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Kviteseid gamle kirke (Nynorsk: Kviteseid gamle kyrkje) (wörtlich: Alte Kirche von Kviteseid), vor 1916 nur Kviteseid kirke (Kviteseid Kirche), ist eine der ältesten Kirchen in der Telemark. Sie liegt auf dem Gebiet der Kommune Kviteseid in der Landschaft Telemark in der norwegischen Provinz (Fylke) Vestfold og Telemark neben dem Kviteseid bygdetun am Kviteseidvatnet. Möglicherweise war sie St. Olav geweiht, wofür es aber keine Belege gibt. Die Kirche war jahrhundertelang das religiöse Zentrum der Propstei Øvre Telemark.

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Vor 1916 war die Kirche nur als Kviteseid Kirche genannt. Seit der Fertigstellung der neuen Kirche von Kviteseid im Jahr 1916 wird sie als die alte (gamle) Kirche von Kviteseid bezeichnet. Im altnordischen wurde sie im 13. und 14. Jahrhundert Hvítiseiðis kirkja genannt (abgeleitet von Hvítiseið, d. h. Kviteseid im Altnordischen). Während der dänisch-norwegischen Union wurde sie unter dem Einfluss des Dänischen Hvidesøe Kirke oder Hvidesø Kirke genannt. Kviteseid wurde dann im 19. Jahrhundert auch Hvideseid und Hviteseid geschrieben. Ab dem Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde die Schreibweise Kviteseid von einigen verwendet und wurde in den ersten Jahrzehnten des 20. Jahrhunderts allgemein verbreitet. Die Kirche heißt heute in Bokmål Kviteseid gamle kirke und in Nynorsk Kviteseid gamle kyrkje.

Baubeschreibung

Die Kirche hat ein rechteckiges Kirchenschiff mit einem schmaleren und niedrigeren Chor mit einer halbkreisförmigen Apsis. Mit einer Dicke von 1,5 m sind die Außenmauern sehr massiv und stabil ausgebildet. Sie bietet Sitzplätze für etwa 200 Besucher. Die Kirche ist traditionell in Ost-West-Richtung gebaut, aber der Haupteingang ist nicht wie üblich im Westen, da dort das Gelände steil herabfällt. Der Eingang ins Kirchenschiff erfolgt über das Südportal, welches von zwei Halbsäulen flankiert ist und von einem eingefügten Holzbogen mit einem geschnitzten Drachenmotiv überspannt wird. An der Tür befindet sich ein geschmiedeter Eisenring, von dem die Legende sagt, dass das Ende der Welt gekommen ist, wenn dieser Ring abgenutzt ist.

Geschichte
Der Baustil der Kirche zeigt, dass die Ursprünge der Kirche wahrscheinlich ins 10. Jahrhundert zurückgehen und sie so alt ist wie die ältesten Steinkirchen in der Telemark. Dies sind die Kirchen in Bø und Seljord, die allesamt auch St. Olav geweiht sind.

Eine dendrochronologische Untersuchung der Jahresringe des verbauten Holzes lassen darauf schließen, dass ein Teil der Kirche im Jahr 1260 erbaut wurde.

Obwohl das Gebäude aus 1,5 m dicken Wänden besteht, berichtet Bischof Jens Nilssøn, dass im Jahr 1595 der südliche Teil der Kirche eingestürzt ist, aber kurz darauf wieder aufgebaut wurde.

König Frederik IV. verkaufte 1723 alle norwegischen Kirchen, da die Staatskassen nach dem großen nordischen Krieg leer waren. Die Kirche von Kviteseid wurde an die Witwe von Christen Thomesen verkauft. Es sieht jedoch so aus, dass die Bevölkerung die Kirche rasch zurückbekam, denn im Jahr 1784 schrieb B. H. Løvenskiold das "Hvideseid Kirke eies af Almuen" (dt.: Kviteseids Kirche gehört der Allgemeinheit).

Im 18. Jahrhundert erhielt die Kirche eine Veranda vor dem Südportal. Der Dachreiter stammt aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. 1915 wurde im Dorf Kviteseid eine neue Kirche gebaut und die alte Kirche außer Betrieb genommen.

1929 wurde die grauweiße Kalkfarbe, die über Decke und Paneele gestrichen wurde, entfernt, sodass die alten Ausschmückungen wieder zum Vorschein kam. Diese Renovierung wurde im Jahr 1969 weitergeführt und vollendet. Dabei wurde dann die Kalkfarbe in der Apsis und im Chor entfernt, sodass viele alte Zeichnungen freigelegt wurden. Dabei entdeckte man auch, dass es einst ein kleines Fenster in der Apsis gab. Dies wurde im Zuge der Renovierung dort wieder eingebaut.

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Chor
Im Chor wurden Kreuze aus dem 13. Jahrhundert und Fresken von Tieren, Schiffen und Soldaten sowie Inschriften, wahrscheinlich aus dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert, freigelegt. In den Jahren 1713 bis 1714 verzierte Thomas Blixius die Decke im Chor mit Ornamenten aus Laub und die Seiten mit Blumenreben. Hier gab es früher auch 11 Bilder der ersten Könige aus der Oldenburger Dynastie. Diese stammten aus der Zeit um 1750. Bei der Restaurierung im Jahr 1969 wurden sie ins Kirchenschiff an die West- und Nordwand platziert.

Taufbecken und Altar

Das Taufbecken aus dem 17. Jahrhundert hat die Form einer Sanduhr und besteht aus Holz mit geschnitzten Ornamenten.

Das Altarbild stammt aus dem Jahr 1777, zeigt das Abendmahl und die Kreuzigung und ist flankiert von zwei korinthischen Säulenpaaren.

Tränenstein
In einem Raum in der Wand des Chores befindet sich ein glatter und runder Stein, ein sogenanntes "St. Olavs Brot" - "Tränenstein". Es gibt darüber verschiedene Legenden. Zwei der Legenden erzählen Folgendes:

"Der Stein wurde von einem bösen Grafen in Dänemark hergestellt, der seine norwegische Magd gezwungen hat, am Festtag, an dem der heilige Olav starb, Brot zu backen. Ein Tag, der allen Norwegern heilig war. Sie drohte jedoch, dass sie nicht an St. Olav glauben würde, wenn diese Untat nicht gerächt würde. Da geschah es, dass das Brot, das sie im Ofen hatte, zu Stein wurde. Die Steine sind an verschiedenen Stellen verstreut."

"Der "Tränenstein" oder Brotstein soll ein heiliger Stein sein, ein Relikt aus heidnischer Zeit, das verehrt wurde. Der Stein lag einmal auf einer Kommode im Pfarrhaus, von welcher er herunterfiel und einen kleinen Jungen traf, sodass er starb. Der Junge wurde einbalsamiert und soll unter dem Altar in der Kirche liegen."

Sonstiges

Unter dem Boden der Kirche sind mehrere ehemalige Pfarrer begraben. Unter anderem der Propst Peder Povelsson Paus (1590–1653), der 1633–1653 Pfarrer in Kviteseid war und an der Spitze des Chores begraben liegt. Für mehr als zweihundert Jahre ab 1653 hing in der Kirche ein lateinisches Gedicht zum Gedenken an Pfarrer Paus, geschrieben von seinem Sohn Povel Pedersson Paus. Das Original befindet sich jetzt in der Manuskriptsammlung der Nationalbibliothek.

Der Dichter Jens Zetlitz ist auf dem Friedhof der Kirche begraben.

Literatur

 Wladimir Moe: Gamle norske kirker. Jacob Dybwads Forlag, Kristiania 1922, S. 80–89.

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Kirchengebäude in Vestfold og Telemark
Gamle kirke
Kirchengebäude der Norwegischen Kirche
Erbaut im 13. Jahrhundert
Kirchengebäude in Europa

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Buffalo Tom: The Resonance of "Taillights Fade" 25 Years Later
Posted by Jeff Gorra | Aug 7, 2017 | Artist Features, ArtistWaves, Boston, Meaning, Music, Songs | 0 |
Behind the Song — with frontman, Bill Janovitz
Song: "Taillights Fade"
Record: Let Me Come Over
By: Buffalo Tom — Boston, MA
What do you recall about writing "Taillights Fade" and where it was written?
I was home late from a night out and was probably a bit loopy. My girlfriend (now wife) and I were living in our first apartment, in Somerville, at 15 Central Street. It was a tiny railroad-type flat carved out of the lower half of an old Victorian/Italianate house. The bedroom was in one end, the bathroom at the other, separated by a small kitchen and tiny living room. The fridge was in a closet in the living room, next to the kitchen.
She was asleep and I would often go strum my guitar lightly in the pink-tiled bathroom when I felt inspired, so I wouldn't wake her. Having had a few drinks, I was inspired. I sat on the floor and had a boombox into which I would record demo ideas. I recall the first verse kind of spilled out over the chord sequence that I was just sort of looping. The other two verses were written later. The middle verse about the girl was from a newspaper story about a real life modern Romeo and Juliet drama. Since she was forbidden to see the boy she loved, she ran away to live as a hermit, with only one or two people sworn to secrecy of her whereabouts. I believe she literally lived in a cave. I am a romantic, so that struck me deeply. The last verse just kind of ties the other two together in my mind. I still have the original demo.
What was your impression of the song upon completing the recording? How moving was it?
I felt moved, for sure. And I also, a little later, felt that it was one of my first really crafted songs, a song where I just didn't go completely with the stream of consciousness without polishing it into a really written (crafted) song. But I never thought of it as a standout single kind of song. I felt it was pretty dark and depressing. It's basically about being resigned, giving up, feeling older than your years, feeling apart and alienated.
Does "Taillights Fade" encompass a specific experience that you had gone through and wanted to share?
The meaning of the song was not so much about what I was experiencing in my life at the moment. I was in a really rewarding relationship, the band was fulfilling, and life was looking pretty promising. But I have always had depressive episodes, moments where it all seemed lost. And being on tour was in and of itself a manic experience. We would go from adrenaline-and-booze-filled highs around the shows themselves, to weeks in, hungover, alone on days off, or bad shows, where I would just question everything and longed to be back home. But the song is not autobiographical. These are just feelings that most people experience in some form in their lives.
What is the emotion of playing the song live? How has it evolved?
I hate to rehearse it and all old songs, but I love playing it for others. I like to stretch it our a bit, solo a little more, emphasize certain lyrics, and so on. I don't necessarily experience the depth of emotion at the same level each time. Otherwise I would likely be committed to a hospital.
I don't really listen to the recording as a reference, so it has taken on different tempos and shades over the 25+ years. I mean, I believe I actually wrote it in 1990 or '91 at the latest.
What are your most memorable "Taillights Fade" moments?
When we first went to Australia in '92, the song had been out on Let Me Come Over for probably about six months. It was thrilling to be on the other side of the world and have people know our music and come out to see us, meeting them, hanging out. And this one fellow told me about a friend of his who was a really big fan of our records and Taillights in particular. The friend had committed suicide and directed the song to be played at his funeral. It kind of took the wind out of me. I felt deeply sad and a little nauseous about it. And I wondered aloud if he had somehow taken the wrong message from it. The friend assured me he had not and that he just appreciated the beauty of the song, found compassion in there for what others went through, like he did. The fact that it connected so deeply, that something I wrote on the floor of a pink bathroom in Somerville reached a person around the world like that on such a meaningful level was a scary and even — I hesitate to say — rewarding feeling. But the responsibility was literally awesome, like I was overwhelmed and it has never left me. And it made me realize what people like Kurt Cobain or the Beatles must have dealt with, their songs reaching many more millions on a level like that or even deeper.
Buffalo Tom — 'Let Me Come Over' (1992)
What was it like performing it live with Eddie Vedder (2017)?
Playing "Taillights Fade" with Ed was quite flattering, and moving in a similar way to how other people have told me about their connection to that or any other of our songs, with two added layers. 1) I have known Ed for a long time, but only having seen him four of five times since they played before us on a Boston bill in 1992. But still, a friend, and having a friend connect is special. And, 2) Coming from a legend, it was a sweet story and a generous moment. I should add a third level, that it came during a benefit show I partially co-founded back in 2002, something I have been a part of for 16 years, a charity (Hot Stove Cool Music) event that is as near and dear to me as it gets.
What does "Taillights Fade" mean to you?
It is definitely our signature. I am glad it has lasted for so many people. If that was all that we had as a band, one song that reached people on a meaningful level, we would have been happy.
~ Bill Janovitz, Buffalo Tom
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Tomorrow is Canada Day, which is about the only time of the year I do any entertaining. So rather than relaxing and slacking off for the long weekend, I'm really busy getting ready for tomorrow – got some family and friends coming, gotta make sure the house, the yard, and the food, are all just right.
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Apart from that, we're in another little 'heat wave' again. Temps in the high 80's outside, flirting with 80's inside. I do have A/C but I'm too frugal to turn it on. It's more fun to tough it out. And if it does feel too hot, I just have to remember February. Any February.
Having my front door freeze shut so I have to chip my way out of the house, then shovel the walk, then scrape ice off the car… I'll take a heat-wave any time thanks.
Anyways it's not nearly as 'bad' as the heatwave last week – at night it's still dropping into the 60's, so I just open the windows wide at night to let the cool in. Then mostly-close them during the day to keep the heat out.
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After the first three parts of my "Compact Camera Quest", I have temporarily run out of words. I have three more parts outlined but the words stopped flowing for a while.
So in lieu of part four, we'll break for a little light music, and you are all encouraged to stretch your legs, head on out to the lobby, and avail yourselves of some refreshments and light snacks.
In the meantime, here are a couple images I took over the past weekend. Cheers!
The pics are a bit grainy, but then it was ISO 800 film, and I suspect my chemistry is getting a bit tired. On the other hand, overall I'm pleased with the results.


"When the whole world is globalized, you're going to be able to set fire to the whole thing with a single match," wrote René Girard, the French-born scholar who died late last year. Girard spent his career trying to understand what makes violence a chronic problem of human societies. His answer, in a word, is imitation.
Peace is the perennial hope of humanity.
It is promised in the Bible, where God "extends peace … like a river." It was promised by the Enlightenment, which had grown tired of religion and thought that reason and "doux commerce," mild trade, would soothe our war-like passions. And it was promised again in our time with the promotion of "globalization" as the road to peace through prosperity.
This five-part series continues on CBC Radio's Ideas on March 10, 11 and 17.
But violence is still with us. The Cold War had barely ended when the attacks that would eventually lead to today's conflagration in the Middle East began.
René Girard, the French-born scholar who died late last year, spent his career trying to understand what makes violence a chronic problem of human societies. While we might assume that violence stems from having vastly different points of view, Girard's central insight is that violence actually grows from similarity.
His explanation, in a word, is imitation. Out of this insight, Girard spun a theory comprehending literature and religion, anthropology and international relations.
"When the whole world is globalized," Girard said, "you're going to be able to set fire to the whole thing with a single match."
The human genius, he said, is our knack for copying one another. That's how infants learn vocabulary and the basic grammar of their native language in such an astonishingly short time. And that's how we learn everything else in our vast cultural repertoire. Some of our models are near at hand, our friends and family; others may be distant idols — actors whose gestures we adopt, athletes whose moves we practice, musicians whose ways of playing we emulate.
But imitation casts a shadow, according to Girard, creating effects which we often don't notice or don't recognize as forms of imitation. He called his theory "the mimetic theory," substituting the fancier word of mimesis for imitation so that he would have a term of his own by which he could capture negative forms of imitation, like war, along with more positive ones.
He began to build this theory in his celebrated book Deceit, Desire and the Novel, published in 1961. The book claimed that all the great novelists — in a tradition running from Cervantes through Dostoevsky to Proust — had made the same discovery: human beings, contrary to romantic myth, have no "authentic" core, no deep source of original, self-invented desire.
Our desires are borrowed from one another: I will desire what my models desire.
And there's the rub, Girard said, because at any moment the model can become an obstacle and a competitor. The teacher encourages the student to imitate him/her, but if the student imitates too well and begins to occupy the ground on which the teacher is standing, then the student will become a rival and a threat.
Imitation may then become negative as rivals try to distinguish themselves from one another. I will imitate by doing the opposite of what my rival does — a violent reciprocity which reaches its acme in war. We fight because we are the same, not because we are different. "The profound self," Girard concludes, "is a universal self."
Girard took a second giant step in the formulation of the mimetic theory with the publication of Violence and the Sacred in 1972. He argued that violent mimetic rivalries must have been endemic in all early human groups to the point of threatening their survival. And what these groups must have discovered, again and again, is that when all this violence is channeled against a single victim, when all unite against one, peace can be restored.
This effect would have been so dramatic, so welcome and so reliable, Girard supposes, that the group would have, in time, come to view their victim as their saviour and their god. According to Girard, this is the origin of religion and the root of all mythology. Regular sacrifices and a set of accompanying prohibitions — thou shalt not — preserve order.
"Humanity," he said, "is the child of religion."
Girard took the final step in the construction of his theory in 1978 with the publication of a book named after a New Testament verse in which Jesus said he will reveal Things Hidden From the Foundation of the World. Its central argument is that Christianity completes what has already begun in the Hebrew Scriptures: the unveiling and disabling of the scapegoat mechanism on which all cultures had previously been based.
Girard would go on to elaborate on and extend this theory in many subsequent books, and you can hear much more on CBC Radio's Ideas this week.
Mimetic theory has a lot to say to today's world. It can show us why we fight, and what we're fighting for. And it can help to understand that both violence and religion might be something quite different than we usually take them to be.


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Talking in Damaturu, Yobe State, on Wednesday amid the PDP presidential battle, the former VP censured the decision party for hauling the country in reverse since it was voted in 2015. He added that the APC is a failure.


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Carol Ozemhoya | OW Contributor | 12/6/2017, 11:05 a.m.
In one of the tightest races in the history of Atlanta, there is no clear winner the day after the historic race between a Black woman and a white woman. If the white candidate – Mary Norwood becomes the city's mayor, it would be the first time there would be a white person in that position in decades. Her candidate is Keisha Bottoms. At press time today (Nov. 6), no winner had been announced and CNN was predicting a recount. According to CNN, a recount is scheduled for this Saturday morning, although some local news stations have declared Bottoms the winner. Bottoms, in fact, delivered a celebratory speech, accompanied by current Mayor Kasim Reed, who endorsed her during the campaign. The three have quite a history together – Reed beat Norwood for the mayoral position in 2009. The battle was ongoing for the last several months, with California Senator Kamala Harris and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker endorsing Norwood, while Atlanta's hip hop royalty – T.I. and Killer Mike – endorsed Bottoms while comparing Norwood to Donald Trump.


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Exclusive: Meet the Brazilian who legally provides 1000s of children with medical cannabis
The ABRACE Foundation (Associação Brasileira de Apoio Cannabis Esperança) in Brazil supplies over 1000 patients with medical cannabis every day. In 2016, the foundation was given legal permission to continue producing, extracting and providing medical cannabis.
This "medical cannabis" is not GMP certified and has not been produced by GW, Tilray or any of the other global licensed producers who are currently looking to license their CDMP's in the UK.
ABRACE grows cannabis organically outdoors, extracting into a whole plant medicine using lipid fat, providing it to patients who need it most.
Some of the medicinal plants ABRACE grows to make into life-saving medicines
Many of these are children suffering from drug-resistant epilepsy, autism, and ailments that are not easily treated with conventional medicines. Many of these children symptoms, such as daily seizures have been reduced considerably and all have reported an improved quality of life.
These whole plant tinctures offer ratios of 20:1 and 2:1, using seeds provided by 'Medical Marijuana Genetics', ABRACE have been able to provide consistent medicines that have not only been effective, but have been made by simply growing a suitable plant then cooking its dried flowers in a fat for 6 hours before sieving.
We meet with ABRACE founder, Cassiano, to find out how he went from treating a few patients illegally, to gaining the first legal permission in Brazil to provide medical cannabis for 1,000s of people.
Cassiano: medical cannabis warrior bringing life-saving medicines to 1,000s of children across Brazil
As with most medical cannabis activists, Cassiano's first experience of cannabis was recreational:
"I was 23 years old at Pipa´s Beach, Brazil, when a close friend who passed me a joint."
"I moved to the USA, and bought my first seed from Marc Emery and I managed to harvest my first crop while over there.
"When Lula [Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva] became President, I decide to come back to Brazil and help my country to rebuild."
Inspired by legendary cannabis activist Rick Simpson and family tragedy, Cassiano told us how he was driven to help those patients left behind by Brazil's government:
"I properly started my medical cannabis activism in 2013. I guess we all started with Rick Simpson and cancer in 2013.
"I lost my aunt Marta to cancer in 2013. I always suspect that medicines are the real cancer. They kill you faster due to the effects on body and mind!
"I could not help her at that time and it still bothers me to know the cure, but unfortunately, my hands were tied.
"After my Aunt passed away, my mother became ill and with doctors suspecting she has lung cancer! That's when I decide to try my first oil made in the kitchen stove."
CD-1: Some of the great quality cannabis ABRACE is able to produce in their state of the art facilities
Amazingly, Cassiano's homemade oil was able to save his mother.
"My mother recover in 24 hours," he told us, detailing how cannabis improved his mother's condition; "She recovered her appetite, energy, and happiness.
"After being bedridden for 5 days, just one hour after I gave her the oil she woke up, got out of bed and began cleaning dishes and Facebooking!
Seeing the incredible results his mother had with medical cannabis, Cassiano's future as a medical cannabis activist was sealed.
"After I helped my mother I could not stop!
"In 2014 I came across Charlotte's Web on TV, the case of a little girl who had frequent epileptic seizures, with her mother trying a CBD-rich cannabis oil CBD rich. This was the first time I heard about CBD."
Charlotte Figi, the inspiration behind Charlotte's Web, has helped propel CBD into the mainstream; highlighting how different conditions require different ratios of cannabinoids.
"I started to import CW oil but no one wanted to send to Brazil back then.
"After browsing Google, we found HempMeds who ship hemp oil worldwide as it can pass unnoticed by the law as regular stalk and seed hemp oil.
It wasn't smooth sailing for Cassiano and the families he was trying to help in the early days.
"One mother had her order stoped by ANVISA, a Brazilian agency for medicine control," Cassiano explained.
Making the most out of the set-back, Cassiano and other activists used the situation to raise national awareness of medical cannabis and the patients desperate for access. "We ended up on TV. We made so much noise!," Cassiano added.
ABRACE campaigners hard at work boxing up their medical cannabis products
"One mother from Brasilia filed a case against the State and she won!
"Now, she was legally allowed to import. ANVISA went ahead and released a resolution allowing us to import hemp oil, with the excuse that it has no THC.
The extortionate prices of imported CBD from America, coupled with exchange rates, nearly made it impossible for Cassiano and his workforce to provide affordable medication to patients:
"We had no idea that the costly medicine was in US dollar, so any variation of its price would affect us.
"In 2016, with the dollar price, the cost went up by more than 50% compared to 2015.
"This led me to test my own oil on the children.
"Even though I knew growing was illegal Brazil, and I could face up to 15 years in jail, I could not watch those children cry."
From humble beginnings to state-of-the-art facilities. ABRACE is leading the way in cannabis research in Brazil
Through bravery and selflessness, Cassiano was able to treat his first patient with his own homemade cannabis oil. "I shipped my oil to João, the first kid to use my medicine," Cassiano told us.
"João became seizure free in just 10 days!
"He spent a whole 30 days without seizures, with his mother becoming the first president and co-founder of ABRACE, as we registered as a non-profit in my home town in the northeast of Brazil."
"As a small town, I knew the guy who registered the foundation. He knew that my brother also suffers epilepsy as well.
"Even though most incentives around here don't normally get past this stage, he was happy to help us get registered.
"We rented a house and started to prepare for the future."
Medical Cannabis Warrior: Brave young João with his mother collecting his medicine
Initially, Cassiano began by using strains he could find from street dealers, with growing being too risky, potentially jeopardising the organisation's legal existence.
However, cannabis bought from the street often contains very little CBD, as recreational consumers are looking to enjoy the high which comes from high-THC, low-CBD strains.
"Instead of growing here, we decided to buy weed from local guys," Cassiano explained. "I knew street weed wouldn't have much CBD, so initially we made oil with mostly THC.
"My only concern was to not overheat the oil, as we didn't want cases of kids getting stoned.
"We've had success with every child so far, so I don't believe it's a matter of CBD v. THC at all. In my view, it's more likely due to energy and sedation symptoms. Plus, CBD can be presented in both sativas and indicas; I think most strains are hybrids.
"The oil we make is different to hemp oil; it gives children energy, awareness and strength, as well as stopping seizures.
"We believe it can act as a neuroprotection for kids who have seizures, it helps get them playing again.
A few years later, and the demand for Cassiano's service was becoming increasingly more in demand. With the desire to help every patient he came across, Cassiano launched his campaign to provide high-quality medical cannabis at an affordable price.
Revolutionary: the medicines ABRACE are able to produce rival those made by pharmaceutical companies
"We could not wait any longer, so we sued the State in 2017 to allow us to grow, produce and provide the medicine for the 155 patients we had at the time.
"Judge Vannesa Trigueiro a federal court substitute judge, took our case. She was recent mother who has a little girl with 3 years old. She began crying when she heard the audio interviews from the mothers begging her to permit us to grow.
"Around April she ruled in our favour! She allowed us to keep doing what were doing, all we need to do was ask for proof of prescription and proof of the condition.
"We were only 5 people working at risk when the sentence was passed, and we became the first association nationwide to have a court permit to grow and produce medical cannabis!
Since that ruling, ABRACE has exploded:
"As of today, our foundation is currently assisting 967 patients," Cassiano said. "But we have more than 1,000 families, as many people take 2 -3 months to reorder.
"We now employ 27 people, my brother included, because after we won permission he became more comfortable to try the medicine.
"I guess all my families try some sort of product I make: salves, creams, oils, even teas! They're seeing benefits for every medical condition you can imagine!
"Cannabis is not one medicine for one kind of decease. It's the other way around. It's one medicine for every kind of condition.
"I believe that back in 1900, big Pharma back sponsored prohibition in order to make patent a new way to became a major industry."
ABRACE treats a wide variety of patients with an ever increasing number of conditions. Discussing the patients he treats, Cassiano explained:
"Epilepsy is the most common illness we are currently treating, but autism is in a close second.
"Autism cases are now coming in more frequent waves, as there is a lot of reports in the media on new research promoting cannabis for autism.
"While we used to nearly exclusively treat epilepsy, today we are treating patients with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, autism, and those suffering from chronic pain.
– Cassiano, Founder ABRACE Foundation
The results the organisation is having, speaks for itself:
"I'd say around 70% of our patients are finding real relief with our medicines.
"The major issues we're finding, however, is firstly, that patients are only starting to really see results once they've fully stopped using their old, pharmaceutical, medications.
"Secondly, most mothers are terrified as they are not getting support from their doctors to remove these neuroblocking pharmaceutical medications.
The range of products ABRACE makes for its patients has expanded to include a wide range of medicines
"As cannabinoids can act as neuroprotectors, they are a safe way to help patients withdraw from their previous medicines.
"When parents make the decision to take their kids off these medications, we start to see great results.
"The children start to regain the ability to walk! Some of them are two years' seizure free!
"So, from the results, we can say that our cannabis medicines are highly effective, and more importantly, safe.
Finding the right genetics can be essential for certain conditions, particularly epilepsy, which seems to respond better to oils made from strains with higher amounts of CBD than THC:
"We have started to use genetics from Medical Marijuana Genetics.
CD-1, Medical Marijuana Genetics' flagship strain boasts an world record setting 25:1 CBD:THC ratio
"Txaki and CD-1 have proven the best strains so far.
"I think 1:1 ratio is the best I know for any medical condition, as it provides an initial high and then sedation.
"CD-1, however, gives a more calming effect as it has a lot of CBD. There's too much demand for CD-1 at the moment!
"CBD is becoming more famous in Brazil, as doctors feel more secure prescribing it."
Providing medication made from cannabis can be a tricky process. Cassiano has produced a variety of products to help treat different conditions:
"When administering the oils to children, we start with drops under the tongue. But I've developed a nasal spray for epileptic rescue, and a balm which can help topic conditions.
"We now have three types of oil, with three different ratios of cannabinoids, with a further two types of nasal spray.
"We've just began working on suppositories and capsules, but the main thing we've been working on has been improving the taste of the oils. We mainly use vegetable glycerin and olive oil, but cater to parent's requests.
"I also recently began working with a "Magic Butter" machine, which works well.
"In 2017 we started to use alcohol in our extraction process, mixing it with other carriers after. We're now are looking into CO2 extraction, but this is an expensive process that I only can dream about (for now!).
"For me, our most successful treatment has been that of a wonderful child, Sofia, who is now seizure-free and able to walk again.
"We also have a Parkinson's patient, Mr. Jonas, who we've been keeping a video record of his progression.
"We also have had great success with dogs! Our lawyer has a dog with epilepsy who is now seizure free after using our cannabis oil."
Cassiano parted with some wisdom for those inspired by his story to start their own medical cannabis journey:
"All countries have a legal system to protect people, so this must be utilised when human rights are at stake, right? So, why not establish organisations to try and fight for these rights!
"Non-governmental organisations are easier to establish and to help organise the fight. But, we cannot afford to wait for the law to change.
"My advice is to get together with other activists, register a non-profit, and get a lawyer to help file a lawsuit against the State… see what happens!"
Despite spear-heading Brazil's first legal medical cannabis non-profit, Cassiano has big plans for the future:
"We are going professional with all departments working flawlessly so we can grow more and help more people. Today we can only hold 1,000 patients at a time, so all-in-all, we only can help 2,000 patients within our current structure.
"We're planning on starting a new facility in 2019 in Campina Grande, a 2 hours city from Joao Pessoa where the main building is.
"For me, who saw the advent of the internet, I compare the increase in popularity of medical cannabis to the spread of internet and the bubble in 1998. It's going to grow and grow!
"Many countries will be the leaders, but one day location, cost, quality and price will determine the market.
"We want to be a part of that market. We want to become more and more affordable, even reaching the point where we can provide free medicine for those who cannot afford the R$ 0,05 per mg we are charging.
"We charge around $47 (USD) for a 60 ml bottle cost, compared to $255 (USD) for an imported equivalent, and that's before the shipping and tax!
Cassiano's story serves as an important reminder that sometimes to do the right thing, you may have to break the law.
Conversely, the responsibility to provide patients with access to safe medication should not lay with activists. Is there another approach that the UK Government could take?
Until the day when the Government finally bases its policies on scientific evidence and compassion, could you be making medical cannabis for your local community?
If you treated 5 people successfully, recorded all your patient info and presented your case to a high court judge, would he grant you clemency and provide legal permission to make more medicine?
We can only dare to dream, but that's exactly how the first access happened in Brazil.
By John Green| 2019-02-22T14:39:35+00:00	February 14th, 2019|Categories: Autism, Brazil, Cancer, Cannabis, Cannabis Oil, Cannabis Prohibiton, CBD, Charity, Children, Doctors, Dravet Syndrome, Epilepsy, Featured, Featured News, Interviews, Legalisation, MMJ Stories, Mothers, News, Pain, Parent, Patient Stories, Research, THC, Uncategorised|0 Comments
About the Author: John Green
Founder of MedicalMarijuana.co.uk, Writer and Campaigner.


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Former NBA basketball player Kareem Abdul Jabbar has publicly denounced the Islamic terrorist group known as ISIS. Kareem Abdul Jabbar made a strong point when he said that "If you consider ISIS to be the representation of the religion of Islam, then you must think that the Ku Klux Klan is representing the Christian faith."
Abdul Jabbar is an American who had converted to Islam. His words come on the heels when US President Barack Obama and his administration have been heavily criticized for refusing to call ISIS Islamic. Instead President Obama and his staff call ISIS, which stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria simply a terrorist organization.
This may seem contradictory especially when ISIS have proclaimed they wish to establish an Islamic Caliphate in Iraq and Syria and the word Islamic is in their name. While a debate continues because of the Obama's administration aversion to label ISIS as Islamic, Kareem Abdul Jabbar has brought up an excellent point that should be heeded by people of all faiths across the world.
The former basketball player stated that ISIS has perverted the religion of Islam with its extreme radical views. It is similar to how the Ku Klux Klan perverted Christainity to spread its message of hate and terror.
He further said that "ISIS does not represent the majority of Muslims around the world." People of all faiths, Jews, Christians and moderate Muslims need to realize that groups like ISIS are using Islam for their own selfish end. They will justify killing and destruction in the name of their god, and it is up to the good people to stand up and fight against them.
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Friday Letters: Are Confederate defenders showing a lack of respect for blacks?
Times-Union readers
LOST MORAL AUTHORITY
One day in class my political professor announced that the U. S. presidency is "an act of moral leadership."
We students did not roll in the aisles or even laugh out loud. At the time Adlai Stevenson was challenging incumbent President Dwight Eisenhower. Both men, at least in their public lives, were moral and even honorable gentlemen. The claim that one had been and either would be a model of justice while in the White House was not a stretch.
Now here we are with a president for whom moral leadership is a complete impossibility.
I can't comprehend how persons of conscience can support this profoundly immoral man.
Indeed, I can't comprehend how persons of conscience can refrain from denouncing him and seeking to limit his power and tenure at every opportunity.
We can't continue to be the great nation we have been if we continue to elect such leaders.
I am sad these days.
Lawton Green, Jacksonville
TEXTING, DRIVING
CRACKDOWN NEEDED
I saw on the local news that texting and driving is a secondary law in Florida. That means a driver can't be stopped just for texting. What grade school dropout passed this law?
The next stupid thing that was broadcast is the law says a child can be left alone in a car for 15 minutes.
Whoever passed that law must have been a grade school dropout, too.
What are they doing in Tallahassee?
They need another line of work.
They aren't qualified.
But we keep electing them.
So what does that say about us?
Do they even care?
P. J. McCrary, Jacksonville
DOWNTOWN ATTENTION
WHAT ABOUT SUBURBS?
In Jacksonville, the only thing we're hearing these days is "Downtown, Downtown, Downtown."
Downtown gets all the attention, and the outlying areas get none. What major improvements and entertainment venues are scheduled for Mandarin, Westside, Northside and the like?
Yes, Downtown is important.
But driving 30 minutes to Downtown and spending more time for parking and making my way to my destination makes me want to stay closer to home.
So instead of visiting my local Walmart and McDonald's, I would like the city to improve my neighborhood with taxpayer-funded work instead of Downtown getting the whole pie.
Fox Knowlton, Jacksonville
CONFEDERATE STATUES
CAN'T CHANGE HISTORY
To all of those who are so intent on taking down all the reminders of slavery — which are all parts of our history — my question is this: When will the bulldozers start their work in Washington?
I'm thinking of the Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Monument and White House.
Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner,
Abraham Lincoln only freed the slaves in the seceded states — and the White House was built by slaves.
Unfortunately for y'all, trying to change history is ridiculous.
The saying in the South is we put our crazies on the porch and fix 'em a drink.
To get rid of this history is to try to say it didn't happen. It did. It was terrible.
But removing a statute will not fix anything. We need to get rid of the politicians — they are the ones dividing us.
Cilla Whitcher, Jacksonville
ERASING THE CONFEDERACY
READERS MISS THE POINT
I wrote the letter that asked for the removal of Confederate names from streets and schools. And every letter and comment that has followed my letter totally ignores its main point of having respect for black people.
To quote the most recent letter: "The Old South is not statues, roads, streets and parks."
The Old South is black people having to sit in the back of public buses.
It is colored-only bathrooms and colored-only water fountains.
It is white-only hotels and white-only lunch counters.
It is segregated education.
It is a secretary of the Treasury having his sexual free will with an unwilling slave.
The readers who have lambasted my letter need to comment on whether they have respect for black people, period.
Philip Bernstein, Jacksonville


The aim of this Data Protection Notice is to inform customers of Little Wheelers Limited (the "Company" or "we" or "us") on the collection, use, disclosure, transfer, and other processing of their individually identifiable information ("personal data"). Under applicable European data privacy laws including, but not limited to, laws implementing the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) and the forthcoming new UK Data Protection Act (together the "Data Privacy Laws"), the Company is the data controller.
Throughout the course of your relationship with the Company, we collect and process certain personal data about you and your children who participate in our classes and programmes. We collect and process personal data (a) for purposes that are required by applicable law, (b) to allow the Company to fulfil its business needs and legal obligations, and (c) to maintain the customer or business relationship.
The Company's legal obligations and legitimate business interests under the applicable Data Privacy Laws form the legal basis of the processing described in this notice. As a customer of the Company, we need to process your personal data for these purposes. Our legitimate interests or those of a third party include our requirements to use your personal data in litigation or for other legal purposes involving the company.
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The charming rustic 4-room chalet on 2 floors, located in quiet beautiful area, consists of 3 bedrooms, 1 bed-sitting room with gallery (2 beds on the gallery ), fully equipped kitchen with dishwasher, cosy traditional Swiss-style dining area, 2 shower/WC, 1 bath/WC, 1 WC and south-facing balcony and a private garden with stunning views on Saas-Fee's Nature and Mountain World. Free Wifi!
There is a bus station in front of the house. The bus passes every 10 minutes and drives the guests just in front of the cable car station.
By foot it takes only 12 minutes to get to the center for food shopping or strolling through the nice village of Saas-Fee.


Xiaoming Chen teaches courses on the history of Asian countries and regions, including China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
His book, From the May Fourth Movement to Communists Revolution: Guo Moruo and the Chinese Path to Communism, was recently published by the State University of New York (SUNY) Press.
Chen also has published articles on the May Fourth period (1915–1925) in modern Chinese history.


Enjoy the freedom of Self-Catering whilst exploring what the Paarl Winelands has to offer. Be it wine tasting, walking, cycling or catching up on the history of the area, Domaine du Cap's self catering apartment - the Crown Suite - is a perfect base. Less than an hour from Cape Town International Airport and conveniently situated to many Restaurants, convenience stores and world renowned Wine Estates.
The spacious Crown Suite is a self-catering apartment that sleeps 2 adults. The high beamed ceilings and original Oregan floors add character and warmth.The bedroom has a queen size bed and en suite bathroom with walk in shower. There is a hairdryer for your convenience. It has a fully fitted kitchen with gas hob, fridge, kettle, microwave and dining area. There is tea/coffee making facilities and complimentary mineral water is provided. The lounge has a Satellite TV. It is air-conditioned and has free WIFI. All bedding and towels are provided. This is a No smoking room. There is a small terrace outside and it has a private entrance.


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Un paisaje fractal es una representación de un paisaje, real o imaginado, producido mediante fractales.

Originalmente se conoció como paisaje fractal a una forma bidimensional de la forma de una línea de costa fractal, la que puede ser considerada una generalización estocástica de la curva de Koch. Su dimensión fractal es una fracción entre 1 y 2.

Para construir este tipo de paisajes, básicamente se subdivide un cuadrado en cuatro cuadrados iguales y luego se desplaza aleatoriamente su punto central compartido. El proceso se repite recursivamente en cada cuadrado hasta que se alcanza el nivel de detalle deseado.

Dado que hay muchos procedimientos fractales (como el "ruido de Perlin") que pueden ser utilizados para crear datos de terreno, la expresión paisaje fractal se utiliza actualmente en forma genérica.

Aunque los paisajes fractales parezcan naturales a primera vista, la exposición repetida puede defraudar a quienes esperen ver el efecto de la erosión en las montañas. La crítica principal es que los procesos fractales simples no reproducen (y quizás no puedan hacerlo) las funciones geológicas y climáticas reales.

Algunos de los programas más populares para la generación de paisajes fractales son:
 MojoWorld, de Kenton "Doc Mojo" Musgrave, cuyo trabajo se ha centrado en la presentación de cuerpos planetarios con un nivel de detalle adaptativo, desde alturas orbitales hasta la superficie. Este proceso se puede realizar en forma interactiva con un ordenador personal suficientemente potente.
 Terragen y Terragen 2 de Matt Fairclough

Enlaces externos
 www.kenmusgrave.com -- Ken Musgrave (en inglés)
 Generador MojoWorld de Pandromeda (en inglés)
 Terragen (en inglés)

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Taking Charge of Adult ADHD, Second Edition: Proven Strategies to Succeed at Work, at Home, and in Relationships (Paperback)
By Russell A. Barkley, PhD, ABPP, ABCN, Christine M. Benton (Contributions by)
If you're among the millions of adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you need the latest facts about the disorder and its treatment. You need practical strategies to help develop your strengths and achieve your goals, whether on the job, in family relationships, or in personal pursuits. From renowned ADHD researcher/clinician Russell A. Barkley, this is the book for you. Dr. Barkley takes you through the process of seeking professional help, addresses frequently asked questions about medications and other treatments, and offers a wealth of advice and tips--all science-based. Featuring the latest resources and medication facts, the revised and updated second edition includes new or expanded discussions of mindfulness, emotional self-control, time management, building a successful career, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and more. Finally, an authoritative one-stop resource to help you take back your life from ADHD.
Russell A. Barkley, PhD, ABPP, ABCN, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Dr. Barkley has worked with children, adolescents, and families since the 1970s and is the author of numerous bestselling books for both professionals and the public, including Taking Charge of ADHD and Your Defiant Child. He has also published six assessment scales and more than 300 scientific articles and book chapters on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, executive functioning, and childhood defiance, and is editor of the newsletter The ADHD Report. A frequent conference presenter and speaker who is widely cited in the national media, Dr. Barkley is past president of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology (the former Division 12) of the American Psychological Association (APA), and of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. He is a recipient of awards from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the APA, among other honors. His website is www.russellbarkley.org.
Christine M. Benton is a Chicago-based writer and editor.
"Powerful and essential! Your health, happiness, and future have long been a paramount concern to Dr. Barkley. Here he shares step-by-step guidance to get you where you want to be. Dr. Barkley's clear, compassionate voice makes you feel like you're in a private conversation with him. This updated second edition is worth its weight in gold."--Gina Pera, author of Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?
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Publisher: The Guilford Press
Publication Date: November 3rd, 2021
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Hardcover (November 3rd, 2021): $75.40