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A very special hockey game took place at Shaw Centre on the cusp of the new year.
One of Salmon Arm's first oldtimer hockey teams, the Salmon Arm Cavaliers, had a nostalgic game on Friday, Dec. 30 featuring players from the mid '70s up to present time.
An oldtimer team had a starting age limit of 35 years when it all began back in the old Salmon Arm Memorial Arena. Once clad in green and white jerseys with two crutches as their logo, players included Ken Kolkind, Ray Clayton, Lloyd Smith, Lorne Shockey, Spence Tatchell, Al Andrews, Barry Lipsett, Don MacPherson and Albert Pasqualotto.
In the mid '70s, the team shed the green and white in favour of red and blue jerseys, and thus began a new era with a team called the Cavaliers. Fred Baker, Dave Davidson, Gordie Woods, Glen Madsen, Don Blair, Darryl Koskimaki and Hugh McCurrach were some of the rookies on the team.
Highly competitive, the team captured a number of tournament wins including two gold medals in provincial Seniors Games. The success of the team began yet another changeover to younger players – Monty Jones, Bill Hagardt, Bob Munro, Rich Mori, Terry Tarnow, Rick Harris, Jim Beckner, Gary Osborne, Steve Hobbs and Gord Mackintosh.
Today, many of the aforementioned players have long since retired or have passed on to hockey heaven, but the Cavalier hockey tradition continues to be a force in Oldtimer hockey.
Many of the former Cavalier players have moved on to Senior Oldtimers hockey, which continues to be a popular choice for players in their sixties, seventies and eighties. Today, the fifth generation of Cavs includes players who were not even born when the team originated – Roger and John Bootsma, Glenn Hucul, Ryan Mackintosh, Damon Kipp and Kevin Sewell. Salmon Arm currently offers daytime hockey choices for more than 100 players, some regular and some spares.
Cavalier player Ray Vandermeer, who was instrumental in getting the Dec. 30 game going, said it the best.
"This is all about lasting friendships and love of the game!" He was in tears.
Gord Mackintosh added he was proud he had the opportunity to play with his son, Ryan.
Alan Purves had a smile on his face when he stickhandled from one end of the rink to the other end and missed scoring the tying goal. It was reported he blamed the ref but forgot there was no ref.
Oldest players in the lineup included Dave Davidson and Hugh Hooker. Rumor has it that Davidson, at 82 years old, will be lacing them up still when he hits the century mark. Hooker, the former Western International Hockey stalwart for the Nelson Maple Leafs, continues to draw respect from others on the ice at 80 years young.
"Hugh was feared in the WIHL and he is still feared today; he never smiles on the ice!" added goalie Burt Ducharme who is destined for the Goalie Hockey Hall of Fame.
Players participating in the game were: Peter Wright, Ryan Mackintosh, Gord Mackintosh, Roger Bootsma, John Bootsma, Alan Mori, Glen Hucul, Dave Davidson, Dhane Merriman, Al Purves, Bill Taylor, Burt Ducharme, Kevin Sewell, Chris Davidson, Kevin Hansen, Jim Beckner, Roy Sakaki, Corey Saitz, Jeff Fukumoto, Hugh Hooker, Bill Hagardt, Ron Hagardt (injured), Steve Hughes, Len Lega, Jim Duxbury, Loyal Goodey, Joe Collens and Ray Vandermeer.
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Lemon Ricotta Pancakes
Serves 4
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon cane sugar
- 1 pinch of sea salt
- 1 cup of whole milk ricotta cheese
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 large eggs
- Zest from 1 lemon
- Unsalted butter or neutral oil for cooking (or you can do a little of both)
- Warm maple syrup
- Blueberries or berries of choice for topping
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cane sugar, and sea salt.
In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the ricotta, whole milk, eggs, and lemon zest. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Stir until just combined. It should still be lumpy so make sure not to over mix.
Place a medium non-stick or cast iron pan over medium heat. Add a tablespoon of unsalted butter (or neutral oil) and moving it around the pan until it's melted. For smaller pancakes, I usually do about 2-3 tablespoons of batter per pancake. Scoop batter into the pan, leaving some space between each pancake, and cook until bubbles begin to pop on top and the bottom of the pancakes are golden. Flip and repeat on the other side. Continue the process until all pancakes are cooked.
You can always place the cooked pancakes on a baking sheet in an oven set to a low temp like 170 degrees to keep them warm until you are ready to eat.
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Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Q2 Income Falls, but beats estimates
(RTTNews) - Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (ARE) released a profit for second quarter that decreased from last year but beat the Street estimates.
The company's bottom line came in at $269.3 million, or $1.67 per share. This compares with $380.6 million, or $2.61 per share, in last year's second quarter.
Analysts on average had expected the company to earn $0.66 per share, according to figures compiled by Thomson Reuters. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.
The company's revenue for the quarter rose 26.3% to $643.8 million from $509.6 million last year.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. earnings at a glance (GAAP) :
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The Truth and Enlightenment
A lot of people are infatuated by the science of vital energy to reach the so-called spiritual ascension and attaining a stage of mental and intellectual enlightenment through which man can control his lusts and desires, a lot of the associations that are concerned with this set as a condition to free yourself from all the facts and the mental programmes that would stand as a bar on your way to reach this so called fact, these includes traditions, norm and religion.
These bars, as defined by those people, mislead people and the result, if you follow their rules, is that you will eventually act according to their programmes and systems that they impose on people and thus, eventually, you will be a doll that they move towards any direction they will according to a certain previously prepared moral or religious instructions.
This approach is alien to Islam simply because the fountainhead of these philosophies was Christian and the Jewish milieu where the religion authorities were in ascendant that left the true mission they were supposed to lead people and instead they made the mundane life their core of interest.
In the course of time people began to realize the goal behind this dirty game that was played in the name of the of religion and morality, this has been the most effective way that is used to dupe people because people are religious by nature.
The Holy Quran, God's last word to humanity, has uncovered such attempts of enthralling people's mind in the name of religion ,The Holy Quran has placed much interest on mind, it spurs man to use his mind in meditating, and it condemns the blind obedience and consent without compelling evidence. Islam entails, a according to the Holy Quran, a direct relation between man and his Creator without intercessor.
Having been under the sway of the church for long time, the call to emancipation from the handcuffs of the church rose high with the result of searching for another source to quench the spiritual thirst, this led to the philosophy of meditation for attaining the truth behind our existence that God willed for us.
It is through this instinct that God planted in us that God guides us to the fact that there is a CREATOR, who deserves to be worshipped and that there is no authority for anyone to draw for anyone the guidelines or takes him to the straightway but, under the vociferous calls for unfettering one's soul from the church restrictions, man began– in his search for the truth- to spiral down into atheism instead of finding the Absolute Truth.
The Prophet Muhammad used to, before being a appointed a prophet, retire from the world in aloof cave, and meditate about the truth following in this the remnants of the religion of the Prophet Abraham, he rejected Christianity and Judaism because both had already been adulterated with human interpolations.
One should not be under the dogmas of the distorted religions when he starts to search for the truth, the true religion, he should always seek the help of God and God will certainly lead him to the truth.
However, when we find individuals seeking the truth but not willing to use reason- or perceive the truth, know right from wrong, and make decisions not influenced by human desire- we find a Muslim searching for the truth and straying from all the Islamic teachings and values (teachings that lead to reasonable actions and which resemble guidelines to reach the right way) without any barriers preventing him from reaching the truth. So instead of reaching the truth (the truth that he denies although it is within his grasp- Islam), he imitates the Christian or Buddhist (who is actually searching for the truth) and is barricaded from the truth sometimes in the name of religion, sometimes in the name of values, and other times in the name of any other thing- which in fact pushed him to search for the true as it is, as we mentioned, contrary to reason and human nature and does not achieve the desired results of happiness and peace of mind sought by humans as it is far away from its nature and creator. For this reason, he feels the dire need to search for happiness through knowledge of truth which usually lead the mind, reason, and common sense to the Islamic religion- which he finds a comprehensive religion useful in all aspects of life in this world and the hereafter.
So, when an individual reached the truth(Islam), he must also choose the right way, that is, to choose the authenticated way and not to give himself to those who have a little knowledge about Islam or follow the new invented dogmas such as Ahmadism, Shiasim and Bahism ;these all are dogmas that inserted many non-Islamic teachings and they were mainly founded for political reasons.
The right path is to choose the faith of" Sunnah" because they follow the same book that Prophet Muhammad received and followed and all the generation that came after him and to follow the wisdom that the Prophet Muhammad said.


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As you can tell from the picture below the pool hadn't been touched in a long time, and was in the only flat portion of the backyard, re-gaining this area for yard would be perfect for the family. The entire structure had to be demolished and Carroll Bros. Contracting were able to break up the existing concrete to use as back fill, by mixing it in with dirt at the bottom of the pool. Carroll Bros. Contracting then hauled in dirt and compacted it in 6 inch layers, followed by a layer of topsoil and seed and straw.Read more →
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Lacoste Junior Boys Basic Zip Hoodie
Add to your little one's casual collection with this Lacoste Basic Zip Hoodie. Crafted in a cotton mix, this hoodie features long sleeves, a hooded neckline, a full zip closure, two open pockets and ribbed trims. The look is finished with the brand's signature logo embroidered on the chest.Please note: The style you receive may vary from the image shown.
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Three-sport athlete Matt Sandrik is accustomed to taking leaps?"both literally and figuratively.
The former Riverside Brookfield High School athlete will be making the leap to Illinois Wesleyan in the fall, where he will play football and basketball, and who knows, he may try to leap onto the track team as well. The talented wideout compiled 1,200 receiving yards and 19 touchdowns in the fall and then played on the RB basketball team over winter where he was named All-conference and voted player of the year in the Suburban Prairie Conference (East) Division. He averaged 10.3 points per game, including seven rebounds, and five assists per game. But, his biggest achievement may have been taking the road less traveled this spring.
Rather than play a fourth year of baseball, Sandrik decided to compete in the high jump on the RB track team. Sandrik had lost his love of baseball and wanted to try something new, so why not try out for track? The learning curve would he high, considering that Sandrik had not competed in track since junior high. But he was undaunted, according to RB track coach TK Ehlebracht.
"Matt determined he didn't want to play baseball and I jokingly told him that if he wasn't going to play baseball, he should try the high jump," Ehlebracht said. "Low and behold, he decided to give it a try. I really did not expect him to do as well as he did, but he really hit the ground running. We really didn't have any high jumpers on the team this year and we didn't have any expectations of Matt other than him helping us place in the conference meet."
Sandrik not only took first in the conference meet in the high jump, he also placed first in the long jump and triple jump as well. The 6-foot-5 high jumper captured a league title and was the sole representative of the RB track team at the state track and field meet?"not bad for a rookie. Sandrik ended his run with a 15th-place finish at state and while he surprised himself with his success, he said his lifetime love of athletics was truly his motivation.
"I signed to play football, but I ran into the basketball coach the other day and he said that I should come out for basketball as well," Sandrik said. "I'm very excited to go to college and the new challenges that it will bring. I am not sure if I will try out for track as well, but I am open to the idea. I have always loved sports and I try to get involved in as many as I can and I really don't see that changing."
While Sandrik excelled on the playing field, he also focused in the classroom, compiling a 3.5 cumulative grade point average at RB. Though he is undecided on what he may study at Illinois Weslayen, he is excited to get his college career underway.
"It really feels good to get a chance to play more football," he said. "I love the game and I am anxious to see where it will take me. I honestly think a large part of my success had been due to the great coaches here at RB. They really understood how to support players and build team chemistry."


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Tips to Start Your Digital Journal Journey
Starting a digital journal is easy. It is a simple way to start laying down your life's journey just like Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Mark Twain and Thomas Edison. To go digital all you need is the right software and the device(s) to input the data from.
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Next, log some of the other items that today you might not find so important, but could be useful over time or in the future. Did you work out that day? You could log the details of your workout, miles you may have ridden to work on your bike, heart rate and other monitored health items.
Many people include in their digital bullet journals their favorite quotes, images, inspirational scripture, doodles, weather, meal planning, diet goals, bucket lists, travel goals and more.
The main goal in keeping your journal is to be consistent. If you choose to journal weekly, 3 days a week or daily, you need to be consistent. You may even find your short simple daily journal entries will develop in to full blogs on your life and experiences. You are the only one to limit how your personal digital journal will look. As you look back at previous entries you may find that you are inspired to work out harder, love more deeply, be reminded to follow up with a friend or family member or take a day off!
Keeping it Simple
Having a simple, easy to access Digital Bullet Journal software like GoodNotes will increase your chance of starting and keeping a steady habit of entering data into your journal.
Having the ability to search for information you have written in your journal is key to finding benefits from journaling. You can look back at fitness goals, experiences you have had with co-workers, preserve events, travel time, and so much more.
Most people now can type faster than they can write with pen and paper. This will help your creativity flow! Before long you will find it very easy to jot down many items that you experienced during the day and you may even find it calming to write it all down and turn the page on a fresh new day and start over. Seeing that blank page can give you inspiration to start each day new!
Digital Means freedom
Digital Journals do not need to be stored, can be accessed from multiple devices, do not have to be carried around separately, pages to no wear out, stain or tear.
You will easily be able to search for items you have written about, links you have saved and photos you have included. You will be able to update your journal on the bus, waiting for a date, at your desk or on your sofa. Where ever you feel inspired – there is no need to let the opportunity pass by to log something you feel is important or inspires you.
Remember your journal is for YOU. It is not public, you do not have to sugar coat your feelings about a situation or worry someone will share your deepest thoughts. Your personal journey is for you. A consistent habit of writing in your journal will help you increase your creativity, it will help you get better at focusing on what you want to achieve and it is good for your mental health!
Journaling is not a "To Do List"
Yes, you can and should include items that you want or need to get done in your journal and if and how you accomplished them. Writing in your journal should not feel like a check list item. You will want to make time and find a place where you can unload from the day's activities and reflect on how the day went. What changes could you have made? How do you feel about how your day went? Jot down your goals for tomorrow, next week, and next month. See yourself where you want to be and write that into your daily story.
Now to get started.
Once you have the software installed and have you basic information set up you need to set an alarm on your phone or desktop to remind you to take the time to write in your journal. It will take a couple weeks for the habit to stick. As with all things, it is harder to start a habit than to break one. If you miss a day, don't beat yourself up over it. You can go back and enter your experiences, etc… or you can just skip it. There are no rules here. Being consistent will make your journal efforts not only more enjoyable but will provide you much more reliable to look back on when needing to search out something that you need from a past entry. It would not be very useful if you got back to an empty page…
Tools to get you started:
Having a table or smartphone accessible software that is searchable is most important. Check out some of these recommended favorites:
GoodNotes transforms your iPad into digital paper. It's a single place for all your handwritten notes and formerly paper-based information.
Day One for Mac, iOS and Android is best for writing quick journal entries in a simple, intuitive interface
Diarium on Windows and Android platforms is best for dictating journal entries and seamless integration with Windows
Glimpses a Windows based software is an option for free journaling.


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An episode of "Changing the Conversation" podcast
Larry Davidson and Maria Restrepo-Toro discuss the principles of mental health recovery with host Katie Volk. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer
Center Network (MHTTC).
April 5, 2021
Katie Volk, Host: [00:05] Hello and welcome to Changing the Conversation. I'm your host, Katie Volk. Today's podcast is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center or MHTTC, and I'm delighted that we're joined today by the directors of the New England MHTTC, Larry Davidson and Maria Restrepo-Toro. Larry is joining us from Connecticut. Hi Larry.
Larry Davidson, Guest: [00:28] Hi Katie.
Katie: [00:29] And Maria is joining us from Massachusetts. Hi Maria.
Maria Restrepo-Toro, Guest: [00:33] Hi Katie. Thank you for having us. It's a pleasure to be here with you.
Katie: [00:36] I'm delighted to be having this conversation today about the principles of recovery. It's something that we talk about a lot amongst our team and in our network. Where I'd love to start, is by talking about what the MHTTC actually is, and then let's explore some of the principles of recovery. So Larry, I'm wondering if you could give us just a quick overview of the network.
Larry: [1:00] Sure. It's the partnership made up of the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston, C4 Innovations, and Center for Educational Improvement. And all four partners have come together around the challenge, the mission, of increasing the use of evidence-based mental health practices across the New England region. And we do that by providing training and technical assistance to mental health care providers.
Katie: [1:30] And we're one of nine regions around the country that are doing this.
Larry: [1:37] That's correct.
Katie: [1:38] The New England MHTTC's kind of specialty, so each center has focus areas where they are particular experts in, and ours is around recovery oriented principles. And I wonder, and maybe I'll toss it to Maria first here, if you could talk about what some of those principles of recovery are?
Maria: [1:58] Yes, our work, meaning that all the training and technical assistance we provide for the region, is actually grounded in these fabulous principles of resilience and recovery. And just to give you an example, the first principle really talks about that resilience or recovery emerging from hope. It's really endorsing and ground in the work and the belief that everybody that's coming in contact with us and people that we're working with, really has that potential to recover, that it is really what is driving all the different services that we are providing. And it is really essential to motivate everybody into this work.
Katie: [2:38] Certainly, and one of the things I love about the work that we do is you see the clinical world, the research world, and the world of people with lived experience really merged together. And Larry, I know that's something that you feel really passionately about as well.
Larry: [2:54] Yes, Katie. It's unfortunate that training and providing TA to people in mental health is different from doing that in other kinds of healthcare. Largely, because for hundreds of years, people with mental illnesses were not really considered to be full people. And they were considered to be reflective of the illnesses they had rather than the person who has an illness. And so, we really need to restart mental health care from the bottom up. And we strongly believe that people can recover, and that part of their recovery is being treated like the unique individual that each one of us is.
Katie: [3:29] It's that difference between "what is wrong with you and how can I fix it?" and "what's going on for you and how can I help? Or what support do you need?"
Larry: [3:39] Yes, we like to quote the Home Depot motto of "You can do it, we can help." That's what we try to teach our mental health providers, to give the [crosstalk 00:03:48] best to their clients, that they can do it, and we have tools and resources that we can help with.
Katie: [3:53] One of the ways that we've been doing this is by actually articulating what those principles of recovery are. And I think that's a step that sometimes gets jumped over, that it's important to articulate these things and, actually name them, to name what some of those principles are.
Larry: [4:12] Yes, Katie, I think those principles, they're all important. I'm going to list some of them, not necessarily in order. Recovery and resilience are based on respect. And what that really means is when Larry talk about it before, is that's really having a deep appreciation for the person as a person, not as a diagnosis. We also understand another principle that is essential to our work is that resilience or recovery are culturally influenced. There's no right or wrong way to recovery. We all have different paths, very much well in form with our values, preferences, identities, where we're from. And that's really essential to understand when we are coming from this perspective. We also understand that it's family and person driven, that's a very important part of our work. We understand that everything recovery really is an intentional process that actually places the person and sometimes the family in the middle, trying to really understand what their strengths are. So it's really a strengths based way of working with people.
Katie: [5:21] One of the things that always stands out to me every time I hear someone talk about the principles or reiterate them, is how much the person is at the center and how much the choice and control sits with them. And also, that there's no single definition of recovery. What recovery looks like for me may be different from somebody else, and that's embedded in my culture, in my life experiences, and in how I see the world and what is surrounding me. And Larry, I wonder if you could comment on that a little bit?
Larry: [5:53] Well, yes, Katie, that's a very good way of capturing what I was trying say before about how mental health is different from other forms of healthcare. With other illnesses, you work to reduce the symptoms and the impairments or the deficits that come along with it, and you hope the person returns to quote "normal." But in mental health, there really isn't a quote "normal" to return to. And it's not just a matter of reducing symptoms or impairments. It's also a matter of building on strengths, as Maria mentioned. Building on strengths to help the person live the kind of life they want to live with whatever equipment they have with them. So it's really more about a personal journey that needs to be defined by the person him or herself rather than returning to some vague or universal sense of normalcy.
Katie: [6:42] Yeah, certainly. And I wonder if for the folks that are listening to this, they're often on the provider side of things or on the practitioner side. And I wonder if there's an example that comes to mind for one of you about what this looks like in practice. If I'm a practitioner, and I'm working with somebody, what does this look like when it's actually on the ground? Maria, what do you think?
Maria: [7:09] I think that if you're working as a practitioner, one way that this could come to life is this kind of work is done in collaboration. So we are, as you mentioned before Katie, it's holistic, and we're actually working together. This is a kind of work we approach in a partnership because as Larry mentioned, this is not about treating the disease. It's about working with the person. It's a good way to see if we are embracing this model is if we are working and centering the work around the goals. What are the person's goals and aspirations? How do they want to live in the community? What kind of life they want to have?
Larry: [7:47] And that's captured in the kind of concrete details that we might otherwise overlook if we didn't understand that the person was battling with a disability, and mental health conditions can be disabling. And those are the folks that we're most concerned about helping. But for someone like that; who's besieged by voices, and has difficulty keeping their thoughts together, and gets very scared of other people, and the things that they might want in their lives are different from what we might expect. One middle-aged man I was working with many years ago, wanted to cook his own cheese omelet, and that was a very important thing for him because he loved the way he made his cheese omelet, that nobody else could quite make. And another person talked about when he felt well enough, he borrowed a friend's dog and took it for a walk. These can be very concrete, seemingly small actions, but for someone who's seriously disabled, it can be the difference between a day that's worth getting out of bed for, or a day where you have no reason to get out of bed.
Katie: [8:51] Yeah. And I think it's those seemingly small things that make a life and recovery so rich, and that the recovery principles illuminate, because all of the examples that came to mind for me when you both were talking, were those things. My goal is to be able to see my grandchildren, or go for a walk with a friend, or those seemingly simple kinds of things, but that really make up the kind of fabric of our wellbeing in a really holistic kind of way. That's less about symptom reduction and more about what we want our lives to look like.
Maria: [9:26] You mentioned at the beginning lived experience. I think another way that a practitioner can recognize this is, we really embrace working with peers and honoring one's lived experience, and we all have different lived experiences that we can bring into our work. And, a very powerful experience is when you meet somebody that has been in the same situation you have, and that inspiration that comes along [with] that, understanding that it's not necessarily only the clinician's role to get the job done, but this is, again, I go back to the togetherness. This is some kind of a journey that we'd work together with the person. It's not, we are doing it to the person, but we are with the person. And, that's definitely connecting with other people that have had the same experiences, it's a very important ingredient in recovery as well.
Katie: [10:20] Absolutely. I want to shift our conversation a little bit because one of the things I know that we've talked about it since the beginning of talking about recovery oriented principles in our network. But I think over the last year especially, it's really come to light is this issue of equity and social justice and how that dovetails or overlaps with some of these principles. And I wonder if Larry, and then Maria, if you could comment on that.
Larry: [10:51] Well, we have mentioned that our MHTTC is unique in its own way, in terms of being based in the principles of recovery. Similarly, it's unique in that it's based in a social justice human rights framework. So, we view people with serious mental illnesses as people who have been objects of discrimination and who have had their rights denied them in the past. And so, social justice and promoting in human rights perspective has been integral to the recovery movement from the very start, because it was started by people in recovery themselves, who had been hospitalized against their will. So in that sense, we have the foundation already in place for identifying discrimination and stigma and for pushing back from a human rights perspective. But it's been important over the last six months to build on that foundation by incorporating understandings of structural racism and other forms of discrimination as well, because the person doesn't just have a mental illness. They may also be a person of color, they may also be a woman, they may also be a person with a physical disability, so the vision of intersectionality.
Larry: [11:59] There are many ways in which people can have their rights denied to them. So we have rewritten our principles to incorporate a more explicit focus on structural racism, and pushing back against various forms of discrimination, in addition to the one against people with mental illness.
Maria: [12:18] Absolutely. We are totally committed to actively actually addressing these issues, not only as a team, but also as a Mental Health TTC Network as well. In two concrete examples maybe I can give is, when we talk about these principles of resilience and recovery, we always think about social networks, and collective action, and roles in the community. So, when we are working with this lens, we understand that, as Larry just said, that people have been discriminated against. So we also tap into this collective action to heal, and we see that that's instrumental, so we don't hold up the answers. We also seek the community in a participatory way to inform the process. And, another way it's important that we really understand in addressing trauma. And trauma can come from many kinds of traumas, but also racial pressure, and systemic pressure play into this equation. So we also endorse working from a trauma informed way, and that's another active ingredient of these principles that are going to help us move along this process of social justice.
Katie: [13:31] I'm conscious of the fact that we're now a year into the pandemic, and although we do see glimmers of hope here and there, we're still in the midst of it, and there's certainly a lot of suffering for people going on; both people who were in recovery prior to the pandemic, thinking about these things prior to the pandemic, and certainly who've had experiences over the last year that has really challenged our mental well-being and physical well-being. And, so where do you find hope? Where do you find resilience yourselves?
Maria: [14:04] For me, there's no accident that I got into this work, and I've been doing for so many years because I think I have faced many challenges in my life, but I find a lot of the strengths in my own culture, in my cultural roots, in my family, in my traditions, that kind of sustain me. But, also I think my work gives me hope. I think by having the honor to be doing this kind of work for so many years, and bringing training as a way of hope. I mean, I do actually intentionally like, and I acknowledge the privilege that that brings, when we are talking to people and providing information about maybe different ways of training and having conversations with people around this kind of work. So, I think both, it has been first and foremost, personally informed, but also through my work. And, I do believe that I keep learning every single day and find resilience depending on where I am in my life from different sources.
Katie: [15:09] Similarly, I find hope when I come to work almost every day. And Larry, I'm wondering, where do you find hope and resilience these days?
Larry: [15:22] I've had a need to find hope over the last four and a half years, going through the very difficult political times before the COVID started. So, it's a very relevant question for me. I've been very blessed to have three daughters. And I look to their generation as the saving grace, that they are all three very social justice oriented, they're all three of our advocates, and they're all three going to help us make this a better world along with their peers.
Katie: [15:51] I think the same thing about my students and my oldest son, especially. They have an analysis around social justice that I don't think I developed until well into my twenties.
Katie: [16:01] I appreciate you both really taking the time to think and reflect with us. I'll say to our listeners that many of the things that we talked about today, if you look in the show notes, you'll see that we've linked to the principles of recovery and to the new England MHTTC website. So, if you want to learn more, you can check that out. But, in the meantime, I'll just say, Larry, thank you so much for being here.
Larry: [16:25] Thank you for having us, Katie.
Katie: [16:27] And Maria, it's always a pleasure to talk with you as well.
Maria: [16:30] Katie, thank you. It's so wonderful seeing you and talking with you. Thank you for having us.
Katie: [16:35] And to our listeners, join us next time on Changing the Conversation.
Erika Simon, Producer: [16:39] Visit c4innovates.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube for more resources to grow your impact. Thank you for joining us. This episode is sponsored by New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and was produced by Erika Simon and Christina Murphy. Our theme song was written and performed by Peter Hanlon. Our host for this series is Katie Volk. Join us next time on Changing the Conversation.
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Uneven recoveries across the region delays full recovery in 2021; normalization is targeted by 2024.
With optimism riding high now due to the vaccine rollout, most experts see 2H 2021 as the start of the recovery in domestic tourism with full recovery or normalization taking place from 2022 through to 2024. 'Revenge tourism' which is defined as increased travel activities due to pent-up demand, will certainly take place, so will 'revenge spending'. After over a year of lockdown in its various iterations, people just can't wait to get out of the house and see the world, whether locally or overseas.
Given that new variants of the coronavirus keep popping up in various countries, and the efficacy of the various vaccines have not been 100% proven yet, nor global herd immunity achieved, the scenario is very likely to be uneven recoveries across regions, a mid intermittent lockdowns and a growing number of travel bubbles among green zone destinations.
Vaccinations of more than 70% of the population is considered sufficient to lead to herd immunity. Countries expected to achieve that soon are Israel, the US, UK and the United Arab Emirates, which have all started their vaccine rollout in January. Within a few months, the spread has actually slowed down significantly.
Vaccine Saviour?
The vaccine is certainly not a silver bullet nor a cure-all, but it is the only hope the world has now. Strong proof that the vaccines are not very effective is when Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez, who has been vaccinated against Covid-19, announced early April that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. But his vaccine was the Russia n Sputnik V, whose efficacy was not as high as those made in America or Europe, according to news reports.
In the coming days, if we have more news of such post-vaccination new infections, the initial optimism might give way to pessimism. If vaccines a re not effective, what else can save the world?
Human beings have a natural tendency to hope for the best – yet few know how to prepare for the worst. Yes, there are survivalists who have stored a few years of supplies in their bunkers, and some ultra- rich have opted to stay in isolated places like parts of New Zealand or island getaways in far flung locations such as the Maldives and Seychelles (both of which a re already open for tourists).
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Amid the increasing number of border re- openings, is this the right time to invest in property in holiday destinations; and if so, where?
Conventional wisdom suggests investing at the bottom of the market; we are now near or already at the bottom of the market – hence the timing is now until the end of 2021 when revenge tourism is in full swing.
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Where? The countries that have opened up for tourism and those that are considering travel bubbles. But only if they already have good infrastructure and laws in place to accommodate foreign investors.
Country-wise, that would include Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and yes, even the US, the UK, Japan, Vietnam and Thailand. Even if such country's city or state has to lockdown every now and then, it's a temporary thing. Furthermore, digitalization will ensure that the entire purchase process ca n still continue online regardless of border closures.
Destination-wise, tourist islands like Bali, Batam and Bintan; and Phuket, in Asia, hold a lot of promise. These destinations will reap the highest benefit from being the first to reopen. Along with a deluge of tourists and retirees, investments will pour in to take advantage of the early start in business.
Noteworthy also is the fact that countries or destinations that are planning to open up or have already done so, comprise predominantly islands – out of 16 such locations, 13 are island nations or destinations. If you include Taiwan as well which was the first Asian country to allow cruises to operate domestically, that would be 14 out of 16 destinations.
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Cruises have surprisingly made a successful comeback after being vilified as super spreader sites of the disease. Singapore so far has emerged as Asia's cruise leader accounting for one third of the world's cruises. As of early April, 120,000 Singapore residents had gone on cruises to nowhere since cruises restarted five months ago. It's even now acknowledged as one of the safest ways to have a holiday.
Taiwan's domestic cruises started even earlier, more than nine months ago with no incident.As a result, the cruise stigma is practically over. Malaysia is next in line in Asia to resume cruises with sailings scheduled to start from Langkawi on 13th May.
Antarctic cruises— some of the most expensive in the industry—are selling briskly too, especially for this December's sola r eclipse itineraries. Experts predict a very strong recovery in 2022 following a steady rise in cruises this year.
More stringent hygiene and safety standards, remote work and flexible working arrangements, as well as higher airfares, have reduced demand for business air travel. McKinsey believes business travel, which lags behind leisure travel, will only likely recover to around 80% of pre-pandemic levels by 2024.
Vaccine Passport?
Surprisingly, despite being a laggard in vaccination numbers, Malaysia's blockchain-based Immunitee Health Passport which keeps a digital record of all vaccinations, will become the first health passport allowing tourists to be accepted into Singapore after being verified digitally, according to reports.
More commonly referred to as 'vaccine passports', China, Greece and Israel have already issued them while Japan and South Korea are about to do so. By summer, the European Union expects to issue "digital green certificate", its own version of a vaccine passport, which can be used within the bloc and nearby countries. ASEAN is still exploring its own version of a digital vaccine certificate while the US has not made any firm decision yet.
This would likely involve international organisations like WHO and IATA to coordinate. In March, IATA has trialled its IATA Travel Pass app to manage travel health verification. Successful trials will prove that such travel passes are practical and manageable thus facilitating smoother international flights, IATA hopes.
WHO however has recently stated it does not back requiring vaccination passports for travel. This is because there is still uncertainty over whether inoculation prevents transmission of the virus, as well as possible discrimination against those who are unable to get vaccinated.
These travel passes a re either stored in apps, like WeChat,or stored using blockchain technology. They however do not guarantee doing away with quarantine requirements; they just make getting a visa easier. Overall, countries still require negative Covid-19 test results in order to grant entry.
Travel bubbles
So fa r, there have been only a handful of travel bubbles, notably the reciprocal arrangement between Singapore and Malaysia for business travellers, and recently, between Taiwan and Palau. Potential bubbles last yea r between Singapore and Hong Kong, and Australia and New Zealand, as well as pan-ASEAN for business travel, have been delayed due to spikes in cases and the ensuing lockdowns in those countries.
Discussions have now intensified even as the pandemic drags on. Indonesia is negotiating with Singapore (bubble between Singapore, and Batam and Bintan), China, the UAE, Qa ta r, the Netherlands, India, Malaysia, and Japan. The largest ASEAN country plans to open up Bali to international tourists, in June or July, provided at least two million Balinese are vaccinated by then. After Palau, Taiwan is discussing with Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Vietnam.
And the list goes on and on as countries gear up for revenge tourism in the coming months.
At the rate the discussions are going on, expect a number of travel bubbles to be operational by the end of 2021 allowing leisure travel with proof of vaccination. IATA predicts that leisure travel will take off from 2H 2021 with business travel following suit 12 to 18 months later. It also forecasts air traffic would rebound by 50% in 2021 in a best-case scenario.
However, others a re less optimistic, believing that intraregional travel will only start in 2022 with countries still mostly focusing on domestic tourism in 2021. This is partly attributed to higher airfares and the endless Covid-19 tests and SOPs that tourists have to endure in order to travel out of their country.
There is consensus however that Asia-Pacific will emerge as the most robust region for global air traffic. The China market was already No. 1 prior to the pandemic and when air travel resumes, this trend will accelerate. This is in line with Moody's forecast which sees the Asia-Pacific region continuing to lead global growth despite some logistical hiccups in getting the vaccines.
"The APAC region will be supported in 2H 2021 by increased immunity, and by the emergence of North America and Europe from COVID-19 restrictions. This will drive global consumer and business spending while additional fiscal stimulus in the US will accelerate this trend," Moody's says in a statement.
If President Joe Biden's deadline of July 4 for America to return to normal with the entire American adult population to be inoculated by May 1, comes true, Moody's projection will indeed hold sway. When that happens, we will indeed be reaching the end of the tunnel starting from 2H 2021.
Sri Lanka: Case study on how to restart tourism
- Stay in approved hotels
- Visit approved sites at specific times
- Travel via independent transportation
- Undergo frequent Covid-19 testings.
The plan was first tested in a pilot project with Ukrainian tourists in late December of 2020. As of mid-February, almost 4,000 people had arrived from Germany, Russia, Ukraine and the Middle East (expatriates). Fortunately, there had been no negative incidents. As a result, Sri Lanka is likely to start flights with India soon.


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"I'm a bit wary of saying they've gone sloppy in case Klopp comes after me!" - Roy Keane
"It's a reminder to Liverpool that, no matter how good you are and how comfortable it is, if you get sloppy, you can get punished."
Liverpool put together a mostly scintillating 45 minutes against Crystal Palace, but still survived two self-inflicted scares. Roy Keane felt Alisson Becker saved them, on both occasions.
The Reds went into the break 2-0 up after goals from Virgil van Dijk and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, but some careless passing around their defence gifted two chances to Palace.
Michael Olise drew a low save from Alisson with the first gift-wrapped opportunity and the Brazilian got a deflection on Jean-Philippe Mateta's shot after he had been played through on goal.
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"I'm a bit wary of saying they've gone sloppy in case Klopp comes after me! But a good save [from Alisson].
"It was too easy and, from your centre-half [Joel Matip] it's a dangerous pass... Olise will be disappointed tha he has not put it into the bottom corner."
"We can be critical of the striker [Mateta] for not hitting the target," said Keane of that second Palace chance. "It's a reminder to Liverpool that, no matter how good you are and how comfortable it is, if you get sloppy, you can get punished."
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Liverpool were lucky not to concede in the last 10 minutes of the first half 👀 pic.twitter.com/0Lf330MEMp
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Keane may well have been on to something with those half-time comments. Liverpool resumed the second half with more defensive errors and close calls for Odsonne Edouard and Conor Gallagher.
Palace were knocking loudly on the door, and Mateta set up Edouard, on 55 minutes, to pull a goal back for Palace. It made for an exciting second half before a late Liverpool penalty sealed a win that keeps them nine points off Manchester City, but with a game in hand.
In making those sloppy comments, Keane nodded back to the mini spat with the Liverpool boss in September 2020.
The Reds had just beaten Arsenal 3-1 and Keane had been mostly positive about how the then league champions performed. The former Manchester United captain spoke glowingly about the victors but said they were still guilty of 'sloppy moments'.
"Did Mr Keane say it was a sloppy performance? Maybe he is speaking about another game," Klopp fired off, in a Sky Sports interview.
"I'm not sure if I heard it right," Klopp added. "Maybe it was about another game. It cannot be about this game.
"Sorry, but that's an incredible description of this game. It was absolutely exceptional. Nothing was sloppy. Noting. It was, from the first second, dominant - a team in form."
Keeping his cool at the time, back in the studio, Keane advised Klopp to watch back his comments on the game in full.
One wonders if Klopp will be reminded of Keane's half-time comments after their latest Premier League outing.


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With a three-year grant, [assistant professor Sarah] Buchanan is investigating ways to conduct provenance research more efficiently, inclusively and transparently, both on MU's campus and abroad. In a recently published study, Buchanan collaborated with Sara Mohr, a doctoral student at Brown University who reads and translates Assyrian, to create an online bibliography and corresponding map of ancient tablets located in universities throughout the United States, including six tablets inside MU's Ellis Library.For more on the probably mostly fake post-2002 Dead Sea Scroll-like fragments, see here and links and here. The provenance (history of acquistion and past and current locations) of artifacts are and have been important in many stories of ancient and supposedly ancient objects, including the Gospel of Jesus' Wife and (currently) the Sappho papyri and the Oxford missing papyri scandal. For all three, see here.
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— -- Authorities in Florida on Friday released 911 calls made Tuesday evening alerting EMS officials that a two-year-old boy was attacked and dragged into a lake by an alligator at a Walt Disney World resort in Florida.
During one of the calls, a woman, who officials believe may have been a staffer, told the dispatcher "someone drowned in the Seven Seas Lagoon Lake."
The body of the 2-year-old Nebraska boy, identified by authorities as Lane Graves, was found Wednesday "completely intact" about 10 to 15 yards from shore, according to Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demin.
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The second call is believed to have been made by a staff member at the pool area, possibly the bar, about 20-30 yards from the lifeguard stand, said Jones, adding that there was no positive ID on the caller.
The reason there was no third call, said Jones, is that responders arrived almost immediately. Communication then began on their internal radio systems from the scene to dispatch. The time from when the first call was engaged to the arrival of responders was less than four minutes, he added.
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Operator: "9-1-1 What's the location of the emergency?"
Woman: "Please come to the Grand Coridi—Floridian please. Someone drowned in the—in the--- Seven Seas Lagoon….Lake."
Operator: "The where, what?"
Woman: "Someone drowned in the Seven Seas Lagoon Lake."
Operator: "They're in – at the pool?"
Woman: "No. Lake."
Operator: "In the lake?"
Woman: "Yes."
Operator: "You said they drowned there?"
Woman: "Um, someone drowned there – I just stayed in the pool. Please come to the Grand Floridian."
Operator: "Alright, stay on the line with me for just a second, we've got another call."
Woman: "Yah."
Operator: "Okay, um, all we hear -- do you see the person right now?"
Woman: "No, I didn't. It's just like um….the other lifeguard they have the information, but I'm in the pool and I'm talking with you. So I didn't see anything. But"
Operator: "Are they now pulling someone out of the lake. Is that correct?"
Woman: "Yes."
Operator: "Ok. We have no information, can you see them right now?"
Woman: "No, I can't see them."
(typing sound)
Operator: "Okay, and you're calling from the drop —the drop phone at the pool?"
Woman: " Okay, I call from the uh Beach one-- Beach 2.
Operator: "Do you have a cellphone that you can call from and go by—go by where they're at and give me more information?"(Radio traffic under this audio)
Woman: "Okay, okay. Just give me a second. Ok. Call you right back now."
Operator: "Go over to where they're at, call 9-1-1- ask for Reedy Creek, okay?"
Woman: "Okay."
Operator: "We're on our way."
Woman: "So you call 9-1-1 right?"
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Bye, Bye Diedrich Coffee?
This is not good news. Late last week it was announced that Diedrich coffee had sold most of it's stores to Starbucks in order to "focus on wholesaling coffee to restaurant chains, specialty stores and offices." Now don't get me wrong, more of my money goes to Starbucks than to Diedrich's — but only because there are three Starbucks locations within two and a half miles (two on my commute route) and the nearest Diedrich Coffee is just over two and a half miles away. And in the wrong direction. But when when I do visit them I've found that the coffee — and their prices — are better than at the more convenient Starbucks. And most of their local stores offer free wifi while Starbucks sold their customers to T-Mobile.
Anyone know of a good alternative offering good coffee and free wifi in Orange County — particularly in the Orange, Tustin and UCI neighborhoods?
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Not to tute (toot?) my own horn but I put together this thing for squeezeoc – http://www.squeezeoc.com/squeezeoc/goingout/restaurants/article_912187.php
Earth Cafe's my favorite in the UCI area. Also near UCI, in University Plaza or whatever it's called, where the Diedrich is on campus, Cha for Tea offers free wi-fi and I'm pretty sure they have coffee drinks there too.
In Orange, as long as you spend $3, wi-fi is free at The Ugly Mug. There's also the Panera Bread locations in Orange & Irvine.
Panera has free wifi, lots of power outlets, and decent coffee & food. There's one at Bison & MacArthur and a new one opens this week on 17th in Costa Mesa, a stone's throw from the original Diedrich.
Throw another stone and you'll hit Martin Diedrich's new operation, Kéan, which is at Irvine & Westcliff. Roasted in the store the way he did it when Diedrich meant good coffee and not a wannabee Starbucks, and prepared by serious baristas.
Rustyon September 18th, 2006 @ 11:18 am
How is this acquisition not a blatent antitrust violation? Coffee People, in the Portland area anyway, is the closest thing to competition for Starbucks' virtual monopoly. How can the FTC allow this?
Kéan coffee's awesome but no free wi-fi : o
This is just so sad. I love love loved Coffee People when I lived in Portland and love love Diedrich now that I live in Anaheim. Will there be any left? How many Starbucks' does the county need anyway? Pretty soon they'll be opening a Starbucks in my very own living room — I won't even have to leave the house for my Java!!


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A recent front page story in the MetroWest Daily News pointed out that Clostrium difficile (C. diff) is becoming a serious health problem throughout the country. C. diff is a bacteria that lives in our intestines, and is kept in check by the healthy bacteria (probiotics). Dr. Thomas Treadwell, director of MetroWest Medical Center's infectious disease clinic, points out in the article that C. diff. only causes a problem when antibiotics kill off too many of the benificial bacteria in the intestines. This disrupts natures balance and C.diff. can multiply causeing extreme bouts of diarrhea and potentially fatal C. diff bacterial infection.We at Johnson Drug have been reccomending that a well formulated Probiotic be taken when ever an antibiotic is prescribed, and we also reccomend that they be taken on a regular basis to help keep the healthy bacteria in balance in the gut.There are specific formulations for newborns, children and adults. Please stop in or call us to find out which probiotic is right for you.Read the article here.
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