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Many people head into the New Year wanting to achieve their ideal body weight. The healthy and lasting way to lose weight is through lifestyle changes. The only way to lose weight is to burn more calories than you take in. There are three ways to do this: take in...read more
Japanese body-work therapy grew out of judo
Most people think of judo as an Olympic sport or a combat sport for self-defense. Less known is something called judo therapy, which has been growing in popularity in Japan. Judo therapy specializes in the manual treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, and...read more
How to combat toxins in household dust
This month, a study in the journal Environmental Science and Technology identified 49 toxic chemicals in household dust — many linked to an increased risk of a number of health hazards, including cancer and infertility. These chemicals come from many common household...read more
Olympic cupping makes waves
Most people know about some forms of traditional Chinese medicine. But it was those reddish circles visible on several Olympic swimmers a few weeks ago that got people talking about the ancient practice of cupping. Golden boy Michael Phelps was the most visible...read more
Relax, it's lavender time
Summertime brings an abundance of lavender in the garden, its lovely fragrance enveloping everything around it. Lavender has been used since antiquity for all sorts of purposes. Native to the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Africa, it is now cultivated around the...read more
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Animal lovers know that pets make them feel good. That's why service animals are being used beyond just guide dogs. They're now part of behavioral therapy and rehabilitation work, as well as therapeutic efforts to help people deal with anxiety and stress. Animals have...read more
Fear is bad for you; how to fight it
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Students aim for first college paper iPad app
Students and faculty across three departments at the 4,800-student ACU have just finished mockups of their app and plan to have it ready to launch when the iPad goes on sale –- even though at most only 50 faculty members will have iPads by the start of the fall semester.
"Really, we want to be part of this national, international conversation of how does news look in the future," says Colter Hettich, the editor-in-chief of The Optimist.
Apple announced today that the iPad debut will be delayed until April 3, with pre-orders being taken March 12.
Students and faculty see the development of an app for The Optimist as almost a purely educational (and history-making) pursuit, not one to make money or attract new readers. The university offers classes on iPhone app development and the student newspaper has a mobile version of its Web site.
"If we looked at it only as 'We want to serve our audience, we want to get the news into the hands of our audience the quickest way possible,' I think it would not be worth the effort," since so few people on campus will have iPads to start, says journalism professor and student media adviser Kenneth Pybus.
For the last two years, incoming freshmen at ACU have gotten either an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch courtesy of the school. There's been talk, but no definite plans, about making the iPad part of that program, too. Teachers have been integrating iPhones into their curricula, and Pybus expects students to eventually start loading textbooks onto iPads.
If anything, the iPad app project is a worthy educational undertaking that will help students as they start their careers, says Joshua Benton, the director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. But don't hold your breath that college paper apps will become the next big thing, or the next big moneymaker.
"One thing that is great about the iPad is it gives a bunch of smart people a chance to rethink how they organize news, how they present news and how they share news," Benton said.
In other words, while ACU's app may end up being merely a blip right now, the students developing the app are among the first to do so-there are no preconceived notions about what a "good" iPad app for newspapers looks like.
Creating ACU's app requires the combined resources of the school's journalism, design and business departments, with teams of students working on the user interface, programming, database and other issues that come up.
Hettich appreciates that students have taken the lead on the project. Early discussions highlighted the importance of an app that lets users "flip" the pages of the paper, but that can also integrate videos, commenting and other features.
Since there are no physical iPads for students to use as they write the app, it's that much harder to anticipate how it will work when using a simulation on a computer screen.
"At times, it's actually really frustrating, because the programmers don't have all the answers right now, and so we've had to come up with Plan B's for lots of things," Hettich said.
Since most students won't have iPads, Hettich figures its early users are more likely to be other media companies checking it out to see how well The Optimist's app works.
And Benton points out that while the iPhone App Store has proven there's a market for turnkey "shell" applications that a customer can tweak for their service, other papers would be unlikely to buy ACU's app knowing that students graduate and tech support might be spotty.
Then again, if the app is good enough and students or faculty spin off a company to handle future development, there might be some potential. Small and mid-size papers that wouldn't be able to justify the staff time to develop their own iPad apps in-house might be willing to take a pre-existing app that they can easily customize with their own fonts, colors and menu options. Ad some advertising, as Hettich says The Optimist's app will support and papers could get some revenue – though it's unlikely to be enough to save papers.
"The iPad is an excuse for a lot of creativity," Benton says. "I think if you're a smart media company, you're going to be watching that creativity, wherever it comes from."


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Lantern slides created in Tunisia under its French colonial occupation during the late 19th or early 20th century. Image subjects include ruined amphitheaters, gates, and mosaics. These lantern slides were intended for use in architectural pedagogy.
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It's around eleven in the evening. My daughter has been sleeping peacefully for several hours. However, I'm still up, working on yet another freelance project. Suddenly, I hear the unmistakable playback from the morning news on the Radio Lev Hamedina and realize it's getting late. The Toronto clock has hit past midnight.
Many of my friends wonder why I had decided to learn Hebrew or what on earth is the Kol Israel app doing on my cell phone. I'm not Jewish and have no plans of converting to Judaism. In fact, I'm perfectly happy with my Russian Orthodox heritage and plan on raising my kids this way. I simply find all things related to Israel, both ancient and modern, exciting.
I've been fascinated with Jewish/Israeli culture since thirteen and had even received a master's degree in Ancient Israel. Now that I'm no longer in a grad school, I still keep on reading everything about the topic, from Bethsaida's annual field reports to books and articles written by Hershel Shanks. Most of my favorite music artists and talk shows are of Israeli origins. Some may find such fascination a bit strange, as Hebrew doesn't have the same role in the popular culture as Spanish or French. Well, if a white person can enjoy Luis Armstrong's jazz songs, there no reason why I can't enjoy Boaz Sharabi's ballads.
Before I continue, let me mention that Israel is VERY controversial. News, media, and differences in political opinions can easily turn a simple Mediterranean country into a hot topic. When discussing my last visit from three years ago with Pakistani coworkers over a cup of coffee, I wasn't sure how to call the Golan Heights. Should I call the region Syria or Palestine? I thought to myself. I didn't want to offend anyone. Many people, especially from the Eastern Hemisphere, don't agree with the results of the Six Day War, and I fully respect that. Yet I can't help myself but feel relieved that the world still has Banias, Katzrin, and Gamla secluded from the Syria's conflict. Controversies aside, Israel is an amazing country for a variety of reasons.
#1 Israel makes a great tourist destination.
No matter what your interests are, you'll always find something special to enjoy. Love nature? Try hiking in Ein Gedi or the Timna Valley Park. Are you an archaeology enthusiast? Consider signing up for an archaeologcal dig. Most digs are quite flexible with the duration of stay and can be easily fit into personal vacation plans. By becoming part of a dig, you'll meet many interesting people from around the world and make an invaluable contribution to the archaeological research. A thematic tour is another great option. Depending on your religious background and personal preferences, you can sign up for a Holy Land tour, which will focus heavily on sites from the New Testament, a Jewish heritage tour, which will include famous synagogues and historic centers, or even an ecological tour, which will mostly likely take place in the Arava or the Negev desert. Even if you're one of those overworked people, who want nothing more than spending an entire holiday on a beach, you can still benefit from a week-long getaway in Tel Aviv or Eilat. Both cities are famous for dining and nightlife, so rest assured you won't get bored during your stay.
#2 Israel has an amazing entertainment scene.
Neither Sarit Hadad nor Miri Messika is topping the world charts. In fact, most people have no clue about who they are. However, it doesn't mean these singers aren't awesome.
Israeli music is quite diverse, as it bears influences of several cultures, including Eastern
European, Yemenite, Mediterranean, and, of course, British/ American. It's not untypical to hear a rock song with Middle Eastern melody or a nostalgic ballad reminiscent of Russian music from the 90s. One can also hear Mediterranean songs infused with an addictive dance beat, clearly influenced by current trends in the music industry.
Israeli music scene is also very inclusive. Not all Israeli artists are of Jewish origins. Nasrin Kadri who had won a popular talent show two years ago is an Arab from Haifa, while Sharif, a famous mizrahi singer is Druze. Sameh Zakout (AKA Saz), who was born in an Arab town of Ramlah, was presented an opportunity to travel to Los Angeles and participate in the second season of Chai Be La La Land, a reality show that aimed at exposing Israeli singers to the international music. Let this be a mental note to those who believe in the "apartheid state" propaganda.
#3 Israel has made a great contribution to the world technology.
In spite of being relatively young (only 68 years), Israel has become one of the world leaders in science and technology. Many of its inventions, such as Intel, are being used all over the world. You can find the complete list of the technological inventions here.
#4 Israel is rich in history and culture.
This point needs no further explaining. The world-famous Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran, the prehistoric megaliths from the north, and the
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country are a product of thousands years of history. Israel is one of the few countries in the Middle East where archaeological research is actively encouraged by the government and where it's possible to experience both Egypt and Mesopotamia in a relatively safe environment.


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NBC Sports Chief Says Olympics Advertisers "Happy" With Ratings; Another $30 Million Booked
With almost a week of Olympic coverage in the bag and a few discouraging viewership trends, NBC Sports chairman Mark Lazarus hopped on the phone with reporters Thursday afternoon to reaffirm his confidence in the performance and tout the company's "Total Audience Delivery" metric.
"Overall, our ratings are meeting expectations," he said. "The mix is just a little different. … We are so confident in our delivery, we've booked another $30 million in advertising since the start of the Games."
Add that $30 million to the massive $1.2 billion booked prior to the Games, which Lazarus described as the most "economically successful in history."
"Our advertisers are happy," he continued. "We have structured and managed our inventory throughout the games so they will get exactly what we promised them."
Going into Wednesday night, which saw a steep ratings drop after several nights of Michael Phelps-fueled interest, the 2016 Rio Summer Games were pulling an average 28.6 million viewers and 15.6 household rating. Overall audience trails the 2012 London Games by nearly 10 million, while the household rating is down by almost two points from the comparable period. The latter is particularly troubling, as it also falls short of the number guaranteed to advertisers.
"If there is a small shortfall, we put it into the Olympic Games," Lazarus noted of the deficit. "We will leave the Olympic Games with everyone getting what we promised them. … In the case of broadcast, it's down a little bit. But cable and streaming are up, and it mitigates that difference. That's what we're selling."
That, he insisted, is where Total Audience Delivery comes in. The number, which combines live broadcast, cable and streaming in primetime, has painted a more positive narrative for Rio. Monday and Tuesday nights are almost identical to the NBC-only ratings from London in 2012.
"Everyone is talking about broadcast being down," added Lazarus. "We're averaging over a 15 rating. Nothing on television is doing that. And that's not an hour of scripted — that's three to four hours a night for 17 days."
There is no doubt that streaming is on the rise. Views topped 1 billion live minutes of streaming as of Wednesday night — a 232 percent increase from 2012, though London did not offer a live stream during primetime. Lazarus noted that they will take cues from that down the line. NBC, after all, has both the Summer and Winter Olympics through 2032. "We have rights to all of the platforms," he said. "We can alter our plans from Games to Games."
A common complaint with the Rio Olympics — with any Olympics, really — has been the lack of live coverage in primetime. Lazarus defended NBC Sports by explaining they have live viewership for anyone who wants it.
"We stream every event live," he said. "Every single thing that takes place in Rio is available live. Last night's show, from 8 to 11, we were live for beach volleyball and swimming and a piece of tape-delayed gymnastics after 10 o'clock. There's only so much you can put on."
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Your feng shui bathroom needs special attention since water represents wealth, prosperity, cash flow , career and circulation of your wealth and body fluids and there is plenty of water in the bathroom.
Good qi/chi energy is alive, vibrant and pure. Yet bathrooms are deposits of germs which creates de-natured chi.
There are also at least three drains in the bathroom: the sink, tub/shower and toilet drains. Since good chi can escape down the drains, it adds another layer to the attention you must pay to this special room.
Since cash is so near and dear to our hearts and necessary for our survival, be sure to properly feng shui this room and balance the elements so that the bathroom doesn't affect the quality of your life.
Try to follow as many of these basic principals as possible.
Your feng shui bathroom should be a peaceful, beautiful space. Displaying symbols of beauty and abundance always helps us to manifest these things in our life. Creating a spa-like effect in your feng shui bathroom will bring you lots of happiness and tranquility.
If your home has two floors or more, wherever there is a downstairs feng shui bathroom, you will want to direct the questionable chi back down to the lower floor. You can do this with the use of rugs on the floor of the room above the bathroom.
In the same way, when there is an upstairs bathroom you will want to direct the chi back up. You can do this from the downstairs room by adding one or more of these simple cures to the downstairs room:
If the bathroom is above the kitchen be aware that the negative chi can damage the health of the occupants of the home. Bad chi can affect your finances too if the room below is the wealth area of the bagua. Use one of the cures above to balance the problem.
If you live in an apartment or condo or high rise building, find out where the bathrooms are above you and below you. Be sure to apply the proper cure. The little bit of time it takes to apply one or more of these cures is well worth it.
Love your feng shui bathroom by following these principles and it will contribute to the great energy in your home.
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Their sleep schedule is pretty routine. 2. Is your teen focused? Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images They often seem lost in their thoughts and have no regard for future planning. When things apply to them, they'll pay attention. They are alert and present most of the time. 3. Does your teen cry easily? Justin Paget/Getty Images Lately, everything is a trigger. Teens are emotional. It comes with the age. There are tears when appropriate. 4. How is your teen's diet? Laurence Mouton/Getty Images They either overeat or don't eat at all. They eat pretty routinely, though the choices they make are not always the healthiest. Their diet is healthy and proportional. 5. Is your teen social? Troy Aossey/Getty Images They spend a lot of time in their room alone, away from family and friends. Does social media count? They are always out with friends or have people over the house. 6. What is your teen's emotional state? Kevin Dodge/Getty Images They seem sad and hopeless for no reason. 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Aldo Murillo/Getty Images I wouldn't be surprised. I highly doubt it. Never. 12. Does your teen put him/herself down? Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images They are overly self-critical and make constant derogatory comments about themselves. They can be hard on themselves but a nice long talk usually clears it up. They are so over-confident, it borders on cocky at times. Could Your Teen Be Depressed? You got: All Clear Getty/Hero Images It sounds like your teen is pretty healthy and happy. Make sure to work on keeping it that way by providing a supportive, communicative, and comfortable environment for them. Regular check-ins about how things are going can give you insight into their lives to both alleviate any worry you might have and also provide a time to really connect with them. You took this test for a reason, so you may be concerned for your teen. Keep an eye out for changes in their sleep patterns and diet, and especially in their personality and mood. But it seems like they're doing alright, so maybe just ask them if anything is going on and reinforce that your interest only comes from a place of care. THIS TOOL DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE. It is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical consultation, diagnosis or treatment. Share Your Results Share Pin Tweet Could Your Teen Be Depressed? You got: Typical Teenage Angst MachineHeadz/E+/Getty Images Being a teen is anything but easy. Juggling all the physical and social issues that come with puberty and high school can cause teens to be moody and unavailable. But the constant emotional roller coaster associated with teenage years doesn't necessarily mean that they are depressed. The combination of hormones and societal pressures could rattle anyone. If you're really concerned with your teen's mental and emotional health, make some time, sit them down, and talk to them. 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X-ray Binary Evolution and the Connection to Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies with the Chandra Local Volume Survey
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X-ray binaries, especially those with a massive stellar companion, provide a unique probe through which one can study the end-points of high-mass stellar evolution while simultaneously tracing recent star formation. In this thesis, I analyze the high-mass X-ray binary populations of five nearby galaxies using matched observations from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. The global X-ray properties of the X-ray binary populations of these galaxies is correlated with the star formation histories of the host galaxies. Unlike previous studies of the X-ray--star formation connection, which corrects for contamination by background sources only in a statistical sense, I have developed a source classification scheme utilizing the resolved stellar populations from Hubble imaging to separate X-ray binary candidates from contaminating X-ray sources. This thesis validates the statistical corrective approach typically applied to more distant galaxies, where it is not possible to resolve individual stars. Additionally, the X-ray binary populations of these nearby galaxies is used to constrain models of massive star evolution. This includes an estimate of the fraction of massive evolved binaries that undergo an X-ray luminous phase, the characteristic timescale of the X-ray luminous phase, and the mass distribution of stellar companions in X-ray binaries.
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Did you ever forge your mother's signature? I did. Once. And of course I got caught. Duh. That's how it always goes.
I was 10 years old and got a detention. I'm not afraid to say that my mama scared me when I was little. I didn't mess with her. So I figured it'd be way easier and less terrifying to just forge her pretty yet complicated signature. She did (and still does) have a really beautiful signature. Think writing out of Downton Abbey (I'm obsessed!).
So, I sat in my room and practiced and practiced and practiced. After about a hundred attempts I totally nailed it. Feeling successful, I turned in the signed detention and started serving my time. I was having fun, actually. The teacher who supervised detention didn't have anything under control and I remember laughing and joking with kids in the back of the room. It got sort of quiet for some reason and I remember hearing high heels clacking down the hall. At the door was my mama, looking super sharp in a business lady suit, giving me a glare that was SO scary. OMG did I stop laughing. She was truly terrifying.


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More on 21st-c Skills and Teaching
It's the debate that won't die! Robert Pondiscio at the Core Knowledge blog takes issue with Ken Kay's rebuttal to the 21st-century skills smackdown of the other day. Despite Mr. Kay's contention that the argument isn't about content v. skills but how to provide students with both, the P21 Web site doesn't include examples of units that simultaneously integrate 21st-c skills and engage students in rich content, he asserts.
I took a look at the groups' skills map in core content areas, which can be found here. Here's one example for 12th grade English from the map:
"After reading a dystopian novel such as The Giver, The Lord of the Flies, The Handmaid's Tale, or Fahrenheit 451, students will create a movie trailer that highlights universal questions raised by the novel. Students will view each others' trailers, write up notes critiquing them, and present their feedback in a 'Siskel and Ebert' remake."
Echoing Robert's comments, a couple of educators at the panel discussion said they felt that these types of activities were poor substitutes for rich discussions of the novels' themes and literary merits.
On the other hand, these "skill maps" were put together in collaboration with associations that represent content educators, such as the National Council of Teachers of English, Mr. Kay told me in an interview. So does that mean that, even within the teaching profession, there isn't agreement about what "core content" means?
Let the debate continue...
P.S. A lot of great, thought provoking comments on this previous post on 21st-century skills. Check them out!


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Good news boys and girls, in two months I'll be heading to Washington DC!
Yes, I have another conference where I have a talk to present. This time, I am giving a talk at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America. It is a joint-authored talk where I am the first author. The last time I presented at the LSA was in 2012 in Portland. I also had other joint-authored presentations and posters where I was not the first author back in 2013 in Boston, as well as in 2011 in Pittsburgh.
This would be my second visit to Washington DC. The last time I was there was in 2007 for a week-long vacation. It would be great to come back and see it again.


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Expand your children's imagination this November with National Young Reader's Week. Reading opens children's minds to creativity and helps expand their general knowledge.
In 1989, Pizza Hut and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress created National Young Readers Week to help schools recognize the joys and benefits of reading. The BOOK IT! program encourages elementary schools all over the country to put everything down and read. The main event of this week is the principal challenge. The school principals are encouraged to read all day long in a wacky, fun type of way. Last year 137 school principals read on the school roof all day! This event gets the students super excited and give them a great role model to look up to.
Schools also promote young readers week by recruiting local role models and celebrities to come to their schools and read aloud to the students. These celebrities can be anyone from all time favorite book characters to town/ city mayors.
Get your school spirit pumping and young minds excited to read by handing out promotional bookmarks, custom t-shirts for both employees and students to wear, logo bar glasses, or you could even personalized your favorite Dr. Seuss book!
For some other great promotional opportunities, check out our promotional calendar.


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text: John Woo's 'Chinese Titanic' Begins Shooting in Beijing 1:49 AM PDT 7/9/2013 by Patrick Brzeski FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Beijing Galloping Horse "The Crossing," the director's first project in four years, tells the story of a momentous voyage in the South China Sea and is being likened to the James Cameron global hit. John Woo's return to directing after a four-year hiatus with The Crossing is now underway in Beijing, the production companies behind the project announced in a statement. The big-budget project is being dubbed the "Chinese Titanic" by local Chinese media and stars a bevy of local A-listers, including Zhang Ziyi, Huang Xiaoming and Tong Dawei, along with South Korea's Song Hye-kyo, Japan's Masami Nagasawa and Taiwan's Takeshi Kaneshiro. PHOTOS: Fan Bingbing: 14 Red Carpet Looks From Cannes' Fashionable 'It' Girl The film will be released in two parts -- much like Woo's last project, historical epic Red Cliff (2008) and Red Cliff II (2009) -- and tells the story of three couples aboard a ship in the South China Sea fleeing China for Taiwan during the 1949 revolution. The screenplay is written by Wang Huiling, best known for co-writing Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and adapting Lust Caution. Originally titled 1949 and planned since 2009, the project was reportedly delayed due to challenges in getting the script approved because of political sensitivities in China surrounding any portrayal of the revolutionary era. The two-part film is budgeted at $40 million and is jointly backed by Beijing Galloping Horse, China Film Group and Zhejiang Huace Film & TV, with Woo and Terence Chang's Lion Rock Productions banner attached. Woo already has his next film in the works: the long-planned World War II drama Flying Tigers, which is expected to go into production in 2014. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Patrick Brzeski firstname.lastname@example.com @thr


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Latest Parliamentary Blog: Brexit, Digital, Energy and More!
Last week I was back in Brussels – here are the highlights.
The Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee voted on a key piece of legislation I have been working on for many months now – Security of Gas Supply. The EU is still highly reliant on external energy sources, especially when it comes to gas. That is why the ITRE Committee voted to support the development of regional risk assessments and emergency plans to strengthen our energy security. In an increasingly interconnected gas market it is only by working together that we can ensure gas security for every Member State.
Midweek I spoke at the Energy Transition Symposium: A multifaceted challenge for Europe. I stressed the need for the EU to support the renovation of homes to increase energy efficiency through investment plans and binding energy efficiency targets. Current EU energy efficiency targets are set at 27% – however – for every 1% increase we can renovate 3 million homes. Imagine what we could do with a 40% target!
Towards the end of the week I spoke at the DIGA Project: Digital Innovation for Growth Academy. Currently, women make up 52% of the EU population but only 30% of start-up entrepreneurs. We need to ensure female entrepreneurs are giving equal access to finance, training, business networks and work-life balance measures.
In Westminster, the Labour Party called on Theresa May to answer our 170 questions on Brexit – one for each day before Theresa May's self-imposed deadline to start the process for leaving the EU. The questions were sent by Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry and Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer to David Davis. With the pound reaching a 128-year-low, businesses scared to invest in the UK, a 57% rise in hate crime and #Marmitegate; Theresa May has a lot to answer for.
Amid u-turns, contradictions and infighting, we still don't know what Tory Brexit policy is. In the Single Market or out? Hard Brexit or Soft? Parliamentary assent or not? It is now three months since Theresa May became prime minister, yet though the Tory Party conference proved instructive as to the tone and mood of the government, we are still no clearer as to what exactly will happen – and nor, it appears, is her party.
As ever, thanks for reading. Don't forget you can follow my work on Facebook (TheresaGriffinMEP) and on twitter (TheresaMEP).


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There were a few young boys who lived near our house in Nakuru, Kenya. They'd often approach us when we were out buying groceries. And even though they didn't speak the same language as us, they still managed to communicate. A simple gesture was enough.
All they wanted was some spare change to buy glue. And in sniffing the fumes of that glue, just maybe they could get high enough to forget. To forget that they hadn't eaten a meal for days. To forget that their bodies were tired and broken. To forget the cold nights out on the streets – breathing the foul smoke of a burning tire for the sake of staying warm. To forget that no one wanted them.
When I used to work downtown, I passed the same old man nearly every day. He had a white beard and a knotted cane. And to everyone who passed, he offered a song of blessing – though it was out of tune and heavyhearted.
And on those days filled with icy rain or gusting winds, you could still see him sitting there on that black, upside-down crate. He'd hold out an empty paper cup, hoping that the blessings in his songs would come back to him – even if they were only enough for a bite to eat, a bed to sleep on, or a drink to warm against the cold winter nights.
I once saw a man on the train platform. He walked, pacing back and forth and staring blankly off into the distance. He looked exhausted. When the train arrived, he boarded the same car as I did.
He was crying. He hadn't slept in 48 hours. His wife had died the day before, and he was alone. It was New Years Eve.
I remember these people. I remember their pain.
Why must they bear such suffering? Why must they be alone and without hope?
Such hardship. Such heartache. How can I stand in the face of it all? It often feels I am so powerless – so helpless.
standing in the storm
amid the rain of lightning
breaking all around
and beneath the thunder's roar
who shall hear the falling tears
There are times where the only thing we can do is allow ourselves to embrace the hurt. We don't have to have the answers. It is enough that we care.
Sometimes the only appropriate response is tears.


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A gunman who took firefighters hostage in a Georgia housing subdivision Wednesday was killed when authorities stormed the home, freeing the four firefighters inside.
SWAT teams entered the home in Suwanee, Ga., after authorities determined that the four firefighters were in immediate danger, authorities said. The gunman and offices exchanged gunfire, and the suspect was killed.
One officer was shot in the hand and transferred to a local hospital, authorities said. The firefighters suffered only superficial wounds.
Fire department Capt. Tommy Rutledge said the medical call that brought the firefighters to the house seemed routine, and the firefighters did not believe there was any danger. One engine and one ambulance responded.
"Our firefighters responded to a call they respond to hundreds of times, and that's a medical emergency," he said.
Five firefighters initially were taken hostage by the gunman, who later released one to move a fire truck.
A SWAT team and negotiator had made contact with the suspect Wednesday evening. The immediate area around the house was evacuated and residents were not allowed into the neighborhood.
Authorities said the gunman, who has not been identified, had began making demands after taking the hostages. He apparently was suffering financial problems and had asked to have his power turned back on. According to public records, the home is in foreclosure and has been bank-owned since mid-November.
After several hours, one big explosion followed by several smaller ones or gunshots were heard in the Suwanee neighborhood, about 35 miles northeast of Atlanta. Minutes later, police announced the standoff had ended.
"It's an unfortunate circumstance. We did not want this to end this way," Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Edwin Ritter said after the standoff had ended. "But with the decisions this guy was making, this was his demise."
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Sasquatch is an alleged ape-like animal said to inhabit the remote forested areas of much of North America, with a large number of sightings taking place in the Pacific northwest of the United States and Canada. Along with the Loch Ness Monster of Scotland and the Yeti of the Himalayas, the sasquatch is one of the most famous animals of cryptozoology and is believed to exist by many, despite the fact that its existence has been dismissed by mainstream science as either native folklore or a series of hoaxes due to a lack of concrete evidence.
The word "sasquatch" is a corruption of se'sxac, which came from the Bitterroot Salish tribe of Western Montana, meaning "wild men", and the first use of this word can be traced to the research of a school teacher at the Chehalis Indian Reserve in British Columbia named J.W. Burns in the mid-1920s. Burns had collected a large amount of material referring to the legends of the sasquatch by the Pacific northwest tribes, noting the similarity between the slightly different names used by individual tribes when referring to the wild men, and then possibly combining them all into one word. The famous modern term bigfoot has been in use since approximately the same time, but received national exposure during the late 1950s, when loggers in northern California county of Humbolt began seeing the large tracks for which they were named.
To date, the sasquatch has never been confirmed by science to exist as a real animal in its own right; eyewitness accounts provide the only description, which can vary to some degree. The majority state that it is large and bipedal, standing between 6 and 9 feet tall, and covered completely with course, dark-reddish or brown hair. The ape-like head is said to sit directly upon the shoulders, with no neck visible, and is sometimes crowned with a sagittal crest. An extremely-foul odor has also been claimed by witnesses, giving the sasquatch the derisive name of skunk ape.
The closest animal fitting this description, at least for those convinced of the sasquatch's existence, is the extinct anthropoid ape Gigantopithecus blacki, which is known only from a few molars and the frontal part of a lower mandible found in southern China. Current scientific consensus states that Gigantopithecus was a quadruped, and not bipedal as the sasquatch is claimed to be. Despite the lack of a pelvis as evidence, many scientists who believe in the existence of the sasquatch, most notably the late anthropologist Dr. Grover Krantz, have stated that the width of the Gigantopithecus jawbone widened considerably from front to rear, similar to humans and unlike modern apes, creating room for the windpipe to sit within the space of the jaw itself and thus indicating a bipedal stance.
Physical evidence
The most common evidence found for the sasquatch are the many tracks found in remote areas by loggers, hikers, and others. They are human in appearance except for size, which if fitted for a shoe would be a size 23-24. These tracks are also commonly created by hoaxers wearing wooden or rubber fakes, and certainly many have been fooled by them. But many tracks defy any explanation except that of a real animal. One track found near the town of Bossburg, Washington in 1969 was cited by Krantz to have come from an individual with a deformed or "club" foot; its mate was normal. Other sets have been collected and preserved with intricate dermal ridges and wrinkles suggesting a real animal.
Skookum body cast
During the summer of 2000 members of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization deliberately constructed a fruit-baited "mud trap", with the intent of collecting tracks; instead the researchers have claimed to have recovered a partial body impression of a "skookum" (sasquatch in the Chinook language) as it laid in the mud to eat. Collected was the impression of the animal's hindquarters, ankles, and left arm, in addition to hair impressions. Critics, including several members of BFRO, stated what was recovered was the impression of an elk.


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Gals, do you work out outdoors? You should! It's so healthy (and fun!). I'm a runner, and after a recent scary experience out on the road, I think every woman should
I recently started running again after a pregnancy hiatus, and on my very first postpartum jog, guess what happened? I was cruising down the sidewalk, feeling pretty fab and free, and then, bam--I tripped and went flying (literally) into the air before--splat--I fell face down on the cement. I skinned my knee, hands and arm pretty bad, and lay there for a good minute and a half convinced I had broken something. Thank God, I didn't.
Here's the thing: If I had hit my head and passed out on that quiet stretch of road, I would have had zilch identifying information on me (I don't run with my wallet). That's why I love the idea of these fitness "dog tags" so to speak. I know, you're thinking, 'do I really need that?' Yes, I think you do. The older--and, maybe, the wiser--I get, the more I care about safety. And if you like to run or bike freestyle (without taking your wallet or remembering your ID, etc.) then these are for you.
These emergency IDs, found over on Health.com, from MyRoadID.com ($24.99) lists your name and address and can tell how to access your Emergency Response Profile (something you fill out online with emergency contacts, medical profile, and insurance info). You can wear on your ankle, wrist or attach to your shoes. I think it's super smart.
Would you wear one?
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San Francisco in 23,747 Steps...
We hopped on the 8:45 AM ferry into the City and departed on the 5:30 PM using only our feet as transportation. We traversed numerous districts and discovered neighborhoods we hadn't explored before. It was an exceptional day by the Bay!
Our first destination was the Mission District and on the way we passed by City Hall, which was a first.
San Francisco City Hall, built in 1915 to replace an earlier one that was destroyed during the 1906 earthquake, is a Beaux-Arts monument to the City Beautiful movement that epitomized the high-minded American Renaissance of the 1880s to 1917. The structure's dome is taller than that of the United States Capitol by 42 feet.
One goal today was to tour Mission San Francisco de Asís, or Mission Dolores, the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco and the seventh religious settlement established as part of the California chain of missions. Founded on June 29, 1776, this is the best preserved of all the Missions. Interestingly, in 1957, scenes from Hitchcock's Vertigo were filmed here.
Within the Basilica I found this statue of interest. I learned that it depicts Martin de Porres (1579 - 1639) a lay brother for the Dominican order. He was illegitimately born to a former black slave and a Spanish nobleman. In 1962, he was honored by canonization, and he is now known as the patron saint of mixed-race people and all those seeking interracial harmony. Why the broom? Because he believed that "all work is sacred no matter how menial." Martin is usually accompanied by a cat and a dog, which drink out of the same dish. Only in San Francisco!
I love murals and had read about the Clarion Alley Mural Project, whose vision is to be a space where culture and dignity speak louder than the rules of private property or a lifestyle that puts profit before compassion, respect, and social justice. It is one of those places that demands to be visited often since the murals change frequently.
This was on a store front and just had to be captured!
Lunch was at Tacolicious' Mission District location and it was truly delicious.
No trip to San Francisco can be complete without the famous Cable Cars.
While we have been here before, we were still amazed by the historic Cable Car Barn & Powerhouse, where visitors can view the actual cable winding machinery from an elevated gallery, as well as the path of the cable entering the building and leaving underneath the street in the sheave room viewing area. So cool. And the history of this means of transportation is pretty intriguing as well.
Every cable car is pulled along it's hilly track by an underground cable. The cable is gripped with a vise-like mechanism that is operated via the grip lever in the front of the car. Today, we got to see the grip having to be replaced, mid-trip. Everyone was very intrigued. Very interesting stuff.
Steve is enjoying the Transamerica Building, an iconic sight visible from all over the city.
City Lights is a landmark independent bookstore and publisher that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive politics. Founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin, City Lights is one of the truly great independent bookstores in the United States, a place where book lovers from across the country and around the world come to browse, read, and just soak in the ambiance of alternative culture's only "Literary Landmark."
We ended our day is this amazing green building at a neat little cafe. Named for Francis Coppola's venerable production company, American Zoetrope, Cafe Zoetrope is located in the majestic Sentinel Building, a San Francisco historic landmark in the heart of North Beach. The building was completed in 1907 and is a very distinctive copper-green Flatiron style structure. It was a really great space to have a drink before heading back to camp. It gave us time to pause and remember all the cool San Francisco sights that exploring 10.68 miles of the City afforded us. What an amazing day.
An added highlight was seeing the sun set behind the Golden Gate Bridge. Wow.


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This week we've been joined out in LA by one of my besties Josie, its been so much fun having her here! We usually hang out every couple of weeks, so going nearly 4 months with out a girly sleep over or catch up coffee date has been hard. We've been up to loads andContinue reading "Sunday in Malibu"
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Joshua Tree
I think Joshua Tree National Park is easily my favourite place we visited on this trip. I fell in love with Joshua Tree back in December when Dave and I first visited, I've fallen even more in love with it this time. We arrived a lot later in the day than planned (we visited theContinue reading "Joshua Tree"
Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon has always been a bucket list goal of mine. I'm so pleased and thankful we were able to tick it off the list. There is nowhere else quite like it, its really hard to grasp the sheer enormity of it. I'd love to make another trip there, maybe in a cooler monthContinue reading "Grand Canyon"
Seven Magic Mountains
Seven Magic Mountains has been on my list of places to visit for some time. I first came across it on instagram and saved it as a pin. I showed Dave and thankfully he's a dab hand at google search's and found its location. It was supposed to close in 2017 but thankfully after someContinue reading "Seven Magic Mountains"


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A Local Historic Landmark is a designation indicating that the property meets criteria established by local Ordinance, and is important to the heritage and character of the community. Local Historic Landmark designation helps give our county individual character and ourselves a sense of place, pride, and historic connection. Local Historic Landmarks provide a tangible link to the past, with people, places, and events, that have made significant contributions to Randolph County history and thus have shaped our present.
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Randolph County Courthouse 1909
145 Worth Street, Asheboro, NC
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Old County Rest Home 1922
2210 S Fayetteville St, Asheboro, NC
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Franklinsville Mfg. Co. 1838
1306 Andrew Hunter Road, Franklinville
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Sandy Creek Primitive Baptist Church 1802
4785 Sandy Creek Church Rd, Liberty
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Trinity Museum / Winslow House c.1855
7524 NC Hwy 62. Trinity, NC
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Andrew Balfour Cemetery 1782
Doul Mountain Rd Asheboro, NC
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Pisgah Covered Bridge 1911
6925 Pisgah Covered Bridge Rd, Asheboro
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Mt Shepherd Pottery c. 1775-1800
1045 Mt. Shepherd Rd Ext, Asheboro, NC
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Charles W. McCrary House ca. 1929
240 Worth St. Asheboro, NC
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J. Frank McCrary House ca. 1933
232 Worth St, Asheboro, NC
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Sunset Theatre ca. 1929
234 Sunset Ave, Asheboro, NC
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Hank's Lodge No. 128 AF & AM, 1850
157 W. Main St, Franklinville, NC
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Asheboro Municipal Building 1938
146 N Church St, Asheboro
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Austin Lawrence House, ca. 1848
2383 Cedar Falls Rd, Franklinville
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Latinos, Hit Hard By the Housing Bust, May Drive the Real Estate Recovery
Yet Lopez escaped the crisis relatively unscathed and has spent the last few years building his credit and his education. Today, he works as an investigator for the district attorney's office. His wife is in school and works part-time, and they both take care of their 3-year-old daughter. The combination of housing affordability, low interest rates, life stage and ambition for building a nest egg have come together to lure Lopez into the housing market this summer.
Finding the right house is not easy. The inventory in the northern San Diego area bears the scars of neglect from foreclosures -- dead lawns, peeling paint, crime -- but that isn't deterring Lopez. He has saved $7,000 for a minimum 3% down payment, and is ready to take advantage of home prices that are down as much as $100,000 from the market peak.
"We are ready as a family to take it to next level and own," says Lopez. "You work hard for what you want and then you get it."
Yet around 20 miles south in Chula Vista, Calif., the other side of the housing crisis story continues to unspool. Amada Escandon, 51, is struggling to hold on to her home, which she says was subject to a fraudulent mortgage after she refinanced in 2008. Armed with a strong spirit and financial knowledge, which she gained working at a bank in Mexico decades ago, she is fighting back.
Every morning she wakes early, exercises and goes to Our Lady of Guadalupe Church to pray. With tears in their eyes, other church members have approached her for help with their homes, many under the threat of foreclosure. Three of her four children live at home with her, but her maternal instincts go far beyond her property as she tends -- alternately as legal adviser and moral crusader -- to the considerable wreckage of the foreclosure crisis.
"Just because you are down, doesn't mean that they can kick you," Escandon says. "Dignity is always there, money or no money."
Fast-Growing Hispanic Population Can Strengthen Recovery
Taken together, Lopez's and Escandon's stories demonstrate both how hard Hispanic homeowners have been hit by the housing crisis, and how young Hispanic American families are poised to play an influential role in the housing recovery as first-time home buyers absorb excess inventory.
More than any other demographic, Hispanic homeowners were slammed by the mortgage crisis. Nearly half of the all the foreclosures in California between September 2006 and October 2009 -- 48% -- were for Hispanic homeowners, according to National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. That contributed to a 66% decline in wealth for Hispanic households from 2005 to 2009, the largest drop among all racial and ethnic groups according to data from Pew Research.
But Latinos are also one of the fastest growing segments of the American population, especially in the states hardest hit by the housing bust -- California, Nevada, Arizona, Florida -- and the real estate industry anticipates that these young people will emerge as a key source of demand for housing, ultimately helping to lead the market and the economy out of its slump.
In 2010, there were an estimated 47.8 million Hispanics in the United States -- accounting for 15.5% of the population -- and that number is expected to grow to 59.7 million by 2020, according to the Census Bureau. Between 2000 and 2006, Hispanic Americans accounted for half the nation's population growth. The fastest growing demographic in the United States is Hispanics aged 26 to 46. That's a huge group of potential first-time home-buyers.
"Population growth alone means we will play a big part of future home-ownership," says Carmen Mercado, president of NAHREP. "We need to make sure we are preparing, and they are educated and increasing income so they are ready. If we don't focus then who will be the step-up buyer? Seniors won't be able to sell their homes. It's a trickle affect. Make sure younger population are able to buy."
Building Family, Dreams and Wealth Through Home Ownership
Over the last decade, Hispanic homeowners were also one the fastest growing groups in the real estate market. In 2006, the home-ownership rate for Latinos peaked at 49.8% -- still well below the national home-ownership rate of nearly 70%, but significantly up from 1995, when Latino home-ownership was 42.1%, according to Pew figures. A focus on viewing the home as a wealth-building tool -- something heavily emphasized by Latino-focused housing groups -- has been criticized for pushing some families into housing purchases they were not prepared for financially.
NAHREP's Mercado shuts down that argument. "There can never be overemphasis on [on home-ownership]," she says. " You would do a disservice to not emphasize it. This is the way to create a nation of a wealth."
She points to home buyer education and counseling as keys to attracting and sustaining first-time home buyers, especially those who have experienced different home ownership models in other countries.
Latino borrowers tend to have characteristics that made it harder -- and therefore more expensive -- for brokers to do quick deals. Multiple income sources, cash income, and more than one co-borrower meant that "Latinos were more likely to fall outside the box" says Bowdler. That opened the door for them to push subprime products on the Latino population, while big lenders turned their attention toward more streamlined borrowers.
Lopez offers a different view -- that getting a taste of ownership was enough to suspend reality for moment. "You don't think about [payments] when you are buying a house. You get a home and it is worth $425,000," he recalls hearing from family members. "You just want to have a home, and have something that is yours."
Escandon, who says she has successfully fought back against several wrongful foreclosures for her Chula Vista neighbors, views the home as the spiritual center for the family, and that's what keeps her motivated to wake up every day and face the phone calls and paperwork.
"It is a sin to have a family put on the street just for the greed of the new age investors," she says.
Learning from the Lessons of the Past
Yamila Ayad, who works with many young Latino home buyers in San Diego County at First Nations Home Finance, says her clients are cautious, informed and have learned from the mistakes of the recent past. Now three years out from foreclosure, home buyers who were burned are back to see if they have have another shot at owning a home.
"I would have thought they were so damaged by betrayal and misrepresentation, but 10% to 15% [of my clients] are return homeowners, post-foreclosure or short sale," she says. "You know by all they questions they are asking, that the wound is there ... They look beyond that. They still need a home, this time we understand [they] need the right loan."
This mirrors attitudes that the La Raza found in a recent survey of homeowners. Even those who had been through foreclosures or short sales still reported hopeful attitudes to becoming homeowners once again, says Bowdler.
"As an immigrant community, there is still so much passion around the American dream," says Bowdler. "It means a lot when you risk everything to come here and are willing to sacrifice."
Catherine New is a staff writer for DailyFinance.com. You can reach her at email@example.com.


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Welcome to this week's Spoonie Spotlight. Today I'm featuring Cory! Spoonie Spotlight is my way to use my platform to share the stories of others living with arthritis or an arthritis-related condition. The point is to share the realities of living with arthritis and to make others' voices heard. (New posts every 2 weeks.) If you would like to participate, fill out the form!
What's your diagnosis?
When were you diagnosed?
Age 7
How long have you had symptoms?
20 years now
Have you been limited in any way from your illness? If so, how?
Yes. My hands have been severely weakened & always in pain.
What's your story?
I was diagnosed at the age of 7 with JRA. The problem with my diagnosis is that there has never been scientific data to really back up the diagnosis making it 100%. I don't swell, my blood work is clear, my x-rays, MRIs, ultrasounds & EMGs show nothing, but I'm still in pain & still sore every day.
Growing up my pain jumped around. Starting in my foot & hoping to my knee, wrist, elbow, shoulder & jaw with pain always on the right. I attended Sick Kids Hospital until I was "too old" & outgrew most of the pain too. For about 10 years I lived mostly pain free with only the occasional flare up.
Two years ago I started having pains in both my hands & wrists & it's stayed put. I'm always stiff, sore & in pain. I've lost muscle mass, strength, grip, & energy. I've had to adapt to everything even including the way I open doors. Every day is an ongoing struggle.
How has your illness changed your life?
I've lost opportunities, strength, & motivation. I've had to adapt & change the way I do any chore in life. Everything has changed.
What are your goals for the future? (Not related to your health)
I want to travel & I want to be employed.
What are your goals for the future? (Health related)
I want to regain strength & help myself find a good balance between pain & living with it.
Do you consider yourself handicapped or disabled? Why or why not?
I try not to, but there are many things I need to say no to these days.
What would you like readers to take from your experience?
My case is one in a state of limbo. I'm not healthy enough to say I don't have RA, but I'm too healthy in that I don't show enough signs for aggressive treatments. I want others to know this exists & I hope I'm not alone. I also would LOVE for people to reach out for whatever reason if they find they connect with this. xoxo
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Events | Celebrate 124 Years with Taco Guild
We love pretty much any reason to celebrate with tacos and one of your favorite local taco spots is having a pretty epic birthday next week. The locale that houses Taco Guild is turning an impressive 124 years old and you're not going to want to miss the celebration.
The Taco Guild building possesses a deep and thoroughly-chronicled past. Nineteen years before Arizona became the 48th state in the union, the tract of land was purchased from Mr. and Mrs. George and Edna Smith for $30 to erect a church. At the time of development in 1893, the church was called Smith's Chapel and was an evolution of a one-room schoolhouse named Osborn School. When the new church opened one year later, 1894, the name changed to Bethel Methodist Church, honoring Mrs. Smith's home church in Illinois.
Beginning on December 18th, guests are invited to enjoy a special Milagro Select Barell tequila tasting at 5, 7 and 9pm. For the remainder of the week (through the 24th) Taco Guild will have a birthday cocktail and shot special for patrons to enjoy. The birthday cocktail, the Feliz Cumplemango features a combination of Milagro Reposado tequila, Solerno blood orange liquor a black peppercorn syrup, fresh lime juice, mint and mango for $10. THe special shot, the Ancho Sour Drop is a mix of Ancho Reyes Chile liquor, Milagro Reposado tequila, fresh lemon and orange juice ($5). If you want to get a little crazy, or festive, and order both you'll get a discount of $12.24, you know – because 124 years? The week's menu will also feature a spiked birthday cake selection and daily taco specials.
And in what universe is there a birthday celebration and no presents? Taco Guild will be handing out a $25 gift card to one lucky diner all week long through a raffle drawing at 7pm every evening and one special $100 gift card on December 24th. Will you be among the lucky winners?
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Changes only come to the Dow Jones Industrial Average every few years, so they're bound to make waves when they happen.
But at a time when diversification is widely considered the lynchpin of a successful portfolio the time also may be coming when a narrow look at 30 stocks that aren't even necessarily industrial in nature is increasingly irrelevant.
"People follow the Dow out of tradition. It's got a great, long history," notes Art Cashin, director of floor operations at UBS Financial.
But Cashin, like many other money managers, looks far more to broader indexes like the Standard & Poor's 500, the tech barometer Nasdaq and the Russell 2000, which measures small-cap stocks.
Yes, the Dow generates the most headlines and is still the dominant topic of water cooler talk about how the stock market is performing.
But the other indexes provide investors and managers greater flexibility to find funds that track those indexes and bring more diversity to their portfolios. In a market where volatility has become the watchword, having the chance to increase investment opportunities has become key.
That's true even on days when the Dow replaces two of its components, as it did Monday with the addition of Chevron and Bank of America in place of Altria and Honeywell. Analysts doubt there will be much impact to any of the stocks, as they will continue to be included on the S&P.
"The Dow Jones ... is really an index that retail vendors follow and nobody else," said Nadav Baum, managing director of investments for BPU Investment Management in Pittsburgh.
Bear Stearns analyst Sal Catrini says people follow the Dow because of its tradition as a uniquely American trademark. But he finds that the Dow often performs as a laggard, following the S&P when something moves the market.
"Everybody benchmarks to the S&P," Catrini says. "The S&P moves and the big weighting of the stocks in the Dow are going to move with the S&P. I'm not sure if it's the other way around."
The Dow does have history on its side as the longest-running index on Wall Street. Charles Dow, co-founded of Dow Jones, began publishing what was then a list of 12 stocks in 1896.
By comparison, the Standard & Poor's began a daily index of its top 500 stocks in 1957, though it had been running a smaller index dating to 1923, while the Nasdaq is in relative infancy, having started in 1971.


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Mel Gibson's statement, released to the news media early Tuesday, five days after his drunken driving arrest in Malibu:
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There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUI charge.
I am a public person, and when I say something, either articulated and thought out, or blurted out in a moment of insanity, my words carry weight in the public arena. As a result, I must assume personal responsibility for my words and apologize directly to those who have been hurt and offended by those words.
The tenets of what I profess to believe necessitate that I exercise charity and tolerance as a way of life. Every human being is God's child, and if I wish to honor my God I have to honor his children. But please know from my heart that I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith.
I'm not just asking for forgiveness. I would like to take it one step further, and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can have a one on one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.
I have begun an ongoing program of recovery and what I am now realizing is that I cannot do it alone. I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken display, and I am asking the Jewish community, whom I have personally offended, to help me on my journey through recovery. Again, I am reaching out to the Jewish community for its help. I know there will be many in that community who will want nothing to do with me, and that would be understandable. But I pray that that door is not forever closed.
This is not about a film. Nor is it about artistic license. This is about real life and recognizing the consequences hurtful words can have. Its about existing in harmony in a world that seems to have gone mad.
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Sr. Pamela Marie Buganski
"God is always talking to me when I am in Guatemala."
Every Day is a Surprise!
Ismael, Orfe and I generally hold a meeting on Fridays to discuss what happened in the current week and what we plan to do in the following week. It helps us to coordinate schedules and to help each other out if more hands are needed.
Despite the fact that we held our meeting last evening, I was totally taken by surprise with what happened the first two hours this morning, Saturday. I have no idea when Ismael and Orfe and God made all of these arrangements, but all of the following were happening at the same time! Here is the story....
I knew something other than Orfe's regular Saturday morning classes with the local Santa Ana students was happening when I saw all the vehicles at the clinic. I have never seen so many! I could hardly wait to find out what was happening!
This is what I saw on the front porch of the clinic. Mostly men holding what looked like important papers and a group of workers processing the paperwork. The porch and surrounding areas were packed! As some completed their task and left, others came to take their places. The porch was croweded all morning.
Then I noticed a familiar face. This woman had visited our clinic last week when Dr. Anne was here. I spent lots of time talking with her. I told about our projects with SewHope and she told me about her government organization MAGA or Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderis y Alimentacion or Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Feeding. Orfe and Ismael have worked with the group before, but they were new to me. I knew our organizations would be great collaborators, each benefitting from the strengths of the other. And so this morning, MAGA used our clinic porch as a meeting place for representatives of various localities to meet regarding some food project.
After an hour and a half or so, MAGA workers arrived with computers and scanners (man in the center of the picture). The paperwork was being processed both manually requiring signatures and with a computer using the scanner. The 8 or so workers were very organized and worked well together as a team.
This is the official paperwork that the village representatives carried. Some of the representatives were more sophisticated and appeared to be more educated than others. Some had the appearance of an elder or village leader who had responsibility because of his life experience among his people in the village.
Ismael took advantage of the crowd to talk about our stoves, solar lights and water filters. The men listened attentively and afterwards many gathered to ask Ismael questions. Many products were sold today and the men will take back this information to their villages. Orfe also posted notice of the medical clinic that will take place for children and all family members next week with Dr. Coral Matus and Dr. Gary Collins and their teams. We should have a big crowd from this word-of-mouth advertisement.
I am getting better at recognizing faces and being able to match faces to names, families and villages. The man in the front with the hat is Carlos who is the leader in El Chal where the Matus family is sponsoring the buidling of a birthing center. It was good to see the men socializing and enjoying one another's company.
While all of this was taking place on the front porch, 3 students from Purushila were cutting the grass in the back of the clinic with machetes. These students and others are part of the scholarship program sponsored by the Matus twins who are sophomores in high school. The students do community service as part of the scholarship program.
Later in the morning, Ismael met one-on-one with the scholarship students to give them a monthly stipend to offset school expenses such as uniforms, transportation, and materials. The students bring their latest report cards or other information from their respective schools to demonstrate their attendance and achievement.
Other good things were happening just down the block on the soccer field. Here Maestro Esbin is organizing races with the students in Orfe's group. Maestro Esbin joined SewHope this week and runs classes by grade on the porch of the clinic from Monday thru Friday. He is an honored teacher and is excellent with the students.
Then, Orfe and Maestro Esbin honored students who ranked first or second in their respective classes and schools. The student stood on a bench, received a prize from Orfe and applause from the group. It was an awesome way to recognzie academic effort and achievement.
This is testimony to Orfe's work with the students. Each student here ranked first or second in their class or school. That is alot of kids!!! Some kids received tennis shoes as a prize, others books or school materials. No one whined about getting one thing and not another. No one attempted to trade with another student. Way to go, Orfe!
As if the list of things I have mentioned so far isn't enough....Carmen, a nurse from Purushila, is checking the blood sugar of each student while Juana writes the information and Ericka does weight measurements. It was run like a professional clinic right out on the soccer field.
This clinic was also available to adults in the neighborhood. Somehow word gets around....FAST and people come. Carmen tested for diabetes, took blood pressure and weight. Those with noted problems were encouraged to come to the clinic to see the doctors next week. The information will be added to the computer charts kept for all patients.
Maestro Esbin sets a wonderful example for the children. Here Carmen is taking blood pressure as Juana writes down the information in a notebook. The other children observe the procedure and ask questions. All of this is happening on the edge of the soccer field near the clinic.
Ericka checking weight of students.
Somehow Orfe and Ismael keep all of this afloat and running smoothly all at the same time. They and SewHope have gained much respect in the community among persons of all generations.
I can't wait to see what happens next!
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Sr. Pam joined SewHope as our first American Project Coordinator in 2012
December 2013
OUR MISSION: SewHope partners with the poor, marginalized, and exploited in Guatemala to help end the injustices of poverty and bring about sustainable communities.


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