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Solina Richter
Faculty of NursingUniversity Terrace Building, R 7-50L
8303 112 street
- Associate professor
Subject areas and related deposits
Adolescent health
Accessibility of adolescent health services
Adolescents represent a large proportion of the population. As they mature and become sexually active, they face more serious health risks. Most face these risks with too little factual information, too little guidance about sexual responsibility and multiple barriers to accessing health care. A typical descriptive and explanatory design was used to determine what the characteristics of an accessible adolescent health service should be. Important results and conclusions that were reached indicate that the adolescent want a medical doctor and a registered nurse to be part of the health team treating them and they want to be served in the language of their choice. Family planning, treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and psychiatric services for the prevention of suicide are services that should be included in an adolescent accessible health service. The provision of health education concerning sexual transmitted diseases and AIDS is a necessity. The service should be available thought out the week (included Saturdays) and within easy reach. It is recommended that minor changes in existing services be made, that will contribute towards making a health delivery service an adolescent accessible service. An adolescent accessible health service can in turn make a real contribution to the community's efforts to improve the health of its adolescents and can prove to be a rewarding professional experience to the health worker.Download
- Accessibility of adolescent health services
The perception of South African adolescents regarding primary health care services
Most of the South African public health facilities fail to provide adolescent-friendly health services. A quantitative, descriptive research study was conducted at Stinkwater, a rural area in Hammanskraal, South Africa. The objective of the study was to describe the adolescent's preferences regarding primary health care services. A survey was conducted among 119 adolescents. It was found that adolescents wished to be involved in the planning of the activities of the adolescent health service, and that friendliness and respect for adolescents were seen as desirable characteristics of an adolescent-friendly health care service. Adolescents preferred services to be available throughout the week and to be located at the school, youth center, community center, hospital, or clinic. Health education was indicated as a priority and the health care team should include different members of a multidisciplinary team. Adolescents preferred that their health services be separated from adult services and that a male nurse be employed in the adolescent service in order to create a less feminine image. It was also recommended that all adolescents be educated about the types of services available. Understanding health care service preferences of adolescents is needed in order to deliver optimal health care to this group.Download
Capacity building nurses
Qualitative Research in an International Research Program: Maintaining Momentum while Building Capacity in Nurses.
Nurses are knowledgeable about issues that affect quality and equity of care and are well qualified to inform policy, yet their expertise is seldom acknowledged and their input infrequently invited. In 2007, a large multidisciplinary team of researchers and decision-makers from Canada and five low- and middle-income countries (Barbados, Jamaica, Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa) received funding to implement a participatory action research (PAR) program entitled "Strengthening Nurses' Capacity for HIV Policy Development in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean." The goal of the research program was to explore and promote nurses' involvement in HIV policy development and to improve nursing practice in countries with a high HIV disease burden. A core element of the PAR program was the enhancement of the research capacity, and particularly qualitative capacity, of nurses through the use of mentorship, role-modeling, and the enhancement of institutional support. In this article we: (a) describe the PAR program and research team; (b) situate the research program by discussing attitudes to qualitative research in the study countries; (c) highlight the incremental formal and informal qualitative research capacity building initiatives undertaken as part of this PAR program; (d) describe the approaches used to maintain rigor while implementing a complex research program; and (e) identify strategies to ensure that capacity building was locally-owned. We conclude with a discussion of challenges and opportunities and provide an informal analysis of the research capacity that was developed within our international team using a PAR approach.Download
- Qualitative Research in an International Research Program: Maintaining Momentum while Building Capacity in Nurses.
The educational and supportive needs of informal caregivers working at Refentse Clinic, Hammanskraal
Informal caregivers have long been used as health care providers. It is also not uncommon in present days, to see such practice in the community. This practice of caring normally occurs within the context of the family. The purpose of the study is to explore and describe the educational and supportive needs of informal caregivers. This will assist in planning and establishing health education programmes and a supportive network, for the informal caregivers at Refentse clinic, at Hammanskraal. A qualitative, explorative and descriptive design was followed, to collect the data. Participants in this study were informal caregivers, who were involved in Refentse clinic and resided in Stinkwater village. The method of choice, to gather data, was focus groups. An unstructured interview with a schedule was followed. Tesch's method was used, to analyse the data. The results indicated that the informal caregivers' educational needs were mostly concentrated on health promotion and disease prevention activities. Their needs concerning support, mainly concentrated around support from government, the community, the University and the Primary Health Care clinic, in the area where they are serving. Personal needs focused on recognition and respect.Download
- The educational and supportive needs of informal caregivers working at Refentse Clinic, Hammanskraal
Child Health
Perception of the health of children living and working on the streets of Sunnyside - Part 1: Literature review and methodogly
The phenomenon of street children is generating increasing concern in South Africa. The number of street children has grown because of the current economic hardship in South Africa, increasing levels of violence and widespread family and community disruption. In terms of health, it is clear that street children may be vulnerable to a range of severe risks. The street child's view of health may differ considerably from that of the researcher. Discrepancies exist between the perceptions of the street children, and those of community health workers. This can have serious consequences when planning health promotion strategies (Jenkins & Emmet 1997:427). The purpose of the study was to describe the perceptions of street children concerning their own health. A qualitative descriptive design was followed in this study. Focus groups were used to obtain data. The findings of this research revealed five categories: • Influences the environment has on street children's wellness • Paths of homelessness of street children of Sunnyside that play a leading role in their wellness • Wellness seeking behaviors of the street children of Sunnyside and the access to care they make use of • Sources of advice and wellness education the street children of Sunnyside make use of • Illnesses perceived by the street children of SunnysideDownload
- Perception of the health of children living and working on the streets of Sunnyside - Part 1: Literature review and methodogly
- Perception of the health of children living and working on the streets of Sunnyside - Part 2: Methodology, interpretation, and recommendations Download
Childbirth education
Standards for perinatal education - Part 1
Quality control in perinatal education is imperative, with the purpose to deliver a high quality and appropriate healthcare service to the family in the perinatal period. The purpose of this study was to develop valid standards for perinatal education in South Africa. To reach this goal, the study proceeded as follows: Development phase - concepts were developed for perinatal education, - the concepts were logically systematised and formulated in concept standards, - the standards were presented for peer group review with the purpose of refinement and further development. Quantification phase - the statistical validity of the standards was determined/calculated. After completion of the study the researcher reached the conclusion that quality perinatal education must adhere to the following standards: • A philosophy for perinatal education must exist. • The perinatal facilitator must be a well trained professional person, and must possess certain personal traits. • The perinatal education style/method must adapt according to the client's socio-economic status, age, marital status and needs. • The perinatal facilitator must make use of acknowledged teaching methods and techniques in order to facilitate learning. • The perinatal education must comply with certain minimum requirements in order to make it accessible and acceptable to the client. • The perinatal facilitator must complete a preparatory phase before she is allowed to give education. • A perinatal education programme must have a curriculum that can be adapted to the client's circumstances. • Perinatal education must be presented purposefully. • The end result of perinatal education must focus on a healthy baby and a healthy, empowered mother, family and community.Download
- Standards for perinatal education - Part 1
Standards for perinatal education - Part 2
M.S. Richter. (2002). Standards for perinatal education - Part 2. Curationis, 25(1), 11-20. doi: 10.4102/curationis.v25i1.697.Download
Confidentiality and treatment decisions of minor clients: a health professional's dilemma & policy makerschallenge.
Issues relating to confidentiality and consent for physical and mental health treatment with minor clients can pose challenges health care providers. Decisions need to be made regarding these issues despite the absence of clear, direct, or comprehensive policies and legislation. In order to fully understand the scope of this topic, a systemic review of several pieces of legislation and guidelines related to this topic are examined. These include the: Canadian Human Rights Act, Children's Rights: International and National Laws and Practices, Health Information Act, Gillick Competence and Medical Emancipation, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act, Common Law Mature Minor Doctrine, and Alberta Health Services Consent to Treatment/Practice(s) Minor/Mature Minor. In order to assist health professionals with decisions regarding confidentiality and treatment with minor clients a case study and guide for decision-making is also presented.Download
- Confidentiality and treatment decisions of minor clients: a health professional's dilemma & policy makerschallenge.
Content analysis
Homelessness Coverage in Major Canadian Newspapers, 1987 – 2007
This article describes how the Canadian printed news media depicted the homeless and their situations between 1987 and 2007. Our study used a descriptive, cross-sectional design and a content analysis was conducted on selected newspaper articles on homelessness issues. The main themes were housing-related issues, profiling of homelessness, health-related issues, economic factors, illegal activities, community aid and support, and social factors as cause of homelessness. Housing related issues, community aid and support, profiling of homelessness and economic factors were addressed in 85.3% of the stories. This study provides a retrospective examination of the media's interests in and portrayal of the homeless and homelessness issues.Download
- Homelessness Coverage in Major Canadian Newspapers, 1987 – 2007
Global homelessness
Research Planning for Global Poverty and Homelessness Policies and Services: A Case Study of a Joint Canadian-South Africa Initiative
Global poverty, homelessness and health-related issues require both international and country-specific research to explore best collaborative approaches, determine relevant global health services and policy research questions, and explore how collaborative partnerships and research can be applied in practice with people who are homeless. A workshop was organized in South Africa with Canadian and South African researchers, non-researchers and community leaders, and community charitable organizations. Open discussions focused on the approaches for joint research, capacity building and knowledge transfer initiatives regarding low income and homelessness issues. One of the results is a guiding framework for these initiatives.Download
- Research Planning for Global Poverty and Homelessness Policies and Services: A Case Study of a Joint Canadian-South Africa Initiative
Homelessness Coverage, Social Reality, and Media ownership: Comparing a National Newspaper with two Regional Newspapers in Canada
The media plays an important role in the discourse of homelessness. The purpose of this study was to compare how two Alberta newspapers (Calgary Herald and Edmonton Journal) and one national newspaper(the Globe and Mail) covered homeless issues in terms of population, main themes, article type, monthly differences, and critical time periods. Through purposive sampling technique, 449 articles from 1987 to 2007 were selected for analysis, including 128 news articles from the Edmonton Journal, 152 from the Calgary Herald and 169 from the Globe and Mail. A content analysis showed that these newspapers have different agenda settings for homelessness related issues. We argue that the differences among the newspapers' coverage on homelessness are directly related to media ownership, and the unique economic and political structure and ideology at national and provincial levels.Download
A Systematic Review on the Intersection of Homelessness and Healthcare in Canada
Background: Nurses must understand the needs and barriers of people who are homeless when they are in a health care environment in order to render effective care. Objective: The objective of this review is to synthesize research findings on studies that examine the needs and barriers of people who are homeless in Canada when they intersect with health care providers. Methods: A scope of manuscripts, published in English from 1980 to 2011 that assess the needs and barriers of people experiencing homelessness in Canada when in the health sector without limitation on study design from different electronic databases and manual searches, was conducted. Results: Six articles (N=4 qualitative, N=2 quantitative) met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Eight themes emerged from a narrative synthesis of the findings. Conclusion: Individuals who are homeless have multiple needs when in the health care sector. Thus, collaboration among different disciplines is essential in order to provide them with holistic care.Download
Identification of nursing assessment models/tools validated in clinical practice for use with diverse ethnocultural groups: an integrative review of the literature
Background: High income nations are currently exhibiting increasing ethno-cultural diversity which may present challenges for nursing practice. We performed an integrative review of literature published in North America and Europe between 1990 and 2007, to map the state of knowledge and to identify nursing assessment tools/models which are have an associated research or empirical perspective in relation to ethno-cultural dimensions of nursing care. Methods: Data was retrieved from a wide variety of sources, including key electronic bibliographic databases covering research in biomedical fields, nursing and allied health, and culture, e.g. CINAHL, MEDline, PUBmed, Cochrane library, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and HAPI. We used the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme tools for quality assessment. We applied Torraco's definition and method of an integrative review that aims to create new knowledge and perspectives on a given phenomena. To add methodological rigor with respect to the search strategy and other key review components we also used the principles established by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. Results: Thirteen thousand and thirteen articles were retrieved, from which 53 full papers were assessed for inclusion. Eight papers met the inclusion criteria, describing research on a total of eight ethno-cultural assessment tools/models. The tools/models are described and synthesized. Conclusions: While many ethno-cultural assessment tools exist to guide nursing practice, few are informed by research perspectives. An increased focus on the efficiency and effectiveness of health services, patient safety, and risk management, means that provision of culturally responsive and competent health services will inevitably become paramount.Download
- Identification of nursing assessment models/tools validated in clinical practice for use with diverse ethnocultural groups: an integrative review of the literature
Nursing assessment
Evaluating the utility of the FamCHAT ethnocultural nursing assessment tool at a Canadian tertiary care hospital: a pilot study with recommendations for hospital management
Objectives: The multicultural nature of Canadian society and the decline in health of immigrants after relocation to Canada prioritizes a commitment to ensure equity in health care access and outcomes. An important feature shaping health care access and outcomes is the reception of culturally safe and competent care. Partnering with senior management at a tertiary care hospital, this pilot study aimed to investigate whether an identified cultural assessment tool, the Family Cultural Heritage Assessment Tool (FamCHAT), validated for use in a rural primary care setting, was suitable for use in tertiary care. The objectives were to investigate: 1) whether using the FamCHAT enabled the nurses to elicit assessment information from their patients who represent diverse ethnocultural groups, and 2) the nurses' perspectives on the practical use of this form in their clinical practice. Methods: Nurses purposively selected from the Women's, Surgery and Medicine units were asked to complete the FamCHAT form with all patients admitted during a three-month period in 2009. Focus group interviews were then held to learn the nurses' perspectives related to the form's constructs and its use in their practice. The data from the completed FamCHAT forms were tabulated and analyzed using descriptive statistics to determine the extent of completion and accuracy, and the sample characteristics. The interview data was analyzed using qualitative analytical software (ATLAS.ti Scientific Software Development, GmbH, Germany) and Roper and Shapira's framework for analysis of ethnographic data. Results: The nurses filled out forty-four FamCHAT forms with patients having a diverse ethnocultural profile. In many forms, several questions were either left blank or answered incorrectly with regard to the guidance notes containing categorical answers for the variables of family size and language. Nine nurses participated in two focus groups (n = 4 and n = 5) and one in an individual interview. Five themes emerged from the qualitative data analysis: feasibility of using the FamCHAT in acute care practice; ethnocultural awareness needs of the participating nurses; perspectives of nurses about patient concerns; potential for enhancement to nursing care assessments; and suggestions for enhancing and facilitating a new tool or approach. Nurses participating in the interviews thought that the constructs within FamCHAT could be useful for enhancing nursing assessments in their practice, but thought the tool was too long, was repetitive to some of their current assessment data, and had questions many patients were uncomfortable answering. One option suggested in both focus groups was to embed the most useful constructs into existing assessment frameworks. Some of the variables were thought to be of limited relevancy for some nursing specialties. Conclusions: The findings provided valuable information for the hospital management in their efforts to revise nursing assessment tools. Consideration is being given to integrating some of the constructs into their existing nursing assessment, with recognition that each unit might benefit from different approaches. Other, systematic, approaches to enhancing cultural competency also need to be considered. This study highlights the importance of validating practice tools for use in settings that differ from those used for their original development.Download
- Evaluating the utility of the FamCHAT ethnocultural nursing assessment tool at a Canadian tertiary care hospital: a pilot study with recommendations for hospital management
Public Health
Perception of rural teenagers on teenage pregnancy
It is important to seek an understanding of teenagers' perceptions regarding teenage pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the perceptions of teenagers in Bushbuckridge district in the Limpopo Province, South Africa, towards teenage pregnancy. An explorative qualitative research design was used with convenience sampling to select participants. Thirty-two teenagers participated; 10 boys and 22 girls. Face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect data. Tesch's method of data analysis was used. Three main categories emerged from the analyses of the interviews: (1) teenagers' attitudes and perceptions of teenage pregnancy, (2) teenagers' level of knowledge of contraception, and also (3) their reasons for becoming pregnant. Teenage pregnancy poses significant social and health problems in the Bushbuckridge district and has implications for all health care professionals. Given the complexity of this problem, health care professionals working with this group should develop a wide range of practical and interpersonal skills.Download
- Perception of rural teenagers on teenage pregnancy
Tuberculosis in the era of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus: Assessment and comparison of community knowledge of both infections in rural Uganda.
Background In Uganda, despite a significant public health burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the context of high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence, little is known about community knowledge of TB. The purpose of this study was to assess and compare knowledge about TB and HIV in the general population of western Uganda and to examine common knowledge gaps and misconceptions. Methods We implemented a multi-stage survey design to randomly survey 360 participants from one district in western Uganda. Weighted summary knowledge scores for TB and HIV were calculated and multiple linear regression (with knowledge score as the dependant variable) was used to determine significant predictors. Six focus group discussions were conducted to supplement survey findings. Results Mean (SD) HIV knowledge score was 58 (12) and TB knowledge score was 33 (15), both scores out of 100. The TB knowledge score was statistically significantly (p < 0.001) lower. Multivariate regression models included age, sex, marital status, education, residence, and having a friend with HIV/TB as independent variables. TB knowledge was predicted by rural residence (coefficient = −6.27, 95% CI: -11.7 to −0.8), and age ≥45 years (coefficient = 7.45, 95% CI: 0.3-14.6). HIV knowledge was only predicted by higher education (coefficient = 0.94, 95%CI: 0.3-1.6). Focus group participants mentioned various beliefs in the aetiology of TB including sharing cups, alcohol consumption, smoking, air pollution, and HIV. Some respondents believed that TB was not curable. Conclusion TB knowledge is low and many misconceptions about TB exist: these should be targeted through health education programs. Both TB and HIV-infection knowledge gaps could be better addressed through an integrated health education program on both infections, whereby TB program managers include HIV information and vice versa.Download
- Tuberculosis in the era of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus: Assessment and comparison of community knowledge of both infections in rural Uganda.
A case study: Retrospective analysis of homeless women in a Canadian city.
A retrospective study was performed using the case files of women shelter users to profile and describe the factors that are associated with homelessness in the women population in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Case files (660) were extracted by selecting every fifth file in each group (one group per year) beginning in 1985. Of all the files examined, the mean age was 34 years. Fifty three percent were single women and half were Aboriginal. Main reasons given for using the shelters were housing problems and involvement in abusive relationships. Thirty eight percent of women used shelters only once, while 25.6 % were considered chronic users. Establishing the profile of homeless women proved difficult because of the lack of usable data. What is urgently needed for women shelters is the creation of a standardized admission form that incorporates sensitivity and flexibility for each shelter admission.Download
- A case study: Retrospective analysis of homeless women in a Canadian city.


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Sunshine Enterprises provides neighborhood centered entrepreneurial training in Chicago's struggling communities. The in-depth technical assistance helps individuals forge a path to self-sufficiency through teaching fundamental business management skills and creating pathways to long-term growth. Additionally, Sunshine partners with micro lending agencies and financial institutions to provide access to capital where needed. It is a program of Sunshine Gospel Ministries.
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Voter turnout stats for this week's gubernatorial primary weren't encouraging anywhere in Maryland, especially not in Montgomery County.
The solidly blue county of 630,255 registered voters had a turnout rate of just 16.34 percent after Tuesday's elections, the lowest of any county in the state.
Almost 24 percent of the county's Democrats turned out, an unimpressive mark that nonetheless looks to have been lifted by higher than average Democratic turnout in Bethesda and Chevy Chase precincts.
In legislative District 16, which covers Bethesda, part of North Bethesda and Potomac, 28.55 percent of registered Democrats voted either Tuesday or in early voting. That's a total of 14,461 voters and good for the best Democratic turnout rate of any legislative district in the county.
In County Council District 1 — the race incumbent Councilmember Roger Berliner won against Duchy Trachtenberg — 23,475 Democrats voted for a turnout rate of 28.75 percent, again the best turnout among council districts in Montgomery.
Boiling those numbers down even further will show many Bethesda and Chevy Chase polling places had Democratic turnouts surpassing 30 percent — a modest but significant fact for a state that as a whole had a primary turnout of roughly 22 percent.
The polling place at Rollingwood School Center in Chevy Chase (3200 Woodbine St.) had the best Democratic turnout among local precincts with 38.18 of registered Democrats voting either on Tuesday or in early voting.
Chevy Chase Village Hall, Clara Barton Community Center, Chevy Chase Elementary School, Westbrook Elementary School and Bethesda Library were among the local precincts that got votes from at least 30 percent of its registered Democrats.
Electronic polling book problems early on Tuesday at Bethesda Library, Chevy Chase Elementary and Westland Middle School didn't seem to hurt turnout. Some voters who showed up at the start of voting at 7 a.m. had to fill out paper provisional ballots or return later because electronic voting cards weren't working.
At Somerset Elementary School, near the home of attorney general nominee Brian Frosh, 772 Democrats voted on Tuesday or during early voting. Anecdotal evidence on Tuesday suggested voting there and at nearby precincts was higher than elsewhere because of Frosh's popularity and what was expected to be a tough race against Baltimore County Del. Jon Cardin.
Two of the worst local turnouts came at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, which actually was the voting place for two precincts. One B-CC precinct reported 24.88 percent Democratic turnout, the other reported just 19.28 percent Democratic turnout.
Friendship Heights Village Center, thought by some to be a key precinct because of its surrounding senior population, pulled in 652 total Democratic voters for a turnout of just 26.45 percent.
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Creative Group is a leading Ukrainian integrated agro-industrial company, one of the largest processors of agricultural products in Ukraine , which is engaged in production of sunflower oil and meal, fats and margarines, soybean oil and meal, biofuel pellets and also agriculture – crop production and livestock farming. Strategy of Creative Group provides dynamic development of key business directions, increasing of production capacity, and also improving of financial results of company and additional capital raising in business of the Group.
At the Ukrainian market Group now is one of the leaders in production of fats and margarines (with market share of over 30%) and is among 3 top Ukrainian processors of sunflower seeds, and also is one of the leading companies of soybean processing on installed capacities (with share market about 24%).
The Group includes own production facilities, in particular 9 plants located in Kirovograd region:
- 3 sunflower seed processing plants with a total capacity of about 1,1 million tons per year;
- 4 plants for production of modified fats and margarines with total annual production capacity of over 200 thousand tons of finished products;
- plant for soybean processing with capacity of about 270 thousand tons per year;
- agricultural enterprises: plant for the production of pellets, crop farms, livestock-breeding complex;
Besides that, the Group has 8 elevator complexes in Kirovograd, Nikolayev, Kiev, Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions. Group also operates a land bank of 30 thousand hectares involved under agriculture.
For development of business and ensuring of its production facilities with high-quality raw materials Group actively cooperates with farming enterprises in all regions of Ukraine. The Group has own vehicle fleet consisting of more than 300 trucks, with help of which transports sunflower seeds, crude sunflower oil, tropical oils, fats, sunflower and soybean meal.
Creative Group sells its products both to industrial companies and among end-consumers. Group's enterprises producing non-brand products and also products under TM "Sonola", TM "Delikon" TM "Divnoe", TM "Mum." Group sells its products in all regions of Ukraine and exported it to more than 25 countries of the world.
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Grades 9-10
Speaking and Listening SL.9-10.5
SL.9-10.5. Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
This standard asks students to use their laptops, tablets, and smartphones for something more than texting and playing Angry Birds. As it turns out, not only are these items great for entertainment and keeping track of the latest gossip, but they're also great ways to get the audience involved in a speech by encouraging them to do something they already spend several hours a day doing: staring at a screen. (Added bonus: Your students can finally teach you how to run the classroom's DVD player!)
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Teaching Guides Using this Standard
- 1984 Teacher Pass
- A Raisin in the Sun Teacher Pass
- A View from the Bridge Teacher Pass
- Animal Farm Teacher Pass
- Antigone Teacher Pass
- Beowulf Teacher Pass
- Brave New World Teacher Pass
- Death of a Salesman Teacher Pass
- Fahrenheit 451 Teacher Pass
- Fences Teacher Pass
- Frankenstein Teacher Pass
- Grapes Of Wrath Teacher Pass
- Great Expectations Teacher Pass
- Hamlet Teacher Pass
- Heart of Darkness Teacher Pass
- Julius Caesar Teacher Pass
- Lord of the Flies Teacher Pass
- Oedipus the King Teacher Pass
- Of Mice and Men Teacher Pass
- Romeo and Juliet Teacher Pass
- The Aeneid Teacher Pass
- The As I Lay Dying Teacher Pass
- The Bluest Eye Teacher Pass
- The Canterbury Tales General Prologue Teacher Pass
- The Canterbury Tales: The Miller's Tale Teacher Pass
- The Cask of Amontillado Teacher Pass
- The Catch-22 Teacher Pass
- The Catcher in the Rye Teacher Pass
- The Crucible Teacher Pass
- The Great Gatsby Teacher Pass
- The House on Mango Street Teacher Pass
- The Iliad Teacher Pass
- The Lottery Teacher Pass
- The Odyssey Teacher Pass
- Their Eyes Were Watching God Teacher Pass
- Things Fall Apart Teacher Pass
- To Kill a Mockingbird Teacher Pass
- Twilight Teacher Pass
- Wuthering Heights Teacher Pass
Example 1
Sample Activities for Use in Class
1. What Can We Use?
Give students a broad sample topic. They can work on this either in groups or as a class. The topic can be nearly anything, as long as there are several different digital media options available to present information on that topic. (For instance: "How Airplanes Stay Up," "The Least Interesting U.S. President Ever," and so on.) Have students brainstorm possible digital media options for displaying information on this topic to an audience of their peers, both in small group interactions and in large lecture-hall-type settings.
Some of the options, like PowerPoint slides or videos, may be obvious. Encourage students to move beyond the obvious, however, by thinking in terms of interactive tools like audience quizzes or by changing "classic" media to a digital format, like electronic documents or e-books. You may also want to have students rank the perceived usefulness of each item, giving their reasons why it is extremely useful, somewhat useful, or not at all useful. If a type of digital media seems "not at all useful," have students name something that is useful that could replace it.
Example 2
2. Accommodations
Figuring out the best way to get a message across isn't always about amazing graphics and surround sound. In fact, preparing for the audience you're likely to have goes a lot further than having the latest technology.
For this activity, you may want to make a list yourself or have students make one of their own. The list should contain examples of several groups of people with disabilities or conditions that students would need to adapt a presentation for in order to ensure each person is able to understand the material and participate. For instance, you may include individuals who are visually or hearing impaired, have dyslexia or other learning disabilities, or have physical conditions that make it difficult for them to sit in a lecture hall or similar location long enough to hear a speech. Since some individuals have multiple disabilities, you may want to give some of the people on the list multiple conditions as well.
In groups or as a class, have students go through the list one example at a time and think of ways to adapt a simple speech - say, for a student body president campaign - so that each person on the list can understand the speech and participate in a question and answer or similar feedback session afterwards. For an added challenge, have students create a plan for a presentation that accommodates everyone on the list.
Quiz 1 QuestionsHere's an example of a quiz that could be used to test this standard.
Quiz 2 QuestionsHere's an example of a quiz that could be used to test this standard.
Aligned Resources
- Teaching 1984: It's Not Over Until the Fat Lady Sings
- Teaching A Farewell to Arms: If Hemingway Edited Hawthorne
- Teaching A Farewell to Arms: Touring the Novel
- Teaching A Good Man is Hard to Find: Touring the Sites of "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
- Teaching A Raisin in the Sun: Costume Design
- A Separate Peace: Blitzball for All
- A Separate Peace: Lost in Translation? (Mapping a Community)
- Teaching A Tale of Two Cities: Mapping A Tale of Two Cities
- Teaching A View from the Bridge: Playbill
- All Quiet on the Western Front: Eggnog in a Trench
- Teaching Animal Farm: Don't Wanna Be Your Beast of Burden: Animal Farm Music
- Teaching Animal Farm: To Preface or Not to Preface
- Teaching Antigone: On the Hunt for Civil Disobedience
- Teaching Antigone: Motif Slideshow
- Teaching Antigone: The First Three Letters of Funeral
- As I Lay Dying: Your Mother's a Fish: Faulkner and Modernist Art
- Teaching Beowulf: Are You Sure This is English?
- Teaching Beowulf: Adapting Beowulf
- Teaching Brave New World: Aldous Huxley: Oracle or Alarmist?
- Catch-22: Achilles' Heel: Antiheroes in Catch-22 and the Iliad
- Teaching Death of a Salesman: Selling the American Dream
- Emma: Emma on the Big Screen
- Teaching Fahrenheit 451: A Graphic's Worth A Thousand Words?
- Teaching Fahrenheit 451: Internet Censorship
- Teaching Fences: Singing the Blues
- Teaching Fences: Making a Collage – Bearden Style
- Teaching Frankenstein: Playing with Fire: Frankenstein as Modern Prometheus
- Teaching Frankenstein: Screenplay with a Twist
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Does anyone have any experience using vacuum food processors? I am looking a the Food Saver brand, which is on sale at Fred Meyers for $79.99. They seem to offer a lot of potential advantages for packing food-space savings, less spoilage, to name two. One thing I wonder is whether the bags are odor proof. I'd greatly appreciate any advice.
Tom, I have'nt tested them with critter noses, but to mine they are odor proof! I would'nt trust that they are because food could get in the material this side of the seal, too small for you to notice but enough for a critter such as a mouse,etc to smell it.
I used to pack with someone who vscuum-packed a spare pair of socks and lightweight gloves.
Tom, I do have one. It works well for what it does, reliably producing a vacuum sealed package. They are not necessarily the lightest or most easily used package for my trail needs these days. The Food Saver brand is much better quality (only a bit more expensive) than one I'd previously bought at Wal-Mart. My lovely bride gave me this one for Christmas.I used sealed bags when I first started making my own dehydrated trail meals several years ago. Even then I would pour boiling water in the opened bag and simmer the meal there. That works OK but I found that quart zip top bags are easier to use.As to the odor sealing, I wouldn't trust that a vacuum package would be enough to protect food from rodents or other critters. YMMV.These days, I use the vacuum package to seal things for trail use that I want to be completely certain are dry, such as my emergency fire starting kit.
I know this is an old thread, but I'm new and been reading through the posts.I have quite a bit of experience with cooking in vacuum packed bags. This is called Sous Vide cooking. It's sort of a high end foodie way of cooking foods to exact temps in a lab style water bath.Regarding odor with vacuum bags. This is going to depend on the brand and type of bag. You can pretty much vacuum seal any plastic bag, but there are some that are going to be more of a smell barrier than others. The typical FoodSaver bag is classified as a Boil safe bag. It has a nylon outer layer to act as an oxygen barrier. This helps the begs in the freezer to prevent freezer burn. The side effect is that this nylon layer also creates a smell barrier. This is something that your typical zip lock freezer bags do not have even though that are freezer bags. You can go one step further with vacuum bags and actually purchase bags designed for foods that are smelly. When you have a commercial product it can't have a smell in the package. I simple example is Jerky packaging. If you look for High EVOH (Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol) zipper bags you can find new jerky style bags for vacuum sealing. These wont work well in a Food Saver with a vacuum (they don't have the waffle texture), but you can still seal them. Now, do I know if the oxygen barrier on these bags is good enough to fool an animal? I don't, but its about as good as you can get. If you are really concerned you are going to want to seal your food and then clean the outside of the bag with some sort of cleaner to remove your smelly paw prints you applied while handling the bags and food.
I also have one but don't use it for backpacking. I repackage all but sealed foods that come in mylar bags into ziplocks. This gives me the ability to adjust proporitons, add seasonings, mix meals, etc. and reuse the zips for trash. We pack everything and the smallest zips are what we put TP in with all going into a 1 gallon zip. After an 8 day stint in the Grand Canyon we (wife and myself) brought our trash home and weighed it--13 oz. for all.
I used to vacuum seal almost everything believing I was saving space, but it turns out it actually takes more space. When you vacuum seal a typical dried meal it turns into a rock hard package. If everything is sealed the result is lots of wasted air space because the packages don't mesh together as well as looser packed ziplocks.I still use it for certain things though like hard breads, cheese, and my emergency fire kit. Plus I use it around the house a lot.
The actual Foodsaver bags are rediculously expensive and I feel like sometimes it actually costs more to save food I bought in bulk. Anyways, I have been buying from a seller on eBay who just created a store and in the most recent newsletter there's a promo code: THEVAKSHACK which gets you 15% off of your entire order at www.thevakshack.com . The bags are already insanely cheaper than the namebrand bags. I couldn't find an expiration date so you should be able to use it now. Let me know if you have any questions and I will fwd you the e-mail!
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Spark from a welding arc reaches disposable lighter in worker's pocket, causing it to explode and kill him.
[Morgan and Tucker, 1987]
Group 6 Welders & Welder Helpers:
Recently on a neighboring railroad, two Mechanical employees were killed as a result of butane cigarette lighters exploding. In both cases the men were involved in welding or burning, and sparks penetrated the plastic housing of the lighter, causing the liquid butane to explode with
the equivalent of three sticks of dynamite
Therefore, all employees involved in welding, cutting and grinding operations should immediately discontinue use of liquid butane lighters while on duty.
In addition to railroaders, construction workers and soldiers have been named as the ones killed in fatal throwaway lighter explosions.
Sometimes the explosion doesn't finish off the victim; it merely results in an injury that requires the amputation of the unfortunate worker's leg.
The exploding lighter legend emerged in the late 1970s. According to Morgan and Tucker, it probably began as a word-of-mouth rumor which, whatever its origins, was "soon picked up by worried officials and spread further with the help of copy machines."
Photocopied fliers alerting industrial workers to this "DEADLY HAZARD" circulated widely. They claimed, without crediting a source, that a butane lighter could explode with the force of three sticks of dynamite. In one popular version, two welders working for the Union Pacific Railroad were said to have carried disposable
butane lighters in their pockets; the lighters were ignited by sparks from a welding torch and exploded.
By November 1979, Union Pacific Railroad had fielded hundreds of calls from reporters and concerned foremen about these supposed horrific accidents, and it issued a press release about the rumor. In it, Union Pacific's safety director was quoted as saying: "It just didn't happen. Union Pacific certainly doesn't endorse butane lighters, or any other product, for that matter. But we are deeply concerned when our name is used in such a reckless story."
No welders working for Pacific Railroad or any other employer had been killed by exploding lighters, nor have any been killed in the years since the rumor's appearance. Yet even though the "welders killed by an exploding lighter" legend isn't true, it does not necessarily follow that butane lighters are completely safe and will never explode. In the legend, all it takes is an errant spark to set them off, but the chilling reality is that even well-constructed disposable lighters can, and have, blown up when left in too warm an environment. Leaving a lighter in a sunlit car or merely walking around with one in a pocket during a heatwave can be all it takes to turn a 99¢ convenience item into an explosion. Heat-induced pressure builds up inside, eventually creating too much force to be contained by the materials used in the lighter's housing. Some of these lighters have exploded in the pockets of jackets and shirts or gone
while lying on the dashboards of cars.
There's a great deal to what might otherwise be seen as a baseless "new technology is dangerous" rumor, as disposable lighters have exploded with alarming frequency. In 1995 a salesman's car burst into flames in Brussels when the liquid gas in
500 cigarette
lighters exploded in the hot sun. That same
year, who-knows-what sort of disaster was narrowly averted when one of a bagful of lighters a
New York
man was carrying onto a flight headed for the Dominican Republic blew up. Luckily, the bag had yet to be loaded onto the aircraft. The man was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment.
Scare stories are used to emphasize what are seen as important cautions. In this case, the caution against disposable lighters is driven home by the horrifying mental image of a man turned into a human fireball by such a mishap. His gruesome death is held up as an example of what might happen to
. Usually such tales are either outright fabrications or, when the "threats" have something to them, nothing more than exaggerations, with the warned-against activity consummated in the gore-dripped death of a foolhardy soul who engaged in the practice being decried. In those instances, even when the danger is real, the outcome as expressed in the story is not: The lurking menace is presented as a killer in order to make a point, not because such deaths have actually occurred.
Yet that is not quite the case here. A number of injuries have been caused by exploding disposable lighters, as well as, it appears, at least one death.
In 1985, 66-year-old
Ethel L.
Smith of Pennsylvania died from injuries sustained, it was asserted, when a Bic butane lighter exploded in her hands while she was using it to light her cigarette, and her estate sued Bic for
$11 million.
The disposition of the case is unknown. (Bic is known for resolving lawsuits against it out of court and, as part of the settlements, insisting the plaintiffs agree to refrain from discussing their cases. Information is thus very hard to come by about the lawsuits said to have been brought against Bic over the years, including whether plaintiffs were ultimately able to prove their loved ones had died as a result of what they'd claimed.)
Noted folklorist Jan Brunvand concluded that the folk version of the disposable lighter accident involving welders was untrue but the actual danger presented by the lighters was real. "The folk stories got the details wrong, but preserved the memories of such accidents that out-of-court settlements have suppressed for years."
Barbara "careful; your Bic may flick
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DTE Energy and Southern California Edison were named as new members of the Partnership by U.S. DOE Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Alexander (Andy) Karsner, who said the announcement "demonstrates a shared public-private sector commitment to accelerate the research, development and deployment of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles from the laboratory to the marketplace."
Speaking on behalf of USCAR and the U.S. automakers, Gerhard Schmidt, chief technical officer and vice president for Research and Advanced Engineering at Ford, acknowledged the importance of PHEVs, while noting they are just one of many alternative-fuel vehicles being researched and developed by the Detroit Three.
"Our production-focused research includes everything from increasingly efficient cars and trucks with advanced gasoline and clean diesel engines to hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines and fuel cells. It also includes vehicles powered by biofuels and ethanol, hybrid-electric vehicles and, of course, plug-in hybrids. Clearly, there is no silver bullet approach," he said.
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- 4 to 6 medium or large portabella mushrooms
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- One 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1/3 cup prepared chunky tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup sliced green onions (scallions)
- 1/3 cup sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, drained and chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 3 ounces (about 1/3 cup) fontina cheese, shredded
Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Remove stems from mushrooms.
Lightly brush both sides of mushrooms with oil; arrange on a baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes, turning once.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl combine spinach and tomato sauce. In another bowl, combine green onions, sun-dried tomatoes and crushed red pepper. Remove mushroom caps from the oven; place gill-side up on baking pan. Spoon spinach mixture into mushrooms, dividing evenly. Top each with an equal amount of the sun-dried tomato mixture and sprinkle with fontina cheese.
Return to oven until heated through and cheese begins to melt, 5 to 8 minutes. Serve with additional tomato sauce, if desired.
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Teaching is a complex activity, in fact it is one of the most complex occupations (Rowan 1994). There are many reasons for this. For example teachers have responsibility for diverse groups of students with varied and complex needs. Teachers are constantly making decisions: planning decisions, decisions during teaching, and decisions after teaching. An effective and informed teacher makes these decisions on the basis of a deep understanding of both their subject matter and education theory. Certainly skills are also essential and all teachers, however experienced, need to constantly up date their skills.
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Defining what it means to be professional is problematic. However one characteristic of gaining professional status is the requirement of a period of specialised training. For teachers in the Lifelong Learning Sector (LLS), the requirement to undergo any form of training has a troubled history. Less than ten years ago, Hall & Marsh noted the following:
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Talk about a cosmic caffeine jolt. The International Space Station is getting a real Italian espresso machine.
The designed-for-space espresso machine is dubbed ISSpresso — ISS for International Space Station.
Its launch early next year from Wallops Island, Virginia, is timed to coincide with the six-month mission of Italy's first female astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti. The 37-year-old fighter pilot and Italian Air Force captain will fly to the space station in November aboard a Russian capsule.
She'll be the first out-of-this-world barista.
"How cool is that?" she said in a tweet earlier this month. "I'll get to operate the first space espresso machine!"
Italy's century-old coffee maestro Lavazza teamed up with a Turin-based engineering company, Argotec, and the Italian Space Agency to improve coffee conditions aboard the orbiting outpost.
Besides espresso, ISSpresso is capable of whipping up tea and consommé.
What more could an astronaut want?
During his 5½-month stay on the space station last year, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano repeatedly talked about missing espresso. (This is the cool-as-ice test pilot who nearly drowned during a spacewalk last July when his helmet filled with water from his suit's cooling system.)
Argotec already was working on a space espresso machine. Orbital Sciences Corp. of Virginia will make the delivery on its Cygnus cargo ship; the launch is targeted for January.
NASA's coffee-loving astronaut Donald Pettit actually offered some ideas for ISSpresso during its design phase. He's a two-time space station resident who invented and even patented a zero-gravity cup for sipping his orbital joe versus sucking it with a straw.
No question, an espresso machine will be "a welcome addition" to space station life, Pettit said Wednesday from Johnson Space Center in Houston. The pre-measured bags of freeze-dried coffee served in orbit taste good — when you're up there on the frontier, he said. On Earth, any coffee lover would go "Yeeck."
Argotec spokesman Antonio Pilello has sampled the ISSpresso espresso and gives it a thumbs-up. The space machine is designed to operate at the same temperature and pressure as earthly espresso makers, according to the company, to guarantee taste and flavor.


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Eco Tourism
Tourists are no longer just carefree and whimsical sightseers; they are savvy consumers. Instead of just grabbing a Lonely Planet guide and heading out, these days tourists log on, read Website travelogues, discuss issues on forums and research potential sites like a corporate raider getting ready for a company takeover.
In the climate change age, travellers seek to use their quota of carbon credits on environmentally sound destinations. They don't want a journey spoiled by unsightly resorts where pipes spew sewage into beachfront waters or plastic bottles, drinks cans and wet waste smoulders in a slow burn under a coconut tree.
"Resort operators have to stop thinking they can fool their customers," professes Yessy Hidajat of Alila Ubud Resort in Bali. "Tourists are very intelligent and they shop around on the Web, so nobody will believe if you just claim yourself as green, people have to see it."
Tourists have ample choices on where to spend their holiday dollars. And the tourism industry is starting to get the message. More and more families and groups choose faraway vacation spots based on a mental checklist that includes preventing pollution, using recycled products, protecting nature and giving back to surrounding communities.
Throughout Asia, resorts and ecotourism ventures are learning the lessons of going green. They understand that making the effort to be responsible is a winning proposition. So, why make the effort?
Photo : COURTESY OF Malaysian Nature Society.
Responsible tourism is not a trend – Good operators understand the issues and incorporate responsible tourism practices as part of their business strategies, not just as empty slogans. Mass tourism is a poor model – Overwhelming communities and the environment with irresponsible operators depletes both natural and cultural resources that cannot sustain the deluge. Tourism in Asia is almost entirely about natural heritage, cultural diversity and people. Travellers do not want to make a negative impact – Travellers are now more aware of their impact on local economies and communities and make choices that reflect these values.
In 2006, Wild Asia introduced the Responsible Tourism Awards to acknowledge operators who are making a difference in the region. As leaders in the tourism industry, they serve as examples on how to address the concerns of consumers while maintaining a profitable business.
Responsible tourism is holistic. It pertains to economic, social and environmental principles that reflect the following:
* A commitment to local employment and sourcing
* Respect for local cultures and support for local development
* Protection of natural resources
* Efficient use of resources
* Responsible waste management
* A commitment to continued improvement.
In Langkawi, Malaysia, two rows of local souvenir shops adjoin a five-star property next to a secluded beach. As part of its efforts to aid employment for islanders, Tanjung Rhu Resort gives these small businesses the opportunity, rent free, to make a living. In Bali, the Alila Manggis Resort sources nearly 80 percent of its staff from local villages. "They want to stay longer in the village and they enjoy the job," explains I B Kumara, the executive assistant manager. "So the turnover is almost zero percent."
Respecting local cultures is paramount to maintain good relations with the community. As the resident naturalist at Tanjung Rhu, Zoher Mustan takes guests on bicycle rides in the nearby villages. Local guides walk tourists to weather worn jetties, leaving their two-wheelers parked outside, where fishermen weave nets and ice the day's catch. Stopping at fruit and food stalls, foreigners sample durians or join villagers for a small snack. "We want our guests to see the local way of life."
Following a green path can save money too. Resource consumption is a financial drain on any operation. So taking measures to utilize electricity and water more efficiently and reduce waste turn problems into profits. And even little things add up to positive results. "We can already see the difference financially by just changing all the bulbs on our property to energy saving bulbs, " says Yessy Hidajatin Bali. "What's amazing is that in 2006 the electricity costs were raised twice, but despite this our payments are actually going down."
At the Frangipani Langkawi Resort & Spa, owner Anthony Wong is a passionate disciple for sustainable practices. Old planks from his renovation efforts find new life as parts for recycled furniture such as bar stools and decorative steps. A picturesque pond opposite the beachfront serves as a treatment facility by using plants to soak up waste from flush and gardening use. This saves up to 20 percent from his water bill. And all organic kitchen and landscaping waste simmer in brick bins and old bathtubs. The rich hummus is then spread onto vegetable and flower gardens, a substantial savings on fertilizer costs.
Tourism operators have a choice to make as well. The current model still supports the pre-Internet generation, when tourist information moved as slow as a lingering tropical day. Today, however, the lightening speed of global communications and a newfound sense of social responsibility urge travellers to make conscientious decisions.
"We must look at getting out of the old market," asserts Irshad, a seasoned naturalist guide in Langkawi. "The future is responsible travel. You see it in the tourists and you see it in the younger people that come and visit the island."
Info box about Wild Asia
"Wild Asia's 2008 Responsible Tourism Awards recognize and reward the efforts of tourism operators who are committed to following the principles of Responsible Tourism.
For more information check www.wildasia.net or email email@example.com.


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Learning about multimedia
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Current Architecture
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Proposed Architecture
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Be Silent And Come Out
Episode Reviews (4)
What the heck were they thinking
I usually enjoy episodes of falling skies but this one just didn't have that wow factor I've been so used to. It was too unrealistic I guess, I mean come on! After how so many times that family back-stabbed them in the span of an hour, he still wanted to save them!? I would have said screw them, lets get our stuff and get the hell out of here! I know he was just trying to keep his family safe, but so was Tom and they tried to kill them for it. So yeah, Okay it was just not really greatmoreless
I'm not really sure.....
What made this episode special? What are the cliffhangers I look forward to solving? I'm not really sure. The hostage situation was solved in an orderly manner (although you could see that he shot away from his own head), but it never felt as though any member of the family was really in danger. So no really suspense. Still think the new president is the mole. I'll be probably back next season anyway.
Entertaining, but disastrous political premises.
Entertaining, but disastrous political premises.
The one good thing the alien invaders did was destroy the oppressive federal government.
So what does the protagonist, a history professor no loess, do the first chance he gets?
He reconstitutes the federal government!
Talk about failing to learn the lessons of history!
Given that the producer is Steven Spielberg, apologist par excellence for democratic dictatorship, that's hardly a surprise.


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The Wine List at Goodstone
Goodstone's wine list features approximately 400 selections from a dozen countries. Many of the wines offered at Goodstone represent small farmers who often live on the land they farm and produce wines that reflect their place. These wines are produced in small quantities by passionate people with stories that serve to enhance the enjoyment of their wines. Each wine displays unique characteristics that vary from one vintage to the next.
Located in the heart of Virginia's wine country, our Middleburg country inn offers a breathtaking setting where guests can truly relax and take in the beauty of nature. The estate's 265 acres provide vegetables, herbs, micro greens, eggs and lamb that are featured in our farm-to-table cuisine at the Restaurant at Goodstone. This farm-based approach is also used in our wine list selections. Because wine is a preserved good, the list is not limited to local production only. However, over 30 selections from local Virginia wineries are available.
THE GOODSTONE WINE LIST (Subject to change seasonally)


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