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- Product Code: RAW-00081
- UPC Code: 899587000813
- Package Quantity: 20 Bars, 0.8 oz (22 g) Each
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- Organic Live Food Fusion
- Omega-3 & 6
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"As a registered Nurse and natural foods chef, I've developed a passion for Raw Foods. Imagine an alternative to high sugar processed snacks that tastes simply amazing, a fusion of live, raw and organic ingredients. Imagine a clean snack with a higher nutrient content that brings us closer to healing ourselves and the global ecology."
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Other Ingredients
Organic cashews, organic dates, organic sunflower seed kernels, organic agave nectar, organic almonds, organic sprouted flax seed.
Contains tree nuts, may contain shell and pit fragments and traces of soy and peanut.
|Supplement Facts
|Serving Size: 1 bar (22 g)
|Serving Per Container: 20
|Amount Per Serving
|%Daily Value*
|Calories from fat
|Total Fat
|6 g
Saturated Fat
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|Trans Fat
|0 g
|0 mg
|0 mg
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|7 g
|3 g
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I really like these little bars. They are super convenient for on-the-go or just for a quick treat. I love cashews and almonds, so the mix is very nice. The agave is not overpowering, so I really get a nice blend of the nuts with some sweetness. They do satiate hunger or snack pains quite nicely without overdoing it. Very nice.
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This is my favorite bar so far from Raw Revolution . They are delicious and full of nuts and have about four small bites in them to take the edge off hunger until you can eat a meal. I highly recommend these especially since they don't have any added sugar. I highly recommend these.
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They taste really natural. It feels like I made them myself yesterday. Well balanced taste, sweet but not over sweet, chewy, nutty, cashew a lot :) What keep them from excellence in my opinion is a texture. They are kind of wet, not a big trouble tho. Mini size is perfect for me since they are heavy in a good way.
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Taste, nutrition profile and size have got me saying this is basically three bites of a nutty desert. It is very good tasting although I prefer actual nutrition by including more balance with a low allergen protein (pea and rice). Since it is a good price and so handy, I bought them to pass out to homeless people but I will save a bar for desert now and then.
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text: Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg 20 (5): 697-701, 2014 DOI: 10.9775/kvfd.2014.10945 Journal Home-Page: http://vetdergi.kafkas.edu.tr Online Submission: http://vetdergikafkas.org RESEARCH ARTICLE Effect of Rapid Chilling and Pelvic Suspension on Meat Quality of Longissimus dorsi Muscle of Lamb [1] Tolga KAHRAMAN 1 Ghassan ISSA 2 Emek DÜMEN 1 Ergün Ömer GÖKSOY 3 [1] 1 2 3 4 Enver Barış BİNGÖL 1 Serkan Kemal BÜYÜKÜNAL 4 This work was supported by the Research Fund of the University of Istanbul (Project number: 19243) Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul University, TR-34320 Avcilar, Istanbul - TURKEY Avrupa Vocational School, Culinary Programme, TR-34020 Kazlicesme, Istanbul - TURKEY Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Adnan Menderes University, TR-09010 Aydın - TURKEY Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, Istanbul Arel University, TR-34537 Tepekent, Buyukcekmece, Istanbul - TURKEY Makale Kodu (Article Code): KVFD-2014-10945 Summary The objective of this study was to examine the effect of rapid (RC) and conventional (CC) chilling with achilles (AS) and pelvic (PS) suspension on the meat quality of M. Longissimus dorsi. Twenty lamb carcasses were randomly allocated immediately prior to slaughter to the two experimental groups which were subjected to four different treatments. In the first group, carcasses were suspended from the Achilles tendon. Right sides (RC/AS; n=10) were rapidly chilled, while the left sides (CC/AS; n=10) were conventionally chilled. In the second group, the carcasses were re-hanged from the pelvic bone. Right sides (RC/PS; n=10) were rapidly chilled whilst the left sides (CC/PS; n=10) were conventionally chilled. Meat quality was evaluated by measuring the water holding capacity (WHC), cooking loss (CL), surface colour and shear force (SF). As a result, CC accelerated the rate of pH decline while RC increased the temperature decline. RC reduced CL and WHC values. PS had no impact on WHC, CL and color of steaks, but decreased the SF values on the 7th days of post-mortem. In conclusion; PS is a useful method for improving tenderness during storage period and the disadvantageous effect of RC on SF could be equalized by using PS. Keywords: Pelvic suspension, Meat quality, Rapid chilling, Tenderness, Lamb Hızlı Soğutma ve Pelvik Asılmanın Kuzulara Ait Longissimus dorsi Kasındaki Et Kalitesi Üzerine Etkisi Özet Bu çalışma, aşil tendosundan ve pelvis bölgesinden asma ile birlikte hızlı ve konvansiyonel soğutmanın M. Longissimus dorsi'nin et kalitesi üzerine etkisini incelemek için amaçlanmıştır. Yirmi kuzu karkası, kesimden hemen önce rastgele olarak iki deneysel gruba ayrılmış ve kesim sonrası dört faklı muameleye tabi tutulmuştur. İlk gruptaki karkaslar aşil tendosundan asılmıştır. Sol taraflar konvansiyonel olarak soğutulurken (CC/AS; n=10), sağ taraflar hızlı şekilde soğutulmuştur (RC/AS; n=10). Ikinci gruptaki karkaslar pelvik kemikten tekrar asılmıştır. Sol taraflar konvansiyonel soğutulurken (CC/PS; n=10), sağ taraflar hızlı şekilde soğutulmuştur (RC/PS; n=10). Et kalitesi su tutma kapasitesinin (WHC), pişirme kaybı (CL), yüzey rengi ve kesme kuvvetinin (SF) ile ölçülmesi ile değerlendirilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, RC sıcaklık düşüşünü arttırırken, CC pH düşüş oranını hızlandırmıştır. RC reduced pişirme kaybı ve su tutma kapasitesini azaltmıştır. Pelvik asılmanın su tutma kapasitesi, pişirme kaybı ve bifteğin rengi üzerine hiçbir etkisi yokken, SF değerlerini kesim sonrası yedinci günde azaltmıştır. Sonuç olarak, PS saklama periyodu boyunca yumuşaklığı geliştirmek için kullanışlı bir metoddur ve kesme kuvveti üzerinde RC'nin dezavantajlı etkisi pelvik asılma kullanılarak eşitlenebilir. Anahtar sözcükler: Pelvik asılma, Et kalitesi, Hızlı soğutma, Yumuşaklık, Kuzu İletişim (Correspondence) +90 212 4737070 [email protected] 698 Effect of Rapid Chilling and ... INTRODUCTION Consumer acceptance of meat depends on quality characteristics such as tenderness, color and palatability attributes, which are influenced by a series of factors, ranging from physical and chemical to histological properties and meat-processing procedures [1-4]. Numerous techniques are currently used to improve meat quality. Chilling and suspension techniques are one of the effective applications worldwide [5,6]. During the first 24 h of postmortem, the rate of temperature decline affects the biochemical and structure changes on the conversion of muscle to meat. The efficacy of temperature and pH on tenderization depend on the carcass chilling rate [7,8]. Nowadays, different applications of chilling processes are used in most parts of the world to reduce the problems associated with temperature/pH relationships. Rapid chilling (RC) appears more applicable system for extending the shelf life and reducing the evaporative loss of meat [6]. However, compared with conventional chilling regimes, application of RC has a risk of producing tough meat with a high shear force [9]. Therefore, it is important to control the meat temperature in order to improve the tenderness of meat concomitant with RC. Pelvic suspension (PS) has been shown to improve the tenderness in beef [10], lamb [11] and pork meat [12]. PS involves hanging carcasses from the obturator foramen shortly after slaughter and before the commencement of rigor [13]. The hind leg hangs vertically from the carcass reversing the effects on the muscles involved and the vertebral column is straightened [14]. The present study was aimed to investigate the concominant effects of RC and PS on the meat quality of M. longissimus dorsi (LD) of lamb. MATERIAL and METHODS The research protocol of the current study was approved by the Ethic Committee of the Istanbul University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Approval number: 2004/078). Animals and Experimental Design Twenty lambs, averaging 11 months of age and overal live weight of 45 kg at slaughter were procured from Istanbul University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine farm. The animals were transported to the slaughterhouse from nearby farm within 15 min for 1 day prior to slaughter. After a rest for 22-24 h, with only water available, animals were electrically stunned at 220-250 V, 1.0-1.3 A for 1-3 second, stunning tongs applied on both sides of the head. Following exsanguinations and evisceration, carcasses were halved by splitting through the vertebral column within approximately 25 min of postmortem. Carcasses were randomly allocated immediately prior to slaughter to the two experimental groups which were subjected to four different treatments. In the first group, carcasses were suspended from the Achilles tendon. Right sides (RC/AS; n=10) were rapidly chilled (air temperature, -18±1°C; wind velocity, 2 m/s) for 6 h and then placed in a conventional chiller (air temperature, 2±1°C; wind velocity, 1 m/s) for 18 h, while the left sides (CC/AS; n=10) were conventionally chilled (air temperature, 2±1°C; wind velocity, 1 m/s). In the second group, the carcasses were re-hanged from the pelvic bone. Right sides (RC/PS; n=10) were rapidly chilled, whilst the left sides (CC/PS; n=10) were conventionally chilled. At 24 h of post-mortem, the longissimus muscle (LM) was removed from each half carcass after measuring pH and divided into two portions. Portions were vacuum packaged in Cryovac barrier bags (Cryovac Sealed Air Corp., New Jersey, USA) and stored at 2±1°C for up to 7 days post-mortem prior to the evaluating the water holding capacity (WHC), cooking loss (CL), shear force (SF), and instrumental colour (CIE L*, a*, b*). Meat Quality Measurements The temperature and pH were monitored in the deep portion of the LM at approximately 1 h, 4 h, 8 h and 24 h post-mortem using a portable thermometer (Hanna HI 145) and pH meter (Hanna HI 8314) [15]. The percentage of free liquid was evaluated as a measure of WHC by the filter press method described by Hertog-Meischke et al.[16]. The outline area of the expressible juice and the meat film traced, and two areas were measured using AUTOCAD 2007 (Apso Ltd, UK). CL was calculated from the weight of samples taken before and after cooking. SF of steaks was determined by measuring the force required to shear through a cooked sample at 2 and 7 days of post-mortem. Samples were cooked individually in a 100°C water bath (NB20, Nuve, Istanbul, Turkey) until an internal temperature of 75°C was reached. The cooked samples were stored in a refrigerator overnight and the pieces (2.5 cm thick) were removed parallel to the muscle fiber. The pieces were sheared by a Warner-Bratzler shear attachment mounted on an Instron Texture Analyzer (3343 model, Instron, UK) with a 50 kg load transducer and crosshead speed of 200 mm/min. An average of five subsamples was accepted to be the SF value of the sample [17]. Meat colour was measured using a Color Flex Hunter Lab Colour Measurement System (Hunter Associates Laboratory Inc., Virginia, USA). Colour coordinates values which were refered as L* for lightness, a* for redness, and b* for yellowness, were recorded at each analyzed day. Colour was evaluated using a diffuse illumination (D65 2° observer) with 8 mm viewing aperture and a 25 mm port size with the specular component excluded and readings were averaged. Colour values were obtained considering the average of five readings, performed in different location of the meat surface [18]. 699 KAHRAMAN, ISSA, BİNGÖL DÜMEN, GÖKSOY, BÜYÜKÜNAL Statistical Analysis reduced significantly CL and WHC (water expelled) values (P<0.001), and SF values were lower in CC carcasses than RC carcasses (P<0.001). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted for each variable to investigate the effect of chilling regime and suspension type on meat quality of lamb meat. The model used included the fixed effects of storage time, chilling rate and suspension conditions. Means of each characteristic, which were significantly different, were separated using Duncan's multiple range tests and significance of differences was defined as P<0.05 [19]. The effect of RC on colour parameters is summerazed in Table 3. RC significantly decreased L* values (P<0.001) only at 2 day of post-mortem. There were no significant differences in a* and b* values between RC and CC carcasses. Additionally, colour parameters were not affected by using PS (P>0.05). RESULTS DISCUSSION Changes of pH and temperature values obtained from carcasses are given in Table 1. According to the results, it was found that the pH values in RC were higher than CC. Differences among the results of the groups at 4 and 8 h were significant (P<0.001). Carcass temperature at 1 h was 37.44°C (P>0.05) and faster drop on the muscle temperature was remarkable after 4 h in both groups (Table 1). The mean temperatures excepted after 24 h for RC were significantly lower than DC (P<0.05). CC accelerated the rate of carcass pH decline. In the present study, the pH values in RC were higher than CC. Similar results in pH were reported by Li et al.[9] and Hopkins et al.[20]. At the end of the chilling process (24 h), the average pH values in the groups was 5.60 (P>0.05). Likewise, Bayraktaroglu and Kahraman [5] found that the values for ultimate pH were between the range of 5.3 and 5.7 for lamb carcasses. In this study, carcass mean temperatures excepted after 24 h for RC were significantly lower than DC (P<0.05). Likewise, Janz et al.[21] indicated that RC increased the The effect of chilling conditions and suspension methods on WHC, CL and SF are presented in Table 2. RC Table 1. Changes in the pH and temperature values of lamb meat Tablo 1. Kuzu etinin pH ve sıcaklık değerlerindeki değişimler Attribute pH Temperature (°C) Groups n RC Time (hours) 1 4 8 10 6.80±0.01 6.45±0.01 CC 10 6.77±0.01 6.32±0.01 P 20 NS *** a b 24 a 6.12±0.02 5.60±0.01 b 5.96±0.03 5.60±0.01 *** NS RC 10 37.44±0.06 16.37±0.03 12.33±0.04 2.59±0.06 CC 10 37.44±0.07 20.61±0.04a 17.41±0.03a 2.52±0.07 P 20 NS *** *** NS b b RC: Rapid chilling, CC: Conventional chilling; * P<0.05, ** P<0.01, *** P<0.001 Table 2. Effect of RC and PS on the water holding capacity (WHC), cooking loss (CL), and shear force (SF) of lamb meat Tablo 2. Kuzu etinin RC ve PS'nin su tutma kapasitesi (WHC), pişirme kaybı (CL) ve kesme kuvveti (SF) üzerine etkisi Attribute CL (%) WHC (%) SF (kgf ) Groups Storage (days) n 2 10 25.93±0.28bA 25.87±0.13bA 26.77±0.26aA 26.59±0.30aA *** 7 10 23.94±0.14 23.67±0.09 25.52±0.14 25.32±0.27aB *** P 20 *** *** ** 2 10 13.91±0.16bB 13.90±0.13b 14.10±0.11a 14.09±0.17a *** 7 10 13.78±0.21 13.77±0.21 13.95±0.17 13.87±0.21a * RC/AS RC/PS bB CC/AS bB *** bA b CC/PS aB a P P 20 NS NS NS NS 2 10 3.94±0.10a 3.85±0.10a 3.73±0.14b 3.33±0.15b *** 7 10 3.92±0.13a 3.74±0.10b 3.61±0.15b 3.28±0.08c *** P 20 NS NS NS NS a, b, c: Means within a row with different letters are significantly different (P<0.05); A, B: Means within a column with different letters are significantly different (P<0.05); * P<0.05, ** P<0.01, *** P<0.001 700 Effect of Rapid Chilling and ... Table 3. Effect of RC and PS on color values Tablo 3. RC ve PS'nin renk değerleri üzerine etkisi Attribute Lightness (L*) Redness (a*) Yellowness (b*) Storage (days) n 2 Groups P RC/AS RC/PS CC/AS CC/PS 10 31.13±0.53b 31.11±0.44b 33.92±0.49a 33.69±0.22a *** NS 7 10 35.94±0.99 36.38±0.73 36.71±0.45 36.65±0.34 P 20 ** *** ** *** 2 10 12.42±0.89A 13.42±0.52A 11.77±0.91 12.71±0.59A NS B NS 7 10 10.50±0.23 10.61±0.30 10.38±0.27 10.63±0.37 P 20 * *** NS ** 2 10 12.60±0.38 12.09±0.27 B 12.27±0.26 B 12.32±0.42 NS 7 10 13.94±0.29 13.97±0.28A 13.69±0.22A 13.14±0.21 NS P 20 NS ** ** NS B B a,b,c: Means within a row with different letters are significantly different (P<0.05); A, B: Means within a column with different letters are significantly different (P<0.05) ; * P<0.05, ** P<0.01, *** P<0.001 rate of temperature decline. Bendall [11] found that muscle temperature less than 10°C are susceptible to cold shortening when muscle pH less than 6.2 is reached and at 16°C cold shortening is less severe. In the present study, the temperature in RC and CC muscles were above 16°C at 4 h and 10°C at 8 h. It was implied that the chilling conditions had decreased the risk of cold shortening. In another study, Bowater [22] reported that beef and lamb carcasses must reach to the internal temperatures of 7°C after 24 h or before moving the carcass to the boning room. Reduction in CL and WHC values because of RC is validated by earlier studies [9,23]. In another studies, it was concluded that RC had no effect on WHC and CL [24]. These differences may be originated from the different chilling temperature and wind velocity. PS had lower WHC and CL than AS at 2 and 7 days of post-mortem. However, no statistically significant differences were found (P>0.05) between the groups, which indicated that suspension methods had no impact on WHC and CL. Similar results were reported by Fisher et al. [25] and Claus et al. [26]. The results confirmed that WHC and CL depend on the ultimate pH value [27]. In contrary, Ahnstrom et al.[14] stated that PS significantly improved WHC by reducing the losses during storage. The differences could be attributed to the cooking method. SF values were lower in CC carcasses than RC carcasses in the present study (Table 2). The results showed that the temperature treatment has a powerful effect on tenderness. This is in agreement with previous studies [12,28]. However Li et al.[9] observed no significant difference between the chilling treatments. Differences may be due to variations in animal species and breed. On the other hand, SF values were lower in pelvic suspended carcasses, but significant differences were found only at 7 day postmortem (P<0.001). Derbyshire et al. [29] stated that SF values were lower in pelvic suspended carcasses at aged for 7 day, but significant differences were found only at 24 h. Ahnstrom et al.[14] reported that PS reduced SF of M. semimembranosus from 67.7 to 53.3 N in bull carcasses. No significant differences were observed in a* and b* values between RC and CC carcasses in this study, which showed similar findings with the reports of Bowling et al.[30] and Janz et al.[21]. Pearson and Dutson [31] also reported that a decrease of the free water on the cell surface give the meat darker appearance. On the other hand, no effect on L* was found by several authors [32.33]. Additionally, colour parameters were not affected by using PS (P>0.05) (Table 3) similarly to those were found by Fisher et al.[25] and Claus et al.[26]. The similar colour values belong to PS and AS could be due to the same rate of pH decline at rigor. The results of this study showed that CC accelerated the rate of pH decline and RC increased the temperature decline. PS had no impact on WHC, CL and colour of lamb meat. PS significantly decreased SF values only at 7 days of post-mortem. In conclusion, PS is a useful method for improving tenderness of LM during storage period and the disadvantageous effect of RC on SF could be equalized by using PS. REFERENCES 1. Chen XD, Ma QG, Tang MY, Ji C: Development of breast muscle and meat quality in Arbor Acres broilers, Jingxing 100 crossbred chickens and Beijing fatty chickens. Meat Sci, 77, 220-227, 2007. 2. Cetin O, Bingol EB, Colak H, Hampikyan H: Effects of electrical stimulation on meat quality of lamb and goat meat. Sci World J, 2012. DOI:10.1100/2012/574202 3. Cetin O, Topçu T: Effects of electrical stimulation on meat quality in goat carcasses. J Food Agric Environ, 7 (3&4): 101-105, 2009. 4. Kahraman T, Ergün Ö: Effects of electrical stunning and electrical stimulation on kivircik carcass quality. Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg, 15 (3): 461-464, 2009. 5. Bayraktaroglu AG, Kahraman T: Effect of muscle stretching on meat quality of Biceps femoris from beef. Meat Sci, 88 (3): 580-583, 2011. 6. 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Confession: I am a total holiday dork. I love the decorations and the special foods and the general giddiness that surrounds them. For this I place the blame squarely on my mother's shoulders. She made holidays so fun and so special (and yes stressful at times but I mainly remember the special.) Lately I have really been trying to emulate her by not just putting the decorations up but by going the next step and coming up with fun things to do.
So after we put up window clings the girls and I sat down to get our Play-Doh on with some fun ideas I got from the new Play-Doh Playdates section on the Hasbro website. Have you seen the playdates section? They have great themed ideas for play dates (or just an afternoon of fun) completely with play doh activities, printable crafts, and snacks. Lucky for me, they just came out with their Haunted House play date.
I had the laptop close by so I could show the girls the steps as we worked on our ghost, cauldron, and spider web. It was great to have the visuals since I was having a hard time explaining the rolling technique. Plus we got to practice our sequencing.
Unfortunately, only our ghost turned out anything like the pictures (you can see it in our collage above) but we had a lot of fun working on them. I am looking forward to trying out some of the other ideas like the Art and Fall ones.
Disclosure: This post is part of a SocialMoms product evaluation, for which I've been selected. I've been compensated for my time with 8,000 My SocialMoms Rewards Points. The opinions expressed in this post are mine and don't necessarily reflect the opinions of SocialMoms or Play-Doh.


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|Blue Ridge writers' conference presents 2014 Selah Awards
|Written by Christine D. Johnson
|Thursday, 29 May 2014 01:39 PM EDT
Best-selling author Michelle Medlock Adams and former Big Ten-football-champ-turned-children's-pastor Cyle Young took home top honors at the 3rd annual Selah Awards and Unpublished Writers awards. The book awards were presented May 21 at the 2014 Blue Ridge Christian Writers Conference.
Conference Director Alton Gansky also presented two Director's Choice Awards for the best entry in fiction and nonfiction published in the last year. Marianne Jordan received the fiction award for The First Christmas Carol (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas), and Jo Ann Fore picked up the win in nonfiction for When a Woman Finds Her Voice (Leafwood Press).
Adams, a veteran children's and nonfiction author and Guideposts.com blogger, said she was hoping to win in the Children's category but was shocked when her name was also called for the Book of the Year.
"Children's books are often overlooked in award programs," Adams said. "It's so exciting to see God Knows You recognized in this way."
Young, who played on the 1997 national championship University of Michigan football team, placed in eight of the Unpublished awards categories, including Poetry, Bible Studies, and Novels for Young Adult.
"The football wins were not as fun as this," said Young, who also went home with six certificates at the 2013 Selah Awards. "I just started writing about two years ago, and I have worked really hard. I love this conference because all the faculty really try to guide new writers and help them get published."
The 30th annual writers' conference saw near-record attendance of more than 400 attendees—up more than 20% from last year. The five-day event included workshops and keynote speeches from best-selling authors and media personalities, including FOX radio and television commentator Todd Starnes, Steven James and Eva Marie Everson.
Gansky was pleased to see the growing number and quality of the entries in the awards.
"I love working with the people who come here to teach because they really do want to see new writers succeed," he said. "I always say it's our job to raise up our competition."
For a complete list of the award winners, visit the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference Facebook page.
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Independent Living Group Activities Volume III
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Volume III has 7 activities! The text contains independent living group activities created by teams of North Carolina social workers specializing in teaching life skills to adolescents in substitute care. They were edited and compiled by ILR, Inc., to benefit other social workers conducting groups with adolescents. The activities were developed using ILR guidelines for establishing new group activities. 1. To identify community resources that match the need of the activity. 2. To keep the activity to 1 to 2 hours. 3. To include all stages of activity development, including publicity and resource development. 4. To consider the best time of the year to run the activity. 5. To establish all facets of setup; such as location, refreshments, time of day, and room arrangements. 6. To describe in detail each segment of the activity; participant gathering, topic development, and closing. 7. To include some form of evaluation: written, verbal, or group response (for each activity offer some questions to be answered either verbally or in writing. 8. To develop a backup plan and adjustments to the activity should unexpected changes occur in location, number of planned participants, speaker, etc. 9. To plan how to show appreciation for involvement of community resources. 10. To include youth in all aspects of the group activity. Each of the activities follow these guidelines and should be helpful as you plan the activity for your group. It is important to note that some activities utilize materials from published works. In such cases, the resource is cited with the information on how to obtain the material. Best Use: With adolescent groups, as an outline to create your own activities, classroom, retreats, conferences. This book (volume III) is also available in the Independent Group Series (Volume I - IV) and in the Group Facilitator's Package


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JERUSALEM (AFP) – A Palestinian slammed his car into pedestrians in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing a border policeman and wounding nine other people in the second such attack in a fortnight.
The rampage, which came hours after clashes between police and Palestinians at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, sparked even more violence in east Jerusalem.
Police described the car incident, which took place on the line between west Jerusalem and the city's annexed Arab east, as a "hit and run terror attack".
Hours later, in the occupied West Bank, the army reported another car assault, in which three soldiers were run down as they stood guard outside El-Arub Palestinian refugee camp, south of Bethlehem.
"One is in critical condition, two with moderate wounds," army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner said on his official Twitter account, adding that the driver fled the scene.
Meanwhile, Palestinian leaders asked the UN Security Council to demand Israel take steps to end clashes at the Al-Aqsa mosque, warning of a brewing religious confrontation.
In the Jerusalem incident, the driver, Ibrahim al-Akari, whom police identified as a Palestinian from Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem, hit two groups of pedestrians before getting out of the vehicle and attacking passers-by with an iron bar.
He was then shot dead by police.
Citing security concerns, police ordered his family to bury him shortly before midnight and limited the number of mourners to 35.
The Jerusalem attack mirrored an incident on the same road on October 22 when a Palestinian rammed his car into a group of pedestrians, killing a young woman and a baby.
Hours after Wednesday's attack, police started installing concrete blocks at light rail stops, to prevent vehicles striking passengers, a police statement said.
Spokeswoman Luba Samri said the driver in the Jerusalem attack had first struck a group of border policemen near their headquarters, before hitting another group of pedestrians.
Emergency services spokesman Zaki Heller said two of the wounded were in very serious condition.
Shortly after the attack, clashes broke out in both Shuafat refugee camp and Issawiya, also in east Jerusalem, an AFP correspondent reported. Skirmishes spread across several east Jerusalem hotspots, with police saying riot control weapons were used against Palestinians who hurled stones and firecrackers.
Temperatures had soared following heavy clashes between police and stone-throwers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound ahead of a visit by a group of Jewish rightists.
US Secretary of State John Kerry condemned the attack as a "terrorist act" that "only raises tensions" in the tinderbox region.
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini urged both sides to show restraint and called Wednesday's attack "painful evidence of the need to undertake serious efforts towards a sustainable peace agreement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict".
The attack was hailed by the Islamist Hamas movement, which described Akari as a "hero" whose actions were a "natural response" to Israel's actions at the Al-Aqsa compound.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of encouraging such attacks by sending condolences to the family of a Palestinian shot dead by police last week over the attempted assassination of hardline rabbi Yehuda Glick.
"The hit-and-run attack in Jerusalem is a direct consequence of Abu Mazen's (Abbas's) incitement and that of his partners in Hamas," he said.
Palestinian representative to the United Nations Riyad Mansour said the Security Council must "adopt a position to call on the Israeli government to stop all these activities and policies of provocation and incitement".
Mansour blamed the latest confrontation at the Al-Aqsa mosque on "extremists" who entered the mosque, some without taking their shoes off, which he said "is extremely provocative".
"They are trying to push the region into religious confrontation," Mansour told reporters after meeting with Australian Ambassador Gary Quinlan, whose country chairs the Security Council this month.
In a bid to quell disturbances at the mosque, police entered "several metres (yards)" inside to remove blockages set up by the protesters, she said.
Amin Abu Ghazali of the Palestinian Red Crescent said 39 people were wounded, six of whom were in serious condition.
The compound was later reopened to visitors with 108 Israeli Jews entering alongside 200 foreign tourists, police said.


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This webinar shows how SVG can be the basis for new document interfaces that integrate with topic-based help and improve the user experience. Documentation can be restructured for a visual-first interface to quickly familiarize users with concepts and procedures, and "quick link" to reference information. Learn how SVG as an enabling technology can be the basis for embedded video, translation/localization, and Web app documents.
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With Little Air
I do not like remembering my period in prison, it brings back all the horrid memories, the sights, the smells and the unbearable pain.
I was forced to my knees, my hands bound in metal chains above my head so my back curved downwards. My ankles were chained to the floor. That was the position I was placed in, just able to see the cell door from the corner of my eye. Then there was the darkness. Suffocating, blinding and every other bad word I can think of as there was no light. Or air. It felt like I was being drowned, only being allowed one small breath every fifteen seconds. My tunic was removed, torn over my shackles and taken from me.
I lost count of the hours I spent calling out for someone. No one came to comfort me, to feed me or even give me a drink which I was so desperate for I cannot tell you. No one brought word of Elendil or Princess Eddia. No one looked upon me again.
It must have been no more than a day before I heard those glorious footsteps and felt the glorious heat from that shining candle but it felt like eons. Wobbling as the bearer ran, I watched it, craning my neck around but my arm stretched in the way. Some words were said and the metal door exploded.
"Jibril!" I groaned in desperation.
"Hold on, brother. I will get you out."
He spoke more words and my limbs were freed, my arms falling to the floor much to the protestations of my shoulders.
"Come we must hurry!" Jibril hoisted me onto one shoulder and ran back up the stairs away from my cell.
"Why?" I gasped, "Take me back, you must not do this!" I begged. How could I possibly live with myself if I implicated the one firm friend I had since childhood?
"The time was coming up anyway, you are just a catalyst, Elvin."


text: Even now, at the height of its success, Singapore doesn't get much love (as opposed to grudging respect) from the legions of foreigners who avail themselves of its First World amenities. It's almost obligatory for Westerners visiting or residing in Singapore to complain about the "sterility" of the place, and joke about the carefully manicured boulevards and the pristine shopping malls, contrasting Singapore unflatteringly to the grittier authenticity and "character" of nearby Cambodia and Vietnam. It's indeed easy to mock Singapore if you haven't lived in a poor country, and it's a form of colonial prejudice to begrudge Singaporeans their lack of Third World "charm." We prefer our tropics to be exotically chaotic, thank you -- not tidier and more efficient than the Swiss. And Singapore's system is highly responsive to its citizenry's needs and desires, without being terribly democratic.


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Why teachers leave for tuition centres
by kamom » Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:22 am
Published on Aug 03, 2012, ST forum
AS A parent and former teacher who is still involved in the education field, I wish to make some observations.
Since I started teaching in 1995, I have seen teachers who love and excel in the profession leave the service. Many do so because they cannot concentrate on what they love, that is, teaching and interacting with children.
Today, many such former teachers are anchors in successful tuition centres, doing superb jobs without the distraction of administrative duties, projects and committees.
Have our mainstream schools become distracted from the main goal of education? In the drive to provide more than an education, have we perhaps failed to deliver on good old education?
Teachers have too many things to do and cannot focus on teaching. That could be why the tuition industry is thriving - because schools fall short.
I can also understand why some teachers request that parents let their children have tuition.
They have to teach according to the level of the majority, so if most students have tuition, the teachers cannot slow down for the few that don't.
Thus, a vicious circle ensues: Good teachers leave to teach at centres while parents lose faith in the schools' ability to deliver good education, and turn to tuition.
There is a way out of this quandary - smaller class size.
A small class size is touted as a carrot in the gifted programme.
Herein lies a serious irony: Children who are innately blessed to achieve and are self-motivated learn well even in big groups, but those who are unable to motivate themselves due to low self-esteem are the ones who will really benefit from small class sizes.
This unfortunate reversal will surely hinder social mobility.
I am not calling for the opposite, but for equal treatment - small class sizes for all.
This investment can improve the quality of teaching, keep good teachers - managing 25 students is vastly different from managing 40 - and produce better adjusted children. It is not the only way, but I would argue that it is a truly important way forward for a developed country.
Recognising teachers who work with difficult students - academically or behaviourally - will also go a long way towards encouraging them. Calculating workload by the number of periods ignores the challenges of teaching difficult classes. A more equitable method can be devised.
Leong Sun Yee (Madam)
We see parcels of land being sold off to private developers for building private houses, one after another. Yet, our kids are squeezed into "shoe box" classrooms. I fully agree with the writer. My kids have been studying in the S'pore Int'l School in Shanghai. Classroom sizes are small. Not more than 20 kids per class. My ds was below average for his Normal Chinese when in SG. Over there because the teacher could pay attention to weaker students, he flourished from a 'D' to a 'B' in Higher Chinese cos' Normal Chinese was not offered at all. This is a clear example where small classroom is very beneficial for kids.
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