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I've talked briefly about how we are homeschooling before. The whole concept is a little ironic. I was homeschooled in high school and feel I didn't receive nearly as good of an education or experience as I would have in public school. It has made me an outspoken opponent of it, and then… I am currently homeschooling our children. Part of the reasoning lies in my husband's work schedule. Regular schooling would leave little family time and I think my young children would be hurt by this arrangement. I also feel that travel is the best education our kids can receive.
How does that work? I think a lot of our family travel philosophy would fit into the "unschooling" movement. We attempt to support our children's interests through travel. We took a week long jaunt to Hawaii to visit Volcanoes National Park because Luke wanted to see a volcano in real life. Claire loves plants and animals, so we try to visit different ecoregions so that she can understand the climate in which both grow and thrive.
But the biggest advantage to me is pure exposure to different surroundings. We try to give a lot of diversity, and spark interest in things that are new to them.
For example these are lessons learned on our last trip, a three day trip to Houston/Galveston :
All that was learned in three days. And those are just the big things! I'm sure there were many more tiny lessons and observations my children made without me realizing it. Did we all have fun doing it? Absolutely! But it doesn't take much work to feed their little brains.
The education is compoundable as well. Having learned about black sand during a trip last August helped them make connections with what they were seeing the following May. Learning the Declaration of Texas Independence was being discussed and written during the siege at the Alamo, which they visited in January, helped them understand the climate and desperation of the times.
They are 4 and 6. As they get older, the observations should increase and the breadth of their knowledge will grow. We absolutely supplement our travels with more traditional book learning at home. They are also in a lot of enrichment classes and Luke still attends church preschool. But I have a feeling when we look back at these years, we'll all feel the greatest education they received were in the midst of travel.
Great post! It looks like you learned some great things in the most amazing way possible.
So do you plan to homeschool/unschool as they get into highschool? I think it is interesting that you say you had an inaedquate education but you are headed down this path.
It is not my intention to homeschool in high school – but I guess never say never 🙂
I was homeschooled through "do it yourself" workbooks with massive flaws in their teaching. Some of the science taught was completely wrong. Evolution was not talked about as a theory, it was disproven on their pages. History was pretty much Baptist history. Math was a horror. I don't get it easily, yet I was supposed to figure it out on my own. Spanish was learned from a cassette tape. Fine arts were nonexistent.
My daughter is in homeschool gymnastics, drama, music, art, and karate through enrichment classes. She is in youth sports through the community. She plays outside almost daily with the neighborhood kids. Except for her reading, we do learning as a family in a fun way. She does a few workbook type activities, but she is definitely not sitting in her room by herself working on her own and SOL if she had a problem like I was. And we travel.
I'm just taking year by year right now.
Thought-provoking post. My daughter is only 3 but my husband I think she has learned so much from our travels and adventures, and seems more aware and more observant than her peers. She'll be going to public school (I'll soon be a public school teacher in fashion and humanities) but I think her education definitely needs to be supplemented by traveling. You've made a pretty strong argument for homeschooling, though!
What a great post! Our kids have been in public schools so far, but we didn't hesitate to take them out of school to travel. Just like your kids, mine learned a lot more in the days at SeaWorld, visiting the Alhambra, or Stonehenge, than they would had they been in school those days. On another hand, the topics they discuss in school fuel their desire to see certain places. For instance, my son wanted to see Stonehenge ever since he learned about it in second grade. We can't go to all the places they learn about, but we'll do our best.


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My daughter's wedding cake. My BFF and I baked and decorated the cake. I even used spellbinders to do the embossing on the top and bottom layer of the cake and I used a dressmakers wheel to do the middle layer of the cake. The butterflies was bought from a local craft store.
Paper: K&Co and textured cardstock
Doilie from my stash
Butterflies and border: Martha Stewart punches
Metal butterfly: HOTP
White die-cut flowers: Memory box Inc
Flowers and Pearl brads: Doodle flowers and Wild Orchid Crafts
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Posted By Oliver VanDervoort | On 04th, Mar. 2016 Under News
Now that Doom is just a couple of months from hitting store shelves, we're getting all kinds of information. For one thing, we now know that the game's campaign is about 13 hours long when all is said and done. We also know the kind of modes that will be included in the game. One of the things we don't know is what the cover art is going to look like when the game finally does launch.
In reality, Bethesda and id Software don't yet know for sure what the cover art is going to be for the game yet. In fact the companies are actually asking their fans to pick out the cover by offering two choices to choose from. The first cover, which is pictured with this article has a kind of Diablo look to it. There's a kind of pentagram symbol as well as a goat skull with glowing red eyes.
The second cover image, shown at the bottom of this article is one that harkens back to the original cover of the original Doom, though there are enough differences that the two are definitely distinguishable. The Doom Twitter account is the one actually soliciting feedback and you can tell them which one of the pictures you prefer the most. Doom is set to release for the PS4, PC, and Xbox One on Mary 13, 2016. Check out the other cover you can vote for below and then check out the original cover to see how close it is to the new design.
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K is for Kaiser, the title of the Emperor of Gross Ferdan. It may also be spelled Caesar (and is pronounced as in Keyser Soze). Current Kaiser Ferdinand took over the position from his uncle Karl V at the end of the last War of Destruction. Unfortunately he not only inherited the most powerful army and empire of the west, he also inherited the biggest debts of any state so far. These debts, together with the war reparations to be paid to the Royaume de Keo, ImperiMor, Danemark, Brugghes and Anglia proved to be so crippling to his position that he has found little room to maneuver politically. Also, his country falls further and further into disrepair, and as silver and gold flow out of the country, Ferdinand has a hard time to avert impending civil war. He is desperate for heroes and champions to help him out.
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Over the last two decades, there's been a revolution in the way we assess childhood behavior. In the good old days because the pharmaceutical industry began inventing new drugs to treat all these new diseases and disorders, we had well-behaved children and those we were forced to tolerate. Now the medical profession has invented Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and now prescribes several varieties of pill to control it, we have a cultural dilemma. In the good old day, parents would give their "naughty" children a gentle blow to the head or some other sensitive part of the body and, repeated as necessary, this tended to produce a sullen silence. Today, we're not supposed to use corporal punishment, at least in public. Instead we administer pills and sit back quietly hoping they will soon take effect and give everyone's eardrums a rest.
The problem with traveling comes down to two factors. Children are more likely to make a fuss when they are bored and, let's face it, sitting for hours waiting for a flight or on a plane once it has taken off, can test the patience of even the best of children. Then there's the problem of tiredness. Some children react by going to sleep – something to be encouraged. Others lose their tempers, shouting and throwing anything to hand.
A recent survey found slightly more than a third of passengers on cheap flights were so deeply frustrated by the failure of the parents around them to control their children, they agreed they would pay more to travel child free. It was worth a few extra dollars to have peace. Scale that up to business and first class and opinions were equally divided on whether children should be excluded. So what do you think? Should airlines offering cheap flights change the options so you can pay a little extra to travel without children? Or is this something the long haul legacy airlines should introduce? How many times have to sat with a child kicking the back of your seat, or pushing the seat in front down into your lap? Would it not be better to deal only with thoughtful and sensitive adults?


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Kitchen Cure Weekend Report: What Did You Cook?
Good morning, Cure-takers! How was this past weekend? Did you try something new? Did you learn something new in the kitchen? We hope that you are enjoying your freshly organized and cleaned-out kitchen. I know I am! I finished moving around all my pots and pans and deep cleaned; it's a pleasure to reach for my bowls and pans because everything is much more organized and easy to find. I did try some new recipes (chicken in the slow cooker – so easy!) and I'll share one of them later today.
What about you? What did you do in the Kitchen Cure this weekend?
Good job and congrats to all of you who made forward progress in your kitchen! Even if you're not officially following the Cure, or just doing it lightly, we applaud any little bit you do in your kitchen to make it easier to work in and more fun to cook in.
Oh, and the cake pictured above was a Mother's Day edition of that lemon cake recipe from Ina Garten.
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- The report contains detailed information about Tri-Valley Corp. that gives an unrivalled in-depth knowledge about internal business-environment of the company: data about the owners, senior executives, locations, subsidiaries, markets, products, and company history.
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About Tri-Valley Corp.
Tri-Valley Corporation, through its subsidiaries, explores for and produces oil and natural gas in California. The companys four industry segments are oil and gas operations; rig operations; minerals; and drilling and development.
The company's principal subsidiaries include Tri-Valley Oil & Gas Co. (TVOG), which conducts its hydrocarbon (crude oil and natural gas) business; Select Resources Corporation, Inc. (Select), which conducts its precious metals and industrial minerals business; Great Valley Production Services, LLC (GVPS), which conducts its oil production services, well work over services, and the business of refurbishment of oilfield equipment; and Great Valley Drilling Company, LLC (GVDC), which operates an oil drilling rig in the state of Nevada.
The companys principal properties consist of proven and unproven crude oil and natural gas properties; mining claims on unproven precious metals properties; and a fee interest in an industrial minerals property.
Oil and Gas
Pleasant Valley: This property is located in Ventura County, California, in the Oxnard Oil Field where the company is in the early stages of developing and producing heavy oil from the Upper Vaca Tar Formation.
Temblor Valley West/South Belridge Field: The South Belridge Properties are located in Kern County, California, west of Bakersfield, and include a total of 56 wells, including 6 producing, 1 active injection well, and 49 idle wells.
Temblor Valley East/Edison Field: This property is located in Kern County, California, east of Bakersfield and consists of the Shield and Arms Lease which includes two producing wells, one injection well, and three idle wells.
Moffat Ranch: This gas field is located in the southern area of the California Gas Country in Madera County in central California. The gas field consists of one producing well and three idle wells.
Ekho: The Ekho No. 1 exploratory well is located north of Bakersfield in Kern County, California.
Sunrise Natural Gas Project: This project is located just north of Bakersfield, California, in the City of Delano and consists of one vertical well and one horizontal well.
Rio Vista Field: The Rio Vista Field is located in Solano County, in northern California, and the company operates four producing gas wells and two idle wells on two separate leases in this field. These two separate leases are the Hanson and the Webb Tract.
Dutch Slough Field: The Dutch Slough Field is located in Contra Costa County in northern California, where the company operates one producing gas well and two idle wells on the Martin-Severin Lease in this field.
Edison Field (Race Track Hill Area): The Edison Field Property is located east of Bakersfield, California, and contains seven idle wells that offset a cyclic steaming operation in the Santa Margarita Formation.
The companys wholly-owned subsidiary, Select Resources Corporation, Inc., holds and maintains two precious metal properties and an industrial minerals property in the state of Alaska. The Richardson and Shorty Creek precious metal properties are exploration stage gold properties.
Shorty Creek: The Shorty Creek property is located in the Tolovana District approximately 60 miles northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska. Shorty Creek is a gold or possible polymetalic exploration project.
Richardson: The Richardson Property is located in the Richardson District, east-central Alaska. The property covers 29,640 acres of land, all of which is owned by the state of Alaska. The Richardson Project is an early-stage gold exploration project.
Industrial Minerals: The companys industrial minerals project is the Admiral Calder calcium carbonate quarry (Calder) located in Alaska on the northwest end of Prince of Wales Island, approximately 150 air miles south of Juneau and 88 air miles northwest of Ketchikan. The property covers 572 gross and 572 net acres.
The company sells its crude oil production to Santa Maria Refining Company and to Kern Oil & Refining Co.; and its natural gas production to DMJ Gas Marketing Consultants, LLC, and California Energy Exchange Corporation.
Tri-Valley Corporation was founded in 1971.
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1.1. Key facts
1.2. Financial Performance
1.3. Key Executives
1.4. Ownership and Major Holders
1.5. Company History
2.1. Business Description
2.2. Major Products and Services
2.3. Markets and Sales Activities
2.4. Locations, Subsidiaries, Operating Units
3.1. Overview
3.2. Strengths
3.3. Weaknesses
3.4. Opportunities
3.5. Threats
4.1. Financial Statements
4.1.1. Income Statement
4.1.2. Balance Sheet
4.1.3. Cash Flow
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4.2.1. Profitability
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4.2.4. Credit Ratios
4.2.5. Long-Term Solvency
4.2.6. Growth Over Prior Year
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5.1. Tri-Valley Corp. Direct Competitors
5.2. Comparison of Tri-Valley Corp. and Direct Competitors Financial Ratios
5.3. Comparison of Tri-Valley Corp. and Direct Competitors Stock Charts
5.4. Tri-Valley Corp. Industry Analysis
5.4.1. Energy Industry Snapshot
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6.1. News & PR Activity Analysis
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6.3. Marketing News
6.4. Corporate Events
7.1. Experts Opinion
7.2. Experts Estimates
9.1. Political Factors
9.2. Economic Factors
9.3. Social Factors
9.4. Technological Factors
9.5. Environmental Factors
9.6. Legal Factors
10.1. Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.2. External Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.3. Internal External Matrix
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Tri-Valley Corp. Products
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Income Statement Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Balance Sheet Including Trends
Balance Sheet Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Cash Flow Including Trends
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Tri-Valley Corp. Capital Market Snapshot
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Direct Competitors Asset Turnover Ratios
Direct Competitors Credit Ratios
Direct Competitors Long-Term Solvency Ratios
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SWOT Analysis
SWOT, which stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, is an analytical framework that identifies the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable for a company.
Enhanced SWOT Analysis
Enhanced SWOT is a 3×3 grid that arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats into one scheme:
- How to use the strengths to take advantage of the opportunities?
- How to use the strengths to reduce likelihood and impact of the threats?
- How to overcome the weaknesses that obstruct taking advantage of the opportunities?
- How to overcome the weaknesses that can make the threats a reality?
Upon answering these questions a company can develop a project plan to improve its business performance.
PESTEL Analysis
PESTEL (also termed as PESTLE) is an ideal tool to strategically analyze what influence different outside factors – political, economic, sociocultural, technological, environmental and legal – exert on a business to later chart its long term targets.
Being part of the external analysis when carrying out a strategic assessment or performing a market study, PESTEL gives an overview of diverse macro-environmental factors that any company should thoughtfully consider. By perceiving these outside environments, businesses can maximally benefit from the opportunities while minimizing the threats to the organization.
Key Factors Examined by PESTEL Analysis:
- Political – What opportunities and pressures are brought by political bodies and what is the degree of public regulations' impact on the business?
- Economic – What economic policies, trends and structures are expected to affect the organization, what is this influence's degree?
- Sociological – What cultural and societal aspects will work upon the demand for the business's products and operations?
- Technological – What impact do the technological aspects, innovations, incentives and barriers have on the organization?
- Environmental – What environmental and ecological facets, both locally and farther afield, are likely to predetermine the business?
- Legal – What laws and legislation will exert influence on the style the business is carried out?
IFE, EFE, IE Matrices
The Internal Factor Evaluation matrix (IFE matrix) is a strategic management tool helping audit or evaluate major weaknesses and strengths in a business's functional areas. In addition, IFE matrix serves as a basis for identifying and assessing relationships amongst those areas. The IFE matrix is utilised in strategy formulation.
The External Factor Evaluation matrix (EFE matrix) is a tool of strategic management that is typically utilised to assess current market conditions. It is an ideal instrument for visualising and prioritising the threats and opportunities a firm is facing.
The essential difference between the above mentioned matrices lies in the type of factors incorporated in the model; whilst the latter is engaged in internal factors, the former deals exceptionally with external factors – those exposed to social, political, economic, legal, etc. external forces.
Being a continuation of the EFE matrix and IFE matrix models, the Internal External matrix (IE matrix) rests upon an investigation of external and internal business factors integrated into one suggestive model.
Porter Five Forces Analysis
The Porter's five forces analysis studies the industry of operation and helps the company find new sources of competitive advantage. The analysis surveys an industry through five major questions:
- What composes a threat of substitute products and services?
- Is there a threat of new competitors entering the market?
- What is the intensity of competitive rivalry?
- How big is the bargaining power of buyers?
- How significant is the bargaining power of suppliers?
VRIO Analysis
VRIO stands for Value, Rarity, Imitability, Organization. This analysis helps to evaluate all company's resources and capabilities and bring them together into one aggregate table that includes:
- Tangible resources
- Financial
- Physical
- Technological
- Organizational
- Intangible resources
- Human
- Innovation and Creativity
- Reputation
- Organizational capabilities
The result of the analysis gives a clear picture of company's competitive and economic implications, answering the questions if the resources mentioned above are:
- Valuable?
- Rare?
- Costly to imitate?
- Organized properly?


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Justin Quinnell's expertise when it comes to pinhole wizardry is unquestionable. This photographer and lecturer from Bristol, United Kingdom, has crafted the most unusual of pinhole projects, from installing cameras onto ships cruising around the Caribbean to taking photos of his kids being born from inside his mouth. One other project that he is known for is being able to make a pinhole camera from a soda can. Watch the video below and learn how!
In this interview, Justin shared that this innovation came to mind when he realized that many of his students could not afford to buy cameras, but "could afford loads of cans of Coke every day." You could say that inventing these fully functional soda can pinhole cameras was his little but magnanimous way of helping his students.
Now, why don' you try making one yourself in celebration of World Pinhole Day?
Happy World Pinhole Day, everyone!
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Day Trip
A few weeks ago Riley opened a book. Two pieces of paper fell out. Slick and fading, they were tickets from a roundtrip flight my dad took in 2006. A year when there were still paper tickets to leave in between paper pages. I was two months away from being married when he took that flight. He was eight years away from being dead. And those tickets were twelve years away from falling onto my kitchen counter in Oakland.
I held them by their corners, one taking him from his home, one returning him to it. It seemed like if I could get memory and moment to play together, if I could keep the ink from continuing to slip from age-shined surface, if I could tell one force what I hope and one force what I know, if I could close my eyes until they could see the thing waiting to be seen, if I could do all this in a quiet space with a quiet heart, then I'd hear it. His boots on the wood floor. Just around the corner until a moment came, one too certain for a sigh,
It seemed so real, it still does. A recipe nearly read right. I can't really explain it. Well, maybe I can. Too many viewings of Interstellar in my adulthood and too many viewings of Somewhere in Time in my childhood. It's silly. I know.
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It was a great day and attended by new and old crafty friends who had come from quite a wide area in Qld - Brisbane, Buderim, Moura, Gogango, Biloela.....and Gracemere!!
It was a very hot day in CQ at 41degrees so being inside in the cool Air Conditioning stamping was a perfect escape from the heat.
Each participant went home with a goodie bag and 8 cards from 4 classes plus bits and bobs from the Product Playground, as well as a folded paper wallet they made, prizes and catalogues.
I hope everyone had fun learning a few new techniques and playing with new products.
I challenged everybody to go home and write in one of the cards they made
and post off a little paper hug to someone this week.
as my advertising sign at the markets says
"Don't post online, post something pretty"
I'l be back in the next few days with photos of the samples we made!
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The girl is far more important than the machine in the 1983 remake of Jean-Luc Goddard's nouvelle vague classic A bout de Soufflé, Breathless. [1] The film starred a young Richard Gere as drifter Jesse Lujack, who after a brief Las Vegas fling, becomes obsessed with a UCLA exchange student from France by the name of Monica, played by Valerie Kaprisky. The film begins with Jesse, a high-energy punk "who rolls the dice too much," uses a screwdriver and two blades to steal a Porsche 356A coupe in front of a Las Vegas casino. He comes alive while driving and listening to Jerry Lee Lewis ("You Leave Me Breathless"), but his trip to LA is interrupted by a police stop and rather unintentional murder. On the run and obsessed with taking Monica with him to Mexico, Lujack steals a succession of vehicles while eluding police, including a pink MGB, a 1957 Thunderbird, a Ghetto Buick , an old truck, and finally a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado convertible.
In every case as Jesse gets behind the wheel he gains in energy as he drives, as mobility brings with it self-realization. But as a frustrated male who models his psyche after the comic book character the Silver Surfer, Jesse reflects a shallowness, having no long term future and projecting a tragic end. Yet, at times imagining he himself as the Silver Surfer, once an ordinary man from a distant plant. Forced to serve Galactus, a planet-eating God, the comic book hero preserves his world and the woman he loves from destruction. Afterward, endowed with powers of infinite movement by Galactus, he searched the galaxy for planets to feed his master, until his encounter with Earth forced him to betray Galactus and thereby redeem himself. But in the end the Silver Surfer, and indeed Jesse, is left trapped on the planet he saved. Forced with the decision to surrender or pick up a gun and die at the hands of police, he chooses the latter, perhaps realizing that Monica and Mexico are forever out of reach.
[1] Breathless, 1983, Dir. James McBride.
[1] Breathless, 1983, Dir. James McBride.


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Abraham Lincoln lived in a log cabin, but less colorful than this one. Everyone feels right at home with a structure that reminds adults and kids alike of happily coloring with Crayola® Crayons.
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JDFA director Masao Kiba (r) talks with compatriot and Cambodia U16 national team coach Daisuke Yoshioka during last week's U22 game between Cambodia and the Philippines at Olympic Stadium. Photograph: Masayori Ishikawa/Phnom Penh Post
Brains over brawn is what is needed to make a top player, according to former Japanese footballer Masao Kiba, who visited Cambodia last week to explore scouting potential in the Kingdom.
After a playing career that spanned 17 years, Kiba realises that often despite an inferior physicality, players from Asian nations can now compete at the highest level, thanks to their technical ability and quick thinking.
The 34-year-old featured as a defender for Gamba Osaka FC from 1993 to 2004, making 244 appearances for the J.League side with three seasons as captain.
Past colleagues during his time with the club include such luminaries as central midfielder Yasuhito Endo, defender Tsuneyasu Miyamoto and midfielder Junichi Inamoto.
After three years at three different Japanese lower-league teams, where he also took on coaching roles, Kiba joined Thai Division 1 League outfit Customs Department FC.
In 2010, he finally called time on his career on the pitch.
As a goodwill ambassador in Asia for the J.League, Kiba decided to create the Japan Dream Football Association (JDFA) last September in order to help teenagers in the region have a chance to become players in the prestigious Japanese top-tier league.
According to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, the J.League is the leading domestic league competition in Asia for this early part of the 21st century, stepping ahead of South Korea's K-League, the Saudi Professional League, the Iran Pro-League and the Chinese Super League.
"Bringing players from Asia, including Cambodian players, to play in the J.League is my dream, and I will try to achieve this," Kiba told the Post. "But the players themselves have to have their own dreams and convince themselves they will achieve these dreams."
The JDFA, which has taken its J Dream ProJect to Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia, will officially launch its activities in Cambodia this October. Kiba will spearhead the campaign as JDFA representative director, with other Japanese soccer experts expected to join.
The search for J.League candidates is set to take three years, starting with football clinics before building up to competitive events.
Kiba revealed the J Dream ProJect has received financial support from the Thai Group Lease Public Company and the Asian Partnership Fund.
"We get a full welcome from each football federation, but we need to have more sponsorship [by local companies] to secure continuing financing of the project," he said.
The players generally targeted by the project are aged between 15 and 19.
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Ryan Alexander-Coe is a talented photojournalist who has been on assignment all over the world. But when her two sons choose to live with their father after her divorce, Ryan must give her career up for a small-town newspaper job in order to be near them.
Life spirals out of control when her fifteen-year-old son is arrested. Desperation--both over the fact that she cannot believe her son commited this crime and that he refuses to talk to her--sends her anger level soaring . . . and eventually sends her storming into Dr. Sullivan Crisp's office in search of ways to cope with her anger. Sully is in town assisting at one of his clinics and continuing his search for Belinda Cox, the woman whose guilt-inducing counseling caused the death of his wife and daughter. When Sully's search ends in disaster, both he and Ryan will have to fully rely on God--rather than themselves--to survive these storms.
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Her life was spinning out of control. A mix of anger and emptiness defined her. Desperate for true peace, she headed to a place of rest - the healing sands.
Ryan Coe feels lost - her marriage is over, her kids are living with their dad, her God-life is silent, and her patience is practically non-existent. To top it off, her once exciting job as a photojournalist has been reduced to taking pictures of enchilada festivals and B-level actors. But when she arrives at the scene of a crime and sees her son's face through her zoom lens, her world crashes. Her only mission - to find out who really did this and why they framed her.
But before she can help anyone. Ryan's got to get her anger in check. She turns to Sullivan Crisp's Healing Choices clinic, but even that doesn't go according to plan. Quirky and unusual don't even begin to describe Sully and she soon realizes that he isn't the quick-fix therapist she was hoping for. Between his unorthodox counseling and a group of women who are the first real friends she's had in a long time, Ryan begins to realize it's not control she's for, but something much more powerful.
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Animal assisted therapy evolved through the belief and perception of early hunter groups that animals and spirits of the animals have supernatural powers. However, there is no documentation that this kind of therapy started in the early existence of humans.
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The earliest recorded use of animal for therapy was performed in the 18th century in York Retreat, England where mentally ill patients were allowed to roam in a facility that contained a considerable number of small domestic animals. The animals serve as a socialization medium.
The practice was adapted by the Bethlem Hospital in England in 1860, providing animals in a ward to boost the morale of the hospital patients.
19th century
In 1919, the US military also encouraged the use of dogs as a therapeutic way of dealing with psychiatric patients at the St. Elizabeth's hospital in Washington DC. Dr. Boris Levinson was the first one to use pet therapy which he accidentally discovered after leaving a dog with a difficult child. Upon returning, Dr. Levinson witnessed the communication of the child with the dog. Dr. Levinson also helped in promoting and documenting awareness for the value of human and pet bonding in 1961.
Assistance dogs
Animal assisted therapy in modern times is widely used in mental institutions, prisons, nursing homes and even domestically. The commonly used animals are dogs which are known as assistance dogs, assisting persons with different kinds of disabilities.
The assistance dogs have the capability to help patients walk outside of their homes or from the treatment facility to the outdoors. The dogs are also capable of assisting life activities.
The program starts by introducing the animal to the patient to initiate interaction between the individual and the pet. A bond is developed between the animal and the person which in turn can develop the motor skills of the patient. The greater the bond between the patient and the animal, the more therapists provide the patient with freedom to make choices and eventually interact with other humans as well. The human to human interaction is the culmination of an animal-assisted treatment program.
Horses for therapy
Horses can also be used as a therapeutic animal for persons with disabilities. Equine assisted therapy has been known to be effective in enhancing emotional, social, physical, cognitive, behavioral and education skills of people with special needs by providing a different kind of neuromuscular stimulation to its rider or through its gait which simulates the human walking action.
The ancient Greeks in the 17th century have been known to first use horses as a therapeutic medium to treat persons with neurological disorder, low morale and gout.
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Marvel Studios' Black Panther follows T'Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. But when a powerful old enemy reappears, T'Challa's mettle as king—and Black Panther—is tested when he is drawn into a formidable conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people and their way of life.
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Pictured from left: Women's Basketball Head Coach Beth O'Boyle, VCU President Michael Rao, Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Ed McLaughlin and Men's Basketball Head Coach Will Wade.
Earlier today, we cut the ribbon on our Basketball Development Center, a best-of-its-kind practice facility for our men's and women's basketball teams. It was an exciting event with some very special people, including our head coaches, student-athletes, friends and donors, and some of the nation's very best basketball fans on the eve of what promises to be a memorable season for the Rams.
But it was much more than just a fun day.
Opening this facility is important not only for VCU Athletics, but for all of VCU.
Because athletics is important to every part of our university.
I have the pleasure of serving in a national leadership position with the NCAA and am proud to bring VCU's voice into the conversation about the future intercollegiate athletics. What has become very clear during these discussions is the passion people everywhere have for college sports, even if they are not affiliated with a particular university.
The real value of athletics, then, is that it becomes a window into a university, the way in which so many will come to discover all that a university represents.
Many who have no other connection to VCU have learned about our world-class academics because of our nationally renowned athletics.
Consider that in the wake of our historic 2011 Final Four run, student applications to VCU soared to record numbers; they are still markedly higher than before we became bracket busters. The day we reached the Final Four, hits to our university's home page were in the millions. (Note that these were visits to our university webpage, not our athletics webpage.) Philanthropic support rose. Enrollment ultimately rose. And institutional pride swelled. I see VCU hats and shirts across campus and across Richmond in numbers I never did before.
As our baseball team reached the Super Regional this year — the very rare No. 4 seed to do so — VCU again made national headlines. Overall, our student-athletes brought home five Atlantic-10 teams championships last year, and, what's more, brought interest and attention to VCU.
When I speak in the community, I am often asked about VCU Athletics. I hear stories from parents whose children want to attend VCU, in part, because they grew up watching the Rams and soon discovered that we are also distinguished in academics, research, creativity and clinical care.
While many learn about VCU because of athletics, when they look deeper, more closely, they see a university that is changing the world and advancing humanity through innovation, discovery, creativity, academic excellence and an unrelenting commitment to human health. They see us for what we are: The benchmark research university for the 21st century.
Our success and progress are not entirely about athletics, of course. Great athletics alone does not make us a great university.
Our faculty, staff and students have advanced Quest and furthered our critically important mission in profound ways. Our record levels of research and creative activity, philanthropic support and community engagement distinguish us from our peers. VCU Medical Center, which is uniquely both our region's safety net and our state's No. 1-ranked hospital, is both distinctive and nationally premier.
Our mission as a great research university will always be advancing the human condition through innovation, creativity, education, service and health care. It's not winning basketball games.
But if people learn about VCU because we create Havoc and then discover we are also creating the future, then Havoc is important. Athletics is important.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - Police in Scarsdale busted a man from New Rochelle driving with a blood-alcohol content nearly triple the legal limit after he was spotted by officers driving into a curb.
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Contreras proceeded to fail multiple Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and an alco-sensor prescreening test determined his blood alcohol content was .17 percent, more than double the legal limit. Once at Scarsdale Police Headquarters, a Datamaster DMT test determined that Contreras' blood alcohol content was .21 percent, nearly triple the legal limit.
Police arrested Contreras and charged him with misdemeanor counts of driving while intoxicated and aggravated DWI for having a blood alcohol content greater than .18 percent. He was also cited for moving from his lane unsafely while driving. His vehicle was secured in the Scarsdale High School parking lot and he was released to a family member. Contreras is due back in court on Wednesday.
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Shipping Times:
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DESTINATION TRANSIT* Sydney (NSW,ACT) 2-3 business days Melbourne (MEL) 2-3 business days Brisbane (QLD) 3-4 business days Perth (WA) 5-6 business days Adelaide (ADL) 3-4 business days Tasmania (TAS) Minimum 7 days Northern Territory (NT) Minimum 7 days
Tracking a Shipment:
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1. Do you offer Bollywood Classes?
Bollywood is the informal name given to the popular Bombay (Mumbai) based Hindi language film industry in India. The dances from the latest movies, usually incorporate a potpourri of styles including elements of Indian folk like Bhangra, elements of Indian Classical like Kathak, and Western Dance Styles like Hip-Hop, Jazz etc.
At Xpressions we do expose the students to try out the popular old and new movie songs, but ensure that the elements of style and presentation remain essentially Indian. Care is taken to choose a song that is appropriate for the age group of the performing student.
2. Can I try out one class before signing up?
Yes, you can (only for 10+ age group), depending on when the session started. Please contact the director, so that she can suggest an appropriate class for you. However, from experience we know that in order to get a better feel for the class and the movements involved, it takes more than a single – class experience both physically and mentally.
There will be a nominal charge of $10 for this as the teacher spends time working with you in the class. This can be adjusted against the fees, if you sign up.
3. Can I come watch a class in progress?
Yes, you can! Please email or call to let us know the age group etc of the person who is interested in enrolling and we can suggest a suitable class for you to watch.
4. How do I sign up for classes? Do you audition students?
There is no audition for students. We believe that everyone can dance!
You can either contact us by email or call us to check availability in the class of your choice. We will let you know if there are spots available or suggest a switch to another day or time. Once enrollment is confirmed, registration forms will be mailed to you. You have to bring in the required forms duly filled along with the fee check, to the first day of class. For certain classes and workshops, a registration check needs to be mailed before hand, to secure spot.
5. What are the policy on missed class?
No refunds or credits for missed classes. No refunds will be made if student leaves class in middle of the month/session. Make up classes are given only if the instructor cancels classes on a/c of sickness, studio scheduling problems and other events. No make up classes for holidays. All extra classes taken during programs and rehearsals will be counted in as makeup classes.
6. Do students get a chance to perform?
We encourage the students to perform at various competitive and non-competitive events. Based on their level and experience, students are first exposed to local events organized at temples, city parks, fund raising shows, other dance shows etc. and then to competitions. In addition all students perform in the Annual Show at the end of the dance year in May.
7. I am an adult who is interested in signing up. Do I need prior experience? Also, will I be expected to perform?
Prior dancing experience is not required for an adult to register. But you definitely need to have the passion to put in the amount of effort involved in order to come out with a quality work. Dancers with experience are split into a different class so that beginners can work freely at their pace. We believe that part of the fun of learning this art form, is performing and we encourage all dancers irrespective of age to perform.
8. Where do I need to go for costume for jewelry for the performance?
We supply all needed costume and jewelry required by the students for performing. Parents do not have to worry about running around and getting outfits etc. for the dancer. We also provide all required props for the dance. There is a rental fee associated with this. New parents will be given a check list of other supplies needed before the performance.


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Might be a tad late, but I'm surprised that no one has suggested Dropbox!
It's an amazing program which gives you more free storage for the more you use it (I'm currently at 50GB, but you start out at 2GB)!
There are mobile apps, an accessible site and a desktop folder that automatically syncs with the cloud and the mobile app (triple backup). You can also create "groups" and add other Dropbox users to them, which works great for projects or sharing images and such.
I use it for all sorts of things; I'm hosting three websites off of it (20GBpm bandwidth - for free!!), I've got it synced with my telly, laptop and mobile so that I can watch everything, everywhere and I'm working on four separate projects via my account, of which two are 10GB+ Unity (game development) projects and the other two are simple word, excel and power point projects.
As an experienced cloud user (if that even exists lol) I highly recommend Dropbox to everyone. Great in use, user friendly interface, and have I already mentioned the nearly limitless storage and 20GBpm bandwidth?
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Christmas books
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I love how the Christmas tree lights reflecting in the window in that first photo appear as stars in the night sky. Everyone looks so relaxed and cozy.ReplyDelete
Hands down, our favorites are "The Story of Holly and Ivy" and "Santa Calls". Both have me in tears at the end. We also love "Auntie Claus" and "Bear Stays Up for Christmas". Happy Readings!ReplyDelete
Erin, I just saw The Story of Holly and Ivy in the store and judging a book by its cover I thought I would love it. Now I will certainly have to pick it up! Thanks for the recommendations!ReplyDelete
Hi Anna - we celebrated an early Christmas with my father when he was here this week. Ellie got a new book that I love - another one that had me in tears at the end. "The Three Gifts of Christmas" by Jennie Bishop. It's a great story about a King and a Queen who are trying to teach their young daughter that Christmas is more about giving than receiving.ReplyDelete
My new favorite book--- "I LOVE CHRISTMAS" it is SOOOOO SWEET! Our scratch and sniff Christmas has lost all it's SMELL. I wonder if we can buy new stickers?ReplyDelete


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The imaginatively named Alcatel OneTouch Watch went live at CES, offering a cheap-ticket to the smartwatch party.
Essential round-up: Best smartwatch 2015
It's due to launch in March for around $150 - here's everything you need to know about the iOS and Android compatible wearable.
Alcatel OneTouch Watch: Design and build
The Alcatel OneTouch Watch "looks like a watch and feels like a watch" according to its makers and, after getting our paws on one over in Vegas at CES, we have to agree; it does look like a pretty swish looking new entrant to the ever-growing smartwatch market. It's a round-faced smartwatch with four different straps on offer - dark red/black, chrome/ dark grey, all-white and all metal-white.
It's fairly slim, with the watch face itself coming in at 10.5mm thick - that makes it svelter than the round Moto 360. The watch face itself is 41.8mm, again smaller than the Motorola smartwatch's 46mm diameter with a 1.22 inch screen.
First look: Alcatel OneTouch Watch hands-on review
It's not clear if the whole body of the watch is metal but Alcatel says brushed chrome and stainless steel are used on the Watch with micro-textured resin bands for the non-metal straps. The whole thing is also dust and water-resistant to IP67 - handy.
Alcatel OneTouch Watch: Features and specs
The OS looks like a modded-Android platform, although Alcatel have yet to confirm this. What we do know is that the smartwatch is Android compatible (4.3 and above) and, somewhat surprising, it is compatible with iPhone too, on devices running iOS 7 that is.
The Watch packs in an accelerometer, gyroscope, altimeter, heart rate sensor, e-compass and NFC tag for fitness tracking and connectivity as well as Bluetooth 4.0 to connect to your smartphone and a vibration motor for alerts. There's an onscreen activity overview available though it's not clear what app is taking care of the fitness and sleep tracking and monitoring yet.
As on Android Wear, the Watch can also be used to control music playback and as a remote shutter for your smartphone. All standard features but ones that should make £200+ Android Wear watches very worried indeed.
There's a 210mAh battery that Alcatel states 'can work for 2-5 days' - we'll believe that when we see it - and it can charge to full in one hour. It charges via a USB charger integrated into the watch band - you can see it sticking out in the above image - which is actually really nifty and puts Samsung and LG smartwatch docks to shame.
Alcatel OneTouch Watch: Usability and apps
There's a standby button on the side of the device - but to bring up the homescreen, you had to tap below the display, slightly above the number 6 on the bezel.
There are 14 apps on offer from the Watch OS and you simply swipe horizontally to scroll through them. A quick tap fires up your chosen app. There's apps for the weather, fitness tracking, sleep, smartwatch controls (music and camera) and so on. All fairly basic stuff but, for $150, a fairly comprehensive selection.
Alcatel OneTouch Watch: Price and release date
And it's very wallet-friendly too. Alcatel has a history of budget-conscious smartphones and had promised that the OneTouch Watch will arrive with a price tag of just $150, and will be launching in the US in March.
We'll update the story as soon as we get firm UK pricing and release date information.
We'll also be bringing you a full Alcatel OneTouch Watch review as soon as we can.