ALDECO FUTURE HEALING 2021
Aldeco presents FUTURE HEALING Collection 2021 Hi everyone, my name is Susana dias and I'm Aldeco's Brand Creative Director. Today is a very, very special day because we celebrate 28 years of existence. We are happy to present our Future Healing collection. We had not yet launched the collection as we usually do in January.
At the beginning of every year and this year we decided on this special date to launch our new collection. This is a very special collection because it symbolizes the spirit of a better world, and a sustainable world also. and simultaneously in this way we want to thank all our partners all our team for all the affection, all the dedication that they've given us and that involves us in a highly contagious and positive energy that motivates us on a daily basis to do more and better every day. We hope you like our collection that understand all of our effort to create a very sober collection very natural, very discreet but with enormous potential at sustainable level so that, in this way, it is possible to embrace on this journey so we can all live in a better world.
This date will also be well remembered because it was the day that we've selected to present our first Wallpaper collection, our first wallpaper book, We hope you enjoy it. BIO RECYCLED FR We'll start by presenting in the Future Healing collection the Smarter range and we'll start by BIO, which is a fabric inspired by 1950's fabrics. It has a very dry, very natural look, as if it was a linen burlap we present 13 colors, all of them very natural within the inspiration of tweed fabrics and it's a fabric with a very masculine feeling .
It has great potential within the designation of sustainable fabrics, It has a very special production. CORDVELVET The second fabric that we'll present is Cordvelvet . It is a velvet with a matte look It is 3 mt wide. We've nammed it Cordvelvet because it has a striée effect we present a very interesting palette with 32 colours as you can check here...
Cordvelvet is a curtain fabric that is also heavy weighted drapes phenomenaly. The texture is smooth almost as a suede or peach skin. This curtain is 297 cm. It is perfect for drapery and has a small strié effect. as you can check here... It’s ideal for drapery,
for bedding and we believe it will be quite successful. RISE WLB Our third proposal for curtain is our fabric RISE WLB. We present it in a 23 colour palette palete de 23 cores, is a very elegant curtain with a calendered finish, to give the elegant look but without too much shine because this collection is all without sparkles it is very natural. The colour palette, we have the natural shades, the stone shades, the dry tones, more elegant hues, pastel shades and also the darker tones and the more masculine colours.
But it is a very elegant curtain with a soft touch and and an amazing fall. DAYDREAMING WLB Daydreaming, our fourth proposal It's a curtain with very very natural look We present it in an off-white tone, a very pure white as snow. We also have a more natural tone, a creamy shade. Daydreaming is 3 mt wide which is a great plus side.
This curtain fabric has a textured transparency. This curtain fabric has a textured transparency with natural look and truly smooth. This mixed 60% polyester and 40% linen has as main advantages offer a very distinctive appearance, similar to a 100% linen fabric very light and elegant, but without the disadvantages inherent to this natural fiber, as it is resistant to light and washes, does not shrink, the weight is almost 435 gr per linear meter. It has level 5 at Lightfastness and as, I mentioned before, has ecological lead band. DREAMSTIME WLB Our fifth proposal is Dreamstime, a very special curtain, because it is very textured, very heavy.
It is a curtain with 700 gr per linear meter, is very tight has you can see but has a transparency and a lovely volume, very easy to hang so it’s one of those safe choices for who wants to have some privacy while maintaining enough brightness in parallel. Dreamstime is a curtain presented in 5 colours in a very natural palette, we have Pure White, Champagne, Linen tone, White Silver and White Stone. TATAMI WLB Our last proposal for Smarter range is another curtain fabric. Tamami that has a very minimalist style inspired in the japanese style. Tatami is a merged effect curtain with a fantastic effect and silky touch, very natural and I love this curtain.
I think it has a very very prety look. Tatami is 100% poliester although very natural, can be washed in 30º C, lightfastness is 5, it weights 402 gr per linear meter and has already ecological lead band. The colours presented are all very natural, 4 natural shades: Natural White, White Cream, Light Dove and Light Stone. It presents a very light merged effect almost like the japanese straws.
It is beautiful, You will love it. SEALIFE Sealifeis one of the stars of this collection. We represent in this printed fabric the life itself and the concern of the environmental issues of today and the future.
The corals are very sensitive and they bless us with the most beautiful and amazing colors when the oceans are clean, but if the environment is polluted, the corals die and lose their beautiful colours In this printed heavy bodied fabric, we offer a very natural background and it’s 290 cm width makes it perfect for drapery and bedding. Although this fabric does not have a high pilling we recommend it for drapery and bedding. Composition is 100% polyester and weights a 1200 gr per linear meter. It has level 5 lightfastness and can be washed at 30ºC. RESCUE EASY CLEAN FR Rescue is an innovative upholstery fabric because is 100% recycled. This fabric is produced through recovery of plastic bottles recovered from oceans.
It is a very heavy fabric, presented in 20 colours is the perfect answer to our commitment to decorate the future and make this world a better place is made of 100% recycled material. It does not generate any waste in its production and is extremely durable besides being extremely comfortable. It also has anti-stain protection, it has OEKO-TEX certification and has a martindale greater than 100,000 cycles which is quite high Pilling is level 4/5 pés and weights 760 grams per linear meter, it is 140 cm width. It has basic fire retardancy but can also be upgraded in more world standard certifications. ECOOL EASY CLEAN Ecool is our third proposal on the Aldeco brand. As its name implies, it is a very relaxed fabric, very natural, with a semi buclé effect.
It is inspired by the burlaps and the arts & crafts concept, it is available in 36 colours. It has the Dropeasy treatment it is an easy clean treatment that allows low maintenance. It has a dobby structure with a very smooth touch and with a semi-bouclé effect. CHILL FR Chill FR is a 3 meters wide fabric. It is very structured and has a huge color variation, we present it in 32 colors, has Fire Retardant certification in several standards.
Its width has high potential because is 3 meters wide, taking into account that it is a very heavy, very structured, has a rustic feel, very natural and that also gives it a very cool vibe, because of its naturality, the expression of the fabric's texture. We present it in 32 colours, it has level 5 lightfastness. It has 1200 gr per linear meter HILL FR Hill FR is a great curtain proposal is has a fantastic blended effect with 300 meters wide. It is a 100% inherent polyester and has a wide variety of fire retardant certificates. We present it in 13 beautifull colours, very natural, with blended effect very structured, very soft. All allied to the fact that it can be used in the hospitality world and contract, we have here a fabric with enormous potential.
RECYCLING Recycling is a double width fabric, very heavy and textured. With Recycling we focus on creating a future beyond tomorrow. Recycling uses yarn produced from pre consumer and post consumer waste this prevents wastage of potentially useful materials and resources along with many other benefits. These recycled materials follow a complete, verified chain of custody from input to final product. ln order to provide
a traceability throughout the entire production process to prove the level of recycled material, following the GRS (GLOBAL RECYCLED STANDARDS) criteria. And so we have a true Future Healing. GRAINY Grainy it's one of my favorite fabrics from this collection. It is curtain fabric, has double width, is 310 cm wide.
We present it in 6 colours It has an bouclé effect, so it has that casual look, relaxing with lots of volume, with texture that will transform our windows in a very charming way. The composition is a combination of linen and polyester. We have the linen touch that that attracts us and makes us wish of being involved into by Granny of our new Collection. We present it in 6 colours, all of them on the range of the natural tones. It's easy to see the blended effect that the fabric presents through colour combination, and the bouclé yarn with linen. We have a high lightfastness, level 5.
It weights 977 gr per linear meter. The natural look is present in the entire collection for perfect coordination. ALLURE Now we'll present a fantastic upholstery fabric called Allure because it has that glamour, that usual charm from Aldeco Fabrics This fabric conquered us with the chenille bouclé effect that provides the natural look sought through our entire collection. All the charm, the elegance obtained through the combination of the chenille bouclé effect.
Allure is a yarn dyed jacquard fabric with an extremely smooth touch. Inspired in the classic bouclé tweed, this magnificent upholstery fabric is available in 35 gorgeous colours with the bouclé effect of the textured chenille yarn. What makes this fabric so interesting, besides the amazing looks, is the fact that it is washable and the colors are very resistant. Composition is 73% viscose and 27% polyester, Weights 741 gr per linear meter, has high lightfastness, Pilling is also great, and has 60.000 for Martindale result. Can be washed at 30ºC. It is gorgeous,
it conquered us completely. WILD THING Wild Thing, this name must already be somehow familiar we made an upgrade of 8 colours to this gorgeous fabric that we've launched on our previous collection, in January. On Invicta Collection we launched this fabric in one single colour but it was so successfull and marks the natural trend present in Future Healing Collection that we decided to bet heavily, developed and launched 8 new colours. So now Wild Thing
has a total of 9 colours. The fabric is defined by its amazing volume. It has a chevron effect that contrasts with the bouclé yarn and the warp. We created contrasts using the base of the fabric to play and create a stronger contrast or also in a different level a lighter contrast but maintaining the solidity of the color more present. The first colour we have is White On Black the does the black & white effect, we have a very special colour very cute, with soft touch, great beauty at the same time it sends a message with its wild look, it's White Cotton, we have White Sand, the colour from previous collection Invicta Wild White, Creamy Shadow beacuse we have the contrast between warp and the creamy tone of the bouclé yarn, on the second part we have the more solid colours, the warp is more neutral, we have the Linen tone, this lovely green called Oil Green, Terracota shade, this highly seductive blue Indigo Blue. Here on this colour sequence on these big samples we can easly see the beauty of the volume of the fabric, the magnific touch and hand feel obtained with the combination of yarns like the cotton and linen viscose, polyester and is a safe bet for you because, as we all know, the bouclé effect is a huge trend, because it follows the natural look trend and is definitively Aldeco's image for it's beauty and combination of the chevron effect with the bouclé. InHaus Bauhaus inspiration is present in urban geometric architecture deconstructed and assembled according to aesthetics of this artistic movement.
This design takes us to a cozy place where the harmony of geometric and organic forms come together as a picture of an Urban Architecture on this soft velvet. It is available in 3 colors and FR. can be treated in fire-retardant, It is possible to order with COEX FR certificate how ever it can not be simultaneously with anti viral treatment. This treatment rereduces 99% of viruses within 2 hours. The composition of the pile is 100% cotton and the base that provides that fantastic touch, very smooth has 93% cotton plus 7% modal, the width is 140 cm and weifhts 630 gr per linear meter has a 40.000 cycles Martindale, we present it 3 colours...
Leafy Blue and Green e on this big sample where you can see nature's greens blue is representing the sea and the oceans, a renewed appreciation for nature in the shades of deep olive shades and darker blues. We present a new colour Spice-Up, in Terracota shades and spicy tones combine with warm colors such as orange, brown or combine with neutral colours to simply spice up the mood. And the neutral colour called Toast and Coffee Warm neutral tones like creamy toast, combined with the popularity and calming Effect of coffee and chocolate shades. Embrace this journey for a Future Healing.
And so we end this collection presentation Future Healing Thanks for being with us. WALLDECO 1 We present a compilation of our best designs in celebration of our 28 years of history. 18 iconic designs: A complete showcase of floral and geometric designs that will bring Aldeco’s essence and elegance to your walls. This collection is presented with standard sizes and can also be made to measure, meaning that we provide a complete service of customization of the panels, in order to suit all needs. The standard measurements are W-450 x H-280 and W-100 x H-280 cm. We also present on this collection
MADE TO MEASURE SERVICE with WALLDECO transform spaces, giving each one a unique personality. Every project is exclusive. We provide a service for designing and adapting made to measure murals, fulfilling the requirements of each one of your clients. 28 years Turning Dreams Into Fabrics Happy Birthday ALDECO!! FUTURE HEALING!!


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- Is it cheaper to make your own bread with a bread maker?
- What’s the best flour to make bread?
- How can I make my homemade bread taste better?
- Can dough rise in metal bowl?
- Do you cover bread while proofing?
- Can I use milk instead of milk powder in bread?
- How can I make my bread successful?
- What does adding milk do to bread?
- Are bread makers worth it?
- Should I cover bread while baking?
- What flour is best for bread making?
- What should I cover my bread dough with?
- Is homemade bread healthier than store bought?
- How long does homemade bread last?
- Does lemon juice kill yeast bread?
- What can I use instead of milk in bread?
- What does adding butter do to bread dough?
Is it cheaper to make your own bread with a bread maker?
It’s considerably cheaper to make your own bread than to buy it, if you’re comparing similar types of loaves.
In a recent comparison*, the ingredients for a loaf of homemade classic sandwich bread cost $2.06, or 13 cents per slice.
A loaf of hearty Arnold Country White costs $4.29, equaling 27 cents per slice..
What’s the best flour to make bread?
Bread flour is specially formulated to enhance gluten elasticity. Whole-wheat flour, however, despite its high protein, will produce a dense loaf unless mixed with all-purpose flour.
How can I make my homemade bread taste better?
A dash of olive oil or a small knob of butter can help you create a better basic bread. Nuts, seeds, whole grains and dried fruits can also all be added to basic yeast breads to improve the taste and boost the health benefits.
Can dough rise in metal bowl?
Allow dough to rise in a metal or glass bowl. They retain heat better than plastic bowls and you’ll get a better rise. You can also run the bowl you’re using under some hot water (and then dry it, then spray it with non-stick cooking spray for easy cleanup) before adding the dough so it will be nice and warm.
Do you cover bread while proofing?
Keep the bread dough covered to protect the dough from drying out and to keep off dust. Place your rising dough in a warm, draft-free place in the kitchen while it’s rising. … To prevent the dough from drying out during the second rising (after you’ve shaped the loaf), place a clean cloth towel over the loaf.
Can I use milk instead of milk powder in bread?
Replace all of the added liquids in the recipe with the same amount of liquid milk, up to 1 1/2 cups. The amount of milk added to breads is especially important, as using more than 1/2 cup of dry milk or its equivalent of 1 1/2 cups of liquid milk could result in a decrease in the volume of the bread loaf.
How can I make my bread successful?
Add the flour to the dough in small amounts, about a half cup at a time. For bread, flour should not be sifted. Butter gives bread the best flavor, but other fat such as shortening or oil can be used. Grease baking pans with unsalted fats (not butter) because salt will cause browning.
What does adding milk do to bread?
Milk is used to add flavor. It enriches the dough and gives the bread a creamy color, soft crumb and a golden crust. Just like water, milk used in bread recipes, especially when mixed directly with yeast must be lukewarm.
Are bread makers worth it?
You should get a bread machine if you need to make many loaves or need the extra convenience. Maybe you are tired of making bread by hand and have a busy schedule or have a physical disability. It could very well be a budget issue or you are just new to bread baking.
Should I cover bread while baking?
Take a quick look at your loaf 10 to 15 minutes before the minimum baking time. If it is browning too quickly, cover it loosely with foil. Remove the foil once you have placed the baked loaf on a cooling rack.
What flour is best for bread making?
For instance, unbleached all-purpose is most suitable for soft varieties such as white sandwich bread, while bread flour works best for rustic or hearth loaves. Butter and egg-rich breads (such as brioche) can benefit from bread flour in the lower range, such as Gold Medal’s Better for bread flour.
What should I cover my bread dough with?
Place the dough ball in a lightly oiled, large mixing bowl. The dough should be turned over to oil the top so that it doesn’t dry out. Cover the bowl loosely with plastic wrap, foil, or a towel. Let the dough rise in a warm, draft-free location.
Is homemade bread healthier than store bought?
Not only is it tastier, homemade bread is more nutritious than your store-bought variety because you can control what goes in it. On the other hand, you can make your bread less healthy, too, and that’s totally fine! … Aside from the nutritional value, baking your own bread is good for your mental health.
How long does homemade bread last?
To prevent mold, it should be kept sealed at room temperature or colder. Room-temperature bread typically lasts 3–4 days if it’s homemade or up to 7 days if it’s store-bought. Refrigeration can increase the shelf life of both commercial and homemade bread by 3–5 days.
Does lemon juice kill yeast bread?
It will help if you let the yeast reproduce first and form a nice cake. Some lemon juices (unless freshly squeezed) will contain ingredients that will stop yeast reproduction.
What can I use instead of milk in bread?
You can use water in most baking recipes that call for milk. Use 1 cup of water and 1-1/2 teaspoons of butter for every 1 cup of milk called for in the recipe. The extra butter will help your baked goods stay moist.
What does adding butter do to bread dough?
Adding butter (unsalted) or oil (olive or vegetable) in small quantities to bread results in a higher rise, a crisper crust, and a longer shelf life. When fat is added in large quantities, such as for brioche, it results in a softer texture and less volume.

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Letters to the Editor
Joseph L. Conn Managing Editor Church & State Magazine Americans United for Separation of Church and State Silver Spring, Md.
In responding to my essay opposing public funding for parochial and other private schools ("Making Private Schools 'More Equal,'" Education Week, Nov. 16, 1983), Richard Baer asks several questions in his essay ("On the Fairness of a State School Monopoly," Education Week, Dec. 21, 1983) about the fairness of my position. I respond.
Yes, it is fair for "those Americans who believe in freedom of conscience and freedom of teaching and learning to be forced to support a monopoly system of government schools." Government in the United States does not offer its benefits, services, and protections on a user-fee system. All Americans who pay taxes are asked to support essential public services whether they use them directly or not. Single taxpayers, married couples with no children, and older couples whose children are no longer in school must all contribute their taxes to the support of the public-school system. So must parents who patronize parochial schools. Certainly each of these people benefits whether their children are enrolled in public school or not. A democratic society could not function without an educated citizenry.
Yes, it is fair to confine tax support to the religiously neutral public schools. It truly would be a violation of the basic tenets of liberty to force taxpayers to contribute their resources to parochial schools that teach religious doctrines that taxpayers do not share. Contrary to Mr. Baer's assertions, it is not a "combination of bureaucrats, professional educators, and textbook publishers" that controls the public schools. It is the voting public. And there is no single monolithic system of "government schools." There are in fact some 14,000 separate, independent public-school districts, with governing boards that reflect the wonderful diversity that is America.
Yes, it is fair to maintain the religious neutrality of the public schools, and that includes banning the teaching of "secular humanism." However, contrary to Mr. Baer's assertion, there is little, if any, credible evidence that such a religion is being taught anywhere. The "first-rate scholars of national stature" that Mr. Baer cites to support his point are, in fact, political ideologues bent on destroying the public-school system.
Edward Jenkins, a professor at Indiana University and an expert on the topic, says "the secular-humanism charge is a well-planned, clever attack on the public schools designed by certain religio-political activists to accomplish several goals. They want to get rid of educational practices they do not like. ... They also want to restore prayer and Bible reading to the public schools. They want to turn the clock back at least three decades to make education resemble what some people think it was then. Ultimately, they want to destroy public education and replace it with government-funded private education. But most fundamentally, they want to impose one specific view of the world, of religion, and of reality on the entire nation."
Americans United for Separation of Church and State has long offered to go to court to free any public school held captive by secular humanists. So far, no one has offered a shred of evidence admissible in court to support such a charge.
Finally, it is fair to oppose parochial-school educators who seek public funds, because such funding would violate a basic American constitutional principle--the separation of church and state. Certainly, there has been religious strife in American history, but it has been slight compared to the terrible religious intolerance in other countries without the separation principle. The independence and vitality of church schools can best be preserved by protecting their financial integrity. Government funds would (and should) bring government controls. Taxpayers would have a right to see that their funds were not spent to subsidize discrimination in any form. And virtually all religious schools, by their very nature, discriminate in religious matters.
Mr. Baer challenged the "intellectual bankruptcy and lack of historical perspective" of Americans United. Such invective is unfortunate and unnecessary in this important debate. I do not believe Mr. Baer is "intellectually bankrupt"; he is just wrong.
Robert Primack Editor Foundations Monthly Newsletter College of Education, University of Florida Gainesville, Fla.
Richard Baer's notion of what constitutes fairness on the tuition tax-credit issue is remarkably similar to my undergraduates' notion of what constitutes fairness. There is a peculiar correspondence between those who receive an A from me and are thereby convinced I am Olympian in my judgments, and those who receive an F and are absolutely convinced that I am Satan's spawn.
It is not terribly original to point out, but necessary in this case, that what constitutes "fairness" is very frequently determined by whose ox is being gored. The hierarchy of the Catholic Church gets a free ride on my tax money to propagandize for the use of various federal and state powers to limit some common forms of birth control. I happen to believe--based not on blind faith, but on sound scientific evidence--that the lack of planned-parenthood techniques threatens the survival of the human race. Is it fair that my tax burden is greater and I therefore cannot contribute as much to a cause that I believe in because the Church's tax burden is nonexistent?
But before we settle the fairness issue finally and for all time, we ought to examine both the historical causes and the philosophical motives that prompted that unique creation known at the common-school movement in these United States. The two basic assumptions that drove Horace Mann and the rest of that gallant crew were: One, there were vast numbers of children growing up uneducated, and this was a threat to the survival of the Republic; and two, the most desirable form of public education in a pluralistic society was one that provides significant common experiences in order that this pluralistic society not be torn apart by religious, social, and economic strife.
To the extent that there were not common shared experiences, the Republic was in danger of going the way of many European societies that had split along religious or socioeconomic lines. (What is going on now in Ireland should be enough of a frightening example for Mr. Baer.)
That the ideal of the common school was never fully realized is, of course, no reason to turn our backs on it now. On the contrary, those of us who are educators must redouble our efforts to bring the vision of Horace Mann closer to realization because now, more than ever, the survival of the nation depends on it.
But let me expose one other absurd judgment Mr. Baer attempts to promulgate, namely the so-called monolithic nature of the American system of public education. Commonality does not ensure monopoly by any means. In 50 states, with hundreds of independent school boards, with millions of teachers, with a vast variety of student populations, to talk of the philosophical or any other kind of monopoly of education raises as big a golem of a straw man as ever appeared in an educational publication. Are kids in a rural school in Arkansas, kids in Scarsdale, N.Y., and kids in a Harlem school all pressed into the same philosophical, methodological, and curricular mold? Have they ever been? A common school need not, should not, and has never been a monolithic school.
The most valuable gift we can give all our children is to send them to a common school that really works. Anything that takes away from the endeavor, as tuition tax credits certainly will, is profoundly subversive of that American ideal. We should privatize and separate in so far as is possible our religious, ethnic, and political beliefs from the American schoolhouse. America provides enough freedom, leisure, and money for most of its citizens to inculcate their children outside the schoolhouse with any private peculiarities parents want to force-feed them with, from astrology to creationism to Zen Buddhism. Under our American system, even if our public schools were bound and determined to be monolithic, there is no way they could produce robots. Tomorrow morning, under our Constitution, Mr. Baer, if he so desires, could start up the Reverend Jim Jones Suicide Memorial School. Should my tax money be forced to pay for that?
Our children face some terribly difficult times ahead, probably more difficult than any in the history of the nation. They need a fundamental common experience if they are to cooperate successfully in solving their future problems. Tuition tax credits will, in the long run, with their segregating tendencies, prove even more destructive to the common national effort than racial segregation was. They are a formula for disaster.
Patrick M. Sheehan Chairman Education Department Trinity College Deerfield, Ill.
Regarding your article, "State Chiefs Seek End to Ed.-School Requirement for Teachers" (Education Week, Dec. 7, 1983), it seems to me that the members of this august body are speaking out of both sides of their respective mouths. On the one hand, we are told that doing away with undergraduate education courses as a requirement for teacher certification is desirable. On the other hand, we are informed that a fifth year should be added to undergraduate teacher training.
If there is no need for education courses for prospective teachers, why is an extra year needed? What, in fact, is "teacher training" under their proposal? If education classes are not needed, we should be able to turn out "teachers" in three and a half years.
Daniel J. Maloney Director Ocean Tides School Narragansett, R.I.
At a time when every possible solution is being considered in an effort to improve education in this country, I was horrified to read Edmund Janko's Commentary, "Uncle Miltie's Inservice Special: The Teacher as Stand-Up Comic" (Education Week, Dec. 14, 1983).
While humor definitely has a place in our schools, the type of laughter Mr. Janko proposes does not. To encourage teachers to develop "coping" skills at the students' expense will only serve to lead education on a deteriorating course.
Is it any wonder that there are problems in education when students are considered dullards who should be "put down" and "skewered with venom-dipped words"?
Look at successful schools. There you will find caring teachers who seek to motivate, encourage, and reinforce students' sense of self worth. There you will find the blend of skill building, problem solving, and positive relationships between students and teachers. There you won't find a venomous Uncle Miltie!
Hendrik D. Gideonse Dean College of Education, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio
The prominence you gave to President Reagan's speech at the National Forum on Excellence in Education in Indianapolis last month ("Forum Said Successful in Rallying Support for Change," Education Week, Dec. 14, 1983, and "Text of the President's Speech at the National Forum on Excellence," Education Week, Dec. 21, 1983) prompts me to share the following assessment.
There was, I submit, broad agreement among conference participants on several points: Reforming American education will take time and will be a complex undertaking necessarily embracing both higher and elementary and secondary education. Looking for scapegoats will only prove unproductive and debilitating because all of us are to blame in one way or another; conversely, we all have roles to play in improving education. More money will be needed, and it will be needed from local, state, and federal sources. Entry-level salaries of teachers are far too low. Preservice and inservice education of professionals is seriously undersupported. There is much we do not know and considerable demand for the design and construction of materials, techniques, and equipment that will support teachers in improving their instructional effectiveness. No money should be spent, however, unless it is tied to real reform. Merit pay, seductively simple, is a dead issue because it is too difficult to implement, misses too many marks, and sets in motion secondary consequences even worse than the conditions it was intended to correct.
These conclusions were accompanied by a broad-based, insistent, and cooperative resolve to work together, across roles and between levels of government, to continue beyond the initial steps that have been taken to bring about fundamental reform.
Given the context of the conference, then, President Reagan's final address to the forum was almost stunning in its misjudgment of the importance and meaning of what had taken place. His speech was the typical honeyed performance we have come to expect; the first of its six essential elements was itself a six-part exhortation: "You folks go out there and do these things!" But the order of the President's listing, widely reported on television and in the press, clearly implied that America's educational problems are caused mainly by undisciplined students. Even more sensationalistic was his implication that American schools are "drug dens" that need only to be turned back into "temples of learning." These self-indulgent, finger-pointing characterizations and the prominence given them by the President contrasted sharply with the otherwise conciliatory, yet purposeful, tone of the gathering.
President Reagan then exhumed two hoary elements of his "educational-reform program"--tuition tax credits and school prayer. What either has to contribute to the reform of public education in America is, at best, obscure. The universal scoffing reaction to his identical response to the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education last April should have persuaded him not to make the same mistake twice!
The fourth plank in President Reagan's reform agenda was to call again for merit pay. The recommendation drew scattered applause, to be sure, but more came from the ranks of the hundreds who had been admitted to the hall in addition to the forum attendees--those who were not aware that there had been a shift away from merit pay during the first few days of the conference.
Item five of the President's remarks was the explicit rejection of additional funding from the federal government, which he called "tax recycling."
The only initiative President Reagan brought to the impressive assemblage of America's political and educational leaders--who had heard more than one speaker despair over the reversal of values implicit in our glorification of athletics--was a new program of Presidential Academic Fitness Awards modeled after the President's Physical Fitness Awards. The program will no doubt work wonders to overcome the disorderly behavior President Reagan decried, dispatch the drug pushers from the high-school playgrounds, and generate the base salaries and career and professional incentives required to recruit and retain more academically capable individuals in teaching!
President Reagan's speech was not simply a misjudgment of the tone of the conference; it did, in fact, demean the seriousness of purpose and willingness to engage in common cause that, I believe, represented the true character of what took place under Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell's leadership. The task confronting local and state agencies and the public at large is a huge one. All of us will have to change--policymakers, teachers, administrators, teacher educators, parents, and others. Important first steps have been taken, but far more remains to be done.
Excepting the essential irrelevance of President Reagan's speech, the national forum afforded education leaders an opportunity to discover and reaffirm the common aims that bind them together, to identify differing views still requiring resolution, and to take heart from the knowledge that the impetus for reform is universally shared.
Vol. 03, Issue 17, Pages 19-20

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Three out of four Brits are reducing consumption of products that “have a harmful impact” on the environment or their health, according to a new survey.
Some 46% say they have actively cut use of plastic. One in five are eating less meat, with most (56%) doing so for health reasons or “the greater good” (39%).
The study, by Walnut Unlimited, surveyed 2,000 people in all. Of those, 43% said they are changing their consumption habits to help the environment, whilst 21% were doing so due to social pressure.
Among the 25% of Brits who have not changed their shopping behaviour or consumption patterns, 58% said it was because they don’t see any need to, whilst 15% claim to be rejecting conscious consumerism for financial reasons.


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After being buddy-buddy with Donald Trump during the primary, the hosts on Morning Joe quickly turned to foe.
Joe and Minka regularly go after President Trump for this policy or for that tweet as they dive headfirst into yet another self-righteous monologue.
Now, instead of just going after Trump, Scarborough is going after Trump’s supporters. Scarborough used his MSNBC program recently to educate his audience that if you’re donating to the president’s re-election effort, it’s probably because you’re a white supremacist.
"For those of you funding Donald Trump's re-election campaign, you may want to take note: Because you keep writing checks to this president, it's on you…because you are funding this white supremacist campaign…It is your money that is funding this white supremacy." —@JoeNBC pic.twitter.com/w0kxC0KJAk
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) August 5, 2019
After being close friends with Trump for years, wouldn’t that also make Scarborough a white supremacist as well?

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Following the incident where a woman was gangraped in a moving vehicle by three men and was later thrown out in an unconscious state in Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, women activist Ruby Mukherjee on Thursday lashed out at the Yogi Adityanath-led government asserting that there would be no justice in the state, if the administration was so lenient.
“Women and children are not at all safe in Uttar Pradesh, even though the current government beat drums about the safety of women and amending laws in the state it can never change. Even after the victim filed a complaint about the horrifying incident that happened to her, still the culprits are not arrested and no action is taken. My question to the government is, how is justice going to be given to her? And who will stand by her if the state government is so lenient about taking decisions,” Mukherjee said.
Further advising UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Mukherjee stated that the police administration should bring out more laws on women safety.
“I request the UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the police administration to amend more laws on women safety and also to become stricter with laws on women safety,” she added.
A woman on Tuesday was gangraped in a moving vehicle by three men and was thrown out in an unconscious state in the Unnao district. The woman was allegedly abducted by three men near Purva Kotwali area.
According to reports, as soon as the city police received the information, they immediately reached the location of the crime. However, the accused managed to flee from the location after throwing her out from the moving car.
The victim somehow reached the nearby police station, where they recorded her statement. She has been sent for medical examination and a report is awaited.
Meanwhile, an FIR has been lodged against the three unknown people. The city police has assured that a probe has been launched into the matter and that they will try to nab the accused as soon as possible.


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But what about now?
Yes. That is a hard question for me. What about now? What have I done in the last week, what evidence do I have, that I am different? Too often I find myself reaching back into the distant (and too distant) past for evidence that I am not the man I was. I think of this time in college or that time early in my marriage when there was a wholesale change in my life as if the last 10 years, 10 months, or 10 weeks really didn't matter at all. I can wax eloquently about how I need to change but when it gets right down to it, where is it? What is the change that I can point to and that people in my small group can recognize in me? Why aren't the discerning brothers and sisters in my life saying, "You know, you used to [be this way]...now there is something so different [in the way you are in regards to that]."?
Has my devotion grown more fervent? Is my speech much sweeter? Is my love more profound? Do I confess and forsake sin more readily? Is there anything that I understand more deeply? Do I talk about Him more? Do I talk to Him more? Is Jesus a bigger part of my life than he was last week?
Or am I growing more distant, more cold...using more words all the while becoming less committed and less loving towards Him and my neighbor? I can't blame Him for my lack of growth. He wants it in the worst way. Much more so than I do. So much more.
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Raphaela Papadakis seems to like ‘playing with fire’. After her acclaimed performance as the put-upon maid, Anna, in Independent Opera’s production of Šimon Voseček’s Beidermann and the Arsonists at Sadler’s Wells last year, she is currently rehearsing for the premiere this week of And London Burned, a new opera by Matt Rogers which has been commissioned by Temple Music Foundation to commemorate the 350th anniversary of The Great Fire of London.
Singers and staff take drastic action in protest at budget cuts
Barbara McMahon in Rome [The Observer, 13 November 2005]
Opera lovers in Italy this season may notice something different about the performers. Many of them are looking distinctly svelte after going on hunger strike to protest about proposed cuts to the country's arts budget. Living on only water, fruit juice and coffee, singers' weights have shrunk.

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A fresh round of complaints is making the rounds about Pattaya’s unused system of traffic lights, with new visitors to the city befuddled as to why the long-abandoned pedestrian-crossing signals don’t work.
A group of tourists and locals assembled at Mike Shopping Mall March 2 to protest the broken Beach Road crossing light in front of the Soi 12 retail center.
Pushing the button to request a red light that stops traffic doesn’t work, and hasn’t for at least a year, according to local businesspeople.
That crossing isn’t the only inoperable one. In fact, except for signals at major intersections, traffic lights either don’t work or are ignored throughout Pattaya – and have been for years.
“Can someone please tell me why the pedestrian road crossing lights on Second Road in Pattaya do not work?” asked Pattaya Mail reader Carol Foo in a recent letter to the editor. “As regular visitors to Pattaya, my husband and I have witnessed many tourists (ourselves included) and local people having great difficulty trying to cross this very busy, dangerous road.”
Pattaya’s network of 42 pedestrian-crossing lights are a case study in the expensive, wasteful – and some claim corrupt – projects undertaken by Pattaya’s former elected leaders from 2008-16.
The project officially was declared a failure in February 2011 when traffic police asked the city to turn off the lights on weekdays until a better system could be designed. It never was.
For a while, the lights just blinked yellow from 8 a.m. Monday to 1 p.m. Friday. Pattaya traffic police officials said operating red and green lights during the week simply created too much traffic congestion.
Launched Nov. 1, 2010, the pet project of former Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome was billed as a way to improve safety for tourists and bring order to Pattaya’s crazy streets. Almost immediately, however, the signals – some separated by as few as 50 meters – were ridiculed and all but ignored by drivers who simply blew through red lights.
Among those ignoring the lights were Pattaya’s police officers, who were captured on video speeding through zebra crossing as pedestrians tried to cross.
The city tried to salvage the program by posting banners, sending informational sound trucks into the streets and having police monitor selected crossings. But, in the end, the only ones to benefit from the lights was the city hall-connected contractor hired to install them.
In the years since, it’s been a game of chicken with speeding cars for tourists while authorities busied themselves with painting no-parking zones and bus stops.


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The older I get, the more I realize that it’s so important to cherish every moment. I must remember to take in a deep breath whenever I feel myself getting caught up in the moment and find my centre.
There are so many little things in life to enjoy – delicious food, friendly strangers, beautiful scenery, thoughtful words, music that seems to fit my mood perfectly, vibrant colours…things I may experience on a regular basis OR once-in-a-lifetime…yet each is a beautiful aspect of life that must be recognized.
I’ve realized how important it is to live each day like it’s my last and appreciate the beauty the world has to offer. I must find peace – even during busy moments OR times of waiting.
Sometimes the best times of life are doing what someone else might consider as nothing – but to me, these are the special moments. Though they might not be significant memories in my brain…they are moments to sit and reflect – which are just as important as the business of life.
I want to stop worrying about tomorrow – stop planning every moment of my life. Life is so much better if you take time to enjoy the moment. I want to spend time alone and cherish those moments, I don’t want all of my energy to come from being around others. Whether it’s writing, reading, taking photos, cooking & eating, singing, listening to music, swimming, yoga – it’s so important to be comfortable doing activities alone.
I’d like to start meditating – to release the tension I feel physically, but also mentally. I want to be able to go to another mind space – away from the physical world. My own special place. I want my writing to be therapeutic – reflecting whatever I’m feeling and experiencing in that moment.
Sometimes I’m not going to feel myself, but I just need to stop and figure out why in order to keep going. I want to inspire others – allow them to see the rawness of my thoughts. I might decide to share my writing someday – on a blog, or a book or something. Although my journal entries are often scattered, someone else might be able to gain something from them. Although I’m open to sharing, I don’t want to alter my honesty to please someone else.
As I write this entry – sitting in Starbucks, sipping my vanilla latte, listening to Ed Sheeran (in my own little world, although I’m surrounded by people) — I feel peaceful and happy with where I’m at.


Shin Kong Life will continue to rotate its government bond allocation from developed markets into emerging markets in search of higher yields, and is shying away from foreign stocks amid elevated global uncertainty.
Today AAA-rated, so-call risk-free debt does not provide enough yield and cannot be a core part of the portfolio, said Stan Lee, senior vice president of Shin Kong Financial Holding, the parent of the Taiwanese insurer. He also pointed to the upward trend in long-term interest rates.
For the second time in three months, on March 15 the US Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate to 1% from 0.75%.
“Even before [the announcement], we were sure that the Fed would start the rate hike cycle. We predict three rate hikes to happen this year,” Lee said during the firm’s 2016 fourth-quarter results call on March 16.
“The higher the rate is, the better we can invest or re-invest our money into the market for higher yields,” he added. “It’s very encouraging; we've been waiting for that for years.”
As of end-2016, Shin Kong Life had NT$2.2 trillion ($72 billion) in investable assets. Foreign fixed income accounted for the largest portion, at 44.1%, followed by international bonds listed in Taiwan (15.5%) and domestic fixed income (11.2%) (see chart below).
EM debt increase
As of end-2016, Shin Kong Life had 70.8% of its NT$2.2 trillion ($72 billion) under management in fixed income; most of which (59.6% of total AUM) is in foreign debt, including international bonds listed in Taiwan.
Its allocation to government bonds leapt last year to 20.3% as of December 31, from 15.3% on September 30 and 12.7% at end-2015. It did not clarify how much of the increase went into EM bonds, but they are likely to have been the main driver of the increase.
Shin Kong Life said it was cutting exposure to AAA-rated, "risk-free" bonds, but did not say by how much. It said in November that it would overweight dollar EM sovereign debt and foreign corporate credit by pouring $1.1 billion into such investments in the fourth quarter of 2016.
“Most EM government bonds provide high yields and fixed duration; that's the rationale behind [these moves],” Lee said.
Shin Kong Life only invests in dollar-denominated, high-grade EM government bonds issued in countries that are rich in natural resources or have a strong alliance to the world's biggest economies, said Lee. Such nations include Indonesia, Mexico and Saudi Arabia, he added.
Though the insurer has pledged to increase its foreign credit exposure, that allocation has actually declined as a portion of its overseas bond portfolio, to 50% at end 2016 from 53.8% on September 30 and 57% at end-2015.
But the firm has not sold foreign credit, said Lee; the drop in allocation is down to the rise of exposure to international bonds such as EM government debt.
However, Shin Kong Life has continued to sell renminbi bonds. The firm’s overall exposure to RMB debt issued in Taiwan and dim-sum bonds fell to NT$51 billion as of end-2016, from NT$70 billion at end-September and NT$120 billion at the start of last year.
“We don’t have a solid reason now to enlarge the renminbi position or reduce it further,” Lee said. Shin Kong Life does not think the RMB will weaken further against the dollar, so will retain its current position, he noted.
“And without high enough yield or sufficient vehicles or contracts for us to hedge the currency against renminbi, there is no reason for us to increase the positions in dim-sum bond or [via] the Bond Connect.”
Bond Connect is a bond-trading link between China and Hong Kong that will go live this year, announced Chinese prime minister Li Keqiang on March 15.
On the equity side, Shin Kong Life had cut its foreign stock exposure to 2.5% of total AUM as of end-2016, from 2.9% at September 30 and 4.4% at end-2015. This is because there were quite a few events that created uncertainties last year, Lee said. “We are not bearish about the equity market, [we] just [want] to control the risk."
The November election of Donald Trump as US president has left investors wondering about the possible trajectory of American policy in certain key areas, including international trade and capital markets.
Meanwhile, Britain's vote in June to leave the European Union has has sparked concerns about the possibility of further populist-led outcomes and even the potential breakup of the EU. The failure of the Dutch far-right PVV party to win the general election yesterday will have soothed such fears, although the vote saw PVV advance from being the country's third biggest party to number two.
Meanwhile, Shin Kong Life increased its domestic equity exposure rose to 8.8% at end-2016, from 6.8% at September 30 and 8.1% at end 2015. The insurer plans to continue investing in domestic high-dividend stocks in 2017. It expects to receive at least NT$10 billion of cash dividend income from such investments this year.
The firm generated nearly NT$6.2 billion of cash dividend income from domestic equity investments last year, noted Lee.


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God of unchangeable power, when you fashioned the world the morning stars sang together and the host of heaven shouted for joy; open our eyes to the wonders of creation and teach us to see all things for good, to the honor of your glorious name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
–From A New Zealand Prayer Book, the prayer book for the Anglican Church of New Zealand.
Before the ending of the day,
Creator of the world we pray,
That you, with love and lasting light,
Would guard us through the hours of night.
From all ill dreams defend our eyes,
From nightly fears and fantasies;
Redeem through us our evil foe,
That we no lasting harm may know.
O wisest Guide, grant all we ask,
Fulfill in us your holy task,
Surround us with your love and care,
And lead us on, your life to share.
All praise to God, sustaining us,
Redeeming and transforming us,
Thanksgiving in eternity,
All praise, beloved God to thee.
–From “A New Zealand Prayer Book”, p. 177
Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver,
Source of all that is and that shall be,
Father and Mother of us all,
Loving God, in whom is heaven:
The hallowing of your name echo through the universe!
The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world!
Your heavenly will be done by all created beings!
Your commonwealth of peace and freedom
Sustain our hope and come on earth.
With the bread we need for today, feed us.
In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us.
In times of temptation and test, strengthen us.
From trials too great to endure, spare us.
From the grip of all that is evil, free us.
For you reign in the glory of the power that is love,
Now and forever. Amen.
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Exercise is a vital part of a healthy lifestyle. Exercise and sports injuries, on the other hand, can be painful, frustrating, time-consuming and expensive for both lay persons and elite athletes. Therefore, prevention of injuries which could limit activity is a major issue. One measure that has been found to be successful, cost-effective and accessible to the general public and athletes alike is strength training. We aren’t talking about power lifting. Simple exercises, often using just one’s own body weight, can have a significant impact on the strength of the muscles and ability of joints to work efficiently.
A review of literature published in 2018 reported on multiple studies that have shown the injury prevention benefits of strength training. They reported on the combined results of 6 studies that together included almost 8000 participants and over 150 observed injuries.
The 2003 study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports provided a basic hamstring strengthening program for 30 adult elite soccer players. Participants were divided into 2 groups, one who received extra training 1-2 times a week for 10 weeks focused on strengthening the hamstring muscle. Meanwhile, the other group did their normal training routines only. They reported that all team members attended all training sessions during the observational period of 10 months. Those in the extra training group trained to failure (rather than do a set number of repetitions, they continued to exhaustion) and increased the average volume per week during the study.
At the conclusion of the season, there was a clear difference between the groups. Only 3 of 15 in the extra training group experienced a hamstring injury compared to 10 of the control group! Additionally, “there were significant increases in strength and speed in the training group.”
Another study on this topic utilized a randomized controlled trial published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine in 2015. This study also provided a basic hamstring strengthening program, specifically the nordic hamstring exercise (NHE). The NHE is an exercise where a person begins in a kneeling position with the feet being held in place by a bar or a workout partner. They then slowly lower their body forward by extending the knee while keeping their back straight. When they can hold it no longer, they extend their hands to catch themselves. Study participants were 648 amateur soccer players. Players from 40 teams were divided into 2 groups. The control group would do normal training while the other group was asked to perform 25 sessions of NHE in a 13-week period in addition to their normal training. Researchers held evaluation meetings and designed a website to facilitate compliance of the exercise program. The study reported over 90% compliance with the exercise regimen. Subjects were followed for the 2013 calendar year and injuries reported. Overall , 36 players (6.2%) reported hamstring injuries. However, there was a significant difference between the NHE group and the control group. Injury incidence rate among the NHE group was only 0.25 while the control group was 0.8!
A third study also focused on a randomized controlled trial that was directed at preventing hamstring injuries among soccer players by strengthening the muscle. Fifty Danish professional and amateur male soccer teams were divided between an intervention group (461 players) and a control group (481 players). The intervention group participated in a 10-week training program that gradually increased in intensity. Researchers in this study then implemented maintenance sessions once a week throughout the season. At the end of the season, 52 players in the control group had experienced acute hamstring injuries compared to only 15 in the intervention group! New injury rates per 100 player seasons were 3.1 for the intervention group and 13.1 for the control group. It also appears that the benefits are not only for new injuries. Recurrent injury rates for the intervention group were only 7.1 while the control group rate was 45.8!
A difference was also seen in a 2012 study published in the British Medical Journal focused on adolescent female soccer players and the prevention of ACL knee injuries. Over 4500 players aged 12-17 were divided into 2 groups by their team and followed for the 2009 season (7 months). Of the 230 Swedish teams, 121 were assigned to the intervention group and 109 to the control group. The intervention group added a 15-20 minute neuromuscular warm-up program twice a week to their regular training routines. The program was designed to target core stability, balance and proper knee alignment. It included traditional strength training such as squats and bench press, along with exercises to challenge coordination, and joint proprioception (body’s ability to sense movement, action, and location), such as pelvic lifts, lunges and jump/landing technique. As with the previous studies, the difficulty level was gradually increased during the study. Once again, there was a difference between the intervention group and control with 7 ACL knee injuries compared to 14 in the control group!
Another study evaluating soccer players that was included in the review was published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research in 2016. Researchers examined the impact of strength training on 52 young (13-14 years) elite soccer players. Half of the players had two to three 90-minute sessions of strength training added to their weekly training program for 3 weeks, followed by a 1-week recovery time. This was repeated four times for a total of 12 weeks of strength training sessions. Not only did those who had the strength training experience fewer injuries (4 compared to 13 in the control group), they also showed significant improvement in sprint running and jumping tests.
The final study in the review investigated exercise intervention on anterior knee pain (AKP) among a group of UK army recruits who were undertaking a grueling physical conditioning program. The study involved 39 male and 11 female training groups in the initial phase of army recruit training. A total of 759 recruits were assigned to the intervention group and 743 to the control group. Those in the intervention group completed 4 strengthening and 4 stretching exercises in addition to their regular daily physical training, while the control group continued with the existing training protocols. During the 14-week training program there were 36 new cases of anterior knee pain among the control group compared with only 10 in the intervention group. Researchers concluded that the simple stretching and strengthening exercises not only “resulted in a substantial and safe reduction in the incidence of AKP” among their military recruits, but that the same type of exercises “could also be beneficial for preventing this common injury among nonmilitary participants in recreational physical activity.”
When evaluating these studies as a group, researchers were able to draw some interesting conclusions.
- A 10% increase in the number of strength training repetitions was associated with a 4.3 percentage point risk reduction.
- All studies evaluated demonstrated a significant reduction in sports injuries.
- Strength training programs reduced sports injuries by an average of 66%.
- The studies included in the review support the concept that overuse injuries occur when tissues are chronically overloaded. Therefore, they suggest rather than simply reducing training, that preventative actions be taken, to include preconditioning, variation in exercises and loads and carry-over of improved coordination/technique from a strength training prevention program,
- Although five of the six included studies enrolled populations of football players, both the included evidence and the literature point towards plausible and general mechanisms that make these findings externally valid
- In addition to being very safe, these interventions have—through more than one mechanism—proven prevention results seldom achieved by other exercise interventions or fields of medicine.
Writers of the review suggest individuals start with learning the exercises and proper technique before increasing weight and intensity. They note: “Preliminary phases may seem irrelevant to eager athletes/clubs, however we consider the initial phases of injury prevention to be a critical investment, especially as injuries inevitably constitute delays and setbacks in relation to the very same goals as the original sport participation.” Further, they suggest that off-season or other less demanding periods of training could be a great time to begin strength training prevention programs.
Writers also caution that heavy weight training should not be done as a warm-up to other athletic activities as the fatigue could hinder performance and increase the risk of injuries. Instead, they recommend a “rest period between maximal efforts [of] approximately 72 hours for beginners, with experienced and physiologically adapted athletes likely needing shorter recovery times.”
They also note that children and adolescents do not warrant vastly different approaches. They can benefit from strength training even at young ages. However, when dealing with younger individuals, it is especially important they receive qualified instruction, competent supervision and their intensity progression is tailored to their individual needs.
Talk to your chiropractor about strengthening exercises that might be appropriate for your health status and activity goals. As experts in the musculoskeletal system, they are well versed in the proper alignment and working of the various joints, as well as what muscles can help, or hinder, a joint from working properly. This knowledge can help you prevent injuries, recover when they do occur and may even improve your performance. If you do not have a chiropractor, you can find a TCA member doctor at tnchiro.com.
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The Moto G is absolutely worth the price. With excellent performance and simple design, the smartphone is perfect for anyone looking for a inexpensive Android smartphone.
DETAILED REVIEW OF THE MOTOROLA MOTO G
Google acquired Motorola for about a billion and recently sold it to Lenovo for only a billion. Although all this is strange, the development prompted Motorola to produce “Moto G”, one of the lowest Android smartphones. with specifications that are almost as good as those of the Nexus 4.
The Moto G, which was launched in India at the time of writing, has attracted a lot of attention due to the combination of speculative prices and healthy specifications. The smartphone officially became the price of the 16 GB version and RS.12,499 for the 8 GB version. Let’s see if the smartphone offers a better price-quality ratio.
Specifications of Moto G
The smartphone has an IPS display with 720p – 4.5 inches, a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400, 1 Gb of RAM, 8 Gb / 16 Gb of internal memory, 5 Mp rear camera with LED flash, 1.3MP front camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, 2070 mAh battery and runs on Android 4.4.2 KitKat.
Design and construction
The Moto G does not have an eye-catching design, but a simple, no-frills design and looks very similar to the older brother Moto X. The screen of the smartphone is an IPS panel, which measures 4.5 inches and has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The screen quality is quite good compared to the phones of the same series. The glass at the top of the screen completely covers the front of the smartphone and is prone to smudges and fingerprints.
On the screen there is a 1.3 MP camera, the usual headphones and sensors. On the right edge are the buttons for locking / on / off and volume control. Both have a chrome-plated surface. The top has the 3.5mm audio jack and the bottom has a microUSB connector. On the back you can see the 5MP camera with LED flash and speaker grille. The back panel is made of removable plastic. When removing the control panel, the microSIM card slot and the 2070 mAh battery (which cannot be replaced by the user) are displayed. You can also choose from a variety of colored backrests available for the Moto G.
The back of the Moto G has a slight bulge, which gives it a nice curve that fits well in the hand. However, the smartphone seems to be quite heavy, given its size. Overall, we are very satisfied with the design and Motorola has done a good job with the Moto G.


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Land owner permission not required.
Can fly your drone here as long as you stick to the drone code: Guidance on the use of drones � Thames Valley
Unfortunately, I don’t have a drone shot of the place so I’ve included a screenshot of the park and you can see the parking available on the roads nearby.
The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 12/02/2021. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location.

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‘True leaders admit … their errors’
Published 12:03 pm Wednesday, June 7, 2017
I am concerned The Charlotte Gazette’s May 31, article titled “Policy on minutes changes” may not have communicated the full story.
The title implied the Charlotte County Board of Supervisors has a policy choice of whether to record or not record minutes. The fact is the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requires minutes for the work sessions. The choice is whether or not to comply with Virginia law. The board choose not to comply.
The article indicated the board has agreed to take minutes during all future work sessions. The board can only agree to something by taking action by vote in an open meeting. At what meeting did the board take such action and where are the minutes for that meeting?
The article discussed a legal citation outside of FOIA not applicable to the meetings in question. Extraneous discussion clouds the key point that the board has violated FOIA and now refuses to take corrective action.
The quote from the county purchasing agent relayed the county administrator’s position that minutes were not taken because no action was taken during the work sessions. The Virginia Code provides no such exemption for when no action is taken.
It is difficult to understand how a long term county administrator would not know and follow the basic FOIA requirements for minutes.
It is most difficult to understand why the county administrator and supervisors, once made aware of the violation, did not take prompt corrective action to prepare and approve minutes for the five meetings in question.
We all make mistakes. True leaders admit and correct their errors.
Charlotte Court House

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#TIL: Setting the pace: How an Electric Car helped create sporting history
By Yash Narain
In 2019, champion marathoner Eliud Kipchoge broke the mythical two hour time barrier in long-distance running- covering 26.2 miles in 1:59:40. This is one of the greatest sporting feats in history.
Kipchoge’s attempt was denied world record status for it was not an open competition and was heavily overengineered. The location for the exhibition, Vienna, was chosen specifically for its flat terrain. There was a rotating cast of pacers to shield Kipchoge from the wind and he even wore customised energy efficiency enhancing shoes.
The true star of the supporting cast, however, was an altered electric car travelling in front of the runners at a constant speed to set the pace for the pack. Its accelerator resolution was upgraded to outperform traditional cruise control systems and achieve the needed accuracy. The runners and the car carried transponder chips which were read by regularly placed kilometer markers to provide real-time feedback. The car was fitted with lasers projecting a formation pattern and a pace line on the road to help the runners hold their position. It even had an LED board to help them keep track of the time.
The most important consideration for the car, however, was to operate in a way that did not disturb the runners. EVs do not generate any tailpipe emissions and can be nearly silent when moving on the roads. Just as an electric car helped Kipchoge create history, EVs can help us achieve a myriad of environmental and economic goals. The challenge in front of us is- how do we set the pace for rapid EV adoption?
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Bayern Munich's Xabi Alonso joins the latest Planet Fútbol Podcast for an exclusive interview with SI's Grant Wahl.
Bayern Munich's Xabi Alonso has earned plenty of distinctions in his storied career, but his latest sets him apart from the rest: He becomes the first men's World Cup winner to join the Planet Fútbol Podcast.
Alonso speaks with SI's Grant Wahl about the club's start to the season, the challenge that Borussia Dortmund poses to Bayern's quest for a fourth straight Bundesliga title, the all-star cast of managers under whom he's played at Real Sociedad, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern, and the growth of MLS (a future option?) and the U.S. men's national team.
Wahl and SI's Avi Creditor and Brian Straus then shift gears to Alonso's teammate, Robert Lewandowski. His five-goal/nine-minute masterclass vs. Wolfsburg has been the talk of the soccer world. Does it compare to anything we've ever seen before?
The guys then riff on some of the more eye-raising developments that have come to light–Michel Platini admitting he "might have told" U.S. Soccer he'd vote for its 2022 World Cup hosting bid before doing a 180 and voting for Qatar and the proposal for a CONCACAF-CONMEBOL combined America's Champions League.
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CBD (Cannabidiol) is in the news every day. This cannabis-based product has caught the attention of the world.
CBD is not only grabbing attention, but it is also causing heated debates. Should its use be allowed in restaurants, coffee shops, and other public businesses? CBD is quickly becoming as well known as THC, another element of cannabis.
Were you aware there are over 100 different cannabinoids? It is easy to overlook that fact when THC and CBD grab all the attention. Many of these other cannabinoids offer therapeutic benefits similar to CBD. Now the question is, which of these cannabinoids will be the next to grab the spotlight and enflame controversy?
Let’s take a quick look at the benefits offered by CBD and compare it to CBN, another cannabinoid, to see how they can improve lives.
Plant genetics yield unique cannabinoid combinations
Often CBD makes up somewhere between 1% and 25% of a cannabis plant, depending on the variety and growing conditions. Cannabis plants include both hemp and marijuana plants, though when people are referring to industrial hemp, they often don’t call it ‘cannabis.’ The cannabinoid often found at the highest concentration in a standard cannabis plant is THC.
CBD is easy to use. It is available as gummies and other edibles. It helps relieve stress and anxiety which are too common in society today. CBD is available as oils, balms, and in capsule form and after people read the these studies about pain, depression, and to help you sleep.
CBN, another cannabinoid, is different. First, it makes up less than 1% of a cannabis plant, making it rarer. The levels of CBN vary based on exposure to oxygen, heat, and age. As the cannabis ages, the high THC percentage turns into CBN. It is different from CBD in the fact is does have some psychoactive properties, similar to THC. The effects are much milder than THC, so it is unlikely you would get high unless you consumed massive quantities.
CBN is new to most people since it has just begun to catch the attention of the news media. Researchers have known about it much longer since it was the first cannabinoid identified. It was first discovered all the way back in 1940. It was originally believed to be the causes of marijuana’s psychoactive properties, until the later discovery of THC.
CBN & CBD research says…
It is surprising that it has taken so long for CBN to be studied for its therapeutic benefits. Both CBD and THC have received intense research in recent years, but just now CBN is being closely examined. Early research is very promising.
One of the earliest studies of CBN happened in 1995. Researchers found in some cases that “CBN appears to be the most sedative cannabinoid“. We assume the sleep benefits can be further enhanced by pairing CBN with CBD.
The benefits of CBN and CBD do not stop with helping you sleep. They have both been found to alter the function of the immune system by activating CB1 and CB2 receptors.
Both CBN and CBD were shown to have potent effect on a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) .
You can get the benefits of both CBD and CBN in full-spectrum hemp extracts, plus the benefits of other less-known cannabinoids. A full-spectrum hemp extract gives you the “entourage effect” which means enhanced benefits due to the combined power of the family of cannabinoids.
What kind of hemp oil includes CBN?
If you want the combined power of CBD and CBN, you should choose a full-spectrum or broad-spectrum CBD oil. Both of these forms of CBD oil contain both CBD and CBN, plus other cannabinoids. The difference between full-spectrum and broad-spectrum is simple. Full-spectrum includes THC, while broad-spectrum removes it.
A high quality full-spectrum CBD oil processed with carbon dioxide will contain every cannabinoid and terpene found in the industrial hemp plant the cannabinioids are derived from. Most peopel find the highest benefit when consuming a complete terpene and cannabinoid profile extracted from the cannabis plant. The combination of phytocannabinoids will vary depending on the strain of the plant.
Broad-spectrum adds one additional step in the processing. It goes through steps to completely remove THC while leaving all of the other compounds intact.
Full-spectrum CBD oil gives you a stronger “entourage effect” due to the presence of THC, which makes it a popular choice. Broad-spectrum CBD oil is preferred by people who want to avoid the “high” of THC and may need to avoid THC for drug-testing purposes.
FINAL THOUGHTS ON CBD VS CBN
As you have just learned, CBN oil is showing tremendous promise, especially when paired with CBD. It may just be a matter of time before you can order your morning cup of coffee with a few drops of CBN oil, just like you can with CBD.


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Christ's bearing of our sicknesses and infirmities may have taken place throughout His life. He may have been acquainted with ill health for our benefit.
Having faced the perils of life with disturbing regularity, Paul was intimately acquainted with the certainty of death. He can provide us a positive example.
Why did God allow this tragedy? Why do the good suffer and the evil prosper? We want answers to these questions, but Jesus points us in another direction.
Personified Jerusalem, whom God depicts as a grieving widow, blames others for her troubles while overlooking her own sins as the real cause of her sorrow.
In Lamentations 2, Lady Jerusalem sidesteps godly repentance, opting instead for self-centered recrimination against Almighty God.
The practice of rending clothes symbolizes sorrow, agony, despair, and hopelessness, a realization that God alone can restore the profound loss.
Among Christ's greatest miracles is the resurrection of Lazarus. John 11 details Jesus' approach to and way of expressing the concept of death, giving hope.
Richard Ritenbaugh, continuing his excursion through the Book of Lamentations, observes that the expressions of sorrow in the Psalms far outnumber expressions of praise, indicating that the Hebrew culture has almost made the lamentation an art form. An organizational pattern useful in the examination of these lamentations is …
In Lamentations 3, the narrator finally convinces Lady Jerusalem that her own sins have caused her necessary punishment and affliction by God.
God's love does not shield us from sickness, pain, sorrow, or death. There are several scriptural contexts in which Jesus shed tears and expressed grief.
Blessedness and mourning seem contradictory, but obviously Jesus saw spiritual benefits to sorrow. True, godly mourning gets high marks from God.
Based on his long friendship with God, Abraham could systematically calculate the reliability of God's promises even in the lack of visual evidence.
John Ritenbaugh, acknowledging that joy is enumerated second in the order of the Fruits of the Holy Spirit in Galatians 5:22, speculates upon the possibility that God intended a pre-determined order for these spiritual gifts, perhaps from the most important to lesser degrees of importance. If this is the case, Joy occupies a …
The Hebrews perceived color differently than we do, assigning symbolic significance to a number of different colors as they associate with concrete objects.
Some of us fast-forward to catch a glimpse of the ending of a story. This curiosity is similar to God's showing us how life's experiences can turn out.
Martin Collins, reiterating that Romans 8 provides assurance that we are of God, asks us to consider that the sufferings we go through now are miniscule compared to the glory which we will later receive, completely eclipsing the glory of Adam and Eve before their fall. Our suffering is temporal, fleeting, and momentary, as …
Because kindness is love in action, we must galvanize our thoughts into concrete behaviors, including offering encouraging words and performing uplifting deeds.
Faith from God will be required to endure and profit from trials, bringing about character and genuineness of faith, as well as patience and trust in God.

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Cheryl Spang, Business Manager
CHERYL SPANG is the Business and Finance Officer for the School of Journalism. Prior to joining the School in 2007, she served in the Office of Planning and Budget in the System office for the University of Missouri and as an accountant for the State of Missouri, Department of Natural Resources. Cheryl holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Missouri State University and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Missouri – Columbia.
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British Christian reggae artist Ben Okafor was born in Nigeria. Experiencing life as a victim of the Nigerian civil war, and even serving temporarily as a child soldier, Okafor was able to relocate to England in the late 70s where he began a career as a reggae artist. His early works were even produced by Bob Lamb (UB40).
Musically, Ben’s music has always had an interesting mix of influences from traditional roots reggae (Ben’s clean guitar playing is noted throughout his lengthy discography) to lovers rock (AKA pop-reggae), but also including folk and world elements–all of which are impacted by his diverse cultural and geographical background.
As you can imagine, his childhood experiences have deeply impacted his worldview and lyrical content. He’s long been an outspoken advocate for justice and peace-making. He’s even had a stint at acting!
With over a dozen releases under his belt, there’s loads of material to choose from. I’ve selected a track from his early EP Downpressor Man. The lead single from the 4-song EP (vinyl copies of which you can often find on eBay or Discogs for a reasonable price) is a Peter Tosh cover, but here we have “20th Century Wailing.” Let me know what you think of it. For further info, check out his website here: http://benokafor.com/


It’s incredible to think that Lauryn Hill has only released one (incredible) studio album, 1998’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Fifteen years later it looks like we could indeed get a follow up album. The first taste of Letters From Exile comes from Lauryn’s Hip Hop/ Indie Pop sounding new single “Consumerism” admittedly though it’s not the most enjoyable of songs. But hopefully this will lead to bigger and better things. You can buy the single now on iTunes.
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