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Meet Ben: Rapid Fire Questions With One Of Our Tutors
Posted on 11th December 2017 at 12:51
For a change we put one of our tutors into the interview hot-seat, as we thought it might be fun to find out a bit more about him and give our learners a break from being interviewed haha! Ben Pedley is a popular tutor at Onside Education, teaching at our academies including Salford Red Devils and MIFA, without further ado let's check out what he had to say when we sat down with him.
Ben trained at the University of Bedfordshire where he played for-and captained the Rugby team (an impressive achievement!). He then worked in a variety of secondary schools in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire before moving to Leeds, where after a year of working at a secondary school for a year in Leeds decided to do something different and applied to work at Onside. Ben started by tutoring at our previous academy in Heywood; Soccer Icon. He enjoyed working there and as such was 'more than happy' to extend to working at MIFA and Salford Red Devil's. Ben has played a variety of different sports throughout his life and some of his biggest achievements include 'hitting a six and taking 3 wickets' at Trent Bridge cricket ground, and cycling from London to Brighton for charity. Ben enjoys teaching as it is something new every day and the chance to help people enjoy sports as much as he does... he also "couldn't bare to wear a shirt and tie every day" (now the truth emerges Ben haha!).
Role model: Johnny Wilkinson, as he is a good player, honest, trustworthy and hard working and a decent guy (it looks like our very own Ben Pedley has a close connection with Johnny to have such personal knowledge haha!)
Strangest habit: I eat with my knife and fork in the wrong hands
Best place visited on holiday: Vancouver
Guilty pleasure: spaghetti hoops and sausages on toast
Best joke: It's got to be Dad jokes, like...
'what do you call a magic dog?' Answer: Labracadabrador
Favourite food: steak- medium rare
Favourite film: Remember the Titans
If you weren't't in sports teaching what career would you have pursued: I'd have still worked in sports- either as a physio or a team doctor, either of those would have been good.
Thanks to Ben for agreeing to be our first tutor featured interview, we hope to do a few more of these in the future! In the meantime make sure you're following us on social media to keep updated on all that is happening at Onside Education (exciting things are coming very soon!!)
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That sounds like a great read actually. I didn't know much about Middle Eastern cultures until I was assigned a book called Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi and it is also an account of Iranian life from the perspective of a young girl. It is also in comic book form, which makes it really easy to read. I still have the book sitting on my book shelf. Interesting how these two books are both from the perspective of young girls. For me, it paints a different picture of Iran than the media does. Of course, I've long lost faith and trust in our media. Thanks for sharing this! #fartglitterReplyDelete
The book sounds interesting! Yes you get a first hand perspective and you will need many, many first hand perspectives to get a clearer picture of what actually happened. Thanks for stopping by Michelle :)Delete
I have this book on my pile of books to read from the library. If I wasn't already excited about it, I sure would be after reading this.ReplyDelete
That's nice! Thanks Cheriee:)Delete
Sounds like a good read.ReplyDelete
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This book sounds brilliant! I really want to read it now. I had no idea that was how you pronounced. Sounds like you learn a lot about the culture through reading it. Thanks for joining us at the #bigpinklinkReplyDelete
Thanks Loise! I wouldn't give too much importance to pronunciation (It was funny when the girl in the book said it though!) Out of the hundreds of languages and dialects, there are bound to be different ways to pronounce words, and they should be all acceptable! haha.Delete
An alliterative title. :)ReplyDelete
Indeed! It is also ironic, since falafel is def *not* from Iran! Thanks Myra :)Delete
I've heard such great things about this book and hope to get a chance to read it soon. I love how you interspersed your quotes in with your review. Bravo! Thanks for sharing this post at Booknificent Thursday on Mommynificent.com!
I think quotes are necessary, since the author's words are so much more compelling than a mere reviewer's!
Thanks Tina :)
This sounds very interesting and intriguing too...I love your book recommendations as there's always something new for me to check out. Thanks for sharing on #dreamteam Always great to have you xReplyDelete
Sounds like a good way to introduce children to these horrible times for Iran. Thanks for sharing at the #LMMLinkup.ReplyDelete
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Law enforcement, FBI first and foremost, are worried about the diffusion of the Bitcoin network that could be used by groups of criminals for several activities.
The main problem is related to the payment system is that is completely anonymous, making it impossible to trace the transactions and related users.
"Bitcoin is a decentralized electronic cash system that uses peer-to-peer networking, digital signatures and cryptographic proof so as to enable users to conduct irreversible transactions without relying on trust. Nodes broadcast transactions to the network, which records them in a public history, called the blockchain, after validating them with a proof-of-work system."
Starting on January 2009, the use of Bitcoin made it possible to make transactions using a digital currency that hasn't the backing of and doesn't represent any government-issued currency.
The editorial staff of Wired has obtained an unclassified document, titled "Bitcoin Virtual Currency: Unique Features Present Distinct Challenges for Deterring Illicit Activity," prepared by the FBI related to Bitcon system.
The report highlights the difficulty in obtaining information on suspicious transaction records and the impossibility to track the users that made them.
Through a peer to peer communication and the usage of cryptography, the Bitcoin system implements an on line currency that allows anonymous transactions. The only part of the process that theoretically requires the identification of a subject is the step in the conversion between Bitcoins and a real currency. I said theoretically because there exists many third-party Bitcoin services that don't require customers to submit valid identification or banking information for the conversion.
Despite the fact that the Bitcoin system could be regarded with suspicion by those who are accustomed to the ordinary processes of payment, it is used as a legitimate form of payment by numerous online retailers selling all kinds of products such as clothing, software, and music.
Naturally every payments system is an object of interest for criminals that desire to make profits implementing fraud schemes.
The Bitcoin payment model, due to the anonymity of the transaction, is widely utilized in illegal environments for the sale of illegal product and services. Underground sites like Silk Road allow users to pay using the virtual currency.
How does the system work?
Each user installs client software on their computer to generate Bitcoins and manage a Bitcoin account, and a unique 36-character string of numbers and letters is used in the transactions. The currency is stored on the user's computer in a virtual "wallet."
The transfer of Bitcoins is also simple, it is only necessary to address the destination account by providing its account number to the client software. To guarantee the non-repudiation of the operations, the sender digitally signs the transaction and sends the information through the peer-to-peer Bitcoin network, which validates the transaction and releases the coins to the receiver.
Each Bitcoin is similar to a certificate that is associated in a non-repudiable way to the individual that has exchanged it using the digital signing process. Transferring Bitcoin to another individual, the signature encryption related to the coin is passed to the new user and is stored in its wallet.
The core of the entire architecture are programs called miners that take into account the number of Bitcoin transactions and provide a validation for the currency. Miners are similar to the Federal bank in that they analyze the circulation of the money to prevent phenomena of inflation or deflation.
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The Bitcoin economy according the FBI report is amazing, considering a value of about $4 and $5 per Bitcoin and a total amount of more than 8.8 million Bitcoins in circulation, we are faced with an economy worth between $35 million and $44 million, which is really desirable for the cybercrime.
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The FBI is concerned with regards to the usage of Bitcoin for illegal activities, and in the report stated:
"If Bitcoin stabilizes and grows in popularity, it will become an increasingly useful tool for various illegal activities beyond the cyber realm," the FBI writes in the report. "For instance, child pornography and Internet gambling are illegal activities already taking place on the Internet which require simple payment transfers. Bitcoin might logically attract money launderers, human traffickers, terrorists, and other criminals who avoid traditional financial systems by using the Internet to conduct global monetary transfers."
Despite analyzing Bitcoin transaction records that are publicly available, it is possible to retrieve sensitive information related to the source and destination of the payments and to the bank account information or shipping addresses, and the FBI enumerated several ways to protect user anonymity:
- Create and use a new Bitcoin address for each incoming payment.
- Route all Bitcoin traffic through an anonymizer.
- Combine the balance of old Bitcoin addresses into a new address to make new payments.
- Use a specialized money-laundering service.
- Use a third-party eWallet service to consolidate addresses. Some third-party services offer the option of creating an eWallet that allows users to consolidate many Bitcoin address and store and easily access their Bitcoins from any device. Individuals can create Bitcoin clients to seamlessly increase anonymity (such as allowing users to choose which Bitcoin addresses to make payments from), making it easier for non-technically savvy users to "anonymize" their Bitcoin transactions.
No one is safe
Of course, the statement "No one is safe" is also valid for cyber criminals, as their great enemies are also groups of hackers who are specializing in the theft of this digital currency. In the past, hackers have already implemented malware such as Infostealer.Coinbit, which is able to steal Bitcoins from the e-wallet installed on the infected machine.
Another major problem that affects the Bitcoin payment model is the counterfeiting of Bitcoins, or better saying the possibility to auto produce Bitcoins in an illegal way. This opportunity is of great interest. According an official source at the FBI, hackers and criminals have already tried to compromise clusters of machines at an unidentified Midwestern university in an attempt to manufacture Bitcoins.
Bitcoin and other payment systems peer2peer networks have introduced a revolutionary concept of decentralization of currency. The concept is at odds with the monopolistic power of governments that are the only issuers of currency, and such a system puts into question the legitimacy of monetary policies in a global and digital economy.
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The complete control of the monetary system allows governments to define the price of money by controlling the market.
The real danger of digital money, above the vulnerabilities in its processes, is the inability of governments to exert control over financial flows, this could lead to a distortion of the main mechanisms of control and taxation, bringing total chaos in a market already in disarray and promoting the development of illegal activities through the coverage of cash flows.
The real problem is:
"Is any individual able to exercise full control of its currency?"
Need I remind you of the answer...?
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Efeitos da prática da ioga no controle postural e bem estar de trabalhadores
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Workers quality of life is a very important aspect to be considered by both health professionals and executives and the Yoga practice can contribute in this context. Therefore the aim of this study is to identify the effects of a Yoga intervention program onpostural control and well-being of healthy workers.The effects of Yoga on different physical and mental health conditions werereviewed in the first part of thisstudy. Then an experimental study was conducted with twenty-four healthy workers from the same company as volunteers. Two groups were distinguished, one as experimental group, which engaged in a program of 16 Yoga classes (each class with 60 minutes of duration) at the company twice a week, and the other as control group.The effects of Yoga practice were evaluated through the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire and Work & Well-Being Survey Questionnaire (UWES 17) . The degree of postural stability was evaluated by a force plate and the center of pressure was the studied variable. After the intervention only the experimental group showed significantly improvements in musculoskeletal conditions and working engagement. Additionally significantly lower oscillation areas and center of pressure mean velocities were observed only for the experimental group. We conclude that the Yoga practice has improved musculoskeletal complaints and wellness in the workplace, as well as the sensory integration of the healthy workers.


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Dr. Imre Téglásy — president of Alpha Alliance for Life in Hungary, director of
On 28th of December 2005 we had a successful pro-life march to the city-hospital in Várpalota (county Veszprém, North-West Hungary).
The event had several positive signs since the previous hospital in the nearby city called Veszprém had joined our request regarding abortion-free days and we had received some good news from the board of the hospital in Várpalota meaning that they had the intention of joining the movement for life as well.
During the special (para)liturgic event we marched from our church tolling the knell, in the presence of our priests bringing roses to the building of the city hospital. I especially was enthusiastic on the event since my mother and grandmother were from this city. I met some elderly people who still remembered the legendary charitableness of my grandma who was the wife of the acknowledged, beloved and respected CEO of the local coal-mine.
Arriving at the entrance of the hospital we read our request to the ob-gyn who was standing before us representing the board and staff of the hospital. We asked him to join the list of 17 hospitals who had already refrained from doing the job of an executioner by performing abortions.
Dr. Misoundu Blaise, representative of the ob-gyn, promised us solemnly not to perform any abortions at least on 25th of March, the Feast of Annunciation and the Day Of Unborn Child, on 1st of June which the UN declared as the Day for Life and on the Day of Holy Innocents. We were happy to give our gifts (roses and different pro-life publications) to the doctor and went on together to plant a "Tree of Life" for memories of those who were killed within wombs before their birth. I learned at the same occasion that "our" doctor was the most popular one among his colleagues as well as among pregnant women. I also found out that he was designated to represent his colleagues since he refused to perform abortions. Four years later, on 25th of March, 2009 we exposed a memorial stone in black for all the children not let to be born before birth in the same nearby park.
Now I am reading in the daily paper called "Magyar Nemzet" that this ob-gyn from Uganda living and working in Várpalota has been arrested based on charges of illegal abortions.
The article depicts Missoundou Bertin Blaise as a person with good reputation, someone who has lived in Hungary for more than twenty years. Someone who has a 6-year-old son and used to have a large number of patients. Now there is a claim that there has been hundreds of cases when the doctor performed abortions without permission over a six-year-period.
According to local legends one of his colleagues found it suspiciuos that the number of performed and "legal" abortions was much lower than in the very same period of the previous year. Later on a patient spilled the beans by saying that last time there was no need for any form of bureaucracy at the doctor from Uganda. So the doctor was arrested and led away in his white smock-frock right on 7th September last year.
Nobody knows why abortion-minded women turned to him and paid him the sum of 60.000 HUFts (i.e. 260 US Dollars), which is more than double the fee to be paid for a "legal" abortion in Hungary. I personally suspect that these babies were more developed and elder, than 12 weeks of gestation, which is the limit for being killed "legally" in Hungary. You can expect that the investigations will give reliable answer to this question as well.
Based on the information available on this case, this doctor used misleading terms in his files to cover up his abortions by stating that some of the operations were in order to clear out the womb from the corps of already dead fetuses after spontaneous abortions.
On the registration charts 37 women were indicated to be operated on with cervical problems.
There is some allegations about the possible motivation of the ob-gyn, namely that due to the closing of the ob-gyn department in town the specialist lost major part of his patients and his income dropped. The minimum income in Hungary is 2424 USD per year. The average yearly income of an ob-gyn including the so-called gratuity to be given both for birth and abortion is 129 455,42 USD in Hungary. Consequently, the yearly income of an ob-gyn in Hungary is 53 times higher than the minimum wage.
There is a three-day's waiting period in Hungary before performing a surgical abortion. The abortion-minded woman has to turn to the state-run Service for Protecting Families proving her pregnancy by a certificate of an ob-gyn. The nurse gives some advice on the possible solutions of crisis-pregnancies. After a second appearance at the office of the nurse the abortion-minded woman can apply for the termination of the pregnancy at the hospital which can be performed up to the 12th week of gestation. (In special cases it is legal to perform abortion up until 20th week of pregnancy.) In case of rape, or if the pregnancy endangers the life of the mother, or the health of the unborn child is severly damaged, pregnant women can have a free-of-charge operation.
The fertility rate in Hungary is 1.27 due to the relatively high fertility rate of the Gypsy population.
Having undergone this illegal abortion about a hundred women can face a penalty of one-year imprisonment. The doctor can face a sentence up to 5 years of imprisonment. In his native country abortion is not legal.
I do not know what could have been the real motivation of the Ugandian doctor to change his attitude for life.
There are ways from and back to Damascus in order to become Paulus or Saulus…
Three years ago an ob-gyn challanged by our pro-life pilgrimage in the city of Keszthely (Hungary) for abortion-free days claimed in the local television that he was "not a killer, but just an executioner"…
Regardles of all kind of these deadly rationalisings the result is clear: peril of millions of innocent lives before birth and deeaply damaged nations all around the globe. No doubt that along the long roads of these and other doctors, I mean "executioners" there were some warning signs both in Africa and in Europe and in all the other continents saying: "Thou shall not kill!"
Nearly the same day I got an email written by a heroic mother.
The young mother told in her letter that she was married last summer and
"by november we realized that we will have a baby. We were very happy about the good news and in January at the 12 weeks of gestation we went to the first ultrasound examination. Unfortunately it become clear, that our baby has serious developmental disorders: there are no bones enough for the skull, so the baby\'s brain is floating in the amniotic fluid freely and in addition a spina bifida has been discovered. All the doctors offerred us to perform an abortion, but we rejected it. I would like to ask you to pray for our baby and for us, too! It would be a great help for us if you could ask some other people to do the same for us."
I wrote the following reply:
Thank you for the trust and for your pain and sufferings you shared with me. Now let me share some ideas of mine regarding the so-called "therapeutic" abortion. These days there is a false attitude regarding the child who has a so-called illness "incompatible with life", so these children are treated like the illness itself. This is the reason why so many people think that they are clever enough to know what to do or moreover how to kill your baby.
However, this "therapy" is not a treatment of a disease or a pathological condition, and is not healing you or your child at all, but it was rather a harmful medical act (a "bad medicine") which we call iatrogen, resultig in an adverse condition not just for the baby to be killed in your womb, but for you as a patient, as well. All the living entities on this planet are ruled by the law of God, the Creator, and He is the Lord of life and death, so He is giving and taking our lives due to His unforseen will.
This is the Lord whom you can hear in the Revelations by Saint John:
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost."
We usually mark our stages of life with the dates of our birth and our death, although this is not really correct since our life does not begin with our birth…
It is a cathartic feeling for me to see your heroic attitude. You are the example of the a rightous parent who really prepares and constructs the way of the Lord of the Creation. It is great that respecting the fate ordained by God you are rejecting to finish the period of life of your child just because some arbitrary and violent people want to regulate and limit this age and time.
I think the decision you have made is totally right from at least two points of views.
On one hand it is right when you do not give your little one into the hands of those executioners who feel themselves to be entitled to kill, and by doing so you protect the life of the baby, whose fate seems to be shortened by the Creator. But if the old saying is right: "The Lord has given, the Lord has taken", that is taking lives is the duty of God, and not any men. I think your wonderful, living faith is rejecting the unlawful rioting against the Beginning and the End, and against the Lord of the Creation based on this special "division of labor".
No doubt that this labor is full of pain and tears for those parents who prepared themselves and their child for giving (and not taking) life. However, I do think, that in its chastity this labor includes carrying the opportunity of healing through mourning your loss.
The healing power of mourning your child is stronger than the spirit of distruction and turning against your innocent child. (I am convinced, that the so-called post traumatic stress disease, or the post-abortion-syndrome after an induced abortion could be much deeper than that of a spontaneous loss.)
Meanwhile some ob-gyns try to justify induced abortions. Either they or the other nurses, health professionals usually do not give proper information about the medium- and long-term consequences of the bad medicine i.e. "abortus artificialis".
The consequences are especially imminent for those women who are determined to terminate their pregnancy. However a deadly result could be breast cancer, which is a consequence of the disturbed hormone "household" especially during the first trimester. There is no information on sterility resulting from previously induced abortions either.
I think that these aspects of the biological aftermath support the relevance of your decision as well.
Finally, let me contribute with my personal example acknowledging your chaste and loving choice. Many years ago my first son Benedict was born. His sorrowful life lasted for 11 months. The cancer in his stomach (called reticulosarcoma) chewed and distroyed his body over the period of several months.
My little son finally became just a tiny bird, lost his weight and was similar to a mummy bound with tubes and gauzes to the ironbars of his bed and to the pains of this real world. He flew with his last wing-beat to the ethereal world of the Father / Mother of our Creation. Watching his sufferings, seeing him disappearing from this world I never ever had the feeling that I was not able to appreciate him as a gift of a treasure. He was in all his status more valuable for me than any other "thing" or "event" in my life, even if he seemed "ugly" for anybody else.
I still have the feeling today, that with his quickly disappearing and short life I was given a very special gift by my God, the Creator. I think that I have to say a humble thank you for Him for the misery and sadness I felt during this period of our son\'s life and death.
There is a Hungarian poet, called Árpád Tóth who wrote so nicely on "The blessed, intersecting knife of God". The deeply damaged soul of the poet is praising the Lord appreciating a new spiritual beauty generated by his sufferings.*
And it is me who can now enjoy the miracle which was given to me later in the persons of my nine living children.
But this miracle of mathematics consists of ten children of mine and I am sure, that my early lost Benedict will accept this interpretation from the kindergarten of Heaven. He helps me to understand, that after a time of embracing the cross of pains and sorrows for and by him, now there is a time to rock the cradle…
Now I wish you the same blessings of the fertility of the body and the fecundity of the soul, that made me so rich and abundant in my life. I am sure, that your witness which is so appreciative both towards God, the Creator and the fundamentals of natural law will, offer you the new, sweet fruits of the body and the spirit. Amen!
God may bless the whole Family!
Yours faithfully:
dr. Imre Téglásy
president of Alpha Alliance
for Life in Hungary
director of HLI-Hungary
* Unfortunatelly there is no English translation of this beautiful poem I could share with you. I just found an Italian translation of it, see attached!
Soldi, salute, successo,
agli altri hai dato di più,
ma io non Ti accuso, Signore,
e non mi lamento con te.
A soffrire non sono certo il primo,
benedico la lama del tuo coltello
con cui mi trafiggi di nuovo;
della rabbia degli stupidi sorrido.
Perché so e sento che tu mi ami,
benedetto il tuo innestatoio
che serve per far sorgere
nuova bellezza in me.
Soffro, ma stringo le labbra,
so che è tua la mia lotta,
la mia faccia di lacrime è bella,
guarda in distanza e a Te somiglia.
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Targeted by legislation, immigrants attracted to California, U.S.A., by agricultural jobs seek to carve out a niche for themselves where they can quietly raise families without attracting undue attention. A feature from yesterday's paper?
Possibly, but a fascinating new collaboration between Joti Singh's Duniya Dance and Drum Company and Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco explores the little-known legacy of Punjabi/ Mexican families formed in the roiling ethnic cauldron of early 20th-century California.
"Half and Halves," which is how the children of these blended families sometimes describe themselves, premieres at Brava Theatre Center, San Francisco, on November 13 -14, 2010.
Joti, who has forged a high-energy style by combining traditional Punjabi bhangra with movements from the small West African nation of Guinea, first learned about the Punjabi-Mexican connection from a student of mixed Indian/ Mexican heritage.
"As the child of immigrants, I've always been interested in the straddling of cultures," says Joti Singh, whose Sikh parents were born in India and settled in Atlanta. "That was years ago, and as I established myself here, I kept it in mind and eventually asked a friend for a recommendation for a folklorico choreographer. I think one of the reasons it captures a lot of people's attention is that this is a story specific to California."
In the first two decades of the 20th century, hundreds of men from Punjab, mostly Sikhs, settled in the Central and Imperial valleys of California, working in various agricultural occupations. Barred by law from bringing over wives or marrying whites, they often wed Mexican and Mexican-American women.
These mixed families, mostly unwelcome among Mexican-Americans, formed self-contained communities. While no Punjabi/ Mexican dance form emerged from this singular ethnic mix, dance is an ideal medium for exploring this little-known cultural legacy. Which isn't to say the project didn't present fundamental stylistic challenges for both companies.
"The most difficult part was learning about the dances from Punjab," says Ensambles artistic director Zenon Barron, who founded the company in 1992. "Most of the time in Mexican dance, it's about footwork. Bhangra uses the whole body, and Joti's dance uses a lot of jumping and African movements. That part was very difficult. We decided to have Joti come to our studio, and she was teaching everybody."
"Half and Halves" is by far the most ambitious undertaking either company has ever attempted. Ensambles features a cast of 21 dancers and five musicians playing songs from Vera Cruz. Duniya's cast includes 12 dancers and five musicians playing classical Punjabi and Indian instruments.
The Margaret Jenkins CHIME mentorship program gave the choreographers a chance to get to know each other last year, when Joti Singh studied Mexican folklorico dance with Barron. She received a Creative Work Fund grant to collaborate with his Ensambles. In the process of creating the piece, they interviewed the children of the Punjabi/ Mexican couples, who were pleased that their particular culture wouldn't be forgotten. In exploring this little-known chapter in California history, the companies play to their strengths while tackling each other's art forms.
"We didn't want to try to integrate the whole thing, though I did set a piece for Ensambles, and Zenon set some for my company," Joti says. "There are pieces each company does, where we weave from one into the other, and moments we each explore aspects of the other's tradition. The footwork in folklorico is very difficult!"
"Half and Halves" premieres at 7 pm, Saturday, Nov 13 and 2 pm, Sunday, Nov. 14 at Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th St., San Francisco. Tickets, at $15 and $20, are available at 415-392-4400 or www.cityboxoffice.com.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Paradise Gardens programme
18 pages were designed for a 32 page programme in which the publishers, Archant, have inserted adverts to face some of the single-page editorial content.
Mosaic Conference
Mosaic is an international symposium for Black, Asian and minority ethnic artists and organisations, organised by The London Hub in partnership with Project Phakama and the drama department of Queen Mary, University of London. A 12 page brochure accompanied the two-day event.
Cycling Instructor
Postcards and business cards to promote free cycling lessons in Tower Hamlets, a partnership between the London borough and CyclingInstructor.com.
London Nautical School prospectus
Annual prospectus for the London Nautical School – both a general booklet (24 page A5) and one for the sixth form (also 24 pages).
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The Last Mile Festival at London Pleasure Gardens
London Pleasure Gardens, which is situated close to the Excel Centre, are staging a festival to coincide with and run throughout the Olympics. Programmed by Remarkable Productions.
Silo D at Paradise Gardens
Postcard for Silo D – part of Paradise Gardens at the London Pleasure Gardens.
Midi Music Company: Break Out Club
Cycling Instructor school posters
A4 posters for schools in Croydon, who are part of the borough's cycling scheme run by CyclingInstructor.com
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Paradise Gardens at London Pleasure Gardens
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1029 Donald St. is a $192,500, 3 bedroom, 2.0 bath home on a 0.23 acre lot located in Conway, SC.
The Alston is a one level home with 3 BR 2 Bath, 1774 heated sq. ft. plus a 2-car garage and covered porch with an open floor plan that features a comfortable kitchen with a huge island which opens to your large living/dining room. Granite counters, pantry and stainless appliances. Low maintenance luxury floating vinyl wood plank floors throughout main living room, kitchen, both baths and the laundry room. The owner's suite is located off the back of the home and offers a huge walk-in-closet and Master Bath with 5 ft. walk-in shower, and cultured marble vanity top. Enjoy the beautiful view of woods from your covered porch. Oak Glenn features large home sites with a minimum of 20 ft. of separation between homes. The community is located within minutes to Historic Downtown Conway, shopping, restaurants, and the River Walk. Pictures are of the same plan and are for illustration purposes only. July Promotion: Free Refrigerator and Garage Door Opener Home and community information, including pricing, included features, terms, availability and amenities, are subject to change and prior sale at any time without notice or obligation. Square footages are approximate. Pictures, photographs, colors, features, and sizes are for illustration purposes only and will vary from the homes as built. Equal housing opportunity builder.
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Good friend, Ginny Shaffer (Magnificat Detroit), called. I didn't realize this but EWTN aired LIVING MERCY today at 3 PM CDT!!! Wow!!! Thanks, Ginny, for letting me know!!!
I didn't know about the EWTN showing, because I gave a talk and showed the doc at St. Margaret of Scotland Church this morning. I came home, ate, joined Larry to take our son, Frank, to the airport, came home and crashed.
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The Sussex Division is located in the same building that houses our corporate headquarters. Managed and staffed by a well-trained team of professionals, this production facility is capable of maintaining superior levels of quality over high-volume production runs of custom and standard control panels.
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We recognize the importance of delivering cost effective solutions and continually improving our processes. They're driving forces in our company culture and why we deploy intelligent approaches, such as cell-based and lean-manufacturing techniques to enhance the productivity of our skilled and experienced work force. It's also why the 10,000 square feet of manufacturing space is laid out for maximum efficiency.
Our intelligent systems are run by an intelligent team of operations professionals. For example, our quality systems and approach to communication are unlike that of any company in the industry. That's because our supervisors and employees are dedicated to continually measuring quality and finding new, innovative ways to build better control panels.
Experienced and highly-skilled craftsmen will wire your panel. In fact, our staff of wiremen has a combined 150 years of experience. If they see something that doesn't look right, they question it. It's another way to ensure only quality control panels ship out of our doors.
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We perform complete panel assembly, including low and high-voltage wiring, controls and components mounting, sub-panel assembly, from lamicoid and nameplate engraving to dunning and packaging. A bar code scanning system provides efficient inventory and finished goods tracking.
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The Miami Dolphins will play the rest of the season without starting center Mike Pouncey. And starting quarterback Ryan Tannehill (knee) will miss at least the next two games. But the playoff chase? It ain't over.
The Dolphins, 8-5, have won seven of eight games. And after losses by the Ravens and Broncos last week, Miami's playoff odds bounced back to 27 percent according to research by the web site fivethirtyeight.com.
After a bad loss to Baltimore the previous week, the odds were only 15 percent.
The site still projects the Dolphins to finish with 9 wins and 7 losses (technically, 9.2 wins and 6.8 losses) based on 100,000 simulations. Of course, in that scenario, the Dolphins would finish 1-2 down the stretch (wins against the Jets or Bills and a loss to the Patriots) and very likely fail to make the playoffs.
The site gives Miami a 51 percent chance to win at the Jets on Saturday.
Here is what you need to know about the NFL's rules on head-to-head Wildcard tiebreakers:
- Head-to-Head
- Conference win-loss percentage
- Common games, win-loss percentage, minimum four
- Win percentage of opponents defeated
- There are seven more, down to a coin toss
Here is how Miami stacks up against their current chief Wild Card competitors, with Kansas City/Oakland in firm command of the first of two Wild Card spots:
- Denver Broncos 8-5; 5-4 vs. AFC; 2-2 vs. common Miami opponents; Miami trails now because it is only 1-2 vs. common Denver opponents
- Miami Dolphins 8-5; 5-4 vs. AFC
- Baltimore Ravens 7-6; 7-3 vs. AFC; head-to-head loss
- Tennessee Titans 7-6; 4-5 vs. AFC; head-to-head loss
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In the movie Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (I know, I'm a horrible person for watching the movies before I read the books; I have since repented and read the books), there is a scene when the soldiers and people of Rohan are under attack. The king has them flee to the safety of Helm's Deep, an impenetrable fortress. The people flee to the safety of the fortress, while the soldiers prepare to defend her against the forces of evil. Fleeing to Helm's Deep sets the stage for a great defensive battle, with the Rohirrim fighting for their very lives—and the lives of their people.
Walled fortresses served very well as defensive barriers—keeping enemies away from the people and armies of the king. Not all the people under the king lived in the fortress; they lived and farmed the grounds surrounding the fortress. It was only in times of warfare that they would enter the protection of the fortress.
Church as a Walled Fortress?
In the minds of some Christians, the local church is seen in similar lines as a walled fortress. It is a place of safety from the world. It is where Christians can gather for fellowship and encouragement.
In some ways this mindset is correct. As Christians we are not wired for this world. Peter calls us "sojourners and exiles" (1 Peter 2:11). We are also called to be different than the world: to be in but not of the world (John 17:15–16), to not love the world (1 John 2:15), and to not be shaped by the world (Romans 12:2). Hauerwas and Willimon describe us as resident aliens who are living in a Christian colony.
However, when carried too far this mindset can hinder the roles of the church and followers of Christ. We turn the walled fortress into a barrier keeping out both the world and those seeking God. We turn inwards, becoming a clique instead of a welcoming committee. Much like a country club, a church with this mindset only exists to serve and protect current members.
This is an abandonment of Christ's command to go and make disciples of all nations. As Jared Wilson brilliantly said:
Many local churches have ceased fishing for men and instead become keepers of the fish tank.
Popping the Christian Bubble
Another way the walled fortress thinking is played out in American Christianity is in the Christian Bubble. This is the phenomenon, found throughout middle-class America, where a Christian family predominantly interacts with only other Christians. They go to a great church on Sunday, then listen to an inspirational radio station on the way to the local Christian coffee shop. The kids go to a Christian school, while the parents socialize at a midweek parents Bible study. The father might work at a secular job, but he is only close with a few other Christians in the office. The vast majority of the family's time each week—along with their social interactions—are found within a Christian context. To the family, this is preferred, since it is safer than being out in the world.
None of those things listed above are bad or wrong; most of them (like Bible studies and Christian schools) are good and necessary. But when they are used to keep people away from the rest of the world, this is not good. We cannot turn into a 21st-century version of the Amish, shutting out the rest of the world and living life as a closed community.
If we are called to reach our community, how can we do that if we have little to no connections within our community? How can we do that if we are hiding from our community?
It is hard to defend a Christian bubble when Christ never seemed to stay away from the world. He was constantly mobbed by both those who loved him and those that would eventually call for his death. He ate with thieves, liars, and prostitutes.
As Christians, we need to find a balance point in our lives: a balance between being in the world while not being shaped by the world. We must retain our identity and culture as foreigners, as people living for the New Creation. We also must take a look outside our walled fortress, so we can love those that are far from Christ. Often, this will mean stepping away from the Christian bubble, into the messiness of the world. But that is exactly what Christ did when he came to earth: he entered the messiness of this world to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10).
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Series on False Church Self-Identity:
- Introduction
- Church is Not a Social Club
- Church is Not a Labor Union
- Church is Not a Gas Station
- Church is Not a Volunteer Organization
- Church is Not a Walled Fortress
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Republicans Not Serious About Repealing ObamaCare
This week has finally proven once and for all that some Republicans are not serious about repealing President Obama's signature health care law.
After days of bickering, partisan debate, and the failure of Senate leadership's ObamaCare Lite boondoggle, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell finally gave us a vote on clean ObamaCare repeal Wednesday afternoon.
This was the same clean ObamaCare repeal bill that Senate and House Republicans passed in 2015 and President Obama vetoed. Senator Rand Paul has been calling for a clean repeal vote for weeks when he realized Republicans wouldn't coalesce around a replacement.
Every single Senate Republican, except Susan Collins (ME), voted in favor of this clean repeal legislation in 2015, yet on Wednesday afternoon these Republicans voted against it (feel free to give them a call and let them know how you feel):
Senator John McCain (AZ) — 202-224-2235
Senator Dean Heller (NV) — 202-224-6244
Senator Shelley Moore Capito (WV) — 202-224-6472
Senator Rob Portman (OH) — 202-224-3353
Senator Lamar Alexander (TN) — 202-224-4944
Senator Lisa Murkowski (AK) — 202-224-6665
Senator Susan Collins (ME) — 202-224-2523
So these seven Republicans broke their promise to the American people, the 2015 clean repeal measure failed, and Republicans were forced to go back to the drawing board.
Then late last night Republicans held a vote on "skinny" repeal. What exactly did this "skinny" repeal entail? Senator Paul tried to give us a good idea before the vote that took place in the wee hours of this morning:
This would not have been full repeal of ObamaCare, but it would have been a great start, and it wouldn't bailout the entire ObamaCare failure in the process.
So, do you think Republicans got their act together and passed skinny repeal?
Wrong. Dead wrong. Super wrong. You can thank these three Republicans:
Senator John McCain (AZ) — 202-224-2235
Senator Lisa Murkowski (AK) — 202-224-6665
Senator Susan Collins (ME) — 202-224-2523
The early morning vote to pass skinny repeal failed by one vote. With Senators Collins and Murkowski already openly opposed, it was Senator John McCain who really let the American people down by voting against the measure.
Once again, Republicans botched a chance to repeal ObamaCare.
We lost this battle, but the war is not over. ObamaCare is in a death spiral and will have to be replaced one way or another. Please continue to stand with America's Liberty Committee during the fight to repeal ObamaCare.
And check out the hypocrisy from these Republican Senators:
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Perceived use of thinking skills in customer service aspects of banking
Magee, Robert Coleman
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The purpose of this study was to identify instances when workers in a business environment used thinking skills, including creative thinking, decision making, and problem solving in a manner that was beneficial and to examine how they perceived they acquired thinking skills. Twenty-seven banking employees from nine branches were interviewed using the behavioral event interview method. The nine branches represented three banks operating in Virginia. At each branch, a manager, a new account representative, and a teller were interviewed. The behavioral event interview method was selected as it has been a successful tool in both industrial and educational settings. Additionally, its purpose is to identify competencies necessary to do a given job well. The tape recorded interviews were transcribed and yielded a total of 55 behavioral events. The events were reviewed and instances of creative thinking, decision making, problem solving, and combinations of the three were identified and coded according to definitions presented in the study. Sixty-two instances of thinking skill use were identified within the events. Instances from the interviews of creative thinking, decision making, problem solving, and combinations of these were presented. Further, two interrelated themes emerged from the instances of thinking skill use. The first theme involved the generation of new ideas, determining the best alternative, implementing an alternative, or a combination of these in order to generate business or sales for the bank. The second theme involved the generation of new ideas, determining the best alternative, implementing an alternative, or a combination of these in order to solve a known problem. This study revealed that the interviewees did not receive formal thinking skill preparation from education or work training programs. They attributed most of their thinking skill development to experience. Outcomes of this study can be used to teach thinking skills by the infusion approach, the most commonly used method for teaching these skills. It relies on the skills being taught in real-life contexts.
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Rep. Tokpah wants Mineral Agreement revisited
(lbsonline/Liberia)-A lawmaker of Nimba County wants the Mineral Development Agreement (MDA), signed between the Government and Arcelor Mittal revisited.
Representative Prince Tokpah made the call over the weekend when he was addressing citizens of District Two in Nimba County.
Representative Tokpah said: "Arcelor Mittal's failure to implement the provisions of the MDA has deprived the District's citizens some needed benefits."
"Over 70% of the housing units in Yekepa has not been renovated, and as a result, the situation has made life unbearable for the people of the area," he told lbsonline.
The Nimba County lawmaker said: "Farm land belonging to the people of District Two is being polluted by the company. It is disgusting to see expatriates living standardized life, while the local workers are living below standardized life"
Arcelor Mittal's Superintendent for local and governmental Affairs, Ambrose Gbormie, rejected Representative Tokpah's claims.
Superintendent Gbormie said: "The Company is working tirelessly to improve the lives of the citizens."
He then urged Representative Tokpah to stop using the citizens to win their favor.
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Which course to choose?
Listed below are the doula courses that are approved by Doula UK. This means that they follow the Core Curriculum designed by Doula UK's experienced doulas. Our Approved Courses, which we refer to as Initial Doula Preparation, are all taught by experienced doulas and are regularly inspected and monitored. The wide choice reflects a flexibility towards accommodating each novice doula's needs. We encourage you to visit the individual Course Provider websites and explore their approaches, to help you decide which course is right for you.
Please note that membership of Doula UK is dependent on the completion of a Doula UK Approved Course. There is no requirement to have other training or qualifications, whether academic or vocational.
Doula courses not listed here may be accredited by external awarding bodies but they do not entitle you to join Doula UK, with all its benefits, on completion. If you are in any doubt about this please contact us.
Why choose a Doula UK approved course?
It gives you the opportunity to belong to the UK's leading doula network. We are a non-profit organisation, with over fifteen years of experience supporting hundreds of doulas all over the UK. All of our doulas are individually supported and mentored as they begin to work with families. Do contact one of our doulas to find out more.
For more details on why you might want to join Doula UK as a doula, see Why join Doula UK?
Here is the list of courses – note that they are listed in no particular order and the order will change on each page refresh.
Developing Doulas
Location: Cambridge & various around the UK
Course Type: Birth Doula Preparation, Postnatal Doula Preparation
Cost: £600
Website: developingdoulas.co.uk
Phone: 07977 921709
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Contact Name: Maddie McMahon
- Five full days
- A loving, informal atmosphere designed to help you 'find the doula within' in a small, intimate group
- Courses round the UK facilitated by experienced doulas and Breastfeeding Counsellors
- Cambridge course facilitated by experienced doula/breastfeeding counsellor and author of 'Why Doulas Matter'
- Practical skills for birth and postnatal doulas – learning to 'mother the mother' by listening, holding the space and supporting informed decision-making
- Time to debrief and explore your own experiences, share and give and receive support within the group
- Explore the role of the doula and what it means to you, your family and the wider community
- Support and information on setting up and getting going as a doula, joining Doula UK and the Doula UK Recognition Process
- Full-day infant feeding session run by a qualified Breastfeeding Counsellor
- Extensive course manual that grows with you as you develop as a doula
- One to one sessions on the last day to reflect on the course and your future as a doula
- Extend your learning and personal growth and benefit your community with the post-course project
- Certificate of completion
- Ongoing support through the Developing Doulas family
- Opportunities for ongoing learning and development of knowledge and skills through Developing Doulas workshops and work-from-home courses
- Cut price business, marketing and website support available to DD members
- *One assisted place per course*: The Pam Lacey Award – for woman who aspire to support breastfeeding mothers in their community.
- Payment in instalments welcome
Red Tent Courses
Location: London, Edinburgh, York
Course Type: Birth Doula Preparation, Postnatal Doula Preparation
Cost: £410
Website: www.redtentdoulas.co.uk/
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Contact Name: Nicola Goodall
- 1 woman-centred interactive weekend session with Nicola Goodall (Edinburgh/London) or Hannah Robertson (York)
- Woman-led self-study module
- To develop a woman's awareness in her own belief system
- To foster a supportive environment for a woman to start the journey of debriefing her own experiences
- To inspire confidence in the role of a Doula and Midwife and discuss boundaries
- Encouraging a good knowledge base around gentle birth and parenting also exploring birth art and journaling
- To explore the nature of the relationships that play a part in a woman's transition to motherhood
- To empower new doulas to set up their own business and ethically work as part of a wider network of doulas
- With a focus on cultural competency
- To develop an awareness of personal boundaries and base of values. Special attention on telling the womans own story and self-care.
- Support throughout the course and ongoing from the facilitators and the rest of the Red Tent community including membership to a very supportive closed Facebook group
- Certificate of attendance and completion
- Payment options available
- Strong emphasis on building circles of women
- Small groups for enhanced learning
Conscious Birthing
Location: Various across the UK
Course Type: Birth Doula Preparation, Postnatal Doula Preparation
Cost: £500-£600 (residential)
Website: www.doulatraining.co.uk
Phone: 01458 831375
Email: email@example.com
Contact Name: Kate Woods
- Courses facilitated by traditional Doulas, each with over 20 years experience.
- Five day intensive courses in Cornwall, Glastonbury, London, Brighton and abroad, some with residential options. Groups can contact us directly for courses in their location.
- An invitation to join the Conscious Birthing Network and receive peer support online and personal support from one of our tutors.
- Fun, informative and multi-media, within a rich, relaxed learning environment.
- Small, confidential groups, creating a mutually supportive and in-depth approach.
- Highlighting the traditional role of birthkeeper/doula and reflecting on this grassroots path within a modern day context.
- Exploring the value of presence in a fast moving world, and developing tools for conscious, active listening.
- An opportunity to begin to reflect on our own pregnancy, birth and postpartum stories within a safe space, gently held by tutors and co-supported by each individual within the group: creating an opportunity to both practise the art of support during birth debriefing, an essential doula skill, to begin to lovingly unpack your own story and to experience the gift of being deeply heard.
- A truly holistic approach, including all medical and alternative models: waterbirth, homebirth, birth centre, hospital, assisted, freebirth and early parenting choices all covered, alongside the protocols and expectations within the institution of maternal care, with the focus on informed choice.
- Exploring human rights within the childbearing year: looking at ways in which to incorporate our human rights into a birth plan, to inform your families of these when making their informed choices and discussing ways in which to communicate human rights to midwives and consultants.
- Including a session on 'Tools for Self-Reliance': a fun, physical and informative journey, learning the practise of some ancient skills from around the world, to facilitate the empowerment of women during this sacred rite of passage.
- Integrated and in-depth inclusion of how to support and empower fathers/partners-to-be and to work alongside all potential companions during labour and birth.
- Guidance on working alongside healthcare professionals with grace whilst retaining clear boundaries as an advocate for your family-to-be.
- Looking at loss: a discussion on the many ways in which families can potentially experience loss, such as loss of expectation, or through miscarriage or stillbirth, and including signposting for us to pass on and peer support for us to lean on.
- Postnatal session: learn about breastfeeding, explore the essential need for postpartum care and discuss the notion of a postnatal plan.
- Experience a pop-up residential community of Birthworkers-to-be: a unique opportunity to spend time together in an informal setting, allowing for deeper reflection on the role, sharing questions, ideas and skills, alongside your tutors. Time for relaxation, massage from top practitioners, swimming and spending time in the sun (when abroad or in British Summertime) with the emphasis on connecting with nature and experiencing the power of self-nurture: initiating the value of ongoing self-care and peer support within our field. An invitation to delve more deeply into this lay tradition, whilst retreating from your everyday life.
- Advice and guidance for setting up and ethically marketing your Doula practice, including a step-by-step talk through the Doula UK recognition process, on finding a Mentor, the code of conduct, various schemes available and how both Doula UK's and your own expectations might be met.
- Useful home research, networking and reflective reference pack, with guidance for signposting.
Certificate of attendance upon completion.
- Home study post course work pack, with plenty of time to complete in your own time and with full tutor support.
Online recommended reading list.
- Access to an extensive lending library (when courses held in Glastonbury).
- Options for further training. (This course is a foundation for Conscious Birthing's Childbirth Educator/Antenatal teacher programme). Back to top
BirthBliss Aspiring Doula Foundation Course
Location: Various UK locations and overseas
Course Type: Birth Doula Preparation, Postnatal Doula Preparation
Cost: £625
Website: www.birthblissdoulacourses.co.uk/
Phone: 07905 895466
Email: email@example.com
Contact Name: Kicki Hansard
BirthBliss is a forward-thinking organisation that strives to empower women, families and caregivers in the childbearing years, through education, support and inspiration. BirthBliss has a professional panel of advisers, is a member of the European Doula Network and is also registered with the UK Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP).
About the course:
- Four day course face-to-face plus access to further online learning
- Small groups for maximum support and learning
- Home study pre-course module
- Birth completion session to explore and understand your own experiences
- Master doula classes and practical doula labs
- Full day dedicated to Infant Feeding support
- Comprehensive module on running your own doula business
- Focusing on the doula spirit and how to 'be' a doula authentic to who you are
- Invaluable doula handbook packed with information
- Reflective post-course module
- Attendance Certificate on completion
- One-to-one follow up support call and on-going support
- Membership to private Facebook group
- Monthly LIVE sessions featuring different topics
- Access to 'Members only' area full of resources and business documentation
- Doula Starter Kit with essentials to set you up for a good beginning
- Free listing on BirthBliss Doulas Register
- Discounts on BirthBliss study days
- Payments by instalments available
- Course facilitated by award winning doula and author
Younique Postnatal
Location: Various across the UK
Course Type: Postnatal Doula Preparation
Cost: £375 for Initial Preparation Course and £150 for Development Course
Website: www.youniquepostnatal.co.uk/
Phone: 07796 332252
Email: email@example.com
Contact Name: Naomi Kemeny and Victoria Greenly
- 3 day courses offered across the UK, facilitated by two experienced postnatal doulas in small groups
- Preparation work before and after the course to include reflection, reading and research
- Time to debrief and explore your own birth, postnatal and infant feeding experiences in a safe environment
- Lively and interactive learning, with visual aids, group work, hands on experience and practice exercises
- In depth exploration of the postnatal doula role and how best to support new families and new mothers
- Evidence based information on current guidelines and areas of research in postnatal care
- Supporting infant feeding as a postnatal doula run by a qualified Breastfeeding Counsellor
- Establishing yourself as a business, marketing, networking and exploring how you might begin to get work
- Support and information on starting your doula journey, joining Doula UK, support services for doulas and the Doula UK Recognition Process
- Extensive manual supplied covering all course topics and up-to-date resource links, which you can add to and develop
- Certificate of Completion
- One to One follow up feedback call
- Opportunities for extra support from one of the course facilitators
- Closed Facebook group – a safe place to get support from other postnatal doulas
- Additional courses and workshops offered to develop your doula skills including Postnatal Development Courses, Understanding Newborns and Multiples Workshops
Birthing Wisdom
Location: South Devon
Course Type: Birth Doula Preparation, Postnatal Doula Preparation
Cost: 990
Website: birthingwisdom.co.uk/
Phone: 01803 226127
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Contact Name: Olivia Seck
A journey of transformation, a flexible career, a path of service… the slow & soulful way.
There are now many doula preparation courses available, of different lengths and approaches.
Why choose to prepare with Birthing Wisdom?
The Birthing Wisdom Fundamentals has been the most comprehensive and holistic doula
preparation course in the UK for over 15 years. It has been revised and updated every year to
include the latest development in the field and to respond to the feedback from students and
Our approach:
The doula role is as much about being as doing: The essence of our work as Birth companions/
doulas is to be able to provide unconditional emotional openness and support to women, men and their babies. So having and/or developing the ability to be emotionally present and supportive is at the core of our preparation and our work.
Our holistic approach also includes a focus on self-development, self-awareness and profound
self-care as the basis for sustainably supporting others. This process cannot be fast-tracked. While most courses will train you quicker, ours is the slow and soulful way, taking place over 9 months, and combining 6 home study modules, 6 live calls with at
least 10 days of live workshops.
"The last year learning with Olivia has surely been a year of landing in myself to understand,
absorb, and integrate beautiful and meaningful birthing wisdom. We have looked at the inner and outer dimensions of birth, the baby's journey, the mothers journey, antenatal, postnatal, the traumatic, the ecstatic, the medical and the natural. It has been more than learning the theory and doing some role play: it has been a comprehensive journey of self development and discovery where I have come to know myself, babies, women and mothers in a much more deeper holistic way. This I believe equips me to 'meet what I meet with confidence' when working with clients and their own unique birthing experience." – Laura
Format and practicalities
- 9 months course with 6 home study modules, 6 live calls and 10 days for hands on practice and to anchor the info from the modules (one weekend and 2×4 day sessions). Affordable accommodation available on site.
- Course facilitated by a team of very experienced doulas and professionals
- Small, supportive and confidential groups for best learning and support
- On-going telephone, email support and mentoring with one of our facilitators
- 6 Live Skype/Zoom calls
- Membership of private Facebook/what's app group, for support and sharing
- Easy payment scheme and one assisted place available.
- A unique programme created by Olivia Seck- the result of two decades of experience as a doula, holistic birth and hypnobirthing teacher, coach/counsellor and mother of four, and of her on-going learning with pioneers in the field of birth, pre/perinatal psychology and trauma healing
- A holistic course, offering both scientific and traditional knowledge in an exploration of the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and cultural aspect of pregnancy, birth and the first year
- The art and the skills of 'being' with another, open and resourced: presence, listening skills, mindfulness for self-compassion, boundaries, exploring beliefs and judgement, self-awareness and self-care…
- The art and the skills of appropriate action: a holistic understanding of the labour & birth process, and practical tools to empower and support effectively…
- Use of our unique and highly effective protocols to transform fear and stress and prevent birth trauma.
- How to work harmoniously within the birthing team whilst keeping our primary responsibility to the family we are supporting. Empowering and supporting fathers
- How to deal with the unexpected, including loss 50% of the course is devoted to our holistic approach to the all important postpartum period, including planning and preparing for the 4th trimester, bonding, breastfeeding, sleeping, crying, postnatal depression and birth trauma awareness, food and care for mamas, the father's role and more…
- Sign posting: when and where to refer
- An opportunity to debrief our birth and breastfeeding experience in a safe and held space, using energy medicine tools to enable deep healing
- Marketing and setting up your doula practice module.
On completion:
- Beautiful Certificate and our support for a term (your 4th trimester) whilst you start establishing your doula practice.
- Guidance and support to join Doula UK and find a Mentor for your first four births.
- The opportunity to attend Birthing Wisdom Gatherings for on-going learning, sharing, fun and support.
- Access to and discount on advanced courses.
It will be a wonderful journey! It is always such a gift to sit in circle with women and deepen our connection to ourselves and each other.
"Whereever I am, what ever I am doing, however I am feeling, I only need to close my eyes or gaze off into the distance and I connect with the beauty, warmth, laughter, support and endless love of the women I shared my Birthing Wisdom journey with". – Deb
Nurturing Birth
Location: Various across UK and overseas
Course Type: Birth Doula Preparation, Postnatal Doula Preparation
Cost: £695
Website: nurturingbirth.co.uk
Phone: 07305 044482
Email: email@example.com
Contact Name: Sophie Brigstocke
- 4 day courses offered across the UK and beyond
- Preparation work before the course to include reflection, reading and research
- Groups of up to 10, breaking in to smaller groups for discussion and other activities
- A thorough investigation of the doula role and how best to support new families
- Looking at antenatal, birth and postnatal preparation
- Infant feeding module
- Establishing yourself as a business, discussing the journey ahead and identifying what support is available
- Opportunities to debrief previous experiences
- Comprehensive manual supplied covering all course topics and up-to-date reference material
- Post-course work to include reading and reflection
- Quarterly e-news providing new research, CPD and other event listings
- Access to the private Nurturing Birth online forum providing information and support from fellow doulas
- Private Facebook group
- Ongoing mentoring and support from your course facilitator
- Recognition process for those outside the UK
£150 reduction in cost for anyone hosting the course (contact Nurturing Birth for hosting requirements)
£50 reduction in cost each for friends booking together
- FREE listing on the Nurturing Birth Directory for the first year – an international directory of pregnancy, birth, postnatal and feeding services
- Additional courses, workshops and conferences with discounts for Nurturing Birth doulas
Every Birth Matters
Location: West Midlands, London, Ireland and various locations
Course Type: Birth Doula Preparation, Postnatal Doula Preparation
Cost: 450
Website: www.everybirthmatters.co.uk/doula-training-course
Phone: 07751077755
Email: email@example.com
Contact Name: Katy Hemus
This three day preparation course will lay the foundations for you to work competently as a doula. Bringing the knowledge and skills you have now, time will be spent exploring different topics to begin building the foundations for your work as birth and postnatal doula. This is an opportunity for you to understand the role of a doula, how you can work as a doula and for you to begin thinking about what you can offer a mother and her family depending on their needs. We will explore working alongside healthcare professionals to enhance the care given to the birthing mother. I have been teaching for over twelve years and so I have designed this course to take us through a range of activities that will meet your learning needs. All you need to do is be willing, open minded and have a passion for wanting to nurture women and their families through pregnancy, labour and parenting. Be prepared to go on a journey of discovery and self-actualisation. We create a safe space that immediately gets you interacting and acknowledging the amazing work Doulas do.
What is the course structure?
Pre-course assignment ~ this gives you the opportunity for some reflective practice, and to
build on your knowledge and skills with a fully comprehensive assignment that consists of
questions that will enhance your learning experience and prepare you for your post course work. This research task also allows you to practice your research skills. Prior to the course there will be a one hour online discussion where we can introduce ourselves.
Three day workshop ~ the workshop is action packed with a range of activities where you will have time to think and reflect as well as work with the other supportive delegates discussing, reflecting, questioning and exploring the birthing world and why women want to hire a doula? All the course content covers the Doula UK curriculum and more. You will have the opportunity to write a learning journal and action set points for your journey as a doula after the course finishes. The days will run 9.30am to 6pm (later on the second evening).
Post coursework ~ after three full days of exploration and self-discovery, you might want to take a few days to digest. Then when you are ready you can begin your post course assignments. There are seven tasks altogether which I encourage you to take time digesting and preparing. These assignments will give you further self-acknowledgement about how you can work as a doula as well as expanding further on the birth world that surrounds you as a doula. It creates an opportunity for networking and beginning your work with your first client, through which you will be supported. Every delegate will receive written and verbal feedback.
What will you receive?
- Full support from me throughout you working as a doula
- Course that meets the core curriculum content for Doula UK
- Comprehensive Resource File
- Handouts on the course
- Online resources via the Every Birth Matters website
- Online support in a private Every Birth Matters Forum with other doulas and educators
- Comprehensive student discount on insurance so you can begin your practice
- Access to various E-books such as Ina May Gaskin, Solution Focused Therapy plus many more
- 10% of further CPD courses
- Further online 90 minute Breastfeeding Class that you can share with your clients
- Free Listing on my website (name, business name, email, phone number and website)
- Further discounts of other partnering services.
All delegates will receive an Every Birth Matters bag with goodies to use yourself and with your
clients. Once you have received your doula certification you can register as a member of Doula UK and begin the mentoring program. Please note on occasion this course will run as a residential ~ please contact me to discuss this.
Please check the Every Birth Matters website for up and coming dates.
If you want this course to come to an area near you please get in touch to discuss your
requirements ~ discounted course available for host of a course.
Any questions please do ask.
Confidence ~ Empower ~ Knowledge
NCT Doula
Location: University of Worcester
Course Type: Birth Doula Preparation
Cost: Please get in touch to discuss
Website: www.nct.org.uk/nct-college/work-opportunities/nct-doula
Phone: 02087522453
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Contact Name: Rebecca Wierenga
The NCT Doula programme enables successful candidates to practice as NCT Doulas. NCT Doulas work as independent practitioners. Although they are part of the NCT family and featured on the website, they book her own clients and set their own fees.
The nine-month long training course is made up of two modules:
- Dimensions of the role of the doula
- Realising the role of the doula.
It involves;
- four weekend training sessions in Worcester
- monthly telephone tutorials
- 24-hour midwifery observation
- video and role play learning and reflection
- a supervised birth
- support from other doulas.
More about the training;
- The tutors are experienced doulas and NCT practitioners
- There are two summative assessments (an essay and an interactive session)
- The training is highly experiential and sessions are held in a mock hospital ward
- There are lots of clinical materials that students get a chance to familiarise themselves with. There is also access to the University's library and other facilities.
The NCT Doula modules are offered at Level 5 as a part of the NCT specialist practitioner Foundation Degree called Birth and Beyond. It is offered in collaboration with the University of Worcester.
If you are not already an NCT practitioner then you can join the 'Access to NCT Training Course' which is run over three months to give you the skills and knowledge to study at Level 5.
Upon successful completion of the course, you will be awarded your NCT License to Practice
As an NCT Doula there is ongoing support in the form of supervision, yahoo groups, study days, and a personalised NCT webpage.


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