In a previous article, I have written about ways to improve your memory by using specific skills. You have learned the car method, the peg method, and mapping. You have learned how to use your imagination and create your own stories to memorize information.
You may have surmised that these methods work for anyone, no matter what their level of intelligence is. This is true. If you can form pictures in your mind, you can use the methods, no matter what your intelligence is. Yet there is one difference with people in their ability to memorize.
Until now, all of the methods that I wrote about involve picturing things. They have been geared towards visual learners. Some studies have shown that about 80% of the population are primarily visual learners. But there are other learning styles. About 15% of the remaining people are kinesthetic learners. The remaining 5% are auditory learners.
We all use all five of our senses. Visual is seeing, auditory is hearing, kinesthetic is feeling with our bodies, olfactory is a smell, and gustatory is taste. Most of us know that visual is seeing and auditory is hearing. To remember olfactory, think of a smelly old factory. To remember gustatory, think of disgusting. Was there ever a time when you felt so disgusted that you could not eat? That is the origin of the word. For kinesthetic, think of two football players who are cousins, so they are kin for kinesthetic.
Your learning style is determined by which sense you use the most. It is not completely understood how each of us develops their primary sense, but it is believed that it starts at a young age. Although we do not know how it develops, there are ways that you know which one is your primary sense. Only three of the five become people's primary—visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.
Visual learners are fast talkers. They think in pictures, so they try to get every detail in as quickly as possible. Artists, fashion designers, web designers are all visual learners. If you appreciate beauty in natural scenes, pictures, and fashion more than you appreciate sounds or touch, you are likely a visual learner.
Auditory learners perceive the world through sounds. Musicians, singers, and good speakers are auditory learners. They often speak at a good pace and speak clearly.
Kinesthetic learners are more attuned to their bodies than the other learners. They relate to their physical sensations more than they do to pictures or sounds. Athletes, massage practitioners, and fitness trainers are kinesthetic learners. Often athletes speak more slowly than most people. This says nothing about their intelligence and everything about their kinesthetic learning style.
Before the 1980s, school systems catered to auditory learners. Most of the teaching was lecture, and there was no power point. In the 1980s, research in education sought to help reach children of different learning styles. Previous to then, visual learners only had the blackboard (now whiteboard) or worksheets in a class. Kinesthetic learners only had their learning style addressed in gym class—or science class if they worked with chemicals and weights. Kinesthetic learners often grasp learning if they can manipulate objects.
Now the schools cater to visual learners through powerpoint presentations. They cater to kinesthetic learners through experiential learning. Even manipulating the computer can be a plus for the kinesthetic learner.
Most people use all five of their senses; one predominates with each person. I have given some examples. Yet some people seem to have more than one main sense that they use. I have known people who are artists but also work in construction—so, would that be visual or kinesthetic? Probably both. Politicians need to be able to appeal to all three of the main senses. They have to look good, speak well, and move people's emotions. Emotion is another component of the kinesthetic learner. They are not only aware of how the shower feels on their bodies, but they are aware of how they feel at all times. This is why the word 'feel' means both physical and emotional.
Let's use an example of how you can remember using your primary learning style. Imagine there is a fire burning, and you stand near the house watching. The fire truck arrives, and a redheaded man steps out named Peter Burns. Then he greets his two boys. One of them carries a cat, and his name is Pat. The other carries a snake, and his name is Jake (notice the rhyming). Then a lady arrives with a bottle of liquor, and her name is Sherry.
If you are a visual learner, you will picture everything. Picture the fire, and the house burning is easy for you. Then picturing a man with rabbit ears and red hair makes you think of Peter and burns. Picturing the boy with the cat and the boy with the snake gives you the clue that it is Pat and Jake. Imagine the lady, and the sparkling Sherry bottle will remind you that her name is Sherry.
Now for the auditory learner: Auditory learners are the ones who can do okay with the rote rehearsal method where you repeat the information out loud or in your head. So you think the words 'house on fire.' Then you say to yourself, "Peter the fireman has red hair, so his name is Peter Burns." Then the boys come. You think Pat rhymes with cat, Jake rhymes with a snake. Then say, "Sherry is the drink that is in the bottle that the lady is carrying." Her name is Sherry.
Kinesthetic learners emphasize how they feel about the situation. First, when they think of the fire, they imagine how they would sweat and feel hot standing next to that fire. Then they would feel relief when the fireman Peter Burns arrives. I know his name and appearance lends itself to a connection. Then when the boys arrive, the kinesthetic learner can imagine the feel of the fur if they pet the cat the boy carries. This helps them make the connection Pat, Cat. Then imagine the less pleasant feel of the scales of the snake. They could also imagine getting bit by the snake. Although this would be unpleasant, it has the emotional significance to help the person remember. Then they could imagine the cold feel of the Sherry bottle.
Keep in mind that although you have your primary sense, you still use all your senses to improve your memory. You just use your primary sense more. For example, the kinesthetic person will still make the pictures of the fire and the people. They will use their feeling images to help them picture and make the connections.
In a previous article, I discussed how Rote Rehearsal is not the best way to memorize. That is the technique that most people use. They just repeat the information over, and they hope it will stick. The only people whom that works for are the auditory learners. Auditory people hear things in their head well, and the sounds remain in their memory longer than visual and auditory people. Yet it is still helpful for auditory learners to use their imaginations and use the techniques.
Perhaps you have read this far and are not sure what your primary sense is. You may think, I like playing sports, but I also play an instrument. Some people are less discriminatory as far as their main sense. My recommendation to you is to try different things in your imagination. You may actually be at an advantage because you can improve your memory more easily. This is because you have more imaginative resources than most people.
This last segment of this article may seem to contradict the idea that has been presented. The pictures you create in your head to improve your memory may actually help you the most if you use all your senses to create the pictures. There are meditative techniques that tell you to imagine a pleasant place to be. You picture the sights, hear the sounds in your mind, feel the sensations, smell and taste things. With relaxation, as well as the memory, you do what works for you.
Although most people would not say that their main sense is smell or taste, many people have a highly developed sense of smell and taste. If you are a person who lights candles at home and likes to cook, you have highly developed senses of both those. Studies have shown that the olfactory sense is the strongest for evoking memories. Memories of events or autobiographical memories. If you ever returned to a place where you used to live or your old school building, scents particular to that brought back a feeling or a memory that you had not felt or thought of since you were there.
The use of your senses is a great tool to help you memorize information. It adds to everything you knew already about memory improvement.


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Photos are on display in the photography classroom at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif., Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Students at College Park High School are having a photographic exhibit: Life As We Know It, that will be at Pleasant Hill City Hall from March 3-14. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)
Senior Megan Berberich, 17, right, works on printing up one of her photographs for an upcoming show as fellow senior Amy Lemyre, 18, left front, looks on in instructor Jen Kennedy's photo classroom at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif., Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Students at College Park High School are having a photographic exhibit: Life As We Know It, that will be at Pleasant Hill City Hall from March 3-14. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)
Plastic film rolls are found in the photo classroom at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif., Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Students at College Park High School are having a photographic exhibit: Life As We Know It, that will be at Pleasant Hill City Hall from March 3-14. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)
Photo students consult with each other as they make the final selection of what to print during a photo class at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif., Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Students at College Park High School are having a photographic exhibit: Life As We Know It, that will be at Pleasant Hill City Hall from March 3-14. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)
Lauren Crew from the AjA Project tells photo students what type of photographs they should be selecting to print for an upcoming show at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif., Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Students at College Park High School are having a photographic exhibit: Life As We Know It, that will be at Pleasant Hill City Hall from March 3-14. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)
Senior Kara Garasky, 17, prepares her digital image for an upcoming photo show during her photo class at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif., Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Students at College Park High School are having a photographic exhibit: Life As We Know It, that will be at Pleasant Hill City Hall from March 3-14. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)
Repurposed film canisters provide a new look for holiday lights in the photo classroom at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif., Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Students at College Park High School are having a photographic exhibit: Life As We Know It, that will be at Pleasant Hill City Hall from March 3-14. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)
Photo instructor Jen Kennedy, right, discusses blown out highlights in digital images with senior Emma Lipnicke, 17, at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif., Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Students at College Park High School are having a photographic exhibit: Life As We Know It, that will be at Pleasant Hill City Hall from March 3-14. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)
Contact sheets sit abandoned as student make their final selection of what digital image to print via computer during a photo class at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif., Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Students at College Park High School are having a photographic exhibit: Life As We Know It, that will be at Pleasant Hill City Hall from March 3-14. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)
Photo student senior Megan Berberich, 17, listens to instructions on what to consider when selecting images for an upcoming show during class at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif., Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Students at College Park High School are having a photographic exhibit: Life As We Know It, that will be at Pleasant Hill City Hall from March 3-14. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)
Photo students work on selecting digital images to print for an upcoming show during class at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif., Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Students at College Park High School are having a photographic exhibit: Life As We Know It, that will be at Pleasant Hill City Hall from March 3-14. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)

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At the request of the Department of Emergency Situations, a C-27J Spartan aircraft of the Romanian Air Force, configured for medical evacuation missions, performed a humanitarian emergency flight from Otopeni to Satu Mare and back starting at 16:30, on Thursday, Februaty 15th, for the transport of a person who suffered severe burns.
The crew of the aircraft consists of Commander Ion Stăiculescu and Lieutenant Mihai Vârdol.
The patient will be assisted during the flight by an SMURD team and military paramedics.


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Deep Dive: The Evolution of Social Media in 2016
|In Content Marketing, Social Media
|By Giselle Waters
2016 has been quite the year for social media. With the United States election, Brexit, and a more global online community it has become an even more important tool for individuals and companies to disseminate their messages, brands, and views. We've had losses (we'll miss you Vine), innovations (Snapchat goggles? What!?), and evolutions (Twitter is now a news organization?). We'll break down the year in review for you, and give some quick predictions on where each platform is headed in 2017.
Twitter's evolution into a news platform during 2016 was exemplified in their election night coverage. Twitter partnered with BuzzFeed and broadcasted for over six hours, which included video and a live stream of Tweets that reached more than 6.8 million viewers. We expect these broadcast partnerships to continue into the New Year as a more successful iteration of Periscope and live video.
What's ahead for Twitter in 2017?
In 2016, Twitter also introduced moments giving users snippets of news, weird internet happenings, and ways to string together various tweets to tell a story. We wouldn't be surprised if this continues and is expanded to give more cohesive content and microblogs allowing users to catch up on news without leaving the platform.
Amid criticism and abuse by some users, we also expect customer service and a focus on reducing hate speech to be emphasized more heavily, hopefully reducing the negative impact and helping the platform move into a more productive stage of its life.
This year Facebook has come under fire for their use of trending stories (going from staff curation to using numerical data), as well as circulating fake news. The expansion of the ads platform and the addition of reactions, instant articles, and Facebook Live continue to demonstrate the platforms commitment to expansion, innovation, and growth. While brands and companies often struggle with the network, it remains an integral part of social strategy for nearly every company's branding.
Facebook's most recent innovation, marketplace, mirrors Next Door and Craigslist with their local sales destination. The feature allows Facebook to capitalize on the local Facebook groups that have been operating similarly for years. It's mobile-only for now, which means marketing must adapt and gives an advantage to those of us who have been anticipating these features for years.
What can we expect from Facebook in the coming year?
It's safe to assume the next year will continue to be video heavy (though we may see a peak), the continuation of filters and lenses in the style of Snapchat, news continuing to be a focus (a la Twitter), and finally, perhaps the most interesting: a rise in search. Facebook now sees 2 billion searches per day, which means content creators and brand managers will likely utilize the platform even more heavily to assist in getting more visibility.
In the style of Facebook and Snapchat, Instagram has launched stories and an increase in business tools. It likely is moving toward being the next Facebook of mobile advertising, and we'll be keeping a close eye on the direction the platforms ad product goes. If it's following in Facebook's footsteps to help brands generate traffic and revenue, it could be a game changer for brands who have diversified and are able to expand beyond the giant that is Facebook advertising. However, we continue to believe diversification and careful evaluation of your audience is the most important factor in choosing social networks.
What innovations can we expect from Instagram in 2017?
Instagram will also likely expand their live video offerings a la Facebook and continue to adapt and innovate with Instagram stories in an attempt to oust Snapchat's domination. The links within stories is a great start to making Instagram stories a more coveted advertising model than Snapchat, as it offers a way for influencers to share products and services with their audience directly, instead of relying on a two-step process that Snapchat requires. It may also be able to utilize Facebook's AR acquisitions letting it push even further into the Snapchat realm. Only time will tell which platform will reign supreme. Their recent change to allowing users to like comments also emphasizes the similarities between Facebook and Instagram, so keeping an eye on each platform's innovations may help inform what's next for the other.
Snapchat this year has, frankly, out-Snapchatted itself. With Spectacles it proved AR and 360 video are not mere figments of the future, but are on the brink of becoming mainstream. They also strayed from the intrinsic fleeting nature of the platform with Memories letting Snapchat users share photos they had taken outside the app, as well as put together whole, downloadable stories that could be packaged according to the location or memory they were associated with.
Can Snapchat un-Snapchat itself in the New Year?
They still struggle with discovering new users (outside of Snapchat discover and collective streams), and thus must solve this issue in 2017 to help the platform expand. Vurb may be the solution to thisi – but it remains to be seen. We should also be on the lookout for the expansion of their ad products that now play between stories and are integrated into brands Discover pages. Whether it's through sponsored filters and location-based ads, or a more comprehensive dissemination of ads between stories we're sure to see innovations this year that brands and institutions can use to their advantage.
Pinterest's ads and shoppable pins have turned the platform into a fully functional platform for sales brands. From fashion and accessories to cookware, brands with loyal followings have seen successful on the platform. Some of the most impactful campaigns in the past few years have been brand's partnerships with successful pinners, like Target's collaboration with Who What Wear. However this year we saw more of an emphasis on branded content and ads, as well as increased analytics with Pinterest's new marketing partners like Buffer and Adaptly. Testing these ads, slideshows, and displays is a must for those with an audience on Pinterest.
What can we expect from Pinterest in the coming year?
People have long said Pinterest was a female dominated platform, but the site is seeing 40% of new sign-ups coming from males, while 55% of those searching are men. They have also started to encourage video content and their "suggested for you" and search features continue to evolve to function in a more Google-esque manner. Staying vigilant and avoiding getting married to one strategy keeps you flexible and allows you to move nimbly with the platform and make adjustments as needed.
When Microsoft acquired LinkedIn, it boded changes and new information on the platform. So far, things have remained fairly similar; though rolling out new ways to find freelance jobs and specialists, as well as an increasingly popular job board makes the acquisition more interesting. We'll be interested to see how LinkedIn premium and other monetization ideas play out under Microsoft's watch.
How could LinkedIn provide a better advertising experience in 2017?
For years, LinkedIn has been trying to lure users back to its platform through a desktop redesign, tweaks in its messaging platform, and more. However, this touted "social network for professionals" just isn't measuring up. LinkedIn continues to feel impersonal and fails to connect with its users. If they can adjust the platform to feel more informative, likening it more to a brainstorm session as opposed to a job interview, we believe the platform could find its footing.
While the ad platform still mostly functions as sponsored posts, display ads, PPC, and InMail, the B2B opportunities are numerous and are worth exploring. We're not holding out for any major changes in 2017, but we'll be keeping our ears to the ground.
While YouTube remains mostly the same: a platform for content creators and brands to share longer-form video messages, we've seen a rise in video ad buys and changes to the model. Original premium content will be a big part of YouTube's next wave of programming with YouTube Red.
Is the YouTube Red the message next year?
YouTube is taking advantage of the music audience on the platform with YouTube Red. Producing original content, leveraging the musicians on the platform, and more has helped YouTube continue to stay relevant while other platforms expand their video offerings. For brands, partnering with content creators, utilizing pre-roll and display ads are still growing, with the top 100 advertisers upping their spend by 50%. We'll be watching to see where this goes as Hulu and other streaming video vie for space at the top of the streaming video model.
While Google+ has been hanging on, it still struggles to achieve the user base that makes it an advantageous platform for companies to focus on. If innovations make it more relevant we could see developing a strategy for this platform, but in general focusing on your reviews and rankings is likely the avenue to pursue with Google.
Could Google+ become more relevant in 2017?
"According to Google, there are 300 million users on Google Plus. But last year, an independent study from digital marketing agency Stone Temple Consulting found that less than one percent of Google users are active on Google Plus. Eric Enge, Stone Temple's CEO, estimated that 111 million users have an active profile and just 6.7 million users have at least 50 posts ever."
Will the new updates be enough to keep Google Plus alive and relevant? The outcome looks bleak—considering none of the changes incentivize users to be more active—but only time will tell.
Top 5 Social Media Marketing Considerations for 2017
What does this evolution in social media bode for 2017? The sky is the limit as far as digital advertising goes. These are our top takeaways and things for your company to consider when planning your 2017 digital marketing strategy:
If you haven't yet, consider creating interactive ads, videos, and other collateral that supports your brand and promotes your products or services. These can be leveraged across multiple platforms as well as your website.
Be nimble. While you may feel confident about your strategies, it's important to be ready to change with the platforms in an age where failure to evolve can result in the death of a brand on social media.
Don't adopt a one-size-fits-all strategy. The kind of content you put on each of your platforms should feel uniquely relevant and useful. Your Instagram post won't necessarily work on Facebook or Twitter. Your blog content might be best suited for LinkedIn.
Know your audience. When you're marketing on social media, you're reaching people in a different mindset than when they're googling your brand. You should be reaching them with the kind of content they want on the platform, as well as recognizing the purpose of each network so they get the information and content they want at the right time in the right place.
Everyone has heard they should diversify, but have you actually done it? Most brands are guilty of being too Facebook-centric, but now more than ever it's imperative that you have adapted to and embraced the newer kids on the block.
Keep an eye on the horizon for new and evolving social media platforms to help your company stay ahead of the curve.


Teachers' Union pressures teachers to sign renewal agreement: should you sign?
Has your union asked you to sign a union renewal agreement? Maybe you already signed one. Education Minnesota had forms filled out and waiting for every teacher in the state when they got back to school last fall.
Why is the union being so persistent in reaching out to teachers, asking you to sign a union form ASAP?
For example, teachers in Minneapolis got an email recently from the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT).
On February 26, the United States Supreme Court heard Janus v AFSCME, a case that challenges mandatory union fees for public employees, including teachers. Mark Janus, the plaintiff, is a social worker in Illinois. He is forced to pay agency fees in order to keep his job.
You may recall that a teacher from California, Mrs. Rebecca Friedrichs, brought a similar case two years ago. But Justice Scalia died before the opinion was released.
Both Mark and Rebecca told the court that mandatory fees violate their First Amendment rights. They say that mandatory fees force them to support the political activity and agenda of the union, even if, in their opinion, it hurts them as teaching professionals and hurts K-12 education.
A decision is expected by the end of June; the bet is that Mark Janus and Rebecca Friedrichs are going to win.
Government unions like Education Minnesota, and their local and national affiliates like MFT and AFT and NEA, are worried that the Court will rule in favor of fully restoring the First Amendment rights of teachers that the Court took away decades ago.
Since when do we ask U.S. citizens to be forced to pay for the speech of others as a condition of employment, especially when they disagree? How would that sound to your students?
The Court opted to make teachers "forced riders" instead of respecting their rights as citizens.
The Court also gave the union a monopoly. Union executives and activists do not really care what many classroom teachers think because union fees are guaranteed. Maybe the union would care if they had to treat teachers as customers to be won instead of captives who can be tolerated and even ignored.
If Mark Janus wins, it means that union will have to ask for your business; it will have to find out what you want instead of telling you what the union wants. That will be good for teachers, good for students and good for the union.
But it will be a new way of doing union business.
So, the union is trying to do two things before the Court rules: first, it wants to lock in your membership and dues revenue. Education Minnesota took in about $60 million in revenue last year.
Note the language in the renewal form: it authorizes dues deductions "irrespective of union membership." What does that mean?
Second, the union is trying to update its database so it has full contact information including the last four digits of your social security number, your cell phone and personal email address.
Even if you want to be a dues-paying member of the union, do not give out that personal information. The union does not need it to represent you; and the union could get hacked. Protect yourself; be smart.
If you are not sure, do not sign the renewal agreement. Tell your union that you want to understand what they are asking you to sign, and why. And tell them you are checking with your family lawyer for advice.
If you want to know more, please join us at EducatedTeachersMN.


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The Worst Mommy Shamers Are the Ones Who Don't Have Kids Themselves
Kathi Valeii January 4, 2017 at 4:17 PM
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It faded long ago -- the obsession with Gorilla-Mom. We forgot about her way before the Harambe memes disappeared, but we won't forget our feelings about her. We're comfortable with those feelings -- the ones that allow us to throw self-righteous shade at the mothers of the world who are screwing up all over the place. It's troubling to see anyone jumping on the parent-shame bandwagon, but most troubling when the charge is led by child-free folks with pitchforks -- and now they're going after Ikea Mom.
It only takes a hot minute for the next Horrible Parent du jour to surface. This week it's Utah mom Kayli Shoff, who left her twin toddlers playing in their bedroom for a couple of minutes to do god-knows-what ... Take a shower? Dash to the basement to run a load of laundry? Go to the bathroom?
The unthinkable happened in those moments: The kids began climbing on the dresser and it toppled onto one of them. The other lifted it, Herculean-style, and it was all captured on their nanny cam. Kayli and her husband released the in-room video as a warning to other parents to highlight the importance of securing their furniture, and, as could easily be predicted, the armchair parenting commentators weighed in en masse as to the fitness of these folks to parent.
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A scroll through Good Morning America's Facebook video post of the incident will give you a glimpse into just what I'm talking about. Comments like these are peppered amongst the more than 20,000 people weighing in on the video:
"... This mom is a terrible mom and needs her kids taken away. Even of [sic] she did just run downstairs or to the shower take the monitor with you so you can watch your babies. Obviously she didnt [sic] care enough."
"Where was mom that she did not hear Dresser fall over ? [sic] ..... posting selfies in bathroom?"
Parents and child-free folks alike participate. For parents, it seems to be a tool of survival: We all know we could be next. We'd best not utter a word about that time we couldn't find our kid, or the afternoon he slipped and took a tumble. That shaming stick is swift and it's ruthless, and, well, it's better someone else than us, right?
But when child-free people of the world jump in -- well, that's another story. And while they're busy feeling butt-hurt and sad over being called a-holes for their judgmental parenting snark, I'm over here wondering if it's possible for them to summon a tiny part of that sadness to try to conjure up what parents (especially moms and femme-presenting parents) the world over feel every day of our lives under the weight of relentless parenting-related shame.
Some qualify themselves as armchair critics because of their "parenting" experience as former babysitters. But, seriously? Sure, occasionally caring for other people's children renders them accountable, professionally, but it's certainly no comparison to the anxiety, pride, love, and sheer terror inherent in parenting children, nonstop, for decades.
Judge-y child-free folks simply have no idea what weeks, then months, then years of constant vigilance is truly like. Only those who have parented can possibly have any concept of the fact that even when a child sleeps, you don't get a break.
Every noise, every not-noise, every in-between is a threat. And it's all terrifying.
When you are a parent, there are things you know can't happen, but still fear could. Sometimes, out of nowhere, that scene from the 1980s made-for-TV movie Adam rolls through your mind, and you can't rid yourself of the image and sounds of John Walsh's guttural wails when he learns they'd found his murdered 6-year-old.
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It creeps up when I spin around in the large box store and my kid has just darted behind the patio table display to play an impromptu game of hide-and-seek, and he doesn't come out the first time I call his name. It takes half a second for him to come out -- but that's just long enough for my mind to imagine the worst of things ...
It happens when I hear the thumping coming down the stairs -- the too-fast "bump, bump, bump, bump, bump" that only happens during a fall -- and I instantly assume my toddler, who can barely crawl, has somehow come out of his deep sleep, opened the door, and leapt the gate.
The whole family went screaming for the stairs when that happened, bracing for the worst. I'll never forget how my look at the dinner table prompted everyone's concern. How every last one of us jumped up and ran at the stairs in single file, yelling some version of, "Oh god, oh no!"
How when we got there, we found our international college student sitting mid-step on his ass, saying, "I'm okay," in his thick Arabic accent. I couldn't just laugh it off -- not the same way my older kids could, and not the same way a sitter would be able to.
No, I had to go sit on the back porch and cry heaving sobs for a half hour. The shaking wouldn't stop, the images of what might have been, consuming. Four years later, when it was safe to take the daytime gate down, it happened anyway -- he slipped on a step, while looking at a toy in his hand, and tumbled from about midway to the bottom.
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He was fine, but I still didn't dare to tell anyone. Because you know what they think of parents whose children tumble down the stairs. Good parents always watch, always know, are always spotting.
Two days after the fall, the mancala game fell off the shelf in the night with loud thumps and bumps. My first irrational thought was, Oh my god, not again!
Nope, not again. He was in bed, exactly where I'd left him, curled up on his side, his fine hair flipping in the fan breeze -- consumed by a sleep-induced peace I crave for him and covet for myself. I crawled back into bed, mimicked his posture, even pointed the fan at my head, but the trembling wouldn't stop for what felt like forever.
Parents are always one breath away from our worst nightmare.
It really doesn't take even a small amount of imagination to consider how easy it is to slip on a step, or how hard it would be to find your child in the crowd at a zoo after looking away for a brief second, or to think about the necessary daily tasks that require you to take your eyes off your child periodically throughout the day.
Almost no one is standing in solidarity with parents who are overwhelmed and under-supported -- and in spite of that, most of us are doing a damn good job. I have a mug that I love that reads: "How to be an ally to parents: Help or STFU." Maybe a little messier and less fun than an armchair snark-fest, but it's really quite simple.
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If we're able to suggest that people are smart and invested in choices about their reproductive health, we should damn well be willing to extend that to folks who are parents. What if we all decided to make the assumption that most of the time, parents are the most invested people in the safety and well-being of their own children, and that most of the time, we're acting on that investment and doing our very best?
Ikea Mom isn't the first, and she absolutely won't be the last, in this endless parade of Parent Shaming -- the colosseum-style spectacle that we flock to our screens for, that we can't get enough of. If shaming women is our favorite genre, shaming mothers is our favorite show.
I wonder what it will take to collectively change the channel.
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I have just added a downloadable pattern to my website: www.brigittegiblinquilts.com This workbox is for sewing on the move... it will contain all your sewing tools in a handy non-slip box when you are travelling in a car or plane.
Hello Brigitte. L'intérieur de cette boîte est-il le même que celui que vous avez mis sur Facebook ?
Ce serait bien d'avoir ce détail sur votre site de vente.
I love this pattern. It is cute and simple to do. Thank you for sharing the link to get this pattern.
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Ahmed Yousef: Hamas is the Key
September 24, 2007 Articles
By Ahmed Yousef
While largely unnoticed in American discourse on the topic, much has been said and written to debunk the sanctions regime imposed on Hamas government administrations since its resounding victory in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections of January 2006. These calls and reports show with compelling logic that the sanctions regime is wrong and misguided and, equally important, that it is a reaction to the excessively intense pressure that the U.S. administration has exercised over other nations to induce them to boycott and besiege a government democratically elected by the people and to punish the Palestinians for their democratic choice. The Quartet has been spearheading this campaign of isolation against Hamas, and in the process is advancing a U.S.-Israeli agenda whose goal is to delegitimize Hamas and prevent it from exercising its right to lead the Palestinian people, even though the latter have elected it in a transparent, internationally monitored electoral process. A variety of underhanded methods, both internal and external, have been used to undermine the Hamas-led government, including destabilization from within the fragile Palestinian political system.
The U.S. government expected the first Hamas government to fall in under three months. When that didn't happen, Washington delegated to a faction inside Fatah the responsibility of overthrowing Ismail Haniyeh's government, an effort aimed at reinstalling Fatah. Hamas' ability to rule has been hampered, indeed paralyzed, by crippling Western pressures, which have only been strengthened by the collaboration of regional powers as well as local Palestinian players.
In both of its roles, as a government and as a political movement, Hamas has tried to avert local feuding and bloodletting, sometimes with the help of the Egyptian security delegation that was stationed in Gaza and at other times through coordination with other Palestinian groups. Yet all of these attempts, genuine and persistent as they have been, crashed into the iron wall of international sanctions and local machinations and power plays.
Within Fatah, hostility to Hamas and its victory is not universal. Some Fatah members do accept the legitimacy of the Hamas government and recognize the need to accept the results of the elections, knowing full well that this will only nurture and reinforce Palestinian democracy and advance the goals of Palestinian nationalism and national unity.
Today, many attempts are underway to lift the siege that has been imposed on Hamas, and to integrate the organization into the political process. Those who are involved in these attempts realize that Hamas is a key political player that cannot be ignored or swept aside. They also know that no political progress in the direction of a political settlement can be achieved without the endorsement and approval of Hamas. Numerous official and semi-official organizations and groups, both Western and international, have come to this conclusion, as is amply reflected in their repeated calls for positive and proactive engagement with Hamas.
On August 13, the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) of the British House of Commons urged all parties to exercise maximum efforts to form a national unity government in the occupied Palestinian territories that will include Hamas. The report further recommended that the British government engage moderate elements within the movement.
The day before that, the Italian prime minister, Romano Prodi, stressed "the need to conduct a dialogue with Hamas so as to help Hamas develop politically, in view of the fact that Hamas is a fact on the ground." And on August 2, the International Crisis Group issued a report in which it questioned the feasibility of enforcing law and order and bringing about a political settlement based on a two-state solution in the absence of national unity among the Palestinians. That report cast doubt about the ability of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to secure a cease-fire with Israel and reach a political settlement in the absence of Hamas.
These attempts and these calls have not been launched in a vacuum. Rather, they were preceded by many meetings, behind the scenes, in different European capitals. Western participants in those meetings were introduced to the political thinking of Hamas and to the movement's most senior leaders. If these meetings demonstrate anything, they demonstrate the fact that many in the West genuinely believe that the international community can do business with Hamas.
Hamas is an integral part of the Palestinian political landscape. It is a mainstream Islamic movement that is committed to the principles of democracy and legitimate and peaceful political participation on an equal footing for all Palestinian groups. The movement has deep roots in various sectors of Palestinian society. Isolating Hamas is not a feasible political option because the movement represents a very wide segment of Palestinian society, a fact that was clearly manifested in the elections of January 2006. Former secretary of state Colin Powell recognized this when he called, in a recent interview with National Public Radio, for the need to find a way to engage with Hamas.
Hamas is a bulwark in the face of radical and militant ideas and trends. Policies whose aim is the isolation or marginalization of Hamas will not only fail but will also set the stage for the spread of extremist thinking in occupied Palestine. Allowing Hamas to participate in the Palestinian political process will encourage the growth and development of pragmatic ideas and instruments of political action. It will also allow tolerance and respect for pluralism and diversity to strike root in Palestinian political culture. The West should ask itself whether it wants the moderation and realism of Hamas or the dogmatism of radical groups that subscribe to the clash of civilizations theory.
-The writer serve as the political advisor to the deposed Palestinian Prime Minster Ismail Haniya ( Haaretz, September 21, 2007)
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In the context of the users of this website, a fuel pump is a device used to transport gasoline from the gas tank of the vehicle to the engine. Several different "divisions of two" can be applied to fuel pumps. The first is their actuation: mechanical or electrical. Mechanical fuel pumps uses action driven by the rotation of the engine itself to pump the fuel. While they have been used for fuel injected engines, it is not as practical because these engines need a minimum amount of fuel pressure to start. While some fuel pressure can be generated by the starter turning the motor, it is much more practical to use an electrical fuel pump which can supply fully operating pressure the moment that the ignition is switched on (and even before the engine rotates.)
Automotive fuel pumps can be broken into two categories: Fuel pumps for carburetor-equipped engines and fuel pumps for fuel injected engines. These pumps are very different. Because a carburetor does not generally use pressure to inject fuel into the engine, only a very few pounds of pressure (typically less than 10 psi) are required to push fuel into a bowl. The vacuum created by the rush of air into the engine sucks the fuel out of the bowl and into the intake, requiring no additional pressure from a pump.
Fuel pumps for fuel injected engines have an entirely different purpose. Not only do they provide the fuel to the engine, they must provide it in sufficient force so that a strong spray of atomized fuel is pushed into the intake airstream before being carried into the engine. The pressure of the fuel at the fuel injector is typically required to be in the 35 to 45 psi range. Several sources use 43.5 psi as a "standard" although this is not always the case. Some of the Walbro electric fuel pump kits that we sell are designed for standard pressure levels as low as 12 psi or as high as 73 psi.
The automotive fuel injection fuel pumps from Walbro can be further divided into "in-tank" and "inline". This refers to the location of the fuel pump and is self explanatory. All of these fuel pumps are cooled and lubricated by the fuel that passes through them, so it is necessary that a continuous flow of fuel be realized. If you read the section of this FAQ on "Fuel Pressure Regulation" you will learn more about how the regulation of fuel-injection systems ensures that this happens.


It's no lie that Facebook's popular. With over 500 million users worldwide, it's clear that if you want a platform that has more users than anywhere else online, Facebook is the place to start. With bindings for most common programming languages, the API has proven to be extremely popular with developers as it's more usable than ever.
550,000 apps have been built using the Facebook API so I think it's time for a definitive list of the top 10 apps of all time. You can find more information about the apps I've chosen after the fold.
Unless you've been living in a cave for the last three years, you'll surely have heard of FarmVille. With over 16 million average daily users, it's hard to ignore the app that took Facebook by storm. If you've never heard of it, FarmVille's an application where you can create and manage your own virtual farm. Buying animals and regularly growing and tending to crops is daily routine for those addicted to FarmVille and once you've gathered enough money, you can spend it on farm extensions and other big items that allow you to make your farm that extra little bit more personal.
There's always competition with your friends thanks to the levels and experience that can be gained and overall, it's a great example of a good use of the Facebook API. With a team of skilled designers and new items regularly added for purchase, FarmVille is just another example of the benefits that can be brought by creating a platform for developers.
Everyone loves playing games. It's a known fact. With MindJolt, you have access to hundreds of games right from the comfort of your Facebook homepage. With each game, there's generally the ability to add highscores and with this, you can easily compete against your friends and prove once and for all who's the best at that game. These scores can be filtered by time frame so you can see who managed to get the highest score out of you and your friends in the past week, month or all time.
The main selling point of this app is the sheer number and variety of games available. There's something for everyone and with the added convenience of not being a dedicated website, it's even more easier to access when you're looking to distract yourself away from work. Although it is packed with ads, the interface is quite easy to navigate and find the right game you're after.
Developed by the same people behind some of the other big Facebook games like FarmVille and Cafe World, Mafia Wars is another take on an RPG. With a storyline based around mafias consisting of you and your friends, the plot revolves around doing all you can to work your way up the ladder to more money and a massive criminal empire. The name says pretty much everything.
With timers galore, it's a race around the clock to play this game which may provide reasoning as to why so many are addicted to it. The graphics are fairly good and they've even got an iPhone app but this game probably isn't for everyone. The interface is quite confusing and takes a while to grasp but overall, it's worth it. Though it contains many faults, it's still a great app and for those who love Zynga games, it's definitely one to add to the collection!
In this list, there are loads of products by Zynga – the main reason being that they've really taken Facebook by storm. Café World is personally my favourite one of their apps. You are a restaurant owner and your job is to create the best restaurant by regularly purchasing and preparing food, after which you can employ your friends as waiters and waitresses and its their job to take the food you've lovingly prepared to your customers. Limits placed on things like the amount of stoves and counters you can have are lifted as you level up and you can purchase really big expansions to your café so that you can fit more customers in.
One of the main reasons this game has caught on is because it is one of the most well-developed and is one of the easiest to use. There are regular updates to the available menu and seasonal options are added. Overall, this app is definitely one to try – even if you've never tried this sort of thing.
Even in the world we live in nowadays, there are still people striving to do good. Hopefully, you're one of them. With the Causes app, it's now even more possible to do your bit for causes that you feel passionately about. Whether it's a cause you've started yourself or one that a friend has made, it's a great and truly inspiring way for people to do something good. The app is a great way to unite with your Facebook friends to share your support for worthwhile causes.
Causes is one of the most truly innovative uses of the Facebook application platform and it's clear that a lot of thought and intent has gone into creating the app and I believe it all pays off. With different ways to help like completing activities to earn money for a charity you support, it's a small step for people to do something different and is one of the most genuinely useful apps available.
There's a reason games like The Sims have a great reception; people love virtual worlds. With YoVille, this is no different. You can create a virtual version of yourself and have that life that you always wanted but never quite worked out. You can do jobs to earn more money and then use that to purchase virtual goods for your character or environment. Though at times it does feel like a mashup of Zynga's other apps, it does still retain a lot of individuality – the main being that it doesn't employ a particular theme so anyone can really enjoy it.
One of the great features of YoVille is the level of customisation. You can change the appearance of your character to suit yourself as well as your homes. Personally, I don't think that YoVille is as good as some of Zynga's other apps like FarmVille but it's still great enough to make it into the list.
Content is the main reason most people visit Facebook. Every day, 250 million people log onto the world's most popular social network to find out what's on their friends' minds and to share their own current feelings. With RockYou Live, there's a complete new way to find content and share it with your friends on Facebook. It takes major elements of what people love to browse online and brings them into a single hub where sharing is easier than ever.
Some of the content available on the platform consists of games, videos and graffiti (drawings). The games section is packed with Flash games and a highscore system to compete with friends and other people using RockYou Live, while the video section allows some of the best content from video sites like YouTube to be syndicated to your feed based on the reactions and recommendations of others. Overall, the platform has serious potential to be a great way to share more specific types of content and although it's fairly popular, it could be more so if it branched out to other types of content too.
Though this isn't technically an app on Facebook itself, it's certainly worth being up there in the list because it's one of the best uses of Facebook's API I've come across so far. Spotify is a desktop application that allows you to listen to high quality streaming of almost any song with near instant playing. With one of the most recent releases of the software came a feature called Spotify Social where users can integrate their Spotify accounts with their Facebook ones to allow them to easily share their favourite tunes with their friends on Facebook.
Inside the app, it's possible to send content to Facebook in a couple of clicks and from the main Spotify screen, all content posted by friends is clearly visible and can be played instantly. Playlists can be shared between friends and with the handy sidebar, it's easy to view your friends' public playlists and indulge in their musical tastes. Thanks to Facebook, Spotify has now become one of the best social music applications out there and will surely improve as Facebook grows.
With a subtle nod to the revolutionary fantasy series by JK Rowling, School of Wizardry is another text-based role-playing game – similar to Mafia Wars in many respects. Along with a headmaster who bears a striking resemblance to Rolf Harris, the game is quite quirky and imaginative but not in a clichéd way. The objective is to level up and to earn as much gold as possible to purchase in-game items that can benefit the player as the game progresses.
The game is well-designed and is quite easy to navigate compared to the others; though it can be quite confusing at first glance – especially if you've never really played this type of game before. Though the app does tend to be yet another RPG app with the added ability of being social, it adds its own uniqueness to the game and is the only real fantasy-style one I've come across that really works.
Social Interview is a fun way to find out things about your friends you may never have known otherwise. The app generates a series of questions that are based around a randomly selected group of friends and prompts you to answer them and then post them to their wall. Of course, the same can be done back and you can find the answers to some of your friends questions about you.
Complete with a really attractive iTunes-style Flash interface and an accompanying iPhone app, Social Interview is really easy to use and is just a generally fun way to socialise with your friends through Facebook. It's used by over 10 million people each month to answer questions about friends that they may never have already known and is one of the quirky little apps that has a great public appeal.
Facebook's come a long way in the past four years since its public release but it must also be noted that so have the developers who have created these brilliant apps. Facebook's API has proven to be a great way for 3rd party developers to get their work noticed and out there, but also to build upon an existing framework and standards set by Facebook.
Of course, we all have our different preferences and what entertains some may not capture the interests of others, but there are some apps that stand out as general all-rounders that people of almost any age can enjoy.
If your favourite app isn't on the list, why not leave a comment and tell us what it is and what makes it stand out?
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Leaders Are Grappling With Xenophobia and anti-Asian Attacks Amid Coronavirus
Fear is normal during a pandemic. Racism shouldn't be.
Written by: Mary Jeneverre Schultz
A rising tide of anti-Asian sentiment is happening across the nation including in Denver and its neighboring cities, as people are looking for scapegoats to blame for the virus.
The motivation could be because the pandemic started in Wuhan, China. Or it could be triggered by President Trump's public statements referring to COVID-19 as the "Chinese virus." Regardless, Asian Americans are being targeted for attacks and hate crimes, which has led to the formation of several hotlines and websites where incidents can be reported. Anecdotes and stories are overwhelming leaders of Asian American communities.
Asian-American leaders recall the government-sponsored discrimination in regards to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and Japanese internment in the 1940s. Experts say those events and others contributed to the perpetual foreigner and "Yellow Peril" myths that promoted the false ideas that people with Asian features were disease carriers, a threat to the nation and could never truly become American.
"These stereotypes have been here for decades," Representative Judy Chu, Democrat of California said. "They're always kind of underneath the surface. But if there's some precipitating event, then it can bring it all back out." Incidents Happening Locally In Aurora and Denver, unnamed individuals posted false comments on Asian restaurants' Facebook pages claiming that these restaurants were ordering meat from China that carried the virus. When the posts were reported, they were removed by Facebook, but the damage was done. Asian restaurants were already feeling the pinch as diners began avoiding these places.
Local Denver residents were hesitant in sharing their stories of racism. When promised anonymity, they told their stories with great emotions of tears, sadness and anger all at once. While getting her morning coffee, a female resident of Lone Tree was yelled by the Caucasian employee to step back six feet. She backed up out of reflex, and didn't understand what was going on. After gathering her wits, she observed the employee did not do this to any of the other customers.
Last month, while a college student was jogging, someone ran towards him and pushed him down. Cameras were visible in the intersection but the police officer who assisted him, said the cameras probably did not "capture the whole process."
The student, who wished to remain anonymous, expressed gratitude that he wasn't hurt but urged community members to take action. "Please don't stay silent after a confrontation. It is our responsibility to contribute (to agencies) collecting data point and inform others." How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism From Teaching Tolerance, it is up to all of us to speak up in response to racist comments. Comments can lead to racist rants, which could lead to violence.
One way to respond is to 'interrupt.' It shows the person you're talking with that what they've said is important enough to pause your conversation to address—that you need to talk about the racism before you talk about anything else. Here are a few phrases to try: "Hang on. I want to go back to what you called the virus." "Just a second—let's get into your point that the virus is somebody's fault."
You can also ask the person a question. "Why did you call it the 'Chinese Coronavirus'?" Asking someone to explain why a racist joke is funny is a great way to stop them from making racist jokes to you again. But if you want to have a real discussion about what they've said, ask "What made you say that?"
If someone doesn't understand why a comment they made was racist, educate them about the long history of stereotyping immigrants—and Asian people, specifically—as people who bring disease. You can explain how this stereotype is both wrong and harmful. The key to educating is to continue the conversation. If the person tries to play down racist phrases as "just a joke," you can educate them about the discrimination and racism Asian Americans are facing right now, so they better understand the impact of their words.
Words Matter "We can stop these attacks by stopping the rhetoric that incites these attacks, stopping misinformation about COVID19, showing people the impact of these attacks, and encouraging bystanders to intervene safely when they witness an incident," said John Yang, the executive director of the Asian American Justice Center.
"COVID19 is a virus; Asians are not special carriers or transmitters of the virus. Toward that end, words matter and names like "Chinese coronavirus" and "Kung-flu" only serve to heighten misinformation and the targeting of the Asian American community."
1) Report! If you experience or witness a hate crime, report it to one of these websites:
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2) Connect with the Asian Pacific Development Center's Victims Assistance Program. Services include victim compensation funds; crisis counseling; case management and social services; and legal and personal advocacy. Learn more at: apdc.org/victimassistance.
3) Become an engaged citizen by signing petitions to support the creation of a taskforce to investigate these acts of racism. Visit advancingjustice-aajc.org for more information.
4) Learn more the Denver Anti-Discrimination Office (DADO). The office works toward putting an end to discrimination.
5) Show your humanity with small acts of kindness. Connect with Asian Americans during this time, many of whom are scared to leave their homes. If someone is speaking up against racism, echo their sentiments. As the echoing voice, you can reiterate the anti-bias message or you can thank the first person for speaking up—or both!
A Message From Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock
In Denver, we value equity and inclusivity—and we will not tolerate discrimination of any kind.
It's disheartening to learn that at a time like this—when we should all be coming together to fight a common enemy, COVID-19—that we are hearing increasing reports of people in our Asian community being harassed and targeted for this epidemic. As Mayor of the City and County Denver, I can assure you we will continue to stand up against racism, fear-mongering, and misinformation by supporting and protecting all residents who call Denver home. Let me be clear, harassment and discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. Any individual who does commit a bias motivated crime against members of our Asian community will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law under Denver's Hate Crime Ordinance. The Denver Police Department has a number to call to report bias-motivated crimes. That number is 720-913-6458. If a bias motivated act is happening in real time, call 911. No matter your immigrant status, it is safe to call. To our community partners – join me in standing up against hate and ensuring our community continues to be a welcoming one for every resident. If you see an incident of hate happening, report it. There's only one way we are all going to get through this, and that's together. See the Mayor's video message at fb.com/5280mayor.
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Anna Dean, the pseudonym for writer Marian Veevers (born 1956), is the listed author of the Dido Kent series of mystery novels.

Biography
Marian Veevers was born in Cumberland (now part of Cumbria) in England in 1956. She moved to the Midlands as a child but as she grew older she became determined to return to the Lake District and, after a few years living in Wales, she moved back to Cumbria in 1984. She lives near Ambleside with her husband.

Veevers has worked as an assistant to a psychologist, she has worked for the National Trust, she has taught Creative Writing and worked for the Wordsworth Trust at Grasmere in the Lake District. The one constant throughout her life has been her writing. She has said, "I write compulsively. It all started with a mistake. When I was taught to write at the age of five I assumed that I must write books. By the time I realised my mistake and understood that it was not actually compulsory to create stories - the habit was too deeply ingrained to give up."Veevers  has an MA in Creative Writing.

Literary career
Veevers adopted the pen name "Anna Dean" for the Dido Kent series of historical crime novels set in the Regency period – the time of Jane Austen.

Under her 'real name', Veevers has published an historical novel, 'Bloodlines' in 1996 and has also written short stories and monologues for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Cumbria.

The Dido Kent mysteries are written partly in the form of letters and Veevers has a particular interest in old letters and documents. In 2002–2003, she worked as Writer in Residence for the Cumbria Archive Service where she developed the use of archive material as a source for creative writing.

Bibliography
As Anna Dean:
 A Moment of Silence (2008) Published in the US as Bellfield Hall (2010)
 A Gentleman of Fortune (2009)
 A Woman of Consequence (2010)
 A Place of Confinement (2012)

As Marian Veevers:
 Bloodlines (1996)
 Voices from the Archives (2003)
 Jane and Dorothy: A True Tale of Sense and Sensibility (2017)

References

External links
Official website

English women novelists
English crime fiction writers
1956 births
Living people
Women crime fiction writers

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Storytelling helps you communicate more effectively with older adults in your community. In short, stories help us organize our thoughts. They are how we think and how we come to make meaning from our lives. The use of stories is the primary means for persuading others.
As one psychologist puts it, our brain is looking for the story to make sense out of our experiences. Pamela Rutledge, Ph.D., in Psychology Today writes that through stories we share meaning and purpose.
Stories engage us through our emotions and they connect us to others. They help us understand how things work, how we make decisions, how we understand our place in the world and how we justify our decisions.
Most importantly, as I have discussed in a number of my columns, with age we become more right-brain oriented.
Several decades of research into the two hemispheres of the brain has yielded more hard facts about how we process information, and changes that occur as we age.
Brain changes take place in processing what we take in. It is helpful to know that verbal memory is stored in a different part of the brain than visual memory and it declines faster than visual memory with age. The right brain processes a complete story more quickly perceived by older adults than younger ones. Mature adults get to the gist faster. You can spend less time and get more results communicating with a right-brained approach.
The left hemisphere of the brain is associated with reasoning function and the right side with creative functions. While the left brain plays the primary role in processing visual image, as we grow older, we tend to move from a left brain to a right brain orientation.
A 25-year-old processes information differently than a 50-year-old, or an 80-year-old. With age, we no longer can process information as accurately or completely as we used to. Along with the decline, adults tend to become more right-brain oriented. It is more effective to communicate using pictures, storytelling, and emotionally-enriched words.
• Build a library of visual images that express concepts you need to communicate with residents and prospects.
• Draw them a picture. Your residents recall previous events, happenings and objects more easily by visual recall. Create a visual for them. Use imagery relating to things they know from their experience, not necessarily yours.
• Display pictures of your children, grandchildren and other family members in your office. Family values are important to older adults. Ask questions about their family. Talk about their family.
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Robyn Hitchcock — Robyn Hitchcock (April 21, 2017) ♣ 21st album (6x with Egyptians, 3x with Venus 3). Editorial Reviews: Robyn Hitchcock is the follow up to 2014's critically acclaimed "The Man Upstairs". The new record was recorded in Nashville, Robyn's new home base in the US, and was produced by Robyn and Brendan Benson (The Raconteurs). This is the first time Robyn has made a full band album in the studio since 2008 and the record features a lot of key players, including Gillian Welch, Emma Swift, Pat Sansone (Wilco, The Autumn Defense), and Grant~Lee Phillips. The psych~rock influence is a callback to his days with The Soft Boys and his early solo albums.
Location: London, UK ~ Nashville, TN
Album release: April 21, 2017
Record Label: Yep Roc Records
01 I Want to Tell You About What I Want 3:42
02 Virginia Woolf 2:53
03 I Pray When I'm Drunk 2:06
04 Mad Shelley's Letterbox 3:38
05 Sayonara Judge 5:55
06 Detective Mindhorn 3:28
07 1970 In Aspic 3:14
08 Raymond and the Wires 2:21
09 Autumn Sunglasses 5:06
10 Time Coast 3:42
♣ Eponymous albums usually herald a debut or a stylistic sea change. Robyn Hitchcock's 22nd studio LP is neither, but it embraces elements of both. Recorded in Nashville with pop sorcerer Brendan Benson, it's a distillation of the 64~year~old surrealist's entire career, and easily his most vibrant collection of new music since the early 1990s — his last outing, 2014's Man Upstairs, saw Hitchcock delivering an enjoyable, yet relatively amorphous set of half~covers/half~originals under the tutelage of the great Joe Boyd.
♣ The obvious reference points here are Underwater Moonlight~era Soft Boys and early solo outings like Element of Light and Black Snake Diamond Role, but there are more than a few tips of the hat to his time on A&M in the late '80s — lead single "I Want to Tell You About What I Want" wouldn't have sounded out of place on Globe of Frogs or Queen Elvis. Always an underrated and inventive guitar player, Benson gives Hitchcock plenty of room to flex his six~string muscles, and he digs into psych rock/jangle pop confections like "Virginia Woolf," "Detective Mindhorn," "Time Coast," and "Mad Shelley's Letterbox" with the fleet~fingered, double~tracked glee of a man who just rediscovered Revolver. Hitchcock's adopted hometown of Nashville looms large on the Grant~Lee Phillips~assisted, pseudo~honky tonk number "I Pray When I'm Drunk," and Russ Pahl's weepy pedal steel paints golden sunsets over the lovely "Sayonara Judge" and the equally breezy "1970 in Aspic," but as Hitchcock states in his typically verbose liner notes, his songs are "English myths, seen from abroad." Nowhere is that more apparent than on "Raymond of the Wires," a eulogy for his novelist, screenwriter, and cartoonist father, and an elliptical, psych~pop mini~masterpiece that skillfully wields both nostalgia and wonder.
♣ No longer the hyper~prolific, Byzantine food~, sex~, and death~obsessed Syd Barrett~phile of old — well, maybe just a little bit — Hitchcock has settled into a sort of seasoned eccentricity, and this economical, late career gem proves that he's still got plenty of Madcap Laughs left in the hopper.
Original studio albums:
¤ Black Snake Diamond Röle (1981)
¤ Groovy Decay (1982)
¤ I Often Dream of Trains (1984)
¤ Fegmania! (1985) — with the Egyptians
¤ Element of Light (1986) — with the Egyptians
¤ Globe of Frogs (1988) — with the Egyptians
¤ Queen Elvis (1989) — with the Egyptians
¤ Eye (1990)
¤ Perspex Island (1991) — with the Egyptians
¤ Respect (1993) — with the Egyptians
¤ Moss Elixir (1996)
¤ Jewels for Sophia (1999)
¤ Luxor (2003)
¤ Spooked (2004)
¤ Olé! Tarantula (2006) — with the Venus 3
¤ Goodnight Oslo (2009) — with the Venus 3
¤ Propellor Time (2010) — with the Venus 3
¤ Tromsø, Kaptein (2011)
¤ Love from London (2013)
¤ The Man Upstairs (2014)
¤ Robyn Hitchcock (2017)
★""★ Robyn Hitchcock is one of England's most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. A surrealist poet, talented guitarist, cult artist and musician's musician, Hitchcock is among alternative rock's father figures and is the closest thing the genre has to a Bob Dylan (not coincidentally his biggest musical inspiration).
★""★ Since founding the art~rock band The Soft Boys in 1976, Robyn has recorded more than 20 albums as well as starred in 'Storefront Hitchcock' an in concert film recorded in New York and directed by Jonathan Demme.
★""★ Blending folk and psychedelia with a wry British nihilism, Robyn describes his songs as 'paintings you can listen to'. His most recent album THE MAN UPSTAIRS is a bittersweet love letter to a vanishing world. Produced by legendary folk~rock svengali Joe Boyd (Pink Floyd, Nick Drake) the album was critically acclaimed by MOJO, UNCUT and THE QUIETUS.
★""★ "A gifted melodist, Hitchcock nests engaging lyrics in some of the most bracing, rainbow~hued pop this side of Revolver. He wrests inspiration not from ordinary life but from extraordinary imaginings…" — Rolling Stone
★""★ "As a performer, he's as much a wandering bard as a rock star." — The Believer
★""★ "Some spectral, lingering, emotional thundercloud hangs over The Man Upstairs…harks back to that infinitely distant yet eternally resonant emotional big bang" — UNCUT
Label: http://www.yeproc.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robynhitchcockofficial/
Website: http://www.robynhitchcock.com/
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#825 Wisconsin-Green Bay (Green Bay) vs.
#826 Northern Kentucky
Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 7:00pm EST
Written by Bosun Akinpelu
Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas - Championship Sunday
The Green Bay Phoenix (2-19, 1-9 Horizon) will be trying to pick up their first road win of the season when they face the Northern Kentucky Norse (13-8, 8-2 Horizon) on Thursday night. The Phoenix are coming off a 72-38 loss to Robert Morris as nine-point underdogs. The Norse are coming off a 74-54 win over Purdue Fort Wayne as three-point favorites.
Northern Kentucky is 8-2 in its last 10 games against Green Bay.
Phoenix Trying To Snap 11-Game Losing Streak
The Phoenix have struggled this season and enter this game on an 11-game losing streak. They will try to snap their streak with a win over the Norse, which will give them their first road win of the season.
Green Bay is averaging 59.4 points per game. They scored 38 points in their last game, making 21.6 percent of their field goals and 9.5 percent of their three-pointers.
Randy Tucker led the Phoenix with 11 points and seven rebounds. Clarence Cummings III finished with six points and three rebounds, while Jack Rose added six points and two rebounds.
Green Bay has struggled defensively, giving up 77.3 points per game. They gave up 72 points in their last game and will have to do a better job if they want to win this game.
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The Norse are playing well at the moment and come into this game on a three-game winning streak. They will try to keep the momentum going with a win over the Phoenix, which will give them their fourth win in a row.
Northern Kentucky is averaging 65.6 points per game. They scored 74 points in their last game, making 50.9 percent of their field goals and 40 percent of their three-pointers.
Marques Warrick led the Norse with 18 points and five rebounds. Sam Vinson finished with 17 points, six rebounds, four assists, and three steals, while Trevon Faulkner added 14 points and four assists.
Northern Kentucky has played well defensively, giving up 65.5 points per game. They gave up 54 points in their last game and will need a similar effort if they want to get the win.
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The Phoenix have lost 11 straight games and all 11 road games they have played. They aren't very good offensively and they play worse in the road where they are scoring less than 60 points per game. They've also struggled at the free throw line, making less than 70 percent of their shots. They don't rebound the ball well and won't get a lot of extra-scoring opportunities against the Norse. They've also been careless with the ball, which will lead to easy-scoring opportunities for the Norse, who average more than eight steals per game at home. The Norse play well defensively and they've been dominant in recent games, holding their last three opponents under 55 points per game, so expect them to keep Green Bay's offense in check. The Norse have won four of their last five games and 11 of their last 13 home games. They don't have a high-scoring offense, but they play better at home where they are scoring more than 68 points per game. They're very aggressive on the offensive glass, which will give them more scoring opportunities, and they do a good job protecting the ball. The Phoenix have struggled defensively, especially on the road where they are giving up more than 77 points per game, so expect them to have a hard time slowing down the Norse in this game. Go with Northern Kentucky to cover the spread.
Prediction: Northern Kentucky Norse -17.5
The Phoenix are averaging 59.4 points per game and 57.7 points per game on the road. They averaged 63 points per game in their last three games against the Norse. They play at a very slow pace, averaging 67.7 possessions per game, and they're facing a team that is giving up 64.6 points per game at home, so expect them to go over their average in this game. The Norse are averaging 65.6 points per game and 68.8 points per game at home. They averaged 74.6 points per game in their last three games against the Phoenix. They play at a similar pace, averaging 67.1 possessions per game, and they're facing a team that is giving up 77.5 points per game on the road, so expect them to score enough points to push the score over the total. The Norse and Phoenix played over the total in three of their last five meetings.
Prediction: Over 126.5
Written By Bosun Akinpelu , "Bosun Akinpelu"
Bosun is very passionate about sports and he feels bad to get paid for doing this, but we here at Winners and Whiners are glad to have him as a part of the team. As someone who minored in Mathematics, Bosun has a lot of faith in numbers and will make his picks based on stats and not emotions. He has been successfully picking and betting on winners for quite some time, so if you want to crush the books, then stick with Bosun.
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#5503 New York Knicks
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#5506 Brooklyn Nets
#5507 Cleveland Cavaliers
#5508 Houston Rockets
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#5510 Phoenix Suns
#5511 San Antonio Spurs
#5512 Los Angeles Clippers
#809 Georgia State
#810 Appalachian State
#814 Memphis
#827 Delaware
#828 Hampton
#833 Hofstra
#834 Elon
#831 Monmouth
#832 UNCW
#819 UL Monroe
#820 Marshall
#811 Middle Tennessee State
#812 Florida Atlantic (FAU)
#815 Western Kentucky
#821 Coastal Carolina
#822 James Madison (JMU)
#823 Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee)
#824 Wright State
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#817 Iowa
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#829 Drexel
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#839 Charlotte
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#842 Louisiana
#843 Arkansas State
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#847 Georgia Southern
#848 Texas State
#845 Old Dominion (ODU)
#846 South Alabama
#849 Purdue
#850 Michigan
#851 UCLA
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#855 Louisiana Tech
#2857 UC Davis
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#5513 Milwaukee Bucks
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#701 Iona
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#714 North Dakota State
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Have purchased more of these fascinating Malachite Azurite specimens from Morocco. The blue is Azurite. The green colour is Malachite - a delightful "furry" fibrous form. On the coppery matrix. The left cluster has a thrid crystal - cerrusite? smoky quartz? too hard to tell.
Dimensions are for the right azurite-malachite cluster. You could buy both as they look completely different to each other in colour and crystal structures! Their growth over the brown clay matrix is really very lovely. These have been of main appeal to geological collectors. Down to our last few - so reserved these for web buyers.
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