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Adult Coloring And Stress Relief
How many times have you sat in your car after a day's work and you feel your stress level just climbing up the ladder to boiling point? Many of us as busy parents and harried business people will go to great lengths just to find the best relaxation method, but have you heard about the new relaxation trend? Where you don't need a yoga mat or soothing scents or a Tibetan drum? All you need is just a box of crayons or colored pencils and of course, adult coloring books. When I say "adult coloring books", I'm referring to those books that you can easily break out when you need to shift your focus or practice your own stress reduction. They have so many uses and purposes that you may not be aware of. Of course, coloring books allow you to rediscover how much fun it can be to come across the unexpected. With an orange horse, an elephant the size of a dog, a lion the size of a cat, you can simply enjoy yourself without minding the scientific explanation of why a pink horse is never possible. But beyond the obvious outcomes of beauty and enjoyment, it's the books' therapeutic properties that really have them flying off shelves.
Coloring, an activity that was once reserved for children and adults who babysit them has now found a different demographic. Coloring is not just for the kids anymore, and it is not just something that keeps the 10 and under set busy on a rainy afternoon. It is now what adults around the world are picking up. It is becoming the latest most popular trend among adults to get their stress under control and distract themselves from the daily pressures of life.
Many people find this trend mostly baffling and maybe a little bit dumb, and while it might seem crazy that something as simple as a coloring book could actually be beneficial, research continually supports this idea with evidences that coloring is more than just a mundane task that allows us to relive our childhoods. In fact, researchers have known for several years the benefits of coloring on the adult brain and throughout history, many famous psychiatrists have recommended it to their patients. Most of these coloring books for adults are not just created to re-awaken our interest in art and set our imagination free, they are created in consultation with clinical psychologists.
One of the first psychologists to utilize the stress-relieving benefits of coloring was Carl Jung in the early half of the 20th century. He was said to have prescribed coloring to his patients as a remedy to stress and anxiety. He did this through Mandalas. Mandalas are intricate circular designs similar to the Gothic churches' rose windows. In Buddhist and Hindu traditions, they represent the universe. Also in the past, coloring books have been provided to prison inmates and women in shelters to channel their creativity and lower their stress levels. A study published in 2005 proved anxiety levels dropped in subjects after a short period of coloring mandalas. Coloring has also been used experimentally for people with anxiety and stress-related disorders with some people reporting sleeping better when they color before going to bed.
The reason behind all these is very simple and clear. As the pressures of modern life continue to affect our physical and mental health, a simple, relaxing activity like coloring can be an effective solution. When coloring, the intricacies of patterns forces your mind to concentrate on the present moment. When our thoughts are focused on a simple activity, our brains tend to relax and the difficulties of life evaporate from our awareness which in turn benefits both the body and the brain. The simple, repetitive movements of coloring each line promotes an inner calm within us and lower the levels of stress hormones like cortisol.
Coloring doesn't only utilize the creative side of the brain, problem solving and fine motor skills are involved in choosing colors, identifying balance and applying the idea to the page you want to color. Due to the calming effects of the concentration involved, coloring has proven to be ideal for people health issues like epilepsy and decreasing the occurrence of epileptic attacks. Coloring also promotes sensory stimulation, coordination and memory recovery. When you pick up a crayon or colored pencil and start coloring, you are using the creative side of your brain, helping with cognitive and sensory development and maintenance. This makes it an excellent exercise for those recovering from a stroke, as it strengthens the pathways between the brain and the fingertips.
Most of us simply know that we love coloring. When we take out our favorite coloring tools and fill in an abstract design, it keeps us focused on the activity at hand. It is nice to take a break from life if even for a few minutes and get lost in doing something that is simplistic. Whether we do it by ourselves or with a group of friends, we experience a sense of relief and are given a break from life's issues. Coloring is simple but the results are grand and it takes you away for a few minutes of escape from the responsibilities that all adults have to deal with.
There are few daily activities that can improve your mood, productivity, and ability to cope with stress as well as getting enough high-quality sleep. One of these activities is coloring before you go to bed. Let's face the obvious, it's almost impossible to avoid using with your electronics at night, whether it's answering emails, catching up on your favorite shows, doing online research, or reading on your e-reader. But unfortunately, exposure to the blue light emitted from your electronic devices contributes to sleeplessness. Also, evening electronics use significantly reduces your levels of the sleep hormone melatonin. So if you are wondering, "what else is there to do?" Well, coloring books provide you the best option. Consider getting yourself a box of crayons or colored pencils, and a coloring book, and set aside a bit of time each week to color.
The beauty about coloring is that you don't need to be an expert, or a painter or an artist, you can just pick something you like or that speaks to you and color it however you want it. Although it might take a good while to color a single page completely, maybe a few hours, but there's something very satisfying about watching the color slowly spread across the page, about sitting and following the lines to an end that's within sight, and about seeing your thought and effort create a tangible, pretty thing.
You can also keep a coloring book tucked away in your desk drawer for those more stressful days, or color during your commute to work. It is also a great activity to do together with your child, and this alongside the help of your physician can help to keep you calm and healthier for longer. As you can see, they are highly effective for many reasons, and the ideas behind them have stood the test of time. So go ahead—release your inner artist. Stay in the lines…or be a rebel and color outside them.
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13 November 2018
Our NOURISHING framework, used by governments, researchers and civil society organisations around the world, is now available in Spanish. NOURISHING outlines ten areas where governments need to take action to promote healthy diets and reduce overweight, obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases.
The Spanish version of NOURISHING appears in the new book, Obesity in Mexico: the state of public policy and recommendations for its prevention and control, published by the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico. Chapter seven of the book provides an overview of good practice policy interventions to prevent and control obesity through healthy eating, categorised by NOURISHING's ten policy areas.
Bryony Sinclair, our Senior Policy & Public Affairs Manager and a co-author of the chapter, said: "It is wonderful to see our NOURISHING framework translated into Spanish. We hope it can help promote action to more effectively address rising rates of obesity. The book demonstrates how NOURISHING can be used as a tool – it highlights policy actions being implemented in Mexico across NOURISHING's ten policy areas. Other countries can do the same to help identify gaps and opportunities for further action."
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I cannot commend your conduct, for it seems that your meetings do you more harm than good!
Paul (to the Corinthians)
I was going to write about how our department meetings have evolved but, radically, getting rid of most meetings is probably the most conclusive way to improve them. The best examples of improving meetings are almost always about changing meetings into something other than a meeting. Into training or development or CPD. Here's my proposal – if you are a head of department, you should be planning for a time when the vast majority of your scheduled department meetings are no longer meetings; if you are a leader in a school, you should be working towards a day when calendared staff meetings are a thing of the past.
The timetabled, structured nature of the school day leads us to blindly accept a meeting cycle that doesn't necessarily reflect the best way of making decisions or sharing information. Al Pittampalli, author of Read this before our next meeting, argues that regularly, mindlessly scheduled, mediocre and bureaucratic meetings 'insulate us from the work we ought to be doing'.
When leaders are allowed to perpetuate a system where meetings act as live emails or one on one conversations with a hundred bystanders, they waste thousands of working hours. I once attended a whole staff meeting on some renovations to the school building; as many looked on in horror, staff were allowed to ask questions like Will there still be plugs at the back of my room? and Will my room still be warm in the winter? I've attended data and progress meetings where we read aloud quietly from 'the data' like some sombre spiritual experience.
Pittampalli offers some good principles for better meetings. The best meetings happen in an environment where people already know what's going on; staff are given all the information they need so they don't have to attend a meeting to find out what's happening next week. In my department, I send a weekly email with dates, deadlines and information and I expect people to read it. If people need clarification on something, you can have one of those – what do you call them? – conversations. This is trickier at a whole school level but schools are often doing all they need to make staff aware of what's going on (calendar/bulletin emails/noticeboards) and then still calling people together to reiterate messages already received in two or three different formats. The best meetings of ten or more people work to implement decisions already made, not to make decisions. If leaders need input to make decisions, they should probably seek it in a format other than a large meeting (conversations, questionnaires etc). The best meetings invite those needed and let everyone else get on with their work. I'm not saying there won't be whole staff or department meetings where plans need to be shared. Some things are too complex for a bulletin email or a memo. But we need to radically rethink what is necessary.
Already, some schools are replacing much of the meeting cycle with regular and sustained CPD for staff. The models for this may vary but there is not an absence of research on what makes effective CPD. The Teacher Development Trust released this report which outlines the principles of effective CPD. In Creating the Schools our Children Need, Dylan Wiliam describes with some specificity what could happen in a monthly meeting to develop teachers. It would start with feedback on the previous session, where staff are gently held accountable for what they planned to work on since the previous meeting. Next there is some kind of input: perhaps a video or a chapter from a book. Finally, teachers make a plan of how to apply all this to their practice, fully aware they will have to explain what they did in the next meeting. What can seem like a pretty basic format has actually seen great success in school districts in the US. That format might not fit with what you need or the time you have but it serves to highlight that there are evidence-based ways to go about planning those valuable times when staff are together. Shared planning, subject reading and or discussing the application of evidence are just some of the things which could fill that time.
At times, Directed Time has become Mandatory Wasted Time. If we care about staff and students, we need to take a closer look at assumptions and structures which are left to fester under the tyranny of 'the way we've always done it'.


text: Chanchal is a second year M.S./Ph.D. student in the field of Applied Economics and Management. His primary research interests lie in exploring data science concepts for rural livelihood development and policy interventions for the use of data. Prior to Cornell, Chanchal worked as a Data Scientist with the Digital Farming Initiatives (mKRISHI®) group of Tata Consultancy Services' (TCS) Innovation Lab. He is a member of the Committee on Agricultural Statistics of the International Statistical Institute, representing young statisticians. He is a certified Chartered Statistician and Six Sigma Black Belt, accredited by the Royal Statistical Society and Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi respectively. Chanchal received his Bachelor's degree in Agriculture from Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan and Master's degree in Agricultural Statistics from Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad.


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Posted on June 18, 2018
With a family of 7, a sense of humor is a must, and as you can probably tell, mom, dad, and all 5 kiddos in this crew have plenty of that! We had a such a blast getting the Prathers in front of the camera last fall — they are as colorful and bold in personality as their photos are in color and smiles. They're also easily in our top 5 favorite family funny face photos (*say that 5 times fast), and we're hoping for a repeat engagement again soon to check in on how much taller these kiddos have gotten!
Posted on March 23, 2018
Just looked at the list of sessions we haven't blogged from 2017, and it's crazy long (and also crazy good)! So, in the spirit of catching up little by little, we're sharing this gorgeous family from last fall. Liz and her girls showed up in perfectly coordinated (also adorable) outfits, and I knew this was going to be a shoot with some stunning images! It was a lot of fun capturing this sweet family in downtown Winter Park — home to a few of our absolute favorite locations — and as expected their images are beautiful. ❤
Posted on June 12, 2017
It's so great to work with clients who are willing to have a little fun during their session. It's also a treat to capture some less than stuffy head shots for professionals in all fields. Mirella and Luis contacted us to get some updated shots for their new website, and I certainly hope we'll get to work with them again very soon! Also, how great is downtown Winter Park? 🙂
Posted on May 17, 2017
Not sure how we always seem to end up with the sweetest clients, but Kelly is just one more gem we were so lucky to shoot with recently. A small business owner (aka Bad Ass Boss Lady) who recently struck out on her own, Kelly was as lovely in person as she looks in all these shots. You can check out her LuLaRoe shop online — I know I can't wait to make my first order!


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The long awaited new album from the UK's ( the worlds ?) greatest most under rated band. The Hip Priests return with a fury and energy not heard by these ears in years !
2) Stand for Nothing
3) Cheers to me
4) Losers of the Faith
5) Social Hand Grenade
6) U ok hun ? ( vinyl only exclusive track )
7) From Here to Adversity
8) Deja FU
9) Last Train Wrecks
10)How Do You Get Off (On Getting Me Down)
11) Rock n Roll Leper


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Fall Books for Toddlers
Fall is my favorite season, but I don't usually embrace the seasons as much as I should. This year I decided to change that, and Sofie and Tyler have been embracing Fall with me. Sofie started watching It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown in late August. They've been eagerly looking forward to having enough leaves to jump in. And we've been reading tons of Fall/Halloween themed books. Here are a few of their favorites:
This has become Tyler's favorite book. He loves it so much that he giggles while I'm reading it to him.
Sofie was excited to see so many of her favorite characters all in one book. It's like Camp Cucamonga for toddlers.
The pictures in this book are so vibrant and the author manages to rhyme the text in a way that's not annoying.
This is an adorable book about a girl who makes friends with a Squash and refuses to give her up even when she starts to rot. Disclaimer: I read this to Sofie, expecting it to be nothing more than a story to her. But, Sofie has taken it as an inspirational how-to manual. She's begun carrying around various fruits and vegetables and pretending like they're her friends. Last week, she asked for some kiwi and when I handed it to her she said, "I don't want to eat them. I want them to be my friends. And I'm not going to let you take them from me when they rot." She carried them around all day, played with them, and even named them.
That's Hazel on the top and Sofie Jr. on the bottom.
What are your favorite Fall and Halloween children's books?


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Jersey based artist, Legga is definitely on the up and up. I was introduced to this artist through Metatron (Philly based DJ) who recommended I actually reach out to A.P.C.Q, the producer of The Eject Lp. So far it's all been good.
To be honest, The Eject Lp is my first taste of Legga, but I instantly took to it. 1. He manages to fluidly go through each verse as if he's really talking to you. 2. This EP is too easy to vibe too, which is a good thing. In a world where the generation is almost obsessed with "turn up" and "twerk teams" this artist fills my need to feel nostalgia for the music I grew up with.
Personally, after listening to the first few tracks, I had a small throw back Thursday of my own, with LL Cool J, Erykah Badu, Nas and some Monica. I am pretty sure you'll feel the same after and once your done you'll return to finish the off the rest of The Eject.
My favorite track so far:
- "Circles" featuring Beautiful Dizaster
You may have heard me mention this before and I'm sure you're going to hear me say it again: I'm in love with lyricists. I love words and love artists that can discover and manipulate words to deliver a story to the listener.
I have played "Circles" at least eight times. Normally, I choose to focus on a song with no features to evaluate how well I enjoy an artist, but something about this song, makes it easy to obsess over. Legga keeps it 100% talking about judging, his struggles, his supportive family, how long he's been in the game and the push and pull with staying in the game. Let's keep in mind he's not new to making music. But then here comes Beautiful Dizaster, first as an intro but she EJECTs (see what I did there) to fem up the track making it more poetic, especially when she mentions the evolution of hip hop and black women and men role models.
Claps for this track, and honestly if this particular trio got together again, I would not oppose.
While I don't necessarily have any cons about this artist my advice is to test out being a little more poetic on his own and wordy. I feel he definitely has the ability to conjure a more extensive vocabulary in his rhymes. But all in all, he's gets a thumbs up with me.
Right now The Eject EP is available for a name your price on band camp. While you don't have to donate, keep in mind supporters will get unlimited streaming via the BandCamp App.
Check out The Eject EP here.
Check out Legga on Instagram: @leg_is_king
Twitter: @Snapshot_Legga
Check out A.P.C.Q on Instagram: @A.P.C.Q
Twitter: @InfiniteQuestIQ


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Personalized Polish Names? "Pretty Please" Makes it Possible: Swatches and Review
Look at these beauties in their bottles!
How in the heck did I get to name polishes you ask?
Ohh, I'll tell you all about it!
So, Pretty Please Polish is a nail polish brand that allow customers to name a polish of their choice/color/finish!
Here's what they say..
Pretty Please thinks it's time to get personal. That's why we create customized nail polish just for you! You select a shade you love and give it your own unique name.
You can name your nail polish for a milestone, bachelorette party, birthday party, baby naming, fund raiser, sorority function, company event, and the list goes on!
The idea is to take something you love (nail polish!) and make it your own; something you can't buy in a store. We believe it's the gifts with a personal touch that get noticed and treasured.
What will your nail polish say?
The Polishes came in a pretty box like this.
I chose to pair both polishes together in this mani.
Application was wonderful on the glitter, but the orange certainly required patience!
Overall, I am so happy and impressed with these polishes!
Just being able to name a polish makes me extremely happy!
Now that you know its completely possible to do it too.... How about you head on over to Pretty Please Polish Website and get to work!
Do you love the polishes I chose and my name for them?
I was way too excited and couldn't think! lol... Now I think I might have gone with different names, BUT I am still excited!
P.S: Check out these Cute Ideas from Pretty Please Instagram page!
Oh I'm in love with the idea of personalizing nail polishes.
That's it for now loves.
Till later, God bless.
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Nice nail polish, and I love the names you picked, I wish I could wear nail polish to work - never mind, I will when I'm on vacationReplyDelete
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Executive Director Bi-weekly Update October 19, 2018
Hello Friends and Supporters,
A lot has happened in the last two weeks! We continue to meet with groups, clubs, dealers, political leaders and advocates from all over the country. Whether it was NAXJA, Red Rock 4 Wheelers, Ride with Respect or Backcountry United — we built new partnerships, rekindled old relationships and found new opportunities to keep trail access open to all! We love what we do!On October 28th Sharetrails.Org/BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) convenes its annual Fall membership and board meetings. We will be discussing what the organization looks like in 2019, what our legal and legislative focus will be and how we meet the needs of our members. We encourage everyone that can to attend.
We are returning to basics. We are returning to our original mission. Paul and his legal work will become increasingly important. I will more aggressively work on the legislative and political side to create long and enduring change. More than ever, we are devoted to: "Preserving our Natural Resources FOR the Public Instead of FROM the Public."
We will be reaching out to dealer/OHV and aftermarket businesses to create a program focused on getting their support and involvement in keeping public lands/trails open for recreation.
Fall Fundraiser update:
Below are some of the current battles we are fighting.
Legal and Administrative Updates:
CALIFORNIA – Stanislaus OSV comments were submitted October 9, 2018. This is Forest 4 in a series of 5, the Tahoe, Eldorado, Lassen, Stanislaus and the Plumas National Forests. Links to all BRC comments and objection submitted so far are below.
Lassen OSV Comments (November 20, 2017)
Lassen OSV Draft ROD Objections (May 15, 2018)
UTAH – 10th Circuit argument happened on Tuesday, September 25, 2018. This is a UT case originally filed in 2008, which involved travel plans for six BLM field offices spanning 12 million acres. BRC intervened in the case, along with TPA and COHVCO (they have members and keen interest in Moab riding).
Sharetrails/BRC on the Road – Spencer's Travel Plans
Spencer and Ric will be in Moab, Utah, on November 5th for a meeting with the Red Rock 4 Wheelers.
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A Simple Decision Market Model
Economic modeling of decision markets has mainly considered the market scoring rule setup. Literature has made reference to the alternative, joint elicitation type decision market, but no in depth analysis of it appears to have been published. This paper develops a simple decision market model of the joint elicitation type, that provides a specific decision market nomenclature on which to base future analysis.
A generally accepted prediction market model is modified, by introducing two additional concepts: "proper information market" and "relevant information". Our work then provides original contributions to the theoretical discourse on information markets, including finding the sufficient and necessary condition for convergence to the best possible prediction. It is shown in our new prediction market model that "all agents express relevant information" is a sufficient and necessary condition for convergence to the direct communication equilibrium in a proper information (prediction) market.
Our new prediction market model is used to formulate a simple decision market model of the joint elicitation market type. It is shown that our decision market will select the best decision if a specific selection and payout rule is defined. Importantly, our decision market model does not need to delay payment of any contracts to the observation of the desired outcome. Therefore, when dealing with long-term outcome projects, our decision market does not need to be a long running market.
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Obituaries » Charles Cherkauskas
Charles Cherkauskas
September 5, 2018
Charles Cherkauskas
September 5, 2018
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In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 712 S. Keyser Avenue, Taylor, PA 18517.
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Muffins & Omelets
We're trying to cook more at home and to be inspired to cook more the trick I think is to keep finding new recipes. Pinterest is a huge help for this and all the recipes I try (even if they are a fail) I put them in this board on Pinterest.
This is a no flour banana oat muffin, pretty great except I felt it could have used a bit of salt. These are great for snacks or breakfast to fill you up.
This was an egg white omelet with tomatoes and mozzarella. This was pretty good but I feel it could have used more seasoning, just not sure what that is. I used basil with mine, maybe fresh bazil?


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Don't Slander Me
For now at least my pick of the LightInTheAttic reissues of a trilogy of getting-my-shit-back-together-kinda albums by Roky Erickson is this one, Don't Slander Me. Less overtly silly, less obviously about aliens and gimmickry, this bursts out with the kick-ass title song and winds through a charging set of punk/ish rock'n'roll. Epic power ballad Burn The Flames seems a better career summation of Frank Black than the entire Pixies/post-Pixies output – and at a time when Charles was probably still just masturbating over UFOs and maybe only just thinking about writing songs about that.
The wonderful documentary film, You're Gonna Miss Me, did a fine job of reminding people about Roky – as well as documenting the battles he's had. It's nice to see the music being made available again – the trilogy of albums from the early/mid-80s is definitely worth checking out.
Don't Slander Me features some great guitar playing – rock'n'roll riffs and slippery, rubbery leads – with Roky contributing some fine solos. There's punk-inspired rockabilly (Crazy Crazy Mama) and with the Buddy Holly-meets-surf-rock You Drive Me Crazy Erickson offers his finest pop song since the garage-rock classic he penned back in his teens, You're Gonna Miss Me.
Starry Eyes is almost Marshall Crenshaw-like/lite and The Damn Thing is another Pixies-ish ditty. Hasn't Anyone Told You and Realize You're Mine are almost Mint DeVille-aping and the B-52s-meets-Cramps spunk of Haunt is another highlight; an alternative take of it closes out this barmy (and even balmy) album reissue. Worth a listen.


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Dodging the Curriculum: Schools Ban Dodgeball On the Grounds That it "Promotes Bullying"
By Kyle McCarthy from SLN More Blogs by This AuthorFrom the Culturology Blog Series
"Every winner was once a beginner." - Anonymous
Hell Week
Dodgeball week in gym class was always a terrifying one for me. I was never the biggest kid, or the strongest, especially in middle school, and so I was considered an easy target - the weak link to be easily disposed of early in the game. It was as if the hulking post-pubescent behemoths of the 7th grade possessed some kind of supernatural kill faculty that I could never tap into as long as I lived. (Or maybe I've just been watching too much Dexter lately.) These acne-ridden titans in flimsy high tops could literally sense vulnerability, and they made it their job to perform a twerp genocide via whipping makeshift kickballs around the gymnasium for five 55 minute sessions once a year. The innocents fell left and right with flailing arms and twisted limbs as their bearded 12-year old executioners only laughed. Looking back, it was almost ritualistic - a hedonistic mercy killing of the nerds, dweebs, and dorks who could otherwise outsmart them in all other aspects of life. The geeks had to be sacrificed to maintain the natural pecking order.
Your dad just lost his job? Haha, here's one for your face! Parents getting a divorce? Haha, here's one for your face! Your great grandma just died? Haha, here's one for your face! This was a true lesson in the "might equals right" philosophy - a good one to learn early on if you plan on spending the rest of your existence dedicated to exposing the stupidity of such a maxim. Once the gym teacher blew that stupid red whistle, it was on, and the most you could do was prolong your inevitable destruction, but maybe, just maybe, you could throw those bullies for a loop in the process with a few well-timed head shots... Unintentionally, of course.
Windham School District
Granted, for many 12-year-olds, being ruthlessly hunted like a deer for an hour on a daily basis isn't exactly the highlight of their day. Adolescence can be a pretty rough time for kids, and being cast as the object of someone else's domineering physicality can add to the desperation and confusion of those formative years. It's no secret that bullying is reaching near epidemic levels in America (as evidenced by these 14-year-old sociopaths - Warning: Deeply disturbing behavior and explicit language), and it's equally obvious that this type of behavior needs to stop immediately on all levels. However, rather than using games like dodgeball as character-building exercises to educate students about teamwork and overcoming adversity, a school district in New Hampshire has opted to take the easy way out by removing them from the phys. ed curriculum entirely.
In a 4-1 vote of the Windham, New Hampshire School Board, "target games" such as dodgeball have been banned from the district's gym classes. The reasoning behind the decision was that the school's policy makers felt that games such as dodgeball contradict their anti-violence stance: "Here we have games where we use children as targets. That seems to be counter to what we are trying to accomplish with our anti-bullying campaign" said Henry LaBranche, Superintendent of Windham School District. Mr. LaBranche is right: Dodgeball is violent. But the idea behind the game, and indeed behind all sports, is to help channel the competitive spirit (i.e. our inherent primal affinity for violence) in a healthy way. It's also a great chance to counter the "might is right" philosophy by championing agility and strategy over sheer size and strength. It may seem like a chaotic mess to the casual observer, but dodgeball is much more a game of wits than brawn.
Most importantly, violent sports serve as a metaphor for the cutthroat world in which we live. Someone is always going to be gunning for you job, for your significant other, for your very identity, and the sooner that we realize this sad fact of life, the better. Violent competition isn't an obstacle to be avoided, it's a fact of life - one that we will all encounter at some point. By removing it from the controlled, moderated environment of the gymnasium, we aren't protecting our children, we're doing them a disservice. In essence, we're lying to them, insisting that the world isn't the ruthless domain of those that would seek to dominate them. Furthermore, we're cultivating the warm and fuzzy notion that, if something scares them, the powers that be will tuck them in tightly and magically remove all the fear that comes along with modern existence.
Extra Curricular
The question of whether to remove dodgeball, and other games like it, goes well beyond protecting our children from senseless bullying. Banning certain games deemed unfit for the growth of the student body is a curriculum issue and should be approached as such.
Somewhere along the line, we began coddling our children to the extent that demanding one measly hour of physical exertion from them was considered taboo. Whatever happened to cultivating our youth's physical capabilities as well as their intellectual potential? The mind is bound to be deficient if the vessel is sedentary.
Physical education in public schools as it stands today is a joke, laughable in that we avoid developing our children's emotional health, while simultaneously allowing their muscles to atrophy and their waistlines to bulge. Much of this has to do with school policy, and much of it has to do with lazy P.E. teachers. Most schools don't require students to shower (understandably conservative) or even change their clothes (recklessly unhygienic) before or after class. Kids basically wander into fourth period, maybe shoot a few hoops, and then escape to roam the halls when the teacher is zoned out in a bro chat with one of his football players or inappropriately ogling a cheerleader. There's no structure, no attempt to stress the importance of sportsmanship, and no desire to instill a lifelong desire to live an active lifestyle. In the technological age in which we live, we should be adding games and activities to the phys. ed curriculum, not stripping the cupboards bare.
The problem isn't with the games that our kids are playing, it's with the direction of the professionals that we entrust with their development. Dodgeball doesn't have to be just another excuse for the big kids to pick on the vertically challenged. Instead, it can be a fun way to get a deluxe serving of exhilarating exercise, while also serving as an experiment in team building. In short, dodgeball can help forge friendships between classmates just as easily as it can divisions. The person who will ultimately dictate the degree to which the students benefit from these games is the teacher. If he or she is willing to take an active role in enhancing the game for everyone, then there's no reason why these games would ever devolve into another shallow excuse for a bully to inflict his will. Here are a few tips to ensure quality sportsmanship when playing dodgeball:
- Don't refer to the game by any of its more threatening monikers (e.g. murderball, bombardment, poisonball, etc. ). These names only reinforce the violent aspects of the game by enthusiastically heralding an otherwise unnecessarily vicious approach to the game.
- Be sure that you're playing with balls that are heavy enough to fly quickly through the air without hurting anyone. If the ball is too light, it won't travel fast enough, and the game will lose its fun. Of course, if the ball is too heavy or coarse, certain kids will be afraid of its force and feel threatened.
- Actually pay attention to the game, and help the kids with their throwing motions and their awareness. In the same way that many kids need help with learning to read or discerning the meaning of a poem, most children that don't usually play sports will have difficulty with certain techniques. This is where a gym teacher can actually earn their pay by transferring their passion for athletics to their pupils.
- Never, under any circumstances, allow the kids to choose their own teams. Not only will this lead to a disparity in athletic size and skill, but a handful of kids will feel inferior to their peers when they're picked near the end. It's not fun feeling left out, so be sure to avoid any controversy by fairly choosing the teams before the students even come to class.
- Finally, make sure that you use lots of balls during the game so that every student has a chance to be an active participant. However, more balls will have the more intense kids salivating, so make sure that a player can only possess one ball at a time.
Something for Everyone
It's important to remember that everyone learns differently and is going to excel in different areas. Sure, dodgeball isn't exactly a life skill, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't teach life lessons. This could be the chance for an otherwise average kid to stand out and build some self-confidence. For instance, the man-child that owns on the dodgeball court is often times the same kid that struggles in the classroom - the ultimate breeding ground for fostering a culture of barbarous one-upsmanship. Who's to say that he doesn't feel the same amount of shame for never having mastered his multiplication tables as the kid that he just blasted in the face feels for having just been blasted in the face? Should we remove chemistry because my inability to master it in high school made me feel kind of bad about myself? How about math for kids that struggle with geometry? When a student is diagnosed with dyslexia do we merely throw our hands up in dismay and leave the kid staring at the page desperately stuttering? Didn't think so. Why should a competitive, pseudo-violent sport that's traditionally been included in the phys. ed curriculum be any different?
Ryan, Michael. "School Board Axes Dodgeball Games from Curriculum." Windham Patch. News. 21 March 2013. Web. 4 March 2013.
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I love your last paragraph and agree fully!
If it is really a huge issue for people offer some options. Play dodge ball or run the track each kid gets to pick. Options are always good.
I must admit to being a little confused by our modern culture's hatred of competitive spirit, as though it somehow purposely diminishes the value of some children. That child that gets wrecked in dodgeball may not show their competitive edge in that arena, but place them in a situation in which their confidence shines and they will destroy any opponent they face.
For instance, I have known many a student that didn't shine in PE, but if you were sit down across from them at a chess table or a Magic tournament, they would destroy your very being...and let you know about it.
Just because this one class may not bring out the best in every student does not mean we should strip the opportunity from those that do shine.


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Daughter of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the president of Believers' Loveworld, also known as Christ Embassy, Carrissa Sharon Oyakhilome is set to get married to her fiance in October.
The UK based Gospel artiste who got engaged last year to Philip Frimpong in London is set to finally tie the knot with her Ghanaian heartrob.
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Sharon took to her Facebook page 'We Love CSO,' to share the good news; "CSO Weds Phillip. Save the date… 6th Oct 2018" " she shared.
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My all-time favourite trail race series is the Calgary Roadrunners XC Grand Prix. It's unique because it involves 10 races between October and March, meaning we're racing through the winter, not only on single-track trails and through (on) creeks, but with ice, snow, and the challenging weather that goes with them. The races consistently offer 4k and 8k distances on Saturdays at noon, except for the 3 x 4k relay on a Sunday in October.
I am not a winter fiend, but a long time ago these races hooked me with their affordable fees, low-tech timing, low environmental impact (no water stations, bring your own dishes for lunch), pot-luck desserts and homemade soups, and especially the fun people. I love my XC race buddies!
This season I started out slowly at the River Park Classic in early October with a gentle 4k trot. I wanted to make sure my foot didn't mind running again, and I hadn't actually done much running at all leading up to it. It was a gorgeous October day. I felt heavy and my orthotics gave me a couple of painful hot spots on my arches by the end, but I managed to jog through most of it and cheer on a newbie as we finished together.
At the Confederation Park 3 x 4k Relay in late October, our team name was very appropriately called "Undertrained". The other two on my team weren't running much more than I had been lately. Still, we signed up, showed up, and cheered each other through the two creek crossings and rolling hills around the park. There were lots of young teams there, and I really appreciated that some of them headed out on the course and cheered on everyone.
Those two 4k races gave me confidence because my foot didn't hurt (other than the orthotics hot spots) anymore. Now, here's another thing I like about this series: In order to qualify for the season's Grand Prix awards racers need to complete at least six 8k distance races. This inspires me, because my age group typically doesn't field a lot of qualifiers. Sure, I'm usually last in my age group standings, but hey, if there are only seven women who qualify, I come in "top ten". Often I'm "top five", and one year, because only one other woman my age qualified, I came in SECOND. I qualify every year I can, as early as I can in the season. You just never know who else might (not) show up, or how bad the weather or my health might be for the later races.
At Okotoks in mid-November we had another amazingly wonderful, sunny warm day (wow), and I decided that it was time to start qualifying for that Grand Prix. Besides, why stop at 4k when it was such a lovely day? One of my race buddies, Philippa, was under medical orders to take it easy, so she kept me company on the first of two loops. There was a very fun volunteer who shouted encouragement "Way to go, random strangers!" and made us chuckle as we tackled the hilly course. In the second loop I set my sights on catching Song-Ha, and we had a nice chat for a couple of kilometers. I didn't care how far back in the standings I was that day; I was thrilled to be back running and able to start qualifying. The hot spots persisted and I vowed to add foot tape to my race prep. Ken reminded me that this was the 95th CRR Grand Prix in my streak (representing 9.5 seasons of perfect attendance), and that totally topped off my day.
Yesterday I ran the fourth race in the series, at Edworthy Park. I totally forgot to tape my feet, but I had changed the orthotics from the road shoes to proper trail shoes, and my feet didn't hurt. Even though it was above freezing, since the course is on a north-facing, treed slope, the trails were filled with ice and hard-packed snow, with a few patches of mud. When I heard how bad the ice was, I zipped back to the car for my Kahtoolas. I had no trouble at all crunching along on the ice, and totally enjoyed the twisty switchbacks on the way down. Yeeha! This course is a brutally vertical double-loop, so I walked much of the steep ascents. I got to run with Ken in the first third, and Karin kept me company through the last two thirds of the 8k, even waiting for me sometimes and egging me on at the end.
Have I mentioned how much I love my XC series peeps? They're the best!
Two qualifying races down; four to go (six 8k opportunities left in the series). Next up in the series: the Silver Springs 8k in mid-December.


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The Solar Trade Association is ramping up its campaign against Government proposals to remove the fair market payment from new rooftop solar generators for the clean power they put into the network next year.
BEIS have proposed to remove the 'export tariff', with little indication as to what will replace it.
The plan flies in the face of new EU legislation which requires all countries to remunerate 'self-generators' (people who generate their own clean power) at a fair market rate. It comes as the IPCC warns that time to prevent dangerous climate change is fast running out.
Over 300 organisations have now signed the STA's letter to Energy Minister Claire Perry urging her to reverse these proposals.
The STA is increasingly linking up with a wide range of concerned stakeholders to convey the breadth of opposition to the proposals, including in a series of videos, from community energy groups and local government leaders urging fair treatment, to homeowners and school representatives. The STA is also lobbying MPs directly in a #Fair4Solar Coalition including the NFU, Church of England, Electrical Contractors Association, WWF-UK, Community Energy England, UK Youth Climate Coalition and 10:10.
STA Advocacy Director, Leonie Greene said, "Locally generated solar power is a valuable commodity so it would be wrong not to pay people for contributing to the clean energy supply we so desperately need. The export tariff is a sensible and established method for paying smaller contributors fairly in a market that remains squarely set up for very large-scale players.
"We all know we need to transition to a much more decentralised smart grid, but there is some way to go before the system enables people to participate on a level playing field. So it is vital that we retain the export tariff and we urge everyone who cares about solar power and the rights of everyday people to participate in the clean energy transition to join our fight for fair treatment for solar power."
The Association is urging its members, the industry and all stakeholders who care about solar power to join their lobby by contacting their MP, spreading the word on social media and signing both the Greenpeace petition, as well as the STA's letter to the Minister.
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This affectionate, humorous documentary is as much about the spirit of the northern English city of Sheffield as it is about Pulp, the legendary Britpop band led by Jarvis Cocker that sprung from there. It captures the anticipation surrounding the last homecoming concert of the group, and interviews with band members convey how they got past their early-day awkwardness to perform their witty, satirical songs. Street conversations with locals reveal the deep affection Pulp has earned in a city not easily impressed, in which "they're alright" is the highest compliment one can strive for. Staged sequences, such as an elderly singing group's rendition of a Pulp track in a café, round off this warm tribute.
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During development and site updates, the Prestashop maintenance mode is an invaluable tool. Activating the maintenance mode enables you to make back-office changes whilst informing the customer via your home screen that your site is currently being updated. The site will be hidden from Google, therefore stopping any page indexing before a site goes live. This is a valuable function allowing you to fully prepare your site before it goes live.
In our video tutorial (above) we run through setting and functionality. If you would like to access the transcribed voice over guide then simply scroll down. Please leave feedback or comments after you have viewed the video.
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Hello. Welcome to a quick overview of Prestashop maintenance settings and adding your IP address to the back office.
At the moment, we have the store set in maintenance mode so the front-end user is presented with the maintenance page, informing them that the store is temporarily offline. We'd advise using this setting whilst you're developing the store, before you go live so that the store is not indexed by Google. We're using the maintenance mode whilst you're updating products or categories and you don't want the front-end user to be using the store whilst you're making these changes. All of the settings for the maintenance mode could be found within preferences and maintenance and are controlled by these settings here.
So, at the moment this store is set in maintenance mode and you can see here that we have the shop disabled. To enable the store, simply click Yes and Save. And if you visit the front-end and refresh, we can now see our original and our usual home page.
And to close the store again, simply click No and Save and then the front-end user is presented with the maintenance page. This is great whilst you're making changes to stop user shopping while you're adding products, but if you're developing the store and making changes, you may well want to see these kind of changes from the front-end live. And to do this, you need to add your IP address to the back office, so that when you're viewing the store, you see the store open but whilst everybody else views the store on your web address, they see the store close.
A quick recap; an IP address is a unique string of numbers that identifies each computer attached to the internet. So, basically every single computer which is attached to the internet has a unique address and this is mine here (see screen) and you can copy and paste this from Google if you want somebody to send their IP address to you so you can add it to the maintenance page. Simply get them to search for "what's my IP?" and Google will present you with your IP address.
But it's a little bit easier in the back office. If you're viewing the store from your PC, all you need to do is "Add My IP" by clicking the button here (see screen) and then within the window, your IP address appears and then you just simply click Save.
So, even though we've got the store set to No and it is disabled, because we've added our IP address, we can view the store live as if it were out of the maintenance mode. So, if we remove our IP address, the back office has no record of any IP addresses and we click Save and we go back to the front, the store is set into maintenance mode again.
So, a quick recap; all the settings can be found in Preferences > Maintenance and to disable and enable the store, click these two settings here (see screen) and Save, Disable the store. To enable, click Yes and Save. Your store is now live. To Disable the store, click Save, but for you to view it from your PC, click Add My IP and then Save. You have to click Save. Simply clicking the Add IP Address button won't work. You need to do that and then press Save, which saves your IP address to the system and then if we go back to the front-end, we can see the store live even though we have the store disabled.
If you have somebody who would like to view the store, who isn't sat at your desk or isn't on your computer, you can simply get them to search for their IP address with "what's my IP?" Copy and paste this address here (see screen), all these numbers and then you simply put a comma in and then paste their IP address into the window and then click Save. And you can add as many IP addresses to this list as you like and it doesn't matter.
What you may find is that you've added your IP address and you've been working on the store for maybe a week or so, but then all of a sudden, when you go to view the home screen you're presented with the maintenance page. This is most probably because if you're operating from a public IP, your internet service provider will change your IP address periodically. If they reboot your modem, your IP address will change. So all you have to do is simply Add My IP address again and Save and it will add your new IP address and you should be able to see the store live from the front-end again.
I hope that's been useful. If you've got any more tips regarding the maintenance settings of Prestashop or adding your IP address, please post them in our comments box and we look forward to seeing you again.
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