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Chances are that if you wrestle, you may be trying to shed some pounds before the season begins. This means you're probably cutting back a little on your food intake. But you don't want to reduce your calories too much, as that could leave you with weak muscles, low energy, and a slow metabolism. Finding the optimal amount to eat can be difficult, and I don't recommend the tedious chore of counting calories, but there is an easy way to figure out if you're eating enough. Starting tomorrow, measure your body temperature first thing each morning, before you even get out of bed. Any cheap thermometer from the store will work, but keep in mind that your core temperature is one degree higher than what you'll measure from an underarm thermometer. If your temperature is less than 97° F for thrIt Ain't No Five Mile Jog Your conditioning, stamina, and endurance need to be a high priority in your wrestling training. Whether it's running, biking, swimming, jumping rope, rowing, or any other cardiovascular activity, you need to incorporate it into your workouts so that you don't gas during a match. Many people hear this advice and think that they need to jump on the treadmill or elliptical for an hour. Not only is slow, long distance aerobic activity less efficient for weight loss, it doesn't directly serve the energy needs of a wrestler. Think about it. A match is four minutes long in youth wrestling, six minutes long in high school and international competition, and seven minutes long in collegiate wrestling, and you don't try to go slow and pace yourself. As a two-time NCAA All-American told us when I was at a summer camp: "It ain't no five mile jog. Heck, it's a freakin' one mile sprint!" I think that slow jogging or biking can be useful to build a conditioning base when just getting started and that long distances runs every once in a while are a great way to test your endurance and mental focus, but they shouldn't be your primary conditioning method. Wrestlers need to be able to go all out for those four, six, or seven minutes or more if you go into overtime, and they need to be fast. As my middle school cross-country coach always preached: "Running slow makes you a slow runner." Running is certainly a whole different animal than wrestling, but your speed off the mat translates to speed on the mat. If you want to be more explosive in a match and not get tired either, your best bet is to do some sprints or intervals. My favorite is uphill sprints, but you can run the bleachers or stairs instead. For intervals, try doing four laps around a standard track, sprinting the straight-aways and jogging the curves. These workouts won't take longer than ten or fifteen minutes including rest in between sprints, but trust me, that'll be tough enough if you're pushing yourself to an appropriate level. I would recommend doing two or three sprint or interval workouts per week. Here are some sample workouts I've done before: The Miracle Mile: My high school team occasionally did this on the indoor track. We'd line up on the start, and the coach would yell out a distance, randomly ranging from 50 meters to 400 meters. After each sprint we'd have very minimal rest, and then another distance would be called out. Eventually it would all add up to a mile. Match Simulation: This is one that I made up on my own a while ago. I'd simply run for the same length of time as the periods in a match. So when I was in high school, I'd run as far as I could in two minutes, then I'd jog for about fifteen seconds. That represented the first period plus a brief moment for the coin flip between periods. I'd do that for the second and third periods, and I'd usually add one minute and thirty second goes for overtime, as well.
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Roughly the same age as the social phenomena of salsa, Manuelle's own style has developed along the same lines as the music itself. Reflecting on his persistent persona as the tragic victim of love, the eternal All-Stars fan tells how he grew from a hard salsa kid to a hard-knocks lover. "The first salseros used to sing about people in the street and social problems. The genre used to be a lot more machista," he explains. "Nowadays women are the ones who buy the music, so the lyrics reflect what women want to hear."
Dressed for a Univision promo shoot in a smart black sweater, Manuelle seems to have been groomed to reflect what women want to see as well. He sports braces that will eventually eliminate any possible imperfections in his jaunty smile. His frequently downcast eyes smolder like the obscure orbs of a lounge singer in a smoky bar.
"Women like to think they make men suffer," he observes. "At the same time, when women sing my songs at home, I think they turn the words around and invert the roles. They're singing to the men who cheat on them and leave them all alone." In wholehearted agreement I recount the callous mistreatment that brought me to his Valentine's show in Bogotá all by my lonesome. "You came to exactly the wrong place," the singer says with a laugh. "All my songs are about the suffering of love." Manuelle's penchant for exploring the dark side of commercially mandated passions often comes close to a mockery of romance. "I don't like sweet songs," he says, using the English word to convey just how foreign sappy sentiment feels. "As an interpreter the drama gives you more to do. Pain and suffering let you take this romantic salsa to another level."
Like the hopeful groom in an arranged marriage, Manuelle makes the most of the material at hand. "Salsa might perhaps be living one of its best moments right now," he says gamely. "You might even say it has the same rhythm now as did classic salsa, but it's more romantic and more danceable."
Be that as it may, Manuelle continues to dally with his first love. Even though today's star may have eclipsed his idols in record scales and concert draw, he remains faithful to the Fania legacy in his own way. For an upcoming show in Miami, promoters once again proclaim Manuelle the voice of "youth" and present Willie Colon, the Puerto Rican powerhouse who set the aggressive brass standard of classic salsa, as the voice of "experience."
Sharing the stage with Colon, Manuelle steps into the very big shoes of Hector Lavoe, the late, great Fania star who recorded with the trumpeter masterworks such as "El Día de Mi Suerte" ("My Lucky Day") and "Calle Luna, Calle Sol" ("Moon Street, Sun Street"). Manuelle presages this bid for succession on his 1996 self-titled CD, where among the lady-pleasing hits he squeezes in a noncommercial, high-octane guanguancó that pays homage to Lavoe as the "singer of singers." Here Manuelle takes his place in the salsa pantheon by identifying the traits that make him worthy: "They say if you have the drum in your soul and the flavor of the street in your voice, you will be a great sonero." The much-touted voice of youth asserts his own credentials with the chorus and title of the song -- "Ahora me Toca a Mí" ("Now It's My Turn").


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Before you fall in love again, you need to get emotionally healthy. Even if you haven't been in love for a few years – or if your last relationship was healthy – you still need to take your emotional temperature before you fall in love again.
And that's what these tips are all about. But first, a quip:
"It is impossible to love and be wise." ~ Francis Bacon.
The reason you need to get healthy before you fall in love is because you aren't thinking straight when you're falling in love. If you're ready to fall in love again, read Falling in Love for All the Right Reasons: How to Find Your Soul Mate. Learn how to recognize the right reasons for falling in love before you meet someone special.
And, here are five tips for getting emotionally healthy before you fall in love…
5 Things to Do Before You Fall in Love Again
"When you're on the rebound, your new relationship isn't about itself," writes J.M. Kearns in Better Love Next Time: How the Relationship that Didn't Last Can Lead You to the One that Will. "It's about the old one."
Falling in love too fast, making rash decisions, and tolerating behavior that you wouldn't normally are possible signs of a rebound relationship.
To stop rebound dating and fall in love for the right reasons, you must…
Deal with your loneliness, isolation, desperation
It may be hard to admit that you're lonely, isolated, or even desperate to fall in love again. It's embarrassing to be lonely – I know! But if you want to fall in love again, you need to be honest with yourself.
Many of us have dated people we have nothing in common with or who we don't even like — and who may not even like us. Many of us date out of desperation, which is a surefire way to create a rebound relationship. If your heart is still broken from a past relationship, make sure you've taken time to heal and process your loss. Get emotionally healthy is the first thing you should do before you fall in love again!
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Make sure you're not hiding from the past
If you're hiding from the past – or running from it – then you're not emotionally healthy enough to fall in love again. Rebound relationships occur when past relationships dictate what happens in current love relationships.
"We plunge into a new relationship, not because we are paying attention to the past, but to avoid listening to it," writes Kearns in Better Love Next Time. "We use the new relationship as a distraction." If you're dating or even getting married to distract yourself from the past, then you're not ready to fall in love again.
Be clear on what went wrong in your last relationship
Try to understand why your last relationship didn't survive. Be honest and objective, and don't make a hasty diagnosis or decision about why your love didn't last.
Kearns says if you don't correctly identify the reasons your last relationship didn't last, you'll set yourself up for failure and heartbreak. "You misidentify the factors that made the last relationship sicken and die, and armed with that false vaccine, you set you to avoid the same infection in the future — and you walk right into it."
Accept the role you played in your last love relationship
Most broken relationships are caused by both partners – it's rarely just one person who is to blame. Instead of blaming your ex for causing all the relationship problems, accept the role you played. This doesn't just help you get ready to fall in love again, it'll make you emotionally healthy and strong.
Again, you need to be honest with yourself. To accept the role you played in your last relationship, you need to know your weaknesses and quirks!
Let go of the person you loved
This last thing you should do before falling in love again is to make sure you're over your past relationship! Only you know if you're over your ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend, and only you know if you're emotionally healthy and ready for a new relationship. Listen to your heart, and deal with whatever you need to before you pursue new love.
"You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip." ~ Jonathan Carroll.
If you want to speed the "falling in love" process, read Can You Make Him Fall in Love With You? 6 Ways to Enchant a Man.
What do you think about these things to do before you fall in love again? Comments welcome below…
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I agree whole heartedly, and I also believe that one must cultivate their own life, start living an authentic life. Being in love with one's self is the first step to being emotionally healthy, and happy. We spend a majority of time on our own, and thus we must be our own best friend. I also think that many look to a partner for happiness, and to "complete" them. I think this is where the trouble lies, one must complete themselves first, and once you truly love yourself and know your own worth and value is when love can truly enter, and the "right" type of healthy love.
Thanks for your comment, George! I think the first and third tips are the most important things to do before you fall in love again. Get healthy emotionally and physically – and learn how to be happy on your own.
These 5 tips are emotional gold nuggets.
If more people were to actively put them into action they would greatly improve the chances of their next relationship being much more successful.


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As we have said countless times, RP has more to do with interaction than solo production. Our clever readers may ask, "But Bricu, isn't the process of writing Fic a solo activity?" The really clever readers respond:
"Writing is not a solitary process."
Let's face it, even when planning how you are going to do heroic/terrible thing to your fellow gamers (or their primary place of RP), at some point, Fic will be written to fill in the gaps that occur given this style of RP. The Fic maybe a background story on a particular NPC, or a spruced up chatlog from a previous nights RP. The Fic may even be a piece written as part of a Forum challenge, character development exercise, an email/IM exchange or prop used by the PCs (such as the torn page of a journal from a key character). Whatever the nature and role of the Fic, someone is going to have to write it. This Fic isn't just going to be written to exist in your notebook. No, this Fic is going to be read by the rest of your RP circle.
If you, dear reader, are anything like me, then this is a terrifying realization.
Despite years of writing intensive courses, hundreds of reports for court and a fairly consistent blogging hobby, the process of Fic scares me. The writing I am used to is usually a form of non-fiction. But writing Fic is as close as I am ever going to get to writing creative fiction. It is one thing to write a report that is thorough and easy to comprehend. It is another thing entirely to show off your creations–your stories based around your characters–to your friends.
At first, I dealt with my anxieties by self-deprecating humor. I thought I was being a completely modern hipster, laughing at my self and my nerdy ways. Turns out that I was also laughing at the people I game with. That isn't what I intended. I still play WoW because of these people. I have become extremely close to some of the people I have met through WoW, and the last thing I would ever want to do is to hurt their feelings. I had to find a different way to write and share fic without being an asshole to the people that matter to me. Here are two of the ways I've learned to Fic.
You might think this is an obvious point, but I have done some almost scientific observations of my Fic writing behavior. Of the time I am supposed to be writing, only 1/10 of that time is actually writing something. The breakdown is as follows:
This is wickedly inefficient. The goal is to Write then Edit. Sure, Bruce Springsteen can write and edit at the same time–but he's the Boss. There can be only one Boss. The rest of us have to Write then edit.
Because I am not the boss, I have two techniques I use to Write then Edit. The first is to do something Threnn does: I cut text out and paste it into a separate document. This way, I keep what I have written even if it is no longer on my page.
The other method–something I am trying on this work trip–is to hand write everything. I bought a small notebook and a decent pen and started writing. If I don't like a line, I try to limit myself to one scratch out through the center of the offending line. This way, even though I have technically edited while writing, I still have words on the page. Words that I can see, rewrite and play with until I am happy with them.
Again, this seems fairly self-evident. You are writing fic that is going to be shared with the RP circle. Before this RP makes its grand debut on your guild or realm forum, have someone else you trust go over it. In other words:
Before you share your work with the entire circle, getting another pair of eyes to look at the Fic can make a huge difference. Have your friend critique not just for grammar and style, but for content. Someone who knows the voices of the other characters may have additional insights that you either didn't know or didn't convey properly. An editor can even help clarify bits of complicated Lore or help you stay true to internal continuity–those stories already written by other guildies.
The hard part here is actually listening to what they have to say to you. If your friend says, "this doesn't make sense" then listen to their concerns. It could be you need to change verb tense or stay with a consistent point of view. It could be that the scene you wrote, while perfectly executed in your head, is missing a connection for your readers. You do not have complete control over what you readers take away from your text. But you can give your readers a pretty clear path to follow.
But editing is not just supposed to be all, "Fix this." Editing also includes compliments. Some of us, myself included, cannot take a compliment well. We dismiss what we write for any number of reasons. When we give our Fic over to someone to edit we should listen to everything they have to say, especially the compliments.
Writing Fic is just as collaborative as RP. It is just slightly more demanding that traditional MMO RP or table top RP. In Fic we still figure out how our characters solve particular dilemmas, get into wonderfully graphic fights, finish long quest chains and discover something new about our game world. Our platform just happens to be a word processor, not the game client. The loot table from Fic, however, is so much more rewarding than anything dropped in an encounter. The pretty purple pixels you get or the shiny new mount is incredibly fun, but the story you craft cannot be nerfed in the next game patch nor will it be made obsolete when the next big expansion drops.
As always, I am interested in hearing how other people write their Fic. Please, fill us in on your writing process, how you edit your fic or what you listen to while writing! Please share! See, I've got this other story I'm working on and I need a push in the right direction…
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"the story you craft cannot be nerfed in the next game patch nor will it be made obsolete when the next big expansion drops."
Tell that to my gnome warlock who just completed a long, complicated bit of fic/RP about why she has to stay in warlock school and cannot become a priest.
There is one key thing that is often overlooked. Do NOT look at the whole project you are working on when you are starting to work. This is especially true when you start writing larger pieces, short stories and such. Some look at the big picture is necessary, but staring at it too long tends to unhinge your mind and make you lose focus on where it needs to be, the scene in front of you. Breaking the project into smaller chunks also makes it far more manageable from a time standpoint.
Personally, I tend to gladly write down an SFD (with due credit to Ann Lamont) the first night I'm writing a scene. I go to sleep, then the next time I'm writing I look at it after I've completely cleared my mind of the clutter built up from the previous night. Then I end up changing most of what was in said first draft.
It seems redundant, but it truly makes your piece better than if you did it all in one go. Most pieces I write tend to go through several revisions after this, sometimes after getting edits from someone else. It's a fact that's lost on most people that the vast majority of writing is spent revising something you've already written.


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- Melted 60g unsalted butter in a small pan and left to cool.
- Crushed 50g raspberries in a small bowl with the back of a fork.
- Whisked 2 duck egg whites until frothy in a larger bowl.
- Whisked in 80g sifted icing sugar.
- Gently stirred in the melted butter and crushed raspberries.
- Stirred 30g buckwheat flour and 40g ground almonds.
- Stirred in 50g white chocolate chips.
- Placed a teaspoon of the mixture in 12 mini silicone cupcake cases.
- Placed a whole raspberry on top then filled the cases up with more mixture.
- Divided the remaining mixture between 4 larger silicone cupcakes cases.
- Baked for about 15 minutes at 180C until firm and well risen.
- Left to cool for a little, then turned out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Dusted with icing sugar.
These are the other scrummy friands I've made so far.
I am submitting these to the fabulicious Simple and in Season event. Having been on tour for a few months, this is now back home with Ren of Fabulicious Food.
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We're off to Boston. I'd love to know if you want to talk about the new software that gives people in countries with internet censorship the chance to browse unobserved, if Harvard's first female president is well overdue, if James Sherley's case is about racism, standing against the scientific tidal wave or just media manipulation, if the blinking bomb-scare adverts were worthy of a place on World Have Your Say and most importantly where I can find my favourite brand of jeans…
Your help is needed. What should we talk about on our trip to Boston? You set the agenda. We listen (and shop on our day off).
We're back from India and almost before some of us have unpacked - we're off to the USA.
In Boston it's presently minus 2 degrees centigrade. It was plus 33 in Mumbai.
Thursday the 22nd February sees us at the Public Media 2007 conference . This is how we are billed.
As ever we'll be talking about the big stories in the international news. But here's an opportunity to talk to leading figures in the media about issues that they consider every day.
How about internet censorship? At least 40 countries around the world, including China, Uzbekistan, and Iran, engage in some kind of internet censorship. But Canadian researchers have devised new software to give people in these countries unfettered Internet access without getting them into trouble.
What will the founder and CEO of Technorati David Sifry have to say about it?
We want your ideas, your questions, your comments. Please email the World Have Your Say team now.
Our programme on Friday 23rd February will come from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, we will also be going out on local station WBUR and our own Ros Atkins will be joined by WBUR morning host Bob Oakes.
We also want you to tell us your ideas for our Boston programme, having got myself "Boston" Google alerts and nosing round the Boston Globe site I'm wondering if any of you are talking about these issues…
Drew Gilpin Faust confirmed as Harvard's first female president. Larry Summers was the previous president and got in hot water for several comments including some about women's participation in the scientific field. We can widen this our to a "women in leadership" debate to encompass Hillary Clinton's presidential bid and let's hear your thoughts on Angela Merkel and Segoleyne Royale?
What about James Sherley? For those who haven't heard, he's professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston and he's on hunger strike. His opposition to embryonic stem cell research has been very controversial and he claims he has been denied the same freedom to challenge scientific orthodoxy afforded to his white colleagues. He's after a tenure.
There's quite a big of blog activity around this, some supporting his stance, some less complimentary.
And a few weeks ago Ros was keen on hearing your views about the blinking adverts that caused a bomb scare. We voted against doing it on the programme. Were we wrong, does anyone still care? Laughing squid does.
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The airport is situated six miles (10km) from Pensacola.
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The Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) bus route 63 services the airport, departing roughly every hour on weekdays, between 6am and 5pm. On weekends the bus runs less frequently. Shared shuttles, taxis and limousines can also be hired at the airport and cars can be rented.
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Window managers such as Fluxbox [1] provide their own interface for KDE and Gnome applets. These miniature programs slot into the system tray of the task bar, adding all kinds of practical functions. For example, the KDE alarm daemon keeps track of your appointments. The KMail applet monitors your mailbox. And some programs that are not even part of the major desktop distributions add their own quick-access applets.
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First of all Sharky, you missed the double entendre on knockers, but nevermind. I admit and have admitted in previous posts that there will be facts of which we are unaware but we can all add up points and speculate on future points to be gained and be worried. We can see the lack of goals in the pre season games and hope the manager will do something about it. We can get frustrated when the August window comes and goes with no strengthening of the strikeforce. We can console ourselves with the thought as hinted at by CH himself ("Better value abroad") that a foreign striker has been identified to be signed in January. We can see points slipping away and the football getting more and more boring. You can see it too but you choose to remain optimistic. I sincerely hope you are right and we are above 17th place in the PL come next November. One final point is that some of the contributors here must be of the view that only politicians should be allowed to vote. That's how Joseph Stalin came to power.
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SCALE: The Best Little-Big Open Source Conference
The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) is happening this weekend Feb. 25-27 and is, simply, awesome! I heard about it during its infancy but never even looked into it thinking it would be just as expensive as OSCON. Boy was I wrong! The first year I attended, it cost $60. This year the cost is $70. That's $70 for THREE days, which is a steal! Factor in the discounts provided to local open source user groups & it is downright highway robbery. You really cannot beat it.
Luminaries from across the open source universe abound. There are simply too many to list here. There will also be many open source-based companies on-hand hiring: Facebook, Google, eHarmony and Ticketmaster, to name but a few. There will be exhibitors ranging from local open source user groups to non-profits leveraging open source to make the world a better place to well-known linux distributions and everything in-between.
The events kick-off on Friday with some great tracks including DevOps, Build an Open Source Cloud Day, PostgreSQL Day, Fedora Activity Day, UbuCon, FOSS Mentoring and SCALE U.. Saturday and Sunday is the main conference with tracks for Open Source in Education (OSSIE), Beginners, Developers and System Administrators.
This year, I am really excited about two great things at SCALE. First is that both keynote speakers are women! Leigh Honeywell will speak on Hackerspaces and Free Software. Jane Silber will speak on the Cloud for Human Beings. This really exemplifies how open source projects really embrace women and their wonderful open source contributions. An example is the Drupal project, which at last count has ~15-20% female participation. This is great news for everyone involved.
The other great thing this year (besides the kickass presentations) is that presentations will be streamed live over the interwebs. The presentations will also be available for download after the conference has ended. The keynotes will also be streamed live via ustream. So check out the schedule as no matter where you are in the world, you can attend virtually!
There will be lots of great Birds of a Feather (BoFs), some great parties, a kickass reception and other fun special events lined up. Linux Journal's very own Kyle Rankin is even giving a presentation titled Bond, Ethernet Bond. If you're going to be in the Los Angeles area, it is still not too late to register.
I have long said that a great conference is like a great restaurant in that everything on the menu looks so delicious, you have no idea what to pick. In SCALE's case, you have to repeat that process for every single time slot! So come on out or tune-in via streaming video and enjoy the open source buffet.
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Accessible curriculum, teacher training a must in schools, say activists
Poorva Subramanium is barely 10 years old, but has learnt an important lesson in life — not to trouble her parents when they come out of the schools they have been visiting these days. "It is frustrating. No school wants to admit her. She is good at shapes, colours and can also read," says her mother, showing her report card from a special school here that deems her, 'Fit to be admitted in a mainstream school'.
"The special school that she studies in has assured us that they will get her into a school nearby that admits special children. We wanted to try other private schools too, but the response has been bad," says the mother.
Poorva is one of five children with cerebral palsy in a class of twenty who have received this report, but it looks like she might have to wait for a few more years to be part of a mainstream school.
The Right to Education (RTE) Act that makes elementary education a right for all children between the ages of 6 and 14, promises to revolutionise the education sector. Tamil Nadu's rules for implementing the Act makes them eligible for admission to a private, neighbourhood school by including children with disabilities in 'disadvantaged groups', under the provision to reserve 25 per cent seats. However, inclusion of students with disabilities will warrant certain specific provisions, including an accessible curriculum, teacher training programmes and sports, say activists. "Most of the children who have been integrated into mainstream schools are happy in their new surroundings because there is so much new to learn. But a few come back too, citing a lack of basic understanding from new peers and teachers. One girl recently came back to us because she could not access the toilets in the mainstream school," points out Smitha Sadasivan, a member of the Disability Rights Alliance, Tamil Nadu.
This is where home-schooling could help. The Persons With Disabilities Act also talks this. Activists, though, fear it might be seen as an alternative to regular schooling, rather than a preparatory system.
In Chennai, home-based education is not all that popular. About 200 children with disabilities are enrolled in a day care centres run by the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA). Many of them have multiple disabilities, including neurological disorders, cerebral palsy, visual disabilities and physical disabilities. Special educators and physiotherapists are sent to the children in their homes and an annual survey determines how many of them are actually fit to be put into mainstream schools. "The inclusion rate is minimal because most parents feel there is not much need to educate the child, especially when he can't move at all," says Gayathri Prabhu, a special educator, formerly with the SSA.
However, disability activists emphasise the need to see home-based education purely as a supplement. Otherwise, children with disabilities, who could be integrated into mainstream schools, would end up staying at home. In Karnataka, home-based education has not been accepted and is used only as a preparation for schooling. In States including Himachal Pradesh, children educated at home are collected together in one centre and later integrated into a regular school.
"There is a lot of ambiguity about whether home-schooling will fit into the scheme of the RTE Act and if so how, and what happens to those in rural areas," says Praveen Rajagopalan, a special educator and parent of a child with multiple disabilities.
Mr. Rajagopalan points out that in developed countries, including the U.S., 49 out of 50 states regulate home-based education and education providers need to file a 'declaration of intent' and follow certain procedures. "What kind of curriculum would they have under home-based education? What would be the standard and how would it be regulated," he asks.
And then there are special schools. A 2008 UNESCO report on inclusive education in India indicates that close to 30 per cent of the country's children with special needs were out of school. Most special schools are in cities, while 70 per cent of these children live in rural areas.
Special schools will warrant more attention in light of the RTE Act. In order to do that, policy makers might have to reflect on certain administrative procedures, say activists. Ms. Sadasivan says the RTE Act leaves out special schools which come under the NGO sector. "Moreover, these schools come under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, and not the Ministry of Human Resource Department. It is like washing away all responsibility," she adds.
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Conference Graces
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Mount Hermon ushers in the busiest writers conference season from now through autumn, and many of you will be making your way there today. Be sure to introduce yourself to Janet and Wendy when you see them. Writers conferences are great venues for writers to spend time together focusing on their shared passion for writing. But don't overlook opportunities to get acquainted with new friends.
A writer friend and i recently conversed about the overall conference experience. Conferees are busy each day taking in workshops, general sessions, and meetings with agents and editors. The experience is especially enjoyable when you are there with other writers you know. Critique partners often attend the same conference so they can learn and encourage each other and spend time together during free times and meals. Some conferences attract repeat attendees and faculty, who enjoy the chance to reconnect. These shared times are added blessings in the conference experience.
Then my friend told me about a time she attended a conference by herself. She decided to start a new table at lunch and let God choose her table mates at the table for ten. Nine people who belonged to the same writers group took the remaining seats. She commented that she couldn't break into their conversation no matter how she tried. The one time someone initiated conversation with her was to ask her to take their picture. She understood it wasn't personal; they were just enjoying being together with their group. She also felt God had a lesson in it for her. Having experienced this herself, my friend now looks for a person already sitting at a table, alone, and asks if she can join her. She said it works well unless the person rushes to say, "Sorry, all these seats are saved," without a second glance or even a smile.
Surely these oversights were innocent and unintentional. Minds are racing to get where we need to go and make the most out of our conference experience. We don't realize that when we look at people near us and quickly dismiss them visually when we don't recognize them, it could be a deflating experience for them, especially when a writer is hoping to gain friendships in the Christian writing community.
I cringed as she relayed these experiences because I recall observing instances like these myself at conferences. And I'm quite sure I have unwittingly been guilty of not recognizing and reaching out to an introverted conferee who is alone or perhaps a person who is attending a conference for the first time and doesn't know anyone. Agents and editors usually host tables at lunch and dinner as part of our faculty role. It's our opportunity and privilege to talk with each person who chooses to sit at our table and to give our full attention as they describe their WIP. Together as faculty and conferees, let's be watchful at the next conference to balance our time with friends and moments when we can reach out to new friends with conference graces.
Have you observed someone at a conference who appeared to be alone or shy about entering into the activity? Share a story about when you reached out to someone new and what happened.
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Before I became an academic, I was in a profession that required me to be the gray man, to be able to blend into any crowd without being remembered even by those with whom I came in direct contact.
For the fun of it, I went the other way when I started going to engineering conferences – talking big, talking loud, and making it a point to be attentively social. (Note the word 'attentively', and see below.)
During the 'big evening social' at the last conference I attended, in Chicago (my favorite place!)in 2010, I crossed path with a group of students who'd been largely abandoned by the faculty advisor with whom they'd come, so I took them in tow. They were looking to go to grad school, so I started introducing them to people I knew from different universities, dropping them off one by one when they found a congenial match for further discussion.
It was satisfying and fun, and several of the kids stayed in touch with me.
It was an adventure against type, because I'm not Mr. Social. I'm probably the most reserved person you'll ever meet. The gray man fitted me beautifully.
I do have some suggestions for getting the most out of the social side of a conference –
– Smile. A natural smile is attractive and inviting. A trick when you 'broaden' your smile is to put the tip of your tongue against your upper teeth. That way, when you part your lips, only the upper teeth will show, and you'll look more like Julia Roberts than like a piano keyboard.
– Watch your posture. Slumped shoulders pull in and give you 'closed off' body language. Practice walking around the house with a book on your head. Oh. It's the digital age…no books. Well, put your Kindle on your head. Don't need to do this at the conference, though.
– Enunciate. Some ol' Greek practiced talking with pebbles in his mouth. Wash them first, though. Practice speaking clearly, and projecting your voice. Remember, the settings you'll be in may have a lot of ambient noise – don't force people to lean in at the beginning of a conversation. It's unsettling. (So is talking with rocks in your mouth, so you can leave them at home.)
– Make eye contact. It's important for people to be seen, and as long as you're not channeling Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction", it's flattering. And guys – eyes UP when talking to a lady.
– Use and remember names. Our names are the most personal things about us, so when you're introduced USE the person's name, and find some hook to remember it. Like Ms. Strong, whose handshake left you permanently left-handed…and after each 'event', write down the names of the new people you met, with something that you remember of your conversation, however brief, to spark your memory at a possible future meeting.
– Be Royal in handshakes. Don't cling; a handshake is one pump, up and down, followed by a gentle outward pressure and release. It's professional and courteous; you don't know how 'touchy' a person is, nor how many hands they've already shaken.
– Don't abandon. If you're talking to a conference newbie and the agent you've been longing for walks by, don't leave the poor lass hanging, talking to thin air. God will orchestrate another chance to meet the agent of your dreams. Be cool. God's in control. You ain't.
– Learn when to say goodbye. It's said that the English leave without saying goodbye, while the Boers say goodbye without leaving. Neither is good at a conference. When a conversation is winding down, accept it, say a gracious goodbye, and leave without an "oh, I was just thinking…".
And so, adieu.
Great advice Andrew!
You? RESERVED? No. Way.
Ummm, you're so quiet and reserved, it blows my mind. When we were at Pete's, Barb and I were yammering on, I actually turned and thought, dude, speak! But she was laughing so hard, I didn't want to interrupt her. I'm pretty sure people were annoyed. But, on them.
I love the smile advice, Andrew … keeps you from showing too much gum line, too!
You–reserved–Andrew? I smiled just now.
Very well put together, Andrew. Good teaching!
Super advice, Andrew. Especially about not chasing after an agent and abandoning a conference newbie! Nothing like making someone feel less important than dirt.
Outstanding tips Andrews.
Great advice, Andrew. Thanks for sharing.
Several summers ago, I had the opportunity to go to Highlights Foundation's writers conference in Chautauqua, NY. My non-writer husband decided to come along for the ride. Not only did he end up being bored to death, I missed a lot of networking opportunities because I spent all my time outside of workshops with him. By the end of the week, everyone else knew each other, and I still felt as if they were all strangers. To this day, I'm frustrated with myself for not making the most of that conference.
I too hope we can meet at a conference someday Jennifer.
Me too, Jenni!
This is a lovely post on conference graces. The ideas are sweet reminders for all large group gatherings (church dinners, staff meetings, wedding receptions, even large family reunions). "Love is kind…"
Good point, Carol. This is good advice for lots of situations. I think conferences are unique because we come to them with a checklist of certain goals–to meet this agent or that editor or improve our skills or erect the scaffolding around our platform. Sometimes I find myself charging through the lobby like a squirrel after a nut, looking neither right nor left. Yet so often God works in the between-times: standing in the coffee line, waiting for a session to start, in the elevator. So many opportunities to extend grace if we just look around.
Believe it, or not, I am actually REALLY shy. Like, "hurl in a planter and kill the plastic cactus" shy. I cannot remember the times I've walked into a room or crowd and thought, "I can't feel my legs, again".
I get over it by pretending I'm not shy and the crowds are lined up, just for moi. Seriously. It actually helps.
So let's review, yes, I AM SHY.
But, what I think what helped me the most was when my Bolivia mission team director looked at us all and said "For you, this is a village full of people you don't know and will never see again. For these Quechua people, this will be the most exciting day of their lives. Their grandchildren will hear stories about the day the Canadians came to bring radios. Carry yourselves worthy of those grandchildren. Carry yourselves worthy of a family story."
So we did. Lots of smiles, and very intricate traditional greetings. Which is…shake hand, pat shoulder, shake hand, pat shoulder again, then for the women, kiss each cheek, shake hand again. Now, do that several hundred times. A day.What I loved about ACFW last year, my first conference that wasn't my husband's gig, was that I sort of knew a few people from online friendships. I'd met Lindsay Harrel in 2012 on cool July day in Phoenix (115F?), so at least I had an anchor. I knew I'd be meeting old friends for the first time, but wow, when I saw Beth Vogt? I was speechless.
Read that again.
>>>**I**<<< was speechless.
And I cried like a super model at a buffet.
But there were still a few hundred people I didn't know. And I know another part of what calmed me down was that I 'knew' several agents already, so my didn't kill very many plastic plants.
Until Sunday, when I think I perhaps could have been arrested for the willful destruction of hotel property.I TRIED to at least say hello to people, because that feeling of 'we don't have room for (the likes of) you' is awful.
I did my best to smile, it wasn't that hard, and I really tried to make eye contact. I met some really awesome people, and I'm pretty sure Frank Peretti won't ever forget me.
I know I never forgot you, Jennifer! LOL
You poor sweet girl. But come on, a night in the Indy lock-up wasn't SO bad, was it?
Oops, I wasn't supposed to talk about that, was I?
I loved meeting you, Jennifer!
Same here, Jeanne. You're such a gracious, lovely person.
I loved when you ran up to me at ACFW last year! It's always so fun to be reunited with friends.
YES!! And I remember seeing you bouncing around like a maniac on Sunday morning, thinking I wanted to tell John first, and you and Gabe just grinned.
I've never been to a writer's conference. I can't wait for the chance to go! But I know I am that introvert … I'm the one no one sits by, until there are no seats remaining, and people finally have to come sit by the person no one knows.
I'm shy. When I spoke recently, I had to hold a microphone, instead of the hands-free one. I just knew my hands would be shaking, and it would be evident to all. Instead, my right hip muscle decided to go into a frenzy. It was so hilarious that I wanted to tell everyone, and would have, had I not been cautioned to "never tell people that you are nervous." Ha! "They'll never know if you don't tell them." Hee hee! Okay. So I told a few afterwards!!
But … at a Beth Moore gathering once, I sat down on the front row (got there early) by someone sitting alone. The seat wasn't taken! Glory! God orchestrated our meeting. We said our verses together and bonded immediately. She is a published author today with Bible studies and represented by Rachelle. "She" is how I found this blog. I'll always be grateful to her for wanting to know me and making that weekend so sweet.
Shelli, are you attending ACFW this year? If you are, they usually offer a newcomer's introductory session that I highly recommend attending. It will put you at ease right off the bat, and you'll make new friendships at the outset.
And I, for one, look forward to hugging your neck. (I'll probably be wearing red. It's my favorite color. )
Cynthia, I don't think I'll be able to come this year. Oh, how I want to though. I'd love to have that hug!
And I was just thinking how if this blog was like a table … the first time I sat down, I was amazed at the people who came to sit beside me and welcome me. I'll never forget it.
Like you, at large gatherings I have at times felt as if I was the only person at the last table to fill up. But at ACFW last fall when I found myself entering the large meeting room alone, I sought out someone who was also alone, and met several people that I connected with right away–one of them even an editor. Conferences are a time when we introverts have to push ourselves a bit, but all can work out for the best … with a prayer or two!
Thank you for that testimony, Angela! You are such an encouragement! You know, I'm beginning to think most writers are that way …
You are so warm and inviting. I'm sure when you do go to a conference, 1) you'll probably already know people from online and 2) you'll make friends because of your personality. I look forward to meeting you one day.
Jeanne, I can't wait to meet you! We seem to have so much in common. I look forward to hugging your neck, too!
I love and concur with your description of this blog Shelli.
Thank you, Jenni!
Thanks for this post, Mary. I'm on the introverted side, and one thing I like about conferences is the challenge to be outgoing and practice my sparkling skills. Usually it pays off wonderfully! So it can be a bit discouraging if I screw up my courage to sparkle at someone and they make it clear they're only interested in the friends they came with or in people who are Somebody. I think there's a middle ground…if you're shy, try to overcome a tendency to shrink back. If you're feeling comfortable amid your circle of friends, be willing to expand that circle, too. Everybody into the pool!
Off topic, but prayers for one of our guys on his way to the Rainbow Bridge.
Elvis died during the night; he was a good friend. We'll miss him.
Hugs, for you all. I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry, Andrew.
So sorry to hear that, Andrew.
I'm sorry, Andrew.
I love this post, Mary! I'm an introvert, and when I was growing up I was always on the outside. Over time, I trained myself to play an extrovert in social situations – but I have a heart for those who are left out and try to include them.
So if you come to Mount Hermon this week – PLEASE come to the table I'm hosting with Jeanette Hanscome. EVERYONE is welcome
See you there Sarah!
I wish I could be there with you. For those unfamiliar with Jeanette and Sarah, they are two of the warmest, most genuine people you'll ever meet. They could sell tickets to their table! Enjoy!
Mary, my heart ached for the writer friend you referred to in your post.
My conference experiences have been positive–if I don't know someone, I'll introduce myself. If I see someone who looks uncomfortable, I'll try to initiate conversation.
I adore people and I'm blessed when I make those "God connections" that I know will last a lifetime.
You and I had a lovely dinner, remember? I got to talk, and you blinked as I used up all the oxygen in the room.
I'm not sure how much Diet Coke I consumed, but I recall you smiled. A lot.-
Jennifer … Diet Coke! It took this surgery and too much stomach acid caused by my antibiotics to break me from it! Nothing carbonated at home tastes good … but McDonald's Diet Coke still tastes wonderful! Isn't that odd?!!
I've since given up the poison that is Diet Coke, and only have it if I have a migraine. I can barely tolerate it any more! And the fact that aspartame is a complex neuro-toxin also kills the buzz.
Beautiful post, Mary. Especially as Christians, we should never make everything "all about us." We need to remember it is Christianity, not ChristianiME. When we take care of what God wants us to, He will take care of us. Conferences are great opportunities to be an Ambassador for Christ.
So true, Jim.
The conference banquet room should not in any way resemble the high school cafeteria.
Great, Jenny!
So true.
I resonated with what you shared Mary. It's easy to be focused on that next class, that next agent/editor appointment and miss meeting someone. Miss making a connection with a person who may be feeling very shy. I'm learning to live more in this moment and less in the "I've got to get/do/be ___________" moments.
When I've reached out to someone who sitting alone, it's always been a great experience. And, when someone does that for me? I'm ever so grateful.
Jeanne, you are one of the most regal, composed people I have ever known. You bring calm by walking in the room, even your voice is soothing.
Just take the compliment.
I am SO thankful for you, and so very blessed by you.
Jennifer, I remember spotting you at ACFW last fall and recognizing you, but I didn't speak because I was feeling shy at the moment. Mm-hmm, that's me! But I remember that you looked so nice and that you had beautiful blue eyes. (Hope I'm not embarrassing you.) Also, I may have shied away because you were sitting with some very reputable agents and I might have been a bit intimidated!
Awww, wow. Thank you for the lovely compliments…said the girl currently wearing track pants and hiking boots. Next time, PLEASE come say hello!?
Will do, Jennifer.
Jeanne, You reached out to me last fall at ACFW and sat down beside me during a workshop. I felt as if I already knew you and that you were a friend! I would say that you are living your convictions and staying in the moment. Thank you.
Oops, that last comment should have gone a little higher up the list to Jeanne!
Thanks, Angela. I hope we can get to know each other better the next time we're at the same conference!
Andrew thanks for disclosing your memories..
Ah, conference! My favorite time of the year! Like Jennifer, I am very introverted and shy around new people. I know, you believe that more about me than her, right? Seriously. I forced myself to go to my first ACFW conference because I knew it was an important step if I wanted to go further in my writing journey. Since then, oh seven or so years later, I have missed maybe one conference. For me now, it is like class reunion. I have made so many lasting friendships over the years it's not even funny. People who have and continue to enrich my life. Every day. It's also a great opportunity to meet face to face with my agent and the Bookies, and catch up with what's up in the publishing biz. Your post is a great reminder though, to keep an eye out for those loners who may just need someone to talk to. Sometimes we're so busy enjoying each other that we forget what that first conference was like. And sometimes, believe it or not, I still feel intimidated – especially at ACFW where the crowd seems to double each year. Not my cup of tea, which is why I need my buddies to hang on to when I go into the dining room! I'd love to go to Mt. Hermon. Maybe next year.
I remember seeing you at the other "foreigners" table at the zone breakfast. I can't remember if I knew who you were or not, but people had mention edyou several times. "Ohh, that blond? SHE'S Cathy West!"
And now? Well, let's just say I'm thankful for ACFW so I got to at least SEE you. I was too chicken to say hello.
I find mingling at conferences difficult, too. I try my best to sit at a table with writers I don't know, and luckily it's always worked out.
Mary, I really appreciate this reminder since I'm leaving for Mount Hermon tomorrow. I'm thrilled to meet many people in person who I've only interacted with online until now, some from this blog community. I feel a little extroversion seeping through my veins even as I think about it. But I still want to be inclusive and aware of those on the outskirts because I've been there myself.
Jeanette Hanscome has set up a wonderful buddy system at Mount Hermon that I benefited from during my first year of attendance. Now, I look forward to partnering up with multiple first time attendees.
At conference last year, there was a faculty member who sat alone at her table and although we'd never met before, and she was soft spoken, I asked many questions and learned some interesting tidbits about her.
In previous years, I've intentionally not roomed with someone I know because it's neat to see the way the Lord creatively pairs me up with people I may not have come in contact with otherwise. -
I am going to be that introverted, alone person tomorrow, so I really appreciate this. I always tell my girls to look for people that are alone, at their theater group, church, classes, etc. They have both made close friends because they will be the only one that reaches out to the quiet kid. I try to do this, too, but sometimes it's hard to step out of my shell. I'll be on the lookout at MH for anyone else that might be in my boat
Never fear Angela, we'll find each other.
I'm attending my first Christian conference in May…ALONE! I'm excited for a few days devoted to thinking and learning about writing. I'm also a little terrified of the aforementioned high-school-lunch-table scenarios. I love the "start a new table" idea! However, I did sign up to room with two strangers! So, at the very least, I'm counting on an adventure.
Grace and peace.
First time posting here, and Mt Hermon this weekend will be my first conference. And all alone for this one, so hopefully I will make some new friends.
Also, can someone tell me how to upload my picture so it will appear by my post?-
Henry, hopefully we can meet at Mount Hermon this weekend. You're sure to be blessed by the conference and the people you'll get to know.
thanks, Jenni. Yes, the blessings will be unavoidable
Henry, I'd love to meet you this weekend, too. Go to gravatar.com and register your email. Every time you use that email address to leave a comment on a site that uses it, like this one, the photo you've uploaded to gravatar will show up.
thanks, Angela!
Thanks to all for your sympathy on Elvis' passing.
He was God's Wedding Present for our remarriage – Barbara and I were remarried (after a divorce) in las Vegas in June 2004. She lived in Indiana, I in Texas, and after meeting for the marriage we flew to our respective homes.
On the day after I returned, a scrawny little dog ran out into the road, forcing me to swerve into a ditch. He then ran to the driver's door – which window was open – and jumped into my lap. I told him that if he wanted to ride with me, he had to sit in the back seat, like all good children. So he did.
Barbara had forbade me to have our remarriage performed by an Elvis impersonator (though I did wear blue suede shoes!), but I figured that, being in Indiana, she couldn't say much if I named our new family member Elvis.
He grew into a sleek and powerful boxer/pit mix, and died in his sleep, with a smile on his face.
See you 'round, buddy. Wait for me.
Thanks for allowing this digression, guys.
My advice: Look for a table with a writer who brought their dog. If the person won't talk to you, then talk to their dog.
Dogs are better listeners than most people but just remember, they won't loan you money or drive you to the airport.
Love this!
Can we all agree that we all have carte blanche to strike up a conversation with people we've met on the Books & Such blog? We could have a code phrase, say, "I'm a friend of Janet." lol!
I attended my first ACFW conference shortly after joining. I hadn't made any connections yet and knew no one there. The last day during worship, I sat alone. The last song ended on an emotional high note and afterwards, the lady behind me took me by surprise and hugged me. Mary Ellis became a cherished friend and my biggest cheerleader as I wait for a breakthrough with my writing. I serve as an influencer for her. Being alone can allow God-Moments to happen.
Thanks for sharing this Terri.
The whole being the only one at the table that doesn't know everyone feeling, that can go for when you go to church too. Imagine it's your first time, and everyone knows everyone and nobody notices you.
As a new kid all through school, I know how painful being new can be. I always try to be the Welcome Wagon wherever I go.
You meet lots of interesting people that way!
I remember my very first large Conference in Minneapolis. I was very blessed to sit at a table with Cynthia Ruchti!
She took time to get to know all of us at the table, listening to our stories and asking questions. Today Cynthia is still a great friend. To think it was all forged out of her willingness to share her time with me, a newbie.
Now when I go to conferences I try to say hi to others who wore the same look I did at that first conference. Deer-In-The-Headlights. If you look around and see that face it is a sure sign of an opportunity to make a new friend!
A wonderful post, Mary. At my last conference I was determined to approach people I didn't know–because I went alone. It worked very well and it gave me people to accost during the rest of the conference. However, there was one time … a few people sat alone at a table. I joined them, made introductions, and asked them about their writing, but… nothing clicked. Even after the table filled up, it was awkward and the conversation never flowed. The fact is, sometimes it just doesn't work no matter how hard you try to be friendly. Don't get discouraged. Try, try again.
I've only attended one writer's conference, last year at Mount Hermon, and while I was so fortunate to room with my dear friend, author and speaker, B.J. Taylor, one day at lunch we couldn't sit together so I decided to just pick a table and not worry about who else was there. As in strangers!
I turned around and right in front of me was a table half full of women, including an African American with three empty seats beside her.
I started towards the far side of her, and then thought, "How would I feel if I was her?" so I went back and asked if anyone was sitting beside her and she said, "No."
As we visited through the meal, we all talked about what we wrote and the lady said she loved Guideposts and wanted to write for them.
Oh! I'm a writer for Guideposts! So I told her she had to take Rick's class or B.J.'s, and a bit about doing stories for them.
When we all finished eating and were getting ready to leave, she looked around the table and said, "I want to tell you all. I've felt so alone here that I decided I was going to leave after this meal." Then she smiled this big smile and said, "Because you have been so wonderful to me today, I've decided to stay and finish the conference."
I about died. If I had chosen to avoid her and sit by another "white" lady, we would have never visited about her dreams, and desires to write for a magazine I could tell her about. To this day, I thank God for putting me there, and I hope she has kept on writing with great success. -
We had a similar experience at a wedding reception. Started a new table and it filled with a group of college students (we're retired). It was a little difficult, at times, but turns out the young lady next to me was in engineering and I have a computer programming background, so we were soon chatting about The Big Bang Theory (TV show) and other nerdy things. Got me out of my shell and I had a good time.
My first conference experience, I was 6 months pregnant in a massive hotel, all alone. I spent the "free" night, where everyone got to enjoy each other's company at parties and going out, in the hotel room eating honey dew melon. It was a lonely conference, even for an extrovert like myself. I'm not one to bully my way into a "circle". So, I try to look for out of place loners, or people who sit off to the side. Sometimes those become the best friendships!
Just got back from the Calvin College Festival of Faith and want to say thank you for your words of challenge. They prompted me to notice and talk to the solo participants I encountered, including a delightful young man from Australia who was feeling overwhelmed.


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