicarious and visceral experience. The slums of Bombay, the polluted river of post-industrial Shanghai, the harsh Australian desert, the dangerous US-Mexican border, among others, become settings of the eternally displaced, raising the ultimate dual-question of existence: How do we survive? Why do we survive?
Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay! (1988), Nicholas Roeg's Walkabout (1971), Lou Ye's Suzhou River (2000), John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) and Cary Fukunaga's Sin Nombre (2009) make up the other five of seven feature presentations of Perspectives 2014. So you might be spoilt for choice, but short of suggesting you to see all the films (you should!), I would like to put the spotlight especially on three titles that I think ought to be essential viewing – Salaam Bombay!, Walkabout and Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.
Nair's work is one of the most stunning of debuts, exploding into life as the film documents the sights and sounds of an India we often read about – the poverty, the class divide, and the State of things. It is a breathtaking and confident work that fully deserved the Cannes Camera d'Or. You will get the chance to see it on a newly restored digitally remastered version at Perspectives.
Roeg's early 'masterpiece' may not be the most entertaining of films that you will ever see, but it has grown in importance as a critical work over the years, not just because of its experiment with narrative, tone and technique, but perhaps more crucially, I think it is a strangely unique film that knows no boundaries and time, existing as an isolated parable. It was nominated for the Cannes Palme d'Or. And because Perspectives especially brought in a 35mm print, it is a rare treat for the cineaste.
Another rare treat is catching Fassbinder's homage to Sirkian melodrama in 35mm. The film is as much about racial discrimination and xenophobia as it is about women issues. It is provocative yet sensitive at the same time, and is the great German director's most accessible work, winning the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes.
If there was a measure of regret, I would love to have seen Elem Klimov's psychological war masterpiece Come and See (1985) in 35mm. We nearly got that in our programme. That's some trivia for you. See you (again) at Perspectives, and remember to say hi.
- Salaam Bombay! - [http://filmnomenon2.blogspot.sg/2014/05/salaam-bombay-1988.html]
- Walkabout - [http://filmnomenon2.blogspot.sg/2013/06/walkabout-1971.html]
- Suzhou River - [http://filmnomenon2.blogspot.sg/2014/09/suzhou-river-2000.html]
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch - [http://filmnomenon2.blogspot.sg/2014/10/hedwig-and-angry-inch-2001.html]
- Sin Nombre - [http://filmnomenon2.blogspot.sg/2014/10/sin-nombre-2009.html]
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul - [http://filmnomenon2.blogspot.sg/2014/07/ali-fear-eats-soul-1974.html]
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Voices from the Grave
- Haunted Tours of the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery
October 29th & 30th, 6 pm to 9 pm
You know about the star athletes and politicians hailing from Chapel Hill, but what you may not know is that some of this town's most interesting residents are right below your feet. Hear some of the fascinating stories behind the people from the past on a tour of Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. Voices from the Grave -- presented in conjunction with Deep Dish Theater -- will breathe life back into some of Chapel Hill's most notable figures.
You'll depart from the cemetery's gazebo and explore the final resting places of well-known North Carolinians like CBS news anchor Charles Kuralt, renowned portrait painter Mary Graves Rees, African American doctor Edwin Caldwell, World War I veteran John Allen, and more. After hearing the bevy of stories regarding our town's past, you may come to realize that dead men really do tell tales -- or at least, inspire them.
Tours begin at 6:00 pm and start every 15 minutes until 9:00 pm. Reservations are required, so call 919-942-7818 to claim your spot today! Tickets are $20 general admission and $10 for PCH members or students with ID. Event volunteers receive a free ticket, so contact Cheri to volunteer!


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McConalogue publishes FF strategy on youth unemployment
- 3,980 Donegal young people on live register
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Children Charlie McConalogue has published a Fianna Fáil Strategy on Youth Unemployment, setting out a range of ambitious policies aimed specifically at providing work opportunities for young people.
The Donegal North East TD pointed out that there are currently 3,980 people under the age of 25 on the Live Register in Co. Donegal and so far there have been no specific policies to help them to start a career here in Ireland.
Speaking at the launch in Dublin this week Deputy McConlogue said: "The unemployment crisis has undoubtedly hit the younger generation the hardest. There are now almost 4,000 unemployed young people in Co. Donegal alone and thousands more have been forced to leave home to find work. This is heartbreaking for so many families. We urgently need an ambitious action plan to deal with this crisis.
"The Government's various jobs plans have all failed to address the specific issue of youth unemployment and have made very little difference to the jobs crisis in Donegal. Politicians from all parties have a responsibility to show our young people that we are working hard to bring forward ideas on job creation and that we will not allow this generation to be drawn into a cycle of emigration and long term unemployment.
"Fianna Fáil is bringing forward a range of sector specific initiatives to provide our young people with the best possible chance of starting career at home and ensuring the younger generation has the skills needed to attract more jobs into the future.
Our proposals include:
- Training 100,000 young job seekers with ICT skills over the next four years to address the immediate skills shortage in the technology sector;
- Strengthening and expanding JobBridge to add 5,000 more places for graduates under 25;
- Abolishing employer PRSI for new employees under 25 earning less than €356 for a period of two years
- Dramatically reforming education, welfare and employment services introducing education and training vouchers on a pilot basis.
"This is a realistic and affordable plan that will make a real difference to young people in Donegal and across the country who are out of work. It will require an investment of €52 million but the cost of not taking any action is far greater. Apart from the huge social cost of a generation being underemployed, the total social welfare bill for young job-seekers is €1 billion at present. We consider this strategy an affordable and urgently required investment in our young people and in the future of this country."


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Grammy Award-winning singer John Legend shared a sweet snapshot with daughter Luna, 18 months, via Instagram.
"Backstage at @spikelsbwatching mommy," the All of Me hitmaker, 38, captioned the image of his daughter donning noise-cancelling headphones.
The father-daughter duo were watching mama, Lip Sync Battle star Chrissy Teigen.
The model mom, 31, recently posted a photo rocking avocado-themed bathing suits with her baby girl.
"Last day of cookbook shooting!! to @[email protected] @[email protected] @patrickta @jenatkinhair @adeenasussman @fannyfoodstyle ahhhhh so many more people," Teigen captioned the image of the pair wearing Mott50's swimwear with built-in sun protection.
The photo shoot was for Teigen's upcoming sequel to her cookbook, Cravings.
Recently, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model and the Love Me Now singer hit the pumpkin patch with their toddler.
Teigen recently opened up about their last remaining frozen embryo. She said they started with about twenty embryos but were left with three.
"The first little girl didn't work, and then the second is Luna," she said, adding that the third is the one they will transfer to her womb in the coming months.
The model mom also talked about her struggle with postpartum depression.
"I thought I was just being a selfish a—hole," she revealed. "It wasn't just a mental thing of, you know, 'I'm sad.' I actually couldn't move. I have really good days and really bad days, and I don't tend to talk about the really bad days. But I would hate for people to think those days didn't exist."
The supermodel mom recently opened up about her struggle with alcohol.
"We're going to try to have a child," she shared. "This is for us to try to get in the zone of 'let's travel, let's be away together, let's see our closest friends,' and then we're going to have to do something super hard, which is the IVF process, all over again."
Before their recent trip in Italy, Teigen attended a wellness retreat in Bali.
"I was, point blank, just drinking too much," she shared. "I got used to being in hair and makeup and having a glass of wine. Then that glass of wine would carry over into me having one before the awards show. And then a bunch at the awards show. And then I felt bad for making kind of an ass of myself to people that I really respected. And that feeling, there's just nothing like that. You feel horrible. It's not a good look for me, for John, for anybody."
She added: "Imagine everything we have. Everything is there, always. I don't know how to go to an awards show and not drink."
She has a history of alcohol abuse in her family, and admits she's the type of person who "can't just have one drink." She is also taking medications for postpartum depression and anxiety, which "alcohol is like the least thing that helps."
"Nobody really brought it up to me," she said. "They just assumed that it was OK because I always felt OK the next morning. I knew in my heart it wasn't right. It makes you very short with people. People think it's cutesy and fun to go on these boozy brunches, but there's more to it. I've never once been like, 'I'm sure glad I had that boozy brunch!'"
During her time in Bali, Teigen abstained from alcohol and didn't find herself missing it.
"It was really, really wonderful," she said. "I would wake up feeling amazing. My skin felt amazing. I was just so happy."
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Min & Bill's Dockside Diner at Disney's Hollywood Studios is now serving breakfast in addition to lunch and dinner. Guests can choose from bagels, cinnamon rolls, breakfast burritos and more.
For now, breakfast options will only be served seasonally and on Extra Magic Hour mornings. You can find the quick service eatery in Echo Lake opposite from Gertie the Dinosaur.


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IELTS Writing Task 2 essay with model answer
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic
Why do you think social skills are now being emphasized by companies during the recruitment process? Give specific reasons and examples to support your answers.
Write at least 250 words.
Model Answer:
In today's world, it cannot be refuted that the job market has become extremely competitive. Just possessing theoretical knowledge or technical know-how is not enough to climb up the corporate ladder. Special emphasis is given on social behaviour and management skills during recruitment interviews for a particular post. This essay will analyze the reasons for this change in the selection criteria.
As a matter of fact, nowadays a lot of importance is given to social skills at the time of selecting an individual for a particular job. Firstly, globalisation has given rise to multinational companies where skilled workers collaborate in cross-functional teams. Teamwork is extremely beneficial and necessary for the success of the company and therefore, management skills are needed to deal with other team members are emphasized upon by the company owners. For example, in a recent survey conducted in the US, it was shown that 90% of the management courses offered by the top universities involved group activities to hone this skill of getting along with the teammates. Last but not the least, this job market is fiercely competitive and people have to work under a lot of stress. Management degrees help to teach the workers to deal with stress. For example, all top universities across the world hold classes for stress management so that their students are better equipped to face the real world.
To conclude, globalisation and an extremely competitive job market have increased the demand for skilled workers who also have good social skills like teamwork and enterprise and can withstand the stress and strain in today's job scenario.
Total Words: 264
Task Achievement: 9
Coherence & Cohesion: 9
Lexical resources: 9
Grammar: 9
Overall Score: Band 9
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Magazine ads are great and all, but fundamentally words are words, and no matter how many times Fanta promise that their new drink tastes !AMAZING!, there's no better way to prove it than letting each and every consumer's taste buds have a go. Which is why Fanta's now making sugary-orange-drink-flavoured paper.
The premise is simple: rather than have a boring full-page ad in a publication that you'll blast past and totally forget, you have an edible one, so that people will remember which drink flavour they were munching on while digesting the publication (pun entirely intended). Obviously, there are lots of questions here: the cost; whether or not it'll leave a horrible orange residue on your hands, making you look like you have a fake-tan fetish; and if it'll give you cancer or not. Still, tasteable paper like this appears in Willy Wonka, so there's no doubt that this is the future. [PRExamples]


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This one is centered on creative writing. It asks my friends to write a narrative telling about Rizzo Rooster's exciting and adventurous day. The great thing about the Beanie Babies is that you can use them for any activity. I think Rizzo would also be great for a description activity. He is not your ordinary rooster!
Here's another. This one includes two easier books I already had on the topic of penguins. It asks my friends to identify some interesting facts and make a teaching poster. If you have younger kids, have them read aloud to the stuffed animal. Makes for great fluency practice. My 5th graders, especially at this point in the year, think they are a bit too "cool" to read to a stuffed animal. Insert eye roll here!
One more. This one is a word making activity. And, yes! I noticed the missing words in the second paragraph only after I uploaded this picture. I promise I will be fixing that before my friends get their hands on this it. :-) Can you spot what I left out?
Those Beanie Babies are the perfect size for the pencil cases. I also plan to laminate the task cards for durability. Just place the Beanie Baby in the pencil case along with your task card, and your center is ready to go. A basket full of these is sure to grab their interest. I also love that you can change the task cards to do just about anything. As I was working on the snake activity, I contemplated doing a math measurement center where they had to unroll the snake and measure it followed up with some other measuring tasks.
If you have some of those Beanie Babies stashed in a box somewhere, you might consider creating some centers with them. If not, try the dollar store. In the first picture, I did pick up the lady bug and skunk at the dollar store. They probably won't be as durable as the Beanie Babies, but they are cute!
Update! (3/16/13) I have been thinking about this project since I posted it and was thinking how it could be differentiated for your friends and/or provide some choice. I'm a big believer in task choice, When your friends have a chance to pick what they can do, they usually are more engaged. For choice, you can simply put more than one task card in each pencil case. Students can then pick the task they would like to complete. If you were looking to differentiate for different abilities, you could glue the task card on three different colored index cards. Students can be assigned a color for center work, and when they take the center they complete the activity on their colored card. Just a thought!
Before I go, let me just apologize for the picture quality. I can't seem to find my camera anywhere. I think there is a black hole somewhere in my house because I've also recently lost my watch and eye glasses. So, until I find my camera, we're going to have to suffer through with my iPhone pictures. Sorry!
I should also mention that I'm still working on the blog design. I am hopeful to really make some progress over our upcoming Spring Break.
By the way, if you have any ideas for centers for the other animals in that first picture, feel free to share!


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Hey folks, I hope that you've all been having a great week! I've been busy trying to meet a few work-related deadlines and participating in the Outfit-Along that's been co-hosted by Lauren of Lladybird and Andi of Untangling Knots. It's been a blast participating and checking out everyone's fancy new makes! I finished up my dress and cardigan this past week… and boy, just in the nick of time! Here are the finished pieces:
I went with the "official" chosen cardigan (Andi Satterlund's new Myrna pattern), but went a bit rogue on the dress. I liked the chosen pattern, but after those knit cardigan sleeves took me AAAAAAGES to get through (I think I frogged them five or six times before I got the hang of that whole "wrap & turn" thing), I opted for something a bit simpler: The Staple Dress pattern by April Rhodes.
This pattern has been in my sewing queue for awhile now, but I've put off sewing it since it's not my typical style. I generally opt for fuller skirts and the (very occasional) super fitted variety, not the looser, flowy in-between style. But… this has been the year of trying out new styles and after loving my Vera Aveline dress (another looser style) and getting tons of wear out of my linen Eucalypt dress (a similar style to this one) during the early summer's crazy humidity, I decided to give this one a shot.
The pineapple print fabric is from Girl Charlee, purchased right before signing up for Sally's Summer Stashbust. It looks like they don't currently have anymore of the woven pineapple print fabric in stock, but they do still have some pineapple print jersey knit if you're still craving a tropical print!
I chose the high-low hem version and graded from a small in the shoulders/bust/waist to a medium at the hips. For reference, my bust measurement fell right in between the small/medium body measurements listed (small is 35″ and medium is 37″), but since the dress has a lot of ease built into the measurements, sizing down worked out just fine. I don't always like doing belts over elasticized waists, so I opted not to do the elasticized waist version this time and am just belting it instead.
The pattern is simple, straight-forward and well-written (with lots of photos and descriptions if you're a sewing newbie). Definitely recommended!
Now on to the cardigan!
The yarn that I used for my Myrna was Miss Babs "Yowza" (light worsted). This particular yarn was promised as being a one skein type deal for the first few sizes in the pattern. Not having to tie in a bajillion ends at the end of the project sounded really appealing, so I ordered a skein of Yowza in the Squash Blossom colorway. It's a nice, bright yellow-orange color with some subtle variation. I swatched up a small amount of yardage and used size US 8/ 5mm knitting needles to get the proper gauge.
Once I finished the sweater body, my Yowza yarn cake was getting really tiny and I started to panic that I wouldn't have enough yarn to finish the sleeves… so I ordered another skein. It ended up being unnecessary though. I knitted up a size small and still had a teeny bit of yarn leftover at the end.
This is definitely the biggest knitting project that I have ever tackled. I've sewn heaps of scarves, oodles of armwarmers, a large stuffed hedgehog, a mermaid, a squid (yep, apparently I tend to knit lots of odd freeform things…), and dozens of other small miscellaneous knitted and crocheted items, but never anything quite this large-scale and complicated.
Sometimes this project was frustrating (especially when I had to keep ripping out the sleeves). Sometimes it made me grumpy (all that 1×1 ribbing! Eeeesh! Such a pain in the butt to do… looks so pretty though!). I'm not used to following a pattern when it comes to knitting, but this one was well-written so I stuck with it, learned a lot of cool knitting techniques in the process, and actually ended up having a lot of fun. Once I finished up the bodice portion of this sweater, I actually got started right away on a second one!
One of the coolest new techniques that I learned was how to make a stabilized, hand-sewn, button band like you see in the above photo. It uses Petersham ribbon as a stabilizing base. Lauren has an awesome tutorial for how to do this over on her blog.
Don't be put off by all of the hand-stitching. It's actually kind of relaxing and having a super duper reinforced button band is totally worth it. It's so much sturdier and just makes the sweater feel so fancy!
Here's another photo (above) for reference so you can see the side portion of the sweater and the shaping/decreases running from underneath the armpit to the ribbing at the waist.
The photo below shows the little modification that I made to my sweater back.
I just added a simple little bow that I knit up in the same yarn, blocked it out, and crocheted the edges onto the back of the sweater to attach it.
It makes the sweater feel a little more "me" – I love adding fun little details to projects.
Plus, bows are always kind of fun, right?
Thanks so much for stopping by and hanging in there during this photo heavy post!
Overall, I had a blast participating and am hoping that this becomes a yearly thing! Thanks Lauren and Andi for making this possible!
Did you participate in the Outfit-Along this summer? What have you always been intimidated by (sewing/knitting/craft-wise) and what do you really want to tackle next?


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Monday, 11 November, 2002, 13:13 GMT
Mental health rights fears
The government has been warned that proposals in its Draft Mental Health Bill could infringe the human rights of patients.
The joint House of Commons and House of Lords committee on Human Rights say they have "serious reservations" about some aspects of the draft measures which would in general improve safeguards on the human rights of patients.
The draft plans have proved controversial - hundreds of protesters marched to lobby their MPs last month, focusing on two proposals contained in the draft bill:
The MPs and peers say the planned Code of Practice would not "sufficiently safeguard the autonomy, dignity and physical and moral integrity of patients in the decision making process".
Nazi Germany and USSR
Concern is also expressed that the definitions of a mental disorder and medical treatment are too broad.
This could lead to "the compulsory detention... of people for the protection of others when the people detained have never been charged with any criminal office and nothing can be done to alleviate the mental disorder from which they are suffering".
The committee says "this raises human rights issues, flowing mainly from the breadth of circumstances in which a patient could be subjected to compulsory, non consensual treatment".
They also raise worries that part of current laws which prevents detention "by reason of promiscuity or other immoral conduct, sexual deviancy or dependence on drugs or alcohol" has been omitted from the bill.
The report explains: "The history of the 20th Century demonstrated that psychiatry is capable of being abused.
"Nazi Germany and the USSR were probably not the only countries in which socially or politically unacceptable behaviour was regarded as a manifestation of a 'disorder of the mind'."
Ministers say the bill needs to be updated to protect the public.
But the campaigning group, the Mental Health Alliance (MHA), says the proposals, which would apply in England and Wales, are fundamentally flawed, and would turn doctors into jailers.
Public pressure
Tony Blair last month, acknowledged that argument, but added there was public pressure to introduce tight rules for treating people with severe mental disorders.
NOP research for the mental health charity Mind carried out in September suggested more than one in three people would be deterred from seeking help from their GP for depression if the proposed new laws were passed.
Ministers have consulted the public and are currently examining the responses before deciding whether the bill should be included in the Queen's Speech this Wednesday.
Mr Blair told MPs last month that the Department of Health had received 2,000 submissions to date in response to its consultation.
The committee's report adds that they were pleased by the "positive and constructive" response their concerns had received, adding they were "confident that it will be reflected in the way that the planned legislation is drafted for introduction to Parliament".
Experts' reaction
The Mental Health Alliance urged the government to act on the findings of the report.
Alliance chair Paul Farmer said: "The Alliance has warned all along that the Bill will not comply with the Human Rights Act.
"We welcome the committee's findings and share their concerns that the draft Mental Health Bill could be a threat to human rights, especially the widening of treatment criteria for mental illness.
"We urge the government to listen to the Committee's findings and the Alliance's concerns, and produce mental health legislation fit for the 21st century."
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Making a hat trick, School of Management Sciences (SMS) Varanasi has retained the prestigious 'A++' rating in B-School Survey 2013 conducted by the reputed business magazine 'Business India'. The results have been published in the issue dated November 11-24, 2013. The notable point in this Survey is that leaving behind many UP B-Schools, SMS Varanasi happens to be in the Top-3 B-Schools in the state (excluding NCR).
SMS Varanasi also finds a place in Top-20 institutes amongst 22 states spread over Eastern, Northern, North-Eastern and Central India covered in the Survey. Only IIM-Lucknow, and FMS-BHU are above SMS Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh (barring NCR). Alternately speaking, SMS Varanasi has thus arrived at the first slot in the private sector in UP which signifies its strides on various national and international fronts.
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The East vintage style has a special and refined taste, which meets only expert eyes.
Marrkech has a culture that finds its roots in very ancient traditions, handed down from generation to generation and jealously guarded by the embroiderers' expert hands of this product. Dea has found inspiration for this article during the popular arts festival, held annually in the city of Marrakech. In this product meet the style, the vibration of a distant and powerful story full of artistic tradition.
Because only history, the real one, can give so real and concrete emotions . We have always been fascinated, almost frightened, by this culture down under, and yet there is nothing more natural than combining two worlds in a familiar place like home.


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If The Boston Globe is so interested in confronting the "dark legacies" of racism by changing the street named after former Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, perhaps Charles Street should be next.
John Henry, the current owner of the Red Sox -- as well as the Globe -- has let it be known through his paper that Yawkey's legacy "is forever tainted by his racist actions" by not hiring black baseball players in a timely fashion.
The Globe tied Yawkey to pro-slavery, Civil War Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, whose statues in the name of equality are being smashed everywhere by America's version of the Taliban.
Yawkey's "racist" actions, according to a recent Globe editorial, rest on the fact that, "The Red Sox were the last major league baseball team to field black players, and Yawkey infamously passed up an opportunity to sign Jackie Robinson."
"I am still haunted by what went on here a long time before we arrived," Henry said.
Yawkey owned the Red Sox from 1933 until his death in 1976. His wife, Jean, took over controlling interest of the team until she died in 1992. Henry bought the team in 2002 from a trust. A street by Fenway Park was named after Yawkey in 1977.
Meanwhile, the Yawkey Foundation, a philanthropic entity, has contributed more than $450 million to the Boston community, which has yet to be matched by billionaire Henry.
It is true that the Red Sox were the last big league team to hire black players. While Yawkey may have been a racist, the team's manager and general manager from 1955 to 1965 was Mike "Pinky" Higgins, was worse.
Higgins, who was Yawkey's drinking buddy, according to sports writers of the era, threw the N-word around regularly.
While this is not to exonerate Yawkey, it was Higgins who publicly vowed there would be no blacks on the team during his tenure, according to veteran Boston sports writers who covered the Sox.
Higgins, by the way, ended up in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1968 after he killed a man in a drunken-driving case.
It was a sad time for the Red Sox and the public that, mainly, has been corrected. And it is to Henry's credit that he is stamping out current signs of racism attached to the Red Sox.
But if Henry, 68, and his paper, which is run by his wife, Linda Pizzuti, 39, really wants to confront the region's "dark legacies" and change newly offensive street names, the paper should also look into renaming trendy Charles Street.
The street is the pride of the city. It is also a tourist attraction with its European look, its antique stores, shops, cafes, fine restaurants and low-rise brick townhouses.
The street, which was built on filled-in land in the 1800s, gets its name from the Charles River. The river, called Quinobequin (Meandering) by Native Americans, was "discovered" in the early 1600s by English explorer and soldier John Smith.
It was named after King Charles I (1600-1649), which was not an unusual act at the time, considering that Charles believed he ruled by divine right.
Charles precipitated the first English Civil War when he absolved Parliament. His Royalist army was defeated by a Parliamentarian army led by Oliver Cromwell. Charles was tried for treason, convicted and beheaded.
What should interest Henry, Pizzuti and the Globe, though, is that when it comes to "dark legacies," King Charles makes Yawkey look like a Little League bench warmer.
Charles I was not only a slave owner, who inherited scores of badly treated African slaves from James I, his father, he was a slave trader as well, as were other English monarchs, including Queen Elizabeth I.
And we not only have a river named after Charles I, we have one of Boston's most distinguished streets named after him as well, not to mention the Charlestown section of Boston.
Charles I, like his father James I, and his son Charles II, financed expeditions to West Africa to capture and enslave Africans, mainly from the region that is now known as Ghana.
The slaves -- men, women and children -- were shipped to the New World under appalling conditions -- 600 per ship -- and sold to buyers at various British colonies.
It was a horrible business that helped finance the English monarchy for a very long time.
Yawkey, although a possible racist, never bought, owned or sold any slaves. King Charles did.
So, let's get real. If we rename Yawkey Way, we can also rename Charles Street. One suggestion is to call it Henry Street. The Globe would love it.


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Recently one of our�staffers was strolling�along the famous Linking Road area of Bandra in Mumbai, a veritable shopper's paradise. And guess what he saw?
went on to select some�jewelry. We don't know what�the occasion was, but we do know he was not shopping for himself.�Considering�that Salman�will turn 40 this December, could it be that he is about to tie the knot?
Has it got anything to do�with his girlfriend Katrina Kaif who has moved closer to the Khans' home and has bought a new flat nearby? We hope�we are right. And if it turns out so,�remember�you�got it�first on rediff.com!
Amisha's love saga
Film personalities must never take�on the media. This is the lesson�actor turned member of Parliament Govinda must have�learnt.
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