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Where To Buy Colorado Avalanche Tickets
Single-game tickets on the primary market for the 2019-20 Colorado Avalanche season are currently available. Since 1999, the Avalanche have played at the Pepsi Center, and single-game tickets are available through Ticketmaster. Below is an example of an Avalanche seating chart with a large quantity of unsold face value options.
On the secondary market, TicketIQ has Low Price Guarantees on sold out Colorado Avalanche tickets for all games on the 2019 schedule, and all sold out NHL tickets. That means that if you find a secondary market ticket for less on a site like StubHub or SeatGeek, we'll give you 200% of the difference in ticket credit. TicketIQ customers save an average of 5% to 20%, compared to StubHub and Vivid Seats. Below are the cheapest tickets on the secondary ticket market for a higher demand Avs games at the Pepsi Center:
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How Much Are 2019-20 Colorado Avalanche Tickets
While most teams use dynamic pricing to charge a different price for each game, the Avalanche do not. Primary market seats start at $31 in the corners of the upper deck, regardless of the event, and peak at $122 in between the blue lines in the lower bowl. Seats are available in virtually every part of the arena for most games; if you're interest in sitting in more central areas for a game against a top tier opponent, however, you may want to shop around.
On the secondary market, however, there's more flexibility. The Avalanche enter the 2019-20 season right in the middle of the league in terms of pricing; seats are currently averaging $111, tied for 18th in the NHL.
That average price is 23% lower than last season's and represents good value for money. The Avalanche have a potent offense and some talented young players; they're projected to be one of the better teams in the Western Conference and finish the season with 100 points. That gives the club a .9 point to dollar ratio, representing a good bargain. Even if the team struggles, players like Nathan McKinnon and Mikko Rantanen will always be fun to watch.
What are the Colorado Avalanche Season Ticket and Mini Plan Options
If you're going to be attending several Avalanche games this season, the team offers a few different ticket plans.
The first option is a conventional season ticket, which includes a seat at every home game, an invitation to the Meet the Team party, shop discounts, and access to playoff and Stadium Series tickets. Pricing starts as low as $15 per game for seating in the top of the upper deck in the end where the Avalanche shoot once to $325 for seats on the glass.
Beyond that, the Avalanche let you build your own mini plan, consisting of only the games that you want to see. Pricing depends on which games you select; pricing tiers also change at 11 and 22 games. As with anything else, it's most efficient to buy in bulk.
Where Are Club Seats the Pepsi Center
If you're looking for a premium experience while watching the Avs, the Pepsi Center offers several suite and club seating options.
The Lexus Club offers rinkside seating and access to a private club with all-inclusive food and beverages. There's also complimentary parking and express valet service for every two seats purchased. Tickets are $395 per game individually of $300 per game for the entire season.
Pepsi Center Suites are your stereotypical skybox, complete with leather seats, flat screen TVs, a wet bar, a refrigerator, and an icemaker.
The Club Level sits in the middle tier of the arena. It includes more comfortable seats, a private concourse with exclusive concessions, and premium view of the ice. Tickets are generally comparable in price with the lower bowl of the Pepsi Center, so you can choose between a more luxurious experience or sitting closer to the action.
Avalanche Mobile Ticketing Info
Like many other teams, the Avalanche use mobile ticketing. If you're attending a game, you can log into your Altitude Ticket Manager and add your tickets to your Apple Wallet or Google Pay.
The Top 10 Most Expensive Avalanche Games on the Secondary Market
On average, the 10 most expensive Avalanche games cost over $100 on the secondary market. If you look at get-in prices, however, there are some bargains to be had, with tickets for most games hovering around $40.
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TicketIQ is committed to the cheapest tickets possible, and we make much less on sold out tickets compared to other major marketplaces like StubHub and Vivid. That means ticket buyers save from up to 25% on TicketIQ on sports, music and theater. We're able to do this because we also work with teams, venues, and other ticket owners, to help them sell tickets at face price, directly to consumers like you, through Ticketmaster and AXS. For an overview of the 2019-20 NHL Ticket Buying landscape, and details on the cheapest way to get tickets for every team, visit the TicketIQ Blog.


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Child Protection Awareness Training - Now Fully Booked.
A Child Protection Awareness Programme training will take place on Saturday 11 November. This is the ideal opportunity for new youth theatre leaders to become more familiar with the area of welfare and child protection. Existing leaders can also refresh their understanding and knowledge. There will be updates on the very latest developments on the day.
Please note: This training is now fully booked. If you are a member and wish to add your name to the waiting list, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com
Date: Saturday 11 November
Venue: The Carmelite Community Centre, Aungier Street, Dublin 2.
Time: 10.30 - 4.30
The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone T.D, announced the Children First legislation will be commenced in its entirety on 11th December 2017. It is increasingly essential that youth theatres and youth drama practitioners are fully aware of the obligations they have for safeguarding the wellbeing of the young people in their groups. Providing training for staff and volunteers is a key obligation for organisations under the legislation. Visit the Tusla website for more information on the requirements for organisations.
The Child Protection Awareness Programme is the recognised awareness programme for the Youth Work Sector and participation helps ensure groups meet their responsibilities in relation to Children First and the National Quality Standards for Youth Groups. The training will be facilitated by Louise Holian, Youth Theatre Ireland's Child Protection and Welfare Officer and Katie Martin, General Manager and child protection trainer.
Topics Covered
The focus will be on the key elements of Child Protection adapted to the specific context of youth theatre including:
definitions of child abuse,
signs and symptoms of abuse,
recruitment & selection of staff/volunteers
dealing with disclosures,
reporting concerns,
codes of behaviour.
There will also be opportunities to discuss practical solutions to some of the challenging situations that youth theatre leaders may come across in their work.
Participants, who complete the training in full will receive a certificate of attendance.
Who is the Training for?
It is aimed at youth theatre leaders (paid or voluntary) and youth drama practitioners who have not previously attended child protection training or feel they need a refresher and to catch up with important recent developments.
This training is now fully booked. If you are a member and wish to add your name to the waiting list, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com
There is no charge to attend the training. Participants must be aged 18 or over. Open to all Youth Theatre Ireland members.
More Information
If you have a question or wish to find out more, contact Louise.

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The first atomic bomb to be deployed as a weapon of war was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the US Air Force, on this day in 1945.
As the video above recalls, the 9,700lb bomb, nicknamed 'Little Boy' and containing the equivalent of between 12,000 and 15,000 tons of TNT, destroyed everything within a mile radius of its explosion and severely damaged anything within five square miles. 70,000 people were killed in the initial devastating blast.
Japanese rulers had vowed to fight on to the death against the Allies, despite the surrender of the European Axis powers, their ever-depleting resources, and widespread malnutrition among its people – not to mention a fearsome firebombing of its cities by American planes.
Plans for an invasion were drawn up, but with casualty numbers purely among their own troops estimated at 1.7 to 4 million, Allied leaders sought a different solution – and with the successful testing in July of 'the Gadget', the atomic bomb created by the Manhattan Project, they found one.
[July 16, 1945: First atomic bomb is tested in New Mexico]
A declaration by the leaders from their conference at Potsdam on July 26 called for Japan's unconditional surrender, with President Truman commenting: "If they do not now accept our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air the like of which has never been seen on Earth."
With no such acceptance forthcoming, the deployment of the atomic bomb was planned for areas of mainly military and manufacturing significance, with the port and industrial centre Hiroshima selected as the first target.
Three B-29s made their way to the city from the Pacific island of Tinian on the morning of August 6, with the Enola Gay delivering its deadly payload at 8.15am local time. The bomb took less than 45 seconds to fall to around 1,900 feet above the city, at which point it detonated.
An estimated total of 140,000 died from the bomb's initial blast and after-effects, with tens of thousands more injured or affected by radiation. After a second bomb was detonated at Nagasaki three days later, Japanese rulers finally capitulated, surrendering to the Allies in August 14, 1945.


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WPP invests in email loyalty
WPP Group has broadened its interests by investing in email-based loyalty programs, sports marketing and digital technology.
Wpp.com – the company which co-ordinates the group's digital media activities – has acquired a $5m (£3m), 20 per cent stake in loyalty scheme operator e-Rewards, Inc.
Its second purchase is a minority interest in TWI Interactive, the new media and technology arm of sports marketing company International Management Group. TWI Interactive is active in the production of sports websites.
The final investment is in German new media group Concept. Ogilvy Interactive, a WPP company, is injecting its business in Germany and DM15m (£4.5m) cash into the consultancy, to create Germany's third largest digital media group.
Ogilvy will own approximately 20 per cent of Concept.
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Residents, however, would be best to avoid living directly on the avenue do to the constant noise from cars. There are businesses all along the street, like Riccardo's catering hall on 24th avenue, and many auto shops further down. Avoid the housing projects that neighbor it when you go into Long Island City.


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Scottish War Blinded's centenary exhibition, titled 'Graft, Camaraderie & Community' featured at Central Library, Edinburgh from 16-30 November 2015.
The exhibition story uses archive material to guide visitors through the development of Scottish War Blinded services which began in 1915 with the provision of rehabilitation and vocational skills training to blinded soldiers returning to Scotland from the Western Front.
The exhibition moves through key developments in the charity's history, including the Linburn Workshops, Queen's Crescent, Glasgow and after-care culminating in a description of current Scottish War Blinded services.
Artefacts, memorabilia and photographs featured alongside the exhibition storyboards.
An audio-guide facility ensured our exhibition is accessible for all, enhancing the learning experience of visitors with and without visual and hearing impairments.
For further information, please contact Gary Seath at 0131 229 1456.


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Quality Assurance Manager - Cineplex Digital Media
- 137 Northfield Dr W, Waterloo, ON N2L 5A6, Canada
- Full-time
Company Description
Cineplex (TSX:CGX) is a top-tier Canadian brand that operates in the Film Entertainment and Content, Amusement and Leisure, and Media sectors. A leading entertainment and media company, Cineplex welcomes over 70 million guests annually through its circuit of theatres and location based entertainment venues across the country. In addition to being Canada's largest and most innovative film exhibitor, Cineplex also operates successful businesses in digital commerce (CineplexStore.com), food service, alternative programming (Cineplex Events), cinema media (Cineplex Media), digital place-based media (Cineplex Digital Media), amusement solutions (Player One Amusement Group) and an online esports platform for competitive and passionate gamers (WorldGaming.com). Additionally, Cineplex operates a location based entertainment business through Canada's newest destination for 'Eats & Entertainment' (The Rec Room), and will also be opening new complexes specially designed for teens and families (Playdium) as well as exciting new sports and entertainment venues across Canada (Topgolf). Cineplex is a joint venture partner in SCENE, Canada's largest entertainment loyalty program.
Proudly recognized as having one of the country's Most Admired Corporate Cultures, Cineplex employs approximately 13,000 people in its offices across Canada and the United States and we offer competitive compensation, incentive and benefits programs. To learn more visit Cineplex.com or download the Cineplex App.
Cineplex Digital Media (CDM), a division of Cineplex Entertainment, is a fully integrated, in-store digital merchandising provider with well over a decade of research, development and design experience. We provide strategically designed installations and customized creative to enable brands to effectively communicate with audiences in ways they never imagined. Using proprietary, state-of-the-art technology, and patented software, we have developed some of the world's largest and most complex digital merchandising networks.
Job Description
The Cineplex Digital Media division of Cineplex Entertainment Limited Partnership currently has an opening for the position of Quality Assurance Manager, reporting to the Software Development Manager or the Executive Director of Engineering and Devops depending on the successful candidate's relative experience. This position will be based out of our Cineplex Digital Media office located at 137 Northfield Drive West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 5A6 OR our office at 369 York Street in London, Ontario N6B 3R4.
The Quality Assurance Manager will lead a team of QA Analysts in providing a full range of verification and validation services for multiple engineering teams. The Quality Assurance manager will work closely with multiple groups, including: R&D, Business Development, UX Design, Operations, in testing new consumer-facing Web, server and embedded applications, improving/maintaining existing ones and addressing users' needs, experience and usability requirements. The Quality Assurance Manager is expected to possess high initiative and has the ability to foster a collaborative team environment and to plan and deliver critical services to a growing company. The successful candidate has excellent expertise and experience in software development life-cycle and quality engineering with successfully demonstrated leadership skills.
Position Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of 4-6 Quality Assurance Analysts across several sites including London, Toronto and Waterloo
- Performance management, career development, coaching mentoring for direct reports
- Create and execute high-level goals and action plans to support the quality initiative supported by the executive team
- Establish best practices, develop processes and use appropriate test technology to solve development and quality challenges in a continuous integration development environment
- Develop and review test plans, identifying gaps in analysis and test coverage, while assessing risk
- Relentless advocate for quality within the design community and company, continuing to lead activities to push quality upstream in the design process
- Establish and maintain a lab test environment in collaboration with the DevOps team
- Lead bug reviews and root cause determination in collaboration with the development team
- Participate in Agile development process including iteration planning, estimation, retrospective, stand-up and cross training
- Design, develop, document and execute automated and manual test cases for user interfaces, web services and integration across applications
- Lead the development team in tracking releasable items and their deployment into UAT environments
- Contribute to code reviews and design reviews
- Track and report on quality metrics associated with software under test
- Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents, providing timely and meaningful feedback to ensure a full and clear understanding of deliverables as well as identify any gaps in requirements
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of current and emerging QA trends and techniques.
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- A post-secondary degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or other related technical disciplines
- 7+ years of Automation Testing, Quality Assurance experience
- 3+ years of Leadership experience as a Quality Assurance Manager
- Experience in a mature engineering organization building and testing packaged software products
- Experience developing and maintaining automated system, interface and performance tests
- Experience designing, analyzing and testing enterprise-scale applications with OO approach
- Experience with the latest Quality Assurance best practices and frameworks
- Experience with scripting, software development, and automation
- Experience with SQL, relational and/or document databases would be a plus
- Experience in the digital signage, media, promotion, and advertisement or related industries would be a significant asset
- Excellent leadership, organizational and relationship building skills.
- Very strong analytical, problem-solving and conceptual skills.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work across team/product-unit boundaries
- Proven ability in problem solving, decision making and leadership
- Experience with Linux, Windows, Java, HTML, nodejs and PHP an asset
- Ability to prioritize work load and consistently meet deadlines
- User experience-based design exposure an asset
- Experience with Agile Development/SCRUM
- Experience using Jira bug tracking as an effective method of maintaining meaningful metrics and managing issue workflow
- Strong leadership skills that inspire team confidence and respect while motivating team members in a creative and effective manner
Additional Information
Interested applicants please apply today.
While we appreciate all interest, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. As part of Cineplex Entertainment's standard recruitment process, suitable candidate(s) will be required to undergo pre-employment screening as a condition of employment or promotion.
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Undergraduate Catalog 2014-2015 > Schools > Dyson College of Arts and Sciences > Undergraduate Degree Programs > Directing Major, BA
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Open Elective requirements include a Freshman Seminar (1 credit) and courses of the student's choice. Students consult department program advisor for assistance, but the following Performing Arts Dept. courses are highly recommended:
Total Credit Hours: 128
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Amazing Google Tricks:-
Zero Gravity Google:-
By using this trick all the page content get fallen down & the best is that you through each of the content using your cursor.
Try- http://mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/google-gravity/
Google Guitar:-
Google guitar will help you to play guitar on the search engine. with this, you can able to play happy birthday song, twinkle twinkle etc..
Try- http://elgoog.im/guitar/
Google Space:-
Google gravity space is another interesting trick which is like Google Anti Gravity where the content on the page get floats in the air (as like of zero gravity effect).
Try- http://mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/google-space/
Google Tilt:-
This trick is used to get the google search result in a tilted manner. To use this trick just open Google & type Tilt & hit enter.
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Google gravity mirror display all the search result in reversed order including text, images etc…To try this link visit
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Fremantle coach Ross Lyon admits next year can't come quick enough after watching his side flop in Matthew Pavlich's 350-game AFL milestone.
Lyon suffered the biggest loss of his 236-game coaching career in Fremantle's 90-point defeat to Sydney at Domain Stadium on Sunday.
Pavlich was cheered by the 32,401 crowd every time he touched the ball, with the 34-year-old finishing with 15 disposals and two late goals in a hard-working effort.
After the game, David Mundy and Chris Mayne chaired Pavlich off the ground through a guard of honour formed by Fremantle and Sydney players.
But the 34-year-old's milestone game will forever be remembered as a dark day for the club, with the Dockers going from minor premiers to easybeats within the space of a year.
Injuries to key players have played a critical role in Fremantle's demise this season.
But Lyon knows there are a host of other problem areas he needs to fix before the club can be considered a finals contender again.
"We have some genuine concerns out of this. Pre-season can't come quick enough at the minute," Lyon said after the 21.11 (137) to 7.5 (47) loss.
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"Men win footy games, not abstract thoughts and emotions. Men win footy games, and the team of men won the game today.
"There's no sugar-coating this. There's no silver bullet here.
"We're not going to run away and hide. We need to front up and man up and say, 'Yep, clearly we need to improve'.
"If we just appeal to personal pride and purpose. We'll have bits and pieces returning, but it's not a quick fix."
Fremantle take on premiership hopefuls West Coast, Adelaide, GWS, and the Bulldogs in their final four games, meaning there is likely to be plenty more pain to come before the curtain goes down on their season.
The Dockers are almost certain to finish in 16th spot after tallying just three wins from 18 games.
Lyon was particularly disappointed at his team's inept effort in such a big milestone game for club legend Pavlich.
Defender Zac Dawson could spend the next few weeks on the sidelines after dishing out a crunching head-high bump on Sydney's Jake Lloyd.
Lloyd was able to walk off the field, but he played no further part in the match.
The third-placed Swans are just two percentage points adrift of second-placed GWS as the jostling within the top-eight heats up.
Sydney take on Port Adelaide, St Kilda, North Melbourne, and Richmond over the final four rounds, giving them an excellent chance to pip GWS for second spot.
Swans midfielder Josh Kennedy starred against Fremantle, tallying 45 disposals and three goals to help set the standard.
"He was outstanding," Swans coach John Longmire said of Kennedy.
"He's played some really good games for this footy club, but it would have to be up there with them. It was absolutely outstanding.
"You don't often get (multiple goals) as a midfielder.
"But to be able to go forward and kick goals is a bit of icing on the cake. And to be able to have 10 goalkickers is good."


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Allow Halloween costumes/parades to continue in all Galloway Township elementary schools.
My kids and I look forward to the Halloween parade it is a tradition and traditions should not change
Shannon Brown, Absecon, NJ, United States
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Allow Halloween costumes/parades to continue in all Galloway Township elementary schools.
For many years children and families in Galloway Township have enjoyed a long standing tradition on Halloween. Children were able to get creative and excitedly decide what they would be that year. For just one day they would get to go to school as a princess, a ninja, a police officer, a doctor, a baby, Harry Potter.......the possibilities were endless and their excitement and joy could not be measured. Teachers would have Halloween parties for the students in their classrooms. Parents would send in treats like cupcakes, cookies, fruit salad and vegetable trays. Parents and family members who were able to would volunteer to come in and help pass out treats, read a Halloween story or perhaps help the children create a fun craft. Finally.....parade time! Students and teachers each dressed up in their own unique costume would stream through the doors while songs like Monster Mash played on the speakers. Outside parents, siblings and family members would look for their own little monsters, wave, clap and take pictures. Many parents in the crowd attended the same school as their children do now. They themselves dressed up on Halloween and marched around years ago in the same Halloween parade that their own children are now doing. Pure happiness, joy and the innocence of childhood can be seen on every single face. Children grow up fast. They have so many difficult situations and issues to navigate now at such a young age. But days like Halloween let kids just be kids. To have fun, use their imagination, be creative, make life long memories with friends and family. If administration has specific concerns then lets work together to find a solution. If we as parents, teachers, community members and the board of education commit to putting children first then we can find a way to make Halloween a safe, fun and memorable holiday for the children of Galloway Township. Please sign and share this petition if you support keeping our schools Halloween traditions alive. Thank you for supporting the children of Galloway Township!


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Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has attempted to prevent a credit boom from derailing economic recovery by imposing restrictions on large loans and a cap on the proportion of large mortgages that a bank can issue in comparison to a borrowers income. However, these changes do not affect buy-to-let.
Despite the rental sector avoiding the four and a half times multiple income cap , Prudential Regulation Authority head Andrew Bailey said it was not being ignored, and would be monitored through the market stress test which was unveiled in March this year. He claimed that the income-multiple cap would not be suitable to control buy-to-let lending due to the fact that the 'income dynamic' relative to rental payments was dissimilar to the way in which residential property owners income was affected by mortgage payments.
In the proposed stress test, Lenders' balance sheets have to be shown to be able to withstand a 35 per cent drop in house prices as they were in the final quarter of 2013, and a bank base rate rise to 4 per cent.
Bailey said: 'We are looking across the whole market for signs of stress. You can be assured we will be monitoring it.'


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Our next project. This time, a pig house for 750 sows in Śląskowo. This is our next comprehensive implementation in the field of nutrition, watering, maintenance and ventilation. Piggery in an open, weekly cycle. Technological group - 32 dungeons. According to forecasts, about 22 thousand zlotys will be produced annually. piglets.
The property consists of 3 buildings.
a) Piglet house - 8 chambers
b) Childbirth sector - 5 chambers with 32 positions
Here, there are 1.8 m x 2.6 m labor pens with plastic grate floors and heating mats for piglets. Under the dungeon there are iron grids. The modern suction system of the Asserva company deserves attention.
Mode of operation: Feed will be delivered to the delivery rooms with chain feeds to approx. 8-liter dispensers. Of these, it will be automatically dispensed to the sows, in 100-g doses according to the feeding curves. The whole is managed by a computer. Water is fed with the feed, so the sows have access to feed in the form of mush. In the case of not feeding, the sensors provide information and the system signals a problem in a particular pen, so that the staff will be able to immediately check the reason for the sow's appetite suppression.
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e) Sector sow sector with a separate sector for gilts There are 10 group kennels with 36 animals. Nutrition stations deserve attention here. In each pen there are two such devices that can handle up to 20 animals each. Dungeon sows will be fed here individually, according to the feeding curve.
Method of operation: After entering the dungeon, the station closes, identifies the sow after the chip and feeds in small doses of 100 g with water. After eating the feed, the dungeons will have to retreat to leave the station.


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Preston Farm & Winery
Preston Farm & Winery is an organic and biodynamic farm and winery located in Dry Creek Valley near the historic farm town of Healdsburg, California.
9282 West Dry Creek Road
Healdsburg CA, 95448
Local: 707-433-3372
Email: [email protected]
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Preston Farm & Winery is an organic and biodynamic farm and winery located in Dry Creek Valley near the historic farm town of Healdsburg, California. Founded in the 1970s by the eponymous Preston family, the nature of the business has changed over time from a conventional estate winery to a diversified farm, counting wine as one of many home-grown and hand-made food products. The Prestons include in their repertoire of concerns and commitments food, environmentalism, and community activism. Traditional in values, postmodern in practice, the Preston family, staff, farm and winery offer a timeless experience for the visitor and customer.
Come taste our estate wines, homegrown olive oil, just-baked bread, fresh and pickled vegetables. Stroll the gardens, greet the animals, purchase provisions in our farm store, and picnic in the shade of our walnut tree. We welcome bocce players Monday through Friday, and sell Guadagni jug wine in the cellar on Sundays.
Our hospitality is genuine and our agrarian setting is a welcoming slice of Dry Creek Valley. We invite you to enjoy our wines and seasonal cider on the property, but please leave other alcoholic beverages at home. As we strive to keep our picnic grounds intimate and enjoyable to all, we welcome groups of 8 or less. For larger parties prior arrangements are required; please contact our tasting room with inquiries.
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After a day of hurricane-force winds and relentless rain that shut freeways, kept buses off the roads and plunged more than a million people into darkness, weather forecasters say the Bay Area is in for a break.
"This was the worst," National Weather Service forecaster Will Pi said of Friday's deluge, which dropped nearly 8 inches of rain on the wettest locations, dumped at least 2 inches on many Bay Area cities and brought 100-mph winds to the most exposed peaks.
"It had better be the worst."
There will be showers Saturday and Sunday, Pi said, and another storm is expected to roll through the Bay Area on Tuesday. None of it will compare to Friday's storm, Pi said, which knocked out power to 1.3 million Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers in Northern California.
Late Friday night, about 195,000 PG&E customers in the Bay Area, and 615,000 in Northern California, were without power. San Francisco had 32,000 customers without power; 64,000 were in the dark on the Peninsula; and 43,000 in Marin and Napa counties.
Power could remain out for some customers for several days, PG&E said.
"The challenges we're facing right now are broken poles, downed trees and extremely windy conditions," PG&E spokesman Joe Molica said. "Our first priority is to get the power back on as safely as possible. But we can't send a crew until it's safe to do so.
"There have been some areas that have been so windy that we couldn't send crews," Molica said.
No deaths were reported from the storm, though authorities had to rescue a 36-year-old salvage diver who spent 45 minutes in Richardson Bay after he fell from a skiff. Around the region, authorities reported trees crashing into homes and vehicles but no major injuries.
"I won't say that we dodged a bullet," said Battalion Chief Mike Giannini of the Marin County Fire Department. "But we managed it as much as you can manage Mother Nature."
The screeching winds that swept the region were expected to die down overnight. Authorities blamed those winds - which hit 107 mph on Kregor Peak near Clayton and topped 70 mph on the Golden Gate Bridge - for a wide range of headaches.
One gust knocked over an 18-wheel truck on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge about 8:30 a.m., prompting authorities to close the span in both directions until mid-afternoon.
In San Rafael, the wind threw debris from a Caltrans construction project onto U.S. Highway 101 at the Interstate 580 interchange, forcing authorities to close the freeway for more than five hours. Traffic on city streets was gridlocked as drivers tried to get around the closure, and Golden Gate Transit halted all bus service until the afternoon because of the blocked freeway and flooding.
Many of the region's transit systems were affected by the storm. Golden Gate Transit and other ferry companies kept boats off the water for much of the day, and San Francisco's Municipal Railway stopped trolley buses and historic streetcar service between the Embarcadero and Castro Street for several hours after a tree fell on overhead wires.
BART service between San Francisco and Daly City was halted for about three hours after trains in both directions hit downed trees near the Glen Park Station.
Roads throughout the Bay Area were intermittently closed because of flooding, mudslides and downed trees. The California Highway Patrol and other emergency responders were deluged with calls, and the region's traffic and transit Web site - 511.org - was so overloaded that officials had to turn off its interactive functions.
As it moved east, the storm dropped snow on the Sierra at the rate of several inches per hour. Interstate 80 was closed several times during the day, and authorities urged drivers not to try to drive over the mountains until the storm passed.
At 4:30 p.m, the storm was bad enough to force the closure of Interstate 80 from east of Auburn to the Nevada state line, said the California Highway Patrol.
In San Francisco, the Great Highway and the MacArthur Tunnel approach to the Golden Gate Bridge were closed by winds and flooding. About 30 schools were without power for part of the day. More than 400 street trees blew down, and some trees in Golden Gate Park dating to the 19th century were lost.
Mayor Gavin Newsom declared a local state of emergency, saying he wanted to put San Francisco in line for state and federal reimbursements for storm-related costs.
Rainfall totals lifted the Bay Area's seasonal totals to near or above average for the date. San Francisco received 2.00 inches for the 24 hours ending at 4 p.m. Santa Rosa got 2.27 inches, Concord 3.24 inches and San Jose 1.83 inches.
Ben Lomond in the Santa Cruz Mountains was swamped with 7.93 inches.
All in all, it was a day unlike any other for people around the Bay Area.
Search and rescue crews from the Tiburon Fire Department rescued the salvage diver after he bobbed in the chilly bay for 45 minutes in 6- to 8-foot swells.
Battalion Chief Ed Lynch said the unidentified man was one of two salvage operators from Dave's Dive Service who chased down a tugboat in a skiff after the tug broke loose from its dock. The skiff then broke loose from the tugboat, and the man either fell or jumped into the water as he tried to grab the tug, Lynch said.
The man was suffering from hypothermia when he was pulled from the water and went into cardiac arrest, Lynch said. He was expected to survive after rescuers performed CPR.
"I was born and raised in Tiburon and I've never seen Richardson Bay rougher," Lynch said. "It's a miracle. Twenty-seven years in the business, and this is a good rescue."
In other rescue news, a search team found 64-year-old John Hopper and his 15-year-old twins, Matt and Sarah, near Fresno Dome, a popular hiking destination in the Sierra National Forest, just after night fell.
A Madera County sheriff's spokesperson said rescue crews searched all afternoon and finally found the Clovis (Fresno County) family with three other people who had apparently gotten trapped in the woods after the storm hit. Fresno Dome was the last known hiking area the rescue crew was scheduled to search Friday night. All six hikers were in good condition.
In Alamo, winds toppled a redwood tree onto a home on Corwin Drive, knocking a hole in the roof and enabling resident Joann Cunningham to discover that she can run faster than she thought.
"I was sitting by the door reading because we had no electricity," Cunningham said. "All of a sudden, I heard this awful roar and I bolted out of there."
The lack of electricity turned out to be a blessing, she said: Had the television been working, her husband would have been sitting directly in the tree's path.
A man remodeling a home in Berkeley narrowly avoided injury when a 50-foot redwood crushed his pickup parked on the 1900 block of Seventh Street, said Deputy Fire Chief Gil Dong. Only five minutes earlier, the man had been sitting in the truck eating lunch.
In the Sierra, people seemed to have heeded the warnings to stay away. Joe Colon, owner of T.J.'s Roadhouse in the foothill town of Colfax (Placer County), said "there was a great exodus going down the hill" Thursday.
"A lot of people were getting the hell out and ending their vacations early," Colon said as he and seven other patrons sat around a kerosene lantern at the Railhead Saloon, which like the rest of the town had no power.
Colon said he had been able to prepare about a dozen breakfasts on his natural gas stove by flashlight Friday morning. But without electricity to power the fan, it started getting too smoky and he had to shut down.
The lack of power didn't deter the Railhead's owner, Kita Keen, who opened the bar about 10 a.m.
"We can always work because we've got ice," Keen joked.
Ice was one thing that wasn't in short supply in the Sierra, where as much as 10 feet of snow is expected this weekend.
For a video from the closure of the Richmond Bridge, and additional photos of the storm, go to sfgate.com.
Surviving the storms
-- To report a power outage, call Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s toll-free number: (800) 743-5002. Information about preparing for outages can be found at www.pge.com/stormoutages.
-- For road conditions in the Sierra and elsewhere, go to www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfoor call Caltrans' toll-free number: (800) 427-7623.
-- For Bay Area road information, call 511 from any area code or go to 511.org.
-- Information on the latest weather forecasts, conditions and warnings can be found at the National Weather Service's Web site, www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr.
-- Information on river conditions can be found at links.sfgate.com/ZBYZand links.sfgate.com/ZBZA.


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A group of lorry drivers have thanked the Fiji Sugar Corporation for giving more preferences to lorry drivers which will avoid them for waiting in longer queues.
The issue was that more rail trucks were being offloaded leaving around 49 lorry drivers waiting in the queue since 12.30am on Thursday.
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FSC executive chairman, Abdul Khan, said the issue faced by lorry drivers was that more cane brought by rail was offloaded than cane lorries.
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Mr Khan said the ration of offloading between the rails and the cane lorries will remain the same but will ensure more preference is given to the lorry drivers.
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- Holly Heyser said...
Wow, that's serious customer service! Great to know the company has such integrity.
- April 5, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- Jennifer Montero said...
I've got some Aigle boots which have done me well but when they go I would definitely consider La Crosse if that's the kind of customer service they give.
In this consumer climate where you can get anything anytime on the 'web, the only way companies can distinguish themselves is good and FAIR customer service. I've got major issues with companies that charge "restocking" and other bogus fees if you order the wrong size, or charges you for examining their faulty goods.
Good to hear of a company with integrity! I'll pass it on.
- April 5, 2010 at 12:08 PM
- Terry Scoville said...
NorCal, Jennifer,
I actually had used those boots for over a year and a half. In the note I sent them I went so far as to say that regardless of whether they warrantied them or not, I was going to be wearing another pair. Nice to be treated by the old adage of "do unto others" etc etc. As for restocking fee,I agree fully. That has always struck me as poor business and customer service.
- April 5, 2010 at 12:29 PM
- Downeast Duck Hunter said...
We buy the hip waders for marine worming and realistically put them through hell, but I've been losing favor with the company especially since they've outsourced the production. They are just not the same boot...
- April 5, 2010 at 7:54 PM
- gary said...
I could have used a pair of those last Saturday as I got my feet good and wet in the snow. Truth be told I do sacrifice dry feet at times when hunting in the hills over boots that weigh extra. I've had good luck with LaCrosse products in the past so its good to hear their customer service is top notch too.
- April 7, 2010 at 8:04 AM


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James at 17
One night in 1966, I awoke at 3am to a sensation that resulted in a writing session which lasted a few months. Thereafter, I continued writing as a means of release giving a voice to my teenage angst, feelings which resurfaced time and again over the years.
This was the first outpouring other students discovered on my English Teacher's desk. They asked permission to use the few that followed in their Printing class-project. I was a new Canadian, emigrated from Jamaica, in grade 12 at Central Technical School…
A Thought
If this frail frame of mine could for all eternity bear,
The heartaches and pain of mankind to achieve for him Total happiness,
I would for such a cause sacrifice myself.
The Christian doth say that Christ,
The Son of God, Died for us, and as such, suffered for mankind for all time.
I, being a Christian do believe in Christ,
But forever seeing what I have seen,
Hearing what I have heard,
And feeling as I am feeling,
Am deeply moved as to say,
I would forever bear the pain for all mankind.
I would bear it alone, in a lonely place,
Where my cries of agony can only be heard By the passing wind, the sun, the moon, the stars,
The land and its dwellers, and me
Where my tears would quench my thirst, and wash my body,
Where the sound of my voice is my only companion, and unusual comforter.
This I would do for mankind to make him totally happy,
A foolish thought though it may seem.
This my one desire to end all pain.
Life is cruel, and it's cruelty I would gladly bear if it were possible.
In later years I attempted to 'edit' this flow-of-words that came through me. There was so much going on with me then, in adapting/orientating to this country in the 60s, I simply let the words flow and submitted them for feedback. Feedback that came in the form of another excited grade 12 class to which my poems appeared to resonate. I will present a few here, unedited, as I submitted them to my teacher…
Thoughts playing around in my mind, some from unexpected sources while others percolate from the depths of my mind~ dated and, some sourced…
1. After achieving 'success', then what? Escape to Freedom…
2. No need for manufactured (human) conflicts/confrontations, I've observed, if each is of kind reasoning in assigned situations… 08/11/15
3. Disraeli and the Suez Canal?
4. Cherish those who seek-the-truth, but beware those who-find-it! … 10/11/15
5. During certain times of the day, unexpectedly, I feel there's too much of this world to bear… 11/11/15 – 05:45hrs
6. Stillwater ~ The Friendly Stranger (nom de plume)…
7. My 'bio-narrative' may net alternate/unexpected-varied-retellings (graphic novels/ short stories)…
8. Love, and other Conditionings developed through media-hype where parenting gaps allow… 15/11/15
9. 'Living by someone else's choices'/decisions (The Librarians TV episode) 16/11/15
10. Insomnia Theorem~ childhood reluctance to sleep a forerunner to insomnia? Let's look at this phenomena over the lifetime of the individual, how it impacts on society, the pharmaceutical/medical industries and the business sector on a whole… 06/1/16
11. New Year's Resolution: listening more, staying in-the-Now.
12.Most every engagement with people, family included, is a teaching opportunity~ whew, the other side to early-retirement!?
13. Be responsible for your own path, and let others be responsible for theirs… 18/4/16
14. To refrain from judging books (people) by their coverings (appearances), I engage in roving/streaming assessments… 03/5/16
15. On Monday, May 9th 2016, I noticed The Universe-at-Work when it sequenced an auto's right-turn with a cyclist's northward left-turn at University/Queen W…
16. In The Star, "Shadowy Web of Enablers help the Rich get Richer" -and- "Why is there reluctance to talk about the role of Climate Change and Fires? (including other global dilemmas) -and- "Big Pharma and Doctors relationships"?… 09/5/16
I am unclear as to timing on moving forward, because I'm engaged in other ventures and this list is ongoing. So, let me know your thought, if you have any to share.


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Saving Water
Saving water is still important even with the floods of recent years in the UK.
Since 1930 we use 1% more water each year.
The population is increasing at such a rate that the demand is increasing, but the water companies have a limited supply available for drinking.
Climate Change is also having an effect on our water, causing floods and droughts.
Water companies need to use energy to power their treatment plants and pumping water, therefore reducing your usage will be saving energy.
Saving Water Facts
Less than 1% of water on the earth is available for drinking.
Each person on average uses 150 litres per day.
A dripping tap can waste up to 4 litres a day.
Most of our water is used in the bathroom at home.
One flush of the toilet can use between 3.5 and 9.5 litres.
A shower may use only 30 litres compared to a bath of 110 litres, but a power shower can use up to 60 litres per minute.
Saving water - tips in the home.
There are some simple saving tips we can do at home including:
These are simple tips that you need to ensure the whole family follows.
Water saving tips - in the garden
Collect rain water in a butt. Butts are now available in all shapes and designs, some can now even look like ornaments in your garden.
Use a watering can rather than a hose where possible.
If you use a hose fit a trigger gun this will allow you to adjust the flow, direct it at the plants and stop the flow when not required, therefore saving more.
Watering plants in early morning or evening; will help reduce evaporation.
Use waste water from the house to water plants where possible e.g. from washing vegetables,
Don't cut your lawn too short, as the longer grass will help to retain the wetness.
In pots and containers there are retention granules available, these will help reduce the amount of watering required.
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In the UK an average single person consumes around 165 litres of water per day.
An average family of three uses about 150 litres each per day.
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SVG Wow!by srcmax & 2 others
This web site contains links to demos shown during the SVG Wow! session at the SVG Open 2009 conference. The purpose of the SVG Wow session is to demonstrate features of the SVG format in either pure rendering, interactivity, animation, or integration with HTML. Some of the demos are also meant to demonstrate advanced, upcoming features. Below is a list of the demos that were prepared for the 2009 edition of the conference session.
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1 Carat Total Weight Round Swiss Cubic Zirconia Stud Earrings 14K White Gold 4mmFIN-S-E.50CT-W
This is a beautiful pair of round cut machine cut cubic zirconia stud earrings.
Very well made, the earring is hallmarked 14K gold.
These earrings are a perfect gift for any occasion.
They 4-pronged setting and push-backs are made solid 14K white gold the total carat weight is 1 ct.
Each earring being .5 carat size 4mm in size.


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Stability analysis for fodder yield and its contributing traits in forage sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] hybrids
The present study was undertaken with a view to know the G x E interactions and stability parameters in hybrids of forage sorghum for fodder yield and yield attributing traits. Sixty hybrids, 19 parents and 3 checks were evaluated in a randomized block design with three replications with two dates of sowing under four environments during summer and kharif 2013. Analysis of variance in individual environment as well as on pooled basis revealed highly significant differences among genotypes, parents and hybrids for all the traits. Stability analysis indicated important role of linear and non-linear components in the contribution of total G x E interaction. The linear portion was considerably high for days to flowering, plant height, number of leaves per plant, stem diameter; green and dry fodder yield per plant. It revealed the prediction of performance of genotypes over environments based on regression analysis could be reliable. The hybrid 27A x SRF 323 was more suitable specifically under good farming conditions for green and dry fodder yield per plant, which had significant bi above unity, non significant S2di and high mean value. While, hybrids 27A x SPV 2113 and 27A x SRF 327 were more suitable specifically under poor farming situation for green and dry fodder yield per plant. These stable hybrids also recorded stability for one or more of its contributing traits. For earliness, parents 104A and 27A and hybrid 104A x SRF 328 was found suitable for poor environments, where as hybrid 9A x SPV 2113 was found stable in all the environments. The hybrids 14A x SRF 330 and 104A x SRF 317 was found stable for stem diameter, leaf length and leaf width. For number of leaves per plant, hybrids 14A x SRF 323, 14A x SRF 328, 14A x SRF 331, 27A x SPV 1616 and 104A x SRF 317 were found stable. Thereby, these hybrids can be exploited commercially after testing in wide range of environments.
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- All the authors fully understand that inclusion of any other co-authors or exclusion of any co-authors is not possible once the article has been submitted to the journal.
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Experiment #2: Telekinetic Powers
While the first experiment handled summoning and dismissing one static object along a predetermined path, we also wanted to explore summoning dynamic physics-enabled objects. What if we could launch the object towards the user, having it land either in their hand or simply within their direct manipulation range? This execution drew inspiration from Force-pulling, Magneto yanking guns out of his enemies' hands, wizards disarming each other, and many other fantasy powers seen in modern media.
In this experiment, the summonable objects were physics-enabled. This means that instead of sitting up at eye level, like on a shelf, they were most likely resting on the ground. To make selecting them a more low-effort task, we decided to change the selection mode hand pose from overhanded, open palm-facing-the-target pose to a more relaxed open palm-facing-up with fingers pointed toward the target.
To allow for a quicker, more dynamic summoning, we decided to condense hovering and selecting into one action. Keeping the same underlying raycast selection method, we simply removed the need to make a selection gesture. Keeping the same finger-curling summon gesture meant the user could quickly select and summon an object by pointing toward it with an open, upward-facing palm, then curling the fingers.
Originally, we used the hand as the target for the ballistics calculation that launched a summoned object towards the user. This felt interesting, but having the object always land perfectly on one's hand felt less physics-based and more like the animated summon. To counter this, we changed the target to an offset in front of the user – plus a slight random torque to the object to simulate an explosive launch. Adding a small shockwave and a point light at the launch point, as well as having each object's current speed drive its emission, completed the explosive effect.
Since the interaction had been condensed so much, it was possible to summon one object after another in quick succession before the first had even landed.
Users could even summon objects again, in mid-air, while they were already flying towards the user.
This experiment was successful in feeling far more dynamic and physics-based than the animated summon. Condensing the stages of interaction made it feel more casual, and the added variation provided by enabling physics made it more playful and fun. While one byproduct of this variation was that objects would occasionally land and still be out of reach, simply summoning it again would bring it close enough. While we were still using a gesture to summon, this method felt much more physically based than the previous one.


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These hoops are part of a brand-new series of work I've been making. I'm super happy with how these turned out. I love using color in this manner, by mixing up a bunch of little 4mm gems. These are actually very light and easy to wear! Super comfortable and sparkly pretty.
Stones: Citrine, Sunstone, Orange Moonstone, Carnelian, Orange Copper Stone, Garnets
Size: 1" wide x 1.25" long
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An orphan (from the Greek ὀρφανός) is a child permanently bereaved of his or her parents.[1][2] In common usage, only a child (or the young of an animal) who has lost both parents is called an orphan.
In certain animal species where the father typically abandons the mother and young at or prior to birth, the young will be called orphans when the mother dies regardless of the condition of the father.
Various groups use different definitions to identify orphans. One legal definition used in the USA is a minor bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents".[3]
In the common use, an orphan does not have any surviving parent to care for him or her. However, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), and other groups label any child that has lost one parent as an orphan. In this approach, a maternal orphan is a child whose mother has died, a paternal orphan is a child whose father has died, and a double orphan has lost both parents.[4] This contrasts with the older use of half-orphan to describe children that had lost only one parent.[5]
Orphans are relatively rare in developed countries, as most children can expect both of their parents to survive their childhood. Much higher numbers of orphans exist in war-torn nations such as Afghanistan. After years of war, there are an estimated 1.5 million orphans in Afghanistan.[6]
|Number of
orphans (1000's)
|Orphans as percentage
of all children
|Latin America & Caribbean
- 2001 figures from 2002 UNICEF/UNAIDS report[7]
- China: A survey conducted by the Ministry of Civil Affairs in 2005 showed that China has about 573,000 orphans below 18 years old.[8]
- Russia: An estimated 650,000 children are in Russian orphanages. Of those who leave the system, 40% become homeless, 20% become criminals and 10% commit suicide.[9]
Notable orphans
Notable orphans include world leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Andrew Jackson; the Muslim prophet Muhammed; writers such as The Brontë sisters, Edgar Allan Poe, and Leo Tolstoy. The American orphan Henry Darger portrayed the horrible conditions of his ophanage in his art work. Entertainment greats such as Louis Armstrong, Johann Sebastian Bach, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, and Babe Ruth; and innumerable fictional characters in literature and comics.
Orphans in literature
Orphaned characters are extremely common as literary protagonists, especially in children's and fantasy literature.[10] The lack of parents leaves the characters to pursue more interesting and adventurous lives, by freeing them from familial obligations and controls, and depriving them of more prosaic lives. It creates characters that are self-contained and introspective and who strive for affection. Orphans can metaphorically search for self-understanding through attempting to know their roots. Parents can also be allies and sources of aid for children, and removing the parents makes the character's difficulties more severe. Parents, furthermore, can be irrelevant to the theme a writer is trying to develop, and orphaning the character frees the writer from the necessity to depict such an irrelevant relationship; if one parent-child relationship is important, removing the other parent prevents complicating the necessary relationship. All these characteristics make orphans attractive characters for authors.
Orphans are common in fairy tales, such as most variants of Cinderella.
A number of well-known authors have written books featuring orphans. Examples from classic literature include Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer, and L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables books. Among more recent authors, A.J. Cronin, Lemony Snicket, Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, as well as some less well-known authors of famous orphans like Little Orphan Annie have used orphans as major characters. One recurring storyline has been the relationship that the orphan can have with an adult from outside his or her immediate family.
Orphans in Holy Scriptures
Many books of the Bible as well as the Quran contain the idea that helping and defending orphans is a very important and God-pleasing matter.[11] Several citations:
- "Do not take advantage of a widow or an orphan." (Hebrew Bible, Exodus 22:22)
- "Leave your orphans; I will protect their lives. Your widows too can trust in me." (Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah 49:11)
- "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." (The New Testament, James 1:27)
- And they feed, for the love of Allah, the indigent, the orphan, and the captive, - (The Quran, The Human: 8)
- Therefore, treat not the orphan with harshness, (The Quran, The Morning Hours: 9)
See also
- ^ Merriam-Webster online dictionary
- ^ Concise Oxford Dictionary, 6th edition "a child bereaved of parents" with bereaved meaning (of death etc) deprived of a relation
- ^ Iii. Eligibility For Immigration Benefits As An Orphan
- ^ UNAIDS Global Report 2008
- ^ See, for example, this 19th century news story about The Society for the Relief of Half-Orphan and Destitute Children, or this one about the Protestant Half-Orphan Asylum.
- ^ Virginia Haussegger Mahboba's promise ABC TV 7.30 Report. 2009. http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2009/s2615472.htm (last accessed 15 July 2009)
- ^ TvT Associates/The Synergy Project (July 2002). "Children on the Brink 2002: A Joint Report on Orphan Estimates and Program Strategies". UNAIDS and UNICEF. http://www.usaid.gov/pop_health/aids/Publications/docs/childrenbrink.pdf.
- ^ [1] China to insure orphans as preventitive health measure]
- ^ "A Summer of Hope for Russian Orphans". The New York Times. July 21, 2002.
- ^ Philip Martin, The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature: From Dragon's Lair to Hero's Quest, p 16, ISBN 0-87116-195-8
- ^ Bible Resources


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The problem children who are really victims
Child L is the kind of 15-year-old that police, education and social services might consider a problem.
He goes out every evening and often does not come home at night.
He regularly misses school. His teachers find him disruptive and struggle with his behaviour.
He has started hanging out in a park with a group of older men. The police suspect he is dealing drugs. But his social workers call him "resilient".
Back story
Despite the fact that this child was locked up in a cupboard when he was young, belittled and humiliated by his mother's partners, he is viewed as the one at fault.
Despite the fact that he says he feels awful most of the time – depressed and hungry, he provokes frustration in his probation officer when he is late.
Despite the fact that he has a bad cough, he cannot go to the doctor's as his mum says they "don't have one".
Despite all this, he is the kind of teenager that agencies would consider to be "the problem" rather than a victim of neglect and trauma, inspectors say.
A joint report from inspectors looking at how a range of agencies deal with children and young people says professionals often focus on the behaviour of older children, losing sight of their back stories and that they are vulnerable and in need of affection and support.
The inspections involved staff from Ofsted, HMI Constabulary, HMI Probation and the Care Quality Commission.
They looked at how older children were treated by social, education, health services, and police, probation and offending teams.
'Don't lose focus'
Their report acknowledges signs of neglect in older children may be more difficult to identify than in younger children.
It says: "When neglected children present to agencies with a range of problems, such as exhibiting offending behaviour, having suffered exploitation and/or misusing substances or having mental health difficulties or a combination of these many issues, professionals sometimes lose focus on the underlying causes of these problems.
"We found that professionals did not always look at the whole child, their history and home circumstances in order to understand presenting behaviours and risks in the context of neglect.
"The behaviour of older children must be understood in the context of trauma."
They probably want to spend more time away from their neglectful home and may be more vulnerable to risks such as "going missing, offending behaviour or exploitation".
However, parents and professionals often see only the issues in front of their eyes without taking the context of neglect into account.
The report says: "Children are not the problem."
'Lifestyle choice?'
Older children still need parental care and support. And professionals should be challenging "neglectful" parents.
Yvette Stanley, Ofsted's national director for social care, said: "Older children are still children and they need our love and care.
"They face risks outside the home in a way younger children do not and need parents to provide clear boundaries and support on their journey to adulthood.
"Some older children we saw had been neglected by their parents over many years.
"These children are incredibly vulnerable.
"They can seem 'resilient' and appear to be making 'lifestyle choices' when they are in fact finding unsafe ways of coping, like getting involved in gangs or misusing drugs and alcohol."
A government spokesperson said neglect of any child or young person was wrong and that it was committed to ensuring they receive the care and support that they need.
"That is why we are reforming how agencies work together at a local level in safeguarding against abuse and neglect.
"We have strengthened our 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' guidance which, for the first time, makes clear the expectations on all agencies to protect young people from exploitation."
Charity, the Children's Society, said: "Children suffering neglect need help from services to address underlying issues in their lives but too often they are wrongly dismissed as troublesome teenagers or resilient enough to cope.
"Support needs to be offered to the whole family so that parents who may be struggling with their own problems receive crucial advice and support to help them to keep their children safe and give them the care they need.
Source: The problem children who are really victims – BBC News