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My husband and his team put on amazing festivals, and one of them is called The Festival Of Machines. Sprawling over several acres of property, festival-goers can look at (and climb on) cement mixers, tractors, old time steam engines, old time fire engines, classic cars, race cars, army helicopters, and more. They can ride on a mars "rover" bike made by a competitive high school team, race each other on kid-sized motorized vehicles, take flight on a "hover chair," go on a thrilling ride in an actual two-seater go-cart, spray water from an actual firehose attached to a hydrant, go down a ramp in a soap box derby car, go on a hayride, and more. It's tons of fun, with lots to experience.
As any "experiential" place will have you do before entering, this festival asked participants to sign a standard waiver releasing them of liability. The kind we all sign before we go in a jump house or on a trampoline or up in a hot air balloon or basically anywhere we're going to engage not just our minds but our bodies in some kind of fun.
So the first day I took the kids and was standing at the waiver table, signing away, when a man walks up next to me, tosses the waiver down, and says to the poor, sweet young bright-eyed worker man behind the table: "So what happens if I don't sign it?" His stance was aggressive and his voice trembled a bit with the nervous/excited adrenaline of someone who has come to pick a fight.
The poor, sweet worker started to reply with some version of "well that basically means you can't participate in any of the hands-on activities etc and so on" and then paused and asked "so why wouldn't you want to sign it?"
Which was all the man needed to hear.
"Why wouldn't I sign it? Are you kidding me? Why wouldn't I SIGN IT? This basically says that if you guys screw anything up or if an engine blows up there's nothing I can do about it. Are Americans really THAT STUPID that they don't READ ANYTHING ANYMORE?!?!"
He said. Loudly. To the "stupid American" standing right next to him currently signing the darn thing (me).
I tossed a sympathetic smile and eye roll to the poor, sweet, and now growingly awkward, worker behind the table, finished signing the waiver, and walked away.
I thought about saying any number of things to that man, but I didn't. And I've been thinking about that choice to stay silent—whether I should have somehow intervened. But my kids were standing right there with me. My 8- and 5-year-olds. They weren't paying attention to the man because they were too busy eyeballing all of the activities that awaited them. But if I had engaged in the conversation, they definitely would have started to pay attention. And I'm not sure anything productive would have come of it.
Because he was So. Sure. of his Rightness. He was so sure of his rightness that he grabbed his "right" flag and went searching for someone to stab with it. And a person that dead-set on their rightness is not usually someone open to a dialogue.
Still. I struggle with this one, because what about the poor, sweet worker man? I just left him to deal with Right Man all on his own.
When to engage?
What would you have done?
While I grapple with this one, I will say this: watching Right Man reminded me what happens to people when they get hung up on being right. When they don't want any other resolution than affirmation that they are RIGHT.
Whether we care to admit it or not, I think we all have moments where this comes out in us. Whether at work or at home—moments that make us say "Hey, I'M RIGHT! Now let me go prove it so that people will affirm it and generally acknowledge and revere my RIGHTNESS! I'm So Right!"
So here's the thing: sometimes you might actually be right. But that's not the point. The point is what happens to you when suddenly all you can see or care about is that those around you also understand and acknowledge that you are right. It becomes less about the thing itself and more about personal validation.
So—are you currently holding a "right" flag? Let Right Man be a cautionary tale for you. Put down the flag, friend. Put it down.
How can you let go of the "right" flag today?
For breakfast, I had a cup of coffee and an egg sandwich with bacon. Mmmm…bacon.
The impact of yoga and mindfulness for children has become a topic of research and discussion. The findings in many studies are that yoga supports children with focus, concentration, self-regulation and coping with stress. Children and adolescents are faced with more stressors than ever before such as the pressures of standardized tests, social relationships and peer pressures, less time for physical activity, more time in front of technology devices (which can agitate the nervous system) and an overwhelming amount of sensory stimulus in the world around them. Yoga is being incorporated into school and after school programming for children in order to create a calmer and peaceful environment for learning. While there is no question that the practice of mindfulness for children has great benefits, what about the educators who work with children in the school and after school settings? Educators face the pressures of standardized testing, compliance with Common Core standards, managing children with challenging behaviors without the proper training and support, limited staffing, high expectations from parents and/or administration and overwhelming amounts of paperwork. Often times educators have a tremendous amount of dedication and commitment to the children they work with but become burnt out from high levels of stress, little recognition for their tireless efforts and a feeling of being overwhelmed with the many challenges and frustrations they face as educators. What happens to educators when they become overstressed and how does that impact the children they work with? The impacts of stress not only affect our physiological state but they also impact our mood, behavior and overall functioning in life.
When we are in a constant state of stress we can develop health issues to include digestive disorders, autoimmune conditions, heart conditions or a general sense of a lack of well-being. We can become agitated, angry frustrated, depressed or anxious and may be triggered more easily. Often times high levels of stress can lead to more impulsive or destructive behaviors such as over-eating, drinking, isolating from others, developing unhealthy relationships, inconsistent sleep patterns and a lack of self-care.
In order to teach healthy minded children, we must have healthy minded teachers. As educators we create the space for our students. If we are in a stressed or agitated state, this is the energy we bring to our students and this is the overall tone we set for our classroom or program environment. In reality, we have very little control over the "system" in which we work in and more often than not we may not be able to change the people or circumstance we are in but we can change the way in which we react to the stressors in our lives.
Here are 5 Stress Management Techniques for Educators to bring more peace and calm to themselves and the students they work with.
1. Begin and end the day with the mantra – "I am grateful for"
We can often get caught up in all of the injustices of our life or the things that are going wrong and causing frustration. When we remind ourselves of what we have to be grateful for it shifts our attention from what is lacking to what we have to be thankful for. Even the smallest statement of gratitude can shift the energy from negative to positive. Practice this mantra as you are driving to work and before bed each day. There is always something to be grateful for! Celebrating even the smallest accomplishments of your students or the children you work with can be a reminder to you of just how important the work you do is.
2. Check in with your BODY and focus your attention on your BREATHING
When we become stressed we can tend to move into more of a chest breathing which can escalate the sympathetic response or fight/flight/freeze response. Although we do not have control over circumstances in life, we can control our breath. When you start to feel a sense of agitation or anxiety, check in with the sensations in your body, then take 3 deep breaths, in through the nose and out through the nose (or out through the mouth if that is more accessible). When you breathe in feel a sense of expansion in the diaphragm and the areas of your body where you feel tension, when you exhale release the tension with your breath.
3. "Check In" and Do a simple Yoga Pose
Doing yoga does not mean that you have to take an hour to go to a yoga class. One or two poses a day can keep us in tune to the tensions in our bodies. When we become stressed our bodies are often the first to respond to the stress by tensing or holding stress in certain areas of the body. Often times due to a combination of stress and poor physical posture from working at a computer or sitting at a desk, many educators experience back pain, neck and shoulder pain and/or tension headaches. Here is a simple yoga pose that can help alleviate tension in the body, release stress and soothe the nervous system.
Seated forward bend: Sit on the edge of your chair in front of a table or desk. Make sure feet have contact with the floor and knees are at a 90-degree angle (if not place a book underneath your feet). Lengthen your spine as you lean forward and place your head on your desk/table (a folded hand towel under the forehead is suggested). Make sure the back of your neck is long. Bring awareness to the space between your shoulder blades and breathe your breath deeply into the backside of your body between your shoulder blades (breathe in through nose and out through nose or out through mouth if that is more accessible). With the inhalation, think of expansion and with the exhalation release tension and worry with the breath. Stay here for at least 5 breaths.
4. Take your breaks!
Each system is different in terms of how many breaks you are allotted in a day and for how long but the reality is that often educators choose to work through their breaks, including their lunch breaks. The reasoning often being, "I have too much work to do". The truth is, no one is going to tell you to take your breaks so it is in your hands to take that time to reset. Leave your classroom or program environment and have your lunch outside or in another space away from your "work space". These moments of "resetting" are crucial to the restoration of the body and the nervous system. Taking a break away from your workspace for lunch or snacks also supports a more mindful experience with eating which supports healthier digestion.
5. Ground Yourself
This may sound funny but it can be quite effective in reducing stress. Make a commitment to set aside 5 minutes a day to take your shoes off and stand in the grass or on the earth barefoot. There is a reason why we call the earth the ground and why we use the word "grounded" to describe a feeling. Anxiety and stress is what we call Vata energy. Vata energy has an airy quality, which is in constant motion. By taking our shoes off and connecting to the earth it creates a greater sense of grounding, provides proprioceptive feedback to the nervous system and literally "roots" us and offers a more stable and grounded sense of being.
Try to make these activities and integral part of your day and practice them daily. It takes time to establish a routine but continual practice will eventually make your routine a habit. Notice how you are feeling before starting your routine and check in with yourself a week later to see if there is a difference in your mood and energy. Then notice if this daily routine has affected your interactions with the kids you work with or others in your work environment. Notice if this calmer, less stressed version of you has a more calming effect on the children around you. Better yet – teach your students or the children you work with some calming activities and practice them together! You'll be amazed what a difference it makes!
For breakfast I ate an Acai bowl with fresh strawberries, blueberries, gluten-free granola and shredded coconut for breakfast!
Photo credit: Tim Hardy
Ending childhood hunger, especially during the summer, has been the defining focus of my work for the past few years. At the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), I've worked with my team to chart participation in the Summer Nutrition Programs. These programs—the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)—are designed to replace the school breakfasts and lunches on which low-income children and their families rely during the school year, keeping hunger at bay and ensuring that children remain healthy throughout the summer. They also support summer programs and help draw children into educational, enrichment, and recreational activities that keep them learning, engaged, active, and safe during school vacation.
It has been remarkable to see the strides that have been made over the past few years, and the increase in the number of low-income children eating summer meals. That's particularly good news since summer nutrition is so critical to children's achievement, especially when meals are coupled with enrichment and learning activities. Children who participate in such summer programs reap countless benefits: they stay free from hunger, stay healthy, and stay engaged. Unfortunately, research shows us that when children are not involved in such activities they are likely to experience summer learning loss and are more likely to gain weight.
While there has been positive movement with summer meals, there still is a long way to go. FRAC's most recent look at summer food participation – FRAC's Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation – found that only one in six children who needed summer meals received them.
But we can keep the momentum going.
• Groups who are operating summer programs should consider serving meals if they aren't already. FRAC has a calendar that lists opportunities throughout the year.
• Groups who are already serving meals should consider expanding their operations, perhaps by adding more sites or by increasing the quality of food being served.
• Groups should also strongly consider offering enrichment activities to complement their current program.
The Food Research & Action Center has a number of resources to help you learn more about the Summer Nutrition Programs and how to develop quality programs that keep children well-fed and engaged, including a calendar that lists year-round actions for organizations seeking to strengthen their summer programs. In addition, FRAC's Meals Matter: Afterschool and Summer training calls and monthly newsletter provide valuable tips and best practices to achieve that goal. You can sign up here.
Photo Credit: Flickr
Over the last few years, I have become known as "the lady who loves hugs." When I visit any of our campuses, the kids come running ready for a hug, while others sit back and wait for me to approach them. Regardless if they run or wait, almost every single kid extends out their arms awaiting the embrace. For 13 years, I have wholeheartedly embraced the belief that we must hug our kids. I know that there are all sorts of arguments out there for why we should not show physical affection to our students and the risks we face in doing so, but after many years of consideration of the matter, I have come to determine that the benefits far outweigh the risk and therefore hug not only all of our scholars, but also their parents and their siblings, and for that matter, our entire staff! I have even coined little phrases, such as "hugs are free today, but tomorrow they will cost you a dollar," hence inviting even the shyest one for a free hug.
So why is it important to hug our young people? Well research shows that hugging reduces stress, helps us feel safe and supported, reduces anxiety, increases self-esteem, etc. However, in my experience, it also creates a culture of respect and regard, strengthens human connection, and creates an environment of trust and support. A few years back, Time Magazine did a story on "The Problem with 'No Hug' Policies." The article addressed how we have spent so much time over the last 30 plus years, focusing on "bad touch/good touch" and focused so heavily on the negative actions of a few, that we have failed to realize the consequences of creating environments where no touch is the only option.
So let's pair now the challenge of creating physical distance from those whom we work with paired with what they carry from their other environments. Working with high-risk populations youth are often exposed at very early ages to mistrust, and come to be very skeptical of anyone that comes forward trying to help them. Who can blame them? They have most often been disappointed or hurt by multiple people in their lives, including those in their homes, teachers, community members, and those who give them a sideway glance as they walk home from the library or nearby park. They are labeled as worthless, failures, or often worse. So when they walk into our doors, they are emotionally and psychologically worn from the weight of the labels they carry on their back, they are seeking someone to help reassure them, let them know they are valued, that they are cared for, and most importantly that they are safe. I urge you to think of a time when you were lost, in pain, or felt like the world had beaten you down, you may recall that the need for human touch was elevated, the need to be held and to be comforted is powerful. We need human contact, both in times of joy and times of sorrow. We need to feel supported and nurtured. Without it we find new ways of coping with this absence, many of which are unhealthy and often dangerous.
So still not comfortable hugging your kids... it is okay! There are plenty of other ways to create that safe and supportive environment, using alternative approaches. A few of my colleagues use a fist bump with the kids or the infamous side hug. Even a warm pat on the back demonstrates a connection. Others use verbal communication to remind the kids daily that they care about them and are important to them – please note this is not in the adult to child lecture format, but simply words of encouragement and affirmation. One of my colleagues has his own handshake he created and uses with the kids, sort of a secret handshake. I continue on with the hugs... at our family events, I stand at the front door and hug every person who comes through. I spend three hours walking around our field trips hugging every kid I see. I often have parents that seek me out at events, simply for a hug. Human contact changes the conversation; it opens a level of trust between two people, and creates civility in the conversation that follows. We all need to feel that connection, it is one of the first steps in reshaping the conversation of creating a healthy culture for our future generations.
As I drive through many of our neighborhoods and see kids hanging on the streets, I often wonder who loves that child, who hugs that child, who tells that child that they are amazing and will someday do something great. As a society we continue to sit back and watch our world deteriorate into senseless and repeated violence, anger, and hatred. I am not an emotional person. I am not amused by pictures of cute puppies, or cheesy inspirational poems about love, but I can't help but think, if we cared a little more, if we could recreate a culture where affection and human contact were at the center, maybe just maybe we wouldn't have to fight so hard to save so many lives.
For breakfast I eat the same thing every morning after my morning workout – 2 chocolate peanut butter protein shakes (that's right 2 of them!)... I lift in the morning and have to eat all the calories I burned within 45 minutes of my workout! For anyone who is interested, here is my recipe for each serving:
1 banana
2 scoops of EAS Lean Protein Powder Chocolate Fudge
1 C unsweetened almond milk
2 Tbsp of PB2
6 ice cubes
With the holidays behind us, now is the perfect time to pause and ensure we're taking care of ourselves as we look ahead to all that 2015 has to offer. If you're anything like me, you ran yourself ragged in December. I was determined to take two weeks off at the end of the year, which meant the weeks between Thanksgiving and my break were a mad scramble to finish everything I possibly could to set myself up for success when returning to work on January 5.
I am proud of myself for actually taking two full weeks off. I did not check my work email. I did not prepare materials for a meeting I was helping to facilitate on January 8. I did not prepare materials for a training I was developing and helping to facilitate on January 14. I spent time with my family. I took naps. I caught up on house projects I'd been putting off. Even so, it took until the last two days of the break for me to focus on two things that I enjoy doing: reading (for fun!) and knitting (I finished these socks finally!). At that point I wished for another week off so that I could do a few more things for myself.
I've now been back at work over a week and it has been a whirlwind. I've been working nights and weekends to catch up for those meetings and trainings I didn't think about over my break, which now seems like the distant past.
So, I'm forcing myself to STOP. And sit. And read. For fun! To knit. To play with my son without checking my email or Facebook. To disconnect in a way that I need for my own self-care.
Now I'd like for you to STOP. And think: what do you need for self-care? Can you commit to making a little time for yourself to do the things you enjoy a little each week? Let's not wait until we have a break to finally get to the things we enjoy.
I'd love you to take this message with you the next time you're talking with your coworkers or the youth in your school or program. Instead of asking how someone is doing (granted, an important question!), ask instead what they're doing for themselves lately. Ask them when was the last time they did something they love. We all need to take care of ourselves so we can be our best selves for others.
For breakfast this morning I had a bowl of oatmeal with blueberries and strawberries, as well as a strong cup of coffee.
Do you know how we like to say that some people are extroverts and some people are introverts?
I think most of us are actually a bit of both... I think we have extroverted moments and introverted moments—some of us just have more of one than the other.
I would call myself a genuinely introverted person with very large BURSTS of extrovertedness. The problem is, after those bursts I am left like a pile of goo—a big blob of grumpy. I get extrovert hangovers, and they leave me not wanting to think, talk, smile, create... heck, the idea of showering seems like an insurmountable mountain of a hurdle. The world becomes a cruel and demanding place, asking for my participation in it.
(I'm having an extrovert hangover now, in case that hadn't already become apparent. I sighed audibly this morning at the prospect of carrying my coffee mug from the counter to the sink)
Does that ever happen to you? Do you go from a "Hi! How can I help you?" state-of-mind to a "Go away! I just want to be alone!" state-of-mind, possibly even in short succession? (if not, me neither)
For me, the problem is that because I feel like I am "supposed" to be an extrovert, I feel very guilty when I retreat into my introverted shell, like I am somehow being wrong. I tell myself to snap out of it and get out there again.
That is a problem, though. When we declare ourselves a certain way, or when we say things like "that's not me" or "I could never do that," that is just us allowing ourselves to find safety in a category. But in reality, chances are, yes it is you, if you want it to be, and yes you could do that, if you were willing to try.
So if we truly embrace the idea that we are all a bit of both, then we can better allow ourselves to fully chase the extroverted moments and also fully embrace the introverted ones. It's a perfect balance of advance/retreat, expose/cover, display/conceal. Heck, now that I think about it, we all should be actively PRACTICING our extroverted side and our introverted side, so we do them both equally well.
We can help our students practice this too, by refraining from categorizing them as one or the other. How many times have we said things like, "Oh! You're so talkative today!" Or, "Why aren't you participating? You're usually so helpful." Or, "Wow—that's a totally different look for you!" Or, "You're bouncing off the walls today!" Instead, we could remember that our students, just like us, have days where they are turned ON and days where they are turned OFF and many days in between. There are many different sides to our students, and it's our job to reassure them that all of those sides are beautiful.
How can you embrace both your inner extrovert and your inner introvert?
(I'm going to go take a nap while you think about it)
I was too sleepy for breakfast so I just stuck with coffee this morning.
I was in NYC recently and scored my first "street bag" in the nearly three years since I've lived there. For those of you unfamiliar with New York City ways, vendors align every corner of the popular tourist neighborhoods, selling cell phone covers, hats, scarves, and, among other thing, purses. While I lived in New York I was a frequent buyer of said purses, in constant pursuit of the perfect bag. The best thing about these purses is that they typically cost about $20 or $30, much less than you usually pay in a "real" store, so your pursuit can come with little guilt to boot.
Even before living in New York I have spent my life in pursuit of the perfect bag. My requirements have changed throughout the years, but my expectations have always been high—enough pockets to make essential items easily accessible (essential items ten years ago included lip gloss and gum; essential items these days include diapers and wipes); big enough to hold all the things I might need to face any eventuality the day may offer—an umbrella for an unexpected rainstorm, snacks in case we get caught somewhere for more than five minutes, a book, a flashlight, water, a change of clothes for my two year old, my work calendar, my laptop, business cards, advil, and of course the ever-essential lip gloss and gum. Purses need to be big but not too big. Easily accessed but not too open. Soft but firm enough to allow me to find the items inside quickly. Lightweight. Versatile enough to go with any outfit.
As you might imagine, I've spent decades in disappointment.
Each new acquisition in my pursuit promises to be THE ONE. The bag that exceeds all bags. The bag that will house the items to make me a successful person/mother/worker all at the same time. Yet, alas, each bag eventually and inevitably fails me. It usually does one or two things well, but fails to do ALL the things., My relentless pursuit of PERFECTION in a bag causes me to continually dismiss all the bags that are just fine in search of the one that's even better.
It's quite rude, when you think about it. I have a closet full of lovely bags who have great pockets or who have plenty of room for my laptop or who are a delightful fashionable style. I have big bags and bigger bags. I have bags in black and brown and orange and green, and—thanks to my most recent score—silver.
I'm sorry, poor beautiful silver bag. I love you now, but I undoubtedly will soon find your flaws and toss you aside when the next perfect bag glimmers into view.
Why do we do such things? Why do we seek perfection, even long after it has become clear that perfection is unattainable? Why are we restless with what we have, longing for what might be out there? I see this in the young people we work with, too—a longing for something different, something more, something "other." Within the youthful restless spirit lies an insatiable thirst for new adventures. Because, the grass is always greener, right?
But... it's not. The grass is not greener. It might be different. It might be exciting for a time. It might feel initially like you've landed on the PERFECT solution. But as my decades-long-pursuit of the perfect bag has taught me, there is simply no such thing as perfection. And if you are constantly searching for perfection you will never stop searching. So to paraphrase both the Rolling Stones and Crosby, Stills, and Nash: you can't always get what you (think you) want, so if you just love the bag you're with, you might find you get just what you need.
How can you love the bag you're with?
For breakfast this morning I had beef jerky and a Diet Coke.
I hate the "take-off" portion of flying. Since I am typically on an airplane once a month or more, you would think this is an issue that would have subsided by now, but alas.
For me, it's a few things: It's the shift from sitting completely still to getting the clearance for take off and beginning the awkward, lumbering acceleration down the runway. It's the deafening noise and the rattling of the entire plane. It's the feeling, when we first become airborne, of the wings lilting this way and that, as if the plane is trying to find balance in the air. It's how the heaviness of the plane itself seems to always be on the verge of sending us straight back to the ground—scoffing at the notion that such a beast could fly. I find my body literally clenching from the tension of these early moments...especially when, as in my travels last week, I am flying in snowy, blustery conditions that cause the airplane to dramatically swoop and jerk with the wind.
But then we always reach that magical cruising altitude. That sweet spot in the sky, where the plane does indeed find its balance. Where the noise softens, the plane steadies, and the pilot tells us to go about with our iPods or laptops or kindles. Am I the only one that breathes a silent breath of relief and gratitude in that moment?
I was thinking how this is also the way it goes with new projects or ideas, or really anything new. Starting is the hardest part. Starting can feel horrible. It can be messy and awkward and lumbering and scary. And in the early stages it can be easy to believe that whatever it is we're trying to achieve is impossible— that there is no way it will take off. And then, even when it does take off, initially, it can suffer some turbulence along the way...it can lilt awhile as it tries to find balance—whether that be in the form of support or funding or acceptance or excitement. But if we just hang in there, the magical cruising altitude is usually there somewhere. If we hang in there, we eventually realize that indeed, we can fly.
We often struggle with this as adults, even though we've had countless experiences to show us that if we just hang in there, things do generally get easier. Success can arrive. So imagine how "take-off" must feel for some of our students—for those that haven't had the experience that allows them to believe in the process. To trust that a new idea will work; that the practice will pay off; that what might initially be questioned could later be hailed as brilliant.
So, in the end we just need to continue to remind ourselves to trust the take-off. Trust that despite the noise and the rattle and the labor that the plane will take off. Trust that we will achieve flight and not worry when it feels like it's hard getting there. And when we see those around us struggling with the take-off of something new, whether they are our students or our friends or our colleagues, we can remind them too.
What can you "take-off" today?
Today for breakfast I had coffee and the remains of my son's soggy rice crispies
I never understood the stories about children who allegedly drew on walls or destroyed family furniture. My five-year-old daughter was never like that and has always been one who likes to please, to follow the rules.
But then came Dylan.
Dylan, who will be three in May, makes up for the areas Marlowe left untouched, and then some. Last week, he discovered a hot pink lipstick in Marlowe's room, and by the time we found him, he had colored half of the door to the guest bedroom completely pink, had drawn on the white carpet in the upstairs hallway, and had drawn all over Marlowe's bedspread. I'm sure there are still spots we haven't found yet. The other night he took his cup of juice and just started walking around pouring it on the table, the floor, the chair, because apparently they needed watering. Last night he found a purple crayon and decided that drawing a huge smiley face on the upholstered dining room table chair would be the exact right thing to do.
The best/worst part of it, besides watching our house get totally trashed, is that he just really has a hard time being sorry. He tries to be sorry. After the purple crayon incident he said "I'm sorry! I'll NEVER do it again." But he will. With a twinkle in his eye, he will. And he'll laugh afterward. And if I say "Dylan! It's not funny!" he will take a cue from his favorite t.v. show "Peppa Pig" and he will say "It's a BIT funny."
And the thing is, he's right. It IS a bit funny.
It's the same bold spirit in him that will just go ahead and drag a stool over to the drawer that has the candy in it and help himself, even after I've told him that he can't have any candy. And it's only after threats of a timeout and beginning to "count to three" does it occur to him that there is any problem with that... usually punctuated with an "Oh! I'm sorry" (accentuated by laughter, laughter, laughter).
It's the same creative genius in him that will take whatever household objects are within his reach—toys, blankets, chairs, food—to create a "train" that extends the length of the family room.
It's the same mischievous nature in him that will try to tickle Marlowe when she is in the throes of a dramatic fit, sending her over the edge of dismay.
It's the same imaginative dreamer in him that currently wants to be both a "tooth fairy" and a "flyer who goes in a rocket ship to the moon" when he grows up.
Plain and simple, he loves what he loves—and boy does he love to laugh. And play. He looks at all of life with a twinkle in his eye. And while his specific actions sometimes (often) make me crazy and my house shabby, his spirit makes me nothing but proud... So I will acquiesce that it is indeed a bit funny.
Do you have any students like this? Ones that drive you crazy and test the limits and forge their own paths? How many of them, when you are able to look past the obvious reasons for frustration, remind you of yourself at all? How many of them are displaying, although perhaps in a less-than-ideal way, a true creative spirit? How many of them are showing you who they are, in their own package—whether or not it's the one you've tried to create for them? As you think about these students:
Is there something that you can find a bit funny?
Today for breakfast I had coffee and a yogurt (and maybe a girl scout cookie or two. I mean, c'mon. Thin Mints)
As I write, it's one of those times where I must focus the lens for the gritty and most meaningful things to tell you about. We only have a few sentences to share before our time together is up, and it's important to make them count. So that leads us to rhythm. There's nothing like a band that plays together, a motor in with proper timing, a NFL team operating as a unit, and especially a leader that is in balance. Beyond most, I believe that you understand the importance of rhythm in leadership life. You have chosen this course of business as a journey of the heart to see kids and young adults get better. For that, I believe you "get it" more than the rest. We want to see others win. If that's you, we speak the same language.
Sometimes that "rhythm" is more like an 1800's English Pub after a big win. I see now the fiddles, poofy dresses, and brawly men swinging girls around stomping on dilapidated wooden floors - you know that we enjoy and maximize this gift called life. A bit young and chaotic at times, true, but we also wish to live this gift from above with the intensity it deserves. We hold to a higher ideal. Because there are far too many graves for ideas and ambitions that have long since gone, we exist loudly and freely for love. We choose to live like it...
Allow me the humble opportunity to share with you a few reminders for maintaining your leadership rhythm.
1. Have a healthy personal life.
Eat well. Get enough sleep but not too much sleep. In down time, do things you love. Work out. Take time to walk on the beach. Don't watch too much tv.
2. Never, ever, ever stop learning.
When we stop learning we stop growing. Be a reader.
3. It's not the "what", it's the "why."
Choose to not only be connected to "what" you are doing, but more importantly, connect to "why" you are doing it. The tasks will not keep you going, but the passion for why you do it will.
4. Discipline.
Lazy leaders won't take their team very far. Be a long distance runner. Keep pushing through!
5. Develop leaders.
You're in this business to replace yourself. We're pouring into the next generation! Coach 'em up!
6. Take time to ask "What if?"
Don't just work "in it," but take time to get away and work "on it." This is a reflective time of asking "What if?" - "What if we did this? What if we were able to land that grant, or hire "that" person, or reach this certain kid?" Good things come to those who dream.
A few months ago I was able to ride a friends motorcycle 1799.8 miles all over California with my dad. This epic journey was filled reflective and introspective moments. We stood under the great grandfatherly Sequoia trees of Central California and the bold Redwood trees of Northern California. I couldn't help but think about how small I am. In those moments, standing under what made me an ant of a man, and when looking at the Half Dome rock in Yosemite, I have never been more aware of my mortality. I didn't even have the guts to climb to the edge of a secure guardrail to snap a quick photo. I felt like I'd have a heart attack right then! Fortunately there was a six-year-old girl willing to take it for me. Recently I traveled home to see my dad because his blood pressure was very high. He's hanging in there, but we don't have many answers.
Life is short, and we're not in it very long. Some of the trees I stood under were 2400 years old. 2400 years! They even seemed young, staring up at them, but we, you and I are diseased with a short existence. My fellow leaders, live today like it could be your last day. Some of us may have many years ahead of us, and others, less. Whatever it is, lets give everything we have to others. Lets live in the rhythm and love big, think big, sacrifice big, give big...
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Let's start the tour of CL-MPI with a parallel "Hello World" that demonstrates point-to-point communications among processes, and a introduction to the MPI runtime. This post assumes you know little or nothing about MPI, so the pace may be a bit slow for people who already know MPI. I promise to pick up the pace in future posts, so stay tuned!
1 #+sbcl(require 'asdf) 2 (eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute) 3 (asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'cl-mpi)) 4 5 (defun mpi-hello-world () 6 "Each process other than the root (rank 0) sends a message to process 0" 7 (mpi::with-mpi ;macro which initializes and finalizes MPI 8 (let ((tag 0)) 9 (cond ((/= 0 (mpi:mpi-comm-rank)) 10 (let ((msg (format nil "Greetings from process ~a!" (mpi:mpi-comm-rank)))) 11 ;;send msg to proc 0 12 (mpi:mpi-send-auto msg 0 :tag tag))) 13 (t ; rank is 0 14 (loop for source from 1 below (mpi:mpi-comm-size) do 15 ;; receive and print message from each processor 16 (let ((message (mpi:mpi-receive-auto source :tag tag))) 17 (format t "~a~%" message))))))))Before describing this code, a quick overview of the Single-Program, Multiple-Data (SPMD) the MPI execution model, used by MPI: In the SPMD model, all processes execute the same program independently. If we want to run a program on 4 processors using MPI, then MPI spawns 4 separate instances of the program, each as a separate process. Each process has a corresponding identifier, which in MPI terminology is a rank.
Let's try to run our hello-world from the shell (keep reading to see why it has to be from the shell; if it doesn't become obvious, see the footnotes).
If this was an ordinary, sequential SBCL program, we'd execute it as:
alexf@tesla1:~/cl-mpi/examples$ /usr/local/bin/sbcl --noinform --load "mpi-hello-world" --eval "(progn (mpi-hello-world)(sb-ext:quit))"Using the MPICH1.2 implementation of MPI, we do the following (with resulting output):
alexf@tesla1:~/cl-mpi/examples$ mpirun -np 4 /usr/local/bin/sbcl --noinform --load "mpi-hello-world" --eval "(progn (mpi-hello-world)(sb-ext:quit))" Greetings from process 1! Greetings from process 2! Greetings from process 3! alexf@tesla1:~/cl-mpi/examples$As you can see, all we did was add "mpirun -np 4" to the previous command line. The MPI runtime environment is started with an executable, usually called mpirun or mpiexec. We used mpirun. The "-np 4" option specifies that 4 processes are to be started.
We can see what goes on by adding a (break) between lines 8 and 9 in the code. Now, if we enter the same command line, we'll get a break and REPL. We can then run ps (from another window), and see that there are in fact 4 SBCL processes are running (spawned by mpirun), all started with the same command line parameters.1
alexf@tesla1:~/cl-mpi$ ps -aef | grep sbcl alexf 25743 25740 0 17:58 ? 00:00:22 /usr/local/bin/sbcl alexf 26978 26975 0 22:46 pts/3 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c mpirun -np 4 /usr/local/bin/sbcl --load "mpi-hello-world" --eval "(progn (mpi-hello-world)(sb-ext:quit))" alexf 26979 26978 0 22:46 pts/3 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mpirun -np 4 /usr/local/bin/sbcl --load mpi-hello-world --eval (progn (mpi-hello-world)(sb-ext:quit)) alexf 27005 26979 14 22:46 pts/3 00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/sbcl --load mpi-hello-world --eval (progn (mpi-hello-world)(sb-ext:quit)) alexf 27006 27005 0 22:46 pts/3 00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/sbcl --load mpi-hello-world --eval (progn (mpi-hello-world)(sb-ext:quit)) alexf 27007 27005 0 22:46 pts/3 00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/sbcl --load mpi-hello-world --eval (progn (mpi-hello-world)(sb-ext:quit)) alexf 27008 27005 0 22:46 pts/3 00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/sbcl --load mpi-hello-world --eval (progn (mpi-hello-world)(sb-ext:quit)) alexf 27011 28544 0 22:46 pts/6 00:00:00 grep sbclThe output shown above from the hello-world program show that processes 1-3 sent a greeting message (to process 0), and these were displayed to standard output. Now, let's look at the code: Lines 1-3 are boilerplate for loading the CL-MPI library. The macro with-mpi (line 7) executes the body in a MPI environment. The MPI_Init and MPI_Finalize functions are called before and after the body.
The interesting behavior start on Line 9. Up to this point, all processors have been executing the same code (all processors have loaded the cl-mpi library, started executing the mpi-hello-world function, entered the body of the with-mpi macro, and initialized tag to 0). Recall that each process has an associated rank. Rank 0 is usually referred to as the "root". Line 9 uses mpi-comm-rank, a wrapper for MPI_Comm_rank, to get the process rank, and branches on the rank of the processor, so lines 10-12 are executed on all processors except processor 0, and lines 14-17 are executed only on processor 0.
Let's consider what happens on processors with rank > 0. Line 10 creates a message which contains the process rank, and line 12 calls mpi-send-auto to perform a blocking send operation which sends the message to process 0. A blocking send operation is a point-to-point, synchronous operation where the sender process waits for the receiver to receive the message before continuing execution (MPI and CL-MPI also support non-blocking, asynchronous communications).
Meanwhile, the process with rank 0 executes the loop in line 14, Since source iterates from 1 to (mpi-comm-rank), a wrapper for MPI_Comm_size, which specifies the total number of processes2. At each iteration, line 16 performs a blocking receive operation using mpi-receive-auto, which waits to receive a message from a given source, and line 17 prints the received message.
Note that lines 10-12 are executed in parallel in the processes with rank > 0. The order in which these processes initiate the message send is not specified. However, on process 0, the receiver, lines 14-17 are execute sequentially, and line 16 first waits for a message from process 1 to be received before continuing, regardless of the order in which messages were actually sent. Thus, the structure of lines 14-17 imposes a serialization on the order in which messages are processed and printed by process 0, so the output above shows the message from process 1 first, followed by process 2, and finally process 3. (We do not have to process the messages in this particular order. For example, MPI_Probe or MPI_Waitany can be used to process messages in the order in which they arrive).
The send/receive functions mpi-send-auto and mpi-receive-auto are wrappers around the MPI_Send and MPI_Recv functions, but they do a bit more work than their C counterparts. Both MPI_Send and MPI_Recv requires that the type and size of the objects be fully specified. The "-auto" part of mpi-send-auto and mpi-receive-auto implement a simple protocol by which any object can be sent and received without specification of type or size. This is convenient in cases where communications efficiency is not critical. CL-MPI also provides lower-level, functions which map more directly to MPI_Send and MPI_Recv so that you can squeeze out performance, but even for applications where every bit of performance matters, it's nice to be able to use the -auto versions during the development phase (you know, the whole "dynamic language" thing...)
So that was a simple example of point-to-point communications. Coming up: more complicated examples that show what parallel programming in CL-MPI is actually good for.
1 Warning -- if you actually try this, you'll have to kill all of the SBCL processes -- as can be expected when we have multiple Lisp processes all contending for the standard in/out, I/O in MPI when multiple REPLs get invoked is a messy issue. If you were puzzled about all this talk of running things from the command line in Lisp, it should be clear now -- the multi-process MPI runtime and the usual way of using Lisp with interactive REPLs don't mix too well. There can be some issues with debugging and thread-based parallelism, but with process-based parallelism such as MPI, the problem is worse. On the other hand, the REPLs do work in a more or less reasonable way, but you just have to be careful how you use them (maybe I'll write a post on parallel debugging at some point). Also, the debugging situation with CL-MPI is no worse than with any other MPI language binding -- this is the price to be paid for a framework that allows parallelism across different machines.
2 MPI Communicators (what "Comm" stands for) are more complex than that, but let's ignore that for now.

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what kind of sensors can i use in building a rail track inspecter.
wat is the specification of the sensors.
can i fix the directionality for any sensor.ex.photo transistor
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What do you need inspect for? Search online for a sensor that can find what you need . . . perhaps ultrasonic scanner would work?
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i hve to ispect the track & detect the broken tracks & error in distance between the tracks.can u give me an idea.
are these real train tracks?
are the broken parts just small cracks, or seperation in the track?
its hard to tell you what sensor if i dont know the details, could you explain more?
you can probably just use a photoresistor sensor, so when the light
'breaks,' that is where the track is damaged.
its a white chart paper track on black background.so could u plz say me wat kind of sensors with exact product name.
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14-11. Dating the archives of explosive volcanism and climate change in Alaska using combined U-Th and (U-Th)/He geochronology
Widespread beds of volcanic ash, or tephra, occurring throughout Alaska and western Canada are critical geological markers because they record the frequency and magnitude of the largest explosive eruptions from Alaskan volcanoes and anchor the chronology of multiple paleoclimate archives spanning Pleistocene-Holocene time. These tephras reflect explosive eruptions that, were they to occur today, would produce widespread social disruption and would threaten infrastructure. Accurate and precise ages for eruptive chronologies are critical to producing probabilistic hazard assessments for volcanoes (e.g., Nathenson et al., 2012). Despite their importance, many voluminous (>5 km3) Alaskan tephras are undated or imprecisely dated by direct or indirect methods. In most cases, direct dating of the tephras using K-Ar or Ar/Ar methods has been thwarted because the required potassium-rich minerals (e.g., sanidine feldspar) are absent or too small. Moreover, many of the tephras are beyond the practical age limits (~50 ka) of radiocarbon (14C) dating, which yields an indirect age from associated organic matter. Recently, the combination of the (U-Th)/He and 238U-230Th disequilibrium dating methods has been demonstrated to be powerful for resolving the eruption ages of young volcanic deposits that are problematic or effectively impossible to date by other methods (e.g., Schmitt et al., 2010; Danisik et al., 2012; Vazquez and Lidzbarski, 2012).
Important and widespread marker tephras bracketing loess and sedimentary sequences that record climate variability in Alaska and northwestern Canada include the voluminous Old Crow tephra that is thought to have erupted from an eastern Aleutian arc volcano (Preece et al., 2011a); the Sheep Creek tephra(s), erupted from Hayes volcano or the Wrangell volcanic field, which possibly represent multiple episodes of volcanism (Westgate et al., 2008); and the indirectly dated Variegated Tephra (Jensen et al., 2011). Nearly all of these regionally distributed tephras are documented to contain zircon, making them amenable to combined (U-Th)/He and U-Th dating. Numerous other Alaskan tephras require better numerical age control, and importantly, links to hazardous source volcanoes that generate voluminous explosive eruptions (e.g., Preece et al., 2011b). Preliminary source-volcano studies by USGS-AVO scientists suggest that pyroclastic deposits generated by explosive silicic eruptions from Hayes and Augustine volcanoes in Cook Inlet are broadly latest Pleistocene in age, but await direct dating and integration into the regional tephrochronologic framework.
The goals of this Mendenhall Research Opportunity are to determine absolute ages and potential source volcanoes for key regionally distributed Alaskan tephras. This project will take advantage of the unique analytical partnership between Stanford University and USGS by combining the Stanford-USGS SHRIMP-RG ion microprobe laboratory (http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3067/. and http://shrimprg.stanford.edu.) and Stanfords Noble Gas Thermochronology Laboratory, both of which are located at Stanford. The Mendenhall Fellow will combine 238U-230Th and (U-Th)/He geochronology by 1) dating the final pre-eruptive crystallization of the accessory mineral zircon using 238U-230Th disequilibrium (e.g., Vazquez and Lizdbarski, 2012), and 2) dating the timing of tephra cooling, and in turn eruption, using (U-Th)/He geochronology (e.g., Danisik et al., 2012). In addition the Fellow will develop an analytical strategy that leads to integrated and complimentary geochronologic and geochemical datasets to link regional tephras to their source volcanoes.
The Mendenhall Fellow should have a strong background in volcanology and/or geochronology, and will design a project that builds upon previous stratigraphic, tephrochronologic, and geochemical studies in order to maximize the refinement of chronologies and identification of sources for regionally extensive tephras in Alaska and western Canada. Expected results include a refined chronostratigraphic framework for Pleistocene volcanic, paleomagnetic, and paleoclimate chronologies in Alaska and northwestern Canada. The Fellow will have leeway to integrate complementary avenues of research related to geochronology and geochemistry, such as magma generation processes and timescales leading to voluminous explosive eruptions in Alaska, the interplay between eruption frequency and ice-cover change, or implications of refined chronologies for geoarcheology.
Coble, M.A., Grove, M., Calvert, A.T., 2011, Calibration of Nu-Instruments Noblesse multicollector mass spectrometers for argon isotopic measurements using a newly developed reference gas. Chem. Geol., vol. 290, p 7587.
Daniík, M, et al., 2012. Re-anchoring the late Pleistocene tephrochronology of New Zealand based on concordant radiocarbon ages and combined 238U/230Th disequilibrium and (UTh)/He zircon ages. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 349, p. 240250.
Jensen, B.J.L., Preece, S.J., Lamothe, M., Pearce, N., Froese, D.G., Westgate, J.A., Schaefer, J., and Beget, J., 2011. The variegated (VT) tephra: A new regional marker for middle to late marine isotope stage 5 across Yukon and Alaska. Quat. Intl., vol. 246, p. 312323.
Nathenson, M., Clynne, M.A., and Muffler, P., 2012. Eruption probabilities for the Lassen Volcanic Center and regional volcanism, northern California, and Probabilities for large explosive eruptions in the Cascade range. USGS Sci. Invest. Rep. 20125176B, 23 p.
Preece, S.J., Pearce, N.J.G., Westgate, J.A., Froese, D.G., Jensen, B.J.L., and Perkins, W.T., 2011a. Old Crow tephra across eastern Beringia: a single cataclysmic eruption at the close of marine isotope stage 6. Quat. Sci. Rev., vol. 30, p. 20692090.
Preece, S.J., Westgate, J.A., Froese, D.G., Pearce, N.J.G, and Perkins, W.T., 2011b. A catalogue of late Cenozoic tephra beds in the Klondike gold fields and adjacent areas, Yukon Territory. Can. J. Earth Sci., vol. 48, p. 13861418.
Schmitt, A.K., Stockli, D.F., Lindsay, J.M., Robertson, R., Lovera, O., and Kislitsyn, R., 2010. Episodic growth and homogenization of plutonic roots in arc volcanoes from combined U-Th and (U-Th)/He zircon dating. Earth Plan. Sci. Lett., vol. 295, p. 91103.
Vazquez, J., and Lidzbarski, M., 2012. High-resolution tephrochronology of the Wilson Creek Formation (Mono Lake, California) and Laschamp event using 238U-230Th SIMS dating of accessory mineral rims. Earth Plan. Sci. Lett., vol. 357358, p. 5467.
Westgate, J., Preece, S., Froese, D., Pearce, N., Roberts, R., Demuro, M., Hart, W., and Perkins, W., 2008. Changing idea son the identity and stratigraphic significance of the Sheep Creek tephra beds in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, northwestern North America. Quat. Intl., vol. 178, p. 183209.
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Masarap ang maging isang anak, lalo na pag ikaw ay isang tunay na anak.
As a daughter to my parents, my responsibility is to take in charge of the things especially in household chores when my mom is not around. I usually clean our house, I wash the dishes, prepare breakfast for my father when he is going to work, take care of my younger brother and all others stuffs. Since my elder brother has his own family, one of my important responsibility when I graduate is to provide financial support to my parents and to send my younger brother to college.
I don't think it is hard to become their one and only daughter, because I love them so much and I will do everything just to give them the best things in life that they deserve.
Our lives become more meaningful if we are able to help our parents and our entire family.. You are on the right track, Ms. Alcantara.
As a daughter I need to be conscious when it comes to my decisions and behavior, most of all i have a younger sister who always saw what i'm doing. i need to be a good model to her so that she will follow the good thing in me, study hard to finish my studies for me to able to help my parents who supported me all the time, to help them when they get old. because i love my family.
As a daughter I'll make sure that I'll make my parents happy after all they've done for me i will do good things to make my parents proud of me and help them out with whatever they need.When I'm done with school I want to make enough money so they don't have to work anymore and make life good for them. As a daughter I love my parents with all my heart. As a daughter I'll do anything for my parents to make them happy.
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Responsibility comes when we start to realize that we're not alone. Having someone in our lives such as our parents make us realize that life becomes meaningful only when we become responsible not just to ourselves but to our parents as well.
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Subject: [Lon] 1871 census lookup Poplar area
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 18:53:49 +0800
I wonder if there is someone with access to the 1871 census for Poplar who could look up the following family for me, please.
Thomas Smith born Scarborough, Yorkshire aged 48
Isabella Smith born Scarborough, Yorkshire aged about 50
Ann born Rotherhithe, Surrey aged 20
Jane born Hartlepool, Durham aged 20 not twins
William born Poplar aged 12
May be more children between Jane and William.
Another daughter, Mary Isabella married in 1865 to Robert Merralls and may also be living in either Poplar, Bromley or Stepney.
These are my g-g-grandparents. Thomas was a shipwright, would Hartlepool, Poplar, Scarborough and Rotherhithe be areas that a shipwright would work??
Many thanks,
Vivienne Garforth
Perth, Western Australia
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We'll start with a pickup by our professional driver at the airport in Catania, on Sicily's eastern coast. From there, we'll drive about 90 minutes south to the town of Ragusa, where we'll stay at the San Giorgio Palace Hotel where you'll have your own private room, (as you will in the other places we'll stay). Our next day will be spent exploring and photographing Ragusa, part of it with a professional guide who will help us understand the history and culture of this unique area of Sicily.
After two nights in Ragusa, we'll move south and east to the town of Modica, with its stunning Baroque architecture. On our way to Modica, we'll stop in the hill towns of Noto and Scicli, and we'll also stop to taste the wines at the boutique Curto winery... no relation, but… I mean… why not, right? (and the wines are fantastico!) In Modica, we'll stay at the Palazzo Failla, a converted noble Sicilian home.
The next day will allow us to explore Modica and after two nights there, we'll head toward the coast. After making a stop in Siracusa and photographing its stunning Greek amphitheater and the small-island city of Ortigia, we'll move on to the coastal town of Taormina, within site of the volcano of Mount Etna.
We'll spend 3 nights in Taormina at the lovely and well-situated Hotel Villa Diodoro. Part of our first day in Taormina will be spent exploring and photographing this spectacular coastal town and later in the day, we'll go up to and photograph the volcano of Mount Etna. While on the volcano, we'll also taste some of the wine that is made from grapes grown in the volcanic soil of the mountain.
Our last day in Taormina will be spent both exploring the town and putting together final projects of the work we've done during the week. We'll work on sequencing as well as on content, so your final slideshow conveys your own personal sense of place from your time in Sicily.
On the final morning, we'll transport you back to the Catania airport, where you can fly out to Rome or other destinations.
Mixed in with our explorations will be time spent on photographic instruction – both in the field and back at our hotel, where we'll critique images, learn nuances of technique and vision and discuss our photographic intentions and how they inform your personal sense of the places we'll explore together. Through ample time for image making, a blend of formal and field instruction and time for discussion and critique, we will work to uncover themes and lines of vision that may not have been previously evident to you. I limit my groups to a maximum of 7 photographers to ensure a high level of personal instructional attention.
Non-photographer companions are welcome and warmly invited to attend.
Sicily: Photographing A Sense of Place – June 2 to June 9, 2017
Land Cost: $4695
Your non-refundable deposit of $500 holds your spot – Balance of $4195 is due by March 1, 2017. See our Terms and Conditions here.
On the Itinerary:
- Ragusa – 2 nights overnight in a town of palazzi and elegant piazzas
- Modica – 2 nights in a gorgeous architectural wonder
- Noto – a pearl of a baroque hill town
- Scicli – a Sicilian baroque town nestled in a gorge
- Curto winery visit and tasting
- Siracusa & Ortigia – windows into the ancient history of the Mediterranean
- Taormina – Sicilian dolce vita, with an ancient theater and breathtaking vistas
- Mount Etna tour
What's Included:
Our strategy? Arrive in Italy, make photographs and learn – we take care of the rest (ground transportation, meals, guides, tips, etc – it's all included).
- Expert instruction by Jeff Curto, including small group field instruction, plenty of one-on-one time & critique sessions
- Maximum of 7 participants
- Extensive pre-trip planning documents for both photography and Italian culture
- Travel and instructional materials during the workshop
- All ground transportation during the workshop
- Admissions for all Included sightseeing
- All lodging during the workshop – single occupancy
- Local expert guides
- All included Gratuities, Taxes and Fees
- Breakfast daily
- Some lunches
- Dinner (including wine) all nights except one (dine on your own that night)
Important Notes:
Since our workshop participants join us from places all over the world, airfare is not included.
You may decide that you'd like to travel around other places in Italy either before or after the workshops. Or after reviewing flights, you may discover that you may want to arrive the day prior to the beginning of the planned trip in order to meet the group in Italy. La Dolce Via Travel can assist you with transfers, accommodations, or other travel needs you may have. Regardless, we advise early arrival at least a day in advance so that you can be at your best and ready to go when we begin.
The land cost is based on current exchange rate between the Euro and US dollar. Should these rates change significantly, there may be an adjustment in the trip price.
…On the sixth day,
God accomplished His work
And, pleased with all the beauty
He had created,
He took the Earth in His hands,
And kissed it.
There, where He put His lips,
That's Sicily.
Renzino Barbera, 1923 – 2009 Poet, writer, artist, actor


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Free HOT Workshop: Professional Web Portfolios with Free Tools
Hands On Tech Workshops
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (EDT)
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San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
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Workshop: Employers are asking more and more for a link to one's work and resume. This workshop will cover two free tools and some key skills that will enable any moderately web savvy person to post a bio, resume and work samples online. Examples of online portfolios will also be reviewed and discussed.
Hands On. BYOC (Bring your own camper). This is a hands on workshop. Bring your own laptop and your enthusiasm because this workshop emphasizes a practical, hands-on approach to learning about technology.
Presenter Caleb Clark is the director of the EdTech Masters program at Marlboro, where he also teaches. He is also a technology integrator with local schools. He has been a Web geek since 1994 and an educational technologist since 1999. Caleb has an MPS from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and an MA in Educational Technology from San Diego State University.
Free! This workshop is free to the public, but please RSVP so we know how many to anticipate.
Presented by the EdTech Program of Marlboro College Graduate School. Individual classes certificates, and masters degrees in educational technology, information at: http://gradschool.marlboro.edu/academics/edtech/
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Marlboro Graduate School
28 Vernon St
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (EDT)
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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 10.0237 Thursday, 11 February 1999.
Date: Thursday, 11 Feb 1999 14:13:00 +1000 (GMT+1000)
Subject: 10.0210 Re: Nietzsche
Comment: Re: SHK 10.0210 Re: Nietzsche
A question about Clifford Stetner's comment on Nietzsche. He mentions
"a German critic" who wrote, "Hamlet is Germany"-or was it "Germany is
Hamlet"? Sorry. Anyway, does Professor Stetner or anyone else on the
list know who the German critic was, and in what context the remark was
made...either a citation or a clue? It would be helpful for a paper I'm
working on now about late 19th/early 20th German reception of
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|Pardoned activists demand payment
|Wilmington 10 want compensation for convictions
|Published Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:03 pm
WILMINGTON � Now that the Wilmington 10, after more than 40 years, have been legally granted pardons of actual innocence from the state of North Carolina, their attorneys are now at work on the next phase � compensation.
�We are in the process now of preparing an effort to seek compensation for the living members of the Wilmington 10, and the decedents of the four deceased (members),� attorney Irving Joyner told The Wilmington Journal. �There are significant legal questions remaining that we have to deal with, but we�re working through that now, and trying to develop the strategy that we need to go forward.�
It was January 5, during a jammed-packed church service led by North Carolina NAACP President William Barber at Gregory Congregational United Church of Christ, that five of the six remaining members of the Wilmington Ten � Benjamin Chavis, Wayne Moore, Willie Earl Vereen, James McKoy, and Marvin Patrick (Reginald Epps was unable to attend) � and the families of deceased members Anne Shepard, William Joe Wright, Jerry Jacobs and Connie Tindall, officially received their certificates, signed by outgoing Gov. Beverly Perdue on Dec. 31, declaring each innocent of the 1972 conspiracy charges they were convicted of stemming from the burning of a White-owned grocery store during racial strife there a year earlier.
They were collectively sentenced to 282 years in prison, some of which they all served before their sentences were commuted in 1978 by then-Gov. James B. Hunt. The case against them began unraveling two years earlier when the state�s three key witnesses admitted in court that they perjured themselves during the trial; the human rights group Amnesty International declared the Wilmington 10 �political prisoners of conscience� and in March 1977, the CBS news magazine �60 Minutes� uncovered evidence proving the Wilmington Ten were innocent.
Finally, in December 1980, the U.S. Fourth Circuit of Appeals overturned all of the Wilmington Ten convictions, and ordered North Carolina to either retry the defendants, or dismiss all charges. The state did neither, forcing the wrongfully convicted into legal limbo for the next 32 years, and leaving them vulnerable to be retried at any point.
Under North Carolina law, a person legally declared innocent is entitled to $50,000 a year in compensation for every year that they were falsely imprisoned, not exceeding $750,000.
All of the Wilmington Ten were indeed in prison for varying periods ranging from three to seven years, though they were originally sentenced from 15 to 34 years in prison, with Ben Chavis receiving the longest sentence.
But with the state refusing to either retry or dismiss charges for more than three decades, leaving all of the Ten legally exposed, does that constitute a degree of false imprisonment that they should now be compensated for?
In the original clemency papers filed with the governor�s office last year, attorneys Joyner and James Ferguson, the original lead defense attorney for the Wilmington Ten, argued how each member, and their families, have suffered mightily as a result of the negative impact the false convictions have had on their lives.
Willie Earl Vereen never became the doctor he had hoped to become. Connie Tindall, a high school football champion, never made it to the NFL as he�d planned. Other Wilmington Ten members were shunned by their churches when they left prison, and fired from jobs because of their association. And two Wilmington Ten members � Jerry Jacobs and William Joe Wright � died because of diseases they directly contracted while in prison.
Joyner says his team is looking at every avenue, every argument.
�That is one of the things we�re trying to look at in terms of trying to identify the appropriate theories to go forth,� he told the Journal. �The stronger one is the statutory one where there is a finding of a pardon of innocence, the granting of the pardon of innocence, that they�re entitled to a certain established compensation for each year that they spent in prison. But we�re looking at all angles on this, and we have a team that we�re conferring with now to figure out exactly what is the most appropriate and best strategy to use in going forward.�
Joyner reiterates that while the focus has now shifted to compensation, 100 percent of the previous effort was about proving the Wilmington Ten innocent. With the National Newspaper Publishers Association sponsoring the effort, and the Wilmington Journal taking the lead over the past year, to Joyner�s delight, that monumental task was accomplished.
�Obviously I was overjoyed that the governor agreed with our position, and after conducting an extensive examination of the facts, agreed that the persecution of the Wilmington Ten resulted from racism, and a misuse of the criminal justice process by the prosecutor down in New Hanover County,� attorney Joyner said. �Having reached that conclusion, she was compelled to do what she did.�
But opposition to the pardons of innocence was formidable.
Joyner notes: �[Forty years ago] the Wilmington Ten case drew support from the North Carolina Attorney General�s Office, and they came to the defense of [prosecutor] Jay Stroud and his actions, and the actions of the judge [Robert Martin]�and defended that all the way up through the U.S. Supreme Court, and finally to the [U.S.] Fourth Circuit of Appeals. The individuals who were actively involved in seeking to coverup those actions, and to justify them legally, were also attorneys in Gov. Perdue�s office.�
Attorney Joyner continued, �We were not aware of that at the time that we filed our petition [last May]. But soon after we filed it, we became aware of their presence, and they fought mightily to revive the arguments that they had been making [against us], to no avail.�
Joyner agrees that the subsequent discovery of the Stroud files � the handwritten notes by prosecutor Stroud documenting how he tried to manipulate a predominately-White �KKK and Uncle Tom-type� jury to guarantee a conviction � helped the case immensely.
�The Stroud files were critical, and became the smoking gun about the intentional conduct of the prosecutor,� Joyner said. �It made it hard to argue that we had not presented a compelling case.�
�That�s why it�s more significant that over the advice and direction of the people who were closest to her, [Gov. Perdue] was able to see through the glint and the glam. So there was significant opposition in her office, and also from people in Wilmington � [retired] police officers, firemen�people who were not even there [in 1971] and bought into this public relations campaign that if the Wilmington 10 members did not actually burn Mike�s Grocery, then they knew who did, which was an absurd assertion.�
The battle for just compensation may take months. But the satisfaction of being there for the Wilmington Ten for the past 40 years, and seeing their justice through to the end, is meaningful to attorney Joyner.
�To give to each of those individuals their pardons was a great joy,� the law professor says, looking back to the certificate ceremony a few weeks ago. �Just to look at the expressions on their faces was just overwhelming. In your life as a lawyer, you always look for those moments when you can say that my living has not been in vain, and my work has had some significant meaning in the life of someone.�
Joyner adds: �We had a mighty victory, and the Lord has blessed us.�
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Federal agency finds defects in ballot scanners
WASHINGTON – The federal agency responsible for inspecting voting equipment said Thursday that a ballot scanner used in several key battleground states can freeze up without warning, fail to log errors and misread ballots.
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission said the ballot reader, made by Omaha-based ES&S, is not in compliance with federal standards. And while it's the first time the 8-year-old agency has taken such a step, it falls just short of decertification — a move that could force election officials to abandon the machines on the eve of the 2012 presidential primaries.
The DS200 optical-scan system is designed to read paper ballots fed into the machines by voters themselves at their precincts. It's used in all or part of Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York and Wisconsin.
The commission found three problems with the machines:
•Random screen-freezes that prevent ballots from being fed.
•Failure to log errors in a file that would let election officials know of problems.
•Skewing of ballots as they're fed into the machine, making votes cast in some parts of the ballot unreadable.
ES&S responded in a statement to customers Thursday. "While we may not necessarily agree with all of the findings or recommendations within the report, we have nonetheless pledged our full cooperation."
The commission first learned of the problems in a story in The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, which reported last year that 10% of the voting machines in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, had failed a pre-election test.
Jane Platten, the Cuyahoga County elections director, said the county had to switch to shorter ballot pages to fix the problems, and later reached a $208,197 settlement with the company. Later fixes offered by ES&S also led to system freezes, so the county went back to the previous, flawed software as "the devil we know," she said.
Candice Hoke, a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law professor and an expert on voting equipment, credited local election officials for the rigorous testing that helped discover the problems. The logging issue, while seemingly technical, is a fundamental question of integrity, she said.
"If someone were to hack into the machine, if the logging is not secure and doesn't protect it from rollbacks, that would allow someone to tamper with it and leave no trace," Hoke said.
Because Ohio is one of 13 states that requires EAC certification for voting machines, decertification could throw elections in Cuyahoga County — and nearby Mahoning County, which uses the same system — into chaos in a presidential election year.
"Our goal is not to decertify systems. We never want to be in a situation of putting counties in a position where they cannot run an election," the EAC's Brian Hancock said last week.
The agency may lack the ability to force compliance. The four-member commission hasn't had enough members for a year, with Senate Republicans blocking President Obama's nominees. House Republicans have moved to kill the EAC, calling it a "zombie agency."
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The question 'hey, wanna come over and watch a movie?' is really just a method of gauging sexual interest clothed in social decorum.
If it's already late at night and you both like each other, the movie itself won't really matter... though a Saw marathon could set the wrong tone.
Avoid good films, like Citizen Kane or The Shawshank Redemption, because you'll likely want to watch them. No Academy Awards. Definitely no BAFTAs. Think of it like basic economics: the benefits of sex have to outweigh the cost of missing the second half of the movie. Here's a few flicks to kick things off.
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Have Relationship Questions? Ask a Counselor for Answers ASAP
She's been disconnected from messenger and facebook during the last days, that's something unusual in her. The most sensible explation may be that she's been very busy lately, but I don't know if I caused confusion to her and should think that she's hiding from me.
Regarding your last point, I would like to e-mail her just to know if she liked my gifts... Should I mention the letter? or should I write as if nothing happened?


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Fancy tasting a dozen wines for 100 yuan, or a mere $14? Offers like that from the growing number of small bars around Shanghai are drawing in would-be wine connoisseurs in a country better known for Tsingtao beer and the firewater called baijiu. Consumption growth in the low to mid teens is expected.
Fears of a "Bordeaux bubble" have been stoked after recent auctions in Hong Kong pushed prices for "first growth" offerings to dizzying heights as China's new rich compete for the scarce bottles from one of the world's premier regions.
Shanghai's Bright Foods denied reports at the weekend that it was running the rule over
But other Chinese companies have shown an interest in expanding into the global wine industry. Cofco, the state-owned enterprise bidding for Australia's Tully Sugar, acquired Chateau de Viaud in Bordeaux for €10 million ($13.5 million) earlier this year. French wines account for about half of Cofco's wine imports. It also owns Great Wall, the leading brand with an estimated 10 per cent share of the domestic market, and bought Vina Bisquertt, one of the largest vineyard operators in Chile, for $US18 million last year.
The acquisitions are aimed at bolstering the image of Chinese wine through access to quality brands and vintages, while feeding domestic demand for choice drops.
The key for acquirers such as Cofco is to ensure the integrity of their supply chain so that fakes do not undermine the brand value.
Beer accounts for about 85 per cent of alcohol consumption in China but wine consumption is expected to grow in the low teens over the next fews years.
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Can of Worms, Channel Ten, 8.30pm
THOUGH things are always clearer in hindsight, one does wonder if any executives in television land are slapping themselves right now for not having had the good sense to sign up Chrissie Swan earlier. She was good on The Circle, but as host of this panel-discussion show she is coming into her own with her quick wit, charm and warmth. Unlike many other TV presenters, Swan doesn't preen, overplay the chumminess with her guests and audience, pretend to be enjoying herself when she clearly isn't, or gild the lily when a funny situation arises (her flirting with English model Kris Smith a couple of weeks ago was priceless). Can of Worms Mark II is a vast improvement on the original, which always felt like an audition for the panellists rather than an opportunity to playfully engage in discussing issues that are both topical and an insight into the thoughts of the guests, tonight's being Chris Judd, Tara Moss and Dave O'Neil.
Dawn Porter: My Breasts Could Kill Me, ABC2, 8.45pm
DAWN Porter, the most irritating presenter on TV right now, redeems herself in this unexpectedly moving account of people dealing with the trials and aftermath of cancer. Unlike other episodes of her lifestyle series where she ''turned'' lesbian, cancer is a topic in which she has a genuine personal investment. It claimed the life of her mother (and great-grandmother) before she was seven years old and now, as Porter approaches 30 and the age her mother died, she confronts for the first time the heightened risks she faces. And so, while meeting a handful of stoic women (and one man) in various stages of illness, her breasts are screened and her blood is checked for the presence of the BRCA gene, which prompts her to consider the possibility of having a pre-emptive mastectomy as many carriers of the so-called cancer gene do to reduce the risks of developing full-blown cancer. It screens in two parts, and the conclusion next week is no less compelling.
Derren Brown Investigates, SBS One, 8.30pm
AS RADIO listeners might recall, an interview many years ago by ABC 774's Jon Faine with famous psychic John Edward didn't work out too nicely. British illusionist and entertainer Derren Brown, on the other hand, manages to tease out many of the sticking points that separate the sceptics from the believers in the first episode of this three-part series. His quarry is Liverpudlian Joe Power, a medium who specialises in contacting the dead. By understanding the tricks of the trade, such as cold reading and ''Barnum statements'', Brown manages to dissemble much of what takes place in a typical psychic reading.
Underbelly: Badness, Channel Nine, 8.30pm
THEIR taskforce disbanded, Jubelin (Matt Nable) and his sidekick face challenges that have nothing to do with Anthony Perish (Jonathan LaPaglia) and his band of psychotic thugs. It's a waiting game in which eventually something will give - a careless whisper, a serendipitous coincidence, let alone a lucky break. Given how little actually happens, it's surprisingly tense and taut.


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Short and sweet today. I baked myself a chocolate cake because milestones should always be accompanied by chocolate. And cake.
Yes, it's a big birthday! [Read more…]
Short and sweet today. I baked myself a chocolate cake because milestones should always be accompanied by chocolate. And cake.
Yes, it's a big birthday! [Read more…]
The pomegranates were ripening, falling to the ancient staircase below with a thump. The heavy fruit split apart on impact, exposing crimson seeds and fleshy insides. There was a tree laden with fruit just outside the casale in Tuscany – the magical place where I was staying almost exactly one month ago.
The skin of these fruits wasn't the familiar mottled, deeply red color of the ones I buy in late fall from produce bins in the grocery store; these were yellow tinged with green, looking more like extra-large Golden Delicious apples than what I've come to recognize as pomegranates. Pomegranates are melograno in Italian, derived from the Latin word for apple.
When I first noticed the tree I didn't recognize the fruits; it wasn't until I saw them cracked open on the ground that I saw what they were. The property, surrounded by vineyards, was outlined with hedges of bay laurel, rosemary and oleander. All plants that love the Mediterranean climate as much as pomegranates do. [Read more…]
I'm eating a piece of cake, remembering when my kids had birthday parties…the clearing of the table right after the cake, just before the presents, and all those paper plates with beheaded cupcakes on them.
Little cakes in paper liners with their fancy frosted tops chewed right off. I know some grown-up children who still consider cake a mere delivery vehicle for cream, fudge or frosting, but for me it's always been the opposite. As a girl, I'd scrape off the frosting and go all in for cake. [Read more…]
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