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Cadel Evans is not an easy rider to love, but the way he attacked to win the world title on Sunday was not just exciting and admirable, it was one of the best-timed and most perfectly-executed moves of the entire season.
If Evans has been criticised for his unwillingness or inability to attack in the mountains it is because he does not cut the figure of the instantly-appealing rider with panache to spare.
He has a tendency to follow wheels, mark his rivals and ride defensively. On the occasions he has attacked, his moves have been obvious and short-lived almost to the point of ridicule.
But you had to feel sympathy during the Tour de France this year when he tried to get in an early break on one of the mountain stages only to be moaned at by his fellow escapees for spoiling their chances.
Another way to look at Evans would be to admire the fact that he does what he can, when he can, and squeezes every last drop of potential out of his ability. That would be admirable if it were not for a series of bizarre outbursts and prickly responses that do little to make him endearing.
After a poor Tour de France, the Australian punctured at the worst possible time during the Vuelta a Espana, which cost him the chance to challenge for overall victory.
It was as if everything in Evans's career had been building up to that moment in Mendrisio. All the near-misses and all the bad luck combined to produce that moment of inspiration where Evans laid everything on the line with one attack that would land him his day of glory, or at the very least one of glorious failure.
However, it was a shame Evans chose to duck an important question. When asked after Sunday's race whether it was a victory for clean cycling, he said: "It's not my responsibility to answer that." On the contrary. Part of the responsibility of being world champion should be precisely that, to strike a blow for clean sport.
At long last there will be the same number of events for men and women in the velodrome at the Olympics.
In Beijing the men had seven events to contest, the women just three. At London 2012 there will be five competitions each, but at a cost.
Four years ago the men's kilometre and the women's 500-metre time trials were removed from the Olympic track programme by the UCI to make way for BMX.
Now there is the possibility the individual pursuit races will go. It's like track and field losing the 100m, followed by the 800m.
The loss of two clear, engaging competitions in successive Games is lamentable.
Losing the Madison was inevitable, partly because there is no women's equivalent and partly because it is not an easy one for the television audience to follow. Getting rid of the points races is a shame too, but the number of medals available and the number of competitor places allocated to track cycling are fixed, so something had to give.
If the proposals are ratified, the 2012 programme will feature the team pursuit, sprint, Keirin, team sprint and omnium for both men and women. The absence of the individual pursuit means there will be no individual endurance event at all on the Olympic schedule, and denies the viewing public what was shaping up to be a fascinating battle for gold between Bradley Wiggins, America's Taylor Phinney and possibly the Aussie Jack Bobridge.
How many track riders out there dream of winning the Olympic omnium title? How many people will be engaged by a competition held over five days which awards a gold medal for consistency rather than brilliance? How many can name the five disciplines that make up the event? (I'll tell you at the end).
The UCI will argue that the omnium allows the individual pursuit and points race to at least have a presence at the Games, even if they are not stand-alone events.
The decathlon and heptathlon work for track and field because they test a range of very different skills (sprinting, middle-distance running, jumping and throwing) and produce a genuinely world-class all-rounder. But this Jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none event surely has no place on the velodrome.
The proposed changes will favour the host nation, though. Victoria Pendleton will have a chance to equal Sir Chris Hoy's triple gold medal haul, with the addition of the team sprint and Keirin for women. And Great Britain will be favourites for the women's team pursuit too.
Meanwhile, the UCI's annual brewery tour ended in confusion when president Pat McQuaid ordered lemonades all round.
By the way, the omnium features an indvidual pursuit, a flying 200-metre time trial, a points race, a scratch race and a kilometre time trial (500m for women).
If the strong rumours of a mountain time trial on the Col du Tourmalet, and a vicious stage from Luchon to the Col d'Aubisque, prove to be true, the 2010 Tour de France will be tailor-made for Alberto Contador.
The only snag for Contador is that he is currently stuck in an Astana team that is sinking with him on board. He needs to wriggle free before the whole ship goes down. Most of the riders have gone, the management have left, it's even likely the team's vehicles, technically owned by Johan Bruyneel's company, will be resprayed in Team The Shack colours before the year is out.
There can be no doubt there will be a satisfactory resolution. Contador will get out of his Astana contract somehow. Whether he goes to Garmin, Quick Step, Caisse d'Epargne or somewhere else remains to be seen.
The pro team picture is like a sliding puzzle, waiting for a solution to be found.
Garmin are very interested in Contador, not least because it would give them a great chance to beat Lance Armstrong and Team The Shack. If there is a team time trial at the Tour, Contador could do worse than join Garmin. However, Garmin would not let Bradley Wiggins out of the final year of his contract unless they were able to get the Spaniard first, even though they'd need the compensation which would come (indirectly) from Team Sky to pay for him.
If that chain of events were to happen, you'd have to wonder who'd have the best deal. All would become clear on October 14, when the Tour de France route is unveiled in Paris. If the Pyrenees return with bite, the odds will swing even more firmly in Contador's favour.
As our sister magazine Cycle Sport commented recently: "Cancellara is going to win all the time trials, Cavendish the sprints, and Contador the Tour de France. See you in 2014."
Although it is at the discretion of the national federations, it is customary to allow the logos of a rider's trade team to appear on the national kit at the World Championships.
In Mendrisio last week, Great Britain's jerseys and shorts displayed just two sponsors logos – that of British Cycling's sponsors Sky and Halfords. There were no Garmin, Barloworld, Cervélo or Katusha logos to be seen.
It will be interesting to see if foreign federations allow Sky's logo on Edvald Boasson Hagen, Simon Gerrans and co's jerseys next year.
Which professional team's riders have been on their best behaviour for the past couple of months because they've been threatened with a trip to the Tour of Burkina Faso at the end of October if they step out of line?
It strikes me as odd that when we, as cyclists, take exception to moronic, ill-informed anti-cyclist rants, too many people resort to nasty personal jibes instead of seeking to keep the moral high ground.
Since telly chef James Martin's ill-advised, ill-thought-out comments about cyclists there have been more newspaper columns and this week a rant on an Australian news review show.
It's easy to have a go at cyclists. All you have to do is have a go at us for jumping red lights, or riding on the pavement, wiggling our Lycra-clad arses in the air or clacking around in cafes in our silly shoes. There, job done.
And yes, there is something deeply objectionable about someone suggesting they'd like to open a car door into the path of a cyclist.
But we're in danger of losing the plot if we think that every comment like that is actually encouraging people to do just that. That's only one step away from thinking that people will act differently 'Because The Telly Told Them To'.
Some people don't like cyclists. But every time we react with this staged, exaggerated outrage, likening drivers who dislike cyclists to the Nazis, or responding by calling people fat and/or ugly we do ourselves a disservice and make it even less likely that those who dislikes our presence on the road will see our point of view.
It's just a thought, but education rather than confrontation is surely a better way to go when it comes to improving our conditions on the road.


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One day, she bestowed upon him the highest honor: to guard her while she meditated in the cosmic ocean. Breaking off a branch from a tall tree, she fashioned it into an ankusha, an elephant goad, and handed it to him. Instructing her son to prevent anyone from disturbing her meditation, she floated into the ocean and disappeared from view.Buy Book ($12.99)
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"Then another voice, gruffer and stern but with a note of mocking, called out from a nearby table, only a few paces behind the lizard: "Gee, buddy, it sounds like you want to ask him out on a date. Tarun glanced over at the new speaker: his face obscured by a hood pulled far forward, he looked short but broad, and his arms were covered in brown matted fur, just like the mongooses that Tarun sometimes saw in the forests around his home."
"Growing up in the household of Arjun Sharma, a decorated lieutenant of the Indian army, former representative of the Jammu district, and now the first Hindu chief minister of Kashmir, Tarun had led a guarded existence. A high fence surrounded the family compound on the outskirts of the city, where they had opted to live instead of the more vulnerable residence in downtown Srinagar."
"Parvati, sensing her son's predicament, had risen from the ocean and rushed to his side just as the boy released his final breath and died. Shiva watched with shock and horror as Parvati began to wail in grief, sending the world into devastating turmoil. Around them, the mountains crumbled, waves of tsunamis wrecked the land, and the heavens roared with thunder."
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A Sikh man by the name of Harbhajan Singh was shot by his neighbour in broad daylight in Tilak Nagar Delhi.
In a shocking incident in Delhi's Tilak Nagar area he was shot at over parking space on Sunday evening. The accused is on the run probably looking for a decent lawyer or attorney, and the Singh is in a critical condition, police said.
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In this conclusion to the Maggie Valley trilogy, Kerry Madden beautifully captures the Smoky Mountain setting and the loving Weems family who live there in Maggie Valley. I really enjoyed the first two books in this trilogy, and I enjoyed this third title as well. (I certainly think it works as a "stand-alone," but I would love to hear from other readers who have not read the first two books.) Captivating as it is, I think this book could be improved with the inclusion of a CD of Livy Two's music.
I hate to think this title is the conclusion to the series. I still have many unanswered questions about Gentle, Daddy, Grandma Horace, and the rest of the family.
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I enjoyed the first two books and look forward to reading the third installment. I had the good fortunate to have Kerry autograph my copies. I wonder what happens to Uncle Hazard?
I didn't read the first two, and do think it was a standalone. However, I found it to be too pat for my liking, and the reading of this one is not likely to entice me to read the first two. Perhaps had I read the first two I would've been more connected to the characters.
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What is a people? What is a nation? Why do some peoples insist that nations must be synonymous with their particular group of people? And why are others content to be simply part of larger nations composed of many peoples?
These are some of the questions that John Connelly addresses in his new book From Peoples into Nations: A History of Eastern Europe, published early this year. Nor are they the only questions with which Connelly is preoccupied. Why exactly is the history of Eastern Europe over the last two centuries one of conflict? Was this inevitable? Were these peoples always atagonistic towards one another? The answers that he gives may surprise you.
John Connelly is Professor of History and Director of the Institute for East European, Eurasian, and Slavic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Past books by Professor Connelly include Captive University: The Sovietization of East German, Czech, and Polish Higher Education, 1945-1956 (University of North Carolina Press, 2000) and From Enemy to Brother: The Revolution in Catholic Teaching on the Jews (Harvard University Press, 2012).


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Cover cylinder with a sheet of white construction paper using white craft glue.
Tear a square of black construction paper for the face and glue two wiggle eyes to it. Glue the eye area to the front of the cylinder.
Tear another sheet of white construction paper into strips. Cover strips with glue stick and wrap around the cylinder, overlapping layers.
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A goddess is a woman who emerges from deep within herself…she is a woman who has honestly explored her darkness and learned to celebrate her light.
She is a woman who is able to fall in love with the magnificent possibilities within her. She is a woman who knows of the magic and mysterious places inside her, the sacred places that can nurture her soul and make her whole. She is a woman who radiates light. She is magnetic. She walks into a room and male and female alike feel her presence. She has power and softness at the same time.
She has powerful sexual energy that's not dependent on physical looks. She has a body that she adores and it shows by the way she comfortably lives and moves in it. She cherishes beauty, light and love.
She is a mother to all children. She flows with life in effortless grace. She can heal with a look or a touch of the hand. She is fiercely sensual and fearlessly erotic and engages in sex as her way to share with another in touching the divine. She is compassion and wisdom.
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She knows that joy is her destiny and embracing it and sharing it with others to heal wounds. She is a woman who has come to know that her partner is as tender, lost, and frightened as she has been at times. She has come to understand the scars of the boy in him and knows that together, love can be the relief, the healing of their wounds.
She is a woman who can accept herself as she is. She can accept another as they are. She is able to forgive her mistakes and not feel threatened by another's even when attacked. She is a woman who can ask for help when she needs it or give help when asked. She respects boundaries, hers and another's.
She can see God in another's eyes. She can see God in her own. She can see God in every life situation. She is woman who takes responsibility for everything she creates in her life. She is a woman who is totally supportive and giving. She is a Goddess'… (Original Author Unknown)
People are often asking me what it is I mean by a Goddess. It's is a word that is tossed around there days. To sell razors, movies and lipgloss. It's used as a sexualisation. As and objectification without the whole. It's sometimes used in traditional empowerment to embody an idea of a woman who is projecting a false veneer of confidence through the mind and the body only. It's used in mytholgy and mystical arechetypal work. I even shied away from using this word in my work to begin with as it seemed so cliched.
And then a fellow wayshower shared this quote with me and I was reminded why I continue to refer to the goddess – because the woman described above is accessable to us all – she is your goddess within and she is stronger in her softness, more powerful in her vulnerabiliity, more magnetic in her mystery than anything else you have ever known.


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Bonding wet surfaces and underwater repair of common marine surfaces.
Anchoring bolts, railing, concrete stone and cinderblock.
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The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its national research partners have developed Golden Rice to complement existing interventions to address vitamin A deficiency (VAD). VAD is a serious public health problem affecting millions of children and pregnant women globally.
In the south and southeast Asian countries, where two-thirds or more of daily caloric intake is obtained from rice, Golden Rice can help in the fight against VAD, particularly among the people who depend mostly on rice for nourishment.
For a detailed description of Golden Rice, visit the Golden Rice FAQs.
In 2018, Golden Rice received three successive positive food safety evaluations from leading regulatory agencies: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (22 February 2018), Health Canada (16 March 2018), and the United States Food and Drug Administration (24 May 2018).
On 18 December 2019, official notice of the permit, issued by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry, approving GR2E Golden Rice for direct use in food, feed, or processing (FFP) in the Philippines was published in Manila Bulletin.
Golden Rice regulatory applications are currently under review in the Philippines and Bangladesh, and Golden Rice will only be made available to the public once all necessary permits have been received.
Biosafety approval is a prerequisite for inclusion in the rice variety listing of the National Seed Board (NSB) of Bangladesh. To complete the biosafety review process, the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) lodged an application to the National Technical Committee on Crop Biotechnology (NTCCB) at the Ministry of Agriculture on November 26, 2017, who forwarded the application to the National Committee on Biosafety (NCB) at the Ministry of Environment on December 4, 2017.
PhilRice and IRRI are committed to carry out the completion of Golden Rice development and satisfy all regulatory requirements under the Joint Department Circular No. 1, series of 2016 to have well-documented, science-based evidence on the efficacy and safety of Golden Rice.
PhilRice and IRRI jointly filed an application for review of GR2E Golden Rice for direct use as food and feed, or for processing (FFP) to the DA-BPI on 1 March 2017. The signed biosafety permit is available on the DA-BPI website and was published in Manila Bulletin on 18 December 2019. The Consolidated Assessment Report concludes that GR2E Golden Rice is as safe for human food and animal feed as its conventional counterpart.
PhilRice submitted a separate application to the DA-BPI for a biosafety permit, dated February 28, 2017, for the conduct of a field trial, which aims to collect data for further environmental risk assessment. Public consultations,which are a critical component of the regulatory process under the JDC, were conducted in the proposed field trial sites in Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija (July 18, 2018) and San Mateo, Isabela (July 19, 2018). Local government unit (LGU) resolutions that emanate from the public consultations and a report summarizing feedback gathered during the public comment period are assessed as part of the decision-making process. On May 20, 2019, DA-BPI Director George Y. Culaste issued the BPI Biosafety Permit for Field Trial Number 10-001. Field trials were completed in September and October 2019.
Golden Rice is intended to be used in combination with existing approaches to overcome VAD, including eating foods that are naturally high in vitamin A or beta-carotene, eating foods fortified with vitamin A, taking vitamin A supplements, and optimal breastfeeding practices.
IRRI's work with Golden Rice
IRRI is working with partners to develop Golden Rice as a potential new food-based approach to improve vitamin A status. Our work will:
Develop varieties suitable for Asian farmers
Breeders at the Philippine Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice), the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), and the Indonesian Center for Rice Research (ICRR) are developing Golden Rice versions of existing rice varieties that are popular with their local farmers, retaining the same yield, pest resistance, and grain qualities. Golden Rice seeds are expected to cost farmers the same as other rice varieties. Once PhilRice, BRRI, and ICRR are able to secure an approval from their respective regulatory agencies, cooking and taste tests will be done to make sure that Golden Rice meets consumers' needs.
Help assess the safety of Golden Rice
To help assess the safety of Golden Rice in the environment, field tests and other evaluations will be done in each partner country. Golden Rice will be analyzed according to internationally accepted guidelines for food safety.
Research and development of Golden Rice adhere to scientific principles developed over the last 20 years by international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Codex Alimentarius Commission. These are the same principles that inform the safety assessments of national regulatory agencies, such as FSANZ, Health Canada, and the US FDA, which have already assessed Golden Rice as safe to plant and safe to eat.
Our national partners in the Philippines and Bangladesh have lodged the necessary applications government regulators who will review these data as part of the approval process for Golden Rice before it can be made available to farmers and consumers.
Evaluate whether consumption of Golden Rice improves vitamin A status
After obtaining the necessary permits and approvals, an independent community nutrition study will be conducted to evaluate the efficacy of Golden Rice; in other words, whether or not it improves vitamin A status. The nutrition study is necessary to determine the potential for Golden Rice to be used as a public health approach for reducing vitamin A deficiency.
Explore how Golden Rice could reach those most in need
IRRI is now collecting information to develop strategies to ensure that Golden Rice could reach the farmers and consumers that need it the most. If approved by national regulators and found to be safe and efficacious, IRRI and its partners will work together to introduce Golden Rice as another food-based approach to improve vitamin A status. A sustainable delivery program will also be implemented to ensure that Golden Rice is acceptable and accessible in vitamin A deficient communities.


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ESSAY- Affluenza: When it's time to stop wanting it all
Lying on the built-in lounger about 10 yards from the swim-up bar at Puerto Vallarta's Grand Velas Resort, the middle-aged bottle blonde was reading, oddly, a softcover textbook.
She splashed a little water at her friend, laughed something in American-accented English, pointed across the infinity pool to Banderas Bay and finished off a frozen bright red something. Instantly, a smiling Hispanic waiter arrived with a replacement drink.
To sip from the Mae West curves of the huge glass, the woman set the personal finance text on the poolside tile. A second later, the breeze flipped the paperback's pages to reveal a green index card with writing in black felt tip pen: "Today, I'm going to become wealthy."
At this incredible luxury hotel, with the choice of four already-paid-for gourmet restaurants plus a half dozen bars, where the waiters never pause in their rush to satisfy any hint of a desire, where the spa molds bodies into perfection, and where golf, diving, snorkeling, dancing, and night clubbing are around the nearest corner, what more could any human want?
If being a guest at the Grand Velas does not define "wealth," what does?
From the world's viewpoint, Americans already have everything. In the Christian world, we're the rich man whose chances of entering heaven are less than that poor hopeless camel approaching the needle's eye. To Buddhists, we're the founders of the concept "greed is good." In the Moslem world, we're "the great Satan."
Composing only five percent of the world's population, we Americans use 30 percent of the planet's resources. Why, the other 95 percent must ask, aren't we satisfied?
If we die at age 75, on average during those years, each American will have produced 52 tons of garbage, consumed 43 million gallons of water, and burned through 3,375 barrels of oil.
The amount of energy consumed annually by one of us is equivalent to that used by three Japanese, six Mexicans, 14 Chinese, 38 Indians, and 531 Ethiopians.
The rise in per capita American consumption over the past two decades, has been 45 percent.
We use so much today that some wags call us homo consumens. We have, to borrow the words of marketer Michael Silverstein, "democratized luxury."
Is it any wonder that our kids now expect it?
In a recent poll, 93 percent of American teenage girls listed shopping as their favorite activity, and one young singer reminds our pre-teens: "You gotta believe in your dreams. You gotta stand up for yourself. You gotta be there for your friends. But, hey, first you gotta have something to wear. You gotta have the clothes."
According to Monitoring the Future, a 30-year research project that tracks the attitudes of high school seniors, our rising tide of materialism has led to a "clear decline" in conservation behavior among children. Today's young Americans, the research indicates, think that saving the planet is someone else's job; their job is to drive to the mall full-speed ahead.
According to Peter Whybrow, a UCLA psychiatrist and biobehavioral scientist and author of American Mania, the non-stop striving that made our country great does, indeed, have massive personal, biological, and international drawbacks.
Working from dozens of American survey projects over many locations, medical research, and primate laboratory studies, Whybrow argues convincingly that "affluenza"– to borrow the PBS term– is literally killing us, mentally and physically. His research illustrates that modern American stress and emotional trauma are the result of the conflict between a human body that nature designed for periods of scarcity and a mindset trained for 24/7 purchasing.
"Ironically, we are better tuned physiologically to face the privations and dangers inherent in an unexpected terrorist attack than we are to endure the relentless propositions and stressful abundance of our consumer society," he writes. "It is in this blind pursuit of material prosperity that Americans have begun to push the boundaries of human adaptation, as evidenced by rising levels of greed, anxiety, and obesity."
It's time for us to recognize– for our own good and for the good of our relations with the world's other people– how well off we are.
We don't need more. We need to stop wanting it.
Randy Salzman is a former communications professor and now a Charlottesville-based freelance writer.


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FreeNAS 8.0-RC1
Josh Paetzel has announced the availability of the first release candidate (RC1) for FreeNAS 8.0.1.
I'm pleased to announce that FreeNAS 8.0.1 Release Candidate 1 is available for download. This is the first release candidate for FreeNAS 8.0.1. At this point, we are no longer including new features or functionality into 8.0.1. From here on out, only bug fixes and regressions will be addressed.
Major changes are:
- There is no longer a default password
- Netatalk 2.2 is included, which provides support for Time Machine backups to OS X Lion clients
- Deleting ZFS volumes is now really an export operation
- The system now supports disabling the creation of a swap partition on every device in a volume
- UFS volumes support setting arbitrary mount points
It is now also possible to download and test nightly snapshots of FreeNAS 8.0 (announcement)
FreeNAS 0.7.2.7529
Development of FreeNAS 8 is in full swing, but the disadvantage of version 8 is that "home features" such as torrent downloading, itunes/DLNA broadcasting are not supported yet.
It is therefore great to see that developers keep updating the old 0.7.2 branch. The latest update has been versioned .7529 and some of the new features are:
- Samba 3.5.6.
- AIO setting from WebGUI.
- AMD CPU on-die digital thermal sensor.
- Advanced Format 4KB sector (UFS/GPT data partition). (data partition in the boot disk is always aligned to 32KB)
- ZFS cache/log device and 4KB device in the pool.
- Logical Block Length of iSCSI disk.
- Virtual machine guest support (VMware and VirtualBox).
- iSCSI boot/install (experimental).
Full details of changes and additions can be found in the FreeNAS 0.7.2.7529 release document
Links: FreeNAS website | FreeNAS downloads


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School phobia: Just setting foot in the classroom filled my daughter with terror
WHEN her daughter suddenly refused to go to school, Anni Bartle was at a loss as to what to do until she discovered a little understood phobia was to blame
Summer Garcia can't remember how many times she threatened to kill her mum when she was growing up.
Shouting, swearing and kicking her mother became as normal a part of her morning routine as brushing her teeth and eating breakfast. One day she even pulled a knife on her.
Yet once she had fended off her mum's desperate attempts to drag her to school Summer would go back to her usual sweet-natured self.
It had been the same ever since she started senior school, aged 11. "On my first day of high school I had a panic attack in a science class and became incredibly anxious," says Summer, 20, from Garforth, near Leeds.
"I felt sick and all I wanted to do was to get out of the classroom and get out of the school as fast as I possibly could. I was sent home early and that night I told my mum that I was never going back to school."
Summer stuck to her decision, telling her mum that the idea of returning made her feel physically ill. "I don't know what triggered it. There was no obvious reason why I felt how I did," she said.
"I wasn't bullied, I had plenty of friends and I didn't feel like that anywhere other than school. I was normally very well behaved but I was so anxious that I became abusive to my mum whenever she tried to make me go to school.
"It was completely out of character and I felt horrible doing it but I was so scared.
"It was strange because I really wanted to go to school. I felt abnormal and like I was missing out. My friends would tell me how much fun they were having and I wanted to be there but I just couldn't do it."
It was a nightmare for her mum Anni Bartle, 41, who was bringing up Summer single-handedly.
I felt sick and all I wanted to do was to get out of the classroom and get out of the school as fast as I possibly could
"She was hysterical and would scream at me that she wasn't going to go to school and that I couldn't make her," said Anni, who has another daughter Jasmin, seven.
When the local authorities became involved the relationship between mother and daughter reached crisis point.
"The education welfare officer came to the house and told me that I had to get Summer to school, it was my responsibility and that if I didn't they could prosecute me," says Anni. "I used to cry and cry. I was so worried that I would go to prison and what would happen to Summer if that did happen.
"I was under pressure from everybody, both from the school and from my family. Nobody understood. I think I spent my whole time either fighting with Summer to get her to school or crying, thinking I can't do this.
"I would beg and plead with her to try to do it for me but it made no difference." For three years Summer made it into school just a handful of times but she would shout and cry at her teachers and never managed to stay for more than an hour.
She says: "Back at home I would spend my days feeling sorry for myself. My mum took away lots of my stuff like my TV, DVD and CD player so each time I went to school she could reward me by giving one thing back. It didn't work as it didn't bother me because I was so consumed with worrying about school next day."
Summer fell completely behind with schoolwork as she only had a home tutor for a few months. Fortunately no action was taken against Anni as after countless appointments and referrals Summer was finally diagnosed with school phobia by a psychologist at the age of 14.
"After that the school was much more understanding. I had counselling and I went in for a few hours at a time," says Summer.
"I was accompanied by an adult supervisor but because of that people thought I was stupid or weird and I found it hard to make friends.
"There had also been rumours going round that I'd been away from school because I'd had a baby. Except for one teacher who was supportive, I felt that no one else really understood.
"I would spend the whole time I was there counting down the minutes until I could go back home."
While school phobia is an anxiety disorder characterised by an intense fear of going to school that psychiatrists have recognised since the 1960s, it remains a little-known condition. Despite this it is believed to affect one to two per cent of children in the UK.
There is no one standard treatment for school phobia as it tends to depend on the age of the child and how much the school is prepared to get involved and help.
"It is a very strong emotional reaction that's overwhelming for the young person and it doesn't disappear if they are there with a supportive person like their parent," says chartered psychologist Dr Amy Dodd.
"If there was a better understanding of school phobia generally then the child would probably feel less ostracised, less criticised for having this emotion and they wouldn't be pushed to extreme behaviour of avoidance."
After leaving school with three GCSEs, Summer believes things could have been different if her condition had been better understood.
While she has done paid work since, she is currently exploring voluntary opportunities and hopes to travel to Kenya to work in an orphanage soon.
In the meantime she is working with Fixers, a national charity that supports 16 to 25-year-olds to tackle issues that matter to them, however they choose, to raise awareness of the condition.
"Many people are sceptical that school phobia even exists," says Summer. "I want people to stop writing it off as ridiculous and understand that it is very real.
"It would feel really good if I could make a difference to just one person."
For more information on Fixers visit fixers.org.uk


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What is Love?
So Love is one little four letter word. And it means SO MUCH.
So we have the kind of love we have for our Mams and Dads; a kind of needy love to begin with, a deep love that has enourmous elasticity and sometimes causes immense pain. A mother's love is so potent and selfless, a father's love so peace giving, hopeful and desired. (I realise I'm talking about almost ideals here, but not impossibilities and not spotless perfections)
We have the kind of love we have for our Siblings; not too far from the parent type love but often gets off to a rockier start, a beautiful kind of relationship is possible here though, something that doesn't compare to ANYTHING else. It's more indelible than friendship (not that those can't last) there's a kind of kindred spirit in sibling relationships that could stand in the face of ANYTHING and remain. I think the reason so many siblings fight is that what COULD be is so powerful and life giving that the devil does anything he can to derail it.
Then Friendship; where feeling understood and accepted feeds into all kinds of trust, shared experiences and journeys, where a heart for something is shared, a wavelength shared… this is about a kind of communion between people that is chosen rather than inevitable and can be such a source of joy, humour, colour and challenge.
There's Charitable love, where our hearts are stirred for others, just because they are human and so are we, and the beauty of this kind of love shouldn't be under-estimated… it can swiftly grow into friendship and without it we would cease to be human. It often hurts our already exhausted hearts, but it's also far too easy to be come de-sensitised, and put up barriers.
There's Romantic love. Eros Love. Venus Love. So hard to describe and understand. It's not just about desire and attraction. It's far more sacrificial than that, far more engaging, enriching, costly, vulnerable. It needs all the elements of friendship, and often develops out of friendship, it's intense and funny, like fire because it consumes yet gives heat, it must be nurtured in the right kind of environment, it's about intimacy and desire that leads to becoming one and it has the potential to tear a persons heart to shreds. Sex is not dirty, it can be dangerous, it is a big deal and it is an amazing gift. It unites people in an irreversible way so it should only be done with one person and it's really important. It's an important part of Euros love but it doesn't create (make) love. It can exist without love; which is tragic.
There's the love we have of money, comfort, THINGS. This is a bit sad, it's unrequited, but easy to fall into in our consumerist society. It is not life giving like the other kinds of love but it is costly, we gradually become engrossed and there's no obvious escape or upper limit. We think it's comparatively risk free, but possessions can let us down just as much as humans can.
There's our love for and from God. This is the reason that we exist. God decided to create because He wanted to love us and be loved by us. This is interesting because it's s unbalanced. God loves us unconditionally and unfailingly. Vastly and sacrificially, while we love God sporadically and selfishly, obsessed with trying to prove ourselves to him, or else we are completely apathetic. When we love God truly it's freeing and exciting and the relationship is powerful and exhilarating.
Love can be received or given, demanded or withheld, rebuffed, or accepted expressed or hidden.
Love can be communicated in many ways, Touch, Time, Words, Acts of service, Gifts.
How do we do it? Can we learn it? Does it just happen? What is is made of? How can we trust it? Can it be permanent? Can it be destroyed? Why is it so important to us?
John says that 'God is Love'
Paul says that 'Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.'
John also says: 'This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.' (this doesn't mean we have to die on a cross, it just means make sacrifices for others, put others before ourselves, which is so counter-cultural)
And 'For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.'
"We love because it's the only true adventure." – Nikki Giovanni
Paul again: 'If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.'
"Attention is the most basic form of love; through it we bless and are blessed." – John Tarrant
"Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it…It really is worth fighting for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk everything, you risk even more." – Erica Jong
"Love is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day." – Nicholas Sparks
"To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven." – Karen Sunde
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless–it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable." -C. S. Lewis
"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained"- C. S. Lewis
"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief…and unspeakable love."- Washington Irving
"Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable."- Joyce Brothers
So Love is about Sacrifice, Communication, Commitment, Vulnerability, Sharing, Trust, Fun, Choice and Intimacy?


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well, hello
Hola amigos! Bienvenidos.
You have no idea how excited we are to welcome you to our new online home! If you don't already know what we're about, let me give you a taster...
FoodFiesta is a south county Dublin-based foodie venture dedicated to bringing the best of Spanish cuisine to Ireland, in three different ways: by teaching Spanish cooking workshops, by offering Spanish catering services and by supplying quality Spanish food products through our online foodstore.
Jaime does the cooking and Vanessa does the blogging... (more on us here).
We are on the verge of launching the rest of our spanking new website (including our online foodstore!!). You can click on over there now to subscribe to our newsletter and we'll notify you when it's time for the official launch. But in the meantime, we wanted to give you a sneak peek at FoodFiesta through our blog.
Here on the FoodFiesta blog, we are eager to keep your culinary reserves well stocked with foodie news and inspiration. Have a scroll down our sidebar and check out our different sections. We're starting to fill this place up with content... and there is plenty more to come!
This new online home of ours is a work in progress... so thanks for bearing with us while we iron out any initial creases.
My first suggestion? Check out our recipe page get cooking!
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Nicki Minaj and Britney Spears Send "Love" To Brazil Following Nightclub Fire
29 January 2013, 11:12 | Updated: 29 January 2013, 11:28
The 'Starships' rapper says she was saddened to learn of the tragic news which left 232 dead.
Nicki Minaj has posted a message on her Twitter account to send love to Brazil after 232 people lost their lives in a nightclub fire in Santa Maria during the early hours of Sunday morning (27th January).
The 'Super Bass' star joins stars such as Will.i.am and Lady Gaga who have also been taking to their social networking accounts to offer their prayers to the victims.
"Sending love to Brazil. Such a sad story. God bless the families and friends of the victims. May they rest in peace," wrote Nicki.
Britney Spears also logged onto her Twitter account this morning to say how saddened she was to learn of the tragic news.
She tweeted: "So sad to hear about the fire in Brazil... my heart is with you Santa Maria. Sending lots of love & prayers. #PrayForSantaMaria."
A fire broke out in the Kiss nightclub following pyrotechnics during a band's live set.
Yesterday, The Wanted singer Max George also added a personal message to those affected by the events.
"Heart goes out to all those who tragically lost loved ones in Brazil club fire. #staystrong."


text: Cannes 2013: India Shows Strong Presence With 'Bombay Talkies,' 'Monsoon Shootout' 9:54 AM PDT 4/18/2013 by Nyay Bhushan FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Viacom18 Motion Pictures / Flying Unicorn The two Indian titles in the festival program have a common link with director Anurag Kashyap while the Cinefondation jury includes Indian actress Nandita Das. NEW DELHI -- Two Indian films have made it in the Cannes 2013 program: Bombay Talkies and Monsoon Shootout. Both have a common link to well-known director Anurag Kashyap. Another Indian link is seen in the Cinefondation jury (headed by Jane Campion), which includes actress Nandita Das. This marks her second turn as a jury member after she was invited to be on the jury for the Cannes 2005 festival. Bombay Talkies – co-produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures – features a first of sorts: four short films by acclaimed Indian directors Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar and Dibakar Banerjee. The four helmers offer their own take on India's love for the movies to mark a century of Indian cinema. With India as guest country at Cannes this year, Bombay Talkies will get a gala "tribute to India" screening. "I am extremely honored that our omnibus endeavor has been officially selected at Cannes. Can't wait to walk the red carpet with Dibakar, Anurag and Zoya," said Johar. "I have never been to Cannes and I always felt if I go it should be with a film. Things worked out even better as it's not just a film but also three friends Karan, Dibarkar and Anurag with me. It's going to be a blast," added Akhtar. Amit Kumar's directorial debut Monsoon Shootout features in the midnight screening program. The project is co-produced by UK-based producer Trevor Ingman, director Asif Kapadia (Senna) Kashyap via his AKFPL banner and Indian film fund Dar Motion Pictures in association with Arte-France. International sales are handled by Fortissimo Films. "It's great to see these films in the program. Bombay Talkies is a tribute to Indian film audiences. Monsoon Shootout is a thriller in the vein of Rashomon (featuring alternative versions of the same incident)," Kashyap told THR. As soon as the program was announced, Kashyap was also active on Twitter posting, "Monsoon Shootout at midnight screening. Go Amit Kumar." Similarly, London-based Kapadia tweeted, "Congrats Amit bhai (brother). I am proud of you!" At last year's festival, Kashyap also had a strong presence with his two-part epic Gangs of Wasseypur while his banner also co-produced Peddlers which screened in the Critics' Week. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Nyay Bhushan email@example.com @thr


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Aussie Prime Minister Julia Gillard Casts Her Vote
Prime Minister Julia Gillard attends her local polling station to cast her vote in the Federal election, surrounded by a large media pack. Video Courtesy of Sky News Australia.
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Salim Muhammad
Destination: City, University of London
Subject: Sport
Date of Leaving Hatch End High School: July 2015
In July, Year 13 student Salim Muhammad travelled to Gateshead to compete in the 100 metres of the Senior Boys event at the English Schools Athletics Association - he won the silver medal. Salim was extremely unlucky to miss out on the gold having an identical time to the winning athlete of 10.92 seconds. Next stop Rio? Congratulations Salim.


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Parisian brothers and newcomers, Neumodel, will be releasing their debut EP later this month, and it the lead-up they have it up for us to stream in all its four-track, soulful, dance-funk glory.
Alphabet EP features guest vocal appearances from Sirius Trema, Mary H, Camille and Killian Dary, each of who add a certain something to their respective tracks and work so perfectly well with Neumodel's textured electronic sounds.
You can grab a copy of the Alphabet EP from iTunes on October 23.
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Hi we are a family of 4 (2 Adults, 1 Boy 13 Years of age and 1 Girl 7 years of age). We are visting Japan for our vacations. I would like to know what is the best way to tavel as per itenary below
Tokyo - 7th - 11th June (we are planning to take Passmo)
Tokyo - Kyoto - 11th-12th June (we are plannin gto take 7 day JR Pass)
Kyoto - Osaka - 12-17th June
Osaka - Narita Airport - 18th June
Can you please advise what all passes should we take for our intra and iner city travels.


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More on the OCAT System (Optical Computer-Aided Training System)
I mentioned the OCAT System (Optical Computer-Aided Training System) last week on the blog. Jim Cline, the VP of Outwest Systems and one of the developers, stopped by the blog and left a comment in the comment section to help clear up some of my misconceptions of the system.
Yes, I didn't really speak too highly of this new training system. Granted, I have never personally used the system before and I dont necessarily think that it is a bad product… but their press release and marketing video didn't really leave me feeling like this was a "must have" product.
Here is what Jim Cline had to say:
I am the Vice President of Outwest Systems, and also one of the developers of the OCAT System. I think there might be a couple of misconceptions.
Our Laser System comes with a laser that works for 9mm, .40, .45 and .223. The laser system without the laser is $295. Compared to the Laser Lyte Training which has an MSRP of $219. So we think we are affordable.
We also have a lot of features that other systems do not having including the Laser Lyte Trainer. We show each and every shot on the screen, including shots that would stack on top of teach other. We show you the order and the timing of each shot. The shots are stored so that you can view your progress over time and look for common mistakes. The system also tracks the laser trace path, so you can see where the barrel is moving after you pulled the trigger.
These are all features that we think are more that worth that extra few dollars.
We would be willing to let you try out a laser demo kit to see what you think of the OCAT System once you give it a try. Also feel free to contact me at OutWest System, I would be happy to explain more about what our system can do.
Thanks Jim. I do appreciate the input.


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HDR Welcomes Aaron Harcek to Denver's Architecture Studio
Aaron Harcek has joined HDR's Denver studio as a design principal. With a strong focus on the civic, education l science l tech and health sectors, he will work hand-in-hand with Managing Principal Julianne Scherer to focus on design excellence in the Denver region.
Harcek most recently led the design efforts on complex, highly sustainable civic projects at RNL Design (now Stantec) in Denver. He has 20 years of experience working on a variety of project types, and he has led many award-winning project teams. Among his accomplishments is a Progressive Architecture (P/A) award for the Calexico West Port of Entry project in Calexico, California.
He enjoys collaborating with clients and design teams to create memorable projects, as well as working alongside younger architects. "A very rewarding aspect of our profession is the ability to help mentor the next generation of architects so they can fully realize their professional aspirations and goals," he said.
Harcek cares very deeply about the pursuit of design excellence, which he defined as, "Timeless projects that challenge preconceived notions of past solutions and methodologies — and ultimately look to push boundaries of what architecture can be."
Among his strengths are collaborating with and pushing teams to do great work, so it's no surprise that he is looking forward to working with what he described as "tremendously talented professionals at HDR who are focused on creating the best projects and outcomes for their clients."
"Aaron's strengths in design, sustainability and client engagement are an asset to our studio," said Scherer. "He elevates design thinking and studio engagement in the design process, and we're excited to share his talents with our clients to create meaningful, innovative work."
You can connect with Harcek by aaron.harcek [at] hdrinc.com (email) or on LinkedIn.
About HDR
For more than a century, HDR has partnered with clients to shape communities and push the boundaries of what's possible. Our expertise spans 10,000 employees, in more than 225 locations around the world — and counting. Our engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services bring an impressive breadth of knowledge to every project. Our optimistic approach to finding innovative solutions defined our past and drives our future.


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The First Temple of YOD • Autographed archival pigment print • Printed on Moab Entrada Rag Bright 290 GSM archival paper • 17 x 17 inches
Hand-signed and numbered by artist Bonethrower in a limited edition of 40 • Example: # /40
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David M. Cook is the architect of a mischievous microcosm. Amicable and unassuming, he hardly seems the "type" to consistently and skillfully crank out such a lewd labyrinth of work, but the cheeky hedonism comes all too naturally. Based in Brooklyn but originally from Louisville, Kentucky, David (who also answers to Bonethrower) uses no shortage of fine lines to design a world that is equal parts modern mysticism and memento mori—at the end of the day, it all sinks in like a psychotropic drug.
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Salaried GP with view to Partnership in Penzance, West Cornwall
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- Morrab Surgery
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An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic committed doctor to join our dynamic friendly team comprising of 3 Partners, 3 Salaried Doctors, 2 Nurse Practitioners, Visiting Matron, Community Matron, in-house pharmacy, with the usual complement of nursing and admin staff.
The practice has continued uninterrupted since 1880, and continues to expand and develop whilst nurturing a staff team of longstanding service. We provide a supportive working environment and warmly welcome patients from all social groups and backgrounds: Supportive work environment.
Current list size 11,300.The practice achieved CQC 'Outstanding' status and we strive to continuously maintain these standards. We are actively involved in clinical research. Personal development and training supported for all staff.
Partner or salaried post 'with a view', flexible terms, informal approaches welcome – to Jim Payne, Practice Manager, Morrab Surgery, 2 Morrab Penzance, TR18 4EL. firstname.lastname@example.com or Tel 01736 363866.
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