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Peter Maher has been quoted in an article on steps to consider when removing students from general ed. This article originally appeared in SpecialEdConnection®.
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Don't Catch Parents Off Guard When it Comes to Child's Removals
Educators removed a seventh-grader with fetal alcohol syndrome from general education a number of times for an average of nearly four hours a week for self-calming, intervention, conduct, and discipline. These removals added up to about 30 hours during the school year.
The student's parents claimed that the removals amounted to a placement change and that they should have received prior written notice.
But the district prevailed in Lake Oswego School District, 66 IDELR 293 (SEA OR 2015). The state ED found that, while not "ideal," the removals didn't rise to the level of a change in placement that would require PWN.
Your district may not succeed in a similar situation. Ensure your teams strive to prevent a student with disabilities from accumulating so many removals from general ed before investigating whether she needs a change in supports and placement. Investigate what comes before, during, and after the removals. Then implement strategies aimed at retaining the student in class. Be sure to maintain ongoing communication with parents and recognize when to give them PWN so they understand why you want to conduct a functional behavior assessment and discuss changes in the student's placement and services.
"Having a bad day is one thing," said Sue Homrok-Lemke, assistant superintendent of pupil services atSimsbury (Conn.) Public Schools. "But if the student is having many bad days and, over time, it's enough to constitute some sort of pattern, the team should try to find out more."
Otherwise, your district is liable to deny the student FAPE, said Pete Maher, a school attorney at Shipman & Goodwin LLP.
"You run the risk of the removals ultimately constituting a change in placement if the student's not able to benefit from the services in her IEP," he said.
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Cara Nissman covers autism, school psychology, and IEP team issues for LRP Publications.
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Having now been given the full green light to roll out skill based slot machines on their gaming floors, many casinos in Las Vegas are hunting around to find manufacturers of such slots in an attempt to get their younger, yet legally aged customers to flock to play those types of gaming machines.
That does of course pose the question whether you, as a slot player, are ever going to get the urge to play such slot machines, for it is the bonus games on offer on such slots that will pay out more dependent on just how well you play off that bonus game.
It has been suggested that these skill based slot machines could offer a payout percentage of 88% to players, however those that have fully mastered playing off the skill based bonus game could see the long term RTP of the slot machines increasing to 98% if they do play off those bonus games strategically using their own skill.
The bonus games such slots will offer will be games such a shooting rounds for example or they could entail several slot machines being linked up and players will be faced with driving a racing car around a track (not in person obviously but on the slot machines screen) and beating their opponents, those being players who are playing those linked slots when the bonus game is awarded and triggered.
It does have to be said however that most slot players play slot machines due to the fact that it is luck and luck alone that sees them either winning or losing, and unlike for example video poker players they do not want all the fuss and hassle of having to learn to play such games optimally!
However, with the likelihood of many casinos filling up their gaming floors with skill based slot machines in the very near future then you may be tempted to give some of them a try, and one of the best ways to play them it would seem initially is to set about playing them for very low stakes.
That way you will have enough bankroll to play off more base game spins so that you hopefully do get several of those skill based bonus games triggering, and the more of them you experience playing off the more skilled you will be at playing them off, if of course you are something of a fast learner!
There is no getting away from the fact however that any slot machine that is designed to appeal to a much younger demographic and will also offer a bonus game that appeals to such younger players are going to be popular, but not all casinos have younger players in their venues!
It will of course be a case of wait and see as to whether these types of slot machines are going to prove to be popular with players, however any slot machine that does give you the chance of winning bigger and better valued winning payouts due to your own skill and abilities may just be slots worth trying out, as you may just take to them like a duck takes to water!


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SaferVPN service for Android completely safeguards your online privacy and security while giving you the freedom to access blocked content or geographically restricted websites. This guide contains a step-by-step instruction to help you to get started with SaferVPN for Android application, and easily secure your device.
Choose the pricing plan that is the most suitable for you, depending on the price as well as the subscription package length.
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As soon as you log in successfully, the app presents you with a brief tutorial that shows you where to access the server locations menu and how to choose a location from the list of available servers. It also shows you how to add a star icon to a country so you can mark it as a favorite and finally shows you where to locate the 'Connect' button which starts the VPN connection.
After the tutorial, you will be presented with the main dashboard for the application. At this point, you have successfully installed SaferVPN for Android and you are good to go.
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A rainy day off college saw us painting on our graffiti art wall which we haven't worked on for a really lengthy time. Canvass wall banner, canvass art, framed art, customized art, wall hanging letters, development charts, name plaques and tiles, personalized plates, birth certificate tiles and peel and place wall art stickers. You can either put some personalized hanging letters exactly where you can create lovely poems for the kids or some short stories. Wall art is a quite affordable way for any person to transform a space and add personality and warmth.
A lot of parents and/or expectant parents want to give their youngsters the luxury of owning their personal issues. Possessing Oopsy Daisy wall paintings and development charts is truly a blessing being a element of child's development. For each rooms must haves are clocks, laundry hampers, storage and shelves, toy chest, rugs for youngsters, window valances, lamps and lighting, and art for youngsters such as wall hanging letters.
Shop for children's area decor and other nursery wall art at Oopsy Daisy to locate decorations for children bedrooms that inspires. With the artistry of the men and women who produced it, you and your kids will certainly really like these gorgeous pieces of art. Interact with your youngster through art and imagination by decorating with wall decals for children rooms from Oopsy Daisy.
In decorating your child' space or nursery room you will often have to believe of the necessity of each art operate or room décor that you will location there. Teachers, who adore young children and art, even if they are not artists themselves, give their students the tools and self-assurance to try various art venues. We did sign and display, molding and casting (some children created the sculptures and 3d indicators we molded).
If you want to give your kid the greatest room within your budget, online retailer is the answer for it. Your typical brick and mortar store could not be capable to meet your needs of the ideal art piece for your little angel's space the way on the internet retailers do as they carry a lot of range. A couple of years ago the only way to generate some thing on the wall like this would be in the kind of a mural which would be difficult because you would have to take it off in a couple of years and replace it with some thing else.


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Just as we've seen various carriers doing with discounted or free Galaxy S6 offers to make way for the Galaxy S7, so too must the LG G4 make way for the bigger and better LG G5. B&H Photo is repeating its $100 off deal, offering an unlocked LG G4 for just $350, but only while stocks last.
B&H Photo already offered the same deal last month, but that was a one-day-only affair. This time it looks like the deal might be sticking around for a bit longer, with the site stating "limited supply at this price". Considering the recent bad publicity surrounding the LG G4 bootloop problem, retailers and manufacturers might simply be trying to boost sales rather than clear out inventory.
See also: Looking back at the LG G420
With the LG G5 and Galaxy S7 variants arriving next week at MWC 2016, both 2015 versions will continue to receive solid price drops and flash sales. So even if you don't pull the trigger on this sale, you can rest assured there will be more to come in the next couple of months.
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is exploring the possibility of deporting Australian man Brenton Tarrant after he faces trial.
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the legal proceedings would take place in New Zealand.
"If there are questions to be raised after that in relation to the location of anyone who is convicted out of that process, then they would be dealt with according to the normal processes," she told Sky News on Monday.
"We work within the laws as they stand - we would have those discussions with New Zealand if and when the time comes - and I'm sure we will work through that very constructively together."
Tarrant, from Grafton in NSW, has been charged with murder over the terrorist attack that has left 50 people dead and dozens more injured.
The 28-year-old was not on any watchlist in Australia or New Zealand, despite online profiles linked to him containing white supremacist material.
He posted a 74-page "manifesto" online before the attack and live-streamed a 17-minute video of the shootings.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton defended authorities, saying the prolific nature of the internet made it impossible to monitor all content.
Mr Dutton also noted Tarrant had spent just 45 days in Australia in the past three years.
Amid calls for increased targeting of white supremacist groups, Mr Dutton said far-right extremists had long been on the radar of Australian authorities.
He has received briefings from federal police and Australia's intelligence agencies, with both due to address cabinet's national security committee on Monday.
Australia's terror alert system also remains under review.
"In these circumstances, people are always worried about a retaliatory attack or a copycat of what we saw, the atrocity that we saw in Christchurch," Mr Dutton told ABC radio.
Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi said Mr Dutton and other Liberal politicians had whipped up anti-Muslim sentiment, giving a "nod and a wink" to white supremacists.
"What they've been doing does come with a cost, it does come with consequences because really they've been playing games with our lives," she said.
But Mr Dutton said Senator Faruqi was "just as bad" as independent Fraser Anning, who blamed Muslim immigration for the attack.
The minister has previously said it was a mistake for Australia to settle Lebanese Muslims in the 1980s and has also called asylum seekers "illegal".
Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus wants the government to sign a parliamentarians code of conduct on race and cultural issues when politicians return to Canberra.
"We need to have a reminder of the responsibility of all parliamentary people, all our political leadership, to take care of the words that they use," he told reporters in Melbourne.
Australia wants it terrorist back after trial? Well then send him back ASAP after trial ...
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Jewelry lovers often begin with fashion pieces before investing in fine jewelry becomes a logical next step. Fine jewelry is important for our collections because it does all the things great jewelry does—makes us feel special, gives us confidence, and makes statements—but it also lasts, which means dollar for dollar, it's going to give the best value for your money. But where to start?
With earrings. Classic earrings—hoops, studs, etc.— tend to stay classic forever, so buying an expensive pair won't feel as risky. (While there are earrings that reflect the current runway fads, those aren't what you want for your first fine jewelry purchase.) More than that, earrings also have an anything-goes flexibility, which means you'll wear them a lot. Browsing pawn shops in South Florida is the perfect way to start shopping, because you'll find a wide range of styles and price points that might treat your wallet kinder than retail.
When you're choosing fine jewelry, the first rule: absolutely love what you buy. You wouldn't buy an ugly painting to put on your wall because somebody told you it was valuable, so don't buy jewelry you don't like just as an investment. Jewelry is meant to be worn.
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Tuvalu's PM urges negotiators to keep the momentum going
PBCJ, Marrakech, Morocco
Many small island states including the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu as well as islands in the Caribbean including Grenada, Antigua and the twin islands of St Kitts Nevis and Nevis all have a number of things in common, the most critical being their minimal contributions to global warming. But the effects on them as a result of global warming is at a maximum.
Antigua is being affected by sea level rise and Nevis, ranked as the seventh smallest island in the world, has reportedly suffered a significant amount of land loss in the last 60 years. So too has the fourth smallest island nation: Tuvalu.
PBCJ's reporter Carol Francis spoke with Tuvalu's prime minister in Morocco and filed this report.
Located north of Fiji and northeast of Australia, residents of Tuvalu, a low lying group of islands, áre facing the possibility of relocation due to the effects of climate change. With its highest point less than that of a two-storey building, Tuvalu is faced with increasing storms, sea level rise, coastal erosion and threats to their food and water resources.
The government of Tuvalu has been working tirelessly to keep the plight of their country and other small island states at the forefront of climate change negotiations.
Prime Minister Enele Sosene Sopoaga underscored the urgency that's needed to prevent Tuvalu and other small island states from succumbing to the impacts of climate change. It's not just about saving economies, he asserted, but about saving lives.
The Prime Minister wants the momentum sparked by the signing of the landmark Paris Agreement to continue as its offers a lifeline to his countrymen and those residing in other small island states who are facing these threats.
For the EJN Im Carol Francis in Morocco Reporting for PBCJ the peoples station.
Adapting to climate change will cost a lot more than thought
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Before we get to the ideas on interesting things to do with your partner when you are home, however, let's talk about why staying in with your significant other is so great for your relationship. If you usually find yourselves surrounded by other couples, you'd be surprised at how much closer you will feel to each other when you spend more time one on one. The first benefit has less to do with your actual relationship and more to do with the opportunities you open up by staying in. That being how much money you will save. Sometimes being in a relationship can put a strain on your wallet, which might lead you to look for activities to do at home with your boyfriend. Hitting the bar on the weekends, restaurants every night for dinner and the mall when you get bored on your day off all means you're spending money. If you save that cash, you will be able to buy a house together, go on your dream vacation to that paradise place or anything else that you could think of. What is more, staying in gives you the freedom to wear comfy PJ's, instead of horrible restrictive outdoor clothes like jeans. You don't have to make small talk with strangers; you can have actual, meaningful conversations with your partner!
1. Find a free or cheap used DVD of that old movie he's always saying he can't believe you haven't seen yet. This will make your partner feel like you always listen to what they are saying.
2. When you're watching TV together, tell him to sit on the floor in front of the couch, and give him or her impromptu massage. Start off with trapezius pulls to help your partner relax. Then move on to these back circles that'll make your partner feel good and enjoy the movie even more! Next, really get in those tight spots with some shoulder kneading. And move on to shoulder presses to release any tension your partner may have. Finish the massage with a kiss on the forehead – there is nothing more romantic than that.
3. Give your partner a new haircut! Don't worry about how your hair will look afterward. What's the worst that could happen? If she messes it up, it will eventually grow back in a week or so. If he is the one who messes it up, then you can always go to the hairdresser and fix it up. You both will have a fun time. Make sure you take lots of pictures of this episode.
4. Play a prank on your partner and record it on video. This can be something as simple as creeping up behind your girlfriend to scare her or him or something as complicated as setting up a prank situation where you say a lie that makes no sense. Don't forget to take your partner out for a nice dinner afterward to make up for your mischievous ways.
5. Watch funny videos on the internet. The good news here is that the internet is full of hilarious videos to watch for hours and hours. Plus, the variety is endless – you can watch pranks, things go wrong videos, hilarious home videos and so on. This idea guarantees lots of laugh!
6. Cook together and try a new recipe! For example, you may try to prepare the slow cooker chicken thighs with rice. In a skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil. Season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper and sear until golden. Transfer chicken thighs to slow cooker. Whisk together soy sauce, honey, garlic and lime juice. Pour sauce over chicken and toss to combine. Cover and cook until no longer pink, on low for 6 hours. Serve with rice and garnish with cilant


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Sundar! Many women trembled at the very mention of the name. He was broad shouldered and strong and his presence was quite intimidating. But that was not the only reason why a hush fell every time he walked to a different section of the bank. Part of the reason was, of course, the authority he enjoyed by virtue of being the bank manager. The other, more pertinent, reason was that he was a known womaniser, and one who didn't wait for a woman's consent. His lust had to be satisfied, and his prospective partner's wishes were immaterial. He fancied women with big, firm bosoms – the age didn't matter so much. Judging by the number of women who cursed him, he must have got his way pretty often. Sundar's wife had long ago run out of patience and often explained contemptuously to visitors that he couldn't be trusted even with his own daughter.
In time, Sundar's sons got married, but their wives soon discovered that even they were considered fair game for Sundar who was now 'retired' from the bank and well into his sixties. Wisely, one by one, the sons moved out with their wives, much to the chagrin of Sundar. With almost everyone in the neighbourhood aware of his propensities, and unwilling to satisfy his strong urges, Sundar had to fall back on poor women whom he trapped with the lure of a good job and outright cash payments.
A day came, however, when nature took a hand and Sundar became impotent. Doctors, hospitals, hakims, vaids – Sundar tried them all but drew a blank. It then occured to him that perhaps he could check out with someone who knew astrology whether he could ever regain his virility, and that's how I met him.
"The desire is still as strong as ever," he confided, "but my body doesn't respond even though I've tried both internal and external stimuli. Will I ever be able to perform again?" His chart showed that a particular planet was debilitated. But Sundar wasn't prepared to write 'finis' to his lecherous career.
"I've heard you've done research on remedies. Surely there must be something that I can do! I'll keep checking out with you."
He did keep in touch for a while, and then his visits stopped. He's either found a remedy or he's given up hope, I thought to myself and forgot about it.
Almost a year later, Sundar called again. He had indeed found a remedy, he told me. The remedy was enough to make anybody sit up. He had been told that he should go to a cremation ground, obtain a coal from the burnt ashes of a corpse, and write down certain figures and mantras on a piece of paper with that coal. It wasn't easy to walk into a cremation ground and obtain coal, from pyres which were still smouldering. And he had almost given up when his elder brother died of a heart attack. Sundar used the opportunity to pick up a coal. The priest and other grieving relatives observed him doing so, and though they didn't know the purpose, they protested. But Sundar wasn't going to give up his only chance on obtaining that prized bit of coal which would bring back his manhood. "He was my brother," he argued, and refused to put back the coal. But now he was in deep trouble, in danger of his life in fact, which is why he had turned to me for help.
"I brought the coal home," he told me, "and put it reverently in a drawer. But that very night, my dead brother appeared before me, yanked me out on bed and almost thrashed me to death. He's given me twenty four hours to dispose off that coal from his ashes in the appropriate manner, otherwise he's going to kill me. "What should I do?" The answer was obvious: do as his brother wished, and forget about his own need. I suggested that he could take the coal to the Yamuna river, and immerse it in the water in much the same way as you immerse the ashes from a dead body. But even though the twenty four hour deadline was closing in, Sundar decided to gamble till the very end.
Ten minutes before the deadline, his dead brother arrived and tore off his clothes. But Sundar still pleaded, "What use is that coal to you now? It can be your parting gift to me and I'll be grateful all my life."
The moment he said this, his wife saw him cringing from what were obviously blows. Left with no choice, Sundar pulled on a fresh pair of clothes, pulled out the coal from the drawer and immmersed it in the Yamuna. He hasn't been bothered by his brother again, but he hasn't given up his quest for a remedy either.


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This week I've gone the full hippie: vegan, gluten-free. I accidentally-on-purpose impulse bought this cookbook.
Angela Liddon's Oh She Glows Every Day spun out of her popular blog, Oh She Glows. Which, I now know, specializes in vegan, gluten-free recipes.
At the time of purchase, however, I didn't realize this. Alexa and I were enjoying a pre-Christmas girls' day of shopping downtown and I had just completed a long-winded lecture about Christmas shopping being for other people. While I waited for her to choose a present for her brother, I flipped through the pages of this book. I saw beautiful photography and lots of vegetables. So, I bought it for myself. In hopes of enticing the kids with the pictures and adding some new and healthy dinner standards to the rotation.
Then I got it home and actually read it. Plant-based sounded great. But vegan, gluten-free? Apparently not all impulse purchases pan out.
But the book got me with the pictures. And some innocuous-sounding recipes. Apple Pie Overnight Oats? I can get behind that.
You'll need to get the book to get the actual recipe, but the blog has a Vegan Overnight Oats recipe that is pretty close. This was a wading-in of sorts for me. Since we are neither vegan, nor gluten-free, I used our regular oats and full dairy milk, but everything else followed the recipe. And it was good! The kids loved it. I decided to go a little deeper.
One of my favorite things about this book is the simplicity. Yes, you'll need to get some new ingredients. You might find yourself in an unfamiliar aisle at the grocery store. Those weird Bob's Red Mill products you usually blow right past? You'll need some of those.
But the recipes come together quickly and easily. Next up, I tried the Chocolate-Almond Espresso Cookies. You pretty much just dump the ingredients together and stir. No special equipment or technique required.
The verdict? Pillowy, chewy, chocolatey goodness. The kids didn't miss the gluten or eggs. But that was child's play. Anyone can throw together chocolate, sugar and almond butter and make it taste good. What about dinner?
Vegan nachos would really test the limits of these crazy recipes. The foundation of this dish is the All-Purpose Cheese Sauce recipe from the book. It gets layered with a bean and vegetable based chili, then topped with tortilla chips. A close cousin to the cheese sauce recipe from the book can be found on the blog here (scroll down the link to find the cheese sauce recipe).
Though Alexa complained that there wasn't enough meat in the dish (apparently I'm not the only one not understanding the whole vegan thing), she went back for seconds and Colin took the leftovers to school for lunch.
Shepherd's Pie prompted the same lamentation over the lack of meat, but the kids ate it all the same. And these seven-ingredient Endurance Crackers have steadily disappeared throughout the week.
This book is really great and the recipes could not be easier. And, more importantly, they're actually pretty good. Believe me, no one is more surprised by this than I am. Though I wouldn't consciously choose to go vegan, gluten-free, I wholeheartedly suggest trying this cookbook.
As a result of this week of recipe testing, Mike even suggested a meat-free month of February. That, however, is taking things too far. We're having steak tonight. Because, you know, balance.


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For us Indians, festivities and celebrations are always around the corner. We have plenty of reasons all round the year to Shop and Gift.
Taking a note from our shopping spree, online retail marketing websites have been bang on the spot offering myriad of products as clothes, books, electronics, gadgets and furnishings. Now as the trade converges over Mobile, it's simply awesome!
Brands and Enterprises who have established presence over mobile have been greatly benefited.
India's one of the leading online retail website 'snapdeal.com' conducted a study of m-commerce (mobile based transactions) for noting behavior of online shoppers for a span of 6 months. Here are some great insights from the study …
35-45 million average visits every month.
30% orders are placed over Mobile
10x growth in orders over Mobile
75% mobile transactions involve cash on delivery
80% of traffic over Mobile is Organic (Visitors coming directly to snapdeal and not through mobile ads)
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Thomas, Lowell
PromoterEnshrined 1992 1892-1981
Thomas persuaded the commander of a front line fighter plane base to let him have a P-51 and a pilot to fly him over Berlin as it burned under the barrage of Allied bombing in the final days of the war. "I knew 'Hap' Arnold, who was then commander of the U.S. Army Air Corps, and that made it a little easier to get around," Thomas said, "We had crashed together in a Curtiss Jenny years before the war, and you get to know somebody pretty well when you crash with him."
- Pioneer broadcaster, writer and lecturer. He became one of the first war correspondents during World War I and covered the exploits of Lawrence of Arabia.
- His broadcast career began in March 1925 at KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He narrated the first aerial circumnavigation of the earth.
- In 1945, he described the final battle between the Germans and Russians from a P-51 Mustang.
- He participated in the first flight across the Antarctic from Africa to Australia, from Cape Town to McCurdo Sound and on to New Zealand.
- Lowell, with his son, wrote a book in 1969 entitled
Famous First Flights that Changed History.
Lowell Thomas was a world traveler, lecturer, profile writer and pioneer broadcaster. His network radio evening newscasts began in 1930 and continued until 1976, a mark unparalleled in the broadcast industry.
Thomas was born in Woodington, Ohio in 1892. His family moved to Cripple Creek, Colorado, a gold camp, in 1900. Despite the cultural isolation, Thomas's parents insisted that their son receive a good education and learn how to speak clearly and distinctly.
A bright student, Thomas earned a bachelor's degree in 1911 from the University of Northern Indiana after only two years of study. Between 1912 and 1914 Thomas was a reporter for the Chicago Journal and attended Kent College of Law, where he also taught oratory.
During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson commissioned Thomas to roam the battle areas and make an historical record of the course of the war. While carrying out this assignment Thomas came into contact in Arabia with the legendary T.E. Lawrence, who was then leading the Arabs in their revolt against the Ottoman Turks. Thomas's vivid reporting of the revolt, described later in a series of lectures and films and in his book With Lawrence in Arabia, was the first detailed public account of the desert campaign.
It contributed a great deal to Lawrence's fame and brought immediate success to Thomas. Thomas began his broadcast career in March 1925 over KDKA, Pittsburgh. He started with a one-hour program in which he narrated the successful story of the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe. The War Department had appointed Thomas to act as the flight's historian. The feat was comparable to Magellan's first circumnavigation by sea.
In 1935 Thomas became the voice of Fox Movietone News, the newsreel service widely distributed throughout movie houses in the United States. He narrated the newsreels for the next 17 years, and an audience of almost 100 million people heard him weekly.
In the spring of 1945 Thomas broadcast reports to America on the Second World War from a mobile truck behind the front lines. He flew over Berlin in a P-51 Mustang describing the final battle between the Germans and the Soviets.
Upon his return from Europe, Thomas set off on a round-the-world flight to assemble material on the Pacific War. This journey included broadcasts from Cairo, New Delhi, Manila, and Okinawa. General Henry "Hap" Arnold, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, joined him on the first half of the trip.
In 1952, Thomas pioneered the wide screen filming technique known as Cinerama. It was a natural for showing audiences the sights and sounds of the world, but for 14 years had been confined to the laboratory because of doubts about its commercial possibilities. Thomas narrated several Cinerama films, including This is Cinerama and Seven Wonders of the World. For more than a year, Thomas supervised two planes and two Cinerama crews that roved the world, bringing back the wonders of the planet. He even made a flight around the world himself to supervise production.
At the age of 65, Thomas traveled to the North Pole, New Guinea, the Sahara Desert, Nepal and the desert of northern Australia in preparation for a television series called High Adventure, which regularly secured some of the largest audiences ever obtained by American television.
In 1963, Thomas accompanied U.S. Navy airmen to Antarctica. In September he participated in the first flight across Antarctica from Africa to Australia, from Cape Town to McCurdo Sound and on to New Zealand. Thomas and his son, Senator Lowell Thomas of Alaska, authored a book in 1969 entitled Famous First Flights That Changed History.
In the early seventies, Thomas was a member of a crew that flew a 36,000 mile journey which included an inaugural passenger flight from the United States to Siberia.
After he retired from CBS radio in 1976, Thomas worked on a PBS television series called Lowell Thomas Remembers, a personal account of his travels and world events. Thomas once said that his ambition was, "To know more about this globe than anyone else ever has." Thomas's travels and adventures all over the world were widely followed in the United States in whatever medium he chose: radio, film, television or in any of the numerous books he wrote. His ability to effectively communicate his experiences rested largely on his enthusiasm and determination, which never left him.
Lowell Thomas died on August 29th, 1981 at the age of 89.
For more information on Lowell Thomas, you may want to visit the following websites:
Radio Hall of Fame
PBS Lawrence of Arabia


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Will Social VR be the driver to make virtual reality mainstream?
Say virtual reality to most people and they will probably first associate it with gaming. Whilst gaming will indeed be popular (you only need to see the millions of VR game downloads on Apple App store and Google Play to see that), here at Freefly VR we believe it will be social VR that will make virtual reality become ubiquitous and mainstream, not just for entertainment purposes, but also for a large range of business applications.
Social VR is an umbrella term that covers any virtual reality experience that can be shared with other people either locally or thousands of miles away, in real time. Just with any occasion where a group of people get together, the amount of utilities that social VR offers is vast.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been very vocal about his intentions to merge social with VR after acquiring Oculus for $2 billion, in fact, they have formed a dedicated social VR team.
Here at Freefly VR we develop high quality virtual reality devices that use mobile phones and it is the mobile VR system that lends itself most well to social VR. Firstly, by its very nature, a mobile phone is a communication device used to connect to others via apps like WhatsApp, Snapchat and Facebook. It has the technology already required for social VR, with in-built microphones, GPS tracking and perhaps most importantly 3G/4G/WiFi connectivity.
I recently visited the talented folk at Liverpool based vTime, who's highly sophisticated app allows people to converse with others in exotic environments which range from an underwater cove to a space station. You can present 360 photos to others, showcase work and creative projects to a team and even take selfies. It is very fun and entertaining but the business applications for social VR experiences in apps like vTime are obvious.
It is this collaborative case study that truly highlights the potential for virtual reality to be a communication tool, allowing companies to engage with customers and staff in a more exciting way, such as presentation of product prototypes to get feedback, premier draft edits of television commercials where the audience can discuss together, and host more 'human' meetings with colleagues saving on travel costs.
Companies will be able to host live focus groups with consumers too where guests can comment on a new fashion range or review the aesthetics of a new TV design for example.
The City of Minneapolis saw potential to use VR in its planning review process with the University of Minnesota Virtual Reality Design Lab social VR. Decision-makers set 2D renderings aside, instead donning VR headsets and walked through a proposed development.
At Freefly VR, many of our best ideas have been generated by group discussion in a shared space. Now, businesses with offices all over the world can bring their best minds into one place without the travel costs and disruptive travel time. Yes, there are already video conferencing solutions such as Google Hangouts and Skype, but people still travel long distances for business. All of my important meetings are still conducted face-to-face. Apart from the initial handshake and offer of a coffee, in theory there is no reason to, as a video conferencing allows the two-way conversation to flow as it would in a regular meeting. But this is not enough. With Skype, there is no direct eye contact, people are not able to express body language, very often there will be connection issues, and as the 2D image occasionally pixelates, the distance between the two parties is obvious. Factor in group video calls, and people can end up speaking over each other as they have not noticed the subtle expressions from someone which indicates they are about to speak.
Social VR will be more conducive to effective business conversations where building up a rapport is just as important as the topic being discussed. I am not suggesting people will stop meeting for real, but it will probably enable initial meetings, especially group meetings, and job interviews for overseas people, to be conducted more efficiently – it just means you will have to make your own coffee!
The future of social VR
Social VR is still in its early days, and there is large scope for improving the way people are represented in virtual reality. Currently apps like vTime and Altspace use avatars to represent people. There are thousands of different combinations you can chose from to build an avatar that most closely represents you, but they are still highly artificial looking CG characters. It is a great challenge to have more lifelike human representations due to the limitations of mobile processing power and the billions of different faces out there.
However, on the horizon are photorealistic people you can interact with in social VR. I had the privilege of visiting a company in Brighton called MetaPixel which houses one of the world's most advanced human scanning systems. 105 Nikon D810 36 megapixel cameras take high resolution stills of a person from every angle, stiches the images together and a photorealistic representation of a person is generated. Right now, those images are static, but in the near future we can expect to see service providers doing one off scans of people's faces and those features can be mapped onto virtual mannequins in social VR. Positional tracking technology will be able to track highly accurate body movements which can be mapped onto the avatar so body language can be just as part of the conversation as speech.
Companies like Faceshift have developed highly advanced marker less face tracking software where every facial movement is captured and translated which can be combined with your original face scan to allow interactive real human engagement.
MetaPixel is also equipped to scan large objects like cars so it is not just people that will become more realistic. Imagine a car company being able to present the features of a luxury car to a potential buyer remotely.
Whilst it could never replace the real thing, social VR could also offer live medical advice services. Private GP apps are growing in popularity and there is no reason why these apps and social VR can't merge. Your doctor could request you to do a blood pressure check and receive the data in real time from a home blood pressure monitor. He or she could check your pulse via the phone's blood sensor, comment on your lifestyle health using data from third party apps and present test results such as x-rays in a virtual doctor's surgery that could even be themed in a way designed to relax the patient. There is also the potential for counselling and mental health therapy in social VR too.
Movie marketing companies are bound to see huge potential in the format. For example, a scene can be recreated from a film, which you and your friends can be part of as the action takes place in front of your very eyes, as you all respond and react together (certainly the horror film genre could take full advantage of this!). They could also create branded theatre environments where you and your friends can watch the trailer. For example, a Jurassic Park trailer could be presented in a forest themed outdoor cinema with trigger points to activate a real dinosaur tearing the screen apart.
Educational social VR offers a lot of promise too, because it is can allow conversational teaching that existing remoter teaching cannot. Imagine a lecture about the solar system, where you see the lecturer showing a presentation on a virtual screen, drawing on a virtual blackboard which people can zoom into, and he or she enables a 3D rotating cross section of the planet Mars to appear in front of every viewer's lap, and the audience can ask questions by literally putting their hands up so no cross talk. Very often, other people ask questions that you may not have considered and it is this organic flow that can structure a lecture, in a better way than a one to one presentation.
Overall, it is the social factor that will push VR into the mainstream. Most successful technologies tend to enhance existing activities and make them better and it will be no different to VR. People have enjoyed watching movies for years – Netflix simply makes watching movies more convenient. People will always need to travel around cities, Uber makes it more affordable. People will always want to engage with other people, Facebook means you can engage more often. So virtual reality will need to enhance existing behaviours and with mobile VR in particular, it offers a way to close the gap even further between people.
Here at Freefly VR, we believe social VR is the most exciting genre of VR. It brings people together and that is what VR should be about – not escaping reality, rather allow people to enjoy new realities together.


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Album cover of the year, anyway
During his first wave of success, I basically couldn't stand Swizz Beatz. That rule had exceptions: "Ruff Ryders Anthem," "What Y'all Want." Most of the time, though, his jacked-up atonal synth-runs and clumsy drum-sputters felt like sandpaper on my brain. In these pages, Sasha Frere-Jones once called Swizz "a guy road-testing his Casio presets at the Nuremberg Rally," and that about covered it for me. Those beats had riled-up adrenaline, but that was all they had. What little melody you'd hear on Swizz tracks invariably came from unbelievably cheap-sounding synth-plinks, and everything was EQed for maximum impact, never leaving room for quiet-to-loud dynamics or organic lift. Timbaland and the Neptunes, both Swizz's contemporaries, understood how to use the same synthetic ingredients to build spacy epics and sticky hooks; Swizz only did cheap grandeur. A few years later, though, I came to appreciate the ugly assaultive aspects of the man's work. A track like "Money Cash Hoes" or "WW III" could take those thin sonics and use them for serious angry bombast, turning his emotionless grandeur into a virtue rather than a liability. And Swizz got better and better at harnessing and directing his assaultive chaos; by the time he got around to hooking up Yung Wun's "Tear It Up" and T.I.'s "Bring Em Out," he was churning out straight-up bangers as consistently as any other elite producer. It took a while, but he finally justified his status. In some ways, Swizz was ahead of his time; virtually everything he ever made was geared primarily toward clubs, and his emaciated synth-sounds anticipated ringtone-rap a couple of years early. These days, he's one of my favorite rap producers; songs like Beyonce's "Get Me Bodied" and Eve's "Tambourine" jump out immediately by bringing a sort of furious kinetic motion that's virtually missing from rap and R&B these days. UGK's "Hit the Block" might be a bonus-track on Underground Kingz, but it's not because it can't hang with the rest of the album but because its handclaps-and-sirens attack couldn't have been more at odds with Pimp C's slow bluesy crawl. Swizz could've shot his progress all to hell when he decided to start rapping, but he effectively camouflaged his plentiful shortcomings on "It's Me Bitches," turning an incoherent rant into one of the year's great club-rap anthems. "Money in the Bank" followed the same blueprint and pulled similarly great things out of it, and suddenly we were faced with the unlikely prospect of a really great Swizz Beatz solo album, a nonstop eruption of nervous energy. But then, last week, this song with Chris Martin from Coldplay came out, and now I'm not sure about anything anymore.
Coldplay gets a lot of shit, but I'm actually not particularly mad at the idea of Chris Martin on a rap record. At their best, Coldplay have a sort of epic melodic sweep that could mesh really well with, say, T.I. when he's in confessional self-torture mode. "Beach Chair" might've felt like a purpose-free ramble, but Martin's chorus had a really nice wispy prettiness to it. Also, this isn't exactly rap, but it did sound pretty fucking beautiful when Timbaland sampled "Clocks" for that one Brady song. I'd rather see Martin become the Nate Dogg of sensitive whiteboy hook-machines than, say, John Mayer. Still, I was really skeptical when Swizz first said something about Martin appearing on his solo album, since their respective strengths have nothing to do with each other. Swizz does crude spatters of adrenaline, Martin does clean and elegiac symphony-pop, and those two areas have absolutely zero Venn-diagram overlap. A collaboration between the two would have to sound something like Bryan Ferry singing for the Circle Jerks; it just didn't make any sense. Well, Martin doesn't actually turn up on "Part of the Plan." Instead, Swizz just samples Coldplay's "X&Y," which isn't even a good Coldplay song. At this point, I wouldn't be all that surprised to learn that Swizz had never actually met Chris Martin. (What would they even talk about? Stubble maintenance?) As it stands, "Part of the Plan" is almost a parody of the obligatory ghetto-childhood ballad, and all of Swizz's limitations as a rapper become torturously obvious. He could've stolen his lyrics from an eighth-grade girl's poetry book ("I wish I could fly away on a unicorn / I'm from the ghetto, and every day a human's born," eesh), and his delivery is as flat and mumbly and fake-sensitive as you'd fear. Musically, it's just unbelievably awkward; Swizz is content to lazily throw some synth-bass and echoey handclaps under Martin's piano arpeggios. How in the hell did Swizz get from "It's Me Bitches" to this?
Actually, it's pretty obvious how Swizz got there. He's about to release a big-budget big-name rap album, and every big-budget big-name rap album apparently has to have one of these sensitive emo tracks, even if the rapper in question is singularly ill-equipped to write a song like that. Honestly, the biggest problem facing the idea of the circa-07 rap album is the supposed importance of versatility. Every rapper tries to cover his bases by writing songs that fit predetermined blueprints: the rap&b love-song, the high-energy club-track, the violent street-banger, etc. There are very, very few rappers who can execute all those ideas with any sort of success; even UGK struggle with it a bit on Underground Kingz. Swizz is extremely good at one very particular thing, and up until now, all the leaked tracks from One Man Band Man have worked because they've been so totally focused on that one thing. But "Part of the Plan" is a huge leap in the opposite direction, a fuzzy-headed detour into an idiom in which Swizz is totally, totally lost. I suppose he should be commended for taking chances, but he should've known better than to let anyone hear the hideous result. "Part of the Plan" is a cautionary tale, and I hope other rappers learn from its example. Great records are a whole lot more likely to happen when rappers stick with what they're good at then when they half-heartedly venture out into the unknown.
This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on August 14, 2007


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Sunday May 5, 2019
Mercer County Park - 609-610-1589 - www.trentonkennelclub.org
Dog show featuring different breeds, ability courses, and more. $5.
Sunday May 5, 2019
Join Washington Crossing Audubon Society at 8:00 AM on Sunday, May 5 for a free, guided birding trip led by Sharyn Magee and Franta Broulik at the Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain, a Mercer County Park located north of the New Jersey Washington Crossing State Park. Directions: From Pennington-Washington Crossing Rd. (Rte. 546) go past Washington Crossing State Park to the intersection with Rte. 29. Turn right and go two miles to Fiddler's Creek Rd. Turn right and go 0.2 miles to a parking lot on the left. Contact Brad Merritt at (609) 921-8964 for more information or the evening prior in case of inclement weather.
Sunday May 5, 2019
Burnt Hill Road and Route 601, Montgomery - - www.runwithrotary.org
5K run and one-mile ramble benefiting the Montgomery/Rocky Hill Rotary Club, plus music, activities, food trucks, 50/50, and more. Register.
Sunday May 5, 2019
330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence - 609-924-2310 - www.terhuneorchards.com
Make a build-you-own kite, plus children's games, pony rides, barnyard animal visits, live music, and more. $10.
Sunday May 5, 2019
The MOSAIC Center for Arts, Culture and Ideas will present an Israeli and Middle-Eastern Cooking demonstration by Chef Jill Schoenfeld on Sunday, May 5 at Adath Israel Congregation of Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Chef Schoenfeld is a former food stylist at QVC where she provided presentation expertise to on-air talent, vendors, and guests. As a Corporate Chef at Glenmede Trust Company in Philadelphia, she created innovative, upscale, seasonal menu options for prestigious clients. Currently Chef Schoenfeld is part of The Chef's Warehouse, a purveyor of artisan and high- quality products with a large selection of specialty foods from around the world. She shares her product knowledge with local chefs and restaurant owners. She is also the founder and owner of Finkie's Cookies, a gourmet cookie company.
This event is open to the community. The cost is $15 if payment is received b April 30th or $20 at the door. Please call Adath Israel at (609) 896-4977 or mail to Adath Israel MOSAIC Program at 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Sunday May 5, 2019
Save dogs, support kids in need AND have a blast! Food, drinks, fun activities and lots of prizes plus live music and free chips and salsa from 11-5pm. Kids welcome! Landmark Americana Ewing, NJ
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Sunday May 5, 2019
Adventure, Explore & more… Camp Open House at JCC Abrams Camps – Sunday, May 5th 12-3pm.
Rock wall, Ninja Adventure Track, STEM activities, & more. Take a tour with the Camp Directors, learn about our innovative camp programs and discover how your child can have a transformational summer experience! *FREE EVENT open to the community*
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Sunday May 5, 2019
The Beaver Believers is a feature documentary that tells the urgent yet whimsical story of an unlikely cadre of activists - a biologist, a hydrologist, a botanist, an ecologist, a psychologist, and a hairdresser - who share a common vision: restoring the North American Beaver, the most industrious, ingenious, bucktoothed little engineer, to the watersheds of the American West. The Beaver Believers encourage us to embrace a new paradigm for managing our western lands, one that seeks to partner with the natural world rather than overpower it. As a keystone species, beaver enrich their ecosystems, creating the biodiversity, complexity, and resiliency our watersheds need to absorb the impacts of climate change. Beavers can show us the way and do much of the work for us, if only we can find the humility to trust the restorative power of nature and our own ability to play a positive role within it. Shot in 8 western states, Mexico, and Canada, through desert drought, raging wild fires, forceful floods, and wetland tranquility, this film will change the way you think about climate change and inspire you to take a bite out of the challenges we face, one stick at a time. (2019)
Run-time 64 minutes - FREE
Enjoy free, local, organic popcorn at the show and spend some time on the beautiful Watershed Reserve before and after the film.
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Sunday May 5, 2019
158 Nassau Street, Princeton - 609-921-6748 ext. 102 - www.princetonhistory.org
Authors Wiebke Martens and Jennifer Lang lead a tour dedicated to the contributions of women in the Princeton community. $15. Register.
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Sunday May 5, 2019
The Jewish Center Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, Princeton
A collection of artwork and poetry created by HomeFront Clients. The spacious ArtSpace studio is located at the heart of the new HomeFront Family Campus. Through this innovative therapeutic art program, the creative process becomes a tangible tool for self-expression, critical thinking and problem-solving that can transform the lives of the artists. Making art lets us step away from our lives for a moment. It's a chance to breathe, a chance to reset your system and bring a new reality to an otherwise blank page. All of us as humans need to express ourselves in some way. When there are limits to how you can express yourself, having an outlet where you can create, where you can make art, opens doors to new ways of thinking and helps us to see ourselves in new and beautiful ways.
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Ortofon OM Serato S-120 Pre Mounted Cartridge on SH-4 Headshell
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Ortofon OM Serato S-120 Pre Mounted Cartridge on SH-4 Headshell
The Ortofon-Serato S-120 represents a completely new way of constructing and designing cartridges.
Its breakthrough technology has been designed to provide maximum freedom for DJ performance. An innovative technology, called asymmetric suspension, takes the cartridge performance to the next level.
- Its superior tracking force ensures the S-120 stays in the groove even under extreme live performance conditions.
- In addition, its design achieves an unprecedentedly low level of record wear, which helps protect your valuable vinyl.
- On top of this, the S-120 is capable of providing a level of sound quality never thought possible from a modern DJ cartridge.
Ortofon Serato S-120 Specifications
Output voltage at 1000Hz, 5cm/sec. - 10 mV
Channel balance at 1kHz - 1,5 dB
Channel separation at 1kHz - 20 dB
Channel separation at 15 kHz - 15 dB
Frequency range at -3dB - 20-18.000 Hz
Frequency response - 20-18.000 Hz +3/-2 dB
Tracking ability at 315 Hz at recommended tracking force - 120 μm
Compliance, dynamic lateral - 11 μm/m N
Stylus type - Spherical
Stylus tip radius - R 18 μm
Tracking force range - 1,5-10,0 g (15-100 mN)
Tracking force recommended - 4,0 g (40 mN)
Internal impedance, DC resistance - 1680 Ohm
Internal inductance - 920 mH
Recommended load resistance - 47 kOhm
Recommended load capacitance - 200-600 pF
Concorde / OM cartridge weight - 18,5 / 5,0 g


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A few months ago we held a competition to win a pair of OLYZE shoe attachments. In return the winner was to WOD test the OLYZE and deliver a no-holds-bared verdict. Andrew was our winner and in his extensive review he captures the essence of the whys and hows of this great bit of gear.
The OLYZE fit a hole in the spectrum of exercise gear that I had been searching to fill for some time. I wanted a shoe that I could Oly-lift and OHS in yet also do sprints and rope climbs without damaging the shoe or my less than perfectly flexible ankles. Should I fork out for a $200 pair of lifters that gave me excellent stability for overhead work, and $180 pair of WOD shoes like Reebok Nanos or Inov8s that I could run, jump and climb in, then try and decide on what would be most appropriate before a WOD? Or is there a way I could somehow have a shoe that filled both needs?
You can't have a shoe with the required stability for Oly-lifting and have the flexibility required for running. By simply adding in a detachable strong heel and a supporting strap, the runners can quickly adapt and become a surrogate Oly Shoe.
Sure they won't be as good as a pair of lifters, but then I'm not going to the Olympics and do 99% of my Oly lifting in the context of Crossfit. I don't need an Oly Shoe. Especially when for a fifth of the cost of say Romaleos, Adipowers or FastList 335s, I can get the same heel rise and support, which is really what I am after in a pair of lifters anyway.
The OLYZE meant I could spend the money on a pair of good all-round WOD shoes and then simply adapt them pre or even mid WOD for those aspects where I wanted that extra rise in the heel to obtain a good overhead position, such as in my snatch or OHS. I found the best compatible shoes to be the Nano 4, Nano 5 and my the Inov8 235s. The Metcons were simply too unstable, they have a high heel but no sideways stability and the high arch support just didn't allow for the Olyze heel to have good effect. Any shoe that is good for deadlifts, (i.e. a flat soled shoe with lateral support ) would be best to use (rather than something like Chuck Taylors or the Inov8 XF210 which, while being excellently flat, have little lateral support meaning the heel makes you more unstable).
Nancy time went from 17:53 down to 15:14 with the OLYZE.
On Isabel with the Olyze my time was down by 45 seconds and I felt less fatigued.
On the Ladder + climbs I was able to hit the final heavy weight and kick off the heels to get up the rope, where as without the Olyze I couldn't get the last weight and potentially wouldn't have been able to do the rope climbs as well in Oly Shoes.
To address the more objective aspects of the Olyze:
They are pre-adjustable to your shoe size. You add in small red plates and screw the two sides of the heel together so they fit your shoe. Then you simply kick your heel in and out of them, appending the straps if you so wish (I would thoroughly recommend it as the heels dont stay on your shoe too well if moving around a lot).
-Positive - very little fiddling around to do once they have been sized.
-Negative - Best to use them with one pair/ type of shoes only as different shoes have different heel sizes. Not a big deal though.
They are quick and easy to put on and take off. Just Kick in and out of them and fasten the velcro strap.
- Positive - Extra weight/stability during a WOD easily gained along side a few seconds rest.
- Negative - However those 5 seconds spent doing so can add up, and if you are seconds-conscious in terms of timing in a WOD, you should evaluate how much time/weight advantage you'll gain from the extra support.
Oly Shoe Support - almost. They give you good support, but only if you've got decent shoes to start with. Using my Bare XF210 they were a hindrance more than help. Using my Nano 5s, they are amazing, its like I'm in my lifters, except that I can discard them and head off to run without any worry.
- Positives - Can hit heavy C&J or Snatch comfortably.
- Negatives - You still need decent shoes, they aren't magic. Only thing I'd improve would be that the strap is a bit narrow, I'd prefer something wider to go over more of your foot to provide better stability.
Basically: if you want to Oly Lift - buy lifters. If you want to WOD and have Oly Lifter support, buy these. They are incredible value for money especially when compared to a new second set of shoes. In terms of a handy piece of gear to help transition between Oly Lifting and cardio, something that gives help when you need it so compliments your wrist wraps, lifting belt or hand guards, I'd rate these a necessity.
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I recently visited a box in America bearing the slogan 'changing lives through CrossFit'. Simple, yes. Cliché, yes. True, absolutely.
I'm lucky enough to be in a coaching role where I can not only reflect on the change CrossFit has made in my own life, but also the change made in the lives of the 100 or so people who walk through the CrossFit Wandsworth doors every day. It's also intriguing to me to see a beginner progress, knowing that there are so many different facets to CrossFit and wonder which part it is for them that they find most worthy of the title 'life-changing'.
Author: Ellie Bowden - Coach Crossfit Wandsworth, London
What's holding YOU back - Top 5 Common Misconceptions Preventing People from Starting CrossFit
It's easy for us all to forget after a few months or years in CrossFit that taking the plunge to start can be very daunting. Like any other sport, there are plenty of people who simply aren't interested in giving it a go, which is fine, but there are also a large number of interested people who hold back as a result of these common misconceptions. If you know someone who is hesitant to join because of any of the following, assure them they are not alone:
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When I talk about 'controllables' what I'm really referring to are the things or the factors in life that we have immediate and direct control of.
What happens when you live your life controlling the controllables is you feel empowered, responsible and grateful for the outcomes you create and generally happier about life and your part in it. This is due to you taking charge of what you can, focusing only on what matters and what you can do to move you towards the things you desire and value.
What happens when people rely on the uncontrollables is they have expectations of others to fulfill their needs and desires. If you are stuck in a rut and focusing on the uncontrollables, you probably expect the world to provide for you and serve you and when things don't magically fall into place, you blame other people for your lack of direction and results.
It's a trap that we all fall into at times.


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[Eating Rainbow | Green | no. 2 Avocado]
We doubt we'll make this one ever again.
At least, not for another six months, or as long as it takes to burn off the 4,000 calories in that glass that we consumed in less than 42 seconds because it was so incredibly incredibly ohmygosh (!!!) incredibly creamy delicious.
Did we say 4,000 calories? We left a zero off. Or two. We meant 400,000 calories in a single glass of an Avocado Smoothie.
But they're good calories! (Don't you love/hate it when people say that?)
No, really, they are.
Now we had a whole bulleted list of healthy points about avocados that we culled from various health, nutrition and medical websites, but we don't feel like making this so…clinical.
Instead, we're just going to tell you that after eating avocados almost daily for the last month (just another little "project" we did on the side), we feel a little bit awesome. Of course, this may have to do with small changes we've made in the last few months in other places as well (flaxseeds! olive oil! water!), but we know that the 20 vitamins (like C and E) and minerals (like potassium and folate), antioxidants (carotenoids), and fiber in avocado helped as well.
We put chopped or sliced avocado on pretty much anything and everything, but our favorite way to eat it is simply: sliced in half, pit removed, sprinkled with salt. Sometimes we squirted a little hot sauce on there.
We weren't sure how we felt about an Avocado Smoothie, though, when we first came across it on the site. Avocado as a drink? Pureed smooth? Would it taste like guacamole in a glass? Or more importantly, how would it taste as something sweet?!
The answer to all these questions is "delicious."
We pulled together recipes for avocado shakes drowning in the sweetness of condensed milk, hopped up on coffee, and smoothies that included other green vegetables and herbs. In the end, we stuck with those ingredients that didn't take too much away from the avocados health benefits but still made a good drink: lemon juice for flavor, honey and a drop of vanilla for sweetness, yogurt for added creaminess and coconut water to thin it down to a "drink."
Ok, so we might drink another one tomorrow.
Avocado Smoothie
serves 2 (no seriously, it's for two, not just you. don't try to drink all of this yourself, you greedy little monster)
1 large ripe avocado
2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
¼ teaspoon vanilla
¼ cup Greek yogurt (our favorite right now is Voskos)
½ to 1 cup coconut water
2 tablespoons honey
pinch of salt
optional: mint or basil (we tried it with both, and while we're sure other people will love it, we actually don't like either herb that much. it reminds us too much of cilantro)
Slice avocado in half, remove pit, and scoop small pieces of the avocado flesh into a blender. Make sure to scrape as much of the dark green flesh from the skin as possible, since this is where the highest concentration of nutrients is (see www.avocados.org).
Add lemon juice, vanilla, yogurt, and ½ cup coconut water (and handful of herbs if you'd like) to blender and blend on medium-high speed until smooth. Add more coconut water a little bit at a time until you get the desired consistency.
Stir in honey and salt to taste. Pour into glasses and drink right away.


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I am Ángel Nagual. I will be a man soon. My village, Campo de la Estrella (Field of the Star), was once a Spanish Misión (Mission) before the break with Spain a generation ago. The Spanish priests were persecuted after the revolution. My village now keeps our own faith in our own homes.
Into my village one late afternoon walked a poor man with his woman holding a child. My father, Patecatl , met these strangers outside of the old Capilla (Chapel). The red tiles of that Capilla were molded and baked by my people when they were slaves.
The man says to my father, "I am José Jacobeo. This is my wife María."
Patecatl, my father, observes, "This is a hard road to travel on foot with a woman and a child."
The man, José, says, "It is a hard road even with a horse. Our horse was killed by a puma."
The woman, María, speaks up into the conversation of men, saying, "God, himself, compels our journey."
My father says wryly, "Do you flee your God?"
José glances over his shoulder and he says, "God is our strength."
María says urgently, "We flee Poncio Pilato."
My father is surprised and then he smiles, saying, "Poncio Pilato is only a story that bandidos tell to their children when they are disobedient."
The child in María's arms begins to cry.
My father leans over the child and he whispers sweetly, "My name is Patecatl, little one. What is your name?"
María says, "We have named him Jesus."
My father raises his eyes to María's gaze.
José says, "For protection."
María pleads, "We need a place to rest."
My father reflects upon their fear and their supplication and he says finally, "Of course. Of course. The old Church is used for our livestock, but the altar stage is free and clean. Please. You are welcome to stay as long as you feel you must."
Then my father turns to me and says, "Ángel, see to our guests, please."
I lead José and María with their child Jesus into the old Church. The sheep and the goats stir in the straw. Chickens roost in the rafters and up on the old cast-iron arañas de luces (literally, spiders of lights, chandeliers). On the altar stage I spread clean straw for them. I leave them a basket for Jesus and a clay jar of water upon the altar. María places little Jesus into the basket upon a mound of straw. She covers her face. José comes to her side and holds her in a comforting embrace. I leave them to their privacy.
I return to my father in our room in the old Capilla. I ask him, "Father, who is Poncio Pilato?"
My father shakes his head slowly and says, "Poncio Pilato is a legend among the mestizos (half-breeds). He is a demon bandido, the saint of outlaws."
I ask, "Is he like Yaotl (Aztec god, Sewer of Discord)?"
My father grimaces and says, "No. No, Yaotl rewards the valiant even as he is the patron of discord. Poncio Pilato is like the Spaniard's Devil, or should I say, like the Devil's son," then my father snorts, " …like the Spanish priests."
I finally ask, "Why would Poncio Pilato chase two poor people and their child?"
My father answers me with a patient smile, saying, "He wouldn't," and then he offers me in consolation, "Unless they have something he wants." Then my father pauses and he says to himself, "Or they have taken something from him."
The sunset is blood red and my father observes, "There is a dust storm to the West."
We hear a scream. It is María!
My father and I run from the Capilla onto the altar stage. There José is restraining María who reaches screaming toward the child in the basket upon the altar.
My father hollers, "What is wrong…?" but in that instant we see the scorpions!
An army of black scorpions is scaling the altar, climbing onto the child's basket. The scorpions halt their advance in a halo radiating around the child Jesus. The innocent child is enchanted by his wiggling visitors and he laughs with delight and he reaches for the nearest scorpions. The scorpions raise their claws but they remain just out of the reach of Jesus.
Suddenly a voice rumbles from the road outside the Church, calling, "María!"
María now faints to the floor in the embrace of José.
My father hisses, "Wait here!" but I follow him out of the Church to the road.
There are horsemen shuffling on the dark road. A man rides forward. He is enormous. I gasp when I realize that under his sombrero he is wearing an Aztec sacrificial mask of jade mosaic. The plaster eyes stare relentlessly.
My father composes himself and asks, "What do you want from my poor village?"
The enormous horseman leans forward and says, "I want what is owed to me, priest. I am Poncio Pilato."
My father holds his composure and replies, "I am not a priest. I am Patecatl, the medicine man. What do we possess that is owed to Poncio Pilato?"
Poncio Pilato answers saying, "The child."
My father asks boldly, "How is that innocent child 'owed' to you?"
Then the other horsemen ride forward ominously. Poncio Pilato points to each rider as they come to his side.
Poncio Pilato says, "This is Despiadado."
I realize in horror that his eyes are sewn shut.
Poncio Pilato says, "This is Avaricio."
I see that instead of eyes there are gold coins in his eye sockets.
Poncio Pilato says, "This is Lujurio."
I see that his mouth is elongated like a horse and his lips are enormous and his tongue hangs out."
Poncio Pilato concludes stating, "The child is Lujurio's. He was enticed by the nun María in her daydream as she pretended to pray," and Poncio Pilato scoffs, saying, "She was a willing virgin."
Behind us I hear José exclaim, "Then it is all true!"
My father and I turn to see José supporting the unconscious María.
José ponders out loud, "María said it was a miraculous conception. She was afraid. She came to me for protection. I, I was in love with her before she became a nun. I didn't believe her, but I didn't care. I still loved her. But it is all as she told me!"
Poncio Pilato laughs coarsely and says, "I have heard this story somewhere before!"
María regains consciousness enough to mutter, "What will you do with my child?"
Poncio Pilato leans forward and says quietly, "The child belongs to me now," and then he laughs, "You were a good hen, but this huevo (egg) belongs to me. Me costo un huevo (literally, it cost me an egg, it cost me a hell of a lot)!
My father speaks up, "Poncio, tiene huevos (do you have balls) enough to wager?"
Poncio Pilato sits erect in his saddle and his horse snorts and stamps.
My father continues, "I wager that you have no power over the child Jesus since he is truly innocent. I wager that your minions, such as the scorpions, can not harm him because his blood is half evil."
Poncio Pilato growls, saying, "Be careful with your last words, medicine man."
My father is unafraid, saying, "Only María can give the child to you willingly. Am I right? All you can do is terrorize us into forcing María to yield him to you," and my father turns toward María and stares.
María is dashed sober by my father's implications, and she cries, "No! No, no!" and she pushes herself away from José's loving grasp. She runs stumbling back into the Church. José cries, "María!" and regaining his balance he runs after her.
I look to my father and he turns to me and says, "Stay where you are."
I hear María screaming. I hear José wailing.
My father says again, sternly, "Stay."
I then see José stumbling back out of the Church and he falls to his knees before my father, wailing and pulling his hair, crying, "María is dead! She has thrown herself upon the altar and the scorpions devour her! María! What have you done? María! What have you done, Patecatl?"
My father turns back to Poncio Pilato who grumbles, "Medicine man, you are as ruthless as Despiadado."
My father replies, "But my eyes are sewn open. Only sacrifice defeats evil. Only sacrifice is holy. We own nothing in this world except our will."
I am transfixed by the words, by the will of my father.
José grovels inconsolable in the dust.
But another rider approaches from the darkness. I stumble backwards. It is María! Or what was once María.
Upon a horse the color of ash sits an apparition of María. From her eye sockets flow two springs of tears. She joins the horsemen of Poncio Pilato.
Poncio Pilato pronounces, "Her name shall be Lacrimosa," and he turns to my father and says slyly, "You are very generous with the souls of others."
My father replies, "Poncio Pilato, you do not have their souls. You have only their sins."
And then Poncio Pilato and his horsemen rode away with the wind.
My father welcomed José to stay on with our village, but José was too heartbroken to remain for long. José left Jesus with my father and my father made me Jesus's keeper. Jesus is a little brother to me now and I worry all the time about his fate.
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The Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory's (PWBF) Sail program is a year-round apprenticeship program for middle-school youth in sail making and small-boat sailing. Using the art and science of these disciplines as the framework, the program fostered physical and emotional health among participants, weaving social-emotional learning (SEL) activities into daily engagement and weekly workshops helping participants to succeed in high school and beyond. In addition to preparing young people for more successful trajectories, PWBF – via its Sail program and other maritime craft and environmental apprenticeships – sought to foster youth leadership within the communities they serve.
Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory (PWBF) was founded in 1996 to provide high-school youth at risk of dropping out opportunities to re-engage in learning through hands-on, traditional wooden boat building. PWBF now provides low-income youth ages 12-21 with year-round, out-of-school-time apprenticeships in wooden boat building, sail making, and sailing (Boat, Build and Sail) as well as environmental science and stewardship (RiverGuides). PWBF works to foster positive self-image and a sense of personal agency among its participants, knowing that how youth think about themselves is profoundly influential on their potential for success.


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Last Friday, Gracie has a Halloween party at school. Thanks to Tracy and her daughter, we were able to borrow a 'Sharpay' outfit for her to wear. (if you don't know who Sharpay is, ask the nearest 8-13 year old.) She had a wondeful time despite when she was dancing with her friend Caitlin and her wig flew off and hit Mrs. G!!
More costume pictures coming in a couple of days!