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I love the rustic feeling in the house and there are so many ways to bring this feeling alive. One of them is using dried flowers. Add them to your home décor and you will have a natural beauty perfect for your rustic home. You can use them to decorate your bedroom, your kitchen and even your bathroom.
Pick the flowers in the morning or night when they are beautiful open.
You can use a few techniques to preserve them.
One method is to bury your blooms in a large container of silica gel. In a few days to a week, gently uncover vibrant, preserved flowers. This goes great for roses.
When I was in school, we had a project for biology. We had to bring 30 different dried plants with names and descriptions. I put them between sheets of paper. Each plant had to be on a new sheet so they don't stick together. After that, I put some books on them. Once all the moisture was gone I had a papery textures plants great for pictures frame, bookmarks, etc.
I dried my wedding bouquet in a vase. It was so easy. That goes well for bulky bouquets. Another easy method is to hang them upside down. Gather the flowers in a bunch and secure the stems with a rubber band. Hang upside down in a well-ventilated area out of direct sunlight.
As you can see, many methods to use for dried flowers. Have fun playing with it!


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It's the new things that matter most. All knowledge builds upon past knowledge. You can either build on old knowledge and stay low, or you can build upon the new knowledge and soar to new heights.
Think of it like building pyramids in the desert. You can start building upon a foundation. Without the help of many others, you will never finish the pyramid. Or you can start building upon a pyramid that is already built up high. You will live to see the pyramid gain new heights, or even come to completion.
That is how it is with most pursuits of knowledge, like reading. The books that will bring you to new heights are the recently-written ones that were based on a lot of research. You should read those books and build your knowledge on top of them.
Yes, reading classics can also be helpful, but you run more risk of wasting time. These works have been read countless times over the years. The knowledge has already been learned, distilled, and expanded upon. Why revisit the horse and buggy when you can start with a modern electric car?
The field of knowledge looks something like this. One of the highest pyramids is self-driving cars, which is built upon artificial intelligence, which is built upon networking, which is built upon digital computing, which is built upon electricity… all the way down to the concept of basic logic that some things are true and some things are false.
Some of the pyramids in the field may have been abandoned. Bloodletting, self-flagellation, yo-yos, planking, slide rules—these are no longer popular bases to build upon. It doesn't mean you couldn't or shouldn't find innovations building on the knowledge of bloodletting, but it is much more likely that you would be wasting your time in doing so. Some paths of knowledge have been abandoned for very good reasons.
For the most chance of success, it's better to find something new, exciting, and perhaps a bit scary. Lingering in the past is the easiest way to get left behind. Know the history, but base your work on the new. That is how you innovate.

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We are glad to announce the Train the Trainer Seminar that will take place within the IMPLEMENT project – Specialised support for victims of violence in Health Care Systems across Europe 2014 – 2016.
The seminar will take place in Vienna, Austria, in May 21-22, 2015. The participating staff from Center for Health Policy and Public Health are Dr. Melinda Gal and social worker Camelia Fiordean. During the training they will learn how to form a clinical team and provide frontline assistance to victims of gender-based violence as part of the IMPLEMENT Project.
The agenda for the event is available here.


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Perhaps (or perhaps not) thanks in part to Goob's attempted viral twitter campaign to #SignHalotiNgata, the Ravens have agreed to terms with the beastly defensive tackle, according to his agent Mike McCartney.
Ngata, who was playing this season under the Franchise tag, will sign his new five-year deal this afternoon, just about an hour before the NFL deadline. It was looking less and less like the deal wasn't going to get done this year, as had the 4 PM deadline passed today, the Ravens would have been forced to wait until the next "league year" to resume negotiations with Ngata and his agent.
The terms have not yet been disclosed, but Ngata's deal is expected to eclipse the one signed by New England Patriots' defensive tackle Vince Wilfork in 2010, a 5-year, $40 million contract.
Update: According to Aaron Wilson, Ngata's deal pays him $20 million over the first two years, making him the highest paid non-quarterback in the NFL. Wow.
With Ngata locked up, the Ravens not only free some salary cap space for themselves, but they free up the franchise tag, should they need to use it next year on guard Ben Grubbs or running back Ray Rice, who will both become unrestricted free agents in 2012.


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The Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto (NWRCT) began when a dedicated group of Aboriginal women recognized the need for a gathering place in Toronto where Aboriginal women could share resources, support one another, and practice their traditional ways. In 1985, this vision resulted in the downtown basement office that affectionately became known as "The Pit."
Today, the Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto provides a safe and welcoming environment for all Aboriginal women and their children in the Greater Toronto Area. Our programs fall under six broad categories: Housing, Families, Advocacy, Employment, Education, and Youth. We also host a variety of Cultural Activities for our clients and the general public, including the annual Minaake Awards, Sisters In Spirit Vigil, and Winter Solstice .
In all that we do, we are guided by the Seven Sacred teachings: Wisdom, Love, Respect, Bravery, Honesty, Humility, and Truth. We bring these teachings, our traditions, and our cultures into our programming, events, and ways of being.
We welcome all self-identifying Aboriginal women (cisgender, transgender, and two-spirited people) and their children.


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ABC News had a feature article entitled, "Fine Dining Without Allergy Fears." Within in it, they discussed Blue Ginger's practices for addressing food allergic customers:
"Ming Tsai, executive chef and owner of Blue Ginger — an Asian restaurant outside Boston — has a son who is allergic to seven out of eight top allergy triggers.
"It's amazing that people don't realize how a molecule can kill," Tsai said.
Tsai takes pains to make sure there are no wayward molecules in his kitchen. The crux of his modus operandi is his "bible," a notebook detailing the ingredients in each component of each dish on the menu. Allergens are noted prominently and many dishes are modifiable for specific allergens.
"With this system in place, the degree of negligence and human error is reduced," Tsai said.
Combined with a high level of communication between customers, wait staff, managers and the kitchen, Tsai estimated that he and his team may have made three mistakes in 10 years of operation — and Blue Ginger serves about 15 allergic customers each night."
Blue Ginger is a lunch and dinner establishment, and you can view their menu online: www.ming.com/blueginger
Phone: 781-283-5790
Location: 583 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA 02482


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Once the hall bathroom and nursery were finished, we decided to start renovating our main hallway along the side of the house where the bedrooms are. As an added excuse, we knew there had been some water damage in the wall that is shared with the atrium, so this would give us a chance to replace the (probably moldy on the inside) drywall and repair any wood studs that had rotted. I guess this renovation technically started when we upgraded the lights to these (which we purchased from another Eichler owner at a garage sale:
Andy did the demo (walls and tile floor) and then fixed some of the studs. We added an electrical receptacle in the middle of the hallway and on the other side of the hallway wall in the atrium. Andy also had a great idea to convert the hall closet into a pantry. For a while, we had been using the left side of it as a pantry anyway, so we knew the concept worked well for us:
We were using the right side to hang jackets, so we had to give up that feature. However, we have hooks by the atrium door where we keep any highly used jacket and keep the rest in our master closet (and we live in California, so a true "coat closet" isn't a real necessity).
Andy is a HUGE fan of storage and was always annoyed that the closet doors didn't go to the ceiling so there was a lot of wasted space (I don't feel so strongly about the matter). We purchased an Akurum system at Ikea in a Birch finish (which has since been replaced by the Sektion system) and installed it where the hall closet had been. It worked pretty well to install 3 units side-by-side- I think it was within 2″ (a little narrower) than the original opening). This was the most efficient use of space without having custom built-ins. They're super deep, but still left about 6″ of empty space behind them. We plan to use that space to expand our master closet (when we get around to it). We decided to go all-out with slide-out shelves in the left cabinet which serves as our pantry. The center cabinet has mostly regular stationary (but adjustable) shelves and houses paper goods, fancy glassware, my mixer and alcohol (up high on a slide-out shelf… we moved it to there from the credenza in the dining room once Nadine started crawling- I'm guessing it will stay there forever), and the right side cabinet is empty except for some command hooks and houses cleaning supplies like the vacuum, broom and mop. All of the upper cabinets just have shelves and store surplus goods from Costco and things we don't use often (like the vacuum attachments and light bulbs). We can really store a TON of stuff in here, and I love the pull-out drawers which make it easy to reach everything (the pull out "basket" type wire drawer doesn't glide nearly as smoothly as the rest- but it's a lot cheaper and I thought it would be good for onions and stuff, but we store those on our kitchen counter). I should mention that this system was not cheap. I think it was about $1700 total and was definitely the largest portion of the renovation cost in the hallway. We probably could have built something ourselves for a lot less money, but it would have taken a LOT of time… and as it was, this whole project took over a year to complete!
As you can see, I'm not going to win any awards for a beautifully organized and labeled pantry, but it's pretty easy to find every thing, we have lots of storage, and apparently no shortage of booze! Plus everything below 3 feet has to be toddler friendly, which is an evolving standard as Nadine gets taller and smarter (she just figured out how to open the tupperware holding the rice.. and looking at this picture, I feel like the martini glasses will be within reach soon too.
After installing the pantry, Andy hung the new drywall. Given that we had an infant at the time and we knew that taping and mudding drywall was very time-consuming and too loud to do during nap time, we smartly decided to hire this job out (we had the guest room done at the same time as well). I think this was a good decision. If I look closely, I can see some of the seams, which isn't ideal-but with smooth walls, I know first hand that this is an insanely difficult task. My sister is also having her walls dry-walled smooth and has a similar feeling… we agree that if you look closely at most smooth walls, you can see the seams. I do think the hallway and guest room look better than the office which is the first and largest room that Andy and I dry-walled completely by ourselves. I think I did a better job in the hall bath than the professional we paid (I can't see any seams in there), but that room was much smaller and took a LOT of time for Andy and me to do. I'm glad that I invested the time in cuddling with infant Nadine rather than sanding drywall (plus, it resulted in a shorter time over which the house was covered in dust). In the future, I think we'll have larger rooms professionally dry-walled, but we'll probably use the guy my sister is using (he's cheaper and his work seems slightly better).
I caulked the grooves in the ceiling (which is super tedious and uses a TON of my favorite caulk which we now buy by the case, but we think it looks good) and then Andy installed the crown molding. Then I painted the ceiling flat white. I painted the walls light gray (surprise) which was a custom color. I was very slow in choosing a color because we want to use the same color in the dining room and living room as well, so I wanted it to be just right. I started by getting some samples at Home Depot but they were all too dark, so I started mixing my own samples (basically adding white to the ones we had with different ratios). When I created a color I was happy with, I took it to Home Depot to have them color match it with their computer, which produces a code that makes it reproducible in the future. To be extra super sure I liked it, I had another test can made, took it home and painted a big swatch. Then I finally committed to the color and painted the walls and the crown.
Then came the floors and baseboards, which are super easy/fun to do when you have a nail gun! We came home from work early one day and Andy cut the pieces outside with his chop saw while I nailed them in- we got the whole thing done in about an hour! Oh, and I learned that although these come pre-primed, it's best to paint them first before installing (which goes very quickly when you have everything set up on saw horses in the garage), then install, then fill the holes with WHITE wood putty (SO much easier to paint over than wood-toned!), sand and caulk the wall seam, then just touch-up over the putty and caulk with another coat of paint. That process was done over a series of many weeks, mostly during Nadine's nap on the weekends.
Since the concrete floors are a bit slippery and the hallway is a prime stretch for an always-running toddler, we decided we needed some sort of rug in there. We also hoped that adding some textile would dampen the noise (especially the noise that comes around 2am from Nadine's room… still… ). I first tried to find a "runner" rug on RugsUSA.com (where I got the area rug in Nadine's room), but there were none that were long enough for our 30′ hallway. I also looked in the local Target, Home Goods, TJ Maxx and on Amazon.com and Overstock.com and found nothing long enough. Then I found the jackpot- Flor.com ! They sell carpet squares that you can customize to any shape and size you want. I found them when browsing pictures of this beautiful nursery/kids room. They are also WASHABLE in the sink or dishwasher (which will probably be very useful since this area sees a lot toddler, husband and dog of traffic) and can be replaced if needed. The down side is that they tend to look a bit industrial (coincidentally, my office was just re-carpeted with carpet squares, which makes me acutely aware of this fact). I started by ordering a bunch of samples ($2 each including shipping). I was still torn when I saw they were having a special where you could order 3 samples for free. I got 3 more and Andy got 3 more… plus a few. Somehow we ended up with a LOT of samples. We kept them because Nadine likes to play with them and we plan to use them to carpet her future "fort" in the back yard.
We finally decided on Sew What in Chalk. I really liked the texture of "Like Minded", but the colors were a bit light and I worried they would get dirty quickly in such a high traffic area.
I was pretty sure for a while but was waiting around for them to have a sale. We must have set off some sort of trigger, because someone at the Flor store in San Francisco emailed me and asked if he could help me decide by drawing some pictures for me! I sent him the dimensions and the style we were leaning towards and he emailed me back some mock-up drawings the next day. He suggested we go with a strip that was 1.5 tiles wide, but his drawings confirmed for us that configuration would look weird. So we stuck with our initial plans to do a 1-tile wide strip down the center of the hallway. Once their summer sale started (20% off) I ordered enough for the full length of the hallway plus 2 tiles. I must not have looked closely at the size, because we were about 4″ short on each end of the hallway. Rather than cut one of our spare tiles, we decide to just keep it that way, which I think looks great.
This is the current view from the bed in our master bedroom. The thing I like the most is how clean the ceiling looks. After years (including a pregnancy and maternity leave) of staring at a water-stained ceiling and heavily textured walls, I really appreciate how nice and smooth it looks now (plus I caulked the whole thing myself and am pretty proud of it!) You can see here that we had to leave a little bit of the baseboards un-finished until we tackle the dining room floor and walls.
Overall, the hallway feels much lighter and more open now. It's actually an inch or so wider too because we removed 2 layers of (heavily textured) drywall and replaced them with one smooth layer. We went from mirrored closet doors to the birch pantry doors, but I think that was a great decision. The mirrors combined with all of the glass and the unusual layout of our house was confusing and made it feel like a circus fun-house.
After a month or so, the carpet is holding up very well, and has no signs of wear! The FLOR tiles don't slip at all and I think the dampen the noise a bit (or maybe I'm so exhausted that I can sleep through more noise?). After about 1.5 years, the Ikea cabinets are also holding up really well. We still have to re-hang some pictures, and will probably add some more art to the walls (maybe hang a quilt on the wall to further dampen more noise?).


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• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers
Waking Lazarus (12% Kindle)
- D.J. Williams
"Initial report is that it was a botched robbery. Jake, you should've called me sooner."
"I can handle myself."
"Do you know you're a suspect?"


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Help for those who have tax credits coming
If you know someone who might qualify for the California earned income tax credit, we hope you urge them to make a "bus stop" on Saturday.
The bus in question will be parked at Ceres Christian Church, 3502 Roeding Road, on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. People who have earned wages during the past year, but haven't earned a lot, will be able to get help filling out their state and federal tax forms and learn if they qualify for earned income tax credits. If they do, it could mean a substantial amount going back into their pockets.
Many people and families who qualify don't realize it. Which is why the state is asking for help in getting out the word.
Nearly a tenth of Stanislaus County's residents qualify for the EIC. Most will get an extra $600 to $900 in their state tax refund – but only if they apply. If they also qualify for the more restrictive federal earned income tax credit, that could go up to $6,500.
The reason the state needs a bus is because, so far, residents have allowed $1.8 billion in tax credits to go unclaimed.
The catch is that you must file a tax return to claim your credit – even if you owe nothing. The problem is that many people who qualify have earned so little they don't bother filling out returns. So they never know. That's where the bus comes in. There will be people there to help folks figure out their eligibility and help them fill out tax forms. If that's not enough, they're even providing lunch and activities for kids.
Fortunately, some 6,000 Stanislaus residents have filed for the state credit, and they've gotten back a combined $3.79 million. Since these are the working poor, virtually every penny of that money has gone back into our economy – for food, clothes, gasoline, school supplies, etc. If all 15,000 people who are eligible got what is coming to them, the total would rise to nearly $10 million for our local economy.
The numbers are similar in Merced County, where 7,500 are eligible for the credit but only 3,000 have claimed it. They, too, are welcome to come to the bus. If they do, Merced's economy could see a $2.4 million boost.
"Our goal is to reach all eligible families throughout the state," said Joseph Sanberg, chair of the outreach effort. He says people should bring their W-2 forms, a Social Security card and any banking information.
And no, it's not too late. Taxes aren't due until April 18 (Monday) this year. Last year, the weekend prior to the deadline was twice as busy as any other. After all, even people expecting a refund put off doing their taxes.
Unfortunately, there are a few people who would rather not see the bus arrive. During a recent visit to Fresno, someone pulled up the curbside signs advertising the free services available and replaced them with signs for those offering paid tax assistance. Often, it costs around $200 to have your taxes prepared.
This isn't charity, as Sanberg pointed out: "We're helping working families claim the tax refunds they've earned."
And when they spend the refunds, it helps our entire economy. For those who qualify, making this bus stop is worth it.


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Triple M Bundy are on the hunt for the ultimate local performer!
We went on the lookout for the best new local talent to perform live at the iconic Spirit of Bundaberg Festival on Saturday, October 13.
Listeners were urged to upload a one-minute video of their act to become to become one of the top five finalists to fight it out for the title of Battle of Sounds champion.
Bundaberg Content Director, Ryan Bebbington said "What a great opportunity for live local music to shine in Bundaberg. We're so proud to be a part of discovering new local talent and sharing it with the community."
The final heat will take place on Thursday, October 4 narrowing the best of the best with all top five performers walking away with awesome prizes!
The top five will battle it out on October 13 to win the ultimate prize of $5,000 cash PLUS a $250 Bundaberg Rum Factory voucher. But, that's not all! If you're a runner-up, you won't leave empty-handed either!
Here's a full breakdown of the prizes:
First Prize: $5,000 cash plus $250 Bundaberg Rum Factory voucher
Second Prize: $1,000 cash plus $250 Bundaberg Rum Factory voucher
Third Prize: $500 cash plus $250 Bundaberg Rum Factory voucher
Fourth Prize: $250 Bundaberg Rum Factory voucher
Fifth Prize: $250 Bundaberg Rum Factory voucher
The Spirit of Bundaberg Festival is Australia's biggest celebration of food & rum! It will feature mouth-watering rum-inspired food, Bundaberg Rum cocktails, the best in local live music and the most highly anticipated rum.
To find out more about the Spirit of Bundaberg Festival visit, https://www.bundabergrum.com.au/sobf


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California offers 6 ACOTE accredited OTA schools. Once an OTA program is completed you are eligible to take your Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant Exam (COTA) and apply for your state license. Below is a list of OTA Schools in California, click the OTA school name to learn more about their OTA program.
More OTA Info for California:
See OTA Schools by state
See Online OTA Schools
Accredited OTA Schools in California
|Accredited OTA Programs in California
|Next Visitation Date
|American Career College-Orange County Campus
Anaheim, CA
Status: Accreditation
|Next Visit: Fall 2016
|CBD College
Los Angeles, CA
Status: Accreditation
|Next Visit: Fall 2016
|Grossmont College
El Cajon, CA
Status: Accreditation
|Next Visit: Fall 2016
|Sacramento City College
Sacramento, CA
Status: Accreditation
|Next Visit: Spring 2020
|Santa Ana College
Santa Ana, CA
Status: Accreditation
|Next Visit: Fall 2016
|Stanbridge University
Irvine, CA
Status: Accreditation
|Next Visit: Fall 2018
What to Consider in OTA Schools in California
There are a few of considerations when selecting Occupational therapy assistant programs. Here's a short list of a few of the most important factors to keep in mind as you search for your Occupational therapist assistant school:
- OTA School size
- Pass rates of the COTA exam
- Classroom and lab-room facilities
- Program costs and potential opportunities for financial aid
- Program admittance criteria
As you take these Occupational therapy assistant school factors into consideration, it can be helpful to talk with present-day college students as well as recent graduates of the OTA schools of curiosity. Also, interviewing employers who have actually hired these graduates may provide you additional insight to each programs strengths & weaknesses.


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Chipotle is a chain fast food restaurant in the United States, they have a few on the eastern side of Canada too. Since TaiwaneseGirl was raving about how she wanted it SO badly, we went to grab some lunch. We arrived 30 minutes too early, so we sat in the car and waited for them to open. Surprisingly, we were not the only ones waiting for their delicious Mexican food. There was already about 5 people in front of us as we went inside.
The inside was nice and large. You line up, build your item, pay and eat!
Lots of space and even though it is empty in this picture…it got full fast! People really love Chipotles for some reason.
You first choose from a burrito, bowl, taco or a salad. Then, you can choose what you want to put inside. They have so many options! Oh hey look… calories!
Steak Bowl + Guac ($6.35 +$1.80) may look plain but its amazing inside. It's like a burrito but without the flour tortilla. TaiwaneseGirl put everything in here and asked for extras, thus her bowl became quite tall. She really liked it. Guac is extra, but its worth it!
Steak Bowl + Guac ($6.35 +$1.80) CanuckGirl got the same thing, but didn't get as much toppings compared to TaiwaneseGirl.
Caritas Burrito + Guac ($6.35 +$1.80) was stuffed with so much filling, it was so hard for the lady to wrap up. It was a bit messy, but there's a bowl for you in case it all falls apart. In the end, I just ripped it apart and ate it like a bowl. Delicious and I love the tenderness of the carnitas. Yum!
You can also get free water too. Just ask and you'll get a cup.
Overall, we quite enjoyed this experience and later in the day…we bought a few takeout orders back to Canada. In a way, it was comparable to Red Burrito in Vancouver. Its best to get the bowl a takeout if you aren't intending to eat it on the same day. Everything still tastes good.
Words of Wisdom:
- Under $10
- Delicious steak and caritas
- Lots of free parking
- Lots of seating
- Children friendly with kids menu
We Rate Chipotle Mexican Grill:
4120 196th St SW
Lynnwood, WA 98036


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"Not only was the headline contraction in December sizable, but the losses were broad-based across industries and exclusively seen in full-time positions," TD Bank economist Sonja Gulati wrote in a report.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told CBC the poor results as a "reminder" of the fragile state of Canada's economy.
"We sympathize with those Canadians who lost their job last month. This is a reminder that the economic recovery remains fragile and we must stay focused on our plan to grow the economy and keep taxes low to create the environment where job creation can flourish," he said.
"It's also important to remember that monthly job numbers are volatile and our overall trend is positive. Indeed, for 2013 as a whole, Canada's economy created more than 100,000 net new jobs."
Indeed, monthly results are volatile and cannot be an indicator of the direction of the economy, however, Chief Economist at RBC, Craig Wright told CBC the December losses were not only widespread, they decimated four months of job gains.
"More than half of the industries that they monitor were down. More than half the provinces experienced declines in the month. It was very broadly based and unfortunately focused on the full-time component."
Despite economists' pessimism, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's "reminder" and the numbers themselves, Industry Minister James Moore stuck to the Conservative narrative on the Canadian economy.
"Still strong" but don't forget that "the economic recovery remains fragile."
The job losses aren't over yet. Blackberry could see a 40% cut in workforce. Sears has announced several rounds of layoffs. Potash-corp is looking at cutting at least 1,000 jobs and Heinz is expected to hit the chopping block as well. To join the private sector in shedding jobs will be the public sector along with a fresh round of cuts in the upcoming budget and the overhaul at Canada Post that will change the way Canadians get their mail.
"The job market ended 2013 on a distinctly sour note, with the drop cutting the average monthly job gain to just 8,500 for all of last year versus more than 25,000 in 2012," BMO Chief Economist Doug Porter wrote. "Digging beneath the ugly headline reveals more ugliness, as full-time jobs tumbled 60,000, and thus barely managed to rise at all last year."
A Globe and Mail report on the state of the economy revealed a net increase of 17,000 jobs per month is necessary to meet the demands of a growing population, the average for 2013 falls 8,500 jobs per month short.
BMO Economist Benjamin Reitzes wrote in a report last month, "Compared to November 2012, employment is up a meagre 1%, with both the goods and services sectors clocking in at that pace. ... This is hardly the stuff of a firm underlying economy."
In addition, a graph of Statistics Canada data on job growth indicates 2013 was one of the worst years in a decade outside of a recession.
But, don't worry, the Conservatives will continue to tout a strong economy, one fueled by lower taxes and "prudent" management. While the Conservatives attempt to scare Canadians into believing their opponents are tax-and-spend, we have yet to see what either the Liberals or NDP have to say on the matter. While the NDP have historically favored tax-hikes, and the Liberal about-face in 2011 to its introduction of tax cuts in the 1990s is not necessarily going to repeat in 2015.
The Conservatives have their Action Plan website and a slew of TV ads that advertise new jobs, low taxes, and a Canada Jobs Grant that doesn't even exist. These ads in particular have cost the taxpayer $2.5 million and played twice during CBC's Hockey Night in Canada playoffs, reassuring viewers, "The Canada Job Grant will result in one important thing – a new or better job."
Their narrative is simple: they are the ones who can steer the economy forward. However, no matter the rosy rhetoric by Conservative Ministers on political talk-shows and their glorified ads, whenever a bump in the road appears, it is a "reminder" that "the economic recovery is still fragile." A strong economy is not fragile, a weak one is. The job numbers have prompted alarm from the nation's economists and has lead to gloomy prospects for 2014.
However, while Canadians across the country feel the bite of a Conservative economic agenda pollsters deem "out of touch," the Conservatives intend to fight the next election on tax cuts after achieving a $3.7 billion surplus, which is all too meagre in comparison to the $13 billion surplus they squandered in 2006.
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz admitted Canada's recovery wasn't natural over the past three years, meaning it isn't self-sustaining or self-generating. In other words, strip away the stimulus measures and Canada would likely still be in recession.
David Madani, the Chief Analyst at Capital Economics warns 2014 won't be significantly better than last year, noting the excessive 164% personal debt on after-tax income burdening middle class Canadians, and an over-build of housing units as demand drops.
"So you have a situation where weakness in housing and slower household consumption growth is now offsetting the improvement in exports and perhaps business investment," Madani says.
Economists are hopeful 2014 will see a rebound, but for a country that supposedly beats the rest of the G8 economically, having a higher unemployment rate than the United States and a sluggish year overall must be embarrassing for the Conservatives. However, the Conservative message is clear: the economy is "still strong" but "the economic recovery remains fragile." Will you be banking on this message? Share this article and join the discussion and let us know what you think: Facebook, Twitter, Google+.


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New York has become the 23rd state in the U.S. to authorize medical marijuana — though the state's program is one of the nation's most restrictive.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the measure into law on Saturday and held a formal signing ceremony on Monday to highlight the new law.
When the program gets up and running in about 18 months, patients with diseases including AIDS, cancer and epilepsy will be able to obtain non-smokeable versions of the drug.
Instead, the drug must be ingested or administered through a vaporizer or oil base.
Cuomo, a Democrat, says prohibiting smokeable marijuana will help keep the drug out of the wrong hands.
The compromise was one of the final measures passed by lawmakers before they adjourned last month.
Article source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/07/ny-becomes-23rd-state-to-allow-medical-marijuana/


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The term Virtual Assistant (VA) was coined sometime in the 1990's. I first heard the term used by Thomas Leonard, founder of Coach U. The first VA I knew, Staci Brice attended Coach U with me in the 1990's. And like me, she worked for Thomas Leonard. Staci started the first VA school, Assist U, now one of the many VA schools in existence today.
The VA profession was to online businesses what executive assistants or personal assistants were to corporate America. And since its inception, the industry has grown to keep up with all the home-based business models.
If I had to describe a VA, I would say it was like having your own executive assistant in the outer office, except you don't have an outer office! It may be best described as a consultant who could perform administrative, accounting, and marketing tasks away from a clients' offices.
It's not surprising that the VA industry has grown to be so encompassing. Home business owners of all sizes, from solo to micro-businesses to small businesses making millions of dollars out of their second bedrooms, can use help, daily.
VA Positives
Hire a VA to do the work you don't enjoy doing, don't have time to do right, and whatever work that's holding you back from doing what you love to do the most.
In most cases (check your state and federal government guidelines on employees) a VA is not your employee instead they are a consultant you hire to work "x" number of hours a month or on a project. They become part of your virtual team. Remember: consultants can be fired without the HR headaches of an if the relationship doesn't work out
If you live in a town or city where the residential codes won't allow you to have employees, you CAN hire a VA! On the other hand, you can also choose to hire a VA who lives in your community so that she/he can do tasks at your office when needed, too, like filing, or getting you ready for a speaking engagement or updating your database with business card information.
Each VA has a different skill-set to provide you and like every hiring, it's imperative to create a job description. Also consider creating a wish list of tasks you want your VA to do now or in the future is extremely important in creating your Virtual Team.
You purchase a VA's time on a retainer basis, hiring them for a certain amount of hours a month. Most VAs will allow you to test drive them for a short time of 1-3 hours.
VA Negatives
There are some VAs that profess to do it all. And like other business owners, if they are doing it all, without their own staff, well, you know the saying, no-one can do it all really well. Nor does every VA like everything they do.
For VAs working on their own, there are just so many clients they can handle. I've seen VAs that took on too many clients and couldn't keep up with their work load. On the other end of the scale, I've worked with a few VAs that lost their one and only client and were left out in the cold.
Some VA's work individually and others may be part of a VA company. VA companies work differently. Sometimes the company owner "manages the project" by dishing out the work, then checking it before it's sent to you. Other times the owner will have, you work with different VAs in their pool. You need to determine your boundaries and do what you feel is best for your company.p>
VAs are people too, and you may not get along with every VA. Try to find a VA who understands you and how you like to work. It's not only OK to shop around you should shop around.
12 Things to Consider When Hiring a VA
Below is a list of things to consider when hiring a VA:
1. Write a job description of all the tasks you really want the person to do; even if you only give them one or two to start. Create interview questions and ask each VA you interview the same questions.
2. Determine if you want to hire a VA who lives near you — or not. Sometimes having a VA who leaves near you and who can help you administrativly "in the office" is helpful — or you can hire a VA experienced in your industry and local people, too. You have lots of choices.
3. A VA will work with you when you need extra help even though you might not know how long you need that help. Expect to pay more for "per-hour" hires, than you would pay them on a retainer basis. Rush fees will also cost you but you'll have the job done right.
4. A VA might be the missing link in your business, and can be your eyes or ears on the Internet, even doing that time-consuming social networking for your company.
5. They can coordinate your workflow, and your schedule.
6. A VA is an independent contractor, consultant, and a business owner, too. Most likely you'll need a W-9 form from them, and will be sending them a 1099 at year end.
7. While doing tasks for you, expect to be billed for work done that will cost more than their hourly rate — international calls, postage for mailings, software, supplies, stamps etc.
8. Expect to sign a written agreement with your VA on the tasks they'll perform and time they'll spend on your work. Have the document updated as you give your VA more work to perform.
9. Some VAs specialize in certain areas and they can preform other tasks. They could be former accountants, web designers, coaches, executive assistants, personal assistants or they may specialize in the type of client, preferring to work for financial advisors, accountants, attorneys, speakers, etc.
10. You can hire VAs to do personal work for you, too. Sometimes that's as helpful as hiring them to do business work!
11. A VA's hourly rates range from a minimum of $35 to $175 per hour, depending on the services they are hired to perform, level of expertise, training, and length in business. That may sound expensive, but remember, you are only paying for the time worked on a specific job. You are not paying for vacation time, sick leave, or employee taxes.
12. If you hired the wrong person, fire them as soon as possible. Not everyone is a "right fit" for every business owner.
Hire a VA to be on your Virtual Team today and start focusing on the rest of your business. Don't committ too too many hours, if you don't know their referances personally. Instead, try each other out until you and your VA see how you best work together (or not). As in all businesses, while there are VAs who are excellent in their jobs, there are some ugly ducklings out there. I know … I have found who are on both sides of the pond during my career)
(c)2001, revised 2009 Maria Marsala, Elevating Your Business. www.ElevatingYourBusiness.com


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Tam from Sew Dang Cute tells how you can make one of these diaper stackers for your baby's nursery. Not only is it a handy way to keep diapers right where you need them, cute fabrics and an applique make it a pretty addition to your nursery's decor. Go to the tutorial.
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The laws in Maryland regarding car accidents can be confusing and many drivers misunderstand key facts and regulations. Before you get behind the wheel in Baltimore, learn which commonly held beliefs about car accidents are fact and which are fiction.
1. Fact or Fiction: Drunk drivers cause most accidents. Since you don't drink and you're rarely on the road after "happy hour," you have nothing to worry about.
Fiction: According to the Maryland State Highway Administration, car accidents caused by inattentive or distracted drivers outnumbered those caused by drunk or impaired drivers — by almost five-to-one. So don't assume that because you drive responsibly and don't drink, it can't happen to you; driver distraction occurs at all hours of the day and in all kinds of driving conditions.
2. Fact or Fiction: If another driver hits my car, their insurance company will pay for my damages and injuries.
Fiction: Auto insurance is mandatory — but the reality is that not everyone on the road is covered. In fact, auto insurance within Baltimore is typically much more expensive than other cities in Maryland. As a result, low income drivers who rely on their cars to get to work may skimp on insurance to save costs. The bottom line — just because you obey the law and have insurance for your vehicle does not mean the other driver does.
3. Fact or Fiction: You don't need to pay for Maryland Personal Injury Protection because you already have health insurance that will help cover my costs if you are injured.
Fiction: Maryland Personal Injury Protection or PIP is a type of coverage you can purchase with your auto insurance policy that pays medical bills and lost wages caused by car accident injuries. While coverage only extends to the amount your policy covers, it is worth purchasing. The benefits included in PIP are available regardless of what other benefits you may receive from other sources (including the other driver, if he or she is at fault), and your health insurance won't pay for lost wages. PIP also covers medical costs for your passengers in addition to you.
4. Fact or Fiction: Responsibility in a car accident is pretty cut and dry; anyone can tell who was to blame.
Fiction: Determine responsibility in a car accident can actually be quite complex. Police reports, witnesses and detailed accident scene investigations can all play an important role in evaluating the cause of an accident and who was at fault.
5. Fact or Fiction: If you're injured in a car accident, you need an attorney.
Fact: An experienced attorney can help protect your rights following a traumatic injury. You can concentrate on your recovery while your legal counsel investigates your claim, determines who was at fault and prepares a case with your best interests in mind.
Come to the lawyers who handle only personal injury cases. Let the Law Offices of Plaxen & Adler put the expertise to work for you!
With 9 convenient offices and over 50 years of combined legal experience, the firm is one of the most recognized personal injury law firms in Maryland. Since 1982, the Law Offices of Plaxen & Adler has been helping victims just like you. Unlike most law firms, the firm only handle personal injury cases.
Big insurance companies have lawyers who are paid to make sure you receive little or no money for your injuries. If you don't hire the right lawyer, you could lose some or all of your legal rights. The Law Offices of Plaxen & Adler will work hard to protect your interests and get you the best result possible.


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With the NHL not an option, Ruzicka played five more seasons for HC Litvinov from 1982-83 to 1986-87. He then played two seasons for HK Dukla Trencin in 1987-88 and 1988-89. During this time period, his best season in the Czech Extraliga was the 1985-86 season with Litvinov when he scored 41 goals and 73 points in 43 games. His dependability was impeccable, as he never scored less than 22 goals and five times had 31 or more in 44 game seasons for 8 consecutive seasons.
While with Litvinov and Trencin, Ruzicka led the Extraliga in goals in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1989 and led the league in points in 1984, 1986 and 1989 and was named the Czechoslovak Player of the Year in 1986 and 1988.
During this time period after being drafted he was a regular for Czechoslovakia internationally as well. In 1983 he won a silver medal at the World Juniors, scoring 12 goals and a tournament leading 20 points in just 7 games! That earned him his senior level World Championship debut later that spring when he had a more human 3 goals and 4 points in 10 games on his way to a silver medal.
In 1984, he made his Olympic debut with 4 goals and 10 points in 7 games and another silver medal followed by making the Czechoslovakian roster for the 1984 Canada Cup. In 1985, Ruzicka had 8 goals and 11 points in 10 games while capturing gold at the World Championships. In 1986, he finished with 15 points in 10 games at the Worlds.
He played in the 1987 World Championships, earning a bronze, followed by competing at the 1987 Canada Cup. In 1988, he played in his second Olympics, scoring 4 goals and 7 points in 8 games.
Ruzicka was named the captain of the Czechoslovakian team for the 1989 World Championships and scored 7 goals and 14 points in 10 games as the Czechs brought home the bronze.
The political situation in Czechoslovakia was turned upside down late in 1989, as the Velvet Revolution saw an end to communist rule. Ruzicka had returned to Litvinov for the 1989-90 season and continued his goal scoring dependability with 21 goals and 44 points in 32 games.
With the Czech season now over, and the barriers to his departure to North America now removed, Ruzicka was free to join the Edmonton Oilers, who had acquired his rights from Toronto in December of 1989. In 25 games with the Oilers, he scored 11 goals and 17 points.
Just prior to the 1990-91 season, Ruzicka was traded by the Oilers to the Boston Bruins. He was limited to just 29 games that season, scoring 8 goals and 16 points. He was healthy in time for the playoffs, where he appeared in another 17 games, scoring 13 points.
His next season with Boston was his finest in the NHL, as he scored 39 goals and 75 points in 77 games. He returned to Boston for one more season in 1992-93, scoring 19 goals and 41 points in 60 games.
He signed as a free agent with the Ottawa Senators for the 1993-94 season but was limited to 42 games and 18 points.
He returned to Europe at the end of the 1993-94 season and participated in 6 playoff games for EV Zug in Switzerland and then played 11 more for HC Slavia Praha in what was now the Czech Republic, helping the team earn a promotion from the second division to the top level of Czech hockey.
With his NHL run now at an end, Ruzicka had found a home with Slavia Praha and played the final six seasons of his career in the Czech capital, all as their team captain, from 1994-95 to 1999-00, including leading the league in points once again in 1996.
After nine years away from international play, Ruzicka was a member of the 1998 Czech Republic National Team at the Olympics in Nagano, Japan. He named captain of the team and contributed 3 goals in 6 games as the Czechs won a memorable gold medal to bring his international career to a close.
Ruzicka captained the Czech Republic to a gold medal at the 1998
Olympics, his only major international tournament for the Czech Republic
At the conclusion of his playing days, he immediately became the Slavia's head coach for the next 15 seasons. He also became the head coach for the Czech Republic at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, the 2009 World Championships, the 2010 Olympics, the 2014 and 2015 Worlds and guided them to a gold medal at the 2005 and 2010 World Championships.
His final totals were 648 games in the Czech league with 403 goals and 808 points. While in the NHL, he appeared in 233 games with 82 goals and 167 points. Internationally, he won silver and gold medals at the European Juniors, two silver medals at the World Juniors, two bronze, a silver and a gold at the World Championships and a silver at the 1984 Olympics, all playing for Czechoslovakia, and a gold medal at the 1998 Olympics in his only major international appearance for the Czech Republic.
Ruzicka was inducted into the Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2008.
Today's featured jersey is a 1989 Czechoslovakia National Team Vladimir Ruzicka jersey as worn the first time he captained the Czechoslovakia National Team.
This exact style was worn by Czechoslovakia just once, that being the 1989 World Championships when they earned a bronze medal. For the 1990 Worlds, the heraldic lion was replaced by the Czech flag, oriented vertically through the 1992 Olympics. For their final tournament as Czechoslovakia, they wore the logo of the Czech Ice Hockey Federation at the 1992 World Championships, all while using the same waving flag style of jersey.
Bonus jersey: Today's bonus jersey is a 1991-92 Boston Bruins Vladimir Ruzicka jersey as worn during Ruzicka's finest season in the NHL when he had 39 goals and 75 points in 77 games.
The Bruins, along with the other five Original Six clubs, wore a Turn Back the Clock jersey for select games during the NHL's 75th Anniversary season, with the Bruins choosing their 1932-33 jerseys.
Today's video segment is a great highlight package of Ruzicka's career. Be sure to note all the great jerseys Ruzicka wore throughout his international career. One can only hope that he got to keep a few of them.


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Our broad and creative curriculum is planned around specific learning objectives for every subject area within each year group and, in many cases, taught by subject specialists. The subjects taught in the Junior School are:
Modern Foreign Languages ( For 2016-17 this will include Japanese, Russian, Italian, Gujarati, Spanish, German and French)
Humanities (includes History, Geography and Religious Education)
Information Technology and Computing
Design Technology
Sport and Exercise, including swimming and team games
Personal, Social and Health Education
We promote high levels of achievement and effort as children acquire the academic skills they need. However, we push the boundaries beyond a mere acquisition of knowledge: we want children to develop the confidence to investigate and enquire, to solve problems and to take responsibility for their own learning. We aim to enrich their learning experiences, broadening their social horizons and their cultural interests.
So that parents know what the children are learning, there are curriculum information evenings at the start of the academic year and termly 'curriculum overviews' are made available.
We see homework as an important aspect of children's learning and development. We aim to give children opportunities to work and think independently of the teacher. This may be to extend the skills and knowledge they have gained during a previous lesson or to investigate something in preparation for a future lesson. Homework helps parents have direct knowledge of and input into their child's learning. However, we do not seek to overburden children with homework at the expense of quality family time.
Teachers use a variety of methods to assess children's progress. A primary assessment tool is, of course, the regular, everyday marking of work and giving of feedback which indicates how well children have understood the learning objective that was specified during the lesson, providing them with guidance about what has been done well and how things could be improved. Alongside this informal assessment, the children will undertake some formal assessments during the year. We aim to balance the need to obtain formal data to assess the effectiveness of children's learning alongside our reluctance to interrupt the flow of teaching and learning with too many formal tests.
The well-being of our pupils is of primary importance to us and lies at the heart of all we do. The way we organise our pastoral care ensures that teachers get to know pupils and pupils get to know teachers and each other. All Junior School children belong to a class; their sense of belonging is fostered by daily contact with a trusted teacher who will help the children in his or her care as they grow in understanding of themselves, each other and the world. All children belong to one of four Houses and our house system provides an additional pastoral layer to the school. We want our pupils to be tolerant of each other, respectful of adults, but above all, safe and secure.
It is essential that parents are provided with objective, constructive and regular feedback on the academic progress of their children. Therefore, we provide parent teacher consultation evenings twice a year and full academic reports and assessment grades in attainment and effort at the end of each term Teachers are available outside these times to discuss any issue parents may have. We see children, teachers and parents co-existing in a virtuous triangle, whereby each side is fully involved with, and supportive of, the others.
In consultation with parents, we seek to identify the particular learning needs of every child. For most children, this will not require additional support beyond that offered in the classroom and our programme of co-curricular activities, but there will be some who, from time to time, require additional stimulus or support.
Our enrichment programme exists to stretch those who are working at the top end of the ability range. We use differentiated activities, review curricula and deploy teaching and support staff, to ensure that within lessons the most able are supported and challenged. In addition, there are extension workshops for gifted mathematicians in Years 4 and 5 in partnership with a local primary school. We offer writing workshops to children with particular aptitude in literacy in partnership with other leading London day schools. For pupils with an existing educational special need or a child who, however temporarily, requires additional learning support, we provide individual specialist support, both within the classroom and without.
Drama and Music thrive at Highgate Junior School. Many children take individual instrumental lessons. In addition to these, there is a school orchestra, and numerous ensembles. There are boys and girls choirs as well as a Chapel Choir, which sings with Senior School pupils. Informal Concerts for pupils who play instruments are held each term (mostly by class), and formal concerts take place termly. In Year 3, all children learn a stringed instrument as part of the Junior Strings Project. Drama is taught as a separate subject throughout the school, and there are termly drama productions within and across year groups. An active Drama Club encourages children with a particular talent for Drama to take their interest further.
We want our children to become independent learners with a love of reading, and our Library – situated at the heart of the school – plays a significant role in nurturing these qualities. Authors who have visited Highgate Junior School in recent years have included David Baddiel, Cressida Cowell, Anne Fine, Michael Rosen, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Liz Pichon, Marcus Sedgwick and Karen McCombie.


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Luisa Tuilau: Tackling a changing climate
Luisa Tuilau: Tackling a changing climate
Luisa Tuilau tells Leading Change how Pasifika Queen's Young Leaders are working together to help communities and leaders in the region come to terms with the most dramatic and urgent crisis in human history.
Luisa Tuilau won the Queen's Young Leaders Award for her work with Youngsolwara – a group of activists who campaign against sea-bed mining and human rights abuses in West Papua, and who advocate for action on climate change.
"I had conflicting emotions to be quite honest, in terms of talking about colonisation," says Luisa recalling the day she heard she was a Queen's Young Leader and her misgivings about the Commonwealth.
"But if we are to look into a more positive direction, this has opened up more opportunity, more exposure to the work around the Pacific."
When she reflects on her Queen's Young Leader year, Luisa talks enthusiastically about her mentor, Vanisha Mishra-Vakoti, who helped Youngsolwara refine their social media presence.
The Leading Change course "really helped in terms of pulling activities, projects, that we hope to achieve and giving our project development a timeline".
Social media training with Vanisha Mishra-Vakoti, March 2017
But one of the biggest and most profound outcomes of the programme, was connecting with young leaders in the Pacific region.
Pasifika Queen's Young Leaders
The most pressing issue in the Pacific is the enormous and rapid change caused by the rise in sea levels. In the last few years, some of the very smallest islands have disappeared altogether, while others have lost vast tracts of inhabitable land.
The Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA) 2012 report lists numerous impacts of the changing climate.
Among them is the "destruction of coastal artefacts and structures, reduced availability of traditional food sources and subsistence fisheries, and the loss of the land base that supports Pacific Island cultures".
The urgency, and very real and visual impact of climate change in the Pacific, has pulled Queen's Young Leaders in the region to work together. As well as Luisa, Pasifika Queen's Young Leaders, includes:
- Christina Giwe, 2015, from Papua New Guinea
- Easter Tekafa Niko, 2016, from Tuvalu
- John Taka, 2015, from Papua New Guinea
- Mary Siro, 2016, from Vanuatu
- Nolan Salmon, 2016, from the Solomon Islands
- Tabotabo Auatabu, 2016, from Kiribati Island
- Willy Missack, 2015, from Vanuatu.
"We thought as Queen's Young Leaders in the Pacific, we should take proactive action in addressing it, in the best way we can with the right stakeholders.
"There's already impacts of climate change around Fiji itself with the sea level rise stealing our crops and those who are living near the seashores moving towards the higher ground," says Luisa.
"It has become a very sensitive issue. No one wants to talk about it but we all know it's here. No one wants to leave the land."
And yet people are being forced to leave their homes.
Climate change migration
Earlier in 2017, the Pasifika Queen's Young Leaders held a Skype session to discuss their plans. During the session, one member of the group, Tabotabo Auatabu and his family were packing up their things to abandon their home.
"He said that they were moving because of sea level rises – as we were speaking. It was raining, raining in Kiribati," says Luisa. "It's really for us an emotional rollercoaster."
Many people are being forced to abandon coastal areas for higher ground and yet migration, says Luisa is "a sensitive issue in our home community".
The importance of land is enshrined in Pacific island cultures. "We want to fight for our land, and our dignity and security here in the Pacific," Luisa explains.
But looking ahead, and thinking about Pasifika Queen's Young Leaders, she adds, "What comes with that we also realise, is the need to look hard and be proactive in terms of the next generation."
Some migration is inevitable. The worry is that it might cause conflict between different communities. Luisa cites the purchase of some land in Fiji by the Kiribati state in 2014. Kiribati is made up of 32 atolls which on average are only a few metres above sea level.
"They've bought it because they know they're going to need it," says Luisa, but adds that this move has caused tension in Fiji.
For Luisa, the most pressing issue about climate change "would be specifically about migration with dignity". That is, the need to avoid the conflict and tensions that might arise between people who are moving to higher ground or other islands as the sea claims their homes, and those who are already settled there.
Aftermath of Tsunami that hit Solomon Islands in 2007. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent because of climate change, as are rising seas. Image credit: AusAid
Sense of unity
Coming together as Pasifika Queen's Young Leaders, says Luisa, "really brings out the unity that we have for our islands – one ocean".
"It has really brought a sense of togetherness, belongingness and unity to fight against climate change and know the best way to safeguard for the next generation together as young leaders."
Pasifika Queen's Young Leaders is hoping to get people in the region to face up to what's happening and be prepared. The group is looking at how it can educate the people and how it can work with heads of states.
"We plan to use our network to gather together indigenous people, indigenous youth with climate change experts to have discussions on this very important topic," says Luisa.
Being a Queen's Young Leader has also reframed the way Luisa now views the Commonwealth. "It has changed for me," she says.
"Now there's a sense of belonging and of global citizens coming together as one. We're fighting our own battles but together shaping the world that we believe is going to be good for the next generation."
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Zakka at Home in Japan
I am so excited to be in Japan right now. Home of all things kawaii and zakka, I am in heaven. The attention to detail on everything from the warm toilet seats to the engravings on 800 year old temples is extraordinary- this is a culture that likes to get it right.
In a totally unexpected way, too, floods of schoolgirl Japanese are coming back. Words I haven't thought about for nine years or more are flowing out of me like water - such an odd feeling. These memories are of useful phrases such as "one way train ticket" and "I'd like the bill please" but are also peppered with "usagi means rabbit!" and "enpitsu means pencil!". Very strange indeed.
In that spirit of the stream of conscious, I thought I'd share with you a beautiful Nikko find called Nazuna - an antique and zakka shop that was a dangerous place for me to visit!
The most beautifully curated collection of antiquey things - I loved these old wooden spools (if I sewed they'd be coming home) and this set of Japanese family name stamps.
I ended up, in a very restrained way I thought, coming home with a few cards, an antique kimono jacket and a beautiful old key from The Pal for Christmas, which I shall find a chain for to hang around my neck.
I was also very tempted by these dolls, but my suitcase - yes, a carry on - is really already straining at the edges, and I haven't even hit Tokyo's stationery sellers!
I'll post some pictures of some purchases soon. In the meantime, Happy New Year! May 2009 be full of all you wish for.
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Friday, December 26, 2008
Space Invaders II
I have written before about how much I love Space Invaders and was thrilled to find a few more to add to my collection. So unexpected - so lovely.
The Pal and I are trying to update our travel blog as we go, too, if you want more holiday love.
The Pal and I are trying to update our travel blog as we go, too, if you want more holiday love.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Best Book Covers of 2008
As we approach Christmas and New Year - a time of reflection - I thought I'd share with you some of the best judged book covers of the year. Have a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones!
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Monday, December 8, 2008
New York City
I know I haven't posted in a while, but I've been in New York City. How anyone actually lives here and can tear themselves away from all there is to do in order to blog? I just don't know!
Apart from being quite sick here, I have had the chance to catch up with some friends, meet the delightful Abbey (aka Blog Royalty! Even more lovely than on her blog!), and had a walk in the snow in Greenwich Village. The Pal made a short video which I think sums up the trip so far. So much fun.
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Monday, December 1, 2008
Miroslav Sasek
Miroslav Sasek was an incredibly talented illustrator and released these beautiful books in a big series. While travelling, I keep wanting to buy them, but know they would problematise my carry-on baggage rules!
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Seventy-five years ago today is the "day that will live in infamy": the attack on Pearl Harbor. Those who were alive at the time will never forget it, but with each passing year it engenders less emotion in today's Americans. The same is true for the 9-11 attacks; the patriotism that was palpable immediately following fades with each anniversary.
At Pearl Harbor, there were many signs that an attack could be coming, yet the fleet was never placed on high alert. The Americans knew that the Japanese had divided the harbor into zones, calling signals were changed and documents were being destroyed. Military messages were intercepted and decoded, yet no one in command connected all these dots and saw an attack was imminent. As a result, over 2400 lives were lost at Pearl Harbor and an estimated 60 million people were killed in the resulting World War II.
Whether it be a literal war like WWII, an economic assault on an industry, or simply a destruction of a relationship, massive change never is announced with a definitive proclamation. Upheavals occur with many warning signs available to keen observers before the damage is done. The music business did not pay attention to niche artists having access to music lovers through the explosion of distribution channels. The couple doesn't initially give credence to the nagging silences or lack of spark.
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The main characters in this book were so real and so stunningly written it left me feeling as if I could see the anger, passion and uncontrollable hurt rage between the characters. I loved how the author took me deep into the minds of both characters and created a beautiful story of passion and romance reaching the very top of happy ever after.
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When you call us, a member of our experienced front office staff will answer and gladly respond to any questions you have. If you are ready to set-up a counseling session or evaluation, this staff member will walk you step-by-step through the process of getting scheduled. Our front office professionals have extensive experience helping match people with the therapist who can best meet their needs.
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Our practice is fortunate to have an office staff comprised of genuinely caring individuals, all of whom have been invaluable members of our team for many years. When you reach out to us, these individuals will make it their priority to listen closely and comprehensively understand your reasons for seeking an appointment.
While you are on the phone, the staff member you are speaking with will also gather all information necessary to bill your insurance company. As a courtesy to you, our staff will then verify your benefits and make their best effort to understand the type and amount of mental health coverage you have available. The staff member you speak with can also provide an overview of the initial paperwork packet that you will be receiving in the mail. This packet includes questions about the concerns that led you to contact us, our office policy statement and an explanation of our HIPAA policies. We ask that you please complete this packet and return it to us prior to arriving for your initial session. By doing so, you will allow the counselor you are meeting with to review the information you have provided, and thus ensure that your time with them will be as productive as possible.
Our Tacoma office is located just off of Interstate 5 and Highway 16, making us easily accessible to clients located throughout the south Puget Sound region. If you would find it helpful, the staff member who answers your call can provide you with simple driving directions to our office from Federal Way, Puyallup, Lakewood, Steilacoom, University Place, Fircrest, Gig Harbor, or any other major western WA city. If you would prefer to obtain Google Maps driving directions from your location to Allenmore Psychological Associates, simply click on our address below:1530 South Union Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98405
Here at Allenmore Psychological Associates (APA), we have a clinical staff consisting of Psychologists, Mental Health Counselors and an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner. Our providers have been carefully selected based upon their high levels of competence and commitment to helping their clients. APA's therapists are characterized by diversity in terms of their gender, age, training and clinical specialties.
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Our team of providers understands that each individual is unique, and that no therapist will be the right fit for every person who comes to us for counseling. Sometimes clients prefer to meet with a therapist of a specific gender or age, and we take great pride in our ability to increase clients' comfort level by accommodating these requests. With our clients in mind, we have assembled a diverse staff of highly caring professionals, each of whom contribute distinctive areas of training and clinical expertise to our practice.
Over our nearly three decades of serving residents in the South Puget Sound region, our counselors have become very familiar with the types of mental health issues and relationship problems that concern our clients. APA's therapists specialize in providing individual and family counseling for children, adolescents, and adults. Several of our psychologists have additional training in the provision of couples and marriage counseling services, as well as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) as a treatment for PTSD and other traumatic experiences. Our providers also offer medication management, career counseling, and psychological assessment services which include:
• Comprehensive cognitive batteries
• Memory testing
• Dementia and mental status examinations
• ADHD and learning disability evaluations
• Various assessments which help clarify mental health concerns
APA's counselors provide effective short and long-term therapy which addresses a wide variety of issues, including: anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, traumatic reactions, loss and grief, anger, attention deficit disorder, work and school stress, age-related and traumatic memory problems, difficulties resulting from chronic pain or other medical issues, child and adolescent behavioral concerns, and relationship problems.
As it has since 1986, our office's location on Union Avenue, just minutes from Interstate 5 and Highway 16, provides convenient access to those coming from Tacoma, WA and its surrounding communities. In order to best meet the needs of our clients, our office is open from 8:00 AM until 9:00 PM Monday - Thursday, and from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM Friday. To reach us, please call: (253) 752-7320.
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Allenmore Psychological Associates is located on South Union Avenue in Tacoma, WA near Allenmore Hospital. If you are driving on Highway 16, we are easily accessed via both the Union Avenue and East 19th Street exits. Our office's position relative to both Highway 16 and Interstate 5 allows us to conveniently help clients who live and work in a variety of cities throughout the Puget Sound (including: Federal Way, Gig Harbor, Lakewood, Olympia, Puyallup, University Place, and their surrounding communities). For clients using public transportation, our office is also situated near several major bus routes. To obtain driving directions to our office, please visit our Contact Us page.
• Telephone: (253) 752-7320
• Fax: (253) 756-0427
• Address: 1530 South Union Ave., Suites 14 & 16, Tacoma, WA 98405
During your first session you will meet with an experienced counselor and have the opportunity to ask them any questions that you may have about the counseling process. Your therapist will spend time talking with you in order to better understand the problems you are experiencing, your treatment goals, and how to plan a course of counseling which will be most helpful for you. A primary goal during this initial appointment will be for you and your counselor to determine if you are the right fit for each other.
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The therapist you meet with may ask some specific questions in order to learn more about the problems or concerns that led you to enter counseling. It will likely be helpful for them to talk with you about your family history, your current relationships, any previous counseling you've had, and your major life stressors. Your counselor will be especially interested in hearing about what you hope to accomplish in therapy, including any goals that you have set for yourself.
After spending time getting to know each other, you and your psychologist will make a decision about whether you are a good fit to work with each other on resolving the problems that brought you in to our office. If for any reason the decision is made that you are not a good fit for each other, your psychologist will be happy to recommend another provider – either from within Allenmore Psychological Associates or the greater Tacoma, WA community – who may be a better match for your needs.
If you and your counselor decide to continue working together, further counseling appointments can be scheduled at the conclusion of your first session. In certain cases, your therapist may also suggest that you complete a psychological test or inventory that will allow the two of you to more comprehensively understand your problems prior to your second appointment. Many counselors also recommend that their clients complete "homework assignments" between therapy sessions, because doing so typically enhances the progress people make in counseling.
One important advantage resulting from our long-term presence in Tacoma, WA and the surrounding Puget Sound region is that our counselors are recognized as preferred providers for every major local insurance company. For the last 30 years, one of Allenmore Psychological Associates' core values has been to make our mental health services accessible to as many people as possible. As a result, we have chosen to participate in most major Western Washington insurance and managed care panels.
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While Allenmore Psychological Associates as a group mental health practice participates as a preferred provider on all of our region's major insurance and managed care panels, it is important to note that not all of our therapists are members of every panel. For this reason, our front office and insurance specialists are here to assist you in scheduling an appointment with a counselor who is covered under your specific insurance plan.
Although we will do everything within our power to provide comprehensive verification of your benefits before your initial appointment, it is also important that you contact your insurance company and learn about your own benefits. As an insurance plan enrollee, it is your right to be informed about the details of the mental health benefits that you are afforded. Your insurance provider should be readily able to provide you with information about:
• The number of sessions that your policy covers per year
• The size of your deductible
• The amount or percentage of your co-pay and co-insurance
• The types of mental health services that are covered under your plan.
• Any mental health services that are not covered under your plan.
It is possible that not every type of treatment provided by a psychologist will be covered by your insurance policy. For example, some insurance companies may not reimburse for family therapy, marriage counseling, couples counseling, or biofeedback treatment. Being informed about your insurance coverage prior to entering counseling will allow you and your therapist to plan the most effective possible course of treatment for you. For more information, or to view a list of insurance panels in which our providers participate, please visit our Insurance & Payment page.
Our team at APA understands that the vast majority of people struggle with psychological and relationship issues at points throughout their lives. We believe that helping our clients and other members of our greater-Tacoma community access the most useful tools and information available will empower them as they work to overcome these issues, both inside and outside of counseling. For this reason, our counselors and nurse practitioner have developed an extensive resources section within this site.
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Life crises provide many opportunities to not only develop new skills, but also to grow and develop as a person. Like many truly worthwhile endeavors in life, the process of achieving this growth can be challenging at times. In addition to providing access to effective and compassionate counseling services, our greatest hope for this website is that it will serve as a resource to those struggling to work through these types of challenges. With this in mind, our counselors and mental health nurse practitioner here at Allenmore Psychological Associates have compiled information on all types of resources that the children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families we work have found to be useful. These include:
• Applications that our clients with smartphones and tablets find helpful
• Articles that our staff feel contain valuable information
• Books that we recommend for people struggling with various issues
• Community Resources in addition to those available here at APA
• Handouts that we regularly use with clients
• Websites that we believe provide useful mental health information
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