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Critique and evaluate how indigenous knowledge and cultural responsiveness inform practice.
Recently, I was fortunate to attend a Te Toi Tupu Primary Science hui. I had the privilege of hearing Dr Daniel Hikuroa speak about science and indigenous knowledge. He talked about using an inquiry driven approach which offered support systems, provided a relevant context, explored beliefs, methods, criteria for validity and systems for rationality. He suggested an inquiry incorporate Mātaurangi Māori and include Te Reo Māori. This is supported by Cowie, Otrel-Cass, Glynn, & Kara, et al., (2011) who discuss one of the major implications for teaching and learning science is "teachers building bridges and creating opportunities to connect the classroom curriculum with children's and communities' lived experiences beyond school" (p.2).
Hikuroa's insights inspired me and I decided to engage in a personal teacher inquiry. During the hui Hikuroa posed the question 'Was Maui a scientist?' The audience acknowledged Maui to be curious, creative, challenging and mischievous. All the elements of a great scientist. Hikuroa stated that it was important that when students think scientist they think Maui, broadening their understanding of the term 'scientist'. This became the starting point in my inquiry and Maui became one of our class role models.
Through the exploration into developing culturally inclusive units of science inquiry, I started engaging with scientists, science communicators and science educators. We began discussing the issues of diversity in the domain and how the 'Western' view of epistemology (Barnhardt & Kawagley, 2005) is impacting on perspective in science, which isn't an issue isolated to the science sector. Savage, Hindle, Meyer, Hynds, Penetito, & Sleeter (2011) discuss "so-called mainstream schools are not multicultural but actually mono-cultural in asserting dominant cultural values and ignoring, if not actively devaluing, minority cultural values" (p.184).
Around this time I moved to China and started working in an international school
teaching the International Baccalaureate Curriculum. The IB Curriculum Mission incorporates the concept of international mindedness stating "The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect" (International Baccalaureate Organization, 2007, p.2). Coupled with experiencing my culture as a minority while living in China, I gained valuable insight into how minority cultures in a Western society might feel and how this can potentially impact their self-worth through these experiences.
I believe that indigenous cultures' knowledge is a key puzzle piece to unlocking how we solve the complex problems facing our world, and requires necessary support for their voices to be heard in a range of disciplines. During an EdTalk (2012) Bishop states "the Māori population are an incredibly educable population and just as easily educable as any other population in society." Bishop continues to discuss agentic teachers who are the key to making a difference, where students are being partners in the learning process and are able to bring their understanding and knowledge of the world to the conversation to achieve success for themselves.
By creating opportunities in the education sector where students see their knowledge as valuable to broadening the minds of others, creates engagement and deepens their value system in that context. The experience could be what sparks them to start specialising in a certain discipline.
In the bigger picture, this student's voice is what will create diversity of thought and perspective in a sector, which is what is necessary in attempting to solve the problems facing us today and in the future.
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Cowie, B., Otrel-Cass, K., Glynn, T., & Kara, H., et al. (2011). Culturally responsive pedagogy and assessment in primary science classrooms: Whakamana tamariki. Wellington: Teaching Learning Research Initiative. Retrieved from http://www.tlri.org.nz/sites/default/files/projects/9268_cowie-summaryreport.pdf
Edtalks. (2012, September 23). A culturally responsive pedagogy of relations. . Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/49992994
International Baccalaureate Organization. (2007). Primary Years Programme Making the PYP happen: A curriculum framework for international primary education, United Kingdom: Antony Rowe Ltd.
Savage,C, Hindleb, R., Meyerc,L., Hyndsa,A., Penetitob, W. & Sleeterd, C. (2011). Culturally responsive pedagogies in the classroom: indigenous student experiences across the curriculum. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 39(3), 183–198. doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2011.588311 Retrieved from http://web.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.unitec.ac.nz/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&sid=ef7ae91f-0e87-4b7a-8fde-c9bd6d474cc4%40sessionmgr4010

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CIA paper reveals plans to manipulate European opinion on Afghanistan
'Out-of-the-box' CIA think tank proposes concerns over women's rights, fear of terrorism as ways to boost support for Afghan war.
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Even in World War II, the United States did not attempt to assassinate U.S. citizens who went over to the enemy, but that has now changed with President Obama's overseas contingency operations. On Feb. 3, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told the House Intelligence Committee that the United States government has developed procedures for killing American citizens abroad who are "involved" with groups threatening to carry out terrorist acts directed against other Americans. Three U.S. citizens have already been approved by the White House for summary execution as soon as actionable intelligence is developed to enable a pilotless drone's hellfire missiles to do the killing.
Anti-Hate Group Finds Yet Another Group It Hates
Next Power Grab: Cap-and-Trade
E&E Daily reports this morning that Obama administration officials have met with Kerry-Graham-Lieberman to prepare an April push for the-tax-formerly-known-as-cap-and-trade.
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THEY can show up without notice or warrants and with 1,208 reasons to enter your home, workplace or land without your permission.
This is Gordon Brown's new model army of snoopers, which is gaining new home invasion powers at the rate of two a week.
EU shapes up for battle with Tories over new treaty
The EU is bracing itself for a national sovereignty battle with the Conservatives over plans to create a European "economic government".
Record numbers hit by Norovirus
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The frightening face of American fascism
The violent reaction both before and after the historic vote on health care in the US Congress is truly unnerving. There has always been a virulent right-wing in the US but until now it has always been marginal – in part because the Republican Party, however conservative it was, actively marginalized violent elements which purported to be part of the political mainstream.
Israel could use tactical nukes on Iran: thinktank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Deeply concerned as it is by the risk of a nuclear-armed Iran, Israel has never even hinted at using atomic weapons to forestall the perceived threat.
But now a respected Washington think tank has said that low-radioactive yield "tactical" nuclear warheads would be one way for the Israelis to destroy Iranian uranium enrichment plants in remote, dug-in fortifications.
"Time to end this! Enough is enough!" With those words, Officer Troy Meade of the Everett, Washington Police Department fired seven rounds into the body of Niles Meservey, killing him instantly. At the time, Meservey was stupefied by alcohol and sitting behind the wheel of his Corvette. The car was completely boxed in by other vehicles and a chain-link fence. According to several eyewitnesses -- including another police officer -- the 51-year-old man wasn't going anywhere, and posed no threat to anyone. Meade shot the drunken man not because of any threat to himself or others; he did it because he was angry and frustrated over Meservey's non-compliance.
World Mourns As Communist Darkness Falls Upon America
In what is being described as one of the most astounding power grabs in modern history by newspaper headlines around the World, President Obama has succeeded in his audacious plan to remake America into a full fledged godless communist empire barely one year into his term with the enactment into law by the US Congress of his mammoth health care plan innocuously named H.R. 3200-Americas Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 and described by one Kremlin legal expert as having "nothing at all to do with health, but everything to do with control."
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Butte County >> Butte County law enforcement agencies have conducted a number of operations this month aimed at theft, which have resulted in a number of arrests.
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Chico police
Eleven arrests were made between 8 a.m. Thursday and 4:30 a.m. Friday in Chico in an operation that included placing a "bait car" in the parking structure on Salem Street between West Third and West Fourth streets, and leaving a "bait package" at a residence in an area frequented by "porch pirates."
Chico officers, assisted with personnel from the Chico State University Police Department, Butte County Probation, Butte County Sheriff's Office and the Butte County District Attorney's Office, also contacted people on probation for theft and burglary.
Six of the arrests were for possession of methamphetamine, three were on felony warrants, and one was on a misdemeanor warrant.
There were also two arrests for possession of burglary tools, one for possession of stolen property, one for prowling and vehicle tampering, one for misappropriation of found property, and one for resisting arrest.
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Butte County deputies have been working on a number of cases of thefts from residences, businesses and vehicles throughout the month of December.
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• Jeffrey Borges, 45, of Paradise and Troy William Richardson, 29, of Magalia, were arrested in connection with a burglary that occurred Dec. 1 on Wayland Road in south Paradise.
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• David Wayne Jones, 47, of Chico, was arrested after the Dec. 6 theft of a John Deere tractor/mower from a north Chico business.
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• Amber Bonner, 32, and Frank Weiler III, 43, both of Chico were arrested following a burglary reported Dec. 15 of a business trailer on Spyglass Lane in north Chico.
Items stolen included business checks, a printer, Keurig coffee maker, and other office supplies.
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A 12-year-old boy at the residence was placed with Butte County Child Services.
• Brian David Ruud, 28, of Magalia, was arrested after allegedly attempting to pass a forged check for $2,100 Dec. 19 at the Rabo Bank in Magalia.
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Richard Carillo Lopez, 47, was pulled over for a vehicle mechanical violation at Foster Road and the Skyway, according to a press release from Paradise police.
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Did Journalism Contribute to the Tucson Rampage?
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Yet many of the many of the more notorious assassins have not been particularly motivated by politics.
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromm and Sara Jane Moore's attempt on President Gerald Ford, Arthur Bremer's shooting of Governor George Wallace and John Hinckley's attack on President Ronald Reagan were all products of diseased minds and not politically motivated.
Other American assassins were more politically driven: John Wilkes Booth (President Lincoln), James Earl Ray (M.L. King) and Sirhan Sirhan (Robert Kennedy), but there is little evidence that they were driven to commit their crimes because of newspapers they read or newscasts they watched.
Foreign assassins, on the other hand, seem more eager than Americans to take their extreme politics to violent ends: Thenmuli Rajaratnam (Rajiv Gandhi), Thomas McMahon (Lord Mountbatten), Khalid Islambuli (Anwar Sadat) and Yigal Amir (Yitzhak Rabin) come to mind.
The recent events in Tucson have unleashed a flurry of finger pointing by the chattering classes, eager to find a simple(r) explanation for this horrible event.
If journalism is to blame because of the harsh tone of political debate, the implication is that Americans are too naive and easily manipulated by the ideas on talk radio and Fox News. This seems too pat an explanation and it's one that unfortunately, Canadians particularly, love to profess.
In my experience, Americans are not a people susceptible to brainwashing from either extreme. They are passionate about ideas - even those that may in fact be ultimately damaging to American society. An obsession and conflation of weapons, money and free speech can result in expressions of mass murder not found in other countries. And US media can contribute to that confusion. Moreover, if there is a weakness in journalism (and not just in American journalism), it is that it tends to be a form of emotional and informational comfort food.
But that is different from blaming the media for the acts of one or more insane persons. The issue is far more complicated. I believe it has to do with the issues of education and health care - two beleaguered aspects of American life that require further exploration and investigation.
Loughner appears to have been delusional for some time. Despite the warnings, his odd behavior in his junior college was never dealt with, even though he frightened many of his fellow students and even some of his teachers. Similar concerns were voiced at Virginia Tech before Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people. Both Cho and Loughner slipped through whatever mental health services might have been available at their respective colleges.
There are exceptions, I'm sure, but in my experience at large news and educational organizations there is a very strong managerial disinclination to deal with individuals who exhibit signs of mental illness. Some of this has to do with the propensity of Americans to sue each other because government too often fails to create institutions that the private sector can't or won't support.
Journalism may have many faults these days. And Fox News should be ashamed of putting the ideas and the faces of fools on television. Now journalism has an obligation step forward to explain why this happened. But as an enabler of mental illness, the media can't be blamed this time around. That blame lies elsewhere.
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These wonderful pastries will become your favorit. The main ingredients of this recipe are cream cheese, butter and flour. Use what you have. I sometimes put raisins instead of blueberry and walnuts instead of pecans.
You may try a Puff Pastry Sheets (sold at any Supermarket). Use it the same way. Don't brush it with butter but with egg wash instead before baking. (See "Puff Pastry Turnovers" for tips)
In a food processor pulse together cream cheese and butter (or margarin). Add 2 table spoons of sugar and flour, continuing pulsing until crumbly.
Combine the mixture by hand forming a dough.
Divide dough in half and shape in balls. Cover and chill for an hour.
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Brush with butter and sprinkle with some sugar. Bake in a preheated over at 350F for about 20 minutes,
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An early friday morning
a small car just big enough for a Mackmyra Cask and four whiskynerds headed out for a whiskyadventure in Køge and Copenhagen.
Roger had been driving 700 km from Gävle (the town close to the swedish destillery Mackmyra) and Lilian and Yfke had been driving 830 km from Ruinerwold in The Netherlands. They were to spend a few days at The Wolfmoon Residence, in Bjärlöv, Skåne, the south of Sweden. We had a few tastings planned : A Bourbon Tasting, a Mackmyra reservecask Tasting and a Japanese tasting. But more about that later on….
Back to that Fridaymorning.
We all squeezed in to the car, The Cask in the trunk and The Dutch people sleeping in the backseat! Our goals were The Braunstein Brewhouse & Destillery in Køge and collecting 57 bottles of Mackmyra Reserve at Juuls in Copenhagen.
It was a lovely day and we arrived in Køge Harbour just after 10 in the morning.A beautiful brickbuilding met us when we arrived. It was a lot smaller then I expected.
And as Michael Dines Poulsen Braunstein explain to us – Braunstein could be a lot bigger because the international demand for this Danish whisky is very high. But he and his brother Claus who runs the destillery wants to keep it smallscale and doesn´t sell all the batches away just because they can. They leave the most for the Danish customers so "everyone" can have a taste! Another thing is that they dont speculate in the price of their own bottlings. The price is the same even if they are soon going out of stock. I like that! And when one batch is gone ….it´s gone! Another one will fill it´s space on the shelves but the one thats gone will not come back again. They haven´t got a standard whisky that will be the same year after year. New casks will bring new flavour to their Whisky.
We looked around the destillery/brewhouse and then we had the opportunity to taste a variety of Braunstein's recipes and caskfinishes under Michael's guidance. You can fill a 30-litre cask and follow its maturation in some of the warehouses Braunstein has to offer. I have one favourite that I already tasted at Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival – their unpeated Oloroso Sherry Cask. It´s a private cask but they made one destillery bottling in 2011 – The Braunstein Library Collection 11:1 that is close to those small Oloroso Casks.
My friend Roger brought a used Mackmyracask to have it filled with Braunstein unpeated Oloroso Sherry. It will lay maturing in the historic grounds of Kronborg Castel in Helsingør. The very same castle where a certain young prince called Hamlet had his whereabouts according to Mr W. Shakespeare. I hope we can go visit the cask while it´s attracting flavours and historical air!
Of course we did some shopping as well.
The crown was this Bunnahabhain from Michaels and Claus own Embassy bottling. A cask chosen on one of their flyfishingtrips to Scotland.
The other bottles I got was The Braunstein Library Collection 11:1 (my dram att the stroke of midnight 2012-2013). Its so good with all the sherrytnotes and has a lovely mouthfill. The Mikkeller Black Rumcask is very interesting (Google that one). I also got a bottle of Rum from the Rumcasks that Braunstein uses to get a nice flavour in their Whisky and Mikkeller spirit!
I must say that the visit to Juuls Vin & Spiritus in Copenhagen was a bit of a dissappointment after the lovely visit at The Braunstein Brewhouse. At Juuls they were probably waiting for the new year rush so we wasn´t even offered a dram …… They have so many nice whiskys in that shop and sometimes the prices are very affordable. Sometimes they are not! So I didn´t get anything from them this day (have spent a fortune there on other visits though). Roger only got his 57 bottles of Mackmyra and Lilian and Yfke got themselves one of The Element of Islay bottelings and something else that I have forgotten. As you see Braunstein was the profit of this Roadtrip.
If you are going to visit one destillery outside of Scotland this year, go to Braunstein in Køge. You will have a heartwarming welcome and some lovely drams. Oh, almost forgot to mention: – Braunstein makes Craft Beer as well. We will look in to that another time. www.braunstein.dk


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The drive along the Oregon Coast is one of my favourites in the world. The drive is filled with beautiful views around every corner and it is wonderful to see the world around you change as you drive further south. From the mist and slight chill of Cannon Beach to the drier vegetation as you near the Californian border, you really feel how small you are compared to this vast world.
Along the way, there is so much to see and do and it can be easy to miss interesting turn offs and outlooks. From my various trips down the coast, here are my favourite and best things to do along the Oregon Coast.
But first, which way do you drive? I prefer to drive down from north to south because this way you're on the right side of the road with unbroken views of the ocean and lookouts as you drive along. It's easier to make split second decisions to stop at a viewpoint as well as they're on your right side.
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Explore the charm of Astoria
At the mouth of the Columbia River sit the charming city of Astoria. Famous for being the backdrop to the cult classic The Goonies, this port city is full of character and charm. From the beautiful Victorian mansions to places that play homage to the city's past as a fishing village, there is plenty to discover. Head up to The Astoria Column for beautiful views of the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean.
Read more: Incredible Views Over Charming Astoria, Oregon
For fans of the movies, you can visit the Flavel House, where Mr. Walsh works in The Goonies, or head to the Hammond Marina where the ending of Free Willy was filmed or tie it all together at the Oregon Film Museum.
And when you're all done with exploring the city, head over to Bowpicker Fish and Chips to grab a bite. You'll know you've arrived when you spot the boat with wheels and a long line.
Get shipwrecked at Fort Stevens State Park
Have you ever wanted to see a shipwreck up close? Well, you can at Fort Stevens State Park. The vessel, Peter Iredale, was on its way to the Columbia River when it ran ashore in 1906.
Read more: Shipwrecked at Fort Steven's State Park
The ship then fell onto its port side, lodging itself in the sand, making it difficult to extract. It is still there today, slowly sinking further into the soft sand that surrounds it.
There are no barriers so you can walk right up to it, making it an incredible experience. The mist coming off the water makes it an incredibly eerie experience.
Stroll along Cannon Beach
Famous for Haystack Rock that stretches 235 feet high, Cannon Beach is a beautiful walk. The beach stretches as far as the eye can see.
Read more: The Beautiful Beaches of the Oregon Coast
No matter when I visit, the water is always cold, so don't expect to swim. In fact, often you can feel a slight mist in your face and you're walking along as the wind coming off the water picks up some of the surf.
During low tide, you can walk quite close to the rock, but it is protected as a marine sanctuary and you cannot get that close to it. At low tide, the tidal pools surrounding Haystack Rock are often filled with a variety of marine life like starfish, sea anemones and crabs.
Neahkahnie Viewpoint
We pulled over into this viewpoint on a whim and it has turned into one of my favourite viewpoints along the coast. You're high above the ocean, looking towards the nearby city of Manzanita. On a clear day, you can see the beach and surf stretching on for miles and miles. It really is stunningly beautiful the contrast between the blue of the Pacific and the green of the land. Nearby is the North trailhead for the Neahkahnie Mountain trail which takes you up even higher for a view.
Enjoy a scoop of ice cream in Tillamook
A stop at the Tillamook Cheese Factory is a must for any cheese lover. See how the cheese is made, grab your fill of cheese samples and get your photo taken in a Tillamook van.
Read more: A Cheesy Time at the Tillamook Cheese Factory
You can say the whole experience is on the … cheesy side (sorry, I couldn't resist!).
There is also an onsite restaurant. While you can get a variety of cheese based dishes (grilled cheese, mac and cheese, etc), I'd suggest skipping all that and filling up on their ice cream. So good!
See the light at Yaquina Head Lighthouse
Jutting out into the Pacific Ocean north of Newport, the Yaquina Head Lighthouse is Oregon's tallest lighthouse. The views on both sides are beautiful and if you're lucky like we were, you might be able to spot a gray whale or two out in the ocean. Tours of the interior are possible and tickets are available on a first come, first serve basis from the Interpretive Center.
The lighthouse sits inside the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area so entrance is $7 per vehicle. However, if you're planning on visiting any of the 15 other park sites along the coast, consider picking up a 5 day pass for $10.
Ride the Oregon Sand Dunes
One of the most exhilarating experiences along the Oregon Coast, exploring the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is a must. Whether you opt to rent an ATV to drive yourself or go on a dune buggy tour, it's so much fun. We opted for a tour with Sandland Adventures because I was a bit apprehensive about driving fast over sand (what if I get stuck?!), and didn't want to get lost (the sand goes on as far as the eye can see!).
Read more: Riding the Oregon Sand Dunes
The dunes developed over a million years of wind and rain erosion. With some standing as tall as 500 m above sea level, the dunes are in constant ebb and flow depending on the wind. When you're out there, you feel so insignificant. All you can see around you is sand and by the end of the experience, you'll have sand everywhere on you. Definitely, make this a priority. I can't wait to go again!
Rock on at Face Rock in Bandon
Named for looking like a person's face while floating in the water, head to Face Rock State Scenic Viewpoint to see the rock formations in the area. We visited during low tide and were able to walk quite far out on the beach and between some of the rock formations. A few of them had caves that you could wander through as well. Down the beach opposite Coquille Point, you can also see Wizard's Hat which aptly looks like a pointed wizard's hat.
While there, we spotted a huge labyrinth etched in the sand. Its creators, Circles in the Sand, are there on select weekends throughout the summer in the morning hours. The labyrinths are walkable and open to the public to explore. Before you leave the city, be sure to grab a meal at Tony's Crab Shack and pick up dessert at Face Rock Creamery.
Other activities
Despite my numerous trips down the coast, there are still a handful of things I haven't had a chance to do yet. On my next trip down, I'll definitely be adding these things to my itinerary:
Scenic Drives
A number of people have recommended adding on the Three Capes Scenic Drive between Tillamook and Pacific City. Along this 40 miles stretch you can see Cape Meares, Cape Lookout and Cape Kiwanda all filled with stunning views, hikes and walking trails that allow you to soak in the beauty of the area.
Sea Lion Caves
Location just north of Florence, the sea lion caves are the largest sea cave in the USA and home to the Steller sea lions year round. It is a wildlife preserve and they work to protect marine animals in the area. However, because the sea lions in the area are wild animals, sometimes they're not in the caves which is exactly what happened to me when we stopped to have a peek.
Cool viewpoints
There are a number of really cool viewpoints along the drive that are famous for how the ocean interacts with the coastline. There's the Devil's Punchbowl near Newport which is best visited during high tide as the ocean water fills up the naturally occurring bowl formed by rocks. Further south, you can watch the waves crash at Devil's Churn, water spout at Spouting Horn, and the Pacific Ocean drain into Thor's Well near Yachats in the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area.
There are so many interesting spots to explore as you make your way down the coast. I hope this list of the best things to do along the Oregon Coast is helpful in planning your next adventure or summer road trip. Here's a handy map to help you plan your trip:
Have you driven down the Oregon Coast? What are some of your favourite things to do along the way?
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MCKINNEY, TX – 29 Mar, 2016 – Erchonia, the global leader in low level laser healthcare applications, announces a new product launch in Europe. The non-invasive Verju laser has been FDA market cleared for the circumferential reduction of the waist, hips & thighs, the appearance of cellulite, and more recently 'Obesity'. After several clinical studies and numerous private placements in Europe to demonstrate its efficacy in real life scenarios, the Verju is now on general release outside of North America and will have its official European launch at the AMWC (Aesthetic & Anti-aging Medicine World Congress) in Monaco.
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Himalayan option
Options that are based upon a basket of underlying securities. This is contrary to most regular options that have just one underlying security. Himalayan options are part of a class referred to as mountain range options. Payout of such an option is based upon the average performance of the underlying securities throughout the life of the option.


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Minor in Communications in Rome
Six classes including:
- COM 111 Intro to Visual Communication
- COM 220 Media Culture & Society
- Either COM 230 Foundations of Digital Media OR COM 311 Digital Media Culture
- One course at 200-level or higher (from CMS, COM, DMA, DJRN)
- Two courses at 300-level or higher (from CMS, COM, DMA, DJRN)
General Requirements for all Minors
- No more than one grade of lower than a C- will be accepted in courses applying to the minor.
- In the case of multiple minors, no course may apply to more than one minor.
- No more than two courses may apply to both the major and the minor. As of Fall 2020, no more than three classes may apply to both the major and minor.
- At least four courses must be taken in residence at John Cabot.
- Requirements for the minor must be completed by the time of graduation.


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Over at Facebook's Anglican Ordinariate Informal Conversation Forum, someone posted a mock poll asking what "persuasive arguments" one might use to persuade those still in the Episcopalian Church or other Anglican body to become Catholic.
Alas, many on the forum did not detect this was a tongue-in-cheek poll. Among the multiple choice answers: tell them none of their sacraments except baptism and maybe some marriages are valid; another that their priest is not a real priest and has never been one.
But that got me thinking: what drew you into the Catholic Church? What pushed you away?
I found insistence by Catholics that I must "convert to the One True Church" not only unpersuasive but off-putting. Same thing with the "Anglican Orders are null and void" arguments. These arguments set me against joining the Catholic Church.
What attracted me were individual Catholics who radiated holiness and love, who I knew were not "lenient" or "anything goes" in the faith—and probably agreed with the above statements—but did not say those things to me—only loved me, and, through a ministry of encouragement and without necessarily saying anything urged me to "come up higher," to take the risk to believe, to have faith, to make the plunge. Most of all, I yearned to be in communion with them.
This does not mean that it is not important for people to proclaim the truths of the faith. I did hear these things—-and eventually come to accept them—but they had the reverse effect on me than they should have at the time.
All this to say is people become Catholic for different reasons, some persuaded by moral or philosophical or theological arguments; some attracted by love and beauty in Catholic community and worship; and some by quiet, intuitive leading of the Holy Spirit.
If you were to encounter a brother or a sister in an Anglican body, how would you approach them? Because the hard-line, doctrinal approach repelled me, I would not be inclined to use it.


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Episode 336
Patrick Sibly
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This episode went to air on Wednesday 9 November 2011, at 11:30pm.
In this episode Lucia Pace talks to Patrick Sibly about the ethical consideration's of organ donation.


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If you like dinosaurs, nerdy accessories, and standing out in general then the Mad Pax is the bag for you. Though targeted at school kids, this could go with any age group. The backpack itself is hardly special, being of sturdy build and nicely designed. The non lethal spikes are the big draw here, since spikes are best left to armadillos and long extinct dinosaurs. But that's the point, you're advertising you dinosaur fixation when wearing this one! Ugh.
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Expect rock star status when form meets function!… Kids of all ages can avoid anonymity with a prehistoric looking Mad Pax backpack that says they are one-of-a-kind. We add the punk, passion and purpose, dab out the drab and add the rad. Is it creature, myth or merely magic. Meshed tight and right, the result is a backpack of cutting edge design for the ages, all ages.
Adjustable padded shoulder straps with joining ladder strap and breathable pack pads provide comfort between the backpack and body. Two exterior zippered side pockets and an interior zippered pocket for keys, money, etc.
Leather exterior. Hand wash.
The Reptilian Mad Pax is currently selling for $59.99.


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Greetings from Faith Lutheran Church in Eldorado.
Easter in America has, at times, created a false illusion about the world beyond our borders. It is a safe and secure child's world of Easter Bunnies, fuzzy yellow ducklings and baskets full of chocolate and other delights. In churches across our nation there is joy for "Christ is risen." Family gatherings follow.
For a moment all seems right in the world, but the world is not all right. This Easter morning, we woke to the news of three churches and a number of hotels being bombed with 290 dead. The reality of many Christians are fears of death and persecution even on Easter.
The first Easter had no Easter Bunny, collections of chocolate or even a joyous community worship service. It was scared disciples wondering if they were next to be killed or imprisoned. Christians in countries that have a history of persecution are much more in tune with the fearful disciples of the first Easter.
To be a Christian and hold to the faith in many countries is to bear the cross and a struggle to survive against threats of both governmental and nongovernmental powers. To stand up and confess Christ is no child's play but it is putting your life and the well-being of your family on the line.
The article, "Persecution of Christians is set to Rise in 2019" (Christianity Today, Jan 2) predicts there will be a rise in the persecution of Christians worldwide. The article reminds us that "In Nigeria, Fulani militants are set to continue devastating attacks against Christians in the north and center of the country. In the first six months of 2018 alone, they killed up to 6,000 people and drove 50,000 from their homes."
A study, "Christian Martyrdom as a Pervasive Phenomenon" by Todd M. Johnson and Gina A. Zurlo (Society, December 2014), reports that between 2000 to 2010, one million Christians were martyred in the world, an average of 100,000 Christians a year.
ISIS, which still exists in the world, is clearly a notorious group that has publicly executed Christians, but it is only one of many groups that have done so. The fact that many of these groups go after other peoples in addition to Christians does not lessen the suffering of the baptized nor the future threats to the Church globally.
North Korea is still the number one country of Christian persecution.
1. Pray that our Lord with give strength to Christians to stay strong in their faith.
2. Pray that our Lord will safe guard not only Christians but all who are persecuted.
3. Learn more about modern-day persecution.
4. Through your church support those who are in countries where persecution is occurring.
5. Be an example to your family and others by respecting and protecting all peoples. Matthew 5:44: "But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."
Easter Blessings!
• David Otten is pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Eldorado.


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"The truth was that Franklin's character had always been puzzling. America was proud of the Doctor, proud that he had 'tamed the lightning' and that he was everywhere received as a citizen of the world. Yet a citizen of the world is inevitably suspect at home." - Chapter II, p. 17
"On May thirtieth, debate in the Convention opened by Randolph's suggesting an amended version of his first three resolves. Plainly, the Virginia members had been at work out-of-doors. A union of the states 'merely federal,' said Randolph, would not accomplish the object for which they were met. He therefore proposed ' a national government, consisting of a supreme legislative, executive and judicial.' Silence followed, complete and ominous." Chapter IV, p. 41
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Initialization of Dictionary – Dictionary initializer in C# 6.0
Initialization of Dictionary is not a new thing. You can easily initialize a Dictionary Object using a Collection Initializer, which is there since C# 3.0. Collection initializer adds one of the parameter as Key and another as Value corresponding to the assigned Key. C# 6.0 adds a new ability to use the Key / indexer to map with… Read More »


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A robber gains some praise after giving back the money he took on the woman at the ATM after finding out she has nothing left in her bank.
- Man robs a woman at an ICBC bank ATM at Guangdong city in China
- The unnamed thief greed kicks in demand his victim surnamed Li to show him her bank balance
- The robber took pity on her and gives back the money after finding out she has nothing left
- Netizens dubbed the man as the modern day "Robin Hood," a crook who only steals from the rich
A CCTV shows a woman surnamed Li at an ICBC bank late one night withdrawing at the ATM when a man comes up behind her with a knife.
Fearing for her life, Li handed over the 2,500 yuan ($372) that she has just withdrawn from her account to the assailant.
However, the unnamed thief's greediness kicked in and wants more and demands that she shows him her bank balance.
The terrified woman obliges, however things begun to change the moment the thug saw the big fat ZERO on Li's bank account.
The robber suddenly had a change of heart and return the money he stole and left the place with a smirk on his face.
The woman is left stunned and baffled.
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Reportedly, the incident occurred in Heyuan City, South China, however, though the guy returned the cash, he was captured and the detained for the threats he made with a knife.
Surprisingly, netizens have already dubbed him the modern day "Robin Hood," a crook who only steals from the rich.
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Tears In Rain: Everybody's Gone To The Rapture
Rain, faith and rapture
I was hoping to finish Everybody's Gone to the Rapture [official site] on Friday so that I could share my thoughts with the bold members of the RPS Supporter Program. Friday night turned into Saturday morning and I was still playing, however, and I only managed to finish very late last night. In an extension of observations I shared with Supporters last night, here are some personal reflections on the game and how it provoked memories of childhood holidays and class-based anxieties.
Note: there are references to characters, game mechanics and events through to the mid-point of the game, but no direct story spoilers.
This Is England
Lots of British critics have responded to Rapture by saying something along the lines of, "OMG, I've been there! I have bloody well been there!" They might be talking about the village itself (fictional but recognisable) or the pub or even a payphone.
They're right to express that feeling. It's vaguely unsettling to realise that the very first shot of the game, with a pylon in the distance, feels more English than a Sunday roast. Sheets billowing in the breeze on washing lines, bus stop graffiti that uses the word 'knobhead', the road markings. The devil is in the details and Yaughton is a devilish place.
I live a long way from Shropshire. The last time I visited, three years ago, I was on a camping trip and didn't even see a village as big as Yaughton for more than a few minutes in passing. More recently, I passed through Dufton, neary Appleby-in-Westmorland, and although its houses don't have the thatched roofs, and the countryside is less idyllic and a little bleaker, the village is constructed around a public green the likes of which don't really exist in my home, just to the north of Manchester in what was once Lancashire.
Even our villages have a more industrial appearance. Yaughton looks like a place where wealth was inherited rather than earned. That probably says as much about my biases and assumptions as it does about this fictional place, but the fact that those real life sentiments can be so easily ascribed to it is credit to its design and fidelity.
Imperfect World
For all of its occasional beauty, Yaughton isn't the ideal of the British village. The Stars At Night pub is a good example of this. It's a faintly disappointing location, with a beer garden that threatens to bleed onto the village green and distinctly lacks a bubbling brook or other water feature that would finish it off nicely. It doesn't have the best views and has clumsily accommodated an almost wrap-around beer garden that faces into the centre of the village rather than offering views of the hills around.
Inside, it's pokey (I'm annoyed that I can't get behind the bar for a staff's eye view) and it's easy to imagine the darts teams taking over the entire end of the bar, grumbling at anyone who tries to pass. It's one of those places that initially looks like it'd be welcoming to walkers and other visitors but, in reality, you'd struggle to get served and feel like you were on the end of some withering whispers and glances.
It must have been tempting to create an idealised vision of the English country pub and the imperfections of The Stars At Night are one of the game's most convincing features.
Ye Of Little Faith
Churches make me feel peculiar. Older churches, at any rate. It's the history that affects me mainly, although some residue of spiritual feeling is stirred. It's as much cultural and ancestral as specific to my own life, but even the history is a history of spirituality. That gives it extra weight
I'm uncertain about most things in life so I'm happy to describe myself as agnostic when it comes to the big unknowables. Truth be told, I'm just as uncomfortable around adamant atheists as I am around religious zealots. It's not that I'm particularly open to the idea of any God or pantheon that has ever been detailed, it's that I'm a believer in the weird and unknowable boundaries between what we know and what we can never know. There's room there, I think, for powers and forces beyond reckoning.
Essentially, I believe in the amazing infinity of things and the one thing I know about all of that is that there'll always be mystery. I don't ascribe to the idea of a creator or a divine guiding force, but I do believe that the sciences are tools by which to comprehend and/or marvel at mysteries rather than reason to dismiss them.
I don't understand how my computer makes images appear from all over the world. It's all magic to me.
All of this is a roundabout way of saying that I found myself liking Father Jeremy, who is a somewhat archetypal outsider man of the cloth. He's in a position that demands respect but his apparent inexperience and modern ways see him undercut and misunderstood by his parishioners. He's a humanist first and a deist second, or so it seems to me in what little I've learned about him.
The church felt like a sacred place – so did the pub, mind – because of Jeremy and those who had come before him, not because of the presence of a god.
Backtracking And Bridleways
In my teenage years (I was a teenage rambler, though not on purpose and usually in solitude), I was never sure whether I was breaking the rules when I walked on a bridleway. They're like public footpaths but for horses. Hoofpaths. I'd find myself walking down one and then there'd be a line of horses coming in the opposite direction and all the riders would look down on me as if I were muck as they passed by.
Was that because I was breaking the law by stepping in their horsey lanes? Was I endangering the horses by crowding the passage and potentially causing alarm? That seemed believable, given that there were often trains of horses, indicating inexperienced riders in need of a helping hand. A tiny person clinging to a hedgerow to try and give them space might seem like an obstacle to a skittish horse, and as soon as one bolted or bucked, the entire equine column could collapse, causing untold damage to riders, beasts and hedgerow alike.
Chances are, the riders looked down on me for no other reason than that they were literally above me. And because they were rich gits who wanted nothing more than the legal right to trample me into the dirt. Hard to be sure.
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture made me feel like a trespasser. I hadn't realised how much forward progress there'd be in the game, expecting to spend the majority of my time backtracking across the village's green and the few accessible buildings thereabouts. There's loads more to see though. And while you don't have to backtrack at all (there's both forward momentum and a clever circular structure), there are plenty of chances to double back using alternate routes, usually cutting through woods and by streams rather than following a road.
Everytime I headed off the beaten track, I found myself scanning for signs designating the barely-visible dirt path I was following as a public footpath. Like so many things in the game, it was like stepping into a memory. That's how I behave in the real world when I'm in what estate agents and councils describe as a "semi-rural environment", always scanning for permission to walk. Permission to cut through. Permission to exist.
Again, this seems like a peculiarly British thing. In cities, we live in houses packed in side by side, or in blocks of flats stacked one on top of the other. The people in the countryside all seem to have acres of their own land and never have to rub shoulders with a stranger or a neighbour unless they choose to do so. And yet when we venture into those acres, we do not wish to encroach. We are not allowed to encroach.
We who have been raised to commute face-to-armpit with our fellow workers, and who can smell the food and the farts of our neighbours, who can hear them groaning and grunting through cold Saturday nights; faced with a path with no 'Public Footpath' sign, we so often turn back. Wouldn't want to intrude. Wouldn't want to get in the way.
And, fuck me, I'm playing a game, a piece of fiction, set in a world where NOBODY EXISTS ANYmORE, and I'm still worrying about property laws. That class-conditioning may be the most pathetically English thing I've ever done.
Still, if the game was set in the good ol' USA, I'd be worried about getting chainsaw massacred rather than a 'tsk', a sternly written letter and a frown of contempt. Weird how rural England makes me fear the landed gentry while rural America is built around fears of the outsider rather than the system itself.
I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing
Poor Frank. He's one of the characters in the game and I failed to give him any closure.
It took me at least an hour of playing to realise that there were proper actual game-y rules to story progression in Rapture. At first, I was wandering around looking at whatever took my interest – going into shops, checking out the garage, peering at every bloody tissue in the doctor's surgery. There's a ball of flight hovering around the place, sure, but I'd go and see what it was up to in my own time.
That's fine. It works. The game allows you to do your own thing at your own pace (as long as that pace is slow, natch) if that's the way you want to approach it. I don't think any areas are gated, requiring progress before they'll unlock, though I may be wrong.
But the story is gated. I went to the church early on, having realised that the chapter I was playing through was linked to the vicar. It's a place with an air of finality about it and it teases at things not yet known. I expected drama, tragedy and some kind of new thread to pull on.
Nothing happened.
I walked down the aisle like a bride who'd shown up on the wrong day or fallen prey to some horrid prank. Expecting the music to kick in and streamers to fall from the ceiling, I left, re-entered and tried again. Still nothing.
I'd gone to church too early and that's when I realised how the rules work.
Those balls of light will happily lead you through each chapter of the story if you follow them. They're like excitable dogs on a country walk but instead of sniffing piles of poo or puddles of piss, they stop to point out areas of interest, places that they're connected to in some way. They fizz and spark when they see those areas and sometimes come rushing back down the path toward you, figuratively tugging at your trouser leg or shirt sleeve and begging you to come and investigate.
You're free to ignore them but if you do, you might not find closure on each chapter. I'm not sure if the game intentionally left me in the dark regarding Frank or if I broke the scripting by accidentally starting the next chapter before finishing his, but I've moved on and left that story untold. Or unfinished, at any rate.
It may be intentional, that ability to leave loose ends, and it's not as if there aren't gaps in the characters' lives (and deaths?) even if a completionist route is taken. There doesn't need to be a full stop at the end and I've come to accept Frank's lack of an ending but, at first, I was frustrated by the apparent imposition of a rule that hadn't been explained. I felt punished for not understanding the relation between the game's chapters and the open world environment. Chapters end when you move too far, it seems, rather than when you've seen all that there is to see.
I've never seen distant rainclouds depicted so well. The first time I remember seeing rainfall from a distance, I was on top of Holcombe Hill, where I spent many a happy summer's day in my childhood. It was bright, warm and clear, but in the distance we could see heavy, black clouds. And below them, a smudge as if they were watercolours that had run down the page of the sky.
It was rain. I didn't understand how rain could look so solid.
Rapture captures British weather perfectly. The rain transforms pretty scenes into dreary postcards from the crappest holiday ever. Drizzle and downpour both have unique qualities to wash away the fake plastic attraction of an English caravan park or seaside resort, leaving the cracks, the peeling paint and the dog dirt in the sandpit exposed for everyone to see. The sun, on the rare occasions when it appears, feels like the facepaint that disguises the clown's tears.
Deceit, gossip, anger, infidelity, prejudice, self-loathing and anxiety. Familes have fallen apart, misunderstandings have become local mythology and too many people are happy to cast the first stone.
Amid all the ugliness, Rapture forgives though. I find the mysteries of the plot frustrating in places but as an exploration of characters, the writing is generous, warm and convincing.
I've been playing cooperatively, as Pip recommended. One of us plays, the other watches. We talk. I occasionally say, "don't look at me right now" as I try to stifle a big, wet sob. I'm a sentimental sort.
There are flaws, and our review mentions all the ones worth mentioning, but I haven't played a game that's worked its way into my brain so much in quite some time.


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An heir to the DHL Express empire has been arrested again in Palau for alleged drug trafficking, authorities in the Pacific island nation said Friday.
Larry Hillbroom Jr., a multi-millionaire who holds US and Palauan passports, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly dealing methamphetamine, Justice Minister Raynold Oilouch said.
According to court documents, Hillbroom was charged with two counts of trafficking a controlled substance, an offence which carries a sentence of 25-50 years in Palau.
He was already awaiting trial on a separate drug trafficking charge.
The Supreme Court set bail at $250,000 which had not been posted by Friday, meaning the 32-year-old remains in custody.
Hillbroom is a son of DHL founder Larry Hillblom although their surnames are spelled differently.
He is one of four illegitimate children sired by Hillblom who successfully sued for a slice of the billionaire businessman's fortune after he died in a plane crash in 1995.
Hillbroom's inheritance has been estimated at $100 million, although he said earlier this year that financial mismanagement meant it was now much less.
Normally based in the United States, Hillbroom was visiting Palau last year when he was arrested for allegedly arranging for two women to smuggle methamphetamine from Manila to Palau.
He fled from custody after his arrest but was caught at a resort one night later when police plucked him from the sea as he tried to swim away.
The latest charges relate to two drug purchases allegedly made by an undercover informant at Hillbroom's property in April and May.
His next court mention is scheduled for October 27.
(Agence France-Presse)