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The Partnership for 21st Century Skills describes itself as the "leading advocacy organization focused on infusing 21st century skills into education." The Department of Education worked with corporate giants such as Dell, Apple, Microsoft and AOL Time Warner, along with the National Education Association teachers union, to found the Partnership in 2002. This group has become very active in calling for legislators to promote these skills in schools.
The group Jobs for the Future links education and the economy and calls for the new president and Congress to take unprecedented control of both. The group calls for the government to create "more equitable economic and educational opportunity for less-skilled and low-income young people and adults."
The American Society for Quality (ASQ), a 90,000-member professional association, surveyed 500 teachers in the fall of 2008 on what they wanted from the new presidential administration. 52% of teachers said 21st-century skills should be the new administration's top educational priority. One objective to which the teachers gave the lowest priority was "eliminating budget waste and inefficiency in K-12 schools."
Maurice Ghysels, chair of ASQ's K-12 Education Advisory Committee, belittled the quality-and-standards movement's effort to hold schools accountable for improvement. "While No Child Left Behind has strived to improve test scores, it's clear that more needs to be done to improve problem-solving and critical thinking skills evident in these subjects," he said.
"Critical thinking" is one of the skills most often cited as an example of a 21st-century skill. Temple University professor Stephen Zelnick, for one, challenges the current use of the term "critical thinking" to indicate thinking skills divorced from the acquisition of knowledge.
According to Zelnick, the "critical thinking" movement arose as a movement to teach sound logic, a worthy goal by anyone's judgment. "The movement's novelty was in separating the goal of developing good thinking habits from the study of any particular body of knowledge," Zelnick writes. When college professors and other educators can't agree on what to teach because the academy has rejected the idea of a canon of essential knowledge, such as Shakespeare, the Bible, and the classics this "disagreement on content causes us to turn instead to a rubric of skills."
The 21st-century skills movement largely repackages such skills - critical thinking, information processing, problem-solving, and similar skills, often called "soft skills" because they don't normally require students to learn any hard facts. "Outcome Based Education," "criterion-referenced testing," and "mastery learning" were the 20th-century equivalents, translated into federal law through such initiatives as School-to-Work and Goals 2000.
"Critical thinking" and other 21st-century skills are far from ideologically neutral, as taught in most classrooms, says Zelnick. Students could learn critical thinking skills from analyzing opposing arguments, but instead, teachers too often hand them reading materials that summarize only one side of an argument. Because the materials criticize American institutions and history, teachers act as if students can learn "critical thinking" from reading these materials, without ever being exposed to authors who defend America's history, activities in the world, or Constitution.
"In my experience at Temple a large state-related university 'critical thinking' is intended to recruit the next generation of students into an oppositional force to carry out the struggle for social justice, a renovation thought to be urgently needed in an ideologically blind-folded America," writes Zelnick. "If colleges really want students to be able to think critically, they could start by insisting that professors not use books in which all the authors are pushing the message that students should be unfailingly hostile to our culture and institutions. Teaching students to regurgitate anti-American sentiments is not the same as teaching them critical thinking skills," he concludes. (Popecenter.org, 11-25-08)
In the K-12 classroom, the pursuit of 21st-century skills usually means that teachers emphasize technology, group work, and project-based learning. "In a project-based-learning unit, teachers are no longer the focal point of the classroom or the expounders of information," explains a recent Education Week article (1-7-09). "For the most part, students rely on their classmates' expertise, on experimentation, and on outside sources of information to solve the problem at hand."


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Concerned with the rising number of obese residents across Los Angeles County, health officials on Thursday unveiled an ad campaign to encourage people to control their food portions.
Billboards and ads showing photographs of foods such as three slices of pizza versus two with calorie information already have rolled out at train stations and bus benches across the county. | See photo gallery.
Television, radio and social media ads will also promote the "Choose Health L.A" campaign with the message "Choose Less. Weigh Less." The goal is to make people think about the amount of calories they choose by, for example, comparing a large soda and fries to a smaller portion, said Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
"The goal of this campaign is to get people to start thinking about how much food they are consuming in each meal," Fielding said, "If we can get people to think about that and start eating less, or ordering smaller portions, then we will be on the right track."
The campaign was launched just as countywide adult obesity rates were released. Figures from 2011 show the number of obese people had increased 74 percent over the past 14 years.
The percentage of obese adults steadily expanded from 13.6 percent in 1997 to 23.6 percent in 2011.
Fielding said the ads were informational and in no way do they represent government telling people what they should eat or how much.
"This gives them guidance," Fielding said. "Does government have a role? Absolutely, but in the kinds of things we're doing. This information is empowering."
But the ads also come at a time when more people have questioned government's role in combating obesity, diabetes and other chronic conditions.
Starting next year in New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's soda ban will prohibit restaurants, carts and concessions at movie theaters and stadiums from selling sugary drinks in cups or containers larger than 16 ounces. The new law has branded Bloomberg the "nanny mayor" by some.
In California last year, a bill by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Pacoima, required large chain restaurants to post calories on menus and menu boards.
Organizations that watch such policies say the choice of foods and the portions people eat are a matter of personal responsibility, not the government's business.
"The story of obesity and regulation policy is that there hasn't been any policy that has had an impact," said J. Justin Wilson, senior research analyst for the Washington D.C.-based Center for Consumer Freedom, a nonprofit supported by restaurants and food companies.
"There are two sets of policies, the carrot and the stick," Wilson said. "The carrot is when government incentivizes health by building bike paths. The stick is when they try to force us against our will. These have a tendency to not work."
Wilson said Los Angeles' "Choose Health L.A." campaign does lean more toward helping people make better decisions through personal responsibility, but he also questioned the need and the cost. The Department of Health spent $1 million on this portion of the "Choose Health L.A." campaign, with funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Community Transformation Grant.
"You need to know what's in your food to make good choices and I do sometimes feel it's a good idea to advertise how much," Wilson said. "But it does not take a Ph.D. in nutrition to know the difference between a banana and a banana split. You're not going to hear me say this is a terrible invasion of our privacy, but it's sort of like, really, do we need that poster to tell us this?"
Fielding agreed there is no easy way to combat obesity through one campaign because it is a complicated issue born of several factors: available food choices, environment, income, and even safety.
It took generations for people to realize smoking was unhealthy, he added.
"Just like with tobacco (prevention) there wasn't one approach that got us here," Fielding said. "We want people to change their perceptions of what in fact is good food and good portions."
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said the campaign was one of many initiatives planned to help residents make healthier choices, and that includes feeling safe enough in their neighborhoods and communities to walk or bike to work.
"We are working with key partners to enhance our neighborhoods so residents feel safe and comfortable walking, biking and taking public transit," he said. "Our aim is to give people access to healthy foods and beverages where they live, work and play."
Some residents, however, liked the idea of the ads. Chris Warmsley, an Inglewood resident and chef, said he has seen one of the billboards near Manchester and Prairie avenues. He said he has instilled good eating habits in his children, but he knows it's difficult for other parents.
"I'm a professional chef so I'm all for eating healthy, but a lot of single parents don't," Warmsley said. "And the schools have been hit so hard, we don't have kids learning to eat good food.
"The only thing about (advertising) portion control is that we've been so programmed to eat large portions that, when you slash their portions, they'll freak out."
Aubrey Kiley, a mother of two young children from Hawthorne, said she too liked the overall message.
"I think this should have been done a while ago - encouraging portion control," Kiley said. "Instead of eating just fruits and vegetables and meat, you can still eat what you want. Just less of it."
Other findings in the L.A. County data released Thursday found:
Among those aged 18 to 39 years, the obesity rate increased 104 percent between 1997 and 2011. For those 40 years and older the obesity rate increased 49 percent during the same time.
In 2011, the obesity rate was highest among Latinos (31.6 percent) and African- Americans (31 percent), intermediate among whites (18 percent) and lowest among Asians/Pacific Islanders (8.9 percent).
L.A. County residents with less formal education had higher rates of obesity: 32.3 percent among those with less than a high school education compared to 15.9 percent among those with a college degree.
Obesity rates were higher among people with lower household incomes: 30.2 percent among those with incomes below the federal poverty level compared with 19.9percent among those with incomes at 200 percent or above the federal poverty level.
The only good news within the data was that children in fifth, seventh and ninth grades showed a decline in obesity rates over the last several years, from 23.3 percent in 2005 to 22.4 percent in 2010.
Health officials remain concerned however, because obesity is a leading risk factor of chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart problems. In L.A. County, the percentage of adults who had been diagnosed with diabetes was more than four times higher among those who were obese compared with those who were normal or underweight.
Staff writer Sandy Mazza contributed to this story.


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Brian Bedol, one of the founders of Classic Sports Network, is teaming with a group of other sports marketers to form a new sports and entertainment marketing firm. The company is dedicated to the proposition that property development and management is a science unto itself.
Transfusion IP (for Integrated Properties) includes former MLB and Nike marketer Chris Bevilacqua, ex-NFL vice president of marketing and events David Newman and former Advantage marketer Jeff Jonas. They are the principals in an organization dedicated to the care and feeding of sports and entertainment properties.
Does that mean it's an incubator of sorts?
"No, because the implication there is we only develop new properties," said Bedol, who opened the doors in June as Fusient Media Ventures but has remained in a stealth mode until now. "We will build new properties and help further develop existing ones."
The concept is to acquire, own and develop properties and extend them unilaterally with cross-media plays, along with licensing and event extensions. Think of it as a holistic properties agency, as opposed to the many firms specializing in one end of the business, like sales, licensing, events or television.
Bevilacqua refers to it as "360-degree property management." Two of the firm's initial clients offer insight into what that means.
Dennis Publishing has hired Transfusion to develop electronic media extensions for the immensely popular Maxim magazine. The PGA Tour has retained Transfusion to develop properties for fan-development initiatives.
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MOSCOW (AP) Human Rights Watch says Ossetian militias are attacking and harassing ethnic Georgians in the breakaway province of South Ossetia.
The New York-based group blames Russia for not doing more to control to the militias, which are largely allied with Russian troops.
The group said in a statement Wednesday that the militias are "running wild" in the Akhalgori district. The report documented two attacks that left ethnic Georgians hurt but did not provide details on any other deaths or injuries.
Akhalgori was controlled by the central Georgian government before Russian troops and Ossetian forces occupied it during the August war between the two countries.
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An estimated 20 to 40 million Americans have some form of kidney disease (also called renal disease), and the numbers are on the rise. Because it doesn't show early warning signs, an estimated 10 percent of those with kidney disease don't know they have it. Many find out only when their kidneys stop working and they need dialysis or a new kidney.
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The best of the best hit the stage at the 15th annual Essence Music Festival July 3-5 in New Orleans. Check out shots of Beyonce, Ne-Yo, John Legend, Maxwell, Al Green, Salt-N-Pepa, Lionel Richie and many more, as they rock the Essence festival.
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Im starting to experience hair loss and im trying to figure out what exactly causes high dht levels. Ive read that excessive masturbation or sexual activity can lead to higher dht levels causing hair loss as well as high carbonic acid levels. Is there anything natural that can lower dht and does masturbation and stress really cause hair loss? It seems like it would make sense since one of the side effects of porpecia is reduced libido.
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This is a myth, similar to the myth about heavy workouts causing hair loss. These activities do raise testosterone levels, but not high enough, or for a long enough duration, to affect hair loss.
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I'm trying but can't really see a connection between masturbation and hair loss secondary to dht. Years ago, the old wives tale about masturbation and blindness has long since been dispelled and I'm hoping that your question is also dismissed as folly as well.
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DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO TACKLE ON THE MONSTER? MudZillaRun is the most rugged mud and obstacle race event yet. Don't settle for a boring cow pasture, cornfield, vineyard or golf course – our course features incredible natural terrain to keep things interesting. This locally organized 3.1 mile (5k) fun run will take you through the mountainous terrain of Mt. Crescent Ski Area. Our unique course features man made & rugged natural obstacles, twisting wooded trails & thigh burning ski runs. With 3 mud pits and water spraying all over the course we guarantee this is one race that will completely knock you muddy socks off! Climb a wall of timber, scale our steepest slope side with rope, slide down our 300 ft water slide (length of a football field!) NEW for 2013 Timing Bigger, tougher, and more extreme obstacles TONS more MUD Every runner receives a Mudzilla medal, you're going to earn it! Ages: Anyone 10yrs or older can participate in this event! Charity Partners Mudzilla Run 2013 is proud to be partnering with two amazing charitable organizations this year. Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Midlands and Open Door Mission Costumes Costumes are encouraged to compliment the awesome energy and atmosphere. Nothing is off limits – dress crazy, dress scary, dress wild, dress funny… but just make sure your dressed! Prizes will be given to best individual & team costumes! Party After the race party down at the MudZilla Stock Celebration with beer, barbeque and awesome music! Don't want to run? Spectators definitely welcomed and highly encouraged and at no charge! Yes, you will be able to see parts of the race from the spectator section of the event so come on out relax on the deck, bring a blanket or beach chair and find a spot on the grass, grab your favorite beverage, rock out to the music & cheer on your favorite MudZilla challenger! PLACE: Mt. Crescent Ski Area, 15 min. North of Downtown Omaha Event schedule and timesDATE: Saturday September 7th, 2013 START TIMES: 1st wave, 8:00am 2nd wave, 9:00am 3rd wave, 10:00am 4th wave, 11:00am 5th wave, 12:00pm 6th wave, 1:00pm Parking will be $5.00 per vehicle FREE STUFF: Race Medallion Awesome T-Shirt Icy Cold Keg Beer 1 Ski & Snowboard Lift Ticket ($39 Value!) WINNERS: $300 in Mt. Crescent Dollars that can be used during the 2013/2014 Winter Season
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Across the country, teams, fans, event planners and college campuses are saving energy, cutting waste and cleaning up at sporting events to show their commitment to the environment -- a goal that has many benefits. Read about them here:
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The most basic reason to green sports is to help achieve sustainability. Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations.
Sustainability contributes to environmental benefits such as:
- Conserving natural resources helps to preserve biodiversity
- Protecting and improving air and water quality
- Reducing waste streams
The Natural Resources Defense Council notes there are many environmental benefits to greening sports. Exit
Climate change
Greenhouse gases trap heat and make the planet warmer. Human activities are responsible for almost all of the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere over the last 150 years. The largest source of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities in the United States is from burning fossil fuels for electricity, heat, and transportation.
Recognize the impact of climate change
How our actions contribute to climate change
This Sports Illustrated cover story "Going, Going Green" — notes that as global warming changes the planet, it is changing the sports world.
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Businesses can benefit directly by embracing greener practices and reducing waste:
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Part one of this series can be found here.
Most of us naturally think of our characters as an of extension of our selves, at least to some degree. This is more true in the age of first-person perspective games. Even if we don't think of our characters as 'us,' we do become attached to them, much the way I'm told writers become attached to their fictional characters. There are some characters that I definitely associated with myself, particularly in role-playing games, and some that I simply see as an entirely external character (Master Chief of the Halo franchise comes to mind).
And so it gets more difficult to nail down whether or not our play functions as endorsement. In a comment on my article about linearity and choice, fellow writer Mackenzie had this to say:
I feel as though there is a distinct difference between violent video games of the type you describe (wherein you have a distinct choice, and the violence is, I believe, directed against fellow combatants), and a game like Grand Theft Auto, where you are not only allowed but (at times, I believe) encouraged and sometimes even required to kill the innocent in an excessively violent fashion.
We spoke about this comment later, and he argued that some games, like the Grand Theft Auto series, are simply evil to play. The games encourage the player to do all sorts of unscrupulous things (and have always been a source of controversy).
If we were to adapt Brett's claim about film to this, then all we would need to do to make GTA a series worth making and playing is to prove that the creators of the game intended to depict the world in some truthful way. We'd have to believe that the truth in GTA was worth receiving via interaction, rather than by some other method.
But there's something different, here, and I think most would agree. While I've argued that thoughtfully gaming is absolutely important for the gamer, I don't think I'd ever suggest that completely passive intake is the same as the active participation found in video games. There's something different happening, of course, but even more so when a choice is presented.
In a sense, I am the one pulling the trigger in a virtual game. I'm functioning as a participant, a creator or at least actor, as opposed to simply an audience member. In linear games, ones where the creators have clearly scripted everything, I tend to play the role of an actor: I embody a character, run through a scene, and may or may not provide exactly what the director hoped for. In open games, however, I tend to act as a director: I choose what happens, more or less, and sometimes even how it happens. Maybe my character is wholly evil and kills everyone he or she comes across, or maybe my character is a pacifist, avoiding violence and death even if it means never advancing the plot.
The key difference, however, between a director of a film and a player-as-director of a video game is the audience: only the former tells a story for an external audience. Even when I function as 'director' of a video game, I only craft a story for myself. Within the confines of whatever game I'm playing, I can only tell the story to myself, sans someone watching me play, or perhaps online games. If my character is evil, I've experienced evil in a way that no one else sees. My art is personal, all of a sudden. Perhaps my evil character can teach me about what the creators of the game consider evil, or what they consider good. Perhaps I can even explore my own moral intuitions in the confines of this evil character I have created, but I've still only created them for me.
If a filmmaker creates art for the purpose of pointing to a true world, then there must be someone being pointed towards that world. Perhaps art can point the self–and it probably should–but is that enough? Is it enough to tell ourselves these stories, if we do not share them? If we do not share them with others?
This difficulty is one we already feel when we discuss games with each other. I remember talking about the main character of Mass Effect, named Shepard, as "my Shepard," because his actions were entirely different from the Shepard my roommate had played. Mine had stayed on the straight-and-narrow, at least what the game believed was the 'good' path, while my roommate had taken a piecemeal approach to his decisions: sometimes he was the good guy, and sometimes he was the bad guy. Other people played Shepard as a female–commonly known as femShep–which also led to different options and choices.
We all had our own, unique audiences, and so we created our characters for ourselves. My Shepard acted as the hero, without a trace of rebellion. I found him far more interesting than the lone wolf we currently seem to love in film (Bourne is a prime example), since we so rarely see characters who depend deeply on those around him. But my friends saw rebellious Shepards, independent Shepards (to some extent), or some other Shepard I never even heard about. That's the point, though: my Shepard was mine, and no one really saw him act, outside of myself.
So is play endorsement? Did I endorse the actions of my character, simply because I was the only audience member for his journey?
I think we need to apply the same careful consideration Brett employed for film: if we are seeking to tell a true story, even if it is a depiction of evil, I don't think play is necessarily endorsement. Perhaps there are some games that should never be played, and perhaps there are some films that should never be seen, but the qualification should perhaps be 'depiction of something truthful,' rather than 'depiction of violence.' We should know our own limitations–do not partake in something that will cause temptation or sin, if you can help it–but we should also strive to play games that we can learn from, much like we should watch films we can learn from.
A quick caveat, here: I don't think we can only play games when we seek to learn. You can read a book for enjoyment, and not for the grand ideas placed within it, much like you can watch a film without learning much. Sometimes movies are an exhilarating ride, and that's enough. Enjoyment isn't a sin, in itself, though excess is easily classified as a waste of time. So it is with video games. I may learn a lot from playing Mass Effect or Fallout 3, but there's not much to learn from Plants vs. Zombies, without making some rather uncomfortable (or humorous) stretches. That doesn't stop me from enjoying it, though, perhaps for the sheer mechanics of the game. We like to master things, and so the skill involved in mastering a game might be enough.


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The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [2]has announced that he will fly to Washington on March 2nd. It is expected that he will meet with US President Barack Obama [3].
"The prime minister will be going to the United States on March 2 for the annual meeting of AIPAC in Washington," an official in Netanyahu's office told AFP, referencing a pro-Israel lobby group.
"He is also expected to meet President Obama [4]."
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Author Sandra Cisneros is touring the country to promote her new book, "Have You Seen Marie?" San Antonio is the only stop to include a staged reading of the moving book, in which she recounts grieving for her mother while hunting for a friend's missing cat. The reading, with live music by Rudolfo Lopez, will benefit Jump-Start Performance Co. and the Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral Foundation. The foundation was created in memory of the author's father; it gives cash awards to exceptional writers.
Fine print: 5 p.m. Sunday, Sterling Houston Theater at Jump-Start, Blue Star Arts Complex, Alamo at Probandt. $25; $10 for children 12 and younger; $50 for table seats and $200 for tables of four. 210-227-5867; jump-start.org.
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MABANK–Mabank Independent School District Board of Trustees approved an increase in lunch and breakfast prices for the 2014-15 school year.
Biscuit or toast and breakfast for pre-k through 12th grade increases by five cents making biscuits and toast .35 cents and breakfast $1.50.
Prices also increase to $2.30 for pre-k through sixth grades lunches and $2.55 for seventh through 12th grade lunches.
A la cart entrees went from $1.70 to $1.75 and vegetables and fruits from .85 cents to .90 cents.
Girls and boys regional track qualifiers were recognized as well as UIL academics, performings arts, and golf and baseball.
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Injured Australian cyclist Louise Yaxley's doctors say she has the potential to make a full recovery, a Tasmanian Institute of Sport (TIS) spokesman says.
Yaxley is in a critical but stable condition in a German hospital recovering from injuries sustained in a road accident which claimed the life of her teammate Amy Gillett on Tuesday.
The Institute's Mark Wells said while Yaxley is expected to be in hospital for a further four to six weeks, her recovery looks promising.
"They are pretty confident now," he said.
"Because they are top athletes, their potential to bounce back from something like that is probably a lot better."
Yaxley suffered chest trauma and a puncture wound to her abdomen as well as a broken arm and severe damage to both arms and legs that will require plastic surgery at a later stage, Wells said.
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"She is heavily sedated and on an automatic ventilator."
Her doctors have said they will not wake her until it is medically safe to do so.
Yaxley's parents, Annette and Brian, and partner Mark Padget have travelled to Germany to be with her.
Her teammates Katie Brown, Lorian Graham and Kate Nichols are all recovering well and are staying together in a private room, a Cycling Australia spokeswoman said.
The fifth teammate, Alexis Rhodes, remains in a critical but stable condition on an automatic ventilator.
The organisers of the tour the Australian cyclists were training for at the time of the accident have announced the teams competing will donate the entire prize pool to aid in the rehabilitation of the five injured cyclists.
The Thuringen Rundfahrt international women's tour has a total prize pool of $23,000.
Twenty-nine-year-old Amy Gillett died instantly when a teenage female driver lost control of her vehicle and ploughed into the six member Australian women's team as they took part in the training session.
Her funeral will be held next Friday July 29 in Ballarat.
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This Is A Real Thing: The Miss Holocaust Survivor Pageant
Well, this sounds rather strange: Promoters in Israel organized a "Miss Holocaust Survivor" pageant. Three hundred women from across the country signed up to compete, and 14 finalists were chosen. Pageant organizer Shimon Sabag said the pageant's popularity was a sign that it was in good taste, but Colette Avital, chair of one of Israel's leading Holocaust survivors' groups, said, "It sounds totally macabre to me. I'm in favor of enriching lives, but a one-time pageant masquerading [survivors] … is not what is going to make their lives more meaningful."
The contestants were judged on their experiences in the Nazi concentration camps, community contributions,and, said Sabag, "10 percent" of the contest was about physical appearance. A makeup company sponsored the beauty portion of the event, which rankled the pageant's critics.
"Why use a beauty contest to show that these people survived and that they're brave?" asked Lili Haber, a daughter of Holocaust survivors. "I think it's awful. I think it's something a decent person shouldn't even think about."
In the end, a four-judge panel crowned 78-year-old Hava Hershkovitz the winner. "This place is full of survivors," said Hershkovitz. "It puts us at the center of attention so people will care. It's not easy at this age to be in a beauty contest, but we're all doing it to show that we're still here." [Telegraph]


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Updated at 11:37 p.m.: A teacher's son clad in black and carrying two handguns rampaged through a Connecticut elementary school Friday, killing 18 small children and seven adults, including his mother, in the nation's second-worst school massacre, law enforcement officials said.
Reports indicated most of the dead children were in the classroom of the shooter's mother.
The gunman, identified as Ryan Lanza, 24, was also found dead at the scene, a federal law enforcement official said. Lanza's mother is a kindergarten teacher at the Newtown school.
A second person is in custody for a possible connection to the shooting.
Some young survivors -- all under age 10 -- described the terror of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and a massive police response that included SWAT officers going room to room to search for victims.
"I was in the gym and I heard a loud, like seven loud booms, and the gym teachers told us to go in the corner, so we all huddled," a student told NBC Connecticut. "And I kept hearing these booming noises. And we all … started crying.
"All the gym teachers told us to go into the office where no one could find us," she added. "So then a police officer came in and told us to run outside. So we did and we came in the firehouse."
Authorities in the small bedroom community 60 miles from New York City were alerted to the unfolding carnage by a 911 call around 9:30 a.m. and then reached out to state police and neighboring police departments for help.
Connecticut State Police Lt. Paul Vance said troopers who responded fanned out across the school and searched "every door, every crack, every crevice" of the building.
He said only that they found "several fatalities," including the shooter, at the scene.
The 600-student school goes up to the fourth grade. The Hartford Courant, citing unnamed sources, said many of the victims were in a kindergarten classroom.
After the search was over, children and staff were escorted to a staging area outside where they were reunited with panicked loved ones over the next few hours.
Brenda Lebinski, mother of a third-grader, called the scene "horrendous."
"Everyone was in hysterics - parents, students. There were kids coming out of the school bloodied. I don't know if they were shot, but they were bloodied,'' she said, according to Reuters.
One parent picking up his 7-year-old son said the shooting was "the most terrifying moment a parent can imagine" and described the anguish of waiting to find out if his son was a victim and then running to his child.
"It was the greatest relief in my existence," the father said. "I'm just happy that my kid's OK."
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The motive for the shooting was unknown, and the gunman's name was not released.
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President Obama was told of the shooting at 10:30 a.m.
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"Cell phone died. Just used an actual pay phone. Yes, they still exist."
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Was it Charlize Theron? Jessica Biel or Kristen Stewart?
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It was the newly engaged Jessica Biel! The 30-year-old actress found herself a little lost when her cell phone ran out of juice but she was able to resort to an old school resource — a pay phone to make a call.
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Domestic and foreign investors have turned their attention towards Japanese real estate investments, which are benefiting from the recent depreciation of the yen.
Expectations have risen for improvement in the real estate market against the background of the bold "Abenomics" monetary easing policy, which is expected to help create an environment in which investors can easily raise capital for a substantial period.
A major securities company says real estate investment trusts (REITs), that own commercial buildings and other properties in urban areas, raised a total of ¥470 billion ($4.7 billion) in 2012 through four new listings and 11 capital increases. They acquired properties worth about ¥900 billion.
So far this year, under Prime Minister
"Real estate in Japan is attractive for foreign investors as they can manage their assets in a stable manner. The prices began to be relatively lower due to the depreciation of the yen, compared with those elsewhere in Asia," said
While the number of trades involving high-priced properties was increasing in major urban areas, there had been an increase in foreign entities buying resort properties in Hokkaido and regional urban areas such as Fukuoka for reasonable prices, Mr Mizutani said.
However, observers said it was unclear when national land prices were expected to hit bottom and prices begin to turn around.
There are also concerns that housing demand will surge ahead of an April 2014 consumption tax rise and rapidly weaken after that. "Expectations are ahead of the actual economy. What matters most is whether increases in wages and consumption will follow expectations,"
How Mr Abe steers Japan towards steady economic growth will decide future land prices, he said.
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I don't know if it is a coincidence or what but since starting Primal in March of this year I get sick WAY more often. This morning I woke up with my 4th bad colds/viruses since starting. The last 3 were since June, so summer months when normally we NEVER get sick. I have 2 kids and every single time one of them has had the crud in the last 6 months I have had had it too. I used to get sick maybe once or twice a year. I am pretty much 95% primal compliant and avoid gluten 100% of the time. What the heck?
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I also seem to be getting sick more on primal. Before I went primal, I can't remember the last time I was sick, but I got some kind of flu or cold shortly after going primal (fever, sore throat, the works), and just a few days ago I got a cold sore which I usually get right before I get sick, so we'll see if I get sick again.
I've also lost a lot of weight (over 180lbs now), but the majority of weight I lost was before going primal when my body was theoretically releasing just as many stored toxins as it is now.
So yeah, I don't know. It could be a fluke. I focus now on making sure that I'm getting a big enough variety and quantity of vitamins & minerals from the food I eat. And I'm really hoping that getting sick isn't just something we have to expect.
I haven't had so much as a sniffle since going Primal. I think you have something else going on that is taking your defenses down. Are you sleeping well? Kids with the crud are not good for letting you get your Zs. That is a sure fire way to let your immune system get stressed and vulnerable. Also are you getting enough vitamin D? When it's really hot it's easy to stay inside too much just like when it's really cold.
Put me down on the list of people getting sick less often, and with less severity. I hope things improve for you!
My food is clean, veggies and fruits organic and we buy pastured meat in bulk from local farms. I dropped Vit. D supplementation over the summer because we live in a hot climate and are at the lake or in the pool multiple times a week. I only wear a little zinc based sunscreen on my face and do not burn so I am pretty sure I am fine in that regard. Maybe I will pick that up again. I know I eat very little fruit, mostly just some berries occasionally. I used to eat a ton of fruit and juiced daily. I might go back to juicing some greens, etc and see if that helps. I have dropped about 30 lbs in this timeframe, but am not trying to actively lose anymore though I am still dropping an occasional pound here and there. I wonder if working out at the gym has something to do with it. Touching the gross gym floor, etc. during boot camp classes? I sleep pretty well, 10p-7am with the very occasional deviation from that for a special event. The good news it that this cold, which knocked me out for most of yesterday, seems to be on its way out already! I pummeled it with zinc and vit. c all day yesterday.
since ditching grains 3 years ago, i have not been sick once. no sniffles, no colds, no coughs, when previously they had plagued me all year, all my life.
if you are vitamin d deficient, it's hard to get your reserves back up, just from supps, or even just from the sun. get your levels checked.
is your diet full of variety? you don't need fruit -- i eat berries once or twice per week at most.
you may also want to start using a neti pot regularly. the irrigations keep bugs from getting too comfy in your nasal passages. if you do come down with something, it will clear out the cold much more quickly than cw meds.As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.
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I do have a neti pot but I only remember to use it when I am stuffed up! I think I will get my Vit. D checked and start taking Vit. C daily. We get a produce box every week that is local, seasonal, organic and different every week so I do get a large variety of veggies. I definitely do not eat enough dark leafy greens in the summer though because we get SO many all winter that I am kind of sick of them by the warmer months.
maybe you developed seasonal allergies?
Primal is not magic... people still get sick. Are you under a lot of stress, or not sleeping well? Those things will have just as much impact on your immune system, if not more, than eating primally."It�s not about how strong you are, it�s how well you can move with that strength."
my experience is thus
when you reach a certain level of un-health the body does one of two things... it shunts the shit into adipose tissue to hide it and says fuck it. or you die.
if the later, game over, if the former then as your health improves you get a wonderful bonus... the ability to experience what you ignored in your past (lives?)
for me it comes in the form of mysterious fevers and lovely lime green snot out of no where... or the oddest muscle cramps etc. Additionally i get to relive in one way or another every negative emotion that i shunted away in a random fashion.
yes regaining health can mean illness... which is why it is important to take prophylactic care for as long as needed. what does that mean....
not a day goes by without my vitamin C lemon-aid ( a shot of lemon juice, a dash of stevia, a teaspoon of ascorbic acid )
i take high doses of vitamin D
I take pregnonolone and DHEA
I drink organic salmon oil
I eat as much sulfur as i can stand ( it makes me hulk smash angry so there is always a public safety advertisement before hand).
result, shit passes quickly...
oh yeah and dont forget the Magnesium ( speaking of shit)
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If you didnt piss it out, shit it out, cry it out, sweat it out or respirate it out..... it is still in your body somewhere... they dont call it anal retentive for nothing
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While last year's starter Brannan Southerland stands on the sidelines recuperating from shoulder surgery, his predecessor works on retaking the job.
And Des Williams is adjusting to the contact again. Happily.
"After Wednesday's practice, I felt like a truck ran over me," the 6-foot-1, 245-pounder said Friday. "I haven't been out here hitting since all the way back to last spring. I woke up, and my neck was sore, my back was sore, my leg was sore."
Williams smiled: "But it's all good. I love it. It was good pain."
Williams was done before August practice started, tearing a pectoral muscle while weightlifting in mid-July. "I was repping like 335," he said. "It wasn't like a max set or anything. That's why it was so freaky an injury."
That put the heat on Southerland, a redshirt freshman who suddenly had nobody behind him.
Eventually, tailback Tony Milton began taking snaps at fullback, but the position belonged to Southerland.
And Williams, who only missed one or two games in high school at Dacula, could only watch.
"I learned a lot," he said. "But it was hard."
Williams is joined at the position by senior Stephen White and redshirt sophomore Brett Thomason.
White, a senior from Terrell Academy who has played on special teams, hopes to get some attention this spring.
"I just started at fullback (last) fall," said the 5-11, 220-pounder who moved from the defensive line. "It took awhile to switch to the offensive mentality.
"I played offense in high school, but that was three years ago."
With Southerland sitting, White is getting more action, and getting a close look at Williams' return.
"Des is looking good," he said. "He's not as rusty as you'd think he might be."
Southerland and Williams will both be 100 percent in August, and a quality showdown looms.
Southerland carried 18 times for 25 yards last year and caught eight passes for 57 more, two going for touchdowns.
Williams in 2004 rushed only 13 times for 29 yards after moving to fullback from linebacker during the 2003 season.
"I was excited to see my boy do great out there," Williams said of Southerland. "We needed him to step up like that. It did make me hungrier to get back and work hard."
Williams may not look all that rusty, but he admitted to feeling rusty a little bit.
"I have to get back used to the speed of the game," he said. "(Linebackers) Jarvis Jackson and Tony Taylor coming out full speed, Brandon Miller just flying in.
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New running backs coach Tony Ball, while happy with Williams' effort and attitude, agreed.
"You can see fundamentally where he's lacking," Ball said. "He's got to learn how to run and get himself in an athletic football position in a hurry. He's got to do that consistently."
When Williams came up short, Ball said he reminded him and the execution automatically improved. Ball would just like to remind less.
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The recent death of Walt Johnson, founder of Collectors' Extravaganza, 87, marked the loss of a pioneer of the antiques show community; but his legacy lives on.
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Notice I didn't say "Have a Happy Easter."Happiness is based on temporal things.A chocolate egg can make somebody happy, for a while.Happiness is about feeling good.Joy... joy is based on something everlasting. It is the sensation of realizing something transcendant and sure, something that lifts us up out of our daily distractions and duties to comprehend something of God's glory.If you don't believe in Christ's resurrection from the dead, you may find some happiness along … [Read more...]
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