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Litha; Yoga and Paganism
Litha is a fabulous time to embrace new beginnings, especially if they're cleansing and nurturing- a sort of spiritual 'letting go'. What better way to celebrate than to practice yoga outside near the cleansing ocean? Tonight, after walking briskly home from the ferry, I hopped on Veronica (my bicycle) and pedaled over to Point Pleasant Park with friends.
We set up our mats in a circle and our group of six yogis practiced. I always find that practicing outside lends a more immediate connection with the Goddess. We usually do a lot of our practice in silence so we can enjoy and truly allow our minds and bodies to connect with Nature around us. Moving through the postures, focusing on my breath, I finally sift through the static of a busy life and work to ground and reconnect.
My spirituality is pretty darn personal... I don't take part in any local pagan groups or even speak regularly about my Faith with anyone other than Andrew. However, a few months ago a reader asked how I connected with the Goddess during my yoga practice. It's a little tricky to describe and intensely personal, but I'll say a few words.
Yoga asana allows my body to focus, meditate and ground within itself. Especially while practicing outside, but even during my inside practice, I allow my mind and body to expand in energy and feel a sort of moving prayer to the Goddess. I'll usually send my intention or breath to a person or event I've been thinking on lately and during final meditation I'll often ground and cleanse my energy through the Earth.
During my outside practice I especially connect the Goddess and Her presence with the wind. It's like a physical manifestation of something invisible, spiritual, powerful and more.
Today's practice was especially beautiful. During supta baddha konasana (reclining bound angle pose) I stared up at the clouds, so incredibly high in the blue sky and thought I couldn't remember the last time I had let myself get lost in the sky.
New beginnings, rediscovering my Spirit and my Faith.
How did you spend your Summer Solstice? Do you connect similarly to your Faith during yoga practice? (whatever that Faith may be?)
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I LOVE the new blog banner! It's my goal to upgrade my blog this summer, I'm so inspired by other bloggers.ReplyDelete
Glad you're enjoying this beautiful solstice. It's windy and feeling like rain, you know that kind of wild, wind that tells you interesting weather is on the way? I love this weather, and it makes me feel so much closer to my spiritual side.
- AnonymousJune 21, 2011 at 10:57 PM
Happy Litha!ReplyDelete
I spent my summer solistice pruning lilacs (post coming later) and then did a small ritual of gratitude for the sun. It was a beautiful day!ReplyDelete
Sounds absolutely beautiful and fulfilling! If only all practices could be like that!ReplyDelete
I have definitely had times when my practice brings me to a spiritual place... and then there are the rest of the times, when I am seeking that place and not finding it. It comes when unexpected I guess, like all good things in life.
Notwithstanding, yoga is a deeply spiritual practice for me, even though I don't usually ritualise that spirituality... hard to know if that makes sense to anyone else, but it works for me! I am not big on rituals, even to mark important events like birth or death anniversaries - but actually I think that I "protest too much" and need to challenge myself to be more comfortable with ritual and the public expression of feeling that they entail. :) Lovely post!
Inspiring post! I spent Litha by walking in the mountains with my coven - praying to the sun dearly for stoping the rain :D - and making a biiiig fire in the evening, but I think I will try the yoga outside practice next time when I am alone!ReplyDelete
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Hi, I'm considering the following system: on wall M22, on wall VP150, and QS8 surrounds. I would use my existing sub for bass.
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January 15, 2010
my view from my window, looking out across my front yard. the city is fixing our sewer system on our street. isn't this lovely?
see…i'm not the only one who may have trouble with their drainage system (see blog on cleanse).
now this…this is the life. saw up in the air tonight. it.was.so.good.
just read the article about the Haiti earthquake. 50,000 people! that is way too many.
so very very sad.
i bombed the cleanse!
brother paul did it for 5 days and had to stop because his kidneys were in pain. i managed 3/4 of a day. i finish the first liter of lemonade at work, came home and tried to finish the second liter of lemonade, but couldn't get the last 8 oz down. i had a headache..caffeine withdrawals and took a nap. got up and sat around. i didn't have to worry about being hungry because i wasn't. i was nauseous. i started drinking the liter of salt water for the flush. i go 3/4 of it down and half of it came back up. then, later, i threw up some more. went to bed and slept until 10:00am this morning…..without a single poop.
instead of saying that i was unable to do the cleanse, i am going to say that my body rejected the cleanse. not my fault….i tried.
i did lose 5 lbs.
this morning, i had peanut butter toast, an apple and 2 aspirin for breakfast…way better than cayenne lace lemonade, which the first sip was good, but after the first liter…not so much.
and, all i can think about is - i wonder if scott will be up for a movie at the movie tavern where i can get the big bucket of popcorn and a dr pepper!
the best way to a healthy body and weight loss is the same o same o: eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, whole grains and lay off the sugar, the fat and the processed foods, and of course, exercise exercise exercise.
do you think that it was a coincidence that 3 of the many blogs i follow posted recipes for granola and multigrain muffins? that is what i will be making this weekend.
www.cowgirlchef.com has one without oil or coconut. i am going to try that one first.
January 13, 2010
see this? this is what i going to have all day. i am starting the master cleanse tomorrow. i love the idea of cleansing your body of toxins and i am believing that it will. i am the worst with discipline and even more worse with completing anything. so i am really hoping that i can go through with this. the cleanse involves drinking 2 liters of "lemonade" made of lemon juice, maple syrup & cayenne pepper and a liter of water. then, at the end of the day, drinking a liter of salt water with another liter of water which will cause me to …. ahem …. poop. 5 - 7 days is ideal to do this. i have set my goal to 4 days. then on monday, i begin to ease in to eating again. daughter michelle has heard (read) that after this, i will not crave bad food. i hope to stay off dr peppers and processed food. and, i hope to continue with weight watchers till i reach my goal.
so, let's see what happens. it may be stupid to chronicle this, but maybe i will be able to go through this to the end. then, i will post my new year's resolutions next…maybe.
so…the night before the cleanse, this is what i had. it.was.delicious. it was my dad's 78th birthday today and we went out to dutch's. now….my dad does not eat out a lot. he thinks my mom is the best cook ever, so why pay to eat something that mom does better, right? so, surprisingly, dad likes dutch's hamburgers…and the $4 beer pitchers. he thinks the best burgers, in town, are the ones at the modern. i also like love shack's burgers.
anyway, this is the last meal before…………………………..the cleanse.
this is the before the cleanse photos. my lovely daughter tells me that there won't be a difference after the cleanse unless these were naked photos of me (ha! as if i would ever post that!), but she is probably right that there won't be a change, EXCEPT my face might be more drawn, pale and un-smiley.
January 07, 2010
well, here i am doing my disappearing act. i have lost 45 pounds and have 15 - 20 pounds to go. i am not getting back to my diet and as i have made this a new year's resolution, so i have already broken it. i hope posting this will incite me to start. after all, i have a wedding coming up…daughter michelle's…not mine. why is eating properly so hard to do? i mean, i feel so much better when i eat properly, but i still eat filet o fish's. why? why? (le sigh)


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Generally the people that do visualised radio are the larger radio stations – whether that's Radio 1 and the Moyles record attempt, Capital's interviews or Kiss's new Breakfast takeaway. I was interested, though, to hear about a student radio visualised attempt – The Josh and Kenny Show.
I thought it was really good.
They've created a two-hour special that attempts to work on the radio and on video too. You can watch it below:
There's quite a few clever things they've done.
Firstly – the music. Always a rights issue. On the radio (and live streaming) it's fine – that's covered by standard agreements. On-demand it's much more difficult. They've got round it by creating a YouTube playlist consisting of their content bits and then adding in the relevant songs. The segues aren't super-smooth, but it's a great way to do it and a good creative solution to a problem.
2nd – visual quality. It's shot really well. Fixed-camera for studio bits, multi-camera for packages and some hidden-camera elements as well.
3rd – ideas. There's lots of different ideas in there, that do (mainly) work well visually and audibly. Plus if you were listening there's enough to encourage you to tune into a video stream, without putting you off. The feature ideas are really well put together, there's things that are funny, embarrassing and clever. This is a programme with real prep put into it – and it shows.
4th – presenting style. Student radio shows with two boys are nearly universally awful. It comes from having two people who sound the same with ill-defined characters laughing at each others jokes. This does not suffer from that problem. The two hosts have particular personalities that are recognisable by a new viewer/listener and engaging to consume.
5th – effort. Overall they've really thought about this and executed it well.
Downsides – there aren't many – I think some of the links are perhaps a little over-long and some of the bits work better on the telly than the radio – but these are minor gripes – it's a great effort.
Clearly the guys are inspired by some of the YouTubers out there who are making great creative material and also people like Adam & Joe. The conceit of a radio show format gives it the structure to deliver the programme. There's probably a question about whether it needs to be on the radio and whether it could just live online as video. It would be interesting to see it evolve to include more radio-like elements.
Overall though, I would much rather have this creativity (in part) on the radio, than not at all.
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|One more week until Freaky Freaky Fridays are back!
Oh my Freya (as Thea and Friday would say), I just used that joke. I am ashamed. It is a dad joke, and I do not yet have spawn with my surname. What is going on?? I will now do twenty-three pushups as penance.
Never fear though, Freaky Freaky Fridays will never stoop so low as to use such stereotypical jokes. Which is a shame because an Englishman, an Irishman and a Priest who all frequent bars wanted a role in your favourite webcomic, but were turned away at their FFF audition.
Alas, they may find work in other stories and works of humour, but not this one. Unless the Englishman was a steampunk inventor/pilot with a mechanical piglet, the Irishman had a green face and was from the ancient race of Tuatha de Danann, and the Priest had a loose jaw that dragged 1km behind him like a limp serpent.
The barman could then say to the Priest, "why the long face?" and he could explain that his injury was the result of perpetually walking into steel bars for the laughter of small children. The barman would then raise an eyebrow, and the priest would say "A priest walked into a bar... ouch!" The barman would shake his head, and a small child hearing the joke for the first time would chuckle with laughter until milk came out of his nostrils to his mother's chagrin.
You see, milk is a very sad liquid, and must escape from any hole if its consumer is overcome with extreme laughter. Once Barry 'Boomer' Douglas Jnr. read an episode of Freaky Freaky Friday he found exceptionally humorous... however, he also blocked every hole in his body and drank milk to test what the milk would do. He came to about the second page and his head began to shake before exploding. Barry 'Boomer' Douglas Jnr.'s head was no more, and in its place was a whitish high-in-calcium volcano spouting from his neck.
Alas, these fine British gentlemen and man of the cloth were perfectly ordinary, and this webcomic is about, for and by perfectly strange people. Or unique people, if you like. Like you and me. So we had to send the normal people away with a snap lock bag of rations to consume and a map to where all the rivers meet at the mainstream.
But if you'd like a little more quirky strangeness in your life, and a little less of what she's having, then join me next week for the start of a new Freaky Freaky Friday adventure. It is good and odd.
Oh, and have a very Freaky Freaky 2015. I hope it is your best year yet, and it is filled with love, joy, laughter, fun, success and pixie dust.
See you in seven days for the first webcomic episode, and you shall see that it was good.
Your fellow Friday Freakster,
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types, or an attribute, or . . .
... In the absence of email preparation, let's move on
AV: Please do send an example, but yes, let's move on
<scribe> ACTION: HST to send an example of a 'new syntax' resolution to issue 29 to the list [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2007/11/01-xproc-minutes.html#action01]
RT: Don't we have approximate consensus on this, action A-87-03 refers
HST: First, let's look at comment 3, section 5.7.3 option 2
RT: I think MK has misunderstood
... The prefixes whose bindings are in question are those in the result of a 'select' XPath, not in the 'select' XPath itself
HST: The problem arises because there is no example to hand
AM: I think we have to clarify with an example and with better text, what the purpose of 'default namespace bindings' actually is at this point
RT: There is an example further down
HST: We need a simpler example earlier
RT: Aha, we should be looking at the first numbered list -- OK, yes, I see the problem
HST: Enough here to guide the editor, let's leave it with him
<scribe> ACTION: NW to rewrite 5.7.3 by adding a simple 'select=' example alongside the 'match=' one at the beginning, and trying to clarify what the default namespace binding is for early on [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2007/11/01-xproc-minutes.html#action02]
HST: Moving on to comment 4, a clarification
AM: p:load is a step, p:document
is not
... p:document leaves it implementation-defined whether we validate or not
HST: No, it says you must not validate
AM: I'm surprised that is there. . .
RT: What does it mean to say 'must not validate' ? 'Must not fail for validity errors' I could understand
HST: I think we're looking at the result of Norm trying to respond to MK's comment here. . .
RT: I think this needs to change
to clarify that p:document doesn't fail because of a validity
... I think we should follow XSLT here and require that the external subset be read
... so that all entities are expanded
HST: Do we need to be more explicit about any other processor-dependent options?
AM: I would be sorry to disallow the possibility of a secure environment in which all input of any kind to a pipeline had to be valid
RT: I guess we need to discuss
this at the f2f
... I think AM's point should be an 'at user option' feature. . .
HST: OK, done until the f2f
... I think wrt MK's second point, NW's change in the 3 Oct. draft is sufficient
Moving on to comment 6
... This is subsumed by issue http://www.w3.org/XML/XProc/2007/09/lastcall/comments#C070
... Issue 13 Comment 6 and Issue 70 should be responded to jointly
RT: The idea is to do things much more cheaply than would be the case if XSLT or XQuery were used
HST: Yes, determines whether you get an efficient implementation without waiting for an XSLT implementation which detects streamability
RT: I've suggested in the past
that we use XSLT stylesheets to provide exemplary
implementations of the steps like these
... removing any ambiguity as to how they work
HST: Interesting idea -- volunteers?
<alexmilowski> Richard suggested it...
<alexmilowski> :)
RT: There may be problems in the details
HST: We'll leave that for now, as a start on subsequent discussion of issue 70
RT: Let's not get bogged down in details of individual steps
HST: Moving on to comment 9, on p:load
RT: What is meant by 'namespace
aware DTD validation'?
... assume it means namespace-aware parsing
HST: I think, by contrast with the reference to Namespace Well-formed for p:document, this means that if validate='true', then we require Namespace Validity
RT: Right, e.g. IDs must be NCNames
<scribe> ACTION: NW to clarify by adding reference to Namespace Validity to the description of p:load with validate='true' [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2007/11/01-xproc-minutes.html#action03]


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I was born in Medellin, Colombia. My mother migrated with her four daughters to the United States after my father was murdered in my native country. I came to the USA when I was 14 years old. I was the first one of my four sisters to graduate college. I graduated from Berkeley College with a BS in International business. As a Latina luchona, I have had many jobs. We can start with my first job in a cleaning company. I went from picking up garbage at 16 to becoming a supervisor at age 18. Later on in my life I worked as an administrative assistant for an attorney, and then as a discharge planner at Hyacinth AIDS Foundation. The last career, and the only one I did not get paid for was a stay home mom. I am the happy mother of three little kids. I learned through all these jobs to be a better person. I was exposed to many obstacles and learned how to handle many situations or at least that is how I feel. I am a very lucky person. I have had the opportunity to learn different tasks through my life; some easier than others. I can't say I am a master in everything I do, but all I can say is that I would always try my best to do my job the best I can. I thank you all for the opportunity you are giving me now to work for LCS.


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Monday, October 31, 2005
Van Nuys Armed Robbery Shown On Surveillance TapeLos Angeles: Two men who robbed a Van Nuys "Jack-In-The Box" restaurant last week were recorded by on-site surveillance cameras.
On Thursday, October 27, 2005, at about 10:20 p.m., two male Black suspects entered the restaurant at 6351 North Sepulveda Boulevard. The suspects were armed with what appeared to be blue steel handguns. The tape shows the first suspect jumping the restaurant counter and directing an employee to the office, where he demanded that she open the safe. The first suspect then removed money from the safe. The second suspect stood guard in front of the cash register, then demanded the money from the register. The suspects fled on foot with approximately $500.
The suspects were 2 male Blacks, 18-20 years of age. Both had black hair, brown eyes, were 5'8"-5'9" in height, and weighed approximately 170-180 lbs. The first suspect was of muscular build, wore a black bandana on his head, and had a goatee.
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"The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity." - Mohandas Gandhi
Purity of body, mind, soul and heart is what I truly prize in a woman (and also in man) with a certain innocence. This virtue was honored long ago and expected to be retained by young women. A woman without her purity was like a king without a crown.
Henry Crawford, like many men of his time, prized purity in women though he chose not to retain that virtue in himself:
"...a very few months had taught him, by the force of contrast, to place a yet higher value on the sweetness of her temper, the purity of her mind, and the excellence of her principles." - Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Henry Crawford's thoughts of Fanny
Most importantly the Lord values purity and righteousness of the heart and character:
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. - I Peter 3:3-4
When I wan thirteen years old I made the commitment to purity of body and since that time have also made the commitment to purity of heart and mind. Some days are more difficult than others especially in the aspect of the mind. But the Lord gives the victory if I just trust and wait on Him.
Painting entitled 'Pure' by Daniel F. Gerhartz who has some lovely works.
It seems like a very long while since I last posted, but what with work and snowstorms and one thing and another... May your day be blessed by the Lord and filled with a song of praise to Him.


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Seventeen young women will be presented to society on Saturday when the La Cañada Thursday Club holds its annual Bal Blanc de Noel at the Omni Hotel in Los Angeles. The honorees are Tracey Hill Andrews, Galey Kathryn Caverly, Jessica Anne Davidson, Laura Jane Emmons, Brenna Katherine Gay, Adelle Anne Higley, Haley Nicole Johnson, Madison Rose Johnson, Alessandra Theresa Koeppen, Charlotte Ann Robertson Leddie, Madelyn Louise Merchant, Margaret Ann Morton, Annette Marie Persson, Shannon Cleo Ritter, Lauren Drew Skarupa, and Grace Marie Vallen.
The debutantes have completed an 18-month program of social and community service and have been provided with cultural education, personal development training and etiquette instruction in a program that has a rich, 62-year-old tradition with the local women's club.
Presenting the young women at the ball will be
, a former La Cañada Flintridge mayor and state assemblyman. The president of the Thursday Club, Gale Caswell, will give a camellia charm to each debutante as a gift from the club and then the young women will dance the traditional first waltz of the evening with their fathers.
The 2013 Bal Blanc de Noel has been dedicated to the late Denise Greenawalt, who previously served as its chairman. This year's Les Fleurettes have been led by Thursday Club member Jeanie Kay, with Jody Platisa serving as co-chair. Patti Wickersham was program chair and Gail Merchant is the group's provisional chair.
More details about this year's 17 Les Fleurettes follows.
Tracey Andrews
Tracey Hill Andrews is the daughter of Alison McQuay and Todd Andrews, and the granddaughter of Audrey and Clark McQuay.
Tracey is a senior at La Cañada High School where she is a member of the California Scholarship Federation, the National Honor Society, and Mu Alpha Theta, a national mathematics honor society.
Tracey is president of the La Cañada High Marching Band. She plays trumpet in the Jazz Band and in the orchestra for the Spring Musicals. She has established a mentoring program where high school band members play alongside aspiring young musicians at local elementary and junior high schools.
Tracey earned her Girl Scout Gold Award last year. She has been chosen to be part of the Girl Scout Tournament of Roses Troop in the 2014 Rose Parade.
Tracey is a member of the city's Youth Council and is proud that she helped pass a regulation placing tighter restrictions on smoking near restaurants in La Cañada. In her free time, Tracey loves to go to theme parks and enjoys spending time with her good friends.
Tracey plans to go to a large university and play in the marching band. She will likely major in business with a minor in music, and hopes to find a career in arts management.
Tracey will be presented by her father. Her escort is Alexander James Castro. Her presentation song is "Tracy."
Galey Caverly
Galey Kathryn Caverly is the daughter of Mary and Brady Caverly. She is a senior at Flintridge Preparatory School.
Galey is an avid drama student and has enjoyed being in several school productions. Galey currently co-captains her school's Comedy Sportz improvisation team, and has been a member of the team for three years. She has run on the cross country team for four years, and has gone to
state competition with her team for two seasons. She is a peer counselor at Flintridge, where she assists younger students to navigate the stresses at a new environment. Galey was recently chosen as Prep's 2014 Homecoming Queen.
Galey loves playing guitar and writing music. She was selected to attend the Interlochen Song Writing Camp last summer in Traverse City, Mich.
Galey works part-time as a barista at her family's restaurant in La Cañada. Galey enjoys reading, listening to music, and spending time with her friends and younger brother. She and her family have traveled extensively through Europe, and Galey's favorite adventure was traveling to Milan with her grandmother.
Galey plans to attend college on the east coast studying theater, music or
. She hopes for a career in musical theatre on Broadway.
Galey is being presented by her father. Her escort is Martin Werner Wolff. Her presentation song is "Vienna."
Jessica Davidson
Jessica Anne Davidson is the daughter of Lisa Brownfield and Mark Davidson, and the granddaughter of Annette and William Brownfield.
A La Cañada High School senior, Jessica received the Student of the Quarter in Spanish Award and has been recognized for many other academic achievements. She has been an alto in the La Cañada High School Concert Choir for three years. Jessica participated on the high school girls swim team, and was a captain for two years of the junior varsity water polo team. However, her favorite sport has always been soccer.
Jessica enjoys being a youth minister at her church, where she is a teen leader. She plans to become a counselor at the
Camp Surf in San Diego.
Jessica earned the Girl Scout Gold Award last May. Her Gold Award project, "Cello Racks for HOLA" consisted of collecting funds, designing and constructing cello racks, and conducting a wood working class for young musicians. HOLA, the Heart of Los Angeles, is a nonprofit organization located in the Rampart District.
She enjoys reading classic novels, going to the beach, hiking, volunteering, and expanding her knowledge of history.
Jessica plans to attend a university on the West Coast and major in social work. She is very compassionate while having a great sense of humor.
Jessica is being presented by her father. Her escort is Samuel Everett Geller. Her presentation song is "Everything."
Laura Emmons
Laura Jane Emmons is the daughter of Barbara Emmons Perrier and Scott Emmons and the granddaughter of Gloria Vessadini Schubert and the late Philip Vessadini.
Laura is a senior at Mayfield Senior School. She is currently enrolled in three AP courses and is a National Advanced Placement Scholar. She was awarded the Advanced Placement U.S. History Award at Mayfield in her junior year. She is a member of the varsity tennis team and enjoys playing tennis year- round.
She has participated in Model
and has enjoyed being part of school theatre productions.
Laura loves to travel and has seen the world, enjoying a variety of service and cultural trips. She has been to Costa Rica, Amsterdam, London, Tanzania, France, Morocco, India, Cambodia and Thailand. She truly loves Southeast Asia and India and hopes to return there soon.
In addition to travel, Laura enjoys scuba diving and received her certification from the Professional Association of Diving Instructors this summer. She enjoys photography, watching movies and baking. She also loves spending time with her brothers and sisters and her dog, Simon.
Laura hopes to attend a Southern university to enjoy a new cultural experience. She plans on majoring in communications or liberal arts. She is also interested in international relations.
Laura is being presented by her stepfather. Her escort is Peter Eisenhower Riemers. Her presentation song is "State of Dreaming."
Brenna Gay
Brenna Katherine Gay, is the daughter of Danielle and Samuel Gay.
Brenna is a senior at La Cañada High School, where she is a member of the California Scholarship Federation, the Athletic Leadership Council, and Teens for the Advancement of Children's Hospital.
Brenna has played volleyball and basketball at the high school, but her true love is softball. In 2012, her high school team won the CIF-Southern Section Championship. Brenna has also been a member of several travel softball teams including the team that won the Junior Western National Division Championship in 2011.
Brenna loves photography and has been honored several times for her work by the California State Reflections Contest. She has also received a photography award from the Los Angeles Times. She is a photographer for the Daily Spartan, the high school newspaper.
She has played the guitar for eight years. She loves getting together with friends to play guitar and sing.
Brenna has travelled extensively around the country, but her heart always brings her back to Santa Barbara, where she treasures her time with friends and family on the beach.
Brenna plans to attend a university and major in business. She hopes to use her business degree to work in entertainment or sports marketing.
Brenna is being presented by her father. Her escort is Matthew Warren Van Wyk. Her presentation song is "Father and Daughter."
Adelle Higley
Adelle Anne Higley is the daughter of Dena and Mark Higley and the granddaughter of Carol and Vance Breshears and Jane and Lee Higley. Adelle is the historian of the 2013 Les Fleurettes Provisional Class.
Adelle is a senior at Maranatha High School in Pasadena. She was born in Vietnam and adopted at the age of 17 months from an orphanage near Saigon. She has benefited greatly from the services of many doctors at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and has been active in giving back to that community with volunteer appearances at special events. Adelle has also spoken to high school students with her inspirational message of courage and hope for teens struggling with difficult issues.
She has been the president of the Diverse Student Union Club at Maranatha. She spent two weeks in Nicaragua on a mission trip where she volunteered at an after school program with the children of Managua and helped refurbish the property.
Adelle has been a cheerleader at Maranatha. She is a member of the Maranatha track team. In her free time, Adelle enjoys piano lessons, reading, and spending time at the gym.
Adelle has been accepted to the
, where she plans to study creative writing. She hopes one day to be a novelist.
Adelle is being presented by her father. Her escort is Kosmo Silas Brown. Her presentation song is "Lovebug."
Haley Johnson
Haley Nicole Johnson is the daughter of Dina and
, and the granddaughter of Charles and Dianne Nockey and Dan and Lee Johnson.
Haley is a senior at La Cañada High School. She has been awarded the Student of the Quarter in her retail marketing class and she has also been named by
as a bronze medal award winning ROP Outstanding Student.
Haley has been a student ambassador for LCHS for two years. She has organized and promoted the annual career fair for the various ROP classes offered through the school. Haley also headed the efforts to send letters and candles from her school's students to the community of Newtown after the tragedy last year.
Haley has played lacrosse for four years and was awarded Player of the Year in 2011 and Offensive Player of the Year in 2012.
Haley has attended a local summer camp since she was 6, and for the last three summers she has been part of the staff. Haley has been a part of the YMCA Youth and Government program for two years.
Haley plans to attend Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz. and major in International Relations. She hopes to pursue a career in international business.
Haley is being presented by her father. Her escort is Michael Scott Martinet. Her presentation song is "Don't Stop Believing."
Madison Johnson
Madison Rose Johnson is the daughter of Suzanne and
, and the granddaughter of Denise and Ted Johnson, Phyllis LoVetre and the late C. Mathew Parsons.
Madison is a senior at La Cañada High School, where she is president of the Baking Club, a member of the French Club and has served on Associated Student Body. She is also an Ambassador for the
As a freshman, Madison was selected for the Varsity Cheer Squad and continued on the Pep Squad until her junior year.
Madison has been a Girl Scout since kindergarten. She is in the process of earning her Gold Award, working on a project for Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
She was selected as a 2013 Princess on the Miss La Cañada Flintridge Court, and has served as an ambassador for the city this past year. She also loves her part-time job at a local hair salon.
Madison writes, sings, and records her own music. She has sung the National Anthem at many local sporting events.
Madison would like to attend a university in one of the Southern states. She plans on majoring in nursing and hopes to work in the emergency room or in surgical nursing.
Madison is being presented by her father. Her escort is her brother, Luke Allen Johnson. Her presentation song is "Take It Easy."
Alessandra Koeppen
Alessandra Theresa Koeppen is the daughter of Denise and Ernest Koeppen. Alessandra is a senior at La Cañada High School.
Alessandra was a member of the La Cañada High School Engineering Club for three years. The team creates and builds robots and then competes in games and races with other schools.
She spent her first two years in high school as a junior varsity and varsity player on the golf team and received a varsity letter. Since eighth grade, she has enjoyed studying the German language. Alessandra also competed in cooking competitions and received third place with her partner in the La Cañada Rotary Club Chili Cook-off.
Alessandra was a member of the Assistance League of Flintridge Assisteens. She enjoyed making blankets and goodie baskets for children, and also worked at a homeless shelter. Through the La Cañada Community Center, she helped plan and organize fun holiday events to help raise money to donate to other charities. Last year, Alessandra enjoyed being a junior coach for the La Cañada Gladiator cheer team. Currently, she volunteers at her church by organizing new programs for younger students.
Alessandra enjoys singing and acting and has been taking voice lessons for a year. She loves spending time with her father, working on cars together.
Alessandra plans to attend a university in California to study psychology and business. She hopes to pursue a career in psychology.
Alessandra is being presented by her father. Her escort is Ira Benjamin Glassman. Her presentation song is "I'll Be."
Charlotte Leddie
Charlotte Ann Robertson Leddie is the daughter of Louise and Grant Leddie. She and her family moved to the United States in 2005 from Sydney, Australia.
Charlotte is a senior at La Cañada High School. She is a
certified lifeguard and swim instructor at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in Pasadena and at the La Cañada Country Club. She enjoys working with children and teaching water safety skills.
Charlotte has been a soprano in the La Cañada High School choir department for five years and a member of the Concert Choir for the last three years. Last spring, Charlotte adventured with the choir on a trip to Eastern Europe.
Charlotte has enjoyed participating on the La Cañada volleyball team. She has studied French for three years and was a member of the French Club. Charlotte is working toward completing her Girl Scout Gold Award.
Charlotte has been an active member of Girl Scouts since fifth grade. She has also participated in and been a volunteer leader at the local Girl Scout Day Camp for the last seven years. In her free time, she enjoys reading, singing, hiking, and watching movies.
Charlotte plans to attend the
, where she will major in media and communications.
Charlotte is being presented by her father. Her escort is Midshipman Matthew Henry Faber. Her presentation song is "How to Save a Life."
Madelyn Merchant
Madelyn Louise Merchant is the daughter of Gail and Kenneth Merchant and the granddaughter of Rosemary Worth. Madelyn is president of the 2013 Les Fleurettes Provisional Class.
Madelyn is a senior at La Cañada High School. She is a member of the National Honor Society and is senior class secretary for the Associated Student Body. She is a member of Bridge, the peer counseling program. She has played on the school's golf, basketball and softball teams, and has earned the Iron Spartan Award three times.
Madelyn is a member of Teens for the Advancement of Children's Hospital, and is vice president of Community Outreach and president of the associate members.
Madelyn recently earned her Girl Scout Gold Award by helping the La Cañada Junior Baseball Softball Association.
Madelyn is also a licensed amateur radio operator. She is a small group leader for seventh-grade girls at her local church. In October, she went to Mississippi as a volunteer with
. This past summer, she worked as a counselor at the Spartan All-Stars Sports Camp.
Madelyn hopes to attend a large university with a good football team and a business program. She plans to major in marketing and hopes to pursue a career in that field.
Madelyn is being presented by her father. Her escort is Christian Michael Tichon. Her presentation song is "Do You Believe in Magic?"
Margaret Morton
Margaret Ann Morton is the daughter of Sheri and David Morton, and the granddaughter of the late Alvena and Leslie Dobbings and
and Clifford Morton.
Margaret is a senior at La Cañada High School. She has been in the choral program since junior high and is a second soprano in the Concert Choir. She was part of the Choral Arts performing group, which toured Europe last spring.
Margaret was on the high school junior varsity volleyball team for three years.
Margaret has been a Girl Scout for 12 years and earned her Silver Award. She also earned a Girl Scout Senior Visionary Award for service work against domestic violence. Margaret was a camp counselor at a local Girl Scout Day Camp.
A lover of animals, Margaret has two dogs and four cats. She enjoys photography. She works part-time at a local gift shop, where she is learning the business of retail sales.
Margaret loves traveling with her family and they have enjoyed cruising on the Danube, through the Inland Passage to Alaska, around the British Isles, and on the Mediterranean Sea. Her happiest moments have always been cruising to family get-togethers on Catalina Island.
Margaret is still exploring her college options and plans to study business, cinema or communications.
Margaret is being presented by her father. Her escort is her cousin, Blake Louis Elton Shermer. Her presentation song is "Uptown Girl."
Annette Persson
Annette Marie Persson is the daughter of Janice DaVolio and Ralf Persson, and the granddaughter of Lee Esposito. Annette is the vice president of the 2013 Les Fleurettes Provisional Class.
Annette is a senior at La Cañada High School. She is an Advanced Placement Scholar, a member of the National Honor Society, the California Scholarship Federation, Parent Teacher Student Association, and the French Club. She also played volleyball for the first two years of high school.
Annette has been part of the high school yearbook staff for the past two years; this year she is an editor. She enjoyed going to Pepperdine University over the summer to attend Yearbook Camp.
Annette earned her Girl Scout Gold Award last June. She planned a cooking class for children with Down's syndrome at Club 21 in Pasadena.
Annette has been an active member of her church. She has enjoyed participating in her church's
30-hour famine project for the past four years.
In her free time, Annette enjoys traveling, reading and cooking. She is a dual Swedish-United States citizen and loves going to visit her grandmother and cousins in Sweden.
Annette plans to attend a university and study business or communications and hopes to have a career in public relations.
Annette is being presented by her father. Her escort is Helio Jemberu Higley. Her presentation song is "What a Wonderful World."
Shannon Ritter
Shannon Cleo Ritter is the daughter of Corina and Robin Ritter, and the granddaughter of Susan and Robert Ritter. She is the secretary of the 2013 Les Fleurettes Provisional Class.
Shannon is a senior at La Cañada High School. She is a member of the National Honor Society, and the California Scholarship Federation. She has been part of the yearbook staff at the high school for three years. This year, she was asked to be co-editor in chief. Shannon enjoys playing softball at a competitive level. She has played softball for the past seven years, and is the varsity catcher. She has been on three travel ball teams and has been voted team captain for two years in a row at La Cañada High.
Shannon has been an active member in the Assistance League of Glendale's Assisteen program for five years. She is also a member of Teens for the Advancement for Children's Hospital at the high school and serves on the board as historian. She also participates in a school club, Door of Hope, which helps the homeless in Pasadena.
Shannon enjoys photography and graphic design, running, and enjoying the freedom of driving herself places in her own car.
Shannon plans to attend a university and study marketing, sociology and photography.
Shannon is being presented by her father. Her escort is her brother, Brennon Conrad Ritter. Her presentation song is "Your Song."
Lauren Skarupa
Lauren Drew Skarupa is the daughter of Leslie Wingate and Andrew Skarupa, and the granddaughter of Len Wingate and Andrew and Barbara Skarupa.
Lauren is a senior at La Cañada High School. She has played golf since she was a young girl, growing up attending many golf camps and was on the La Cañada girls varsity golf team for several years. She spends most of her free time practicing at Oakmont Country Club.
Lauren has been an active Girl Scout member since kindergarten. As a Girl Scout, Lauren was able to volunteer at Hillsides Home for Children, where she planned activities for the children. Currently, Lauren is working on her Gold Award project.
Recently, Lauren has been involved with the Door of Hope, a homeless shelter and transition home in Pasadena. There, she tutors underprivileged children. Working with young children and knowing that she can put a smile on their face brings joy to her heart. One day, Lauren dreams of opening a safe haven for abused and homeless children, where they are free to be themselves and experience childhood.
Lauren plans to attend a university and study finance with a minor in international development. She hopes to pursue a career in the world of Wall Street and later open a shelter for abused children.
Lauren is being presented by her father. Her escort is Cole Kendall Reeb. Her presentation song is "Sweet Pea."
Meaghan Susank
Meaghan Ashley Susank is the daughter of Ava and Kevin Susank and the granddaughter of Beverly and Robert Sobraske and Edna Laker.
Meaghan is a senior at La Salle High School in Pasadena. She is a member of the National Honor Society, the California Scholarship Federation and Pi Alpha Chi, a service organization on campus.
Meaghan is an accomplished and talented Irish dancer. She has been dancing since she was 6 years old. She has traveled all over the United States competing and placing in Regional, National, and World competitions. She has been to Ireland and returned with a 20th-place World medal. She is taking this passion and helping others as she is working on her Girl Scout Gold Award, teaching less fortunate children how to do Irish dance.
Meaghan has been on the varsity golf team for four years. She helped her team go to CIF finals and win the league championship. She has enjoyed being a volunteer at Huntington Hospital. She has also been a Girl Scout summer camp counselor.
Meaghan has a part-time job at her church, where she enjoys working with both the elderly and with children.
Meaghan plans on attending a university and earning a degree in nursing. She hopes to be a pediatric nurse.
Meaghan is being presented by her father. Her escort is her brother, Matthew Aloysius Susank. Her presentation song is "The Black Pearl."
Grace Vallen
Grace Marie Barry Vallen is the daughter of Dr. Juli Barry and Randal Vallen.
Grace is a senior at Fusion Academy of Pasadena. She has a budding talent in cosmetic artistry, and coordinated make-up design for a local school play. She explores the latest trends and techniques in the world of fashion and beauty. Grace will attend the Bobbi Brown Program in Makeup Artistry at Emerson College in Boston next summer.
Grace has been a captain of her cheerleading squad. She has coached aspiring cheerleaders and has choreographed cheer and dance routines. Her volunteer work includes organizing "Meals for Love" at the
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In her current job as a tutor, Grace even invents games and creative challenges to help her students love learning. Grace also was a counselor in training at a camp on Catalina Island.
A lover of travel, Grace has experienced the different sites and cultures of New York City, Philadelphia, the Hawaiian Islands, Jamaica and the Caribbean Islands. To fuel her ambition to tour Europe, she decorates her room with photos and accents of London and Paris.
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Brides Maid Bouquet Holder
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This crochet pattern is for that wedding where even the brides maids carry flowers. This holder is made with a bone ring for stability where the flowers stems go through and this patterns is really fast and easy to make.
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Position Paper, October 16, 2013
Restore State Revenue Sharing Funded by Progressive Taxation:
The Once and Future Solution to the City's Fiscal Crisis
By Kevin Bott and Howie Hawkins
The authors are Green Party candidates in Syracuse: Kevin Bott for Mayor and Howie Hawkins for 4th District Councilor.
Every issue our city faces is contingent on one overriding issue in this year's election: the financial emergency. Syracuse faces a Detroit-style takeover of the city and a Philly-style takeover of the school district in the next two or three years. What's at stake is whether we will still have the democratic right to address our problems together in a city government that we elect. Or whether the state will appoint agents of big business and Wall Street to rule over us through a Financial Control Board and an Education Oversight Board.
The once and future solution to the fiscal crisis is to restore the kind of revenue sharing funded by progressive taxation that was adopted by the state in 1970. Starting in late 1969, Syracuse Mayor Lee Alexander, New York City Mayor John Lindsay, and the other Big 6 Mayors campaigned for months for revenue sharing of progressive state taxes because the underlying cause of the fiscal crises that our state's cities faced then is the same cause we face today: the replacement of property tax-paying manufacturers with tax-exempt universities, hospitals, and government agencies. The solution then is still the solution today.
But the Democrats in power – from Governor Cuomo on down to the city Democrats, who hold every elected office in the city – offer nothing but more cuts to schools, services, and city workers. The Republicans at every level just shout Amen! to Democrats' austerity policies.
Cuomo calls for fiscal self-reliance on a limited taxable property base, and if that fails, consolidation imposed by a Financial Control Board. Syracuse needs about $1 billion in new taxable property to raise the $24 million a year in additional revenues over the next three years that is needed cover projected budget gaps. That won't happen. The city only has $3.7 billion in taxable property now. Fiscal self-reliance is fiscal fantasy for Syracuse. Perhaps that is Cuomo's intention because he wants to force consolidation. Consolidation certainly reshuffles responsibilities, but its cost savings are limited.
Cuomo's urban austerity policy is a recipe for a continuing downward spiral of school and service cuts, property tax hikes, privatization of public services and assets, a further exodus of homeowners and businesses seeking decent schools and municipal services, and a further reduction in the city's property tax base.
To her credit, Mayor Miner has accurately described how the economic model of New York's central cities is not sustainable. Tax-paying manufacturing businesses have largely been replaced by tax-exempt universities, hospitals, and federal, state, county, and city government agencies, which serve as the economic base and major employers in our metropolitan regions.
But this is old news. This economic transition mostly occurred in between World War II and 1970 as multi-story factories in the central cities were abandoned in favor of sprawling one-story plants in the suburbs. It was in recognition of this change in the economies of metropolitan regions that the state agreed to revenue sharing in 1970.
Instead of calling for restoration of previously promised levels of revenue sharing, Miner has focused on state labor law changes that would give the city administration leverage in contract negotiations to cut city workers' wages and benefits. City workers don't get enough to give back anywhere near $24 million a year.
Miner also calls for municipal and state leaders to meet and cut a deal to rescue the cities. That is a process, not a policy. We need a popular campaign for fiscal justice, not a elite deal that once again makes working people bail out Wall Street bondholders with cuts to city services and schools, wage and benefit cuts to city workers, and regressive tax hikes.
Governor Rockefeller then, like Governor Cuomo today, at first said the state "cupboard is bare" when the Big 6 mayors proposed revenue sharing. But popular support for the reforms turned Rockefeller into a champion of them in the end. It is time for our city elected officials, in concert with civic groups, labor unions, and other municipalities' elected officials, to once again campaign for the state to pay for its unfunded mandates on local government.
The City of Syracuse, with a $299 million operating budget this year, projects a budget gap of $73 million over the next three years: $18 million in the current fiscal year, $25 million next year, and $30 million the following year. With a cash reserve of $61 million at the beginning of this fiscal year, Syracuse will reach the state Comptroller's recommended minimum level of 5% of revenues by the end of next fiscal year.
The school district, with a $367 million budget this year, has only $8 million left in cash reserves. The district has already cut one-quarter of its staff over the last four years. Our schools need money, not high-stakes testing and teacher evaluations designed to fail the schools and justify privatization into charters. See Philadelphia, Chicago, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Newark, Detroit, and other cities for that script. Public school closings and private charter school openings have not improved student achievement.
Governor Cuomo told Syracuse in June that city budget is not balanced because the state funding accounts for 24 percent of the city operating budget and not to expect more state funding. Never mind that the state gets 31 percent of its budget from the federal government. Instead, he told us, "Maybe we have to merge a city with a county."
Lt. Governor Duffy began the year by coming to Syracuse to say the city should ask the state now for a Financial Control Board if the city doesn't think smoothing pension costs over multiple years is sufficient state mandate relief. He added that the board would have the power to break union contracts and impose cuts in city workers' wages and benefits.
Then in mid August, Cuomo's Education Commissioner, John King, called for passage of a bill to enable the state Board of Regents to replace elected school boards in districts that are failing financially or academically with state-appointed Education Oversight Boards, which he described as akin to Financial Control Boards for cities. Governor Cuomo soon followed that announcement up with his own call for "a death penalty for failing schools," followed by a state takeover and privatization into charter schools.
Cuomo told us in June, "You can't be reliant on the state to come in here with a check at the end of the year to make up for the shortfall that you can't fill because, frankly, the state's not in a position to do that anymore."
We disagree. We know where the money is. That rich have it. Since 1980, the per capita gross state gross product has tripled in inflation-adjusted dollars. But all the growth in income went to the top 1 percent, who received 10 percent of all state income in 1980, but had 30 percent by 2012.
In the meantime, taxes on the rich were cut. The stock transfer tax, which brings in about $15 billion a year, has been 100 percent rebated to the traders since 1981. Since 1980, the top bracket tax rate has been cut in half and the bottom bracket tax rate doubled. Revenue sharing was the first thing to be cut to pay for these top end tax cuts.
The revenue sharing formula was revised a few times in the 1970s, but by 1979 the state settled on statutory level of 8 percent of (State Finance Law, Section 54). But to pay for repeated top end tax cuts and to balance the budget during recessions, the annual state budget resolutions included "notwithstanding" clauses that exempted the budget from the 8 percent revenue sharing requirement. Revenue sharing was repeatedly reduced. Today it is less than 1 percent of state revenues and Governor Cuomo's 5-year financial plan keeps it flat in inflation-adjusted dollars at $775 million out of a $90 billion general fund budget.
Syracuse gets $72 million of that revenue sharing. If New York State just restored revenue sharing to half of its once promised 8 percent, that 4 percent would be close to the average for revenue sharing in the 50 states and yield over $200 million more in revenue sharing funds for Syracuse. We would be figuring out how to use that money to address pressing city problems, including high property tax rates.
On the school side, the state has accumulated an $8.9 billion shortfall in promised funding from the Foundation Aid Formula enacted in 2007 to address the underfunding of urban education in the successful lawsuits won by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity.
These increases in revenue sharing and school aid could be easily funded by modest increases in progressive taxation. To bring the state revenue sharing budget back up to 4 percent of state revenues would require an additional $2.3 billion in revenues without affecting other items in the state budget. A partial retention of the $15 billion a year stock transfer tax would do it. If we restored the progressive state income tax structure of the 1970s, with 14 graduated rate brackets instead of six, 95 percent of New Yorkers would get a tax cut but the state would take in an additional $8 billion more, which would just about cover the state's cumulative shortfall in promised school funding since 2007. One of the Big 6 mayors' other proposals in 1970 was to fund public schools completely with state income taxes instead of local property taxes. It is time to revive that proposal.
These are not soak-the-rich proposals. They are proposals for fiscal responsibility. The rich can afford a little higher tax rate in the top brackets in order to save our cities and schools.
Syracuse is being set up for failure and a state takeover by the fiscal policies now in force. The Democrats have not challenged these policies, perhaps fearing a challenge to their incumbency as we saw visited this year upon councilors Lance Denno and Jean Kessner who questioned some of the Mayor's priorities and were refused their party's endorsement when they sought re-election.
As Green Party candidates, we are independent of the machine and free to speak up for Syracuse to demand fiscal justice for our cities and schools. That is what we will do if elected.


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Supermarket Art Fair - top palais
Supermarket Art Fair - top palais
top palais is run by > top e.V. Association for the Promotion of Cultural Practice which has been operating in Berlin since June 2002. Our members are artists, researchers and activists, whose activities range from individual research to curating project space and to international collaboration. Our infrastructure supports projects that pursue an interdisciplinary approach, support international exchange or deal with non-commercial attitudes. This includes but not limits to real space, webspace, channels of distribution and networking. We develop ideas being in the air, often merging politics, economics and technologies. Beside other contexts we work in postdigital domain – art forms that address the humanization of digital technologies through interplay between digital, biological and cultural. We support collaborative projects that seek for a dialog and diversity in artistic forms and attitudes. In such a way we contribute our society. Since October 2015 we run top palais in cooperation with Schillerpalais. We will present mainly signed and numbered editions of all participating artists. Artists that are around at Supermarket are invited to have an open talk about their artwork and artpractise in our booth.
Om - Slumpen
Att använda slumpen som en del i kreativa processer har en lång tradition. Leonardo skrev på 1500-talet "...undersök fläckar på väggar eller askan av en eld, eller moln, eller lera eller liknande platser, där, om du tittar noga, kan du hitta riktigt fantastiska (bild) idéer.". Under 1800-talet skrev Alexander Cozens en bok om hur man avänder slump för att genera landskap. Viktor Hugo fläckade pappret för att skapa tuschfantasier. Dadaisterna/Surrealisterna (Arp, Duchamp,...


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Camber Shark3rd November 2011, Thursday
On Sunday 23rd October I came accross this dead shark on Camber Beach. I couldn't quite believe it to start with as it's not really what you expect to find at Camber. I e-mailed the photo to the Marine Conservation Society who have ID it as a juvenille Blue Shark. More info here. From Nikki Lambert, Mallydams RSPCA.


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Rt Hon David Evennett, MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford, secured a debate in Westminster Hall this morning (6 March) on the issue of childhood obesity. Mr Evennett specifically focused on childhood obesity in Bexley Borough, which statistically performs worse when examined against other demographically comparable London boroughs. Rt Hon James Brokenshire, MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup, was also in attendance at the debate and raised the issue of ingredients used in many foods consumers buy.
In his speech, Mr Evennett raised the long-term health problems associated with obesity, including cancer, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke, as well as the difficulties with losing excess weight and how childhood obesity is one of the top public health challenges for this generation. He also highlighted the poor statistical figures in Bexley, and discussed the actions being taken locally to help tackle the issue. Mr Evennett also spoke about Public Health England's 'One You' campaign, with the slogan 400-600-400 which is the number of calories people should eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Overweight or obese children are consuming up for 500 calories a day more than they need, which is equivalent to an extra meal a day. He praised the work of Dr Anjan Ghosh, Director of Public Health and Deputy Director of Health and Wellbeing, and thanked him for information he provided on Bexley Council's plans to help combat the problem locally.
Mr Evennett concluded the debate with some of the actions needed to address the problem, including reducing sugar and calorie intake, healthy eating, increasing physical activity, and educating parents, grandparents and children about obesity.
Public Health Minister, Steve Brine MP, responded, and spoke about the Government's Childhood Obesity Strategy, acknowledged the seriousness of the issue in Bexley and across the country, and listed the Government's future plans.


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Eva the turtle is on her way back to the Mediterranean thanks to the crew of the Irish naval vessel LÉ Samuel Beckett and the hard work of the Galway Atlantaquaria.
The loggerhead turtle has been in the care of Galway Atlantaquaria since the beginning of the year. She was discovered after washing up on the shore of Kilmore Quay in Wexford during stormy weather. Her shell was broken and she had a number of other injuries so she was brought to the aquarium in Salthill for treatment. The Irish naval service will be returning the turtle to her natural habitat off the Portuguese coast.
Eva the Turtle to be released back into the wild. #turtle #rescue @lornasiggins @Galwaybayfmnews pic.twitter.com/xHwLh2tM6J
— Galway Atlantaquaria (@GalwayAquarium) September 19, 2016
The LÉ Samuel Beckett departed earlier today for the Mediterranean on search and rescue operation Operation Pontus with their healthy and happy aquatic guest.
'Fair winds and following seas' to the crew of the LE Samuel Beckett as they dept for Op Pontus. Beir Bua. pic.twitter.com/Six3QwXQ1a
— Irish Defence Forces (@defenceforces) September 23, 2016
Update: Eva has been safely released to her new home!