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And the list goes on and on. Past experiences with schools have been negative for many parents and just the thought of going back to school can give them and their child a magnified stress-response.
This article presents five effective strategies discussed that you can use when working to help your child have the best educational experience possible. These include the following:
1) Be an advocate for your child.
It takes courage to advocate for your child. Fears of being an "overbearing" or "overly-sensitive" parent can be part of the equation. Coming up against a panel of teachers and administrators who stand strong in what they believe can be intimidating. We also fear getting involved and exposing our child's sensitivities for fear of having our child labeled from the start.
While these fears are valid, the act of advocating for your child is preventive, proactive and can save your child having a negative educational experience. The reality is that your child does have some special needs and he has a right to be understood. Your responsibility as a parent allows you to then approach the school system, staying confident and positive to say, "My child needs to be understood. My child has certain areas where he gets stressed-out and overwhelmed. He needs us, as a team, to do what we can to prevent a negative experience for him and as we do this, it will allow him to be a success in school. The more positive experiences my child has in the learning environment, the more equipped he will become to handle stress in the future. I'm asking for your help in doing this."
Offer to educate and give the teacher and/or principal materials to look at and read. Many times you will find teachers are willing to read articles and newsletters. Keep educating the schools. It can be an uphill battle, there's no doubt. If you let your fear overcome you, your child is then not only powerless in the school, but with you as well. It sends an amazingly powerful message to our children when we go to bat for them. For many of our children, adults in their life have never done this. Advocating for your child can be a valuable healing experience as they see you in action, just for them. You are the one that knows your child best and you are the one who can advocate the best for him or her.
2) Understand the difficulty of transitions.
Parents and professionals have a tendency to underestimate the difficulty children with trauma histories have when it comes to transitioning. Transitioning means change and it can mean unpredictability—two items that create tremendous fear in children (and many adults for that matter). Foster children and adopted children, by the nature of this characteristic, have transitional trauma. At one point in their lives (if not many more), they were removed from an environment to which they never returned. Many children have memories of going to school and never coming back home. This can easily explain a child's resistance to getting up in the morning and leaving the home for school. No amount of reassurance from the parent at the cognitive level can overpower this trauma.
If parents can recognize this fear, even the night before school, they have the opportunity to address this fear when there is less stress in the home. The parent can acknowledge the fear by saying,
"It can be really scary and difficult leaving the house in the morning. I never realized that last year and I want to be able to help you this year. If I had been taken away at school when I was six years old like you and taken to a new home, I'd be so scared, too. It may actually still feel like you're not coming home even now that you're in middle school. I'm here this year to help you through this and to support you, son."
Bringing these fears up to the conscious level, honoring them, and validating them, can help a child process through these previous traumatic events. As these memories are processed and understood with the parent, they no longer have the ability to drive the child into a state of complete defiance and resistance.
Other transitions to be mindful of include the transition from summertime to school time, switching from classroom to classroom for middle and high students, and moving from the classroom to the cafeteria (or specials) for elementary students. Even transitioning from school to home can be difficult for children because they know they are going to be faced with doing homework when they are simply too stressed out to do anymore work.
Here's an example of how to help a child transition. The teacher says to student, "It's going to be time for the bell to ring and for us to change classes. I want you to take a few deep breaths and then we'll change classes." This may seem so simple, but it gives the child a chance to process the transition prior to being required to make the transition. Having this extra couple of minutes gives the child space to determine that the request to transition is safe and not a threat.
3) Respond instead of react to your child's behaviors.
Love is a conscious and intentional response; fear is a confused and distorted reaction. It becomes difficult when dealing with school issues to stay mindful enough when our child brings home a low grade to stay in this place of love and responsiveness.
There is an enormous amount of emphasis in our culture surrounding education. The common belief is that if our child doesn't succeed in school, then he won't succeed in life. We often have the perception that the level of our education is directly proportionate to our level of income. However, it is quite interesting to note that in many cases, those with less education earn more than those with master or doctoral degrees. Bill Gates, worth an estimated $56 billion, left college after only a couple of years and finally earned an honorary degree some 30 years later. Extreme case? Perhaps. Yet, we need to be flexible to understand that when Johnny doesn't do his homework, it doesn't mean that he is doomed in his career…he's only five!
For the Beyond Consequences parent, the interpretation of a negative report from school simply means that the child was outside of her window of tolerance. For example, the child comes home and says, "Mom, I got three 'infractions' today at school." Instead of the traditional response of, "What? You know how to behave in that classroom," mom can take a deep breath, stop the negativity, and decide to respond from a state of understanding. Mom says, "Wow. You must have been really stressed out today. What was so hard today?" As she opens the space for understanding and reflective thought, her daughter reveals that there was a substitute today (and we all know how dysregulated an entire classroom can become on days with substitutes).
Being able to respond to a child in the classroom can shift a potentially chaotic experience into one that is calm and regulated. Responsive techniques include "Time-In," using non-verbal communication, using gentle and friendly touch, using indirect eye contact when direct eye contact is too stimulating, not demanding an explanation of a negative behavior in the moment, providing understanding, and working to regulate as the adult in the classroom.
Instead of putting a child in a corner or outside of the classroom (which happens all too often), have the child sit with the teacher. "Johnny, I see you are having a hard time sitting. Why don't you come sit with me and see if you can focus and get back on track?" It takes understanding that we regulate through relationship. The reaction I often hear from educators is, "I can't do that with every student." The reality is that not every student needs that; yet there are times when one or two students in the classroom are going to need that. In fact, the time that you invest in helping a couple of students regulate through the student/teacher relationship will produce gains that will be evident for the rest of the day.
Non-verbal communication and gentle/friendly touch can be as simple as a teacher looking over and seeing that Johnny is getting a little frustrated. The teacher, while still teaching, can simply walk by Johnny and put her hand on his shoulder. She does not even have to say a word. Just her presence, her physical connection that is gentle and soft, can help to interrupt the negativity and stress that is starting to build in him.
4) Help your child find resources – empower your child.
If efforts to work with your child's school prove minimal, it is still our responsibility to continue moving forward in our family's healing process. This may mean working with our child to help him become more equipped while at school, showing him how to develop his own internal resources and for us to be a calm and regulated resource before and after school for him.
One of the best resources is you in the morning. Make a commitment to send your child off to school as regulated as possible each morning. When we keep in touch with our level of stress in getting out the door, we realize that much of how the morning unfolds is in our court. If you work outside of the home, it would be wise to avoid scheduling meetings in the morning, just in case your child is having a difficult morning. It would also be helpful to let your boss know that there may be times that you are going to be late with the reassurance that you'll make up the hours as needed. Ironically, just in doing this, your stress level will be less which will almost ensure that you really are not late for work.
Help your child develop internal resources so he can begin to empower himself. Children want to do well; we need to give them the tools in order to develop their internal regulatory skills in order to do so. And when you observe a child who appears as though she doesn't want to do well and she says, "I don't care," this is only an indication that she is in a state of survival. When you're in survival, you literally do not have the space to care. This is a child who is beyond her window of stress tolerance, so equipping children, especially children who operate in survival most of their days, can be a liberating experience for them.
Teach your children how to breathe when they begin to feel stressed and overwhelmed. This can work for a child entering Kindergarten or a child entering high school. Help them to get in touch with their bodies and feel the sensation of stress as it originates, perhaps in the stomach or in their chest. As they become aware of the feeling physically, they then have the capacity to identify it instead of acting out on it. This takes practice at home, but it equips them to maintain some sense of regulation in an environment that challenges their regulatory system.
Teachers and parents can also help children develop external resources when they begin to feel dysregulated, or "uneven" as one child described it to me. Help them to identify people within the school with whom they can connect. Identify mentors in the school. It can be a school counselor, a teacher's aide, the receptionist, the janitor—someone with whom they can call upon when feeling stressed. Reflect on what you do when you're feeling stressed at work or at home. Don't you usually call someone to connect? This is using relationships to regulate.
Request that your child be given permission to call the parent when she needs to from school. This can be a simple two-minute call that can have lasting effects for a child's sense of safety and security. Fear says they'll want to call too much so it will disrupt the class or that they'll manipulate this "privilege" and abuse it. When we truly understand that this is a tool children can use to align and empower themselves, we'll see that it isn't a privilege but a necessary tool in a child's ability to maintain regulation in the school environment. If the teacher shifts from a place of stress and fear to a place of understanding, she can then truly see that it is a useful tool that can help her to help this child.
Set up a system to help the child break a negative feedback loop that may develop in the classroom. Instead of threatening the child, "Johnny, I've asked you three times already to settle down. If you don't sit down this last time, you'll find yourself sitting inside completing this assignment by yourself during recess," we have to consider more positive options. Realizing that Johnny is having a hard time settling down by the fourth request, perhaps he needs to take a break from the environment in order to break the negative feedback loop. At this point, it is clear that he doesn't have the regulatory ability to interrupt this negativity on his own. "Johnny, I can see that it is difficult to settle down. I think this would be a good time to take a break and go down the hall for a sip of water." This is teaching Johnny how to break this cycle instead of punishing him by taking recess away (which is probably exactly what he needs—the opportunity to run around and release some energy).
5) Reduce stress at school.
In addition to the four tips listed above, there are several other very simple strategies that can help children who become easily overwhelmed at school. These strategies take just a small amount of extra time for teachers; it just takes understanding and staying mindful. The investment in implementing these strategies can be profound for the overall experience not only for the child, but for the entire class. Here they are listed below:
- Assign a teacher who is calm, regulated, and who is willing to stay attuned to child's needs.
- Have the child sit next to the teacher or in the front of the classroom.
- Remove distracting objects from the child's desk.
- Stay focused on the process when giving the child a directive, not the outcome. This requires staying relationship focused.
- Keep the child close to an adult when transitioning from one activity to another.
- Provide a "Safe Place" within the classroom such as a reading corner where the child can go when he feels overwhelmed.
- Avoid singling the child out in front of peers; be mindful not to create an experience of rejection (a deep issue for children with trauma histories).
- Allow the child to wear a locket or carry a picture (or another familiar reminder of his family) that he can use to ground himself when feeling scared or alone.
- If recess time becomes too stimulating and overwhelming, it may be more beneficial for the child to have quiet time in the library or with the teacher in order to calm his nervous system.
- Allow the child to have the option of calling the parents if he needs help regulating. Instead of saying, "I'm going to call your mom if you don't behave right now, Johnny," the mindful teacher can say, "I think a call to your mom will help you feel better and will help you know you're okay, Johnny."
- Maintain an awareness that children do not willfully disobey teachers or refuse to complete assignments from a conscious place. It is an over abundance of stress and overwhelm that drives a child's negative responses in the classroom.
- Reduce the amount of stimulation in the classroom by decreasing wall posters, hanging mobiles, and other items used for decoration.
- Decorate the room by using colors that are warm and soothing.
- Change the lighting in the classroom by turning off some of the fluorescent lights and using lamps with incandescent bulbs. Fluorescent lights produce a "cold" light, while incandescent bulbs produce a "warm" light.
- If lunchtime is difficult, have the child eat next to an adult or in the classroom. The school cafeteria can be over stimulating and can also be a social challenge for many children (and adults for that matter!).
- When possible, avoid having the child in large groups such as before school programs where all the children sit in the auditorium or in the courtyard. Large groups can dysregulate even a well- regulated child.
- Have the teacher (or parent) breakdown assignments into smaller parts. Instead of an entire project due in one month, perhaps intermediate deadlines can be established to break the project into smaller parts. You wouldn't eat an entire pizza in one bite! So, break it down into manageable slices.
Keep pressing on. Your children are worth it. And keep trusting that as you stay focused on your relationship with your children, being flexible and supportive with their school work, they will be more equipped to learn, more motivated to accomplish, and most importantly, happier in their well-being!
Press on,
Heather T. Forbes, LCSW
Parent and Author of Beyond Consequences, Logic & Control: Volume 1 & Volume 2, Dare to Love, and Help for Billy.


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I do like an illustrated tutorial. I like the simplicity of the pictures, I like their imperfect hand-drawnness, and as it turns out, I rather enjoy making them. I've done a couple of tutorials for my new accessory collection*, and now that they've been editor-approved, I thought I'd share them here. Today: How to do German Short Rows.
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We've all seen and heard of the commercials for artificially created energy drinks claiming to give you that boost you need to get through the day, but at what cost? My mother told me once, if you don't know what's in it, don't eat it. The same applies to drinks. Energy drinks are mass marketed in a clever way to convince the consumer that they are making a smart and healthy choice. Sure there are some B-vitamins in it but there are also a bunch of other ingredients that many of us have never heard about.
Addicted to energy drinks...
After consuming a Red Bull, 5 Hour Energy, Monster or any other similar drink do you feel good? I've had my share of these drinks in the past and the only benefit I've experienced is a temporary boost of energy that left me in an energy drink withdraw hours after wearing off. In fact, the worst feeling about this form of energy is that I always felt jittery and dehydrated because the high levels of caffeine, sugar, and other artificial ingredients robbed me of any water that my body needed to use for healthy functions. Which would you prefer, energy that feels natural to your body, or energy that leaves you feeling like a legalized crack head hours later? The answer is organic juicing.
What is juicing?
Juicing. Do you mean steroids? The first time I went around telling my friends and family that I was juicing every day they looked at me in shock and disbelief. A few of my friends told me that I didn't look bulky or angry. My sister told me I would grow parts that aren't normally on the male body later in life and that I'd regret it. I quickly learned that I needed to clearly state that I was on an organic raw fruit and vegetable juice diet and not steroids. It's the long way to describe it but once they knew what I was doing, I would refer back to it as juicing.
By drinking raw organic juices, the body can use the most natural form of vitamins and minerals and healthy enzymes. There's no comparison to the large variety of artificial energy drinks since everything within the juice is truly all natural. The only processing involved is juice extraction. So, let's get to it. Here is a quick and easy recipe for getting your daily energy shot the natural way:
A quick recipe for an all natural energy boost
Organic Granny Smith Apple & Carrot Juice
- 3 Medium to large-sized organic carrots
- 1 organic Granny Smith green apple
- 1 organic celery stalk and/or 1 small handful of organic parsley (about 3 or 4 sprigs)
- Cutting board
- Knife
- Fruit and Vegetable juicer (masticating, auger or twin gear style preferred. I use an Omega 350 VRT which works great)
- Soak the apples and carrots (and any optional items: celery/parsley) in lukewarm water for about 1 minute using a tablespoon of fruit and vegetable wash. (Tip: a produce scrubber is very handy in making sure the surface of the produce is clean, free from any dust, dirt or chemicals that may have come into contact)
- Rinse thoroughly under cool water.
- Chop off the root ends of the carrot (about ¼ inch off of the thicker end). Set aside.
- With the apple sitting upright on the cutting board, slice the apple in 2 halves. Remove any visible seeds. Slice each half 3 more times until you end up with 8 slices total. Remove any other seeds.
- Start by placing 1 carrot into the juicer, followed by several apple slices, alternating between carrots and apples until there's nothing left to juice.
- Pour into glass and drink. (For no pulp a strainer may be required).
Drink your juice immediately. The longer your freshly made juice sits it will oxidize, likely losing freshness and quality of healthy benefits. Juicing will take time at first, but with careful preparation and attention you will find ways to speed up the process from gathering and washing the produce to getting all that juicy goodness to your taste buds. And of course, make sure that you use only organic produce. Not only is it healthier for you, but it tastes better too!
Do you juice? What are some other delicious recipes that you have found beneficial?
Many people find it difficult to start but that is true about anything you've never tried before. Although there are quicker alternatives in a can at your closest convenience store, the benefits are short-lived. Learning about juicing builds the excitement and fun of making your own healthy energy shot that provides long-term benefits for years to come.


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Marionberries are considered the most flavorful blackberries. If you can't find them, use ordinary blackberries instead. Prep Time: 15 minutes.
How to Make It
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In a salad bowl, whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, 1 tsp. thyme leaves, the mustard, 1/4 tsp. salt, and 1/4 tsp. pepper.
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Add arugula and gently toss until leaves are coated with dressing. Add berries and gently toss. Divide among 4 salad plates. Crumble 1/2 oz. cheese on each salad. Sprinkle with remaining thyme and salt and pepper to taste.
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Two sets of Western Québec students rallied around separate social entrepreneurship ventures, as they test piloted The Learning Partnership's "Entrepreneurial Adventure" program. By persevering and encouraging each other, the students succeeded in helping other at-risk members of their community—both human and animal.
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On the 20th anniversary of Take Our Kids to Work™ Day, a young man from CQSB's St. Patrick's High School shadowed none other than the Education minister, Yves Bolduc, while a young woman from EMSB's Royal West Academy learned what it's like to be an executive at L'Oréal Canada.
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Jon that was about the identical time I worked within the computer industry for a chip producer. I remember listening to them speaking about how they would be doubling their computing energy each two years whereas halving their computers' measurement. Now the computing energy on cell phones and netbooks rival the performance of those accomplishments. It makes you surprise what tomorrow will convey.
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Family Matters Mediate Ltd is committed to providing a high quality family mediation service to all our clients. We welcome comments, compliments and concerns being raised with us in order to learn and improve our practice.
If you have concerns about our practice please contact Family Matters with the details in writing.
How we deal with comments, compliments and complaints
The staff member receiving feedback will initially pass to the appropriate mediator to record the feedback.
In the event of a concern being raised, the mediator will respond by e-mail, letter or phone within 7 days.
Where appropriate the mediator will offer a further mediation meeting to resolve outstanding issues.
Complaints (including claims of breach of the Family Mediation Council (FMC) Code of Conduct for Family Mediators) may be made by mediation clients (including persons attending mediation information and assessment meetings or other initial consultations), by other mediators (including PPCs), or by others affected by or privy to the member's actions. Complainants do not need to be affected personally by the actions of the member where they are making a claim that the member is in breach of the FMC Code of Practice.
If the person is dissatisfied with the mediator's response they should explain in writing why their concerns have not been addressed. This will be passed to a company director for resolution following consultation with the mediator's professional practice consultant. The company director will respond within 14 days.
On reviewing the concerns, the company director may call upon an independent professional practice consultant to review the concerns and advise the company. In this event, written consent will be sought from clients to release their papers to a third party for scrutiny.
The independent professional practice consultant will report within 14 days of receiving the case file to the referring company director who will write to the complainant confirming their decision within 7 days of receiving the report.
In cases where a breach of the FMC Code of Practice has been identified the mediator will be referred to their member body.
If we have not resolved a complaint within the above timescales you may make a formal complaint to the mediator's membership organisation that is named on your agreement to mediate. (If you are unsure how to identify or contact the organisation, please ask us for further details). The membership organisation will not make a charge for investigating complaints. A membership organisation's complaints procedure does not prejudice your right to seek a civil remedy. Note, the membership organisation will normally only investigate a complaint relating to the standard of service provided by the member if the complainant has already exhausted the member's own complaints procedures.


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The English Students' Association (ESA) represents students enrolled in the English department. The ESA's purpose is twofold: to build a sense of community within the department through a variety of academic and social events, and to communicate the interests of English students at various levels within the University of Victoria.
The ESA publishes the undergraduate journal The Albatross annually, which features exceptional undergraduate work in the fields of literary analysis, critical theory, creative writing, and cultural studies.
The ESA holds various social events (e.g.: department mixers and bookstore crawls), as well and peer-helping events (e.g.: peer-editing and writing circles). The ESA also administers annual scholarships.
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Last night we held the exhibition for our Stories and Spaces in the Fusion Building. It was pretty tense in the build-up to the 6:40 deadline, as we changed how we were going to project the piece the night before and only finished the final edit and export an hour before. However, I was really happy with the end result. The sound and visuals really came together with the space to create something quite emotive. I was glad I'd taken the time to create a solid soundscape, as it really helped create the atmosphere needed.
I've had a lot of fun with this project and being able to explore the world of audio. Although not a discipline I'd want to work in long-term, it has taught me the value of experimentation, something I feel is very important in a creative industry such as ours. I think sometimes the pressure of trying to 'get the grades' inhibits university students from trying new things, or even making the mistakes needed to grow as a creative producer. As such, I'm glad I had to opportunity to do just that and with so much artistic freedom.


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The 2015 finalists will be honored at a special cocktail reception and dinner on Thursday, April 30, at 5:30 p.m. at The IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame Museum. During the evening the winners in each category will be announced, including the H. Wayne Huizenga Start Up Award and will present the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award to Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation.
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Iran has announced that it has successfully enriched uranium at its facility in the central town of Natanz, a process that could either be used for civilian purposes or to build nuclear weapons. VOA Senior Correspondent André de Nesnera looks at what the international community can do to curtail Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
This is the latest development in an escalating confrontation between many Western nations and Iran over Tehran's nuclear weapons ambitions. The United States and Europe believe Tehran is seeking to develop a nuclear arsenal. But Iran's government says its program is only aimed at producing fuel for peaceful, civilian purposes. The announcement that Iran has successfully enriched uranium was made in Tehran by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called it a "historic moment."
Last month, the United Nations Security Council urged Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment activities and asked Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, to report back to the Council on April 28.
Experts say Iran's latest move may force the U.N. Security Council to discuss harsher measures against Tehran, such as sanctions. But they also point out that two Council members with veto power, China and Russia, have expressed their opposition to sanctions.
Charles Kupchan, former member of the U.S. National Security Council in the first Clinton administration, now with the Council on Foreign Relations, says the world body could first consider limited sanctions. "The talk thus far has been more about 'smart sanctions', sanctions that affect the leadership and not the broader Iranian population. It is the same sort of set of policy initiatives that has been talked about vis-à-vis Belarus, where a recent election was apparently stolen by [Alexander] Lukashenko, freezing the assets of leaders, not letting them travel by not giving them visas. These are the sorts of things that may, in the early stages, be implemented before attempting to garner support for a broader economic embargo of Iran," he said.
However, experts say that the only way sanctions would be effective is if there is strong support from the international community.
Carne Ross, a former British diplomat, a member of Britain's delegation to the United Nations Security Council (1998 - 2000) who worked on the issue of sanctions against Iraq, says a sanctions regime requires a long-term, patient and detailed effort to succeed.
"It is very difficult to control trade or indeed financial flows or the visits of senior government officials or flights.The world is a complex place and there are many flows going into and out of countries. And it is very, very difficult to monitor, police, and control those flows. And if you are going to try to, you are going to have to devote an enormous amount of effort to succeed. And that effort involves setting up monitoring bodies, appointing large numbers of officials to work on it, having monitoring on borders. But also a very painstaking and diligent effort to encourage the neighbors of the target state and other actors involved to observe the sanctions regime that you have imposed," he said.
In short, says Ross, it is a great deal of work and it is unclear whether the international community is ready for it.
Daryl Kimball, head of the Arms Control Association, an independent research organization, says the United States, a strong advocate of sanctions, cannot push ahead with this approach any faster than the Security Council is willing to go. "The next step is not clear. If the United States pushes for stronger actions against Iran, these targeted political and economic sanctions, and the Russians and the Chinese resist, then it is quite possible that the Security Council will be deadlocked. They will not be able to take any action. At the same time, that kind of scenario might lead some in the United States to argue that the Bush administration should take actions on its own. So we are moving in a very delicate phase here," he said.
Experts say the next step is for the Security Council to meet and decide what measures to undertake in order to force Iran to end its uranium enrichment program. But they say agreeing to those measures may be difficult.


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This training course aimed to enhance the capacities of law enforcement agencies of Armenia and Georgia in computer forensics and technical aspects of investigating cybercrime.
In light of the recent adoption of the 2011 EU Directive aimed at combating sexual abuse and exploitation of children as well as child pornography, this event is intended as a platform to debate and assess the new EU legislation and to promote the effective investigation and prosecution of offences in this area of law.
The workshop is intended to give police supervisors, appellate level prosecutors and judges new information on computer crimes, computer forensics, and cyber evidence retrieval during while investigating and prosecuting sexual abuse of children on the Internet


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As I write this post, it is less than two days until the new year. To say I am excited for 2018 would be a bit of an understatement. Y'all 2018 is gon' be lit!
But before we go into 2018, I thought it'd be a good idea to look back on the year. I thought I'd share my top five blog posts of 2017 (based on views).
If you are quite new to my blog, you may have missed out on my previous posts, so this is a great way to check out my most popular (and hopefully helpful) blog posts.
So here are my top five blog posts of 2017:
1) If your friend doesn't support your blog are they really your friend?
This was without a doubt one of my favourite blog posts this year.
I am not at all surprised that this is my most viewed blog post of 2017. So many of us face the issue of not receiving the support that we expected from our friends. This isn't an issue that is limited to bloggers, you could also experience this for example when you are starting a new business.
Due to this blog posts popularity and relatability, I will be doing a follow-up post sharing ways to not let unsupportive friends hold you back and other places that you can find the support that you need.
Read: If your friend doesn't support your blog are they really your friend?
2) Ten funny but relatable travel memes
I love travel memes, so this is one post that I really enjoyed creating, I just never expected it to be so popular.
In the new year, I will be trying to incorporate more fun blog posts like this one. If you have any suggestions of fun, travel and non-travel related, blog posts and vlogs that you would like to see, then please feel free to share them in the comments.
Read: Ten funny but relatable travel memes
3) Ten tips for taking amazing pictures on your solo trip
This was another one of my favourite blog posts of 2017.
I frequently get asked how I get great pictures on my solo trips, so I of course had to share my top ten tips with y'all. I got you guys! EMOJI
Read: Ten tips for taking amazing pictures on your solo trip
4) Three ways that solo travelling can change you forever
Y'all seem to love a good solo travel post it seems!
As a solo traveller advocate lol, I find myself having conversations with a number of people about solo travelling. Although there is still many who find the idea of travelling alone crazy and lonely, there are also many more people who are now open to considering it and taking that plunge.
I love that more people are going on solo trips. In 2018, I will definitely be using my blog and YouTube channel as a platform to encourage people to try it and to also share the knowledge that I have gained from my own experiences and research to help make your own experience amazing!
If you have anything specific that you would like to cover on solo travelling, then let me know in the comments.
Read: Three ways that solo travelling can change you forever
5) Stepping out of my comfort zone in Bucharest
Unlike the other four blog posts in this list, this is one blog post that I didn't enjoy writing at first, but it actually turned out to be very therapeutic. The support and kind words I received from my readers and friends were amazing! I appreciate y'all so much! EMOJI
At the end of April 2017, I asked my readers to provide me with tasks to complete on my solo trip to Bucharest. These tasks would force me to get out of comfort zone, some of the tasks that were suggested were to ask a local for recommendations, introduce myself to people and ask a guy for his number (thanks again Damon lol).
Bucharest was without a doubt my hardest trip of 2017. I am extremely shy and I struggled to complete the tasks given to me. I came back feeling like I had not only let myself down but my readers and friends who had taken the time to give me a task.
However, looking back at 2017 as a whole, I can now see how far I have come. The personal growth that I and those close to me have seen in myself, makes me realise that I need to give myself a lot more credit.
We are own worst critics. Don't let your self-doubt, self-critism and judgment stop you from making your dreams into your reality.
Read: Stepping out of my comfort zone in Bucharest
Thank you for reading!
If you have any blog post or vlog suggestions or requests, then please do share in the comments!
Also, your feedback, whether good or constructive, is very much appreciated, so please feel free to get in contact with me at email@example.com.
Well, until next time guys!


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Over the past decade, the company has undertaken 10 renewable energy initiatives around the globe, including wind power, solar, and cogeneration. In December 2012, SC Johnson commissioned two 415-foot wind turbines at Waxdale, in Mt. Pleasant, Wis., and one year later, the results are impressive. The wind turbines have cut 6,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually and have produced nearly 8 million kilowatts (KWh) of electricity since December 2012 -- enough energy to power 700 homes over the course of a year, according to the company.


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The Hotchkiss Collection of Confederate Maps
by Clara LeGear
Jedediah Hotchkiss was born at Windsor, Broome County, N. Y., November 30, 1828. He was graduated from the Windsor Academy and early showed great interest in botany and in geology. In the winter of 1846-47, he taught school in Lykens Valley near Harrisburg, Pa., in a community where coal mines were being opened. In his spare time, he studied the geology of the anthracite region. The following summer, in company with another teacher, he made a walking tour of the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania, the Piedmont region of Maryland, and the Valley of Virginia, as well as the Blue Ridge, little realizing how well he was preparing himself for his life's work. About this time he made the acquaintance of Henry Forrer, owner and operator of one of the large iron smelters near Luray, whose interest in mining and mineral resources awakened the enthusiasm that later absorbed so much of Hotchkiss's energy. That fall he tutored in the family of Daniel Forrer at Mossy Creek, Va., and for the next ten years was principal of the Mossy Creek Academy. In 1858 he resigned to organize the Loch Willow School for Boys at Churchville, Augusta County, which flourished until the outbreak of the war. For two years after the war, Major Hotchkiss kept a school at Staunton and thereafter opened an office as topographical and mining engineer, which he continued until his death in 1899.
Major Hotchkiss's postwar activities and interests, too numerous to record here, are reflected in his voluminous correspondence, diaries, and papers. He wrote The Battlefields of Virginia-Chancellorsville with William Allen in 1867; The Geography of Virginia in 1876, published in many subsequent editions; and "Virginiaâ€, volume 3 of the Confederate Military History, edited by C. A. Evans, in 1899. He edited The Virginias, a Mining, Industrial and Scientific Journal from 1880 to 1885. He compiled an Historical Atlas of Augusta County, Virginia, 1885, made many surveys, compiled and published maps, and wrote papers and pamphlets in the interest of developing the resources of the Virginias. In 1872 and again in 1874 he visited Great Britain and was influential in getting millions of northern and foreign capital invested in the development of his beloved State. He lectured on many occasions, organized the Stonewall Jackson Camp of Confederate Veterans, and was an ardent supporter of the Second Presbyterian Church and the Young Men's Christian Association in Staunton. His whole life merits the words of commendation General Jackson said to him on occasion, "Good, very good."
The Hotchkiss collection contains some 600 maps, of which 340 are manuscript, relating principally to Virginia and West Virginia between 1861 and 1865. Many of them also reflect the postwar activities of Hotchkiss in the development of mines, railroads, and towns in both of these states. A number of the manuscript maps are annotated to show that they were actually used by Generals Lee and Jackson in planning their campaigns.
In addition to maps made by or under the direction of Hotchkiss, the collection includes a number of manuscript copies of Virginia county maps made under the direction of Maj. Albert H. Campbell, who was in charge of the Topographical Department, Confederate States Army. These maps are copies of some of the "Lost War Maps of the Confederates" about which Major Campbell wrote in the Century Magazine (vol. 35, 1888, p. 479-481) in protest against the many published criticisms that suitable maps had not been available to Confederate commanders. Major Campbell conceded that there was a lack. of maps at the start of the war but explained that General Lee, upon taking command of the army, took steps to organize a topographical bureau for procuring accurate maps for his own use and that of his commanders. Major Campbell, being placed in charge, organized the work of surveying each county in detail and of preparing maps on comparatively large scales, giving due credit to the heads of field corps in the titles of the maps. When Richmond was evacuated on the night of April 2, 1865, Major Campbell packed up the master maps of the Engineer Office and placed them on an archive train bound for Raleigh, N. C., in the charge of an engineer officer and a draughtsman. He never thereafter learned of their whereabouts. It is particularly gratifying that the Hotchkiss collection contains copies of a number of these official Confederate maps not hitherto represented among "The Gilmer-Campbell Maps" described by Lawrence Martin in Noteworthy Maps . . . Accessions (of the Library of Congress) for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1926 (Washington, 1927, p. 7-17). Many of the Hotchkiss manuscripts are so finely drawn as to give the appearance of printed maps. Much of the coloring was done with pencils, red being used for roads, blue for water, green for wooded areas, and brown for hachures indicating topography. On the larger-scale maps, dwellings and the names of their occupants are shown, as well as churches, mills, blacksmith shops, stores, railroad stations, courthouses, and post offices.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Jedediah Hotchkiss offered his services to Gen. Richard S. Garnett as topographical engineer and on July 2, 1861, was assigned to duty under Col. M. M. Heck on Rich Mountain. Immediately, he began a survey of Camp Garnett and vicinity. A copy of the resulting map, in this collection, may be his first war map. The position was attacked by McClellan's troops and evacuated on a rainy night. Hotchkiss, serving as adjutant on the retreat, led the troops over mountains and through swamps to.safety. When General Lee reorganized the army in the following month, Hotchkiss joined him at Valley Mountain and worked feverishly on a map of Tygart Valley for Lee's campaign. Although confined by an attack of typhoid fever for some weeks, he made maps while convalescing for the reports of the officers who conducted the Rich Mountain and Tygart Valley campaigns. In March 1862 he was assigned to the staff of Gen. T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson, as topographical engineer of the Valley District, Department of Virginia, with the rank of captain. His map of the Battle of Kernstown (March 23, 1862), made shortly after his arrival, has been preserved.
Complying with General Jackson's comprehensive instructions to "Prepare a map showing all points of offense and defense in the Shenandoah Valley from the Potomac to Lexington" he produced a masterpiece, performing this difficult task in record time. His familiarity with the region and his great facility in sketching were contributory factors in this notable accomplishment, for which he received high praise from General Jackson. The map is drawn on tracing linen, on the scale of 1:80,000, measuring 7 1/2 x 3 feet, and is in an excellent state of preservation. Showing an infinite: amount of detail useful for military tactics, it was frequently laid before Confederate commanders who were planning troop movements. When the Hotchkiss Collection was acquired in 1948, the original manuscript drawing of the Shenandoah Valley map was on loan to the Handley Library of Winchester, Va. Following the death in October 1963 of Mr. Eddy, librarian, Mrs. Christian recalled the map from the Handley Library. In fulfillment of her wish that the Shenandoah map be reunited with the other Hotchkiss maps, she presented this historic and cartographic treasure to the Library of Congress in 1964.
Another remarkable item in the collection is Hotchkiss's field sketchbook. The cover bears this annotation over his signature: "This volume is my field sketch book that I used during the Civil War. Most of the sketches were made on horseback just as they now appear. The colored pencils used were kept in the places fixed for them on the outside of the cover. These topographical sketches were often used in conferences with Generals Jackson, Ewell and Early . . . ." The more than 100 pages of delicately executed sketches reveal an extraordinary ability and an artistic hand. How such fine work could be done in the saddle remains a marvel to everyone who examines it. The flyleaf and the first pages show positions on the Cedar Run Battlefield, dated March 23, 1862. The majority of the maps relate. to various sections of the Valley of Virginia, centering on the Valley turnpike. Others show sections of the Blue Ridge, Massanutten, Powell's Fort Valley, and the road between Dawsonville and Darnestown in Montgomery County, Md., as well as regions in Virginia around Chancellorsville, Winchester, Orange County, Bristoe Station, and Warrenton.
Hotchkiss was directed on numerous occasions to choose lines of defense, to select troop positions for important engagements, and to. perform other arduous and often extremely dangerous duties, all of which were faithfully executed. He was constantly on the move and more than once narrowly escaped capture. One night he rode 60 miles to block a mountain pass and at another time he rode 46 miles to report the progress of battle. He took an active part in the Battle of Winchester, May 25, 1862, riding with Jackson at the head of his troops and rallying the citizens to put out the fires started during the battle. His original map of troop movements on this day is preserved at the Handley Library. Several days later, he plotted troop position around Richmond, as shown on a captured Federal map. On June 9, he led General Taylor's brigade in a flank movement at Port Republic and also in the attack that decided the battle. His map of the battlefield showing troop positions is in the collection.
When General Jackson went to Richmond, Hotchkiss went to Staunton to prepare a map of the Piedmont region for the Pope campaign. The collection includes several undated maps which may have been made at this time. Hotchkiss rejoined the army at Gordonsville, which he subsequently mapped; he was also at Cedar Mountain, in the Rappahannock operations, and at Chantilly, maps of which are represented in the collection. Later he was in the first Maryland campaign with General Jackson, blew up the Monocacy River bridge, and guided Gen. J. E. B. Stuart by concealed roads from Sharpsburg to Shepherdstown, for which General Jackson commended him to the Secretary of War for promotion.
Continual sketching, note-taking, and map-drawing filled the days of Captain Hotchkiss. While serving on Jackson's staff at the time of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 12, 1862, he aided in planning troop positions. During the winter of 1862-63 at Moss Neck, he made numerous reports and maps to accompany them, including a large map of the lower Rappahannock showing the lines of the Second Corps.
In the spring of 1863, at the request of General Jackson, Hotchkiss secretly made a map extending "from the Rappahannock to Philadelphia." Attached to it are two labels: "Map made by Capt. Jed. Hotchkiss at Moss Neck-by order of Gen. T. J. Jackson," and "Used by Gen. R. E. Lee in the famous Gettysburg campaign." It is probably the most beautifully executed map in the entire collection, measuring 52 by 32 inches and containing a great amount of detail, so finely drawn as to be remarkably clear. It is represented in the Library of Congress collection by a photostat, the original being in the Handley Library.
Captain Hotchkiss reported to General Lee that General Jackson had been wounded at Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863. Two days later he escorted the ambulance carrying General Jackson to Guiney's Station (Guinea), Va. At General Lee's request Captain Hotchkiss prepared complete maps of the Chancellorsville campaign, on which all subsequent maps have been based. The collection contains several maps made on this occasion.
While serving on General Ewell's staff, Hotchkiss prepared maps of the Second Battle of Winchester, June 13-15, 1863. He was in the first day's Battle of Gettysburg and then was ordered to watch and report from Seminary Ridge. A copy of the map of Gettysburg he made to accompany General Ewell's report is. in the collection. A little later he prepared a "Sketch of Routes of the 2nd Corps A. N. Virginia, from Fredericksburg, Va., to Gettysburg, Pa., and return to Orange C. H., Va. June 4th, to August 1st, 1863," on the scale of 1 inch to 10 miles; this is likewise preserved in the collection. His map of the engagement at Bristoe Station was made after. that action on October 14, 1863.
General Lee frequently required maps of Captain Hotchkiss and expressed great confidence in them. In the spring of 1864 he ordered Hotchkiss to select a line of defense and, in carrying this out, Hotchkiss rode hundreds of miles. The resulting report was specially complimented by General Lee and was adopted in large part. One of Hotchkiss's most strenuous feats was to sketch under heavy fire, in one day, the 10-mile long line held by General Lee from the Chickahominy to the Totopotomoy and to deliver. the map to the general that evening. A map answering this description is contained in the collection.
Captain Hotchkiss remained with the Second Corps when General Early took command and served on his staff in the Lynchburg-Monocacy-Washington and the Valley campaigns. A number of the maps in the collection reflect these activities.
During the winter of 1864-65, Hotchkiss prepared beautifully illustrated reports of the operationsof the Second Corps and made more than 100 maps for General Lee and other officers. The collection contains a manuscript report illustrated by an atlas of 63 plates of finely drawn maps of the Second Corps's camps, marches, and engagements during the campaign of 1864.
Major Hotchkiss was on the staff of General Early when General Sheridan attacked at Waynesboro and had to flee over the Blue Ridge, barely escaping capture. He was with General Rosser at Lynchburg when General Lee surrendered. Having sent his maps to a hiding place, he went home at once and was paroled on May 1, 1865 at Staunton, where he moved his family shortly thereafter. Later that year he was arrested and his maps were demanded by order of General Grant. He hurried to Washington and, in an interview with General Grant, protested against the confiscation of his maps, offering to make copies of any that were needed. General Grant ordered the maps returned and paid for copying all he desired to use in illustrating his reports. When the official documents of the Civil War were being prepared for publication, Major Hotchkiss supplied a number of the maps which were included in the atlas accompanying the Official Records o f the Rebellion.
The Library of Congress acquired in 1948 the maps, diaries, correspondence, and private papers of Maj. Jedediah Hotchkiss. A topographical engineer in the Confederate States Army attached to Gen. Stonewall Jackson's staff, Hotchkiss was also an educator and a promoter of Virginia's natural resources. The late C. Vernon Eddy, then librarian of the Handley Library at Winchester, Va., learned of the existence of this collection some years ago, and, after a number of visits to Staunton and extended negotiations, was instrumental in having it listed and removed to fireproof quarters. Subsequently, it was placed at the disposal of the late Douglas S. Freeman, who made numerous references to the Hotchkiss papers in his Lee's Lieutenants. The collection was acquired by the Library, of Congress from Mrs. R. E. Christian, of Deerfield, Va., Major Hotchkiss's last surviving descendant.
A catalog of The Hotchkiss Map Collection, compiled by Mrs. LeGear, was published by the Library of Congress in 1951. It is out of print, but copies may be examined in many large reference libraries.
A comprehensive list of Civil War Maps, compiled by Richard W. Stephenson, is a 1961 publication of the Library's Geography and Map Division. Both Union and Confederate maps are described.
View the complete essay (PDF/41 Kb)
LeGear, Clara."The Hotchkiss Collection of Confederate Maps." Reproduced from Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions 6 (November 1948): 16-20


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My guys from Arsenal almost stunk the joint out against Leicester City. The guys needed two late goals to escape with a 4-3 win over the Foxes at our house Emirates.
EPL Match Report:" Late goals from Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud earned Arsenal a comeback 4-3 win over Leicester City in a thrilling 2017/18 Premier League season opener.
The scoring started inside two minutes when Alexandre Lacazette found the net with a header on his PL debut.
But Shinji Okazaki nodded in from close-range three minutes later before Jamie Vardy converted a superb Marc Albrighton cross to put the Foxes 2-1 up.
Danny Welbeck scored in first-half stoppage-time before Vardy restored Leicester's advantage with a header from Riyad Mahrez's corner on 56 minutes.
But Ramsey struck from a Granit Xhaka cross on 83 minutes and Giroud's header went in off the crossbar from another Xhaka delivery two minutes later to settle a gripping contest.
The Guardians Amy Lawrence wrote this:" Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to a new season reminiscent of the old at the Emirates, where the good news is Arsenal broke their transfer record for a striker but the bad news is they ended their first game of the season with a classically dysfunctional defence. It was an extraordinary combination – a midfield player at right-back, two left-backs at centre-back and a right-back at left-back. Confused? Who wouldn't be. Leicester had all the clarity as they took advantage and a 3-2 lead into the final stages of an intoxicating tussle.
Oh Arsenal. Typical Arsenal. Absurd Arsenal. But where in seasons past this kind of situation tended to end with opening day navel-gazing, this time they found the resources to twist the tale with a theatrical flourish. Wenger threw on Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud to attempt a rescue mission and both of them delivered with goals to transform the atmosphere from fretful and pressurised to the liberating joy of a thumping comeback. The match-winner from Giroud sent shudders through north London. In finding the composure to power a header while wrestling his marker he made his point that the purchase of Alexandre Lacazette would not easily make him expendable.
Arsenal's penchant for starting seasons by getting a wobble in early has become something of an epidemic and they made a good stab at a repeat here. Arsène Wenger leaned on the game's statistics to suggest this win was somehow logical – bags of possession and 27 shots for his team compared to three on target for the visitors – but few in the crowd would have argued had Leicester been able to hold on to the lead they seized with moments of ferocious determination.
A frenetic opening five minutes set the tone and presented a microcosm of all of Arsenal's weird, paradoxical sense of possibility. Their ability to exude verve and be vulnerable in the same few flashes of a game was there for all to see. Day-one optimism cascaded down from the stands as the record signing Lacazette opened the scoring with his first meaningful Premier League touch. A mere two minutes into his official Arsenal career he was unmarked in the box to steer a powerful header past Kasper Schmeichel.
The Emirates crowd cherished the moment. But not for long. Leicester's response was resolute and instant, exposing the old familiar defensive off-switch in Arsenal's mechanics. Leicester loaded players into forward positions and when Marc Albrighton floated a cross over to the far post, the impressive Harry Maguire was more alert to the situation than any Arsenal defender. He sprinted to nod the ball back to Shinji Okazaki, whose movement was sparkier than any opponent and he finished instinctively.
Having equalised, it would have been rude of Leicester to turn down the opportunity to take the lead in the 28th minute. Mohamed Elneny and Granit Xhaka were punished for some casual passing in midfield as Albrighton pounced to carve the kind of opening that inspired Jamie Vardy to become synonymous with so many Leicester parties. The strike was smart and true.
The goal sucked the confidence out of Arsenal. Rob Holding was robbed of the ball. Leicester zoomed into another break and Okazaki was a fraction away from heading in a third. It spoke volumes of how Leicester interpreted the temperature of the game that both their centre-backs, Maguire and Wes Morgan, felt compelled to amble forward and frighten Arsenal's rearguard from open play.
The makeshift defence that Wenger pieced together, without the senior influences of Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker or Shkodran Mustafi, was jittery and easily stretched. A bizarre half ended with a reprieve for the home team. After Lacazette's shot was blocked Leicester's defenders raised choreographed "offside" arms while Sead Kolasinac ambled on to poke the ball for Danny Welbeck to prod in an equaliser. The half-time whistle was greeted by bubbling chitter-chatter about the reintroduction to the inexplicable emotional strain of Premier League chaos.
It did not ease off too much after the break. Emergency action from Petr Cech, twice, to deny the onrushing Vardy and then a clever shot from Riyad Mahrez, merely delayed the seemingly inevitable. Mahrez's well-whipped corner was gobbled up by Vardy with a textbook glancing header. Set piece, simple stuff for Leicester. It was the umpteenth time one of their players had moved untracked on to an aerial ball. Wenger later tried a touch of positive spin by saying his team were good at corners last season and insisted they could work on this and iron out the kinks. Time will tell on that one.
The introduction of Giroud and Ramsey was influential, and a missed handball from Mesut Özil in the build-up to the equaliser was also helpful. Following a corner, Ramsey neatly controlled Xhaka's dinked cross with one touch and buried his shot into the far corner with the next.
Arsenal went for the jugular. Lacazette danced through the pack and tested Schmeichel but it was Giroud who majestically delivered the coup de grace. Both Leicester's dejection and Arsenal's elation were understandable."


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